Ranking all the best movies ever made can at times become an impossible task. Remember the fact that all movies are subjective to the viewer and what one viewer might think as a great film might not be well regarded by somebody else. Whatever be the reason, the best movies of all time can arguably represent the pinnacle of all artistic achievement in the current era and overall it makes them worth celebrating each and every time. Here in this blog, we are going to broadly discuss about the top ten must-watch classic movies of all time.
1. Inception (2010)
In the movie Inception Christopher Nolan once again proved himself to be one of the most ambitious film directors around. The movie follows a team of few thieves having the ability to enter a sleeping person’s dream and then steal their ideas. The lead actor, Leonardo DiCaprio is starred as the team’s leader, trying to pull off even the last score. The great and innovative idea of this movie is backed by Nolan’s stunning visuals. The movie makes for some of the most unforgettable and best-in-class action sequences. Overall this movie is a lot more than any other heist movie and it even contains one of the most debated endings of all time.
2. The Silence Of The Lambs (1991)
This movie The Silence of The Lambs wasn’t the first film to air Hannibal Lecter on a big screen, but it was certainly one of the most impactful of all. From playing the character of an iconic sadist to a lizard-like perfection was none other than actor Anthony Hopkins, engaging in a battle of wits with an FBI agent named Clarice Starling. The film portrays how Anthony Hopkins helped Agent Clarice to track down a serial killer called Buffalo Bill. Moreover, this movie has won five different Academy awards and it was further followed by a prequel, a sequel, a television show, and even an eight-bit video game type short film.
3. Stagecoach (1939)
The movie is known in history as a film that featured John Wayne especially in his breakthrough role of the Ringo Kid. The main story typically follows a group of characters aboard the stagecoach en route from Arizona to Mexico while a threat of an Apache attack or an outlaw waits around every nook and corner.
4. Days Of Heaven (1978)
This film was set up during the turn of the 20th century following a couple called Abby and Bill who gets employed on a farm in Texas where they pretended themselves to be siblings. Furthermore, when it was found out that the owner had feelings for Abby, the couple tried exploiting all those feelings, especially for personal gain. The movie Days of Heaven is known to feature lush cinematography along with sparse dialogues. The film also portrays the mysterious persona of the cemented director Terrence Malick, who thereafter went on a twenty-year hiatus especially after the film got released.
5. Nashville (1975)
The film Nashville brings together a group of people who are deeply embedded towards the Nashville gospel as well as the country music scene especially through a series of several unpredictable events leading up towards political conventions. Furthermore, this movie also received an Oscar as well as the Golden Globe award for the best original song.
6. La La Land (2016)
Completely modernizing the traditional music form, La La Land takes place in the city of dreams. It tells the complete story of two different aspiring artists, one an actress Emma Stone and another a musician Ryan Gosling. Moreover, the movie is kicked high by a six minutes long song and dance number that was performed in the middle of freeway traffic. Directing and filming only this part of the movie took almost two days which also involved stitching three different shots which appeared to be one single take.
7. Gravity (2013)
Along with his team Alfonso Cuaron invented a completely new technology to create Gravity which is a story of a three-dimensional adventure of two astronauts (George Clooney and Sandra Bullock) who were fighting to survive in space. Approximately eighty percent of the movie is the actual result of photorealistic CG. The movie received massive success both during the award season as well as at the box office.
8. The Shawshank Redemption (1984)
Even after years of its release, the movie The Shawshank Redemption still holds position one on IMDB’s list of high-rated titles. The movie is based on a novella by Stephen King, telling viewers the story of Andy Dufresne, a young banker getting convicted for his wife’s murder grappling with decades of prison life starting from the middle of 1940s and helping him to cope with a fellow inmate called Red or Morgan Freeman.
9. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
The movie stares at Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, and James Stewart. This classic movie of 1940, takes place a few days before Tracy Lord is set to marry a stuffed shirt millionaire. All the stuff in the movie seems to run smoothly until the ex-husband of Tracy Lord and a reporter named Stewart enters the picture and expresses their feelings for her. All of these ensures a totally old Hollywood comedy romantic movie of the highest order.
10. The Adventures of Robinhood (1978)
The original story of Robin Hood has been adapted several times for the big screen especially since the dawn of movies. However, this 1938 version of the adventures of Robin Hood ranks as the best of all, both according to critics as well as fans. This classic movie famously starred Errol Flynn in the key role, thereby showing Robin Hood leading the resistance against an oppressive ruler. This movie wasn’t only a massive hit after its initial release but it also gathered even more cash after getting re-released in technicolor almost a decade later.
So, here is our list of the top ten must-watch classic movies of all time.
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