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My favorite movies to watch in a lifetime
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items Since I was little I was keen on watching movies, so now I listed a few of my favorite movies to be a inspiration for you on a rainy sunday or whenever you feet the need to relax watching a good movie near a cup of tea.
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History/Biographies
Based on a true story, Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List stars Liam Neeson as Oskar Schindler, a German businessman in Poland who sees an opportunity to make money from the Nazis' rise to power. He starts a company to make cookware and utensils, us...
Schindler's List - Steven Spielberg
A husband (Johan Heldenbergh) and wife (Jessica Chastain) in Nazi-occupied Poland use their positions as caretakers at the Warsaw Zoo to shepherd Jews out of the country. Based on the non-fiction book of the same name by Diane Ackerman, The Zookeeper...
The Zookeeper's Wife - Niki Caro
Director Steven Spielberg's epic World War I drama details the remarkable bond between a man named Albert (Jeremy Irvine) and his loyal horse, Joey. Adapted from the novel by Michael Morpurgo, War Horse follows the growing friendship between man and ...
War Horse - Steven Spielberg
Mel Gibson, long-time heartthrob of the silver screen, came into his own as a director with Braveheart, an account of the life and times of medieval Scottish patriot William Wallace and, to a lesser degree, Robert the Bruce's struggle to unify his na...
Braveheart - Mel Gibson
A turning point in 20th century war history is the focus of this fact-based account of the 1942-1943 battle of Stalingrad, in which the Germans were finally defeated by Russian influence -- one of the bloodiest battles in World War II history. The fi...
Enemy at the Gates - Jean-Jacques Annaud
A story told by Zahra to a French journalist of her niece Soraya Manutchehri, a 35-year-old married woman, who received capital punishment and stoned to death because of false accusations in the remote village of Kuhpayeh, Iran, in 1986.
The Stoning of Soraya M. (2008) ⭐ 7.9 | Drama
Russia, 1917, WWI. This is the story of the 1st Russian Women's Battalion of Death, formed as part of an ill-conceived propaganda ploy by the Russian Provisional Government in late May of 1917.
Battalion (2015) ⭐ 6.5 | Action, Drama, History
The adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became the country's first fighter pilots.
Flyboys (2006) ⭐ 6.5 | Action, Drama, History
Fanny and her sisters attempt to escape Nazi occupied France but many dangers are ahead of them.
Fanny's Journey (2016) ⭐ 7.0 | Drama, War
In this adaptation of the autobiography "The Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945," Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Polish Jewish radio station pianist, sees Warsaw change gradually as World War II begins. Szpilman i...
The Pianist (2002) ⭐ 8.5 | Biography, Drama, Music
A long, long time ago, back in the spring of 1914, they were so happy together. There was Vera Brittain, an upper class girl with ideas of her own; and her bright brother Edward; and his group of friends among whom Roland Leighton, wonderful, handsom...
Testament of Youth (2014) ⭐ 7.2 | Biography, Drama, History
France, 1940. In the first days of occupation, beautiful Lucile Angellier (Michelle Williams) is trapped in a stifled existence with her controlling mother-in-law, Madame Angellier (Dame Kristin Scott Thomas), as they both await news of her husband: ...
Suite Française (2014) ⭐ 7.0 | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a defining moment in European history: two beautiful sisters, Anne (Natalie Portman) and Mary Boleyn (Scarlett Johansson), driven by their family's blind ambit...
The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) ⭐ 6.7 | Biography, Drama, History
Biography of Ben Carson who grew up to be Dr. Ben Carson, a world famous neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins.
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (TV Movie 2009) ⭐ 7.4 | Biography, Drama
Romance
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Titanic - James Cameron
The recipient of seven Oscar® nominations, this film version of Jane Austen's classic 1811 novel stars Emma Thompson as Elinor Dashwood. With her mother and sisters, Elinor struggles financially after the death of her father, who bequeathed the Dashw...
Sense and Sensibility - Ang Lee
Sleepless in Seattle, the sophomore directorial effort from Nora Ephron, is a light romantic comedy inspired by the 1957 film An Affair to Remember. Tom Hanks stars as widower and single father Sam. When Sam's son, Jonah (Ross Malinger), calls into a...
Sleepless in Seattle - Nora Ephron
After losing her job as a waitress, a young woman named Lou (Emilia Clarke) is hired to act as a caregiver for Will (Sam Claflin), a banker who was paralyzed in an accident. Although Will has grown despondent since his injury, Lou's no-nonsense ways ...
Me Before You - Thea Sharrock
"Gorgeous goyish guy" meets Jewish radical girl in Sydney Pollack's glossy romance. In 1937, frizzy-haired Red co-ed Katie Morosky (Barbra Streisand) briefly captures the attention of preppy jock Hubbell Gardiner (Robert Redford) with her passionate ...
The Way We Were - Sydney Pollack
Louisa May Alcott's classic novel about a family of women in Civil War-era New England is again brought to the screen in this adaptation. The focus is on the March sisters, four young girls raised by their mother (Susan Sarandon) after their father l...
Little Women - Gillian Armstrong
Rob Reiner's romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally stars Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan as the title pair. The film opens with the two strangers, both newly graduated from the University of Chicago, share a car trip from Chicago to New York, where they ar...
When Harry Met Sally - Rob Reiner
At the time of its release, this lavish period war drama from hyperkinetic director Michael Bay became the most expensive motion picture ever green-lighted by a studio. Ben Affleck stars as Rafe McCawley, a military pilot stationed under Jimmy Doolit...
Pearl Harbor - Michael Bay
A woman realizes that friends can be lovers, but now has to convince the friend in question in this romantic comedy. Michael O'Neal (Dermot Mulroney) and Julianne Potter (Julia Roberts) were romantically involved in college, and after breaking up, th...
My Best Friend's Wedding - P.J. Hogan
A couple who live on different sides of the divide of life and death discover just how many boundaries love can cross in this romantic comic fantasy. Elizabeth (Reese Witherspoon) is a hardworking and dedicated medical resident who, after 20 hours on...
Just Like Heaven - Mark S. Waters
In director Arthur Hiller's hit tearjerker -- based on Erich Segal's novella -- Ryan O'Neal plays Oliver Barrett IV, a comfortably off Harvard pre-law student who falls in love with Radcliffe music student Jenny Cavilleri (Ali MacGraw), a freewheelin...
Love Story - Arthur Hiller
Loosely based on a true story, this uneven romantic comedy depicts the unexpected way in which a winning lottery ticket unites a pair of strangers. Waitress Yvonne (Bridget Fonda) first meets police officer Charlie (Nicolas Cage) when he eats in her ...
It Could Happen to You - Andrew Bergman
The best-seller by sentimental novelist Nicholas Sparks becomes this teen melodrama set in a coastal North Carolina port. Cocky, popular high school student Landon Carter (Shane West) is the big man on campus at Beaufort High School until a hazing in...
A Walk to Remember - Adam Shankman
One of the most popular stage musicals in the history of Broadway and London's West End makes its long-awaited arrival on the motion-picture screen in this lavish adaptation directed by Joel Schumacher. Christine (Emmy Rossum) is a beautiful and gift...
The Phantom of the Opera - Joel Schumacher
In this atmospheric romantic drama, Keanu Reeves plays Paul Sutton, who has just returned home from a stretch in the Army during World War II. Still reeling from the horrors of war, Paul wants to settle down and start a farm, but his wife Betty (Debr...
A Walk in the Clouds - Alfonso Arau
Directed by Nick Cassavetes, this adaptation of author Nicholas Sparks's bestselling novel revolves around Noah Calhoun's (James Garner) regular visits to a female patron (Gena Rowlands) of an area nursing home. Rather than bore her with the inanitie...
The Notebook - Nick Cassavetes
A grieving widow finds her husband's warmth radiating from the afterlife when she discovers that he left her a series of tasks to be revealed in ten monthly messages and designed to help her overcome her sorrow while gradually making the transition i...
P.S. I Love You - Richard LaGravenese
Anthony Minghella wrote and directed this award-winning adaptation of Michael Ondaatje's novel about a doomed and tragic romance set against the backdrop of World War II. In a field hospital in Italy, Hana (Juliette Binoche), a nurse from Canada, is ...
The English Patient - Anthony Minghella
This romantic melodrama reunites The Devil's Advocate (1997) co-stars Keanu Reeves and Charlize Theron, and is directed by Irish filmmaker Pat O'Connor (Circle of Friends). Sara Deever (Theron) is a beautiful young woman who begins a new romantic rel...
Sweet November - Pat O'Connor
Based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks, Message In A Bottle stars Robin Wright Penn as Theresa Osborne, a writer for the Chicago Tribune. While her son visits her cheating ex-husband, Theresa goes on a vacation by herself. One day, while running on th...
Message in a Bottle - Luis Mandoki
Sleepless in Seattle director Nora Ephron originally made a name for herself as the writer of romantic comedies such as Heartburn and When Harry Met Sally. She continues the genre with You've Got Mail, marking her second collaboration with actors Tom...
You've Got Mail - Nora Ephron
Algeria in the 1930s. Nine-year-old Jonas was placed in the care of his uncle in Oran. He befriends the youth of Rio Salado. Emily is loved by all. The love that grows between Jonas and Emily is influenced by the country's conflicts.
What the Day Owes the Night (2012) ⭐ 7.8 | Drama, Romance
Dr Walter gets married to the beautiful Kitty but soon finds out that she is cheating on him. Battling his way through problems, he heads to China to fight a dreaded disease spread in a small village.
The Painted Veil (2006) ⭐ 7.4 | Drama, Romance
South Carolina US Army Special operations soldier John is on summer leave from his German base, visiting his widowed father. Being gallant on the pier, he befriends college student Savannah, a college student, and her buddies, a terminal father and h...
Dear John (2010) ⭐ 6.3 | Drama, Romance, War
A struggling young artist (DeHaan) falls for a married woman (Vikander) while he's commissioned to paint her portrait during the tulip mania of 17th century Amsterdam. Seeking to break free from her powerful husband (Waltz), the two invest in the ris...
Tulip Fever (2017) ⭐ 6.2 | Drama, History, Romance
As a teen, Faith was told that her destiny is a man named Damon Bradley. Years later, when she's about to marry someone else, a Damon Bradley calls to wish them well, and Faith blows off her wedding to follow Damon to Italy.
Only You (1994) ⭐ 6.5 | Comedy, Romance
Benjamin Barry is an advertising executive competing with two female co-workers for a major campaign for a diamond merchant. He cuts a deal with his competitors that the account is his if he can make a woman of their choice fall in love with him in 1...
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003) ⭐ 6.5 | Comedy, Romance
The tells the story of Kilian (Mario Casas); a young white worker that on 1958 arrives to Equatorial Guinea with his older brother to work (as a white manager) on a cacao plantation; and fell in love with a local native (not acceptable by the natives...
Palmeras en la nieve (2015) ⭐ 7.3 | Drama, Romance
Drama
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck co-scripted and star in this drama, set in Boston and Cambridge, about rebellious 20-year-old MIT janitor Will Hunting (Damon), gifted with a photographic memory, who hangs out with his South Boston bar buddies, his best fr...
Good Will Hunting - Gus Van Sant
The title refers to those seemingly frail Southern belles who survive any and all deprivations through whims of iron. Robert Harling's original stage play was set exclusively in a Louisiana beauty parlor where an all-female cast of characters laughed...
Steel Magnolias - Herbert Ross
A 1960s-era Mississippi debutante sends her community into an uproar by conducting a series of probing interviews with the black servants behind some of her community's most prominent families. Skeeter (Emma Stone) has just graduated from college, an...
The Help - Tate Taylor
In this religious drama based on a true story, a mother (Jennifer Garner) is devastated to learn that her ten-year-old daughter Anna (Kylie Rogers) has an incurable digestive disorder that causes her chronic pain. But when Anna is mysteriously cured ...
Miracles From Heaven - Patricia Riggen
The sweeping, melodramatic saga of three brothers, their powerful father, and a beautiful woman, the popular period drama Legends of the Fall presents a romanticized view of rugged masculinity against lush Montana scenery. Based on a novel by Jim Har...
Legends of the Fall - Edward Zwick
Pregnant 17-year-old Novalee Nation (Natalie Portman) runs away from her Tennessee home toward the bright lights of California, accompanied by her boyfriend, Willy Jack Pickens (Dylan Bruno). But Willy gets cold feet and abandons her at a Walmart in ...
Where the Heart Is - Matt Williams
This film, based on the novel by Arthur Golden, unfolds from the perspective of Chiyo (Zhang Ziyi), a girl who, at the age of nine, is sold to a geisha house in Kyoto in the early 1930s. Here, she learns that becoming a geisha can be the single path ...
Memoirs of a Geisha - Rob Marshall
Set in colonial India against Gandhi's rise to power, it's the story of 8-year-old Chuyia, who is widowed and sent to a home to live in penitence; once there, Chuyia's feisty presence deeply affects the lives of the other residents.
Water (2005) ⭐ 7.7 | Drama
The history of the United States from the 1950s to the '70s unfolds from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, who yearns to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart.
Forrest Gump (1994) ⭐ 8.8 | Drama, Romance
An American woman trapped in Islamic Iran by her brutal husband must find a way for her and her daughter to escape.
Not Without My Daughter (1991) ⭐ 6.5 | Drama, Thriller
When a tough New Yorker's mother is stricken with a serious illness, she is forced to quit her job and her relationship with her boyfriend to take care of her, finding out a lot of things she didn't know about her mother and father and her life along...
One True Thing (1998) ⭐ 6.9 | Drama
When an innocent little African American girl named Tonya Hailey is raped and beaten by 2 beer-guzzling rednecks, the town of Canton, Mississippi is shocked. Her father, Carl Lee, is outraged, and figuring he could not see those boys be set free, dec...
A Time to Kill (1996) ⭐ 7.5 | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Based on Stephen King's 1996 novel of the same name. Stars Tom Hanks as a death row corrections officer during the U.S. Great Depression who witnesses supernatural events that occur after an enigmatic inmate (Michael Clarke Duncan) is brought to his ...
The Green Mile (1999) ⭐ 8.6 | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Homer is an orphan in remote St. Cloud, Maine. Never adopted, he becomes the favorite of orphanage Director Dr. Larch, who imparts his full medical knowledge on Homer, who becomes a skilled, albeit unlicensed, physician. But Homer yearns for a self-c...
The Cider House Rules (1999) ⭐ 7.4 | Drama, Romance
In mid-20th-century, the impoverished Esteban marries Clara and they have a daughter, Blanca. Esteban works hard and eventually has enough money to buy a hacienda, and he eventually becomes a local patriarch. He becomes very conservative and is feare...
The House of the Spirits (1993) ⭐ 6.9 | Drama, Romance
Evelyn Couch is having trouble in her marriage, and no one seems to take her seriously. While visiting relatives at a nursing home, she meets Ninny Threadgoode, an outgoing old woman, who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode, a young woman in 192...
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) ⭐ 7.7 | Drama
In 1964 South Carolina, 14-year-old Lily Own is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father T-Ray, Lily flees with Rosaleen, her caregiver and friend, to a South Carolina town that hol...
The Secret Life of Bees (2008) ⭐ 7.2 | Drama
When the New York child performer CC Bloom and San Francisco rich kid Hillary meet in a holiday resort in Atlantic City, it marks the start of a lifetime friendship between them. The two keep in touch through letters for a number of years until Hilla...
Beaches (1988) ⭐ 7.0 | Comedy, Drama, Music
With the help of his mother and teacher, a young male decides to create a new system that would allow everyone to help each other in some way. Along the way, he learns that not everyone wants any help and prefer to be all by themselves in life and al...
Pay It Forward (2000) ⭐ 7.2 | Drama
A convicted murderer on Death Row and the nun who befriends him. Through the portrayal of finely drawn characters and their interactions as the days, hours, and minutes tick down to the condemned man's execution, powerful emotions are unleashed. Whil...
Dead Man Walking (1995) ⭐ 7.5 | Crime, Drama
Vada is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. When Vada's father hires Shelly, a makeup expert, and begins to fall in love, Vada is outraged and does everything in her power to split them up.
My Girl (1991) ⭐ 6.9 | Comedy, Drama, Family
It's 1994 in Long Beach, California. Idealistic Erin Gruwell is just starting her first teaching job, that as freshman and sophomore English teacher at Woodrow Wilson High School, which, two years earlier, implemented a voluntary integration program....
Freedom Writers (2007) ⭐ 7.6 | Biography, Crime, Drama
Frank is a retired Lt. Col. in the US Army. He's blind and impossible to get along with. Charlie is at school and is looking forward to going to university; to help pay for a trip home for Christmas, he agrees to look after Frank over Thanksgiving. F...
Scent of a Woman (1992) ⭐ 8.0 | Drama
Comedy
Two relative strangers try to turn a one night stand into a marriage in this romantic comedy. Alex Whitman (Matthew Perry) is a designer from New York City who is sent to Las Vegas to supervise the construction of a nightclub that his firm has been h...
Fools Rush In - Andy Tennant
This sequel to a box-office sleeper hit that spoofed teen slasher flicks takes its cues from haunted house and possession films, particularly The Haunting (1999) and The Exorcist (1973). Although many of the first film's main characters were homicide...
Scary Movie 2 - Keenen Ivory Wayans
Thanks to the carelessness of a cute little dog, newlyweds Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin are killed in a freak auto accident. Upon arriving in the outer offices of Heaven, the couple finds that, thanks to a century's worth of bureaucratic red tape, th...
Beetlejuice - Tim Burton
High-concept director Robert Zemeckis applies his usual polish -- helped by an equally adept cast -- for this surprisingly gruesome and extremely funny black comedy. The film begins with narcissistic actress Madeline (Meryl Streep) stealing the lates...
Death Becomes Her - Robert Zemeckis
yperactive mayhem results when a mild-manned banker discovers an ancient mask that transforms him into a zany prankster with superhuman powers in this special-effects-intensive comedy. The wildly improvisational Jim Carrey plays Stanley Ipkiss, a dec...
The Mask - Chuck Russell
Robin Williams learns that keeping in touch with his children can be a drag in this hit comedy. Daniel Hillard (Williams) is an eccentric actor who specializes in dubbing voices for cartoon characters. Daniel is a kind man and a loving father, but he...
Mrs. Doubtfire - Chris Columbus
Plagued by debts, New Yorkers Brad (Tim Allen) and Caroline (Kirstie Alley) Sexton continue to live the high life while maintaining the deception of wealth. But then real estate developer Brad learns his accountant has balanced the books in his own f...
For Richer or Poorer - Bryan Spicer
A financier agrees to take a lawyer to her business meeting. On the way, they run a stop sign in a small town in the middle of nowhere and are arrested. But the courthouse and the "prison" are a maze of zany booby-traps and deadly contraptions. The a...
Nothing But Trouble (1991) ⭐ 5.1 | Comedy
When a single mother (Concetta Tomei) goes away for the summer, the kids are at first delighted, but then they find out that Mom has hired the sitter from hell (Eda Reiss Merin) to stay with them. When the sitter dies of a sudden coronary they deposi...
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991) ⭐ 6.3 | Comedy
A young male spends the summer with his two great-uncles on their farm. While there, he gets to know them and learns about their past. He learns that they fought together. Along the way, they understand the meaning of family and sticking together
Secondhand Lions (2003) ⭐ 7.5 | Comedy, Drama, Family
Horror
Washington Irving's tale of Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman gets a few new twists in a screen adaptation directed by Tim Burton. In this version, Ichabod (Johnny Depp) is a New York City detective whose unorthodox techniques and penchant for ...
Sleepy Hollow - Tim Burton
Saw duo James Wan and Leigh Whannell re-team for this chilling tale of a widower (Ryan Kwanten) who returns to his hometown to unearth clues about his recently departed wife's untimely death. In the quiet town of Ravens Fair, children taunt one anoth...
Dead Silence - James Wan
In this gothic romance set at the turn of the 20th century, a mysterious stranger named Sir Thomas Sharpe (Tom Hiddleston) woos young author Edith Cushing (Mia Wasikowska) and brings her as his bride to his mansion atop a clay mountain in Cumbria, En...
Crimson Peak - Guillermo del Toro
A young woman (Natalie Dormer) searches for her twin sister in an infamous Japanese forest beneath Mount Fuji where lost souls go to commit suicide. With the help of an American guide (Taylor Kinney), she treks into the heart of the mysterious woodla...
The Forest - Jason Zada
A doctor dabbles in magical resurrection with horrific consequences in this supernatural thriller adapted from the novel by Stephen King. When Dr. Louis Creed (Dale Midkiff) and his family move from Chicago to an old farmhouse in rural Maine, their o...
Pet Sematary - Mary Lambert
A demonic entity lays claim to family living in a secluded farmhouse, prompting them to seek the aid of two renowned paranormal researchers in this tale of possession inspired by actual events. The story gets underway as paranormal researchers Ed (Pa...
The Conjuring - James Wan
Action
The mummified body of Imhotep is shipped to a museum in London, where he once again wakes and begins his campaign of rage and terror.
The Mummy Returns (2001) ⭐ 6.4 | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
At an archaeological dig in the ancient city of Hamunaptra, an American serving in the French Foreign Legion accidentally awakens a mummy who begins to wreak havoc as he searches for the reincarnation of his long-lost love.
The Mummy (1999) ⭐ 7.1 | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Family
After exploring the worlds of toys and bugs in the two Toy Story films and A Bug's Life, the award-winning computer animation company Pixar delves into the realm of monsters with its fourth feature. Hulking, blue-furred behemoth James P. "Sully" Sull...
Monsters, Inc. - David Silverman, Lee Unkrich, Pete Docter
The 13-year-old boy Luca Paguro (Jacob Tremblay) finds himself in the beautiful seaside town of Portorosso on the Italian Riviera for the summer. There, he meets Alberto Scorfano (Jack Dylan Grazer), a fellow teenage boy, and together, they spend the...
Luca - Enrico Casarosa
Centuries ago in Ancient Egypt, Pharaoh Seti ordered all the male Hebrew babies to be executed. A desperate mother decides to let God guide her newborn son instead of execution. Found by the Queen, the baby is named Moses and brought up as a Prince o...
The Prince of Egypt (1998) ⭐ 7.2 | Animation, Adventure, Drama
1914: Milo Thatch, grandson of the great Thaddeus Thatch works in the boiler room of a museum. He knows that Atlantis was real, and he can get there if he has the mysterious Shephards journal, which can guide him to Atlantis. But he needs someone to ...
Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) ⭐ 6.9 | Animation, Action, Adventure
In 15th-century Paris, Clopin the puppeteer tells the story of Quasimodo, the misshapen but gentle-souled bell ringer of Notre Dame, who was nearly killed as a baby by Claude Frollo, the Minister of Justice. But Frollo was forced by the Archdeacon of...
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) ⭐ 7.0 | Animation, Drama, Family
Hercules, son of the Greek God, Zeus, is turned into a half-god, half-mortal by evil Hades, God of the Underworld, who plans to overthrow Zeus. Hercules is raised on Earth and retains his god-like strength, but when he discovers his immortal heritage...
Hercules (1997) ⭐ 7.3 | Animation, Action, Adventure
A young female decides to fill in for her family in the army to help fight off the enemies and save the country. Along the way, she does her best to fit in. She learns new things that could help save her country and learns new things about herself as...
Mulan (1998) ⭐ 7.7 | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
In Disney's beguiling animated romp, rebellious 16-year-old mermaid Ariel is fascinated with life on land. On one of her visits to the surface, which are forbidden by her controlling father, King Triton, she falls for a human prince. Determined to be...
The Little Mermaid (1989) ⭐ 7.6 | Animation, Adventure, Family
Aladdin is a poor street urchin who spends his time stealing food from the marketplace in the city of Agrabah. His adventures begin when he meets a young girl who happens to be Princess Jasmine, whose wacky, estranged father is forcing her to get mar...
Aladdin (1992) ⭐ 8.0 | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Having lived a life in selfishness, young Prince Adam is cursed by a mysterious enchantress to having the appearance of a monstrous beast. His only hope is to learn to love a young woman and earn her love in return in order to redeem himself. Ten yea...
Beauty and the Beast (1991) ⭐ 8.0 | Animation, Family, Fantasy
Beautiful Cinderella, a young woman with a heart of gold, sees her world turn upside down when her beloved mother dies, and her pained father remarries another woman: the wicked widow Lady Tremaine, the insufferable mother of cruel and jealous Anasta...
Cinderella (1950) ⭐ 7.3 | Animation, Family, Fantasy
After the beautiful Princess Aurora is born into royalty, the entire kingdom gathers to celebrate, including three good fairies, Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather. Everything is perfectly fine until an uninvited guest appears, the evil fairy Maleficent....
Sleeping Beauty (1959) ⭐ 7.2 | Animation, Adventure, Family
The beautiful and kindhearted princess Snow White charms every creature in the kingdom except one - her jealous stepmother, the Queen. When the Magic Mirror proclaims Snow White as the fairest one of all, she must flee into the forest, where she befr...
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) ⭐ 7.6 | Animation, Adventure, Family
A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great French chef despite his family's wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in the sewers of Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneat...
Ratatouille (2007) ⭐ 8.1 | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Thriller
Two US marshals are sent to a mental institution on an inhospitable island in order to investigate the disappearance of a patient.
Shutter Island (2010) ⭐ 8.2 | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Kevin Lomax, a ruthless young Florida attorney who never lost a case, is recruited by the most powerful law firm in the world. In spite of his mother's disagreement (she compares New York City to Babylon), he accepts the offer and the money that come...
The Devil's Advocate (1997) ⭐ 7.5 | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Crime
F.B.I. trainee Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) works hard to advance her career, while trying to hide or put behind her West Virginia roots, of which if some knew, would automatically classify her as being backward or white trash. After graduation, s...
The Silence of the Lambs (1991) ⭐ 8.6 | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A serial killer in the San Francisco Bay Area taunts police with his letters and cryptic messages. We follow the investigators and reporters in this lightly fictionalized account of the true 1970s' case as they search for the murderer, becoming obses...
Zodiac (2007) ⭐ 7.7 | Crime, Drama, Mystery
This remake of the 1946 movie of the same name accounts an affair between a seedy drifter and a seductive wife of a roadside café owner. This begins a chain of events that culminates in murder.
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981) ⭐ 6.6 | Crime, Drama, Romance