1The Untold History Of The United States
TMDB8.2
2012·111 votes
Oliver Stone charts the history of the United States from the Second World War to the present.
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2Scarface
TMDB8.2
1983·13.1K votes
After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the state, controlling nearly all the cocaine that comes through Miami. But increased pressure from the police, wars with Colombian drug cartels and his own drug-fueled paranoia serve to fuel the flames of his eventual downfall.
3Platoon
TMDB7.8
1986·5.1K votes
As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.
4JFK
TMDB7.6
1991·2.4K votes
Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.
5Malcolm X
TMDB7.6
1992·1.9K votes
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left a legacy of self-determination and racial pride.
6Midnight Express
TMDB7.4
1978·1.9K votes
Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of a country. The courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two opportunities for release: the appeals made by his lawyer, his family, and the American government, or the "Midnight Express".
7Wall Street
TMDB7.2
1987·2.3K votes
A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider, whom takes the youth under his wing.
8Snowden
TMDB7.1
2016·4.7K votes
CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.
9Savior
TMDB7.1
1998·187 votes
A hardened mercenary in the Foreign Legion begins to find his own humanity when confronted with atrocities during the fighting in Bosnia.
10The Joy Luck Club
TMDB7.1
1993·163 votes
Through a series of flashbacks, four Chinese women born in America and their respective mothers born in feudal China explore their pasts.
11The Doors
TMDB7.1
1991·1.6K votes
The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.
12Natural Born Killers
TMDB7.1
1994·3.8K votes
Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.
13Born on the Fourth of July
TMDB7.0
1989·1.9K votes
Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.
14Talk Radio
TMDB7.0
1988·246 votes
A rude, contemptuous talk show host becomes overwhelmed by the hatred that surrounds his program just before it goes national.
15Salvador
TMDB7.0
1986·411 votes
In 1980, an American journalist covering the Salvadoran Civil War becomes entangled with both the leftist guerrilla groups and the right-wing military dictatorship while trying to rescue his girlfriend and her children.
16The People vs. Larry Flynt
TMDB7.0
1996·1.3K votes
Larry Flynt is the hedonistically obnoxious, but indomitable, publisher of Hustler magazine. The film recounts his struggle to make an honest living publishing his girlie magazine and how it changes into a battle to protect the freedom of speech for all people.
17Nixon
TMDB6.8
1995·400 votes
A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from within—spanning his troubled boyhood in California to the shocking Watergate scandal that would end his Presidency.
18Any Given Sunday
TMDB6.8
1999·1.8K votes
A star quarterback gets knocked out of the game and an unknown third stringer is called in to replace him. The unknown gives a stunning performance and forces the aging coach to reevaluate his game plans and life. A new co-owner/president adds to the pressure of winning. The new owner must prove herself in a male dominated world.
19Conan the Barbarian
TMDB6.8
1982·2.8K votes
A horde of rampaging warriors massacre the parents of young Conan and enslave the young child for years on The Wheel of Pain. As the sole survivor of the childhood massacre, Conan is released from slavery and taught the ancient arts of fighting. Transforming himself into a killing machine, Conan travels into the wilderness to seek vengeance on Thulsa Doom, the man responsible for killing his family. In the wilderness, Conan takes up with the thieves Valeria and Subotai. The group comes upon King Osric, who wants the trio of warriors to help rescue his daughter who has joined Doom in the hills.
20Year of the Dragon
TMDB6.8
1985·488 votes
In New York, racist Capt. Stanley White becomes obsessed with destroying a Chinese-American drug ring run by Joey Tai, an up-and-coming young gangster as ambitious as he is ruthless. While pursuing an unauthorized investigation, White grows increasingly willing to violate police protocol, resorting to progressively violent measures -- even as his concerned wife, Connie, and his superiors beg him to consider the consequences of his actions.