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The Day the Earth Stood Still

The Day the Earth Stood Still

The Day the Earth Stood Still
IMDb: 5.5
104

A representative of an alien race that went through drastic evolution to survive its own climate change, Klaatu comes to Earth to assess whether humanity can prevent the environmental damage…

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The Reader

The Reader

The Reader
IMDb: 7.6
124

The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface…

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Genre: Drama, Romance
Doubt

Doubt

Doubt
IMDb: 7.5
104

In 1964, a Catholic school nun questions a priest’s ambiguous relationship with a troubled young student, suspecting him of abuse. He denies the charges, and much of the film’s quick-fire…

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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Role Models

Role Models

Role Models
IMDb: 6.8
100

Two salesmen trash a company truck on an energy drink-fueled bender. Upon their arrest, the court gives them a choice: do hard time or spend 150 service hours with a…

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Genre: Comedy
W.

W.

W.
IMDb: 6.3
131

Whether you love him or hate him, there is no question that George W. Bush is one of the most controversial public figures in recent memory. W takes viewers through…

Genre: Drama, History
Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Vicky Cristina Barcelona
IMDb: 7.1
96

Two girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the…

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Genre: Drama, Romance
Pineapple Express

Pineapple Express

Pineapple Express
IMDb: 7.0
111

A stoner and his dealer are forced to go on the run from the police after the pothead witnesses a cop commit a murder.

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Genre: Action, Comedy
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
IMDb: 5.2
112

Archaeologist Rick O’Connell travels to China, pitting him against an emperor from the 2,000-year-old Han dynasty who’s returned from the dead to pursue a quest for world domination. This time,…

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
IMDb: 6.2
122

Set during the Cold War, the Soviets – led by sword-wielding Irina Spalko – are in search of a crystal skull which has supernatural powers related to a mystical Lost…

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Genre: Action, Adventure
Sex and the City

Sex and the City

Sex and the City
IMDb: 5.6
145

A New York writer on sex and love is finally getting married to her Mr. Big. But her three best girlfriends must console her after one of them inadvertently leads…

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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Taken

Taken

Taken
IMDb: 7.8
94

While vacationing with a friend in Paris, an American girl is kidnapped by a gang of human traffickers intent on selling her into forced prostitution. Working against the clock, her…

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Genre: Action, Thriller
Step Brothers

Step Brothers

Step Brothers
IMDb: 6.9
98

Brennan Huff and Dale Doback might be grown men. But that doesn’t stop them from living at home and turning into jealous, competitive stepbrothers when their single parents marry. Brennan’s…

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Genre: Comedy
Rambo

Rambo

Rambo
IMDb: 7.0
92

When governments fail to act on behalf of captive missionaries, ex-Green Beret John James Rambo sets aside his peaceful existence along the Salween River in a war-torn region of Thailand…

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Genre: Action, Thriller
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
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
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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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
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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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
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
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
Gothika

Gothika

Gothika
IMDb: 5.8
98

After a car crash, a criminal psychologist comes to, only to find that she’s a patient in the same mental institution that currently employs her. It seems she’s been accused…

Genre: Horror, Thriller
Elf

Elf

Elf
IMDb: 6.9
97

When young Buddy falls into Santa’s gift sack on Christmas Eve, he’s transported back to the North Pole and raised as a toy-making elf by Santa’s helpers. But as he…

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The Rundown

The Rundown

The Rundown
IMDb: 6.7
104

When Travis, the mouthy son of a criminal, disappears in the Amazon in search of a treasured artifact, his father sends in Beck, who becomes Travis’s rival for the affections…

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Elephant

Elephant

Elephant
IMDb: 7.2
82

Several ordinary high school students go through their daily routine as two others prepare for something more malevolent. The film chronicles the events surrounding a school shooting.

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Genre: Crime, Drama
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star

Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star

Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
IMDb: 5.6
98

TV child star of the ’70s, Dickie Roberts is now 35 and parking cars. Craving to regain the spotlight, he auditions for a role of a normal guy, but the…

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Genre: Comedy
Gigli

Gigli

Gigli
IMDb: 2.4
121

Gigli is ordered to kidnap the psychologically challenged younger brother of a powerful federal prosecutor. When plans go awry, Gigli’s boss sends in Ricki, a gorgeous free-spirited female gangster who…

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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life
IMDb: 5.5
117

Lara Croft ventures to an underwater temple in search of the mythological Pandora’s Box but, after securing it, it is promptly stolen by the villainous leader of a Chinese crime…

Under the Tuscan Sun

Under the Tuscan Sun

Under the Tuscan Sun
IMDb: 6.8
113

After a rough divoce, Frances, a 35 year old book editor from San Francisco takes a tour of Tuscany at the urgings of her friends. On a whim she buys…

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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Agent Cody Banks

Agent Cody Banks

Agent Cody Banks
IMDb: 5.1
102

Recruited by the U.S. government to be a special agent, nerdy teenager Cody Banks must get closer to cute classmate Natalie in order to learn about an evil plan hatched…

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Genre: Action
Just Married

Just Married

Just Married
IMDb: 5.5
95

Tom Leezak and Sarah McNerney fall in love and plan to get married, despite opposition from Sarah’s uptight, rich family. When they do get married, and get a chance to…

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Genre: Comedy, Romance
The Devil’s Advocate

The Devil’s Advocate

The Devil’s Advocate
IMDb: 7.5
144

A hotshot lawyer gets more than he bargained for when he learns his new boss is Lucifer himself.

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Lolita

Lolita

Lolita
IMDb: 6.9
137

Urbane professor Humbert Humbert marries a New England widow to be near her nymphet daughter.

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Genre: Drama, Romance
L.A. Confidential

L.A. Confidential

L.A. Confidential
IMDb: 8.3
138

Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night…

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Men in Black

Men in Black

Men in Black
IMDb: 7.3
98

After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on…

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Mr. Holland’s Opus

Mr. Holland’s Opus

Mr. Holland’s Opus
IMDb: 7.3
137

In 1965, passionate musician Glenn Holland takes a day job as a high school music teacher, convinced it’s just a small obstacle on the road to his true calling: writing…

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Genre: Drama, Family, Music
The American President

The American President

The American President
IMDb: 6.8
106

Widowed U.S. president Andrew Shepherd, one of the world’s most powerful men, can have anything he wants — and what he covets most is Sydney Ellen Wade, a Washington lobbyist….

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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
It Takes Two

It Takes Two

It Takes Two
IMDb: 5.8
101

Identical 9-year-olds from very different backgrounds: orphaned Amanda and wealthy Alyssa meet at summer camp and decide to switch places — and play matchmaker between Alyssa’s dad, Roger, and the…

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Leaving Las Vegas

Leaving Las Vegas

Leaving Las Vegas
IMDb: 7.5
112

Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship…

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Genre: Drama, Romance