20 movies to watch before you die (20 titles)

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Bridge to Terabithia

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• Bridge to Terabithia on DVD (2007)
  Starring: Josh Hutcherson,  Anna Sophia Robb,  Zooey Deschanel
  Director: Gabor Csupo
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  Fifth grader Jesse Aaron's hopes of becoming the fastest runner in his class are dashed when new girl Leslie Burke outruns everybody, including him. However, Jess and Leslie soon begin a friendship, and create a magical kingdom in the forest, where the two of them reign together as king and queen. ..read more »
  
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The Royal Tenenbaums

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• The Royal Tenenbaums on DVD (2001)
  Starring: Danny Glover,  Ben Stiller,  Gwyneth Paltrow
  Director: Wes Anderson
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  Royal Tenenbaum and his wife Etheline had three children--Chas, Richie, and Margot--they were a family of geniuses and then they separated. Chas started buying real estate in his early teens and seemed to have had a preternatural understanding of international finance. Margot was a playwright and ..read more »
  
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Fargo

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• Fargo on DVD (1996)
  Starring: William H. Macy,  Steve Buscemi,  Peter Stormare
  Director: Joel Coen
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  A pregnant police chief is investigating a series of homicides across the frozen tundra. Against a sprawling Minnesota landscape, a car salesman hires two criminals to kidnap his wife. But when the scheme goes sour, and wood chippers get involved, the haphazard kidnapping plot turns deadly serious.
  
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The Shawshank Redemption

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• The Shawshank Redemption on DVD (1994)
  Starring: James Whitmore,  Morgan Freeman,  Mark Rolston
  Director: Frank Darabont
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  In 1946, a banker named Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) is convicted of a double murder, even though he stubbornly proclaims his innocence. He's sentenced to a life term at the Shawshank State Prison in Maine, where another lifer, Ellis Red Redding (Morgan Freeman), picks him as the new recruit most ..read more »
  
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Dazed And Confused

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• Dazed And Confused on DVD (1993)
  Starring: Milla Jovovich,  Anthony Rapp,  Michelle Burke
  Director: Richard Linklater
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  It's middle America, 1976, and school's out for summer. The kids of the town are determined to mark the end of term with a celebration, but the party planned at one of the student's houses is cancelled when his parents find out and decide to stay home. The result? A long hot night of pot, kegs, ..read more »
  
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Fight Club

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• Fight Club on DVD (1999)
  Starring: Meat Loaf,  Jared Leto,  Richmond Arquette
  Director: David Fincher
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  Adapted from Chuck Palahniuk's novel, David Fincher's controversial drama explores themes of masculinity and violence in contemporary society. Edward Norton stars as Jack, a bored insomniac, determined to inject some excitement into his life. He meets Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt), a charismatic soap ..read more »
  
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It's A Wonderful Life

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• It's A Wonderful Life on DVD (1946)
  Starring: Frank Faylen,  Charles Lane,  Charles Williams
  Director: Frank Capra
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Life Is Beautiful

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• Life Is Beautiful on DVD (1998)
  Starring: Nicoletta Braschi,  Giorgio Cantarini,  Roberto Benigni
  Director: Roberto Benigni
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  In 1939, young Italian Jew Guido Orefice (Roberto Benigni) travels with his friend Ferruccio to Arezzo, where his uncle has promised to help set him up with a bookshop. Guido immediately falls in love with beautiful gentile Dora (Nicoletta Braschi), and eventually woos her away from local fascist ..read more »
  
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Magnolia

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• Magnolia on DVD (1999)
  Starring: Philip Baker Hall,  April Grace,  Phillip Seymour Hoffman
  Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
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  Paul Thomas Anderson's acclaimed ensemble drama starring, among many others, Julianne Moore, Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Tom Cruise. The lives of various inhabitants of Los Angeles and San Fernando valley intersect when dying television producer Earl Partridge (Jason Robards) seeks a reconciliation ..read more »
  
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One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

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• One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest on DVD (1975)
  Starring: Will Sampson,  Paul Lambert,  Sydney Lassick
  Director: Milos Forman
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  With an insane asylum standing in for everyday society, Milos Forman's 1975 film adaptation of Ken Kesey's novel is a comically sharp indictment of the Establishment urge to conform. Playing crazy to avoid prison work detail, manic free spirit Randle P. McMurphy (Jack Nicholson) is sent to the ..read more »
  
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