Best Hollywood Movies : Movies have been part of our lives for a long time and many drive inspiration out of them as well. Listed below are the Hollywood films that were made beautifully and inspired in ways unimaginable. These films are one of a kind and are a must watch for all the movie buffs out there.
1. Shawshank Redemption
Most movies with Morgan Freeman can be considered the best movie made but Shawshank Redemption is the best movie of which Morgan Freeman has ever been a part. This 1994 American drama film is an adaptation of Stephen King’s fiction novel Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption. This exquisite story that revolves around Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman reminds you the importance of freedom and how most of us take it for granted.
2. The Godfather
Just as the books by Mario Puzo gained famed so did The Godfather movie series. The 1972 crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Al Pacino and Marlon Brando. The story shows you the world of a New York crime family and how Al Pacino goes from a family outsider to a cruel mafia boss.
3. The Lord of the Rings
Another adaption of a book series by J.R.R. Tolkien deserves to be on the list of the best films ever made. The three parts take you on a journey of Frodo Baggins and his best friend Sam who are in search of the One Ring that needs to be destroyed. The best part of the film is the script and how director Peter Jackson managed to compress four books into three films and do justice to it.
4. Pulp Fiction
One of Quentin Tarantino’s many masterpieces is Pulp Fiction, a 1994 American dark humor film. The movie is centered around multiple stories that link up in some way or the other. The movie will be the best you’ve ever seen with Samuel L. Jackson playing Jules the right hand man to a mafia lord. The film also features John Travolta, Uma Thurman and Tim Roth.
5. Django Unchained
Quentin Tarantino has been in the Hollywood industry for a long time but he takes his time with his films and ensure they are the best you’ve ever seen. This 2012 revisionist western film is written and directed by Tarantino. The film features Jamie Foxx, Leonardo Dicaprio, Christoph Waltz and Samuel L. Jackson. The movie is set back in the 1850s when slavery was a part and parcel of life and how one black slave is finally given freedom.
6. One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
Originally a novel by Ken Kesey in 1962 was adapted into the film directed by Milos Forman. One of the few movies that did justice to the book from which it was adapted. The comedy drama has Jack Nicholson giving his best performance as the main character. The movie will track the story of one man admitted to a mental institution.
7. Silence of the lambs
The Silence of the Lambs released in 1991 and was one of the best horror movies ever made. The direction was done by Jonathan Demme who cast Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster. Hopkins plays Dr. Hannibal Lecter who is being held captive for being a cannibalistic serial killer. Jodie Foster plays Clarice Starling who takes Lecter’s advice to apprehend another serial killer on the loose. The film gets you hooked instantly just by the way Dr. Hannibal Lecter pronounces Clarice.
8. Ray
Ray Charles was one of the greatest musicians that ever lived and a biographical film was dedicated to him in the year 2004. Jamie Fox was given the opportunity to play the role of Ray Charles and he did a damn good job at it. Jamie managed to capture that essence that made Ray a pianist. The movie circulates around Ray’s 30 years of music from his childhood secret piano lessons to his heroin addiction and finally to his recovery.
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