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Movies by Lists - 100 movie gems you may have never seen (101 [101])
TitleYearDirectorGenreRatingRuntimeAdded
3-Iron [Bin-jip]A transient young man breaks into empty homes to partake of the vacationing residents' lives for a few days.2004Kim Ki-dukCrime, Drama, Romance8.0 (53.7K votes)8820211228
12 and Holding [Twelve and Holding]After his twin brother is accidentally killed by vengeful bullies, a 12-year old boy and his friends face the harsh realities of death, teenage hormones, and family dysfunction.2005Michael CuestaDrama7.4 (6.9K votes)9420220731
AgoraA historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning a slave who turns to the rising tide of Christianity in the hope of pursuing freedom while falling in love with his mistress, the philosophy and mathematics professor Hypatia of Alexa2009Alejandro AmenábarAdventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance7.2 (68.7K votes)12720211228
All About Lily Chou-ChouThe problematic lives of teenager students for whom the singer Lily Chou-Chou's dreamy music is the only way to escape an alienating, violent and insensitive society.2001Shunji IwaiCrime, Drama, Music, Romance, Thriller7.5 (8.8K votes)14620211228
An American CrimeThe true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s.2007Tommy O'HaverBiography, Crime, Drama, Horror7.3 (34.2K votes)9820211228
AnonymousThe theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford, who penned Shakespeare's plays. Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I and the Essex rebellion against her.2011Roland Emmerich (*)Drama, Thriller6.9 (40.4K votes)13020211228
Awakening, TheIn 1921, England is overwhelmed by the loss and grief of World War I. Hoax exposer Florence Cathcart visits a boarding school to explain sightings of a child ghost. Everything she believes unravels as the 'missing' begin to show t...2011Nick MurphyDrama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller6.4 (66.7K votes)220220912
Beautiful ThingJamie is a shy teenager, often bullied at school. His neighbour Ste has a rough time at home, being beaten by his father and brother. This issues bring them together and they find that what they feel for each other is more than frien1996Hettie MacdonaldComedy, Drama, Romance7.6 (23.8K votes)9020211228
Before The Devil Knows You're DeadWhen two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that sends them, their father and one brother's wife hurtling towards a shattering climax.2007Sidney Lumet (*)Crime, Drama, Thriller7.3 (101.9K votes)11720211228
Black Death, TheSet during the time of the first outbreak of bubonic plague in England, a young monk is given the task of learning the truth about reports of people being brought back to life in a small village.2010Christopher SmithAction, Drama, History, Horror, Mystery6.4 (47.2K votes)10220211228
Boy AThe story of a young Jack, newly released from serving a prison sentence for a violent crime he committed as a child.2007John CrowleyDrama7.6 (37.4K votes)10220211228
Boy in the Striped Pajamas, TheThrough the innocent eyes of Bruno, the eight-year-old son of the commandant at a German concentration camp, a forbidden friendship with a Jewish boy on the other side of the camp fence has startling and unexpected consequences.2008Mark HermanDrama, History, War7.8 (207.8K votes)9420211228
CenturionA splinter group of Roman soldiers fight for their lives behind enemy lines after their legion is devastated in a guerrilla attack.2010Neil MarshallAction, Drama, History, War6.4 (81.5K votes)9720211228
Chungking ExpressTwo melancholy Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious female underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal waitress at a late-night restaurant he frequents.1994Kar-Wai WongComedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance8.1 (75K votes)10220211228
Classic, The [Keulraesik]A college student finds a diary detailing a long-ago love triangle involving her mother, her future father, and his best friend.2003Jae-young KwakDrama, Romance7.8 (9K votes)12720211228
Collector, TheDesperate to repay his debt to his ex-wife, an ex-con plots a heist at his new employer's country home, unaware that a second criminal has also targeted the property, and rigged it with a series of deadly traps.2009Marcus DunstanHorror, Thriller6.4 (63.4K votes)9020211228
ConfessionsA psychological thriller of a grieving mother turned cold-blooded avenger with a twisty master plan to pay back those who were responsible for her daughter's death.2010Tetsuya NakashimaDrama, Thriller7.7 (38.1K votes)10620211228
David CopperfieldA gentle orphan discovers life and love in an indifferent adult world.1999Simon CurtisDrama7.7 (4.5K votes)020211228
DetachmentA substitute teacher who drifts from classroom to classroom finds a connection to the students and teachers during his latest assignment.2011Tony KayeDrama7.7 (82K votes)9820211228
Eastern PromisesA teenager who dies during childbirth leaves clues in her journal that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.2007David Cronenberg (*)Crime, Drama, Thriller7.6 (237.8K votes)10020211228
ElephantSeveral ordinary high school students go through their daily routine as two others prepare for something more malevolent.2003Gus Van Sant (*)Crime, Drama, Thriller7.2 (89.7K votes)8120211228
EquilibriumIn an oppressive future where all forms of feeling are illegal, a man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system and state.2002Kurt WimmerAction, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller7.4 (322.2K votes)10720211228
Escapist, TheFrank's 14 years into a life sentence when he decides to break out of the London prison to set things right with his ill junkie daughter. He plans an ingenious escape requiring 4 inmates with different skills.2008Rupert WyattCrime, Drama, Thriller6.7 (16.8K votes)10220211228
Everybody's FineA widower who realized his only connection to his family was through his wife sets off on an impromptu road trip to reunite with each of his grown children.2009Kirk JonesAdventure, Drama7.1 (60.7K votes)9920211228
ExamEight candidates for a highly desirable corporate job are locked together in an exam room and given a final test with just one seemingly simple question. However, it doesn't take long for confusion to ensue and tensions to unravel.2009Stuart HazeldineMystery, Thriller6.8 (111.5K votes)10120211228
FailanA marriage of convenience between a petty gangster and an illegal immigrant he has never met has unforeseen consequences for them both.2001Hae-sung SongDrama, Romance7.5 (6K votes)11520230126
Farewell My ConcubineTwo boys meet at an opera training school in Peking in 1924. Their resulting friendship will span nearly 70 years and will endure some of the most troublesome times in China's history.1993Kaige ChenDrama, History, Music, Romance8.1 (27.5K votes)17120211228
FelonLocked up for killing an intruder in self-defense, a family man must cope with life in the violent penal system.2008Ric Roman WaughCrime, Thriller7.4 (77.4K votes)10420211228
Fish TankEverything changes for 15-year-old Mia when her mum brings home a new boyfriend.2009Andrea ArnoldDrama7.3 (64.2K votes)12320231001
FollowingA young writer who follows strangers for material meets a thief who takes him under his wing.1998Christopher Nolan (*)Crime, Mystery, Thriller7.5 (91.4K votes)6920211228
Friend [Chingoo]Four childhood friends go their separate ways, two go off to college while the others become rival gangsters.2001Kyung-taek KwakAction, Crime, Drama7.3 (5K votes)11320211228
Frozen RiverA mom looks for another source of income, when her husband leaves with the money meant for the new mobile home. A nearby Indian territory stretches across the border to Canada with a drivable frozen river between. Smuggling?2008Courtney HuntCrime, Drama7.1 (26.1K votes)9720230806
Girl Who Leapt Through Time, The [Toki o kakeru shôjo]A high-school girl named Makoto acquires the power to travel back in time, and decides to use it for her own personal benefits. Little does she know that she is affecting the lives of others just as much as she is her own.2006Mamoru HosodaAnimation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi7.7 (64.3K votes)9820211228
Gunpowder, Treason & PlotMini series depicting the turbulent and bloody reigns of Scottish monarchs Mary, Queen of Scots and her son King James VI of Scotland who became King James I of England and foiled the Gunpowder Plot.2004Gillies MacKinnonDrama, History7.0 (1.9K votes)20520231001
Hard CandyHayley's a smart, charming teenage girl. Jeff's a handsome, smooth fashion photographer. An Internet chat, a coffee shop meet-up, an impromptu fashion shoot back at Jeff's place. Jeff thinks it's his lucky night. He's in for a surpri2005David SladeDrama, Thriller7.1 (158.9K votes)10420211228
Harry BrownAn elderly ex-serviceman and widower looks to avenge his best friend's murder by doling out his own form of justice.2009Daniel BarberAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller7.2 (86.6K votes)10320211228
I Saw The DevilA secret agent exacts revenge on a serial killer through a series of captures and releases.2010Jee-woon Kim (*)Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller7.8 (123.5K votes)14420211228
I Wish [Kiseki]Twelve-year-old Koichi, who has been separated from his brother Ryunosuke due to his parents' divorce, hears a rumor that the new bullet trains will precipitate a wish-granting miracle when they pass each other at top speed.2011Hirokazu KoreedaDrama7.3 (7K votes)12820220414
Igby Goes DownA young man's peculiar upbringing renders him unable to competently cope with the struggle of growing up.2002Burr SteersComedy, Drama6.9 (33.1K votes)9820211228
Il Mare [Siworae]In 1999, a voice actor moves from Il Mare, a seaside house, and leaves a Christmas card in its (magical) mailbox. An architecture student receives it in 1997, and a friendship separated by 2 years begins.2000Hyun-seung LeeDrama, Fantasy, Romance7.5 (8.7K votes)10520211228
Infernal AffairsA story between a mole in the police department and an undercover cop. Their objectives are the same: to find out who is the mole, and who is the cop.2002Andrew Lau, Alan MakAction, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller8.0 (122.5K votes)10120211228
Infernal Affairs IIIn this prequel to Mou gaan dou (2002), Chan Wing Yan has just become an undercover cop in the triads while Lau Kin Ming joins the police force. Both the triads and the police find an enemy in a rival crime boss.2003Andrew Lau, Alan MakAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller7.3 (17.7K votes)11920211228
Into the StormContinuing the storyline of The Gathering Storm (2002), Churchill at War is a look at the former British prime minister's life and career at the end of WWII.2009Thaddeus O'SullivanBiography, Drama, History, War7.1 (5.1K votes)9920211228
Into The WildAfter graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, C2007Sean PennAdventure, Biography, Drama8.1 (604.2K votes)14820211228
Ip ManDuring the Japanese invasion of China, a wealthy martial artist is forced to leave his home when his city is occupied. With little means of providing for themselves, Ip Man and the remaining members of the city must find a way to sur2008Wilson Yip (*)Action, Biography, Drama, History8.0 (219.6K votes)10620211228
KikujiroA young, naive boy sets out alone on the road to find his wayward mother. Soon he finds an unlikely protector in a crotchety man and the two have a series of unexpected adventures along the way.1999Takeshi Kitano (*)Drama, Comedy7.7 (20.1K votes)12220211228
Kikujuro [Kikujiro no natsu]A young, naive boy sets out alone on the road to find his wayward mother. Soon he finds an unlikely protector in a crotchety man and the two have a series of unexpected adventures along the way.1999Takeshi Kitano (*)Drama, Comedy7.7 (20.1K votes)12220211228
L.I.E.A 15-year-old Long Island boy loses everything and everyone he knows, soon becoming involved in a relationship with a much older man.2001Michael CuestaCrime, Drama7.1 (10.2K votes)9720230328
Last King, The [Charles II - The Power & the Passion]The chronicle of Charles II's time on the throne, his ten-year exile from Oliver Cromwell's England, and his triumphant return.2003Joe WrightBiography, Drama, History, Romance7.5 (1.6K votes)020211228
Let the Right One in [Låt den rätte komma in]Oskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl.2008Tomas AlfredsonAction, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance7.9 (212.8K votes)11420211228
Lives of Others, TheIn 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police, conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover, finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives.2006Florian Henckel von DonnersmarckDrama, Mystery, Thriller8.4 (378.9K votes)13720211228
Lonely Place to Die, AA group of mountaineers in the Scottish Highlands discover a kidnapped girl and are pursued by her captors.2011Julian GilbeyAction, Adventure, Crime, Thriller6.2 (28.8K votes)9920211228
Lookout, TheChris is a once promising high school athlete whose life is turned upside down following a tragic accident. As he tries to maintain a normal life, he takes a job as a janitor at a bank, where he ultimately finds himself caught up in 2007Scott FrankCrime, Drama, Thriller7.0 (58.2K votes)9920211228
Love LetterWhen exchanging letters two women discover new things about a man they knew.1995Shunji IwaiDrama, Romance7.9 (8.4K votes)11720211228
Lust, CautionDuring World War II era, a young woman, Wang Jiazhi, gets swept up in a dangerous game of emotional intrigue with a powerful political figure, Mr. Yee.2007Ang Lee (*)Drama, History, Romance, Thriller, War7.5 (40.5K votes)15720211228
Man From Earth, TheAn impromptu goodbye party for Professor John Oldman becomes a mysterious interrogation after the retiring scholar reveals to his colleagues he has a longer and stranger past than they can imagine.2007Richard SchenkmanDrama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi7.9 (183.1K votes)8720211228
Man From Nowhere, TheA quiet pawnshop keeper with a violent past takes on a drug-and-organ trafficking ring in hope of saving the child who is his only friend.2010Jeong-beom LeeAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller7.8 (67.6K votes)11920211228
ManicAfter attacking another player with a bat during baseball at school, Lyle's sent to the psych ward. He meets other teenagers with problems. Will group therapy help?2001Jordan MelamedDrama7.2 (10K votes)10020240412
Margin CallFollows the key people at an investment bank over a 24-hour period during the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis.2011J.C. ChandorDrama, Thriller7.1 (124K votes)10720211228
Mean CreekWhen a teen is bullied, his brother and friends lure the bully into the woods to seek revenge.2004Jacob EstesCrime, Drama7.2 (31.7K votes)9020211228
Moment to Remember, AA young couple's enduring love is tested when 27-year-old Su-jin is diagnosed with a rare form of Alzheimer's disease.2004John H. LeeDrama, Romance8.2 (23.4K votes)14420211228
Mother [Madeo]A mother desperately searches for the killer who framed her son for a girl's horrific murder.2009Bong Joon Ho (*)Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller7.8 (60.6K votes)12920211228
My Sassy GirlA young man sees a drunk, cute woman standing too close to the tracks at a metro station in Seoul and pulls her back. She ends up getting him into trouble repeatedly after that, starting on the train.2001Jae-young KwakComedy, Drama, Romance8.0 (47.4K votes)13720211228
Mysterious SkinA teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth.2004Gregg ArakiDrama7.6 (68.2K votes)10520211228
Nobody Knows [Dare mo shiranai]In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning.2004Hirokazu KoreedaDrama8.1 (27K votes)14120211228
Notes On A ScandalA veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her fifteen-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go well beyond a platonic friendship.2006Richard EyreCrime, Drama, Romance, Thriller7.4 (77.3K votes)9220211228
Nothing But The TruthIn Washington, D.C., a reporter faces a possible jail sentence for outing a CIA agent and refusing to reveal her source.2008Rod LurieCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller7.2 (39.2K votes)10820230806
OldboyAfter being kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must find his captor in five days.2003Park Chan-wook (*)Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller8.4 (553.3K votes)12020211228
Page EightJohnny works for MI5. His neighbor Nancy approaches him. When his best friend and boss suddenly dies, Johnny's left to sort out things about the PM, MI5 and US.2011David HareDrama, Mystery, Thriller6.9 (16K votes)9920211228
PandorumTwo crew members of a spaceship wake up from hypersleep to discover that all their colleagues are missing. Despite this, it appears that they are not alone.2009Christian AlvartAction, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller6.7 (148.8K votes)10820211228
PoetryA sixty-something woman, faced with the discovery of a heinous family crime and in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, finds strength and purpose when she enrolls in a poetry class.2010Chang-dong LeeDrama7.8 (11.8K votes)13920211228
Red LightsPsychologist Margaret Matheson and her assistant study paranormal activity, which leads them to investigate a world-renowned psychic who has resurfaced years after his toughest critic mysteriously passed away.2012Rodrigo CortésDrama, Fantasy, Mystery6.2 (61.5K votes)11420220723
Red RoadJackie works as a CCTV operator. Each day she watches over a small part of the world, protecting the people living their lives under her gaze. One day a man appears on her monitor, a man she thought she would never see again, a man s2006Andrea ArnoldDrama, Mystery, Thriller6.8 (12.9K votes)11320211228
Road, TheIn a dangerous post-apocalyptic world, an ailing father defends his son as they slowly travel to the sea.2009John HillcoatAdventure, Drama7.2 (233.3K votes)11120211228
RosettaYoung and impulsive Rosetta lives with her alcoholic mother and, moved by despair, she will do anything to maintain a job.1999Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc DardenneDrama7.5 (13.7K votes)9520211228
Running ScaredA low-ranking thug is entrusted by his crime boss to dispose of a gun that killed corrupt cops, but things get out of control when the gun ends up in wrong hands.2006Wayne KramerAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller7.3 (99.4K votes)12220211228
Salton Sea, TheAfter a tragic incident, a man drifts into a world populated by thugs and speed junkies.2002D.J. CarusoCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller7.1 (30.6K votes)10320211228
Secret World of Arietty, The [Kari-gurashi no Arietti]The Clock family are four-inch-tall people who live anonymously in another family's residence, borrowing simple items to make their home. Life changes for the Clocks when their teenage daughter, Arrietty, is discovered.2010Hiromasa YonebayashiAnimation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy7.6 (88.5K votes)9420211228
ShameA sex addict's carefully cultivated private life falls apart after his sister arrives for an indefinite stay.2011Steve McQueen (*)Drama7.2 (191.8K votes)10120211228
Shattered [Butterfly on a Wheel]A perfect family's dynamic is ruined by a kidnapper's brutally efficient plot.2007Mike BarkerCrime, Drama, Thriller6.6 (32.1K votes)9520220723
Shattered GlassThe story of a young journalist who fell from grace when it was discovered he fabricated over half of his articles from the publication The New Republic magazine.2003Billy RayDrama, History7.2 (35.5K votes)9420220723
ShrinkUnable to cope with a recent personal tragedy, LA's top celebrity shrink turns into a pothead with no concern for his appearance and a creeping sense of his inability to help his patients.2009Jonas PateComedy, Drama6.6 (18.7K votes)10420211228
Single Man, AAn English professor, one year after the sudden death of his boyfriend, is unable to cope with his typical days in 1960s Los Angeles.2009Tom FordDrama, Romance7.5 (110.5K votes)9920211228
SpiderA mentally disturbed man takes residence in a halfway house. His mind gradually slips back into the realm created by his illness, where he replays a key part of his childhood.2002David Cronenberg (*)Drama, Mystery, Thriller6.8 (38.3K votes)9820211228
Spring Summer Fall Winter And SpringA boy is raised by a Buddhist monk in an isolated floating temple where the years pass like the seasons.2003Kim Ki-dukDrama, Romance8.0 (81.4K votes)10320211228
Stake LandIn a world of vampires, an expert vampire hunter and his young protégé travel toward sanctuary.2010Jim MickleDrama, Horror, Sci-Fi6.5 (42.1K votes)9820211228
SunshineA team of international astronauts are sent on a dangerous mission to reignite the dying Sun with a nuclear fission bomb in 2057.2007Danny Boyle (*)Sci-Fi, Thriller7.2 (244.3K votes)10720211228
Tae guk gi - The Brotherhood of War [Taegukgi hwinalrimyeo]When two brothers are forced to fight in the Korean War, the elder decides to take the riskiest missions if it will help shield the younger from battle.2004Je-kyu KangAction, Drama, War8.0 (39.4K votes)14020220414
Take ShelterPlagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself.2011Jeff NicholsDrama, Sci-Fi, Thriller7.3 (98.7K votes)12020211228
Time [Shi gan]To save her relationship, a woman puts herself through extensive plastic surgery.2006Kim Ki-dukDrama, Mystery, Romance7.2 (12.3K votes)9720211228
Tokyo SonataAn ordinary Japanese family slowly disintegrates after its patriarch loses his job at a prominent company.2008Kiyoshi KurosawaDrama7.5 (10.1K votes)12020211228
TranssiberianA Transsiberian train journey from China to Moscow becomes a thrilling chase of deception and murder when an American couple encounters a mysterious pair of fellow travelers.2008Brad AndersonCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller6.7 (52.5K votes)11120211228
TrustA teenage girl is targeted by an online sexual predator.2010David SchwimmerCrime, Drama, Thriller6.9 (42.1K votes)10620211228
TyrannosaurJoseph, a man plagued by violence and a rage that is driving him to self-destruction, earns a chance of redemption that appears in the form of Hannah, a Christian charity shop worker.2011Paddy ConsidineDrama7.6 (31.7K votes)9220211228
United States of Leland, TheA young man's experience in a juvenile detention center that touches on the tumultuous changes that befall his family and the community in which he lives.2003Matthew Ryan HogeDrama7.0 (23.3K votes)10820211228
UnknownFive men wake up in a locked-down warehouse with no memory of who they are. They are forced to figure out who is good and who is bad to stay alive.2006Simon BrandCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller6.4 (30.4K votes)8520220723
Warrior, The1375. Nine Koryo warriors, envoys exiled by Imperial China, battle to protect a Chinese Ming Princess from Mongolian troops.2001Sung-su KimAction, Drama, History, War7.2 (11K votes)15820221116
We Need to Talk About KevinKevin's mother struggles to love her strange child, despite the increasingly dangerous things he says and does as he grows up. But Kevin is just getting started, and his final act will be beyond anything anyone imagined.2011Lynne RamsayDrama, Mystery, Thriller7.5 (148.5K votes)11220211228
We Own the NightA New York City nightclub manager tries to save his brother and father from Russian Mafia hitmen.2007James GrayAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller6.8 (87.7K votes)11720211228
Whistleblower, TheA drama based on the experiences of Kathryn Bolkovac, a Nebraska cop who served as a peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia and outed the U.N. for covering up a sex trafficking scandal.2010Larysa KondrackiBiography, Crime, Drama7.1 (34K votes)11220220806
ZatoichiThe blind masseur/swordsman comes to a town in control of warring gangs, and while bunking with a farming family, he meets two women with their own agenda.2003Takeshi Kitano (*)Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller7.5 (49K votes)11620211228