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- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAnthony PerkinsJanet LeighVera MilesA Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.21) It almost single-handedly influenced, and gave rise to, the slasher sub-genre of horror; its greatest influence is perhaps felt in "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (1974) and "Halloween" (1978).
- DirectorClint EastwoodStarsClint EastwoodGene HackmanMorgan FreemanRetired Old West gunslinger William Munny reluctantly takes on one last job, with the help of his old partner Ned Logan and a young man, The "Schofield Kid."22) The greatest western ever made, alongside "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" (1967). Clint Eastwood is what makes it all work.
- DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsTom HanksRobin WrightGary SiniseThe history of the United States from the 1950s to the '70s unfolds from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, who yearns to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart.23) The world will never be the same once you see it through the eyes of a simpleton, Forrest Gump, played to perfection by Tom Hanks. A truly inspirational winner of a movie.
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsMalcolm McDowellPatrick MageeMichael BatesIn the future, a sadistic gang leader is imprisoned and volunteers for a conduct-aversion experiment, but it doesn't go as planned.24) You go into "A Clockwork Orange" not knowing what to expect; you come out and your jaw's on the floor and thinking about what you just saw.
- DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsJodie FosterAnthony HopkinsScott GlennA young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.25) Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins are nothing short of stunning in their legendary performances in this terrifying thriller from 1991.
- DirectorDanny BoyleStarsEwan McGregorEwen BremnerJonny Lee MillerRenton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out despite the allure of drugs and the influence of friends.26) Choose life or a heroin needle? I'd choose life, since young Renton chooses to waste his life away on the latter. An ultra-hip, cool, sad, and funny view of heroin addicts in Edinburgh.
- DirectorAlfonso CuarónStarsJulianne MooreClive OwenChiwetel EjioforIn 2027, in a chaotic world in which women have somehow become infertile, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea.27) It's been called the "Blade Runner" of the 21st century; perhaps that's a bit of an exaggeration but it's pretty damn close.
- DirectorTomas AlfredsonStarsKåre HedebrantLina LeanderssonPer RagnarOskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl.28) "Let the Right One In" (2008) is purely one of the best and original vampire movies in years.
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsBrad PittEdward NortonMeat LoafAn insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more.29) "Fight Club" is one for the ages. Brutal, bloody, and damn brilliant; David Fincher's adaptation of the Chuck Palahnuik novel takes on societal decay and no prisoners to survive this hostage crisis.
- DirectorDarren AronofskyStarsEllen BurstynJared LetoJennifer ConnellyThe drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island people are shattered when their addictions run deep..30) I found this bleak and depressing film to be one of the most disturbing accounts of drug addiction ever brought to film; nearly rivals "Trainspotting" (1996) in its authenticity.