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Stranger Than Fiction

IMDB Rating: 7.90
37809 votes

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For twelve years, the methodic IRF agent Harold Crick has had a routine lonely life guided by his wristwatch. However, one day he hears the narration of his life in off, telling that he is going to die pretty soon. Meanwhile, he audits Ana Pascal, the owner of a bakery that is in debt with the IRF, and falls in love for her. Harold is advised by Professor Jules Hilbert to change his monotonous lifestyle while he tries to find Karen Eiffel, the author of the story of his life, who is researching means of killing the character, and convince her to change the ending of the story.
Actors
Harold CrickWill Ferrell
Penny EscherQueen Latifah
IRS Co-Worker #5Peter Grosz
Also posted in 2006, Drama, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

Narc

IMDB Rating: 7.40
13051 votes

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An undercover narc dies, the investigation stalls, so the Detroit P.D. brings back Nick Tellis, fired 18-months ago when a stray bullet hits a pregnant woman. Tellis teams with Henry Oak, a friend of the dead narc and an aggressive cop constantly under the scrutiny of internal affairs. They follow leads, informants turn up dead, Nick's wife is unhappy he's back on the street, Henry's protective of the dead cop's wife. Nick reads and re-reads the case file, broods, watches Oak's heavy-handed style, sometimes joining in. The brass want to close out the case, Nick and Henry stay on it, and bits of evidence point them to an auto body shop. What actually happened; will Nick ever know?
Actors
Elvin DowdDan Leis
Det. Sgt. Nick TellisJason Patric
Walter DandridgeLloyd Adams
Also posted in 2002, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Apocalypto

IMDB Rating: 7.90
42705 votes

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Set in the Mayan civilization, when a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, he is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate and spurred by the power of his love for his woman and his family he will make a desperate break to return home and to ultimately save his way of life.
Actors
Jaguar PawRudy Youngblood
SevenDalia Hernández
BluntedJonathan Brewer
Also posted in 2006, Action, Adventure, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (1)

Mary Poppins

IMDB Rating: 7.60
23143 votes

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The movie combines a diverting story, songs, color and sequences of live action blended with the movements of animated figures. Mary Poppins is a kind of Super-nanny who flies in with her umbrella in response to the request of the Banks children and proceeds to put things right with the aid of her rather extraordinary magical powers before flying off again.
Actors
Mary PoppinsJulie Andrews
Bert/Mr. Dawes, Sr.Dick Van Dyke
Mr. George W. BanksDavid Tomlinson
Also posted in 1964, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Musical | Comments (0)

The Outlaw Josey Wales

IMDB Rating: 7.70
13398 votes

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Josey Wales is a peaceful farmer in the days near the end of the Civil War. After his home is burned and his family murdered, he hardens into a human bullet - dedicated to destroying the renegades who took his "life." He joins a band of unreconstructed rebel guerilla fighters who continue to fight the Union - even after the official surrender of the Confederacy - an action which makes them, legally, outlaws. Josey is driven by vengeance, but after a while, that's not enough. Back before his own personal Holocaust, he had been a builder - of home, family, farm, and life. And no matter how much ice he's wrapped himself in, down inside there's still the soul of a living man. While Wales exists, he's pulled by this hidden yearning to Live. Each day offers him chances to remember, to assuage his yearning, to begin again. And the movie shows us how Josey Wales - a mere seeker of vengeance - learns to live again, rededicated to the values he chose so long ago.
Actors
Lone WatieChief Dan George
Josey WalesClint Eastwood
Laura LeeSondra Locke
Also posted in 1976, Action, Drama, High IMDB rating, Western | Comments (0)

In Cold Blood

IMDB Rating: 8.20
6242 votes

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Truman Capote wrote the 'non-fiction novel' from which the film is drawn, using the novelist's craft to render reality. The reality was that at two a.m. on November 15, 1959 in the rural town of Holcomb, Kansas, the four members of the Clutter family were roused from their sleep, bound and gagged, and then brutally murdered by two unknown assailants. After the latters' capture, sentencing and imprisonment prior to execution, Capote researched the case thoroughly, spent weeks talking with the prisoners, Perry Smith and Richard Hickock, jurors, police, friends and neighbors, trying to unearth why such a senseless act was committed, and what society's response might have been.
Actors
Richard 'Dick' HickockScott Wilson
Perry SmithRobert Blake
Alvin DeweyJohn Forsythe
Also posted in 1967, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (1)

Mr. Brooks

IMDB Rating: 7.60
19221 votes

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The story follows a man with a murderous alter ego. Tracy Atwood is a tough detective whose devotion to her craft catches the attention and respect of the serial killer she is hunting, which leads to a symbiotic relationship.
Actors
Mr. Earl BrooksKevin Costner
Tracy AtwoodDemi Moore
Mr. SmithDane Cook
Also posted in 2007, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Hot Fuzz

IMDB Rating: 8.10
64792 votes

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Top London cop, PC Nicholas Angel (Pegg) is good. Too good. And to stop the rest of his team looking bad, he is reassigned to the quiet town of Sandford. He is paired with Danny Butterman (Frost), who countlessly questions him on the action lifestyle. Everything seems quiet for Angel, until two actors are found decapitated. It is address to as an accident, but Angel isn't going to accept that, especially when more and more people turn up dead. Angel and Danny clash with everyone, whilst trying to uncover the truth behind the mystery of the apparent "acidents".
Actors
Sgt. Nicholas AngelSimon Pegg
Met SergeantMartin Freeman
Met Chief InspectorBill Nighy
Also posted in 2007, Action, Comedy, Crime, High IMDB rating, Mystery | Comments (1)

The Notebook

IMDB Rating: 8.00
42857 votes

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An old man in a nursing home reads a story to an old woman each day. The story he reads follows two young lovers named Allie Hamilton and Noah Calhoun. They met one evening at a carnival many years ago. Allie's parents separate Noah and Allie. They disapprove of Noah's lack of wealth, and move Allie away. After waiting for Noah to write her for several years, Allie meets and becomes engaged to a handsome young soldier named Lon. In a local newspaper, Noah's picture catches Allie's eye. He is standing in front of a fully restored, 200 year old home. The article is filled with praise for his accomplishments. Allie's heart nearly bursts. The last time she saw this house it was a rotted decaying shamble. She stood enfolded in Noah's arms in the great entryway and listened to his plans to buy and restore this house. Just the way she wanted it. With her love for Noah still alive, the picture pulls at her heart. She has to go back, see if Noah is okay, and tell him about her marriage. They both think the echo deep in their hearts, the one that has lasted all these years, is not shared by the other. The cry they could not stifle. It wasn't over for me.
Actors
RowerTim Ivey
Allie CalhounGena Rowlands
Nurse EstherStarletta DuPois
Also posted in 2004, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (9)
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