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The General

The General

United States 1926

DIR Buster Keaton & Clyde Bruckman

  • Currently 4.4/5 Stars.
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Confederate army reject Johnnie Gray (Buster Keaton) sets out to single-handedly win the war and the heart of his beloved with the help of his cherished locomotive.

It's a Wonderful Life

It's a Wonderful Life

United States 1946

DIR Frank Capra

  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
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An angel helps a compassionate but despairingly frustrated businessman by showing what life would had been like if he never existed.

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

United States 2004

DIR Wes Anderson

  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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Internationally famous oceanographer Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) and his crew—Team Zissou—set sail on an expedition to hunt down the mysterious, elusive, possibly nonexistent Jaguar Shark that killed Zissou’s partner in Oscar-nominated writer-director Wes Anderson’s adventure-comedy.

Yojimbo

Yojimbo

Japan 1961

DIR Akira Kurosawa

  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
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To rid a terror-stricken village of corruption, wily masterless samurai Sanjuro (Toshiro Mifune) turns a range war between two evil clans to his own advantage in Akira Kurosawa’s visually stunning and darkly comic Yojimbo.

Aliens

Aliens

United Kingdom 1986

DIR James Cameron

  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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57 years after the original attack, Ripley and a crew of marines return to the planet to kill the remaining aliens that have slaughtered the colonists on the planet.

Do the Right Thing

Do the Right Thing

United States 1989

DIR Spike Lee

  • Currently 4.0/5 Stars.
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The hottest day of the year explodes onscreen in this vibrant look at a day in the life of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn; Spike Lee’s powerful portrait of urban racial tensions sparked controversy while earning popular and critical praise.

The Apartment

The Apartment

United States 1960

DIR Billy Wilder

  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
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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.

Harold and Maude

Harold and Maude

United States 1971

DIR Hal Ashby

  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
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With the idiosyncratic American fable Harold and Maude, countercultural director Hal Ashby fashioned what would become the cult classic of its era.

Paths of Glory

Paths of Glory

United States 1957

DIR Stanley Kubrick

  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
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Stanley Kubrick’s Paths of Glory is among the most powerful antiwar films ever made. This is a haunting, exquisitely photographed dissection of the military machine in all its absurdity and capacity for dehumanization.

Dead Man

Dead Man

United States 1995

DIR Jim Jarmusch

  • Currently 4.0/5 Stars.
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Heading towards a metalworks factory at the edge of the known universe, a pristine, young accountant named William Blake steps into the ungodly, mechanical hell that is the town of Machine. And so begins this man’s descent into purgatory.

Groundhog Day

Groundhog Day

United States 1993

DIR Harold Ramis

  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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A weatherman finds himself living the same day over and over again.

The Nightmare Before Christmas

The Nightmare Before Christmas

United States 1993

DIR Henry Selick

  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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Jack Skellington, king of Halloweentown, discovers Christmas Town, but doesn’t quite understand the concept.

American History X

American History X

United States 1998

DIR Tony Kaye

  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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A former neo-nazi skinhead tries to prevent his younger brother from going down the same wrong path that he did.

Unforgiven

Unforgiven

United States 1992

DIR Clint Eastwood

  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
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Retired Old West gunslinger William Munny reluctantly takes on one last job, with the help of his old partner and a young man.

The Tree of Life

The Tree of Life

United States 2011

DIR Terrence Malick

  • Currently 4.0/5 Stars.
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The tale of a Midwestern boy’s journey from the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as a “lost soul in the modern world”—and his quest to regain meaning in life.

12 Monkeys

12 Monkeys

United States 1995

DIR Terry Gilliam

  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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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. Based on Chris Marker’s highly influential short La jetée.

The Wrestler

The Wrestler

United States 2008

DIR Darren Aronofsky

  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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Randy is a lonely professional wrestler pushing 50, who can now only look back on a once glorious career. These days, regional exhibition matches have replaced screaming headlines in sports magazines, and when he starts to have health problems, The Ram knows he’s at one of life’s major crossroads.

Network

Network

United States 1976

DIR Sidney Lumet

  • Currently 4.2/5 Stars.
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A TV network cynically exploits a deranged ex-TV anchor’s ravings and revelations about the media for their own profit in Sidney Lumet’s powerful satire.

The Deer Hunter

The Deer Hunter

United States 1978

DIR Michael Cimino

  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
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An in-depth examination of the way that the Vietnam war affects the lives of people in a small industrial town in the USA.

Toy Story 3

Toy Story 3

United States 2010

DIR Lee Unkrich

  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
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The toys are mistakenly delivered to a day-care center instead of the attic right before Andy leaves for college, and it’s up to Woody to convince the other toys that they weren’t abandoned and to return home.