Dr. Strangelove. The story concerns an unhinged United States Air Force general who orders a first strike nuclear attack on the Soviet Union.
Blow (film) As an adult, George (Johnny Depp) moves to Southern California with his friend "Tuna" (Ethan Suplee); they meet Barbara (Franka Potente), an airline stewardess, who introduces them to Derek Foreal (Paul Reubens), the main dealer.
With Derek's help, George and Tuna make a lot of money. Kevin Dulli (Max Perlich), a college student back in Boston, visits them and tells them of the enormous market — and demand — for pot in Boston. With Barbara's help, they start bringing the drugs to Boston. As the demand grows, they decide to start buying the drugs directly from Mexico with the help of a few minor Mexican drug lords. But two years later, George is caught in Chicago trying to import 660 pounds of marijuana and is sentenced to two years. While hiding from the authorities, George visits his parents back in New England. George is now sentenced to 26 months in a federal prison in Danbury, Connecticut. Good Will Hunting. Good Will Hunting is a 1997 American drama film directed by Gus Van Sant, and starring Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Minnie Driver and Stellan Skarsgård.
Written by Affleck and Damon, and with Damon in the title role, the film follows 20-year-old South Boston laborer Will Hunting, an unrecognized genius who, as part of a deferred prosecution agreement after assaulting a police officer, becomes a client of a therapist and studies advanced mathematics with a renowned professor. Through his therapy sessions, Will re-evaluates his relationships with his best friend, his girlfriend and himself, facing the significant task of confronting his past and thinking about his future. After Williams' death in 2014, it was ranked at number 53 in The Hollywood Reporter's 100 Favorite Films list.[2] Plot[edit] Will is particularly struck by Sean's story of how he met his wife by giving up his ticket to the historic sixth game of the 1975 World Series, after falling in love at first sight.
I'm Not There. Lords of Dogtown. Lords of Dogtown is a 2005 American biographical drama film directed by Catherine Hardwicke and written by Stacy Peralta.
Hayao Miyazaki.
Children of Men. Children of Men is a 2006 dystopian science fiction film co-written, co-edited and directed by Alfonso Cuarón and based loosely on P.
D. James's 1992 novel The Children of Men. In 2027, two decades of human infertility have left society on the brink of collapse. Illegal immigrants seek sanctuary in the United Kingdom, where the last functioning government imposes oppressive immigration laws on refugees. Clive Owen plays civil servant Theo Faron, who must help a West African refugee (Clare-Hope Ashitey) escape the chaos. The film was released on 22 September 2006 in the UK. Plot[edit]
The Great Dictator. The Great Dictator is a 1940 American satirical political comedy-drama film starring, written, produced, scored, and directed by Charlie Chaplin, following the tradition of many of his other films.
Having been the only Hollywood filmmaker to continue to make silent films well into the period of sound films, this was Chaplin's first true talking picture as well as his most commercially successful film.[3] At the time of its first release, the United States was still formally at peace with Nazi Germany. Chaplin's film advanced a stirring, controversial[4] condemnation of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini's fascism, antisemitism, and the Nazis, whom he mocks in the film as "machine men, with machine minds and machine hearts".
Chaplin's film followed only nine months after Hollywood's first parody of Hitler, the short subject You Nazty Spy! By the Three Stooges which itself premiered in January 1940,[5] although Chaplin had been planning it for years before. Plot[edit] Chaplin as Adenoid Hynkel. Insidious (film) Renai and Josh Lambert have recently moved into a new home with their three children.
One morning, Renai looks through a family photo album with her young son, Dalton, who asks why there are no pictures of Josh as a child. Renai reasons that Josh dislikes having his picture taken. Later, Dalton goes to investigate noises in the attic and falls down a broken ladder. The next day, he falls into a mysterious coma, with doctors being unable to give any explanation as to why.
Trainspotting (film) The film has been ranked 10th by the British Film Institute (BFI) in its list of Top 100 British films of all time.
In 2004 the film was voted the best Scottish film of all time in a general public poll.[4] Heroin addicts Mark Renton and Spud are running down Edinburgh's Princes Street pursued by store security guards. Renton's circle of friends are introduced: amoral con artist Sick Boy (also an addict), simple-minded, good-natured Spud, clean-cut athlete Tommy, and sociopath Begbie, who picks extremely violent fights with people who get in his way. Renton decides to quit heroin and buys opium rectal suppositories from Mikey Forrester to ease the transition. After this final hit (and a violent spell of diarrhea caused by cessation of heroin) he locks himself into a cheap hotel room to endure withdrawal.
Sick Boy, Spud and Renton start using heroin again. Renton and Spud are caught stealing from a bookshop and arrested. McGregor read books about crack and heroin to prepare for the role. Primer (film) Primer is a 2004 American science fiction drama film about the accidental discovery of a means of time travel.
The film was written, directed, and produced by Shane Carruth. Primer is of note for its extremely low budget (completed for $7,000), experimental plot structure, philosophical implications, and complex technical dialogue, which Carruth, a college graduate with a degree in mathematics and a former engineer, chose not to simplify for the sake of the audience.[2] The film collected the Grand Jury Prize at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival, before securing a limited release in the United States, and has since gained a cult following.[3] The operation of time travel in Primer. After arguing over the project that the group should tackle next, Aaron and Abe independently pursue work on technology intended to reduce the weight of an object. Having traveled back four days in time using this failsafe point, Abe goes to meet Aaron and collapses. List of films featuring time loops. Fight Club. Studio executives did not like the film and they restructured Fincher's intended marketing campaign to try to reduce anticipated losses.
Fight Club failed to meet the studio's expectations at the box office and received polarized reactions from critics. It was cited as one of the most controversial and talked-about films of 1999. However, the film over the years found critical and commercial success with its DVD release, which established Fight Club as a cult film. Plot[edit] The unnamed narrator (Edward Norton) is a travelling automobile company employee who suffers from insomnia. Oldboy. Old boy or Oldboy may refer to:
Natural Born Killers. Natural Born Killers is a 1994 American crime-action film directed by Oliver Stone about two victims of traumatic childhoods who became lovers and mass murderers, and are irresponsibly glorified by the mass media. The Shawshank Redemption. American History X. The film tells the story of two Venice, Los Angeles brothers who become involved in the neo-Nazi movement. The older brother serves three years in prison for voluntary manslaughter, changes his beliefs and tries to prevent his brother from going down the same path. The film is told in the style of nonlinear narrative. It was given an "R" rating by the MPAA for "graphic brutal violence including rape, pervasive language, strong sexuality and nudity".
It grossed over $23 million at the international box office. Plot[edit] Network (film) Network is a 1976 American satirical film written by Paddy Chayefsky and directed by Sidney Lumet, about a fictional television network, UBS, and its struggle with poor ratings. The film stars Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch, and Robert Duvall and features Wesley Addy, Ned Beatty, and Beatrice Straight. Howard Beale delivering his "mad as hell" speech Diana Christensen heads the network's programming department; seeking just one hit show, she cuts a deal with a band of radical terrorists (a parody of the Symbionese Liberation Army called the "Ecumenical Liberation Army") for a new docudrama series called the Mao Tse-Tung Hour for the upcoming fall season.
When Beale's ratings seem to have topped out, Christensen approaches Schumacher and offers to help him "develop" the news show.