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1. Team Deakins (2020 Podcast Series)
Talk-Show
The Team Deakins podcast is an ongoing conversation between acclaimed cinematographer Roger Deakins and James Deakins, his collaborator, about cinematography, the film business and whatever other questions are submitted.
Stars: James Ellis Deakins, Roger Deakins, Greig Fraser, Matt Wyman
Votes: 54
2. The Dark Knight (2008)
PG-13 | 152 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine
Votes: 2,874,785 | Gross: $534.86M
3. Inception (2010)
PG-13 | 148 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
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.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Elliot Page, Ken Watanabe
Votes: 2,554,579 | Gross: $292.58M
4.
Anatomy of a Scene (2001–2004)
Episode:
Buffalo Soldiers
(2003)
Documentary
Stars: Steven Jones-Evans, Gregor Jordan, Robert O'Connor, Joaquin Phoenix
Votes: 10
5. Interstellar (2014)
PG-13 | 169 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
When Earth becomes uninhabitable in the future, a farmer and ex-NASA pilot, Joseph Cooper, is tasked to pilot a spacecraft, along with a team of researchers, to find a new planet for humans.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Mackenzie Foy
Votes: 2,105,103 | Gross: $188.02M
6.
Bangkok Hilton (1989)
Episode:
Part 3
(1989)
90 min | Drama, Thriller
Director: Ken Cameron | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Denholm Elliott, Hugo Weaving, Joy Smithers
Votes: 87
7.
Bangkok Hilton (1989)
Episode:
Part 2
(1989)
90 min | Drama, Thriller
Director: Ken Cameron | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Denholm Elliott, Hugo Weaving, Joy Smithers
Votes: 84
8. The Prestige (2006)
PG-13 | 130 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
After a tragic accident, two stage magicians in 1890s London engage in a battle to create the ultimate illusion while sacrificing everything they have to outwit each other.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, Michael Caine
Votes: 1,443,143 | Gross: $53.09M
9. Ending the Knight (2012 Video)
111 min | Documentary
A comprehensive look into how Director Christopher Nolan and his production team made "The Dark Knight Rises" the epic conclusion to the Dark Knight legend. These cover stunts and action, ... See full summary »
Stars: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Nestor Carbonell, Graham Churchyard
Votes: 82
10. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
PG-13 | 164 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Eight years after the Joker's reign of chaos, Batman is coerced out of exile with the assistance of the mysterious Selina Kyle in order to defend Gotham City from the vicious guerrilla terrorist Bane.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Gary Oldman
Votes: 1,829,954 | Gross: $448.14M
11.
Bangkok Hilton (1989)
Episode:
Part 1
(1989)
90 min | Drama, Thriller
After being imprisoned by the Japanese, Hal Stanton (Denholm Elliot) returned to England in 1946 to face a court martial. He was denounced as a traitor by the British and cashiered.
Director: Ken Cameron | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Denholm Elliott, Hugo Weaving, Joy Smithers
Votes: 95
12. Batman Begins (2005)
PG-13 | 140 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After witnessing his parents' death, Bruce learns the art of fighting to confront injustice. When he returns to Gotham as Batman, he must stop a secret society that intends to destroy the city.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Ken Watanabe, Liam Neeson
Votes: 1,580,395 | Gross: $206.85M
13. The Truman Show (1998)
PG | 103 min | Comedy, Drama
An insurance salesman discovers his whole life is actually a reality TV show.
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Jim Carrey, Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich
Votes: 1,198,348 | Gross: $125.62M
14. 1917 (2019)
R | 119 min | Action, Drama, History
April 6th, 1917. As an infantry battalion assembles to wage war deep in enemy territory, two soldiers are assigned to race against time and deliver a message that will stop 1,600 men from walking straight into a deadly trap.
Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Dean-Charles Chapman, George MacKay, Daniel Mays, Colin Firth
Votes: 677,038 | Gross: $159.23M
15. Dead Poets Society (1989)
PG | 128 min | Comedy, Drama
Maverick teacher John Keating returns in 1959 to the prestigious New England boys' boarding school where he was once a star student, using poetry to embolden his pupils to new heights of self-expression.
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles
Votes: 547,262 | Gross: $95.86M
16. Inside 'Interstellar' (2015 Video)
122 min | Documentary
A documentary divided into 14 segments: Plotting an Interstellar Journey: (1080p, 7:49); Life on Cooper's Farm (1080p, 9:43); The Dust (1080p, 2:38); Tars and Case (1080p, 9:27); The Cosmic... See full summary »
Stars: Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas, Lynda Obst, Kip Thorne
Votes: 79
17. The Making of Dunkirk (2017 Video)
PG-13 | 106 min | Documentary
"Dunkirk" opens as hundreds of thousands of British and Allied troops are surrounded by enemy forces. Trapped on the beach with their backs to the sea they face an impossible situation as the enemy closes in.
Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Nathan Crowley, James D'Arcy, Tom Hardy
Votes: 112
18.
Winners (1985–1990)
Episode:
The Other Facts of Life
(1985)
Drama
Ben's father gives him "The Facts of Life" but Ben hits him with much tougher questions than birds-and-bees stuff. Why are some people starving? Dad can't answer. Ben starts a crusade to make the world right. And reaps the consequences.
Director: Esben Storm | Stars: Dennis Miller, Anne Grigg, Ken Talbot, Sheila Florance
Votes: 7
19. Dunkirk (2017)
PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Drama, History
Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Commonwealth and Empire, and France are surrounded by the German Army and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Fionn Whitehead, Barry Keoghan, Mark Rylance, Tom Hardy
Votes: 741,190 | Gross: $188.37M
20. Bangkok Hilton (1989)
90 min | Drama, Thriller
Nicole Kidman and Denholm Elliott star in a 1989 miniseries about a young woman in a Thai prison for carrying her boyfriend's heroin.
Stars: Nicole Kidman, Denholm Elliott, Hugo Weaving, Joy Smithers
Votes: 5,147
21. The 81st Annual Academy Awards (2009 TV Special)
TV-14 | 210 min | News
Annual awards presentation honoring the best film achievements of 2008.
Directors: Roger Goodman, Allen P. Haines | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Amy Adams, Jennifer Aniston, Alan Arkin
Votes: 2,415
22. Winners (1985–1990)
50 min | Drama
A collection of different stories studying how humans react and emote with each other.
Stars: Esben Storm, Rebecca Smart, Maggie Dence, Richard Moir
Votes: 77
23. X: First Class (2011)
PG-13 | 131 min | Action, Sci-Fi
In the 1960s, superpowered humans Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr work together to find others like them, but Erik's vengeful pursuit of an ambitious mutant who ruined his life causes a schism to divide them.
Director: Matthew Vaughn | Stars: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Kevin Bacon
Votes: 724,404 | Gross: $146.41M
24. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
PG-13 | 138 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
During the Napoleonic Wars, a brash British captain pushes his ship and crew to their limits in pursuit of a formidable French war vessel around South America.
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany, Billy Boyd, James D'Arcy
Votes: 238,198 | Gross: $93.93M
25. The Piano (1993)
R | 121 min | Drama, Music, Romance
In the mid-19th century a mute woman is sent to New Zealand along with her young daughter and prized piano for an arranged marriage to a farmer, but is soon lusted after by a farm worker.
Director: Jane Campion | Stars: Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin
Votes: 95,268 | Gross: $40.16M
26. Gotham Uncovered: Creation of a Scene (2008 Video)
64 min | Documentary
Director Christopher Nolan and creative collaborators unmask the incredible detail and planning behind the film, including stunt staging, filming in IMAX®, and the new Bat-suit and Bat-pod.
Stars: Christian Bale, Graham Churchyard, Chris Corbould, George Cottle
Votes: 38
27. Little Women (1994)
PG | 115 min | Drama, Family, Romance
The March sisters live and grow in post-Civil War America.
Director: Gillian Armstrong | Stars: Susan Sarandon, Winona Ryder, Kirsten Dunst, Claire Danes
Votes: 63,653 | Gross: $50.08M
28. The Way Back (I) (2010)
PG-13 | 133 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Siberian gulag escapees travel four thousand miles by foot to freedom in India.
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Jim Sturgess, Ed Harris, Colin Farrell, Dragos Bucur
Votes: 122,085 | Gross: $2.70M
29. Lorenzo's Oil (1992)
PG-13 | 129 min | Biography, Drama
Lorenzo Odone, a Virginia 5-year-old, develops a degenerative nerve disease so rare that nobody is working on a cure, so his parents decide to immerse themselves in research and tackle the problem themselves.
Director: George Miller | Stars: Nick Nolte, Susan Sarandon, Peter Ustinov, Kathleen Wilhoite
Votes: 24,057 | Gross: $7.29M
30. The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
PG | 115 min | Drama, Romance, War
A young Australian reporter tries to navigate the political turmoil of Indonesia during the rule of President Sukarno with the help of a diminutive photographer.
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hunt, Bembol Roco
Votes: 22,915 | Gross: $10.28M
31. Fearless (1993)
R | 122 min | Drama, Thriller
A man's personality is dramatically changed after surviving a major airline crash.
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Isabella Rossellini, Rosie Perez, Tom Hulce
Votes: 24,578 | Gross: $7.00M
32. Two Hands (1999)
R | 103 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
A 19 year old finds himself in debt to a local gangster when some gang loot disappears and sets him on the run from thugs. Meanwhile two street kids start a shopping spree when they find the missing money.
Director: Gregor Jordan | Stars: Heath Ledger, Bryan Brown, David Field, Tom Long
Votes: 13,673
33. Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition (2006– )
TV-G | 30 min | Short, Talk-Show
Shows exclusive information on how teens can be in the motion picture industry.
Stars: Kylie Erica Mar, Madisen Hill, Ron Clements, Lee Unkrich
Votes: 84
34. The Rage in Placid Lake (2003)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy
An exuberant, sharply satirical comedy about two parentally neglected teenagers who find the courage to believe in themselves
Director: Tony McNamara | Stars: Jordan Brooking, Ben Lee, Rose Byrne, Miranda Richardson
Votes: 2,937
35. Spectre (I) (2015)
PG-13 | 148 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A cryptic message from James Bond's past sends him on a trail to uncover the existence of a sinister organisation named SPECTRE. With a new threat dawning, Bond learns the terrible truth about the author of all his pain in his most recent missions.
Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux, Ralph Fiennes
Votes: 466,624 | Gross: $200.07M
36. Dead Calm (1989)
R | 96 min | Horror, Thriller
After a tragedy, John Ingram and his wife Rae are spending some time isolated at sea, when they come across a stranger who has abandoned a sinking ship.
Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Sam Neill, Billy Zane, Rod Mullinar
Votes: 43,757 | Gross: $7.83M
37. Chappie (2015)
R | 120 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In the near future, crime is patrolled by a mechanized police force. When one police droid, Chappie, is stolen and given new programming, he becomes the first robot with the ability to think and feel for himself.
Director: Neill Blomkamp | Stars: Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel, Hugh Jackman, Sigourney Weaver
Votes: 269,956 | Gross: $31.57M
38. Empire of Light (2022)
R | 115 min | Drama, Romance
A drama about the power of human connection during turbulent times, set in an English coastal town in the early 1980s.
Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward, Colin Firth, Toby Jones
Votes: 24,280
39. Buffalo Soldiers (2001)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A criminal subculture operates among U.S. soldiers stationed in West Germany just before the fall of the Berlin wall.
Director: Gregor Jordan | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Anna Paquin, Ed Harris, Scott Glenn
Votes: 25,574 | Gross: $0.35M
40. Black and White (2002)
99 min | Drama
Recreation of the landmark 1958 South Australian Court trial of young aboriginal Max Stuart.
Director: Craig Lahiff | Stars: Robert Carlyle, Charles Dance, Kerry Fox, Colin Friels
Votes: 881
41. Ender's Game (2013)
PG-13 | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Young Ender Wiggin is recruited by the International Military to lead the fight against the Formics, an insectoid alien race who had previously tried to invade Earth and had inflicted heavy losses on humankind.
Director: Gavin Hood | Stars: Harrison Ford, Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, Abigail Breslin
Votes: 254,431 | Gross: $61.74M
42. Elysium (I) (2013)
R | 109 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
In the year 2154, the very wealthy live on a man-made space station while the rest of the population resides on a ruined Earth. A man takes on a mission that could bring equality to the polarized worlds.
Director: Neill Blomkamp | Stars: Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley, Alice Braga
Votes: 471,402 | Gross: $93.05M
43. The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey (1988)
PG | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Men seeking relief from the Black Death, guided by a boy's vision, dig a tunnel from 14th century England to 20th century New Zealand.
Director: Vincent Ward | Stars: Bruce Lyons, Chris Haywood, Hamish Gough, Marshall Napier
Votes: 3,989 | Gross: $1.33M
44. Anatomy of a Scene (2001–2004)
30 min | Documentary
This monthly series examines the creation of a scene from a new feature film from the point of view of the director and other key collaborators.
Stars: Tim Hopper, Edward Burns, James Lyons, Ryan Gosling
Votes: 72
45. Green Card (1990)
PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A man wanting to stay in the US enters into a marriage of convenience, but it turns into more than that.
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Andie MacDowell, Bebe Neuwirth, Gregg Edelman
Votes: 25,863 | Gross: $29.89M
46. Burke & Wills (1985)
PG-13 | 140 min | Adventure, Drama, History
A story based on true events about two explorers on a doomed journey trying to cross Australia on foot in the 19 century.
Director: Graeme Clifford | Stars: Jack Thompson, Nigel Havers, Greta Scacchi, Matthew Fargher
Votes: 285
47. Stanley: Every Home Should Have One (1984)
93 min | Action, Comedy
Stanley, a lovable eccentric, is sent by his father to a Sanatorium to make him 'normal'. Desperate to become normal himself, he finds the most normal family he can to model himself on.
Director: Esben Storm | Stars: Peter Bensley, Graham Kennedy, Nell Campbell, Michael Craig
Votes: 56
48. The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
PG-13 | 144 min | Drama, Romance
An American girl inherits a fortune and falls into a misguided relationship with a gentleman confidence artist whose true nature, including a barbed and covetous disposition, turns her life into a nightmare.
Director: Jane Campion | Stars: Nicole Kidman, John Malkovich, Barbara Hershey, Martin Donovan
Votes: 12,683 | Gross: $3.69M
49. Lilian's Story (1996)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama
For forty years Lilian Singer has been locked up in a 'loony bin' by her father. Her release is eventually secured by her eccentric Aunt Kitty and her brother, John. Lilian starts to carve ... See full summary »
Director: Jerzy Domaradzki | Stars: Ruth Cracknell, Barry Otto, Toni Collette, John Flaus
Votes: 318 | Gross: $0.00M
50. Blinky Bill: The Mischievous Koala (1992)
Not Rated | 93 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
After his home is destroyed by deforestation, Blinky Bill sets out on a quest to find his displaced mother.
Director: Yoram Gross | Stars: Robyn Moore, Keith Scott, Ross Higgins
Votes: 555