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Movies by Lists - Best Pictures by Year (99 [101])
TitleYearDirectorGenreRatingRuntimeAdded
A harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies.1963Federico Fellini (*)Drama8.0 (115.2K votes)13820211228
21 GramsA freak accident brings together a critically ill mathematician, a grieving mother, and a born-again ex-con.2003Alejandro G. IñárrituCrime, Drama, Thriller7.6 (232.8K votes)12420211228
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 Prince Achmed, The [Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed]A handsome prince rides a flying horse to faraway lands and embarks on magical adventures, which include befriending a witch, meeting Aladdin, battling demons and falling in love with a princess.1926Lotte Reiniger, Carl KochAnimation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance7.8 (6K votes)8020211228
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
After Death [Posle smerti]Andrei lives a secluded life with his aunt, studying and thinking about his now-deceased mother. His friend Tsenin is concerned, and tries to get Andrei to accompany him to social events. After watching the actress Zoya Kadmina perfo1915Yevgeny BauerDrama6.8 (899 votes)4620220414
Ali - Fear Eats the Soul [Angst essen Seele auf]A lonely widow meets a much younger Arab worker in a bar during a rainstorm. They fall in love, to their own surprise and to the outright shock of their families, colleagues, and drinking buddies.1974Rainer Werner Fassbinder (*)Drama, Romance8.0 (20.9K votes)9220220414
All Quiet on the Western FrontA German youth eagerly enters World War I, but his enthusiasm wanes as he gets a firsthand view of the horror.1930Lewis MilestoneDrama, War8.1 (60.2K votes)15220211228
Bad Day at Black RockA one-armed stranger comes to a tiny town possessing a terrible past they want to keep secret, by violent means if necessary.1955John Sturges (*)Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Western7.7 (21.2K votes)8120211228
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
BambiThe story of a young deer growing up in the forest.1942James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, David Hand, Graham Heid, Bill RobertsAnimation, Adventure, Drama, Family7.3 (138.6K votes)7020211228
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
Black LegionA hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he's seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates foreigners through violence.1937Archie Mayo, Michael CurtizCrime, Drama, Film-Noir7.0 (3.2K votes)8320211228
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
Born on the Fourth of JulyThe biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.1989Oliver Stone (*)Biography, Drama, War7.2 (103.7K votes)14520211228
Boy and the World, The [O Menino e o Mundo]A little boy goes on an adventurous quest in search of his father.2013Alê AbreuAnimation, Adventure, Family7.5 (7.6K votes)8020240412
BrazilA bureaucrat in a dystopic society becomes an enemy of the state as he pursues the woman of his dreams.1985Terry Gilliam (*)Drama, Sci-Fi7.9 (197.1K votes)13220211228
Burnt by the SunIn the Soviet Union in 1936, shadow of Stalin's repressions lie on a famous revolution hero. The accusations of being him a foreign spy are nonsense, and all known that, but a slow process of his life's downfall is already running.1994Nikita MikhalkovDrama, History, War7.9 (15.2K votes)13520211228
Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, TheHypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders.1920Robert Wiene (*)Horror, Mystery, Thriller8.1 (61.7K votes)6720211228
Casque d'OrThree gangsters and an ex-con carpenter all fall for the same beautiful golden-haired woman in Belle Époque France.1952Jacques Becker (*)Crime, Drama, Romance7.7 (5.4K votes)9420211228
Children of Paradise [Les enfants du paradis]The theatrical life of a beautiful courtesan in 1830s Paris and the four men who love her.1945Marcel Carné (*)Drama, Romance8.4 (19.4K votes)18920211228
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
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
CoralineAn adventurous 11-year-old girl finds another world that is a strangely idealized version of her frustrating home, but it has sinister secrets.2009Henry SelickAnimation, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Thriller7.7 (241K votes)10020220912
Dances with WolvesLieutenant John Dunbar, assigned to a remote western Civil War outpost, befriends wolves and Native Americans, making him an intolerable aberration in the military.1990Kevin Costner (*)Adventure, Drama, Western8.0 (254.9K votes)18120211228
Days of HeavenA hot-tempered farm laborer convinces the woman he loves to marry their rich but dying boss so that they can have a claim to his fortune.1978Terrence Malick (*)Drama, Romance7.8 (56.5K votes)9420211228
Destiny [Der Mude Tod]When a woman's fiancé disappears, Death gives her three chances to save him from his fate.1921Fritz Lang (*)Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller7.6 (5.9K votes)11420211228
Dreamlife of Angels, The [La Vie Revee des Anges]The lives of two dissimilar girls turned out in different ways.1998Erick ZoncaDrama7.4 (7.5K votes)11320211228
Eel, The [Unagi]A businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After the release, he opens a barbershop and meets new people, talking almost to no one except an eel he befriended while in prison.1997Shohei Imamura (*)Drama7.4 (5.9K votes)11720211228
EurekaIn 1925, Arctic prospector Jack McCann (Gene Hackman) becomes a rich man when he strikes gold, but twenty years later, he faces major personal and family problems.1983Nicolas Roeg (*)Drama, Thriller6.0 (3.3K votes)13020211228
Extremely Loud and Incredibly CloseA nine-year-old amateur inventor, Francophile, and pacifist searches New York City for the lock that matches a mysterious key left behind by his father, who died in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.2011Stephen DaldryAdventure, Drama, Mystery6.9 (100.7K votes)12920211228
Fanny and AlexanderTwo young Swedish children in the 1900s experience the many comedies and tragedies of their lively and affectionate theatrical family, the Ekdahls.1982Ingmar Bergman (*)Drama8.1 (62.4K votes)18820211228
Fantomas - In the Shadow of the Guillotine [Fantômas - À l'ombre de la guillotine]Inspector Juve is tasked to investigate and capture an infamous criminal Fantomas.1913Louis Feuillade (*)Crime, Drama7.0 (2.2K votes)5420211228
FearlessA man's personality is dramatically changed after surviving a major airline crash.1993Peter Weir (*)Drama, Thriller7.1 (22.4K votes)12220211228
Fisher King, TheA former radio DJ, suicidally despondent because of a terrible mistake he made, finds redemption in helping a deranged homeless man who was an unwitting victim of that mistake.1991Terry Gilliam (*)Comedy, Drama, Fantasy7.5 (83.6K votes)13720211228
Five Easy PiecesA dropout from upper-class America picks up work along the way on oil rigs when his life isn't spent in a squalid succession of bars, motels, and other points of interest.1970Bob Rafelson (*)Drama7.4 (35.9K votes)9820211228
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
Fugitive, TheAnti-Catholic and anti-cleric policies in the Mexican state of Tabasco lead the revolutionary government to persecute the state's last remaining priest.1947John Ford, Emilio FernándezDrama, History6.3 (2.3K votes)10420211228
FuryWhen a wrongly accused prisoner barely survives a lynch mob attack and is presumed dead, he vindictively decides to fake his death and frame the mob for his supposed murder.1936Fritz Lang (*)Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller7.9 (12.3K votes)9220211228
Graduate, TheA disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.1967Mike Nichols (*)Comedy, Drama, Romance8.0 (266.7K votes)10620211228
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
Green ray [Le rayon Vert]It's July, and Delphine has nowhere to go for the summer. She feels very bored and "empty", but this won't last; one day she accidently meets someone who seems to be totally made for her...1986Éric Rohmer (*)Drama, Romance7.7 (8.5K votes)9920211228
Hail The Conquering HeroWoodrow is discharged from the military for hay fever, but fabricates receiving a heroic honorable discharge before returning home.1944Preston Sturges (*)Comedy, War7.7 (4.6K votes)10120211228
HamletPrince Hamlet struggles over whether or not he should kill his uncle, whom he suspects has murdered his father, the former king.1948Laurence Olivier (*)Drama7.6 (16.5K votes)15420211228
Hasty Heart, TheIn the final days of WW2, in a M.A.S.H. unit in Burma, a severely wounded corporal watches in dismay as fellow soldiers pack-up to return home but a caring nurse and five remaining soldiers bring him solace.1949Vincent ShermanDrama, War7.3 (1.4K votes)10220211228
Hunchback of Notre Dame, TheIn 15th-century Paris, the brother of the archdeacon plots with the gypsy king to foment a peasant revolt. Meanwhile, a freakish hunchback falls in love with the gypsy queen.1923Wallace WorsleyDrama, Horror, Romance7.2 (5.3K votes)13320211228
I Am a Fugitive From a Chain GangWrongly convicted James Allen serves in the intolerable conditions of a Southern chain gang, which later comes back to haunt him.1932Mervyn LeRoy (*)Crime, Drama, Film-Noir8.2 (13K votes)9220211228
In My Skin [Dans Ma Peau]A woman grows increasingly fascinated with her body after suffering a disfiguring accident.2002Marina de VanDrama, Horror6.3 (5.3K votes)9320211228
In Praise of Love [Éloge de l'amour]An author works on a project on the subject of love, and, in the process, crosses paths with a former love in his life.2001Jean-Luc Godard (*)Drama6.4 (2.8K votes)9720211228
IncendiesTwins journey to the Middle East to discover their family history and fulfill their mother's last wishes.2010Denis Villeneuve (*)Drama, Mystery, War8.3 (167.8K votes)13120211228
Inland EmpireAs an actress begins to adopt the persona of her character in a film, her world becomes nightmarish and surreal.2006David Lynch (*)Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller6.9 (56.2K votes)18020211228
J' AccuseThe story of two men, one married, the other the lover of the other's wife, who meet in the trenches of the First World War, and how their tale becomes a microcosm for the horrors of war.1919Abel Gance (*)Drama, Horror, War7.7 (1.7K votes)16620211228
Juliet of the Spirits [Giulietta degli spirit]Visions, memories, and mysticism all help a 40-something woman to find the strength to leave her cheating husband.1965Federico Fellini (*)Comedy, Drama, Fantasy7.6 (13.3K votes)13720211228
Killing Fields, TheA journalist is trapped in Cambodia during tyrant Pol Pot's bloody 'Year Zero' cleansing campaign, which claimed the lives of two million 'undesirable' civilians.1984Roland Joffé (*)Biography, Drama, History, War7.8 (54.5K votes)14120211228
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
La StradaA care-free girl is sold to a traveling entertainer, consequently enduring physical and emotional pain along the way.1954Federico Fellini (*)Drama8.0 (61.7K votes)10820211228
Last Laugh, The [Der Letzte Mann]An aging doorman is forced to face the scorn of his friends, neighbors and society after being fired from his prestigious job at a luxurious hotel.1924F.W. Murnau (*)Drama8.1 (13.7K votes)9020211228
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
Les MiserablesThe lives of numerous people over the course of 20 years in 19th century France, weaved together by the story of an ex-convict named Jean Valjean on the run from an obsessive police inspector, who pursues him for only a minor offense1934Raymond BernardDrama8.3 (1.8K votes)020211228
Life and Death of King Richard III, The [Richard III]Richard of Gloucester uses manipulation and murder to gain the English throne.1912André Calmettes, James KeaneDrama5.7 (268 votes)5520211228
Maborosi [Maboroshi no hikari]A young woman's husband apparently commits suicide without warning or reason, leaving behind his wife and infant.1995Hirokazu KoreedaDrama7.5 (6.2K votes)11020220731
MagnoliaAn epic mosaic of interrelated characters in search of love, forgiveness, and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.1999Paul Thomas Anderson (*)Drama8.0 (304.5K votes)18820211228
Man Who Laughs, TheWhen a proud noble refuses to kiss the hand of the despotic King James in 1690, he is cruelly executed and his son surgically disfigured.1928Paul LeniDrama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller7.7 (6.7K votes)11020211228
Man with a Movie Camera [Chelovek s kino-apparatom - Prokofiev Soundtrack]A man travels around a city with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling invention.1929Dziga Vertov (*)Documentary, Music8.4 (24.2K votes)6820211228
MatewanA labor union organizer comes to an embattled mining community brutally and violently dominated and harassed by the mining company.1987John Sayles (*)Drama, History7.9 (7.9K votes)13520211228
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
Midnight CowboyA naive hustler travels from Texas to New York City to seek personal fortune, finding a new friend in the process.1969John Schlesinger (*)Drama7.8 (108.2K votes)11320211228
Night and the CityA small-time grifter and nightclub tout takes advantage of some fortuitous circumstances and tries to become a big-time player as a wrestling promoter.1950Jules DassinCrime, Film-Noir, Mystery, Sport, Thriller7.9 (13.3K votes)9620211228
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
PhantomA shiftless young man becomes obsessed with a mysterious woman and yearns to find her again.1922F.W. Murnau (*)Drama, Romance6.9 (1.8K votes)12520211228
Phantom Of The Opera, TheA mad, disfigured composer seeks love with a lovely young opera singer.1925Rupert Julian, Lon Chaney, Ernst Laemmle, Edward SedgwickHorror7.6 (18K votes)9320211228
Princess and the Warrior, The [Der Krieger und die Kaiserin]Two enamoured strangers look for a warm place in a cold world.2000Tom TykwerDrama, Mystery, Romance7.5 (14.4K votes)13520211228
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
Red DesertIn an industrial area, unstable Giuliana attempts to cope with life by starting an affair with a co-worker at the plant her husband manages.1964Michelangelo Antonioni (*)Drama7.6 (15.2K votes)11720211228
Revenant, TheA frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team.2015Alejandro G. IñárrituAction, Adventure, Drama, History, Western8.0 (762.8K votes)15620211228
River, TheThe growing pains of three young women contrast with the immutability of the holy Bengal River, around which their daily lives unfold.1951Jean Renoir (*)Drama, Romance7.5 (6.1K votes)9920211228
Schizo [Shiza]Shiza is the nickname of a 15-year-old boy. Money, power, and women - he has none of these, yet, in his young life. But, he does have the illegal, underground circuit of bare-knuckle fist-fighting, where he is able to eke out a livin2004Gulshat OmarovaCrime, Drama, Romance, Sport, Thriller7.0 (1K votes)8620211228
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
Shadow of a DoubtA teenage girl, overjoyed when her favorite uncle comes to visit the family in their quiet California town, slowly begins to suspect that he is in fact the "Merry Widow" killer sought by the authorities.1943Alfred Hitchcock (*)Film-Noir, Thriller7.8 (63.8K votes)10820211228
ShaneA weary gunfighter in 1880s Wyoming begins to envision a quieter life after befriending a homestead family with a young son who idolizes him, but a smoldering range war forces him to act.1953George Stevens (*)Drama, Western7.6 (39.6K votes)11820211228
Slaughterhouse FiveBilly Pilgrim has mysteriously become unstuck in time. He goes on an uncontrollable trip back and forth from his birth in New York to life on a distant planet and back again to the horrors of the 1945 fire-bombing of Dresden.1972George Roy Hill (*)Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi, War6.9 (12.9K votes)10420211228
Sling BladeKarl Childers, a simple man hospitalized since his childhood murder of his mother and her lover, is released to start a new life in a small town.1996Billy Bob ThorntonDrama8.0 (92.3K votes)13520211228
Song of Sparrows, The [Avaze gonjeshk-ha]An ostrich-rancher, Karim, embarks on a journey to Tehran, a bustling city, to replace his daughter's hearing aid, a pivotal moment in his family's struggle for independence and cultural exchange.2008Majid MajidiDrama, Family7.9 (11.2K votes)9620240803
Sophie Scholl The Final DaysA dramatization of the final days of Sophie Scholl, one of the most famous members of the German World War II anti-Nazi resistance movement, The White Rose.2005Marc RothemundBiography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller, War7.6 (27.4K votes)12020211228
Stage StruckA young woman arrives in New York City determined to become a great theatrical star, but discovers that her goal may not be as easily attainable as she had hoped.1958Sidney Lumet (*)Drama, Romance5.9 (715 votes)9520211228
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
Stella MarisTwo young women - a paraplegic girl sheltered by her wealthy guardians and a more experienced orphan - fall in love with a man separated from his violent wife.1918Marshall NeilanDrama6.9 (1.5K votes)8420220731
Talk RadioA rude, contemptuous talk show host becomes overwhelmed by the hatred that surrounds his program just before it goes national.1988Oliver Stone (*)Drama, Thriller7.3 (13.4K votes)11020211228
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
Ten Commandments, TheMoses, raised as a prince of Egypt in the Pharaoh's household, learns of his true heritage as a Hebrew and his divine mission as the deliverer of his people from slavery.1956Cecil B. DeMille (*)Adventure, Drama, Family7.9 (68.3K votes)22020211228
Through A Glass Darkly [Såsom i en spegel]Recently released from a mental hospital, Karin rejoins her emotionally disconnected family in their island home, only to slip from reality as she begins to believe she is being visited by God.1961Ingmar Bergman (*)Drama8.0 (24.6K votes)9020211228
Time BanditsA young boy accidentally joins a band of time travelling dwarves, as they jump from era to era looking for treasure to steal.1981Terry Gilliam (*)Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi7.0 (62.1K votes)11020211228
Triumph of the WillThe infamous propaganda film of the 1934 Nazi Party rally in Nuremberg, Germany.1935Leni Riefenstahl (*)Documentary, History7.2 (17K votes)11020211228
WhiplashA promising young drummer enrolls at a cut-throat music conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who will stop at nothing to realize a student's potential.2014Damien Chazelle (*)Drama, Music8.5 (787K votes)10620211228
Whos Afraid of Virginia WoolfA bitter middle-aged couple, her derisive of his lowly position at a New England college, ask a new colleague and his wife over for drinks, and use them to fuel anguish and emotional pain toward each other through a distressing night1966Mike Nichols (*)Drama8.0 (73.6K votes)13120211228
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
You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet [Vous n'avez encore rien vu]From beyond the grave, celebrated playwright Antoine d'Anthac gathers together all his friends who have appeared over the years in his play "Eurydice." These actors watch a recording of the work performed by a young acting company, L2012Alain Resnais (*)Comedy, Drama6.4 (1.6K votes)11520220414
Baraka1992Ron FrickeDocumentary8.5 (Unkn) Excluded
Meduzot2007Etgar Keret, Shira GeffenDrama7.0 (Unkn) Excluded