James Horner
#1
Hacksaw Ridge
Synopsis:
WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Starring:
Sam Worthington,
Teresa Palmer,
Hugo Weaving
Plot:
world war two,
conscientious objector,
soldier,
medic,
1940s,
okinawa,
combat,
battle of okinawa,
bible,
mother son relationship
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#2
The Magnificent Seven
Synopsis:
Looking to mine for gold, greedy industrialist Bartholomew Bogue seizes control of the Old West town of Rose Creek. With their lives in jeopardy, Emma Cullen and other desperate residents turn to bounty hunter Sam Chisolm for help. Chisolm recruits an eclectic group of gunslingers to take on Bogue and his ruthless henchmen. With a deadly showdown on the horizon, the seven mercenaries soon find th…
Starring:
Denzel Washington,
Manuel Garcia-Rulfo,
Lee Byung-hun
Plot:
showdown,
remake,
industrialist,
bounty hunter,
gunfighter,
good versus evil,
die hard scenario,
church,
army,
mercenary
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#3
Southpaw
Synopsis:
Billy "The Great" Hope, the reigning junior middleweight boxing champion, has an impressive career, a loving wife and daughter, and a lavish lifestyle. However, when tragedy strikes, Billy hits rock bottom, losing his family, his house and his manager. He soon finds an unlikely savior in Tick Willis, a former fighter who trains the city's toughest amateur boxers. With his future on the line, Hope…
Starring:
Naomie Harris,
Oona Laurence,
Rachel McAdams
#4
The Amazing Spider-Man
Synopsis:
Peter Parker is an outcast high schooler abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben and Aunt May. Like most teenagers, Peter is trying to figure out who he is and how he got to be the person he is today. As Peter discovers a mysterious briefcase that belonged to his father, he begins a quest to understand his parents' disappearance – leading him directly to Oscor…
Starring:
Denis Leary,
Rhys Ifans,
Martin Sheen
#5
The Karate Kid
Synopsis:
Twelve-year-old Dre Parker could have been the most popular kid in Detroit, but his mother's latest career move has landed him in China. Dre immediately falls for his classmate Mei Ying but the cultural differences make such a friendship impossible. Even worse, Dre's feelings make him an enemy of the class bully, Cheng. With no friends in a strange land, Dre has nowhere to turn but maintenance ma…
Starring:
Jaden Smith,
Jackie Chan,
Taraji P. Henson
#6
Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora
Synopsis:
The Making-of James Cameron's Avatar. It shows interesting parts of the work on the set.
Starring:
James Cameron,
James Horner,
Christopher Boyes
Plot:
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#7
Avatar
Synopsis:
In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization.
Starring:
Wes Studi,
CCH Pounder,
Sigourney Weaver
Plot:
culture clash,
future,
space war,
space colony,
society,
paraplegic,
spiritualism,
marine,
forest protection,
avatar
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#8
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Synopsis:
When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems to be wearing striped pajamas. Unaware of Shmuel's fate as a Jewish prisoner or the role his own Nazi father plays in his imprisonment, Bruno embarks on a dangerous journey inside the camp's walls.
Starring:
Vera Farmiga,
Rupert Friend,
David Thewlis
Plot:
jew,
boy,
poison gas,
fence,
concentration camp,
military,
prisoner,
undressing,
crematorium,
child's point of view
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#9
Apocalypto
Synopsis:
Set in the Mayan civilization, when a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, he is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate and spurred by the power of his love for his woman and his family he will make a desperate break to return home and to ultimately save his way of life.
Starring:
Raoul Max Trujillo,
Rudy Youngblood,
Gerardo Taracena
Plot:
tribe,
prophecy,
knife,
stabbed in the chest,
female nudity,
wrist slitting,
jungle,
impalement,
falling from height,
decapitation
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#10
Troy
Synopsis:
In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnom to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. So they set off with 1,…
Starring:
Brendan Gleeson,
Brad Pitt,
Sean Bean
Plot:
mythology,
greek,
sex scene,
city name in title,
revenge,
female nudity,
battle,
prince,
ship,
epic
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#11
Windtalkers
Synopsis:
Joe Enders is a gung-ho Marine assigned to protect a "windtalker" - one of several Navajo Indians who were used to relay messages during World War II because their spoken language was indecipherable to Japanese code breakers.
Starring:
Mark Ruffalo,
Nicolas Cage,
Peter Stormare
Plot:
navajo indian,
year 1944,
saipan,
military,
japanese army,
japanese soldier,
arizona,
tortoise,
semper fi,
bigotry
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#12
A Beautiful Mind
Synopsis:
John Nash is a brilliant but asocial mathematician fighting schizophrenia. After he accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn for the nightmarish.
Starring:
Jennifer Connelly,
Christopher Plummer,
Josh Lucas
#13
Enemy at the Gates
Synopsis:
A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad in WWII.
Starring:
Bob Hoskins,
Rachel Weisz,
Jude Law
#14
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Synopsis:
The Grinch decides to rob Whoville of Christmas - but a dash of kindness from little Cindy Lou Who and her family may be enough to melt his heart...
Starring:
Jim Carrey,
Molly Shannon,
Taylor Momsen
Plot:
dog,
dr. seuss' how the grinch stole christmas,
christmas,
dr seuss,
monster,
little girl,
village,
girl,
singing,
the color green
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#15
The Perfect Storm
Synopsis:
In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail. Magnificent foreshadowing and anticipation fill this true-life drama while minute details of the fishing boats, their gear and the weather are juxtaposed with the sea adventure.
Starring:
Mark Wahlberg,
John C. Reilly,
William Fichtner
Plot:
fish,
fishing,
sea,
death,
fisherman,
storm at sea,
fishing boat,
ice machine,
fishing vessel,
female captain
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#16
Bicentennial Man
Synopsis:
Richard Martin buys a gift, a new NDR-114 robot. The product is named Andrew by the youngest of the family's children. "Bicentennial Man" follows the life and times of Andrew, a robot purchased as a household appliance programmed to perform menial tasks. As Andrew begins to experience emotions and creative thought, the Martin family soon discovers they don't have an ordinary robot.
Starring:
Oliver Platt,
Robin Williams,
Sam Neill
#17
The Mask of Zorro
Synopsis:
It has been twenty years since Don Diego de la Vega fought Spanish oppression in Alta California as the legendary romantic hero, Zorro. Having escaped from prison he transforms troubled bandit Alejandro into his successor, in order to foil the plans of the tyrannical Don Rafael Montero who robbed him of his freedom, his wife and his precious daughter.
Starring:
Matt Letscher,
Tony Amendola,
Anthony Hopkins
#18
Deep Impact
Synopsis:
A seven-mile-wide space rock is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to obliterate the planet. Now, it's up to the president of the United States to save the world. He appoints a tough-as-nails veteran astronaut to lead a joint American-Russian crew into space to destroy the comet before impact. Meanwhile, an enterprising reporter uses her smarts to uncover the scoop of the century.
Starring:
Elijah Wood,
Jon Favreau,
Morgan Freeman
Plot:
comet,
disaster,
saving the world mission,
giant wave,
president,
reporter,
astronaut,
hero,
space travel,
tucson arizona
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#19
Titanic
Synopsis:
101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets aboard the ship. Rose tells the whole story from Titanic's departure through to its death—on its first and last voyage—on April 15, 1912.
Starring:
Bill Paxton,
Kate Winslet,
Frances Fisher
Plot:
iceberg,
mass death,
sunken ship,
drowning,
freeze to death,
lifeboat,
ship,
shipwreck,
sea captain,
one word title
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#20
Ransom
Synopsis:
When a rich man's son is kidnapped, he cooperates with the police at first but then tries a unique tactic against the criminals.
Starring:
Mel Gibson,
Delroy Lindo,
Donnie Wahlberg