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The Dark Knight
Christopher Nolan 2008 2h 32m 8.9

Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known ...

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Peter Jackson 2003 3h 21m 8.8

The former Fellowship of the Ring prepare for the final battle for Middle Earth, while Frodo & Sam approach Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Peter Jackson 2001 2h 59m 8.8

In a small village in the Shire a young Hobbit named Frodo has been entrusted with an ancient Ring. Now he must embark on an Epic quest to the Cracks of Doom in order to destroy it.

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Peter Jackson 2002 2h 59m 8.7

Frodo and Sam continue on to Mordor in their mission to destroy the One Ring, whilst their former companions make new allies and launch an assault on Isengard.

Cidade de Deus
Fernando Meirelles 2002 2h 9m 8.9

City of God is one of the most successful Brazilian films of all times. It depicts the raw violence in the ghettos of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970’s that even had young kids carrying guns and joining gangs when they should be playing hide-and-seek.

Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi
Hayao Miyazaki 2001 2h 5m 8.8

Spirited Away is an Oscar winning Japanese animated film about a ten year old girl who wonders away from her parents along a path that leads to a world ruled by strange and unusual monster-like animals. Her parents have been changed into pigs along with others inside a bathhouse full of these creatures. Will she ever see the world how it once was?

The Prestige
Christopher Nolan 2006 2h 10m 8.5

A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.

The Departed
Martin Scorsese 2006 2h 31m 8.3

The Departed is the Academy Award winning crime thriller from director Martin Scorsese. Set in Boston the film is a remake of the 2002 Hong Kong film, Infernal Affairs, by director Andrew Lau. The film deals with the battle between the Irish mob and the Boston police and the complications of infiltration.

Gladiator
Ridley Scott 2000 2h 35m 8.4

After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of Rome's most capable generals who Marcus preferred. Eventually, Maximus is forced to become a gladiator and battle to the death against other men for the amusement of paying audiences.

The Pianist
Roman Polanski 2002 2h 30m 8.6

The Pianist is a film adapted from the biography of Wladyslaw Szpilman. A Jewish-Polish pianist who during the second world war lived and hid miraculously in Warsaw after having gone through a terrible tragedy. A film from Roman Polanski.

Inglourious Basterds
Quentin Tarantino 2009 2h 33m 8.6

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.

Memento
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Memento

Christopher Nolan 2000 1h 53m 8.7

This is the twisting and scattered story of a man with a condition that makes him unable to make new memories. The last memory he has is the murder of his wife and every second of his life is dedicated to finding the killer and getting revenge. Yet with no short-term memory his task is very difficult.

WALL•E
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WALL•E

Andrew Stanton 2008 1h 38m 8.6

After hundreds of years doing what he was built for, WALL•E— a robot designed to clean up the earth—discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE. EVE comes to realize that WALL•E has inadvertently stumbled upon the key to the planet's future, and races back to space to report to the humans. Meanwhile, WALL•E chase...

3 Idiots
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3 Idiots

Rajkumar Hirani 2009 2h 51m 8.1

Rascal. Joker. Dreamer. Genius... You've never met a college student quite like "Rancho." From the moment he arrives at India's most prestigious university, Rancho's outlandish schemes turn the campus upside down—along with the lives of his two newfound best friends. Together, they make life miserable for "Virus," the school’s uptight and heartl...

Das Leben der Anderen
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck 2006 2h 17m 8.2

The tragic love story in the East Berlin with the backdrop of an undercover Stasi controlled culture. Stasi captain Wieler is ordered follow author Dreyman and plunges deeper and deeper into his life until he reaches the threshold of doubting the system.

La meglio gioventù
Marco Tullio Giordana 2003 6h 7m 8.0

Spanning four decades, from the chaotic 1960s to the present, director Marco Tullio Giordana's passionate epic 'La Meglio Gioventu' follows two Italian brothers through some of the most tumultuous events of recent Italian history.

Oldeuboi
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Oldeuboi

Park Chan-wook 2003 2h 8.8

Oldboy is the revenge drama from Director Park Chan-wook. Based on a Manga comic it depicts the suffering path of a man who must deal with the never ending torment of having unknowingly made someone his enemy.

Requiem for a Dream
Darren Aronofsky 2000 1h 42m 8.8

Requiem for a Dream describes the down fall of four teenage heroin addicts trying to get ahead in the world yet continually failing. A look into addiction and how it overcomes the mind and body.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Michel Gondry 2004 1h 48m 8.8

What would happen if we could erase the worst experiences and relationships from our memory. Charlie Kaufman and Michel Gondry combined forces to answer this very question.

Up
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Up

Pete Docter 2009 1h 36m 8.0

By tying thousands of balloons to his home, 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen sets out to fulfill his lifelong dream to see the wilds of South America. Right after lifting off, however, he learns he isn't alone on his journey. Russell, an 8 year old wilderness explorer, has inadvertently become a stowaway on the adventure.

Taare Zameen Par
Aamir Khan 2007 2h 42m 7.0

A young boy is thought to be nothing but a lazy troublemaker until the new art teacher has the patience and compassion to discover the real problem behind his struggles in school.

No Country for Old Men
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen 2007 2h 2m 8.4

Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon some dead bodies, a stash of heroin and more than $2 million in cash near the Rio Grande.

Batman Begins
Christopher Nolan 2005 2h 20m 8.1

Many years ago a young millionaire’s son named Bruce Wayne witnesses his parents murder. His life from then on would be lonely and dark. Changed by hate, violence, and injustice, he heads to Asia where he trains in advanced forms of Martial Arts. During his time away, Gotham City has become dark, corrupt and full of crime. It’s bat time!

Snatch.
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Snatch.

Guy Ritchie 2000 1h 43m 8.5

Snatch (2000) is a gangster comedy film, written and directed by Guy Ritchie, about the search for a stolen diamond, in London.

Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Quentin Tarantino 2003 1h 51m 8.6

Cult Director Quentin Tarantino tells the bloody story of a female killing machine who wants a new life away from killing. But she must first kill. Coming out of a Coma she must seek revenge on the people who betrayed her and tried to kill her. Tarantino’s first of a two part series in tribute to Martial Arts films.

There Will Be Blood
Paul Thomas Anderson 2007 2h 38m 8.3

A story about family, greed, religion, and oil, centered around turn-of-the-century prospector, Daniel Plainview, in the early days of the business.

Finding Nemo
Andrew Stanton 2003 1h 40m 8.2

A father-son underwater adventure featuring Nemo, a boy clownfish, captured from his coral reef home. His timid father must venture into the deep ocean and travel to Sydney, Australia to rescue him.

A Beautiful Mind
Ron Howard 2001 2h 15m 7.9

In this Oscar crowning work, director Ron Howard puts the magnified glass on mathematician and Nobel Prize winner John Forbes Nash. With respect to Hollywood conformity the film details the life of a paranoid schizophrenic genius which caused the film much critique.

Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain
Jean-Pierre Jeunet 2001 2h 2m 8.6

At a tiny Parisian café, the adorable yet painfully shy Amélie accidentally discovers a gift for helping others. Soon Amelie is spending her days as a matchmaker, guardian angel, and all-around do-gooder. But when she bumps into a handsome stranger, will she find the courage to become the star of her very own love story?

El laberinto del fauno
Guillermo del Toro 2006 1h 58m 8.4

Pans Labyrinth is the exquisitely produced fantasy film from Mexican director Guillermo del Toro who is actually famous for his works in science-fiction and horror. The film stars a little girl lost in a fantasy world. The film won three Academy Awards in 2007.

Hauru no ugoku shiro
Hayao Miyazaki 2004 1h 59m 8.3

When Sophie, a shy young woman, is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking home.

Der Untergang
Oliver Hirschbiegel 2004 2h 35m 8.1

Traudl Junge, the final secretary for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictator's final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII.

El secreto de sus ojos
Juan José Campanella 2009 2h 10m 8.2

A man wants to solve a murder committed many years ago.

Babam ve Oglum
2005 1h 52m

A left-wing journalist whose wife died while giving birth to his son during a military coup returns to his family's farm. Estranged from his father for turning his back on the family and wasting his life with political activism instead, he tries to reconnect with him so that his son will have a place to live as his health is deteriorating due to...

Swades: We, the People
Ashutosh Gowariker 2004 3h 15m 6.8

Set in modern day India, Swades is a film that tackles the issues that development throws up on a grass root level. It is to this India, which is colorful, heterogeneous and complex that Mohan Bhargava (Shah Rukh Khan), a bright young scientist working as a project manager in NASA, returns on a quest to find his childhood nanny.

Munnabhai M.B.B.S.
Rajkumar Hirani 2003 2h 36m 7.5

A gangster sets out to fulfill his father's dream of becoming a doctor.

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Gore Verbinski 2003 2h 23m 8.2

Blacksmith Will Turner teams up with eccentric pirate "Captain" Jack Sparrow to save his love, the governor's daughter, from Jack's former pirate allies, who are now undead.

Catch Me If You Can
Steven Spielberg 2002 2h 21m 7.9

Catch Me If You Can is the story of conman Frank William that transports audiences back into the 1960’s. Steven Spielberg surprised movie goers with this comedy starring Tom Hanks and Leonardo DiCaprio.

Ratatouille
Brad Bird 2007 1h 51m 8.0

Remy is a rat, with a talent and passion for cooking. He dreams of one day working in a real restaurant, when one day he gets his chance.

Salinui chueok
Bong Joon Ho 2003 2h 11m 8.4

Based on the true story of the country's first known serial murders, which took place between 1986 and 1991 in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, the movie begins with a series of raped and murdered women. Two bumbling, incompetent local detectives realizes a serial killer is on the loose and begins to chase after the murderer.

Monsters, Inc.
Pete Docter 2001 1h 32m 8.2

Two monsters whose job is to make human children scream accidentally let a little girl into their world and must now protect her from their own kind to return her home unscathed.

V for Vendetta
James McTeigue 2006 2h 12m 8.7

Who is the man who hides his scarred face behind a mask? Hero or madman? Liberator or oppressor? Who is V - and who will join him in his daring plot to destroy the totalitarian regime that dominates his nation?

Million Dollar Baby
Clint Eastwood 2004 2h 12m 8.1

A hardened trainer/manager works with a determined woman in her attempt to establish herself as a boxer.

Gran Torino
Clint Eastwood 2008 1h 56m 8.5

Walt Kowalski, an iron-willed and inflexible Korean War veteran living in a changing world, is forced by his immigrant neighbors to confront his long-held prejudices.

Before Sunset
Richard Linklater 2004 1h 20m 8.2

Nine years ago two strangers met by chance and spent a night in Vienna that ended before sunrise. They are about to meet for the first time since. Now they have one afternoon to find out if they belong together.

Hachi: A Dog's Tale
Lasse Hallström 2009 1h 33m 7.9

A drama based on the true story of a college professor's bond with the abandoned dog he takes into his home

Hotel Rwanda
Terry George 2004 2h 2m 7.9

Inspired by true events this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990’s when more than a Million Tutsis’ were killed in a Genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Rusesabagina houses over a thousand refuges in his hotel in attempt to save their lives.

Mary and Max
Adam Elliot 2009 1h 32m 8.4

A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York.

Yi yi
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Yi yi

Edward Yang 2000 2h 54m 8.0

Each member of a family in Taipei asks hard questions about life's meaning as they live through everyday quandaries.

Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Ashutosh Gowariker 2001 3h 53m 8.3

LAGAAN... a story of extraordinary circumstances thrust upon ordinary people. Adversity faced with fortitude and injustice with dignity. There is slowly awakening pride, the grit and determination of a people who have everything to lose. Faith and courage come face to face with arrogance and ruthlessness.