Top English Movies


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

91. The Pianist

Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Roman Polanski
Actors: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman
Plot: A Jewish pianist must flee is home country as Germany invades. He is reluctant to flee and struggles to survive because of it.

92. Shaun of the Dead

Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Edgar Wright
Actors: Simon Pegg, Kate Ashfield, Nick Frost, Lucy Davis
Plot: A man needs to sort out his life: with his girlfriend, his mother and step-father, his job and his best friend. Oh, and the recently deceased are now rising from the dead and trying to eat everyone.

93. Donnie Darko

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Richard Kelly
Actors: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Patrick Swayze, Mary McDonnell
Plot: A movie of a teenage boy who sees an imaginary six foot tall bunny rabbit who tells him when the world is going to end.

94. Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: John Hughes
Actors: Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Jeffrey Jones, Mia Sara
Plot: This teenager has it all. He owns the school, he is funny, witty and charming. Now all he needs is to not get caught skipping school. The principal is on to his plan and is determined to catch him in the act.

95. Good Will Hunting

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Gus Van Sant
Actors: Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Minnie Driver, Casey Affleck
Plot: A young custodian at MIT is blessed with a gift for mathematics when his therapist tries to harness his gift to help his career for the rest of his life.

96. The Terminator

Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: James Cameron
Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen
Plot: A human and a cyborg are sent from the future, one to protect the mother of a boy who will someday be needed to save the world, and one to kill her.

97. Edward Scissorhands

Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Tim Burton
Actors: Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Kathy Baker, Anthony Michael Hall
Plot: A man that has scissors for hands tries to fit into a rich suburban neighborhood.

98. Platoon

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: War/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Oliver Stone
Actors: Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, Tom Berenger, Forest Whitaker
Plot: A young man is sent to the Vietnam War where he explores the reality of moral dilemmas, friends dying, and searching for a reason for it all.

99. Lawrence of Arabia

Year of Release: 1962
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: David Lean
Actors: Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn
Plot: A British officer leads a charge in Africa to discuss politics. While he was once British, is he now part of the African culture he tried to create?

100. Killers of the Flower Moon

Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 3.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Martin Scorsese
Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemons
Plot: In the 1920s, the Osage Nation in Oklahoma are among the richest in the US, sitting atop a goldmine of oil fields. But then they begin to die one after another, murdered under mysterious circumstances. The young bureau of the FBI, led by J. Edgar Hoover, enlists the help of a former Texas Ranger to investigate, uncovering a chilling conspiracy.

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