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| 1 |  | Citizen Kane (1941) |  4.0000 157 reviews | PG | Drama, Mystery |
$18.26
| Newspaper tycoon Charles Foster Kane dies alone in his extravagant mansion, speaking a single word: ...more about Citizen Kane starring Joseph Cotten and Dorothy Comingore |
| 2 |  | Godfather, The (1972) | 3.9812 89 reviews | R | Drama, Crime |
$7.18
| War veteran Michael Corlone returns home to find himself becoming increasingly involved with the ...more about Godfather starring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino |
| 3 |  | 12 Angry Men (1957) | 3.9683 68 reviews | PG | Drama, Crime, Mystery |
$11.03
| The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if ...more about 12 Angry Men starring Martin Balsam and Lee J. Cobb |
| 4 |  | Casablanca (1942) | 3.9536 166 reviews | PG | Drama, Romance |
$8.04
| Expatriate and nightclub owner Rick Blaine is faced with the decision to help an old girlfriend's ...more about Casablanca starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman |
| 5 |  | Modern Times (1936) | 3.9187 76 reviews | G | Drama, Romance, Comedy |
$20.69
| Charlie Chaplin is a production line worker driven insane by the monotony of his job. When he is ...more about Modern Times starring Charles Chaplin and Paulette Goddard |
| 6 |  | To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) | 3.8987 80 reviews | NA | Drama |
$9.00
| Local lawyer Atticus Finch agrees to defend a black man accused of raping a white woman in a ...more about To Kill a Mockingbird starring Gregory Peck and Mary Badham |
| 7 |  | Godfather: Part II, The (1974) | 3.8894 65 reviews | R | Drama, Crime |
$8.97
| The second installment in the Godfather trilogy follows Michael and his position of "Don" in the ...more about Godfather: Part II starring Al Pacino and Robert Duvall |
| 8 |  | Gone with the Wind (1939) | 3.8877 116 reviews | G | Drama, War, Romance |
$12.71
| On the eve of the American Civil War, Scarlett O'Hara meets Rhett Butler. Amongst a war torn ...more about Gone with the Wind starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh |
| 9 |  | Chinatown (1974) | 3.8626 83 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$6.40
| When smooth P.I. Jake Gittes is tricked into taking a case tailing an unfaithful husband he finds ...more about Chinatown starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway |
| 10 |  | Lawrence of Arabia (1962) | 3.8557 145 reviews | PG | Adventure, Drama, War, Biography |
$3.95
| Based on the true story of British Army lieutenant T.E. Lawrence. During WWI Lawrence manages to ...more about Lawrence of Arabia starring Peter O'Toole and Alec Guinness |
| 11 |  | Sweet Smell of Success (1957) | 3.8324 42 reviews | NA | Drama, Film-Noir |
$4.99
| J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster), the most prestigious newspaper columnist in New York, recruits ...more about Sweet Smell of Success starring Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis |
| 12 |  | Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957) | 3.8309 90 reviews | PG | Adventure, Drama, War |
$13.34
| In a WWII Japanese POW camp Col. Nicholson and his men are given the task to repair the bridge over ...more about Bridge on the River Kwai starring William Holden and Jack Hawkins |
| 13 |  | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) | 3.8136 100 reviews | R | Drama |
$5.20
| In order to avoid jail McMurphy convinces a judge he is insane and belongs in a hospital not prison. ...more about One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest starring Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher |
| 14 |  | All About Eve (1950) | 3.8135 75 reviews | NA | Drama |
$4.86
| Aspiring actress Eve Harrington maneuvers her way into the lives of Broadway's elite. The stars ...more about All About Eve starring Bette Davis and Anne Baxter |
| 15 |  | Taxi Driver (1976) | 3.8124 134 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$8.95
| A New York City cab driver becomes increasingly disgusted with the scum and low lives of the city. ...more about Taxi Driver starring Robert De Niro and Cybill Shepherd |
| 16 |  | Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) | 3.7687 39 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Romance |
$18.82
| A gorgeous big city woman vacations in a small farming community where she begins a relationship ...more about Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans starring George O'Brien and Janet Gaynor |
| 17 |  | Goodfellas (1990) | 3.7646 127 reviews | R | Drama, Biography, Crime |
$8.63
| Goodfellas follows Irish-Italian Henry Hill as he rises from petty theft crimes to the top of the ...more about Goodfellas starring Robert De Niro and Ray Liotta |
| 18 |  | French Connection, The (1971) |  3.7459 39 reviews | R | Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$9.27
| Two NYC narcotics cops are trying to trace a heroin connection from France to the U.S. On a tip, ...more about French Connection starring Gene Hackman and Fernando Rey |
| 19 |  | Oliver! (1968) | 3.7393 41 reviews | G | Drama, Crime, Musical, Family |
$3.95
| Originally performed on the London stage, Charles Dickens’ classical tale is brought to film ...more about Oliver! starring Ron Moody and Shani Wallis |
| 20 |  | Ben-Hur (1959) | 3.7311 97 reviews | PG | Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance |
$3.42
| When Ben-Hur and long time friend Messala have a falling-out over political views Ben-Hur is sent ...more about Ben-Hur starring Charlton Heston and Jack Hawkins |
| 21 |  | Double Indemnity (1944) | 3.7245 86 reviews | PG | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Film-Noir |
$12.34
| Phyllis Dietrichson and insurance salesman Walter Neff begin an affair and plot to kill her husband ...more about Double Indemnity starring Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck |
| 22 |  | Wings of Desire (1987) | 3.7197 45 reviews | PG-13 | Drama, Fantasy, Romance |
$7.49
| Damiel (Bruno Ganz) is an angel who assists the needs of the people in Berlin. He decides to trade ...more about Wings of Desire starring Bruno Ganz and Curt Bois |
| 23 |  | Spirit of the Beehive (1973) | 3.7171 31 reviews | NA | Drama |
$24.99
| Eight year old Ana (Ana Torrent) is convinced that Frankenstein still exists after seeing the film ...more about Spirit of the Beehive starring Fernando Fernan Gomez and Teresa Gimpera |
| 24 |  | Third Man, The (1950) | 3.7039 64 reviews | Not Rated | Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Film-Noir |
$23.99
| Novelist Holly Martins goes to post-war Vienna on the invite of his friend, Harry Lime, who ...more about Third Man starring Joseph Cotten and Geoffrey Keen |
| 25 |  | Searchers, The (1956) | 3.6915 73 reviews | PG | Adventure, Drama, Western |
$4.69
| Ethan Edwards (John Wayne)returned from war to find his family massacred and his niece kidnapped by ...more about Searchers starring John Wayne and Jeffrey Hunter |
| 26 |  | Pulp Fiction (1994) | 3.6905 213 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$12.34
| Pulp Fiction is a mix of crime fiction and dark satire. The film follows two professional hit men ...more about Pulp Fiction starring John Travolta and Tim Roth |
| 27 |  | Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001) | 3.6862 659 reviews | PG-13 | Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy |
$2.70
| A small Hobbit named Frodo is entrusted with sealing Middle Earth's fate by destroying the 'One ...more about Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring starring Elijah Wood and Ian McKellen |
| 28 |  | Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) | 3.6852 24 reviews | Not Rated | Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Adaptation |
$6.55
| Aboard the HMS Bounty a crew and its captain set sail for Tahiti, but when the crew gets fed up ...more about Mutiny on the Bounty starring Clark Gable and Charles Laughton |
| 29 |  | Paths of Glory (1958) | 3.6840 42 reviews | Not Rated | Drama, War, Adaptation |
$5.67
| The futility and irony of the war in the trenches in WWI is shown as a unit commander in the French ...more about Paths of Glory starring Kirk Douglas and Ralph Meeker |
| 30 |  | Grapes of Wrath, The (1940) | 3.6805 43 reviews | PG | Drama |
$6.34
| Based on the John Steinbeck novel, Tom Joad (Henry Fonda) is a man just released from prison, but ...more about Grapes of Wrath starring Henry Fonda and Jane Darwell |
| 31 |  | Red Shoes, The (1948) | 3.6614 19 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance, Music |
$24.29
| Victoria Page (Moira Shearer) is a ballerina who must choose between her love of dancing and a new ...more about Red Shoes starring Anton Walbrook and Marius Goring |
| 32 |  | Rebel Without a Cause (1955) | 3.6574 81 reviews | PG-13 | Drama, Teen |
$16.88
| Jim Stark is the new kid in town and has a tendency to get in trouble. Looking for love and ...more about Rebel Without a Cause starring James Dean and Natalie Wood |
| 33 |  | Sunset Blvd. (1950) | 3.6474 34 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance, Film-Noir |
$6.30
| Struggling screenwriter, Joe Gillis, accidentally stumbles upon the mansion of washed up and ...more about Sunset Blvd. starring William Holden and Gloria Swanson |
| 34 |  | Seven Samurai, The (1954) | 3.6473 44 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Drama |
$24.99
| A small village constantly attacked by bandits enlists seven samurais to help protect them and ...more about Seven Samurai starring Takashi Shimura and Toshiro Mifune |
| 35 |  | It's a Wonderful Life (1946) | 3.6399 100 reviews | PG | Drama, Christmas, Classic |
$9.99
| George Bailey is a selfless man in turmoil. When he misplaces $8000 he feels it's the end and ...more about It's a Wonderful Life starring James Stewart and Donna Reed |
| 36 |  | Right Stuff, The (1983) | 3.6338 38 reviews | PG | Adventure, Drama, History |
$4.98
| The film chronicles over the course of 15 years and shares the difficulties the government face in ...more about Right Stuff starring Sam Shepard and Scott Glenn |
| 37 |  | Saving Private Ryan (1998) | 3.6325 423 reviews | R | Action, Drama, History, War |
$9.26
| When the Army discovers three out of four brothers have been killed in battle during WWII, it ...more about Saving Private Ryan starring Tom Hanks and Tom Sizemore |
| 38 |  | Seventh Seal, The (1957) | 3.6102 34 reviews | Not Rated | Drama, Thriller, Fantasy |
$24.29
| A Knight and his squire are home from the crusades. Black Death is sweeping their country. As they ...more about Seventh Seal starring Max von Sydow and Inga Landgr |
| 39 |  | Exorcist, The (1973) | 3.6087 162 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Horror |
$5.24
| The Exorcist is based on the 1971 novel by William Peter Blatty and considered one of the scariest ...more about Exorcist starring Ellen Burstyn and Max von Sydow |
| 40 |  | Spartacus (1960) | 3.6087 29 reviews | PG-13 | Action, Drama, History, War, Biography, Romance |
$12.87
| A slave, trained to be a Gladiator, insights a revolt and uprising against the corrupt Roman ...more about Spartacus starring Kirk Douglas and Laurence Olivier |
| 41 |  | Rebecca (1940) | 3.6061 32 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Romance |
$294.95
| A young woman is haunted by her new husband's dead wife, Rebecca. After a quick courtship and world ...more about Rebecca starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine |
| 42 |  | Notorious (1946) | 3.6021 28 reviews | Not Rated | Drama, Thriller, Romance, Film-Noir |
$39.95
| After her father is convicted of treason and commits suicide Alicia is asked by the U.S. government ...more about Notorious starring Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman |
| 43 |  | Planet of the Apes (1968) | 3.6000 60 reviews | G | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi |
$9.99
| Three astronauts come out of deep hibernation after their ship crashes on a strange planet. They ...more about Planet of the Apes starring Charlton Heston and Roddy McDowall |
| 44 |  | Scarface (1932) | 3.5928 16 reviews | PG | Drama, Crime, Film-Noir, Crime, | N/A | Based loosely on the life of infamous gangster, Al Capone is the story of Tony “Scarface” ...more about Scarface starring Paul Muni and Ann Dvorak |
| 45 |  | Cool Hand Luke (1967) | 3.5756 39 reviews | NA | Drama |
$2.87
| Lucas “Luke” Jackson (Paul Newman) is charged with a petty theft he committed when he was ...more about Cool Hand Luke starring Paul Newman and George Kennedy |
| 46 |  | Letzte Mann, Der (1924) | 3.5747 18 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy |
$22.90
| The experienced doorman at the Atlantic Hotel is quite proud of his position, his responsibilities, ...more about Letzte Mann starring Emil Jannings and Maly Delschaft |
| 47 |  | Apollo 13 (1995) | 3.5726 193 reviews | PG | Adventure, Drama, History |
$8.11
| What seemed like a routine mission to the moon goes drastically wrong. The astronauts on board and ...more about Apollo 13 starring Tom Hanks and Bill Paxton |
| 48 |  | Manhattan (1979) | 3.5666 56 reviews | R | Drama, Romance, Comedy |
$5.69
| This movie focuses on the life of 42-year-old Isaac Davis (Woody Allen) who is going through a ...more about Manhattan starring Woody Allen and Diane Keaton |
| 49 |  | Au hasard Balthazar (1966) | 3.5640 47 reviews | NA | Drama |
$17.99
| The sad life and death of Balthazar, a donkey, from an idyllic childhood surrounded by loving ...more about Au hasard Balthazar starring Anne Wiazemsky and Francois Lafarge |
| 50 |  | On the Waterfront (1954) | 3.5617 86 reviews | PG | Drama, Crime, Romance |
$11.84
| Terry has been a witness and participant in the murder of dockworker, Joey. Terry's conscience ...more about On the Waterfront starring Marlon Brando and Karl Malden |
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