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  • Chiwetel Ejiofor in 12 Years a Slave (2013)

    1. 12 Years a Slave

    20132h 14mR96Metascore
    8.1 (766K)
    In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.
    DirectorSteve McQueenStarsChiwetel EjioforMichael Kenneth WilliamsMichael Fassbender
    Incredible
  • Rudy (1993)

    2. Rudy

    19931h 54mPG71Metascore
    7.5 (72K)
    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.
    DirectorDavid AnspaughStarsSean AstinJon FavreauNed Beatty
  • Tom Hanks in Apollo 13 (1995)

    3. Apollo 13

    19952h 20mPG78Metascore
    7.7 (327K)
    NASA must devise a strategy to return Apollo 13 to Earth safely after the spacecraft undergoes massive internal damage putting the lives of the three astronauts on board in jeopardy.
    DirectorRon HowardStarsTom HanksBill PaxtonKevin Bacon
  • Argo (2012)

    4. Argo

    20122hR86Metascore
    7.7 (653K)
    Acting under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1979.
    DirectorBen AffleckStarsBen AffleckBryan CranstonJohn Goodman
  • Ralph Fiennes in Quiz Show (1994)

    5. Quiz Show

    19942h 13mPG-1392Metascore
    7.5 (76K)
    A young lawyer, Richard Goodwin, investigates a potentially fixed game show. Charles Van Doren, a big time show winner, is under Goodwin's investigation.
    DirectorRobert RedfordStarsRalph FiennesJohn TurturroRob Morrow
  • Faysal Ahmed and Barkhad Abdirahman in Captain Phillips (2013)

    6. Captain Phillips

    20132h 14mPG-1382Metascore
    7.8 (508K)
    The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the U.S.-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
    DirectorPaul GreengrassStarsTom HanksBarkhad AbdiBarkhad Abdirahman
  • Val Kilmer in The Doors (1991)

    7. The Doors

    19912h 20mR62Metascore
    7.2 (104K)
    Jim Morrison's life, from his LA film student days to his death in Paris. Val Kilmer delivers an uncanny portrayal, with vocals indistinguishable from Morrison's originals. It depicts Morrison's journey as the iconic 60s rock frontman.
    DirectorOliver StoneStarsVal KilmerMeg RyanKyle MacLachlan
  • Will Smith in Ali (2001)

    8. Ali

    20012h 37mR65Metascore
    6.7 (108K)
    A biography of sports legend Muhammad Ali, focusing on his triumphs and controversies between 1964 and 1974.
    DirectorMichael MannStarsWill SmithJamie FoxxJon Voight
  • Denzel Washington in Remember the Titans (2000)

    9. Remember the Titans

    20001h 53mPG48Metascore
    7.8 (241K)
    In 1971, Virginia high-school football was everything to the people of Alexandria, but when the school board was forced to integrate an all-Black school with an all-white one, the foundation of football's tradition was put to the test.
    DirectorBoaz YakinStarsDenzel WashingtonWill PattonWood Harris
  • Josh Hartnett in Black Hawk Down (2001)

    10. Black Hawk Down

    20012h 24mR74Metascore
    7.7 (440K)
    The story of 160 elite U.S. soldiers who dropped into Mogadishu in October 1993 to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord, but found themselves in a desperate battle with a large force of heavily armed Somalis.
    DirectorRidley ScottStarsJosh HartnettEwan McGregorTom Sizemore
  • World Trade Center (2006)

    11. World Trade Center

    20062h 9mPG-1366Metascore
    6.0 (90K)
    Two Port Authority police officers become trapped under the rubble of the World Trade Center.
    DirectorOliver StoneStarsNicolas CageMichael PeñaMaria Bello
  • Gandhi (1982)

    12. Gandhi

    19823h 11mPG79Metascore
    8.0 (244K)
    The life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest.
    DirectorRichard AttenboroughStarsBen KingsleyJohn GielgudRohini Hattangadi
  • Matthew Broderick in Glory (1989)

    13. Glory

    19892h 2mR78Metascore
    7.8 (149K)
    Robert Gould Shaw leads the U.S. Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices from both his own Union Army, and the Confederates.
    DirectorEdward ZwickStarsMatthew BroderickDenzel WashingtonCary Elwes
  • Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln (2012)

    14. Lincoln

    20122h 30mPG-1387Metascore
    7.3 (279K)
    As the Civil War rages on, U.S President Abraham Lincoln struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on his decision to emancipate the slaves.
    DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsDaniel Day-LewisSally FieldDavid Strathairn
  • Meryl Streep in The Iron Lady (2011)

    15. The Iron Lady

    20111h 45mPG-1352Metascore
    6.4 (115K)
    An elderly Margaret Thatcher talks to the imagined presence of her recently deceased husband as she struggles to come to terms with his death while scenes from her past life, from girlhood to British prime minister, intervene.
    DirectorPhyllida LloydStarsMeryl StreepJim BroadbentRichard E. Grant
  • The Rookie (2002)

    16. The Rookie

    20022h 7mG72Metascore
    6.9 (38K)
    A Texas baseball coach makes the major league after agreeing to try out if his high school team made the playoffs.
    DirectorJohn Lee HancockStarsDennis QuaidJD EvermoreRachel Griffiths
  • Sandra Bullock and Quinton Aaron in The Blind Side (2009)

    17. The Blind Side

    20092h 9mPG-1353Metascore
    7.6 (375K)
    The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All-American football player and first-round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family.
    DirectorJohn Lee HancockStarsQuinton AaronSandra BullockTim McGraw
  • Eddie Cahill in Miracle (2004)

    18. Miracle

    20042h 15mPG68Metascore
    7.5 (61K)
    The true story of Herb Brooks, the player-turned-coach who led the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team to victory over the seemingly invincible Soviet squad.
    DirectorGavin O'ConnorStarsKurt RussellPatricia ClarksonNathan West
  • Denzel Washington in The Hurricane (1999)

    19. The Hurricane

    19992h 26mR74Metascore
    7.6 (105K)
    The story of Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.
    DirectorNorman JewisonStarsDenzel WashingtonVicellous ShannonDeborah Kara Unger
  • Don Cheadle, Nick Nolte, Joaquin Phoenix, Mosa Kaiser, Sophie Okonedo, Ofentse Modiselle, and Mathabo Pieterson in Hotel Rwanda (2004)

    20. Hotel Rwanda

    20042h 1mPG-1379Metascore
    8.1 (384K)
    Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager, houses over a thousand Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda, Africa.
    DirectorTerry GeorgeStarsDon CheadleSophie OkonedoJoaquin Phoenix
  • Forest Whitaker in The Last King of Scotland (2006)

    21. The Last King of Scotland

    20062h 3mR74Metascore
    7.6 (201K)
    Based on the events of the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's regime as seen by his personal physician during the 1970s.
    DirectorKevin MacdonaldStarsJames McAvoyForest WhitakerGillian Anderson
  • John David Washington in BlacKkKlansman (2018)

    22. BlacKkKlansman

    20182h 15mR83Metascore
    7.5 (303K)
    Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer from Colorado Springs, Colorado, successfully infiltrates the local Ku Klux Klan branch aided by a Jewish surrogate who eventually becomes its leader. Based on actual events.
    DirectorSpike LeeStarsJohn David WashingtonAdam DriverLaura Harrier
  • Operation Finale (2018)

    23. Operation Finale

    20182h 2mPG-1358Metascore
    6.6 (51K)
    A team of secret agents sets out to track down the Nazi officer who masterminded the Holocaust.
    DirectorChris WeitzStarsOscar IsaacBen KingsleyMélanie Laurent
  • Viveik Kalra in Blinded by the Light (2019)

    24. Blinded by the Light

    20191h 58mPG-1371Metascore
    6.9 (28K)
    In England in 1987, a teenager from an Asian family learns to live his life, understand his family and find his own voice through the music of American rock star Bruce Springsteen.
    DirectorGurinder ChadhaStarsBilly BarrattRonak Singh Chadha BergesViveik Kalra
  • Ralph Fiennes, Keira Knightley, and Matt Smith in Official Secrets (2019)

    25. Official Secrets

    20191h 52mR63Metascore
    7.3 (58K)
    The true story of a British whistleblower who leaked information to the press about an illegal NSA spy operation designed to push the UN Security Council into sanctioning the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
    DirectorGavin HoodStarsKeira KnightleyMatt SmithMatthew Goode

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