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  • The Ascent (1977)

    1. The Ascent

    19771h 51m
    8.2 (11K)
    Two Soviet partisans on a mission to gather food contend with the winter cold, the occupying Germans, and their own psyches.
    DirectorLarisa ShepitkoStarsBoris PlotnikovVladimir GostyukhinSergey Yakovlev
  • Paul Dubov, Dick Foran, Arthur Franz, and Brett Halsey in The Atomic Submarine (1959)

    2. The Atomic Submarine

    19591h 12mApproved
    5.1 (2K)
    Ships mysteriously disappear on route across the Arctic Sea, and a specially-equipped submarine is sent to investigate.
    DirectorSpencer Gordon BennetStarsArthur FranzDick ForanBrett Halsey
  • Billy Liar (1963)

    3. Billy Liar

    19631h 38mNot Rated82Metascore
    7.2 (7.4K)
    A lazy, irresponsible young clerk (Sir Tom Courtenay) in provincial Northern England lives in his own fantasy world and makes emotionally immature decisions as he alienates friends and family.
    DirectorJohn SchlesingerStarsTom CourtenayJulie ChristieWilfred Pickles
  • John Travolta, Nancy Allen, Dennis Franz, John Lithgow, and Barbara Sigel in Blow Out (1981)

    4. Blow Out

    19811h 48mR86Metascore
    7.4 (70K)
    A movie sound recordist accidentally records the evidence that proves that a car accident was actually murder and consequently finds himself in danger.
    DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsJohn TravoltaNancy AllenJohn Lithgow
  • A Brighter Summer Day (1991)

    5. A Brighter Summer Day

    19913h 57mNot Rated91Metascore
    8.2 (14K)
    Based on a true story, primarily on a conflict between two youth gangs, a 14-year-old boy's girlfriend conflicts with the head of one gang for an unclear reason, until finally the conflict comes to a violent climax.
    DirectorEdward YangStarsChang ChenLisa YangKuo-Chu Chang
  • Alastair Sim in Green for Danger (1946)

    6. Green for Danger

    19461h 31mApproved
    7.4 (6K)
    A Scotland Yard Inspector investigates odd hospital deaths during the London Blitz.
    DirectorSidney GilliatStarsAlastair SimSally GrayTrevor Howard
  • Richard Attenborough, Jack Hawkins, Roger Livesey, Nanette Newman, Nigel Patrick, and Melissa Stribling in The League of Gentlemen (1960)

    7. The League of Gentlemen

    19601h 56mUnrated
    7.2 (5.6K)
    A disgruntled veteran recruits a group of disgraced colleagues to perform a bank robbery with military precision.
    DirectorBasil DeardenStarsJack HawkinsNigel PatrickRoger Livesey
  • Skeet Ulrich, Tobey Maguire, Jewel, and Jeffrey Wright in Ride with the Devil (1999)

    8. Ride with the Devil

    19992h 18mR69Metascore
    6.7 (15K)
    During the American Civil War, two friends join the Bushwhackers, a militant group loyal to the Confederacy.
    DirectorAng LeeStarsTobey MaguireSkeet UlrichJewel
  • Klaus Löwitsch, Mascha Rabben, and Karl Heinz Vosgerau in World on a Wire (1973)

    9. World on a Wire

    19732 epsNot RatedTV Mini Series76Metascore
    7.7 (7.1K)
    In the future, Simulacron, a computer project simulating reality, encounters strange occurrences after its leader's death. Dr. Stiller questions the sudden disappearance of a friend and wonders if Simulacron holds the answers.
    StarsKlaus LöwitschBarbara ValentinMascha Rabben
  • The American Friend (1977)

    10. The American Friend

    19772h 8mNot Rated79Metascore
    7.4 (20K)
    Tom Ripley, who deals in forged art, suggests a picture framer he knows would make a good hit man.
    DirectorWim WendersStarsDennis HopperBruno GanzLisa Kreuzer
  • Wings of Desire (1987)

    11. Wings of Desire

    19872h 8mPG-1379Metascore
    7.9 (81K)
    An angel tires of his purely ethereal life of merely overseeing the human activity of Berlin's residents, and longs for the tangible joys of physical existence when he falls in love with a mortal.
    DirectorWim WendersStarsBruno GanzSolveig DommartinOtto Sander
  • Jenny Agutter, David Gulpilil, and Luc Roeg in Walkabout (1971)

    12. Walkabout

    19711h 40mGP85Metascore
    7.6 (29K)
    Two city-bred siblings are stranded in the Australian Outback, where they learn to survive with the aid of an Aboriginal boy on his "walkabout": a ritual separation from his tribe.
    DirectorNicolas RoegStarsJenny AgutterDavid GulpililLuc Roeg
  • Johanna ter Steege in The Vanishing (1988)

    13. The Vanishing

    19881h 47mNot Rated
    7.7 (50K)
    Rex and Saskia, a young couple in love, are on vacation. They stop at a busy service station and Saskia is abducted. After three years and no sign of Saskia, Rex begins receiving letters from the abductor.
    DirectorGeorge SluizerStarsBernard-Pierre DonnadieuGene BervoetsJohanna ter Steege
  • Howard Da Silva, Farley Granger, and Cathy O'Donnell in They Live by Night (1948)

    14. They Live by Night

    19481h 35mPassed82Metascore
    7.4 (9.9K)
    An escaped convict injured during a robbery falls in love with the woman who nurses him back to health, but their relationship seems doomed from the beginning.
    DirectorNicholas RayStarsCathy O'DonnellFarley GrangerHoward Da Silva
  • Seconds (1966)

    15. Seconds

    19661h 46mR71Metascore
    7.6 (24K)
    An unhappy middle-aged banker agrees to a procedure that will fake his death and give him a completely new look and identity - one that comes with its own price.
    DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsRock HudsonFrank CampanellaJohn Randolph
  • Nastassja Kinski, Harry Dean Stanton, and Hunter Carson in Paris, Texas (1984)

    16. Paris, Texas

    19842h 25mR81Metascore
    8.1 (132K)
    Travis Henderson, an aimless drifter who has been missing for four years, wanders out of the desert and must reconnect with society, himself, his life, and his family.
    DirectorWim WendersStarsHarry Dean StantonNastassja KinskiDean Stockwell
  • Henry Fonda, Linda Darnell, and Victor Mature in My Darling Clementine (1946)

    17. My Darling Clementine

    19461h 37mApproved
    7.7 (27K)
    After their cattle are stolen and their brother murdered, the Earp brothers have a score to settle with the Clanton family.
    DirectorsJohn FordLloyd BaconStarsHenry FondaLinda DarnellVictor Mature
  • A Night to Remember (1942)

    18. A Night to Remember

    19421h 31mApproved
    6.6 (1.5K)
    A mystery writer and his newlywed wife move into a Greenwich Village apartment and find themselves with a corpse and a half dozen red herrings.
    DirectorRichard WallaceStarsLoretta YoungBrian AherneJeff Donnell
  • David Bowie in The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)

    19. The Man Who Fell to Earth

    19762h 19mR81Metascore
    6.6 (30K)
    An alien must pose as a human to save his dying planet, but a woman and greed of other men create complications.
    DirectorNicolas RoegStarsDavid BowieRip TornCandy Clark
  • The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)

    20. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

    19432h 43mApproved93Metascore
    8.0 (17K)
    From the Boer War through World War II, a soldier rises through the ranks in the British military.
    DirectorsMichael PowellEmeric PressburgerStarsRoger LiveseyDeborah KerrAnton Walbrook
  • Judith Anderson, Barbara Stanwyck, Wendell Corey, Thomas Gomez, Walter Huston, and Gilbert Roland in The Furies (1950)

    21. The Furies

    19501h 49mApproved
    7.2 (4.1K)
    A firebrand heiress clashes with her tyrannical father, a cattle rancher who fancies himself a Napoleon, but their relationship turns ugly only when he finds himself a new woman.
    DirectorAnthony MannStarsBarbara StanwyckWendell CoreyWalter Huston
  • Dekalog (1989)

    22. Dekalog

    1989–199010 epsTV-MATV Mini Series100Metascore
    8.9 (31K)
    Ten television drama films, each one based on one of the Ten Commandments.
    StarsArtur BarcisOlgierd LukaszewiczOlaf Lubaszenko

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