Plot summary :
Oskar Schindler is a vain, glorious and greedy German businessman who becomes unlikely humanitarian amid the barbaric Nazi reign when he feels compelled to turn his factory into a refuge for Jews. Based on the true story of Oskar Schindler who managed to save about 1100 Jews from being gassed at the Auschwitz concentration camp. A testament for the good in all of us…

Movie info :
User rating : 8.8/10
Director : Steven Spielberg
Awards : Won 7 Oscars. Another 62 wins & 21 nominations

Cast overview :
Liam Neeson … Oskar Schindler
Ben Kingsley … Itzhak Stern
Ralph Fiennes … Amon Goeth
Caroline Goodall … Emilie Schindler
Jonathan Sagalle … Poldek Pfefferberg

IMDB page :
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108052/

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Popularity: 29% [?]

Plot summary :
A serial killer in the San Francisco Bay Area taunts police with his letters and cryptic messages. We follow the investigators and reporters in this lightly fictionalized account of the true 1970’s case as they search for the murderer, becoming obsessed with the case. Based on Robert Graysmith’s book, the movie’s focus is the lives and careers of the detectives and newspaper people…

Movie info :
User rating : 7.9/10
Director : David Fincher
Awards : 10 nominations

Cast overview :
Jake Gyllenhaal … Robert Graysmith
Mark Ruffalo … Inspector David Toschi
Anthony Edwards … Inspector William Armstrong
Robert Downey Jr. … Paul Avery
Brian Cox … Melvin Belli

IMDB page :
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443706/

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Popularity: 29% [?]

Plot summary :
Jules Winnfield and Vincent Vega are two hitmen who are out to retrieve a suitcase stolen from their employer, mob boss Marsellus Wallace. Wallace has also asked Vincent to take his wife Mia out a few days later when Wallace himself will be out of town. Butch Coolidge is an aging boxer who is paid by Wallace to lose his next fight. The lives of these seemingly unrelated people are woven together comprising of a series of funny, bizarre and uncalled-for incidents…

Movie info :
User rating : 8.9/10
Director : Quentin Tarantino
Awards : Won Oscar. Another 43 wins & 40 nominations

Cast overview :
John Travolta … Vincent Vega
Samuel L. Jackson … Jules Winnfield
Tim Roth … Pumpkin (Ringo)
Amanda Plummer … Honey Bunny (Yolanda)
Eric Stoltz … Lance
Bruce Willis … Butch Coolidge

IMDB page :
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110912/

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Popularity: 40% [?]

Plot summary :
Andy Dufresne is a young and successful banker whose life changes drastically when he is convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife and her lover. Set in the 1940’s, the film shows how Andy, with the help of his friend Red, the prison entrepreneur, turns out to be a most unconventional prisoner…

Movie info :
User rating : 9.2/10
Director : Frank Darabont
Awards : Nominated for 7 Oscars. Another 11 wins & 13 nominations

Cast overview :
Tim Robbins … Andy Dufresne
Morgan Freeman … Ellis Boyd ‘Red’ Redding
Bob Gunton … Warden Norton
William Sadler … Heywood
Clancy Brown … Captain Hadley

IMDB page :
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111161/

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Popularity: 46% [?]