Greatest Movies of All Time (Last 50 Years), a list by Cole

8.2

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80

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4.0

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79

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83

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75

/47/

3.5

age 17+

A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.

80

8.5

/1566619/

83

/36181/

82

/17110/

4.3

/1625053/

77

/206/

92

/43662/

66

/36/

3.0

age 14+

A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.

80

7.9

/587314/

80

/16688/

78

/10972/

4.0

/2695941/

85

/171/

89

/5417/

67

/36/

3.5

age 15+

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1991. High school freshman Charlie is a wallflower, always watching life from the sidelines, until two senior students, Sam and her stepbrother Patrick, become his mentors, helping him discover the joys of friendship, music and love.

80

8.0

/578829/

79

/12977/

77

/6842/

3.9

/475395/

88

/137/

90

/9814/

65

/18/

3.5

age 14+

When car dealer Charlie Babbitt learns that his estranged father has died, he returns home to Cincinnati, where he discovers that he has a savant older brother named Raymond and that his father's $3 million fortune is being left to the mental institution in which Raymond lives. Motivated by his father's money, Charlie checks Raymond out of the facility in order to return with him to Los Angeles. The brothers' cross-country trip ends up changing both their lives.

80

8.1

/524666/

80

/10414/

78

/4860/

4.0

/260883/

84

/191/

92

/5900/

71

/35/

3.0

age 14+

The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament – a path that puts the fighter on a collision course with his estranged, older brother.

80

8.0

/195879/

80

/7388/

80

/4548/

4.1

/516616/

78

/7/

MAL

8.2

/330602/

age 8+

A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.

80

8.0

/91447/

81

/3167/

78

/1977/

4.0

/87486/

91

/46/

91

/608/

71

/18/

3.0

After a bloody invasion of the BOPE in the High-Security Penitentiary Bangu 1 in Rio de Janeiro to control a rebellion of interns, the Lieutenant-Colonel Roberto Nascimento and the second in command Captain André Matias are accused by the Human Right Aids member Diogo Fraga of execution of prisoners. Matias is transferred to the corrupted Military Police and Nascimento is exonerated from the BOPE by the Governor.

80

7.9

/245546/

78

/4407/

78

/3361/

4.1

/181123/

84

/51/

91

/4454/

66

/25/

3.5

Free after years in prison, Carlito Brigante intends to give up his criminal ways, but it's not long before the ex-con is sucked back into the New York City underworld. Reconnecting with his dancer girlfriend, Carlito gets entangled in the shady dealings of his friend Dave Kleinfeld, who also serves as his lawyer. An encounter with shifty gangster Benny Blanco sets the duo on a dangerous path.

80

8.0

/209092/

76

/6877/

76

/3819/

4.0

/226198/

86

/96/

88

/4196/

79

/14/

3.0

age 12+

Astronaut Taylor crash lands on a distant planet ruled by apes who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds himself among the hunted, his life in the hands of a benevolent chimpanzee scientist.

80

8.2

/758249/

81

/29685/

80

/13228/

4.1

/1748983/

88

/475/

88

/6014/

78

/57/

2.5

age 16+

At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers.

81

8.2

/1161484/

82

/39844/

79

/17426/

4.1

/1987013/

91

/204/

91

/38374/

68

/21/

3.0

age 11+

A wealthy entrepreneur secretly creates a theme park featuring living dinosaurs drawn from prehistoric DNA. Before opening day, he invites a team of experts and his two eager grandchildren to experience the park and help calm anxious investors. However, the park is anything but amusing as the security systems go off-line and the dinosaurs escape.

81

8.0

/880169/

77

/22199/

76

/15248/

4.2

/2746046/

85

/320/

84

/19890/

79

/42/

3.5

age 17+

A committed dancer struggles to maintain her sanity after winning the lead role in a production of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake".

81

8.0

/264457/

81

/14355/

80

/6835/

3.9

/354951/

84

/268/

91

/1551/

69

/45/

3.5

age 13+

A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.

81

7.9

/544133/

79

/14914/

79

/8866/

4.0

/594434/

92

/264/

91

/4157/

77

/47/

3.0

age 17+

Loosely based on the true-life tale of Ron Woodroof, a drug-taking, women-loving, homophobic man who in 1986 was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and given thirty days to live.

81

8.1

/680392/

79

/14860/

78

/8371/

4.1

/845786/

93

/73/

69

/1432746/

70

/14/

4.0

age 11+

Rocky Balboa is a Philadelphia club fighter who seems to be going nowhere. But when a stroke of fate puts him in the ring with a world heavyweight champion, Rocky knows that it's his one shot at the big time — a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go the distance and come out a winner!

81

7.9

/488992/

77

/12770/

75

/5569/

4.1

/587195/

84

/210/

87

/16023/

67

/34/

4.0

age 17+

Ray and Ken, two hit men, are in Bruges, Belgium, waiting for their next mission. While they are there they have time to think and discuss their previous assignment. When the mission is revealed to Ken, it is not what he expected.

81

7.9

/171023/

80

/9521/

79

/3725/

4.1

/386994/

95

/62/

89

/4413/

76

/14/

MAL

8.2

/354836/

3.0

age 15+

In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster' begins involving them in politics, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop the Puppetmaster.

81

7.9

/250819/

78

/6531/

78

/4561/

4.0

/321731/

98

/56/

91

/3308/

65

/7/

age 11+

The Man With No Name enters the Mexican village of San Miguel in the midst of a power struggle among the three Rojo brothers and sheriff John Baxter. When a regiment of Mexican soldiers bearing gold intended to pay for new weapons is waylaid by the Rojo brothers, the stranger inserts himself into the middle of the long-simmering battle, selling false information to both sides for his own benefit.

81

7.9

/150918/

76

/3017/

75

/2308/

3.9

/118668/

93

/61/

87

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87

/17/

3.0

age 14+

The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in rebellion. As the rebels move from town to town, their numbers swell as escaped slaves join their ranks. Under the leadership of Spartacus, they make their way to southern Italy, where they will cross the sea and return to their homes.

81

8.0

/1017965/

79

/49667/

77

/14330/

3.9

/3668387/

83

/513/

90

/3233/

74

/68/

3.5

age 13+

Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence-a commodity capable of unlocking humanity's greatest potential-only those who can conquer their fear will survive.

81

8.4

/1419526/

84

/58419/

82

/27143/

3.9

/3140155/

94

/552/

90

/20565/

78

/57/

2.5

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.

81

7.9

/849191/

78

/65175/

76

/18888/

4.1

/2261717/

94

/441/

83

/6110/

81

/52/

3.0

age 11+

Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.

81

8.5

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84

/23608/

83

/12241/

4.2

/789695/

84

/88/

96

/34092/

62

/32/

3.0

age 17+

Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two African-American men. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader of a violent white supremacist gang that committed acts of racial crime throughout L.A. and his actions greatly influenced Danny. Reformed and fresh out of prison, Derek severs contact with the gang and becomes determined to keep Danny from going down the same violent path as he did.

81

8.2

/842700/

82

/18888/

81

/11176/

4.2

/956811/

90

/87/

94

/18515/

78

/20/

2.5

age 17+

A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.

81

8.3

/1159361/

82

/25254/

81

/15072/

4.1

/1463330/

90

/83/

94

/25858/

81

/24/

2.5

age 18+

A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse. Crime begets violence as the survivors -- veteran Mr. White, newcomer Mr. Orange, psychopathic parolee Mr. Blonde, bickering weasel Mr. Pink and Nice Guy Eddie -- unravel.

81

8.2

/856726/

82

/23738/

78

/10785/

4.1

/759109/

84

/138/

94

/24688/

65

/14/

3.5

age 11+

In 1938, an art collector appeals to eminent archaeologist Dr. Indiana Jones to embark on a search for the Holy Grail. Indy learns that a medieval historian has vanished while searching for it, and the missing man is his own father, Dr. Henry Jones Sr.. He sets out to rescue his father by following clues in the old man's notebook, which his father had mailed to him before he went missing. Indy arrives in Venice, where he enlists the help of a beautiful academic, Dr. Elsa Schneider, along with Marcus Brody and Sallah. Together they must stop the Nazis from recovering the power of eternal life and taking over the world!

81

7.9

/78342/

77

/1393/

76

/1009/

4.0

/58941/

86

/35/

91

/2422/

age 11+

Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he makes a quick trip home to tell his two maiden aunts, he finds out his aunts' hobby - killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar!

81

7.9

/60896/

77

/1323/

78

/1220/

4.1

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87

/93/

94

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72

/28/

A drifter lives in people's houses while they are away and repays them by doing chores for them. His life changes when he meets a beautiful woman who wants to escape her unhappy marriage.

82

8.1

/1154494/

80

/38401/

78

/19545/

4.1

/2818534/

88

/377/

87

/8254/

79

/49/

3.5

age 17+

With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.

82

8.1

/880283/

82

/34350/

78

/14022/

4.1

/1636774/

99

/210/

91

/18190/

75

/37/

3.0

age 6+

As the son of a Viking leader on the cusp of manhood, shy Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III faces a rite of passage: he must kill a dragon to prove his warrior mettle. But after downing a feared dragon, he realizes that he no longer wants to destroy it, and instead befriends the beast – which he names Toothless – much to the chagrin of his warrior father.

82

8.0

/741771/

78

/38852/

76

/14681/

4.1

/1974550/

88

/440/

88

/605/

81

/54/

3.5

age 16+

Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos. K's discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard, a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years.

82

8.1

/1213456/

81

/32989/

79

/16662/

4.0

/2087240/

96

/203/

89

/19223/

75

/39/

3.0

age 12+

A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But Frank not only eludes capture, he revels in the pursuit.

82

8.3

/963628/

81

/18513/

80

/10678/

4.1

/1474211/

80

/182/

93

/28635/

71

/32/

3.5

age 18+

The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.

82

8.0

/223281/

81

/10763/

79

/4608/

4.3

/748829/

91

/55/

90

/8615/

68

/22/

MAL

8.1

/554418/

age 16+

A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a group of psychics can stop.

82

8.0

/180398/

77

/3939/

76

/2318/

4.1

/132707/

85

/73/

88

/3450/

72

/29/

4.0

age 16+

Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.

82

8.0

/137193/

79

/2736/

78

/1793/

4.0

/101153/

94

/68/

95

/4494/

75

/19/

3.0

Chan Wing Yan, a young police officer, has been sent undercover as a mole in the local mafia. Lau Kin Ming, a young mafia member, infiltrates the police force. Years later, their older counterparts, Chen Wing Yan and Inspector Lau Kin Ming, respectively, race against time to expose the mole within their midst.

82

7.9

/108768/

79

/3142/

80

/2092/

4.3

/679516/

89

/71/

93

/2267/

78

/18/

3.0

Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal server at a late-night restaurant.

82

8.0

/99842/

78

/1338/

77

/1206/

4.3

/125476/

91

/47/

94

/1114/

82

/7/

3.0

The family of a wealthy businessman gather to celebrate his 60th birthday. During the course of the party, his eldest son presents a speech that reveals a devastating secret that turns the night into a battle of truth and denial.

82

8.3

/349285/

79

/5087/

79

/2769/

4.1

/244423/

93

/69/

93

/7704/

88

/16/

2.5

age 12+

Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected lawyer, defends a black man named Tom Robinson against fabricated rape charges, the trial and tangent events expose the children to evils of racism and stereotyping.

82

7.9

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77

/1739/

76

/1190/

4.0

/80961/

96

/91/

92

/1187/

76

/15/

age 15+

African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi. After Tibbs proves not only his own innocence but that of another man, he joins forces with Gillespie to track down the real killer. Their investigation takes them through every social level of the town, with Tibbs making enemies as well as unlikely friends as he hunts for the truth.

82

8.0

/83693/

76

/1183/

77

/882/

4.3

/80199/

96

/45/

90

/1438/

75

/11/

age 16+

A history professor and his wife entertain a young couple who are new to the university's faculty. As the drinks flow, secrets come to light, and the middle-aged couple unload onto their guests the full force of the bitterness, dysfunction, and animosity that defines their marriage.

82

8.0

/440563/

79

/21669/

81

/11123/

3.9

/2142249/

95

/361/

88

/2026/

83

/55/

3.0

age 8+

Joe Gardner is a middle school teacher with a love for jazz music. After a successful audition at the Half Note Club, he suddenly gets into an accident that separates his soul from his body and is transported to the You Seminar, a center in which souls develop and gain passions before being transported to a newborn child. Joe must enlist help from the other souls-in-training, like 22, a soul who has spent eons in the You Seminar, in order to get back to Earth.

82

8.2

/231830/

83

/10463/

82

/4520/

4.2

/609863/

95

/79/

96

/928/

65

/13/

3.0

age 6+

A selfish postman and a reclusive toymaker form an unlikely friendship, delivering joy to a cold, dark town that desperately needs it.

82

8.6

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86

/32084/

85

/18735/

4.3

/1132476/

78

/134/

94

/31675/

61

/36/

3.5

age 16+

A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cell block's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, he tries desperately to help stave off the condemned man's execution.

82

8.7

/2220978/

87

/73136/

82

/27242/

4.2

/2521036/

83

/209/

85

/1307885/

73

/36/

3.0

age 15+

Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.

82

8.1

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81

/41732/

78

/19381/

4.1

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96

/190/

90

/65706/

79

/35/

3.0

age 5+

Lovable Sulley and his wisecracking sidekick Mike Wazowski are the top scare team at Monsters, Inc., the scream-processing factory in Monstropolis. When a little girl named Boo wanders into their world, it's the monsters who are scared silly, and it's up to Sulley and Mike to keep her out of sight and get her back home.

82

8.3

/1196235/

83

/37219/

79

/16579/

4.1

/1641969/

83

/169/

94

/33683/

58

/24/

4.0

age 8+

Luke Skywalker leads a mission to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt, the Emperor prepares to crush the Rebellion with a more powerful Death Star, and the Rebel fleet mounts a massive attack on the space station. Luke Skywalker confronts Darth Vader in a final climactic duel before the evil Emperor.

82

8.2

/1044898/

81

/21555/

78

/10805/

3.9

/569523/

74

/214/

93

/20845/

72

/33/