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Titanic (1997 film)
Titanic is a 1997 American epic historical romance film written and directed by James Cameron. Incorporating both historical and fictional aspects, it is based on accounts of the sinking of RMS Titanic in 1912. Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet star as members of different social classes who fall in love during the ship's ill-fated maiden voyage. The ensemble cast includes Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher, Bernard Hill, Jonathan Hyde, Danny Nucci, David Warner and Bill Paxton.
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1994 film directed by Robert Zemeckis
Pulp Fiction
1994 film by Quentin Tarantino
Citizen Kane
1941 American drama film directed by Orson Welles
Oppenheimer (film)
Oppenheimer is a 2023 epic biographical thriller film written, co-produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan. It follows the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American theoretical physicist who helped develop the first nuclear weapons during World War II. Based on the 2005 biography American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, the film dramatizes Oppenheimer's studies, his direction of the Los Alamos Laboratory and his 1954 security hearing. Cillian Murphy stars as Oppenheimer, alongside Robert Downey Jr. as the United States Atomic Energy Commission member Lewis Strauss. The ensemble supporting cast includes Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Florence Pugh, Josh Hartnett, Casey Affleck, Rami Malek, and Kenneth Branagh.
The Prestige
2006 film directed by Christopher Nolan
The Social Network
2010 film by David Fincher
Memento
2000 film by Christopher Nolan
Reservoir Dogs
1992 film by Quentin Tarantino
Man of Steel
2013 film directed by Zack Snyder
Finding Dory
2016 animated film directed by Andrew Stanton
The Sixth Sense
1999 film directed by M. Night Shyamalan
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004 film directed by Michel Gondry
Saw
2004 film directed by James Wan
Arrival
2016 science fiction film by Denis Villeneuve
The Usual Suspects
1995 film directed by Bryan Singer
American History X
1998 film directed by Tony Kaye
Dunkirk
2017 film by Christopher Nolan
12 Monkeys
1995 film directed by Terry Gilliam
The Imitation Game
2014 film directed by Morten Tyldum
Sin City
2005 film directed by Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez
Mulholland Drive
2001 film by David Lynch
Once Upon a Time in America
1984 film by Sergio Leone
Babel
2006 film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu
The Hateful Eight
2015 film directed by Quentin Tarantino
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014 film directed by Wes Anderson
Gone Girl
2014 film directed by David Fincher
Into the Wild
2007 film directed by Sean Penn
X-Men: Days of Future Past
2014 film directed by Bryan Singer
Alexander
2004 film by Oliver Stone
The Lorax
2012 animated film directed by Chris Renaud
Kill Bill: Volume 1
2003 film by Quentin Tarantino
The Hours
2002 film directed by Stephen Daldry
Vanilla Sky
2001 film by Cameron Crowe
Watchmen
2009 film directed by Zack Snyder
Kill Bill: Volume 2
2004 film by Quentin Tarantino
The Tree of Life
2011 film directed by Terrence Malick
Lolita
1962 USA film by Stanley Kubrick
Closer
2004 film directed by Mike Nichols
21 Grams
2003 film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu
Knives Out
Knives Out is a 2019 American mystery film written and directed by Rian Johnson. The film's eleven-actor ensemble cast is led by Daniel Craig as Benoit Blanc, a famed private detective who is summoned to investigate the death of a bestselling author. Police think his death is a suicide but Blanc suspects foul play and investigates to ascertain the true cause of it. Johnson produced Knives Out with his longtime collaborator Ram Bergman. Funding came from MRC and tax subsidies from the Massachusetts state government.
Cloud Atlas
2012 film directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis
Blue Jasmine
2013 film by Woody Allen
(500) Days of Summer
2009 film directed by Marc Webb
Little Women
2019 film directed by Greta Gerwig
Sully
2016 film directed by Clint Eastwood
Adaptation
2002 film directed by Spike Jonze
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
2009 film by Stephen Sommers
Lost Highway
1997 film by David Lynch
Manchester by the Sea
2016 film by Kenneth Lonergan
Julie & Julia
2009 film by Nora Ephron
Cloverfield
Cloverfield is a 2008 American found footage monster film directed by Matt Reeves and written by Drew Goddard. It stars Lizzy Caplan, Jessica Lucas, T.J. Miller (in his film debut), Michael Stahl-David, Mike Vogel, and Odette Yustman. In the film, six friends attempt to flee from a monster that attacks New York City.
Hoodwinked!
Hoodwinked! is a 2005 American animated musical comedy film directed by Cory Edwards and written by Edwards, Todd Edwards, and Tony Leech. It retells the folktale "Little Red Riding Hood" as a police procedural, using backstories to show multiple characters' points of view. The film features the voices of Anne Hathaway, Glenn Close, Jim Belushi, Patrick Warburton, Anthony Anderson, David Ogden Stiers, Xzibit, Chazz Palminteri, and Andy Dick.
The Accountant
2016 film directed by Gavin O'Connor
The Killing
1956 film by Stanley Kubrick
Annihilation
2018 film directed by Alex Garland
The Two Popes
2019 film directed by Fernando Meirelles
Saving Mr. Banks
2013 film directed by John Lee Hancock
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
2018 American musical film directed by Ol Parker
Flags of Our Fathers
2006 film directed by Clint Eastwood