96		The Day the Earth Stood Still (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1951)
70		The Man Who Fell to Earth (Sci-Fi, Drama, 1976)
67		The X Files (Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, 1998)
67		Contact (Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, 1997)
67		The Right Stuff (Adventure, Drama, History, 1983)
63		The Martian (Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, 2015)
62		The Day the Earth Stood Still (Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 2008)
62		Monsters (Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 2010)
60		The Crossing Guard (Drama, 1995)
59		The Sugarland Express (Crime, Drama, 1974)
58		Silent Running (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1972)
57		Sphere (Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, 1998)
56		The Shining (Drama, Horror, 1980)
55		Interstellar (Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, 2014)
55		The Rover (Crime, Drama, 2014)
54		White Noise (Drama, Horror, Mystery, 2005)
54		Fire in the Sky (Biography, Drama, Fantasy, 1993)
52		Dreamcatcher (Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, 2003)
52		Midnight Special (Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, 2016)
51		The Joy Luck Club (Drama, 1993)
50		In the Bedroom (Crime, Drama, 2001)
50		War Horse (Drama, War, 2011)
50		A River Runs Through It (Drama, 1992)
50		Kramer vs. Kramer (Drama, 1979)
47		Hoosiers (Drama, Sport, 1986)
47		Unbreakable (Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, 2000)
47		Victor Frankenstein (Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, 2015)
47		Impostor (Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, 2001)
46		The Namesake (Drama, 2006)
46		The Machinist (Drama, Thriller, 2004)
46		Splendor in the Grass (Drama, Romance, 1961)
46		You Can Count on Me (Drama, 2000)
45		Upstream Color (Drama, Sci-Fi, 2013)
45		The Mosquito Coast (Adventure, Drama, Thriller, 1986)
45		Ordinary People (Drama, 1980)
45		Little Man Tate (Drama, 1991)
45		The Judge (Crime, Drama, 2014)
45		Darr (Drama, Mystery, Romance, 1993)
45		Radio Flyer (Drama, 1992)
45		Things We Lost in the Fire (Drama, 2007)
45		The Bridges of Madison County (Drama, Romance, 1995)
45		The Deep End of the Ocean (Drama, 1999)
45		Life as a House (Drama, 2001)
44		The Prestige (Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, 2006)
44		10 Cloverfield Lane (Drama, Horror, Mystery, 2016)
44		Young Guns (Action, Crime, Drama, 1988)
44		On Golden Pond (Drama, 1981)
43		The Abyss (Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, 1989)
43		An Officer and a Gentleman (Drama, Romance, 1982)
42		The Miracle Worker (Biography, Drama, 1962)
42		American Beauty (Drama, Romance, 1999)
42		Mommy (Drama, 2014)
42		The French Connection (Action, Crime, Drama, 1971)
42		Nineteen Eighty-Four (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1984)
42		The Godfather (Crime, Drama, 1972)
42		Brazil (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1985)
41		Days of Heaven (Drama, Romance, 1978)
41		Dead Man Walking (Crime, Drama, 1995)
41		The Iron Giant (Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, 1999)
40		The Man in the Moon (Drama, Romance, 1991)
40		Fahrenheit 451 (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1966)
40		Promised Land (Drama, 2012)
40		Yankee Doodle Dandy (Biography, Drama, Musical, 1942)
40		Dead Ringers (Drama, Thriller, 1988)
40		Extracted (Drama, Sci-Fi, 2012)
40		Extraordinary Measures (Drama, 2010)
40		Antwone Fisher (Biography, Drama, 2002)
40		Far from the Madding Crowd (Drama, Romance, 2015)
40		Cloud Atlas (Drama, Sci-Fi, 2012)
40		My Own Private Idaho (Drama, 1991)
40		Grand Canyon (Crime, Drama, 1991)
40		Frozen River (Crime, Drama, 2008)
40		Fear (Drama, Thriller, 1996)
40		Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (Drama, 2006)
40		Barry Lyndon (Adventure, Drama, History, 1975)
40		The Fountain (Drama, Sci-Fi, 2006)
39		Dark Blue (Crime, Drama, Romance, 2002)
39		Reservation Road (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2007)
39		Jacob's Ladder (Drama, Horror, Mystery, 1990)
39		Kinsey (Biography, Drama, Romance, 2004)
39		Two for the Money (Drama, Sport, Thriller, 2005)
39		The Boxer (Drama, Romance, Sport, 1997)
39		Jaws (Adventure, Drama, Thriller, 1975)
39		Thirteen Days (Drama, History, Thriller, 2000)
39		Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (Drama, Romance, 1974)
38		Possession (Drama, Horror, 1981)
37		Birdy (Drama, War, 1984)
37		Room (Drama, 2015)
37		Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Drama, Romance, 1958)
37		The Natural (Drama, Sport, 1984)
37		Five Easy Pieces (Drama, 1970)
37		A.I. Artificial Intelligence (Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, 2001)
37		Elysium (Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, 2013)
37		Forever Young (Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, 1992)
37		Brief Encounter (Drama, Romance, 1945)
37		The Manchurian Candidate (Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, 2004)
37		Whiplash (Drama, Music, 2014)
37		The Fox and the Hound (Animation, Adventure, Drama, 1981)
36		The Man Who Wasn't There (Crime, Drama, 2001)
36		The Sixth Sense (Drama, Mystery, Thriller, 1999)
35		The Beaver (Drama, 2011)
35		Watership Down (Animation, Adventure, Drama, 1978)
35		Days of Being Wild (Crime, Drama, Romance, 1990)
35		When a Man Loves a Woman (Drama, Romance, 1994)
35		Chocolat (Drama, Romance, 2000)
35		Erin Brockovich (Biography, Drama, 2000)
35		Rendition (Drama, Thriller, 2007)
35		The Virgin Suicides (Drama, Romance, 1999)
35		Changeling (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2008)
35		The Shipping News (Drama, 2001)
35		One Hour Photo (Drama, Thriller, 2002)
35		Swimfan (Drama, Thriller, 2002)
35		Winter's Bone (Drama, 2010)
35		Tucker: The Man and His Dream (Biography, Drama, 1988)
35		Driving Miss Daisy (Drama, 1989)
35		The Secret Life of Words (Drama, Romance, 2005)
35		13 (Drama, Thriller, 2010)
35		Moby Dick (Adventure, Drama, 1956)
35		A Brilliant Young Mind (Drama, 2014)
35		Carol (Drama, Romance, 2015)
34		A Simple Plan (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1998)
34		The Fan (Action, Drama, Sport, 1996)
34		Rocky II (Drama, Sport, 1979)
34		Menace II Society (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1993)
34		Quigley Down Under (Action, Adventure, Drama, 1990)
34		Fatal Attraction (Drama, Horror, Thriller, 1987)
34		Exodus: Gods and Kings (Action, Adventure, Drama, 2014)
34		Scarface (Crime, Drama, 1983)
34		Dirty Dancing (Drama, Music, Romance, 1987)
34		Kidulthood (Crime, Drama, Romance, 2006)
34		Poseidon (Action, Adventure, Drama, 2006)
32		Taxi Driver (Crime, Drama, 1976)
32		Death in Venice (Drama, 1971)
32		Under the Skin (Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, 2013)
32		The Celebration (Drama, 1998)
32		The Color Purple (Drama, 1985)
32		Inherit the Wind (Drama, History, 1960)
32		Kis Uykusu (Drama, 2014)
32		The Entity (Biography, Drama, Horror, 1982)
31		Jules and Jim (Drama, Romance, 1962)
31		A Clockwork Orange (Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, 1971)
31		The Stoning of Soraya M. (Drama, 2008)
31		The Notebook (Drama, Romance, 2004)
31		Munich (Drama, Thriller, 2005)
31		Gone Girl (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2014)
31		Magnolia (Drama, 1999)
31		Time After Time (Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, 1979)
30		Lovers of the Arctic Circle (Drama, Mystery, Romance, 1998)
30		Everybody's Fine (Adventure, Drama, 2009)
30		Amistad (Drama, History, 1997)
30		The Company Men (Drama, 2010)
30		Being Flynn (Drama, 2012)
30		Smashed (Drama, 2012)
30		The Town (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2010)
30		Pay It Forward (Drama, 2000)
30		Drugstore Cowboy (Crime, Drama, 1989)
30		Breathe In (Drama, Romance, 2013)
30		Locke (Drama, 2013)
30		Elegy (Drama, Romance, 2008)
30		Wyatt Earp (Adventure, Biography, Crime, Drama, 1994)
30		Southpaw (Drama, Sport, 2015)
30		American Hustle (Crime, Drama, 2013)
30		Gone Baby Gone (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2007)
30		Shelter (Drama, Romance, Sport, 2007)
30		Mr. Holland's Opus (Drama, Music, 1995)
30		Borgman (Drama, Thriller, 2013)
30		Truth (Biography, Drama, 2015)
30		Lone Star (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1996)
30		Star Trek: First Contact (Action, Adventure, Drama, 1996)
30		The Man Who Knew Infinity (Biography, Drama, 2015)
30		Picnic at Hanging Rock (Drama, Mystery, 1975)
30		Man on Fire (Action, Crime, Drama, 2004)
29		High Crimes (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2002)
29		Solaris (Drama, Mystery, Romance, 2002)
29		THX 1138 (Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, 1971)
29		The Great Gatsby (Drama, Romance, 1974)
29		Funny Games (Crime, Drama, Horror, 2007)
29		Frequency (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2000)
29		Wilde (Biography, Drama, Romance, 1997)
29		Broken Embraces (Drama, Romance, Thriller, 2009)
29		Out for Justice (Action, Crime, Drama, 1991)
29		Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... (Drama, Musical, Romance, 2001)
29		A Most Violent Year (Action, Crime, Drama, 2014)
29		Looper (Action, Crime, Drama, 2012)
29		The Sweeney (Action, Crime, Drama, 2012)
29		Criminal (Action, Crime, Drama, 2016)
29		American Sniper (Action, Biography, Drama, 2014)
29		Donnie Darko (Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 2001)
29		A History of Violence (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2005)
29		Koi... Mil Gaya (Drama, Fantasy, Romance, 2003)
29		The Babadook (Drama, Fantasy, Horror, 2014)
28		Gattaca (Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 1997)
28		Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, 2011)
28		Moon (Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, 2009)
28		Gravity (Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, 2013)
28		The Man from Earth (Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, 2007)
28		The Incredible Shrinking Man (Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, 1957)
28		Ex Machina (Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, 2015)
28		Frankenstein (Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, 1931)
28		Children of Men (Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 2006)
28		Her (Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, 2013)
28		The Fly (Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, 1986)
28		Deliverance (Adventure, Drama, Mystery, 1972)
28		Coal Miner's Daughter (Biography, Drama, Music, 1980)
28		28 Days Later... (Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, 2002)
28		The Quiet Earth (Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, 1985)
28		Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi, 2004)

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