This is highly subjective, but as far as the top-rated and highest-grossing movies of all-time, the following: The Shawshank Redemption; The Godfather; The Dark Knight;The Godfather 2; Angry Man; Pulp Fiction; The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, and several others that you will probably also hear as the best, based on their writing, directing, acting, and just because they’re great movies and overall has been widely regarded as the best movies of all time.
The Shawshank Redemption
This film is celebrated for its strong story, memorable performances and positive representation of hope, and consistently ranks among the most motivational dramas ever produced, on every critic and audience list. Dufresne remains innocent in his understanding, he ultimately must adapt to a new view of prison life.
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather is a crime-drama movie directed by Francis Ford Coppola that came out in 1972 that is regarded as one of the greatest movies ever. The movie depicts many generations of the crime family and follows at first the family patriarch and organized crime figure Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) in his organization.
The Dark Knight
Batman Police Lieutenant new District Attorney have formed a trio of vigilantes fighting organized crime in Gotham. They have a major fumble, however, in introducing a new threat: the Joker, a psychopathic criminal mastermind embodying chaos and anarchy.
The Godfather Part II
The Godfather Part II (1974) It is a two part story move; one part is Michael Corleone a crime boss in the Late 1950’s running the Corleone crime family., and, the other story tells the earlier life of Corleone in Sicily and New York at the beginning of the 20th century.
Angry Men
12 Angry Men (1957) is a classic courtroom drama. We focus on the deliberation of the jury in a murder trial. An 18-year-old boy from a slum in New York is accused of stabbing his father to death.
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
This film essentially wraps up the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, and follows hobbits Frodo and Sam as they make their way to Mordor to destroy the One Ring in the fires of Mount Doom. Meanwhile, the forces of good, led by Aragorn, Gandalf, and others are preparing to fight Sauron’s forces in a large battle to distract the Dark Lord while Frodo is going to have a chance to finish his quest mission.
Pulp Fiction
Not what I was hoping for. Pulp Fiction is famous for its nonlinear narrative style within the various interconnected stories in Los Angeles’s crime world. The sections are noted as chapters, where certain characters develop throughout each other’s chapters and the film overall.
Citizen Kane
The movie opens with the death of Charles Foster Kane, a newspaper mogul, a powerful entity in his own right and a wealthy man, in his large mansion in Florida, Xanadu. Kane, while grasping a snow globe in his hand, mutters an enigmatic last word – “Rosebud.” Jerry Thompson is a newsreel reporter, assigned to look into the meaning of “Rosebud.”
Casablanca
The plot follows Rick Blaine, an American expatriate who manages an influential nightspot and gambling house in Casablanca called “Rick’s Café Américain. Rick claims he does not care about political issues but he has a complex story of involvement in the fight against fascism.
Conclusion
These films stand the test of time and continue to inspire, entertain, and challenge audiences, and as a result are considered some of the greatest films ever made. Such is their impact on filmmakers and moviegoers around the world, that these films have a place in history as iconic and timeless films and cultural references.