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a lot of damn good films (73 titles)

every kind of movie, except maybe westerns!

by: aj from london

an incredibly sad and true story - not to be missed

Boys Don't Cry on DVD (1999)
Starring: Matt McGrath, Rob Campbell, Jeannetta Arnette
Director: Kimberly Peirce
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In Falls City, Nebraska, Brandon Teena (Hilary Swank) arrives to start a new future for himself. The local community falls for his charms and everyone becomes drawn to his innocence and wit. However, behind the charming persona is a totally different person - Brandon is actually a woman. After ..read more »
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sex, violence and wit - genius film

A Clockwork Orange on DVD (1971)
Starring: Patrick Magee, David Prowse, Warren Clarke
Director: Stanley Kubrick
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Stanley Kubrick's controversial film triggered copycat violence on its initial release and as a result the director withdrew the film from circulation in Britain, keeping it suppressed right up to his death in 1999. The film follows sadistic punk Alex (Malcolm McDowell) as he takes his gang on a ..read more »
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my brat pack fav

Dream a Little Dream (1989)
Starring: Corey Feldman, Corey Haim
Director: Marco Rocco
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Bobby has everything a young guy should: a good buddy, a girlfriend, and parents who love him. When the older couple down the street try a transcendental experiment in order to extend their lives, they quite literally become trapped in the teens' bodies.
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one if my childhood fav's

Pete's Dragon on DVD (1977)
Starring: Sean Marshall, Red Buttons, Jim Backus
Director: Don Chaffey
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A Disney production mixing animation with live action. Lonely orphan boy Pete (Sean Marshall) finds a new friend in a surprising form: Elliott, a 12-foot tall dragon that has the power to make itself invisible. Together they innocently cause chaos in their sleepy hometown, but their partnership is ..read more »
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exactly what love is all about

When Harry Met Sally on DVD (1989)
Starring: Billy Crystal, Bruno Kirby, Lisa Jane Persky
Director: Rob Reiner
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Harry (Billy Crystal) and Sally (Meg Ryan) first meet as students, when they share a disagreeable drive from Chicago to New York. Over the course of the next ten years they keep bumping into each other at various intervals, which generally seem to coincide with one of them having an emotional ..read more »
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so funny, so clever - love this

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels on DVD (1988)
Starring: Glenne Headly, Steve Martin, Michael Caine
Director: Frank Oz
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When small-time con-artist Freddy Benson (Steve Martin) invades the lucrative Riviera turf of old pro Lawrence Jamieson (Michael Caine), the latter agrees to take him on and tutor him in the methods of fleecing wealthy widows. However, it is not long before Freddy is chafing at the second banana ..read more »
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the best comedy

Some Like It Hot on DVD (1959)
Starring: Edward G. Robinson, Mike Mazurki, Billy Gray
Director: Billy Wilder
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Billy Wilder's classic Oscar nominated comedy. In February 1929, unemployed musicians Joe (Tony Curtis) and Jerry (Jack Lemmon) go on the run after witnessing the St Valentine's Day Massacre. Pursued by gangsters, the duo are forced to disguise themselves as women and join Sweet Sue's all-girl band ..read more »
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a fan - what can i say!

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone on DVD (2001)
Starring: Alan Rickman, Zoe Wanamaker, Daniel Radcliffe
Director: Chris Columbus
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Harry Potter has learned to live with his bullying Uncle Vernon, his callous Aunt Petunia and the constant whining of his greedy, spoiled cousin Dudley. He's even learned to live with sleeping in the cupboard under the stairs. Harry's relatives have just as reluctantly learned to live with the ..read more »
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets on DVD (2002)
Starring: Alan Rickman, Jason Isaacs, Daniel Radcliffe
Director: Chris Columbus
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Harry Potter has not had a good summer. Not only has he had to put up with his overbearing Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon Dursley and their dread of his magical abilities, but also it seems as if Harry's best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger have forgotten him, as they haven't replied to a ..read more »
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban on DVD (2004)
Starring: Alan Rickman, Pam Ferris, Daniel Radcliffe
Director: Alfonso Cuaron
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Thirteen year-old Harry Potter has reluctantly spent yet another summer with the Dursleys, his dismal relatives, "behaving himself" and not practicing any magic. That is, until Uncle Vernon's bullying sister, Aunt Marge, comes to visit. Aunt Marge has always been particularly horrible to Harry and ..read more »
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