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Snatch.

IMDB Rating: 8.00
79229 votes

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Turkish and his close friend/accomplice Tommy get pulled into the world of match fixing by the notorious Brick Top. Things get complicated when the boxer they had lined up gets the shit kicked out of him by Pitt, a 'pikey' ( slang for an Irish Gypsy)- who comes into the equation after Turkish, an unlicensed boxing promoter wants to buy a caravan off the Irish Gypsies. They then try to convince Pitt not only to fight for them, but to lose for them too. Whilst all this is going on, a huge diamond heist takes place, and a fistful of motley characters enter the story, including 'Cousin Avi', 'Boris The Blade', 'Franky Four Fingers' and 'Bullet Tooth Tony'. Things go from bad to worse as it all becomes about the money, the guns, and the damned dog!
Actors
TurkishJason Statham
TommyStephen Graham
Brick Top PolfordAlan Ford
Also posted in 2000, Comedy, Crime, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (22)

Mighty Joe Young

IMDB Rating: 5.40
4539 votes

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The movie opens with poachers attacking a group of gorillas. Animal preservationists fight the poachers, which ends with one gorilla and a young girl's mother dead. In the melee, a particularly large gorilla baby attacks the head hunter and bites his thumb and forefinger off. The films immediately passes into the future and the young girl has grown up to be Charlize Theron and the gorilla has grown to be 15' tall and weighs 2000 pounds. The two are best friends who play together. When poachers again appear, a representative (Bill Paxton) of a California wildlife refuge convinces her to transfer the gorilla she has named Joe Young to the refuge. Of course, once there the former hunter shows up seeking revenge. Terrorizing the gorilla without letting his human handlers know, the gorilla goes on a rampage across Los Angeles.
Actors
Gregg O'HaraBill Paxton
Jill YoungCharlize Theron
Andrei StrasserRade Serbedzija
Also posted in 1998, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Thriller | Comments (0)

Forrest Gump

IMDB Rating: 8.20
106111 votes

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The story follows the life of low I.Q. Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) and his meeting with the love of his life Jenny. The film chronicles his accidental experiences with some of the most important people and events in America from the late 1950's through the 1970's including a meeting with Elvis Presley, JFK, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, fighting in Vietnam, etc. The problem is, he's too stupid to realize the significance of his actions. Forrest becomes representative of the baby boomer generation having walked through life blindly.
Actors
Forrest GumpTom Hanks
Jenny CurranRobin Wright Penn
Lt. Dan TaylorGary Sinise
Also posted in 1994, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

The Last Emperor

IMDB Rating: 7.80
14067 votes

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A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic.
Actors
Pu Yi (Adult)John Lone
Wan JungJoan Chen
Reginald Johnston (R.J.)Peter O'Toole
Also posted in 1987, Biography, Drama, High IMDB rating, History | Comments (0)

Lolita

IMDB Rating: 7.60
14681 votes

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Humbert Humbert, a divorced British professor of French literature, travels to small-town America for a teaching position. He allows himself to be swept into a relationship with Charlotte Haze, his widowed and sexually famished landlady, whom he marries in order that he might pursue the woman's 14-year-old flirtatious daughter, Lolita, with whom he has fallen hopelessly in love, but whose affections shall be thwarted by a devious trickster named Clare Quilty.
Actors
Prof. Humbert Humbert/NarratorJames Mason
Charlotte Haze/HumbertShelley Winters
Dolores 'Lolita' Haze/Mrs. Richard SchillerSue Lyon
Also posted in 1962, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

Bambi

IMDB Rating: 7.50
11139 votes

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The animated story of Bambi, a young deer hailed as the 'Prince of the Forest' at his birth. As Bambi grows, he makes friends with the other animals of the forest, learns the skills needed to survive, and even finds love. One day, however, the hunters come, and Bambi must learn to be as brave as his father if he is to lead the other deer to safety.
Also posted in 1942, Animation, Drama, Family, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)