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by janluctavares • Created 6 years ago • Modified 10 months ago
General movies that for one reason or another, I recommend.
This is a first list of good movies, when it's big enough it will be split into more specific themes.
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  • Marlon Brando in The Godfather (1972)

    1. The Godfather

    19722h 55mR100Metascore
    9.2 (2.1M)
    The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.
    DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMarlon BrandoAl PacinoJames Caan
  • Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Joe Pantoliano, and Carrie-Anne Moss in The Matrix (1999)

    2. The Matrix

    19992h 16mR73Metascore
    8.7 (2.2M)
    When a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.
    DirectorsLana WachowskiLilly WachowskiStarsKeanu ReevesLaurence FishburneCarrie-Anne Moss
  • Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell in Groundhog Day (1993)

    3. Groundhog Day

    19931h 41mPG72Metascore
    8.0 (722K)
    A narcissistic, self-centered weatherman finds himself in a time loop on Groundhog Day.
    DirectorHarold RamisStarsBill MurrayAndie MacDowellChris Elliott
  • Namiya (2017)

    4. Namiya

    20171h 56mPG-13
    5.2 (730)
    When three runaways shack up in an abandoned general store, a supernatural correspondence connects them to many lives that were all touched by the owner of the store years before they were born.
    DirectorJie HanStarsJackie ChanDuling ChenDilraba Dilmurat
  • Harrison Ford and Sean Young in Blade Runner (1982)

    5. Blade Runner

    19821h 57mR84Metascore
    8.1 (860K)
    A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.
    DirectorRidley ScottStarsHarrison FordRutger HauerSean Young
  • Natalie Portman and Jean Reno in Léon: The Professional (1994)

    6. Léon: The Professional

    19941h 50mR64Metascore
    8.5 (1.3M)
    An Italian hit man protects a New York orphan.
    DirectorLuc BessonStarsJean RenoGary OldmanNatalie Portman
  • Audrey Tautou in Amélie (2001)

    7. Amélie

    20012h 2mR70Metascore
    8.3 (823K)
    Despite being caught in her imaginative world, young waitress Amelie decides to help people find happiness. Her quest to spread joy leads her on a journey during which she finds true love.
    DirectorJean-Pierre JeunetStarsAudrey TautouMathieu KassovitzRufus
  • Orson Welles, Dorothy Comingore, and Ruth Warrick in Citizen Kane (1941)

    8. Citizen Kane

    19411h 59mPG100Metascore
    8.3 (485K)
    Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.'
    DirectorOrson WellesStarsOrson WellesJoseph CottenDorothy Comingore
  • Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks in Catch Me If You Can (2002)

    9. Catch Me If You Can

    20022h 21mPG-1375Metascore
    8.1 (1.2M)
    Barely 17 yet, Frank is a skilled forger who has passed as a doctor, lawyer and pilot. FBI agent Carl becomes obsessed with tracking down the con man, who only revels in the pursuit.
    DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsLeonardo DiCaprioTom HanksChristopher Walken
  • Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hardy, Elliot Page, Ken Watanabe, and Dileep Rao in Inception (2010)

    10. Inception

    20102h 28mPG-1374Metascore
    8.8 (2.7M)
    A thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O., but his tragic past may doom the project and his team to disaster.
    DirectorChristopher NolanStarsLeonardo DiCaprioJoseph Gordon-LevittElliot Page
  • Daniel Brühl and Chulpan Khamatova in Good Bye Lenin! (2003)

    11. Good Bye Lenin!

    20032h 1mR68Metascore
    7.7 (157K)
    In 1990, to protect his fragile mother from a fatal shock after a long coma, a young man must keep her from learning that her beloved nation of East Germany as she knew it has disappeared.
    DirectorWolfgang BeckerStarsDaniel BrühlKatrin SassChulpan Khamatova
  • Frequencies (2013)

    12. Frequencies

    20131h 49mNot Rated
    6.7 (15K)
    In an alternate reality, children learn how lucky they will be (their "frequency"), knowledge which shapes their destiny. The unluckiest boy must parse the mysteries of free will in order to pursue his forbidden love of the luckiest girl.
    DirectorDarren Paul FisherStarsDaniel FraserEleanor WyldOwen Pugh
  • Kirsten Dunst in Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)

    13. Kiki's Delivery Service

    19891h 43mG85Metascore
    7.8 (180K)
    Along with her black cat Jiji, Kiki settles in a seaside town and starts a high-flying delivery service. Here begins her magical encounter with independence and responsibility, making lifelong friends and finding her place in the world.
    DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsKirsten DunstMinami TakayamaRei Sakuma
  • Moonrise Kingdom (2012)

    14. Moonrise Kingdom

    20121h 34mPG-1384Metascore
    7.8 (377K)
    Two 12-year-olds, who live on an island, fall in love with each other and elope into the wilderness. While people set out on a search mission, a violent storm approaching them catches their attention.
    DirectorWes AndersonStarsJared GilmanKara HaywardBruce Willis
  • Morgan Freeman, Alan Arkin, and Michael Caine in Going in Style (2017)

    15. Going in Style

    20171h 36mPG-1350Metascore
    6.6 (96K)
    Desperate to pay their bills and support their loved ones, lifelong pals Willy Davis, Albert Gardner, and Joe Harding risk it all by robbing the bank that absconded with the pension money that they earned from working there for years.
    DirectorZach BraffStarsMichael CaineAlan ArkinAnn-Margret
  • Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind (1939)

    16. Gone with the Wind

    19393h 58mG97Metascore
    8.2 (349K)
    A sheltered and manipulative Southern belle and a roguish profiteer face off in a turbulent romance as the society around them crumbles with the end of slavery and is rebuilt during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.
    DirectorVictor FlemingStarsClark GableVivien LeighThomas Mitchell
  • Seu Jorge in Marighella (2019)

    17. Marighella

    20192h 35m
    7.1 (57K)
    Facing a violent military dictatorship and an intimidated opposition, writer-turned-politician Carlos Marighella articulates a resistance all the while ousting heinous crimes of torture and the infamous censorship instituted by the regime.
    DirectorWagner MouraStarsSeu JorgeBruno GagliassoLuiz Carlos Vasconcelos
  • Dany Boon in Penny Pincher! (2016)

    18. Penny Pincher!

    20161h 29m
    5.9 (6.5K)
    A stingy man who saves all his money eventually makes a very expensive discovery: he has a daughter.
    DirectorFred CavayéStarsDany BoonLaurence ArnéNoémie Schmidt
  • The 101-Year-Old Man Who Skipped Out on the Bill and Disappeared (2016)

    19. The 101-Year-Old Man Who Skipped Out on the Bill and Disappeared

    20161h 48m
    6.3 (6.9K)
    The 101 year old man Allan Karlsson goes through Europe in search for a Russian soda recipe he lost during the early 70s. Unfortunately, he is not the only one who is looking for it.
    DirectorsFelix HerngrenFelix Herngren Måns HerngrenMåns HerngrenStarsRobert GustafssonIwar WiklanderDavid Wiberg
  • Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922)

    20. Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror

    19221h 34mNot Rated
    7.8 (120K)
    Vampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife.
    DirectorF.W. MurnauStarsMax SchreckAlexander GranachGustav von Wangenheim
  • Jeffrey Mowery in Burn After Reading (2008)

    21. Burn After Reading

    20081h 36mR63Metascore
    7.0 (367K)
    A disk containing mysterious information from a CIA agent ends up in the hands of two unscrupulous and daft gym employees who attempt to sell it.
    DirectorsEthan CoenJoel CoenStarsBrad PittFrances McDormandGeorge Clooney

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