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The Wild One

IMDB Rating: 6.90
3688 votes

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A gang of forty motorcyclists, the Black Rebels Motorcycle Club, gate-crash a legitimate motorcycle race. They are eventually thrown out, but one of the gang steals the second prize trophy and gives it to their leader, Johnny. The gang then ride into Wrightsville, where they race up and down the main street before piling into Bleekers - the local bar. The owner of the bar is happy to let the bikers spend their money, so does not support the sheriff's attempt to address any disturbances. Stuck in town following an accident to a Black Rebel, Johnny falls for the sheriff's daughter and tries to impress her with the trophy. When a rival gang, The Beetles, ride into town, trouble is just around the corner.
Actors
Johnny StrablerMarlon Brando
NarratorMarlon Brando
Kathie BleekerMary Murphy
Also posted in 1953, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

French Connection II

IMDB Rating: 6.70
4665 votes

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New York narcotics detective Popeye Doyle follows the trail of the French connection smuggling ring to France where he teams up with the gendarmes to hunt down the ringleader.
Actors
DoyleGene Hackman
Alain CharnierFernando Rey
BarthélémyBernard Fresson
Also posted in 1975, Action, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Night of the Living Dead

IMDB Rating: 8.00
29448 votes

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Chaos descends upon the world as the brains of the recently deceased become inexplicably reanimated, causing the dead to rise and feed on human flesh. Speculation rests on a radiation-covered NASA satellite returning from Venus, but it only remains a speculation. Anyone who dies during the crisis of causes unrelated to brain trauma will return as a flesh-eating zombie, including anyone who has been bitten by a zombie. The only way to destroy the zombies is to destroy the brain. As the catastrophe unfolds, a young woman visiting her father's grave takes refuge in a nearby farmhouse, where she is met by a man who protects her and barricades them inside. They both later discover people hiding in the basement, and they each attempt to cope with the situation. Their only hope rests on getting some gasoline from a nearby pump into a truck that is running on empty, but this requires braving the hordes of ravenous walking corpses outside. When they finally put their plans into action, panic and personal tensions only add to the terror as they try to survive.
Actors
BenDuane Jones
BarbraJudith O'Dea
Harry CooperKarl Hardman
Also posted in 1968, High IMDB rating, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (0)

I Am David

IMDB Rating: 7.10
2387 votes

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In 1952, the polyglot twelve year-old David, who was raised in the Communist Belene Prison Camp in Bulgaria, witnesses the death of his friend and protector Johannes and escapes from the concentration camp in the night. He is advised to mistrust everybody and together with a piece of bread, a compass, a piece of soap, a jackknife and a sealed envelope to be delivered in Denmark, he travels though Greece and Italy heading North. Along his journey, David discovers the beauty of the world and slowly he changes his behavior with people. When he meets Sophie, an old lady that lives in Switzerland and likes to paint as hobby, she asks David to paint his face; later she invites David to have lunch with her in her house, and David finally discloses his quest to her.
Actors
DavidBen Tibber
JohannesJames Caviezel
SophieJoan Plowright
Also posted in 2003, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

How to Steal a Million

IMDB Rating: 7.30
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Charles Bonnet, the latest in a long line of master art forgers, loans one of his best works, a faux Cellini Venus, to a Paris museum despite his daughter Nicole's objections. Later, Nicole surprises a tuxedo-clad burglar in her father's workshop. She can't call the police because her father's hobby might be discovered, so she ends up driving the man—Simon Dermott—back to his hotel. Dermott is actually an inspector who is gathering evidence against Bonnet, but his attraction to Nicole complicates the assignment. Nicole learns that the museum plans to conduct a test on the Venus for insurance purposes, which she knows will expose the statue as a fake. To save her father from jail, she asks Simon to steal it, unaware of his true identity. Simon, intrigued by the challenge and now smitten with Miss Bonnet, agrees to the proposal.
Actors
NicoleAudrey Hepburn
Simon DermottPeter O'Toole
Davis LelandEli Wallach
Also posted in 1966, Comedy, Crime, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

The Italian Job

IMDB Rating: 7.40
10280 votes

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Charlie has just left prison, and now wants to do a 'big job'. The job is to steal $4m of gold arriving in Italy from China. Charlie's job needs financing, so he goes to Mr Bridger (a Mafia-type boss) who is in prison (Charlie has to break in !). In Italy, a clever plan is used to distract the authorities, while the raiders make their get-away in three Minis. This leads to an excellent car chase sequence through Italian streets, buildings, rivers, sewers,
Actors
Charlie CrokerMichael Caine
Mr. BridgerNoel Coward
Professor Simon PeachBenny Hill
Also posted in 1969, Action, Comedy, Crime, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

The Third Man

IMDB Rating: 8.50
39129 votes

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An American pulp writer arrives in post-WWII Vienna only to find that the friend who waited for him is killed under mysterious circumstances. The ensuing mystery entangles him in his friend's involvement in the black market, with the multinational police, and with his Czech girlfriend.
Actors
Holly MartinsJoseph Cotten
Anna SchmidtAlida Valli
Harry LimeOrson Welles
Also posted in 1949, Film-Noir, High IMDB rating, Mystery, Thriller | Comments (0)

Young Frankenstein

IMDB Rating: 8.00
47817 votes

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When the will of Victor Frankenstein, the famous scientist who attempted to reanimate dead bodies, is opened, his grandson, Frederick, who's become a skilled neurosurgeon and teacher and has cut most ties with his family name due to his grandfather's experiments, is given the castle where all the experiments were made. Upon his arrival, Frederick finds and reads through his grandfather's book about his theories and experiments and discovers that they might in fact work. Assisted by Igor, the grandson of the Igor who assisted Victor Frankenstein, and Inga, an attractive lab assistant, he successfully reanimates a body which soon escapes and creates havoc...
Actors
Dr. FrankensteinGene Wilder
The MonsterPeter Boyle
IgorMarty Feldman
Also posted in 1974, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi | Comments (0)

Bullitt

IMDB Rating: 7.50
15272 votes

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Johnny Ross works for Chicago mobster Peter Ross, his brother. In April 1968 Johnny Ross escapes two attempts on his life and flees to San Francisco, where he is placed in protective custody by politician Walter Chalmers, who hopes to use Ross to further his own national aspirations. To protect Ross, Chalmers asks the SFPD to assign Detective Lieutenant Frank Bullitt and his partners, Sergeants Don Delgetti and Carl Stanton, to guard him at a flophouse near an overhead freeway. It looks like a simple assignment, but at 1 AM the next day it all goes awry in a blast of a shotgun, leaving Stanton and Ross fighting for life at San Francisco General. Bullitt gets what information he can, but breathing down his neck is the angered Chalmers who vows to ruin Bullitt's career should Ross die. Bullitt gets a break when the gunman appears at the hospital to finish off Ross, and Bullitt gets a good look at him; now Bullitt must smoke out the gunman and his backup man before Chalmers carries out his threat, leading to a high-speed pursuit, a fiery crash at a gas station, and a fingerprint check that leads to a stunning discovery about Ross, and about a couple staying at a swanky hotel in San Mateo.
Actors
BullittSteve McQueen
ChalmersRobert Vaughn
CathyJacqueline Bisset
Also posted in 1968, Action, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)
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