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  • Charles Chaplin in Modern Times (1936)

    1. Modern Times

    19361h 27mG96Metascore
    8.5 (275K)
    The Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.
    DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinPaulette GoddardHenry Bergman
  • Monsieur Verdoux (1947)

    2. Monsieur Verdoux

    19472h 4mApproved
    7.8 (20K)
    A suave but cynical man supports his family by marrying and murdering rich women for their money, but the job has some occupational hazards.
    DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinMady CorrellAllison Roddan
  • Paolo Bonacelli in Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)

    3. Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom

    19751h 57mTV-MA
    5.8 (70K)
    In World War II Italy, four fascist libertines round up nine adolescent boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of torture.
    DirectorPier Paolo PasoliniStarsPaolo BonacelliGiorgio CataldiUberto Paolo Quintavalle
  • Charles Chaplin in The Gold Rush (1925)

    4. The Gold Rush

    19251h 35mApproved90Metascore
    8.1 (125K)
    A prospector goes to the Klondike during the 1890s gold rush in hopes of making his fortune, and is smitten with a girl he sees in a dance hall.
    DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinMack SwainTom Murray
  • Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg in Breathless (1960)

    5. Breathless

    19601h 30mNot Rated96Metascore
    7.7 (92K)
    A small-time crook, hunted by the authorities for a car theft and the murder of a police officer, attempts to persuade a hip American journalism student to run away with him to Italy.
    DirectorJean-Luc GodardStarsJean-Paul BelmondoJean SebergRichard Balducci
  • Eddie Constantine and Anna Karina in Alphaville (1965)

    6. Alphaville

    19651h 39mNot Rated92Metascore
    7.0 (29K)
    An agent wrecks the main computer on another planet.
    DirectorJean-Luc GodardStarsEddie ConstantineAnna KarinaAkim Tamiroff
  • Nathalie Baye, Isabelle Huppert, and Jacques Dutronc in Every Man for Himself (1980)

    7. Every Man for Himself

    19801h 27mNot Rated
    6.5 (4.2K)
    An examination of sexual relationships, in which three protagonists interact in different combinations.
    DirectorJean-Luc GodardStarsIsabelle HuppertJacques DutroncNathalie Baye
  • Marlon Brando in The Godfather (1972)

    8. 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
  • Henry Fonda, Martin Balsam, Jack Klugman, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley, Edward Binns, John Fiedler, E.G. Marshall, Joseph Sweeney, George Voskovec, Jack Warden, and Robert Webber in 12 Angry Men (1957)

    9. 12 Angry Men

    19571h 36mApproved97Metascore
    9.0 (939K)
    The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to more carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.
    DirectorSidney LumetStarsHenry FondaLee J. CobbMartin Balsam
  • The Mouse That Roared (1959)

    10. The Mouse That Roared

    19591h 23mApproved
    6.9 (9.9K)
    A tiny, impoverished European nation declares war on the United States of America, planning to lose in order to collect post-war compensation, but things don't go according to plan.
    DirectorJack ArnoldStarsPeter SellersJean SebergWilliam Hartnell
  • Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

    11. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    19752h 13mR84Metascore
    8.7 (1.1M)
    A rebellious convict is sent to a psychiatric hospital for evaluation in 1963 Oregon, and encourages his docile companions to take more control of their lives and defy the tyrannical head nurse.
    DirectorMilos FormanStarsJack NicholsonLouise FletcherMichael Berryman
  • Edward Norton in American History X (1998)

    12. American History X

    19981h 59mR62Metascore
    8.5 (1.2M)
    Living a life marked by violence, neo-Nazi Derek finally goes to prison after killing two black youths. Upon his release, Derek vows to change; he hopes to prevent his brother, Danny, who idolizes Derek, from following in his footsteps.
    DirectorTony KayeStarsEdward NortonEdward FurlongBeverly D'Angelo
  • Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Claude Rains, Sydney Greenstreet, Paul Henreid, and Conrad Veidt in Casablanca (1942)

    13. Casablanca

    19421h 42mPG100Metascore
    8.5 (637K)
    A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.
    DirectorMichael CurtizStarsHumphrey BogartIngrid BergmanPaul Henreid
  • Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway in Chinatown (1974)

    14. Chinatown

    19742h 10mR92Metascore
    8.1 (368K)
    A private detective hired to expose an adulterer in 1930s Los Angeles finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.
    DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsJack NicholsonFaye DunawayJohn Huston
  • Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange in The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)

    15. The Postman Always Rings Twice

    19812h 2mR61Metascore
    6.6 (27K)
    The sensuous wife of a roadside diner proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordid, steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband.
    DirectorBob RafelsonStarsJack NicholsonJessica LangeJohn Colicos
  • Marlon Brando and Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now (1979)

    16. Apocalypse Now

    19792h 27mR94Metascore
    8.4 (748K)
    A U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.
    DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMartin SheenMarlon BrandoRobert Duvall
  • Charles Chaplin and Paulette Goddard in The Great Dictator (1940)

    17. The Great Dictator

    19402h 5mG
    8.4 (251K)
    Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
    DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinPaulette GoddardJack Oakie
  • Confidential Report (1955)

    18. Confidential Report

    19551h 33mNot Rated
    7.1 (9.8K)
    An elusive billionaire hires an American smuggler to investigate his past, leading to a dizzying descent into a cold-war European landscape.
    DirectorOrson WellesStarsOrson WellesPeter van EyckMichael Redgrave
  • Orson Welles and Suzanne Cloutier in Othello (1951)

    19. Othello

    19511h 30mApproved
    7.5 (9.9K)
    The Moorish General Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his Lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality, it is all part of the scheme of a bitter Ensign named Iago.
    DirectorOrson WellesStarsOrson WellesMicheál MacLiammóirRobert Coote
  • The Third Man (1949)

    20. The Third Man

    19491h 44mApproved97Metascore
    8.1 (191K)
    Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime.
    DirectorCarol ReedStarsOrson WellesJoseph CottenAlida Valli
  • Orson Welles and Jeanette Nolan in Macbeth (1948)

    21. Macbeth

    19481h 47mApproved
    7.4 (8.2K)
    Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.
    DirectorOrson WellesStarsOrson WellesJeanette NolanDan O'Herlihy
  • Edward G. Robinson, Orson Welles, and Loretta Young in The Stranger (1946)

    22. The Stranger

    19461h 35mApproved76Metascore
    7.3 (30K)
    An investigator from the War Crimes Commission travels to Connecticut to find an infamous Nazi.
    DirectorOrson WellesStarsOrson WellesEdward G. RobinsonLoretta Young
  • Joan Fontaine and Orson Welles in Jane Eyre (1943)

    23. Jane Eyre

    19431h 37mApproved
    7.5 (10K)
    After a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house, to care for his young daughter.
    DirectorRobert StevensonStarsOrson WellesJoan FontaineMargaret O'Brien
  • Steve Buscemi, Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, Tim Roth, and Chris Penn in Reservoir Dogs (1992)

    24. Reservoir Dogs

    19921h 39mR81Metascore
    8.3 (1.1M)
    When a simple jewelry heist goes horribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant.
    DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsHarvey KeitelTim RothMichael Madsen
  • Malcolm McDowell in A Clockwork Orange (1971)

    25. A Clockwork Orange

    19712h 16mR77Metascore
    8.2 (917K)
    Alex DeLarge and his droogs barbarize a decaying near-future.
    DirectorStanley KubrickStarsMalcolm McDowellPatrick MageeMichael Bates

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