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Great films that you can never watch too many times.

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Fight Club

The first time I saw this I was only 15 and I was completely blown away by it. Brad Pitt gives his finest, strangest performance as Tyler Durden and Edward Norton excells himself

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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Forrest Gump

The film spans American 20th century history in an incredibly moving and comic manner. Tom Hanks is truly amazing as Gump.

Forrest Gump on DVD (1994)
Starring: John Randell, Sam Anderson, Mykelti Williamson
Director: Robert Zemeckis
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Robert Zemeckis' award-winning fable about the American dream. Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) is a good-natured but simple man. As he recounts his home-spun words of wisdom, he reminisces on his life's progress, from crippled child to decorated military hero, illustrating how America has changed over the ..read more »
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The Third Man

This is top of the BFI's great films list for a reason - also the book is very good.

The Third Man on DVD (1949)
Starring: Wilfrid Hyde White, Trevor Howard, Alida Valli
Director: Carol Reed
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Classic thriller written by Graham Greene and starring Orson Welles in which a writer sets about investigating the death of a friend in post-World War II Vienna. Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten), a pulp Western writer, arrives in the Austrian capital expecting to take up a job with his old ..read more »
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Hotel Rwanda

Touching and heartbreaking, Hotel Rwanda is a must-see.

Hotel Rwanda on DVD (2004)
Starring: Sophie Okonedo, Desmond Dube, Don Cheadle
Director: Terry George
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Harrowing drama set during the Rwandan conflict of the 1990s. The Rwandan conflict of the 1990s marked one of the bloodiest chapters in recent African history. Over the course of 100 days, almost one million people were killed. The streets of the capital city of Kigali ran red with rivers of blood, ..read more »
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Wag the Dog

One of the greates American Satires of the '90s.

Wag the Dog (1997)
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Woody Harrelson, Denis Leary
Director: Barry Levinson
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In a 29-day shoot, Barry Levinson filmed this $15 million political and media satire, adapted by Hilary Henkin and David Mamet from Larry Beinhart's novel, American Hero. Two weeks prior to re-election, the President (Michael Belson) is accused of cornering an underage girl in the Oval Office. To ..read more »
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One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

McMurphy is one of the strangest character's ever created, and Jack Nicholson carries him off to perfection.

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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The Good, The Bad And The Ugly

I'm not a big fan of this genre, but I really love this film.

The Good, The Bad And The Ugly on DVD (1966)
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef
Director: Sergio Leone
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In the last and the best installment of his so-called Dollars trilogy of Sergio Leone-directed spaghetti westerns, Clint Eastwood reprised the role of a taciturn, enigmatic loner. Here he searches for a cache of stolen gold against rivals the Bad (Lee Van Cleef), a ruthless bounty hunter, and the ..read more »
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Memento

Memento on DVD (2000)
Starring: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano
Director: Christopher Nolan
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Leonard Shelby (Guy Pearce) is suffering from acute short-term memory loss and is unable to remember anything for more than a few minutes at a time. This means that not only does he have no idea who he is, but that also, whenever he meets someone, a few minutes later he will have forgotten who they ..read more »
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Citizen Kane

Orson Welles' greatest achievement.

Citizen Kane on DVD (1941)
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Director: Orson Welles
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Orson Welles makes his feature-length directorial debut with this classic drama which often tops critics' polls of the best films of all time. In 1940, newspaper tycoon Charles Foster Kane (Welles) dies after uttering the word 'Rosebud'. An anonymous reporter (William Alland) is assigned the task ..read more »
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