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Movies by Lists - Reddit - Films Before You Die (145 [149])
TitleYearDirectorGenreRatingRuntimeAdded
12 Angry MenThe jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to more carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.1957Sidney Lumet (*)Crime, Drama9.0 (749.3K votes)9620211228
127 HoursA mountain climber becomes trapped under a boulder while canyoneering alone near Moab, Utah and resorts to desperate measures in order to survive.2010Danny Boyle (*)Biography, Drama7.5 (366.4K votes)9420211228
1984In a totalitarian future society, a man, whose daily work is re-writing history, tries to rebel by falling in love.1984Michael RadfordDrama, Sci-Fi7.1 (70.5K votes)11320211228
2001 A Space Odyssey The Monoliths push humanity to reach for the stars; after their discovery in Africa generations ago, the mysterious objects lead mankind on an awesome journey to Jupiter, with the help of H.A.L. 9000: the world's greatest supercomput1968Stanley Kubrick (*)Adventure, Sci-Fi8.3 (642.5K votes)14920211228
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.2004Kar-Wai WongDrama, Romance, Sci-Fi7.4 (56.2K votes)12920211228
Aguirre The Wrath Of God [Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes]In the 16th century, the ruthless and insane Don Lope de Aguirre leads a Spanish expedition in search of El Dorado.1972Werner Herzog (*)Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History7.9 (55.7K votes)9520211228
Akira Kurosawa's Dreams [Yume]A collection of tales based upon eight of director Akira Kurosawa's recurring dreams.1990Akira Kurosawa, Ishirô HondaDrama, Fantasy7.8 (25.7K votes)11920211228
AliensFifty-seven years after surviving an apocalyptic attack aboard her space vessel by merciless space creatures, Officer Ripley awakens from hyper-sleep and tries to warn anyone who will listen about the predators.1986James Cameron (*)Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller8.3 (691K votes)13720211228
AmelieAmélie is an innocent and naive girl in Paris with her own sense of justice. She decides to help those around her and, along the way, discovers love.2001Jean-Pierre JeunetComedy, Romance8.3 (735.1K votes)12220211228
American BeautyA sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.1999Sam MendesDrama8.3 (1.1M votes)12220211228
American History XA former neo-nazi skinhead tries to prevent his younger brother from going down the same wrong path that he did.1998Tony KayeDrama8.5 (1.1M votes)11920211228
Andrei RublevThe life, times and afflictions of the fifteenth-century Russian iconographer St. Andrei Rublev.1966Andrei Tarkovsky (*)Biography, Drama, History8.1 (52.1K votes)20520211228
Apocalypse NowA U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.1979Francis Ford Coppola (*)Drama, Mystery, War8.4 (641.8K votes)14720211228
ApocalyptoAs the Mayan kingdom faces its decline, a young man is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression.2006Mel Gibson (*)Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller7.8 (304.3K votes)13920211228
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.1943Frank Capra (*)Comedy, Crime, Thriller8.0 (69.5K votes)11820211228
BadlandsAn impressionable teenage girl from a dead-end town and her older greaser boyfriend embark on a killing spree in the South Dakota badlands.1973Terrence Malick (*)Action, Crime, Drama7.8 (71.1K votes)9420211228
Basketball Diaries, TheA teenager finds his dreams of becoming a basketball star threatened after he free falls into the harrowing world of drug addiction.1995Scott KalvertBiography, Crime, Drama, Sport7.3 (118.8K votes)10220231207
Batman BeginsAfter training with his mentor, Batman begins his fight to free crime-ridden Gotham City from corruption.2005Christopher Nolan (*)Action, Crime, Drama8.2 (1.4M votes)14020211228
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.1959William Wyler (*)Adventure, Drama, History8.1 (232.2K votes)21220211228
Bicycle Thief [Ladri di Biciclette]In post-war Italy, a working-class man's bicycle is stolen, endangering his efforts to find work. He and his son set out to find it.1948Vittorio De Sica (*)Drama8.3 (158.6K votes)8920211228
Big FishA frustrated son tries to determine the fact from fiction in his dying father's life.2003Tim Burton (*)Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance8.0 (432.2K votes)12520211228
Big Lebowski, TheUltimate L.A. slacker Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire of the same name, seeks restitution for a rug ruined by debt collectors, enlisting his bowling buddies for help while trying to find the millionaire's missing1998Joel Coen, Ethan CoenComedy, Crime, Sport8.1 (780.3K votes)11720211228
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.1979Carroll BallardAdventure, Family, Sport7.4 (12.8K votes)11820220723
Blade RunnerA blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space, and have returned to Earth to find their creator.1982Ridley Scott (*)Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller8.1 (738.2K votes)11720211228
Blood DiamondA fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond.2006Edward Zwick (*)Adventure, Drama, Thriller8.0 (529K votes)14320211228
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.1986David Lynch (*)Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller7.7 (192.4K votes)12020211228
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.2008Mark HermanDrama, History, War7.8 (207.8K votes)9420211228
BrazilA bureaucrat in a dystopic society becomes an enemy of the state as he pursues the woman of his dreams.1985Terry Gilliam (*)Drama, Sci-Fi7.9 (197.1K votes)13220211228
Breakfast Club, TheFive high school students meet in Saturday detention and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought.1985John Hughes (*)Comedy, Drama7.8 (379.9K votes)9720211228
CasablancaA cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.1942Michael Curtiz (*)Drama, Romance, War8.5 (558.2K votes)10220220423
Children of MenIn 2027, in a chaotic world in which women have become somehow infertile, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea.2006Alfonso CuarónAction, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller7.9 (487.1K votes)10920211228
Children of Paradise [Les enfants du paradis]The theatrical life of a beautiful courtesan in 1830s Paris and the four men who love her.1945Marcel Carné (*)Drama, Romance8.4 (19.4K votes)18920211228
City LightsWith the aid of a wealthy erratic tippler, a dewy-eyed tramp who has fallen in love with a sightless flower girl accumulates money to be able to help her medically.1931Charles Chaplin (*)Comedy, Drama, Romance8.5 (179.3K votes)8720211228
City of GodIn the slums of Rio, two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin.2002Fernando Meirelles, Kátia LundCrime, Drama8.6 (733.1K votes)13020211228
Clockwork Orange, AIn the future, a sadistic gang leader is imprisoned and volunteers for a conduct-aversion experiment, but it doesn't go as planned.1971Stanley Kubrick (*)Crime, Sci-Fi8.3 (799.7K votes)13620211228
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.1969Sergei Parajanov (*)Biography, Drama, History, Music7.7 (10.3K votes)7920211228
Coming ApartPsychiatrist installs a concealed movie camera in his apartment to record the screwed-up lives of the women who visit him.1969Milton Moses GinsbergDrama6.6 (452 votes)11020211228
ContactDr. Ellie Arroway, after years of searching, finds conclusive radio proof of extraterrestrial intelligence, sending plans for a mysterious machine.1997Robert Zemeckis (*)Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller7.5 (267.5K votes)15020211228
Dark Knight, TheWhen the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice.2008Christopher Nolan (*)Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller9.0 (2.5M votes)15220211228
Dark StarIn the far reaches of space, a small crew, 20 years into their solitary mission, find things beginning to go hilariously wrong.1974John Carpenter (*)Comedy, Sci-Fi6.3 (23.9K votes)8320211228
Das Boot [The Boat]The claustrophobic world of a WWII German U-boat; boredom, filth and sheer terror.1981Wolfgang Petersen (*)Drama, War8.3 (244.3K votes)14920211228
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.1978Michael Cimino (*)Drama, War8.1 (329.7K votes)18320211228
Departed, TheAn undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.2006Martin Scorsese (*)Crime, Drama, Thriller8.5 (1.3M votes)15120211228
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.2001Richard KellyDrama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller8.0 (774.8K votes)11320211228
Dr. StrangeloveAn insane American general orders a bombing attack on the Soviet Union, triggering a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop.1964Stanley Kubrick (*)Comedy, War8.4 (474.6K votes)9520211228
Edukators, TheThree activists cobble together a kidnapping plot after they encounter a businessman in his home.2004Hans WeingartnerDrama, Romance7.5 (31.5K votes)12720211228
Empire Strikes Back, TheAfter the Rebels are brutally overpowered by the Empire on the ice planet Hoth, Luke Skywalker begins Jedi training with Yoda, while his friends are pursued across the galaxy by Darth Vader and bounty hunter Boba Fett.1980Irvin Kershner (*)Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi8.7 (1.2M votes)12420211228
Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless MindWhen their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a medical procedure to have each other erased from their memories.2004Michel GondryDrama, Romance, Sci-Fi8.3 (966.2K votes)10820211228
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.1986John Hughes (*)Comedy7.8 (343.1K votes)10320211228
Fight ClubAn insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more.1999David Fincher (*)Drama8.8 (2M votes)13920211228
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 sweeth1994Robert Zemeckis (*)Drama, Romance8.8 (2M votes)14220211228
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.2006Darren Aronofsky (*)Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi7.2 (238.1K votes)9720220723
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.2003Martin Brest (*)Comedy, Crime, Romance2.6 (50.2K votes)12120231002
Glengarry Glen RossAn examination of the machinations behind the scenes at a real estate office.1992James Foley (*)Crime, Drama, Mystery7.7 (102.4K votes)10020211228
Godfather Part I, TheThe aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty in postwar New York City transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant youngest son.1972Francis Ford Coppola (*)Crime, Drama9.2 (1.7M votes)17520211228
Godfather Part II, TheThe early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York City is portrayed, while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate.1974Francis Ford Coppola (*)Crime, Drama9.0 (1.2M votes)20220211228
Good The Bad and The Ugly, TheA bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery.1966Sergio Leone (*)Adventure, Western8.8 (732.4K votes)17820211228
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.1997Gus Van Sant (*)Drama, Romance8.3 (922.1K votes)12620211228
Grave of the FirefliesA young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.1988Isao TakahataAnimation, Drama, War8.5 (260.2K votes)8920211228
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.2006Mike JudgeAdventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller6.6 (156.7K votes)8420211228
IkiruA bureaucrat tries to find meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer.1952Akira Kurosawa (*)Drama8.3 (75.5K votes)14320211228
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, C2007Sean PennAdventure, Biography, Drama8.1 (604.2K votes)14820211228
Jetée, LaThe story of a man forced to explore his memories in the wake of World War III's devastation, told through still images.1962Chris Marker (*)Short, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi8.2 (32.8K votes)2820220315
Jurassic ParkA pragmatic paleontologist touring an almost complete theme park on an island in Central America is tasked with protecting a couple of kids after a power failure causes the park's cloned dinosaurs to run loose.1993Steven Spielberg (*)Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller8.1 (929.6K votes)12720211228
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.1976John Cassavetes (*)Crime, Drama, Thriller7.4 (12.6K votes)13520211228
La JetéeThe story of a man forced to explore his memories in the wake of World War III's devastation, told through still images.1962Chris Marker (*)Short, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi8.3 (32.4K votes)2820211228
Last Samurai, TheAn American military advisor embraces the Samurai culture he was hired to destroy after he is captured in battle.2003Edward Zwick (*)Action, Drama7.7 (422.9K votes)15420211228
Lawrence of ArabiaThe story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.1962David Lean (*)Adventure, Biography, Drama, War8.3 (284.5K votes)22820211228
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.1997Roberto BenigniComedy, Drama, Romance, War8.6 (666.4K votes)11620211228
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.1979Terry Jones (*)Comedy8.1 (388.1K votes)9420211228
Lion King, TheLion prince Simba and his father are targeted by his bitter uncle, who wants to ascend the throne himself.1994Roger Allers, Rob MinkoffAnimation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Musical8.5 (1M votes)8820211228
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.2006Florian Henckel von DonnersmarckDrama, Mystery, Thriller8.4 (378.9K votes)13720211228
Lost in TranslationA faded movie star and a neglected young woman form an unlikely bond after crossing paths in Tokyo.2003Sofia CoppolaComedy, Drama7.7 (440K votes)10220211228
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 h2006Paul McGuiganCrime, Drama, Thriller7.7 (308.4K votes)11020211228
MWhen the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt.1931Fritz Lang (*)Crime, Mystery, Thriller8.3 (153.3K votes)9920211228
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.1937Leo McCarey (*)Comedy, Drama, Romance8.2 (8.2K votes)9120211228
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.2004Tony Scott (*)Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller7.7 (351.9K votes)14620211228
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.2008Pascal LaugierHorror7.1 (90.1K votes)9920211228
Matrix, TheWhen a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.1999Lana Wachowski, Lilly WachowskiAction, Sci-Fi8.7 (1.8M votes)13620211228
MementoA man with short-term memory loss attempts to track down his wife's murderer.2000Christopher Nolan (*)Mystery, Thriller8.4 (1.2M votes)11320211228
Modern TimesThe Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.1936Charles Chaplin (*)Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance8.5 (233.6K votes)8720211228
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.2009Jaco Van DormaelDrama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi7.8 (227.6K votes)14120211228
Mulholland DrAfter a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.2001David Lynch (*)Drama, Mystery, Thriller7.9 (343.7K votes)14720211228
My GirlA young girl on the threshold of her teen years finds her life turning upside down when she is accompanied by an unlikely friend.1991Howard ZieffComedy, Drama, Family, Romance6.9 (81.3K votes)220220912
NetworkA television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor's ravings and revelations about the news media for its own profit, but finds that his message may be difficult to control.1976Sidney Lumet (*)Drama8.1 (154.7K votes)12120211228
Night of the HunterA religious fanatic marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real daddy hid the $10,000 he'd stolen in a robbery.1955Charles Laughton (*)Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller8.0 (87K votes)9220211228
Night on EarthAn anthology of 5 different cab drivers in 5 American and European cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.1991Jim Jarmusch (*)Comedy, Drama7.7 (59K votes)12920211228
No Country For Old MenViolence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong and more than two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande.2007Ethan Coen, Joel CoenCrime, Drama, Thriller8.1 (924.5K votes)12220211228
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.2007Brian RobbinsComedy, Romance4.2 (79.8K votes)10220240511
NoseratuVampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife.1922F.W. Murnau (*)Fantasy, Horror7.9 (93.9K votes)9420211228
Oasis [Oasiseu]An irresponsible and childish ex-con befriends a girl with cerebral palsy and develops a progressively stronger bond with her.2002Chang-dong LeeDrama, Romance7.9 (9.1K votes)13320211228
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.1980Robert Redford (*)Drama7.7 (50.4K votes)12420211228
Pan's LabyrinthIn the Falangist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world.2006Guillermo del Toro (*)Drama, Fantasy, War8.2 (648.6K votes)11820211228
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.2006Tom TykwerCrime, Drama, Fantasy7.5 (244.2K votes)14720211228
PiA paranoid mathematician searches for a key number that will unlock the universal patterns found in nature.1998Darren Aronofsky (*)Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller7.4 (175.8K votes)8420211228
Pledge This!At South Beach University, a beautiful sorority president takes in a group of unconventional freshman girls seeking acceptance into her house.2006William Heins, Strathford HamiltonComedy1.7 (18.9K votes)9120240511
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.1981Andrzej ZulawskiDrama, Horror7.4 (29.8K votes)12420211228
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.2006Christopher Nolan (*)Drama, Mystery, Thriller8.5 (1.3M votes)13020211228
Princess Bride, TheWhile homesick in bed, a young boy's grandfather reads him the story of a farmboy-turned-pirate who encounters numerous obstacles, enemies and allies in his quest to be reunited with his true love.1987Rob Reiner (*)Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance8.1 (416.9K votes)9820211228
PsychoA Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run, and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.1960Alfred Hitchcock (*)Horror, Mystery, Thriller8.5 (643.8K votes)10920211228
Pulp FictionThe lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.1994Quentin Tarantino (*)Crime, Drama8.9 (2M votes)15420211228
Pursuit of Happyness,TheA struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.2006Gabriele MuccinoBiography, Drama8.0 (486.2K votes)11720211228
Requiem for a DreamThe drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island people are shattered when their addictions run deep.2000Darren Aronofsky (*)Drama8.3 (809.2K votes)10220211228
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.1990Hendel Butoy, Mike GabrielAnimation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy6.9 (41.5K votes)7720211228
Reservoir DogsWhen a simple jewelry heist goes horribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant.1992Quentin Tarantino (*)Crime, Drama, Thriller8.3 (976.6K votes)9920211228
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 tr1983Richard MarquandAction, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi8.3 (1M votes)13120211228
RockyA small-time Philadelphia boxer gets a supremely rare chance to fight the world heavyweight champion in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect.1976John G. Avildsen (*)Drama, Sport8.1 (551.3K votes)12020211228
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.2003Tommy WiseauDrama3.6 (93.6K votes)9920231116
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.1954Kenji Mizoguchi (*)Drama8.4 (16K votes)12420211228
Saving Private RyanFollowing the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.1998Steven Spielberg (*)Drama, War8.6 (1.3M votes)16920211228
Schindlers ListIn German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.1993Steven Spielberg (*)Biography, Drama, History8.9 (1.3M votes)19520211228
SevenTwo detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives.1995David Fincher (*)Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller8.6 (1.6M votes)12720211228
Seven SamuraiA poor village under attack by bandits recruits seven unemployed samurai to help them defend themselves.1954Akira Kurosawa (*)Action, Drama8.6 (334.9K votes)20720211228
Seventh Seal, TheA knight returning to Sweden after the Crusades seeks answers about life, death, and the existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the Black Plague.1957Ingmar Bergman (*)Drama, Fantasy, History8.2 (179.1K votes)9620211228
Shawshank Redemption, TheTwo imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency.1994Frank Darabont (*)Drama9.3 (2.5M votes)14220211228
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.1924Buster Keaton (*)Action, Comedy, Romance8.2 (47.4K votes)4520211228
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.1996Scott HicksBiography, Drama, Music, Romance7.7 (53.5K votes)10520211228
Shutter IslandIn 1954, a U.S. Marshal investigates the disappearance of a murderer who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane.2010Martin Scorsese (*)Mystery, Thriller8.2 (1.2M votes)13820211228
Spirited AwayDuring her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches, and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.2001Hayao Miyazaki (*)Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery8.6 (715.3K votes)12520211228
StalkerA guide leads two men through an area known as the Zone to find a room that grants wishes.1979Andrei Tarkovsky (*)Drama, Sci-Fi8.1 (129.5K votes)16220211228
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.1986Rob Reiner (*)Adventure, Drama8.1 (387K votes)8920211228
Star WarsLuke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vad1977George Lucas (*)Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi8.6 (1.3M votes)12120211228
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.2008Charlie KaufmanDrama7.6 (88.8K votes)12420211228
Taxi DriverA mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action.1976Martin Scorsese (*)Crime, Drama8.2 (780.5K votes)11420211228
Terminator II - Judgement DayA cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her ten-year-old son John from a more advanced and powerful cyborg.1991James Cameron (*)Action, Sci-Fi8.5 (1.1M votes)13720211228
There Will Be BloodA story of family, religion, hatred, oil and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.2007Paul Thomas Anderson (*)Drama8.2 (558.7K votes)15820211228
Third Man, ThePulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime.1949Carol Reed (*)Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller8.1 (167.7K votes)9320211228
Three Colors - BlueA woman struggles to find a way to live her life after the death of her husband and child.1993Krzysztof Kieslowski (*)Drama, Music, Mystery, Romance7.9 (98.4K votes)9420211228
To Kill a MockingbirdAtticus Finch, a widowed lawyer in Depression-era Alabama, defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge, and his children against prejudice.1962Robert Mulligan (*)Crime, Drama8.2 (308.4K votes)12920211228
Tokyo Story [Tôkyô monogatari]An old couple visit their children and grandchildren in the city, but receive little attention.1953Yasujirô Ozu (*)Drama8.2 (59.2K votes)13620211228
TombstoneA successful lawman's plans to retire anonymously in Tombstone, Arizona are disrupted by the kind of outlaws he was famous for eliminating.1993George P. Cosmatos, Kevin JarreAction, Biography, Drama, History, Western7.8 (140.2K votes)13020211228
Toy StoryA cowboy doll is profoundly threatened and jealous when a new spaceman figure supplants him as top toy in a boy's room.1995John Lasseter (*)Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy8.3 (947.3K votes)8120211228
TrainspottingRenton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends.1996Danny Boyle (*)Drama8.1 (665.9K votes)9320211228
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.2011Terrence Malick (*)Drama, Fantasy6.8 (173.9K votes)13920211228
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.1982Steven LisbergerAction, Adventure, Sci-Fi6.8 (118.5K votes)9620211228
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.2010Apichatpong Weerasethakul (*)Drama, Fantasy6.7 (15.9K votes)120220912
UnforgivenRetired Old West gunslinger William Munny reluctantly takes on one last job, with the help of his old partner Ned Logan and a young man, The "Schofield Kid."1992Clint Eastwood (*)Drama, Western8.2 (398.7K votes)13020211228
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.1995Bryan Singer (*)Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller8.5 (1M votes)10620211228
Vengeance is Mine [Fukushû suruwa wareniari]Chronological exploits of Iwao Enokizu, a murderous thief on the run.1979Shohei Imamura (*)Crime, Drama7.8 (6.4K votes)13920211228
VertigoA former San Francisco police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with the hauntingly beautiful woman he has been hired to trail, who may be deeply disturbed.1958Alfred Hitchcock (*)Mystery, Romance, Thriller8.3 (389.4K votes)12820211228
Waking LifeA man shuffles through a dream meeting various people and discussing the meanings and purposes of the universe.2001Richard Linklater (*)Animation, Drama, Fantasy7.8 (63.1K votes)9920211228
Werckmeister HarmóniákA naive young man witnesses an escalation of violence in his small hometown following the arrival of a mysterious circus attraction.2000Béla Tarr, Ágnes HranitzkyDrama, Mystery8.1 (13.8K votes)14520211228
Wild StrawberriesAfter living a life marked by coldness, an aging professor is forced to confront the emptiness of his existence.1957Ingmar Bergman (*)Drama, Romance8.2 (104.2K votes)9120211228
Wizard of Oz, TheYoung Dorothy Gale and her dog are swept away by a tornado from their Kansas farm to the magical Land of Oz, and embark on a quest with three new friends to see the Wizard, who can return her to her home and fulfill the others' wishe1939Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Mervyn LeRoy, Norman Taurog, Richard ThorpeAdventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical8.0 (384.7K votes)10220211228
Woman Under the Influence, AAlthough wife and mother Mabel is loved by her husband Nick, her mental illness places a strain on the marriage.1974John Cassavetes (*)Drama, Romance8.2 (24.4K votes)15520211228
Baraka1992Ron FrickeDocumentary8.5 (Unkn) Excluded
Man on Wire2008James MarshDocumentary, Biography, Crime, History, Sport, Thriller7.7 (Unkn) Excluded
Food, Inc.2008Robert KennerDocumentary, News7.8 (Unkn) Excluded
Super Size Me2004Morgan SpurlockDocumentary7.2 (Unkn) Excluded