20 Classic Movies That Reveal the Humanity

There is a saying that human nature can't be made over so easily.In fact the human nature is too complicated and elusive that people are always curious to know what is humanity. Perhaps the answer can be find in the movies.In the Requiem for a Dream ,the hopes and dreams of four ambitious people are shattered when their drug addictions begin spiraling out of control. A look into addiction and how it overcomes the mind and body. In Se7en, "seven deadly sins" include pride, envy, rage, sloth, greed, gluttony and lust which are human nature. There is no doubt that everyone have been committed. This is only the original sin of human beings, and this movie brings people into the darkest place of human nature. Although it is fictional, its breath has already entered the thoughts and feelings of reality.

There are many calssic movies about humanity, such as The Descent,The Mist, Dogville, The Dark Knight, Compliance, The Divide and so on. Here are 20 movies, just pick one and enjoy it.

Release Date

2009-09-08

Rate : 6.7
Production Companies : Impact Pictures, Constantin Film
Director : Christian Alvart
Stars : Ben Foster , Dennis Quaid , Cam Gigandet
Two crew members wake up on an abandoned spacecraft with no idea who they are, how long they've been asleep, or what their mission is. The two soon discover they're actually not alone – and the reality of their situation is more horrifying than they could have imagined.

Release Date

2010-09-24

Rate : 7
Production Companies : Studio 37, Versus Entertainment
Director : Rodrigo Cortés, Susana García Díez
Stars : Ryan Reynolds , José Luis García Pérez , Robert Paterson
Paul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap.

A Beautiful Mind

Release Date

2001-12-21

Rate : 8.2
Production Companies : Imagine Entertainment, DreamWorks SKG
Director : Eva Z. Cabrera, Ron Howard, Todd Hallowell
Stars : Russell Crowe , Jennifer Connelly , Ed Harris
In a decades-spanning biopic, brilliant mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr. makes history in his field as schizophrenia sets in.

The Pursuit of Happyness

Release Date

2006-12-14

Rate : 8
Production Companies : Escape Artists, Relativity Media
Director : Michael Viglietta, Gabriele Muccino, Carol DePasquale
Stars : Will Smith , Jaden Smith , Thandiwe Newton
A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.

Release Date

2012-11-21

Rate : 7.9
Production Companies : Ingenious Film Partners, Ingenious Media
Director : Ang Lee
Stars : Suraj Sharma , Irrfan Khan , Ayush Tandon
The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific Ocean.

Release Date

2014-09-05

Rate : 8.8
Production Companies : Paramount, Wendy Finerman Productions
Director : Robert Zemeckis, Steve Starkey, Susan Malerstein
Stars : Tom Hanks , Robin Wright , Gary Sinise
A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.

The Shawshank Redemption

Release Date

1994-09-23

Rate : 9.3
Production Companies : Castle Rock Entertainment, Warner Bros. Pictures
Director : Sioux Richards, Frank Darabont, Jesse V. Johnson
Stars : Tim Robbins , Morgan Freeman , Bob Gunton
Framed in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.

The Butterfly Effect

Release Date

2004-01-23

Rate : 7.6
Production Companies : New Line Cinema, FilmEngine
Director : J. Mackye Gruber, Betty Bennett, Susan Lambie
Stars : Ashton Kutcher , Amy Smart , Melora Walters
A young man struggles to access sublimated childhood memories. He finds a technique that allows him to travel back into the past, to occupy his childhood body and change history. However, he soon finds that every change he makes has unexpected consequences.

Release Date

2010-12-03

Rate : 8
Production Companies : Fox Searchlight Pictures, Dune Entertainment
Director : Darren Aronofsky, Joseph P. Reidy, Anthony Pettine
Stars : Natalie Portman , Mila Kunis , Vincent Cassel
A journey through the psyche of a young ballerina whose starring role as the duplicitous swan queen turns out to be a part for which she becomes frighteningly perfect.

Schindler's List

Release Date

1993-12-15

Rate : 9
Production Companies : Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment
Director : Steven Spielberg, Nada Pinter
Stars : Liam Neeson , Ben Kingsley , Ralph Fiennes
The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.

The Truman Show

Release Date

1998-06-05

Rate : 8.2
Production Companies : Paramount, Scott Rudin Productions
Director : Peter Weir, Wilma Garscadden-Gahret, Michael J. McAlister
Stars : Jim Carrey , Laura Linney , Noah Emmerich
Truman Burbank is the star of The Truman Show, a 24-hour-a-day reality TV show that broadcasts every aspect of his life without his knowledge. His entire life has been an unending soap opera for consumption by the rest of the world. And everyone he knows, including his wife and his best friend, is really an actor, paid to be part of his life.

The Silence of the Lambs

Release Date

1991-02-14

Rate : 8.6
Production Companies : Orion Pictures, Strong Heart
Director : Mary A. Kelly, Kyle McCarthy, Gina Maria Leonetti
Stars : Jodie Foster , Anthony Hopkins , Scott Glenn
Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.

Release Date

2012-01-13

Rate : 5.8
Production Companies : Instinctive Film, Manitoba Film and Video Production Tax Credit
Director : Xavier Gens, Sophie Boyer, Eron Sheean
Stars : Lauren German , Michael Biehn , Milo Ventimiglia
Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away at their dynamic.

Release Date

2012-08-24

Rate : 6.4
Production Companies : Muskat Filmed Properties, Bad Cop / Bad Cop
Director : Craig Zobel, Jean-Paul Chreky, Juan Mazara
Stars : Ann Dowd , Dreama Walker , Pat Healy
On a particularly busy day at a suburban Ohio fast food restaurant, manager Sandra receives a phone call from a police officer saying that an employee has stolen money from a customer.

The Dark Knight

Release Date

2008-07-18

Rate : 9
Production Companies : DC Comics, Legendary Pictures
Director : Steve Gehrke, Nilo Otero, Christopher Nolan
Stars : Christian Bale , Heath Ledger , Michael Caine
Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.

Release Date

2004-03-26

Rate : 8
Production Companies : ARTE France Cinéma, SVT
Director : Anders Refn, Anders Barlebo, Caroline Sascha Cogez
Stars : Nicole Kidman , Paul Bettany , John Hurt
A mysterious woman named Grace hides in a small mountain town from criminals who pursue her. The town is two-faced and offers to harbor Grace as long as she can make it worth their effort, so Grace works hard under the employ of various townspeople to win their favor. Tensions flare, however, and Grace's status as a helpless outsider provokes vicious contempt and abuse from the citizens of Dogville.

Release Date

2007-11-21

Rate : 7.1
Production Companies : Darkwoods Productions, Dimension Films
Director : Alison Young, K.C. Colwell, Frank Darabont
Stars : Thomas Jane , Laurie Holden , Toby Jones
After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping artist David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other people. They soon discover that the mist conceals deadly horrors that threaten their lives, and worse, their sanity.

Release Date

2006-08-04

Rate : 7.2
Production Companies : Celador Films, Pathé
Director : Elizabeth West, Jack Ravenscroft, Matt Carver
Stars : Shauna Macdonald , Natalie Mendoza , Alex Reid
After a tragic accident, six friends reunite for a caving expedition. Their adventure soon goes horribly wrong when a collapse traps them deep underground and they find themselves pursued by bloodthirsty creatures. As their friendships deteriorate, they find themselves in a desperate struggle to survive the creatures and each other.

Requiem for a Dream

Release Date

2000-10-06

Rate : 8.3
Production Companies : Artisan Entertainment, Thousand Words
Director : Darren Aronofsky, Jennifer Getzinger, Timothy Bird
Stars : Ellen Burstyn , Jared Leto , Jennifer Connelly
The hopes and dreams of four ambitious people are shattered when their drug addictions begin spiraling out of control. A look into addiction and how it overcomes the mind and body.

Release Date

1995-09-22

Rate : 8.6
Production Companies : New Line Cinema, Juno Pix
Director : David Fincher, Cori Glazer, Nilo Otero
Stars : Morgan Freeman , Brad Pitt , Gwyneth Paltrow
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Sommerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partner, Mills, scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case.