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8/8/2019 Great Movies

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1. Mackenna's Gold (1969)Director:J. Lee ThompsonGenre:Romance | WesternCast: Gregory Peck, Omar Sharif, Telly Savalas

Awards:1 nominationPlot:The gangster Colorado kidnaps Marshal McKenna. He believes that McKenna has seen a map which leads to arich vein of gold in the mountains and forces him to show him the way. But they're not the only ones who're afterthe gold; soon they meet a group of "honorable" citizens and the cavalry crosses their way too - and that is even

before they enter Indian territory.2. Blood Diamond (2006)

Director: Edward Zwick

Genre: Adventure | Drama | ThrillerCast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, Jennifer ConnellyAwards: Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 14 nominationsPlot: A fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless

diamond.3. Unbreakable (2000)

Director: M. Night Shyamalan

Genre: Fantasy | Mystery | ThrillerCast: Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Robin Wright Penn

Awards: 2 wins & 9 nominationsPlot: A suspense thriller with supernatural overtones that revolves around a man who learns something

extraordinary about himself after a devastating accident.

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Babel (2006)Director: Alejandro Gonzlez Irritu

Genre: DramaCast: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Mohamed Akhzam

Awards: Won Oscar. Another 25 wins & 75 nominationsPlot: Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, touching off an interlocking story

involving four different families.

The Magnificent Seven (1960)

Director: John Sturges

Genre: Western | Adventure | Drama

Cast: Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Eli Wallach

Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 2 nominations

Plot: An oppressed Mexican peasant village assembles seven gunfighters to help defend their homes.

5. How the West Was Won (1962)Directors: John Ford, Henry Hathaway

Genre: Adventure | Drama | Romance | WesternCast: Gregory Peck, James Stewart, John Wayne, Carroll Baker

Awards: Won 3 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 5 nominationsPlot: A family saga covering several decades of Westward expansion in the nineteenth century--including the GoldRush, the Civil War, and the building of the railroads.

6. Cleopatra (1963)Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Genre: Biography | Drama | History | Romance | WarCast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison

Awards: Won 4 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 11 nominationsPlot: Historical epic. The triumphs and tragedy of the Egyptian queen, Cleopatra.

7. The Ten Commandments (1956)Director: Cecil B. DeMilleGenre: Adventure | Drama

Cast: Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne BaxterAwards: Won Oscar. Another 3 wins & 7 nominations

Plot: The Egyptian Prince, Moses, learns of his true heritage as a Hebrew and his divine mission as the deliverer ofhis people.

8. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)Director: Frank DarabontGenre: Drama

Cast: Tim Robbins, Morgan FreemanAwards: Nominated for 7 Oscars. Another 11 wins & 13 nominations

Plot: Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts ofcommon decency.

The Godfather (1972)

Director: Francis Ford Coppola


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Genre: Drama | Thriller

Cast: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, James Caan

Awards: Won 3 Oscars. Another 19 wins & 17 nominations

Plot: The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.

The Dark Knight (2008)

Director: Christopher Nolan

Genre: Action | Crime | Thriller

Cast: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman

Awards: 2 wins & 3 nominations

Plot: Batman, Gordon and Harvey Dent are forced to deal with the chaos unleashed by an anarchist mastermind known only as

the Joker, as it drives each of them to their limits.

The Godfather: Part II (1974)



Cast: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton


Plot: The early life & career of Vito Corleone in 1920's New York is portrayed while his son, Michael, expands and tightens

his grip on his crime syndicate stretching from Lake Tahoe, Nevada to pre-Revolution 1958 Cuba.

9. The Good, The Bad & The Ugly (1966)Director: Sergio Leone

Genre: Action | Adventure | WesternCast: Eli Wallach, Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef

Awards: 1 win

Plot: A bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold

buried in a remote cemetery.

10. pulp Fiction (1994)Director: Quentin Tarantino

Genre: Crime | Drama

Cast: John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis

Awards: Won Oscar. Another 43 wins & 40 nominations

Plot: The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of

violence and redemption.

11. Schindler's List (1993)Director: Steven Spielberg

Genre: Biography | Drama | History | War

Cast: Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley,


Plot: Oskar Schindler uses Jews to start a factory in Poland during the war. He witnesses the horrors endured by the

Jews, and starts to save them

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

Director: Milos Forman

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, William Redfield


Plot: Upon arrival at a mental institution, a brash rebel rallies the patients together to take on the oppressive Nurse Ratched, a

woman more a dictator than a nurse.

12. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)Director: Irvin KershnerGenre: Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Cast: Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher


Plot: While Luke takes advanced Jedi training from Yoda, his friends are relentlessly pursued by Darth Vader as

part of his plan to capture Luke.

13. Casablanca (1942)Director: Michael Curtiz

Genre: Drama

Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman,


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Awards: Won 3 Oscars. Another 1 win & 6 nominations

Plot: Classic film set in unoccupied Africa during the early days of World War II: An American expatriate meets a

former lover, with unforeseen complications.

Star Wars (1977)

Director: George Lucas

Genre: Action | Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Cast: Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing


Plot: Luke Skywalker leaves his home planet, teams up with other rebels, and tries to save Princess Leia from the evil clutches

of Darth Vader.

14. Seven Samurai (1954)Director: Akira Kurosawa

Genre: Action | Adventure | Drama

Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 5 nominations

Cast: Takashi Shimura, Toshir Mifune, Yoshio Inaba

Plot: A poor village under attack by bandits recruits seven unemployed samurai to help them defend themselves.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

Director: Peter Jackson

Genre: Action | Adventure | Fantasy

Cast: Noel Appleby, Sean Bean, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom,

Awards: Won 11 Oscars. Another 106 wins & 68 nominationsPlot: The former Fellowship of the Ring prepare for the final battle for Middle Earth, while Frodo & Sam approach Mount

Doom to destroy the One Ring.

Goodfellas (1990)

Director: Martin Scorsese

Genre: Biography | Crime | Drama

Cast: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci,


Plot: Henry Hill and his friends work their way up through the mob hierarchy.

15. Rear Window (1954)Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Genre: Crime | Drama | Mystery | Romance | Thriller

Cast: James Stewart, Grace Kelly


Plot: A wheelchair bound photographer spies on his neighbours from his apartment window and becomes convinced

one of them has committed murder.

16. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)Director: Steven Spielberg

Genre: Action | Adventure

Cast: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen,


Plot: Archeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the US government to find the Ark of the Covenant,

before the Nazis.

17. City of God (2002)Directors: Fernando Meirelles

Genre: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller more

Cast: Alexandre Rodrigues, Alice Braga, Leandro Firmino

Awards: Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 49 wins & 25 nominationsPlot: Two boys growing up in a violent neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro take different paths: one becomes a

photographer, the other a drug dealer

18. Once upon a time in the west (1968)Director: Sergio Leone

Genre: Action | Drama | Western

Cast: Henry Fonda, Claudia Cardinale, Charles Bronson

Awards: 4 wins & 1 nomination

Plot: Epic story of a mysterious stranger with a harmonica who joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a

beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad.


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19. Once upon a time in the west (1968)Director: Sergio Leone


Cast: Henry Fonda, Claudia Cardinale, Charles Bronson


Plot: Epic story of a mysterious stranger with a harmonica who joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a

beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad.

20. The Usual Suspects (1995)Director: Bryan Singer

Genre: Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Cast: Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio Del Toro


Plot: A boat has been destroyed, criminals are dead, and the key to this mystery lies with the only survivor and his

twisted, convoluted story beginning with five career crooks in a seemingly random police lineup.

21. Psycho (1960)Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Genre: Horror | Thriller

Cast: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles


Plot: A young woman steals $40,000 from her employer's client, and subsequently encounters a young motel

proprietor too long under the domination of his mother.Fight Club (1999)

Director: David Fincher

Genre: Action | Thriller

Cast: Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, Helena Bonham Carter

Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 4 wins & 14 nominations

Plot: An office employee and a soap salesman build a global organization to help vent male aggression.

22. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)Director: Jonathan Demme

Genre: Crime | Thriller

Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, Scott Glenn

Awards: Won 5 Oscars. Another 39 wins & 27 nom

Plot: A young FBI cadet must confide in an incarcerated and manipulative killer to receive his help on catching

another serial killer who skins his victims.

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

Director: Stanley Kubrick

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott


Plot: An insane general starts a process to nuclear holocaust that a war room of politicians and generals frantically try to stop.

North by Northwest (1959)

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Genre: Action | Adventure | Mystery | Thriller

Cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason


Plot: A hapless New York advertising executive is mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and is

pursued across the country while he looks for a way to survive.

Memento (2000)Director: Christopher Nolan


Cast: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano


Plot: A man, suffering from short-term memory loss, uses notes and tattoos to hunt for the man he thinks killed his wife.

Citizen Kane (1941)

Director: Orson Welles

Genre: Drama | Mystery

Cast: Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead


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Plot: Following the death of a publishing tycoon, news reporters scramble to discover the meaning of his final utterance.

WALLE (2008)

Director: Andrew Stanton

Genre: Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Romance | Sci-Fi

Cast: Ben Burtt,Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin

Awards: 3 nominations

Plot: In the distant future, a small waste collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide

the fate of mankind.

The Matrix (1999)

Directors: Andy Wachowski & Larry Wachowski

Genre: Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Cast: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss


Plot: A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against the

controllers of it.

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Director: Peter Jackson

Genre: Action | Adventure | Fantasy

Cast: Bruce Allpress, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, Orlando BloomAwards: Won 2 Oscars. Another 65 wins & 75 nominations

Plot: Frodo and Sam continue on to Mordor in their mission to destroy the One Ring. Whilst their former companions make

new allies and launch an assault on Isengard.

It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

Director: Frank Capra

Genre: Drama | Family | Fantasy | Romance

Cast: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore

Awards: Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 4 wins

Plot: An angel helps a compassionate but despairingly frustrated businessman by showing what life would had been like if he

never existed.

Se7en (1995)

Director: David Fincher

Genre: Crime | Mystery | Thriller

Cast: Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow


Plot: Police drama about two cops, one new and one about to retire, after a serial killer using the seven deadly sins as his MO.

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

Director: David Lean

Genre: Adventure | Biography | Drama | War

Cast: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn


Plot: Epic rumination on a flamboyant and controversial British military figure and his conflicted loyalties during wartime

service.

Apocalypse Now (1979)


Genre: Action | Adventure | Drama | WarCast: Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall,


Plot: During the on-going Vietnam War, Captain Willard is sent on a dangerous mission into Cambodia to assassinate a

renegade Green Beret who has set himself up as a God among a local tribe.

Lon (1994)

Director: Luc Besson

Genre: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Cast: Jean Reno, Gary Oldman, Natalie Portman



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Plot: Professional assassin Leon reluctantly takes care of 12-year-old Mathilda, a neighbor whose parents are killed, and

teaches her his trade.

Taxi Driver (1976)

Director: Martin Scorsese


Cast: Robert De Niro, l Shepherd, Jodie Foster, Harvey Keitel


Plot: A mentally unstable Vietnam war veteran works as nighttime taxi driver in a city whose perceived decadence and sleaze

feeds his urge to violently lash out, attempting to save a teenage prostitute in the process.

American Beauty (1999)

Director: Sam Mendes

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch


Plot: Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an

infatuation for his daughter's attractive friend.

American History X (1998)Director: Tony KayeGenre: Crime | Drama

Cast: Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Beverly D'AngeloAwards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins & 9 nominations

Plot: A former neo-nazi skinhead tries to prevent his younger brother from going down the same wrong path that he did.vertigo (1958)


Genre: Drama | Mystery | Romance | Thriller

Cast: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes


Plot: A San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the

while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.

Le Fabuleux destin d'Amlie Poulain (2001)

Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Genre: Comedy | Drama | Romance

Cast: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz


Plot: Amelie, an innocent and naive girl in Paris, with her own sense of justice, decides to help those around her and along the

way, discovers love.

The Departed (2006)

Director: Martin ScorseseGenre: Crime | Drama | Thriller

Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson,Awards: Won 4 Oscars. Another 47 wins & 50 nominations

Plot: Two men from opposite sides of the law are undercover within the Massachusetts State Police and the Irish mafia, butviolence and bloodshed boil when discoveries are made, and the moles are dispatched to find out their enemy's identities.Forrest Gump (1994)

Director: Robert ZemeckisGenre: Comedy | Drama | Romance more

Cast: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright Penn, Sally FieldAwards: Won 6 Oscars. Another 32 wins & 38 nominations

Plot: Forrest Gump, while not intelligent, has accidentally been present at many historic moments, but his true love, Jenny,

eludes him.To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

Director: Robert MulliganGenre: Crime | Drama

Cast: Gregory Peck, John Megna, Frank OvertonAwards: Won 3 Oscars. Another 11 wins & 12 nominations

Plot: Atticus Finch (Peck), a lawyer in the Depression-era South, defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge, andhis kids against prejudice.

A Clockwork Orange (1971)Director: Stanley KubrickGenre: Crime | Drama | Thriller


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Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates

Awards: Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 12 nominationsPlot: In future Britain, charismatic delinquent Alex DeLarge is jailed and later volunteers for an experimental aversion therapydeveloped by the government in an effort to solve society's crime problem... but not all goes to plan.

Alien (1979)Director: Ridley ScottGenre: Horror | Sci-Fi | ThrillerCast: Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Harry Dean Stanton

Awards: Won Oscar. Another 11 wins & 18 nominationsPlot: A mining ship, investigating a suspected SOS, lands on a distant planet. The crew discovers some strange creatures andinvestigates.

Chinatown (1974)Director: Roman PolanskiGenre: Crime | Mystery | ThrillerCast: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston

Awards: Won Oscar. Another 17 wins & 22 nominationsPlot: A private detective investigating an adultery case stumbles on to a scheme of murder that has something to do with water.The Third Man (1949)

Director: Carol ReedGenre: Film-Noir | Mystery | Thriller

Cast: Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson WellesAwards: Won Oscar. Another 2 wins & 4 nominations

Plot: Arriving in Vienna, Holly Martins learns that his friend Harry Lime, who has invited him, recently died in a car accident.

The Lives of Others (2006)Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Genre: Drama

Cast: Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Mhe, Sebastian Koch


Plot: In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police, conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover, finds himself

becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives.

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)Director: John HustonGenre: Adventure | Drama | Western | ActionCast: Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt

Awards: Won 3 Oscars. Another 9 wins & 4 nominationsPlot: Fred C. Dobbs and Bob Curtin, both down on their luck in Tampico, Mexico in 1925, meet up with a grizzled.Double Indemnity (1944)

Director: Billy Wilder

Genre: Crime | Film-Noir | ThrillerCast: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. RobinsonAwards: Nominated for 7 Oscars. Another 1 win

Plot: An insurance rep lets himself be talked into a murder/insurance fraud scheme that arouses an insurance investigator'ssuspicions.

The Shining (1980)


Genre: Horror | Thriller

Cast: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall,

Awards: 1 win & 5 nominations

Plot: A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil and spiritual presence influences the father into violence,

while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from the past and of the future.The Pianist (2002)

Director: Roman PolanskiGenre: Biography | Drama | Music | War

Cast: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank FinlayAwards: Won 3 Oscars. Another 43 wins & 42 nominationsPlot: A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)Director: Michel Gondry

Genre: Drama | RomanceCast: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Gerry Robert Byrne

Awards: Won Oscar. Another 36 wins & 50 nominationsPlot: A couple undergo a procedure to erase each other from their memories when their relationship turns sour, but it is onlythrough the process of loss that they discover what they had to begin with.


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Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Director: Steven SpielbergGenre: Action | Drama | WarCast: Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns

Awards: Won 5 Oscars. Another 52 wins & 53 nominationsPlot: Based on a World War II drama. US soldiers try to save their comrade, paratrooper Private Ryan, who's stationed behindenemy lines.

Spirited Way (2001)

Directors: Hayao Miyazaki

Genre: Animation | Adventure | Family | Fantasy

Voice: Rumi Hragi, Miyu Irino, Mari Natsuki

Plot: In the middle of her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches,

and monsters; where humans are changed into animals; and a bathhouse for these creatures.Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

Director:Guillermo del ToroGenre:Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Thriller

Cast: Ivana Baquero, Sergi Lpez, Maribel VerdAwards:Won 3 Oscars. Another 64 wins & 58 nominationsPlot:In the fascist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but

captivating fantasy world.Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

Directors: Terry Gilliam, Terry JonesGenre: Adventure | Comedy

Cast: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric IdleAwards: 2 nominationsPlot: King Arthur and his knights embark on a low-budget search for the Grail, encountering many very silly obstacles.

Requiem for a Dream (2000)Director: Darren Aronofsky

Genre: Crime | DramaCast: Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly

Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 20 wins & 34 nominationsPlot: The hopes and dreams of four ambitious people are shattered when their drug addictions begin spiraling out of control.L.A. Confidential (1997)

Director: Curtis HansonGenre: Crime | Mystery | ThrillerCast: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce

Awards: Won 2 Oscars. Another 68 wins & 43 nominationsPlot: A shooting at an all night diner is investigated by three LA policemen in their own unique ways.

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)Director: David Lean

Genre: Adventure | Drama | WarCast: William Holden, Jack Hawkins, Alec GuinnessAwards: Won 7 Oscars. Another 23 wins & 5 nominations

Plot: After settling his differences with a Japanese PoW camp commander, a British colonel co-operates to oversee his men'sconstruction of a railway bridge for their captors - while oblivious to a plan by the Allies to destroy it.

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)Director: James Cameron

Genre: Action | Sci-Fi | ThrillerCast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward FurlongAwards: Won 4 Oscars. Another 19 wins & 18 nominations

Plot: The cyborg who once tried to kill Sarah Connor must now protect her teenager son, John Connor, from an even morepowerful and advanced cyborg.

Das Boot (1981)

Director: Wolfgang PetersenGenre: Drama | War

Cast: Jrgen Prochnow, Herbert Grnemeyer, Klaus Wennemann


Plot: The claustrophobic world of a WWII German U-boat; boredom, filth, and sheer terror.

Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Director: Quentin Tarantino

Genre: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Cast: Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn



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Plot: After a simple jewelery heist goes terribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police

informant.

Rashmon (1950)

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Genre: Crime | Drama | Mystery

Cast: Toshir Mifune, Machiko Ky, Masayuki Mori


Plot: A heinous crime and its aftermath are recalled from differing points of view.

The Maltese Falcon (1941)

Director: John Huston

Genre: Crime | Film-Noir | Mystery

Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George

Awards: Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 1

Plot: A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar, and their quest for a

priceless statuette.

Raging Bull (1980)Director: Martin Scorsese

Genre: Biography | Drama | SportCast: Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci

Awards: Won 2 Oscars. Another 19 wins & 16 nominationsPlot: An emotionally self-destructive boxer's journey through life, as the violence and temper that leads him to the top in the

ring, destroys his life outside it.Metropolis (1927)

Director: Fritz Lang

Genre: Action | Drama | Romance | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Cast: Alfred Abel, Gustav Frhlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge


Plot: In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls

in love with a working class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.

Downfall (2004)

Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel

Genre: Biography | Drama | History | War

Cast: Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Corinna Harfouch


Plot: Traudl Junge (Lara), the final secretary for Adolf Hitler (Ganz), tells of the Nazi dictator's final days in his Berlin bunker

at the end of WWII.

City Lights (1931)

Director: Charles Chaplin


Cast: Charles Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Florence Lee

Awards: 1 win

Plot: The Tramp struggles to help a blind flower girl he has fallen in love with.

Modern Times (1936)



Cast: Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman


Plot: The Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.

Rebecca (1940)Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Genre: Drama | Mystery | Romance | Thriller

Cast: Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders

Awards: Won 2 Oscars. Another 9 nominations

Plot:When a naive young woman marries a rich widower and settles in his gigantic mansion, she finds the memory of the first

wife maintaining a grip on her husband and the servants.

All About Eve (1950)

Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Genre: Drama


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Cast: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders


Plot: An ingenue insinuates herself in to the company of an established but aging stage actress and her circle of theater friends.

No Country for Old Men (2007)

Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen


Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin


Plot: Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon some dead bodies, a stash of heroin and more than $2 million

in cash near the Rio Grande.

Singin' in the Rain (1952)Directors: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly

Genre: Comedy | Musical | Romance

Cast: Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie ReynoldsAwards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 7 nominationsPlot: A silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.

The Prestige (2006)


Genre: Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Cast: Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine


Plot: Robert and Alfred are rival magicians. When Alfred performs the ultimate magic trick, Robert tries desperately to findout the secret to the trick.

Some Like It Hot (1959)


Genre: Comedy | Crime | Drama | Music | Romance | Thriller

Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon


Plot: When two musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all female band disguised as women, but further

complications set in.

Amadeus (1984)

Director: Milos Forman

Genre: Drama | Music

Cast: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge


Plot: The incredible story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, told in flashback mode by Antonio Salieri - now confined to an

insane asylum.

Life is Beautiful (1997)

Director: Roberto Benigni

Genre: Comedy | Drama | Romance | War

Cast: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini


Plot: A Jewish man has a wonderful romance with the help of his humour, but must use that same quality to protect his son in

a Nazi death camp.

in City (2005)

Directors: Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez


Cast: Jessica Alba, Bruce Willis, Elijah Wood, Benicio Del Toro

Awards: 14 wins & 29 nominationsPlot: A film that explores the dark and miserable town Basin City and tells the story of three different people, all caught up in

the violent corruption of the city.

he Elephant Man (1980)

Director: David Lynch

Genre: Biography | Drama | History

Cast: Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft


Plot: A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak.

Behind his monstrous facade, there is revealed a person of intelligence and sensitivity.


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The Great Escape (1963)

Director: John Sturges

Genre: Action | Adventure | Drama | History | Thriller | War

Cast: Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough


Plot: Several hundred Allied POWs plan a mass escape from a German POW camp.

The Seventh Seal (1957)

Director: Ingmar Bergman

Genre: Drama | Fantasy

Cast: Gunnar Bjrnstrand, Bengt Ekerot, Max von Sydow


Plot: A man seeks answers about life, death, and the existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the

Black Plague.

Hotel Rwanda (2004)

Director: Terry George

Genre: Biography | Drama | History | Thriller | War

Cast: Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Nick Nolte


Plot: The true-life story of Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager who housed over a thousand Tutsi refugees during their

struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda.

On the Waterfront (1954)Director: Elia Kazan

Genre: Crime | Drama | Romance

Cast: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb


Plot: An ex-prize fighter turned longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses.

inema Paradiso (1988)

Director: Giuseppe Tornatore

Genre: Drama | Romance

Cast: Antonella Attili, Enzo Cannavale, Marco Leonardi


Plot: A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep

friendship with the theater's projectionist.

Full Metal Jacket (1987)


Genre: Action | Drama | Thriller | War

Cast: Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio


Plot: A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow Marine recruits from

their brutal basic training to the bloody street fighting set in 1968 Hue, Vietnam.

The Apartment (1960)


Genre: Romance | Comedy | Drama

Cast: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray


Plot: A man tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance

of his own ensue.

Touch of Evil (1958)Director: Orson Welles

Genre: Crime | Film-Noir | Thriller

Cast: Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles

Awards: 3 wins

Plot: Stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping, and police corruption in Mexican border town.

The Sting (1973)

Director: George Roy Hill

Genre: Comedy | Crime

Cast: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw


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Plot: In 1930s Chicago, a young con man seeking revenge for his murdered partner teams up with a master of the big con to

win a fortune from a criminal banker.

Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

Director: Sergio Leone

Genre: Drama

Cast: Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Joe Pesci

Awards: Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 11 wins & 3 nominations

Plot: A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to Brooklyn over 30 years later, where he once again must confront the

ghosts and regrets of his old life.

There Will Be Blood (2007)

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson

Genre: Drama

Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Martin Stringer, Joseph Mussey


Plot: A story about family, greed, religion, and oil, centered around a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the

business.

Batman Begins (2005)


Genre: Action | Adventure | Crime | Thriller

Cast: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie HolmesAwards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 6 wins & 38 nominations

Plot: The story of how Bruce Wayne became what he was destined to be: Batman.

The Great Dictator (1940)


Genre: Comedy | Drama | War

Cast: Charles Chaplin Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie

Awards: Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 1 nomination

Plot: In Chaplin's satire on Nazi Germany, dictator Adenoid Hynkel has a double... a poor Jewish barber... who one day is

mistaken for Hynkel.

Jaws (1975)

Director: Steven Spielberg

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss


Plot: When a gigantic great white shark begins to menace the small island community of Amity, a police chief, a marine

scientist and grizzled fisherman set out to stop it.

Braveheart (1995)

Director: Mel Gibson

Genre: Action | Biography | Drama | War

Cast: Mel Gibson, James Robinson, Sean Lawlor, Sandy Nelson


Plot: William Wallace, a commoner, unites the 13th Century Scots in their battle to overthrow English rule.

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

Director: Frank Capra

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Claude Rains

Awards: Won Oscar. Another 2 wins & 10 nominationsPlot: A naive man is appointed to fill a vacancy in the US Senate. His plans promptly collide with political corruption, but he

doesn't back down.

Blade Runner (1982)

Director: Ridley Scott

Genre: Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Cast: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Daryl Hannah


Plot: Deckard, a blade runner, has to track down and terminate 4 replicants who hijacked a ship in space and have returned to

earth seeking their maker.


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Back to the Future (1985)

Director: Robert Zemeckis

Genre: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi

Cast: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson


Plot: In 1985, Doc Brown invented time travel, in 1955, Marty McFly accidentally prevented his parents from meeting, putting

his own existence at stake.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

Director: Steven Spielberg

Genre: Action | Adventure

Cast: Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Alison Doody


Plot: When Dr. Henry Jones Sr. suddenly goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, eminent archaeologist Indiana Jones

must follow in his father's footsteps and stop the Nazis.

Bicycle Thieves (1948)

Director: Vittorio De Sica

Genre: Drama

Cast: Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell

Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 16 wins

Plot: A man and his son search for a stolen bicycle vital for his job.

Strangers on a Train (1951)Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Genre: Crime | Film-Noir | Sport | Thriller

Cast: Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker

Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 nomination

Plot: A psychotic socialite confronts a pro tennis star with a theory on how two complete strangers can get away with murder.

he Manchurian Candidate (1962)

Director: John Frankenheimer

Genre: Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Cast: Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh


Plot: A former Korean War POW is brainwashed by Communists into becoming a political assassin. But another former

prisoner may know how to save him.

Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)

Director: Richard Marquand

Genre: Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Cast: Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill


Plot: After rescuing Han Solo from the palace of Jabba the Hutt, the Rebels attempt to destroy the Second Death Star, while

Luke Skywalker tries to bring his father back to the Light Side of the Force.

High Noon (1952)

Director: Fred Zinnemann

Genre: Drama | Western more

Tagline: Simple. Powerful. Unforgettable.

Cast: Gary Cooper, Thomas Mitchell, Grace Kelly


Plot: A marshall, personally compelled to face a returning deadly enemy, finds that his own town refuses to help him.

Unforgiven (1992)Director: Clint Eastwood

Genre: Drama | Western

Cast: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris


Plot: Retired Old West gunslinger William Munny reluctantly takes on one last job, with the help of his old partner and a

young man.

Oldboy (2003)

Director: Chan-wook Park



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Cast: Min-sik Choi, Ji-tae Yu, Hye-jeong Kang


Plot: After being kidnapped and imprisoned for 15 years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must find his captor in 5

days.

Fargo (1996)

Director: Joel Coen

Genre: Crime | Drama | Thriller

Cast: William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare


Plot: Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of

pregnant Marge Gunderson.

Cool Hand Luke (1967)

Director: Stuart Rosenberg


Cast: Paul Newman, George Kennedy, J.D. Cannon


Plot: A man refuses to conform to life in a rural prison.

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Director: Victor Fleming

Genre: Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Musical

Cast: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray BolgerAwards: Won 2 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 8 nominations

Plot: Dorothy Gale is swept away to a magical land in a tornado and embarks on a quest to see the Wizard who can help her

return home

The Green Mile (1999)

Director: Frank Darabont

Genre: Crime | Drama | Fantasy

Cast: Tom Hanks, David Morse, Bonnie Hunt, Michael Clarke Duncan


Plot: The story about the lives of guards on death row leading up to the execution of black man accused of child murder &

rape, who has the power of fa ith healing.

Director: Ridley Scott

Genre: Action | Adventure | Drama | War

Cast: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Oliver Reed, Richard Harris


Plot: When a Roman general is betrayed and his family murdered by a corrupt prince, he comes to Rome as a gladiator to seek

revenge.

Ran (1985)

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Genre: Action | Drama | War

Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu


Plot: An elderly lord abdicates to his three sons, and the two corrupt ones turn against him.

Donnie Darko (2001)

Director: Richard Kelly

Genre: Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Holmes Osborne, Daveigh Chase

Awards: 11 wins & 9 nominationsPlot: A troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes, after

narrowly escaping a bizarre accident.

The Wages of Fear (1953)

Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot

Genre: Thriller | Adventure | Action | Drama

Cast: Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Folco Lulli

Awards: Won BAFTA Film Award. Another 5 wins

Plot: In a decrepit South American village, men are hired to transport an urgent nitroglycerine shipment without the equipment

that would make it safe.


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Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)



Cast: Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, David Carradine

Awards: Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 12 wins & 41 nominations

Plot: The Bride wakes up after a long coma. The baby that she carried before entering the coma is gone. The only thing on her

mind is to have revenge on the assassination team that betrayed her - a team she was once part of.

Annie Hall (1977)

Director: Woody Allen

Genre: Comedy | Romance

Cast: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts


Plot: Neurotic New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall.

multronstllet (1957)

Director: Ingmar Bergman

Genre: Drama

Cast: Victor Sjstrm, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin


Plot: After living a life marked by coldness, an aging professor is forced to confront the emptiness of his existence.

It Happened One Night (1934)

Director: Frank CapraGenre: Comedy | Drama | Romance

Cast: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly

Awards: Won 5 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 1 nomination

Plot: A spoiled heiress, running away from her family, is helped by a man who's actually a reporter looking for a story. But

then he falls for her.

The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

Director: Paul Greengrass

Genre: Action | Adventure | Mystery | Thriller

Cast: Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, David Strathairn


Plot: Bourne dodges new, superior assassins as he searches for his unknown past while a government agent tries to track him

down. The Deer Hunter (1978)

Director: Michael Cimino

Genre: Drama | War

Cast: Robert De Niro, John Cazale, John Savage, Meryl Streep


Plot: An in-depth examination of the way that the Vietnam war affects the lives of people in a small industrial town in the

USA.

The Sixth Sense (1999)

Director: M. Night Shyamalan


Cast: Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette


Plot: A boy who communicates with spirits that don't know they're dead seeks the help of a disheartened child psychologist.

The General (1927)

Directors: Clyde Bruckman

Genre: Comedy | Romance | War | ActionCast: Marion Mack, Glen Cavender, Jim Farley

Awards: 1 win

Plot: When Union spies steal an engineer's beloved locomotive, he pursues it single handedly and straight through enemy lines.

Into the Wild (2007)

Director: Sean Penn

Genre: Adventure | Biography | Drama

Cast: Emile Hirsch, Marcia Gay Harden, William Hurt


Plot: After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions,


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gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way,

Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life.

Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)Director: Robert Hamer

Genre: Comedy | DramaCast: Dennis Price, Valerie Hobson, Alec Guinness

Awards: Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 win & 1 nominationPlot: A distant poor relative of the Duke of D'Ascoyne plots to inherit the title by murdering the eight other heirs who standahead of him in the line of succession.

Ben-Hur (1959)

Director: William Wyler

Genre: Action | Adventure | Drama | Romance

Cast: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd


Plot: When a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend, he regains his freedom and comes back for

revenge.

Platoon (1986)

Director: Oliver Stone

Genre: Action | Drama | War

Cast: Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen, Forest Whitaker


Plot: A young recruit in Vietnam faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.Heat (1995)

Director: Michael Mann

Genre: Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Cast: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight


Plot: A Los Angeles crime saga, "Heat" focuses on the lives of two men on opposite sides of the law - one a detective; the

other a thief.

ights of Cabiria (1957)

Director: Federico Fellini

Genre: Drama

Cast: Giulietta Masina, Franois Prier, Franca Marzi


Plot: A waifish prostitute wanders the streets of Rome looking for true love but finding only heartbreak.

Ratatouille (2007)

Directors: Brad Bird

Genre: Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Voice: Patton Oswalt, N. Holm, Lou Romano


Plot: Remy is a young rat in the French countryside who arrives in Paris, only to find out that his cooking idol is dead. When

he makes an unusual alliance with a restaurant's new garbage boy, the culinary and personal adventures begin despite Remy's

family's skepticism and the rat-hating world of humans.

Life of Brian (1979)

Director: Terry Jones

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam

Plot: Brian is born on the original Christmas, in the stable next door. He spends his life being mistaken for a messiah.

Diabolique (1955)Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot

Genre: Crime | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Cast: Simone Signoret, Vra Clouzot, Paul Meurisse

Awards: 3 wins

Plot: The wife of a cruel headmaster and his mistress conspire to kill him, but after the murder is committed, his body

disappears, and strange events begin to plague the two women.

The Killing (1956)


Genre: Crime | Drama | Thriller | Film-Noir


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Cast: Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards

Awards: Nominated for BAFTA Film Award

Plot: Crooks plan and execute a daring racetrack robbery.

Amores Perros (2000)

Director: Alejandro Gonzlez Irritu


Cast: Emilio Echevarra, Gael Garca Bernal, Goya Toledo


Plot: A horrific car accident connects three stories, each involving characters dealing with loss, regret, and life's harsh realities,

all in the name of love.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

Director: George Roy Hill

Genre: Adventure | Crime | Drama | Western

Cast: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross


Plot: Two Western bank/train robbers flee to Bolivia when the law gets too close.

Witness for the Prosecution (1957)



Cast: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton

Awards: Nominated for 6 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 8 nominationsPlot: Agatha Christie tale of a man on trial for murder: a trial featuring surprise after surprise.

Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)

Director: Stanley Kramer

Genre: Drama | History

Cast: Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark


Plot: In 1948, an American court in occupied Germany tries four Nazi judges for war crimes.

Finding Nemo (2003)

Directors: Andrew Stanton

Genre: Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family

Cast: Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould, Willem Dafoe


Plot: A father-son underwater adventure featuring Nemo, a boy clownfish, stolen from his coral reef home. His timid father

must then travel to Sydney, and search Sydney Harbour find Nemo.

The Big Lebowski (1998)

Director: Joel Coen

Genre: Comedy | Crime | Mystery

Cast: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore

Awards: 1 win & 7 nominations

Plot: "Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire Lebowski, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling

buddies to help get it.

8 (1963)

Director: Federico Fellini

Genre: Drama

Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aime


Plot: A harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies.Brief Encounter (1945)

Director: David Lean

Genre: Romance | Drama

Cast: Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway


Plot: Meeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband.

The Graduate (1967)

Director: Mike Nichols

Genre: Drama | Romance | Comedy


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Cast: Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross


Plot: Recent college graduate Benjamin Braddock is trapped into an affair with Mrs. Robinson, who happens to be the wife of

his father's business partner and then finds himself falling in love with her teenage daughter, Elaine.

The Battle ofAlgiers (1966)

Director: Gillo Pontecorvo

Genre: Drama | History | War

Cast: Brahim Hadjadj, Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi


Plot: A surprisingly unbiased account of the bloodiest revolution in modern history.

Stand by Me (1986)

Director: Rob Reiner

Genre: Adventure | Drama

Cast: Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman


Plot: After the death of a friend, a writer recounts a boyhood journey to find a body of a missing boy.

The Wild Bunch (1969)

Director: Sam Peckinpah


Cast: William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan

Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 2 nominationsPlot: An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.

Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

Director: Sidney Lumet


Cast: Al Pacino, John Cazale, Charles Durning


Plot: A man robs a bank to pay for his lover's operation; it turns into a hostage situation and a media circus.

V for Vendetta (2005)

Director: James McTeigue

Genre: Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Cast: Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea


Plot: A shadowy freedom fighter known only as "V" uses terrorist tactics to fight against his totalitarian society. Upon

rescuing a girl from the secret police, he also finds his best chance at having an ally.

The Night of the Hunter (1955)

Director: Charles Laughton

Genre: Drama | Film-Noir | Thriller

Cast: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish

Awards: 1 win

Plot: A religious fanatic marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real daddy hid

$10,000 he'd stolen in a robbery.

Snatch (2000)

Director: Guy Ritchie

Genre: Comedy | Crime | Thriller

Cast: Ade, William Beck, Andy Beckwith, Ewen Bremner


Plot: Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers, and supposedlyJewish jewelers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond.

The Incredibles (2004)

Director: Brad Bird

Genre: Animation | Action | Adventure | Family | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Voice: Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Samuel L. Jackson, Jason Lee


Plot: A family of undercover superheroes, while trying to live the quiet suburban life, are forced into action to save the world.

The Princess Bride (1987)

Director: Rob Reiner


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Genre: Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | Romance | Thriller

Cast: Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon


Plot: A classic fairy tale, with swordplay, giants, an evil prince, a beautiful princess, and yes, some kissing (as read by a kindly

grandfather).

Gandhi (1982)

Director: Richard Attenborough

Genre: Biography | Drama | History

Cast: Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox, Martin Sheen


Plot: Biography of Mahatma Gandhi, the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British through

his philosophy of non-violent protest.

The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

Director: John Ford

Genre: Drama

Cast: Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine


Plot: A poor Midwest family is forced off of their land. They travel to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in

the Great Depression.

Children of Men (2006)

Director: Alfonso CuarnGenre: Adventure | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Cast: Clive Owen, Juan Gabriel Yacuzzi, Mishal Husain,


Plot: In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a

miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.Trainspotting (1996)

Director: Danny BoyleGenre: Comedy | Crime | Drama

Cast: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee MillerAwards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 18 wins & 13 nominationsPlot: Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and

influence of friends.

Gone with the Wind (1939)

Director: Victor Fleming

Genre: Drama | Romance | War

Cast: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland


Plot: American classic in which a manipulative woman and a roguish man carry on a turbulent love affair in the American

south during the Civil War and Reconstruction.

The Gold Rush (1925)


Genre: Adventure | Comedy | Family | Romance

Cast: Charles Chaplin, Mack Swain, Tom Murray

Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 1 nomination

Plot: The Tramp goes the Klondike in search of gold and finds it and more.

Harvey (1950)

Director: Henry Koster

Genre: Comedy | Drama | FantasyCast: James Stewart, Josephine Hull, Peggy Dow

Awards: Won Oscar. Another 1 win & 4 nominations

Plot: Elwood P. Dowd is a mild-mannered, pleasant man, who just happens (he says) to have an invisible friend resembling a

6-foot rabbit.Shadow of a Doubt (1943)


Genre: Crime | Film-Noir | ThrillerCast: Teresa Wright, Teresa Wright, Macdonald CareyAwards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 1 nominationPlot: A young woman thinks her uncle may be a serial killer.


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The Thing (1982)

Director: John Carpenter

Genre: Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Cast: Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter


Plot: Scientists in the Antarctic are confronted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of the people that it kills.

Scarface (1983)

Director: Brian De Palma


Cast: Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, Steven Bauer

Awards: Nominated for 3 Golden Globes. Another 3 nominations

Plot: In 1980 Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug empire while succumbing to greed. (Cartel not Mafia).

Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)

Director: Clint Eastwood

Genre: Drama | History | War

Cast: Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Tsuyoshi Ihara


Plot: The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the

perspective of the Japanese who fought it.

Groundhog Day (1993)

Director: Harold RamisGenre: Comedy | Crime | Fantasy | Romance

Cast: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott

Awards: Won BAFTA Film Award. Another 5 wins & 7 nominations

Plot: A weatherman finds himself living the same day over and over again.

Toy Story (1995)

Director: John Lasseter

Genre: Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Cast: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles


Plot: A cowboy toy is profoundly threatened and jealous when a fancy spaceman toy supplants him as top toy in a boy's room.

The Lion King (1994)

Directors: Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff

Genre: Animation | Adventure | Drama | Family | Musical | Romance

Voice: Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Matthew Broderick,James Earl Jones


Plot: Tricked into thinking he killed his father, a guilt ridden lion cub flees into exile and abandons his identity as the future

King.

Sleuth (1972)

Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Genre: Mystery | Thriller

Cast: Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, John Matthews


Plot: A man who loves games and theater invites his wife's lover to meet him, setting up a battle of wits with potentially

deadly results.

The Terminator (1984)

Director: James Cameron

Genre: Action | Sci-Fi | ThrillerCast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton,


Plot: A human-looking, apparently unstoppable cyborg is sent from the future to kill Sarah Connor; Kyle Reese is sent to stop

it.

TheAfrican Queen (1951)

Director: John Huston

Genre: Adventure | Drama | Romance | War

Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley

Awards: Won Oscar. Another 1 win & 5 nominations


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Plot: In Africa during WW1, a gin-swilling riverboat owner/captain is persuaded by a strait-laced missionary to use his boat to

attack an enemy warship.

Crash (2004)

Director: Paul Haggis


Cast: Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito


Plot: Several stories interweave during two days in Los Angeles involving a collection of inter-related characters.

The Conversation (1974)



Cast: Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Allen Garfield, Cindy Williams


Plot: A paranoid and personally-secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that a couple he is

spying on will be murdered.

The Hustler (1961)

Director: Robert Rossen

Genre: Drama | Romance | Sport

Cast: Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie, George C. Scott


Plot: An up-and-coming pool player plays a long-time champion in a single high-stakes match.Twelve Monkeys (1995)

Director: Terry Gilliam

Genre: Sci-Fi | Thriller

Cast: Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt


Plot: In a future world devastated by disease, a convict is sent back in time to gather information about the man-made virus

that wiped out most of the human population on the planet.

Duck Soup (1933)

Director: Leo McCarey

Genre: Comedy | Musical

Cast: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx

Awards: 1 win

Plot: Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the

love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale.

TheAdventures of Robin Hood (1938)

Directors: Michael Curtiz, William Keighley

Genre: Action | Adventure | Romance

Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone


Plot: When Prince John and the Norman Lords begin oppressing the Saxon masses in King Richard's absence, a Saxon lord

fights back as the outlaw leader of a rebel guerrilla army.

Umberto D. (1952)

Director: Vittorio De Sica

Genre: Drama

Cast: Carlo Battisti, Maria-Pia Casilio, Lina Gennari

Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins & 1 nomination

Plot: Umberto Ferrari, aged government-pensioner, attends a street demonstration held by his fellow pensioners.Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)

Director: Guy Ritchie

Genre: Comedy | Crime | Thriller

Cast: Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Moran

Awards: Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 13 wins & 6 nominations

Plot: Four London working class stiffs pool their money to put one in a high stakes card game, but things go wrong and they

end up owing half a million pounds and having one week to come up with the cash.

The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)

Director: William A. Wellman


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Genre: Drama | Western

Cast: Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Mary Beth Hughes, Anthony Quinn

Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins

Plot: Two drifters are passing through a Western town, when news comes in that a local farmer has been murdered and his

cattle stolen.

The Beauty and the Beast (1946)

Director: Jean Cocteau

Genre: Drama | Fantasy | Romance

Cast: Jean Marais, Josette Day, Mila Parly

Awards: 1 win

Plot: A half-ruined merchant lives in the country with his son Ludovic and his three daughters.

The Lady Vanishes (1938)


Genre: Mystery | Romance | Thriller

Cast: Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas

Awards: 1 win

Plot: While traveling in continental Europe, a rich young playgirl realizes that an elderly lady seems to have disappeared from

the train.

Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)


Genre: Action | Crime | ThrillerCast: Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox

Awards: Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 9 wins & 38 nominations

Plot: The murderous Bride continues her vengeance quest against her ex-boss, Bill, and his two remaining associates; his

younger brother Budd, and Bill's latest flame Elle.

Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

Director: Isao Takahata

Genre: Animation | Drama | War

Voice: Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara

Awards: 3 wins

Plot: A tragic film covering a young boy and his little sister's struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.

King Kong (1933)

Directors: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack

Genre: Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Horror | Thriller

Cast: Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot


Plot: A film crew goes to a tropical island for an exotic location shoot and discovers a colossal giant gorilla who takes a shine

to their female blonde star.

Ed Wood (1994)

Director: Tim Burton

Genre: Biography | Comedy | Drama

Cast: Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker


Plot: The mostly true story of the legendary director of awful movies and his strange group of friends and actors.

Crouching tiger hidden dragon (2000)

Director: Ang Lee

Genre: Action | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy | History | Thriller

Cast: Yun-Fat Chow, Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi ZhangAwards: Won 4 Oscars. Another 73 wins & 90 nominations

Plot: Two warriors in pursuit of a stolen sword and a notorious fugitive are led to an impetuous, physically-skilled, teenage

nobleman's daughter, who is at a crossroads in her life.

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

Director: William Wyler

Genre: Drama | Romance

Cast: Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews

Awards: Won 7 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 1 nomination


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Plot: Three WWII veterans return home to small-town America to discover that they and their families have been irreparably

changed.

Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

Directors: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Abigail Breslin, Greg Kinnear, Paul Dano


Plot: A family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW

bus.

Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)

Director: F.W. Murnau

Genre: Fantasy | Horror | Thriller

Cast: Max Schreck, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schrder

Plot: Vampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife. Silent classic based on the

story "Dracula".

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)

Director: Julian Schnabel

Genre: Biography | Drama

Cast: Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Jose Croze


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