The Best 25 Movies
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1.
Man of Steel
(2013)
A young itinerant worker is forced to confront his secret extraterrestrial heritage when Earth is invaded by members of his race. (143 mins.)
Director: Zack Snyder
2.
Coach Carter
(2005)
Controversy surrounds high school basketball coach Ken Carter after he benches his entire team for breaking their academic contract with him. (136 mins.)
Director: Thomas Carter
3.
The Dark Knight Rises
(2012)
Eight years on, a new evil rises from where the Batman and Commissioner Gordon tried to bury it, causing the Batman to resurface and fight to protect Gotham City... the very city which brands him an enemy. (165 mins.)
Director: Christopher Nolan
4.
Finding Forrester
(2000)
An afro-american teen writing prodigy finds a mentor in a reclusive author. (136 mins.)
Director: Gus Van Sant
5.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
(1986)
A high school wise guy is determined to have a day off from school, despite of what the principal thinks of that. (103 mins.)
Director: John Hughes
6.
Limitless
(2011)
A writer discovers a top-secret drug which bestows him with super human abilities. (105 mins.)
Director: Neil Burger
7.
The Shawshank Redemption
(1994)
Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency. (142 mins.)
Director: Frank Darabont
8.
Inception
(2010)
A skilled extractor is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible. (148 mins.)
Director: Christopher Nolan
9.
21 Jump Street
(2012)
A pair of underachieving cops are sent back to a local high school to blend in and bring down a synthetic drug ring. (109 mins.)
Director: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
10.
Independence Day
(1996)
The aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy. Fighting superior technology, Man's best weapon is the will to survive. (145 mins.)
Director: Roland Emmerich
11.
The Breakfast Club
(1985)
Five high school students, all different stereotypes, meet in detention, where they pour their hearts out to each other, and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought. (97 mins.)
Director: John Hughes
12.
The Blind Side
(2009)
The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All American football player and first round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family. (129 mins.)
Director: John Lee Hancock
13.
I Am Legend
(2007)
Years after a plague kills most of humanity and transforms the rest into monsters, the sole survivor in New York City struggles valiantly to find a cure. (101 mins.)
Director: Francis Lawrence
14.
Immortals
(2011)
Theseus is a mortal man chosen by Zeus to lead the fight against the ruthless King Hyperion, who is on a rampage across Greece to obtain a weapon that can destroy humanity. (110 mins.)
Director: Tarsem Singh Dhandwar
15.
Big Daddy
(1999)
A lazy law school grad adopts a kid to impress his girlfriend, but everything doesn't go as planned and he becomes the unlikely foster father. (93 mins.)
Director: Dennis Dugan
16.
Ted
(2012)
As the result of a childhood wish, John Bennett's teddy bear, Ted, came to life and has been by John's side ever since - a friendship that's tested when Lori, John's girlfriend of four years, wants more from their relationship. (106 mins.)
Director: Seth MacFarlane
17.
The First Time
(2012)
A romantic comedy centered on the two high schoolers: Dave, who until now has pined for a girl he can't have, and Aubrey, a creative type who's dating a guy who doesn't quite understand her.
Director: Jonathan Kasdan
18.
Se7en
(1995)
Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his modus operandi. (127 mins.)
Director: David Fincher
19.
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
(2006)
Alabama teenager Sean Boswell becomes a major competitor in the world of drift racing after moving in with his father in Tokyo to avoid a jail sentence in America. (104 mins.)
Director: Justin Lin
20.
The Waterboy
(1998)
A waterboy for a college football team discovers he has a unique tackling ability and becomes a member of the team. (90 mins.)
Director: Frank Coraci
21.
Back to the Future Part II
(1989)
After visiting 2015, Marty McFly must repeat his visit to 1955 to prevent disastrous changes to 1985... without interfering with his first trip. (108 mins.)
Director: Robert Zemeckis
22.
Happy Gilmore
(1996)
A rejected hockey player puts his skills to the golf course to save his grandmother's house. (92 mins.)
Director: Dennis Dugan
23.
Warrior
(2011)
The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament - a path that puts the fighter on a collision corner with his older brother. (140 mins.)
Director: Gavin O'Connor
24.
We Are Marshall
(2006)
When a plane crash claims the lives of members of the Marshall University football team and some of its fans, the team's new coach and his surviving players try to keep the football program alive. (131 mins.)
Director: McG
25.
Major League
(1989)
The new owner of the Cleveland Indians puts together a purposely horrible team so they'll lose and she can move the team. But when the plot is uncovered, they start winning just to spite her. (107 mins.)
Director: David Ward
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