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  • Marlon Brando in The Godfather (1972)

    1. The Godfather

    19722h 55mR100Metascore
    9.2 (2.1M)
    The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.
    DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMarlon BrandoAl PacinoJames Caan
  • 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
  • Children of Men (2006)

    3. Children of Men

    20061h 49mR84Metascore
    7.9 (552K)
    In 2027, in a chaotic world in which women have somehow become infertile, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea.
    DirectorAlfonso CuarónStarsJulianne MooreClive OwenChiwetel Ejiofor
  • Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)

    4. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

    20072h 40mR68Metascore
    7.5 (199K)
    Robert Ford, who has idolized Jesse James since childhood, tries hard to join the resurgent gang of the Missouri outlaw, but gradually becomes resentful of the bandit leader.
    DirectorAndrew DominikStarsBrad PittCasey AffleckSam Shepard
  • Al Pacino in Scarface (1983)

    5. Scarface

    19832h 50mR65Metascore
    8.3 (977K)
    In the 1980s, a determined criminal-minded Cuban immigrant becomes the biggest drug smuggler in Miami, and is eventually undone by his own drug addiction.
    DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsAl PacinoMichelle PfeifferSteven Bauer
  • Emile Hirsch in Into the Wild (2007)

    6. Into the Wild

    20072h 28mR73Metascore
    8.0 (683K)
    After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness.
    DirectorSean PennStarsEmile HirschVince VaughnCatherine Keener
  • Bobby Cannavale, Patricia Clarkson, and Peter Dinklage in The Station Agent (2003)

    7. The Station Agent

    20031h 29mR81Metascore
    7.6 (77K)
    When his only friend dies, a man born with dwarfism moves to rural New Jersey to live a life of solitude, only to meet a chatty hot dog vendor and a woman dealing with her own personal loss.
    DirectorTom McCarthyStarsPeter DinklagePatricia ClarksonBobby Cannavale
  • Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood (2007)

    8. 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
  • Christian Bale in The Dark Knight (2008)

    9. 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
  • Friday Night Lights (2004)

    10. Friday Night Lights

    20041h 58mPG-1370Metascore
    7.2 (69K)
    Based on H.G. Bissinger's book, which profiled the economically depressed town of Odessa, Texas and their heroic high school football team, The Permian High Panthers.
    DirectorPeter BergStarsBilly Bob ThorntonJay HernandezDerek Luke
  • Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, and Joe Pesci in Casino (1995)

    11. Casino

    19952h 58mR73Metascore
    8.2 (598K)
    In Las Vegas, two best friends--a casino executive and a Mafia enforcer--compete for a gambling empire and a fast-living, fast-loving socialite.
    DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroSharon StoneJoe Pesci
  • Sean Astin, Corey Feldman, Martha Plimpton, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen, Kerri Green, and Ke Huy Quan in The Goonies (1985)

    12. The Goonies

    19851h 54mPG62Metascore
    7.7 (316K)
    A group of young misfits called The Goonies discover an ancient map and set out on an adventure to find a legendary pirate's long-lost treasure.
    DirectorRichard DonnerStarsSean AstinJosh BrolinJeff Cohen
  • Man on Wire (2008)

    13. Man on Wire

    20081h 34mPG-1389Metascore
    7.7 (60K)
    A look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974, what some consider, "the artistic crime of the century".
    DirectorJames MarshStarsPhilippe PetitJean François HeckelJean-Louis Blondeau
  • Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Al Pacino, Ted Levine, Wes Studi, Jerry Trimble, and Mykelti Williamson in Heat (1995)

    14. Heat

    19952h 50mR76Metascore
    8.3 (768K)
    A group of high-end professional thieves start to feel the heat from the LAPD when they unknowingly leave a verbal clue at their latest heist.
    DirectorMichael MannStarsAl PacinoRobert De NiroVal Kilmer
  • Tahar Rahim in A Prophet (2009)

    15. A Prophet

    20092h 35mR90Metascore
    7.8 (106K)
    A delinquent Muslim man struggles to get by in prison until he is taken under the wing of a powerful mob boss, but his gradual rise through the organization's ranks brings him in conflict with his mentor.
    DirectorJacques AudiardStarsTahar RahimNiels ArestrupAdel Bencherif
  • Joe Gilgun, Stephen Graham, Vicky McClure, Andrew Shim, Thomas Turgoose, Rosamund Hanson, and Chanel Cresswell in This Is England (2006)

    16. This Is England

    20061h 41mNot Rated86Metascore
    7.7 (133K)
    A young boy becomes friends with a gang of skinheads. Friends soon become like family, and relationships will be pushed to the very limit.
    DirectorShane MeadowsStarsThomas TurgooseStephen GrahamJo Hartley
  • Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008)

    17. Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father

    20081h 35mNot Rated82Metascore
    8.5 (44K)
    A filmmaker decides to memorialize a murdered friend when his friend's ex-girlfriend announces she is expecting his son.
    DirectorKurt KuenneStarsKurt KuenneAndrew BagbyDavid Bagby
  • The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)

    18. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

    20052h 1mR77Metascore
    7.3 (43K)
    Ranch foreman Pete Perkins looks to fulfill the promise to his recently deceased best friend by burying him in his hometown in Mexico.
    DirectorTommy Lee JonesStarsTommy Lee JonesBarry PepperDwight Yoakam
  • Brad Pitt and Edward Norton in Fight Club (1999)

    19. Fight Club

    19992h 19mR67Metascore
    8.8 (2.5M)
    An insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more.
    DirectorDavid FincherStarsBrad PittEdward NortonMeat Loaf
  • Anthony Perkins, John Gavin, Janet Leigh, and Heather Dawn May in Psycho (1960)

    20. Psycho

    19601h 49mR97Metascore
    8.5 (759K)
    A secretary on the run for embezzlement takes refuge at a secluded California motel owned by a repressed man and his overbearing mother.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAnthony PerkinsJanet LeighVera Miles

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