October 7, 2011

Top 10 Akira Kurosawa Films

Ranking by IMDb user ratings.



1. Seven Samurai (1954) - 8.8/10

A poor village under attack by bandits recruits seven unemployed samurai to help them defend themselves.


2. Rashomon (1950) - 8.4/10

A heinous crime and its aftermath are recalled from differing points of view.



2. Yojimbo (1961) - 8.4/10

A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.


4. High and Low (1963) - 8.3/10

An executive of a shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped and held for ransom.



4. Ikiru (1952) - 8.3/10

A bureaucrat tries to find a meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer.


4. Ran (1985) - 8.3/10

An elderly lord abdicates to his three sons, and the two corrupt ones turn against him.



7. Dersu Uzala (1975) - 8.2/10

A Russian army explorer who is rescued in Siberia by a rugged Asian hunter renews his friendship with the woodsman years later when he returns as the head of a larger expedition. The hunter finds that all of his nature lore is of no help when he accompanies the explorer back to civilization.


8. Red Beard (1965) - 8.1/10

In a charity hospital, a hard-bitten but honorable older doctor, Dr. Niide, takes a young intern under his guidance through the course of a number of difficult cases.


8. Sanjuro (1962) - 8.1/10

A crafty samurai helps a young man and his fellow clansmen save his uncle, who has been framed and imprisoned by a corrupt superintendent.


8. The Hidden Fortress (1958) - 8.1/10

Lured by gold, two greedy peasants escort a man and woman across enemy lines. However, they do not realize that their companions are actually a princess and her general.


8. Throne of Blood (1957) - 8.1/10

A ruthlessly ambitious lord, egged on by his wife, works to fulfill a prophecy that he would become Emperor.


Source : http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000041/filmorate

October 3, 2011

Top 30 Animation Feature Films of All Time

Ranking by IMDb user ratings.



1. Toy Story 3 (2010) 

The toys are mistakenly delivered to a day-care center instead of the attic right before Andy leaves for college, and it's up to Woody to convince the other toys that they weren't abandoned and to return home.


2. Spirited Away (2001)

In the middle of her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches, and monsters; where humans are changed into animals; and a bathhouse for these creatures.


3. WALL·E (2008)
In the distant future, a small waste collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.

4. Princess Mononoke (1997)
On a journey to find the cure for a Tatarigami's curse, Ashitaka finds himself in the middle of a war between the forest gods and Tatara, a mining colony. In this quest he also meets San, the Mononoke Hime.


5. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
A tragic film covering a young boy and his little sister's struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.


6. Up (2009)
By tying thousands of balloon to his home, 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen sets out to fulfill his lifelong dream to see the wilds of South America. Right after lifting off, however, he learns he isn't alone on his journey, since Russell, a wilderness explorer 70 years his junior, has inadvertently become a stowaway on the trip.


7. The Lion King (1994)
Tricked into thinking he killed his father, a guilt ridden lion cub flees into exile and abandons his identity as the future King.


8. Toy Story (1995)
A cowboy toy is profoundly threatened and jealous when a fancy spaceman toy supplants him as top toy in a boy's room.


9. My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
When two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wonderous forest spirits who live nearby.


10. Mary and Max (2009)
A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York.


11. How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
A hapless young Viking who aspires to hunt dragons becomes the unlikely friend of a young dragon himself, and learns there may be more to the creatures than he assumed.


12. Finding Nemo (2003)
After his son is captured in the Great Barrier Reef and taken to Sydney, a timid clownfish sets out on a journey to bring him home.


13. Barefoot Gen (1983)
A powerful statement against war, Barefoot Gen is a story about the effect of the atomic bomb on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people.


14. NausicaƤ of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
Warrior/pacifist Princess NausicaƤ desperately struggles to prevent two warring nations from destroying themselves and their dying planet.


15. Castle in The Sky (1986)
A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.


16. Ratatouille (2007)
Remy is a young rat in the French countryside who arrives in Paris, only to find out that his cooking idol is dead. When he makes an unusual alliance with a restaurant's new garbage boy, the culinary and personal adventures begin despite Remy's family's skepticism and the rat-hating world of humans.


17. Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
When an unconfident young woman is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking home.


18. The King and the Mockingbird (1980)

19. The Incredibles (2004)
A family of undercover superheroes, while trying to live the quiet suburban life, are forced into action to save the world.


20. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Belle, whose father is imprisoned by the Beast, offers herself instead and discovers her captor to be an enchanted prince.



21. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

Jack Skellington, king of Halloweentown, discovers Christmas Town, but doesn't quite understand the concept.


22. Monsters, Inc. (2001)
Monsters generate their city's power by scaring children, but they are terribly afraid themselves of being contaminated by children, so when one enters Monstropolis, top scarer Sulley finds his world disrupted.

23. Persepolis (2007)
Poignant coming-of-age story of a precocious and outspoken young Iranian girl that begins during the Islamic Revolution.


24. Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997)

Concurrent theatrical ending of the TV series "Shin Seiki Evangelion" (1995).


25. Toy Story 2 (1999)

When Woody is stolen by a toy collector, Buzz and his friends vow to rescue him, but Woody finds the idea of immortality in a museum tempting.

26. Waltz with Bashir (2008)

An Israeli film director interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.


27. 5 Centimeters Per Second (2007)

Told in three interconnected segments, we follow a young man named Takaki through his life as cruel winters, cold technology, and finally, adult obligations and responsibility converge to test the delicate petals of love.


28. Whisper of the Heart (1995)

A young girl finds that all the books she chooses in the library have been previously checked out by the same boy...


29. Pinchcliffe Grand Prix (1975)

Reodor Felgen decides that he will enter a car race to defeat his former friend who has stolen his plans for a car.


30. Cat City (1986)

In the year 80 AMM (After Mickey Mouse) on planet X the crime-syndicated Cats try to erase the Mouse-population once and for all...

Source : http://www.imdb.com/search/title?genres=animation&title_type=feature&num_votes=1000,&sort=user_rating,desc

Top 10 Alfred Hitchcock Films

Ranking by IMDb user ratings.



1. Rear Window (1954) - 8.7/10

A wheelchair bound photographer spies on his neighbours from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.

1. Psycho (1960) - 8.7/10

A young woman steals $40,000 from her employer's client, and subsequently encounters a young motel proprietor too long under the domination of his mother.


3. North by Northwest (1959) - 8.6/10

A hapless New York advertising executive is mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and is pursued across the country while he looks for a way to survive.


4. Vertigo (1958) - 8.5/10

A San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.


5. Rebecca (1940) - 8.4/10

When a naive young woman marries a rich widower and settles in his gigantic mansion, she finds the memory of the first wife maintaining a grip on her husband and the servants.

6. Strangers on a Train (1951) - 8.3/10

A psychotic socialite confronts a pro tennis star with a theory on how two complete strangers can get away with murder...a theory that he plans to implement.


7. Notorious (1946) - 8.2/10

A woman is asked to spy on a group of Nazi friends in South America. How far will she have to go to ingratiate herself with them?



8. Rope (1948) - 8.1/10

Two young men strangle their "inferior" classmate, hide his body in their apartment, and invite his friends and family to a dinner party as a means to challenge the "perfection" of their crime.


8. Dial M for Murder (1954) - 8.1/10

An ex-tennis pro carries out a plot to murder his wife. When things go wrong, he improvises a brilliant plan B.


8. Shadow of a Doubt (1943) - 8.1/10

A young woman discovers her visiting "Uncle Charlie" may not be the man he seems to be.


8. The Lady Vanishes (1938) - 8.1/10

While traveling in continental Europe, a rich young playgirl realizes that an elderly lady seems to have disappeared from the train.


Source : http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000033/filmorate