I know, I know – I’m doing this out of order. The thing is, this project is obviously going to take years to complete and I want to watch them in any order I like. Chaos reigns. Fight Club has a score of 8.8 on IMDb, from 1.9 million audience votes. An insomniac office worker … More #12 – Fight Club (1999)
With 919,342 votes, The Sixth Sense has a score of 8.1 on IMDb. A boy who communicates with spirits seeks the help of a disheartened child psychologist. A twist so well-known that it’s in the plot summary! Possibly one of the most well-known movies thanks to its iconic twist and possibly cementing M. Night Shyamalan … More #230 – The Sixth Sense (1999)
With 179,696 votes on IMDb, Wild Tales currently enjoys a score of 8.1. Six short stories that explore the extremities of human behavior involving people in distress. Wild Tales is an Argentinian anthology movie containing six short stories revolving around a theme of revenge and it is a really fantastic piece of compelling cinema. It … More #231 – Wild Tales / Relatos salvajes (2014)
With a lower-than-last-movie score of 8.0 thanks to the malleable voting system employed by IMDb, The Princess Bride is next on our list. While home sick in bed, a young boy’s grandfather reads him the story of a farmboy-turned-pirate who encounters numerous obstacles, enemies and allies in his quest to be reunited with his true … More #232 – The Princess Bride (1987)
With 837,404 votes, Catch Me If You Can has a vote of 8.1 from IMDb’s userbase. Barely 21 yet, Frank is a skilled forger who has passed as a doctor, lawyer and pilot. FBI agent Carl becomes obsessed with tracking down the con man, who only revels in the pursuit. Based on a true story, … More #233 – Catch Me If You Can (2002)
From 859,288 votes, No Country for Old Men has a rating of 8.1 on IMDb. Spoilers inclusive as the spoilers definitely affected what I thought of the movie. Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong and more than two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande. Of … More #234 – No Country for Old Men (2007)
From 428,690 votes, The Help has an IMDb rating of 8.0. An aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African American maids’ point of view on the white families for which they work, and the hardships they go through on a daily basis. Ah, The … More #235 – The Help (2011)
From 1,129,905 votes, Shutter Island has an 8.2/10 rating from the users of IMDb. In 1954, a U.S. Marshal investigates the disappearance of a murderer who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane. Shutter Island is one of those really famous movies that are kind of mostly famous for having such a huge revelation … More #236 – Shutter Island (2010)
From 600,576 votes, Prisoners has an 8.1/10 rating from the users of IMDb. When Keller Dover’s daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. I can’t really say that Prisoners is up there in my list of greatest films of … More #237 – Prisoners (2013)
From 316,445 votes, Stand by Me has an 8.1/10 rating from the users of IMDb. After the death of a friend, a writer recounts a boyhood journey to find the body of a missing boy. Based on Stephen King’s novel ‘The Body’, Stand by Me is a story about four boys on a quest to … More #238 – Stand by Me (1986)
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