Schindler's List

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Schindler's List

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Released Dec 15, 1993

3h 15m

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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

The 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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Nadir Samara

Screen Rant

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.

Rated: 8/10

Oct 31, 2024

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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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Liam B

To be honest I think this is the most important movie ever made. An absolute masterpiece.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/10/25

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Dustin B.

A tragic, heartbreaking true story that packs a punch, but also packs a genuinely inspiring story that will make even the most stone cold of people shed a tear.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/02/25

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Audience Member

The movie is really long. Should have been colored. It is however, based on a real story. And the story is tragic. But, the oppressed has become the oppressor...

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

07/31/25

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Nathaniel P

What can I say that hasn’t been said it’s amazing go watch it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/27/25

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Robbie L

Where do you start? The score?The writing?The acting?The direction? Everything is 100% on point. Fiennes performance shames unworthy Oscar winners before and since-incredible. Neeson gives the performance of his life. Spielberg delivers arguably his greatest film. And it's black and white apart from the little girl in that red dress. The ghetto liquidation is one of the most harrowing scenes in mainstream cinema history. Always as relevant as it is brilliant

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/22/25

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Everett G

This might be the single greatest film ever created. Everything about this film is a home run masterpiece

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/21/25

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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 - The Schindler Jews Today

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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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