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Goodfellas

17+ | 145 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

90 Metascore

The story of Henry Hill and his life in the mob, covering his relationship with his wife Karen Colina and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito in the Italian-American crime syndicate.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco

Votes: 1,116,617 | Gross: $46.84M

Many movies of the by showed what it was like to be in the Mafia. But "Goodfellas" is able to recreate how information technology feels. The kinetic camerawork, booming audio- runway, and brutally honest performances put you inside the life of mobster-turned-informant Henry Hill. You feel his thrill of being included in the globe of ability and wealth, and also his paranoia when it all comes crashing down. It was another 16 years earlier Martin Scorsese won the Oscar he so thoroughly deserved, just with "Goodfellas" he secured his place in the ranks of the greatest directors in history.

by Matt McDaniel

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أفلام المافيا في الماضي كانت تصور كيف يبدو رجل المافيا ولكن في فيلمنا هذا يعطيك انطباع جديد عن كيف يشعر رجل المافيا عن طريق الولوج داخل الحياة الوحشية لرجل العصابات هنري هيل وتحوله نحو الثروة والقوة والسلطة ثم جنون العظمة لديه حتى مرحلة سقوطه و استحق المخرج سكورسيزي جائزة الأوسكار.

تعليق : مات مكدنيال (ناقد أجنبي )

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احب ان اضيف تعليقا للاسطورة السينمائية goodfellas لم يكن سكورسيزي وحده فقط من يستجق الجائزة بل القدير جو بيسكي والذي تحصل على جائزة اوسكار افضل ممثل مساعد استحقها اذكر اول مرة رأيت بها هذا الفيلم و خصوصا مشهدة الحانة عندما ذكر احد افراد العصابات جو بيسكي بماضيه عندما كان يلمع الاحذيه و ردت الفعل الناجمة عن جو بيسكي , قعدت فاغر الفاه و انا اراه يجيد التمثيل اكثر من الحقيقة ذاتها شكرا للاخ الفاضل ايهاب الشربيني على هذا الموضوع المهم الحقيقة يوجد افلام بالقائمة لم اشاهدها و يوجد افلام شاهدتها و نسيتها لذا جاري اعادة مشاهدتها و ابداء الراي تحيتي و تقديري

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Misery

107 min | Drama, Thriller

75 Metascore

Afterward a famous author is rescued from a car crash by a fan of his novels, he comes to realize that the intendance he is receiving is only the start of a nightmare of captivity and abuse.

Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: James Caan, Kathy Bates, Richard Farnsworth, Frances Sternhagen

Votes: 203,505 | Gross: $61.28M

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The Silence of the Lambs

17+ | 118 min | Offense, Drama, Thriller

85 Metascore

A young F.B.I. buck must receive the assistance of an incarcerated and manipulative carnivorous killer to help catch some other series killer, a madman who skins his victims.

Manager: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Lawrence A. Bonney, Kasi Lemmons

Votes: i,386,107 | Gross: $130.74M

Simply one movie in the past two decades captured Academy Awards in all five summit categories. And it features mutilations, decapitations, and cannibalism -- not your usual Oscar fare. Only "The Silence of the Lambs" secured a place in history with its ii indelible lead characters: Jodie Foster's Clarice Starling and, of course, Anthony Hopkins equally Hannibal Lecter. Plus, the suspenseful scenes are so well crafted the film never stops being scary, no thing how many times you watch it.

by Matt McDaniel

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فيلم واحد فقط في العقدين الآخيرين نال جائزة الأوسكار في الفئات الخمسة الرئيسية رغم أنه ليس فيلما أوسكاريا تقليديا حيث يتضمن مشاهد وحشية عن كالتشويه والتقطيع الجسدي وهو ما يخالف اعراف الاوسكار المعتادة ،وحصل الفيلم على مكانة تاريخية لا تمحى خاصة بالنسبة لجودي فوستر ، و دوما يشعر المشاهد معه بالخوف و لو شاهده عدة مرات تعليق : مات مكدنيال

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

13+ | 137 min | Activeness, Sci-Fi

75 Metascore

A cyborg, identical to the ane who failed to impale Sarah Connor, must now protect her x-year-old son John from a more avant-garde and powerful cyborg.

Director: James Cameron | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick

Votes: 1,068,861 | Gross: $204.84M

لماذا يجب أن تشاهده ؟ نقلة جديدة و مبتدعة في استخدام الكمبيوتر لتجهيز المؤثرات البصرية أصبحت الأساس بعد ذلك طوال العقد التالي للخدع البصرية والخيال العلمي ، مع اداء راقي للأبطال و إخراج محكم لجيمس كاميرون تعليق :ايهاب الشربينيhippo

Thelma & Louise

R | 130 min | Adventure, Law-breaking, Drama

88 Metascore

Two best friends prepare out on an run a risk, just it before long turns around to a terrifying escape from being hunted by the police, every bit these 2 girls escape for the crimes they committed.

Managing director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen

Votes: 150,973 | Gross: $45.36M

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Malcolm X

PG-13 | 202 min | Biography, Drama, History

73 Metascore

Biographical ballsy of the controversial and influential Black Nationalist leader, from his early on life and career as a small-time gangster, to his ministry building as a member of the Nation of Islam.

Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Delroy Lindo, Spike Lee

Votes: 93,329 | Gross: $48.17M

Da hong deng long gao gao gua

125 min | Drama, History, Romance

A young adult female becomes the quaternary wife of a wealthy lord, and must learn to live with the strict rules and tensions within the household.

Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Gong Li, Jingwu Ma, Saifei He, Cuifen Cao

Votes: 32,252 | Gross: $2.60M

Ging chaat goo si III: Chiu kup ging chaat

R | 96 min | Action, One-act, Criminal offence

A Hong Kong detective teams upwards with his female Red Chinese analogue to terminate a Chinese drug czar.

Director: Stanley Tong | Stars: Jackie Chan, Michelle Yeoh, Maggie Cheung, Kenneth Tsang

Votes: 21,274 | Gross: $xvi.27M

Got activity? Hollywood couldn't hold a candle to mid-'90s Hong Kong action flicks, and Jackie Chan is, easily downwardly, i of the almost prolific action stars of our time, churn- ing out an epic oeuvre of death-defying sequences and elaborate fight scenes -- no stunt double required. Hither, he's virtually upstaged by co-star Michelle Yeoh, who delivers her own jaw-dropping, how-did-she-not-break-her-cervix moments. Sure, CGI can make anybody an action star, but this is the existent affair, and information technology'due south fantastic fun.

by Philip Yu

Chung Hing sam lam

PG-thirteen | 102 min | One-act, Offense, Drama

78 Metascore

Ii melancholy Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious female person underworld figure, the other with a cute and ethereal waitress at a late-night restaurant he frequents.

Director: Kar-Wai Wong | Stars: Brigitte Lin, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Faye Wong

Votes: 77,818 | Gross: $0.60M

Faced with a ii calendar month hiatus on his martial arts epic "Ashes of Time," Wong Kar-wai embarked on "Chungking Express" with no script and only an inkling of the movie he wanted to make. Under normal circum- stances, this is a recipe for disaster. Simply Wong is no normal director; his approach to filmmaking is more alike to Miles Davis than Stephen Spielberg. The film -- a pair of stories of unrequited dear -- wanders off on improvised story lines before returning to its key visual and audio themes. (Notation: you will hear the vocal "California Dreamin'" a lot.) The result, aided in no modest part by Christopher Doyle'due south lush cinematography, is one of the most gorgeous, vital, swooningly romantic movies e'er committed to celluloid.

by Jonathan Crow

Forrest Gump

21 | 142 min | Drama, Romance

82 Metascore

The presidencies of Kennedy and Johnson, the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal and other historical events unfold from the perspective of an Alabama human being with an IQ of 75, whose just desire is to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart.

Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Sally Field

Votes: ane,997,621 | Gross: $330.25M

Before Sunrise

R | 101 min | Drama, Romance

77 Metascore

A young man and adult female meet on a railroad train in Europe, and current of air up spending one evening together in Vienna. Unfortunately, both know that this will probably be their only dark together.

Managing director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Andrea Eckert, Hanno Pöschl

Votes: 298,849 | Gross: $5.54M

Clueless

21 | 97 min | One-act, Romance

68 Metascore

Shallow, rich and socially successful Cher is at the elevation of her Beverly Hills high schoolhouse's pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first coaxes two teachers into dating each other.

Managing director: Amy Heckerling | Stars: Alicia Silverstone, Stacey Dash, Brittany Murphy, Paul Rudd

Votes: 209,026 | Gross: $56.63M

With so many revolutionary, accolade-winning, and flawless films missing the cutting, one might wonder how "Clueless" made our list of mod classics. As if! Just dust off your copy of the Amy Heckerling-helmed rom-com, and you'll rapidly discover a number of reasons why -- to this day -- information technology's adored by critics and fans alike. From its instantly quotable and hilarious script to the costume department's outrageous creations to Alicia Silverstone'due south star-making performance as Beverly Hills deviling-turned-matchmaker Cher Horowitz, the greatest Jane Austen accommodation is not merely a slumber party staple; information technology'due south a legitimate, generation-defining picture show.

by Matt Whitfield

Heat

21 | 170 min | Action, Criminal offence, Drama

76 Metascore

A group of high-end professional thieves get-go to feel the rut from the LAPD when they unknowingly leave a clue at their latest heist.

Director: Michael Mann | Stars: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight

Votes: 634,371 | Gross: $67.44M

Sense and Sensibility

PG | 136 min | Drama, Romance

84 Metascore

Rich Mr. Dashwood dies, leaving his second wife and her 3 daughters poor by the rules of inheritance. The 2 eldest daughters are the title opposites.

Manager: Ang Lee | Stars: Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, James Armada, Tom Wilkinson

Votes: 113,784 | Gross: $43.18M

Toy Story

SU | 81 min | Animation, Run a risk, Comedy

95 Metascore

A cowboy doll is greatly threatened and jealous when a new spaceman effigy supplants him equally meridian toy in a boy's room.

Manager: John Lasseter | Stars: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Jim Varney

Votes: 964,238 | Gross: $191.80M

When I started to hear the hoopla around this movie at its release, I was really quite turned off by the whole notion. How could some bogus "digitally blithe" movie made by some unproven minds at a goofy, upstart company (with a silly hopping lamp as a logo!) take completely enthralled both kid and adult moviegoers alike? I mean, Cliff from "Thanks" was one of the vocalisation talents; how good could it be? Boy, was I wrong. Really wrong. I went to come across this flick with tremendous skepticism, and it did accept a few sequences to adjust to the amazing color and definition (call up, no Hard disk, no 3D in 1995), merely I was very quickly won over, and flat out enchanted past the brilliance -- both visual and conceptual -- of what I was seeing. With every scene I marveled at the attention to detail, crafts- manship, and intelligence of the film. And I was smiling. Smiling and laughing even though I was a cynical grown up! With the introduction of Woody, Buzz and the residual of their toybox pals, Pixar forever inverse the manner everyone views this genre and established animation's prevalence well beyond Sat mornings. Just bank check their Oscar pall... and their bankroll.

by Sean Phillips

The Usual Suspects

R | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

77 Metascore

A sole survivor tells of the twisty events leading up to a horrific gun battle on a gunkhole, which began when five criminals met at a seemingly random police lineup.

Managing director: Bryan Singer | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, Chazz Palminteri, Stephen Baldwin

Votes: one,061,145 | Gross: $23.34M

In a decade chocked full of flicks with mind-blowing plot twists, this movie stands out as the best. Throughout the film, managing director Bryan Vocalist artfully builds and builds the tension until its terminal moments when that criminal mastermind, Keyser Soze, is finally revealed. The twist comes as a punch to the gut, and in the aftermath, you sense that you just may take seen the devil himself.

by Jonathan Crow

Big Night

R | 109 min | Drama, Romance

80 Metascore

New Bailiwick of jersey, 1950s. Two brothers run an Italian eatery. Business organization is non going well as a rival Italian eating house is out-competing them. In a last effort to salve the restaurant, the brothers plan to put on an evening of incredible nutrient.

Directors: Campbell Scott, Stanley Tucci | Stars: Tony Shalhoub, Stanley Tucci, Marc Anthony, Larry Block

Votes: 20,307 | Gross: $11.88M

Dead Man

R | 121 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

62 Metascore

On the run after murdering a man, accountant William Blake encounters a foreign aboriginal American man named Nobody who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual globe.

Managing director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Johnny Depp, Gary Farmer, Crispin Glover, Lance Henriksen

Votes: 95,958 | Gross: $ane.04M

Fargo

R | 98 min | Crime, Thriller

85 Metascore

Minnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard'due south inept crime falls autonomously due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent constabulary work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.

Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: William H. Macy, Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare

Votes: 664,251 | Gross: $24.61M

Joel and Ethan Coen have three films on this list that are somehow entirely dissimilar from each other, still instantly recognizable equally the brothers' piece of work. Their first true masterpiece, "Fargo," tells a story as bleak as the frozen expanses of its setting. A craven automobile dealer hires two goons to kidnap his own wife, hoping to scam both the crooks and his well-off father-in-law. Of course, it all goes incorrect. Only at the center is Marge Gunderson, played with aplomb by Frances McDormand. The pregnant, good-natured modest-town sheriff might expect to be a pushover, but she sees through deceit and uncovers the harsh truths lying below.

by Matt McDaniel

Scream

17+ | 111 min | Horror, Mystery

65 Metascore

A year later the murder of her mother, a teenage daughter is terrorized past a new killer, who targets the daughter and her friends by using horror films as role of a deadly game.

Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Skeet Ulrich

Votes: 331,901 | Gross: $103.05M

Secrets & Lies

R | 136 min | Comedy, Drama

91 Metascore

Post-obit the death of her adoptive parents, a successful young black optometrist establishes contact with her biological female parent -- a solitary white factory worker living in poverty in E London.

Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: Timothy Spall, Brenda Blethyn, Phyllis Logan, Claire Rushbrook

Votes: 42,727 | Gross: $xiii.42M

Boogie Nights

D21+ | 155 min | Drama

85 Metascore

Dorsum when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, an idealistic porn producer aspires to elevate his craft to an art when he discovers a hot young talent.

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds, Luis Guzmán

Votes: 259,781 | Gross: $26.40M

Set in the sunny and somewhat seedy San Fernando Valley in the late '70s and early on '80s, this criminally underrated opus chronicles the libidinous life of adult moving-picture show director Jack Horner (played to perfection by Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominee Burt Reynolds) and his motley crew of misfits. Written and directed by 1997'southward wunderkind and Robert Altman'southward heir apparent, Paul Thomas Anderson, the complex ensemble piece perfectly encapsulates the era thanks to its seductive cinematography, delectable production design, irresistible soundtrack, and the painfully realistic and award-worthy performances of its players, including Julianne Moore, who transitioned from indie movie queen to leading lady, and onetime underwear model Marker Wahlberg, who dropped trou and immediately became a major movie star.

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Eve's Bayou

R | 109 min | Drama

78 Metascore

What did little Eve run across--and how will it haunt her? Husband, male parent and womanizer Louis Batiste is the head of an flush family, but it's the women who dominion this gothic earth of secrets, lies and mystic forces.

Director: Kasi Lemmons | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Jurnee Smollett, Meagan Practiced, Lynn Whitfield

Votes: 10,027 | Gross: $xiv.82M

L.A. Confidential

21 | 138 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

90 Metascore

As corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen - ane strait-laced, i brutal, and i sleazy - investigate a serial of murders with their own brand of justice.

Manager: Curtis Hanson | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kim Basinger

Votes: 571,911 | Gross: $64.62M

The Sweet Hereafter

R | 112 min | Drama

91 Metascore

A coach crash in a pocket-sized town brings a lawyer to the town to defend the families, but he discovers that everything is not what it seems.

Director: Cantlet Egoyan | Stars: Ian Holm, Sarah Polley, Caerthan Banks, Tom McCamus

Votes: 34,939 | Gross: $iii.25M

The Big Lebowski

R | 117 min | Comedy, Offense

71 Metascore

Ultimate L.A. slacker Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire of the same name, seeks restitution for a rug ruined past debt collectors, enlisting his bowling buddies for help while trying to detect the millionaire's missing wife.

Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi

Votes: 791,006 | Gross: $17.50M

Out of Sight

R | 123 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

85 Metascore

A career depository financial institution robber breaks out of jail, and shares a moment of mutual allure with a U.S. Marshal he has kidnapped.

Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Ving Rhames, Steve Zahn

Votes: 91,683 | Gross: $37.56M

Director Steven Soderbergh'due south ultra-cool antic pic, slickly adapted from the novel by Elmore Leonard, is a sexy tale of ii people -- totally incorrect for each other -- who share a brief moment of something right. As the thief with a meg dollar grin, George Clooney is as mannerly every bit ever. Jennifer Lopez is stunning equally the tough U.S. marshal hot on his tail... and perhaps a bit smitten with him. It'south the hottest screen romance that always got started in the trunk of a car.

by Philip Yu

Saving Private Ryan

xviii+ | 169 min | Drama, War

91 Metascore

Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go backside enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers accept been killed in action.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns

Votes: one,347,617 | Gross: $216.54M

Director Steven Soderbergh's ultra-cool caper flick, slickly adapted from the novel past Elmore Leonard, is a sexy tale of two people -- totally wrong for each other -- who share a brief moment of something right. As the thief with a million dollar grinning, George Clooney is every bit charming as e'er. Jennifer Lopez is stunning as the tough U.S. marshal hot on his tail... and perhaps a bit smitten with him. Information technology's the hottest screen romance that ever got started in the trunk of a car.

by Philip Yu

Fight Club

21 | 139 min | Drama

66 Metascore

An insomniac office worker and a devil-may-intendance soap maker grade an cloak-and-dagger fight club that evolves into much more than.

Director: David Fincher | Stars: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Meat Loaf, Zach Grenier

Votes: ii,037,796 | Gross: $37.03M

Few movies based on novels come to life better on the large screen than in one'due south ain vivid imagination, and this is ane of those few, vivid exceptions. It'south Brad Pitt at his best. (All right, that might go to Floyd from "True Romance"). And let'southward face up it: the rest of the talented cast -- including Edward Norton in his follow-up to a powerful performance in "American History Ten, " and Helena Bonham Carter who was never so sexy -- play their memorable roles with nuance, hurt and darkness. Heck, even Meatloaf is a creepy standout! As a plus, the essence of the story is easy to relish (particularly every bit a younger, more than emboldened man) equally a cracking statement about our supercilious selves and our soft, distracted, modern lives. Every bit humans have we lost touch with our passion, our cardinal purity? This movie gets y'all fired upward and gets yous thinking. And we all know the commencement -- and 2nd -- dominion of Fight Club: "Don't talk about Fight Lodge." Here's hoping Tyler Durden doesn't plow my lovehandles into soap.

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The Matrix

18+ | 136 min | Activity, Sci-Fi

73 Metascore

When a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.

Directors: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving

Votes: 1,859,925 | Gross: $171.48M

When it comes to action flicks, there are really just two kinds: movies fabricated before or after 1999. "The Matrix" is the motion-picture show that changed it all. The Wachowski Brothers' landmark sci-fi activity fantasy revolutionized and re-thunk everything we thought was possible with the genre -- throwing in a kitchen sink of cyberpunk plots, kung fu choreography, and bullet-time -- all neatly synthesized into a surprisingly smart, literate story punctuated by Keanu Reeves' trademark "Whoa."

by Philip Yu

Mononoke-hime

PG-13 | 134 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

76 Metascore

On a journey to find the cure for a Tatarigami's expletive, Ashitaka finds himself in the eye of a war between the wood 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, Billy Crudup

Votes: 382,386 | Gross: $2.38M

Three Kings

R | 114 min | Action, Take a chance, Comedy

82 Metascore

In the aftermath of the Persian Gulf War, four soldiers ready out to steal aureate that was stolen from Kuwait, simply they find people who badly need their assistance.

Director: David O. Russell | Stars: George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, Fasten Jonze

Votes: 169,747 | Gross: $threescore.65M

Almost Famous

R | 122 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

90 Metascore

A loftier-school boy in the early 1970s is given the chance to write a story for Rolling Stone magazine about an upward-and-coming rock ring every bit he accompanies them on their concert tour.

Manager: Cameron Crowe | Stars: Billy Crudup, Patrick Fugit, Kate Hudson, Frances McDormand

Votes: 272,304 | Gross: $32.53M

Best in Show

PG-13 | 90 min | One-act

78 Metascore

A behind-the-scenes look into the highly competitive and cut-throat world of dog shows through the eyes of a group of ruthless dog owners.

Director: Christopher Guest | Stars: Fred Willard, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Jennifer Coolidge

Votes: 61,468 | Gross: $xviii.72M

Christopher Guest's express joy-out-loud mock- umentary, which reunited the writer/director with his go-to team of comedians and improv pros, follows deranged dog evidence competitors -- amateur ventriloquist and bloodhound owner Harlan Pepper (Guest), terrier-obsessed twosome Gerry and Cookie Fleck (Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara), Shih Tzu-doting daddies Stefan Vanderhoof and Scott Donlan (Michael McKean and John Michael Higgins), neurotic Weimaraner-owning yuppies Meg and Hamilton Swan (Parker Posey and Michael Hitchcock), and curvaceous trophy wife (Jennifer Coolidge) and her lady-loving poodle handler (Jane Lynch) -- as they vie for the Mayflower Kennel Club's top prize. Not only is the mockumentary All-time in Class, it as well happens to be Invitee'south best piece of work to engagement.

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Wo hu cang long

PG-13 | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

94 Metascore

A immature Chinese warrior steals a sword from a famed swordsman and and so escapes into a world of romantic risk with a mysterious man in the frontier of the nation.

Manager: Ang Lee | Stars: Chow Yun-Fatty, Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang, Chang Chen

Votes: 265,830 | Gross: $128.08M

Yi yi

173 min | Drama, Romance

93 Metascore

Each fellow member of a heart-form Taipei family seeks to reconcile by and present relationships within their daily lives.

Managing director: Edward Yang | Stars: Nien-Jen Wu, Elaine Jin, Issei Ogata, Kelly Lee

Votes: 23,867 | Gross: $i.14M

"Yi Yi" opens with a wedding, ends with a funeral, and manages to protray much of homo feel in between, with all of its joys, surprises, and regrets. The story is uncomplicated, detailing the tribulations of a quietly dysfunctional Taiwanese family unit, just Edward Yang uses his photographic camera like a novelist uses a pen, creating brilliantly observed scenes and remarkably complex characters. The effect is one of the richest, most emotionally satisfying movies I've ever seen.

by Jonathan Crow

Donnie Darko

R | 113 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

88 Metascore

Afterwards narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a man in a large rabbit accommodate who manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.

Manager: Richard Kelly | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Mary McDonnell, Holmes Osborne

Votes: 784,442 | Gross: $ane.48M

Mulholland Dr.

R | 147 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

85 Metascore

After a abandoned vehicle on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a adult female 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, Jeanne Bates

Votes: 348,134 | Gross: $7.22M

Elephant

R | 81 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

70 Metascore

Several ordinary loftier school students go through their daily routine as 2 others fix for something more malevolent.

Managing director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: Elias McConnell, Alex Frost, Eric Deulen, John Robinson

Votes: 90,622 | Gross: $ane.23M

Gus Van Sant's sometimes dreamy, sometimes nightmarish, but always suspenseful meditation on a Columbine-like school massacre offers no glib moralizing on the subject. Instead, Van Sant's meandering photographic camera captures his characters and their interactions in such an offhand, improvised manner that they feel real. And when the violence does hit -- it's shocking, gut-wrenching, and horribly raw. "Elephant" might just be the most terrifying movie on this list.

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Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy

63 Metascore

Ron Burgundy is San Diego'south top-rated newsman in the male person-dominated broadcasting of the 1970s, but that's all about to change for Ron and his cronies when an ambitious adult female is hired as a new anchor.

Director: Adam McKay | Stars: Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Steve Carell, Paul Rudd

Votes: 350,022 | Gross: $85.29M

Easily one of the most quotable comedies of the final couple decades. The story takes place in the swinging '70s, and Will Ferrell couldn't exist more than pitch perfect equally Ron Burgundy, San Diego's height newsman. Sure, there is a subtle craftmanship to the storytelling, and the characters are brave and nuanced, but the real beauty of this film is the complimentary-flowing tidbits of knowledge. American history, anyone? Would I take ever guessed what the name "San Diego" actually means in the native language of the Germans who discovered it? Desire some lessons in love? Earlier a big night out hunting for ladies, splash on some Sex Panther ("60% of the time it works, every time") -- simply, actually, nosotros all know that "the only way to handbag a classy lady, is to give her two tickets to the gun bear witness." Ferrell and friends (including Steve "I dearest lamp" Carell earlier he was Michael on "The Office") are simply divine in this ane. Divine similar a rockin' jazz flute solo or a iii-cheese fondue.

by Sean Phillips

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

16+ | 108 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi

89 Metascore

When their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a medical procedure to have each other erased from their memories.

Managing director: Michel Gondry | Stars: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Tom Wilkinson, Gerry Robert Byrne

Votes: 981,692 | Gross: $34.40M

A clever alloy of romantic comedy and science fiction, this listen-twisting, reality-bending human relationship tale could merely be concocted from the mad genius of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and director Michel Gondry. When a couple undergoes a procedure to have the painful memories of their tumultuous relationship erased, the memories won't become without a fight. With absurd, inventive visuals and a smart script, it'south a refreshingly original accept on modernistic romance that is altogether bizarre, bright, and not easily forgotten.

by Philip Yu

Sideways

D | 127 min | One-act, Drama, Romance

94 Metascore

Ii men reaching center age with not much to show simply disappointment embark on a week-long road trip through California's wine country, simply as ane is most to take a trip down the aisle.

Director: Alexander Payne | Stars: Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen, Sandra Oh

Votes: 189,448 | Gross: $71.50M

Brokeback Mountain

18+ | 134 min | Drama, Romance

87 Metascore

Ennis and Jack are two shepherds who develop a sexual and emotional relationship. Their human relationship becomes complicated when both of them get married to their corresponding girlfriends.

Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger, Michelle Williams, Randy Quaid

Votes: 350,804 | Gross: $83.04M

And the winner for All-time Picture is... "Crash." Actually?! "Brokeback Mountain" -- an epic love story between a conflicted ranch hand and a rodeo cowboy who meet and fall for one another in the summertime of '63 -- was undoubtedly robbed of film'southward highest honor at the 78th Academy Awards. However, the critically-acclaimed picture show, written past renowned western novelist Larry McMurtry and Dianna Ossana (and based on Annie Proulx's short story of the same name), volition forever exist lauded for its realistic and groundbreaking portrayal of a gay romance starring two of Hollywood's top draws. Speaking of those courageous actors, who can forget the scene in which Jake Gyllenhaal'south Jack begs Heath Ledger's Ennis to create a life together at the conclusion of their last camping trip? What near the gut-wrenching final scene in which Ennis finds Jack's old shirt and begins to cry? Forget about labeling this movie as a modern classic; it's a classic for the ages.

by Matt Whitfield

Oldeuboi

17+ | 120 min | Action, Drama, Mystery

77 Metascore

Afterward beingness kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su is released, just to discover that he must discover his captor in five days.

Manager: Park Chan-wook | Stars: Choi Min-sik, Yoo Ji-Tae, Kang Hye-jeong, Kim Byeong-Ok

Votes: 562,318 | Gross: $0.71M

This is not your average revenge pic. The second film in auteur Park Chan-wook's "Vengeance Trilogy" is a dark, stylish masterpiece that signaled a very dissimilar kind of filmmaking from South Korea. An ordinary man -- kidnapped and held captive for xv years without caption -- is of a sudden released, and sets out to find out who did this to him... and why. The mystery plunges him into a stark, nightmarish vertigo of hammer fights and live seafood. It's trigger-happy, twisted, and irresistibly engrossing, right down to the shocking gut-punch twist catastrophe.

by Philip Yu

Children of Men

R | 109 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

84 Metascore

In 2027, in a chaotic earth in which women have somehow become infertile, a quondam activist agrees to aid transport a miraculously significant adult female to a sanctuary at sea.

Director: Alfonso Cuarón | Stars: Julianne Moore, Clive Owen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Caine

Votes: 492,301 | Gross: $35.55M

The apocalypse never looked every bit distressingly plausible equally in "Children of Men." Managing director Alfonso Cuaron wraps the anxieties of a very nervous decade and presents them with the unflinching realism of a documentary. In ane bravura sequence after another, Cuaron follows his characters in seemingly impossible single takes through car crashes and fights that appear to exist pulled from yesterday'southward news. Yet instead of an unrelenting downer, "Children of Men," buoyed by Clive Owens' effortless operation, becomes an astonishing tale of difficult won hope.

by Jonathan Crow

The Bourne Ultimatum

13+ | 115 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller

85 Metascore

Jason Bourne dodges a ruthless C.I.A. official and his Agents from a new assassination program while searching for the origins of his life as a trained killer.

Director: Paul Greengrass | Stars: Matt Damon, Edgar Ramírez, Joan Allen, Julia Stiles

Votes: 627,709 | Gross: $227.47M

With the end of the Cold War, the spy genre looked to be over, only the "Bourne" movies reinvented it for a new historic period. The enemies weren't from a foreign power, simply from within the very governmental agencies that are supposed to keep us condom. And while movie trilogies are all the rage in Hollywood, the "Bourne" series gear up itself apart by making each film improve than the last. The last affiliate, "The Bourne Ultimatum," delivered the best activeness scenes of the three, and most chiefly, wrapped up the story in a thematically relevant and emotionally satisfying way.

by Matt McDaniel

Michael Clayton

R | 119 min | Offense, Drama, Mystery

82 Metascore

A law firm brings in its "fixer" to remedy the state of affairs after a lawyer has a breakup while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multibillion-dollar class activeness conform.

Director: Tony Gilroy | Stars: George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson, Michael O'Keefe

Votes: 164,185 | Gross: $49.03M

WALL·E

SU | 98 min | Animation, Risk, Family

95 Metascore

In the distant future, a small waste-collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journeying that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.

Manager: Andrew Stanton | Stars: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard

Votes: 1,084,597 | Gross: $223.81M

The Hurt Locker

R | 131 min | Drama, Thriller, War

95 Metascore

During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an ground forces bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick manner of handling his work.

Manager: Kathryn Bigelow | Stars: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Guy Pearce

Votes: 444,938 | Gross: $17.02M

The war in Republic of iraq has been and then divisive and and so opaque that it seems inevitable that so many movies on the discipline failed to resonate with audiences or critics. "The Hurt Locker" succeeds because it's non about that one conflict, but uses the setting to annotate on the realities of all wars. Written by Marking Boal, who was an embedded journalist with bomb squads in Iraq, the moving-picture show doesn't use a traditional Hollywood structure to tell its tale. And Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow gives each scene a hard-bitten intensity while still allowing her actors to fully embody the soldiers who are both repulsed and entranced by the horrors of warfare.

by Matt McDaniel

Inglourious Basterds

17+ | 153 min | Adventure, Drama, State of war

69 Metascore

In Nazi-occupied France during World State of war II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner'southward vengeful plans for the aforementioned.

Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Eli Roth, Mélanie Laurent

Votes: 1,395,455 | Gross: $120.54M

Shaun of the Dead

R | 99 min | Comedy, Horror

76 Metascore

The uneventful, bumming lives of a London electronics salesman and his layabout roommate are disrupted past the zombie apocalypse.

Manager: Edgar Wright | Stars: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield, Lucy Davis

Votes: 546,660 | Gross: $13.54M

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