My Top 50 Movies
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- DirectorTroy DuffyStarsWillem DafoeSean Patrick FlaneryNorman ReedusTwo Irish Catholic brothers become vigilantes in order to try to wipe out Boston's criminal underworld in the name of God.Two Irish brothers become vigilantes in the city of Boston. A ruthless FBI agent follows their trail and tries to uncover the brothers' identities.
- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsLeonardo DiCaprioJoseph Gordon-LevittElliot PageA 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.Leo DiCaprio leads a team through the dreams of a wealthy man in order to plant an idea in his subconcious.
- DirectorJames CameronStarsLeonardo DiCaprioKate WinsletBilly ZaneA seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.Romeo and Juliet aboard the Unsinkable Ship.
- DirectorBaz LuhrmannStarsNicole KidmanEwan McGregorJohn LeguizamoA poor Bohemian poet in 1890s Paris falls for a beautiful courtesan and nightclub star coveted by a jealous duke.A young penniless writer falls for a glamourous courtesan in the most famous brothel in the world and is pulled into her exciting and dangerous world.
- DirectorNick CassavetesStarsGena RowlandsJames GarnerRachel McAdamsAn elderly man reads to a woman with dementia the story of two young lovers whose romance is threatened by the difference in their respective social classes.An elderly gentleman in a retirement home reads a significant story of young love to an old lady.
- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsChristian BaleHeath LedgerAaron EckhartWhen 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.Bruce Wayne faces his most formidable enemy yet, The Joker.
- DirectorRandal KleiserStarsJohn TravoltaOlivia Newton-JohnStockard ChanningGood girl Sandy Olsson and greaser Danny Zuko fell in love over the summer. When they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance?Sandy and Danny fall in love over the summer but find that their differences may keep them apart once high school starts.
- DirectorFrank DarabontStarsTom HanksMichael Clarke DuncanDavid MorseA death row guard learns that a gentle giant in his charge possesses a mysterious gift.The guards of the Green Mile deathrow meet a prisoner with unusual abilities.
- DirectorsRon ClementsJohn MuskerStarsJodi BensonSamuel E. WrightRene AuberjonoisA mermaid princess makes a Faustian bargain in an attempt to become human and win a prince's love.Princess Ariel dreams of joining the human world. After falling in love with a human prince she trades her voice to the Sea Witch Ursula for the chance to become human permanently.
- DirectorRobert WiseStarsJulie AndrewsChristopher PlummerEleanor ParkerA young novice is sent by her convent in 1930s Austria to become a governess to the seven children of a widowed naval officer.Sister Maria becomes a Governess to The Von Trapp children and introduces music into their home.
- DirectorJohn StockwellStarsKirsten DunstJay HernandezBruce DavisonAt Pacific Palisades High, a poor Latino falls hard for a troubled girl from an affluent neighborhood.Rich wild child Nicole and driven, from-the-wrong-side-of-the-tracks Carlos fall in love and work to overcome Nicole's self-destructive ways.
- DirectorNancy MeyersStarsKate WinsletCameron DiazJude LawAmanda lives in LA and is a movie trailer editor. Iris lives in Surrey and is a journalist. The two decide to swap houses for two weeks at Christmas - both trying to forget their troubled love lives, until love finds them anyways.Two unlucky-in-love women from different continents trade houses for two weeks and find romance in their new settings.
- DirectorGeorge CukorStarsAudrey HepburnRex HarrisonStanley HollowayIn 1910s London, snobbish phonetics professor Henry Higgins agrees to a wager that he can make a crude flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, presentable in high society.Professor Henry Higgins takes street-urchin Eliza Doolittle under his wing in order to teach her to speak and act like a proper lady.
- DirectorFranco ZeffirelliStarsLeonard WhitingOlivia HusseyJohn McEneryWhen two young members of feuding families meet, forbidden love ensues.Franco Zefferelli retells the classic love of star-crossed lovers in a lavish and beautiful production
- DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsChieko BaishôTakuya KimuraTatsuya GashûinWhen an unconfident young woman is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking castle.After shop-girl Sophie is put under a curse by the Witch of The Waste she moves into magician Howl's magic moving castle in hopes of breaking the curse.
- DirectorsVictor FlemingGeorge CukorNorman TaurogStarsJudy GarlandFrank MorganRay BolgerYoung Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto are swept away by a tornado from their Kansas farm to the magical Land of Oz and embark on a quest with three new friends to see the Wizard, who can return her to her home and fulfill the others' wishes.A tornado takes Dorothy Gale to Oz where she befriends the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion and embarks on an adventure to find the Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
- DirectorWes CravenStarsNeve CampbellCourteney CoxDavid ArquetteA masked killer targets a past victim's daughter.Prank calls turn deadly in Wes Craven's satirical slasher film.
- DirectorM. Night ShyamalanStarsBruce WillisHaley Joel OsmentToni ColletteAfter being shot by a resentful former patient whom he failed to help, a Philadelphia child psychologist seeks redemption by treating a young boy with a disturbing secret.Bruce Willis counsels a young boy who has the ability to communicate with the dead.
- DirectorGillian ArmstrongStarsSusan SarandonWinona RyderKirsten DunstJo struggles for independence and sometimes clashes with her beloved mother and sisters Meg, Amy and Beth. She also contends with their cranky Aunt March, their impulsive neighbor Laurie and kindly linguistics professor Friedrich Bhaer.The March sister deal with love, family, loss and growing up amidst the Civil War in America.
- DirectorJames MangoldStarsWinona RyderAngelina JolieClea DuVallDirectionless teenager Susanna is rushed to Claymoore, a mental institution, after a supposed suicide attempt. There she befriends a group of troubled women who deeply influence her life.After a failed suicide attempt Susanna Kaysen is committed to Claymore Mental Asylum where she befriends an array of troubled young women.
- DirectorSofia CoppolaStarsKirsten DunstJosh HartnettJames WoodsA group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents in suburban Detroit in the mid 1970s.A group of friends try to deconstruct the events leading to the Lisbon sisters' suicides.
- DirectorLesli Linka GlatterStarsChristina RicciDemi MooreRosie O'DonnellFour childhood friends gather together to prepare for the birth of Chrissey's baby. They wonder how the girls they were at twelve years could possibly have become the women they are now.Four friends reuinite in their 30s and remember the summer of 1975 when they were twelve.
- DirectorGore VerbinskiStarsJohnny DeppGeoffrey RushOrlando BloomBlacksmith Will Turner teams up with eccentric pirate "Captain" Jack Sparrow to save Elizabeth Swann, the governor's daughter and his love, from Jack's former pirate allies, who are now undead.Johnny Depp leads an all-star cast in their search for the elusive Black Pearl.
- DirectorSam MendesStarsLeonardo DiCaprioKate WinsletChristopher FitzgeraldA young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children.A married couple in the 50s struggle with the inertia of their lives.
- DirectorPeter WeirStarsRobin WilliamsRobert Sean LeonardEthan HawkeMaverick teacher John Keating returns in 1959 to the prestigious New England boys' boarding school where he was once a star student, using poetry to embolden his pupils to new heights of self-expression.Teacher John Keating challenges the ideas of a group of adolescent boys at a traditional and prestigious school in the 50s.