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  • Alec Guinness in Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

    1. Kind Hearts and Coronets

    19491h 46mApproved
    8.0 (41K)
    A distant poor relative of the Duke D'Ascoyne plots to inherit the title by murdering the eight other heirs who stand ahead of him in the line of succession.
    DirectorRobert HamerStarsDennis PriceAlec GuinnessValerie Hobson
  • My Fair Lady (1964)

    2. My Fair Lady

    19642h 50mG95Metascore
    7.7 (106K)
    In 1910s London, snobbish phonetics professor Henry Higgins agrees to a wager that he can make a crude flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, presentable in high society.
    DirectorGeorge CukorStarsAudrey HepburnRex HarrisonStanley Holloway
  • The Thin Man (1934)

    3. The Thin Man

    19341h 31mTV-PG86Metascore
    7.9 (34K)
    Former detective Nick Charles and his wealthy wife Nora investigate a murder case, mostly for the fun of it.
    DirectorW.S. Van DykeStarsWilliam PowellMyrna LoyMaureen O'Sullivan
  • Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame in In a Lonely Place (1950)

    4. In a Lonely Place

    19501h 34mApproved
    7.9 (38K)
    A potentially violent screenwriter is a murder suspect until his lovely neighbor clears him. However, she soon starts to have her doubts.
    DirectorNicholas RayStarsHumphrey BogartGloria GrahameFrank Lovejoy
  • Carole Lombard and William Powell in My Man Godfrey (1936)

    5. My Man Godfrey

    19361h 34mApproved82Metascore
    7.9 (28K)
    A scatterbrained socialite hires a vagrant as a family butler - but there's more to Godfrey than meets the eye.
    DirectorGregory La CavaStarsWilliam PowellCarole LombardAlice Brady
  • Fouzia El Kader, Brahim Hadjadj, and Jean Martin in The Battle of Algiers (1966)

    6. The Battle of Algiers

    19662h 1mNot Rated96Metascore
    8.1 (72K)
    In the 1950s, fear and violence escalate as the people of Algiers fight for independence from the French government.
    DirectorGillo PontecorvoStarsBrahim HadjadjJean MartinYacef Saadi
  • Gene Hackman and Marcel Bozzuffi in The French Connection (1971)

    7. The French Connection

    19711h 44mR94Metascore
    7.7 (146K)
    A pair of NYPD detectives in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a heroin smuggling ring based in Marseilles, but stopping them and capturing their leaders proves an elusive goal.
    DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsGene HackmanRoy ScheiderFernando Rey
  • Rosel Zech in Veronika Voss (1982)

    8. Veronika Voss

    19821h 44mR
    7.6 (8.1K)
    Partially based on the life of Sybille Schmitz, who found fame under the Nazi regime, but whose career was destroyed afterward. Veronika Voss is a once prominent UFA actress, kept by her doctor, who raises suspicion in a sports journalist.
    DirectorRainer Werner FassbinderStarsRosel ZechHilmar ThateCornelia Froboess
  • The Homecoming (1973)

    9. The Homecoming

    19731h 51mPG
    6.8 (899)
    In a dreary North London flat, the site of perpetual psychological warfare, a philosophy professor visits his family after a nine-year absence, and introduces the four men, father, uncle, and two brothers, to his wife.
    DirectorPeter HallStarsCyril CusackIan HolmPaul Rogers
  • Rip Torn and Conchata Ferrell in Heartland (1979)

    10. Heartland

    19791h 36mPG
    7.2 (1.4K)
    A widow with a young daughter travels to a ranch in Wyoming to manage the household of a rancher. After a while the man and woman develop a relationship that leads to a marriage. But life in the harsh place takes its toll.
    DirectorRichard PearceStarsRip TornConchata FerrellBarry Primus
  • Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980)

    11. Berlin Alexanderplatz

    198014 epsNot RatedTV Mini Series
    8.4 (5.1K)
    In late-1920s Berlin, Franz Biberkopf is released from prison and vows to go straight. However, he soon finds himself embroiled in the city's criminal underworld.
    StarsGünter LamprechtClaus HolmHanna Schygulla
  • Hilary Swank in Boys Don't Cry (1999)

    12. Boys Don't Cry

    19991h 58mR86Metascore
    7.5 (106K)
    A young transgender man named Brandon navigates love, life, and trying to pass as a boy in rural Nebraska.
    DirectorKimberly PeirceStarsHilary SwankChloë SevignyPeter Sarsgaard
  • Gabriele Ferzetti and Monica Vitti in L'Avventura (1960)

    13. L'Avventura

    19602h 24mNot Rated
    7.7 (36K)
    A woman disappears during a Mediterranean boating trip. During the search, her lover and her best friend become attracted to each other.
    DirectorMichelangelo AntonioniStarsGabriele FerzettiMonica VittiLea Massari
  • Ana Torrent in The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)

    14. The Spirit of the Beehive

    19731h 38mNot Rated87Metascore
    7.7 (22K)
    In 1940, after watching and being traumatized by the movie Frankenstein (1931), a sensitive seven-year-old girl living in a small Spanish village drifts into her own fantasy world.
    DirectorVíctor EriceStarsFernando Fernán GómezTeresa GimperaAna Torrent
  • Wings of Desire (1987)

    15. 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
  • Klaus Kinski in Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)

    16. Aguirre, the Wrath of God

    19721h 35mNot Rated
    7.8 (66K)
    In the 16th century, the ruthless and insane Don Lope de Aguirre leads a Spanish expedition in search of El Dorado.
    DirectorWerner HerzogStarsKlaus KinskiRuy GuerraHelena Rojo
  • Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, and Peter Boyle in Young Frankenstein (1974)

    17. Young Frankenstein

    19741h 46mPG83Metascore
    8.0 (176K)
    An American grandson of the infamous scientist, struggling to prove that his grandfather was not as insane as people believe, is invited to Transylvania, where he discovers the process that reanimates a dead body.
    DirectorMel BrooksStarsGene WilderMadeline KahnMarty Feldman
  • James Cagney in Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

    18. Yankee Doodle Dandy

    19422h 6mApproved89Metascore
    7.6 (18K)
    The life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer, and singer George M. Cohan.
    DirectorMichael CurtizStarsJames CagneyJoan LeslieWalter Huston
  • Henry Fonda, John Carradine, Jane Darwell, Dorris Bowdon, Frank Darien, and Russell Simpson in The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

    19. The Grapes of Wrath

    19402h 9mApproved96Metascore
    8.1 (106K)
    An Oklahoma family, driven off their farm by the poverty and hopelessness of the Dust Bowl, joins the westward migration to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression.
    DirectorJohn FordStarsHenry FondaJane DarwellJohn Carradine
  • Pixote (1980)

    20. Pixote

    19802h 8mTV-MA
    7.9 (10K)
    The life of a boy on the streets of Sao Paulo, involved with crimes, prostitution, and drugs.
    DirectorHector BabencoStarsFernando Ramos da SilvaJorge JuliãoGilberto Moura
  • Days of Heaven (1978)

    21. Days of Heaven

    19781h 34mPG94Metascore
    7.7 (67K)
    A hot-tempered farm laborer convinces the woman he loves to marry their rich but dying boss so that they can have a claim to his fortune.
    DirectorTerrence MalickStarsRichard GereBrooke AdamsSam Shepard
  • Amarcord (1973)

    22. Amarcord

    19732h 3mR
    7.8 (50K)
    A series of comedic and nostalgic vignettes set in a 1930s Italian coastal town.
    DirectorFederico FelliniStarsMagali NoëlBruno ZaninPupella Maggio
  • The Gleaners & I (2000)

    23. The Gleaners & I

    20001h 22mNot Rated86Metascore
    7.7 (9.6K)
    Varda films and interviews gleaners in France in all forms, from those picking fields after the harvest to those scouring the dumpsters of Paris.
    DirectorAgnès VardaStarsFrançois WertheimerAgnès VardaJean La Planche
  • Chocolat (1988)

    24. Chocolat

    19881h 45mPG-1381Metascore
    7.3 (4.9K)
    A French woman returns to her childhood home in Cameroon - formerly a colonial outpost - where she's flooded by memories, particularly of Protée, her servant.
    DirectorClaire DenisStarsIsaach De BankoléGiulia BoschiFrançois Cluzet
  • Amour (2012)

    25. Amour

    20122h 7mPG-1395Metascore
    7.9 (109K)
    Georges and Anne are an octogenarian couple. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, also a musician, lives in Britain with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested.
    DirectorMichael HanekeStarsJean-Louis TrintignantEmmanuelle RivaIsabelle Huppert

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