Ellen Page's Favourite Films (5 titles)

The 400 Blows

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• The 400 Blows on DVD (1959)
  Starring: jean-Pierre Leaud,  Claire Maurier,  Georges Flamant
  Director: Francois Truffaut
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  Antoine Doinel is branded a trouble maker at his school due to his problems at home... He finds comfort at the cinema where the world can offer more than his reality. French dialogue.
  
  Rate this: 73% from 5,442 members

Ratcatcher

I love films that are simplistic and quiet, but can provoke me in a really alarmingly beautiful way.

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• Ratcatcher on DVD (1999)
  Starring: Tommy Flanagan,  Bill Eadie,  Mandy Matthews
  Director: Lynne Ramsay
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  Lynne Ramsey's bleak, beautifully photographed debut unflinchingly portrays life in a Glasgow housing project during the 1973 garbageworkers strike as seen through the eyes of 12-year-old James Gillespie (William Eadie, in a soulful debut). As the film opens, James is playing with a friend near a ..read more »
  
  Rate this: 66% from 2,194 members

Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind

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• Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind on DVD (2004)
  Starring: Jim Carrey,  Kate Winslet,  Elijah Wood
  Director: Michel Gondry
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  ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND is an unconventional romance told in the abstract, inventive, and comedic storytelling style of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman. Like his scripts for ADAPTATION and BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, this plot works off of a relatively complex idea that is easier explained ..read more »
  
  Rate this: 66% from 91,717 members

The Science Of Sleep

I'm a huge Michel Gondry fan

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• The Science Of Sleep on DVD (2006)
  Starring: Gael Garcia Bernal,  Charlotte Gainsbourg,  Emma De Caunes
  Director: Michel Gondry
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  The Science of Sleep, a playful romantic fantasy set inside the topsy-turvy brain of Stephane Miroux (Gael Garcia Bernal) an eccentric young man whose dreams constantly invade his waking life. Stephane pines for next-door neighbor, Stephanie (Charlotte Gainsbourg), but she becomes confused by his ..read more »
  
  Rate this: 61% from 18,387 members

Snakes On A Plane

It depends on my mood, but I also love this movie. The whole 'viper vision', 'snake scope' - man, that was awesome: when it went to the snakes' POV. My favourite moment of the film is a good 45 minutes into the movie - we've seen a lot of snakes, and all of a sudden, all the lights go off in the plane. And everyone screams. But then faintly in the background, you hear someone go "ohhhh my god: snakes!" I love this movie. I've only seen it once - and I think I probably should only see it once...

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• Snakes On A Plane on DVD (2006)
  Starring: Samuel L. Jackson,  Julianna Margulies,  Byron Lawson
  Director: David R. Ellis
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  FBI Agent Flynn (Samuel L Jackson) is on a mission: transport federally protected witness from Hawaii to Los Angeles so the government can put a brutal mob boss behind bars. But, just as the plane reaches 30,000 feet hundreds of venomous snakes are unleashed causing violent mayhem as the vicious ..read more »
  
  Rate this: 56% from 39,953 members

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