BUTTERY MOVIE LIST
True stories, not true stories, thrillers, mind benders, life changers, thought creators, attention grabbers, and even some time wasters. Dive into these movies like your hand dives into the buttery popcorn.
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Interstellar
A dad who dreams of returning to space. A family that lives in the cornfields. Mankind on the search to find a new planet for humans to inhabit while earth slowly dies.
Gladiator
A man who went from leading the army of Rome as it’s general – To fighting for his freedom as a slave, making his way through the blood of the colosseum.
The Godfather
The life of The Don, The Boss, The Godfather - Vito Corleone. The power of him and his family, friends, and society. Crime and the Italian mob.
F1 The Movie
An old school racer, a new school racer, an underdog team, and a formula 1 race car. Directed by Lewis Hamilton himself, perfectly showcasing the grind and hard work it takes behind the wheel.
Piece By Piece
The life of Pharrell Williams told piece by piece by piece by piece. How he rose to fame by pursuing his dream by using sound to reach new heights. Brings music, colors, and LEGOs together as one.
Inglorious Basterds
Revenge story during Nazi occupied Europe. Featuring some badass American soldiers, some fake-ass Italian accents, and some real-ass blood. Bongiorno!
GoodFellas
True story of the half Italian, half Irish, and American mobster Henry Hill. The business is dirty, the lifestyle is dirty, the money is dirty, but it all provides an opportunity to live a meaningful life for those who can survive it.
Oppenheimer
True story of Robert J. Oppenheimer, the father of the Atomic Bomb used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to help end WW2. A mind that created a weapon of mass destruction successfully destroying the world forever.
Gladiator II
Follows the story of Gladiator 1 and mirrors the path and life of Maximus. Rome is corrupt. The Colosseum is covered in violence and features very intense battles. Good meets Evil in many ways throughout this film.
Training Day
There are good cops and bad cops, and then there is money and power. The morals of the police force are mentally and physically tested by both cops in this movie. Is it really the first day of work? Or something more?
War Dogs
True story of Efraim Diveroli and David Packouz running guns for the U. S military…illegally. The career path from male masseuse (only massaging old men btw) to an international arms dealer sounds pretty badass.
The Wolf of Wall Street
True story of a man who saw an opportunity and took 110% advantage of it. The life of Jordan Belfort and his time as a broker and CEO at Straton Oakmont. This story dives into the bending of rules, the effects of money, and the illustrious life of a man who was able to afford anything he ever wanted.
Django Unchained
The journey of a black man that goes from living as a slave to working as a professional bounty hunter alongside a former dentist.
Shutter Island
A marshal searches for a missing woman on an island that functions as a mental facility for the criminally insane and mentally deranged. As he searches, what he ends up finding is nowhere near what he was expecting…Or was it?
Whiplash
A boy attends top music school with a dream of becoming one of the greatest drummers of all time. Every day he gets closer to his dream while being mentored by a well-respected composer.
Seven
Two detectives uncovering a case on a serial killer as the events unfold in real time. The killer has a strange motive and every turn these detectives take brings them closer and farther away from the end.
Scarface
The life of Tony Montana and his business in dealing drugs and outperforming every single person who doubts or belittles him. A man with few rules and even fewer friends makes a name for himself. He dodges death many times and listens to no one.
The Prestige
Two magicians go head-to-head with one another during the 1800s in London. Both can never get over the thought of one being ‘greater’ than the other. A story with magic tricks, secrets, love, hate, and mystery.
Schindler's List
True story of the life of Oskar Schindler - A German that saved over 1000 Jewish lives from the holocaust. This film dives deep into the horrors of the holocaust and WW2 on the German front.
Inception
Imagine dreaming about a dream you had of you dreaming about having a dream while dreaming. An intellectual heist that involves entering the mind of a businessman to implant an idea in his head.
Reservoir Dogs
A diamond robbery gone wrong. None of the men know each other’s names to protect their identities. The group has a hunch that there is one of them that works undercover for the police department.
The Social Network
The life of Mark Zuckerberg - the youngest billionaire in the world. Mark, a student at Harvard, creates an app that allows people to interact with friends online and it is known today as Facebook.
The Hateful Eight
Eight men gathered together all looking to stay warm and cozy during the blizzard. Each with their separate goals in mind for the future, and amongst them is one looking to harm the rest.
Nightcrawler
A thief unable to get a professional job resorts to life as a "nightcrawler" gathering live footage of crime scenes as they happen. He makes a living by selling crime footage to a news broadcaster.
Fight Club
I would tell you about this one, but I can't.
Get Out
A man visits his girlfriend's family because they have been dying to meet him.
Us
A mother and her family visit the home where she grew up as a child. The family quickly discovers some rather strange and deadly coincidences.
Nope
Some see it as a phenomenon, while others see it as a money grab. But what they're looking at ultimately leads to disaster.
Shawshank Redemption
A man is sentenced to face two life sentences in Shawshank prison for murdering his wife and her lover in cold blood.
Black Mass
True story of mafia boss James "Whitey" Bulger and his control and violent (fill in the blank after watch).
Only The Brave
True story about 19 men who serve as the first responders during the Arizona wildfire season. They go by "hotshots" and face the heat head-on when duty calls.
Pulp Fiction
Rango
Everest
True story about a group of climbers who scaled Mount Everest. Some made it to the peak, and some turned back.
American Gangster
True story of Frank Lucas, a big-time drug lord and kingpin. Frank, a black man, unites and utilizes his power to dominate the empire by selling the purest heroin from an offshore supplier.
The Founder
True story of Ray Kroc, who was REALLY the one responsible for the founding, success, and expansion of the McDonald's empire.
Captain Phillips
True story of Captain Richard Phillips and how Somali pirates hijacked his cargo ship. Phillips and his crew were then faced with surviving against the armed hijackers in any way possible.
American Made
True story of Barry Seal, a drug smuggler who had a crucial role in flying cocaine and guns to Colombia and Nicaragua on behalf of the CIA and Medellin cartel, simultaneously.
Spotlight
The true story of the news team that worked to bring light to how Catholic priests nationwide were sexually abusing young boys and getting away with it for years.
Moneyball
True story of the Oakland Athletics and the team's manager, Billy Beane. He chose to change the name of the game by making statistic-based decisions only.
127 hours
True story of a man who took a fall into a canyon while hiking. This fall accidentally left one of his arms stuck beneath a fallen boulder. He spent 127 hours trying to escape.
The Hurt Locker
Life of an army bomb squad in Iraq and the struggles associated with communication, language, war, teamwork, family, and deactivating explosives.
Layer Cake
The Irishman
Malcom X
The true life story of Malcom X and his influence over Black Americans. His journey from childhood to the streets, then to prison, and finally into the spotlight. His beliefs are challenged and cherished by thousands of people during a time of great color segregation and separation in society.
Elvis
The true story of Elvis Presley and his unique personality, vibrant influence, attractive performances, and overall rise to fame.
Zodiac
True story of the Zodiac killer that is still unsolved and unknown to this day. Despite the evidence that continues to showcase itself, the years continue to pile on, and the Zodiac becomes forgotten with time.
Memento
Birdbox
Promise me that whatever you do, you 100% absolutely can not open your eyes.
Prisoners
A father loses his 6-year-old daughter to a kidnapping while she is out walking through the neighborhood. He won't sleep until he finds her and loses his sanity doing ANYTHING to rescue her.
American History X
Tenet
Gone Girl
Sicario
An FBI agent with no family, friends, and nothing to lose joins a unit tasked with traveling over the border to Juarez, Mexico. There, they must investigate and intervene in cartel business.
Kill Bill 1
A pregnant bride is gunned down by her former crew on her wedding day. She miraculously survives a bullet to the head and starts her revenge journey.
Kill Bill 2
After she meets up with some old friends, the death-defying bride makes her way to meet the other half of her friends for a friendly greeting.
The Imitation Game
The Green Mile
A giant, physically intimidating man is sentenced to die by being strapped to the electric chair for the alleged murder of two young girls. The only question is, did he actually do it?
A Beautiful Mind
True story of analytical genius and mathematician John Nash. Covers his journey from student to professor while focusing on how Nash faces challenges with friends, women, winning, the military, and his own mind.
Good Will Hunting
A boy working in construction and as a part-time janitor at MIT has the mind of a mathematical genius. Will is challenged throughout this time to decide what to do with his life and which path to choose based on his past and current situation.
Casino
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
No Country for Old Men
Uncut Gems
The owner of a jewelry store wrestles with his gambling addiction, family, customers, and a priceless gemstone found in an Ethiopian mine.
Ad Astra
Collateral
Pursuit of Happyness
Dunkirk
Insomnia
Her
Life of a man who lost his marriage with his wife and eventually fell in love with his AI companion. Offers a deep look into future advancements of companion technology and its impact on a persons life.
United 93
I am Legend
Requiem for a Dream
Annihilation
District 9
Snatch
Downfall
Fargo
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri
Catch Me If You Can
True story of con-artist Frank Abagnale Jr. and his ability to remain 10 steps ahead of the investigators and agents fighting to capture him and bring him to justice.
Patriots Day
Deep Water Horizon
Donnie Brasco
Hacksaw Ridge
True story of WW2 medic Desmond Doss and how he saved over 75 lives amid The Battle of Okinawa. His inability to fire a weapon made getting "one more" ever more breathtaking.
The Karate Kid
A boy and his mother drop everything to start fresh by leaving Detroit and moving to China. The boy faces many challenges with the other students in his class and later finds Mr. Han, an old teacher of Kung Fu, and sets out on his journey of the fighting art.
Apollo 13
The Apprentice
Heat
Hustlers
Glory
Selma
True story of the rise of Martin Luther King Jr and his march through Selma that failed before it succeeded, thus allowing the segregated Black community to take another leap towards equality.
Argo
Parasite
BlackkKlansman
Pacific Rim 1
Pacific Rim 2
Lincoln
Breaking
42
The Long Game
American Hustle
Blow
American Sniper
The true story of US Navy SEAL Chris Kyle and his skill behind the scope of a sniper rifle in enemy territory.
Zero Dark Thirty
True story of US interrogators and the CIA discovering Osama Bin Laden's whereabouts, followed by SEAL Team Six's lethal pursuit of Bin Laden's head.
Batman Begins
The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight Rises
The Batman
Fury
A story about the bond that is built between members of an American WW2 tank crew. Eventually, they find themselves alone and against an SS battalion. The odds are 5 versus 300 plus.
Full Metal Jacket
A story about the training and life of a Vietnam War platoon. The horrors that come with training and battle on the war front.
All Quiet on the Western Front
Jarhead
1917
The Revenant
There will be Blood
Dead Poets Society
12 Angry Men
The Pianist
True story of a Jewish pianist that was given the opportunity to escape from boarding the trains to auschwitz with the rest of his family, just to live in fear and witness the horrors of WW2 and holocaust on in his homeland.
Dune 1
Dune 2
The Last Duel
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Sound of Metal
Gravity
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
2001: A Space Odyssey
Arrival
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
War of the Planet of the Apes
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
A Quiet Place 1
A Quiet Place 2
A Quiet Place Day One
10 Cloverfield Lane
Saving Private Ryan
Story of a team set out solely to search for Private Ryan, a soldier called home to accompany his mother after Ryan's 4 brothers were killed in action during WW2.
Warfare
I, Robot
The Mist
Baby Driver
Drive
City of God
Children of Men
The Equalizer
John Wick
The Equalizer 2
John Wick 2
The Equalizer 3
John Wick 3
John Wick 4
The Ballerina
Casino Royale
Skyfall
Spectre
Quantum of Solace
No Time to Die
The Dirt
Rocketman
Straight Outta Compton
Bob Marley One Love
Lone Survivor
Touching the Void
Titanic
The Order
Last Breath
September 5th
Munich
True story highlighting the life of the man in charge of hunting 11 Palestinian terrorists responsible for the murders that took place during the 1972 Olympics.
Sully
Chopper
Cinderella Man
The Martian
12 Years A Slave
True story of Solomon Northrup, a slave who earned his freedom, only to wake up a slave once more after being drugged and kidnapped.
Top-gun: Maverick
The Departed
Thirteen Lives
Sometimes in April
Beasts of No Nation
Gran Turismo
Ready Player One
Blood Diamond
Hotel Rwanda
True story from the Rwandan genocide that led to the deaths of over 800,000 people. During the conflict between the Hutus and Tutsis, - hotel manager Paul Rusesabagina helped save over 1200 Rwandan lives.
Harriet
Twisters
A look into the destructive nature of tornadoes, as well as a dive into the lives of people who love chasing the roughest of winds.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Life Is Beautiful
Leon: The Professional
The Usual Suspects
The Intouchables
The Lives of Others
The Shining
Amadeus
Once Upon a Time in America
Come And See
The Hunt
The Big Short
Stronger
Enemy
End of Watch
Donnie Darko
October Sky
King Richard
Challengers
Forrest Gump
A man tells his life story to strangers as he sits on a park bench. He is a bit different from most folks, but eventually he learns more about love, courage, struggle, and friendship than any average person.
Cast Away
Greyhound
Philedelphia
Carlito's Way
Dog Day Afternoon
Killer's of the Flower Moon
Gang's of New York
The Nice Guys
The Fall Guy
Remember the Titans
The Fugitive
The Truman Show
Mission Impossible
Tropic Thunder
The Last Samurai
Noah
L.A. Confidential
The Insider
3:10 to Yuma
Field of Dreams
Hidden Figures
The Untouchables
Bone Tomahawk
Speed
Highest 2 Lowest
The Magnificent Seven
Flight
Crawl
The Silence of the Lambs
Alien
The Machinist
The Fighter
Rescue Dawn
Mystic River
Dead Man Walking
Coach Carter
The Hurricane
The phonecian scheme
Eddington
Sinners
La La Land
Joker
American Psycho
The life of a Wall Street businessman absorbed by his own image and the slightest of inconveniences allows him to commit some of the craziest of crimes.
Knives Out
Saltburn
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Nice Guys
Bohemian Rhapsody
IT
Alien
Ex-Machina
Mad Max: Fury Road
Furiosa
Kings-man
Kings-man: Golden Circle
Harry Potter
The destiny of a boy who lived in the eyes of death. The journey of witchcraft and wizardry.
Star Wars
The power of the force and the dark side. The destiny of the chosen one during a time in a galaxy far far away.
The Lord of the Rings
A world centered around the desire of a single golden ring.
The Hobbit
The story of Bilbo Baggins and his adventures throughout middle-earth. Evil lurks in every corner.
Marvel Universe
Jurassic Park
Pirates of the Carribbean
Indiana Jones
The Hunger Games
Avatar
The Matrix
