Somerville Library's DVDs
by mtroper | created - 29 Jun 2011 | updated - 2 months ago | PublicHere is an up to date listing of all the titles Somerville College Library currently has available for loan to members
This list includes both the JCR DVD Library and DVDs already owned or bought by the Library
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101. The Dim Little Island (1949)
10 min | Short
Osbert Lancaster, James Fisher, John Ormston and Ralph Vaughn Williams meditate on the history and culture of England.
Director: Humphrey Jennings | Stars: James Fisher, Osbert Lancaster, John Ormston, Ralph Vaughan Williams
Votes: 64
On Disc Three of 'Land of Promise: The British Documentary Movement 1930-1950' (From History Special Subject reading list)
102. L'Orfeo (1978)
102 min | Music, Drama
This opera tells the fable of Orpheus, a demigod with a talent for music. When his bride Eurydice dies, he decides to seek her soul in the Underworld. However, things will not be so easier than he initially thinks.
Director: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle | Stars: Philippe Huttenlocher, Dietlinde Turban, Rachel Yakar, Trudeliese Schmidt
Votes: 60
Stored in glass-fronted cabinet
103. Britain Can Make It, No. 1 (1945)
10 min | Short
A look at how science is keeping British industry as high-tech and innovative as anywhere else in the world.
Director: Francis Gysin
Votes: 11
On Disc Three of 'Land of Promise: The British Documentary Movement 1930-1950' (From History Special Subject reading list)
104. Fenlands (1946)
18 min | Documentary, Short
A look at life in the Fenlands (a coastal, marshy plain in eastern England) in 1940's.
Director: Ken Annakin
Votes: 17
On Disc Three of 'Land of Promise: The British Documentary Movement 1930-1950' (From History Special Subject reading list)
105. Children's Charter (1945)
18 min | Documentary, Short
A documentary about how a bill for education (also known as the children's charter) passed by the British government in the 1940's will help all children get a good education.
Director: Gerard Bryant
Votes: 15
On Disc Three of 'Land of Promise: The British Documentary Movement 1930-1950' (From History Special Subject reading list)
106. Five Towns (1947)
27 min | Documentary, Short
A look at a family living in Stoke-on-Trent in the 1940's and what it's like working in the pottery factories that Stoke is famous for.
Director: Terry Bishop | Star: Mary Blakeman
Votes: 12
On Disc Three of 'Land of Promise: The British Documentary Movement 1930-1950' (From History Special Subject reading list)
Plus 'Chasing the Blues' (dir. Chambers/Ellitt, 1946) and 'Cotton Come Back' (dir. Alexander, 1946) neither of which has an entry on IMDb
107. A Plan to Work On (1948)
34 min | Documentary, Short
Documentary on town planning in which an architect looks at the history of Dunfermline, Scotland and its possible future development.
Director: Kay Mander | Stars: Donald Bisset, Marjorie Dalziel, Gordon McDougall
Votes: 13
On Disc Four of 'Land of Promise: The British Documentary Movement 1930-1950' (From History Special Subject reading list)
On Disc Four of 'Land of Promise: The British Documentary Movement 1930-1950' (From History Special Subject reading list)
'Mining Review' is in fact a serial of documentaries, and the specific part on this disc is 2nd Year No. 11 (dir. Pickering, 1949)
109. From the Ground Up (1950)
15 min | Documentary, Short
Documentary short about how Britain is improving after WWII and what the populace can do to help.
Director: Cyril Frankel | Stars: Clive Dunn, Jack Ralph
Votes: 9
On Disc Four of 'Land of Promise: The British Documentary Movement 1930-1950' (From History Special Subject reading list)
110. The Undefeated (1951)
35 min | Documentary, Short
Looking at how soldiers injured and disabled during WWII would be helped to live as normal a life as possible in the post war years,
Director: Paul Dickson | Stars: Gerald Pearson, Leo Genn, Noel Coleman, Cyril Conway
Votes: 25
On Disc Four of 'Land of Promise: The British Documentary Movement 1930-1950' (From History Special Subject reading list)
111. Family Portrait (1950)
25 min | Short, Documentary
In preparation for the celebration of the 1951 Festival of Britain, this short film was released to assure British citizens of their nation's place in the world and of their own places ... See full summary »
Director: Humphrey Jennings | Star: Michael Goodliffe
Votes: 127
On Disc Four of 'Land of Promise: The British Documentary Movement 1930-1950' (From History Special Subject reading list)
Plus 'Transport' (dir. Bradford, 1950), which has no IMDb entry
112. John Grierson (1959)
15 min | Short
A record of an address by John Grierson at the National Film Theatre in August 1959.
Director: Hazel Wilkinson | Star: John Grierson
On Disc Four of 'Land of Promise: The British Documentary Movement 1930-1950' (From History Special Subject reading list)
Full title form our packaging is 'John Grierson at the NFT'
Plus 'Close Up: Recollections of British Documentary' (2007) as a bonus feature
113. Rainbow Dance (1936)
4 min | Short, Musical, Animation
The film was made by colorful printing of footage combined with drawing directly on film. The bouncy music drives home the message heard at the end of the film, promoting the GPO (General ... See full summary »
Director: Len Lye | Star: Rupert Doone
Votes: 774
On Disc One of 'We Live in Two Worlds: The GPO Film Unit Collection, Volume Two' (From History Special Subject reading list)
114. The Saving of Bill Blewitt (1937)
25 min | Drama, Short
A rare dramatic production for the GPO, although it is told in documentary style. It shows two fishermen who lose their boat and manage to save to buy another, and is intended to show people how one can scrimp and save.
Director: Harry Watt | Star: Bill Blewitt
Votes: 38
On Disc One of 'We Live in Two Worlds: The GPO Film Unit Collection, Volume Two' (From History Special Subject reading list)
115. The Fairy of the Phone (1936)
10 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
The Fairy of the Phone appears, tiptoeing along the wires between telephone poles, and administers reproofs and advice to all sorts of telephone users, aided by a singing chorus of operators.
Director: William Coldstream | Star: Charlotte Leigh
Votes: 37
On Disc One of 'We Live in Two Worlds: The GPO Film Unit Collection, Volume Two' (From History Special Subject reading list)
116. Night Mail (1936)
Approved | 25 min | Short, Documentary
Shows the special train on which mail is sorted, dropped and collected on the run, and delivered in Scotland overnight.
Directors: Harry Watt, Basil Wright | Stars: Arthur Clark, John Grierson, Stuart Legg, Robert Rae
Votes: 1,458
On Disc One of 'We Live in Two Worlds: The GPO Film Unit Collection, Volume Two' (From History Special Subject reading list)
117. Trade Tattoo (1937)
5 min | Short, Animation, Drama
Abstract animation drawn directly on Technicolor film, some with underlying real life footage of unrelated subjects. Various colorful shapes and patterns move and interact, set to upbeat music.
Director: Len Lye
Votes: 561
On Disc One of 'We Live in Two Worlds: The GPO Film Unit Collection, Volume Two' (From History Special Subject reading list)
118. We Live in Two Worlds (1937)
15 min | Documentary, Short, War
The author J.B. Priestley delivers a talk about cross-border trade and communications as a benign force, which he contrasts with the military preoccupations of individual nations.
Director: Alberto Cavalcanti | Star: J.B. Priestley
Votes: 27
On Disc One of 'We Live in Two Worlds: The GPO Film Unit Collection, Volume Two' (From History Special Subject reading list)
119. N or NW (1938)
8 min | Comedy, Short, Romance
Correspondence between young lovers nearly ends in disaster through a mistake in postal district. Fortunately the GPO spots the error and all ends will, but with the moral that correspondents should get the address right.
Director: Len Lye | Stars: Evelyn Corbett, Dwight Godwin
Votes: 132
On Disc One of 'We Live in Two Worlds: The GPO Film Unit Collection, Volume Two' (From History Special Subject reading list)
Plus 'Calendar of the Year' (1936), 'Roadways' and 'Big Money' (both 1937) which don't have IMDb entries
120. A Job in a Million (1937)
15 min | Documentary, Short
A Cockney lad trains to be a messenger boy.
Director: Evelyn Cherry
Votes: 17
On Disc Two of 'We Live in Two Worlds: The GPO Film Unit Collection, Volume Two' (From History Special Subject reading list)
121. Book Bargain (1937)
9 min | Documentary, Short
Shows the production of the London telephone directory.
Director: Norman McLaren
Votes: 79
On Disc Two of 'We Live in Two Worlds: The GPO Film Unit Collection, Volume Two' (From History Special Subject reading list)
122. Love on the Wing (1939)
5 min | Short, Animation
Animation featuring dancing black and white shadows.
Director: Norman McLaren
Votes: 168
On Disc Two of 'We Live in Two Worlds: The GPO Film Unit Collection, Volume Two' (From History Special Subject reading list)
123. The HPO (1938)
4 min | Animation, Short
Advertising cartoon for the Post Office Greetings Telegram service.
Director: Lotte Reiniger
Votes: 53
On Disc Two of 'We Live in Two Worlds: The GPO Film Unit Collection, Volume Two' (From History Special Subject reading list)
124. News for the Navy (1937)
10 min | Short
"News for the Navy" focuses on the progress of a newspaper that Evelyn posts to Bert
Director: Norman McLaren | Stars: Evelyn Corbett, J.F. Hoggard
Votes: 77
On Disc Two of 'We Live in Two Worlds: The GPO Film Unit Collection, Volume Two' (From History Special Subject reading list)
125. Mony a Pickle (1938)
11 min | Short
A film advocating thrift by use of the Post Office Savings Bank.
Directors: Alberto Cavalcanti, Richard Massingham, Norman McLaren
Votes: 71
On Disc Two of 'We Live in Two Worlds: The GPO Film Unit Collection, Volume Two' (From History Special Subject reading list)
126. North Sea (1938)
Approved | 24 min | Drama, Documentary, Short
A dramatic reconstruction of the fishing trawler 'John Gillman' in trouble in a storm.
Director: Harry Watt | Star: Bill Blewitt
Votes: 159
On Disc Two of 'We Live in Two Worlds: The GPO Film Unit Collection, Volume Two' (From History Special Subject reading list)
127. Penny Journey (1938)
6 min | Documentary, Short
The journey of a postcard sent by a little boy from Manchester to his aunt in Graffham, Sussex.
Director: Humphrey Jennings
Votes: 56
On Disc Two of 'We Live in Two Worlds: The GPO Film Unit Collection, Volume Two' (From History Special Subject reading list)
128. The Tocher (1937)
5 min | Animation, Short
Silhouette fairy tale film about a man who wins his true love with the help of the "wee folk".
Director: Lotte Reiniger
Votes: 52
On Disc Two of 'We Live in Two Worlds: The GPO Film Unit Collection, Volume Two' (From History Special Subject reading list)
Plus 'What's On Today', 'The Horsey Mail' and 'God's Chillun' (all 1938), which don't have IMDb entries [NB. for more information on all the documentaries/films on these two collections it may be worth going to the BFI website:
http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/index.html
You may be able to watch or download some of these films from this website]
129. American Beauty (1999)
R | 122 min | Drama
A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.
Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley
Votes: 1,211,315 | Gross: $130.10M
130. American Gangster (2007)
R | 157 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
An outcast New York City cop is charged with bringing down Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas, whose real life inspired this partly biographical film.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Josh Brolin
Votes: 452,667 | Gross: $130.16M
131. American Psycho (2000)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A wealthy New York City investment banking executive, Patrick Bateman, hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he delves deeper into his violent, hedonistic fantasies.
Director: Mary Harron | Stars: Christian Bale, Justin Theroux, Josh Lucas, Bill Sage
Votes: 716,111 | Gross: $15.07M
132. American Splendor (2003)
R | 101 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.
Directors: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini | Stars: Paul Giamatti, Shari Springer Berman, Harvey Pekar, Chris Ambrose
Votes: 52,377 | Gross: $6.00M
133. Amores Perros (2000)
R | 154 min | Drama, Thriller
An amateur dog fighter, a supermodel, and a derelict assassin, all separately struggling to find love, find their lives transformed by a devastating car wreck in Mexico City.
Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Stars: Emilio Echevarría, Gael García Bernal, Goya Toledo, Álvaro Guerrero
Votes: 252,964 | Gross: $5.38M
134. Annie Hall (1977)
PG | 93 min | Comedy, Romance
Alvy 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.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Carol Kane
Votes: 278,497 | Gross: $39.20M
135. The Apartment (1960)
Approved | 125 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A 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.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Ray Walston
Votes: 196,921 | Gross: $18.60M
136. Apocalypse Now (1979)
R | 147 min | Drama, Mystery, War
A U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest
Votes: 710,560 | Gross: $83.47M
137. Audition (1999)
R | 115 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A widower takes an offer to screen girls at a special audition, arranged for him by a friend to find him a new wife. The one he fancies is not who she appears to be after all.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Tetsu Sawaki, Jun Kunimura
Votes: 89,277
138. Back to the Future (1985)
PG | 116 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Marty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover
Votes: 1,307,444 | Gross: $210.61M
In trilogy boxset
139. Back to the Future Part II (1989)
PG | 108 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
After visiting 2015, Marty McFly must repeat his visit to 1955 to prevent disastrous changes to 1985...without interfering with his first trip.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Tom Wilson
Votes: 572,833 | Gross: $118.50M
In trilogy boxset
140. Back to the Future Part III (1990)
PG | 118 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Stranded in 1955, Marty McFly learns about the death of Doc Brown in 1885 and must travel back in time to save him. With no fuel readily available for the DeLorean, the two must figure how to escape the Old West before Emmett is murdered.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen, Tom Wilson
Votes: 481,028 | Gross: $87.73M
In trilogy boxset
141. Band of Brothers (2001)
TV-MA | 59 min | Drama, History, War
The story of Easy Company of the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division and their mission in World War II Europe, from Operation Overlord to V-J Day.
Stars: Scott Grimes, Damian Lewis, Ron Livingston, Shane Taylor
Votes: 527,631
142. A Beautiful Mind (2001)
PG-13 | 135 min | Biography, Drama, Mystery
A mathematical genius, John Nash made an astonishing discovery early in his career and stood on the brink of international acclaim. But the handsome and arrogant Nash soon found himself on a harrowing journey of self-discovery.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Christopher Plummer
Votes: 987,333 | Gross: $170.74M
143. Beetlejuice (1988)
PG | 92 min | Comedy, Fantasy
The spirits of a deceased couple are harassed by an unbearable family that has moved into their home, and hire a malicious spirit to drive them out.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Michael Keaton, Annie McEnroe
Votes: 340,283 | Gross: $73.71M
144. The Big Lebowski (1998)
R | 117 min | Comedy, Crime
Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire of the same name, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it.
Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi
Votes: 860,653 | Gross: $17.50M
145. The Big Steal (1949)
Approved | 71 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Romance
An army lieutenant accused of robbery pursues the real thief on a frantic chase through Mexico aided by the thief's fiancee.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, William Bendix, Patric Knowles
Votes: 5,390
146. The Blue Dahlia (1946)
Passed | 96 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
An ex-bomber pilot is suspected of murdering his unfaithful wife.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix, Howard Da Silva
Votes: 9,668 | Gross: $2.70M
147. Boogie Nights (1997)
R | 155 min | Drama
Back 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.
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds, Luis Guzmán
Votes: 282,159 | Gross: $26.40M
148. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)
PG-13 | 94 min | Drama, War
Through 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.
Director: Mark Herman | Stars: Asa Butterfield, David Thewlis, Rupert Friend, Zac Mattoon O'Brien
Votes: 246,598 | Gross: $9.03M
149. Boys Don't Cry (1999)
R | 118 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A young man named Brandon Teena navigates love, life, and being transgender in rural Nebraska.
Director: Kimberly Peirce | Stars: Hilary Swank, Chloë Sevigny, Peter Sarsgaard, Brendan Sexton III
Votes: 103,310 | Gross: $11.53M
150. The Breakfast Club (1985)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama
Five high school students meet in Saturday detention and discover how they have a great deal more in common than they thought.
Director: John Hughes | Stars: Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy
Votes: 436,713 | Gross: $45.88M
151. Bring It On (2000)
PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
A champion high school cheerleading squad discovers its previous captain stole all their best routines from an inner-city school and must scramble to compete at this year's championships.
Director: Peyton Reed | Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Eliza Dushku, Jesse Bradford, Gabrielle Union
Votes: 105,799 | Gross: $68.38M
152. Out of the Past (1947)
Approved | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A private eye escapes his past to run a gas station in a small town, but his past catches up with him. Now he must return to the big city world of danger, corruption, double crosses, and duplicitous dames.
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming
Votes: 40,937
UK title: 'Build My Gallows High'
153. Chinatown (1974)
R | 130 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A private detective hired to expose an adulterer in 1930s Los Angeles finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez
Votes: 349,981
Boxed with 'Serpico' and 'The Untouchables'
154. Citizen Kane (1941)
PG | 119 min | Drama, Mystery
Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.'
Director: Orson Welles | Stars: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead
Votes: 466,099 | Gross: $1.59M
155. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
R | 136 min | Crime, Sci-Fi
In the future, a sadistic gang leader is imprisoned and volunteers for a conduct-aversion experiment, but it doesn't go as planned.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Warren Clarke
Votes: 881,570 | Gross: $6.21M
156. Crossfire (1947)
Approved | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A man is murdered, apparently by one of a group of demobilized soldiers he met in a bar. But which one? And why?
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, Gloria Grahame
Votes: 9,708 | Gross: $1.30M
157. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
PG-13 | 166 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Tells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with consequences.
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton, Julia Ormond
Votes: 695,919 | Gross: $127.51M
158. The Dark Knight (2008)
PG-13 | 152 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When 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.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine
Votes: 2,871,997 | Gross: $534.86M
159. The Deer Hunter (1978)
R | 183 min | Drama, War
An 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.
Director: Michael Cimino | Stars: Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, John Cazale, John Savage
Votes: 362,359 | Gross: $48.98M
160. The Departed (2006)
R | 151 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg
Votes: 1,422,822 | Gross: $132.38M
161. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
PG | 95 min | Comedy, War
An unhinged 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.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn
Votes: 518,436 | Gross: $0.28M
162. Dogma (1999)
R | 130 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
An abortion clinic worker with a special heritage is called upon to save the existence of humanity from being negated by two renegade angels trying to exploit a loop-hole and reenter Heaven.
Director: Kevin Smith | Stars: Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Linda Fiorentino, Bud Cort
Votes: 228,704 | Gross: $30.65M
163. Donnie Darko (2001)
R | 113 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
After 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.
Director: Richard Kelly | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Mary McDonnell, Holmes Osborne
Votes: 850,332 | Gross: $1.48M
We have two different editions of this, one of which is kept as a spare in the Library Office
164. Double Indemnity (1944)
Passed | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A 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.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Byron Barr
Votes: 167,513 | Gross: $5.72M
165. Downfall (2004)
R | 156 min | Biography, Drama, History
Traudl Junge, the final secretary for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictator's final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII.
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel | Stars: Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Ulrich Matthes, Juliane Köhler
Votes: 375,344 | Gross: $5.51M
166. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
R | 108 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
When their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a medical procedure to have each other erased from their memories forever.
Director: Michel Gondry | Stars: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Tom Wilkinson, Gerry Robert Byrne
Votes: 1,078,405 | Gross: $34.40M
167. The Exorcist (1973)
R | 122 min | Horror
When a young girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.
Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Linda Blair, Lee J. Cobb
Votes: 455,161 | Gross: $232.91M
Boxset with 'The Shining'
168. Murder, My Sweet (1944)
Approved | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
After being hired to find an ex-con's former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply complex web of mystery and deceit.
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley, Otto Kruger
Votes: 14,705
Alternative title: 'Murder, My Sweet'
169. Fargo (1996)
R | 98 min | Crime, Thriller
Minnesota 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.
Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: William H. Macy, Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare
Votes: 726,953 | Gross: $24.61M
170. A Few Good Men (1992)
R | 138 min | Drama, Thriller
Military lawyer Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee defends Marines accused of murder. They contend they were acting under orders.
Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon
Votes: 287,464 | Gross: $141.34M
171. Fight Club (1999)
R | 139 min | Drama
An insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more.
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Meat Loaf, Zach Grenier
Votes: 2,325,214 | Gross: $37.03M
172. Forrest Gump (1994)
PG-13 | 142 min | Drama, Romance
The history of the United States from the 1950s to the '70s unfolds from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, who yearns to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Sally Field
Votes: 2,258,243 | Gross: $330.25M
173. Frost/Nixon (2008)
R | 122 min | Biography, Drama, History
A dramatic retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Kevin Bacon, Sam Rockwell
Votes: 112,488 | Gross: $18.59M
174. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)
TV-PG | 98 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A high-school girl named Makoto acquires the power to travel back in time, and decides to use it for her own personal benefits. Little does she know that she is affecting the lives of others just as much as she is her own.
Director: Mamoru Hosoda | Stars: Riisa Naka, Takuya Ishida, Mitsutaka Itakura, Ayami Kakiuchi
Votes: 70,885
175. Gladiator (2000)
R | 155 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A former Roman General sets out to exact vengeance against the corrupt emperor who murdered his family and sent him into slavery.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed
Votes: 1,620,924 | Gross: $187.71M
176. The Glass Key (1942)
Passed | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
Director: Stuart Heisler | Stars: Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Brian Donlevy, Bonita Granville
Votes: 7,401
177. The Godfather (1972)
R | 175 min | Crime, Drama
The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Diane Keaton
Votes: 2,013,496 | Gross: $134.97M
Part of trilogy boxset
178. The Godfather Part II (1974)
R | 202 min | Crime, Drama
The 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.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton
Votes: 1,364,782 | Gross: $57.30M
Part of trilogy boxset
179. The Godfather Part III (1990)
R | 162 min | Crime, Drama
Follows Michael Corleone, now in his 60s, as he seeks to free his family from crime and find a suitable successor to his empire.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Andy Garcia, Talia Shire
Votes: 424,233 | Gross: $66.67M
Part of trilogy boxset
180. Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
R | 121 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In 1990, to protect his fragile mother from a fatal shock after a long coma, a young man must keep her from learning that her beloved nation of East Germany as she knew it has disappeared.
Director: Wolfgang Becker | Stars: Daniel Brühl, Katrin Sass, Chulpan Khamatova, Florian Lukas
Votes: 152,674 | Gross: $4.06M
181. Goodfellas (1990)
R | 145 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The story of Henry Hill and his life in the mafia, covering his relationship with his wife Karen and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco
Votes: 1,257,898 | Gross: $46.84M
182. The Graduate (1967)
PG | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.
Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross, William Daniels
Votes: 288,499 | Gross: $104.95M
183. Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
R | 107 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Martin Blank is a professional assassin. He is sent on a mission to a small Detroit suburb, Grosse Pointe, and, by coincidence, his ten-year high school reunion party is taking place there at the same time.
Director: George Armitage | Stars: John Cusack, Minnie Driver, Dan Aykroyd, Joan Cusack
Votes: 99,647 | Gross: $28.01M
184. Groundhog Day (1993)
PG | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A narcissistic, self-centered weatherman finds himself in a time loop on Groundhog Day.
Director: Harold Ramis | Stars: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott, Stephen Tobolowsky
Votes: 685,329 | Gross: $70.91M
185. Hamlet (1948)
Approved | 154 min | Drama
Prince Hamlet struggles over whether or not he should kill his uncle, whom he suspects has murdered his father, the former king.
Director: Laurence Olivier | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, John Laurie, Esmond Knight
Votes: 18,408 | Gross: $7.09M
186. Hard Candy (2005)
R | 104 min | Drama, Thriller
Hayley's a smart, charming teenage girl. Jeff's a handsome, smooth fashion photographer. An Internet chat, a coffee shop meet-up, an impromptu fashion shoot back at Jeff's place. Jeff thinks it's his lucky night. He's in for a surprise.
Director: David Slade | Stars: Patrick Wilson, Elliot Page, Sandra Oh, Odessa Rae
Votes: 168,123 | Gross: $1.01M
187. Henry V (1989)
PG-13 | 137 min | Biography, Drama, History
In the midst of the Hundred Years War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Simon Shepherd, James Larkin
Votes: 31,660 | Gross: $10.16M
188. Hot Fuzz (2007)
R | 121 min | Action, Comedy, Mystery
An overachieving London police sergeant is transferred to a village where the easygoing officers object to his fervor for regulations, all while a string of grisly murders strikes the town.
Director: Edgar Wright | Stars: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman, Bill Nighy
Votes: 535,467 | Gross: $23.64M
189. The Hours (2002)
PG-13 | 110 min | Drama, Romance
The story of how the novel "Mrs. Dalloway" affects three generations of women, all of whom, in one way or another, have had to deal with suicide in their lives.
Director: Stephen Daldry | Stars: Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, Stephen Dillane
Votes: 138,540 | Gross: $41.68M
190. The Hurt Locker (2008)
R | 131 min | Drama, Thriller, War
During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.
Director: Kathryn Bigelow | Stars: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Guy Pearce
Votes: 473,941 | Gross: $17.02M
191. I Heart Huckabees (2004)
R | 107 min | Comedy
A husband-and-wife team play detective, but not in the traditional sense. Instead, the happy duo helps others solve their existential issues, the kind that keep you up at night, wondering what it all means.
Director: David O. Russell | Stars: Jason Schwartzman, Jude Law, Naomi Watts, Mark Wahlberg
Votes: 66,282 | Gross: $12.78M
192. If.... (1968)
R | 111 min | Crime, Drama
In this allegorical story, a revolution led by pupil Mick Travis takes place at an old established private school in England.
Director: Lindsay Anderson | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, David Wood, Richard Warwick, Christine Noonan
Votes: 25,198
193. Inception (2010)
PG-13 | 148 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A 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.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Elliot Page, Ken Watanabe
Votes: 2,552,013 | Gross: $292.58M
194. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
R | 153 min | Adventure, Drama, War
In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Eli Roth, Mélanie Laurent
Votes: 1,585,017 | Gross: $120.54M
195. In the Mood for Love (2000)
PG | 98 min | Drama, Romance
Two 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.
Director: Kar-Wai Wong | Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Maggie Cheung, Siu Ping-Lam, Tung Cho 'Joe' Cheung
Votes: 166,958 | Gross: $2.73M
196. Iris (I) (2001)
R | 91 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
True story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through her battle with Alzheimer's disease.
Director: Richard Eyre | Stars: Judi Dench, Jim Broadbent, Kate Winslet, Hugh Bonneville
Votes: 19,144 | Gross: $1.29M
197. Juno (2007)
PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Drama
Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young woman makes a selfless decision regarding the unborn child.
Director: Jason Reitman | Stars: Elliot Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman
Votes: 549,365 | Gross: $143.50M
198. The Killers (1946)
Passed | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Hit men kill an unresisting victim, and investigator Reardon uncovers his past involvement with beautiful, deadly Kitty Collins.
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Albert Dekker
Votes: 23,639
199. Lady Vengeance (2005)
R | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After being wrongfully imprisoned for thirteen years and having her child taken away from her, a woman seeks revenge through increasingly brutal means.
Director: Park Chan-wook | Stars: Nam-mi Kang, Jeong-nam Choi, Hye-Sook Go, Bok-hwa Baek
Votes: 86,138 | Gross: $0.21M
200. The League of Gentlemen (1999–2017)
TV-MA | 60 min | Comedy, Horror
An interweaving narrative chronicling the antics of such diverse characters as: a transgender taxi driver, a family obsessed with hygiene and toads, a fiery reverend, a carnival owner who kidnaps women into marriage, and a xenophobic couple who run a local shop for local people.
Stars: Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith, Jeremy Dyson
Votes: 12,227
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