Movies by Lists - 300 Essential Movies To Watch Now (299 [300]) 
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| 12 Angry MenThe jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to more carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict. | 1957 | Sidney Lumet (*) | Crime, Drama | 9.0 (749.3K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| 400 BlowsA young boy, left without attention, delves into a life of petty crime. | 1959 | François Truffaut (*) | Crime, Drama | 8.1 (113.8K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| 2001 A Space Odyssey The Monoliths push humanity to reach for the stars; after their discovery in Africa generations ago, the mysterious objects lead mankind on an awesome journey to Jupiter, with the help of H.A.L. 9000: the world's greatest supercomput | 1968 | Stanley Kubrick (*) | Adventure, Sci-Fi | 8.3 (642.5K votes) | 149 | 20211228 |
| Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, TheTwo drag performers and a transgender woman travel across the desert to perform their unique style of cabaret. | 1994 | Stephan Elliott | Comedy, Music | 7.5 (49.2K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| Adventures of Robin Hood, TheWhen Prince John and the Norman Lords begin oppressing the Saxon masses in King Richard's absence in 1190s England, a Saxon lord fights back as the outlaw leader of a resistance movement. | 1938 | Michael Curtiz, William Keighley | Action, Adventure, Romance | 7.9 (50K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Aguirre The Wrath Of God [Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes]In the 16th century, the ruthless and insane Don Lope de Aguirre leads a Spanish expedition in search of El Dorado. | 1972 | Werner Herzog (*) | Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History | 7.9 (55.7K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| AirplaneA man afraid to fly must ensure that a plane lands safely after the pilots become sick. | 1980 | Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker | Comedy | 7.7 (229.7K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| AkiraA secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by a teenager, his gang of biker friends and a group of psychics. | 1988 | Katsuhiro Ôtomo (*) | Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 8.0 (178.1K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
| AlienThe crew of a commercial spacecraft encounter a deadly lifeform after investigating an unknown transmission. | 1979 | Ridley Scott (*) | Horror, Sci-Fi | 8.4 (841K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| AliensFifty-seven years after surviving an apocalyptic attack aboard her space vessel by merciless space creatures, Officer Ripley awakens from hyper-sleep and tries to warn anyone who will listen about the predators. | 1986 | James Cameron (*) | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 8.3 (691K votes) | 137 | 20211228 |
| All About EveA seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends. | 1950 | Joseph L. Mankiewicz (*) | Drama | 8.2 (128K votes) | 138 | 20211228 |
| All About My Mother [Todo Sobre Mi Madre]Young Esteban wants to become a writer and also to discover the identity of his second mother, a trans woman, carefully concealed by his mother Manuela. | 1999 | Pedro Almodóvar (*) | Drama | 7.9 (94.3K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| All the President's Men"The Washington Post" reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Richard Nixon's resignation. | 1976 | Alan J. Pakula (*) | Drama, History, Thriller | 8.0 (111.6K votes) | 138 | 20211228 |
| Almost FamousA high-school boy in the early 1970s is given the chance to write a story for Rolling Stone magazine about an up-and-coming rock band as he accompanies them on their concert tour. | 2000 | Cameron Crowe | Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Music | 7.9 (269.2K votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
| AmadeusThe life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was insanely jealous of Mozart's talent and claimed to have murdered him. | 1984 | Milos Forman (*) | Biography, Drama, Music | 8.3 (388.6K votes) | 160 | 20211228 |
| AmelieAmélie is an innocent and naive girl in Paris with her own sense of justice. She decides to help those around her and, along the way, discovers love. | 2001 | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Comedy, Romance | 8.3 (735.1K votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
| AmourGeorges and Anne are an octogenarian couple. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, also a musician, lives in Britain with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested | 2012 | Michael Haneke (*) | Drama | 7.9 (97.9K votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| An American in ParisThree friends struggle to find work in Paris. Things become more complicated when two of them fall in love with the same woman. | 1951 | Vincente Minnelli (*) | Drama, Musical, Romance | 7.2 (32.8K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| And Your Mother Too [Y Tu Mama Tambien]In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other. | 2001 | Alfonso Cuarón | Drama | 7.6 (120.7K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| Animal HouseAt a 1962 college, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him. | 1978 | John Landis (*) | Comedy | 7.5 (118.4K votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
| Annie HallAlvy Singer, a divorced Jewish comedian, reflects on his relationship with ex-lover Annie Hall, an aspiring nightclub singer, which ended abruptly just like his previous marriages. | 1977 | Woody Allen (*) | Comedy, Romance | 8.0 (260.6K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Apartment, TheA Manhattan insurance clerk tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue. | 1960 | Billy Wilder (*) | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 8.3 (175.7K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| Apocalypse NowA U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god. | 1979 | Francis Ford Coppola (*) | Drama, Mystery, War | 8.4 (641.8K votes) | 147 | 20211228 |
| Avengers - EndgameAfter the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War (2018), the universe is in ruins. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers assemble once more in order to reverse Thanos' actions and restore balance to the universe. | 2019 | Anthony Russo, Joe Russo | Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi | 8.4 (987.9K votes) | 181 | 20211228 |
| Back to the FutureMarty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent thirty years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the eccentric scientist Doc Brown. | 1985 | Robert Zemeckis (*) | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi | 8.5 (1.1M votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| BadlandsAn impressionable teenage girl from a dead-end town and her older greaser boyfriend embark on a killing spree in the South Dakota badlands. | 1973 | Terrence Malick (*) | Action, Crime, Drama | 7.8 (71.1K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Bakuchi-uchi - Inochi-huda [Fate Deals the Card of Death]Young, rich, and obsessed with death, Harold finds himself changed forever when he meets lively septuagenarian Maude at a funeral. | 1971 | Hal Ashby (*) | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7.9 (76.2K votes) | 91 | 20220315 |
| Beauty and the BeastA prince cursed to spend his days as a hideous monster sets out to regain his humanity by earning a young woman's love. | 1991 | Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise | Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance | 8.0 (434.2K votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
| Being John MalkovichA puppeteer discovers a portal that leads literally into the head of movie star John Malkovich. | 1999 | Spike Jonze (*) | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy | 7.7 (327.1K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| Being ThereAfter the death of his employer forces him out of the only home he's ever known, a simpleminded, sheltered gardener becomes an unlikely trusted advisor to a powerful tycoon and an insider in Washington politics. | 1979 | Hal Ashby (*) | Comedy, Drama | 8.0 (70.9K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| Best Years of Our Lives, TheThree World War II veterans, two of them traumatized or disabled, return home to the American midwest to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed. | 1946 | William Wyler (*) | Drama, Romance, War | 8.1 (62K votes) | 170 | 20211228 |
| Better Luck TomorrowA group of over-achieving East Asian American high school seniors enjoy a power trip when they dip into extracurricular criminal activities. | 2002 | Justin Lin | Crime, Drama, Romance | 7.0 (10.5K votes) | 101 | 20240511 |
| Bicycle Thief [Ladri di Biciclette]In post-war Italy, a working-class man's bicycle is stolen, endangering his efforts to find work. He and his son set out to find it. | 1948 | Vittorio De Sica (*) | Drama | 8.3 (158.6K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| Big Lebowski, TheUltimate L.A. slacker Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire of the same name, seeks restitution for a rug ruined by debt collectors, enlisting his bowling buddies for help while trying to find the millionaire's missing | 1998 | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Comedy, Crime, Sport | 8.1 (780.3K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| Big Sick, ThePakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a mysterious illness, Kumail finds himself forced to face her feisty parents, his family's | 2017 | Michael Showalter | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7.5 (130.5K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| BirdmanA washed-up superhero actor attempts to revive his fading career by writing, directing, and starring in a Broadway production. | 2014 | Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Comedy, Drama | 7.7 (610.3K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| Black Hawk DownThe story of 160 elite U.S. soldiers who dropped into Mogadishu in October 1993 to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord, but found themselves in a desperate battle with a large force of heavily-armed Somalis. | 2001 | Ridley Scott (*) | Action, Drama, History, War | 7.7 (383.7K votes) | 144 | 20211228 |
| Black OrpheusA retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, set during the time of the Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro. | 1959 | Marcel Camus (*) | Drama, Fantasy, Music, Romance | 7.5 (10.9K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Black PantherT'Challa, heir to the hidden but advanced kingdom of Wakanda, must step forward to lead his people into a new future and must confront a challenger from his country's past. | 2018 | Ryan Coogler | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | 7.3 (700K votes) | 134 | 20211228 |
| Blade RunnerA blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space, and have returned to Earth to find their creator. | 1982 | Ridley Scott (*) | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 8.1 (738.2K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| Blazing SaddlesIn order to ruin a western town, a corrupt politician appoints a black Sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary. | 1974 | Mel Brooks (*) | Comedy, Western | 7.7 (134.5K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Boogie NightsBack when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, an idealistic porn producer aspires to elevate his craft to an art when he discovers a hot young talent. | 1997 | Paul Thomas Anderson (*) | Drama | 7.9 (255.6K votes) | 155 | 20211228 |
| Boys Don't CryA young man named Brandon Teena navigates love, life, and being transgender in rural Nebraska. | 1999 | Kimberly Peirce | Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance | 7.5 (96K votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
| Boyz n The HoodFollows the lives of three young males living in the Crenshaw ghetto of Los Angeles, dissecting questions of race, relationships, violence, and future prospects. | 1991 | John Singleton (*) | Crime, Drama | 7.8 (135.7K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| Breakfast Club, TheFive high school students meet in Saturday detention and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought. | 1985 | John Hughes (*) | Comedy, Drama | 7.8 (379.9K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| BreathlessA small-time thief steals a car and impulsively murders a motorcycle policeman. Wanted by the authorities, he reunites with a hip American journalism student and attempts to persuade her to run away with him to Italy. | 1960 | Jean-Luc Godard (*) | Crime, Drama | 7.8 (78.8K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| BridesmaidsCompetition between the maid of honor and a bridesmaid, over who is the bride's best friend, threatens to upend the life of an out-of-work pastry chef. | 2011 | Paul Feig | Comedy, Romance | 6.8 (284.6K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| Bridge on the River Kwai, TheBritish POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it. | 1957 | David Lean (*) | Adventure, Drama, War | 8.1 (214.6K votes) | 161 | 20211228 |
| Bridget Jones DiaryBridget Jones is determined to improve herself while she looks for love in a year in which she keeps a personal diary. | 2001 | Sharon Maguire | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 6.7 (238.3K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Broadcast NewsTake two rival television reporters: one handsome, one talented, both male. Add one producer, female. Mix well, and watch the sparks fly. | 1987 | James L. Brooks (*) | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7.2 (29.9K votes) | 133 | 20211228 |
| Brokeback MountainEnnis and Jack are two shepherds who develop a sexual and emotional relationship. Their relationship becomes complicated when both of them get married to their respective girlfriends. | 2005 | Ang Lee (*) | Drama, Romance | 7.7 (344.5K votes) | 134 | 20211228 |
| Butch Cassidy and the Sundance KidWyoming, early 1900s. Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid are the leaders of a band of outlaws. After a train robbery goes wrong they find themselves on the run with a posse hard on their heels. Their solution - escape to Bolivia. | 1969 | George Roy Hill (*) | Biography, Crime, Drama, Western | 8.0 (211.5K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| CabaretA female girlie club entertainer in Weimar Republic era Berlin romances two men while the Nazi Party rises to power around them. | 1972 | Bob Fosse (*) | Drama, Music, Musical, Romance | 7.8 (53K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
| Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, TheHypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders. | 1920 | Robert Wiene (*) | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 8.1 (61.7K votes) | 67 | 20211228 |
| Call Me By Your NameIn 1980s Italy, romance blossoms between a seventeen-year-old student and the older man hired as his father's research assistant. | 2017 | Luca Guadagnino | Drama, Romance | 7.9 (248.1K votes) | 132 | 20211228 |
| CarolAn aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York. | 2015 | Todd Haynes (*) | Drama, Romance | 7.2 (126.5K votes) | 118 | 20220415 |
| CasablancaA cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco. | 1942 | Michael Curtiz (*) | Drama, Romance, War | 8.5 (558.2K votes) | 102 | 20220423 |
| Casino RoyaleAfter earning 00 status and a licence to kill, secret agent James Bond sets out on his first mission as 007. Bond must defeat a private banker funding terrorists in a high-stakes game of poker at Casino Royale, Montenegro. | 2006 | Martin Campbell | Action, Adventure, Thriller | 8.0 (636.8K votes) | 144 | 20211228 |
| Children of MenIn 2027, in a chaotic world in which women have become somehow infertile, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea. | 2006 | Alfonso Cuarón | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.9 (487.1K votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
| ChinatownA private detective hired to expose an adulterer in 1930s Los Angeles finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder. | 1974 | Roman Polanski (*) | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.2 (315K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| Cinema ParadisoA filmmaker recalls his childhood when falling in love with the pictures at the cinema of his home village and forms a deep friendship with the cinema's projectionist. | 1988 | Giuseppe Tornatore (*) | Drama, Romance | 8.5 (250.8K votes) | 155 | 20211228 |
| Citizen KaneFollowing the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance; 'Rosebud'. | 1941 | Orson Welles (*) | Drama, Mystery | 8.3 (429.4K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| City LightsWith the aid of a wealthy erratic tippler, a dewy-eyed tramp who has fallen in love with a sightless flower girl accumulates money to be able to help her medically. | 1931 | Charles Chaplin (*) | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 8.5 (179.3K votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| City of GodIn the slums of Rio, two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin. | 2002 | Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund | Crime, Drama | 8.6 (733.1K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| ClerksA day in the lives of two convenience clerks named Dante and Randal as they annoy customers, discuss movies, and play hockey on the store roof. | 1994 | Kevin Smith (*) | Comedy | 7.7 (218.4K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| Clockwork Orange, AIn the future, a sadistic gang leader is imprisoned and volunteers for a conduct-aversion experiment, but it doesn't go as planned. | 1971 | Stanley Kubrick (*) | Crime, Sci-Fi | 8.3 (799.7K votes) | 136 | 20211228 |
| CluelessShallow, rich and socially successful Cher is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school's pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first coaxes two teachers into dating each other. | 1995 | Amy Heckerling (*) | Comedy, Romance | 6.9 (204.3K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| CocoAspiring musician Miguel, confronted with his family's ancestral ban on music, enters the Land of the Dead to find his great-great-grandfather, a legendary singer. | 2017 | Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music, Mystery | 8.4 (455.1K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Crazy Rich AsiansThis contemporary romantic comedy, based on a global bestseller, follows native New Yorker Rachel Chu to Singapore to meet her boyfriend's family. | 2018 | Jon M. Chu | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 6.9 (161.3K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| CreedThe former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa serves as a trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson, the son of his late friend and former rival Apollo Creed. | 2015 | Ryan Coogler | Action, Drama, Sport | 7.6 (263.3K votes) | 133 | 20211228 |
| Crouching Tiger Hidden DragonA young Chinese warrior steals a sword from a famed swordsman and then escapes into a world of romantic adventure with a mysterious man in the frontier of the nation. | 2000 | Ang Lee (*) | Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance | 7.8 (263.6K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Dark Knight, TheWhen the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice. | 2008 | Christopher Nolan (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 9.0 (2.5M votes) | 152 | 20211228 |
| Dawn Of The DeadFollowing an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia S.W.A.T. team members, a traffic reporter, and his television executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall. | 1978 | George A. Romero (*) | Horror, Thriller | 7.9 (117.7K votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| Day the Earth Stood Still, TheAn alien lands in Washington, D.C. and tells the people of Earth that they must live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets. | 1951 | Robert Wise (*) | Drama, Sci-Fi | 7.7 (80.5K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| Dazed and ConfusedThe adventures of high school and junior high students on the last day of school in May 1976. | 1993 | Richard Linklater (*) | Comedy | 7.6 (177.3K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Dead Poets SocietyMaverick teacher John Keating uses poetry to embolden his boarding school students to new heights of self-expression. | 1989 | Peter Weir (*) | Comedy, Drama | 8.1 (461.9K votes) | 128 | 20211228 |
| Die Hard I - Die HardAn NYPD officer tries to save his wife and several others taken hostage by German terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles. | 1988 | John McTiernan (*) | Action, Thriller | 8.2 (847.3K votes) | 132 | 20211228 |
| Doctor ZhivagoThe life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution. | 1965 | David Lean (*) | Drama, Romance, War | 8.0 (74.6K votes) | 197 | 20211228 |
| Dog Day AfternoonThree amateur bank robbers plan to hold up a bank. A nice simple robbery: Walk in, take the money, and run. Unfortunately, the supposedly uncomplicated heist suddenly becomes a bizarre nightmare as everything that could go wrong does | 1975 | Sidney Lumet (*) | Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 8.0 (249.5K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| Don't Look NowA married couple grieving the recent death of their young daughter are in Venice when they encounter two elderly sisters, one of whom is psychic and brings a warning from beyond. | 1973 | Nicolas Roeg (*) | Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.2 (54.2K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Double IndemnityA Los Angeles insurance representative lets an alluring housewife seduce him into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, an insurance investigator. | 1944 | Billy Wilder (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller | 8.3 (152.5K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Dr. StrangeloveAn insane American general orders a bombing attack on the Soviet Union, triggering a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop. | 1964 | Stanley Kubrick (*) | Comedy, War | 8.4 (474.6K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| DraculaTransylvanian vampire Count Dracula bends a naive real estate agent to his will, then takes up residence at a London estate where he sleeps in his coffin by day and searches for potential victims by night. | 1931 | Tod Browning, Karl Freund | Drama, Fantasy, Horror | 7.5 (50.7K votes) | 75 | 20211228 |
| DriveAn action drama about a mysterious Hollywood stuntman and mechanic who moonlights as a getaway driver, and finds himself in trouble when he helps out his neighbor. | 2011 | Nicolas Winding Refn | Action, Drama | 7.8 (607.6K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Drunken Master 2A young martial artist is caught between respecting his pacifist father's wishes or stopping a group of disrespectful foreigners from stealing precious artifacts. | 1994 | Chia-Liang Liu, Jackie Chan | Action, Comedy | 7.6 (45.1K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Duck SoupRufus T. Firefly is named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale, contending with two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side they' | 1933 | Leo McCarey (*) | Comedy, Musical | 7.8 (59.3K votes) | 69 | 20211228 |
| E.T. - The Extra-TerrestrialA troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape Earth and return to his home world. | 1982 | Steven Spielberg (*) | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi | 7.8 (394.3K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| Easy RiderTwo bikers head from L.A. to New Orleans through the open country and desert lands, and along the way they meet a man who bridges a counter-culture gap of which they had been unaware. | 1969 | Dennis Hopper (*) | Adventure, Drama | 7.3 (107.5K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Edward ScissorhandsAn artificial man, who was incompletely constructed and has scissors for hands, leads a solitary life. Then one day, a suburban lady meets him and introduces him to her world. | 1990 | Tim Burton (*) | Drama, Fantasy, Romance | 7.9 (471.5K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| ElectionA high school teacher meets his match in an over-achieving student politician. | 1999 | Alexander Payne | Comedy, Romance | 7.2 (95.1K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Elephant Man, TheA Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of kindness, intelligence and sophistication. | 1980 | David Lynch (*) | Biography, Drama | 8.1 (234.2K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
| Empire Strikes Back, TheAfter the Rebels are brutally overpowered by the Empire on the ice planet Hoth, Luke Skywalker begins Jedi training with Yoda, while his friends are pursued across the galaxy by Darth Vader and bounty hunter Boba Fett. | 1980 | Irvin Kershner (*) | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 8.7 (1.2M votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
| Enter The DragonA secret agent comes to an opium lord's island fortress with other fighters for a martial-arts tournament. | 1973 | Robert Clouse | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.7 (102.3K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless MindWhen their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a medical procedure to have each other erased from their memories. | 2004 | Michel Gondry | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi | 8.3 (966.2K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| Evil Dead 2The lone survivor of an onslaught of flesh-possessing spirits holes up in a cabin with a group of strangers while the demons continue their attack. | 1987 | Sam Raimi (*) | Comedy, Horror | 7.7 (157.8K votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
| Exorcist, TheWhen a 12-year-old girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two priests to save her. | 1973 | William Friedkin (*) | Horror | 8.0 (384.5K votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
| Farewell, TheA Chinese family discovers their grandmother has only a short while left to live and decide to keep her in the dark, scheduling a wedding to gather before she dies. | 2019 | Lulu Wang | Comedy, Drama | 7.5 (61.4K votes) | 100 | 20220315 |
| FargoMinnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson. | 1996 | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Crime, Thriller | 8.1 (654.8K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Fast FiveDominic Toretto and his crew of street racers plan a massive heist to buy their freedom while in the sights of a powerful Brazilian drug lord and a dangerous federal agent. | 2011 | Justin Lin | Action, Crime, Thriller | 7.3 (371.6K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| Fast Times At Ridgemont HighA group of Southern California high school students are enjoying their most important subjects: sex, drugs, and rock n' roll. | 1982 | Amy Heckerling (*) | Comedy, Drama | 7.2 (101.8K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Fellowship of the RingA meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron. | 2001 | Peter Jackson (*) | Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy | 8.8 (1.8M votes) | 178 | 20211228 |
| Fight ClubAn insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more. | 1999 | David Fincher (*) | Drama | 8.8 (2M votes) | 139 | 20211228 |
| Fish TankEverything changes for 15-year-old Mia when her mum brings home a new boyfriend. | 2009 | Andrea Arnold | Drama | 7.3 (64.2K votes) | 123 | 20231001 |
| Forbidden PlanetA starship crew in the 23rd century goes to investigate the silence of a distant planet's colony, only to find just two survivors, a powerful robot, and the deadly secret of a lost civilization. | 1956 | Fred M. Wilcox (*) | Adventure, Sci-Fi | 7.6 (47.9K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Four Weddings and a FuneralOver the course of five social occasions, a committed bachelor must consider the notion that he may have discovered love. | 1994 | Mike Newell (*) | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7.1 (148.6K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| FrankensteinDr. Frankenstein dares to tamper with life and death by creating a human monster out of lifeless body parts. | 1931 | James Whale (*) | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.8 (70.2K votes) | 70 | 20211228 |
| French Connection, TheA pair of NYPD detectives in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a heroin smuggling ring based in Marseilles, but stopping them and capturing their leaders proves an elusive goal. | 1971 | William Friedkin (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.7 (118.5K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| FridaA biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work. | 2002 | Julie Taymor | Biography, Drama, Romance | 7.4 (87.6K votes) | 123 | 20211228 |
| GallipoliTwo Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in Turkey during World War I. | 1981 | Peter Weir (*) | Adventure, Drama, History, War | 7.4 (38.9K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| GandhiThe life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest. | 1982 | Richard Attenborough (*) | Biography, Drama | 8.0 (225.5K votes) | 191 | 20211228 |
| GattacaA genetically inferior man assumes the identity of a superior one in order to pursue his lifelong dream of space travel. | 1997 | Andrew Niccol | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.8 (294.4K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| General, TheAfter being rejected by the Confederate military, not realizing it was due to his crucial civilian role, an engineer must single-handedly recapture his beloved locomotive after it is seized by Union spies and return it through enemy | 1926 | Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, War | 8.1 (88.5K votes) | 67 | 20211228 |
| Get OutA young African-American visits his white girlfriend's parents for the weekend, where his simmering uneasiness about their reception of him eventually reaches a boiling point. | 2017 | Jordan Peele (*) | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.7 (546.2K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| Ghost In The Shell.A cyborg policewoman and her partner hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the Puppet Master. | 1995 | Mamoru Oshii | Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 8.0 (138.3K votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| GhostbustersThree parapsychologists forced out of their university funding set up shop as a unique ghost removal service in New York City, attracting frightened yet skeptical customers. | 1984 | Ivan Reitman (*) | Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 7.8 (396.6K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Girls TripWhen four lifelong friends travel to New Orleans for the annual Essence Festival, sisterhoods are rekindled, wild sides are rediscovered, and there's enough dancing, drinking, brawling and romancing to make the Big Easy blush. | 2017 | Malcolm D. Lee | Adventure, Comedy, Drama | 6.2 (37.1K votes) | 122 | 20220415 |
| Godfather Part I, TheThe aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty in postwar New York City transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant youngest son. | 1972 | Francis Ford Coppola (*) | Crime, Drama | 9.2 (1.7M votes) | 175 | 20211228 |
| Godfather Part II, TheThe early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York City is portrayed, while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate. | 1974 | Francis Ford Coppola (*) | Crime, Drama | 9.0 (1.2M votes) | 202 | 20211228 |
| Godzilla [Gojira]American nuclear weapons testing results in the creation of a seemingly unstoppable, dinosaur-like beast. | 1954 | Ishirô Honda | Horror, Sci-Fi | 7.6 (32.7K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| GoldfingerWhile investigating a gold magnate's smuggling, James Bond uncovers a plot to contaminate the Fort Knox gold reserve. | 1964 | Guy Hamilton (*) | Action, Adventure, Thriller | 7.7 (184.9K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Good The Bad and The Ugly, TheA bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery. | 1966 | Sergio Leone (*) | Adventure, Western | 8.8 (732.4K votes) | 178 | 20211228 |
| GoodfellasThe story of Henry Hill and his life in the mob, covering his relationship with his wife Karen Hill and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito in the Italian-American crime syndicate. | 1990 | Martin Scorsese (*) | Biography, Crime, Drama | 8.7 (1.1M votes) | 146 | 20211228 |
| Grand Budapest Hotel, TheA writer encounters the owner of an aging high-class hotel, who tells him of his early years serving as a lobby boy in the hotel's glorious years under an exceptional concierge. | 2014 | Wes Anderson (*) | Adventure, Comedy, Crime | 8.1 (766K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Grand Illusion, The [La Grande Illusion]During WWI, two French soldiers are captured and imprisoned in a German P.O.W. camp. Several escape attempts follow until they are eventually sent to a seemingly inescapable fortress. | 1937 | Jean Renoir (*) | Drama, War | 8.1 (35.8K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| Grapes of Wrath, TheAn Oklahoma family driven off their farm by the poverty and hopelessness of the Dust Bowl joins the westward migration to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression. | 1940 | John Ford (*) | Drama | 8.1 (90.3K votes) | 129 | 20211228 |
| GreaseGood girl Sandy Olsson and greaser Danny Zuko fell in love over the summer. When they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance? | 1978 | Randal Kleiser | Comedy, Musical, Romance | 7.2 (259.4K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Great Escape, TheAllied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II. | 1963 | John Sturges (*) | Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller, War | 8.2 (237.9K votes) | 172 | 20211228 |
| Groundhog DayA self-centered Pittsburgh weatherman finds himself inexplicably trapped in a small town as he lives the same day over and over again. | 1993 | Harold Ramis (*) | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance | 8.0 (603.6K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| Guardians of the GalaxyA group of intergalactic criminals must pull together to stop a fanatical warrior with plans to purge the universe. | 2014 | James Gunn | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi | 8.0 (1.1M votes) | 121 | 20211228 |
| HairsprayA 'pleasantly plump' teenager teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show. | 1988 | John Waters (*) | Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Musical, Romance | 7.0 (21.1K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| HalloweenFifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again. | 1978 | John Carpenter (*) | Horror, Thriller | 7.7 (262.1K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Hard Days Night, AOver two "typical" days in the life of The Beatles, the boys struggle to keep themselves and Sir Paul McCartney's mischievous grandfather in check while preparing for a live TV performance. | 1964 | Richard Lester (*) | Comedy, Musical | 7.6 (44.2K votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Harold and MaudeYoung, rich, and obsessed with death, Harold finds himself changed forever when he meets lively septuagenarian Maude at a funeral. | 1971 | Hal Ashby (*) | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7.9 (75.9K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanHarry Potter, Ron and Hermione return to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for their third year of study, where they delve into the mystery surrounding an escaped prisoner who poses a dangerous threat to the young wizard. | 2004 | Alfonso Cuarón | Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery | 7.9 (603K votes) | 142 | 20211228 |
| HeatA group of high-end professional thieves start to feel the heat from the LAPD when they unknowingly leave a clue at their latest heist. | 1995 | Michael Mann (*) | Action, Crime, Drama | 8.2 (623.4K votes) | 170 | 20211228 |
| HeathersAt Westerburg High where cliques rule, jocks dominate and all the popular girls are named Heather, it's going to take a Veronica and mysterious new kid to give teen angst a body count. | 1988 | Michael Lehmann | Comedy, Crime | 7.2 (98.4K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Hedwig and the Angry InchA gender-queer punk-rock singer from East Berlin tours the U.S. with her band as she tells her life story and follows the former lover/band-mate who stole her songs. | 2001 | John Cameron Mitchell | Comedy, Drama, Music, Musical | 7.7 (35K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| High NoonA town Marshal, despite the disagreements of his newlywed bride and the townspeople around him, must face a gang of deadly killers alone at high noon when the gang leader, an outlaw he sent up years ago, arrives on the noon train. | 1952 | Fred Zinnemann (*) | Drama, Thriller, Western | 8.0 (102.2K votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
| His Girl FridayA newspaper editor uses every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter ex-wife from remarrying. | 1940 | Howard Hawks (*) | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7.9 (57.2K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| Hunt, The [Jagten]A teacher lives a lonely life, all the while struggling over his son's custody. His life slowly gets better as he finds love and receives good news from his son, but his new luck is about to be brutally shattered by an innocent littl | 2012 | Thomas Vinterberg (*) | Drama | 8.3 (312.8K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| IkiruA bureaucrat tries to find meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer. | 1952 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Drama | 8.3 (75.5K votes) | 143 | 20211228 |
| In The Heat of The NightA black Philadelphia police detective is mistakenly suspected of a local murder while passing through a racially hostile Mississippi town, and after being cleared is reluctantly asked by the police chief to investigate the case. | 1967 | Norman Jewison (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.9 (73.3K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| In the Mood for LoveTwo neighbors form a strong bond after both suspect extramarital activities of their spouses. However, they agree to keep their bond platonic so as not to commit similar wrongs. | 2000 | Kar-Wai Wong | Drama, Romance | 8.1 (141.4K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| InceptionA thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O., but his tragic past may doom the project and his team to disaster. | 2010 | Christopher Nolan (*) | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 8.8 (2.2M votes) | 148 | 20211228 |
| Inglourious BasterdsIn Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same. | 2009 | Quentin Tarantino (*) | Adventure, Drama, War | 8.3 (1.4M votes) | 153 | 20211228 |
| Inside OutAfter young Riley is uprooted from her Midwest life and moved to San Francisco, her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness - conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house, and school. | 2015 | Pete Docter, Ronnie Del Carmen | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy | 8.1 (671.8K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Iron Giant, TheA young boy befriends a giant robot from outer space that a paranoid government agent wants to destroy. | 1999 | Brad Bird | Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi | 8.0 (184.5K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| Iron ManAfter being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil. | 2008 | Jon Favreau | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | 7.9 (1M votes) | 126 | 20211228 |
| Iron Man & Hulk - Heroes UnitedAfter being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil. | 2008 | Jon Favreau | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | 7.9 (1M votes) | 126 | 20211228 |
| It Happened One NightA renegade reporter trailing a young runaway heiress for a big story joins her on a bus heading from Florida to New York, and they end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops. | 1934 | Frank Capra (*) | Comedy, Romance | 8.1 (100.7K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| It's a Wonderful LifeAn angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed. | 1946 | Frank Capra (*) | Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy | 8.6 (438.9K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| JawsWhen a killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Long Island, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down. | 1975 | Steven Spielberg (*) | Adventure, Thriller | 8.0 (573.2K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
| John WickAn ex-hit-man comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that killed his dog and took everything from him. | 2014 | Chad Stahelski, David Leitch | Action, Crime, Thriller | 7.4 (594.2K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| Jurassic ParkA pragmatic paleontologist touring an almost complete theme park on an island in Central America is tasked with protecting a couple of kids after a power failure causes the park's cloned dinosaurs to run loose. | 1993 | Steven Spielberg (*) | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 8.1 (929.6K votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| King KongA film crew goes to a tropical island for an exotic location shoot and discovers a colossal ape who takes a shine to their female blonde star. He is then captured and brought back to New York City for public exhibition. | 1933 | Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack | Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi | 7.9 (83.6K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| L.A. ConfidentialAs corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice. | 1997 | Curtis Hanson (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.2 (563.7K votes) | 138 | 20211228 |
| La BambaBiographical story of the rise from nowhere of early rock and roll singer Ritchie Valens who died at age 17 in a plane crash with Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper. | 1987 | Luis Valdez | Biography, Drama, Music | 6.9 (32.6K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| La Dolce VitaA series of stories following a week in the life of a philandering tabloid journalist living in Rome. | 1960 | Federico Fellini (*) | Comedy, Drama | 8.0 (71.2K votes) | 174 | 20211228 |
| La Passion de Jeanne d'ArcIn 1431, Jeanne d'Arc is placed on trial on charges of heresy. The ecclesiastical jurists attempt to force Jeanne to recant her claims of holy visions. | 1928 | Carl Theodor Dreyer (*) | Biography, Drama, History | 8.1 (52.6K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Lady BirdIn 2002, an artistically inclined seventeen-year-old girl comes of age in Sacramento, California. | 2017 | Greta Gerwig | Comedy, Drama | 7.4 (270.6K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Lady Eve, TheA trio of classy card sharps targets the socially awkward heir to brewery millions for his money, until one of them falls in love with him. | 1941 | Preston Sturges (*) | Comedy, Romance | 7.8 (20.9K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| L'AvventuraA woman disappears during a Mediterranean boating trip. During the search, her lover and her best friend become attracted to each other. | 1960 | Michelangelo Antonioni (*) | Drama, Mystery, Romance | 7.8 (28.8K votes) | 144 | 20211228 |
| Lawrence of ArabiaThe story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks. | 1962 | David Lean (*) | Adventure, Biography, Drama, War | 8.3 (284.5K votes) | 228 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2008 | Tomas Alfredson | Action, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance | 7.9 (212.8K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Lethal WeaponTwo newly paired cops who are complete opposites must put aside their differences in order to catch a gang of drug smugglers. | 1987 | Richard Donner | Action, Crime, Thriller | 7.6 (251.1K votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
| Like Water for ChocolateWhen tradition prevents her from marrying the man she loves, a young woman discovers she has a unique talent for cooking. | 1992 | Alfonso Arau | Drama, Romance | 7.1 (17.8K votes) | 105 | 20220414 |
| Lion King, TheLion prince Simba and his father are targeted by his bitter uncle, who wants to ascend the throne himself. | 1994 | Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff | Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Musical | 8.5 (1M votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Little Mermaid, TheA mermaid princess makes a Faustian bargain in an attempt to become human and win a prince's love. | 1989 | Ron Clements, John Musker | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance | 7.6 (251.9K votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| Little Shop of HorrorsA nerdy florist finds his chance for success and romance with the help of a giant man-eating plant who demands to be fed. | 1986 | Frank Oz | Comedy, Horror, Musical, Romance, Sci-Fi | 7.1 (72.9K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| LoganIn a future where mutants are nearly extinct, an elderly and weary Logan leads a quiet life. But when Laura, a mutant child pursued by scientists, comes to him for help, he must get her to safety. | 2017 | James Mangold | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 8.1 (708.8K votes) | 137 | 20211228 |
| Lost in TranslationA faded movie star and a neglected young woman form an unlikely bond after crossing paths in Tokyo. | 2003 | Sofia Coppola | Comedy, Drama | 7.7 (440K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Love & BasketballMonica and Quincy love and play basketball together through many life challenges from childhood to adulthood. | 2000 | Gina Prince-Bythewood | Drama, Romance, Sport | 7.2 (24.4K votes) | 124 | 20240511 |
| Mad Max Fury RoadIn a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a woman rebels against a tyrannical ruler in search for her homeland with the aid of a group of female prisoners, a psychotic worshiper, and a drifter named Max. | 2015 | George Miller (*) | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 8.1 (949.9K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Malcolm XBiographical epic of the controversial and influential Black Nationalist leader, from his early life and career as a small-time gangster, to his ministry as a member of the Nation of Islam. | 1992 | Spike Lee (*) | Biography, Drama, History | 7.7 (92K votes) | 202 | 20211228 |
| Maltese Falcon, TheSan Francisco private detective Sam Spade takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette, with the stakes rising after his partner is murdered. | 1941 | John Huston (*) | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery, Romance | 8.0 (155.4K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Manchurian Candidate, TheAn American POW in the Korean War is brainwashed as an unwitting assassin for an international Communist conspiracy. | 1962 | John Frankenheimer (*) | Drama, Thriller | 7.9 (74.3K votes) | 126 | 20211228 |
| Matrix, TheWhen a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence. | 1999 | Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski | Action, Sci-Fi | 8.7 (1.8M votes) | 136 | 20211228 |
| Mean GirlsCady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George. | 2004 | Mark Waters | Comedy | 7.0 (364.4K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| MetropolisIn a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences. | 1927 | Fritz Lang (*) | Drama, Sci-Fi | 8.3 (169.6K votes) | 153 | 20211228 |
| Modern TimesThe Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman. | 1936 | Charles Chaplin (*) | Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance | 8.5 (233.6K votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Monsoon WeddingA stressed father, a bride-to-be with a secret, a smitten event planner, and relatives from around the world create much ado about the preparations for an arranged marriage in India. | 2001 | Mira Nair | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7.4 (25.5K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Monty Python and the Holy GrailKing Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table embark on a surreal, low-budget search for the Holy Grail, encountering many, very silly obstacles. | 1975 | Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy | 8.2 (525.7K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| MoonlightA young African-American man grapples with his identity and sexuality while experiencing the everyday struggles of childhood, adolescence, and burgeoning adulthood. | 2016 | Barry Jenkins | Drama | 7.4 (294.5K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| Mulholland DrAfter a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality. | 2001 | David Lynch (*) | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.9 (343.7K votes) | 147 | 20211228 |
| My Left FootChristy Brown, born with cerebral palsy, learns to paint and write with his only controllable limb - his left foot. | 1989 | Jim Sheridan (*) | Biography, Drama | 7.9 (72.5K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| My Lovely Sister [Ahota Hayafa]Iris invites her friend Jack to stay at her family's island getaway after his brother's death. Jack's drunken encounter with Iris' sister Hannah at their remote cabin kicks off a revealing stretch of days. | 2011 | Lynn Shelton | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 6.7 (27.2K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| My Neighbor TotoroWhen two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby. | 1988 | Hayao Miyazaki (*) | Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy | 8.2 (320.1K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| NakedAn unemployed Mancunian vents his rage on unsuspecting strangers as he embarks on a nocturnal London odyssey. | 1993 | Mike Leigh (*) | Comedy, Drama | 7.8 (38.1K votes) | 131 | 20211228 |
| Naked Gun - From the Files of Police Squad, TheIncompetent police Detective Frank Drebin must foil an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II. | 1988 | David Zucker (*) | Comedy, Crime | 7.6 (163.5K votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
| NashvilleOver the course of a few hectic days, numerous interrelated people prepare for a political convention. | 1975 | Robert Altman (*) | Comedy, Drama, Music | 7.7 (25.6K votes) | 160 | 20211228 |
| NetworkA television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor's ravings and revelations about the news media for its own profit, but finds that his message may be difficult to control. | 1976 | Sidney Lumet (*) | Drama | 8.1 (154.7K votes) | 121 | 20211228 |
| Night of the HunterA religious fanatic marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real daddy hid the $10,000 he'd stolen in a robbery. | 1955 | Charles Laughton (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller | 8.0 (87K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| Night of the Living DeadA ragtag group of Pennsylvanians barricade themselves in an old farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls that are ravaging the East Coast of the United States. | 1968 | George A. Romero (*) | Horror, Thriller | 7.9 (124.5K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Nightmare on Elm Street, ATeenager Nancy Thompson must uncover the dark truth concealed by her parents after she and her friends become targets of the spirit of a serial killer with a bladed glove in their dreams, in which if they die, it kills them in real l | 1984 | Wes Craven (*) | Horror | 7.5 (226.5K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| No Country For Old MenViolence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong and more than two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande. | 2007 | Ethan Coen, Joel Coen | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 8.1 (924.5K votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
| North by NorthwestA New York City advertising executive goes on the run after being mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and falls for a woman whose loyalties he begins to doubt. | 1959 | Alfred Hitchcock (*) | Adventure, Mystery, Thriller | 8.3 (317.8K votes) | 136 | 20211228 |
| Notting HillThe life of a simple bookshop owner changes when he meets the most famous film star in the world. | 1999 | Roger Michell | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7.1 (298K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2003 | Park Chan-wook (*) | Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.4 (553.3K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| On The WaterfrontAn ex-prize fighter turned New Jersey longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses, including his older brother, as he starts to connect with the grieving sister of one of the syndicate's victims. | 1954 | Elia Kazan (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 8.1 (150.9K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| One Flew Over the Cuckoos NestA criminal pleads insanity and is admitted to a mental institution, where he rebels against the oppressive nurse and rallies up the scared patients. | 1975 | Milos Forman (*) | Drama | 8.7 (970.7K votes) | 133 | 20211228 |
| Only YesterdayA twenty-seven-year-old office worker travels to the countryside while reminiscing about her childhood in Tokyo. | 1991 | Isao Takahata | Animation, Drama, Romance | 7.6 (30.6K votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
| Pandora's BoxThe rise and inevitable fall of an amoral but naive young woman whose insouciant eroticism inspires lust and violence in those around her. | 1929 | Georg Wilhelm Pabst (*) | Crime, Drama, Romance | 7.8 (10.5K votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
| Pan's LabyrinthIn the Falangist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world. | 2006 | Guillermo del Toro (*) | Drama, Fantasy, War | 8.2 (648.6K votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
| Parasite [Gisaengchung]Greed and class discrimination threaten the newly formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan. | 2019 | Bong Joon Ho (*) | Comedy, Drama, Thriller | 8.6 (700.6K votes) | 132 | 20211228 |
| Pather PanchaliImpoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work. | 1955 | Satyajit Ray (*) | Drama | 8.4 (30.2K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| Philadelphia Story, TheWhen a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself. | 1940 | George Cukor (*) | Comedy, Romance | 7.9 (67.5K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| Piano, TheIn the mid-19th century, a mute woman is sent to New Zealand along with her young daughter and prized piano for an arranged marriage to a wealthy landowner, but is soon lusted after by a local worker on the plantation. | 1993 | Jane Campion (*) | Drama, Music, Romance | 7.6 (85.1K votes) | 121 | 20211228 |
| PinocchioA living puppet, with the help of a cricket as his conscience, must prove himself worthy to become a real boy. | 1940 | Norman Ferguson, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical | 7.4 (139.9K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Pitch PerfectBeca, a freshman at Barden University, is cajoled into joining The Bellas, her school's all-girls singing group. Injecting some much needed energy into their repertoire, The Bellas take on their male rivals in a campus competition. | 2012 | Jason Moore | Comedy, Music, Romance | 7.1 (295.2K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| Player, TheA Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected, but which one? | 1992 | Robert Altman (*) | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.5 (58.5K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
| PlaytimeMonsieur Hulot curiously wanders around a high-tech Paris, paralleling a trip with a group of American tourists. Meanwhile, a nightclub/restaurant prepares its opening night, but it's still under construction. | 1967 | Jacques Tati (*) | Comedy | 7.9 (21.8K votes) | 155 | 20211228 |
| Portrait of a Lady on Fire [Portrait de la jeune fille en feu]On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman. | 2019 | Céline Sciamma | Drama, Romance | 8.1 (82.6K votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
| Pretty in PinkA poor girl must choose between the affections of dating her childhood sweetheart or a rich but sensitive playboy. | 1986 | Howard Deutch | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 6.8 (79K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Princess Bride, TheWhile homesick in bed, a young boy's grandfather reads him the story of a farmboy-turned-pirate who encounters numerous obstacles, enemies and allies in his quest to be reunited with his true love. | 1987 | Rob Reiner (*) | Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance | 8.1 (416.9K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Princess MononokeOn a journey to find the cure for a Tatarigami's curse, Ashitaka finds himself in the middle of a war between the forest gods and Tatara, a mining colony. In this quest he also meets San, the Mononoke Hime. | 1997 | Hayao Miyazaki (*) | Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy | 8.4 (374.2K votes) | 134 | 20211228 |
| PsychoA Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run, and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother. | 1960 | Alfred Hitchcock (*) | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 8.5 (643.8K votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
| Pulp FictionThe lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption. | 1994 | Quentin Tarantino (*) | Crime, Drama | 8.9 (2M votes) | 154 | 20211228 |
| RafikiGood Kenyan girls become good Kenyan wives,"" but Kena and Ziki long for something more. When love blossoms between them, the two girls will be forced to choose between happiness and safety. | 2018 | Wanuri Kahiu | Drama, Romance | 6.8 (2.9K votes) | 83 | 20220822 |
| Raging BullThe life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it. | 1980 | Martin Scorsese (*) | Biography, Drama, Sport | 8.2 (341.4K votes) | 129 | 20211228 |
| Raiders of the Lost ArkIn 1936, archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before Adolf Hitler's Nazis can obtain its awesome powers. | 1981 | Steven Spielberg (*) | Action, Adventure | 8.4 (932.2K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| RashomonThe rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter. | 1950 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 8.2 (163.2K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Rear WindowA wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his Greenwich Village courtyard apartment window, and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder, despite the skepticism of his fashion-model girlfriend. | 1954 | Alfred Hitchcock (*) | Mystery, Thriller | 8.5 (474.2K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| Red Shoes, TheA young ballet dancer is torn between the man she loves and her pursuit to become a prima ballerina. | 1948 | Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Drama, Music, Romance | 8.1 (33.8K votes) | 135 | 20211228 |
| Repo ManA young punk recruited by a car repossession agency finds himself in pursuit of a Chevrolet Malibu that is wanted for a $20,000 bounty - and has something otherworldly stashed in its trunk. | 1984 | Alex Cox | Action, Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.9 (36.6K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| Requiem for a DreamThe drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island people are shattered when their addictions run deep. | 2000 | Darren Aronofsky (*) | Drama | 8.3 (809.2K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Return of the KingGandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring. | 2003 | Peter Jackson (*) | Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy | 8.9 (1.7M votes) | 201 | 20211228 |
| RoboCopIn a dystopic and crime-ridden Detroit, a terminally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg haunted by submerged memories. | 1987 | Paul Verhoeven (*) | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.6 (248.7K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| RockyA small-time Philadelphia boxer gets a supremely rare chance to fight the world heavyweight champion in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect. | 1976 | John G. Avildsen (*) | Drama, Sport | 8.1 (551.3K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Roman HolidayA bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome. | 1953 | William Wyler (*) | Comedy, Romance | 8.0 (135.2K votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
| Rome Open CityDuring the Nazi occupation of Rome in 1944, the Resistance leader, Giorgio Manfredi, is chased by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a way to escape. | 1945 | Roberto Rossellini (*) | Drama, Thriller, War | 8.1 (25.6K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Rosemary's BabyA young couple trying for a baby move into an aging, ornate apartment building on Central Park West, but find themselves surrounded by peculiar neighbors. | 1968 | Roman Polanski (*) | Drama, Horror | 8.0 (207.9K votes) | 137 | 20211228 |
| Rules of the Game, TheA bourgeois life in France at the onset of World War II, as the rich and their poor servants meet up at a French chateau. | 1939 | Jean Renoir (*) | Comedy, Drama | 8.0 (28.4K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Saving Private RyanFollowing the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action. | 1998 | Steven Spielberg (*) | Drama, War | 8.6 (1.3M votes) | 169 | 20211228 |
| Say AnythingA noble underachiever and a beautiful valedictorian fall in love the summer before she goes off to college. | 1989 | Cameron Crowe | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7.3 (87.5K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| ScarfaceIn 1980 Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed. | 1983 | Brian De Palma (*) | Crime, Drama | 8.3 (796.7K votes) | 170 | 20211228 |
| Schindlers ListIn German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis. | 1993 | Steven Spielberg (*) | Biography, Drama, History | 8.9 (1.3M votes) | 195 | 20211228 |
| ScreamA year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a new killer, who targets the girl and her friends by using horror films as part of a deadly game. | 1996 | Wes Craven (*) | Horror, Mystery | 7.3 (322.6K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| Sea Inside, The [Mar Adentro]The factual story of Spaniard Ramon Sampedro, who fought a 28 year campaign in favour of euthanasia and his own right to die. | 2004 | Alejandro Amenábar | Biography, Drama | 8.0 (80.5K votes) | 126 | 20211228 |
| Searchers, TheAn American Civil War veteran embarks on a years-long journey to rescue his niece from the Comanches after the rest of his brother's family is massacred in a raid on their Texas farm. | 1956 | John Ford (*) | Adventure, Drama, Western | 7.9 (86.6K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| SevenTwo detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives. | 1995 | David Fincher (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.6 (1.6M votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| Seven SamuraiA poor village under attack by bandits recruits seven unemployed samurai to help them defend themselves. | 1954 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Action, Drama | 8.6 (334.9K votes) | 207 | 20211228 |
| Seventh Seal, TheA knight returning to Sweden after the Crusades seeks answers about life, death, and the existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the Black Plague. | 1957 | Ingmar Bergman (*) | Drama, Fantasy, History | 8.2 (179.1K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| ShaftCool black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter. | 1971 | Gordon Parks (*) | Action, Crime, Thriller | 6.6 (18.4K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Shaun of the DeadThe uneventful, aimless lives of a London electronics salesman and his layabout roommate are disrupted by the zombie apocalypse. | 2004 | Edgar Wright | Comedy, Horror | 7.9 (540K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Shawshank Redemption, TheTwo imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency. | 1994 | Frank Darabont (*) | Drama | 9.3 (2.5M votes) | 142 | 20211228 |
| Shining, TheA family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future. | 1980 | Stanley Kubrick (*) | Drama, Horror | 8.4 (968K votes) | 146 | 20211228 |
| Shoplifters [Manbiki kazoku]A family of small-time crooks take in a child they find outside in the cold. | 2018 | Hirokazu Koreeda | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.9 (75.5K votes) | 121 | 20220822 |
| ShrekA mean lord exiles fairytale creatures to the swamp of a grumpy ogre, who must go on a quest and rescue a princess for the lord in order to get his land back. | 2001 | Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance | 7.9 (650K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Silence of the Lambs, TheA young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims. | 1991 | Jonathan Demme (*) | Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller | 8.6 (1.4M votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
| Singin in the RainA silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood. | 1952 | Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly | Comedy, Musical, Romance | 8.3 (233.6K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Sixth Sense, TheA frightened, withdrawn Philadelphia boy who communicates with spirits seeks the help of a disheartened child psychologist. | 1999 | M. Night Shyamalan (*) | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.1 (957K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Slumdog MillionaireA Mumbai teenager reflects on his life after being accused of cheating on the Indian version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?". | 2008 | Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan | Drama, Romance | 8.0 (826.9K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Snow White and the Seven DwarvesExiled into the dangerous forest by her wicked stepmother, a princess is rescued by seven dwarf miners who make her part of their household. | 1937 | William Cottrell, David Hand, Wilfred Jackson, Larry Morey, Perce Pearce | Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance | 7.6 (192.9K votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| Solaris [Solyaris]A psychologist is sent to a station orbiting a distant planet in order to discover what has caused the crew to go insane. | 1972 | Andrei Tarkovsky (*) | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi | 8.0 (88.3K votes) | 167 | 20211228 |
| Some Like It HotAfter two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in. | 1959 | Billy Wilder (*) | Comedy, Music, Romance | 8.2 (258.9K votes) | 121 | 20211228 |
| Sound of Music, TheA young novitiate is sent by her convent in 1930s Austria to become a governess to the seven children of a widowed naval officer. | 1965 | Robert Wise (*) | Biography, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance | 8.0 (221.6K votes) | 172 | 20211228 |
| Spider-Man Into The Spider-VerseTeen Miles Morales becomes the Spider-Man of his universe, and must join with five spider-powered individuals from other dimensions to stop a threat for all realities. | 2018 | Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman | Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 8.4 (459.1K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| Spirited AwayDuring her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches, and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts. | 2001 | Hayao Miyazaki (*) | Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery | 8.6 (715.3K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| Star WarsLuke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vad | 1977 | George Lucas (*) | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 8.6 (1.3M votes) | 121 | 20211228 |
| Straight Outta ComptonThe rap group NWA emerges from the mean streets of Compton in Los Angeles, California, in the mid-1980s and revolutionizes Hip Hop culture with their music and tales about life in the hood. | 2015 | F. Gary Gray | Biography, Drama, History, Music | 7.8 (220.2K votes) | 147 | 20240727 |
| Sunset BlvdA screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return. | 1950 | Billy Wilder (*) | Drama, Film-Noir | 8.4 (214.8K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| SuperbadTwo co-dependent high school seniors are forced to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry. | 2007 | Greg Mottola | Comedy | 7.6 (554.3K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| SupermanAn alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest superhero. | 1978 | Richard Donner | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | 7.3 (169.6K votes) | 143 | 20211228 |
| SuspiriaAn American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders. | 1977 | Dario Argento (*) | Horror | 7.4 (89.3K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| Tale of the Princess Kaguya, TheFound inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. The mysterious young princess enthralls all who encounter her, but ultimately she must confront her | 2013 | Isao Takahata | Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy | 8.0 (43.7K votes) | 137 | 20211228 |
| TangerineA hooker tears through Tinseltown on Christmas Eve searching for the pimp who broke her heart. | 2015 | Sean Baker | Comedy, Crime, Drama | 7.1 (30.1K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Taxi DriverA mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action. | 1976 | Martin Scorsese (*) | Crime, Drama | 8.2 (780.5K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Terminator I - The TerminatorA human soldier is sent from 2029 to 1984 to stop an almost indestructible cyborg killing machine, sent from the same year, which has been programmed to execute a young woman whose unborn son is the key to humanity's future salvation | 1984 | James Cameron (*) | Action, Sci-Fi | 8.0 (830.8K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Terminator II - Judgement DayA cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her ten-year-old son John from a more advanced and powerful cyborg. | 1991 | James Cameron (*) | Action, Sci-Fi | 8.5 (1.1M votes) | 137 | 20211228 |
| Thelma & LouiseTwo best friends set out on an adventure, but it soon turns around to a terrifying escape from being hunted by the police, as these two girls escape for the crimes they committed. | 1991 | Ridley Scott (*) | Adventure, Crime, Drama | 7.5 (148.2K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| There Will Be BloodA story of family, religion, hatred, oil and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business. | 2007 | Paul Thomas Anderson (*) | Drama | 8.2 (558.7K votes) | 158 | 20211228 |
| Thing, TheA research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims. | 1982 | John Carpenter (*) | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi | 8.1 (402.6K votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
| Third Man, ThePulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime. | 1949 | Carol Reed (*) | Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller | 8.1 (167.7K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| This Is Spinal TapSpinal Tap, one of England's loudest bands, is chronicled by film director Marty DiBergi on what proves to be a fateful tour. | 1984 | Rob Reiner (*) | Comedy, Music | 7.9 (136.6K votes) | 82 | 20211228 |
| TitanicA seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic. | 1997 | James Cameron (*) | Drama, Romance | 7.8 (1.1M votes) | 194 | 20211228 |
| To Be or Not to BeDuring the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy. | 1942 | Ernst Lubitsch (*) | Comedy, Romance, War | 8.2 (35.1K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| To Kill a MockingbirdAtticus Finch, a widowed lawyer in Depression-era Alabama, defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge, and his children against prejudice. | 1962 | Robert Mulligan (*) | Crime, Drama | 8.2 (308.4K votes) | 129 | 20211228 |
| Tokyo Marigold [Tôkyô Marîgôrudo]In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other. | 2001 | Alfonso Cuarón | Drama | 7.6 (120.4K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| Tokyo Story [Tôkyô monogatari]An old couple visit their children and grandchildren in the city, but receive little attention. | 1953 | Yasujirô Ozu (*) | Drama | 8.2 (59.2K votes) | 136 | 20211228 |
| TootsieMichael Dorsey, an unsuccessful actor, disguises himself as a woman in order to get a role on a trashy hospital soap. | 1982 | Sydney Pollack (*) | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7.4 (103.6K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| Total RecallWhen a man goes in to have virtual vacation memories of the planet Mars implanted in his mind, an unexpected and harrowing series of events forces him to go to the planet for real - or is he? | 1990 | Paul Verhoeven (*) | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | 7.5 (320K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| Toy StoryA cowboy doll is profoundly threatened and jealous when a new spaceman figure supplants him as top toy in a boy's room. | 1995 | John Lasseter (*) | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy | 8.3 (947.3K votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
| TrainspottingRenton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends. | 1996 | Danny Boyle (*) | Drama | 8.1 (665.9K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Treasure of the Sierra Madre, TheTwo down-on-their-luck Americans searching for work in 1920s Mexico convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains. | 1948 | John Huston (*) | Adventure, Drama, Western | 8.2 (121.7K votes) | 126 | 20211228 |
| Two Towers, TheWhile Frodo and Sam edge closer to Mordor with the help of the shifty Gollum, the divided fellowship makes a stand against Sauron's new ally, Saruman, and his hordes of Isengard. | 2002 | Peter Jackson (*) | Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy | 8.7 (1.6M votes) | 179 | 20211228 |
| Umbrellas of Cherbourg, TheA young woman separated from her lover by war faces a life-altering decision. | 1964 | Jacques Demy (*) | Drama, Musical, Romance | 7.8 (26.5K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Uncut GemsWith his debts mounting and angry collectors closing in, a fast-talking New York City jeweler risks everything in hope of staying afloat and alive. | 2019 | Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.4 (253.4K votes) | 135 | 20211228 |
| UnforgivenRetired Old West gunslinger William Munny reluctantly takes on one last job, with the help of his old partner Ned Logan and a young man, The "Schofield Kid." | 1992 | Clint Eastwood (*) | Drama, Western | 8.2 (398.7K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| VertigoA former San Francisco police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with the hauntingly beautiful woman he has been hired to trail, who may be deeply disturbed. | 1958 | Alfred Hitchcock (*) | Mystery, Romance, Thriller | 8.3 (389.4K votes) | 128 | 20211228 |
| VolverAfter her death, a mother returns to her home town in order to fix the situations she couldn't resolve during her life. | 2006 | Pedro Almodóvar (*) | Comedy, Drama | 7.6 (98.9K votes) | 121 | 20211228 |
| Wendy and LucyOver the summer, a series of unfortunate happening triggers a financial crisis for a young woman and she soon finds her life falling apart. | 2008 | Kelly Reichardt | Drama | 7.1 (17.9K votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
| West Side StoryTwo youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy. | 1961 | Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise | Crime, Drama, Musical, Romance | 7.5 (108.1K votes) | 153 | 20211228 |
| What's Love Got to Do with ItThe story of singer Tina Turner's rise to stardom and how she gained the courage to break free from her abusive husband, Ike Turner. | 1993 | Brian Gibson | Biography, Drama, Music | 7.3 (20.8K votes) | 118 | 20220414 |
| Wild Bunch, TheAn aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them. | 1969 | Sam Peckinpah (*) | Action, Adventure, Western | 7.9 (82.6K votes) | 135 | 20211228 |
| Wild StrawberriesAfter living a life marked by coldness, an aging professor is forced to confront the emptiness of his existence. | 1957 | Ingmar Bergman (*) | Drama, Romance | 8.2 (104.2K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Wizard of Oz, TheYoung Dorothy Gale and her dog are swept away by a tornado from their Kansas farm to the magical Land of Oz, and embark on a quest with three new friends to see the Wizard, who can return her to her home and fulfill the others' wishe | 1939 | Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Mervyn LeRoy, Norman Taurog, Richard Thorpe | Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical | 8.0 (384.7K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Wonder WomanWhen a pilot crashes and tells of conflict in the outside world, Diana, an Amazonian warrior in training, leaves home to fight a war, discovering her full powers and true destiny. | 2017 | Patty Jenkins | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, War | 7.4 (624.4K votes) | 141 | 20211228 |
| Your Sisters SisterIris invites her friend Jack to stay at her family's island getaway after his brother's death. Jack's drunken encounter with Iris' sister Hannah at their remote cabin kicks off a revealing stretch of days. | 2011 | Lynn Shelton | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 6.7 (27.2K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Zero Dark ThirtyA chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L.s Team 6 in May 2011. | 2012 | Kathryn Bigelow | Drama, History, Thriller, War | 7.4 (289.9K votes) | 157 | 20211228 |
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