UNMISSABLE FILMS (77 titles)

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Forrest Gump

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• Forrest Gump on DVD (1994)
  Starring: Tom Hanks,  Sam Anderson,  Sally Field
  Director: Robert Zemeckis
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  The title character leads viewers through an accidental travelogue of American social history from the early 1960s through the present in this revisionist fable. Vietnam, desegregation, Watergate and more are presented from the perspective of Hanks' lovably slow-witted character as he finds himself ..read more »
  
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Good Morning, Vietnam

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• Good Morning, Vietnam on DVD (1988)
  Starring: Robin Williams,  Forest Whitaker,  Robert Wuhl
  Director: Barry Levinson
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  In 1965, there isn't much for military personnel serving in Vietnam to smile about--that is, until deejay Adrian Cronauer (Robin Williams) takes to the airwaves. In GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM, which is based on a true story, Cronauer is a nonconformist with a wicked sense of humor who is transferred ..read more »
  
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Groundhog Day

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• Groundhog Day on DVD (1993)
  Starring: Bill Murray,  Andie MacDowell,  Chris Elliott
  Director: Harold Ramis
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  Once again, for the fifth year in a row, TV weatherman Phil Connors (Bill Murray) is forced to cover the Groundhog Day ceremonies in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, an assignment he truly despises. But this year something truly bizarre happens after he finishes the report: When he wakes up the next ..read more »
  
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The Shawshank Redemption

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• The Shawshank Redemption on DVD (1994)
  Starring: Tim Robbins,  Morgan Freeman,  Robert Gunton
  Director: Frank Darabont
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  City Banker Andy Dufresne is in Shawshank State Prison after receiving a double life sentence for murder. There he meets Red and also forms friendships with the warden and prison guards. Andy soon finds that you either get on with living or you get on with dying. The bonus features stretch over two ..read more »
  
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The Sixth Sense

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• The Sixth Sense on DVD (1999)
  Starring: Bruce Willis,  Haley Joel Osment,  Toni Collette
  Director: M. Night Shyamalan
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  In this chilling psychological thriller, eight-year-old Cole Sear is haunted by a dark secret: He is visited by ghosts. A helpless and reluctant channel, Cole is terrified by threatening visitations from those with unresolved problems who appear from the shadows. Confused by his paranormal powers, ..read more »
  
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The Green Mile

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• The Green Mile on DVD (1999)
  Starring: Tom Hanks,  Michael Clarke Duncan,  James Cromwell
  Director: Frank Darabont
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  A DVD collection of three dramatic American films: THE GREEN MILE (1999, 18), PAY IT FORWARD (2000, 13), and PROOF OF LIFE (2000, 15).THE GREEN MILE: Director Frank Darabont's second adaptation of a Stephen King prison tale (the first being 1994's nearly flawless THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION) is a ..read more »
  
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Close Encounters Of The Third Kind

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• Close Encounters Of The Third Kind on DVD (1977)
  Starring: Richard Dreyfuss,  Teri Garr,  Melinda Dillon
  Director: Steven Spielberg
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  CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND is Steven Spielberg's extraordinary film about a man named Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) who becomes obsessed with meeting extraterrestrials after encountering a UFO on an abandoned road one night. Against the wishes of his wife (Teri Garr) and children, Neary, ..read more »
  
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Edward Scissorhands

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• Edward Scissorhands on DVD (1991)
  Starring: Johnny Depp,  Winona Ryder,  Dianne Wiest
  Director: Tim Burton
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  In Tim Burton's EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, a suburban fairy tale with incredibly imaginative sets, an Avon lady, Peg Boggs (Dianne Wiest), discovers the half-finished experiment--a man/monster named Edward (Johnny Depp)--of a mad scientist (played magically by Vincent Price) living in the neighborhood's ..read more »
  
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ET - The Extra-Terrestrial

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• ET - The Extra-Terrestrial on DVD (2002)
  Starring: Drew Barrymore,  Henry Thomas,  Dee Wallace
  Director: Steven Spielberg
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  The 2002 rerelease of E.T., which marks 20 years since the film's 1982 debut, includes never before seen footage, enhanced visual effects, and a new remastered soundtrack.E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL is Steven Spielberg's warmhearted classic delight for both children and adults. It tells the story of ..read more »
  
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Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory

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• Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory on DVD (1971)
  Starring: Gene Wilder,  Jack Albertson,  Roy Kinnear
  Director: Mel Stuart
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  The story of Charlie Bucket, a little boy with no money and a good heart, who dreams wistfully of being able to buy the candy that other children enjoy. Charlie enters into a magical world when he wins one of five 'Golden Tickets' to visit the mysterious chocolate factory owned by the eccentric ..read more »
  
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