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Best movies (all time)

A ranking of movies of any genre.

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12 Angry Men
50

12 Angry Men

(1957)
12 Angry Men is a 1957 American drama film with elements of film noir, adapted from a teleplay of the same name by Reginald Rose. Written and co-produced by Rose himself and directed by Sidney Lumet, this trial film tells the stor...
8.5
8.5
from 2 votes
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Pink Floyd – The Wall
50

Pink Floyd – The Wall

(1982)
Pink Floyd – The Wall is a 1982 British live-action/animated psychological horror musical film directed by Alan Parker with animated scenes by political cartoonist Gerald Scarfe, and is based on the 1979 Pink Floyd album of the sa...
8.5
8.5
from 2 votes
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Kung Fu Hustle
50

Kung Fu Hustle

(2004)
Kung Fu Hustle is a 2004 Hong Kong-Chinese action comedy martial arts film. It was directed, co-written and co-produced by Stephen Chow, who also stars in the lead role. The other producers were Chui Po-chu and Jeffrey Lau, and th...
8.5
8.5
from 2 votes
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Thirteen Days
50

Thirteen Days

(2000)
Thirteen Days is a 2000 American historical drama-thriller film directed by Roger Donaldson dramatizing the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, seen from the perspective of the US political leadership. Kevin Costner stars, with Bruce Gr...
8.5
8.5
from 2 votes
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Samsara
50

Samsara

(2011)
Samsara is a 2011 non-narrative documentary film, directed by Ron Fricke and produced by Mark Magidson, who also collaborated on Baraka (1992), a film of a similar vein. Samsara was filmed over five years in 25 countries around th...
8.5
8.5
from 2 votes
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Army of Darkness
50

Army of Darkness

(1992)
Army of Darkness is a 1992 American horror comedy film directed by Sam Raimi. It is the third installment of the Evil Dead franchise. The film was written by Sam Raimi and his brother Ivan, produced by Robert Tapert, and stars Bru...
8.5
8.5
from 2 votes
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Dr. Strangelove
50

Dr. Strangelove

(1964)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, more commonly known as Dr. Strangelove, is a 1964 political satire black comedy film that satirizes the Cold War fears of a nuclear conflict between the USSR an...
8.5
8.5
from 2 votes
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Braindead
50

Braindead

(1992)
Braindead (also known as Dead Alive in North America) is a 1992 New Zealand zombie comedy film directed by Peter Jackson. Written by Jackson with his partner Fran Walsh and Stephen Sinclair, the film was a commercial failure at th...
8.5
8.5
from 2 votes
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V for Vendetta
50

V for Vendetta

(2006)
V for Vendetta is a 2006 dystopian political thriller film directed by James McTeigue and written by the Wachowski Brothers, based on the 1988 Vertigo Comics limited series of the same name by Alan Moore and David Lloyd. The film...
8.5
8.5
from 2 votes
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The Green Mile
60

The Green Mile

(1999)
The Green Mile is a 1999 American fantasy crime drama film directed by Frank Darabont and adapted from the 1996 Stephen King novel of the same name. The film is told in a flashback format and stars Tom Hanks as Paul Edgecomb and M...
8.4
8.4
from 7 votes
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The Matrix
61

The Matrix

(1999)
The Matrix is a 1999 American science fiction action film written and directed by The Wachowskis, starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, and Joe Pantoliano. It depicts a dystopian future in whic...
8.4
8.4
from 10 votes
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Toy Story 3
62

Toy Story 3

(2010)
Toy Story 3 is a 2010 American 3D computer-animated comedy-drama film, and the third installment in the Toy Story series. It was produced by Pixar and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Lee Unkrich, the screenplay was w...
8.4
8.4
from 5 votes
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Ex Machina
62

Ex Machina

(2015)
Ex Machina (stylized as ex_machina) is a 2015 British science fiction psychological thriller film written and directed by Alex Garland in his directing debut. It stars Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander, Sonoya Mizuno and Oscar Isa...
8.4
8.4
from 5 votes
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Alien
64

Alien

(1979)
Alien is a 1979 science-fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott, and starring Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm and Yaphet Kotto. The film's title refers to a highly...
8.4
8.4
from 13 votes
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Inception
65

Inception

(2010)
Inception is a 2010 science fiction heist thriller film written, produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan. The film stars a large ensemble cast that includes Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Page, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard...
8.4
8.4
from 19 votes
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Interstellar
66

Interstellar

(2014)
Interstellar is a 2014 epic science fiction film directed by Christopher Nolan, starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain and Michael Caine. The film features a crew of astronauts who travel through a wormhole...
8.4
8.4
from 36 votes
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Predator
67

Predator

(1987)
Predator is a 1987 American science fiction action film directed by John McTiernan and was distributed by 20th Century Fox. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as the leader of an elite special forces team, who are on a mission to resc...
8.3
8.3
from 6 votes
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Terminator Genisys
68

Terminator Genisys

(2015)
Terminator Genisys (a.k.a. Terminator 5) is an American science fiction action film directed by Alan Taylor and written by Laeta Kalogridis and Patrick Lussier. Set in the year 2029, it is the fifth installment in the Terminator s...
8.3
8.3
from 3 votes
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The Peanuts Movie
68

The Peanuts Movie

(2015)
The Peanuts Movie (known in some countries as Snoopy and Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie) is a 2015 American 3D computer-animated comedy film produced by Blue Sky Studios and distributed by 20th Century Fox, based on Charles M. S...
8.3
8.3
from 3 votes
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Fantastic Mr. Fox
68

Fantastic Mr. Fox

(2009)
Fantastic Mr. Fox is a 2009 American stop-motion animated comedy film based on the Roald Dahl children's novel of the same name. The film is about a fox who steals food each night from three mean and wealthy farmers. They are fed...
8.3
8.3
from 3 votes
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The Grand Budapest Hotel
68

The Grand Budapest Hotel

(2014)
The Grand Budapest Hotel is a 2014 comedy film directed by Wes Anderson. The screenplay by Anderson is from a story by Anderson and Hugo Guinness, inspired by the writings of Stefan Zweig. It stars Ralph Ralph Fiennes as a concier...
8.3
8.3
from 3 votes
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Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
68

Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation

(2015)
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation is a 2015 American action spy film written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie. It is the fifth installment in the Mission: Impossible series and was preceded by Mission: Impossible – Ghost Pro...
8.3
8.3
from 3 votes
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The Good Dinosaur
68

The Good Dinosaur

(2015)
The Good Dinosaur is a 2015 American 3D computer-animated adventure comedy-drama film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The film stars Raymond Ochoa, Jack Bright, Sam Elliott, Anna Paquin, A...
8.3
8.3
from 3 votes
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Django Unchained
74

Django Unchained

(2012)
Django Unchained is a 2012 American black comedy western film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, starring Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, and Samuel L. Jackson. Set in the Old West and ant...
8.3
8.3
from 4 votes
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12 Monkeys
74

12 Monkeys

(1995)
12 Monkeys, also known as Twelve Monkeys, is a 1995 American neo-noir science fiction film directed by Terry Gilliam, inspired by Chris Marker's 1962 short film La Jetée, and starring Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, and Brad Pitt,...
8.3
8.3
from 4 votes
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Captain Phillips
76

Captain Phillips

(2013)
Captain Phillips is a 2013 American biographical survival thriller film directed by Paul Greengrass and starring Tom Hanks and Barkhad Abdi. The film is inspired by the true story of the 2009 Maersk Alabama hijacking, an incident...
8.1
8.1
from 8 votes
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The Dark Knight Rises
77

The Dark Knight Rises

(2012)
The Dark Knight Rises is a 2012 British-American epic superhero film directed by Christopher Nolan, who co-wrote the screenplay with his brother Jonathan Nolan, and the story with David S. Goyer. Featuring the DC Comics character...
8
8
from 8 votes
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
78

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

(2002)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is a 2002 fantasy film directed by Chris Columbus and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is based on the novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. The film, which is the second instalme...
8
8
from 5 votes
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K-PAX
79

K-PAX

(2001)
K-PAX is a 2001 American science fiction-mystery film directed by Iain Softley and starring Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, Mary McCormack and Alfre Woodard. The screenplay, written by Gene Brewer and Charles Leavitt, is based on the...
8
8
from 3 votes
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A Bug's Life
79

A Bug's Life

(1998)
A Bug's Life (stylized as a bug's life) is a 1998 American computer-animated comedy adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and was distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. It is Pixar's second film to be made after Toy Sto...
8
8
from 3 votes
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Léon: The Professional
79

Léon: The Professional

(1994)
Léon: The Professional (French: Léon; also known as The Professional) is a 1994 English-language French crime thriller film written and directed by Luc Besson. It stars Jean Reno and Gary Oldman, and features the motion picture de...
8
8
from 3 votes
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Sin City
79

Sin City

(2005)
Sin City (also known as Frank Miller's Sin City) is a 2005 American neo-noir crime thriller anthology film written, produced, and directed by Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez. It is based on Miller's graphic novel Sin City. Much...
8
8
from 3 votes
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Schindler's List
83

Schindler's List

(1993)
Schindler's List is a 1993 American epic historical period drama film, directed and co-produced by Steven Spielberg and scripted by Steven Zaillian. It is based on the novel Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally, an Australian noveli...
8
8
from 2 votes
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Back to the Future Part III
83

Back to the Future Part III

(1990)
Back to the Future Part III is a 1990 American comic science fiction-Western film, and the third and final installment of the Back to the Future trilogy. The film was directed by Robert Zemeckis, and stars Michael J. Fox, Christop...
8
8
from 2 votes
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Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
83

Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas

(2000)
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (promoted theatrically as The Grinch) is a 2000 American family comedy Christmas film from Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment, based on the 1957 story of the same name by Dr. Seu...
8
8
from 2 votes
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Whiplash
83

Whiplash

(2014)
Whiplash is a 2014 American drama film written and directed by Damien Chazelle based on his experiences in the Princeton High School Studio Band. Starring Miles Teller and J. K. Simmons, the film depicts the relationship between a...
8
8
from 2 votes
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Mad Max
83

Mad Max

(1979)
Mad Max is a 1979 Australian dystopian action film directed by George Miller, produced by Byron Kennedy, and starring Mel Gibson. James McCausland and Miller wrote the screenplay from a story by Miller and Kennedy, uncredits. The...
8
8
from 2 votes
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Mad Max 2
83

Mad Max 2

(1981)
Mad Max 2 (also known as The Road Warrior and Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior) is a 1981 Australian post-apocalyptic action film directed by George Miller. The film is the second installment in the Mad Max film series, with Mel Gibson...
8
8
from 2 votes
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The Evil Dead
83

The Evil Dead

(1981)
The Evil Dead is a 1981 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Sam Raimi and executive produced by Raimi and Bruce Campbell, who also stars alongside Ellen Sandweiss and Betsy Baker. The Evil Dead focuses on fiv...
8
8
from 2 votes
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Monsters, Inc.
90

Monsters, Inc.

(2001)
Monsters, Inc. is a 2001 American computer-animated comedy film directed by Pete Docter, produced by Pixar, and released by Walt Disney Pictures. John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton both served as executive producers. The film was co...
8
8
from 1 vote
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District 9
90

District 9

(2009)
District 9 is a 2009 science fiction thriller film directed by Neill Blomkamp, written by Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, and produced by Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham. The film stars Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, and David Ja...
8
8
from 1 vote
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Big Eyes
90

Big Eyes

(2014)
Big Eyes is a 2014 American biographical drama film directed by Tim Burton, and starring Amy Adams and Christoph Waltz. The film focuses on American artist Margaret Keane (Adams), whose work was fraudulently claimed in the 1950s a...
8
8
from 1 vote
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Guardians of the Galaxy
90

Guardians of the Galaxy

(2014)
Guardians of the Galaxy is a 2014 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the tenth installment i...
8
8
from 1 vote
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Paths of Glory
90

Paths of Glory

(1957)
Paths of Glory is a 1957 American anti-war film by Stanley Kubrick based on the novel of the same name by Humphrey Cobb. Set during World War I, the film stars Kirk Douglas as Colonel Dax, the commanding officer of French soldiers...
8
8
from 1 vote
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind
90

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

(1977)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a 1977 American science fiction film, written and directed by Steven Spielberg and featuring Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Melinda Dillon, Teri Garr, Bob Balaban, and Cary Guffey. It te...
8
8
from 1 vote
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Boyhood
90

Boyhood

(2014)
Boyhood is a 2014 American independent coming-of-age drama film, written and directed by Richard Linklater, and starring Patricia Arquette, Ellar Coltrane, Lorelei Linklater, and Ethan Hawke. Shot intermittently from 2002 to 2013,...
8
8
from 1 vote
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Selma
90

Selma

(2014)
Selma is a 2014 American historical drama film directed by Ava DuVernay and written by Paul Webb. It is based on the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches led by James Bevel, Hosea Williams, Martin Luther King, Jr., and J...
8
8
from 1 vote
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Sicario
90

Sicario

(2015)
Sicario is a 2015 American action crime thriller film directed by Denis Villeneuve and starring Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro, and Josh Brolin. Written by Taylor Sheridan, the film is about a principled FBI agent who is enlisted b...
8
8
from 1 vote
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A.I. Artificial Intelligence
90

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

(2001)
A.I. Artificial Intelligence, also known as A.I., is a 2001 American science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg. The screenplay by Spielberg and screen story by Ian Watson was based on the 1969 short story "Super-Toys Last...
8
8
from 1 vote
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The Killing
90

The Killing

(1956)
The Killing is a 1956 film noir produced by James B. Harris and directed by Stanley Kubrick. It was written by Kubrick and Jim Thompson and based on the novel Clean Break by Lionel White. The drama features Sterling Hayden, Coleen...
8
8
from 1 vote
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