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1.
Her
(2013)
A lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with an operating system designed to meet his every need. (126 mins.)
Director: Spike Jonze
2.
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
(2014)
Illustrated upon the progress of his latest Broadway play, a former popular actor's struggle to cope with his current life as a wasted actor is shown. (119 mins.)
Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu
3.
The Grand Budapest Hotel
(2014)
The adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous hotel from the fictional Republic of Zubrowka between the first and second World Wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. (99 mins.)
Director: Wes Anderson
4.
Life of Pi
(2012)
A young man who survives a disaster at sea is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an unexpected connection with another survivor: a fearsome Bengal tiger. (127 mins.)
Director: Ang Lee
5.
Cloud Atlas
(2012)
An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution. (172 mins.)
Director: Tom Tykwer, Lana Wachowski
6.
Mr. Nobody
(2009)
A boy stands on a station platform as a train is about to leave. Should he go with his mother or stay with his father? Infinite possibilities arise from this decision. As long as he doesn't choose, anything is possible. (141 mins.)
Director: Jaco Van Dormael
7.
Predestination
(2014)
For his final assignment, a top temporal agent must pursue the one criminal that has eluded him throughout time. The chase turns into a unique, surprising and mind-bending exploration of love, fate, identity and time travel taboos. (97 mins.)
Director: The Spierig Brothers, The Spierig Brothers
8.
All Quiet on the Western Front
(1930)
A young soldier faces profound disillusionment in the soul-destroying horror of World War I. (136 mins.)
Director: Lewis Milestone
9.
Freedom Writers
(2007)
A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school. (123 mins.)
Director: Richard LaGravenese
10.
Silver Linings Playbook
(2012)
After a stint in a mental institution, former teacher Pat Solitano moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife. Things get more challenging when Pat meets Tiffany, a mysterious girl with problems of her own. (122 mins.)
Director: David O. Russell
11.
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
(2001)
A highly advanced robotic boy longs to become "real" so that he can regain the love of his human mother. (146 mins.)
Director: Steven Spielberg
12.
Cube
(1997)
Six complete strangers of widely varying personality characteristics are involuntarily placed in an endless kafkaesque maze containing deadly traps. (90 mins.)
Director: Vincenzo Natali
13.
Paprika
(2006)
When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patients' dreams is stolen, all Hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist, Paprika, can stop it. (90 mins.)
Director: Satoshi Kon
14.
Gattaca
(1997)
A genetically inferior man assumes the identity of a superior one in order to pursue his lifelong dream of space travel. (106 mins.)
Director: Andrew Niccol
15.
Back to the Future
(1985)
Marty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown. (116 mins.)
Director: Robert Zemeckis
16.
Big Fish
(2003)
A frustrated son tries to determine the fact from fiction in his dying father's life. (125 mins.)
Director: Tim Burton
17.
Ed Wood
(1994)
An ambitious but troubled movie director tries his best to fulfill his dream, despite his lack of support. (127 mins.)
Director: Tim Burton
18.
Frankenweenie
(2012)
Young Victor conducts a science experiment to bring his beloved dog Sparky back to life, only to face unintended, sometimes monstrous, consequences. (87 mins.)
Director: Tim Burton
19.
Les Misérables
(2012)
In 19th-century France, Jean Valjean, who for decades has been hunted by the ruthless policeman Javert after breaking parole, agrees to care for a factory worker's daughter. The decision changes their lives forever. (158 mins.)
Director: Tom Hooper
20.
Anna Karenina
(2012)
In late-19th-century Russian high society, St. Petersburg aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the dashing Count Alexei Vronsky. (129 mins.)
Director: Joe Wright
21.
Catch Me If You Can
(2002)
The true story of 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. (141 mins.)
Director: Steven Spielberg
22.
Saving Private Ryan
(1998)
Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action. (169 mins.)
Director: Steven Spielberg
23.
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
(2013)
Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. The mysterious young princess enthralls all who encounter her - but ultimately she must confront her fate, the punishment for her crime. (137 mins.)
Director: Isao Takahata
24.
Allied
(2016)
In 1942, a Canadian intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war. (124 mins.)
Director: Robert Zemeckis
25.
Arrival
(2016)
When 12 mysterious spacecraft appear around the world, linguistics professor Louise Banks is tasked with interpreting the language of the apparent alien visitors. (116 mins.)
Director: Denis Villeneuve
26.
Fences
(2016)
A working-class African-American father tries to raise his family in the 1950s, while coming to terms with the events of his life. (139 mins.)
Director: Denzel Washington
27.
Florence Foster Jenkins
(2016)
The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice. (111 mins.)
Director: Stephen Frears
28.
Hacksaw Ridge
(2016)
WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people, and becomes the first man in American history to receive the Medal of Honor without firing a shot. (139 mins.)
Director: Mel Gibson
29.
Hell or High Water
(2016)
A divorced father and his ex-con older brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's ranch in West Texas. (102 mins.)
Director: David Mackenzie
30.
Hidden Figures
(2016)
Based on a true story. A team of African-American women provide NASA with important mathematical data needed to launch the program's first successful space missions. (127 mins.)
Director: Theodore Melfi
31.
Jackie
(2016)
Following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy fights through grief and trauma to regain her faith, console her children, and define her husband's historic legacy. (100 mins.)
Director: Pablo Larraín
32.
The Jungle Book
(2016)
After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan forces him to flee the jungle, a man-cub named Mowgli embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of panther, Bagheera, and free spirited bear, Baloo. (106 mins.)
Director: Jon Favreau
33.
La La Land
(2016)
A jazz pianist falls for an aspiring actress in Los Angeles. (128 mins.)
Director: Damien Chazelle
34.
Lion
(2016)
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. (118 mins.)
Director: Garth Davis
35.
Live by Night
(2016)
A group of Boston-bred gangsters set up shop in balmy Florida during the Prohibition era, facing off against the competition and the Ku Klux Klan. (129 mins.)
Director: Ben Affleck
36.
Loving
(2016)
The story of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple, whose challenge of their anti-miscegenation arrest for their marriage in Virginia led to a legal battle that would end at the US Supreme Court. (123 mins.)
Director: Jeff Nichols
37.
Manchester by the Sea
(2016)
An uncle is asked to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy's father dies. (137 mins.)
Director: Kenneth Lonergan
38.
Moonlight
(2016)
A timeless story of human self-discovery and connection, Moonlight chronicles the life of a young black man from childhood to adulthood as he struggles to find his place in the world while growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami. (111 mins.)
Director: Barry Jenkins
39.
Nocturnal Animals
(2016)
A wealthy art gallery owner is haunted by her ex-husband's novel, a violent thriller she interprets as a symbolic revenge tale. (116 mins.)
Director: Tom Ford
40.
Patriots Day
(2016)
An account of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and the aftermath, which includes the city-wide manhunt to find the terrorists responsible. (133 mins.)
Director: Peter Berg
41.
Silence
(2016)
Two priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor and propagate Catholicism. (161 mins.)
Director: Martin Scorsese
42.
Sully
(2016)
The story of Chesley Sullenberger, an American pilot who became a hero after landing his damaged plane on the Hudson River in order to save the flight's passengers and crew. (96 mins.)
Director: Clint Eastwood
43.
20th Century Women
(2016)
The story of three women who explore love and freedom in Southern California during the late 1970s. (119 mins.)
Director: Mike Mills
44.
My Life as a Zucchini
(2016)
Courgette (Zucchini) is an intriguing nickname for a 9-year-old boy. Although his unique story is surprisingly universal... (66 mins.)
Director: Claude Barras
45.
Sherlock
(2010 TV Series)
A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London. (88 mins.)
46.
The Imitation Game
(2014)
During World War II, mathematician Alan Turing tries to crack the enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians. (114 mins.)
Director: Morten Tyldum