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Good Will Hunting(1997)

R
| 2h 7min | Drama
4.1/5 (with 5,452 votes)

Will Hunting has a genius-level IQ but chooses to work as a janitor at MIT. When he solves a difficult graduate-level math problem, his talents are discovered by Professor Gerald Lambeau, who decides to help the misguided youth reach his potential. When Will is arrested for attacking a police officer, Professor Lambeau makes a deal to get leniency for him if he will get treatment from therapist Sean Maguire.

Directed by Gus Van Sant - With Matt Damon, Robin Williams, Ben Affleck, Minnie Driver, Stellan Skarsgård, Casey Affleck, ...
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La La Land(2016)

PG-13
| 2h 9min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love, Music
4.0/5 (with 7,870 votes)

Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.

Directed by Damien Chazelle - With Emma Stone, J. K. Simmons, Finn Wittrock, Rosemarie DeWitt, John Legend, ...
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Baby Face(1933)

1h 16min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.6/5 (with 46 votes)

A young woman uses her body and her sexuality to help her climb the social ladder, but soon begins to wonder if her new status will ever bring her happiness.

Directed by Alfred Edward Green - With Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Henry Kolker, Margaret Lindsay, John Wayne, Douglass Dumbrille, ...
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Underworld: Blood Wars(2016)

R
| 1h 31min | Fantasy, Action, Thriller, Horror
2.9/5 (with 1,667 votes)

Vampire death dealer Selene fends off brutal attacks from both the Lycan clan and the Vampire faction that betrayed her. With her only allies, David and his father Thomas, she must stop the eternal war between Lycans and Vampires, even if it means she has to make the ultimate sacrifice.

Directed by Anna Foerster - With Kate Beckinsale, Theo James, Tobias Menzies, Trent Garrett, Lara Pulver, Peter Andersson, ...
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American Gangster(2007)

R
| 2h 37min | Drama, Crime
3.8/5 (with 2,423 votes)

Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs into the United States. Partly based on a true story.

Directed by Ridley Scott - With Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Josh Brolin, Cuba Gooding Jr., John Ortiz, Common, ...
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The Founder(2016)

PG-13
| 1h 55min | Drama, History
3.6/5 (with 2,147 votes)

The true story of how Ray Kroc, a salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by the brothers’ speedy system of making the food and saw franchise potential. He maneuvered himself into a position to be able to pull the company from the brothers and create a billion-dollar empire.

Directed by John Lee Hancock - With Michael Keaton, Laura Dern, Nick Offerman, John Carroll Lynch, Patrick Wilson, B. J. Novak, ...
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The Tragedy of Macbeth(2021)

R
| 1h 45min | Drama, War
3.5/5 (with 288 votes)

Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.

Directed by Joel Coen - With Denzel Washington, Frances McDormand, Brendan Gleeson, Corey Hawkins, Moses Ingram, Harry Melling, ...

Scarface(1932)

1h 33min | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.8/5 (with 245 votes)

In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio "Tony" Camonte, shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.

Directed by Howard Hawks, Richard Rosson - With Paul Muni, George Raft, Ann Dvorak, Karen Morley, Boris Karloff, Henry Armetta, ...
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Tokyo Story(1953)

2h 17min | Drama
4.1/5 (with 429 votes)

The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi, a doctor, and their daughter, Shige, a hairdresser, don't have much time to spend with their aged parents, and so it falls to Noriko, the widow of their younger son who was killed in the war, to keep her in-laws company.

Directed by Yasujirō Ozu - With Chishū Ryū, Setsuko Hara, Chieko Higashiyama, Eijirō Tōno, Sugimura Haruko, Kyōko Kagawa, ...
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Throne of Blood(1957)

1h 48min | Drama, History
4.0/5 (with 336 votes)

Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife, Asaji, presses him to speed up the rest of the spirit's prophecy by murdering his lord and usurping his place. Director Akira Kurosawa's resetting of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in feudal Japan is one of his most acclaimed films.

Directed by Akira Kurosawa - With Toshirō Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki, Akira Kubo, Seiji Miyaguchi, ...
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True Crime(1999)

R
| 2h 7min | Crime, Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Action
3.3/5 (with 307 votes)

Boozer, skirt chaser, careless father. You could create your own list of reporter Steve Everett's faults but there's no time. A San Quentin Death Row prisoner is slated to die at midnight – a man Everett has suddenly realized is innocent.

Directed by Clint Eastwood - With Clint Eastwood, Isaiah Washington, Denis Leary, LisaGay Hamilton, James Woods, Bernard Hill, ...
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The Disaster Artist(2017)

R
| 1h 44min | Comedy, Drama
3.6/5 (with 1,595 votes)

An aspiring actor in Hollywood meets an enigmatic stranger by the name of Tommy Wiseau, the meeting leads the actor down a path nobody could have predicted; creating the worst movie ever made.

Directed by James Franco - With James Franco, Dave Franco, Seth Rogen, Josh Hutcherson, Alison Brie, Ari Graynor, ...
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The Wrestler(2008)

R
| 1h 49min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.8/5 (with 1,595 votes)

Aging wrestler Randy "The Ram" Robinson is long past his prime but still ready and rarin' to go on the pro-wrestling circuit. After a particularly brutal beating, however, Randy hangs up his tights, pursues a serious relationship with a long-in-the-tooth stripper, and tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter. But he can't resist the lure of the ring and readies himself for a comeback.

Directed by Darren Aronofsky - With Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood, Mark Margolis, Ernest Miller, Judah Friedlander, ...
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Jawbreaker(1999)

R
| 1h 27min | Comedy, Crime
3.1/5 (with 245 votes)

When an exclusive clique of teenage socialites accidentally murder their best friend on the morning of her birthday, the three girls responsible conspire to hide the truth.

Directed by Darren Stein - With Rose McGowan, Rebecca Gayheart, Julie Benz, Judy Greer, Ethan Erickson, Carol Kane, ...
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Chariots of Fire(1981)

PG
| 2h 3min | Drama, History
3.4/5 (with 368 votes)

In the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell, a devout Christian born to Scottish missionaries in China, sees running as part of his worship of God's glory and refuses to train or compete on the Sabbath. Harold Abrahams overcomes anti-Semitism and class bias, but neglects his beloved sweetheart in his single-minded quest.

Directed by Hugh Hudson - With Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Cheryl Campbell, Nigel Havers, John Gielgud, Ian Holm, ...
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Serena(2014)

R
| 1h 42min | Drama
2.8/5 (with 469 votes)

North Carolina mountains at the end of the 1920s – George and Serena Pemberton, love-struck newly-weds, begin to build a timber empire. Serena soon proves herself to be equal to any man: overseeing loggers, hunting rattle-snakes, even saving a man’s life in the wilderness. With power and influence now in their hands, the Pembertons refuse to let anyone stand in the way of their inflated love and ambitions. However, once Serena discovers George’s hidden past and faces an unchangeable fate of her own, the Pemberton’s passionate marriage begins to unravel leading toward a dramatic reckoning.

Directed by Susanne Bier - With Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, Blake Ritson, Charity Wakefield, David Dencik, Kim Bodnia, ...
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Cocktail(1988)

R
| 1h 44min | Romance / Love, Drama, Comedy
3.0/5 (with 624 votes)

After being discharged from the Army, Brian Flanagan moves back to Queens and takes a job in a bar run by Doug Coughlin, who teaches Brian the fine art of bar-tending. Brian quickly becomes a patron favorite with his flashy drink-mixing style, and Brian adopts his mentor's cynical philosophy on life and goes for the money.

Directed by Roger Donaldson - With Tom Cruise, Bryan Brown, Elisabeth Shue, Gina Gershon, Kelly Lynch, Lisa Banes, ...
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Tomb of the River(2021)

1h 59min | Action, Crime, Drama
3.1/5 (with 7 votes)

An action film about the ambitions, conspiracy, and betrayal of different organizations surrounding the life-changing project of building the largest resort in Gangneung.

Directed by Yun Yeong-bin - With Yu O-seong, Jang Hyuk, Oh Dae-hwan, Park Sung-geun

For the Emperor(2014)

1h 44min | Action, Crime, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 20 votes)

Yi-Hwan is a former professional baseball player. He was involved in fixing games and lost everything. Gang boss Sang-Ha runs a money lending business and a gambling location. He makes Yi-Hwan work for him. Meanwhile, Yi-Hwan falls for bar owner Yeon-Soo.

Directed by Sang Jun Park - With Lee Min-ki
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Election(1999)

R
| 1h 39min | Comedy, Romance / Love
3.4/5 (with 433 votes)

Jim McAllister, a well-liked high school government teacher, can't help but notice that successful student Tracy Flick uses less than ethical tactics to get what she wants. When Tracy runs for school president, Jim feels that she will be a poor influence on the student body and convinces Paul, a dim-witted but popular student athlete, to run against Tracy. When she becomes aware of Jim's secret involvement in the race, a bitter feud is sparked.

Directed by Alexander Payne - With Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein, Jessica Campbell, Molly Hagan, Colleen Camp, ...
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The Leopard(1963)

3h 6min | Drama
3.9/5 (with 329 votes)

As Garibaldi's troops begin the unification of Italy in the 1860s, an aristocratic Sicilian family grudgingly adapts to the sweeping social changes undermining their way of life. Proud but pragmatic Prince Don Fabrizio Salina allows his war hero nephew, Tancredi, to marry Angelica, the beautiful daughter of gauche, bourgeois Don Calogero, in order to maintain the family's accustomed level of comfort and political clout.

Directed by Luchino Visconti - With Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale, Alain Delon, Paolo Stoppa, Rina Morelli, Romolo Valli, ...
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Fitzcarraldo(1982)

PG
| 2h 37min | Drama, Adventure
3.8/5 (with 335 votes)

Fitzcarraldo is a dreamer who plans to build an opera house in Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon, so, in order to finance his project, he embarks on an epic adventure to collect rubber, a very profitable product, in a remote and unexplored region of the rainforest.

Directed by Werner Herzog - With Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale, José Lewgoy, Grande Otelo, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Peter Berling, ...
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A Fortunate Man(2018)

2h 42min | Drama
3.4/5 (with 71 votes)

On his quest for happiness, Per decides to leave Jutland and an upbringing in a strict religious home. He runs from his family and his patriarch father, and sets sail towards Copenhagen to become an engineer. Parallel to his studies, he works on a visionary energy project based on wind and wave energy, a project so much ahead of its time, that professors consider him insane and far too self-confident. However, Per’s project becomes a success and he marries the beautiful Jakobe who is a part of a wealthy Jewish family. One would imagine that Per’s happiness now is made. But Per’s childhood keeps haunting him and his dogmatic family cannot accept his new life. Despite his luck and success, Per is unable to fully cut the strings to his strict religious background, and he now fears that he will repeat his father’s patriarchist behavior.

Directed by Bille August - With Claus Flygare, Elsebeth Steentoft, Ole Lemmeke, Tommy Kenter, Anders Hove, Benjamin Kitter, ...
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A Place in the Sun(1951)

NR
| 2h 2min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.7/5 (with 154 votes)

An ambitious young man wins an heiress's heart but has to cope with his former girlfriend's pregnancy.

Directed by George Stevens - With Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters, Anne Revere, Fred Clark, Raymond Burr, ...
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All the Right Moves(1983)

R
| 1h 31min | Romance / Love, Drama
2.9/5 (with 108 votes)

Sensitive study of a headstrong high school football star who dreams of getting out of his small Western Pennsylvania steel town with a football scholarship. His equally ambitious coach aims at a college position, resulting in a clash which could crush the player's dreams.

Directed by Michael Chapman - With Tom Cruise, Craig T. Nelson, Lea Thompson, Charles Cioffi, Gary Graham, Paul Carafotes, ...
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Posse(1975)

PG
| 1h 32min | Western
2.9/5 (with 26 votes)

A tough marshal with political ambitions leads an elite posse to capture a notorious train robber and his gang.

Directed by Kirk Douglas - With Kirk Douglas, Bruce Dern, Bo Hopkins, James Stacy, Luke Askew, David Canary, ...
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Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year(2009)

2h 36min | Drama, Comedy, Romance / Love
3.4/5 (with 46 votes)

Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year is the sometimes thoughtless, sometimes thoughtful story of a fresh graduate trying to find a balance between the maddening demands of the 'professional' way, and the way of his heart - and stumbling upon a crazy way which turned his world upside down, and his career right side up. Welcome to the world of sales boss!

Directed by Shimit Amin - With Ranbir Kapoor, Shazahn Padamsee, Gauahar Khan, Prem Chopra
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The Ferpect Crime(2004)

1h 45min | Comedy, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 130 votes)

A playboy has the tables turned on him when he finds himself being used as a plaything by an undesirable woman.

Directed by Álex de la Iglesia - With Guillermo Toledo, Mónica Cervera, Fernando Tejero, Javier Gutiérrez, Kira Miró, Luis Varela, ...

Hateship Loveship(2014)

R
| 1h 43min | Drama
2.9/5 (with 64 votes)

A shy caretaker believes that the father of her teenage charge is falling in love with her, unaware that she is actually the victim of the girl's prank.

Directed by Liza Johnson - With Kristen Wiig, Hailee Steinfeld, Guy Pearce, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Nick Nolte, Christine Lahti, ...
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The Method(2005)

1h 55min | Drama, Thriller
3.4/5 (with 86 votes)

In Madrid seven candidates report for a job interview that uses "the Grönholm method" of selection, as protestors rise up in public protest in the street over the IMF-World Bank Summit attempting globalisation of workers' unions.

Directed by Marcelo Piñeyro - With Eduardo Noriega, Najwa Nimri, Eduard Fernández, Pablo Echarri, Ernesto Alterio, Natalia Verbeke, ...
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