| 1. |  | The Shawshank Redemption (1994) Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency. Dir: | ||
| 2. |  | The Godfather (1972) The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son. Dir: Francis Ford Coppola With: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan Crime | Drama  175 mins. | ||
| 3. |  | The Godfather: Part II (1974) The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York is portrayed while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on his crime syndicate stretching from Lake Tahoe, Nevada to pre-revolution 1958 Cuba. Dir: Francis Ford Coppola With: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall Crime | Drama 200 mins. | ||
| 4. |  | The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) A bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery. Dir: Sergio Leone With: Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef Western  161 mins. | ||
| 5. |  | The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption. Dir: Quentin Tarantino With: John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson Crime | Thriller 154 mins. | ||
| 6. |  | A dissenting juror in a murder trial slowly manages to convince the others that the case is not as obviously clear as it seemed in court. Dir: Sidney Lumet With: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Martin Balsam Drama | Mystery United States-APPROVED 96 mins. | ||
| 7. |  | In Poland during World War II, Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis. Dir: Steven Spielberg With: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley Biography | Drama | History | War 195 mins. | ||
| 8. |  | Inception (2010) In a world where technology exists to enter the human mind through dream invasion, a highly skilled thief is given a final chance at redemption which involves executing his toughest job to date: Inception. Dir: Christopher Nolan With: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller  148 mins. | ||
| 9. |  | The Dark Knight (2008) Batman, Gordon and Harvey Dent are forced to deal with the chaos unleashed by an anarchist mastermind known only as the Joker, as he drives each of them to their limits. Dir: Christopher Nolan With: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller 152 mins. | ||
| 10. |  | Upon arrival at a mental institution, a brash rebel rallies the patients together to take on the oppressive Nurse Ratched, a woman more a dictator than a nurse. Dir: Milos Forman With: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Danny DeVito Drama 133 mins. | ||
| 11. |  | The former Fellowship of the Ring prepare for the final battle for Middle Earth, while Frodo & Sam approach Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring. Dir: Peter Jackson With: Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen Action | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy 201 mins. | ||
| 12. |  |  207 mins. | ||
| 13. |  | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) While Luke takes advanced Jedi training from Yoda, his friends are relentlessly pursued by Darth Vader as part of his plan to capture Luke. Dir: Irvin Kershner With: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher Action | Adventure | Family | Sci-Fi  124 mins. | ||
| 14. |  | Fight Club (1999) An office employee and a soap salesman build a global organization to help vent male aggression. Dir: David Fincher With: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bonham Carter Drama | Mystery | Thriller 139 mins. | ||
| 15. |  | Henry Hill and his friends work their way up through the mob hierarchy. Dir: Martin Scorsese With: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci Biography | Crime | Drama | Thriller 146 mins. | ||
| 16. |  | 178 mins. | ||
| 17. |  | Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) Luke Skywalker leaves his home planet, teams up with other rebels, and tries to save Princess Leia from the evil clutches of Darth Vader. Dir: George Lucas With: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher Action | Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Sci-Fi 121 mins. | ||
| 18. |  | Two boys growing up in a violent neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro take different paths: one becomes a photographer, the other a drug dealer. Dir: Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund With: Alexandre Rodrigues, Matheus Nachtergaele, Leandro Firmino Crime | Drama 130 mins. | ||
| 19. |  | Casablanca (1942 Set in unoccupied Africa during the early days of World War II: An American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications. Dir: Michael Curtiz With: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid Drama | Romance United States-APPROVED 102 mins. | ||
| 20. |  | Epic story of a mysterious stranger with a harmonica who joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad. Dir: Sergio Leone With: Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Claudia Cardinale Western United States-M 175 mins. | ||
| 21. |  | A wheelchair bound photographer spies on his neighbours from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock With: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey Mystery | Romance | Thriller United States-APPROVED 112 mins. | ||
| 22. |  | A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against its controllers. Dir: The Wachowski Brothers, The Wachowski Brothers With: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi 136 mins. | ||
| 23. |  | A boat has been destroyed, criminals are dead, and the key to this mystery lies with the only survivor and his twisted, convoluted story beginning with five career crooks in a seemingly random police lineup. Dir: Bryan Singer With: Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, Chazz Palminteri Crime | Mystery | Thriller 106 mins. | ||
| 24. |  | Archeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the US government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis. Dir: Steven Spielberg With: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman Action | Adventure 115 mins. | ||
| 25. |  | A young woman steals $40,000 from her employer's client, and subsequently encounters a young motel proprietor too long under the domination of his mother. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock With: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles Horror | Mystery | Thriller 109 mins. | ||
| 26. |  | An angel helps a compassionate but despairingly frustrated businessman by showing what life would have been like if he never existed. Dir: Frank Capra With: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore Drama | Family | Fantasy United States-APPROVED 130 mins. | ||
| 27. |  | A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent-film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity. Dir: Billy Wilder With: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim Drama | Film-Noir United States-APPROVED 110 mins. | ||
| 28. |  | A young FBI cadet must confide in an incarcerated and manipulative killer to receive his help on catching another serial killer who skins his victims. Dir: Jonathan Demme With: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn Crime | Thriller 118 mins. | ||
| 29. |  | Frodo and Sam continue on to Mordor in their mission to destroy the One Ring. Whilst their former companions make new allies and launch an assault on Isengard. Dir: Peter Jackson With: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen Action | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy 179 mins. | ||
| 30. |  | Forrest Gump, while not intelligent, has accidentally been present at many historic moments, but his true love, Jenny, eludes him. Dir: Robert Zemeckis With: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise Comedy | Drama | Romance 142 mins. | ||
| 31. |  | Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his modus operandi. Dir: David Fincher With: Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, Kevin Spacey Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller 127 mins. | ||
| 32. |  | A man, suffering from short-term memory loss, uses notes and tattoos to hunt for the man he thinks killed his wife. Dir: Christopher Nolan With: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller 113 mins. | ||
| 33. |  | Professional assassin Leon reluctantly takes care of 12-year-old Mathilda, a neighbor whose parents are killed, and teaches her his trade. Dir: Luc Besson With: Jean Reno, Gary Oldman, Natalie Portman Crime | Drama | Thriller 110 mins. | ||
| 34. |  | An insane general starts a process to nuclear holocaust that a war room of politicians and generals frantically try to stop. Dir: Stanley Kubrick With: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden Comedy | Drama United States-APPROVED 95 mins. | ||
| 35. |  | The toys are mistakenly delivered to a day-care center instead of the attic right before Andy leaves for college, and it's up to Woody to convince the other toys that they weren't abandoned and to return home. Dir: Lee Unkrich With: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy  103 mins. | ||
| 36. |  | The Tramp struggles to help a blind flower girl he has fallen in love with. Dir: Charles Chaplin With: Charles Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Florence Lee Comedy | Drama | Romance United States-PASSED 87 mins. | ||
| 37. |  | During the on-going Vietnam War, Captain Willard is sent on a dangerous mission into Cambodia to assassinate a renegade Green Beret who has set himself up as a God among a local tribe. Dir: Francis Coppola With: Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall Drama | War 153 mins. | ||
| 38. |  | A former neo-nazi skinhead tries to prevent his younger brother from going down the same wrong path that he did. Dir: Tony Kaye With: Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Beverly D'Angelo Crime | Drama 119 mins. | ||
| 39. |  | A hapless New York advertising executive is mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and is pursued across the country while he looks for a way to survive. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock With: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason Adventure | Mystery | Romance | Thriller United States-APPROVED 131 mins. | ||
| 40. |  | Following the death of a publishing tycoon, news reporters scramble to discover the meaning of his final utterance. Dir: Orson Welles With: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore Drama | Mystery United States-APPROVED 119 mins. | ||
| 41. |  | Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation for his daughter's attractive friend. Dir: Sam Mendes With: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch Drama 122 mins. | ||
| 42. |  | A couple has to make a decision to leave Iran to better the life of their child or to stay and take care of a parent suffering from Alzheimers; however, the couple's marriage may end in divorce. Dir: Asghar Farhadi With: Peyman Moaadi, Leila Hatami, Sareh Bayat Drama 120 mins. | ||
| 43. |  | When the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt. Dir: Fritz Lang With: Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut Crime | Thriller 117 mins. | ||
| 44. |  | An insurance rep lets himself be talked into a murder/insurance fraud scheme that arouses an insurance investigator's suspicions. Dir: Billy Wilder With: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson Crime | Film-Noir | Thriller United States-APPROVED 107 mins. | ||
| 45. |  | When soldiers in WW1 refuse to continue with an impossible attack, their superiors decide to make an example of them. Dir: Stanley Kubrick With: Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou Crime | Drama | War 88 mins. | ||
| 46. |  | Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) The cyborg who once tried to kill Sarah Connor must now protect her teenage son, John Connor, from an even more powerful and advanced Terminator. Dir: James Cameron With: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller 137 mins. | ||
| 47. |  | In the middle of her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches, and monsters; where humans are changed into animals; and a bathhouse for these creatures. Dir: Hayao Miyazaki With: Daveigh Chase, Suzanne Pleshette, Miyu Irino Animation | Adventure | Family | Fantasy 125 mins. | ||
| 48. |  | A mentally unstable Vietnam war veteran works as nighttime taxi driver in a city whose perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge to violently lash out, attempting to save a teenage prostitute in the process. Dir: Martin Scorsese With: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd Drama | Thriller 113 mins. | ||
| 49. |  | Amelie, an innocent and naive girl in Paris, with her own sense of justice, decides to help those around her and along the way, discovers love. Dir: Jean-Pierre Jeunet With: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus Comedy | Fantasy | Romance 122 mins. | ||
| 50. |  | Following the Normandy Landings, a group of US soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action. Dir:- |
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