Arguably rated 8 or higher - did they get it right?
by jgcorrea | created - 4 months ago | updated - 1 week ago | PublicMaybe I didn't get it. If these are artistic winners, call me a refractory rebel - as far as seventh art's concerned.
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1. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
R | 180 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime
Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stock-broker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie, Matthew McConaughey
Votes: 1,584,373 | Gross: $116.90M
We're not amused, said Mr. Medoff, by the boredom, the redundancy, the vulgarity, and scarcity of form & content
2. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
R | 153 min | Adventure, Drama, War
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.
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Eli Roth, Mélanie Laurent
Votes: 1,585,276 | Gross: $120.54M
Ridiculous and appalling. The director, full of himself, merely massages here his own ego.
3. City of God (2002)
R | 130 min | Crime, Drama
In the slums of Rio, two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin.
Directors: Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund | Stars: Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Matheus Nachtergaele, Phellipe Haagensen
Votes: 801,481 | Gross: $7.56M
Pseudocriticism and fake social denunciation. Poor imitation of Hollywood-style thrillers
4. The Thing (1982)
R | 109 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Keith David, Richard Masur
Votes: 466,963 | Gross: $13.78M
Supposedly a remake of 1951 sci-fi ¨classic.¨ In fact a letdown. Phony-looking, disgusting, instant junk.
5. Memories of Murder (2003)
Not Rated | 132 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In a small Korean province in 1986, two detectives struggle with the case of multiple young women being found raped and murdered by an unknown culprit.
Director: Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Song Kang-ho, Kim Sang-kyung, Kim Roe-ha, Song Jae-ho
Votes: 216,645 | Gross: $0.01M
Korean style Police Academy with an unkempt cop, whose investigation simply gets lost in blind alleys.
6. Stop Making Sense (1984)
PG | 88 min | Documentary, Music
Considered by critics as the greatest concert film of all time, the live performance was shot over the course of three nights at Hollywood's Pantages Theater in December of 1983 and features Talking Heads' most memorable songs.
Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: David Byrne, Bernie Worrell, Alex Weir, Steven Scales
Votes: 20,053 | Gross: $5.02M
As you'll probably guess, I hate this group. Yet , as incredible as it seems, dude, fans & critics love them. Music is highly unoriginal, man! It's rather a pop rehash whose Scottish front man has as much charisma as any face in the rock crowd. I do recommend, however, the following six rockumentaries: (i) Whats Happening, The Beatles in the United States; (ii) The T. A. M. I. Show; (iii) Get Back; (iv) The Kids Are Alright; (v) Gimme Shelter; (vi) Woodstock. As to director Demme, can he be the same man who directed The Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia , Rachel Getting Married (2008) and The Manchurian Candidate (2004)?
7. A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
R | 155 min | Drama, Romance
Although wife and mother Mabel is loved by her husband Nick, her mental illness places a strain on the marriage.
Director: John Cassavetes | Stars: Gena Rowlands, Peter Falk, Fred Draper, Lady Rowlands
Votes: 28,730 | Gross: $13.34M
Some of Cassavetes movies are fine examples of improvisation, but this is quite removed from quality drama. It still contains his trademarks:- overacting, formless overlong scenes, and sloppy camerawork.
8. Red Beard (1965)
Not Rated | 185 min | Drama
In 19th-century Japan, a rough-tempered yet charitable town doctor trains a young intern.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Yûzô Kayama, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Reiko Dan
Votes: 21,111
Long and uninvolving. This tale of a doctor who cares for the poor feels nothing like the best comic strips of "Rex Morgan, M.D."
9. The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (I) (1959)
Not Rated | 208 min | Drama, History, War
A Japanese pacifist, unable to face the dire consequences of conscientious objection, is transformed by his attempts to compromise with the demands of war-time Japan.
Director: Masaki Kobayashi | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Chikage Awashima, Ineko Arima
Votes: 9,362
It's been a long time since I used to sign on for nine-plus hours of anti-war war horses. Director Kobayashi made 2 classics, though, Harakiri and Rebellion.
10. Aliens (1986)
R | 137 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Decades after surviving the Nostromo incident, Ellen Ripley is sent out to re-establish contact with a terraforming colony but finds herself battling the Alien Queen and her offspring.
Director: James Cameron | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Carrie Henn, Paul Reiser
Votes: 763,472 | Gross: $85.16M
Ridley Scott was severely missed. Franchises also need talent. What made the first movie very effective was the shadowy nature of the aliens rather than special effects
11. Stand by Me (1986)
R | 89 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
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: 441,867 | Gross: $52.29M
Corny & cheesy
12. Twin Peaks (2017)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Picks up 25 years after the inhabitants of a quaint northwestern town are stunned when their homecoming queen is murdered.
Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Sheryl Lee, Michael Horse, Chrysta Bell
Votes: 75,972
This is not Twin Peaks. It is totally different: the ambiance, the way the characters are portrayed, the dialog, the action; everything is different. Most of the action takes place outside Twin Peaks. This is a collage imagery that makes no sense.
13. Prison Break (2005–2017)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A structural engineer installs himself in a prison he helped design, in order to save his falsely accused brother from a death sentence by breaking themselves out from the inside.
Stars: Dominic Purcell, Wentworth Miller, Amaury Nolasco, Robert Knepper
Votes: 579,737
The protagonist goes to jail in order to rescue his falsely accused brother from a death sentence by breaking themselves out from the inside. Stick to Bresson's ¨A man escaped¨
14. Purlie (1982 TV Movie)
142 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
In the early days of the civil rights movement, a Southern plantation owner holds his sharecroppers in virtual slavery. Purlie comes home as a preacher who will shake things up and bring freedom to his people.
Director: Rudi Goldman | Stars: Robert Guillaume, Sherman Hemsley, Rhetta Hughes, Melba Moore
Votes: 119
In the early days of the civil rights movement, a Southern plantation owner holds his sharecroppers in virtual slavery. Purlie, a preacher, shakes things up and brings freedom to his people.
15. The Cremator (1969)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Set in Central Europe during World War II, a demented cremator believes cremation relieves earthly suffering and sets out to save the world.
Director: Juraj Herz | Stars: Rudolf Hrusínský, Vlasta Chramostová, Jana Stehnová, Milos Vognic
Votes: 10,785
Boring, grotesque monologue by a sick mind that exposes his morbidity
16. The Singing Detective (1986)
70 min | Drama, Musical, Mystery
Tormented and bedridden by a debilitating disease, a mystery writer relives his detective stories through his imagination and hallucinations.
Stars: Michael Gambon, Patrick Malahide, Joanne Whalley, David Ryall
Votes: 4,812
Plotless 'musical' with unbearably mediocre music
17. The Night Manager (2016–2024)
TV-14 | 346 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The night manager of a Cairo hotel is recruited to infiltrate an arms dealer's inner circle.
Stars: Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Laurie, Elizabeth Debicki, Olivia Colman
Votes: 103,245
Unbearable nonsense. Unrealistic British baddies. Unbelievable casting.
18. Andrei Rublev (1966)
R | 189 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life, times and afflictions of the fifteenth-century Russian iconographer St. Andrei Rublev.
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky | Stars: Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Ivan Lapikov, Nikolay Grinko, Nikolay Sergeev
Votes: 57,072 | Gross: $0.10M
Tarkovsky obliges you to go into his movies with plenty of patience, but even if you had the attention span for Solaris, you may struggle a lot here.
19. Irmãos Coragem (1970–1971)
50 min | Drama, Romance
A simple and generous man is a prospector and finds a valuable diamond, which is stolen by the most powerful and unscrupulous man in the region, who has a sick daughter who suffers from triple personality, and for whom he falls in love.
Stars: Lúcia Alves, Maria Alves, Sônia Clara, Clementino Kelé
Votes: 90
Adventurous soap opera. For soap fans only.
20. Léon: The Professional (1994)
R | 110 min | Action, Crime, Drama
12-year-old Mathilda is reluctantly taken in by Léon, a professional assassin, after her family is murdered. An unusual relationship forms as she becomes his protégée and learns the assassin's trade.
Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Jean Reno, Gary Oldman, Natalie Portman, Danny Aiello
Votes: 1,246,518 | Gross: $19.50M
Standard violent action movie with a bit of Lolita thrown in. Jean Reno, Gary Oldman are ultra annoying.
21. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
R | 102 min | Drama
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island people are shattered when their addictions run deep..
Director: Darren Aronofsky | Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans
Votes: 899,170 | Gross: $3.64M
Apparently inspired by bad MTV videos, trendy TV commercials and grade-B drug movies, the director's self-righteous arrogance assumes he has something original to say. Drugs are bad! Gee, who knew?
22. Room (I) (2015)
R | 118 min | Drama, Thriller
A little boy is held captive in a room with his mother since his birth, so he has never known the world outside.
Director: Lenny Abrahamson | Stars: Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Sean Bridgers, Wendy Crewson
Votes: 450,745 | Gross: $14.68M
I was shocked to learn that Brie Larson got an Oscar for this forgettable performance. Larson ruins it. I've never liked her and this movie shows why. Just the way she reacts to things is just bad acting. The rest is just bad, BTW
23. Donnie Darko (2001)
R | 113 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a man in a large rabbit suit who manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.
Director: Richard Kelly | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Mary McDonnell, Holmes Osborne
Votes: 850,390 | Gross: $1.48M
Poor acting, no plot, and a disappointing ending. So let's label it a cult movie. Sorry, my advice is 'Donnie Embarko'
24. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
PG | 91 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table embark on a surreal, low-budget search for the Holy Grail, encountering many, very silly obstacles.
Directors: Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones | Stars: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam
Votes: 570,479 | Gross: $1.23M
The term "die-hard fan" describes Your Truly as a viewer extremely devoted and passionate about the Python telesseries. Yet YT hated every second of this tasteless movie, a fine example of poor script, terrible play, vain efforts of being funny, but just being utterly silly.
25. Dogville (2003)
R | 178 min | Crime, Drama
A woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange for labor, but when a search visits the town she finds out that their support has a price.
Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Paul Bettany, Lauren Bacall, Harriet Andersson
Votes: 158,724 | Gross: $1.53M
Technically pedestrian, morally repugnant, viciously narrated. Lars von trier is a bit of a psycho if I may say. There's something psycho in here. It sounds like bigoted psychosis. I'll be honest. I'm not into set-less weird allegories perpetrated by psycho-auteurs. I've watched a bunch of von Trier films, and I'll never rewatch them. I hated them all. Such heavy, fucked up stories. Especially the Antichrist. I don't get it how someone can fancy them
26. 12 Monkeys (1995)
R | 129 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In a future world devastated by disease, a convict is sent back in time to gather information about the man-made virus that wiped out most of the human population on the planet.
Director: Terry Gilliam | Stars: Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt, Joseph Melito
Votes: 646,903 | Gross: $57.14M
Director Gilliam is an accomplished moron who generally tackles nonsensical stories that literally go nowhere. His inept, short-sighted direction consistently renders his stories downright annoying, flawed and incoherent beyond reason.
27. La haine (1995)
Not Rated | 98 min | Crime, Drama
24 hours in the lives of three young men in the French suburbs the day after a violent riot.
Director: Mathieu Kassovitz | Stars: Vincent Cassel, Hubert Koundé, Saïd Taghmaoui, Abdel Ahmed Ghili
Votes: 196,602 | Gross: $0.31M
First of all: why was the film gratuitously shot in black and white? Its title accurately described my feeling. 'La Haine' is highly acclaimed, but pointless and boring. The chcracters are a bunch of hooligans: unpleasant, foul-mouthed, unsavoury, just baddies. At times it feels like there is no script; as if the cameras were simply left rolling while the actors went about.
28. The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
PG-13 | 115 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller
Jason Bourne dodges a ruthless C.I.A. official and his Agents from a new assassination program while searching for the origins of his life as a trained killer.
Director: Paul Greengrass | Stars: Matt Damon, Edgar Ramírez, Joan Allen, Julia Stiles
Votes: 658,407 | Gross: $227.47M
The worst thing that happened to action movies was the success of the Jason Bourne franchise. Now every action movie has to have blurry and shaky camera shots during fight scenes.
29. Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)
R | 95 min | Drama, Fantasy, Music
A confined but troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.
Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Bob Geldof, Christine Hargreaves, James Laurenson, Eleanor David
Votes: 85,408 | Gross: $22.24M
This is my current recurring dream: I’m in front of The Wall but can’t sleep. To keep me company, TV host Luciano Huck is reading the lyrics to Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” and giving his take on meaning. It freaks me out. I think my brain is trying to drive me onto deeper sleep. ANyway, I don't like Pink Floyd. The Wall is bearable but other than that they bore me rigid.
30. Mommy (I) (2014)
R | 139 min | Drama
A widowed single mother, raising her violent son alone, finds new hope when a mysterious neighbor inserts herself into their household.
Director: Xavier Dolan | Stars: Anne Dorval, Antoine Olivier Pilon, Suzanne Clément, Patrick Huard
Votes: 61,857 | Gross: $3.49M
Just what I needed more: another movie portraying people with mental illness/difference as predatory and abusive. I do get fed up with the use of mental condition as a bogeyman.
31. Underground (1995)
Not Rated | 167 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Two underground black marketeers, Marko and Blacky, sell weapons to the Communist resistance in wartime Belgrade, living the good life along the way.
Director: Emir Kusturica | Stars: Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic, Lazar Ristovski, Mirjana Jokovic, Slavko Stimac
Votes: 61,276 | Gross: $0.17M
The opening scenes of WWII completely demonize Croats as fascists. It is important to bear in mind, this film was partially state funded under the Milosevic regime. Not surprising that Croatian or Bosnian characters are depicted as dumb or violent. Producers seem quite dishonest in doing so. I suppose they can justify the 167-minute length by the historical breadth, but it simply didn't sustain my interest.
32. Yi Yi (2000)
Not Rated | 173 min | Drama, Romance
Each member of a middle-class Taipei family seeks to reconcile past and present relationships within their daily lives.
Director: Edward Yang | Stars: Nien-Jen Wu, Elaine Jin, Issei Ogata, Kelly Lee
Votes: 28,434 | Gross: $1.14M
I will be honest and say, I didn't fully understand whats going on, it does have many layers and situations to make sense of. I also don't understand the praise heaped on this film. Though the premise is interesting, its execution is unbelievably dull, cold and distant.
33. Nobody Knows (2004)
PG-13 | 141 min | Drama
In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning.
Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Yûya Yagira, Ayu Kitaura, Hiei Kimura, Momoko Shimizu
Votes: 31,428 | Gross: $0.68M
Kore-eda has always a distinctive style. He loves the static shot, as slow as unenvolving. Same with storytelling. We have to fill in the details. The effect requires much attention from the viewer, being downright shocking. Repetitive shots emphasize the non-verbal communication. In shorft, Nobody Knows is only rewarding for ultra patient viewers.
34. The Get Down (2016–2017)
TV-MA | 52 min | Drama, Music, Musical
A ragtag group of teenagers run wild in the streets of the Bronx in the late 1970s.
Stars: Justice Smith, Shameik Moore, Herizen F. Guardiola, Skylan Brooks
Votes: 23,691
The director's name, Baz Luhrmann instantly put me off. It's another of his cheesefests with terrible acting, stupid campy scenes, ridiculous kung fu sounds and mock fighting, everything appallingly edited . Written by someone with no idea about New York's early hip hop scene.
35. Winter Sleep (2014)
Not Rated | 196 min | Drama
A hotel owner and landlord in a remote Turkish village deals with conflicts within his family and a tenant behind on his rent.
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Stars: Haluk Bilginer, Melisa Sözen, Demet Akbag, Ayberk Pekcan
Votes: 55,596 | Gross: $0.17M
People talk, talk, talk, and what? For nothing. Now and then actors recitate lots of borrowed adages from Russian writer Anton Chekhov and the director borrows a lot from Russian auteur Andrei Tarkovsky. Not for all tastes
36. Close-Up (1990)
Not Rated | 98 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The true story of Hossain Sabzian, a cinephile who impersonated the director Mohsen Makhmalbaf to convince a family they would star in his so-called new film.
Director: Abbas Kiarostami | Stars: Hossain Sabzian, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Abolfazl Ahankhah, Mehrdad Ahankhah
Votes: 23,039 | Gross: $0.00M
Kiarostami's works emulate Tarkowski and a little Fellini. They are meant to be spiritual and separate us completely from physical life, id est bring dream life into film. I do buy that in other auteurs, namely the Three Bs - Bergman, Bresson, Buñuel - minus the Iranian touch.
37. Bowling for Columbine (2002)
R | 120 min | Documentary, Crime, Drama
Filmmaker Michael Moore explores the roots of America's predilection for gun violence.
Director: Michael Moore | Stars: Michael Moore, Charlton Heston, Marilyn Manson, Salvador Allende
Votes: 148,766 | Gross: $21.58M
Seattle Post-Intelligencer's William Arnold wrote: ¨It's vintage Moore: on one level the courageous act of a gutsy journalist, and, on another, a callously unfair and self-serving spectacle that makes Moore seem like a big bully, and puts his audience into the position of a vigilante mob.¨
38. Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
Not Rated | 68 min | Documentary
A man travels around a city with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling invention.
Director: Dziga Vertov | Stars: Mikhail Kaufman, Elizaveta Svilova
Votes: 28,002
A tree. A baby. Machinery. A basketball match. An old lady. Homeless people. Piles of smoke. A busy street. The merry-go-round. A cinema. Another homeless person asleep. A woman who dresses up. In a nutcase, everything is incredibly annoying. This film did not invent the jump cut, the 'montage of attractions,' or the Gestalt-like editing practice. Its 65 minutes seem like 6.5 hours of pure boredom. A waste of time, therefore. A bad example of what has since been labeled 'precursor,' even 'inventive historical classicism.' It's just a succession of random shots, taken by a leisurely director who, in his free time, vaguely edited it. It tried to capture the feel and rhythms of a modern city (Moscow) as well as the joy of living and working in the Worker's Paradise. Stylistically and modernly speaking, the closest comparison would be, for example, with Koyannisqqatsi or Arne Sucksdorf's Rhythms of a City. But Vertov suffers by comparison with any other documentary filmmaker. He is far from being a "must" for filmmakers or film buffs. A revolutionary film? Absolutely not. It did not represent any advance. Berlin: the Symphony of the City, dated 1927, or Joris Ivens' Rain, dated 1929, would best qualify for such epithet, and yet that would be an exaggeration. A documentary? There is a great difference between documentary and propaganda. A documentary generally shows life as it is, while propaganda shows what a filmmaker wants to show in order to make a point and convince others of some idea (usually political or economical). Vertov is frank propaganda. His concept of artistic social responsibility was derived from Stalinist notions and later incorporated into Nazi concepts. His goal was to glorify the Soviet regime. In 1929 Stalin consolidated his power in Russia and was about to embark on what was one of the most brutal and bloody regimes in history. Vertov perhaps did not know then whereto the regime would lead, but he did continue to make films that praised Stalin (Kolybelnaya, for example). Let no artist be condemned just for working for the state. I like Eisenstein, for example. If you must rent and watch The Man With a Movie Camera, do it with a solid perspective, regardless of... taste.
39. Yol (1982)
PG | 107 min | Drama
When five Kurdish prisoners are granted one week's home leave, they find to their dismay that they face continued oppression outside of prison from their families, the culture, and the government.
Directors: Serif Gören, Yilmaz Güney | Stars: Tarik Akan, Serif Sezer, Halil Ergün, Meral Orhonsay
Votes: 14,512
Palme D'or was just about the political aspect. Bad photography, bad resolution , poor quality. Scrappy story. Quite cheesy. Yilmaz Guney was brave to shoot that kinda movie in Turkey. Yet objectively it's a disaster.
40. Money Heist (2017–2021)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An unusual group of robbers attempt to carry out the most perfect robbery in Spanish history - stealing 2.4 billion euros from the Royal Mint of Spain.
Stars: Úrsula Corberó, Álvaro Morte, Itziar Ituño, Pedro Alonso
Votes: 532,548
I detest the song used several times in the series, "Bella Ciao," a partisan hymn from the 19th century. It is a hymn of protest and resistance. However, money heisters are neither freedom fighters nor edifying heros
41.
Black Mirror (2011– )
Episode:
USS Callister
(2017)
TV-MA | 76 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Capt. Robert Daly presides over his crew with wisdom and courage. But a new recruit will soon discover nothing on this spaceship is what it seems.
Director: Toby Haynes | Stars: Jesse Plemons, Cristin Milioti, Jimmi Simpson, Michaela Coel
Votes: 59,903
I loathed this episode, it didn't feel like a 'Black Mirror' episode. The kind of chapter where you feel bad at the end. Very much disappointed indeed.
42.
Lovecraft Country (2020)
Episode:
Sundown
(2020)
TV-MA | 69 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Atticus Freeman meets up with his friend Letitia and his Uncle George to embark on a road trip across 1950s Jim Crow America in search of his missing father.
Director: Yann Demange | Stars: Jurnee Smollett, Jonathan Majors, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Courtney B. Vance
Votes: 4,977
¨Lovecraft Country¨ could have been better. It could have been meaningful but its producers were so wrapped up in politics & causes that they forgot to tell a good story. Its ultimate offense, nevertheless, is beyond politics or sides.
43. Big Fish (2003)
PG-13 | 125 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A frustrated son tries to determine the fact from fiction in his dying father's life.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange
Votes: 459,013 | Gross: $66.26M
Kinda fishy, boring and complete nonsense. Not sure if I've gogt dementia praecox or what. This movie did not make any sense to me. I got bored and could not understand at all what others see on it or what was the purpose or intended message. A waste of time.
44.
Murder, She Wrote (1984–1996)
Episode:
The Murder of Sherlock Holmes
(1984)
TV-PG | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Former English teacher Jessica Fletcher travels to New York to celebrate the success of her debut novel. But when an unwanted guest is murdered by gunfire at a costume party, she wishes she'd stayed home.
Director: Corey Allen | Stars: Angela Lansbury, Eddie Barth, Jessica Browne, Bert Convy
Votes: 1,239
Stick to Angela Landsbury as Miss Marple. Stick to Conan Doyle. Avoid such a watered-down Agatha Christie story simplified to fit a 50 minute time slot.
45. Life of Brian (1979)
R | 94 min | Comedy
Born on the original Christmas in the stable next door to Jesus Christ, Brian of Nazareth spends his life being mistaken for a messiah.
Director: Terry Jones | Stars: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam
Votes: 421,934 | Gross: $20.05M
Chicago Reader's Dave Kehr wrote: ¨Sluggish, repetitive, and strangely timorous, with little of the zap and imagination of the Pythons' television work.¨
46. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
R | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a woman rebels against a tyrannical ruler in search for her homeland with the aid of a group of female prisoners, a psychotic worshiper and a drifter named Max.
Director: George Miller | Stars: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Zoë Kravitz
Votes: 1,087,138 | Gross: $154.06M
Noise, noise and more noise. Pure dystopia trash.
47. Mirror (1975)
Not Rated | 107 min | Biography, Drama
A dying man in his forties remembers his past. His childhood, his mother, the war, personal moments and things that tell of the recent history of all the Russian nation.
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky | Stars: Margarita Terekhova, Filipp Yankovskiy, Ignat Daniltsev, Oleg Yankovskiy
Votes: 52,279 | Gross: $0.18M
Unwatchable & artsy
48. Stalker (1979)
Not Rated | 162 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A guide leads two men through an area known as the Zone to find a room that grants wishes.
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky | Stars: Alisa Freyndlikh, Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy, Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Nikolay Grinko
Votes: 144,833 | Gross: $0.23M
Ponderous. Definitely not something to watch casually. A rather inaccessible movie, extremely heady , philosophical sci-fi that may or may not give you a lot of food for thought.
49. The Sea Inside (I) (2004)
PG-13 | 126 min | Biography, Drama
The factual story of Spaniard Ramon Sampedro, who fought a 28-year campaign in favor of euthanasia and his own right to die.
Director: Alejandro Amenábar | Stars: Javier Bardem, Belén Rueda, Lola Dueñas, Mabel Rivera
Votes: 85,263 | Gross: $2.09M
An interesting subject isn't helped by an overwrought dull drama. I appreciate movies that question morality and humanity. I don't want just a discussion of their feelings & emotions. A documentary would be more fitting.
50. Once an Eagle (1976–1977)
540 min | Drama, War
A story of the professional and private lives of two Army officers, Court Massengale an incompetent schemer who doesn't care about his men, and Sam Damon, a heroic and caring leader from World War I to the end of World War II.
Stars: Sam Elliott, Cliff Potts, Darleen Carr, Amy Irving
Votes: 515
An overly long soap opera miniseries. At least Holocaust, Roots (though somewhat soapy as well) had ample historical context.
51. Edvard Munch (1974 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 210 min | Biography, Drama, History
This biopic of Norwegian Expressionist painter Edvard Munch focuses on the influences that shaped his art, his devastating affair with a married woman that will haunt him for the rest of his life
Director: Peter Watkins | Stars: Geir Westby, Gro Fraas, Kerstii Allum, Eric Allum
Votes: 3,381 | Gross: $0.04M
Very hard to watch, although it contains an interesting focus & interpretation of the art process
52. Goodfellas (1990)
R | 145 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The story of Henry Hill and his life in the mafia, covering his relationship with his wife Karen and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco
Votes: 1,258,078 | Gross: $46.84M
There are many mafia movies much better than this, why people love this one so much I can't understand. ANyway I am not a particular fan of the genre. Mafia story lines only serve to glorify the real mafias. And nothing here was new enough to add to the classic formula
53. For a Few Dollars More (1965)
R | 132 min | Drama, Western
Two bounty hunters with the same intentions team up to track down a gang of outlaws led by a psychotic Mexican bandit, who is plotting an audacious bank robbery.
Director: Sergio Leone | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volontè, Mara Krupp
Votes: 274,814 | Gross: $15.00M
The New York Times' Bosley Crowther wrote: ¨The fact that this film is constructed to endorse the exercise of murderers, to emphasize killer bravado and generate glee in frantic manifestations of death is a sharp indictment of it as so-called entertainment in this day.¨
54. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
R | 115 min | Crime, Drama
A chief of detectives, homicide section, kills his mistress and deliberately leaves clues to prove his own responsibility for the crime.
Director: Elio Petri | Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Florinda Bolkan, Gianni Santuccio, Orazio Orlando
Votes: 13,344 | Gross: $0.27M
It's exhausting, except that Morricone's score is remarkable. The thriller is annoying at times because of a lot of close ups of shouting faces. Everybody shouts at everybody else.
55. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
R | 125 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Three amateur bank robbers plan to hold up a bank. A nice simple robbery: Walk in, take the money, and run. Unfortunately, the supposedly uncomplicated heist suddenly becomes a bizarre nightmare as everything that could go wrong does.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Al Pacino, John Cazale, Penelope Allen, Sully Boyar
Votes: 273,161 | Gross: $50.00M
Chicago Reader's Dave Kehr wrote: ¨Enjoyable and even exciting at the start, Dog Day Afternoon degenerates into frustration and tedium toward nightfall—an experience no less painful for the audience than for the actors.¨
56. The Deer Hunter (1978)
R | 183 min | Drama, War
An in-depth examination of the ways in which the Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of several friends in a small steel mill town in Pennsylvania.
Director: Michael Cimino | Stars: Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, John Cazale, John Savage
Votes: 362,386 | Gross: $48.98M
Oddly enough, (i) the film has high status, (ii) the director, Cimino, was universally panned for his next film, "Heaven's Gate", which was directed in the exact, same, dragged-out style.
57. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Approved | 178 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
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 | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef, Aldo Giuffrè
Votes: 811,636 | Gross: $6.10M
Variety described i as ¨A curious amalgam of the visually striking, the dramatically feeble and the offensively sadistic.¨
58. Cinema Paradiso (1988)
R | 174 min | Drama, Romance
A filmmaker recalls his childhood when falling in love with the pictures at the cinema of his home village and forms a deep friendship with the cinema's projectionist.
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Enzo Cannavale, Antonella Attili, Isa Danieli
Votes: 283,073 | Gross: $11.99M
Maudlin and boring. It's a film that tries way too hard to make you care. Or, less than meets the eye. It collapses in the second half. Lots of pathos, little substance. Slowpaced, it relies on atmosphere.
59. Beef (2023– )
TV-MA | 352 min | Comedy, Drama
Two people let a road rage incident burrow into their minds and slowly consume their every thought and action.
Stars: Steven Yeun, Ali Wong, Joseph Lee, Young Mazino
Votes: 135,360
Shitty show on Netflix got plenty of Emmys. Wow... I turned it off in the middle of ep1...
60. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
R | 107 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Eddy persuades his three pals to pool money for a vital poker game against a powerful local mobster, Hatchet Harry. Eddy loses, after which Harry gives him a week to pay back 500,000 pounds.
Director: Guy Ritchie | Stars: Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Moran, Jason Statham
Votes: 616,526 | Gross: $3.90M
this film isn't popular with the over-55 crowd. I call it Pulp because its genre is a combination of Action/Adventure, Film Noir, and Horror interlaced with bizarre characters, offbeat themes, sick humour and irony galore. Personally, I don't find it very entertaining, but I do recognize creativity and boldness.
61. Snatch (2000)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Crime
Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers and supposedly Jewish jewelers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond.
Director: Guy Ritchie | Stars: Jason Statham, Brad Pitt, Stephen Graham, Vinnie Jones
Votes: 911,284 | Gross: $30.33M
Snatch is well constructed and witty. But I 've grown tired of cringe mockney - apart from Statham's awful acting. It sounds like a bad mix of post-Tarantino crime movies and annoying mockney geezer schtick.
62. It Happened One Night (1934)
Passed | 105 min | Comedy, Romance
A rogue reporter trailing a runaway heiress for a big story joins her on a bus heading from Florida to New York and they end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops along the way.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns
Votes: 112,314 | Gross: $4.36M
The only originality about this movie is, Clark Gable's shirtless scenes actually led to a decrease in undershirt sales in America upon this feature's release (that's true, and the funniest thing about this movie).
63. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
GP | 127 min | Crime, Drama
A laid-back Southern man is sentenced to two years in a rural prison, but refuses to conform.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg | Stars: Paul Newman, George Kennedy, Strother Martin, J.D. Cannon
Votes: 188,610 | Gross: $16.22M
I didn't hate the movie, I just expected more. I thought something would stand out. But nothing really did.
64. Amores Perros (2000)
R | 154 min | Drama, Thriller
An amateur dog fighter, a supermodel, and a derelict assassin, all separately struggling to find love, find their lives transformed by a devastating car wreck in Mexico City.
Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Stars: Emilio Echevarría, Gael García Bernal, Goya Toledo, Álvaro Guerrero
Votes: 252,991 | Gross: $5.38M
Thoroughly depressing. Avoid this, mostly so if you like dogs.
65. Dark (2017–2020)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A family saga with a supernatural twist, set in a German town where the disappearance of two young children exposes the relationships among four families.
Stars: Louis Hofmann, Karoline Eichhorn, Lisa Vicari, Maja Schöne
Votes: 444,726
For the record, the makers said that they wanted to lure the viewers on the wrong track. My conclusion is, they were themselves on the wrong, lame, ridiculous track. There is no excuse for not pulling this off in a consequent way.
66.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
Breakdown
(1955)
TV-14 | 26 min | Drama, Mystery
William Callew is involved in a bad traffic accident on a rural road, that leaves him so paralyzed he appears lifeless, and when help arrives they think he's really dead.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Joseph Cotten, Raymond Bailey, Forrest Stanley
Votes: 1,986
Joseph Cotton is a cold-hearted businessman who callously fires one of his employees. He is then involved in a car accident which leaves him paralyzed. The story is morbid, we have to listen to everything going through his mind. He can't speak, he's so motionless that everyone assumes he is dead. If Cotton deserves his terrible fate, we the viewers do not deserve punishment. This minor Hitch is dreary, morbid, and painful to watch.
67. Imagens do Estado Novo 1937-45 (2016)
227 min | Documentary
Newsreels, photographs, letters, diary excerpts, fiction and family films, folk songs and so on. Through these heterogeneous records, the film offers a vision of Getulio Vargas dictatorship... See full summary »
Director: Eduardo Escorel | Stars: Eduardo Escorel, Getúlio Vargas, Osvaldo Aranha, Gustavo Capanema
Votes: 41
A waste of rich materials: newsreels, photographs, letters, diary excerpts, fiction and family films, folk songs that offer a supposed vision of the Getulio Vargas dictatorship.
68. Nós Que Aqui Estamos por Vós Esperamos (1999)
73 min | Documentary
A fascinating and poetical collage of countless images from the 20th century with the purpose of revealing matters of life and death during the era and its many social, cultural and ... See full summary »
Director: Marcelo Masagão | Star: Franz Reichelt
Votes: 766
A wasted poetical collage of images with the supposed purpose of revealing social, cultural and political transformations; the director makes awkward statements on such issues.
69. J.A. Martin photographe (1977)
100 min | Drama
The wife of photographer J. A. Martin decides to go with him in his tour of the hard Canadian countryside at the turn of the century. She hopes the intimacy will revive their marriage.
Director: Jean Beaudin | Stars: Marcel Sabourin, Monique Mercure, Marthe Thierry, Catherine Tremblay
Votes: 399
Superb photography. Too slow a movie, though, way too slow. You'll struggle through the first half hour. You'll fight fatigue.
70. Of Whales, the Moon, and Men (1963)
105 min | Documentary
At the instigation of the filmmakers, the young men of the Ile-aux-Coudres in the middle of the St-Lawrence River try as a memorial to their ancestors to revive the fishing of the belugas interrupted in 1924.
Directors: Michel Brault, Pierre Perrault | Stars: Léopold Tremblay, Alexis Tremblay, Abel Harvey, Louis Harvey
Votes: 710
A hard subject: young men of Ile-aux-Coudres in the St-Lawrence River try as a memorial to their ancestors to revive the fishing of belugas interrupted in 1924.
71. Orders (1974)
109 min | Drama, History
A fact-based account of ordinary citizens who found themselves arrested and imprisoned without charge for weeks during the October Crisis in 1970 Quebec.
Director: Michel Brault | Stars: Hélène Loiselle, Jean Lapointe, Guy Provost, Claude Gauthier
Votes: 1,150
An account of Québec nuns who were arrested and imprisoned without charge for weeks in 1970. Heavy treatment. Heavy to watch at all.
72. Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
R | 139 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A middle-aged Chinese immigrant is swept up into an insane adventure in which she alone can save existence by exploring other universes and connecting with the lives she could have led.
Directors: Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert | Stars: Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ke Huy Quan
Votes: 533,568 | Gross: $72.86M
Won 7 Oscars. Another 395 wins & 373 nominations. Not bad for such an AbNomination
73. Killing Eve (2018–2022)
TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After a series of events, the lives of a security operative and an assassin become inextricably linked.
Stars: Jodie Comer, Sandra Oh, Fiona Shaw, Kim Bodnia
Votes: 135,364
reviewer Johnny West says: ¨People wake up screaming at the top of their lungs. Targets of low budget assassinations ask "Why me?" and the star of the show says "I don't know." Shock for the sake of shock. This show is about vapid, soul-less, sickening characters, and the cynical concept that if there is nothing to show, the audience will try to figure out the mystery. The joke here is that there is nothing behind the curtain. The characters have no human values. Pointless cruelty and death are the focus of this show. Killing Eve is degrading to the human spirit. This is just crass and trash. The main writer for this show said that they do not do backgrounds for each character. That is lazy writing. This is an incredibly awful series about characters that nobody should care about, and stupid situations that end badly.¨ I couldn't agree more
74. The Gentlemen (2024)
TV-MA | 50 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
When aristocratic Eddie inherits the family estate, he discovers that it's home to a huge weed empire, and its proprietors aren't going anywhere.
Stars: Theo James, Kaya Scodelario, Daniel Ings, Joely Richardson
Votes: 96,510
Communism never arrived in the UK, but, in Guy Ritchie's mind, the elites and the lumpenproletariat have already merged. Marijuana is produced on a mega-industrial scale inside castles. Gangsters are noble and treated as such (Your Grace). No wonder the series and the previous film are called The Gentlemen.
75. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
This series follows the Special Victims Unit, a specially trained squad of detectives in the New York City Police Department that investigate sexually related crimes.
Stars: Mariska Hargitay, Christopher Meloni, Ice-T, Dann Florek
Votes: 125,141
25 seasons. 547 episodes. At the very least, the series wore out and became repetitive.
76. Poor Things (2023)
R | 141 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An account of the fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter.
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos | Stars: Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef
Votes: 253,126
This is pretentious Septième Art in the weirdest, most bizarre way possible. It's just a variation on bizarre male fantasies that really shouldn't exist at all. The one funny thing was the first frame saying 'contains tobacco references', which is then proceeded by the opening shot of a suicide. What a bizarre world we filmgoers are living in! In the end, this is nothing else than heady snob-bait, and a bizarrely dark nightmare. The bizarre acting and weird storyline just aren't interesting. Nor the CGI effects make the production values impressive.
77. Ford v Ferrari (2019)
PG-13 | 152 min | Action, Biography, Drama
American car designer Carroll Shelby and driver Ken Miles battle corporate interference and the laws of physics to build a revolutionary race car for Ford in order to defeat Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966.
Director: James Mangold | Stars: Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Jon Bernthal, Caitríona Balfe
Votes: 475,156 | Gross: $117.62M
¨It is crammed with unearned emotional moments and factory-built male characters whose dedication to their sport we are expected to find adorable and heroic by turns.¨(The Guardian)
78. Logan (2017)
R | 137 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
In a future where mutants are nearly extinct, an elderly and weary Logan leads a quiet life. But when Laura, a mutant child pursued by scientists, comes to him for help, he must get her to safety.
Director: James Mangold | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Dafne Keen, Boyd Holbrook
Votes: 831,996 | Gross: $226.28M
79. Platoon (1986)
R | 120 min | Drama, War
Chris Taylor, a neophyte recruit in Vietnam, finds himself caught in a battle of wills between two sergeants, one good and the other evil. A shrewd examination of the brutality of war and the duality of man in conflict.
Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Keith David
Votes: 439,715 | Gross: $138.53M
just another war-is-hell movie
80. JFK (1991)
R | 189 min | Drama, History, Thriller
New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story.
Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau
Votes: 169,985 | Gross: $70.41M
Oliver Stone is not a poor filmmaker -- but he's used this to put certain myths into the American bloodstream that abide to this day. This movie is sometimes brilliant but it is inundated with lies.
81. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
R | 229 min | Crime, Drama
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan 35 years later, where he must once again confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
Director: Sergio Leone | Stars: Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Treat Williams
Votes: 377,921 | Gross: $5.32M
The tiresome biographical drama at the heart of most mafia movies bores me.
82. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
PG-13 | 166 min | Western
A mysterious stranger with a harmonica joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad.
Director: Sergio Leone | Stars: Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards
Votes: 349,218 | Gross: $5.32M
Quintessential spaghetti
83. The Imitation Game (2014)
PG-13 | 114 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
During World War II, the English mathematical genius Alan Turing tries to crack the German Enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians while attempting to come to terms with his troubled private life.
Director: Morten Tyldum | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Allen Leech
Votes: 825,370 | Gross: $91.13M
Minor biopic of a genius. Fine production values, though.
84. Sherlock (2010–2017)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The quirky spin on Conan Doyle's iconic sleuth pitches him as a "high-functioning sociopath" in modern-day London. Assisting him in his investigations: Afghanistan War vet John Watson, who's introduced to Holmes by a mutual acquaintance.
Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Una Stubbs, Rupert Graves
Votes: 999,416
Doyle's detective or kinda high-tech super hero? Sherlock re-imagined as a troubled but brilliant modern detective and Watson as a haunted but loyal man of action make up for re-interpretations of traditional stories in an era of high technology. But it has fallen very low, riddled with the writers' own personal manias, and their decision to twist the narratives (no longer 'stories' in the conventional sense), to redesign Holmes as a troubled and alienated super-hero wandering aimlessly through visual gimmickry and spectacular effects.
85. Pulp Fiction (1994)
R | 154 min | Crime, Drama
The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis
Votes: 2,221,632 | Gross: $107.93M
Quintessential cult fiction. The New Republic's Stanley Kauffmann wrote: ¨The way that this picture has been so widely ravened up and drooled over verges on the disgusting. Pulp Fiction nourishes, abets, cultural slumming. ¨[14 Nov 1994]
86. Selva de Pedra (1972– )
50 min | Drama, Romance
A simple man, married to a visual artist, becomes friends with a crook who helps him get the attention of his rich uncle but ultimately leads his wife to an apparent death in a car accident, but she survives and assumes a new identity.
Stars: Francisco Cuoco, Regina Duarte, Gilberto Martinho, Arlete Salles
Votes: 68
87. Pai Herói (1979– )
Drama, Romance
André Cajarana, son of a convicted criminal, comes to Rio de Janeiro to elucidate his father's death and exonerate him from accusations. Bruno Baldaracci, former partners of his dad, married to André's biological mother, stands in his way.
Stars: Glória Menezes, Tony Ramos, Elizabeth Savalla, Paulo Autran
Votes: 71
88. Anarquistas Graças a Deus (1984– )
480 min | Drama
Stars: Ney Latorraca, Débora Duarte, Daniele Rodrigues, José de Abreu
Votes: 38
89. Chapadão do Bugre (1988– )
Drama
Stars: Edson Celulari, Alexandre Frota, Paulo Goulart, Geraldo Del Rey
Votes: 20
90. Xica da Silva (1996–1998)
60 min | Drama, Romance
In the Brazil Colonial period, an intelligent, seductive and vengefully ruthless slave rises to become a practical queen when an important contractor falls for her, much for the anger of a woman obsessed with him.
Stars: Taís Araújo, Drica Moraes, Victor Wagner, Carlos Alberto
Votes: 435
91. Columbo (1971–2003)
TV-PG | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Los Angeles homicide detective Lieutenant Columbo uses his humble ways and ingenuous demeanor to winkle out even the most well-concealed of crimes.
Stars: Peter Falk, Mike Lally, John Finnegan, Bruce Kirby
Votes: 42,047
An L.A. lieutenant always finds the murderer by guess work, speculation, psychic work. He knows what happened as if he were there during the action. He always shares evidence with the suspects and the murderer is always the first person he speaks to... If Iwere a detective, I'd find this programme funny, borderline comical and fantasy.
92. The Princess Bride (1987)
PG | 98 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A bedridden boy's grandfather reads him the story of a farmboy-turned-pirate who encounters numerous obstacles, enemies and allies in his quest to be reunited with his true love.
Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Robin Wright, Chris Sarandon
Votes: 451,102 | Gross: $30.86M
Unhealthy and unfunny mix of fantasy romance and farce sinking the label of "cult classic"
93. 8½ (1963)
Not Rated | 138 min | Drama
A harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies.
Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Anouk Aimée, Claudia Cardinale, Sandra Milo
Votes: 125,238 | Gross: $0.05M
Though interesting in pieces, it's empty as a whole, in particular the surreal dream sequences, self-extravagant pieces of nothingness that neither add nor subtract to the story, being neither deep nor new.
94. The Great Dictator (1940)
G | 125 min | Comedy, Drama, War
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie, Reginald Gardiner
Votes: 237,443 | Gross: $0.29M
Very partially I recommend Chaplin's Dictator because of two gags: Hynkel playing with an enormous world balloon, and the Jewish barber shaving a man while fitting to Brahms' #5 Hungarian Dance.
95. Heat (1995)
R | 170 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A group of high-end professional thieves start to feel the heat from the LAPD when they unknowingly leave a verbal clue at their latest heist.
Director: Michael Mann | Stars: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight
Votes: 719,787 | Gross: $67.44M
Cash of Tiitans Pacino & DeNiro is strong on testosterone, weak on script
96. It Happened One Night (1934)
Passed | 105 min | Comedy, Romance
A rogue reporter trailing a runaway heiress for a big story joins her on a bus heading from Florida to New York and they end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops along the way.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns
Votes: 112,314 | Gross: $4.36M
Considered at the time as the quintessential romantic comedy , it quickly became more of a museum piece
97. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
GP | 127 min | Crime, Drama
A laid-back Southern man is sentenced to two years in a rural prison, but refuses to conform.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg | Stars: Paul Newman, George Kennedy, Strother Martin, J.D. Cannon
Votes: 188,610 | Gross: $16.22M
Maybe I missed the point, perhaps the 23-minute egg-eating scene had some sort of life-altering resonance.
98. To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Passed | 99 min | Comedy, Romance, War
During the German occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Carole Lombard, Jack Benny, Robert Stack, Felix Bressart
Votes: 43,052
Maybe it was hot in 1942, but this is 2024. Unconvincing story of assorted characters pretending to be somebody else in wartime Poland. Supposed to be a comedy, but very few chuckles.
99. Into the Wild (2007)
R | 148 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
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 | Stars: Emile Hirsch, Vince Vaughn, Catherine Keener, Marcia Gay Harden
Votes: 658,404 | Gross: $18.35M
I found the scenario hypocritic . The bloke burns all his money and then works to earn some, he criticizes the consumers society, and still works in a burger king store, he uses equipment & products of the industry that he hates, which destroys the wildlife he so much adores. He makes fun of laws, but doesn't make love with a girl he likes just because she is not over 18.
100. The Phantom Carriage (1921)
Not Rated | 107 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
On New Year's Eve, the driver of a ghostly carriage forces a drunken man to reflect on his selfish, wasted life.
Director: Victor Sjöström | Stars: Victor Sjöström, Hilda Borgström, Tore Svennberg, Astrid Holm
Votes: 14,093
The Phantom Carriage was written by Selma Lagerlöf, Nobel Prize in 1909 for literature, the first of all women: "in appreciation of the lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception that characterize her writings". Lagerlöf wrote this preachy story heavily influenced by Charles Dickens' A Christmas Story. Stick to Scrooge.
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