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1.
Dune
(2021) this feature.
PG-13
| 155 min
| Action, Adventure, Drama

8.1

Rate
74
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most valuable asset and most vital element in the galaxy.
Director:
Denis Villeneuve
| Stars:
Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson,
Zendaya, Oscar Isaac
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Votes:
486,284 a list of 25 titles

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2.
Hamilton
(2020)
PG-13
| 160 min
| Biography, Drama, History

8.4

Rate
90
Metascore
The real life of one of America's foremost founding fathers and
Films I have seen in
first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton. Captured live the 2010s ranked
on Broadway from the Richard Rodgers Theater with the original a list of 78 titles
Broadway cast.
Director:
Thomas Kail
| Stars:
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Phillipa Soo, Leslie Odom
Jr., Renée Elise Goldsberry

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Votes:
82,868
3.
Jojo Rabbit
(2019)
PG-13
| 108 min
| Comedy, Drama, War

7.9

Rate
58
Metascore
A young German boy in the Hitler Youth whose hero and
imaginary friend is the country's dictator is shocked to discover
that his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home.
Director:
Taika Waititi
| Stars:
Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie,
Scarlett Johansson, Taika Waititi

Votes:
358,538
| Gross:
$0.35M
4.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
(2018)
PG
| 117 min
| Animation, Action, Adventure

8.4

Rate
87
Metascore
Teen Miles Morales becomes the Spider-Man of his universe, and
must join with five spider-powered individuals from other
dimensions to stop a threat for all realities.
Directors:
Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman
| Stars:
Shameik
Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali

Votes:
470,853
| Gross:
$190.24M
5.
Coco
(I) (2017)
PG
| 105 min
| Animation, Adventure, Comedy

8.4

Rate
81
Metascore
Aspiring musician Miguel, confronted with his family's ancestral
ban on music, enters the Land of the Dead to find his great-
great-grandfather, a legendary singer.
Directors:
Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina
| Stars:
Anthony Gonzalez, Gael García
Bernal, Benjamin Bratt, Alanna Ubach

Votes:
462,367
| Gross:
$209.73M
6.
Zootopia
(2016)
PG
| 108 min

8

Rate
78
Metascore
In a city of anthropomorphic animals, a rookie bunny cop and a
cynical con artist fox must work together to uncover a
conspiracy.
Directors:
Byron Howard, Rich Moore, Jared Bush
| Stars:
Ginnifer Goodwin,
Jason Bateman, Idris Elba, Jenny Slate

Votes:
473,516
| Gross:
$341.27M
7.
Inside Out
(I) (2015)
PG
| 95 min

8.1

Rate
94
Metascore
After young Riley is uprooted from her Midwest life and moved to
San Francisco, her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and
Sadness - conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house, and
school.
Directors:
Pete Docter, Ronnie Del Carmen
| Stars:
Amy Poehler, Bill Hader,
Lewis Black, Mindy Kaling

Votes:
675,815
| Gross:
$356.46M
8.
Guardians of the Galaxy
(2014)
PG-13
| 121 min
| Action, Adventure, Comedy

8

Rate
76
Metascore
A group of intergalactic criminals must pull together to stop a
fanatical warrior with plans to purge the universe.
Director:
James Gunn
| Stars:
Chris Pratt, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Zoe
Saldana

Votes:
1,124,549
| Gross:
$333.18M
9.
Gravity
(2013)
PG-13
| 91 min
| Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

7.7

Rate
96
Metascore
Two astronauts work together to survive after an accident leaves
them stranded in space.
Director:
Alfonso Cuarón
| Stars:
Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed Harris,
Orto Ignatiussen

Votes:
805,400
| Gross:
$274.09M
10.
Moonrise Kingdom
(2012)
PG-13
| 94 min
| Comedy, Drama, Romance

7.8

Rate
84
Metascore
A pair of young lovers flee their New England town, which causes
a local search party to fan out to find them.
Director:
Wes Anderson
| Stars:
Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Bruce Willis,
Bill Murray

Votes:
340,226
| Gross:
$45.51M
11.
The Tree of Life
(2011)
PG-13
| 139 min
| Drama, Fantasy

6.8

Rate
85
Metascore
The story of a family in Waco, Texas in 1956. The eldest son
witnesses the loss of innocence and struggles with his parents'
conflicting teachings.
Director:
Terrence Malick
| Stars:
Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain,
Hunter McCracken

Votes:
174,323
| Gross:
$13.30M
12.
The Social Network
(2010)
PG-13
| 120 min
| Biography, Drama

7.7

Rate
95
Metascore
As Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social
networking site that would become known as Facebook, he is
sued by the twins who claimed he stole their idea, and by the co-
founder who was later squeezed out of the business.
Director:
David Fincher
| Stars:
Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin
Timberlake, Rooney Mara

Votes:
674,197
| Gross:
$96.96M
13.
Up
(2009)
PG
| 96 min

8.2

Rate
88
Metascore
78-year-old Carl Fredricksen travels to Paradise Falls in his house
equipped with balloons, inadvertently taking a young stowaway.
Directors:
Pete Docter, Bob Peterson
| Stars:
Edward Asner, Jordan Nagai,
John Ratzenberger, Christopher Plummer

Votes:
1,000,547
| Gross:
$293.00M
14.
The Dark Knight
(2008)
PG-13
| 152 min
| Action, Crime, Drama

9

Rate
84
Metascore
When the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos
on the people of Gotham, Batman must accept one of the
greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight
injustice.
Director:
Christopher Nolan
| Stars:
Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron
Eckhart, Michael Caine

Votes:
2,496,258
| Gross:
$534.86M
15.
Ratatouille
(2007)
G
| 111 min

8

Rate
96
Metascore
A rat who can cook makes an unusual alliance with a young
kitchen worker at a famous Paris restaurant.
Directors:
Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava
| Stars:
Brad Garrett, Lou Romano, Patton
Oswalt, Ian Holm

Votes:
687,079
| Gross:
$206.45M
16.
Batman Begins
(2005)
PG-13
| 140 min
| Action, Crime, Drama

8.2

Rate
70
Metascore
After training with his mentor, Batman begins his fight to free
crime-ridden Gotham City from corruption.
Director:
Christopher Nolan
| Stars:
Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Ken
Watanabe, Liam Neeson

Votes:
1,393,345
| Gross:
$206.85M
17.
The Incredibles
(2004)
PG
| 115 min

8

Rate
90
Metascore
A family of undercover superheroes, while trying to live the quiet
suburban life, are forced into action to save the world.
Director:
Brad Bird
| Stars:
Craig T. Nelson, Samuel L. Jackson, Holly Hunter,
Jason Lee

Votes:
695,895
| Gross:
$261.44M
18.
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
(2003)
PG-13
| 201 min

8.9

Rate
94
Metascore
Gandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron's
army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach
Mount Doom with the One Ring.
Director:
Peter Jackson
| Stars:
Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen,
Orlando Bloom

Votes:
1,754,954
| Gross:
$377.85M
19.
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
(2002)
PG
| 179 min

8.7

Rate
87
Metascore
While Frodo and Sam edge closer to Mordor with the help of the
shifty Gollum, the divided fellowship makes a stand against
Sauron's new ally, Saruman, and his hordes of Isengard.
Director:
Peter Jackson
| Stars:
Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen,
Orlando Bloom

Votes:
1,585,626
| Gross:
$342.55M
20.
Spirited Away
(2001)
PG
| 125 min
| Animation, Adventure, Family

8.6

Rate
96
Metascore
During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl
wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches, and spirits, and
where humans are changed into beasts.
Director:
Hayao Miyazaki
| Stars:
Daveigh Chase, Suzanne Pleshette, Miyu
Irino, Rumi Hiiragi

Votes:
718,811
| Gross:
$10.06M
21.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
(2000)
PG-13
| 120 min

7.8

Rate
94
Metascore
A young Chinese warrior steals a sword from a famed swordsman
and then escapes into a world of romantic adventure with a
mysterious man in the frontier of the nation.
Director:
Ang Lee
| Stars:
Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang, Chang
Chen

Votes:
263,987
| Gross:
$128.08M
22.
Toy Story 2
(1999)
G
| 92 min

7.9

Rate
88
Metascore
When Woody is stolen by a toy collector, Buzz and his friends set
out on a rescue mission to save Woody before he becomes a
museum toy property with his roundup gang Jessie, Prospector,
and Bullseye.
Directors:
John Lasseter, Ash Brannon, Lee Unkrich
| Stars:
Tom Hanks, Tim
Allen, Joan Cusack, Kelsey Grammer

Votes:
559,850
| Gross:
$245.85M
23.
Princess Mononoke
(1997)
PG-13
| 134 min

8.4

Rate
76
Metascore
On a journey to find the cure for a Tatarigami's curse, Ashitaka
finds himself in the middle of a war between the forest gods and
Tatara, a mining colony. In this quest he also meets San, the
Mononoke Hime.
Director:
Hayao Miyazaki
| Stars:
Yôji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yûko Tanaka,
Billy Crudup

Votes:
376,063
| Gross:
$2.38M
24.
Toy Story
(1995)
G
| 81 min

8.3

Rate
95
Metascore
A cowboy doll is profoundly threatened and jealous when a new
spaceman figure supplants him as top toy in a boy's room.
Director:
John Lasseter
| Stars:
Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Jim
Varney

Votes:
950,575
| Gross:
$191.80M
25.
Forrest Gump
(1994)
PG-13
| 142 min
| Drama, Romance

8.8

Rate
82
Metascore
The presidencies of Kennedy and Johnson, the Vietnam War, the
Watergate scandal and other historical events unfold from the
perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, whose only
desire is to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart.
Director:
Robert Zemeckis
| Stars:
Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise,
Sally Field

Votes:
1,964,507
| Gross:
$330.25M
26.
Aladdin
(1992)
G
| 90 min

8

Rate
86
Metascore
A kindhearted street urchin and a power-hungry Grand Vizier vie
for a magic lamp that has the power to make their deepest
wishes come true.
Directors:
Ron Clements, John Musker
| Stars:
Scott Weinger, Robin
Williams, Linda Larkin, Jonathan Freeman

Votes:
394,886
| Gross:
$217.35M
27.
My Neighbor Totoro
(1988)
G
| 86 min
| Animation, Comedy, Family

8.2

Rate
86
Metascore
When two girls move to the country to be near their ailing
mother, they have adventures with the wondrous forest spirits
who live nearby.
Director:
Hayao Miyazaki
| Stars:
Hitoshi Takagi, Noriko Hidaka, Chika
Sakamoto, Shigesato Itoi

Votes:
321,736
| Gross:
$1.11M
28.
Hoosiers
(1986)
PG
| 114 min
| Drama, Sport

7.5

Rate
76
Metascore
A coach with a checkered past and a local drunk train a small
town high school basketball team to become a top contender for
the championship.
Director:
David Anspaugh
| Stars:
Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis
Hopper, Sheb Wooley

Votes:
46,171
| Gross:
$28.61M
29.
Back to the Future
(1985)
PG
| 116 min
| Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

8.5

Rate
87
Metascore
Marty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally
sent thirty years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean
invented by his close friend, the eccentric scientist Doc Brown.
Director:
Robert Zemeckis
| Stars:
Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea
Thompson, Crispin Glover

Votes:
1,144,060
| Gross:
$210.61M
30.
Stop Making Sense
(1984)
Not Rated
| 88 min
| Documentary, Music

8.6

Rate
89
Metascore
An innovative concert movie for the rock group Talking Heads.
Director:
Jonathan Demme
| Stars:
David Byrne, Bernie Worrell, Alex Weir,
Steven Scales

Votes:
14,998
| Gross:
$5.02M
31.
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
(1983)
PG
| 131 min
| Action, Adventure, Fantasy

8.3

Rate
58
Metascore
After a daring mission to rescue Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt,
the Rebels dispatch to Endor to destroy the second Death Star.
Meanwhile, Luke struggles to help Darth Vader back from the
dark side without falling into the Emperor's trap.
Director:
Richard Marquand
| Stars:
Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie
Fisher, Billy Dee Williams

Votes:
1,008,960
| Gross:
$309.13M
32.
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
(1982)
PG
| 115 min
| Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi

7.8

Rate
91
Metascore
A troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien
escape Earth and return to his home world.
Director:
Steven Spielberg
| Stars:
Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Peter
Coyote, Dee Wallace

Votes:
395,010
| Gross:
$435.11M
33.
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
(1981)
PG
| 115 min
| Action, Adventure

8.4

Rate
85
Metascore
In 1936, archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by
the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before Adolf
Hitler's Nazis can obtain its awesome powers.
Director:
Steven Spielberg
| Stars:
Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul
Freeman, John Rhys-Davies

Votes:
934,490
| Gross:
$248.16M
34.
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
(1980)
PG
| 124 min

8.7

Rate
82
Metascore
After the Rebels are brutally overpowered by the Empire on the
ice planet Hoth, Luke Skywalker begins Jedi training with Yoda,
while his friends are pursued across the galaxy by Darth Vader
and bounty hunter Boba Fett.
Director:
Irvin Kershner
| Stars:
Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher,
Billy Dee Williams

Votes:
1,234,315
| Gross:
$290.48M
35.
Stalker
(1979)
Not Rated
| 162 min
| Drama, Sci-Fi

8.1

Rate
A guide leads two men through an area known as the Zone to
find a room that grants wishes.
Director:
Andrei Tarkovsky
| Stars:
Alisa Freyndlikh, Aleksandr
Kaydanovskiy, Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Nikolay Grinko

Votes:
129,892
| Gross:
$0.23M
36.
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
(1977)
PG
| 121 min

8.6

Rate
90
Metascore
Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a
Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's
world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue
Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vader.
Director:
George Lucas
| Stars:
Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher,
Alec Guinness

Votes:
1,305,830
| Gross:
$322.74M
37.
Jaws
(1975)
PG
| 124 min
| Adventure, Thriller

8

Rate
87
Metascore
When a killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off
Long Island, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an
old seafarer to hunt the beast down.
Director:
Steven Spielberg
| Stars:
Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard
Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary

Votes:
574,198
| Gross:
$260.00M
38.
The Sting
(1973)
PG
| 129 min
| Comedy, Crime, Drama

8.3

Rate
83
Metascore
Two grifters team up to pull off the ultimate con.
Director:
George Roy Hill
| Stars:
Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert
Shaw, Charles Durning

Votes:
254,940
| Gross:
$159.60M
39.
2001: A Space Odyssey
(1968)
G
| 149 min
| Adventure, Sci-Fi

8.3

Rate
84
Metascore
The Monoliths push humanity to reach for the stars; after their
discovery in Africa generations ago, the mysterious objects lead
mankind on an awesome journey to Jupiter, with the help of
H.A.L. 9000: the world's greatest supercomputer.
Director:
Stanley Kubrick
| Stars:
Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William
Sylvester, Daniel Richter

Votes:
644,205
| Gross:
$56.95M
40.
The Graduate
(1967)
PG
| 106 min

8

Rate
83
Metascore
A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his
older lover and her daughter.
Director:
Mike Nichols
| Stars:
Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine
Ross, William Daniels

Votes:
267,070
| Gross:
$104.95M
41.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
(1966)
R
| 178 min
| Adventure, Western

8.8

Rate
90
Metascore
A bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance
against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a
remote cemetery.
Director:
Sergio Leone
| Stars:
Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef,
Aldo Giuffrè

Votes:
734,478
| Gross:
$6.10M
42.
The Sound of Music
(1965)
G
| 172 min
| Biography, Drama, Family

8

Rate
63
Metascore
A young novitiate is sent by her convent in 1930s Austria to
become a governess to the seven children of a widowed naval
officer.
Director:
Robert Wise
| Stars:
Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor
Parker, Richard Haydn

Votes:
222,067
| Gross:
$163.21M
43.
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop
Worrying and Love the Bomb
(1964)
PG
| 95 min
| Comedy, War

8.4

Rate
97
Metascore
An insane American general orders a bombing attack on the
Soviet Union, triggering a path to nuclear holocaust that a war
room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop.
Director:
Stanley Kubrick
| Stars:
Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling
Hayden, Keenan Wynn

Votes:
475,524
| Gross:
$0.28M
44.
8½
(1963)
Not Rated
| 138 min
| Drama

8

Rate
91
Metascore
A harried movie director retreats into his memories and
fantasies.
Director:
Federico Fellini
| Stars:
Marcello Mastroianni, Anouk Aimée, Claudia
Cardinale, Sandra Milo

Votes:
115,498
| Gross:
$0.05M
45.
Lawrence of Arabia
(1962)
Approved
| 228 min
| Adventure, Biography, Drama

8.3

Rate
100
Metascore
The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully
united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during
World War I in order to fight the Turks.
Director:
David Lean
| Stars:
Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn,
Jack Hawkins

Votes:
285,108
| Gross:
$44.82M
46.
West Side Story
(1961)
Approved
| 153 min
| Crime, Drama, Musical

7.5

Rate
86
Metascore
Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but
tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.
Directors:
Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise
| Stars:
Natalie Wood, George
Chakiris, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn

Votes:
108,688
| Gross:
$43.66M
47.
Psycho
(1960)
R
| 109 min
| Horror, Mystery, Thriller

8.5

Rate
97
Metascore
A Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer's
client, goes on the run, and checks into a remote motel run by a
young man under the domination of his mother.
Director:
Alfred Hitchcock
| Stars:
Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles,
John Gavin

Votes:
645,747
| Gross:
$32.00M
48.
Some Like It Hot
(1959)
Passed
| 121 min
| Comedy, Music, Romance

8.2

Rate
98
Metascore
After two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in
an all-female band disguised as women, but further
complications set in.
Director:
Billy Wilder
| Stars:
Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon,
George Raft

Votes:
259,499
| Gross:
$25.00M
49.
12 Angry Men
(1957)
Approved
| 96 min
| Crime, Drama

9

Rate
96
Metascore
The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single
member whose skeptical caution forces them to more carefully
consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.
Director:
Sidney Lumet
| Stars:
Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Martin Balsam,
John Fiedler

Votes:
752,291
| Gross:
$4.36M
50.
Rear Window
(1954)
PG
| 112 min
| Mystery, Thriller

8.5

Rate
100
Metascore
A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his
Greenwich Village courtyard apartment window, and becomes
convinced one of them has committed murder, despite the
skepticism of his fashion-model girlfriend.
Director:
Alfred Hitchcock
| Stars:
James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell
Corey, Thelma Ritter

Votes:
475,568
| Gross:
$36.76M
51.
Ikiru
(1952)
Not Rated
| 143 min
| Drama

8.3

Rate
91
Metascore
A bureaucrat tries to find meaning in his life after he discovers he
has terminal cancer.
Director:
Akira Kurosawa
| Stars:
Takashi Shimura, Nobuo Kaneko, Shin'ichi
Himori, Haruo Tanaka

Votes:
75,748
| Gross:
$0.06M
52.
The African Queen
(1951)
PG
| 105 min
| Adventure, Drama, Romance

7.8

Rate
91
Metascore
In WWI East Africa, a gin-swilling Canadian riverboat captain is
persuaded by a strait-laced English missionary to undertake a
trip up a treacherous river and use his boat to attack a German
gunship.
Director:
John Huston
| Stars:
Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert
Morley, Peter Bull

Votes:
77,190
| Gross:
$0.54M
53.
Sunset Blvd.
(1950)
Passed
| 110 min
| Drama, Film-Noir

8.4

Rate
A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded
film star determined to make a triumphant return.
Director:
Billy Wilder
| Stars:
William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von
Stroheim, Nancy Olson

Votes:
215,347
54.
Bicycle Thieves
(1948)
Not Rated
| 89 min
| Drama

8.3

Rate
In post-war Italy, a working-class man's bicycle is stolen,
endangering his efforts to find work. He and his son set out to
find it.
Director:
Vittorio De Sica
| Stars:
Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola,
Lianella Carell, Elena Altieri

Votes:
159,054
| Gross:
$0.33M
55.
Meet Me in St. Louis
(1944)
Passed
| 113 min
| Comedy, Drama, Family

7.6

Rate
94
Metascore
Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-
of-the-century family.
Director:
Vincente Minnelli
| Stars:
Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Mary
Astor, Lucille Bremer

Votes:
23,766
| Gross:
$7.57M
56.
Casablanca
(1942)
PG
| 102 min
| Drama, Romance, War

8.5

Rate
100
Metascore
A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide
whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband
escape the Nazis in French Morocco.
Director:
Michael Curtiz
| Stars:
Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul
Henreid, Claude Rains

Votes:
553,951
| Gross:
$1.02M
57.
Citizen Kane
(1941)
PG
| 119 min
| Drama, Mystery

8.3

Rate
100
Metascore
Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane,
reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance;
'Rosebud'.
Director:
Orson Welles
| Stars:
Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy
Comingore, Agnes Moorehead

Votes:
430,374
| Gross:
$1.59M
58.
The Great Dictator
(1940)
G
| 125 min
| Comedy, Drama, War

8.4

Rate
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor
Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
Director:
Charles Chaplin
| Stars:
Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack
Oakie, Reginald Gardiner

Votes:
217,794
| Gross:
$0.29M
59.
Gone with the Wind
(1939)
Passed
| 238 min
| Drama, History, Romance

8.1

Rate
97
Metascore
The manipulative daughter of a Georgia plantation owner
conducts a turbulent romance with a roguish profiteer during the
American Civil War and Reconstruction periods.
Directors:
Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Sam Wood
| Stars:
Clark Gable,
Vivien Leigh, Thomas Mitchell, Barbara O'Neil

Votes:
307,107
| Gross:
$198.68M
60.
Bringing Up Baby
(1938)
Passed
| 102 min
| Comedy

7.9

Rate
91
Metascore
While trying to secure a $1 million donation for his museum, a
befuddled paleontologist is pursued by a flighty and often
irritating heiress and her pet leopard, Baby.
Director:
Howard Hawks
| Stars:
Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Charles
Ruggles, Walter Catlett

Votes:
60,183
61.
Modern Times
(1936)
G
| 87 min

8.5

Rate
96
Metascore
The Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the
help of a young homeless woman.
Director:
Charles Chaplin
| Stars:
Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry
Bergman, Tiny Sandford

Votes:
234,406
| Gross:
$0.16M
62.
City Lights
(1931)
G
| 87 min

8.5

Rate
99
Metascore
With the aid of a wealthy erratic tippler, a dewy-eyed tramp who
has fallen in love with a sightless flower girl accumulates money
to be able to help her medically.
Director:
Charles Chaplin
| Stars:
Charles Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Florence
Lee, Harry Myers

Votes:
179,823
| Gross:
$0.02M
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