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The Machinist

IMDB Rating: 7.80
32951 votes

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"The Machinist" is a film about a man who hasn't slept in a year, and he starts thinking that he's losing his mind, when he starts seeing hallucinations, and his perception of reality becomes twisted. He's haunted by a co-worker that no one else can see, and keeps finding post-it notes with secret messages on his fridge...
Actors
Trevor ReznikChristian Bale
StevieJennifer Jason Leigh
MarieAitana Sánchez-Gijón
Also posted in 2004, Drama, High IMDB rating, Mystery, Thriller | Comments (0)

Edmond

IMDB Rating: 6.30
3371 votes

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A man in a suit at a Manhattan firm leaves work on Friday; he looks unhappy. He stops at a fortune teller's for a Tarot reading: "You are not where you belong," she tells him. That evening he quits his marriage and walks the streets of New York, passing from a classy bar to a gentleman's club, then to a high-class bordello, a mugging, a pawnshop, and a diner where someone does listen. He shares his insights with her and later with others. Violence, disappointment, and musings entwine as Edmond loses his moorings while believing he's found them. Where does he belong?
Actors
EdmondWilliam H. Macy
Fortune TellerFrances Bay
WifeRebecca Pidgeon
Also posted in 2005, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Enough

IMDB Rating: 5.00
8184 votes

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An abused woman (Lopez) discovers that the dream man (Campbell) she married isn't who she thought he was. She and her daughter try to escape (aided by her previous boyfriend, played by Futterman), but he pursues her relentlessly. Fearing also for the safety of her daughter, she decides that there's only one way out of the marriage: kill him. 'Fred Ward (I)' (qv) has a guest-starring role.
Actors
Slim HillerJennifer Lopez
Mitch HillerBill Campbell
Gracie HillerTessa Allen
Also posted in 2002, Drama, Thriller | Comments (0)

Bonnie and Clyde

IMDB Rating: 8.00
23594 votes

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A bored small-town girl and a small-time bank robber leave in their wake a string of violent robberies and newspaper headlines that catch the imagination of the Depression-struck Mid-West in this take on the legendary crime spree of these archetypal lovers on the run.
Actors
Clyde BarrowWarren Beatty
Bonnie ParkerFaye Dunaway
C.W. MossMichael J. Pollard
Also posted in 1967, Biography, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

Deranged

IMDB Rating: 6.50
739 votes

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A man living in rural Wisconsin takes care of his bed-ridden mother, who is very domineering and teaches him that all women are evil. After she dies he misses her, so a year later he digs her up and takes her home. He learns about taxidermy and begins robbing graves to get materials to patch her up, and inevitably begins looking for fresher sources of materials. Based closely on the true story of Ed Gein.
Actors
Ezra CobbRoberts Blossom
Ma CobbCosette Lee
Tom SimsLeslie Carlson
Also posted in 1974, High IMDB rating, Horror, Thriller | Comments (0)

Sideways

IMDB Rating: 7.80
47569 votes

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Miles Raymond, a failed writer and divorcé who teaches junior high school English takes his best friend, former hot actor Jack, on a weeklong drive up to California's wine country. There they explore the nature of their failures and question their relationships. Jack, about to get married, has an affair with a woman and wonders whether he should call off his wedding. Miles questions whether or not he made the right choice while trying to form a relationship with the woman's best friend, a fellow oenophile who is a waitress at a restaurant that he frequents often when visiting that part of the country.
Actors
MilesPaul Giamatti
JackThomas Haden Church
MayaVirginia Madsen
Also posted in 2004, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (1)

My Blueberry Nights

IMDB Rating: 7.60
425 votes

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A young woman takes a soul-searching journey across America to resolve her questions about love while encountering a series of offbeat characters along the way.
Actors
ElizabethNorah Jones
JeremyJude Law
ArnieDavid Strathairn
Also posted in 2007, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

Educating Rita

IMDB Rating: 7.10
3623 votes

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Rita crashes into Dr. Frank Bryant's life wanting an education, although she has no idea what it is that she's asking. Her brash sincerity earns the respect of the doctor who has previously resigned himself to a life of empty lectures and booze. Rita's character is a breath of fresh air for Bryant and he begins to care about someone, or something for that matter, for the first time since his wife left him. As each begins to wake up to life in their own way, the story comes to a close as an inspiring tale of self discovery and of the power choice that comes through education.
Actors
Dr. Frank BryantMichael Caine
Rita, aka SusanJulie Walters
BrianMichael Williams
Also posted in 1983, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Office Space

IMDB Rating: 7.80
52664 votes

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Peter Gibbons just can't seem to catch a break. His girlfriend is cheating on him, he has an obnoxious neighbor, and he's completely miserable with his job as a small cog in a company called Initech. Then he visits a hypnotherapist, who dies just after putting Peter into a state of complete bliss. Free of worrying about making a living, he no longer feels the need to keep his job, just as the company is going through a massive downsizing. However, his new attitude only makes him more valuable in the company's eyes, and his friends Michael and Samir are fired instead. Together, they scheme to plant a virus inside Initech's computer system that will pull money into their own account.
Actors
Peter GibbonsRon Livingston
JoannaJennifer Aniston
Michael BoltonDavid Herman
Also posted in 1999, Comedy, Crime, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

The Cooler

IMDB Rating: 7.00
12555 votes

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The Cooler is Bernie Lootz, and THE COOLER is a love story about the changing fortunes of this down-at-heels loser who has made a career out of spreading his virulent bad luck on the floor of Las Vegas' aging Shangri-La casino. When Bernie falls for a gorgeous cocktail waitress his bad luck is thrown into reverse.
Actors
Bernie LootzWilliam H. Macy
Shelly KaplowAlec Baldwin
Natalie BelisarioMaria Bello
Also posted in 2003, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)