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  • Mary and Max (2009)

    1. Mary and Max

    20091h 32mNot Rated72Metascore
    8.1 (196K)
    In 1976 Melbourne, a lonely 8-year-old girl strikes up a correspondence with an unlikely pen pal: a severely obese 44-year-old New Yorker with Asperger's syndrome.
    DirectorAdam ElliotStarsToni CollettePhilip Seymour HoffmanEric Bana
  • Audrey Tautou in Amélie (2001)

    2. Amélie

    20012h 2mR70Metascore
    8.3 (819K)
    Despite being caught in her imaginative world, young waitress Amelie decides to help people find happiness. Her quest to spread joy leads her on a journey during which she finds true love.
    DirectorJean-Pierre JeunetStarsAudrey TautouMathieu KassovitzRufus
  • Harrison Ford and Sean Young in Blade Runner (1982)

    3. Blade Runner

    19821h 57mR84Metascore
    8.1 (855K)
    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
  • Jude Law and Jennifer Jason Leigh in eXistenZ (1999)

    4. eXistenZ

    19991h 37mR70Metascore
    6.8 (111K)
    A game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been damaged.
    DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsJude LawJennifer Jason LeighIan Holm
  • Guy Pearce and Carrie-Anne Moss in Memento (2000)

    5. Memento

    20001h 53mR83Metascore
    8.4 (1.4M)
    A former insurance investigator who now suffers from anterograde amnesia uses notes and tattoos to hunt down his wife's murderer.
    DirectorChristopher NolanStarsGuy PearceCarrie-Anne MossJoe Pantoliano
  • Delicatessen (1991)

    6. Delicatessen

    19911h 39mR66Metascore
    7.5 (92K)
    Post-apocalyptic surrealist black comedy about the landlord of an apartment building who occasionally prepares a delicacy for his odd tenants.
    DirectorsMarc CaroJean-Pierre JeunetStarsMarie-Laure DougnacDominique PinonPascal Benezech
  • The City of Lost Children (1995)

    7. The City of Lost Children

    19951h 52mR73Metascore
    7.4 (73K)
    A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.
    DirectorsMarc CaroJean-Pierre JeunetStarsRon PerlmanDaniel EmilforkJudith Vittet
  • Fanny Ardant, Emmanuelle Béart, Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Virginie Ledoyen, Danielle Darrieux, Firmine Richard, and Ludivine Sagnier in 8 Women (2002)

    8. 8 Women

    20021h 51mR64Metascore
    7.0 (35K)
    A man is murdered in an isolated chalet, and the eight female residents are all suspects; their secrets are revealed as they try to determine who is guilty.
    DirectorFrançois OzonStarsFanny ArdantEmmanuelle BéartDanielle Darrieux
  • Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010)

    9. Exit Through the Gift Shop

    20101h 27mR85Metascore
    7.9 (70K)
    Following the style of some of the world's most prolific street artists, an amateur filmmaker makes a foray into the art world.
    DirectorBanksyStarsBanksyMr. BrainwashSpace Invader
  • Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie in Don't Look Now (1973)

    10. Don't Look Now

    19731h 50mR95Metascore
    7.1 (66K)
    A married couple grieving the recent death of their young daughter are in Venice when they encounter two elderly sisters, one of whom is psychic and brings a warning from beyond.
    DirectorNicolas RoegStarsJulie ChristieDonald SutherlandHilary Mason
  • Nick Frost and Simon Pegg in Hot Fuzz (2007)

    11. Hot Fuzz

    20072h 1mR81Metascore
    7.8 (552K)
    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
  • Kate Ashfield, Nick Frost, and Simon Pegg in Shaun of the Dead (2004)

    12. Shaun of the Dead

    20041h 39mR76Metascore
    7.9 (620K)
    The uneventful, aimless lives of a London electronics salesman and his layabout roommate are disrupted by the zombie apocalypse.
    DirectorEdgar WrightStarsSimon PeggNick FrostKate Ashfield
  • Dany Boon in Micmacs (2009)

    13. Micmacs

    20091h 45mR62Metascore
    7.1 (32K)
    A man and his friends come up with an intricate and original plan to destroy two big weapons manufacturers.
    DirectorJean-Pierre JeunetStarsDany BoonAndré DussollierNicolas Marié
  • Little Nicholas (2009)

    14. Little Nicholas

    20091h 31mNot Rated
    7.1 (15K)
    Nicholas has every reason to keep things in life unchanged; however, when he accidentally overhears mum and dad talking about a new baby brother, his world will turn upside down. Will they abandon him to make room for the little stranger?
    DirectorLaurent TirardStarsMaxime GodartVincent ClaudeCharles Vaillant
  • Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hardy, Elliot Page, Ken Watanabe, and Dileep Rao in Inception (2010)

    15. Inception

    20102h 28mPG-1374Metascore
    8.8 (2.7M)
    A 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.
    DirectorChristopher NolanStarsLeonardo DiCaprioJoseph Gordon-LevittElliot Page
  • Juliette Binoche in Three Colors: Blue (1993)

    16. Three Colors: Blue

    19931h 38mR87Metascore
    7.8 (115K)
    A woman struggles to find a way to live her life after the death of her husband and child.
    DirectorKrzysztof KieslowskiStarsJuliette BinocheZbigniew ZamachowskiJulie Delpy
  • Morgan Freeman, Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren, and Mary-Louise Parker in Red (2010)

    17. Red

    20101h 51mPG-1360Metascore
    7.0 (332K)
    When his peaceful life is threatened by a high-tech assassin, former black-ops agent Frank Moses reassembles his old team in a last-ditch effort to survive and uncover the assailants.
    DirectorRobert SchwentkeStarsBruce WillisHelen MirrenMorgan Freeman
  • Julie Delpy and Zbigniew Zamachowski in Three Colors: White (1994)

    18. Three Colors: White

    19941h 32mR91Metascore
    7.6 (83K)
    After his wife divorces him, a Polish immigrant plots to get even with her.
    DirectorKrzysztof KieslowskiStarsZbigniew ZamachowskiJulie DelpyJanusz Gajos
  • Monsoon Wedding (2001)

    19. Monsoon Wedding

    20011h 54mR77Metascore
    7.3 (27K)
    A stressed father, a bride-to-be with a secret, a smitten event planner, and relatives from around the world create much ado about the preparations for an arranged marriage in India.
    DirectorMira NairStarsNaseeruddin ShahLillete DubeyShefali Shah
  • Ewan McGregor, Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee Miller, Ewen Bremner, and Kelly Macdonald in Trainspotting (1996)

    20. Trainspotting

    19961h 33mR83Metascore
    8.1 (750K)
    Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out despite the allure of drugs and the influence of friends.
    DirectorDanny BoyleStarsEwan McGregorEwen BremnerJonny Lee Miller
  • John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and Monty Python in Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

    21. Monty Python and the Holy Grail

    19751h 31mPG91Metascore
    8.2 (589K)
    King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table embark on a surreal, low-budget search for the Holy Grail, encountering many, very silly obstacles.
    DirectorsTerry GilliamTerry JonesStarsGraham ChapmanJohn CleeseEric Idle
  • 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
  • John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and Monty Python in Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)

    23. Monty Python's Life of Brian

    19791h 34mR77Metascore
    8.0 (429K)
    Born on the original Christmas in the stable next door to Jesus Christ, Brian of Nazareth spends his life being mistaken for a messiah.
    DirectorTerry JonesStarsGraham ChapmanJohn CleeseMichael Palin
  • Owen Wilson in Midnight in Paris (2011)

    24. Midnight in Paris

    20111h 34mPG-1381Metascore
    7.6 (462K)
    While on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight.
    DirectorWoody AllenStarsOwen WilsonRachel McAdamsKathy Bates
  • Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine in The Apartment (1960)

    25. The Apartment

    19602h 5mApproved94Metascore
    8.3 (209K)
    A Manhattan insurance clerk tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but office politics and his own romantic hopes complicate matters.
    DirectorBilly WilderStarsJack LemmonShirley MacLaineFred MacMurray

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