Top Movies, a list by Gary

9.0

/2876835/

88

/73995/

85

/31894/

4.5

/2230343/

94

/347/

Audience

94

/1831566/

84

/39/

4.0

age 15+

Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.

8

89

9.0

/1983178/

88

/45028/

84

/23295/

4.5

/1076646/

94

/280/

Audience

86

/34679773/

94

/41/

3.5

age 12+

Aragorn is revealed as the heir to the ancient kings as he, Gandalf and the other members of the broken fellowship struggle to save Gondor from Sauron's forces. Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam take the ring closer to the heart of Mordor, the dark lord's realm.

9

88

8.5

/1424938/

83

/24816/

81

/14357/

4.3

/821406/

91

/287/

Audience

94

/739340/

85

/39/

4.0

age 17+

To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.

9

87

8.8

/1787480/

87

/44119/

84

/21071/

4.4

/1048366/

95

/258/

Audience

95

/72895/

87

/39/

3.0

age 12+

Frodo and Sam are trekking to Mordor to destroy the One Ring of Power while Gimli, Legolas and Aragorn search for the orc-captured Merry and Pippin. All along, nefarious wizard Saruman awaits the Fellowship members at the Orthanc Tower in Isengard.

9

87

8.9

/2011245/

87

/52299/

84

/24272/

4.4

/1383355/

91

/235/

Audience

95

/80557/

92

/34/

3.0

age 12+

Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the hands of its evil creator. Along the way, a fellowship is formed to protect the ringbearer and make sure that the ring arrives at its final destination: Mt. Doom, the only place where it can be destroyed.

87

8.1

/217375/

79

/4949/

80

/3578/

4.4

/410068/

95

/80/

Audience

92

/1029/

82

/18/

4.0

age 16+

During the late 1980s, two detectives in a South Korean province attempt to solve the nation's first series of rape-and-murder cases.

9

87

8.2

/1062825/

79

/19013/

79

/11457/

4.3

/1045055/

93

/291/

Audience

86

/400790/

92

/39/

4.0

age 17+

Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the violent pursuit of money and justice collide.

86

8.0

/38282/

78

/598/

76

/358/

4.2

/32140/

100

/79/

Audience

89

/48/

97

/16/

3.5

Bosnia, July 1995. Aida is a translator for the UN in the small town of Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over the town, her family is among the thousands of citizens looking for shelter in the UN camp. As an insider to the negotiations Aida has access to crucial information that she needs to interpret. What is at the horizon for her family and people – rescue or death? Which move should she take?

10

86

8.2

/642225/

80

/9628/

80

/6301/

4.5

/680495/

91

/246/

Audience

86

/256184/

93

/42/

3.5

age 16+

Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview, moves to oil-rich California. Using his son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable properties for a pittance. However, local preacher Eli Sunday suspects Plainview's motives and intentions, starting a slow-burning feud that threatens both their lives.

9

86

8.1

/1089909/

79

/45166/

75

/21660/

4.2

/1224122/

97

/438/

Audience

86

/11266/

90

/51/

4.0

age 16+

An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order.

86

8.2

/194045/

81

/5818/

81

/3023/

4.3

/291233/

98

/296/

Audience

92

/675/

88

/51/

3.5

age 14+

A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages and, as he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.

8

86

8.8

/2556372/

86

/70922/

83

/35645/

4.2

/2117604/

87

/372/

Audience

91

/41764/

74

/42/

4.0

age 14+

Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.

10

85

7.9

/530116/

78

/13470/

76

/6798/

4.3

/450033/

92

/256/

Audience

85

/531653/

84

/38/

4.0

age 17+

In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.

9

85

8.4

/1588287/

82

/36420/

82

/21601/

4.3

/1750969/

89

/336/

Audience

88

/777733/

69

/36/

4.0

age 17+

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. Aldo Raine soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.

85

7.7

/378894/

77

/22204/

74

/7913/

4.0

/455321/

97

/442/

Audience

88

/3683/

87

/60/

4.0

age 13+

When an IMF mission ends badly, the world is faced with dire consequences. As Ethan Hunt takes it upon himself to fulfill his original briefing, the CIA begin to question his loyalty and his motives. The IMF team find themselves in a race against time, hunted by assassins while trying to prevent a global catastrophe.

85

8.0

/20796/

81

/207/

77

/205/

4.1

/10744/

88

/72/

Audience

94

/8786/

85

/31/

4.0

Turtles can fly tells the story of a group of young children near the Turkey-Iran border. They clean up mines and wait for the Saddam regime to fall.

85

8.3

/201237/

82

/3437/

81

/2523/

4.4

/201472/

91

/125/

Audience

92

/1338/

80

/42/

3.5

A mother's last wishes send twins Jeanne and Simon on a journey to Middle East in search of their tangled roots. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad's acclaimed play, Incendies tells the powerful and moving tale of two young adults' voyage to the core of deep-rooted hatred, never-ending wars and enduring love.

85

7.9

/367444/

76

/9017/

75

/4985/

3.8

/417700/

97

/337/

Audience

80

/5133/

100

/50/

4.0

age 15+

The film tells a story of a divorced couple trying to raise their young son. The story follows the boy for twelve years, from first grade at age 6 through 12th grade at age 17-18, and examines his relationship with his parents as he grows.

85

7.4

/332375/

73

/14213/

73

/6848/

4.2

/914578/

98

/402/

Audience

79

/2283/

99

/53/

4.0

age 17+

The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.

84

7.5

/66257/

74

/1987/

74

/1178/

4.2

/269650/

97

/216/

Audience

78

/292/

91

/42/

4.0

age 15+

Yusuke Kafuku, a stage actor and director, still unable, after two years, to cope with the loss of his beloved wife, accepts to direct Uncle Vanya at a theater festival in Hiroshima. There he meets Misaki, an introverted young woman, appointed to drive his car. In between rides, secrets from the past and heartfelt confessions will be unveiled.

7

84

7.5

/474353/

75

/9779/

73

/5402/

3.8

/209983/

97

/291/

Audience

84

/13872/

95

/37/

4.0

age 17+

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

84

7.9

/384552/

76

/7721/

78

/5919/

4.2

/534591/

84

/261/

Audience

87

/189752/

86

/36/

4.0

age 18+

Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman's identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project.

84

7.6

/128791/

75

/4658/

74

/2623/

4.1

/554769/

96

/317/

Audience

81

/986/

92

/44/

4.0

age 16+

The story of a precocious six year-old and her ragtag group of friends whose summer break is filled with childhood wonder, possibility and a sense of adventure while the adults around them struggle with hard times.

84

7.7

/170011/

75

/4642/

76

/3820/

4.1

/363176/

96

/409/

Audience

72

/1152/

96

/50/

4.0

age 16+

In 1970s Mexico City, two domestic workers help a mother of four while her husband is away for an extended period of time.

84

7.6

/29714/

76

/610/

75

/397/

4.1

/68939/

97

/72/

Audience

82

/211/

84

/23/

4.0

One day in the life of Anders, a young recovering drug addict, who takes a brief leave from his treatment center to interview for a job and catch up with old friends in Oslo.

84

8.0

/55659/

76

/757/

76

/517/

4.2

/36974/

87

/84/

Audience

84

/5787/

88

/27/

4.0

Aydın, a hotel owner and a retired actor in rural Turkey navigates conflicts within the relationships with his wife, sister and existence.

84

7.8

/170245/

77

/2716/

74

/1953/

3.9

/44872/

91

/204/

Audience

86

/341246/

89

/37/

4.0

age 16+

The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.

84

7.9

/91895/

80

/2762/

77

/1244/

4.2

/116398/

98

/176/

Audience

92

/21641/

82

/36/

3.5

age 16+

Grace, a compassionate young supervisor at a foster care facility, helps at-risk teens. But when a new charge dredges up memories of her own troubled past, Grace's tough exterior begins eroding.

84

7.8

/314596/

74

/11470/

75

/5657/

4.1

/496608/

96

/358/

Audience

78

/2603/

96

/53/

4.0

age 17+

After his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tragic past that separated him from his family and the community where he was born and raised.

9

84

8.1

/451313/

79

/15751/

80

/8917/

4.0

/570408/

93

/318/

Audience

93

/2266/

86

/43/

3.5

age 16+

Held captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time.

9

84

8.0

/807378/

80

/20001/

78

/13351/

4.0

/766349/

84

/245/

Audience

89

/842288/

83

/42/

4.0

age 18+

The Bride unwaveringly continues on her roaring rampage of revenge against the band of assassins who had tried to kill her and her unborn child. She visits each of her former associates one-by-one, checking off the victims on her Death List Five until there's nothing left to do … but kill Bill.

7

84

8.0

/695501/

79

/20950/

75

/10317/

4.0

/518793/

94

/268/

Audience

90

/705098/

80

/46/

4.0

age 14+

Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his winnings to establish his financial grip on the terrorist market. M sends Bond—on his maiden mission as a 00 Agent—to attend this game and prevent Le Chiffre from winning. With the help of Vesper Lynd and Felix Leiter, Bond enters the most important poker game in his already dangerous career.

9

84

7.9

/1126962/

81

/53432/

76

/25711/

3.7

/1216731/

94

/282/

Audience

91

/83082/

79

/38/

4.0

age 13+

After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil.

83

7.4

/17794/

74

/532/

71

/352/

4.1

/108949/

97

/218/

Audience

80

/41/

93

/37/

4.0

age 10+

After the death of her beloved grandmother, eight-year-old Nelly meets a strangely familiar girl her own age in the woods. Instantly forming a connection with this mysterious new friend, Nelly embarks on a fantastical journey of discovery which helps her come to terms with this newfound loss.

7

83

7.9

/486557/

77

/7680/

77

/6365/

3.8

/247660/

89

/204/

Audience

89

/7605/

84

/42/

4.0

age 17+

The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them suffers a family tragedy.

9

83

8.2

/1581443/

81

/41770/

77

/20375/

3.8

/1094868/

85

/291/

Audience

94

/66731/

70

/41/

4.0

age 13+

Driven by tragedy, billionaire Bruce Wayne dedicates his life to uncovering and defeating the corruption that plagues his home, Gotham City. Unable to work within the system, he instead creates a new identity, a symbol of fear for the criminal underworld - The Batman.

83

7.4

/97514/

74

/3629/

73

/1531/

4.1

/380326/

98

/326/

Audience

87

/507/

89

/49/

3.5

age 13+

A Korean American family moves to an Arkansas farm in search of its own American dream. Amidst the challenges of this new life in the strange and rugged Ozarks, they discover the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home.

7

83

8.4

/1269361/

84

/48241/

83

/24837/

3.9

/1850689/

94

/556/

Audience

90

/20800/

78

/57/

3.0

age 13+

After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins due to the efforts of the Mad Titan, Thanos. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers must assemble once more in order to undo Thanos' actions and restore order to the universe once and for all, no matter what consequences may be in store.

83

7.5

/13166/

73

/405/

72

/277/

3.9

/18386/

96

/166/

Audience

86

/52/

85

/27/

4.0

During the marijuana bonanza, a violent decade that saw the origins of drug trafficking in Colombia, Rapayet and his indigenous family get involved in a war to control the business that ends up destroying their lives and their culture.

83

7.5

/76603/

73

/2414/

74

/1508/

4.1

/228160/

95

/197/

Audience

80

/218/

91

/39/

4.0

age 17+

An aspiring writer goes to the airport to pick up a high school friend returning from a trip to Africa but is disheartened to see her with another man.

83

8.1

/833570/

80

/60317/

78

/18698/

4.1

/879178/

93

/429/

Audience

90

/7269/

77

/51/

3.5

age 16+

In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hideout on the Mexican border. But Logan's attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are upended when a young mutant arrives, pursued by dark forces.

83

7.3

/30757/

77

/1763/

77

/1021/

3.9

/120961/

93

/170/

Audience

84

/120/

82

/27/

4.0

Bacurau, a small town in the Brazilian sertão, mourns the loss of its matriarch, Carmelita, who lived to be 94. Days later, its inhabitants notice that their community has vanished from most maps.

9

83

7.7

/128852/

78

/2096/

74

/1201/

4.0

/71714/

93

/96/

Audience

90

/54844/

86

/23/

3.5

age 16+

A story about a troubled boy growing up in England, set in 1983. He comes across a few skinheads on his way home from school, after a fight. They become his new best friends, even like family. Based on experiences of director Shane Meadows.

83

7.4

/54510/

76

/2068/

73

/1190/

3.7

/47309/

97

/204/

Audience

85

/336/

85

/44/

4.0

age 15+

In the post–World War II South, two families are pitted against a barbaric social hierarchy and an unrelenting landscape as they simultaneously fight the battle at home and the battle abroad.

83

8.3

/365256/

81

/6271/

81

/3980/

4.3

/298366/

92

/132/

Audience

93

/1088/

77

/30/

3.0

A teacher lives a lonely life, all the while struggling over his son’s custody. His life slowly gets better as he finds love and receives good news from his son, but his new luck is about to be brutally shattered by an innocent little lie.

9

83

7.8

/605803/

77

/18482/

77

/10398/

4.0

/1030227/

95

/279/

Audience

86

/5064/

76

/45/

4.0

age 17+

When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran.

7

83

7.8

/731958/

77

/24023/

72

/14839/

3.9

/587623/

92

/392/

Audience

86

/17893/

81

/49/

4.0

age 14+

When Bond's latest assignment goes gravely wrong, agents around the world are exposed and MI6 headquarters is attacked. While M faces challenges to her authority and position from Gareth Mallory, the new Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee, it's up to Bond, aided only by field agent Eve, to locate the mastermind behind the attack.

5

83

7.7

/591787/

77

/30384/

75

/12853/

4.0

/864350/

92

/289/

Audience

86

/4719/

78

/42/