To the Lighthouse
1927★ 9.2
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Bleak House
1853★ 8.8
A Streetcar Named Desire
1947★ 8.7
Portrait of a Lady
1881★ 8.1
The Sun Also Rises
1926★ 8.0
Under the Volcano
1947★ 8.0
Herzog
1964★ 7.8
Infinite Jest
1996★ 7.7
Bacchae
405 BC★ 7.4
The Ambassadors
1903★ 7.1
Sentimental Education
1869★ 7.0
The Glass Menagerie
1944★ 7.0
Howards End
1910★ 7.0
Tender is the Night
1934★ 6.9
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
1940★ 6.9
O Pioneers!
1913★ 6.7
Of Human Bondage
1915★ 6.6
Tropic of Cancer
1934★ 6.5
Lucky Jim
1954★ 6.3
The Dharma Bums
1958★ 6.0