IMDb: My Top 50 Movies - a list by rajan

1.

Pulp Fiction (1994)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 9.0/10 X

The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption. (154 mins.)

Director: Quentin Tarantino

Stars: John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis

2.

The Dark Knight (2008)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 9.0/10 X

When Batman, Gordon and Harvey Dent launch an assault on the mob, they let the clown out of the box, the Joker, bent on turning Gotham on itself and bringing any heroes down to his level. (152 mins.)

Director: Christopher Nolan

Stars: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine

3.

3 Idiots (2009)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.3/10 X

Two friends are searching for their long lost companion. They revisit their college days and recall the memories of their friend who inspired them to think differently, even as the rest of the world called them "idiots". (170 mins.)

Director: Rajkumar Hirani

Stars: Aamir Khan, Madhavan, Mona Singh, Kareena Kapoor

4.

Inception (2010)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.8/10 X

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

Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Ken Watanabe

5.

Avatar (2009)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.0/10 X

A paraplegic Marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home. (162 mins.)

Director: James Cameron

Stars: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez

6.

Saw (2004)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.6/10 X

With a dead body lying between them, two men wake up in the secure lair of a serial killer who's been nicknamed "Jigsaw". The men must follow various rules and objectives if they wish to survive and win the deadly game set for them. (103 mins.)

Director: James Wan

Stars: Cary Elwes, Leigh Whannell, Danny Glover, Ken Leung

7.

The Godfather (1972)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 9.2/10 X

The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son. (175 mins.)

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

Stars: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Diane Keaton

8.

Lucky Number Slevin (2006)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.7/10 X

A case of mistaken identity lands Slevin into the middle of a war being plotted by two of the city's most rival crime bosses: The Rabbi and The Boss. Slevin is under constant surveillance by relentless Detective Brikowski as well as the infamous assassin Goodkat and finds himself having to hatch his own ingenious plot to get them before they get him. (110 mins.)

Director: Paul McGuigan

Stars: Josh Hartnett, Ben Kingsley, Morgan Freeman, Lucy Liu

9.

The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.6/10 X

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

Stars: Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Gary Oldman

10.

The Prestige (2006)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.4/10 X

The rivalry between two magicians becomes more exacerbated by their attempt to perform the ultimate illusion. (130 mins.)

Director: Christopher Nolan

Stars: Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, Michael Caine

11.

Argo (2012)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.9/10 X

Acting under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Teheran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1980. (120 mins.)

Director: Ben Affleck

Stars: Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman, Alan Arkin

12.

Casino Royale (2006)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.9/10 X

Armed with a license to kill, Secret Agent James Bond sets out on his first mission as 007 and must defeat a weapons dealer in a high stakes game of poker at Casino Royale, but things are not what they seem. (144 mins.)

Director: Martin Campbell

Stars: Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Judi Dench, Jeffrey Wright

13.

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.6/10 X

The cyborg who once tried to kill Sarah Connor is dead, and another T-101 must now protect her teenage son, John Connor, from an even more powerful and advanced Terminator, the T-1000. (137 mins.)

Director: James Cameron

Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick

14.

Batman Begins (2005)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.3/10 X

After training with his mentor, Batman begins his war on crime to free the crime-ridden Gotham City from corruption that the Scarecrow and the League of Shadows have cast upon it. (140 mins.)

Director: Christopher Nolan

Stars: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Ken Watanabe, Liam Neeson

15.

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 9.3/10 X

Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency. (142 mins.)

Director: Frank Darabont

Stars: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler

16.

The Matrix (1999)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.7/10 X

A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against its controllers. (136 mins.)

Director: The Wachowski Brothers, The Wachowski Brothers

Stars: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving

17.

Memento (2000)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.6/10 X

A man, suffering from short-term memory loss, uses notes and tattoos to hunt for the man he thinks killed his wife. (113 mins.)

Director: Christopher Nolan

Stars: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, Mark Boone Junior

18.

Django Unchained (2012)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.5/10 X

With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner. (165 mins.)

Director: Quentin Tarantino

Stars: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington

19.

Iron Man (2008)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.9/10 X

When wealthy industrialist Tony Stark is forced to build an armored suit after a life-threatening incident, he ultimately decides to use its technology to fight against evil. (126 mins.)

Director: Jon Favreau

Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges

20.

Titanic (1997)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.6/10 X

A seventeen-year-old aristocrat, expecting to be married to a rich claimant by her mother, falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic. (194 mins.)

Director: James Cameron

Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates

21.

Fast Five (2011)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.3/10 X

Dominic Toretto and his crew of street racers plan a massive heist to buy their freedom while in the sights of a powerful Brazilian drug lord and a dangerous federal agent. (130 mins.)

Director: Justin Lin

Stars: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Jordana Brewster

22.

The Hangover (2009)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.8/10 X

A Las Vegas-set comedy centered around three groomsmen who lose their about-to-be-wed buddy during their drunken misadventures, then must retrace their steps in order to find him. (100 mins.)

Director: Todd Phillips

Stars: Zach Galifianakis, Bradley Cooper, Justin Bartha, Ed Helms

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23.

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.4/10 X

The IMF is shut down when it's implicated in the bombing of the Kremlin, causing Ethan Hunt and his new team to go rogue to clear their organization's name. (133 mins.)

Director: Brad Bird

Stars: Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Paula Patton

24.

Kahaani (2012)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.0/10 X

A pregnant woman's search for her missing husband takes her from London to Kolkata, but everyone she questions denies having ever met her husband. (122 mins.)

Director: Sujoy Ghosh

Stars: Vidya Balan, Parambrata Chatterjee, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Saswata Chatterjee

25.

Taken (2008)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.9/10 X

A retired CIA agent travels across Europe and relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter, who has been kidnapped while on a trip to Paris. (93 mins.)

Director: Pierre Morel

Stars: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen, Leland Orser

26.

Hera Pheri (2000)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.9/10 X

Three unemployed men find the answer to all their money problems when they recieve a call from a kidnapper. However, things do not go as planned... (156 mins.)

Director: Priyadarshan

Stars: Paresh Rawal, Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Tabu

27.

Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.1/10 X

A Mumbai teen who grew up in the slums, becomes a contestant on the Indian version of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" He is arrested under suspicion of cheating, and while being interrogated, events from his life history are shown which explain why he knows the answers. (120 mins.)

Director: Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan

Stars: Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Saurabh Shukla, Anil Kapoor

28.

The Avengers (2012)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.3/10 X

Nick Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D. brings together a team of super humans to form The Avengers to help save the Earth from Loki and his army. (143 mins.)

Director: Joss Whedon

Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner

29.

Goal! The Dream Begins (2005)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.7/10 X

Santiago Munez is a footballer in a regional club. He gets scouted and transferred to Newcastle United. (118 mins.)

Director: Danny Cannon

Stars: Kuno Becker, Alessandro Nivola, Anna Friel, Leonardo Guerra

30.

Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.0/10 X

The murderous Bride continues her quest of vengeance against her former boss and lover Bill, the reclusive bouncer Budd, and the treacherous, one-eyed Elle. (137 mins.)

Director: Quentin Tarantino

Stars: Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah

31.

Die Another Day (2002)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.0/10 X

James Bond is sent to investigate the connection between a North Korean terrorist and a diamond mogul who is funding the development of an international space weapon. (133 mins.)

Director: Lee Tamahori

Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry, Rosamund Pike, Toby Stephens

32.

Vicky Donor (2012)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.8/10 X

A man is brought in by an infertility doctor to supply him with his sperm, where he becomes the biggest sperm donor for his clinic. (126 mins.)

Director: Shoojit Sircar

Stars: Ayushmann Khurrana, Yami Gautam, Annu Kapoor, Dolly Ahluwalia

33.

Skyfall (2012)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.8/10 X

Bond's loyalty to M is tested when her past comes back to haunt her. Whilst MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost. (143 mins.)

Director: Sam Mendes

Stars: Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Naomie Harris, Judi Dench

34.

Source Code (2011)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.5/10 X

An action thriller centered on a soldier who wakes up in the body of an unknown man and discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train. (93 mins.)

Director: Duncan Jones

Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga, Jeffrey Wright

35.

The Social Network (2010)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.9/10 X

Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking website that would become known as Facebook, but is later sued by two brothers who claimed he stole their idea, and the co-founder who was later squeezed out of the business. (120 mins.)

Director: David Fincher

Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Rooney Mara

36.

Sholay (1975)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.0/10 X

After his family is murdered by a notorious and ruthless bandit, a former police officer enlists the services of two outlaws to capture him. (188 mins.)

Director: Ramesh Sippy

Stars: Dharmendra, Sanjeev Kumar, Hema Malini, Amitabh Bachchan

37.

Delhi Belly (2011)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.5/10 X

Three struggling room-mates unknowingly become potential prey of a ruthless gangster. (103 mins.)

Director: Abhinay Deo, Akshat Verma

Stars: Imran Khan, Vir Das, Kunaal Roy Kapur, Shenaz Treasury

38.

Horrible Bosses (2011)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.9/10 X

Three friends conspire to murder their awful bosses when they realize they are standing in the way of their happiness. (98 mins.)

Director: Seth Gordon

Stars: Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, Steve Wiebe

39.

Chakde! India (2007)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.9/10 X

The story of a hockey player who returns to the game as a coach of a women's hockey team. (153 mins.)

Director: Shimit Amin

Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Vidya Malvade, Tanya Abrol, Chitrashi Rawat

40.

The Expendables 2 (2012)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.8/10 X

Mr. Church reunites the Expendables for what should be an easy paycheck, but when one of their men is murdered on the job, their quest for revenge puts them deep in enemy territory and up against an unexpected threat. (103 mins.)

Director: Simon West

Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Liam Hemsworth, Randy Couture, Jean-Claude Van Damme