Best movies of before 2000 on prime

The Godfather(1972)

Combined Rating:
93
Combined Critics Rating: 89

The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.



Pulp Fiction(1994)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 82

The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.



The Truman Show(1998)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 83

An insurance salesman/adjuster discovers his entire life is actually a television show.



Gladiator(2000)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 76

When a Roman General is betrayed, and his family murdered by an emperor's corrupt son, he comes to Rome as a gladiator to seek revenge.





American Psycho(2000)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 72

A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he delves deeper into his violent, hedonistic fantasies.



Terminator 2: Judgment Day(1991)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 70

A cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her ten year old son, John Connor, from a more advanced cyborg.



Apollo 13(1995)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 72

NASA must devise a strategy to return Apollo 13 to Earth safely after the spacecraft undergoes massive internal damage putting the lives of the three astronauts on board in jeopardy.



Mission: Impossible II(2000)

Combined Rating:
79
Combined Critics Rating: 69

A secret agent is sent to Sydney, to find and destroy a genetically modified disease called "Chimera".



Reservoir Dogs(1992)

Combined Rating:
79
Combined Critics Rating: 69

After a simple jewelry heist goes terribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant.



Scarface(1983)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 62

In Miami in 1980, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed.



Ronin(1998)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 63

A freelancing former U.S. intelligence agent tries to track down a mysterious package that is wanted by both the Irish and the Russians.



The Birdcage(1996)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 62

A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancée's right-wing moralistic parents.



Mission: Impossible(1996)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 57

An American agent, under false suspicion of disloyalty, must discover and expose the real spy without the help of his organization.



Top Gun(1986)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 56

As students at the United States Navy's elite fighter weapons school compete to be best in the class, one daring young pilot learns a few things from a civilian instructor that are not taught in the classroom.



Final Destination(2000)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 52

After a teenager has a terrifying vision of him and his friends dying in a plane crash, he prevents the accident only to have Death hunt them down, one by one.



Meet Joe Black(1998)

Combined Rating:
63
Combined Critics Rating: 47

Death, who takes the form of a young man, asks a media mogul to act as a guide to teach him about life on Earth, and in the process, he falls in love with his guide's daughter.



Stargate(1994)

Combined Rating:
62
Combined Critics Rating: 45

An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.



Hackers(1995)

Combined Rating:
61
Combined Critics Rating: 47

This movie is about hackers who are blamed for making a virus that will capsize 5 oil tankers.






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