Thought provoking + Beautiful + Clever + Dramatic + Emotional + Enjoyable + Adventurous movies

 Dramatic  Emotional  Beautiful  Thought provoking  Adventurous  Enjoyable  Clever  Heartbreaking
2 3 4 5

The Remains of the Day (1993)

Thought provokingDramaticEmotional

A rule bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a housekeeper who falls in love with him in post-WWI Britain. The possibility of romance and his master's cultivation of ties with the Nazi cause ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Ivory
CAST:  Anthony Hopkins  •  Emma Thompson  •  James Fox  •  Christopher Reeve

A rule bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a housekeeper who falls in love with him in post-WWI Britain. The possibility of romance and his master's cultivation of ties with the Nazi cause ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Ivory
CAST:  Anthony Hopkins  •  Emma Thompson  •  James Fox  •  Christopher Reeve

Aśoka (2001)

BeautifulCleverDramaticEmotional

A young Prince Asoka works to perfect his skills in battle and also deals with family conflict. During a struggle with one of his step-brothers, his mother urges Asoka to escape to stay alive. While away, Asoka meets Kaurwaki and falls in love, but must use his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Santosh Sivan
CAST:  Shah Rukh Khan  •  Kareena Kapoor Khan  •  Danny Denzongpa  •  Rahul Dev

A young Prince Asoka works to perfect his skills in battle and also deals with family conflict. During a struggle with one of his step-brothers, his mother urges Asoka to escape to stay alive. While away, Asoka meets Kaurwaki and falls in love, but must use his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Santosh Sivan
CAST:  Shah Rukh Khan  •  Kareena Kapoor Khan  •  Danny Denzongpa  •  Rahul Dev

Gods and Monsters (1998)

Thought provokingBeautifulDramaticEmotional

It's 1957, and James Whale's heyday as the director of "Frankenstein," "Bride of Frankenstein" and "The Invisible Man" is long behind him. Retired and a semi-recluse, he lives his days accompanied only by images from his past. When his dour housekeeper, Hannah, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bill Condon
CAST:  Ian McKellen  •  Brendan Fraser  •  Lynn Redgrave  •  Lolita Davidovich

It's 1957, and James Whale's heyday as the director of "Frankenstein," "Bride of Frankenstein" and "The Invisible Man" is long behind him. Retired and a semi-recluse, he lives his days accompanied only by images from his past. When his dour housekeeper, Hannah, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bill Condon
CAST:  Ian McKellen  •  Brendan Fraser  •  Lynn Redgrave  •  Lolita Davidovich

Never Cry Wolf (1983)

BeautifulCleverEmotionalEnjoyable

A scientific researcher, sent on a government study: The Lupus Project, must investigate the possible "menace" of wolves in the north. To do so, he must survive in the wilderness for six months on his own. In the course of these events, he learns about the true ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carroll Ballard
CAST:  Charles Martin Smith  •  Zachary Ittimangnaq  •  Samson Jorah  •  Hugh Webster

A scientific researcher, sent on a government study: The Lupus Project, must investigate the possible "menace" of wolves in the north. To do so, he must survive in the wilderness for six months on his own. In the course of these events, he learns about the true ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carroll Ballard
CAST:  Charles Martin Smith  •  Zachary Ittimangnaq  •  Samson Jorah  •  Hugh Webster

Rashomon (1950)

Thought provokingDramaticEmotional

Brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, "Rashomon" is perhaps the finest film ever to investigate the philosophy of justice. Through an ingenious use of camera and flashbacks, Kurosawa reveals the complexities of human nature as four ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akira Kurosawa
CAST:  Toshirō Mifune  •  Machiko Kyō  •  Masayuki Mori  •  Takashi Shimura

Brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, "Rashomon" is perhaps the finest film ever to investigate the philosophy of justice. Through an ingenious use of camera and flashbacks, Kurosawa reveals the complexities of human nature as four ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akira Kurosawa
CAST:  Toshirō Mifune  •  Machiko Kyō  •  Masayuki Mori  •  Takashi Shimura

Around the Bend (2004)

DramaticEmotionalAdventurous

A tale of four generations of men, all of whom have had their offspring at a young age: a great-grandfather, a grandfather, a father in his twenties and a son who is about 7 years old. When the oldest member passes away, the trio heads out on the road together in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jordan Roberts
CAST:  Christopher Walken  •  David Eigenberg  •  Michael Caine  •  Jonah Bobo

A tale of four generations of men, all of whom have had their offspring at a young age: a great-grandfather, a grandfather, a father in his twenties and a son who is about 7 years old. When the oldest member passes away, the trio heads out on the road together in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jordan Roberts
CAST:  Christopher Walken  •  David Eigenberg  •  Michael Caine  •  Jonah Bobo

Evelyn (2002)

BeautifulDramaticEmotional

Desmond Doyle is devastated when his wife abandons their family on the day after Christmas. His unemployment, and the fact that there is no woman in the house to care for the children—Evelyn, Dermot and Maurice—make it clear to the authorities this is an untenable ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruce Beresford
CAST:  Pierce Brosnan  •  Sophie Vavasseur  •  Aidan Quinn  •  Julianna Margulies

Desmond Doyle is devastated when his wife abandons their family on the day after Christmas. His unemployment, and the fact that there is no woman in the house to care for the children—Evelyn, Dermot and Maurice—make it clear to the authorities this is an untenable ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruce Beresford
CAST:  Pierce Brosnan  •  Sophie Vavasseur  •  Aidan Quinn  •  Julianna Margulies

Yanks (1979)

Thought provokingBeautifulDramaticAdventurous

During WWII, the United States set up army bases in Great Britain as part of the war effort. Against their proper sensibilities, many of the Brits don't much like the brash Yanks, especially when it comes to the G.I.s making advances on the lonely British girls. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Schlesinger
CAST:  Richard Gere  •  Lisa Eichhorn  •  Vanessa Redgrave  •  William Devane

During WWII, the United States set up army bases in Great Britain as part of the war effort. Against their proper sensibilities, many of the Brits don't much like the brash Yanks, especially when it comes to the G.I.s making advances on the lonely British girls. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Schlesinger
CAST:  Richard Gere  •  Lisa Eichhorn  •  Vanessa Redgrave  •  William Devane

Jodhaa Akbar (2008)

Thought provokingRomanticDramaticAdventurous

A sixteenth century love story about a marriage of alliance that gave birth to true love between a Mughal emperor and a Rajput princess.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ashutosh Gowariker
CAST:  Hrithik Roshan  •  Aishwarya Rai Bachchan  •  Sonu Sood  •  Kulbhushan Kharbanda

A sixteenth century love story about a marriage of alliance that gave birth to true love between a Mughal emperor and a Rajput princess.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ashutosh Gowariker
CAST:  Hrithik Roshan  •  Aishwarya Rai Bachchan  •  Sonu Sood  •  Kulbhushan Kharbanda

Highway (2014)

IntenseEmotionalEnjoyableAdventurous

Right before her wedding, a young woman finds herself abducted and held for ransom. As the initial days pass, she begins to develop a strange bond with her kidnapper.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Imtiaz Ali
CAST:  Randeep Hooda  •  Alia Bhatt  •  Durgesh Kumar  •  Pradeep Nagar

Right before her wedding, a young woman finds herself abducted and held for ransom. As the initial days pass, she begins to develop a strange bond with her kidnapper.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Imtiaz Ali
CAST:  Randeep Hooda  •  Alia Bhatt  •  Durgesh Kumar  •  Pradeep Nagar

The Bribe (1949)

SuspensefulDramaticEnjoyableAdventurous

United States Federal agent Rigby travels to the Central American island Carlotta to investigate a stolen aircraft engines smuggling racket.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Z. Leonard
CAST:  Robert Taylor  •  Ava Gardner  •  Charles Laughton  •  Vincent Price

United States Federal agent Rigby travels to the Central American island Carlotta to investigate a stolen aircraft engines smuggling racket.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Z. Leonard
CAST:  Robert Taylor  •  Ava Gardner  •  Charles Laughton  •  Vincent Price

Paris, Texas (1984)

BeautifulDramaticEmotionalHeartbreaking

A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeared four years earlier.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wim Wenders
CAST:  Harry Dean Stanton  •  Nastassja Kinski  •  Dean Stockwell  •  Hunter Carson

A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeared four years earlier.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wim Wenders
CAST:  Harry Dean Stanton  •  Nastassja Kinski  •  Dean Stockwell  •  Hunter Carson

Her Secret Lesson (2020)

BeautifulCharmingDramaticEmotional

Jincheol and Hyejeong are lovers. However, both of them are bad at sex and are disappointed in each other. Hye-jeong says goodbye to Jin-cheol. Jin-cheol recommends that her friend Kyung-soo be taught that there is a god of sex. Yoon-il, the god of sex, accepts ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kim Seok-man
CAST:  Min Do-yoon  •  Park Soo-bin-III  •  Hae Il  •  Si Woo

Jincheol and Hyejeong are lovers. However, both of them are bad at sex and are disappointed in each other. Hye-jeong says goodbye to Jin-cheol. Jin-cheol recommends that her friend Kyung-soo be taught that there is a god of sex. Yoon-il, the god of sex, accepts ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kim Seok-man
CAST:  Min Do-yoon  •  Park Soo-bin-III  •  Hae Il  •  Si Woo

Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999)

BeautifulDramaticEmotionalHeartbreaking

Nandini has to choose between Sameer, the man who taught her to fall in love; and Vanraj, the man from whom she learnt how to abide and fulfill promises of love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sanjay Leela Bhansali
CAST:  Aishwarya Rai Bachchan  •  Salman Khan  •  Ajay Devgan  •  Vikram Gokhale

Nandini has to choose between Sameer, the man who taught her to fall in love; and Vanraj, the man from whom she learnt how to abide and fulfill promises of love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sanjay Leela Bhansali
CAST:  Aishwarya Rai Bachchan  •  Salman Khan  •  Ajay Devgan  •  Vikram Gokhale

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)

Mind blowingBeautifulCleverEnjoyable

When 17-year-old Makoto Konno gains the ability to, quite literally, "leap" backwards through time, she immediately sets about improving her grades and preventing personal mishaps. However, she soon realises that changing the past isn't as simple as it seems, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mamoru Hosoda
CAST:  Riisa Naka  •  Takuya Ishida  •  Mitsutaka Itakura  •  Fumihiko Tachiki

When 17-year-old Makoto Konno gains the ability to, quite literally, "leap" backwards through time, she immediately sets about improving her grades and preventing personal mishaps. However, she soon realises that changing the past isn't as simple as it seems, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mamoru Hosoda
CAST:  Riisa Naka  •  Takuya Ishida  •  Mitsutaka Itakura  •  Fumihiko Tachiki

Ivanhoe (1952)

Thought provokingPowerfulBeautifulEmotional

Sir Walter Scott's classic story of the chivalrous Ivanhoe who joins with Robin of Locksley in the fight against Prince John and for the return of King Richard the Lionheart.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Thorpe
CAST:  Robert Taylor  •  Elizabeth Taylor  •  Joan Fontaine  •  George Sanders

Sir Walter Scott's classic story of the chivalrous Ivanhoe who joins with Robin of Locksley in the fight against Prince John and for the return of King Richard the Lionheart.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Thorpe
CAST:  Robert Taylor  •  Elizabeth Taylor  •  Joan Fontaine  •  George Sanders

Camille (1936)

BeautifulDramaticEmotionalTear-jerker

Life in 1847 Paris is as spirited as champagne and as unforgiving as the gray morning after. In gambling dens and lavish soirees, men of means exert their wills and women turned courtesans exult in pleasure. One such woman is Marguerite Gautier, who begins a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Cukor
CAST:  Greta Garbo  •  Robert Taylor  •  Lionel Barrymore  •  Elizabeth Allan

Life in 1847 Paris is as spirited as champagne and as unforgiving as the gray morning after. In gambling dens and lavish soirees, men of means exert their wills and women turned courtesans exult in pleasure. One such woman is Marguerite Gautier, who begins a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Cukor
CAST:  Greta Garbo  •  Robert Taylor  •  Lionel Barrymore  •  Elizabeth Allan

The Golden Fortress (1974)

FunnyCleverEnjoyableAdventurous

A young boy becomes a target for crooks, after he claims to remember his past life and mentions precious jewels in a golden fortress.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Satyajit Ray
CAST:  Soumitra Chatterjee  •  Santosh Dutta  •  Siddhartha Chatterjee  •  Kushal Chakraborty

A young boy becomes a target for crooks, after he claims to remember his past life and mentions precious jewels in a golden fortress.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Satyajit Ray
CAST:  Soumitra Chatterjee  •  Santosh Dutta  •  Siddhartha Chatterjee  •  Kushal Chakraborty

The Power and the Prize (1956)

Thought provokingComplexDramaticEmotional

An ambitious executive jeopardizes his career to marry a European refugee.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Koster
CAST:  Robert Taylor  •  Elisabeth Müller  •  Burl Ives  •  Charles Coburn

An ambitious executive jeopardizes his career to marry a European refugee.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Koster
CAST:  Robert Taylor  •  Elisabeth Müller  •  Burl Ives  •  Charles Coburn

Strange Weather (2016)

Thought provokingBeautifulDramaticHeartbreaking

Years after her son's suicide, a woman longs to confront both the past and a friend of his who took his business idea.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katherine Dieckmann
CAST:  Holly Hunter  •  Carrie Coon  •  Kim Coates  •  Glenne Headly

Years after her son's suicide, a woman longs to confront both the past and a friend of his who took his business idea.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katherine Dieckmann
CAST:  Holly Hunter  •  Carrie Coon  •  Kim Coates  •  Glenne Headly
2 3 4 5