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TOP 50 FILMS

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  • Christian Bale in The Dark Knight (2008)

    1. 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
  • Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hardy, Elliot Page, Ken Watanabe, and Dileep Rao in Inception (2010)

    2. 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
  • Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, and Scarlett Johansson in The Prestige (2006)

    3. 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)

    4. 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
  • Tom Cruise in Vanilla Sky (2001)

    5. Vanilla Sky

    20012h 16mR45Metascore
    6.9 (298K)
    A self-indulgent and vain publishing magnate finds his privileged life upended after a vehicular accident with a resentful lover.
    DirectorCameron CroweStarsTom CruisePenélope CruzCameron Diaz
  • Daniel Craig and Eva Green in Casino Royale (2006)

    6. Casino Royale

    20062h 24mPG-1380Metascore
    8.0 (722K)
    After earning a licence to kill, secret agent James Bond sets out on his first mission as 007. Bond must defeat a private banker funding terrorists in a high-stakes game of poker at Casino Royale, in Montenegro.
    DirectorMartin CampbellStarsDaniel CraigEva GreenJudi Dench
  • Jared Leto in Mr. Nobody (2009)

    7. Mr. Nobody

    20092h 21mR63Metascore
    7.7 (253K)
    A boy stands on a station platform as a train is about to leave. Should he go with his mother or stay with his father? Infinite possibilities arise from this decision. As long as he doesn't choose, anything is possible.
    DirectorJaco Van DormaelStarsJared LetoSarah PolleyDiane Kruger
  • Koyaanisqatsi (1982)

    8. Koyaanisqatsi

    19821h 26mNot Rated72Metascore
    8.2 (44K)
    A collection of expertly photographed phenomena with no conventional plot. The footage focuses on the relationship between nature, humanity, and technology.
    DirectorGodfrey ReggioStarsEdward AsnerPat BenatarJerry Brown
  • Marlon Brando and Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now (1979)

    9. Apocalypse Now

    19792h 27mR94Metascore
    8.4 (747K)
    A U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.
    DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMartin SheenMarlon BrandoRobert Duvall
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

    10. 2001: A Space Odyssey

    19682h 29mG84Metascore
    8.3 (759K)
    When a mysterious artifact is uncovered on the Moon, a spacecraft manned by two humans and one supercomputer is sent to Jupiter to find its origins.
    DirectorStanley KubrickStarsKeir DulleaGary LockwoodWilliam Sylvester
  • Haley Joel Osment in A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

    11. A.I. Artificial Intelligence

    20012h 26mPG-1365Metascore
    7.2 (333K)
    A highly advanced robotic boy longs to become "real" so that he can regain the love of his human mother.
    DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHaley Joel OsmentJude LawFrances O'Connor
  • Brad Pitt, Til Schweiger, Daniel Brühl, Mélanie Laurent, Eli Roth, Christoph Waltz, and Diane Kruger in Inglourious Basterds (2009)

    12. Inglourious Basterds

    20092h 33mR69Metascore
    8.4 (1.7M)
    In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.
    DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsBrad PittDiane KrugerEli Roth
  • Alien (1979)

    13. Alien

    19791h 57mR89Metascore
    8.5 (1M)
    After investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin, the crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform.
    DirectorRidley ScottStarsSigourney WeaverTom SkerrittJohn Hurt
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

    14. Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    19912h 17mR75Metascore
    8.6 (1.2M)
    A cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her ten year old son John from an even more advanced and powerful cyborg.
    DirectorJames CameronStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerLinda HamiltonEdward Furlong
  • Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Laura Dern, Sam Neill, Ariana Richards, BD Wong, Joseph Mazzello, Martin Ferrero, and Bob Peck in Jurassic Park (1993)

    15. Jurassic Park

    19932h 7mPG-1368Metascore
    8.2 (1.1M)
    An industrialist invites some experts to visit his theme park of cloned dinosaurs. After a power failure, the creatures run loose, putting everyone's lives, including his grandchildren's, in danger.
    DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsSam NeillLaura DernJeff Goldblum
  • The Day After Tomorrow (2004)

    16. The Day After Tomorrow

    20042h 4mPG-1347Metascore
    6.5 (500K)
    Jack Hall, paleoclimatologist, must make a daring trek from Washington, D.C. to New York City to reach his son, trapped in the cross-hairs of a sudden international storm which plunges the planet into a new Ice Age.
    DirectorRoland EmmerichStarsDennis QuaidJake GyllenhaalEmmy Rossum
  • Independence Day (1996)

    17. Independence Day

    19962h 25mPG-1359Metascore
    7.0 (632K)
    The aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy Earth. Fighting superior technology, mankind's best weapon is the will to survive.
    DirectorRoland EmmerichStarsWill SmithBill PullmanJeff Goldblum
  • Will Smith, Kona, and Abbey in I Am Legend (2007)

    18. I Am Legend

    20071h 41mPG-1365Metascore
    7.2 (855K)
    Years after a plague kills most of humanity and transforms the rest into monsters, the sole survivor in New York City struggles valiantly to find a cure.
    DirectorFrancis LawrenceStarsWill SmithAlice BragaCharlie Tahan
  • Tom Cruise, Tim Robbins, Miranda Otto, Michael Kevin Walker, Ed Vassallo, Michael Arthur, Becky Ann Baker, Gene Barry, David Alan Basche, John Michael Bolger, Justin Chatwin, Robert Cicchini, Vito D'Ambrosio, Marianne Ebert, John Eddins, Dakota Fanning, Daniel Franzese, Peter Gerety, Stephen Gevedon, Rick Gonzalez, Jim Hanna, Danny Hoch, Amy Hohn, Tracy Howe, Omar Jermaine, Erika LaVonn, Adam Lazarre-White, Mark Manley, Mariann Mayberry, Sharrieff Pugh, Ana Maria Quintana, Zoe Quist, Ann Robinson, Amy Ryan, Camillia Monet, John Scurti, Yul Vazquez, Lenny Venito, Jerry Walsh, Lisa Ann Walter, Christopher Evan Welch, Julie White, Marlon Young, Dan Ziskie, David Harbour, Michael Stanton, Lisa Waters, Michael Brownlee, GoGo Toucette, Rafael Sardina, Stacy Ann Wilkins, Patrick Tierney, Ty Simpkins, Ed Schiff, Channing Tatum, David Conley, Tommy Guiffre, Michael Waldron, Athena Stamos, January LaVoy, Miguel Antonio Ferrer, Mark Valinsky, Lorelei Llee, Daniel Eric Gold, Ellen Barry, Roz Abrams, Kenneth Wright, Nicole Signore, Tasciotti, Johnny Torres, Rochelle Warner, Joseph Benjamin Stewart, Terry Ward, Tracy Lee Staton, Jessica Anne Taylor, Mike Yedwab, and William G. Stowell in War of the Worlds (2005)

    19. War of the Worlds

    20051h 57mPG-1373Metascore
    6.6 (493K)
    An alien invasion threatens the future of humanity. The catastrophic nightmare is depicted through the eyes of one American family fighting for survival.
    DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsTom CruiseDakota FanningTim Robbins
  • Jim Carrey in The Truman Show (1998)

    20. The Truman Show

    19981h 43mPG90Metascore
    8.2 (1.3M)
    An insurance salesman begins to suspect that his whole life is actually some sort of reality TV show.
    DirectorPeter WeirStarsJim CarreyEd HarrisLaura Linney
  • Susan Backlinie and Bruce in Jaws (1975)

    21. Jaws

    19752h 4mPG87Metascore
    8.1 (706K)
    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
  • Marlon Brando in The Godfather (1972)

    22. The Godfather

    19722h 55mR100Metascore
    9.2 (2.1M)
    The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.
    DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMarlon BrandoAl PacinoJames Caan
  • Gene Hackman, John Cazale, and Allen Garfield in The Conversation (1974)

    23. The Conversation

    19741h 53mPG88Metascore
    7.7 (132K)
    A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.
    DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsGene HackmanJohn CazaleAllen Garfield
  • The Diamond Arm (1969)

    24. The Diamond Arm

    19691h 34mNot Rated
    8.2 (17K)
    An ordinary Soviet citizen accidentally intervenes into a huge operation of international criminal group that trades illegally obtained jewelry.
    DirectorLeonid GaidaiStarsYuriy NikulinNina GrebeshkovaAndrey Mironov
  • Operation 'Y' & Other Shurik's Adventures (1965)

    25. Operation 'Y' & Other Shurik's Adventures

    19651h 35mTV-G
    8.4 (16K)
    Three stories about Shurik - a young student. He fights against criminals, falls in love, confuses apartments, passes exams - he lives after all.
    DirectorLeonid GaidaiStarsAleksandr DemyanenkoMikhail PugovkinAleksei Smirnov

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