Movies by Lists - Rotten Tomatoes 200 Essential Movies to Watch (202 [202]) 
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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 |
| 400 BlowsA young boy, left without attention, delves into a life of petty crime. | 1959 | François Truffaut (*) | Crime, Drama | 8.1 (113.8K votes) | 99 | 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 |
| Adventures of Robin Hood, TheWhen Prince John and the Norman Lords begin oppressing the Saxon masses in King Richard's absence in 1190s England, a Saxon lord fights back as the outlaw leader of a resistance movement. | 1938 | Michael Curtiz, William Keighley | Action, Adventure, Romance | 7.9 (50K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| AirplaneA man afraid to fly must ensure that a plane lands safely after the pilots become sick. | 1980 | Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker | Comedy | 7.7 (229.7K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| AkiraA secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by a teenager, his gang of biker friends and a group of psychics. | 1988 | Katsuhiro Ôtomo (*) | Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 8.0 (178.1K votes) | 124 | 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 |
| 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 |
| All About EveA seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends. | 1950 | Joseph L. Mankiewicz (*) | Drama | 8.2 (128K votes) | 138 | 20211228 |
| All the President's Men"The Washington Post" reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Richard Nixon's resignation. | 1976 | Alan J. Pakula (*) | Drama, History, Thriller | 8.0 (111.6K votes) | 138 | 20211228 |
| Almost FamousA high-school boy in the early 1970s is given the chance to write a story for Rolling Stone magazine about an up-and-coming rock band as he accompanies them on their concert tour. | 2000 | Cameron Crowe | Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Music | 7.9 (269.2K votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| And Your Mother Too [Y Tu Mama Tambien]In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other. | 2001 | Alfonso Cuarón | Drama | 7.6 (120.7K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| Animal HouseAt a 1962 college, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him. | 1978 | John Landis (*) | Comedy | 7.5 (118.4K votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
| Annie HallAlvy Singer, a divorced Jewish comedian, reflects on his relationship with ex-lover Annie Hall, an aspiring nightclub singer, which ended abruptly just like his previous marriages. | 1977 | Woody Allen (*) | Comedy, Romance | 8.0 (260.6K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Apartment, TheA Manhattan insurance clerk tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue. | 1960 | Billy Wilder (*) | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 8.3 (175.7K votes) | 125 | 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 |
| Back to the FutureMarty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent thirty years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the eccentric scientist Doc Brown. | 1985 | Robert Zemeckis (*) | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi | 8.5 (1.1M votes) | 116 | 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 |
| Best Years of Our Lives, TheThree World War II veterans, two of them traumatized or disabled, return home to the American midwest to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed. | 1946 | William Wyler (*) | Drama, Romance, War | 8.1 (62K votes) | 170 | 20211228 |
| Better Luck TomorrowA group of over-achieving East Asian American high school seniors enjoy a power trip when they dip into extracurricular criminal activities. | 2002 | Justin Lin | Crime, Drama, Romance | 7.0 (10.5K votes) | 101 | 20240511 |
| 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 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 Hawk DownThe story of 160 elite U.S. soldiers who dropped into Mogadishu in October 1993 to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord, but found themselves in a desperate battle with a large force of heavily-armed Somalis. | 2001 | Ridley Scott (*) | Action, Drama, History, War | 7.7 (383.7K votes) | 144 | 20211228 |
| 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 |
| Blazing SaddlesIn order to ruin a western town, a corrupt politician appoints a black Sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary. | 1974 | Mel Brooks (*) | Comedy, Western | 7.7 (134.5K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Blue is the Warmest Color [La vie d'Adèle]Adèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire and to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adèle grows, seeks herself, loses herself, and ult | 2013 | Abdellatif Kechiche | Drama, Romance | 7.7 (147.3K votes) | 180 | 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 |
| Boys Don't CryA young man named Brandon Teena navigates love, life, and being transgender in rural Nebraska. | 1999 | Kimberly Peirce | Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance | 7.5 (96K votes) | 118 | 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 |
| 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 |
| BreathlessA small-time thief steals a car and impulsively murders a motorcycle policeman. Wanted by the authorities, he reunites with a hip American journalism student and attempts to persuade her to run away with him to Italy. | 1960 | Jean-Luc Godard (*) | Crime, Drama | 7.8 (78.8K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| BridesmaidsCompetition between the maid of honor and a bridesmaid, over who is the bride's best friend, threatens to upend the life of an out-of-work pastry chef. | 2011 | Paul Feig | Comedy, Romance | 6.8 (284.6K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| Bridge on the River Kwai, TheBritish POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it. | 1957 | David Lean (*) | Adventure, Drama, War | 8.1 (214.6K votes) | 161 | 20211228 |
| Brokeback MountainEnnis and Jack are two shepherds who develop a sexual and emotional relationship. Their relationship becomes complicated when both of them get married to their respective girlfriends. | 2005 | Ang Lee (*) | Drama, Romance | 7.7 (344.5K votes) | 134 | 20211228 |
| Butch Cassidy and the Sundance KidWyoming, early 1900s. Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid are the leaders of a band of outlaws. After a train robbery goes wrong they find themselves on the run with a posse hard on their heels. Their solution - escape to Bolivia. | 1969 | George Roy Hill (*) | Biography, Crime, Drama, Western | 8.0 (211.5K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| CarolAn aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York. | 2015 | Todd Haynes (*) | Drama, Romance | 7.2 (126.5K votes) | 118 | 20220415 |
| 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 |
| Casino RoyaleAfter earning 00 status and a licence to kill, secret agent James Bond sets out on his first mission as 007. Bond must defeat a private banker funding terrorists in a high-stakes game of poker at Casino Royale, Montenegro. | 2006 | Martin Campbell | Action, Adventure, Thriller | 8.0 (636.8K votes) | 144 | 20211228 |
| 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 |
| ChinatownA private detective hired to expose an adulterer in 1930s Los Angeles finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder. | 1974 | Roman Polanski (*) | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.2 (315K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| Cinema ParadisoA filmmaker recalls his childhood when falling in love with the pictures at the cinema of his home village and forms a deep friendship with the cinema's projectionist. | 1988 | Giuseppe Tornatore (*) | Drama, Romance | 8.5 (250.8K votes) | 155 | 20211228 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| CluelessShallow, rich and socially successful Cher is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school's pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first coaxes two teachers into dating each other. | 1995 | Amy Heckerling (*) | Comedy, Romance | 6.9 (204.3K votes) | 97 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Dazed and ConfusedThe adventures of high school and junior high students on the last day of school in May 1976. | 1993 | Richard Linklater (*) | Comedy | 7.6 (177.3K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Diary of a Teenage Girl, TheA teen artist living in 1970s San Francisco enters into an affair with her mother's boyfriend. | 2015 | Marielle Heller | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 6.8 (31.6K votes) | 102 | 20220415 |
| Die Hard I - Die HardAn NYPD officer tries to save his wife and several others taken hostage by German terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles. | 1988 | John McTiernan (*) | Action, Thriller | 8.2 (847.3K votes) | 132 | 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 |
| Don't Look NowA married couple grieving the recent death of their young daughter are in Venice when they encounter two elderly sisters, one of whom is psychic and brings a warning from beyond. | 1973 | Nicolas Roeg (*) | Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.2 (54.2K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Double IndemnityA Los Angeles insurance representative lets an alluring housewife seduce him into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, an insurance investigator. | 1944 | Billy Wilder (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller | 8.3 (152.5K votes) | 107 | 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 |
| Duck SoupRufus T. Firefly is named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale, contending with two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side they' | 1933 | Leo McCarey (*) | Comedy, Musical | 7.8 (59.3K votes) | 69 | 20211228 |
| E.T. - The Extra-TerrestrialA troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape Earth and return to his home world. | 1982 | Steven Spielberg (*) | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi | 7.8 (394.3K votes) | 115 | 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 |
| Edward ScissorhandsAn artificial man, who was incompletely constructed and has scissors for hands, leads a solitary life. Then one day, a suburban lady meets him and introduces him to her world. | 1990 | Tim Burton (*) | Drama, Fantasy, Romance | 7.9 (471.5K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Elsa & FredWhen the newly crowned Queen Elsa accidentally uses her power to turn things into ice to curse her home in infinite winter, her sister Anna teams up with a mountain man, his playful reindeer, and a snowman to change the weather condi | 2013 | Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical | 7.4 (601.5K votes) | 102 | 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 |
| EnchantedA young maiden in a land called Andalasia, who is prepared to be wed, is sent away to New York City by an evil Queen, where she falls in love with a lawyer. | 2007 | Kevin Lima | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance | 7.0 (192.5K votes) | 107 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Evil Dead 2The lone survivor of an onslaught of flesh-possessing spirits holes up in a cabin with a group of strangers while the demons continue their attack. | 1987 | Sam Raimi (*) | Comedy, Horror | 7.7 (157.8K votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
| Exorcist, TheWhen a 12-year-old girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two priests to save her. | 1973 | William Friedkin (*) | Horror | 8.0 (384.5K votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
| FargoMinnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson. | 1996 | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Crime, Thriller | 8.1 (654.8K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Fast Times At Ridgemont HighA group of Southern California high school students are enjoying their most important subjects: sex, drugs, and rock n' roll. | 1982 | Amy Heckerling (*) | Comedy, Drama | 7.2 (101.8K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Fellowship of the RingA meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron. | 2001 | Peter Jackson (*) | Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy | 8.8 (1.8M votes) | 178 | 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 |
| Fish TankEverything changes for 15-year-old Mia when her mum brings home a new boyfriend. | 2009 | Andrea Arnold | Drama | 7.3 (64.2K votes) | 123 | 20231001 |
| Forbidden PlanetA starship crew in the 23rd century goes to investigate the silence of a distant planet's colony, only to find just two survivors, a powerful robot, and the deadly secret of a lost civilization. | 1956 | Fred M. Wilcox (*) | Adventure, Sci-Fi | 7.6 (47.9K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| French Connection, TheA pair of NYPD detectives in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a heroin smuggling ring based in Marseilles, but stopping them and capturing their leaders proves an elusive goal. | 1971 | William Friedkin (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.7 (118.5K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| FridaA biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work. | 2002 | Julie Taymor | Biography, Drama, Romance | 7.4 (87.6K votes) | 123 | 20211228 |
| GattacaA genetically inferior man assumes the identity of a superior one in order to pursue his lifelong dream of space travel. | 1997 | Andrew Niccol | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.8 (294.4K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| General, TheAfter being rejected by the Confederate military, not realizing it was due to his crucial civilian role, an engineer must single-handedly recapture his beloved locomotive after it is seized by Union spies and return it through enemy | 1926 | Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, War | 8.1 (88.5K votes) | 67 | 20211228 |
| Get OutA young African-American visits his white girlfriend's parents for the weekend, where his simmering uneasiness about their reception of him eventually reaches a boiling point. | 2017 | Jordan Peele (*) | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.7 (546.2K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| Ghost In The Shell.A cyborg policewoman and her partner hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the Puppet Master. | 1995 | Mamoru Oshii | Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 8.0 (138.3K votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| GhostbustersThree parapsychologists forced out of their university funding set up shop as a unique ghost removal service in New York City, attracting frightened yet skeptical customers. | 1984 | Ivan Reitman (*) | Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 7.8 (396.6K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| GladiatorA former Roman General sets out to exact vengeance against the corrupt emperor who murdered his family and sent him into slavery. | 2000 | Ridley Scott (*) | Action, Adventure, Drama | 8.5 (1.4M votes) | 155 | 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 |
| Godzilla [Gojira]American nuclear weapons testing results in the creation of a seemingly unstoppable, dinosaur-like beast. | 1954 | Ishirô Honda | Horror, Sci-Fi | 7.6 (32.7K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| GoldfingerWhile investigating a gold magnate's smuggling, James Bond uncovers a plot to contaminate the Fort Knox gold reserve. | 1964 | Guy Hamilton (*) | Action, Adventure, Thriller | 7.7 (184.9K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Gone with the WindThe manipulative daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a turbulent romance with a roguish profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction periods. | 1939 | Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Sam Wood | Drama, History, Romance, War | 8.1 (306.3K votes) | 238 | 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 |
| GoodfellasThe story of Henry Hill and his life in the mob, covering his relationship with his wife Karen Hill and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito in the Italian-American crime syndicate. | 1990 | Martin Scorsese (*) | Biography, Crime, Drama | 8.7 (1.1M votes) | 146 | 20211228 |
| Grapes of Wrath, TheAn Oklahoma family driven off their farm by the poverty and hopelessness of the Dust Bowl joins the westward migration to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression. | 1940 | John Ford (*) | Drama | 8.1 (90.3K votes) | 129 | 20211228 |
| Groundhog DayA self-centered Pittsburgh weatherman finds himself inexplicably trapped in a small town as he lives the same day over and over again. | 1993 | Harold Ramis (*) | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance | 8.0 (603.6K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| Hard Days Night, AOver two "typical" days in the life of The Beatles, the boys struggle to keep themselves and Sir Paul McCartney's mischievous grandfather in check while preparing for a live TV performance. | 1964 | Richard Lester (*) | Comedy, Musical | 7.6 (44.2K votes) | 87 | 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 |
| Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanHarry Potter, Ron and Hermione return to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for their third year of study, where they delve into the mystery surrounding an escaped prisoner who poses a dangerous threat to the young wizard. | 2004 | Alfonso Cuarón | Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery | 7.9 (603K votes) | 142 | 20211228 |
| HeatA group of high-end professional thieves start to feel the heat from the LAPD when they unknowingly leave a clue at their latest heist. | 1995 | Michael Mann (*) | Action, Crime, Drama | 8.2 (623.4K votes) | 170 | 20211228 |
| HeathersAt Westerburg High where cliques rule, jocks dominate and all the popular girls are named Heather, it's going to take a Veronica and mysterious new kid to give teen angst a body count. | 1988 | Michael Lehmann | Comedy, Crime | 7.2 (98.4K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| High NoonA town Marshal, despite the disagreements of his newlywed bride and the townspeople around him, must face a gang of deadly killers alone at high noon when the gang leader, an outlaw he sent up years ago, arrives on the noon train. | 1952 | Fred Zinnemann (*) | Drama, Thriller, Western | 8.0 (102.2K votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
| In the Mood for LoveTwo neighbors form a strong bond after both suspect extramarital activities of their spouses. However, they agree to keep their bond platonic so as not to commit similar wrongs. | 2000 | Kar-Wai Wong | Drama, Romance | 8.1 (141.4K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| InceptionA thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O., but his tragic past may doom the project and his team to disaster. | 2010 | Christopher Nolan (*) | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 8.8 (2.2M votes) | 148 | 20211228 |
| Inside OutAfter young Riley is uprooted from her Midwest life and moved to San Francisco, her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness - conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house, and school. | 2015 | Pete Docter, Ronnie Del Carmen | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy | 8.1 (671.8K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Iron ManAfter being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil. | 2008 | Jon Favreau | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | 7.9 (1M votes) | 126 | 20211228 |
| Iron Man & Hulk - Heroes UnitedAfter being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil. | 2008 | Jon Favreau | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | 7.9 (1M votes) | 126 | 20211228 |
| It Happened One NightA renegade reporter trailing a young runaway heiress for a big story joins her on a bus heading from Florida to New York, and they end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops. | 1934 | Frank Capra (*) | Comedy, Romance | 8.1 (100.7K votes) | 105 | 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 |
| JawsWhen a killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Long Island, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down. | 1975 | Steven Spielberg (*) | Adventure, Thriller | 8.0 (573.2K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
| 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 |
| King KongA film crew goes to a tropical island for an exotic location shoot and discovers a colossal ape who takes a shine to their female blonde star. He is then captured and brought back to New York City for public exhibition. | 1933 | Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack | Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi | 7.9 (83.6K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| La Dolce VitaA series of stories following a week in the life of a philandering tabloid journalist living in Rome. | 1960 | Federico Fellini (*) | Comedy, Drama | 8.0 (71.2K votes) | 174 | 20211228 |
| L'AvventuraA woman disappears during a Mediterranean boating trip. During the search, her lover and her best friend become attracted to each other. | 1960 | Michelangelo Antonioni (*) | Drama, Mystery, Romance | 7.8 (28.8K votes) | 144 | 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 |
| Leon [The Professional]12-year-old Mathilda is reluctantly taken in by Léon, a professional assassin, after her family is murdered. An unusual relationship forms as she becomes his protégée and learns the assassin's trade. | 1994 | Luc Besson (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 8.5 (1.1M votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Let the Right One in [Låt den rätte komma in]Oskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl. | 2008 | Tomas Alfredson | Action, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance | 7.9 (212.8K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Lethal WeaponTwo newly paired cops who are complete opposites must put aside their differences in order to catch a gang of drug smugglers. | 1987 | Richard Donner | Action, Crime, Thriller | 7.6 (251.1K votes) | 109 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Love & BasketballMonica and Quincy love and play basketball together through many life challenges from childhood to adulthood. | 2000 | Gina Prince-Bythewood | Drama, Romance, Sport | 7.2 (24.4K votes) | 124 | 20240511 |
| Mad Max Fury RoadIn a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a woman rebels against a tyrannical ruler in search for her homeland with the aid of a group of female prisoners, a psychotic worshiper, and a drifter named Max. | 2015 | George Miller (*) | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 8.1 (949.9K votes) | 120 | 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 |
| Manchurian Candidate, TheAn American POW in the Korean War is brainwashed as an unwitting assassin for an international Communist conspiracy. | 1962 | John Frankenheimer (*) | Drama, Thriller | 7.9 (74.3K votes) | 126 | 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 |
| Mean GirlsCady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George. | 2004 | Mark Waters | Comedy | 7.0 (364.4K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| MetropolisIn a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences. | 1927 | Fritz Lang (*) | Drama, Sci-Fi | 8.3 (169.6K votes) | 153 | 20211228 |
| Monsoon WeddingA stressed father, a bride-to-be with a secret, a smitten event planner, and relatives from around the world create much ado about the preparations for an arranged marriage in India. | 2001 | Mira Nair | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7.4 (25.5K votes) | 114 | 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 |
| MoonlightA young African-American man grapples with his identity and sexuality while experiencing the everyday struggles of childhood, adolescence, and burgeoning adulthood. | 2016 | Barry Jenkins | Drama | 7.4 (294.5K votes) | 111 | 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 |
| Naked Gun - From the Files of Police Squad, TheIncompetent police Detective Frank Drebin must foil an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II. | 1988 | David Zucker (*) | Comedy, Crime | 7.6 (163.5K votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
| Namesake, TheAmerican-born Gogol, the son of Indian immigrants, wants to fit in among his fellow New Yorkers, despite his family's unwillingness to let go of their traditional ways. | 2006 | Mira Nair | Drama | 7.5 (20.3K votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
| North by NorthwestA New York City advertising executive goes on the run after being mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and falls for a woman whose loyalties he begins to doubt. | 1959 | Alfred Hitchcock (*) | Adventure, Mystery, Thriller | 8.3 (317.8K votes) | 136 | 20211228 |
| OldboyAfter being kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must find his captor in five days. | 2003 | Park Chan-wook (*) | Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.4 (553.3K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| On The WaterfrontAn ex-prize fighter turned New Jersey longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses, including his older brother, as he starts to connect with the grieving sister of one of the syndicate's victims. | 1954 | Elia Kazan (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 8.1 (150.9K votes) | 108 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Piano, TheIn the mid-19th century, a mute woman is sent to New Zealand along with her young daughter and prized piano for an arranged marriage to a wealthy landowner, but is soon lusted after by a local worker on the plantation. | 1993 | Jane Campion (*) | Drama, Music, Romance | 7.6 (85.1K votes) | 121 | 20211228 |
| Player, TheA Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected, but which one? | 1992 | Robert Altman (*) | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.5 (58.5K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
| PlaytimeMonsieur Hulot curiously wanders around a high-tech Paris, paralleling a trip with a group of American tourists. Meanwhile, a nightclub/restaurant prepares its opening night, but it's still under construction. | 1967 | Jacques Tati (*) | Comedy | 7.9 (21.8K votes) | 155 | 20211228 |
| Pride and PrejudiceSparks fly when spirited Elizabeth Bennet meets single, rich, and proud Mr. Darcy. But Mr. Darcy reluctantly finds himself falling in love with a woman beneath his class. Can each overcome their own pride and prejudice? | 2005 | Joe Wright | Drama, Romance | 7.8 (281.6K votes) | 129 | 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 |
| Raging BullThe life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it. | 1980 | Martin Scorsese (*) | Biography, Drama, Sport | 8.2 (341.4K votes) | 129 | 20211228 |
| Raiders of the Lost ArkIn 1936, archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before Adolf Hitler's Nazis can obtain its awesome powers. | 1981 | Steven Spielberg (*) | Action, Adventure | 8.4 (932.2K votes) | 115 | 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 |
| Red Shoes, TheA young ballet dancer is torn between the man she loves and her pursuit to become a prima ballerina. | 1948 | Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Drama, Music, Romance | 8.1 (33.8K votes) | 135 | 20211228 |
| Repo ManA young punk recruited by a car repossession agency finds himself in pursuit of a Chevrolet Malibu that is wanted for a $20,000 bounty - and has something otherworldly stashed in its trunk. | 1984 | Alex Cox | Action, Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.9 (36.6K votes) | 92 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Roman HolidayA bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome. | 1953 | William Wyler (*) | Comedy, Romance | 8.0 (135.2K votes) | 118 | 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 |
| Royal Tenenbaums, TheThe eccentric members of a dysfunctional family reluctantly gather under the same roof for various reasons. | 2001 | Wes Anderson (*) | Comedy, Drama | 7.6 (283.4K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Rules of the Game, TheA bourgeois life in France at the onset of World War II, as the rich and their poor servants meet up at a French chateau. | 1939 | Jean Renoir (*) | Comedy, Drama | 8.0 (28.4K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Rumble in the BronxA young man visiting and helping his uncle in New York City finds himself forced to fight a street gang and the mob with his martial art skills. | 1995 | Stanley Tong | Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller | 6.8 (41.5K votes) | 87 | 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 |
| Say AnythingA noble underachiever and a beautiful valedictorian fall in love the summer before she goes off to college. | 1989 | Cameron Crowe | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7.3 (87.5K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| ScarfaceIn 1980 Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed. | 1983 | Brian De Palma (*) | Crime, Drama | 8.3 (796.7K votes) | 170 | 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 |
| Searchers, TheAn American Civil War veteran embarks on a years-long journey to rescue his niece from the Comanches after the rest of his brother's family is massacred in a raid on their Texas farm. | 1956 | John Ford (*) | Adventure, Drama, Western | 7.9 (86.6K votes) | 119 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Shaun of the DeadThe uneventful, aimless lives of a London electronics salesman and his layabout roommate are disrupted by the zombie apocalypse. | 2004 | Edgar Wright | Comedy, Horror | 7.9 (540K votes) | 99 | 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 |
| 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 |
| ShrekA mean lord exiles fairytale creatures to the swamp of a grumpy ogre, who must go on a quest and rescue a princess for the lord in order to get his land back. | 2001 | Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance | 7.9 (650K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Silence of the Lambs, TheA young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims. | 1991 | Jonathan Demme (*) | Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller | 8.6 (1.4M votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
| Singin in the RainA silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood. | 1952 | Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly | Comedy, Musical, Romance | 8.3 (233.6K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Sixth Sense, TheA frightened, withdrawn Philadelphia boy who communicates with spirits seeks the help of a disheartened child psychologist. | 1999 | M. Night Shyamalan (*) | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.1 (957K votes) | 107 | 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 |
| Snow White and the Seven DwarvesExiled into the dangerous forest by her wicked stepmother, a princess is rescued by seven dwarf miners who make her part of their household. | 1937 | William Cottrell, David Hand, Wilfred Jackson, Larry Morey, Perce Pearce | Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance | 7.6 (192.9K votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| Solaris [Solyaris]A psychologist is sent to a station orbiting a distant planet in order to discover what has caused the crew to go insane. | 1972 | Andrei Tarkovsky (*) | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi | 8.0 (88.3K votes) | 167 | 20211228 |
| Some Like It HotAfter two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in. | 1959 | Billy Wilder (*) | Comedy, Music, Romance | 8.2 (258.9K votes) | 121 | 20211228 |
| Sound of Music, TheA young novitiate is sent by her convent in 1930s Austria to become a governess to the seven children of a widowed naval officer. | 1965 | Robert Wise (*) | Biography, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance | 8.0 (221.6K votes) | 172 | 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 |
| Sunset BlvdA screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return. | 1950 | Billy Wilder (*) | Drama, Film-Noir | 8.4 (214.8K votes) | 110 | 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 |
| TampopoA truck driver stops at a small family-run noodle shop and decides to help its fledgling business. The story is intertwined with various vignettes about the relationship of love and food. | 1985 | Jûzô Itami | Comedy | 8.0 (18K votes) | 114 | 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 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 |
| 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 |
| Thelma & LouiseTwo best friends set out on an adventure, but it soon turns around to a terrifying escape from being hunted by the police, as these two girls escape for the crimes they committed. | 1991 | Ridley Scott (*) | Adventure, Crime, Drama | 7.5 (148.2K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| Thing, TheA research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims. | 1982 | John Carpenter (*) | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi | 8.1 (402.6K votes) | 109 | 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 |
| This Is Spinal TapSpinal Tap, one of England's loudest bands, is chronicled by film director Marty DiBergi on what proves to be a fateful tour. | 1984 | Rob Reiner (*) | Comedy, Music | 7.9 (136.6K votes) | 82 | 20211228 |
| TitanicA seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic. | 1997 | James Cameron (*) | Drama, Romance | 7.8 (1.1M votes) | 194 | 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 Marigold [Tôkyô Marîgôrudo]In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other. | 2001 | Alfonso Cuarón | Drama | 7.6 (120.4K votes) | 106 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Treasure of the Sierra Madre, TheTwo down-on-their-luck Americans searching for work in 1920s Mexico convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains. | 1948 | John Huston (*) | Adventure, Drama, Western | 8.2 (121.7K votes) | 126 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Wayne's WorldTwo slacker friends try to promote their public-access cable show. | 1992 | Penelope Spheeris | Comedy, Music | 7.0 (152.5K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Wendy and LucyOver the summer, a series of unfortunate happening triggers a financial crisis for a young woman and she soon finds her life falling apart. | 2008 | Kelly Reichardt | Drama | 7.1 (17.9K votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
| West Side StoryTwo youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy. | 1961 | Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise | Crime, Drama, Musical, Romance | 7.5 (108.1K votes) | 153 | 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 |
| Zero Dark ThirtyA chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L.s Team 6 in May 2011. | 2012 | Kathryn Bigelow | Drama, History, Thriller, War | 7.4 (289.9K votes) | 157 | 20211228 |