Movies To See That Are Based On Real Life Stories

Fact is oftentimes scarier than fiction, and it also makes for great storytelling. The following list is of movies to see that are based on true stories.

Name of Movie                                            Who/What Is It Based On? 
1) Midnight Express (1978)                          Billy Hayes
2) Last Temptation of Christ (1988)             Jesus Christ, Savior of Mankind
3) Serpico (1973)                                          Frank Serpico
4) The Last Emperor (1987)                         Puyi, Last Chinese Emperor
5) Of Gods and Men (2011)                         Trappist monks of Algeria
6) Invictus (2009)                                         Nelson Mandela & Francois Pienaar
7) Julie & Julia (2009)                                  Julia Child & Julie Powell
8) Into The Wild (2007)                               Chris McCandless/Alex Supertramp
9) Alexander Nevsky (1938)                       Alexander Nevsky, 13th Century Russian Prince
10) Monster (2003)                                      Aileen Wuornos
11) Andrei Rublev (1966)                           Andrei Rublev, 15th Century Russian Painter
12) Boys Don't Cry (1999)                          Brandon Teena
13) Motorcycle Diaries (2004)                    Alberto Granado & Ernesto Guevara de la Serna (Che)
14) Catch Me If You Can (2002)                Frank Abagnale Jr.
15) Shine (1996)                                         David Helfgott
16) The Social Network (2010)                  Mark Zuckerberg
17) The Fighter (2010)                                Micky Ward & Dicky Eklund
18) Ivan The Terrible (1944)                       Ivan The Terrible, 16th Century Russian Leader
19) The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)        Jeanne d'Arc, 15th Century French Warrior and Saint
20) Moneyball (2011)                                  Billy Beane
21) Marie Antoinette (2006)                        Marie Antoinette, 18th Century French Queen
22) Young Mr. Lincoln (1931)                    Abraham Lincoln; Sixteenth U.S. President (And Lawyer)
23) The Untouchables (1987)                      Al Capone, Jimmy Malone, and Elliot Ness
24) Public Enemies (2009)                          John Dilinger
25) Zodiac (2007)                                        The Zodiac (Serial) Killer & Robert Graysmith
26) Lawrence of Arabia (1962)                    T.S. Lawrence
27) Apollo 13 (1995)                                   Astronauts of Apollo 13: Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, Jack
                                                                     Swigert, Ken Mattingly, Gene Kranz
28) A Beautiful Mind (2001)                       John Nash, Mathematician
29) A Man For All Seasons (1966)             Sir Thomas More, English Writer And Catholic Martyr
30) Patton (1970)                                        George S. Patton; American WWII General
31) Dog Day Afternoon (1975)                  Sonny Wortzik
32) All The President's Men (1976)            Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein, American Reporters
33) Milk (2008)                                           Harvey Milk, 1970s San Franciscan Mayor
34) Frost/Nixon (2008)                               David Frost and Richard Nixon, Reporter and President
                                                                    (Respectively)
35) Raging Bull (1980)                               Jake La Motta, Boxer
36) Goodfellas (1990)                                 Jimmy Conway, Henry Hill, and Tommy DeVito
37) Schindler's List (1993)                          Oskar Schindler
38) The Aviator (2004)                               Howard Hughes, American Flight Expert And Director
39) Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)             George M. Cohan, American Singer/Dancer/Songwriter
40) Ray (2004)                                           Ray Charles, American Singer/Songwriter
41) Amadeus (1984)                                   Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian Classical Musician
42) Gandhi (1982)                                      Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Non-Violent Activist

Movie Recommendation Categories By Genre Part XVI

The following series of films are classified under:
Suspense, Thriller, and/or Horror 


Suspense/Thrillers:


Political Thriller
1) The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
2) State of Play (2009)
3) The Ides of March (2011)
4) The Constant Gardener (2005)
5) The Debt (2011)
6) North By Northwest (1959)
7) 39 Steps (1935)

Psychological/Sexual Thriller
1) Black Swan (2010)
2) Marnie (1964)
3) Memento (2001)
4) Inception (2010)
5) Mulholland Drive (2000)
6) Gaslight (1944)
7) Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
8) Identity (2003)
9) Knife In The Water (1962)
10) Dressed To Kill (1980)
11) Persona (1966)
12) Come and See (1986)
13) Funny Games (2007)
14) Diabolique (1955)
15) Shutter Island (2010)
16) Psycho (1960)
17) Blue Velvet (1986)
18) The Dark Knight (2008)
19) Vertigo (1958)

Espionage Thriller
1) The Debt (2011)
2) 39 Steps (1935)
3) Notorious (1946)

Show Biz Thriller 
1) Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? (1963)
2) Black Swan (2010)
3) Mulholland Drive (2000)

Romantic Thriller
1) Match Point (2005)
2) Marnie (1964)
3) Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

Serial Killer/Mass Murder Thrillers
1) Psycho (1960)
2) Monster (2003)
3) We Need To Talk About Kevin (2012)
4) From Hell (2001)
5) Carrie (1976)
6) High Tension (2003)
7) Zodiac (2007)
8) Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
9) Silence of the Lambs (1991)
10) Night of the Hunter (1954)

Gangster Thriller 
1) Key Largo (1948)
2) Drive (2011)

Man Against Nature Thriller
1) The Grey (2012)
2) The Birds (1963)
3) Jaws (1975)
4) Contagion (2011)
5) Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
6) Cloverfield (2008)
7) Black Death (2010)

Murder/Disappearance Thriller
1) The Third Man (1948)
2) Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
3) The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
4) Incendies (2011)
5) The Lady Vanishes (1938)
6) From Hell (2002)
7) Strangers On A Train (1951)
8) Vertigo (1958)
9) Rear Window (1954)
10) Night of the Hunter (1955)
11) Psycho (1960)
12) The Strangers (2009)
13) Don't Look Now (1972)
14) Silence of the Lambs (1991)
15) We Need To Talk About Kevin (2012)
16) Match Point (2005)
17) Identity (2003)
18) Dressed To Kill (1981)
19) Gaslight (1944)

20) Funny Games (2007) 

21) Diabolique (1955) 

22) Shutter Island (2010) 

23) Psycho (1960) 

Science Fiction Thriller

1) The Source Code (2011) 

2) Inception (2010) 

3) Aliens (1986) 

4) The Dark Knight (2008) 

Horror
1) The Birds (1963)
2) Jaws (1975)
3) Cloverfield (2008)
4) Black Death (2010)
5) Psycho (1960)
6) The Strangers (2008)
7) The Sixth Sense (1999)
8) Aliens (1986)
9) Rosemary's Baby (1968)
10) Dead Snow (2009)
11) Don't Look Now (1972)
12) Carrie (1976)
13) The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
14) Nosferatu (1922)
15) High Tension (2003)
16) Frankenstein (1931)
17) Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
18) Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Movie Recommendation Categories By Genre Part XV

The following films are classified under:
Action/Adventure


Action-Comedy 
1) Kick-Ass (2010)
2) Hancock (2008)
3) Inglorious Basterds (2009)
4) Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (2010)
5) Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
6) Pineapple Express (2008)
7) Tropic Thunder (2008)

Comic Book Action Movies
1) Kick-Ass (2010)
2) The Dark Knight (2008)
3) Hancock (2008)
4) Wanted (2008)
5) Thor (2011)

Shoot 'Em Up Bang 'Em Up Action Pictures
1) Kick-Ass (2010)
2) District 9 (2009)
3) Star Trek (2009)
4) The Dark Knight (2008)
5) Sherlock Holmes (2009)
6) Top Gun (1986)
7) Avatar (2009)
8) Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol (2011)
9) Die Hard (1988)
10) Thor (2011)
11) Vantage Point (2008)
12) Pineapple Express (2008)
13) Public Enemies (2009)
14) Taken (2009)
15) The A-Team (2010)
16) Quantum of Solace (2008)
17) Inception (2010)
18) S.A.L.T. (2010)
19) Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
20) Casino Royale (2006)


Dramatic/War-Related Action Films
1) District 9 (2009)
2) Spartacus (1960)
3) The Grey (2012)
4) Dances With Wolves (1990)
5) No Country For Old Men (2007)
6) True Grit (2010)
7) Public Enemies (2009)
8) High Sierra (1941)
9) White Heat (1949)
10) Scarface (1983)
11) The Hurt Locker (2009)
12) Limitless (2011)
13) City of God (2002)
14) Ben-Hur (1959)
15) Seven Samurai (1954)
16) Dirty Harry (1971)
17) The African Queen (1951)
18) Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
19) In The Line of Fire (1993)
20) The French Connection (1971)
21) Apocalypse Now (1979)
22) Gladiator (2000)
23) Black Death (2010)
24) 2012 (2009)
25) Unforgiven (1992)

Western Action Movies
1) Dances With Wolves (1990)
2) No Country For Old Men (2007)
3) True Grit (2010)
4) 3:10 To Yuma (2007)
5) Unforgiven (1992)
6) The Wild Bunch (1969)

Gangster Action Movies
1) Public Enemies (2009)
2) Scarface (1983)
3) High Sierra (1941)
4) White Heat (1949)
5) City of God (2002)
6) Bonnie & Clyde (1967)
7) Drive (2011)

Science Fiction/Fantasy Action Films
1) District 9 (2009)
2) Star Trek (2009)
3) The Dark Knight (2008)
4) Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
5) Avatar (2009)
6) The Source Code (2011)
7) Aliens (1986)
8) Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
9) Thor (2011)
10) Inception (2010)
11) Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
12) Limitless (2011)
13) Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
14) Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
15) Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
16) King Kong (1933)
17) Mad Max (1979)

Martial Arts/Samurai Films
1) Seven Samurai (1954)
2) Yojimbo (1961)

Swashbuckler/Worldly Adventure Flicks 
1) The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
2) Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
3) Mutiny On The Bounty (1935)
4) Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
5) Indiana Jones: Temple of Doom (1984)
6) Indiana Jones: Last Crusade (1989)
7) Indiana Jones: Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
8) Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
9) Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
10) Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
11) African Queen (1951)
12) The Grey (2012)

Historical Action Movies 
1) Gladiator (2000)
2) Spartacus (1960)
3) Sherlock Holmes (2009)
4) Dances With Wolves (1990)
5) The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
6) True Grit (2010)
7) Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
8) Black Death (2010)
9) Mutiny On The Bounty (1935)
10) 3:10 To Yuma (2007)
11) Ben-Hur (1959)
12) Unforgiven (1992)
13) African Queen (1951)
14) The Wild Bunch (1969)

Movie Recommendation Categories By Genre Part XIV

The following series of films are classified under:
Science Fiction & Fantasy 


Science Fiction:
1) District 9 (2009)
2) Star Trek (2009)
3) Avatar (2009)
4) The Dark Knight (2008)
5) E.T. The Extra Terrestrial (1982)
6) The Source Code (2011)
7) Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
8) Aliens (1986)
9) Limitless (2011)
10) King Kong (1931)
11) Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
12) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2003)
13) Blade Runner (1982)
14) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
15) Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
16) The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951)
17) Inception (2010)
18) A Clockwork Orange (1971)

Fantasy:
1) Field of Dreams (1989)
2) 17 Again (2009)
3) Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
4) Midnight In Paris (2011)
5) Thor (2011)
6) Brigadoon (1954)
7) Volver (2006)
8) The Wizard of Oz (1939)
9) It's A Wonderful Life (1947)
10) A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
11) Edward Scissorhands (1990)
12) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
13) Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
14) Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
15) Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
16) The Truman Show (1998)

Movie Recommendation Categories By Genre Part XIII

The following series of films are classified under:
Disaster, Short, Experimental, And Others 


1) 2012 (2009) (Disaster)
2) The Road (2009) (Disaster)
3) Contagion (2011) (Disaster)
4) An Andalusian Dog (1929) (Short/Experimental)
5) Olympia (1938) (Propaganda)
6) Fantasia (1940) (Concert)

Movie Recommendation Categories By Genre Part XII

The following series of films are classified under:
Romance 


1) My Fair Lady (1964)
2) 500 Days of Summer (2009)
3) Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
4) Midnight In Paris (2011)
5) The Holiday (2006)
6) Love Actually (2003)
7) Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
8) The Ugly Truth (2009)
9) Lost In Translation (2003)
10) It Happened One Night (1934)
11) Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (2010)
12) The Philadelphia Story (1942)
13) Mr. Deeds Goes To Town (1936)
14) Bringing Up Baby (1938)
15) The Apartment (1960)
16) The Graduate (1967)
17) Annie Hall (1977)
18) Manhattan (1978)
19) Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
20) Broken Embraces (2009)
21) Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001)
22) Blue Valentine (2011)
23) The Lady Eve (1941)
24) The Accidental Tourist (1988)
25) A Room With A View (1986)
26) A Place In The Sun (1951)
27) Jezebel (1938)
28) All That Heaven Allows (1955)
29) Last Year In Marienbad (1961)
30) In The Realm of Senses (1976)
31) In The Mood For Love (2002)
32) The Remains of the Day (1993)
33) West Side Story (1961)
34) Dangerous Liaisons (1989)
35) Les Liaisons Dangereuses (1959)
36) Cruel Intentions (1999)
37) Breathless (1960)
38) Gone With The Wind (1939)
39) Rules of the Game (1938)
40) Casablanca (1943)
41) Dr. Zhivago (1965)
42) Wuthering Heights (1939)
43) Adam's Rib (1949)
44) From Here To Eternity (1953)
45) 17 Again (2009)

Movie Recommendation Categories By Genre Part XI

The following series of films are classified under:
Animated/Children


1) Persepolis (2007)
2) The Little Mermaid (1989)
3) Fantasia (1940)
4) Aladdin (1992)
5) The Lion King (1994)
6) Beauty and the Beast (1991)
7) Peter Pan (1953)
8) The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
9) The Jungle Book (1967)
10) Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (1937)
11) Cinderella (1950)
12) Pinocchio (1942)
13) 101 Dalmatians (1961)
14) The Fox and the Hound (1981)
15) Robin Hood (1973)
16) Ratatouille (2007)
17) Lady and the Tramp (1955)

Movie Recommendation Categories By Genre Part X

The following series of films are classified under:
Musical 


1) My Fair Lady (1964)
2) West Side Story (1961)
3) The Sound of Music (1965)
4) The Little Mermaid (1989) (Animated)
5) Aladdin (1992) (Animated)
6) The Lion King (1994) (Animated)
7) Beauty and the Beast (1991) (Animated)
8) Peter Pan (1953) (Animated)
9) Cinderella (1950) (Animated)
10) The Fox and the Hound (1981) (Animated)
11) The Great Mouse Detective (1986) (Animated)
12) Lady and the Tramp (1955) (Animated)
13) The Jungle Book (1967) (Animated)
14) Pinocchio (1942) (Animated)
15) Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (1937) (Animated)
16) 101 Dalmatians (1961) (Animated)
17) Robin Hood (1973) (Animated)
18) New York, New York (1977)
19) Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
20) Singin' In The Rain (1952)
21) Nine (2009)
22) Umbrellas of Cherbourgh (1964)
23) 42nd Street (1933)
24) The Wizard of Oz (1939)
25) The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)
26) 1776 (1972)
27) An American In Paris (1951)
28) Brigadoon (1954)
29) Swing Time (1936)
30) Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
31) Nashville (1975)
32) Cabaret (1972)

Movie Recommendation Categories By Genre Part IX

The following series of films are classified under:
Epic 


1) Spartacus (1960)
2) Ben-Hur (1959)
3) Gladiator (2000)
4) Gone With The Wind (1939)
5) Avatar (2009)
6) Dr. Zhivago (1965)
7) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Movie Recommendation Categories By Genre Part VIII

The following series of films are classified under:
Documentary 


1) Olympia (1938)
2) Food, Inc. (2009)
3) King Corn (2007)
4) Nanook of the North (1922)
5) Earth (2009)
6) Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control (1997)
7) The Inside Job (2010)

Movie Recommendation Categories By Genre Part VII

The following series of films are classified under:
Western 


1) True Grit (1969 and 2010)
2) Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid (1969)
3) The Great Train Robbery (1903)
4) The Searchers (1956)
5) The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence (1962)
6) Shane (1953)
7) Unforgiven (1992)
8) The Wild Bunch (1969)
9) For A Few Dollars More (1965)
10) Once Upon A Time In The West (1968)
11) The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
12) High Noon (1952)
13) The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
14) A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
15) 3:10 To Yuma (2007)
16) Red River (1948)
17) Stagecoach (1939)

Movie Recommendation Categories By Genre Part VI

The following series of films are classified under:
Film Noir/Mystery 


1) The Big Sleep (1946)
2) Citizen Kane (1941)
3) Memento (2000)
4) Key Largo (1948)
5) Sunset Boulevard (1950)
6) L.A. Confidential (1997)
7) L'Avventura (1960)
8) Touch of Evil (1958)
9) The Maltese Falcon (1941)
10) Double Indemnity (1944)
11) Chinatown (1974)
12) The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
13) Gaslight (1944)
14) Last Year In Marienbad (1961)

Movie Recommendation Categories By Genre Part V

The following series of films are classified under:
Silent 


1) The Jazz Singer (1927)
2) Sunrise: A Story of Two Humans (1927)
3) The Great Train Robbery (1903)
4) The Kid (1921)
5) The Gold Rush (1925)
6) Metropolis (1927)
7) The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
8) Nosferatu (1922)
9) Battleship Potempkin (1925)
10) The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
11) City Lights (1931)
12) The Artist (2011)
13) The General (1926)
14) Intolerance (1916)
15) The Birth of a Nation (1915)

Movie Recommendation Categories By Genre Part IV

The following series of films are classified under:
War: 


1) All Quiet On The Western Front (1930)
2) Inglorious Basterds (2009)
3) The Longest Day (1962)
4) Platoon (1986)
5) The Great Escape (1963)
6) M.A.S.H. (1970)
7) Das Boot (1981)
8) Alexander Nevsky (1938)
9) Battle of Algiers (1966)
10) Apocalypse Now (1979)
11) The Deer Hunter (1978)
12) Gone With The Wind (1939)
13) Paths of Glory (1957)
14) Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
15) Saving Private Ryan (1998)
16) The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
17) Patton (1970)
18) Bridge On The River Kwai (1957)
19) Mrs. Miniver (1942)
20) The Dirty Dozen (1967)
21) In Which We Serve (1942)
22) The Hurt Locker (2009)
23) Full Metal Jacket (1987)
24) Come and See (1986)
25) The Grand Illusion (1937)

Movie Recommendation Categories By Genre Part III

The following series of films are classified under:
Drama 


Prison Drama
1) Midnight Express (1978)
2) The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
3) Stalag 17 (1953)
4) Monster's Ball (2001)
5) The Grand Illusion (1937)
6) Cool Hand Luke (1967)
7) The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)

Sports Drama
1) Rocky (1976)
2) Raging Bull (1980)
3) The Fighter (2010)
4) Field of Dreams (1989)
5) Invictus (2009)
6) The Blind Side (2009)
7) Million Dollar Baby (2004)
8) The Color of Money (1986)

Metaphysical/Spiritual/Religious Drama
1) The Seventh Seal (1957)
2) Tree of Life (2011)
3) Fanny and Alexander (1982)
4) The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
5) The Grey (2012)
6) Wild Strawberries (1957)
7) What Dreams May Come (1998)
9) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Roadtrip Drama
1) Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001)
2) Thelma and Louise (1991)
3) Rain Man (1988)
4) Paris, Texas (1984)
5) Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
6) The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)

Courtroom Drama 
1)...And Justice For All (1979)
2) A Few Good Men (1992)
3) 12 Angry Men (1957)
4) Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
5) To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)

Family Drama
1) The Godfather (1972)
2) The Godfather Part II (1974)
3) Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (1958)
4) Autumn Sonata (1978)
5) The Descendants (2011)
6) Tender Mercies (1983)
7) 21 Grams (2003)
8) Blue Valentine (2011)
9) Biutiful (2011)
10) Amores Perros (2000)
11) A Separation (2012)
12) Ordinary People (1980)
13) A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
14) Cries and Whispers (1972)
15) Sophie's Choice (1982)
16) Amarcord (1973)
17) Gone With The Wind (1939)
18) Giant (1957)
19) Mystic River (2003)
20) The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
21) You Can't Take It With You (1938)
22) The Best Years Of Our Lives (1946)
23) A Tokyo Story (1953)
24) It's A Wonderful Life (1947)
25) Kramer Vs. Kramer (1979)
26) The Fighter (2010)
27) Please Give (2010)
28) The Virgin Suicides (1999)
29) The Little Foxes (1941)
30) Jezebel (1938)
31) Trust (2011)
32) Precious (2009)
33) Julietta of the Spirits (1965)
34) Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
35) The Accidental Tourist (1988)
36) Win-Win (2011)
37) Beginners (2011)
38) Rabbit Hole (2010)
39) East of Eden (1955)
40) The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
41) Monster's Ball (2001)
42) Tree of Life (2011)
43) Paris, Texas (1984)
44) Into The Wild (2007)

Sexual/Psychological Drama 
1) The Snake Pit (1948)
2) Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
3) Last Year In Marienbad (1961)
4) Persona (1966)
5) In The Realm of Senses (1976)
6) Knife In The Water (1962)

Historical Drama 
1) The Last Emperor (1987)
2) Alexander Nevsky (1938)
3) Battle of Algiers (1966)
4) Marie Antoinette (2006)
5) Dangerous Liaisons (1989)
6) Andrei Rublev (1966)
7) Ivanhoe (1952)
8) Dances With Wolves (1990)
9) Young Mr. Lincoln (1931)
10) Gladiator (2000)
11) Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
12) Ivan The Terrible (1944)
13) A Man For All Seasons (1966)
14) Schindler's List (1993)
15) Gangs of New York (2002)
16) Ray (2004)
17) Amadeus (1984)
18) Queen Margot (1994)
19) Gandhi (1982)
20) From Here To Eternity (1953)
21) Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972)
22) There Will Be Blood (2007)

Political Drama
1) State of Play (2009)
2) Syriana (2005)
3) The Ides of March (2011)
4) The Constant Gardener (2005)
5) All The President's Men (1977)
6) Frost/Nixon (2008)

Costume Drama 
1) A Room With A View (1986)
2) My Fair Lady (1964)
3) Fanny and Alexander (1982)
4) Barry Lyndon (1975)
5) Gone With The Wind (1939)

Music Drama
1) Shine (1996)
2) New York, New York (1977)
3) Crazy Heart (2009)
4) Nashville (1975)
5) Ray (2004)
6) Amadeus (1984)

War-Related Dramas
1) Mrs. Miniver (1942)
2) Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
3) Come and See (1985)
4) Dances With Wolves (1990)
5) The Remains of the Day (1993)
6) Platoon (1986)
7) Patton (1970)
8) Apocalypse Now (1979)
9) The Great Escape (1963)
10) The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957)
11) Das Boot (1981)
12) Alexander Nevsky (1938)
13) The Battle of Algiers (1966)
14) Gone With The Wind (1939)
15) Australia (2008)
16) Paths of Glory (1957)
17) Casablanca (1943)
18) The King's Speech (2011)
19) The Deer Hunter (1978)
20) Schindler's List (1993)
21) From Here To Eternity (1953)
22) Full Metal Jacket (1987)

Social Dramas 
1) We Need To Talk About Kevin (2012)
2) Trust (2011)
3) The Informer (1935)
4) The Ides of March (2011)
5) Pelle The Conqueror (1987)
6) And Justice For All (1979)
7) The Conformist (1970)
8) The Lost Weekend (1945)
9) Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
10) Serpico (1973)
11) 12 Angry Men (1957)
12) Amores Perros (2000)
13) 21 Grams (2003)
14) Babel (2006)
15) Biutiful (2011)
16) The Truman Show (1998)
17) A Few Good Men (1992)
18) The Snake Pit (1948)
19) Traffic (2000)
20) Wall Street (1987)
21) Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
22) The Conversation (1974)
23) Invictus (2009)
24) Michael Clayton (2007)
25) The Lives of Others (2006)
26) All That Heaven Allows (1955)
27) The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
28) Easy Rider (1969)
29) A Place In The Sun (1951)
30) The Social Network (2010)
31) The Battle of Algiers (1966)
32) Do The Right Thing (1989)
33) Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939)
34) Rules of the Game (1939)
35) Bicycle Thieves (1948)
36) To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)
37) On The Waterfront (1954)
38) Giant (1957)
39) Young Mr. Lincoln
40) The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
41) Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
42) Guess Who's Coming To Dinner? (1967)
43) In The Heat of the Night (1967)
44) Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
45) Milk (2008)
46) Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
47) Taxi Driver (1976)
48) Fellini's Roma (1972)
49) Queen Margot (1994)
50) Gandhi (1982)
51) A Clockwork Orange (1971)
52) La Dolce Vita (1960)
53) Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
54) There Will Be Blood (2007)
55) Midnight Cowboy (1969)
56) Blue Velvet (1986)
57) The Conversation (1974)

Intimate Personal/Interpersonal Dramas 
1) Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (1958)
2) A Separation (2012)
3) Ordinary People (1980)
4) The Descendants (2011)
5) Tender Mercies (1983)
6) New York, New York (1977)
7) Young Adult (2011)
8) All About My Mother (1999)
9) Catch Me If You Can (2002)
10) We Need To Talk About Kevin (2012)
11) Trust (2011)
12) Paris, Texas (1984)
13) Blue Valentine (2011)
14) Pelle The Conqueror (1987)
15) Rain Man (1987)
16) The Lost Weekend (1945)
17) Rabbit Hole (2010)
18) Up In The Air (2009)
19) Jezebel (1938)
20) Raise The Red Lantern (1991)
21) Match Point (2005)
22) East of Eden (1955)
23) Ossessione (1948)
24) Autumn Sonata (1978)
25) An Education (2009)
26) Short Cuts (1993)
27) The Road (2009)
28) A Single Man (2009)
29) Broken Embraces (2009)
30) Sideways (2004)
31) Precious (2009)
32) Win-Win (2011)
33) Beginners (2011)
34) Remains of the Day (1993)
35) The Accidental Tourist (1988)
36) The Blind Side (2009)
37) The White Sheik (1952)
38) Monster (2003)
39) A Room With A View (1986)
40) Of Gods And Men (2011)
41) Hearts In Atlantis (2001)
42) Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
43) Julie & Julia (2009)
44) The Big Chill (1983)
45) Biutiful (2011)
46) Last Tango In Paris (1972)
47) Please Give (2010)
48) Year of the Dog (2007)
49) All That Heaven Allows (1955)
50) My Left Foot (1989)
51) Citizen Kane (1941)
52) A Tokyo Story (1953)
53) In The Mood For Love (2002)
54) Lost In Translation (2003)
55) A Place In The Sun (1951)
56) The Social Network (2010)
57) The Fighter (2010)
58) Kramer Vs. Kramer (1979)
59) Les Liaisons Dangereuses (1959)
60) Blue Angel (1930)
61) It's A Wonderful Life (1947)
62) Monster's Ball (2001)
63) Casablanca (1943)
64) You Can't Take It With You (1938)
65) Bicycle Thieves (1948)
66) The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
67) To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)
68) Giant (1957)
69) La Strada (1954)
70) The King's Speech (2010)
71) Fallen Angels (1995)
72) The Last Picture Show (1971)
73) Mystic River (2003)
74) Million Dollar Baby (2004)
75) The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
76) The African Queen (1951)
77) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
78) Capote (2005)
79) Rebel Without A Cause (1955)
80) The Graduate (1967)
81) Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1949)
82) The 400 Blows (1959)
83) American Graffiti (1973)
84) The Deer Hunter (1978)
85) Milk (2008)
86) Doubt (2008)
87) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
88) Before The Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
89) Taxi Driver (1976)
90) Raging Bull (1980)
91) Cinema Paradiso (1989)
92) Talk To Her (2002)
93) A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
94) Wuthering Heights (1939)
95) Ray (2004)
96) Amadeus (1984)
97) From Here To Eternity (1953)
98) Persona (1966)
99) High Noon (1952)
100) Cries And Whispers (1972)
101) Leaving Las Vegas (1996)
102) Chocolat (2001)
103) Sophie's Choice (1982)
104) Edward Scissorhands (1990)
105) Julietta of the Spirits (1965)
106) Scent of a Woman (1992)
107) Midnight Cowboy (1969)
108) Field of Dreams (1989)
109) The Sea Inside (2004)
110) Fargo (1996)

Multi-Story/Hyperlink Dramas
1) Rashomon (1950)
2) I Vitelloni (1953)
3) Amores Perros (2000)
4) Pulp Fiction (1994)
5) 21 Grams (2003)
6) Babel (2006)
7) Short Cuts (1993)
8) Traffic (2000)
9) Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
10) The Great Escape (1963)
11) The Big Chill (1983)
12) Do The Right Thing (1989)
13) Rules of the Game (1938)
14) Children of Paradise (1945)
15) The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
16) Magnolia (1999)
17) The Last Picture Show (1971)
18) The Grand Hotel (1932)
19) La Dolce Vita (1960)
20) American Graffiti (1973)
21) Nashville (1975)

Biopic/Based-On-True-Story Drama
1) Midnight Express (1978)
2) The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
3) Serpico (1973)
4) The Last Emperor (1987)
5) Of Gods And Men (2011)
6) Invictus (2009)
7) Julie & Julia (2009)
8) Into The Wild (2007)
9) Alexander Nevsky (1938)
10) Monster (2003)
11) Andrei Rublev (1966)
12) Boys Don't Cry (1999)
13) Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
14) Catch Me If You Can (2002)
15) Shine (1996)
16) The Social Network (2010)
17) The Fighter (2010)
18) My Left Foot (1989)
19) Ivan The Terrible (1944)
20) The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
21) Marie Antoinette (2006)
22) Young Mr. Lincoln (1931)
23) The King's Speech (2010)
24) The Untouchables (1987)
25) Public Enemies (2009)
26) Zodiac (2007)
27) Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
28) Apollo 13 (1995)
29) A Beautiful Mind (2001)
30) A Man For All Seasons (1966)
31) Patton (1970)
32) Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
33) All the President's Men (1977)
34) Milk (2008)
35) Frost/Nixon (2008)
36) Raging Bull (1980)
37) Goodfellas (1990)
38) Schindler's List (1993)
39) The Aviator (2004)
40) Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
41) Ray (2004)
42) Amadeus (1984)
43) Gandhi (1982)

Action Drama
1) No Country For Old Men (2007)
2) Gladiator (2000)
3) Spartacus (1960)
4) The Grey (2012)
5) Inglorious Basterds (2009)
6) Dances With Wolves (1990)
7) True Grit (2010)
8) Mutiny On The Bounty (1935)
9) Public Enemies (2009)
10) High Sierra (1941)
11) The Hurt Locker (2009)
12) City of God (2002)
13) Ben-Hur (1959)
14) Seven Samurai (1954)
15) Unforgiven (1992)
16) The African Queen (1951)
17) Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
18) The French Connection (1971)
19) Bonnie & Clyde (1967)
20) The Wild Bunch (1969)
21) Apocalypse Now (1979)

Romantic Drama
1) Dr. Zhivago (1965)
2) Broken Embraces (2010)
3) Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001)
4) Blue Valentine (2011)
5) The Accidental Tourist (1988)
6) Match Point (2005)
7) A Room With A View (1986)
8) A Place In The Sun (1951)
9) Jezebel (1938)
10) All That Heaven Allows (1955)
11) Last Year In Marienbad (1961)
12) In The Realm of Senses (1976)
13) In The Mood For Love (2002)
14) The Remains of the Day (1993)
15) Lost In Translation (2003)
16) West Side Story (1961)
17) Dangerous Liaisons (1989)
18) Les Liaisons Dangereuses (1959)
19) Cruel Intentions (1999)
20) Breathless (1960)
21) Gone With The Wind (1939)
22) Rules of the Game (1938)
23) Casablanca (1943)
24) The Graduate (1967)
25) Wuthering Heights (1939)
26) From Here To Eternity (1953)
27) 8 1/2 (1963)
28) L'Avventura (1960)
29) Lolita (1962)
30) Blue Angel (1930)
31) Leaving Las Vegas (1996)
32) Chocolat (2001)

Epic Drama
1) Spartacus (1960)
2) Ben-Hur (1959)
3) Gladiator (2000)
4) Gone With The Wind (1939)
5) Avatar (2009)
6) Doctor Zhivago (1965)
7) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Show-Biz Drama
1) 8 1/2 (1963)
2) New York, New York (1977)
3) All About Eve (1950)
4) All About My Mother (1999)
5) Children of Paradise (1945)
6) La Dolce Vita (1960)
7) Nashville (1975)

Movie Recommendation Categories By Genre Part II

The second series of films are classified under:
Comedy: 


Black/Dark Comedy/Satire 
1) Kick-Ass (2010)
2) Dogma (2000)
3) The King of Comedy (1983)
4) Pulp Fiction (1994)
5) The Truman Show (1998)
6) Network (1976)
7) Fargo (1996)
8) Thank You For Smoking (2005)
9) After Hours (1985)
10) Hancock (2008)
11) Bulworth (1998)
12) Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
13) Volver (2006)
14) Funny Games (2007)
15) Wag The Dog (1997)
16) Man Bites Dog (1992)
17) Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb (1966)
18) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
19) American Beauty (1999)

Action Comedies
1) Kick-Ass (2010)
2) Inglorious Basterds (2009)
3) Tropic Thunder (2008)
4) Pineapple Express (2008)
5) Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (2010)

Gender Comedies
1) Tootsie (1982)
2) Some Like It Hot (1959)
3) The Ugly Truth (2009)
4) My Fair Lady (1964)
5) Women On The Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
6) Adam's Rib (1949)

Classic/Screwball Comedy 
1) The Philadelphia Story (1940)
2) The Graduate (1967)
3) My Fair Lady (1964)
4) The Lady Eve (1941)
5) Tootsie (1982)
6) Some Like It Hot (1959)
7) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
8) Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb (1966)
9) To Be Or Not To Be (1942)
10) Mr. Deeds Goes To Town (1936)
11) The Kid (1921)
12) Duck Soup (1933)
13) A Night At The Opera (1935)
14) Modern Times (1936)
15) The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)
16) Sullivan's Travels (1941)
17) Passport To Pimlico (1949)
18) M.A.S.H. (1970)
19) Gold Rush (1925)
20) City Lights (1931)
21) All About Eve (1950)
22) Blazing Saddles (1974)
23) His Girl Friday (1940)
24) Lolita (1962)
25) The General (1926)
26) Adam's Rib (1949)
27) Bringing Up Baby (1938)
28) The Apartment (1960)
29) It Happened One Night (1934)

Slapstick/Physical Comedy
1) Tropic Thunder (2008)
2) Pineapple Express (2008)
3) Duck Soup (1933)
4) A Night At The Opera (1935)
5) Modern Times (1936)
6) Gold Rush (1925)
7) City Lights (1931)
8) His Girl Friday (1940)
9) The General (1926)
10) The Kid (1921)
11) The Artist (2011)
12) Role Models (2008)
13) I Love You Man (2009)
14) Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (2010)
15) The Naked Gun (1986)
16) Cedar Rapids (2011)

Spoof/Send-Up/Parody
1) Kick-Ass (2010)
2) Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (2010)
3) Blazing Saddles (1974)
4) The Naked Gun (1986)

Gross-Out Comedies
1) The Hangover (2009)
2) Bridesmaids (2011)
3) Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
4) Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008)

Witty Comedies 
1) Waking Ned Devine (1998)
2) Catch Me If You Can (2002)
3) Click (2006)
4) Amelie (2001)
5) The Men Who Stare At Goats (2009)
6) Adaptation (2002)
7) I Heart Huckabees (2004)
8) The Big Lebowski (1998)
9) All About Eve (1950)
10) His Girl Friday (1940)
11) Lolita (1962)

12) The Philadelphia Story (1940) 

13) The Graduate (1967) 

14) My Fair Lady (1964) 

15) The Lady Eve (1941) 

16) Tootsie (1982) 

17) Some Like It Hot (1959) 

18) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) 

19) Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb (1966) 

20) To Be Or Not To Be (1942) 

21) Sullivan's Travels (1941) 

22) The King of Comedy (1983) 

23) Network (1976) 

24) Thank You For Smoking (2005) 

25) Bulworth (1998) 

26) Wag The Dog (1997) 

27) American Beauty (1999) 

28) Adam's Rib (1949) 

29) Bringing Up Baby (1938)
30) The Apartment (1960) 

Romantic Comedies 

1) The Lady Eve (1941) 

2) The Philadelphia Story (1940) 

3) Adam's Rib (1949) 

4) My Fair Lady (1964) 

5) The Holiday (2006) 

6) Love Actually (2003) 

7) Midnight In Paris (2011) 

8) Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) 

9) Mr. Deeds Goes To Town (1936) 

10) The Ugly Truth (2009) 

11) Lost In Translation (2003) 

12) The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) 

13) Bringing Up Baby (1938) 

14) The Graduate (1967) 

15) Annie Hall (1977) 

16) Manhattan (1978) 

17) Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) 

18) 17 Again (2009)
19) 500 Days of Summer (2009)
20) It Happened One Night (1934)
21) The Apartment (1960)
22) Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) 

Serious/Dramatic Comedies 

1) Catch Me If You Can (2002) 

2) Young Adult (2011) 

3) The Descendants (2011) 

4) Click (2006) 

5) The Artist (2011) 

6) Sideways (2004) 

7) Adaptation (2002) 

8) Lolita (1962)
9) Network (1976)
10) The Truman Show (1998)
11) Pulp Fiction (1994)
12) American Beauty (1999) 

Movie Recommendation Categories By Genre Part I

The first series of film categories are classified under:
Gangster/Crime:

Italian Mafia Flicks: 
1) The Godfather (1972)
2) The Godfather Part II (1974)
3) Mean Streets (1973)
4) Casino (1995)
5) The Untouchables (1987)
6) Goodfellas (1990)
7) Key Largo (1948)
8) Kick-Ass (2010)

Classic Gangsters/Prohibition Era
1) The Untouchables (1987)
2) Scarface (1932)
3) The Informer (1935)
4) Key Largo (1948)
5) Bonnie & Clyde (1967)
6) The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
7) High Sierra (1941)
8) White Heat (1949)
9) Public Enemies (2009)
10) The Godfather (1972)
11) The Godfather Part II (1974)
12) Pulp Fiction (1994)

Heist/Robbery/Hostage Pictures 
1) Inside Man (2006)
2) Drive (2011)
3) Fargo (1994)
4) Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
5) Reservoir Dogs (1992)
6) Public Enemies (2009)
7) Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

"Entourage" Crime Movies 
1) Reservoir Dogs (1992)
2) Public Enemies (2009)
3) White Heat (1948)
4) The Untouchables (1987)
5) Mean Streets (1973)
6) Usual Suspects (1995)

Historical/Foreign Crime Flicks
1) Amores Perros (2000)
2) Biutiful (2011)
3) City of God (2002)
4) Breathless (1960)
5) Ossessione (1943)
6) Gangs of New York (2002)

Drug-Related Crime Films
1) Traffic (2000)
2) City of God (2002)
3) The French Connection (1971)
4) Kick-Ass (2010)
5) Scarface (1983)

Films Involving/Including Miscellaneous Crime (Nature of Crime Listed)
1) 21 Grams (2003)- Attempted Murder, Hit & Run Accident
2) Amores Perros (2000)- Dog Fighting, Murder, Kidnapping
3) Blue Velvet (1986)- Dog Fighting, Sexual Assault, Attempted Murder
4) Biutiful (2011)- Illegal Immigration
5) Serpico (1973)- Police Corruption
6) Fargo (1996)- Kidnapping
7) Monster (2003)- Murder, Prostitution
8) Trust (2011)- Child Sexual Assault
9) Dirty Harry (1973)- Serial Killing
10) Pulp Fiction (1994)- Hit Men
11) On The Waterfront (1954)- Labor Union Mobsters
12) Thelma & Louise (1991)- Murder, Attempted Rape, Theft
13) In The Heat of the Night (1967)- Murder
14) Zodiac (2007)- Serial Murder

Movie Recommendation Categories Part XVII

Movies In Which Characters Possess (Or Aspire To Possess) Special/Superhuman Strengths Or Abilities

1) Kick-Ass (2010)
2) Hancock (2008)
3) Aladdin (1992)
4) Gladiator (2000)
5) The Dark Knight (2008)
6) Avatar (2009)
7) Catch Me If You Can (2002)
8) Peter Pan (1953)
9) The Sixth Sense (1999)
10) Top Gun (1986)
11) The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
12) Captain America (2011)
13) Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (2010)
14) Olympia (1938)
15) S.A.L.T. (2010)
16) Shine (1996)
17) Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
18) Wanted (2008)
19) Sherlock Holmes (2009)
20) Thor (2011)
21) Amadeus (1984)
22) The A-Team (2010)
23) Taken (2009)
24) Quantum of Solace (2008)
25) Casino Royale (2006)
26) Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (2011)
27) Robin Hood (1973)
28) Carrie (1976)
29) Limitless (2011)
30) A Beautiful Mind (2001)
31) Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
32) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
33) Indiana Jones (all) (1981, 1984, 1989, 2008)
34) Lord of the Rings (all) (2001, 2002, 2003)
35) The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
36) The Aviator (2002)

Movie Recommendation Categories Part XVI

Movies That Are About (Or Include) Singers, Musicians, Or Other Types Of Performers

1) Crazy Heart (2009): Country Singer
2) Tender Mercies (1983): Country Singer
3) Amadeus (1984): Classical Pianist
4) Ray (2004): Soul/R&B Singer/Player
5) The Artist (2011): Hollywood Actor
6) 42nd Street (1933): Broadway Dancers
7) The Jazz Singer (1927): Stage Singer
8) The Sound of Music (1965): Family Choir
9) Black Swan (2010): Ballerina
10) New York, New York (1977): Saxophonist/Singer/Actress
11) Nashville (1975): Various Musicians
12) Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (2010): Rock Band
13) Love Actually (2006): Rock Musician
14) Mulholland Drive (2000): Actresses/Actors
15) All About My Mother (1999): Actresses
16) Olympia (1938): Olympic Athletes
17) Shine (1996): Pianist
18) Nine (2009): Singers/Dancers/Actresses
19) Ben-Hur (1959): Chariot Racers
20) Blue Angel (1930): Stage Performer
21) Singin' In The Rain (1952): Actors/Singers
22) Tootsie (1982): TV Actor
23) All About Eve (1950): Broadway Actresses
24) Swing Time (1936): Dancers
25) Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942): Singer/Songwriter
26) A Night At The Opera (1935): Opera Performers
27) Cabaret (1972): Nightclub Performers/Singers
28) The Smiling Lieutenant (1931): Musicians/Pianists
29) The Color of Money (1986): Pool Players
30) The King of Comedy (1983): Talk Show Host/Comedian

Movie Recommendation Categories Part XIV

Movies About Class Struggles And/Or Social Inequality

1) A Place In The Sun (1951)
2) A Separation (2012)
3) Match Point (2005)
4) 21 Grams (2003)
5) Amores Perros (2000)
6) The Godfather (1972)
7) The Godfather Part II (1974)
8) Scarface (1932 and 1983)
9) Barry Lyndon (1975)
10) My Fair Lady (1964)
11) Mr. Deeds Goes To Town (1936)
12) Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001)
13) The Inside Job (2010)
14) All That Heaven Allows (1955)
15) The Blind Side (2009)
16) Raise The Red Lantern (1991)
17) Cinderella (1950)
18) Robin Hood (1973)
19) City of Good (2002)
20) The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
21) The Social Network (2010)
22) West Side Story (1961)
23) Marie Antoinette (2006)
24) Do The Right Thing (1989)
25) Rules of the Game (1939)
26) You Can't Take It With You (1938)
27) Bicycle Thieves (1949)
28) Giant (1957)
29) The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
30) Babel (2006)
31) Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
32) Queen Margot (1994)
33) Gangs of New York (2002)
34) Pelle The Conqueror (1987)

Movie Recommendation Categories Part XIII

Movies that are about rocky marriages and/or divorce
(to show that the conflicts of marriage transcend time, space, and culture, listed alongside the movies are the settings in which the films take place)

1) Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (1958). America (South). 20th Century.
2) The Descendants (2011). America (Hawaii). 21st Century.
3) The Kids Are Alright (2010). America (California). 21st Century.
4) Ordinary People (1980). America (Michigan). 20th Century.
5) New York, New York (1977) America (New York). 20th Century.
6) Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008). Spain. 21st Century.
7) Blue Valentine (2011). America (New York/Pennsylvania). 21st Century.
8) Rabbit Hole (2010). America (New York). 21st Century.
9) Ossessione (1948). Italy. 20th Century.
10) The White Sheik (1952). Italy. 20th Century.
11) Julietta of the Spirits (1965). Italy. 20th Century.
12) Sunrise: A Story of Two Humans (1929). Germany. 20th Century
13) Nine (2009). Italy. 20th/21st Century
14) Please Give (2010). America (New York). 21st Century.
15) In The Mood For Love (2002). China. 20th Century.
16) Lost In Translation (2003). Tokyo, Japan. 21st Century.
17) Kramer Vs. Kramer (1979). America (New York). 20th Century.
18) Gone With The Wind (1939). America (South). 19th Century.
19) A Streetcar Named Desire (1951). America (New Orleans). 20th Century.
20) Jezebel (1938). America (New Orleans). 19th Century.
21) The Philadelphia Story (1942). America. 20th Century.
22) A Separation (2012). Iran. 21st Century.
23) Eyes Wide Shut (1999). America (New York). 20th Century.

Movie Recommendation Categories Part XII

Movies About Mentally Disturbed Women

1) Marnie (1964)
2) The Snake Pit (1948)
3) Black Swan (2010)
4) Mulholland Drive (2000)
5) Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? (1962)
6) Rosemary's Baby (1968)
7) Shutter Island (2010)
8) Julietta of the Spirits (1965)
9) Monster (2003)
10) Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
11) Carrie (1976)
12) The Virgin Suicides (1999)
13) Gaslight (1944)
14) A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
15) Persona (1966)

Movie Recommendation Categories Part XI

Movies Where Torture, Assassinations, Crucifixions, And/Or Executions Occur.

1) Midnight Express (1978)
2) Kick-Ass (2010)
3) District 9 (2009)
4) The Dark Knight (2008)
5) Inglorious Basterds (2009)
6) We Need To Talk About Kevin (2012)
7) Wanted (2008)
8) Syriana (2005)
9) The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
10) The Debt (2011)
11) The Strangers (2008)
12) S.A.L.T. (2010)
13) Bulworth (1998)
14) Come and See (1986)
15) The Conformist (1970)
16) Once Upon A Time In The West (1968)
17) Casino Royale (2006)
18) Incendies (2011)
19) Sherlock Holmes (2009)
20) Traffic (2000)
21) Of Gods And Men (2011)
22) The Great Escape (1963)
23) The A-Team (2010)
24) Taken (2009)
25) Scarface (1983)
26) Limitless (2011)
27) Casino (1995)
28) Ben-Hur (1959)
29) A Place In The Sun (1951)
30) Battle of Algiers (1966)
31) The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
32) The Seventh Seal (1957)
33) Usual Suspects (1995)
34) Spartacus (1960)
35) Gladiator (2000)
36) Paths of Glory (1957)
37) The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
38) In The Line of Fire (1993).
39) The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
40) Network (1976)
41) Capote (2005)
42) True Grit (2010)
43) The Godfather (1972)
44) The Godfather Part II (1974)
45) Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
46) Apocalypse Now (1979)
47) The Deer Hunter (1978)
48) The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
49) Schindler's List (1993)
50) Reservoir Dogs (1992)
51) Gangs of New York (2002)
52) Funny Games (2007)
53) Man Bites Dog (1992)
54) 3:10 To Yuma (2007)
55) Public Enemies (2009)
56) Gandhi (1982)
57) A Clockwork Orange (1971)
58) The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Movie Recommendation Categories Part X

Movies With Notable Heroes, Anti-Heroes, And/Or Villains:

1) The Godfather Part II (1974). Villain: Michael Corleone
2) Jaws (1975). Villain: The Shark
3) No Country For Old Men (2007). Villain: Anton Chigurh
4) ...And Justice For All (1979). Hero: Arthur Kirkland
5) The Count of Monte Cristo (2002). Villains: Fernand Mondego, J.F. Villefort, and Danglars. Hero: Edmond Dantes (a.k.a. "The Count of Monte Cristo")
6) Hancock (2008). Anti-Hero: John Hancock
7) Gaslight (1944). Villain: Gregory Anton
8) Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? (1962). Villain: Baby Jane Hudson
9) Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011). Villain: Dodge Landon
10) Cloverfield (2008). Villain: The Monster
11) Psycho (1960). Villain: Norman Bates
12) Kick-Ass (2010). Villain: Frank D'Amico. Heroes: Kick-Ass and Hit-Girl. Anti-Hero: Big Daddy
13) Drive (2011). Villains: Bernie Rose and Nino. Anti-Hero: Driver
14) The Jungle Book (1967). Villain: Shere Khan
15) Dances With Wolves (1990). Villains: The Union Army.
16) E.T.: Extra Terrestrial (1982). Hero: E.T.
17) Monster (2003). Villain: Aileen Wuornos
18) The Sound of Music (1965). Hero: Maria. Villains: The Nazi Army
19) Die Hard (1988). Villain: Hans Gruber Hero: John McLean
20) Shadow of a Doubt (1943). Villain: Charlie
21) Snow White And The Seven Dwarves (1937). Villain: The Queen
22) A Few Good Men (1992). Villain: Colonel Jessup
23) Precious (2009). Villain: Mary Jones
24) True Grit (1969 and 2010). Villain: Tom Chaney. Anti-Hero: Rooster Cogburn
25) Aliens (1986). Hero: Ellen Ripley
26) Mrs. Miniver (1941). Hero: Mrs. Miniver
27) Captain America (2011). Hero: Steve Rogers (a.k.a. "Captain America) Villain: Johann Schmidt (a.k.a. "Red Skull")
28) Horrible Bosses (2011). Villain: Dave Harken
29) Trust (2011). Villain: "Charlie"
30) The Debt (2011) Villain: Dieter Vogel
31) We Need To Talk About Kevin (2012). Villain: Kevin
32) The Source Code (2011). Hero: Colter Stevens
33) For A Few Dollars More (1965). Hero: Monco
34) Serpico (1973). Hero: Frank Serpico
35) Rosemary's Baby (1968). Villain: Satan
36) Scarface (1932). Villain: Tony Camonte
37) Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011). Hero: Jack Sparrow
38) The Conformist (1970). Villain: Marcello Clerici
39) Once Upon A Time In The West (1968). Villain: Frank
40) Key Largo (1948). Villain: Johnny Rocco
41) Sherlock Holmes (2009). Heros: Sherlock Holmes and John Watson. Villain: Lord Blackwood
42) Thor (2011). Hero: Thor Villain: Loki
43) Wall Street (1987). Villain: Gordon Gekko
44) Blue Velvet (1986). Villain: Frank Booth
45) Pineapple Express (2008). Villain: Ted Jones
46) Aladdin (1992). Hero: Aladdin Villain: Jafar
47) Little Mermaid (1989). Heros: Ariel, Eric, Sebastian, Triton. Villains: Ursula, Flotsam and Jetsam
48) Beauty and the Beast (1991). Heros: The Beast, Belle. Villain: Gaston
49) The Great Mouse Detective (1986). Heros: Basil of Baker Street, David Dawson. Villain: Professor Ratigan
50) Cinderella (1950). Hero: Cinderella, The Fairy Godmother Villain: The Stepmother and Sisters
51) Pinocchio (1940). Hero: Jiminy Cricket, Pinocchio Villain: Stromboli, Lampwick
52) 101 Dalmatians (1961). Villain: Cruella De Ville
53) The Fox and the Hound (1981). Villain: Amos
54) Robin Hood (1973). Heros: Robin Hood, Little John. Villains: Prince John, Sir Hiss, Friar Tuck
55) The Big Sleep (1946). Hero: Philip Marlowe
56) The Little Foxes (1941). Villain: Regina Giddens
57) Taken (2009). Hero: Bryan Mills
58) Dogma (2000). Villains: Loki and Bartleby
59) From Hell (2002). Villain: Jack The Ripper
60) Boys Don't Cry (1999). Villains: John Lotter and Tom Nissen
61) Dressed To Kill (1980). Villain: Dr. Robert Elliot
62) Limitless (2011). Villain: The Man In The Tan Coat
63) The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920). Villain: Cesare
64) Nosferatu (1922). Villain: Graf Orlok/Nosferatu
65) Cruel Intentions (1999). Villain: Kathryn Merteuil
66) The Shawshank Redemption (1994). Villain: Warden Norton
67) The Graduate (1967). Villain: Mrs. Robinson
68) Night of the Hunter (1955). Villain: Reverend Harry Powell
69) Usual Suspects (1995). Villain: Roger "Verbil" Kent
70) Dangerous Liaisons (1988). Villains: Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil and Vicomte Sebastien de Valmont
71) The Wizard of Oz (1939). Villain: The Wicked Witch of the West
72) Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939). Hero: Jefferson Smith
73) It's a Wonderful Life (1946). Villain: Mr. Potter
74) Casino (1995). Villains: Nicky Santoro, Frank Marino
75) Frankenstein (1931). Villain: The Monster
76) The Maltese Falcon (1941). Hero: Samuel Spade
77) Casablanca (1943). Hero: Rick Blaine
78) The Virgin Spring (1960). Villains: The Herdsmen
79) To Kill A Mockingbird (1962). Hero: Atticus Finch
80) Diabolique (1955). Villains: Nicole Horner and Michel Delassalle
81) The Manchurian Candidate (1962). Villain: Mrs. Iselin
82) On The Waterfront (1954). Hero: Terry Malloy
83) Strangers On A Train (1951). Villain: Bruno Antony
84) Young Mr. Lincoln (1939). Hero: Abraham Lincoln
85) Shane (1953). Hero: Shane
86) There Will Be Blood (2007). Villain: Daniel Plainview
87) The Untouchables (1987). Heros: Elliot Ness and Jimmy Malone. Villain: Al Capone
88) Zodiac (2007). Villain: Arthur Leigh Allen
89) Schindler's List (1993). Hero: Oskar Schindler. Villain: Amon Goethe
90) The Grapes of Wrath (1940). Hero: Tom Joad
91) A Man For All Seasons (1966). Hero: Sir Thomas Moore
92) The French Connection (1971). Hero: Jimmy "The Popeye" Doyle
93) Fargo (1996). Hero: Marge Gunderson. Villains: Gaear Grimsrud and Carl Showalter
94) All About Eve (1950). Villain: Eve Harrington
95) Gran Torino (2009). Hero: Walter Kowalski
96) Dirty Harry (1971). Hero: Harry Callahan
97) Taxi Driver (1976). Villain: Travis Bickle
98) Goodfellas (1990). Villain: Tommy DeVito
99) Indiana Jones (all) (1981, 1984, 1989, 2008). Hero: Indiana Jones. Villains: The Nazis
100) Lord of the Rings (all) (2001, 2002, 2003). Heros: Frodo Baggins, Samwise Gamgee, Legolas Greenleaf, Gandalf, Aragorn, Boromir, Mary and Pippin. Villain: Saruman, Sauron, the Orks
101) Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972). Villain: Don Lope de Aguirre
102) Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007). Villain: Benjamin Barker (a.k.a. "Sweeney Todd")
103) Reservoir Dogs (1992). Villain: Mr. Blonde
104) A Streetcar Named Desire (1951). Villain: Stanley Kowalski
105) Gangs of New York (2002). Villain: Bill "The Butcher" Cutting
106) Funny Games (2007). Villains: Paul and Peter
107) Man Bites Dog (1992). Villain: Ben
108) Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942). Hero: George M. Cohan
109) Gandhi (1982). Hero: Mahatma Gandhi
110) Double Indemnity (1944). Villain: Phyllis Dietrichson
111) Rear Window (1954). Hero: L.B. "Jeff" Jeffries
112) High Noon (1952). Hero: Will Kane
113) A Clockwork Orange (1971). Villain: Alex
114) White Heat (1949). Villain: Cody Jarrett
115) The Silence of the Lambs (1991). Hero: Clarice Starling. Villain: Hannibal Lecter
116) Chinatown (1974). Villain: Noah Cross

Movie Recommendation Categories Part IX

Movies Where Certain Characters Trade Sides:

1) District 9 (2009)
2) Avatar (2009)
3) Pocahontas (1995)
4) Dances With Wolves (1990)
5) The Last Samurai (2004).
6) The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
7) Wanted (2008)
8) The Ides of March (2011)
9) Red River (1948)
10) Thor (2011)
11) Platoon (1986)
12) Pineapple Express (2008)
13) The Wizard of Oz (1939)
14) Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939)
15) Casino (1995)
16) Goodfellas (1990)
17) Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
18) Schindler's List (1993)
19) A Clockwork Orange (1971)
20) Do The Right Thing (1989)
21) The Lion King (1994)

Movie Recommendation Categories Part VIII

Movies That Involve Or Include A Mater/Pater Dolorosa (In Ancient Greek: "Grieving mother/father"):

1) Rabbit Hole (2011). Both mother and father.
2) 21 Grams (2003). Mother.
3) Ordinary People (1980). Both mother and father.
4) The Informer (1935). Mother.
5) The Accidental Tourist (1988). Both mother and father.
6) Jaws (1975). Mother.
7) Kick-Ass (2010). Father.
8) Autumn Sonata (1978). Mother.
9) Barry Lyndon (1975). Both mother and father.
10) The Sixth Sense (1999). Father.
11) Monster's Ball (2001). Mother.
12) Tree of Life (2011). Both mother and father.
13) Shutter Island (2010). Father.
14) Don't Look Now (1972). Both mother and father.
15) Babel (2006). Both mother and father.
16) What Dreams May Come (1998). Both mother and father.
17) Short Cuts (1992). Both mother and father.
18) Into The Wild (2007). Both mother and father.
19) The Virgin Spring (1960). Father.
20) Mad Max (1979). Father.
21) Mystic River (2003). Father
22). Tender Mercies (1983). Both mother and father.
23) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008). Father.
24) Funny Games (2007). Both mother and father.
25) All About My Mother (1999). Mother.

Movie Recommendation Categories Part VII

Movies That Address Or Include The Issue Of Rape/Attempted Rape:

1) Trust (2011).
2) Boys Don't Cry (1999).
3) The Virgin Spring (1960).
4) Thelma & Louise (1991).
5) Monster (2003).
6) The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2010 and 2011)
7) Leaving Las Vegas (1996).
8) Midnight Express (1978).
9) ...And Justice For All (1977).
10) The Shawshank Redemption (1994).
11) Precious (2009).
12) Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
13) Blue Velvet (1986).
14) A Clockwork Orange (1971).
15) Taken (2009).
16) Man Bites Dog (1992)
17) To Kill A Mockingbird (1962).
18) Serpico (1973).
19) A Streetcar Named Desire (1951).

Movie Recommendation Categories Part VI

Movies Involving Covert/Special/Classified Missions:
(I don't know. Perhaps I should continue further. I might have to kill you, though. Just kidding!)

1) Apocalypse Now (1979). "Terminate with Extreme Prejudice."
2) The Debt (2011).
3) Saving Private Ryan (1998).
4) Avatar (2009). It's time to go blue!
5) Inglorious Basterds (2009). The way people wished that World War II had ended!
6) Field of Dreams (1989). Listen to the voices in the sky: "If you build it, he will come," "ease his pain," "go the distance."
7) Captain America (2011).
8) Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol (2011). "This message will self-destruct in five seconds."
9) Wanted (2008).
10) The Conformist (1970).
11) Shutter Island (2010). Terror outside of Boston Harbor.
12) Dogma (2000). God. Satan. Heaven. Hell. The Thirteenth Apostle.
13) The Manchurian Candidate (1962). Rumored to have influenced the JFK assassination.
14) Lord of the Rings (all) (2001, 2002, 2003): "One ring to rule them all."
15) The Source Code (2011).
16) Wag the Dog (1998).
17) The Black Death (2010). Ring-a-round the rosy, pocket full of posy, ashes, ashes, we all fall down.
18) The Searchers (1956). Influenced both Star Wars and Taxi Driver.
19) The A-Team (2010).
20) Unforgiven (1992).
21) The Lives of Others (2006).
22) 3:10 To Yuma (2007).
23) Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948): "Badges, we don't need no stinking badges!"
24) Indiana Jones (all) (1981, 1984, 1989, 2008). Boulders. Snakes. Nazis. Mummies. Treasure. Crystal Skulls. Archaeology. Fedoras.
25) Inception (2010). A dream within a dream.

Movie Recommendation Categories Part V

Man Vs. Nature Flicks

1) The Birds (1963): the title says it all.
2) Jaws (1975): one voracious, persistent great white shark.
3) Cloverfield (2008): giant monster!
4) The Grey (2012): wolves.
5) Nanook of the North (1922): the icy north.
6) The Black Death (2010): the bubonic plague.
7) 2012 (2009): the apocalypse predicted by the Mayans.
8) Into The Wild (2007): the Alaskan wilderness.
9) King Kong (1933): giant ape!
10 Apollo 13 (1995): outer space.
11) Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972): the jungle, fever, insanity

Movie Recommendation Categories Part IV

Movies That Include Unexpected Pregnancies:

1) Match Point (2005).
2) The Ides of March (2011).
3) A Place In The Sun (1951).
4) 21 Grams (2003).
5) All About My Mother (1999).
6) I Vitelloni (1953).
7) Blue Valentine (2011).
8) Rabbit Hole (2010).
9) Ossessione (1943).
10) Incendies (2011).
11) State of Play (2009).
12) Cabaret (1972).
13) Pelle The Conqueror (1987)

Movie Recommendation Categories Part III

Movies That Deal With The Theme Of Cross-Dressing or Gender Issues/Identity/Humor:

1) Tootsie (1982): Say hello to your newest T.V. host!
2) Some Like It Hot (1959): "Well, nobody's perfect."
3) My Fair Lady (1964): "I could've danced all night!"
4) All About My Mother (1999): A complex tale by Pedro Almodovar involving a grieving mother, cross-dressing, lesbianism, HIV/AIDS, drug use, and theater acting.
5) Boys Don't Cry (1999): The true story of Teena Brandon (a.k.a. Brandon Teena)
6) Dressed To Kill (1982): Michael Caine as you've never seen him before.
7) Adam's Rib (1949): Classic Hepburn-Spacey screwball comedy.

Movie Recommendation Categories Part II

Movies With Open, Unhappy, Or Realistic Endings:
(unfortunately, for this list, I cannot delve into any further detail than the names of the movies, when they were released, and who directed/starred in them. To do otherwise obviously would spoil the films)

1) The Godfather Part II (1974). D: Francis Ford Coppola. Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, James Caan, Diane Keaton
2) The Birds (1963). D: Alfred Hitchcock.
3) No Country For Old Men (2007). D: Joel & Ethan Coen. James Brolin, Javier Bardem, Tommy Lee Jones
4) Midnight Express (1978). D: Alan Parker.
5) Tender Mercies (1983). Robert Duvall
6) A Separation (2012). D: Asghar Farhadi
7) The Grey (2012). Liam Neeson, Durmot Mulroney.
8) Ordinary People (1980). D: Robert Redford. Timothy Hutton, Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch.
9) Cloverfield (2008).
10) New York, New York (1977). D: Martin Scorcese. Robert Deniro, Liza Minelli.
11) 21 Grams (2003). D: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu. Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Benicio Del Toro, Melissa Leo
12) Precious (2009). D: Lee Daniels. Gabore Sidabe, Mo'Nique, Mariah Carey.
13) Psycho (1960). D: Alfred Hitchcock. Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh.
14) Amores Perros (2000). D: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu. Gael Garcia Bernal.
15) Modern Times (1936). D: Charlie Chaplin. Charlie Chaplin.
16) Barry Lyndon (1975). D: Stanley Kubrick.
17) Trust (2011). D: David Schwimmer. Liana Liberato, Clive Owen, Catherine Keener, Viola Davis.
18) All Quiet On The Western Front (1930). D: Lewis Milestone
19) The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999). D: Anthony Minghella. Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Philip Seymour Hoffman
20) Beginners (2011). D: Mike Mills. Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer
21) A Place In The Sun (1951). D: George Stevens. Montgomery Cliff, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters
22) Blue Valentine (2011). Ryan Goseling, Michelle Williams.
23) Rosemary's Baby (1968). D: Roman Polanski. Mia Farrow, John Cassavettes.
24) La Strada (1954). D: Federico Fellini.
25) Come and See (1985).
26) Inception (2010). D: Christopher Nolan. Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Page, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Michael Caine, Marion Cotillard
27) Fanny and Alexander (1982). D: Ingmar Bergman
28) Platoon (1986). D: Oliver Stone. Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Forest Whitaker
29) The Social Network (2010). D: David Fincher. Jesse Eisenberg, Rooney Mara
30) Paths of Glory (1957). D: Stanley Kubrick. Kirk Douglas.
31) Full Metal Jacket (1987). D: Stanley Kubrick.
32) Gone With The Wind (1939). D: Victor Fleming. Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Olivia De Havilland, Hatty McDaniel
33) Casablanca (1942). D: Michael Curtiz. Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Peter Lorre.
34) Network (1976) D: Sidney Lumet. Peter Finch, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Robert Duvall
35) The Graduate (1967). D: Mike Nichols. Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katherine Ross.
36) Apocalypse Now (1979). D: Francis Ford Coppola. Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall, Laurence Fishbourne, Harrison Ford, Dennis Hopper.
37) Taxi Driver (1976). D: Martin Scorcese. Robert Deniro, Harvey Keitel, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepard
38) Leaving Las Vegas (1996). Nicholas Cage, Elizabeth Shue.
39) Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972). D: Werner Herzog.
40) Fargo (1996). D: Joel and Ethan Coen. William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi, Frances McDormand

Movie Recommendation Categories Part I

The following lists of films have been organized not by their genres but rather by a theme, motif, or message that is similar to all of them. 

First List: 

Movies That Significantly Deal With The Theme Of Revenge:

1) 21 Grams (2003) 

 Why The Revenge: Grieving mother loses her family in a hit-and-run car accident. *Note: Revenge in this movie is evocatively unique: you sympathize with all characters. 

2) Trust (2011) 

Why The Revenge: Enraged father seeks vengeance upon the man who targeted his 14-year old daughter from offline and sexually assaulted her. 

3) Godfather Part I and II (1972 and 1974, respectively) 

Why The Revenge: 

Godfather Part I: Because it's business, not personal. 

Godfather Part II: Because it's business, not personal. 

4) The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) 

Why The Revenge: Wrongful Imprisonment. Wife Stolen. Life Ruined. Prison Escape. New Identity. Revenge Exacted Intelligently. 

5) Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street (2007) 

Why The Revenge: Wrongful Imprisonment. Wife Stolen. Life Ruined. Prison Escape. New Identity. Revenge Exacted Through Bloody Murder And Cannibalism. 

6) Office Space (1999) 

Why The Revenge: Because work sucks! 

7) Horrible Bosses (2011) 

Why The Revenge: Because work sucks (but sometimes bosses suck more)! 

8) Carrie (1976) 

Why The Revenge: Pig-Blood. Humiliation.  

9) Ben-Hur (1959) 

Why The Revenge: Enslavement. Betrayal. 

 

10) Amadeus (1984) 

Why The Revenge: Talent. Jealousy.