My Favorite IMDb Film Lists
by dan_dassow | created - 12 Sep 2011 | updated - 22 Sep 2012 | PublicThese are IMDb lists that I think deserve special mention. Suggestions for other lists to include are welcome. Please send me a PM with your suggestion and a link to the list.
The films shown in this list are the first film in the other lists referenced. The text at the bottom of each entry is the description of the list in the author's own words.
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1. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
G | 92 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
An alien lands and tells the people of Earth that they must live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets.
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe
Votes: 75,089
by mhorg2018
My Favorite 25 Science Fiction Movies of all time.
OK, if I had to be in an isolation booth and could only choose 25 movies to have with me, these 25 SF films would be the one's I'd choose!
2. Another Earth (2011)
PG-13 | 92 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
On the night of the discovery of a duplicate Earth in the Solar system, an ambitious young student and an accomplished composer cross paths in a tragic accident.
Director: Mike Cahill | Stars: Brit Marling, William Mapother, Matthew-Lee Erlbach, DJ Flava
Votes: 89,232 | Gross: $1.32M
by kori-baum
unique films
They might not be unique to you but they are different than most films in a beautiful, shocking, or strange way, and that is why I like them.
3. Casablanca (1942)
G | 102 min | Drama, Romance, War
A cynical American expatriate struggles to decide whether or not he should help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape French Morocco.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains
Votes: 506,472 | Gross: $1.02M
by sunset-laurel
BEST MOVIES IN HISTORY - Drama, Thriller, Crime, Comedy, Documentary, Short,...NO Fantasy/Sci-Fi
This list is about movies that have a strong relation to life and not about some overrated Fantasy/Sci-Fi movies like Avatar which may be entertaining and have good ideas but never come close in terms of truthfulness, beauty etc.
4. The Age of Innocence (1993)
PG | 139 min | Drama, Romance
A tale of nineteenth-century New York high society in which a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder, Linda Faye Farkas
Votes: 49,754 | Gross: $32.20M
by makeawish_3
The Best Drama "Period Drama"!
Well it all started with Pride and Prejudice ... became of fan of period drama and coulden't rest till i had seen if not all then almost all of the movies and drama i could find .Have fun watching!
5. Pride & Prejudice (2005)
G | 129 min | Drama, Romance
Sparks fly when spirited Elizabeth Bennet meets single, rich, and proud Mr. Darcy. But Mr. Darcy reluctantly finds himself falling in love with a woman beneath his class. Can each overcome their own pride and prejudice?
Director: Joe Wright | Stars: Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, Brenda Blethyn, Donald Sutherland
Votes: 244,858 | Gross: $38.41M
by tatiana_panainte
My top 10 romantic movies
Everyone has its favorite movies that they want to watch over and over and over again. We watch them because they make us happy, because they make us cry, they make us think about our feelings, behavior and actions. This days I saw a list of romantic movies. They were amazing and has without a moment's hesitancy, entered my favorites list.
6. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
(Banned) | 131 min | Drama
A bitter, aging couple, with the help of alcohol, use their young houseguests to fuel anguish and emotional pain towards each other over the course of a distressing night.
Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal, Sandy Dennis
Votes: 67,272
by bluzulu
Supporting Actress won Oscars
Movies where both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress won Oscars.
There are only 10 movies in Oscar history where both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actresses won for the same movie, and here they are.
7. The Dark Knight (2008)
PG | 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: 2,225,597 | Gross: $534.86M
by Michal (IMDb)
Movie Posters Hanging in the IMDb Offices
IMDb is full of movie lovers, so of course we have posters hanging all over the walls! We don't pretend to have every movie poster ever made, but we like to think we have a pretty decent selection which spans the years. The list below is ordered from the most recent movies to the oldest.
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: 962,244 | Gross: $23.34M
by Jordan H.
Movies with Great Writing
My husband and I share a love for movies with great writing. We love well written dramas and well written comedies. We've been working our way through the Oscar winners for best original screenplay, but are looking for more movies (especially ones that aren't too heavy).
If you have more suggestions, please post in the comments below!
9. Vertigo (1958)
G | 128 min | Mystery, Romance, Thriller
A former police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with a hauntingly beautiful woman.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore
Votes: 348,793 | Gross: $3.20M
by Col Needham My All-Time Top 10 Movies
10. M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder (1931)
G | 117 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
When the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Otto Wernicke
Votes: 138,019 | Gross: $0.03M
by Ali Mandi
50 Films Every Film Lover Must Watch. (Intro. to Great Films)
Wanna watch good films and get familiar with important film-makers and genres from different eras but don't know where to start? This one is for you. No director will have more than 3 films on the list, you take the name and run with it!
The films are listed chronologically.
11. Scent of a Woman (1992)
PG | 156 min | Drama
A prep school student needing money agrees to "babysit" a blind man, but the job is not at all what he anticipated.
Director: Martin Brest | Stars: Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell, James Rebhorn, Gabrielle Anwar
Votes: 250,176 | Gross: $63.90M
by Jaimie Kanwar
The Greatest Movie Speeches/Monologues of all time!
Starting with the following, I'm going to try and compile a definitive list of the greatest speeches ever captured on film...
12. Brazil (1985)
PA | 132 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A bureaucrat in a dystopic society becomes an enemy of the state as he pursues the woman of his dreams.
Director: Terry Gilliam | Stars: Jonathan Pryce, Kim Greist, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond
Votes: 183,424 | Gross: $9.93M
by Kurt_Voakes
Top 10 Dystopian Films
The future is a very open environment to explore. The possibilities are endless. Everytime you fall asleep, you will have no idea exactly when or where you will wake up. You can't predict with an absolute certainty how things are going to turn out. That's one aspect of the future that I have always admired, unpredictability. It gives freedom to explore a whole new world that appears alien or impossible to us, but yet is approaching closer to reality as technology evolves. It might not take place in our universe of reality, or timeline for that matter, but below are what I consider to be the best examples of dystopian futures.
13. Ginga tetsudô Three-Nine (1979)
14A | 129 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The adventures of a brave young boy who travels from planet to planet in a determined quest to avenge his mother's death.
Director: Rintaro | Stars: Masako Nozawa, Masako Ikeda, Yôko Asagami, Miyoko Asô
Votes: 1,811
by mjf314
Top 50 obscure animated movies
These are my favorite animated feature films with less than 1000 votes. All of these films are available with either English subtitles or English audio. If you need help finding any of them, send me a PM.
14. 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: 1,982,990 | Gross: $292.58M
by Col Needham
Unresolved Endings
Spoilers Ahead If you like everything tidied up neatly at the end of the movie with no unresolved questions then avoid the movies in this work-in-progress list. Your first reaction as those end credits roll is likely to be "Huh?"
If you embrace the unexpected and like to end the movie yourself after weighing the evidence as to what really happened, you're in for a treat. Even if in some cases the rest of the movie sucks, the ending will "really bake your noodle later on" to quote The Oracle in The Matrix
I will add to this as I remember new cases.
There's a keyword on the site but I disagree with some of those. It's very clear what has happened at the end of The Prestige for example.
15. The Jerry Springer Show (1991– )
R | 60 min | Talk-Show
Among his peers' other talk-shows, Jerry's is of the more passionate and of the more sensational. His topics range from bisexual affairs to rape. His guests sometimes get out of control and... See full summary »
Stars: Jerry Springer, Peter A Kelly, Steve Wilkos, Chuck Conners
Votes: 3,920
by IMDb-Editors
Shows That Took TV to New Lows Over the Past 20 Years
Contrary to popular belief, there are plenty of worthwhile series on television. But if many people declare TV to be detrimental to society, the bane of morality and the assassin of profound thought, feel free to blame the shows on this list. Shockingly enough, almost all of them are reality shows, many of which were brought to us by Fox.
16. 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: 1,982,990 | Gross: $292.58M
by Col Needham
Col Needham's Top 20 Movies from 1990-2010
I'm the founder and CEO of IMDb and here are my favourite movies from the last 20 years. Of course this list needs a little trimming to say the least ...
17. 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: 1,795,334 | Gross: $37.03M
by kavian_z1364
20 under 20. The 20 best Movies of past two decades.
Checking out more than 4000 movies, following is the list of those which touched me in a sense that every movie lover would go to cinemas to be touched. Visually , Intellectually and artistic. More than a triumph, these movies are accomplishments of those who took an idea and shaped it into a applause worthy work of art. Combinations of continuous emotion-triggering images, which for the past two decades, became more than just a passing memory for most of us.
They became, as one of the greatest directors of all time 'Martin Scorsese' says, "Memories of Our Life Time".
18. The Indian Runner (1991)
R | 127 min | Drama
A Vietnam vet comes home to his small town and finds himself in conflict with rules that his brother has vowed to uphold.
Director: Sean Penn | Stars: David Morse, Viggo Mortensen, Valeria Golino, Patricia Arquette
Votes: 8,188 | Gross: $0.19M
by Guy30032
My Top Twenty Movies in the Last Twenty Years
These are not the twenty most influential movies of the last twenty years. They are however twenty of the best films every made and of all the movies in the past twenty years, these are the ones I wouldn't want to live without. Seeing as it would take me the better part of a day to try and order these films from favorite to least, I decided to just list them by year. Starting with The Indian Runner and The Fisher King for 1991 and ending with 2008's The Reader.
19. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
G | 149 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
After discovering a mysterious artifact buried beneath the Lunar surface, mankind sets off on a quest to find its origins with help from intelligent supercomputer H.A.L. 9000.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Daniel Richter
Votes: 583,046 | Gross: $56.95M
by chunky_lover_68
Oscar Buzz Presents: The Return of the Top 250
HAPPY 20TH ANNIVERSARY IMDb!
Oscar Buzz Presents: The Return of the Top 250
(a film poll for fanboys and fangirls of all ages)
The purpose of this poll is to shine a light on the decerning tastes of fellow buzzers in a show of movies that correspond closely with their personal definititions of good filmmaking in the hopes that the list will serve as a moderatly acurate depiction of a buzzers taste in general. It's also an excuse to celebrate what Oscar Buzz would deem as exceptional cinema. While it's near immpossible to fully represent the taste of everyone who inhabits this glorious message board, it's possible we will come across a film or two that is enjoyed by both those who voted and those who didn't.
One thing to note is the regualar occurance of ties for placement between films. This is especially evident from films #200 to #150. The total number of films featured in this list is 233. There are 35 ties in all, with the highest ammount of films tying for one spot being three. In total 290 films make the final list.
In regards to poll data, The Oscar Buzz Top 250 was compiled from 74 top 100 movie ballots sent to me by various users from Oscar Buzz between the months of May and July 2010. This poll was also open to the users of Film General and Lists and Recomendations message boards for the month of June as a way to create diviersity and ensure different results are achieved from the list. OUtsourcing was also necessary to achieve a higher ammount of ballots necessary for presenting a top 250 with out having endless ammount of ties.
This list was presented on Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 at 12:00pm on the Oscar Buzz Message Board on IMDb.com.
So without further adieu, lets pull back the curtain on this years Top 250 Films.
20. Mark of the Vampire (1935)
F | 60 min | Horror, Mystery
When a nobleman is murdered, a professor of the occult blames vampires; but not all is what it seems.
Director: Tod Browning | Stars: Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill
Votes: 4,180
by J. Spurlin
Movies and Shows for Skeptics
In your typical screen fare, omens prove true, ghosts are real, monsters do exist, psychics are genuine, superstition is accurate, extraterrestrials are here, conspiracy theorists have the truth, God works in mysterious but irrefutable ways while skeptics are forced to change theirs or fall victim to divine retribution, blood-soaked fangs, malicious poltergeists, path-crossing black cats, sinister government forces and the like. But sometimes we get a different point of view.
NOTE: This list will be updated periodically.
21. Gojira (1954)
PG | 96 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
American nuclear weapons testing results in the creation of a seemingly unstoppable, dinosaur-like beast.
Director: Ishirô Honda | Stars: Takashi Shimura, Akihiko Hirata, Akira Takarada, Momoko Kôchi
Votes: 27,819 | Gross: $2.42M
by LordRIB
51 Out Of A Thousand Film Creatures That Rock. Good Bad and Ugly.
Included in 'creatures' is Robots, ghosts and more. My respect to all the film makers who brought them to me. Even when the films themselves were often not as great as the creatures were. Never stop making them. - RIB
22. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
14A | 118 min | Drama, Fantasy, War
In the Falangist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world.
Director: Guillermo del Toro | Stars: Ivana Baquero, Ariadna Gil, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú
Votes: 603,505 | Gross: $37.63M
by vert2712
30 great non-English language films from the last 20 years
In no particular order, a list of great/entertaining movies made outside of English-speaking countries. Most of these have been remade in English, or have been released internationally to some acclaim. And yes, the omission of "Life Is Beautiful" is deliberate.
23. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
PG | 153 min | Action, Adventure, Family
As Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) begins his sixth year at Hogwarts, he discovers an old book marked as "the property of the Half-Blood Prince" and begins to learn more about Lord Voldemort's (Ralph Fiennes') dark past.
Director: David Yates | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Michael Gambon
Votes: 454,177 | Gross: $301.96M
by Susana Peypoch
The 20 Best Movie Scores of the Past 2 Decades
Music - when well written - can turn into the very essence of a film; it's not just there to fill the silence, but to make it interesting.
Here's a list of the 20 movies I think have the best original music, the ones composers have made even better through music.
It's not hierarchical, but some personal preferences might have gotten the best of me...
24. The King of Kong (2007)
PG | 79 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
Die-hard gamers compete to break world records on classic arcade games.
Director: Seth Gordon | Stars: Steve Wiebe, Billy Mitchell, Mark Alpiger, Adam Wood
Votes: 34,281 | Gross: $0.68M
by ryancarroll88
The 10 Best Documentary Villains
I think it's safe to say that though the documentary style of filmmaking has been around for a while, it has taken an unexpected rise in the 21st century, and a whole slew of recent documentary films have become beacons for specific social and political movements like never before. This newly popularized style of muckraking is no doubt powerful, and the most effective of these films really bend and fold the reality into a dramatic narrative in a way that speaks directly to its audience. But at the root of every problem is an antagonizer, someone or something that pulls the strings, and it's usually the role of the documentary to call these adversaries out and expose their wrongdoings to the entire world. When done right, these evildoers enter the realm of some of the greatest and most memorable movie villains ever – Hannibal Lecter, Dracula, Darth Vader, HAL 9000, and so on. So, here it goes – my list of the 10 best documentary villains.
[link]http://classywithatouchofsleaze.blogspot.com/2010/07/10-best-documentary-villains.html[/link]
25. Primer (2004)
G | 77 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Four friends/fledgling entrepreneurs, knowing that there's something bigger and more innovative than the different error-checking devices they've built, wrestle over their new invention.
Director: Shane Carruth | Stars: Shane Carruth, David Sullivan, Casey Gooden, Anand Upadhyaya
Votes: 95,288 | Gross: $0.42M
by hb
Top Time Travel Films
One of my favorite genres, especially if I don't know it's a time travel film on the way in (which was the case with Primer).
A hard genre to pull off well, and all these films succeed. I left a few 'obvious' ones off - like Donnie Darko and The Butterfly Effect as I did not like these as much as one the ones on this list.
26. Rashômon (1950)
G | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura
Votes: 146,640 | Gross: $0.10M
by ryancarroll88
Unsolved Mysteries
[link]http://classywithatouchofsleaze.blogspot.com/2010/09/unsolved-movie-mysteries.html[/link]
Mystery is probably one of the most popular genres of film, and also one of the oldest - the first true 'mystery' movie can be dated all the way back to 1903 with "The Great Train Robbery." Being a fairly established genre, a mystery movie follows a general set of rules, but the most imperative one of all is that something which is at first hidden or unknown must be revealed. The timing of this revelation is a matter of dramatic choice; typically it serves as the climax of the movie, the point where suspense breaks and the audience can breathe a sigh of relief. It's the thrill of discovery that makes these movies so much fun - we all want to think we're smarter than everyone else, and whether we do it consciously or not, we all like to search for covered truths, especially in film. So what do we do with the movies that don't play by the rules? Leaving a mystery unsolved or incomplete is probably considered one of the greatest narrative faux pas ever, and the idea of neglecting closure on a mystery is so out of touch with popular mindset that Hollywood has all but ruled out the idea. Still, that mindset didn't stop some renegade directors from crafting these sinister movies that boggle the mind and leave it boggling long after the credits roll. This isn't some cheap trick - in almost every instance, for what we don't learn in the story, we learn something deeper on a fundamental human level - a truth about ourselves and the limits of what can even be known as truth. Woah man. So, here we go - my 10 favorite unsolved movie mysteries:
27. Murder by Death (1976)
95 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Five famous literary detective characters and their sidekicks are invited to a bizarre mansion to solve an even stranger mystery.
Director: Robert Moore | Stars: Peter Falk, Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers, Eileen Brennan
Votes: 32,682
by John J Wong
Movies that kept you guessing...
Movies that always had some twist at the end and showed how everything fell into place. I know there are plenty of them out there and I may have not listed the best, but these are some of my favorites.
28. Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)
117 min | Comedy, Drama
Two minor characters from the play 'Hamlet' stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them.
Director: Tom Stoppard | Stars: Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, Richard Dreyfuss, Livio Badurina
Votes: 20,419 | Gross: $0.74M
by Jessica Scheibach
Top 15 Films Inspired by Shakespeare
These films aren't period pieces or faithful adaptations, but they all bring Shakespearean themes, stories and characters to life in inventive and often surprising ways. They include the comedies, histories and tragedies, and span locales as diverse as they could possibly be, ranging from 16th century Japan, to a modern day high school, to outer space circa the 22nd century.
29. The Passion of the Christ (2004)
18A | 127 min | Drama
Depicts the final twelve hours in the life of Jesus of Nazareth, on the day of his crucifixion in Jerusalem.
Director: Mel Gibson | Stars: Jim Caviezel, Monica Bellucci, Maia Morgenstern, Christo Jivkov
Votes: 211,603 | Gross: $370.78M
by IMDb-Editors
Most Controversial Movies of the Last 20 Years
Whether it be for violence, sexuality, religion, or political stance, these 20 films pushed the envelope enough that they were protested, picketed, or boycotted in one form or another. These films challenged us to look at the world in a new way, even if it made us a bit uncomfortable.
30. 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: 1,982,990 | Gross: $292.58M
by cat-1994
20 Movies People Will Hate You for Not Liking
These aren't bad movies, these aren't good movies, these are the movies that people feel so strongly about that saying you didn't like them risks insult to your intelligence, your appreciation of art, and your mother.
31.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street
(1960)
G | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
On a peaceful suburban street, strange occurrences and mysterious people stoke the residents' paranoia to a disastrous intensity.
Director: Ron Winston | Stars: Rod Serling, Claude Akins, Barry Atwater, Jack Weston
Votes: 4,087
by Tom-91
25 outstanding episodes of scifi TV
These are my picks for some truly standout episodes of television science fiction. I really tried to focus on "science fiction", and not the supernatural, which is why there are no episodes of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and not more episodes of "The X-Files" ... Buffy's best episodes really weren't scifi, and the better episodes of "The X-Files" tended to deal with the supernatural.
32. Stand by Me (1986)
PG | 89 min | Adventure, Drama
After the death of one of his friends, a writer recounts a childhood journey with his friends to find the body of a missing boy.
Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell
Votes: 352,795 | Gross: $52.29M
by smith-d-c
The best movies with child or teenage main characters ever made
I'm not crazy about many teen movies today. Kids live in fantasy worlds in high school dreaming of the "big dance" or sit around brooding over vampires. These are some movies where kids sound, behave like, and think like kids.
33. The Social Network (2010)
PG | 120 min | Biography, Drama
As Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, he is sued by the twins who claimed he stole their idea, and by the co-founder who was later squeezed out of the business.
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Rooney Mara
Votes: 604,585 | Gross: $96.96M
by Col Needham
Movies That "Had Me at Hello"
Yesterday a group of us from IMDb saw The Social Network (2010) which begins with a stunning scene clearly establishing the character of the protagonist and setting the tone for the rest of this fascinating movie. To quote Jerry Maguire it "Had me at hello". This is a work-in-progress list of movies with amazing openings in reverse chronological order.
34. 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: 556,794 | Gross: $18.35M
by parmarjignesh90
The 20 best movies that stir your thoughts and imagination
These are some of those classics (though not necessarily in descending order) which moved me, had deep impact on my thoughts and left me completely mesmerized. I bet it will have the same effect on you as well.
35. Back to the Future (1985)
PG | 116 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Marty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent thirty years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the eccentric scientist Doc Brown.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover
Votes: 1,016,163 | Gross: $210.61M
by le_loup
The 31 best personal guilty pleasures!
Films I rated 10 right after I saw them. Favorite films, maybe not deserving the rating for quality, but most have a special meaning! (not what i present myself in public with, not often :) Don't think they're the best, but I love to love them (the best ones, I rated 9 - and now that I see that in written - don't know where my logic was). Nevermind:
36. Casablanca (1942)
G | 102 min | Drama, Romance, War
A cynical American expatriate struggles to decide whether or not he should help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape French Morocco.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains
Votes: 506,472 | Gross: $1.02M
by lwvanrooijen
My Favorite World War II Movies
Most of these movies are not set on the battlefield, some do not even take place during World War II, but in all these movies the war is one of the main themes or is paramount to the story.
37. American Splendor (2003)
PG | 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: 46,856 | Gross: $6.00M
by Greg Carlson
Top 20 Movie Memories During My Time At IMDb
During my five and a half years working at IMDb, I consumed (literally) hundreds of movies and movie ad campaigns. Below are the Top 20 movie-related memories during my time (2003-2008) at the ol' Internet Movie Database. I'll keep the anecdotes to a minimum, but let me know if you want to hear more.
38. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
PG | 95 min | Comedy
An insane general triggers 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: 438,223 | Gross: $0.28M
by DareDevilKid
The Best Satire Movies Of All Time
A rare brand of cinema which effortlessly encompasses witty, dark and occassional hilarious humour with underlying socially and politically relevant messages throughout, without being too preachy. These movies often have 1 or 2 memorable characters with beautiful and crisp storylines. There aren't much of them, so savour the very best of this rare and unusual breed.
39. Fa yeung nin wah (2000)
PG | 98 min | Drama, Romance
Two neighbors, a woman and a man, 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 Chiu-Wai Leung, Maggie Cheung, Ping Lam Siu, Tung Cho 'Joe' Cheung
Votes: 117,707 | Gross: $2.73M
by Cissero
The 20 Most Beautiful Films Of The Last 20 Years
Beautiful images were certainly not the only criteria in selecting these films. This list puts together 20 films of 20 perfectionist directors who were able to find a sublime aesthetic way to SHOW (and not tell) their story.
40. Titanic (1997)
PG | 194 min | Drama, Romance
A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.
Director: James Cameron | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates
Votes: 1,017,634 | Gross: $659.33M
by scrobinson
The Most Powerful Movie Endings
Endings that will move you years after you see them...starting with Titanic then Shawshank redemption - It was so hard to decide which was more powerful but hands down the two most beautiful tear jerk endings just three and half years apart...
41. The Private Life of Henry VIII. (1933)
97 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
King Henry VIII marries five more times after his divorce from his first wife Catherine of Aragon.
Director: Alexander Korda | Stars: Charles Laughton, Robert Donat, Franklin Dyall, Miles Mander
Votes: 3,564
by lwvanrooijen
My Favorite Royalty Movies
My favorite movies about real Kings, Queens and other members of Royal Families. I have excluded any fictional Royals (King Arthur is still under debate so he is given the benefit of the doubt.) from this list.
Although most of these characters are based in history, these movies, off course, are not necessarily historically accurate. Hollywood is well known for changing stories to make 'better' movies and the movies on this list are definitely not exceptions.
42. Yozhik v tumane (1975)
11 min | Animation, Short, Drama
A little hedgehog, on the way to visit his friend the bear, gets lost in thick fog, where horses, dogs and even falling leaves take on a terrifying new aspect.
Director: Yuri Norstein | Stars: Vyacheslav Nevinnyy, Mariya Vinogradova, Aleksey Batalov
Votes: 6,216
by mjf314
150 Best Animations of All Time (Laputa Animation Festival)
Go here for more information about this list.
Below is a modified version of the list. The original list includes some series of shorts, and each short is listed separately on IMDb, so I included only the most acclaimed short from each series (or in a few cases, just the 1st in the series).
I also had to leave out 10 titles which don't have IMDb entries:
The Magic Fox (#28)
Adventures of Ganba (#31)
Goodnight, Children opening sequence (#81)
Coffee Break (#87)
Ashita no Joe 2 (#119)
Rainbow Sentai Robin (#129)
Praise be to Small Ills (#131)
The Mochimochi Tree (#147)
CM / Yakult "Miru-Miru" commercial (#148)
Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer" (#149)
43. 42nd Street (1933)
89 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A director puts on what may be his last Broadway show and, at the last moment, a naive newcomer has to replace the star.
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent, Ruby Keeler
Votes: 10,362 | Gross: $2.30M
by HauntedGirl
131 Classic Pre-Code Films You Must Watch
Here's a list my brother put together to get a person familiar with the best of the pre-code era of films. (1929 - June 1934). I'm hoping to watch them all by the end of 2011.
44. Watchmen (2009)
18A | 162 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
In 1985 where former superheroes exist, the murder of a colleague sends active vigilante Rorschach into his own sprawling investigation, uncovering something that could completely change the course of history as we know it.
Director: Zack Snyder | Stars: Jackie Earle Haley, Patrick Wilson, Carla Gugino, Malin Akerman
Votes: 487,945 | Gross: $107.51M
by leturtle
Movies with awesome opening credits sequences
I have a strange affection for opening credits sequences. I think I like to see what order different actors are credited in, and then come up with my own order of how I think they should be ordered depending on their character's main-ness...... Anyway! Here is my list of cool opening credits sequences.
45. Rudy (1993)
14 | 114 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Rudy has always been told that he was too small to play college football. But he is determined to overcome the odds and fulfill his dream of playing for Notre Dame.
Director: David Anspaugh | Stars: Sean Astin, Jon Favreau, Ned Beatty, Greta Lind
Votes: 54,438 | Gross: $22.75M
by TalkinPikchorBox
My Top 20 Picks for Best Underdog Story
Who doesn't love it when the little guy wins
46. Stagecoach (1939)
96 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo and learn something about each other in the process.
Director: John Ford | Stars: John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Andy Devine, John Carradine
Votes: 41,788
by misspaddylee
My Top 10
Ten classic movies that continually entertain and enlighten. Originally put together as part of a discussion thread, the titles accurately reflect what I enjoy and admire most about movies.
47. The Lady Vanishes (1938)
PG | 96 min | Mystery, Thriller
While travelling in continental Europe, a rich young playgirl realizes that an elderly lady seems to have disappeared from the train.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas, May Whitty
Votes: 45,745
by Rachel
My Top 10 Hitchcock Cameos
This is a list of my Top 10 favourite Hitchcock Cameos, with a description of where they are in the film
48. 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: 2,260,207 | Gross: $28.34M
by verduz
25 "must see" movies
This list is for wannabe cinephiles.
I tried to include films that match the criteria of "good film" (cinematography, direction, story, acting, costumes, special effects, music, etc.).
After that, I shortened the list trying not to include too many films of a single genre or from a single director.
Finally, I shortened the list choosing films that, for various reason, have to be seen in order to better understand other films and/or references (a lot of jokes, or episodes, from Family Guy, American Dad! and The Simpsons, for example, are films-based).
I know that there are many more "must see" movies but I wanted to make this list as short as possible.
49. Whistle Down the Wind (1961)
99 min | Crime, Drama
When an injured wife murderer takes refuge on a remote Lancashire farm, the owners three children mistakenly believe him to be the Second Coming of Christ.
Director: Bryan Forbes | Stars: Alan Bates, Bernard Lee, Norman Bird, Diane Clare
Votes: 2,921
by BERSERKERpoetry
quiet, personal films
Quiet, personal films with good cinematography. There's a unifying factor in all these films, the way they see humanity, the visual approach. This quiet, heartwaking understanding of people. This list is the result of a lifetime of film watching, searching, discovering. I really lean toward the late 70s to early 90s. Maybe there's someone out there who likes the exact same kind of cinema as I do.
50. 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: 1,594,595 | Gross: $377.85M
by Ruckus99
Top 25 Anything Soundtracks/Scores
In order. Music inspiries me as much as visuals for my film creativity. There are plenty more soundtracks I like after #25, so don't feel discouraged if yours is not on here.
51. Begotten (1989)
72 min | Fantasy, Horror
Presented in a surreal, gory and entirely visual manner, Begotten tells of the death of religion, the abuse of nature by Man and a nihilistic outlook on what life ultimately is.
Director: E. Elias Merhige | Stars: Brian Salzberg, Donna Dempsey, Stephen Charles Barry, James Gandia
Votes: 9,595
by Kadath Read
Some of the strangest films I've seen.
I've seen a lot of strange films. Some good, some bad, and some that I literally just can't comment on. I'll update this periodically but for now.. here are some of the strangest films that come off the top of my head.
52. Ai-Fak (2004)
110 min | Drama
Fak, a young Thai man leaves the monkhood to care for his ailing father. When he returns home, he finds his father has married a much younger woman. She is very beautiful, but she is also mentally unbalanced. Then the father dies.
Director: Pantham Thongsangl | Stars: Pitisak Yaowananon, Bongkoj Khongmalai
Votes: 164
by supadude2004
10 Great Movies, You probably Never Even Heard Of...
Here are 10 movies which despite their brilliance, never met with wide public acclaim. True underrated greats of the International &/or Arthouse genres which deserved far more than high ratings and a few viewers... In short, these are the greats you probably never heard of. Enjoy.
53. 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: 1,391,017 | Gross: $100.13M
by vinayak120991
The 12 Best Mysteries I Have Seen
My favorite genre of movies is mysteries. I can watch them endlessly. These are the movies that keep you to the edge of your seat.
54. 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: 1,194,864 | Gross: $216.54M
by tkchess
The best opening action sequences
Don't you love a suspenseful opening full of action, getting you pumped up for the rest of the movie? I do, and these are the top action sequences from the movies I have seen. Feel free to comment and let me know if you agree/disagree.
I guess this will be ever changing since I am always seeing new movies. Feel free to suggest a movie with a good opening and I will watch it. Keep in mind that I am not looking for ONLY an opening, it has to complement the rest of a good movie! :)
I wrote a little commentary under each movie describing my thoughts on the opening sequence.
55. Dog Soldiers (2002)
13+ | 105 min | Action, Horror, Thriller
A routine military exercise turns into a nightmare in the Scotland wilderness.
Director: Neil Marshall | Stars: Sean Pertwee, Kevin McKidd, Emma Cleasby, Liam Cunningham
Votes: 54,053
by Amthermandes
My Top 10 Comedy Horrors
Take the two best genres (comedy and horror), combine them, and you've got yourself a fantastic movie (assuming the acting, directing, cinematography is all good). These are my personal favorites, and I'm sure most people will have similar tastes. Some may not have been meant to be comedic, but they ended up having comedic value anyways.
56. The Remains of the Day (1993)
PG | 134 min | Drama, Romance
A butler who sacrificed body and soul to service in the years leading up to World War II realizes too late how misguided his loyalty was to his lordly employer.
Director: James Ivory | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, John Haycraft, Christopher Reeve
Votes: 63,426 | Gross: $22.95M
by NICOLAE_MOROMETE
Great Books Turned Into Great Movies
I always prefer books to a book turned into a movie, but these are the only exemples I know that both movies and books are just great.
57. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
PA | 86 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Flighty teenage girl Buffy Summers learns that she is her generation's destined battler of vampires.
Director: Fran Rubel Kuzui | Stars: Kristy Swanson, Donald Sutherland, Paul Reubens, Rutger Hauer
Votes: 38,640 | Gross: $16.62M
by TheAnimalMother
Movies I've fallen asleep to
As an avid movie junkie I rarely ever fall asleep during films, however there have been a few occasions. I have only counted the films that I fell asleep to upon first viewing.
58. Thunder Road (1958)
PG | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A veteran comes home from the Korean War to the mountains and takes over the family moonshining business. He has to battle big-city gangsters who are trying to take over the business and the police who are trying to put him in prison.
Director: Arthur Ripley | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Gene Barry, Jacques Aubuchon, Keely Smith
Votes: 2,963
by MustangBlast
Best Car Movies of All Time In Chronological Order
A list of the best movies seen from a petrol-head point of view. All in chronological order. The suspense is killing me!
59. Gladiator (2000)
18 | 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: 1,298,481 | Gross: $187.71M
by goldagent007
Best Antiquity Movies of all time
Here are the Best Antiquity-based films ever, in my humble opinion. This list is based on various criterias, like box-office performance for some movies, critical success for others. It is also based on my own tastes.
60. Across the Universe (2007)
14A | 133 min | Drama, Fantasy, History
The music of The Beatles and the Vietnam War form the backdrop for the romance between an upper-class American girl and a poor Liverpudlian artist.
Director: Julie Taymor | Stars: Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs
Votes: 104,675 | Gross: $24.34M
by orangecrush-915-891222
Best non-traditional movies of my time
These movies are in no order except possibly alphabetical, taken from my main list at home.
Movies that don't fit the regular hollywood mold. Movies that do things you expect them not to. Movies that cross the line, take chances, and make you think.
By far the best kind of movie there is.
61. 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: 1,768,310 | Gross: $107.93M
by iplaZz
Movie Scars
Movies that left scars on my brain.
62. The Dark Knight (2008)
PG | 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: 2,225,597 | Gross: $534.86M
by goldagent007
Best Superheroes Movies of all time
Here are the Best Superhero films ever, in my humble opinion. This list is based on various criterias, like box-office performance for some movies, critical success for others. It is also based on my own tastes.
63. Annie Hall (1977)
PG | 93 min | Comedy, Romance
Neurotic New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditzy Annie Hall.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Carol Kane
Votes: 247,063 | Gross: $39.20M
by napierslogs
Top 25 Romantic Comedies
The romantic comedy is an often ridiculed genre, but there's a lot of people, including me, who love them! Here are the top 25, my favourites and which are actually good. I may have gone a little off-genre and included some that aren't necessarily pure romantic comedy, but they are still funny and romantic in their own way.
64. Blade Runner (1982)
PA | 117 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space, and have returned to Earth to find their creator.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos
Votes: 673,455 | Gross: $32.87M
by goldagent007
Best Sci-Fi Movies of all time
Here are the Best Sci-Fi films ever, in my humble opinion. This list is based on various criterias, like box-office performance for some movies, critical success for others. It is also based on my own tastes.
65. The Great Escape (1963)
PG | 172 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Allied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II.
Director: John Sturges | Stars: Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson
Votes: 218,130 | Gross: $12.10M
by blippster Stranger than fiction: My Top 20 films based on a true story *however loosely **not including films with 'debatable' authenticity, such as religious and legendary stories
66. Doubt (I) (2008)
G | 104 min | Drama, Mystery
A Catholic school principal questions a priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled young student.
Director: John Patrick Shanley | Stars: Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Viola Davis
Votes: 119,123 | Gross: $33.42M
by napierslogs
The 15 Best Screenplays Of The Last Decade
I had to start with just the last decade or otherwise this list would have been too daunting, but here they are, the 15 best written movies I have seen, recently...
67. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
PG | 91 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
King Arthur (Graham Chapman) and his Knights of the Round Table embark on a surreal, low-budget search for the Holy Grail, encountering many, very silly obstacles.
Directors: Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones | Stars: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam
Votes: 488,696 | Gross: $1.23M
by madbrewer
15 movies that had me laughing out loud from beginning to end
These are some funny, funny movies. This list does not represent the top 15 best comedies of all time necessarily (though they're definitely among the top), but they are the 15 that had me laughing so loud from start to finish that I scared the cat!
68. The Norliss Tapes (1973 TV Movie)
72 min | Horror
An investigative reporter stumbles onto an artist that has made a pact to come back after his death to sculpt a statue of a demon using human blood and clay. Once the demon is awakened he will be granted immortality.
Director: Dan Curtis | Stars: Roy Thinnes, Don Porter, Angie Dickinson, Claude Akins
Votes: 1,096
by thonas_jones-914-598156
The 10 best Made-for-TV Horror Movies you've probably never heard of...
The 70’s was definitely the golden age of Horror Movies on network TV. Cable was in its infancy and so even sub-par broadcasts could attract 40 to 50 million viewers. This meant two MFTs a week sometimes, thus even the macabre stuff was welcome in prime time. These are specifically chosen for their obscurity. There are certainly better Made-For-Television movies, but none more frighteningly fun. I had to go from memories (of a youth wasted on TV) for many of them – but they were good enough to leave a lasting impression.
69. History of the World: Part I (1981)
PG | 92 min | Comedy, History, Musical
Mel Brooks brings his one-of-a-kind comic touch to the history of mankind covering events from the Old Testament to the French Revolution in a series of episodic comedy vignettes.
Director: Mel Brooks | Stars: Mel Brooks, Gregory Hines, Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn
Votes: 44,806 | Gross: $31.67M
by generationofswine
Classroom Hollywood
Some of the movies are too long to show in the classroom, but even showing clips from the films are enough to keep your students entertained, especially if you have the time to show clips for pure entertainment between the lessons. Some are good to assign along with outside reading.
Most of these are geared to the college classroom, but high school teachers might find some of them useful. My classes are always reading, paper, & debate heavy so keep that in mind if you're planing on using any of these, some don't work without the proper texts.
There's also a "showmanship" style to the way I handle my classes, comedy is huge, but I'm not above dressing the part, screaming & yelling, crying, kicking over trashcans, whatever is needed is usually done. I think if you're not willing to go over the top in your classroom, using a lot of movies will probably work against you.
70. Night of the Comet (1984)
AA | 95 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
A comet wipes out most of life on Earth, leaving two Valley Girls fighting against cannibal zombies and a sinister group of scientists.
Director: Thom Eberhardt | Stars: Catherine Mary Stewart, Kelli Maroney, Robert Beltran, Sharon Farrell
Votes: 17,840 | Gross: $14.42M
by dragonsi
Defining Yourself Through Your Favorite Movies Over a Lifetime
Turning 40 recently, I come to realize that I'm now halfway through life, (and hopefully not more than that!)and I'd like to look back on some of my favorite movies that I enjoyed, and perhaps taught me a few things, or shaped the way I viewed life or various concepts I normally wouldn't have ever considered or broached alone. My "Life Motto" is: "I never claimed to be normal". And I for one, have never listened to the critics views and ratings and have always kept an open mind when viewing films and normally like shows that others might not.
71. The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
14A | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The wanted criminal Richard Bruno Riddick (Vin Diesel) arrives on a planet called Helion Prime and finds himself up against an invading empire called the Necromongers, an army that plans to convert or kill all humans in the universe.
Director: David Twohy | Stars: Vin Diesel, Judi Dench, Colm Feore, Thandie Newton
Votes: 211,277 | Gross: $57.76M
by incuban
Movies that promised sequels, and should deliver them
All of the movies on this list had rumoured sequels, but at the time of list publishing, have not delivered. Unsurprisingly, most are superhero-type movies. The list isn't exactly in preferential order, but you get the gist.
72. Crank (2006)
18A | 88 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Professional assassin Chev Chelios learns his rival has injected him with a poison that will kill him if his heart rate drops.
Directors: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor | Stars: Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Carlos Sanz, Jose Pablo Cantillo
Votes: 230,117 | Gross: $27.83M
by h79423 created 9 months ago | last updated - 9 months ago
10 Guilty Pleasures
After a full day's work, focusing your energy on watching a deep and thoughtful movie can be pretty hard. Therefore, as an ode to mindless escapism, I give you this list.
In no specific order. I'm focusing on action here. Comedy and horror could very well be a focus of similar list as well.
PS. I'm not saying you should feel ashamed of watching action movies, just that they are not as well regarded as drama.
73. 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: 2,260,207 | Gross: $28.34M
by Darkohero
If you could only see 250 films in your lifetime...
As an avid lover of films, I have seen many which have really impacted me and have presented messages that have inspired me. This list was created not necessarily to rank my favorite films of all time, but rather to present films that I believe should be seen by all those who love movies!
74. The Year of Getting to Know Us (2008)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
A commitment-phobic man reunites with his estranged, ailing father and comes to terms with his own childhood.
Director: Patrick Sisam | Stars: Tom Arnold, Armando Acevedo, Holland Hayes, Karl Anthony
Votes: 864
by treatwilliams1892
Missed Gems
Films that deserve to find a wider audience. Includes film that were in limited release, sent direct-to-video, premiered on cable etc...Agree or Disagree, make a comment, start a debate!
75. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
G | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
After the Rebels are brutally overpowered by the Empire on the ice planet Hoth, Luke Skywalker begins Jedi training with Yoda, while his friends are pursued by Darth Vader and a bounty hunter named Boba Fett all over the galaxy.
Director: Irvin Kershner | Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams
Votes: 1,125,334 | Gross: $290.48M
by Max Livingstone
My Top 10 Superior Sequels
When are we gonna learn, folks, that sequels just can't live up to the hype? Of course, there are exceptions; some sequels aren't quite as good as the original, but do continue the story well enough to feel relevant, and are still enjoyable in their own right. But very rarely do we see a sequel that is actually better than the original.
This is my list of ten sequels that I think surpass their predecessors, be they cleverer or just all-around more interesting.
76. Tron (2010)
PG | 125 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The son of a virtual world designer goes looking for his father and ends up inside the digital world that his father designed. He meets his father's corrupted creation and a unique ally who was born inside the digital world.
Director: Joseph Kosinski | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde, Bruce Boxleitner
Votes: 307,796 | Gross: $172.06M
by sammael55
The"WOW" list
This is the list of MUST see movies that have you feeling inspired, rejuvenated, enthrawled, and leaving the theatre with a sense of "awe". You talked about these movies for days, if not weeks, after seeing them. You possibly have to go see them again at the theatre more then once, I know I have.
Put them in your own order of where you hold them in your heart, they belong in every movie collection.
77. Double Team (1997)
R | 93 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
An international spy teams up with an arms dealer to escape from a penal colony and rescue his family from a terrorist.
Director: Hark Tsui | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dennis Rodman, Mickey Rourke, Paul Freeman
Votes: 30,808 | Gross: $11.44M
by mercurysnake77
The Top 25 How Was This Film Ever Made List
You know you've all been there -- maybe you were coerced by a friend, a girlfriend, a boyfriend, a parent; maybe it was late and you were bored; maybe you thought you wanted a mindless movie to just make fun of and regretted ever picking it up off the shelves. This list is for all of you out there who thought after watching a movie, who the hell greenlit that piece of junk and how come I don't have his job?
78. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
R | 102 min | Drama
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island people are shattered when their addictions run deep.
Director: Darren Aronofsky | Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans
Votes: 743,558 | Gross: $3.64M
by DisturbedPixie
20 Disturbing Films that I can ONLY Watch Once
These films enticed me with their disturbing content and kept me watching, but I doubt I can bring myself to view them multiple times. Please don't show these films to your children! These films are for the non squeamish adults only. Minor spoilers are covered for your protection, but I dare you to look anyways.
79. Shi mian mai fu (2004)
14A | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A romantic police captain breaks a beautiful member of a rebel group out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.
Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Ziyi Zhang, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, Dandan Song
Votes: 106,060 | Gross: $11.05M
by hal-926-758283
20 Brilliant films
20 films I recommend. I'm not calling them the best ever made (and possibly not even the best I've ever seen) but ones I'd defend regardless of whatever the critics might say.
80. 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: 1,768,310 | Gross: $107.93M
by nokturnal-rapport
Movies that I'd proudly pass on to my kids
I'd like to share the movies that I truly like not because of high ratings and exceptional praises from famed critics (although most are the case). These are the ones that I'll be showing to my kids (given that I'd get married and all that stuff) according to their appropriate age throughout their years of growing up. I'm aware that there are still countless "important" flicks that I need to watch to make this a reasonable compilation but I'll just start with what I have so far. The numerical ranking doesn't mean anything because to me there's no such thing as best movie since best is highly relative and art is greatly subjective. Enjoy!
81. L'âge d'or (1930)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
A surrealist tale of a man and a woman who are passionately in love with each other, but their attempts to consummate that passion are constantly thwarted by their families, the Church, and bourgeois society.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Gaston Modot, Lya Lys, Caridad de Laberdesque, Max Ernst
Votes: 12,457 | Gross: $0.03M
by cinemapassion
Masonica
Representation of Masonry in the movies: movies that contain references to freemasonry, either in passing, or as a central plot element.
82. Life of Brian (1979)
18+ | 94 min | Comedy
Born on the original Christmas in the stable next door to Jesus Christ, Brian of Nazareth spends his life being mistaken for a messiah.
Director: Terry Jones | Stars: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam
Votes: 356,787 | Gross: $20.05M
by matsnowie
20 Greatest Endings (Spoiler Alert!)
I stress SPOILER ALERT! There are more classic endings, but these are my favorites. Each includes a great last line, a great final shot, a great piece of music, or a combination of all three.
83. La fille sur le pont (1999)
18A | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
One night, a fading entertainer intervenes when a woman contemplates suicide, beginning a strange, unpredictable relationship.
Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Vanessa Paradis, Daniel Auteuil, Frédéric Pfluger, Dimitris Georgalas
Votes: 12,970 | Gross: $1.71M
by Espiridión River
The Best Film Scores/Theme Tunes
THIS IS NOT THE FINISHED LIST:
If anyone would like to suggest any others then I shall listen to them and possibly add them to my list; I'm sure I have missed out some.
Thankyou for you co-operation!
:-)
84. From Justin to Kelly (2003)
G | 81 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A waitress from Texas and a college student from Pennsylvania meet during spring break in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and come together through their shared love of singing.
Director: Robert Iscove | Stars: Kelly Clarkson, Justin Guarini, Katherine Bailess, Anika Noni Rose
Votes: 24,649 | Gross: $4.92M
by napierslogs
Something Positive
Inspired by an article in my local paper, they vowed to write only positive things about every player on our struggling hockey team. So, in the spirit of the season, I am going to say something positive about the lowest rated movies by IMDb users, that I have seen.
85. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
18+ | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
A group of Southern California high school students are enjoying their most important subjects: sex, drugs, and rock n' roll.
Director: Amy Heckerling | Stars: Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Robert Romanus
Votes: 90,237 | Gross: $27.09M
by Tom6253
The 10 Most Quintesential High School Movies
This list is a composite of High School movies that are most relatable to the target audience. Also, any reasonably relatable movies make it on the list due to a combination of factors that make up how good of a movie it is. If someone has a suggestion of a film that didn't make it on here, feel free to let me know. Please do not leave hateful comments because one of your favorite movies did not make it there are a lot of movies out there and it is hard to narrow a list down to just 10. Thanks.
86. Ghostbusters (1984)
PG | 105 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Three former parapsychology professors set up shop as a unique ghost removal service.
Director: Ivan Reitman | Stars: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis
Votes: 344,870 | Gross: $238.63M
by schellekens-1
Movies that changed my life or the way I experienced it
A list of movies that had a huge impact on my state of mind or changed my way of looking at things and experiencing the world around me. Logically, lots of movies are from my childhood (being a kid from the 80s) as 'everything was new' to me, but also more recent stuff.
87. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
G | 149 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
After discovering a mysterious artifact buried beneath the Lunar surface, mankind sets off on a quest to find its origins with help from intelligent supercomputer H.A.L. 9000.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Daniel Richter
Votes: 583,046 | Gross: $56.95M
by listerjw
Alex and Josh's Movie Bucket List
This is a list of one hundred movies that Alex and I wish to watch before August of 2011. These films are either ones that we believe are classics and we ought to have seen by now or they just caught our interest. We will post thoughts regarding each movie as we watch them.
88. 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: 1,982,990 | Gross: $292.58M
by AliSajjadJaffry
REWIND PLEASE!!
This list took me a while and enervated me to the last minute. I hope everyone enjoys it! Please leave any comments below. I would have added more movies but 25 sounds better then 30. These movies will make you press "replay" because they all tell tantalizing tales that will want to be watched over and over again.
89. Heaven's Gate (1980)
14A | 219 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
A dramatization of the real-life Johnson County War in 1890 Wyoming, in which a Sheriff born into wealth, attempts to protect immigrant farmers from rich cattle interests.
Director: Michael Cimino | Stars: Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, John Hurt, Sam Waterston
Votes: 13,259 | Gross: $3.48M
by bstephens21
Les Nouveaux Films Maudits: Misunderstood Classics for a 21st Century
What is a "film maudit"? It is, literally, an "accursed film". Coined in 1949 by the Festival du Film Maudit, headed by Jean Cocteau, it described and celebrated a brand of film of either troubled origins and reception, or of shocking and provocative content. It included the likes of L'Atalante, The Shanghai Gesture, Fireworks and Rome Open City. Now, as we enter the 21st century, it is time for a new festival for those films that Cocteau and co. missed. Misunderstood, controversial, hated, often forgotten... These are films that have been unjustly maligned by an ignorant press, and neglected by a misinformed public. Films whose reputations are well known, but which themselves are rarely seen. Or films who have never been given the chance to build a reputation, locked away in archives largely unseen. Old films and new film. Films of great talent and remarkable vision that are ripe for discovery in the coming years.
And for those who scoff at the list, I must only remind you of the likes of Greed, Rules of the Game, Le Corbeau, The Magnificent Ambersons, Monsieur Verdoux, Lola Montes, Vertigo, Peeping Tom. All failures and fiascoes in their own day. Now, all considered among the greatest. Remember, the history of film and its canon is always being rewritten. Not all these films are masterpieces (although some are), but all deserve their place in film's history. (Note: This is a work in progress, and recommendations are encouraged).
90. 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: 1,795,334 | Gross: $37.03M
by edb1988
10 Movies That Have Everything You Need to Know About the Life
What do you know about the life? This movies shows you a lot of thing that you need to know, friendship, love, lies, madness, hope, and more.
91. Tagebuch einer Verlorenen (1929)
104 min | Drama
After falling pregnant to a pharmacist and refusing to marry, a young woman is thrown from her home and sent to a strict girls' reform school.
Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Stars: Louise Brooks, Josef Rovenský, Fritz Rasp, André Roanne
Votes: 3,955
by quietgiant2
Remarkable Silent Movies (1929-1923)
If you like this list look
http://www.imdb.com/list/2xCO09_vqTY/
Silent Movies: Early Years
To watch, you can try these:
http://www.cinemaweb.com/silentfilm/video.htm
http://www.archive.org/details/movies
or http://www.archive.org/details/silent_films
http://thepiratebay.org/
http://video.google.com/ or http://www.youtube.com/
To spanish speakers_ http://descargacineclasico.blogspot.com/search/label/Cine%20Mudo
if you like silent movies, can enjoy these links:
http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/index.html
http://www.silentera.com/video/index.html
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020475/
92. Taxi Driver (1976)
18A | 114 min | Crime, Drama
A mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action by attempting to liberate a presidential campaign worker and an underage prostitute.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Albert Brooks
Votes: 697,084 | Gross: $28.26M
by misterlint
My top 10
I've seen almost 4,000 different movies. These represent my top 10. I've limited this list to 10 different directors, to create a more diverse list. Trying to describe these movies is pointless to me, they must be seen, again and again. I've seen these movies multiple times. I am listing these movies based on emotional value to myself. I've also set aside a special Grand Jury Prize to the following: The original Star Wars Trilogy, and the Lord of the Rings Trilogy.
93. 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: 1,609,937 | Gross: $315.54M
by kmac169
My Favorite Fantasy Movies
A collection of some of my all time favorite fantasy films in no specific order... just more as they come to mind (and a work in progress as I manage to stumble across ones I forgot about or have yet to see).
94. 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: 890,401 | Gross: $2.83M
by pklose
25 Most Startling Independent or Foreign Directorial Debut Features
This list is limited to directors whose first full length feature was an independent or foreign language film and who subsequently continued to make other noteworthy and interesting films.
Unfortunately the list criteria caused some great films/directors to be omitted; for example "The Usual Suspects" by Bryan Singer, since he directed one unnoteworthy low budget feature a couple years earlier.
The films selected, however, do demonstrate the early promise of the associated director and feature striking visuals and/or unusual and unique scripts and characters.
95. Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)
14A | 89 min | Comedy, Crime
A parody of several U.S. films about being in the 'Hood', for instance Boyz n the Hood (1991), South Central (1992), Menace II Society (1993), Higher Learning (1995) and Juice (1992).
Director: Paris Barclay | Stars: Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Tracey Cherelle Jones
Votes: 46,834 | Gross: $20.11M
by Jenn M
Creative Titles
Titles that cataches your attention, are out of the ordinary or just plain long. I've tried to include titles that do not get them from other sources such as their original books or plays. I've also tried to avoid titles that are long just because they are descriptive.
Some things I've noticed and find interesting: A lot of them have question marks in the title. Most of the films are comedies. Spoofs and B-movies especially love long titles.
If you have any to add to the list, feel free to comment!
96. Secretary (2002)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one.
Director: Steven Shainberg | Stars: James Spader, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jeremy Davies, Lesley Ann Warren
Votes: 81,305 | Gross: $4.06M
by schreim
The 53 Sexiest Movies Ever Made
Normally, I lean towards the classics when deciding what to watch. However, my guilty pleasures are sexy romances. Not erotica, but movies where you really shouldn't watch with other people. So, in no particular order, here are "the sexiest movies ever made." NOTE: I understand there are some unofficial super sexy movies out there i.e., Out Of Sight, His Girl Friday, When Harry Met Sally, Body Heat, Basic Instinct, Gone With The Wind, Dirty Dancing, Unfaithful etc. However, I have never seen them (I have a life that doesn't only involve watching movies), therefore, they are not included. Also, movies that are considered to be the most romantic movies of all time that I HAVE seen, i.e., Casablanca, Pretty Woman, Shakespeare In Love, Romeo And Juliet, Eternal Sunshine Of A Spotless Mind, and West Side Story, are not included on here because I honestly found them to be incredibly romantic, but not incredibly "sexy." P.S. I hated Love Story. It's not included.
97. Wanted (2008)
18A | 110 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy
A frustrated office worker learns that he is the son of a professional assassin and that he shares his father's superhuman killing abilities.
Director: Timur Bekmambetov | Stars: Angelina Jolie, James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Terence Stamp
Votes: 353,707 | Gross: $134.51M
by dizzyhazy
Testosterone driven movies that won't put you to sleep
Good or bad, they have lots of action and special effects. These are the movies I keep coming back to watch over and over again.
98. A Scanner Darkly (2006)
14A | 100 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.
Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jr., Rory Cochrane
Votes: 104,652 | Gross: $5.50M
by rivethead808
The Adapted Works of Philip K. Dick
Some are great, some are OK, and some just plain SUCK! Oh, and some havent even come out yet hehe. This will be in ranked order until I get to those.
Projects in the works, but not appearing on imdb:
-VALIS: Also optioned by John Alan Simon. Radio Free Albemuth has to get distribution first, THEN he has to work on Flow My Tears, and THEN perhaps he can get to working on VALIS
-Time Out Of Joint: This one purchased by Warner Bros. No further information at this time.
-The Owl In Daylight: This is no longer listed on imdb and seems to be shelved for now, but its worth mentioning. It was to be a biopic with Paul Giamatti playing PKD
-King Of The Elves: This was a short story in 1953 that is supposed to be adapted by Disney and set for release 12/2012.
99. Elf (2003)
G | 97 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
After discovering he is a human, a man raised as an elf at the North Pole decides to travel to New York City to locate his real father.
Director: Jon Favreau | Stars: Will Ferrell, James Caan, Bob Newhart, Zooey Deschanel
Votes: 210,586 | Gross: $173.40M
by cclark2854
Craig's Suggestions for ESL Classes
If you're learning another language, you need to learn how to listen to real speech: tempo, context, etc. These films are interesting, emotional, fun, and educational purveyors of American culture.
100. Babylon 5 (1993–1998)
PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In the mid 23rd Century, the Earth Alliance space station Babylon 5, located in neutral territory, is a major focal point for political intrigue, racial tensions and various wars over the course of five years.
Stars: Mira Furlan, Richard Biggs, Stephen Furst, Andreas Katsulas
Votes: 27,221
by DrSamuelLoomis Top 30 Sci-Fi / Fantasy TV Series
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