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25 Bucket List Movies Everyone Should See

The essential films to watch before you die — ranked by audience approval.
Updated March 23, 2026 · ThumbScore Editorial
1
La bicicleta de los Huanca (2007)
Audience Score: 90%
2
Break the Silence: The Movie (2020)
Audience Score: 90%
3
El Cementerio de los Elefantes (2009)
Audience Score: 89%
4
My Partner (1982)
Audience Score: 89%
5
The Three Deaths of Marisela Escobedo (2020)
Audience Score: 88%
6
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Audience Score: 87%
7
The Godfather (1972)
Audience Score: 87%
8
Macario (1960)
Audience Score: 87%
9
Schindler's List (1993)
Audience Score: 86%
10
The Godfather Part II (1974)
Audience Score: 86%
11
12 Angry Men (1957)
Audience Score: 86%
12
Rubius X (2022)
Audience Score: 86%
13
Chivas: The Movie (2018)
Audience Score: 86%
14
Mesa de regalos (2025)
Audience Score: 86%
15
Ni tuyo, ni mía (2021)
Audience Score: 86%
16
My First Client (2019)
Audience Score: 86%
17
Interstellar (2014)
Audience Score: 85%
18
The Dark Knight (2008)
Audience Score: 85%
19
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Audience Score: 85%
20
Forrest Gump (1994)
Audience Score: 85%
21
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Audience Score: 85%
22
Parasite (2019)
Audience Score: 85%
23
The Green Mile (1999)
Audience Score: 85%
24
Spirited Away (2001)
Audience Score: 85%
25
GoodFellas (1990)
Audience Score: 85%

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26
Your Name.
2016
85%
27
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
1995
85%
28
Seven Samurai
1954
85%
29
Inception
2010
84%
30
Fight Club
1999
84%
31
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
84%
32
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002
84%
33
The Empire Strikes Back
1980
84%
34
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
2018
84%
35
Whiplash
2014
84%
36
Life Is Beautiful
1997
84%
37
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975
84%
38
Howl's Moving Castle
2004
84%
39
The Pianist
2002
84%
40
City of God
2002
84%
41
Grave of the Fireflies
1988
84%
42
Once Upon a Time in America
1984
84%
43
Cinema Paradiso
1988
84%
44
A Silent Voice: The Movie
2016
84%
45
A Dog's Will
2000
84%
46
Harakiri
1962
84%
47
Gabriel's Inferno: Part III
2020
84%
48
Hope
2013
84%
49
Back to the Future
1985
83%
50
The Lion King
1994
83%

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