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1. Babe (1995)

G | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

83 Metascore

Gentle farmer Arthur Hoggett wins a piglet Babe at a county fair. Narrowly escaping his fate as Christmas dinner, Babe bonds with motherly border collie Fly and discovers that he too can herd sheep. But will the other animals accept him?

Director: Chris Noonan | Stars: James Cromwell, Magda Szubanski, Christine Cavanaugh, Miriam Margolyes

Votes: 134,204 | Gross: $66.60M

A Yorkshire piglet is won at a contest and tries to adjust to life on a farm in New Zealand. His warm-heartiness has a positive influence on the rest of the animals on the farm. Unsure about his place in life, Babe decides he wants to be a sheepherder. His kindness may be the key to success.

2. Back to the Future Part II (1989)

PG | 108 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

57 Metascore

After visiting 2015, Marty McFly must repeat his visit to 1955 to prevent disastrous changes to 1985...without interfering with his first trip.

Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Tom Wilson

Votes: 572,954 | Gross: $118.50M

Doc travels to 2015 for exploration and sees Marty's family not doing so well. He takes Marty and Jennifer with him into the future to fix them. There, elderly Biff Tannen takes a sports almanac and travels to 1955 to give his younger self the book so he can bet and win every time. When Doc and Marty travel back to 1985, they are in an alternate timeline where Biff is the richest and most powerful man in America. So Doc and Marty must travel back to 1955 to get the book back from Young Biff to bring things back the way they were.

3. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

R | 137 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

75 Metascore

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.

Director: James Cameron | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick

Votes: 1,174,867 | Gross: $204.84M

A T-800 cyborg from the future is sent back in time to protect a young John Connor. His nemesis: the shape-changing, liquid metal T-1000 that has also travelled back in time to kill John Connor.

4. Rocky V (1990)

PG-13 | 104 min | Drama, Sport

55 Metascore

Reluctantly retired from fighting, Rocky takes charge of Mickey's gym and agrees to train a young protégé who's hungry for success.

Director: John G. Avildsen | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Sage Stallone

Votes: 150,686 | Gross: $40.95M

Rocky declares bankruptcy and his family moves back to the ghetto. His son grows to resent him, especially when Rocky begins to train an upstart. Rocky training the upstart makes him feel good again. But a crooked fight promoter gets in the way of it all. What I really love about this is the subplot with the fight promoter worming his way in Rocky and Tommy's business. It happens all the time where crooked people make great offers to upstarts, but the second a negative thing happens, the crooks turn their backs and the upstart goes right back down to the bottom.

5. Face/Off (1997)

R | 138 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi

82 Metascore

To foil a terrorist plot, FBI agent Sean Archer assumes the identity of the criminal Castor Troy who murdered his son through facial transplant surgery, but the crook wakes up prematurely and vows revenge.

Director: John Woo | Stars: John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen, Alessandro Nivola

Votes: 401,118 | Gross: $112.23M

The best FBI agent in the world has held a massive vendetta against the world's most vicious terrorist for years. The FBI learns that a bomb has been planted and they need infiltration. When the terrorist winds up in a coma, the agent uses radical surgery literally wearing the terrorist's face like a mask. He goes to prison to find answers from the bad guy's younger brother. When the terrorist wakes up, he gets the agent's face and destroys all the evidence that proves who the good guy is. The agent must escape from prison and destroy his arch nemesis once and for all.

6. Citizen Kane (1941)

PG | 119 min | Drama, Mystery

100 Metascore

Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.'

Director: Orson Welles | Stars: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead

Votes: 466,176 | Gross: $1.59M

A child is sold to a rich clan where he grows up to be a rich and powerful newspaper tycoon. The richer he gets, the worse of a person he becomes. He mumbles the word "rosebud" right before he dies, leading people to figure out what he meant by it. This is the most popular story vs plot movie ever.

7. Casablanca (1942)

PG | 102 min | Drama, Romance, War

100 Metascore

A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains

Votes: 606,340 | Gross: $1.02M

A well-respected nightclub owner has become the go-to guy for any help against the Nazis. The war's biggest hero and his wife need his help the most. But she and him used to be lovers. He still hasn't forgiven her, but the fate of the war hangs in his hands as he is the only one that can help them as they need it the most.

8. Life Is Beautiful (1997)

PG-13 | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

58 Metascore

When an open-minded Jewish waiter and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.

Director: Roberto Benigni | Stars: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano

Votes: 743,666 | Gross: $57.60M

A comical waiter falls in love with a woman who is already engaged to a man she does not love. He successfully woos her. A few years later, they and their son live nice lives until the Holocaust breaks out and they are sent to concentration camps. He uses humour and imagination to shield his son from the horrors going on around them.

9. Fargo (1996)

R | 98 min | Crime, Thriller

88 Metascore

Minnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.

Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: William H. Macy, Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare

Votes: 727,124 | Gross: $24.61M

A down-on-his-luck used car salesman rigs his wife being kidnapped as a ransom in order for himself to get money for a new project. When blood has been shed and all hell breaks loose, it is up to a pregnant police officer to save the day.

10. Universal Soldier (1992)

R | 102 min | Action, Sci-Fi

35 Metascore

Soldiers who were killed in action are brought back to life in a top secret military experiment that creates superhuman warriors.

Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Ally Walker, Ed O'Ross

Votes: 96,263 | Gross: $36.30M

A soldier and his crazy sergeant kill each other is Vietnam. Years later, they are brought back to life under a top secret government system. When their memories start to return, the soldier takes an innocent news reporter in danger to evade his old sergeant and the superiors.

11. Cop Land (1997)

R | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

64 Metascore

The Sheriff of a suburban New Jersey community, populated by New York City police officers, slowly discovers the town is a front for mob connections and corruption.

Director: James Mangold | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro

Votes: 106,448 | Gross: $44.89M

A calm, partially-disabled sheriff hears about the possible hoax of a young officer's suicide. He thinks nothing of it, until he sees for himself just how fake and how corrupt his town and friends really are.

12. The Game (1997)

R | 129 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

63 Metascore

After a wealthy San Francisco banker is given an opportunity to participate in a mysterious game, his life is turned upside down as he begins to question if it might really be a concealed conspiracy to destroy him.

Director: David Fincher | Stars: Michael Douglas, Deborah Kara Unger, Sean Penn, James Rebhorn

Votes: 429,729 | Gross: $48.32M

A successful middle-aged business man with no friends leading an uneventful life is offered a chance to participate in a "game" offered by his brother. From then on, he finds himself in near death situations and insane circumstances with wild results.

13. The Departed (2006)

R | 151 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

85 Metascore

An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg

Votes: 1,423,161 | Gross: $132.38M

A cop goes undercover to infiltrate Frank Costello. Frank Costello's foster son goes undercover to infiltrate the police. When Costello finds out there's a "rat" both young guys do all they can to keep their identities secret and stay alive.

14. Scream (1996)

R | 111 min | Horror, Mystery

66 Metascore

A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game.

Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Skeet Ulrich

Votes: 388,716 | Gross: $103.05M

A deranged teenager goes on a killing spree in the same fashion as many classic horror movie icons do. His peers are smarter than most of the classic victims as they have seen those movies and try not to make the same stupid mistakes.

15. Game of Death (1978)

R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Drama

36 Metascore

A martial arts movie star must fake his death to find the people who are trying to kill him.

Directors: Robert Clouse, Bruce Lee | Stars: Bruce Lee, Gig Young, Dean Jagger, Hugh O'Brian

Votes: 22,365 | Gross: $10.00M

A famous action star is being targeted and harassed to join a mob family. They are fed up by constantly turning them down, and he is assassinated on set of his new movie. He survives, but gets his entourage to declare himself dead. He then uses various disguises to destroy those responsible once and for all.

16. The Kids Are All Right (2010)

R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

86 Metascore

Two children conceived by artificial insemination bring their biological father into their non-traditional family life.

Director: Lisa Cholodenko | Stars: Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska

Votes: 134,466 | Gross: $20.81M

Two kids have two mothers as their parents. They decide to track down their birth father. When he enters the lives of all those in the family, important lessons of life, love and happiness are put to the test.

17. Toni Erdmann (2016)

R | 162 min | Comedy, Drama

93 Metascore

A practical joking father tries to reconnect with his hard working daughter by creating an outrageous alter ego and posing as her CEO's life coach.

Director: Maren Ade | Stars: Sandra Hüller, Peter Simonischek, Michael Wittenborn, Thomas Loibl

Votes: 52,086 | Gross: $1.48M

An uptight business woman is always at odds with her joker father. When he retires, he dons a funny alter ego that gets on her nerves more than ever. Her job and livelihood are on the line. But it is perhaps this extremely strange character that makes her realize the importance of family.

18. American History X (1998)

R | 119 min | Crime, Drama

62 Metascore

Living a life marked by violence, neo-Nazi Derek finally goes to prison after killing two black youths. Upon his release, Derek vows to change; he hopes to prevent his brother, Danny, who idolizes Derek, from following in his footsteps.

Director: Tony Kaye | Stars: Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Beverly D'Angelo, Jennifer Lien

Votes: 1,186,887 | Gross: $6.72M

After the death of his father in a rundown neighbourhood, a nice kid becomes the most notorious and monstrous skinhead in the country. When he is sent to prison, he is completely reformed and very different. His little brother idolized him and big brother must prevent little brother from following his same dark road that he is very ashamed of.

19. Tootsie (1982)

PG | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

88 Metascore

Michael Dorsey, an unsuccessful actor, disguises himself as a woman in order to get a role on a trashy hospital soap.

Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman

Votes: 114,736 | Gross: $177.20M

A mean but talented actor dresses up as a woman to find work and becomes daytime's hottest star.

20. Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)

PG-13 | 125 min | Comedy, Drama

54 Metascore

After a bitter divorce, an actor disguises himself as a female housekeeper to spend time with his children held in custody by his former wife.

Director: Chris Columbus | Stars: Robin Williams, Sally Field, Pierce Brosnan, Harvey Fierstein

Votes: 291,185 | Gross: $219.20M

A divorced father dresses up as a woman to be a housekeeper to spend time with his children. His alter ego makes him a better man and his family better people too.

21. Some Like It Hot (1959)

Passed | 121 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

98 Metascore

After two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in.

Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft

Votes: 283,697 | Gross: $25.00M

Two musicians witness a violent mob hit and are bound to die too. But they dress up as women and join a traveling women's musical group to evade the mafia. Good and bad things are in store.

22. The Graduate (1967)

PG | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

83 Metascore

A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.

Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross, William Daniels

Votes: 288,561 | Gross: $104.95M

A recent college graduate becomes the object of desire for his parents' friend who is much older than he is. He later falls in love with her daughter.

23. The Apartment (1960)

Approved | 125 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

94 Metascore

A Manhattan insurance clerk tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue.

Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Ray Walston

Votes: 196,989 | Gross: $18.60M

The bosses in a New York banking company cheat on their wives and Jack Lemmon provides the keys to his apartment as the hideaway. Because of this, he constantly gets promotions. But he happens to fall in love with the top boss’ latest mistress. To make matters worse, his boss is actually ready to divorce his wife and marry her.

24. Dumb and Dumber (1994)

PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy

41 Metascore

After a woman leaves a briefcase at the airport terminal, a dumb limo driver and his dumber friend set out on a hilarious cross-country road trip to Aspen to return it.

Directors: Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly | Stars: Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Lauren Holly, Mike Starr

Votes: 412,530 | Gross: $127.18M

The husband in a rich Colorado family is kidnapped for ransom. The money is intercepted by two incredibly stupid friends who travel half way across the country to bring it back. The bad guys think they are pros. But the friends fall in love with the kidnapped man's wife.

25. The Hitcher (1986)

R | 97 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller

32 Metascore

A young man who escapes the clutches of a murderous hitchhiker is subsequently stalked by the hitcher and framed for his crimes.

Director: Robert Harmon | Stars: Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jeffrey DeMunn

Votes: 52,582 | Gross: $5.84M

A youth on his way to San Diego picks up a crazy hitchhiker. The youth is the only one to fiend off the man, thinking he had him killed in self-defense. But the killer survives and follows the young man, killing all those around them.

26. Bloodsport (1988)

R | 92 min | Action, Biography, Drama

29 Metascore

"Bloodsport" follows Frank Dux, an American martial artist serving in the military, who decides to leave the army to compete in a martial arts tournament in Hong Kong where fights to the death can occur.

Director: Newt Arnold | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Donald Gibb, Leah Ayres, Norman Burton

Votes: 94,067 | Gross: $11.81M

A young man is taught martial arts for years and is ready to fight in the Kumite. He wants to win the competition to honour his master. But when his best friend and fellow competitor is nearly killed by the undefeated champion, the young man is torn between revenge and honour.

27. The Client (1994)

PG-13 | 119 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

65 Metascore

A young boy who witnessed the suicide of a mafia lawyer hires an attorney to protect him when the District Attorney tries to use him to take down a mob family.

Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones, Brad Renfro, Mary-Louise Parker

Votes: 73,729 | Gross: $92.12M

A boy witnesses the lawyer for a violent mafia family commit suicide and confess to knowing the whereabouts to the most sought-after body in America. Everybody knows the kid knows something, so he hires an attorney to protect him. Prosecutors try to get him to talk, the mob, tries to keep him quiet, and his lawyer will do anything to protect her client.

28. Wayne's World (1992)

PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Music

57 Metascore

Two slacker friends try to promote their public-access cable show.

Director: Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Rob Lowe, Tia Carrere

Votes: 171,001 | Gross: $121.70M

Two young metal heads own an independent tv show. A sleazy producer buys and exploits it.

29. Rock Star (2001)

R | 105 min | Drama, Music

54 Metascore

Lead singer of a tribute band becomes lead singer of the real band he idolizes.

Director: Stephen Herek | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Jennifer Aniston, Dominic West, Jason Bonham

Votes: 45,314 | Gross: $17.01M

An office technician also fronts a tribute band of the world's biggest heavy metal band. He idolizes the lead vocalist and emulates his every move. He is offered the chance to be the replacement, which he can't believe. But he soon finds just how unfun fame really is.

30. There's Something About Mary (1998)

R | 119 min | Comedy, Romance

69 Metascore

A man gets a chance to meet up with his dream girl from high school, even though his date with her back then was a complete disaster.

Directors: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly | Stars: Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon, Ben Stiller, Lee Evans

Votes: 329,054 | Gross: $176.48M

A writer has a memory recall of the girl he loved in high school. He hires a sleazy private investigator to look her up. But the investigator falls in love with her too. But they must compete with several other men who also want Mary. Mary makes them feel so good about themselves, and she does the same with the viewer.

31. Judgment Night (1993)

R | 110 min | Action, Crime, Drama

46 Metascore

Four young friends, while taking a shortcut en route to a local boxing match, witness a brutal murder which leaves them running for their lives.

Director: Stephen Hopkins | Stars: Emilio Estevez, Cuba Gooding Jr., Denis Leary, Stephen Dorff

Votes: 18,808 | Gross: $12.14M

Four young men take a shortcut to a boxing match but end up in the ghetto. They witness the murder by a killer to one of his goons. The young men are then stalked throughout the urban jungle against a gang that won't stop chasing until all of them are dead.

32. Do the Right Thing (1989)

R | 120 min | Comedy, Drama

93 Metascore

On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.

Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson

Votes: 112,499 | Gross: $27.55M

Several related stories about normal shenanigans start out dull and meaningless. But each progressively get more interesting and explodes into a climax that will leave the viewer speechless.

33. Die Hard (1988)

R | 132 min | Action, Thriller

72 Metascore

A New York City police officer tries to save his estranged wife and several others taken hostage by terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.

Director: John McTiernan | Stars: Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson

Votes: 946,110 | Gross: $83.01M

An NYPD officer visits his wife's Christmas party that her business is holding in LA. When a group of terrorists seize hold of the building demanding millions of dollars, the cop must take on all terrorists by himself.

34. Lethal Weapon (1987)

R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

68 Metascore

Two newly paired cops who are complete opposites must put aside their differences in order to catch a gang of drug smugglers.

Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Mitchell Ryan

Votes: 276,494 | Gross: $65.21M

A recently widowed cop with nothing to lose is suicidal. The other cop is old and feels out of the game. Both hate partners, but they have no other choice when they must battle a heroin ring. Along the way, a friendship is formed that rectifies their problems in life.

35. Rain Man (1988)

R | 133 min | Drama

65 Metascore

After a selfish L.A. yuppie learns his estranged father left a fortune to an autistic-savant brother in Ohio that he didn't know existed, he absconds with his brother and sets out across the country, hoping to gain a larger inheritance.

Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino, Gerald R. Molen

Votes: 546,913 | Gross: $178.80M

A selfish yuppie finds out he has an older brother with autism. His brother has inherited a fortune from their father, and he takes his brother to get the fortune for himself. Along the way, his brother gets on his nerves and annoys the hell out of him, until he learns to love him.

36. Mississippi Burning (1988)

R | 128 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

65 Metascore

Two F.B.I. Agents with wildly different styles arrive in Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of some civil rights activists.

Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif

Votes: 111,144 | Gross: $34.60M

The KKK has been committing hate crimes in Mississippi. Two FBI agents assigned to the case investigate exactly who did it. But they just make matters worse in the town they're trying to help.

37. Serpico (1973)

R | 130 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

83 Metascore

An honest New York cop named Frank Serpico blows the whistle on rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.

Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Al Pacino, John Randolph, Jack Kehoe, Biff McGuire

Votes: 134,931 | Gross: $29.80M

A police officer discovers that honesty is not a part of his job.

38. Blow Out (1981)

R | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

86 Metascore

A movie sound recordist accidentally records the evidence that proves that a car accident was actually murder and consequently finds himself in danger.

Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow, Dennis Franz

Votes: 63,373 | Gross: $13.75M

A talented sound effects technician accidentally records audio in a government assassination. After he saves the other victim, he learns that he is in store for a massive conspiracy that includes prostitution and sadistic killer.

39. 12 Angry Men (1957)

Approved | 96 min | Crime, Drama

97 Metascore

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.

Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Martin Balsam, John Fiedler

Votes: 865,896 | Gross: $4.36M

A trial where a young man is accused of murdering his father. There is so much evidence that proves he did it. When it comes time for the verdict, the decision seems to be a piece of cake. But only one juror believes the youth is innocent. He must convince the eleven other men why he thinks so as they all reexamine the evidence presented.

40. The Accused (1988)

R | 111 min | Crime, Drama

65 Metascore

After a young woman suffers a brutal gang rape in a bar one night, a prosecutor assists in bringing the perpetrators to justice, including the ones who encouraged and cheered on the attack.

Director: Jonathan Kaplan | Stars: Kelly McGillis, Jodie Foster, Bernie Coulson, Leo Rossi

Votes: 40,057 | Gross: $32.07M

A trashy woman is gang-raped in the back of a bar. The guys that did it get sent to prison, no problem. But she looks to further the case by putting the men that cheered behind bars too.

41. The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)

R | 164 min | Drama

80 Metascore

The life of Jesus Christ, his journey through life as he faces the struggles all humans do, and his final temptation on the cross.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Harvey Keitel, Barbara Hershey, Paul Greco

Votes: 63,196 | Gross: $7.63M

Jesus Christ is presented as a human who happens to be God's son. He feels anger, grief, fear, and temptations. He then gets a hallucination about what would happen if He was never crucified and lived life as a normal man.

42. The Exorcist (1973)

R | 122 min | Horror

83 Metascore

When a young girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.

Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Linda Blair, Lee J. Cobb

Votes: 455,289 | Gross: $232.91M

A priest is giving up on his faith after the death of his mother and becoming an expert in a science field. Meanwhile, a young girl is possessed after playing with a ouija board. At first, medicine seems to be the most plausible cure. Then there is the debate with science and religion. The priest hears that an exorcism wishes to be done to the girl. That reawakens his beliefs and tries to save the girl from a demonic force.

43. Stand by Me (1986)

R | 89 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

75 Metascore

A writer recounts a childhood journey with his friends to find the body of a missing boy.

Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell

Votes: 441,947 | Gross: $52.29M

Four preteens, each with bad home lives, embark on a trek to find a missing dead body. They hope it will make them famous and loved, but they just learn more about who they are as individuals.

44. Gosford Park (2001)

R | 137 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

90 Metascore

Set in the 1930s, a group of pretentious rich and famous get together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, each one of these interesting characters becomes a suspect.

Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Maggie Smith, Ryan Phillippe, Michael Gambon, Kristin Scott Thomas

Votes: 94,054 | Gross: $41.31M

Numerous guests are invited to a party at the estate of a very rich Englishman. He is found murdered later on. Everybody is a suspect because they all had some reason to kill him.

45. Man of the Year (2002)

Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy, Drama

Bill is the guest of honor as the "Man of the Year". A very successful head of a large energy firm, he is a man with many dark secrets. His best friend, Stuart, hosts the party at his ritzy... See full summary »

Directors: Straw Weisman, Tamara Friedman, Andy Goldberg, David Roy, Jonathan Tydor, Barry Zetlin | Stars: John Ritter, Jade Carter, Brian Cousins, Adria Dawn

Votes: 238

Shot live, guests at a party are thrilled to celebrate a party dedicated to their company's man of the year. Throughout the night, secrets and truths come about and they discover he is not the man they thought he was.

46. On the Waterfront (1954)

Approved | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

91 Metascore

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.

Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger

Votes: 165,029 | Gross: $9.60M

A former boxer decides to take a stand against his corrupt superiors.

47. Sabrina (1954)

Passed | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

72 Metascore

A playboy becomes interested in the daughter of his family's chauffeur, but it's his more serious brother who would be the better man for her.

Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, William Holden, Walter Hampden

Votes: 70,392

A woman returns from a few years away at school as a knockout. The two brothers she had the hots for finally take a liking to her. Which one will she end up with?

48. Home Alone 3 (1997)

PG | 102 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Alex Pruitt, an 8-year-old boy living in Chicago, must fend off international spies who seek a top-secret computer chip in his toy car.

Director: Raja Gosnell | Stars: Alex D. Linz, Olek Krupa, Rya Kihlstedt, Lenny von Dohlen

Votes: 127,287 | Gross: $30.88M

Four bad guys are summoned to bring top-secret military Air Force chip to a Hong Kong terrorist organization. They hide it in a toy car and they accidentally lose it at a San Fransisco airport. It winds up in the hands of an eight-year-old wiz kid home with the chicken pox, living is suburban Chicago. When the bad guys arrive, vague directions are given, so they search every house on the block in the daytime. The kid sees them through his telescope, but nobody believes what he says he saw. So he must take action alone.

49. Max Keeble's Big Move (2001)

PG | 86 min | Comedy, Crime, Family

40 Metascore

Max Keeble, the victim of his 7th grade class, plots revenge when he learns that he's moving, but it backfires when he isn't after all.

Director: Tim Hill | Stars: Alex D. Linz, Larry Miller, Jamie Kennedy, Zena Grey

Votes: 8,698 | Gross: $17.29M

A kid new to middle school must deal with bullies and an evil faculty. He decides to seek revenge after he is informed that his family will be moving. Things seem to be going fine until he learns he is NOT moving after all.

50. Dude, Where's My Car? (2000)

PG-13 | 83 min | Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi

30 Metascore

Two potheads wake up after a night of partying and cannot remember where they parked their car.

Director: Danny Leiner | Stars: Ashton Kutcher, Seann William Scott, Jennifer Garner, Marla Sokoloff

Votes: 145,872 | Gross: $46.73M

Two stoners wake up with no memory of what happened the night before. Their car is missing (which has all the answers) and the fate of the universe rests in their hands.

51. Network (1976)

R | 121 min | Drama

83 Metascore

A television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor's ravings and revelations about the news media for its own profit, but finds that his message may be difficult to control.

Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch, Robert Duvall

Votes: 170,735

A suicidal and mentally ill news anchor unleashes his dirty laundry on live tv. Ratings increase and the network uses him as much as possible.

52. Rat Race (2001)

PG-13 | 112 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

52 Metascore

A Las Vegas casino magnate determined to find a new avenue for wagering sets up a race for money.

Director: Jerry Zucker | Stars: Breckin Meyer, Amy Smart, Whoopi Goldberg, Vince Vieluf

Votes: 123,148 | Gross: $56.62M

A series of quirky characters at a Las Vegas casino wind up becoming the only contestants in a wild goose chase that involves them going to Silver City where $2 million in cash awaits for them in a train station locker.

53. Natural Born Killers (1994)

R | 119 min | Action, Crime, Romance

74 Metascore

Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and psychopathic serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.

Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore, Rodney Dangerfield

Votes: 251,919 | Gross: $50.28M

Two victims of horrendous childhoods get married and go across the country on a killing spree, just for fun. But the media makes them out to be awesome people.

54. Good Will Hunting (1997)

R | 126 min | Drama, Romance

71 Metascore

Will Hunting, a janitor at M.I.T., has a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life.

Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Stellan Skarsgård

Votes: 1,069,196 | Gross: $138.43M

A janitor at MIT can solve some of the most difficult problems that half of the professors can't. But he doesn't care. One of the professors gets a hold of an old buddy of his to be the young man's counsellor. A friendship is built that will heal the scars of both men.

55. American Beauty (1999)

R | 122 min | Drama

84 Metascore

A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.

Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley

Votes: 1,211,549 | Gross: $130.10M

A bored middle-aged man takes action after he becomes infatuated with his daughter's best friend.

56. The Fugitive (1993)

PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Crime, Drama

87 Metascore

Dr. Richard Kimble, unjustly accused of murdering his wife, must find the real killer while being the target of a nationwide manhunt led by a seasoned U.S. Marshal.

Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Sela Ward, Julianne Moore

Votes: 318,888 | Gross: $183.88M

A doctor is found guilty of murdering his wife. He escapes police custody where he must stay ahead of a country-wide manhunt while trying to find out who killed his wife and why.

57. Memento (2000)

R | 113 min | Mystery, Thriller

83 Metascore

A man with short-term memory loss attempts to track down his wife's murderer.

Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, Mark Boone Junior

Votes: 1,323,700 | Gross: $25.54M

A man with no short-term memory uses tattoos, photographs, and notes to help find his wife's killer. This complex film is more complex than usual as it is told backwards.

58. Trust (I) (2010)

R | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

60 Metascore

A teenage girl is targeted by an online sexual predator.

Director: David Schwimmer | Stars: Clive Owen, Catherine Keener, Liana Liberato, Jason Clarke

Votes: 44,034 | Gross: $0.12M

A girl meets a man online. She is lured to him in person and is molested. When her parents find out about it, they do all they can to destroy him.

59. Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)

PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Drama

77 Metascore

An ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated with another woman.

Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Martin Landau, Woody Allen, Bill Bernstein, Claire Bloom

Votes: 60,811 | Gross: $18.25M

An eye doctor has his mistress killed and must deal with his conscience knowing he was the cause.

60. American Pie (1999)

R | 95 min | Comedy

58 Metascore

Four teenage boys enter a pact to lose their virginity by prom night.

Directors: Paul Weitz, Chris Weitz | Stars: Jason Biggs, Chris Klein, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Jennifer Coolidge

Votes: 434,023 | Gross: $102.56M

Four friends, each with vastly different personalities, vie to lose their virginity before they graduate from high school.

61. Superbad (2007)

R | 113 min | Comedy

76 Metascore

Two co-dependent high school seniors are forced to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry.

Director: Greg Mottola | Stars: Michael Cera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Bill Hader

Votes: 633,254 | Gross: $121.46M

Two high school geeks about to graduate and separate attempt to get alcohol for a party in a bid to impress some girls. When their friend "McLovin" falls victim to a liquor store robbery, all hell breaks loose as the boys try to get to the party with the booze in one piece.

62. Lucas (1986)

PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

75 Metascore

A socially inept fourteen-year-old experiences heartbreak for the first time when his two best friends - Cappie, an older-brother figure, and Maggie, the new girl with whom he is in love - fall for each other.

Director: David Seltzer | Stars: Corey Haim, Kerri Green, Charlie Sheen, Courtney Thorne-Smith

Votes: 17,540 | Gross: $8.20M

Maggie is the pretty new girl in town who befriends nerd, Lucas. Lucas skipped a grade because he's so smart and is an easy target for bullies. One of the school's top football players likes Lucas, but things strain when the athlete starts dating Maggie. First love is always the hardest.

63. The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)

PG | 82 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

75 Metascore

In 1935 New Jersey, a movie character walks off the screen and into the real world.

Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello, Irving Metzman

Votes: 55,312 | Gross: $10.63M

A woman cannot find good relationship or a good job. But she loves going to the cinema. That is her getaway. When the star of her favourite movie literally walks off the screen to be with her, they fall in love. But the rest of the characters are frustrated as they can't continue with the picture and the real actor who plays the star comes to try to put things back to normal.

64. The Usual Suspects (1995)

R | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

76 Metascore

The sole survivor of a pier shoot-out tells the story of how a notorious criminal influenced the events that began with five criminals meeting in a seemingly random police lineup.

Director: Bryan Singer | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, Chazz Palminteri, Stephen Baldwin

Votes: 1,146,151 | Gross: $23.34M

Following a massive explosion on a harbour, a man with cerebral palsy confesses everything he knows to a detective. The man could be lying, his memory could be blurred, or he could be just ignorant.

65. About Schmidt (2002)

R | 125 min | Drama

85 Metascore

A recently retired man embarks on a journey to his estranged daughter's wedding, only to discover more about himself and life than he ever expected.

Director: Alexander Payne | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney, Kathy Bates

Votes: 133,612 | Gross: $65.02M

A man retires from a boring job in a boring town. His wife dies and his daughter is about to get married to a man he doesn't like. Realizing how much of a waste his life has been, he decides to seek adventure, starting with stopping the wedding.

66. Fight Club (1999)

R | 139 min | Drama

67 Metascore

An insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more.

Director: David Fincher | Stars: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Meat Loaf, Zach Grenier

Votes: 2,325,904 | Gross: $37.03M

An insomniac meets a soap salesman and they form an underground club where men beat the living hell out of each other. Truths about himself are discovered as he finds out who the man really is.

67. Vanilla Sky (2001)

R | 136 min | Fantasy, Mystery, Romance

45 Metascore

A self-indulgent and vain publishing magnate finds his privileged life upended after a vehicular accident with a resentful lover.

Director: Cameron Crowe | Stars: Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Kurt Russell

Votes: 285,829 | Gross: $100.61M

A man in a car accident begins hallucinating the woman he's with, and soon finds the bizarre truth about what's going on.

68. Paper Moon (1973)

PG | 102 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

77 Metascore

During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership.

Director: Peter Bogdanovich | Stars: Ryan O'Neal, Tatum O'Neal, Madeline Kahn, John Hillerman

Votes: 52,482 | Gross: $30.93M

A con artist meets a child rumoured to be his daughter. He takes the girl across the country with him as his accomplice.

69. One False Move (1991)

R | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

87 Metascore

A small town police chief awaits the arrival of a gang of killers.

Director: Carl Franklin | Stars: Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, Cynda Williams, Michael Beach

Votes: 14,000 | Gross: $1.54M

Three vastly different criminals rob and kill. The LAPD pick up clues on where they are headed, which leads them to Arkansas. The sheriff of the town helps them out, only to find the dark secret about one of the criminals that will have major repercussions on the entire case and on their lives.

70. Sunset Blvd. (1950)

Passed | 110 min | Drama, Film-Noir

94 Metascore

A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.

Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson

Votes: 236,577

A struggling Hollywood screenwriter winds up in the possession of Norma Desmond, a former silent film star who faded away. Norma can't accept the fact that she is no longer wanted for movies and the screenwriter doesn't have feelings for her. Her delusions prove to be deadly.

71. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

PG | 115 min | Action, Adventure

86 Metascore

In 1936, archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis can obtain its awesome powers.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, John Rhys-Davies

Votes: 1,037,322 | Gross: $248.16M

An unbeatable archeologist is summoned by the US Government to retrieve the almighty powerful The Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis seize it.

72. Hero (2002)

PG-13 | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

85 Metascore

A defense officer, Nameless, was summoned by the King of Qin regarding his success of terminating three warriors.

Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Maggie Cheung, Ziyi Zhang

Votes: 187,696 | Gross: $53.71M

An assassin vows to destroy an emperor to unite feuding Chinese factions. He tells the story of how he destroyed three warriors. The Emperor doesn't believe him, leading to wide speculations about what happened and how the assassin can fulfil his mission.

73. L.A. Confidential (1997)

R | 138 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

91 Metascore

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.

Director: Curtis Hanson | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kim Basinger

Votes: 618,200 | Gross: $64.62M

Mobster Mickey Cohen is murdered; A group of hookers are made to look like movie stars; There is a brutal massacre in a coffee shop...Ed Exley tries to live up to his father's acclaimed image; Bud White has an explosive temper when it comes to violence against women; Jack Vincennes is a good cop, but loves the glamour and publicity. The three cops use their own brands of delivering justice in a very complex web of sleaze and corruption in the City of Angels.

74. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)

PG | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

90 Metascore

Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vader.

Director: George Lucas | Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness

Votes: 1,450,628 | Gross: $322.74M

A spaceship the size of a planet (Death Star) is being finished. It can blow up entire planets. Princess Leia stole the plans and hid them in an Android that wound up on another planet. On that planet is aspiring pilot, Luke Skywalker, wise Obi-Won "Ben" Kenobi, and cocky Han Solo, who band together to save the Princess and destroy the Death Star.

75. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

PG | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

82 Metascore

After the Rebel Alliance are overpowered by the Empire, Luke Skywalker begins his Jedi training with Yoda, while his friends are pursued across the galaxy by Darth Vader and bounty hunter Boba Fett.

Director: Irvin Kershner | Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams

Votes: 1,380,723 | Gross: $290.48M

The Dark Side, furious about the rebels, have been hunting them down trying to kill them all. Luke is summoned by a vision of Ben Kenobi to go to the swamp planet and learn to be a Jedi from the powerful mentor, Yoda. This is because Dark Vader has become obsessed with young Luke. Meanwhile, the rest of the rebels are welcomed by Han's friend, Landau. Landau may or may not live up to Han's memories of him.

76. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)

PG | 131 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

58 Metascore

After rescuing Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt, the Rebel Alliance attempt to destroy the second Death Star, while Luke struggles to help Darth Vader back from the dark side.

Director: Richard Marquand | Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams

Votes: 1,122,120 | Gross: $309.13M

The rebels continue their fight against the dark side while Luke is ready to battle Darth Vader and learn the truth about him.

77. Changeling (2008)

R | 141 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

63 Metascore

After Christine's son goes missing, she reaches out to the LAPD to find him. But when they try to pass off an impostor as her son to quieten public protests, she refuses to accept him or give up hope.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Angelina Jolie, Colm Feore, Amy Ryan, Gattlin Griffith

Votes: 265,344 | Gross: $35.74M

A woman's son is kidnapped. Feds bring back an imposter. Her insistence that the child is not her's stirs up great controversy among the police.

78. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

PG | 95 min | Comedy, War

97 Metascore

An unhinged American general orders a bombing attack on the Soviet Union, triggering a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop.

Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn

Votes: 518,546 | Gross: $0.28M

A crazy General orders an attack on Russia without his superiors knowing. The President of the United States is frantic and all of congress must do all they can to put an end to what may be nuclear armageddon.

79. Argo (2012)

R | 120 min | Biography, Drama, History

86 Metascore

Acting under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1979.

Director: Ben Affleck | Stars: Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman, Alan Arkin

Votes: 639,343 | Gross: $136.03M

Innocent Americans are being held prisoner in a middle eastern country. A politician decides to hire Hollywood producers to create a fake movie to get the POWs out. The POWs are the fake stars of the fake film determined to be a fake hit.

80. Hero (I) (1992)

PG-13 | 119 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

61 Metascore

A not-so-nice man rescues passengers from a crashed airliner, only to see someone else take credit.

Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Geena Davis, Andy Garcia, Joan Cusack

Votes: 23,816 | Gross: $19.51M

A lowlife saves passengers from a deadly plane crash. He doesn't care, and accumulations of his bad habits lead him to jail. Meanwhile, a journalist is determined to find out who the hero is. She is led to a nice man who the real hero happened to encounter that night. The public is not ready for the truth.

81. Wag the Dog (1997)

R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama

74 Metascore

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.

Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne Heche, Woody Harrelson

Votes: 88,497 | Gross: $43.02M

When the president of the United States is accused of sexual harassment to a minor right before the next election, a Mr Fixit hires a Hollywood production team to stage a war with Albania.

82. Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

R | 139 min | Biography, Drama, History

71 Metascore

World War II American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, serving during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first man in American history to receive the Medal of Honor without firing a shot.

Director: Mel Gibson | Stars: Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey, Teresa Palmer

Votes: 594,799 | Gross: $67.21M

A pacifist joins the war, but vows not to kill ANYONE.

83. Full Metal Jacket (1987)

R | 116 min | Drama, War

78 Metascore

A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.

Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Matthew Modine, R. Lee Ermey, Vincent D'Onofrio, Adam Baldwin

Votes: 790,881 | Gross: $46.36M

This films takes a look at the darker side of war and the army. This film shows how it can mentally scar people and transform them into sadistic monsters that actually enjoy killing.

84. Saving Private Ryan (1998)

R | 169 min | Drama, War

91 Metascore

Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns

Votes: 1,497,371 | Gross: $216.54M

A platoon seeks a missing private during WWII. Eight men risk their lives to save a man they don't even know. Is it worth eight men dying for the sake of one?

85. Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)

Passed | 132 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

87 Metascore

First mate Fletcher Christian leads a revolt against his sadistic commander, Captain Bligh, in this classic seafaring adventure, based on the real-life 1789 mutiny.

Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Charles Laughton, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, Herbert Mundin

Votes: 24,867

The crew of The Bounty overtake the ship to destroy their sadistic captain.

86. Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)

PG | 109 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

89 Metascore

A prepubescent chess prodigy is encouraged to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.

Director: Steven Zaillian | Stars: Joe Mantegna, Ben Kingsley, Max Pomeranc, Joan Allen

Votes: 42,421 | Gross: $7.27M

Around the time of his 7th birthday, Josh Waitzkin discovers the game of chess. He takes an interest to it and his parents discover he's a prodigy. A former chess master tells him to quit playing in the park and teaches Josh how to play like Bobby Fischer. Josh is a normal kid, but his sports journalist father won't let his talent go to waste and pounds chess into his son. When Josh sees another prodigy his age, he devotes all his time to chess in hopes of making his father proud.

87. The Butcher (1970)

Unrated | 93 min | Drama, Thriller

An unlikely friendship between a dour, working class butcher and a repressed schoolteacher coincides with a grisly series of Ripper-type murders in a provincial French town.

Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Stéphane Audran, Jean Yanne, Antonio Passalia, Pascal Ferone

Votes: 9,391 | Gross: $0.47M

A well-meaning butcher has PTSD and falls for a local school teacher, but she just wants to be friends. Ripper-type murders arise and he is suspect #1, but she is the reason behind it all.

88. North by Northwest (1959)

Approved | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery

98 Metascore

A New York City advertising executive goes on the run after being mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and falls for a woman whose loyalties he begins to doubt.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis

Votes: 346,344 | Gross: $13.28M

An average joe is mistaken for a secret agent to destroy a mob family. He knows absolutely nothing. When the FBI finds out about him, they decide he's the perfect ally.

89. Dial M for Murder (1954)

PG | 105 min | Crime, Thriller

75 Metascore

A former tennis star arranges the murder of his adulterous wife.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings, John Williams

Votes: 188,922 | Gross: $0.01M

A man plots to kill his cheating wife.

90. In the Bedroom (2001)

R | 131 min | Crime, Drama

86 Metascore

A New England couple's college-aged son dates an older woman who has two small children and an unwelcome ex-husband.

Director: Todd Field | Stars: Tom Wilkinson, Sissy Spacek, Nick Stahl, Marisa Tomei

Votes: 42,443 | Gross: $35.93M

A college-bound young man is dating an older woman with kids. When her ex-con ex-husband returns with fatality, the young man's parents must take charge.

91. Jacknife (1989)

R | 102 min | Drama

Two Vietnam vets search for the strength to face up to their horrific war experiences, but their friendship begins to splinter when one becomes romantically involved with the other's sister.

Director: David Hugh Jones | Stars: Robert De Niro, Kathy Baker, Ed Harris, Sloane Shelton

Votes: 6,513 | Gross: $2.05M

A happy-go-lucky war veteran tries to rekindle the friendship with his old best friend. The man is a drunk living with his sister. The veteran will change these two for the better.

92. Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)

PG | 105 min | Drama

77 Metascore

After his wife leaves him, a work-obsessed Manhattan advertising executive is forced to learn long-neglected parenting skills, but a heated custody battle over the couple's young son deepens the wounds left by the separation.

Director: Robert Benton | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Jane Alexander, Justin Henry

Votes: 154,807 | Gross: $106.26M

A depressed housewife leaves her young son and workaholic husband. He must deal with the overwhelming pressures of his profession and parenthood. Just as he starts feeling like a success in both fields, she returns. Now, she wants their son back.

93. Amadeus (1984)

R | 160 min | Biography, Drama, Music

87 Metascore

The life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was deeply jealous of Mozart's talent and claimed to have murdered him.

Director: Milos Forman | Stars: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Roy Dotrice

Votes: 428,344 | Gross: $51.97M

Mozart works his ass off and deals with hardship. Saliari also works hard, but is envious of Mozart and blames God for it. But despite hating him, Saliari is one of Mozart's biggest admirers.

94. The Last Detail (1973)

R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama

86 Metascore

Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison, but decide to show him one last good time along the way.

Director: Hal Ashby | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Randy Quaid, Otis Young, Clifton James

Votes: 27,992 | Gross: $3.19M

When a timid 19-year-old navy sailor gets caught trying to steal little bit of money, he gets sentenced to 8 years in prison. Two senior sailors are assigned to take him to the slammer. But they decide to show him a good time first.

95. Ocean's Eleven (2001)

PG-13 | 116 min | Crime, Thriller

74 Metascore

Danny Ocean and his ten accomplices plan to rob three Las Vegas casinos simultaneously.

Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Matt Damon

Votes: 619,662 | Gross: $183.42M

An ex-con and a few friends recruit a slew of others to simultaneously rob five Las Vegas casinos.

96. Fatal Attraction (1987)

R | 119 min | Drama, Thriller

67 Metascore

A married man's one-night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.

Director: Adrian Lyne | Stars: Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Anne Archer, Ellen Latzen

Votes: 97,191 | Gross: $156.65M

A man on a business trip has an affair with a new colleague. She inserts herself in his life, putting his family in jeopardy.

97. Minority Report (2002)

PG-13 | 145 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

80 Metascore

John works with the PreCrime police which stop crimes before they take place, with the help of three 'PreCogs' who can foresee crimes. Events ensue when John finds himself framed for a future murder.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton, Max von Sydow

Votes: 584,650 | Gross: $132.07M

In the future, crime is obsolete thanks to great technology stemming from three psychics. Perps are arrested before even doing anything. When a prominent officer is accused of future murder, he has just days to figure out why and possibly choose his own destiny.

98. The Descendants (2011)

R | 115 min | Comedy, Drama

84 Metascore

A land baron tries to reconnect with his two daughters after his wife is seriously injured in a boating accident.

Director: Alexander Payne | Stars: George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller, Nick Krause

Votes: 251,885 | Gross: $82.58M

A lawyer’s wife has a boating accident that leaves her in a coma that will end in 2 weeks. He is scared about losing his love and being good to his two daughters that he’s never been close with. He soon discovers is wife was not the woman he thought she was.

99. Ratatouille (2007)

G | 111 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

96 Metascore

A rat who can cook makes an unusual alliance with a young kitchen worker at a famous Paris restaurant.

Directors: Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava | Stars: Brad Garrett, Lou Romano, Patton Oswalt, Ian Holm

Votes: 825,853 | Gross: $206.45M

A rat with a passion and knack for cooking winds up in Paris’ most prestige restaurant. He uses the hair of a useless worker like a ventriloquist to make the food. The restaurant’s food is getting better again thanks to this rat and his man-puppet.

100. Up (2009)

PG | 96 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

88 Metascore

78-year-old Carl Fredricksen travels to Paradise Falls in his house equipped with balloons, inadvertently taking a young stowaway.

Directors: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson | Stars: Edward Asner, Jordan Nagai, John Ratzenberger, Christopher Plummer

Votes: 1,125,737 | Gross: $293.00M

An elderly widower decides to pursue an exotic trip to South America him and his wife always planned on by tying thousands of balloons to his house and sailing there by air. Some unwanted guests ruin his chances of doing so.



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