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  • Stalag 17 (1953)

    1. Stalag 17

    19532hApproved84Metascore
    7.9 (60K)
    After two Americans are killed while escaping from a German P.O.W. camp in World War II, the barracks black marketeer, J.J. Sefton, is suspected of being an informer.
    DirectorBilly WilderStarsWilliam HoldenDon TaylorOtto Preminger
  • Tim Robbins in The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

    2. The Shawshank Redemption

    19942h 22mR82Metascore
    9.3 (3.1M)
    A banker convicted of uxoricide forms a friendship over a quarter century with a hardened convict, while maintaining his innocence and trying to remain hopeful through simple compassion.
    DirectorFrank DarabontStarsTim RobbinsMorgan FreemanBob Gunton
  • Richard Attenborough, Steve McQueen, and James Garner in The Great Escape (1963)

    3. The Great Escape

    19632h 52mApproved86Metascore
    8.2 (270K)
    Allied officers in a German prisoner of war camp during World War II making a daring plan for a mass escape by hundreds of their men, hoping to draw German personnel and resources away from combat operations.
    DirectorJohn SturgesStarsSteve McQueenJames GarnerRichard Attenborough
  • Asa Butterfield and Jack Scanlon in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)

    4. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

    20081h 34mPG-1355Metascore
    7.7 (263K)
    Through the innocent eyes of Bruno, the eight-year-old son of the commandant at a German concentration camp, a forbidden friendship with a Jewish boy on the other side of the camp fence has startling and unexpected consequences.
    DirectorMark HermanStarsAsa ButterfieldDavid ThewlisRupert Friend
  • Christian Bale in The Dark Knight (2008)

    5. The Dark Knight

    20082h 32mPG-1384Metascore
    9.0 (3M)
    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
  • Jeff Goldblum in The Fly (1986)

    6. The Fly

    19861h 36mR81Metascore
    7.6 (215K)
    A brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong.
    DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsJeff GoldblumGeena DavisJohn Getz
  • Jeff Goldblum in The Fly (1986)

    7. The Fly

    19861h 36mR81Metascore
    7.6 (215K)
    A brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong.
    DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsJeff GoldblumGeena DavisJohn Getz
  • Eddie Marsan, Martin Compston, and Gemma Arterton in The Disappearance of Alice Creed (2009)

    8. The Disappearance of Alice Creed

    20091h 40mR65Metascore
    6.7 (28K)
    A rich man's daughter is held captive in an abandoned apartment by two former convicts who abducted her and hold her ransom in exchange for her father's money.
    DirectorJ BlakesonStarsGemma ArtertonEddie MarsanMartin Compston
  • Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, and Phillip Alford in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

    9. To Kill a Mockingbird

    19622h 9mApproved88Metascore
    8.3 (344K)
    A widowed lawyer in Depression-era Alabama defends a black man against a false rape charge while teaching his young children about the sad reality of prejudice.
    DirectorRobert MulliganStarsGregory PeckJohn MegnaFrank Overton
  • Malcolm McDowell in A Clockwork Orange (1971)

    10. A Clockwork Orange

    19712h 16mR77Metascore
    8.2 (913K)
    Alex DeLarge and his droogs barbarize a decaying near-future.
    DirectorStanley KubrickStarsMalcolm McDowellPatrick MageeMichael Bates
  • Toshirô Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Yoshio Inaba, Daisuke Katô, Isao Kimura, Seiji Miyaguchi, Takashi Shimura, and Keiko Tsushima in Seven Samurai (1954)

    11. Seven Samurai

    19543h 27mNot Rated98Metascore
    8.6 (386K)
    Farmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, and he gathers six other samurai to join him.
    DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneTakashi ShimuraKeiko Tsushima
  • Akira (1988)

    12. Akira

    19882h 4mR68Metascore
    8.0 (216K)
    A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a teenage biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by his best friend.
    DirectorKatsuhiro ÔtomoStarsMitsuo IwataNozomu SasakiMami Koyama
  • Dead Alive (1992)

    13. Dead Alive

    19921h 44mR54Metascore
    7.5 (107K)
    A young man's mother is bitten by a Sumatran rat-monkey. She gets sick and dies, at which time she comes back to life, killing and eating dogs, nurses, friends, and neighbors.
    DirectorPeter JacksonStarsTimothy BalmeDiana PeñalverElizabeth Moody
  • Bridget Hoffman in The Evil Dead (1981)

    14. The Evil Dead

    19811h 25mNC-1771Metascore
    7.4 (243K)
    Five friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons.
    DirectorSam RaimiStarsBruce CampbellEllen SandweissRichard DeManincor
  • Evil Dead II (1987)

    15. Evil Dead II

    19871h 24mR72Metascore
    7.7 (190K)
    Ash Williams, the lone survivor of an earlier onslaught of flesh-possessing spirits, holes up in a cabin with a group of strangers while the demons continue their attack.
    DirectorSam RaimiStarsBruce CampbellSarah BerryDan Hicks
  • Embeth Davidtz and Bruce Campbell in Army of Darkness (1992)

    16. Army of Darkness

    19921h 21mR59Metascore
    7.4 (203K)
    When Ash Williams is accidentally transported to 1300 A.D., he must retrieve the Necronomicon and battle an army of the dead in order to return home.
    DirectorSam RaimiStarsBruce CampbellEmbeth DavidtzMarcus Gilbert
  • Christopher Rodriguez Marquette and Brooke Nevin in Infestation (2009)

    17. Infestation

    20091h 31mR
    5.8 (10K)
    A slacker awakes to find himself weak and wrapped in a webbing; after realizing that the world has been taken over by giant alien insects, he wakes a ragtag group of strangers and together they fight for survival.
    DirectorKyle RankinStarsChristopher Rodriguez MarquetteBrooke NevinKinsey Packard
  • Vinessa Shaw in The Hills Have Eyes (2006)

    18. The Hills Have Eyes

    20061h 47mR52Metascore
    6.4 (191K)
    A traveling family falls victim to a group of mutated cannibals in a desert far away from civilization.
    DirectorAlexandre AjaStarsTed LevineKathleen QuinlanDan Byrd
  • Pierce Brosnan and Halle Berry in Die Another Day (2002)

    19. Die Another Day

    20022h 13mPG-1356Metascore
    6.1 (235K)
    James Bond is sent to investigate the connection between a North Korean terrorist and a diamond mogul, who is funding the development of an international space weapon.
    DirectorLee TamahoriStarsPierce BrosnanHalle BerryRosamund Pike
  • Jeffrey Combs in Re-Animator (1985)

    20. Re-Animator

    19851h 24mUnrated73Metascore
    7.1 (75K)
    After an odd new medical student arrives on campus, a dedicated local and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue.
    DirectorStuart GordonStarsJeffrey CombsBruce AbbottBarbara Crampton
  • From Beyond (1986)

    21. From Beyond

    19861h 25mR60Metascore
    6.6 (33K)
    A group of scientists have developed the Resonator, a machine which allows whoever is within range to see beyond normal perceptible reality. But when the experiment succeeds, they are immediately attacked by terrible life forms.
    DirectorStuart GordonStarsJeffrey CombsBarbara CramptonTed Sorel
  • Jeffrey Combs and Kathleen Kinmont in Bride of Re-Animator (1990)

    22. Bride of Re-Animator

    19901h 36mR54Metascore
    6.2 (18K)
    Doctors Herbert West and Dan Cain discover the secret to creating human life and proceed to create a perfect woman from dead tissue.
    DirectorBrian YuznaStarsJeffrey CombsBruce AbbottClaude Earl Jones
  • Geoffrey Rush, Taye Diggs, Ali Larter, Chris Kattan, and Bridgette Wilson-Sampras in House on Haunted Hill (1999)

    23. House on Haunted Hill

    19991h 33mR28Metascore
    5.6 (62K)
    An amusement park mogul offers a group of diverse people $1,000,000 to spend the night in a haunted house with a horrifying past.
    DirectorWilliam MaloneStarsGeoffrey RushFamke JanssenTaye Diggs
  • Dark House (2009)

    24. Dark House

    20091h 25mR
    4.8 (2.3K)
    A troupe of actors hired for a haunted house attraction soon find that they are working in a true house of horror.
    DirectorDarin ScottStarsJeffrey CombsMeghan OryDiane Louise Salinger
  • Sam Neill in In the Mouth of Madness (1994)

    25. In the Mouth of Madness

    19941h 35mR53Metascore
    7.1 (84K)
    An insurance investigator begins discovering that the impact a horror writer's books have on his fans is more than inspirational.
    DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsSam NeillJürgen ProchnowJulie Carmen

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