Movies by Lists - Reddit - Films Before You Die (145 [149]) 
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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 |
| 1984In a totalitarian future society, a man, whose daily work is re-writing history, tries to rebel by falling in love. | 1984 | Michael Radford | Drama, Sci-Fi | 7.1 (70.5K votes) | 113 | 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 |
| 2046Several women enter a science fiction author's life over the course of a few years, after the author has lost the woman he considers his one true love. | 2004 | Kar-Wai Wong | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi | 7.4 (56.2K votes) | 129 | 20211228 |
| Aguirre The Wrath Of God [Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes]In the 16th century, the ruthless and insane Don Lope de Aguirre leads a Spanish expedition in search of El Dorado. | 1972 | Werner Herzog (*) | Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History | 7.9 (55.7K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Akira Kurosawa's Dreams [Yume]A collection of tales based upon eight of director Akira Kurosawa's recurring dreams. | 1990 | Akira Kurosawa, Ishirô Honda | Drama, Fantasy | 7.8 (25.7K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| AliensFifty-seven years after surviving an apocalyptic attack aboard her space vessel by merciless space creatures, Officer Ripley awakens from hyper-sleep and tries to warn anyone who will listen about the predators. | 1986 | James Cameron (*) | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 8.3 (691K votes) | 137 | 20211228 |
| AmelieAmélie is an innocent and naive girl in Paris with her own sense of justice. She decides to help those around her and, along the way, discovers love. | 2001 | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Comedy, Romance | 8.3 (735.1K votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
| American BeautyA sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend. | 1999 | Sam Mendes | Drama | 8.3 (1.1M votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
| American History XA former neo-nazi skinhead tries to prevent his younger brother from going down the same wrong path that he did. | 1998 | Tony Kaye | Drama | 8.5 (1.1M votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| Andrei RublevThe life, times and afflictions of the fifteenth-century Russian iconographer St. Andrei Rublev. | 1966 | Andrei Tarkovsky (*) | Biography, Drama, History | 8.1 (52.1K votes) | 205 | 20211228 |
| Apocalypse NowA U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god. | 1979 | Francis Ford Coppola (*) | Drama, Mystery, War | 8.4 (641.8K votes) | 147 | 20211228 |
| ApocalyptoAs the Mayan kingdom faces its decline, a young man is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression. | 2006 | Mel Gibson (*) | Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller | 7.8 (304.3K votes) | 139 | 20211228 |
| Arsenic And Old LaceA Brooklyn writer of books on the futility of marriage risks his reputation when he decides to tie the knot. Things get even more complicated when he learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are habitual murderers. | 1943 | Frank Capra (*) | Comedy, Crime, Thriller | 8.0 (69.5K votes) | 118 | 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 |
| Basketball Diaries, TheA teenager finds his dreams of becoming a basketball star threatened after he free falls into the harrowing world of drug addiction. | 1995 | Scott Kalvert | Biography, Crime, Drama, Sport | 7.3 (118.8K votes) | 102 | 20231207 |
| Batman BeginsAfter training with his mentor, Batman begins his fight to free crime-ridden Gotham City from corruption. | 2005 | Christopher Nolan (*) | Action, Crime, Drama | 8.2 (1.4M votes) | 140 | 20211228 |
| Ben HurAfter a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend in 1st-century Jerusalem, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge. | 1959 | William Wyler (*) | Adventure, Drama, History | 8.1 (232.2K votes) | 212 | 20211228 |
| Bicycle Thief [Ladri di Biciclette]In post-war Italy, a working-class man's bicycle is stolen, endangering his efforts to find work. He and his son set out to find it. | 1948 | Vittorio De Sica (*) | Drama | 8.3 (158.6K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| Big FishA frustrated son tries to determine the fact from fiction in his dying father's life. | 2003 | Tim Burton (*) | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance | 8.0 (432.2K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| Big Lebowski, TheUltimate L.A. slacker Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire of the same name, seeks restitution for a rug ruined by debt collectors, enlisting his bowling buddies for help while trying to find the millionaire's missing | 1998 | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Comedy, Crime, Sport | 8.1 (780.3K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| Black Stallion, TheAfter being shipwrecked with a magnificent horse off the coast of Africa in the 1940s, a boy bonds with the stallion, and trains him to race after their rescue. | 1979 | Carroll Ballard | Adventure, Family, Sport | 7.4 (12.8K votes) | 118 | 20220723 |
| Blade RunnerA blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space, and have returned to Earth to find their creator. | 1982 | Ridley Scott (*) | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 8.1 (738.2K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| Blood DiamondA fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond. | 2006 | Edward Zwick (*) | Adventure, Drama, Thriller | 8.0 (529K votes) | 143 | 20211228 |
| Blue VelvetThe discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child. | 1986 | David Lynch (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.7 (192.4K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Boy in the Striped Pajamas, TheThrough the innocent eyes of Bruno, the eight-year-old son of the commandant at a German concentration camp, a forbidden friendship with a Jewish boy on the other side of the camp fence has startling and unexpected consequences. | 2008 | Mark Herman | Drama, History, War | 7.8 (207.8K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| BrazilA bureaucrat in a dystopic society becomes an enemy of the state as he pursues the woman of his dreams. | 1985 | Terry Gilliam (*) | Drama, Sci-Fi | 7.9 (197.1K votes) | 132 | 20211228 |
| Breakfast Club, TheFive high school students meet in Saturday detention and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought. | 1985 | John Hughes (*) | Comedy, Drama | 7.8 (379.9K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| 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 |
| Children of MenIn 2027, in a chaotic world in which women have become somehow infertile, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea. | 2006 | Alfonso Cuarón | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.9 (487.1K votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
| Children of Paradise [Les enfants du paradis]The theatrical life of a beautiful courtesan in 1830s Paris and the four men who love her. | 1945 | Marcel Carné (*) | Drama, Romance | 8.4 (19.4K votes) | 189 | 20211228 |
| City LightsWith the aid of a wealthy erratic tippler, a dewy-eyed tramp who has fallen in love with a sightless flower girl accumulates money to be able to help her medically. | 1931 | Charles Chaplin (*) | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 8.5 (179.3K votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| City of GodIn the slums of Rio, two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin. | 2002 | Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund | Crime, Drama | 8.6 (733.1K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| 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 |
| Color of Pomegranates, The [Sayat Nova]A surreal biopic of Armenian poet Sayat Nova, told via non-narrative amalgamations of images, hailed as revolutionary by Mikhail Vartanov. | 1969 | Sergei Parajanov (*) | Biography, Drama, History, Music | 7.7 (10.3K votes) | 79 | 20211228 |
| Coming ApartPsychiatrist installs a concealed movie camera in his apartment to record the screwed-up lives of the women who visit him. | 1969 | Milton Moses Ginsberg | Drama | 6.6 (452 votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| ContactDr. Ellie Arroway, after years of searching, finds conclusive radio proof of extraterrestrial intelligence, sending plans for a mysterious machine. | 1997 | Robert Zemeckis (*) | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.5 (267.5K votes) | 150 | 20211228 |
| Dark Knight, TheWhen the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice. | 2008 | Christopher Nolan (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 9.0 (2.5M votes) | 152 | 20211228 |
| 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 |
| Deer Hunter, TheAn in-depth examination of the ways in which the Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of several friends in a small steel mill town in Pennsylvania. | 1978 | Michael Cimino (*) | Drama, War | 8.1 (329.7K votes) | 183 | 20211228 |
| Departed, TheAn undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston. | 2006 | Martin Scorsese (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 8.5 (1.3M votes) | 151 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Edukators, TheThree activists cobble together a kidnapping plot after they encounter a businessman in his home. | 2004 | Hans Weingartner | Drama, Romance | 7.5 (31.5K votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| Empire Strikes Back, TheAfter the Rebels are brutally overpowered by the Empire on the ice planet Hoth, Luke Skywalker begins Jedi training with Yoda, while his friends are pursued across the galaxy by Darth Vader and bounty hunter Boba Fett. | 1980 | Irvin Kershner (*) | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 8.7 (1.2M votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
| Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless MindWhen their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a medical procedure to have each other erased from their memories. | 2004 | Michel Gondry | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi | 8.3 (966.2K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| Ferris Bueller's Day offA high school wise guy is determined to have a day off from school, despite what the Principal thinks of that. | 1986 | John Hughes (*) | Comedy | 7.8 (343.1K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Fight ClubAn insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more. | 1999 | David Fincher (*) | Drama | 8.8 (2M votes) | 139 | 20211228 |
| Forrest GumpThe presidencies of Kennedy and Johnson, the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal and other historical events unfold from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, whose only desire is to be reunited with his childhood sweeth | 1994 | Robert Zemeckis (*) | Drama, Romance | 8.8 (2M votes) | 142 | 20211228 |
| Fountian, TheAs a modern-day scientist, Tommy is struggling with mortality, desperately searching for the medical breakthrough that will save the life of his cancer-stricken wife, Izzi. | 2006 | Darren Aronofsky (*) | Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi | 7.2 (238.1K votes) | 97 | 20220723 |
| GigliLarry Gigli is assigned by a crime boss to kidnap the brother of a prominent district attorney. A beautiful woman known only as Ricki is sent to stay with him to make sure he doesn't mess up the job. | 2003 | Martin Brest (*) | Comedy, Crime, Romance | 2.6 (50.2K votes) | 121 | 20231002 |
| 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 |
| Godfather Part I, TheThe aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty in postwar New York City transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant youngest son. | 1972 | Francis Ford Coppola (*) | Crime, Drama | 9.2 (1.7M votes) | 175 | 20211228 |
| Godfather Part II, TheThe early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York City is portrayed, while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate. | 1974 | Francis Ford Coppola (*) | Crime, Drama | 9.0 (1.2M votes) | 202 | 20211228 |
| 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 |
| Grave of the FirefliesA young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II. | 1988 | Isao Takahata | Animation, Drama, War | 8.5 (260.2K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| IdiocracyPrivate Joe Bauers, a decisively average American, is selected as a guinea pig for a top-secret hibernation program but is forgotten, awakening to a future so incredibly moronic he's easily the most intelligent person alive. | 2006 | Mike Judge | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.6 (156.7K votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
| IkiruA bureaucrat tries to find meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer. | 1952 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Drama | 8.3 (75.5K votes) | 143 | 20211228 |
| Into The WildAfter graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, C | 2007 | Sean Penn | Adventure, Biography, Drama | 8.1 (604.2K votes) | 148 | 20211228 |
| Jetée, LaThe story of a man forced to explore his memories in the wake of World War III's devastation, told through still images. | 1962 | Chris Marker (*) | Short, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi | 8.2 (32.8K votes) | 28 | 20220315 |
| Jurassic ParkA pragmatic paleontologist touring an almost complete theme park on an island in Central America is tasked with protecting a couple of kids after a power failure causes the park's cloned dinosaurs to run loose. | 1993 | Steven Spielberg (*) | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 8.1 (929.6K votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| Killing of a Chinese Bookie, TheA proud strip club owner is forced to come to terms with himself as a man when his gambling addiction gets him in hot water with the mob, who offer him only one alternative. | 1976 | John Cassavetes (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.4 (12.6K votes) | 135 | 20211228 |
| La JetéeThe story of a man forced to explore his memories in the wake of World War III's devastation, told through still images. | 1962 | Chris Marker (*) | Short, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi | 8.3 (32.4K votes) | 28 | 20211228 |
| Last Samurai, TheAn American military advisor embraces the Samurai culture he was hired to destroy after he is captured in battle. | 2003 | Edward Zwick (*) | Action, Drama | 7.7 (422.9K votes) | 154 | 20211228 |
| Lawrence of ArabiaThe story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks. | 1962 | David Lean (*) | Adventure, Biography, Drama, War | 8.3 (284.5K votes) | 228 | 20211228 |
| Life Is BeautifulWhen an open-minded Jewish waiter and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor, and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp. | 1997 | Roberto Benigni | Comedy, Drama, Romance, War | 8.6 (666.4K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| Life of BrianBorn on the original Christmas in the stable next door to Jesus Christ, Brian of Nazareth spends his life being mistaken for a messiah. | 1979 | Terry Jones (*) | Comedy | 8.1 (388.1K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Lion King, TheLion prince Simba and his father are targeted by his bitter uncle, who wants to ascend the throne himself. | 1994 | Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff | Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Musical | 8.5 (1M votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Lives of Others, TheIn 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police, conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover, finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives. | 2006 | Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.4 (378.9K votes) | 137 | 20211228 |
| Lost in TranslationA faded movie star and a neglected young woman form an unlikely bond after crossing paths in Tokyo. | 2003 | Sofia Coppola | Comedy, Drama | 7.7 (440K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Lucky Number SlevinA case of mistaken identity lands Slevin into the middle of a war being plotted by two of the city's most rival crime bosses. Under constant surveillance by Detective Brikowski and assassin Goodkat, he must get them before they get h | 2006 | Paul McGuigan | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.7 (308.4K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| MWhen the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt. | 1931 | Fritz Lang (*) | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 8.3 (153.3K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Make Way For TomorrowAn elderly couple are forced to live hundreds of miles apart when they lose their house and none of their five children will take both parents in. | 1937 | Leo McCarey (*) | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 8.2 (8.2K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Man on FireIn Mexico City, a former CIA operative swears vengeance on those who committed an unspeakable act against the family he was hired to protect. | 2004 | Tony Scott (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.7 (351.9K votes) | 146 | 20211228 |
| MartyrsA young woman's quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tormented her as a child leads her and a friend, who is also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity. | 2008 | Pascal Laugier | Horror | 7.1 (90.1K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Matrix, TheWhen a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence. | 1999 | Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski | Action, Sci-Fi | 8.7 (1.8M votes) | 136 | 20211228 |
| 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 |
| Modern TimesThe Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman. | 1936 | Charles Chaplin (*) | Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance | 8.5 (233.6K votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Mr. NobodyA boy stands on a station platform as a train is about to leave. Should he go with his mother or stay with his father? Infinite possibilities arise from this decision. As long as he doesn't choose, anything is possible. | 2009 | Jaco Van Dormael | Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi | 7.8 (227.6K votes) | 141 | 20211228 |
| Mulholland DrAfter a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality. | 2001 | David Lynch (*) | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.9 (343.7K votes) | 147 | 20211228 |
| My GirlA young girl on the threshold of her teen years finds her life turning upside down when she is accompanied by an unlikely friend. | 1991 | Howard Zieff | Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance | 6.9 (81.3K votes) | 2 | 20220912 |
| NetworkA television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor's ravings and revelations about the news media for its own profit, but finds that his message may be difficult to control. | 1976 | Sidney Lumet (*) | Drama | 8.1 (154.7K votes) | 121 | 20211228 |
| Night of the HunterA religious fanatic marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real daddy hid the $10,000 he'd stolen in a robbery. | 1955 | Charles Laughton (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller | 8.0 (87K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| Night on EarthAn anthology of 5 different cab drivers in 5 American and European cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night. | 1991 | Jim Jarmusch (*) | Comedy, Drama | 7.7 (59K votes) | 129 | 20211228 |
| No Country For Old MenViolence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong and more than two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande. | 2007 | Ethan Coen, Joel Coen | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 8.1 (924.5K votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
| NorbitA mild-mannered guy, who is married to a monstrous woman, meets the woman of his dreams, and schemes to find a way to be with her. | 2007 | Brian Robbins | Comedy, Romance | 4.2 (79.8K votes) | 102 | 20240511 |
| NoseratuVampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife. | 1922 | F.W. Murnau (*) | Fantasy, Horror | 7.9 (93.9K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Oasis [Oasiseu]An irresponsible and childish ex-con befriends a girl with cerebral palsy and develops a progressively stronger bond with her. | 2002 | Chang-dong Lee | Drama, Romance | 7.9 (9.1K votes) | 133 | 20211228 |
| Ordinary PeopleThe accidental death of the older son of an affluent family deeply strains the relationships among the bitter mother, the good-natured father, and the guilt-ridden younger son. | 1980 | Robert Redford (*) | Drama | 7.7 (50.4K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
| Pan's LabyrinthIn the Falangist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world. | 2006 | Guillermo del Toro (*) | Drama, Fantasy, War | 8.2 (648.6K votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
| Perfume-The Story of a MurdererJean-Baptiste Grenouille, born with a superior olfactory sense, creates the world's finest perfume. His work, however, takes a dark turn as he searches for the ultimate scent. | 2006 | Tom Tykwer | Crime, Drama, Fantasy | 7.5 (244.2K votes) | 147 | 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 |
| Pledge This!At South Beach University, a beautiful sorority president takes in a group of unconventional freshman girls seeking acceptance into her house. | 2006 | William Heins, Strathford Hamilton | Comedy | 1.7 (18.9K votes) | 91 | 20240511 |
| PossessionA woman starts exhibiting increasingly disturbing behavior after asking her husband for a divorce. Suspicions of infidelity soon give way to something much more sinister. | 1981 | Andrzej Zulawski | Drama, Horror | 7.4 (29.8K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
| Prestige, TheAfter a tragic accident, two stage magicians in 1890s London engage in a battle to create the ultimate illusion while sacrificing everything they have to outwit each other. | 2006 | Christopher Nolan (*) | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.5 (1.3M votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| Princess Bride, TheWhile homesick in bed, a young boy's grandfather reads him the story of a farmboy-turned-pirate who encounters numerous obstacles, enemies and allies in his quest to be reunited with his true love. | 1987 | Rob Reiner (*) | Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance | 8.1 (416.9K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| PsychoA Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run, and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother. | 1960 | Alfred Hitchcock (*) | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 8.5 (643.8K votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
| Pulp FictionThe lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption. | 1994 | Quentin Tarantino (*) | Crime, Drama | 8.9 (2M votes) | 154 | 20211228 |
| Pursuit of Happyness,TheA struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career. | 2006 | Gabriele Muccino | Biography, Drama | 8.0 (486.2K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| Requiem for a DreamThe drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island people are shattered when their addictions run deep. | 2000 | Darren Aronofsky (*) | Drama | 8.3 (809.2K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Rescuers Down Under, TheThe R.A.S. agents, Miss Bianca and Bernard, race to Australia to save a little boy and a rare golden eagle from a murderous poacher. | 1990 | Hendel Butoy, Mike Gabriel | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy | 6.9 (41.5K votes) | 77 | 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 |
| Return of the JediAfter a daring mission to rescue Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt, the Rebels dispatch to Endor to destroy the second Death Star. Meanwhile, Luke struggles to help Darth Vader back from the dark side without falling into the Emperor's tr | 1983 | Richard Marquand | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 8.3 (1M votes) | 131 | 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 |
| Room, TheIn San Francisco, an amiable banker's seemingly perfect life is turned upside down when his deceitful fiancée embarks on an affair with his best friend. | 2003 | Tommy Wiseau | Drama | 3.6 (93.6K votes) | 99 | 20231116 |
| Sansho the BailiffIn medieval Japan, a compassionate governor is sent into exile. His wife and children try to join him, but are separated, and the children grow up amid suffering and oppression. | 1954 | Kenji Mizoguchi (*) | Drama | 8.4 (16K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
| Saving Private RyanFollowing the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action. | 1998 | Steven Spielberg (*) | Drama, War | 8.6 (1.3M votes) | 169 | 20211228 |
| 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 |
| SevenTwo detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives. | 1995 | David Fincher (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.6 (1.6M votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| Seven SamuraiA poor village under attack by bandits recruits seven unemployed samurai to help them defend themselves. | 1954 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Action, Drama | 8.6 (334.9K votes) | 207 | 20211228 |
| Seventh Seal, TheA knight returning to Sweden after the Crusades seeks answers about life, death, and the existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the Black Plague. | 1957 | Ingmar Bergman (*) | Drama, Fantasy, History | 8.2 (179.1K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Shawshank Redemption, TheTwo imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency. | 1994 | Frank Darabont (*) | Drama | 9.3 (2.5M votes) | 142 | 20211228 |
| Sherlock JrA film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meagre skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch. | 1924 | Buster Keaton (*) | Action, Comedy, Romance | 8.2 (47.4K votes) | 45 | 20211228 |
| ShinePianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim. | 1996 | Scott Hicks | Biography, Drama, Music, Romance | 7.7 (53.5K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Shutter IslandIn 1954, a U.S. Marshal investigates the disappearance of a murderer who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane. | 2010 | Martin Scorsese (*) | Mystery, Thriller | 8.2 (1.2M votes) | 138 | 20211228 |
| Spirited AwayDuring her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches, and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts. | 2001 | Hayao Miyazaki (*) | Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery | 8.6 (715.3K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| StalkerA guide leads two men through an area known as the Zone to find a room that grants wishes. | 1979 | Andrei Tarkovsky (*) | Drama, Sci-Fi | 8.1 (129.5K votes) | 162 | 20211228 |
| Stand By MeAfter the death of one of his friends, a writer recounts a childhood journey with his friends to find the body of a missing boy. | 1986 | Rob Reiner (*) | Adventure, Drama | 8.1 (387K votes) | 89 | 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 |
| Synecdoche, New YorkA theatre director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he creates a life-size replica of New York City inside a warehouse as part of his new play. | 2008 | Charlie Kaufman | Drama | 7.6 (88.8K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
| Taxi DriverA mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action. | 1976 | Martin Scorsese (*) | Crime, Drama | 8.2 (780.5K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Terminator II - Judgement DayA cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her ten-year-old son John from a more advanced and powerful cyborg. | 1991 | James Cameron (*) | Action, Sci-Fi | 8.5 (1.1M votes) | 137 | 20211228 |
| There Will Be BloodA story of family, religion, hatred, oil and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business. | 2007 | Paul Thomas Anderson (*) | Drama | 8.2 (558.7K votes) | 158 | 20211228 |
| Third Man, ThePulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime. | 1949 | Carol Reed (*) | Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller | 8.1 (167.7K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Three Colors - BlueA woman struggles to find a way to live her life after the death of her husband and child. | 1993 | Krzysztof Kieslowski (*) | Drama, Music, Mystery, Romance | 7.9 (98.4K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| To Kill a MockingbirdAtticus Finch, a widowed lawyer in Depression-era Alabama, defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge, and his children against prejudice. | 1962 | Robert Mulligan (*) | Crime, Drama | 8.2 (308.4K votes) | 129 | 20211228 |
| Tokyo Story [Tôkyô monogatari]An old couple visit their children and grandchildren in the city, but receive little attention. | 1953 | Yasujirô Ozu (*) | Drama | 8.2 (59.2K votes) | 136 | 20211228 |
| TombstoneA successful lawman's plans to retire anonymously in Tombstone, Arizona are disrupted by the kind of outlaws he was famous for eliminating. | 1993 | George P. Cosmatos, Kevin Jarre | Action, Biography, Drama, History, Western | 7.8 (140.2K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| Toy StoryA cowboy doll is profoundly threatened and jealous when a new spaceman figure supplants him as top toy in a boy's room. | 1995 | John Lasseter (*) | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy | 8.3 (947.3K votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
| TrainspottingRenton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends. | 1996 | Danny Boyle (*) | Drama | 8.1 (665.9K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Tree of Life, TheThe story of a family in Waco, Texas in 1956. The eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence and struggles with his parents' conflicting teachings. | 2011 | Terrence Malick (*) | Drama, Fantasy | 6.8 (173.9K votes) | 139 | 20211228 |
| TronA computer hacker is abducted into the digital world and forced to participate in gladiatorial games where his only chance of escape is with the help of a heroic security program. | 1982 | Steven Lisberger | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | 6.8 (118.5K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives [Loong Boonmee raleuk chat]Dying of kidney disease, a man spends his last, somber days with family, including the ghost of his wife and a forest spirit who used to be his son, on a rural northern Thailand farm. | 2010 | Apichatpong Weerasethakul (*) | Drama, Fantasy | 6.7 (15.9K votes) | 1 | 20220912 |
| UnforgivenRetired Old West gunslinger William Munny reluctantly takes on one last job, with the help of his old partner Ned Logan and a young man, The "Schofield Kid." | 1992 | Clint Eastwood (*) | Drama, Western | 8.2 (398.7K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| Usual Suspects, TheA sole survivor tells of the twisty events leading up to a horrific gun battle on a boat, which began when five criminals met at a seemingly random police lineup. | 1995 | Bryan Singer (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.5 (1M votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| Vengeance is Mine [Fukushû suruwa wareniari]Chronological exploits of Iwao Enokizu, a murderous thief on the run. | 1979 | Shohei Imamura (*) | Crime, Drama | 7.8 (6.4K votes) | 139 | 20211228 |
| VertigoA former San Francisco police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with the hauntingly beautiful woman he has been hired to trail, who may be deeply disturbed. | 1958 | Alfred Hitchcock (*) | Mystery, Romance, Thriller | 8.3 (389.4K votes) | 128 | 20211228 |
| Waking LifeA man shuffles through a dream meeting various people and discussing the meanings and purposes of the universe. | 2001 | Richard Linklater (*) | Animation, Drama, Fantasy | 7.8 (63.1K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Werckmeister HarmóniákA naive young man witnesses an escalation of violence in his small hometown following the arrival of a mysterious circus attraction. | 2000 | Béla Tarr, Ágnes Hranitzky | Drama, Mystery | 8.1 (13.8K votes) | 145 | 20211228 |
| Wild StrawberriesAfter living a life marked by coldness, an aging professor is forced to confront the emptiness of his existence. | 1957 | Ingmar Bergman (*) | Drama, Romance | 8.2 (104.2K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Wizard of Oz, TheYoung Dorothy Gale and her dog are swept away by a tornado from their Kansas farm to the magical Land of Oz, and embark on a quest with three new friends to see the Wizard, who can return her to her home and fulfill the others' wishe | 1939 | Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Mervyn LeRoy, Norman Taurog, Richard Thorpe | Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical | 8.0 (384.7K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Woman Under the Influence, AAlthough wife and mother Mabel is loved by her husband Nick, her mental illness places a strain on the marriage. | 1974 | John Cassavetes (*) | Drama, Romance | 8.2 (24.4K votes) | 155 | 20211228 |
| Baraka | 1992 | Ron Fricke | Documentary | 8.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Man on Wire | 2008 | James Marsh | Documentary, Biography, Crime, History, Sport, Thriller | 7.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Food, Inc. | 2008 | Robert Kenner | Documentary, News | 7.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Super Size Me | 2004 | Morgan Spurlock | Documentary | 7.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |