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Movies by Lists - 300 Essential Movies To Watch Now (299 [300])
TitleYearDirectorGenreRatingRuntimeAdded
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.1957Sidney Lumet (*)Crime, Drama9.0 (749.3K votes)9620211228
400 BlowsA young boy, left without attention, delves into a life of petty crime.1959François Truffaut (*)Crime, Drama8.1 (113.8K votes)9920211228
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 supercomput1968Stanley Kubrick (*)Adventure, Sci-Fi8.3 (642.5K votes)14920211228
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.1994Stephan ElliottComedy, Music7.5 (49.2K votes)10420211228
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.1938Michael Curtiz, William KeighleyAction, Adventure, Romance7.9 (50K votes)10220211228
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.1972Werner Herzog (*)Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History7.9 (55.7K votes)9520211228
AirplaneA man afraid to fly must ensure that a plane lands safely after the pilots become sick.1980Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry ZuckerComedy7.7 (229.7K votes)8820211228
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.1988Katsuhiro Ôtomo (*)Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller8.0 (178.1K votes)12420211228
AlienThe crew of a commercial spacecraft encounter a deadly lifeform after investigating an unknown transmission.1979Ridley Scott (*)Horror, Sci-Fi8.4 (841K votes)11720211228
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.1986James Cameron (*)Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller8.3 (691K votes)13720211228
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.1950Joseph L. Mankiewicz (*)Drama8.2 (128K votes)13820211228
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.1999Pedro Almodóvar (*)Drama7.9 (94.3K votes)10120211228
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.1976Alan J. Pakula (*)Drama, History, Thriller8.0 (111.6K votes)13820211228
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.2000Cameron CroweAdventure, Comedy, Drama, Music7.9 (269.2K votes)12220211228
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.1984Milos Forman (*)Biography, Drama, Music8.3 (388.6K votes)16020211228
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.2001Jean-Pierre JeunetComedy, Romance8.3 (735.1K votes)12220211228
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 tested2012Michael Haneke (*)Drama7.9 (97.9K votes)12720211228
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.1951Vincente Minnelli (*)Drama, Musical, Romance7.2 (32.8K votes)11420211228
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.2001Alfonso CuarónDrama7.6 (120.7K votes)10620211228
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.1978John Landis (*)Comedy7.5 (118.4K votes)10920211228
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.1977Woody Allen (*)Comedy, Romance8.0 (260.6K votes)9320211228
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.1960Billy Wilder (*)Comedy, Drama, Romance8.3 (175.7K votes)12520211228
Apocalypse NowA U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.1979Francis Ford Coppola (*)Drama, Mystery, War8.4 (641.8K votes)14720211228
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.2019Anthony Russo, Joe RussoAction, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi8.4 (987.9K votes)18120211228
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.1985Robert Zemeckis (*)Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi8.5 (1.1M votes)11620211228
BadlandsAn impressionable teenage girl from a dead-end town and her older greaser boyfriend embark on a killing spree in the South Dakota badlands.1973Terrence Malick (*)Action, Crime, Drama7.8 (71.1K votes)9420211228
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.1971Hal Ashby (*)Comedy, Drama, Romance7.9 (76.2K votes)9120220315
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.1991Gary Trousdale, Kirk WiseAnimation, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance8.0 (434.2K votes)8420211228
Being John MalkovichA puppeteer discovers a portal that leads literally into the head of movie star John Malkovich.1999Spike Jonze (*)Comedy, Drama, Fantasy7.7 (327.1K votes)11320211228
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.1979Hal Ashby (*)Comedy, Drama8.0 (70.9K votes)13020211228
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.1946William Wyler (*)Drama, Romance, War8.1 (62K votes)17020211228
Better Luck TomorrowA group of over-achieving East Asian American high school seniors enjoy a power trip when they dip into extracurricular criminal activities.2002Justin LinCrime, Drama, Romance7.0 (10.5K votes)10120240511
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.1948Vittorio De Sica (*)Drama8.3 (158.6K votes)8920211228
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 missing1998Joel Coen, Ethan CoenComedy, Crime, Sport8.1 (780.3K votes)11720211228
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 2017Michael ShowalterComedy, Drama, Romance7.5 (130.5K votes)12020211228
BirdmanA washed-up superhero actor attempts to revive his fading career by writing, directing, and starring in a Broadway production.2014Alejandro G. IñárrituComedy, Drama7.7 (610.3K votes)11920211228
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.2001Ridley Scott (*)Action, Drama, History, War7.7 (383.7K votes)14420211228
Black OrpheusA retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, set during the time of the Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro.1959Marcel Camus (*)Drama, Fantasy, Music, Romance7.5 (10.9K votes)10020211228
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.2018Ryan CooglerAction, Adventure, Sci-Fi7.3 (700K votes)13420211228
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.1982Ridley Scott (*)Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller8.1 (738.2K votes)11720211228
Blazing SaddlesIn order to ruin a western town, a corrupt politician appoints a black Sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary.1974Mel Brooks (*)Comedy, Western7.7 (134.5K votes)9320211228
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.1997Paul Thomas Anderson (*)Drama7.9 (255.6K votes)15520211228
Boys Don't CryA young man named Brandon Teena navigates love, life, and being transgender in rural Nebraska.1999Kimberly PeirceBiography, Crime, Drama, Romance7.5 (96K votes)11820211228
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.1991John Singleton (*)Crime, Drama7.8 (135.7K votes)11220211228
Breakfast Club, TheFive high school students meet in Saturday detention and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought.1985John Hughes (*)Comedy, Drama7.8 (379.9K votes)9720211228
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.1960Jean-Luc Godard (*)Crime, Drama7.8 (78.8K votes)9020211228
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.2011Paul FeigComedy, Romance6.8 (284.6K votes)12520211228
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.1957David Lean (*)Adventure, Drama, War8.1 (214.6K votes)16120211228
Bridget Jones DiaryBridget Jones is determined to improve herself while she looks for love in a year in which she keeps a personal diary.2001Sharon MaguireComedy, Drama, Romance6.7 (238.3K votes)9720211228
Broadcast NewsTake two rival television reporters: one handsome, one talented, both male. Add one producer, female. Mix well, and watch the sparks fly.1987James L. Brooks (*)Comedy, Drama, Romance7.2 (29.9K votes)13320211228
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.2005Ang Lee (*)Drama, Romance7.7 (344.5K votes)13420211228
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.1969George Roy Hill (*)Biography, Crime, Drama, Western8.0 (211.5K votes)11020211228
CabaretA female girlie club entertainer in Weimar Republic era Berlin romances two men while the Nazi Party rises to power around them.1972Bob Fosse (*)Drama, Music, Musical, Romance7.8 (53K votes)12420211228
Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, TheHypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders.1920Robert Wiene (*)Horror, Mystery, Thriller8.1 (61.7K votes)6720211228
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.2017Luca GuadagninoDrama, Romance7.9 (248.1K votes)13220211228
CarolAn aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York.2015Todd Haynes (*)Drama, Romance7.2 (126.5K votes)11820220415
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.1942Michael Curtiz (*)Drama, Romance, War8.5 (558.2K votes)10220220423
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.2006Martin CampbellAction, Adventure, Thriller8.0 (636.8K votes)14420211228
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.2006Alfonso CuarónAction, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller7.9 (487.1K votes)10920211228
ChinatownA private detective hired to expose an adulterer in 1930s Los Angeles finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.1974Roman Polanski (*)Drama, Mystery, Thriller8.2 (315K votes)13020211228
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.1988Giuseppe Tornatore (*)Drama, Romance8.5 (250.8K votes)15520211228
Citizen KaneFollowing the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance; 'Rosebud'.1941Orson Welles (*)Drama, Mystery8.3 (429.4K votes)11920211228
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.1931Charles Chaplin (*)Comedy, Drama, Romance8.5 (179.3K votes)8720211228
City of GodIn the slums of Rio, two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin.2002Fernando Meirelles, Kátia LundCrime, Drama8.6 (733.1K votes)13020211228
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.1994Kevin Smith (*)Comedy7.7 (218.4K votes)9220211228
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.1971Stanley Kubrick (*)Crime, Sci-Fi8.3 (799.7K votes)13620211228
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.1995Amy Heckerling (*)Comedy, Romance6.9 (204.3K votes)9720211228
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.2017Lee Unkrich, Adrian MolinaAnimation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music, Mystery8.4 (455.1K votes)10520211228
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.2018Jon M. ChuComedy, Drama, Romance6.9 (161.3K votes)12020211228
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.2015Ryan CooglerAction, Drama, Sport7.6 (263.3K votes)13320211228
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.2000Ang Lee (*)Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance7.8 (263.6K votes)12020211228
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.2008Christopher Nolan (*)Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller9.0 (2.5M votes)15220211228
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.1978George A. Romero (*)Horror, Thriller7.9 (117.7K votes)12720211228
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.1951Robert Wise (*)Drama, Sci-Fi7.7 (80.5K votes)9220211228
Dazed and ConfusedThe adventures of high school and junior high students on the last day of school in May 1976.1993Richard Linklater (*)Comedy7.6 (177.3K votes)10220211228
Dead Poets SocietyMaverick teacher John Keating uses poetry to embolden his boarding school students to new heights of self-expression.1989Peter Weir (*)Comedy, Drama8.1 (461.9K votes)12820211228
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.1988John McTiernan (*)Action, Thriller8.2 (847.3K votes)13220211228
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.1965David Lean (*)Drama, Romance, War8.0 (74.6K votes)19720211228
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 does1975Sidney Lumet (*)Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller8.0 (249.5K votes)12520211228
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.1973Nicolas Roeg (*)Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller7.2 (54.2K votes)11020211228
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.1944Billy Wilder (*)Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller8.3 (152.5K votes)10720211228
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.1964Stanley Kubrick (*)Comedy, War8.4 (474.6K votes)9520211228
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.1931Tod Browning, Karl FreundDrama, Fantasy, Horror7.5 (50.7K votes)7520211228
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.2011Nicolas Winding RefnAction, Drama7.8 (607.6K votes)10020211228
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.1994Chia-Liang Liu, Jackie ChanAction, Comedy7.6 (45.1K votes)10220211228
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'1933Leo McCarey (*)Comedy, Musical7.8 (59.3K votes)6920211228
E.T. - The Extra-TerrestrialA troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape Earth and return to his home world.1982Steven Spielberg (*)Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi7.8 (394.3K votes)11520211228
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.1969Dennis Hopper (*)Adventure, Drama7.3 (107.5K votes)9520211228
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.1990Tim Burton (*)Drama, Fantasy, Romance7.9 (471.5K votes)10520211228
ElectionA high school teacher meets his match in an over-achieving student politician.1999Alexander PayneComedy, Romance7.2 (95.1K votes)10320211228
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.1980David Lynch (*)Biography, Drama8.1 (234.2K votes)12420211228
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.1980Irvin Kershner (*)Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi8.7 (1.2M votes)12420211228
Enter The DragonA secret agent comes to an opium lord's island fortress with other fighters for a martial-arts tournament.1973Robert ClouseAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller7.7 (102.3K votes)10220211228
Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless MindWhen their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a medical procedure to have each other erased from their memories.2004Michel GondryDrama, Romance, Sci-Fi8.3 (966.2K votes)10820211228
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.1987Sam Raimi (*)Comedy, Horror7.7 (157.8K votes)8420211228
Exorcist, TheWhen a 12-year-old girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two priests to save her.1973William Friedkin (*)Horror8.0 (384.5K votes)12220211228
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.2019Lulu WangComedy, Drama7.5 (61.4K votes)10020220315
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.1996Joel Coen, Ethan CoenCrime, Thriller8.1 (654.8K votes)9820211228
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.2011Justin LinAction, Crime, Thriller7.3 (371.6K votes)13020211228
Fast Times At Ridgemont HighA group of Southern California high school students are enjoying their most important subjects: sex, drugs, and rock n' roll.1982Amy Heckerling (*)Comedy, Drama7.2 (101.8K votes)9020211228
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.2001Peter Jackson (*)Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy8.8 (1.8M votes)17820211228
Fight ClubAn insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more.1999David Fincher (*)Drama8.8 (2M votes)13920211228
Fish TankEverything changes for 15-year-old Mia when her mum brings home a new boyfriend.2009Andrea ArnoldDrama7.3 (64.2K votes)12320231001
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.1956Fred M. Wilcox (*)Adventure, Sci-Fi7.6 (47.9K votes)9820211228
Four Weddings and a FuneralOver the course of five social occasions, a committed bachelor must consider the notion that he may have discovered love.1994Mike Newell (*)Comedy, Drama, Romance7.1 (148.6K votes)11720211228
FrankensteinDr. Frankenstein dares to tamper with life and death by creating a human monster out of lifeless body parts.1931James Whale (*)Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller7.8 (70.2K votes)7020211228
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.1971William Friedkin (*)Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller7.7 (118.5K votes)10420211228
FridaA biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work.2002Julie TaymorBiography, Drama, Romance7.4 (87.6K votes)12320211228
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.1981Peter Weir (*)Adventure, Drama, History, War7.4 (38.9K votes)11020211228
GandhiThe life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest.1982Richard Attenborough (*)Biography, Drama8.0 (225.5K votes)19120211228
GattacaA genetically inferior man assumes the identity of a superior one in order to pursue his lifelong dream of space travel.1997Andrew NiccolDrama, Sci-Fi, Thriller7.8 (294.4K votes)10620211228
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 1926Clyde Bruckman, Buster KeatonAction, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, War8.1 (88.5K votes)6720211228
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.2017Jordan Peele (*)Horror, Mystery, Thriller7.7 (546.2K votes)10420211228
Ghost In The Shell.A cyborg policewoman and her partner hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the Puppet Master.1995Mamoru OshiiAnimation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller8.0 (138.3K votes)8320211228
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.1984Ivan Reitman (*)Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi7.8 (396.6K votes)10520211228
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.2017Malcolm D. LeeAdventure, Comedy, Drama6.2 (37.1K votes)12220220415
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.1972Francis Ford Coppola (*)Crime, Drama9.2 (1.7M votes)17520211228
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.1974Francis Ford Coppola (*)Crime, Drama9.0 (1.2M votes)20220211228
Godzilla [Gojira]American nuclear weapons testing results in the creation of a seemingly unstoppable, dinosaur-like beast.1954Ishirô HondaHorror, Sci-Fi7.6 (32.7K votes)9620211228
GoldfingerWhile investigating a gold magnate's smuggling, James Bond uncovers a plot to contaminate the Fort Knox gold reserve.1964Guy Hamilton (*)Action, Adventure, Thriller7.7 (184.9K votes)11020211228
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.1966Sergio Leone (*)Adventure, Western8.8 (732.4K votes)17820211228
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.1990Martin Scorsese (*)Biography, Crime, Drama8.7 (1.1M votes)14620211228
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.2014Wes Anderson (*)Adventure, Comedy, Crime8.1 (766K votes)9920211228
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.1937Jean Renoir (*)Drama, War8.1 (35.8K votes)11320211228
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.1940John Ford (*)Drama8.1 (90.3K votes)12920211228
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?1978Randal KleiserComedy, Musical, Romance7.2 (259.4K votes)11020211228
Great Escape, TheAllied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II.1963John Sturges (*)Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller, War8.2 (237.9K votes)17220211228
Groundhog DayA self-centered Pittsburgh weatherman finds himself inexplicably trapped in a small town as he lives the same day over and over again.1993Harold Ramis (*)Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance8.0 (603.6K votes)10120211228
Guardians of the GalaxyA group of intergalactic criminals must pull together to stop a fanatical warrior with plans to purge the universe.2014James GunnAction, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi8.0 (1.1M votes)12120211228
HairsprayA 'pleasantly plump' teenager teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show.1988John Waters (*)Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Musical, Romance7.0 (21.1K votes)9220211228
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.1978John Carpenter (*)Horror, Thriller7.7 (262.1K votes)9120211228
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.1964Richard Lester (*)Comedy, Musical7.6 (44.2K votes)8720211228
Harold and MaudeYoung, rich, and obsessed with death, Harold finds himself changed forever when he meets lively septuagenarian Maude at a funeral.1971Hal Ashby (*)Comedy, Drama, Romance7.9 (75.9K votes)9120211228
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.2004Alfonso CuarónAdventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery7.9 (603K votes)14220211228
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.1995Michael Mann (*)Action, Crime, Drama8.2 (623.4K votes)17020211228
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.1988Michael LehmannComedy, Crime7.2 (98.4K votes)10320211228
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.2001John Cameron MitchellComedy, Drama, Music, Musical7.7 (35K votes)9520211228
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.1952Fred Zinnemann (*)Drama, Thriller, Western8.0 (102.2K votes)8520211228
His Girl FridayA newspaper editor uses every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter ex-wife from remarrying.1940Howard Hawks (*)Comedy, Drama, Romance7.9 (57.2K votes)9220211228
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 littl2012Thomas Vinterberg (*)Drama8.3 (312.8K votes)11520211228
IkiruA bureaucrat tries to find meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer.1952Akira Kurosawa (*)Drama8.3 (75.5K votes)14320211228
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.1967Norman Jewison (*)Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller7.9 (73.3K votes)11020211228
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.2000Kar-Wai WongDrama, Romance8.1 (141.4K votes)9820211228
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.2010Christopher Nolan (*)Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller8.8 (2.2M votes)14820211228
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.2009Quentin Tarantino (*)Adventure, Drama, War8.3 (1.4M votes)15320211228
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.2015Pete Docter, Ronnie Del CarmenAnimation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy8.1 (671.8K votes)9520211228
Iron Giant, TheA young boy befriends a giant robot from outer space that a paranoid government agent wants to destroy.1999Brad BirdAnimation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi8.0 (184.5K votes)8620211228
Iron ManAfter being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil.2008Jon FavreauAction, Adventure, Sci-Fi7.9 (1M votes)12620211228
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.2008Jon FavreauAction, Adventure, Sci-Fi7.9 (1M votes)12620211228
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.1934Frank Capra (*)Comedy, Romance8.1 (100.7K votes)10520211228
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.1946Frank Capra (*)Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy8.6 (438.9K votes)13020211228
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.1975Steven Spielberg (*)Adventure, Thriller8.0 (573.2K votes)12420211228
John WickAn ex-hit-man comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that killed his dog and took everything from him.2014Chad Stahelski, David LeitchAction, Crime, Thriller7.4 (594.2K votes)10120211228
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.1993Steven Spielberg (*)Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller8.1 (929.6K votes)12720211228
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.1933Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. SchoedsackAdventure, Horror, Sci-Fi7.9 (83.6K votes)10020211228
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.1997Curtis Hanson (*)Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller8.2 (563.7K votes)13820211228
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.1987Luis ValdezBiography, Drama, Music6.9 (32.6K votes)10820211228
La Dolce VitaA series of stories following a week in the life of a philandering tabloid journalist living in Rome.1960Federico Fellini (*)Comedy, Drama8.0 (71.2K votes)17420211228
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.1928Carl Theodor Dreyer (*)Biography, Drama, History8.1 (52.6K votes)11420211228
Lady BirdIn 2002, an artistically inclined seventeen-year-old girl comes of age in Sacramento, California.2017Greta GerwigComedy, Drama7.4 (270.6K votes)9420211228
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.1941Preston Sturges (*)Comedy, Romance7.8 (20.9K votes)9420211228
L'AvventuraA woman disappears during a Mediterranean boating trip. During the search, her lover and her best friend become attracted to each other.1960Michelangelo Antonioni (*)Drama, Mystery, Romance7.8 (28.8K votes)14420211228
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.1962David Lean (*)Adventure, Biography, Drama, War8.3 (284.5K votes)22820211228
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
Lethal WeaponTwo newly paired cops who are complete opposites must put aside their differences in order to catch a gang of drug smugglers.1987Richard DonnerAction, Crime, Thriller7.6 (251.1K votes)10920211228
Like Water for ChocolateWhen tradition prevents her from marrying the man she loves, a young woman discovers she has a unique talent for cooking.1992Alfonso ArauDrama, Romance7.1 (17.8K votes)10520220414
Lion King, TheLion prince Simba and his father are targeted by his bitter uncle, who wants to ascend the throne himself.1994Roger Allers, Rob MinkoffAnimation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Musical8.5 (1M votes)8820211228
Little Mermaid, TheA mermaid princess makes a Faustian bargain in an attempt to become human and win a prince's love.1989Ron Clements, John MuskerAnimation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance7.6 (251.9K votes)8320211228
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.1986Frank OzComedy, Horror, Musical, Romance, Sci-Fi7.1 (72.9K votes)9420211228
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.2017James MangoldAction, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller8.1 (708.8K votes)13720211228
Lost in TranslationA faded movie star and a neglected young woman form an unlikely bond after crossing paths in Tokyo.2003Sofia CoppolaComedy, Drama7.7 (440K votes)10220211228
Love & BasketballMonica and Quincy love and play basketball together through many life challenges from childhood to adulthood.2000Gina Prince-BythewoodDrama, Romance, Sport7.2 (24.4K votes)12420240511
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.2015George Miller (*)Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller8.1 (949.9K votes)12020211228
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.1992Spike Lee (*)Biography, Drama, History7.7 (92K votes)20220211228
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.1941John Huston (*)Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery, Romance8.0 (155.4K votes)10020211228
Manchurian Candidate, TheAn American POW in the Korean War is brainwashed as an unwitting assassin for an international Communist conspiracy.1962John Frankenheimer (*)Drama, Thriller7.9 (74.3K votes)12620211228
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.1999Lana Wachowski, Lilly WachowskiAction, Sci-Fi8.7 (1.8M votes)13620211228
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.2004Mark WatersComedy7.0 (364.4K votes)9720211228
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.1927Fritz Lang (*)Drama, Sci-Fi8.3 (169.6K votes)15320211228
Modern TimesThe Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.1936Charles Chaplin (*)Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance8.5 (233.6K votes)8720211228
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.2001Mira NairComedy, Drama, Romance7.4 (25.5K votes)11420211228
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.1975Terry Gilliam, Terry JonesAdventure, Comedy, Fantasy8.2 (525.7K votes)9120211228
MoonlightA young African-American man grapples with his identity and sexuality while experiencing the everyday struggles of childhood, adolescence, and burgeoning adulthood.2016Barry JenkinsDrama7.4 (294.5K votes)11120211228
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.2001David Lynch (*)Drama, Mystery, Thriller7.9 (343.7K votes)14720211228
My Left FootChristy Brown, born with cerebral palsy, learns to paint and write with his only controllable limb - his left foot.1989Jim Sheridan (*)Biography, Drama7.9 (72.5K votes)10320211228
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.2011Lynn SheltonComedy, Drama, Romance6.7 (27.2K votes)9020211228
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.1988Hayao Miyazaki (*)Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy8.2 (320.1K votes)8620211228
NakedAn unemployed Mancunian vents his rage on unsuspecting strangers as he embarks on a nocturnal London odyssey.1993Mike Leigh (*)Comedy, Drama7.8 (38.1K votes)13120211228
Naked Gun - From the Files of Police Squad, TheIncompetent police Detective Frank Drebin must foil an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.1988David Zucker (*)Comedy, Crime7.6 (163.5K votes)8520211228
NashvilleOver the course of a few hectic days, numerous interrelated people prepare for a political convention.1975Robert Altman (*)Comedy, Drama, Music7.7 (25.6K votes)16020211228
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.1976Sidney Lumet (*)Drama8.1 (154.7K votes)12120211228
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.1955Charles Laughton (*)Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller8.0 (87K votes)9220211228
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.1968George A. Romero (*)Horror, Thriller7.9 (124.5K votes)9620211228
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 l1984Wes Craven (*)Horror7.5 (226.5K votes)9120211228
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.2007Ethan Coen, Joel CoenCrime, Drama, Thriller8.1 (924.5K votes)12220211228
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.1959Alfred Hitchcock (*)Adventure, Mystery, Thriller8.3 (317.8K votes)13620211228
Notting HillThe life of a simple bookshop owner changes when he meets the most famous film star in the world.1999Roger MichellComedy, Drama, Romance7.1 (298K votes)12420211228
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
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.1954Elia Kazan (*)Crime, Drama, Thriller8.1 (150.9K votes)10820211228
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.1975Milos Forman (*)Drama8.7 (970.7K votes)13320211228
Only YesterdayA twenty-seven-year-old office worker travels to the countryside while reminiscing about her childhood in Tokyo.1991Isao TakahataAnimation, Drama, Romance7.6 (30.6K votes)11820211228
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.1929Georg Wilhelm Pabst (*)Crime, Drama, Romance7.8 (10.5K votes)10920211228
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.2006Guillermo del Toro (*)Drama, Fantasy, War8.2 (648.6K votes)11820211228
Parasite [Gisaengchung]Greed and class discrimination threaten the newly formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.2019Bong Joon Ho (*)Comedy, Drama, Thriller8.6 (700.6K votes)13220211228
Pather PanchaliImpoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work.1955Satyajit Ray (*)Drama8.4 (30.2K votes)12520211228
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.1940George Cukor (*)Comedy, Romance7.9 (67.5K votes)11220211228
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.1993Jane Campion (*)Drama, Music, Romance7.6 (85.1K votes)12120211228
PinocchioA living puppet, with the help of a cricket as his conscience, must prove himself worthy to become a real boy.1940Norman Ferguson, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, Hamilton LuskeAnimation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical7.4 (139.9K votes)8820211228
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.2012Jason MooreComedy, Music, Romance7.1 (295.2K votes)11220211228
Player, TheA Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected, but which one?1992Robert Altman (*)Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller7.5 (58.5K votes)12420211228
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.1967Jacques Tati (*)Comedy7.9 (21.8K votes)15520211228
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.2019Céline SciammaDrama, Romance8.1 (82.6K votes)12220211228
Pretty in PinkA poor girl must choose between the affections of dating her childhood sweetheart or a rich but sensitive playboy.1986Howard DeutchComedy, Drama, Romance6.8 (79K votes)9720211228
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.1987Rob Reiner (*)Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance8.1 (416.9K votes)9820211228
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.1997Hayao Miyazaki (*)Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy8.4 (374.2K votes)13420211228
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.1960Alfred Hitchcock (*)Horror, Mystery, Thriller8.5 (643.8K votes)10920211228
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.1994Quentin Tarantino (*)Crime, Drama8.9 (2M votes)15420211228
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.2018Wanuri KahiuDrama, Romance6.8 (2.9K votes)8320220822
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.1980Martin Scorsese (*)Biography, Drama, Sport8.2 (341.4K votes)12920211228
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.1981Steven Spielberg (*)Action, Adventure8.4 (932.2K votes)11520211228
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.1950Akira Kurosawa (*)Crime, Drama, Mystery8.2 (163.2K votes)8820211228
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.1954Alfred Hitchcock (*)Mystery, Thriller8.5 (474.2K votes)11220211228
Red Shoes, TheA young ballet dancer is torn between the man she loves and her pursuit to become a prima ballerina.1948Michael Powell, Emeric PressburgerDrama, Music, Romance8.1 (33.8K votes)13520211228
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.1984Alex CoxAction, Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller6.9 (36.6K votes)9220211228
Requiem for a DreamThe drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island people are shattered when their addictions run deep.2000Darren Aronofsky (*)Drama8.3 (809.2K votes)10220211228
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.2003Peter Jackson (*)Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy8.9 (1.7M votes)20120211228
RoboCopIn a dystopic and crime-ridden Detroit, a terminally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg haunted by submerged memories.1987Paul Verhoeven (*)Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller7.6 (248.7K votes)10220211228
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.1976John G. Avildsen (*)Drama, Sport8.1 (551.3K votes)12020211228
Roman HolidayA bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome.1953William Wyler (*)Comedy, Romance8.0 (135.2K votes)11820211228
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.1945Roberto Rossellini (*)Drama, Thriller, War8.1 (25.6K votes)10320211228
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.1968Roman Polanski (*)Drama, Horror8.0 (207.9K votes)13720211228
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.1939Jean Renoir (*)Comedy, Drama8.0 (28.4K votes)11020211228
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.1998Steven Spielberg (*)Drama, War8.6 (1.3M votes)16920211228
Say AnythingA noble underachiever and a beautiful valedictorian fall in love the summer before she goes off to college.1989Cameron CroweComedy, Drama, Romance7.3 (87.5K votes)10020211228
ScarfaceIn 1980 Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed.1983Brian De Palma (*)Crime, Drama8.3 (796.7K votes)17020211228
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.1993Steven Spielberg (*)Biography, Drama, History8.9 (1.3M votes)19520211228
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.1996Wes Craven (*)Horror, Mystery7.3 (322.6K votes)11120211228
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.2004Alejandro AmenábarBiography, Drama8.0 (80.5K votes)12620211228
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.1956John Ford (*)Adventure, Drama, Western7.9 (86.6K votes)11920211228
SevenTwo detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives.1995David Fincher (*)Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller8.6 (1.6M votes)12720211228
Seven SamuraiA poor village under attack by bandits recruits seven unemployed samurai to help them defend themselves.1954Akira Kurosawa (*)Action, Drama8.6 (334.9K votes)20720211228
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.1957Ingmar Bergman (*)Drama, Fantasy, History8.2 (179.1K votes)9620211228
ShaftCool black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.1971Gordon Parks (*)Action, Crime, Thriller6.6 (18.4K votes)10020211228
Shaun of the DeadThe uneventful, aimless lives of a London electronics salesman and his layabout roommate are disrupted by the zombie apocalypse.2004Edgar WrightComedy, Horror7.9 (540K votes)9920211228
Shawshank Redemption, TheTwo imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency.1994Frank Darabont (*)Drama9.3 (2.5M votes)14220211228
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.1980Stanley Kubrick (*)Drama, Horror8.4 (968K votes)14620211228
Shoplifters [Manbiki kazoku]A family of small-time crooks take in a child they find outside in the cold.2018Hirokazu KoreedaCrime, Drama, Thriller7.9 (75.5K votes)12120220822
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.2001Andrew Adamson, Vicky JensonAnimation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance7.9 (650K votes)9020211228
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.1991Jonathan Demme (*)Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller8.6 (1.4M votes)11820211228
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.1952Stanley Donen, Gene KellyComedy, Musical, Romance8.3 (233.6K votes)10320211228
Sixth Sense, TheA frightened, withdrawn Philadelphia boy who communicates with spirits seeks the help of a disheartened child psychologist.1999M. Night Shyamalan (*)Drama, Mystery, Thriller8.1 (957K votes)10720211228
Slumdog MillionaireA Mumbai teenager reflects on his life after being accused of cheating on the Indian version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?".2008Danny Boyle, Loveleen TandanDrama, Romance8.0 (826.9K votes)12020211228
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.1937William Cottrell, David Hand, Wilfred Jackson, Larry Morey, Perce PearceAnimation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance7.6 (192.9K votes)8320211228
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.1972Andrei Tarkovsky (*)Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi8.0 (88.3K votes)16720211228
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.1959Billy Wilder (*)Comedy, Music, Romance8.2 (258.9K votes)12120211228
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.1965Robert Wise (*)Biography, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance8.0 (221.6K votes)17220211228
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.2018Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney RothmanAnimation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi8.4 (459.1K votes)11720211228
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.2001Hayao Miyazaki (*)Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery8.6 (715.3K votes)12520211228
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 Vad1977George Lucas (*)Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi8.6 (1.3M votes)12120211228
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.2015F. Gary GrayBiography, Drama, History, Music7.8 (220.2K votes)14720240727
Sunset BlvdA screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.1950Billy Wilder (*)Drama, Film-Noir8.4 (214.8K votes)11020211228
SuperbadTwo co-dependent high school seniors are forced to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry.2007Greg MottolaComedy7.6 (554.3K votes)11320211228
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.1978Richard DonnerAction, Adventure, Sci-Fi7.3 (169.6K votes)14320211228
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.1977Dario Argento (*)Horror7.4 (89.3K votes)9220211228
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 2013Isao TakahataAnimation, Drama, Family, Fantasy8.0 (43.7K votes)13720211228
TangerineA hooker tears through Tinseltown on Christmas Eve searching for the pimp who broke her heart.2015Sean BakerComedy, Crime, Drama7.1 (30.1K votes)8820211228
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.1976Martin Scorsese (*)Crime, Drama8.2 (780.5K votes)11420211228
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 salvation1984James Cameron (*)Action, Sci-Fi8.0 (830.8K votes)10720211228
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.1991James Cameron (*)Action, Sci-Fi8.5 (1.1M votes)13720211228
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.1991Ridley Scott (*)Adventure, Crime, Drama7.5 (148.2K votes)13020211228
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.2007Paul Thomas Anderson (*)Drama8.2 (558.7K votes)15820211228
Thing, TheA research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.1982John Carpenter (*)Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi8.1 (402.6K votes)10920211228
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.1949Carol Reed (*)Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller8.1 (167.7K votes)9320211228
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.1984Rob Reiner (*)Comedy, Music7.9 (136.6K votes)8220211228
TitanicA seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.1997James Cameron (*)Drama, Romance7.8 (1.1M votes)19420211228
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.1942Ernst Lubitsch (*)Comedy, Romance, War8.2 (35.1K votes)9920211228
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.1962Robert Mulligan (*)Crime, Drama8.2 (308.4K votes)12920211228
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.2001Alfonso CuarónDrama7.6 (120.4K votes)10620211228
Tokyo Story [Tôkyô monogatari]An old couple visit their children and grandchildren in the city, but receive little attention.1953Yasujirô Ozu (*)Drama8.2 (59.2K votes)13620211228
TootsieMichael Dorsey, an unsuccessful actor, disguises himself as a woman in order to get a role on a trashy hospital soap.1982Sydney Pollack (*)Comedy, Drama, Romance7.4 (103.6K votes)11620211228
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?1990Paul Verhoeven (*)Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi7.5 (320K votes)11320211228
Toy StoryA cowboy doll is profoundly threatened and jealous when a new spaceman figure supplants him as top toy in a boy's room.1995John Lasseter (*)Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy8.3 (947.3K votes)8120211228
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.1996Danny Boyle (*)Drama8.1 (665.9K votes)9320211228
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.1948John Huston (*)Adventure, Drama, Western8.2 (121.7K votes)12620211228
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.2002Peter Jackson (*)Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy8.7 (1.6M votes)17920211228
Umbrellas of Cherbourg, TheA young woman separated from her lover by war faces a life-altering decision.1964Jacques Demy (*)Drama, Musical, Romance7.8 (26.5K votes)9120211228
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.2019Benny Safdie, Josh SafdieCrime, Drama, Thriller7.4 (253.4K votes)13520211228
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."1992Clint Eastwood (*)Drama, Western8.2 (398.7K votes)13020211228
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.1958Alfred Hitchcock (*)Mystery, Romance, Thriller8.3 (389.4K votes)12820211228
VolverAfter her death, a mother returns to her home town in order to fix the situations she couldn't resolve during her life.2006Pedro Almodóvar (*)Comedy, Drama7.6 (98.9K votes)12120211228
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.2008Kelly ReichardtDrama7.1 (17.9K votes)8020211228
West Side StoryTwo youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.1961Jerome Robbins, Robert WiseCrime, Drama, Musical, Romance7.5 (108.1K votes)15320211228
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.1993Brian GibsonBiography, Drama, Music7.3 (20.8K votes)11820220414
Wild Bunch, TheAn aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.1969Sam Peckinpah (*)Action, Adventure, Western7.9 (82.6K votes)13520211228
Wild StrawberriesAfter living a life marked by coldness, an aging professor is forced to confront the emptiness of his existence.1957Ingmar Bergman (*)Drama, Romance8.2 (104.2K votes)9120211228
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' wishe1939Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Mervyn LeRoy, Norman Taurog, Richard ThorpeAdventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical8.0 (384.7K votes)10220211228
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.2017Patty JenkinsAction, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, War7.4 (624.4K votes)14120211228
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.2011Lynn SheltonComedy, Drama, Romance6.7 (27.2K votes)9020211228
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 2011.2012Kathryn BigelowDrama, History, Thriller, War7.4 (289.9K votes)15720211228
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