MyMovies: All-Time Picks (31-40)
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- DirectorLana WachowskiLilly WachowskiStarsKeanu ReevesLaurence FishburneCarrie-Anne MossWhen a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.31) What is "The Matrix," you ask? Well, in 1999, the Wachowski Brothers defined it as the cloth that's been pulled over our eyes to shield us from the truth, and that the "One" will bring about its downfall.
- DirectorJames CameronStarsEd HarrisMary Elizabeth MastrantonioMichael BiehnA civilian diving team is enlisted to search for a lost nuclear submarine and faces danger while encountering an alien aquatic species.32) Not many movies come out anymore that really make you think; James Cameron made "The Abyss" in 1989 to draw attention to the meaningless Cold War and it doesn't seem like it worked; today's world says all.
- DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsAl PacinoMichelle PfeifferSteven BauerIn 1980 Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed.33) "He loved the American dream - with a vengeance" - tagline for 1983's "Scarface." Al Pacino as the greatest fictional gangster that ever lived; a true cinema classic.
- DirectorIvan ReitmanStarsBill MurrayDan AykroydSigourney WeaverThree parapsychologists forced out of their university funding set up shop as a unique ghost removal service in New York City, attracting frightened yet skeptical customers.34) One of the funniest classic movies of all time. "Who you gonna call?"
- DirectorSpike LeeStarsDenzel WashingtonAngela BassettDelroy LindoBiographical epic of the controversial and influential Black Nationalist leader, from his early life and career as a small-time gangster, to his ministry as a member of the Nation of Islam and his eventual assassination.35) The slain Civil Rights-era leader is resurrected again for today's black youth by Spike Lee and Denzel Washington; not many films change you like this one changed me when I first saw it.
- DirectorJohn BoormanStarsNigel TerryHelen MirrenNicholas ClayMerlin the magician helps Arthur Pendragon unite the Britons around the Round Table of Camelot, even as dark forces conspire to tear it apart.36) By turns beautiful and bloody, John Boorman's take on King Arthur is by far the best screen adaptation of the Legend I've ever seen; Nicol Williamson is fantastic as the wizard Merlin.
- DirectorHenry SelickStarsDanny ElfmanChris SarandonCatherine O'HaraJack Skellington, king of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home causes confusion.37) A "Nightmare" come true; a true Tim Burton classic that is distinctly Burton-esque, despite the fact that he did not direct it - that duty was held exclusively by Henry Selick.
- DirectorNeil MarshallStarsShauna MacdonaldNatalie MendozaAlex ReidA caving expedition goes horribly wrong, as the explorers become trapped and ultimately pursued by a strange breed of predators.38) "The Descent" is one of the best horror movies of the last 10 years, so critics say, and for once they're on point.
- DirectorJohn HughesStarsEmilio EstevezJudd NelsonMolly RingwaldFive high school students meet in Saturday detention and discover how they have a great deal more in common than they thought.39) "The Breakfast Club" (1985), the greatest teen movie ever? I think so.
- DirectorIshirô HondaStarsTakashi ShimuraAkihiko HirataAkira TakaradaAfter a dinosaur-like beast - awoken from undersea hibernation by atom bomb testing - ravages Tokyo, a scientist must decide if his similarly dangerous weapon should be used to destroy it.40) My favorite monster movie of all time; it began the legend of the greatest 100-meter tall, fire-breathing beast that ever lived!