| 1. |  | The Artist (2011) Hollywood, 1927: As silent movie star George Valentin wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will cause him to fade into oblivion, he sparks with Peppy Miller, a young dancer set for a big break. Dir: Michel Hazanavicius With: Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman Romance | Comedy | Drama  100 mins. |
| 2. |  | 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. |
| 3. |  | 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 |
| 4. |  | Colombiana (2011) A young woman, after witnessing her parents' murder as a child in Bogota, grows up to be a stone-cold assassin. Dir: Olivier Megaton With: Zoe Saldana, Michael Vartan, Callum Blue Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller 108 mins. |
| 5. |  | 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. |
| 6. |  | Source Code (2011) An action thriller centered on a soldier who wakes up in the body of an unknown man and discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train. Dir: Duncan Jones With: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller 93 mins. |
| 7. |  | 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. |
| 8. |  | City of God (2002) Two boys growing up in a violent neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro take different paths: one becomes a photographer, the other a drug dealer. Dir: Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund With: Alexandre Rodrigues, Matheus Nachtergaele, Leandro Firmino Crime | Drama 130 mins. |
| 9. |  | Blackthorn (2011) In Bolivia, Butch Cassidy (now calling himself James Blackthorne) pines for one last sight of home, an adventure that aligns him with a young robber and makes the duo a target for gangs and lawmen alike. Dir: Mateo Gil With: Sam Shepard, Eduardo Noriega, Stephen Rea Western 98 mins. |
| 10. |  | 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. |
| 11. |  | The Next Three Days (2010) A married couple's life is turned upside down when the wife is accused of a murder. Dir: Paul Haggis With: Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks, Liam Neeson Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller 122 mins. |
| 12. |  | Leon: The Professional (1994) Professional assassin Leon reluctantly takes care of 12-year-old Mathilda, a neighbor whose parents are killed, and teaches her his trade. Dir: Luc Besson With: Jean Reno, Gary Oldman, Natalie Portman Crime | Drama | Thriller  110 mins. |
| 13. |  | Taken (2008) A retired CIA agent travels across Europe and relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter, who was kidnapped on a trip to Paris to be sold into prostitution. Dir: Pierre Morel With: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen Action | Crime | Thriller 93 mins. |
| 14. |  | Attack the Block (2011) A teen gang in South London defend their block from an alien invasion. Dir: Joe Cornish With: John Boyega, Jodie Whittaker, Alex Esmail Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi 88 mins. |
| 15. |  | Kidnapped (2010) Three hooded Eastern-European criminals burst into a home in a Madrid gated community, holding the family hostage in its own home, and forcing the father to empty his credit cards. Dir: Miguel Ángel Vivas With: Fernando Cayo, Manuela Vellés, Ana Wagener Horror | Thriller 85 mins. |
| 16. |  | 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. |
| 17. |  | Incendies (2010) Twins journey to the Middle East to discover their family history, and fulfill their mother's last wishes. Dir: Denis Villeneuve With: Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette Drama | Mystery | War 130 mins. |
| 18. |  | Pride & Prejudice (2005) Sparks fly when spirited Elizabeth Bennett meets single, rich, and proud Mr. Darcy. But Mr. Darcy reluctantly finds himself falling in love with a woman beneath his class. Can each overcome their own pride and prejudice? Dir: Joe Wright With: Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, Brenda Blethyn Drama | Romance  127 mins. |
| 19. |  | 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 |
| 20. |  | The Tourist (2010) Revolves around Frank, an American tourist visiting Italy to mend a broken heart. Elise is an extraordinary woman who deliberately crosses his path. Dir: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck With: Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie, Paul Bettany Action | Mystery | Romance | Thriller 103 mins. |
| 21. |  | 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. |
| 22. |  | 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. |
| 23. |  | Johnny English Reborn (2011) Johnny English goes up against international assassins hunting down the Chinese premier. Dir: Oliver Parker With: Rowan Atkinson, Rosamund Pike, Dominic West Adventure | Comedy | Thriller 101 mins. |
| 24. |  | Hot Fuzz (2007) Jealous colleagues conspire to get a top London cop transferred to a small town and paired with a witless new partner. On the beat, the pair stumble upon a series of suspicious accidents and events. Dir: Edgar Wright With: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman Action | Comedy | Mystery 121 mins. |
| 25. |  | Shaun of the Dead (2004) A man decides to turn his moribund life around by winning back his ex-girlfriend, reconciling his relationship with his mother, and dealing with an entire community that has returned from the dead to eat the living. Dir: Edgar Wright With: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield Comedy | Horror 99 mins. |
| 26. |  | Late Bloomers (2011) Dir: Julie Gavras With: William Hurt, Isabella Rossellini, Doreen Mantle Drama |
| 27. |  | The Dreamers (2003) A young American studying in Paris in 1968 strikes up a friendship with a French brother and sister. Set against the background of the '68 Paris student riots. Dir: Bernardo Bertolucci With: Michael Pitt, Louis Garrel, Eva Green Drama | History | Romance 115 mins. |
| 28. |  | Special Forces (2011) A French journalist in Afghanistan is kidnapped by the Taliban. Dir: Stéphane Rybojad With: Diane Kruger, Djimon Hounsou, Benoît Magimel Action | Adventure | Drama 109 mins. |
| 29. |  | The Happening (2008) A strange, horrible and unprecedented crisis begins in Central Park. A high school science teacher, his wife and a young girl do what they can to survive it. Dir: M. Night Shyamalan With: Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo Sci-Fi | Thriller 91 mins. |
| 30. |  | Centurion (2010) A splinter group of Roman soldiers fight for their lives behind enemy lines after their legion is decimated in a devastating guerrilla attack. Dir: Neil Marshall With: Michael Fassbender, Dominic West, Olga Kurylenko Action | Adventure | Drama | History | Thriller | War 97 mins. |
| 31. |  | The Fifth Element (1997) In the colorful future, a cab driver unwittingly becomes the central figure in the search for a legendary cosmic weapon to keep Evil and Mr Zorg at bay. Dir: Luc Besson With: Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller 126 mins. |
| 32. |  | The Wrestler (2008) A faded professional wrestler must retire, but finds his quest for a new life outside the ring a dispiriting struggle. Dir: Darren Aronofsky With: Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood Drama | Romance | Sport 109 mins. |
| 33. |  | Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010) While still out to destroy the evil Umbrella Corporation, Alice joins a group of survivors who want to relocate to the mysterious but supposedly unharmed safe haven known only as Arcadia. Dir: Paul W.S. Anderson With: Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Wentworth Miller Action | Adventure | Horror | Sci-Fi 97 mins. |
| 34. |  | Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) The cyborg who once tried to kill Sarah Connor must now protect her teenage son, John Connor, from an even more powerful and advanced Terminator. Dir: James Cameron With: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller 137 mins. |
| 35. |  | The Italian Job (2003) Thieves plan to pull off the heist of their lives by creating Los Angeles' largest ever traffic jam. Dir: F. Gary Gray With: Donald Sutherland, Mark Wahlberg, Edward Norton Action | Crime | Thriller 111 mins. |
| 36. |  | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009) A traveling theater company gives its audience much more than they were expecting. Dir: Terry Gilliam With: Christopher Plummer, Lily Cole, Heath Ledger Adventure | Fantasy | Mystery 123 mins. |
| 37. |  | Atonement (2007) Fledgling writer Briony Tallis, as a 13-year-old, irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit. Based on the British romance novel by Ian McEwan. Dir: Joe Wright With: Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Brenda Blethyn Drama | Mystery | Romance | War 123 mins. |
| 38. |  | Faces in the Crowd (2011) A horror-thriller centered on a woman living with "face-blindness" after surviving a serial killer's attack. As she lives with her condition, one in which facial features change each time she loses sight of them, the killer closes in. Dir: Julien Magnat With: Milla Jovovich, Sarah Wayne Callies, Michael Shanks Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller |
| 39. |  | Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010) In the depths of the Korvatunturi mountains, 486 metres deep, lies the closest ever guarded secret of Christmas. The time has come to dig it up! This Christmas everyone will believe in Santa Claus. Dir: Jalmari Helander With: Jorma Tommila, Peeter Jakobi, Onni Tommila Action | Comedy | Fantasy 84 mins. |
| 40. |  | Chloe (2009) A doctor hires an escort to seduce her husband, whom she suspects of cheating, though unforeseen events put the family in danger. Dir: Atom Egoyan With: Julianne Moore, Amanda Seyfried, Liam Neeson Drama | Thriller 96 mins. |
| 41. |  | Orphan (2009) A husband and wife who recently lost their baby adopt a 9-year-old girl who is not nearly as innocent as she claims to be. Dir: Jaume Collet-Serra With: Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, Isabelle Fuhrman Mystery | Thriller 123 mins. |
| 42. |  | Circumstance (2011) A wealthy Iranian family struggles to contain a teenager's growing sexual rebellion and her brother's dangerous obsession. Dir: Maryam Keshavarz With: Sarah Kazemy, Nikohl Boosheri, Reza Sixo Safai Drama 107 mins. |
| 43. |  | The Ghost Writer (2010) A ghostwriter hired to complete the memoirs of a former British prime minister uncovers secrets that put his own life in jeopardy. Dir: Roman Polanski With: Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Olivia Williams Mystery | Thriller 128 mins. |
| 44. |  | Last Night (2010) The story follows a married couple, apart for a night while the husband takes a business trip with a colleague to whom he's attracted. While he's resisting temptation, his wife encounters her past love. Dir: Massy Tadjedin With: Keira Knightley, Sam Worthington, Eva Mendes Drama | Romance 90 mins. |
| 45. |  | Mulholland Dr. (2001) After a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesic, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality. Dir: David Lynch With: Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux Drama | Mystery | Thriller 147 mins. |
| 46. |  | Casino (1995) Greed, deception, money, power, and murder occur between two mobster best friends and a trophy wife over a gambling empire. Dir: Martin Scorsese With: Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci Biography | Crime | Drama 178 mins. |
| 47. |  | Antichrist (2009) A grieving couple retreats to their cabin in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse. Dir: Lars von Trier With: Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Storm Acheche Sahlstrøm Drama | Horror United States-NOT-RATED 108 mins. |
| 48. |  | Buried (2010) Paul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap. Dir: Rodrigo Cortés With: Ryan Reynolds, José Luis García Pérez, Robert Paterson Drama | Mystery | Thriller 95 mins. |
| 49. |  | Burn After Reading (2008) A disk containing the memoirs of a CIA agent ends up in the hands of two unscrupulous gym employees who attempt to sell it. Dir: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen With: Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand, George Clooney Comedy | Crime | Drama 96 mins. |
| 50. |  | Resident Evil (2002) A special military unit fights a powerful, out-of-control supercomputer and hundreds of scientists who have mutated into flesh-eating creatures after a laboratory accident. Dir: Paul W.S. Anderson With: Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Colin Salmon Action | Adventure | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller |
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