Best movies : our Top 20

2026 · Renny Harlin

Maya (Madelaine Petsch) affronte une ultime confrontation avec des agresseurs masqués au terme de la trilogie The Strangers, dans un combat sauvage où survie et soif de vengeance se confondent.

With Madelaine Petsch, Richard Brake, Rachel Shenton, Kyle Breitkopf, George Young, Ema Horvath and Froy Gutierrez

1994 · Frank Darabont

Convicted in the 1940s for the murder of his wife and her lover, former banker Andy Dufresne is sent to Shawshank State Prison, where he must rebuild his life behind bars. Using his expertise with numbers, he becomes indispensable to a corrupt warden, and over the course of many years earns the respect of his fellow inmates—especially an older lifer called Red—who admire his moral strength and persistent optimism.

With Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler, Clancy Brown, Gil Bellows and Mark Rolston

2012 · James McTeigue

A respected banker convicted in the 1940s of killing his wife and her lover is sent to Shawshank Prison, where he puts his financial expertise at the service of a corrupt warden. Over many years behind bars, his moral steadiness and relentless optimism earn him the respect and friendship of his fellow inmates, particularly an older man named Red.

With John Cusack, Luke Evans, Alice Eve, Brendan Gleeson, Kevin McNally, Oliver Jackson-Cohen and Jimmy Yuill

2008 · Christopher Nolan

Batman pushes his campaign against Gotham’s underworld to the next level, joining forces with Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent to systematically break apart the last criminal networks. Their cooperation brings hope for a safer city, but a cunning new antagonist who calls himself the Joker sparks a spiral of violence and anarchy that threatens to overwhelm them all.

With Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Morgan Freeman

2018 · Laurent Tirard

In 1809 France, a young officer is sent off to war, leaving his fiancée shattered. To ease her sorrow, the woman’s sister begins writing letters in the captain’s voice, inventing news and comforts that rekindle hope — but as the deception grows, loyalties, love, and the truth are put to the test.

With Jean Dujardin, Mélanie Laurent, Christophe Montenez, Fabienne Galula, Noémie Merlant, Féodor Atkine and Evelyne Buyle

2003 · Peter Jackson

Armies converge for a decisive clash that will determine the world's fate as ancient forces of Light and Darkness vie for supremacy. One member of the Fellowship is unmasked as the rightful heir to the throne of Men, yet the only real hope against the coming shadow rests with a small, brave hobbit. Frodo, guided by his devoted friend Sam and trailed by the pitiful, treacherous Gollum, pushes into the black heart of Mordor on a desperate, seemingly impossible mission to obliterate the Ring of Power.

With Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Andy Serkis and Cate Blanchett

1927 · Cecil B. DeMille

Using one of Hollywood’s largest budgets of the late 1920s, Cecil B. DeMille staged a sweeping silent-era portrayal of Jesus’ life and Passion that plays out like a monumental religious pageant. Anchored by intertitles drawn from Scripture, populated by thousands of extras and staged with the director’s trademark flair for massive sets and theatrical visuals, the film fuses strict devotional intent with show-stopping cinematic spectacle. Simultaneously solemn and breathtaking, it aims to move the heart as much as to awe the eye.

With H.B. Warner, Dorothy Cumming, Ernest Torrence, Joseph Schildkraut, James Neill, Joseph Striker and Robert Edeson

2006 · Pedro Almodóvar

A successful professional whose private life is unravelling—isolated, estranged from her father, and stalked by an obsessive ex—Joanna Mills begins experiencing violent, haunting visions of a woman’s murder and soon suspects she may be the killer’s next prey. Refusing to be passive, she follows the images to the small town where the victim lived, determined to uncover the truth and outrun the threat, only to find that some secrets refuse to stay buried.

With Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo, Chus Lampreave and Antonio de la Torre

2024 · Kenji Kamiyama

Wulf, a cunning and treacherous lord of Rohan consumed by vengeance for his father's death, unleashes a surprise assault that drives King Helm Hammerhand and his people back into the ancient Hornburg, where they must mount a desperate, last-ditch defense.

With Brian Cox, Gaia Wise, Luke Pasqualino, Miranda Otto, Christopher Lee, Lorraine Ashbourne and Yazdan Qafouri

1972 · Živko Nikolić

Against the fading echoes of its epic past, Zivko Nikolic paints a Montenegrin village in the wake of legend, exposing a stark present inhabited by the poor, the marginalized, and people with intellectual disabilities—lives neglected and left out of the grand heroic narratives.

2002 · Peter Jackson

Separated and traveling different routes, the members of the Fellowship press on with their mission to end the Ring’s threat. Their journeys converge on two strongholds: the black tower of Orthanc in Isengard, where the traitorous wizard Saruman broods, and Sauron’s iron fortress Barad-dûr buried in the wastelands of Mordor. Frodo and Sam push into the enemy country, bearing the burden of destroying the Ring, while Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli track the orcs who have taken Merry and Pippin. All the while Saruman schemes within his tower, ready to intercept and undermine any who dare approach.

With Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Andy Serkis and Cate Blanchett

2001 · Peter Jackson

After his uncle Bilbo leaves him a strange and powerful ring, young hobbit Frodo Baggins must leave the safety of his home to keep it from being seized by the evil force that forged it. A diverse band of companions forms around him to guard the ring-bearer and guide the perilous trek to Mount Doom—the only place where the ring can be destroyed.

With Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Sean Bean and Cate Blanchett

1999 · David Fincher

A volatile insomniac and a smooth-talking soap seller channel repressed masculine rage into a brutal, cathartic form of therapy. The movement snowballs into clandestine fighting rings in towns everywhere, until an eccentric disrupts the group and triggers an uncontrollable slide toward chaos and ruin.

With Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, Helena Bonham Carter, Meat Loaf, Jared Leto, Zach Grenier and Holt McCallany

2005 · Andrew Niccol

Yuri Orlov crisscrosses the globe peddling weapons, moving through some of the most brutal war zones while trying to stay ahead of a dogged Interpol investigator, ruthless competitors, and clients who count notorious dictators among their ranks. As his business draws him deeper into violence and betrayal, he ultimately must confront the moral fallout of the life he's built.

With Nicolas Cage, Bridget Moynahan, Jared Leto, Ethan Hawke, Eamonn Walker, Ian Holm and Sammi Rotibi

2014 · Ivan Reitman

Set between 1945 and 1955, this tale follows the fictional Italian-American Corleone family as power struggles and loyalties deepen. After the family’s patriarch, Vito Corleone, barely survives an assassination attempt, his youngest son Michael takes matters into his own hands, methodically pursuing the attackers and unleashing a violent campaign of vengeance.

With Kevin Costner, Jennifer Garner, Denis Leary, Frank Langella, Sam Elliott, Sean Combs and Terry Crews

1994 · Robert Zemeckis

A man of limited intelligence finds himself swept into landmark moments of history, repeatedly achieving far more than anyone expects and leaving a trail of remarkable accomplishments. Despite the fame and the extraordinary life he builds, the woman he truly loves remains just out of reach.

With Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Sally Field, Mykelti Williamson, Michael Conner Humphreys and Hanna Hall

1974 · Francis Ford Coppola

Across two eras, the film charts Vito Corleone’s path from a Sicilian childhood to an immigrant coming-of-age in 1910s New York. Decades on, his son Michael maneuvers to reshape and expand the family’s power, setting his sights on Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba during the 1950s.

With Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro, John Cazale, Talia Shire and Lee Strasberg

1985 · Peter Bogdanovich

A brilliant teenage boy with pronounced physical deformities and his mother, who belongs to a motorcycle gang, struggle to preserve a semblance of normal life amid social stigma, danger, and the constraints of their circumstances.

With Cher, Sam Elliott, Eric Stoltz, Estelle Getty, Richard Dysart, Laura Dern and Micole Mercurio

2006 · Paul Verhoeven

A fast-food-obsessed hitman, his contemplative accomplice, a narcotics-addled mobster’s companion and a once-promising prizefighter collide in a wide-ranging, darkly comic crime romp. Their intertwined misadventures play out across three interlocking episodes that slyly leap backward and forward through time.

With Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman, Halina Reijn, Waldemar Kobus, Matthias Schoenaerts and Theo Maassen

1994 · Quentin Tarantino

A burger-obsessed hitman, his introspective partner, a drug-addled gangster’s companion and a fallen prizefighter cross paths in a sprawling, darkly comic crime caper. Their tangled exploits unfold across three interwoven episodes that cleverly leap through time, peeling back secrets, rivalries and unlikely loyalties as past and present collide.

With John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis, Ving Rhames, Harvey Keitel and Eric Stoltz