Movies: Serious
Mood: Serious. 207 movies, best first.
- The Shawshank Redemption
A wrongly convicted banker builds hope and friendship over decades in prison. - The Godfather
A mafia family's power struggle and the passing of its legacy to the next generation. - 12 Angry Men
One juror doubts the defendant's guilt and halts a hasty unanimous verdict. - Schindler's List
A German businessman saves his Jewish workers during the Holocaust. - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
A rebellious patient challenges the tyrannical nurse of a mental ward. - Interstellar
Astronauts search for a new home for humanity beyond a wormhole. - Saving Private Ryan
A squad is sent after D-Day to find one missing soldier. - The Green Mile
A prison guard discovers a death row inmate has supernatural healing powers. - Casablanca
A café owner must choose between love and principle in the shadow of war. - Grave of the Fireflies
Two siblings try to survive in Japan devastated by World War II. - The Pianist
A Polish pianist fights to survive the Nazi occupation of Warsaw. - Paths of Glory
A French general orders a hopeless attack and then blames his soldiers for cowardice. - The Great Dictator
A Jewish barber is mistaken for a dictator in Chaplin's biting satire. - The Lives of Others
A Stasi agent spies on a playwright and begins to change. - A Separation
An Iranian couple's separation escalates into a legal case exposing lies and pride. - Citizen Kane
A young reporter investigates the last word of a dying press tycoon. - Full Metal Jacket
Marine recruits endure brutal training and then the Vietnam War. - Heat
A cop and a professional thief face off in a final cat-and-mouse game in LA. - Ikiru
A terminally ill bureaucrat searches for meaning in his life. - Incendies
Twins follow their mother's will to uncover her devastating past. - Judgment at Nuremberg
An American judge presides over the trial of Nazi-era German jurists. - Oppenheimer
The story of a physicist developing the atomic bomb and its moral consequences. - The Hunt
A false accusation destroys a kindergarten worker's life in a small village. - To Live
A Chinese family endures decades of political upheaval. - 1917
Two soldiers cross enemy lines to deliver a message that could save thousands. - A Beautiful Mind
A brilliant mathematician battles schizophrenia to achieve his breakthrough. - Aparajito
Apu grows up in Benares and Calcutta, drifting from his mother as he pursues education. - Bicycle Thieves
A poor father searches Rome for his stolen bicycle, which his job depends on. - Close-Up
A man impersonates a film director to fool a family, and the case is reenacted. - Manon des Sources
A daughter avenges her father's fate and uncovers the village's secrets. - Rashomon
Four conflicting accounts of a murder leave the truth unclear. - The Father
An elderly man with dementia slowly loses his grip on reality. - There Will Be Blood
An oilman's ruthless rise to power and wealth in early 1900s California. - The Secret in Their Eyes
A retired legal counselor revisits a murder case from decades ago. - Unforgiven
A retired gunslinger returns to his old trade for one last job. - 12 Years a Slave
A free Black man is kidnapped and sold into slavery before the Civil War. - Cool Hand Luke
A defiant prisoner refuses to be broken by a chain gang. - Gran Torino
A bitter Korean War veteran befriends his Hmong neighbors and stands up to a local gang. - Hacksaw Ridge
A conscientious objector medic saves dozens of soldiers at the Battle of Okinawa. - Hotel Rwanda
A hotel manager shelters over a thousand refugees during the Rwandan genocide.