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ICM Forum's Favorite Movies (2017 Edition) by Rad

by Rad82 • Created 11 years ago • Modified 8 years ago
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Contains best of everything except TV Series. Miniseries are included.

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  • Oldboy (2003)

    1. Oldboy

    20032hR78Metascore
    8.3 (681K)
    After being kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must track down his captor in five days.
    DirectorPark Chan-wookStarsChoi Min-sikYoo Ji-taeKang Hye-jeong
    ---Oldboy---
  • Spirited Away (2001)

    2. Spirited Away

    20012h 4mPG96Metascore
    8.6 (913K)
    During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.
    DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsDaveigh ChaseSuzanne PleshetteMiyu Irino
    ---Spirited Away---
  • Harakiri (1962)

    3. Harakiri

    19622h 13mNot Rated85Metascore
    8.6 (80K)
    When a ronin requesting seppuku at a feudal lord's palace is told of the brutal suicide of another ronin who previously visited, he reveals how their pasts are intertwined - and in doing so challenges the clan's integrity.
    DirectorMasaki KobayashiStarsTatsuya NakadaiAkira IshihamaShima Iwashita
    ---Harakiri---
  • Philippe Leroy, Michel Constantin, Jean Keraudy, Raymond Meunier, and Marc Michel in The Hole (1960)

    4. The Hole

    19602h 11mNot Rated
    8.5 (22K)
    Distrust and uncertainty arise when four long-term inmates cautiously induct a new prisoner into their elaborate prison-break scheme.
    DirectorJacques BeckerStarsAndré BervilJean KeraudyMichel Constantin
    ---The Hole---
  • Corinne Orr, Ayano Shiraishi, Tsutomu Tatsumi, J. Robert Spencer, Emily Neves, and Adam Gibbs in Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

    5. Grave of the Fireflies

    19881h 28mNot Rated94Metascore
    8.5 (351K)
    A young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.
    DirectorIsao TakahataStarsTsutomu TatsumiAyano ShiraishiAkemi Yamaguchi
    ---Grave of the Fireflies---
  • Harrison Ford and Sean Young in Blade Runner (1982)

    6. Blade Runner

    19821h 57mR84Metascore
    8.1 (855K)
    A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.
    DirectorRidley ScottStarsHarrison FordRutger HauerSean Young
  • Alien (1979)

    7. Alien

    19791h 57mR89Metascore
    8.5 (1M)
    After investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin, the crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform.
    DirectorRidley ScottStarsSigourney WeaverTom SkerrittJohn Hurt
  • Rufus Sewell in Dark City (1998)

    8. Dark City

    19981h 40mR66Metascore
    7.6 (220K)
    A man struggles with memories of his past, which include a wife he cannot remember and a nightmarish world no one else ever seems to wake up from.
    DirectorAlex ProyasStarsRufus SewellKiefer SutherlandJennifer Connelly
  • Ivana Baquero in Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

    9. Pan's Labyrinth

    20061h 58mR98Metascore
    8.2 (726K)
    In 1944 Spain, a girl is sent to live with her ruthless stepfather. During the night, she meets a fairy who takes her to an old faun. He tells her she's a princess, but must prove her royalty by surviving three gruesome tasks.
    DirectorGuillermo del ToroStarsIvana BaqueroAriadna GilSergi López
    ---Pan's Labyrinth---
  • Fantastic Planet (1973)

    10. Fantastic Planet

    19731h 12mPG73Metascore
    7.7 (40K)
    On a faraway planet where blue giants rule, oppressed humanoids rebel against their machine-like leaders.
    DirectorRené LalouxStarsBarry BostwickJennifer DrakeEric Baugin
    ---Fantastic Planet---
  • Brad Pitt and Edward Norton in Fight Club (1999)

    11. Fight Club

    19992h 19mR67Metascore
    8.8 (2.5M)
    An insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more.
    DirectorDavid FincherStarsBrad PittEdward NortonMeat Loaf
  • Mads Mikkelsen in The Hunt (2012)

    12. The Hunt

    20121h 55mR77Metascore
    8.3 (389K)
    A teacher lives a lonely life, all the while struggling over his son's custody. His life slowly gets better as he finds love and receives good news from his son, but his new luck is about to be brutally shattered by an innocent little lie.
    DirectorThomas VinterbergStarsMads MikkelsenThomas Bo LarsenAnnika Wedderkopp
    ---The Hunt---
  • Das Boot (1981)

    13. Das Boot

    19812h 29m85Metascore
    8.4 (280K)
    A German U-boat stalks the frigid waters of the North Atlantic as its young crew experience the sheer terror and claustrophobic life of a submariner in World War II.
    DirectorWolfgang PetersenStarsJürgen ProchnowHerbert GrönemeyerKlaus Wennemann
    ---The Boat---
  • Waltz with Bashir (2008)

    14. Waltz with Bashir

    20081h 30mR91Metascore
    8.0 (62K)
    An Israeli film director interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.
    DirectorAri FolmanStarsAri FolmanRon Ben-YishaiRonny Dayag
  • Ghost in the Shell (1995)

    15. Ghost in the Shell

    19951h 23mTV-MA76Metascore
    7.9 (166K)
    A cyborg policewoman and her partner hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the Puppet Master.
    DirectorMamoru OshiiStarsAtsuko TanakaIemasa KayumiAkio Ôtsuka
    ---Ghost in the Shell---
  • Z (1969)

    16. Z

    19692h 7mM/PG86Metascore
    8.1 (33K)
    The public murder of a prominent politician and doctor amid a violent demonstration is covered up by military and government officials. A tenacious magistrate is determined not to let them get away with it.
    DirectorCosta-GavrasStarsYves MontandIrene PapasJean-Louis Trintignant
  • Danny Elfman and Chris Sarandon in The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

    17. The Nightmare Before Christmas

    19931h 16mPG82Metascore
    7.9 (396K)
    Jack Skellington, king of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home causes confusion.
    DirectorHenry SelickStarsDanny ElfmanChris SarandonCatherine O'Hara
  • Billy Crystal and John Goodman in Monsters, Inc. (2001)

    18. Monsters, Inc.

    20011h 32mG79Metascore
    8.1 (1M)
    In order to power the city, monsters have to scare children so that they scream. However, the children are toxic to the monsters, and after a child gets through, two monsters realize things may not be what they think.
    DirectorsPete DocterDavid SilvermanLee UnkrichStarsBilly CrystalJohn GoodmanMary Gibbs
  • Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Elijah Wood, Cate Blanchett, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, and John Rhys-Davies in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

    19. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

    20012h 58mPG-1392Metascore
    8.9 (2.1M)
    A 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.
    DirectorPeter JacksonStarsElijah WoodIan McKellenOrlando Bloom
  • Daniel Day-Lewis in The Last of the Mohicans (1992)

    20. The Last of the Mohicans

    19921h 52mR76Metascore
    7.6 (198K)
    Three Mohican trappers agree to protect the daughters of a British Colonel in the midst of the French and Indian War.
    DirectorMichael MannStarsDaniel Day-LewisMadeleine StoweRussell Means
  • The House of Small Cubes (2008)

    21. The House of Small Cubes

    200812mNot RatedShort
    8.2 (12K)
    To save his house from rising flood waters, an old man uses bricks to build it higher, then he relives events from his past while searching for his dropped pipe.
    DirectorKunio KatôStarMasami Nagasawa
  • The Man Who Planted Trees (1987)

    22. The Man Who Planted Trees

    198730mShort
    8.5 (6.3K)
    The story of a shepherd's single handed quest to re-forest a barren valley.
    DirectorFrédéric BackStarsPhilippe NoiretChristopher Plummer
    ---The Man Who Planted Trees---
  • The Triplets of Belleville (2003)

    23. The Triplets of Belleville

    20031h 20mPG-1391Metascore
    7.7 (58K)
    When her grandson is kidnapped during the Tour de France, Madame Souza and her beloved pooch Bruno team up with the Belleville Sisters--an aged song-and-dance team from the days of Fred Astaire--to rescue him.
    DirectorSylvain ChometStarsMichèle CaucheteuxJean-Claude DondaMichel Robin
    ---The Triplets of Belleville---
  • Children of Heaven (1997)

    24. Children of Heaven

    19971h 29mPG77Metascore
    8.2 (86K)
    After a boy loses his sister's pair of shoes, he goes on a series of adventures in order to find them. When he can't, he tries a new way to "win" a new pair.
    DirectorMajid MajidiStarsReza NajiAmir Farrokh HashemianBahare Seddiqi
    ---Children of Heaven---
  • Björk in Dancer in the Dark (2000)

    25. Dancer in the Dark

    20002h 15mR63Metascore
    7.9 (121K)
    An Eastern European US immigrant with a love for musicals has to cope with the gradual loss of her vision.
    DirectorLars von TrierStarsBjörkCatherine DeneuveDavid Morse

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