Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
1603★ 9.9
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King Lear
1607★ 9.8
Crime and Punishment
1866★ 9.6
Macbeth
1606★ 9.4
Othello
1603★ 9.0
The Stranger
1942★ 8.9
Romeo and Juliet
1597★ 8.1
In Cold Blood
1966★ 8.0
The Name of the Rose
1980★ 7.7
Light in August
1932★ 7.2
Native Son
1940★ 7.2
Brighton Rock
1938★ 6.9
The Big Sleep
1939★ 6.9
Julius Caesar
1599★ 6.8
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
1981★ 6.8
An American Tragedy
1925★ 6.5
The Maltese Falcon
1929★ 6.5
The Day of the Owl
1961★ 6.5
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1902★ 6.4
The Secret History
1992★ 6.4