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415

7.7

8.3

Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)

The Plot:n 1948, an American court in occupied Germany tries four Nazi judges for war crimes.

Director:Stanley Cramer

Stars:Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Maximilian Schell,Judy Garland,Marlene Dietrich,Montgomery Clift

Nominated for 11 Oscars
Won 2 Oscars

IMDB Top 250-YES

5554

7.6

Big Fish (2003)

The Plot:A son tries to learn more about his dying father by reliving stories and myths he told about his life.

Director:Tim Burton

Stars:Ewan McGregor,Albert Finney,Billy Crudup

Nominated For 1 Oscar
Total Nominations:34

IMDB Top 250-NO

4304

7.9

8.1

The Big Lebowski (1998)

The Plot:"Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire Lebowski, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it.

Directors,Joel Coen,Ethan Coen

Stars:Jeff Bridges,John Goodman,Steve Buscemi,Julianne Moore

9 Nominations and 1 Award

IMDB Top 250-YES

872

8.2

The Secret in Their Eyes

The Plot:A retired legal counselor writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved homicide cases and for his unreciprocated love with his superior - both of which still haunt him decades later.

Director:Juan José Campanella

Stars:Ricardo Darín,Soledad Villamil,Pablo Rago

Won 1 Oscar

IMDB Top 250-Yes

470

7.9

The Sacrifice (1986)

The Plot:At the dawn of World War III, a man searches for a way to restore peace to the world and finds he must give something in return.

Director:Andrei Tarkovsky

Stars:Erland Josephson, Susan Fleetwood, Allan Edwall

4 Awards at Cannes Film Festival
1 BAFTA Award

IMDB Top 250-NO

2743

7.6

7.8

Ed Wood (1994)

The mostly true story of the legendary director of awful movies and his strange group of friends and actors.

Director:Tim Burton

Stars:Johnny Depp,Martin Landau,Sarah Jessica Parker

Won 2 Oscars

IMDB Top 250-NO

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring

901

8.1

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003)

The Plot:On an isolated lake, an old monk lives on a small floating temple. The wise master has also a young boy with him who learns to become a monk. And we watch as seasons and years pass by.

Director:Ki-duk Kim

Stars:Ki-duk Kim, Yeong-su Oh, Jong-ho Kim

12 Awards

IMDB Top 250-NO

879

7.9

3-Iron (2004)

The Plot:A transient young man breaks into empty homes to partake of the vacationing residents' lives for a few days.

Director:Ki-duk Kim

Stars:Seung-yeon Lee, Hyun-kyoon Lee, Hyuk-ho Kwon

12 Awards

IMDB Tp 250-NO

6642

8.3

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

The Plot:A couple undergo a procedure to erase each other from their memories when their relationship turns sour, but it is only through the process of loss that they discover what they had to begin with.

Director:Michel Gondry

Stars:Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Tom Wilkinson,Mark Ruffalo,Kirsten Dunst

Won 1 Oscar

IMDB Top 250-YES

1764

7.8

7.9

Dancer in the Dark (2000)

The Plot:An east European girl goes to America with her young son, expecting it to be like a Hollywood film.

Director:Lars von Trier

Stars:Bjork,Catrine Deneuve,David Morse

2 Awards at Cannes Film Festival
Nominated for 1 Oscar and 2 Golden Globes

IMDB Top 250-NO

1972

7.7

Dogville (2003)

The Plot:A woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado town. In exchange, she agrees to work for them. As a search visits town, she finds out that their support has a price. Yet her dangerous secret is never far away...

Director:Lars von Trier

Stars:Nicole Kidman,Paul Bettany,Lauren Bacall

13 Awards

IMDB TOP 250-NO

7.5

8.5

Scenes from a Marriage (1973)

The Plot:Ten years of Marianne and Johan's relationship are presented. We first meet them ten years into their marriage. He is a college professor, she a divorce lawyer. They say that they are happily married - unlike their friends Katarina and Peter who openly fight, especially when under the influence of alcohol - but there is a certain detached aloofness in the way they treat each other. In the next ten years, as they contemplate or embark upon divorce and/or known extramarital affairs, they come to differing understandings at each phase of their relationship of what they truly mean to each other. Regardless of if it's love or hate - between which there is a fine line - they also come to certain understandings of how they can best relate to each other, whether that be as husband and wife, friends, lovers or none of the above.

Director:Ingmar Bergman

Stars:Liv Ullmann,Erland Josephson,Bibi Andersson

Winner of 1 Golden Globe

IMDB TOP 250-NO

4860

8.3

Up (2009)

The Plot:By tying thousands of balloons to his home, 78-year-old Carl sets out to fulfill his lifelong dream to see the wilds of South America. Russell, a wilderness explorer 70 years younger, inadvertently becomes a stowaway.

Directors:Pete Docter, Bob Peterson

Stars:Edward Asner,Jordan Nagai,John Ratzenberger

Won 2 Oscars

IMDB Top 250-YES

5502

8.1

8.4

WALL·E (2008)

The Plot:In the distant future, a small waste collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.

Director:Andrew Stanton

Stars:Ben Burtt,Elissa Knight,Jeff Garlin

Won 1 Oscar

IMDB Top 250-YES

2531

7.8

8.2

Casino (1995)

The Plot:Greed, deception, money, power, and murder occur between two mobster best friends and a trophy wife over a gambling empire.

Director:Martin Scorsese

Stars:Robert De Niro,Sharon Stone,Joe Pesci

Nominated for 1 Oscar

IMDB Top 250-YES

615

7.4

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

The Plot: In San Francisco, a group of people discover the human race is being replaced one by one, with clones devoid of emotion.

Dorector:Philip Kaufman

Stars:Donald Sutherland,Brooke Adams,Jeff Goldblum

3 Awards

IMDB Top 250-NO

3247

7.9

Mulholland Drive (2001)

The Plot:After a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.

Director:David Lynch

Stars:Naomi Watts,Laura Harring,Justin Theroux

Nominated for 1 Oscar

IMDB Top 250-NO

3200

7.5

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)

The Plot:An oddball journalist and his psychopathic lawyer travel to Las Vegas for a series of psychedelic escapades.

Director:Terry Gilliam

Stars:Johnny Depp,Benicio Del Toro

1 Award

IMDB Top 250-NO

415

8.4

8.1

Rififi (1955)

The Plot:Four men plan a technically perfect crime, but the human element intervenes...

Director:Jules Dassin

Stars:Jean Servais,Carl Möhner,Robert Manuel

5 Awards

IMDB Top 250:NO

572

8.2

8.4

Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

The Plot:Agatha Christie tale of a man on trial for murder: a trial featuring surprise after surprise.

Director:Billy Wllder

Stars:Tyrone Power,Marlene Dietrich,Charles Laughton

Nominated for 6 Oscars

IMDB Top 250-YES

6236

7.6

8.2

The Truman Show (1998)

The Plot:An insurance salesman/adjuster discovers his entire life is actually a TV show.

Director:Peter Weir

Stars:Jim Carrey,Laura Linney,Ed Harris

Nominated for 3 Oscars

IMDB Top 250-YES

2943

7.7

7.9

Mystic River (2003)

The Plot:With a childhood tragedy that overshadowed their lives, three men are reunited by circumstance when one loses a daughter.

Director:Clint Eastwood

Stars:Sean Penn,Tim Robbins,Kevin Bacon

Won 2 Oscars

IMDB Top 250-NO

3932

7.6

8.1

Million Dollar Baby (2005)

The Plot:A determined woman works with a hardened boxing trainer to become a professional.

Director:Clint Eastwood

Stars:Hilary Swank,Clint Eastwood,Morgan Freeman

Won 4 Oscars

IMDB Top 250-YES

5069

7.9

8.5

The Prestige

The Plot:The rivalry between two magicians becomes more exacerbated by their attempt to perform the ultimate illusion.

Director:Christopher Nolan

Stars:Christian Bale,Hugh Jackman,Scarlett Johansson

Nominated for 2 Oscars

IMDB Top 250-YES

2866

8.1

8.2

My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

The Plot:When two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wonderous forest spirits who live nearby.

Director:Hayao Miyazaki

Stars:Hitoshi Takagi,Noriko Hidaka,Toshiyuki Amagasa

5 Awards

IMDB Top 250-YES

3168

8.3

Princess Mononoke (1997)

The Plot:On a journey to find the cure for a Tatarigami's curse, Ashitaka finds himself in the middle of a war between the forest gods and Tatara, a mining colony. In this quest he also meets San, the Mononoke Hime.

Director:Hayao Miyazaki

Stars:Yôji Matsuda,Yuriko Ishida,Yûko Tanaka

4 Awards

IMDB Top 250-Yes

3149

8.1

Gran Torino (2008)

The Plot: Disgruntled Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski sets out to reform his neighbor, a Hmong teenager who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possession: a 1972 Gran Torino.

Director:Clint Eastwood

Stars:Clint Eastwood,Bee Vang,Christopher Carley

20 Awards,Nominated for Golden Globe

IMDB Top 250-YES