The best (additional) movies I saw by 2018, unordered list (~118).

 

1. La Strada (1954)


A care-free girl is sold to a traveling entertainer, consequently enduring physical and emotional pain along the way.

Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Giulietta Masina, Richard Basehart, Aldo Silvani

2. Three Colors: Red (1994)


A model discovers her neighbor is keen on invading people's privacy.

Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Irène Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Frédérique Feder, Jean-Pierre Lorit

3. The Lost City (2005)


In Havana, Cuba in the late 1950s, a wealthy family, one of whose sons is a prominent night-club owner, is caught in the violent transition from the oppressive regime of Batista to the ... See full summary »

Director: Andy Garcia | Stars: Andy Garcia, Inés Sastre, Bill Murray, Alfredo Armenteros

4. Winter Light (1963)


A small town priest struggles with his faith.

Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Björnstrand, Gunnel Lindblom, Max von Sydow

5. At Land (1944)


Silently, a woman wakes on a beach as the tides go in reverse. Her dreamscape unfolds as she tries to locate a chess piece traveling from the beach to a party to a country road and then back.

Director: Maya Deren | Stars: John Cage, Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid, Hella Heyman

6. Gloria (II) (2013)


A story set in Santiago and centered on Gloria, a free-spirited older woman, and the realities of her whirlwind relationship with a former naval officer whom she meets out in the clubs.

Director: Sebastián Lelio | Stars: Paulina García, Sergio Hernández, Diego Fontecilla, Fabiola Zamora

7. Michael Clayton (2007)


A law firm brings in its "fixer" to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multibillion-dollar class action suit.

Director: Tony Gilroy | Stars: George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson, Michael O'Keefe

8. Syriana (2005)


A politically charged epic about the state of the oil industry in the hands of those personally involved in and affected by it.

Director: Stephen Gaghan | Stars: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Amanda Peet, Kayvan Novak

9. Before Sunrise (1995)


A young man and woman meet on a train in Europe, and wind up spending one evening together in Vienna. Unfortunately, both know that this will probably be their only night together.

Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Andrea Eckert, Hanno Pöschl

10. Annie Hall (1977)


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

11. My Scientology Movie (2015)


Louis Theroux documents his investigation into what goes on behind the scenes of the infamous Church of Scientology.

Director: John Dower | Stars: Louis Theroux, Tom Cruise, Marty Rathbun, Paz de la Huerta

12. Say Anything... (1989)


A noble underachiever and a beautiful valedictorian fall in love the summer before she goes off to college.

Director: Cameron Crowe | Stars: John Cusack, Ione Skye, John Mahoney, Lili Taylor

13. All About Eve (1950)


An ingenue insinuates herself into the company of an established but aging stage actress and her circle of theater friends.

Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm

14. Rubicon (2010– )


Will Travers is an analyst at a New York City-based federal intelligence agency who is thrown into a story where nothing is as it appears to be.

Stars: James Badge Dale, Jessica Collins, Lauren Hodges, Dallas Roberts

15. Vanaja (2006)


Vanaja, the 15 year old daughter of a financially troubled fisherman goes to work in the local landlady's house in hopes of learning Kuchipudi dance. She does well, but when the Landlady's ... See full summary »

Director: Rajnesh Domalpalli | Stars: Mamatha Bhukya, Urmila Dammannagari, Ramachandriah Marikanti, Krishnamma Gundimalla

16. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)


King Arthur 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

17. Raja (2003)


A cross-cultural drama about a wealthy middle-aged Frenchman's yearning for a nineteen year local girl. Raja is an orphan literally and figuratively scarred by life. Fred is an emotionally ... See full summary »

Director: Jacques Doillon | Stars: Pascal Greggory, Najat Benssallem, Ilham Abdelwahed, Hassan Khissal

18. The French Connection (1971)


A pair of NYC cops in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a drug smuggling job with a French connection.

Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey, Tony Lo Bianco

19. Bron/Broen (2011–2018)


When a body is found on the bridge between Denmark and Sweden, right on the border, Danish inspector Martin Rohde and Swedish Saga Norén have to share jurisdiction and work together to find the killer.

Stars: Sofia Helin, Rafael Pettersson, Sarah Boberg, Dag Malmberg

20. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)


A criminal pleads insanity after getting into trouble again and once in the mental institution rebels against the oppressive nurse and rallies up the scared patients.

Director: Milos Forman | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Will Sampson, Michael Berryman

21. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)


A young FBI agent disappears while investigating a murder miles from Twin Peaks that may be related to the future murder of Laura Palmer; the last week of the life of Laura Palmer is chronicled.

Director: David Lynch | Stars: Sheryl Lee, Ray Wise, Mädchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook

22. Battleship Potemkin (1925)


In the midst of the Russian Revolution of 1905, the crew of the battleship Potemkin mutiny against the brutal, tyrannical regime of the vessel's officers. The resulting street demonstration in Odessa brings on a police massacre.

Director: Sergei M. Eisenstein | Stars: Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barskiy, Grigoriy Aleksandrov, Ivan Bobrov

23. The Hunt (2012)


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

24. Thirteen (2003)


A thirteen-year-old girl's relationship with her mother is put to the test as she discovers drugs, sex, and petty crime in the company of her cool but troubled best friend.

Director: Catherine Hardwicke | Stars: Evan Rachel Wood, Holly Hunter, Nikki Reed, Vanessa Hudgens

25. Louis Theroux: The Ultra Zionists (2011 TV Movie)


Louis Theroux visits a small group of ultra-nationalist Jewish settlers.

Director: Andy Wells | Stars: Louis Theroux, Yair Lieberman, Daniel Luria

26. Chasing Amy (1997)


Holden and Banky are comic book artists. Everything's going good for them until they meet Alyssa, also a comic book artist. Holden falls for her, but his hopes are crushed when he finds out she's a lesbian.

Director: Kevin Smith | Stars: Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, Ethan Suplee, Scott Mosier

27. The Wrestler (2008)

R | 1 hr 49 min | Drama, Sport

Rated on 26 Nov 2016

A faded professional wrestler must retire, but finds his quest for a new life outside the ring a dispiriting struggle.

Director: Darren Aronofsky | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood, Mark Margolis

Votes: 275,400

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28. Earthlings (2005)

1 hr 35 min | Documentary, Horror

Rated on 24 Jan 2009

Using hidden cameras and never-before-seen footage, Earthlings chronicles the day-to-day practices of the largest industries in the world, all of which rely entirely on animals for profit.

Director: Shaun Monson | Star: Joaquin Phoenix

Votes: 15,870

29. In the Mood for Love (2000)

PG | 1 hr 38 min | Drama, Romance

Rated on 30 Jun 2016

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: 103,259

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30. Amélie (2001)

R | 2 hr 2 min | Comedy, Romance

Rated on 05 Jul 2008

Amélie is an innocent and naive girl in Paris with her own sense of justice. She decides to help those around her and, along the way, discovers love.

Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Stars: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus, Lorella Cravotta

Votes: 642,284

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31. The Ides of March (2011)

R | 1 hr 41 min | Drama, Thriller

Rated on 03 Jul 2016

An idealistic staffer for a new presidential candidate gets a crash course on dirty politics during his stint on the campaign trail.

Director: George Clooney | Stars: Paul Giamatti, George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ryan Gosling

Votes: 206,102

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32. Closer (I) (2004)

R | 1 hr 44 min | Drama, Romance

Rated on 13 Nov 2015

The relationships of two couples become complicated and deceitful when the man from one couple meets the woman of the other.

Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Natalie Portman, Jude Law, Clive Owen, Julia Roberts

Votes: 188,647

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33. Three Colors: Blue (1993)

R | 1 hr 38 min | Drama, Music, Mystery

Rated on 23 Jun 2016

A woman struggles to find a way to live her life after the death of her husband and child.

Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Julie Delpy, Benoît Régent

Votes: 76,675

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34. Revolutionary Road (2008)

R | 1 hr 59 min | Drama, Romance

Rated on 02 Jul 2016

A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children.

Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Christopher Fitzgerald, Jonathan Roumie

Votes: 175,784

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35. I Am Afraid (1977)

2 hr | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Rated on 23 Feb 2010

Journey into the fears of the escort agent Graziano, guilty of knowing too much.

Director: Damiano Damiani | Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Erland Josephson, Mario Adorf, Angelica Ippolito

Votes: 437

36. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)

R | 1 hr 43 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Rated on 23 Jun 2016

A murder mystery brings together a private eye, a struggling actress, and a thief masquerading as an actor.

Director: Shane Black | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan, Corbin Bernsen

Votes: 200,496

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37. Save the Last Dance (2001)

PG-13 | 1 hr 52 min | Drama, Music, Romance

Rated on 13 Nov 2008

A white midwestern girl moves to Chicago, where her new boyfriend is a black teen from the South Side with a rough, semi-criminal past.

Director: Thomas Carter | Stars: Julia Stiles, Sean Patrick Thomas, Kerry Washington, Fredro Starr

Votes: 53,499

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38. The Most Beautiful Wife (1970)

1 hr 48 min | Crime, Drama

Rated on 03 Aug 2015

Based on the story of Franca Viola and Filippo Melodia. In Sicily, as a Mafia boss leaves for prison, he advises Vito, a young man who's his potential successor, to marry a virtuous and ... See full summary »

Director: Damiano Damiani | Stars: Alessio Orano, Ornella Muti, Tano Cimarosa, Joe Sentieri

Votes: 536

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39. All the President's Men (1976)

PG | 2 hr 18 min | Biography, Drama, History

Rated on 24 Jun 2015

"The Washington Post" reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Richard Nixon's resignation.

Director: Alan J. Pakula | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam

Votes: 90,392

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40. 45 Years (2015)

R | 1 hr 31 min | Drama, Romance

Rated on 22 Jun 2016

A married couple preparing to celebrate their wedding anniversary receives shattering news that promises to forever change the course of their lives.

Director: Andrew Haigh | Stars: Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay, Geraldine James, Dolly Wells

Votes: 27,486

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41. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)

R | 1 hr 30 min | Comedy, Drama

Rated on 24 Jul 2012

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: 83,870

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42. Drive (I) (2011)

R | 1 hr 40 min | Crime, Drama

Rated on 02 Jul 2016

A mysterious Hollywood stuntman and mechanic moonlights as a getaway driver and finds himself in trouble when he helps out his neighbor.

Director: Nicolas Winding Refn | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Albert Brooks

Votes: 514,279

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43. The Verdict (1982)

R | 2 hr 9 min | Drama

Rated on 15 Nov 2015

A lawyer sees the chance to salvage his career and self-respect by taking a medical malpractice case to trial rather than settling.

Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling, Jack Warden, James Mason

Votes: 31,767

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44. White Sun of the Desert (1970)

Not Rated | 1 hr 24 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Rated on 27 Jun 2016

At the end of the Russian Civil War, Red Army soldier Fyodor Sukhov is ordered to guard the harem of a Caspian Sea guerrilla leader.

Director: Vladimir Motyl | Stars: Anatoliy Kuznetsov, Pavel Luspekayev, Spartak Mishulin, Kakhi Kavsadze

Votes: 5,835

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45. Welcome to the Rileys (2010)

R | 1 hr 50 min | Drama

Rated on 27 Jun 2016

On a business trip to New Orleans, a damaged man seeks salvation by caring for a wayward young woman.

Director: Jake Scott | Stars: James Gandolfini, Kristen Stewart, Melissa Leo, David Jensen

Votes: 21,940

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46. Dead Poets Society (1989)

PG | 2 hr 8 min | Comedy, Drama

Rated on 31 Jul 2010

English teacher John Keating inspires his students to look at poetry with a different perspective of authentic knowledge and feelings.

Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles

Votes: 360,267

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47. Grizzly Man (2005)

R | 1 hr 43 min | Documentary, Biography

Rated on 12 Jul 2015

A devastating and heart-rending take on grizzly bear activists Timothy Treadwell and Amie Huguenard, who were killed in October of 2003 while living among grizzly bears in Alaska.

Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Timothy Treadwell, Amie Huguenard, Werner Herzog, Carol Dexter

Votes: 47,761

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48. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

PG | 2 hr 41 min | Adventure, Drama, War

Rated on 10 Jul 2015

After settling his differences with a Japanese P.O.W. camp commander, a British Colonel co-operates to oversee his men's construction of a railway bridge for their captors, while oblivious to a plan by the Allies to destroy it.

Director: David Lean | Stars: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa

Votes: 183,742

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49. Tsyganka Aza (1987)

1 hr 36 min | Drama, Romance

Rated on 27 Jun 2016

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Director: Grigori Kokhan | Stars: Olga Zhemchuzhnaya, Yelena Ponomarenko, Igor Krikunov, Aleksandr Bondarenko

Votes: 14

50. 12 Angry Men (1957)

Not Rated | 1 hr 36 min | Drama

Rated on 24 Jun 2015

A jury holdout attempts to prevent a miscarriage of justice by forcing his colleagues to reconsider the evidence.

Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Martin Balsam, John Fiedler

Votes: 580,163

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51. Before Night Falls (2000)

R | 2 hr 13 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

Rated on 15 Sep 2016

The life of Cuban poet and novelist, Reinaldo Arenas.

Director: Julian Schnabel | Stars: Javier Bardem, Johnny Depp, Olatz López Garmendia, Giovani Florido

Votes: 22,646

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52. The Taming of the Scoundrel (1980)

1 hr 44 min | Comedy, Romance

Rated on 03 Oct 2009

A grouchy farmer, known around his small Italian town as being wonderful to his employees, but actively driving everyone else away, is in for a surprise when a beautiful girl from the city,... See full summary »

Directors: Franco Castellano, Giuseppe Moccia | Stars: Adriano Celentano, Ornella Muti, Edith Peters, Pippo Santonastaso

Votes: 5,832

53. Monsieur Lazhar (2011)

PG-13 | 1 hr 34 min | Comedy, Drama

Rated on 23 Dec 2013

At a Montréal public grade school, an Algerian immigrant is hired to replace a popular teacher who committed suicide in her classroom. While helping his students deal with their grief, his own recent loss is revealed.

Director: Philippe Falardeau | Stars: Mohamed Fellag, Sophie Nélisse, Émilien Néron, Danielle Proulx

Votes: 17,989

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54. Brief Encounter (1945)

Not Rated | 1 hr 26 min | Drama, Romance

Rated on 03 Aug 2015

Meeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband.

Director: David Lean | Stars: Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey

Votes: 31,257

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55. Boys Don't Cry (1999)

R | 1 hr 58 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

Rated on 26 Nov 2015

Female-born Teena Brandon adopts his male identity of Brandon Teena and attempts to find himself and love in Nebraska.

Director: Kimberly Peirce | Stars: Hilary Swank, Chloë Sevigny, Peter Sarsgaard, Brendan Sexton III

Votes: 86,285

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56. Up in the Air (I) (2009)

R | 1 hr 49 min | Drama, Romance

Rated on 27 Nov 2016

Ryan Bingham enjoys living out of a suitcase for his job, travelling around the country firing people, but finds that lifestyle threatened by the presence of a potential love interest, and a new hire.

Director: Jason Reitman | Stars: George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman

Votes: 298,284

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57. Waking Ned Devine (1998)

PG | 1 hr 31 min | Comedy

Rated on 05 Dec 2015

When a lottery winner dies of shock, his fellow townsfolk attempt to claim the money.

Director: Kirk Jones | Stars: Ian Bannen, David Kelly, Fionnula Flanagan, Susan Lynch

Votes: 23,544

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58. The Runaways (2010)

R | 1 hr 46 min | Biography, Drama, Music

Rated on 24 Feb 2012

A coming-of-age biographical film about the 1970s teenage all-girl rock band The Runaways. The relationship between band members Cherie Currie and Joan Jett is also explored.

Director: Floria Sigismondi | Stars: Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning, Michael Shannon, Stella Maeve

Votes: 43,454

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59. Harlan County U.S.A. (1976)

PG | 1 hr 43 min | Documentary

Rated on 10 Jul 2015

A filmed account of a bitterly violent miner strike.

Director: Barbara Kopple | Stars: Norman Yarborough, Houston Elmore, Phil Sparks, John Corcoran

Votes: 4,180

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60. Interiors (1978)

PG | 1 hr 32 min | Drama

Rated on 14 Apr 2016

Three sisters find their lives spinning out of control in the wake of their parents' sudden, unexpected divorce.

Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Diane Keaton, Geraldine Page, Kristin Griffith, Mary Beth Hurt

Votes: 16,496

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61. A Beautiful Mind (2001)

PG-13 | 2 hr 15 min | Biography, Drama

Rated on 01 Aug 2015

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: 758,103

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62. The Departed (2006)

R | 2 hr 31 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Rated on 13 Jun 2008

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: 1,056,652

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63. Pro Krasnuyu Shapochku (1977 TV Movie)

2 hr 15 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Musical

Rated on 22 Jul 2008

A sequel to the well-known story about a Little Red Riding Hood (Krasnaya Shapochka). This time, a family of a slain wolf decides to avenge his death. So they falsely inform Little Red ... See full summary »

Director: Leonid Nechaev | Stars: Evgeniy Evstigneev, Yana Poplavskaya, Rina Zelyonaya, Vladimir Basov

Votes: 499

64. Easy A (2010)

PG-13 | 1 hr 32 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Rated on 26 Jun 2016

A clean-cut high school student relies on the school's rumor mill to advance her social and financial standing.

Director: Will Gluck | Stars: Emma Stone, Amanda Bynes, Penn Badgley, Dan Byrd

Votes: 325,236

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65. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

Not Rated | 2 hr 9 min | Crime, Drama

Rated on 13 Apr 2016

Atticus Finch, a lawyer in the Depression-era South, defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge, and his children against prejudice.

Director: Robert Mulligan | Stars: Gregory Peck, John Megna, Frank Overton, Rosemary Murphy

Votes: 267,134

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66. Man with a Movie Camera (1929)

Not Rated | 1 hr 8 min | Documentary, Music

Rated on 28 Nov 2015

A man travels around a city with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling invention.

Director: Dziga Vertov | Star: Mikhail Kaufman

Votes: 19,484

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67. Manhattan (1979)

R | 1 hr 36 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Rated on 15 Apr 2016

The life of a divorced television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.

Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Mariel Hemingway, Michael Murphy

Votes: 120,374

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68. Sandra Maischberger trifft Leni Riefenstahl (2002 TV Movie)

59 min | Documentary, Biography

Rated on 18 Jul 2015

Sandra Maischberger meets Leni Riefenstahl.

Director: Hans-Jürgen Panitz | Stars: Sandra Maischberger, Leni Riefenstahl

Votes: 29

69. Sisters (2001)

1 hr 23 min | Crime, Drama

Rated on 22 Jul 2008

Two young girls, Sveta and Dina, go on the run to avoid being kidnapped by the former associates of Dina's recently released gangster father.

Director: Sergey Bodrov | Stars: Oksana Akinshina, Katya Gorina, Roman Ageev, Tatyana Kolganova

Votes: 2,585

70. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

R | 1 hr 41 min | Comedy, Drama

Rated on 27 Jun 2016

A family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus.

Directors: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris | Stars: Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Abigail Breslin

Votes: 404,880

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71. Bicycle Thieves (1948)

Not Rated | 1 hr 29 min | Drama

Rated on 24 Jun 2015

In post-war Italy, a working-class man's bicycle is stolen. He and his son set out to find it.

Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Elena Altieri

Votes: 123,836

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72. Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)

Not Rated | 14 min | Short, Fantasy, Mystery

Rated on 03 Aug 2015

A woman returning home falls asleep and has vivid dreams that may or may not be happening in reality. Through repetitive images and complete mismatching of the objective view of time and space, her dark inner desires play out on-screen.

Directors: Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid | Stars: Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid

Votes: 9,245

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73. Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

PG-13 | 1 hr 51 min | Drama

Rated on 19 Oct 2015

A rebellious young man with a troubled past comes to a new town, finding friends and enemies.

Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Jim Backus

Votes: 74,994

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74. Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple (2006)

1 hr 26 min | Documentary, History

Rated on 08 Sep 2012

Featuring never-before-seen footage, this documentary delivers a startling new look at the Peoples Temple, headed by preacher Jim Jones who, in 1978, led more than 900 members to Guyana, where he orchestrated a mass suicide via tainted punch.

Director: Stanley Nelson | Stars: Rebecca Moore, Janet Shular, Tim Carter, Stanley Clayton

Votes: 4,609

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75. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)

Not Rated | 1 hr 50 min | Documentary

Rated on 03 Aug 2015

A documentary about the Enron corporation, its faulty and corrupt business practices, and how they led to its fall.

Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: John Beard, Tim Belden, Barbara Boxer, George W. Bush

Votes: 15,065

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76. Citizen Kane (1941)

PG | 1 hr 59 min | Drama, Mystery

Rated on 24 Jun 2015

Following the death of a publishing tycoon, news reporters scramble to discover the meaning of his final utterance.

Director: Orson Welles | Stars: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead

Votes: 357,750

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77. The 400 Blows (1959)

Not Rated | 1 hr 39 min | Crime, Drama

Rated on 05 Aug 2015

A young boy, left without attention, delves into a life of petty crime.

Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Albert Rémy, Claire Maurier, Guy Decomble

Votes: 90,621

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78. Ghost in the Shell (1995)

Not Rated | 1 hr 23 min | Animation, Action, Crime

Rated on 31 Jul 2010

A cyborg policewoman and her partner hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the Puppet Master.

Director: Mamoru Oshii | Stars: Atsuko Tanaka, Iemasa Kayumi, Akio Ôtsuka, Kôichi Yamadera

Votes: 113,082

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79. Wild Strawberries (1957)

Not Rated | 1 hr 31 min | Drama, Romance

Rated on 03 Aug 2015

After living a life marked by coldness, an aging professor is forced to confront the emptiness of his existence.

Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Victor Sjöström, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Björnstrand

Votes: 82,712

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80. Clouds of Sils Maria (2014)

R | 2 hr 4 min | Drama

Rated on 23 Jun 2016

A film star comes face-to-face with an uncomfortable reflection of herself while starring in a revival of the play that launched her career.

Director: Olivier Assayas | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, Chloë Grace Moretz, Lars Eidinger

Votes: 24,272

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81. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

R | 2 hr 22 min | Drama

Rated on 31 Jul 2010

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: 2,057,343

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82. A Woman Under the Influence (1974)

R | 2 hr 35 min | Drama, Romance

Rated on 25 Jul 2015

Mabel, a wife and mother, is loved by her husband Nick but her mental illness proves to be a problem in the marriage.

Director: John Cassavetes | Stars: Gena Rowlands, Peter Falk, Fred Draper, Lady Rowlands

Votes: 17,690

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83. The Responsive Eye (1966)

30 min | Documentary, Short

Rated on 18 Oct 2015

Documentary about an artwork opening at The Museum of Modern Art.

Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: William Seitz, Rudolf Arnheim, Irving H. Leopold, David Hockney

Votes: 134

84. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)

PG-13 | 1 hr 47 min | Comedy, Drama

Rated on 10 Nov 2015

Between two Thanksgivings two years apart, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.

Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest, Michael Caine, Barbara Hershey

Votes: 61,038

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85. Louis Theroux: The City Addicted to Crystal Meth (2009 TV Movie)

1 hr | Documentary

Rated on 22 Apr 2017

British documentarian Louis Theroux examines the toll meth has taken on several addicts in Fresno, California.

Director: Geoffrey O'Connor | Star: Louis Theroux

Votes: 912

86. Le Amiche (1955)

Not Rated | 1 hr 44 min | Drama, Romance

Rated on 17 Feb 2010

A young woman returns to her hometown of Turin to set up a new fashion salon and gets involved with a troubled woman and her three wealthy friends.

Director: Michelangelo Antonioni | Stars: Eleonora Rossi Drago, Gabriele Ferzetti, Franco Fabrizi, Valentina Cortese

Votes: 2,199

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87. Empire of Passion (1978)


A married woman and her lover murder her husband and dump his body into a well. After a while, his ghost comes to haunt them while the local gossip grows stronger.

Director: Nagisa Ôshima | Stars: Tatsuya Fuji, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Takahiro Tamura, Takuzô Kawatani

88. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)


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

89. Going Places (1974)


Two whimsical, aimless thugs harass and assault women, steal, murder, and alternately charm, fight, or sprint their way out of trouble. They take whatever the bourgeois characters value: ... See full summary »

Director: Bertrand Blier | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Patrick Dewaere, Miou-Miou, Jeanne Moreau

90. I Am Cuba (1964)


Four vignettes about the lives of the Cuban people set during the pre-revolutionary era.

Director: Mikhail Kalatozov | Stars: Sergio Corrieri, Salvador Wood, José Gallardo, Raúl García

91. Terms of Endearment (1983)


Follows hard-to-please Aurora looking for love, and her daughter's family problems.

Director: James L. Brooks | Stars: Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito

92. Trainspotting (1996)


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

93. The Crazy Stranger (1997)


A man is looking for a singer he had heard on cassette. He finds much more.

Director: Tony Gatlif | Stars: Romain Duris, Rona Hartner, Izidor Serban, Ovidiu Balan

94. Spotlight (I) (2015)


The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.

Director: Tom McCarthy | Stars: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber

95. Pulp Fiction (1994)


The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster's 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

96. Das Boot (1981)


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

97. Straight Outta Compton (2015)


The group NWA emerges from the mean streets of Compton in Los Angeles, California, in the mid-1980s and revolutionizes Hip Hop culture with their music and tales about life in the hood.

Director: F. Gary Gray | Stars: O'Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Neil Brown Jr.

98. Reconstruction (2003)


A young man who thought himself already in love with a nice girl is drawn into a literary drama when he is captured by a deep and stimulating love affair.

Director: Christoffer Boe | Stars: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Maria Bonnevie, Krister Henriksson, Klaus Mulbjerg

99. All Things Fair (1995)


Malmö, Sweden during the Second World War. Stig is a 15 year old pupil on the verge of adulthood. Viola is 37 years old and his teacher. He is attracted by her beauty and maturity. She is ... See full summary »

Director: Bo Widerberg | Stars: Johan Widerberg, Marika Lagercrantz, Tomas von Brömssen, Karin Huldt

100. The Professional (1981)

 

Victim of a plot which has resulted in his imprisonment in a Central African jail for two years, a French secret agent arrives in Paris to settle accounts.

Director: Georges Lautner | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Desailly, Cyrielle Clair, Marie-Christine Descouard

 

101. Seven Samurai (1954)


A poor village under attack by bandits recruits seven unemployed samurai to help them defend themselves.

Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, Yukiko Shimazaki

102. The Lives of Others (2006)


In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police, conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover, finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives.

Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | Stars: Ulrich Mühe, Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur

103. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)


Disturbed Blanche DuBois moves in with her sister in New Orleans and is tormented by her brutish brother-in-law while her reality crumbles around her.

Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden

104. Touch of Evil (1958)


A stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping, and police corruption in a Mexican border town.

Director: Orson Welles | Stars: Charlton Heston, Orson Welles, Janet Leigh, Joseph Calleia

105. Divorce His - Divorce Hers (1973 TV Movie)


The story of the breakup of an 18-year marriage, as seen from the points of view of both the husband and the wife.

Director: Waris Hussein | Stars: Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Carrie Nye, Barry Foster

106. The Maltese Falcon (1941)


A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.

Director: John Huston | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George, Peter Lorre

107. Aparajito (1956)


Following his father's death, a boy leaves home to study in Calcutta, while his mother must face a life alone.

Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Pinaki Sengupta, Smaran Ghosal, Kamala Adhikari, Lalchand Banerjee

108. Sunset Boulevard (1950)


A screenwriter is hired to rework a faded silent film star's script, only to find himself developing a dangerous relationship.

Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson

109. Summer with Monika (1953)


A pair of teenagers meet one summer day, start a reckless affair and abandon their families to be with one another.

Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Harriet Andersson, Lars Ekborg, Dagmar Ebbesen, Åke Fridell

110. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)


An introvert freshman is taken under the wings of two seniors who welcome him to the real world.

Director: Stephen Chbosky | Stars: Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, Ezra Miller, Paul Rudd

111. La Haine (1995)


24 hours in the lives of three young men in the French suburbs the day after a violent riot.

Director: Mathieu Kassovitz | Stars: Vincent Cassel, Hubert Koundé, Saïd Taghmaoui, Abdel Ahmed Ghili

112. The Elephant Man (1980)


A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of intelligence and sensitivity.

Director: David Lynch | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud

113. The God Who Wasn't There (2005)

1 hr 2 min | Documentary

Did Jesus exist? This film starts with that question, then goes on to examine Christianity as a whole.

Director: Brian Flemming | Stars: Sam Harris, Robert M. Price, Richard Carrier, Earl Doherty

114. The Insider (1999)


A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a "60 Minutes" expose on Big Tobacco.

Director: Michael Mann | Stars: Russell Crowe, Al Pacino, Christopher Plummer, Diane Venora

115. Brother (1997)


An ex-soldier with a personal honor code enters the family crime business in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Director: Aleksey Balabanov | Stars: Sergey Bodrov, Viktor Sukhorukov, Svetlana Pismichenko, Mariya Zhukova

116. Louis Theroux: America's Medicated Kids (2010 TV Movie)

58 min | Documentary


Louis meets parents who have turned to medication to keep their children under control.

Director: Danny Horan | Star: Louis Theroux

117. The Most Hated Family in America (2007 TV Movie)


Louis meets the Phelps family, who protest against an America that tolerates homosexuality

Director: Geoffrey O'Connor | Stars: Louis Theroux, Lauren Drain, Steve Drain, Fred Phelps

118. The Godfather (1972)

 

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

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