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THE GREATEST MOVIES

by graemewilliam • Created 10 months ago • Modified 2 months ago
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  • Henry Thomas and Pat Welsh in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

    1. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    19821h 55mPG92Metascore
    7.9 (459K)
    A troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape from Earth and return to his home planet.
    DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHenry ThomasDrew BarrymorePeter Coyote
  • Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver (1976)

    2. Taxi Driver

    19761h 54mR94Metascore
    8.2 (994K)
    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
  • Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Brandon De Wilde, Van Heflin, Jack Palance, and Ben Johnson in Shane (1953)

    3. Shane

    19531h 58mApproved85Metascore
    7.6 (47K)
    An ex-gunfighter defends homesteaders in 1889 Wyoming.
    DirectorGeorge StevensStarsAlan LaddJean ArthurVan Heflin
  • Marlon Brando in The Godfather (1972)

    4. The Godfather

    19722h 55mR100Metascore
    9.2 (2.2M)
    The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.
    DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMarlon BrandoAl PacinoJames Caan
  • Susan Backlinie and Bruce in Jaws (1975)

    5. Jaws

    19752h 4mPG87Metascore
    8.1 (714K)
    When a massive killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Long Island, it's up to the local police chief, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.
    DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsRoy ScheiderRobert ShawRichard Dreyfuss
  • Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

    6. Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    19772h 18mPG90Metascore
    7.6 (228K)
    An Indiana electric lineman finds his quiet and ordinary daily life turned upside down after a close encounter with a UFO, spurring him to an obsessed cross-country quest for answers as a momentous event approaches.
    DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsRichard DreyfussFrançois TruffautTeri Garr
  • Tom Hanks, R. Lee Ermey, Tim Allen, Annie Potts, John Ratzenberger, Wallace Shawn, Jim Varney, and Don Rickles in Toy Story (1995)

    7. Toy Story

    19951h 21mG96Metascore
    8.3 (1.1M)
    A cowboy doll is profoundly jealous when a new spaceman action figure supplants him as the top toy in a boy's bedroom. When circumstances separate them from their owner, the duo have to put aside their differences to return to him.
    DirectorJohn LasseterStarsTom HanksTim AllenDon Rickles
  • Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind (1939)

    8. Gone with the Wind

    19393h 58mG97Metascore
    8.2 (350K)
    A sheltered and manipulative Southern belle and a roguish profiteer face off in a turbulent romance as the society around them crumbles with the end of slavery and is rebuilt during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.
    DirectorVictor FlemingStarsClark GableVivien LeighThomas Mitchell
  • Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts, Oaklee Pendergast, Tom Holland, and Samuel Joslin in The Impossible (2012)

    9. The Impossible

    20121h 54mPG-1373Metascore
    7.5 (258K)
    The story of a tourist family in Thailand caught in the destruction and chaotic aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
    DirectorJ.A. BayonaStarsNaomi WattsEwan McGregorTom Holland
  • Frailty (2001)

    10. Frailty

    20011h 40mR64Metascore
    7.2 (97K)
    A mysterious man arrives at the offices of an FBI agent and recounts his childhood: how his religious fanatic father received visions telling him to destroy people who were in fact "demons."
    DirectorBill PaxtonStarsBill PaxtonMatthew McConaugheyPowers Boothe
  • James Stewart, John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Andy Devine, Vera Miles, and Edmond O'Brien in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

    11. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

    19622h 3mApproved94Metascore
    8.1 (87K)
    A senator returns to a Western town for the funeral of an old friend and tells the story of his origins.
    DirectorJohn FordStarsJames StewartJohn WayneVera Miles
  • Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Claude Rains, Sydney Greenstreet, Paul Henreid, and Conrad Veidt in Casablanca (1942)

    12. Casablanca

    19421h 42mPG100Metascore
    8.5 (639K)
    A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.
    DirectorMichael CurtizStarsHumphrey BogartIngrid BergmanPaul Henreid
  • Cary Grant, Alfred Hitchcock, Eva Marie Saint, and Philip Ober in North by Northwest (1959)

    13. North by Northwest

    19592h 16mApproved98Metascore
    8.3 (364K)
    A New York City advertising executive goes on the run after being mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and falls for a woman whose loyalties he begins to doubt.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsCary GrantEva Marie SaintJames Mason
  • Ben-Hur (1959)

    14. Ben-Hur

    19593h 32mG90Metascore
    8.1 (266K)
    A Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend in 1st-century Jerusalem, but it's not long before he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.
    DirectorWilliam WylerStarsCharlton HestonJack HawkinsStephen Boyd
  • Fantastic Voyage (1966)

    15. Fantastic Voyage

    19661h 40mPG72Metascore
    6.8 (22K)
    When a blood clot renders a scientist comatose, a submarine and its crew are shrunk and injected into his bloodstream in order to save him.
    DirectorRichard FleischerStarsStephen BoydRaquel WelchEdmond O'Brien
  • Amin: The Rise and Fall (1981)

    16. Amin: The Rise and Fall

    19811h 31mR
    6.0 (526)
    The chronicle of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin and his tyranic rule from 1971 to his overthrow in 1979.
    DirectorSharad PatelStarsJoseph OlitaThomas BaptisteLeonard Trolley
  • Kevin Costner in Mr. Brooks (2007)

    17. Mr. Brooks

    20072hR45Metascore
    7.2 (162K)
    A well-respected businessman is sometimes controlled by his murder and mayhem-loving alter ego.
    DirectorBruce A. EvansStarsKevin CostnerDemi MooreWilliam Hurt
  • Anthony Hopkins and Nicole Kidman in The Human Stain (2003)

    18. The Human Stain

    20031h 46mR57Metascore
    6.2 (33K)
    When a disgraced former college dean has a romance with a mysterious younger woman haunted by her dark, twisted past, he is forced to confront a shocking fact about his own life that he has kept secret for fifty years.
    DirectorRobert BentonStarsAnthony HopkinsNicole KidmanEd Harris
  • Serpico (1973)

    19. Serpico

    19732h 10mR83Metascore
    7.7 (143K)
    An honest New York cop named Frank Serpico blows the whistle on rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.
    DirectorSidney LumetStarsAl PacinoJohn RandolphJack Kehoe
  • EO (2022)

    20. EO

    20221h 28mNot Rated85Metascore
    6.7 (16K)
    Follows a donkey who encounters on his journeys good and bad people, experiences joy and pain, exploring a vision of modern Europe through his eyes.
    DirectorJerzy SkolimowskiStarsHolaTakoMarietta
  • John Hurt in The Elephant Man (1980)

    21. The Elephant Man

    19802h 4mPG78Metascore
    8.2 (276K)
    A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily-disfigured and mistreated young man working as a sideshow freak, who gradually reveals his capacity for kindness, intelligence and sophistication.
    DirectorDavid LynchStarsAnthony HopkinsJohn HurtAnne Bancroft
  • Clint Eastwood in Dirty Harry (1971)

    22. Dirty Harry

    19711h 42mR87Metascore
    7.7 (177K)
    When a man calling himself "the Scorpio Killer" menaces San Francisco, tough-as-nails Police Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan is assigned to track down the crazed psychopath.
    DirectorsDon SiegelClint EastwoodStarsClint EastwoodAndrew RobinsonHarry Guardino
  • Jodie Foster and Liam Neeson in Nell (1994)

    23. Nell

    19941h 52mPG-1360Metascore
    6.5 (32K)
    In a remote woodland cabin, a small-town doctor discovers Nell - a beautiful young hermit-woman with many secrets.
    DirectorMichael AptedStarsJodie FosterLiam NeesonNatasha Richardson
  • Tom Hanks in Cast Away (2000)

    24. Cast Away

    20002h 23mPG-1374Metascore
    7.8 (674K)
    A FedEx executive undergoes a physical and emotional transformation after crash landing on a deserted island.
    DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsTom HanksHelen HuntPaul Sanchez
  • Cillian Murphy in Oppenheimer (2023)

    25. Oppenheimer

    20233hR90Metascore
    8.3 (934K)
    A dramatization of the life story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the physicist who had a large hand in the development of the atomic bombs that brought an end to World War II.
    DirectorChristopher NolanStarsCillian MurphyEmily BluntMatt Damon

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