Top 10 Evergreen English Movies from Hollywood

10. Saving Private Ryan

Saving Private Ryan is considered as one of the best movies ever created in the history of Hollywood. Saving Private Ryan is an epic American drama film set during the Invasion of Normandy in World War II. The 1998 movie is one the greatest ever by director Steven Spielberg. The movie went into the National Film Registry in 2014. The movie was nominated for 11 Academy Awards and won 5. The movie won many other awards such as the BAFTA and Golden Globe. After the commercial success of the movie, several video games, novels and new war movies were influenced. American Film Institute ranked the movie at 8th for being an epic film in the list “AFI’s 10 Top 10 “. The movie has been ranked in many other categories on many lists. The classical war movie is known for realistic display of war and graphics. The movie opens up with an assault in Omaha Beach of June 6, 1944. It is followed by a team of United States Army Rangers led by John H. Miller (Tom Hanks), searching for a paratrooper, Private First Class James Francis Ryan (Matt Damon), who is the last-surviving brother of the four servicemen. The story depiction is thrilling and is oHollywood cinemas are the world’s most renowned and popular place for movie productions. Every year many fantastic movies with heavy budgets are released from Hollywood. Not many movies make it to the list of all-time great movies. So, which are those classical movies that are considered the greatest films ever made? According to many resources, The Godfather is world’s greatest movie ever made. Other movies such as Inception, Citizen Kane, Saving Private Ryan, Gladiator, Pulp Fiction and few other films are world’s greatest movies of all time. Here, a consolidated list of top ten movies ever made in Hollywood is compiled. Let’s explore themne of the best cinematography portrayals ever.

10. Saving Private Ryan
9. Gladiator
8. Inception
7. Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
6. Citizen Kane
5. Titanic
4. Pulp Fiction
3. Forrest Gump
2. The Shawshank Redemption
1. The Godfather

9. Gladiator

The Shawshank Redemption is a movie to be considered the best in the world, but hasn’t won an Academy Award. According to polls by Radio Times in 2004 and 2008, the movie has been rated as all-time best movie. The movie is ranked #1 on FilmCrave.com’s top 100 movies list. It has a very high score on Rotten Tomatoes. The astonishing film is a 1994 American drama film written and directed by Frank Darabont. In 2015, the United States Library of Congress considered the movie for preservation in the National Film Registry, finding it “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”. Many people around the world have rated the movie to be astounding, mesmerizing and fascinating. The epic movie is an epic for the story, great acting demonstrated, strong characters and the overall performances of the crew. The movie teaches lessons of life in a better way than any other movie in the business.

5. Titanic

7. Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back

6. Citizen Kane

4. Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction is one of the best ever crime drama created in the history of cinema. The movie is considered to be one of the best-written films of all time. A 2008 Entertainment Weekly poll marked the movie as the finest movie ever released since 1983. In 2013, Pulp Fiction went into the registries of National Film Registry for being culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”. The story is a collection of three small stories – Los Angeles Mobsters, fringe players, and small time criminals – all connected with a mysterious briefcase. The movie has been described as an inspiration to other movies that adapted to its style. The movie is considered as a “neo noir” and a “black comedy”. The movie is an epic with pop culture references, iconic for its eclectic dialogues, ironic mix of humor and violence screenplay at its best. The actors have done their extreme best in the movie

3. Forrest Gump

In 2011, Forrest Gump was added to the National Film Registry as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” by the United States Library of Congress. The 1994 American epic romantic-comedy-drama film is based on the novel of the same name by Winston Groom. In 1994, the movie was a top grossing in North America for its commercial success. The movie generated multiple awards and recognitions in the cinema industry. The story is about a man named Forrest Gump whose I.Q is low but his intentions are good. The story takes us through the life of Forrest Gump in a dramatically brilliant way. The film depicts a wide array of historical references and cultural influences such as the hippies to Vietnam, from Sweet Home Alabama to California Dreaming, from Elvis to John Lennon, from Ping Pong to Watergate Hotel. In short, the movie is a breath-taking story showcased in a breath-taking way. Forrest Gump is a movie to fully comprehend the American history.

2. The Shawshank Redemption

1. The Godfather

The Godfather is a legendary crime drama directed by Francis Ford Coppola that reached various heights during the 1970s. The American movie released in the year 1972 is based on the crime novel of the same name by Mario Puzo. The Godfather is regarded as one of the greatest films in world cinema. The most influential movie in the gangster genre is an innovation that portrays mobsters as characters of considerable psychological depth and complexity. A great movie of the 20th century has been referred in many media such as films, dramas and television series. The movie has won three Academy Awards and was the highest-grossing picture ever made. The Godfather won a record five Golden Globes. The sequel The Godfather II is yet another movie that gained many laurels and is also one of the greatest of all time. Many reviewing websites such as Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic have mentioned the movie to be the best. The movie still maintains high ratings in these websites.

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