All Film Lover Must See These Movies by itsuvie 1. The Pianist (2002) A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II. (150 mins.) Director: Roman Polanski Stars: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Emilia Fox 2. The Shawshank Redemption (1994) Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency. (142 mins.) Director: Frank Darabont Stars: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler 3. The Godfather (1972) The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son. (175 mins.) Director: Francis Ford Coppola Stars: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Diane Keaton 4. Scarface (1983) In 1980 Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel while succumbing to greed. (170 mins.) Director: Brian De Palma Stars: Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Bauer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio 5. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) A young F.B.I. cadet must confide in an incarcerated and manipulative killer to receive his help on catching another serial killer who skins his victims. (118 mins.) Director: Jonathan Demme Stars: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Lawrence A. Bonney, Kasi Lemmons 6. Blood Diamond (2006) A fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond. (143 mins.) Director: Edward Zwick Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, Jennifer Connelly, Kagiso Kuypers 7. Forrest Gump (1994) Forrest Gump, while not intelligent, has accidentally been present at many historic moments, but his true love, Jenny Curran, eludes him. (142 mins.) Director: Robert Zemeckis Stars: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Sally Field 8. The Prestige (2006) Two stage magicians engage in competitive one-upmanship in an attempt to create the ultimate stage illusion. (130 mins.) Director: Christopher Nolan Stars: Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, Michael Caine 9. Law Abiding Citizen (2009) A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his familys killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal. (109 mins.) Director: F. Gary Gray Stars: Gerard Butler, Jamie Foxx, Leslie Bibb, Colm Meaney 10. Sherlock Holmes (2009) Detective Sherlock Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England. (128 mins.) Director: Guy Ritchie Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong 11. Inception (2010) A thief who steals corporate secrets through use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a CEO. (148 mins.) Director: Christopher Nolan Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Ken Watanabe 12. Avatar (2009) A Paraplegic Marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.. (162 mins.) Director: James Cameron Stars: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez 13. Witness for the Prosecution (1957) Leonard Vole is arrested on suspicion of murdering an elderly acquaintance. He employs an experienced but aging barrister as his defense attorney. (116 mins.) Director: Billy Wilder Stars: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester 14. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) In 1948, an American court in occupied Germany tries four Nazi judges for war crimes. (186 mins.) Director: Stanley Kramer Stars: Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Marlene Dietrich 15. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006) Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born with a superior olfactory sense, creates the worlds finest perfume. His work, however, takes a dark turn as he searches for the ultimate scent. (147 mins.) Director: Tom Tykwer Stars: Ben Whishaw, Dustin Hoffman, Alan Rickman, Francesc Albiol 16. August Rush (2007) A drama with fairy tale elements, where an orphaned musical prodigy uses his gift as a clue to finding his birth parents. (114 mins.) Director: Kirsten Sheridan Stars: Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Terrence Howard 17. Apocalypto (2006) As the Mayan kingdom faces its decline, the rulers insist the key to prosperity is to build more temples and offer human sacrifices. Jaguar Paw, a young man captured for sacrifice, flees to avoid his fate. (139 mins.) Director: Mel Gibson Stars: Gerardo Taracena, Raoul Trujillo, Dalia Hernández, Rudy Youngblood 18. Saving Private Ryan (1998) 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. (169 mins.) Director: Steven Spielberg Stars: Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns 19. The Book of Eli (2010) A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind. (118 mins.) Director: The Hughes Brothers, The Hughes Brothers Stars: Denzel Washington, Mila Kunis, Ray Stevenson, Gary Oldman 20. House of Flying Daggers (2004) A romantic police captain breaks a beautiful member of a rebel group out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem. (119 mins.) Director: Yimou Zhang Stars: Ziyi Zhang, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, Dandan Song 21. Schindlers List (1993) In Poland during World War II, Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis. (195 mins.) Director: Steven Spielberg Stars: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley, Caroline Goodall 22. The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as hes poised to begin a life-changing professional endeavor. (117 mins.) Director: Gabriele Muccino Stars: Will Smith, Thandie Newton, Jaden Smith, Brian Howe 23. District 9 (2009) An extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth suddenly finds a kindred spirit in a government agent who is exposed to their biotechnology. (112 mins.) Director: Neill Blomkamp Stars: Sharlto Copley, David James, Jason Cope, Nathalie Boltt 24. The Machinist (2004) An industrial worker who hasnt slept in a year begins to doubt his own sanity. (101 mins.) Director: Brad Anderson Stars: Christian Bale, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, John Sharian 25. Cloud Atlas (2012) An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution. (172 mins.) Director: Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski Stars: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugh Grant, Hugo Weaving 26. Bicycle Thieves (1948) A man and his son search for a stolen bicycle vital for his job. (93 mins.) Director: Vittorio De Sica Stars: Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Gino Saltamerenda 27. American History X (1998) A former neo-nazi skinhead tries to prevent his younger brother from going down the same wrong path that he did. (119 mins.) Director: Tony Kaye Stars: Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Beverly DAngelo, Jennifer Lien 28. X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) The X-Men send Wolverine to the past in a desperate effort to change history and prevent an event that results in doom for both humans and mutants. (131 mins.) Director: Bryan Singer Stars: Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy 29. Sin City (2005) A film that explores the dark and miserable town, Basin City, and tells the story of three different people, all caught up in violent corruption. (124 mins.) Director: Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez Stars: Mickey Rourke, Clive Owen, Bruce Willis, Jessica Alba 30. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Humanity finds a mysterious, obviously artificial, object buried beneath the Lunar surface and, with the intelligent computer H.A.L. 9000, sets off on a quest. (160 mins.) Director: Stanley Kubrick Stars: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Daniel Richter 31. The World of Apu (1959) Apu is a jobless former student dreaming vaguely of a future as a writer. An old college friend talks him into a visit up-country to a village wedding... (105 mins.) Director: Satyajit Ray Stars: Soumitra Chatterjee, Sharmila Tagore, Alok Chakravarty, Swapan Mukherjee 32. Identity (2003) Stranded at a desolate Nevada motel during a nasty rain-storm, ten strangers become acquainted with each other when they realize that theyre being killed off one by one. (90 mins.) Director: James Mangold Stars: John Cusack, Ray Liotta, Amanda Peet, John Hawkes 33. Udaan (2010) Expelled from his school, a 16-year old boy returns home to his abusive and oppressive father. (134 mins.) Director: Vikramaditya Motwane Stars: Rajat Barmecha, Sanjay Gandhi, Ronit Roy, Manjot Singh 34. Good Will Hunting (1997) 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. (126 mins.) Director: Gus Van Sant Stars: Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Stellan Skarsgård 35. Pink Floyd The Wall (1982) A confined but troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone. (95 mins.) Director: Alan Parker Stars: Bob Geldof, Christine Hargreaves, James Laurenson, Eleanor David 36. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) Dr. Caligaris somnambulist, Cesare, and his deadly predictions. (78 mins.) Director: Robert Wiene Stars: Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Feher, Lil Dagover 37. In the Name of the Father (1993) A mans coerced confession to an IRA bombing he did not commit results in the imprisonment of his father as well. An English lawyer fights to free them. (133 mins.) Director: Jim Sheridan Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite, Alison Crosbie, Philip King 38. Monsoon Wedding (2001) A stressed father, a bride-to-be with a secret, a smitten event planner, and relatives from around the world create much ado about the preparations for an arranged marriage in India. (114 mins.) Director: Mira Nair Stars: Naseeruddin Shah, Lillete Dubey, Shefali Shetty, Vijay Raaz 39. The Seventh Seal (1957) A man seeks answers about life, death, and the existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the Black Plague. (96 mins.) Director: Ingmar Bergman Stars: Max von Sydow, Gunnar Björnstrand, Bengt Ekerot, Nils Poppe 40. Persona (1966) A nurse is put in charge of an actress who cant talk and finds that the actresss persona is melding with hers. (85 mins.) Director: Ingmar Bergman Stars: Bibi Andersson, Liv Ullmann, Margaretha Krook, Gunnar Björnstrand 41. Pather Panchali (1955) The story of a young boy, Apu, and life in his small Indian village. His parents are quite poor - his father Harihar... (119 mins.) Director: Satyajit Ray Stars: Kanu Bannerjee, Karuna Bannerjee, Subir Banerjee, Chunibala Devi 42. The Kid (1921) The Tramp cares for an abandoned child, but events put that relationship in jeopardy. (68 mins.) Director: Charlie Chaplin Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Jackie Coogan, Carl Miller 43. The Great Dictator (1940) Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkels regime. (125 mins.) Director: Charles Chaplin Stars: Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie, Reginald Gardiner 44. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) The true story of Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby who suffers a stroke and has to live with an almost totally paralyzed body; only his left eye isnt paralyzed. (112 mins.) Director: Julian Schnabel Stars: Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josée Croze, Anne Consigny 45. Requiem for a Dream (2000) The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island people are shattered when their addictions become stronger. (102 mins.) Director: Darren Aronofsky Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans 46. Titanic (1997) A seventeen-year-old aristocrat, expecting to be married to a rich claimant by her mother, falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic. (194 mins.) Director: James Cameron Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates 47. Haider (2014) A young man returns to Kashmir after his fathers disappearance to confront uncle - the man who had a role in his fathers fate. (160 mins.) Director: Vishal Bhardwaj Stars: Shahid Kapoor, Tabu, Shraddha Kapoor, Kay Kay Menon 48. PK (2014) A stranger in the city asks questions no one has asked before. Known only by his initials, P.K.s innocent questions and childlike curiosity will take him on a journey of love, laughter and letting-go. (153 mins.) Director: Rajkumar Hirani Stars: Aamir Khan, Anushka Sharma, Sanjay Dutt, Boman Irani 49. Its a Wonderful Life (1946) An angel helps a compassionate but despairingly frustrated businessman by showing what life would have been like if he never existed. (130 mins.) Director: Frank Capra Stars: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell
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