41. Jurassic Park
Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Samuel L. Jackson, Bob Peck
Plot: A rich scientist discovers a way to use dinosaur DNA to recreate dinosaurs on a remote island to make an amusement park.
42. Rear Window
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Actors: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, Raymond Burr, Judith Evelyn
Plot: A man confined to a wheel chair (James Stewart), has nothing to do except spy on his neighbors. As time goes on, he is convinced they have committed murder.
43. The Green Mile
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Frank Darabont
Actors: Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan, David Morse, Bonnie Hunt, Michael Jeter, James Cromwell
Plot: A wrongly convicted man sits on death row while the officers who guard him interact with him and his powers.
44. Batman Begins
Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Christopher Nolan
Actors: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Katie Holmes, Liam Neeson, Gary Oldman, Cillian Murphy
Plot: A prequel to the Batman movies that remakes Batman to be more of a "real life hero" instead of a comic book fantasy. Standard Batman plot with more explanation as to how he became Batman and how he obtained his futuristic weapons.
45. 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).
46. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michel Gondry
Actors: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Elijah Wood, Mark Ruffalo, Kirsten Dunst, Tom Wilkinson
Plot: Two people who meet by chance decide that they have had enough of each other and try to erase one another from their minds with a new procedure.
47. The Sixth Sense
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Actors: Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette, Olivia Williams, Donnie Wahlberg, Mischa Barton
Plot: A child psychologist helps a boy who unbelievably communicates with
spirits while it tears his mother apart.
48. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Richard Marquand
Actors: Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams
Plot: Han and Leia try to destroy the new death star while Luke confronts his father and tryes to find the good in him.
49. Finding Nemo
Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Family
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Andrew Stanton
Actors: Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Willem Dafoe, Alexander Gould, Eric Bana, Geoffrey Rush
Plot: Follow this young fish's hilarious adventures while he tries to get back
to his dad.
50. Up
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Family
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson
Actors: Edward Asner, John Ratzenberger, Paul Eiding, Christopher Plummer, Delroy Lindo, Jordan Nagai
Plot: A 78-year-old man sets out to fulfill his dream of seeing the wilds of South America by tying thousands of balloons to his home and floating down. What he didn't count on was another eager, 8-year-old explorer to hitch a ride with him.
