In honor of the 81st annual Academy Awards® , we compiled a list of 81 films that inspired dialog on important social issues and exemplify the transformative power of movies. Here are our 81 choices, in no particular order:

81. All The President’s Men

80. The Grand Illusion

79. Maria Full of Grace 78. Gandhi

77. Trouble The Water

76. Gosford Park

75. The Red Shoes

74. X Men

73. Day of Wrath

72. Safe

71. Johnny Guitar

70. Still Life

69. Soylent Green

68. All Quiet on the Western Front

67. Philadelphia

66. The Last of the Mohicans

65. Code 46

64. Modern Times

63. Born Into Brothels

62. Rebel Without a Cause

61. La Chinoise

60. The Last Metro

59. Coal Miners Daughter

58. The Battle of Algiers

57. Ikiru

56. Water

55. Syriana

54. Hoop Dreams

53. The World

52. Regular Lovers

51. Orlando

50. Roger and Me

49. Muderball

48. Army of Shadows

47. Spartacus

46. Boys Don’t Cry

45. The Great Dictator

44. Nine to Five

43. Tokyo Story

42. The Crucible

41. Malcolm X

40. Umberto D

39. Shine

38. Do the Right Thing

37. The Thin Red Line

36. Half Nelson

35. Rudy

34. Vera Drake

33. Michael Clayton

32. Hotel Rwanda

31.  Dead Man

30. Cria Cuervos

29. His Girl Friday

28. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

27. The Thin Blue Line

26. Network

25. The Lives of Others

24. Brokeback Mountain

23. Monsieur Verdoux

22. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

21. In the Name of the Father

20. The Insider

19. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

18. Promises

17. Missing

16.The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

15.Good Night and Good Luck

14. 12 Angry Men

13. Elephant

12. Grand Illusion

11. Reds

10. Erin Brockovich

9.  Grapes of Wrath

8. Apocalypse Now

7. The Visitor

6. Citizen Kane

5. An Inconvenient Truth

4. Wall-E

3. Slumdog Millionaire

2. Milk

1. To Kill A Mockingbird

A HUGE thanks to Gina for profiling most of these amazing films and to Danny and Rachel for getting us to 81 in time. Enjoy the Oscars®!

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