Top English Movies


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121. Sunset Boulevard

Year of Release: 1950
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Billy Wilder
Actors: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Nancy Olson, Erich von Stroheim
Plot: A screenwriter is desperate for a job, when he finds himself in front of a legendary silent film era movie star. He writes script for her, but will it be good enough to make him famous? Or does he even want to be famous?

122. The King's Speech

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tom Hooper
Actors: Helena Bonham Carter, Guy Pearce, Colin Firth, Timothy Spall
Plot: After his brother abdicates the throne young "Bertie" assumes his place as king, but his stuttering speech lead many to believe he is unfit for the position. Utilizing the talents of speech therapist Lionel Logue, whose unique techniques help him overcome his stuttering, King George VI emerges as a great leader.

123. ET: The Extra-Terrestrial

Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Henry Thomas, C. Thomas Howell, Peter Coyote, Dee Wallace-Stone
Plot: A small boy and girl try to help a friendly alien find his way back home.

124. Heat

Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Mann
Actors: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore
Plot: As two men face each other on opposite sides (one a thief, one an officer) they battle for ground as they explore the streets of L.A.

125. Casino

Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Martin Scorsese
Actors: Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, haron Stone, Kevin Pollak
Plot: A pair of friends experience crime life to the highest capacity - from chasing down un-payables, crooks, jerks, cocaine, betrayal and affairs. Crime bosses who own substantial casinos from Las Vegas to Kansas City are addicted to power and greed.

126. Paths of Glory

Year of Release: 1957
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: War/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Actors: Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou, George Macready
Plot: During World War I, soldiers refuse to fight as it appears certain death. The superior military decides to make an example out of them while one man (Douglas) defends them.

127. The Deer Hunter

Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Cimino
Actors: Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, John Cazale, John Savage
Plot: A bunch of hunting friends must go to Vietnam, who are all from a small town, change, and don't come back the same.

128. Oppenheimer

Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Christopher Nolan
Actors: Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon
Plot: Follows the story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his contribution in developing the atomic bomb and the mark it left on his life both professional and personal.

129. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Year of Release: 1969
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: George Roy Hill
Actors: Robert Redford, Paul Newman, Katharine Ross, Strother Martin
Plot: A pair of bank robbers flee the country because of the law, and try to start a new in South America. Western.

130. City Lights

Year of Release: 1931
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Charles Chaplin
Actors: Charles Chaplin , Virginia Cherrill
Plot: A man falls in love with a blind woman who he struggles to support.

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