From epic blockbusters to hidden gems, this list is a collection of the movies that have left the biggest impact on me. Whether it’s mind-blowing storytelling, unforgettable performances, or just pure cinematic magic, these are the films I could watc...
Two detectives - an eager rookie and a jaded veteran - search desperately for a serial killer whose horrific crimes represent the Seven Deadly Sins.
Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow and Kevin Spacey star in David Fincher's dark and influential crime thriller.
Seven | Netflix
Tasked with hunting down a grisly serial killer known as the Tooth Fairy, former FBI agent Will Graham seeks help from an old nemesis, Hannibal Lecter.
Starring:Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes
Red Dragon | Netflix
After moving into a Rhode Island farmhouse, a family experiences supernatural occurrences and seeks help from a pair of noted paranormal investigators.
Starring:Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Lili Taylor
The Conjuring | Netflix
A Harvard professor must untangle a web of deceit linked to the works of Leonardo da Vinci after a mysterious killing at the Louvre Museum.
Starring:Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen
The Da Vinci Code | Netflix
Borat Sagdiyev is a TV reporter of a popular show in Kazakhstan as Kazakhstan's sixth most famous man and a leading journalist. He is sent from his home to America by his government to make a documentary about American society and culture. Borat take...
Borat (2006) ⭐ 7.4 | Comedy
Have you ever dreamed of a better version of yourself? You. Only better in every way. Seriously. You've got to try this new product. It's called the Substance. It changed my life. It generates another you. A new, younger, more beautiful, more perfect...
The Substance (2024) ⭐ 7.3 | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
In 1954, up-and-coming U.S. marshal Teddy Daniels is assigned to investigate the disappearance of a patient from Boston's Shutter Island Ashecliffe Hospital. He's been pushing for an assignment on the island for personal reasons, but before long he t...
Shutter Island (2010) ⭐ 8.2 | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But Frank not only...
Catch Me If You Can (2002) ⭐ 8.1 | Biography, Crime, Drama
A thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O., but his tragic past may doom the project and his team to disaster.
A young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.
The Silence of the Lambs (1991) ⭐ 8.6 | Crime, Drama, Horror
A rich quadriplegic, living in a mansion in Paris, requires a live-in carer. A young offender turns up for an interview, but he is not really looking to get the job. However, to his surprise, he is hired. The two men then develop a close friendship.
The Intouchables (2011) ⭐ 8.5 | Comedy, Drama
Leonard Shelby, an insurance investigator, suffers from anterograde amnesia and uses notes and tattoos to hunt for the man he thinks killed his wife, which is the last thing he remembers.
Memento (2000) ⭐ 8.4 | Mystery, Thriller
A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter, where a sinister presence influences the father into violence. At the same time, his psychic son sees horrifying forebodings from both the past and the future.
The Shining (1980) ⭐ 8.4 | Drama, Horror
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island people are shattered when their addictions run deep.
Requiem for a Dream (2000) ⭐ 8.3 | Drama
The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.
Pulp Fiction (1994) ⭐ 8.9 | Crime, Drama
The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.
The Godfather (1972) ⭐ 9.2 | Crime, Drama
A banker convicted of uxoricide forms a friendship over a quarter century with a hardened convict, while maintaining his innocence and trying to remain hopeful through simple compassion.
The Shawshank Redemption (1994) ⭐ 9.3 | Drama
After a woman leaves a briefcase at the airport terminal, a dumb limo driver and his dumber friend set out on a hilarious cross-country road trip to Aspen to return it.
Dumb and Dumber (1994) ⭐ 7.3 | Comedy
Three buddies wake up from a bachelor party in Las Vegas with no memory of the previous night and the bachelor missing. They must make their way around the city in order to find their friend in time for his wedding.
The Hangover (2009) ⭐ 7.7 | Comedy
In the 1970s, an anchorman's stint as San Diego's top-rated newsreader is challenged when an ambitious newswoman becomes his co-anchor.
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) ⭐ 7.1 | Comedy
A group of friends gather for a pre-wedding party that descends into an existential nightmare when an estranged friend arrives with a mysterious game that awakens long-hidden secrets, desires and grudges.
A wisecracking mercenary gets experimented on and becomes immortal yet hideously scarred, and sets out to track down the man who ruined his looks.
Deadpool (2016) ⭐ 8.0 | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
All hell breaks loose when the Byrnes family meets the Focker family for the first time.
Meet the Fockers (2004) ⭐ 6.3 | Comedy, Romance
A lazy, incompetent middle school teacher who hates her job, her students, and her co-workers is forced to return to teaching to make enough money for breast implants after her wealthy fiancé dumps her.
Bad Teacher (2011) ⭐ 5.7 | Comedy, Romance
Two co-dependent high school seniors are forced to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry.