Top English Movies


The Top English Movies List is calculated by overall movie ratings and members' "Top English List". Lists are calculated daily.

111. The Great Escape

Year of Release: 1963
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Sturges
Actors: Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, Donald Pleasence
Plot: Set in a POW camp in Germany during WWII, many American's plan a massive escape plan trying to reach England or a neutral country.

112. There Will Be Blood

Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Actors: Daniel Day-Lewis, Ciarán Hinds, Paul Dano, Kevin J. O'Connor
Plot: During the early oil discovery days, a Texas farmer discovers oil only to be swallowed by its greed.

113. The Grand Budapest Hotel

Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Wes Anderson
Actors: Ralph Fiennes, Tony Revolori, Adrien Brody, Saoirse Ronan
Plot: Between WWI and WWII, Gustave H works as a legendary concierge at one of Europe's finest hotels. During his tenure he creates a life-long friend in a lobby boy, Zero Moustafa.

114. The Prestige

Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Christopher Nolan
Actors: Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Michael Caine, Scarlett Johansson
Plot: Two rival magicians try to decode each others magic tricks when one of them develops the ultimate trick and the other tries endlessly to discover the secret.

115. Chinatown

Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Roman Polanski
Actors: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Diane Ladd
Plot: A private detective, who is investigating an affair, finds himself in the middle of a water problem.

116. Requiem for a Dream

Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Actors: Jared Leto, Ellen Burstyn, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans
Plot: Four normal people are addicted to drugs in different ways. When it comes down to it, they struggle to survive after their once great high.

117. The Exorcist

Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: William Friedkin
Actors: Ellen Burtyn, Linda Blair, Max von Sydow, Jason Miller
Plot: A little girl is possessed by a demon. Can the Catholic church save her?

118. Once Upon a Time in the West

Year of Release: 1968
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Sergio Leone
Actors: Charles Bronson, Henry Fonda, Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards
Plot: A man who plays the harmonica travels across the west to find his killer, while he falls for a victim's wife. He joins up with a notorious gun man to battle what's really bad.

119. V for Vendetta

Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: James McTeigue
Actors: Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, John Hurt, Stephen Rea
Plot: A terrorist freedom fighter, who fights against conformity, finds an unsuspecting ally in his fight to free his country. Takes place in the near future.

120. Young Frankenstein

Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Mel Brooks
Actors: Gene Wilder, Teri Garr, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman
Plot: Young Dr. Frankenstein inherits his grandfather's (the famous Dr. Victor Von Frankenstein) castle - along with a few employees. Always trying to live down the family name, he changes his mind when he discovers his seemingly mad grandfather's notes on reanimation.

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