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by DustyReels • Created 5 months ago • Modified 5 months ago
Most are well done & a few are just "fun" but I'd recommend seeing them all, or at the very least, one.
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  • Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront (1954)

    1. On the Waterfront

    19541h 48mApproved91Metascore
    8.1 (174K)
    An ex-prize fighter turned New Jersey longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses, including his older brother, as he starts to connect with the grieving sister of one of the syndicate's victims.
    DirectorElia KazanStarsMarlon BrandoKarl MaldenLee J. Cobb
  • David Bowie and Natja Brunckhorst in Christiane F. (1981)

    2. Christiane F.

    19812h 18mR
    7.5 (33K)
    A teen girl in 1970s Berlin becomes addicted to heroin. Everything in her life slowly begins to distort and disappear as she befriends a small crew of junkies and falls in love with a drug-abusing male prostitute.
    DirectorUli EdelStarsNatja BrunckhorstEberhard AurigaPeggy Bussieck
  • The Thing (1982)

    3. The Thing

    19821h 49mR57Metascore
    8.2 (507K)
    A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
    DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsKurt RussellWilford BrimleyKeith David
  • John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd in The Blues Brothers (1980)

    4. The Blues Brothers

    19802h 13mR60Metascore
    7.9 (224K)
    Jake Blues rejoins his brother Elwood after being released from prison, but the duo has just days to reunite their old R&B band and save the Catholic home where the two were raised, outrunning the police as they tear through Chicago.
    DirectorJohn LandisStarsJohn BelushiDan AykroydCab Calloway
  • Jeff Imada and Roddy Piper in They Live (1988)

    5. They Live

    19881h 34mR55Metascore
    7.2 (157K)
    They influence our decisions without us knowing it. They numb our senses without us feeling it. They control our lives without us realizing it. They live.
    DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsRoddy PiperKeith DavidMeg Foster
  • Karl Urban in Dredd (2012)

    6. Dredd

    20121h 35mR60Metascore
    7.1 (307K)
    In a violent, futuristic metropolis, a law enforcement and his rookie trainee become caught up in a high-stakes drug war.
    DirectorPete TravisStarsKarl UrbanOlivia ThirlbyLena Headey
  • Franka Potente in Run Lola Run (1998)

    7. Run Lola Run

    19981h 20mR79Metascore
    7.6 (215K)
    After a botched money delivery, Lola has 20 minutes to come up with 100,000 Deutschmarks.
    DirectorTom TykwerStarsFranka PotenteMoritz BleibtreuHerbert Knaup
  • Delicatessen (1991)

    8. Delicatessen

    19911h 39mR66Metascore
    7.5 (93K)
    Post-apocalyptic surrealist black comedy about the landlord of an apartment building who occasionally prepares a delicacy for his odd tenants.
    DirectorsMarc CaroJean-Pierre JeunetStarsMarie-Laure DougnacDominique PinonPascal Benezech
  • John Cusack, Annette Bening, and Anjelica Huston in The Grifters (1990)

    9. The Grifters

    19901h 50mR86Metascore
    6.9 (32K)
    A small-time conman has torn loyalties between his estranged mother and new girlfriend, both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play.
    DirectorStephen FrearsStarsAnjelica HustonJohn CusackAnnette Bening
  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)

    10. L.A. Confidential

    19972h 18mR91Metascore
    8.2 (647K)
    As corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice.
    DirectorCurtis HansonStarsKevin SpaceyRussell CroweGuy Pearce
  • Philippe Nahon in I Stand Alone (1998)

    11. I Stand Alone

    19981h 33mNot Rated77Metascore
    7.3 (27K)
    A horse butcher's life and mind begin to break down as he lashes out against various factions of society while attempting to reconnect with his estranged daughter.
    DirectorGaspar NoéStarsPhilippe NahonBlandine LenoirFrankie Pain
  • Benoît Poelvoorde in Man Bites Dog (1992)

    12. Man Bites Dog

    19921h 35mNC-1767Metascore
    7.4 (45K)
    A film crew follows a ruthless thief and heartless killer as he goes about his daily routine. But complications set in when the film crew lose their objectivity and begin lending a hand.
    DirectorsRémy BelvauxAndré BonzelBenoît PoelvoordeStarsBenoît PoelvoordeJacqueline Poelvoorde-PappaertNelly Pappaert
  • Demons (1985)

    13. Demons

    19851h 28mNot Rated53Metascore
    6.6 (29K)
    A group of random people are invited to a screening of a mysterious movie, only to find themselves trapped in the theater with ravenous demons.
    DirectorLamberto BavaStarsUrbano BarberiniNatasha HoveyKarl Zinny
  • Spencer Tracy, Peter Falk, Jim Backus, Milton Berle, Norman Fell, Mickey Rooney, Buddy Hackett, Jonathan Winters, Edie Adams, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Ben Blue, Joe E. Brown, Sid Caesar, Alan Carney, Chick Chandler, Barrie Chase, Lloyd Corrigan, William Demarest, Andy Devine, Selma Diamond, Paul Ford, Stan Freberg, Ethel Merman, Dorothy Provine, Phil Silvers, and Terry-Thomas in It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)

    14. It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World

    19633h 30mApproved59Metascore
    7.5 (50K)
    Several different motorists witness a single car crash in the California desert and, after the driver's dying words indicate the location of a hidden stash of loot, turn against each other in a mad dash across the state to get to it.
    DirectorStanley KramerStarsSpencer TracyMilton BerleEthel Merman
  • District 9 (2009)

    15. District 9

    20091h 52mR81Metascore
    7.9 (741K)
    In a future Earth in which aliens are isolated in a remote ghetto, a government agent finds himself banished there.
    DirectorNeill BlomkampStarsSharlto CopleyDavid JamesJason Cope
  • Go (1999)

    16. Go

    19991h 42mR74Metascore
    7.2 (78K)
    The aftermath of a drug deal as told from three different points of view.
    DirectorDoug LimanStarsSarah PolleyJay MohrScott Wolf
  • The City of Lost Children (1995)

    17. The City of Lost Children

    19951h 52mR73Metascore
    7.4 (74K)
    A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.
    DirectorsMarc CaroJean-Pierre JeunetStarsRon PerlmanDaniel EmilforkJudith Vittet
  • Jean-Claude Van Damme in JCVD (2008)

    18. JCVD

    20081h 37mR64Metascore
    7.0 (41K)
    Jean-Claude Van Damme gets involved in a bank robbery with hostages situation and reflects about his life during it.
    DirectorMabrouk El MechriStarsJean-Claude Van DammeValérie BodsonHervé Sogne
  • Suspiria (2018)

    19. Suspiria

    20182h 32mR64Metascore
    6.7 (101K)
    A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up.
    DirectorLuca GuadagninoStarsChloë Grace MoretzTilda SwintonDoris Hick
  • Noomi Rapace in You Won't Be Alone (2022)

    20. You Won't Be Alone

    20221h 48mR82Metascore
    6.4 (13K)
    In an isolated mountain village in 19th century Macedonia, a young girl is kidnapped and then transformed into a witch by an ancient spirit.
    DirectorGoran StolevskiStarsNoomi RapaceAnamaria MarincaAlice Englert
  • Spun (2002)

    21. Spun

    20021h 41mUnrated41Metascore
    6.7 (42K)
    A drug dealer introduces one of his customers, a 'speed freak', to the man who runs the meth lab. A crazy three-day adventure ensues.
    DirectorJonas ÅkerlundStarsJason SchwartzmanJohn LeguizamoPatrick Fugit
  • Dree Hemingway and Boonee in Starlet (2012)

    22. Starlet

    20121h 43mNot Rated74Metascore
    7.0 (10K)
    An unlikely friendship forms between twenty-one-year-old Jane and the elderly Sadie after Jane discovers a hidden stash of money inside an object at Sadie's yard sale.
    DirectorSean BakerStarsDree HemingwayBesedka JohnsonBoonee
  • Sputnik (2020)

    23. Sputnik

    20201h 53mNot Rated61Metascore
    6.4 (29K)
    The lone survivor of an enigmatic spaceship incident hasn't returned home alone - hiding inside his body is a dangerous creature.
    DirectorEgor AbramenkoStarsOksana AkinshinaFedor BondarchukPyotr Fyodorov
  • Bill Sage, Ambyr Childers, and Julia Garner in We Are What We Are (2013)

    24. We Are What We Are

    20131h 45mR71Metascore
    5.9 (23K)
    The Parkers, a reclusive family who follow ancient customs, find their secret existence threatened as a torrential downpour moves into their area, forcing daughters Iris and Rose to assume responsibilities beyond those of a typical family.
    DirectorJim MickleStarsBill SageAmbyr ChildersJulia Garner

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