390+ Amazing movies you NEED to watch!
by lukeashnufc | created - 26 Jan 2011 | updated - 1 month ago | PublicThis is an ever expanding list of my favourite movies of all time. If there are some films on this list that you haven't seen, well why not? Some of these will change your life forever, whereas others are just so much fun they will blow your mind. Enjoy.
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1. Fight Club (1999)
R | 139 min | Drama
An insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soapmaker form an underground fight club that evolves into something much, much more.
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Meat Loaf, Zach Grenier
Votes: 1,796,274 | Gross: $37.03M
Fight Club is one movie that exactly caught the pre-millennial tension. Great performances, stunning visuals and a plot like nothing you've ever seen - My favourite film of all time.
2. Pulp Fiction (1994)
16+ | 154 min | Crime, Drama
The 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.
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis
Votes: 1,769,205 | Gross: $107.93M
A spectacularly entertaining piece of pop culture, brilliantly written and unfathomably cool. Tarantino's masterpiece.
3. Goodfellas (1990)
14A | 146 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The 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.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco
Votes: 983,968 | Gross: $46.84M
A gripping epic that's pure enjoyment from start to end. It's the greatest gangster film ever made and a prime example of why Scorsese, at his best, is irresistible.
4. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
13+ | 133 min | Drama
A criminal pleads insanity and is admitted to a mental institution, where he rebels against the oppressive nurse and rallies up the scared patients.
Director: Milos Forman | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Will Sampson, Michael Berryman
Votes: 885,635 | Gross: $112.00M
A marvel of contemporary filmmaking with intelligence, entertainment value and ponderings on life, manhood and how society can be much scarier than nurses in white coats. Certified Brilliance.
5. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
14A | 142 min | Drama
Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency.
Director: Frank Darabont | Stars: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler
Votes: 2,261,698 | Gross: $28.34M
Powerful, poignant, thought-provoking and irresistibly uplifting. If you don't love Shawshank, chances are you're beyond redemption.
6. Snatch (2000)
16+ | 104 min | Comedy, Crime
Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers and supposedly Jewish jewelers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond.
Director: Guy Ritchie | Stars: Jason Statham, Brad Pitt, Benicio Del Toro, Dennis Farina
Votes: 762,364 | Gross: $30.33M
Stylish, plot-twisting and hilarious frenetic entertainment. The most fun you can have with your clothes on.
7. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
14A | 201 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Gandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring.
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom
Votes: 1,595,313 | Gross: $377.85M
A truly cinematic experience that you'll find practically impossible to forget and a more than fitting end to one of the greatest film franchises ever made.
8. The Usual Suspects (1995)
14A | 106 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A 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.
Director: Bryan Singer | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, Chazz Palminteri, Stephen Baldwin
Votes: 962,725 | Gross: $23.34M
Compelling and entertaining...this bears repeat viewings even after you know the perfect twist. What a cast, what a script, what a movie.
9. Braveheart (1995)
18A | 178 min | Biography, Drama, History
When his secret bride is executed for assaulting an English soldier who tried to rape her, William Wallace begins a revolt against King Edward I of England.
Director: Mel Gibson | Stars: Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan, Angus Macfadyen
Votes: 937,431 | Gross: $75.60M
Lose yourself in a world of breathtaking beauty, resonating brutality and rip-roaringly good storytelling. There's no alternative but to surrender.
10. Se7en (1995)
AA | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives.
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, Kevin Spacey, Andrew Kevin Walker
Votes: 1,391,921 | Gross: $100.13M
A dark, gripping thriller which saves it's most shocking revelations for the final scenes. The greatest serial-killer film in cinematic history.
11. Cidade de Deus (2002)
18A | 130 min | Crime, Drama
In the slums of Rio, two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin.
Directors: Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund | Stars: Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Matheus Nachtergaele, Phellipe Haagensen
Votes: 682,540 | Gross: $7.56M
A laboratory for cinema technique and a victory for raw heart, this is a snot-nosed, blood-stained masterpiece. If you see many movies better than this, you will be very lucky indeed.
12. In Bruges (2008)
18A | 107 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Guilt-stricken after a job gone wrong, hitman Ray and his partner await orders from their ruthless boss in Bruges, Belgium, the last place in the world Ray wants to be.
Director: Martin McDonagh | Stars: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ciarán Hinds, Elizabeth Berrington
Votes: 381,712 | Gross: $7.76M
Quite possibly the funniest film ever made. That is, of course, unless the sight of a coked-up Colin Farrell karate-chopping a racist dwarf in the neck doesn't sound like your sort of thing?
13. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
14A | 178 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
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.
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Sean Bean
Votes: 1,610,710 | Gross: $315.54M
A film of incredible vision and surprising emotional involvement. It's an instant classic which seamlessly blends together a rich tapestry of old-fashioned storytelling and modern-day technical marvels.
14. Fargo (1996)
R | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
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: 597,216 | Gross: $24.61M
Simply put, Fargo is the best movie the Coen Brothers have ever made, and that's saying a lot. Dark, gritty, funny and brilliant.
15. The Green Mile (1999)
14A | 189 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
The lives of guards on Death Row are affected by one of their charges: a black man accused of child murder and rape, yet who has a mysterious gift.
Director: Frank Darabont | Stars: Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan, David Morse, Bonnie Hunt
Votes: 1,103,491 | Gross: $136.80M
Well-told, genre-busting and wonderfully absorbing story that should restore any jaded cinemagoer's faith: magic really can be found in this flickering light show.
16. Sin City (2005)
16+ | 124 min | Crime, Thriller
A movie that explores the dark and miserable town, Basin City, tells the story of three different people, all caught up in violent corruption.
Directors: Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Clive Owen, Bruce Willis, Jessica Alba
Votes: 731,668 | Gross: $74.10M
A treat for fans of good-looking girls in black-and-white, of classic film noir and of imaginative ultra-violence. It's like porn for your eyes.
17. Avatar (2009)
PG | 162 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
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.
Director: James Cameron | Stars: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez
Votes: 1,096,825 | Gross: $760.51M
It might be more impressive on a technical level than as a piece of storytelling but it's a spectacular visual experience unlike anything you've seen before. Out of this world entertainment.
18. The Prestige (2006)
14A | 130 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
After a tragic accident, two stage magicians engage in a battle to create the ultimate illusion while sacrificing everything they have to outwit each other.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, Michael Caine
Votes: 1,145,957 | Gross: $53.09M
Odd, but brilliantly so. It's a small film that feels big, a period drama that looks modern, defying comparison to anything but Nolan himself.
19. The Big Lebowski (1998)
14A | 117 min | Comedy, Crime, Sport
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: 707,198 | Gross: $17.50M
One of the funniest, coolest, most splendidly absurd films ever made. And it's practically impossible not to love "The Dude". But that's just like, my opinion, man.
20. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
18A | 229 min | Crime, Drama
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
Director: Sergio Leone | Stars: Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Treat Williams
Votes: 299,869 | Gross: $5.32M
Sergio Leone's swan song is an undisputed masterpiece. Hugely complex, achingly sad and splendidly gorgeous. Pure cinematic bliss.
21. The Shining (1980)
R | 146 min | Drama, Horror
A 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.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers
Votes: 861,557 | Gross: $44.02M
With an unforgettable turn from Jack Nicholson, The Shining is, quite simply, the best horror film ever made. Prepare to be scared.
22. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
18+ | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
When a simple jewelry heist goes horribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant.
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn
Votes: 890,919 | Gross: $2.83M
Reservoir Dogs announced the arrival of one of contemporary cinema's hottest talents, and boy did he come out shooting. It's brutal, it's funny, and, believe me, you won't forget it.
23. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
PA | 179 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
While Frodo and Sam edge closer to Mordor with the help of the shifty Gollum, the divided fellowship makes a stand against Sauron's new ally, Saruman, and his hordes of Isengard.
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom
Votes: 1,441,557 | Gross: $342.55M
An essential component of what is now destined to be among the best film franchises of all time.
24. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
16+ | 107 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A botched card game in London triggers four friends, thugs, weed-growers, hard gangsters, loan sharks and debt collectors to collide with each other in a series of unexpected events, all for the sake of weed, cash and two antique shotguns.
Director: Guy Ritchie | Stars: Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Moran, Jason Statham
Votes: 521,522 | Gross: $3.90M
A very funny, very violent and altogether wonderful British crime caper that could have been made by Tarantino's cockney cousin... If he had one.
25. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
PG | 132 min | Drama, Sport
A determined woman works with a hardened boxing trainer to become a professional.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Hilary Swank, Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Jay Baruchel
Votes: 619,694 | Gross: $100.49M
Baby's easy manner may wrongfoot many, but be warned: to steal from Ali, this one floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee.
26. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
16+ | 111 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
After awakening from a four-year coma, a former assassin wreaks vengeance on the team of assassins who betrayed her.
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Daryl Hannah, Michael Madsen
Votes: 971,401 | Gross: $70.10M
Brutally bloody and stunningly violent from the first minute to the last. Yeah, it maybe nothing more than a highly stylized revenge flick...But what style!
27. Forrest Gump (1994)
PG | 142 min | Drama, Romance
The presidencies of Kennedy and Johnson, the events of Vietnam, Watergate and other historical events unfold through the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, whose only desire is to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Sally Field
Votes: 1,743,097 | Gross: $330.25M
Unashamedly sentimental, this is a technically triumphant tear-jerker. Despite its flaws, it's simply unmissable. Moving and wonderful.
28. American Psycho (2000)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
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: 468,587 | Gross: $15.07M
Funny at times, scary at others and thought-provoking throughout. Featuring Bale's career best performance. This is one videotape you won't want to return.
29. Scarface (1983)
18+ | 170 min | Crime, Drama
In 1980 Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Bauer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Votes: 716,006 | Gross: $45.60M
Director Brian De Palma and star Al Pacino take it to the limit in this stylized, ultra-violent and eminently quotable gangster epic. "Say hello to my little friend".
30. Oldeuboi (2003)
R | 120 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
After being kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must find his captor in five days.
Director: Chan-wook Park | Stars: Min-sik Choi, Ji-Tae Yoo, Hye-jeong Kang, Dae-han Ji
Votes: 497,293 | Gross: $0.71M
Not to everyone's tastes, but if you have a strong stomach, Oldboy is sure to impress. A strange, powerful tale of revenge. Once it reels you in, it never lets go.
31. The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
14A | 139 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In late 1950s New York, Tom Ripley, a young underachiever, is sent to Italy to retrieve Dickie Greenleaf, a rich and spoiled millionaire playboy. But when the errand fails, Ripley takes extreme measures.
Director: Anthony Minghella | Stars: Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Cate Blanchett
Votes: 176,733 | Gross: $81.30M
This is truly a rich, intelligent, masterfully tuned picture. If you love cinema, you'll adore The Talented Mr. Ripley. An underrated masterpiece.
32. We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
14A | 112 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Kevin's mother struggles to love her strange child, despite the increasingly dangerous things he says and does as he grows up. But Kevin is just getting started, and his final act will be beyond anything anyone imagined.
Director: Lynne Ramsay | Stars: Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller, Jasper Newell
Votes: 133,312 | Gross: $1.74M
Although more a psychological drama than a horror, "We need to talk about Kevin" possesses an ability to shock that most modern chillers can't touch. Superbly crafted, deeply unsettling and simply stunning.
33. Big Fish (2003)
PG | 125 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A frustrated son tries to determine the fact from fiction in his dying father's life.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange
Votes: 406,361 | Gross: $66.26M
Funny and feel-good with strains of sadness and regret around the edges. Big Fish is an entertaining synthesis of Burton's trademark quirkiness and a touching family drama.
34. Ocean's Eleven (2001)
PG | 116 min | Crime, Thriller
Danny Ocean and his ten accomplices plan to rob three Las Vegas casinos simultaneously.
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Matt Damon
Votes: 501,421 | Gross: $183.42M
With neither a badly-pressed suit nor a redundant scene in sight, Ocean's Eleven is as slick as they come, joyfully entertaining and effortlessly re-watchable.
35. Apocalypto (2006)
14A | 139 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
As the Mayan kingdom faces its decline, a young man is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression.
Director: Mel Gibson | Stars: Gerardo Taracena, Raoul Max Trujillo, Dalia Hernández, Rudy Youngblood
Votes: 284,630 | Gross: $50.87M
Apocalypto is a brilliantly filmed, if mercilessly bloody, examination of a once great civilization. Visually gorgeous, stomach-turningly violent and mesmerizingly beautiful.
36. Psycho (1960)
18A | 109 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A Phoenix secretary embezzles forty thousand dollars 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.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin
Votes: 581,790 | Gross: $32.00M
Timeless classic. Superb performances and the infamous shower scene make this the perfect nightmare.
37. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
18A | 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: 1,220,905 | Gross: $120.54M
Tarantino has whacked history over the head and cut away all the boring bits, leaving behind a blood-drenched war epic like no other. "That's a Bingo!!"
38. Catch Me If You Can (2002)
PG | 141 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A seasoned FBI agent pursues Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully forged millions of dollars' worth of checks while posing as a Pan Am pilot, a doctor, and a legal prosecutor.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen
Votes: 792,269 | Gross: $164.62M
More slow-burning than you'd expect, and all the more breathtaking for it. This amiably light-footed chase gets the job done.
39. Låt den rätte komma in (2008)
14A | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Oskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl.
Director: Tomas Alfredson | Stars: Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar, Henrik Dahl
Votes: 201,894 | Gross: $2.12M
If Twilight is the Vampire film for starry-eyed teenage girls, Let the Right One In is the Vampire film for everyone else. Gorgeous and moving, a must-see.
40. The Departed (2006)
18A | 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: 1,152,020 | Gross: $132.38M
Back to the streets and with a stellar cast. Martin Scorsese proves once again that he’s the master of urban storytelling and of thrillingly violent filmmaking.
41. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
14 | 143 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Blacksmith Will Turner teams up with eccentric pirate "Captain" Jack Sparrow to save his love, the governor's daughter, from Jack's former pirate allies, who are now undead.
Director: Gore Verbinski | Stars: Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley
Votes: 997,887 | Gross: $305.41M
A Wonderful swashbuckling adventure that delivers everything you could possibly want from a pirate movie, plus a little more besides. Including Depp's greatest ever character: Captain Jack.
42. Inception (2010)
PG | 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.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Ken Watanabe
Votes: 1,984,273 | Gross: $292.58M
With physics-defying, thunderous action, heart-wringing emotion and an astonishing performances, Nolan delivers another true original: welcome to an undiscovered country.
43. Room (I) (2015)
14A | 118 min | Drama, Thriller
Held captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time.
Director: Lenny Abrahamson | Stars: Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Sean Bridgers, Wendy Crewson
Votes: 353,356 | Gross: $14.68M
Both horrifying and inspiring, it shows us the best and worst of the human condition. Despite its grim subject matter, it never wallows in darkness, but instead stares defiantly into the light. Hauntingly beautiful.
44. Blow (2001)
14A | 124 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The story of how George Jung, along with the Medellín Cartel headed by Pablo Escobar, established the American cocaine market in the 1970s in the United States.
Director: Ted Demme | Stars: Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Franka Potente, Rachel Griffiths
Votes: 235,318 | Gross: $52.99M
So kicky and exuberant, you'll find yourself ignoring how fundamentally botched it is. It's a mess, but a glorious mess.
45. A Beautiful Mind (2001)
PG | 135 min | Biography, Drama
After John Nash, a brilliant but asocial mathematician, accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn for the nightmarish.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Christopher Plummer
Votes: 822,502 | Gross: $170.74M
Consistently engrossing as an unusual character study and as a trip to the mysterious border-crossing between rarified brilliance and madness.
46. Gran Torino (2008)
14A | 116 min | Drama
Disgruntled Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski sets out to reform his neighbor, Thao Lor, a Hmong teenager who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possession: a 1972 Gran Torino.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Bee Vang, Christopher Carley, Ahney Her
Votes: 703,693 | Gross: $148.10M
Simply terrific, enormously watchable and an absolute must for all Eastwood fans. Gotta say it: this film will make your day.
47. Donnie Brasco (1997)
16+ | 127 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and finds himself identifying more with the mafia life, at the expense of his regular one.
Director: Mike Newell | Stars: Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, Michael Madsen, Bruno Kirby
Votes: 269,629 | Gross: $41.91M
One of the most moving and insightful gangster films ever made. It's gritty, real and totally engrossing.
48. The Matrix (1999)
14A | 136 min | Action, Sci-Fi
A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against its controllers.
Directors: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving
Votes: 1,621,482 | Gross: $171.48M
The deliciously inventive Wachowskis have delivered the syntax for a new kind of movie: technically mind-blowing style, merged perfectly with content and just so damn cool.
49. The Godfather (1972)
18A | 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: 1,560,457 | Gross: $134.97M
The classic tale of a Mafia family. Terrific performances and a perfect brooding atmosphere make it a truly outstanding work. It's surely an offer you can't refuse.
50. Raging Bull (1980)
18A | 129 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci, Frank Vincent
Votes: 311,573 | Gross: $23.38M
Raging Bull is a fascinating exploration of the mind of an emotionally disconnected man. It's brutal, crass and impossible to look away from, much like a real boxing match.
51. American Beauty (1999)
18A | 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: 1,043,932 | Gross: $130.10M
An incisive, deliriously funny and profound vision of the American Dream hitting meltdown.
52. Martyrs (2008)
R | 99 min | Horror
A young woman's quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tormented her as a child leads her and a friend, who is also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.
Director: Pascal Laugier | Stars: Morjana Alaoui, Mylène Jampanoï, Catherine Bégin, Robert Toupin
Votes: 80,206
Perhaps more than any other horror film, Martyrs demonstrates the range of the genre's capabilities to excite, provoke, and disturb. Modern horror at its brave, bleak, brilliant best.
53. The Sixth Sense (1999)
14A | 107 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A boy who communicates with spirits seeks the help of a disheartened child psychologist.
Director: M. Night Shyamalan | Stars: Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette, Olivia Williams
Votes: 889,718 | Gross: $293.51M
Genuinely creepy and haunting, with Haley Joel Osment stealing the show. And i guess you all know about the perfect unforgettable finale?
54. Sexy Beast (2000)
18A | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Brutal gangster Don Logan recruits "retired" safecracker Gal for one last job, but it goes badly for both of them.
Director: Jonathan Glazer | Stars: Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, Ian McShane, Amanda Redman
Votes: 53,598 | Gross: $6.95M
A marvelously suspenseful character study wrapped up in a refreshingly tight crime film, with the chief treat being Kingsley's jaw-dropping portrayal of Don Logan.
55. Amores perros (2000)
18A | 154 min | Drama, Thriller
A horrific car accident connects three stories, each involving characters dealing with loss, regret, and life's harsh realities, all in the name of love.
Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Stars: Emilio Echevarría, Gael García Bernal, Goya Toledo, Álvaro Guerrero
Votes: 218,081 | Gross: $5.38M
Brilliantly directed, written, photographed and acted. This is first-rate filmmaking, horrific and tender, raw and lyrical. Trust me, you need to see this.
56. The Truman Show (1998)
PG | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
An insurance salesman discovers his whole life is actually a reality TV show.
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Jim Carrey, Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich
Votes: 902,691 | Gross: $125.62M
A funny, tender, and thought-provoking film. It's an all out attack on the media's need to control, which may explain Carrey's disgraceful Oscar snub.
57. Into the Wild (2007)
14A | 148 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life.
Director: Sean Penn | Stars: Emile Hirsch, Vince Vaughn, Catherine Keener, Marcia Gay Harden
Votes: 557,162 | Gross: $18.35M
With the whole of America as his backdrop, Penn pulls off his most ambitious movie yet. The result is a beautiful and thought-provoking road movie.
58. Carlito's Way (1993)
18A | 144 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A Puerto Rican former convict, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of N.Y.C.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Al Pacino, Sean Penn, Penelope Ann Miller, John Leguizamo
Votes: 195,340 | Gross: $36.95M
A great story told by a master filmmaker; sterling actors playing some truly fascinating characters and a bunch of cinematic set-pieces that are worthy of repeat viewings.
59. Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017)
18A | 132 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A former boxer-turned-drug runner lands in a prison battleground after a deal gets deadly.
Director: S. Craig Zahler | Stars: Vince Vaughn, Jennifer Carpenter, Don Johnson, Udo Kier
Votes: 55,541
Dark, twisted, gloriously violent & utterly mesmerising. Vaughn knocks it out of the park with a nuanced, career best performance. S. Craig Zahler's debut film 'Bone Tomahawk' was unique and fantastic. This is even better.
60. La pianiste (2001)
R | 131 min | Drama
A young man romantically pursues his masochistic piano teacher.
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot, Benoît Magimel, Susanne Lothar
Votes: 54,136 | Gross: $1.90M
Painfully bleak and disheartening but thanks to a superb performance by Isabelle Huppert, it's compulsively, gruesomely watchable.
61. Dances with Wolves (1990)
PA | 181 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
Lieutenant John Dunbar, assigned to a remote western Civil War outpost, befriends wolves and Indians, making him an intolerable aberration in the military.
Director: Kevin Costner | Stars: Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene, Rodney A. Grant
Votes: 233,780 | Gross: $184.21M
Dances still enthrals with its sweeping direction, gentle humour and lack of pretension. A magnificent old-school-epic.
62. Jagten (2012)
R | 115 min | Drama
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.
Director: Thomas Vinterberg | Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Annika Wedderkopp, Lasse Fogelstrøm
Votes: 266,915 | Gross: $0.69M
A subtle piece of moral drama crowned by a truly wonderful performance from Mikkelsen. Scary and unsettling, this is filmmaking of a high order.
63. The Hangover (2009)
18A | 100 min | Comedy
Three buddies wake up from a bachelor party in Las Vegas, with no memory of the previous night and the bachelor missing. They make their way around the city in order to find their friend before his wedding.
Director: Todd Phillips | Stars: Zach Galifianakis, Bradley Cooper, Justin Bartha, Ed Helms
Votes: 702,922 | Gross: $277.32M
With a clever script and hilarious interplay among the cast, The Hangover nails just the right tone of raunchy humor, and the non-stop laughs overshadow any flaw.
64. Dead Man's Shoes (2004)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A disaffected soldier returns to his hometown to get even with the thugs who brutalized his mentally-challenged brother years ago.
Director: Shane Meadows | Stars: Paddy Considine, Gary Stretch, Toby Kebbell, Stuart Wolfenden
Votes: 48,345 | Gross: $0.01M
Disturbing, uncompromising and completely gripping. A little British masterpiece.
65. Trainspotting (1996)
R | 93 min | Drama
Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends.
Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd
Votes: 620,555 | Gross: $16.50M
Wickedly funny; sick, insightful, depressing, dirty, unjudging, awesomely acted and brilliant. It doesn't glorify drugs, it glorifies film.
66. Happy Gilmore (1996)
PG | 92 min | Comedy, Sport
A rejected hockey player puts his skills to the golf course to save his grandmother's house.
Director: Dennis Dugan | Stars: Adam Sandler, Christopher McDonald, Julie Bowen, Frances Bay
Votes: 191,332 | Gross: $38.62M
Not big, not clever, but very, very funny. Sandler's best
67. Nightcrawler (2014)
14A | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
When Louis Bloom, a con man desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story.
Director: Dan Gilroy | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Bill Paxton, Riz Ahmed
Votes: 444,345 | Gross: $32.38M
Disquieting, dark and stimulating. Nightcrawler is a savvy story about the media's often compromised moral compass, built around a searing and indelible performance by the consistently impressive Jake Gyllenhaal.
68. Rosemary's Baby (1968)
18+ | 137 min | Drama, Horror
A young couple trying for a baby move into a fancy apartment surrounded by peculiar neighbors.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer
Votes: 185,844
A frightening tale of Satanism and pregnancy that is even more disturbing than it sounds thanks to convincing and committed performances by Mia Farrow and Ruth Gordon.
69. Unforgiven (1992)
14A | 130 min | Drama, Western
Retired Old West gunslinger William Munny (Clint Eastwood) reluctantly takes on one last job, with the help of his old partner Ned Logan (Morgan Freeman) and a young man, The "Schofield Kid" (Jaimz Woolvett).
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris
Votes: 364,593 | Gross: $101.16M
Ironically, the ultimate Western of all was made decades after its hayday. However, this is captivating for all, not just fans of the genre.
70. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
18+ | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A 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.
Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Lawrence A. Bonney, Kasi Lemmons
Votes: 1,225,002 | Gross: $130.74M
Thrilling and scary in equal measure. And what a baddie, Hopkins is simply delicious.
71. The Hurt Locker (2008)
14A | 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: 412,240 | Gross: $17.02M
The most literally exciting film you will see. Forget the off-putting banner of another Iraq movie, go watch, marvel, endure and book in the palliative of a stiff drink afterwards.
72. Heat (1995)
16+ | 170 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A group of professional bank robbers start to feel the heat from police when they unknowingly leave a clue at their latest heist.
Director: Michael Mann | Stars: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight
Votes: 558,358 | Gross: $67.44M
Intricate study suggesting that cops and robbers ain't so different after all, and arguably Robert De Niro's last great role before he devoted himself to self-parody.
73. Spoorloos (1988)
107 min | Mystery, Thriller
Rex and Saskia, a young couple in love, are on vacation. They stop at a busy service station and Saskia is abducted. After three years and no sign of Saskia, Rex begins receiving letters from the abductor.
Director: George Sluizer | Stars: Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Gene Bervoets, Johanna ter Steege, Gwen Eckhaus
Votes: 32,723
A clinical, maddening descent into the mind of a serial killer and a slowly unraveling hero, culminating with one of the scariest, most spine-chilling endings of all time.
74. Lord of War (2005)
18A | 122 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An arms dealer confronts the morality of his work as he is being chased by an INTERPOL Agent.
Director: Andrew Niccol | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Ethan Hawke, Jared Leto, Bridget Moynahan
Votes: 288,741 | Gross: $24.15M
A clever, engaging, funny and thought-provoking view into a world few know anything about. Moral ambiguity has rarely been so well done on the big screen.
75. Session 9 (2001)
14A | 100 min | Horror, Mystery
Tensions rise within an asbestos cleaning crew as they work in an abandoned mental hospital with a horrific past that seems to be coming back.
Director: Brad Anderson | Stars: David Caruso, Stephen Gevedon, Paul Guilfoyle, Josh Lucas
Votes: 52,180 | Gross: $0.38M
Relying more on atmosphere than gore, Session 9 is utterly chilling and will stick with you for days. Massively underrated.
76. Das Boot (1981)
14A | 149 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
The claustrophobic world of a WWII German U-boat; boredom, filth and sheer terror.
Director: Wolfgang Petersen | Stars: Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch
Votes: 224,721 | Gross: $11.49M
Consistently riveting and intensely claustrophobic. Every frame, every word, every 'ping' is something that will burrow deep into your psyche. The best "real" ww2 film ever made.
77. Whiplash (2014)
14A | 106 min | Drama, Music
A promising young drummer enrolls at a cut-throat music conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who will stop at nothing to realize a student's potential.
Director: Damien Chazelle | Stars: Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, Melissa Benoist, Paul Reiser
Votes: 684,266 | Gross: $13.09M
If you didn't think music could involve actual blood, sweat and tears, this breathtakingly intense coming-of-artistic-age drama will set you straight.
78. A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
14A | 108 min | Comedy, Crime
In London, four very different people team up to commit armed robbery, then try to doublecross each other for the loot.
Directors: Charles Crichton, John Cleese | Stars: John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin
Votes: 128,767 | Gross: $63.49M
This hilarious tale of criminal incompetence and transatlantic eccentricity is easily John Cleese's finest achievement since Fawlty Towers. Also, Kevin Kline is genius.
79. The Aviator (2004)
PG | 170 min | Biography, Drama
A biopic depicting the early years of legendary Director and aviator Howard Hughes' career from the late 1920s to the mid 1940s.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly
Votes: 325,413 | Gross: $102.61M
Gorgeous and engaging. The Aviator is a dazzling bit of Hollywood biography that belongs on the short list of Scorsese's finest works.
80. Saw (2004)
R | 103 min | Horror, Mystery
Two strangers, who awaken in a room with no recollection of how they got there, soon discover they're pawns in a deadly game perpetrated by a notorious serial killer.
Director: James Wan | Stars: Cary Elwes, Leigh Whannell, Danny Glover, Ken Leung
Votes: 370,137 | Gross: $56.00M
A twisted and gory horror film that's not for the squeamish and the ending never fails to amaze. Ignore the sequels, this is great, they suck!
81. Training Day (2001)
18A | 122 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A rookie cop spends his first day as a Los Angeles narcotics officer with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears to be.
Director: Antoine Fuqua | Stars: Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Scott Glenn, Tom Berenger
Votes: 378,926 | Gross: $76.63M
A brutal, fierce, and tense police thriller. Training Day takes a well-worn format and infuses it with freshness and verve. Elevated to greatness by Denzel in his best role yet.
82. Good Will Hunting (1997)
14A | 126 min | Drama, Romance
Will Hunting, a janitor at M.I.T., has a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life.
Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Stellan Skarsgård
Votes: 831,205 | Gross: $138.43M
Van Sant, working from Affleck and Damon's script, lends warmth and real emotion to the film's somewhat basic story. Good Will Hunting is, simply, as good as movies get.
83. Drive (I) (2011)
18A | 100 min | Crime, Drama
A mysterious Hollywood stuntman and mechanic moonlights as a getaway driver and finds himself in trouble when he helps out his neighbor in this action drama.
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Albert Brooks
Votes: 555,195 | Gross: $35.06M
Slickly compelling, beautifully crafted and with one of the best ever film soundtracks, it's just so damn cool. A real thinking man's action movie.
84. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
14A | 169 min | Drama, War
Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns
Votes: 1,195,602 | Gross: $216.54M
One of the best war films ever made. You don't just see it, you live through it. You survive it and after it, you feel like you know just a little bit what it is like to be in a war.
85. Gone Girl (2014)
18A | 149 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry
Votes: 826,517 | Gross: $167.77M
Fincher is as Fincher does. And what Fincher does better than almost anybody else are dark, moody, meticulously crafted, fantastically entertaining thrillers. Gone Girl is no exception.
86. Taken (I) (2008)
14A | 90 min | Action, Thriller
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.
Director: Pierre Morel | Stars: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen, Leland Orser
Votes: 556,152 | Gross: $145.00M
Taken is undeniably fun with slick action. This is not a movie about moral dilemmas-it's about a father who will rip out your eyeballs if you don't give him his daughter back.
87. Ôdishon (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: 70,028
Be prepared for a really confrontational horror movie. This is an outstanding, unforgettable picture. It will get under your skin and stay there for many days.
88. Disconnect (I) (2012)
R | 115 min | Drama, Thriller
A drama centered on a group of people searching for human connections in today's wired world.
Director: Henry Alex Rubin | Stars: Jason Bateman, Jonah Bobo, Haley Ramm, Hope Davis
Votes: 72,116 | Gross: $7.44M
Disconnect is harrowing and haunting, but most of all, it's an immensely compelling and taut thriller. It's to social networking what "Requiem for a Dream" was to drug addiction.
89. The Butterfly Effect (2004)
14A | 113 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Evan Treborn suffers blackouts during significant events of his life. As he grows up, he finds a way to remember these lost memories and a supernatural way to alter his life by reading his journal.
Directors: Eric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber | Stars: Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart, Melora Walters, Elden Henson
Votes: 442,276 | Gross: $57.94M
Entertaining, thought provoking and thoroughly unpredictable. A movie that amazingly manages to be great despite having Ashton Kutcher in it
90. Ang-ma-reul bo-at-da (2010)
18A | 144 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A secret agent exacts revenge on a serial killer through a series of captures and releases.
Director: Jee-woon Kim | Stars: Byung-hun Lee, Min-sik Choi, Joon-hyuk Lee, Gook-hwan Jeon
Votes: 104,862 | Gross: $0.13M
An intelligent, suspenseful and relentlessly terrifying crime thriller with one of the nastiest villains in the history of cinema. However, it's definitely not for the faint of heart.
91. Superbad (2007)
18A | 113 min | Comedy
Two co-dependent high school seniors are forced to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry.
Director: Greg Mottola | Stars: Michael Cera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Bill Hader
Votes: 508,880 | Gross: $121.46M
Equally hilarious and heartfelt. This is the best teen movie ever made and it should make stars of the fantastic Cera and Hill.
92. The King of Comedy (1982)
14A | 109 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Rupert Pupkin is a passionate yet unsuccessful comic who craves nothing more than to be in the spotlight and to achieve this, he stalks and kidnaps his idol to take the spotlight for himself.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis, Diahnne Abbott, Sandra Bernhard
Votes: 83,058 | Gross: $2.50M
Probably Martin Scorsese's most overlooked movie. "The King of Comedy" is a twisted, wickedly funny, scary cultural satire that was light-years ahead of its time.
93. Dogville (2003)
18A | 178 min | Crime, Drama
A woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange for labor, but when a search visits the town she finds out that their support has a price.
Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Paul Bettany, Lauren Bacall, Harriet Andersson
Votes: 134,214 | Gross: $1.53M
It's the best stage play you've ever attended, and you feel as if you're right in the middle of it. A brilliant piece of experimental filmmaking.
94. Zodiac (2007)
14A | 157 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In the late 1960s/early 1970s, a San Francisco cartoonist becomes an amateur detective obsessed with tracking down the Zodiac Killer, an unidentified individual who terrorizes Northern California with a killing spree.
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards
Votes: 438,162 | Gross: $33.08M
This gripping character study becomes more agonisingly suspenseful as it gets closer to an answer that can't be confirmed. Fincher's underappreciated gem.
95. Batman Begins (2005)
PG | 140 min | Action, Adventure
After training with his mentor, Batman begins his fight to free crime-ridden Gotham City from corruption.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Ken Watanabe, Liam Neeson
Votes: 1,270,214 | Gross: $206.85M
Riveting and refreshingly somber, this is the amazing story of the man behind the mask. Not only is it the best Batman film, it's also quite possibly the best superhero movie ever made.
96. The World's Fastest Indian (2005)
PG | 127 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
The story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years rebuilding a 1920 Indian motorcycle, which helped him set the land speed world record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967.
Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Diane Ladd, Iain Rea, Tessa Mitchell
Votes: 50,984 | Gross: $5.13M
A wonderfully uplifting and charming biopic that's sure to win over all but the most mean-spirited. The motorbike races really rocket, too.
97. Serbuan maut (2011)
18A | 101 min | Action, Thriller
A S.W.A.T. team becomes trapped in a tenement run by a ruthless mobster and his army of killers and thugs.
Director: Gareth Evans | Stars: Iko Uwais, Ananda George, Ray Sahetapy, Donny Alamsyah
Votes: 186,182 | Gross: $4.11M
A film for which the adjective "awesome" might have been invented. It's about as pure an action film as you're ever likely to see and the bloody violence is so expertly choreographed that it's almost poetic.
98. The Others (2001)
PG | 101 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A woman who lives in her darkened old family house with her two photosensitive children becomes convinced that the home is haunted.
Director: Alejandro Amenábar | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Christopher Eccleston, Fionnula Flanagan, Alakina Mann
Votes: 328,898 | Gross: $96.52M
The Others is a spooky, atmospheric, clever thriller that reminds us that a movie doesn't need expensive special effects to be creepy.
99. What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
14A | 86 min | Comedy, Horror
Viago, Deacon and Vladislav are vampires who are finding that modern life has them struggling with the mundane - like paying rent, keeping up with the chore wheel, trying to get into nightclubs and overcoming flatmate conflicts.
Directors: Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi | Stars: Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi, Cori Gonzalez-Macuer, Jonny Brugh
Votes: 148,432 | Gross: $3.33M
Smarter, fresher, and funnier than a modern vampire movie has any right to be. Basically, it's just bloody good fun.
100. Moneyball (2011)
PG | 133 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to assemble a baseball team on a lean budget by employing computer-generated analysis to acquire new players.
Director: Bennett Miller | Stars: Brad Pitt, Robin Wright, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Votes: 351,164 | Gross: $75.61M
Fascinating, moving and very funny to boot. This will entertain both those who love the game and those who say: "It's just Rounders!" Brilliant.
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