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1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994 Drama/Crime)

"Hope is a good thing, may be the best of things, and no good things ever dies."

 

The Shawshank Redemption is a movie that both asks and answers a lot of questions. One comes from the title itself, what does the Shawshank Redemption even mean? Who or what is redeemed? The obvious first guess would be Andy our protagonist but there's something not quite right about that. He enters prison wrongly convicted. He starts out the story as a morally sound individual and ends it in the same way. It could be argued that the title refers to the redemption of the prison itself the Shawshank Redemption is the redemption of Shawshank, how Andy's work was able to turn a place of torture and violence into one of the learning and self improvement. It could be the redemption of Red, someone who comes to accept his flaws and moves on to live a fulfilling life.

IMDb=9.3/10

Rotten tomatoes=92%

96% like this film

Directed by=Frank Darabont

Cast= Morgan Freeman, Tim Robbins, Bob Gunton, William Sadler, Mark Rolston, Clancy Brown, Gil Bellows, James Whitmore.

2. The Godfather (1972 Drama/Crime)

"A friend should always underestimate your virtues and an enemy overestimate your fault."

A film that's consistently in the top 5 of every movie critics "best films ever made" list and perhaps the most quoted film in the cinema history. Director Francis Ford Coppola reinvent the gangster film genre with a movie focusing entirely on "the bad guys" to create a classic that has endured the test of time. The Godfather is an adaptation of Mario Puzo's novel of the same name. An epic story about the Corleone crime family in 1940's and 50's New York. It deals with everything from the role of family to ethnic identity, to legacy, to really big stuff: like good versus evil.

IMDb=9.2/10

Rotten tomatoes=98%

95% like this film

Directed by=Francis Ford Coppola

Cast= Marlon Brando, Al picano, James Caan, Diane keaton, 

3. The Dark Knight(2008 Action/Adventure)

"I believe what doesn't kill you simply make you, Stranger."

Considered  one of the best film of the decade and one of the best superhero film of all time, the film received critical praise for its screenplay, visual effects, musical score, themes, performance (particularly Heath Ledger), cinematography, action sequences and most important direction by Christopher Nolan. When the menace known as the Joker (Heath Ledger) wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham City, Batman (Christian Bale) must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice.

IMDb=9/10

Rotten tomatoes=94%

96% like this film

Directed by=Christopher Nolan

Cast= Heath Ledger, Christian Bale, Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Cillian Murphy, Aaron Eckhart.

4. The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King (2003, Fantasy/Adventure)

"My friends, You bow to no one."

The return of the king is widely regarded as the one of the greatest and most influential films ever made. It is the third and best chapter of one of the great adventure saga in movie history. The Lord of the Ring : The Return of the King is Peter Jackson's crowning achievement as you'd imagine the The Return of the King is the most emotionally involving and dramatically satisfying lego trilogy with resolution coming one after another after another but it all begins with two brave hobbits and that sneaky tour guide.

IMDb=8.9/10

Rotten tomatoes=93%

93% like this film

Directed by=Peter Jackson

Cast= Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Lan McKellen, Andy Swekis, Billy Boyd, Orlando Bloom.

5. Forrest Gump(1994 Drama/Crime)

"Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get."

In Forrest Gump, we see two philosophies battling it out the belief in a destiny ordained by god, And the idea that you make your own destiny. These are two quintessentially world views that are seemingly odds with each other. Forrest Gump is such a well written film about a guy who's not exactly the smartest guy in the world and yet despite his lower intelligence he's able to conquer that by accidentally  being involved with some of the biggest world events of the 20th century.

IMDb=8.8/10

Rotten tomatoes=71%

96% like this film

Directed by=Robert Zemeckis

Cast= Tom Hank, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Sally Field, Mykelti Willeamson, Michael Connor, Haley Joel Osment