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Schindler's List

R

Released Dec 15, 1993

3h 15m

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Drama

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137 Reviews

97%

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250,000+ Ratings

Businessman Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson) arrives in Krakow in 1939, ready to make his fortune from World War II, which has just started. After joining the Nazi party primarily for political expediency, he staffs his factory with Jewish workers for similarly pragmatic reasons. When the SS begins exterminating Jews in the Krakow ghetto, Schindler arranges to have his workers protected to keep his factory in operation, but soon realizes that in so doing, he is also saving innocent lives.

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Critics Consensus

Schindler's List blends the abject horror of the Holocaust with Steven Spielberg's signature tender humanism to create the director's dramatic masterpiece.

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Wendy Ide

Times (UK)

Spielberg employs all the emotive Hollywood tools at his disposal and the result is a remarkable film with wide appeal and real importance. Neeson is phenomenal, but matched by towering performances from Ben Kingsley and Ralph Fiennes.

Jan 22, 2024

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Eleanor Ringel Cater

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Using every ounce of his awe some technical skill, the man who sent T. rex and Indiana Jones racing through our imagination brings us a story of human horror beyond imagination.

Apr 15, 2021

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Susan Stark

Detroit Free Press

Once in a very great while, a movie insinuates itself so deeply into your consciousness that it offers not vicarious experience but instead, direct experience. Steven Spielberg's heartfelt, monumental Schindler's List is such a movie.

Rated: 4/4

Apr 15, 2021

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Grant Watson

Fiction Machine

It brought the Holocaust to a mass non-Jewish audience at a time when survivors were dying of old age, and testimony was at risk of being lost.

Rated: 10/10

Feb 7, 2024

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Stephen Silver

The SS Ben Hecht

A great film, a powerful film, and even if it’s not the definitive American Holocaust film, it remains on the very short list of the most important ones. (30th anniversary)

Rated: 5/5

Dec 19, 2023

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Anushka Halve

Film Companion

This isn't your high-octane thriller; rather, acts of heroism unfold with a deliberate, strategic cadence.

Dec 12, 2023

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Wyatt E

Even though it is very sad and depressing, it is truly a great movie, truly a great work of cinematic art

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/23/24

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Aditya M

My fav Historical drama movie of all time

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/16/24

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Teddy B

Steven is at the top of his filmmaking talent with this film. One of the only films I've seen such as this that deserves its lengthy runtime.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

04/26/24

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Liva S

Very good movie, would recommend

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/22/24

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Audience Member

To simply put, the film will leave you very proud for watching it and praises you, even with its bothering tragedies; it thanks you for being a witness of a truthful cautionary tale. With Spielberg's impossible direction between making two films released at the same year, he made two of the best films of that very same year and all time, along with regards to Neeson, Fiennes, and Kingsley for their masterful manipulation of their emotions to move us audiences.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/21/24

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Kshitij S

The most TRAUMATIC film ever watched.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/16/24

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Steven Spielberg

Director

Liam Neeson

Oskar Schindler

Ben Kingsley

Itzhak Stern

Ralph Fiennes

Amon Goeth

Caroline Goodall

Emilie Schindler

Jonathan Segal

Poldek Pfefferberg

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Schindler's List: Official Clip - That's Oskar Schindler

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Schindler's List: Official Clip - He Who Saves One Life Saves the World Entire

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Schindler's List: Official Clip - A Small Pile of Hinges

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Schindler's List: Official Clip - The List is Life

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Schindler's List: Official Clip - Bach or Mozart?

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Schindler's List: Official Clip - The Schindler Jews Today

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Schindler's List: Official Clip - Commandant Amon Goeth

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Schindler's List: Official Clip - The Girl in Red

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Schindler's List: Official Clip - Helen Hirsch

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Synopsis

Businessman Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson) arrives in Krakow in 1939, ready to make his fortune from World War II, which has just started. After joining the Nazi party primarily for political expediency, he staffs his factory with Jewish workers for similarly pragmatic reasons. When the SS begins exterminating Jews in the Krakow ghetto, Schindler arranges to have his workers protected to keep his factory in operation, but soon realizes that in so doing, he is also saving innocent lives.

Director: Steven Spielberg
Producer: Branko Lustig, Gerald R. Molen, Steven Spielberg
Screenwriter: Steven Zaillian
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment
Rating: R (Language|Actuality Violence|Some Sexuality)
Genre: History, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 15, 1993, Wide
Rerelease Date (Theaters): Dec 7, 2018
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 5, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $96.6M
Runtime: 3h 15m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos, Stereo, Dolby Digital, DTS, Surround

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