The Shawshank Redemption

Genres: Crime / Drama
Year: 1994
Director: Frank Darabont
Starring: Tim Robbins / Morgan Freeman / Bob Gunton / William Sadler / Clancy Brown / Gil Bellows / Mark Rolston / James Whitmore / Jeffrey DeMunn / Larry Brandenburg / Neil Giuntoli / Brian Libby / David Proval / Joseph Ragno / Jude Ciccolella

IMDB Rating: 9.2

Andy Dufresne is a young and successful banker whose life changes drastically when he is convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife and her lover. Set in the 1940's, the film shows how Andy, with the help of his friend Red, the prison entrepreneur, turns out to be a most unconventional prisoner.

Andy Dufresne is a young and successful banker whose life changes drastically when he is convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife and her lover. Set in the 1940's, the film shows how Andy, with the help of his friend Red, the prison entrepreneur, turns out to be a most unconventional prisoner.

The Dark Knight

Genres: Action / Drama / Crime
Year: 2008
Director: Christopher Nolan
Starring: Cillian Murphy / Ron Dean / Monique Gabriela Curnen / Morgan Freeman / Gary Oldman / Maggie Gyllenhaal / Michael Caine / Aaron Eckhart / Heath Ledger / Christian Bale / Eric Roberts / Ritchie Coster / Anthony Michael Hall / Chin Han / Nestor Carbonell

IMDB Rating: 8.9

Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the city streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as The Joker.

Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the city streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as The Joker.

Fight Club

Genres: Drama
Year: 1999
Director: David Fincher
Starring: Edward Norton / Brad Pitt / Helena Bonham Carter / Meat Loaf / Zach Grenier / Richmond Arquette / David Andrews / George Maguire / Eugenie Bondurant / Christina Cabot / Sydney 'Big Dawg' Colston / Rachel Singer / Christie Cronenweth / Tim De Zarn / Ezra Buzzington

IMDB Rating: 8.8

A 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 clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.

A 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 clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.

The Godfather

Genres: Drama / Crime
Year: 1972
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Starring: Diane Keaton / Al Lettieri / Richard Conte / John Marley / Sterling Hayden / Robert Duvall / Richard S. Castellano / James Caan / Al Pacino / Marlon Brando / Abe Vigoda / Talia Shire / Gianni Russo / John Cazale / Rudy Bond

IMDB Rating: 9.2

The story begins as "Don" Vito Corleone, the head of a New York Mafia "family", oversees his daughter's wedding. His beloved son Michael has just come home from the war, but does not intend to become part of his father's business. Through Michael's life the nature of the family business becomes clear.
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The story begins as "Don" Vito Corleone, the head of a New York Mafia "family", oversees his daughter's wedding. His beloved son Michael has just come home from the war, but does not intend to become part of his father's business. Through Michael's life the nature of the family business becomes clear. The business of the family is just like the head of the family, kind and benevolent to those who give respect, but given to ruthless violence whenever anything stands against the good of the family. Don Vito lives his life in the way of the old country, but times are changing and some don't want to follow the old ways and look out for community and "family". An up and coming rival of the Corleone family wants to start selling drugs in New York, and needs the Don's influence to further his plan. The clash of the Don's fading old world values and the new ways will demand a terrible price, especially from Michael, all for the sake of the family.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Genres: Action / Adventure / Drama
Year: 2003
Director: Peter Jackson
Starring: Noel Appleby / Alexandra Astin / Sean Astin / David Aston / John Bach / Sean Bean / Cate Blanchett / Orlando Bloom / Billy Boyd / Sadwyn Brophy / Alistair Browning / Marton Csokas / Richard Edge / Jason Fitch / Bernard Hill

IMDB Rating: 8.9

While Frodo & Sam continue to approach Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring, unaware of the path Gollum is leading them, the former Fellowship aid Rohan & Gondor in a great battle in the Pelennor Fields, Minas Tirith and the Black Gates as Sauron wages his last war against Middle-Earth.

While Frodo & Sam continue to approach Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring, unaware of the path Gollum is leading them, the former Fellowship aid Rohan & Gondor in a great battle in the Pelennor Fields, Minas Tirith and the Black Gates as Sauron wages his last war against Middle-Earth.

Forrest Gump

Genres: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Year: 1994
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Tom Hanks / Rebecca Williams / Sally Field / Michael Conner Humphreys / Harold G. Herthum / George Kelly / Bob Penny / John Randall / Sam Anderson / Margo Moorer / Ione M. Telech / Christine Seabrook / John Worsham / Peter Dobson / Siobhan Fallon

IMDB Rating: 8.7

Forrest, Forrest Gump is a simple man with a low IQ but good intentions. He is running through childhood with his best and only friend Jenny. His 'mama' teaches him the ways of life and leaves him to choose his destiny. Forrest joins the army for service in Vietnam, finding new friends called Dan and Bubba, he wins medals, creates a famous shrimp fishing fleet, inspires people to jog, starts a ping-pong craze, create the smiley, write bumper stickers and songs, donating to people and meeting the president several times.
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Forrest, Forrest Gump is a simple man with a low IQ but good intentions. He is running through childhood with his best and only friend Jenny. His 'mama' teaches him the ways of life and leaves him to choose his destiny. Forrest joins the army for service in Vietnam, finding new friends called Dan and Bubba, he wins medals, creates a famous shrimp fishing fleet, inspires people to jog, starts a ping-pong craze, create the smiley, write bumper stickers and songs, donating to people and meeting the president several times. However this is all irrelevant to Forrest who can only think of his childhood sweetheart Jenny. Who has messed up her life. Although in the end all he wants to prove is that anyone can love anyone.

Se7en

Genres: Thriller / Drama / Crime
Year: 1995
Director: David Fincher
Starring: Bob Collins / William Davidson / Hawthorne James / Endre Hules / George Christy / Reg E. Cathey / Peter Crombie / Bob Mack / John Cassini / Daniel Zacapa / Andrew Kevin Walker / R. Lee Ermey / Gwyneth Paltrow / Morgan Freeman / Brad Pitt

IMDB Rating: 8.7

A film about two homicide detectives' desperate hunt for a serial killer who justifies his crimes as absolution for the world's ignorance of the Seven Deadly Sins. The movie takes us from the tortured remains of one victim to the next as the sociopathic "John Doe" sermonizes to Detectives Sommerset and Mills -- one sin at a time.
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A film about two homicide detectives' desperate hunt for a serial killer who justifies his crimes as absolution for the world's ignorance of the Seven Deadly Sins. The movie takes us from the tortured remains of one victim to the next as the sociopathic "John Doe" sermonizes to Detectives Sommerset and Mills -- one sin at a time. The sin of Gluttony comes first and the murderer's terrible capacity is graphically demonstrated in the dark and subdued tones characteristic of film noir. The seasoned and cultured Sommerset researches the Seven Deadly Sins in an effort to understand the killer's modus operandi while green Detective Mills scoffs at his efforts to get inside the mind of a killer...

Gladiator

Genres: Drama / Adventure / Action
Year: 2000
Director: Ridley Scott
Starring: Sven-Ole Thorsen / Tommy Flanagan / David Hemmings / Spencer Treat Clark / Ralf Moeller / Tomas Arana / John Shrapnel / David Schofield / Djimon Hounsou / Derek Jacobi / Richard Harris / Oliver Reed / Connie Nielsen / Joaquin Phoenix / Russell Crowe

IMDB Rating: 8.4

Maximus is a powerful Roman general, loved by the people and the aging Emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Before his death, the Emperor chooses Maximus to be his heir over his own son, Commodus, and a power struggle leaves Maximus and his family condemned to death. The powerful general is unable to save his family, and his loss of will allows him to get captured and put into the Gladiator games until he dies.
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Maximus is a powerful Roman general, loved by the people and the aging Emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Before his death, the Emperor chooses Maximus to be his heir over his own son, Commodus, and a power struggle leaves Maximus and his family condemned to death. The powerful general is unable to save his family, and his loss of will allows him to get captured and put into the Gladiator games until he dies. The only desire that fuels him now is the chance to rise to the top so that he will be able to look into the eyes of the man who will feel his revenge.

American Beauty

Genres: Drama
Year: 1999
Director: Sam Mendes
Starring: Ara Celi / Barry Del Sherman / Sam Robards / Scott Bakula / Allison Janney / Peter Gallagher / Kevin Spacey / Annette Bening / Thora Birch / Wes Bentley / Mena Suvari / Chris Cooper / Sue Casey / Fort Atkinson / John Cho

IMDB Rating: 8.5

Lester and Carolyn Burnham are on the outside, a perfect husband and wife, in a perfect house, in a perfect neighborhood. But inside, Lester is slipping deeper and deeper into a hopeless depression. He finally snaps when he becomes infatuated with one of his daughter's friends. Meanwhile, his daughter Jane is developing a happy friendship with a shy boy-next-door named Ricky, who lives with a homophobic father.

Lester and Carolyn Burnham are on the outside, a perfect husband and wife, in a perfect house, in a perfect neighborhood. But inside, Lester is slipping deeper and deeper into a hopeless depression. He finally snaps when he becomes infatuated with one of his daughter's friends. Meanwhile, his daughter Jane is developing a happy friendship with a shy boy-next-door named Ricky, who lives with a homophobic father.

Memento

Genres: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Year: 2000
Director: Christopher Nolan
Starring: Guy Pearce / Carrie-Anne Moss / Joe Pantoliano / Mark Boone Junior / Russ Fega / Jorja Fox / Stephen Tobolowsky / Harriet Sansom Harris / Thomas Lennon / Callum Keith Rennie / Kimberly Campbell / Marianne Muellerleile / Larry Holden

IMDB Rating: 8.6

Memento chronicles two separate stories of Leonard, an ex-insurance investigator who can no longer build new memories, as he attempts to find the murderer of his wife, which is the last thing he remembers. One story line moves forward in time while the other tells the story backwards revealing more each time.

Memento chronicles two separate stories of Leonard, an ex-insurance investigator who can no longer build new memories, as he attempts to find the murderer of his wife, which is the last thing he remembers. One story line moves forward in time while the other tells the story backwards revealing more each time.

Batman Begins

Genres: Action / Crime / Drama
Year: 2005
Director: Christopher Nolan
Starring: Christian Bale / Michael Caine / Liam Neeson / Katie Holmes / Morgan Freeman / Gary Oldman / Rade Serbedzija / Cillian Murphy / Tom Wilkinson / Rutger Hauer / Ken Watanabe / Mark Boone Junior / Linus Roache / Larry Holden / Gerard Murphy

IMDB Rating: 8.3

When his parents were killed, millionaire playboy Bruce Wayne relocates to Asia when he is mentored by Henri Ducard and Ra's Al Ghul in how to fight evil. When learning about the plan to wipe out evil in Gotham City by Ducard, Bruce prevents this plan from getting any further and heads back to his home.
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When his parents were killed, millionaire playboy Bruce Wayne relocates to Asia when he is mentored by Henri Ducard and Ra's Al Ghul in how to fight evil. When learning about the plan to wipe out evil in Gotham City by Ducard, Bruce prevents this plan from getting any further and heads back to his home. Back in his original surroundings, Bruce adapts the image of a bat to strike fear into the criminals and the corrupt as the icon known as 'Batman'. But it doesn't stay quiet for long.

Schindler's List

Genres: Biography / History / Drama
Year: 1993
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Norbert Weisser / Harry Nehring / Krzysztof Luft / Friedrich von Thun / Andrzej Seweryn / Liam Neeson / Ben Kingsley / Ralph Fiennes / Caroline Goodall / Jonathan Sagall / Embeth Davidtz / Malgorzata Gebel / Shmuel Levy / Mark Ivanir / Béatrice Macola

IMDB Rating: 8.9

Oskar Schindler is a vainglorious and greedy German businessman who becomes unlikely humanitarian amid the barbaric Nazi reign when he feels compelled to turn his factory into a refuge for Jews. Based on the true story of Oskar Schindler who managed to save about 1100 Jews from being gassed at the Auschwitz concentration camp.
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Oskar Schindler is a vainglorious and greedy German businessman who becomes unlikely humanitarian amid the barbaric Nazi reign when he feels compelled to turn his factory into a refuge for Jews. Based on the true story of Oskar Schindler who managed to save about 1100 Jews from being gassed at the Auschwitz concentration camp. A testament for the good in all of us.

Saving Private Ryan

Genres: History / Drama / Action
Year: 1998
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Dylan Bruno / Max Martini / Joerg Stadler / Dennis Farina / Paul Giamatti / Ted Danson / Matt Damon / Jeremy Davies / Giovanni Ribisi / Vin Diesel / Adam Goldberg / Barry Pepper / Edward Burns / Tom Sizemore / Tom Hanks

IMDB Rating: 8.5

Opening with the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944, members of the 2nd Ranger Battalion under Cpt. Miller fight ashore to secure a beachhead. Amidst the fighting, two brothers are killed in action. Earlier in New Guinea, a third brother is KIA. Their mother, Mrs. Ryan, is to receive all three of the grave telegrams on the same day.
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Opening with the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944, members of the 2nd Ranger Battalion under Cpt. Miller fight ashore to secure a beachhead. Amidst the fighting, two brothers are killed in action. Earlier in New Guinea, a third brother is KIA. Their mother, Mrs. Ryan, is to receive all three of the grave telegrams on the same day. The United States Army Chief of Staff, George C. Marshall, is given an opportunity to alleviate some of her grief when he learns of a fourth brother, Private James Ryan, and decides to send out 8 men (Cpt. Miller and select members from 2nd Rangers) to find him and bring him back home to his mother...

Titanic

Genres: History / Drama / Adventure
Year: 1997
Director: James Cameron
Starring: Nicholas Cascone / Anatoly M. Sagalevitch / Lewis Abernathy / Suzy Amis / Jonathan Hyde / Victor Garber / David Warner / Bernard Hill / Bill Paxton / Gloria Stuart / Frances Fisher / Kathy Bates / Billy Zane / Leonardo DiCaprio / Kate Winslet

IMDB Rating: 7.5

84 years later, a 100-year-old woman named Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story to her granddaughter Lizzy Calvert, Brock Lovett, Lewis Bodine, Bobby Buell and Anatoly Mikailavich on the Keldysh about her life set in April 10th 1912, on a ship called Titanic when young Rose boards the departing ship with the upper-class passengers and her mother, Ruth DeWitt Bukater, and her fiancé, Caledon Hockley.
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84 years later, a 100-year-old woman named Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story to her granddaughter Lizzy Calvert, Brock Lovett, Lewis Bodine, Bobby Buell and Anatoly Mikailavich on the Keldysh about her life set in April 10th 1912, on a ship called Titanic when young Rose boards the departing ship with the upper-class passengers and her mother, Ruth DeWitt Bukater, and her fiancé, Caledon Hockley. Meanwhile, a drifter and artist named Jack Dawson and his best friend Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets to the ship in a game. And she explains the whole story from departure until the death of Titanic on its first and last voyage April 15th, 1912 at 2:20 in the morning.

The Usual Suspects

Genres: Crime / Drama / Mystery
Year: 1995
Director: Bryan Singer
Starring: Stephen Baldwin / Gabriel Byrne / Benicio Del Toro / Kevin Pollak / Kevin Spacey / Chazz Palminteri / Pete Postlethwaite / Giancarlo Esposito / Suzy Amis / Dan Hedaya / Paul Bartel / Carl Bressler / Phillipe Simon / Jack Shearer / Christine Estabrook

IMDB Rating: 8.7

Following a truck hijack in New York, five conmen are arrested and brought together for questioning. As none of them is guilty, they plan a revenge operation against the police. The operation goes well, but then the influence of a legendary mastermind criminal called Keyser Söze is felt. It becomes clear that each one of them has wronged Söze at some point and must pay back now.
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Following a truck hijack in New York, five conmen are arrested and brought together for questioning. As none of them is guilty, they plan a revenge operation against the police. The operation goes well, but then the influence of a legendary mastermind criminal called Keyser Söze is felt. It becomes clear that each one of them has wronged Söze at some point and must pay back now. The payback job leaves 27 men dead in a boat explosion, but the real question arises now: Who actually is Keyser Söze?

The Godfather: Part II

Genres: Crime / Drama
Year: 1974
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Starring: Al Pacino / Robert Duvall / Diane Keaton / Robert De Niro / John Cazale / Talia Shire / Lee Strasberg / Michael V. Gazzo / G.D. Spradlin / Richard Bright / Gastone Moschin / Tom Rosqui / Bruno Kirby / Frank Sivero / Francesca De Sapio

IMDB Rating: 9.0

The continuing saga of the Corleone crime family tells the story of a young Vito Corleone growing up in Sicily and in 1910s New York; and follows Michael Corleone in the 1950s as he attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.

The continuing saga of the Corleone crime family tells the story of a young Vito Corleone growing up in Sicily and in 1910s New York; and follows Michael Corleone in the 1950s as he attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.

Sin City

Genres: Crime / Drama / Thriller
Year: 2005
Director: Frank Miller / Robert Rodriguez
Starring: Jessica Alba / Devon Aoki / Alexis Bledel / Powers Boothe / Cara D. Briggs / Jude Ciccolella / Jeffrey J. Dashnaw / Rosario Dawson / Jesse De Luna / Benicio Del Toro / Jason Douglas / Michael Clarke Duncan / Tommy Flanagan / Christina Frankenfield / Rick Gomez

IMDB Rating: 8.2

Four tales of crime adapted from Frank Miller's popular comics, focusing around a muscular brute who's looking for the person responsible for the death of his beloved Goldie, a man fed up with Sin City's corrupt law enforcement who takes the law into his own hands after a horrible mistake, a cop who risks his life to protect a girl from a deformed pedophile, and a hitman looking to make a little cash.

Four tales of crime adapted from Frank Miller's popular comics, focusing around a muscular brute who's looking for the person responsible for the death of his beloved Goldie, a man fed up with Sin City's corrupt law enforcement who takes the law into his own hands after a horrible mistake, a cop who risks his life to protect a girl from a deformed pedophile, and a hitman looking to make a little cash.

Braveheart

Genres: Action / Biography / Drama
Year: 1995
Director: Mel Gibson
Starring: James Robinson / Sean Lawlor / Sandy Nelson / James Cosmo / Sean McGinley / Alan Tall / Andrew Weir / Gerda Stevenson / Ralph Riach / Mhairi Calvey / Brian Cox / Patrick McGoohan / Peter Hanly / Sophie Marceau / Stephen Billington

IMDB Rating: 8.4

William Wallace is a Scottish rebel who leads an uprising against the cruel English ruler Edward the Longshanks, who wishes to inherit the crown of Scotland for himself. When he was a young boy, William Wallace's father and brother, along with many others, lost their lives trying to free Scotland. Once he loses another of his loved ones, William Wallace begins his long quest to make Scotland free once and for all, along with the assistance of Robert the Bruce.

William Wallace is a Scottish rebel who leads an uprising against the cruel English ruler Edward the Longshanks, who wishes to inherit the crown of Scotland for himself. When he was a young boy, William Wallace's father and brother, along with many others, lost their lives trying to free Scotland. Once he loses another of his loved ones, William Wallace begins his long quest to make Scotland free once and for all, along with the assistance of Robert the Bruce.

The Sixth Sense

Genres: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Year: 1999
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Starring: Bruce Willis / Haley Joel Osment / Toni Collette / Olivia Williams / Trevor Morgan / Donnie Wahlberg / Peter Anthony Tambakis / Jeffrey Zubernis / Bruce Norris / Glenn Fitzgerald / Greg Wood / Mischa Barton / Angelica Page / Lisa Summerour / Firdous Bamji

IMDB Rating: 8.2

Malcom Crowe is a child psychologist who receives an award on the same night that he is visited by a very unhappy ex-patient. After this encounter, Crowe takes on the task of curing a young boy with the same ills as the ex-patient. This boy "sees dead people". Crowe spends a lot of time with the boy (Cole) much to the dismay of his wife.
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Malcom Crowe is a child psychologist who receives an award on the same night that he is visited by a very unhappy ex-patient. After this encounter, Crowe takes on the task of curing a young boy with the same ills as the ex-patient. This boy "sees dead people". Crowe spends a lot of time with the boy (Cole) much to the dismay of his wife. Cole's mom is at her wit's end with what to do about her son's increasing problems. Crowe is the boy's only hope.

American History X

Genres: Drama / Crime
Year: 1998
Director: Tony Kaye
Starring: Alex Sol / Antonio David Lyons / Jason Bose Smith / Joseph Cortese / Guy Torry / William Russ / Stacy Keach / Elliott Gould / Avery Brooks / Fairuza Balk / Ethan Suplee / Jennifer Lien / Beverly D'Angelo / Edward Furlong / Edward Norton

IMDB Rating: 8.6

Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two thugs who tried to break into/steal his truck. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader of a violent white supremacist gang that committed acts of racial crime throughout L.
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Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two thugs who tried to break into/steal his truck. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader of a violent white supremacist gang that committed acts of racial crime throughout L.A. and his actions greatly influenced Danny. Reformed and fresh out of prison, Derek severs contact with the gang and becomes determined to keep Danny from going down the same violent path as he did.