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Masterpieces

by maxim_K • Created 10 years ago • Modified 10 years ago
List of best movies made which have artistic qualities beyond their time
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  • 21 titles
  • Citizen Kane (1941)

    1. Citizen Kane

    19411h 59mTous publics100Metascore
    8.3 (484K)
    Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.'
    DirectorOrson WellesStarsOrson WellesJoseph CottenDorothy Comingore
  • Autant en emporte le vent (1939)

    2. Autant en emporte le vent

    19393h 58mTous publics97Metascore
    8.2 (349K)
    A sheltered and manipulative Southern belle and a roguish profiteer face off in a turbulent romance as the society around them crumbles with the end of slavery and is rebuilt during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.
    DirectorVictor FlemingStarsClark GableVivien LeighThomas Mitchell
  • Henry Fonda, Martin Balsam, Jack Klugman, Ed Begley, Edward Binns, John Fiedler, E.G. Marshall, Joseph Sweeney, George Voskovec, Jack Warden, and Robert Webber in 12 Hommes en colère (1957)

    3. 12 Hommes en colère

    19571h 36mTous publics97Metascore
    9.0 (939K)
    The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to more carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.
    DirectorSidney LumetStarsHenry FondaLee J. CobbMartin Balsam
  • John Hurt, Bob Flag, and Suzanna Hamilton in 1984 (1984)

    4. 1984

    19841h 53m1267Metascore
    7.0 (85K)
    In a totalitarian future society, Winston Smith, whose work is re-writing history, tries to rebel. He meets a kindred spirit named Julia and they fall into a love affair.
    DirectorMichael RadfordStarsJohn HurtRichard BurtonSuzanna Hamilton
  • M le maudit (1931)

    5. M le maudit

    19311h 58mTous publics
    8.3 (178K)
    When the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt.
    DirectorFritz LangStarsPeter LorreEllen WidmannInge Landgut
  • Brigitte Helm in Metropolis (1927)

    6. Metropolis

    19272h 33mTous publics98Metascore
    8.3 (196K)
    In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.
    DirectorFritz LangStarsBrigitte HelmAlfred AbelGustav Fröhlich
  • La complainte du sentier (1955)

    7. La complainte du sentier

    19552h 5mTous publics
    8.2 (40K)
    Impoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work.
    DirectorSatyajit RayStarsKanu BannerjeeKaruna BannerjeeSubir Banerjee
  • La Liste de Schindler (1993)

    8. La Liste de Schindler

    19933h 15mTous publics95Metascore
    9.0 (1.5M)
    In German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.
    DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsLiam NeesonRalph FiennesBen Kingsley
  • Toshirô Mifune in Les 7 Samouraïs (1954)

    9. Les 7 Samouraïs

    19543h 27mTous publics98Metascore
    8.6 (389K)
    Farmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, and he gathers six other samurai to join him.
    DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneTakashi ShimuraKeiko Tsushima
  • Donatas Banionis and Natalya Bondarchuk in Solaris (1972)

    10. Solaris

    19722h 47mTous publics93Metascore
    7.9 (103K)
    A psychologist is sent to a station orbiting a distant planet in order to discover what has caused the crew to go insane.
    DirectorAndrei TarkovskyStarsNatalya BondarchukDonatas BanionisJüri Järvet
  • Janet Gaynor, Margaret Livingston, and George O'Brien in L'aurore (1927)

    11. L'aurore

    19271h 34mTous publics95Metascore
    8.1 (56K)
    A married farmer falls under the spell of a sophisticated woman from the city, who tries to convince him to drown his wife.
    DirectorF.W. MurnauStarsGeorge O'BrienJanet GaynorMargaret Livingston
  • Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver (1976)

    12. Taxi Driver

    19761h 54m1694Metascore
    8.2 (988K)
    A mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action.
    DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroJodie FosterCybill Shepherd
  • Gene Hackman in Conversation secrète (1974)

    13. Conversation secrète

    19741h 53mTous publics88Metascore
    7.7 (132K)
    A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.
    DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsGene HackmanJohn CazaleAllen Garfield
  • Robert De Niro and John Savage in Voyage au bout de l'enfer (1978)

    14. Voyage au bout de l'enfer

    19783h 3m1290Metascore
    8.1 (378K)
    An in-depth examination of the ways in which the Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of several friends in a small steel mill town in Pennsylvania.
    DirectorMichael CiminoStarsRobert De NiroChristopher WalkenJohn Cazale
  • Underground (1995)

    15. Underground

    19952h 50mNot Rated79Metascore
    8.0 (63K)
    Two underground black marketeers, Marko and Blacky, sell weapons to the Communist resistance in wartime Belgrade, living the good life along the way.
    DirectorEmir KusturicaStarsPredrag 'Miki' ManojlovicLazar RistovskiMirjana Jokovic
  • Ivana Baquero in Le Labyrinthe de Pan (2006)

    16. Le Labyrinthe de Pan

    20061h 58m1298Metascore
    8.2 (729K)
    In 1944 Spain, a girl is sent to live with her ruthless stepfather. During the night, she meets a fairy who takes her to an old faun. He tells her she's a princess, but must prove her royalty by surviving three gruesome tasks.
    DirectorGuillermo del ToroStarsIvana BaqueroAriadna GilSergi López
  • Harrison Ford in Blade Runner (1982)

    17. Blade Runner

    19821h 57mTous publics avec avertissement84Metascore
    8.1 (859K)
    A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.
    DirectorRidley ScottStarsHarrison FordRutger HauerSean Young
  • Dr. Folamour ou : comment j'ai appris à ne plus m'en faire et à aimer la bombe (1964)

    18. Dr. Folamour ou : comment j'ai appris à ne plus m'en faire et à aimer la bombe

    19641h 35mTous publics97Metascore
    8.3 (541K)
    A mentally unstable American general orders a hydrogen bomb attack on the Soviet Union, triggering a path to global nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop.
    DirectorStanley KubrickStarsPeter SellersGeorge C. ScottSterling Hayden
  • Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

    19. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    20041h 48mTous publics89Metascore
    8.3 (1.1M)
    When their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a medical procedure to have each other erased from their memories forever.
    DirectorMichel GondryStarsJim CarreyKate WinsletTom Wilkinson
  • Tim Robbins in Les Évadés (1994)

    20. Les Évadés

    19942h 22mTous publics avec avertissement82Metascore
    9.3 (3.1M)
    A banker convicted of uxoricide forms a friendship over a quarter century with a hardened convict, while maintaining his innocence and trying to remain hopeful through simple compassion.
    DirectorFrank DarabontStarsTim RobbinsMorgan FreemanBob Gunton
  • Fahrenheit 451 (1966)

    21. Fahrenheit 451

    19661h 52mTous publics
    7.2 (47K)
    In an oppressive future, a fireman whose duty is to destroy all books begins to question his task.
    DirectorFrançois TruffautStarsOskar WernerJulie ChristieCyril Cusack

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