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Movies to watch when I'm bored

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  • Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, and Scarlett Johansson in The Prestige (2006)

    1. The Prestige

    20062h 10mPG-1366Metascore
    8.5 (1.5M)
    Rival 19th-century magicians engage in a bitter battle for trade secrets.
    DirectorChristopher NolanStarsChristian BaleHugh JackmanScarlett Johansson
  • Jeff Bridges, Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, and Terrence Howard in Iron Man (2008)

    2. Iron Man

    20082h 6mPG-1379Metascore
    7.9 (1.2M)
    After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil.
    DirectorJon FavreauStarsRobert Downey Jr.Gwyneth PaltrowTerrence Howard
  • Natalie Portman and Jean Reno in Léon: The Professional (1994)

    3. Léon: The Professional

    19941h 50mR64Metascore
    8.5 (1.3M)
    An Italian hit man protects a New York orphan.
    DirectorLuc BessonStarsJean RenoGary OldmanNatalie Portman
  • Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Redford, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, and Sebastian Stan in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

    4. Captain America: The Winter Soldier

    20142h 16mPG-1370Metascore
    7.7 (943K)
    As Steve Rogers struggles to embrace his role in the modern world, he teams up with a fellow Avenger and S.H.I.E.L.D agent, Black Widow, to battle a new threat from history: an assassin known as the Winter Soldier.
    DirectorsAnthony RussoJoe RussoStarsChris EvansSamuel L. JacksonScarlett Johansson
  • Signs (2002)

    5. Signs

    20021h 46mPG-1359Metascore
    6.8 (403K)
    A widowed former reverend living with his children and brother on a Pennsylvania farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields, which suggests something more frightening to come.
    DirectorM. Night ShyamalanStarsMel GibsonJoaquin PhoenixRory Culkin
  • Russell Crowe in Gladiator (2000)

    6. Gladiator

    20002h 35mR67Metascore
    8.5 (1.8M)
    A former Roman General sets out to exact vengeance against the corrupt emperor who murdered his family and sent him into slavery.
    DirectorRidley ScottStarsRussell CroweJoaquin PhoenixConnie Nielsen
  • Christian Bale in Batman Begins (2005)

    7. Batman Begins

    20052h 20mPG-1370Metascore
    8.2 (1.7M)
    After witnessing his parents' death, billionaire Bruce Wayne learns the art of fighting to confront injustice. When he returns to Gotham as Batman, he must stop a secret society that intends to destroy the city.
    DirectorChristopher NolanStarsChristian BaleMichael CaineKen Watanabe
  • Jim Caviezel in The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)

    8. The Count of Monte Cristo

    20022h 11mPG-1361Metascore
    7.7 (156K)
    A young man, falsely imprisoned by his jealous "friend", escapes and uses a hidden treasure to exact his revenge.
    DirectorKevin ReynoldsStarsJim CaviezelGuy PearceChristopher Adamson
  • Julianne Moore and Jeff Bridges in The Big Lebowski (1998)

    9. The Big Lebowski

    19981h 57mR71Metascore
    8.1 (896K)
    Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire of the same name, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it.
    DirectorsJoel CoenEthan CoenStarsJeff BridgesJohn GoodmanJulianne Moore
  • Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Joe Pantoliano, and Carrie-Anne Moss in The Matrix (1999)

    10. 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
  • Rose Byrne, Melissa McCarthy, Maya Rudolph, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Kristen Wiig, and Ellie Kemper in Bridesmaids (2011)

    11. Bridesmaids

    20112h 5mR75Metascore
    6.8 (319K)
    Competition between the maid of honor and a bridesmaid, over who is the bride's best friend, threatens to upend the life of an out-of-work pastry chef.
    DirectorPaul FeigStarsKristen WiigMaya RudolphRose Byrne
  • Kate Ashfield, Nick Frost, and Simon Pegg in Shaun of the Dead (2004)

    12. Shaun of the Dead

    20041h 39mR76Metascore
    7.9 (624K)
    The uneventful, aimless lives of a London electronics salesman and his layabout roommate are disrupted by the zombie apocalypse.
    DirectorEdgar WrightStarsSimon PeggNick FrostKate Ashfield
  • John C. Reilly and Will Ferrell in Step Brothers (2008)

    13. Step Brothers

    20081h 38mR51Metascore
    6.9 (333K)
    Two aimless middle-aged losers still living at home are forced against their will to become roommates when their parents marry.
    DirectorAdam McKayStarsWill FerrellJohn C. ReillyMary Steenburgen
  • Sigourney Weaver and Carrie Henn in Aliens (1986)

    14. Aliens

    19862h 17mR84Metascore
    8.4 (815K)
    Decades after surviving the Nostromo incident, Ellen Ripley is sent out to re-establish contact with a terraforming colony but finds herself battling the Alien Queen and her offspring.
    DirectorJames CameronStarsSigourney WeaverMichael BiehnCarrie Henn
  • Nick Frost and Simon Pegg in Hot Fuzz (2007)

    15. Hot Fuzz

    20072h 1mR81Metascore
    7.8 (555K)
    An overachieving London police sergeant is transferred to a village where the easygoing officers object to his fervor for regulations, all while a string of grisly murders strikes the town.
    DirectorEdgar WrightStarsSimon PeggNick FrostMartin Freeman
  • Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, and Peter Boyle in Young Frankenstein (1974)

    16. Young Frankenstein

    19741h 46mPG83Metascore
    8.0 (176K)
    An American grandson of the infamous scientist, struggling to prove that his grandfather was not as insane as people believe, is invited to Transylvania, where he discovers the process that reanimates a dead body.
    DirectorMel BrooksStarsGene WilderMadeline KahnMarty Feldman
  • Ponyo (2008)

    17. Ponyo

    20081h 41mG86Metascore
    7.6 (177K)
    A five-year-old boy develops a relationship with Ponyo, a young goldfish princess who longs to become a human after falling in love with him.
    DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsCate BlanchettMatt DamonLiam Neeson
  • Christian Bale in Batman Begins (2005)

    18. Batman Begins

    20052h 20mPG-1370Metascore
    8.2 (1.7M)
    After witnessing his parents' death, billionaire Bruce Wayne learns the art of fighting to confront injustice. When he returns to Gotham as Batman, he must stop a secret society that intends to destroy the city.
    DirectorChristopher NolanStarsChristian BaleMichael CaineKen Watanabe
  • Mel Gibson in Braveheart (1995)

    19. Braveheart

    19952h 58mR68Metascore
    8.3 (1.1M)
    Scottish warrior William Wallace leads his countrymen in a rebellion to free his homeland from the tyranny of King Edward I of England.
    DirectorMel GibsonStarsMel GibsonSophie MarceauPatrick McGoohan
  • Bruce Willis in Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)

    20. Die Hard with a Vengeance

    19952h 8mR58Metascore
    7.6 (422K)
    John McClane is forced out of suspension to play a game of "Simon Says" by a terrorist who has planted bombs all around New York City and will detonate them if McClane doesn't do what he says.
    DirectorJohn McTiernanStarsBruce WillisJeremy IronsSamuel L. Jackson
  • Michael Cera and Jonah Hill in Superbad (2007)

    21. Superbad

    20071h 53mR76Metascore
    7.6 (670K)
    Two co-dependent high school seniors are forced to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry.
    DirectorGreg MottolaStarsMichael CeraJonah HillChristopher Mintz-Plasse
  • Steve Carell in The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)

    22. The 40-Year-Old Virgin

    20051h 56mR73Metascore
    7.1 (488K)
    Goaded by his buddies, a nerdy guy who's never "done the deed" only finds the pressure mounting when he meets a single mother.
    DirectorJudd ApatowStarsSteve CarellCatherine KeenerPaul Rudd
  • Anthony Hopkins, Natalie Portman, Idris Elba, Tom Hiddleston, and Chris Hemsworth in Thor (2011)

    23. Thor

    20111h 55mPG-1357Metascore
    7.0 (940K)
    The powerful but arrogant god Thor is cast out of Asgard to live amongst humans in Midgard (Earth), where he soon becomes one of their finest defenders.
    DirectorKenneth BranaghStarsChris HemsworthAnthony HopkinsNatalie Portman
  • Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Wolf Kahler, Ronald Lacey, and Terry Richards in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

    24. Raiders of the Lost Ark

    19811h 55mPG86Metascore
    8.4 (1.1M)
    In 1936, archaeologist Indiana Jones is tasked by Army Intelligence to help locate a legendary ancient power, the Ark of Covenant, before the Nazis get it first.
    DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHarrison FordKaren AllenPaul Freeman
  • Andrew Keegan, Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles, Gabrielle Union, Susan May Pratt, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, David Krumholtz, and Larisa Oleynik in 10 Things I Hate About You (1999)

    25. 10 Things I Hate About You

    19991h 37mPG-1370Metascore
    7.4 (425K)
    A high-school boy, Cameron, cannot date Bianca until her anti-social older sister, Kat, has a boyfriend. So, Cameron pays a mysterious boy, Patrick, to charm Kat.
    DirectorGil JungerStarsHeath LedgerJulia StilesJoseph Gordon-Levitt

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