Philosophical, a list by Riz

8.7

/2098447/

85

/70800/

84

/34060/

4.3

/2333714/

73

/378/

Audience

86

/182726/

74

/46/

3.5

age 12+

The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.

10

82

8.7

/2052275/

87

/60457/

82

/24728/

4.2

/1449020/

83

/207/

Audience

85

/33324202/

73

/35/

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.

88

8.3

/1077641/

82

/20979/

80

/14273/

4.2

/1486704/

92

/258/

Audience

94

/573019/

89

/41/

4.0

age 16+

Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.

10

86

8.8

/2549806/

86

/70377/

83

/35471/

4.2

/2058865/

87

/372/

Audience

91

/574212/

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

79

8.8

/2322704/

87

/48148/

84

/28188/

4.3

/2360366/

80

/185/

Audience

96

/1096497/

67

/36/

2.0

age 17+

A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.

83

7.8

/532616/

79

/22081/

77

/6000/

4.3

/2291085/

93

/405/

Audience

86

/1947/

81

/55/

3.5

age 15+

An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save what's important to her by connecting with the lives she could have led in other universes.

80

8.5

/1440663/

83

/28611/

82

/15324/

4.2

/860132/

77

/206/

Audience

92

/552784/

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.

87

8.2

/1059759/

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.

85

8.3

/1210562/

80

/18658/

80

/11647/

4.0

/705563/

87

/192/

Audience

93

/661460/

84

/34/

4.0

age 17+

Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.

81

8.0

/824355/

77

/18331/

76

/14024/

4.1

/1432374/

85

/322/

Audience

84

/178914/

79

/42/

3.5

age 17+

A journey through the psyche of a young ballerina whose starring role as the duplicitous swan queen turns out to be a part for which she becomes frighteningly perfect.

84

8.4

/1322481/

83

/25298/

82

/14282/

4.2

/947205/

94

/185/

Audience

94

/382363/

83

/34/

3.0

age 17+

Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty of locating his wife's killer, however, is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of short-term memory loss. Although he can recall details of life before his accident, Leonard cannot remember what happened fifteen minutes ago, where he's going, or why.

93

9.0

/864616/

88

/11941/

85

/7964/

4.6

/542253/

100

/61/

Audience

97

/106198/

97

/18/

4.0

age 12+

The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.

79

8.3

/881062/

80

/14700/

82

/12336/

4.1

/792160/

87

/82/

Audience

93

/437803/

77

/22/

2.0

age 17+

In a near-future Britain, young Alexander DeLarge and his pals get their kicks beating and raping anyone they please. When not destroying the lives of others, Alex swoons to the music of Beethoven. The state, eager to crack down on juvenile crime, gives an incarcerated Alex the option to undergo an invasive procedure that'll rob him of all personal agency. In a time when conscience is a commodity, can Alex change his tune?

86

8.3

/719228/

80

/15433/

80

/11030/

4.3

/816051/

92

/118/

Audience

89

/300434/

84

/25/

4.0

age 12+

Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.

72

7.6

/259778/

74

/3227/

74

/2919/

3.6

/84129/

63

/204/

Audience

79

/207105/

58

/38/

3.5

age 17+

The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as a concentration camp guard late in the war. He alone realizes that Hanna is illiterate and may be concealing that fact at the expense of her freedom.

10

87

8.2

/1195723/

82

/27605/

81

/17497/

4.2

/1869204/

94

/162/

Audience

89

/585239/

90

/30/

4.0

age 10+

Truman Burbank is the star of The Truman Show, a 24-hour-a-day reality TV show that broadcasts every aspect of his life without his knowledge. His entire life has been an unending soap opera for consumption by the rest of the world. And everyone he knows, including his wife and his best friend, is really an actor, paid to be part of his life.

66

7.2

/264738/

74

/5745/

73

/4874/

3.3

/132074/

45

/51/

Audience

81

/240903/

43

/24/

3.0

When the grim reaper comes to collect the soul of megamogul Bill Parrish, he arrives with a proposition: Host him for a "vacation" among the living in trade for a few more days of existence. Parrish agrees, and using the pseudonym Joe Black, Death begins taking part in Parrish's daily agenda and falls in love with the man's daughter. Yet when Black's holiday is over, so is Parrish's life.

10

84

8.0

/669310/

79

/22653/

78

/13815/

4.0

/1303555/

95

/293/

Audience

82

/102638/

91

/47/

3.5

age 16+

In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer, purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every need. To Theodore's surprise, a romantic relationship develops between him and his operating system. This unconventional love story blends science fiction and romance in a sweet tale that explores the nature of love and the ways that technology isolates and connects us all.

7

71

7.2

/267348/

72

/7123/

69

/3556/

3.7

/138154/

76

/169/

Audience

73

/168726/

64

/34/

3.0

age 17+

Fifty years into the future, the sun is dying, and Earth is threatened by arctic temperatures. A team of astronauts is sent to revive the Sun — but the mission fails. Seven years later, a new team is sent to finish the mission as mankind’s last hope.

83

8.0

/684870/

80

/16889/

76

/7546/

3.8

/476387/

94

/145/

Audience

88

/417610/

72

/14/

4.0

age 11+

A narcissistic TV weatherman, along with his attractive-but-distant producer, and his mawkish cameraman, is sent to report on Groundhog Day in the small town of Punxsutawney, where he finds himself repeating the same day over and over.

71

7.4

/374336/

72

/11794/

68

/6862/

3.5

/139844/

66

/291/

Audience

66

/188121/

55

/45/

4.0

age 16+

A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. Based on the award winning novel by David Mitchell. Directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis.

10

82

8.1

/657974/

80

/12418/

78

/9247/

3.8

/354507/

83

/202/

Audience

89

/179867/

73

/38/

4.0

age 16+

After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity, and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness.

10

80

7.7

/742587/

76

/17799/

71

/11655/

3.7

/608693/

92

/263/

Audience

86

/261244/

81

/45/

3.5

age 16+

After spending eight months in a mental institution, a former teacher moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife.

83

7.8

/517897/

78

/9940/

76

/6781/

4.2

/974551/

91

/219/

Audience

91

/427902/

80

/36/

3.5

age 16+

A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.

83

8.4

/434313/

83

/4069/

79

/2250/

4.0

/94270/

100

/15/

Audience

93

/22780/

67

/4/

Rascal. Joker. Dreamer. Genius... You've never met a college student quite like "Rancho." From the moment he arrives at India's most prestigious university, Rancho's outlandish schemes turn the campus upside down—along with the lives of his two newfound best friends. Together, they make life miserable for "Virus," the school’s uptight and heartless dean. But when Rancho catches the eye of the dean's daughter, Virus sets his sights on flunking out the "3 idiots" once and for all.

81

7.6

/584181/

77

/17230/

73

/8345/

3.8

/311060/

89

/260/

Audience

80

/482218/

80

/37/

4.0

age 15+

John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the quarry when another investigator targets him for a murder charge.

10

79

7.9

/716656/

77

/19581/

74

/9095/

3.8

/344077/

90

/314/

Audience

82

/1179153/

81

/36/

3.0

age 17+

Thirty years ago, aliens arrive on Earth. Not to conquer or give aid, but to find refuge from their dying planet. Separated from humans in a South African area called District 9, the aliens are managed by Multi-National United, which is unconcerned with the aliens' welfare but will do anything to master their advanced technology. When a company field agent contracts a mysterious virus that begins to alter his DNA, there is only one place he can hide: District 9.

75

7.1

/195824/

70

/3987/

71

/3333/

3.8

/220342/

80

/209/

Audience

67

/44853/

81

/41/

3.5

age 17+

Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.

82

8.0

/379470/

80

/17386/

81

/10027/

3.9

/1279414/

95

/360/

Audience

88

/2125/

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.

70

6.7

/60960/

69

/3892/

69

/1207/

3.4

/145370/

71

/259/

Audience

73

/444/

60

/52/

3.5

age 16+

A solitary scholar discovers an ancient bottle while on a trip to Istanbul and unleashes a djinn who offers her three wishes. Filled with reluctance, she is unable to come up with one, so the djinn tries to inspire her with his stories.

77

7.3

/211298/

72

/3686/

69

/3094/

3.8

/272797/

86

/214/

Audience

77

/59409/

81

/42/

3.5

age 18+

Dean and Cindy live a quiet life in a modest neighborhood. They appear to have the world at their feet at the outset of the relationship. However, his lack of ambition and her retreat into self-absorption cause potentially irreversible cracks in their marriage.

73

7.2

/322946/

72

/8401/

70

/5925/

3.6

/196923/

76

/200/

Audience

64

/414620/

65

/32/

4.0

age 13+

David, a robotic boy—the first of his kind programmed to love—is adopted as a test case by a Cybertronics employee and his wife. Though he gradually becomes their child, a series of unexpected circumstances make this life impossible for David.

10

80

7.8

/376637/

78

/12694/

75

/5427/

3.9

/221942/

90

/197/

Audience

89

/101154/

67

/29/

3.5

age 14+

With only three weeks left in his three year contract, Sam Bell is getting anxious to finally return to Earth. He is the only occupant of a Moon-based manufacturing facility along with his computer and assistant, GERTY. When he has an accident however, he wakens to find that he is not alone.

78

7.9

/178306/

81

/10869/

81

/7645/

3.5

/289829/

86

/191/

Audience

88

/19358/

66

/33/

3.0

age 10+

The story of August Pullman – a boy with facial differences – who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.

81

7.6

/357425/

76

/8655/

73

/5048/

3.8

/245405/

95

/279/

Audience

85

/158806/

80

/41/

3.5

age 15+

Following the murder of her father by a hired hand, a 14-year-old farm girl sets out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. Marshal she can find—a man with 'true grit'—Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn.

72

7.2

/630371/

75

/25666/

70

/10496/

3.3

/396247/

74

/244/

Audience

72

/943861/

62

/40/

3.5

age 15+

Six months after the events depicted in The Matrix, Neo has proved to be a good omen for the free humans, as more and more humans are being freed from the matrix and brought to Zion, the one and only stronghold of the Resistance. Neo himself has discovered his superpowers including super speed, ability to see the codes of the things inside the matrix and a certain degree of pre-cognition. But a nasty piece of news hits the human resistance: 250,000 machine sentinels are digging to Zion and would reach them in 72 hours. As Zion prepares for the ultimate war, Neo, Morpheus and Trinity are advised by the Oracle to find the Keymaker who would help them reach the Source. Meanwhile Neo's recurrent dreams depicting Trinity's death have got him worried and as if it was not enough, Agent Smith has somehow escaped deletion, has become more powerful than before and has fixed Neo as his next target.

77

7.6

/199557/

74

/3782/

74

/2828/

4.1

/126186/

80

/107/

Audience

80

/149007/

78

/32/

3.0

age 15+

The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselves during the fierce World War II battle of Guadalcanal. It follows their journey, from the surprise of an unopposed landing, through the bloody and exhausting battles that follow, to the ultimate departure of those who survived.

78

7.7

/323120/

79

/10534/

76

/5996/

3.8

/181250/

82

/67/

Audience

87

/209196/

64

/20/

3.5

age 14+

In a future society in the era of indefinite eugenics, humans are set on a life course depending on their DNA. Young Vincent Freeman is born with a condition that would prevent him from space travel, yet is determined to infiltrate the GATTACA space program.

85

8.0

/168864/

80

/3893/

78

/2981/

4.0

/136426/

94

/72/

Audience

92

/209644/

83

/17/

4.0

age 12+

A young neurosurgeon inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. In the castle he finds a funny hunchback, a pretty lab assistant and the elderly housekeeper. Young Frankenstein believes that the work of his grandfather was delusional, but when he discovers the book where the mad doctor described his reanimation experiment, he suddenly changes his mind.

86

8.1

/170562/

79

/2298/

78

/1574/

4.3

/112395/

91

/76/

Audience

93

/36538/

83

/16/

4.0

age 16+

When veteran anchorman Howard Beale is forced to retire his 25-year post because of his age, he announces to viewers that he will kill himself during his farewell broadcast. Network executives rethink their decision when his fanatical tirade results in a spike in ratings.

79

7.1

/150532/

69

/3038/

68

/1681/

3.5

/77719/

94

/178/

Audience

76

/51920/

90

/38/

4.0

age 15+

After discovering her father put their house up for his bail bond and then disappeared, 17-year-old Ree Dolly must confront the local criminal underworld and the harsh Ozark wilderness in order to to track down her father and save her family.

84

7.5

/473673/

75

/9703/

72

/5371/

3.8

/206604/

97

/291/

Audience

84

/96508/

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.

77

7.5

/128038/

74

/2521/

71

/1382/

3.6

/76689/

88

/65/

Audience

86

/193258/

57

/18/

4.0

age 12+

Ray Kinsella is an Iowa farmer who hears a mysterious voice telling him to turn his cornfield into a baseball diamond. He does, but the voice's directions don't stop -- even after the spirits of deceased ballplayers turn up to play.

89

8.3

/465861/

79

/6031/

80

/5274/

4.2

/404135/

99

/132/

Audience

90

/160026/

100

/19/

4.0

age 12+

Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.

78

7.7

/142113/

76

/2105/

74

/1539/

4.0

/87021/

93

/70/

Audience

90

/50703/

66

/18/

3.0

Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.

78

7.8

/388803/

77

/6395/

73

/4188/

3.8

/175066/

91

/255/

Audience

89

/121823/

79

/41/

2.5

age 16+

Boxer "Irish" Micky Ward's unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded in life after nearly being KO'd by drugs and crime.

76

6.8

/184093/

66

/3291/

67

/2947/

3.9

/187520/

85

/298/

Audience

60

/61127/

85

/50/

4.0

age 14+

The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father. Jack finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith.

73

8.0

/158617/

77

/2336/

77

/2315/

4.1

/112302/

70

/167/

Audience

89

/55467/

61

/39/