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Forrest Gump
Robert Zemeckis 1994 2h 22m 8.8

This film tells the many unbelievable life adventures of a small town not-so-intelligent man named Forrest Gump. Throughout his life Forrest Gump influences popular culture, meets many famous people, and is witness to many historical events most of which he is unaware of their significance.

La vita è bella
Roberto Benigni 1997 1h 56m 8.3

A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.

It's a Wonderful Life
Frank Capra 1946 2h 11m 8.9

An angel helps a compassionate but despairingly frustrated businessman by showing what life would had been like if he never existed.

Casablanca
Michael Curtiz 1942 1h 42m 8.7

In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.

Nuovo Cinema Paradiso
Giuseppe Tornatore 1988 2h 4m 8.6

A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.

Modern Times
Charlie Chaplin 1936 1h 27m 9.0

The Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.

City Lights
Charlie Chaplin 1931 1h 27m 8.5

City Lights is the first silent film that Charlie Chaplin directed after he established himself with sound accompanied films. The film is about a penniless man who falls in love with a flower girl. The film was a great success and today is deemed a cult classic.

Good Will Hunting
Gus Van Sant 1997 2h 7m 7.9

Gus van Sant’s film tells the story of a mathematically gifted young man, named Will Hunting, who’s on the search for his identity while ruthlessly eluding his fellow friends. His first introspective look at himself is achieved after meeting with the therapist Sean Maguire.

Kimi no na wa.
Makoto Shinkai 2016 1h 46m 7.9

High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places. Mitsuha wakes up in Taki’s body, and he in hers. This bizarre occurrence continues to happen randomly, and the two must adjust their lives around each other.

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.

Selvi Boylum Al Yazmalim
1977 1h 26m

İlyas, a truck driver from Istanbul, arrives in a remote village to work on a dam construction project and meets a young village woman named Asya. They fall madly in love and get married. However, their life together is fraught with conflict. When İlyas cheats on Asya, the final straw in their relationship, she takes her son and begins wandering...

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.

Singin' in the Rain
Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly 1952 1h 43m 8.6

Hollywood's attempts to move from the 'silent' era to the 'Talkies' are not going as planned.

The Apartment
Billy Wilder 1960 2h 6m 8.6

The Apartment came out shortly after the success of ‘Some Like it Hot’ from director Billy Wilder and thus making it the most successful films of the year. Full of trivialities this comedy is a harsh critic of coporate world and the American way of life.

Les enfants du paradis
Marcel Carné 1945 3h 10m 9.4

In a chaotic 19th-century Paris teeming with aristocrats, thieves, psychics, and courtesans, theater mime Baptiste is in love with the mysterious actress Garance. But Garance, in turn, is loved by three other men: pretentious actor Frederick, conniving thief Lacenaire, and Count Edouard of Montray.

Letyat zhuravli
Mikhail Kalatozov 1957 1h 37m 8.9

Veronica plans a rendezvous with her lover, Boris, at the bank of river, only for him to be drafted into World War II shortly thereafter.

Vertigo
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Vertigo

Alfred Hitchcock 1958 2h 8m 8.9

An ex-police officer is asked to follow an old friends wife who thinks she is being followed by ghosts. A classic Hitchcock about a man who’s afraid of heights and a woman he must unfortunately follow to great heights.

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?

Gone with the Wind
Victor Fleming 1939 3h 53m 8.2

Gone With The Wind is, when adjusted for inflation, the most successful film of all times and the height of Hollywood studio films.

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

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

Some Like It Hot
Billy Wilder 1959 2h 3m 8.8

PLEASE DELETE, EXISTS ALREADY!

Gu ling jie shao nian sha ren shi jian
Edward Yang 1991 3h 57m 8.0

Set in Taiwan during the year 1960, a talented but self-centered student refuses to compromise his moral standards with anyone - teachers, friends, parents or girlfriend.

Ballada o soldate
Grigoriy Chukhray 1959 1h 29m 7.3

During World War II, 19 year old soldier Alyosha gets a medal as a reward for a heroic act at the front. Instead of this medal he asks for a few days leave to visit his mother and repair the roof of their home. On the train eastwards he meets Shura who is on her way to her aunt. In those few days traveling together they fall in love.

Ah-ga-ssi
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Ah-ga-ssi

Park Chan-wook 2016 2h 25m 7.6

Korea, 1930s. A con man hires a pickpocket to become the maid of a mysterious and fragile heiress, in an attempt to seize her wealth. But the story takes a twist when the lady falls in love with her maid.

Before Sunrise
Richard Linklater 1995 1h 41m 8.3

A dialogue marathon of a film, this fairy tail love story of an American boy and French girl. During a day and a night together in Vienna their two hearts collide.

The Sound of Music
Robert Wise 1965 2h 54m 8.2

As a postulant nun, Maria leaves her Abbey to become a Governess to a retired Austrian Naval Captain and his 7 children.

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.

Smultronstället
Ingmar Bergman 1957 1h 31m 8.2

Wild Strawberries is a drama from Swedish director Ingmar Bergman. He tells the story of one day in the life of medicine professor, Borg, who while on a trip to another university reviews over his life in a dream.

The Best Years of Our Lives
William Wyler 1946 2h 51m 7.7

The Best Years of Our Lives is a classic film from director Williams Wyler about three war veterans. The film earned seven Oscars in 1946.

Trois couleurs: Rouge
Krzysztof Kieślowski 1994 1h 40m 7.9

Red This is the third film from the trilogy by Kieślowski. “Red” meaning brotherliness. Here Kieślowski masterly tells strange coincidentally linked stories in the most packed work.

It Happened One Night
Frank Capra 1934 1h 45m 8.0

Comic romance between a down-to-earth newspaper reporter and a spoiled runaway heiress.

Sherlock Jr.
Buster Keaton 1924 45m 8.5

Sherlock Jr. is an American silent film comedy starring and directed by Buster Keaton from 1924. The film is about a film demonstrator who must fight for his life.

Ba wang bie ji
Chen Kaige 1993 2h 51m 7.6

Two boys meet at an opera training school in Peking in 1924. Their resulting friendship will span nearly 70 years and endure some of the most troublesome times in China's history.

The Red Shoes
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger 1948 2h 13m 8.5

A fledgling ballerina falls in love with a brilliant composer, but the jealous head of the ballet company plots to drive them apart.

The Gold Rush
Charlie Chaplin 1925 1h 35m 8.4

A lone prospector ventures into Alaska looking for gold. He gets mixed up with some burly characters and falls in love with the beautiful Georgia. He tries to win her heart with his singular charm.

Da hong deng long gao gao gua
Zhang Yimou 1991 2h 5m 8.3

China in the 1920's. After her father's death, 19 year old Songlian is forced to marry the much older lord of a powerful family. With three wives already, each living in a separate house within the great castle, there is fierce competition for his attention and the privileges that are gained. This competition gets out of hand...

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
F. W. Murnau 1927 1h 34m 8.8

The first film from director Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau to be finished in the States. The film has the tangible elements of German expressionism. Murnau received a big budget from Fox and the ability to make all the filmmaking decisions. The film has been called the greatest silent film of all time.

To Be or Not to Be
Ernst Lubitsch 1942 1h 39m 8.7

To Be or Not to Be is a statement against the Nazi regime. A propaganda film about the Polish resilience with a slight comedic aspect.

Krótki film o milosci
Krzysztof Kieślowski 1988 1h 27m 8.4

A naive inexperienced young man spies on a woman who lives across the courtyard, and falls in love with her. He starts using tricks which he hopes will lead to them meeting.

The Circus
Charlie Chaplin 1928 1h 12m 8.0

Charlie, a wandering tramp, becomes a circus handyman - soon the star of the show - and falls in love with the circus owner's stepdaughter.

The Heiress
William Wyler 1949 1h 55m 7.8

A naive young woman falls for a handsome young man her emotionally abusive father suspects is only a fortune hunter.

Make Way for Tomorrow
Leo McCarey 1937 1h 32m 8.7

At a family reunion, the Cooper clan find that their parents' home is being foreclosed. "Temporarily," Ma moves in with son George's family, Pa with daughter Cora. But the parents are like sand in the gears of their middle-aged children's well regulated households. Can the old folks take matters into their own hands?

Safety Last!
Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor 1923 1h 13m 7.7

When a store clerk organizes a contest to climb the outside of a tall building, circumstances force him to make the perilous climb himself.

Titanic
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Titanic

James Cameron 1997 3h 14m 7.8

Titanic is the blockbuster film from James Cameron starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as the love pair on the doomed first Titanic trip across the Atlantic Ocean. Commercially the film became the most successful film of all time.

The Princess Bride
Rob Reiner 1987 1h 39m 7.8

Characters come to life from a classic fairy tale book read by a grandfather to his grandson.

La La Land
Damien Chazelle 2016 2h 9m 8.3

When Sebastian, a pianist, and Mia, an actress, follow their passion and achieve success in their respective fields, they find themselves torn between their love for each other and their careers.

Her
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Her

Spike Jonze 2013 2h 6m 7.9

In the near future, a lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with an operating system designed to meet his every need.

Portrait de la jeune fille en feu
Céline Sciamma 2019 2h 1m 8.3

On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.

Groundhog Day
Harold Ramis 1993 1h 41m 8.3

A comedy about an egocentric and sinister television weather reporter with a bad case of Deja-Vu. The weather reporter, Bill Murray, is sent to the famous Groundhog Day tradition in the small town of Punxsutawney were he unwillingly has to report on a little more than he expected. Let's just say he had to do a few retakes of the report.

Aladdin
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Aladdin

John Musker, Ron Clements 1992 1h 31m 8.1

Aladdin is the Walt Disney animated film based on the famous fairytale. The film would start a new era in special affects with its modern animation style and its excellent speaking parts.