IMDB 7.5+ 5000 Votes, a list by dave Miller

7.2

/130110/

70

/4581/

69

/1483/

3.9

/719787/

93

/337/

79

/519/

90

/57/

4.0

age 17+

When an innovative modern architect flees post-war Europe, he is given the opportunity to rebuild his legacy. Set during the dawn of the modern United States (in Pennsylvania), his wife joins him, and their lives are forever changed by a demanding, wealthy patron.

77

7.3

/110836/

72

/4919/

70

/1312/

3.5

/977600/

82

/343/

95

/2940/

70

/59/

3.5

age 15+

New York, early 1960s. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota arrives in the West Village with his guitar and revolutionary talent, destined to change the course of American music.

78

7.4

/52471/

73

/2410/

73

/769/

3.8

/41269/

95

/119/

78

/1066/

77

/27/

In 1994 a 13-year-old boy disappeared without a trace from his home in San Antonio, Texas. Three-and-a-half years later he is found alive thousands of miles away in a village in southern Spain with a horrifying story of kidnap and torture. His family is overjoyed to bring him home. But all is not quite as it seems.

78

7.4

/22685/

74

/1692/

72

/427/

3.8

/57053/

94

/119/

86

/126/

76

/28/

3.0

Journalist David Farrier stumbles upon a mysterious tickling competition online. As he delves deeper he comes up against fierce resistance, but that doesn’t stop him getting to the bottom of a story stranger than fiction.

82

7.4

/17559/

72

/326/

69

/246/

3.8

/4241/

100

/93/

90

/751/

82

/25/

4.0

An in-depth look at the torture practices of the United States in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, focusing on an innocent taxi driver in Afghanistan who was tortured and killed in 2002.

74

41

7.4

/6893/

66

/74/

62

/40/

3.5

/739/

98

/9/

Two suicidal paraplegic junkies hustle their way through the city streets trying to find a reason to live.

75

7.4

/247939/

75

/7227/

71

/2906/

3.7

/179759/

86

/184/

87

/10398/

73

/37/

2.5

age 18+

A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role...

82

7.4

/258407/

72

/11001/

71

/2854/

3.8

/2228755/

93

/352/

85

/490/

91

/62/

4.0

age 17+

A young sex worker from Brooklyn gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as his parents set out to get the marriage annulled.

81

7.5

/673399/

76

/46099/

74

/16481/

3.7

/2743754/

92

/395/

86

/4143/

86

/53/

3.5

age 17+

After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.

79

7.5

/765207/

76

/38028/

74

/18103/

3.9

/1947799/

90

/291/

89

/12026/

76

/49/

3.0

age 14+

After surviving the Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta struggle with the consequences of their victory as unrest spreads across Panem. Forced back into the spotlight, they become symbols of hope and resistance while the Capitol prepares a new and deadly challenge that will change the future of the nation forever.

77

7.5

/660132/

76

/29885/

72

/12867/

3.5

/1071530/

89

/256/

86

/25677/

73

/31/

3.0

age 17+

Columbus has made a habit of running from what scares him. Tallahassee doesn't have fears. If he did, he'd kick their ever-living ass. In a world overrun by zombies, these two are perfectly evolved survivors. But now, they're about to stare down the most terrifying prospect of all: each other.

77

7.5

/771528/

75

/27983/

73

/15966/

3.9

/1940074/

93

/276/

82

/59410/

83

/41/

2.5

age 11+

Peter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, he decides to shelve his superhero alter ego, which leaves the city suffering in the wake of carnage left by the evil Doc Ock. In the meantime, Parker still can't act on his feelings for Mary Jane Watson, a girl he's loved since childhood. A certain anger begins to brew in his best friend Harry Osborn as well...

77

7.5

/491811/

78

/23208/

74

/8340/

3.9

/2300032/

83

/272/

84

/14492/

69

/38/

age 14+

As bass guitarist for a garage-rock band, Scott Pilgrim has never had trouble getting a girlfriend; usually, the problem is getting rid of them. But when Ramona Flowers skates into his heart, he finds she has the most troublesome baggage of all: an army of ex-boyfriends who will stop at nothing to eliminate him from her list of suitors.

72

7.5

/341596/

78

/20375/

78

/9853/

3.5

/1112134/

56

/263/

86

/6873/

48

/43/

3.5

age 10+

The story of American showman P.T. Barnum, founder of the circus that became the famous traveling Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.

71

IMDb 91

7.5

/576761/

75

/15892/

71

/7213/

3.5

/964042/

64

/229/

72

/927665/

55

/41/

3.5

age 15+

Eight very different couples deal with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London.

80

7.5

/258484/

75

/12458/

75

/6049/

3.9

/1102595/

90

/384/

88

/1267/

77

/47/

3.5

age 16+

Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the sport is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes.

70

7.5

/321133/

75

/10628/

74

/4596/

3.5

/133579/

75

/224/

87

/4916/

60

/44/

2.0

age 17+

Four Navy SEALs on a covert mission to neutralize a high-level Taliban operative must make an impossible moral decision in the mountains of Afghanistan that leads them into an enemy ambush. As they confront unthinkable odds, the SEALs must find reserves of strength and resilience to fight to the finish.

80

7.5

/347365/

73

/10618/

72

/7515/

3.5

/434626/

93

/232/

78

/8429/

83

/41/

4.0

age 8+

Orphaned and alone except for an uncle, Hugo Cabret lives in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. Hugo's job is to oil and maintain the station's clocks, but to him, his more important task is to protect a broken automaton and notebook left to him by his late father. Accompanied by the goddaughter of an embittered toy merchant, Hugo embarks on a quest to solve the mystery of the automaton and find a place he can call home.

82

7.5

/149222/

75

/9253/

73

/2563/

3.8

/255585/

98

/306/

88

/1350/

86

/47/

3.5

age 15+

Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a mysterious illness, Kumail finds himself forced to face her feisty parents, his family's expectations, and his true feelings.

74

7.5

/309600/

77

/10902/

74

/4814/

3.8

/195543/

69

/67/

79

/6482/

62

/23/

3.5

age 10+

A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to decipher the message and decide upon a course of action, she must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and reality.

79

7.5

/260748/

76

/9257/

74

/6547/

3.6

/321772/

81

/198/

84

/3928/

73

/42/

4.0

age 14+

In December 2004, close-knit family Maria, Henry and their three sons begin their winter vacation in Thailand. But the day after Christmas, the idyllic holiday turns into an incomprehensible nightmare when a terrifying roar rises from the depths of the sea, followed by a wall of black water that devours everything in its path. Though Maria and her family face their darkest hour, unexpected displays of kindness and courage ameliorate their terror.

83

7.5

/157572/

73

/6078/

73

/3200/

3.8

/226862/

97

/277/

87

/1771/

88

/45/

4.0

age 14+

In 1950s Ireland and New York, young Eilis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries.

74

7.5

/174813/

75

/6102/

73

/3412/

3.5

/134096/

79

/262/

84

/3873/

65

/46/

3.0

age 13+

Author P.L. Travers looks back on her childhood while reluctantly meeting with Walt Disney, who seeks to adapt her Mary Poppins books for the big screen.

69

7.5

/291092/

77

/7398/

74

/3910/

3.5

/98954/

53

/139/

82

/6154/

53

/33/

3.0

age 17+

A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad in WWII.

76

7.5

/416958/

73

/10192/

74

/6746/

4.0

/1135351/

76

/165/

74

/6980/

69

/34/

3.5

age 18+

After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head.

71

7.5

/87711/

77

/5637/

74

/1920/

3.7

/51537/

76

/192/

72

/546/

64

/41/

2.5

age 16+

An ambitious lobbyist faces off against the powerful gun lobby in an attempt to pass gun control legislation.

63

7.5

/146871/

76

/5491/

75

/4452/

3.5

/124375/

50

/149/

73

/1672/

53

/31/

1.5

age 13+

While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refugee is being sheltered by her adoptive parents.

68

7.5

/285866/

76

/6636/

73

/4501/

3.5

/151211/

56

/142/

87

/14938/

52

/34/

2.5

age 17+

A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes bankrupt. George does not want the same thing to happen to him, and his friend Tuna, in the 1960's, suggests that he deal marijuana. He is a big hit in California in the 1960's, yet he goes to jail, where he finds out about the wonders of cocaine. As a result, when released, he gets rich by bringing cocaine to America. However, he soon pays the price.

78

7.5

/224251/

75

/7294/

73

/3069/

3.7

/121718/

78

/91/

85

/7202/

66

/23/

4.0

age 16+

A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans.

75

7.5

/149597/

75

/4601/

74

/3205/

3.7

/154309/

85

/204/

85

/1383/

72

/41/

2.5

age 13+

Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a devastating diagnosis, Alice and her family find their bonds tested.

78

7.5

/234676/

75

/4801/

71

/2325/

3.6

/105040/

86

/183/

87

/13171/

71

/36/

3.5

age 16+

Nick Naylor is a charismatic spin-doctor for Big Tobacco who'll fight to protect America's right to smoke -- even if it kills him -- while still remaining a role model for his 12-year old son. When he incurs the wrath of a senator bent on snuffing out cigarettes, Nick's powers of "filtering the truth" will be put to the test.

80

7.5

/252803/

75

/6496/

71

/3395/

4.0

/173321/

85

/227/

80

/5392/

81

/42/

4.0

age 13+

After an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a captain of the British Royal Navy begins a chase over two oceans to capture or destroy the enemy, though he must weigh his commitment to duty and ferocious pursuit of glory against the safety of his devoted crew, including the ship's thoughtful surgeon, his best friend.

78

7.5

/251322/

73

/4965/

71

/2876/

3.8

/132358/

79

/210/

83

/10574/

74

/39/

4.0

age 15+

During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. In retaliation, the Israeli government recruits a group of Mossad agents to track down and execute those responsible for the attack.

79

7.5

/156342/

73

/5022/

71

/2991/

3.9

/316384/

95

/182/

79

/385428/

87

/38/

age 7+

Cheese-loving eccentric Wallace and his cunning canine pal, Gromit, investigate a mystery in Nick Park's animated adventure, in which the lovable inventor and his intrepid pup run a business ridding the town of garden pests. Using only humane methods that turn their home into a halfway house for evicted vermin, the pair stumble upon a mystery involving a voracious vegetarian monster that threatens to ruin the annual veggie-growing contest.

83

7.5

/98592/

75

/3419/

73

/2280/

3.8

/105295/

99

/310/

86

/2324/

79

/52/

4.0

age 13+

"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act.

75

7.5

/202362/

71

/4639/

71

/2677/

4.0

/180587/

76

/174/

75

/13936/

68

/32/

3.5

age 16+

Outlaw Jesse James is rumored to be the 'fastest gun in the West'. An eager recruit into James' notorious gang, Robert Ford eventually grows jealous of the famed outlaw and, when Robert and his brother sense an opportunity to kill James, their murderous action elevates their target to near mythical status.

75

7.5

/107736/

77

/3640/

71

/1909/

3.7

/104222/

80

/194/

85

/3819/

62

/40/

3.0

age 11+

In 1947, Jackie Robinson becomes the first Black man to play in Major League Baseball facing unabashed racism from the public, the press and other players.

72

7.5

/201330/

76

/5025/

73

/2817/

3.8

/179375/

66

/56/

85

/3590/

53

/21/

3.0

age 15+

A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.

76

7.5

/26399/

76

/2286/

72

/507/

3.6

/17456/

79

/194/

77

/435/

64

/38/

4.0

age 15+

To understand firsthand what the United States of America can learn from other nations, Michael Moore playfully “invades” some to see what they have to offer.

78

7.5

/142221/

75

/3703/

72

/1809/

3.7

/128342/

85

/96/

79

/6198/

71

/32/

4.0

age 15+

Geeky teenager David and his popular twin sister, Jennifer, get sucked into the black-and-white world of a 1950s TV sitcom called "Pleasantville," and find a world where everything is peachy keen all the time. But when Jennifer's modern attitude disrupts Pleasantville's peaceful but boring routine, she literally brings color into its life.

82

7.5

/185116/

74

/3397/

72

/2335/

3.8

/109085/

93

/241/

89

/11621/

83

/39/

4.0

age 16+

The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Francisco in the late 1970s, Harvey Milk becomes an activist for gay rights and inspires others to join him in his fight for equal rights that should be available to all Americans.

83

7.5

/90646/

75

/2883/

74

/1381/

4.0

/131591/

94

/212/

87

/1811/

85

/46/

4.0

age 17+

Oakland, California. Young Afro-American Oscar Grant crosses paths with family members, friends, enemies and strangers before facing his fate on the platform at Fruitvale Station, in the early morning hours of New Year's Day 2009.

83

7.5

/215597/

72

/3407/

71

/1814/

3.8

/172832/

97

/230/

79

/10798/

94

/42/

4.0

age 17+

Two middle-aged men embark on a spiritual journey through Californian wine country. One is an unpublished novelist suffering from depression, and the other is only days away from walking down the aisle.

76

7.5

/196115/

72

/2996/

69

/1813/

3.7

/84600/

84

/194/

87

/24531/

77

/36/

Grindhouse combines Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror, a horror comedy about a group of survivors who battle zombie-like creatures, and Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof, an action thriller about a murderous stuntman who kills young women with modified vehicles. It is presented as a double feature with fictitious exploitation trailers preceding each segment.

60

7.5

/131454/

75

/2936/

74

/2129/

3.5

/45203/

19

/155/

81

/2962/

31

/36/

age 17+

A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.

77

7.5

/121568/

74

/2415/

73

/1619/

3.9

/107282/

86

/196/

81

/3821/

77

/35/

3.0

age 17+

Set in Los Angeles in 1962, at the height of the Cuban missile crisis, is the story of a British college professor who dwells on the past and cannot see his future. We follow him through a single day, where a series of events and encounters ultimately lead him to decide if there is a meaning to life after the death of his long time partner, Jim.

83

7.5

/33224/

75

/1674/

76

/731/

4.0

/49926/

97

/94/

81

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83

/20/

4.0

Hailed as one of the most innovative and intimate documentaries of all time, experience Kurt Cobain like never before in the only ever fully authorized portrait of the famed music icon. Academy Award nominated filmmaker Brett Morgen expertly blends Cobain's personal archive of art, music, never seen before movies, animation and revelatory interviews from his family and closest friends.

77

7.5

/103650/

75

/2983/

75

/1536/

4.2

/259146/

69

/193/

71

/3839/

67

/34/