IMDb: Favorites - a list by stac928

1.

Sweet Home Alabama (2002)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.9/10 X

A young woman with a Southern background runs away from her husband in Alabama and reinvents herself as a New York socialite. (108 mins.)

Director: Andy Tennant

Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Patrick Dempsey, Josh Lucas, Candice Bergen

2.

Schindler's List (1993)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.9/10 X

In Poland during World War II, Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis. (195 mins.)

Director: Steven Spielberg

Stars: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley, Caroline Goodall

3.

The Lion King (1994)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.4/10 X

Tricked into thinking he killed his father, a guilt ridden lion cub flees into exile and abandons his identity as the future King. (89 mins.)

Director: Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff

Stars: Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons, James Earl Jones, Whoopi Goldberg

4.

The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.1/10 X

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. (115 mins.)

Director: Paul Greengrass

Stars: Matt Damon, Édgar Ramírez, Joan Allen, Julia Stiles

5.

The Bourne Identity (2002)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.9/10 X

A man is picked up by a fishing boat, bullet-riddled and without memory, then races to elude assassins and recover from amnesia. (119 mins.)

Director: Doug Liman

Stars: Franka Potente, Matt Damon, Chris Cooper, Clive Owen

6.

The Bourne Supremacy (2004)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.7/10 X

When Jason Bourne is framed for a botched CIA operation he is forced to take up his former life as a trained assassin to survive. (108 mins.)

Director: Paul Greengrass

Stars: Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Joan Allen, Brian Cox

7.

Brave (2012)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.2/10 X

Determined to make her own path in life, Princess Merida defies a custom that brings chaos to her kingdom. Granted one wish, Merida must rely on her bravery and her archery skills to undo a beastly curse. (93 mins.)

Director: Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman

Stars: Kelly Macdonald, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Julie Walters

8.

Remember the Titans (2000)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.6/10 X

The true story of a newly appointed African-American coach and his high school team on their first season as a racially integrated unit. (113 mins.)

Director: Boaz Yakin

Stars: Denzel Washington, Will Patton, Wood Harris, Ryan Hurst

9.

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 9.3/10 X

Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency. (142 mins.)

Director: Frank Darabont

Stars: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler

10.

Tangled (2010)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.8/10 X

The magically long-haired Rapunzel has spent her entire life in a tower, but now that a runaway thief has stumbled upon her, she is about to discover the world for the first time, and who she really is. (100 mins.)

Director: Nathan Greno, Byron Howard

Stars: Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi, Donna Murphy, Ron Perlman

11.

Black Hawk Down (2001)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.7/10 X

123 elite U.S. soldiers drop into Somalia to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord and find themselves in a desperate battle with a large force of heavily-armed Somalis. (144 mins.)

Director: Ridley Scott

Stars: Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore, Eric Bana

12.

Save the Last Dance (2001)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.9/10 X

A white midwestern girl moves to Chicago, where her new boyfriend is a black teen from the South Side with a rough, semi-criminal past. (112 mins.)

Director: Thomas Carter

Stars: Julia Stiles, Sean Patrick Thomas, Kerry Washington, Fredro Starr

13.

Memento (2000)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.6/10 X

A man, suffering from short-term memory loss, uses notes and tattoos to hunt for the man he thinks killed his wife. (113 mins.)

Director: Christopher Nolan

Stars: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, Mark Boone Junior

14.

Coach Carter (2005)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.0/10 X

Controversy surrounds high school basketball coach Ken Carter after he benches his entire team for breaking their academic contract with him. (136 mins.)

Director: Thomas Carter

Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Rick Gonzalez, Robert Ri'chard, Rob Brown

15.

Friday Night Lights (2004)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.1/10 X

Based on H.G. Bissinger's book, which profiled the economically depressed town of Odessa, Texas and their heroic high school football team, The Permian High Panthers. (118 mins.)

Director: Peter Berg

Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Jay Hernandez, Derek Luke, Lucas Black