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Essential films for any DVD collection (50 titles)

These are films that I think any film lover should own

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My personal fav film, from the legend that is Tarantino

Pulp Fiction on DVD (1994)
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, John Travolta
Director: Quentin Tarantino
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Writer and director Quentin Tarantino's hugely successful follow-up to 'Reservoir Dogs' melds three dime-store stories set in lowlife LA into one cohesive thriller. Butch (Bruce Willis) is an over-the-hill boxer paid to take a fall, who instead does a runner with mobster Merselius's (Ving Rhames) ..read more »
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Best gangster film, ever

Goodfellas on DVD (1990)
Starring: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci
Director: Martin Scorsese
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Martin Scorsese explores the life of organized crime with his gritty, kinetic adaptation of Nicolas Pileggi's best-selling Wiseguy, the true-life account of mobster and FBI informant Henry Hill. Set to a true-to-period rock soundtrack, the story details the rise and fall of Hill, a half-Irish, half-..read more »
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Nothing like u think it will be

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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Let Lynch mess with your head for a couple hours

Mulholland Drive on DVD (2001)
Starring: Robert Forster, Justin Theroux, Dan Hedaya
Director: David Lynch
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Along Mulholland Drive nothing is what it seems. In the unreal universe of Los Angeles, the city bares its schizophrenic nature, an uneasy blend of innocence and corruption, love and loneliness, beauty and depravity. A woman is left with amnesia following a car accident. An aspiring young actress ..read more »
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Fact or fiction? u decide

JFK (1991)
Starring: Jay O. Sanders, Sissy Spacek, Sally Kirkland
Director: Oliver Stone
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Oliver Stone's detailed examination of possible answers to unsolved mysteries surrounding John F. Kennedy's assassination. Kevin Costner plays New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison, who remained unconvinced by the Warren Commission Report and launched his own investigation. This film was ..read more »
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Kubrick at his best and scary as hell

The Shining on DVD (1980)
Starring: Danny Lloyd, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers
Director: Stanley Kubrick
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Stanley Kubrick directs this chilling adaptation of the Stephen King shocker. Seeking solitude in order to write a novel, Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) takes a job as an off-season caretaker at the remote Overlook Hotel in Colorado. Eager to get started, Jack disregards warnings that the isolation ..read more »
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Really amazing stuff, music, acting, directing all superb

Gladiator on DVD (2000)
Starring: Oliver Reed, Russell Crowe, Connie Nielsen
Director: Ridley Scott
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Drawing its inspiration from Anthony Mann's 'The Fall of the Roman Empire' (1964) and Stanley Kubrick's 'Spartacus' (1960), Ridley Scott's Oscar-winning take on the Roman epic lavishes the genre with the very latest in computer-generated effects technology. After the death of Emperor Marcus ..read more »
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For all the geeks out there, but everyone loves it, even if they dont admit it

Star Wars Trilogy (4 discs) (1977)
Starring: Harrison Ford, David Prowse, Kenny Baker
Director: Irvin Kershner, George Lucas, Richard Marquand
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The first three Star Wars films reworked as creator George Lucas had intended. Using state of the art technology, Lucas and his team cleaned up the prints, updated the special effects and added new footage. Originally released before 'Episode I' the films have been renamed to fit in with Lucas's ..read more »
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The best film to have a giant bunny, everyone has their own interpretation

Donnie Darko on DVD (2001)
Starring: Noah Wyle, Holmes Osborne, Jena Malone
Director: Richard Kelly
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The directorial debut of Richard Kelly is a comic mixture of 80s sci-fi, horror and teen movie genres. October 1988 and small-town USA is about to witness the end of the world. Well, that's according to Frank, a giant, talking rabbit that only Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal), a brilliant but ..read more »
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Everyone should see this film, no excuses

Schindler's List on DVD (1993)
Starring: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley
Director: Steven Spielberg
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Based on a true story, Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List stars Liam Neeson as Oskar Schindler, a German businessman in Poland who sees an opportunity to make money from the Nazis' rise to power. He starts a company to make cookware and utensils, using flattery and bribes to win military contracts,..read more »
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