Movies by Lists - Great Micro-Low Budget Films (215 [220]) 
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| 12 Angry MenThe jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to more carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict. | 1957 | Sidney Lumet (*) | Crime, Drama | 9.0 (749.3K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| 127 HoursA mountain climber becomes trapped under a boulder while canyoneering alone near Moab, Utah and resorts to desperate measures in order to survive. | 2010 | Danny Boyle (*) | Biography, Drama | 7.5 (366.4K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| 2001 A Space Odyssey The Monoliths push humanity to reach for the stars; after their discovery in Africa generations ago, the mysterious objects lead mankind on an awesome journey to Jupiter, with the help of H.A.L. 9000: the world's greatest supercomput | 1968 | Stanley Kubrick (*) | Adventure, Sci-Fi | 8.3 (642.5K votes) | 149 | 20211228 |
| AdaptationA lovelorn screenwriter becomes desperate as he tries and fails to adapt 'The Orchid Thief' by Susan Orlean for the screen. | 2002 | Spike Jonze (*) | Comedy, Drama | 7.7 (188.2K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| Adventures of Goopy and Bagha, The [Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne]Goopy wants to sing, and Bagha wants to play the dhol. They meet accidentally and are helped by King of Ghosts. With newly endowed abilities, they land in kingdom of Shundi, where their adventure begins. | 1969 | Satyajit Ray (*) | Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music | 8.8 (2.4K votes) | 132 | 20211228 |
| After HoursAn ordinary word processor has the worst night of his life after he agrees to visit a girl in Soho who he met that evening at a coffee shop. | 1985 | Martin Scorsese (*) | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.7 (66.5K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| AlienThe crew of a commercial spacecraft encounter a deadly lifeform after investigating an unknown transmission. | 1979 | Ridley Scott (*) | Horror, Sci-Fi | 8.4 (841K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| All Is LostAfter a collision with a shipping container at sea, a resourceful sailor finds himself, despite all efforts to the contrary, staring his mortality in the face. | 2013 | J.C. Chandor | Action, Adventure, Drama | 6.9 (80K votes) | 106 | 20220414 |
| AmadeusThe life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was insanely jealous of Mozart's talent and claimed to have murdered him. | 1984 | Milos Forman (*) | Biography, Drama, Music | 8.3 (388.6K votes) | 160 | 20211228 |
| American GraffitiA group of teenagers in California's central valley spend one final night after their 1962 high school graduation cruising the strip with their buddies before they pursue their varying goals. | 1973 | George Lucas (*) | Comedy, Drama | 7.4 (87.2K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| AmourGeorges and Anne are an octogenarian couple. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, also a musician, lives in Britain with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested | 2012 | Michael Haneke (*) | Drama | 7.9 (97.9K votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| Arlington RoadA man begins to suspect his neighbors are not what they appear to be and their secrets could be deadly. | 1999 | Mark Pellington | Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.2 (85.3K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| Bad TasteThe population of a small town disappears and is replaced by aliens that chase human flesh for their intergalactic fast-food chain. | 1987 | Peter Jackson (*) | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi | 6.5 (46.2K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| BadlandsAn impressionable teenage girl from a dead-end town and her older greaser boyfriend embark on a killing spree in the South Dakota badlands. | 1973 | Terrence Malick (*) | Action, Crime, Drama | 7.8 (71.1K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Bakuchi-uchi - Inochi-huda [Fate Deals the Card of Death]Young, rich, and obsessed with death, Harold finds himself changed forever when he meets lively septuagenarian Maude at a funeral. | 1971 | Hal Ashby (*) | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7.9 (76.2K votes) | 91 | 20220315 |
| Barry LyndonAn Irish rogue wins the heart of a rich widow and assumes her dead husband's aristocratic position in 18th-century England. | 1975 | Stanley Kubrick (*) | Adventure, Drama, History, War | 8.1 (161.6K votes) | 185 | 20211228 |
| Before SunriseA young man and woman meet on a train in Europe, and wind up spending one evening together in Vienna. Unfortunately, both know that this will probably be their only night together. | 1995 | Richard Linklater (*) | Drama, Romance | 8.1 (293.2K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| Before SunsetNine years after Jesse and Celine first met, they encounter each other again on the French leg of Jesse's book tour. | 2004 | Richard Linklater (*) | Drama, Romance | 8.1 (252.9K votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
| Big EyesA drama about the awakening of painter Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s. | 2014 | Tim Burton (*) | Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance | 7.0 (90.7K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| BirdmanA washed-up superhero actor attempts to revive his fading career by writing, directing, and starring in a Broadway production. | 2014 | Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Comedy, Drama | 7.7 (610.3K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| Black ChristmasDuring their Christmas break, a group of sorority girls are stalked by a stranger. | 1974 | Bob Clark | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.2 (39.2K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Black DynamiteBlack Dynamite is the greatest African-American action star of the 1970s. When his only brother is killed by The Man, it's up to him to find justice. | 2009 | Scott Sanders | Action, Comedy | 7.4 (48.1K votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
| Black Sunday aka La maschera del demonioA vengeful witch and her fiendish servant return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the witch's beautiful look-alike descendant, with only the girl's brother and a handsome doctor standing in her way. | 1960 | Mario Bava (*) | Horror | 7.2 (15K votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Blair Witch Project, TheThree film students vanish after traveling into a Maryland forest to film a documentary on the local Blair Witch legend, leaving only their footage behind. | 1999 | Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez | Horror, Mystery | 6.5 (248.9K votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
| Blood and Black LaceA masked, shadowy killer brutally murders the models of a scandalous fashion house in Rome. | 1964 | Mario Bava (*) | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.2 (10.5K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Blood and Black Lace aka Sei donne per l'assassinoA masked, shadowy killer brutally murders the models of a scandalous fashion house in Rome. | 1964 | Mario Bava (*) | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.2 (10.5K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Blood SimpleThe owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered. | 1984 | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.6 (94K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Blue RuinA mysterious outsider's quiet life is turned upside down when he returns to his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance. Proving himself an amateur assassin, he winds up in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family. | 2013 | Jeremy Saulnier | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.1 (71.9K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Boogie NightsBack when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, an idealistic porn producer aspires to elevate his craft to an art when he discovers a hot young talent. | 1997 | Paul Thomas Anderson (*) | Drama | 7.9 (255.6K votes) | 155 | 20211228 |
| Boondock SaintsTwo Irish Catholic brothers become vigilantes and wipe out Boston's criminal underworld in the name of God. | 1999 | Troy Duffy | Action, Thriller | 7.7 (235.3K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| Bottle RocketThree friends plan to pull off a simple robbery and go on the run. | 1996 | Wes Anderson (*) | Comedy, Crime, Drama | 7.0 (74.9K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| BoyhoodThe life of Mason, from early childhood to his arrival at college. | 2014 | Richard Linklater (*) | Drama | 7.9 (347.8K votes) | 165 | 20211228 |
| Boyz n The HoodFollows the lives of three young males living in the Crenshaw ghetto of Los Angeles, dissecting questions of race, relationships, violence, and future prospects. | 1991 | John Singleton (*) | Crime, Drama | 7.8 (135.7K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| BrickA teenage loner pushes his way into the underworld of a high school crime ring to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend. | 2005 | Rian Johnson | Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.2 (104.7K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Bubba Ho-tepElvis Presley and a black "JFK" stay in a nursing home where nothing happens - until a wayward Egyptian mummy comes and sucks out the old people's souls thru their a-holes. The two decide to fight back. | 2002 | Don Coscarelli | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Western | 7.0 (47.7K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| BuriedPaul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death | 2010 | Rodrigo Cortés | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.0 (158.8K votes) | 95 | 20220414 |
| Camp X-RayA soldier assigned to Guantanamo Bay befriends a man who has been imprisoned there. | 2014 | Peter Sattler | Drama, War | 6.9 (42.6K votes) | 117 | 20231109 |
| Cannibal HolocaustDuring a rescue mission into the Amazon rainforest, a professor stumbles across lost film shot by a missing documentary crew. | 1980 | Ruggero Deodato | Adventure, Horror | 5.8 (55.5K votes) | 95 | 20220806 |
| CarnageTwo pairs of parents hold a cordial meeting after their sons are involved in a fight, though as their time together progresses, increasingly childish behavior throws the discussion into chaos. | 2011 | Roman Polanski (*) | Comedy, Drama | 7.2 (124.9K votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
| CasablancaA cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco. | 1942 | Michael Curtiz (*) | Drama, Romance, War | 8.5 (558.2K votes) | 102 | 20220423 |
| Cat PeopleAn American man marries a Serbian immigrant who fears that she will turn into the cat person of her homeland's fables if they are intimate together. | 1942 | Jacques Tourneur (*) | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller | 7.3 (22K votes) | 73 | 20211228 |
| Chan is MissingTwo cab drivers search San Francisco's Chinatown for the mysterious Chan, who disappeared with their $4000. | 1982 | Wayne Wang | Drama, Mystery | 7.1 (1.2K votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
| Chasing AmyHolden and Banky are comic book artists. Everything's going good for them until they meet Alyssa, also a comic book artist. Holden falls for her, but his hopes are crushed when he finds out she's a lesbian. | 1997 | Kevin Smith (*) | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7.2 (136.3K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| ChronicleThree high school friends gain superpowers after making an incredible discovery underground. Soon they find their lives spinning out of control and their bond tested as they embrace their darker sides. | 2012 | Josh Trank | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.0 (249.7K votes) | 84 | 20220531 |
| Citizen KaneFollowing the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance; 'Rosebud'. | 1941 | Orson Welles (*) | Drama, Mystery | 8.3 (429.4K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| ClerksA day in the lives of two convenience clerks named Dante and Randal as they annoy customers, discuss movies, and play hockey on the store roof. | 1994 | Kevin Smith (*) | Comedy | 7.7 (218.4K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| Clockwork Orange, AIn the future, a sadistic gang leader is imprisoned and volunteers for a conduct-aversion experiment, but it doesn't go as planned. | 1971 | Stanley Kubrick (*) | Crime, Sci-Fi | 8.3 (799.7K votes) | 136 | 20211228 |
| ClueSix guests are anonymously invited to a strange mansion for dinner, but after their host is killed, they must cooperate with the staff to identify the murderer as the bodies pile up. | 1985 | Jonathan Lynn | Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 7.3 (92.8K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| CoffyA sexy black nurse takes vigilante justice against inner-city drug dealers after her sister becomes their latest victim. | 1973 | Jack Hill | Action, Crime, Thriller | 6.8 (11K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| CoherenceStrange things begin to happen when a group of friends gather for a dinner party on an evening when a comet is passing overhead. | 2013 | James Ward Byrkit | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.2 (121.2K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| Crouching Tiger Hidden DragonA young Chinese warrior steals a sword from a famed swordsman and then escapes into a world of romantic adventure with a mysterious man in the frontier of the nation. | 2000 | Ang Lee (*) | Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance | 7.8 (263.6K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| CubeSix complete strangers with widely varying personalities are involuntarily placed in an endless maze containing deadly traps. | 1997 | Vincenzo Natali | Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi | 7.2 (224.2K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Curse of Frankenstein, TheWhile awaiting execution for murder, Baron Victor Frankenstein tells the story of a creature he built and brought to life - only for it to behave not as he intended. | 1957 | Terence Fisher (*) | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.1 (10.8K votes) | 82 | 20211228 |
| Dark StarIn the far reaches of space, a small crew, 20 years into their solitary mission, find things beginning to go hilariously wrong. | 1974 | John Carpenter (*) | Comedy, Sci-Fi | 6.3 (23.9K votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| Das Boot [The Boat]The claustrophobic world of a WWII German U-boat; boredom, filth and sheer terror. | 1981 | Wolfgang Petersen (*) | Drama, War | 8.3 (244.3K votes) | 149 | 20211228 |
| Dawn Of The DeadFollowing an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia S.W.A.T. team members, a traffic reporter, and his television executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall. | 1978 | George A. Romero (*) | Horror, Thriller | 7.9 (117.7K votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1978 | Terrence Malick (*) | Drama, Romance | 7.8 (56.5K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Dead Alive [aka Braindead]A young man's mother is bitten by a Sumatran rat-monkey. She gets sick and dies, at which time she comes back to life, killing and eating dogs, nurses, friends, and neighbors. | 1992 | Peter Jackson (*) | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller | 7.5 (95.4K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| Death At A FuneralChaos ensues when a man tries to expose a dark secret regarding a recently deceased patriarch of a dysfunctional British family. | 2007 | Frank Oz | Comedy | 7.4 (113.9K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| DesperadoFormer musician and gunslinger El Mariachi arrives at a small Mexican border town after being away for a long time. His past quickly catches up with him and he soon gets entangled with the local drug kingpin Bucho and his gang. | 1995 | Robert Rodriguez | Action, Crime, Thriller | 7.2 (181.5K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| DetourChance events trap hitchhiking nightclub pianist Al Roberts in a tightening net of death, deception and blackmail. | 1945 | Edgar G. Ulmer (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir | 7.4 (16.9K votes) | 68 | 20211228 |
| Dick Figures - The MovieRed and Blue journey around the world to find The Great Sword of Destiny. Blue discovers that Red was never his friend at all, now they are enemies and are in worst situations imaginable. | 2013 | Zack Keller, Ed Skudder | Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.6 (1.5K votes) | 73 | 20240419 |
| Dirty Mary Crazy LarryDown-on-their-luck racers Larry and Deke steal from a supermarket manager to buy a car that will help them advance their racing chances. Their escape does not go as planned when Larry's one-night stand, Mary, tags along for the ride. | 1974 | John Hough | Action, Crime, Thriller | 6.7 (6.8K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| District 9Violence ensues after an extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth finds a kindred spirit in a government agent exposed to their biotechnology. | 2009 | Neill Blomkamp (*) | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.9 (664K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| DisturbiaA teen living under house arrest becomes convinced his neighbor is a serial killer. | 2007 | D.J. Caruso | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.8 (231.5K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Do the Right ThingOn the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence. | 1989 | Spike Lee (*) | Comedy, Drama | 8.0 (98.7K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Donnie DarkoAfter narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a man in a large rabbit suit who manipulates him to commit a series of crimes. | 2001 | Richard Kelly | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 8.0 (774.8K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| DownfallTraudl Junge, the final secretary for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictator's final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII. | 2004 | Oliver Hirschbiegel (*) | Biography, Drama, History, War | 8.2 (346.4K votes) | 156 | 20211228 |
| Dr. StrangeloveAn insane American general orders a bombing attack on the Soviet Union, triggering a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop. | 1964 | Stanley Kubrick (*) | Comedy, War | 8.4 (474.6K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| DraculaJonathan Harker begets the ire of Count Dracula after he accepts a job at the vampire's castle under false pretenses, forcing his colleague Dr. Van Helsing to hunt the predatory villain when he targets Harker's loved ones. | 1958 | Terence Fisher (*) | Drama, Horror | 7.3 (24.3K votes) | 82 | 20211228 |
| DriveAn action drama about a mysterious Hollywood stuntman and mechanic who moonlights as a getaway driver, and finds himself in trouble when he helps out his neighbor. | 2011 | Nicolas Winding Refn | Action, Drama | 7.8 (607.6K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Drop, TheBob Saginowski finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood's past where friends, families, and foes all work together to make a living - no matter the cost. | 2014 | Michaël R. Roskam | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.1 (149.5K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| DuelA business commuter is pursued and terrorized by the malevolent driver of a massive tractor-trailer. | 1971 | Steven Spielberg (*) | Action, Thriller | 7.6 (68.8K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Duel with the DevilA business commuter is pursued and terrorized by the malevolent driver of a massive tractor-trailer. | 1971 | Steven Spielberg (*) | Action, Thriller | 7.6 (68.8K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Easy RiderTwo bikers head from L.A. to New Orleans through the open country and desert lands, and along the way they meet a man who bridges a counter-culture gap of which they had been unaware. | 1969 | Dennis Hopper (*) | Adventure, Drama | 7.3 (107.5K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| El MariachiA traveling mariachi is mistaken for a murderous criminal and must hide from a gang bent on killing him. | 1992 | Robert Rodriguez | Action, Crime, Thriller | 6.9 (66.1K votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
| Enter The DragonA secret agent comes to an opium lord's island fortress with other fighters for a martial-arts tournament. | 1973 | Robert Clouse | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.7 (102.3K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| EraserheadHenry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child. | 1977 | David Lynch (*) | Fantasy, Horror | 7.4 (111.9K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| Evil Dead, TheFive friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons. | 1981 | Sam Raimi (*) | Horror | 7.5 (200.1K votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
| Fantastic Mr. FoxAn urbane fox cannot resist returning to his farm raiding ways and then must help his community survive the farmers' retaliation. | 2009 | Wes Anderson (*) | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family | 7.9 (220.1K votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Fault in Our Stars, TheTwo teenage cancer patients begin a life-affirming journey to visit a reclusive author in Amsterdam. | 2014 | Josh Boone | Drama, Romance | 7.7 (363.6K votes) | 126 | 20211228 |
| Feeding FrenzyA tongue-in-cheek homage to the rubber puppet monster movies of the 1980's like Critters and Gremlins. | 2010 | Jay Bauman, Mike Stoklasa | Comedy, Horror | 6.4 (858 votes) | 89 | 20240419 |
| Fistful of Dollars, AA wandering gunfighter plays two rival families against each other in a town torn apart by greed, pride, and revenge. | 1964 | Sergio Leone (*) | Action, Drama, Western | 8.0 (210.5K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| FollowingA young writer who follows strangers for material meets a thief who takes him under his wing. | 1998 | Christopher Nolan (*) | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 7.5 (91.4K votes) | 69 | 20211228 |
| For A Few Dollars MoreTwo bounty hunters with the same intentions team up to track down an escaped Mexican outlaw. | 1965 | Sergio Leone (*) | Western | 8.2 (248.2K votes) | 132 | 20211228 |
| Forgotten SilverThe film deals with the career of a supposedly forgotten pioneer of international cinema, Colin McKenzie, who was allegedly born in rural New Zealand in 1888. | 1995 | Costa Botes, Peter Jackson | Comedy | 7.5 (6K votes) | 53 | 20211228 |
| Foxy BrownA voluptuous black vigilante takes a job as a high-class prostitute to get revenge on the mobsters who murdered her boyfriend. | 1974 | Jack Hill | Action, Crime, Thriller | 6.5 (10.1K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| FridayIt's Friday, and Craig and Smokey must come up with $200 they owe a local bully or there won't be a Saturday. | 1995 | F. Gary Gray | Comedy, Drama | 7.3 (108.5K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Friday the 13thA group of camp counselors trying to reopen a summer camp called Crystal Lake, which has a grim past, are stalked by a mysterious killer. | 1980 | Sean S. Cunningham | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 6.4 (133.5K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Fright NightA teenager discovers that the newcomer in his neighborhood is a vampire, so he turns to an actor in a television horror show for help dealing with the undead. | 1985 | Tom Holland | Fantasy, Horror | 7.1 (67.3K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| Full Metal JacketA pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue. | 1987 | Stanley Kubrick (*) | Drama, War | 8.3 (713.8K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| George WashingtonA group of children, in a depressed small town, band together to cover up a tragic mistake one summer. | 2000 | David Gordon Green | Drama | 7.3 (8.2K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| Glengarry Glen RossAn examination of the machinations behind the scenes at a real estate office. | 1992 | James Foley (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 7.7 (102.4K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Good The Bad and The Ugly, TheA bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery. | 1966 | Sergio Leone (*) | Adventure, Western | 8.8 (732.4K votes) | 178 | 20211228 |
| Good Will HuntingWill Hunting, a janitor at M.I.T., has a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life. | 1997 | Gus Van Sant (*) | Drama, Romance | 8.3 (922.1K votes) | 126 | 20211228 |
| Goopy Gyne Bagha ByneGoopy wants to sing, and Bagha wants to play the dhol. They meet accidentally and are helped by King of Ghosts. With newly endowed abilities, they land in kingdom of Shundi, where their adventure begins. | 1969 | Satyajit Ray (*) | Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music | 8.8 (2.4K votes) | 132 | 20211228 |
| Gosford ParkSet in the 1930s, this movie brings a group of pretentious rich and famous together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, each one of these interesting characters becomes a suspect. | 2001 | Robert Altman (*) | Comedy, Drama, Mystery | 7.2 (85.5K votes) | 137 | 20211228 |
| Graduate, TheA disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter. | 1967 | Mike Nichols (*) | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 8.0 (266.7K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| HalloweenFifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again. | 1978 | John Carpenter (*) | Horror, Thriller | 7.7 (262.1K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Hangover, TheThree buddies wake up from a bachelor party in Las Vegas, with no memory of the previous night and the bachelor missing. They make their way around the city in order to find their friend before his wedding. | 2009 | Todd Phillips (*) | Comedy | 7.7 (756.4K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Hard CandyHayley's a smart, charming teenage girl. Jeff's a handsome, smooth fashion photographer. An Internet chat, a coffee shop meet-up, an impromptu fashion shoot back at Jeff's place. Jeff thinks it's his lucky night. He's in for a surpri | 2005 | David Slade | Drama, Thriller | 7.1 (158.9K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| Hard EightProfessional gambler Sydney teaches John the tricks of the trade. John does well until he falls for cocktail waitress Clementine. | 1996 | Paul Thomas Anderson (*) | Crime, Drama | 7.2 (48.6K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| Harold and MaudeYoung, rich, and obsessed with death, Harold finds himself changed forever when he meets lively septuagenarian Maude at a funeral. | 1971 | Hal Ashby (*) | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7.9 (75.9K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| HeavenA woman takes the law into her own hands after police ignore her pleas to arrest the man responsible for her husband's death, and finds herself not only under arrest for murder but falling in love with an officer. | 2002 | Tom Tykwer | Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 6.9 (26.5K votes) | 97 | 20240416 |
| HesherA young boy has lost his mother and is losing touch with his father and the world around him. Then he meets Hesher who manages to make his life even more chaotic. | 2010 | Spencer Susser | Drama | 7.0 (51.9K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| History of Violence, AA mild-mannered man becomes a local hero through an act of violence, which sets off repercussions that will shake his family to its very core. | 2005 | David Cronenberg (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.4 (232.7K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Holy Mountain, TheIn a corrupt, greed-fueled world, a powerful alchemist leads a messianic character and seven materialistic figures to the Holy Mountain, where they hope to achieve enlightenment. | 1973 | Alejandro Jodorowsky (*) | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy | 7.9 (41.2K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| House of UsherUpon entering his fiancée's family mansion, a man discovers a savage family curse and fears that his future brother-in-law has entombed his bride-to-be prematurely. | 1960 | Roger Corman (*) | Drama, Horror | 7.0 (13.1K votes) | 79 | 20211228 |
| HungerIrish republican Bobby Sands leads the inmates of a Northern Irish prison in a hunger strike. | 2008 | Steve McQueen (*) | Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.5 (70.3K votes) | 96 | 20220806 |
| I Wanna Hold Your HandIn 1964, six teenagers from New Jersey run off to see The Beatles perform on Toast of the Town (1948) in the hope of meeting their idols. However, they don't have tickets. Along the way, they learn new things about friendship and gro | 1978 | Robert Zemeckis (*) | Comedy, Music, Romance | 6.9 (4.9K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| In the Company of MenTwo business executives--one an avowed misogynist, the other recently emotionally wounded by his love interest--set out to exact revenge on the female gender by seeking out the most innocent, uncorrupted girl they can find and ruinin | 1997 | Neil LaBute | Comedy, Drama | 7.2 (13.5K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| In Your EyesTwo seemingly unconnected souls from different corners of the United States make a telepathic bond that allows them to see, hear and feel the other's experiences, creating a bond that apparently can't be broken. | 2014 | Brin Hill | Fantasy, Romance | 7.0 (31K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| Inherent ViceIn 1970, drug-fueled Los Angeles private investigator Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of a former girlfriend. | 2014 | Paul Thomas Anderson (*) | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance | 6.7 (101.3K votes) | 148 | 20211228 |
| Invasion of the Body SnatchersA small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates. | 1956 | Don Siegel (*) | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi | 7.7 (48.2K votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
| Invasion of the Body SnatchersWhen strange seeds drift to earth from space, mysterious pods begin to grow and invade San Francisco, California, where they replicate the residents into emotionless automatons one body at a time. | 1978 | Philip Kaufman (*) | Horror, Sci-Fi | 7.4 (58.1K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| It's a Wonderful LifeAn angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed. | 1946 | Frank Capra (*) | Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy | 8.6 (438.9K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| Jersey BoysThe story of four young men from the wrong side of the tracks in New Jersey who came together to form the iconic 1960s rock group The Four Seasons. | 2014 | Clint Eastwood (*) | Biography, Drama, Music | 6.8 (34.4K votes) | 134 | 20211228 |
| John WickAn ex-hit-man comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that killed his dog and took everything from him. | 2014 | Chad Stahelski, David Leitch | Action, Crime, Thriller | 7.4 (594.2K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| JunoFaced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young woman makes an unusual decision regarding the unborn child. | 2007 | Jason Reitman | Comedy, Drama | 7.4 (509.2K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Killing, TheCrook Johnny Clay assembles a five-man team to plan and execute a daring racetrack robbery. | 1956 | Stanley Kubrick (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller | 8.0 (87.3K votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
| Layer CakeA successful cocaine dealer gets two tough assignments from his boss on the eve of his planned early retirement. | 2004 | Matthew Vaughn | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.3 (176.3K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| LifeboatSeveral survivors of a torpedoed merchant ship in World War II find themselves in the same lifeboat with one of the crew members of the U-boat that sank their ship. | 1944 | Alfred Hitchcock (*) | Drama, War | 7.6 (28.3K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Little FugitiveA young boy fears that he shot his older brother, who is only faking. He then runs away to Coney Island, a crowded beach area, and gets money by returning soda bottles for their deposits. | 1953 | Ray Ashley, Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin | Drama, Family | 7.5 (2.7K votes) | 75 | 20211228 |
| Little Miss SunshineA family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus. | 2006 | Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris | Comedy, Drama | 7.8 (462.3K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| Lock, Stock And Two Smoking BarrelsEddy persuades his three pals to pool money for a vital poker game against a powerful local mobster, Hatchet Harry. Eddy loses, after which Harry gives him a week to pay back 500,000 pounds. | 1998 | Guy Ritchie (*) | Action, Comedy, Crime | 8.2 (564.7K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| LolitaA middle-aged college professor becomes infatuated with a fourteen-year-old nymphet. | 1962 | Stanley Kubrick (*) | Crime, Drama, Romance | 7.5 (98.6K votes) | 153 | 20211228 |
| Lollipop Generation, TheThe Lollipop Generation tells the story of 'Georgie', a runaway teenager played by Jena von Brücker, and the people she meets on the ""...outlying streets with no name..."" At the same time, the film serves a diaristic function, doc... | 2008 | G.B. Jones | Drama | 8.1 (21 votes) | 75 | 20221116 |
| Lookout, TheChris is a once promising high school athlete whose life is turned upside down following a tragic accident. As he tries to maintain a normal life, he takes a job as a janitor at a bank, where he ultimately finds himself caught up in | 2007 | Scott Frank | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.0 (58.2K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Mad MaxIn a self-destructing world, a vengeful Australian policeman sets out to stop a violent motorcycle gang. | 1979 | George Miller (*) | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.9 (201.7K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Mad Max 2 - The Road WarriorIn the post-apocalyptic Australian wasteland, a cynical drifter agrees to help a small, gasoline-rich community escape a horde of bandits. | 1981 | George Miller (*) | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.6 (175.5K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| MagnoliaAn epic mosaic of interrelated characters in search of love, forgiveness, and meaning in the San Fernando Valley. | 1999 | Paul Thomas Anderson (*) | Drama | 8.0 (304.5K votes) | 188 | 20211228 |
| Maltese Falcon, TheSan Francisco private detective Sam Spade takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette, with the stakes rising after his partner is murdered. | 1941 | John Huston (*) | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery, Romance | 8.0 (155.4K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| ManglehornLeft heartbroken by the woman he loved and lost many years ago, Manglehorn, an eccentric small-town locksmith, tries to start his life over again with the help of a new friend. | 2014 | David Gordon Green | Drama | 5.6 (7.5K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Margin CallFollows the key people at an investment bank over a 24-hour period during the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis. | 2011 | J.C. Chandor | Drama, Thriller | 7.1 (124K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Mary PoppinsIn turn of the century London, a magical nanny employs music and adventure to help two neglected children become closer to their father. | 1964 | Robert Stevenson (*) | Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical | 7.8 (167.2K votes) | 139 | 20211228 |
| Master, TheA Naval veteran arrives home from war unsettled and uncertain of his future - until he is tantalized by the Cause and its charismatic leader. | 2012 | Paul Thomas Anderson (*) | Drama | 7.1 (173.6K votes) | 138 | 20220822 |
| Mean StreetsA small-time hood tries to keep the peace between his friend Johnny and Johnny's creditors. | 1973 | Martin Scorsese (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.2 (106.5K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| MementoA man with short-term memory loss attempts to track down his wife's murderer. | 2000 | Christopher Nolan (*) | Mystery, Thriller | 8.4 (1.2M votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| Method, The [El método]7 Spanish top corporate job candidates are left in a room and informed on computer screens about their tasks and that one of them is an observer. Let the psyching begin. | 2005 | Marcelo Piñeyro | Drama, Thriller | 7.1 (11.6K votes) | 115 | 20221116 |
| Miller's CrossingTom Reagan, an advisor to a Prohibition-era crime boss, tries to keep the peace between warring mobs but gets caught in divided loyalties. | 1990 | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.7 (132.6K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| Million Dollar ArmA sports agent stages an unconventional recruitment strategy to get talented Indian cricket players to play Major League Baseball. | 2014 | Craig Gillespie | Biography, Drama, Sport | 7.0 (47.8K votes) | 124 | 20240419 |
| Mist, TheA freak storm unleashes a species of bloodthirsty creatures on a small town, where a small band of citizens hole up in a supermarket and fight for their lives. | 2007 | Frank Darabont (*) | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.1 (296.1K votes) | 126 | 20211228 |
| MonstersSix years after Earth has suffered an alien invasion, a cynical journalist agrees to escort a shaken American tourist through an infected zone in Mexico to the safety of the U.S. border. | 2010 | Gareth Edwards | Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.4 (91.1K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Monty Python and the Holy GrailKing Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table embark on a surreal, low-budget search for the Holy Grail, encountering many, very silly obstacles. | 1975 | Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy | 8.2 (525.7K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| MoonAstronaut Sam Bell has a quintessentially personal encounter toward the end of his three-year stint on the Moon, where he, working alongside his computer, GERTY, sends back to Earth parcels of a resource that has helped diminish our | 2009 | Duncan Jones | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi | 7.8 (350K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Moonrise KingdomA pair of young lovers flee their New England town, which causes a local search party to fan out to find them. | 2012 | Wes Anderson (*) | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7.8 (339.1K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Most Violent Year, AIn New York City 1981, an ambitious immigrant fights to protect his business and family during the most dangerous year in the city's history. | 2014 | J.C. Chandor | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.0 (70.5K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| My Left FootChristy Brown, born with cerebral palsy, learns to paint and write with his only controllable limb - his left foot. | 1989 | Jim Sheridan (*) | Biography, Drama | 7.9 (72.5K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Napoleon DynamiteA listless and alienated teenager decides to help his new friend win the class presidency in their small western high school, while he must deal with his bizarre family life back home. | 2004 | Jared Hess | Comedy | 6.9 (211.1K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Night of the Living DeadA ragtag group of Pennsylvanians barricade themselves in an old farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls that are ravaging the East Coast of the United States. | 1968 | George A. Romero (*) | Horror, Thriller | 7.9 (124.5K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| NightcrawlerWhen Louis Bloom, a con man desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. | 2014 | Dan Gilroy | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.8 (510.4K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| OculusA woman tries to exonerate her brother, who was convicted of murder, by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon. | 2013 | Mike Flanagan | Horror, Mystery | 6.5 (124.6K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| OnceA modern-day musical about a busker and an immigrant and their eventful week in Dublin, as they write, rehearse and record songs that tell their love story. | 2007 | John Carney | Drama, Music, Romance | 7.8 (114.8K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| One Flew Over the Cuckoos NestA criminal pleads insanity and is admitted to a mental institution, where he rebels against the oppressive nurse and rallies up the scared patients. | 1975 | Milos Forman (*) | Drama | 8.7 (970.7K votes) | 133 | 20211228 |
| Open WaterBased on the true story of two scuba divers accidentally stranded in shark infested waters after their tour boat has left. | 2003 | Chris Kentis | Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller | 5.8 (56.4K votes) | 79 | 20240416 |
| Paranormal ActivityAfter moving into a suburban home, a couple becomes increasingly disturbed by a nightly demonic presence. | 2007 | Oren Peli | Horror, Mystery | 6.3 (232.4K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| Pather PanchaliImpoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work. | 1955 | Satyajit Ray (*) | Drama | 8.4 (30.2K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| Paths of GloryAfter refusing to attack an enemy position, a general accuses the soldiers of cowardice and their commanding officer must defend them. | 1957 | Stanley Kubrick (*) | Drama, War | 8.4 (190.5K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Pay It ForwardA young boy attempts to make the world a better place after his teacher gives him that chance. | 2000 | Mimi Leder | Drama | 7.2 (117.5K votes) | 123 | 20211228 |
| Pee-wee's Big AdventureWhen eccentric man-child Pee-wee Herman gets his beloved bike stolen in broad daylight, he sets out across the U.S. on the adventure of his life. | 1985 | Tim Burton (*) | Adventure, Comedy, Family | 7.0 (52.1K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Phone BoothPublicist Stuart Shepard finds himself trapped in a phone booth, pinned down by an extortionist's sniper rifle. Unable to leave or receive outside help, Stuart's negotiation with the caller leads to a jaw-dropping climax. | 2002 | Joel Schumacher | Crime, Thriller | 7.0 (262.2K votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
| PiA paranoid mathematician searches for a key number that will unlock the universal patterns found in nature. | 1998 | Darren Aronofsky (*) | Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.4 (175.8K votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
| Pianist, TheA Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II. | 2002 | Roman Polanski (*) | Biography, Drama, Music, War | 8.5 (790.4K votes) | 150 | 20211228 |
| PrimerFour friends/fledgling entrepreneurs, knowing that there's something bigger and more innovative than the different error-checking devices they've built, wrestle over their new invention. | 2004 | Shane Carruth | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.9 (104.1K votes) | 77 | 20211228 |
| PsychoA Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run, and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother. | 1960 | Alfred Hitchcock (*) | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 8.5 (643.8K votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
| Punch Drunk LoveA frustrated Barry Egan calls a phone-sex line to curb his loneliness. Little does he know that he will land in huge trouble and will also jeopardise his relationship with Lena. | 2002 | Paul Thomas Anderson (*) | Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 7.3 (158.9K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Raid - Redemption, TheA S.W.A.T. team becomes trapped in a tenement run by a ruthless mobster and his army of killers and thugs. | 2011 | Gareth Evans | Action, Crime, Thriller | 7.6 (199.6K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| Raising ArizonaWhen a childless couple of an ex-con and an ex-cop decide to help themselves to one of another family's quintuplets, their lives become more complicated than they anticipated. | 1987 | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Comedy, Crime | 7.3 (135K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Rear WindowA wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his Greenwich Village courtyard apartment window, and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder, despite the skepticism of his fashion-model girlfriend. | 1954 | Alfred Hitchcock (*) | Mystery, Thriller | 8.5 (474.2K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| RecA television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying. | 2007 | Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.4 (174.7K votes) | 78 | 20211228 |
| Ref, TheA cat burglar is forced to take a bickering, dysfunctional family hostage on Christmas Eve. | 1994 | Ted Demme | Comedy, Crime, Drama | 6.9 (24.6K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Reservoir DogsWhen a simple jewelry heist goes horribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant. | 1992 | Quentin Tarantino (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 8.3 (976.6K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| RoboCopIn a dystopic and crime-ridden Detroit, a terminally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg haunted by submerged memories. | 1987 | Paul Verhoeven (*) | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.6 (248.7K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| RockyA small-time Philadelphia boxer gets a supremely rare chance to fight the world heavyweight champion in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect. | 1976 | John G. Avildsen (*) | Drama, Sport | 8.1 (551.3K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| RopeTwo men attempt to prove they committed the perfect crime by hosting a dinner party after strangling their former classmate to death. | 1948 | Alfred Hitchcock (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.0 (138.9K votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
| Rosemary's BabyA young couple trying for a baby move into an aging, ornate apartment building on Central Park West, but find themselves surrounded by peculiar neighbors. | 1968 | Roman Polanski (*) | Drama, Horror | 8.0 (207.9K votes) | 137 | 20211228 |
| Rover, The10 years after a global economic collapse, a hardened loner pursues the men who stole his only possession, his car. Along the way, he captures one of the thieves' brother, and the duo form an uneasy bond during the dangerous journey. | 2014 | David Michôd | Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi | 6.4 (46.9K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Run Lola Run [Lola Rennt]After a botched money delivery, Lola has 20 minutes to come up with 100,000 Deutschmarks. | 1998 | Tom Tykwer | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.7 (195.6K votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
| RushmoreA teenager at Rushmore Academy falls for a much older teacher and befriends a middle-aged industrialist. Later, he finds out that his love interest and his friend are having an affair, which prompts him to begin a vendetta. | 1998 | Wes Anderson (*) | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7.7 (180.5K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Safety Not GuaranteedThree magazine employees head out on an assignment to interview a guy who placed a classified advertisement seeking a companion for time travel. | 2012 | Colin Trevorrow | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7.0 (124.4K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| Saving Mr BanksAuthor P.L. Travers reflects on her childhood after reluctantly meeting with Walt Disney, who seeks to adapt her Mary Poppins books for the big screen. | 2013 | John Lee Hancock | Biography, Comedy, Drama | 7.5 (158.7K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| SawTwo strangers awaken in a room with no recollection of how they got there, and soon discover they're pawns in a deadly game perpetrated by a notorious serial killer. | 2004 | James Wan | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.6 (404.7K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Schindlers ListIn German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis. | 1993 | Steven Spielberg (*) | Biography, Drama, History | 8.9 (1.3M votes) | 195 | 20211228 |
| SelmaA chronicle of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965. | 2014 | Ava DuVernay | Biography, Drama, History | 7.5 (90.2K votes) | 128 | 20211228 |
| ShameA sex addict's carefully cultivated private life falls apart after his sister arrives for an indefinite stay. | 2011 | Steve McQueen (*) | Drama | 7.2 (191.8K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| Shining, TheA family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future. | 1980 | Stanley Kubrick (*) | Drama, Horror | 8.4 (968K votes) | 146 | 20211228 |
| SistersA small-time reporter tries to convince the police she saw a murder in the apartment across from hers. | 1972 | Brian De Palma (*) | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 6.9 (17.5K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Sita Sings the BluesAn animated version of the epic Indian tale of Ramayana set to the 1920s jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw. | 2008 | Nina Paley | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance | 7.6 (4.7K votes) | 82 | 20211228 |
| SlackerA day in the life of Austin, Texas as the camera roams from place to place and provides a brief look at the overeducated, the social misfits, the outcasts and the oddballs. | 1990 | Richard Linklater (*) | Comedy, Drama | 7.1 (21.1K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Slumdog MillionaireA Mumbai teenager reflects on his life after being accused of cheating on the Indian version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?". | 2008 | Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan | Drama, Romance | 8.0 (826.9K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| SnatchUnscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers and supposedly Jewish jewelers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond. | 2000 | Guy Ritchie (*) | Comedy, Crime | 8.2 (826.3K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| SnowpiercerIn a future where a failed climate change experiment has killed all life except for the survivors who boarded the Snowpiercer (a train that travels around the globe), a new class system emerges. | 2013 | Bong Joon Ho (*) | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi | 7.1 (347.8K votes) | 126 | 20211228 |
| SpartacusThe slave Spartacus survives brutal training as a gladiator and leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman Republic, as the ambitious Crassus seeks to gain power by crushing the uprising. | 1960 | Stanley Kubrick (*) | Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, War | 7.9 (131.8K votes) | 197 | 20211228 |
| Squid and the Whale, TheFollows two young boys dealing with their parents' divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980s. | 2005 | Noah Baumbach | Comedy, Drama | 7.3 (82.2K votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
| StagecoachA group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo and learn something about each other in the process. | 1939 | John Ford (*) | Adventure, Drama, Western | 7.9 (47.4K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Star WarsLuke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vad | 1977 | George Lucas (*) | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 8.6 (1.3M votes) | 121 | 20211228 |
| SuperbadTwo co-dependent high school seniors are forced to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry. | 2007 | Greg Mottola | Comedy | 7.6 (554.3K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| Swimming with SharksA young, naive Hollywood studio assistant finally turns the tables on his incredibly abusive producer boss. | 1994 | George Huang | Comedy, Crime | 7.1 (24K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| SwingersA wannabe actor has a hard time moving on from a break-up, but he is lucky to have supportive friends. | 1996 | Doug Liman | Comedy, Drama | 7.2 (80.9K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| TapeThree old high school friends meet in a Michigan motel room to dissect painful memories from their past. | 2001 | Richard Linklater (*) | Drama | 7.2 (19.7K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| Taxi DriverA mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action. | 1976 | Martin Scorsese (*) | Crime, Drama | 8.2 (780.5K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesFour teenage mutant ninja turtles emerge from the shadows to protect New York City from a gang of criminal ninjas. | 1990 | Steve Barron | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi | 6.8 (91.2K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Terminator I - The TerminatorA human soldier is sent from 2029 to 1984 to stop an almost indestructible cyborg killing machine, sent from the same year, which has been programmed to execute a young woman whose unborn son is the key to humanity's future salvation | 1984 | James Cameron (*) | Action, Sci-Fi | 8.0 (830.8K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Texas Chainsaw Massacre, TheFive friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw. | 1974 | Tobe Hooper (*) | Horror | 7.5 (151K votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| Theory of Everything, TheA look at the relationship between the famous physicist Stephen Hawking and his wife. | 2014 | James Marsh | Biography, Drama, Romance | 7.7 (433.1K votes) | 123 | 20211228 |
| Toy StoryA cowboy doll is profoundly threatened and jealous when a new spaceman figure supplants him as top toy in a boy's room. | 1995 | John Lasseter (*) | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy | 8.3 (947.3K votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
| Two-Lane BlacktopWhile drag-racing through the American Southwest in a Chevvy 150, a driver and his mechanic cross paths with an alluring hitchhiker and the inexperienced, tall tale-spinning driver of a GTO. | 1971 | Monte Hellman (*) | Drama | 7.2 (12.2K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Upstream ColorA man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the life cycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of wrecked lives. | 2013 | Shane Carruth | Drama, Sci-Fi | 6.5 (33.3K votes) | 96 | 20220414 |
| Used CarsWhen the owner of a struggling used car lot is killed, it's up to the lot's hot-shot salesman to save the property from falling into the hands of the owner's ruthless brother and used-car rival. | 1980 | Robert Zemeckis (*) | Comedy | 6.8 (14.8K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| Wait Until DarkA recently blinded woman is terrorized by a trio of thugs while they search for a heroin-stuffed doll they believe is in her apartment. | 1967 | Terence Young | Thriller | 7.8 (29.9K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| WandaWanda, a lonely housewife, drifts through mining country until she meets a petty thief who takes her in. | 1970 | Barbara Loden | Crime, Drama | 7.1 (4K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| While We're YoungA middle-aged couple's career and marriage are overturned when a disarming young couple enters their lives. | 2014 | Noah Baumbach | Comedy, Drama, Mystery | 6.3 (49.5K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2014 | Damien Chazelle (*) | Drama, Music | 8.5 (787K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| ZeitgeistMythology and belief in society today, presenting uncommon perspectives of common cultural issues. | 2007 | Peter Joseph | Documentary, History | 8.1 (50K votes) | 118 | 20230806 |
| Zero DayTwo troubled adolescents chronicle the events that ultimately lead up to a terrifying assault on their school. | 2002 | Ben Coccio | Drama | 7.2 (4.2K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| The Late Night Double Feature | 2014 | Christopher R. Mihm | Horror, Sci-Fi | 6.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Zeitgeist: Addendum | 2008 | Peter Joseph | Documentary, History, War | 8.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Future by Design | 2006 | William Gazecki | Documentary, Sci-Fi | 7.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Hacking Democracy | 2006 | Simon Ardizzone, Russell Michaels | Documentary | 7.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Zeitgeist: Moving Forward | 2011 | Peter Joseph | Documentary | 8.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |