89		The Great Escape (Adventure, Drama, History, 1963)
81		Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (Action, Adventure, Drama, 2003)
80		Tomorrow, When the War Began (Action, Adventure, Drama, 2010)
80		Empire of the Sun (Drama, History, War, 1987)
74		The Beach (Adventure, Drama, Romance, 2000)
73		Rabbit-Proof Fence (Adventure, Biography, Drama, 2002)
71		Max Manus: Man of War (Action, Biography, Drama, 2008)
71		Everest (Adventure, Biography, Drama, 2015)
71		Tigerland (Drama, War, 2000)
68		The Sand Pebbles (Adventure, Drama, Romance, 1966)
67		Behind Enemy Lines (Action, War, Drama, 2001)
67		The Mosquito Coast (Adventure, Drama, Thriller, 1986)
67		Chariots of Fire (Biography, Drama, Sport, 1981)
66		The Deer Hunter (Drama, War, 1978)
66		The Road (Adventure, Drama, 2009)
66		Spartacus (Adventure, Biography, Drama, 1960)
65		Joyeux Noel (Drama, History, Music, 2005)
65		Lone Survivor (Action, Biography, Drama, 2013)
65		Alive (Adventure, Biography, Drama, 1993)
65		Captain Phillips (Biography, Drama, Thriller, 2013)
65		Midnight Express (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1978)
64		No Escape (Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, 1994)
64		Act of Valor (Action, Adventure, Drama, 2012)
64		127 Hours (Adventure, Biography, Drama, 2010)
63		Kundun (Biography, Drama, History, 1997)
63		Papillon (Biography, Crime, Drama, 1973)
63		Defiance (Action, Drama, History, 2008)
63		Bone Tomahawk (Adventure, Drama, Horror, 2015)
63		The Experiment (Drama, Thriller, 2001)
62		Sid and Nancy (Biography, Drama, Music, 1986)
62		Kiss of the Dragon (Action, Crime, Drama, 2001)
62		Hart's War (Drama, War, 2002)
61		Fury (Action, Drama, War, 2014)
61		The Aviator (Biography, Drama, 2004)
61		The Count of Monte Cristo (Action, Adventure, Drama, 2002)
61		Ride with the Devil (Drama, Romance, War, 1999)
60		The Eagle (Action, Adventure, Drama, 2011)
60		The Boxer (Drama, Romance, Sport, 1997)
59		The Mirror (Biography, Drama, 1975)
59		The Proposition (Crime, Drama, Western, 2005)
59		December Boys (Drama, Romance, 2007)
59		Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (Action, Adventure, Drama, 2014)
59		The Painted Veil (Drama, Romance, 2006)
58		Tears of the Sun (Action, Drama, Thriller, 2003)
58		The Hunted (Action, Crime, Drama, 2003)
58		The Way Back (Adventure, Biography, Drama, 2010)
57		A Mighty Heart (Biography, Drama, History, 2007)
57		The Legend of Tarzan (Action, Adventure, Drama, 2016)
57		The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (Adventure, Crime, Drama, 2005)
56		How I Live Now (Drama, Romance, Thriller, 2013)
56		Che: Part One (Biography, Drama, History, 2008)
56		The Ten Commandments (Adventure, Biography, Drama, 1956)
56		Bridge of Spies (Drama, History, Thriller, 2015)
56		In the Heart of the Sea (Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, 2015)
56		Platoon (Drama, War, 1986)
55		Wyatt Earp (Adventure, Biography, Crime, Drama, 1994)
55		Cast Away (Adventure, Drama, Romance, 2000)
55		Wong Fei Hung (Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, 1991)
55		If.... (Drama, 1968)
55		Children of Men (Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 2006)
54		Girl, Interrupted (Biography, Drama, 1999)
54		Hamburger Hill (Action, Drama, Thriller, 1987)
54		Love in the Time of Cholera (Drama, Romance, 2007)
54		Mystic River (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2003)
54		The Bridge on the River Kwai (Adventure, Drama, War, 1957)
54		Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Biography, Crime, Drama, 1969)
54		Down in the Valley (Drama, Romance, Thriller, 2005)
54		The Constant Gardener (Drama, Mystery, Romance, 2005)
54		Assault on Precinct 13 (Action, Crime, Drama, 2005)
54		Unleashed (Action, Crime, Drama, 2005)
54		The Last Samurai (Action, Drama, History, 2003)
53		Unbroken (Biography, Drama, Sport, 2014)
53		In Hell (Action, Thriller, Drama, 2003)
53		Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (Crime, Drama, 2009)
53		Traitor (Action, Crime, Drama, 2008)
53		The Postman (Action, Adventure, Drama, 1997)
53		Brothers (Drama, Thriller, War, 2009)
53		First Blood (Action, Adventure, Drama, 1982)
53		In Cold Blood (Biography, Crime, Drama, 1967)
53		The Secret of NIMH (Animation, Adventure, Drama, 1982)
52		Born on the Fourth of July (Biography, Drama, War, 1989)
52		The Delta Force (Action, Adventure, Drama, 1986)
52		Insomnia (Drama, Mystery, Thriller, 2002)
52		Martha Marcy May Marlene (Drama, Mystery, Thriller, 2011)
52		Don't Say a Word (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2001)
52		The Message (Adventure, Biography, Drama, 1976)
52		Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, 2011)
52		King Kong (Action, Adventure, Drama, 2005)
51		Angela's Ashes (Drama, 1999)
51		The Thin Red Line (Drama, War, 1998)
51		Seven Years in Tibet (Adventure, Biography, Drama, 1997)
51		Australia (Adventure, Drama, Romance, 2008)
51		Party Monster (Biography, Crime, Drama, 2003)
51		Che: Part Two (Biography, Drama, History, 2008)
51		Army of Shadows (Drama, War, 1969)
51		Proof of Life (Action, Drama, Thriller, 2000)
50		Professione: reporter (Drama, Thriller, 1975)
50		Days of Being Wild (Crime, Drama, Romance, 1990)
50		Black Narcissus (Drama, 1947)
50		Black Book (Drama, Thriller, War, 2006)
50		The Book of Eli (Action, Adventure, Drama, 2010)
50		Antwone Fisher (Biography, Drama, 2002)
49		Hitman (Action, Crime, Drama, 2007)
49		The Machinist (Drama, Thriller, 2004)
49		A Walk in the Clouds (Drama, Romance, 1995)
49		Undisputed 2: Last Man Standing (Action, Crime, Drama, 2006)
49		All Is Lost (Action, Adventure, Drama, 2013)
49		Amelia (Adventure, Biography, Drama, 2009)
49		The Kingdom (Action, Drama, Thriller, 2007)
49		Sniper (Action, Drama, Thriller, 1993)
49		Sleepers (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1996)
49		Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (Drama, War, 1983)
48		Escape from Alcatraz (Biography, Crime, Drama, 1979)
48		Maria Full of Grace (Crime, Drama, 2004)
48		Walkabout (Adventure, Drama, 1971)
47		John Q (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2002)
47		Big Fish (Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, 2003)
47		The Poseidon Adventure (Action, Adventure, Drama, 1972)
47		Into the Wild (Adventure, Biography, Drama, 2007)
47		Daylight (Action, Adventure, Drama, 1996)
47		Runaway Train (Action, Adventure, Drama, 1985)
47		Heaven & Earth (Action, Biography, Drama, 1993)
47		The Philadelphia Experiment (Adventure, Drama, Romance, 1984)
47		Ripley's Game (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2002)
46		Redemption (Action, Crime, Drama, 2013)
46		Looper (Action, Crime, Drama, 2012)
46		Homefront (Action, Crime, Drama, 2013)
46		Cold Mountain (Adventure, Drama, History, 2003)
46		La Grande Illusion (Drama, War, 1937)
46		Apocalypse Now (Drama, War, 1979)
46		Gladiator (Action, Adventure, Drama, 2000)
46		The Assassination of Richard Nixon (Biography, Drama, 2004)
45		Out of Sight (Crime, Drama, Romance, 1998)
45		Cape Fear (Drama, Thriller, 1962)
45		Argo (Biography, Drama, History, 2012)
45		Boyz n the Hood (Crime, Drama, 1991)
45		Kiss the Girls (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1997)
45		From Here to Eternity (Drama, Romance, War, 1953)
45		The Grey (Action, Adventure, Drama, 2011)
45		Miller's Crossing (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1990)
44		21 Grams (Drama, 2003)
44		Bronson (Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, 2008)
44		Open Water (Adventure, Biography, Drama, 2003)
44		Good Bye Lenin! (Drama, Romance, 2003)
44		Sherrybaby (Drama, 2006)
44		Rendition (Drama, Thriller, 2007)
44		No Way Out (Action, Crime, Drama, 1987)
44		The Protector (Action, Crime, Drama, 2005)
44		My Life Without Me (Drama, Romance, 2003)
44		World Trade Center (Drama, History, Thriller, 2006)
44		Battle of Britain (Action, Drama, History, 1969)
44		Top Gun (Action, Drama, Romance, 1986)
44		Tristan + Isolde (Drama, Romance, 2006)
43		3:10 to Yuma (Adventure, Crime, Drama, 2007)
43		Franklyn (Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, 2008)
43		Matchstick Men (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2003)
43		Stop-Loss (Drama, War, 2008)
43		Never Back Down (Action, Drama, Sport, 2008)
43		Seabiscuit (Drama, History, Sport, 2003)
43		Surveillance (Crime, Drama, Horror, 2008)
43		The Right Stuff (Adventure, Drama, History, 1983)
43		Deliverance (Adventure, Drama, Mystery, 1972)
43		Machine Gun Preacher (Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, 2011)
42		All Good Things (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2010)
42		In the Land of Blood and Honey (Drama, Romance, War, 2011)
42		The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (Adventure, Biography, Drama, 1999)
42		Flyboys (Action, Adventure, Drama, 2006)
42		Tracks (Adventure, Biography, Drama, 2013)
42		The New World (Biography, Drama, History, 2005)
42		Undisputed 3: Redemption (Action, Crime, Drama, 2010)
42		I'm Not There. (Biography, Drama, Music, 2007)
42		Lawrence of Arabia (Adventure, Biography, Drama, 1962)
42		Out of Africa (Biography, Drama, Romance, 1985)
42		Animal Kingdom (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2010)
42		The Losers (Action, Crime, Drama, 2010)
42		The Sum of All Fears (Action, Drama, Thriller, 2002)
42		Open Water 2: Adrift (Adventure, Drama, Horror, 2006)
42		Buried (Drama, Mystery, Thriller, 2010)
42		The Book Thief (Drama, War, 2013)
42		Windtalkers (Action, Drama, War, 2002)
42		Seeking Justice (Action, Drama, Thriller, 2011)
41		Wild (Adventure, Biography, Drama, 2014)
41		Chocolat (Drama, Romance, 2000)
41		Catch Me If You Can (Biography, Crime, Drama, 2002)
41		Gangster No. 1 (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2000)
41		Public Enemies (Biography, Crime, Drama, 2009)
41		The Fighter (Biography, Drama, Sport, 2010)
41		The Walk (Adventure, Biography, Drama, 2015)
41		Starred Up (Crime, Drama, 2013)
41		Grave of the Fireflies (Animation, Drama, War, 1988)
41		Stalag 17 (Drama, War, 1953)
40		Gravity (Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, 2013)
40		Amistad (Drama, History, 1997)
40		Brazil (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1985)
40		Life of Pi (Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, 2012)
40		Frida (Biography, Drama, Romance, 2002)
40		Lady Vengeance (Crime, Drama, 2005)
40		Breaker Morant (Drama, History, War, 1980)
40		Dallas Buyers Club (Biography, Drama, 2013)
40		The Revenant (Adventure, Drama, Thriller, 2015)
40		1492: Conquest of Paradise (Adventure, Biography, Drama, 1992)
40		The Devil's Double (Biography, Drama, Thriller, 2011)

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