The Color Purple (1985)

TOTAL – 14.5  PTS, 2.9 AVG

Directed by Steven Speilberg and based on Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Price-winning novel, The Color Purple was easily one of the decade’s best films. With a first-class ensemble (including Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, and Oprah Winfrey) and a deeply emotional script, this 1985 production was an all-around win.

Gremlins (1984)

TOTAL – 14.25 PTS, 2.85 AVG

This horror-comedy classic expertly mixed cute and creepy. Plus, it inspired multiple generations of dog owners to dub their pets “Gizmo,” which is is iconic.

Minority Report (2002)

TOTAL – 15.75 PTS, 3.15 AVG

In a future where a special police unit is able to arrest murderers before they commit their crimes, an officer from that unit is himself accused of a future murder.

Saving Private Ryan (1998)

TOTAL – 16.1 PTS, 3.22 AVG

Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.

Jaws (1975)

TOTAL – 15.6 PTS, 3.12 AVG

When a killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach resort, it’s up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.

Ready Player One (2018)

TOTAL – 15.5 PTS, 3.1 AVG

When the creator of a virtual reality world called the OASIS dies, he releases a video in which he challenges all OASIS users to find his Easter Egg, which will give the finder his fortune.

Schindler’s List (1993)

TOTAL – 16.3 PTS, 3.26 AVG

In German-occupied Poland during World War II, Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazi Germans.

This movie IS POWER.  A must watch for ALL PEOPLE, AT ALL TIMES!  This movie is violent, fair warning, but it is necessary to get you to SEE and FEEL the horrors of what the Nazis did to an entire people.