The Big Red One

Rating:7.3/10

Release Date:28 May 1980 (France)

Genre:War

Plot:The story of a sergeant and the inner core members of his unit as they try to serve in and survive World War II.

The Thin Red Line

Rating:7.5/10

Release Date:15 January 1999 (USA)

Genre:War

Plot:Director Terrence Malick's adaptation of James Jones' autobiographical 1962 novel, focusing on the conflict at Guadalcanal during the second World War.

Full Metal Jacket

Rating:8.4/10

Release Date:26 June 1987 (USA)

Genre:War

Plot:A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow Marine recruits from their brutal basic training to the bloody street fighting set in 1968 Hue, Vietnam

Das Boot

Rating:8.5/10

Release Date:10 February 1982 (USA)

Genre:War

Plot:The claustrophobic world of a WWII German U-boat; boredom, filth, and sheer terror.

platoon

Rating:8.2/10

Release Date:24 December 1986 (USA)

Genre:War

Plot:A young recruit in Vietnam faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.

Letters from Iwo Jima

Rating:8.1/10

Release Date:12 January 2007 (USA)

Genre:War

Plot:The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.

Glory

Rating:8.0/10

Release Date:15 December 1989 (USA)

Genre:War

Plot:Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.

The Incredibles

Rating:8.1/10

Release Date:5 November 2004 (USA)

Genre:Animation

Plot:A family of undercover superheroes, while trying to live the quiet suburban life, are forced into action to save the world.

Forrest Gump

Rating:8.6/10

Release Date:6 July 1994 (USA)

Genre:Drama

Plot:Forrest Gump, while not intelligent, has accidentally been present at many historic moments, but his true love, Jenny, eludes him

Cast Away

Rating:7.5/10

Release Date:22 December 2000 (USA)

Genre:Drama

Plot:A FedEx executive must transform himself physically and emotionally to survive a crash landing on a deserted island.

Eagle Eye

Rating:6.7/10

Release Date:17 October 2008 (India)

Genre:Action Adventure

Plot:Jerry and Rachel are two strangers thrown together by a mysterious phone call from a woman they have never met. Threatening their lives and family, she pushes Jerry and Rachel into a series of increasingly dangerous situations, using the technology of everyday life to track and control their every move.

Coach Carter

Rating:7.1/10

Release Date:14 January 2005 (USA)

Genre:Sport

Plot:Controversy surrounds high school basketball coach Ken Carter after he benches his entire team for their breaking their academic contract with him.

Remember the Titans

Rating:7.5/10

Release Date:29 September 2000 (USA)

Genre:Sports

Plot:The true story of a newly appointed African-American coach and his high school team on their first season as a racially integrated unit.

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

Rating:6.6/10

Release Date:4 February 1994 (USA)

Genre:Comedy

Plot:A goofy detective specializing in animals goes in search of a missing dolphin mascot of a football team.

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls

Rating:5.5/10

Release Date:10 November 1995 (USA)

Genre:Comedy

Plot:Pet detective Ace Ventura comes out of retirement to investigate the disappearance of a rare white bat, the symbol of an African tribe.

Home Alone

Rating:7/10

Release Date:16 November 1990 (USA)

Genre:Comedy

Plot:An eight year-old, who is accidentally left behind while his family flies to France for Christmas, has to defend his home against idiotic burglars.

Romeo and Juliet

Rating:6.9/10

Release Date:1 November 1996 (USA)

Genre:Romance

Plot:Shakespeare's famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of Verona still retaining its original dialogue.

King Kong

Rating:7.6/10

Release Date:16 December 2005 (India)

Genre:Action Adventure

Plot: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 leading lady Ann Darrow.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Rating:8.7/10

Release Date:15 March 2002 (India)

Genre:Action Adventure

Plot:In a small village in the Shire a young Hobbit named Frodo has been entrusted with an ancient Ring. Now he must embark on an Epic quest to the Cracks of Doom in order to destroy it.

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Rating:8.7/10

Release Date:28 March 2003 (India)

Genre:Action Adventure

Plot:Frodo and Sam continue on to Mordor in their mission to destroy the One Ring. Whilst their former companions make new allies and launch an assault on Isengard.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Rating:8.8/10

Release Date:6 February 2004 (India)

Genre:Action Adventure

Plot:The former Fellowship of the Ring prepare for the final battle for Middle Earth, while Frodo & Sam approach Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring.

P.S. I Love You

Rating:6.9/10

Release Date:21 December 2007 (USA)

Genre:Romance

Plot:A young widow discovers that her late husband has left her 10 messages intended to help ease her pain and start a new life.

Boy A

Rating:7.9/10

Release Date:4 September 2008 (Singapore)

Genre:Drama

Plot:The story of a young ex-con Jack, newly released from serving a prison sentence for a murder he committed as a child.

Hooligans

Rating:7.5/10

Release Date:9 September 2005 (UK)

Genre:Crime

Plot:A wrongfully expelled Harvard undergrad moves to London, where he is introduced to the violent underworld of football hooliganism.

Fight Club

Rating:8.8/10

Release Date:15 October 1999 (USA)

Genre:Crime

Plot:An office employee and a soap salesman build a global organization to help vent male aggression.

Accepted

Rating:6.4/10

Release Date:18 August 2006 (USA)

Genre:Comedy

Plot:When a high school burnout discovers he's been rejected from every college he's applied to, he creates a fake university in order to fool his overzealous parents.

The Reaping

Rating:5.6/10

Release Date:5 April 2007 (USA)

Genre:Horror

Plot:A former Christian missionary, who specializes in debunking religious phenomena, investigates a small town which seems to be suffering from the 10 biblical plagues.

Vertical Limit

Rating:5.5/10

Release Date:16 February 2001 (India)

Genre:Action Adventure

Plot:A climber must rescue his sister on top of K2, one of the world's biggest mountains.

Mirrors

Rating:6.1/10

Release Date:15 August 2008 (USA)

Genre:Horror

Plot:An ex-cop and his family are the target of an evil force that is using mirrors as a gateway into their home.

A Good Year

Rating:6.8/10

Release Date:10 November 2006 (USA)

Genre:Romance

Plot:A British investment broker inherits his uncle's chateau and vineyard in Provence, where he spent much of his childhood. He discovers a new laid-back lifestyle as he tries to renovate the estate to be sold

The Last Samurai

IMDB Rating:7.8/10

Release Date:5 December 2003 (USA)

Genre:Action Adventure

Plot:An American military advisor embraces the Samurai culture he was hired to destroy after he is captured in battle.

Blood Diamond

Rating:8.0/10

Release Date:8 December 2006 (USA)

Genre:Action Adventure

Plot:A fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond

The Aviator

Rating:7.5/10

Release Date:18 February 2005 (India)

Genre:Drama

Plot:A biopic depicting the early years of legendary director and aviator Howard Hughes' career, from the late 1920s to the mid-1940s.

The Da Vinci Code

Rating: 6.4/10

Release Date:26 May 2006 (India)

Genre:Action Adventure

Plot:A murder inside the Louvre and clues in Da Vinci paintings lead to the discovery of a religious mystery protected by a secret society for two thousand years -- which could shake the foundations of Christianity.

Angels & Demons

Rating:6.7/10

Release Date:29 May 2009 (India)

Genre:Action Adventure

Plot:Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon works to solve a murder and prevent a terrorist act against the Vatican

The Kingdom

Rating:7.1/10

Release Date:28 September 2007 (USA)

Genre:Action Adventure

Plot:A team of U.S. government agents is sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.

Body of Lies

Rating:7.2/10

Release Date:17 October 2008 (India)

Genre:Crime

Plot:Roger Ferris uncovers a lead on a major terrorist leader suspected to be operating out of Jordan.

Schindler's List

Rating:8.9/10
Release Date:15 December 1993 (USA)
Genre:War
Plot:Oskar Schindler uses Jews to start a factory in Poland during the war. He witnesses the horrors endured by the Jews, and starts to save them.

The Bone Collector

Rating:6.3/10

Release Date:5 November 1999 (USA)

Genre:Crime

Plot:Denzel Washington plays a quadriplegic homicide detective. He and his female partner track down a serial killer.

Memento

Rating:8.6/10
Release Date:11 October 2000 (France)
Genre:Drama
Plot:A man, suffering from short-term memory loss, uses notes and tattoos to hunt for the man he thinks killed his wife.

Happy Feet

Rating: 6.7/10
Release Date:17 November 2006 (USA)
Genre: Animation
Plot:Into the world of the Emperor Penguins, who find their soul mates through song, a penguin is born who cannot sing. But he can tap dance something fierce!

17 Again

Rating:6.5/10

Release Date:17 April 2009 (USA)

Genre:Comedy

Plot:About a guy whose life didn't quite turn out how he wanted it to and wishes he could go back to high school and change it. He wakes up one day and is seventeen again and gets the chance to rewrite his life

Field of Dreams

Rating:7.7/10

Release Date:21 April 1989 (USA)

Genre:Drama

Plot:An Iowa corn farmer, hearing voices, interprets them as a command to build a baseball diamond in his fields; he does, and the Chicago Black Sox come.

The Bank Job

Rating:7.5/10

Release Date:7 March 2008 (USA)

Genre:Crime

Plot:Martine offers Terry a lead on a foolproof bank hit on London's Baker Street. She targets a roomful of safe deposit boxes worth millions in cash and jewelry. But Terry and his crew don't realize the boxes also contain a treasure trove of dirty secrets - secrets that will thrust them into a deadly web of corruption and illicit scandal.

The Italian Job

Rating:6.9/10

Release Date:30 May 2003 (USA)

Genre:Crime

Plot:Thieves plan to pull off the heist of their lives by creating Los Angeles' largest ever traffic jam.

The Day After Tomorrow

Rating:6.3/10

Release Date:28 May 2004 (India)

Genre:Action Adventure

Plot:A climatologist tries to figure out a way to save the world from abrupt global warming. He must get to his young son in New York, which is being taken over by a new ice age.

2012

Rating:6.2/10

Release Date:13 November 2009 (India)

Genre:Action Adventure

Plot:An epic adventure about a global cataclysm that brings an end to the world and tells of the heroic struggle of the survivors

Doghouse

Rating:6.2/10

Release Date:12 June 2009 (UK)

Genre:Horror

Plot:A group of men head to a remote village to help one of their friends get over his divorce; when they get there, though, they discover that all the women have been infected with a virus that makes them man-hating cannibals

Zombieland

Rating:8.0/10

Release Date:2 October 2009 (USA)

Genre:Comedy

Plot:The horror comedy Zombieland focuses on two men who have found a way to survive a world overrun by zombies

City of Angels

Rating:6.4/10

Release Date:10 April 1998 (USA)

Genre:Romance

Plot:Inspired by the modern classic, Wings of Desire, City involves an angel (Cage) who is spotted by a doctor in an operating room. Franz plays Cage's buddy who somehow knows a lot about angels