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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.
Parasite
2019 film directed by Bong Joon-ho
Good Will Hunting
1997 film by Gus Van Sant
The Batman
2022 superhero film by Matt Reeves
The Great Gatsby
2013 film directed by Baz Luhrmann
Poor Things
2023 film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
Sholay
Sholay (, ) is a 1975 Indian Hindi-language action-adventure film directed by Ramesh Sippy, produced by his father G. P. Sippy, and written by Salim–Javed. The film follows two criminals, Veeru (Dharmendra) and Jai (Amitabh Bachchan), who are hired by a retired police officer (Sanjeev Kumar) to capture the ruthless bandit Gabbar Singh (Amjad Khan). Hema Malini and Jaya Bhaduri also star as Veeru and Jai's love interests, Basanti and Radha, respectively. The soundtrack was composed by R D Burman.
Dancer in the Dark
2000 film by Lars von Trier
A Place in the Sun
1951 film by George Stevens
Elysium
2013 film directed by Neill Blomkamp
Snowpiercer
Snowpiercer () is a 2013 post-apocalyptic action thriller film based on the French climate fiction graphic novel Le Transperceneige by Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand and Jean-Marc Rochette. The film was directed by Bong Joon Ho and written by Bong and Kelly Masterson. An international co-production, the film marks Bong's English-language debut; almost 85% of the film's dialogue is in English.
The Philadelphia Story
1940 film by George Cukor
Trading Places
1983 film directed by John Landis
The Remains of the Day
1993 film directed by James Ivory
Working Girl
1988 film by Mike Nichols
Mildred Pierce
1945 film by Michael Curtiz
Five Easy Pieces
1970 film by Bob Rafelson
Falling Down
1993 film directed by Joel Schumacher
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
2023 film directed by Francis Lawrence
Carnage
2011 film by Roman Polanski
Mother India
1957 film directed by Mehboob Khan
Cocktail
1988 film by Roger Donaldson
Wild Things
1998 film directed by John McNaughton
Heavenly Creatures
1994 film directed by Peter Jackson
Downton Abbey
2019 film directed by Michael Engler
The Menu
2022 film directed by Mark Mylod
The Platform
2019 film directed by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia
UglyDolls
UglyDolls is a 2019 animated musical adventure-comedy film directed by Kelly Asbury and written by Alison Peck, from a story by Robert Rodriguez, who also produced. It is based on the plush toys of the same name by David Horvath and Sun-Min Kim, and follows a group of them as they try to find owners in the "Big World" despite their flaws. The film stars the voices of Kelly Clarkson, Janelle Monáe, Blake Shelton, Wanda Sykes, Gabriel Iglesias, Wang Leehom, Nick Jonas, and Pitbull.
Caddyshack
Caddyshack is a 1980 American sports comedy film directed by Harold Ramis, written by Brian Doyle-Murray, Ramis and Douglas Kenney, and starring Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight, Michael O'Keefe and Bill Murray with supporting roles by Sarah Holcomb, Cindy Morgan, and Doyle-Murray. It tells the story of a caddie, vying for a caddie scholarship, who becomes involved in a feud on the links between one of the country club's founders and a nouveau riche guest. A subplot involves a greenskeeper who uses extreme methods against an elusive gopher.
The Exterminating Angel
1962 film by Luis Buñuel
Sleuth
1972 film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
She-Devil
1989 film by Susan Seidelman
Saltburn (film)
Saltburn is a 2023 dark comedy thriller film written, directed, and produced by Emerald Fennell, starring Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant, Alison Oliver, Archie Madekwe and Carey Mulligan. Set in Oxford and Northamptonshire, it focuses on a student at the University of Oxford who becomes fixated with a popular, aristocratic fellow student, who later invites him to spend the summer at his eccentric family's estate.
The Servant
1963 film directed by Joseph Losey
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022 film directed by Simon Curtis
The Outsiders
1983 film directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Breaking Away
1979 film by Peter Yates
Vanity Fair
2004 film directed by Mira Nair
Kitty Foyle
1940 film by Sam Wood
My Man Godfrey
1936 film directed by Gregory La Cava
Peyton Place
1957 film directed by Mark Robson
Weekend
1967 film by Jean-Luc Godard
Picnic
1955 film by Joshua Logan
The Go-Between
1971 film directed by Joseph Losey
The Blue Max
1966 film by John Guillermin
Heaven Can Wait
1943 film by Ernst Lubitsch
High Society
1956 American musical comedy film directed by Charles Walters
From Afar
2015 film by Lorenzo Vigas
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
1962 film by Tony Richardson
Kings Row
1942 film directed by Sam Wood
Friends with Money
2006 film by Nicole Holofcener
Becky Sharp
1935 film by Rouben Mamoulian, Lowell Sherman
Karan Arjun
1995 film by Rakesh Roshan
Stella Dallas
1937 film by King Vidor
Ziegfeld Girl
1941 film by Robert Zigler Leonard, Busby Berkeley
Grand Canyon
1991 film directed by Lawrence Kasdan
Six Degrees of Separation
1993 film directed by Fred Schepisi
Holiday
1938 film by George Cukor
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale is a 2025 historical drama film directed by Simon Curtis from a screenplay by Julian Fellowes. It is the sequel to Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022) and the third and final film in the Downton Abbey franchise. Many of the original franchise's cast members, who also appeared in the previous two films, return. Paul Giamatti and Dominic West reprise their roles as Harold Levinson from the television series and Guy Dexter from the previous film, respectively, while Joely Richardson, Alessandro Nivola, Simon Russell Beale and Arty Froushan join the cast.
Death of a Unicorn
2025 film directed by Alex Scharfman