| 1. |  | Schindler's List (1993)
Oskar Schindler uses Jews to start a factory in Poland during the war. He witnesses the horrors endured by the Jews, and starts to save them. tt0108052+
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| 2. |  | Goodfellas (1990)
Henry Hill and his friends work their way up through the mob hierarchy. tt0099685+
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| 3. |  | The Intouchables (2011)
After he becomes a quadriplegic from a paragliding accident, an aristocrat hires a young man from the projects to be his caretaker. tt1675434
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| 4. |  | The Message (1977)
Handsomely-mounted historical epic concerns the birth of thett0074896+
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| 5. |  | The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stock-broker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government.tt0993846
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| 6. |  | 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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| 7. | | Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013) |
| 8. |  | 12 Years a Slave (2013)
In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.tt2024544
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| 9. |  | Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Epic rumination on a flamboyant and controversial British military figure and his conflicted loyalties during wartime service. tt0056172
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| 10. |  | Braveheart (1995)
William Wallace, a commoner, unites the 13th Century Scots in their battle to overthrow English rule. tt0112573
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| 11. | | Michael the Brave (1593) |
| 12. |  | Amadeus (1984)
The incredible story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, told in flashback mode by Antonio Salieri - now confined to an insane asylum. tt0086879+
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| 13. |  | Raging Bull (1980)
An emotionally self-destructive boxer's journey through life, as the violence and temper that leads him to the top in the ring, destroys his life outside it. tt0081398+
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| 14. |  | Rush (2013)
The merciless 1970s rivalry between Formula One rivals James Hunt and Niki Lauda.tt1979320
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| 15. |  | 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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| 16. |  | Lion of the Desert (1981)
In the Fascist Italy Pre-World War II of Benito Mussolini, the cruel General Rodolfo Graziani is directly assigned by Il Dulce to fight in the colonial war in Libya to vanquish the Arab ...tt0081059
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| 17. | | Paan Singh Tomar (2010) |
| 18. |  | The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
A chronicle of the trial of Jeanne d'Arc on charges of heresy, and the efforts of her ecclesiastical jurists to force Jeanne to recant her claims of holy visions. tt0019254
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| 19. |  | Andrei Rublev (1966)
Andreiv Rublev charts the life of the great icon painter through a turbulent period of 15th Century Russian history...tt0060107
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| 20. |  | The Elephant Man (1980)
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous facade, there is revealed a person of intelligence and sensitivity. tt0080678
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| 21. |  | Deruzu uzara (1975)
A Russian army explorer who is rescued in Siberia by a rugged Asian hunter renews his friendship with the woodsman years later when he returns as the head of a larger expedition...tt0071411
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| 22. |  | 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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| 23. |  | Casino (1995)
Greed, deception, money, power, and murder occur between two mobster best friends and a trophy wife over a gambling empire. tt0112641+
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| 24. |  | 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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| 25. |  | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Two Western bank/train robbers flee to Bolivia when the law gets too close. tt0064115
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| 26. |  | A Beautiful Mind (2001)
After a brilliant but asocial mathematician accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn to the nightmarish. tt0268978+
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| 27. |  | In the Name of the Father (1993)
Man's coerced confession to an IRA bombing he didn't do imprisons his father as well; a British lawyer helps fight for their freedom.tt0107207
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| 28. |  | Ip Man (2008)
A semi-biographical account of Yip Man, the first martial arts master to teach the Chinese martial art of Wing Chun.tt1220719
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| 29. |  | Gandhi (1982)
Biography of Mahatma Gandhi , the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British through his philosophy of non-violent protest. tt0083987
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| 30. |  | The King's Speech (2010)
The story of King George VI of Britain, his impromptu ascension to the throne and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch become worthy of it.tt1504320+
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| 31. |  | The Mirror (1975)
A man in his forties is going to die and remembers his past. His childhood, his mother, the war, personal moments but things that also tell the story of all the Russian nation...tt0072443
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| 32. |  | Fitzcarraldo (1982)
The story of Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, an extremely determined man who intends to build an opera house in the middle of a jungle.tt0083946
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| 33. |  | The Sea Inside (2004)
The real-life story of Spaniard Ramon Sampedro, who fought a 30 year campaign in favor of euthanasia and his own right to die. tt0369702
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| 34. | | The Butterfly's Dream (2013) |
| 35. |  | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
The true story of Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby who suffers a stroke and has to live with an almost totally paralyzed body; only his left eye isn't paralyzed. tt0401383
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| 36. |  | Papillon (1973)
A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.tt0070511
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| 37. |  | The Miracle Worker (1962)
The story of Anne Sullivan's struggle to teach the blind and deaf Helen Keller how to communicate.tt0056241
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| 38. |  | Au Revior Les Enfants (1987)
A French boarding school run by priests seems to be a haven from World War II until a new student arrives...tt0092593
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| 39. |  | Becket (1964)
An English king comes to terms with his affection for his close friend and confidant, who finds his true honor by observing God's divine will rather than the king's.tt0057877
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| 40. |  | Patton (1970)
The World War II phase of the controversial American general's career is depicted. tt0066206
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| 41. |  | Persepolis (2007)
Poignant coming-of-age story of a precocious and outspoken young Iranian girl that begins during the Islamic Revolution. tt0808417
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| 42. |  | The Straight Story (1999)
An old man makes a long journey by tractor to mend his relationship with an ill brother. tt0166896
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| 43. |  | Captain Phillips (2013)
The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years. tt1535109
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| 44. |  | A Man for All Seasons (1966)
The story of Thomas More, who stood up to King Henry VIII when the King rejected the Roman Catholic Church to obtain a divorce and remarriage. tt0060665
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| 45. |  | Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
In 1985 Dallas, electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof works around the system to help AIDS patients get the medication they need after he is himself diagnosed with the disease.tt0790636
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| 46. |  | Cinderella Man (2005)
The story of James Braddock, a supposedly washed up boxer who came back to become a champion and an inspiration in the 1930s. tt0352248+
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| 47. |  | The Sound of Music (1965)
A woman leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to a Naval officer widower. tt0059742+
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| 48. |  | Spartacus (1960)
The slave Spartacus leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman empire. tt0054331+
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| 49. |  | Catch Me If You Can (2002)
A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. tt0264464+
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| 50. |  | Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
A somewhat romantized account of the career of the notoriously violent bank robbing couple and their gang. tt0061418
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