Best Modern Movies

It's Saturday night and all you would like to do is unhook the phone, switch off your mobile and curl up on your favorite couch, with a bowl of popcorn and some of the best modern movies to watch. But you have no idea which are the modern movies that you can watch and enjoy. You get 'Bridge on River Kwai', thinking that it's a modern movie, but sadly it's not. If you are looking for the favorite movies of all time which are also modern, then given below is a list which will give you an idea about all the movies.

Movies You Can't Miss

Modern movies are generally considered to be the ones that have been directed from the 1990s to the 2000s. These movies are worth watching and I am sure that you would love watching them no matter how big a fan you are of classics. These will in fact add up to your 'favorite movie' list. Given below is a list. Watch these movies and enjoy lazy Saturdays.

Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Director: Ang Lee
Cast: Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway and Michelle Williams.

This is a romantic drama film, about the love between a ranch hand, Ennis (Ledger) and a rodeo cowboy, Jack (Gyllenhaal) on the Brokeback Mountains. The film is based in the year 1963 and it stretches for over the next 20 years, which deals with all the hardships that they had to face for being homosexuals, the tears they had to shed and also the love that they shared. No wonder this movie got the most nominations in the 78th Academy Awards, and also won 3 awards for the Best Adapted Screenplay, the Best Director and the Best Original Score. It's a must watch movie, for all, especially for all those Heath Ledger fans.

Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Director: Danny Boyle
Cast: Dev Patel, Frieda Pinto, Anil Kapoor, and Madhur Mittal.

Another good movie to watch is 'The Slumdog Millionaire'. This is a story about how a street child (Jamal) from the city of Mumbai, India, grew up to sit on the hot chair of 'Who wants to be a Millionaire' and won. He is not educated but he is able to answer the questions from all the lessons that life has taught him since childhood. He had seen his mother being killed in front of his eyes by some rebellious groups, he and his brother have seen how young boys and girls of their age were tortured to become beggars and several other hardships. Laugh with him, when he jumps into a pit of human feces so that he can get the autograph of the great Bollywood star, Amitabh Bachchan, cry with him, when he fails to get his childhood love, Latika, and rejoice with him when he wins the money and is reunited with her. This movie won 10 Academy Awards in 2009. Jai Ho!

Avatar (2009)
Director: James Cameron
Cast: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Signourney Weaver, and Joel David Moore.

This is an epic science fiction movie and one of the most expensive movies (USD 237 million) ever made. The story is based in 2154 A.D. and it's about how humans are trying to interact with the local tribe of Pandora, called the Na'vi. The humans are actually mining for a precious mineral which is called the unobtanium and they want to expand their mining field and for that they want the Na'vi people to evacuate their land. Watch the movie and see who wins. Do they agree to the human demands or do the humans fail? This is a really good movie. And while watching this movie, do not forget your 3-D glasses.

Fight Club (1999)
Director: David Fincher
Cast: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, and Helen Bonham Carter.

This is another must watch movie from the great movies list. This is a story about a man (Norton) who is sick of his life and who wants something exciting and different. He meets a soap salesman, Tyler (Pitt) and starts a Fight Club. Under his leadership, they start Project Mayhem. It's the end part of the movie when all the mysteries are slowly opening up that surprises the viewers. It's a must watch for all those who are into more of action movies.

More Movies to Watch

Watch them and enjoy!

Almost Famous (2000) Atonement (2007) Behind Enemy Lines (2001) Black Hawk Down (2001) Braveheart (1995) Buffalo Soldiers (2003) Children of Men (2006) City of God (2003) Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (2000) Dead Man (1996) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) Finding Nemo (2003) Flags of Our Fathers (2006) Harry Potter (2009) In the Mood for Love (2000) In the Valley of Elah (2007)

Independence Day (1996) Inglorious Basterds (2009) Jarhead (2005) L.A. Confidential (1997) Letters From Iwo Jima (2007) No Man's Land (2001) Out of Sight (1998) Rambo (2008) Run Lola Run (1999) Saving Private Ryan (1998) Savior (1998) Schindler's List (1993) Scream (1996) Secrets and Lies (1996) Shake Hands with the Devil (2007) Shaun of the Dead (2004)

Sideways (2004) Stop - Loss (2008) The Dark Knight (2008) The Hurt Locker (2009) The Lord of the Rings (2000) The Matrix (1999) The Patriot (2000) The Pianist (2002) The Shawshank Redemption (1994) The Sixth Sense (1999) Three Kings (2000) Titanic (1997) Trainspotting (1996) Valkyrie (2008) WALL- E (2008) Windtalkers (2002)

These movies are surely to help you when you are out looking for some of the good movies. Get these movies and enjoy a quiet evening; just you, your popcorn and the movies.