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The Aviator

The Aviator

The Aviator
IMDb: 7.5
170

A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate, while…

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Genre: Drama
Million Dollar Baby

Million Dollar Baby

Million Dollar Baby
IMDb: 8.1
132

Despondent over a painful estrangement from his daughter, trainer Frankie Dunn isn’t prepared for boxer Maggie Fitzgerald to enter his life. But Maggie’s determined to go pro and to convince…

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Genre: Drama
The Phantom of the Opera

The Phantom of the Opera

The Phantom of the Opera
IMDb: 7.3
143

Deformed since birth, a bitter man known only as the Phantom lives in the sewers underneath the Paris Opera House. He falls in love with the obscure chorus singer Christine,…

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Closer

Closer

Closer
IMDb: 7.3
104

A witty, romantic, and very dangerous love story about chance meetings, instant attractions, and casual betrayals. Two couples disintegrate when they begin destructive adulterous affairs with each other.

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Genre: Drama, Romance
Saw

Saw

Saw
IMDb: 7.6
103

Obsessed with teaching his victims the value of life, a deranged, sadistic serial killer abducts the morally wayward. Once captured, they must face impossible choices in a horrific game of…

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Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery
Crash

Crash

Crash
IMDb: 7.8
112

Los Angeles citizens with vastly separate lives collide in interweaving stories of race, loss and redemption.

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Genre: Drama
Collateral

Collateral

Collateral
IMDb: 7.5
120

Cab driver Max picks up a man who offers him $600 to drive him around. But the promise of easy money sours when Max realizes his fare is an assassin.

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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
The Village

The Village

The Village
IMDb: 6.5
108

When a willful young man tries to venture beyond his sequestered Pennsylvania hamlet, his actions set off a chain of chilling incidents that will alter the community forever.

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9 Songs

9 Songs

9 Songs
IMDb: 4.8
66

Matt, a young glaciologist, soars across the vast, silent, icebound immensities of the South Pole as he recalls his love affair with Lisa. They meet at a mobbed rock concert…

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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
I, Robot

I, Robot

I, Robot
IMDb: 7.1
115

In 2035, where robots are common-place and abide by the three laws of robotics, a techno-phobic cop investigates an apparent suicide. Suspecting that a robot may be responsible for the…

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Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
IMDb: 7.2
95

It’s the 1970s, and San Diego super-sexist anchorman Ron Burgundy is the top dog in local TV, but that’s all about to change when ambitious reporter Veronica Corningstone arrives as…

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Genre: Comedy
Napoleon Dynamite

Napoleon Dynamite

Napoleon Dynamite
IMDb: 6.9
95

A listless and alienated teenager decides to help his new friend win the class presidency in their small western high school, while he must deal with his bizarre family life…

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Genre: Comedy
The Chronicles of Riddick

The Chronicles of Riddick

The Chronicles of Riddick
IMDb: 6.7
119

After years of outrunning ruthless bounty hunters, escaped convict Riddick suddenly finds himself caught between opposing forces in a fight for the future of the human race. Now, waging incredible…

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The Day After Tomorrow

The Day After Tomorrow

The Day After Tomorrow
IMDb: 6.4
124

After years of increases in the greenhouse effect, havoc is wreaked globally in the form of catastrophic hurricanes, tornadoes, tidal waves, floods and the beginning of a new Ice Age….

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Man on Fire

Man on Fire

Man on Fire
IMDb: 7.7
146

Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she’s kidnapped…

Genre: Action
Shaun of the Dead

Shaun of the Dead

Shaun of the Dead
IMDb: 7.9
99

Shaun lives a supremely uneventful life, which revolves around his girlfriend, his mother, and, above all, his local pub. This gentle routine is threatened when the dead return to life…

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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Dawn of the Dead

Dawn of the Dead

Dawn of the Dead
IMDb: 7.3
101

A group of surviving people take refuge in a shopping center after the world has been over taken over by aggressive, flesh-eating zombies. A remake of the 1978 zombie film…

The Passion of the Christ

The Passion of the Christ

The Passion of the Christ
IMDb: 7.2
127

“The Passion of the Christ” is a film about the last 12 hours in the life of Jesus. Director Mel Gibson received much criticism from critics and audiences for his…

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Genre: Drama
The Machinist

The Machinist

The Machinist
IMDb: 7.7
101

The Machinist is the story of Trevor Reznik, a lathe-operator who is dying of insomnia. In a machine shop, occupational hazards are bad enough under normal circumstances; yet for Trevor…

Genre: Drama, Thriller
The Butterfly Effect

The Butterfly Effect

The Butterfly Effect
IMDb: 7.7
113

A young man struggles to access sublimated childhood memories. He finds a technique that allows him to travel back into the past, to occupy his childhood body and change history….

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Nicholas Nickleby

Nicholas Nickleby

Nicholas Nickleby
IMDb: 7.2
132

The Charles Dickens story of Nicholas Nickleby, a young boy in search of a better life for his recently torn-apart family. A young compassionate man struggles to save his family…

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Phone Booth

Phone Booth

Phone Booth
IMDb: 7.1
81

A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he’ll be killed… and the little red light…

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Genre: Drama, Thriller
The Sum of All Fears

The Sum of All Fears

The Sum of All Fears
IMDb: 6.4
124

When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia among American CIA officials, so CIA director…

Ali G Indahouse

Ali G Indahouse

Ali G Indahouse
IMDb: 6.2
85

Ali G unwittingly becomes a pawn in the evil Chancellor’s plot to overthrow the Prime Minister of Great Britain. However, instead of bringing the Prime Minister down, Ali is embraced…

Genre: Comedy
Crossroads

Crossroads

Crossroads
IMDb: 3.4
93

Three friends get together and bury a box making a pact to open it at midnight at their high school graduation. In the little town in Georgia that they live…

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Audition

Audition

Audition
IMDb: 7.2
115

Seven years after the death of his wife, company executive Aoyama is invited to sit in on auditions for an actress. Leafing through the resumés in advance, his eye is…

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Man on the Moon

Man on the Moon

Man on the Moon
IMDb: 7.4
118

A film about the life and career of the eccentric avant-garde comedian, Andy Kaufman.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
The Cider House Rules

The Cider House Rules

The Cider House Rules
IMDb: 7.4
126

Homer is an orphan who was never adopted, becoming the favorite of orphanage director Dr. Larch. Dr. Larch imparts his full medical knowledge on Homer, who becomes a skilled, albeit…

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Genre: Drama
The Bone Collector

The Bone Collector

The Bone Collector
IMDb: 6.7
118

Rookie cop, Amelia Donaghy reluctantly teams with Lincoln Rhyme – formerly the department’s top homicide detective but now paralyzed as a result of a spinal injury – to catch a…

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The 13th Warrior

The 13th Warrior

The 13th Warrior
IMDb: 6.6
102

A Muslim ambassador exiled from his homeland, Ahmad ibn Fadlan finds himself in the company of Vikings. While the behavior of the Norsemen initially offends ibn Fadlan, the more cultured…

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Drop Dead Gorgeous

Drop Dead Gorgeous

Drop Dead Gorgeous
IMDb: 6.6
98

In a small Minnesota town, the annual beauty pageant is being covered by a TV crew. Former winner Gladys Leeman wants to make sure her daughter follows in her footsteps;…

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Genre: Comedy
Lake Placid

Lake Placid

Lake Placid
IMDb: 5.7
82

When a man is eaten alive by an unknown creature, the local Game Warden teams up with a paleontologist from New York to find the beast. Add to the mix…

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Wild Wild West

Wild Wild West

Wild Wild West
IMDb: 4.9
106

Legless Southern inventor Dr. Arliss Loveless plans to rekindle the Civil War by assassinating President U.S. Grant. Only two men can stop him: gunfighter James West and master-of-disguise and inventor…

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eXistenZ

eXistenZ

eXistenZ
IMDb: 6.8
97

A game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been damaged.

Ravenous

Ravenous

Ravenous
IMDb: 7.0
100

Upon receiving reports of missing persons at Fort Spencer, a remote Army outpost on the Western frontier, Capt. John Boyd investigates. After arriving at his new post, Boyd and his…

8MM

8MM

8MM
IMDb: 6.5
123

A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, he relentlessly follows…

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October Sky

October Sky

October Sky
IMDb: 7.8
108

Based on the true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner’s son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father’s wishes, and eventually…

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Genre: Drama, Family
Jawbreaker

Jawbreaker

Jawbreaker
IMDb: 5.5
87

3 of Reagan High School’s most popular girls pretend to kidnap their friend by shoving a jawbreaker into the victim’s mouth to keep her from screaming. Their plan goes awry…

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Genre: Comedy
As Good as It Gets

As Good as It Gets

As Good as It Gets
IMDb: 7.7
139

New York City. Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer, finds his life turned upside down when neighboring gay artist Simon is hospitalized and his dog is entrusted to Melvin….

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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Anastasia

Anastasia

Anastasia
IMDb: 7.1
94

This animated adventure retells the story of the lost daughter of Russia’s last czar. The evil Rasputin places a curse on the Romanov family, and Anastasia and her grandmother, Empress…

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Genre: Animation, Family