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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Forrest M

@RT32281296 3d

"Schindler's List" tells a story of Oskar Schindler, a war profiteer from concentration camps that spent money to save lives of the Jewish workers from the German officers. Why? The movie fails to answer the question as all Germans - Nazi officers and Schindler himself- are portrayed wretched human beings and evil people - while Jews are the victims of hatred and racism. Was it friendship? Collaboration? Pity and kindness of his heart? No explanation was given that leaves the movie empty and lacking.

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Tristan B

@tristan3 Jun 17

[BOT] Comfort watch every single time.

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Bobby S

@BobTheMovieNerd Jun 11

Every single minute of this film is amazing. Normally with a movie that's 3 hours or longer, I feel the need to check how much of the time is left, but with this movie I didn't even feel the need to because it's so good

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Oscar T

@ScarfaceRampage Jun 9

Liam Neeson gave his best performance as Oskar Schindler

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Tim S.

@RottenTim May 25

Incredibly movies picture.

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Diandre R

@RT53139537 May 16

This is a great movie. It’s a hard watch, and I completely understand why people say they can only watch it once in their lives. It’s emotionally brutal. My only two problems are: It’s extremely long I should have never watched it on Mother’s Day. This is probably not the best movie to watch on Mother’s Day. However, overall, this is still a great movie.

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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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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)