Visually Stunning, a list by Riz

7.9

/77815/

79

/1943/

77

/1433/

3.8

/30333/

84

/45/

Audience

87

/60378/

age 9+

Escaping death, a Hebrew infant is raised in a royal household to become a prince. Upon discovery of his true heritage, Moses embarks on a personal quest to reclaim his destiny as the leader and liberator of the Hebrew people.

81

8.0

/852648/

79

/34291/

77

/11310/

3.9

/2102561/

83

/514/

Audience

90

/7039/

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.

10

82

8.7

/2097946/

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.

80

7.9

/1279606/

78

/29869/

79

/24389/

3.8

/1325109/

88

/255/

Audience

69

/35797635/

75

/35/

4.0

age 13+

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets aboard the ship. Rose tells the whole story from Titanic's departure through to its death—on its first and last voyage—on April 15, 1912.

10

82

8.7

/2052000/

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.

10

86

8.8

/2549441/

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

83

7.7

/588728/

77

/30211/

75

/12792/

4.0

/846897/

92

/289/

Audience

86

/74240/

78

/42/

4.0

age 17+

Caleb, a coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But when Caleb arrives at the remote location he finds that he will have to participate in a strange and fascinating experiment in which he must interact with the world's first true artificial intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot girl.

87

8.9

/2006135/

87

/51492/

84

/24073/

4.4

/1303844/

91

/235/

Audience

95

/1355751/

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.

82

8.0

/664595/

77

/31298/

75

/12975/

4.1

/1197403/

88

/443/

Audience

88

/36335/

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.

10

77

8.5

/1619233/

85

/31827/

82

/17695/

4.1

/707187/

79

/258/

Audience

87

/34128168/

67

/46/

2.0

age 16+

In the year 180, the death of emperor Marcus Aurelius throws the Roman Empire into chaos. Maximus is one of the Roman army's most capable and trusted generals and a key advisor to the emperor. As Marcus' devious son Commodus ascends to the throne, Maximus is set to be executed. He escapes, but is captured by slave traders. Renamed Spaniard and forced to become a gladiator, Maximus must battle to the death with other men for the amusement of paying audiences.

10

80

7.9

/770433/

77

/55862/

76

/17178/

4.1

/1369181/

94

/442/

Audience

82

/85538/

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.

86

8.8

/2255605/

86

/43255/

84

/26433/

4.1

/1732481/

76

/157/

Audience

95

/1244237/

82

/20/

4.0

age 13+

A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.

81

8.2

/1066585/

82

/31662/

79

/15611/

4.1

/1061392/

92

/142/

Audience

91

/1074190/

68

/20/

3.0

age 12+

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.

89

8.5

/949927/

84

/26376/

81

/13744/

4.3

/863922/

93

/196/

Audience

94

/461994/

89

/34/

4.0

age 15+

During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.

83

8.0

/670880/

77

/24392/

79

/16271/

4.1

/2205741/

91

/471/

Audience

81

/5208/

94

/54/

3.5

age 13+

Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.

77

8.1

/1209854/

80

/33408/

77

/19835/

3.9

/842275/

80

/220/

Audience

86

/33125722/

63

/40/

3.0

age 12+

Jack Sparrow, a freewheeling 18th-century pirate, quarrels with a rival pirate bent on pillaging Port Royal. When the governor's daughter is kidnapped, Sparrow decides to help the girl's love save her.

86

8.4

/762676/

83

/19322/

79

/9046/

4.2

/420833/

98

/86/

Audience

94

/431177/

84

/22/

3.5

age 15+

When Ripley's lifepod is found by a salvage crew over 50 years later, she finds that terra-formers are on the very planet they found the alien species. When the company sends a family of colonists out to investigate her story—all contact is lost with the planet and colonists. They enlist Ripley and the colonial marines to return and search for answers.

73

7.2

/446709/

70

/10252/

68

/7577/

3.3

/279689/

84

/268/

Audience

50

/33766734/

81

/39/

4.0

age 14+

In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a giant ape who is immediately smitten with the leading lady.

89

9.0

/1978232/

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.

79

7.7

/476379/

75

/23530/

73

/8215/

4.0

/520600/

92

/281/

Audience

85

/68921/

82

/48/

3.0

age 17+

An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.

77

7.6

/493860/

75

/18180/

76

/11185/

3.6

/1219793/

76

/450/

Audience

92

/24287/

67

/68/

3.5

age 13+

Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, learn the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive, and the tragedies they endure.

81

8.0

/824285/

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.

88

8.4

/1036559/

83

/24428/

79

/11841/

4.2

/707434/

93

/152/

Audience

96

/828801/

86

/17/

4.0

age 11+

When Dr. Indiana Jones – the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologist – is hired by the government to locate the legendary Ark of the Covenant, he finds himself up against the entire Nazi regime.

84

8.4

/1105997/

81

/23201/

82

/16724/

4.2

/1556802/

83

/106/

Audience

93

/483832/

68

/26/

4.0

age 16+

Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.

89

8.6

/1449040/

85

/40743/

82

/19721/

4.2

/1253902/

93

/140/

Audience

96

/865491/

90

/24/

4.0

age 7+

Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo team together with the loveable robot duo R2-D2 and C-3PO to rescue the beautiful princess and restore peace and justice in the Empire.

85

8.6

/1173501/

85

/24897/

81

/12313/

4.3

/524525/

91

/87/

Audience

95

/750532/

75

/22/

3.5

age 15+

Set ten years after the events of the original, James Cameron’s classic sci-fi action flick tells the story of a second attempt to get the rid of rebellion leader John Connor, this time targeting the boy himself. However, the rebellion has sent a reprogrammed terminator to protect Connor.

70

7.4

/485940/

76

/36033/

76

/15019/

3.2

/688395/

72

/444/

Audience

77

/27237/

64

/56/

2.5

age 12+

When the creator of a popular video game system dies, a virtual contest is created to compete for his fortune.

86

8.3

/719153/

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.

86

8.1

/886150/

80

/24095/

81

/14286/

4.2

/1660561/

92

/318/

Audience

86

/99127/

88

/48/

4.0

age 16+

The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting, the battle for an enormous family fortune and the slow and then sudden upheavals that transformed Europe during the first half of the 20th century.

10

81

7.9

/1385998/

78

/59031/

75

/30664/

3.6

/1323437/

82

/337/

Audience

82

/1387588/

83

/38/

4.0

age 13+

In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization.

67

7.6

/863901/

77

/24662/

71

/13220/

3.3

/344122/

61

/236/

Audience

89

/1435986/

52

/42/

2.0

age 17+

Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, "300" is very loosely based the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against the advancing Persians; the battle is said to have inspired all of Greece to band together against the Persians, and helped usher in the world's first democracy.

10

80

7.8

/704152/

77

/19161/

75

/12125/

3.9

/1098919/

93

/277/

Audience

79

/120210/

79

/43/

3.5

age 18+

Driver is a skilled Hollywood stuntman who moonlights as a getaway driver for criminals. Though he projects an icy exterior, lately he's been warming up to a pretty neighbor named Irene and her young son, Benicio. When Irene's husband gets out of jail, he enlists Driver's help in a million-dollar heist. The job goes horribly wrong, and Driver must risk his life to protect Irene and Benicio from the vengeful masterminds behind the robbery.

76

7.5

/193136/

77

/5988/

73

/2786/

3.7

/86719/

89

/54/

Audience

83

/110428/

62

/14/

age 15+

A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious force that has the power to change the world or destroy it.

83

8.1

/253562/

78

/3717/

78

/2606/

4.0

/76623/

85

/54/

Audience

89

/106415/

90

/9/

age 13+

In 25 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childhood friend-turned-overlord of trying to kill the Roman governor, he is put into slavery and his mother and sister are taken away as prisoners.

71

7.3

/592279/

72

/25087/

71

/9306/

3.4

/1007828/

69

/376/

Audience

76

/5991/

69

/50/

3.0

age 14+

Armed with only one word - Tenet - and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time.

82

7.8

/739667/

75

/29985/

74

/15942/

3.8

/1149437/

92

/473/

Audience

81

/70767/

94

/53/

3.5

age 14+

The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World War II.

74

7.8

/470849/

77

/10964/

76

/6551/

3.7

/167300/

66

/221/

Audience

83

/392699/

55

/44/

3.5

age 17+

Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the name of modernization and open trade, Algren decides to become an ultimate warrior himself and to fight for their right to exist.

4

74

6.6

/117878/

63

/5762/

65

/1738/

3.7

/405414/

89

/331/

Audience

50

/813/

85

/56/

4.0

age 15+

An epic fantasy adventure based on the timeless Arthurian legend, The Green Knight tells the story of Sir Gawain, King Arthur's reckless and headstrong nephew, who embarks on a daring quest to confront the eponymous Green Knight, a gigantic emerald-skinned stranger and tester of men.

87

8.8

/1782980/

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.

71

7.4

/374314/

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.

80

8.2

/674906/

81

/24321/

79

/11863/

4.1

/1137232/

89

/471/

Audience

88

/30570/

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.

10

82

8.1

/657927/

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.

76

7.5

/354407/

77

/11453/

72

/5451/

3.8

/200529/

82

/76/

Audience

79

/245226/

60

/17/

3.5

age 17+

Construction worker Douglas Quaid's obsession with the planet Mars leads him to visit Recall, a company who manufacture memories. Something goes wrong during his memory implant turning Doug's life upside down and even to question what is reality and what isn't.

89

8.7

/1379139/

86

/36076/

83

/16256/

4.4

/1112707/

95

/111/

Audience

97

/1060755/

82

/25/

4.0

age 8+

The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda. But Darth Vader is more determined than ever to capture Luke. Meanwhile, rebel leader Princess Leia, cocky Han Solo, Chewbacca, and droids C-3PO and R2-D2 are thrown into various stages of capture, betrayal and despair.

67

7.4

/767351/

76

/24380/

73

/15365/

3.6

/564821/

53

/229/

Audience

72

/1847651/

53

/37/

age 12+

Captain Jack Sparrow works his way out of a blood debt with the ghostly Davy Jones to avoid eternal damnation.

67

7.0

/605387/

74

/19250/

68

/9200/

3.3

/266959/

68

/81/

Audience

75

/978132/

59

/19/

2.5

age 13+

On July 2, a giant alien mothership enters orbit around Earth and deploys several dozen saucer-shaped 'destroyer' spacecraft that quickly lay waste to major cities around the planet. On July 3, the United States conducts a coordinated counterattack that fails. On July 4, a plan is devised to gain access to the interior of the alien mothership in space, in order to plant a nuclear missile.

70

7.3

/83045/

68

/2873/

69

/1966/

3.7

/58319/

72

/217/

Audience

69

/11357/

64

/41/

3.0

age 17+

Two lifelong friends bond whilst vacationing in a luxury Swiss Alps lodge as they ponder retirement. While Fred has no plans to resume his musical career despite the urging of his loving daughter Lena, Mick is intent on finishing the screenplay for what may be his last important film for his muse Brenda. And where will inspiration lead their younger friend Jimmy, an actor grasping to make sense of his next performance?

82

8.3

/1120985/

84

/32411/

79

/14993/

4.0

/913555/

83

/103/

Audience

94

/1016008/

58

/24/