Three Years of Movies, pt. 4
by tha_hawk | created - 04 Sep 2017 | updated - 09 Jan 2018 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Last Man Standing (1996)
R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A drifting gunslinger-for-hire finds himself in the middle of an ongoing war between the Irish and Italian mafia in a Prohibition era ghost town.
Director: Walter Hill | Stars: Bruce Willis, Bruce Dern, William Sanderson, Christopher Walken
Votes: 60,963 | Gross: $17.60M
Misses the point with a story already told. Spend the time re-watching Yojimbo and/or A Fistful of Dollars instead.
2. The American (2010)
R | 105 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An assassin hides out in Italy for one last assignment.
Director: Anton Corbijn | Stars: George Clooney, Paolo Bonacelli, Violante Placido, Irina Björklund
Votes: 102,010 | Gross: $35.61M
Not fantastic, but not bad either. Refreshing take on a hitman movie. Clooney plays serious for once and is perfect for the part.
3. Night of the Living Dead: 30th Anniversary Edition (1999 Video)
Unrated | 93 min | Horror
A re-edited version of Night of the Living Dead (1968) by a few members of its creative team, excluding director George Romero. It cuts 15 minutes from the original and replaces it with 15 minutes of newly-shot footage.
Director: John A. Russo | Stars: Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Karl Hardman, Marilyn Eastman
Votes: 246
How do you justify making your own version of a cult classic by replacing some of the original film with newly shot scenes? You can't. Watched this on a DVD release by Svensk Filmindustri who must've thought it was the original version.
4. Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Socially frustrated Barry Egan calls a phone-sex line to curb his loneliness. Little does he know it will land him in deep trouble and will jeopardize his burgeoning romance with the mysterious Lena.
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jason Andrews
Votes: 177,223 | Gross: $17.84M
Possibly the only watchable film starring Adam Sandler, along with Reign Over Me. Somewhat surreal style intended to mirror the protagonist's emotional experiences. Strange, but not incomprehensible. Cute.
5. King Kong Lives (1986)
PG-13 | 105 min | Action, Adventure
Kong falls from the twin towers and he appears to be alive. However, his heart is failing, so it's replaced with an artificial one. All is well until he senses that there's a female Kong somewhere out there and escapes wreaking havoc.
Directors: John Guillermin, Charles McCracken | Stars: Brian Kerwin, Linda Hamilton, Peter Elliott, George Antoni
Votes: 6,798 | Gross: $4.71M
Borderline exploitation film. Hamilton deserves a better movie.
6. City of the Living Dead (1980)
Not Rated | 93 min | Horror
A reporter and a psychic race to close the Gates of Hell after the suicide of a clergyman caused them to open, allowing the dead to rise from their graves.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Christopher George, Catriona MacColl, Carlo De Mejo, Antonella Interlenghi
Votes: 19,332
Amusingly bad script and weird editing. Acting is surprisingly good if one disregards the very unnatural dialogue.
7. Reign Over Me (2007)
R | 124 min | Drama
A man who lost his family in the September 11 attack on New York City runs into his old college roommate. Rekindling the friendship is the one thing that appears able to help the man recover from his grief.
Director: Mike Binder | Stars: Adam Sandler, Don Cheadle, Jada Pinkett Smith, Liv Tyler
Votes: 99,561 | Gross: $19.66M
Sandler plays an actual human being for once and it's pretty good. Cheadle is believable and the story is touching.
8. I'm Your Man (2004)
27 min | Comedy, Short
A summer day on a quiet, secluded block. A stranger arrives and soon the whole neighborhood is involved in a web of deceit. "I'm Your Man" is a film about hidden desires, old grudges, con games and lingerie. No one is safe.
Director: Sarah Gyllenstierna | Stars: Lia Boysen, Fares Fares, Mats Flink, Björn Granath
Votes: 19
Professional production that is fairly entertaining. Maybe a few too many characters for its running time.
9. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Not Rated | 96 min | Horror, Thriller
A ragtag group of Pennsylvanians barricade themselves in an old farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls that are ravaging the Northeast of the United States.
Director: George A. Romero | Stars: Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Karl Hardman, Marilyn Eastman
Votes: 138,946 | Gross: $0.09M
Became the template for zombie stories in pop culture, and the challenge is to see the originality through decades of imitations. Impressive considering the low budget. Make sure you watch the original and not the 30th anniversary edition.
10. Day of the Dead (1985)
Not Rated | 101 min | Horror, Thriller
As the world is overrun by zombies, a group of scientists and military personnel sheltering in an underground bunker in Florida must decide on how they should deal with the undead horde.
Director: George A. Romero | Stars: Lori Cardille, Terry Alexander, Joseph Pilato, Jarlath Conroy
Votes: 74,301 | Gross: $5.80M
The weakest chapter in the "Dead trilogy" but also the most science oriented by far, which makes it interesting for the story world. The conflict of interest that drives the plot forward carries some weight, and any overacting (mostly by Pilato) just spices it up.
11. Elling (2001)
R | 89 min | Comedy, Drama
When his mother, who has sheltered him his entire 40 years, dies, sensitive would-be poet Elling is sent to live in a state institution. There he meets Kjell Bjarne, a gentle giant and ... See full summary »
Director: Petter Næss | Stars: Per Christian Ellefsen, Sven Nordin, Marit Pia Jacobsen, Jørgen Langhelle
Votes: 15,847 | Gross: $0.31M
Beautiful story about two men with slight mental handicaps trying to find their place in the world. Nothing special when it comes to style, but the story holds its own.
12. Wag the Dog (1997)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama
Shortly before an election, a spin-doctor and a Hollywood producer join efforts to fabricate a war in order to cover up a Presidential sex scandal.
Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne Heche, Woody Harrelson
Votes: 88,412 | Gross: $43.02M
Deserves some respect for its criticism on the medial manipulation of politics, democracy and the figures involved, but there are no real characters to keep me invested in the plot.
13. Cobra (1986)
R | 87 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A tough-on-crime street cop must protect the only surviving witness to a strange murderous cult with far-reaching plans.
Director: George P. Cosmatos | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Brigitte Nielsen, Reni Santoni, Andrew Robinson
Votes: 79,529 | Gross: $49.04M
Very amusing if you don't take it too seriously. The fact that Stallone wrote it for himself adds another layer of humor.
14. Every Secret Thing (2014)
R | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A detective looks to unravel a mystery surrounding missing children and the prime suspects: two young women who, seven years ago, were put away for an infant's death.
Director: Amy Berg | Stars: Diane Lane, Brynne Norquist, Eva Grace Kellner, Lily Pilblad
Votes: 9,161
Has some points about passing judgment and manipulation, but is also quite slow from time to time. Fanning is good but the rest is forgettable.
15. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Unrated | 127 min | Horror, Thriller
During an escalating zombie epidemic, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter and his TV executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.
Director: George A. Romero | Stars: David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott H. Reiniger, Gaylen Ross
Votes: 128,440 | Gross: $5.10M
Romero managed to pull off yet another milestone in the zombie genre with this. The original cut is action packed and philosophical at the same time, and provides some insight into the human condition without shoving it in your face.
16. I Am Curious (Yellow) (1967)
X | 121 min | Drama, Romance
Told in a quasi-documentary style, this companion piece to I Am Curious (Blue) (1968) deals with topics such as class society, non-violent resistance, sex, relationships, and tourism to Francoist Spain.
Director: Vilgot Sjöman | Stars: Lena Nyman, Vilgot Sjöman, Börje Ahlstedt, Peter Lindgren
Votes: 4,301 | Gross: $20.24M
Switches between a semi documentary story level and a fictional story level but blends the two as well, which makes it hard to tell in what "reality" things take place. Interesting, creative and provocative (for its time) but hard to digest in one watch.
17. Dial M for Murder (1954)
PG | 105 min | Crime, Thriller
A former tennis star arranges the murder of his adulterous wife.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings, John Williams
Votes: 188,606 | Gross: $0.01M
Masterly crafted. Kelly and Milland are great, with Milland being very reminding of James Stewart in both perfomance and appearence. Williams is excellent.
18. North by Northwest (1959)
Approved | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
A New York City advertising executive goes on the run after being mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and falls for a woman whose loyalties he begins to doubt.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis
Votes: 345,757 | Gross: $13.28M
Fantastic cinematography where some scenes and compositions are absolutely stunning. Script has awkward structure which makes the pace uneven, and the slow progression is at times frustrating. Nice miniature work.
19. Train to Busan (2016)
Not Rated | 118 min | Action, Horror, Thriller
While a zombie virus breaks out in South Korea, passengers struggle to survive on the train from Seoul to Busan.
Director: Yeon Sang-ho | Stars: Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi, Ma Dong-seok, Kim Su-an
Votes: 257,961 | Gross: $2.13M
Creative take on a zombie film with interesting design choices. Decent story and characters. Loses some momentum towards the end.
20. The Perfect Storm (2000)
PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
An unusually intense storm pattern catches some commercial fishermen unaware and puts them in mortal danger.
Director: Wolfgang Petersen | Stars: George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, John C. Reilly, Diane Lane
Votes: 177,760 | Gross: $182.62M
Useless script, Michael Bay level subtlety, flat characters and dated CGI. Nice look though, animations aside.
21. Pappa Jansson (2004)
27 min | Short
Director: Molly Hartleb | Stars: Claes Malmberg, Lena Carlsson, Hanna Gunnedal, Tom Ljungman
Votes: 10
Malmberg is good, and a few others are okay. OK story, but spells everything out in words and leaves nothing to the viewer's imagination.
22. Välkommen till Tomas & Jill (2002)
30 min | Drama, Short
Tomas and Jill leads their lives in a fancy house in a small town. The passion is gone since many years. Anela and Vladimir live in exile and under the threat of deportation. Their love is ... See full summary »
Director: Henrik Georgsson | Stars: Göran Berlander, Aida Gordon, Erika Höghede, Zeljko Santrac
Votes: 9
Fun premise and okay acting. Cinematography is of varying quality.
23. The 39 Steps (1935)
Approved | 86 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A man in London tries to help a counter-espionage agent, but when the agent is killed and the man stands accused, he must go on the run to save himself and stop a spy ring that is trying to steal top-secret information.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim, Godfrey Tearle
Votes: 61,473
Exciting story with good pacing except for a few slow moments. Ties together nicely.
24. Howl (2010)
R | 84 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
As Allen Ginsberg talks about his life and art, his most famous poem is illustrated in animation while the obscenity trial of the work is dramatized.
Directors: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman | Stars: James Franco, Todd Rotondi, Jon Prescott, Aaron Tveit
Votes: 13,398 | Gross: $0.62M
Three parallel story levels concerning Allen Ginsberg's Howl, which work surprisingly well as a whole. Franco's effort seems a bit forced, as it often does.
25. Conan the Barbarian (1982)
R | 129 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A powerful warrior seeks to avenge the genocide of his people and the murder of his parents at the hands of a snake cult.
Director: John Milius | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones, Max von Sydow, Sandahl Bergman
Votes: 162,344 | Gross: $39.57M
Entertaining. Schwarzenegger's acting isn't always very convincing, but his presence is strangely captivating nevertheless.
26. Planet of the Apes (1968)
G | 112 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
An astronaut crew crash-lands on a planet where highly intelligent non-human ape species are dominant and humans are enslaved.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans
Votes: 192,834 | Gross: $33.40M
Some aspects regarding evolution are a tad far-fetched, but all in all a nicely put together sci-fi story with a fun perspective on mankind.
27. From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999 Video)
R | 88 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
Five career criminals gather in Mexico to pull off a bank heist. They soon realize that they are up against far more frightening creatures than the police pursuing them.
Director: Scott Spiegel | Stars: Robert Patrick, Bo Hopkins, Duane Whitaker, Muse Watson
Votes: 17,391
Bad in so many ways, and it's not even funny bad. Lame camera stunts constantly, and the plot is nowhere to be found. Patrick is the only thing even close to good.
28. Romantics Anonymous (2010)
PG-13 | 80 min | Comedy, Romance
Jean-René, owner of a chocolate factory, and Angélique, a talented chocolate maker, are too shy to admit their love for each other. Will they come together thanks to their common passion?
Director: Jean-Pierre Améris | Stars: Benoît Poelvoorde, Isabelle Carré, Lorella Cravotta, Lise Lamétrie
Votes: 12,032
Cute and fun. Somewhat inconsistent when it comes to style, and sometimes it tries a bit too hard to be Amélie, but overall it lives up to its expectations.
29. Ant-Man (2015)
PG-13 | 117 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Armed with a super-suit with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, cat burglar Scott Lang must embrace his inner hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, pull off a plan that will save the world.
Director: Peyton Reed | Stars: Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Corey Stoll, Evangeline Lilly
Votes: 721,344 | Gross: $180.20M
Maybe I'm getting too old for this type of movie or maybe Marvel has stopped trying, but the premise of Ant-Man is rediculous. Some good laughs and Rudd is fine, but the rest is forgettable.
30. I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
PG-13 | 93 min | Documentary, History
Writer James Baldwin tells the story of race in modern America with his unfinished novel, Remember This House.
Director: Raoul Peck | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, James Baldwin, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X
Votes: 23,486 | Gross: $7.12M
Beautiful film about a less beautiful subject matter. Peck almost seamlessly links history to the present day. Some comparisons are slightly uncalled for.
31. Elle (I) (2016)
R | 130 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A successful businesswoman gets caught up in a game of cat and mouse as she tracks down the unknown man who raped her.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Lafitte, Anne Consigny, Charles Berling
Votes: 71,103
Verhoeven reminds us of his range as a filmmaker with this layered drama about monsters and intentions. Style and tone are quite neutral but effective nonetheless. Slightly too long.
32. Dances with Wolves (1990)
PG-13 | 181 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
Lieutenant John Dunbar, assigned to a remote western Civil War outpost, finds himself engaging with a neighbouring Sioux settlement, causing him to question his own purpose.
Director: Kevin Costner | Stars: Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene, Rodney A. Grant
Votes: 290,203 | Gross: $184.21M
Honorable message but depictions of both native americans and settlers are almost comically unjust. Despite its pro-indian intentions the story has a very "white" perspective as well. Beautiful look and Costner's acting and directing is good.
33. The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
PG | 82 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
In 1935 New Jersey, a movie character walks off the screen and into the real world.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello, Irving Metzman
Votes: 55,207 | Gross: $10.63M
Cozy and inspiring about the comforting as well as the manipulative sides of cinema. Farrow is her usual shy but brilliant self and Allen tells a very human story with a master's touch.
34. I'm Still Here (I) (2010)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Documents Joaquin Phoenix's transition from the acting world to a career as an aspiring rapper.
Director: Casey Affleck | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Antony Langdon, Carey Perloff, Larry McHale
Votes: 23,883 | Gross: $0.41M
A fake documentary about very real reactions within the world of Hollywood. Not technically perfect but worth watching because of its intentions. Underrated.
35. Överallt och ingenstans (2002 TV Movie)
29 min | Drama
Directors: Kajsa Eldin, Kristina Kjellin | Stars: Martin Aliaga, Anna-Yrsa Falenius, Leo Magnusson, Matilda Ragnerstam
A short film in three parts about asking for divine help and getting it. The point seems to elude me. Good acting but strange cinematography.
36. Melancholia (2011)
R | 135 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.
Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland, Alexander Skarsgård
Votes: 195,670 | Gross: $3.03M
Peculiar, disturbing and beautiful all at the same time. Well-crafted analogy for living with mental illness. The only thing I'm not fond of is the shaky cam.
37. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
PG | 113 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
With the assistance of the Enterprise crew, Admiral Kirk must stop an old nemesis, Khan Noonien Singh, from using the life-generating Genesis Device as the ultimate weapon.
Director: Nicholas Meyer | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan
Votes: 129,127 | Gross: $78.91M
Despite some questionable acting and the fact that the story is based on the audience's assumed knowledge of the character Khan from before, the movie works really well. The script is solid and the Star Trek universe is beautiful in the feature film format.
38. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
PG | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Admiral Kirk and his bridge crew risk their careers stealing the decommissioned U.S.S. Enterprise to return to the restricted Genesis Planet to recover Spock's body.
Director: Leonard Nimoy | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan
Votes: 86,103 | Gross: $76.47M
Not as captivating and well-paced as The Wrath of Khan, but decent enough. Special effects have become a notch better and scenes in space look gorgeous most of the time.
39. Somewhere (2010)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After withdrawing to the Chateau Marmont, a passionless Hollywood actor reexamines his life when his eleven-year-old daughter surprises him with a visit.
Director: Sofia Coppola | Stars: Stephen Dorff, Elle Fanning, Chris Pontius, Erin Wasson
Votes: 46,682 | Gross: $1.77M
A bit slow, but by being slow it also depicts the meaninglessness in the life of the protagonist. Coppola shows her capacity as a filmmaker but doesn't come close to The Virgin Suicides or Lost in Translation.
40. As It Is in Heaven (2004)
Not Rated | 133 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A famous international conductor returns to his small childhood town in Sweden for early retirement. He's asked to help with the church choir. He affects the lives of all in the choir.
Director: Kay Pollak | Stars: Michael Nyqvist, Frida Hallgren, Helen Sjöholm, Lennart Jähkel
Votes: 18,266 | Gross: $0.01M
Overrated and ridiculous. Per Morberg, Ingela Olsson and Lennart Jähkel are fine actors, but the rest are mediocre. Nyqvist can't deliver his lines properly and the story has no arc.
41. The Terminator (1984)
R | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A human soldier is sent from 2029 to 1984 to stop an almost indestructible cyborg killing machine, sent from the same year, which has been programmed to execute a young woman whose unborn son is the key to humanity's future salvation.
Director: James Cameron | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn, Paul Winfield
Votes: 923,106 | Gross: $38.40M
How can you not love this? The only thing that bugs me is the score, which at times sounds cheap and dated in a bad way (excluding the theme, of course). Some exposition, but not much.
42. Alena (2015)
TV-MA | 83 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
When Alena arrives at her new elite boarding school, Filippa and the other girls start to harass her. But Alena's best friend Josefin won't let her take anymore beating. If she won't strike back, Josefin will do it for her. Hard.
Director: Daniel di Grado | Stars: Helena Af Sandeberg, Johan Ehn, Ulrika Ellemark, Malin Persson
Votes: 1,367
The look is right and a nice tone is established initially, but it all comes tumbling down as soon as the first lines of dialogue are uttered. The script is completely unoriginal and the plot is predictable. A lot of exposition that makes it much slower than it has to be.
43. Flashdance (1983)
R | 95 min | Drama, Music, Romance
An 18-year-old female amateur dancer who performs nightly at a dancing bar, and works as a welder during the day, dreams of joining the Pittsburgh ballet school.
Director: Adrian Lyne | Stars: Jennifer Beals, Michael Nouri, Lilia Skala, Sunny Johnson
Votes: 59,460 | Gross: $94.90M
There are traces of a story in there but most of all this is 90 minutes of exposition. Sure, there is some impressive dancing but it's really just filler scenes where nothing leads to nothing. Considering how much I've heard about this film through the years it's unbelievably bad.
44. Stranger Things (2016–2025)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces and one strange little girl.
Stars: Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Winona Ryder, David Harbour
Votes: 1,333,164
Cleverly disguises clichés as nostalgia which works really well for a couple of episodes until you realize that's what's going on. Some of the children are good actors and the mystery has some appeal, but the only really interesting characters are Heaton's and Harbour's. (Based on season 1).
45. Star Trek: Discovery (2017–2024)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Ten years before Kirk, Spock, and the Enterprise, the USS Discovery discovers new worlds and lifeforms as one Starfleet officer learns to understand all things alien.
Stars: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Emily Coutts
Votes: 134,127
Has nothing to do with classic Star Trek storytelling and its trademarks.
46. Marie Antoinette (2006)
PG-13 | 123 min | Biography, Drama, History
The retelling of France's iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 14 to her reign as queen at 19 and to the end of her reign as queen, and ultimately the fall of Versailles.
Director: Sofia Coppola | Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Rip Torn, Steve Coogan
Votes: 121,737 | Gross: $15.96M
47. Face/Off (1997)
R | 138 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
To foil a terrorist plot, FBI agent Sean Archer assumes the identity of the criminal Castor Troy who murdered his son through facial transplant surgery, but the crook wakes up prematurely and vows revenge.
Director: John Woo | Stars: John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen, Alessandro Nivola
Votes: 400,478 | Gross: $112.23M
How do you rate this, seriously? So bad and so good. The premise itself is so ludicrous you just have to love it. Cage is the king of weird acting!
48. Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A century before Captain Kirk's five-year mission, Jonathan Archer captains the United Earth ship Enterprise during the early years of Starfleet, leading up to the Earth-Romulan War and the formation of the Federation.
Stars: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating
Votes: 59,018
All in all a decent Trek series with some ups and downs. The biggest flaw has to be the underwritten characters which are hard to relate to.
49. Jalla! Jalla! (2000)
88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Roro, a foreign worker in Swedish parks, loves his girlfriend and wants to marry her, but he is about to marry another girl to prevent her from being sent back to her homeland, Lebanon. ... See full summary »
Director: Josef Fares | Stars: Fares Fares, Torkel Petersson, Tuva Novotny, Laleh Pourkarim
Votes: 14,642
Ambitious and confident movie that suffers a bit from strange stylistic choices. Funny and unusual.
50. Captain America: Civil War (2016)
PG-13 | 147 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Political involvement in the Avengers' affairs causes a rift between Captain America and Iron Man.
Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo | Stars: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan
Votes: 849,054 | Gross: $408.08M
Surprisingly competent in terms of political themes. Less impressive when it comes to the lengthy fighting scenes.
51. La La Land (2016)
PG-13 | 128 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
While navigating their careers in Los Angeles, a pianist and an actress fall in love while attempting to reconcile their aspirations for the future.
Director: Damien Chazelle | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Rosemarie DeWitt, J.K. Simmons
Votes: 669,944 | Gross: $151.10M
Poorly written cliché with mediocre singing and dancing. Random events take place in between shots of characters walking down the streets of LA. Not even the songs are compelling.
52. The Fugitive (1993)
PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Dr. Richard Kimble, unjustly accused of murdering his wife, must find the real killer while being the target of a nationwide manhunt led by a seasoned U.S. Marshal.
Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Sela Ward, Julianne Moore
Votes: 318,292 | Gross: $183.88M
53. The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)
R | 94 min | Comedy, War
A reporter in Iraq might just have the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady, a guy who claims to be a former member of the U.S. Army's New Earth Army, a unit that employs paranormal powers in their missions.
Director: Grant Heslov | Stars: Ewan McGregor, George Clooney, Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges
Votes: 137,504 | Gross: $32.43M
54. Jeepers Creepers (2001)
R | 90 min | Horror, Mystery
A brother and sister driving home through isolated countryside for spring break encounter a flesh-eating creature which is in the midst of its ritualistic eating spree.
Director: Victor Salva | Stars: Gina Philips, Justin Long, Jonathan Breck, Patricia Belcher
Votes: 142,376 | Gross: $37.90M
Very likeable until things take a turn towards the supernatural. Would've liked it much better as a regular slasher.
55. Kenny Starfighter (1997–2022)
28 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Galaxy hero Penny Starfighter will try to stop Dr. Deo's cruel revenge against humanity. To help them, they have a group of children led by 11-year-old Ester. Will it be enough, or will they need Kenny Starfighter's help?
Stars: Johan Rheborg, Benny Haag, Maja Rung, Kiwi Casslind
Votes: 1,398
Hilarious low-budget tounge-in-cheek series for kids that also has a ton of adult humour. Rheborg and the various side characters are a blast!
56. I Am Legend (2007)
PG-13 | 101 min | Action, Drama, Horror
Years after a plague kills most of humanity and transforms the rest into monsters, the sole survivor in New York City struggles valiantly to find a cure.
Director: Francis Lawrence | Stars: Will Smith, Alice Braga, Charlie Tahan, Salli Richardson-Whitfield
Votes: 813,216 | Gross: $256.39M
57. Black Book (2006)
R | 145 min | Drama, Thriller, War
In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, a Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman, Halina Reijn
Votes: 80,457 | Gross: $4.40M
Too much going on in order for the viewer to be able to connect with the story and its characters. Van Houten is terrific but the high tempo makes her efforts wasted. Would've worked better as a mini-series.
58. Kompisar (2007)
21 min | Short, Drama
Two friends, Björn and Hampus, decide to move in together. If one ignores the fact that the two men are completely different, theirs is a close relationship. Being in love with your best ... See full summary »
Director: Magnus Mork | Stars: Sven Boräng, Jonas Eskilsson, Emilie Lidgard
Votes: 481
59. Juni (2007)
45 min | Short, Drama
A story which follows the lives of five separate people and what happens to them after they leave a party.
Director: Fijona Jonuzi | Stars: Jan Coster, Natai da Silva Aires, Michael Engberg, Ylva Gallon
Votes: 33
60. Världens ände (2007)
25 min | Short
Director: Guro Bruusgaard | Stars: Roozbeh Behtaji, Karoline Fougner Bjerknes, Simen Fjellaker, Monica Borg Fure
61. Another Woman (1988)
PG | 81 min | Drama
Facing a mid-life crisis, a woman rents an apartment next to a psychiatrist's office to write a new book, only to become drawn to the plight of a pregnant woman seeking that doctor's help.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Gena Rowlands, Mia Farrow, Ian Holm, Blythe Danner
Votes: 15,035 | Gross: $1.56M
Nice and clever idea about soul-searching that never really kicks off. Competent cast that also seems a tad uninspired.
62. Con Air (1997)
R | 115 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Newly-paroled ex-con and former U.S. Ranger Cameron Poe finds himself trapped in a prisoner-transport plane when the passengers seize control.
Director: Simon West | Stars: Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Colm Meaney
Votes: 318,952 | Gross: $101.12M
If there was just a bit more "bad movie-ness" Con Air would be the perfect laugh fest. This is just embarrassing.
63. Misery (1990)
R | 107 min | Drama, Thriller
After a famous author is rescued from a car crash by a fan of his novels, he comes to realize that the care he is receiving is only the beginning of a nightmare of captivity and abuse.
Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: James Caan, Kathy Bates, Richard Farnsworth, Frances Sternhagen
Votes: 235,218 | Gross: $61.28M
Creepy but cute. Bates is wonderful!
64. Hotel (2013)
97 min | Drama
Erika has it all: a good job, lots of friends and a secure relationship. Until the day it all falls apart. Suddenly this perfect life means nothing, and the feelings she once was able to ... See full summary »
Director: Lisa Langseth | Stars: Alicia Vikander, David Dencik, Anna Bjelkerud, Mira Eklund
Votes: 2,592
Unusually good acting for a swedish movie and a serious subject matter. Some less believable moments and strange pacing at times prevents it from being more than ok. Vikander is great!
65. 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: 1,576,661 | Gross: $206.85M
Places Batman in the "real world" and the result is a story that effectively deals with ethical themes in an unprecedented way. The non chronological storytelling works to its advantage. Nice look.
66. 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: 2,867,028 | Gross: $534.86M
Impressive performances by Caine, Bale and Eckhart, and Ledger still manages to outshine 'em all. Grandiose, but unfortunately too long with way too much plot to be able to maintain focus on its characters.
67. Evil (2003)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama
A teenage boy expelled from school for fighting arrives at a boarding school where the systematic bullying of younger students is encouraged as a means to maintain discipline, and decides to fight back.
Director: Mikael Håfström | Stars: Andreas Wilson, Henrik Lundström, Gustaf Skarsgård, Linda Zilliacus
Votes: 42,042 | Gross: $0.02M
Nice set and costume design that brings credibility to the story, but dialogue and acting in general are at times terrible.
68. Alien (1979)
R | 117 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
The crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform after investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt, Veronica Cartwright
Votes: 949,139 | Gross: $78.90M
Very well-made horror film in sci-fi clothing. Characters have depth and sets are very appropriate for the story. Near perfect.
69. I Am Heath Ledger (2017)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Biography
Friends and family of the late actor Heath Ledger remember his life and career.
Directors: Adrian Buitenhuis, Derik Murray | Stars: Heath Ledger, Ben Harper, Kim Ledger, Sally Bell
Votes: 6,896
More of a celebration than a biography. Touching, but has no nuances whatsoever. If you're interested in Ledger as a person this isn't the place to look.
70. Aliens (1986)
R | 137 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Decades after surviving the Nostromo incident, Ellen Ripley is sent out to re-establish contact with a terraforming colony but finds herself battling the Alien Queen and her offspring.
Director: James Cameron | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Carrie Henn, Paul Reiser
Votes: 762,114 | Gross: $85.16M
Cameron cleverly uses the Alien universe as an excuse to make an action packed special effects feast, and it definitely entertains. However, it completely lacks the finesse, horror and script quality of the original.
71. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
PG-13 | 151 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Batman is manipulated by Lex Luthor to fear Superman. Superman´s existence is meanwhile dividing the world and he is framed for murder during an international crisis. The heroes clash and force the neutral Wonder Woman to reemerge.
Director: Zack Snyder | Stars: Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg
Votes: 751,939 | Gross: $330.36M
Confused mess that doesn't seem to know what story it is trying to tell.
72. Alien³ (1992)
R | 114 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Returning from LV-426, Ellen Ripley crash-lands on the maximum-security prison Fiorina 161, where she discovers that she has unwittingly brought along an unwelcome visitor.
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Charles S. Dutton, Charles Dance, Paul McGann
Votes: 319,058 | Gross: $55.47M
Closer to the tone of the original than Aliens were, but also focuses on less interesting things. Seems a bit repetitive and slow, and some of the characters are disturbingly cartoonish.
73. Force Majeure (2014)
R | 120 min | Comedy, Drama
A family vacationing in the French Alps is confronted with a devastating avalanche.
Director: Ruben Östlund | Stars: Johannes Kuhnke, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Clara Wettergren, Vincent Wettergren
Votes: 66,983 | Gross: $1.36M
Beautiful and smart, but with maybe somewhat unrelateble characters. Drops the ball towards the end and drifts into pure symbolism.
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