The Shawshank Redemption
Andy Dufresne, a successful banker, is arrested for the murders of his wife and her lover, and is sentenced to life imprisonment at the Shawshank prison. He becomes the most unconventional prisoner.
Initial release: 22 September 1994 (Beverly Hills)
Director: Frank Darabont
Story by: Stephen King
Awards: Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Foreign Language Film, MORE
Screenplay: Frank Darabont, Stephen King
Don Vito Corleone, head of a mafia family, decides to hand over his empire to his youngest son Michael. However, his decision unintentionally puts the lives of his loved ones in grave danger.
Initial release: 14 March 1972 (New York)
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Story by: Mario Puzo
Awards: Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, MORE
Screenplay: Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo, Robert Towne
The Dark Knight 2008
After Gordon, Dent and Batman begin an assault on Gotham's organised crime, the mobs hire the Joker, a psychopathic criminal mastermind who offers to kill Batman and bring the city to its knees.
Release date: 18 July 2008 (India)
Director: Christopher Nolan
Box office: 100.5 crores USD
Awards: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, MORE
Villain: Joker
The Godfather Part II
Michael, Vito Corleone's son, attempts to expand his family's criminal empire. While he strikes a business deal with gangster Hyman Roth, he remains unaware of the lurking danger.
Initial release: 12 December 1974 (New York)
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Film series: The Godfather
Awards: Academy Award for Best Picture, MORE
Screenplay: Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo
12 Angry Men
A dissenting juror in a murder trial slowly manages to convince the others that the case is not as obviously clear as it seemed in court.
Initial release: April 1957 (USA)
Director: Sidney Lumet
Screenplay: Reginald Rose
Story by: Reginald Rose
Adapted from: Twelve Angry Men
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The former Fellowship members prepare for the final battle. While Frodo and Sam approach Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring, they follow Gollum, unaware of the path he is leading them to.
Release date: 6 February 2004 (India)
Director: Peter Jackson
Box office: 114.2 crores USD
Budget: 9.4 crores USD
Awards: Academy Award for Best Picture, MORE
Pulp Fiction 1994
In the realm of underworld, a series of incidents intertwines the lives of two Los Angeles mobsters, a gangster's wife, a boxer and two small-time criminals.
Initial release: 12 May 1994 (France)
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino
Featured song: Misirlou
Schindler's List 1993
Oskar Schindler, a German industrialist and member of the Nazi party, tries to save his Jewish employees after witnessing the persecution of Jews in Poland.
Initial release: 30 November 1993 (DC)
Director: Steven Spielberg
Music director: John Williams
Featured song: Por una Cabeza
Awards: Academy Award for Best Picture, MORE
Inception 2010
Cobb steals information from his targets by entering their dreams. Saito offers to wipe clean Cobb's criminal history as payment for performing an inception on his sick competitor's son.
Release date: 16 July 2010 (India)
Director: Christopher Nolan
Featured song: Non, je ne regrette rien
Box office: 83.68 crores USD
Awards: MTV Movie Award for Most Frightened Performance, MORE
Fight Club (1999)
Discontented with his capitalistic lifestyle, a white-collared insomniac forms an underground fight club with Tyler, a careless soap salesman. The project soon spirals down into something sinister.
Initial release: 15 October 1999 (Canada)
Director: David Fincher
Screenplay: Jim Uhls
Box office: 10.12 crores USD
Nominations: Academy Award for Best Sound Editing, MORE
