Ridley Scott, a list by Alex van Nieuwkuyk

7.4

/29256/

72

/593/

72

/600/

3.9

/34290/

74

/62/

83

/382/

70

/13/

age 11+

In 1800, as Napoleon Bonaparte rises to power in France, a rivalry erupts between Armand and Gabriel, two lieutenants in the French Army, over a perceived insult. For over a decade, they engage in a series of duels amidst larger conflicts, including the failed French invasion of Russia in 1812, and shifts in the political and social systems of Europe.

88

8.5

/1050883/

83

/33745/

81

/15889/

4.2

/1656240/

93

/207/

94

/22400/

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.

82

8.1

/873048/

80

/31617/

79

/14595/

4.1

/1311084/

89

/132/

91

/25115/

84

/15/

3.0

age 16+

In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.

56

6.3

/78855/

66

/2388/

62

/1329/

3.1

/85604/

43

/47/

73

/5798/

30

/11/

2.0

age 10+

Set in a timeless mythical forest inhabited by fairies, goblins, unicorns and mortals, this fantastic story follows a mystical forest dweller, chosen by fate, to undertake a heroic quest. He must save the beautiful Princess Lili and defeat the demonic Lord of Darkness, or the world will be plunged into a never-ending ice age.

56

6.1

/13023/

62

/222/

58

/199/

3.0

/8228/

65

/31/

40

/98/

55

/15/

2.0

Claire Gregory, an upper class New York personality, witnesses a murder in a luxurious nightclub. Detective Mike Keegan, recently promoted, is assigned to protect her.

59

6.6

/63565/

68

/1619/

66

/1181/

3.2

/36339/

52

/25/

55

/740/

56

/18/

2.0

age 15+

Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They arrest one of their killers and are ordered to escort him back to Japan. However, in Japan he manages to escape, and as they try to track him down, they get deeper and deeper into the Japanese Mafia scene and they have to learn that they can only win by playing the game—the Japanese way.

82

7.6

/190147/

76

/4832/

75

/3739/

4.2

/473105/

87

/156/

82

/3588/

89

/13/

3.5

age 17+

Taking a break from their dreary lives, close friends Thelma and Louise embark on a short weekend trip that ends in unforeseen incriminating circumstances. As fugitives, both women rediscover the strength of their bond and their newfound resilience.

56

6.4

/34800/

64

/980/

62

/888/

2.9

/17897/

30

/23/

50

/284/

47

/21/

3.0

1492: Conquest of Paradise depicts Christopher Columbus’ discovery of The New World and his effect on the indigenous people.

63

6.6

/26954/

68

/601/

62

/387/

3.2

/10556/

57

/37/

65

/448/

53

/21/

3.0

In 1960, a hardy group of prep school students boards an old-fashioned sailing ship. With Capt. Christopher Sheldon at the helm, the oceangoing voyage is intended to teach the boys fortitude and discipline. But the youthful crew are about to get some unexpected instruction in survival when they get caught in the clutches of a white squall storm.

63

6.0

/92183/

67

/2865/

64

/1785/

3.0

/39977/

55

/38/

53

/2393/

62

/21/

3.5

age 15+

In response to political pressure from Senator Lillian DeHaven, the U.S. Navy begins a program that would allow for the eventual integration of women into its combat services. The program begins with a single trial candidate, Lieutenant Jordan O'Neil, who is chosen specifically for her femininity. O'Neil enters the grueling Navy SEAL training program under the command of Master Chief John James Urgayle, who unfairly pushes O'Neil until her determination wins his respect.

77

8.5

/1821791/

84

/43708/

82

/20383/

4.2

/1872910/

80

/260/

87

/1652336/

67

/46/

2.0

age 16+

After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of Rome's most capable generals who Marcus preferred. Eventually, Maximus is forced to become a gladiator and battle to the death against other men for the amusement of paying audiences.

61

6.8

/311053/

71

/9990/

68

/5038/

3.3

/322988/

39

/176/

62

/10621/

57

/36/

2.5

age 17+

After having successfully eluded the authorities for years, Hannibal peacefully lives in Italy in disguise as an art scholar. Trouble strikes again when he's discovered leaving a deserving few dead in the process. He returns to America to make contact with now disgraced Agent Clarice Starling, who is suffering the wrath of a malicious FBI rival as well as the media.

80

7.7

/450111/

78

/13597/

74

/6160/

3.7

/247933/

77

/172/

88

/18043/

74

/33/

4.0

age 17+

When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from the militia on the ground.

75

7.3

/144549/

72

/3555/

70

/1895/

3.6

/69560/

82

/182/

74

/4820/

61

/38/

4.0

age 15+

A phobic con artist and his protege are on the verge of pulling off a lucrative swindle when the con artist's teenage daughter arrives unexpectedly.

68

7.3

/347178/

73

/8565/

70

/4734/

3.7

/253485/

39

/190/

72

/17223/

63

/40/

3.5

age 17+

After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the Crusades.

58

6.9

/106190/

70

/2064/

66

/1585/

3.1

/37395/

26

/137/

66

/3620/

47

/33/

age 13+

Failed London banker Max Skinner inherits his uncle's vineyard in Provence, where he spent many childhood holidays. Upon his arrival, he meets a woman from California who tells Max she is his long-lost cousin and that the property is hers.

82

7.8

/480999/

78

/11140/

75

/5824/

3.9

/307833/

81

/213/

90

/84/

76

/38/

4.0

age 17+

Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being detained by a task force led by Newark Detective Richie Roberts.

64

7.0

/248898/

70

/5995/

66

/3218/

3.1

/83293/

55

/209/

62

/6800/

57

/37/

3.0

age 17+

The CIA’s hunt is on for the mastermind of a wave of terrorist attacks. Roger Ferris is the agency’s man on the ground, moving from place to place, scrambling to stay ahead of ever-shifting events. An eye in the sky – a satellite link – watches Ferris. At the other end of that real-time link is the CIA’s Ed Hoffman, strategizing events from thousands of miles away. And as Ferris nears the target, he discovers trust can be just as dangerous as it is necessary for survival.

57

6.6

/294395/

67

/8315/

63

/4885/

2.8

/133843/

43

/249/

58

/11436/

53

/40/

2.0

age 14+

When soldier Robin happens upon the dying Robert of Loxley, he promises to return the man's sword to his family in Nottingham. There, he assumes Robert's identity; romances his widow, Marion; and draws the ire of the town's sheriff and King John's henchman, Godfrey.

72

7.0

/690818/

70

/28812/

66

/12932/

3.3

/662694/

73

/311/

68

/19999/

64

/43/

4.0

age 17+

A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.

46

5.4

/109271/

55

/3191/

52

/1942/

2.7

/51620/

34

/217/

24

/2214/

48

/42/

2.0

age 17+

A lawyer finds himself in far over his head when he attempts to get involved in drug trafficking.

47

6.0

/185715/

62

/8307/

58

/4750/

2.5

/83933/

29

/208/

35

/2776/

52

/43/

1.5

age 14+

The defiant leader Moses rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses, setting 400,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues.

82

8.0

/993869/

81

/59213/

76

/20725/

3.8

/1556223/

91

/385/

91

/7127/

80

/46/

3.5

age 12+

During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.

67

6.4

/340901/

67

/27907/

61

/9183/

3.1

/490730/

65

/408/

55

/4259/

65

/52/

4.0

age 15+

The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise but is actually a dark, dangerous world.

69

6.8

/95780/

70

/5516/

64

/2355/

3.2

/63259/

79

/260/

66

/520/

72

/47/

3.0

age 16+

The story of the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother to convince his billionaire grandfather Jean Paul Getty to pay the ransom.

75

7.3

/202848/

72

/9371/

74

/3694/

3.7

/326616/

85

/294/

81

/479/

67

/50/

3.0

age 17+

King Charles VI declares that Knight Jean de Carrouges settle his dispute with his squire, Jacques Le Gris, by challenging him to a duel.

65

6.6

/173050/

66

/7120/

65

/3335/

2.9

/482473/

61

/371/

83

/1758/

59

/59/

2.5

age 15+

When Patrizia Reggiani, an outsider from humble beginnings, marries into the Gucci family, her unbridled ambition begins to unravel the family legacy and triggers a reckless spiral of betrayal, decadence, revenge, and ultimately… murder.

59

6.3

/182500/

63

/8587/

63

/2952/

2.9

/543408/

58

/342/

58

/933/

64

/62/

2.0

age 16+

An epic that details the checkered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his wife, Josephine.

67

6.5

/285407/

68

/18714/

66

/4110/

3.2

/1282170/

70

/406/

81

/4406/

64

/62/