for Tassja: Special movies I find extraordianry
by freddy-41-529926 | created - 11 Aug 2014 | updated - 13 May 2019 | PublicI am not focusing on blockbusters or classics, just the ones I consider special.
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1. The Intouchables (2011)
R | 112 min | Comedy, Drama
After he becomes a quadriplegic from a paragliding accident, an aristocrat hires a young man from the projects to be his caregiver.
Directors: Olivier Nakache, Éric Toledano | Stars: François Cluzet, Omar Sy, Anne Le Ny, Audrey Fleurot
Votes: 929,773 | Gross: $13.18M
Wow! Wow! Wow! A movie that brings back the old saying: "Faith in Humanity" Love thy brethren.
2. Forrest Gump (1994)
PG-13 | 142 min | Drama, Romance
The history of the United States from the 1950s to the '70s unfolds from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, who yearns to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Sally Field
Votes: 2,257,854 | Gross: $330.25M
Definitively one of my Top 10
3. Ronin (1998)
R | 122 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A freelancing former U.S. Intelligence Agent tries to track down a mysterious package that is wanted by the Irish and the Russians.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone, Stellan Skarsgård
Votes: 195,197 | Gross: $41.62M
Probably the best car chase movie I have seen.
The story is actually very good also.
A classic for Me!
4. TT3D: Closer to the Edge (2011)
Not Rated | 104 min | Documentary, Sport
Motorcycle racers reveal their motivation to participate each year in the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy, the most dangerous and deadliest event in the sport.
Director: Richard De Aragues | Stars: Guy Martin, Ian Hutchinson, John McGuinness, Michael Dunlop
Votes: 6,629
You like bikes? Want to see the reality about motorbike racing? Watch this one! Isle of Man TT, the best racing there is in the world!
5. Cloud Atlas (2012)
R | 172 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
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.
Directors: Tom Tykwer, Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski | Stars: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugh Grant, Hugo Weaving
Votes: 374,462 | Gross: $27.11M
A totally underrated movie which could become a classic, maybe a cult one, in a future.
The movie's only problem is that is it a bit long.
BUT the acting, the characters, the stories and especially the message, by God! Are we getting so dumb as to not understand it?
Or too lazy to wait for the story to play out?
Awesome Wachowsky work!
Great food for thought!
6. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
R | 99 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A writer encounters the owner of an aging high-class hotel, who tells him of his early years serving as a lobby boy in the hotel's glorious years under an exceptional concierge.
Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody
Votes: 886,927 | Gross: $59.10M
Greatest funniest story I have seen in a while! Don't miss it.
7. Street Thief (2006)
86 min | Crime, Thriller
The movie follows the life of Chicago burglar Kaspar Karr. Kaspar cases and robs stores. He counts up his score and a small interview follows where Kaspar introduces himself. He shows his ... See full summary »
Director: Malik Bader | Stars: Malik Bader, Wesley Walker, Frank Zieger, Beers Bill
Votes: 2,088
Extraordinary, Awesome, quite creative and unique fake-cumtentary.
A definitive must watch, so well made you will need to check twice, if it's real or not.
Now this is talent Hollywood!
8. The Man from Earth (2007)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
An impromptu goodbye party for Professor John Oldman becomes a mysterious interrogation after the retiring scholar reveals to his colleagues he has a longer and stranger past than they can imagine.
Director: Richard Schenkman | Stars: David Lee Smith, Tony Todd, John Billingsley, Ellen Crawford
Votes: 200,230
A story you cannot afford to overlook.
Breathtaking, amazing, fantastic. AweSome!!!
9. Incendies (2010)
R | 131 min | Drama, Mystery, War
Twins journey to the Middle East to discover their family history and fulfill their mother's last wishes.
Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette, Mustafa Kamel
Votes: 200,399 | Gross: $6.86M
One of the best, toughest, saddest yet somehow most beautiful movies I have seen. Yet it hurts so deeply.
10. '71 (2014)
R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In 1971, a young and disoriented British soldier is accidentally abandoned by his unit following a riot on the deadly streets of Belfast.
Director: Yann Demange | Stars: Jack O'Connell, Sam Reid, Sean Harris, Paul Popplewell
Votes: 60,166 | Gross: $1.27M
Astounding, depressing, nerve wrecking. The real wars men fight not like the ones we are taught in history or in the movies.
Friend, Foe, Ally, Good, Bad, Murdered or Killer, anyone can decide on personal convenience. War...
11. Closer to the Moon (2014)
Not Rated | 112 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A Romanian police officer teams up with a small crew of old friends from the World War II Jewish Resistance to pull off a heist by convincing everyone at the scene of the crime that they are only filming a movie.
Director: Nae Caranfil | Stars: Vera Farmiga, Mark Strong, Harry Lloyd, Anton Lesser
Votes: 4,338
A definite MUST WATCH. A great movie on how the East Block handled matters and what Jewish People had to endure. Even when they helped Stalin in the War...
Cannot even imagine how it must have truly been behind the iron curtain.
12. Trance (I) (2013)
R | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An art auctioneer becomes mixed up with a group of criminals partners with a hypnotherapist in order to recover a lost painting.
Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: James McAvoy, Rosario Dawson, Vincent Cassel, Danny Sapani
Votes: 117,741 | Gross: $2.32M
Danny Boyle at its best!!!
Absolutely loved the movie!
Bless you Danny!
13. Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
R | 144 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Balian of Ibelin travels to Jerusalem during the Crusades of the 12th century, and there he finds himself as the defender of the city and its people.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Liam Neeson, Martin Hancock
Votes: 315,243 | Gross: $47.40M
I love to see historical movies that do resemble history (more or less).
So sick and tired of those Hollywood novels where history gets raped and manipulated by the vivid imagination of kids that don't even know where Poland is.
Fantasy and special effects are always welcomed unless, those blockbuster experiments desecrate the precious history of humankind.
14. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
R | 158 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Journalist Mikael Blomkvist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for 40 years by young computer hacker Lisbeth Salander.
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer, Stellan Skarsgård
Votes: 494,941 | Gross: $102.52M
Awesome movie! Euro style so do not expect a ot of cation, but a lot of tension and thinking.
GOOD!
15. Thesis on a Homicide (2013)
106 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Roberto Bermudez, a specialist in criminal law, is convinced that one of his students committed a brutal murder. It leads him to start an investigation that becomes his obsession.
Director: Hernán Goldfrid | Stars: Ricardo Darín, Natalia Santiago, Alberto Ammann, Calu Rivero
Votes: 8,407
Cannot miss this one! Great Story wonderful acting. Gotta watch
16. Saving Mr. Banks (2013)
PG-13 | 125 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Author P.L. Travers reflects on her childhood after reluctantly meeting with Walt Disney, who seeks to adapt her Mary Poppins books for the big screen.
Director: John Lee Hancock | Stars: Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks, Annie Rose Buckley, Colin Farrell
Votes: 170,061 | Gross: $83.30M
Sweet Sweet Sweet wonderful story.
Almost anyone can/should relate to it.
17. Inception (2010)
PG-13 | 148 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O., but his tragic past may doom the project and his team to disaster.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Elliot Page, Ken Watanabe
Votes: 2,551,638 | Gross: $292.58M
One of those movies that starts a whole new way to entertain our imagination.
Wonderufl!
18. Fargo (1996)
R | 98 min | Crime, Thriller
Minnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.
Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: William H. Macy, Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare
Votes: 726,875 | Gross: $24.61M
This is one of those movies that leave a mark, they become unforgettable and usually start a trend or even an era.
I miss the movies of the 90s.
A wonderful movie!
19. We Were Soldiers (2002)
R | 138 min | Action, Drama, History
The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War, and the soldiers on both sides that fought it, while their wives wait nervously and anxiously at home for the good news or the bad news.
Director: Randall Wallace | Stars: Mel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe, Greg Kinnear, Sam Elliott
Votes: 151,299 | Gross: $78.12M
One of the Best and most realistic War movies I have seen.
Great!
20. Hugo (2011)
PG | 126 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
In 1931 Paris, an orphan living in the walls of a train station gets wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christopher Lee, Ben Kingsley
Votes: 336,867 | Gross: $73.86M
This is what movies are all about for me. A wonderful trip into an imaginary world where fantastic events take place. "Take me out of this world and transport me to a different surreal world where miracles happen and I can be happy"
21. The Debt (I) (2010)
R | 113 min | Drama, Thriller
In 1965, three Mossad Agents cross into East Berlin to apprehend a notorious Nazi war criminal. Thirty years later, the secrets the Agents share come back to haunt them.
Director: John Madden | Stars: Helen Mirren, Sam Worthington, Tom Wilkinson, Jessica Chastain
Votes: 71,885 | Gross: $31.18M
Nice!!!
Love this type of movies!
22. Flight (I) (2012)
R | 138 min | Drama, Thriller
Troubling questions arise after airline pilot Whip Whitaker makes a miracle landing after a mid-air catastrophe.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Denzel Washington, Nadine Velazquez, Don Cheadle, John Goodman
Votes: 376,260 | Gross: $93.77M
A interesting antihero movie, but true as far as I know. Liked it a lot.
23. The Judge (2014)
R | 141 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Big-city lawyer Hank Palmer returns to his childhood home where his father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder. Hank sets out to discover the truth; along the way he reconnects with his estranged family.
Director: David Dobkin | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall, Vera Farmiga, Billy Bob Thornton
Votes: 201,498 | Gross: $47.12M
Put Downey Jr, Robert Duvall, Bob Thornton and Vincent D'Onofrio in one movie and you'll be pleasantly served with a wonderful, emotionally charged, precious story that quickly enters your heart.
Robert Downy Jr. by far the best actor of our days,
24. Gran Torino (2008)
R | 116 min | Drama
After a Hmong teenager tries to steal his prized 1972 Gran Torino, a disgruntled, prejudiced Korean War veteran seeks to redeem both the boy and himself.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Bee Vang, Christopher Carley, Ahney Her
Votes: 815,127 | Gross: $148.10M
The everyday neighborhood hero story done extraordinarily well. C. Eastwood is quite a talent in movie making.
25. Borat (2006)
R | 84 min | Comedy
Kazakh TV talking head Borat is dispatched to the United States to report on the greatest country in the world.
Director: Larry Charles | Stars: Sacha Baron Cohen, Ken Davitian, Luenell, Chester
Votes: 442,220 | Gross: $128.51M
Where to start?
Definitively a movie one needs to watch. An irreverent, crude and even aggravating way to confront us with our sad reality but, in a comic way.
Of course, much of the criticism goes unnoticed since most focus on the obvious joke...
I have not seen a smarter movie in years!
Especially when realizing the film was actually scripted!
My deepest respect Sacha Baron! Another movie genius.
26. Zodiac (2007)
R | 157 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Between 1968 and 1983, a San Francisco cartoonist becomes an amateur detective obsessed with tracking down the Zodiac Killer, an unidentified individual who terrorizes Northern California with a killing spree.
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards
Votes: 598,551 | Gross: $33.08M
What a real movie should be.
Forget the 15,000 bullets killing 500 people to get to the killer.
Do without the special effects designed to mesmerize you for a moment.
A well made movie as all about the story and how good the director is at narrating it.
Am awesome Finch movie. just wish he would direct more.
27. Kill the Irishman (2011)
R | 106 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The true story of Danny Greene, a tough Irish thug working for mobsters in Cleveland during the 1970's.
Director: Jonathan Hensleigh | Stars: Ray Stevenson, Christopher Walken, Vincent D'Onofrio, Val Kilmer
Votes: 51,356 | Gross: $1.19M
It is not the killing or the blood, Nor the "feeling macho" what draws mt to these movies.
It is the fascinating lives some otherwise completely common and average people get to live,
Wow!
28. Predestination (I) (2014)
R | 97 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
As his last assignment, a temporal agent is tasked to travel back in time and prevent a bomb attack in New York in 1975. The hunt, however, turns out to be beyond the bounds of possibility.
Directors: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Sarah Snook, Noah Taylor, Madeleine West
Votes: 304,771 | Gross: $0.07M
That's what a Sci-Fi movie should be about. A truly unbelievable story that absorbs your mind and plays tricks with it. Yet so real in many ways.
Gave it an 8 cause I hate endings that do not end.
29. The Iceman (2012)
R | 106 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The story of Richard Kuklinski, the notorious contract killer and family man. When he was finally arrested in 1986, neither his wife nor his daughters had any clue about his real profession.
Director: Ariel Vromen | Stars: Michael Shannon, Chris Evans, James Franco, Winona Ryder
Votes: 79,428 | Gross: $1.94M
Amazing Life of a psychopath, what happens when we do not take care of our sick ones. Great Bio, masterly made without escaping the true events.
30. Micmacs (2009)
R | 105 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A man and his friends come up with an intricate and original plan to destroy two big weapons manufacturers.
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Stars: Dany Boon, André Dussollier, Nicolas Marié, Yolande Moreau
Votes: 31,267 | Gross: $1.26M
Sweet Funny French Comedy.
Well worth watching!
31. Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)
PG | 93 min | Biography, Drama, History
Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow looks to bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy.
Director: George Clooney | Stars: David Strathairn, George Clooney, Patricia Clarkson, Jeff Daniels
Votes: 101,311 | Gross: $31.56M
A wonderful reminder of what a true reporter should be.
Also a powerful message inviting us to meditate and ponder what our leaders are capable of doing... so willing to run us over to fulfill their agendas.
A very timely movie in an era engulfed in deceit and manipulation; who's principal weapon is misinformation.
If only Murrow would be alive...
Thanks Clooney!!!
32. The East (2013)
PG-13 | 116 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
An operative for an elite private intelligence firm finds her priorities changing dramatically after she is tasked with infiltrating an anarchist group known for executing covert attacks upon major corporations.
Director: Zal Batmanglij | Stars: Brit Marling, Alexander Skarsgård, Elliot Page, Toby Kebbell
Votes: 52,396 | Gross: $2.27M
How does one correct the wrong doings of US as a society?
Revenge? Eye for an eye, never works; it only instills more violence.
A wonderful spy-thriller! Gotta watch, the direct Zal Batmanglij definitively shows the potential to become one of the best directors of the new generation.
33. Road (I) (2014)
102 min | Documentary, Sport
Brothers addicted to speed. At any price. Motorcycle road racing is the most dangerous of all motor sports. One in which men compete at speeds of up to 200 miles per hour on closed country ... See full summary »
Directors: Michael Hewitt, Dermot Lavery | Stars: Liam Neeson, Liam Beckett, Siobhan Carter, Stephen Davison
Votes: 1,506
Want to understand he mind of a racer? At least a bit more? Gotta watch this.
34. Closed Circuit (2013)
R | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A high-profile terrorism case unexpectedly binds together two ex-lovers on the defense team - testing the limits of their loyalties and placing their lives in jeopardy.
Director: John Crowley | Stars: Eric Bana, Rebecca Hall, Jim Broadbent, Ciarán Hinds
Votes: 23,285 | Gross: $5.73M
Like thrillers that aren't about idiotic zombies. Watch this.
35. The Millionaire Tour (2012)
Not Rated | 84 min | Action, Thriller
A man takes a cab from LAX. A couple gets in as well and he finds out what a millionaire tour is: they take his valuables and stop at ATMs until his credit cards max out. Who is he? Twists follow.
Director: Inon Shampanier | Stars: Dominic Monaghan, Rick Gomez, Jordan Belfi, Agnes Bruckner
Votes: 2,956
Loved it! Although the end is predictable.
36. Nightcrawler (2014)
R | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
When Louis Bloom, a con man desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story.
Director: Dan Gilroy | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Bill Paxton, Riz Ahmed
Votes: 604,787 | Gross: $32.38M
Dan Gilroy showes, once again, what a great film artist he is.
Great movie, although a bit predictable, yet a wonderful piece.
Especially when underlining how crappy and senseless TV News have quickly become.
Thanks!
37. The Way (I) (2010)
PG-13 | 123 min | Comedy, Drama
A father heads overseas to recover the body of his estranged son who died while traveling the "El camino de Santiago," and decides to take the pilgrimage himself.
Director: Emilio Estevez | Stars: Martin Sheen, Emilio Estevez, Deborah Kara Unger, Yorick van Wageningen
Votes: 35,351 | Gross: $4.43M
Into something emotional?
Looking to discover an enticing part fo the world that over centuries has deeply moved and changed souls in search?
This one!
38. The Fourth State (2012)
115 min | Thriller
A journalist gets caught up in a terrorist plot in Moscow while investigating the Russian secret service.
Director: Dennis Gansel | Stars: Moritz Bleibtreu, Kasia Smutniak, Max Riemelt, Rade Serbedzija
Votes: 2,435
Maybe the US learned from the Russians. Maybe they each planned their own terrorist threads independently. The end result is we got submerged in a world where no one understands the reality of what is going on anymore. Well worth watching.
39. RED 2 (2013)
PG-13 | 116 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Retired CIA agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device.
Director: Dean Parisot | Stars: Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, John Malkovich, Anthony Hopkins
Votes: 180,614 | Gross: $53.26M
Yesss!
40. The Ides of March (2011)
R | 101 min | Drama, Thriller
An idealistic staffer for a new presidential candidate gets a crash course on dirty politics during his stint on the campaign trail.
Director: George Clooney | Stars: Paul Giamatti, George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ryan Gosling
Votes: 230,793 | Gross: $40.96M
Just another wonderful Clooney movie.
Is there something that Clooney does not dominate on the big screen?
A wonderful drama resulting from our sick, appalling and deranged thirst for power.
41. The Place Beyond the Pines (2012)
R | 140 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Two men and their sons must deal with the unforeseen consequences of their actions.
Director: Derek Cianfrance | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes, Craig Van Hook
Votes: 290,440 | Gross: $21.38M
An interesting spin to the corrupt cop story. Slow but good story
42. Max Manus: Man of War (2008)
Not Rated | 118 min | Action, Biography, Crime
The true story about one of the most brilliant saboteurs during World War II and his battle to overcome his inner demons.
Directors: Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg | Stars: Aksel Hennie, Agnes Kittelsen, Nicolai Cleve Broch, Ken Duken
Votes: 29,778
Not all heroes in WWII were English speaking you know.
43. Control (2003)
R | 111 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A tale about a strange young man, Bulcsú, the fellow inspectors on his team, all without exception likable characters, a rival ticket inspection team and racing along the tracks - and a tale about love.
Director: Nimród Antal | Stars: Sándor Csányi, Eszter Balla, Zoltán Mucsi, Csaba Pindroch
Votes: 27,078 | Gross: $0.24M
A great movie which gives you food for thought and ideas to ponder. For me? A wonderful interpretation of how purgatory would work if it existed... Or is this a fight within our own minds?
44. Nokas (2010)
87 min | Action, Biography, Crime
The movie portrays Norway's most spectacular robbery, where 11 men occupied central Stavanger for twenty minutes and escaped with 57 million kroner (appx $10 million). A police officer was shot and killed.
Director: Erik Skjoldbjærg | Stars: Marit Synnøve Berg, Frode Winther, Morten Larsen, Tov Sletta
Votes: 4,848
By far one of the most realistic Bank robbery films I have ever watched. A most watch!
45. The Ipcress File (1965)
Passed | 109 min | Drama, Thriller
In London, a wisecracking spy investigates the kidnapping and brainwashing of British scientists while dealing with the constraints of his agency's bureaucracy.
Director: Sidney J. Furie | Stars: Michael Caine, Nigel Green, Guy Doleman, Sue Lloyd
Votes: 17,589
Nothing like old Spy movies!
Traditional Brain and Mystery vs. Contemporary bullets and stunts.
Besides traveling back in time via an old movie beats any "retro movie" by far!
BTW are there any bad movies with Michael Kane? (Yes, I know. But only few).
46. After Hours (I) (1985)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
An ordinary word processor has the worst night of his life after he agrees to visit a girl in Soho he met that evening at a coffee shop.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Verna Bloom, Tommy Chong
Votes: 81,437 | Gross: $10.60M
One of the movies I remember the most.
As memorable as Pulp Fiction, Forrest Gump, the Shining, Matrix,etc.
Truly a classic
47. Chinese Take-Away (2011)
Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy, Drama
A well-ordered hardware store owner in Buenos Aires will see his life turn upside down when he helps a stranded Chinese man who doesn't speak a word of Spanish find his uncle in the bustling city. But can this coexistence bear fruit?
Director: Sebastián Borensztein | Stars: Ricardo Darín, Ignacio Huang, Carolina Hsu, Muriel Santa Ana
Votes: 19,537
A bit slow BUt a moving story. Some of the best Argentinean film has to offer. Ricardo Darin, is most definitively one of the best actors of our generation
48. King Arthur (2004)
PG-13 | 126 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A demystified take on the tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.
Director: Antoine Fuqua | Stars: Clive Owen, Stephen Dillane, Keira Knightley, Ioan Gruffudd
Votes: 176,143 | Gross: $51.88M
Good to see someone attempting to bring the legend back to its historical context.
Great Movie!
49. London Boulevard (2010)
R | 103 min | Crime, Drama
An ex-con with a reputation tries to go straight by working as a handy man for a reclusive actress but this is unfortunately not the wish of London's underground crime lord.
Director: William Monahan | Stars: Colin Farrell, Keira Knightley, Ray Winstone, David Thewlis
Votes: 50,350 | Gross: $0.01M
music is sometimes key to place one in he exact mood for the movie to be seen. I like William Monahan, want so see more of him!
50. The Soloist (2009)
PG-13 | 117 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A newspaper journalist discovers a homeless musical genius and tries to improve his situation.
Director: Joe Wright | Stars: Jamie Foxx, Robert Downey Jr., Catherine Keener, Tom Hollander
Votes: 55,404 | Gross: $31.67M
Downey Jr. the best actor in our generation.
A sweet story full of hope but hit by reality...
51. Redirected (2014)
Not Rated | 99 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Three friends try to make money and invite another friend in on a plot.
Director: Emilis Velyvis | Stars: Vinnie Jones, Scot Williams, Gil Darnell, Oliver Jackson
Votes: 34,537
Stupid, funny, strange, self-critic. Worth watching a Lithuanian movie!
Ever watched one?
52. Mud (2012)
PG-13 | 130 min | Adventure, Drama
Two young boys encounter a fugitive and form a pact to help him evade the vigilantes that are on his trail and to reunite him with his true love.
Director: Jeff Nichols | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Tye Sheridan, Jacob Lofland, Sam Shepard
Votes: 188,876 | Gross: $21.59M
A wonderful sweet n sour movie full of sentiment.
Gotta watch it again
53. The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
R | 116 min | Crime, Drama
A laconic, chain-smoking barber blackmails his wife's boss and lover for money to invest in dry cleaning, but his plan goes terribly wrong.
Director: Joel Coen | Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Frances McDormand, Michael Badalucco, James Gandolfini
Votes: 115,017 | Gross: $7.49M
A good story, slow but wonderfully produced in the best style of the 50s, lots on first person narratives, little or no action and a constant feeling of doom. Could it be called a post "film noir" movie? Wished I knew more on that genre.
54. Love the Beast (2009)
R | 92 min | Documentary, Sport
What if you were a Hollywood movie star with an obsession for cars and racing? You would probably read every script with even the tiniest link to the subject matter, in the hope that you ... See full summary »
Director: Eric Bana | Stars: Eric Bana, Jeremy Clarkson, Steve Coad, Grant Denyer
Votes: 2,189
If you are a complete "petrol head" and you heart runs with pistons.
This movie is an absolute must watch.
For all others if you want to understand our love for steel, rubber and greasy speed. You have to watch this doc.
BTW my car is also called the beast.
55. Fury (2014)
R | 134 min | Action, Drama, War
A grizzled tank commander makes tough decisions as he and his crew fight their way across Germany in April, 1945.
Director: David Ayer | Stars: Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman, Michael Peña
Votes: 547,405 | Gross: $85.82M
Loved it!
56. The Company You Keep (2012)
R | 125 min | Drama, Thriller
After a journalist discovers his identity, a former Weather Underground activist goes on the run.
Director: Robert Redford | Stars: Robert Redford, Brit Marling, Stanley Tucci, Nick Nolte
Votes: 34,983 | Gross: $5.13M
Directed by Redford
The saga of an American terrorist group and... redemption
I mean how can you NOT watch a movie with the following cast:
Redford, Sarandon, Nolte, Julie Christie, Terrence Howard, Stanley Tucci, Sam Elliot, Richard Jenkins, Brendan Gleeson and LABeouf.
Gotta watch!!
57. Breach (2007)
PG-13 | 110 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
FBI upstart Eric O'Neill enters into a power game with his boss, Robert Hanssen, an agent who was put on trial for selling secrets to the Soviet Union.
Director: Billy Ray | Stars: Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe, Dennis Haysbert, Laura Linney
Votes: 61,766 | Gross: $33.23M
Awesome real Spy Story, making you wonder why people decide to swim against the current when trying to improve the tides...
58. No Country for Old Men (2007)
R | 122 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong and over two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande.
Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson
Votes: 1,060,552 | Gross: $74.28M
Good story! A bit slow.
59. Night Train to Lisbon (2013)
R | 111 min | Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Swiss Professor Raimund Gregorius abandons his lectures and buttoned-down life to embark on a thrilling adventure that will take him on a journey to the very heart of himself.
Director: Bille August | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Mélanie Laurent, Jack Huston, Martina Gedeck
Votes: 20,776
Slow story, historical fiction based the Portuguese Revolution. Wonderful words...
60. Saints and Soldiers: Airborne Creed (2012)
PG-13 | 94 min | Action, Drama, War
Two months after the Allied forces land in Normandy during WWII, the 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team sets out for Provence with the aim to protect the Allied troops en route to Berlin.
Director: Ryan Little | Stars: Rick Macy, Lincoln Hoppe, Ryan Gale, Trever Anderson
Votes: 4,281
Great WWII story.
Worth watching
61. Kill the Messenger (2014)
R | 112 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Journalist Gary Webb, California 1996, started investigating CIA's role in the 1980s in getting crack cocaine to the black part of LA to get money and weapons to the Contra insurgents in Nicaragua.
Director: Michael Cuesta | Stars: Jeremy Renner, Robert Patrick, Jena Sims, Robert Pralgo
Votes: 48,762 | Gross: $2.45M
Don't you just love watching the stories of people who actually want to make a difference?
So sad most meet a sad end. I guess we all prefer to hide behind the shadow of mediocrity, letting others manipulate our destiny for their own selfish purpose.
I wonder when we all will wake up and take a stand.
Jeremy Renner, for me, is becoming one of the best actors of today. Love how he molds into different roles and makes one believe his character is a regular individual.
62. Contraband (2012)
R | 109 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
To protect his brother-in-law from a drug lord, a former smuggler heads to Panama to score millions of dollars in counterfeit bills.
Director: Baltasar Kormákur | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Giovanni Ribisi, Kate Beckinsale, Robert Wahlberg
Votes: 126,346 | Gross: $66.53M
Endless action. Wahlberg at its best. Well worth watching
63. Saints and Soldiers (2003)
PG-13 | 90 min | Action, Drama, War
Four American soldiers and one Brit fighting in Europe during World War II struggle to return to Allied territory after being separated from U.S. forces during the historic Malmedy Massacre.
Director: Ryan Little | Stars: Corbin Allred, Alexander Polinsky, Kirby Heyborne, Larry Bagby
Votes: 21,423 | Gross: $1.31M
Sweet story, I like the acting yet a bit slow
64. Fatherland (1994 TV Movie)
106 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
In April 1964, more than twenty years after the Nazis won World War II, S.S. officer Xavier March uncovers a plot to eliminate the attendees of the Wannsee Conference so that Germany can establish better relations with the U.S.
Director: Christopher Menaul | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Miranda Richardson, Peter Vaughan, Michael Kitchen
Votes: 6,256
A wonderful "What if Movie". Then again exchange the nations for each other and you'll find parallels to current history.
65. Body of Lies (2008)
R | 128 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A CIA agent on the ground in Jordan hunts down a powerful terrorist leader while being caught between the unclear intentions of his American supervisors and Jordan Intelligence.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Mark Strong, Golshifteh Farahani
Votes: 239,580 | Gross: $39.39M
A great Spy Movie, much more real than most American movies on the subject.
66. The Bag Man (I) (2014)
R | 108 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A criminal bides his time at a seedy motel, waiting for his boss after killing several men and making away with a mystery bag.
Directors: David Grovic, Occultum Luciferus | Stars: John Cusack, Rebecca Da Costa, Robert De Niro, Crispin Glover
Votes: 17,151 | Gross: $0.05M
Good story, a bit confusing which makes it good!
67. 10th & Wolf (2006)
R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A former street tough returns to his Philadelphia home after a stint in the military. Back on his home turf, he once again finds himself tangling with the mob boss who was instrumental in his going off to be a soldier.
Director: Bobby Moresco | Stars: James Marsden, Giovanni Ribisi, Brad Renfro, Piper Perabo
Votes: 6,955 | Gross: $0.05M
Good! Gangster movie
68. Unstoppable (2010)
PG-13 | 98 min | Action, Thriller
With an unmanned, half-mile-long freight train barreling toward a city, a veteran engineer and a young conductor race against the clock to prevent a catastrophe.
Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Denzel Washington, Chris Pine, Rosario Dawson, Ethan Suplee
Votes: 207,795 | Gross: $81.56M
I loved how the tension keeps on rising in this film. Great movie making means that a classic Sunday night TV movie can become a nice movie worth watching more than once!
69. Jarhead (2005)
R | 125 min | Biography, Drama, War
A psychological study of Marine's state of mind during the Gulf War. Told through the eyes of a U.S. Marine sniper who struggles to cope with boredom, a sense of isolation, and other issues back home.
Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Lucas Black, Scott MacDonald
Votes: 206,604 | Gross: $62.66M
The way I imagine a regular war happens. Few shots and lots of waiting
70. Despicable Me (2010)
PG | 95 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Gru, a criminal mastermind, adopts three orphans as pawns to carry out the biggest heist in history. His life takes an unexpected turn when the little girls see the evildoer as their potential father.
Directors: Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud | Stars: Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Julie Andrews
Votes: 584,461 | Gross: $251.51M
I simply adore sweet innocent movies made for kids.
71. Despicable Me 2 (2013)
PG | 98 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When Gru, the world's most super-bad turned super-dad has been recruited by a team of officials to stop lethal muscle and a host of Gru's own, he has to fight back with new gadgetry, cars, and more minion madness.
Directors: Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud | Stars: Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Benjamin Bratt, Miranda Cosgrove
Votes: 426,191 | Gross: $368.06M
Gotta love the Minions!
72. The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
PG-13 | 131 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A young man, falsely imprisoned by his jealous "friend", escapes and uses a hidden treasure to exact his revenge.
Director: Kevin Reynolds | Stars: Jim Caviezel, Guy Pearce, Christopher Adamson, JB Blanc
Votes: 148,504 | Gross: $54.23M
I truly like the spin this movie gives to a classic.
73. The Drop (2014)
R | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Bob Saginowski finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deeply into the neighborhood's past where friends, families, and foes all work together to make a living--no matter the cost.
Director: Michaël R. Roskam | Stars: Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, James Gandolfini, Matthias Schoenaerts
Votes: 162,081 | Gross: $10.72M
I did like the movie quite a bit!
70% of my vote goes to Tom Hardy's great acting! Makes you wonder, until the end if, he has a mental problem, if he is "slow" or just extremely introverted. By the end you will understand...
30% goes to the writer(s) and director, quite a unique story and I love to get hooked in novel story lines.
BTW it was wonderful to see "Tony Soprano" for the last time on screen, always liked him. RIP and Bless!
74. The Expendables (2010)
R | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A CIA operative hires a team of mercenaries to eliminate a Latin dictator and a renegade CIA agent.
Director: Sylvester Stallone | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren
Votes: 364,769 | Gross: $103.07M
Gotta love Stalone's style. A silly violence movie that is quite enjoyable and fun.
Love the Cast!
75. The Expendables 2 (2012)
R | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
Mr. Church reunites the Expendables for what should be an easy paycheck, but when one of their men is murdered on the job, their quest for revenge puts them deep in enemy territory and up against an unexpected threat.
Director: Simon West | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Liam Hemsworth, Randy Couture, Jean-Claude Van Damme
Votes: 322,378 | Gross: $85.02M
Fun! Love to see the "Macho go Rambo" back in action.
76. Gangster Squad (2013)
R | 113 min | Action, Crime, Drama
It's 1949 Los Angeles, the city is run by gangsters and a malicious mobster, Mickey Cohen. Determined to end the corruption, John O'Mara assembles a team of cops, ready to take down the ruthless leader and restore peace to the city.
Director: Ruben Fleischer | Stars: Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Giovanni Ribisi
Votes: 222,797 | Gross: $46.00M
A good bad cop horrendous mobster movie.
I love LA in the 30 to 50s.
77. The World's End (2013)
R | 109 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from twenty years earlier unwittingly become humanity's only hope for survival.
Director: Edgar Wright | Stars: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman, Rosamund Pike
Votes: 298,256 | Gross: $26.00M
Silly, stupid, irrational, yet wonderful British comedy.
The fights are great! Too much funny action in them.
78. Special Forces (2011)
R | 109 min | Action, Drama, War
A French journalist in Afghanistan is kidnapped by the Taliban.
Director: Stéphane Rybojad | Stars: Diane Kruger, Djimon Hounsou, Benoît Magimel, Denis Ménochet
Votes: 19,532 | Gross: $0.01M
Good! It is great to see an Afghan war movie NOT produced by Americans
79. Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas (2013)
Unrated | 122 min | Drama, History
In the 16th century in the Cévennes, a horse dealer by the name of Michael Kohlhaas leads a happy family life. When a lord treats him unjustly, he raises an army and puts the country to fire and sword in order to have his rights restored.
Director: Arnaud des Pallières | Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Mélusine Mayance, Delphine Chuillot, David Kross
Votes: 9,202
Good movie, but sloooow as only French movies can be.
80. Transsiberian (2008)
R | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A Transsiberian train journey from China to Moscow becomes a thrilling chase of deception and murder when an American couple encounters a mysterious pair of fellow travelers.
Director: Brad Anderson | Stars: Woody Harrelson, Emily Mortimer, Ben Kingsley, Kate Mara
Votes: 54,739 | Gross: $2.20M
Good movie to watch.
Wonderful to get to see the real Russian country, once in a while.
Good story.
81. 2:22 (2008)
R | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The plan was easy; the job was not. On a snowy night a tight crew of four criminals plan to pull off a routine heist. When things go horribly wrong, friendship, loyalty and trust are pushed to the limit.
Director: Phillip Guzman | Stars: Mick Rossi, Robert Miano, Aaron Gallagher, Jorge A. Jimenez
Votes: 1,486
I guess we should consider it a "B" movie, yet a very good one.
It starts kind of slow but towards the middle it gets quire interesting.
Worth wahching...
82. In China They Eat Dogs (1999)
Not Rated | 91 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Two brothers, one cold and ruthless, the other sensitive and reluctant, and their brutal misadventures.
Director: Lasse Spang Olsen | Stars: Kim Bodnia, Dejan Cukic, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Tomas Villum Jensen
Votes: 23,046
A Euro style Tarantino movie.
Black humor at its best, exploiting the negative consequences of an innocent clueless mind.
83. Furious 6 (2013)
PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Hobbs has Dominic and Brian reassemble their crew to take down a team of mercenaries: Dominic unexpectedly gets sidetracked with facing his presumed deceased girlfriend, Letty.
Director: Justin Lin | Stars: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez
Votes: 416,981 | Gross: $238.68M
Cars!!!
84. Maleficent (2014)
PG | 97 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A vengeful fairy is driven to curse an infant princess, only to discover that the child could be the one person who can restore peace to their troubled land.
Director: Robert Stromberg | Stars: Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Sharlto Copley, Lesley Manville
Votes: 400,333 | Gross: $241.41M
Not my type of movie. Do not like Angelina Jolie, but this one is outstanding!
85. Burke and Hare (2010)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Crime, History
A black comedy about two 19th-century grave robbers who find a lucrative business providing cadavers for an Edinburgh medical school.
Director: John Landis | Stars: Bill Bailey, Tom Wilkinson, Michael Smiley, Tim Curry
Votes: 21,352 | Gross: $0.00M
British comedy, wonderful story. I enjoy British sense of humor.
86. Sunshine (2007)
R | 107 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
A team of international astronauts is sent on a dangerous mission to reignite the dying Sun with a nuclear fission bomb in 2057.
Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: Cillian Murphy, Rose Byrne, Chris Evans, Cliff Curtis
Votes: 267,534 | Gross: $3.68M
I wished more when coming from Danny Boyle. Yet worth watching.
87. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
R | 99 min | Crime, Thriller
When a simple jewelry heist goes horribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant.
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn
Votes: 1,088,503 | Gross: $2.83M
Wanna see blood?
88. The Aura (2005)
Not Rated | 134 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A deluded taxidermist plans the perfect crime.
Director: Fabián Bielinsky | Stars: Ricardo Darín, Manuel Rodal, Dolores Fonzi, Mariana Malamud
Votes: 14,744 | Gross: $0.06M
Great Drama Movie with tense suspense, a bit slow though.
89. Looper (2012)
R | 119 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
In 2074, when the mob wants to get rid of someone, the target is sent into the past, where a hired gun awaits - someone like Joe - who one day learns the mob wants to 'close the loop' by sending back Joe's future self for assassination.
Director: Rian Johnson | Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano
Votes: 603,073 | Gross: $66.49M
Good for a lazy night.
90. The Family (I) (2013)
R | 111 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
The Manzoni family, a notorious Mafia clan, is relocated to Normandy, France, under the Witness Protection Program, where fitting in soon becomes challenging as their old habits die hard.
Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dianna Agron, John D'Leo
Votes: 123,062 | Gross: $36.92M
Entertaining, funny, but characters a bit overdone
91. True Grit (2010)
PG-13 | 110 min | Drama, Western
A stubborn teenager enlists the help of a tough U.S. Marshal to track down her father's murderer.
Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Hailee Steinfeld, Josh Brolin
Votes: 357,583 | Gross: $171.24M
Another great Coen bros, movie.
Worth watching.
92. Hit and Run (I) (2012)
R | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Former getaway driver Charles Bronson jeopardizes his Witness Protection Plan identity in order to help his girlfriend get to Los Angeles. The feds and Charles' former gang chase them on the road.
Directors: David Palmer, Dax Shepard | Stars: Dax Shepard, Kristen Bell, Bradley Cooper, Kristin Chenoweth
Votes: 37,516 | Gross: $13.75M
Ideal movie to get distracted after a hard day.
93. Locke (2013)
R | 85 min | Drama
Ivan Locke, a dedicated family man and successful construction manager, receives a phone call on the eve of the biggest challenge of his career that sets in motion a series of events that threaten his carefully cultivated existence.
Director: Steven Knight | Stars: Tom Hardy, Olivia Colman, Ruth Wilson, Andrew Scott
Votes: 159,608 | Gross: $1.36M
Good to watch, interesting drama.
94. Alice in Wonderland (I) (2010)
PG | 108 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Nineteen-year-old Alice returns to the magical world from her childhood adventure, where she reunites with her old friends and learns of her true destiny: to end the Red Queen's reign of terror.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway
Votes: 441,158 | Gross: $334.19M
Good story. Great characters.
Too bad it was missing something, wish I could say what it is...
95. Shallow Grave (1994)
R | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Three friends discover their new flatmate dead but loaded with cash.
Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: Kerry Fox, Christopher Eccleston, Ewan McGregor, Ken Stott
Votes: 66,243 | Gross: $2.88M
When greed darkens common sense.
At least the end isn't soo sad.
96. 28 Days Later (2002)
R | 113 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Four weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the UK, a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary.
Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Christopher Eccleston, Alex Palmer
Votes: 445,934 | Gross: $45.06M
I dislike Zombie Movies. But this one has a better storyline.
97. The Big Lebowski (1998)
R | 117 min | Comedy, Crime
Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire of the same name, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it.
Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi
Votes: 860,568 | Gross: $17.50M
One of those movies one forgot of simply overlooked.
A Coen Bros id movie always worth watching,
Love movies where I visited the locations they used, in or around the time I was there: the bowling alley in Santa Monica, Dinah's restaurant...
Sweet memories,
98. Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014)
PG | 98 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Larry spans the globe, uniting favorite and new characters while embarking on an epic quest to save the magic before it's gone forever.
Director: Shawn Levy | Stars: Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Owen Wilson, Dick Van Dyke
Votes: 135,545 | Gross: $113.75M
Fun, like the series a lot!
Do NOT stop producing these movies
99. The Expendables 3 (2014)
PG-13 | 126 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
Barney augments his team with new blood for a personal battle: to take down Conrad Stonebanks, the Expendables co-founder and notorious arms trader who is hell bent on wiping out Barney and every single one of his associates.
Director: Patrick Hughes | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Antonio Banderas
Votes: 196,239 | Gross: $39.32M
Was expecting much more, still I enjoyed it.
Numbers I & II were such much better!
Good to watch when nothing much is going on.
100. Flickering Lights (2000)
Not Rated | 109 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A gang of 4 Danish criminals are ordered by Færingen to steal a bag from a safe. When they see DKK4,000,000 in the bag, they keep it for themselves and head for Spain. They end up in a ruin of an old restaurant on Jutland and renovate it.
Director: Anders Thomas Jensen | Stars: Søren Pilmark, Ulrich Thomsen, Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Votes: 24,211
A bit slow, maybe too much if you're used to Hollywood action.
But it's a sweet story of abused children and how they found peace by sticking together against the odds.
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