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Top 100 English Movies
Top 100 English Movies
by wankash17 | created - 02 Dec 2010 | updated - 20 May 2013 | Public
My list of must see "Top 100 English Movies" (not in that Order) of all time. Your opinions might differ. Please comment if you want to recommend any movies to be added.
Also, please check my "Other Lists" of movies too.
Note: This list contain english movies only after mid-60's and 70's onwards. Also, I have another list of English Movies as - "Top 30 Classic English Movies" for movies before mid-60's, "Other" Very Good English Movies list for movies after mid-60's and 70's onwards and "Top 30 Animation Movies".
Also, please check my "Other Lists" of movies too.
Note: This list contain english movies only after mid-60's and 70's onwards. Also, I have another list of English Movies as - "Top 30 Classic English Movies" for movies before mid-60's, "Other" Very Good English Movies list for movies after mid-60's and 70's onwards and "Top 30 Animation Movies".
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1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
R | 142 min | Drama
9.3
80 Metascore
Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency.
Votes: 2,174,009 | Gross: $28.34M
2. Forrest Gump (1994)
PG-13 | 142 min | Drama, Romance
8.8
82 Metascore
The presidencies of Kennedy and Johnson, the events of Vietnam, Watergate, and other history unfold through the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75.
Votes: 1,675,104 | Gross: $330.25M
3. Schindler's List (1993)
R | 195 min | Biography, Drama, History
8.9
94 Metascore
In German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.
Votes: 1,134,849 | Gross: $96.90M
4. The Godfather (1972)
R | 175 min | Crime, Drama
9.2
100 Metascore
The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.
Votes: 1,497,699 | Gross: $134.97M
5. The Green Mile (1999)
R | 189 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
8.6
61 Metascore
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.
Votes: 1,058,608 | Gross: $136.80M
6. Hotel Rwanda (2004)
PG-13 | 121 min | Biography, Drama, History
8.1
79 Metascore
Paul Rusesabagina was a hotel manager who housed over a thousand Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda.
Votes: 319,959 | Gross: $23.53M
7. Goodfellas (1990)
R | 146 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
8.7
90 Metascore
The story of Henry Hill and his life in the mob, covering his relationship with his wife Karen Hill and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito in the Italian-American crime syndicate.
Votes: 944,116 | Gross: $46.84M
8. 3:10 to Yuma (2007)
R | 122 min | Action, Crime, Drama
7.7
76 Metascore
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.
Votes: 275,438 | Gross: $53.61M
9. Scarface (1983)
R | 170 min | Crime, Drama
8.3
65 Metascore
In 1980 Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Bauer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Votes: 687,768 | Gross: $45.60M
10. The Bucket List (2007)
PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Drama
7.4
42 Metascore
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.
Votes: 219,378 | Gross: $93.47M
11. The Terminal (2004)
PG-13 | 128 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
7.3
55 Metascore
An Eastern European tourist unexpectedly finds himself stranded in JFK airport, and must take up temporary residence there.
Votes: 376,917 | Gross: $77.87M
12. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
PG-13 | 132 min | Drama, Sport
8.1
86 Metascore
A determined woman works with a hardened boxing trainer to become a professional.
Votes: 601,078 | Gross: $100.49M
13. The Bridges of Madison County (1995)
PG-13 | 135 min | Drama, Romance
7.6
66 Metascore
Photographer Robert Kincaid (Clint Eastwood) wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson (Meryl Streep), for four days in the 1960s.
Votes: 67,566 | Gross: $71.52M
14. Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
PG | 99 min | Drama
7.4
81 Metascore
An old Jewish woman and her African-American chauffeur in the American South have a relationship that grows and improves over the years.
Votes: 91,871 | Gross: $106.59M
15. Catch Me If You Can (2002)
PG-13 | 141 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
8.1
75 Metascore
A seasoned FBI agent pursues Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully forged millions of dollars' worth of checks while posing as a Pan Am pilot, a doctor, and a legal prosecutor.
Votes: 751,940 | Gross: $164.62M
16. Chinatown (1974)
R | 130 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
8.2
92 Metascore
A private detective hired to expose an adulterer finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.
Votes: 274,468 | Gross: $29.20M
17. Millions (2004)
PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
6.9
74 Metascore
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.
Votes: 23,923 | Gross: $6.58M
18. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
R | 169 min | Drama, War
8.6
91 Metascore
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.
Votes: 1,151,988 | Gross: $216.54M
19. As Good as It Gets (1997)
PG-13 | 139 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
7.7
67 Metascore
A single mother and waitress, a misanthropic author, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery.
Votes: 260,597 | Gross: $148.48M
20. The Departed (2006)
R | 151 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
8.5
85 Metascore
An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.
Votes: 1,111,592 | Gross: $132.38M
21. Dances with Wolves (1990)
PG-13 | 181 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
8
72 Metascore
Lieutenant John Dunbar, assigned to a remote western Civil War outpost, befriends wolves and Indians, making him an intolerable aberration in the military.
Votes: 226,607 | Gross: $184.21M
22. Babel (I) (2006)
R | 143 min | Drama
7.4
69 Metascore
Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, touching off an interlocking story involving four different families.
Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Stars: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Gael García Bernal, Mohamed Akhzam
Votes: 277,918 | Gross: $34.30M
23. Cast Away (2000)
PG-13 | 143 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
7.8
73 Metascore
A FedEx executive undergoes a physical and emotional transformation after crash landing on a deserted island.
Votes: 486,892 | Gross: $233.63M
24. Memento (2000)
R | 113 min | Mystery, Thriller
8.4
80 Metascore
A man with short-term memory loss attempts to track down his wife's murderer.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, Mark Boone Junior
Votes: 1,058,567 | Gross: $25.54M
25. Braveheart (1995)
R | 178 min | Biography, Drama, History
8.3
68 Metascore
When his secret bride is executed for assaulting an English soldier who tried to rape her, William Wallace begins a revolt against King Edward I of England.
Votes: 913,575 | Gross: $75.60M
26. Traffic (2000)
R | 147 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
7.6
86 Metascore
A conservative judge is appointed by the President to spearhead America's escalating war against drugs, only to discover that his teenage daughter is a crack addict. Two DEA agents protect an informant. A jailed drug baron's wife attempts to carry on the family business.
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Michael Douglas, Benicio Del Toro, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jacob Vargas
Votes: 188,852 | Gross: $124.12M
27. The Last King of Scotland (2006)
R | 123 min | Biography, Drama, History
7.7
74 Metascore
Based on the events of the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's regime as seen by his personal physician during the 1970s.
Director: Kevin Macdonald | Stars: James McAvoy, Forest Whitaker, Gillian Anderson, Kerry Washington
Votes: 168,544 | Gross: $17.61M
28. Good Will Hunting (1997)
R | 126 min | Drama, Romance
8.3
70 Metascore
Will Hunting, a janitor at M.I.T., has a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life.
Votes: 796,285 | Gross: $138.43M
29. Blood Diamond (2006)
R | 143 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
8
64 Metascore
A fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond.
Director: Edward Zwick | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, Jennifer Connelly, Kagiso Kuypers
Votes: 473,165 | Gross: $57.37M
30. Boys Don't Cry (1999)
R | 118 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
7.5
86 Metascore
A young man named Brandon Teena navigates love, life, and being transgender in rural Nebraska.
Votes: 88,722 | Gross: $11.53M
31. Apocalypto (2006)
R | 139 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
7.8
68 Metascore
As the Mayan kingdom faces its decline, a young man is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression.
Director: Mel Gibson | Stars: Gerardo Taracena, Raoul Max Trujillo, Dalia Hernández, Rudy Youngblood
Votes: 275,931 | Gross: $50.87M
32. The Blind Side (2009)
PG-13 | 129 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
7.6
53 Metascore
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.
Votes: 274,782 | Gross: $255.96M
33. Gandhi (1982)
PG | 191 min | Biography, Drama, History
8
79 Metascore
Mohandas K. Gandhi's character is fully explained as a man of nonviolence. Through his patience, he is able to drive the British out of the subcontinent. And the stubborn nature of Jinnah and his commitment towards Pakistan is portrayed.
Votes: 210,620 | Gross: $52.77M
34. Gran Torino (2008)
R | 116 min | Drama
8.1
72 Metascore
Disgruntled Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski sets out to reform his neighbor, Thao Lor, a Hmong teenager who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possession: a 1972 Gran Torino.
Votes: 685,760 | Gross: $148.10M
35. Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
PG-13 | 130 min | Drama
7.7
64 Metascore
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.
Votes: 62,984 | Gross: $82.42M
36. Scent of a Woman (1992)
R | 156 min | Drama
8
59 Metascore
A prep school student needing money agrees to "babysit" a blind man, but the job is not at all what he anticipated.
Votes: 240,723 | Gross: $63.90M
37. Titanic (1997)
PG-13 | 194 min | Drama, Romance
7.8
75 Metascore
A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.
Votes: 986,210 | Gross: $659.33M
38. The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
PG-13 | 117 min | Biography, Drama
8
64 Metascore
A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.
Votes: 417,664 | Gross: $163.57M
39. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama
7.8
80 Metascore
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: 418,607 | Gross: $59.89M
40. Gladiator (2000)
R | 155 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
8.5
67 Metascore
A former Roman General sets out to exact vengeance against the corrupt emperor who murdered his family and sent him into slavery.
Votes: 1,255,028 | Gross: $187.71M
41. Crash (I) (2004)
R | 112 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
7.8
69 Metascore
Los Angeles citizens with vastly separate lives collide in interweaving stories of race, loss and redemption.
Votes: 406,213 | Gross: $54.58M
42. Mulholland Drive (2001)
R | 147 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
7.9
83 Metascore
After a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.
Votes: 298,796 | Gross: $7.22M
43. The Pianist (2002)
R | 150 min | Biography, Drama, Music
8.5
85 Metascore
A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II.
Votes: 670,686 | Gross: $32.57M
44. A Few Good Men (1992)
R | 138 min | Drama, Thriller
7.7
62 Metascore
Military lawyer Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee defends Marines accused of murder. They contend they were acting under orders.
Votes: 220,343 | Gross: $141.34M
45. Finding Neverland (2004)
PG | 106 min | Biography, Drama, Family
7.7
67 Metascore
The story of Sir J.M. Barrie's friendship with a family who inspired him to create Peter Pan.
Votes: 193,034 | Gross: $51.68M
46. Superbad (2007)
R | 113 min | Comedy
7.6
76 Metascore
Two co-dependent high school seniors are forced to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry.
Votes: 495,897 | Gross: $121.46M
47. The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
PG-13 | 115 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller
8
85 Metascore
Jason Bourne dodges a ruthless C.I.A. official and his Agents from a new assassination program while searching for the origins of his life as a trained killer.
Votes: 586,624 | Gross: $227.47M
48. Gone Baby Gone (2007)
R | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
7.6
72 Metascore
Two Boston area detectives investigate a little girl's kidnapping, which ultimately turns into a crisis both professionally and personally.
Votes: 238,886 | Gross: $20.30M
49. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
R | 133 min | Drama
8.7
83 Metascore
A criminal pleads insanity and is admitted to a mental institution, where he rebels against the oppressive nurse and rallies up the scared patients.
Votes: 858,054 | Gross: $112.00M
50. American Beauty (1999)
R | 122 min | Drama
8.3
84 Metascore
A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.
Votes: 1,014,567 | Gross: $130.10M
51. The Untouchables (1987)
R | 119 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
7.9
79 Metascore
During the era of Prohibition in the United States, Federal Agent Eliot Ness sets out to stop ruthless Chicago gangster Al Capone, and because of rampant corruption, assembles a small, hand-picked team to help him.
Votes: 262,928 | Gross: $76.27M
52. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
R | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
8.6
85 Metascore
A young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.
Votes: 1,178,409 | Gross: $130.74M
53. Atonement (2007)
R | 123 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
7.8
85 Metascore
Fledgling writer Briony Tallis, as a thirteen-year-old, irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.
Votes: 234,001 | Gross: $50.93M
54. The English Patient (1996)
R | 162 min | Drama, Romance, War
7.4
87 Metascore
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.
Director: Anthony Minghella | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Kristin Scott Thomas
Votes: 169,580 | Gross: $78.65M
55. Pride & Prejudice (2005)
PG | 129 min | Drama, Romance
7.8
82 Metascore
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 his or her own pride and prejudice?
Votes: 236,921 | Gross: $38.41M
56. The Italian Job (2003)
PG-13 | 111 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
7
68 Metascore
After being betrayed and left for dead in Italy, Charlie Croker and his team plan an elaborate gold heist against their former ally.
Votes: 328,298 | Gross: $106.13M
57. Pulp Fiction (1994)
R | 154 min | Crime, Drama
8.9
94 Metascore
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.
Votes: 1,707,351 | Gross: $107.93M
58. A Beautiful Mind (2001)
PG-13 | 135 min | Biography, Drama
8.2
72 Metascore
After John Nash, a brilliant but asocial mathematician, accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn for the nightmarish.
Votes: 794,955 | Gross: $170.74M
59. In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Not Rated | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
8
75 Metascore
An African-American police detective is asked to investigate a murder in a racially hostile southern town.
Votes: 62,424 | Gross: $24.38M
60. Munich (2005)
R | 164 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
7.5
74 Metascore
Based on the true story of the Black September aftermath, about the five men chosen to eliminate the ones responsible for that fateful day.
Votes: 202,219 | Gross: $47.40M
61. The Matrix (1999)
R | 136 min | Action, Sci-Fi
8.7
73 Metascore
A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against its controllers.
Directors: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving
Votes: 1,565,328 | Gross: $171.48M
62. King Kong (2005)
PG-13 | 187 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
7.2
81 Metascore
A greedy film producer assembles a team of moviemakers and sets out for the infamous Skull Island, where they find more than just cannibalistic natives.
Votes: 374,708 | Gross: $218.08M
63. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
R | 120 min | Drama, Romance
8
86 Metascore
A Mumbai teenager reflects on his life after being accused of cheating on the Indian version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?"
Directors: Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan | Stars: Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Saurabh Shukla, Anil Kapoor
Votes: 762,870 | Gross: $141.32M
64. The World's Fastest Indian (2005)
PG-13 | 127 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
7.8
68 Metascore
The story of New Zealander Burt Munro (Sir Anthony Hopkins), who spent years rebuilding a 1920 Indian motorcycle, which helped him set the land speed world record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967.
Votes: 49,873 | Gross: $5.13M
65. In Bruges (2008)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
7.9
67 Metascore
Guilt-stricken after a job gone wrong, hitman Ray and his partner await orders from their ruthless boss in Bruges, Belgium, the last place in the world Ray wants to be.
Director: Martin McDonagh | Stars: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ciarán Hinds, Elizabeth Berrington
Votes: 371,897 | Gross: $7.76M
66. The Sixth Sense (1999)
PG-13 | 107 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
8.1
64 Metascore
A boy who communicates with spirits seeks the help of a disheartened child psychologist.
Director: M. Night Shyamalan | Stars: Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette, Olivia Williams
Votes: 866,063 | Gross: $293.51M
67. When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
7.6
76 Metascore
Harry and Sally have known each other for years, and are very good friends, but they fear sex would ruin the friendship.
Votes: 182,625 | Gross: $92.82M
68. Love, Actually (2003)
R | 135 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
7.6
55 Metascore
Follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England.
Votes: 402,723 | Gross: $59.70M
69. The Namesake (2006)
PG-13 | 122 min | Drama
7.5
82 Metascore
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.
Votes: 18,262 | Gross: $8.66M
70. There Will Be Blood (2007)
R | 158 min | Drama
8.2
93 Metascore
A story of family, religion, hatred, oil and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.
Votes: 478,660 | Gross: $40.22M
71. Troy (2004)
R | 163 min | Drama, History
7.2
56 Metascore
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.
Votes: 463,970 | Gross: $133.38M
72. The Exorcist (1973)
R | 122 min | Horror
8
81 Metascore
When a teenage girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two priests to save her daughter.
Votes: 343,846 | Gross: $232.91M
73. Fargo (1996)
R | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
8.1
85 Metascore
Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.
Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: William H. Macy, Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare
Votes: 577,910 | Gross: $24.61M
74. Papillon (1973)
R | 151 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
8
58 Metascore
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.
Votes: 115,550 | Gross: $53.27M
75. Enemy at the Gates (2001)
R | 131 min | Drama, History, War
7.6
53 Metascore
A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad.
Votes: 230,115 | Gross: $51.40M
76. Patton (1970)
GP | 172 min | Biography, Drama, War
7.9
91 Metascore
The World War II phase of the career of controversial American general George S. Patton.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Stephen Young, Michael Strong
Votes: 89,870 | Gross: $61.70M
77. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
8.3
79 Metascore
When a simple jewelry heist goes horribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant.
Votes: 859,654 | Gross: $2.83M
78. The Insider (1999)
R | 157 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
7.8
84 Metascore
A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes (1968) exposé on Big Tobacco.
Votes: 152,739 | Gross: $28.97M
79. Sin City (2005)
R | 124 min | Crime, Thriller
8
74 Metascore
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.
Directors: Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Clive Owen, Bruce Willis, Jessica Alba
Votes: 723,335 | Gross: $74.10M
80. Se7en (1995)
R | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
8.6
65 Metascore
Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives.
Votes: 1,337,141 | Gross: $100.13M
81. The Prestige (2006)
PG-13 | 130 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
8.5
66 Metascore
After a tragic accident, two stage magicians engage in a battle to create the ultimate illusion while sacrificing everything they have to outwit each other.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, Michael Caine
Votes: 1,102,645 | Gross: $53.09M
82. Taxi Driver (1976)
R | 114 min | Crime, Drama
8.3
94 Metascore
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.
Votes: 667,833 | Gross: $28.26M
83. 500 Days of Summer (2009)
PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
7.7
76 Metascore
An offbeat romantic comedy about a woman who doesn't believe true love exists, and the young man who falls for her.
Director: Marc Webb | Stars: Zooey Deschanel, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Geoffrey Arend, Chloë Grace Moretz
Votes: 450,811 | Gross: $32.39M
84. The Shining (1980)
R | 146 min | Drama, Horror
8.4
66 Metascore
A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.
Votes: 825,062 | Gross: $44.02M
85. No Country for Old Men (2007)
R | 122 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
8.1
91 Metascore
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.
Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson
Votes: 791,713 | Gross: $74.28M
86. Annie Hall (1977)
PG | 93 min | Comedy, Romance
8
92 Metascore
Neurotic New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditzy Annie Hall.
Votes: 241,149 | Gross: $39.20M
87. Doubt (I) (2008)
PG-13 | 104 min | Drama, Mystery
7.5
68 Metascore
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: 116,065 | Gross: $33.42M
88. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
R | 153 min | Adventure, Drama, War
8.3
69 Metascore
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.
Votes: 1,171,036 | Gross: $120.54M
89. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
R | 229 min | Crime, Drama
8.4
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.
Votes: 288,292 | Gross: $5.32M
90. Django Unchained (2012)
R | 165 min | Drama, Western
8.4
81 Metascore
With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington
Votes: 1,258,255 | Gross: $162.81M
91. Sounder (1972)
G | 105 min | Drama, Family
7.6
80 Metascore
The oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the Depression-era South after his father is imprisoned for stealing food.
Votes: 3,266
92. The French Connection (1971)
R | 104 min | Action, Crime, Drama
7.7
94 Metascore
A pair of NYC cops in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a drug smuggling job with a French connection.
Votes: 102,413
93. The Usual Suspects (1995)
R | 106 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
8.5
77 Metascore
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.
Votes: 933,732 | Gross: $23.34M
94. Glory (1989)
R | 122 min | Biography, Drama, History
7.8
78 Metascore
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.
Votes: 115,192 | Gross: $26.83M
95. The King's Speech (2010)
R | 118 min | Biography, Drama, History
8
88 Metascore
The story of King George VI, his impromptu ascension to the throne of the British Empire in 1936, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch overcome his stammer.
Votes: 608,114 | Gross: $138.80M
96. All the President's Men (1976)
PG | 138 min | Biography, Drama, History
8
80 Metascore
"The Washington Post" reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Richard Nixon's resignation.
Votes: 95,548 | Gross: $70.60M
97. Life of Pi (2012)
PG | 127 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
7.9
79 Metascore
A young man who survives a disaster at sea is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an unexpected connection with another survivor: a fearsome Bengal tiger.
Votes: 550,402 | Gross: $124.99M
98. Avatar (2009)
PG-13 | 162 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
7.8
83 Metascore
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.
Votes: 1,071,989 | Gross: $760.51M
99. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
PG-13 | 146 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
7.7
65 Metascore
As Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Ron (Rupert Grint), and Hermione (Emma Watson) race against time and evil to destroy the Horcruxes, they uncover the existence of the three most powerful objects in the wizarding world: the Deathly Hallows.
Votes: 440,993 | Gross: $295.98M
100. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
PG-13 | 201 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
8.9
94 Metascore
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.
Votes: 1,546,874 | Gross: $377.85M
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