Schindler's List (1993)

Steven Spielberg's 1993 Holocaust drama, filmed in black-and-white on a budget of $22 million, won seven Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director and earned $321.2 million worldwide. The USC Shoah Foundation, established by Spielberg following production, has recorded testimonies from over 58,000 Holocaust survivors. It is listed on Time magazine's 100 greatest films and is often cited as the film that proved Spielberg's status as a serious dramatist.