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Rating
Rank
No
Title
Year
Director
Starring
Genre
Country
Language
2.5 Stars
2329
1935
Cast Away
2000
Robert Zemeckis
Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, Chris Noth, Nick Searcy, Lari White, Michael Forest
Adventure / Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2699
2268
A Christmas Carol
2009
Robert Zemeckis
Jim Carrey, Steve Valentine, Daryl Sabara, Sage Ryan, Ryan Ochoa, Bobbi Page
Animation / Drama / Family / Fantasy / Adventure
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2727
2293
Allied
2016
Robert Zemeckis
Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard, Vincent Ebrahim, Xavier De Guillebon, Camille Cottin
Action / Drama / Romance / Thriller / War / Mystery
USA / UK
English
2.5 Stars
2727
2293
The Walk
2015
Robert Zemeckis
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Guillaume Baillargeon, Émilie Leclerc, Mark Trafford
Adventure / Biography / Drama / Thriller
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2738
2302
Beowulf
2007
Robert Zemeckis
Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, John Malkovich, Robin Wright Penn, Brendan Gleeson
Animation / Adventure / Drama / Fantasy / Period Film
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2704
2273
Nattlek
1966
Mai Zetterling
Ingrid Thulin, Keve Hjelm, Jörgen Lindström, Lena Brundin
Drama
Sweden
Swedish
2.5 Stars
2785
2341
Loving Couples
1964
Mai Zetterling
Harriet Andersson, Gunnel Lindblom, Gio Petré,
Drama
Sweden
Swedish
2.5 Stars
2764
2322
Sand Storm
2016
Elite Zexer
Lamis Ammar, Ruba Blal, Hitham Omari, Khadija Al Akel, Jalal Masrwa
Drama
Israel / France
Arabic
2.5 Stars
2704
2273
Tout un hiver sans feu
2004
Greg Zglinski
Gilles Tschudi, Blerim Gjoci, Marie Matheron, Gabriela Muskala
Drama
Switzerland / Belgium / Poland
French
2.5 Stars
2366
1971
Shower
1999
Yang Zhang
Wu Jiang, Quanxin Pu, He Zeng, Xu Zhu
Comedy / Drama
China
Mandarin
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Rating
Rank
No
Title
Year
Director
Starring
Genre
Country
Language
5 Stars, Top 100
39
32
Raise the Red Lantern
1991
Yimou Zhang
Li Gong, Caifei He, Cuifen Cao, Jingwu Ma, Qi Zhao, Lin Kong, Jin Shuyuan
Drama / Period Film
China / Hong Kong / Taiwan
Mandarin
4.5 Stars
589
468
House of Flying Daggers
2004
Yimou Zhang
Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, Ziyi Zhang, Dandan Song
Action / Drama / Romance / Period Film
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
4.5 Stars
745
606
Red Sorghum
1987
Yimou Zhang
Li Gong, Wen Jiang, Rujun Ten, Liu Jia, Cunhua Ji
Drama / War / Period Film
China
Mandarin
4.5 Stars
836
674
The Story of Qiu Ju
1992
Yimou Zhang
Li Gong, Peiqi Liu, Liuchun Yang, Quesheng Lei
Comedy / Drama
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
4.5 Stars
937
756
To Live
1994
Yimou Zhang
You Ge, Li Gong, Ben Niu, Xiao Cong, Deng Fei, Tao Guo, Wu Jiang, Zhang Lu
Drama
Hong Kong / China
Mandarin
4.5 Stars
970
786
Hero
2002
Yimou Zhang
Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Maggie Cheung, Ziyi Zhang, Daoming Chen
Action / Drama / Adventure / Romance / History / Epic
Hong Kong / China
Mandarin
4 Stars
1125
910
Ju Dou
1990
Yimou Zhang, Fengliang Yang
Li Gong, Wei Li, Baotian Li, Zhang Yi, Ji-an Zheng
Drama / Period Film / Romance
Japan / China
Mandarin
3 Stars
2067
1701
Shanghai Triad
1995
Yimou Zhang
Li Gong, Baotian Li
Drama / Crime / Gangster
Hong Kong / China / France
Mandarin
2.5 Stars
2505
2100
Not One Less
1999
Yimou Zhang
Minzhi Wei, Huike Zhang, Zhenda Tian, Enman Gao, Zhimei Sun
Drama / Comedy
China
Mandarin
2.5 Stars
2593
2179
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
2005
Yimou Zhang
Ken Takakura, Shinobu Terajima, Kiichi Nakai, Jiamin Li, Lin Qiu, Jiang Wen
Drama / Period Film
Hong Kong / China / Japan
Mandarin
2.5 Stars
2649
2225
Curse of the Golden Flower
2006
Yimou Zhang
Jay Chou, Yun-Fat Chow, Li Gong, Qin Junjie, Man Li, Ye Liu, Dahong Ni
Action / Adventure / Drama / Romance / Period Film
Hong Kong / China
Mandarin
2.5 Stars
2698
2267
The Road Home
1999
Yimou Zhang
Ziyi Zhang, Honglei Sun, Hao Zheng, Yulian Zhao, Bin Li, Guifa Chang, Wencheng Sung
Drama / Romance
China
Mandarin
2.5 Stars
2706
2275
The Flowers of War
2011
Yimou Zhang
Christian Bale, Paul Schneider, Shigeo Kobayashi, Atsurô Watabe
Drama / History / War
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
2.5 Stars
2704
2273
Seventeen Years
1999
Yuan Zhang
Lin Liu, Bingbing Li, Yeding Li, Song Liang, Yun Li
Drama / Crime
Italy / China
Mandarin
5 Stars
467
371
Nomadland
2020
Chloé Zhao
Frances McDormand, Gay DeForest, Patricia Grier, Linda May, Angela Reyes
Drama / Adventure
USA / Germany
English
3 Stars
2070
1704
The Rider
2017
Chloé Zhao
Brady Jandreau, Tim Jandreau, Lilly Jandreau, Cat Clifford, Terri Dawn Pourier
Drama / Western
USA
English
3 Stars
2121
1752
Hamnet
2025
Chloé Zhao
Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Zac Wishart, James Lintern, Joe Alwyn
Biography / Drama / History / Romance
UK
English
2.5 Stars
2632
2212
Domestic Agitator
1920
Yuri Zhelyabuzhsky
G. Budzhalov, A. Solovyov, Nikolai Kostromskoy, Ye. Sokolova, M. Kudelko
Drama
Russia
Russian (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2785
2341
Crows and Sparrows
1949
Junli Zheng
Dan Zhao, Yinyan Wu, Daolin Sun, Yunzhu Shangguan
Drama
China
Mandarin
2.5 Stars
2238
1859
Ermo
1994
Xiaowen Zhou
Liya Ai, Peiqi Liu, Zhijun Ge, Haiyan Zhang, Zhenguo Yan, Xiao Yang
Drama / Comedy
Hong Kong / China
Mandarin
2.5 Stars
2339
1945
Hearts of the West
1975
Howard Zieff
Jeff Bridges, Andy Griffith, Donald Pleasence, Blythe Danner
Western / Comedy / Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2593
2179
House Calls
1978
Howard Zieff
Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Art Carney, Richard Benjamin, Candice Azzara
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2632
2212
Private Benjamin
1980
Howard Zieff
Goldie Hawn, Eileen Brennan, Armand Assante, Robert Webber, Sam Wanamaker
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2720
2288
My Girl
1991
Howard Zieff
Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Macaulay Culkin, Anna Chlumsky, Richard Masur
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Family
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2773
2330
Fun
1994
Rafal Zielinski
Renée Humphrey, Alicia Witt, William R. Moses, Leslie Hope, Ania Suli
Drama / Crime
Canada
English
2.5 Stars
2572
2159
A Late Quartet
2012
Yaron Zilberman
Christopher Walken, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Imogen Poots, Catherine Keener
Drama / Music
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2694
2263
Early Works
1969
Zelimir Zilnik
Milja Vujanovic, Bogdan Tirnanic, Cedomir Radovic, Marko Nikolic
Comedy / Drama
Yugoslavia
Serbo-Croatian
2.5 Stars
2774
2331
Marble Ass
1995
Zelimir Zilnik
Vjeran Miladinovic, Nenad Rackovic, Milja Milenkovic, Milan Mumin
Comedy / Drama / War
Fed Rep of Yugoslavia
Serbian
5 Stars
247
191
From Here to Eternity
1953
Fred Zinnemann
Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed, Frank Sinatra
Drama / Romance / War
USA
English
5 Stars
361
282
A Man for All Seasons
1966
Fred Zinnemann
Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Leo McKern, Robert Shaw, Orson Welles
Drama / History / Period Film
UK
English
4.5 Stars
549
439
The Nun's Story
1959
Fred Zinnemann
Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch
Drama / Religion
USA
English
4.5 Stars
834
672
Julia
1977
Fred Zinnemann
Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave, Jason Robards
Drama / Biography
USA
English
4.5 Stars
861
695
The Men
1950
Fred Zinnemann
Marlon Brando, Teresa Wright, Everett Sloane, Jack Webb
Drama
USA
English
4 Stars
1080
871
The Sundowners
1960
Fred Zinnemann
Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, Peter Ustinov
Drama / Adventure
UK / Australia
English
4 Stars
1087
876
The Search
1948
Fred Zinnemann
Montgomery Clift, Aline MacMahon, Jarmila Novotna, Wendell Corey
Drama / War
Switzerland / USA
English
4 Stars
1380
1118
A Hatful of Rain
1957
Fred Zinnemann
Don Murray, Eva Marie Saint, Anthony Franciosa, Lloyd Nolan
Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2350
1955
Act of Violence
1948
Fred Zinnemann
Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh, Mary Astor, Phyllis Thaxter
Thriller / Film-Noir / Drama / Crime
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2454
2054
The Member of the Wedding
1952
Fred Zinnemann
Ethel Waters, Julie Harris, Brandon De Wilde, Arthur Franz, Nancy Gates
Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2632
2212
The Seventh Cross
1944
Fred Zinnemann
Spencer Tracy, Signe Hasso, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Agnes Moorehead
Drama / War
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2704
2273
Teresa
1951
Fred Zinnemann
Pier Angeli, John Ericson, Patricia Collinge, Richard Bishop
Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2704
2273
Other People's Children
2022
Rebecca Zlotowski
Virginie Efira, Roschdy Zem, Chiara Mastroianni, Callie Ferreira-Goncalves
Drama / Comedy
France
French
2.5 Stars
2777
2334
Compliance
2012
Craig Zobel
Ann Dowd, Dreama Walker, Pat Healy, Bill Camp, Philip Ettinger, James McCaffrey
Drama / Thriller
USA
English
4.5 Stars
943
760
The Dreamlife of Angels
1998
Erick Zonca
Élodie Bouchez, Natacha Régnier, Grégoire Colin
Drama
France
French
2.5 Stars
2332
1938
Julia
2008
Erick Zonca
Tilda Swinton, Saul Rubinek, Kate del Castillo, Aidan Gould, Jude Ciccolella
Drama / Thriller / Crime
France / USA / Mexico / Belgium
English
3.5 Stars
1743
1431
Ghost
1990
Jerry Zucker
Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Goldwyn
Romance / Thriller / Drama / Fantasy
USA
English
NR
-
First Knight
1995
Jerry Zucker
Sean Connery, Richard Gere, Julia Ormond, Ben Cross, Liam Cunningham
Adventure / Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2677
2248
Confessions of an Opium Eater
1962
Albert Zugsmith
Vincent Price, Linda Ho, Richard Loo, June Kyoto Lu
Drama / Action / Adventure
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2607
2190
Possession
1981
Andrzej Zulawski
Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neil, Margit Carstensen, Heinz Bennent, Johanna Hofer
Drama / Horror / Experimental
France / West Germany
English
2.5 Stars
2774
2331
On the Silver Globe
1988
Andrzej Zulawski
Andrzej Seweryn, Jerzy Trela, Grazyna Dylag, Waldemar Kownacki, Iwona Bielska
Adventure / Drama / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Action / Epic
Poland
Polish
2.5 Stars
2750
2311
Rapture
1979
Iván Zulueta
Eusebio Poncela, Cecilia Roth, Will More, Marta Fernández Muro
Drama / Horror
Spain
Spanish
3 Stars
2124
1754
Girl with a Suitcase
1961
Valerio Zurlini
Claudia Cardinale, Jacques Perrin, Luciana Angiolillo
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Italy / France
French
2.5 Stars
2686
2255
Cronaca familiare
1962
Valerio Zurlini
Marcello Mastroianni, Jacques Perrin, Salvo Randone, Sylvie
Drama
France / Italy
French
3.5 Stars
1817
1493
The Return
2003
Andrei Zvyagintsev
Vladimir Garin, Ivan Dobronravov, Konstantin Lavronenko
Drama
Russia
Russian
4.5 Stars
731
592
Leviathan
2014
Andrey Zvyagintsev
Elena Lyadova, Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Aleksey Serebryakov, Roman Madyanov
Drama / Documentary
Russia
Russian
4 Stars
1195
969
Loveless
2017
Andrey Zvyagintsev
Maryana Spivak, Aleksey Rozin, Yanina Hope, Matvey Novikov
Drama
Russia / France
Russian
NR
-
Elena
2011
Andrey Zvyagintsev
Nadezhda Markina, Andrey Smirnov, Elena Lyadova, Aleksey Rozin, Evgeniya Konushkina
Drama
Russia
Russian
2.5 Stars
2394
1999
The Karate Kid
2010
Harald Zwart
Jaden Smith, Jackie Chan, Taraji P. Henson, Rongguang Yu, Zhensu Wu, Zhiheng Wang
Action / Drama / Family / Sports
USA / China
English
4.5 Stars
999
810
Glory
1989
Edward Zwick
Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes
Drama / War / Action / History / Epic
USA
English
4 Stars
1476
1201
The Last Samurai
2003
Edward Zwick
Ken Watanabe, Tom Cruise, William Atherton, Chad Lindberg
Action / Adventure / Drama / War / Period Film / Epic
USA / New Zealand / Japan
English
3 Stars
2095
1726
Blood Diamond
2006
Edward Zwick
Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly, Djimon Hounsou, Michael Sheen, Arnold Vosloo
Adventure / Drama / Thriller
USA
English
3 Stars
2101
1732
Courage Under Fire
1996
Edward Zwick
Denzel Washington, Meg Ryan, Lou Diamond Phillips, Michael Moriarty, Matt Damon
Action / Drama / War / Mystery / Detective
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2418
2022
About Last Night...
1986
Edward Zwick
Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, James Belushi, Elizabeth Perkins, George DiCenzo
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2483
2081
Defiance
2008
Edward Zwick
Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell, George MacKay, Alexa Davalos
Drama / War
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2659
2232
Legends of the Fall
1994
Edward Zwick
Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Aidan Quinn, Julia Ormond, Henry Thomas
Drama / Romance / Epic / Period Film
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2681
2250
Love and Other Drugs
2010
Edward Zwick
Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, Oliver Platt, Hank Azaria, Josh Gad, Gabriel Macht
Comedy / Romance / Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2777
2334
The Siege
1998
Edward Zwick
Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, Bruce Willis, Tony Shalhoub, Sami Bouajila
Action / Thriller / Drama
USA
English
4 Stars
1051
848
Ghost World
2001
Terry Zwigoff
Thora Birch, Steve Buscemi, Scarlett Johansson, Brad Renfro
Comedy / Drama
USA / UK / Germany
English
2.5 Stars
2727
2293
Art School Confidential
2006
Terry Zwigoff
Max Minghella, Sophia Myles, John Malkovich, Jim Broadbent, Matt Keeslar
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
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Year
Director
Starring
Genre
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