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Beowulf

IMDB Rating: 7.00
11015 votes

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The warrior Beowulf must fight and defeat the monster Grendel who is terrorizing towns, and later, Grendel's mother, who begins killing out of revenge.
Actors
WealthowRobin Wright Penn
Beowulf/Golden Man/DragonRay Winstone
HrothgarAnthony Hopkins
Also posted in 2007, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Curse of the Golden Flower

IMDB Rating: 7.00
9520 votes

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China, Later Tang Dynasty, 10th Century. On the eve of the Chong Yang Festival, golden flowers fill the Imperial Palace. The Emperor (Chow Yun Fat) returns unexpectedly with his second son, Prince Jai (Jay Chou). His pretext is to celebrate the holiday with his family, but given the chilled relations between the Emperor and the ailing Empress (Gong Li), this seems disingenuous. For many years, the Empress and Crown Prince Wan (Liu Ye), her stepson, have had an illicit liaison. Feeling trapped, Prince Wan dreams of escaping the palace with his secret love Chan (Li Man), the Imperial Doctor's daughter. Meanwhile, Prince Jai, the faithful son, grows worried over the Empress's health and her obsession with golden chrysanthemums. Could she be headed down an ominous path? The Emperor harbors equally clandestine plans; the Imperial Doctor (Ni Dahong) is the only one privy to his machinations. When the Emperor senses a looming threat, he relocates the doctor's family from the Palace to a remote area. While they are en route, mysterious assassins attack them. Chan and her mother, Jiang Shi (Chen Jin) are forced back to the palace. Their return sets off a tumultuous sequence of dark surprises. Amid the glamour and grandeur of the festival, ugly secrets are revealed. As the Imperial Family continues its elaborate charade in a palatial setting, thousands of golden armored warriors charge the palace. Who is behind this brutal rebellion? Where do Prince Jai's loyalties lie? Between love and desire, is there a final winner? Against a moonlit night, thousands of chrysanthemum blossoms are trampled as blood spills across the Imperial Palace.
Actors
Emperor PingYun-Fat Chow
Empress PhoenixLi Gong
Prince JaiJay Chou
Also posted in 2006, Action, Adventure, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

Troy

IMDB Rating: 6.90
63815 votes

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It is the year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age. Two emerging nations begin to clash after Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnom to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. So they set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy. With the help of Achilles, the Greeks are able to fight the never before defeated Trojans. But they come to a stop by Hector, Prince of Troy. The whole movie shows their battle struggles, and the foreshadowing of fate in this remake by Wolfgang Petersen of Homer's "The Iliad."
Actors
TriopasJulian Glover
AgamemnonBrian Cox
BoagriusNathan Jones
Also posted in 2004, Action, Drama, High IMDB rating, History, Romance | Comments (8)

The Village

IMDB Rating: 6.60
48309 votes

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In a quiet, isolated village in olde Pennsylvania, there lies a pact between the people of the village and the creatures who reside in the surrounding woods: the townspeople do not enter the woods, and the creatures do not enter the village. The pact stays true for many years, but when Lucius Hunt seeks medical supplies from the towns beyond the wood, the pact is challenged. Animal carcasses, devoid of fur, begin to appear around the village, causing the council of elders to fear for the safety of the village, the pact, and so much more.
Actors
Ivy WalkerBryce Dallas Howard
Lucius HuntJoaquin Phoenix
Noah PercyAdrien Brody
Also posted in 2004, Drama, High IMDB rating, Mystery, Thriller | Comments (7)

A Knight’s Tale

IMDB Rating: 6.40
23649 votes

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Inspired by "The Canterbury Tales," as well as the story of Ulrich von Lichtenstein, this is the story of William, a young squire with a gift for jousting. After his master dies suddenly, the squire hits the road with his cohorts Roland and Wat. On the journey, they stumble across an unknown writer, Chaucer. William, lacking a proper pedigree, convinces Chaucer to forge genealogy documents that will pass him off as a knight. With his newly-minted history in hand, the young man sets out to prove himself a worthy knight at the country's jousting competition, and finds romance along the way.
Actors
Sir William Thatcher/Sir Ulrich von Lichtenstein of GelderlandHeath Ledger
Count Adhemar of AnjouRufus Sewell
Lady JocelynShannyn Sossamon
Also posted in 2001, Action, Adventure, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (13)

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

IMDB Rating: 5.60
20343 votes

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Based on the book by the famous Dr. Seuss. Inside a snowflake exists the magical land of Whoville. In Whoville, live the Who's, an almost mutated sort of munchkinlike people. All the Who's love Christmas, yet just outside of their beloved Whoville lives the Grinch. The Grinch is a nasty creature that hates Christmas, and plots to steal it away from the Whos which he equally abhors. Yet a small child, Cindy Lou Who, decides to try befriend the Grinch.
Actors
GrinchJim Carrey
Cindy Lou WhoTaylor Momsen
Mayor Augustus MaywhoJeffrey Tambor
Also posted in 2000, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy | Comments (0)