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Movies you must see before you can call yourself a true film buff.

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  • Uma Thurman in Pulp Fiction (1994)

    1. 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
  • Full Metal Jacket (1987)

    2. Full Metal Jacket

    19871h 56mR78Metascore
    8.2 (828K)
    A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
    DirectorStanley KubrickStarsMatthew ModineR. Lee ErmeyVincent D'Onofrio
  • Christian Bale in The Dark Knight (2008)

    3. The Dark Knight

    20082h 32mPG-1385Metascore
    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
  • Julianne Moore and Jeff Bridges in The Big Lebowski (1998)

    4. The Big Lebowski

    19981h 57mR71Metascore
    8.1 (895K)
    Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire of the same name, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it.
    DirectorsJoel CoenEthan CoenStarsJeff BridgesJohn GoodmanJulianne Moore
  • Fight Club (2004)

    5. Fight Club

    2004MVideo Game
    4.5 (407)
    Direct from the movie comes this no-holds-barred street fighting game, where broken bones and bloody faces rule. Features 3 different fighting modes, customized fighters, and online gameplay.
    StarsMeat LoafHolt McCallanyThom Gossom Jr.
  • Sam Rockwell in Moon (2009)

    6. Moon

    20091h 37mR67Metascore
    7.8 (388K)
    Astronaut Sam Bell has a quintessentially personal encounter toward the end of his three-year stint on the Moon, where he, working alongside his computer, GERTY, sends back to Earth parcels of a resource that has helped diminish our planet's power problems.
    DirectorDuncan JonesStarsSam RockwellKevin SpaceyDominique McElligott
  • Steve Buscemi, Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, Tim Roth, and Chris Penn in Reservoir Dogs (1992)

    7. Reservoir Dogs

    19921h 39mR81Metascore
    8.3 (1.1M)
    When a simple jewelry heist goes horribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant.
    DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsHarvey KeitelTim RothMichael Madsen
  • Matthew McConaughey in Interstellar (2014)

    8. Interstellar

    20142h 49mPG-1374Metascore
    8.7 (2.4M)
    When Earth becomes uninhabitable in the future, a farmer and ex-NASA pilot, Joseph Cooper, is tasked to pilot a spacecraft, along with a team of researchers, to find a new planet for humans.
    DirectorChristopher NolanStarsMatthew McConaugheyAnne HathawayJessica Chastain
  • Fionn Whitehead in Dunkirk (2017)

    9. Dunkirk

    20171h 46mPG-1394Metascore
    7.8 (779K)
    Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Commonwealth and Empire, and France are surrounded by the German Army and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.
    DirectorChristopher NolanStarsFionn WhiteheadBarry KeoghanMark Rylance
  • Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, and Scarlett Johansson in The Prestige (2006)

    10. The Prestige

    20062h 10mPG-1366Metascore
    8.5 (1.5M)
    Rival 19th-century magicians engage in a bitter battle for trade secrets.
    DirectorChristopher NolanStarsChristian BaleHugh JackmanScarlett Johansson
  • Guy Pearce and Carrie-Anne Moss in Memento (2000)

    11. 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
  • Orson Welles, Dorothy Comingore, and Ruth Warrick in Citizen Kane (1941)

    12. Citizen Kane

    19411h 59mPG100Metascore
    8.3 (484K)
    Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.'
    DirectorOrson WellesStarsOrson WellesJoseph CottenDorothy Comingore
  • Harrison Ford, Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, David Prowse, Kenny Baker, and Peter Mayhew in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

    13. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

    19802h 4mPG82Metascore
    8.7 (1.5M)
    After the Empire overpowers the Rebel Alliance, Luke Skywalker begins training with Jedi Master Yoda, while Darth Vader and bounty hunter Boba Fett pursue his friends across the galaxy.
    DirectorIrvin KershnerStarsMark HamillHarrison FordCarrie Fisher
  • Tina Majorino, Haylie Duff, Efren Ramirez, Aaron Ruell, and Jon Heder in Napoleon Dynamite (2004)

    14. Napoleon Dynamite

    20041h 36mPG64Metascore
    7.0 (249K)
    A listless and alienated teenager helps his new friend win the class presidency in their small western high school, while dealing with his bizarre family life back home.
    DirectorJared HessStarsJon HederEfren RamirezJon Gries
  • Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, Martin Freeman, Michael B. Jordan, Andy Serkis, Chadwick Boseman, Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong'o, Daniel Kaluuya, and Letitia Wright in Black Panther (2018)

    15. Black Panther

    20182h 14mPG-1388Metascore
    7.3 (882K)
    T'Challa, heir to the hidden but advanced kingdom of Wakanda, must step forward to lead his people into a new future and must confront a challenger from his country's past.
    DirectorRyan CooglerStarsChadwick BosemanMichael B. JordanLupita Nyong'o
  • Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hardy, Elliot Page, Ken Watanabe, and Dileep Rao in Inception (2010)

    16. 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
  • Tim Robbins in The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

    17. 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
  • Harrison Ford, Jared Leto, Ryan Gosling, and Ana de Armas in Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

    18. Blade Runner 2049

    20172h 44mR81Metascore
    8.0 (721K)
    Young Blade Runner K's discovery of a long-buried secret leads him to track down former Blade Runner Rick Deckard, who's been missing for thirty years.
    DirectorDenis VilleneuveStarsHarrison FordRyan GoslingAna de Armas

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