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My favourite films (56 titles)

List of films I have seen so far and would reccomend to everyone to watch

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Apocalypse Now Redux

THE HORROR! THE HORROR!!

Apocalypse Now Redux on DVD (1979)
Starring: Harrison Ford, Albert Hall, Laurence Fishburne
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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A new cut of the multi-million dollar Vietnam psychedelic epic, with director Francis Ford Coppola adding 55 minutes of deleted scenes. The Vietnam War rages and US Captain Willard (Martin Sheen) is sent on a mission to assassinate Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando), a renegade American officer who has ..read more »
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This is by far the best film by Mel Gibson, he portrays human feelings in such raw and natural way. Especially the theme of a hunt that is seen in the film really makes it speacial. And I absolutely love the fact that it is not in English. Makes the film stand out much more.

Apocalypto on DVD (2006)
Starring: Rudy Youngblood, Dalia Hernandez, Mayra Serbulo
Director: Mel Gibson
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As the Maya kingdom faces its decline, the rulers insist the key to prosperity is to build more temples and offer human sacrifices. Jaguar Paw (Rudy Youngblood), a young man chosen for sacrifice, flees the kingdom to avoid his fate.
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Bad Education

Bad Education on DVD (2004)
Starring: Gael Garcia Bernal, Fele Martinez, Daniel Gimenez Cacho
Director: Pedro Almodovar
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First screened at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, Pedro Almodóvar's powerful and passionate semi-autobiographical melodrama follows the intertwining stories of two boys, Enrique (Fele Martínez) and Ignacio (Gael García Bernal), who fall in love at an abusive Catholic school and are parted by a ..read more »
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Braveheart

As a big fan of Mel Gibson, i have to say that this is a great movie. Even though the plot is a bit shaky, but the way that he portrayed the passion, you believe that this actually happened. Mel is a genious of a director.

Braveheart on DVD (1995)
Starring: Patrick McGoohan, Catherine McCormack, Sophie Marceau
Director: Mel Gibson
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In the late 13th century, William Wallace returns to Scotland after living away from his homeland for many years. The king of Scotland has died without an heir and the king of England, a ruthless pagan known as Edward the Longshanks, has seized the throne. Wallace becomes the leader of a ramshackle ..read more »
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City of God

City of God on DVD (2002)
Starring: Matheus Nachtergaele, Seu Jorge, Alexandre Rodrigues
Director: Fernando Meirelles, Fernando Meirell, Katia Lund
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Cidade de Deus (City of God) is a housing project built in the 1960's that--in the early 80's--became one of the most dangerous places in Rio de Janeiro. The tale tells the stories of many characters whose lives sometimes intersect. However, all is seen through the eyes of a singular narrator: ..read more »
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The Constant Gardener

The Constant Gardener (2005)
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Danny Huston
Director: Fernando Meirelles
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Hard-hitting political thriller based on the novel by John Le Carre, and the first English-speaking feature from director Fernando Meirelles. When political activist Tessa Quayle (Rachel Weisz, in an Oscar-winning performance) is found brutally murdered in Kenya, her widowed husband, unassuming ..read more »
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Crash

Crash on DVD (2005)
Starring: Matt Dillon, Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle
Director: Paul Haggis
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A Brentwood housewife and her DA husband - a Persian store owner - two police detectives, who are also lovers - an African-American television director and his wife, a Mexican locksmith, two car-jackers, a rookie cop, a middle-aged Korean couple and they all live in Los Angeles. And, during the ..read more »
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Cruel Intentions

Cruel Intentions on DVD (1999)
Starring: Sean Patrick Thomas, Christine Baranski, Eric Mabius
Director: Roger Kumble
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Kathryn and Sabastian, two wealthy, manipulative teenage stepsiblings from Manhattan's uppercrust, conspire in Cruel Intentions, a wickedly entertaining tale of seduction and betrayal. The stakes are high when the duo agrees upon a deliciously diabolical wager of sexual conquest without ..read more »
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The Devil's Advocate

You can get away from the devil

The Devil's Advocate on DVD (1997)
Starring: Ruben Sa, ,
Director: Taylor Hackford
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Supernatural forces hover over the courtroom in this devilish drama adapted from the novel by Andrew Neiderman. Attorney Kevin Lomax (Keanu Reeves) doesn't heed the Bible-based warnings of his mother (Judith Ivey), who views New York City as the dwelling place of demons. Instead, he leaves ..read more »
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Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind

Weird but very romantic film.

Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind on DVD (2004)
Starring: Jim Carrey, Elijah Wood, Kate Winslet
Director: Michel Gondry
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Charlie Kaufman, writer of the cult film 'Being John Malkovich', returns with another mind-bendingly inventive and unconventional plotline, this time driving a tender romantic comedy. Jim Carrey stars as Joel, a shy oddball who is stunned to discover that his longterm girlfriend Clementine (Kate ..read more »
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