#50. GoldenEye

Eon Productions / MGM/UA Production CompanyEon Productions / MGM/UA Production Company

Smart Rating: 88.02
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $164,810,000

U.S. release date: 11/17/1995
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean, Izabella Scorupco

A secret weapon's theft sends Agent 007 (Pierce Brosnan) to Russia, where a pretty computer programmer (Izabella Scorupco) helps him track an ex-cohort (Sean Bean) believed dead.


#49. John Grisham's The Rainmaker

American Zoetrope / Paramount PicturesAmerican Zoetrope / Paramount Pictures

Smart Rating: 88.32
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $67,802,300

U.S. release date: 11/21/1997
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Matt Damon, Claire Danes, Jon Voight

A Memphis law school graduate (Matt Damon) aids a battered wife (Claire Danes) and fights a corporate lawyer (Jon Voight) for insurance benefits for a dying man.


#48. The American President

Castle Rock Entertainment / Columbia PicturesCastle Rock Entertainment / Columbia Pictures

Smart Rating: 88.34
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $91,792,800

U.S. release date: 11/17/1995
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen

A political rival turns the widowed president's (Michael Douglas) romance with an environmental lobbyist (Annette Bening) into an election-year issue.


#47. Broken Embraces

El Deseo / Sony Pictures ClassicsEl Deseo / Sony Pictures Classics

Smart Rating: 88.46
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $5,533,600

U.S. release date: 11/20/2009
MPAA rating: R
Starring: PenÊlope Cruz, Lluís Homar, Blanca Portillo

A man tells his assistant the story of how he lost both his sight and the love of his life.


#46. The Princess and the Frog

Walt Disney PicturesWalt Disney Pictures

Smart Rating: 88.46
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $115,303,000

U.S. release date: 11/25/2009
MPAA rating: G
Starring: Anika Noni Rose, Keith David, Oprah Winfrey

A fateful kiss leads a young woman (Anika Noni Rose) and a royal amphibian (Bruno Campos) on an adventure through the bayous of Louisiana.


#45. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Heydey Films / Warner Bros. PicturesHeydey Films / Warner Bros. Pictures

Smart Rating: 88.86
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $320,607,000

U.S. release date: 11/19/2010
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson

Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson) leave Hogwarts behind on a mission to destroy the Horcruxes, the secrets to Voldemort's power and immortality.


#44. Arthur Christmas

Aardman Animations / Columbia PicturesAardman Animations / Columbia Pictures

Smart Rating: 88.89
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $48,930,600

U.S. release date: 11/23/2011
MPAA rating: PG
Starring: James McAvoy, Jim Broadbent, Bill Nighy

Santa's youngest son (James McAvoy) sets out on an urgent mission to deliver a present to a forgotten child before Christmas morning dawns.


#43. The Blind Side

Alcon Entertainment / Warner Bros. PicturesAlcon Entertainment / Warner Bros. Pictures

Smart Rating: 88.92
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $282,750,000

U.S. release date: 11/20/2009
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron

A well-to-do white family (Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw) takes in a homeless black teen and helps him realize his potential on and off the football field.


#42. Rust and Bone

Why Not Productions / UGC DistributionWhy Not Productions / UGC Distribution

Smart Rating: 89.04
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $2,127,940

U.S. release date: 11/23/2012
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts, Armand Verdure

A bouncer (Matthias Schoenaerts) rescues a woman (Marion Cotillard) from a barroom brawl, and their relationship evolves into love after she loses both her legs in a marine park accident.


#41. 21 Grams

This is that / Focus FeaturesThis is that / Focus Features

Smart Rating: 89.36
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $20,929,000

U.S. release date: 11/21/2003
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro, Naomi Watts

The lives of a terminally ill professor (Sean Penn) and an ex-convict (Benicio Del Toro) intersect with a woman (Naomi Watts) who lost her family in a car accident.


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