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Jamal Malik (Dev Patel / Ayush Mahesh Khedekar), an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?' Arrested on suspicion of cheating, he tells the police the incredible story of his life on the streets, and of the girl he loved and lost. - Director:
- Danny Boyle
- Cast:
- Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Saurabh Shukla
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Mel Gibson stars in and directs this sweeping saga about Scotland's brutal battle for independence in the 13th century. When William Wallace's (Mel Gibson) wife is ravaged and murdered by English troops, his quest for revenge quickly turns into an impassioned fight for his country's freedom. Tales of Wallace's bravery inspire every commoner to take arms against the English and escalate their crusade into a full scale war. - Director:
- Mel Gibson
- Cast:
- Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan
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Dr. Strangelove (1964)Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Stanley Kubrick's classic black comedy about a group of war-eager military men who plan a nuclear apocalypse is both funny and frightening - and seems as relevant today as ever. Through a series of military and political accidents, two psychotic generals - U.S. Air Force Commander Jack D. Ripper (Sterling Hayden) and Joint Chief of Staff "Buck" Turgidson (George C. Scott) - trigger an ingenious, irrevocable scheme to attack Russia's strategic targets with nuclear bombs. The brains behind the scheme belong to Dr Strangelove (Peter Sellers), a wheelchair-bound nuclear scientist who has bizarre ideas about man's future. The President (also Sellers) is helpless to stop the bombers, as is Captain Mandrake (Sellers once again). Dr. Sstrangelove is truly a classic film. - Director:
- Stanley Kubrick
- Cast:
- Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden
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8 Mile (2002)Fight Music / Fight Song
"8 Mile" explores a week in the lives of a group of young people struggling to find their way in the urban decay of 1995 Detroit. For people like Jimmy 'Rabbit' Smith, Jr. (Eminem) and his friends, hip-hop is the only thing standing between them and the void. Rabbit knows his ticket out is through his rhymes, but to succeed, he has to channel his anger into his lyrics, and face the showdown of his life. - Director:
- Curtis Hanson
- Cast:
- Eminem, Brittany Murphy, Kim Basinger
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A Fistful of Dollars (1964)Per un pugno di dollari / For a Fistful of Dollars
A nameless stranger (Clint Eastwood) rides into the Mexican border town of San Miguel and quickly finds himself in the middle of a bloody battle for power between two rival families, the Baxters and the Rojos. Cannily realising there's money to be made from playing each side against the other, the Man with No Name soon finds himself caught in the crossfire as the body count escalates, his only chance of escape a standoff against the Rojos' mercilessly cruel leader, Ramon (Gian Maria Volonte). - Director:
- Sergio Leone
- Cast:
- Clint Eastwood, Peter Tevis, Gian Maria Volontè
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Louis Mazzini's mother belongs to the aristocratic family D'Ascoyne, but she ran away with an opera singer. Therefore, she and Louis (Dennis Price) were rejected by the D'Ascoynes. Once adult, Louis decides to avenges his mother and him, by becoming the next Duke (Alec Guinness) of the family. Murdering every potential successor is clearly the safest way to achieve his goal. - Director:
- Robert Hamer
- Cast:
- Dennis Price, Alec Guinness, Valerie Hobson
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Theorem (1968)Teorema
A handsome, enigmatic stranger (Terence Stamp) arrives at a bourgeois household in Milan and successively seduces each family member, not forgetting the maid. Then, as abruptly and mysteriously as he arrived, he departs. Unable to endure the void left in their lives, the father (Massimo Girotti) hands over his factory to the workers, the son abandons his vocation as a painter, the mother (Silvana Mangano) abandons herself to random sexual encounters, and the daughter sinks into catatonia. The maid (Laura Betti), however, becomes a saint. In this cool, richly complex and provocative political allegory Pasolini uses his schematic plot to explore family dynamics, the intersection of class and sex, and the nature of different sexualities. After winning a prize at Venice Festival, Theorem was subsequently banned on an obscenity charge, but Pasolini later won an acquittal on ground of the film's 'high artistic value'. Theorem is visually ravishing, with superb performances from all the cast and a brilliantly eclectic soundtrack - with music ranging from Mozart and Morricone to the natural sound of chirping birds. - Director:
- Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Cast:
- Silvana Mangano, Terence Stamp, Massimo Girotti
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Ryan Gosling stars as Colt Seavers, a battle-scarred stuntman fresh off an almost career-ending accident. Colt is persuaded to return to his stunt career when he's told his ex, Jody (Emily Blunt), is directing a film and asked for him specifically. With hopes of winning back the love of his life, Colt returns to set only to find the movie's leading man missing and production in peril. Ensnared in an increasingly wild conspiracy, he must solve the mystery to save Jody's film and get one last shot with her. What could possibly go wrong? - Director:
- David Leitch
- Cast:
- Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Aaron Taylor-Johnson
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When a young Amish boy (Lukas Haas) inadvertently witnesses a brutal murder while en route to Philadelphia with his recently widowed mother, Rachel (Kelly McGillis), Detective John Book (Harrison Ford) is assigned to the case. With the perpetrators desperate to silence the sole witness, Book and his two wards are forced to hide out in the heart of the Amish community. As passions between Book and Rachel ignite, the killers close in, culminating in a dramatic, life-and-death clash of cultures that while change the lives of those involved forever. - Director:
- Peter Weir
- Cast:
- Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Lukas Haas
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There's Something About Mary (1998)Loco por Mary
Thirteen years after a humiliating prom night disaster, angst-driven Ted (Ben Stiller) hires a private eye (Matt Dillon) to track down his would-be sweetheart, Mary (Cameron Diaz), but the sleazy detective decides he wants her for himself. The battle for Mary's affections gives way to hair-raising hilarity in this outrageous hit comedy! - Director:
- Bobby Farrelly
- Cast:
- Ben Stiller, Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon
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A landmark movie in the film noir tradition, Roman Polanski's 'Chinatown' stands as a true screen classic. Jack Nicholson is private eye Jake Gittes, living off the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-war Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite (Faye Dunaway) to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together for one, unforgettable night in...Chinatown. - Director:
- Roman Polanski
- Cast:
- Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston
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Two years after his star-making role in Five Easy Pieces, Nicholson reunited with director Bob Rafelson for this gritty story of small-time losers and big-time dreamers. Dern co-stars as Nicholson's older brother, a scam artist who's all style and no substance, and Burstyn excels as an aging beauty who has prostituted herself for an elusive shot at happiness. - Director:
- Bob Rafelson
- Cast:
- Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern, Ellen Burstyn
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Hollywood superstar Bruce brings a powerful presence to an edge-of-your-seat supernatural thriller that critics have called one of the best films in recent times. Dr. Malcolm Crowe (Bruce Willis) is a distinguished child psychologist haunted by the painful memory of a disturbed young patient he was unable to help. So when he meets Cole Sear (Haley Joel Osmen)... a frightened, confused eight-year-old with a similar condition... Dr. Crowe seeks to redeem himself by doing everything he can. Nonetheless, Malcolm is unprepared to learn the truth of what haunts Cole: terrifying, unwanted visits from the restless inhabitants of the spirit world. With a riveting intensity you'll find thoroughly chilling and utterly unforgettable, the discovery of Cole's incredible 6th sense leads them both to mysterious and unforeseeable consequences. - Director:
- M. Night Shyamalan
- Cast:
- Bruce Willis, Carlos Xavier Lopez, Haley Joel Osment
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John Cusack stars as Rob Gordon, the owner of a semi-falling record store located on one of the back streets of Chicago. He sells music the old-fashioned way, with his two wacky clerks - the hysterically funny rock snob Barry (Jack Black) and the more quietly opinionated underachiever Dick (Todd Louiso). But Rob's business isn't the only thing in his life that's floundering - his needle skips the love groove when his longtime girlfriend Laura (Iben Hjejle) walks out on him. And this forces him to examine his past failed attempts at romance the only way he knows how... - Director:
- Stephen Frears
- Cast:
- John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Todd Louiso
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Chris Taylor (Charlie Sheen) is a young, naive American who, upon his arrival in Vietnam, quickly discovers that he must do battle not only with the Viet Cong, but also with the gnawing fear, physical exhaustion and intense anger growing within him. While his two commanding officers (Oscar-nominated Tom Berenger and Willem Dafoe) draw a fine line between the war they wage against the enemy and the one they fight with each other, the conflict, chaos and hatred permeate Taylor, suffocating his realities and numbing his feelings to man's highest value...life. - Director:
- Oliver Stone
- Cast:
- Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe
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