11. Goodfellas
Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 3.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Martin Scorsese
Actors: Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Frank Sivero
Plot: A drug dealing gangster works his way up the chain of command while building close relationships with the leader. Based off a true story.
12. To Kill a Mockingbird
Year of Release: 1962
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Family
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Robert Mulligan
Actors: Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Phillip Alford, Frank Overton, Brock Peters, John Megna
Plot: A black man is charged with rape while a white man defends him in the 1930's south. The story is told through the eyes of his daugther.
13. Saving Private Ryan
Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: War/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Tom Hanks, Barry Pepper, Adam Goldberg, Edward Burns, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore
Plot: Once soldiers cross the line from the beach to land, they are assigned to find Private Ryan, who none of them know, nor do they know if he is alive, but they must follow the commanding officer.
14. Casablanca
Year of Release: 1942
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michael Curtiz
Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Peter Lorre, Dooley Wilson
Plot: Set in Africa during the 1940s, Humphrey Bogart stars as a man with a past trying to hide the past. He meets his former lover at his own bar as things begin to complicate.
15. Braveheart
Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Mel Gibson
Actors: Mel Gibson, James Robinson, Brendan Gleeson, David O'Hara, James Cosmo, Sophie Marceau
Plot: Mel Gibson's first official movie as producer paints a tragic, and sometimes beautiful, picture of what sacrifices must be made for freedom. Mel plays a thirteen-century freedom fighting Scott who motivates his countrymen to fight against the corrupt government.
16. Citizen Kane
Year of Release: 1941
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Orson Welles
Actors: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Everett Sloane
Plot: A news conglomerate leader dies, leaving behind a mystery about his life, and how he became the man he was. News reporters interview his acquaintances to find some kind of resolution.
17. American Beauty
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sam Mendes
Actors: Kevin Spacey, Mena Suvari, Annette Bening, Chris Cooper, Peter Gallagher, Thora Birch
Plot: A suburban family, that centers around the aging, battles him while he goes after his daughters sexual friend while the rest of his family carries out a life he seems not to care about (especially his wife and job).
18. Good Will Hunting
Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Gus Van Sant
Actors: Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Minnie Driver, Casey Affleck, Stellan Skarsgard, Robin Williams
Plot: A young custodian at MIT is blessed with a gift for mathematics when his therapist tries to harness his gift to help his career for the rest of his life.
19. American History X
Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tony Kaye
Actors: Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Beverly D'Angelo, Ethan Suplee, Avery Brooks, Elliott Gould
Plot: A neo-Nazi is thrown in jail for acting out on his racism. Prison show him another side of race and when he is released he tries to deter his younger brother from following in his footsteps.
20. Gladiator
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ridley Scott
Actors: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, Djimon Hounsou, Richard Harris
Plot: Maximus, a general and friend of Caesar, is sold as a slave by the new
emperor to protect his thrown from Maximus who is the chosen heir. He
fights as a gladiator to slowly wait for his revenge.
