| 1. |  | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) Journalist Mikael Blomkvist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for forty years by Lisbeth Salander, a young computer hacker. Dir: David Fincher With: Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer Drama | Thriller  158 mins. |
| 2. |  | In the Name of the King: Two Worlds (2011) An ex-Special Forces soldier gets thrown back to medieval times to fulfill an ancient prophecy and ends up finding redemption for his own battlefield experiences. Dir: Uwe Boll With: Dolph Lundgren, Natassia Malthe, Heather Doerksen Action | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy 96 mins. |
| 3. |  | Elf (2003) After inadvertently wreaking havoc on the elf community due to his ungainly size, a man raised as an elf at the North Pole is sent to the U.S. in search of his true identity. Dir: Jon Favreau With: Will Ferrell, Edward Asner, Bob Newhart Comedy | Family | Fantasy  97 mins. |
| 4. |  | Perfect Sense (2011) A chef and a scientist fall in love as an epidemic begins to rob people of their sensory perceptions. Dir: David Mackenzie With: Eva Green, Ewan McGregor, Connie Nielsen Drama | Romance 92 mins. |
| 5. |  | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet agent within MI6's echelons. Dir: Tomas Alfredson With: Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy Thriller 127 mins. |
| 6. |  | Carnage (2011) Two pairs of parents hold a cordial meeting after their sons are involved in a fight, though as their time together progresses, increasingly childish behavior throws the evening into chaos. Dir: Roman Polanski With: Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz Comedy | Drama |
| 7. |  | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009) A journalist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing -- or dead -- for forty years by a young female hacker. Dir: Niels Arden Oplev With: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Ewa Fröling Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller 152 mins. |
| 8. |  | Sherlock Holmes (2009) Detective Sherlock Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England. Dir: Guy Ritchie With: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams Action | Adventure | Crime | Mystery | Thriller  128 mins. |
| 9. |  | 30 Minutes or Less (2011) Two fledgling criminals kidnap a pizza delivery guy, strap a bomb to his chest, and inform him that he has mere hours to rob a bank or else... Dir: Ruben Fleischer With: Jesse Eisenberg, Danny McBride, Nick Swardson Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime 83 mins. |
| 10. |  | How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) Big budget remake of the classic cartoon about a creature intent on stealing Christmas. Dir: Ron Howard With: Jim Carrey, Taylor Momsen, Jeffrey Tambor Comedy | Family | Fantasy 104 mins. |
| 11. |  | Melancholia (2011) Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with the Earth. Dir: Lars von Trier With: Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland Drama | Sci-Fi 136 mins. |
| 12. |  | The Hangover (2009) A Las Vegas-set comedy centered around three groomsmen who lose their about-to-be-wed buddy during their drunken misadventures, then must retrace their steps in order to find him. Dir: Todd Phillips With: Zach Galifianakis, Bradley Cooper, Justin Bartha Comedy  100 mins. |
| 13. |  | Inglourious Basterds (2009) In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. Dir: Quentin Tarantino With: Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Eli Roth Adventure | Drama | War 153 mins. |
| 14. |  | Fight Club (1999) An office employee and a soap salesman build a global organization to help vent male aggression. Dir: David Fincher With: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bonham Carter Drama 139 mins. |
| 15. |  | Mission: Impossible III (2006) Ethan Hunt comes face to face with a dangerous and sadistic arms dealer while trying to keep his identity secret in order to protect his girlfriend. Dir: J.J. Abrams With: Tom Cruise, Michelle Monaghan, Ving Rhames Action | Adventure | Thriller 126 mins. |
| 16. |  | A Dangerous Method (2011) A look at how the intense relationship between Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud gives birth to psychoanalysis. Dir: David Cronenberg With: Michael Fassbender, Keira Knightley, Viggo Mortensen Biography | Drama | Thriller 99 mins. |
| 17. |  | Hanna (2011) A 16-year-old who was raised by her father to be the perfect assassin is dispatched on a mission across Europe, tracked by a ruthless intelligence agent and her operatives. Dir: Joe Wright With: Saoirse Ronan, Cate Blanchett, Eric Bana Action | Mystery | Thriller 111 mins. |
| 18. |  | Unknown (2011) A man awakens from a coma, only to discover that someone has taken on his identity and that no one, (not even his wife), believes him. With the help of a young woman, he sets out to prove who he is. Dir: Jaume Collet-Serra With: Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, January Jones Drama | Mystery | Thriller 113 mins. |
| 19. |  | Star Trek (2009) A chronicle of the early days of James T. Kirk and his fellow USS Enterprise crew members. Dir: J.J. Abrams With: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi 127 mins. |
| 20. |  | V for Vendetta (2006) A shadowy freedom fighter known only as "V" uses terrorist tactics to fight against his totalitarian society. Upon rescuing a girl from the secret police, he also finds his best chance at having an ally. Dir: James McTeigue With: Hugo Weaving, Natalie Portman, Rupert Graves Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller 132 mins. |
| 21. |  | The Usual Suspects (1995) A boat has been destroyed, criminals are dead, and the key to this mystery lies with the only survivor and his twisted, convoluted story beginning with five career crooks in a seemingly random police lineup. Dir: Bryan Singer With: Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, Chazz Palminteri Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller 106 mins. |
| 22. |  | Mission: Impossible II (2000) A secret agent is sent to Sydney, to find and destroy a genetically modified disease called "Chimera" Dir: John Woo With: Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandie Newton Action | Adventure | Thriller 123 mins. |
| 23. |  | The Lives of Others (2006) In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police, conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover, finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives. Dir: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck With: Ulrich Mühe, Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch Drama | Thriller 137 mins. |
| 24. |  | Take Me Home Tonight (2011) Four years after graduation, an awkward high school genius uses his sister's boyfriend's Labor Day party as the perfect opportunity to make his move on his high school crush. Dir: Michael Dowse With: Topher Grace, Anna Faris, Dan Fogler Comedy | Drama 97 mins. |
| 25. |  | The Three Musketeers (2011) The hot-headed young D'Artagnan along with three former legendary but now down on their luck Musketeers must unite and defeat a beautiful double agent and her villainous employer from seizing the French throne and engulfing Europe in war. Dir: Paul W.S. Anderson With: Logan Lerman, Matthew Macfadyen, Ray Stevenson Action | Adventure | Romance 110 mins. |
| 26. |  | Crash (2004) Several stories interweave during two days in Los Angeles involving a collection of inter-related characters... Dir: Paul Haggis With: Don Cheadle, Sandra Bullock, Thandie Newton Drama 112 mins. |
| 27. |  | In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007) A man named Farmer sets out to rescue his kidnapped wife and avenge the death of his son -- two acts committed by the Krugs, a race of animal-warriors who are controlled by the evil Gallian. Dir: Uwe Boll With: Jason Statham, Ron Perlman, Ray Liotta Action | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy 127 mins. |
| 28. |  | Amélie (2001) Amelie, an innocent and naive girl in Paris, with her own sense of justice, decides to help those around her and along the way, discovers love. Dir: Jean-Pierre Jeunet With: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus Comedy | Fantasy | Romance 122 mins. |
| 29. | | Resident Evil: Retribution (2012) Alice fights alongside a resistance movement in the continuing battle against the Umbrella Corporation and the undead. Dir: Paul W.S. Anderson With: Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, Michelle Rodriguez Action | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller |
| 30. |  | Tropic Thunder (2008) Through a series of freak occurrences, a group of actors shooting a big-budget war movie are forced to become the soldiers they are portraying. Dir: Ben Stiller With: Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr. Action | Adventure | Comedy 107 mins. |
| 31. |  | Anonymous (2011) A political thriller advancing the theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford who penned Shakespeare's plays; set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her. Dir: Roland Emmerich With: Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave, David Thewlis Drama | Thriller 130 mins. |
| 32. |  | Downfall (2004) Traudl Junge, the final secretary for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictator's final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII. Dir: Oliver Hirschbiegel With: Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Ulrich Matthes Biography | Drama | History | War 156 mins. |
| 33. |  | The Vow (2012) A car accident puts Paige (McAdams) in a coma, and when she wakes up with severe memory loss, her husband Leo (Tatum) works to win her heart again. Dir: Michael Sucsy With: Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum, Sam Neill Drama | Romance |
| 34. |  | Four Christmases (2008) A couple struggles to visit all four of their divorced parents on Christmas Day. Dir: Seth Gordon With: Reese Witherspoon, Vince Vaughn, Mary Steenburgen Comedy | Drama | Romance 88 mins. |
| 35. |  | Bad Santa (2003) A miserable conman and his partner pose as Santa and his Little Helper to rob department stores on Christmas Eve. But they run into problems when the conman befriends a troubled kid, and the security boss discovers the plot. Dir: Terry Zwigoff With: Billy Bob Thornton, Bernie Mac, Lauren Graham Comedy | Crime 91 mins. |
| 36. |  | Gran Torino (2008) Disgruntled Korean War vet Walt Kowalski sets out to reform his neighbor, a young Hmong teenager, who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possession: his 1972 Gran Torino. Dir: Clint Eastwood With: Clint Eastwood, Bee Vang, Christopher Carley Drama 116 mins. |
| 37. |  | Casino Royale (2006) In his first mission, James Bond must stop Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorist organizations, from winning a high-stakes poker tournament at Casino Royale in Montenegro. Dir: Martin Campbell With: Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Judi Dench Action | Adventure | Crime | Thriller 144 mins. |
| 38. |  | The Pillars of the Earth (2010 Mini-Series) Set against a backdrop of war, religious strife and power struggles which tears lives and families apart. With: Ian McShane, Rufus Sewell, Matthew Macfadyen Drama | History | Romance | Thriller  |
| 39. | | The Pillars of the Earth (2010 Mini-Series) Episode: Master Builder (2010) Tom Builder, his children, Ellen and her son Jack arrive at Kingsbridge Priory in the hope of finding work... Dir: Sergio Mimica-Gezzan With: Ian McShane, Rufus Sewell, Matthew Macfadyen Drama | History | Romance | Thriller |
| 40. | | The Pillars of the Earth (2010 Mini-Series) Episode: Anarchy (2010) On the death of King Henry I, there is a schism in the succession leading eventually to civil war during a period now known as the Anarchy... Dir: Sergio Mimica-Gezzan With: Ian McShane, Rufus Sewell, Matthew Macfadyen Drama | History | Romance | Thriller |
| 41. |  | The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) Jason Bourne dodges a ruthless CIA official and his agents from a new assassination program while searching for the origins of his life as a trained killer. Dir: Paul Greengrass With: Matt Damon, Édgar Ramírez, Joan Allen Action | Crime | Thriller 115 mins. |
| 42. |  | The Pianist (2002) A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II. Dir: Roman Polanski With: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay Biography | Drama | History | War 150 mins. |
| 43. |  | The Aviator (2004) A biopic depicting the early years of legendary director and aviator Howard Hughes' career, from the late 1920s to the mid-1940s. Dir: Martin Scorsese With: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale Biography | Drama 170 mins. |
| 44. |  | Pirate Radio (2009) A period comedy about an illegal radio station in the North Sea in the 1960s. Dir: Richard Curtis With: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Nick Frost Comedy | Drama | Music | Romance 116 mins. |
| 45. |  | The Patriot (2000) Peaceful farmer Benjamin Martin is driven to lead the Colonial Militia during the American Revolution when a sadistic British officer murders his son. Dir: Roland Emmerich With: Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Joely Richardson Action | Drama | War 165 mins. |
| 46. |  | He's Just Not That Into You (2009) The Baltimore-set movie of interconnecting story arcs deals with the challenges of reading or misreading human behavior. Dir: Ken Kwapis With: Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Connelly, Morgan Lily Comedy | Drama | Romance 129 mins. |
| 47. |  | Terminator Salvation (2009) After Skynet has destroyed much of humanity in a nuclear holocaust, a group of survivors led by John Connor struggles to keep the machines from finishing the job. Dir: McG With: Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Anton Yelchin Action | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller 115 mins. |
| 48. |  | Underworld (2003) Selene, a beautiful vampire warrior, is entrenched in a war between the vampire and werewolf races. Although she is aligned with the vampires, she falls in love with Michael, a werewolf who longs for the war to end. Dir: Len Wiseman With: Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Shane Brolly Action | Fantasy | Thriller 121 mins. |
| 49. |  | Wanted (2008) A frustrated office worker learns that he is the son of a professional assassin, and that he shares his father's superhuman killing abilities. Dir: Timur Bekmambetov With: Angelina Jolie, James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman Action | Crime | Thriller 110 mins. |
| 50. |  | The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009) As computer hacker Lisbeth and journalist Mikael investigate a sex-trafficking ring, Lisbeth is accused of three murders, causing her to go on the run while Mikael works to clear her name. Dir: Daniel Alfredson With: Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist, Lena Endre Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller |
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