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  • Benedict Cumberbatch in The Imitation Game (2014)

    1. The Imitation Game

    20141h 54mPG-1371Metascore
    8.0 (853K)
    During World War II, the English mathematical genius Alan Turing tries to crack the German Enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians while attempting to come to terms with his troubled private life.
    DirectorMorten TyldumStarsBenedict CumberbatchKeira KnightleyMatthew Goode
    Alan Turing
  • Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne in The Theory of Everything (2014)

    2. The Theory of Everything

    20142h 3mPG-1371Metascore
    7.7 (497K)
    Stephen Hawking gets unprecedented success in the field of physics despite being diagnosed with motor neuron disease at the age of 21. He defeats awful odds as his first wife Jane aids him loyally.
    DirectorJames MarshStarsEddie RedmayneFelicity JonesTom Prior
    Stephen Hawking
  • Christina Ricci and Charlize Theron in Monster (2003)

    3. Monster

    20031h 49mR74Metascore
    7.3 (168K)
    Based on the life of Aileen Wuornos, a Daytona Beach prostitute who became a serial killer.
    DirectorPatty JenkinsStarsCharlize TheronChristina RicciBruce Dern
    Aileen Wuornos
  • David Oyelowo in Selma (2014)

    4. Selma

    20142h 8mPG-1379Metascore
    7.5 (98K)
    A chronicle of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965.
    DirectorAva DuVernayStarsDavid OyelowoCarmen EjogoOprah Winfrey
    Martin Luther King Jr.
  • Bradley Cooper in American Sniper (2014)

    5. American Sniper

    20142h 13mR73Metascore
    7.3 (550K)
    Navy S.E.A.L. sniper Chris Kyle's pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield and turns him into a legend. Back home with his family after four tours of duty, however, Chris finds that it is the war he can't leave behind.
    DirectorClint EastwoodStarsBradley CooperSienna MillerKyle Gallner
    Chris Kyle
  • Daniel Brühl and Chris Hemsworth in Rush (2013)

    6. Rush

    20132h 3mR74Metascore
    8.1 (534K)
    James Hunt and Niki Lauda, two extremely skilled Formula One racers, have an intense rivalry with each other. However, it is their enmity that pushes them to their limits.
    DirectorRon HowardStarsDaniel BrühlChris HemsworthOlivia Wilde
    James Hunt & Niki Lauda
  • The Bling Ring (2013)

    7. The Bling Ring

    20131h 30mR66Metascore
    5.6 (94K)
    Inspired by actual events, a group of fame-obsessed teenagers use the internet to track celebrities' whereabouts in order to rob their homes.
    DirectorSofia CoppolaStarsKatie ChangIsrael BroussardEmma Watson
    Bling Ring gang
  • Shahid (2012)

    8. Shahid

    20122h 9mNot Rated
    8.2 (18K)
    The account of Human Rights lawyer Shahid Azmi, an ordinary citizen with an extraordinary commitment to justice.
    DirectorHansal MehtaStarsRajkummar RaoPrabhleen SandhuMohd. Zeeshan Ayyub
    Shahid Azmi
  • Idris Elba in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013)

    9. Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

    20132h 21mPG-1360Metascore
    7.1 (30K)
    A chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa.
    DirectorJustin ChadwickStarsIdris ElbaNaomie HarrisTerry Pheto
    Nelson Mandela
  • Daniel Radcliffe and Dane DeHaan in Kill Your Darlings (2013)

    10. Kill Your Darlings

    20131h 44mR65Metascore
    6.4 (42K)
    A murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and William Burroughs.
    DirectorJohn KrokidasStarsDaniel RadcliffeDane DeHaanMichael C. Hall
    Allen Ginsberg
  • Michael B. Jordan in Fruitvale Station (2013)

    11. Fruitvale Station

    20131h 25mR85Metascore
    7.5 (89K)
    The story of Oscar Grant III, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident, who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family, and strangers on the last day of 2008.
    DirectorRyan CooglerStarsMichael B. JordanMelonie DiazOctavia Spencer
    Oscar Grant III
  • Faysal Ahmed and Barkhad Abdirahman in Captain Phillips (2013)

    12. Captain Phillips

    20132h 14mPG-1382Metascore
    7.8 (508K)
    The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the U.S.-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
    DirectorPaul GreengrassStarsTom HanksBarkhad AbdiBarkhad Abdirahman
    Richard Phillips
  • Val Kilmer, Vincent D'Onofrio, Christopher Walken, and Ray Stevenson in Kill the Irishman (2011)

    13. Kill the Irishman

    20111h 46mR50Metascore
    7.0 (53K)
    The true story of Danny Greene, a tough Irish thug working for mobsters in Cleveland during the 1970's.
    DirectorJonathan HensleighStarsRay StevensonChristopher WalkenVincent D'Onofrio
    Danny Greene
  • Colin Firth in The King's Speech (2010)

    14. The King's Speech

    20101h 58mR88Metascore
    8.0 (721K)
    The story of King George VI, his unexpected ascension to the throne of the British Empire in 1936, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch overcome his stammer.
    DirectorTom HooperStarsColin FirthGeoffrey RushHelena Bonham Carter
    George VI & Lionel Logue
  • Taking Woodstock (2009)

    15. Taking Woodstock

    20092hR55Metascore
    6.7 (30K)
    A man working at his parents' motel in the Catskills inadvertently sets in motion the generation-defining concert in the summer of 1969.
    DirectorAng LeeStarsDemetri MartinHenry GoodmanEdward Hibbert
    Elliot Tiber
  • Johnny Depp in Public Enemies (2009)

    16. Public Enemies

    20092h 20mR70Metascore
    6.9 (328K)
    The Feds try to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson, and Pretty Boy Floyd during a booming crime wave in the 1930s.
    DirectorMichael MannStarsChristian BaleJohnny DeppChristian Stolte
    John Dillinger
  • Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln (2012)

    17. Lincoln

    20122h 30mPG-1387Metascore
    7.3 (279K)
    As the Civil War rages on, U.S President Abraham Lincoln struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on his decision to emancipate the slaves.
    DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsDaniel Day-LewisSally FieldDavid Strathairn
    Abraham Lincoln
  • Joseph Fiennes, Til Schweiger, Lena Headey, and Matthias Schweighöfer in The Red Baron (2008)

    18. The Red Baron

    20081h 46mPG-13
    6.3 (13K)
    German biopic loosely based on the World War I fighter ace Manfred Von Richthofen, nicknamed the Red Baron by friend and foe alike.
    DirectorNikolai MüllerschönStarsMatthias SchweighöferLena HeadeyTil Schweiger
    Manfred von Richthofen
  • Tom Hardy in Bronson (2008)

    19. Bronson

    20081h 32mR71Metascore
    7.0 (145K)
    A young man who was sentenced to seven years in prison for robbing a post office ends up spending three decades in solitary confinement. During this time, his own personality is supplanted by his alter-ego, Charles Bronson.
    DirectorNicolas Winding RefnStarsTom HardyKelly AdamsLuing Andrews
    Charles Bronson
  • Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)

    20. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

    20072h 40mR68Metascore
    7.5 (198K)
    Robert Ford, who has idolized Jesse James since childhood, tries hard to join the resurgent gang of the Missouri outlaw, but gradually becomes resentful of the bandit leader.
    DirectorAndrew DominikStarsBrad PittCasey AffleckSam Shepard
    Jesse James & Robert Ford
  • Colin Farrell and Q'orianka Kilcher in The New World (2005)

    21. The New World

    20052h 15mPG-1373Metascore
    6.7 (92K)
    The story of the English exploration of Virginia, and of the changing world and loves of Pocahontas.
    DirectorTerrence MalickStarsColin FarrellQ'orianka KilcherChristopher Plummer
    Pocahontas
  • Chiwetel Ejiofor in 12 Years a Slave (2013)

    22. 12 Years a Slave

    20132h 14mR96Metascore
    8.1 (764K)
    In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.
    DirectorSteve McQueenStarsChiwetel EjioforMichael Kenneth WilliamsMichael Fassbender
    Solomon Northup
  • Michael Fassbender in Hunger (2008)

    23. Hunger

    20081h 36mNot Rated82Metascore
    7.5 (75K)
    Irish republican Bobby Sands leads the inmates of a Northern Irish prison in a hunger strike.
    DirectorSteve McQueenStarsMichael FassbenderLiam CunninghamStuart Graham
    Bobby Sands
  • Sandra Bullock and Billy Bob Thornton in Our Brand Is Crisis (2015)

    24. Our Brand Is Crisis

    20151h 47mR53Metascore
    6.1 (24K)
    A battle-hardened American political consultant is sent to help re-elect a controversial president in Bolivia, where she must compete with a long-term rival working for another candidate.
    DirectorDavid Gordon GreenStarsSandra BullockBilly Bob ThorntonAnthony Mackie
    James Carville & Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada
  • Kevin Bacon, Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Dakota Johnson, Jesse Plemons, Peter Sarsgaard, Corey Stoll, and Benedict Cumberbatch in Black Mass (2015)

    25. Black Mass

    20152h 3mR68Metascore
    6.8 (198K)
    The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.
    DirectorScott CooperStarsJohnny DeppBenedict CumberbatchDakota Johnson
    James "Whitey" Bulger

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