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Top 50 (Best of the Best)

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  • Takashi Shimura in Ikiru (1952)

    1. Ikiru

    19522h 23mNot Rated92Metascore
    8.3 (98K)
    A bureaucrat tries to find meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer.
    DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsTakashi ShimuraNobuo KanekoShin'ichi Himori
  • Patricia Arquette and Bill Pullman in Lost Highway (1997)

    2. Lost Highway

    19972h 14mR53Metascore
    7.6 (165K)
    Anonymous videotapes presage a musician's murder conviction, and a gangster's girlfriend leads a mechanic astray.
    DirectorDavid LynchStarsBill PullmanPatricia ArquetteJohn Roselius
  • Yûko Miyamura and Megumi Ogata in Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997)

    3. Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion

    19971h 27mTV-MA
    8.1 (72K)
    Concurrent theatrical ending of the TV series Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995).
    DirectorsHideaki AnnoKazuya TsurumakiStarsMegumi OgataMegumi HayashibaraYûko Miyamura
  • Marlon Brando and Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now (1979)

    4. 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
  • Fargo (1996)

    5. Fargo

    19961h 38mR88Metascore
    8.1 (762K)
    Minnesota car salesman 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.
    DirectorsJoel CoenEthan CoenStarsWilliam H. MacyFrances McDormandSteve Buscemi
  • The Thing (1982)

    6. The Thing

    19821h 49mR57Metascore
    8.2 (504K)
    A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
    DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsKurt RussellWilford BrimleyKeith David
  • John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd in The Blues Brothers (1980)

    7. The Blues Brothers

    19802h 13mR60Metascore
    7.9 (224K)
    Jake Blues rejoins his brother Elwood after being released from prison, but the duo has just days to reunite their old R&B band and save the Catholic home where the two were raised, outrunning the police as they tear through Chicago.
    DirectorJohn LandisStarsJohn BelushiDan AykroydCab Calloway
  • Al Pacino in The Godfather Part II (1974)

    8. The Godfather Part II

    19743h 22mR90Metascore
    9.0 (1.4M)
    The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York City is portrayed, while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate.
    DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsAl PacinoRobert De NiroRobert Duvall
  • Satantango (1994)

    9. Satantango

    19947h 19mNot Rated
    8.2 (13K)
    On the eve of a large payment, residents of a collapsing collective farm see their plans turn into desolation when they discover that Irimiás, a former co-worker who they thought was dead, is returning to the community.
    DirectorBéla TarrStarsMihály VigPutyi HorváthLászló feLugossy
  • Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Kyôko Kagawa, and Kinuyo Tanaka in Sansho the Bailiff (1954)

    10. Sansho the Bailiff

    19542h 4mNot Rated96Metascore
    8.3 (19K)
    In medieval Japan, a compassionate governor is sent into exile. His wife and children try to join him, but are separated, and the children grow up amid suffering and oppression.
    DirectorKenji MizoguchiStarsKinuyo TanakaYoshiaki HanayagiKyôko Kagawa
  • Bob Dylan in Bob Dylan: Dont Look Back (1967)

    11. Bob Dylan: Dont Look Back

    19671h 36mNot Rated84Metascore
    7.9 (11K)
    Documentary covering Bob Dylan's 1965 tour of England, which includes appearances by Joan Baez and Donovan.
    DirectorD.A. PennebakerStarsBob DylanAlbert GrossmanBob Neuwirth
  • Brian Wilson Presents Smile (2005)

    12. Brian Wilson Presents Smile

    200551m
    8.4 (51)
    Brian Wilson's unreleased 1967 Beach Boys album "SMILE" featured groundbreaking musical themes. After decades, Wilson performed it in 2004, and "The Smile Sessions" was released in 2011, winning a Grammy for Best Historical Album.
    DirectorJohn AndersonStarsBrian WilsonJeffrey FoskettDarian Sahanaja
  • The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

    13. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

    19662h 58mR90Metascore
    8.8 (863K)
    A bounty-hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery.
    DirectorSergio LeoneStarsClint EastwoodEli WallachLee Van Cleef
  • Teri Hatcher, Keith David, Dakota Fanning, Dawn French, Ian McShane, Jennifer Saunders, Christopher Murrie-Green, and Harry Selick in Coraline (2009)

    14. Coraline

    20091h 40mPG80Metascore
    7.8 (287K)
    Wandering her rambling old house in her boring new town, a young girl discovers a hidden door to a strangely idealized version of her life that seems too good to be true.
    DirectorHenry SelickStarsDakota FanningTeri HatcherJohn Hodgman
  • Christian Bale in The Dark Knight (2008)

    15. The Dark Knight

    20082h 32mPG-1385Metascore
    9.1 (3.1M)
    When a menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman, James Gordon and Harvey Dent must work together to put an end to the madness.
    DirectorChristopher NolanStarsChristian BaleHeath LedgerAaron Eckhart
  • Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood (2007)

    16. There Will Be Blood

    20072h 38mR93Metascore
    8.2 (678K)
    A story of family, religion, hatred, oil and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.
    DirectorPaul Thomas AndersonStarsDaniel Day-LewisPaul DanoCiarán Hinds
  • Javier Bardem and Josh Brolin in No Country for Old Men (2007)

    17. No Country for Old Men

    20072h 2mR92Metascore
    8.2 (1.1M)
    Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong and over two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande.
    DirectorsEthan CoenJoel CoenStarsTommy Lee JonesJavier BardemJosh Brolin
  • Malcolm McDowell in A Clockwork Orange (1971)

    18. A Clockwork Orange

    19712h 16mR77Metascore
    8.2 (917K)
    Alex DeLarge and his droogs barbarize a decaying near-future.
    DirectorStanley KubrickStarsMalcolm McDowellPatrick MageeMichael Bates
  • Schindler's List (1993)

    19. Schindler's List

    19933h 15mR95Metascore
    9.0 (1.5M)
    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.
    DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsLiam NeesonRalph FiennesBen Kingsley
  • 8½ (1963)

    20. 8½

    19632h 18mNot Rated93Metascore
    8.0 (130K)
    A harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies.
    DirectorFederico FelliniStarsMarcello MastroianniAnouk AiméeClaudia Cardinale
  • Harrison Ford and Sean Young in Blade Runner (1982)

    21. 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
  • John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and Monty Python in Monty Python's the Meaning of Life (1983)

    22. Monty Python's the Meaning of Life

    19831h 47mR72Metascore
    7.5 (128K)
    The comedy team takes a look at life in all of its stages in their own uniquely silly way.
    DirectorTerry JonesStarsJohn CleeseTerry GilliamEric Idle
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

    23. 2001: A Space Odyssey

    19682h 29mG84Metascore
    8.3 (760K)
    When a mysterious artifact is uncovered on the Moon, a spacecraft manned by two humans and one supercomputer is sent to Jupiter to find its origins.
    DirectorStanley KubrickStarsKeir DulleaGary LockwoodWilliam Sylvester
  • Robert De Niro in Raging Bull (1980)

    24. Raging Bull

    19802h 9mR90Metascore
    8.1 (399K)
    The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.
    DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroCathy MoriartyJoe Pesci
  • Robert Gulaczyk in Loving Vincent (2017)

    25. Loving Vincent

    20171h 34mPG-1362Metascore
    7.8 (67K)
    In a story depicted in oil painted animation, a young man comes to the last hometown of painter Vincent van Gogh to deliver the troubled artist's final letter and ends up investigating his final days there.
    DirectorsDK WelchmanHugh WelchmanStarsDouglas BoothJerome FlynnRobert Gulaczyk

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