Psycho
19601h 49mHorror · Mystery & Thriller
Phoenix secretary Marion Crane (Janet Leigh), on the lam after stealing $40,000 from her employer in order to run away with her boyfriend, Sam Loomis (John Gavin), is overcome by exhaustion during a…
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Sorted by score. Only movies past 25,000 votes make the cut: one with forty votes and a 9.4 is not competing with these. Out of a catalogue of 6,051 movies.
1 9.6average critics score, out of 102 9.4average critics score, out of 10Raiders of the Lost Ark
19811h 55mAdventure · Action
Dr. Indiana Jones, a renowned archeologist and expert in the occult, is hired by the U.S. Government to find the ark of the covenant, which is believed to still hold the Ten Commandments.…
3 9.3average critics score, out of 10Alien
19791h 56mSci-Fi · Horror
In deep space, the crew of the commercial starship Nostromo is awakened from their cryo-sleep capsules halfway through their journey home to investigate a distress call from an alien vessel. The…
4 9.2average critics score, out of 10No Country for Old Men
20072h 2mCrime · Drama
While out hunting, Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) finds the grisly aftermath of a drug deal. Though he knows better, he cannot resist the cash left behind and takes it with him. The hunter becomes the…
5 9.1average critics score, out of 10The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
20034h 10mFantasy · Adventure
The culmination of nearly 10 years' work and conclusion to Peter Jackson's epic trilogy based on the timeless J.R.R. Tolkien classic, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" presents the…
6 9.1average critics score, out of 10Up
20091h 36mKids & Family · Comedy
Carl Fredricksen, a 78-year-old balloon salesman, is about to fulfill a lifelong dream. Tying thousands of balloons to his house, he flies away to the South American wilderness. But curmudgeonly…
7 9.1average critics score, out of 10Brazil
19852h 22mComedy · Sci-Fi
Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry (Jonathan Pryce) escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case…
8 9.0average critics score, out of 10Gravity
20131h 31mDrama · Sci-Fi
Dr. Ryan Stone is a medical engineer on her first shuttle mission. Her commander is veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky, helming his last flight before retirement. Then, during a routine space walk by…
9 9.0average critics score, out of 10Saving Private Ryan
19982h 49mWar · History
Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks) takes his men behind enemy lines to find Private James Ryan, whose three brothers have been killed in combat. Surrounded by the brutal realties of war, while searching…
10 8.9average critics score, out of 10The Dark Knight
20082h 32mAction · Adventure
With the help of allies, Lt. Jim Gordon and DA Harvey Dent, Batman is able to keep a tight lid on crime in Gotham City. But when a young criminal calling himself the Joker suddenly throws the town…
11 8.9average critics score, out of 10Finding Nemo
20031h 40mKids & Family · Comedy
Marlin (Albert Brooks), a clown fish, is overly cautious with his son, Nemo (Alexander Gould), who has a foreshortened fin. When Nemo swims too close to the surface to prove himself, he is caught by…
12 8.9average critics score, out of 10A Clockwork Orange
19712h 17mComedy
In an England of the future, Alex and his "Droogs" spend their nights getting high at the Korova Milkbar before embarking on "a little of the old ultraviolence," while jauntily warbling "Singin' in…
13 8.9average critics score, out of 10The Silence of the Lambs
19911h 58mMystery & Thriller · Crime
Jodie Foster stars as Clarice Starling, a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford (Scott Glenn) wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins), a brilliant…
14 8.9average critics score, out of 10Die Hard
19882h 12mAction · Mystery & Thriller
New York City policeman John McClane (Bruce Willis) is visiting his estranged wife (Bonnie Bedelia) on Christmas Eve. He joins her at a holiday party in the headquarters of the Japanese-owned…
15 8.9average critics score, out of 10Aliens
19862h 17mSci-Fi · Horror
After floating in space for 57 years, Lt. Ripley's shuttle is found by a deep space salvage team. Upon arriving at LV-426, the marines find only one survivor, a nine-year-old girl named Newt. But…
16 8.9average critics score, out of 10Inside Out
20151h 36mKids & Family · Comedy
Riley (Kaitlyn Dias) is a happy, hockey-loving 11-year-old Midwestern girl, but her world turns upside-down when she and her parents move to San Francisco. Riley's emotions -- led by Joy (Amy…
17 8.9average critics score, out of 10Being John Malkovich
19991h 52mComedy
In this quirky cult-favorite comedy, unemployed New York City puppeteer Craig Schwartz (John Cusack) reluctantly takes a temp job as a filing clerk for the eccentric Dr. Lester (Orson Bean). While at…
18 8.8average critics score, out of 10The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
20012h 58mFantasy · Adventure
The future of civilization rests in the fate of the One Ring, which has been lost for centuries. Powerful forces are unrelenting in their search for it. But fate has placed it in the hands of a young…
19 8.8average critics score, out of 10Sinners
20252h 17mHorror · Mystery & Thriller
Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers (Michael B. Jordan) return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.
20 8.8average critics score, out of 10The Artist
20111h 40mRomance · Comedy
In the 1920s, actor George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) is a bona fide matinée idol with many adoring fans. While working on his latest film, George finds himself falling in love with an ingénue named…
21 8.7average critics score, out of 10The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
20022h 59mFantasy · Adventure
The sequel to the Golden Globe-nominated and AFI Award-winning "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring," "The Two Towers" follows the continuing quest of Frodo and the Fellowship to…
22 8.7average critics score, out of 10The Incredibles
20041h 55mKids & Family · Comedy
In this lauded Pixar animated film, married superheroes Mr. Incredible (Craig T. Nelson) and Elastigirl (Holly Hunter) are forced to assume mundane lives as Bob and Helen Parr after all super-powered…
23 8.7average critics score, out of 10American Beauty
19992h 2mComedy · Romance
Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey) is a gainfully employed suburban husband and father. Fed up with his boring, stagnant existence, he quits his job and decides to reinvent himself as a pot-smoking,…
24 8.7average critics score, out of 10Mad Max: Fury Road
20152hAction · Adventure
Years after the collapse of civilization, the tyrannical Immortan Joe enslaves apocalypse survivors inside the desert fortress the Citadel. When the warrior Imperator Furiosa leads the despot's five…
25 8.7average critics score, out of 10Million Dollar Baby
20042h 25mDrama
Frankie Dunn (Clint Eastwood) is a veteran Los Angeles boxing trainer who keeps almost everyone at arm's length, except his old friend and associate Eddie "Scrap Iron" Dupree (Morgan Freeman). When…
26 8.7average critics score, out of 10La La Land
20162h 8mMusical · Romance
Sebastian (Ryan Gosling) and Mia (Emma Stone) are drawn together by their common desire to do what they love. But as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric…
27 8.7average critics score, out of 10Dunkirk
20171h 47mWar · History
In May 1940, Germany advanced into France, trapping Allied troops on the beaches of Dunkirk. Under air and ground cover from British and French forces, troops were slowly and methodically evacuated…
28 8.7average critics score, out of 10The Odyssey
20262h 52mAdventure · Action
Odysseus, king of Ithaca, embarks on a perilous journey to return home after the Trojan War. Crossing the Mediterranean Sea with his fellow soldiers, they soon find themselves battling not only the…
29 8.6average critics score, out of 10Spider-Man 2
20042h 2mAction · Adventure
When a failed nuclear fusion experiment results in an explosion that kills his wife, Dr. Otto Octavius is transformed into Dr. Octopus, a cyborg with deadly metal tentacles. Doc Ock blames Spider-Man…
30 8.6average critics score, out of 10Full Metal Jacket
19871h 56mWar · History
Stanley Kubrick's take on the Vietnam War follows smart-aleck Private Davis (Matthew Modine), quickly christened "Joker" by his foul-mouthed drill sergeant (R. Lee Ermey), and pudgy Private Lawrence…
31 8.6average critics score, out of 10The King's Speech
20111h 58mHistory · Drama
England's Prince Albert must ascend the throne as King George VI, but he has a speech impediment. Knowing that the country needs her husband to be able to communicate effectively, Elizabeth hires…
32 8.6average critics score, out of 10Brokeback Mountain
20052h 14mRomance · Drama
In 1963, rodeo cowboy Jack Twist and ranch hand Ennis Del Mar are hired by rancher Joe Aguirre as sheep herders in Wyoming. One night on Brokeback Mountain, Jack makes a drunken pass at Ennis that is…
33 8.6average critics score, out of 10Her
20141h 59mComedy · Drama
A sensitive and soulful man earns a living by writing personal letters for other people. Left heartbroken after his marriage ends, Theodore (Joaquin Phoenix) becomes fascinated with a new operating…
34 8.6average critics score, out of 10Whiplash
20141h 46mDrama · Music
Andrew Neiman (Miles Teller) is an ambitious young jazz drummer, in pursuit of rising to the top of his elite music conservatory. Terence Fletcher (J.K. Simmons), an instructor known for his…
35 8.6average critics score, out of 10Apollo 13
19952h 20mHistory · Drama
This Hollywood drama is based on the events of the Apollo 13 lunar mission, astronauts Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks), Fred Haise (Bill Paxton) and Jack Swigert (Kevin Bacon) find everything going according…
36 8.5average critics score, out of 10The Grand Budapest Hotel
20141h 39mComedy · Drama
In the 1930s, the Grand Budapest Hotel is a popular European ski resort, presided over by concierge Gustave H. (Ralph Fiennes). Zero, a junior lobby boy, becomes Gustave's friend and protégé. Gustave…
37 8.5average critics score, out of 10The Pianist
20022h 28mHistory · Drama
In this adaptation of the autobiography "The Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945," Władysław Szpilman, a Polish Jewish radio station pianist, sees Warsaw…
38 8.5average critics score, out of 10Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
20151h 59mComedy · Drama
Former cinema superhero Riggan Thomson (Michael Keaton) is mounting an ambitious Broadway production that he hopes will breathe new life into his stagnant career. It's risky, but he hopes that his…
39 8.5average critics score, out of 10Up in the Air
20091h 49mComedy · Drama
An idea from a young, new co-worker (Anna Kendrick) would put an end to the constant travel of corporate downsizer Ryan Bingham (George Clooney), so he takes her on a tour to demonstrate the…
40 8.5average critics score, out of 10Let the Right One In
20081h 54mHorror
When Oskar (Kåre Hedebrant), a sensitive, bullied 12-year-old boy living with his mother in suburban Sweden, meets his new neighbor, the mysterious and moody Eli (Lina Leandersson), they strike up a…
