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#1
Mahjong Nights
Synopsis:
Alexa witnesses a simple mahjong night turned bloody when all the player's dark secrets are discovered - including Alexa's illicit affair with her stepfather.
Starring:
Angeli Khang,
Jay Manalo,
Mickey Ferriols
#2
Witness for the Prosecution
Synopsis:
When Leonard Vole is arrested for the sensational murder of a rich, middle-aged widow, the famous Sir Wilfrid Robarts agrees to appear on his behalf. Sir Wilfrid, recovering from a near-fatal heart attack, is supposed to be on a diet of bland, civil suits—but the lure of the criminal courts is too much for him, especially when the case is so difficult.
Starring:
John Williams,
Elsa Lanchester,
Marlene Dietrich
#3
White Men Can't Jump
Synopsis:
Billy Hoyle and Sidney Deane are an unlikely pair of basketball hustlers. They team up to con their way across the courts of Los Angeles, playing a game that's fast dangerous - and funny.
Starring:
Woody Harrelson,
Rosie Perez,
Wesley Snipes
#4
Vanishing Point
Synopsis:
Kowalski works for a car delivery service, and takes delivery of a 1970 Dodge Challenger to drive from Colorado to San Francisco. Shortly after pickup, he takes a bet to get the car there in less than 15 hours.
Starring:
Dean Jagger,
Cleavon Little,
Barry Newman
#5
Trading Places
Synopsis:
A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
Starring:
Eddie Murphy,
Jamie Lee Curtis,
Dan Aykroyd
#6
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Synopsis:
Fred C. Dobbs and Bob Curtin, both down on their luck in Tampico, Mexico in 1925, meet up with a grizzled prospector named Howard and decide to join with him in search of gold in the wilds of central Mexico. Through enormous difficulties, they eventually succeed in finding gold, but bandits, the elements, and most especially greed threaten to turn their success into disaster.
Starring:
Walter Huston,
Humphrey Bogart,
Bruce Bennett
Plot:
mexico,
gold,
sierra madre mountains,
greed,
mining,
paranoia,
desert,
national film registry,
afi,
year 1925
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#7
The Sting
Synopsis:
Set in the 1930s this intricate caper deals with an ambitious small-time crook and a veteran con man who seek revenge on a vicious crime lord who murdered one of their gang.
Starring:
Harold Gould,
Robert Redford,
Paul Newman
Plot:
con,
con man,
illegal activity,
playing golf,
con artist,
caper,
sting operation,
gangster,
burlesque dancer,
violence
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#8
The Misfits
Synopsis:
While filing for a divorce, beautiful ex-stripper Roslyn Taber ends up meeting aging cowboy-turned-gambler Gay Langland and former World War II aviator Guido Racanelli. The two men instantly become infatuated with Roslyn and, on a whim, the three decide to move into Guido's half-finished desert home together. When grizzled ex-rodeo rider Perce Howland arrives, the unlikely foursome strike up a bu…
Starring:
Kevin McCarthy,
Thelma Ritter,
Marilyn Monroe
#9
The Last Picture Show
Synopsis:
High school seniors and best friends, Sonny and Duane, live in a dying Texas town. The handsome Duane is dating a local beauty, while Sonny is having an affair with the coach's wife. As graduation nears and both boys contemplate their futures. Duane eyes the army and Sonny takes over a local business. Each struggles to figure out if he can escape this dead-end town and build a better life somewhe…
Starring:
Randy Quaid,
Cloris Leachman,
Ellen Burstyn
#10
The Cincinnati Kid
Synopsis:
An up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time master of the game.
Starring:
Rip Torn,
Edward G. Robinson,
Karl Malden
Plot:
southern u.s.,
high stakes,
poker player,
based on novel,
bet,
bluff,
card game,
chicken,
curtain,
kiss
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#11
Taxi
Synopsis:
In Marseilles (France), skilled pizza delivery boy Daniel who drives a scooter finally has his dreams come true. He gets a taxi license. Caught by the police for a huge speed infraction, he will help Emilien, a loser inspector who can't drive, on the track of German bank robbers, so he doesn't lose his license and his dream job.
Starring:
Marion Cotillard,
Samy Naceri,
Frédéric Diefenthal
#12
Snatch
Synopsis:
Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers and supposedly Jewish jewelers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond.
Starring:
Brad Pitt,
Lennie James,
Jason Statham
Plot:
diamond,
boxer,
narrated by character,
fight,
boxing,
irish,
diamond theft,
heist,
84 carat diamond,
female nudity
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#13
Rat Race
Synopsis:
In an ensemble film about easy money, greed, manipulation and bad driving, a Las Vegas casino tycoon entertains his wealthiest high rollers -- a group that will bet on anything -- by pitting six ordinary people against each other in a wild dash for $2 million jammed into a locker hundreds of miles away. The tycoon and his wealthy friends monitor each racer's every move to keep track of their favo…
Starring:
John Cleese,
Whoopi Goldberg,
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Plot:
casino,
mother daughter reunion,
on the road,
squirrel,
nazi,
cow,
helicopter,
museum,
contest,
rock concert
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#14
Porco Rosso
Synopsis:
In Italy in the 1930s, sky pirates in biplanes terrorize wealthy cruise ships as they sail the Adriatic Sea. The only pilot brave enough to stop the scourge is the mysterious Porco Rosso, a former World War I flying ace who was somehow turned into a pig during the war. As he prepares to battle the pirate crew's American ace, Porco Rosso enlists the help of spunky girl mechanic Fio Piccolo and his…
Starring:
Akio Otsuka,
Hiroko Seki,
Akemi Okamura
Plot:
hero,
adriatic sea,
air pirate,
pilot,
italy,
1930s,
pig,
all female crew,
airplane design,
seaplane
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#15
My Name Is Nobody
Synopsis:
Jack Beauregard, an ageing gunman of the Old West, only wants to retire in peace and move to Europe. But a young gunfighter, known as "Nobody", who idolizes Beauregard, wants him to go out in a blaze of glory. So he arranges for Jack to face the 150-man gang known as The Wild Bunch and earn his place in history.
Starring:
R. G. Armstrong,
Geoffrey Lewis,
Henry Fonda
#16
My Fair Lady
Synopsis:
A snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society.
Starring:
Mona Washbourne,
Audrey Hepburn,
Stanley Holloway
#17
Lady Snowblood
Synopsis:
Yuki's family is nearly wiped out before she is born due to the machinations of a band of criminals. These criminals kidnap and brutalize her mother but leave her alive. Later her mother ends up in prison with only revenge to keep her alive. She creates an instrument for this revenge by purposefully getting pregnant. Yuki never knows the love of a family but only killing and revenge.
Starring:
Akemi Negishi,
Meiko Kaji,
Toshio Kurosawa
Plot:
revenge,
childbirth,
female warrior,
vengeance,
snow,
female assassin,
prison,
female protagonist,
umbrella,
sword
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#18
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Synopsis:
It’s the battle of wills, as Andie (Kate Hudson) needs to prove she can dump a guy in 10 days, whereas Ben (Matthew McConaughey) needs to prove he can win a girl in 10 days. Now, the clock is ticking - and the wildly entertaining comedy smash is off and running in this irresistible tale of sex, lies and outrageous romantic fireworks!
Starring:
Thomas Lennon,
Kate Hudson,
Matthew McConaughey
Plot:
lie,
new york city,
diamond,
basketball,
columnist,
deception,
dating,
relationship advice,
dating advice,
bet
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#19
Funny Games
Synopsis:
Two psychotic young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.
Starring:
Susanne Lothar,
Ulrich Mühe,
Arno Frisch
Plot:
egg,
broken egg,
home invasion,
buddy,
corpse,
golf ball,
murderer duo,
breaking the fourth wall,
violence,
torture
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#20
Four Rooms
Synopsis:
It's Ted the Bellhop's first night on the job...and the hotel's very unusual guests are about to place him in some outrageous predicaments. It seems that this evening's room service is serving up one unbelievable happening after another.
Starring:
Jennifer Beals,
Antonio Banderas,
Tim Roth