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  • Reese Witherspoon in Wild (2014)

    1. Wild

    20141h 55mR74Metascore
    7.1 (144K)
    A chronicle of one woman's 1,100-mile solo hike undertaken as a way to recover from a recent personal tragedy.
    DirectorJean-Marc ValléeStarsReese WitherspoonLaura DernGaby Hoffmann
  • Benedict Cumberbatch in The Imitation Game (2014)

    2. The Imitation Game

    20141h 54mPG-1371Metascore
    8.0 (858K)
    During World War II, the English mathematical genius Alan Turing tries to crack the German Enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians while attempting to come to terms with his troubled private life.
    DirectorMorten TyldumStarsBenedict CumberbatchKeira KnightleyMatthew Goode
  • Kevin Kline, Susan Sarandon, and Dakota Fanning in The Last of Robin Hood (2013)

    3. The Last of Robin Hood

    20131h 34mR46Metascore
    5.7 (2.5K)
    The last days in the life of legendary Hollywood actor Errol Flynn.
    DirectorsRichard GlatzerWash WestmorelandStarsJohn Hudson MesserallBrian BascleDaniel J. Clancy
  • Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet in Finding Neverland (2004)

    4. Finding Neverland

    20041h 46mPG67Metascore
    7.6 (215K)
    The story of Sir J.M. Barrie's friendship with a family who inspired him to create Peter Pan.
    DirectorMarc ForsterStarsJohnny DeppKate WinsletJulie Christie
  • John Cusack, Charlie Sheen, David Strathairn, D.B. Sweeney, Don Harvey, James Read, Perry Lang, and Michael Rooker in Eight Men Out (1988)

    5. Eight Men Out

    19881h 59mPG71Metascore
    7.2 (23K)
    A dramatization of the Black Sox scandal when the underpaid Chicago White Sox accepted bribes to deliberately lose the 1919 World Series.
    DirectorJohn SaylesStarsJohn CusackClifton JamesJace Alexander
  • Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts, Oaklee Pendergast, Tom Holland, and Samuel Joslin in The Impossible (2012)

    6. The Impossible

    20121h 54mPG-1373Metascore
    7.5 (257K)
    The story of a tourist family in Thailand caught in the destruction and chaotic aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
    DirectorJ.A. BayonaStarsNaomi WattsEwan McGregorTom Holland
  • World Trade Center (2006)

    7. World Trade Center

    20062h 9mPG-1366Metascore
    6.0 (90K)
    Two Port Authority police officers become trapped under the rubble of the World Trade Center.
    DirectorOliver StoneStarsNicolas CageMichael PeñaMaria Bello
  • Forest Whitaker in The Butler (2013)

    8. The Butler

    20132h 12mPG-1365Metascore
    7.2 (122K)
    As Cecil Gaines serves eight presidents during his tenure as a butler at the White House, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other major events affect this man's life, family, and American society.
    DirectorLee DanielsStarsForest WhitakerOprah WinfreyJohn Cusack
  • David Strathairn in Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)

    9. Good Night, and Good Luck.

    20051h 33mPG80Metascore
    7.4 (104K)
    Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow looks to bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy.
    DirectorGeorge ClooneyStarsDavid StrathairnGeorge ClooneyPatricia Clarkson
  • Mark Wahlberg in Lone Survivor (2013)

    10. Lone Survivor

    20132h 1mR60Metascore
    7.5 (317K)
    Marcus Luttrell and his team set out on a mission to capture or kill notorious Taliban leader Ahmad Shah, in late June 2005. Marcus and his team are left to fight for their lives in one of the most valiant efforts of modern warfare.
    DirectorPeter BergStarsMark WahlbergTaylor KitschEmile Hirsch
  • Everest (2015)

    11. Everest

    20152h 1mPG-1364Metascore
    7.1 (242K)
    On May 10, 1996, mountain guides Rob Hall and Scott Fischer combine their expedition teams for a final ascent to the summit of Mount Everest. With little warning, a storm strikes the mountain and the climbers must now battle to survive.
    DirectorBaltasar KormákurStarsJason ClarkeAng Phula SherpaThomas M. Wright
  • Faye Dunaway in Mommie Dearest (1981)

    12. Mommie Dearest

    19812h 9mR55Metascore
    6.7 (19K)
    The abusive and traumatic adoptive upbringing of Christina Crawford at the hands of her mother, screen queen Joan Crawford, is depicted.
    DirectorFrank PerryStarsFaye DunawayDiana ScarwidSteve Forrest
  • The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)

    13. The Diary of Anne Frank

    19593hApproved59Metascore
    7.4 (14K)
    During World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.
    DirectorGeorge StevensStarsMillie PerkinsShelley WintersJoseph Schildkraut
  • Antonio Banderas, Juliette Binoche, Lou Diamond Phillips, and Rodrigo Santoro in The 33 (2015)

    14. The 33

    20152h 7mPG-1355Metascore
    6.9 (41K)
    Based on the real-life event, when a gold and copper mine collapses, it traps 33 miners underground for 69 days.
    DirectorPatricia RiggenStarsAntonio BanderasRodrigo SantoroJuliette Binoche
  • Faysal Ahmed and Barkhad Abdirahman in Captain Phillips (2013)

    15. Captain Phillips

    20132h 14mPG-1382Metascore
    7.8 (510K)
    The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the U.S.-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
    DirectorPaul GreengrassStarsTom HanksBarkhad AbdiBarkhad Abdirahman
  • Brad Davis in Midnight Express (1978)

    16. Midnight Express

    19782h 1mR59Metascore
    7.5 (92K)
    Billy Hayes, an American college student, is caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and thrown into prison.
    DirectorAlan ParkerStarsBrad DavisIrene MiracleBo Hopkins
  • The Pride of St. Louis (1952)

    17. The Pride of St. Louis

    19521h 33mApproved
    6.5 (806)
    The story of Jerome "Dizzy" Dean, a major-league baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs in the 1930s and 1940s.
    DirectorHarmon JonesStarsDan DaileyJoanne DruRichard Hylton
  • Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant (2015)

    18. The Revenant

    20152h 36mR76Metascore
    8.0 (917K)
    A frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team.
    DirectorAlejandro G. IñárrituStarsLeonardo DiCaprioTom HardyWill Poulter
  • Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Peter O'Toole, José Ferrer, and Jack Hawkins in Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

    19. Lawrence of Arabia

    19623h 47mPG100Metascore
    8.3 (331K)
    The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.
    DirectorDavid LeanStarsPeter O'TooleAlec GuinnessAnthony Quinn
  • Phil Collins in Buster (1988)

    20. Buster

    19881h 42mR
    5.9 (4.6K)
    Based on the story of Ronald Christopher "Buster" Edwards (Phil Collins), one of the thieves involved in "The Great Train Robbery" of 1963.
    DirectorDavid GreenStarsPhil CollinsJulie WaltersLarry Lamb
  • Kevin Bacon, Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Dakota Johnson, Jesse Plemons, Peter Sarsgaard, Corey Stoll, and Benedict Cumberbatch in Black Mass (2015)

    21. Black Mass

    20152h 3mR68Metascore
    6.8 (199K)
    The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.
    DirectorScott CooperStarsJohnny DeppBenedict CumberbatchDakota Johnson
  • Will Smith, Brian Howe, Thandiwe Newton, and Jaden Smith in The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)

    22. The Pursuit of Happyness

    20061h 57mPG-1364Metascore
    8.0 (597K)
    A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.
    DirectorGabriele MuccinoStarsWill SmithThandiwe NewtonJaden Smith
  • I Am Elizabeth Smart (2017)

    23. I Am Elizabeth Smart

    20171h 27mTV-14TV Movie
    6.3 (1.4K)
    Police launch a high-profile investigation after a teenager (Alana Boden) is abducted from her bedroom in Salt Lake City.
    DirectorSarah WalkerStarsElizabeth SmartAlana BodenSkeet Ulrich
  • Jennifer Connelly, Jeff Bridges, Josh Brolin, and Miles Teller in Only the Brave (2017)

    24. Only the Brave

    20172h 14mPG-1372Metascore
    7.6 (85K)
    Based on the true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a group of elite firefighters who risk everything to protect a town from a historic wildfire.
    DirectorJoseph KosinskiStarsJosh BrolinMiles TellerJeff Bridges
  • Jonestown: The Women Behind the Massacre (2018)

    25. Jonestown: The Women Behind the Massacre

    20181h 25mTV-14TV Special
    7.1 (298)
    Jim Jones wasn't the only one responsible for the mass suicide. Blame the woman he loved, used and abused along the way. Everything about him was fake, even the "miracles" performed. Now these women describe what it was like to be at Jonestown. By personal stories and letters written to love ones, paradise was lost to sex and drugs. The dream became an illusion.
    DirectorNicole RittenmeyerStarsJim JonesStephan JonesMarceline Jones

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