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1.		The Shawshank Redemption (1994)   9.2/10  Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency.Dir: Frank Darabont With: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob GuntonCrime | Drama142 mins.
2.		Pulp Fiction (1994)   9.0/10  The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.Dir: Quentin Tarantino With: John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. JacksonCrime | Drama | Thriller154 mins.
3.		Inception (2010)   8.9/10  In a world where technology exists to enter the human mind through dream invasion, a highly skilled thief is given a final chance at redemption which involves executing his toughest job to date: Inception.Dir: Christopher Nolan With: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen PageAction | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller148 mins.
4.		Schindler's List (1993)   8.9/10  In Poland during World War II, Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.Dir: Steven Spielberg With: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben KingsleyBiography | Drama | History | War195 mins.
5.		The Dark Knight (2008)   8.9/10  Batman, Gordon and Harvey Dent are forced to deal with the chaos unleashed by an anarchist mastermind known only as the Joker, as he drives each of them to their limits.Dir: Christopher Nolan With: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron EckhartAction | Crime | Thriller152 mins.
6.		The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)   8.8/10  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.Dir: Peter Jackson With: Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellenAction | Adventure | Fantasy201 mins.
7.		Fight Club (1999)   8.8/10  An office employee and a soap salesman build a global organization to help vent male aggression.Dir: David Fincher With: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bonham CarterDrama | Mystery | Thriller139 mins.
8.		Goodfellas (1990)   8.8/10  Henry Hill and his friends work their way up through the mob hierarchy.Dir: Martin Scorsese With: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe PesciCrime | Drama | Thriller146 mins.
9.		The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)   8.8/10  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.Dir: Peter Jackson With: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Orlando BloomAction | Adventure | Fantasy178 mins.
10.		The Usual Suspects (1995)   8.7/10  A boat has been destroyed, criminals are dead, and the key to this mystery lies with the only survivor and his twisted, convoluted story beginning with five career crooks in a seemingly random police lineup.Dir: Bryan Singer With: Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, Chazz PalminteriCrime | Mystery | Thriller106 mins.
11.		The Matrix (1999)   8.7/10  A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against its controllers.Dir: The Wachowski Brothers, The Wachowski Brothers With: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne MossAction | Adventure | Sci-Fi136 mins.
12.		Toy Story 3 (2010)   8.7/10  The toys are mistakenly delivered to a day-care center instead of the attic right before Andy leaves for college, and it's up to Woody to convince the other toys that they weren't abandoned and to return home.Dir: Lee Unkrich With: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan CusackAnimation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy103 mins.
13.		No Pain, No Gain (2005)   8.7/10  The story of a bodybuilder who longs to be respected for his mind. Mike Zorillo, a small town Ohio champion bodybuilder with a genius IQ...Dir: Samuel Turcotte With: Gus Malliarodakis, Dennis Newman, Joe HursleyComedy | Drama
14.		The Silence of the Lambs (1991)   8.7/10  A young FBI cadet must confide in an incarcerated and manipulative killer to receive his help on catching another serial killer who skins his victims.Dir: Jonathan Demme With: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott GlennCrime | Thriller118 mins.
15.		The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)   8.7/10  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.Dir: Peter Jackson With: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo MortensenAction | Adventure | Fantasy179 mins.
16.		Se7en (1995)   8.7/10  Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his modus operandi.Dir: David Fincher With: Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, Kevin SpaceyCrime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller127 mins.
17.		Memento (2000)   8.7/10  A man, suffering from short-term memory loss, uses notes and tattoos to hunt for the man he thinks killed his wife.Dir: Christopher Nolan With: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe PantolianoCrime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller113 mins.
18.		Forrest Gump (1994)   8.6/10  Forrest Gump, while not intelligent, has accidentally been present at many historic moments, but his true love, Jenny, eludes him.Dir: Robert Zemeckis With: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary SiniseDrama | Romance142 mins.
19.		Leon (1994)   8.6/10  Professional assassin Leon reluctantly takes care of 12-year-old Mathilda, a neighbor whose parents are killed, and teaches her his trade.Dir: Luc Besson With: Jean Reno, Gary Oldman, Natalie PortmanCrime | Drama | Thriller110 mins.
20.		American History X (1998)   8.6/10  A former neo-nazi skinhead tries to prevent his younger brother from going down the same wrong path that he did.Dir: Tony Kaye With: Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Beverly D'AngeloCrime | Drama119 mins.
21.		American Beauty (1999)   8.6/10  Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation for his daughter's attractive friend.Dir: Sam Mendes With: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora BirchDrama122 mins.
22.		Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)   8.5/10  The cyborg who once tried to kill Sarah Connor must now protect her teenage son, John Connor, from an even more powerful and advanced Terminator.Dir: James Cameron With: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward FurlongAction | Sci-Fi | Thriller137 mins.
23.		Black Swan (2010)   8.5/10  A ballet dancer wins the lead in "Swan Lake" and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan - Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odette's evil sister, Odile, the Black Swan.Dir: Darren Aronofsky With: Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent CasselDrama | Mystery | Thriller108 mins.
24.		Saving Private Ryan (1998)   8.5/10  Following the Normandy Landings, a group of US soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.Dir: Steven Spielberg With: Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tom SizemoreAction | Drama | History | War169 mins.
25.		WALL·E (2008)   8.5/10  In the distant future, a small waste collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.Dir: Andrew Stanton With: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff GarlinAnimation | Adventure | Family | Romance | Sci-Fi98 mins.
26.		The Pianist (2002)   8.5/10  A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II.Dir: Roman Polanski With: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank FinlayBiography | Drama | War150 mins.
27.		The Departed (2006)   8.5/10  Two men from opposite sides of the law are undercover within the Massachusetts State Police and the Irish mafia, but violence and bloodshed boil when discoveries are made, and the moles are dispatched to find out their enemy's identities.Dir: Martin Scorsese With: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack NicholsonCrime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller151 mins.
28.		Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)   8.5/10  A couple undergo a procedure to erase each other from their memories when their relationship turns sour, but it is only through the process of loss that they discover what they had to begin with.Dir: Michel Gondry With: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Tom WilkinsonDrama | Romance | Sci-Fi108 mins.
29.		Requiem for a Dream (2000)   8.5/10  The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island individuals are shattered when their addictions become stronger.Dir: Darren Aronofsky With: Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer ConnellyDrama102 mins.
30.		The King's Speech (2010)   8.5/10  The story of King George VI of Britain, his impromptu ascension to the throne and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch become worthy of it.Dir: Tom Hooper With: Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham CarterDrama | History118 mins.
31.		Life is Beautiful (1997)   8.5/10  A Jewish man has a wonderful romance with the help of his humour, but must use that same quality to protect his son in a Nazi death camp.Dir: Roberto Benigni With: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio CantariniDrama | Romance | War116 mins.
32.		Reservoir Dogs (1992)   8.4/10  After a simple jewelery heist goes terribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant.Dir: Quentin Tarantino With: Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael MadsenCrime | Mystery | Thriller99 mins.
33.		L.A. Confidential (1997)   8.4/10  A shooting at an all night diner is investigated by three LA policemen in their own unique ways.Dir: Curtis Hanson With: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy PearceCrime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller138 mins.
34.		The Prestige (2006)   8.4/10  The rivalry between two magicians is exacerbated when one of them performs the ultimate illusion.Dir: Christopher Nolan With: Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett JohanssonDrama | Fantasy | Mystery | Romance | Thriller130 mins.
35.		The Green Mile (1999)   8.4/10  The story about the lives of guards on death row leading up to the execution of black man accused of child murder & rape, who has the power of faith healing.Dir: Frank Darabont With: Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan, David MorseCrime | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery189 mins.
36.		Braveheart (1995)   8.4/10  William Wallace, a commoner, unites the 13th Century Scots in their battle to overthrow English rule.Dir: Mel Gibson With: Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohanAction | Biography | Drama | History | War177 mins.
37.		Inglourious Basterds (2009)   8.4/10  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.Dir: Quentin Tarantino With: Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Eli RothAdventure | Drama | War153 mins.
38.		Up (2009)   8.4/10  By tying thousands of balloon 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, since Russell, a wilderness explorer 70 years his junior, has inadvertently become a stowaway on the trip.Dir: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson With: Edward Asner, Jordan Nagai, John RatzenbergerAnimation | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Family | Fantasy96 mins.
39.		Gladiator (2000)   8.4/10  When a Roman general is betrayed and his family murdered by a corrupt prince, he comes to Rome as a gladiator to seek revenge.Dir: Ridley Scott With: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie NielsenAction | Adventure | Drama155 mins.
40.		Gran Torino (2008)   8.4/10  Disgruntled Korean War vet Walt Kowalski sets out to reform his neighbor, a young Hmong teenager, who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possession: his 1972 Gran Torino.Dir: Clint Eastwood With: Clint Eastwood, Bee Vang, Christopher CarleyDrama116 mins.
41.		Unforgiven (1992)   8.3/10  Retired Old West gunslinger William Munny reluctantly takes on one last job, with the help of his old partner and a young man.Dir: Clint Eastwood With: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan FreemanDrama | Western131 mins.
42.		Sin City (2005)   8.3/10  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.Dir: Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez With: Mickey Rourke, Clive Owen, Bruce WillisAction | Crime | Drama | Thriller124 mins.
43.		Batman Begins (2005)   8.3/10  Bruce Wayne has watched his home, Gotham City, turn into a crime infested abyss throughout his entire life, and he decides to become the hero Gotham needs- Batman.Dir: Christopher Nolan With: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Ken WatanabeAction | Crime | Drama | Thriller140 mins.
44.		Hotel Rwanda (2004)   8.3/10  The true-life story of Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager who housed over a thousand Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda.Dir: Terry George With: Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Joaquin PhoenixBiography | Drama | History | Thriller | War121 mins.
45.		Rang De Basanti (2006)   8.3/10  A young women from England comes to India to make a documentary about her grandfather's diary which was written in the 1920s about the Indian Independence with five young men.Dir: Rakesh Omprakash Mehra With: Aamir Khan, Soha Ali Khan, SiddharthAction | Comedy | Drama | History157 mins.
46.		Slumdog Millionaire (2008)   8.3/10  A Mumbai teen who grew up in the slums, becomes a contestant on the Indian version of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" He is arrested under suspicion of cheating, and while being interrogated, events from his life history are shown which explain why he knows the answers.Dir: Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan With: Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Saurabh ShuklaDrama | Romance120 mins.
47.		Heat (1995)   8.3/10  A Los Angeles crime saga, "Heat" focuses on the lives of two men on opposite sides of the law - one a detective; the other a thief.Dir: Michael Mann With: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val KilmerCrime | Drama | Thriller170 mins.
48.		Like Stars on Earth (2007)   8.3/10  Ishaan Awasthi is an eight-year-old whose world is filled with wonders that no one else seems to appreciate; colours...Dir: Aamir Khan With: Darsheel Safary, Aamir Khan, Tanay ChhedaDrama165 mins.
49.		Fargo (1996)   8.3/10  Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of pregnant Marge Gunderson.Dir: Joel Coen With: William H. Macy, Frances McDormand, Steve BuscemiCrime | Drama | Thriller98 mins.
50.		No Country for Old Men (2007)   8.3/10  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.Dir: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen With: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh BrolinCrime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller122 mins.
51.		Snatch. (2000)   8.3/10  Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers, and supposedly Jewish jewelers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond.Dir: Guy Ritchie With: Jason Statham, Brad Pitt, Benicio Del ToroCrime | Thriller104 mins.
52.		Donnie Darko (2001)   8.3/10  A troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes, after narrowly escaping a bizarre accident.Dir: Richard Kelly With: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Mary McDonnellDrama | Mystery | Sci-Fi