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1.
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
9.2/10
Two
imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual
redemption through acts of common decency. (142 mins.)
Director:
Frank Darabont
Stars: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler
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2.
Forrest Gump (1994)
8.7/10
Forrest
Gump, while not intelligent, has accidentally been present at many historic
moments, but his true love, Jenny, eludes him. (142 mins.)
Director:
Robert Zemeckis
Stars: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Sally Field
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3.
Schindler's List (1993)
8.9/10
In Poland
during World War II, Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish
workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis. (195 mins.)
Director:
Steven Spielberg
Stars: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley, Caroline Goodall
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4.
The Godfather (1972)
9.2/10
The aging
patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine
empire to his reluctant son. (175 mins.)
Director:
Francis Ford Coppola
Stars: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Diane Keaton
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5.
The Green Mile (1999)
8.4/10
The lives
of guards on Death Row are affected by one of their charges: a black man
accused of child murder and rape, yet who has a mysterious gift. (189 mins.)
Director:
Frank Darabont
Stars: Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan, David Morse, Bonnie Hunt
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6.
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
8.2/10
The
true-life story of Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager who housed over a
thousand Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in
Rwanda. (121 mins.)
Director:
Terry George
Stars: Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Joaquin Phoenix, Xolani Mali
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7.
Goodfellas (1990)
8.8/10
Henry
Hill and his friends work their way up through the mob hierarchy. (146 mins.)
Director:
Martin Scorsese
Stars: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco
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8.
3:10 to Yuma (2007)
7.8/10
A
small-time rancher agrees to hold a captured outlaw who's awaiting a train to
go to court in Yuma. A battle of wills ensues as the outlaw tries to psych out
the rancher. (122 mins.)
Director:
James Mangold
Stars: Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, Ben Foster, Logan Lerman
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9.
Scarface (1983)
8.2/10
In 1980
Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel while succumbing
to greed. (170 mins.)
Director:
Brian De Palma
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10.
The Bucket List (2007)
7.4/10
Two
terminally ill men escape from a cancer ward and head off on a road trip with a
wish list of to-dos before they die. (97 mins.)
Director:
Rob Reiner
Stars: Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman, Sean Hayes, Beverly Todd
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11.
The Terminal (2004)
7.2/10
An
eastern immigrant finds himself stranded in JFK airport, and must take up
temporary residence there. (128 mins.)
Director:
Steven Spielberg
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12.
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
8.1/10
A
hardened trainer/manager works with a determined woman in her attempt to
establish herself as a boxer. (132 mins.)
Director:
Clint Eastwood
Stars: Hilary Swank, Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Jay Baruchel
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13.
7.3/10
Photographer
Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson, for four
days in the 1960s. (135 mins.)
Director:
Clint Eastwood
Stars: Clint Eastwood, Meryl Streep, Annie Corley, Victor Slezak
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14.
Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
7.4/10
An old
Jewish woman and her African-American chauffeur in the American South have a
relationship that grows and improves over the years. (99 mins.)
Director:
Bruce Beresford
Stars: Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy, Dan Aykroyd, Patti LuPone
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15.
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
7.8/10
A true
story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully
conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal
prosecutor. (141 mins.)
Director:
Steven Spielberg
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16.
Chinatown (1974)
8.4/10
A private
detective investigating an adultery case stumbles on to a scheme of murder that
has something to do with water. (130 mins.)
Director:
Roman Polanski
Stars: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez
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17.
Millions (2004)
7.0/10
Ethics,
being human and the soul come to the fore when a 7-year old finds a bag of
Pounds just days before the currency is switched to Euros and learns what we
are really made of. (98 mins.)
Director:
Danny Boyle
Stars: Alex Etel, James Nesbitt, Daisy Donovan, Lewis McGibbon
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18.
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
8.5/10
Following
the Normandy Landings, a group of US soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve
a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action. (169 mins.)
Director:
Steven Spielberg
Stars: Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns
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19.
Cast Away (2000)
7.6/10
A FedEx
executive must transform himself physically and emotionally to survive a crash
landing on a deserted island. (143 mins.)
Director:
Robert Zemeckis
Stars: Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, Paul Sanchez, Lari White
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20.
As Good as It Gets (1997)
7.8/10
A single
mother/waitress, a misanthropic author, and a gay artist form an unlikely
friendship after the artist is in an accident. (139 mins.)
Director:
James L. Brooks
Stars: Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear, Cuba Gooding Jr.
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21.
The Departed (2006)
8.5/10
Two men
from opposite sides of the law are undercover within the Massachusetts State
Police and the Irish mafia, but violence and bloodshed boil when discoveries
are made, and the moles are dispatched to find out their enemy's identities.
(151 mins.)
Director:
Martin Scorsese
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22.
Dances with Wolves (1990)
8.0/10
Lt. John
Dunbar, exiled to a remote western Civil War outpost, befriends wolves and
Indians, making him an intolerable aberration in the military. (181 mins.)
Director:
Kevin Costner
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23.
Babel (2006)
7.5/10
Tragedy
strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, touching off an
interlocking story involving four different families. (143 mins.)
Director:
Alejandro González Iñárritu
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24.
Memento (2000)
8.6/10
A man,
suffering from short-term memory loss, uses notes and tattoos to hunt for the
man he thinks killed his wife. (113 mins.)
Director:
Christopher Nolan
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25.
Braveheart (1995)
8.4/10
William
Wallace, a commoner, unites the 13th Century Scots in their battle to overthrow
English rule. (177 mins.)
Director:
Mel Gibson
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26.
Traffic (2000)
7.7/10
A
conservative judge is appointed by the President to spearhead America's
escalating war against drugs, only to discover that his teenage daughter is an
addict. (147 mins.)
Director:
Steven Soderbergh
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27.
The Last King of Scotland (2006)
7.7/10
Based on
the events of the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's regime as seen by his
personal physician during the 1970s (121 mins.)
Director:
Kevin Macdonald
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28.
Good Will Hunting (1997)
8.1/10
Will
Hunting, a janitor at MIT, has a gift for mathematics but needs help from a
psychologist to find direction in his life. (126 mins.)
Director:
Gus Van Sant
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29.
Blood Diamond (2006)
8.0/10
A
fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the
possession of a priceless diamond. (143 mins.)
Director:
Edward Zwick
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30.
Boys Don't Cry (1999)
7.5/10
The story
of the life of Brandon Teena, a transgendered teen who preferred life in a male
identity until it was discovered he was born biologically female. (118 mins.)
Director:
Kimberly Peirce
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31.
Philadelphia (1993)
7.6/10
When a
man with AIDS is fired by a conservative law firm because of his condition, he
hires a homophobic small time lawyer as the only willing advocate for a
wrongful dismissal suit. (125 mins.)
Director:
Jonathan Demme
Stars: Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Roberta Maxwell, Buzz Kilman
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32.
Apocalypto (2006)
7.8/10
As the
Mayan kingdom faces its decline, the rulers insist the key to prosperity is to
build more temples and offer human sacrifices. Jaguar Paw, a young man captured
for sacrifice, flees to avoid his fate. (139 mins.)
Director:
Mel Gibson
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33.
The Blind Side (2009)
7.6/10
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. (129 mins.)
Director:
John Lee Hancock
Stars: Quinton Aaron, Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Jae Head
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34.
Gandhi (1982)
8.1/10
Biography
of Mohandas K. Gandhi, the
lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British
rule through his philosophy of non-violent protest. (191 mins.)
Director:
Richard Attenborough
Stars: Ben Kingsley, John Gielgud, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox
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35.
Gran Torino (2008)
8.3/10
Disgruntled
Korean War vet Walt Kowalski sets out to reform his neighbor, a young Hmong
teenager, who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possession: his 1972 Gran
Torino. (116 mins.)
Director:
Clint Eastwood
Stars: Clint Eastwood, Bee Vang, Christopher Carley, Ahney Her
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36.
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
7.4/10
A
housewife who is unhappy with her life befriends an old lady in a nursing home
and is enthralled by the tales she tells of people she used to know. (130
mins.)
Director:
Jon Avnet
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37.
Scent of a Woman (1992)
7.8/10
A prep
school student needing money agrees to "babysit" a blind man, but the
job is not at all what he anticipated. (157 mins.)
Director:
Martin Brest
Stars: Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell, James Rebhorn, Gabrielle Anwar
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38.
Titanic (1997)
7.5/10
A boy and
a girl from differing social backgrounds meet during the ill-fated maiden
voyage of the RMS Titanic. (194 mins.)
Director:
James Cameron
Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates
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39.
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
7.8/10
A
struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a
life-changing professional endeavor. (117 mins.)
Director:
Gabriele Muccino
Stars: Will Smith, Thandie Newton, Jaden Smith, Brian Howe
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40.
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
7.9/10
A family
determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take
a cross-country trip in their VW bus. (101 mins.)
Director:
Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
Stars: Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Abigail Breslin
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41.
Gladiator (2000)
8.4/10
When a
Roman general is betrayed and his family murdered by an emperor's corrupt son,
he comes to Rome as a gladiator to seek revenge. (155 mins.)
Director:
Ridley Scott
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42.
Crash (2004)
7.9/10
Los
Angeles citizens with vastly separate lives collide in interweaving stories of
race, loss and redemption. (112 mins.)
Director:
Paul Haggis
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43.
Mulholland Dr. (2001)
8.0/10
After a
car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesic, she and a
perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a
twisting venture beyond dreams and reality. (147 mins.)
Director:
David Lynch
Stars: Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux, Ann Miller
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44.
The Pianist (2002)
8.5/10
A Polish
Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of
World War II. (150 mins.)
Director:
Roman Polanski
Stars: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Emilia Fox
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45.
A Few Good Men (1992)
7.6/10
Neo
military lawyer Kaffee defends Marines accused of murder; they contend they
were acting under orders. (138 mins.)
Director:
Rob Reiner
Stars: Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon
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46.
Finding Neverland (2004)
7.8/10
The story
of J.M. Barrie's friendship
with a family who inspired him to create Peter Pan. (106 mins.)
Director:
Marc Forster
Stars: Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie, Radha Mitchell
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47.
Superbad (2007)
7.7/10
Two
co-dependent high school seniors are forced to deal with separation anxiety
after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry. (113 mins.)
Director:
Greg Mottola
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48.
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
8.1/10
Jason
Bourne dodges a ruthless CIA official and his agents from a new assassination
program while searching for the origins of his life as a trained killer. (115
mins.)
Director:
Paul Greengrass
Stars: Matt Damon, Édgar RamÃrez, Joan Allen, Julia Stiles
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49.
Gone Baby Gone (2007)
7.8/10
Two
Boston area detectives investigate a little girl's kidnapping, which ultimately
turns into a crisis both professionally and personally. Based on the Dennis
Lehane novel. (114 mins.)
Director:
Ben Affleck
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50.
8.8/10
Upon
arrival at a mental institution, a brash rebel rallies the patients together to
take on the oppressive Nurse Ratched, a woman more a dictator than a nurse.
(133 mins.)
Director:
Milos Forman
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51.
American Beauty (1999)
8.5/10
Lester
Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his
hectic life around after developing an infatuation for his daughter's attractive
friend. (122 mins.)
Director:
Sam Mendes
Stars: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley
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52.
The Untouchables (1987)
8.0/10
Federal
Agent Eliot Ness sets out to stop Al Capone; because of rampant corruption, he
assembles a small, hand-picked team. (119 mins.)
Director:
Brian De Palma
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53.
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
8.7/10
A young
FBI cadet must confide in an incarcerated and manipulative killer to receive
his help on catching another serial killer who skins his victims. (118 mins.)
Director:
Jonathan Demme
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54.
Atonement (2007)
7.8/10
Fledgling
writer Briony Tallis, as a 13-year-old, irrevocably changes the course of
several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not
commit. Based on the British romance novel by Ian McEwan. (123 mins.)
Director:
Joe Wright
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55.
The English Patient (1996)
7.3/10
At the
close of WWII, a young nurse tends to a badly-burned plane crash victim. His
past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair.
(162 mins.)
Director:
Anthony Minghella
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56.
Pride & Prejudice (2005)
7.7/10
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? (127 mins.)
Director:
Joe Wright
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57.
The Italian Job (2003)
6.9/10
After
being betrayed and left for dead in Italy, Charlie Croker and his team plan an
elaborate gold heist against their former ally. (111 mins.)
Director:
F. Gary Gray
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58.
Pulp Fiction (1994)
9.0/10
The lives
of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits
intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption. (154 mins.)
Director:
Quentin Tarantino
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59.
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
8.0/10
After a
brilliant but asocial mathematician accepts secret work in cryptography, his
life takes a turn to the nightmarish. (135 mins.)
Director:
Ron Howard
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60.
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
8.0/10
An
African American detective is asked to investigate a murder in a racist
southern town. (109 mins.)
Director:
Norman Jewison
Stars: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant
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61.
Munich (2005)
7.7/10
Based on
the true story of the Black September aftermath, about the five men chosen to
eliminate the ones responsible for that fateful day. (164 mins.)
Director:
Steven Spielberg
Stars: Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Marie-Josée Croze, Ciarán Hinds
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62.
The Matrix (1999)
8.7/10
A
computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his
reality and his role in the war against its controllers. (136 mins.)
Director:
The Wachowski Brothers, The Wachowski Brothers
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63.
King Kong (2005)
7.4/10
In 1933
New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship
crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a giant
ape who is immediately smitten with leading lady Ann Darrow. (187 mins.)
Director:
Peter Jackson
Stars: Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann
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64.
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
8.1/10
A Mumbai
teen who grew up in the slums, becomes a contestant on the Indian version of
"Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" He is arrested under suspicion of
cheating, and while being interrogated, events from his life history are shown
which explain why he knows the answers. (120 mins.)
Director:
Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan
Stars: Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Saurabh Shukla, Anil Kapoor
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65.
The World's Fastest Indian (2005)
7.8/10
The life
story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years building a 1920 Indian
motorcycle -- a bike which helped him set the land-speed world record at Utah's
Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967. (127 mins.)
Director:
Roger Donaldson
Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Diane Ladd, Iain Rea, Tessa Mitchell
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66.
In Bruges (2008)
8.0/10
Guilt-stricken
after a job gone wrong, hitman Ray and his partner await orders from their
ruthless boss in Bruges, Belgium, the last place in the world Ray wants to be.
(107 mins.)
Director:
Martin McDonagh
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67.
The Sixth Sense (1999)
8.2/10
A boy who
communicates with spirits that don't know they're dead seeks the help of a
disheartened child psychologist. (107 mins.)
Director:
M. Night Shyamalan
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68.
When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
7.6/10
Harry and
Sally have known each other for years, and are very good friends, but they fear
sex would ruin the friendship. (96 mins.)
Director:
Rob Reiner
Stars: Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher, Bruno Kirby
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69.
Love Actually (2003)
7.7/10
Follows
the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in
various loosely and interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before
Christmas in London, England. (135 mins.)
Director:
Richard Curtis
Stars: Hugh Grant, Martine McCutcheon, Liam Neeson, Laura Linney
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70.
The Namesake (2006)
7.4/10
American-born
Gogol, the son of Indian immigrants, wants to fit in among his fellow New
Yorkers, despite his family's unwillingness to let go of their traditional
ways. (122 mins.)
Director:
Mira Nair
Stars: Kal Penn, Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Jacinda Barrett
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71.
There Will Be Blood (2007)
8.1/10
A story
about family, greed, religion, and oil, centered around a turn-of-the-century
prospector in the early days of the business. (158 mins.)
Director:
Paul Thomas Anderson
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72.
Troy (2004)
7.0/10
An
adaptation of Homer's great epic, the film follows the assault on Troy by the
united Greek forces and chronicles the fates of the men involved. (163 mins.)
Director:
Wolfgang Petersen
Stars: Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Julian Glover
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73.
The Exorcist (1973)
8.0/10
When a
girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two
priests to save her daughter. (122 mins.)
Director:
William Friedkin
Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Linda Blair, Lee J. Cobb
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74.
Fargo (1996)
8.2/10
Jerry
Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and
the persistent police work of pregnant Marge Gunderson. (98 mins.)
Director:
Joel Coen
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75.
Papillon (1973)
8.0/10
A man
befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on
a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape. (151
mins.)
Director:
Franklin J. Schaffner
Stars: Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory, Don Gordon
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76.
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
7.5/10
Two
Russian and German snipers play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of
Stalingrad. (131 mins.)
Director:
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Stars: Jude Law, Ed Harris, Joseph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz
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77.
Patton (1970)
8.0/10
The World
War II phase of the controversial American general's career is depicted. (172
mins.)
Director:
Franklin J. Schaffner
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78.
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
8.4/10
After a
simple jewelery heist goes terribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to
suspect that one of them is a police informant. (99 mins.)
Director:
Quentin Tarantino
Stars: Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn
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79.
The Insider (1999)
7.9/10
A
research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides
to appear in a "60 Minutes" expose on Big Tobacco. (157 mins.)
Director:
Michael Mann
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80.
Sin City (2005)
8.2/10
A film
that explores the dark and miserable town, Basin City, and tells the story of
three different people, all caught up in violent corruption. (124 mins.)
Director:
Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez
Stars: Mickey Rourke, Clive Owen, Bruce Willis, Jessica Alba
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81.
Se7en (1995)
8.7/10
Two
detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven
deadly sins as his modus operandi. (127 mins.)
Director:
David Fincher
Stars: Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, Kevin Spacey, Gwyneth Paltrow
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82.
The Prestige (2006)
8.4/10
The
rivalry between two magicians is exacerbated when one of them performs the
ultimate illusion. (130 mins.)
Director:
Christopher Nolan
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83.
Taxi Driver (1976)
8.5/10
A
mentally unstable Vietnam war veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New
York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge to violently
lash out, attempting to save a teenage prostitute in the process. (113 mins.)
Director:
Martin Scorsese
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84.
(500) Days of Summer (2009)
7.9/10
An
offbeat romantic comedy about a woman who doesn't believe true love exists, and
the young man who falls for her. (95 mins.)
Director:
Marc Webb
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85.
The Shining (1980)
8.5/10
A family
heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil and spiritual presence
influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific
forebodings from the past and of the future.
Director:
Stanley Kubrick
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86.
No Country for Old Men (2007)
8.2/10
Violence
and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong and more
than two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande. (122 mins.)
Director:
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
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87.
Annie Hall (1977)
8.2/10
Neurotic
New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall. (93
mins.)
Director:
Woody Allen
Stars: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Carol Kane
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88.
Doubt (2008)
7.6/10
In a
Bronx Catholic school in 1964, a popular priest's ambiguous relationship with a
troubled 12-year-old student is questioned by the school's strict principal.
(104 mins.)
Director:
John Patrick Shanley
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89.
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
8.3/10
In
Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by
a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans
for the same. (153 mins.)
Director:
Quentin Tarantino
Stars: Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Eli Roth, Mélanie Laurent
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90.
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
8.4/10
A former
Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to Brooklyn over 30 years later, where
he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life. (229 mins.)
Director:
Sergio Leone
Stars: Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Joe Pesci
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91.
Sounder (1972)
7.6/10
The son
of a family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the Depression-era South
after his father is imprisoned for stealing food. (105 mins.)
Director:
Martin Ritt
Stars: Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks, Carmen Mathews
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92.
The French Connection (1971)
7.9/10
A pair of
NYC cops in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a drug smuggling job with a
French connection. (104 mins.)
Director:
William Friedkin
Stars: Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey, Tony Lo Bianco
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93.
The Usual Suspects (1995)
8.7/10
A boat
has been destroyed, criminals are dead, and the key to this mystery lies with
the only survivor and his twisted, convoluted story beginning with five career
crooks in a seemingly random police lineup. (106 mins.)
Director:
Bryan Singer
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94.
Glory (1989)
8.0/10
Robert
Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting
prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates. (122 mins.)
Director:
Edward Zwick
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95.
The King's Speech (2010)
8.2/10
The story
of King George VI of Britain, his impromptu ascension to the throne and the
speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch become worthy of it. (118 mins.)
Director:
Tom Hooper
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96.
All the President's Men (1976)
8.0/10
Reporters
Woodward and Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads
to President Nixon's resignation. (138 mins.)
Director:
Alan J. Pakula
Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam
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97.
Avatar (2009)
8.0/10
A
paraplegic Marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes
torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his
home. (162 mins.)
Director:
James Cameron
98.
Spider-Man (2002)
7.4/10
When
bitten by a genetically modified spider, a nerdy, shy, and awkward high school
student gains spider-like abilities that he eventually must use to fight evil
as a superhero after tragedy befalls his family. (121 mins.)
Director:
Sam Raimi
Stars: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Dafoe, James Franco
99.
7.6/10
As Harry
races against time and evil to destroy the Horcruxes, he uncovers the existence
of three most powerful objects in the wizarding world: the Deathly Hallows.
(146 mins.)
Director:
David Yates
Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Bill Nighy
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100.
8.9/10
Aragorn
leads the World of Men against Sauron's army to draw the dark lord's gaze from
Frodo and Sam who are on the doorstep of Mount Doom with the One Ring. (201
mins.)
Director:
Peter Jackson
Stars: Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom
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