Top 27 movies you should watch if you have the chance

There are many things you have to try at least once in your life and there are these 27 classic movies that you have to watch at least once before you die.

1
The Truman Show

The Truman Show is a 1998 American science fiction comedy-drama film directed by Peter Weir. Sweet, unsuspecting man’s life turned into 24-hour-a-day TV.

2
The Silence of the Lambs

The Silence of the Lambs is a 1991 American psychological horror film directed by Jonathan Demme. Hannibal the Cannibal. Fast, witty and jolting

3
Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction is a 1994 American crime film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. Jules Winnfield and Vincent Vega are two hitmen out to retrieve a suitcase stolen from their employer

4
Amélie

Amélie is a 2001 French-German romantic comedy film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Amélie is a fanciful comedy about a young woman who discretely orchestrates the lives of the people around her, creating a world exclusively of her own making

5
Grave of the Fireflies

Grave of the Fireflies (火垂るの墓, Hotaru no Haka) is a 1988 Japanese animated war film based on the 1967 semi-autobiographical short story of the same name by Akiyuki Nosaka.

6
Life Is Beautiful

Life Is Beautiful is a 1997 Italian comedy-drama film directed by and starring Roberto Benigni. A gentle Jewish-Italian waiter, Guido Orefice (Roberto Benigni), meets Dora (Nicoletta Braschi), a pretty schoolteacher, and wins her over with his charm and humor.

7
Spirited Away

Spirited Away (Japanese: 千と千尋の神隠し, Hepburn: Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi, “Sen and Chihiro’s Spiriting Away”) is a 2001 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki

8
Airplane

Airplane is a 1980 American parody film written and directed by David and Jerry Zucker and Jim Abrahams, and produced by Jon Davison

9
Boyz n the Hood

Boyz n the Hood is a 1991 American teen coming-of-age drama film, written and directed by John Singleton.

10
Goodfellas

Goodfellas (stylized GoodFellas) is a 1990 American crime film directed by Martin Scorsese, produced by Irwin Winkler and distributed by Warner Bros

11
The Green Mile

The Green Mile is a 1999 American prison fantasy crime drama film written and directed by Frank Darabont and based on Stephen King’s 1996 novel of the same name.

12
The Princess Bride

The Princess Bride is a 1987 American fantasy adventure comedy film directed and co-produced by Rob Reiner, starring Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Wallace Shawn, André the Giant, and Christopher Guest.

13
American History X

American History X is a 1998 American crime drama film directed by Tony Kaye and written by David McKenna.

14
12 Angry Men

12 Angry Men is a 1957 American courtroom drama film directed by Sidney Lumet, adapted from a teleplay of the same name by Reginald Rose.

15
The Blues Brothers

The Blues Brothers is a 1980 American musical comedy film directed by John Landis.

16
Back to the Future

Back to the Future is a 1985 American science fiction film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Zemeckis and Bob Gale.

17
Saving Private Ryan

Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 American epic war film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat.

18
Dead Poets Society

Dead Poets Society is a 1989 American drama film directed by Peter Weir, written by Tom Schulman, and starring Robin Williams. Set in 1959 at the fictional elite conservative Vermont boarding school Welton Academy

19
The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption is a 1994 American drama film written and directed by Frank Darabont, based on the 1982 Stephen King novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption.

20
Good Will Hunting

Good Will Hunting is a 1997 American drama film directed by Gus Van Sant, and starring Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Minnie Driver, and Stellan Skarsgård.

21
Schindler’s List

Schindler’s List is a 1993 American historical drama film directed and co-produced by Steven Spielberg and written by Steven Zaillian. It is based on the novel Schindler’s Ark by Australian novelist Thomas Keneally.

22
Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Monty Python and the Holy Grail is a 1975 British comedy film concerning the Arthurian legend, written and performed by the Monty Python comedy group of Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin, and directed by Gilliam and Jones.

23
Up

Up is a 2009 American computer animated comedy-drama buddy adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The film centers on an elderly widower named Carl Fredricksen (Ed Asner) and an earnest boy named Russell (Jordan Nagai).

24
It’s a Wonderful Life

It’s a Wonderful Life is a 1946 American Christmas fantasy drama film produced and directed by Frank Capra, based on the short story and booklet The Greatest Gift, which Philip Van Doren Stern wrote in 1939 and published privately in 1943.

25
The Breakfast Club

The Breakfast Club is a 1985 American teen comedy-drama film written, produced, and directed by John Hughes

26
Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump is a 1994 American magical realism comedy-drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Eric Roth. It is based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Winston Groom, and stars Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson, and Sally Field.

27
City of God

City of God (Portuguese: Cidade de Deus) is a 2002 Brazilian crime film co-directed by Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund

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