Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.

Braveheart

1995

English

8.3

♡ 358

76%

85%

Action

based on a true story

Mel Gibson Director

Brendan Gleeson as Hamish

Catherine McCormack as Murron

Sophie Marceau as Princess Isabelle

Mel Gibson as William Wallace

Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.

Being John Malkovich

1999

English

7.7

♡ 113

94%

Spike Jonze Director

Brad Pitt as Brad Pitt

Winona Ryder as Herself

Sean Penn as Himself

John Malkovich as John Horatio Malkovich

One day at work, unsuccessful puppeteer Craig finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for anybody who enters its mad and controlling world of overtaking another human body.

East of Eden

1955

English

7.8

♡ 56

86%

90%

Action

based on novel or book

Elia Kazan Director

Ramsay Hill as English Officer

Timothy Carey as Joe

Robert Foulk as Man at Boxcar

Nick Dennis as Rantani

In the Salinas Valley in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother for the love of their father. Cal is frustrated at every turn, from his reaction to the war, how to get ahead in business and in life, and how to relate to his estranged mother.

Rebel Without a Cause

1955

English

7.6

♡ 66

91%

parent child relationship

street gang

underground world

unsociability

Nicholas Ray Director

Chuck Hicks as Ambulance Attendant

Robert Foulk as Gene

William Hopper as Judy's Father

Ann Doran as Mrs. Carol Stark

After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate, although being the new kid in town brings its own problems. While searching for some stability, Stark forms a bond with a disturbed classmate, Plato, and falls for local girl Judy. However, Judy is the girlfriend of neighborhood tough, Buzz. When Buzz violently confronts Jim and challenges him to a drag race, the new kid's real troubles begin.

Cléo from 5 to 7

1962

French

7.8

♡ 43

93%

Agnès Varda Director

Corinne Marchand as Florence 'Cléo' Victoire

Sami Frey as Le croque-mort

Jean-Luc Godard as L'homme aux lunettes noires / Actor in silent film

Jean-Claude Brialy as L'infirmier

Agnès Varda eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer set adrift in the city as she awaits test results of a biopsy. A chronicle of the minutes of one woman’s life, Cléo from 5 to 7 is a spirited mix of vivid vérité and melodrama, featuring a score by Michel Legrand and cameos by Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina.

Driving Miss Daisy

1989

English

7.3

♡ 62

85%

Bruce Beresford Director

Dan Aykroyd as Boolie Werthan

Jessica Tandy as Daisy Werthan

Morgan Freeman as Hoke Colburn

Ray McKinnon as Trooper #1

The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her black chauffeur, Hoke. From an initial mere work relationship grew in 25 years a strong friendship between the two very different characters, in a time when those types of relationships were shunned.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

1958

English

7.9

♡ 43

97%

Richard Brooks Director

Paul Newman as Brick Pollitt

Vaughn Taylor as Deacon Davis

Jack Carson as Gooper Pollitt

Madeleine Sherwood as Mae Pollitt

An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real feelings for his football buddy who died after an ambiguous accident. His wife is crucified by her desperation to make him desire her: but he resists the affections of his wife. His reunion with his father—who is dying of cancer—jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.

Stolen Kisses

1968

French

♡ 13

97%

François Truffaut Director

Jean-Pierre Léaud as Antoine Doinel

Catherine Lutz as Catherine

Marie-France Pisier as Colette Tazzi

Pascale Dauman as La Parisienne suivie dans la rue

The third in a series of films featuring François Truffaut's alter-ego, Antoine Doinel, the story resumes with Antoine being discharged from military service. His sweetheart Christine's father lands Antoine a job as a security guard, which he promptly loses. Stumbling into a position assisting a private detective, Antoine falls for his employers' seductive wife, Fabienne, and finds that he must choose between the older woman and Christine.

Dead Poets Society

1989

English

8.1

♡ 217

85%

92%

Action

a midsummer night's dream

Peter Weir Director

Robin Williams as John Keating

John Cunningham as Mr. Anderson

Robert Sean Leonard as Neil Perry

Ethan Hawke as Todd Anderson

At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.

A River Runs Through It

1992

English

7.2

♡ 54

80%

Robert Redford Director

Brenda Blethyn as Mrs. Maclean

Robert Redford as Narrator

Brad Pitt as Paul Maclean

Tom Skerritt as Rev. Maclean

The Maclean brothers, Paul and Norman, live a relatively idyllic life in rural Montana, spending much of their time fly fishing. The sons of a minister, the boys eventually part company when Norman moves east to attend college, leaving his rebellious brother to find trouble back home. When Norman finally returns, the siblings resume their fishing outings, and assess where they've been and where they're going.

A Beautiful Mind

2001

English

8.2

♡ 361

74%

93%

Action

based on novel or book

Ron Howard Director

Jennifer Connelly as Alicia Nash

Russell Crowe as John Nash

Michael Esper as John Nash Jr. - Young Man

Ron Howard as Man at Gouverners Ball

From the heights of notoriety to the depths of depravity, John Forbes Nash Jr. experiences it all. As a brilliant but socially awkward mathematician, he made a groundbreaking discovery early in his career and stands on the brink of international acclaim. But as the handsome and arrogant Nash accepts secret work in cryptography, he becomes entangled in a mysterious conspiracy. His life takes a nightmarish turn and he soon finds himself on a painful and harrowing journey of self-discovery.

8½

1963

Italian

8.0

♡ 17

Federico Fellini Director

Claudia Cardinale as Claudia

Marcello Mastroianni as Guido Anselmi

Eddra Gale as La Saraghina

Sonia Gessner as La seconda ragazza provinata

Guido Anselmi, a film director, finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career. Urged by his doctors to rest, Anselmi heads for a luxurious resort, but a sorry group gathers—his producer, staff, actors, wife, mistress, and relatives—each one begging him to get on with the show. In retreat from their dependency, he fantasizes about past women and dreams of his childhood.

Rain Man

1988

English

8.0

♡ 247

88%

Barry Levinson Director

Jonathan Stark as

Reni Santoni as

Tom Cruise as Charlie Babbitt

Valeria Golino as Susanna

When car dealer Charlie Babbitt learns that his estranged father has died, he returns home to Cincinnati, where he discovers that he has a savant older brother named Raymond and that his father's $3 million fortune is being left to the mental institution in which Raymond lives. Motivated by his father's money, Charlie checks Raymond out of the facility in order to return with him to Los Angeles. The brothers' cross-country trip ends up changing both their lives.

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A River Runs Through It

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