Bucket List Movies

Seven Samurai (1954)

Directed by: Akira Kurosawa
Not Rated | 207 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A poor village under attack by bandits recruits seven unemployed samurai to help them defend themselves.


Psycho (1960)

Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
R | 109 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run, and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.


Rear Window (1954)

Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
PG | 112 min | Mystery, Thriller

A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.


Parasite  (2019)

Directed by: Bong Joon Ho
R | 132 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller

Greed and class discrimination threaten the newly formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.


The Usual Suspects (1995)

Directed by: Bryan Singer
R | 106 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

A sole survivor tells of the twisty events leading up to a horrific gun battle on a boat, which began when five criminals met at a seemingly random police lineup.


The Dark Knight (2008)

Directed by: Christopher Nolan
PG-13 | 152 min | Action, Crime, Drama

When the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice.


Inception (2010)

Directed by: Christopher Nolan
PG-13 | 148 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O.


Intersteller (2014)

Directed by: Christopher Nolan
PG-13 | 169 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

A team of explorers travel through a wormhole in space in an attempt to ensure humanity's survival.


The Prestige (2006)

Directed by: Christopher Nolan
PG-13 | 130 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

After a tragic accident, two stage magicians engage in a battle to create the ultimate illusion while sacrificing everything they have to outwit each other.


Whiplash (2014)

Directed by: Damien Chazelle
R | 106 min | Drama, Music

A promising young drummer enrolls at a cut-throat music conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who will stop at nothing to realize a student's potential.


Fight Club (1999)

Directed by: David Fincher
R | 139 min | Drama

You do not talk about Fight Club.


Se7en (1995)

Directed by: David Fincher
R | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives.


City of God (2002)

Directed by: Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund
R  | 130 min | Crime, Drama

In the slums of Rio, two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin.


The Godfather (1972)

Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
R | 175 min | Crime, Drama

An organized crime dynasty's aging patriarch transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.


The Godfather: Part II (1974)

Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
R | 202 min | Crime, Drama

The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York City is portrayed, while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate.


It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

Directed by: Frank Capra
PG | 130 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy

An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.


The Green Mile (1999)

Directed by: Frank Darabont
R | 189 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

The lives of guards on Death Row are affected by one of their charges: a black man accused of child murder and rape, yet who has a mysterious gift.


The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Directed by: Frank Darabont 
R  | 142 min | Drama

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


Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)

Directed by: George Lucas
PG | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vader.


Cinema Paradiso (1988)

Directed by: Giuseppe Tornatore
R | 155 min | Drama, Romance

A filmmaker recalls his childhood when falling in love with the pictures at the cinema of his home village and forms a deep friendship with the cinema's projectionist.


Spirited Away (2001)

Directed by: Hayao Miyazaki
PG | 125 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches, and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.


Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Directed by: Irvin Kershner 
PG | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

After the Rebels are brutally overpowered by the Empire on the ice planet Hoth, Luke Skywalker begins Jedi training with Yoda, while his friends are pursued by Darth Vader and a bounty hunter named Boba Fett all over the galaxy.


Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

Directed by: Isao Takahata
Not Rated | 89 min | Animation, Drama, War

A young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.


Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

Directed by: James Cameron
R | 137 min | Action, Sci-Fi

A cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her ten year old son, John Connor, from a more advanced and powerful cyborg.


The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Directed by: Jonathan Demme
R | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.


Léon: The Professional (1994)

Directed by: Luc Besson
R | 110 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Mathilda, a 12-year-old girl, is reluctantly taken in by Léon, a professional assassin, after her family is murdered. An unusual relationship forms as she becomes his protégée and learns the assassin's trade.


Goodfellas (1990)

Directed by: Martin Scorsese
R | 146 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The story of Henry Hill and his life in the mob, covering his relationship with his wife Karen Hill and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito in the Italian-American crime syndicate.


The Departed (2006)

Directed by: Martin Scorsese
R | 151 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.


Hara-Kiri (1962)

Directed by: Masaki Kobayashi
Not Rated | 133 min | Action, Drama, Mystery

When a ronin requesting seppuku at a feudal lord's palace is told of the brutal suicide of another ronin who previously visited, he reveals how their pasts are intertwined - and in doing so challenges the clan's integrity.


Casablanca (1942)

Directed by: Michael Curtiz
PG | 102 min | Drama, Romance, War

A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.


One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

Directed by: Milos Forman
R | 133 min | Drama

A criminal pleads insanity and is admitted to a mental institution, where he rebels against the oppressive nurse and rallies up the scared patients.


The Intouchables (2011)

Directed by: Olivier Nakache, Éric Toledano
R | 112 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

After he becomes a quadriplegic from a paragliding accident, an aristocrat hires a young man from the projects to be his caregiver.


The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

Directed by: Peter Jackson
PG-13 | 201 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Gandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring.


The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Directed by: Peter Jackson
PG-13 | 178 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron.


The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Directed by: Peter Jackson
PG-13 | 179 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

While Frodo and Sam edge closer to Mordor with the help of the shifty Gollum, the divided fellowship makes a stand against Sauron's new ally, Saruman, and his hordes of Isengard.


Pulp Fiction (1994)

Directed by: Quentin Tarantino 
R | 154 min | Crime, Drama

The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.


Gladiator (2000)

Directed by: Ridley Scott
R | 155 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A former Roman General sets out to exact vengeance against the corrupt emperor who murdered his family and sent him into slavery.


Forrest Gump (1994)

Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
PG-13 | 142 min | Drama, Romance

The presidencies of Kennedy and Johnson, the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal and other historical events unfold from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, whose only desire is to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart.


Back to the Future (1985)

Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
PG | 116 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Marty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent thirty years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the eccentric scientist Doc Brown.


Life Is Beautiful (1997)

Directed by: Roberto Benigni
PG-13 | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

When an open-minded Jewish librarian and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor, and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.


The Lion King (1994)

Directed by: Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff
G | 88 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

Lion prince Simba and his father are targeted by his bitter uncle, who wants to ascend the throne himself.


The Pianist (2002)

Directed by: Roman Polanski
R | 150 min | Biography, Drama, Music

A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II.


The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

Directed by: Sergio Leone
R | 178 min | Western

A bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery.


Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)

Directed by: Sergio Leone
PG-13 | 165 min | Western

A mysterious stranger with a harmonica joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad.


12 Angry Men (1957)

Directed by: Sidney Lumet 
Approved | 96 min | Crime, Drama

A jury holdout attempts to prevent a miscarriage of justice by forcing his colleagues to reconsider the evidence.


Schindler's List (1993)

Directed by: Steven Spielberg
R | 195 min | Biography, Drama, History

In German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.


Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Directed by: Steven Spielberg
R | 169 min | Drama, War

Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.


The Matrix (1999)

Directed by: The Wachowski's
R | 136 min | Action, Sci-Fi

When a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.


Hamilton (2020)

Directed by: Thomas Kail
PG-13 | 160 min | Biography, Drama, History

The real life of one of America's foremost founding fathers and first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton. Captured live on Broadway from the Richard Rodgers Theater with the original Broadway cast.


American History X (1998)

Directed by: Tony Kaye
R | 119 min | Drama

A former neo-nazi skinhead tries to prevent his younger brother from going down the same wrong path that he did.