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Last film added: May 20, 2012. There are currently 1159 films in the database (since 1996).


    Rated 10 out of 10

    Search returned all films with a rating of 10 out of 1159 total films.
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  1. Movie DetailsA.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) 10  Mind-blowingSci-FiI own on DVD
    A futuristic adaptation of the tale of Pinocchio, using intelligent robots with real feelings.
  2. Movie DetailsAdaptation. (2002) 10  ComedyMind-blowingDocumentary/TrueI own on DVD
    A screenwriter writes himself into the screenplay he's trying to adapt from a nonfiction book.
  3. Movie DetailsAmazing Screw-On Head, The (2006) 10  AnimationComedyHorrorObscure/RareComic Book/SuperheroTV ShowsI own on DVD
    A TV pilot featuring Emperor Zombie and Lincoln. Any last words before I spark it?
  4. Movie DetailsAmélie (2001) 10  ComedyWith Sex/NudityI own on DVD
    Shy French waitress Amélie decides to be a regular do-gooder and accidentally falls in love.
  5. Movie DetailsArtist, The (2011) 10  Comedy
    A jaded modern audience can enjoy this silent movie like it's 1927. Remarkable and charming.
  6. Movie DetailsBefore Sunset (2004) 10  I own on DVD
    Richard Linklater directs the sequel to Before Sunrise, set nine years later, in Paris.
  7. Movie DetailsBeing John Malkovich (1999) 10  ComedyFantasyMind-blowing
    Spike Jonze directs puppeteer John Cusack who discovers a portal into John Malkovich's mind.
  8. Movie DetailsBig Fish (2003) 10  ComedyFantasy
    A son learns about his dying storyteller father by piecing together his legends and myths.
  9. Movie DetailsCelebration, The (1998) 10  
    This Dogme 95 film, set on a grandfather's 60th birthday, spirals into forbidden family territory.
  10. Movie DetailsCollected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer, The (2005) 10  AnimationHorrorObscure/RareI own on DVD
    An excellent retrospective of surreal, unsettling films from the Czech animator, dating 1965 to 1992.
  11. Movie DetailsCyclo (1996) 10  Obscure/RareI own on DVD
    After a Vietnamese man's bicycle-taxi is stolen, he desperately turns to the mob for work.
  12. Movie DetailsDark City (1998) 10  ConspiracyFantasyMind-blowingSci-FiWith Sex/NudityI own on DVD
    Rufus Sewell struggles to recover his memories in a nightmarish world run by telekinetic beings.
  13. Movie DetailsEraserhead 2000 (2001) 10  FantasyHorrorMind-blowingI own on DVD
    David Lynch's restored first feature film. A nightmarish 1977 masterpiece of grotesque, eerie postindustrial life.
  14. Movie DetailsEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 10  AnimationMind-blowingSci-FiI own on DVD
    Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet undergo a procedure to erase each other from their memories.
  15. Movie DetailsExit Through the Gift Shop (2010) 10  ComedyDocumentary/True
    Compelling portrait of Banksy and many of the world's most infamous graffiti artists at work.
  16. Movie DetailsFall, The (2008) 10  Fantasy
    Tarsem Singh, director of The Cell, creates a delightful fantasy based in 1920s Los Angeles.
  17. Movie DetailsFantastic Mr. Fox (2009) 10  AnimationComedy
    A brilliant adaptation by Wes Anderson of the classic Roald Dahl book. Fantastic stop-motion animation.
  18. Movie DetailsFargo (1996) 10  
    Stubborn, pregnant police officer Frances McDormand investigates a bungled crime. A Coen Brothers masterpiece.
  19. Movie DetailsFast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997) 10  Obscure/RareDocumentary/True
    A documentary about an elderly topiary gardener, a retired lion tamer and a robotics designer.
  20. Movie DetailsFear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) 10  ComedySportDocumentary/TrueI own on DVD
    As your attorney, I advise you watch Johnny Depp as gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson.
  21. Movie DetailsFight Club (1999) 10  Mind-blowingWith Sex/NudityI own on DVD
    This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time. Edward Norton stars.
  22. Movie DetailsGhost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999) 10  I own on DVD
    Forest Whitaker lives on a New York rooftop, with pigeons, and follows the Samurai code.
  23. Movie DetailsGhost World (2000) 10  ComedyComic Book/SuperheroI own on DVD
    A witty appraisal of America during the summer following Thora Birch's high school graduation.
  24. Movie DetailsHappy Accidents (2000) 10  ComedyMind-blowingObscure/RareSci-FiI own on DVD
    Marisa Tomei wonders if her boyfriend Vincent D'Onofrio is really a time-traveler, or just delusional.
  25. Movie DetailsHugo (2011) 10  
    In the 1930s, a boy lives in the walls of a Paris train station. Extraordinary.
  26. Movie DetailsHurt Locker, The (2009) 10  Documentary/True
    An intense, complex war film. Intelligent, exhilarating psychological thriller about urban warfare in Iraq.
  27. Movie DetailsIn the Mood for Love (2001) 10  
    Kar-Wai Wong's masterpiece of romantic longing and restraint that dissolves like cigarette smoke against silk.
  28. Movie DetailsIn the Realms of the Unreal (2004) 10  AnimationObscure/RareDocumentary/True
    Visionary artist Henry Darger was a hospital janitor who privately authored a 15,000-page fantasy novel.
  29. Movie DetailsInception (2010) 10  Mind-blowingSci-Fi
    Brilliant concept and direction by Christopher Nolan. A dream within a dream within a dream.
  30. Movie DetailsInglourious Basterds (2009) 10  Documentary/True
    A funny, violent Tarantino film about guerrilla soldiers in Nazi-occupied France during World War II.
  31. Movie DetailsInland Empire (2006) 10  Mind-blowingWith Sex/NudityI own on DVD
    Lynch examines Hollywood and its artistic constraints in a bizarre/long jumble of movies within movies.
  32. Movie DetailsJunebug (2005) 10  ComedyWith Sex/Nudity
    Childlike, awestruck Amy Adams is fantastic. Where would I be if I was a screwdriver?
  33. Movie DetailsJuno (2007) 10  Comedy
    A whip-smart 16-year-old girl is faced with an unexpected pregnancy and makes an unusual decision.
  34. Movie DetailsKill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) 10  I own on DVD
    Quentin Tarantino directs Uma Thurman as the Bride in a martial-arts quest of revenge.
  35. Movie DetailsKill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) 10  I own on DVD
    Quentin Tarantino directs Uma Thurman as the murderous Bride bent on exacting vengeance against Bill.
  36. Movie DetailsLost Highway (1997) 10  HorrorMind-blowingWith Sex/NudityI own on DVD
    David Lynch's brilliant cinematic Möbius strip of paranoia, adultery, murder and Freudian psychology.
  37. Movie DetailsLost in Translation (2003) 10  ComedyWith Sex/NudityI own on DVD
    Unhappily married movie star Bill Murray meets neglected newlywed Scarlett Johansson in Tokyo.
  38. Movie DetailsMemento (2000) 10  Mind-blowingI own on DVD
    A man with no short-term memory uses tattooed notes to hunt down his wife's killer.
  39. Movie DetailsMidnight in Paris (2011) 10  ComedyFantasyMind-blowing
    A surreal, inspired masterpiece by Woody Allen about the importance of living in the present.
  40. Movie DetailsMoon (2009) 10  Mind-blowingSci-Fi
    One man and a computer run a lunar base that supplies Earth with energy. Meditative.
  41. Movie DetailsMulholland Drive (2001) 10  ConspiracyMind-blowingWith Sex/NudityI own on DVD
    David Lynch directs a dark Hollywood conspiracy about the psychosis of becoming someone else.
  42. Movie DetailsPan's Labyrinth (2006) 10  FantasyHorror
    Guillermo del Toro presents a young girl's fantastic alternate reality, set in 1944 fascist Spain.
  43. Movie DetailsPersepolis (2007) 10  AnimationComic Book/SuperheroDocumentary/True
    Autobiographical, cinematic graphic novel of a young outspoken girl in Iran during the Islamic Revolution.
  44. Movie DetailsPlanet Earth (2006) 10  Documentary/TrueTV Shows
    Spectacular 11-part BBC documentary of the diversity of Earth's life, from the poles to deserts.
  45. Movie DetailsPi (1998) 10  ConspiracyMind-blowingSci-FiI own on DVD
    A paranoid mathematician searches for a number to unlock the universal patterns found in nature.
  46. Movie DetailsPunch-Drunk Love (2002) 10  ComedyI own on DVD
    Businessman Adam Sandler begins a romantic journey with a curious woman amidst personal chaos.
  47. Movie DetailsRosetta (2000) 10  Obscure/RareI own on DVD
    A Dogme 95 film about young Rosetta who will do anything to maintain a job.
  48. Movie DetailsScanner Darkly, A (2006) 10  AnimationConspiracyMind-blowingSci-Fi
    Richard Linklater, Philip K. Dick, Keanu Reeves, Radiohead and interpolated rotoscoping animation. Brilliant.
  49. Movie DetailsShort Films of David Lynch, The (2002) 10  HorrorObscure/RareI own on DVD
    A detailed DVD collection of Lynch's six short films, dating 1966 to 1996. Horrifically odd.
  50. Movie DetailsSin City (2005) 10  With Sex/NudityComic Book/Superhero
    Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez create a brilliant piece of ultra-violent, stylized noir. Visually stunning.
  51. Movie DetailsSling Blade (1996) 10  
    Amazing Billy Bob Thornton film. I don't reckon I got no reason to kill nobody.
  52. Movie DetailsSocial Network, The (2010) 10  Documentary/True
    Fincher's chronicle of the founding of Facebook. From Harvard in 2003 to 500 million friends.
  53. Movie DetailsSon, The (2002) 10  Obscure/Rare
    A vocational training center for troubled boys provides a story of emotional and moral complexity.
  54. Movie DetailsSouth Park - Imaginationland (2007) 10  AnimationComedyFantasyTV Shows
    Epic three-part story arc from season 11 released as a standalone movie. The best ever.
  55. Movie DetailsSpirited Away (2001) 10  AnimationFantasyI own on DVD
    Miyazaki animates an alternate nighttime universe of Japanese gods and spirits.
  56. Movie DetailsStay (2005) 10  Mind-blowingI own on DVD
    The desperate psychological nightmare of a dying man. A visually rich, ghost-inhabited alternate reality.
  57. Movie DetailsSweet Hereafter, The (1997) 10  
    Poignant tale about the redemption of a small town after a tragic school bus accident.
  58. Movie DetailsTrainspotting (1996) 10  With Sex/Nudity
    Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a starter home. Choose a career. Choose a family.
  59. Movie DetailsTree of Life, The (2011) 10  Mind-blowing
    Terrence Malick's insightful, gorgeous and bold vision. Sincerely explores the meaning of life and love.
  60. Movie DetailsTriplets of Belleville, The (2003) 10  AnimationComedySport
    Visually unique animation about a Tour de France kidnapping and the bizarre rescue effort.
  61. Movie DetailsV for Vendetta (2006) 10  ConspiracyMind-blowingSci-FiComic Book/SuperheroI own on DVD
    The Wachowski Brothers present the futuristic landscape of totalitarian Britain, starring Natalie Portman.
  62. Movie DetailsWaltz with Bashir (2008) 10  AnimationWith Sex/NudityDocumentary/True
    Stunning. Folman interviews Israeli veterans of the 1982 Lebanon invasion to reconstruct his own memories.
  63. Movie DetailsYou Can Count on Me (2000) 10  I own on DVD
    Drifter Mark Ruffalo reunites with sister Laura Linney in their childhood hometown.


  64. Statistical ratings distribution of these 63 films (5.4% of total rated films):
    With enough films included, it usually approximates a bell curve with a mean near 6.5...
    (especially when considering that CRAP is 0-4 combined).
    Average rating for these 63 films: 10.

    10:100%

    9:0%

    8:0%

    7:0%

    6:0%

    5:0%

    CRAP:0%



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