Shutter Island
2010 · TMDB 8.2/10 · 26,133 votes
World War II soldier-turned-U.S. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
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Top Rated Movies
This SceneIt list helps you quickly choose highly rated favorites backed by a meaningful number of TMDB votes. Results are selected for the United States and balance audience response with practical watchability.
Updated 2026-08-03 · Ratings from TMDB
How we chose these titles
We rank eligible titles using TMDB audience ratings, vote confidence, relevance to the theme, and current popularity. Ratings can change as new votes are added.
Justice League Dark: Apokolips War
2020 · TMDB 8.2/10 · 1,603 votes
Earth is decimated after intergalactic tyrant Darkseid has devastated the Justice League in a poorly executed war by the DC Super Heroes. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Bound by Honor
1993 · TMDB 8.2/10 · 1,584 votes
Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Hacksaw Ridge
2016 · TMDB 8.2/10 · 15,061 votes
WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Django Unchained
2012 · TMDB 8.2/10 · 28,315 votes
With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Hoppers
2026 · TMDB 8.2/10 · 2,084 votes
Scientists have discovered how to 'hop' human consciousness into lifelike robotic animals, allowing people to communicate with animals as animals. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Apartment
1960 · TMDB 8.2/10 · 2,713 votes
Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Handmaiden
2016 · TMDB 8.2/10 · 4,409 votes
1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sook-hee, is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle Kouzuki. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
A Clockwork Orange
1971 · TMDB 8.2/10 · 13,964 votes
In a near-future Britain, young Alexander DeLarge and his pals get their kicks beating and raping anyone they please. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Memento
2000 · TMDB 8.2/10 · 16,492 votes
Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Wolfwalkers
2020 · TMDB 8.2/10 · 1,421 votes
In a time of superstition and magic, when wolves are seen as demonic and nature an evil to be tamed, a young apprentice hunter comes to Ireland with her father to wipe out the last pack. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Alien
1979 · TMDB 8.2/10 · 16,595 votes
During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Bicycle Thieves
1948 · TMDB 8.2/10 · 2,701 votes
Unemployed Antonio is elated when he finally finds work hanging posters around war-torn Rome. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Usual Suspects
1995 · TMDB 8.2/10 · 11,567 votes
Held in an L.A. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Good Will Hunting
1997 · TMDB 8.2/10 · 14,065 votes
Will Hunting is a headstrong, working-class genius who is failing the lessons of life. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Art of Racing in the Rain
2019 · TMDB 8.2/10 · 1,701 votes
A family dog – with a near-human soul and a philosopher's mind – evaluates his life through the lessons learned by his human owner, a race-car driver. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Departed
2006 · TMDB 8.2/10 · 16,423 votes
To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991 · TMDB 8.2/10 · 14,565 votes
Ten years after the events of the original, a reprogrammed T-800 is sent back in time to protect young John Connor from the shape-shifting T-1000. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Top Gun: Maverick
2022 · TMDB 8.2/10 · 11,266 votes
After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell finds himself training a detachment of TOP GUN graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Truman Show
1998 · TMDB 8.2/10 · 20,530 votes
In a picture-perfect seaside town, an insurance salesman begins to realize that his entire existence may be staged and observed by a vast unseen audience as part of a long-running real-time reality TV show. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.