The King's Speech (2010)

Biography | Drama | History

The story of King George VI, his impromptu ascension to the throne of the British Empire in 1936, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch overcome his stammer.

Directors: Tom Hooper

Stars: Colin Firth Geoffrey Rush Helena Bonham Carter

Inception (2010)

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller

A thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O.

Directors: Christopher Nolan

Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio Joseph Gordon-Levitt Ellen Page

Shutter Island (2010)

Mystery | Thriller

In 1954, a U.S. Marshal investigates the disappearance of a murderer who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane.

Directors: Martin Scorsese

Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio Emily Mortimer Mark Ruffalo

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Adventure | Drama | War

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.

Directors: Quentin Tarantino

Stars: Brad Pitt Diane Kruger Eli Roth

There Will Be Blood (2007)

Drama

A story of family, religion, hatred, oil and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.

Directors: Paul Thomas Anderson

Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis Paul Dano Ciarán Hinds

The Departed (2006)

Crime | Drama | Thriller

An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.

Directors: Martin Scorsese

Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio Matt Damon Jack Nicholson

The Pianist (2002)

Biography | Drama | Music | War

A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II.

Directors: Roman Polanski

Stars: Adrien Brody Thomas Kretschmann Frank Finlay

Catch Me If You Can (2002)

Biography | Crime | Drama

A seasoned FBI agent pursues Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully forged millions of dollars' worth of checks while posing as a Pan Am pilot, a doctor, and a legal prosecutor.

Directors: Steven Spielberg

Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio Tom Hanks Christopher Walken

Gangs of New York (2002)

Crime | Drama

In 1862, Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points area of New York City seeking revenge against Bill the Butcher, his father's killer.

Directors: Martin Scorsese

Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio Cameron Diaz Daniel Day-Lewis

A Beautiful Mind (2001)

Biography | Drama

After John Nash, a brilliant but asocial mathematician, accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn for the nightmarish.

Directors: Ron Howard

Stars: Russell Crowe Ed Harris Jennifer Connelly

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Action | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy

A meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron.

Directors: Peter Jackson

Stars: Elijah Wood Ian McKellen Orlando Bloom

Memento (2000)

Mystery | Thriller

A man with short-term memory loss attempts to track down his wife's murderer.

Directors: Christopher Nolan

Stars: Guy Pearce Carrie-Anne Moss Joe Pantoliano

Gladiator (2000)

Action | Adventure | Drama

A former Roman General sets out to exact vengeance against the corrupt emperor who murdered his family and sent him into slavery.

Directors: Ridley Scott

Stars: Russell Crowe Joaquin Phoenix Connie Nielsen

The Green Mile (1999)

Crime | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery

The lives of guards on Death Row are affected by one of their charges: a black man accused of child murder and rape, yet who has a mysterious gift.

Directors: Frank Darabont

Stars: Tom Hanks Michael Clarke Duncan David Morse

Fight Club (1999)

Drama

An insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soapmaker form an underground fight club that evolves into something much, much more.

Directors: David Fincher

Stars: Brad Pitt Edward Norton Meat Loaf

Se7en (1995)

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives.

Directors: David Fincher

Stars: Morgan Freeman Brad Pitt Kevin Spacey

Forrest Gump (1994)

Drama | Romance

The presidencies of Kennedy and Johnson, the events of Vietnam, Watergate, and other historical events unfold through the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, whose only desire is to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart.

Directors: Robert Zemeckis

Stars: Tom Hanks Robin Wright Gary Sinise

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)

Adventure | Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi

The scientist father of a teenage girl and boy accidentally shrinks his and two other neighborhood teens to the size of insects. Now the teens must fight diminutive dangers as the father searches for them.

Directors: Joe Johnston

Stars: Rick Moranis Matt Frewer Marcia Strassman

*batteries not included (1987)

Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Apartment block tenants seek the aid of alien mechanical life-forms to save their building from demolition.

Directors: Matthew Robbins

Stars: Hume Cronyn Jessica Tandy Frank McRae

Harry and the Hendersons (1987)

Comedy | Family | Fantasy

The Henderson family adopt a friendly Sasquatch but have a hard time trying to keep the legend of 'Bigfoot' a secret.

Directors: William Dear

Stars: John Lithgow Melinda Dillon Margaret Langrick

Flight of the Navigator (1986)

Adventure | Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi

In 1978, a boy travels 8 years into the future and has an adventure with an intelligent, wisecracking alien ship.

Directors: Randal Kleiser

Stars: Joey Cramer Paul Reubens Cliff De Young

Short Circuit (1986)

Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi

Number 5 of a group of experimental robots in a lab is electrocuted, suddenly becomes intelligent, and escapes.

Directors: John Badham

Stars: Ally Sheedy Steve Guttenberg Fisher Stevens

Enemy Mine (1985)

Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

During a long space war, the lives of two wounded enemies become dependent on their ability to forgive and to trust.

Directors: Wolfgang Petersen

Stars: Dennis Quaid Louis Gossett Jr. Brion James

Explorers (1985)

Adventure | Comedy | Family | Romance | Sci-Fi

A boy obsessed with 50s sci-fi movies about aliens has a recurring dream about a blueprint of some kind, which he draws for his inventor friend. With the help of a third kid, they follow it and build themselves a spaceship. Now what?

Directors: Joe Dante

Stars: Ethan Hawke River Phoenix Jason Presson