| 1. |  | The Dark Knight (2008)
Batman, Gordon and Harvey Dent are forced to deal with the chaos unleashed by an anarchist mastermind known only as the Joker, as it drives each of them to their limits. tt0468569
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| 2. |  | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
The former Fellowship of the Ring prepare for the final battle for Middle Earth, while Frodo & Sam approach Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring. tt0167260+
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| 3. |  | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
In a small village in the Shire a young Hobbit named Frodo has been entrusted with an ancient Ring. Now he must embark on an Epic quest to the Cracks of Doom in order to destroy it. tt0120737+
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| 4. |  | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Frodo and Sam continue on to Mordor in their mission to destroy the One Ring. Whilst their former companions make new allies and launch an assault on Isengard. tt0167261+
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| 5. |  | City of God (2002)
Two boys growing up in a violent neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro take different paths: one becomes a photographer, the other a drug dealer. tt0317248
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| 6. | | Dil Chahta Hai (2001) |
| 7. |  | Spirited Away (2001)
In the middle of her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches, and monsters; where humans are changed into animals; and a bathhouse for these creatures. tt0245429+
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| 8. |  | Rang De Basanti (2006)
A young woman from England comes to India to make a documentary about her grandfather's diary which was written in the 1920s about the Indian Independence with five young men.tt0405508
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| 9. | | Philanthropy (2002) |
| 10. |  | Like Stars on Earth (2007)
An eight year old boy is thought to be lazy and a troublemaker, until the new art teacher has the patience and compassion to discover the real problem behind his struggles in school.tt0986264
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| 11. |  | Memento (2000)
A man, suffering from short-term memory loss, uses notes and tattoos to hunt for the man he thinks killed his wife. tt0209144+
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| 12. |  | The Pianist (2002)
A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II. tt0253474+
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| 13. |  | The Departed (2006)
Two men from opposite sides of the law are undercover within the Massachusetts State Police and the Irish mafia, but violence and bloodshed boil when discoveries are made, and the moles are dispatched to find out their enemy's identities. tt0407887
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| 14. |  | Gladiator (2000)
When a Roman general is betrayed and his family murdered by a corrupt prince, he comes to Rome as a gladiator to seek revenge. tt0172495+
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| 15. |  | The Lives of Others (2006)
In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police, conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover, finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives. tt0405094
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| 16. |  | The Best of Youth (2003)
An Italian epic that follows the lives of two brothers, from the 1960s to the 2000s.tt0346336
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| 17. |  | The Prestige (2006)
Robert and Alfred are rival magicians. When Alfred performs the ultimate magic trick, Robert tries desperately to find out the secret to the trick. tt0482571
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| 18. |  | Amelie (2001)
Amelie, an innocent and naive girl in Paris, with her own sense of justice, decides to help those around her and along the way, discovers love. tt0211915+
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| 19. | | A Wednesday (2008) |
| 20. |  | Swades: We, the People (2004)
A successful Indian scientist returns to an Indian village to take his nanny to America with him and in the process rediscovers his roots.tt0367110+
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| 21. |  | 3 Idiots (2009)
Two friends embark on a quest for a lost buddy. On this journey, they encounter a long forgotten bet, a wedding they must crash, and a funeral that goes impossibly out of control.tt1187043
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| 22. |  | Munnabhai M.B.B.S. (2003)
A gangster sets out to fulfill his father's dream of becoming a doctor.tt0374887
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| 23. |  | WALL-E (2008)
In the distant future, a small waste collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind. tt0910970
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| 24. | | Hera Pheri (2000) |
| 25. |  | Oldboy (2003)
After being kidnapped and imprisoned for 15 years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must find his captor in 5 days. tt0364569
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| 26. |  | Requiem for a Dream (2000)
The hopes and dreams of four ambitious people are shattered when their drug addictions begin spiraling out of control. tt0180093
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| 27. |  | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
A couple undergo a procedure to erase each other from their memories when their relationship turns sour, but it is only through the process of loss that they discover what they had to begin with. tt0338013
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| 28. | | Kandisha (2008) |
| 29. |  | Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001)
The people of a small village in Victorian India stake their future on a game of cricket against their ruthless British rulers...tt0169102
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| 30. |  | Snatch (2000)
Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers, and supposedly Jewish jewelers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond. tt0208092+
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| 31. |  | Khosla's Nest (2006)
A Delhi based retired middle class man tries half-heartedly to get his land back from a swindling property dealer with the help of his sons and their friends. tt0466460
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| 32. |  | Batman Begins (2005)
The story of how Bruce Wayne became what he was destined to be: Batman. tt0372784+
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| 33. |  | Inglourious Basterds (2009)
In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as ''The Basterds'' are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers. tt0361748
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| 34. |  | Downfall (2004)
Traudl Junge (Lara), the final secretary for Adolf Hitler (Ganz), tells of the Nazi dictator's final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII. tt0363163+
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| 35. |  | Up! (2009)
By tying thousands of balloon to his home, 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen sets out to fulfill his lifelong dream to see the wilds of South America. Right after lifting off, however, he learns he isn't alone on his journey, since Russell, a wilderness explorer 70 years his junior, has inadvertently become a stowaway on the trip. tt1049413
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| 36. |  | Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
In the fascist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world. tt0457430
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| 37. | | Chakde! India (2007) |
| 38. |  | The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
A retired legal counselor writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved homicide cases and for his unreciprocated love with his superior - both of which still haunt him decades later.tt1305806
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| 39. | | A Moment to Remember (2004) |
| 40. |  | Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)
A drama based on the true story of a college professor's bond with the abandoned dog he takes into his home.tt1028532
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| 41. | | Black (2005) |
| 42. |  | V for Vendetta (2006)
A shadowy freedom fighter known only as ''V'' uses terrorist tactics to fight against his totalitarian society. Upon rescuing a girl from the secret police, he also finds his best chance at having an ally. tt0434409
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| 43. |  | Gran Torino (2008)
Disgruntled Korean War vet Walt Kowalski sets out to reform his neighbor, a young Hmong teenager, who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possession: his 1972 Gran Torino. tt1205489
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| 44. |  | Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
When an unconfident young woman is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking home. tt0347149+
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| 45. |  | My Sassy Girl (2001)
Based on a series of true stories posted by Ho-sik Kim on the Internet describing his relationship with his girlfriend...tt0293715+
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| 46. |  | Into the Wild (2007)
After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life. tt0758758
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| 47. |  | Mary & Max (2009)
A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York.tt0978762
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| 48. | | About Elly (2009) |
| 49. | | Omkara (2006) |
| 50. |  | Hotel Rwanda (2004)
The true-life story of Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager who housed over a thousand Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda. tt0395169
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