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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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There is no spoon

The Matrix on DVD (1999)
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Laurence Fishburne
Director: The Wachowski Brothers
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This hugely successful blockbuster stars Keanu Reeves as Neo, a young computer hacker who comes to believe that the world around him is not as it appears to be. With the aid of mysterious subversive Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne), Neo discovers that his whole existence as he knows it is a lie. ..read more »
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One of the best sequels, ever

Terminator 2 - Judgment Day on DVD (1991)
Starring: Linda Hamilton, Joe Morton, Jenette Goldstein
Director: James Cameron
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A sequel to the low-budget sci-fi action thriller that made him and star Arnold Schwarzenegger A-list Hollywood names, writer/director James Cameron upped the ante with this follow-up by employing a more sweeping storyline and cutting-edge special effects. Linda Hamilton returns as Sarah Connor, ..read more »
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Give your brain a bit of exercise

Twelve Monkeys on DVD (1995)
Starring: Lisa Gay Hamilton, Bruce Willis, John Seda
Director: Terry Gilliam
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Former 'Monty Python' animator Terry Gilliam directs this gritty sci-fi thriller. In the year 2035 the world has been decimated by a virus which originated back in 1996. Convict James Cole (Bruce Willis) is selected to travel back in time to trace the virus to its source. The first attempt at time ..read more »
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If you have never seen this film, watch it right now

The Shawshank Redemption on DVD (1994)
Starring: James Whitmore, Morgan Freeman, Mark Rolston
Director: Frank Darabont
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In 1946, a banker named Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) is convicted of a double murder, even though he stubbornly proclaims his innocence. He's sentenced to a life term at the Shawshank State Prison in Maine, where another lifer, Ellis Red Redding (Morgan Freeman), picks him as the new recruit most ..read more »
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If u never watch films with subtitles, stop being an idiot and watch this film

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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Just thinking about it makes me wet my pants

Dumb and Dumber on DVD (1994)
Starring: Jim Carrey, Mike Starr, Lauren Holly
Director: Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly
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Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels play the title roles (though viewers may find themselves debating which is which) in this genially low-brow comedy. Lloyd Christmas (Jim Carrey) and Harry Dunne (Jeff Daniels) are two intellectually-challenged best friends who share an apartment so messy that gangsters ..read more »
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MIchael Caine, God bless you Sir

The Italian Job on DVD (1969)
Starring: Irene Handl, Noel Coward, Raf Vallone
Director: Peter Collinson
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The quintessential British caper film of the 1960s, The Italian Job is a flashy, fast romp that chases a team of career criminals throughout one of the biggest international gold heists in history. Michael Caine is Charlie Croker, a stylish robber and skirt-chaser just out of British prison. ..read more »
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Nothing to do with trains

Trainspotting on DVD (1995)
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller
Director: Danny Boyle
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Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor), a young man with few prospects and fewer ambitions, lives in economically depressed Edinburgh. Like most of his friends, Renton is a heroin addict who loves the drug's blissful nothingness; financing his habit also provides excitement and challenges that his life ..read more »
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A great story, a film like no other

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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The first film from a very exciting director

American Beauty on DVD (1999)
Starring: Thora Birch, Scott Bakula, Wes Bentley
Director: Sam Mendes
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Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey) is a man in mid-life crisis; his estate agent wife, Carolyn (Annette Bening), despises him, while teenage daughter Jane is disgusted by the obsession he develops with her attractive friend Angela (Mena Suvari). In an attempt to recapture the lost days of his youth, ..read more »
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