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  • Vanessa Redgrave and Oliver Reed in The Devils (1971)

    1. The Devils

    19711h 51mR49Metascore
    7.7 (21K)
    In 17th-century France, Father Urbain Grandier's protection of the city of Loudun from the corrupt Cardinal Richelieu is undermined by a sexually repressed nun's accusation of witchcraft.
    DirectorKen RussellStarsVanessa RedgraveOliver ReedDudley Sutton
  • The Seventh Seal (1957)

    2. The Seventh Seal

    19571h 36mNot Rated88Metascore
    8.1 (213K)
    A knight returning to Sweden after the Crusades seeks answers about life, death, and the existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the Black Plague.
    DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsMax von SydowGunnar BjörnstrandBengt Ekerot
  • Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Joe Pantoliano, and Carrie-Anne Moss in The Matrix (1999)

    3. The Matrix

    19992h 16mR73Metascore
    8.7 (2.2M)
    When a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.
    DirectorsLana WachowskiLilly WachowskiStarsKeanu ReevesLaurence FishburneCarrie-Anne Moss
  • Joaquin Phoenix in Her (2013)

    4. Her

    20132h 6mR91Metascore
    8.0 (718K)
    In the near future, a lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with an operating system designed to meet his every need.
    DirectorSpike JonzeStarsJoaquin PhoenixAmy AdamsScarlett Johansson
  • You Don't Know Jack (2010)

    5. You Don't Know Jack

    20102h 14mTV-14TV Movie
    7.5 (32K)
    A look at the life and work of doctor-assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian.
    DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsAl PacinoBrenda VaccaroJohn Goodman
  • Dogtooth (2009)

    6. Dogtooth

    20091h 37mNot Rated72Metascore
    7.1 (121K)
    A controlling, manipulative father locks his three adult offspring in a state of perpetual childhood by keeping them prisoner within the sprawling family compound.
    DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsChristos StergioglouMichele ValleyAngeliki Papoulia
  • The Shape of Things (2003)

    7. The Shape of Things

    20031h 36mR59Metascore
    6.6 (12K)
    A quiet, unassuming man begins to change in a major way as a result of meeting a new, art-student girlfriend, and his friends are unsettled by the transformation.
    DirectorNeil LaButeStarsPaul RuddRachel WeiszGretchen Mol
  • Henry Fonda, Martin Balsam, Jack Klugman, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley, Edward Binns, John Fiedler, E.G. Marshall, Joseph Sweeney, George Voskovec, Jack Warden, and Robert Webber in 12 Angry Men (1957)

    8. 12 Angry Men

    19571h 36mApproved97Metascore
    9.0 (963K)
    The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to more carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.
    DirectorSidney LumetStarsHenry FondaLee J. CobbMartin Balsam
  • Trading Places (1983)

    9. Trading Places

    19831h 56mR69Metascore
    7.5 (179K)
    A snobbish Wall Street commodities broker and a wily street hustler find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaire brothers who run a brokerage house.
    DirectorJohn LandisStarsEddie MurphyDan AykroydRalph Bellamy
  • Wag the Dog (1997)

    10. Wag the Dog

    19971h 37mR74Metascore
    7.1 (92K)
    Shortly before an election, a spin-doctor and a Hollywood producer join efforts to fabricate a war in order to cover up a Presidential sex scandal.
    DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsDustin HoffmanRobert De NiroAnne Heche
  • Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

    11. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    20041h 48mR89Metascore
    8.3 (1.2M)
    When their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a medical procedure to have each other erased from their memories forever.
    DirectorMichel GondryStarsJim CarreyKate WinsletTom Wilkinson
  • The Magdalene Sisters (2002)

    12. The Magdalene Sisters

    20021h 54mR83Metascore
    7.7 (30K)
    Three young Irish women struggle to maintain their spirits while they endure dehumanizing abuse as inmates of a Magdalene Sisters Asylum.
    DirectorPeter MullanStarsEileen WalshDorothy DuffyNora-Jane Noone
  • Malcolm McDowell in A Clockwork Orange (1971)

    13. A Clockwork Orange

    19712h 16mR77Metascore
    8.2 (927K)
    Alex DeLarge and his droogs barbarize a decaying near-future.
    DirectorStanley KubrickStarsMalcolm McDowellPatrick MageeMichael Bates

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