The Shawshank Redemption

IMDB: 9.3/10

A banker convicted of uxoricide forms a friendship over a quarter century with a hardened convict, while maintaining his innocence and trying to remain hopeful through simple compassion.

Twelve Monkeys (AKA: 12 Monkeys)

IMDB: 8.0/10

In a future world devastated by disease, a convict is sent back in time to gather information about the man-made virus that wiped out most of the human population on the planet.

Two Lovers

IMDB: 7.0/10

A Brooklyn-set romantic drama about a bachelor torn between the family friend his parents wish he would marry and his beautiful but volatile new neighbor.

Changeling

IMDB: 7.7/10

After Christine's son goes missing, she reaches out to the LAPD to find him, but when they try to pass off an impostor as her son to quiet public protests, she refuses to accept him or give up hope.

Before Sunrise

IMDB: 8.1/10

A young man and woman meet on a train in Europe, and wind up spending one evening together in Vienna. Unfortunately, both know that this will probably be their only night together.

A Clockwork Orange

IMDB: 8.2/10

Alex DeLarge and his droogs barbarize a decaying near-future.

Le scaphandre et le papillon

IMDB: 8.0/10

The true story of Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby who suffers a stroke and has to live with an almost totally paralyzed body; only his left eye isn't paralyzed.

Mystic River

IMDB: 7.9/10

The tragic murder of a 19-year-old girl reunites three childhood friends still living in Boston--the victim's gangster father, a detective, and the disturbed man they both suspect of killing her.