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  • The Birth of a Nation (1915)

    1. The Birth of a Nation

    19153h 15mTV-PG
    6.1 (27K)
    The Stoneman family finds its friendship with the Camerons affected by the Civil War, both fighting in opposite armies. The development of the war in their lives plays through to Lincoln's assassination and the birth of the Ku Klux Klan.
    DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsLillian GishMae MarshHenry B. Walthall
  • Bobby Driscoll, Luana Patten, and Ruth Warrick in Song of the South (1946)

    2. Song of the South

    19461h 34mApproved54Metascore
    6.9 (16K)
    The kindly story-teller Uncle Remus tells a young boy stories about trickster Br'er Rabbit, who outwits Br'er Fox and slow-witted Br'er Bear.
    DirectorsHarve FosterWilfred JacksonStarsRuth WarrickBobby DriscollJames Baskett
  • John Wayne and Susan Hayward in The Conqueror (1956)

    3. The Conqueror

    19561h 51mApproved
    3.7 (4.1K)
    Mongol chief Temujin battles against Tartar armies and for the love of the Tartar princess Bortai. Temujin becomes the emperor Genghis Khan.
    DirectorDick PowellStarsJohn WayneSusan HaywardPedro Armendáriz
  • White Wilderness (1958)

    4. White Wilderness

    19581h 12mApproved
    5.3 (571)
    The wildlife of the Arctic is explored in this true-life adventure.
    DirectorJames AlgarStarsWinston HiblerVolmer Sørensen
    Documentary feature film

    Contested Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film
  • Christopher Walken, Isabelle Huppert, and Kris Kristofferson in Heaven's Gate (1980)

    5. Heaven's Gate

    19803h 39mR57Metascore
    6.7 (18K)
    During the Johnson County War in 1890 Wyoming, a sheriff born into wealth does his best to protect immigrant farmers from rich cattle interests.
    DirectorMichael CiminoStarsKris KristoffersonChristopher WalkenJohn Hurt
  • Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)

    6. Twilight Zone: The Movie

    19831h 41mPG44Metascore
    6.4 (43K)
    Four horror and science fiction segments, directed by four famous directors, each of them being a new version of a classic story from Rod Serling's landmark television series.
    DirectorsJoe DanteJohn LandisGeorge MillerStarsDan AykroydAlbert BrooksVic Morrow
  • Lucas (1986)

    7. Lucas

    19861h 40mPG-1375Metascore
    6.9 (18K)
    A socially inept fourteen-year-old experiences heartbreak for the first time when his two best friends - Cappie, an older-brother figure, and Maggie, the new girl with whom he is in love - fall for each other.
    DirectorDavid SeltzerStarsCorey HaimKerri GreenCharlie Sheen
  • Jim Caviezel in The Passion of the Christ (2004)

    8. The Passion of the Christ

    20042h 7mR47Metascore
    7.2 (263K)
    Depicts the final twelve hours in the life of Jesus of Nazareth, on the day of his crucifixion in Jerusalem.
    DirectorMel GibsonStarsJim CaviezelMonica BellucciMaia Morgenstern
  • Michael Peña and Ashlyn Sanchez in Crash (2004)

    9. Crash

    20041h 52mR66Metascore
    7.7 (456K)
    Los Angeles citizens with vastly separate lives collide in interweaving stories of race, loss and redemption.
    DirectorPaul HaggisStarsDon CheadleSandra BullockThandiwe Newton
    Contested Academy Award for Best Picture
  • Noah Ringer in The Last Airbender (2010)

    10. The Last Airbender

    20101h 43mPG20Metascore
    4.0 (178K)
    Aang, a young successor to a long line of Avatars, must master all four elements and stop the Fire Nation from enslaving the Water Tribes and the Earth Kingdom.
    DirectorM. Night ShyamalanStarsNoah RingerNicola Peltz BeckhamJackson Rathbone
    Five Golden Raspberry Awards, including Worst Picture
  • Joaquin Phoenix in I'm Still Here (2010)

    11. I'm Still Here

    20101h 48mR48Metascore
    6.2 (24K)
    Documents Joaquin Phoenix's transition from the acting world to a career as an aspiring rapper.
    DirectorCasey AffleckStarsJoaquin PhoenixAntony LangdonCarey Perloff
  • Mel Gibson in The Beaver (2011)

    12. The Beaver

    20111h 31mPG-1360Metascore
    6.6 (52K)
    A troubled husband and executive adopts a beaver hand-puppet as his sole means of communication.
    DirectorJodie FosterStarsMel GibsonJodie FosterAnton Yelchin
  • Eden (2012)

    13. Eden

    20121h 38mR63Metascore
    6.6 (9.7K)
    A young Korean-American girl, abducted and forced into prostitution by domestic human traffickers, cooperates with her captors in a desperate ploy to survive.
    DirectorMegan GriffithsStarsJamie ChungBeau BridgesMatt O'Leary
  • The Birth of a Nation (2016)

    14. The Birth of a Nation

    20162hR69Metascore
    6.5 (22K)
    Nat Turner, a literate slave and preacher in the antebellum South, orchestrates an uprising.
    DirectorNate ParkerStarsNate ParkerArmie HammerPenelope Ann Miller
  • Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence in Passengers (2016)

    15. Passengers

    20161h 56mPG-1341Metascore
    7.0 (475K)
    A malfunction in a sleeping pod on a spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet wakes one passenger 90 years early.
    DirectorMorten TyldumStarsJennifer LawrenceChris PrattMichael Sheen
  • Nat Wolff in Death Note (2017)

    16. Death Note

    20171h 41mTV-MA43Metascore
    4.5 (93K)
    A high school student named Light Turner discovers a mysterious notebook that has the power to kill anyone whose name is written within its pages, and launches a secret crusade to rid the world of criminals.
    DirectorAdam WingardStarsNat WolffLaKeith StanfieldMargaret Qualley
  • Scarlett Johansson in Ghost in the Shell (2017)

    17. Ghost in the Shell

    20171h 47mPG-1352Metascore
    6.3 (234K)
    In the near future, Major Mira Killian is the first of her kind: A human saved from a terrible crash, who is cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals.
    DirectorRupert SandersStarsScarlett JohanssonPilou AsbækTakeshi Kitano
  • Gina Gershon, Whoopi Goldberg, and Charlie Sheen in 9/11 (2017)

    18. 9/11

    20171h 30mR20Metascore
    4.5 (4.9K)
    Five people find themselves trapped in an elevator during the September 11 attacks. They soon work together, never giving up hope, to try to escape before the unthinkable happens.
    DirectorMartin GuiguiStarsCharlie SheenGina GershonWhoopi Goldberg
  • Rami Malek in Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)

    19. Bohemian Rhapsody

    20182h 14mPG-1349Metascore
    7.9 (623K)
    With his impeccable vocal abilities, Freddie Mercury and his rock band, Queen, achieve superstardom. However, amidst his skyrocketing success, he grapples with his ego, sexuality and a fatal illness.
    DirectorBryan SingerStarsRami MalekLucy BoyntonGwilym Lee
    Five Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture.

    Four Academy Awards for Best Actor (Rami Malek), Best Film Editing, Best Sound Editing, and Best Sound Mixing.
  • The Predator (2018)

    20. The Predator

    20181h 47mR48Metascore
    5.3 (154K)
    When a young boy accidentally triggers the universe's most lethal hunters' return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled scientist can prevent the end of the human race.
    DirectorShane BlackStarsBoyd HolbrookTrevante RhodesJacob Tremblay
  • Alan Cumming, Stanley Tucci, Will Arnett, Gabriel Iglesias, Ludacris, and Jordin Sparks in Show Dogs (2018)

    21. Show Dogs

    20181h 32m31Metascore
    4.0 (5.2K)
    Max, a macho, solitary Rottweiler police dog is ordered to go undercover as a primped show dog in a prestigious Dog Show, along with his human partner, to avert a disaster from happening.
    DirectorRaja GosnellStarsWill ArnettLudacrisNatasha Lyonne
  • Slender Man (2018)

    22. Slender Man

    20181h 33mPG-1330Metascore
    3.3 (41K)
    In a small town in Massachusetts, a group of friends, fascinated by the internet lore of the Slender Man, attempt to prove that he doesn't actually exist - until one of them mysteriously goes missing.
    DirectorSylvain WhiteStarsJoey KingJulia Goldani TellesJaz Sinclair
  • Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, James Corden, Idris Elba, Jennifer Hudson, Rebel Wilson, Taylor Swift, Jason Derulo, and Francesca Hayward in Cats (2019)

    23. Cats

    20191h 50mPG32Metascore
    2.8 (58K)
    A tribe of cats called the Jellicles must decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new Jellicle life.
    DirectorTom HooperStarsJames CordenJudi DenchJason Derulo
    Six Golden Raspberry Awards, including Worst Picture
  • Noah Jupe in Honey Boy (2019)

    24. Honey Boy

    20191h 34mR73Metascore
    7.2 (42K)
    A young actor's stormy childhood and early adult years as he struggles to reconcile with his father and deal with his mental health.
    DirectorAlma Har'elStarsShia LaBeoufLucas HedgesNoah Jupe
  • Jean Dujardin and Louis Garrel in An Officer and a Spy (2019)

    25. An Officer and a Spy

    20192h 12m56Metascore
    7.2 (22K)
    In 1894, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment at Devil's island.
    DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsJean DujardinLouis GarrelPierre Poirot

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