Schindler's List

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Schindler's List

R

1993

3h 15m

History

Drama

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Businessman Oskar Schindler arrives in Kraków 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 Kraków 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

The Times (UK)

01/22/2024

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.

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Eleanor Ringel Cater

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

04/15/2021

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.

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Susan Stark

Detroit Free Press

04/15/2021

4/4

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.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Dec 26

4/4

It’s doubtful this will relinquish its lofty status any time soon, not so long as its message of hope existing and even thriving within horrendous circumstances continues to resonate.

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Nadir Samara

Screen Rant

10/31/2024

8/10

The story of Oskar Schindler is as complicated as it is riveting and Steve Zaillian’s script tells us the story in a way World War II films never had.

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Grant Watson

Fiction Machine

02/07/2024

10/10

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.

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Renaldo D

@RT30888824 1d

One of the best movies ever made.

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abhi T

@jimmy_timmy 1d

one of the few movies to make me cry.

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Ezra B

@RT32538992 6d

What a movie. This movie had me heartbroken all 195 minutes through. Especially, as an orthodox religious jew, this movie really shook me. Personally, I'm only 13 years old, so when watching this movie, I had to have quite a number of scenes skipped out for me, so even not seeing the worst shook me to the core. Liam Neeson is a phenomenal actor and played this role phenomanally too. Also, John William's score is incredible and many aspects of this movie were really clever and well thought about such as the girl in the red dress and the fact that all scenes were black and white except for the first and last. Thumbs up Steven Spielberg. What a movie.

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bryant G

@leaime Jul 20

cried many times, I heard about this movie from watching Seinfeld lmfao. the black and white makes this movie beautiful you wouldn't think that the bad guys would let a movie director to actually film what happened , this was stunning the picture was great I held my mothers hand when the Schindler's list showed the names. I took a trip once about seven years ago too Germany to pay my respects and gotten the chance to see Germany and travel to different countries, me and dog walked all around and was sad. flew back to America and thought how life was so different, I would like to watch this movie in theater but idk. Mr. Spielberg is good. I def think this is a must watch for everyone loved this live with its structure of sequence of upscaling scenes. this is a must watch !

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Jack S

@JackSV Jul 12

Steven delivered an amazing movie like he always does, but this movie captured the true horror and sadness of the holocaust.

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Sam A

@RT78318624 Jul 10

This is easily one of the greatest movies I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE this deserves in the top 5 greatest movies of all time.

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Movieclips: John Williams: 11 Incredible Themes

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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 arrives in Kraków 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 Kraków 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
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: Surround, Dolby Digital, DTS, Dolby Atmos, Stereo
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)