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#1
Torn Curtain
Synopsis:
During the Cold War, an American scientist appears to defect to East Germany as part of a cloak and dagger mission to find the formula for a resin solution, but the plan goes awry when his fiancee, unaware of his motivation, follows him across the border.
Starring:
Paul Newman,
Julie Andrews,
Ludwig Donath
Plot:
stasi,
nobility,
engaged couple,
asphyxiation,
doctor,
physicist,
professor,
norway,
steamship,
premarital sex
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#2
Three Little Pigs
Synopsis:
The two pigs building houses of hay and sticks scoff at their brother, building the brick house. But when the wolf comes around and blows their houses down (after trickery like dressing as a foundling sheep fails), they run to their brother's house. And throughout, they sing the classic song, "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?".
Starring:
Billy Bletcher,
Pinto Colvig,
Dorothy Compton
#3
The Silence of the Lambs
Synopsis:
Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.
Starring:
Anthony Heald,
Tracey Walter,
Anthony Hopkins
#4
The Prince of Egypt
Synopsis:
This is the extraordinary tale of two brothers named Moses and Ramses, one born of royal blood, and one an orphan with a secret past. Growing up the best of friends, they share a strong bond of free-spirited youth and good-natured rivalry. But the truth will ultimately set them at odds, as one becomes the ruler of the most powerful empire on earth, and the other the chosen leader of his people! T…
Starring:
Martin Short,
Danny Glover,
Helen Mirren
Plot:
hebrew,
ancient egypt,
moses character,
god character,
egypt,
2d animation,
male protagonist,
dreamworks,
genocide,
infanticide
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#5
The Night of the Hunter
Synopsis:
In the Deep South, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
Starring:
Shelley Winters,
Peter Graves,
James Gleason
Plot:
widow,
preacher,
southern gothic,
spanking,
psychopath,
cult film,
money,
doll,
death,
promise
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#6
The Beguiled
Synopsis:
Offbeat Civil War drama in which a wounded Yankee soldier, after finding refuge in an isolated girls' school in the South towards the end of the war, becomes the object of the young women's sexual fantasies. The soldier manipulates the situation for his own gratification, but when he refuses to completely comply with the girls' wishes, they make it very difficult for him to leave.
Starring:
Clint Eastwood,
Melody Thomas Scott,
Pamelyn Ferdin
#7
The Battle of Algiers
Synopsis:
Tracing the struggle of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale to gain freedom from French colonial rule as seen through the eyes of Ali from his start as a petty thief to his rise to prominence in the organisation and capture by the French in 1957. The film traces the rebels' struggle and the increasingly extreme measures taken by the French government to quell the revolt.
Starring:
Jean Martin,
Brahim Hadjadj,
Yacef Saadi
#8
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
Synopsis:
When a princess is shrunken by an evil wizard, Sinbad must undertake a quest to an island of monsters to cure her and prevent a war.
Starring:
Kathryn Grant,
Kerwin Mathews,
Torin Thatcher
#9
Planet of the Apes
Synopsis:
Astronaut Taylor crash lands on a distant planet ruled by apes who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds himself among the hunted, his life in the hands of a benevolent chimpanzee scientist.
Starring:
Charlton Heston,
James Whitmore,
Kim Hunter
#10
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Synopsis:
King Arthur, accompanied by his squire, recruits his Knights of the Round Table, including Sir Bedevere the Wise, Sir Lancelot the Brave, Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-As-Sir-Lancelot and Sir Galahad the Pure. On the way, Arthur battles the Black Knight who, despite having had all his limbs chopped off, insists he can still fight. They reach Camelot, but Arthur decides not to enter, as "it is…
Starring:
John Cleese,
Eric Idle,
Michael Palin
#11
Fellini Satyricon
Synopsis:
After his young lover, Gitone, leaves him for another man, Encolpio decides to kill himself, but a sudden earthquake destroys his home before he has a chance to do so. Now wandering around Rome in the time of Nero, Encolpio encounters one bizarre and surreal scene after another.
Starring:
Hiram Keller,
George Eastman,
Gordon Mitchell
#12
Ask Me If I Am Happy
Synopsis:
Aspiring actors Aldo, Giovanni, and Giacomo work dead-end jobs while focusing on their passion project: staging an adaptation of 'Cyrano de Bergerac'. However, love for the same woman will end their friendship. Three years later, Giovanni and Giacomo reunite to travel from Milan to Sicily after hearing that Aldo is dying.
Starring:
Marina Massironi,
Augusto Zucchi,
Aldo Baglio
#13
Your Name.
Synopsis:
High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places. Mitsuha wakes up in Taki’s body, and he in hers. This bizarre occurrence continues to happen randomly, and the two must adjust their lives around each other.
Starring:
Aoi Yuki,
Sayaka Ohara,
Kazuhiko Inoue
#14
The Wizard of Oz
Synopsis:
Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow brick road to talk with the Wizard and ask for the things they miss most in their lives. The Wicked Witch of the West is the only thing that could stop them.
Starring:
Judy Garland,
Ray Bolger,
Jack Haley
Plot:
witch,
tornado,
evil witch,
wizard,
kansas,
20th century,
lion,
scarecrow,
1900s,
quest
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#15
The Ten Commandments
Synopsis:
Escaping death, a Hebrew infant is raised in a royal household to become a prince. Upon discovery of his true heritage, Moses embarks on a personal quest to reclaim his destiny as the leader and liberator of the Hebrew people.
Starring:
Charlton Heston,
Martha Scott,
Yul Brynner
Plot:
bare chested male bondage,
camel,
tough guy,
jew,
construction site,
based on novel,
voice over narration,
egypt,
pharaoh,
desert
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#16
The Shape of Water
Synopsis:
An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.
Starring:
Michael Shannon,
Octavia Spencer,
Michael Stuhlbarg
#17
The Jungle Book
Synopsis:
The boy Mowgli makes his way to the man-village with Bagheera, the wise panther. Along the way he meets jazzy King Louie, the hypnotic snake Kaa and the lovable, happy-go-lucky bear Baloo, who teaches Mowgli "The Bare Necessities" of life and the true meaning of friendship.
Starring:
Sterling Holloway,
Verna Felton,
J. Pat O'Malley
Plot:
jungle,
bear,
india,
hypnotism,
musical number,
friends who live together,
disney,
kidnapping,
eyes,
buddy comedy
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#18
R.I.P.D.
Synopsis:
A recently slain cop joins a team of undead police officers working for the Rest in Peace Department and tries to find the man who murdered him. Based on the comic by Peter M. Lenkov.
Starring:
Ryan Reynolds,
James Hong,
Kevin Bacon
#19
Red Riding Hood
Synopsis:
Valerie is in love with a brooding outsider, Peter, but her parents have arranged for her to marry another man – who is wealthy. Unwilling to lose each other, Valerie and Peter plan to run away together when they learn that Valerie's older sister has been killed by a werewolf that prowls the dark forest surrounding their village. Hungry for revenge, the people call on famed werewolf hunter, Fathe…
Starring:
Gary Oldman,
Amanda Seyfried,
Billy Burke
#20
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Synopsis:
When Dr. Indiana Jones – the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologist – is hired by the government to locate the legendary Ark of the Covenant, he finds himself up against the entire Nazi regime.
Starring:
John Rhys-Davies,
Harrison Ford,
Alfred Molina
Plot:
nazi,
archeologist,
damsel in distress,
whip,
egypt,
adventurer,
female tied up,
nazis,
bondage,
shootout
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