10 Movies Worth Seeing Over Again

The popcorn's been popped, the sweatpants are on, and the evening is your oyster. Your next challenge: Figuring out exactly which of the great movies available to yous is the one you lot're going to commit to tonight. No thing what you're looking for—romance, drama, comedy—there are plenty of classics to watch in your spare fourth dimension. After all, if the past two years cooped upwardly in our homes has taught usa anything, it'due south that at that place'south zippo better than a motion picture to take us to a identify that'south far, far away from our current i. These must-sentinel movies are modern classics, the best of the best, the essential films that millions of people are probably jealous that you're getting to encounter for the first time. There are a few that might be outside your comfort zone, and a couple that'll innovate you to cultures and environments you lot know zip well-nigh. This list may be long, merely FOMO is eternal.

The Notebook (2004)

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Ryan Gosling. Rachel McAdams. An on-screen kiss that's incommunicable to forget. The Notebook, based on Nicholas Sparks's 1996 novel, is a must-watch for all of the hopeless romantics out there who believe they'll eventually find their style dorsum to their one truthful love. "It wasn't over. It still isn't over!"

The Hate U Requite (2018)

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Amandla Stenberg gives a masterful performance in The Hate U Give—an equally heartbreaking and middle-opening moving picture well-nigh main graphic symbol Starr (Stenberg) who'due south stuck navigating between 2 worlds: the prep school she attends that reeks of white privilege and the mostly Blackness neighborhood where she lives that's harmed past constabulary brutality. It's based on Angie Thomas'due south 2017 novel.

Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995)

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The longest-running Hindi motion-picture show (opens in new tab) of all time (going on 25 years at present!) is an absolute delight. The Bollywood rom-com about ii young star-crossed lovers who fall in love despite their parents' critiques ended up winning x Filmfare Awards—Republic of india's Academy Award equivalent —and changed the game forever.

Ferris Bueller'due south Day Off (1986)

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Every child in high school dreamed of having a day off similar Ferris Bueller'south and, frankly, I yet aspire to accept one like his every bit an adult. Come for each character's hilarious antics, stay for the inevitable comparisons between Alan Ruck's character, Cameron Frye, and his current grapheme on Succession, Connor Roy.

Parasite (2019)

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An unemployed family of four slips into the lives of the crazy wealthy Park family. And so, there'due south an incident that can't entirely be cleaned up in a cleaning shift. Long later the credits ringlet, y'all'll be questioning the ending and mulling over the tough, of import themes.

Titanic (1997)

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Need we say more than? If you lot haven't watched Titanic yet (please don't admit this out loud), do yourself a favor and stream information technology on Hulu immediately.

Casablanca (1942)

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Prepare in the early years of World State of war Ii in Casablanca, Rick Blaine's (Humphrey Bogart) nightclub is an oasis for refugees despite the warnings he gets from local government. But things get rocky when an ex-lover and her boyfriend prove up, bringing with them a challenge that Rick has to face. One of the about famous erstwhile Hollywood films of all time, Casablanca is a love story you won't forget.

A Star Is Built-in (2018)

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If you were alive in 2018, you most definitely heard almost Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga'south on- and off-screen chemistry thanks to their roles in the hit adaptation of A Star Is Born. The motion picture centers on rockstar Jackson Maine (Cooper) and struggling artist Marry (Gaga) who autumn in love while Maine pushes Ally into the spotlight and confronts his own demons. Make sure to have a pack of tissues handy.

The Farewell (2019)

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In her Gilded Globe-winning part, Awkwafina (opens in new tab) plays Billi, a adult female on a trip to China for a "family wedding" that's actually a terminal goodbye to her grandmother. While there, Billi struggles to detect a deeper connexion to the country and tries to understand her family's decision to go along her grandmother'south sickness a secret from her.

Daughters of the Dust (1991)

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Quick history lesson: Daughters of the Grit was the get-go feature motion-picture show directed past a Black woman distributed in theaters in the U.S. Information technology tells the story of three generations of Gullah women in pre-Civil War times living on Saint Helena Isle who are stuck on deciding whether to stay or migrate northward for a improve life. The film's scenery is stunning, simply the real beauty of the moving picture is its complex char

Rebel Without a Crusade (1955)

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2 words for you lot: James! Dean! The old Hollywood icon's second to last film, as teenager Jim Stark, earlier his untimely death in 1955 ended upward being one of his near celebrated. The unlikely bond shared on-screen betwixt him, John "Plato" Crawford (Sal Mineo), and Judy (Natalie Wood) gave American youths at the time a movie where they could finally meet themselves on the screen.

Carmen Jones (1954)

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This underrated musical set at an all-Black army camp follows Carmen (Dorothy Dandridge), who, despite being sought after past every human being at the base of operations, has her sights fix on the super married Joe (Harry Belafonte). Dandridge'due south performance as Carmen Jones got her nominated for an Oscar, making history every bit the starting time African American actress in a leading function to exist nominated.

Promising Young Adult female (2020)

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This very night comedy juxtaposes one woman'south insatiable quest to avenge her best friend'south tragic attack in front of a backdrop of all things frilly, pinkish, and sweet. That stark contrast simply makes the motion-picture show'south incredibly intense climax that much more than shocking. Promising Young Woman was nominated for v Oscars in 2021, including Best Picture, Best Actress for Carey Mulligan, and a history-making All-time Managing director nod for Emerald Fennell.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Child (1969)

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Robert Redford! Paul Newman! Actually strong facial hair game! What could go wrong? Well, actually, a train robbery does go wrong, leaving outlaws Butch Cassidy (Newman) and The Sundance Kid (Redford) on the run from a seriously unsafe posse as they effort to leave rural Wyoming for Bolivia. Information technology'south a Western film you can't miss.

Rocky (1976)

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It'southward the classic underdog story that made Sylvester Stallone a household proper noun. The motion picture follows boxer Rocky Balboa on the road to fight heavyweight champion Apollo Creed in a friction match accounted "a somebody vs. nobody." The film, written past Stallone, would continue to win Best Moving picture at the Oscars in 1977.

Jaws (1975)

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When Steven Spielberg made this pic, I'm unsure if he knew it would become the face of anti-shark propaganda, and make a whole generation scared to arrive the h2o. Regardless, this flick about a sheriff, marine biologist, and fisherman hunting down a shark that's terrorizing their beach boondocks is a must-see.

Schindler's List (1994)

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A moving-picture show nigh the Holocaust is nigh guaranteed to exist poignant, but under Stephen Spielberg's adept management, this i surprises with its restraint. That'south deliberate—the sadness and symbolism build throughout the picture then that you lot have a full sense of what happened, who did it, and why it matters so, so much. The movie's in black and white, with the smallest pop of colour to offering a moment of promise and then (devastatingly) all possible heartbreak in one unforgettable image.

The Shining (1980)

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Jack Nicholson is on this list a few times, but this is probably his most well-known office. The Torrance family—hubby Jack, wife Wendy, and son Danny—are staying in the Overlook Hotel during the winter. Then, the hotel begins to come alive with a terrible, terrifying evil. Stephen King famously hated this accommodation, because Stanley Kubrick takes out all the empathy from the patriarch (Nicholson, playing crazy like he was built-in to do it). But it makes the story even more powerful. Viewed through today'due south lens, it's also a haunting look at the furnishings of domestic violence.

Annihilation (2018)

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Based very, very loosely on the volume of the aforementioned name, Natalie Portman is a scientist who goes in search of her hubby. She enters Area X, a mutated, trippy landscape that's been expanding ever since it was hit by a meteorite. And shit merely keeps getting weirder and scarier. This is directed by Alex Garland, the same guy who did Ex Machina (opens in new tab) (some other fascinating, freaky watch). Honestly, he's becoming the side by side large sci-fi manager, and this proves it.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

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Y'all'll never think of coconuts (opens in new tab) the same fashion afterward watching this featherbrained British slapstick one-act set in the time of King Arthur and the fabled Round Tabular array. God sends a group of knights on a quest to find the Holy Grail, where they see several nonsensical obstacles along the way.

Life is Cute (1997)

While this Italian picture show is near the horrors of the Holocaust, it has plenty of comic moments likewise—and information technology works. Roberto Benigni gives a scenic performance as a family homo who, as a Jew, is sent with his family unit to a concentration campsite in northern Italy, merely uses his imaginative powers to convince his young son that it's all a game.

Dead Poets Order (1989)

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Set up at a New England private schoolhouse in 1959, this movie follows an English teacher, played past Robin Williams, and his relationship with his students equally he teaches them to alive a little more through poetry. The movie gave Williams his 2nd Oscar nominee, and Ethan Hawke said that working on this movie inspired him to (opens in new tab) proceed to be an actor.

Jurassic Park (1993)

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It's a fiddling hard to believe that the Schindler'south Listing director too came up with this dino adventure movie, but what's fifty-fifty more than impressive is that the two films came out mere months apart. This could not be more than different, but if you lot're looking for a film about these prehistoric creatures, stick to the classic. There'due south so much loving attention paid to the dinosaurs' look—in that location isn't a ton of CGI, with a greater reliance on practical effects—simply more importantly, the human characters are merely as interesting. Samuel L. Jackson, in the best cameo of all time.

'Call Me By Your Proper noun' (2017)

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Sentinel Timothée Chalamet's breakout role starring alongside Armie Hammer in this middle-wrenching romance picture. It'south set in Lombardy, Italy, in 1983 and follows Hammer and Chalamet's life-affirming summer of love. Fair warning: Bring lots of tissues.

The Dark Knight (2008)

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This 2nd picture in the Batman trilogy is arguably the best of the bunch. Heath Ledger sets the standard what it takes to play the Joker, as he won an Oscar for his operation. Some say it's the best superhero movie always fabricated and we have to agree.

Minari (2020)

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A semi-autobiographical take on director Lee Isaac Chung'southward own upbringing, Minari tells the story of a family of Due south Korean immigrants who move to rural Arkansas in pursuit of the "American dream" in the 1980s. It's a must-see depiction of the immigrant feel in America, and was (rightfully) nominated for 6 awards at the 2021 Oscars, including Best Film.

Roman Holiday (1953)

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Breakfast at Tiffany'due south (opens in new tab) is terrific, of class, butAudrey Hepburn won the Academy Award for her turn every bit a princess who ditches her schedule (and her entourage) in favor of exploring Rome, only to fall asleep on a bench and get rescued by a hunky American reporter played past Gregory Peck. A classic romance film.

Before Sunrise (1995)

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In this swooningly romantic movie from Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke play a pair of travelers—she French, he American—who have a chance meeting in Vienna and decide to spend the evening before his departing flying walking effectually the city and talking to one another. In 2005, the sequel Before Sunset continues the story, and so in 2015 the trilogy is wrapped upwards with Earlier Midnight. All of them are worth watching over and over.

His Girl Friday (1940)

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Carey Grant and Rosalind Russell play a formerly married couple—he an editor, she an investigative reporter—who have to team up for one final assignment. Of form, the fact that he hired her only subsequently finding out she was engaged to someone new might take something to do with it, merely Russell is hilarious and their chemistry is bananas in this romance.

Carrie (1976)

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Sissy Spacek is the 1 truthful Carrie—a bullied young woman who develops telekinetic abilities just in time for a prank prom invite to turn into a full-fledged bloodbath. I know we shouldn't disregard violence, but it's difficult non to root for poor Carrie after her classmates dump pigs' claret on her in her prom clothes, correct?

Trainspotting (1996)

Considered one of the best British films of all time, Trainspotting follows a grouping of heroin addicts in Edinburgh, Scotland who try and fail to integrate themselves into "normal" club. Information technology's dark, sure, just information technology'south as well an ode to youth and economic insecurity that you won't be able to stop thinking nigh.

To Impale a Mockingbird (1962)

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Sentry Finch tells the story of how her father, Atticus, a small town lawyer in the rural S, defended a wrongfully accused blackness human being in this adaptation of Harper Lee's beloved novel. Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch is how most people who've seen this movie think of the graphic symbol, and yous will likewise when yous meet information technology.

Legally Blonde (2001)

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Heard of the bend and snap? If you tin can believe this movie came into our lives 17 years agone, it's time to give it a watch if y'all haven't already—merely to witness the evolution of Reese Witherspoon (opens in new tab) and her incredible acting. What, like it'southward hard?

Psycho (1960)

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I of the first slasher films (that launched many copycats to come up) is Alfred Hitchcock'due south creepy story of Norman Bates and his hotel on the hill.

Lady Bird (2017)

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This honest coming-of-age story is also a perfect love alphabetic character to the early-aughts, and a star-making moving-picture show for both Saoirse Ronan and Greta Gerwig.

You've Got Mail (1998)

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The Marie Claire squad is *very* passionate most this flick, and for adept reason. (opens in new tab) Starring Tom Hanks and 1000000 Ryan, the 1998 drama/romance tells the story of 2 neighborhood bookstore rivals who absolutely hate each other in real life, then autumn in love online, and well...we won't spoil the rest for you. (The skilful ol' AOL days.)

The Sound of Music (1965)

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Julie Andrews plays an Austrian nun during World War II in the University Award-winning moving-picture show. When she comes to the villa of retired naval officeholder Captain Georg von Trapp to be governess to his seven children, she begins to realize how much the family ways to her. The latter function of the moving picture has an unexpected twist and displays the unfathomable truth of what it was like living through Nazi Federal republic of germany.

Exit (2017)

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It's not often that a film so perfectly taps into the spirit of the times, but in a twelvemonth where Trump's presidency has sparked tense discussions about law brutality (opens in new tab), race, and false liberalism, this was the breakout pic that did the job—in the horror genre, no less. Director Jordan Peele turns the typical horror script on its head with this blend of cultural criticism and horror tropes.

Moonlight (2016)

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Yes, you lot've heard all the fizz (opens in new tab) about this motion-picture show. But if you haven't seen it yet, brand room in your schedule. Moonlight is a beautifully filmed coming-of-age story of a gay black boy growing upwards in a housing project in Miami. The many-layered flick sheds light on aspects of black identity that are rarely spotlighted on moving-picture show and was a truly watershed moment at the Oscars.

Her (2013)

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Save this for a solar day when you're non feeling a case of the sads, because it may brand you a piffling blue. Spike Jonze'due south Her imagines a not-so-distant hereafter where loftier waisted pants (opens in new tab) are still a happening tendency and where one lonely man falls in beloved with his Siri-esque operating system.

The Godfather (1972)

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Yep, there are three parts to this trilogy that might require a night of bingeing. But in that location's really nothing like Francis Ford Coppola's depiction of the mob family of Don Vito Corleone. Information technology'due south a chilling to the os, activity-packed story that'due south not 1 to miss.

Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

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J.Laaaaaw. What looks from the outset like a typical rom-com delves deeper into the motions of mental illness, as a bipolar man tries to reconnect with his estranged wife post-obit his release from a psychiatric ward. He meets a recently widowed adult female (Jennifer Lawrence) with her ain problems, who convinces him to join a trip the light fantastic competition with her to help him win his wife dorsum.

12 Angry Men (1957)

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This classic film is ostensibly about 12 white men on a jury arguing over whether a immature Puerto Rican man really killed his father (the class and race dynamics experience unfortunately familiar, sixty+ years afterward). Simply it's really about prejudice and stereotype and the assumptions we carry with u.s.a. every twenty-four hour period without realizing information technology. If you didn't get to sentinel this ane in school, watch it at present.

Mean Girls (2004)

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No movie has ever spoofed high school culture as brilliantly as Mean Girls, whose hilarious script by Tina Fey has get iconic, bringing the phrases "and then fetch," "I know, correct?" and "cool mom" into our modern language. Information technology lives on in countless memes and GIFs, even though the movie's more than than x years onetime at this point.

Niggling Women (2019)

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The classic book has been fabricated into countless remakes. But this ane offers up the most modern and nuanced have of four sisters growing upwards in a male person-dominated globe, looking for beloved and financial security. Greta Gerwig's latest also does something I thought was impossible: She makes Amy, who sometimes comes off as the villain of the book, smart, sensible, and relatable.

Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004)

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Ane of the smartest love stories ever written (it won best screenplay at the Oscars that year) captures a couple who both undergo a treatment to erase each other from their memories following a breakdown. The dream, right? Not so, as they revisit their life together in woozy flashbacks and realize that they're non ready to let go just yet.

Do the Right Affair (1989)

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Spike Lee acts and directs in a motion picture that marries one-act and drama perfectly. Roger Ebert's review (opens in new tab) is pretty spot-on, just to summarize: Lee builds a customs in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, teeming with life and tension on the hottest twenty-four hour period of the year. And so he rips information technology all apart. But it's so much more compelling than even that description. Lee handles all his characters with love, and there's no one who'due south truly evil, despite spot-on and heart-wrenching commentary about racism, classism, and poverty.

Brokeback Mountain (2005)

Best known for its "I wish I knew how to quit you!" line, Brokeback Mountain is actually an integral part of queer moving picture canon—a big-upkeep, A-list production about queer love. Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal requite phenomenal performances every bit cowboys who autumn for each other.

In the Mood for Dearest (2000)

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The elaborate costumes, the stunning visuals, and the beautiful art direction are all key features of this art house movie by Chinese director Wong Kar-Wai. And though there's sparse dialogue, sit dorsum and ready to be enchanted by the slow only captivating scenes of two married neighbors falling in love.

10 Things I Hate Near Y'all (1999)

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Volumes could exist written virtually the sheer brilliance of this motion-picture show. If you've never seen it, know that it'southward 1 of the best teen movies ever fabricated, from the script to the acting (two words: Heath. Ledger. *swoons*) to the speech-making and wooing. It feels like a modern Shakespearean comedy because it is. (E'er heard of Taming of the Shrew?)

The Big Lebowski (1998)

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Still one of the nearly quotable of all the Coen Brothers' movies, this film is notable for its hilarious script, continually madcap sequence of events, and stoner dialogue from lead actor Jeff Bridges AKA "The Dude."

Rear Window (1954)

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This early on Hitchcock moving-picture show is i of the few films to score a coveted 100 percent Rotten Tomatoes score, and it'southward still considered one of the best of its time. Starring Princess Grace Kelly and James Stewart, the film revolves around a man confined to his wheelchair whose pastime involves spying on his neighbors. Things accept a turn for the worst when he believes he'due south witnessed a murder.

The Truman Prove (1998)

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If you've ever wondered whether your life is but ane big sitcom, The Truman Show illustrates what happens when one human, played by Jim Carrey, realizes that his entire life is scripted for tv set.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

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Jack Nicholson's at his best in this film well-nigh a habitual criminal who's sentenced to time in a mental hospital. There, he threatens the natural order nether the spotter of barbarous Nurse Ratched and attempts to abscond with his fellow patients. The film swept upwardly five Academy Awards in its day, from All-time Flick to All-time Actor and Best Actress.

Good Will Hunting (1997)

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Stellan Skarsgård plays a professor who discovers that his school janitor (Matt Damon) is really a math whiz. And Robin Williams plays the therapist who draws out the troubled young human, breaking through his walls and helping him heal. Between the Elliott Smith soundtrack and the brooding performance from Matt Damon, it's the sad girl '90s picture that dreams are fabricated of.

The Graduate (1967)

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Between the Simon & Garfunkel soundtrack and the easy-on-the-eyes honey triangle—Dustin Hoffman equally a wandering higher graduate, his married neighbor Mrs. Robinson, and her girl—this motion picture is difficult to not immediately autumn in dear with.

Clueless (1995)

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Cher Horowitz stole anybody's center in the '90s as the well-intentioned Valley Daughter with an enviable revolving closet who fix out to bear witness she wasn't "simply a ditz with a credit bill of fare." Inspired past Jane Austen's Emma, the pic sees her trying to play matchmaker at schoolhouse, until she gets caught upwardly in her own love triangle.

Edward Scissorhands (1990)

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Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder in the '90s were at the prime of their quirky weirdness in this Edward Burton flick that captures Depp as a man weapon with literal scissors for hands (but with lots of feelings, mind you). It's also the picture that brought together the "Winona Forever" (opens in new tab) power couple of the '90s.

Lurid Fiction (1994)

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Quentin Tarantino is at his almost quotable in this dark criminal offence comedy starring John Travolta and Samuel Fifty. Jackson who play hitmen trying to reclaim a stolen suitcase for their mob boss. The chemistry of the outstanding cast members (including Tarantino favorite Uma Thurman) and the baroque script routinely land this at the top of critics' lists for the all-time pic of the century.

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

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When people discuss prison movies, probably the first one that comes to mind is The Shawshank Redemption. Expect first-class interim plus a suspenseful ending (that inspired Mexican drug lord El Chapo's rendezvous with the law (opens in new tab) last yr) that y'all'll exist talking near for years to come.

When Harry Met Sally (1989)

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If you oasis't seen When Harry Met Sally, you lot probably know it from this famous "I'll have what she'southward having" scene (opens in new tab). But it'southward worth seeing in full to relive Nora Ephron's groundbreaking screenwriting plus the easy banter betwixt America's sweetheart 1000000 Ryan and Baton Crystal (it kind of set the stage for modern rom-coms as we know them).

Heathers (1988)

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Winona Ryder's ever in her element in off-shell dark comedies, and this one sets her in the center of a high school where her graphic symbol Veronica gets invited to a join a popular clique of "Heathers" (literally three girls whose names are Heather) until they betray her. Veronica and her partner-in-law-breaking J.D. Dean (Christian Slater) fix out to correct all the wrongs made against her, in cruel and unusual means.

The Breakfast Social club (1985)

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John Hughes's catalogue of '80s films (with Molly Ringwald ofttimes playing the starring function) are all classics, though this story about unexpected friendship that blossoms in the middle of detention hall takes the block for its iconic scenes, from coordinated dances to beauty makeovers.

Forrest Gump (1994)

You've probably seen it a dozen times, merely information technology's worth it every time. Tom Hanks gives the performance of his life (don't fight me on this) as Forrest Gump, an intellectually challenged man from Alabama who lives an extraordinary life.

Back to the Future (1985)

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This sci-fi picture show sees Michael J. Play a trick on as Marty McFly, a time traveler who drives his flying Delorean back into the '50s later on an experiment gone wrong. Fun fact: the sequel is set up in the far-away hereafter, a.g.a. 2015.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

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Encounter for yourself where all the live versions of the cult favorite Rocky Horror Movie began with this over-the-meridian, perfectly cast musical (see: young Susan Sarandon).

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

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This movie is trippy and a bit hard to follow, merely information technology'due south absolutely required viewing. Stanley Kubrick takes us from the dawn of the human species to the dawn of a totally new species in just a few hours, and his view of infinite and space travel set the standard for a thousand sci-fi films to come. More importantly, information technology's compelling and totally, totally terrifying. Information technology'south aged actually well, despite being fabricated over 50 years ago.

Some Like it Hot (1959)

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If you don't know why Miss Marilyn Monroe was and is such a big deal, take a await at this ane. The moving picture shows off her song chops as the lead vocalist of an all-girl band who dreams of wooing a millionaire. Equally her ring travels to sunny Florida, she makes friends with two new musicians in the group, who she doesn't realize are men in disguise and on the run.

The Nuptials Party (2016)

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Ane of the highest grossing Nigerian movies of all time, anyone interested in Nollywood should check out The Wedding Party. The film shows every aspect of the nuptials mean solar day between Dozie (Banky Wellington) and Dunni (Adeusa Etomi), downwards to the families' concerns and the planner'due south antics. Plus there's plenty of glamorous inspo for your own big solar day.

Train to Busan (2016)

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In this legendary Korean thriller, a group of travelers on a bullet train accept to fight off a car full of zombies as a mysterious infection ravages the state. The pulse-pounding film has a stellar cast and a secret heart, with the characters making touch choices to help their families survive.

Coming to America (1988)

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A hilarious comedy with a super-sugariness love story, Coming to America is an essential watch for anyone who loves to smile. This film also cemented Eddie Murphy'southward place as comedy royalty, with him and Arsenio Hall cracking u.s. upward through multiple different characters.

White Christmas (1954)

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The archetype ballad of the same proper noun is simply 1 of the great songs in this Irving Berlin musical. While information technology does hit harder during the holidays, the story of 2 song-and-dance duos banding together to save a Vermont Inn tugs the heartstrings yr-round.

A Raisin in the Sun (1961)

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A Chicago family, the Youngers, are about to receive a windfall that will alter their lives, simply they have unlike ideas on how to apply the money. An adaptation of the Lorraine Hansberry play made with the original cast, this flick questions who is allowed the American Dream.

A Separation (2011)

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In this Oscar-winning Iranian film, a marriage is sent into turmoil when the couple has to choose betwixt leaving the country and staying to intendance for an bilious relative.

Erin Brockovich (2000)

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This inspiring drama stars Julia Roberts as a single mom who uncovers an environmental offense and goes after the huge corporation involved.

Fruitvale Station (2013)

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Directed by Ryan Coogler and starring Michael B Hashemite kingdom of jordan, this centre-wrenching film follows the final day of Oscar Grant, a homo who was killed by police at a BART station on New Yr'south Eve 2009.

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Poetry (2018)

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If yous dearest superhero movies, this Spider-Man standalone may become your favorite of them all. The Oscar-winning animated moving picture follows Miles Morales' origin story with a multiverse twist that has multiple Spider-Mans popping up in his globe.

Love Jones (1997)

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A photographer (Nia Long) and a poet (Larenz Tate) fall in dear in one of the best romance movies of all time.

Westward Side Story (1961)

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If yous can't wait for the Steven Spielberg remake, be sure to also check out the original film adaptation of this Romeo-and-Juliet inspired musical, staring Rita Moreno and Natalie Wood.

Knives Out (2019)

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This comedic mystery pays homage to old-school detective flicks while besides showing a make-new caper that surprises at every turn. Also, Daniel Craig is at his best when he gets to bosom out a hilarious emphasis.

The Perks of Existence a Wallflower (2012)

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This heartfelt accommodation of the Stephen Chbosky novel is a must-watch for anyone who wants to remember their favorite high schoolhouse friends.

The Parent Trap (1998)

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The movie that had little girls everywhere dreaming of finding a long-lost twin, The Parent Trap is an fifty-fifty amend watch as an adult (Meredith is how old!?!).

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005)

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Siblings Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy walk through a magical wardrobe to a cloak-and-dagger world in the midst of a winter war. You lot don't take to be a fan of the books to dear this faithful adaptation.

The Big Sick (2017)

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Kumail Nanjiani and Emily 5. Gordon co-wrote this film based on their real-life love story, where Gordon contracts a deadly infection and goes into a medically induced coma right afterwards the couple breaks up. Nanjiani ends upwards by her side, bonding with her parents and dealing with the complications of their cross-cultural relationship.

King Richard (2021)

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This heartwarming biopic tells the story of "King Richard" Williams, the father of superstars Venus and Serena, who coached his daughters to become tennis champions at a fourth dimension the sport was still mostly white. (It's also produced by the star sisters themselves.)

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