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#1 The Shawshank Redemption (1994) · ★ 8.7 · 31,423 votes · 2h 22m · drama, crimeImprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting ski…
#2 Michael (2026) · ★ 8.6 · 4,476 votes · 2h 8m · drama, history, musicThe story of Michael Jackson, one of the most influential artists the world has ever known, and his life beyond the music. His journey from the discovery of his extraordinary talen…
#3 Forrest Gump (1994) · ★ 8.5 · 30,420 votes · 2h 22m · comedy, romance, dramaA man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But…
#4 Parasite (2019) · ★ 8.5 · 21,363 votes · 2h 13m · comedy, thriller, dramaAll unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.…
#5 Spirited Away (2001) · ★ 8.5 · 18,950 votes · 2h 5m · fantasy, animation, familyA young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she ha…
#6 GoodFellas (1990) · ★ 8.5 · 14,822 votes · 2h 25m · drama, crimeThe true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the gu…
#7 Your Eyes Tell (2020) · ★ 8.5 · 512 votes · 2h 3m · romance, dramaA tragic accident lead to Akari's blindness, but she clings to life and the smaller pleasures it can still afford her. She meets Rui and begins to talk to him. Rui was once a promi…
#8 Inception (2010) · ★ 8.4 · 40,256 votes · 2h 28m · action, adventure, science-fictionCobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to…
#9 Fight Club (1999) · ★ 8.4 · 32,949 votes · 2h 19m · thriller, dramaA ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clu…
#10 Se7en (1995) · ★ 8.4 · 23,805 votes · 2h 7m · thriller, crime, mysteryTwo homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tor…
#11 The Empire Strikes Back (1980) · ★ 8.4 · 18,538 votes · 2h 4m · action, adventure, science-fictionThe epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda. But Darth Vader is more determined th…
#12 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) · ★ 8.4 · 11,800 votes · 2h 15m · dramaA petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon finds himself as a leader to the other patients—and an enemy to the cruel, domine…
#13 The Pianist (2002) · ★ 8.4 · 10,494 votes · 2h 30m · drama, warThe true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work…
#14 City of God (2002) · ★ 8.4 · 8,434 votes · 2h 9m · drama, crimeIn the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related vio…
#15 Once Upon a Time in America (1984) · ★ 8.4 · 6,237 votes · 2h 19m · drama, crimeA former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old li…
#16 Cinema Paradiso (1988) · ★ 8.4 · 4,985 votes · 2h 4m · romance, dramaA 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.…
#17 A Silent Voice: The Movie (2016) · ★ 8.4 · 4,679 votes · 2h 9m · romance, drama, animationShouya Ishida starts bullying the new girl in class, Shouko Nishimiya, because she is deaf. But as the teasing continues, the rest of the class starts to turn on Shouya for his lac…
#18 Gabriel's Inferno (2020) · ★ 8.4 · 2,483 votes · 2h 2m · romance, dramaAn intriguing and sinful exploration of seduction, forbidden love, and redemption, Gabriel's Inferno is a captivating and wildly passionate tale of one man's escape from his own pe…
#19 Harakiri (1962) · ★ 8.4 · 1,233 votes · 2h 15m · action, drama, historyDown-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi. Unemployed, and with no family, he hopes to find a place to commit seppuku—and a wort…
#20 High and Low (1963) · ★ 8.4 · 1,201 votes · 2h 22m · thriller, drama, crimeA Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.…
#21 Hope (2013) · ★ 8.4 · 919 votes · 2h 2m · dramaAfter 8-year-old So-won narrowly survives a brutal sexual assault, her family labors to help her heal while coping with their own rage and grief.…
#22 The Matrix (1999) · ★ 8.3 · 28,776 votes · 2h 16m · action, science-fictionSet in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth…
#23 Dead Poets Society (1989) · ★ 8.3 · 13,001 votes · 2h 9m · dramaAt an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, cour…
#24 Apocalypse Now (1979) · ★ 8.3 · 9,419 votes · 2h 27m · drama, warAt the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and el…
#25 Princess Mononoke (1997) · ★ 8.3 · 9,321 votes · 2h 14m · fantasy, adventure, animationAshitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure. Along the way, he encounters San, a young human…
#26 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) · ★ 8.3 · 8,863 votes · 2h 20m · action, adventure, science-fictionAfter reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters the Spider Society, a team of Spide…
#27 It's a Wonderful Life (1946) · ★ 8.3 · 5,081 votes · 2h 11m · fantasy, drama, familyGeorge Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest buil…
#28 Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2019) · ★ 8.3 · 4,596 votes · 2h 12m · dramaSeparated from his daughter, a father with an intellectual disability must prove his innocence when he is jailed for the death of a commander's child.…
#29 The Great Dictator (1940) · ★ 8.3 · 3,791 votes · 2h 5m · comedy, warDictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.…
#30 The Shadow's Edge (2025) · ★ 8.3 · 1,497 votes · 2h 22m · action, thriller, dramaMacau Police brings the tracking expert police officer out of retirement to help catch a dangerous group of professional thieves.…
#31 Ikiru (1952) · ★ 8.3 · 1,397 votes · 2h 23m · dramaKanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life.…
#32 We All Loved Each Other So Much (1974) · ★ 8.3 · 663 votes · 2h 5m · comedy, dramaThree partisans bound by a strong friendship return home after the war, but the clash with everyday reality puts a strain on their bond.…
#33 I Swear (2025) · ★ 8.3 · 590 votes · 2h 1m · drama, historyDiagnosed with Tourette Syndrome at 15, John Davidson navigates his way against the odds through troubled teenage years and into adulthood, finding inspiration in the kindness of o…
#34 Violet Evergarden: The Movie (2020) · ★ 8.3 · 547 votes · 2h 20m · fantasy, romance, dramaAs the world moves on from the war and technological advances bring changes to her life, Violet still hopes to see her lost commanding officer again.…
#35 Radical (2023) · ★ 8.3 · 513 votes · 2h 5m · dramaIn a Mexican border town plagued by neglect, corruption, and violence, a frustrated teacher tries an unorthodox new method to break through his students’ apathy and unlock their cu…
#36 Avengers: Infinity War (2018) · ★ 8.2 · 33,058 votes · 2h 29m · action, adventure, science-fictionAs the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Thanos. A…
#37 Shutter Island (2010) · ★ 8.2 · 26,482 votes · 2h 18m · thriller, drama, mysteryWorld War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by tro…
#38 Star Wars (1977) · ★ 8.2 · 22,955 votes · 2h 1m · action, adventure, science-fictionPrincess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo tea…
#39 The Shining (1980) · ★ 8.2 · 19,368 votes · 2h 24m · thriller, horrorJack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter.…
#40 The Prestige (2006) · ★ 8.2 · 18,162 votes · 2h 10m · drama, science-fiction, mysteryA 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 consequ…