Taking place in a Nazi-occupied Poland, an arrogant businessman who is a member of the Nazi party named Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson) gradually becomes philanthropic as he sympathizes with the Jews and soon turns his factory into a place to hide them. It is a true story of how he and his Jewish accountant Itzhak Stern (Ben Kingsley) saved over 1,100 Jews (named the "Schindler Jews") from being gassed and exterminated at Auschwitz.This film is unlike any other, and is of the highest-art for filmmaking. Everything from the art-direction, to the gorgeous black-and-white photography done by Janusz Kaminski, to the editing from Michael Kahn, and most importantly Steven Spielberg being the director, the behind-the-scenes work to the film is perfect. The marvelous setting is all added by what is arguably composer John Williams' best work in the soundtrack department.
Lastly, I want to cover the awe-inspiring performances by the cast. Neeson's performance is done so well, and easily stands out as one of the best heroes of film, as the same can be said for Kingsley as Stern. But by far the best performance of Schindler's List is Ralph Fiennes as the villainous Amon Goeth. Any time the Hauptsturmführer is on screen, it makes you despise him even more. Goeth is so nasty, because he says it is part of his job just to kill Jews who don't do their job. He kills Jews for the heck of it at times. As an example, while some Jews shovel snow, Goeth pulls one over because he has one arm, and shoots him straight in the head despite working for Schindler. He is absolutely rotten and makes you root for Oskar Schindler more and more throughout.
What else is there to say? This film is Spielberg's strongest work. Everything done is phenomenal, and is very memorable and worth watching multiple times. It is voted as one of the greatest films ever by the American Film Institute and the community, as on IMDb it is voted as the seventh greatest film ever. And it really is one of the best, easily being one of my personal favorites after viewing it several times. Undoubtably, Schindler's List receives a 4/4.
