Cidade de Deus (2002)
8.8
Ratings: 8.8/10 from 236,739 users Metascore: 79/100
Reviews: 634 user | 176 critic | 33 from Metacritic.com
Two boys growing up in a violent neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro take different paths: one becomes a photographer, the other a drug dealer.
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The Godfather (1972)
9.2
Ratings: 9.2/10 from 535,931 users Metascore:100/100
Reviews: 1,505 user | 150 critic | 14 from Metacritic.com
The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.
Director:Francis Ford Coppola |
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring(2001)
8.8
Ratings: 8.8/10 from 523,564 users Metascore: 92/100
Reviews: 4,853 user | 240 critic | 34 from Metacritic.com
In a small village in the Shire a young Hobbit named Frodo has been entrusted with an ancient Ring. Now he must embark on an Epic quest to the Cracks of Doom in order to destroy it.
Director:Peter Jackson |
178 min - 
Ajeossi (2010)
A quiet pawnshop keeper with a violent past takes on a drug- and organ trafficking ring in hope of saving the child who is his only friend.
Director:Jeong-beom LeeWriter:Jeong-beom Lee |
Forrest Gump (1994)
8.7
Ratings: 8.7/10 from 448,028 users Metascore: 82/100
Reviews: 977 user | 95 critic | 19 from Metacritic.com
Forrest Gump, while not intelligent, has accidentally been present at many historic moments, but his true love, Jenny, eludes him.
Director:Robert Zemeckis |
The Dark Knight (2008)
8.9
Ratings: 8.9/10 from 651,114 users Metascore: 82/100
Reviews: 3,447 user | 538 critic | 39 from Metacritic.com
Batman, Gordon and Harvey Dent are forced to deal with the chaos unleashed by a terrorist mastermind known only as the Joker, as he drives each of them to their limits.
Director:Christopher Nolan |
Seven Pounds (2008)
7.5
Ratings: 7.5/10 from 102,477 users Metascore: 36/100
Reviews: 530 user | 190 critic | 33 from Metacritic.com
An aerospace engineer with a fateful secret embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing the lives of seven strangers.
Director:Gabriele MuccinoWriter:Grant Nieporte |
The Hangover (2009)
7.9
Ratings: 7.9/10 from 234,562 users Metascore: 73/100
Reviews: 558 user | 299 critic | 31 from Metacritic.com
A Las Vegas-set comedy centered around three groomsmen who lose their about-to-be-wed buddy during their drunken misadventures, then must retrace their steps in order to find him.
Director:Todd Phillips |
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
8.5
Ratings: 8.5/10 from 255,317 users Metascore: 78/100
Reviews: 1,164 user | 156 critic | 10 from Metacritic.com
In future Britain, charismatic delinquent Alex DeLarge is jailed and volunteers for an experimental aversion therapy developed by the government in an effort to solve society's crime problem... but not all goes to plan.
Director:Stanley Kubrick |
Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo. (1966)
9.0
Ratings: 9.0/10 from 224,235 users Metascore: 90/100
Reviews: 588 user | 138 critic | 7 from Metacritic.com
A bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery.
Director:Sergio Leone |
161 min - 
Red Dog (2011)
Based on the legendary true story of the Red Dog who united a disparate local community while roaming the Australian outback in search of his long lost master.
Director:Kriv Stenders |
Se7en (1995)
8.7
Ratings: 8.7/10 from 407,272 users Metascore: 65/100
Reviews: 889 user | 156 critic | 22 from Metacritic.com
Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his modus operandi.
Director:David FincherWriter:Andrew Kevin Walker |
The Devil's Advocate(1997)
7.3
Ratings: 7.3/10 from 114,537 users Metascore: 60/100
Reviews: 382 user | 111 critic | 19 from Metacritic.com
A hotshot lawyer gets more than he bargained for when he learns his new boss is Lucifer himself.
Director:Taylor Hackford |
Tropa de Elite (2007)
8.0
Ratings: 8.0/10 from 34,789 users Metascore: 33/100
Reviews: 85 user | 122 critic | 7 from Metacritic.com
1997, Captain Nascimento has to find a substitute for his occupation while trying to take down drug dealers and criminals before the Pope comes to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Director:José Padilha |
Amistad (1997)
7.1
Ratings: 7.1/10 from 33,896 users Metascore: 63/100
Reviews: 195 user | 121 critic | 23 from Metacritic.com
About a 1839 mutiny aboard a slave ship that is traveling towards the northeastern coast of America. Much of the story involves a court-room drama about the free man who led the revolt.
Director:Steven SpielbergWriter:David Franzoni |
155 min - 
Schindler's List (1993)
8.9
Ratings: 8.9/10 from 375,926 users Metascore: 93/100
Reviews: 969 user | 102 critic | 23 from Metacritic.com
In Poland during World War II, Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.
Director:Steven Spielberg |
Jodaeiye Nader az Simin(2011)
8.6
Ratings: 8.6/10 from 37,917 users Metascore: 95/100
Reviews: 105 user | 221 critic | 38 from Metacritic.com
A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimers.
Director:Asghar FarhadiWriter:Asghar Farhadi |
Akmareul boatda (2010)
7.8
Ratings: 7.8/10 from 20,789 users Metascore: 67/100
Reviews: 103 user | 200 critic | 19 from Metacritic.com
When his pregnant fiancee becomes the latest victim of a serial killer, a secret agent blurs the line between good and evil in his pursuit of revenge.
Director:Jee-woon Kim |
141 min - 
American History X (1998)
8.6
Ratings: 8.6/10 from 326,551 users Metascore: 62/100
Reviews: 1,269 user | 134 critic | 32 from Metacritic.com
A former neo-nazi skinhead tries to prevent his younger brother from going down the same wrong path that he did.
Director:Tony KayeWriter:David McKenna |
Into the Wild (2007)
8.2
Ratings: 8.2/10 from 164,439 users Metascore: 73/100
Reviews: 598 user | 246 critic | 38 from Metacritic.com
After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life.
Director:Sean Penn |
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
7.5
Ratings: 7.5/10 from 86,266 users Metascore: 53/100
Reviews: 635 user | 171 critic | 33 from Metacritic.com
Two Russian and German snipers play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad.
Director:Jean-Jacques Annaud |
The Shawshank Redemption(1994)
9.2
Ratings: 9.2/10 from 716,223 users Metascore: 80/100
Reviews: 2,423 user | 147 critic | 19 from Metacritic.com
Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency.
Director:Frank DarabontWriters:Stephen King (short story "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption"), Frank Darabont (screenplay) |
Drive (2011)
8.0
Ratings: 8.0/10 from 137,908 users Metascore: 79/100
Reviews: 798 user | 496 critic | 40 from Metacritic.com
A mysterious Hollywood stuntman, mechanic and getaway driver lands himself in trouble when he helps out his neighbour.
Director:Nicolas Winding Refn |
Pulp Fiction (1994)
9.0
Ratings: 9.0/10 from 562,910 users Metascore: 94/100
Reviews: 1,578 user | 179 critic | 24 from Metacritic.com
The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.
Director:Quentin Tarantino |
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
8.3
Ratings: 8.3/10 from 301,090 users Metascore: 69/100
Reviews: 1,262 user | 427 critic | 36 from Metacritic.com
In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis.
Writer:Quentin Tarantino |
Dom za vesanje (1988)
In this luminous tale set in the area around Sarajevo and in Italy, Perhan, an engaging young Romany (gypsy) with telekinetic powers, is seduced by the quick-cash world of petty crime, which threatens to destroy him and those he loves.
Director:Emir Kusturica |
Memento (2000)
8.6
Ratings: 8.6/10 from 379,604 users Metascore: 80/100
Reviews: 1,903 user | 222 critic | 34 from Metacritic.com
A man, suffering from short-term memory loss, uses notes and tattoos to hunt for the man he thinks killed his wife.
Director:Christopher Nolan |
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
8.5
Ratings: 8.5/10 from 370,854 users Metascore: 90/100
Reviews: 2,129 user | 180 critic | 34 from Metacritic.com
Following the Normandy Landings, a group of US soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.
Director:Steven SpielbergWriter:Robert Rodat |
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
8.4
Ratings: 8.4/10 from 286,690 users Metascore: 78/100
Reviews: 780 user | 131 critic | 23 from Metacritic.com
After a simple jewelery heist goes terribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant.
Director:Quentin Tarantino |
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)
7.8
Ratings: 7.8/10 from 40,188 users Metascore: 55/100
Reviews: 302 user | 168 critic | 28 from Metacritic.com
Set during World War II, a story seen through the innocent eyes of Bruno, the eight-year-old son of the commandant at a concentration camp, whose forbidden friendship with a Jewish boy on the other side of the camp fence has startling and unexpected consequences.
Director:Mark Herman |
Source Code (2011)
7.5
Ratings: 7.5/10 from 130,888 users Metascore: 74/100
Reviews: 450 user | 412 critic | 41 from Metacritic.com
An action thriller centered on a soldier who wakes up in the body of an unknown man and discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train.
Director:Duncan JonesWriter:Ben Ripley |
How to Train Your Dragon(2010)
8.2
Ratings: 8.2/10 from 127,011 users Metascore: 74/100
Reviews: 353 user | 235 critic | 33 from Metacritic.com
A hapless young Viking who aspires to hunt dragons becomes the unlikely friend of a young dragon himself, and learns there may be more to the creatures than he assumed.
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Limitless (2011)
7.3
Ratings: 7.3/10 from 115,627 users Metascore: 59/100
Reviews: 267 user | 313 critic | 37 from Metacritic.com
A writer discovers a top-secret drug which bestows him with super human abilities.
Director:Neil Burger |
The Pianist (2002)
8.5
Ratings: 8.5/10 from 193,693 users Metascore: 85/100
Reviews: 684 user | 175 critic | 40 from Metacritic.com
A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II.
Director:Roman Polanski |
Amadeus (1984)
8.4
Ratings: 8.4/10 from 128,344 users Metascore: 93/100
Reviews: 458 user | 97 critic | 12 from Metacritic.com
The incredible story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, told in flashback mode by Antonio Salieri - now confined to an insane asylum.
Director:Milos Forman |
Fight Club (1999)
8.8
Ratings: 8.8/10 from 540,044 users Metascore: 66/100
Reviews: 2,505 user | 254 critic | 35 from Metacritic.com
An office employee and a soap salesman build a global organization to help vent male aggression.
Director:David Fincher |
El secreto de sus ojos(2009)
8.2
Ratings: 8.2/10 from 44,755 users Metascore: 81/100
Reviews: 169 user | 212 critic | 34 from Metacritic.com
A retired legal counselor writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved homicide cases and for his unreciprocated love with his superior - both of which still haunt him decades later.
Director:Juan José Campanella |
Lucía y el sexo (2001)
7.3
Ratings: 7.3/10 from 16,994 users Metascore: 65/100
Reviews: 140 user | 79 critic | 28 from Metacritic.com
Various lives converge on an isolated island, all connected by an author whose novel has become inextricably entwined with his own life.
Director:Julio MedemWriter:Julio Medem |
V for Vendetta (2005)
8.2
Ratings: 8.2/10 from 330,332 users Metascore: 62/100
Reviews: 1,926 user | 494 critic | 39 from Metacritic.com
A shadowy freedom fighter known only as "V" uses terrorist tactics to fight against his totalitarian society. Upon rescuing a girl from the secret police, he also finds his best chance at having an ally.
Director:James McTeigue |
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
8.5
Ratings: 8.5/10 from 259,060 users Metascore: 68/100
Reviews: 1,744 user | 193 critic | 32 from Metacritic.com
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island individuals are shattered when their addictions become stronger.
Director:Darren AronofskyWriters:Hubert Selby Jr. (based on the book by), Hubert Selby Jr. (screenplay), and 1 more credit » |
102 min - 
The Prestige (2006)
8.4
Ratings: 8.4/10 from 311,913 users Metascore: 66/100
Reviews: 911 user | 297 critic | 36 from Metacritic.com
The rivalry between two magicians is exacerbated when one of them performs the ultimate illusion.
Director:Christopher Nolan |
Yip Man (2008)
8.1
Ratings: 8.1/10 from 40,153 users Metascore: 59/100
Reviews: 89 user | 73 critic | 9 from Metacritic.com
A semi-biographical account of Yip Man, the first martial arts master to teach the Chinese martial art of Wing Chun.
Director:Wilson Yip |
Mr. Nobody (I) (2009)
A tale that spans different time zones of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Director:Jaco Van DormaelWriter:Jaco Van Dormael |
Moneyball (2011)
7.7
Ratings: 7.7/10 from 63,645 users Metascore: 87/100
Reviews: 198 user | 311 critic | 42 from Metacritic.com
Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball club on a budget by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.
Director:Bennett Miller |
In the Name of the Father(1993)
8.1
Ratings: 8.1/10 from 37,551 users Metascore: 84/100
Reviews: 121 user | 34 critic | 16 from Metacritic.com
Man's coerced confession to an IRA bombing he didn't do imprisons his father as well; a British lawyer helps fight for their freedom.
Director:Jim SheridanWriters:Gerry Conlon (autobiographical book "Proved Innocent"), Terry George (screenplay), and 1 more credit » |
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
8.2
Ratings: 8.2/10 from 183,787 users Metascore: 66/100
Reviews: 474 user | 106 critic | 30 from Metacritic.com
Four London working class stiffs pool their money to put one in a high stakes card game, but things go wrong and they end up owing half a million pounds and having one week to come up with the cash.
Director:Guy RitchieWriter:Guy Ritchie |
A Good Year (2006)
6.8
Ratings: 6.8/10 from 32,976 users Metascore: 47/100
Reviews: 160 user | 140 critic | 33 from Metacritic.com
A British investment broker inherits his uncle's chateau and vineyard in Provence, where he spent much of his childhood. He discovers a new laid-back lifestyle as he tries to renovate the estate to be sold.
Director:Ridley Scott |
Oldeuboi (2003)
8.4
Ratings: 8.4/10 from 142,519 users Metascore: 74/100
Reviews: 664 user | 228 critic | 31 from Metacritic.com
After being kidnapped and imprisoned for 15 years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must find his captor in 5 days.
Director:Chan-wook Park |
Ronin (1998)
7.2
Ratings: 7.2/10 from 77,744 users Metascore: 67/100
Reviews: 545 user | 139 critic | 23 from Metacritic.com
A freelancing former US intelligence agent tries to track down a mysterious package that is wanted by both the Irish and the Russians.
Director:John Frankenheimer |
Trainspotting (1996)
8.2
Ratings: 8.2/10 from 208,130 users Metascore: 83/100
Reviews: 443 user | 110 critic | 27 from Metacritic.com
Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends.
Director:Danny Boyle |
Goodfellas (1990)
8.8
Ratings: 8.8/10 from 317,801 users Metascore: 89/100
Reviews: 791 user | 136 critic | 18 from Metacritic.com
Henry Hill and his friends work their way up through the mob hierarchy.
Director:Martin Scorsese |
Inception (2010)
8.8
Ratings: 8.8/10 from 503,564 users Metascore: 74/100
Reviews: 2,171 user | 547 critic | 42 from Metacritic.com
In a world where technology exists to enter the human mind through dream invasion, a highly skilled thief is given a final chance at redemption which involves executing his toughest job to date: Inception.
Director:Christopher NolanWriter:Christopher Nolan |
Noviembre (2003)
Impelled by a spirit which still preserves a patina of idealism, Alfredo arrives in Madrid intent on creating "a performance which is freer... See full summary »
Director:Achero Mañas |
Bir zamanlar Anadolu'da(2011)
8.2
Ratings: 8.2/10 from 6,022 users Metascore: 76/100
Reviews: 25 user | 69 critic | 13 from Metacritic.com
A group of men set out in search of a dead body in the Anatolian steppes.
Director:Nuri Bilge Ceylan |
