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  • Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

    1. Witness for the Prosecution

    19571h 56mApproved76Metascore
    8.4 (152K)
    A veteran British barrister must defend his client in a murder trial that has surprise after surprise.
    DirectorBilly WilderStarsTyrone PowerMarlene DietrichCharles Laughton
  • Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie in Don't Look Now (1973)

    2. Don't Look Now

    19731h 50mR95Metascore
    7.1 (67K)
    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
  • Ralph Fiennes, Colin Farrell, and Brendan Gleeson in In Bruges (2008)

    3. In Bruges

    20081h 47mR67Metascore
    7.9 (482K)
    After a job gone wrong, hitman Ray and his partner await orders from their ruthless boss in Bruges, Belgium, the last place in the world Ray wants to be.
    DirectorMartin McDonaghStarsColin FarrellBrendan GleesonCiarán Hinds
  • Eihi Shiina in Audition (1999)

    4. Audition

    19991h 55mR70Metascore
    7.1 (96K)
    A widower has his film producer friend organize a fake audition as a means of helping him find a new girlfriend, but the woman he selects is not who she appears to be.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsRyô IshibashiEihi ShiinaTetsu Sawaki
  • Nicolas Bro, Ali Kazim, Mads Mikkelsen, Paprika Steen, and Ulrich Thomsen in Adam's Apples (2005)

    5. Adam's Apples

    20051h 34mR51Metascore
    7.7 (57K)
    A neo-Nazi sentenced to community service at a church clashes with the blindly devoted minister.
    DirectorAnders Thomas JensenStarsUlrich ThomsenMads MikkelsenNicolas Bro
  • Robert Mitchum and Shelley Winters in The Night of the Hunter (1955)

    6. The Night of the Hunter

    19551h 32mApproved97Metascore
    8.0 (104K)
    A self-proclaimed preacher marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real dad hid the $10,000 he'd stolen in a robbery.
    DirectorCharles LaughtonStarsRobert MitchumShelley WintersLillian Gish
  • Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver (1976)

    7. Taxi Driver

    19761h 54mR94Metascore
    8.2 (989K)
    A mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action.
    DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroJodie FosterCybill Shepherd
  • Malcolm McDowell in A Clockwork Orange (1971)

    8. A Clockwork Orange

    19712h 16mR77Metascore
    8.2 (917K)
    Alex DeLarge and his droogs barbarize a decaying near-future.
    DirectorStanley KubrickStarsMalcolm McDowellPatrick MageeMichael Bates
  • Uma Thurman in Pulp Fiction (1994)

    9. Pulp Fiction

    19942h 34mR95Metascore
    8.8 (2.4M)
    The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.
    DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsJohn TravoltaUma ThurmanSamuel L. Jackson
  • Oldboy (2003)

    10. Oldboy

    20032hR78Metascore
    8.3 (688K)
    After being kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must track down his captor in five days.
    DirectorPark Chan-wookStarsChoi Min-sikYoo Ji-taeKang Hye-jeong
  • Anthony Perkins, John Gavin, Janet Leigh, and Heather Dawn May in Psycho (1960)

    11. 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
  • Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

    12. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    20041h 48mR89Metascore
    8.3 (1.1M)
    When their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a medical procedure to have each other erased from their memories forever.
    DirectorMichel GondryStarsJim CarreyKate WinsletTom Wilkinson
  • Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood (2007)

    13. 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
  • Gabriel Byrne and John Turturro in Miller's Crossing (1990)

    14. Miller's Crossing

    19901h 55mR66Metascore
    7.7 (147K)
    Tom Reagan, an advisor to a Prohibition-era crime boss, tries to keep the peace between warring mobs but gets caught in divided loyalties.
    DirectorsJoel CoenEthan CoenStarsGabriel ByrneAlbert FinneyJohn Turturro
  • Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

    15. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

    19641h 35mPG97Metascore
    8.3 (541K)
    A mentally unstable American general orders a hydrogen bomb attack on the Soviet Union, triggering a path to global nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop.
    DirectorStanley KubrickStarsPeter SellersGeorge C. ScottSterling Hayden
  • Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch, and Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others (2006)

    16. The Lives of Others

    20062h 17mR89Metascore
    8.4 (431K)
    In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives.
    DirectorFlorian Henckel von DonnersmarckStarsUlrich MüheMartina GedeckSebastian Koch
  • Man on Wire (2008)

    17. 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
  • The Wild Bunch (1969)

    18. The Wild Bunch

    19692h 15mR98Metascore
    7.9 (94K)
    An aging group of outlaws in 1913 Texas look for one last big score, selling stolen Army rifles to a rogue Mexican general during that country's revolution, as the traditional American West is disappearing around them.
    DirectorSam PeckinpahStarsWilliam HoldenErnest BorgnineRobert Ryan
  • Helen Mirren in The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)

    19. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

    19892h 4mNC-1762Metascore
    7.5 (44K)
    At an opulent gourmet restaurant, a woman carries on an affair with deadly consequences.
    DirectorPeter GreenawayStarsRichard BohringerMichael GambonHelen Mirren
  • Memories of Murder (2003)

    20. Memories of Murder

    20032h 12mNot Rated82Metascore
    8.1 (247K)
    In a small Korean province in 1986, two detectives struggle with the case of multiple young women being found raped and murdered by an unknown culprit.
    DirectorBong Joon HoStarsSong Kang-hoKim Sang-kyungKim Roe-ha
  • Isabella Rossellini and Kyle MacLachlan in Blue Velvet (1986)

    21. Blue Velvet

    19862hR75Metascore
    7.7 (235K)
    The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.
    DirectorDavid LynchStarsIsabella RosselliniKyle MacLachlanDennis Hopper
  • Leonardo DiCaprio in Shutter Island (2010)

    22. Shutter Island

    20102h 18mR63Metascore
    8.2 (1.6M)
    Two US marshals are sent to a mental institution on an inhospitable island in order to investigate the disappearance of a patient.
    DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsLeonardo DiCaprioEmily MortimerMark Ruffalo
  • Switchblade Sisters (1975)

    23. Switchblade Sisters

    19751h 31mR
    6.5 (4.6K)
    The leader of an inner city girl gang is challenged when a new girl moves into the neighborhood.
    DirectorJack HillStarsRobbie LeeJoanne NailMonica Gayle
  • Nicole Kidman in Dogville (2003)

    24. Dogville

    20032h 51mR61Metascore
    8.0 (165K)
    A woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange for labor, but when a search visits the town she finds out that their support has a price.
    DirectorLars von TrierStarsNicole KidmanPaul BettanyLauren Bacall
  • Samuel L. Jackson and Bruce Willis in Unbreakable (2000)

    25. Unbreakable

    20001h 46mPG-1362Metascore
    7.3 (459K)
    A man learns something extraordinary about himself after a devastating accident.
    DirectorM. Night ShyamalanStarsBruce WillisSamuel L. JacksonRobin Wright

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