Top English Movies


The Top English Movies List is calculated by overall movie ratings and members' "Top English List". Lists are calculated daily.

111. Star Trek

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: J.J. Abrams
Actors: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Eric Bana, Leonard Nimoy, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana
Plot: Chronicles the origins of the Enterprise, including a headstrong Iowa farm boy, James T. Kirk and a half-Vulcan coming to terms with his heritage, Spock. When a threat appears that has plans to destroy the future, the young crew must come together to avert disaster.

112. Beasts of No Nation

Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
Director: Cary Fukunaga
Actors: Idris Elba, Ama Abebrese, Abraham Attah, Richard Pepple, Opeyemi Fagbohungbe
Plot: Follows the life of Agu, a child soldier forced into fighting a civil war in an African nation.

113. There Will Be Blood

Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Actors: Daniel Day-Lewis, CiarĂ¡n Hinds, Paul Dano, Kevin J. O'Connor, Russell Harvard, Mary Elizabeth Barrett
Plot: During the early oil discovery days, a Texas farmer discovers oil only to be swallowed by its greed.

114. 12 Years a Slave

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Steve McQueen
Actors: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Lupita Nyong'o, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Paul Giamatti
Plot: Follows the true story of Solomon Northup, an upstate free black man who, years before the civil war broke out, was abducted and sold into slavery. Facing both extreme cruelty and incredible kind deeds, he struggles to maintain his dignity while fighting to survive. In the twelfth year of his ordeal a chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist will change his life forever.

115. The Prestige

Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Christopher Nolan
Actors: Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Michael Caine, Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall, David Bowie
Plot: Two rival magicians try to decode each others magic tricks when one of them develops the ultimate trick and the other tries endlessly to discover the secret.

116. Requiem for a Dream

Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Actors: Jared Leto, Ellen Burstyn, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans, Christopher McDonald, Louise Lasser
Plot: Four normal people are addicted to drugs in different ways. When it comes down to it, they struggle to survive after their once great high.

117. Chinatown

Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Roman Polanski
Actors: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Diane Ladd, Perry Lopez, James Hong
Plot: A private detective, who is investigating an affair, finds himself in the
middle of a water problem.

118. Once Upon a Time in the West

Year of Release: 1968
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Sergio Leone
Actors: Charles Bronson, Henry Fonda, Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards, Gabriele Ferzetti, Paolo Stoppa
Plot: A man who plays the harmonica travels across the west to find his killer,
while he falls for a victim's wife. He joins up with a notorious gun man
to battle what's really bad.

119. Sunset Boulevard

Year of Release: 1950
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Billy Wilder
Actors: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Nancy Olson, Erich von Stroheim, Jack Webb, Fred Clark
Plot: A screenwriter is desperate for a job, when he finds himself in front of a legendary silent film era movie star. He writes script for her, but will it be good enough to make him famous? Or does he even want to be famous?

120. The Exorcist

Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: William Friedkin
Actors: Ellen Burtyn, Linda Blair, Max von Sydow, Jason Miller, Lee J. Cobb, Kitty Winn
Plot: A little girl is possessed by a demon. Can the Catholic church save her?

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