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The Age of Innocence

IMDB Rating: 7.10
12505 votes

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Society scion Newland Archer is engaged to May Welland, but his well-ordered life is upset when he meets May's unconventional cousin, the Countess Olenska. At first, Newland becomes a defender of the Countess, whose separation from her abusive husband makes her a social outcast in the restrictive high society of late-19th Century New York, but he finds in her a companion spirit and they fall in love.
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Newland ArcherDaniel Day-Lewis
Ellen OlenskaMichelle Pfeiffer
May WellandWinona Ryder
Also posted in 1993, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

Vertigo

IMDB Rating: 8.60
70622 votes

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John "Scottie" Ferguson is a retired San Francisco police detective who suffers from acrophobia and Madeleine is the lady who leads him to high places. A wealthy shipbuilder who is an acquaintance from college days approaches Scottie and asks him to follow his beautiful wife, Madeleine. He fears she is going insane, maybe even contemplating suicide, because she believes she is possessed by a dead ancestor. Scottie is skeptical, but agrees after he sees the beautiful Madeleine.
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Det. John 'Scottie' FergusonJames Stewart
Madeleine ElsterKim Novak
Judy BartonKim Novak
Also posted in 1958, Drama, High IMDB rating, Mystery, Romance, Thriller | Comments (0)

On the Waterfront

IMDB Rating: 8.40
30783 votes

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The Waterfront Crime Commission is about to hold public hearings on union crime and underworld infiltration. As workers are turned against each other, Terry Malloy inadvertently participates in the murder of fellow longshoreman Joey Doyle. Union boss Johnny Friendly orchestrates the murder along with other illegal dockside activities, aided by Terry's brother Charley. Terry begins to feel pangs of conscience. When Joey's sister Edie sees more in Terry than he sees in himself and Father Barry urges him on, Terry reassesses his past and begins to regain responsibility for his actions.
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Terry MalloyMarlon Brando
Father BarryKarl Malden
Johnny FriendlyLee J. Cobb
Also posted in 1954, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

Someone Like You…

IMDB Rating: 5.80
7859 votes

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After a series of ill-fated relationships, Jane (Ashley Judd) has finally met Mr. Right, Ray (Greg Kinnear) - he's emotionally available, and not afraid of commitment. Six weeks into their blissful courtship, he asks her to move in with him, and they start looking at apartments. But little by little Ray starts to pull away, until Jane realizes that once again she's been dumped. Jane's womanizing coworker, Eddie, just happens to be looking for a roommate, and Jane reluctantly moves in. Desperate to understand what happened and get over Ray, Jane comes up with a theory of interpreting male-female relations by observing the behaviors of wild animals. She shares this idea with a friend who works at a men's magazine (Marisa Tomei) and is given an anonymous editorial column devoted solely to her thoughts on the matter. But no one could have predicted the chord she'd strike among women with her theory, and the column's wild success makes Jane start to question her conclusions - and opens her eyes to what might be right in front of her.
Actors
Jane GoodaleAshley Judd
Ray BrownGreg Kinnear
Eddie AldenHugh Jackman
Also posted in 2001, Comedy, Romance | Comments (0)

Election

IMDB Rating: 7.40
31184 votes

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Tracy Flick is the most driven student at Carver High, who just happens to be having an affair with one of her teachers. Another teacher—Mr. McAllister—is having an affair with his wife's best friend. Student Elections are under way, when Mr. McAllister persuades football jock Paul to run against Flick for his own pleasure. Flick, of course, is mortified that Paul is even trying to compete. Tammy, Paul's lesbian sister who got dumped by her girlfriend to go with Paul, decides that running against her brother is the best revenge. Who will win the election this year?
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Jim McAllisterMatthew Broderick
Tracy FlickReese Witherspoon
Paul MetzlerChris Klein
Also posted in 1999, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

The Crucible

IMDB Rating: 6.80
9209 votes

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A small group of teen girls in 1692 Salem, Massachusetts caught in an innocent conjuring of love potions to catch young men are forced to tell lies that Satan had invaded them and forced them to participate in the rites and are then forced to name those involved. Thrown into the mix are greedy preachers and other major landowners trying to steal others' land and one young woman (Ryder) infatuated with a married man (Day-Lewis) and determined to get rid of his innocent wife (Allen). Arthur Miller wrote the events and the subsequent trials where those who demanded thier innocence were executed, those who would not name names were incarcerated and tortured, and those who admitted their guilt were immediately freed as a parable of the Congressional Communist witch hunts led by Senator Joe McCarthy in 1950's America.
Actors
John ProctorDaniel Day-Lewis
Abigail WilliamsWinona Ryder
Judge Thomas DanforthPaul Scofield
Also posted in 1996, Drama, High IMDB rating, History | Comments (0)

The Client

IMDB Rating: 6.40
15778 votes

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A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry 'The Blade' Muldano, a Mafia hit-man. Before Jerome shoots himself, he tells Mark where the body of Senator Boyd Boyette is buried. Mark escapes, and Clifford shoots himself. Mark is found at the scene, and both the FBI and the Mafia quickly realize that Mark probably knows more than he says. Mark decides he needs a lawyer, and goes looking for one. He finds Reggie Love, who also becomes convinced that Mark knows more than he says, but Mark isn't talking...
Actors
Regina "Reggie" LoveSusan Sarandon
'Reverend' Roy FoltriggTommy Lee Jones
Dianne SwayMary-Louise Parker
Also posted in 1994, Drama, High IMDB rating, Mystery, Thriller | Comments (0)

Amadeus

IMDB Rating: 8.40
75055 votes

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Antonio Salieri believes that Mozart's music is divine. He wishes he was himself as good a musician as Mozart so that he can praise the Lord through composing. But he can't understand why God favored Mozart, such a vulgar creature, to be his instrument. Salieri's envy has made him an enemy of God whose greatness was evident in Mozart. He is set to take revenge.
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Antonio SalieriF. Murray Abraham
Wolfgang Amadeus MozartTom Hulce
Constanze MozartElizabeth Berridge
Also posted in 1984, Drama, High IMDB rating, Music | Comments (0)

Inkheart

IMDB Rating: 6.40
3391 votes

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Mo has the special talent to bring characters out of books. One night he brings out three characters from Inkheart, a story set in medieval times and filled with magical beings. Capricorn and Basta, two villains, and Dustfinger, a fire-eater. Now, 10 years later Meggie discovers the truth and it's up to her to escape Capricorn's evil grasp.
Actors
Mo 'Silvertongue' FolchartBrendan Fraser
CapricornAndy Serkis
Meggie FolchartEliza Bennett
Also posted in 2008, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

The Goonies

IMDB Rating: 7.40
45972 votes

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The Goonies are a group of friends living in a village, the groups leader Mikey Walsh, his older brother Brand and gang members Andy, Data, Stef, Mouth, and Chunk are being evicted from their homes which are to be demolished. Setting out to find a way of saving their homes, The Goonies find a treasure map and they set off in search for the treasure of the legendary pirate One-Eyed Willy which is located beneath a abandoned restaurant. Joined by a deformed gentle giant named Sloth, The Goonies embark on a great adventure through a underground maze filled with traps and skeletons, where they are pursued by Sloth's mother, thief Momma Fratelli and his brothers Jake and Francis who are also after One-Eyed Willy's treasure and they willing to get the treasure first.
Actors
Mikey WalshSean Astin
Brand WalshJosh Brolin
Lawrence 'Chunk' CohenJeff Cohen
Also posted in 1985, Adventure, Comedy, Family, High IMDB rating, Mystery | Comments (0)
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