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{
"High Fidelity": {
"title": "High Fidelity",
"year": "2000",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance",
"plot": "Thirty-something Rob Gordon, a former club DJ, owns a not so lucrative used record store in Chicago. He not so much employs Barry and Dick, but rather keeps them around as they showed up at the store one day and never left. All three are vinyl and music snobs, but in different ways. Rob has a penchant for compiling top five lists. The latest of these lists is his top five break-ups, it spurred by the fact that his latest girlfriend, Laura, a lawyer, has just broken up with him. He believed that Laura would be the one who would last, partly as an expectation of where he would be at this stage in his life. Rob admits that there have been a few incidents in their relationship which in and of themselves could be grounds for her to want to break up. To his satisfaction, Laura is not on this top five list. Rob feels a need not only to review the five relationships, which go back as far as middle school when he was twelve, and try to come to terms with why the woman, or girl as the case may be, left him, but also, in the words of Charlie Nicholson, number four on the list, \"what it all means\" for why he has ended up where he is, which is nowhere, personally or professionally, close to what he envisioned. He also has to come to terms with what it means that Laura has moved on to Ian Raymond, a man for who neither had any respect when they were together.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "UK, USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 3 wins & 21 nominations."
},
"Boys Don't Cry": {
"title": "Boys Don't Cry",
"year": "1999",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance",
"plot": "Based on actual events. Brandon Teena is the popular new guy in a tiny Nebraska town. He hangs out with the guys, drinking, cussing, and bumper surfing, and he charms the young women, who've never met a more sensitive and considerate young man. Life is good for Brandon, now that he's one of the guys and dating hometown beauty Lana; however, he's forgotten to mention one important detail. It's not that he's wanted in another town for GTA and other assorted crimes, but that Brandon Teena was actually born a woman named Teena Brandon. When his best friends make this discovery, Brandon's life is ripped apart.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 47 wins & 37 nominations."
},
"The Hunger Games": {
"title": "The Hunger Games",
"year": "2012",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller",
"plot": "In a dystopian future, the totalitarian nation of Panem is divided into 12 districts and the Capitol. Each year two young representatives from each district are selected by lottery to participate in The Hunger Games. Part entertainment, rutal retribution for a past rebellion, the televised games are broadcast throughout Panem. The 24 participants are forced to eliminate their competitors while the citizens of Panem are required to watch. When 16-year-old Katniss' young sister, Prim, is selected as District 12's female representative, Katniss volunteers to take her place. She and her male counterpart, Peeta, are pitted against bigger, stronger representatives, some of whom have trained for this their whole lives.",
"rating": "7.2",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 33 wins & 47 nominations."
},
"Kick-Ass": {
"title": "Kick-Ass",
"year": "2010",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Comedy",
"plot": "Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan with a few friends and who lives alone with his father. His life is not very difficult and his personal trials not that overwhelming. However, one day he makes the simple decision to become a super-hero even though he has no powers or training.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "UK, USA",
"awards": "19 wins & 61 nominations."
},
"The Dirty Dozen": {
"title": "The Dirty Dozen",
"year": "1967",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, War",
"plot": "A Major with an attitude problem and a history of getting things done is told to interview military prisoners with death sentences or long terms for a dangerous mission; To parachute behind enemy lines and cause havoc for the German Generals at a rest house on the eve of D-Day.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "UK, USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 3 wins & 8 nominations."
},
"Kung Fu Hustle": {
"title": "Kung Fu Hustle",
"year": "2004",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller",
"plot": "Set in Canton, China in the 1940s, the story revolves in a town ruled by the Axe Gang, Sing who desperately wants to become a member. He stumbles into a slum ruled by eccentric landlords who turns out to be the greatest kung-fu masters in disguise. Sing's actions eventually cause the Axe Gang and the slumlords to engage in an explosive kung-fu battle. Only one side will win and only one hero will emerge as the greatest kung-fu master of all.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "Hong Kong, China",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 23 wins & 45 nominations."
},
"Night on Earth": {
"title": "Night on Earth",
"year": "1991",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama",
"plot": "A collection of five stories involving cab drivers in five different cities. Los Angeles - A talent agent for the movies discovers her cab driver would be perfect to cast, but the cabbie is reluctant to give up her solid cab driver's career. New York - An immigrant cab driver is continually lost in a city and culture he doesn't understand. Paris - A blind girl takes a ride with a cab driver from the Ivory Coast and they talk about life and blindness. Rome - A gregarious cabbie picks up an ailing man and virtually talks him to death. Helsinki - an industrial worker gets laid off and he and his compatriots discuss the bleakness and unfairness of love and life and death.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "France, UK, Germany, USA, Japan",
"awards": "1 win & 1 nomination."
},
"The Departed": {
"title": "The Departed",
"year": "2006",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "In South Boston, the state police force is waging war on Irish-American organized crime. Young undercover cop Billy Costigan is assigned to infiltrate the mob syndicate run by gangland chief Frank Costello. While Billy quickly gains Costello's confidence, Colin Sullivan, a hardened young criminal who has infiltrated the state police as an informer for the syndicate is rising to a position of power in the Special Investigation Unit. Each man becomes deeply consumed by their double lives, gathering information about the plans and counter-plans of the operations they have penetrated. But when it becomes clear to both the mob and the police that there is a mole in their midst, Billy and Colin are suddenly in danger of being caught and exposed to the enemy - and each must race to uncover the identity of the other man in time to save themselves. But is either willing to turn on their friends and comrades they've made during their long stints undercover?",
"rating": "8.5",
"country": "USA, Hong Kong",
"awards": "Won 4 Oscars. Another 92 wins & 135 nominations."
},
"Malcolm X": {
"title": "Malcolm X",
"year": "1992",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Biography, Drama, History, Romance",
"plot": "Biograpical epic of Malcolm X, the legendary African American leader. Born Malcolm Little, his father (a Garveyite Baptist minister) was killed by the Ku Klux Klan. Malcolm became a gangster, and while in jail discovered the Nation of Islam writings of Elijah Muhammad. He preaches the teachings when let out of jail, but later on goes on a pilgrimage to the city of Mecca, there he converts to the original Islamic religion and becomes a Sunni Muslim and changes his name to El-Hajj Malik Al-Shabazz. He is assassinated on February 21, 1965 and dies a Muslim martyr.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA, Japan",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 18 wins & 22 nominations."
},
"Fish Tank": {
"title": "Fish Tank",
"year": "2009",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "Mia, an aggressive fifteen-year-old girl, lives on an Essex estate with her tarty mother, Joanne, and precocious little sister Tyler. She has been thrown out of school and is awaiting admission to a referrals unit and spends her days aimlessly. She begins an uneasy friendship with Joanne's slick boyfriend, Connor, who encourages her one interest, dancing.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "Netherlands, UK",
"awards": "20 wins & 28 nominations."
},
"Witness for the Prosecution": {
"title": "Witness for the Prosecution",
"year": "1957",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "It's Britain, 1953. Upon his return to work following a heart attack, irrepressible barrister Sir Wilfrid Robarts, known as a barrister for the hopeless, takes on a murder case, much to the exasperation of his medical team, led by his overly regulated private nurse, Miss Plimsoll, who tries her hardest to ensure that he not return to his hard living ways - including excessive cigar smoking and drinking - while he takes his medication and gets his much needed rest. That case is defending American war veteran Leonard Vole, a poor, out of work, struggling inventor who is accused of murdering his fifty-six year old lonely and wealthy widowed acquaintance, Emily French. The initial evidence is circumstantial but points to Leonard as the murderer. Despite being happily married to East German former beer hall performer Christine Vole, he fostered that friendship with Mrs. French in the hopes that she would finance one of his many inventions to the tune of a few hundred pounds. It thus does not help his case when it is learned that Mrs. French changed her will prior to her murder with Leonard being the primary beneficiary of a \u00a380,000 estate. Leonard states that he knew nothing about the will. Christine is apparently the only alibi Leonard has to his whereabouts at the time of the murder. The usual methods Sir Wilfrid uses to test his clients' guilt or innocence leads to him believing that Leonard is indeed innocent. As the trial progresses, the prosecution calls a surprise witness, one that could place a nail in the coffin of Sir Wilfrid's planned line of defense. As Sir Wilfrid gets deeper and deeper into the case, something doesn't quite sit right with him, although he doesn't know what it is. The primary questions become how far Sir Wilfrid will go to obtain evidence to acquit Leonard, and if he will ever discover why he feels that there is something odd about the case.",
"rating": "8.4",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 6 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 9 nominations."
},
"Gangs of New York": {
"title": "Gangs of New York",
"year": "2002",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama",
"plot": "Having seen his father killed in a major gang fight in New York, young Amsterdam Vallon is spirited away for his own safety. Some years later, he returns to the scene of his father's death, the notorious Five Points district in New York. It's 1863 and lower Manhattan is run by gangs, the most powerful of which is the Natives, headed by Bill \"The Butcher\" Cutting. He believes that America should belong to native-born Americans and opposes the waves of immigrants, mostly Irish, entering the city. It's also the time of the Civil War and forced conscription leads to the worst riots in US history. Amid the violence and corruption, young Vallon tries to establish himself in the area and also seek revenge over his father's death.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA, Italy",
"awards": "Nominated for 10 Oscars. Another 50 wins & 124 nominations."
},
"The Lady Vanishes": {
"title": "The Lady Vanishes",
"year": "1938",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "Passengers on a scheduled train out of the mountainous European country of Mandrika are delayed by a day due to an avalanche, and thus get up close and personal with each other out of necessity in the only and what becomes an overcrowded inn in the area. Once the train departs, the one person who it is uncertain is on the train is a middle aged English governess named Miss Froy. Iris Henderson, who was vacationing in Mandrika with girlfriends before heading back to England to get married, is certain that Miss Froy was on the train as they were in the same compartment and they had tea together in the dining car, but all those people who can corroborate her story don't seem to want to do so. Iris' thoughts are easily dismissed as a possible concussion as Iris was hit over the head just before boarding the train. Iris will take anyone's help in finding Miss Froy, even that of an Englishman named Gilbert, a musicologist with whom she had a not so pleasant encounter at the inn the evening before. As Iris and Gilbert go on their quest throughout the train, they believe there is a conspiracy among many of the passengers against the validity of there being a Miss Froy. But if there is a conspiracy, Iris and Gilbert still have to find Miss Froy and find out why anyone would want to kidnap a middle aged English governess.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "UK",
"awards": "1 win & 1 nomination."
},
"Who Framed Roger Rabbit": {
"title": "Who Framed Roger Rabbit",
"year": "1988",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Fantasy, Mystery",
"plot": "'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acme is found dead and Roger is the prime suspect. Groundbreaking interaction between the live and animated characters, and lots of references to classic animation.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 3 Oscars. Another 21 wins & 21 nominations."
},
"Her": {
"title": "Her",
"year": "2013",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi",
"plot": "Theodore is a lonely man in the final stages of his divorce. When he's not working as a letter writer, his down time is spent playing video games and occasionally hanging out with friends. He decides to purchase the new OS1, which is advertised as the world's first artificially intelligent operating system, \"It's not just an operating system, it's a consciousness,\" the ad states. Theodore quickly finds himself drawn in with Samantha, the voice behind his OS1. As they start spending time together they grow closer and closer and eventually find themselves in love. Having fallen in love with his OS, Theodore finds himself dealing with feelings of both great joy and doubt. As an OS, Samantha has powerful intelligence that she uses to help Theodore in ways others hadn't, but how does she help him deal with his inner conflict of being in love with an OS?",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 82 wins & 181 nominations."
},
"The Godfather": {
"title": "The Godfather",
"year": "1972",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama",
"plot": "When the aging head of a famous crime family decides to transfer his position to one of his subalterns, a series of unfortunate events start happening to the family, and a war begins between all the well-known families leading to insolence, deportation, murder and revenge, and ends with the favorable successor being finally chosen.",
"rating": "9.2",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 3 Oscars. Another 24 wins & 28 nominations."
},
"Ikiru": {
"title": "Ikiru",
"year": "1952",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "Kanji Watanabe is a civil servant. He has worked in the same department for 30 years. His life is pretty boring and monotonous, though he once used to have passion and drive. Then one day he discovers that he has stomach cancer and has less than a year to live. After the initial depression he sets about living for the first time in over 20 years. Then he realises that his limited time left is not just for living life to the full but to leave something meaningful behind...",
"rating": "8.3",
"country": "Japan",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 5 wins."
},
"Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas": {
"title": "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas",
"year": "1998",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Adventure, Comedy, Drama",
"plot": "The big-screen version of Hunter S. Thompson's seminal psychedelic classic about his road trip across Western America as he and his large Samoan lawyer searched desperately for the \"American dream\"... they were helped in large part by the huge amount of drugs and alcohol kept in their convertible, The Red Shark.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "1 win & 3 nominations."
},
"Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope": {
"title": "Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope",
"year": "1977",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi",
"plot": "The Imperial Forces, under orders from cruel Darth Vader, hold Princess Leia hostage in their efforts to quell the rebellion against the Galactic Empire. Luke Skywalker and Han Solo, captain of the Millennium Falcon, work together with the companionable droid duo R2-D2 and C-3PO to rescue the beautiful princess, help the Rebel Alliance and restore freedom and justice to the Galaxy.",
"rating": "8.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 6 Oscars. Another 50 wins & 28 nominations."
},
"Casino Royale": {
"title": "Casino Royale",
"year": "2006",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, Thriller",
"plot": "James Bond goes on his first ever mission as a 00. Le Chiffre is a banker to the world's terrorists. He is participating in a poker game at Montenegro, where he must win back his money, in order to stay safe among the terrorist market. The boss of MI6, known simply as M sends Bond, along with Vesper Lynd to attend this game and prevent Le Chiffre from winning. Bond, using help from Felix Leiter, Mathis and having Vesper pose as his partner, enters the most important poker game in his already dangerous career. But if Bond defeats Le Chiffre, will he and Vesper Lynd remain safe?",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "UK, Czech Republic, USA, Germany, Bahamas, Italy",
"awards": "Won 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 26 wins & 44 nominations."
},
"The Fugitive": {
"title": "The Fugitive",
"year": "1993",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "A well respected Chicago surgeon Dr. Richard Kimble has found out that his wife, Helen, has been murdered ferociously in her own home. The police found Kimble and accused him of the murder. Then, Kimble (without Justifiable Reason) was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death. However, on the way to prison, Kimble's transport crashed. Kimble escapes and is now on the run. Deputy Samuel Gerard from Chicago takes charge of the chase of Kimble. Meanwhile, Kimble takes up his own investigation to find who really killed his wife, and to lure Gerard and his team into it as well.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 11 wins & 33 nominations."
},
"Awakenings": {
"title": "Awakenings",
"year": "1990",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Biography, Drama",
"plot": "1969. Dr. Malcolm Sayer is hired as a clinical physician at a psychiatric hospital in the Bronx, despite he only having a research background. The job is not ideal on his side as he has difficulties relating to people which is the reason he has focused on research projects not involving human subjects, while the hospital hires him somewhat out of desperation in not finding anyone else with the qualifications who wants the job. Most of his patients are in a semi-catatonic state and are housed in what some of the orderlies coin the \"garden\" ward, where all they can do for the patients is water and feed them. He notices that some of the patients, despite their generally catatonic state, respond in unusual ways to certain stimuli. In doing some research, he also finds that some common bonds between these patients are that they suffered from encephalitis in the 1920s or 1930s, and that their physical states are like they have Parkinson's disease frozen in time. As such, he is able to convince, albeit reluctantly, his skeptical boss, Dr. Kaufman, to administer an expensive experimental drug therapy on only one patient with family consent. That patient is forty-one year old Leonard Lowe, who has been in his current state since he was eleven years old, and who has been supported by his loving mother through all these years. As the drug therapy \"awakens\" Leonard, there are several issues that come into play. Malcolm has to try and convince Kaufman and the hospital administration to extend the therapy to the other patients. Despite not knowing the long term effects, Leonard, who was aware of his surroundings through his catatonic state, may have mixed emotions about his situation, wanting both to be treated as human being and an experiment guinea pig to ensure that what is happening benefits him and others in the long run. Mrs. Lowe may be unprepared for the new Leonard, she expecting who she remembers as a sweet eleven year old boy. Through all these issues, what may be the most illuminating issue for Malcolm is the need to stimulate the human spirit, including his own in dealing with people around him.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 8 nominations."
},
"Lost in Translation": {
"title": "Lost in Translation",
"year": "2003",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "Middle-aged American movie star Bob Harris is in Tokyo to film a personal endorsement Suntory whiskey ad solely for the Japanese market. He is past his movie star prime, but his name and image still have enough cachet for him to have gotten this lucrative $2 million job. He has an unsatisfying home life where his wife Lydia follows him wherever he goes - in the form of messages and faxes - for him to deal with the minutiae of their everyday lives, while she stays at home to look after their kids. Staying at the same upscale hotel is fellow American, twenty-something recent Yale Philosophy graduate Charlotte, her husband John, an entertainment still photographer, who is on assignment in Japan. As such, she is largely left to her own devices in the city, especially when his job takes him out of Tokyo. Both Bob and Charlotte are feeling lost by their current situations, which are not helped by the cultural barriers they feel in Tokyo, those cultural barriers extending far beyond just not knowing the language. After a few chance encounters in the hotel, they end up spending much of their time hanging out together, each helping the other deal with their feelings of loss in their current lives. The friendship that develops between the two, which is not always a bumpy-free one, may be just for this specific place and time, but it may also have long lasting implications.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA, Japan",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 97 wins & 126 nominations."
},
"It Happened One Night": {
"title": "It Happened One Night",
"year": "1934",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Comedy, Romance",
"plot": "Ellie Andrews has just tied the knot with society aviator King Westley when she is whisked away to her father's yacht and out of King's clutches. Ellie jumps ship and eventually winds up on a bus headed back to her husband. Reluctantly she must accept the help of out-of- work reporter Peter Warne. Actually, Warne doesn't give her any choice: either she sticks with him until he gets her back to her husband, or he'll blow the whistle on Ellie to her father. Either way, Peter gets what (he thinks!) he wants .... a really juicy newspaper story.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 5 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 2 nominations."
},
"The Big Blue": {
"title": "The Big Blue",
"year": "1988",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Adventure, Drama, Sport",
"plot": "Enzo and Jacques have known each other for a long time. Their friendship started in their childhood days in the Mediterranean. They were not real friends in these days, but there was something they both loved and used to do the whole day long: diving. One day Jacques' father, who was a diver too, died in the Mediterranean sea. After that incident Enzo and Jacques lost contact. After several years, Enzo and Jacques had grown up, Johanna, a young clerk in an insurance office, has to go to Peru. There she meets Jacques who is being studied by a group of scientists. He dives for some minutes into ice-cold water and the scientists monitor his physical state that is more like a dolphin than human. Johanna can not believe what she sees and gets very interested in Jacques but she's unable to get acquainted with him. Some weeks later back in her office, she finds out that Jacques will be competing in a diving championship that takes place in Taormina, Sicily. In order to see Jacques again she makes up a story so the firm sends her to Italy for business purposes. In Taormina there is also Enzo, the reigning diving world champion. He knows that only Jacques can challenge and probably beat him. This time Johanna and Jacques get closer, but Jacques, being more a dolphin than man, cannot really commit and his rivalry with Enzo pushes both men into dangerous territory...",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "France",
"awards": "3 wins & 6 nominations."
},
"There Will Be Blood": {
"title": "There Will Be Blood",
"year": "2007",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "The intersecting life stories of Daniel Plainview and Eli Sunday in early twentieth century California presents miner-turned-oilman Daniel Plainview, a driven man who will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals. He works hard but also takes advantage of those around him at their expense if need be. His business partner/son (H.W.) is, in reality, an \"acquired\" child whose true biological single-parent father (working on one of Daniel's rigs) died in a workplace accident. Daniel is deeply protective of H.W. if only for what H.W. brings to the partnership. Eli Sunday is one in a pair of twins whose family farm Daniel purchases for the major oil deposit located on it. Eli, a local preacher and a self-proclaimed faith healer, wants the money from the sale of the property to finance his own church. The lives of the two competitive men often clash as Daniel pumps oil off the property and tries to acquire all the surrounding land at bargain prices to be able to build a pipeline to the coast, and as Eli tries to build his own religious empire.",
"rating": "8.2",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 2 Oscars. Another 106 wins & 136 nominations."
},
"Finding Nemo": {
"title": "Finding Nemo",
"year": "2003",
"rated": "G",
"genre": "Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family",
"plot": "A clown fish named Marlin lives in the Great Barrier Reef loses his son, Nemo. After he ventures into the open sea, despite his father's constant warnings about many of the ocean's dangers. Nemo is abducted by a boat and netted up and sent to a dentist's office in Sydney. So, while Marlin ventures off to try to retrieve Nemo, Marlin meets a fish named Dory, a blue tang suffering from short-term memory loss. The companions travel a great distance, encountering various dangerous sea creatures such as sharks, anglerfish and jellyfish, in order to rescue Nemo from the dentist's office, which is situated by Sydney Harbor. While the two are doing this, Nemo and the other sea animals in the dentist's fish tank plot a way to return to Sydney Harbor to live their lives free again.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 48 wins & 61 nominations."
},
"Dirty Pretty Things": {
"title": "Dirty Pretty Things",
"year": "2002",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "Okwe is an illegal Nigerian immigrant leading a hard life and struggling to survive in London's underground. He works as a hotel receptionist in the night time and as he has a doctor degree he practices some medicine, during the day, in a very odd way. Besides that he must constantly escape from Immigration officers. One day Okwe discovers by chance an illegal scheme of surgeries is being lead by Juan, his boss in the hotel. Juan quickly comes up with a tempting proposal: if Okwe accepts to perform the illegal surgeries he makes a lot of money and gets legalized situation in the U.K. Can Okwe keep his moral values intact?",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "UK",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 17 wins & 26 nominations."
},
"Peter Pan": {
"title": "Peter Pan",
"year": "1953",
"rated": "G",
"genre": "Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical",
"plot": "An adaptation of J. M. Barrie's story about a boy who never grew up. The three children of the Darling family receive a visit from Peter Pan, who takes them to Never Land, where an ongoing war between Peter's gang of rag-tag runaways and the evil Pirate Captain Hook is taking place.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "2 nominations."
},
"Source Code": {
"title": "Source Code",
"year": "2011",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Sci-Fi, Thriller",
"plot": "Army Captain Colter Stevens finds himself working on a special program where his consciousness can be inserted into another human being. The only catch is can only be there for 8 minutes at any given time. That morning, a bomb exploded on a commuter train just outside Chicago. He occupies the body of teacher going to work on that train and is confused as to what he is doing or why he is there as his last memory is of flying his helicopter on a combat mission in Afghanistan. Those in charge of the program explain to him that there is a bomb on the train, and that he must locate it. More importantly, he must identify the bomber as another bombing is expected later that day. He is also told however that he cannot change the past and can only gather information. As he develops a liking for his traveling companion Christina, he sets out to test that theory.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA, Canada",
"awards": "1 win & 8 nominations."
},
"The Exorcist": {
"title": "The Exorcist",
"year": "1973",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Horror",
"plot": "A visiting actress in Washington, D.C., notices dramatic and dangerous changes in the behavior and physical make-up of her 12-year-old daughter. Meanwhile, a young priest at nearby Georgetown University begins to doubt his faith while dealing with his mother's terminal sickness. And, book-ending the story, a frail, elderly priest recognizes the necessity for a show-down with an old demonic enemy.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 2 Oscars. Another 14 wins & 17 nominations."
},
"Sense and Sensibility": {
"title": "Sense and Sensibility",
"year": "1995",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Drama, Romance",
"plot": "When Mr. Dashwood dies, he must leave the bulk of his estate to the son by his first marriage, which leaves his second wife and their three daughters (Elinor, Marianne, and Margaret) in straitened circumstances. They are taken in by a kindly cousin, but their lack of fortune affects the marriageability of both practical Elinor and romantic Marianne. When Elinor forms an attachment for the wealthy Edward Ferrars, his family disapproves and separates them. And though Mrs. Jennings tries to match the worthy (and rich) Colonel Brandon to her, Marianne finds the dashing and fiery John Willoughby more to her taste. Both relationships are sorely tried.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA, UK",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 31 wins & 44 nominations."
},
"Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring": {
"title": "Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring",
"year": "2003",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Romance",
"plot": "In the midst of the Korean wilderness, a Buddhist master patiently raises a young boy to grow up in wisdom and compassion, through experience and endless exercises. Once the pupil discovers his sexual lust, he seems lost to contemplative life and follows his first love, but soon fails to adapt to the modern world, gets in jail for a crime of passion and returns to the master in search of spiritual redemption and reconciliation with karma, at a high price of physical catharsis...",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "South Korea, Germany",
"awards": "14 wins & 8 nominations."
},
"City Lights": {
"title": "City Lights",
"year": "1931",
"rated": "G",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, Romance",
"plot": "A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind girl. Her family is in financial trouble. The tramp's on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.",
"rating": "8.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "3 wins."
},
"The Secret in Their Eyes": {
"title": "The Secret in Their Eyes",
"year": "2009",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller",
"plot": "In 1999, retired Argentinian federal justice agent Benjam\u00edn Esp\u00f3sito is writing a novel, using an old closed case as the source material. That case is the brutal rape and murder of Liliana Coloto. In addition to seeing the extreme grief of the victim's husband Ricardo Morales, Benjam\u00edn, his assistant Pablo Sandoval, and newly hired department chief Irene Men\u00e9ndez-Hastings were personally affected by the case as Benjam\u00edn and Pablo tracked the killer, hence the reason why the unsatisfactory ending to the case has always bothered him. Despite the department already having two other suspects, Benjam\u00edn and Pablo ultimately were certain that a man named Isidoro G\u00f3mez is the real killer. Although he is aware that historical accuracy is not paramount for the novel, the process of revisiting the case is more an issue of closure for him. He tries to speak to the key players in the case, most specifically Irene, who still works in the justice department and who he has always been attracted to but never pursued due to the differences in their ages and social classes. The other issue is that G\u00f3mez is still at large, no one aware if he is alive or dead. But as Pablo at the time mentioned that passion is one thing that cannot be changed in behavior, Benjam\u00edn learns now that that premise still holds true.",
"rating": "8.2",
"country": "Argentina, Spain",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 51 wins & 40 nominations."
},
"The Crow": {
"title": "The Crow",
"year": "1994",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Drama, Fantasy",
"plot": "A poetic guitarist Eric Draven is brought back to life by a crow a year after he and his fianc\u00e9e are murdered. The crow guides him through the land of the living, and leads him to his killers: knife thrower Tin-tin, drugetic Funboy, car buff T-Bird, and the unsophisticated Skank. One by one, Eric gives these thugs a taste of their own medicine. However their leader Top-Dollar, a world-class crime lord who will dispatch his enemies with a Japanese sword and joke about it later, will soon learn the legend of the crow and the secret to the vigilante's invincibility.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "3 wins & 6 nominations."
},
"The Last Samurai": {
"title": "The Last Samurai",
"year": "2003",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Drama, History, War",
"plot": "In the 1870s, Captain Nathan Algren, a cynical veteran of the American Civil war who will work for anyone, is hired by Americans who want lucrative contracts with the Emperor of Japan to train the peasant conscripts for the first standing imperial army in modern warfare using firearms. The imperial Omura cabinet's first priority is to repress a rebellion of traditionalist Samurai -hereditary warriors- who remain devoted to the sacred dynasty but reject the Westernizing policy and even refuse firearms. Yet when his ill-prepared superior force sets out too soon, their panic allows the sword-wielding samurai to crush them. Badly wounded Algren's courageous stand makes the samurai leader Katsumoto spare his life; once nursed to health he learns to know and respect the old Japanese way, and participates as advisor in Katsumoto's failed attempt to save the Bushido tradition, but Omura gets repressive laws enacted- he must now choose to honor his loyalty to one of the embittered sides when the conflict returns to the battlefield...",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA, New Zealand, Japan",
"awards": "Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 21 wins & 62 nominations."
},
"Traffic": {
"title": "Traffic",
"year": "2000",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "An intertwined drama about the United States' war on drugs, seen through the eyes of a once conservative judge, now newly-appointed drug czar, his crack-addicted daughter, two DEA agents, a jailed drug kingpin's wife, and a Mexican cop who begins to question his boss's motives.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA, Germany",
"awards": "Won 4 Oscars. Another 69 wins & 83 nominations."
},
"Down by Law": {
"title": "Down by Law",
"year": "1986",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Crime, Drama",
"plot": "DJ Zack and pimp Jack end up in prison for being too laid-back to avoid being framed for crimes they didn't commit. They end up sharing a cell with eccentric Italian optimist Roberto, whose limited command of the English language is both entertaining and infuriating. More useful to them is the fact that Roberto knows an escape route.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA, West Germany",
"awards": "4 wins & 6 nominations."
},
"Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice": {
"title": "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice",
"year": "2016",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi",
"plot": "The general public is concerned over having Superman on their planet and letting the \"Dark Knight\" - Batman - pursue the streets of Gotham. While this is happening, a power-phobic Batman tries to attack Superman.,Meanwhile Superman tries to settle on a decision, and Lex Luthor, the criminal mastermind and millionaire, tries to use his own advantages to fight the \"Man of Steel\".",
"rating": "6.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "14 wins & 30 nominations."
},
"The Flowers of War": {
"title": "The Flowers of War",
"year": "2011",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, History, Romance, War",
"plot": "In 1937 China, during the second Sino-Japanese war, a mortician, John (Christian Bale) arrives at a Catholic church in Nanjing to prepare a priest for burial. Upon arrival he finds himself the lone adult among a group of convent girl students and prostitutes from a nearby brothel. When he finds himself in the unwanted position of protector of both groups from the horrors of the invading Japanese army, he discovers the meaning of sacrifice and honor.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "China, Hong Kong",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 5 wins & 12 nominations."
},
"Don't Look Now": {
"title": "Don't Look Now",
"year": "1973",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Horror, Thriller",
"plot": "John and Laura Baxter are in Venice when they meet a pair of elderly sisters, one of whom claims to be psychic. She insists that she sees the spirit of the Baxters' daughter, who recently drowned. Laura is intrigued, but John resists the idea. He, however, seems to have his own psychic flashes, seeing their daughter walk the streets in her red cloak, as well as Laura and the sisters on a funeral gondola.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "UK, Italy",
"awards": "Won 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 8 nominations."
},
"Children of Men": {
"title": "Children of Men",
"year": "2006",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller",
"plot": "The world's youngest citizen has just died at 18, and humankind is facing the likelihood of its own extinction. Set in and around a dystopian London fractious with violence and warring nationalistic sects, Children of Men follows the unexpected discovery of a lone pregnant woman and the desperate journey to deliver her to safety and restore faith for a future beyond those presently on Earth.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "USA, UK, Japan",
"awards": "Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 48 wins & 76 nominations."
},
"Perfume: The Story of a Murderer": {
"title": "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer",
"year": "2006",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Fantasy",
"plot": "Jean-Baptiste Grenouille came into the world unwanted, expected to die, yet born with an unnerving sense of smell that created alienation as well as talent. Of all the smells around him, Grenouille is beckoned to the scent of a woman's soul, and spends the rest of his life attempting to smell her essence again by becoming a perfumer, and creating the essence of an innocence lost.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "Germany, France, Spain, USA",
"awards": "15 wins & 18 nominations."
},
"Heathers": {
"title": "Heathers",
"year": "1988",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy",
"plot": "A regular girl, Veronica, tries to survive the social jungle of high school by sticking with the three most popular girls at school who are all called Heather. As she meets a sociopath named JD, her life spirals into a continuous cycle of hate, unintentional murder and indifference, as she exacts revenge on her enemies, also known as her best friends.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "3 wins & 11 nominations."
},
"A Fish Called Wanda": {
"title": "A Fish Called Wanda",
"year": "1988",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Crime",
"plot": "In London, George Thomason, his seductive American girlfriend Wanda Gershwitz, and their associate Ken Pile are planning their latest crime, a diamond heist that should net them \u00a313 million. They plan on leaving the country with the goods after the heist. On Wanda's recommendation, they enlist the help of her brother, Otto, a weapons expert, for this heist. In reality, Otto is not Wanda's brother, but her latest lover, a dimwit who gets off on his own body odor, who believes he's an intellectual because he reads Nietzsche, and who does not tolerate being called stupid by anyone. Wanda has one weakness in men which is how Otto was able to get her to be his lover: speaking Italian in seduction. Wanda and Otto plan to double cross George by having him arrested for the heist, while they abscond with the jewels. Wanda further plans to triple cross Otto by eliminating him from the picture after she has the jewels. They are able to get George arrested with him not knowing who tipped the police off, in the process George being implicated by an elderly eyewitness named Eileen Coady. With George in jail, Wanda and Otto discover that he in turn has protected his investment by moving the jewels from their agreed to hiding location, he not telling anyone except Ken some hint of where they are. Ken, an animal lover with an extreme stuttering problem, is given a task by George: kill Mrs. Coady before she is able to testify against him, as she is the crown's primary witness. Meanwhile, Wanda has a plan of her own to reach her end goal: seduce George's defense lawyer, Archie Leach, in finding out any and all of George's secrets concerning the heist, including the location of the jewels. Archie may be easy prey for Wanda's seduction as Archie's wife is a self-absorbed woman who pays Archie little attention. Otto may throw a wrench into Wanda's plans if he finds out what she's doing only feeling that she being solely his lover trumps all else.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "UK, USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 8 wins & 18 nominations."
},
"Beetlejuice": {
"title": "Beetlejuice",
"year": "1988",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Comedy, Fantasy",
"plot": "Adam and Barbara are a normal couple...who happen to be dead. They have given their precious time to decorate their house and make it their own, but unfortunately a family is moving in, and not quietly. Adam and Barbara try to scare them out, but end up becoming the main attraction to the money making family. They call upon Beetlejuice to help, but Beetlejuice has more in mind than just helping.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 7 wins & 11 nominations."
},
"Spider-Man 2": {
"title": "Spider-Man 2",
"year": "2004",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi",
"plot": "Peter Parker is an unhappy man: after two years of fighting crime as Spider-Man, his life has begun to fall apart. The girl he loves is engaged to someone else, his grades are slipping, he cannot keep any of his jobs, and on top of it, the newspaper Daily Bugle is attacking him viciously, claiming that Spider-Man is a criminal. He reaches the breaking point and gives up the crime fighter's life, once and for all. But after a failed fusion experiment, eccentric and obsessive scientist Dr. Otto Octavius is transformed into super villain Doctor Octopus, Doc Ock for short, having four long tentacles as extra hands. Peter guesses it might just be time for Spider-Man to return, but would he act upon it?",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 23 wins & 59 nominations."
},
"Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan": {
"title": "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan",
"year": "2006",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy",
"plot": "Borat Sagdiyev is a TV reporter of a popular show in Kazakhstan as Kazakhstan's sixth most famous man and a leading journalist. He is sent from his home to America by his government to make a documentary about American society and culture. Borat takes a course in New York City to understand American humor. While watching Baywatch on TV, Borat discovers how beautiful their women are in the form of C. J. Parker, who was played by actress Pamela Anderson who hails from Malibu, California. He decides to go on a cross-country road trip to California in a quest to make her his wife and take her back to his country. On his journey Borat and his producer encounter a country full of strange and wonderful Americans, real people in real chaotic situations with hysterical consequences.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "USA, UK",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 20 wins & 33 nominations."
},
"Schindler's List": {
"title": "Schindler's List",
"year": "1993",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Biography, Drama, History",
"plot": "Oskar Schindler is a vainglorious and greedy German businessman who becomes an unlikely humanitarian amid the barbaric German Nazi reign when he feels compelled to turn his factory into a refuge for Jews. Based on the true story of Oskar Schindler who managed to save about 1100 Jews from being gassed at the Auschwitz concentration camp, it is a testament to the good in all of us.",
"rating": "8.9",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 7 Oscars. Another 82 wins & 49 nominations."
},
"The Bridge on the River Kwai": {
"title": "The Bridge on the River Kwai",
"year": "1957",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Adventure, Drama, War",
"plot": "The film deals with the situation of British prisoners of war during World War II who are ordered to build a bridge to accommodate the Burma-Siam railway. Their instinct is to sabotage the bridge but, under the leadership of Colonel Nicholson, they are persuaded that the bridge should be constructed as a symbol of British morale, spirit and dignity in adverse circumstances. At first, the prisoners admire Nicholson when he bravely endures torture rather than compromise his principles for the benefit of the Japanese commandant Saito. He is an honorable but arrogant man, who is slowly revealed to be a deluded obsessive. He convinces himself that the bridge is a monument to British character, but actually is a monument to himself, and his insistence on its construction becomes a subtle form of collaboration with the enemy. Unknown to him, the Allies have sent a mission into the jungle, led by Warden and an American, Shears, to blow up the bridge.",
"rating": "8.2",
"country": "UK, USA",
"awards": "Won 7 Oscars. Another 23 wins & 7 nominations."
},
"Captain Phillips": {
"title": "Captain Phillips",
"year": "2013",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Biography, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "Captain Phillips is a multi-layered examination of the 2009 hijacking of the U.S. container ship Maersk Alabama by a crew of Somali pirates. It is - through director Paul Greengrass's distinctive lens - simultaneously a pulse-pounding thriller, and a complex portrait of the myriad effects of globalization. The film focuses on the relationship between the Alabama's commanding officer, Captain Richard Phillips (two time Academy Award\u00ae-winner Tom Hanks), and the Somali pirate captain, Muse (Barkhad Abdi), who takes him hostage. Phillips and Muse are set on an unstoppable collision course when Muse and his crew target Phillips' unarmed ship; in the ensuing standoff, 145 miles off the Somali coast, both men will find themselves at the mercy of forces beyond their control.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 6 Oscars. Another 16 wins & 144 nominations."
},
"Barry Lyndon": {
"title": "Barry Lyndon",
"year": "1975",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Adventure, Drama, History, War",
"plot": "In the Eighteenth Century, in a small village in Ireland, Redmond Barry is a young farm boy in love with his cousin Nora Brady. When Nora gets engaged to the British Captain John Quin, Barry challenges him to a duel of pistols. He wins and escapes to Dublin but is robbed on the road. Without an alternative, Barry joins the British Army to fight in the Seven Years War. He deserts and is forced to join the Prussian Army where he saves the life of his captain and becomes his prot\u00e9g\u00e9 and spy of the Irish gambler Chevalier de Balibari. He helps Chevalier and becomes his associate until he decides to marry the wealthy Lady Lyndon. They move to England and Barry, in his obsession of nobility, dissipates her fortune and makes a dangerous and revengeful enemy.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "UK, USA",
"awards": "Won 4 Oscars. Another 13 wins & 14 nominations."
},
"Lucky Number Slevin": {
"title": "Lucky Number Slevin",
"year": "2006",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "In an airport waiting room, a man in a wheelchair tells a stranger a story about a fixed horse race in 1979 that resulted in a family's deaths. In Manhattan, two bookies and the son of a Mob boss die. A young man just out of the shower answers the door to a neighbor woman and explains that he's visiting, has had a bad week, including being mugged, and doesn't know where his pal, who lives there, is. The neighbor is chatty; she's a coroner. Two thugs arrive and, believing the visitor to be the guy who lives there, take him to see the boss with the dead son, who tells him to kill the son of his Mob rival. Mistaken identity? What connects the threads? Cops are watching.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "Germany, UK, USA, Canada",
"awards": "5 wins & 4 nominations."
},
"Flight": {
"title": "Flight",
"year": "2012",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "Whip Whitaker is a commuter airline pilot. While on a flight from Orlando to Atlanta something goes wrong and the plane starts to fly erratically. With little choice Whip crashes the plane and saves almost all on board. When he wakes up in the hospital, his friend from the airline union introduces him to a lawyer who tells him there's a chance he could face criminal charges because his blood test reveals that he was intoxicated with alcohol and cocaine. He denies being impaired, so while an investigation is underway, he is told to keep his act together. However, letting go of his addiction is not as easy as it seems...",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 16 wins & 42 nominations."
},
"Pink Floyd: The Wall": {
"title": "Pink Floyd: The Wall",
"year": "1982",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Music, Musical",
"plot": "The movie tells the story of rock singer \"Pink\" who is sitting in his hotel room in Los Angeles, burnt out from the music business and only able to perform on stage with the help of drugs. Based on the 1979 double album \"The Wall\" by Pink Floyd, the film begins in Pink's youth where he is crushed by the love of his mother. Several years later, he is punished by the teachers in school because he is starting to write poems. He slowly begins to build a wall around himself to be protected from the world outside. The film shows all this in massive and epic pictures until the very end where he tears down the wall and breaks free.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "UK",
"awards": "Won 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 1 win & 1 nomination."
},
"The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring": {
"title": "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring",
"year": "2001",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Adventure, Drama, Fantasy",
"plot": "An ancient Ring thought lost for centuries has been found, and through a strange twist in fate has been given to a small Hobbit named Frodo. When Gandalf discovers the Ring is in fact the One Ring of the Dark Lord Sauron, Frodo must make an epic quest to the Cracks of Doom in order to destroy it! However he does not go alone. He is joined by Gandalf, Legolas the elf, Gimli the Dwarf, Aragorn, Boromir and his three Hobbit friends Merry, Pippin and Samwise. Through mountains, snow, darkness, forests, rivers and plains, facing evil and danger at every corner the Fellowship of the Ring must go. Their quest to destroy the One Ring is the only hope for the end of the Dark Lords reign!",
"rating": "8.8",
"country": "New Zealand, USA",
"awards": "Won 4 Oscars. Another 113 wins & 123 nominations."
},
"Airplane!": {
"title": "Airplane!",
"year": "1980",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Comedy",
"plot": "Still craving for the love of his life, Ted Striker follows Elaine onto the flight that she is working on as a member of the cabin crew. Elaine doesn't want to be with Ted anymore, but when the crew and passengers fall ill from food poisoning, all eyes are on Ted.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 6 nominations."
},
"The Goonies": {
"title": "The Goonies",
"year": "1985",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Adventure, Comedy, Family",
"plot": "Mikey Walsh and Brandon Walsh are brothers whose family is preparing to move because developers want to build a golf course in the place of their neighborhood -- unless enough money is raised to stop the construction of the golf course, and that's quite doubtful. But when Mikey stumbles upon a treasure map of the famed \"One-Eyed\" Willy's hidden fortune, Mikey, Brandon, and their friends Lawrence \"Chunk\" Cohen, Clark \"Mouth\" Devereaux, Andrea \"Andy\" Carmichael, Stefanie \"Stef\" Steinbrenner, and Richard \"Data\" Wang, calling themselves The Goonies, set out on a quest to find the treasure in hopes of saving their neighborhood. The treasure is in a cavern, but the entrance to the cavern is under the restaurant of evil thief Mama Fratelli and her sons Jake Fratelli, Francis Fratelli, and the severely disfigured Lotney \"Sloth\" Fratelli. Sloth befriends the Goonies and decides to help them.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "3 wins & 6 nominations."
},
"Animal Kingdom": {
"title": "Animal Kingdom",
"year": "2010",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama",
"plot": "Despite being no saint herself, Julia Cody has shielded her seventeen year old son, Joshua \"J\" Cody, from her Melbourne-based criminal relatives who they have not seen in years. After Julia dies in front of J's eyes from a self-inflicted heroin overdose, J, who is slightly detached from life, feels he has no choice but to contact his maternal grandmother, Janine \"Smurf\" Cody, the family matriarch, for a place to live. Smurf rules the family with a borderline incestuous love over her three sons, the quietly menacing Andrew \"Pope\" Cody, the hyperactive Craig Cody, and the barely of age Darren Cody. Pope and his best friend, Barry \"Baz\" Brown, are armed robbers, with Darren their up and coming apprentice, while Craig is a mid level drug dealer. Melbourne's Armed Robbery Squad is after specifically Pope, who is hiding out. But when the standoff between the Codys and the Armed Robbery Squad is brought up a notch, an all out war ensues, with some casualties and J caught in the middle. The only grounding in J's life is his girlfriend, Nicky Henry. With those casualties comes an investigation by Homicide Detective Senior Sergeant Nathan Leckie, who knows the Codys are involved in some of those deaths. As Leckie tries to get J on his side, J has to figure out how best to get himself out from the middle, where he trusts neither side. J also wants to figure out how to exact what he considers justice in an all around bad situation.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "Australia",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 38 wins & 54 nominations."
},
"Gosford Park": {
"title": "Gosford Park",
"year": "2001",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, Mystery",
"plot": "Set in the 1930s, the story takes place in an old-fashioned English country house where a weekend shooting party is underway. The story centers on the McCordle family, particularly the man of the house, William McCordle. Getting on in years, William has become benefactor to many of his relatives and friends. As the weekend goes on, secrets are revealed, and it seems everyone, above stairs and below, wants a piece of William and his money, but how far will they go to get it?",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "UK, USA, Italy",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 31 wins & 73 nominations."
},
"Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind": {
"title": "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind",
"year": "2004",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi",
"plot": "A man, Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend Clementine underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realizes that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.",
"rating": "8.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 71 wins & 109 nominations."
},
"The Sound of Music": {
"title": "The Sound of Music",
"year": "1965",
"rated": "G",
"genre": "Biography, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance",
"plot": "In 1930's Austria, a young woman named Maria is failing miserably in her attempts to become a nun. When the Navy captain Georg Von Trapp writes to the convent asking for a governess that can handle his seven mischievous children, Maria is given the job. The Captain's wife is dead, and he is often away, and runs the household as strictly as he does the ships he sails on. The children are unhappy and resentful of the governesses that their father keeps hiring, and have managed to run each of them off one by one. When Maria arrives, she is initially met with the same hostility, but her kindness, understanding, and sense of fun soon draws them to her and brings some much-needed joy into all their lives -- including the Captain's. Eventually he and Maria find themselves falling in love, even though Georg is already engaged to a Baroness and Maria is still a postulant. The romance makes them both start questioning the decisions they have made. Their personal conflicts soon become overshadowed, however, by world events. Austria is about to come under the control of Germany, and the Captain may soon find himself drafted into the German navy and forced to fight against his own country.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 5 Oscars. Another 12 wins & 13 nominations."
},
"Ocean's Eleven": {
"title": "Ocean's Eleven",
"year": "2001",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Crime, Thriller",
"plot": "Danny Ocean wants to score the biggest heist in history. He combines an eleven member team, including Frank Catton, Rusty Ryan and Linus Caldwell. Their target? The Bellagio, the Mirage and the MGM Grand. All casinos owned by Terry Benedict. It's not going to be easy, as they plan to get in secretly and out with $150 million.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "4 wins & 20 nominations."
},
"The Devil's Backbone": {
"title": "The Devil's Backbone",
"year": "2001",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Horror",
"plot": "It is 1939, the end of three years of bloody civil war in Spain, and General Franco's right-wing Nationalists are poised to defeat the left-wing Republican forces. A ten-year-old boy named Carlos, the son of a fallen Republican war hero, is left by his tutor in an orphanage in the middle of nowhere. The orphanage is run by a curt but considerate headmistress named Carmen and a kindly Professor Casares, both of whom are sympathetic to the doomed Republican cause. Despite their concern for him, and his gradual triumph over the usual schoolhouse bully, Carlos never feels completely comfortable in his new environment. First of all, there was that initial encounter with the orphanage's nasty caretaker, Jacinto, who reacts even more violently when anyone is caught looking around a particular storage room the one with the deep well. Second, and more inexplicable, is the presence of a ghost, one of the former occupants of the orphanage named Santi. Not long after Carlos' arrival, Santi latches onto Carlos, badgering him incessantly at night and gloomily intoning, \"Many of you will die.\" As if that wasn't enough to keep the orphanage's occupants in an unrelenting state of terror, there's the un-exploded bomb that dominates the orphanage's courtyard, still ticking away; With the orphanage left defenseless by its isolation, and the swift progression of Franco's troops, the ghost's prediction seems depressingly accurate. Nevertheless, with every step of the plot, it becomes apparent that the ghost's predictions as to who (or what) will die, the real source of danger and even the definition of death itself may be more ambiguous than first thought.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "Spain, Mexico",
"awards": "6 wins & 7 nominations."
},
"The Grapes of Wrath": {
"title": "The Grapes of Wrath",
"year": "1940",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Drama, History",
"plot": "Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked off their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his uncle's farm and joins them the next day as they head for California and a new life - Hopefully.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 2 Oscars. Another 9 wins & 5 nominations."
},
"Forrest Gump": {
"title": "Forrest Gump",
"year": "1994",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Drama, Romance",
"plot": "Forrest Gump is a simple man with a low I.Q. but good intentions. He is running through childhood with his best and only friend Jenny. His 'mama' teaches him the ways of life and leaves him to choose his destiny. Forrest joins the army for service in Vietnam, finding new friends called Dan and Bubba, he wins medals, creates a famous shrimp fishing fleet, inspires people to jog, starts a ping-pong craze, creates the smiley, writes bumper stickers and songs, donates to people and meets the president several times. However, this is all irrelevant to Forrest who can only think of his childhood sweetheart Jenny Curran, who has messed up her life. Although in the end all he wants to prove is that anyone can love anyone.",
"rating": "8.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 6 Oscars. Another 40 wins & 67 nominations."
},
"Howl's Moving Castle": {
"title": "Howl's Moving Castle",
"year": "2004",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy",
"plot": "A love story between an 18-year-old girl named Sophie, cursed by a witch into an old woman's body, and a magician named Howl. Under the curse, Sophie sets out to seek her fortune, which takes her to Howl's strange moving castle. In the castle, Sophie meets Howl's fire demon, named Karishif\u00e2. Seeing that she is under a curse, the demon makes a deal with Sophie--if she breaks the contract he is under with Howl, then Karushif\u00e2 will lift the curse that Sophie is under, and she will return to her 18-year-old shape.",
"rating": "8.2",
"country": "Japan",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 14 wins & 19 nominations."
},
"The City of Lost Children": {
"title": "The City of Lost Children",
"year": "1995",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Fantasy, Sci-Fi",
"plot": "Set in a dystopian society, someone is kidnapping the children. Krank and his band of clones are using the children to harvest their dreams. Then they kidnap Denree, the brother of One, a fairground strongman. One sets out to find his brother.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "France, Germany, Spain, Belgium",
"awards": "2 wins & 11 nominations."
},
"The Illusionist": {
"title": "The Illusionist",
"year": "2006",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller",
"plot": "In late nineteenth century Vienna, renowned illusionist Eisenheim is reunited with the Duchess von Teschen when she is volunteered from the audience to participate in an illusion during one of his performances. Despite having not seen each other in fifteen years when they were teenagers, they almost immediately recognize each other as Eduard Abramovich and Sophie von Teschen, they who had a doomed romance at that time due to their class differences. The Duchess is soon to be wed to the Crown Prince Leopold in what would be for him a marriage solely in pursuit of power: overthrowing his father, the Emperor Leopold, as well as overtaking the Hungarian side of the empire. The Crown Prince is known to use violence against women if it suits his needs or purposes. As such, the Duchess, who realizes that she still loves Eisenheim and he her, can never leave the Crown Prince without it jeopardizing her life. After Eisenheim humiliates the Crown Prince at a private show which results in an incident between the Crown Prince and the Duchess, the battle between Eisenheim and the Crown Prince moves into the public performance realm, which many believe demonstrates Eisenheim's supernatural powers. Much of the work for the Crown Prince in the battle with Eisenheim is conducted by Chief Inspector Uhl, who would become the Chief of Police under the Crown Prince's reign. As such, Uhl may have ulterior motives in turning a blind eye to any unlawful act of the Crown Prince against Eisenheim or the Duchess.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA, Czech Republic",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 10 wins & 10 nominations."
},
"Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance": {
"title": "Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance",
"year": "2002",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "In Seoul, Ryu, a deaf worker has a sister who needs a kidney transplant. He tries to donate his own kidney to his sister, but his blood type is not compatible with hers. When Ryu is fired from Ilshin Electronics, he meets illegal dealers of organs, and the criminals propose that he give them his kidney plus ten millions Won to obtain a kidney suitable for his sister. Ryu accepts the trade, but he does not have money to pay for the surgery. His anarchist revolutionary girlfriend Cha Young-mi convinces him to kidnap Yossun, the daughter of his former employer Park, who owns Ilshin Electronics. However, a tragedy happens, generating revenge and a series of acts of violence.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "South Korea",
"awards": "7 wins & 1 nomination."
},
"K-PAX": {
"title": "K-PAX",
"year": "2001",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Drama, Sci-Fi",
"plot": "PROT is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a far away planet. His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA, Germany",
"awards": "3 nominations."
},
"High Noon": {
"title": "High Noon",
"year": "1952",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Action, Drama, Thriller, Western",
"plot": "On the day he gets married and hangs up his badge, lawman Will Kane is told that a man he sent to prison years before, Frank Miller, is returning on the noon train to exact his revenge. Having initially decided to leave with his new spouse, Will decides he must go back and face Miller. However, when he seeks the help of the townspeople he has protected for so long, they turn their backs on him. It seems Kane may have to face Miller alone, as well as the rest of Miller's gang, who are waiting for him at the station...",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 4 Oscars. Another 13 wins & 10 nominations."
},
"Freaks and Geeks": {
"title": "Freaks and Geeks",
"year": "1999\u20132000",
"rated": "TV-14",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama",
"plot": "It's the 1980s and at McKinley High, there's two different groups of teenagers, the Freaks with cool and charismatic Daniel Desario and tomboy Lindsay Weir and the Geeks with Lindsay's shy younger brother Sam, gentle Bill Haverchuck, and self-proclaimed ladies' man Neal Schweiber. The show chronicles the normal teen/adolescence problems any teenager goes through including acceptance, drugs, drinking, and bullying.",
"rating": "8.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 2 wins & 15 nominations."
},
"Anatomy of a Murder": {
"title": "Anatomy of a Murder",
"year": "1959",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "Frederick Manion (Ben Gazzara), a lieutenant in the army, is arrested for the murder of a bartender, Barney Quill. He claims, in his defense, that the victim had raped and beaten up his wife Laura (Lee Remick). Although Laura supports her husband's story, the police surgeon can find no evidence that she has been raped. Manion is defended by Paul Biegler (James Stewart), a rather humble small-town lawyer. During the course of interviews, Biegler discovers that Manion is violently possessive and jealous, and also that his wife has a reputation for giving her favors to other men. Biegler realizes that the prosecution will try to make the court believe that Laura was the lover of the bartender and than Manion killed him and beat her up when he discovered them together. Manion pleads \"not guilty\" and Biegler, who knows that his case is weak, sets his assistants to try to find a witness who will save Manion.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 7 Oscars. Another 9 wins & 11 nominations."
},
"Pan's Labyrinth": {
"title": "Pan's Labyrinth",
"year": "2006",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Fantasy, War",
"plot": "In 1944 falangist Spain, a girl, fascinated with fairy-tales, is sent along with her pregnant mother to live with her new stepfather, a ruthless captain of the Spanish army. During the night, she meets a fairy who takes her to an old faun in the center of the labyrinth. He tells her she's a princess, but must prove her royalty by surviving three gruesome tasks. If she fails, she will never prove herself to be the the true princess and will never see her real father, the king, again.",
"rating": "8.2",
"country": "Spain, Mexico, USA",
"awards": "Won 3 Oscars. Another 99 wins & 105 nominations."
},
"Prisoners": {
"title": "Prisoners",
"year": "2013",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "How far would you go to protect your family? Keller Dover is facing every parent's worst nightmare. His six-year-old daughter, Anna, is missing, together with her young friend, Joy, and as minutes turn to hours, panic sets in. The only lead is a dilapidated RV that had earlier been parked on their street. Heading the investigation, Detective Loki arrests its driver, Alex Jones, but a lack of evidence forces his release. As the police pursue multiple leads and pressure mounts, knowing his child's life is at stake the frantic Dover decides he has no choice but to take matters into his own hands. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family?",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 10 wins & 35 nominations."
},
"Das Boot": {
"title": "Das Boot",
"year": "1981",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War",
"plot": "It is 1942 and the German submarine fleet is heavily engaged in the so-called \"Battle of the Atlantic\" to harass and destroy British shipping. With better escorts of the destroyer class, however, German U-boats have begun to take heavy losses. \"Das Boot\" is the story of the crew of one such U-Boat, with the film examining how these submariners maintained their professionalism as soldiers and attempted to accomplish impossible missions, all the while attempting to understand and obey the ideology of the government under which they served.",
"rating": "8.4",
"country": "West Germany",
"awards": "Nominated for 6 Oscars. Another 13 wins & 5 nominations."
},
"Cool Hand Luke": {
"title": "Cool Hand Luke",
"year": "1967",
"rated": "GP",
"genre": "Crime, Drama",
"plot": "Luke Jackson is a cool, gutsy prisoner in a Southern chain gang, who, while refusing to buckle under to authority, keeps escaping and being recaptured. The prisoners admire Luke because, as Dragline explains it, \"You're an original, that's what you are!\" Nevertheless, the camp staff actively works to crush Luke until he finally breaks.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 3 wins & 9 nominations."
},
"Drive": {
"title": "Drive",
"year": "2011",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama",
"plot": "A mysterious man who has multiple jobs as a garage mechanic, a Hollywood stuntman and a getaway driver seems to be trying to escape his shady past as he falls for his neighbor - whose husband is in prison and who's looking after her child alone. Meanwhile, his garage mechanic boss is trying to set up a race team using gangland money, which implicates our driver as he is to be used as the race team's main driver. Our hero gets more than he bargained for when he meets the man who is married to the woman he loves.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 77 wins & 170 nominations."
},
"As Good as It Gets": {
"title": "As Good as It Gets",
"year": "1997",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, Romance",
"plot": "New York City. Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer, finds his life turned upside down when neighboring gay artist Simon is hospitalized and his dog is entrusted to Melvin. In addition, Carol, the only waitress who will tolerate him, must leave work to care for her sick son, making it impossible for Melvin to eat breakfast.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 2 Oscars. Another 35 wins & 49 nominations."
},
"Heavenly Creatures": {
"title": "Heavenly Creatures",
"year": "1994",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "Based on the true story of Juliet Hulme and Pauline Parker, two close friends who share a love of fantasy and literature, who conspire to kill Pauline's mother when she tries to end the girls' intense and obsessive relationship.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "New Zealand, Germany",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 17 wins & 13 nominations."
},
"Dirty Harry": {
"title": "Dirty Harry",
"year": "1971",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Crime, Thriller",
"plot": "In the year 1971, San Francisco faces the terror of a maniac known as Scorpio- who snipes at innocent victims and demands ransom through notes left at the scene of the crime. Inspector Harry Callahan (known as Dirty Harry by his peers through his reputation handling of homicidal cases) is assigned to the case along with his newest partner Inspector Chico Gonzalez to track down Scorpio and stop him. Using humiliation and cat and mouse type of games against Callahan, Scorpio is put to the test with the cop with a dirty attitude.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "1 win & 4 nominations."
},
"A Simple Plan": {
"title": "A Simple Plan",
"year": "1998",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "Three diverse characters, for the most part intellectually challenged, find a deserted plane with a bag full of millions of dollars inside. They devise a simple plan to keep the money if no-one claims it. Ofcourse, nothing turns out simple...",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "UK, Germany, France, USA, Japan",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 15 wins & 22 nominations."
},
"Green Street Hooligans": {
"title": "Green Street Hooligans",
"year": "2005",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Sport",
"plot": "Unjustly expelled from Harvard when a stash of cocaine is found in his possession, Matt moves to London to live with his sister and her husband Steve. He is quickly introduced to Steve's chirpy, cock-sure younger brother Pete. Initially, Pete is reluctant to get acquainted with Matt and allow him to tread around the capital city with him because he may be seen by others as an 'outsider', but after a heavy drinking session with him and his mates he quickly changes his opinion of him. On the way back from a football match, Matt is viciously accosted by a gang of Birmingham City thugs, until Pete and his friends step in and save him. It is from here that Matt learns the truth about Pete and his friends- they are football hooligans, operating the GSE (Green Street Elite) 'firm.' Initially afraid of the violence, Matt soon ends up becoming as desensitized to it as his new found friends - but as events roll on, suspicion, shocking revelations and unsettled scores combine to a devastating climax where London's most fierce football rivals - Millwall and West Ham United - are set to go head to head.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA, UK",
"awards": "3 wins."
},
"Being John Malkovich": {
"title": "Being John Malkovich",
"year": "1999",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, Fantasy",
"plot": "Puppeteer Craig Schwartz and animal lover and pet store clerk Lotte Schwartz are just going through the motions of their marriage. Despite not being able to earn a living solely through puppeteering, Craig loves his profession as it allows him to inhabit the skin of others. He begins to take the ability to inhabit the skin of others to the next level when he is forced to take a job as a file clerk for the off-kilter LesterCorp, located on the five-foot tall 7\u00bd floor of a Manhattan office building. Behind one of the filing cabinets in his work area, Craig finds a hidden door which he learns is a portal into the mind of John Malkovich, the visit through the portal which lasts fifteen minutes after which the person is spit into a ditch next to the New Jersey Turnpike. Craig is fascinated by the meaning of life associated with this finding. Lotte's trips through the portal make her evaluate her own self. And the confident Maxine Lund, one of Craig's co-workers who he tells about the portal if only because he is attracted to her, thinks that it is a money making opportunity in selling trips into Malkovich's mind after office hours for $200 a visit. Craig, Lotte and Maxine begin to understand that anyone entering the portal has the ability to control Malkovich's mind, which also alters his entire being. This experience makes Maxine fall in love with a composite. This ability to control Malkovich's mind begs the question of the ultimate psychedelic trip for Malkovich himself, who begins to feel that something is not right in the world as he knows it.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 48 wins & 75 nominations."
},
"Spellbound": {
"title": "Spellbound",
"year": "1945",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Film-Noir, Mystery, Romance, Thriller",
"plot": "Dr. Constance Petersen (Ingrid Bergman) is a psychiatrist at Green Manors mental asylum. The head of Green Manors has just been replaced, with his replacement being the renowned Dr. Anthony Edwardes (Gregory Peck). Romance blossoms between Dr. Petersen and Dr. Edwards but Dr. Edwards starts to show odd aversions and personality traits. It is discovered that he is an impostor, and amnesiac, and may have killed the real Dr. Edwardes. Dr. Petersen is determined to discover the truth through unlocking the secrets held in the impostor's mind, a process which potentially puts her and others' lives at risk.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 6 nominations."
},
"Once Upon a Time in America": {
"title": "Once Upon a Time in America",
"year": "1984",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama",
"plot": "Epic tale of a group of Jewish gangsters in New York, from childhood, through their glory years during prohibition, and their meeting again 35 years later.",
"rating": "8.4",
"country": "USA, Italy",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 11 wins & 7 nominations."
},
"Best in Show": {
"title": "Best in Show",
"year": "2000",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Comedy",
"plot": "The owners (and handlers) of five show dogs head for the Mayflower Kennel Club Dog Show. A film crew interviews them as they prepare for the trip, arrive at Philly's Taft Hotel, and compete. From Florida come the Flecks: she keeps running into old lovers. A wordless ancient in a wheelchair and his buxom trophy wife who may have a thing for the dog's handler own the two-time defending best in show, a poodle. From the piney woods of N.C. comes a fella who wants to be a ventriloquist. High-strung DINKs feud loudly in front of their Weimaraner. Two outr\u00e9 gay men from Tribeca round out the profiled owners. The dog show brings out the essence of the humans. Who will be best in show?",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 11 wins & 13 nominations."
},
"Legends of the Fall": {
"title": "Legends of the Fall",
"year": "1994",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Romance, War, Western",
"plot": "In early 20th-century Montana, Col. William Ludlow lives in the wilderness with his sons, Tristan, Alfred and Samuel. Eventually, the unconventional but close-knit family encounters tragedy when Samuel is killed in World War I. Tristan and Alfred survive their tours of duty, but, soon after they return home, both men fall for Samuel's gorgeous fianc\u00e9e, Susannah, and their intense rivalry begins to destroy the family.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 10 nominations."
},
"Persona": {
"title": "Persona",
"year": "1966",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "A young nurse, Alma, is put in charge of Elisabeth Vogler: an actress who is seemingly healthy in all respects, but will not talk. As they spend time together, Alma speaks to Elisabeth constantly, never receiving any answer. Alma eventually confesses her secrets to a seemingly sympathetic Elisabeth and finds that her own personality is being submerged into Elisabeth's persona.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "Sweden",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 6 wins & 3 nominations."
},
"The Killing Fields": {
"title": "The Killing Fields",
"year": "1984",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Biography, Drama, History, War",
"plot": "Sydney Schanberg is a New York Times journalist covering the civil war in Cambodia. Together with local representative Dith Pran, they cover some of the tragedy and madness of the war. When the American forces leave, Dith Pran sends his family with them, but stays behind himself to help Schanberg cover the event. As an American, Schanberg won't have any trouble leaving the country, but the situation is different for Pran; he's a local, and the Khmer Rouge are moving in.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "UK",
"awards": "Won 3 Oscars. Another 24 wins & 22 nominations."
},
"Scott Pilgrim vs. the World": {
"title": "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World",
"year": "2010",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance",
"plot": "Scott Pilgrim plays in a band which aspires to success. He dates Knives Chau, a high-school girl five years younger, and he hasn't recovered from being dumped by his former girlfriend, now a success with her own band. When Scott falls for Ramona Flowers, he has trouble breaking up with Knives and tries to romance Ramona. As if juggling two women wasn't enough, Ramona comes with baggage: seven ex-lovers, with each of whom Scott must do battle to the death in order to win Ramona.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA, UK, Canada, Japan",
"awards": "17 wins & 62 nominations."
},
"Deliverance": {
"title": "Deliverance",
"year": "1972",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Adventure, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "The Cahulawassee River valley in Northern Georgia is one of the last natural pristine areas of the state, which will soon change with the imminent building of a dam on the river, which in turn will flood much of the surrounding land. As such, four Atlanta city slickers - alpha male Lewis Medlock, generally even-keeled Ed Gentry, slightly condescending Bobby Trippe, and wide-eyed Drew Ballinger - decide to take a multi-day canoe trip on the river, with only Lewis and Ed having experience in outdoor life. They know going in that the area is ethno-culturally homogeneous and isolated, but don't understand the full extent of such until they arrive and see what they believe is the result of generations of inbreeding. Their relatively peaceful trip takes a turn for the worse when half way through they encounter a couple of hillbilly moonshiners. That encounter not only makes the four battle their way out of the valley intact and alive, but threatens the relationships of the four as they do and are asked to do things they never thought possible within themselves.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 10 nominations."
},
"Coraline": {
"title": "Coraline",
"year": "2009",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller",
"plot": "When Coraline moves to an old house, she feels bored and neglected by her parents. She finds a hidden door with a bricked up passage. During the night, she crosses the passage and finds a parallel world where everybody has buttons instead of eyes, with caring parents and all her dreams coming true. When the Other Mother invites Coraline to stay in her world forever, the girl refuses and finds that the alternate reality where she is trapped is only a trick to lure her.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 7 wins & 43 nominations."
},
"In Bruges": {
"title": "In Bruges",
"year": "2008",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "London based hit men Ray and Ken are told by their boss Harry Waters to lie low in Bruges, Belgium for up to two weeks following their latest hit, which resulted in the death of an innocent bystander. Harry will be in touch with further instructions. While they wait for Harry's call, Ken, following Harry's advice, takes in the sights of the medieval city with great appreciation. But the charms of Bruges are lost on the simpler Ray, who is already despondent over the innocent death, especially as it was his first job. Things change for Ray when he meets Chloe, part of a film crew shooting a movie starring an American dwarf named Jimmy. When Harry's instructions arrive, Ken, for whom the job is directed, isn't sure if he can carry out the new job, especially as he has gained a new appreciation of life from his stay in the fairytale Bruges. While Ken waits for the inevitable arrival into Bruges of an angry Harry, who feels he must clean up matters on his own, Ray is dealing with his own problems, not only with Harry, but with a Canadian couple and a half-blind thief named Eirik. Ray hopes he can count on both Chloe and Ken to help him carve out a new life for himself. In the end, Harry, involved in an incident with Jimmy, may have to keep to his own principles.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "UK, USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 24 wins & 53 nominations."
},
"Sling Blade": {
"title": "Sling Blade",
"year": "1996",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "A partially handicapped man named Karl is released from a mental hospital, about 20 years after murdering his mother and another person. Karl is often questioned if he will ever kill again, and he shrugs in response saying there is no reason to. Now out of the mental institution, Karl settles in his old, small hometown, occupying himself by fixing motors. After meeting a young boy named Frank, who befriends him, Karl is invited to stay at Frank's house with his mother Linda, who views Karl as a strange but kind and generous man. However, Linda's abusive boyfriend, Doyle, sees things differently in the way rules ought to be run- normally insulting Linda's homosexual friend Vaughan as well as Karl's disabilities, and having wild parties with his friends. As Karl's relationship with Frank grows, he is watchful of Doyle's cruel actions.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 13 wins & 15 nominations."
},
"Cinderella Man": {
"title": "Cinderella Man",
"year": "2005",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Biography, Drama, Sport",
"plot": "During the Great Depression, a common-man hero, James J. Braddock--a.k.a. the Cinderella Man--was to become one of the most surprising sports legends in history. By the early 1930s, the impoverished ex-prizefighter was seemingly as broken-down, beaten-up and out-of-luck as much of the rest of the American populace who had hit rock bottom. His career appeared to be finished, he was unable to pay the bills, the only thing that mattered to him--his family--was in danger, and he was even forced to go on Public Relief. But deep inside, Jim Braddock never relinquished his determination. Driven by love, honor and an incredible dose the ones who are do of grit, he willed an impossible dream to come true. In a last-chance bid to help his family, Braddock returned to the ring. No one thought he had a shot. However Braddock, fueled by something beyond mere competition, kept winning. Suddenly, the ordinary working man became the mythic athlete. Carrying the hopes and dreams of the disenfranchised on his shoulders, Braddock rocketed through the ranks, until this underdog chose to do the unthinkable: take on the heavyweight champ of the world, the unstoppable Max Baer, renowned for having killed two men in the ring.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 16 wins & 41 nominations."
},
"Dawn of the Dead": {
"title": "Dawn of the Dead",
"year": "2004",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Horror, Thriller",
"plot": "Ana goes home to her peaceful suburban residence, but she is unpleasantly surprised the morning that follows when her husband is brutally attacked by her zombified neighbor. In the chaos of her once picturesque neighborhood, Ana flees and stumbles upon a police officer named Kenneth, along with more survivors who decide that their best chances of survival would be found in the deserted Crossroads Shopping Mall. When supplies begin running low and other trapped survivors need help, the group comes to the realization that they cannot stay put forever at the Shopping Mall, and devise a plan to escape.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "USA, Canada, Japan, France",
"awards": "1 win & 17 nominations."
},
"Departures": {
"title": "Departures",
"year": "2008",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Drama, Music",
"plot": "Daigo Kobayashi is a devoted cellist in an orchestra that has just been dissolved and now finds himself without a job. Daigo decides to move back to his old hometown with his wife to look for work and start over. He answers a classified ad entitled \"Departures\" thinking it is an advertisement for a travel agency only to discover that the job is actually for a \"Nokanshi\" or \"encoffineer,\" a funeral professional who prepares deceased bodies for burial and entry into the next life. While his wife and others despise the job, Daigo takes a certain pride in his work and begins to perfect the art of \"Nokanshi,\" acting as a gentle gatekeeper between life and death, between the departed and the family of the departed. The film follows his profound and sometimes comical journey with death as he uncovers the wonder, joy and meaning of life and living.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "Japan",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 33 wins & 8 nominations."
},
"Heat": {
"title": "Heat",
"year": "1995",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "Hunters and their prey--Neil and his professional criminal crew hunt to score big money targets (banks, vaults, armored cars) and are, in turn, hunted by Lt. Vincent Hanna and his team of cops in the Robbery/Homicide police division. A botched job puts Hanna onto their trail while they regroup and try to put together one last big 'retirement' score. Neil and Vincent are similar in many ways, including their troubled personal lives. At a crucial moment in his life, Neil disobeys the dictum taught to him long ago by his criminal mentor--'Never have anything in your life that you can't walk out on in thirty seconds flat, if you spot the heat coming around the corner'--as he falls in love. Thus the stage is set for the suspenseful ending....",
"rating": "8.2",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "12 nominations."
},
"On the Waterfront": {
"title": "On the Waterfront",
"year": "1954",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "Terry Malloy dreams about being a prize fighter, while tending his pigeons and running errands at the docks for Johnny Friendly, the corrupt boss of the dockers union. Terry witnesses a murder by two of Johnny's thugs, and later meets the dead man's sister and feels responsible for his death. She introduces him to Father Barry, who tries to force him to provide information for the courts that will smash the dock racketeers.",
"rating": "8.2",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 8 Oscars. Another 21 wins & 9 nominations."
},
"The Man from Nowhere": {
"title": "The Man from Nowhere",
"year": "2010",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "An ex-special agent CHA Tae-shik's only connection to the rest of the world is a little girl, So-mi, who lives nearby. Her mother, Hyo-jeong smuggles drugs from a drug trafficking organization and entrusts Tae-shik with the product, without letting him know. The traffickers find out about her smuggling and kidnap both Hyo-jeong and So-mi. The gang promises to release them if Tae-shik makes a delivery for them, however it actually is a larger plot to eliminate a rival drug ring leader. When Hyo-jeon's disemboweled body is discovered, Tae-shik realizes that So-mi's life may also be in danger. Tae-shik becomes enraged at the prospect that So-mi may already be dead and prepares for a battle, putting his own life at risk.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "South Korea",
"awards": "15 wins & 15 nominations."
},
"The Counterfeiters": {
"title": "The Counterfeiters",
"year": "2007",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, War",
"plot": "The Counterfeiters is the true story of the largest counterfeiting operation in history, set up by the Nazis in 1936. Salomon \"Sally\" Sorowitsch is the king of counterfeiters. He lives a mischievous life of cards, booze, and women in Berlin during the Nazi-era. Suddenly his luck runs dry when arrested by Superintendent Friedrich Herzog. Immediately thrown into the Mauthausen concentration camp, Salomon exhibits exceptional skills there and is soon transferred to the upgraded camp of Sachsenhausen. Upon his arrival, he once again comes face to face with Herzog, who is there on a secret mission. Hand-picked for his unique skill, Salomon and a group of professionals are forced to produce fake foreign currency under the program Operation Bernhard. The team, which also includes detainee Adolf Burger, is given luxury barracks for their assistance. But while Salomon attempts to weaken the economy of Germany's allied opponents, Adolf refuses to use his skills for Nazi profit and would like to do something to stop Operation Bernhard's aid to the war effort. Faced with a moral dilemma, Salomon must decide whether his actions, which could prolong the war and risk the lives of fellow prisoners, are ultimately the right ones.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "Austria, Germany",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 6 wins & 10 nominations."
},
"My Neighbor Totoro": {
"title": "My Neighbor Totoro",
"year": "1988",
"rated": "G",
"genre": "Animation, Family, Fantasy",
"plot": "Two young girls, Satsuki and her younger sister Mei, move into a house in the country with their father to be closer to their hospitalized mother. Satsuki and Mei discover that the nearby forest is inhabited by magical creatures called Totoros (pronounced toe-toe-ro). They soon befriend these Totoros, and have several magical adventures.",
"rating": "8.2",
"country": "Japan",
"awards": "5 wins & 2 nominations."
},
"The Impossible": {
"title": "The Impossible",
"year": "2012",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Drama, History, Thriller",
"plot": "A regular family - Maria (Naomi Watts), Henry (Ewan McGregor) and their three kids - travel to Thailand to spend Christmas. They get an upgrade to a villa on the coastline. After settling in and exchanging gifts, they go to the pool, like so many other tourists. A perfect paradise vacation until a distant noise becomes a roar. There is no time to escape from the tsunami; Maria and her eldest are swept one way, Henry and the youngest another. Who will survive, and what will become of them?",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "Spain, USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 27 wins & 67 nominations."
},
"Chocolat": {
"title": "Chocolat",
"year": "2000",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Drama, Romance",
"plot": "When a single mother and her six-year-old daughter move to rural France and open a chocolate shop - with Sunday hours - across the street from the local church, they are met with some skepticism. But as soon as they coax the townspeople into enjoying their delicious products, they are warmly welcomed.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "UK, USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 7 wins & 30 nominations."
},
"Aliens": {
"title": "Aliens",
"year": "1986",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller",
"plot": "Fifty seven years after Ellen Ripley survived her disastrous ordeal, her escape vessel is recovered after drifting across the galaxy as she slept in cryogenic stasis. Back on Earth, nobody believed her story about the \"Aliens\" on the moon LV-426. After the \"Company\" orders the colony on LV-426 to investigate, however, all communication with the colony is lost. The Company enlists Ripley to aid a team of tough, rugged space marines on a rescue mission to the now partially terraformed moon to find out if there are aliens or survivors. As the mission unfolds, Ripley will be forced to come to grips with her worst nightmare, but even as she does, she finds that the worst is yet to come.",
"rating": "8.4",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 2 Oscars. Another 18 wins & 22 nominations."
},
"Edward Scissorhands": {
"title": "Edward Scissorhands",
"year": "1990",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Drama, Fantasy, Romance",
"plot": "In a castle high on top of a hill lives an inventor's greatest creation - Edward, a near-complete person. The creator died before he could finish Edward's hands; instead, he is left with metal scissors for hands. Since then, he has lived alone, until a kind lady called Peg discovers him and welcomes him into her home. At first, everyone welcomes him into the community, but soon things begin to take a change for the worse.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 9 wins & 21 nominations."
},
"The Celebration": {
"title": "The Celebration",
"year": "1998",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "The Father turns 60. His family, which is a big one of the kind, gathers to celebrate him on a castle. Everybody likes and respects the father deeply...or do they? The youngest son is trying to live up to the father's expectations. He is running a grill-bar in a dirty part of Copenhagen. The oldest son runs a restaurant in France, while the sister is a anthropologist. The older sister has recently committed suicide and the father asks the oldest son to say a few words about her, because he is afraid he will break into tears if he does it himself. The oldest son agrees without argument. Actually he has already written two speeches. A yellow and a green one. By the table, he asks the father to pick a speech. The father chooses green. The oldest son announces that this is the Speech of Truth. Everybody laughs, except for the father who gets a nervous look on his face. For he knows that the oldest son is about to reveal the secret of why the oldest sister killed herself.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "Denmark, Sweden",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 28 wins & 22 nominations."
},
"The Man Who Knew Too Much": {
"title": "The Man Who Knew Too Much",
"year": "1956",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "While attending a medical conference in Paris, American physician Dr. Ben McKenna, his wife, retired musical theater actress and singer Jo McKenna n\u00e9e Conway, and their adolescent son Hank McKenna decide to take a side trip to among other places Marrekesh, French Morocco. With a knife plunged into his back, Frenchman Louis Bernard, who the family met earlier in their bus ride into Marrakesh and who is now masquerading as an Arab, approaches Ben, cryptically whispering into Ben's ears that there will be an attempted assassination in London of a statesman, this news whispered just before Bernard dies. Ben is reluctant to provide any information of this news to the authorities because concurrently Hank is kidnapped by British couple, Edward and Lucy Drayton, who also befriended the McKennas in Marrakesh and who probably have taken Hank out of the country back to England. Whoever the unknown people the Draytons are working for have threatened to kill Hank if Ben divulges any information told to him by Bernard. With what little information they have on hand, Ben and Jo head to London to try and thwart the assassination attempt and more importantly find an alive and safe Hank. Scotland Yard is aware of some pieces to the puzzle, including the fact that Bernard was a French secret service agent and that there will be an assassination attempt on someone. They and the McKennas will have to work together as they hit a diplomatic roadblock, one that may be overcome with a special Jo Conway song.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 4 nominations."
},
"Three Days of the Condor": {
"title": "Three Days of the Condor",
"year": "1975",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "A mild mannered CIA researcher, paid to read books, returns from lunch to find all of his co-workers assassinated. \"Condor\" must find out who did this and get in from the cold before the hitmen get him.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 5 wins & 3 nominations."
},
"Invictus": {
"title": "Invictus",
"year": "2009",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Biography, Drama, History, Sport",
"plot": "The film tells the inspiring true story of how Nelson Mandela joined forces with the captain of South Africa's rugby team to help unite their country. Newly elected President Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa's rugby team as they make their historic run to the 1995 Rugby World Cup Championship match.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 33 nominations."
},
"The Man from Earth": {
"title": "The Man from Earth",
"year": "2007",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi",
"plot": "An impromptu goodbye party for Professor John Oldman becomes a mysterious interrogation after the retiring scholar reveals to his colleagues he has a longer and stranger past than they can imagine.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "5 wins & 1 nomination."
},
"Lethal Weapon": {
"title": "Lethal Weapon",
"year": "1987",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Crime, Thriller",
"plot": "Martin Riggs is an L.A. cop with suicidal tendencies and Roger Murtaugh is the unlucky police officer with whom Riggs is assigned. Together they uncover a huge drug-smuggling operation, and as their success rate grows so does their friendship.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 5 wins & 1 nomination."
},
"The Sea Inside": {
"title": "The Sea Inside",
"year": "2004",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Biography, Drama, Romance",
"plot": "Life story of Spaniard Ram\u00f3n Sampedro, who fought a 30-year campaign to win the right to end his life with dignity. Film explores Ram\u00f3n's relationships with two women: Julia, a lawyer who supports his cause, and Rosa, a local woman who wants to convince him that life is worth living. Through the gift of his love, these two women are inspired to accomplish things they never previously thought possible. Despite his wish to die, Ram\u00f3n taught everyone he encountered the meaning, value and preciousness of life. Though he could not move himself, he had an uncanny ability to move others.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "Spain, France, Italy",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 67 wins & 36 nominations."
},
"Up in the Air": {
"title": "Up in the Air",
"year": "2009",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Romance",
"plot": "Ryan Bingham is a corporate downsizing expert whose cherished life on the road is threatened just as he is on the cusp of reaching ten million frequent flyer miles and just after he's met the frequent-traveler woman of his dreams.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 6 Oscars. Another 76 wins & 158 nominations."
},
"Pulp Fiction": {
"title": "Pulp Fiction",
"year": "1994",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama",
"plot": "Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) and Vincent Vega (John Travolta) are two hit men who are out to retrieve a suitcase stolen from their employer, mob boss Marsellus Wallace (Ving Rhames). Wallace has also asked Vincent to take his wife Mia (Uma Thurman) out a few days later when Wallace himself will be out of town. Butch Coolidge (Bruce Willis) is an aging boxer who is paid by Wallace to lose his fight. The lives of these seemingly unrelated people are woven together comprising of a series of funny, bizarre and uncalled-for incidents.",
"rating": "8.9",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 62 wins & 69 nominations."
},
"Invasion of the Body Snatchers": {
"title": "Invasion of the Body Snatchers",
"year": "1978",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Horror, Sci-Fi",
"plot": "The first remake of the paranoid infiltration classic moves the setting for the invasion from a small town to the city of San Fransisco and starts as Matthew Bennell notices that several of his friends are complaining that their close relatives are in some way different. When questioned later they themselves seem changed as they deny everything or make lame excuses. As the invaders increase in number they become more open and Bennell, who has by now witnessed an attempted \"replacement\" realises that he and his friends must escape or suffer the same fate. But who can he trust to help him and who has already been snatched?",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "3 wins & 9 nominations."
},
"Into the Wild": {
"title": "Into the Wild",
"year": "2007",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Adventure, Biography, Drama",
"plot": "Based on a true story. After graduating from Emory University, Christopher McCandless abandoned his possessions, gave his entire savings account to charity, and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters who shape his life.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 23 wins & 99 nominations."
},
"Toy Story 3": {
"title": "Toy Story 3",
"year": "2010",
"rated": "G",
"genre": "Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy",
"plot": "Woody, Buzz and the whole gang are back. As their owner Andy prepares to depart for college, his loyal toys find themselves in daycare where untamed tots with their sticky little fingers do not play nice. So, it's all for one and one for all as they join Barbie's counterpart Ken, a thespian hedgehog named Mr. Pricklepants and a pink, strawberry-scented teddy bear called Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear to plan their great escape.",
"rating": "8.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 2 Oscars. Another 58 wins & 91 nominations."
},
"Sleepy Hollow": {
"title": "Sleepy Hollow",
"year": "1999",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Fantasy, Horror, Mystery",
"plot": "The curse of the headless horseman is the legacy of the small town of Sleepy Hollow. Spearheaded by the eager Constable Ichabod Crane and his new world ways into the quagmire of secrets and murder, secrets once laid to rest, best forgotten and now reawakened, and he too, holding a dark secret of a past once gone.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "Germany, USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 23 wins & 39 nominations."
},
"Yojimbo": {
"title": "Yojimbo",
"year": "1961",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Action, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "Sanjuro, a wandering samurai enters a rural town in nineteenth century Japan. After learning from the innkeeper that the town is divided between two gangsters, he plays one side off against the other. His efforts are complicated by the arrival of the wily Unosuke, the son of one of the gangsters, who owns a revolver. Unosuke has Sanjuro beaten after he reunites an abducted woman with her husband and son, then massacres his father's opponents. During the slaughter, the samurai escapes with the help of the innkeeper; but while recuperating at a nearby temple, he learns of innkeeper's abduction by Unosuke, and returns to the town to confront him.",
"rating": "8.3",
"country": "Japan",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 1 nomination."
},
"Do the Right Thing": {
"title": "Do the Right Thing",
"year": "1989",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama",
"plot": "This film looks at life in the Bedford-Stuyvesant district of Brooklyn on a hot summer Sunday. As he does everyday, Sal Fragione opens the pizza parlor he's owned for 25 years. The neighborhood has changed considerably in the time he's been there and is now composed primarily of African-Americans and Hispanics. His son Pino hates it there and would like nothing better than to relocate the eatery to their own neighborhood. For Sal however, the restaurant represents something that is part of his life and sees it as a part of the community. What begins as a simple complaint by one of his customers, Buggin Out - who wonders why he has only pictures of famous Italian-Americans on the wall when most of his customers are black - eventually disintegrates into violence as frustration seemingly brings out the worst in everyone.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 18 wins & 14 nominations."
},
"The Gold Rush": {
"title": "The Gold Rush",
"year": "1925",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family",
"plot": "A lone prospector ventures into Alaska looking for gold. He gets mixed up with some burly characters and falls in love with the beautiful Georgia. He tries to win her heart with his singular charm.",
"rating": "8.2",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 1 nomination."
},
"The Abyss": {
"title": "The Abyss",
"year": "1989",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller",
"plot": "Formerly married petroleum engineers who still have some issues to work out. They are drafted to assist a gung-ho Navy SEAL with a top-secret recovery operation: a nuclear sub has been ambushed and sunk, under mysterious circumstances, in some of the deepest waters on Earth.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 8 wins & 15 nominations."
},
"A Perfect World": {
"title": "A Perfect World",
"year": "1993",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "After escaping from a Huntsville prison, convict Butch Haynes and his partner Terry Pugh kidnap a young boy, Philip Perry, and flee across Texas. As they travel together, Butch and Philip discover common bonds and suffer the abuses of the outside \"Perfect World.\" In pursuit is Texas Ranger \"Red\" Garnett and criminologist Sally Gerber.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "N/A"
},
"The Natural": {
"title": "The Natural",
"year": "1984",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Drama, Sport",
"plot": "An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take a losing 1930s baseball team to the top of the league in this magical sports fantasy. With the aid of a bat cut from a lightning struck tree, Hobbs lives the fame he should have had earlier when, as a rising pitcher, he is inexplicably shot by a young woman.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 4 nominations."
},
"Monster": {
"title": "Monster",
"year": "2003",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "The true story of serial killer Aileen Wuernos who was convicted of luring men to their death and eventually executed in 2002. In 1989, she was working as a prostitute and finally makes a friend when she meets and begins a relationship with a young woman, Selby. Determined to straighten out her life, she tries to find legitimate work but with little education and limited social skills, she fails at every turn. She starts working as a hooker hitching rides along the local interstate highway and after robbing a few clients has an encounter with a vicious client whom she kills in self-defense. After that however she just takes to killing clients taking their money and car. Once arrested she claims self-defense but is eventually convicted.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "Germany, USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 29 wins & 25 nominations."
},
"Dead Poets Society": {
"title": "Dead Poets Society",
"year": "1989",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama",
"plot": "Painfully shy Todd Anderson has been sent to the school where his popular older brother was valedictorian. His roommate, Neil Perry, although exceedingly bright and popular, is very much under the thumb of his overbearing father. The two, along with their other friends, meet Professor Keating, their new English teacher, who tells them of the Dead Poets Society, and encourages them to go against the status quo. Each does so in his own way, and is changed for life.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 18 wins & 18 nominations."
},
"Zombieland": {
"title": "Zombieland",
"year": "2009",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi",
"plot": "Searching for family. In the early twenty-first century, zombies have taken over America. A shy and inexperienced college student in Texas has survived by following his 30 rules: such as \"look in the back seat,\" \"double-tap,\" \"avoid public restrooms.\" He decides to travel to Ohio to see if his parents are alive. He gets a ride with a boisterous zombie-hating good-old boy headed for Florida, and soon they confront a young woman whose sister has been bitten by a zombie and wants to be put out of her misery. The sisters were headed to an LA amusement park they've heard is zombie free. Can the kid from Ohio get to his family? And what about rule thirty one?",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "9 wins & 28 nominations."
},
"La Vie en Rose": {
"title": "La Vie en Rose",
"year": "2007",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Biography, Drama, Music, Romance",
"plot": "An un-chronological look at the life of the Little Sparrow, \u00c9dith Piaf (1915-1963). Her mother is an alcoholic street singer, her father a circus performer, her paternal grandmother a madam. During childhood she lives with each of them. At 20, she's a street singer discovered by a club owner who's soon murdered, coached by a musician who brings her to concert halls, and then quickly famous. Constant companions are alcohol and heartache. The tragedies of her love affair with Marcel Cerdan and the death of her only child belie the words of one of her signature songs, \"Non, je ne regrette rien.\" The back and forth nature of the narrative suggests the patterns of memory and association.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "France, UK, Czech Republic",
"awards": "Won 2 Oscars. Another 45 wins & 61 nominations."
},
"Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl": {
"title": "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl",
"year": "2003",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, Fantasy",
"plot": "This swash-buckling tale follows the quest of Captain Jack Sparrow, a savvy pirate, and Will Turner, a resourceful blacksmith, as they search for Elizabeth Swann. Elizabeth, the daughter of the governor and the love of Will's life, has been kidnapped by the feared Captain Barbossa. Little do they know, but the fierce and clever Barbossa has been cursed. He, along with his large crew, are under an ancient curse, doomed for eternity to neither live, nor die. That is, unless a blood sacrifice is made.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 36 wins & 96 nominations."
},
"Enemy at the Gates": {
"title": "Enemy at the Gates",
"year": "2001",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, History, War",
"plot": "In World War II, the fall of Stalingrad will mean the collapse of the whole country. The Germans and Russians are fighting over every block, leaving only ruins behind. The Russian sniper Vassili Zaitsev stalks the Germans, taking them out one by one, thus hurting the morale of the German troops. The political officer Danilov leads him on, publishing his efforts to give his countrymen some hope. But Vassili eventually start to feel that he can not live up to the expectations on him. He and Danilov fall in love with the same girl, Tanya, a female soldier. From Germany comes the master sniper K\u00f6nig to put an end to the extraordinary skilled Russian sniper.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "UK, France, Germany, Ireland, USA",
"awards": "4 nominations."
},
"The Pianist": {
"title": "The Pianist",
"year": "2002",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Biography, Drama, Music, War",
"plot": "In this adaptation of the autobiography \"The Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945,\" Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Polish Jewish radio station pianist, sees Warsaw change gradually as World War II begins. Szpilman is forced into the Warsaw Ghetto, but is later separated from his family during Operation Reinhard. From this time until the concentration camp prisoners are released, Szpilman hides in various locations among the ruins of Warsaw.",
"rating": "8.5",
"country": "France, Poland, Germany, UK, USA",
"awards": "Won 3 Oscars. Another 52 wins & 73 nominations."
},
"The Warriors": {
"title": "The Warriors",
"year": "1979",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Crime, Thriller",
"plot": "Cyrus, the leader of the most powerful gang in New York City, the Gramercy Riffs, calls a midnight summit for all the area gangs, with all asked to send nine unarmed representatives for the conclave. A gang called The Warriors are blamed for killing Cyrus as he gives his speech. They now have to cross the territory of rivals in order to get to their own 'hood. The Warriors slowly cross the dangerous Bronx and Manhattan territories, narrowly escaping police and other gangs every step of the way.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "N/A"
},
"Cabaret": {
"title": "Cabaret",
"year": "1972",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Drama, Musical",
"plot": "Cambridge University student Brian Roberts arrives in Berlin in 1931 to complete his German studies. Without much money, he plans on making a living teaching English while living in an inexpensive rooming house, where he befriends another of the tenants, American Sally Bowles. She is outwardly a flamboyant, perpetually happy person who works as a singer at the decadent Kit Kat Klub, a cabaret styled venue. Sally's outward fa\u00e7ade is matched by that of the Klub, overseen by the omnipresent Master of Ceremonies. Sally draws Brian into her world, and initially wants him to be one of her many lovers, until she learns that he is a homosexual, albeit a celibate one. Among their other friends are his students, the poor Fritz Wendel, who wants to be a gigolo to live a comfortable life, and the straight-laced and beautiful Natalia Landauer, a Jewish heiress. Fritz initially sees Natalia as his money ticket, but eventually falls for her. However Natalia is suspect of his motives and cannot overcome their religious differences. Also into Sally and Brian's life comes the wealthy Baron Maximilian von Heune, who has the same outlook on life as Sally, but who has the money to support it. Max is willing to lavish his new friends with gifts and his favors. Around them all is the Nazi uprising, to which they seem to pay little attention or care. But they ultimately learn that life in all its good and particularly bad continues to happen to them and around them.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 8 Oscars. Another 27 wins & 15 nominations."
},
"The Experiment": {
"title": "The Experiment",
"year": "2001",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "The movie is based on the infamous \"Stanford Prison Experiment\" conducted in 1971. A makeshift prison is set up in a research lab, complete with cells, bars and surveillance cameras. For two weeks 20 male participants are hired to play prisoners and guards. The 'prisoners' are locked up and have to follow seemingly mild rules, and the 'guards' are told simply to retain order without using physical violence. Everybody is free to quit at any time, thereby forfeiting payment. In the beginning the mood between both groups is insecure and rather emphatic. But soon quarrels arise and the wardens employ ever more drastic sanctions to confirm their authority.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "Germany",
"awards": "14 wins & 13 nominations."
},
"A Separation": {
"title": "A Separation",
"year": "2011",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Family, Mystery",
"plot": "Nader (Peyman Moaadi) and Simin (Leila Hatami) argue about living abroad. Simin prefers to live abroad to provide better opportunities for their only daughter, Termeh. However, Nader refuses to go because he thinks he must stay in Iran and take care of his father (Ali-Asghar Shahbazi), who suffers from Alzheimers. However, Simin is determined to get a divorce and leave the country with her daughter.",
"rating": "8.3",
"country": "Iran, France",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 82 wins & 45 nominations."
},
"12 Angry Men": {
"title": "12 Angry Men",
"year": "1957",
"rated": "APPROVED",
"genre": "Crime, Drama",
"plot": "The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young man is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open-and-shut case of murder soon becomes a detective story that presents a succession of clues creating doubt, and a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other. Based on the play, all of the action takes place on the stage of the jury room.",
"rating": "8.9",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 16 wins & 8 nominations."
},
"The General": {
"title": "The General",
"year": "1926",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, War, Western",
"plot": "Johnnie loves his train (\"The General\") and Annabelle Lee. When the Civil War begins he is turned down for service because he's more valuable as an engineer. Annabelle thinks it's because he's a coward. Union spies capture The General with Annabelle on board. Johnnie must rescue both his loves.",
"rating": "8.2",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "2 wins & 1 nomination."
},
"Batman Begins": {
"title": "Batman Begins",
"year": "2005",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, Thriller",
"plot": "When his parents are killed, billionaire playboy Bruce Wayne relocates to Asia where he is mentored by Henri Ducard and Ra's Al Ghul in how to fight evil. When learning about the plan to wipe out evil in Gotham City by Ducard, Bruce prevents this plan from getting any further and heads back to his home. Back in his original surroundings, Bruce adopts the image of a bat to strike fear into the criminals and the corrupt as the icon known as 'Batman'. But it doesn't stay quiet for long.",
"rating": "8.3",
"country": "USA, UK",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 14 wins & 72 nominations."
},
"Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back": {
"title": "Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back",
"year": "1980",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi",
"plot": "Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia and Chewbacca face attack by the Imperial forces and its AT-AT walkers on the ice planet Hoth. While Han and Leia escape in the Millennium Falcon, Luke travels to Dagobah in search of Yoda. Only with the Jedi master's help will Luke survive when the dark side of the Force beckons him into the ultimate duel with Darth Vader.",
"rating": "8.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 21 wins & 19 nominations."
},
"Moneyball": {
"title": "Moneyball",
"year": "2011",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Biography, Drama, Sport",
"plot": "Oakland A's GM Billy Beane is handicapped with the lowest salary constraint in baseball. If he ever wants to win the World Series, Billy must find a competitive advantage. Billy is about to turn baseball on its ear when he uses statistical data to analyze and place value on the players he picks for the team.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 6 Oscars. Another 29 wins & 75 nominations."
},
"Videodrome": {
"title": "Videodrome",
"year": "1983",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller",
"plot": "Max Renn runs a TV channel, and when looking for new material to show--he discovers \"Videodrome.\" His girlfriend, Nicki Brand, goes to audition for the show, and Max gets drawn into the underlying plot that uses the show as its front for a global conspiracy.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "Canada",
"awards": "3 wins & 7 nominations."
},
"Beauty and the Beast": {
"title": "Beauty and the Beast",
"year": "1991",
"rated": "G",
"genre": "Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance",
"plot": "Having lived a life in selfishness, a young prince is cursed by a mysterious enchantress to having the appearance of a monstrous beast. His only hope is to learn to love a young woman and earn her love in return in order to redeem himself. Years later, his chance shows itself when a young maiden named Belle offers to take her ill father's place as his prisoner. With help from the castle's enchanted staff, Belle learns to appreciate her captor and immediately falls in love with him. Back in the village however, an unscrupulous hunter has his own plans for Belle.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 2 Oscars. Another 24 wins & 25 nominations."
},
"Star Trek Into Darkness": {
"title": "Star Trek Into Darkness",
"year": "2013",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi",
"plot": "When the USS Enterprise crew is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one-man weapon of mass destruction. As our space heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 6 wins & 56 nominations."
},
"Dallas Buyers Club": {
"title": "Dallas Buyers Club",
"year": "2013",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Biography, Drama",
"plot": "Dallas 1985. Electrician and sometimes rodeo bull rider Ron Woodroof lives hard, which includes heavy smoking, drinking, drug use (primarily cocaine) and casual sex. He is racist and homophobic. While in the hospital on a work related injury, the doctors discover and inform him that he is HIV+, and that he will most-likely die within thirty days. Ron is initially in angry denial that he would have a disease that only \"faggots\" have, but upon quick reflection comes to the realization that the diagnosis is probably true. He begins to read whatever research is available about the disease, which at this time seems to be most effectively treated by the drug AZT. AZT, however, is only in the clinical trials stage within the US. Incredulous that he, as a dying man, cannot pay for any drug which may save or at least prolong his life, he goes searching for it by whatever means possible. It eventually leads him to Mexico and a \"Dr.\" Vass, an American physician whose license was revoked in the US because of his AIDS related work against US regulations. Dr. Vass leads Ron to a cocktail of other drugs, some vitamins, he believes are more effective in treating the symptoms, since the virus, as Ron learns, will always be in the system of those who have been exposed to it. Ron begins to smuggle these drugs not approved by the FDA into the US, not only for his own use but for sale to other HIV+ persons. In this venture, he goes into an unlikely partnership with a HIV+ transgender woman named Rayon, who he met in the hospital and who has greater contact with AIDS patients through the gay community. As they try to work both above ground to get the meds to those that need them and underground to avoid detection by especially the FDA, Ron comes up with an idea to circumvent the fact of selling the drugs - which are not considered drugs yet since they are not FDA approved - directly to the HIV+ population, which then should should not be against the law. Richard Barkley and Dr. Sevard, the FDA's lead man on the file and one of Ron's doctors respectively, the latter who sees clinical trials as the only way to determine the efficacy of drugs despite the fact that Ron and others would have probably died already without these drugs, try to stop Ron and Rayon at every turn. Caught in the middle is Dr. Eve Saks, another of Ron's doctors, who understands why policies are in place, but who can sympathize with Ron, Rayon and others - all her patients, directly or indirectly - in their situation.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 3 Oscars. Another 81 wins & 81 nominations."
},
"Far from Heaven": {
"title": "Far from Heaven",
"year": "2002",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "Cathy is the perfect 50s housewife, living the perfect 50s life: healthy kids, successful husband, social prominence. Then one night she stumbles in on her husband Frank, kissing another man, and her tidy world starts spinning out of control. In her confusion and grief, she finds consolation in the friendship of their African-American gardener, Raymond - a socially taboo relationship that leads to the further disintegration of life as she knew it. Despite Cathy and Frank's struggle to keep their marriage afloat, the reality of his homosexuality and her feelings for Raymond open a painful, if more honest, chapter in their lives.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA, France",
"awards": "Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 101 wins & 91 nominations."
},
"Adaptation.": {
"title": "Adaptation.",
"year": "2002",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama",
"plot": "While his latest movie Being John Malkovich (1999) is in production, screenwriter Charlie Kaufman is hired by Valerie Thomas to adapt Susan Orlean's non-fiction book \"The Orchid Thief\" for the screen. Thomas bought the movie rights before Orlean wrote the book, when it was only an article in The New Yorker. The book details the story of rare orchid hunter John Laroche, whose passion for orchids and horticulture made Orlean discover passion and beauty for the first time in her life. Charlie wants to be faithful to the book in his adaptation, but despite Laroche himself being an interesting character in his own right, Charlie is having difficulty finding enough material in Laroche to fill a movie, while equally not having enough to say cinematically about the beauty of orchids. At the same time, Charlie is going through other issues in his life. His insecurity as a person doesn't allow him to act upon his feelings for Amelia Kavan, who is interested in him as a man. And Charlie's twin brother, pretentious Donald, has moved into his house with a goal of also becoming a screenwriter. Despite not admiring Donald as a screenwriter, Charlie asks for his advice. Together, they feel that there is some interesting subtext in the book on which Orlean herself can only elaborate, if only Charlie has the nerve to talk to her. If she can't or won't elaborate, they may have to find out the meaning of that subtext on their own.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 64 wins & 100 nominations."
},
"August Rush": {
"title": "August Rush",
"year": "2007",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Drama, Music",
"plot": "The story of a charismatic young Irish guitarist and a sheltered young cellist who have a chance encounter one magical night above New York's Washington Square, but are soon torn apart, leaving in their wake an infant, August Rush, orphaned by circumstance. Now performing on the streets of New York and cared for by a mysterious stranger, August uses his remarkable musical talent to seek the parents from whom he was separated at birth.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 10 nominations."
},
"Ponyo": {
"title": "Ponyo",
"year": "2008",
"rated": "G",
"genre": "Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy",
"plot": "The son of a sailor, 5-year old Sosuke lives a quiet life on an oceanside cliff with his mother Lisa. One fateful day, he finds a beautiful goldfish trapped in a bottle on the beach and upon rescuing her, names her Ponyo. But she is no ordinary goldfish. The daughter of a masterful wizard and a sea goddess, Ponyo uses her father's magic to transform herself into a young girl and quickly falls in love with Sosuke, but the use of such powerful sorcery causes a dangerous imbalance in the world. As the moon steadily draws nearer to the earth and Ponyo's father sends the ocean's mighty waves to find his daughter, the two children embark on an adventure of a lifetime to save the world and fulfill Ponyo's dreams of becoming human.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "Japan",
"awards": "11 wins & 19 nominations."
},
"Seven Pounds": {
"title": "Seven Pounds",
"year": "2008",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Drama, Romance",
"plot": "Haunted by a secret, Ben Thomas looks for redemption by radically transforming the lives of seven people he doesn't know. Once his plan is set, nothing will be able to stop him. At least that's what he thinks. But Ben hadn't planned on falling in love with one of these people and she's the one who will end up transforming him.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "5 wins & 6 nominations."
},
"Modern Times": {
"title": "Modern Times",
"year": "1936",
"rated": "G",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance",
"plot": "Chaplins last 'silent' film, filled with sound effects, was made when everyone else was making talkies. Charlie turns against modern society, the machine age, (The use of sound in films ?) and progress. Firstly we see him frantically trying to keep up with a production line, tightening bolts. He is selected for an experiment with an automatic feeding machine, but various mishaps leads his boss to believe he has gone mad, and Charlie is sent to a mental hospital... When he gets out, he is mistaken for a communist while waving a red flag, sent to jail, foils a jailbreak, and is let out again. We follow Charlie through many more escapades before the film is out.",
"rating": "8.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "4 wins & 1 nomination."
},
"Aguirre, the Wrath of God": {
"title": "Aguirre, the Wrath of God",
"year": "1972",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Adventure, Biography, Drama, History",
"plot": "A few decades after the destruction of the Inca empire, a Spanish expedition leaves the mountains of Peru and goes down the Amazon river in search of gold and wealth. Soon, they come across great difficulties and Don Aguirres, a ruthless man who cares only about riches, becomes their leader. But will his quest lead them to \"the golden city\", or to certain destruction?",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "West Germany",
"awards": "4 wins & 3 nominations."
},
"Misery": {
"title": "Misery",
"year": "1990",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "Best-selling novelist Paul Sheldon is on his way home from his Colorado hideaway after completing his latest book, when he crashes his car in a freak blizzard. Paul is critically injured, but is rescued by former nurse Annie Wilkes, Paul's \"number one fan\", who takes Paul back to her remote house in the mountains (without bothering to tell anybody). Unfortunately for Paul, Annie is also a headcase. When she discovers that Paul has killed off the heroine in her favorite novels, her reaction leaves Paul shattered (literally)...",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 10 nominations."
},
"Chaplin": {
"title": "Chaplin",
"year": "1992",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Biography, Comedy, Drama",
"plot": "The biography of Charlie Chaplin, filmmaker extraordinaire. From his formative years in England to his highest successes in America, Charlie's life, work, and loves are followed. While his screen characters were extremely hilarious, the man behind \"The Little Tramp\" was constantly haunted by a sense of loss.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "UK, France, Italy, Japan, USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 16 nominations."
},
"Bad Education": {
"title": "Bad Education",
"year": "2004",
"rated": "NC-17",
"genre": "Crime, Drama",
"plot": "In the early 60s, two boys - Ignacio and Enrique - discover love, movies and fear in a Christian school. Father Manolo, the school principal and Literature teacher, both witnesses and takes part in these discoveries. The three characters come against one another twice again, in the late 70s and in 1980. These meetings are set to change the life and death of some of them.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "Spain",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 16 wins & 39 nominations."
},
"Toy Story 2": {
"title": "Toy Story 2",
"year": "1999",
"rated": "G",
"genre": "Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy",
"plot": "While Andy is away at summer camp Woody has been toynapped by Al McWiggin, a greedy collector and proprietor of \"Al's Toy Barn\"! In this all-out rescue mission, Buzz and his friends Mr. Potato Head, Slinky Dog, Rex and Hamm springs into action to rescue Woody from winding up as a museum piece. They must find a way to save him before he gets sold in Japan forever and they'll never see him again!",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 20 wins & 26 nominations."
},
"All Quiet on the Western Front": {
"title": "All Quiet on the Western Front",
"year": "1930",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Drama, War",
"plot": "This is an English language film (made in America) adapted from a novel by German author Erich Maria Remarque. The film follows a group of German schoolboys, talked into enlisting at the beginning of World War 1 by their jingoistic teacher. The story is told entirely through the experiences of the young German recruits and highlights the tragedy of war through the eyes of individuals. As the boys witness death and mutilation all around them, any preconceptions about \"the enemy\" and the \"rights and wrongs\" of the conflict disappear, leaving them angry and bewildered. This is highlighted in the scene where Paul mortally wounds a French soldier and then weeps bitterly as he fights to save his life while trapped in a shell crater with the body. The film is not about heroism but about drudgery and futility and the gulf between the concept of war and the actuality.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 2 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 2 nominations."
},
"Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street": {
"title": "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street",
"year": "2007",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Horror, Musical, Thriller",
"plot": "In the Victorian London, the barber Benjamin Barker is married to the gorgeous Lucy and they have a lovely child, Johanna. The beauty of Lucy attracts the attention of the corrupt Judge Turpin, who falsely accuses the barber of a crime that he did not commit and abuses Lucy later after gaining custody of her. After fifteen years in exile, Benjamin returns to London under the new identity of Sweeney Todd, seeking revenge against Turpin. He meets the widow Mrs. Lovett who is the owner of a meat pie shop who tells him that Lucy swallowed arsenic many years ago, and Turpin assigned himself tutor of Johanna. He opens a barber shop above her store, initiating a crime rampage against those who made him suffer and lose his beloved family.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA, UK",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 33 wins & 75 nominations."
},
"The Artist": {
"title": "The Artist",
"year": "2011",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, Romance",
"plot": "Outside a movie premiere, enthusiastic fan Peppy Miller literally bumps into the swashbuckling hero of the silent film, George Valentin. The star reacts graciously and Peppy plants a kiss on his cheek as they are surrounded by photographers. The headlines demand: \"Who's That Girl?\" and Peppy is inspired to audition for a dancing bit-part at the studio. However as Peppy slowly rises through the industry, the introduction of talking-pictures turns Valentin's world upside-down.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "France, USA, Belgium",
"awards": "Won 5 Oscars. Another 145 wins & 188 nominations."
},
"American Graffiti": {
"title": "American Graffiti",
"year": "1973",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama",
"plot": "It's the proverbial end of the summer 1962 in a small southern California town. It's the evening before best friends and recent high school graduates, Curt Henderson and Steve Bolander, are scheduled to leave town to head to college back east. Curt, who received a lucrative local scholarship, is seen as the promise that their class holds. But Curt is having second thoughts about leaving what Steve basically sees as their dead end town. Curt's beliefs are strengthened when he spots an unknown beautiful blonde in a T-bird who mouths the words \"I love you\" to him. As Curt tries to find that blonde while trying to get away from a local gang who have him somewhat hostage, Curt may come to a decision about his immediate future. Outgoing class president Steve, on the other hand, wants to leave, despite meaning that he will leave girlfriend, head cheerleader and Curt's sister, Laurie Henderson, behind. Steve and Laurie spend the evening \"negotiating\" the state of their relationship. Meanwhile, two of their friends cruise around town for the evening. Steve has left his car to meek and mild-mannered Terry \"Toad\" Fields to look after during his absence. The wheels give Toad a new sense of confidence, which he uses to try and impress Debbie Dunham, a more experienced girl generally out of his league. And John Milner, who is seen as the king of the street race in his souped-up yellow deuce coupe, tries to get rid of precocious pre-teen, Carol Morrison, who has somehow become his passenger for the evening, while dealing with the challenge of bold out-of-towner, Bob Falfa.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 9 wins & 8 nominations."
},
"A Very Long Engagement": {
"title": "A Very Long Engagement",
"year": "2004",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Mystery, Romance, War",
"plot": "Five desperate French soldiers during The Battle of the Somme shoot themselves, either by accident or with purpose, in order to be invalided back home. Having been \"caught\" a court-martial convenes and determines punishment to be banishment to No Man's Land with the objective of having the Germans finish them off. In the process of telling this tale each man's life is briefly explored along with their next of kin as Methilde, fianc\u00e9e to one of the men, tries to determine the circumstances of her lover's death. This task is not made any easier for her due to a bout with polio as a child. Along the way she discovers the heights and depths of the human soul.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "France, USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 17 wins & 33 nominations."
},
"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince": {
"title": "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince",
"year": "2009",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery",
"plot": "In the sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft, and in both wizard and muggle worlds Lord Voldemort and his henchmen are increasingly active. With vacancies to fill at Hogwarts, Professor Dumbledore persuades Horace Slughorn, back from retirement to become the potions teacher, while Professor Snape receives long awaited news. Harry Potter, together with Dumbledore, must face treacherous tasks to defeat his evil nemesis.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "UK, USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 8 wins & 35 nominations."
},
"In the Name of the Father": {
"title": "In the Name of the Father",
"year": "1993",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Biography, Drama",
"plot": "A small time thief from Belfast, Gerry Conlon, is falsely implicated in the IRA bombing of a pub that kills several people while he is in London. Bullied by the British police, he and four of his friends are coerced into confessing their guilt. Gerry's father and other relatives in London are also implicated in the crime. He spends 15 years in prison with his father trying to prove his innocence with the help of a British attorney, Gareth Peirce. Based on a true story.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "Ireland, UK, USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 7 Oscars. Another 7 wins & 33 nominations."
},
"The Hunt for Red October": {
"title": "The Hunt for Red October",
"year": "1990",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, Thriller",
"plot": "Soviets create a new nuclear submarine that runs silent due to a revolutionary propulsion system. Russian sub captain defects, goal of taking it to the U.S.A. to prevent the Russians from using the sub to wreak nuclear (missile) war against the U.S. Lots of plot turns and twists in this high-tech thriller.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 7 nominations."
},
"The Truman Show": {
"title": "The Truman Show",
"year": "1998",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi",
"plot": "In this movie, Truman is a man whose life is a fake one... The place he lives is in fact a big studio with hidden cameras everywhere, and all his friends and people around him, are actors who play their roles in the most popular TV-series in the world: The Truman Show. Truman thinks that he is an ordinary man with an ordinary life and has no idea about how he is exploited. Until one day... he finds out everything. Will he react?",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 38 wins & 65 nominations."
},
"Blood Diamond": {
"title": "Blood Diamond",
"year": "2006",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Adventure, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "A story following Archer, a man tortured by his roots. With a strong survival instinct, he has made himself a key player in the business of conflict diamonds. Political unrest is rampant in Sierra Leone as people fight tooth for tooth. Upon meeting Solomon, and the beautiful Maddy, Archer's life changes forever as he is given a chance to make peace with the war around him.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "Germany, USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 8 wins & 26 nominations."
},
"Mississippi Burning": {
"title": "Mississippi Burning",
"year": "1988",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his former Sheriff partner.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 16 wins & 24 nominations."
},
"Magnolia": {
"title": "Magnolia",
"year": "1999",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "24 hours in L.A.; it's raining cats and dogs. Two parallel and intercut stories dramatize men about to die: both are estranged from a grown child, both want to make contact, and neither child wants anything to do with dad. Earl Partridge's son is a charismatic misogynist; Jimmy Gator's daughter is a cokehead and waif. A mild and caring nurse intercedes for Earl, reaching the son; a prayerful and upright beat cop meets the daughter, is attracted to her, and leads her toward a new calm. Meanwhile, guilt consumes Earl's young wife, while two whiz kids, one grown and a loser and the other young and pressured, face their situations. The weather, too, is quirky.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 28 wins & 53 nominations."
},
"Maria Full of Grace": {
"title": "Maria Full of Grace",
"year": "2004",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama",
"plot": "In a small village in Colombia, the pregnant seventeen years old Maria supports her family with her salary working in a floriculture. She is fired and with a total lack of perspective of finding a new job, she decides to accept the offer to work as a drug mule, flying to USA with sixty-two pellets of cocaine in her stomach. Once in New York, things do not happen as planned.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "Colombia, Ecuador, USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 41 wins & 33 nominations."
},
"Despicable Me 2": {
"title": "Despicable Me 2",
"year": "2013",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi",
"plot": "While Gru, the ex-supervillain is adjusting to family life and an attempted honest living in the jam business, a secret Arctic laboratory is stolen. The Anti-Villain League decides it needs an insider's help and recruits Gru in the investigation. Together with the eccentric AVL agent, Lucy Wilde, Gru concludes that his prime suspect is the presumed dead supervillain, El Macho, whose his teenage son is also making the moves on his eldest daughter, Margo. Seemingly blinded by his overprotectiveness of his children and his growing mutual attraction to Lucy, Gru seems on the wrong track even as his minions are being quietly kidnapped en masse for some malevolent purpose.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA, France, Japan",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 12 wins & 65 nominations."
},
"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix": {
"title": "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix",
"year": "2007",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery",
"plot": "After a lonely summer on Privet Drive, Harry returns to a Hogwarts full of ill-fortune. Few of students and parents believe him or Dumbledore that Voldemort is really back. The ministry had decided to step in by appointing a new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher that proves to be the nastiest person Harry has ever encountered. Harry also can't help stealing glances with the beautiful Cho Chang. To top it off are dreams that Harry can't explain, and a mystery behind something Voldemort is searching for. With these many things Harry begins one of his toughest years at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "UK, USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 14 wins & 40 nominations."
},
"The Hunger Games: Catching Fire": {
"title": "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire",
"year": "2013",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller",
"plot": "Twelve months after winning the 74th Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen and her partner Peeta Mellark must go on what is known as the Victor's Tour, wherein they visit all the districts, but before leaving, Katniss is visited by President Snow who fears that Katniss defied him a year ago during the games when she chose to die with Peeta. With both Katniss and Peeta declared the winners, it is fueling a possible uprising. He tells Katniss that while on tour she better try to make sure that she puts out the flames or else everyone she cares about will be in danger.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 22 wins & 66 nominations."
},
"Elite Squad": {
"title": "Elite Squad",
"year": "2007",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "In 1997, before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operation Battalion) is assigned to eliminate the risks of the drug dealers in a dangerous slum nearby where the pope intends to be lodged. Captain Nascimento is trying to find a man to replace him because his wife is pregnant and he intends to quit the command and become a trainer of the new recruits. Meanwhile, the two idealistic friends Neto and Matias join the Military Police force expecting to become honest policemen and fight the criminals. However, they see only corruption, lack of competence and stupid bureaucracy in the Military Police, and after a serious incident in the Morro da Babil\u00f4nia, they decide to join the BOPE. The lives of Capitain Nascimento, Neto and Matias are entwined along the next months, first in the tough training period and then in action against drug dealers. Nascimento believes that Neto could be his substitute, but his impulsive attitudes jeopardizes his choice. Later, the intelligent Matias seems to be the correct choice, but he needs to prove that he has heart.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "Brazil, USA, Argentina",
"awards": "39 wins & 11 nominations."
},
"Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid": {
"title": "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid",
"year": "1969",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Biography, Crime, Drama, Western",
"plot": "Butch and Sundance are the two leaders of the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang. Butch is all ideas, Sundance is all action and skill. The west is becoming civilized and when Butch and Sundance rob a train once too often, a special posse begins trailing them no matter where they run. Over rock, through towns, across rivers, the group is always just behind them. When they finally escape through sheer luck, Butch has another idea, \"Let's go to Bolivia\". Based on the exploits of the historical characters.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 4 Oscars. Another 16 wins & 14 nominations."
},
"Changeling": {
"title": "Changeling",
"year": "2008",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "Los Angeles, 1928. A single mother returns from work to find her nine-year-old son gone. She calls the LAPD to initiate a search. Five months later, a boy is found in Illinois who fits the description; he says he's her son. To fanfare and photos, the LAPD reunite mother and son, but she insists he's not her boy. The cops dismiss her as either a liar or hysterical. When she joins a minister in his public criticism of the police, they in turn use government power to silence and intimidate her. Meanwhile, a cop goes to a dilapidated ranch to find a Canadian lad who's without legal status; the youth tells a grisly tale. There's redress for murder; is there redress for abuse of power?",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 13 wins & 47 nominations."
},
"Y Tu Mam\u00e1 Tambi\u00e9n": {
"title": "Y Tu Mam\u00e1 Tambi\u00e9n",
"year": "2001",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Adventure, Comedy, Drama",
"plot": "In Mexico City, late teen friends Tenoch Iturbide and Julio Zapata are feeling restless as their respective girlfriends are traveling together through Europe before they all begin the next phase of their lives at college. At a lavish family wedding, Tenoch and Julio meet Luisa Cort\u00e9s, the twenty-something wife of Tenoch's cousin Jano, the two who have just moved to Mexico from Spain. Tenoch and Julio try to impress the beautiful Luisa by telling her that they will be taking a trip to the most beautiful secluded beach in Mexico called la Boca del Cielo (translated to Heaven's Mouth), the trip and the beach which in reality don't exist. When Luisa learns of Jano's latest marital indiscretion straight from the horse's mouth, she takes Tenoch and Julio's offer to go along on this road trip, meaning that Tenoch and Julio have to pull together quickly a road trip to a non-existent beach. They decide to head toward one suggested by their friend Saba, who seems a little confused himself of this beach's location. On the road trip, which ends up not being totally harmonious, the three go on a trip of discovery. For Luisa, she has to figure out what to do with her immediate future based on the news from Jano and a secret she is keeping. And Tenoch and Julio have to figure out what their friendship really means as they grow up.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "Mexico",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 37 wins & 45 nominations."
},
"Solaris": {
"title": "Solaris",
"year": "2002",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi",
"plot": "Dr. Gibarian, part of a team at a space station studying Solaris, makes an urgent and self-described bizarre video request to his friend, civilian psychiatrist Dr. Chris Kelvin, to come to the station to deal with an unspecified phenomenon aboard, that phenomenon with which Chris' experience and background may be able to explain and solve. Chris learns that his trip is sanctioned by the space program as a security force had been sent to the station to investigate, that security team which is now missing. When Chris arrives at the station, he finds only two surviving team members, Drs. Gordon and Snow (Dr. Gibarian committed suicide), who are both acting nervously. Chris also finds two unexpected people there, the first, who Chris only sees fleetingly, being Dr. Gibarian's adolescent son Michael, and the second being Chris' deceased wife, Rheya. Chris and Rheya had a passionate relationship in all its good and bad before she committed suicide. Apparently, these appearances of loved ones of the crew at the station are what Chris has come to investigate. As Chris, Gordon and Snow discuss and argue about what to do, Chris becomes emotionally invested in this vision of his wife, who herself begins to realize she looks like Rheya, acts like Rheya (including having the same feelings for Chris), answers to the name Rheya, but is not really the Rheya that was once Chris' wife.",
"rating": "6.2",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "2 wins & 11 nominations."
},
"Bambi": {
"title": "Bambi",
"year": "1942",
"rated": "G",
"genre": "Animation, Drama, Family",
"plot": "The animated story of Bambi, a young deer hailed as the 'Prince of the Forest' at his birth. As Bambi grows, he makes friends with the other animals of the forest, learns the skills needed to survive, and even finds love. One day, however, the hunters come, and Bambi must learn to be as brave as his father if he is to lead the other deer to safety.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 3 nominations."
},
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo": {
"title": "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo",
"year": "2011",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "This English-language adaptation of the Swedish novel by Stieg Larsson follows a disgraced journalist, Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig), as he investigates the disappearance of a wealthy patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, punk computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander (Rooney Mara). As they work together in the investigation, Blomkvist and Salander uncover immense corruption beyond anything they have ever imagined.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA, Sweden, Norway",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 27 wins & 90 nominations."
},
"The Manchurian Candidate": {
"title": "The Manchurian Candidate",
"year": "2004",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller",
"plot": "When his army unit was ambushed during the first Gulf War, Sergeant Raymond Shaw saved his fellow soldiers just as his commanding officer, then-Captain Ben Marco, was knocked unconscious. Brokering the incident for political capital, Shaw eventually becomes a vice-presidential nominee, while Marco is haunted by dreams of what happened -- or didn't happen -- in Kuwait. As Marco (now a Major) investigates, the story begins to unravel, to the point where he questions if it happened at all. Is it possible the entire unit was kidnapped and brainwashed to believe Shaw is a war hero as part of a plot to seize the White House? Some very powerful people at Manchurian Global corporation appear desperate to stop him from finding out.",
"rating": "6.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 11 nominations."
},
"Die Hard with a Vengeance": {
"title": "Die Hard with a Vengeance",
"year": "1995",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, Thriller",
"plot": "John McClane is now almost a full-blown alcoholic and is suspended from the NYPD. But when a bomb goes off in the Bonwit Teller Department Store the police go insane trying to figure out what's going on. Soon, a man named Simon calls and asks for McClane. Simon tells Inspector Walter Cobb that McClane is going to play a game called \"Simon Says\". He says that McClane is going to do the tasks he assigns him. If not, he'll set off another bomb. With the help of a Harlem electrician, John McClane must race all over New York trying to figure out the frustrating puzzles that the crafty terrorist gives him. But when a bomb goes off in a subway station right by the Federal Reserve (the biggest gold storage in the world) things start to get heated.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "2 wins & 3 nominations."
},
"A Streetcar Named Desire": {
"title": "A Streetcar Named Desire",
"year": "1951",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "Blanche DuBois, a high school English teacher with an aristocratic background from Auriol, Mississippi, decides to move to live with her sister and brother-in-law, Stella and Stanley Kowalski, in New Orleans after creditors take over the family property, Belle Reve. Blanche has also decided to take a break from teaching as she states the situation has frayed her nerves. Knowing nothing about Stanley or the Kowalskis' lives, Blanche is shocked to find that they live in a cramped and run down ground floor apartment - which she proceeds to beautify by putting shades over the open light bulbs to soften the lighting - and that Stanley is not the gentleman that she is used to in men. As such, Blanche and Stanley have an antagonistic relationship from the start. Blanche finds that Stanley's hyper-masculinity, which often displays itself in physical outbursts, is common, coarse and vulgar, being common which in turn is what attracted Stella to him. Beyond finding Blanche's delicate hoidy-toidy act as putting on airs, Stanley, a plant worker, believes she may really have sold Belle Reve and is withholding Stella's fair share of the proceeds from them. What further affects the relationship between the three is that Stella is in the early stage of pregnancy with her and Stanley's first child. Soon after her arrival at the Kowalskis, Blanche starts to date Mitch, one of Stanley's friends and coworkers who is a little softer around the edges than most of Stanley's friends. Mitch does not hide the fact that he is looking in general to get married because of a personal issue, he wanting Blanche ultimately to be his wife. Mitch is somewhat unaware that Blanche has somewhat controlled their courtship to put herself in the best possible light, both figuratively and literally. But in Stanley's quest to find out the truth about Belle Reve and Blanche's life in Auriol, the interrelationships between Stanley, Blanche, Stella and Mitch may be irrevocably affected, with any revelation about that life which may further destroy what's left of Blanche's already damaged mental state.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 4 Oscars. Another 13 wins & 15 nominations."
},
"Of Mice and Men": {
"title": "Of Mice and Men",
"year": "1992",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "Two traveling companions, George and Lennie, wander the country during the Depression, dreaming of a better life for themselves. Then, just as heaven is within their grasp, it is inevitably yanked away. The film follows Steinbeck's novel closely, exploring questions of strength, weakness, usefulness, reality and utopia, bringing Steinbeck's California vividly to life.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "1 nomination."
},
"Quiz Show": {
"title": "Quiz Show",
"year": "1994",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Biography, Drama, History",
"plot": "An idealistic young lawyer working for a Congressional subcommittee in the late 1950s discovers that TV quiz shows are being fixed. His investigation focuses on two contestants on the show \"Twenty-One\": Herbert Stempel, a brash working-class Jew from Queens, and Charles Van Doren, the patrician scion of one of America's leading literary families. Based on a true story.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 28 nominations."
},
"BrainDead": {
"title": "BrainDead",
"year": "2016",
"rated": "TV-14",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller",
"plot": "A young, fresh-faced Hill staffer gets her first job in Washington, D.C. to discover two things: The government has stopped working, and alien spawn have come to earth and eaten the brains of a growing number of Congressmen and Hill staffers.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "N/A"
},
"Atonement": {
"title": "Atonement",
"year": "2007",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Mystery, Romance, War",
"plot": "SPOILER: When Briony Tallis, 13 years old and an aspiring writer, sees her older sister Cecilia and Robbie Turner at the fountain in front of the family estate she misinterprets what is happening thus setting into motion a series of misunderstandings and a childish pique that will have lasting repercussions for all of them. Robbie is the son of a family servant toward whom the family has always been kind. They paid for his time at Cambridge and now he plans on going to medical school. After the fountain incident, Briony reads a letter intended for Cecilia and concludes that Robbie is a deviant. When her cousin Lola is raped, she tells the police that it was Robbie she saw committing the deed.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "UK, France, USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 50 wins & 146 nominations."
},
"Unforgiven": {
"title": "Unforgiven",
"year": "1992",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Western",
"plot": "The town of Big Whisky is full of normal people trying to lead quiet lives. Cowboys try to make a living. Sheriff 'Little Bill' tries to build a house and keep a heavy-handed order. The town whores just try to get by.Then a couple of cowboys cut up a whore. Dissatisfied with Bill's justice, the prostitutes put a bounty on the cowboys. The bounty attracts a young gun billing himself as 'The Schofield Kid', and aging killer William Munny. Munny reformed for his young wife, and has been raising crops and two children in peace. But his wife is gone. Farm life is hard. And Munny is no good at it. So he calls his old partner Ned, saddles his ornery nag, and rides off to kill one more time, blurring the lines between heroism and villainy, man and myth.",
"rating": "8.2",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 4 Oscars. Another 44 wins & 45 nominations."
},
"Man on Fire": {
"title": "Man on Fire",
"year": "2004",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "Hard drinking, burnt out ex CIA operative John Creasy has given up on life until he's hired as a bodyguard to protect nine year old Pita Ramos. Bit by bit, Creasy begins to reclaim some of his soul, but when pita is kidnapped, Creasy's fiery rage is finally released and he will stop at nothing to save her as he sets out on a dangerous, revenge fuelled rescue mission.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA, UK, Mexico",
"awards": "1 win & 7 nominations."
},
"Raging Bull": {
"title": "Raging Bull",
"year": "1980",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Biography, Drama, Sport",
"plot": "When Jake LaMotta steps into a boxing ring and obliterates his opponent, he's a prizefighter. But when he treats his family and friends the same way, he's a ticking time bomb, ready to go off at any moment. Though LaMotta wants his family's love, something always seems to come between them. Perhaps it's his violent bouts of paranoia and jealousy. This kind of rage helped make him a champ, but in real life, he winds up in the ring alone.",
"rating": "8.2",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 2 Oscars. Another 22 wins & 26 nominations."
},
"Like Stars on Earth": {
"title": "Like Stars on Earth",
"year": "2007",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Drama, Family",
"plot": "Ishaan Awasthi is an eight-year-old child whose world is filled with wonders that no one else seems to appreciate; colours, fish, dogs and kites are just not important in the world of adults, who are much more interested in things like homework, marks and neatness. And Ishaan just cannot seem to get anything right in class. When he gets into far more trouble than his parents can handle, he is packed off to a boarding school to 'be disciplined'. Things are no different at his new school, and Ishaan has to contend with the added trauma of separation from his family. One day a new art teacher bursts onto the scene, Ram Shankar Nikumbh, who infects the students with joy and optimism. He breaks all the rules of 'how things are done' by asking them to think, dream and imagine, and all the children respond with enthusiasm, all except Ishaan. Nikumbh soon realizes that Ishaan is very unhappy, and he sets out to discover why. With time, patience and care, he ultimately helps Ishaan find himself.",
"rating": "8.4",
"country": "India",
"awards": "14 wins & 15 nominations."
},
"Babel": {
"title": "Babel",
"year": "2006",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "4 interlocking stories all connected by a single gun all converge at the end and reveal a complex and tragic story of the lives of humanity around the world and how we truly aren't all that different. In Morocco, a troubled married couple are on vacation trying to work out their differences. Meanwhile, a Moroccan herder buys a rifle for his sons so they can keep the jackals away from his herd. A girl in Japan dealing with rejection, the death of her mother, the emotional distance of her father, her own self-consciousness, and a disability among many other issues, deals with modern life in the enormous metropolis of Tokyo, Japan. Then, on the opposite side of the world the married couple's Mexican nanny takes the couple's 2 children with her to her son's wedding in Mexico, only to come into trouble on the return trip. Combined, it provides a powerful story and an equally powerful looking glass into the lives of seemingly random people around the world and it shows just how connected we really are.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "France, USA, Mexico",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 41 wins & 134 nominations."
},
"The Night of the Hunter": {
"title": "The Night of the Hunter",
"year": "1955",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller",
"plot": "It's the Great Depression. In the process of robbing a bank of $10,000, Ben Harper kills two people. Before he is captured, he is able to convince his adolescent son John and his daughter Pearl not to tell anyone, including their mother Willa, where he hid the money, namely in Pearl's favorite toy, a doll that she carries everywhere with her. Ben, who is captured, tried and convicted, is sentenced to death. But before he is executed, Ben is in the state penitentiary with a cell mate, a man by the name of Harry Powell, a self-professed man of the cloth, who is really a con man and murderer, swindling lonely women, primarily rich widows, of their money before he kills them. Harry does whatever he can, unsuccessfully, to find out the location of the $10,000 from Ben. After Ben's execution, Harry decides that Willa will be his next mark, figuring that someone in the family knows where the money is hidden. Despite vowing not to remarry, Willa ends up being easy prey for Harry's outward evangelicalism; she is a pious woman who feels she needs to atone for her sins which led to Ben doing what he did, especially as Harry presents himself as the preacher who worked at the prison and provided salvation to Ben before his death. Harry quickly figures out that John and Pearl know where the money is. Conversely, John doesn't trust Harry, John who first tries not to show to Harry that he indeed does know where the money is, and then second constantly reminds a more-trusting Pearl of their promise to their now-deceased father. With Willa devoted to her new husband, John and Pearl need some other adult assistance in evading Harry's veiled threats, an adult who not only can see the honesty and goodness in children but who can also see a true wolf in sheep's clothing like Harry.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "2 wins."
},
"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire": {
"title": "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire",
"year": "2005",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery",
"plot": "Harry's fourth year at Hogwarts is about to start and he is enjoying the summer vacation with his friends. They get the tickets to The Quidditch World Cup Final but after the match is over, people dressed like Lord Voldemort's 'Death Eaters' set a fire to all the visitors' tents, coupled with the appearance of Voldemort's symbol, the 'Dark Mark' in the sky, which causes a frenzy across the magical community. That same year, Hogwarts is hosting 'The Triwizard Tournament', a magical tournament between three well-known schools of magic : Hogwarts, Beauxbatons and Durmstrang. The contestants have to be above the age of 17, and are chosen by a magical object called Goblet of Fire. On the night of selection, however, the Goblet spews out four names instead of the usual three, with Harry unwittingly being selected as the Fourth Champion. Since the magic cannot be reversed, Harry is forced to go with it and brave three exceedingly difficult tasks.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "UK, USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 13 wins & 42 nominations."
},
"The English Patient": {
"title": "The English Patient",
"year": "1996",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Romance, War",
"plot": "October 1944 in war torn Italy. Hana, a French-Canadian nurse working in a mobile army medical unit, feels like everything she loves in life dies on her. Because of the difficulty traveling and the dangers, especially as the landscape is still heavily booby-trapped with mines, Hana volunteers to stay behind at a church to care solely for a dying semi-amnesiac patient, who is badly burned and disfigured. She agrees to catch up to the rest of the unit after he dies. All the patient remembers is that he is English and that he is married. Their solitude is disrupted with the arrival at the church of fellow Canadian David Caravaggio, part of the Intelligence Service, who is certain that he knows the patient as a man who cooperated with the Germans. Caravaggio believes that the patient's memory is largely in tact and that he is running away from his past, in part or in its entirety. The patient does open up about his past, all surrounding his work as a cartographer in North Africa, which was interrupted by the war. He may not be running from his work as a spy for the Germans as Caravaggio believes, but rather the memory of an affair he had with married Katherine Clifton, the love of his life, and the memory of a promise not totally fulfilled. Hana may also test her theory of her fates with love and death as she embarks on a relationship of her own with Kip Singh, a Sikh from India, whose unit has camped on the now overgrown lawn of the church. Their work entails sweeping for and diffusing mines, the discovery of one such mine which had earlier saved her life.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA, UK",
"awards": "Won 9 Oscars. Another 53 wins & 75 nominations."
},
"The Treasure of the Sierra Madre": {
"title": "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre",
"year": "1948",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Adventure, Drama, Western",
"plot": "Fred C. Dobbs and Bob Curtin, both down on their luck in Tampico, Mexico in 1925, meet up with a grizzled prospector named Howard and decide to join with him in search of gold in the wilds of central Mexico. Through enormous difficulties, they eventually succeed in finding gold, but bandits, the elements, and most especially greed threaten to turn their success into disaster.",
"rating": "8.2",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 3 Oscars. Another 12 wins & 5 nominations."
},
"Training Day": {
"title": "Training Day",
"year": "2001",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "In Los Angeles, a city where streets are overrun by drug dealers, those who have sworn to uphold the law are breaking them to clean up the streets. Denzel Washington plays L.A.P.D. detective Alonzo Harris, a veteran narcotics officer whose methods of enforcing the law are questionable, if not corrupt. 'Training Day' follows Harris as he trains rookie Jake Hoyt over a 24-hour period. Ethical dilemmas arise for Hoyt as well as the audience as questions present themselves as to whether or not Harris' methodology for ridding the streets of South Central Los Angeles of drugs is right or wrong.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA, Australia",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 15 wins & 23 nominations."
},
"The Sting": {
"title": "The Sting",
"year": "1973",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Comedy, Crime, Drama",
"plot": "When a mutual friend is killed by a mob boss, two con men, one experienced and one young try to get even by pulling off the big con on the mob boss. The story unfolds with several twists and last minute alterations.",
"rating": "8.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 7 Oscars. Another 11 wins & 6 nominations."
},
"Detachment": {
"title": "Detachment",
"year": "2011",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "Detachment is a chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of a substitute teacher named Henry Barthes. Henry roams from school to school, imparting modes of knowledge, but never staying long enough to form any semblance of sentient attachment. A perfect profession for one seeking to hide out in the open. One day Henry arrives at his next assignment. Upon his entry into this particular school, a secret world of emotion is awakened within him by three women. A girl named Meredith in his first period. A fellow teacher Ms. Madison, and a street hooker named Erica, whom Henry has personally granted brief shelter from the streets. Each one of these women, like Henry, are in a life and death struggle to find beauty in a seemingly vicious and loveless world.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "8 wins & 6 nominations."
},
"The Man Who Would Be King": {
"title": "The Man Who Would Be King",
"year": "1975",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Adventure",
"plot": "This adaptation of the famous short story by Rudyard Kipling tells the story of Daniel Dravot and Peachy Carnahan, two ex-soldiers in India when it was under British rule. They decide that the country is too small for them, so they head off to Kafiristan in order to become Kings in their own right. Kipling is seen as a character that was there at the beginning, and at the end of this glorious tale.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "UK, USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 4 nominations."
},
"Carlito's Way": {
"title": "Carlito's Way",
"year": "1993",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "A Puerto Rican ex-con pledges to stay away from his former drug dealing ways but finds himself being dragged back by his past connections and the naive machinations of his lawyer and best friend. Hoping to raise enough money to get away from New York, Carlito Brigante takes on the job of running a nightclub, renews an affair with a dancer but old associates and old instincts suck him back into a world of violence and mistrust.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 1 win & 5 nominations."
},
"The Great Escape": {
"title": "The Great Escape",
"year": "1963",
"rated": "APPROVED",
"genre": "Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller, War",
"plot": "Based on a true story, a group of allied escape artist-type prisoners-of-war (POWs) are all put in an 'escape proof' camp. Their leader decides to try to take out several hundred all at once. The first half of the film is played for comedy as the prisoners mostly outwit their jailers to dig the escape tunnel. The second half is high adventure as they use boats and trains and planes to get out of occupied Europe.",
"rating": "8.2",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 9 nominations."
},
"Open Range": {
"title": "Open Range",
"year": "2003",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Drama, Romance, Western",
"plot": "Boss Spearman, Charley Waite, Mose Harrison and Button freegraze their cattle across the vast prairies of the West, sharing a friendship forged by a steadfast code of honor and living a life unencumbered by civilization. When their wayward herd forces them near the small town of Harmonville, the cowboys encounter a corrupt sheriff and kingpin rancher who govern the territory through fear, tyranny and violence. Boss and Charley find themselves inextricably drawn towards an inevitable showdown, as they are forced to defend the freedom and values of a lifestyle that is all too quickly vanishing. Amidst the turmoil, life suddenly takes an unexpected turn for the loner Charley when he meets the beautiful and warm spirited Sue Barlow, a woman who embraces both his heart and his soul.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "1 win & 4 nominations."
},
"We Need to Talk About Kevin": {
"title": "We Need to Talk About Kevin",
"year": "2011",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "Eva Khatchadourian is trying to piece together her life following the \"incident\". Once a successful travel writer, she is forced to take whatever job comes her way, which of late is as a clerk in a travel agency. She lives a solitary life as people who know about her situation openly shun her, even to the point of violent actions toward her. She, in turn, fosters that solitary life because of the incident, the aftermath of which has turned her into a meek and scared woman. That incident involved her son Kevin Khatchadourian, who is now approaching his eighteenth birthday. Eva and Kevin have always had a troubled relationship, even when he was an infant. Whatever troubles he saw, Franklin, Eva's complacent husband, just attributed it to Kevin being a typical boy. The incident may be seen by both Kevin and Eva as his ultimate act in defiance against his mother.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "UK, USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 27 wins & 62 nominations."
},
"Saw": {
"title": "Saw",
"year": "2004",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Horror, Mystery",
"plot": "Waking up in a undisclosed location in a unknown room two men, adam and gordon are trapped into a single room with a dead body. Given random tools with riddles hidnen around the room. Wondering who could have done this there are clues to who might of done it; the jigsaw killer. The question is not just who but why would a serial killer leave two men in a room. Both adam and gordon hiding secrets they must trust and work together to get out or die...can they survive jigsaws game or die trying?",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "8 wins & 10 nominations."
},
"The French Connection": {
"title": "The French Connection",
"year": "1971",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "William Friedkin's gritty police drama portrays two tough New York City cops trying to intercept a huge heroin shipment coming from France. An interesting contrast is established between 'Popeye' Doyle, a short-tempered alcoholic bigot who is nevertheless a hard-working and dedicated police officer, and his nemesis Alain Charnier, a suave and urbane gentleman who is nevertheless a criminal and one of the largest drug suppliers of pure heroin to North America. During the surveillance and eventual bust, Friedkin provides one of the most gripping and memorable car chase sequences ever filmed.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 5 Oscars. Another 17 wins & 10 nominations."
},
"The Big Sleep": {
"title": "The Big Sleep",
"year": "1946",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "The Big Sleep is the story of a private investigator, named Philip Marlowe, hired by a wealthy general to find out and stop his youngest daughter, Carmen, from being blackmailed about her gambling debts; things almost immediately unravel and blow up from here, as Marlowe finds himself deep within a web of love triangles, blackmail, murder, gambling, and organized crime. Marlowe, with the help of the General's eldest daughter, Vivian, skillfully plot to free the family from this web and trap the main main behind much of this mischief, Eddie, to meet his end at the hands of his own henchmen.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "2 wins."
},
"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?": {
"title": "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?",
"year": "1966",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "George and Martha are a middle aged married couple, whose charged relationship is defined by vitriolic verbal battles, which underlies what seems like an emotional dependence upon each other. This verbal abuse is fueled by an excessive consumption of alcohol. George being an associate History professor in a New Carthage university where Martha's father is the President adds an extra dimension to their relationship. Late one Saturday evening after a faculty mixer, Martha invites Nick and Honey, an ambitious young Biology professor new to the university and his mousy wife, over for a nightcap. As the evening progresses, Nick and Honey, plied with more alcohol, get caught up in George and Martha's games of needing to hurt each other and everyone around them. The ultimate abuse comes in the form of talk of George and Martha's unseen sixteen year old son, whose birthday is the following day.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 5 Oscars. Another 17 wins & 23 nominations."
},
"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty": {
"title": "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty",
"year": "2013",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance",
"plot": "The manager of the negative assets sector of Life magazine, Walter Mitty, has been working for sixteen years for the magazine and has a tedious life, not going anywhere but from his home to his job and vice-versa. He is an escapist, daydreaming into a world of fantasy many times a day. Walter has a crush on the recently hired Cheryl Melhoff but he is too shy to invite her on a date and he is trying to contact her via online dating. The magazine is preparing to release its last printed edition and the loathsome manager of transition Ted Hendricks is preparing an inevitable downsizing over the next few days. Walter has been the liaison between the magazine and the mysterious independent photographer Sean O'Connell who has sent to him a package of negatives and a wallet as a gift for his work. Sean also suggests to the senior management the use of negative 25 for the cover of the last edition. However, Walter cannot find the negative that is missing. Walter has no means to contact Sean and finds a clue that he might be in Greenland. He decides to travel to Greenland to track Sean down in the beginning of an unbelievable adventure.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "USA, UK",
"awards": "5 wins & 18 nominations."
},
"The Science of Sleep": {
"title": "The Science of Sleep",
"year": "2006",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance",
"plot": "Following the death of his father in Mexico, St\u00e9phane Miroux, a shy insecure young man, agrees to come to Paris to draw closer to his widowed mother Christine. He lands a boring job at a calendar-making firm and falls in love with his charming neighbor St\u00e9phanie. But conquering her is no bed of roses for the young man and the only solution he finds to put up with the difficulties he is going through is escape into a dream world...",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "France, Italy",
"awards": "7 wins & 7 nominations."
},
"The Skin I Live In": {
"title": "The Skin I Live In",
"year": "2011",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Horror, Thriller",
"plot": "In honor of his late wife who died in a flaming car accident, scientist, Dr. Robert Ledgard, is trying to synthesize the perfect skin which can withstand burns, cuts or any other kind of damage. As he gets closer to perfecting this skin on his flawless patient, the scientific community starts growing skeptical and his past is revealed that shows how his patient is closely linked to tragic events he would like to forget.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "Spain",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 27 wins & 66 nominations."
},
"28 Days Later...": {
"title": "28 Days Later...",
"year": "2002",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller",
"plot": "Animal activists invade a laboratory with the intention of releasing chimpanzees that are undergoing experimentation, infected by a virus -a virus that causes rage. The naive activists ignore the pleas of a scientist to keep the cages locked, with disastrous results. Twenty-eight days later, our protagonist, Jim, wakes up from a coma, alone, in an abandoned hospital. He begins to seek out anyone else to find London is deserted, apparently without a living soul. After finding a church, which had become inhabited by zombie like humans intent on his demise, he runs for his life. Selena and Mark rescue him from the horde and bring him up to date on the mass carnage and horror as all of London tore itself apart. This is a tale of survival and ultimately, heroics, with nice subtext about mankind's savage nature.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "UK",
"awards": "10 wins & 31 nominations."
},
"The Kite Runner": {
"title": "The Kite Runner",
"year": "2007",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "In the 70's in Afghanistan, the Pushtun boy Amir and the Hazara boy Hassan, who is his loyal friend and son of their Hazara servant Ali, are raised together in Amir's father house, playing and kiting on the streets of a peaceful Kabul. Amir feels that his wise and good father Baba blames him for the death of his mother in the delivery, and also that his father loves and prefers Hassan to him. In return, Amir feels a great respect for his father's best friend Rahim Khan, who supports his intention to become a writer. After Amir winning a competition of kiting, Hassan runs to bring a kite to Amir, but he is beaten and raped by the brutal Assef in an empty street to protect Amir's kite; the coward Amir witness the assault but does not help the loyal Hassam. On the day after his birthday party, Amir hides his new watch in Hassam's bed to frame the boy as a thief and force his father to fire Ali, releasing his conscience from recalling his cowardice and betrayal. In 1979, the Russians invade Afghanistan and Baba and Amir escape to Pakistan. In 1988, they have a simple life in Fremont, California, when Amir graduates in a public college for the pride and joy of Baba. Later Amir meets his countrywoman Soraya and they get married. In 2000, after the death of Baba, Amir is a famous novelist and receives a phone call from the terminal Rahim Khan, who discloses secrets about his family, forcing Amir to return to Peshawar, in Pakistan, in a journey of redemption.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA, China",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 6 wins & 22 nominations."
},
"The Color Purple": {
"title": "The Color Purple",
"year": "1985",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "This film follows the life of Celie, a young black girl growing up in the early 1900's. The first time we see Celie, she is 14 - and pregnant - by her father. We stay with her for the next 30 years of her tough life...",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 11 Oscars. Another 14 wins & 12 nominations."
},
"The Wave": {
"title": "The Wave",
"year": "2008",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "High school teacher, Rainer Wegner, may be popular with the students, but he's also unorthodox. He's forced to teach autocracy for the school's project week. He's less than enthusiastic at first, but the response of the students is surprising to say the least. He forces the students to become more invested in the prospect of self rule, and soon the class project has its own power and eerily starts to resemble Germany's past. Can Wegner and his class realize what's happening before the horrors start repeating themselves?",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "Germany",
"awards": "9 wins & 8 nominations."
},
"Boyz n the Hood": {
"title": "Boyz n the Hood",
"year": "1991",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama",
"plot": "John Singleton's portrayal of social problems in inner-city Los Angeles takes the form of a tale of three friends growing up together 'in the 'hood.' Half-brothers Doughboy and Ricky Baker are foils for each other's personality, presenting very different approaches to the tough lives they face. Ricky is the 'All-American' athlete, looking to win a football scholarship to USC and seeks salvation through sports, while 'Dough' succumbs to the violence, alcohol, and crime surrounding him in his environment, but maintains a strong sense of pride and code of honor. Between these two is their friend Tre, who is lucky to have a father, 'Furious' Styles, to teach him to have the strength of character to do what is right and to always take responsibility for his actions.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 11 wins & 14 nominations."
},
"Before Sunset": {
"title": "Before Sunset",
"year": "2004",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Romance",
"plot": "Early thirty-something American Jesse Wallace is in a Paris bookstore, the last stop on a tour to promote his best selling book, This Time. Although he is vague to reporters about the source material for the book, it is about his chance encounter nine years earlier on June 15-16, 1994 with a Parisienne named Celine, and the memorable and romantic day and evening they spent together in Vienna. At the end of their encounter at the Vienna train station, which is also how the book ends, they, not providing contact information to the other, vowed to meet each other again in exactly six months at that very spot. As the media scrum at the bookstore nears its conclusion, Jesse spots Celine in the crowd, she who only found out about the book when she earlier saw his photograph promoting this public appearance. Much like their previous encounter, Jesse and Celine, who is now an environmental activist, decide to spend time together until he is supposed to catch his flight back to New York, this time only being about an hour. Beyond the issue of the six month meeting, what has happened in their lives in the intervening nine years, and their current lives, they once again talk about their philosophies of life and love, this time with the knowledge of their day together and how it shaped what has happened to them.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 9 wins & 30 nominations."
},
"Wristcutters: A Love Story": {
"title": "Wristcutters: A Love Story",
"year": "2006",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance",
"plot": "Despondent over his breakup with Desiree, Zia slashes his wrists and goes to an afterlife peopled by suicides, a high-desert landscape dotted by old tires, burned-out cars, and abandoned sofas. He gets a job in a pizza joint. By chance, Zia learns that Desiree offed herself a few months after he did, and she's looking for him. He sets off with Eugene (an electrocuted Russian rocker) to find her, and they pick up a hitchhiker, Mikal, who's looking for the People in Charge, believing she's there by mistake. They're soon at the camp of Kneller, where casual miracles proliferate. They hear rumors of a miraculous king. Can Zia find Desiree? Then what? Where there's death there's hope.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "USA, UK",
"awards": "9 wins & 6 nominations."
},
"Terms of Endearment": {
"title": "Terms of Endearment",
"year": "1983",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama",
"plot": "Aurora and Emma are mother and daughter who march to different drummers. Beginning with Emma's marriage, Aurora shows how difficult and loving she can be. The movie covers several years of their lives as each finds different reasons to go on living and find joy. Aurora's interludes with Garrett Breedlove, retired astronaut and next door neighbor are quite striking. In the end, different people show their love in very different ways.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 5 Oscars. Another 27 wins & 18 nominations."
},
"Back to the Future": {
"title": "Back to the Future",
"year": "1985",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi",
"plot": "Marty McFly, a typical American teenager of the Eighties, is accidentally sent back to 1955 in a plutonium-powered DeLorean \"time machine\" invented by a slightly mad scientist. During his often hysterical, always amazing trip back in time, Marty must make certain his teenage parents-to-be meet and fall in love - so he can get back to the future.",
"rating": "8.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 19 wins & 25 nominations."
},
"Quills": {
"title": "Quills",
"year": "2000",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Biography, Drama",
"plot": "The infamous writer, the Marquis de Sade of 18th Century France, is imprisoned at Charenton Insane Asylum for unmentionable activities. He manages to befriend the young Abb\u00e9 de Coulmier, who runs the asylum, along with a beautiful laundress named Madeline. Things go terribly wrong when the Abbe finds out that the Marquis' books are being secretly published. The emperor Napoleon contemplates sending Dr. Royer-Collard to oversee the asylum, a man famed for his torturous punishments. It could mean the end of Charenton and possibly the Marquis himself.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "UK, Germany, USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 18 wins & 41 nominations."
},
"Precious": {
"title": "Precious",
"year": "2009",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "In Harlem, 1987. Sixteen year old Claireece Jones - who goes by her middle name Precious - is an illiterate, overweight black girl. She is pregnant with her second child, both children fathered by her biological father, who has continually raped her since she was a child, but who she doesn't see otherwise. Her infant daughter, Mongo - such named since she has Down Syndrome - lives with Precious' grandmother. Precious lives with her mother Mary, who abuses Precious both physically and emotionally. Mary does nothing but smoke, watch television and collect welfare through fraud (as she doesn't ever look for a job) and believes that education does nothing for Precious, who she would rather also collect welfare if only to bring money into the household. To escape her life, Precious often daydreams of herself in glamorous situations. Because of her current pregnancy, Precious' principal transfers her into an alternative school. In dealing with the school's sympathetic teacher Miss Blu Rain, Precious begins to believe that she can have a future by learning how to read and write. Despite some devastating news from her mother following the birth of her child, Precious also begins to believe she can escape the grips of her abusive mother, who, up to this point, was Precious' only real support.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 2 Oscars. Another 111 wins & 98 nominations."
},
"The Producers": {
"title": "The Producers",
"year": "1967",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Comedy, Music",
"plot": "Down-on-his-luck theatrical producer Max Bialystock is forced to romance rich old ladies to finance his efforts. When timid accountant Leo Bloom reviews Max's accounting books, the two hit upon a way to make a fortune by producing a sure-fire flop. The play which is to be their gold mine? \"Springtime for Hitler.\"",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 5 nominations."
},
"Superbad": {
"title": "Superbad",
"year": "2007",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy",
"plot": "Seth and Evan are best friends, inseparable, navigating the last weeks of high school. Usually shunned by the popular kids, Seth and Evan luck into an invitation to a party, and spend a long day, with the help of their nerdy friend Fogell, trying to score enough alcohol to lubricate the party and inebriate two girls, Jules and Becca, so they can kick-start their sex lives and go off to college with a summer full of experience and new skills. Their quest is complicated by Fogell's falling in with two inept cops who both slow and assist the plan. If they do get the liquor to the party, what then? Is sex the only rite of passage at hand?",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "11 wins & 24 nominations."
},
"Lady and the Tramp": {
"title": "Lady and the Tramp",
"year": "1955",
"rated": "G",
"genre": "Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance",
"plot": "Lady, a golden cocker spaniel, meets up with a mongrel dog who calls himself the Tramp. He is obviously from the wrong side of town, but happenings at Lady's home make her decide to travel with him for a while. This turns out to be a bad move, as no dog is above the law.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 win & 1 nomination."
},
"The Godfather: Part II": {
"title": "The Godfather: Part II",
"year": "1974",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama",
"plot": "The continuing saga of the Corleone crime family tells the story of a young Vito Corleone growing up in Sicily and in 1910s New York; and follows Michael Corleone in the 1950s as he attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.",
"rating": "9.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 6 Oscars. Another 11 wins & 20 nominations."
},
"The Mission": {
"title": "The Mission",
"year": "1986",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Adventure, Drama, History",
"plot": "Jeremy Irons plays a Spanish Jesuit who goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region. Robert DeNiro plays a slave hunter who is converted and joins Irons in his mission. When Spain sells the colony to Portugal, they are forced to defend all they have built against the Portuguese aggressors.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "UK, France",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 12 wins & 27 nominations."
},
"Back to the Future Part III": {
"title": "Back to the Future Part III",
"year": "1990",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Western",
"plot": "Stranded in 1955, Marty McFly receives written word from his friend, Doctor Emmett Brown, as to where can be found the DeLorean time machine. However, an unfortunate discovery prompts Marty to go to his friend's aid. Using the time machine, Marty travels to the old west where his friend has run afoul of a gang of thugs and has fallen in love with a local schoolteacher. Using the technology from the time, Marty and Emmett devise one last chance to send the two of them back to the future.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "5 wins & 11 nominations."
},
"Big Hero 6": {
"title": "Big Hero 6",
"year": "2014",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi",
"plot": "When a devastating event befalls the city of San Fransokyo and catapults Hiro into the midst of danger, he turns to Baymax and his close friends adrenaline junkie Go Go Tomago, neatnik Wasabi, chemistry whiz Honey Lemon and fanboy Fred. Determined to uncover the mystery, Hiro transforms his friends into a band of high-tech heroes called \"Big Hero 6.\"",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 16 wins & 57 nominations."
},
"Doctor Zhivago": {
"title": "Doctor Zhivago",
"year": "1965",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Drama, Romance, War",
"plot": "During the Russian Revolution, Yuri Zhivago, is a young doctor who has been raised by his aunt and uncle following his father's suicide. Yuri falls in love with beautiful Lara Guishar, who has been having an affair with her mother's lover, Victor Komarovsky, an unscrupulous businessman. Yuri, however, ends up marrying his cousin, Tonya. But when he and Lara meet again years later, the spark of love reignites.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA, Italy, UK",
"awards": "Won 5 Oscars. Another 16 wins & 13 nominations."
},
"The White Ribbon": {
"title": "The White Ribbon",
"year": "2009",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "From July, 1913 to the outbreak of World War I, a series of incidents take place in a German village. A horse trips on a wire and throws the rider; a woman falls to her death through rotted planks; the local baron's son is hung upside down in a mill; parents slap and bully their children; a man is cruel to his long-suffering lover; another sexually abuses his daughter. People disappear. A callow teacher, who courts a nanny in the baron's household, narrates the story and tries to investigate the connections among these accidents and crimes. What is foreshadowed? Are the children holy innocents? God may be in His heaven, but all is not right with the world; the center cannot hold.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "Germany, Austria, France, Italy",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 58 wins & 39 nominations."
},
"Dead Man Walking": {
"title": "Dead Man Walking",
"year": "1995",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama",
"plot": "A convicted murderer on Death Row and the nun who befriends him. Through the portrayal of finely drawn characters and their interactions as the days, hours, and minutes tick down to the condemned man's execution, powerful emotions are unleashed. While Matthew Poncelet and Sister Prejean desperately try to gain a stay of execution from the governor or the courts, scenes are intercut from the brutal crime, gradually revealing the truth about the events that transpired. In addition to her temporal help, the nun also tries to reach out spiritually and assist as a guide to salvation.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "UK, USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 20 wins & 19 nominations."
},
"The Butterfly Effect": {
"title": "The Butterfly Effect",
"year": "2004",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller",
"plot": "Evan Treborn grows up in a small town with his single, working mother and his friends. He suffers from memory blackouts where he suddenly finds himself somewhere else, confused. Evan's friends and mother hardly believe him, thinking he makes it up just to get out of trouble. As Evan grows up he has fewer of these blackouts until he seems to have recovered. Since the age of seven he has written a diary of his blackout moments so he can remember what happens. One day at college he starts to read one of his old diaries, and suddenly a flashback hits him like a brick!",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA, Canada",
"awards": "1 win & 8 nominations."
},
"Cape Fear": {
"title": "Cape Fear",
"year": "1991",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Thriller",
"plot": "Sam Bowden (Nick Nolte)is a small-town corporate attorney/\"Leave It to Beaver\" type family-man. Max Cady (Robert De Niro) is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, bible-quoting, rapist. What do they have in common? Fourteen years, ago Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey, bibliophile Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 17 nominations."
},
"The 400 Blows": {
"title": "The 400 Blows",
"year": "1959",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Crime, Drama",
"plot": "Seemingly in constant trouble at school, 14 year-old Antoine Doinel returns at the end of every day to a drab and unhappy home life. His parents have little money and he sleeps on a couch that's been pushed into the kitchen. He knows his mother is having an affair and his parents bicker constantly. He decides to skip school and begins a downward spiral of lies and later stealing. His parents are at their wits end and after he's stopped by the police, they decide the best thing to do would be to let Antoine face the consequences. He's sent to a juvenile detention facility where he doesn't do much better. He does manage to escape however.........",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "France",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 7 wins & 3 nominations."
},
"Snatch": {
"title": "Snatch",
"year": "2000",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Crime",
"plot": "Turkish and his close friend/accomplice Tommy get pulled into the world of match fixing by the notorious Brick Top. Things get complicated when the boxer they had lined up gets badly beaten by Pitt, a 'pikey' ( slang for an Irish Gypsy)- who comes into the equation after Turkish, an unlicensed boxing promoter wants to buy a caravan off the Irish Gypsies. They then try to convince Pitt not only to fight for them, but to lose for them too. Whilst all this is going on, a huge diamond heist takes place, and a fistful of motley characters enter the story, including 'Cousin Avi', 'Boris The Blade', 'Franky Four Fingers' and 'Bullet Tooth Tony'. Things go from bad to worse as it all becomes about the money, the guns, and the damned dog!",
"rating": "8.3",
"country": "UK, USA",
"awards": "4 wins & 6 nominations."
},
"E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial": {
"title": "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial",
"year": "1982",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Family, Sci-Fi",
"plot": "After a gentle alien becomes stranded on Earth, the being is discovered and befriended by a young boy named Elliott. Bringing the extraterrestrial into his suburban California house, Elliott introduces E.T., as the alien is dubbed, to his brother and his little sister, Gertie, and the children decide to keep its existence a secret. Soon, however, E.T. falls ill, resulting in government intervention and a dire situation for both Elliott and the alien.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 4 Oscars. Another 47 wins & 34 nominations."
},
"Midnight Cowboy": {
"title": "Midnight Cowboy",
"year": "1969",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "Texas greenhorn Joe Buck arrives in New York for the first time. Preening himself as a real 'hustler', he finds that he is the one getting 'hustled' until he teams up with a down-and-out but resilient outcast named Ratso Rizzo. The initial 'country cousin meets city cousin' relationship deepens. In their efforts to bilk a hostile world rebuffing them at every turn, this unlikely pair progress from partners in shady business to comrades. Each has found his first real friend.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 3 Oscars. Another 24 wins & 15 nominations."
},
"Fearless": {
"title": "Fearless",
"year": "2006",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Action, Biography, Drama, Sport",
"plot": "Martial arts legend Huo Yuanjia became the most famous fighter in all of China at the turn of the 20th Century. Huo faced personal tragedy but ultimately fought his way out of darkness and into history, defining the true spirit of martial arts. His self-discovery, and the choices he made, inspired his nation. The son of a great fighter who did not wish for his child to follow in his footsteps, the bullied Huo Yuanjia resolves to teach himself how to fight - and win. Years of training enable him to ace match after match in his home region of Tianjin. But as his fame as a martial arts master grows, so does his pride. After an ill-advised fight leads to another master's death, members of Huo's family are slain in revenge. Grieving and ashamed, Huo wanders the country in shock. Near death, he is rescued by women from an idyllic village, and is offered simple kindness and generosity that help him heal and regain his equilibrium over a period of several years. Huo realizes that the future of martial arts lies in sportsmanship and not brutality, and he rejoins society to apply what he has learned. Returning to Tianjin, Huo takes steps to come to terms with his past and restore his family's name. His evolving, graceful Mizong (Missing) Fist method of fighting brings Huo renewed success, and he forms the progressive Jingwu Sports Federation. Taking note, duplicitous members of the Foreign Chamber of Commerce engineer a Shanghai tournament pitting Huo against four fighters, each representing the major foreign powers in China. Huo commits to the bout and faces off against, respectively, a British boxer, a Spanish swordsman, a Belgian soldier, and a Japanese martial artist. What happened that day in 1910 has never been, and will never be, forgotten in China.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "China, Hong Kong",
"awards": "5 wins & 12 nominations."
},
"Notorious": {
"title": "Notorious",
"year": "1946",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Drama, Film-Noir, Romance, Thriller",
"plot": "Following the conviction of her German father for treason against the U.S., Alicia Huberman takes to drink and men. She is approached by a government agent (T.R. Devlin) who asks her to spy on a group of her father's Nazi friends operating out of Rio de Janeiro. A romance develops between Alicia and Devlin, but she starts to get too involved in her work.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 1 nomination."
},
"Kelly's Heroes": {
"title": "Kelly's Heroes",
"year": "1970",
"rated": "GP",
"genre": "Adventure, Comedy, War",
"plot": "During World War II a German Colonel is captured by the Americans but before he can be interrogated an artillery barrage hits the camp. However, Ex-Lieutenant Kelly manages to reach the Colonel, get him drunk and learn that he is on a secret mission to ship $16,000,000 of gold to a base in France. Kelly is determined to get the gold and plans for himself and a few of his fellow soldiers to slip into enemy territory and steal the bullion.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "1 nomination."
},
"The Shining": {
"title": "The Shining",
"year": "1980",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Horror",
"plot": "Signing a contract, Jack Torrance, a normal writer and former teacher agrees to take care of a hotel which has a long, violent past that puts everyone in the hotel in a nervous situation. While Jack slowly gets more violent and angry of his life, his son, Danny, tries to use a special talent, the \"Shining\", to inform the people outside about whatever that is going on in the hotel.",
"rating": "8.4",
"country": "UK, USA",
"awards": "3 wins & 7 nominations."
},
"The Thin Red Line": {
"title": "The Thin Red Line",
"year": "1998",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, War",
"plot": "U.S. Army Private Witt (AWOL) is found and imprisoned on a troop carrier by his company First Sergeant, Welsh.The men of C Company,1st Battalion,27th Infantry Regiment,25th Infantry Division have been brought to Guadalcanal as reinforcements in the campaign to secure Henderson Field and seize the island from the Japanese. They arrive near Hill 210, a key Japanese position. Their task is to capture the hill at all cost. What happens next is a story developing about redemption and the meaningless of war. Regardless the outcome.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 7 Oscars. Another 20 wins & 40 nominations."
},
"Braveheart": {
"title": "Braveheart",
"year": "1995",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Biography, Drama, History, War",
"plot": "William Wallace is a Scottish rebel who leads an uprising against the cruel English ruler Edward the Longshanks, who wishes to inherit the crown of Scotland for himself. When he was a young boy, William Wallace's father and brother, along with many others, lost their lives trying to free Scotland. Once he loses another of his loved ones, William Wallace begins his long quest to make Scotland free once and for all, along with the assistance of Robert the Bruce.",
"rating": "8.4",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 5 Oscars. Another 26 wins & 28 nominations."
},
"The Social Network": {
"title": "The Social Network",
"year": "2010",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Biography, Drama",
"plot": "On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication. A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in history... but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both personal and legal complications.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 3 Oscars. Another 165 wins & 168 nominations."
},
"Headhunters": {
"title": "Headhunters",
"year": "2011",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "Roger Brown an Executive Headhunter and a part-time high end painting thief finds himself embroiled in a cat and mouse game when he tries to destroy Clas Greve's career prospects. However, Clas is a former member of a special tactical military force and will stop at nothing to ensure Roger is out of the picture and the job is his.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 8 wins & 11 nominations."
},
"The Guns of Navarone": {
"title": "The Guns of Navarone",
"year": "1961",
"rated": "TV-PG",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, Drama, War",
"plot": "Two powerful German guns control the seas past the Greek island of Navarone making the evacuation of endangered British troops on a neighboring island impossible. Air attack is useless so a team of six Allied and Greek soldiers is put ashore to meet up with partisans to try and dynamite the guns. The mission is perilous enough anyway but are the Germans on the island getting further help too?.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA, UK",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 3 wins & 12 nominations."
},
"Bound": {
"title": "Bound",
"year": "1996",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Romance, Thriller",
"plot": "Corky, a lesbian ex con hired to work in an apartment as a plumber, meets neighbors Caesar, who launders money for the Mafia, and his girlfriend Violet. The two women have a love affair and decide to steal $2,000,000 that Caesar has in custody before he gives them back to Mafia boss Gino Marzone. Caesar is set up by the two scheming women as a scapegoat but things start to go wrong when he reacts in an unexpected way...",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "8 wins & 13 nominations."
},
"The Blind Side": {
"title": "The Blind Side",
"year": "2009",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Biography, Drama, Sport",
"plot": "Based on the true story of Leigh Anne Tuohy and Sean Tuohy who take in a homeless teenage African-American, Michael Oher. Michael has no idea who his father is and his mother is a drug addict. Michael has had little formal education and few skills to help him learn. Leigh Anne soon takes charge however, as is her nature, ensuring that the young man has every opportunity to succeed. When he expresses an interest in football, she goes all out to help him, including giving the coach a few ideas on how best to use Michael's skills. They not only provide him with a loving home, but hire a tutor to help him improve his grades to the point where he would qualify for an NCAA Division I athletic scholarship. Michael Oher was the first-round pick of the Baltimore Ravens in the 2009 NFL draft.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 7 wins & 30 nominations."
},
"Rushmore": {
"title": "Rushmore",
"year": "1998",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama",
"plot": "Max Fischer is a precocious 15-year-old whose reason for living is his attendance at Rushmore, a private school where he's not doing well in any of his classes, but where he's the king of extracurricular activities - from being in the beekeeping society to writing and producing plays, there's very little after school he doesn't do. His life begins to change, however, when he finds out he's on academic probation, and when he stumbles into love with Miss Cross, a pretty teacher of the elementary school at Rushmore. Added to the mix is his friendship with Herman Blume, wealthy industrialist and father to boys who attend the school, and who also finds himself attracted to Miss Cross. Max's fate becomes inextricably tied to this odd love triangle, and how he sets about resolving it is the story in the film.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 16 wins & 15 nominations."
},
"Warrior": {
"title": "Warrior",
"year": "2011",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Drama, Sport",
"plot": "Two brothers face the fight of a lifetime - and the wreckage of their broken family - within the brutal, high-stakes world of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighting in Lionsgate's action/drama, WARRIOR. A former Marine, haunted by a tragic past, Tommy Riordan returns to his hometown of Pittsburgh and enlists his father, a recovered alcoholic and his former coach, to train him for an MMA tournament awarding the biggest purse in the history of the sport. As Tommy blazes a violent path towards the title prize, his brother, Brendan, a former MMA fighter unable to make ends meet as a public school teacher, returns to the amateur ring to provide for his family. Even though years have passed, recriminations and past betrayals keep Brendan bitterly estranged from both Tommy and his father. But when Brendan's unlikely rise as an underdog sets him on a collision course with Tommy, the two brothers must finally confront the forces that tore them apart, all the while waging the most intense, winner-takes-all battle of their lives.",
"rating": "8.2",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 6 wins & 20 nominations."
},
"Nine Queens": {
"title": "Nine Queens",
"year": "2000",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "Early one morning, Marcos observes Juan successfully pulling off a bill-changing scam on a cashier, and then getting caught as he attempts to pull the same trick on the next shift. Marcos steps in, claiming to be a policeman, and drags Juan out of the store. Once they are back on the street, Marcos reveals himself to be a fellow swindler with a game of much higher stakes in mind, and he invites Juan to be his partner in crime. A once-in-a-lifetime scheme seemingly falls into their laps - an old-time con man enlists them to sell a forged set of extremely valuable rare stamps, The Nine Queens. The tricky negotiations that ensue bring into the picture a cast of suspicious characters, including Marcos' sister Valeria, their younger brother Federico and a slew of thieves, conmen and pickpockets. As the deceptions mount, it becomes more and more difficult to figure out who is conning whom.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "Argentina",
"awards": "22 wins & 8 nominations."
},
"La Haine": {
"title": "La Haine",
"year": "1995",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Crime, Drama",
"plot": "The film follows three young men and their time spent in the French suburban \"ghetto,\" over a span of twenty-four hours. Vinz, a Jew, Sa\u00efd, an Arab, and Hubert, a black boxer, have grown up in these French suburbs where high levels of diversity coupled with the racist and oppressive police force have raised tensions to a critical breaking point. During the riots that took place a night before, a police officer lost his handgun in the ensuing madness, only to leave it for Vinz to find. Now, with a newfound means to gain the respect he deserves, Vinz vows to kill a cop if his friend Abdel dies in the hospital, due the beating he received while in police custody.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "France",
"awards": "8 wins & 13 nominations."
},
"V for Vendetta": {
"title": "V for Vendetta",
"year": "2005",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller",
"plot": "Tells the story of Evey Hammond and her unlikely but instrumental part in bringing down the fascist government that has taken control of a futuristic Great Britain. Saved from a life-and-death situation by a man in a Guy Fawkes mask who calls himself V, she learns a general summary of V's past and, after a time, decides to help him bring down those who committed the atrocities that led to Britain being in the shape that it is in.",
"rating": "8.2",
"country": "USA, UK, Germany",
"awards": "7 wins & 27 nominations."
},
"The Wicker Man": {
"title": "The Wicker Man",
"year": "2006",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "While recovering from a tragic accident on the road, the patrolman Edward Malus receives a letter from his former fianc\u00e9e Willow, who left him years ago without any explanation, telling that her daughter Rowan is missing. Edward travels to the private island of Summerisle, where Willow lives in an odd community that plant fruits, and she reveals that Rowan is actually their daughter. Along his investigation with the hostile and unhelpful dwellers, Edward discloses that the locals are pagans, practicing old rituals to improve their harvest, and Rowan is probably alive and being prepared to be sacrificed. When he locates the girl, he finds also the dark truth about the wicker man.",
"rating": "3.7",
"country": "USA, Germany, Canada",
"awards": "2 wins & 7 nominations."
},
"Ordinary People": {
"title": "Ordinary People",
"year": "1980",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "Beth, Calvin, and their son Conrad are living in the aftermath of the death of the other son. Conrad is overcome by grief and misplaced guilt to the extent of a suicide attempt. He is in therapy. Beth had always preferred his brother and is having difficulty being supportive to Conrad. Calvin is trapped between the two trying to hold the family together.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 4 Oscars. Another 15 wins & 14 nominations."
},
"The Incredibles": {
"title": "The Incredibles",
"year": "2004",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Animation, Action, Adventure, Family",
"plot": "Bob Parr (A.K.A. Mr. Incredible), and his wife Helen (A.K.A. Elastigirl), are the world's greatest famous crime-fighting superheroes in Metroville. Always saving lives and battling evil on a daily basis. But fifteen years later, they have been forced to adopt civilian identities and retreat to the suburbs where they have no choice but to retire as superheroes to live a \"normal life\" with their three children Violet, Dash and Jack-Jack (who were secretly born with superpowers). Itching to get back into action, Bob gets his chance when a mysterious communication summons him to a remote island for a top secret assignment. He soon discovers that it will take a super family effort to rescue the world from total destruction.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 2 Oscars. Another 65 wins & 55 nominations."
},
"A Beautiful Mind": {
"title": "A Beautiful Mind",
"year": "2001",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Biography, Drama",
"plot": "From the heights of notoriety to the depths of depravity, John Forbes Nash, Jr. experienced it all. A mathematical genius, he made an astonishing discovery early in his career and stood on the brink of international acclaim. But the handsome and arrogant Nash soon found himself on a painful and harrowing journey of self-discovery. After many years of struggle, he eventually triumphed over his tragedy, and finally - late in life - received the Nobel Prize.",
"rating": "8.2",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 4 Oscars. Another 33 wins & 67 nominations."
},
"Falling Down": {
"title": "Falling Down",
"year": "1993",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "On the day of his daughter's (Joey Hope Singer) birthday, William \"D-Fens\" Foster (Michael Douglas) is trying to get to his estranged ex-wife's (Barbara Hershey) house to see his daughter. He has a breakdown and leaves his car in a traffic jam in Los Angeles and decides to walk. Along the way he stops at a convenience store and tries to get some change for a phone call but the owner, Mister Lee (Michael Paul Chan), does not give him change. This destabilizes William who then breaks apart the shop with a baseball bat and goes to an isolated place to drink a coke. Two gangsters (Agustin Rodriguez & Eddie Frias) threaten him and he reacts by hitting them with the bat. D-FENS continues walking and stops at a phone booth. The gangsters hunt him down with their gang and shoot at him but crash their car. William goes nuts and takes their gym bag with weapons proceeding in his journey of rage against injustice. Meanwhile Sergeant Martin Prendergast (Robert Duvall), who is working on his last day before retirement, is following the wave of crimes and believes that the same man is responsible but the other detectives do not pay attention to him.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "France, USA",
"awards": "1 win & 2 nominations."
},
"300": {
"title": "300",
"year": "2006",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Fantasy",
"plot": "In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian army in the mountain pass of Thermopylae. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held back the enemy in one of the most famous last stands of history. Persian King Xerxes led a Army of well over 100,000 (Persian king Xerxes before war has about 170,000 army) men to Greece and was confronted by 300 Spartans, 700 Thespians, and 400 Thebans. Xerxes waited for 10 days for King Leonidas to surrender or withdraw but left with no options he pushed forward. After 3 days of battle all the Greeks were killed. The Spartan defeat was not the one expected, as a local shepherd, named Ephialtes, defected to the Persians and informed Xerxes that the separate path through Thermopylae, which the Persians could use to outflank the Greeks, was not as heavily guarded as they thought.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "17 wins & 45 nominations."
},
"From Here to Eternity": {
"title": "From Here to Eternity",
"year": "1953",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Drama, Romance, War",
"plot": "It's 1941. Robert E. Lee Prewitt has requested Army transfer and has ended up at Schofield in Hawaii. His new captain, Dana Holmes, has heard of his boxing prowess and is keen to get him to represent the company. However, 'Prew' is adamant that he doesn't box anymore, so Captain Holmes gets his subordinates to make his life a living hell. Meanwhile Sergeant Warden starts seeing the captain's wife, who has a history of seeking external relief from a troubled marriage. Prew's friend Maggio has a few altercations with the sadistic stockade Sergeant 'Fatso' Judson, and Prew begins falling in love with social club employee Lorene. Unbeknownst to anyone, the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor looms in the distance.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 8 Oscars. Another 14 wins & 7 nominations."
},
"A Few Good Men": {
"title": "A Few Good Men",
"year": "1992",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "In this dramatic courtroom thriller, LT Daniel Kaffee, a Navy lawyer who has never seen the inside of the courtroom, defends two stubborn Marines who have been accused of murdering a colleague. Kaffee is known as being lazy and had arranged for a plea bargain. Downey's Aunt Ginny appoints Cmdr. Galloway to represent him. Also on the legal staff is LTJG Sam Weinberg. The team rounds up many facts and Kaffee is discovering that he is really cut out for trial work. The defense is originally based upon the fact that PFC Santiago, the victim, was given a \"CODE RED\". Santiago was basically a screw-up. At Gitmo, screw-ups aren't tolerated. Especially by Col. Nathan Jessup. In Cuba, Jessup and two senior officers try to give all the help they can, but Kaffee knows something's fishy. In the conclusion of the film, the fireworks are set off by a confrontation between Jessup and Kaffee.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 26 nominations."
},
"Love Me If You Dare": {
"title": "Love Me If You Dare",
"year": "2003",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, Romance",
"plot": "Julien Janvier lost his mother young, drifted apart from his working class father and ever closer to confident Sophie Kowalsky, the Polish class outsider. Their dares game, symbolized by an interchanged music-box, grows ever bolder, regardless of harm to others and each-other. In his college years, it even suspends their relationship and toys with their marriages, but they are drawn back to each-other irresistibly.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "France, Belgium",
"awards": "5 wins & 2 nominations."
},
"The Bucket List": {
"title": "The Bucket List",
"year": "2007",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Adventure, Comedy, Drama",
"plot": "Corporate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers have nothing in common except for their terminal illnesses. While sharing a hospital room together, they decide to leave it and do all the things they have ever wanted to do before they die according to their bucket list. In the process, both of them heal each other, become unlikely friends, and ultimately find joy in life.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "3 wins & 4 nominations."
},
"Kramer vs. Kramer": {
"title": "Kramer vs. Kramer",
"year": "1979",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take this anymore, so she decides to leave him. Ted is now faced with the tasks of housekeeping and taking care of himself and their young son Billy. When he has learned to adjust his life to these new responsibilities, Joanna resurfaces and wants Billy back. Ted, however, refuses to give him up, so they go to court to fight for the custody of their son.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 5 Oscars. Another 33 wins & 23 nominations."
},
"Donnie Darko": {
"title": "Donnie Darko",
"year": "2001",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller",
"plot": "Donnie Darko doesn't get along too well with his family, his teachers and his classmates; but he does manage to find a sympathetic friend in Gretchen, who agrees to date him. He has a compassionate psychiatrist, who discovers hypnosis is the means to unlock hidden secrets. His other companion may not be a true ally. Donnie has a friend named Frank - a large bunny which only Donnie can see. When an engine falls off a plane and destroys his bedroom, Donnie is not there. Both the event, and Donnie's escape, seem to have been caused by supernatural events. Donnie's mental illness, if such it is, may never allow him to find out for sure.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "11 wins & 15 nominations."
},
"Beasts of the Southern Wild": {
"title": "Beasts of the Southern Wild",
"year": "2012",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Adventure, Drama, Fantasy",
"plot": "Hushpuppy, an intrepid six-year-old girl, lives with her father, Wink, in the Bathtub, a southern Delta community at the edge of the world. Wink's tough love prepares her for the unraveling of the universe; for a time when he's no longer there to protect her. When Wink contracts a mysterious illness, nature flies out of whack, temperatures rise, and the ice caps melt, unleashing an army of prehistoric creatures called aurochs. With the waters rising, the aurochs coming, and Wink's health fading, Hushpuppy goes in search of her lost mother.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 92 wins & 123 nominations."
},
"Chinatown": {
"title": "Chinatown",
"year": "1974",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "JJ 'Jake' Gittes is a private detective who seems to specialize in matrimonial cases. He is hired by Evelyn Mulwray when she suspects her husband Hollis, builder of the city's water supply system, of having an affair. Gittes does what he does best and photographs him with a young girl but in the ensuing scandal, it seems he was hired by an impersonator and not the real Mrs. Mulwray. When Mr. Mulwray is found dead, Jake is plunged into a complex web of deceit involving murder, incest, and municipal corruption all related to the city's water supply.",
"rating": "8.2",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 20 wins & 24 nominations."
},
"Bram Stoker's Dracula": {
"title": "Bram Stoker's Dracula",
"year": "1992",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Horror",
"plot": "This version of Dracula is closely based on Bram Stoker's classic novel of the same name. A young lawyer (Jonathan Harker) is assigned to a gloomy village in the mists of eastern Europe. He is captured and imprisoned by the undead vampire Dracula, who travels to London, inspired by a photograph of Harker's betrothed, Mina Murray. In Britain, Dracula begins a reign of seduction and terror, draining the life from Mina's closest friend, Lucy Westenra. Lucy's friends gather together to try to drive Dracula away.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 3 Oscars. Another 21 wins & 20 nominations."
},
"A History of Violence": {
"title": "A History of Violence",
"year": "2005",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "This is the story of a mild-mannered man, named Tom Stall, who becomes a local hero through an act of violence, he lives a happy and quiet life with his lawyer wife and their two children in the small town of Millbrook, Indiana. But one night their idyllic existence is shattered when Tom foils a vicious attempted robbery in his diner. Sensing danger, he takes action and saves his customers and friends in the self-defense killings of two-sought-after criminals. Heralded as a hero, Tom's life is changed overnight, attracting a national media circus, which forces him into the spotlight. Uncomfortable with his newfound celebrity, Tom tries to return to the normalcy of his ordinary life only to be confronted by a mysterious and threatening man who arrives in town believing Tom is the man who wronged him in the past. As Tom and his family fight back against this case of mistaken identity and struggle to cope with their changed reality, they are forced to confront their relationships and the divisive issues which surface as a result.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA, Germany, Canada",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 37 wins & 78 nominations."
},
"Notes on a Scandal": {
"title": "Notes on a Scandal",
"year": "2006",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller",
"plot": "The bitter, cynical and lonely Barbara Covett is a tough and conservative teacher, near to retirement, who is loathed by her colleagues and students. In the loneliness of her apartment, she spends her spare time writing her journal, taking care of her old cat Portia and missing her special friend Jennifer Dodd. When Sheba Hart joins the high-school as the new art teacher, Barbara dedicates her attention to the newcomer, writing sharp and unpleasant comments about her behavior and clothes. When Barbara helps Sheba in a difficult situation with two students, the grateful Sheba invites her to have lunch with her family. Sheba introduces her husband and former professor Richard Hart, who is about twenty years older than she; her rebellious teenager daughter Polly; and her son Ben that has Down's Syndrome. Barbara becomes close to Sheba, but when she accidentally discovers that Sheba is having an affair with the fifteen year-old student Steven Connolly, Barbara sees the chance to manipulate and get closer to Sheba, hiding the secret from the school headmaster. When Portia dies and Sheba does not stay with Barbara in the veterinary office to see Ben in a theater play, Barbara plots a Machiavellian revenge against Sheba, creating a scandal and consequent turmoil in their lives.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "UK",
"awards": "Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 15 wins & 68 nominations."
},
"Singin' in the Rain": {
"title": "Singin' in the Rain",
"year": "1952",
"rated": "G",
"genre": "Comedy, Musical, Romance",
"plot": "1927 Hollywood. Monumental Pictures' biggest stars, glamorous on-screen couple Lina Lamont and Don Lockwood, are also an off-screen couple if the trade papers and gossip columns are to be believed. Both perpetuate the public perception if only to please their adoring fans and bring people into the movie theaters. In reality, Don barely tolerates her, while Lina, despite thinking Don beneath her, simplemindedly believes what she sees on screen in order to bolster her own stardom and sense of self-importance. R.F. Simpson, Monumental's head, dismisses what he thinks is a flash in the pan: talking pictures. It isn't until The Jazz Singer (1927) becomes a bona fide hit which results in all the movie theaters installing sound equipment that R.F. knows Monumental, most specifically in the form of Don and Lina, have to jump on the talking picture bandwagon, despite no one at the studio knowing anything about the technology. Musician Cosmo Brown, Don's best friend, gets hired as Monumental's ideas man and musical director. And by this time, Don has secretly started dating Kathy Selden, a chorus girl who is trying to make it big in pictures herself. Don and Kathy's relationship is despite their less than friendly initial meeting. Cosmo and Kathy help Don, who had worked his way up through the movie ranks to stardom, try make the leap to talking picture stardom, with Kathy following along the way. However, they have to overcome the technological issues. But the bigger problem is Lina, who will do anything to ensure she also makes the successful leap into talking pictures, despite her own inabilities and at anyone and everyone else's expense if they get in her way, especially Kathy as Don's off screen girlfriend and possibly his new talking picture leading lady.",
"rating": "8.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 7 nominations."
},
"The Ice Storm": {
"title": "The Ice Storm",
"year": "1997",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "In the weekend after thanksgiving 1973 the Hoods are skidding out of control. Benjamin Hood reels from drink to drink, trying not to think about his trouble at the office. His wife, Elena, is reading self help books and losing patience with her husband's lies. Their son, Paul, home for the holidays, escapes to the city to pursue an alluring rich girl from his prep school. And young, budding nymphomaniac, Wendy Hood roams the neighborhood, innocently exploring liquor cabinets and lingerie drawers of her friends' parents, looking for something new. Then an ice storm hits, the worst in a century. Things get bad...",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 5 wins & 30 nominations."
},
"Mysterious Skin": {
"title": "Mysterious Skin",
"year": "2004",
"rated": "UNRATED",
"genre": "Drama, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "Brian Lackey is determined to discover what happened during an amnesia blackout when he was eight years old, and then later woke with a bloody nose. He believes he was abducted by aliens, and N. McCormick, a fellow player on Brian's childhood baseball team, may be the key as to exactly what happened that night. As Brian searches for the truth and tries to track him down, Neil McCormick takes up hustling and moves to New York, in attempts to forget childhood memories that haunt him. Together, the two of them uncover the terrible truth of the scars they share.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA, Netherlands",
"awards": "5 wins & 8 nominations."
},
"Saving Mr. Banks": {
"title": "Saving Mr. Banks",
"year": "2013",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Biography, Comedy, Drama, Family, Music",
"plot": "When Walt Disney's daughters begged him to make a movie of their favorite book, P.L. Travers' Mary Poppins (1964), he made them a promise - one that he didn't realize would take 20 years to keep. In his quest to obtain the rights, Walt comes up against a curmudgeonly, uncompromising writer who has absolutely no intention of letting her beloved magical nanny get mauled by the Hollywood machine. But, as the books stop selling and money grows short, Travers reluctantly agrees to go to Los Angeles to hear Disney's plans for the adaptation. For those two short weeks in 1961, Walt Disney pulls out all the stops. Armed with imaginative storyboards and chirpy songs from the talented Sherman brothers, Walt launches an all-out onslaught on P.L. Travers, but the prickly author doesn't budge. He soon begins to watch helplessly as Travers becomes increasingly immovable and the rights begin to move further away from his grasp. It is only when he reaches into his own childhood that Walt discovers the truth about the ghosts that haunt her, and together they set Mary Poppins free to ultimately make one of the most endearing films in cinematic history.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA, UK, Australia",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 13 wins & 72 nominations."
},
"A Time to Kill": {
"title": "A Time to Kill",
"year": "1996",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "In Canton, Mississippi, 10-year-old Tonya Hailey is viciously brutalized by two white racist rednecks -- James Louis \"Pete\" Willard and Billy Ray Cobb. Almost immediately after Tonya is found and rushed to a hospital, Pete and Billy Ray are found at a roadside bar, where they had been bragging about what they did to Tonya. Tonya's understandably distraught and enraged father, Carl Lee Hailey, remembers a case from a year ago, when four white men raped an African-American girl in a nearby town, and got acquitted. Carl is determined to not let that happen in this case. While deputy Dwayne Powell Looney is escorting Pete and Billy Ray up a flight of stairs to a court room, Carl emerges from the building's basement with an assault rifle, and he kills Pete and Billy Ray for what they did to Tonya. Carl is later arrested at his house by African-American sheriff Ozzie Walls, and Carl is scheduled to be placed on trial. Despite the efforts of the NAACP and local African-American leaders to persuade Carl to choose some of their high-powered attorneys, Carl wants to be represented by his friend Jake Tyler Brigance, who has a wife named Carla and a daughter named Hannah. Presiding over the trial is white judge Omar Noose, and the prosecution attorney is Rufus Buckley, who would like nothing more than to win the case and swim in the publicity that a win would generate, because Rufus realizes that a murder conviction could help him gain higher office. Helping Jake on the case are his former law professor Lucien Wilbanks, fellow attorney Harry Rex Vonner, and law student Ellen Roark. Ellen has had experience with death penalty cases, and that's exactly what Rufus may be seeking. To start things off, Noose denies bail and denies Jake's petition for a change of venue. Carl has also been fired from his job. Billy Ray Cobb's brother Freddie Lee Cobb wants revenge on Carl, so Freddy gets the help of the Mississippi branch of the KKK, led by Mississippi grand dragon Stump Sisson. Carl's wife Gwen tells Carl that a doctor has said that because of Pete and Billy Ray, Tonya's reproductive organs are damaged enough to where she won't be able to have kids when she grows up. That night, a KKK member is found trying to plant a bomb under Jake's porch. Jake's secretary Ethel Twitty and her husband Bud are also attacked by the KKK. Still, Jake, Harry, Lucien, and Ellen continue to help Carl. On the day the trial begins, there is a riot outside the court building between the KKK and the area's African-American residents, and Stump Sisson is killed by a molotov cocktail that was dropped from a roof by one of Carl's sons, who was not seen dropping it. Freddy and the KKK start burning crosses throughout Canton, and one of the crosses burns Jake's house down while Jake and his family are not home. As a result, the National Guard is called to Canton to keep the peace during the trial. But Freddy is not about to let that stop him. While Freddy continues his efforts to get revenge on Carl for Billy Ray's death, Carl's attorneys put everything they've got into Carl's defense.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 7 wins & 11 nominations."
},
"The Town": {
"title": "The Town",
"year": "2010",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "The Charlestown neighborhood of Boston is renowned for churning out a high number of armed robbers, generation after generation. These robbers never leave their Charlestown life on their own volition, the neighborhood where there is an unwritten code to protect that lifestyle. Such robbers include friends Doug MacRay, James Coughlin, Albert 'Gloansy' Magloan and Desmond Elden. Doug and James in particular treat each other like family, as the Coughlins have realistically been as such to Doug since Doug's mother ran off and Doug's father, Stephen MacRay, was sent to prison. James' single mother sister, the drugged out Krista Coughlin, and Doug have a casual sexual relationship. The foursome carry out a mostly successful bank robbery, but due to circumstances take the bank manager, Claire Keesey, hostage for a short period before releasing her physically unharmed. They find out that Claire lives in Charlestown, so they want to ensure that she did not see anything that could incriminate them if they were to ever run into her. As such, Doug begins a personal relationship with her to find out what she knows and what she's told the police and the FBI, who have taken charge of the investigation. He learns that she has kept some information from the authorities for her own protection but information that could identify James in particular. But Doug slowly falls for her, as she does for him. Ultimately, Doug dreams about leaving his Charlestown life to be with Claire anywhere but there. But Doug has to try and keep his true identity from her, and keep the fact that he is seeing her from his colleagues. But leaving is not as easy as he would like as he and the gang are tasked with a big job by a local gangster named Fergie whether Doug likes it or not. And Adam Frawley, the FBI's lead investigator, comes into evidence that links the foursome to the bank robbery and a subsequent armored car heist, so is on their tail for evidence that will send them away dead or alive.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 9 wins & 45 nominations."
},
"Gone Baby Gone": {
"title": "Gone Baby Gone",
"year": "2007",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl's aunt Beatrice McCready hires two private detectives Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. The detectives freely admit that they have little experience with this type of case, but the family wants them for two reasons - they're not cops and they know the tough Boston neighborhood in which they all live. As the case progresses, Kenzie and Gennaro face drug dealers, gangs and pedophiles. When they are about to solve their case, they are faced with a moral dilemma that could tear them apart.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 34 wins & 29 nominations."
},
"Silver Linings Playbook": {
"title": "Silver Linings Playbook",
"year": "2012",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, Romance",
"plot": "Against medical advice and without the knowledge of her husband Pat Solatano Sr., caring Dolores Solatano discharges her adult son, Pat Solatano Jr., from a Maryland mental health institution after his minimum eight month court ordered stint. The condition of the release includes Pat Jr. moving back in with his parents in their Philadelphia home. Although Pat Jr.'s institutionalization was due to him beating up the lover of his wife Nikki, he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Nikki has since left him and has received a restraining order against him. Although he is on medication (which he doesn't take because of the way it makes him feel) and has mandatory therapy sessions, Pat Jr. feels like he can manage on the outside solely by healthy living and looking for the \"silver linings\" in his life. His goals are to get his old job back as a substitute teacher, but more importantly reunite with Nikki. He finds there are certain instances where he doesn't cope well, however no less so than some others who have never been institutionalized, such as his Philadelphia Eagles obsessed father who has resorted to being a bookie to earn a living, his best friend Ronnie who quietly seethes over the control wielded by his wife Veronica, and Veronica's widowed sister, Tiffany Maxwell, a girl with problems of her own. In their fragile mental states, Pat Jr. and Tiffany embark on a love/hate friendship based primarily on what help the other can provide in achieving their individual goals. But they may reevaluate their goals as their relationship progresses.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 88 wins & 145 nominations."
},
"2046": {
"title": "2046",
"year": "2004",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi",
"plot": "The story evolves around the main character, Zhou Mo Wan who writes a novel about a mysterious train that leaves for a place called 2046 every once in a while. Everyone who boards that train has the same intention - which is to recapture their lost memories. It is said that in 2046, nothing ever changed. Nobody knows for sure if it was true, because nobody who went there had ever come back- except for one. He had been there but He chose to leave. He wanted to change.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "Hong Kong, China, France, Italy, Germany",
"awards": "35 wins & 77 nominations."
},
"127 Hours": {
"title": "127 Hours",
"year": "2010",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Adventure, Biography, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "127 Hours is the true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah. Over the next five days Ralston examines his life and survives the elements to finally discover he has the courage and the wherewithal to extricate himself by any means necessary, scale a 65 foot wall and hike over eight miles before he can be rescued. Throughout his journey, Ralston recalls friends, lovers, family, and the two hikers he met before his accident. Will they be the last two people he ever had the chance to meet?",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA, UK, France",
"awards": "Nominated for 6 Oscars. Another 23 wins & 141 nominations."
},
"Office Space": {
"title": "Office Space",
"year": "1999",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy",
"plot": "In the Initech office, the insecure Peter Gibbons hates his job and the abusive Division VP Bill Lumbergh that has just hired two consultants to downsize the company. His best friends are the software engineers Michael Bolton and Samir Nagheenanajar that also hate Initech, and his next door neighbor Lawrence. His girlfriend Anne is cheating on him but she convinces Peter to visit the hypnotherapist Dr. Swanson. Peter tells how miserable his life is and Dr. Swanson hypnotizes him and he goes into a state of ecstasy. However, Dr. Swanson dies immediately after giving the hypnotic suggestion to Peter. He dates the waitress Joanna and changes his attitude in the company, being promoted by the consultants. When he discovers that Michael and Samir will be fired, they decide to plant a virus in the account system to embezzle fraction of cents in each financial operation into Peter's account. However Michael commits a mistake in the software and instead of decimals, they steal a large amount. The desperate trio tries to fix the problem or they will go to prison.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "2 nominations."
},
"The Great Dictator": {
"title": "The Great Dictator",
"year": "1940",
"rated": "PASSED",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, War",
"plot": "Twenty years after the end of WWI in which the nation of Tomainia was on the losing side, Adenoid Hynkel has risen to power as the ruthless dictator of the country. He believes in a pure Aryan state, and the decimation of the Jews. This situation is unknown to a simple Jewish-Tomainian barber who has since been hospitalized the result of a WWI battle. Upon his release, the barber, who had been suffering from memory loss about the war, is shown the new persecuted life of the Jews by many living in the Jewish ghetto, including a washerwoman named Hannah, with whom he begins a relationship. The barber is ultimately spared such persecution by Commander Schultz, who he saved in that WWI battle. The lives of all Jews in Tomainia are eventually spared with a policy shift by Hynkel himself, who is doing so for ulterior motives. But those motives include a want for world domination, starting with the invasion of neighboring Osterlich, which may be threatened by Benzino Napaloni, the dictator of neighboring Bacteria. Ultimately Schultz, who has turned traitor against Hynkel's regime, and the barber, may be able to join forces to take control of the situation, they using Schultz's inside knowledge of the workings of the regime and the barber's uncanny resemblance to one of those in power.",
"rating": "8.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 1 nomination."
},
"Cube": {
"title": "Cube",
"year": "1997",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller",
"plot": "Six different people, each from a very different walk of life, awaken to find themselves inside a giant cube with thousands of possible rooms. Each has a skill that becomes clear when they must band together to get out: a cop, a math whiz, a building designer, a doctor, an escape master, and a disabled man. Each plays a part in their thrilling quest to find answers as to why they've been imprisoned.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "Canada",
"awards": "13 wins & 7 nominations."
},
"The Crying Game": {
"title": "The Crying Game",
"year": "1992",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller",
"plot": "An unlikely kind of friendship develops between Fergus, an Irish Republican Army volunteer, and Jody, a kidnapped British soldier lured into an IRA trap by Jude, another IRA member. When the hostage-taking ends up going horribly wrong, Fergus escapes and heads to London, where he seeks out Jody's lover, a hairdresser named Dil. Fergus adopts the name \"Jimmy\" and gets a job as a day laborer. He also starts seeing Dil, who knows nothing about Fergus' IRA background. But there are some things about Dil that Fergus doesn't know, either...",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "UK, Japan, USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 21 wins & 46 nominations."
},
"The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers": {
"title": "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers",
"year": "2002",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Adventure, Drama, Fantasy",
"plot": "While Frodo and Sam, now accompanied by a new guide, continue their hopeless journey towards the land of shadow to destroy the One Ring, each member of the broken fellowship plays their part in the battle against the evil wizard Saruman and his armies of Isengard.",
"rating": "8.7",
"country": "New Zealand, USA",
"awards": "Won 2 Oscars. Another 118 wins & 137 nominations."
},
"Infernal Affairs": {
"title": "Infernal Affairs",
"year": "2002",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "Chan Wing Yan, a young police officer, has been sent undercover as a mole in the local mafia. Lau Kin Ming, a young mafia member, infiltrates the police force. Years later, their older counterparts, Chen Wing Yan and Inspector Lau Kin Ming, respectively, race against time to expose the mole within their midst.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "Hong Kong",
"awards": "23 wins & 24 nominations."
},
"The Constant Gardener": {
"title": "The Constant Gardener",
"year": "2005",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller",
"plot": "In a remote area of Northern Kenya, activist Tessa Quayle is found brutally murdered. Tessa's companion, a doctor, appears to have fled the scene, and the evidence points to a crime of passion. Members of the British High Commission in Nairobi assume that Tessa's widower, their mild-mannered and unambitious colleague Justin Quayle, will leave the matter to them. They could not be more wrong. Haunted by remorse and jarred by rumors of his late wife's infidelities, Quayle surprises everyone by embarking on a personal odyssey that will take him across three continents. Using his privileged access to diplomatic secrets, he will risk his own life, stopping at nothing to uncover and expose the truth - a conspiracy more far-reaching and deadly than Quayle could ever have imagined.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "UK, Germany, USA, China",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 35 wins & 68 nominations."
},
"The Usual Suspects": {
"title": "The Usual Suspects",
"year": "1995",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "Following a truck hijack in New York, five conmen are arrested and brought together for questioning. As none of them are guilty, they plan a revenge operation against the police. The operation goes well, but then the influence of a legendary mastermind criminal called Keyser S\u00f6ze is felt. It becomes clear that each one of them has wronged S\u00f6ze at some point and must pay back now. The payback job leaves 27 men dead in a boat explosion, but the real question arises now: Who actually is Keyser S\u00f6ze?",
"rating": "8.6",
"country": "USA, Germany",
"awards": "Won 2 Oscars. Another 32 wins & 15 nominations."
},
"Pleasantville": {
"title": "Pleasantville",
"year": "1998",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, Fantasy",
"plot": "David Wagner is a kid whose mind is stuck in the 1950s. He's addicted to a classic 50's sitcom television show called \"Pleasantville\". Pleasntville is a simple place, a place where all of its citizens are swell and simple-minded folks, a place where the word \"violence\", and life outside of Pleasantville, is unbeknown to its inhabitants; things are perfect down in Pleasantville. One evening, the life of David and his obnoxious sister Jennifer take a bizarre turn when an eccentric repairman hand them a supposed magical remote. After a quarrel between the siblings, they inexplicably zap themselves into the world of \"Pleasantville\". Now, David and Jennifer must adjust to a 50s lifestyle of repressed desires and considerably different societal values while trying to find their way home.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 18 wins & 41 nominations."
},
"Bullitt": {
"title": "Bullitt",
"year": "1968",
"rated": "M/PG",
"genre": "Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "High profile San Francisco Police Lieutenant Frank Bullitt is asked personally by ambitious Walter Chalmers, who is in town to hold a US Senate subcommittee hearing on organized crime, to guard Johnny Ross, a Chicago based mobster who is about to turn evidence against the organization at the hearing. Chalmers wants Ross' safety at all cost, or else Bullitt will pay the consequences. Bullitt and his team of Sergeant Delgetti and Detective Carl Stanton have Ross in protective custody for 48 hours over the weekend until Ross provides his testimony that upcoming Monday. Bullitt's immediate superior, Captain Samuel Bennet, gives Bullitt full authority to lead the case, no questions asked for any move Bullitt makes. When an incident occurs early during their watch, Bullitt is certain that Ross and/or Chalmers are not telling them the full story to protect Ross properly. Without telling Bennet or an incensed Chalmers, Bullitt clandestinely moves Ross while he tries to find out who is after Ross, and why Ross has seemingly made it so easy for \"them\" to find him. As Bullitt enlists the help of his live-in artist girlfriend Cathy over the weekend and as she sees for the first time with what he deals every day, she wonders if he is indeed the man with whom she should be.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 6 wins & 9 nominations."
},
"The Philadelphia Story": {
"title": "The Philadelphia Story",
"year": "1940",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Comedy, Romance",
"plot": "Philadelphia socialites Tracy Lord and C.K. Dexter Haven married impulsively, with their marriage and subsequent divorce being equally passionate. They broke up when Dexter's drinking became excessive, it a mechanism to cope with Tracy's unforgiving manner to the imperfect, imperfections which Dexter admits he readily has. Two years after their break-up, Tracy is about to remarry, the ceremony to take place at the Lord mansion. Tracy's bridegroom is nouveau riche businessman and aspiring politician George Kittredge, who is otherwise a rather ordinary man and who idolizes Tracy. The day before the wedding, three unexpected guests show up at the Lord mansion: Macaulay Connor (Mike to his friends), Elizabeth Imbrie - the two who are friends of Tracy's absent brother, Junius- and Dexter himself. Dexter, an employee of the tabloid Spy magazine, made a deal with its publisher and editor Sidney Kidd to get a story on Tracy's wedding - the wedding of the year - in return for Kidd not publishing a salacious story with accompanying photographs of Tracy's father, Seth Lord, with a New York showgirl named Tina Marra. In reality, Mike and Liz are the reporter and photographer respectively for Spy. Mike and Liz don't particularly like this assignment or working for Kidd, but they need to make a living as their chosen other fields as serious writer and painter don't pay the bills. A suspicious Tracy is onto them, the entire truth which Dexter admits to her. Tracy decides to turn the tables on Mike and Liz. However, hours before the wedding, as the more self-assured Dexter and Liz get to work on how to get the Lords out from under Spy's threats, Tracy and Mike, both inebriated, go on a journey of self-discovery with Tracy ultimately coming to her realizations a little faster than Mike.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 5 nominations."
},
"Wings of Desire": {
"title": "Wings of Desire",
"year": "1987",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Drama, Fantasy, Romance",
"plot": "Visible only to those like them and to human children, Damiel and Cassiel are two angels, who have existed even before humankind. Along with several other angels, they currently wander around West Berlin, generally on their own, observing and preserving life, sometimes trying to provide comfort to the troubled, although those efforts are not always successful. Among those they are currently observing are: the cast and crew of a movie - a detective story set in WWII Nazi Germany - which include a sensitive and perceptive Peter Falk; an elderly man named Homer looking for eternal peace; and the troupe of a financially failing circus, which has closed early for the season because of those financial problems. One day, Damiel tells Cassiel that he wants to become human, to feel not only the sensory aspects of physical beings, but also emotional aspects. He embarks on this thought with the full realization that there is no turning back if he decides to do so. His thoughts are largely because he has fallen in love with Marion, the trapeze artist with the circus. If he does decide to become a human, there is no guarantee that as a human that he will be able to locate Marion or that she will return his affection. His angels, however, may be looking out for him.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "West Germany, France",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 18 wins & 10 nominations."
},
"The Name of the Rose": {
"title": "The Name of the Rose",
"year": "1986",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "1327. After a mysterious death in a Benedictine Abbey, the monks are convinced that the apocalypse is coming. With the Abbey to play host to a council on the Franciscan's Order's belief that the Church should rid itself of wealth, William of Baskerville, a respected Franciscan friar, is asked to assist in determining the cause of the untimely death. Alas, more deaths occur as the investigation draws closer to uncovering the secret the Abbey wants hidden, and there is finally no stopping the Holy Inquisition from taking an active hand in the process. William and his young novice must race against time to prove the innocence of the unjustly accused and avoid the wrath of Holy Inquisitor Bernardo Gui.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "Italy, France, West Germany",
"awards": "Won 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 15 wins & 5 nominations."
},
"The Fifth Element": {
"title": "The Fifth Element",
"year": "1997",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi",
"plot": "In the twenty-third century, the universe is threatened by evil. The only hope for mankind is the Fifth Element, who comes to Earth every five thousand years to protect the humans with four stones of the four elements: fire, water, Earth and air. A Mondoshawan spacecraft is bringing The Fifth Element back to Earth but it is destroyed by the evil Mangalores. However, a team of scientists use the DNA of the remains of the Fifth Element to rebuild the perfect being called Leeloo. She escapes from the laboratory and stumbles upon the taxi driver and former elite commando Major Korben Dallas that helps her to escape from the police. Leeloo tells him that she must meet Father Vito Cornelius to accomplish her mission. Meanwhile, the Evil uses the greedy and cruel Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg and a team of mercenary Mangalores to retrieve the stones and avoid the protection of Leeloo. But the skilled Korben Dallas has fallen in love with Leeloo and decides to help her to retrieve the stones.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "France",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 9 wins & 36 nominations."
},
"Apocalypto": {
"title": "Apocalypto",
"year": "2006",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "In the Maya civilization, a peaceful tribe is brutally attacked by warriors seeking slaves and human beings for sacrifice for their gods. Jaguar Paw hides his pregnant wife and his son in a deep hole nearby their tribe and is captured while fighting with his people. An eclipse spares his life from the sacrifice and later he has to fight to survive and save his beloved family.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 9 wins & 20 nominations."
},
"This Is Spinal Tap": {
"title": "This Is Spinal Tap",
"year": "1984",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Music",
"plot": "In 1982 legendary British heavy metal band Spinal Tap attempt an American comeback tour accompanied by a fan who is also a film-maker. The resulting documentary, interspersed with powerful performances of Tap's pivotal music and profound lyrics, candidly follows a rock group heading towards crisis, culminating in the infamous affair of the eighteen-inch-high Stonehenge stage prop.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "2 wins & 2 nominations."
},
"The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!": {
"title": "The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!",
"year": "1988",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Comedy, Crime",
"plot": "A re-run of many of the gags from the original TV series 'Police Squad'. An Airplane type spoof, this time with the an incompetent lieutenant (Drebin) who always 'gets his man'. Visual gags come thick and fast, and it's impossible to catch them all with one viewing. The plot.. Queen Elizabeth II of England is coming to town, and Vincent Ludwig has plans to assassinate her using a brainwashed baseball player.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "1 nomination."
},
"Terminator 2: Judgment Day": {
"title": "Terminator 2: Judgment Day",
"year": "1991",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Sci-Fi",
"plot": "Over 10 years have passed since the first cyborg called The Terminator tried to kill Sarah Connor and her unborn son, John Connor. John Connor, the future leader of the human resistance, is now a healthy young boy. However another Terminator is sent back through time called the T-1000, which is more advanced and more powerful than its predecessor. The Mission: to kill John Connor when he's still a child. However, Sarah and John do not have to face this threat of a Terminator alone. Another Terminator is also sent back through time. The mission: to protect John and Sarah Connor at all costs. The battle for tomorrow has begun...",
"rating": "8.5",
"country": "USA, France",
"awards": "Won 4 Oscars. Another 27 wins & 27 nominations."
},
"The Last Emperor": {
"title": "The Last Emperor",
"year": "1987",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Biography, Drama, History",
"plot": "This sweeping account of the life of Pu-Yi, the last emperor of China, follows the leader's tumultuous reign. After being captured by the Red Army as a war criminal in 1950, Pu-Yi recalls his childhood from prison. He remembers his lavish youth in the Forbidden City, where he was afforded every luxury but unfortunately sheltered from the outside world and complex political situation surrounding him. As revolution sweeps through China, the world Pu-Yi knew is dramatically upended.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "UK, Italy, China, France",
"awards": "Won 9 Oscars. Another 47 wins & 16 nominations."
},
"American Hustle": {
"title": "American Hustle",
"year": "2013",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama",
"plot": "A fictional film set in the alluring world of one of the most stunning scandals to rock our nation, American Hustle tells the story of brilliant con man Irving Rosenfeld (Christian Bale), who along with his equally cunning and seductive British partner Sydney Prosser (Amy Adams) is forced to work for a wild FBI agent Richie DiMaso (Bradley Cooper). DiMaso pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia that's as dangerous as it is enchanting. Jeremy Renner is Carmine Polito, the passionate, volatile, New Jersey political operator caught between the con-artists and Feds. Irving's unpredictable wife Rosalyn (Jennifer Lawrence) could be the one to pull the thread that brings the entire world crashing down.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 10 Oscars. Another 70 wins & 208 nominations."
},
"Groundhog Day": {
"title": "Groundhog Day",
"year": "1993",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Comedy, Fantasy, Romance",
"plot": "A weather man is reluctantly sent to cover a story about a weather forecasting \"rat\" (as he calls it). This is his fourth year on the story, and he makes no effort to hide his frustration. On awaking the 'following' day he discovers that it's Groundhog Day again, and again, and again. First he uses this to his advantage, then comes the realisation that he is doomed to spend the rest of eternity in the same place, seeing the same people do the same thing EVERY day.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 6 wins & 17 nominations."
},
"Twelve Monkeys": {
"title": "Twelve Monkeys",
"year": "1995",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller",
"plot": "An unknown and lethal virus has wiped out five billion people in 1996. Only 1% of the population has survived by the year 2035, and is forced to live underground. A convict (James Cole) reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to 1996 to gather information about the origin of the epidemic (who he's told was spread by a mysterious \"Army of the Twelve Monkeys\") and locate the virus before it mutates so that scientists can study it. Unfortunately Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990, six years earlier than expected, and is arrested and locked up in a mental institution, where he meets Dr. Kathryn Railly, a psychiatrist, and Jeffrey Goines, the insane son of a famous scientist and virus expert.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 9 wins & 18 nominations."
},
"Being There": {
"title": "Being There",
"year": "1979",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama",
"plot": "A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the street with no knowledge of the world except what he has learned from television. After a run in with a limousine, he ends up a guest of a woman (Eve) and her husband Ben, an influential but sickly businessman. Now called Chauncey Gardner, Chance becomes friend and confidante to Ben, and an unlikely political insider.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA, West Germany",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 12 wins & 15 nominations."
},
"Inception": {
"title": "Inception",
"year": "2010",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller",
"plot": "Dom Cobb is a skilled thief, the absolute best in the dangerous art of extraction, stealing valuable secrets from deep within the subconscious during the dream state, when the mind is at its most vulnerable. Cobb's rare ability has made him a coveted player in this treacherous new world of corporate espionage, but it has also made him an international fugitive and cost him everything he has ever loved. Now Cobb is being offered a chance at redemption. One last job could give him his life back but only if he can accomplish the impossible - inception. Instead of the perfect heist, Cobb and his team of specialists have to pull off the reverse: their task is not to steal an idea but to plant one. If they succeed, it could be the perfect crime. But no amount of careful planning or expertise can prepare the team for the dangerous enemy that seems to predict their every move. An enemy that only Cobb could have seen coming.",
"rating": "8.8",
"country": "USA, UK",
"awards": "Won 4 Oscars. Another 152 wins & 204 nominations."
},
"Zodiac": {
"title": "Zodiac",
"year": "2007",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "A serial killer in the San Francisco Bay Area taunts police with his letters and cryptic messages. We follow the investigators and reporters in this lightly fictionalized account of the true 1970's case as they search for the murderer, becoming obsessed with the case. Based on Robert Graysmith's book, the movie's focus is the lives and careers of the detectives and newspaper people.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "2 wins & 67 nominations."
},
"Robin Hood": {
"title": "Robin Hood",
"year": "2010",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance",
"plot": "Birth of a legend. Following King Richard's death in France, archer Robin Longstride, along with Will Scarlett, Alan-a-Dale and Little John, returns to England. They encounter the dying Robert of Locksley, whose party was ambushed by treacherous Godfrey, who hopes to facilitate a French invasion of England. Robin promises the dying knight he will return his sword to his father Walter in Nottingham. Here Walter encourages him to impersonate the dead man to prevent his land being confiscated by the crown, and he finds himself with Marian, a ready-made wife. Hoping to stir baronial opposition to weak King John and allow an easy French take-over, Godfrey worms his way into the king's service as Earl Marshal of England and brutally invades towns under the pretext of collecting Royal taxes. Can Robin navigate the politics of barons, royals, traitors, and the French?",
"rating": "6.7",
"country": "USA, UK",
"awards": "1 win & 14 nominations."
},
"The Last Picture Show": {
"title": "The Last Picture Show",
"year": "1971",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "In tiny Anarene, Texas, in the lull between World War Two and the Korean Conflict, Sonny and Duane are best friends. Enduring that awkward period of life between boyhood and manhood, the two pass their time the best way they know how -- with the movie house, football, and girls. Jacey is Duane's steady, wanted by every boy in school, and she knows it. Her daddy is rich and her mom is good looking and loose. It's the general consensus that whoever wins Jacey's heart will be set for life. But Anarene is dying a quiet death as folks head for the big cities to make their livings and raise their kids. The boys are torn between a future somewhere out there beyond the borders of town or making do with their inheritance of a run-down pool hall and a decrepit movie house -- the legacy of their friend and mentor, Sam the Lion. As high school graduation approaches, they learn some difficult lessons about love, loneliness, and jealousy. Then folks stop attending the second-run features at the movie house and the time comes for the last picture show. With the closure of the movie house, the boys feel that a stage of their lives is closing. They stand uneasily on the threshold of the rest of their lives. (The movie was adapted from the novel by Larry McMurtry).",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 2 Oscars. Another 16 wins & 22 nominations."
},
"A Fistful of Dollars": {
"title": "A Fistful of Dollars",
"year": "1964",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Western",
"plot": "An anonymous, but deadly man rides into a town torn by war between two factions, the Baxters and the Rojo's. Instead of fleeing or dying, as most other would do, the man schemes to play the two sides off each other, getting rich in the bargain.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "Italy, Spain, West Germany",
"awards": "1 win & 2 nominations."
},
"The Muppet Christmas Carol": {
"title": "The Muppet Christmas Carol",
"year": "1992",
"rated": "G",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical",
"plot": "A retelling of the classic Dickens tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, miser extraordinaire. He is held accountable for his dastardly ways during night-time visitations by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and future.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA, UK",
"awards": "1 win & 1 nomination."
},
"The Lives of Others": {
"title": "The Lives of Others",
"year": "2006",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "Gerd Wiesler is an officer with the Stasi, the East German secret police. The film begins in 1984 when Wiesler attends a play written by Georg Dreyman, who is considered by many to be the ultimate example of the loyal citizen. Wiesler has a gut feeling that Dreyman can't be as ideal as he seems, and believes surveillance is called for. The Minister of Culture agrees but only later does Wiesler learn that the Minister sees Dreyman as a rival and lusts after his partner Christa-Maria. The more time he spends listening in on them, the more he comes to care about them. The once rigid Stasi officer begins to intervene in their lives, in a positive way, protecting them whenever possible. Eventually, Wiesler's activities catch up to him and while there is no proof of wrongdoing, he finds himself in menial jobs - until the unbelievable happens.",
"rating": "8.4",
"country": "Germany",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 75 wins & 34 nominations."
},
"Everything Is Illuminated": {
"title": "Everything Is Illuminated",
"year": "2005",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama",
"plot": "Jewish-American writer Jonathan Safran Foer is a collector of his family's memorabilia, although most of the items, some which he takes without asking, would not be considered keepsakes by the average person. He places most of those items in individual Ziploc bags, and hangs them on his keepsake wall under the photograph of the person to who it is most associated. He has this compulsion in an effort to remember. He is able to tie a photograph that he receives from his grandmother, Sabine Foer, on her deathbed - it of his grandfather, Safran Foer, during the war in the Ukraine, and a young woman he will learn is named Augustine - back to a pendant he stole from his grandfather on his deathbed in 1989, the pendant of a glass encased grasshopper. Learning that Augustine somehow saved his grandfather's life leads to Jonathan going on a quest to find out the story at its source where the photograph was taken, in a now non-existent and probably largely forgotten town called Trachimbrod that was razed by the Nazis during the war, he armed only with his limited knowledge, the pendant, his grandfather's Star of David necklace, the photograph, tip \"money\", and an old and largely outdated map. Prior to arriving in the Ukraine, Jonathan prearranges the guide services of Odessa-based Heritage Tours, which specializes in helping Jewish expats discover their past. The company is owned and operated by three generations of the Alexander Perchov family, who generally think Jewish people are stupid for wanting to revisit their past, and spend large sums of money for their services in doing so. The three from Heritage assigned to Jonathan's file are: the company founder Alexander I (\"Grandpa\"), the retired, non-blind blind man who will be the driver; his \"seeing eye\" dog, Sammy Davis Jr. Jr., a deranged bitch of a dog; and Alexander III (\"Alex\"), a western pop cultural loving young man, whose broken English will need to suffice for translation. Jonathan will learn that his guides are a loving but dysfunctional lot who have little interest in helping him beyond taking his money. But during their time together, this quest will affect Jonathan, Grandpa and Alex in different ways, all tied to the value of remembering.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "7 wins & 4 nominations."
},
"Ghostbusters": {
"title": "Ghostbusters",
"year": "1984",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Action, Comedy, Fantasy",
"plot": "Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz and Egon work at the University where they delve into the paranormal and fiddle with many unethical experiments on the students. As they are kicked out of the University do they really understand their knowledge of the paranormal and go into business for themselves. Under the new snazzy business name of 'Ghostbusters', and living in the old firehouse building they work out of, they are called to rid New York City of paranormal phenomenon at everyone's whim.... for a price. They make national press as the media thinks and pressures everybody the Ghostbusters are the cause of it all. Thrown in jail by the EPA, the mayor takes a chance and calls on them to help save the city. Unbeknownst to all, a long dead Gozer worshiper (Evo Shandor) erected downtown apartment building is the cause of all the paranormal activity. They find out the building could resurrect the ancient Hittite god, Gozer, and bring an end to all of humanity. Who are you gonna call to stop this terrible world-ending menace?",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 6 nominations."
},
"Paths of Glory": {
"title": "Paths of Glory",
"year": "1957",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Drama, War",
"plot": "The futility and irony of the war in the trenches in WWI is shown as a unit commander in the French army must deal with the mutiny of his men and a glory-seeking general after part of his force falls back under fire in an impossible attack.",
"rating": "8.4",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 4 wins & 2 nominations."
},
"Predator": {
"title": "Predator",
"year": "1987",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller",
"plot": "A team of special force ops, led by a tough but fair soldier, Major \"Dutch\" Schaefer, are ordered to assist CIA man, Colonel Al Dillon, on a rescue mission for potential survivors of a Helicopter downed over remote South American jungle. Not long after they land, Dutch and his team discover that they have been sent in under false pretenses. This deception turns out to be the least of their worries though, when they find themselves being methodically hunted by something not of this world.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA, Mexico",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 3 wins & 4 nominations."
},
"Rope": {
"title": "Rope",
"year": "1948",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "Brandon and Philip are two young men who share a New York apartment. They consider themselves intellectually superior to their friend David Kentley and as a consequence decide to murder him. Together they strangle David with a rope and placing the body in an old chest, they proceed to hold a small party. The guests include David's father, his fianc\u00e9e Janet and their old schoolteacher Rupert from whom they mistakenly took their ideas. As Brandon becomes increasingly more daring, Rupert begins to suspect.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "3 nominations."
},
"Empire of the Sun": {
"title": "Empire of the Sun",
"year": "1987",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Drama, History, War",
"plot": "Based on J. G. Ballard's autobiographical novel, tells the story of a boy, James Graham, whose privileged life is upturned by the Japanese invasion of Shanghai, December 8, 1941. Separated from his parents, he is eventually captured, and taken to Soo Chow confinement camp, next to a captured Chinese airfield. Amidst the sickness and food shortages in the camp, Jim attempts to reconstruct his former life, all the while bringing spirit and dignity to those around him.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 6 Oscars. Another 12 wins & 10 nominations."
},
"Skyfall": {
"title": "Skyfall",
"year": "2012",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, Thriller",
"plot": "When Bond's latest assignment goes gravely wrong and agents around the world are exposed, MI6 is attacked forcing M to relocate the agency. These events cause her authority and position to be challenged by Gareth Mallory (Ralph Fiennes), the new Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee. With MI6 now compromised from both inside and out, M is left with one ally she can trust: Bond. 007 takes to the shadows - aided only by field agent, Eve (Naomie Harris) - following a trail to the mysterious Silva (Javier Bardem), whose lethal and hidden motives have yet to reveal themselves.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "UK, USA",
"awards": "Won 2 Oscars. Another 65 wins & 119 nominations."
},
"Grave of the Fireflies": {
"title": "Grave of the Fireflies",
"year": "1988",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Animation, Drama, War",
"plot": "The story of Seita and Satsuko, two young Japanese siblings, living in the declining days of World War II. When an American firebombing separates the two children from their parents, the two siblings must rely completely on one another while they struggle to fight for their survival.",
"rating": "8.5",
"country": "Japan",
"awards": "3 wins."
},
"Good Night, and Good Luck.": {
"title": "Good Night, and Good Luck.",
"year": "2005",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Biography, Drama, History",
"plot": "In the early 1950's, the threat of Communism created an air of paranoia in the United States and exploiting those fears was Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin. However, CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow and his producer Fred W. Friendly decided to take a stand and challenge McCarthy and expose him for the fear monger he was. However, their actions took a great personal toll on both men, but they stood by their convictions and helped to bring down one of the most controversial senators in American history.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA, France, UK, Japan",
"awards": "Nominated for 6 Oscars. Another 38 wins & 121 nominations."
},
"The Hangover": {
"title": "The Hangover",
"year": "2009",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy",
"plot": "Angelenos Doug Billings and Tracy Garner are about to get married. Two days before the wedding, the four men in the wedding party - Doug, Doug's two best buddies Phil Wenneck and Stu Price, and Tracy's brother Alan Garner - hop into Tracy's father's beloved Mercedes convertible for a 24-hour stag party to Las Vegas. Phil, a married high school teacher, has the same maturity level as his students when he's with his pals. Stu, a dentist, is worried about everything, especially what his controlling girlfriend Melissa thinks. Because she disapproves of traditional male bonding rituals, Stu has to lie to her about the stag, he telling her that they are going on a wine tasting tour in the Napa Valley. Regardless, he intends on eventually marrying her, against the advice and wishes of his friends. And Alan seems to be unaware of what are considered the social graces of the western world. The morning after their arrival in Las Vegas, they awaken in their hotel suite each with the worst hangover. None remembers what happened in the past twelve or so hours. The suite is in shambles. And certain things are in the suite that shouldn't be, and certain things that should be in the suite are missing. Probably the most important in the latter category is Doug. As Phil, Stu and Alan try to find Doug using only what little pieces of information they have at hand, they go on a journey of discovery of how certain things got into the suite and what happened to the missing items. However they are on a race for time as if they can't find Doug in the next few hours, they are going to have to explain to Tracy why they are not yet back in Los Angeles. And even worse, they may not find Doug at all before the wedding.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA, Germany",
"awards": "Won 1 Golden Globe. Another 12 wins & 25 nominations."
},
"The Wolf of Wall Street": {
"title": "The Wolf of Wall Street",
"year": "2013",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama",
"plot": "Jordan Belfort is a Long Island penny stockbroker who served 22 months in prison for defrauding investors in a massive 1990s securities scam that involved widespread corruption on Wall Street and in the corporate banking world, including shoe designer Steve Madden.",
"rating": "8.2",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 38 wins & 165 nominations."
},
"Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War": {
"title": "Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War",
"year": "2004",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Drama, War",
"plot": "In 1950, in South Korea, shoe-shiner Jin-tae Lee and his 18-year-old old student brother, Jin-seok Lee, form a poor but happy family with their mother, Jin-tae's fianc\u00e9 Young-shin Kim, and her young sisters. Jin-tae and his mother are tough workers, who sacrifice themselves to send Jin-seok to the university. When North Korea invades the South, the family escapes to a relative's house in the country, but along their journey, Jin-seok is forced to join the army to fight in the front, and Jin-tae enlists too to protect his young brother. The commander promises Jin-tae that if he gets a medal he would release his brother, and Jin-tae becomes the braver soldier in the company. Along the bloody war between brothers, the relationship of Jin-seok with his older brother deteriorates leading to a dramatic and tragic end.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "South Korea",
"awards": "12 wins & 7 nominations."
},
"Harold and Maude": {
"title": "Harold and Maude",
"year": "1971",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, Romance",
"plot": "Young adult Harold Chasen, solitary and friendless by choice, is obsessed with death, this fascination manifesting itself in he staging his own fake suicides, driving a hearse, and attending funerals, even of people he doesn't know, all to the chagrin of his exasperated wealthy mother with who he lives. Mrs. Chasen is determined for Harold to be \"normal\", including she sending him into therapy to deal with his issues and finding him a girlfriend through a computer dating service. It is at a series of funerals that Harold meets Maude, on the cusp of her eightieth birthday, she who too attends funerals of strangers. Unlike Harold, Maude is obsessed with life - her own life to be more precise - she doing whatever she wants to please herself, damned what others may think or how they may be affected. Since she can't take material possessions with her, she is more interested in experiences, with whatever material possessions she has - often \"borrowed\" without asking - only to further those experiences. Their friendship is initially based on how the other can further their own priority. But as Maude shows Harold how to truly live, Harold falls in love with her. Their relationship, already limited in time by the sheer math, is curtailed even more as Maude shows him only not how to live well, but die well.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 2 wins & 1 nomination."
},
"The Legend of 1900": {
"title": "The Legend of 1900",
"year": "1998",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Music, Romance",
"plot": "1900. Danny Boodmann, a stoker on an American passenger liner, Virginian, finds a baby abandoned on the ship. He names the child Danny Boodmann T.D. Lemon Nineteen Hundred '1900' and raises the child as his own until his death in an accident on the ship. The child never leaves the ship and turns out to be a musical genius, especially when it comes to playing the piano. As an adult he befriends a trumpet player in the ship's band, Max Tooney. After several years on the ship Max leaves, and tells the story of 1900 to the owner of a music store.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "Italy",
"awards": "Won 1 Golden Globe. Another 21 wins & 9 nominations."
},
"My Sister's Keeper": {
"title": "My Sister's Keeper",
"year": "2009",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Drama, Family",
"plot": "In Los Angeles, the eleven year old Anna Fitzgerald seeks the successful lawyer Campbell Alexander trying to hire him to earn medical emancipation from her mother Sara that wants Anna to donate her kidney to her sister. She tells the lawyer the story of her family after the discovery that her older sister Kate has had leukemia; how she was conceived by in vitro fertilization to become a donor; and the medical procedures she has been submitted since she was five years old to donate to her sister. Campbell accepts to work pro bono and the obsessed Sara decides to go to court to force Anna to help her sister.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "4 wins & 3 nominations."
},
"M*A*S*H": {
"title": "M*A*S*H",
"year": "1972\u20131983",
"rated": "TV-PG",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, War",
"plot": "The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the circumstances they find themselves in, they are forced to make their own fun. Fond of practical jokes and revenge, the doctors, nurses, administrators, and soldiers often find ways of making wartime life bearable. Nevertheless, the war goes on,",
"rating": "8.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 8 Golden Globes. Another 54 wins & 153 nominations."
},
"Cloud Atlas": {
"title": "Cloud Atlas",
"year": "2012",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi",
"plot": "Everything is connected: an 1849 diary of an ocean voyage across the Pacific; letters from a composer to his lover; a thriller about a conspiracy at a nuclear power plant; a farce about a publisher in a nursing home; a rebellious clone in futuristic Korea; and the tale of a tribe living on post-apocalyptic Hawaii far in the future.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "Germany, USA, Hong Kong, Singapore",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 16 wins & 75 nominations."
},
"Slumdog Millionaire": {
"title": "Slumdog Millionaire",
"year": "2008",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Romance",
"plot": "The story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's Kaun Banega Crorepati? (2000) (Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?) But when the show breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating; how could a street kid know so much? Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum where he and his brother grew up, of their adventures together on the road, of vicious encounters with local gangs, and of Latika, the girl he loved and lost. Each chapter of his story reveals the key to the answer to one of the game show's questions. Each chapter of Jamal's increasingly layered story reveals where he learned the answers to the show's seemingly impossible quizzes. But one question remains a mystery: what is this young man with no apparent desire for riches really doing on the game show? When the new day dawns and Jamal returns to answer the final question, the Inspector and sixty million viewers are about to find out. At the heart of its storytelling lies the question of how anyone comes to know the things they know about life and love.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "UK, USA, France, Germany, India",
"awards": "Won 8 Oscars. Another 144 wins & 126 nominations."
},
"Menace II Society": {
"title": "Menace II Society",
"year": "1993",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "This urban nightmare chronicles several days in the life of Caine Lawson, following his high-school graduation, as he attempts to escape his violent existence in the projects of Watts, CA.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "2 wins & 4 nominations."
},
"Thank You for Smoking": {
"title": "Thank You for Smoking",
"year": "2005",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama",
"plot": "The chief spokesperson and lobbyist Nick Naylor is the Vice-President of the Academy of Tobacco Studies. He is talented in speaking and spins argument to defend the cigarette industry in the most difficult situations. His best friends are Polly Bailey that works in the Moderation Council in alcohol business, and Bobby Jay Bliss of the gun business own advisory group SAFETY. They frequently meet each other in a bar and they self-entitle the Mod Squad a.k.a. Merchants of Death, disputing which industry has killed more people. Nick's greatest enemy is Vermont's Senator Ortolan Finistirre, who defends in the Senate the use a skull and crossed bones in the cigarette packs. Nick's son Joey Naylor lives with his mother, and has the chance to know his father in a business trip. When the ambitious reporter Heather Holloway betrays Nick disclosing confidences he had in bed with her, his life turns upside-down. But Nick is good in what he does for the mortgage.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 12 wins & 30 nominations."
},
"L.A. Confidential": {
"title": "L.A. Confidential",
"year": "1997",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "1950's Los Angeles is the seedy backdrop for this intricate noir-ish tale of police corruption and Hollywood sleaze. Three very different cops are all after the truth, each in their own style: Ed Exley, the golden boy of the police force, willing to do almost anything to get ahead, except sell out; Bud White, ready to break the rules to seek justice, but barely able to keep his raging violence under control; and Jack Vincennes, always looking for celebrity and a quick buck until his conscience drives him to join Exley and White down the one-way path to find the truth behind the dark world of L.A. crime.",
"rating": "8.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 2 Oscars. Another 85 wins & 82 nominations."
},
"Hoosiers": {
"title": "Hoosiers",
"year": "1986",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Drama, Sport",
"plot": "Based on the true story of a small-town Indiana team that made the state finals in 1954, this movie chronicles the attempts of a coach with a spotty past, and the town's basketball-loving drunk to lead their high school team to victory.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "UK, USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 3 nominations."
},
"The Nightmare Before Christmas": {
"title": "The Nightmare Before Christmas",
"year": "1993",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical",
"plot": "Jack Skellington, the pumpkin king of Halloween Town, is bored with doing the same thing every year for Halloween. One day he stumbles into Christmas Town, and is so taken with the idea of Christmas that he tries to get the resident bats, ghouls, and goblins of Halloween town to help him put on Christmas instead of Halloween -- but alas, they can't get it quite right.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 7 wins & 12 nominations."
},
"Taken": {
"title": "Taken",
"year": "2008",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Action, Crime, Thriller",
"plot": "Seventeen year-old Kim is the pride and joy of her father Bryan Mills. Bryan is a retired agent who left the Central Intelligence Agency to be near Kim in California. Kim lives with her mother Lenore and her wealthy stepfather Stuart. Kim manages to convince her reluctant father to allow her to travel to Paris with her friend Amanda. When the girls arrive in Paris they share a cab with a stranger named Peter, and Amanda lets it slip that they are alone in Paris. Using this information an Albanian gang of human traffickers kidnaps the girls. Kim barely has time to call her father and give him information. Her father gets to speak briefly to one of the kidnappers and he promises to kill the kidnappers if they do not let his daughter go free. The kidnapper wishes him \"good luck,\" so Bryan Mills travels to Paris to search for his daughter and her friend.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "France, USA",
"awards": "2 wins & 2 nominations."
},
"Gattaca": {
"title": "Gattaca",
"year": "1997",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller",
"plot": "In the not-too-distant future, a less-than-perfect man wants to travel to the stars. Society has categorized Vincent Freeman as less than suitable given his genetic make-up and he has become one of the underclass of humans that are only useful for menial jobs. To move ahead, he assumes the identity of Jerome Morrow, a perfect genetic specimen who is a paraplegic as a result of a car accident. With professional advice, Vincent learns to deceive DNA and urine sample testing. Just when he is finally scheduled for a space mission, his program director is killed and the police begin an investigation, jeopardizing his secret.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 6 wins & 14 nominations."
},
"Whale Rider": {
"title": "Whale Rider",
"year": "2002",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Drama, Family",
"plot": "On the east coast of New Zealand, the Whangara people believe their presence there dates back a thousand years or more to a single ancestor, Paikea, who escaped death when his canoe capsized by riding to shore on the back of a whale. From then on, Whangara chiefs, always the first-born, always male, have been considered Paikea's direct descendants. Pai, an 11-year-old girl in a patriarchal New Zealand tribe, believes she is destined to be the new chief. But her grandfather Koro is bound by tradition to pick a male leader. Pai loves Koro more than anyone in the world, but she must fight him and a thousand years of tradition to fulfill her destiny.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "New Zealand, Germany",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 33 wins & 34 nominations."
},
"The Conversation": {
"title": "The Conversation",
"year": "1974",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Drama, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "Harry Caul is a devout Catholic and a lover of jazz music who plays his saxophone while listening to his jazz records. He is a San Francisco-based electronic surveillance expert who owns and operates his own small surveillance business. He is renowned within the profession as being the best, one who designs and constructs his own surveillance equipment. He is an intensely private and solitary man in both his personal and professional life, which especially irks Stan, his business associate who often feels shut out of what is happening with their work. This privacy, which includes not letting anyone into his apartment and always telephoning his clients from pay phones is, in part, intended to control what happens around him. His and Stan's latest job (a difficult one) is to record the private discussion of a young couple meeting in crowded and noisy Union Square. The arrangement with his client, known only to him as \"the director\", is to provide the audio recording of the discussion and photographs of the couple directly to him alone in return for payment. Based on circumstances with the director's assistant, Martin Stett, and what Harry ultimately hears on the recording, Harry believes that the lives of the young couple are in jeopardy. Harry used to be detached from what he recorded, but is now concerned ever since the deaths of three people that were the direct result of a previous audio recording he made for another job. Harry not only has to decide if he will turn the recording over to the director, but also if he will try and save the couple's lives using information from the recording. As Harry goes on a quest to find out what exactly is happening on this case, he finds himself in the middle of his worst nightmare.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 14 wins & 13 nominations."
},
"The Omen": {
"title": "The Omen",
"year": "1976",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Horror",
"plot": "Robert and Katherine Thorn seem to have it all. They are happily married and he is the US Ambassador to Great Britain, but they want nothing more than to have children. When Katharine has a stillborn child, Robert is approached by a priest at the hospital who suggests that they take a healthy newborn whose mother has just died in childbirth. Without telling his wife he agrees. After relocating to London, strange events - and the ominous warnings of a priest - lead him to believe that the child he took from that Italian hospital is evil incarnate.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "UK, USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 3 wins & 8 nominations."
},
"Trainspotting": {
"title": "Trainspotting",
"year": "1996",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "A wild, freeform, Rabelaisian trip through the darkest recesses of Edinburgh low-life, focusing on Mark Renton and his attempt to give up his heroin habit, and how the latter affects his relationship with family and friends: Sean Connery wannabe Sick Boy, dimbulb Spud, psycho Begbie, 14-year-old girlfriend Diane, and clean-cut athlete Tommy, who's never touched drugs but can't help being curious about them...",
"rating": "8.2",
"country": "UK",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 23 wins & 33 nominations."
},
"To Catch a Thief": {
"title": "To Catch a Thief",
"year": "1955",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Mystery, Romance, Thriller",
"plot": "American expatriate John Robie living in high style on the Riviera is a retired cat burglar. He must find out who a copy cat is to keep a new wave of jewel thefts from being pinned on him. High on the list of prime victims is Jessie Stevens, in Europe to help daughter Frances find a suitable husband. The Lloyds of London insurance agent is using a thief to catch a thief. Take an especially close look at scene where Robie gets Jessie's attention, dropping an expensive casino chip down the d\u00e9colletage of a French roulette player.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 5 nominations."
},
"Capote": {
"title": "Capote",
"year": "2005",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Biography, Crime, Drama, History",
"plot": "Famed writer Truman Capote, southern born and bred but now part of the New York City social circle, is growing weary of his current assignment of writing autobiographical type pieces for the New Yorker. After reading a newspaper article about the just occurred November 14, 1959 cold blooded murders of the Clutter family in their rural Kansas home, Truman feels compelled to write about that event as his next article. So he and his personal assistant Nelle Harper Lee, also a southern born New Yorker and an aspiring writer of her own, head to Kansas to research the story first-hand. Truman hopes to use his celebrity status to gain access to whomever he needs, such as to Laura Kinney, a friend of the Clutter daughter she who discovered the bodies, and to Alvin Dewey, the lead police investigator and also a Clutter family friend. If his celebrity doesn't work, Truman will grease the wheels by whatever means necessary. When the police eventually charge suspects, two young men named Dick Hickcock and Perry Smith, Truman uses those same tactics to gain access to them. Truman's fascination with the story makes him believe that he can revolutionize writing by expanding the germ of the article into what he calls a non-fiction novel. His personal involvement also changes as he grows emotionally attached to Perry, the seemingly sensitive and thus probable submissive in the criminal pairing, thus Truman becoming part of the story itself. Article or non-fiction novel, Truman knows that he has to take it to its natural conclusion, something which he cannot force. But also missing are the details of the November 14, 1959 event itself, something that neither Dick or Perry have divulged even in testimony.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA, Canada",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 58 wins & 86 nominations."
},
"Lincoln": {
"title": "Lincoln",
"year": "2012",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Biography, Drama, History, War",
"plot": "In 1865, as the American Civil War winds inexorably toward conclusion, U.S. president Abraham Lincoln endeavors to achieve passage of the landmark constitutional amendment which will forever ban slavery from the United States. However, his task is a race against time, for peace may come at any time, and if it comes before the amendment is passed, the returning southern states will stop it before it can become law. Lincoln must, by almost any means possible, obtain enough votes from a recalcitrant Congress before peace arrives and it is too late. Yet the president is torn, as an early peace would save thousands of lives. As the nation confronts its conscience over the freedom of its entire population, Lincoln faces his own crisis of conscience -- end slavery or end the war.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA, India",
"awards": "Won 2 Oscars. Another 108 wins & 242 nominations."
},
"Dog Day Afternoon": {
"title": "Dog Day Afternoon",
"year": "1975",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "Based upon a real-life story that happened in the early seventies in which the Chase Manhattan Bank in Gravesend, Brooklyn, was held siege by a bank robber determined to steal enough money for his male lover to undergo a sex change operation. On a hot summer afternoon, the First Savings Bank of Brooklyn is held up by Sonny and Sal, two down-and-out characters. Although the bank manager and female tellers agree not to interfere with the robbery, Sonny finds that there's actually nothing much to steal, as most of the cash has been picked up for the day. Sonny then gets an unexpected phone call from Police Captain Moretti, who tells him the place is surrounded by the city's entire police force. Having few options under the circumstances, Sonny nervously bargains with Moretti, demanding safe escort to the airport and a plane out of the country in return for the bank employees' safety.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 13 wins & 19 nominations."
},
"Grindhouse": {
"title": "Grindhouse",
"year": "2007",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Horror, Thriller",
"plot": "A double-bill of thrillers that recall both filmmakers' favorite exploitation films. \"Grindhouse\" (a downtown movie theater in disrepair since its glory days as a movie palace known for \"grinding out\" non-stop double-bill programs of B-movies) is presented as one full-length feature comprised of two individual films helmed separately by each director. \"Death Proof,\" is a rip-roaring slasher flick where the killer pursues his victims with a car rather than a knife, while \"Planet Terror\" shows us a view of the world in the midst of a zombie outbreak. The films are joined together by clever faux trailers that recall the '50s exploitation drive-in classics.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA, Mexico, Canada, UK",
"awards": "7 wins & 15 nominations."
},
"The Legend of Drunken Master": {
"title": "The Legend of Drunken Master",
"year": "1994",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Comedy",
"plot": "Returning home with his father after a shopping expedition, Wong Fei-Hong is unwittingly caught up in the battle between foreigners who wish to export ancient Chinese artifacts and loyalists who don't want the pieces to leave the country. Fei-Hong has learned a style of fighting called \"Drunken Boxing\", which makes him a dangerous person to cross. Unfortunately, his father is opposed to his engaging in any kind of fighting, let alone drunken boxing. Consequently, Fei-Hong not only has to fight against the foreigners, but he must overcome his father's antagonism as well.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "Hong Kong",
"awards": "3 wins & 1 nomination."
},
"Limitless": {
"title": "Limitless",
"year": "2011",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller",
"plot": "An action-thriller about a writer who takes an experimental drug that allows him to use 100 percent of his mind. As one man evolves into the perfect version of himself, forces more corrupt than he can imagine mark him for assassination. Out-of-work writer Eddie Morra's (Cooper) rejection by girlfriend Lindy (Abbie Cornish) confirms his belief that he has zero future. That all vanishes the day an old friend introduces Eddie to NZT, a designer pharmaceutical that makes him laser focused and more confident than any man alive. Now on an NZT-fueled odyssey, everything Eddie's read, heard or seen is instantly organized and available to him. As the former nobody rises to the top of the financial world, he draws the attention of business mogul Carl Van Loon (De Niro), who sees this enhanced version of Eddie as the tool to make billions. But brutal side effects jeopardize his meteoric ascent. With a dwindling stash and hit men who will eliminate him to get the NZT, Eddie must stay wired long enough to elude capture and fulfill his destiny. If he can't, he will become just another victim who thought he'd found invincibility in a bottle.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "2 wins & 8 nominations."
},
"The Texas Chainsaw Massacre": {
"title": "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre",
"year": "2003",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Horror",
"plot": "Driving through the backwoods of Texas, five youths pick up a traumatized hitchhiker, who shoots herself in their van. Shaken by the suicide, the group seeks help from the locals, but their situation becomes even more surreal when they knock on the door of a remote homestead. It's quickly apparent the residents are a family of inbred psychopaths, and the unlucky youths suddenly find themselves running for their lives. In hot pursuit is a disfigured, chainsaw-wielding cannibal known as Leatherface.",
"rating": "6.2",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "4 wins & 16 nominations."
},
"Jaws": {
"title": "Jaws",
"year": "1975",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Adventure, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "It's a hot summer on Amity Island, a small community whose main business is its beaches. When new Sheriff Martin Brody discovers the remains of a shark attack victim, his first inclination is to close the beaches to swimmers. This doesn't sit well with Mayor Larry Vaughn and several of the local businessmen. Brody backs down to his regret as that weekend a young boy is killed by the predator. The dead boy's mother puts out a bounty on the shark and Amity is soon swamped with amateur hunters and fisherman hoping to cash in on the reward. A local fisherman with much experience hunting sharks, Quint, offers to hunt down the creature for a hefty fee. Soon Quint, Brody and Matt Hooper from the Oceanographic Institute are at sea hunting the Great White shark. As Brody succinctly surmises after their first encounter with the creature, they're going to need a bigger boat.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 3 Oscars. Another 11 wins & 18 nominations."
},
"Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi": {
"title": "Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi",
"year": "1983",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi",
"plot": "Luke Skywalker battles horrible Jabba the Hut and cruel Darth Vader to save his comrades in the Rebel Alliance and triumph over the Galactic Empire. Han Solo and Princess Leia reaffirm their love and team with Chewbacca, Lando Calrissian, the Ewoks and the androids C-3PO and R2-D2 to aid in the disruption of the Dark Side and the defeat of the evil emperor.",
"rating": "8.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 20 wins & 16 nominations."
},
"It's a Wonderful Life": {
"title": "It's a Wonderful Life",
"year": "1946",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Drama, Family, Fantasy",
"plot": "George Bailey has spent his entire life giving of himself to the people of Bedford Falls. He has always longed to travel but never had the opportunity in order to prevent rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town. All that prevents him from doing so is George's modest building and loan company, which was founded by his generous father. But on Christmas Eve, George's Uncle Billy loses the business's $8,000 while intending to deposit it in the bank. Potter finds the misplaced money and hides it from Billy. When the bank examiner discovers the shortage later that night, George realizes that he will be held responsible and sent to jail and the company will collapse, finally allowing Potter to take over the town. Thinking of his wife, their young children, and others he loves will be better off with him dead, he contemplates suicide. But the prayers of his loved ones result in a gentle angel named Clarence coming to earth to help George, with the promise of earning his wings. He shows George what things would have been like if he had never been born. In a nightmarish vision in which the Potter-controlled town is sunk in sex and sin, those George loves are either dead, ruined, or miserable. He realizes that he has touched many people in a positive way and that his life has truly been a wonderful one.",
"rating": "8.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 1 nomination."
},
"Milk": {
"title": "Milk",
"year": "2008",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Biography, Drama",
"plot": "Using flashbacks from a statement recorded late in life and archival footage for atmosphere, this film traces Harvey Milk's career from his 40th birthday to his death. He leaves the closet and New York, opens a camera shop that becomes the salon for San Francisco's growing gay community, and organizes gays' purchasing power to build political alliances. He runs for office with lover Scott Smith as his campaign manager. Victory finally comes on the same day Dan White wins in the city's conservative district. The rest of the film sketches Milk's relationship with White and the 1978 fight against a statewide initiative to bar gays and their supporters from public school jobs.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 2 Oscars. Another 61 wins & 141 nominations."
},
"Dr. No": {
"title": "Dr. No",
"year": "1962",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, Thriller",
"plot": "James Bond (007) is Britain's top agent and is on an exciting mission, to solve the mysterious murder of a fellow agent. The task sends him to Jamaica, where he joins forces with Quarrel and a loyal CIA agent, Felix Leiter. While dodging tarantulas, \"fire breathing dragons\" and a trio of assassins, known as the three blind mice. Bond meets up with the beautiful Honey Ryder and goes face to face with the evil Dr. No.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "UK, USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 4 nominations."
},
"The Remains of the Day": {
"title": "The Remains of the Day",
"year": "1993",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Drama, Romance",
"plot": "A rule bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a housekeeper who falls in love with him in pre-WWII Britain. The possibility of romance and his master's cultivation of ties with the Nazi cause challenge his carefully maintained veneer of servitude.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "USA, UK",
"awards": "Nominated for 8 Oscars. Another 16 wins & 31 nominations."
},
"Stand by Me": {
"title": "Stand by Me",
"year": "1986",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Adventure, Drama",
"plot": "It's the summer of 1959 in Castlerock, Oregon and four 12 year-old boys - Gordie, Chris, Teddy and Vern - are fast friends. After learning of the general location of the body of a local boy who has been missing for several days, they set off into woods to see it. Along the way, they learn about themselves, the meaning of friendship and the need to stand up for what is right.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 11 nominations."
},
"Bonnie and Clyde": {
"title": "Bonnie and Clyde",
"year": "1967",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Biography, Crime, Drama",
"plot": "1934. Young adults Bonnie Parker, a waitress, and Clyde Barrow, a criminal just released from prison, are immediately attracted to what the other represents for their life when they meet by chance in West Dallas, Texas. Bonnie is fascinated with Clyde's criminal past, and his matter-of-factness and bravado in talking about it. Clyde sees in Bonnie someone sympatico to his goals in life. Although attracted to each other physically, a sexual relationship between the two has a few obstacles to happen. Regardless, they decide to join forces to embark on a life of crime, holding up whatever establishments, primarily banks, to make money and to have fun. They don't plan on hurting anyone physically or killing anyone despite wielding loaded guns. They amass a small gang of willing accomplices, including C.W. Moss, a mechanic to fix whatever cars they steal which is important especially for their getaways, and Buck Barrow, one of Clyde's older brothers. The only reluctant tag-along is Buck's nervous wife, Blanche Barrow, a preacher's daughter. The gang's life changes after the first fatal shot is fired. Following, their willingness to shoot to kill increases to protect themselves and their livelihood. Their notoriety precedes them, so much so that no matter what one's opinion is of them, most want to have some association to the Barrow gang, to help them, to be spoken in the same breath as them, or to capture and or kill them. Of the many people they encounter in their crime spree, the one who may have the most profound effect on their lives is Texas Ranger Frank Hamer, who is looking for a little retribution.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 2 Oscars. Another 20 wins & 27 nominations."
},
"The Prestige": {
"title": "The Prestige",
"year": "2006",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller",
"plot": "In the end of the Nineteenth Century, in London, Robert Angier, his beloved wife Julia McCullough and Alfred Borden are friends and assistants of a magician. When Julia accidentally dies during a performance, Robert blames Alfred for her death and they become enemies. Both become famous and rival magicians, sabotaging the performance of the other on the stage. When Alfred performs a successful trick, Robert becomes obsessed trying to disclose the secret of his competitor with tragic consequences.",
"rating": "8.5",
"country": "USA, UK",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 37 nominations."
},
"Closer": {
"title": "Closer",
"year": "2004",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Romance",
"plot": "Smart-but-ineffectual journalist Dan \"We use euphemisms!\" cannot decide between his girlfriend, loving-but-clingy waitress Alice, or his lover cold-but-intellectual photographer Anna; herself indecisive between Dan and honest-but-thuggish \"You're bloody gorgeous!\" doctor Larry. The film puts the four leading characters in a box and strips them apart.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "USA, UK",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 21 wins & 47 nominations."
},
"Me and You and Everyone We Know": {
"title": "Me and You and Everyone We Know",
"year": "2005",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama",
"plot": "'Me and You and Everyone We Know' is a poetic and penetrating observation of how people struggle to connect with one another in an isolating and contemporary world. Christine Jesperson is a lonely artist and \"Eldercab\" driver who uses her fantastical artistic visions to draw her aspirations and objects of desire closer to her. Richard Swersey, a newly single shoe salesman and father of two boys, is prepared for amazing things to happen. But when he meets the captivating Christine, he panics. Life is not so oblique for Richard's six-year-old Robby, who is having a risqu\u00e9 Internet romance with a stranger, and his fourteen-year-old brother Peter who becomes the guinea pig for neighborhood girls -- practicing for their future of romance and marriage.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "USA, UK",
"awards": "22 wins & 15 nominations."
},
"Raiders of the Lost Ark": {
"title": "Raiders of the Lost Ark",
"year": "1981",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Action, Adventure",
"plot": "The year is 1936. An archeology professor named Indiana Jones is venturing in the jungles of South America searching for a golden statue. Unfortunately, he sets off a deadly trap but miraculously escapes. Then, Jones hears from a museum curator named Marcus Brody about a biblical artifact called The Ark of the Covenant, which can hold the key to humanly existence. Jones has to venture to vast places such as Nepal and Egypt to find this artifact. However, he will have to fight his enemy Rene Belloq and a band of Nazis in order to reach it.",
"rating": "8.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 4 Oscars. Another 30 wins & 23 nominations."
},
"The Dark Knight": {
"title": "The Dark Knight",
"year": "2008",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "Set within a year after the events of Batman Begins, Batman, Lieutenant James Gordon, and new district attorney Harvey Dent successfully begin to round up the criminals that plague Gotham City until a mysterious and sadistic criminal mastermind known only as the Joker appears in Gotham, creating a new wave of chaos. Batman's struggle against the Joker becomes deeply personal, forcing him to \"confront everything he believes\" and improve his technology to stop him. A love triangle develops between Bruce Wayne, Dent and Rachel Dawes.",
"rating": "9.0",
"country": "USA, UK",
"awards": "Won 2 Oscars. Another 152 wins & 155 nominations."
},
"Jane Eyre": {
"title": "Jane Eyre",
"year": "2011",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Drama, Romance",
"plot": "After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Mr. Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Mr. Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "UK, USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 10 wins & 14 nominations."
},
"Rashomon": {
"title": "Rashomon",
"year": "1950",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Mystery",
"plot": "A priest, a woodcutter and another man are taking refuge from a rainstorm in the shell of a former gatehouse called Rash\u00f4mon. The priest and the woodcutter are recounting the story of a murdered samurai whose body the woodcutter discovered three days earlier in a forest grove. Both were summoned to testify at the murder trial, the priest who ran into the samurai and his wife traveling through the forest just before the murder occurred. Three other people who testified at the trial are supposedly the only direct witnesses: a notorious bandit named Taj\u00f4maru, who allegedly murdered the samurai and raped his wife; the white veil cloaked wife of the samurai; and the samurai himself who testifies through the use of a medium. The three tell a similarly structured story - that Taj\u00f4maru kidnapped and bound the samurai so that he could rape the wife - but which ultimately contradict each other, the motivations and the actual killing being what differ. The woodcutter reveals at Rash\u00f4mon that he knows more than he let on at the trial, thus bringing into question his own actions. But another discovery at Rash\u00f4mon and the resulting actions from the discovery bring back into focus the woodcutter's own humanity or lack thereof.",
"rating": "8.3",
"country": "Japan",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 9 wins & 4 nominations."
},
"Crimes and Misdemeanors": {
"title": "Crimes and Misdemeanors",
"year": "1989",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama",
"plot": "Judah Rosenthal is an ophthalmologist and a pillar of the community who has a big problem: his mistress Dolores Paley has told him that he is to leave his wife and marry her - as he had promised to do - or she will tell everyone of their affair. When he intercepts a letter Dolores has written to his wife Miriam, he is frantic. He confesses all to his shady brother Jack who assures him that he has friends who can take care of her. Meanwhile, filmmaker Cliff Stern is having his own problems. He's been working on a documentary film for some time but has yet to complete it. He and his wife Wendy have long ago stopped loving one another and are clearly on their way to divorce. He falls in love with Halley Reed who works with a producer, Lester. Cliff soon finds himself making a documentary about Lester and hates every minute of it.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 16 wins & 21 nominations."
},
"Hugo": {
"title": "Hugo",
"year": "2011",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance",
"plot": "Hugo is an orphan boy living in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. He learned to fix clocks and other gadgets from his father and uncle which he puts to use keeping the train station clocks running. The only thing that he has left that connects him to his dead father is an automaton (mechanical man) that doesn't work without a special key. Hugo needs to find the key to unlock the secret he believes it contains. On his adventures, he meets George Melies, a shopkeeper, who works in the train station, and his adventure-seeking god-daughter. Hugo finds that they have a surprising connection to his father and the automaton, and he discovers it unlocks some memories the old man has buried inside regarding his past.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA, UK, France",
"awards": "Won 5 Oscars. Another 57 wins & 186 nominations."
},
"2001: A Space Odyssey": {
"title": "2001: A Space Odyssey",
"year": "1968",
"rated": "G",
"genre": "Adventure, Sci-Fi",
"plot": "\"2001\" is a story of evolution. Sometime in the distant past, someone or something nudged evolution by placing a monolith on Earth (presumably elsewhere throughout the universe as well). Evolution then enabled humankind to reach the moon's surface, where yet another monolith is found, one that signals the monolith placers that humankind has evolved that far. Now a race begins between computers (HAL) and human (Bowman) to reach the monolith placers. The winner will achieve the next step in evolution, whatever that may be.",
"rating": "8.3",
"country": "UK, USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 13 wins & 10 nominations."
},
"The Simpsons Movie": {
"title": "The Simpsons Movie",
"year": "2007",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Animation, Adventure, Comedy",
"plot": "Homer adopts a pig who's run away from Krusty Burger after Krusty tried to have him slaughtered, naming the pig \"Spider Pig.\" At the same time, the lake is protected after the audience sink the barge Green Day are on with garbage after they mention the environment. Meanwhile, Spider Pig's waste has filled up a silo in just 2 days, apparently with Homer's help. Homer can't get to the dump quickly so dumps the silo in the lake, polluting it. Russ Cargill, the villainous boss of the EPA, gives Arnold Schwarzenegger 5 options, forcing him to choose 4 (which is, unfortunately, to destroy Springfield) and putting a dome over Springfield to prevent evacuation. Homer, however, has escaped, along with his family. Can he stop the evil Cargill from annihilating his home town, and his family, who have been forced to return to Springfield?",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 5 wins & 33 nominations."
},
"Reservoir Dogs": {
"title": "Reservoir Dogs",
"year": "1992",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "Six criminals, who are strangers to each other, are hired by a crime boss, Joe Cabot, to carry out a diamond robbery. Right at the outset, they are given false names with the intention that they won't get too close and will concentrate on the job instead. They are completely sure that the robbery is going to be a success. But, when the police show up right at the time and the site of the robbery, panic spreads amongst the group members, and two of them are killed in the subsequent shootout, along with a few policemen and civilians. When the remaining people assemble at the premeditated rendezvous point (a warehouse), they begin to suspect that one of them is an undercover cop.",
"rating": "8.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "12 wins & 22 nominations."
},
"How to Train Your Dragon": {
"title": "How to Train Your Dragon",
"year": "2010",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy",
"plot": "Long ago up North on the Island of Berk, the young Viking, Hiccup, wants to join his town's fight against the dragons that continually raid their town. However, his macho father and village leader, Stoik the Vast, will not allow his small, clumsy, but inventive son to do so. Regardless, Hiccup ventures out into battle and downs a mysterious Night Fury dragon with his invention, but can't bring himself to kill it. Instead, Hiccup and the dragon, whom he dubs Toothless, begin a friendship that would open up both their worlds as the observant boy learns that his people have misjudged the species. But even as the two each take flight in their own way, they find that they must fight the destructive ignorance plaguing their world.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 25 wins & 60 nominations."
},
"Across the Universe": {
"title": "Across the Universe",
"year": "2007",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Romance",
"plot": "Across The Universe is a fictional love story set in the 1960s amid the turbulent years of anti-war protest, the struggle for free speech and civil rights, mind exploration and rock and roll. At once gritty, whimsical and highly theatrical, the story moves from high schools and universities in Massachusetts, Princeton and Ohio to the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the Detroit riots, Vietnam and the dockyards of Liverpool. A combination of live action and animation, the film is paired with many songs by The Beatles that defined the time.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA, UK",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 16 nominations."
},
"The Devil's Advocate": {
"title": "The Devil's Advocate",
"year": "1997",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "Kevin Lomax, a ruthless young Florida attorney that never lost a case, is recruited by the most powerful law firm in the world. In spite of his mother's disagreement, which compares New York City to Babylon, he accepts the offer and the money that comes along. But soon, his wife starts feeling homesick as she witnesses devilish apparitions. However, Kevin is sinking in his new cases and pays less and less attention to his wife. His boss and mentor, John Milton, seems to always know how to overcome every problem and that just freaks Kevin right off.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA, Germany",
"awards": "1 win & 5 nominations."
},
"Jackie Brown": {
"title": "Jackie Brown",
"year": "1997",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "The middle-aged stewardess Jackie Brown smuggles money from Mexico to Los Angeles for the arms dealer Ordell Robbie. When she gets caught by the agents Ray Nicolet and Mark Dargus with ten thousand dollars and cocaine in her purse, they propose a deal to her to help them to arrest Ordell in exchange of her freedom. Meanwhile Ordell asks the 56-year-old Max Cherry, who runs a bail bond business, to release Jackie Brown with the intention of eliminating her. Jackie suspects of Ordell's intention and plots a complicated confidence game with Max to steal half a million dollars from Ordell.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 8 wins & 21 nominations."
},
"Barton Fink": {
"title": "Barton Fink",
"year": "1991",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "In 1941, New York intellectual playwright Barton Fink comes to Hollywood to write a Wallace Beery wrestling picture. Staying in the eerie Hotel Earle, Barton develops severe writer's block. His neighbor, jovial insurance salesman Charlie Meadows, tries to help, but Barton continues to struggle as a bizarre sequence of events distracts him even further from his task.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA, UK",
"awards": "Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 15 wins & 21 nominations."
},
"Philadelphia": {
"title": "Philadelphia",
"year": "1993",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "Andrew Beckett, a gay, HIV positive lawyer, is fired from his law firm in fear that they might contract HIV from him. After Andrew is fired, in a last attempt for peace, he sues his former law firm with the help of a homophobic lawyer, Joe Miller. During the court battle, Miller sees that Beckett is no different than anyone else on the gritty streets of the city of brotherly love, sheds his homophobia and helps Beckett with his case before AIDS overcomes him.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 2 Oscars. Another 15 wins & 22 nominations."
},
"Gravity": {
"title": "Gravity",
"year": "2013",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller",
"plot": "Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) is a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalski (George Clooney) in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky completely alone - tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "UK, USA",
"awards": "Won 7 Oscars. Another 232 wins & 175 nominations."
},
"The Iron Giant": {
"title": "The Iron Giant",
"year": "1999",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi",
"plot": "This is the story of a nine-year-old boy named Hogarth Hughes who makes friends with an innocent alien giant robot that came from outer space. Meanwhile, a paranoid U.S. Government agent named Kent Mansley arrives in town, determined to destroy the giant at all costs. It's up to Hogarth to protect him by keeping him at Dean McCoppin's place in the junkyard.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "20 wins & 18 nominations."
},
"The Wizard of Oz": {
"title": "The Wizard of Oz",
"year": "1939",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical",
"plot": "In this charming film based on the popular L. Frank Baum stories, Dorothy and her dog Toto are caught in a tornado's path and somehow end up in the land of Oz. Here she meets some memorable friends and foes in her journey to meet the Wizard of Oz who everyone says can help her return home and possibly grant her new friends their goals of a brain, heart and courage.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 2 Oscars. Another 7 wins & 14 nominations."
},
"The Squid and the Whale": {
"title": "The Squid and the Whale",
"year": "2005",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama",
"plot": "In 1986, In Brooklyn, New York, the dysfunctional family of pseudo intellectuals composed by the university professor Bernard and the prominent writer Joan split. Bernard is a selfish, cheap and jealous decadent writer that rationalizes every attitude in his family and life and does not accept \"philistines\" - people that do not read books or watch movies, while the unfaithful Joan is growing as a writer and has no problems with \"philistines\". Their sons, the teenager Walt and the boy Frank, feel the separation and take side: Walt stays with Bernard, and Frank with Joan, and both are affected with abnormal behaviors. Frank drinks booze and smears with sperm the books in the library and a locker in the dress room of his school. The messed-up and insecure Walt uses Roger Water's song \"Hey You\" in a festival as if it was of his own, and breaks up with his girlfriend Sophie. Meanwhile Joan has an affair with Frank's tennis teacher Ivan and Bernard with his student Lili.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 23 wins & 47 nominations."
},
"4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days": {
"title": "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days",
"year": "2007",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "Romania, 1987, the brutal Ceausescu communist regime is in place; birth control is illegal and abortion is a crime punishable by death. Gabita (Laura Vasliu) is almost five months into an unwanted pregnancy and in meek desperation turns to her friend and roommate, Otilia (Anamaria Marinca) for help in organizing an illegal termination. Unfortunate circumstances force the two women to use a male abortionist, Bebe (Vlad Ivanov), who, in addition to an absurd amount of money, also demands sex with both women as payment. The bleakness of the storyline expresses a dark socio-political critique in the twilight years of a repressive dictatorship.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "Romania, Belgium",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 38 wins & 55 nominations."
},
"The Descendants": {
"title": "The Descendants",
"year": "2011",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama",
"plot": "Matt King's family has lived in Hawaii for generations. His extended family - namely he and his many cousins - own 25,000 acres of undeveloped land on Kauai held in trust, which ends in seven years. The easiest thing for the family to do is sell the land before the seven years is up, which is all the talk in the state, as, to whom they sell the property could very well change the face of Kauai. Despite the vast wealth that comes with the land, Matt has decided to live solely on what he earns as a Honolulu lawyer. However, Matt has not had a perfect life living in Hawaiian paradise as many believe. He and his wife Elizabeth were having problems in their marriage. She recently got into a boating accident which has placed her in a coma. Their seventeen year old daughter Alex is in boarding school on the big island since they couldn't handle her rebellion, which was made all the worse by an argument of an unknown nature between mother and daughter during Alex's last visit home. And their ten year old daughter Scottie is starting to act out, which Matt doesn't know if he can handle, potentially raising her on his own. Matt decides to bring Alex home upon news that Elizabeth is brain dead, and that she will be pulled off life support. But revelations about Elizabeth and Alex's argument, which is tied indirectly to the issue of the land sale, leads to some decisions on Matt's part about what is best for him in both mourning Elizabeth's death and what is the best thing to do about the land, the two decisions which may be incompatible.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 66 wins & 142 nominations."
},
"The Curse of the Were-Rabbit": {
"title": "The Curse of the Were-Rabbit",
"year": "2005",
"rated": "G",
"genre": "Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi",
"plot": "It's 'vege-mania' in Wallace and Gromit's neighborhood, and our two enterprising chums are cashing in with their humane pest-control outfit, \"Anti-Pesto.\" With only days to go before the annual Giant Vegetable Competition, business is booming, but Wallace & Gromit are finding out that running a \"humane\" pest control outfit has its drawbacks as their West Wallaby Street home fills to the brim with captive rabbits. Suddenly, a huge, mysterious, veg-ravaging \"beast\" begins attacking the town's sacred vegetable plots at night, and the competition hostess, Lady Tottington, commissions Anti-Pesto to catch it and save the day. Lying in wait, however, is Lady Tottington's snobby suitor, Victor Quartermaine, who'd rather shoot the beast and secure the position of local hero-not to mention Lady Tottingon's hand in marriage. With the fate of the competition in the balance, Lady Tottington is eventually forced to allow Victor to hunt down the vegetable chomping marauder. Little does she know that Victor's real intent could have dire consequences for her ...and our two heroes.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "UK, USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 38 wins & 25 nominations."
},
"The Great Debaters": {
"title": "The Great Debaters",
"year": "2007",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Biography, Drama, Romance",
"plot": "Marshall, Texas, described by James Farmer, Jr. as \"the last city to surrender after the Civil War,\" is home to Wiley College, where, in 1935-36, inspired by the Harlem Renaissance and his clandestine work as a union organizer, Professor Melvin Tolson coaches the debate team to a nearly-undefeated season that sees the first debate between U.S. students from white and Negro colleges and ends with an invitation to face Harvard University's national champions. The team of four, which includes a female student and a very young James Farmer, is tested in a crucible heated by Jim Crow, sexism, a lynch mob, an arrest and near riot, a love affair, jealousy, and a national radio audience.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 11 wins & 9 nominations."
},
"United 93": {
"title": "United 93",
"year": "2006",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, History, Thriller",
"plot": "On September 11, 2001, two American Airlines and two United Airlines domestic U.S. flights are hijacked by terrorists. After the collision of two planes against the World Trade Center and one against the Pentagon, the passengers and crew of United Flight 93 decide to struggle against the four terrorists to take back the control of the airplane.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA, UK, France",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 28 wins & 54 nominations."
},
"Tootsie": {
"title": "Tootsie",
"year": "1982",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, Romance",
"plot": "Michael Dorsey is an unemployed actor with an impossible reputation. In order to find work and fund his friend's play he dresses as a woman, Dorothy Michaels, and lands the part in a daytime drama. Dorsey loses himself in this woman role and essentially becomes Dorothy Michaels, captivating women all around the city and inspiring them to break free from the control of men and become more like Dorsey's initial identity. This newfound role, however, lands Dorsey in a hot spot between a female friend/'lover,' a female co-star he falls in love with, that co-star's father who falls in love with him, and a male co-star who yearns for his affection.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 24 wins & 30 nominations."
},
"Rosemary's Baby": {
"title": "Rosemary's Baby",
"year": "1968",
"rated": "APPROVED",
"genre": "Drama, Horror",
"plot": "Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse move into an apartment in an opulent but gothic building in Manhattan. Their landlord Edward \"Hutch\" Hutchins attempts to dissuade them from doing so: the building has an unsavory history. They discover that their neighbors are a very friendly elderly couple named Roman and Minnie Castevet, and Guy begins to spend a great deal of time with them. Strange things begin to happen: a young woman Rosemary meets in the laundry commits suicide, Rosemary has strange dreams and hears strange noises and Guy becomes remote and distant. Then Rosemary falls pregnant and begins to suspect that her neighbors have special plans for her child.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 9 wins & 12 nominations."
},
"Arizona Dream": {
"title": "Arizona Dream",
"year": "1993",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance",
"plot": "An Innuit hunter races his sled home with a fresh-caught halibut. This fish pervades the entire film, in real and imaginary form. Meanwhile, Axel tags fish in New York as a naturalist's gofer. He's happy there, but a messenger arrives to bring him to Arizona for his uncle's wedding. It's a ruse to get Axel into the family business. In Arizona, Axel meets two odd women: vivacious, needy, and plagued by neuroses and familial discord. He gets romantically involved with one, while the other, rich but depressed, plays accordion tunes to a gaggle of pet turtles.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA, France",
"awards": "3 wins & 1 nomination."
},
"Ip Man 2": {
"title": "Ip Man 2",
"year": "2010",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Drama, Sport",
"plot": "Ip Man 2 is a 2010 Hong Kong biographical martial arts film loosely based on the life of Ip Man, a grandmaster of the martial art Wing Chun. A sequel to the 2008 film Ip Man, the film was directed by Wilson Yip, and stars Donnie Yen, who reprises the leading role. Continuing after the events of the earlier film, the sequel centers on Ip's movements in Hong Kong, which is under British colonial rule. He attempts to propagate his discipline of Wing Chun, but faces rivalry from other practitioners, including the local master of Hung Ga martial arts.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "Hong Kong, China",
"awards": "5 wins & 9 nominations."
},
"Repulsion": {
"title": "Repulsion",
"year": "1965",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Drama, Horror, Thriller",
"plot": "In London, Belgian immigrant Carol Ledoux shares an apartment with her older sister Helen, and works as a manicurist at a beauty salon. Helen uses the word \"sensitive\" to describe Carol's overall demeanor, which is almost like she walks around in a daze, rarely speaking up about anything. When she does speak up, it generally is about something against one of those few issues on which she obsesses, such as Helen's boyfriend Michael's invasion of her space at the apartment. That specific issue may be more about men in general than just Michael's actions, as witnessed by Carol being agitated by hearing Helen and Michael's lovemaking, and she not being able to rebuff the advances effectively of a male suitor, Colin, who is infatuated with her. One of those other obsessive issues is noticing cracks and always wanting to fix them. While Helen and Michael leave on a vacation to Pisa, Italy, Carol chooses largely to lock herself in the apartment, ditching work. There, she is almost hypnotized by her solitude, which leads to her mental state deteriorating as those obsessions come to the fore. She quickly descends into madness, which ultimately also affects those that are trying to get in touch with her.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "UK",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 2 wins & 3 nominations."
},
"Serpico": {
"title": "Serpico",
"year": "1973",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "Serpico is a cop in the 1960s-early 1970s. Unlike all his colleagues, he refuses a share of the money that the cops routinely extort from local criminals. Nobody wants to work with Serpico, and he's in constant danger of being placed in life threatening positions by his \"partners\". Nothing seems to get done even when he goes to the highest of authorities. Despite the dangers he finds himself in, he still refuses to 'go with the flow', in the hope that one day, the truth will be known.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA, Italy",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 9 nominations."
},
"Corpse Bride": {
"title": "Corpse Bride",
"year": "2005",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance",
"plot": "Set back in the late 1800s in a Victorian village, a man and woman by the names of Victor Van Dort and Victoria Everglot are betrothed because the Everglots need the money or else they'll be living on the streets and the Van Dorts want to be high in society. But when things go wrong at the wedding rehearsal, Victor goes into the woods to practice his vows. Just as soon as he gets them right, he finds himself married to Emily, the corpse bride. While Victoria waits on the other side, there's a rich newcomer that may take Victor's place. So two brides, one groom, who will Victor pick?",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA, UK",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 8 wins & 28 nominations."
},
"The Shawshank Redemption": {
"title": "The Shawshank Redemption",
"year": "1994",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "Chronicles the experiences of a formerly successful banker as a prisoner in the gloomy jailhouse of Shawshank after being found guilty of a crime he did not commit. The film portrays the man's unique way of dealing with his new, torturous life; along the way he befriends a number of fellow prisoners, most notably a wise long-term inmate named Red.",
"rating": "9.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 7 Oscars. Another 19 wins & 32 nominations."
},
"Miracle": {
"title": "Miracle",
"year": "2004",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Biography, Drama, History, Sport",
"plot": "The inspiring story of the team that transcended its sport and united a nation with a new feeling of hope. Based on the true story of one of the greatest moments in sports history, the tale captures a time and place where differences could be settled by games and a cold war could be put on ice. In 1980, the United States Ice Hockey team's coach, Herb Brooks, took a ragtag squad of college kids up against the legendary juggernaut from the Soviet Union at the Olympic Games. Despite the long odds, Team USA carried the pride of a nation yearning from a distraction from world events. With the world watching the team rose to the occasion, prompting broadcaster Al Michaels' now famous question, to the millions viewing at home: Do you believe in miracles? Yes!",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "Canada, USA",
"awards": "2 wins & 4 nominations."
},
"His Girl Friday": {
"title": "His Girl Friday",
"year": "1940",
"rated": "PASSED",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, Romance",
"plot": "Having been away for four months, Hildy Johnson walks into the offices of the New York City based The Morning Post, where she is a star reporter, to tell her boss, editor Walter Burns, that she is quitting. The reason for her absence was among other things to get a Reno divorce, from, of all people, Walter, who admits he was a bad husband. Hildy divorced Walter largely because she wanted more of a home life, whereas Walter saw her more as a driven hard-boiled reporter than subservient homemaker. Hildy has also come to tell Walter that she is taking the afternoon train to Albany, where she will be getting married tomorrow to staid straight-laced insurance agent, Bruce Baldwin, with whose mother they will live, at least for the first year. Walter doesn't want to lose Hildy, either as a reporter or a wife, and if he does, doesn't believe Bruce is worthy of her. Walter does whatever he can at least to delay Hildy and Bruce's trip, long enough to persuade Hildy to stay for good. His plan includes doing whatever he can to place Bruce in a bad light, while dangling a big story under her nose, namely covering what the newspaper believes is the unfair imminent execution of convicted cop killer, Earl Williams. Hildy doesn't trust Walter in dealing with her and Bruce in an above board manner, but the lure of what potentially may become the biggest story in years, which includes true love, a bumbling sheriff and a corrupt mayor, the latter's actions largely in light of an upcoming election, may prove to be too much for Hildy to resist, especially if it ends up being an exclusive. Regardless of the story outcome, Hildy will have to decide if the thrill of the chase was worth the anguish on her personal life.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "2 wins."
},
"Brokeback Mountain": {
"title": "Brokeback Mountain",
"year": "2005",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Romance",
"plot": "Two young men, Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist, meet when they get a job as sheep herders on Brokeback Mountain. They are at first strangers, then they become friends. Throughout the weeks, they grow closer as they learn more about each other. One night, after some heavy drinking, they find a deeper connection. They then indulge in a blissful romance for the rest of the summer. Unable to deal with their feelings for each other, they part ways at the end of the summer. Four years go by, and they each settle down, Ennis in Wyoming with his wife and two girls, and Jack in Texas with his wife and son. Still longing for each other, they meet back up, and are faced with the fact that they need each other. They undeniably need each other, and unsure of what to do, they start a series of \"fishing trips\", in order to spend time together. The relationship struggles on for years until tragedy strikes.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA, Canada",
"awards": "Won 3 Oscars. Another 138 wins & 128 nominations."
},
"Despicable Me": {
"title": "Despicable Me",
"year": "2010",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy",
"plot": "In a happy suburban neighborhood surrounded by white picket fences with flowering rose bushes, sits a black house with a dead lawn. Unbeknownst to the neighbors, hidden beneath this home is a vast secret hideout. Surrounded by a small army of minions, we discover Gru, planning the biggest heist in the history of the world. He is going to steal the moon. (Yes, the moon!) Gru delights in all things wicked. Armed with his arsenal of shrink rays, freeze rays, and battle-ready vehicles for land and air, he vanquishes all who stand in his way. Until the day he encounters the immense will of three little orphaned girls who look at him and see something that no one else has ever seen: a potential Dad. The world's greatest villain has just met his greatest challenge: three little girls named Margo, Edith and Agnes.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA, France",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 3 wins & 40 nominations."
},
"Elite Squad: The Enemy Within": {
"title": "Elite Squad: The Enemy Within",
"year": "2010",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "After a bloody invasion of the BOPE in the High-Security Penitentiary Bangu 1 in Rio de Janeiro to control a rebellion of interns, the Lieutenant-Colonel Roberto Nascimento and the second in command Captain Andr\u00e9 Matias are accused by the Human Right Aids member Diogo Fraga of execution of prisoners. Matias is transferred to the corrupted Military Police and Nascimento is exonerated from the BOPE by the Governor. However, due to the increasing popularity of Nascimento, the Governor invites him to team-up with the intelligence area of the Secretary of Security. Along the years, Fraga, who is married with Nascimento's former wife, is elected State Representative and Nascimento's son Rafael has issues with his biological father. Meanwhile Nascimento and the BOPE expel the drug dealers from several slums but another enemy arises: the militia led by Major Rocha and supported by the Governor, the Secretary of Security and politicians interested in votes. Nascimento is manipulated to help this group, vanquishing the criminals in the slums and poor communities; then the corrupt group of police officers is free to exploit the poor population.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "Brazil",
"awards": "37 wins & 15 nominations."
},
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button": {
"title": "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button",
"year": "2008",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Drama, Fantasy, Romance",
"plot": "On the day that Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans, elderly Daisy Williams (nee Fuller) is on her deathbed in a New Orleans hospital. At her side is her adult daughter, Caroline. Daisy asks Caroline to read to her aloud the diary of Daisy's lifelong friend, Benjamin Button. Benjamin's diary recounts his entire extraordinary life, the primary unusual aspect of which was his aging backwards, being diagnosed with several aging diseases at birth and thus given little chance of survival, but who does survive and gets younger with time. Abandoned by his biological father, Thomas Button, after Benjamin's biological mother died in childbirth, Benjamin was raised by Queenie, a black woman and caregiver at a seniors home. Daisy's grandmother was a resident at that home, which is where she first met Benjamin. Although separated through the years, Daisy and Benjamin remain in contact throughout their lives, reconnecting in their forties when in age they finally match up. Some of the revelations in Benjamin's diary are difficult for Caroline to read, especially as it relates to the time past this reconnection between Benjamin and Daisy, when Daisy gets older and Benjamin grows younger into his childhood years.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 3 Oscars. Another 77 wins & 155 nominations."
},
"Delicatessen": {
"title": "Delicatessen",
"year": "1991",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Crime",
"plot": "The story is centered on a microcosm of a post-apocalyptic society where food is so rare it's invaluable and is used as currency. The story centers on an apartment building with a delicatessen on the ground floor. The owner of the eatery also owns the apartment building and he is in need of a new maintenance man since the original \"mysteriously\" disappeared. A former clown applies for the job and the butcher's intent is to have him work for a little while and then serve him to quirky tenants who pay the butcher in, of course, grain. The clown and butcher's daughter fall in love and she tries to foil her father's plans by contacting the \"troglodytes\", a grain eating sub-group of society who live entirely underground. The \"trogs\" are possibly the most sensible of the lot, as they see food as food and not money.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "France",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 15 wins & 14 nominations."
},
"Rudy": {
"title": "Rudy",
"year": "1993",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Biography, Drama, Sport",
"plot": "Rudy grew up in a steel mill town where most people ended up working, but wanted to play football at Notre Dame instead. There were only a couple of problems. His grades were a little low, his athletic skills were poor, and he was only half the size of the other players. But he had the drive and the spirit of 5 people and has set his sights upon joining the team.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "2 wins & 1 nomination."
},
"The Conjuring": {
"title": "The Conjuring",
"year": "2013",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Horror, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "In 1971, Carolyn and Roger Perron move their family into a dilapidated Rhode Island farm house and soon strange things start happening around it with escalating nightmarish terror. In desperation, Carolyn contacts the noted paranormal investigators, Ed and Lorraine Warren, to examine the house. What the Warrens discover is a whole area steeped in a satanic haunting that is now targeting the Perron family wherever they go. To stop this evil, the Warrens will have to call upon all their skills and spiritual strength to defeat this spectral menace at its source that threatens to destroy everyone involved.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "15 wins & 22 nominations."
},
"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs": {
"title": "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs",
"year": "1937",
"rated": "G",
"genre": "Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance",
"plot": "The beautiful and kindhearted princess Snow White charms every creature in the kingdom except one - her jealous stepmother, the Queen. When the Magic Mirror proclaims Snow White the fairest one of all, she must flee into the forest, where she befriends the lovable seven dwarfs - Doc, Sneezy, Grumpy, Happy, Bashful, Sleepy and Dopey. But when the Queen tricks Snow White with an enchanted apple, only the magic of true love's kiss can save her!",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 11 wins & 5 nominations."
},
"Blade Runner": {
"title": "Blade Runner",
"year": "1982",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Sci-Fi, Thriller",
"plot": "In the futuristic year of 2019, Los Angeles has become a dark and depressing metropolis, filled with urban decay. Rick Deckard, an ex-cop, is a \"Blade Runner\". Blade runners are people assigned to assassinate \"replicants\". The replicants are androids that look like real human beings. When four replicants commit a bloody mutiny on the Off World colony, Deckard is called out of retirement to track down the androids. As he tracks the replicants, eliminating them one by one, he soon comes across another replicant, Rachel, who evokes human emotion, despite the fact that she's a replicant herself. As Deckard closes in on the leader of the replicant group, his true hatred toward artificial intelligence makes him question his own identity in this future world, including what's human and what's not human.",
"rating": "8.2",
"country": "USA, Hong Kong",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 11 wins & 16 nominations."
},
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey": {
"title": "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey",
"year": "2012",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Adventure, Family, Fantasy",
"plot": "Bilbo Baggins is swept into a quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself joining a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior, Thorin Oakenshield. Their journey will take them into the Wild; through treacherous lands swarming with Goblins and Orcs, deadly Wargs and Giant Spiders, Shapeshifters and Sorcerers. Although their goal lies to the East and the wastelands of the Lonely Mountain first they must escape the goblin tunnels, where Bilbo meets the creature that will change his life forever ... Gollum. Here, alone with Gollum, on the shores of an underground lake, the unassuming Bilbo Baggins not only discovers depths of guile and courage that surprise even him, he also gains possession of Gollum's \"precious\" ring that holds unexpected and useful qualities ... A simple, gold ring that is tied to the fate of all Middle-earth in ways Bilbo cannot begin to know.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "USA, New Zealand",
"awards": "Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 72 nominations."
},
"Paris, Texas": {
"title": "Paris, Texas",
"year": "1984",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "A man wanders out of the desert after a four year absence. His brother finds him, and together they return to L.A. to reunite the man with his young son. Soon after, he and the boy set out to locate the mother of the child, who left shortly after the man disappeared.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "West Germany, France, UK, USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 16 wins & 9 nominations."
},
"Wild Strawberries": {
"title": "Wild Strawberries",
"year": "1957",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Drama, Romance",
"plot": "With the exception of his elderly housekeeper Miss Agda who he treats almost like a surrogate platonic wife, widowed seventy-eight year old Dr. Isak Borg, a former medical doctor and professor, has retreated from any human contact, partly his own want but partly the decision of others who do not want to spend time with him because of his cold demeanor. He is traveling from his home in Stockholm to Lund to accept an honorary degree. Instead of flying as was the original plan, he decides to take the day long drive instead. Along for the ride is his daughter-in-law Marianne, who had been staying with him for the month but has now decided to go home. The many stops and encounters along the way make him reminisce about various parts of his life. Those stops which make him reminisce directly are at his childhood summer home, at the home of his equally emotionally cold mother, and at a gas station where the attendants praise him as a man for his work. But the lives of other people they encounter almost mirror his own, including hitchhikers Sara, Viktor and Anders - who remind him of his cousin Sara who he was going to marry, himself and his irresponsible brother Sigfrid who Sara eventually married - a bickering married couple Sten and Berit Alman, and Marianne and her husband and Isak's son Evald, whose marriage is as strained as was his own.",
"rating": "8.2",
"country": "Sweden",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 16 wins & 2 nominations."
},
"Black Book": {
"title": "Black Book",
"year": "2006",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Thriller, War",
"plot": "Israel 1956. Rachel, a Jew, rather unexpectedly meets an old friend at the kibbutz where she is working as a teacher. It brings back memories of her experiences in The Netherlands during the war, memories of betrayal. September 1944. Rachel is in trouble when her hiding place is bombed by allied troops. She gets in contact with a man from the resistance and joins a group of Jews who are to be smuggled across the Biesbosch by boat to the freed South Netherlands. Germans from a patrol boat murder them all however. Only Rachel is able to escape. She is rescued by a resistance group under the leadership of Gerben Kuipers. When Kuipers' son is captured after trying to smuggle weapons, he asks Rachel to seduce SS-hauptsturmf\u00fchrer Ludwig M\u00fcntze. Soon she will find out the attack in the Biesbosch wasn't a coincidence.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "Netherlands, Germany, UK, Belgium",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 13 wins & 21 nominations."
},
"Buffalo '66": {
"title": "Buffalo '66",
"year": "1998",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance",
"plot": "Billy is released after five years in prison. In the next moment, he kidnaps teenage student Layla and visits his parents with her, pretending she is his girlfriend and they will soon marry (and forcing her to say the same).",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA, Canada",
"awards": "6 wins & 11 nominations."
},
"3-Iron": {
"title": "3-Iron",
"year": "2004",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Romance",
"plot": "The lonely and silent rider Tae-suk breaks in empty houses and lives a normal life while the owners are traveling. He does not steal anything and moves from house to house without any loss other than food, and he cleans the houses, provides small repairs or washes some clothes to pay for the hospitality. When he enters in the house of Sun-hwa, he does not see the woman that is wounded in her room after being beaten up on by her abusive husband Min-gyu Lee. Tae-suk helps the hurt woman and when Min-gyu returns, he hits the husband with golf balls and Sun-hwa leaves her husband with Tae-suk on his motorcycle. When they break in the house of an old man, they find that the man is dead and Tae-suk provides funeral service for him. However, his son returns and Tae-suk and Sun-hwa are arrested by two abusive police detectives. He is sent to prison and Sun-hwa is forced to return home. But she never forgets him.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "South Korea, Japan",
"awards": "15 wins & 9 nominations."
},
"Shrek": {
"title": "Shrek",
"year": "2001",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy",
"plot": "When a green ogre named Shrek discovers his swamp has been 'swamped' with all sorts of fairytale creatures by the scheming Lord Farquaad, Shrek sets out with a very loud donkey by his side to 'persuade' Farquaad to give Shrek his swamp back. Instead, a deal is made. Farquaad, who wants to become the King, sends Shrek to rescue Princess Fiona, who is awaiting her true love in a tower guarded by a fire-breathing dragon. But once they head back with Fiona, it starts to become apparent that not only does Shrek, an ugly ogre, begin to fall in love with the lovely princess, but Fiona is also hiding a huge secret.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 36 wins & 60 nominations."
},
"The Big Lebowski": {
"title": "The Big Lebowski",
"year": "1998",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Crime",
"plot": "When \"The Dude\" Lebowski is mistaken for a millionaire Lebowski, two thugs urinate on his rug to coerce him into paying a debt he knows nothing about. While attempting to gain recompense for the ruined rug from his wealthy counterpart, he accepts a one-time job with high pay-off. He enlists the help of his bowling buddy, Walter, a gun-toting Jewish-convert with anger issues. Deception leads to more trouble, and it soon seems that everyone from porn empire tycoons to nihilists want something from The Dude.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "USA, UK",
"awards": "4 wins & 17 nominations."
},
"Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles": {
"title": "Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles",
"year": "1994",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Horror",
"plot": "It hasn't even been a year since a plantation owner named Louis lost his wife in childbirth. Both his wife and the infant died, and now he has lost his will to live. A vampire named Lestat takes a liking to Louis and offers him the chance to become a creature of the night: a vampire. Louis accepts, and Lestat drains Louis' mortal blood and then replaces it with his own, turning Louis into a vampire. Louis must learn from Lestat the ways of the vampire.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 22 wins & 25 nominations."
},
"The Day the Earth Stood Still": {
"title": "The Day the Earth Stood Still",
"year": "2008",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller",
"plot": "Dr. Helen Benson is summoned to a military facility with several other scientists when an alien spacecraft of sorts arrives in New York City. Aboard is a human-like alien and a giant robot of immense size and power. The alien identifies himself as Klaatu and says he has come to save the Earth. The US military and political authorities see him as a threat however and decide to use so-called intensive interrogation techniques on him but Dr. Benson decides to facilitate his escape. When she learns exactly what he means when he says he is there to save the Earth, she tries to convince him to change his intentions.",
"rating": "5.5",
"country": "USA, Canada",
"awards": "3 wins & 5 nominations."
},
"Saving Private Ryan": {
"title": "Saving Private Ryan",
"year": "1998",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, War",
"plot": "Opening with the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944, members of the 2nd Ranger Battalion under Cpt. Miller fight ashore to secure a beachhead. Amidst the fighting, two brothers are killed in action. Earlier in New Guinea, a third brother is KIA. Their mother, Mrs. Ryan, is to receive all three of the grave telegrams on the same day. The United States Army Chief of Staff, George C. Marshall, is given an opportunity to alleviate some of her grief when he learns of a fourth brother, Private James Ryan, and decides to send out 8 men (Cpt. Miller and select members from 2nd Rangers) to find him and bring him back home to his mother...",
"rating": "8.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 5 Oscars. Another 74 wins & 74 nominations."
},
"The Adventures of Tintin": {
"title": "The Adventures of Tintin",
"year": "2011",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Mystery",
"plot": "Having bought a model ship, the Unicorn, for a pound off a market stall Tintin is initially puzzled that the sinister Mr. Sakharine should be so eager to buy it from him, resorting to murder and kidnapping Tintin - accompanied by his marvellous dog Snowy - to join him and his gang as they sail to Morocco on an old cargo ship. Sakharine has bribed the crew to revolt against the ship's master, drunken Captain Haddock, but Tintin, Snowy and Haddock escape, arriving in Morocco at the court of a sheikh, who also has a model of the Unicorn. Haddock tells Tintin that over three hundred years earlier his ancestor Sir Francis Haddock was forced to scuttle the original Unicorn when attacked by a piratical forebear of Sakharine but he managed to save his treasure and provide clues to its location in three separate scrolls, all of which were secreted in models of the Unicorn. Tintin and Sakharine have one each and the villain intends to use the glass-shattering top Cs of operatic soprano the Milanese Nightingale to secure the third. With aid from bumbling Interpol agents the Thompson Twins our boy hero, his dog and the captain must prevent Sakharine from obtaining all three scrolls to fulfil the prophesy that only the last of the Haddocks can discover the treasure's whereabouts.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "USA, New Zealand",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 21 wins & 60 nominations."
},
"Beverly Hills Cop": {
"title": "Beverly Hills Cop",
"year": "1984",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Comedy, Crime",
"plot": "Detroit cop Axel Foley is delighted when he receives a surprise visit from his best friend Mikey Tandino, who lives in California. Not long after Mikey arrives in Detroit, Mikey is killed, right in front of Axel, by a man named Zack. Axel follows Zack to Beverly Hills, California, where Beverly Hills police department Lieutenant Andrew Bogomil assigns Detective Billy Rosewood and Rosewood's partner, Sergeant John Taggart, to keep an eye on Axel. Axel visits his friend Jenny Summers, who works in an art gallery. With Jenny's help, Axel discovers that Zack works for Jenny's boss, Victor Maitland, the man who owns the art gallery. Maitland is a drug kingpin who is using the gallery as a front, and Maitland had Zack kill Mikey after Maitland accused Mikey of stealing some of Maitland's bonds. With the help of Jenny, Billy, and Taggart, Axel does what he can to make sure Maitland and Zack won't kill any more people.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 3 wins & 4 nominations."
},
"Caddyshack": {
"title": "Caddyshack",
"year": "1980",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Sport",
"plot": "Comical goings on at an exclusive golf club. All the members are wealthy and eccentric, and all the staff are poor and slightly less eccentric. The main character is 'Danny'; he's a caddy who will do almost anything to raise money to go to college. There are many subplots, including the assistant green keeper's pursuit of a cute (obviously stuffed) gopher.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "1 nomination."
},
"Dead Man": {
"title": "Dead Man",
"year": "1995",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Fantasy, Western",
"plot": "Dead Man is the story of a young man's journey, both physically and spiritually, into very unfamiliar terrain. William Blake travels to the extreme western frontiers of America sometime in the 2nd half of the 19th century. Lost and badly wounded, he encounters a very odd, outcast Native American, named \"Nobody\", who believes Blake is actually the dead English poet of the same name. The story, with Nobody's help, leads William Blake through situations that are in turn comical and violent. Contrary to his nature, circumstances transform Blake into a hunted outlaw, a killer, and a man whose physical existence is slowly slipping away. Thrown into a world that is cruel and chaotic, his eyes are opened to the fragility that defines the realm of the living. It is as though he passes through the surface of a mirror, and emerges into a previously-unknown world that exists on the other side.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA, Germany, Japan",
"awards": "4 wins & 10 nominations."
},
"Harvey": {
"title": "Harvey",
"year": "1950",
"rated": "PASSED",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, Fantasy",
"plot": "The classic stage hit gets the Hollywood treatment in the story of Elwood P. Dowd who makes friends with a spirit taking the form of a human-sized rabbit named Harvey that only he sees (and a few privileged others on occasion also.) After his sister tries to commit him to a mental institution, a comedy of errors ensues. Elwood and Harvey become the catalysts for a family mending its wounds and for romance blossoming in unexpected places.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 4 nominations."
},
"Boogie Nights": {
"title": "Boogie Nights",
"year": "1997",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "Adult film director Jack Horner is always on the lookout for new talent and it's only by chance that he meets Eddie Adams who is working as a busboy in a restaurant. Eddie is young, good looking and plenty of libido to spare. Using the screen name Dirk Diggler, he quickly rises to the top of his industry winning awards year after year. Drugs and ego however come between Dirk and those around him and he soon finds that fame is fleeting.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 29 wins & 49 nominations."
},
"Breathless": {
"title": "Breathless",
"year": "1960",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Crime, Drama",
"plot": "Michel Poiccard, an irresponsible sociopath and small-time thief, steals a car and impulsively murders the motorcycle policeman who pursues him. Now wanted by the authorities, he renews his relationship with Patricia Franchini, a hip American girl studying journalism at the Sorbonne, whom he had met in Nice a few weeks earlier. Before leaving Paris, he plans to collect a debt from an underworld acquaintance and expects her to accompany him on his planned getaway to Italy. Even with his face in the local papers and media, Poiccard seems oblivious to the dragnet that is slowly closing around him as he recklessly pursues his love of American movies and libidinous interest in the beautiful American.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "France",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 4 wins & 2 nominations."
},
"Fantastic Mr. Fox": {
"title": "Fantastic Mr. Fox",
"year": "2009",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family",
"plot": "It is the story of one Mr. Fox and his wild-ways of hen heckling, turkey taking and cider sipping, nocturnal, instinctive adventures. He has to put his wild days behind him and do what fathers do best: be responsible. He is too rebellious. He is too wild. He is going to try \"just one more raid\" on the three nastiest, meanest farmers that are Boggis, Bunce and Bean. It is a tale of crossing the line of family responsibilities and midnight adventure and the friendships and awakenings of this country life that is inhabited by Fantastic Mr. Fox and his friends.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 32 wins & 60 nominations."
},
"Gone with the Wind": {
"title": "Gone with the Wind",
"year": "1939",
"rated": "G",
"genre": "Drama, History, Romance, War",
"plot": "Scarlett is a woman who can deal with a nation at war, Atlanta burning, the Union Army carrying off everything from her beloved Tara, the carpetbaggers who arrive after the war. Scarlett is beautiful. She has vitality. But Ashley, the man she has wanted for so long, is going to marry his placid cousin, Melanie. Mammy warns Scarlett to behave herself at the party at Twelve Oaks. There is a new man there that day, the day the Civil War begins. Rhett Butler. Scarlett does not know he is in the room when she pleads with Ashley to choose her instead of Melanie.",
"rating": "8.2",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 8 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 9 nominations."
},
"Spartacus": {
"title": "Spartacus",
"year": "2010\u20132013",
"rated": "TV-MA",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance",
"plot": "The inspiration behind this series is the Thracian Gladiator Spartacus, who led a slave uprising against the Roman Republic. The Thracians had been persuaded by Claudius Glaber to serve as auxiliaries in the Roman legions in a campaign against the Getae, who had often plundered Thracian lands. However after Glaber reneges on the deal and switches his attentions from the Getae to attack Mithridates in Asia Minor, the Thracians feel betrayed and mutiny. Captured by Glaber, Spartacus is condemned to death as a Gladiator, whilst his wife Sura is condemned to slavery. Spartacus, however, proves to be a formidable gladiator, and defeats the four gladiators tasked with executing him. He becomes a favorite of the crowd, leading Senator Albinius to commute his death sentence to a life of slavery. Spartacus is purchased by Batiatus for gladiator training, who promises to help him find Sura if he proves himself in training. As the series develops, the story follows the betrayals and machinations of Roman life and a tale of one man's heroic quest for vengeance.",
"rating": "8.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "4 wins & 15 nominations."
},
"Sleuth": {
"title": "Sleuth",
"year": "1972",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "Milo Tindle and Andrew Wyke have something in common, Andrew's wife. In an attempt to find a way out of this without costing Andrew a fortune in alimony, he suggests Milo pretend to rob his house and let him claim the insurance on the stolen jewelry. The problem is that they don't really like each other and each cannot avoid the zinger on the other. The plot has many shifts in which the advantage shifts between Milo and Andrew.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "UK, USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 7 nominations."
},
"Ichi the Killer": {
"title": "Ichi the Killer",
"year": "2001",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller",
"plot": "When a Yakuza boss named Anjo disappears with 300 million yen, his chief henchman, a sadomasochistic man named Kakihara, and the rest of his mob goons go looking for him. After capturing and torturing a rival Yakuza member looking for answers, they soon realize they have the wrong man and begin looking for the man named Jijii who tipped them off in the first place. Soon enough Kakihara and his men encounter Ichi, a psychotic, sexually-repressed young man with amazing martial arts abilities and blades that come out of his shoes. One by one Ichi takes out members of the Yakuza and all the while Kakihara intensifies his pursuit of Ichi and Ichi's controller Jijii. What will happen as the final showdown happens between the tortured and ultra-violent Ichi and the pain-craving Kakihara?",
"rating": "7.1",
"country": "Japan, Hong Kong",
"awards": "6 wins & 3 nominations."
},
"Days of Heaven": {
"title": "Days of Heaven",
"year": "1978",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Drama, Romance",
"plot": "Bill and Abby, a young couple who to the outside world pretend to be brother and sister are living and working in Chicago at the beginning of the century. They want to escape the poverty and hard labor of the city and travel south. Together with the girl Linda (who acts as the narrator in the movie) they find employment on a farm in the Texas panhandle. When the harvest is over the young, rich and handsome farmer invites them to stay because he has fallen in love with Abby. When Bill and Abby discover that the farmer is seriously ill and has only got a year left to live they decide that Abby will accept his wedding proposal in order to make some benefit out of the situation. When the expected death fails to come, jealousy and impatience are slowly setting in and accidents become eventually inevitable.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 12 wins & 12 nominations."
},
"My Name Is Khan": {
"title": "My Name Is Khan",
"year": "2010",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "Rizwan Khan, a Muslim from the Borivali section of Mumbai, suffers from Asperger's syndrome, a form of high-functioning autism that complicates socialization. The adult Rizwan marries a Hindu single mother, Mandira, in San Francisco. After 9/11, Rizwan is detained by authorities at LAX who mistake his disability for suspicious behavior. Following his arrest, he meets Radha, a therapist who helps him deal with his situation and his affliction. Rizwan then begins a journey to meet US President Bush to clear his name.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "India",
"awards": "10 wins & 11 nominations."
},
"Black Hawk Down": {
"title": "Black Hawk Down",
"year": "2001",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, History, War",
"plot": "Action/war drama based on the best-selling book detailing a near-disastrous mission in Somalia on October 3, 1993. On this date nearly 100 U.S. Army Rangers, commanded by Capt. Mike Steele, were dropped by helicopter deep into the capital city of Mogadishu to capture two top lieutenants of a Somali warlord. This led to a large and drawn-out firefight between the Army Ranges, US Special Forces, and hundreds of Somali gunmen; resulting in the destruction of two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters. The film focuses on the heroic efforts of various Rangers to get to the downed black hawks, centering on SSG Eversmann, leading the Ranger unit Chalk Four to the first black hawk crash site, Chief Warrant Officer Durant who was captured after being the only survivor of the second black hawk crash, as well as many others who were involved.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA, UK",
"awards": "Won 2 Oscars. Another 8 wins & 37 nominations."
},
"Titanic": {
"title": "Titanic",
"year": "1997",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Drama, Romance",
"plot": "84 years later, a 100 year-old woman named Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story to her granddaughter Lizzy Calvert, Brock Lovett, Lewis Bodine, Bobby Buell and Anatoly Mikailavich on the Keldysh about her life set in April 10th 1912, on a ship called Titanic when young Rose boards the departing ship with the upper-class passengers and her mother, Ruth DeWitt Bukater, and her fianc\u00e9, Caledon Hockley. Meanwhile, a drifter and artist named Jack Dawson and his best friend Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets to the ship in a game. And she explains the whole story from departure until the death of Titanic on its first and last voyage April 15th, 1912 at 2:20 in the morning.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 11 Oscars. Another 111 wins & 77 nominations."
},
"The Godfather: Part III": {
"title": "The Godfather: Part III",
"year": "1990",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama",
"plot": "In the final instalment of the Godfather Trilogy, an aging Don Michael Corleone seeks to legitimize his crime family's interests and remove himself from the violent underworld but is kept back by the ambitions of the young. While he attempts to link the Corleone's finances with the Vatican, Michael must deal with the machinations of a hungrier gangster seeking to upset the existing Mafioso order and a young protoge's love affair with his daughter.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 7 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 15 nominations."
},
"The King's Speech": {
"title": "The King's Speech",
"year": "2010",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Biography, Drama, History",
"plot": "England's Prince Albert must ascend the throne as King George VI, but he has a speech impediment. Knowing that the country needs her husband to be able to communicate effectively, Elizabeth hires Lionel Logue, an Australian actor and speech therapist, to help him overcome his stammer. An extraordinary friendship develops between the two men, as Logue uses unconventional means to teach the monarch how to speak with confidence.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "UK, USA, Australia",
"awards": "Won 4 Oscars. Another 102 wins & 194 nominations."
},
"Law Abiding Citizen": {
"title": "Law Abiding Citizen",
"year": "2009",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "Clyde Shelton's family is brutally murdered. The ones responsible are caught. However, because of improper procedure, the D.A., Nick Rice only has circumstantial evidence. So he decides to get one of them to testify against the other. When Shelton learns of this, he is not happy. Ten years later, the one who was convicted is being executed but something goes wrong; his execution goes awry and he suffers. They learn that someone tampered with the machine. And the other one is found dead, killed in a gruesome manner. Rice suspects Shelton, so he has him picked up. At first, Shelton agrees to a plea agreement with Rice but changes his mind. It appears that Shelton is not done, it appears he blames the whole system and is declaring war on it going after everyone involved with his family's case. So Rice has to stop him but Shelton is way ahead of him.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "3 wins & 5 nominations."
},
"Love Actually": {
"title": "Love Actually",
"year": "2003",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, Romance",
"plot": "Against the backdrop of aged has-been rock star Billy Mack's Christmas themed comeback cover of \"Love Is All Around\" which he knows is crap and makes no bones about it much to his manager Joe's chagrin as he promotes the record, several interrelated stories about romantic love and the obstacles to happiness through love for Londoners are presented in the five weeks preceding Christmas. Daniel's wife has just passed away, leaving him to take care of his adolescent stepson Sam by himself. Daniel is uncertain how to deal with Sam and his problems without his wife present, especially in light of a potential budding romance within their household. Juliet and Peter have just gotten married. They believe that Peter's best friend and best man Mark hates Juliet but won't say so to his or her face. Others looking at the situation from the outside believe Mark is jealous of Juliet as he is in love with Peter himself. Jamie, a writer, is taking a writing retreat by himself in rural France following catching his latest girlfriend in an indiscretion. Jamie ends up spending much time in France with Aur\u00e9lia, the Portuguese woman hired as the housekeeper. The question becomes not only if they can communicate their day-to-day needs with each other as she speaks no English, he speaks no Portuguese, and neither speaks French well, but communicate what seems to be their increasing mutual attraction to each other. Sarah has been in love with her co-worker Karl for the two years they have worked together, this attraction which everyone in their workplace knows about. Sarah has to decide if she can be forward enough to express this love directly to Karl, especially in light of what has been her personal priority of dealing with a family issue. Harry and Karen have been in a stable long term marriage. His new assistant Mia drops hints to him that she would like them to be romantically involved. Harry has to decide whether to fall to the temptation, especially considering being married to a perceptive wife. Single and relatively young David is the newly elected Prime Minister. At 10 Downing Street, he is attracted to one of the new household servants, slightly overweight Natalie, but isn't sure what to do about it seeing as to their respective positions, the probable public scrutiny, and an incident involving the visiting U.S. President. Socially unaware Colin believes that the lack of romantic love in his life is all the fault of standoffish British women. As such, he decides to take decisive albeit somewhat unusual geographic action. And John and Judy are movie body doubles. They can communicate with each other straightforwardly while they are simulating sex filming a movie, but they may not be able to translate the feelings behind that simulation in real life to each other.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "UK, USA, France",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 10 wins & 27 nominations."
},
"Say Anything...": {
"title": "Say Anything...",
"year": "1989",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, Romance",
"plot": "High school senior Lloyd Dobler wants nothing more than to go out with beautiful and intelligent Diane Court. Lloyd attempts to win her heart over the objections of her over-protective father before Diane leaves for a scholarship in England.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "1 win & 3 nominations."
},
"Mystic River": {
"title": "Mystic River",
"year": "2003",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "In the summer of 1975 in a neighborhood in Boston, 3 kids, Dave Boyle and two of his friends, Jimmy and Sean, are playing on the sidewalk when Dave gets abducted by two men and endures several days of sexual abuse. Eventually, Dave escapes traumatized throughout adulthood. Jimmy is an ex-con and a father of three, whose daughter Katie, is found dead and Dave becomes the number one suspect. Sean is a homicide detective, investigating Katie's murder, ends up finding himself faced with past and present demons as more is uncovered about Katie's murder. Learning Katie had a boyfriend, ballistics later turn up a gun belonging to the father, which then puts her boyfriend as the suspect. Will Sean find out who killed Katie? Will Jimmy make it through the investigation? And will Dave ever find out what really happened when he was abducted?",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA, Australia",
"awards": "Won 2 Oscars. Another 53 wins & 142 nominations."
},
"The Way Way Back": {
"title": "The Way Way Back",
"year": "2013",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama",
"plot": "Duncan (Liam James) is not a popular kid and it doesn't look like the summer is going to offer anything better for him. His mother's boyfriend has invited them to his beach house where Duncan is expected to improve his personality and physical appearance, and meet girls. But his would-be step-sister doesn't want anything to do with him and his shy demeanor makes it difficult for him to meet anybody new. When Duncan wanders into the Water Wizz, the local water park, he meets adult employees who are just having fun. Owen (Sam Rockwell) lets Duncan work with him and their new-found bond will help each other mature and find their place in life. Which for Duncan means standing up to his would-be step-father, having a conversation with the girl next door and being more comfortable with who he is.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "5 wins & 30 nominations."
},
"To Kill a Mockingbird": {
"title": "To Kill a Mockingbird",
"year": "1962",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Crime, Drama",
"plot": "Small-town Alabama, 1932. Atticus Finch (played by Gregory Peck) is a lawyer and a widower. He has two young children, Jem and Scout. Atticus Finch is currently defending Tom Robinson, a black man accused of raping a white woman. Meanwhile, Jem and Scout are intrigued by their neighbours, the Radleys, and the mysterious, seldom-seen Boo Radley in particular.",
"rating": "8.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 3 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 16 nominations."
},
"The Adventures of Robin Hood": {
"title": "The Adventures of Robin Hood",
"year": "1938",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, Romance",
"plot": "Sir Robin of Locksley, defender of downtrodden Saxons, runs afoul of Norman authority and is forced to turn outlaw. With his band of Merry Men, he robs from the rich, gives to the poor and still has time to woo the lovely Maid Marian, and foil the cruel Sir Guy of Gisbourne, and keep the nefarious Prince John off the throne.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 3 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 2 nominations."
},
"Breaking the Waves": {
"title": "Breaking the Waves",
"year": "1996",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "Drama set in a repressed, deeply religious community in the north of Scotland, where a naive young woman named Bess McNeil meets and falls in love with Danish oil-rig worker Jan. Bess and Jan are deeply in love but, when Jan returns to his rig, Bess prays to God that he returns for good. Jan does return, his neck broken in an accident aboard the rig. Because of his condition, Jan and Bess are now unable to enjoy a sexual relationship and Jan urges Bess to take another lover and tell him the details. As Bess becomes more and more deviant in her sexual behavior, the more she comes to believe that her actions are guided by God and are helping Jan recover.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "Denmark, Sweden, France, Netherlands, Norway, Iceland, Spain",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 42 wins & 27 nominations."
},
"Rust and Bone": {
"title": "Rust and Bone",
"year": "2012",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Romance",
"plot": "Put in charge of his young son, Alain leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Alain's bond with Stephanie, a killer whale trainer, grows deeper after Stephanie suffers a horrible accident.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "France, Belgium",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 32 wins & 68 nominations."
},
"The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert": {
"title": "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert",
"year": "1994",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Music",
"plot": "Two drag-queens (Anthony/Mitzi and Adam/Felicia) and a transgender woman contract to perform a drag show at a resort in Alice Springs, a resort town in the remote Australian desert. They head west from Sydney aboard their lavender bus, Priscilla. En route, it is discovered that the woman they've contracted with is Anthony's wife. Their bus breaks down, and is repaired by Bob, who travels on with them.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "Australia",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 9 wins & 18 nominations."
},
"Kiki's Delivery Service": {
"title": "Kiki's Delivery Service",
"year": "1989",
"rated": "G",
"genre": "Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy",
"plot": "This is the story of a young witch, named Kiki who is now thirteen years old. But she is still a little green and plenty headstrong, but also resourceful, imaginative, and determined. With her trusty wisp of a talking cat named Jiji by her side she's ready to take on the world, or at least the quaintly European seaside village she's chosen as her new home.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "Japan",
"awards": "4 wins."
},
"Finding Neverland": {
"title": "Finding Neverland",
"year": "2004",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Biography, Drama, Family",
"plot": "1903 London. Renowned playwright J.M. Barrie (James)'s latest effort has garnered less than positive reviews, something he knew would be the case even before the play's mounting. This failure places pressure on James to write another play quickly as impresario Charles Frohman needs another to replace the failure to keep his theater viable. Out for a walk with his dog in part to let his creative juices flow, James stumbles upon the Llewelyn Davies family: recently widowed Sylvia Llewelyn Davies (the daughter of now deceased author George L. Du Maurier) and her four adolescent sons. James and the family members become friends, largely based on he and the boys being able to foster in each other the imagination of children, James just being the biggest among them in this regard. Sylvia also welcomes James into their lives, he who becomes an important and integral part of it. Among the six of them, the only one who does not want to partake is Sylvia's third, Peter Llewelyn Davies, who is still grieving the reality of their lives, where his father was there one day planning an outing for the family, and gone the next. Two other people who don't appreciate James in the Llewelyn Davies' lives are: his wife, Mary Barrie, who always feels the need to be the responsible one in their relationship and who feels threatened by his friendship with an unmarried woman; and Emma du Maurier, Sylvia's overbearing mother, who sees him as an obstacle to Sylvia moving on with her life with another potential husband, and an impediment to maintaining discipline within the boys. James still hopes to bring Peter out of his self-imposed shell, but in the process comes up with an idea for another play based on an amalgam of himself and Peter, that play which eventually becomes what Charles sees as a largely unmountable and thus doomed production called \"Peter Pan\". This process of helping Peter could take a step backward when it looks like Sylvia may imminently befall a similar fate to that of her late husband.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA, UK",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 19 wins & 80 nominations."
},
"Enter the Dragon": {
"title": "Enter the Dragon",
"year": "1973",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "Enter the Dragon revolves around the three main characters. Lee, a man recruited by an agency to investigate a tournament hosted by Han, since they believe he has an Opium trade there. Roper and Williams are former army buddies since Vietnam and they enter the tournament due to different problems that they have. Roper is on the run from the Mafia due to his gambling debts, while Williams is harassed by racist police officers and defends himself from them and uses the car for his getaway. It is a deadly tournament that they will enter on an island. Lee's job is to get the other two out of there alive.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "Hong Kong, USA",
"awards": "1 win."
},
"Fantasia": {
"title": "Fantasia",
"year": "1940",
"rated": "G",
"genre": "Animation, Family, Fantasy, Music",
"plot": "Disney animators set pictures to Western classical music as Leopold Stokowski conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra. \"The Sorcerer's Apprentice\" features Mickey Mouse as an aspiring magician who oversteps his limits. \"The Rite of Spring\" tells the story of evolution, from single-celled animals to the death of the dinosaurs. \"Dance of the Hours\" is a comic ballet performed by ostriches, hippos, elephants, and alligators. \"Night on Bald Mountain\" and \"Ave Maria\" set the forces of darkness and light against each other as a devilish revel is interrupted by the coming of a new day.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "8 wins & 1 nomination."
},
"The Wrestler": {
"title": "The Wrestler",
"year": "2008",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Sport",
"plot": "This is a drama about an aging professional wrestler, decades past his prime, who now barely gets by working small wrestling shows in VFW halls and as a part-time grocery store employee. As he faces health problems that may end his wrestling career for good he attempts to come to terms with his life outside the ring: by working full time at the grocery store, trying to reconcile with the daughter he abandoned in childhood and forming a closer bond with a stripper he has romantic feelings for. He struggles with his new life and an offer of a high-profile rematch with his 1980s arch-nemesis, The Ayatollah, which may be his ticket back to stardom.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "USA, France",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 57 wins & 86 nominations."
},
"Primal Fear": {
"title": "Primal Fear",
"year": "1996",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "Courtroom thriller about a slick, hotshot lawyer who takes the seemingly unwinnable case of a young altar boy accused of murdering an eminent catholic priest.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 10 wins & 11 nominations."
},
"Driving Miss Daisy": {
"title": "Driving Miss Daisy",
"year": "1989",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "An elderly Jewish widow living in Atlanta can no longer drive. Her son insists she allow him to hire a driver, which in the 1950s meant a black man. She resists any change in her life but, Hoke, the driver is hired by her son. She refuses to allow him to drive her anywhere at first, but Hoke slowly wins her over with his native good graces. The movie is directly taken from a stage play and does show it. It covers over twenty years of the pair's life together as they slowly build a relationship that transcends their differences.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 4 Oscars. Another 17 wins & 24 nominations."
},
"The Aviator": {
"title": "The Aviator",
"year": "2004",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Biography, Drama, History",
"plot": "Biopic of billionaire Howard Hughes, starting with his early filmmaking years as owner of RKO studios but mostly focusing on his role in designing and promoting new aircraft. Hughes was a risk-taker spending several fortunes on designing experimental aircraft and eventually founding TWA as a rival to Pan AM airlines owned by his great rival Juan Trippe. When Trippe's politico Senator Ralph Owen Brewster accuses Hughes of being a war profiteer, it's Hughes who gains the upper hand. Hughes also had many women in his life including a long relationship with actress Katharine Hepburn. From an early age however, Hughes was also germophobic and would have severe bouts of mental illness.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "Germany, USA",
"awards": "Won 5 Oscars. Another 81 wins & 130 nominations."
},
"Rise of the Planet of the Apes": {
"title": "Rise of the Planet of the Apes",
"year": "2011",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller",
"plot": "At the story's heart is Caesar (Andy Serkis), a chimpanzee who gains human-like intelligence and emotions from an experimental drug. Raised like a child by the drug's creator, Will Rodman (James Franco) and a primatologist Caroline Aranha (Freida Pinto), Caesar ultimately finds himself taken from the humans he loves and imprisoned in an ape sanctuary in San Bruno. Seeking justice for his fellow inmates, Caesar gives the fellow apes the same drug that he inherited. He then assembles a simian army and escapes the sanctuary - putting man and ape on a collision course that could change the planet forever.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA, UK, Canada",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 21 wins & 42 nominations."
},
"The Maltese Falcon": {
"title": "The Maltese Falcon",
"year": "1941",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Film-Noir, Mystery",
"plot": "Spade and Archer is the name of a San Francisco detective agency. That's for Sam Spade and Miles Archer. The two men are partners, but Sam doesn't like Miles much. A knockout, who goes by the name of Miss Wonderly, walks into their office; and by that night everything's changed. Miles is dead. And so is a man named Floyd Thursby. It seems Miss Wonderly is surrounded by dangerous men. There's Joel Cairo, who uses gardenia-scented calling cards. There's Kasper Gutman, with his enormous girth and feigned civility. Her only hope of protection comes from Sam, who is suspected by the police of one or the other murder. More murders are yet to come, and it will all be because of these dangerous men -- and their lust for a statuette of a bird: the Maltese Falcon.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 4 wins."
},
"Jurassic Park": {
"title": "Jurassic Park",
"year": "1993",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller",
"plot": "Huge advancements in scientific technology have enabled a mogul to create an island full of living dinosaurs. John Hammond has invited four individuals, along with his two grandchildren, to join him at Jurassic Park. But will everything go according to plan? A park employee attempts to steal dinosaur embryos, critical security systems are shut down and it now becomes a race for survival with dinosaurs roaming freely over the island.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 3 Oscars. Another 32 wins & 25 nominations."
},
"The Motorcycle Diaries": {
"title": "The Motorcycle Diaries",
"year": "2004",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Adventure, Biography, Drama",
"plot": "In 1952, twenty-three year old medical student Ernesto Guevara de la Serna - Fuser to his friends and later better known as 'Ernesto Che Guevara' - one semester away from graduation, decides to postpone his last semester to accompany his twenty-nine year old biochemist friend 'Alberto Granado' - Mial to his friends - on his four month, 8,000 km long dream motorcycle trip throughout South America starting from their home in Buenos Aires. Their quest is to see things they've only read about in books about the continent on which they live, and to finish that quest on Alberto's thirtieth birthday on the other side of the continent in the Guajira Peninsula in Venezuela. Not all on this trip goes according to their rough plan due to a broken down motorbike, a continual lack of money (they often stretching the truth to gain the favor of a variety of strangers to help them), arguments between the two in their frequent isolation solely with each other, their raging libidos which sometimes get them into trouble, and dealing with Fuser's chronic asthma. But a chance encounter with a couple of Communists in the Chilean desert and an extended visit to the San Pablo Leper Colony in the Per\u00favian Amazon Basin among other things profoundly affects what each will want to do with his life and the bond each has with the other.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "Argentina, USA, Chile, Peru, Brazil, UK, Germany, France",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 35 wins & 47 nominations."
},
"Rebel Without a Cause": {
"title": "Rebel Without a Cause",
"year": "1955",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "Jim Stark is the new kid in town. He has been in trouble elsewhere; that's why his family has had to move before. Here he hopes to find the love he doesn't get from his middle-class family. Though he finds some of this in his relation with Judy, and a form of it in both Plato's adulation and Ray's real concern for him, Jim must still prove himself to his peers in switchblade knife fights and \"chickie\" games in which cars race toward a seaside cliff.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 3 nominations."
},
"The Imitation Game": {
"title": "The Imitation Game",
"year": "2014",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Biography, Drama, Thriller, War",
"plot": "Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA, UK",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 46 wins & 155 nominations."
},
"Trading Places": {
"title": "Trading Places",
"year": "1983",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy",
"plot": "Louis Winthorpe is a businessman who works for commodities brokerage firm of Duke and Duke owned by the brothers Mortimer and Randolph Duke. Now they bicker over the most trivial of matters and what they are bickering about is whether it's a person's environment or heredity that determines how well they will do in life. When Winthorpe bumps into Billy Ray Valentine, a street hustler and assumes he is trying to rob him, he has him arrested. Upon seeing how different the two men are, the brothers decide to make a wager as to what would happen if Winthorpe loses his job, his home and is shunned by everyone he knows and if Valentine was given Winthorpe's job. So they proceed to have Winthorpe arrested and to be placed in a compromising position in front of his girlfriend. So all he has to rely on is the hooker who was hired to ruin him.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 3 wins & 4 nominations."
},
"Sunset Boulevard": {
"title": "Sunset Boulevard",
"year": "1950",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Drama, Film-Noir",
"plot": "In Hollywood of the 50's, the obscure screenplay writer Joe Gillis is not able to sell his work to the studios, is full of debts and is thinking in returning to his hometown to work in an office. While trying to escape from his creditors, he has a flat tire and parks his car in a decadent mansion in Sunset Boulevard. He meets the owner and former silent-movie star Norma Desmond, who lives alone with her butler and driver Max Von Mayerling. Norma is demented and believes she will return to the cinema industry, and is protected and isolated from the world by Max, who was her director and husband in the past and still loves her. Norma proposes Joe to move to the mansion and help her in writing a screenplay for her comeback to the cinema, and the small-time writer becomes her lover and gigolo. When Joe falls in love for the young aspirant writer Betty Schaefer, Norma becomes jealous and completely insane and her madness leads to a tragic end.",
"rating": "8.4",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 3 Oscars. Another 15 wins & 18 nominations."
},
"Sin City": {
"title": "Sin City",
"year": "2005",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Thriller",
"plot": "Four tales of crime adapted from Frank Miller's popular comics, focusing around a muscular brute who's looking for the person responsible for the death of his beloved Goldie, a man fed up with Sin City's corrupt law enforcement who takes the law into his own hands after a horrible mistake, a cop who risks his life to protect a girl from a deformed pedophile, and a hitman looking to make a little cash.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "33 wins & 51 nominations."
},
"The Hurt Locker": {
"title": "The Hurt Locker",
"year": "2008",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Thriller, War",
"plot": "An intense portrayal of elite soldiers who have one of the most dangerous jobs in the world: disarming bombs in the heat of combat. When a new sergeant, James, takes over a highly trained bomb disposal team amidst violent conflict, he surprises his two subordinates, Sanborn and Eldridge, by recklessly plunging them into a deadly game of urban combat, behaving as if he's indifferent to death. As the men struggle to control their wild new leader, the city explodes into chaos, and James' true character reveals itself in a way that will change each man forever.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 6 Oscars. Another 117 wins & 126 nominations."
},
"Platoon": {
"title": "Platoon",
"year": "1986",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, War",
"plot": "Chris Taylor is a young, naive American who gives up college and volunteers for combat in Vietnam. Upon arrival, he quickly discovers that his presence is quite nonessential, and is considered insignificant to the other soldiers, as he has not fought for as long as the rest of them and felt the effects of combat. Chris has two non-commissioned officers, the ill-tempered and indestructible Staff Sergeant Robert Barnes and the more pleasant and cooperative Sergeant Elias Grodin. A line is drawn between the two NCOs and a number of men in the platoon when an illegal killing occurs during a village raid. As the war continues, Chris himself draws towards psychological meltdown. And as he struggles for survival, he soon realizes he is fighting two battles, the conflict with the enemy and the conflict between the men within his platoon.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 4 Oscars. Another 19 wins & 14 nominations."
},
"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof": {
"title": "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof",
"year": "1958",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "The family of \"Big Daddy\" Pollitt convenes at his and Big Momma's vast 28,000 acre East Mississippi plantation for his sixty-fifth birthday, although it may as well be for his funeral on the belief that he is dying. Despite his latest medical report being clean, in reality he truly does have terminal colon cancer, something the doctor only tells Big Daddy's two sons, Gooper Pollitt, a lawyer, and Brick Pollitt, who recently left his job as a sportscaster. Brooding Brick and his wife Maggie Pollitt, who have driven up from New Orleans for the occasion, are going through a long rough patch in their marriage. Brick wanted to split, but Maggie convinced him to stay married on the condition that she not pressure him for sex. In their troubles, Brick has turned to the bottle, leading to a drunken incident which has left Brick currently on crutches. Maggie believes Gooper and his wife Mae Pollitt are trying to orchestrate Brick out of Big Daddy's will. Brick and Maggie's saving grace is Big Daddy has greater affinity for them than Gooper and Mae. Maggie is beautiful and Brick was a star athlete, specifically in football and track. As Gooper and Mae have a sixth child on the way, Maggie also believes they could combat anything Gooper and Mae could do by having a child of their own. In his current state, Brick has contempt for everyone and everything around him, which includes Big Daddy's money. All Brick and Maggie's problems seem to center on their respective relationships with Brick's high school friend and football partner, Skipper, and events in their lives just prior to Skipper's death. What happens not only with Brick and Maggie but the entire Pollitt family may depend on if Brick can reconcile himself with his life, much of which is currently in Big Daddy's house, including Maggie.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 6 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 10 nominations."
},
"West Side Story": {
"title": "West Side Story",
"year": "1961",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Musical, Romance",
"plot": "West Side Story is the award-winning adaptation of the classic romantic tragedy, \"Romeo and Juliet\". The feuding families become two warring New York City gangs- the white Jets led by Riff and the Puerto Rican Sharks, led by Bernardo. Their hatred escalates to a point where neither can coexist with any form of understanding. But when Riff's best friend (and former Jet) Tony and Bernardo's younger sister Maria meet at a dance, no one can do anything to stop their love. Maria and Tony begin meeting in secret, planning to run away. Then the Sharks and Jets plan a rumble under the highway - whoever wins gains control of the streets. Maria sends Tony to stop it, hoping it can end the violence. It goes terribly wrong, and before the lovers know what's happened, tragedy strikes and doesn't stop until the climactic and heartbreaking ending.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 10 Oscars. Another 18 wins & 11 nominations."
},
"Chasing Amy": {
"title": "Chasing Amy",
"year": "1997",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, Romance",
"plot": "A pair of comic book authors named Holden McNeil and Banky Edwards, who live in New Jersey, have been best friends for 20 years. They spend their time working in their studio, and in the evenings they are going out. But their friendship is about to be disputed for the first time in their life, when a beautiful young lesbian woman named Alyssa Jones enters their life and Holden falls in love with her. Now Holden has to deal with Banky's jealousy, and with his new girlfriend's very rich past.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 5 wins & 15 nominations."
},
"Blazing Saddles": {
"title": "Blazing Saddles",
"year": "1974",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Western",
"plot": "The Ultimate Western Spoof. A town where everyone seems to be named Johnson is in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, Hedley Lemar (Harvey Korman), a politically connected nasty person, sends in his henchmen to make the town unlivable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor (Mel Brooks). Hedley convinces him to send the town the first Black sheriff (Cleavon Little) in the west. Bart is a sophisticated urbanite who will have some difficulty winning over the townspeople.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 2 nominations."
},
"The Matrix": {
"title": "The Matrix",
"year": "1999",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Sci-Fi",
"plot": "Thomas A. Anderson is a man living two lives. By day he is an average computer programmer and by night a hacker known as Neo. Neo has always questioned his reality, but the truth is far beyond his imagination. Neo finds himself targeted by the police when he is contacted by Morpheus, a legendary computer hacker branded a terrorist by the government. Morpheus awakens Neo to the real world, a ravaged wasteland where most of humanity have been captured by a race of machines that live off of the humans' body heat and electrochemical energy and who imprison their minds within an artificial reality known as the Matrix. As a rebel against the machines, Neo must return to the Matrix and confront the agents: super-powerful computer programs devoted to snuffing out Neo and the entire human rebellion.",
"rating": "8.7",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 4 Oscars. Another 34 wins & 48 nominations."
},
"RoboCop": {
"title": "RoboCop",
"year": "1987",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller",
"plot": "Detroit - in the future - is crime-ridden and run by a massive company. The company has developed a huge crime-fighting robot, which unfortunately develops a rather dangerous glitch. The company sees a way to get back in favor with the public when policeman Alex Murphy is killed by a street gang. Murphy's body is reconstructed within a steel shell and called RoboCop. RoboCop is very successful against criminals and becomes a target of supervillian Boddicker.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 11 wins & 10 nominations."
},
"O Brother, Where Art Thou?": {
"title": "O Brother, Where Art Thou?",
"year": "2000",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Music",
"plot": "Loosely based on Homer's \"Odyssey,\" the movie deals with the picaresque adventures of Ulysses Everett McGill and his companions Delmar and Pete in 1930s Mississipi. Sprung from a chain gang and trying to reach Everett's home to recover the buried loot of a bank heist they are confronted by a series of strange characters--among them sirens, a cyclops, bank robber George \"Baby Face\" Nelson (very annoyed by that nickname), a campaigning governor and his opponent, a KKK lynch mob, and a blind prophet who warns the trio that \"the treasure you seek shall not be the treasure you find.\"",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "UK, France, USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 7 wins & 35 nominations."
},
"Glengarry Glen Ross": {
"title": "Glengarry Glen Ross",
"year": "1992",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Mystery",
"plot": "The real story behind the world of sales. This is a realistic portrayal of what it is to try making a life in high pressure sales with all its highs and lows; promises of fortunes and deliveries of dross. Red-leads and dead-leads are to blame for life's outcomes. Living with \"Objection, Rebuttal, Close\".",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 8 wins & 12 nominations."
},
"The Piano": {
"title": "The Piano",
"year": "1993",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Music, Romance",
"plot": "It is the mid-nineteenth century. Ada is a mute who has a young daughter, Flora. In an arranged marriage she leaves her native Scotland accompanied by her daughter and her beloved piano. Life in the rugged forests of New Zealand's North Island is not all she may have imagined and nor is her relationship with her new husband Stewart. She suffers torment and loss when Stewart sells her piano to a neighbour, George. Ada learns from George that she may earn back her piano by giving him piano lessons, but only with certain other conditions attached. At first Ada despises George but slowly their relationship is transformed and this propels them into a dire situation.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "New Zealand, Australia, France",
"awards": "Won 3 Oscars. Another 60 wins & 56 nominations."
},
"The Orphanage": {
"title": "The Orphanage",
"year": "2007",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "Laura, a former orphan, raises her adopted son Sim\u00f3n together with her husband Carlos in an old house and former orphanage where she was raised. While at the orphanage Sim\u00f3n tells Laura that he has five invisible friends which she believes are a product of his active imagination. Laura decides to reopen the orphanage to cater for disabled children and throws a party. During the party Sim\u00f3n tries to persuade Laura to go and take a look at his friends cabin but she's too busy. Later on she sees a mysterious masked boy and realizes that Sim\u00f3n has also disappeared. Laura feels the presence of other people in the house and months later Laura invites a team of parapsychologists to try to unravel the mystery.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "Spain",
"awards": "32 wins & 41 nominations."
},
"Elizabeth": {
"title": "Elizabeth",
"year": "1998",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Biography, Drama, History",
"plot": "This film details the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, as played by Cate Blanchett. The main focus is the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the Catholic hatred of her and her romance with Lord Robert Dudley.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "UK",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 34 wins & 54 nominations."
},
"Mary Poppins": {
"title": "Mary Poppins",
"year": "1964",
"rated": "G",
"genre": "Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical",
"plot": "When Jane and Michael, the children of the wealthy and uptight Banks family, are faced with the prospect of a new nanny, they are pleasantly surprised by the arrival of the magical Mary Poppins. Embarking on a series of fantastical adventures with Mary and her Cockney performer friend, Bert, the siblings try to pass on some of their nanny's sunny attitude to their preoccupied parents.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 5 Oscars. Another 15 wins & 17 nominations."
},
"All About My Mother": {
"title": "All About My Mother",
"year": "1999",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "Manuela is a hard-working single mom who has raised her son Esteban by herself since the time he was born. On his 17th birthday they go to the theater and after the show, Esteban tries to get the main actress' autograph but is run down on the street and dies. Manuela is beside herself with grief and decides to return to Barcelona to tell the boy's transgender father Lola, about the death of the son he never knew he had. He is nowhere to be found but Manuela does find an old friend, Agrado and meets up with a pregnant nun, Rosa. Together they form a life and become fast friends - until tragedy strikes again.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "Spain, France",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 56 wins & 38 nominations."
},
"Paris, je t'aime": {
"title": "Paris, je t'aime",
"year": "2006",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, Romance",
"plot": "Paris, je t'aime is about the plurality of cinema in one mythic location: Paris, the City of Love. Twenty filmmakers have five minutes each; the audience must weave a single narrative out of twenty moments. The 20 moments are fused by transitional interstitial sequences and also via the introduction and epilogue. Each transition begins with the last shot of the previous film and ends with the first shot of the following film, extending the enchantment and the emotion of the previous segment, preparing the audience for a surprise, and providing a cohesive atmosphere. There's a reappearing mysterious character who is a witness to the Parisian life. A common theme of Paris and love fuses all.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "France, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Germany, USA",
"awards": "3 wins & 1 nomination."
},
"Sideways": {
"title": "Sideways",
"year": "2004",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, Romance",
"plot": "A week before his friend Jack is to be married, best man Miles and the prospective groom head off to wine country for a week of fun, relaxation and - of course - wine drinking. Miles is the oenophile and does his best to teach Jack a bit about the art of appreciating great wine. All Jack cares about is drinking and carousing, something he accomplishes when he meets the attractive Stephanie at one of the vineyards. Miles is something of a sad sack, a high school English teacher who is a failed writer at heart. He has yet to get over the fact that his wife has divorced him and that she has remarried and he now faces that nerve racking wait for word from a prospective publisher. Miles has an opportunity to start anew when he meets Stephanie's friend Maya but when he let's slip that Jack is about to be married any hope of a relationship seems to be lost.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA, Hungary",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 122 wins & 87 nominations."
},
"Death at a Funeral": {
"title": "Death at a Funeral",
"year": "2007",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy",
"plot": "Daniel is a decent young man, married to Jane, still living at his father's home. When his father dies, it is up to him to organize his funeral. On this painful morning, the suitable grave expression on his face, Daniel is ready to welcome his father's friends and relatives. But preserving the dignity inherent in such circumstances will be a hard task. Particularly with an undertaker who botches his work, the return from the USA of his famous but selfish brother, his cousin's fianc\u00e9 who has accidentally ingested drugs, the presence a moron who takes advantage of the sad event to win back the heart (or rather the body) of a woman who is about to marry another, of a handicapped old uncle who is also the most unbearable pain in the neck. To cap it all, Daniel notices the presence among the mourners of a mysterious dwarf nobody else seems to know...",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA, Germany, UK, Netherlands",
"awards": "2 wins & 2 nominations."
},
"The Machinist": {
"title": "The Machinist",
"year": "2004",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "Trevor Reznik is a machinist in a factory. An extreme case of insomnia has led to him not sleeping in a year, and his body withering away to almost nothing. He has an obsessive compulsion to write himself reminder notes and keep track of his dwindling weight, both scribbled on yellow stickies in his apartment. The only person he lets into his life in an emotional sense is Stevie, a prostitute, although he has an infatuation with Maria, a single mother waitress working in an airport diner. His co-workers don't associate with and mistrust him because of not knowing what is going on in his life that has led to his emaciated physical appearance. A workplace incident further alienates him with his coworkers, and in conjunction with some unfamiliar pieces of paper he finds in his apartment, Trevor believes that someone or some people - probably one or some of his coworkers - are out to get him, using a phantom employee named Ivan as their front. As Trevor goes on a search for evidence as to Ivan's schemes and whereabouts, Trevor may come to a true understanding of what has caused his insomnia.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "Spain, France, UK, USA",
"awards": "7 wins & 15 nominations."
},
"Citizen Kane": {
"title": "Citizen Kane",
"year": "1941",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Drama, Mystery",
"plot": "A group of reporters are trying to decipher the last word ever spoken by Charles Foster Kane, the millionaire newspaper tycoon: \"Rosebud.\" The film begins with a news reel detailing Kane's life for the masses, and then from there, we are shown flashbacks from Kane's life. As the reporters investigate further, the viewers see a display of a fascinating man's rise to fame, and how he eventually fell off the top of the world.",
"rating": "8.4",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 9 wins & 13 nominations."
},
"The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi": {
"title": "The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi",
"year": "2003",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Comedy, Crime",
"plot": "Blind Zatoichi makes his living by gambling and giving massages. But behind his humble facade, Zatoichi is a master swordsman, gifted with lightning-fast draw and strokes of breathtaking precision. Zatoichi wanders into a town run by sinister gangs and a powerful samurai. He's destined for violent showdowns when he stumbles on two beautiful geishas avenging their parents' murder... Duels, wit and a touch of zen! Cult anti-hero Zatoichi is back in a sword-fighting adventure written, directed and starring Takeshi Kitano.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "Japan",
"awards": "21 wins & 10 nominations."
},
"Apocalypse Now": {
"title": "Apocalypse Now",
"year": "1979",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, War",
"plot": "It is the height of the war in Vietnam, and U.S. Army Captain Willard is sent by Colonel Lucas and a General to carry out a mission that, officially, 'does not exist - nor will it ever exist'. The mission: To seek out a mysterious Green Beret Colonel, Walter Kurtz, whose army has crossed the border into Cambodia and is conducting hit-and-run missions against the Viet Cong and NVA. The army believes Kurtz has gone completely insane and Willard's job is to eliminate him! Willard, sent up the Nung River on a U.S. Navy patrol boat, discovers that his target is one of the most decorated officers in the U.S. Army. His crew meets up with surfer-type Lt-Colonel Kilgore, head of a U.S Army helicopter cavalry group which eliminates a Viet Cong outpost to provide an entry point into the Nung River. After some hair-raising encounters, in which some of his crew are killed, Willard, Lance and Chef reach Colonel Kurtz's outpost, beyond the Do Lung Bridge. Now, after becoming prisoners of Kurtz, will Willard & the others be able to fulfill their mission?",
"rating": "8.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 2 Oscars. Another 18 wins & 31 nominations."
},
"Papillon": {
"title": "Papillon",
"year": "1973",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Biography, Crime, Drama",
"plot": "A semi-fictional account of Henri Charri\u00e8re's time in the penal system in French Guyana - some of it spent on infamous Devil's Island - is presented. It's the early 1930s. Charri\u00e8re - nicknamed Papillon because of his butterfly tattoo - and Louis Dega are two among many who have been convicted in the French judicial system, they now being transferred to French Guyana where they will serve their time, never to return to France even if they are ever released. A safe-cracker by criminal profession, Papillon is serving a life sentence for murdering a pimp, a crime for which he adamantly states he was framed. Dega is a wealthy counterfeiter, who expects his well-to-do wife eventually to get him released. On Papillon's initiative, Papillon and Dega enter into a business arrangement: Papillon will provide protection for Dega, while Dega will finance Papillon's escape attempt. As Papillon and Degas' time together lasts longer than either expects, their burgeoning friendship ends up being an important factor altering their original plans, needed as they work with and against others who are trying to achieve their own goals, sometime conflicting with Papillon and Dega's.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "France, USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 1 nomination."
},
"True Grit": {
"title": "True Grit",
"year": "2010",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Adventure, Drama, Western",
"plot": "Following the murder of her father by hired hand Tom Chaney, 14-year-old farm girl Mattie Ross sets out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. marshal she can find, a man with \"true grit,\" Reuben J. \"Rooster\" Cogburn. Mattie insists on accompanying Cogburn, whose drinking, sloth, and generally reprobate character do not augment her faith in him. Against his wishes, she joins him in his trek into the Indian Nations in search of Chaney. They are joined by Texas Ranger LaBoeuf, who wants Chaney for his own purposes. The unlikely trio find danger and surprises on the journey, and each has his or her \"grit\" tested.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 10 Oscars. Another 37 wins & 153 nominations."
},
"Clerks": {
"title": "Clerks",
"year": "1994",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy",
"plot": "Dante Hicks is not having a good day. He works as a clerk in a small convenience store and is told to come into work on his day off. Dante thinks life is a series of down endings and this day is proving to no different. He reads in the newspaper that his ex-girlfriend Caitlin is getting married. His present girlfriend reveals to have somewhat more experience with sex that he ever imagined. His principal concerns are the hockey game he has that afternoon and the wake for a friend who died. His buddy Randal Graves works as a clerk in the video store next and he hates his job just about as much as Dante hates his.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "5 wins & 10 nominations."
},
"Mulan": {
"title": "Mulan",
"year": "1998",
"rated": "G",
"genre": "Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical, War",
"plot": "This retelling of the old Chinese folktale is about the story of a young Chinese maiden who learns that her weakened and lame father is to be called up into the army in order to fight the invading Huns. Knowing that he would never survive the rigours of war in his state, she decides to disguise herself and join in his place. Unknown to her, her ancestors are aware of this and to prevent it, they order a tiny disgraced dragon, Mushu to join her in order to force her to abandon her plan. He agrees, but when he meets Mulan, he learns that she cannot be dissuaded and so decides to help her in the perilous times ahead.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 17 wins & 20 nominations."
},
"Walk the Line": {
"title": "Walk the Line",
"year": "2005",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Biography, Drama, Music, Romance",
"plot": "While growing up in the Great Depression era, Johnny Cash takes an interest in music and eventually moves out of his Arkansas town to join the air force in Germany. While there, he buys his first guitar and writes his own music, and proposes to Vivian. When they got married, they settled in Tennessee and with a daughter, he supported the family by being a salesman. He discovers a man who can pursue his dreams and ends up getting a record with the boys. Shortly after that, he was on a short tour, promoting his songs, and meets the already famous and beautiful June Carter. Then as they get on the long-term tours with June, the boys, and Jerry Lee Lewis, they have this unspoken relationship that grows. But when June leaves the tour because of his behavior, he was a drug addict. His marriage was also falling apart, and when he sees June years later at an awards show, he forces June to tour with them again, promising June to support her two kids and herself. While the tour goes on, the relationship between June and John grow more,and his marriage to his first wife ends. June finds out about the drugs, and help him overcome it. True love and care helped John eventually stop the drug usage, and finally proposes to her in front of an audience at a show.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "USA, Germany",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 44 wins & 46 nominations."
},
"Tombstone": {
"title": "Tombstone",
"year": "1993",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Biography, Drama, History, Romance, Western",
"plot": "After success cleaning up Dodge City, Wyatt Earp moves to Tombstone, Arizona, and wishes to get rich in obscurity. He meets his brothers there, as well as his old friend Doc Holliday. A band of outlaws that call themselves The Cowboys are causing problems in the region with various acts of random violence, and inevitably come into confrontation with Holliday and the Earps, which leads to a shoot-out at the OK Corral.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "2 nominations."
},
"Little Miss Sunshine": {
"title": "Little Miss Sunshine",
"year": "2006",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama",
"plot": "In Albuquerque, Sheryl Hoover brings her suicidal brother Frank to the breast of her dysfunctional and emotionally bankrupted family. Frank is homosexual, an expert in Proust. He tried to commit suicide when he was rejected by his boyfriend and his great competitor became renowned and recognized as number one in the field of Proust. Sheryl's husband Richard is unsuccessfully trying to sell his self-help and self-improvement technique using nine steps to reach success, but he is actually a complete loser. Her son Dwayne has taken a vow of silence as a follower of Nietzsche and aims to be a jet pilot. Dwayne's grandfather Edwin was sent away from the institution for elders (Sunset Manor) and is addicted in heroin. When her seven-year-old daughter Olive has a chance to dispute the Little Miss Sunshine pageant in Redondo Beach, California, the whole family travels together in their old Volkswagen Type 2 (Kombi) in a funny journey of hope of winning the talent contest and to make a dream come true.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 2 Oscars. Another 68 wins & 107 nominations."
},
"Show Me Love": {
"title": "Show Me Love",
"year": "1998",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, Romance",
"plot": "\u00c5m\u00e5l is a small insignificant town where nothing ever happens, where the latest trends are out of date when they get there. Young Elin has a bit of a bad reputation when it comes to guys, but the fact is that she is inexperienced in that matter. Another girl in her school, Agnes, is in love with her but is too shy to do anything about it. For a number of reasons, Elin ends up at Agnes' birthday party as the only guest. They have a girl's night out together but after that Elin desperately avoids Agnes, refusing to even consider her own feelings toward Agnes.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "Sweden, Denmark",
"awards": "19 wins & 8 nominations."
},
"Head-On": {
"title": "Head-On",
"year": "2004",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Romance",
"plot": "In 'Gegen die Wand' Cahit, a 40-something male from Mersin in Turkey has removed everything Turkish from his life. He has become an alcoholic drug addict and at the start of the movie wants to end it all. Sibel a 20-something female from Hamburg wishes to please her Turkish parents yet yearns for freedom. She has had her nose broken by her brother for being seen holding hands with a boy and yet she can not break her mother's heart and run away. She too attempts suicide and she first approaches Cahit there at the Hospital. Sibel asks Cahit to marry her, as she believes this to be the way out of her parent's house. She promises Cahit that their relationship will be like roommates, not like a married couple. The film follows Sibel and Cahit as they get married, become closer and eventually fall in love.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "Germany, Turkey",
"awards": "25 wins & 13 nominations."
},
"The Cider House Rules": {
"title": "The Cider House Rules",
"year": "1999",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Drama, Romance",
"plot": "Homer is an orphan in remote St. Cloud, Maine. Never adopted, he becomes the favorite of orphanage director Dr. Larch, who imparts his full medical knowledge on Homer, who becomes a skilled, albeit unlicensed, physician. But Homer yearns for a self-chosen life outside the orphanage. When Wally and pregnant Candy visit the orphanage Dr. Larch provides medically safe, albeit illegal, abortions Homer leaves with them to work on Wally's family apple farm. Wally goes off to war, leaving Homer and Candy alone together. What will Homer learn about life and love in the cider house? What of the destiny that Dr. Larch has planned for him?",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 2 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 29 nominations."
},
"Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb": {
"title": "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb",
"year": "1964",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Comedy",
"plot": "Paranoid Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper of Burpelson Air Force Base, believing that fluoridation of the American water supply is a Soviet plot to poison the U.S. populace, is able to deploy through a back door mechanism a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union without the knowledge of his superiors, including the Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Buck Turgidson, and President Merkin Muffley. Only Ripper knows the code to recall the B-52 bombers and he has shut down communication in and out of Burpelson as a measure to protect this attack. Ripper's executive officer, RAF Group Captain Lionel Mandrake (on exchange from Britain), who is being held at Burpelson by Ripper, believes he knows the recall codes if he can only get a message to the outside world. Meanwhile at the Pentagon War Room, key persons including Muffley, Turgidson and nuclear scientist and adviser, a former Nazi named Dr. Strangelove, are discussing measures to stop the attack or mitigate its blow-up into an all out nuclear war with the Soviets. Against Turgidson's wishes, Muffley brings Soviet Ambassador Alexi de Sadesky into the War Room, and get his boss, Soviet Premier Dimitri Kisov, on the hot line to inform him of what's going on. The Americans in the War Room are dismayed to learn that the Soviets have an as yet unannounced Doomsday Device to detonate if any of their key targets are hit. As Ripper, Mandrake and those in the War Room try and work the situation to their end goal, Major T.J. \"King\" Kong, one of the B-52 bomber pilots, is working on his own agenda of deploying his bomb where ever he can on enemy soil if he can't make it to his intended target.",
"rating": "8.4",
"country": "USA, UK",
"awards": "Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 13 wins & 7 nominations."
},
"X-Men: First Class": {
"title": "X-Men: First Class",
"year": "2011",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi",
"plot": "Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were archenemies, they were closest of friends, working together, with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known. In the process, a rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto's Brotherhood and Professor X's X-MEN.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA, UK",
"awards": "20 wins & 38 nominations."
},
"Michael Clayton": {
"title": "Michael Clayton",
"year": "2007",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "Michael Clayton, a high-priced law firm's fixer, leaves a late night poker game, gets a call to drive to Westchester, and watches his car blow up as he's taking an impromptu dawn walk through a field. Flash back four days. He owes a loan shark to cover his brother's debts (Michael's own gambling habits have left him virtually broke). His law firm is negotiating a high-stakes merger, and his firm's six year defense of a conglomerate's pesticide use is at risk when one of the firm's top litigators goes off his meds and puts the case in jeopardy. While Michael is trying to fix things someone decides to kill him. Who? Meanwhile his son summarizes the plot of a dark fantasy novel.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 26 wins & 110 nominations."
},
"Stalker": {
"title": "Stalker",
"year": "1979",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Drama, Sci-Fi",
"plot": "In a small, unnamed country there is an area called the Zone. It is apparently inhabited by aliens and contains the Room, where in it is believed wishes are granted. The government has declared The Zone a no-go area and have sealed off the area with barbed wire and border guards. However, this has not stopped people from attempting to enter the Zone. We follow one such party, made up of a writer, who wants to use the experience as inspiration for his writing, and a professor, who wants to research the Zone for scientific purposes. Their guide is a man to whom the Zone is everything, the Stalker.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "Soviet Union",
"awards": "2 wins & 1 nomination."
},
"About a Boy": {
"title": "About a Boy",
"year": "2002",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, Romance",
"plot": "Twelve year old Marcus Brewer lives with his chronically depressed single mother, Fiona Brewer. Both Fiona and Marcus beat to their own respective drummers. Marcus will do whatever he can to make his depressed mother happy, even if it causes himself grief. As such, he realizes that he is perceived as different than most kids, as even the self-professed weird kids don't want to hang out with him as he is the target of bullying. Part of the taunts against him are the fact that he sings and speaks to himself without even realizing that he is doing it. Meanwhile, thirty-eight year old Will Freeman is a slacker who has lived comfortably off the royalties of a song written by his deceased father, and as such has never had to work a day in his life. He is a solitary man who places himself as the first and only priority in life. He comes across the idea that dating single moms meets his selfish carnal needs. It is in this capacity that Will meets Marcus, as one of Will's single mother conquests, Suzie, is friends with the Brewers. Trying to escape his life but wanting Will to date Fiona, Marcus infiltrates Will's life, much to Will's chagrin. Will slowly begins to realize that Marcus is more than just a nuisance, but rather someone who needs some guidance navigating through the trials of adolescence and the trials of dealing with a suicidal mother, and perhaps he can be a small part of providing that direction. Conversely, Marcus may be able to show Will the path to becoming a real adult.",
"rating": "7.1",
"country": "UK, USA, France, Germany",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 11 wins & 29 nominations."
},
"Memento": {
"title": "Memento",
"year": "2000",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "Memento chronicles two separate stories of Leonard, an ex-insurance investigator who can no longer build new memories, as he attempts to find the murderer of his wife, which is the last thing he remembers. One story line moves forward in time while the other tells the story backwards revealing more each time.",
"rating": "8.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 56 wins & 55 nominations."
},
"Amour": {
"title": "Amour",
"year": "2012",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Drama, Romance",
"plot": "Georges and Anne are a couple of retired music teachers enjoying life in their eighties. However, Anne suddenly has a stroke at breakfast and their lives are never the same. That incident begins Anne's harrowingly steep physical and mental decline as Georges attempts to care for her at home as she wishes. Even as the fruits of their lives and career remain bright, the couple's hopes for some dignity prove a dispiriting struggle even as their daughter enters the conflict. In the end, George, with his love fighting against his own weariness and diminished future on top of Anne's, is driven to make some critical decisions for them both.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "Austria, France, Germany",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 77 wins & 103 nominations."
},
"The Chorus": {
"title": "The Chorus",
"year": "2004",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Drama, Music",
"plot": "Fond de l'Etang is a boarding school for troubled boys located in the French countryside. In the mid-twentieth century, it is run by the principal M. Rachin, an egotistical disciplinarian whose official unofficial mantra for the school is \"action - reaction\", meaning that there will be severe consequences for any boy out of line. This approach does not seem to be working as the boys as a collective are an unruly bunch. In turn, the teachers don't teach, but are always watching out for the next subversive act from the boys. January 15, 1949 marks the arrival to the school of the new supervisor, M. Cl\u00e9ment Mathieu, a middle-aged man who is grasping at finding his place in life after a series of failed endeavors. Although he does find the boys an unruly lot, Mathieu does not believe in the \"action - reaction\" policy, and as such, butts heads with Rachin while secretly undermining the policy. Slowly, Mathieu's approach of trying to match the discipline to the crime does have a positive effect on a handful of students. With the reluctant approval of Rachin, Mathieu begins a grander experiment of trying to transform the overall atmosphere within the school, core within the experiment being to start a choir among his students. This move is a difficult one for him as a failed musician, as well as for the initially reluctant students. During this process, Mathieu focuses on two different students for two different reasons. P\u00e9pinot, a younger boy, seems to lack guidance and focus, and who always says he is waiting for Saturday when his father will pick him up, he who never does. And Pierre Morhange, an older student, is the anachronism: introverted, but prone to outbursts of individual subversiveness - the devil with the face of an angel as the other teachers describe him. Behind the reason for his subversiveness, which Mathieu slowly learns, Morhange hides a love of music and a true talent in it. Beyond overcoming the obvious obstacles of Rachin and the students' skepticism and Rachin's egotism, Mathieu has another challenge in newly arrived Pascal Mondain, a truly troubled older boy with pathological tendencies whose presence alone may wreak havoc throughout the school, and not just with Mathieu's project. Over fifty years later, Morhange and P\u00e9pinot, who have not seen each other since that time and who did not spend that much time together while at school, are reading through Mathieu's memoirs from his time at the school, which unmasks the reason why the two are privy to the memoir and the effect he had on their lives.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "France, Switzerland, Germany",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 12 wins & 22 nominations."
},
"The Queen": {
"title": "The Queen",
"year": "2006",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Biography, Drama, History",
"plot": "Diana the 'People's Princess' has died in a car accident in Paris. The Queen and her family decide that for the best, they should remain hidden behind the closed doors of Balmoral Castle. The heartbroken public do not understand and request that the Queen comforts her people. This also puts pressure on newly elected Tony Blair, who constantly tries to convince the monarchy to address the public.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "UK, USA, France, Italy",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 94 wins & 95 nominations."
},
"Argo": {
"title": "Argo",
"year": "2012",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Biography, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "In 1979, the American embassy in Iran was invaded by Iranian revolutionaries and several Americans were taken hostage. However, six managed to escape to the official residence of the Canadian Ambassador and the CIA was ordered to get them out of the country. With few options, exfiltration expert Tony Mendez devised a daring plan: create a phony Canadian film project looking to shoot in Iran and smuggle the Americans out as its production crew. With the help of some trusted Hollywood contacts, Mendez created the ruse and proceeded to Iran as its associate producer. However, time was running out with the Iranian security forces closing in on the truth while both his charges and the White House had grave doubts about the operation themselves.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 3 Oscars. Another 94 wins & 152 nominations."
},
"Kiss Kiss Bang Bang": {
"title": "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang",
"year": "2005",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role...",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "5 wins & 16 nominations."
},
"The Fighter": {
"title": "The Fighter",
"year": "2010",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Biography, Drama, Sport",
"plot": "The Fighter is a drama about boxer \"Irish\" Micky Ward's unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turned-trainer on the verge of being KO'd by drugs and crime.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 2 Oscars. Another 72 wins & 116 nominations."
},
"Sleepers": {
"title": "Sleepers",
"year": "1996",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "Four boys growing up in Hell's Kitchen play a prank that leads to an old man getting hurt. Sentenced to no less than one year in the Wilkinson Center in upstate New York, the four friends are changed by the beating, humiliation and sexual abuse by the guards sworn to protect them. Thirteen years later and a chance meeting lead to a chance for revenge against the Wilkinson Center and the guards.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 4 nominations."
},
"Evil Dead II": {
"title": "Evil Dead II",
"year": "1987",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Horror",
"plot": "Ashley Williams travels to a secluded cabin in the woods with his girlfriend Linda where they find a tape recording of a professor and a book of evil. This unleashes a bunch of evil spirits that constantly terrorize Ash. Meanwhile a journalist comes to the area to study the book of evil. Ash and her end up having to survive this swarm of evil until morning comes.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "5 nominations."
},
"Blue Valentine": {
"title": "Blue Valentine",
"year": "2010",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Romance",
"plot": "Dean Pereira and Cindy Heller Pereira are a young, working class married couple - Dean currently working as a painter, and Cindy working as a nurse in a medical clinic - with a young daughter named Frankie. Despite their relatively tender ages, they are both ravaged by the life they've eked out together and by the experiences they've had leading into their marriage. Dean, a high school drop out, comes from a broken home, where he never really had a mother figure. He never saw himself getting married or having a family despite falling in love at first sight with Cindy. He doesn't have any professional ambition beyond his current work - which he enjoys since he feels he can knock off a beer at 8 o'clock in the morning without it affecting his work - although Cindy believes he has so much more potential in life. Cindy also comes from a dysfunctional family, with her own mother and father not setting an example of a harmonious married or family life. One of her previous serious relationships was with Bobby Ontario, that relationship which has a profound affect on many aspects of her marriage to Dean. Dean and Cindy head off on an overnight getaway together without Frankie, the getaway which may provide a clearer picture if their marriage can survive its many issues.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 9 wins & 52 nominations."
},
"First Blood": {
"title": "First Blood",
"year": "1982",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Adventure",
"plot": "John J. Rambo is a former United States Special Forces soldier who fought in Vietnam and won the Congressional Medal of Honor, but his time in Vietnam still haunts him. As he came to Hope, Washington to visit a friend, he was guided out of town by the Sheriff William Teasel who insults Rambo, but what Teasel does not know that his insult angered Rambo to the point where Rambo became violent and was arrested. As he was at the county jail being cleaned, he escapes and goes on a rampage through the forest to try to escape from the sheriffs who want to kill him. Then, as Rambo's commanding officer, Colonel Samuel Trautman tries to save both the Sheriff's department and Rambo before the situation gets out of hand.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "1 win & 2 nominations."
},
"Brazil": {
"title": "Brazil",
"year": "1985",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Sci-Fi",
"plot": "Sam Lowry is a harried technocrat in a futuristic society that is needlessly convoluted and inefficient. He dreams of a life where he can fly away from technology and overpowering bureaucracy, and spend eternity with the woman of his dreams. While trying to rectify the wrongful arrest of one Harry Buttle, Lowry meets the woman he is always chasing in his dreams, Jill Layton. Meanwhile, the bureaucracy has fingered him responsible for a rash of terrorist bombings, and both Sam and Jill's lives are put in danger.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "UK, USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 8 wins & 3 nominations."
},
"Young Frankenstein": {
"title": "Young Frankenstein",
"year": "1974",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Comedy",
"plot": "A young neurosurgeon (Gene Wilder) inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. In the castle he finds a funny hunchback called Igor, a pretty lab assistant named Inga and the old housekeeper, frau Blucher -iiiiihhh!-. Young Frankenstein believes that the work of his grandfather is only crap, but when he discovers the book where the mad doctor described his reanimation experiment, he suddenly changes his mind...",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 11 wins & 5 nominations."
},
"Eastern Promises": {
"title": "Eastern Promises",
"year": "2007",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "In London, the Russian pregnant teenager Tatiana arrives bleeding in a hospital, and the doctors save her baby only. The Russian descendant midwife Anna Khitrova finds Tatiana's diary written in Russian language in her belongings and decided to find her family to deliver the baby, she brings the diary home and ask her uncle Stepan to translate the document. Stepan refuses, but Anna finds a card of a restaurant owned by the Russian Semyon inside the diary and she visits the old man trying to find a lead to contact Tatiana's family. When she mentions the existence of the diary, Semyon immediately offers to translate the document. However, Stepan translates part of the diary and Anna discovers that Semyon and his sick son Kirill had raped Tatiana when she was fourteen years old and forced her to work as prostitute in a brothel of their own. Further, Semyon is the dangerous boss of the Russian mafia \"Vory v Zakone\", jeopardizing the safety of Anna and her family. Meanwhile, Semyon's driver Nikolai Luzhin gets close to Kirill and Semyon, climbing positions in the criminal organization, but he helps Anna, her family and the baby.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "UK, Canada, USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 28 wins & 70 nominations."
},
"Amores Perros": {
"title": "Amores Perros",
"year": "2000",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "On the brink of the new Millennium in the bustling City of Mexico, one horrible car accident intertwines inextricably the lives of three perfect strangers. Octavio, a rebellious adolescent who is secretly in love with his sister-in-law, dreams of escaping his miserable life, and for this reason, he enters reluctantly the obscure world of dog fighting with his lethal dog Cofi. And then unexpectedly, Valeria, a stunning woman and famous supermodel, will cross paths with Octavio, while in the meantime, her pampered little dog Richie manages to vanish into thin air in the confined space of her apartment. Lastly, Chivo, an ex-guerrilla vagabond, after abandoning his little daughter, unable to make up for lost time, he channels his love to the city's strays and a mortally wounded Rottweiler. In the end, even though all the weary characters, men and beasts, wish for a bright future, in this life-changing journey in the pursuit of love, sometimes infidelity, sin and death can get in the way.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "Mexico",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 54 wins & 22 nominations."
},
"Psycho": {
"title": "Psycho",
"year": "1960",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Horror, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "Phoenix officeworker Marion Crane is fed up with the way life has treated her. She has to meet her lover Sam in lunch breaks and they cannot get married because Sam has to give most of his money away in alimony. One Friday Marion is trusted to bank $40,000 by her employer. Seeing the opportunity to take the money and start a new life, Marion leaves town and heads towards Sam's California store. Tired after the long drive and caught in a storm, she gets off the main highway and pulls into The Bates Motel. The motel is managed by a quiet young man called Norman who seems to be dominated by his mother.",
"rating": "8.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 9 nominations."
},
"Kung Fu Panda 2": {
"title": "Kung Fu Panda 2",
"year": "2011",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy",
"plot": "In the Valley of Peace, Po Ping is revelling in his fulfilled dreams as he serves as the fabled Dragon Warrior protecting his home with his heroes now his closest friends. However, Po and company learn that the murderous Lord Shen of Gongman City is threatening the land with a fearsome new weapon that could mean the end of kung fu. They attempt to stop him, but the panda is burdened with crippling memory flashbacks linked to this villain. Now with China in the balance, Po must learn about his past and find true inner peace against all opposition.",
"rating": "7.2",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 5 wins & 46 nominations."
},
"Wonder Boys": {
"title": "Wonder Boys",
"year": "2000",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama",
"plot": "Grady Tripp is a professor/writer living in Pittsburgh who is struggling with writer's block. Whilst doing this, he also manages to get the chancellor pregnant. In the meantime, he and a college student, James Leer are trying to find a rare jacket once owned by Marilyn Monroe, and a college girl, Hannah Green boarding with Grady has a bit of a crush on him.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA, Germany, UK, Japan",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 19 wins & 46 nominations."
},
"La Strada": {
"title": "La Strada",
"year": "1954",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "Sad story of a waif, Gelsomina, who is sold by her mother to Zampano for 10,000 lire and a few kilos of food. Zampano is a traveling showman who exhibits feats of strength by breaking a chain wrapped around his chest. He performs in village squares and then passes the hat for whatever the normally small crowd is prepared to give. He teaches Gelsomina a drum roll as part of his introduction. He doesn't treat her well and when she tries to run away, he beats her. They eventually join a small traveling circus where they meet a tight-rope walker who convinces Gelsomina to question her choices.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "Italy",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 11 wins & 4 nominations."
},
"Rush": {
"title": "Rush",
"year": "2013",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Biography, Drama, Sport",
"plot": "Set against the sexy, glamorous golden age of Formula 1 racing in the 1970s, the film is based on the true story of a great sporting rivalry between handsome English playboy James Hunt (Hemsworth), and his methodical, brilliant opponent, Austrian driver Niki Lauda (Bruhl). The story follows their distinctly different personal styles on and off the track, their loves and the astonishing 1976 season in which both drivers were willing to risk everything to become world champion in a sport with no margin for error: if you make a mistake, you die.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "UK, Germany, USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 6 wins & 63 nominations."
},
"Blue Velvet": {
"title": "Blue Velvet",
"year": "1986",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "College student Jeffrey Beaumont returns to his idyllic hometown of Lumberton to manage his father's hardware store while his father is hospitalized. Walking though a grassy meadow near the family home, Jeffrey finds a severed human ear. After an initial investigation, lead police Detective John Williams advises Jeffrey not to speak to anyone about the case as they investigate further. Detective Williams also tells Jeffrey that he cannot divulge any information about what the police know. Detective Williams' high school aged daughter, Sandy Williams, tells Jeffrey what she knows about the case from overhearing her father's private conversations on the matter: that it has to do with a nightclub singer named Dorothy Vallens, who lives in an older apartment building near the Beaumont home. His curiosity getting the better of him, Jeffrey, with Sandy's help, decides to find out more about the woman at the center of the case by breaking into Dorothy's apartment while he knows she's at work. What Jeffrey finds is a world unfamiliar to him, one that he doesn't truly understand but one that he is unable to deny the lure of despite the inherent dangers of being associated with a possible murder. Still, he is torn between this world and the prospect of a relationship with Sandy, the two who are falling for each other, despite Sandy already being in a relationship with Mike, the school's star football player.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 18 wins & 16 nominations."
},
"Let the Right One In": {
"title": "Let the Right One In",
"year": "2008",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Horror, Romance",
"plot": "Oskar, a bullied 12-year old, dreams of revenge. He falls in love with Eli, a peculiar girl. She can't stand the sun or food and to come into a room she needs to be invited. Eli gives Oskar the strength to hit back but when he realizes that Eli needs to drink other people's blood to live he's faced with a choice. How much can love forgive? Set in the Stockholm suburb of Blackeberg in 1982.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "Sweden",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 72 wins & 51 nominations."
},
"The Hunt": {
"title": "The Hunt",
"year": "2012",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "Lucas is a Kindergarten teacher who takes great care of his students. Unfortunately for him, young Klara has a run-away imagination and concocts a lie about her teacher. Before Lucas is even able to understand the consequences, he has become the outcast of the town. The hunt is on to prove his innocence before it's taken from him for good.",
"rating": "8.3",
"country": "Denmark, Sweden",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 36 wins & 66 nominations."
},
"Pinocchio": {
"title": "Pinocchio",
"year": "1940",
"rated": "G",
"genre": "Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical",
"plot": "Inventor Gepetto creates a wooden marionette called Pinocchio. His wish that Pinocchio be a real boy is unexpectedly granted by a fairy. The fairy assigns Jiminy Cricket to act as Pinocchio's \"conscience\" and keep him out of trouble. Jiminy is not too successful in this endeavor and most of the film is spent with Pinocchio deep in trouble.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 2 Oscars. Another 4 wins."
},
"Battleship Potemkin": {
"title": "Battleship Potemkin",
"year": "1925",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Drama, History",
"plot": "Based on the historical events the movie tells the story of a riot at the battleship Potemkin. What started as a protest strike when the crew was given rotten meat for dinner ended in a riot. The sailors raised the red flag and tried to ignite the revolution in their home port Odessa.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "Soviet Union",
"awards": "1 win."
},
"Kill Bill: Vol. 2": {
"title": "Kill Bill: Vol. 2",
"year": "2004",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Crime, Thriller",
"plot": "The murderous Bride is back and she is still continuing her vengeance quest against her ex-boss, Bill, and taking aim at Bill's younger brother Budd and Elle Driver, the only survivors from the squad of assassins who betrayed her four years earlier. It's all leading up to the ultimate confrontation with Bill, the Bride's former master and the man who ordered her execution!",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 21 wins & 81 nominations."
},
"Stranger Than Fiction": {
"title": "Stranger Than Fiction",
"year": "2006",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance",
"plot": "Everybody knows that your life is a story. But what if a story was your life? Harold Crick is your average IRS agent: monotonous, boring, and repetitive. But one day this all changes when Harold begins to hear an author inside his head narrating his life. The narrator it is extraordinarily accurate, and Harold recognizes the voice as an esteemed author he saw on TV. But when the narration reveals that he is going to die, Harold must find the author of the story, and ultimately his life, to convince her to change the ending of the story before it is too late.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 3 wins & 14 nominations."
},
"The Blues Brothers": {
"title": "The Blues Brothers",
"year": "1980",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Musical",
"plot": "After the release of Jake Blues from prison, he and brother Elwood go to visit \"The Penguin\", the last of the nuns who raised them in a boarding school. They learn the Archdiocese will stop supporting the school and will sell the place to the Education Authority. The only way to keep the place open is if the $5000 tax on the property is paid within 11 days. The Blues Brothers want to help, and decide to put their blues band back together and raise the money by staging a big gig. As they set off on their \"mission from God\" they seem to make more enemies along the way. Will they manage to come up with the money in time?",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "1 win."
},
"Life of Pi": {
"title": "Life of Pi",
"year": "2012",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Adventure, Drama, Fantasy",
"plot": "In Canada, a writer visits the Indian storyteller Pi Patel and asks him to tell his life story. Pi tells the story of his childhood in Pondicherry, India, and the origin of his nickname. One day, his father, a zoo owner, explains that the municipality is no longer supporting the zoo and he has hence decided to move to Canada, where the animals the family owns would also be sold. They board on a Japanese cargo ship with the animals and out of the blue, there is a storm, followed by a shipwrecking. Pi survives in a lifeboat with a zebra, an orangutan, a hyena and a male Bengal tiger nicknamed Richard Parker. They are adrift in the Pacific Ocean, with aggressive hyena and Richard Parker getting hungry. Pi needs to find a way to survive.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "USA, Taiwan, UK, Canada",
"awards": "Won 4 Oscars. Another 78 wins & 129 nominations."
},
"Halloween": {
"title": "Halloween",
"year": "1978",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Horror, Thriller",
"plot": "The year is 1963, the night: Halloween. Police are called to 43 Lampkin Ln. only to discover that 15 year old Judith Myers has been stabbed to death, by her 6 year-old brother, Michael. After being institutionalized for 15 years, Myers breaks out on the night before Halloween. No one knows, nor wants to find out, what will happen on October 31st 1978 besides Myers' psychiatrist, Dr. Loomis. He knows Michael is coming back to Haddonfield, but by the time the town realizes it, it'll be too late for many people.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "5 wins & 2 nominations."
},
"Short Cuts": {
"title": "Short Cuts",
"year": "1993",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama",
"plot": "While helicopters overhead spray against a Medfly infestation a group of Los Angeles lives intersect, some casually, some to more lasting effect. Whilst they go out to concerts and jazz clubs and even have their pools cleaned, they also lie, drink, and cheat. Death itself seems never to be far away, even on a fishing trip.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 17 wins & 17 nominations."
},
"Shaun of the Dead": {
"title": "Shaun of the Dead",
"year": "2004",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Horror",
"plot": "Shaun doesn't have a very good day, so he decides to turn his life around by getting his ex to take him back, but he times it for right in the middle of what may be a zombie apocalypse... But for him, it's an opportunity to show everyone he knows how useful he is by saving them all. All he has to do is survive... And get his ex back.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "UK, France",
"awards": "13 wins & 20 nominations."
},
"North by Northwest": {
"title": "North by Northwest",
"year": "1959",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Adventure, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "Madison Avenue advertising man Roger Thornhill finds himself thrust into the world of spies when he is mistaken for a man by the name of George Kaplan. Foreign spy Philip Vandamm and his henchman Leonard try to eliminate him but when Thornhill tries to make sense of the case, he is framed for murder. Now on the run from the police, he manages to board the 20th Century Limited bound for Chicago where he meets a beautiful blond, Eve Kendall, who helps him to evade the authorities. His world is turned upside down yet again when he learns that Eve isn't the innocent bystander he thought she was. Not all is as it seems however, leading to a dramatic rescue and escape at the top of Mt. Rushmore.",
"rating": "8.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 8 wins & 4 nominations."
},
"Escape from Alcatraz": {
"title": "Escape from Alcatraz",
"year": "1979",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "The true story of three inmates who attempt a daring escape from the infamous prison, Alcatraz Island. Although no-one had managed to escape before, bank robber Frank Morris masterminded this elaborately detailed and, as far as anyone knows, ultimately successful, escape. In 29 years, this seemingly impenetrable federal penitentiary, which housed Al Capone and \"Birdman\" Robert Stroud, was only broken once by three inmates never heard of again.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "N/A"
},
"Judgment at Nuremberg": {
"title": "Judgment at Nuremberg",
"year": "1961",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Drama, War",
"plot": "It has been three years since the most important Nazi leaders had already been tried. This trial is about 4 judges who used their offices to conduct Nazi sterilization and cleansing policies. Retired American judge, Dan Haywood has a daunting task ahead of him. The Cold War is heating up and no one wants any more trials as Germany, and Allied governments, want to forget the past. But is that the right thing to do is the question that the tribunal must decide.",
"rating": "8.2",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 2 Oscars. Another 14 wins & 25 nominations."
},
"Letters from Iwo Jima": {
"title": "Letters from Iwo Jima",
"year": "2006",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, History, War",
"plot": "The island of Iwo Jima stands between the American military force and the home islands of Japan. Therefore the Imperial Japanese Army is desperate to prevent it from falling into American hands and providing a launching point for an invasion of Japan. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi is given command of the forces on the island and sets out to prepare for the imminent attack. General Kuribayashi, however, does not favor the rigid traditional approach recommended by his subordinates, and resentment and resistance fester among his staff. In the lower echelons, a young soldier, Saigo, a poor baker in civilian life, strives with his friends to survive the harsh regime of the Japanese army itself, all the while knowing that a fierce battle looms. When the American invasion begins, both Kuribayashi and Saigo find strength, honor, courage, and horrors beyond imagination.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 23 wins & 37 nominations."
},
"Deconstructing Harry": {
"title": "Deconstructing Harry",
"year": "1997",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy",
"plot": "Harry Block is a well-regarded novelist whose tendency to thinly-veil his own experiences in his work, as well as his un-apologetic attitude and his proclivity for pills and whores, has left him with three ex-wives that hate him. As he is about to be honored for his writing by the college that expelled him, he faces writer's block and the impending marriage of his latest flame to a writer friend. As scenes from his stories and novels pass and interact with him, Harry faces the people whose lives he has affected - wives, lovers, his son, his sister.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 4 nominations."
},
"The Third Man": {
"title": "The Third Man",
"year": "1949",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "An out of work pulp fiction novelist, Holly Martins, arrives in a post war Vienna divided into sectors by the victorious allies, and where a shortage of supplies has led to a flourishing black market. He arrives at the invitation of an ex-school friend, Harry Lime, who has offered him a job, only to discover that Lime has recently died in a peculiar traffic accident. From talking to Lime's friends and associates Martins soon notices that some of the stories are inconsistent, and determines to discover what really happened to Harry Lime.",
"rating": "8.2",
"country": "UK",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 4 nominations."
},
"Rebecca": {
"title": "Rebecca",
"year": "1940",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller",
"plot": "A shy ladies' companion, staying in Monte Carlo with her stuffy employer, meets the wealthy Maxim de Winter. She and Max fall in love, marry and return to Manderley, his large country estate in Cornwall. Max is still troubled by the death of his first wife, Rebecca, in a boating accident the year before. The second Mrs. de Winter clashes with the housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers, and discovers that Rebecca still has a strange hold on everyone at Manderley.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 2 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 10 nominations."
},
"X-Men: Days of Future Past": {
"title": "X-Men: Days of Future Past",
"year": "2014",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller",
"plot": "In the future, the mutants and the humans that help them are slaughtered by powerful robots named Sentinels. Professor Xavier, Wolverine, Magneto, Storm, Kitty Pryde and her friends meet at a monastery in China and Xavier explains that the invincible Sentinels were created using the DNA of Mystique that was captured in 1973 when she tried to assassinate their creator Dr. Bolivar Trask. Xavier tells that their only chance is return to 1973 using Pryde's ability to join Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr to convince Mystique to give up of her intention. . However, only Wolverine can withstand the damages of the time travel. Will he succeed in stopping Mystique and the Sentinel Program and save the mutants and their human friends from annihilation?",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA, UK, Canada",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 15 wins & 47 nominations."
},
"Chungking Express": {
"title": "Chungking Express",
"year": "1994",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Romance",
"plot": "Wong Kar-Wai's movie about two love-struck cops is filmed in impressionistic splashes of motion and color. The first half deals with Cop 223, who has broken up with his girlfriend of five years. He purchases a tin of pineapples with an expiration date of May 1 each day for a month. By the end of that time, he feels that he will either be rejoined with his love or that it too will have expired forever. The second half shows Cop 663 dealing with his breakup with his flight attendant girlfriend. He talks to his apartment furnishings until he meets a new girl at a local lunch counter.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "Hong Kong",
"awards": "8 wins & 19 nominations."
},
"Gran Torino": {
"title": "Gran Torino",
"year": "2008",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "Walt Kowalski is a widower who holds onto his prejudices despite the changes in his Michigan neighborhood and the world around him. Kowalski is a grumpy, tough-minded, unhappy old man who can't get along with either his kids or his neighbors. He is a Korean War veteran whose prize possession is a 1972 Gran Torino he keeps in mint condition. When his neighbor Thao, a young Hmong teenager under pressure from his gang member cousin, tries to steal his Gran Torino, Kowalski sets out to reform the youth. Drawn against his will into the life of Thao's family, Kowalski is soon taking steps to protect them from the gangs that infest their neighborhood.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "Germany, USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 20 wins & 17 nominations."
},
"Freedom Writers": {
"title": "Freedom Writers",
"year": "2007",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Biography, Crime, Drama",
"plot": "It's 1994 in Long Beach, California. Idealistic Erin Gruwell is just starting her first teaching job, that as freshman and sophomore English teacher at Woodrow Wilson High School, which, two years earlier, implemented a voluntary integration program. For many of the existing teachers, the integration has ruined the school, whose previously stellar academic standing has been replaced with many students who will be lucky to graduate or even be literate. Despite choosing the school on purpose because of its integration program, Erin is unprepared for the nature of her classroom, whose students live by generations of strict moral codes of protecting their own at all cost. Many are in gangs and almost all know somebody that has been killed by gang violence. The Latinos hate the Cambodians who hate the blacks and so on. The only person the students hate more is Ms. Gruwell. It isn't until Erin holds an unsanctioned discussion about a recent drive-by shooting death that she fully begins to understand what she's up against. And it isn't until she provides an assignment of writing a daily journal - which will be not graded, and will remain unread by her unless they so choose - that the students begin to open up to her. As Erin tries harder and harder to have resources provided to teach properly (which often results in her needing to pay for them herself through working second and third jobs), she seems to face greater resistance, especially from her colleagues, such as Margaret Campbell, her section head, who lives by regulations and sees such resources as a waste, and Brian Gelford, who will protect his \"priviledged\" position of teaching the senior honors classes at all cost. Erin also finds that her teaching job is placing a strain on her marriage to Scott Casey, a man who seems to have lost his own idealistic way in life.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "Germany, USA",
"awards": "2 wins & 1 nomination."
},
"Star Trek": {
"title": "Star Trek",
"year": "2009",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi",
"plot": "On the day of James Kirk's birth, his father dies on his damaged starship in a last stand against a Romulan mining vessel looking for Ambassador Spock, who in this time, has grown on Vulcan disdained by his neighbors for his half-human heritage. 25 years later, James T. Kirk has grown into a young rebellious troublemaker. Challenged by Captain Christopher Pike to realize his potential in Starfleet, he comes to annoy academy instructors like Commander Spock. Suddenly, there is an emergency on Vulcan and the newly-commissioned USS Enterprise is crewed with promising cadets like Nyota Uhura, Hikaru Sulu, Pavel Chekov and even Kirk himself, thanks to Leonard McCoy's medical trickery. Together, this crew will have an adventure in the final frontier where the old legend is altered forever as a new version of the legend begins.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA, Germany",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 23 wins & 92 nominations."
},
"Mal\u00e8na": {
"title": "Mal\u00e8na",
"year": "2000",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, Romance, War",
"plot": "Mal\u00e8na is about the peril of a beauty through the eyes of a 12 year old kid named Renato. He experiences three things on the same day, beginning of war, getting a bike and sees the arrival of Mal\u00e8na in town. Through his eyes, we see the curse of beauty and loneliness of Malena, whose husband is presumed to be dead, and through his soul we see his love for her.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "Italy, USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 7 wins & 17 nominations."
},
"The Next Three Days": {
"title": "The Next Three Days",
"year": "2010",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller",
"plot": "Lara Brennan is arrested for murdering her boss with whom she had an argument. It seems she was seen leaving the scene of the crime and her fingerprints were on the murder weapon. Her husband, John would spend the next few years trying to get her released, but there's no evidence that negates the evidence against her. And when the strain of being separated from her family, especially her son, gets to her, John decides to break her out. So he does a lot of research to find a way.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA, France",
"awards": "3 nominations."
},
"Brick": {
"title": "Brick",
"year": "2005",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "The lonely teenager Brendan finds his former girlfriend Emily dead in the entrance of a tunnel of sewage and recalls her phone call two days ago, when she said to him that she was in trouble. Brendan, who still loved Emily, met bad elements of his high-school trying to contact her, and when he succeeded, she told him that she was OK. He hides her body in the tunnel and decides to investigate the meaning and connection of four words, including \"brick\" and \"pin\", that Emily told him to find who killed her. Using the support of his nerd friend Brain, he successively meets the small time drug dealers Kara, Dode, Brad Bramish, Laura and Tugger, to reach the teenager powerful drug dealer The Pin. Slowly, Brendan unravels the motives why Emily was killed and plots a revenge.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "11 wins & 23 nominations."
},
"Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows": {
"title": "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows",
"year": "2011",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) and his longtime trusted associate, Doctor Watson (Jude Law), take on their arch-nemesis, Professor Moriarty (Jared Harris), with the help of Holmes' older brother Mycroft Holmes (Stephen Fry) and a gypsy named Simza (Noomi Rapace).",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "3 wins & 11 nominations."
},
"American Psycho": {
"title": "American Psycho",
"year": "2000",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama",
"plot": "Patrick Bateman is handsome, well educated and intelligent. He is twenty-seven and living his own American dream. He works by day on Wall Street, earning a fortune to complement the one he was born with. At night he descends into madness, as he experiments with fear and violence.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA, Canada",
"awards": "5 wins & 8 nominations."
},
"Crazy Heart": {
"title": "Crazy Heart",
"year": "2009",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Music, Romance",
"plot": "Bad Blake is a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who's had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road and one too many drinks way too many times. And yet, Bad can't help but reach for salvation with the help of Jean, a journalist who discovers the real man behind the musician.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 2 Oscars. Another 36 wins & 29 nominations."
},
"Manhattan": {
"title": "Manhattan",
"year": "1979",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, Romance",
"plot": "Forty-two year old Isaac Davis has a romanticized view of his hometown, New York City, most specifically Manhattan, as channeled through the lead character in the first book he is writing, despite his own Manhattan-based life being more of a tragicomedy. He has just quit his job as a hack writer for a bad television comedy, he, beyond the ten second rush of endorphins during the actual act of quitting, now regretting the decision, especially as he isn't sure he can live off his book writing career. He is paying two alimonies, his second ex-wife, Jill Davis, a lesbian, who is writing her own tell-all book of their acrimonious split. The one somewhat positive aspect of his life is that he is dating a young woman named Tracy, although she is only seventeen and still in high school. Largely because of their differences a big part of which is due to their ages, he does not see a long term future with her. His life has the potential to be even more tragicomical when he meets journalist Mary Wilkie, the mistress of his best friend, college professor Yale Pollack. Although Isaac's first impression of Mary is that she is a pretentious intellectual, he falls for her. They do become friends with the potential of becoming more than just friends as she knows that being the \"other woman\" in Yale's life is not a long term role that she wants. An Isaac/Mary coupling may complicate matters even more with Yale being mutually in their lives. Regardless, Isaac may be able to rationalize events after they happen, no matter what those events are.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 15 wins & 21 nominations."
},
"Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels": {
"title": "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels",
"year": "1998",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Crime",
"plot": "Four Jack-the-lads find themselves heavily - seriously heavily - in debt to an East End hard man and his enforcers after a crooked card game. Overhearing their neighbours in the next flat plotting to hold up a group of out-of-their-depth drug growers, our heros decide to stitch up the robbers in turn. In a way the confusion really starts when a pair of antique double-barrelled shotguns go missing in a completely different scam.",
"rating": "8.2",
"country": "UK",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 13 wins & 7 nominations."
},
"Frailty": {
"title": "Frailty",
"year": "2001",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "FBI agent Wesley Doyle is startled by the spontaneous declaration of youngster Fenton Meiks about how his father's delusions to have a divine mission as avenging angel required him and his brother Adam to become his 'demon-slaying' murder accomplices. But when Doyle accepts to be shown concealed victim graves, the plot twists in the present just as gruesomely.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "USA, Germany",
"awards": "5 wins & 16 nominations."
},
"Back to the Future Part II": {
"title": "Back to the Future Part II",
"year": "1989",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi",
"plot": "Marty McFly has only just gotten back from the past, when he is once again picked up by Dr. Emmett Brown and sent through time to the future. Marty's job in the future is to pose as his own son to prevent him from being thrown in prison. Unfortunately, things get worse when the future changes the present.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 9 wins & 8 nominations."
},
"JFK": {
"title": "JFK",
"year": "1991",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, History, Thriller",
"plot": "On November 22, 1963, president John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas. Lee Harvey Oswald is arrested for the crime and subsequently shot by Jack Ruby, supposedly avenging the president's death. An investigation concludes that Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby acted alone in their respective crimes, but Louisiana district attorney Jim Garrison is skeptical. Assembling a trusted group of people, Garrison conducts his own investigation, bringing about backlash from powerful government and political figures.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "France, USA",
"awards": "Won 2 Oscars. Another 17 wins & 27 nominations."
},
"The Emperor's New Groove": {
"title": "The Emperor's New Groove",
"year": "2000",
"rated": "G",
"genre": "Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy",
"plot": "In this animated comedy from the folks at Disney, the vain and cocky Emperor Kuzco is a very busy man. Besides maintaining his \"groove\", and firing his suspicious administrator, Yzma; he's also planning to build a new waterpark just for himself for his birthday. However, this means destroying one of the villages in his kingdom. Meanwhile, Yzma is hatching a plan to get revenge and usurp the throne. But, in a botched assassination courtesy of Yzma's right-hand man, Kronk, Kuzco is magically transformed into a llama. Now, Kuzco finds himself the property of Pacha, a lowly llama herder whose home is ground zero for the water park. Upon discovering the llama's true self, Pacha offers to help resolve the Emperor's problem and regain his throne, only if he promises to move his water park.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 7 wins & 26 nominations."
},
"Ferris Bueller's Day Off": {
"title": "Ferris Bueller's Day Off",
"year": "1986",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Comedy",
"plot": "High school student Ferris Bueller wants a day off from school and he's developed an incredibly sophisticated plan to pull it off. He talks his friend Cameron into taking his father's prized Ferrari and with his girlfriend Sloane head into Chicago for the day. While they are taking in what the city has to offer school principal Ed Rooney is convinced that Ferris is, not for the first time, playing hooky for the day and is hell bent to catch him out. Ferris has anticipated that, much to Rooney's chagrin.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 1 win."
},
"The Apartment": {
"title": "The Apartment",
"year": "1960",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, Romance",
"plot": "As of November 1, 1959, mild mannered C.C. Baxter has been working at Consolidated Life, an insurance company, for close to four years, and is one of close to thirty-two thousand employees located in their Manhattan head office. To distinguish himself from all the other lowly cogs in the company in the hopes of moving up the corporate ladder, he often works late, but only because he can't get into his apartment, located off of Central Park West, since he has provided it to a handful of company executives - Mssrs. Dobisch, Kirkeby, Vanderhoff and Eichelberger - on a rotating basis for their extramarital liaisons in return for a good word to the personnel director, Jeff D. Sheldrake. When Baxter is called into Sheldrake's office for the first time, he learns that it isn't just to be promoted as he expects, but also to add married Sheldrake to the list to who he will lend his apartment. What Baxter is unaware of is that Sheldrake's mistress is Fran Kubelik, an elevator girl in the building who Baxter himself fancies. In turn, Sheldrake has no idea of Baxter's own interest in Fran. And Fran, who is in love with Sheldrake, has no idea that she is only the latest in a long line of Sheldrake's mistresses, that Sheldrake has no intention of leaving his wife for her, and that the apartment belongs to Baxter, who she likes as a friend. As some of these facts come to light on Christmas Eve, one of the three makes a unilateral decision. That decision sets off a series of events over the course of the next week which makes each of the three examine what he/she really wants which in turn may be incompatible with the other two. They are helped along the way by Dobisch, Kirkeby, Vanderhoff and Eichelberger who are now feeling neglected as Baxter no longer needs their assistance in moving up, by Miss Olsen, Sheldrake's long serving secretary who was also once his mistress, and by Dr. Dreyfus, a physician and one of Baxter's many exasperated neighbors who believes Baxter is a playboy based on all the noise he hears in Baxter's apartment and the plethora of empty liquor bottles Baxter seems to be always discarding.",
"rating": "8.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 5 Oscars. Another 19 wins & 8 nominations."
},
"Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom": {
"title": "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom",
"year": "1984",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Action, Adventure",
"plot": "Set in 1935, a professor, archaeologist, and legendary hero by the name of Indiana Jones is back in action in his newest adventure. But this time he teams up with a night club singer named Wilhelmina \"Willie\" Scott and a twelve-year-old boy named Short Round. They end up in an Indian small distressed village, where the people believe that evil spirits have taken all their children away after a sacred precious stone was stolen! They also discovered the great mysterious terror surrounding a booby-trapped temple known as the Temple of Doom! Thuggee is beginning to attempt to rise once more, believing that with the power of all five Sankara stones they can rule the world! Now, it's all up to Indiana to put an end to the Thuggee campaign, rescue the lost children, win the girl and conquer the Temple of Doom.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 8 wins & 21 nominations."
},
"Flipped": {
"title": "Flipped",
"year": "2010",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, Romance",
"plot": "Juli Baker devoutly believes in three things: the sanctity of trees (especially her beloved sycamore), the wholesomeness of the eggs she collects from her backyard flock of chickens, and that someday she will kiss Bryce Loski. Ever since she saw Bryce's dazzling brown eyes back in second grade, Juli has been smitten. Unfortunately, Bryce has never felt the same. Frankly, he thinks Juli Baker is a little weird--after all, what kind of freak raises chickens and sits in trees for fun? Then, in eighth grade, everything changes. Bryce begins to see that Juli's unusual interests and pride in her family are, well, kind of cool. And Juli starts to think that maybe Bryce's dazzling brown eyes are as empty as the rest of Bryce seems to be. After all, what kind of jerk doesn't care about other people's feelings about chickens and trees? With Flipped, mystery author Wendelin Van Draanen has taken a break from her Sammy Keyes series, and the result is flipping fantastic. Bryce and Juli's rants and raves about each other ring so true that teen readers will quickly identify with at least one of these hilarious feuding egos, if not both. A perfect introduction to the adolescent war between the sexes.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "2 wins & 2 nominations."
},
"Stalag 17": {
"title": "Stalag 17",
"year": "1953",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, War",
"plot": "It's a dreary Christmas 1944 for the American POWs in Stalag 17. For the men in Barracks 4, all sergeants, have to deal with a grave problem - there seems to be a security leak. The Germans always seem to be forewarned about escapes and in the most recent attempt the two men, Manfredi and Johnson, walked straight into a trap and were killed. For some in Barracks 4, especially the loud-mouthed Duke, the leaker is obvious: J.J. Sefton, a wheeler-dealer who doesn't hesitate to trade with the guards and who has acquired goods and privileges that no other prisoner seems to have. Sefton denies giving the Germans any information and makes it quite clear that he has no intention of ever trying to escape. He plans to ride out the war in what little comfort he can arrange, but it doesn't extend to spying for the Germans. As tensions mount and a mob mentality takes root, it becomes obvious that Sefton will have to find the real snitch if he is to have any peace and avoid the beatings Duke and others have inflicted on him.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 5 nominations."
},
"Rain Man": {
"title": "Rain Man",
"year": "1988",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "Charles Sanford \"Charlie\" Babbit is a self-centered Los Angeles-based automobile dealer/hustler/bookie who is at war with his own life. Charlie, as a young teenager, used his father's 1949 Buick convertible without permission and as a result, he went to jail for two days on account that his father reported it stolen. It is then that Charlie learns that his estranged father died and left him from his last will and testament a huge bed of roses and the car while the remainder will of $3 Million goes into a trust fund to be distributed to someone. Charlie seemed pretty angry by this and decides to look into this matter. It seems as if that \"someone\" is Raymond, Charlie's unknown brother, an autistic savant who lives in a world of his own, resides at the Walbrook Institute. Charlie then kidnaps Raymond and decides to take him on a lust for life trip to the west coast as a threat to get the $3 Million inheritance. Raymond's acts and nagging, including repeated talks of \"Abbott & Costello\", \"Four minutes till Wapner\" and refusal to fly on an airline except Quantas drives Charlie insane... and out of his selfish world into a cross-country trek of pure love and understanding that these two both have.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 4 Oscars. Another 22 wins & 22 nominations."
},
"This Is England": {
"title": "This Is England",
"year": "2006",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Crime, Drama",
"plot": "This is England: Mods, New Romantics, and Skinheads are the major youth sub-cultures of this very English summer of 1983 and young 12-year-old Shaun is left wandering aimlessly alone and lost during the start of his school holidays, until his chance meeting with Woody and his fun and friendly Skinhead pack. Finding a new lease of life; girls, parties, Ben Sherman shirts, Doc Martin boots and shaven hairstyles young Shaun is welcomed, life during this summer holiday has got a whole lot better. That is until Combo arrives on the scene bitter, dangerous, racist, militant and psychotic life for young Shaun has just approached his first major crossroads. This is England is a look back at the early eighties of British working-class life through the eyes of young Shaun and his new gang, and dealing with the bitterness of outside influences such as racism and xenophobia, of mass unemployment and the fall out of the Falkland's War; Thatcher's Britain: Did we ever have it so good? When you see Shaun, ask Him.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "UK",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 13 wins & 15 nominations."
},
"Lilya 4-Ever": {
"title": "Lilya 4-Ever",
"year": "2002",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama",
"plot": "While waiting for her mothers reply to take her to the USA, Lilya idles the time away smoking, drinking and having fun with her, too, outcast friend Volodya. In time, the chance of a new life becomes non-existent; her life is going nowhere. Meeting a young man, she then finds a plane ticket in her hand and a new life in Sweden: a job, an apartment and prospects. All is not what it seems. There shall be work, there shall be housing and there shall be no escape. This is the stark, frank and disturbing vision of the life of a young victim of the underground sex trade and in all its tone of realism of abject poverty, despicable actions and of wanting to show that dreaming of a better life is not a crime but that life can shatter the illusion of a happy ending.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "Sweden, Denmark",
"awards": "12 wins & 11 nominations."
},
"The Last Temptation of Christ": {
"title": "The Last Temptation of Christ",
"year": "1988",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "The carpenter, Jesus of Nazareth, tormented by the temptations of demons, the guilt of making crosses for the Romans, pity for men and the world, and the constant call of God, sets out to find what God wills for Him. But as His mission nears fulfillment, He must face the greatest temptation; the normal life of a good man. Based, not on the Gospels, but on Nikos Kazantzakis' novel of the same name.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "Canada, USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 6 nominations."
},
"Ed Wood": {
"title": "Ed Wood",
"year": "1994",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Biography, Comedy, Drama",
"plot": "Because of his eccentric habits and bafflingly strange films, director Edward D. Wood Jr. is a Hollywood outcast. Nevertheless, with the help of the formerly famous Bela Lugosi and a devoted cast and crew of show-business misfits who believe in Ed's off-kilter vision, the filmmaker is able to bring his oversize dreams to cinematic life. Despite a lack of critical or commercial success, Ed and his friends manage to create an oddly endearing series of extremely low-budget films.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 2 Oscars. Another 23 wins & 28 nominations."
},
"Toy Story": {
"title": "Toy Story",
"year": "1995",
"rated": "G",
"genre": "Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy",
"plot": "A little boy named Andy loves to be in his room, playing with his toys, especially his doll named \"Woody\". But, what do the toys do when Andy is not with them, they come to life. Woody believes that he has life (as a toy) good. However, he must worry about Andy's family moving, and what Woody does not know is about Andy's birthday party. Woody does not realize that Andy's mother gave him an action figure known as Buzz Lightyear, who does not believe that he is a toy, and quickly becomes Andy's new favorite toy. Woody, who is now consumed with jealousy, tries to get rid of Buzz. Then, both Woody and Buzz are now lost. They must find a way to get back to Andy before he moves without them, but they will have to pass through a ruthless toy killer, Sid Phillips.",
"rating": "8.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 23 wins & 17 nominations."
},
"Hot Fuzz": {
"title": "Hot Fuzz",
"year": "2007",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Comedy, Mystery",
"plot": "Top London cop, PC Nicholas Angel is good. Too good. And to stop the rest of his team looking bad, he is reassigned to the quiet town of Sandford. He is paired with Danny Butterman, who endlessly questions him on the action lifestyle. Everything seems quiet for Angel, until two actors are found decapitated. It is called an accident, but Angel isn't going to accept that, especially when more and more people turn up dead. Angel and Danny clash with everyone, whilst trying to uncover the truth behind the mystery of the apparent \"accidents\".",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "UK, France",
"awards": "2 wins & 9 nominations."
},
"The Searchers": {
"title": "The Searchers",
"year": "1956",
"rated": "PASSED",
"genre": "Adventure, Drama, Western",
"plot": "Ethan Edwards, returned from the Civil War to the Texas ranch of his brother, hopes to find a home with his family and to be near the woman he obviously but secretly loves. But a Comanche raid destroys these plans, and Ethan sets out, along with his 1/8 Indian nephew Martin, on a years-long journey to find the niece kidnapped by the Indians under Chief Scar. But as the quest goes on, Martin begins to realize that his uncle's hatred for the Indians is beginning to spill over onto his now-assimilated niece. Martin becomes uncertain whether Ethan plans to rescue Debbie...or kill her.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 3 nominations."
},
"Touch of Evil": {
"title": "Touch of Evil",
"year": "1958",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller",
"plot": "Mexican Narcotics officer Ramon Miguel 'Mike' Vargas has to interrupt his honeymoon on the Mexican-US border when an American building contractor is killed after someone places a bomb in his car. He's killed on the US side of the border but it's clear that the bomb was planted on the Mexican side. As a result, Vargas delays his return to Mexico City where he has been mounting a case against the Grandi family crime and narcotics syndicate. Police Captain Hank Quinlan is in charge on the US side and he soon has a suspect, a Mexican named Manolo Sanchez. Vargas is soon onto Quinlan and his Sergeant, Pete Menzies, when he catches them planting evidence to convict Sanchez. With his new American wife, Susie, safely tucked away in a hotel on the US side of the border - or so he thinks - he starts to review Quinlan's earlier cases. While concentrating on the corrupt policeman however, the Grandis have their own plans for Vargas and they start with his wife Susie.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "6 wins & 1 nomination."
},
"Lord of War": {
"title": "Lord of War",
"year": "2005",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "This film charts the rise and fall of Yuri Orlov, from his early days in the early 1980s in Little Odessa, selling guns to mobsters in his local neighbourhood, through to his ascension through the decade of excess and indulgence into the early 90s, where he forms a business partnership with an African warlord and his psychotic son. The film also charts his relationship through the years with his younger brother, his marriage to a famous model, his relentless pursuit by a determined federal agent and his inner demons that sway between his drive for success and the immorality of what he does.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA, Germany, France",
"awards": "2 wins & 2 nominations."
},
"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest": {
"title": "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest",
"year": "1975",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "McMurphy has a criminal past and has once again gotten himself into trouble and is sentenced by the court. To escape labor duties in prison, McMurphy pleads insanity and is sent to a ward for the mentally unstable. Once here, McMurphy both endures and stands witness to the abuse and degradation of the oppressive Nurse Ratched, who gains superiority and power through the flaws of the other inmates. McMurphy and the other inmates band together to make a rebellious stance against the atrocious Nurse.",
"rating": "8.7",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 5 Oscars. Another 30 wins & 13 nominations."
},
"Rescue Dawn": {
"title": "Rescue Dawn",
"year": "2006",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Adventure, Biography, Drama, War",
"plot": "In 1965, while bombing Laos in a classified mission, the propeller plane of the German-American US Navy pilot Dieter Dengler is hit and crashes in the jungle. Dieter is arrested by the peasants, tortured by the Vietcong and sent to a prisoner camp, where he meets five other mentally deranged prisoners and guards. He becomes close to Duane and organizes an escape plan; however, the unstable Gene opposes to Dieter's plan. When they discover that there is no more food due to the constant American bombings in the area and their guards intend to kill them, Dieter sets his plan in motion. However, an unexpected betrayal splits the group and Dieter and Duane find that the jungle is their actual prison.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "USA, Luxembourg",
"awards": "1 win & 6 nominations."
},
"Funny Games": {
"title": "Funny Games",
"year": "2007",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller",
"plot": "In this English-language remake of a deconstruction in the way violence is portrayed in the media, a family settles into its vacation home, which happens to be the next stop for a pair of young, articulate, white-gloved serial killers on an excursion through the neighborhood.",
"rating": "6.5",
"country": "USA, France, UK, Austria, Germany, Italy",
"awards": "1 win & 5 nominations."
},
"House of Flying Daggers": {
"title": "House of Flying Daggers",
"year": "2004",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance",
"plot": "During the reign of the Tang dynasty in China, a secret organization called \"The House of the Flying Daggers\" rises and opposes the government. A police officer called Leo sends officer Jin to investigate a young dancer named Mei, claiming that she has ties to the \"Flying Daggers\". Leo arrests Mei, only to have Jin breaking her free in a plot to gain her trust and lead the police to the new leader of the secret organization. But things are far more complicated than they seem...",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "China, Hong Kong",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 19 wins & 68 nominations."
},
"The Piano Teacher": {
"title": "The Piano Teacher",
"year": "2001",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Music",
"plot": "Erika Kohut is a pianist, teaching music. Schubert and Schumann are her forte, but she's not quite at concert level. She's approaching middle age, living with her mother who is domineering then submissive; Erika is a victim then combative. With her students she is severe. She visits a sex shop to watch DVDs; she walks a drive-in theater to stare at couples having sex. Walter is a self-assured student with some musical talent; he auditions for her class and is forthright in his attraction to her. She responds coldly then demands he let her lead. Next she changes the game with a letter, inviting him into her fantasies. How will he respond; how does sex have power over our other faculties?",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "Austria, France, Germany",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 17 wins & 21 nominations."
},
"The Evil Dead": {
"title": "The Evil Dead",
"year": "1981",
"rated": "NC-17",
"genre": "Horror",
"plot": "Five college students take time off to spend a peaceful vacation in a remote cabin. A book and audio tape is discovered, and its evil is found to be powerful once the incantations are read out loud. The friends find themselves helpless to stop the evil as it takes them one by one, with only one survivor left with the evil dead and desperately tries to fight to live until morning.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "3 wins & 1 nomination."
},
"Porco Rosso": {
"title": "Porco Rosso",
"year": "1992",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance",
"plot": "In Early 1930's era Italy air pirates, bounty hunters and high fliers of all sorts rule the skies. The most cunning and skilled of these pilots is Porco Rosso. A former Ace, he now makes a living flying contract jobs, such as rescuing those kidnapped by air pirates. Donald Curtis, Porco's rival in the air and in catching the affections of women, provides a constant challenge to the hero, culminating in a hilarious, action packed finale.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "Japan",
"awards": "3 wins."
},
"Volver": {
"title": "Volver",
"year": "2006",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery",
"plot": "Raimunda, her daughter Paula and her sister Sole travel from Madrid to the windy and superstitious village of Alcanfor de las Infantas to visit the grave of their mother Irene, who died years ago in a fire with her husband. Then they visit Irene's sister Paula, an old senile aunt that raised Raimunda after the death of her parents that insists to tell them that Irene is alive and living with her; later, they go to the house of her neighbor and friend Agustina, who gives a support to Paula. They return to Madrid, and after a hard day of work, Raimunda meets her daughter completely distraught at the bus stop waiting for her. When they arrive home, Paula tells her mother that she killed her unemployed father Paco, who was completely drunk and tried to rape her. While Raimunda hides his body, Sole calls her to tell that their beloved aunt Paula has died. The next morning, Sole travels alone to the funeral, and when she returns to Madrid, she finds her mother hidden in the trunk of her car. She brings Irene to her apartment, where secrets from the past are disclosed.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "Spain",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 60 wins & 90 nominations."
},
"Black Cat, White Cat": {
"title": "Black Cat, White Cat",
"year": "1998",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Crime, Romance",
"plot": "Matko is a small time hustler, living by the river Danube with his 17 year old son Zare. After a failed business deal he owes money to the much more successful gangster Dadan. Dadan has a sister, Afrodita, that he desperately wants to see get married so they strike a deal: Zare is to marry her. But none of the two care much for an arranged marriage: Zare is in love with Ida, Afrodita is waiting for the man of her dreams.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, France, Germany, Austria, Greece",
"awards": "5 wins & 4 nominations."
},
"Moonrise Kingdom": {
"title": "Moonrise Kingdom",
"year": "2012",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance",
"plot": "Set on an island off the coast of New England in the 1960s, as a young boy and girl fall in love they are moved to run away together. Various factions of the town mobilize to search for them and the town is turned upside down - which might not be such a bad thing.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 38 wins & 118 nominations."
},
"Carrie": {
"title": "Carrie",
"year": "1976",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Horror",
"plot": "It's nearing the end of the school year. High school senior Carrie White is a social outcast, largely due to being unwise to the ways of the world based on her upbringing. Her mother, Margaret White, is a religious fanatic, her extreme views primarily targeted against sex, which she believes is a sin. She even believes natural associated processes such as menstruation are a sin, about which she has refused to mention to Carrie. Mrs. White's beliefs were taken to that extreme largely because of her own failed marriage and her husband Ralph long ago having run off with another woman. The only adult authority figure who tries to help Carrie with her life is her phys ed teacher, Miss Collins, who is nonetheless warned not to get too close to go against how Mrs. White chooses to raise Carrie, Mrs. White whose beliefs are well known in the community. An impromptu event that happens among Carrie's phys ed classmates against her leads to her classmates being punished. One of those students, self absorbed Chris Hargensen, vows revenge against Carrie for that punishment, the method of the revenge associated to the phys ed class incident. Another student however, the popular Sue Snell, begins to feel sorry for Carrie. In wanting to help her get out of her shell, Sue asks her boyfriend, the equally popular Tommy Ross, to take Carrie to the senior prom instead of her. This move does not sit well with Mrs. White, who in her extreme view believes Carrie will fall prey to sin. All these competing issues lead to Carrie deciding on an impulse to use a newfound skill to free herself from the figurative chains that have long been placed around her, with tragic consequences.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 5 nominations."
},
"A Nightmare on Elm Street": {
"title": "A Nightmare on Elm Street",
"year": "1984",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Horror",
"plot": "On Elm Street, Nancy Thompson and a group of her friends including Tina Gray, Rod Lane and Glen Lantz are being tormented by a clawed killer in their dreams named Freddy Krueger. Nancy must think quickly, as Freddy tries to pick off his victims one by one. When he has you in your sleep, who is there to save you?",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "2 wins & 3 nominations."
},
"King Kong": {
"title": "King Kong",
"year": "2005",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance",
"plot": "Carl Denham needs to finish his movie and has the perfect location; Skull Island. But he still needs to find a leading lady. This 'soon-to-be-unfortunate' soul is Ann Darrow. No one knows what they will encounter on this island and why it is so mysterious, but once they reach it, they will soon find out. Living on this hidden island is a giant gorilla and this beast now has Ann is its grasps. Carl and Ann's new love, Jack Driscoll must travel through the jungle looking for Kong and Ann, whilst avoiding all sorts of creatures and beasts. But Carl has another plan in mind.",
"rating": "7.2",
"country": "New Zealand, USA, Germany",
"awards": "Won 3 Oscars. Another 43 wins & 100 nominations."
},
"Garden State": {
"title": "Garden State",
"year": "2004",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, Romance",
"plot": "Andrew Largeman is a semi-successful television actor who plays a intellectually disabled quarterback. His somewhat controlling and psychiatrist father has led Andrew (\"Large\") to believe that his mother's wheelchair bound life was his fault. Andrew decides to lay off the drugs that his father and his doctor made him believe that he needed, and began to see life for what it is. He began to feel the pain he had longed for, and began to have a genuine relationship with a girl who had some problems of her own.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "13 wins & 38 nominations."
},
"True Romance": {
"title": "True Romance",
"year": "1993",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller",
"plot": "In Detroit, Clarence Worley goes to the movie theater alone on the day of his birthday to watch some movies. The gorgeous Alabama Whitman accidentally drops her popcorn on Clarence and they watch the movie together. Later they go to a diner for pie, and end up having a one night stand. In the morning, Alabama confesses that she is a call-girl hired to spend the night with him, but she has fallen in love with him. In the morning they get married and Clarence goes to the club where she worked to bring her some clothes. However, her pimp Drexl Spivey and his partner beat up Clarence and he reacts by killing them both. Clarence asks for Alabama's suitcase with her clothes and the other girls mistakenly give another one with cocaine. When Clarence discovers the mistake, he decides to travel with Alabama to the house of his friend, the aspiring actor Dick Ritchie, to sell the drug and travel to Mexico. He visits his father Clifford Worley and gives his address to him. But the Sicilian Mafia is the owner of the drug and a group of killers are sent to hunt down Clarnece and Alabama.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "USA, France",
"awards": "1 win & 10 nominations."
},
"The Fountain": {
"title": "The Fountain",
"year": "2006",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Drama, Sci-Fi",
"plot": "Three stories - one each from the past, present, and future - about men in pursuit of eternity with their love. A conquistador in Mayan country searches for the tree of life to free his captive queen; a medical researcher, working with various trees, looks for a cure that will save his dying wife; a space traveler, traveling with an aged tree encapsulated within a bubble, moves toward a dying star that's wrapped in a nebula; he seeks eternity with his love. The stories intersect and parallel; the quests fail and succeed.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "Canada, USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 9 wins & 34 nominations."
},
"The Last King of Scotland": {
"title": "The Last King of Scotland",
"year": "2006",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Biography, Drama, History, Thriller",
"plot": "In the early 1970s, Nicholas Garrigan, a young semi-idealistic Scottish doctor, comes to Uganda to assist in a rural hospital. Once there, he soon meets up with the new President, Idi Amin, who promises a golden age for the African nation. Garrigan hits it off immediately with the rabid Scotland fan, who soon offers him a senior position in the national health department and becomes one of Amin's closest advisers. However as the years pass, Garrigan cannot help but notice Amin's increasingly erratic behavior that grows beyond a legitimate fear of assassination into a murderous insanity that is driving Uganda into bloody ruin. Realizing his dire situation with the lunatic leader unwilling to let him go home, Garrigan must make some crucial decisions that could mean his death if the despot finds out.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "UK, Germany",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 47 wins & 31 nominations."
},
"Wreck-It Ralph": {
"title": "Wreck-It Ralph",
"year": "2012",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy",
"plot": "Wreck-It Ralph longs to be as beloved as his game's perfect Good Guy, Fix-It Felix. Problem is, nobody loves a Bad Guy. But they do love heroes... so when a modern, first-person shooter game arrives featuring tough-as-nails Sergeant Calhoun, Ralph sees it as his ticket to heroism and happiness. He sneaks into the game with a simple plan -- win a medal -- but soon wrecks everything, and accidentally unleashes a deadly enemy that threatens every game in the arcade. Ralph's only hope? Vanellope von Schweetz, a young troublemaking \"glitch\" from a candy-coated cart racing game who might just be the one to teach Ralph what it means to be a Good Guy. But will he realize he is good enough to become a hero before it's \"Game Over\" for the entire arcade?",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 33 wins & 41 nominations."
},
"Ran": {
"title": "Ran",
"year": "1985",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Drama",
"plot": "Japanese warlord Hidetori Ichimonji decides the time has come to retire and divide his fiefdom among his three sons. His eldest and middle sons - Taro and Jiro - agree with his decision and promise to support him for his remaining days. The youngest son Saburo disagrees with all of them arguing that there is little likelihood the three brothers will remain united. Insulted by his son's brashness, the warlord banishes Saburo. As the warlord begins his retirement, he quickly realizes that his two eldest sons selfish and have no intention of keeping their promises. It leads to war and only banished Saburo can possibly save him.",
"rating": "8.2",
"country": "Japan, France",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 28 wins & 21 nominations."
},
"Catch Me If You Can": {
"title": "Catch Me If You Can",
"year": "2002",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Biography, Crime, Drama",
"plot": "New Rochelle, the 1960s. High schooler Frank Abagnale Jr. idolizes his father, who's in trouble with the IRS. When his parents separate, Frank runs away to Manhattan with $25 in his checking account, vowing to regain dad's losses and get his parents back together. Just a few years later, the FBI tracks him down in France; he's extradited, tried, and jailed for passing more than $4,000,000 in bad checks. Along the way, he's posed as a Pan Am pilot, a pediatrician, and an attorney. And, from nearly the beginning of this life of crime, he's been pursued by a dour FBI agent, Carl Hanratty. What starts as cat and mouse becomes something akin to father and son.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "USA, Canada",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 13 wins & 41 nominations."
},
"The Terminator": {
"title": "The Terminator",
"year": "1984",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Sci-Fi",
"plot": "A cyborg is sent from the future on a deadly mission. He has to kill Sarah Connor, a young woman whose life will have a great significance in years to come. Sarah has only one protector - Kyle Reese - also sent from the future. The Terminator uses his exceptional intelligence and strength to find Sarah, but is there any way to stop the seemingly indestructible cyborg ?",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "UK, USA",
"awards": "6 wins & 6 nominations."
},
"21 Grams": {
"title": "21 Grams",
"year": "2003",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "This is the story of three well-meaning but flawed people: Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English \u00e9migr\u00e9; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife, happily married homemaker with two young daughters, with hiding a secret past; and Jack Jordan, an ex-convict who has found in his Christian faith the strength to live a law-abiding life and raise a family. They will be brought together by a terrible accident that will change their lives. By the final frame, none of them will be the same as they will have learnt harsh truths about love, faith, courage, desire and guilt, and how chance can change our worlds irretrievably, forever.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 30 wins & 76 nominations."
},
"Iron Man": {
"title": "Iron Man",
"year": "2008",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi",
"plot": "Tony Stark. Genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist. Son of legendary inventor and weapons contractor Howard Stark. When Tony Stark is assigned to give a weapons presentation to an Iraqi unit led by Lt. Col. James Rhodes, he's given a ride on enemy lines. That ride ends badly when Stark's Humvee that he's riding in is attacked by enemy combatants. He survives - barely - with a chest full of shrapnel and a car battery attached to his heart. In order to survive he comes up with a way to miniaturize the battery and figures out that the battery can power something else. Thus Iron Man is born. He uses the primitive device to escape from the cave in Iraq. Once back home, he then begins work on perfecting the Iron Man suit. But the man who was put in charge of Stark Industries has plans of his own to take over Tony's technology for other matters.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 20 wins & 65 nominations."
},
"Hamlet": {
"title": "Hamlet",
"year": "1996",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "Hamlet, son of the king of Denmark, is summoned home for his father's funeral and his mother's wedding to his uncle. In a supernatural episode, he discovers that his uncle, whom he hates anyway, murdered his father. In an incredibly convoluted plot--the most complicated and most interesting in all literature--he manages to (impossible to put this in exact order) feign (or perhaps not to feign) madness, murder the \"prime minister,\" love and then unlove an innocent whom he drives to madness, plot and then unplot against the uncle, direct a play within a play, successfully conspire against the lives of two well-meaning friends, and finally take his revenge on the uncle, but only at the cost of almost every life on stage, including his own and his mother's.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "UK, USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 9 wins & 20 nominations."
},
"Ratatouille": {
"title": "Ratatouille",
"year": "2007",
"rated": "G",
"genre": "Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy",
"plot": "A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great French chef despite his family's wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in the sewers of Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneath a restaurant made famous by his culinary hero, Auguste Gusteau. Despite the apparent dangers of being an unlikely - and certainly unwanted - visitor in the kitchen of a fine French restaurant, Remy's passion for cooking soon sets into motion a hilarious and exciting rat race that turns the culinary world of Paris upside down.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 64 wins & 42 nominations."
},
"The Magnificent Seven": {
"title": "The Magnificent Seven",
"year": "2016",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, Western",
"plot": "Director Antoine Fuqua brings his modern vision to a classic story in The Magnificent Seven. With the town of Rose Creek under the deadly control of industrialist Bartholomew Bogue, the desperate townspeople employ protection from seven outlaws, bounty hunters, gamblers and hired guns. As they prepare the town for the violent showdown that they know is coming, these seven mercenaries find themselves fighting for more than money.",
"rating": "6.9",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "5 wins & 12 nominations."
},
"Raising Arizona": {
"title": "Raising Arizona",
"year": "1987",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Comedy, Crime",
"plot": "Recidivist hold-up man H.I. McDonnough and police woman Edwina marry, only to discover they are unable to conceive a child. Desperate for a baby, the pair decide to kidnap one of the quintuplets of furniture tycoon Nathan Arizona. The McDonnoughs try to keep their crime secret, while friends, co-workers and a feral bounty hunter look to use Nathan Jr. for their own purposes.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "4 nominations."
},
"Megamind": {
"title": "Megamind",
"year": "2010",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Animation, Action, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi",
"plot": "After super-villain Megamind (Ferrell) kills his good-guy nemesis, Metro Man (Pitt), he becomes bored since there is no one left to fight. He creates a new foe, Tighten (Hill), who, instead of using his powers for good, sets out to destroy the world, positioning Megamind to save the day for the first time in his life.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "2 wins & 16 nominations."
},
"The Raid: Redemption": {
"title": "The Raid: Redemption",
"year": "2011",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Thriller",
"plot": "In Jakarta, Indonesia, Lieutenant Wahyu organizes the invasion of an apartment building that is the safe house of the powerful and cruel drug lord Tama and his gang. The SWAT team breaks in the building but one lookout sees and warns the gangsters and the police force is trapped on the seventh floor. They learn that Lt. Wahyu has not informed his superiors about the operation. Now the police officers have to fight with limited ammunition against the armed and dangerous gangsters.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "Indonesia, France, USA",
"awards": "6 wins & 12 nominations."
},
"Monsters University": {
"title": "Monsters University",
"year": "2013",
"rated": "G",
"genre": "Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy",
"plot": "Mike Wazowski and James P. Sullivan are an inseparable pair, but that wasn't always the case. From the moment these two mismatched monsters met they couldn't stand each other. \"Monsters University\" unlocks the door to how Mike and Sulley overcame their differences and became the best of friends.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 9 wins & 56 nominations."
},
"The Boondock Saints": {
"title": "The Boondock Saints",
"year": "1999",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Crime, Thriller",
"plot": "Two Irish brothers accidentally kill mafia thugs. They turn themselves in and are released as heroes. They then see it as a calling by God and start knocking off mafia gang members one by one. Willem Dafoe plays the detective trying to figure out the killings, but the closer he comes to catching the Irish brothers, the more he thinks the brothers are doing the right thing.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA, Canada",
"awards": "N/A"
},
"Once Upon a Time in the West": {
"title": "Once Upon a Time in the West",
"year": "1968",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Western",
"plot": "Story of a young woman, Mrs. McBain, who moves from New Orleans to frontier Utah, on the very edge of the American West. She arrives to find her new husband and family slaughtered, but by whom? The prime suspect, coffee-lover Cheyenne, befriends her and offers to go after the real killer, assassin gang leader Frank, in her honor. He is accompanied by Harmonica, a man already on a quest to get even.",
"rating": "8.5",
"country": "Italy, USA",
"awards": "4 wins & 5 nominations."
},
"The Fly": {
"title": "The Fly",
"year": "1986",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi",
"plot": "Seth Brundle (Jeff Goldblum), a brilliant but eccentric scientist attempts to woo investigative journalist Veronica Quaife (Geena Davis) by offering her a scoop on his latest research in the field of matter transportation, which against all the expectations of the scientific establishment have proved successful. Up to a point. Brundle thinks he has ironed out the last problem when he successfully transports a living creature, but when he attempts to teleport himself a fly enters one of the transmission booths, and Brundle finds he is a changed man. This Science-Gone-Mad film is the source of the quotable quote \"Be afraid. Be very afraid.\"",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA, UK, Canada",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 5 wins & 11 nominations."
},
"Midnight Express": {
"title": "Midnight Express",
"year": "1978",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "On October 6, 1970 while boarding an international flight out of Istanbul Airport, American Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle 2 kilos of hashish out of the country, the drugs strapped to his body. He is told that he will be released if he cooperates with the authorities in identifying the person who actually sold him the hash. Billy's troubles really begin when after that assistance, he makes a run for it and is recaptured. He is initially sentenced to just over four years for possession, with no time for the more harsh crime of smuggling. The prison environment is inhospitable in every sense, with a sadistic prison guard named Hamidou ruling the prison, he who relishes the mental and physical torture he inflicts on the prisoners for whatever reason. Told to trust no one, Billy does befriend a few of the other inmates, namely fellow American Jimmy Booth (in for stealing two candlesticks from a mosque), a Swede named Erich, and one of the senior prisoners having already served seven years, an Englishman named Max, the latter two also in for hash related charges. One prisoner not befriended is Rifki, who wields power in the prison as the unofficial eyes and ears for the guards. As Billy, his family and his girlfriend Susan attempt through legal and diplomatic channels for Billy's release, Max tells him that the only way out is to \"catch the midnight express\" aka escape, which is what Jimmy is continually trying to do. When Billy's situation changes, he becomes more desperate in every sense of the word. It seems as if Billy has only two options: to let the prison ultimately figuratively then literally kill him, or to somehow regain control of his life through whatever means available.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "UK, USA",
"awards": "Won 2 Oscars. Another 14 wins & 14 nominations."
},
"In the Loop": {
"title": "In the Loop",
"year": "2009",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Comedy",
"plot": "The US President and UK Prime Minister fancy a war. But not everyone agrees that war is a good thing. The US General Miller doesn't think so and neither does the British Secretary of State for International Development, Simon Foster. But, after Simon accidentally backs military action on TV, he suddenly has a lot of friends in Washington, DC. If Simon can get in with the right DC people, if his entourage of one can sleep with the right intern, and if they can both stop the Prime Minister's chief spin-doctor Malcolm Tucker rigging the vote at the UN, they can halt the war. If they don't... well, they can always sack their Director of Communications Judy, who they never liked anyway and who's back home dealing with voters with blocked drains and a man who's angry about a collapsing wall.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "UK",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 16 wins & 41 nominations."
},
"Rio Bravo": {
"title": "Rio Bravo",
"year": "1959",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Action, Drama, Western",
"plot": "Sheriff John T. Chance has his hands full after arresting Joe Burdette for murder. He knows that Burdette's brother Nathan, a powerful rancher, will go to any lengths to get him out of jail. Chance's good friend Pat Wheeler offers to help but within 20 minutes of making the offer is gunned down in the street, shot in the back. That leaves his elderly deputy Stumpy, the town drunk Dude - once a deputy and a pretty good shot when he was sober - and a young hand, Colorado, who used to work for Wheeler. Nathan Burdette meanwhile has a couple of dozen men at his disposal. Chance does his best to prepare all the while romancing a pretty gamblers who goes by the name of Feathers.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 4 nominations."
},
"Lone Survivor": {
"title": "Lone Survivor",
"year": "2013",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Biography, Drama, Thriller, War",
"plot": "Marcus Luttrell, a Navy Seal, and his team set out on a mission to capture or kill notorious Taliban leader Ahmad Shah, in late June 2005. After running into mountain herders and capturing them, they were left with no choice but to follow their rules of engagement or be imprisoned. Now Marcus and his team are left to fight for their lives in one of the most valiant efforts of modern warfare.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 14 nominations."
},
"Lars and the Real Girl": {
"title": "Lars and the Real Girl",
"year": "2007",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, Romance",
"plot": "In this comedy, Lars Lindstrom is an awkwardly shy young man in a small northern town who finally brings home the girl of his dreams to his brother and sister-in-law's home. The only problem is that she's not real - she's a sex doll Lars ordered off the Internet. But sex is not what Lars has in mind, but rather a deep, meaningful relationship. His sister-in-law is worried for him, his brother thinks he's nuts, but eventually the entire town goes along with his delusion in support of this sweet natured boy that they've always loved.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "USA, Canada",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 7 wins & 32 nominations."
},
"Dogma": {
"title": "Dogma",
"year": "1999",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy",
"plot": "An abortion clinic worker with a special heritage is enlisted to prevent two angels from reentering Heaven and thus undoing the fabric of the universe. Along the way, she is aided by two prophets, Jay and Silent Bob. With the help of Rufus, the 13th Apostle, they must stop those who stand in their way and prevent the angels from entering Heaven.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "8 nominations."
},
"The Thing": {
"title": "The Thing",
"year": "1982",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi",
"plot": "A US research station, Antarctica, early-winter 1982. The base is suddenly buzzed by a helicopter from the nearby Norwegian research station. They are trying to kill a dog that has escaped from their base. After the destruction of the Norwegian chopper the members of the US team fly to the Norwegian base, only to discover them all dead or missing. They do find the remains of a strange creature the Norwegians burned. The Americans take it to their base and deduce that it is an alien life form. After a while it is apparent that the alien can take over and assimilate into other life forms, including humans, and can spread like a virus. This means that anyone at the base could be inhabited by The Thing, and tensions escalate.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "3 nominations."
},
"Big Fish": {
"title": "Big Fish",
"year": "2003",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance",
"plot": "United Press International journalist Will Bloom and his French freelance photojournalist wife Josephine Bloom, who is pregnant with their first child, leave their Paris base to return to Will's hometown of Ashton, Alabama on the news that his father, Edward Bloom, stricken with cancer, will soon die, he being taken off chemotherapy treatment. Although connected indirectly through Will's mother/Edward's wife, Sandra Bloom, Will has been estranged from his father for three years since his and Josephine's wedding. Will's issue with his father is the fanciful tales Edward has told of his life all his life, not only to Will but the whole world. As a child when Edward was largely absent as a traveling salesman, Will believed those stories, but now realizes that he does not know his father, who, as he continues to tell these stories, he will never get to know unless Edward comes clean with the truth before he dies. On the brink of his own family life beginning, Will does not want to be the kind of father Edward has been to him. One of those stories from Edward's childhood - that he saw his own death in the glass eye of a witch - led to him embracing life since he would not have to fear death knowing when and how it would eventually come. The question is whether Will will be able to reconcile Edward's stories against his real life, either directly from Edward before he dies and/or from other sources, and thus allow Will to come to a new understanding of himself and his life, past, present and future.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 68 nominations."
},
"The Triplets of Belleville": {
"title": "The Triplets of Belleville",
"year": "2003",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Animation, Comedy, Drama",
"plot": "Madame Souza, an elderly woman, instills in her grandson Champion (for who she acts as his guardian) a love of cycling. As a young man, he does become a dedicated road racer with his grandmother as his trainer. During a mountainous leg of the Tour de France in which Champion is racing, he goes missing. Evidence points to him being kidnapped. Indeed, he and two of his competitors were kidnapped, the kidnappers who want to use the threesome's unique skills for nefarious purposes. With Champion's overweight and faithful pet dog Bruno at her side, Madame Souza goes looking for Champion. Their trek takes them overseas to the town of Belleville. Without any money, Madame Souza and Bruno are befriended and taken in by three eccentric elderly women, who were once the renowned jazz singing group The Triplets of Belleville. The triplets help Madame Souza and Bruno try to locate and rescue Champion.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "France, Belgium, Canada, UK, Latvia, USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 19 wins & 38 nominations."
},
"The Graduate": {
"title": "The Graduate",
"year": "1967",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, Romance",
"plot": "Ben has recently graduated from college, with his parents now expecting great things from him. At his \"Homecoming\" party, Mrs. Robinson, the wife of his father's business partner, has Ben drive her home, which leads to an affair between the two. The affair eventually ends, but comes back to haunt him when he finds himself falling for Elaine, Mrs. Robinson's daughter.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 20 wins & 16 nominations."
},
"Donnie Brasco": {
"title": "Donnie Brasco",
"year": "1997",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Biography, Crime, Drama",
"plot": "This true story follows FBI agent Joe Pistone as he infiltrates the mafia of New York. Befriending Lefty Ruggiero, Pistone (under the name Donnie Brasco) is able to embed himself in a mafia faction led by Sonny Black. Ruggiero and Pistone become tight as the group goes about collecting money for 'the bosses'. Eventually, the group become big-time when Black himself becomes a boss; all the while, Pistone collects evidence. However, the trials and tribulations of the undercover work become more than Pistone can bear. His marriage falls apart, and to top it off, the mafia suspect a mole in the organization. The real dilemma is afforded to Pistone, who knows if he walks away from the mafia, Ruggiero will be the one punished.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 15 nominations."
},
"Revolutionary Road": {
"title": "Revolutionary Road",
"year": "2008",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Romance",
"plot": "It's 1955. Frank and April Wheeler, in the seventh year of their marriage, have fallen into a life that appears to most as being perfect. They live in the Connecticut suburbs with two young children. Frank commutes to New York City where he works in an office job while April stays at home as a housewife. But they're not happy. April has forgone her dream of becoming an actress, and Frank hates his job - one where he places little effort - although he has never figured out what his passion in life is. One day, April suggests that they move to Paris - a city where Frank visited during the war and loved, but where April has never been - as a means to rejuvenate their life. April's plan: she would be the breadwinner, getting a lucrative secretarial job for one of the major international organizations, while Frank would have free time to find himself and whatever his passion. Initially skeptical, Frank ultimately agrees to April's plan. When circumstances change around the Wheelers, April decides she will do whatever she has to to get herself out of her unhappy existence.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "USA, UK",
"awards": "Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 19 wins & 67 nominations."
},
"The 39 Steps": {
"title": "The 39 Steps",
"year": "1935",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "Richard Hannay is a Canadian visitor to London. At the end of \"Mr Memory\"'s show in a music hall, he meets Annabella Smith who is running away from secret agents. He accepts to hide her in his flat, but in the night she is murdered. Fearing he could be accused on the girl's murder, Hannay goes on the run to break the spy ring.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "UK",
"awards": "1 win & 1 nomination."
},
"The Outlaw Josey Wales": {
"title": "The Outlaw Josey Wales",
"year": "1976",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Western",
"plot": "Josey Wales makes his way west after the Civil War, determined to live a useful and helpful life. He joins up with a group of settlers who need the protection that a man as tough and experienced as he is can provide. Unfortunately, the past has a way of catching up with you, and Josey is a wanted man.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 1 nomination."
},
"Moulin Rouge!": {
"title": "Moulin Rouge!",
"year": "2001",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Drama, Musical, Romance",
"plot": "The year is 1899, and Christian, a young English writer, has come to Paris to follow the Bohemian revolution taking hold of the city's drug and prostitute infested underworld. And nowhere is the thrill of the underworld more alive than at the Moulin Rouge, a night club where the rich and poor men alike come to be entertained by the dancers, but things take a wicked turn for Christian as he starts a deadly love affair with the star courtesan of the club, Satine. But her affections are also coveted by the club's patron: the Duke. A dangerous love triangle ensues as Satine and Christian attempt to fight all odds to stay together but a force that not even love can conquer is taking its toll on Satine...",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "Australia, USA",
"awards": "Won 2 Oscars. Another 84 wins & 129 nominations."
},
"The Player": {
"title": "The Player",
"year": "1992",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "Events in the life of a Hollywood studio executive, unfold with the same unrealistic positive coincidences ultimately culminating to a 'happy-ending' - much like the movie scripts he works day in and out with, after he accidentally murders someone.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 24 wins & 29 nominations."
},
"Cast Away": {
"title": "Cast Away",
"year": "2000",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Adventure, Drama, Romance",
"plot": "A man is marooned on an island after his plane crashes into the ocean. Far away from home, his girlfriend, and any human contact, he engages in a battle of wits with himself as he is tested mentally, physically, and emotionally in order to survive.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 15 wins & 33 nominations."
},
"Oldboy": {
"title": "Oldboy",
"year": "2003",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "An average man is kidnapped and imprisoned in a shabby cell for 15 years without explanation. He then is released, equipped with money, a cellphone and expensive clothes. As he strives to explain his imprisonment and get his revenge, Oh Dae-Su soon finds out that his kidnapper has a greater plan for him and is set onto a path of pain and suffering in an attempt to uncover the motive of his mysterious tormentor.",
"rating": "8.4",
"country": "South Korea",
"awards": "38 wins & 18 nominations."
},
"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly": {
"title": "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly",
"year": "1966",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Western",
"plot": "Blondie (The Good) is a professional gunslinger who is out trying to earn a few dollars. Angel Eyes (The Bad) is a hit man who always commits to a task and sees it through, as long as he is paid to do so. And Tuco (The Ugly) is a wanted outlaw trying to take care of his own hide. Tuco and Blondie share a partnership together making money off Tuco's bounty, but when Blondie unties the partnership, Tuco tries to hunt down Blondie. When Blondie and Tuco come across a horse carriage loaded with dead bodies, they soon learn from the only survivor (Bill Carson) that he and a few other men have buried a stash of gold in a cemetery. Unfortunately Carson dies and Tuco only finds out the name of the cemetery, while Blondie finds out the name on the grave. Now the two must keep each other alive in order to find the gold. Angel Eyes (who had been looking for Bill Carson) discovers that Tuco and Blondie met with Carson and knows they know the location of the gold. All he needs is for the two to lead him to it. Now The Good, The Bad and The Ugly must all battle it out to get their hands on $200,000 worth of gold.",
"rating": "8.9",
"country": "Italy, Spain, West Germany",
"awards": "1 win & 3 nominations."
},
"Monsters, Inc.": {
"title": "Monsters, Inc.",
"year": "2001",
"rated": "G",
"genre": "Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy",
"plot": "A city of monsters with no humans called Monstropolis centers around the city's power company, Monsters, Inc. The lovable, confident, tough, furry blue behemoth-like giant monster named James P. Sullivan (better known as Sulley) and his wisecracking best friend, short, green cyclops monster Mike Wazowski, discover what happens when the real world interacts with theirs in the form of a 2-year-old baby girl dubbed \"Boo,\" who accidentally sneaks into the monster world with Sulley one night. And now it's up to Sulley and Mike to send Boo back in her door before anybody finds out, especially two evil villains such as Sulley's main rival as a scarer, chameleon-like Randall (a monster that Boo is very afraid of), who possesses the ability to change the color of his skin, and Mike and Sulley's boss Mr. Waternoose, the chairman and chief executive officer of Monsters, Inc.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 13 wins & 38 nominations."
},
"Fried Green Tomatoes": {
"title": "Fried Green Tomatoes",
"year": "1991",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "Evelyn Couch is having trouble in her marriage, and no one seems to take her seriously. While in a nursing home visiting relatives, she meets Ninny Threadgoode, an outgoing old woman, who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode, a young woman in 1920's Alabama. Through Idgie's inspiring life, Evelyn learns to be more assertive and builds a lasting friendship of her own with Ninny.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 11 nominations."
},
"Dancer in the Dark": {
"title": "Dancer in the Dark",
"year": "2000",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Musical",
"plot": "1964 in small town Washington state. Selma Jezkov\u00e1, a Czechoslovakian immigrant, and her preteen son Gene live in a rented trailer owned by and on the property of married Bill and Linda Houston, he the town sheriff. Beyond Bill and Linda, Selma has a small group of friends who look out for her, including her primary confidante, Kathy, with who she works, and Jeff who wants to be her boyfriend. Jeff regularly waits outside Selma's workplace long before the end of her shift to drive her home, despite she always refusing in not wanting to lead him on. Her primary job is working on the Anderson Tool factory assembly line, but she does whatever she can to earn money. What only Kathy knows among Selma's friends is that she is slowly going blind, her medical condition being genetic. Selma is barely able to see, just enough to do her job. Her primary reason for moving to the US and for working all the time is to earn enough money for an operation for Gene when he turns thirteen, he who doesn't know anything about his mother or his own degenerative eyesight. None of Selma's friends, not even Kathy, know about the money for Gene's operation. Beyond this sole goal of the operation, Selma allows only one indulgence in her life, anything having to do with musicals, which she loves, it an escape from the problems of her life. Kathy often takes her to the cinema to watch old musicals, Kathy who has to describe to Selma what is happening on the screen much to the other patrons' chagrin. Selma also has the lead of Maria in a community theater production of \"The Sound of Music\". Close to having enough money for the operation, Selma is in a race against time before she loses enough of her sight not to be able to work or participate in the musical production. What may also threaten Selma's goal of the operation for Gene is some financial problems facing Bill. He feels pressured to provide Linda with the comforts of life to which she is accustomed that he believes she requires in their marriage to be satisfied, and as such he is reluctant to tell Linda of those financial problems.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, USA, UK, France, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Argentina, Norway, Taiwan",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 33 wins & 46 nominations."
},
"Where Eagles Dare": {
"title": "Where Eagles Dare",
"year": "1968",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, War",
"plot": "During WW2 a British aircraft is shot down and crashes in Nazi held territory. The Germans capture the only survivor, an American General, and take him to the nearest SS headquarters. Unknown to the Germans the General has full knowledge of the D-Day operation. The British decide that the General must not be allowed to divulge any details of the Normandy landing at all cost and order Major John Smith to lead a crack commando team to rescue him. Amongst the team is an American Ranger, Lieutenant Schaffer, who is puzzled by his inclusion in an all British operation. When one of the team dies after the parachute drop, Schaffer suspects that Smith's mission has a much more secret objective.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "UK, USA",
"awards": "1 win & 3 nominations."
},
"Annie Hall": {
"title": "Annie Hall",
"year": "1977",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Comedy, Romance",
"plot": "Alvy Singer, a forty year old twice divorced, neurotic, intellectual Jewish New York stand-up comic, reflects on the demise of his latest relationship, to Annie Hall, an insecure, flighty, Midwestern WASP aspiring nightclub singer. Unlike his previous relationships, Alvy believed he may have worked out all the issues in his life through fifteen years of therapy to make this relationship with Annie last, among those issues being not wanting to date any woman that would want to date him, and thus subconsciously pushing those women away. Alvy not only reviews the many ups and many downs of their relationship, but also reviews the many facets of his makeup that led to him starting to date Annie. Those facets include growing up next to Coney Island in Brooklyn, being attracted to the opposite sex for as long as he can remember, and enduring years of Jewish guilt with his constantly arguing parents.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 4 Oscars. Another 26 wins & 8 nominations."
},
"Sleeper": {
"title": "Sleeper",
"year": "1973",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Comedy, Sci-Fi",
"plot": "Miles, a nebbishy clarinet player who also runs a health food store in NYC's Greenwich Village, is cryogenically frozen, and brought back - 200 years in the future, by anti-government radicals in order to assist them in their attempt to overthrow the oppressive government. When he goes off on his own, he begins to explore this brave new world, which has Orgasmatron booths to replace sex and confessional robots.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "2 wins & 2 nominations."
},
"The Bridges of Madison County": {
"title": "The Bridges of Madison County",
"year": "1995",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Drama, Romance",
"plot": "The path of Francesca Johnson's future seems destined when an unexpected fork in the road causes her to question everything she had come to expect from life. While her husband and children are away at the Illinois state fair in the summer of 1965, Robert Kincaid happens turn into the Johnson farm and asks Francesca for directions to Roseman Bridge. Francesca later learns that he was in Iowa on assignment from National Geographic magazine. She is reluctant seeing that he's a complete stranger and then she agrees to show him to the bridges and gradually she talks about her life from being a war-bride from Italy which sets the pace for this bittersweet and all-too-brief romance of her life. Through the pain of separation from her secret love and the stark isolation she feels as the details of her life consume her, she writes her thoughts of the four-day love affair which took up three journals. The journals are found by her children after the lawyer was going over Francesca's will and all the contents which produces a key to her hope chest in the bedroom which contained some of hers and Robert's things. The message they take from the diaries is to what you what you have to do to be happy in life. After learning that Robert Kincaid's cremated remains were scattered off Roseman Bridge and that their mother requested that she too be cremated and her ashes to be scattered off Roseman Bridge, the children must decide whether to honor their mother's final wishes or bury her alongside their father as the family had planned. Adapted from the novel by Robert James Waller, this is the story of a special love that happens just once in a lifetime -- if you're lucky.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 6 wins & 14 nominations."
},
"Memories of Murder": {
"title": "Memories of Murder",
"year": "2003",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "In 1986, in the province of Gyunggi, in South Korea, a second young and beautiful woman is found dead, raped and tied and gagged with her underwear. Detective Park Doo-Man and Detective Cho Yong-koo, two brutal and stupid local detectives without any technique, investigate the murder using brutality and torturing the suspects, without any practical result. The Detective Seo Tae-Yoon from Seoul comes to the country to help the investigations and is convinced that a serial-killer is killing the women. When a third woman is found dead in the same \"modus-operandi\", the detectives find leads of the assassin.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "South Korea",
"awards": "26 wins & 3 nominations."
},
"Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban": {
"title": "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban",
"year": "2004",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery",
"plot": "Harry Potter is having a tough time with his relatives (yet again). He runs away after using magic to inflate Uncle Vernon's sister Marge who was being offensive towards Harry's parents. Initially scared for using magic outside the school, he is pleasantly surprised that he won't be penalized after all. However, he soon learns that a dangerous criminal and Voldemort's trusted aide Sirius Black has escaped from the Azkaban prison and wants to kill Harry to avenge the Dark Lord. To worsen the conditions for Harry, vile creatures called Dementors are appointed to guard the school gates and inexplicably happen to have the most horrible effect on him. Little does Harry know that by the end of this year, many holes in his past (whatever he knows of it) will be filled up and he will have a clearer vision of what the future has in store...",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "UK, USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 14 wins & 45 nominations."
},
"La Femme Nikita": {
"title": "La Femme Nikita",
"year": "1990",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Thriller",
"plot": "Nikita est tr\u00e8s jeune, elle a vingt ans, mais elle a emprunt\u00e9 une mauvaise voie. Pendant un hold-up avec sa bande, elle tue un policier et est condamn\u00e9e \u00e0 la prison \u00e0 vie. Les services secrets, par contre, lui offrent une voie de sortie : devenir un agent sp\u00e9cial, pr\u00eat \u00e0 tout, \u00e0 leur service. Nikita accepte et commence ainsi un apprentissage tr\u00e8s dur qui concerne non seulement les diff\u00e9rents modes de tuer, de prendre la fuite ou de faire face \u00e0 des situations impr\u00e9vues, mais aussi la mani\u00e8re de se comporter en femme qui a de la classe, capable de se conduire avec aisance dans tous les milieux. Sous la conduite de Bob, Nikita arrive \u00e0 freiner son caract\u00e8re rebelle et \u00e0 surmonter la terrible \u00e9preuve finale. Elle semble \u00eatre devenue une personne diff\u00e9rente et tombe amoureuse. Mais faut-il faire confiance aux services secrets ?",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "France, Italy",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 6 wins & 16 nominations."
},
"L\u00e9on: The Professional": {
"title": "L\u00e9on: The Professional",
"year": "1994",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "After her father, mother, older sister and little brother are killed by her father's employers, the 12-year-old daughter of an abject drug dealer is forced to take refuge in the apartment of a professional hitman who at her request teaches her the methods of his job so she can take her revenge on the corrupt DEA agent who ruined her life by killing her beloved brother.",
"rating": "8.6",
"country": "France",
"awards": "5 wins & 11 nominations."
},
"When Harry Met Sally...": {
"title": "When Harry Met Sally...",
"year": "1989",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, Romance",
"plot": "Harry and Sally meet when she gives him a ride to New York after they both graduate from the University of Chicago. The film jumps through their lives as they both search for love, but fail, bumping into each other time and time again. Finally a close friendship blooms between them, and they both like having a friend of the opposite sex. But then they are confronted with the problem: \"Can a man and a woman be friends, without sex getting in the way?\"",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 16 nominations."
},
"Little Children": {
"title": "Little Children",
"year": "2006",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Romance",
"plot": "Echoes of \"Madame Bovary\" in the American suburbs. Sarah's in a loveless marriage to an advertising executive, long days with her young daughter at the park and the pool, wanting more. Brad is an immature househusband, married to a flinty documentary filmmaker. Ronnie is just out of prison - two years for indecent exposure to a minor - living with his elderly mother, May; Larry is a retired cop, fixated on driving Ronnie away. Sarah and Brad connect, a respite of adult companionship at the pool. Ronnie and Larry have their demons. Brad should be studying for the bar; Larry misses his job; Ronnie's mom thinks he needs a girlfriend. Sarah longs to refuse to be trapped in an unhappy life. Where can these tangled paths lead?",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 20 wins & 57 nominations."
},
"Arsenic and Old Lace": {
"title": "Arsenic and Old Lace",
"year": "1944",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Comedy, Crime, Thriller",
"plot": "Mortimer Brewster is a newspaperman and author known for his diatribes against marriage. We watch him being married at city hall in the opening scene. Now all that is required is a quick trip home to tell Mortimer's two maiden aunts. While trying to break the news, he finds out his aunts' hobby; killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar. It gets worse.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "1 nomination."
},
"Goodfellas": {
"title": "Goodfellas",
"year": "1990",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama",
"plot": "Henry Hill might be a small time gangster, who may have taken part in a robbery with Jimmy Conway and Tommy De Vito, two other gangsters who might have set their sights a bit higher. His two partners could kill off everyone else involved in the robbery, and slowly start to think about climbing up through the hierarchy of the Mob. Henry, however, might be badly affected by his partners' success, but will he consider stooping low enough to bring about the downfall of Jimmy and Tommy?",
"rating": "8.7",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 43 wins & 37 nominations."
},
"Barfi!": {
"title": "Barfi!",
"year": "2012",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, Romance",
"plot": "Set in the 1970s in a pretty corner of India, Barfi! is the story of three young people who learn that love can neither be defined nor contained by society's norms of normal and abnormal. Barfi, a hearing and speech impaired boy falls in love with Shruti. In spite of her deep affection for Barfii, Shruti gives into societal and parental pressure to marry a 'normal' man and lead a 'normal' life. Many years later their paths cross once again when Barfi, now in love with Jhilmil, is on the run from the police. Barfi is desperately seeking Jhilmil, who has gone missing. Shruti's realization that Jhilmil is autistic makes her recognize that true love is really blind. Caught in a cat and mouse game, in the search for the girl Barfi loves, Shruti realizes that she is still in love with him. She must now choose between her happiness and Barfi! stars three of India's most loved young stars, all essaying roles of a lifetime. The uber cool Ranbir Kapoor plays the lead role of Barfi!, the very talented Priyanka Chopra takes on the challenge of playing Jhilmil and South star Ileana makes her Hindi debut as Shruti. This season, don't worry, be Barfi!",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "India",
"awards": "35 wins & 21 nominations."
},
"Goldfinger": {
"title": "Goldfinger",
"year": "1964",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, Thriller",
"plot": "Bond is back and his next mission takes him to Fort Knox, where Auric Goldfinger and his henchman are planning to raid Fort Knox and obliterate the world economy. To save the world once again, Bond will need to become friends with Goldfinger, dodge killer hats and avoid Goldfinger's personal pilot, the sexy Pussy Galore. She might not have feelings for Bond, but will 007 help her change her mind?",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "UK, USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 6 nominations."
},
"Shutter Island": {
"title": "Shutter Island",
"year": "2010",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "It's 1954, and up-and-coming U.S. marshal Teddy Daniels is assigned to investigate the disappearance of a patient from Boston's Shutter Island Ashecliffe Hospital. He's been pushing for an assignment on the island for personal reasons, but before long he wonders whether he hasn't been brought there as part of a twisted plot by hospital doctors whose radical treatments range from unethical to illegal to downright sinister. Teddy's shrewd investigating skills soon provide a promising lead, but the hospital refuses him access to records he suspects would break the case wide open. As a hurricane cuts off communication with the mainland, more dangerous criminals \"escape\" in the confusion, and the puzzling, improbable clues multiply, Teddy begins to doubt everything - his memory, his partner, even his own sanity.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "9 wins & 62 nominations."
},
"The Last of the Mohicans": {
"title": "The Last of the Mohicans",
"year": "1992",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War",
"plot": "The last members of a dying Native American tribe, the Mohicans -- Uncas, his father Chingachgook, and his adopted half-white brother Hawkeye -- live in peace alongside British colonists. But when the daughters of a British colonel are kidnapped by a traitorous scout, Hawkeye and Uncas must rescue them in the crossfire of a gruesome military conflict of which they wanted no part: the French and Indian War.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 6 wins & 17 nominations."
},
"Synecdoche, New York": {
"title": "Synecdoche, New York",
"year": "2008",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama",
"plot": "Theater director Caden Cotard is mounting a new play. Fresh off of a successful production of Death of a Salesman, he has traded in the suburban blue-hairs and regional theater of Schenectady for the cultured audiences and bright footlights of Broadway. Armed with a MacArthur grant and determined to create a piece of brutal realism and honesty, something into which he can put his whole self, he gathers an ensemble cast into a warehouse in Manhattan's theater district. He directs them in a celebration of the mundane, instructing each to live out their constructed lives in a small mock-up of the city outside. As the city inside the warehouse grows, Caden's own life veers wildly off the tracks. The shadow of his ex-wife Adele, a celebrated painter who left him years ago for Germany's art scene, sneers at him from every corner. Somewhere in Berlin, his daughter Olive is growing up under the questionable guidance of Adele's friend, Maria. He's helplessly driving his marriage to actress Claire into the ground. Sammy Barnathan, the actor Caden has hired to play himself within the play, is a bit too perfect for the part, and is making it difficult for Caden to revive his relationship with the alluringly candid Hazel. Meanwhile, his therapist, Madeline Gravis, is better at plugging her best-seller than she is at counselling him. His second daughter, Ariel, is disabled. And a mysterious condition is systematically shutting down each of his autonomic functions, one by one. As the years rapidly pass, Caden buries himself deeper into his masterpiece. Populating the cast and crew with doppelgangers, he steadily blurs the line between the world of the play and that of his own deteriorating reality. As he pushes the limits of his relationships, both personally and professionally, a change in creative direction arrives in Millicent Weems, a celebrated theater actress who may offer Caden the break he needs.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "8 wins & 28 nominations."
},
"Straw Dogs": {
"title": "Straw Dogs",
"year": "1971",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "Upon moving to Britain to get away from American violence, astrophysicist David Sumner and his wife Amy are bullied and taken advantage of by the locals hired to do construction. When David finally takes a stand it escalates quickly into a bloody battle as the locals assault his house.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "UK, USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 1 nomination."
},
"In the Heat of the Night": {
"title": "In the Heat of the Night",
"year": "1967",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "Detective Virgil Tibbs is caught up in the racial tension of the US South when he is arrested after the murder of a prominent businessman. Tibbs was simply waiting for his next train at the station in Sparta, Mississippi and the confusion is soon resolved but when local police chief Gillespie learns that Tibbs is the Philadelphia PD's number one homicide expert, he reluctantly asks for his assistance. The murdered man, Mr. Colbert, had come to Sparta from the North to build a new factory and his wife and business associates immediately point the finger at Endicott, the most powerful man in the county and the one who had the most to lose if a major new employer comes to the area. Tibbs' life is clearly in danger but he perseveres in a highly charged and racially explosive environment until the killer is found.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 5 Oscars. Another 17 wins & 14 nominations."
},
"Cell 211": {
"title": "Cell 211",
"year": "2009",
"rated": "N/A",
"genre": "Action, Crime, Drama",
"plot": "Juan Oliver wants to make a good impression at his new job as a prison officer and reports to work a day early, leaving his pregnant wife, Elena, at home. His destiny is forever changed by this fateful decision, as during his tour of the prison, an accident occurs that knocks him unconscious. He is rushed to the empty but visibly haunted walls of cell 211. As this diversion unfolds, inmates of the high security cell block strategically break free and hijack the penitentiary. Aware of the violence that is to come, the prison officers flee, leaving Juan stranded and unconscious in the heart of the riot. When Juan awakens, he immediately takes stock of the situation; in order to survive, he must pretend to be a prisoner. Juan develops a dialogue with the violent leader of the riot, Badass, and the two begin a partnership, Badass fully believing that Juan is a new inmate. Negotiations go smoothly until the rioters take three ETA (the militant Basque separatist organization) prisoners hostage. When this hits the news, it triggers a stream of prison riots throughout the country as well as demonstrations in the Basque Country. Juan quickly realizes that he is on his own as the situation becomes more politicized and the government gets involved, afraid of potential ramifications in the Basque community. As the drama heightens, unexpected shifts in character both within and without the prison occur.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "Spain, France",
"awards": "42 wins & 24 nominations."
},
"Jos\u00e9phine, ange gardien": {
"title": "Jos\u00e9phine, ange gardien",
"year": "1997\u2013",
"rated": "N/A",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, Fantasy",
"plot": "The adventures of Josephine, a guardian angel sent to solve the problems of various people, using her magic powers.",
"rating": "4.0",
"country": "France, Belgium, Switzerland",
"awards": "3 wins."
},
"American Splendor": {
"title": "American Splendor",
"year": "2003",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Biography, Comedy, Drama",
"plot": "Harvey Pekar is file clerk at the local VA hospital. His interactions with his co-workers offer some relief from the monotony, and their discussions encompass everything from music to the decline of American culture to new flavors of jellybeans and life itself. At home, Harvey fills his days with reading, writing and listening to jazz. His apartment is filled with thousands of books and LPs, and he regularly scours Cleveland's thrift stores and garage sales for more, savoring the rare joy of a 25-cent find. It is at one of these junk sales that Harvey meets Robert Crumb, a greeting card artist and music enthusiast. When, years later, Crumb finds international success for his underground comics, the idea that comic books can be a valid art form for adults inspires Harvey to write his own brand of comic book. An admirer of naturalist writers like Theodore Dreiser, Harvey makes his American Splendor a truthful, unsentimental record of his working-class life, a warts-and-all self portrait. First published in 1976, the comic earns Harvey cult fame throughout the 1980s and eventually leads him to the sardonic Joyce Barber, a partner in a Delaware comic book store who end ups being Harvey's true soul mate as they experience the bizarre byproducts of Harvey's cult celebrity stature.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 31 wins & 49 nominations."
},
"3 Idiots": {
"title": "3 Idiots",
"year": "2009",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama",
"plot": "Farhan Qureshi and Raju Rastogi want to re-unite with their fellow collegian, Rancho, after faking a stroke aboard an Air India plane, and excusing himself from his wife - trouser less - respectively. Enroute, they encounter another student, Chatur Ramalingam, now a successful businessman, who reminds them of a bet they had undertaken 10 years ago. The trio, while recollecting hilarious antics, including their run-ins with the Dean of Delhi's Imperial College of Engineering, Viru Sahastrabudhe, race to locate Rancho, at his last known address - little knowing the secret that was kept from them all this time.",
"rating": "8.4",
"country": "India",
"awards": "26 wins & 13 nominations."
},
"Django Unchained": {
"title": "Django Unchained",
"year": "2012",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Western",
"plot": "A German dentist buys the freedom of a slave and trains him with the intent to make him his deputy bounty hunter. Instead, he is led to the site of the slave's wife who belongs to a ruthless plantation owner.",
"rating": "8.4",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 2 Oscars. Another 56 wins & 151 nominations."
},
"Munich": {
"title": "Munich",
"year": "2005",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, History, Thriller",
"plot": "After Black September's assassination of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972, Prime Minister Golda Meir okays a black-box operation to hunt down and kill all involved. A team of five gathers in Switzerland led by Avner, a low-level Mossad techie whose father was a war hero and whose wife is pregnant. It's an expendable team, but relying on paid informants, they track and kill several in Europe and Lebanon. They must constantly look over their shoulders for the CIA, KGB, PLO, and their own sources. As the body count mounts -- with retribution following retribution -- so do questions, doubts, and sleepless nights. Loyalties blur. What does it mean to be a Jew?",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "France, Canada, USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 13 wins & 65 nominations."
},
"An American Werewolf in London": {
"title": "An American Werewolf in London",
"year": "1981",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Horror",
"plot": "Two American college students are on a walking tour of Britain and are attacked by a werewolf. One is killed, the other is mauled. The werewolf is killed but reverts to its human form, and the local townspeople are unwilling to acknowledge its existence. The surviving student begins to have nightmares of hunting on four feet at first but then finds that his friend and other recent victims appear to him, demanding that he commit suicide to release them from their curse, being trapped between worlds because of their unnatural deaths.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "UK, USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 3 nominations."
},
"A Clockwork Orange": {
"title": "A Clockwork Orange",
"year": "1971",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi",
"plot": "Protagonist Alex DeLarge is an \"ultraviolent\" youth in futuristic Britain. As with all luck, his eventually runs out and he's arrested and convicted of murder and rape. While in prison, Alex learns of an experimental program in which convicts are programmed to detest violence. If he goes through the program, his sentence will be reduced and he will be back on the streets sooner than expected. But Alex's ordeals are far from over once he hits the mean streets of Britain that he had a hand in creating.",
"rating": "8.3",
"country": "UK, USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 9 wins & 19 nominations."
},
"Before Sunrise": {
"title": "Before Sunrise",
"year": "1995",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Romance",
"plot": "American tourist Jesse and French student Celine meet by chance on the train from Budapest to Vienna. Sensing that they are developing a connection, Jesse asks Celine to spend the day with him in Vienna, and she agrees. So they pass the time before his scheduled flight the next morning together. How do two perfect strangers connect so intimately over the course of a single day? What is that special thing that bonds two people so strongly? As their bond turns to love, what will happen to them the next morning when Jesse flies away?",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "USA, Austria, Switzerland",
"awards": "1 win & 7 nominations."
},
"The Jungle Book": {
"title": "The Jungle Book",
"year": "2016",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy",
"plot": "The man-cub Mowgli flees The jungle after a threat from the Tiger Shere Khan. Guided by Bagheera the panther and the bear Baloo, Mowgli embarks on a journey of self-discovery, though he also meets creatures who don't have his best interests at heart.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "UK, USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 31 wins & 54 nominations."
},
"Prop 8: The Musical": {
"title": "Prop 8: The Musical",
"year": "2008",
"rated": "N/A",
"genre": "Short, Comedy, Musical",
"plot": "The conflict of the aftermath of Proposition 8 (banning gay marriage in California) is solved by Jesus Christ explaining to the Prop 8-supporting Christians to choose love instead of hate and not to base all of one's philosophies off of the Bible.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "N/A"
},
"Grosse Pointe Blank": {
"title": "Grosse Pointe Blank",
"year": "1997",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller",
"plot": "Martin Blank is a freelance hitman who starts to develop a conscience, which causes him to muff a couple of routine assignments. On the advice of his secretary and his psychiatrist, he attends his 10th year High School reunion in Grosse Pointe, Michigan (a Detroit suburb where he's also contracted to kill someone). Hot on his tail are a couple of over-enthusiastic federal agents, another assassin who wants to kill him, and Grocer, an assassin who wants him to join an \"Assassin's Union.\"",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "2 wins & 6 nominations."
},
"Black Dynamite": {
"title": "Black Dynamite",
"year": "2009",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Comedy",
"plot": "This is the story of 1970s African-American action legend Black Dynamite. The Man killed his brother, pumped heroin into local orphanages, and flooded the ghetto with adulterated malt liquor. Black Dynamite was the one hero willing to fight The Man all the way from the blood-soaked city streets to the hallowed halls of the Honky House..",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "1 win & 4 nominations."
},
"Requiem for a Dream": {
"title": "Requiem for a Dream",
"year": "2000",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "Sara Goldfarb (Ellen Burstyn) is a retired widow, living in a small apartment. She spends most of her time watching TV, especially a particular self-help show. She has delusions of rising above her current dull existence by being a guest on that show. Her son, Harry (Jared Leto) is a junkie but along with his friend Tyrone (Marlon Wayans) has visions of making it big by becoming a drug dealer. Harry's girlfriend Marion (Jennifer Connelly) could be fashion designer or artist but is swept along in Harry's drug-centric world. Meanwhile Sara has developed an addiction of her own. She desperately wants to lose weight and so goes on a crash course involving popping pills, pills which turn out to be very addictive and harmful to her mental state.",
"rating": "8.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 33 wins & 62 nominations."
},
"Mr. Brooks": {
"title": "Mr. Brooks",
"year": "2007",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "Earl Brooks is a highly respected businessman and was recently named Portland's Man of the Year. He hides a terrible secret however: he is a serial killer known as the Thumbprint Killer. He has been attending AA meetings and has kept his addiction to killing under control for two years now but his alter ego, Marshall, has re-appeared and is pushing him to kill again. When he does kill a couple while they are making love, he is seen and photographed by someone who also has his own death and murder fetish. In a parallel story, the police detective investigating the murder is having problems of her own. She is going through a messy divorce and a violent criminal who had vowed revenge some years before has escaped from prison and is after her.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "2 nominations."
},
"The Station Agent": {
"title": "The Station Agent",
"year": "2003",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama",
"plot": "When his only friend and co-worker dies, a young man born with dwarfism moves to an abandoned train depot in rural New Jersey. Though he tried to maintain a life of solitude, he is soon entangled with an artist who is struggling with a personal tragedy and an overly friendly Cuban hot-dog vendor.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 28 wins & 31 nominations."
},
"The Breakfast Club": {
"title": "The Breakfast Club",
"year": "1985",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama",
"plot": "Beyond being in the same class at Shermer High School in Shermer, Illinois, Claire Standish, Andrew Clark, John Bender, Brian Johnson and Allison Reynolds have little in common, and with the exception of Claire and Andrew, do not associate with each other in school. In the simplest and in their own terms, Claire is a princess, Andrew an athlete, John a criminal, Brian a brain, and Allison a basket case. But one other thing they do have in common is a nine hour detention in the school library together on Saturday, March 24, 1984, under the direction of Mr. Vernon, supervising from his office across the hall. Each is required to write a minimum one thousand word essay during that time about who they think they are. At the beginning of those nine hours, each, if they were indeed planning on writing that essay, would probably write something close to what the world sees of them, and what they have been brainwashed into believing of themselves. But based on their adventures during that nine hours, they may come to a different opinion of themselves and the other four.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "2 wins."
},
"Rango": {
"title": "Rango",
"year": "2011",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Western",
"plot": "Rango is a pet chameleon always on the lookout for action and adventure, except the fake kind, where he directs it and acts in it. After a car accident, he winds up in an old western town called Dirt. What this town needs the most is water, but they also need a hero and a sheriff. The thirsty Rango instantly takes on the role of both and selfishly agrees to take on the case of their missing water.",
"rating": "7.2",
"country": "USA, Brazil",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 45 wins & 24 nominations."
},
"American Beauty": {
"title": "American Beauty",
"year": "1999",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "After his death sometime in his forty-third year, suburbanite Lester Burnham tells of the last few weeks of his life, during which he had no idea of his imminent passing. He is a husband to real estate agent Carolyn Burnham and father to high school student Janie Burnham. Although Lester and Carolyn once loved each other, they now merely tolerate each other. Typical wallflower Janie too hates both her parents, the three who suffer individually in silence in their home life. Janie tries to steer clear of both her parents. Carolyn, relatively new to the real estate business, wants to create the persona of success to further her career, she aspiring to the professional life of Buddy Kane, the king of the real estate business in their neighborhood. Lester merely walks mindlessly through life, including at his job in advertising. His company is downsizing, and he, like all the other employees, has to justify his position to the newly hired efficiency expert to keep his job. Things change for Lester when he falls in love at first sight with Janie's more experienced classmate, Angela Hays. Both Janie and Angela can see Lester's sexual infatuation with Angela, who courts such attention from any man as a sign that she is model material, she having once appeared in Seventeen and it a career to which she aspires. Lester's infatuation with Angela gives him a reenergized view on life, where he openly doesn't care anymore what anyone thinks about what he does, anyone except Angela. This infatuation coincides with the Fittses moving in next door: homophobic disciplinarian US Marine Colonel Frank Fitts who rules the house with a military fist (that fist being both figurative and literal), his semi-comatose wife Barbara Fitts, and their bright and quietly subversive eighteen year old son Ricky Fitts, who openly abides by his father's rules while behind the scenes lives by his own quite different perspective. Much like Lester's infatuation, Ricky immediately becomes infatuated with Janie, he who considers girls like Angela as ordinary. The entry of Angela and the Fittses into the Burnhams' lives ultimately leads to each of the players confronting what is truly in his or her heart.",
"rating": "8.4",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 5 Oscars. Another 104 wins & 100 nominations."
},
"All About Eve": {
"title": "All About Eve",
"year": "1950",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "Eve (Anne Baxter) is waiting backstage to meet her idol, aging Broadway star Margo Channing (Bette Davis). It seems innocent enough as Eve explains that she has seen Margo in EVERY performance of her current play. Only playwright/critic DeWitt (George Sanders) sees through Eve's evil plan, which is to take her parts and her fianc\u00e9, Bill Simpson (Gary Merrill). When the fianc\u00e9 shows no interest, she tries for playwright Lloyd Richards (Hugh Marlowe), but DeWitt stops her. After she accepts her award, she decides to skip the after-party and goes to her room, where a young woman named Phoebe has sneaked into her room and fallen asleep. This is where the \"Circle of Life\" now comes to fruition as Eve will get played like she played Margo.",
"rating": "8.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 6 Oscars. Another 17 wins & 17 nominations."
},
"American History X": {
"title": "American History X",
"year": "1998",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama",
"plot": "Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for brutally killing two black men who tried to break into/steal his truck. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader of a violent white supremacist gang that committed acts of racial crime throughout L.A. and his actions greatly influenced Danny. Reformed and fresh out of prison, Derek severs contact with the gang and becomes determined to keep Danny from going down the same violent path as he did.",
"rating": "8.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 13 nominations."
},
"The Longest Day": {
"title": "The Longest Day",
"year": "1962",
"rated": "G",
"genre": "Action, Drama, History, War",
"plot": "Tells the story of the D-Day invasion of Normandy in WWII. There are dozens of characters, some seen only briefly, who together weave the story of five separate invasion points that made up the operation.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 2 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 6 nominations."
},
"Leaving Las Vegas": {
"title": "Leaving Las Vegas",
"year": "1995",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Romance",
"plot": "Because his wife left him and took his son with her, screenwriter Ben Sanderson has started drinking, a lot. He's getting more and more isolated and he troubles women in bars because he wants to have sex with them. When he gets fired, he decides to leave everything behind and move to Las Vegas and drink himself to death. In Las Vegas he meets Sera, a prostitute with some problems as well who he moves in with.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "France, UK, USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 30 wins & 26 nominations."
},
"The Visitor": {
"title": "The Visitor",
"year": "2007",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "In Connecticut, lonely widowed Professor Walter Vale has a boring life. He teaches only one class at the local college and is trying to learn how to play the piano, despite not having the necessary musical talent. Walter is assigned to attend a conference about Global Policy and Development at New York University, where he is to give a lecture about a paper on which he is co-author. When he arrives at his apartment in New York, he finds Tarek Khalil, a Syrian musician, and Zainab, a Senegalese street vendor, living there. He sympathizes with the situation of the illegal immigrants and invites the couple to stay with him. Tarek invites him to go to his gig at Jules Live Jazz. Walter is fascinated with his African drum and Tarek offers to teach Walter to play the drum. However, after an incident in the subway, Tarek is arrested by the police and sent to a detention center for illegal immigrants. Walter has just hired a lawyer to defend Tarek when, out of the blue, Tarek's mother Mouna arrives at the apartment from Michigan. He invites her to stay in Tarek's room and while trying to get Tarek released, Walter and Mouna get close to each other and he finds reasons to feel life can be exciting and worth living again.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 19 wins & 34 nominations."
},
"La Dolce Vita": {
"title": "La Dolce Vita",
"year": "1960",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama",
"plot": "Journalist and man-about-town Marcello struggles to find his place in the world, torn between the allure of Rome's elite social scene and the stifling domesticity offered by his girlfriend, all the while searching for a way to become a serious writer.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "Italy, France",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 10 wins & 12 nominations."
},
"Avatar": {
"title": "Avatar",
"year": "2009",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi",
"plot": "When his brother is killed in a robbery, paraplegic Marine Jake Sully decides to take his place in a mission on the distant world of Pandora. There he learns of greedy corporate figurehead Parker Selfridge's intentions of driving off the native humanoid \"Na'vi\" in order to mine for the precious material scattered throughout their rich woodland. In exchange for the spinal surgery that will fix his legs, Jake gathers intel for the cooperating military unit spearheaded by gung-ho Colonel Quaritch, while simultaneously attempting to infiltrate the Na'vi people with the use of an \"avatar\" identity. While Jake begins to bond with the native tribe and quickly falls in love with the beautiful alien Neytiri, the restless Colonel moves forward with his ruthless extermination tactics, forcing the soldier to take a stand - and fight back in an epic battle for the fate of Pandora.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "UK, USA",
"awards": "Won 3 Oscars. Another 85 wins & 128 nominations."
},
"Open Your Eyes": {
"title": "Open Your Eyes",
"year": "1997",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Mystery, Romance",
"plot": "A once handsome playboy, C\u00e9sar finds himself in a mental facility and he can't remember why. All he can remember is meeting the love of his life for one day, and then getting into a car accident which left his face horribly disfigured. But the pain of becoming physically undesirable may help him to find the truth.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "Spain, France, Italy",
"awards": "5 wins & 11 nominations."
},
"The Little Mermaid": {
"title": "The Little Mermaid",
"year": "1989",
"rated": "G",
"genre": "Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance",
"plot": "In Disney's beguiling animated romp, rebellious 16-year-old mermaid Ariel is fascinated with life on land. On one of her visits to the surface, which are forbidden by her controlling father, King Triton, she falls for a human prince. Determined to be with her new love, Ariel makes a dangerous deal with the sea witch Ursula to become human for three days. But when plans go awry for the star-crossed lovers, the king must make the ultimate sacrifice for his daughter.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 2 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 8 nominations."
},
"October Sky": {
"title": "October Sky",
"year": "1999",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Biography, Drama, Family",
"plot": "In a 1950's mining town called Coalwood, Homer Hickam is a kid with only one future in sight, to work in the local coal mine like his father. However in October 1957, everything changes when the first artificial satellite, Sputnik goes into orbit. With that event, Homer becomes inspired to learn how to build rockets. With his friends and the local nerd, Homer sets to do just that by trial and a lot of error. Unfortunately, most of the town and especially Homer's father thinks that they are wasting their time. Only one teacher in the high school understands their efforts and lets them know that they could become contenders in the national science fair with college scholarships being the prize. Now the gang must learn to perfect their craft and overcome the many problems facing them as they shoot for the stars.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "4 wins & 11 nominations."
},
"Eraserhead": {
"title": "Eraserhead",
"year": "1977",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Horror",
"plot": "A film that defies conventional logic and storytelling, fueled by its dark nightmarish atmosphere and compellingly disturbing visuals. Henry Spencer is a hapless factory worker on his vacation when he finds out he's the father of a hideously deformed baby. Now living with his unhappy, malcontent girlfriend, the child cries day and night, driving Henry and his girlfriend to near insanity.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "2 wins & 1 nomination."
},
"End of Watch": {
"title": "End of Watch",
"year": "2012",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "In South Central Los Angeles, street cops Brian and Mike are partners - balls-out cowboys patrolling the streets as Latino gangs are in a power struggle with Blacks. Brian and Mike get lucky a couple of times, making big drug and human-trafficking busts, so a Mexican cartel orders their deaths. We meet Mike's pregnant wife (whom he married out of high school) and watch Brian's search for a soul mate. There are internal squabbles within the ranks of the LAPD and lots of squad-car conversation. Can the lads escape the cartel's murderous reach?",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "3 wins & 10 nominations."
},
"Lawrence of Arabia": {
"title": "Lawrence of Arabia",
"year": "1962",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, War",
"plot": "Due to his knowledge of the native Bedouin tribes, British Lieutenant T.E. Lawrence is sent to Arabia to find Prince Faisal and serve as a liaison between the Arabs and the British in their fight against the Turks. With the aid of native Sherif Ali, Lawrence rebels against the orders of his superior officer and strikes out on a daring camel journey across the harsh desert to attack a well-guarded Turkish port.",
"rating": "8.3",
"country": "UK",
"awards": "Won 7 Oscars. Another 23 wins & 14 nominations."
},
"After Hours": {
"title": "After Hours",
"year": "1985",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "A meek word processor impulsively travels to Manhattan's Soho District to date an attractive but apparently disturbed young woman and finds himself trapped there in a nightmarishly surreal vortex of improbable coincidences and farcical circumstances.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 3 wins & 8 nominations."
},
"The Following": {
"title": "The Following",
"year": "2013\u20132015",
"rated": "TV-14",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "The FBI estimates there are currently over 300 active serial killers in the United States. What would happen if these killers had a way of communicating and connecting with each other? What if they were able to work together and form alliances across the country? What if one brilliant psychotic serial killer was able to bring them all together and activate a following?",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "3 wins & 13 nominations."
},
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1": {
"title": "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1",
"year": "2010",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery",
"plot": "Voldemort's power is growing stronger. He now has control over the Ministry of Magic and Hogwarts. Harry, Ron, and Hermione decide to finish Dumbledore's work and find the rest of the Horcruxes to defeat the Dark Lord. But little hope remains for the Trio, and the rest of the Wizarding World, so everything they do must go as planned.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "UK, USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 15 wins & 53 nominations."
},
"House of Sand and Fog": {
"title": "House of Sand and Fog",
"year": "2003",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama",
"plot": "An emotionally broken woman, Kathy, suddenly finds herself homeless after her house is wrongly repossessed and auctioned. Seeking respite from his marriage, Lester, a sympathetic sheriff's deputy comes to the aid of Kathy and becomes intimately involved in her situation. Soon, Behrani, a proud emigrant Iranian and his family move into the house only to find their new lives burdened by harassment from Lester and Kathy as they attempt to reclaim her former home. The once prosperous colonel denies Kathy's pleas for he knows his recent purchase promises a profitable return and a better future for his adolescent son and his wife. But latent consequences lie beneath Behrani's well intentioned plan as Kathy's emotions spiral out of control and her actions spark a tragic chain of events that will leave no resident unscathed in the House of Sand and Fog.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 13 wins & 39 nominations."
},
"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon": {
"title": "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon",
"year": "2000",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance",
"plot": "In 19th century Qing Dynasty China, a warrior gives his sword, Green Destiny, to his lover to deliver to safe keeping, but it is stolen, and the chase is on to find it. The search leads to the House of Yu where the story takes on a whole different level.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "Taiwan, Hong Kong, USA, China",
"awards": "Won 4 Oscars. Another 96 wins & 130 nominations."
},
"Shallow Grave": {
"title": "Shallow Grave",
"year": "1994",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Thriller",
"plot": "The new flatmate of three preexisting roommates turns up mysteriously dead but in possession of a large sum of money. When the roommates decide to keep it for themselves, their action sets in motion a destructive chain of events that spiral out of control.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "UK",
"awards": "14 wins & 1 nomination."
},
"In the Mood for Love": {
"title": "In the Mood for Love",
"year": "2000",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Drama, Romance",
"plot": "Set in Hong Kong, 1962, Chow Mo-Wan is a newspaper editor who moves into a new building with his wife. At the same time, Su Li-zhen, a beautiful secretary and her executive husband also move in to the crowded building. With their spouses often away, Chow and Li-zhen spend most of their time together as friends. They have everything in common from noodle shops to martial arts. Soon, they are shocked to discover that their spouses are having an affair. Hurt and angry, they find comfort in their growing friendship even as they resolve not to be like their unfaithful mates.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "Hong Kong, China",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 44 wins & 47 nominations."
},
"The Notebook": {
"title": "The Notebook",
"year": "2004",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Drama, Romance",
"plot": "In a nursing home, resident Duke reads a romance story for an old woman who has senile dementia with memory loss. In the late 1930s, wealthy seventeen year-old Allie Hamilton is spending summer vacation in Seabrook. Local worker Noah Calhoun meets Allie at a carnival and they soon fall in love with each other. One day, Noah brings Allie to an ancient house that he dreams of buying and restoring and they attempt to make love but get interrupted by their friend. Allie's parents do not approve of their romance since Noah belongs to another social class, and they move to New York with her. Noah writes 365 letters (A Year) to Allie, but her mother Anne Hamilton does not deliver them to her daughter. Three years later, the United States joins the World War II and Noah and his best friend Fin enlist in the army, and Allie works as an army nurse. She meets injured soldier Lon Hammond in the hospital. After the war, they meet each other again going on dates and then, Lon, who is wealthy and handsome, proposes. Meanwhile Noah buys and restores the old house and many people want to buy it. When Allie accidentally sees the photo of Noah and his house in a newspaper, she feels divided between her first love and her commitment with Lon. Meanwhile Duke stops reading to the old lady since his children are visiting him in the nursing home.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "12 wins & 10 nominations."
},
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly": {
"title": "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly",
"year": "2007",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Biography, Drama",
"plot": "Forty-three year old Elle magazine editor Jean-Dominique Bauby - Jean-Do to his friends - awakens not knowing where he is. He is in a Berck-sur-Mer hospital, where he has been for the past several weeks in a coma after suffering a massive stroke. Although his cognitive facilities are in tact, he quickly learns that he has what is called locked-in syndrome which has resulted in him being almost completely paralyzed, including not being able to speak. One of his few functioning muscles is his left eye. His physical situation and hospitalization uncomfortably bring together the many people in his life, including: C\u00e9line Desmoulins, his ex-lover and mother of his children; In\u00e8s, his current lover; and his aged father who he calls Papinou. Among his compassionate recuperative team are his physical therapist Marie, and his speech therapist Henriette. Henriette eventually teaches him to communicate using a system where he spells out words: she reads out the letters of the alphabet in descending order of their use in the French language, and he blinks his functioning left eye when she reaches the appropriate letter. Although frustrating at start, he learns to communicate effectively but slowly using this method, so much so that with the help of Claude, a full time translator, he decides on the monumental and seemingly impossible task to keep to his pre-injury commitment of writing a book, changing its focus to life in his current state.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "France, USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 66 wins & 95 nominations."
},
"Rear Window": {
"title": "Rear Window",
"year": "1954",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "Professional photographer L.B. \"Jeff\" Jeffries breaks his leg while getting an action shot at an auto race. Confined to his New York apartment, he spends his time looking out of the rear window observing the neighbors. He begins to suspect that a man across the courtyard may have murdered his wife. Jeff enlists the help of his high society fashion-consultant girlfriend Lisa Freemont and his visiting nurse Stella to investigate.",
"rating": "8.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 8 nominations."
},
"Before Midnight": {
"title": "Before Midnight",
"year": "2013",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Romance",
"plot": "It has been nine years since we last met Jesse and Celine, the French-American couple who once met on a train in Vienna. They now live in Paris with twin daughters, but have spent a summer in Greece on the invitation of an author colleague of Jesse's. When the vacation is over and Jesse must send his teenage son off to the States, he begins to question his life decisions, and his relationship with Celine is at risk.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "USA, Greece",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 21 wins & 59 nominations."
},
"Army of Darkness": {
"title": "Army of Darkness",
"year": "1992",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Horror",
"plot": "Ash is transported with his car to 1,300 A.D., where he is captured by Lord Arthur and turned slave with Duke Henry the Red and a couple of his men. When Ash is thrown into a pit, he defeats two monsters and wins respect of Arthur's army and vassals. The Wiseman points Ash as The Chosen One that will retrieve the Necronomicon but Ash is only interested in returning home. When he learns that the only way to return to his time is using the Necronomicon, Ash decides to travel to the unholy land of the Deadites. The Wiseman advises that he must say the words \"Klaatu Barada Nikto\" to safely get the evil book. However, Ash forgets the last word and an army of the dead resurrects to attack Arthur fortress and recover the Necronomicon. The battle between the living and the dead is about to start and the support of Henry the Red is the only way to help Ash and Arthur to defeat the army of darkness.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "10 wins & 7 nominations."
},
"Ray": {
"title": "Ray",
"year": "2004",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Biography, Drama, Music",
"plot": "The story of Ray Charles, music legend. Told in his adult live with flashbacks to his youth we see his humble origins in Florida, his turbulent childhood which included losing his brother and then his sight, his rise as pianist in a touring band, his writing his own songs and running his own band and then stardom. Also includes his addiction to drugs and its affect on his working life and family life.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 2 Oscars. Another 52 wins & 54 nominations."
},
"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King": {
"title": "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King",
"year": "2003",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy",
"plot": "The final confrontation between the forces of good and evil fighting for control of the future of Middle-earth. Hobbits: Frodo and Sam reach Mordor in their quest to destroy the \"one ring\", while Aragorn leads the forces of good against Sauron's evil army at the stone city of Minas Tirith.",
"rating": "8.9",
"country": "New Zealand, USA",
"awards": "Won 11 Oscars. Another 197 wins & 122 nominations."
},
"Kung Fu Panda": {
"title": "Kung Fu Panda",
"year": "2008",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family",
"plot": "It's the story about a lazy, irreverent slacker panda, named Po, who is the biggest fan of Kung Fu around...which doesn't exactly come in handy while working every day in his family's noodle shop. Unexpectedly chosen to fulfill an ancient prophecy, Po's dreams become reality when he joins the world of Kung Fu and studies alongside his idols, the legendary Furious Five -- Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper and Monkey -- under the leadership of their guru, Master Shifu. But before they know it, the vengeful and treacherous snow leopard Tai Lung is headed their way, and it's up to Po to defend everyone from the oncoming threat. Can he turn his dreams of becoming a Kung Fu master into reality? Po puts his heart - and his girth - into the task, and the unlikely hero ultimately finds that his greatest weaknesses turn out to be his greatest strengths.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 14 wins & 37 nominations."
},
"Reign Over Me": {
"title": "Reign Over Me",
"year": "2007",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "Alan Johnson has everything he needs to get through life: a good job, a beautiful and loving wife, and their wonderful children. Yet he feels isolated because he finds having a hard-working job and managing a family too much to handle and has no one to talk to about it. Charlie Fineman, on the other hand, doesn't have a job or a family. He used to have both until a terrible loss, and the grief caused him to quit his job and isolate himself from everyone around him. As it turns out, Alan and Charlie were roommates in college, and a chance encounter one night rekindles the friendship they shared. But when Charlie's problems become too much to deal with, Alan is determined to help Charlie come out of his emotional abyss.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "3 nominations."
},
"Collateral": {
"title": "Collateral",
"year": "2004",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "LA cabbie Max Durocher is the type of person who can wax poetic about other people's lives, which impresses U.S. Justice Department prosecutor Annie Farrell, one of his fares, so much that she gives him her telephone number at the end of her ride. Although a dedicated man as seen through the efficiency in which he does his work, he can't or won't translate that eloquence into a better life for himself. He deludes himself into believing that his now twelve year cabbie job is temporary and that someday he will own his own limousine service. He even lies to his hospitalized mother that he already owns one, with a further lie that he tells her as such primarily to make her happy, rather than the truth which is that he won't do anything to achieve that dream. One night, Max picks up a well dressed man named Vincent, who asks Max to be his only fare for the evening. For a flat fee of $600, plus an extra $100 if he gets to the airport on time - Vincent wants Max to drive him to five stops that evening. Max somewhat reluctantly agrees. Max learns the hard way at their first stop when a body falls from a third story apartment window and lands dead on top of his cab that Vincent is a contract hit man. Vincent's main goal, as per his current contract, is to kill five people, one at each of the stops, but he will not let others get in the way of that goal, even if it means killing them, including Max. As Vincent forces Max to continue driving him for the evening, Max tries slyly at every turn to take back control of his life from Vincent, especially when Max learns of one of the names on Vincent's hit list. Meanwhile, LAPD narcotics detective, Ray Fanning, and ultimately the FBI get involved when Vincent's first victim is associated with a case in which Ray is working undercover. Ray is able to piece together information which makes him hot on Max and Vincent's tail.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 23 wins & 68 nominations."
},
"City of God": {
"title": "City of God",
"year": "2002",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama",
"plot": "Brazil, 1960s, City of God. The Tender Trio robs motels and gas trucks. Younger kids watch and learn well...too well. 1970s: Li'l Z\u00e9 has prospered very well and owns the city. He causes violence and fear as he wipes out rival gangs without mercy. His best friend Ben\u00e9 is the only one to keep him on the good side of sanity. Rocket has watched these two gain power for years, and he wants no part of it. Yet he keeps getting swept up in the madness. All he wants to do is take pictures. 1980s: Things are out of control between the last two remaining gangs...will it ever end? Welcome to the City of God.",
"rating": "8.6",
"country": "Brazil, France",
"awards": "Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 66 wins & 38 nominations."
},
"Dark City": {
"title": "Dark City",
"year": "1998",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller",
"plot": "John Murdoch awakens alone in a strange hotel to find that he has lost his memory and is wanted for a series of brutal and bizarre murders. While trying to piece together his past, he stumbles upon a fiendish underworld controlled by a group of beings known as The Strangers who possess the ability to put people to sleep and alter the city and its inhabitants. Now Murdoch must find a way to stop them before they take control of his mind and destroy him.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "Australia, USA",
"awards": "10 wins & 15 nominations."
},
"The World's Fastest Indian": {
"title": "The World's Fastest Indian",
"year": "2005",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Biography, Drama, Sport",
"plot": "For 25 years in Invercargill at the south end of New Zealand, Burt Munro (1899-1978) has been working on increasing the speed of his motorcycle, a 1920 Indian. He dreams of taking it to the Bonneville Salt Flats to see how fast it will go. By the early 1960s, heart disease threatens his life, so he mortgages his house and takes a boat to Los Angeles, buys an old car, builds a makeshift trailer, gets the Indian through customs, and heads for Utah. Along the way, people he meets are charmed by his open, direct friendliness. If he makes it to Bonneville, will they let an old guy on the flats with makeshift tires, no brakes, and no chute? And will the Indian actually respond?",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "New Zealand, Japan, USA",
"awards": "10 wins & 6 nominations."
},
"Ip Man": {
"title": "Ip Man",
"year": "2008",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Biography, Drama, Sport",
"plot": "In 1935 in Foshan, south China, there are martial arts schools on every street corner. Ip Man is the undisputed martial arts champion, yet he has not devoted himself to teaching. Despite this, it seems that all the kung fu masters of the city are eager to fight him to improve their reputation.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "Hong Kong, China",
"awards": "12 wins & 16 nominations."
},
"500 Days of Summer": {
"title": "500 Days of Summer",
"year": "2009",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, Romance",
"plot": "After it looks as if she's left his life for good this time, Tom Hansen reflects back on the just over one year that he knew Summer Finn. For Tom, it was love at first sight when she walked into the greeting card company where he worked, she the new administrative assistant. Soon, Tom knew that Summer was the woman with whom he wanted to spend the rest of his life. Although Summer did not believe in relationships or boyfriends - in her assertion, real life will always ultimately get in the way - Tom and Summer became more than just friends. Through the trials and tribulations of Tom and Summer's so-called relationship, Tom could always count on the advice of his two best friends, McKenzie and Paul. However, it is Tom's adolescent sister, Rachel, who is his voice of reason. After all is said and done, Tom is the one who ultimately has to make the choice to listen or not.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 17 wins & 54 nominations."
},
"Run Lola Run": {
"title": "Run Lola Run",
"year": "1998",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "Lola receives a phone call from her boyfriend Manni. He lost 100,000 DM in a subway train that belongs to a very bad guy. Lola has 20 min to raise this amount and meet Manni. Otherwise, he will rob a store to get the money. Three different alternatives may happen depending on some minor event along Lola's run.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "Germany",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 28 wins & 19 nominations."
},
"Layer Cake": {
"title": "Layer Cake",
"year": "2004",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "A successful cocaine dealer, who has earned a respected place among England's Mafia elite, plans an early retirement from the business. However, big boss Jimmy Price hands down a tough assignment: find Charlotte Ryder, the missing rich princess daughter of Jimmy's old pal Edward, a powerful construction business player and gossip papers socialite. Complicating matters are two million pounds' worth of Grade A ecstasy, a brutal Serbian gang and a whole series of double crossings. The title \"LAYER CAKE\" refers to the layers or levels anyone in business goes through in rising to the top. What is revealed is a modern underworld where the rules have changed. There are no 'codes', or 'families' and respect lasts as long as a line. Not knowing who he can trust, he has to use all his 'savvy', 'telling' and skills which make him one of the best, to escape his own. The ultimate last job, a love interest called Tammy, and an international drug ring threaten to draw him back into the 'cake mix'. But, time is running out and the penalty will endure a lifetime..",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "UK",
"awards": "2 wins & 9 nominations."
},
"Take Shelter": {
"title": "Take Shelter",
"year": "2011",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Horror, Thriller",
"plot": "Curtis, a father and husband, is starting to experience bad dreams and hallucinations. Assuming mental illness, he seeks medical help and counseling. However, fearing the worst, he starts building an elaborate and expensive storm shelter in their backyard. This storm shelter threatens to tear apart his family, threatens his sanity and his standing in the community, but he builds it to save his family's life.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "42 wins & 36 nominations."
},
"About Time": {
"title": "About Time",
"year": "2013",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi",
"plot": "At the age of 21, Tim Lake (Domhnall Gleeson) discovers he can travel in time... The night after another unsatisfactory New Year party, Tim's father (Bill Nighy) tells his son that the men in his family have always had the ability to travel through time. Tim can't change history, but he can change what happens and has happened in his own life-so he decides to make his world a better place...by getting a girlfriend. Sadly, that turns out not to be as easy as you might think. Moving from the Cornwall coast to London to train as a lawyer, Tim finally meets the beautiful but insecure Mary (Rachel McAdams). They fall in love, then an unfortunate time-travel incident means he's never met her at all. So they meet for the first time again-and again-but finally, after a lot of cunning time-traveling, he wins her heart. Tim then uses his power to create the perfect romantic proposal, to save his wedding from the worst best-man speeches, to save his best friend from professional disaster and to get his pregnant wife to the hospital in time for the birth of their daughter, despite a nasty traffic jam outside Abbey Road. But as his unusual life progresses, Tim finds out that his unique gift can't save him from the sorrows and ups and downs that affect all families, everywhere. There are great limits to what time travel can achieve, and it can be dangerous too.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "UK",
"awards": "3 wins & 10 nominations."
},
"The Help": {
"title": "The Help",
"year": "2011",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "Set in Mississippi during the 1960s, Skeeter (Stone) is a southern society girl who returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends' lives -- and a Mississippi town -- upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families. Aibileen (Davis), Skeeter's best friend's housekeeper, is the first to open up -- to the dismay of her friends in the tight-knit black community. Despite Skeeter's life-long friendships hanging in the balance, she and Aibileen continue their collaboration and soon more women come forward to tell their stories -- and as it turns out, they have a lot to say. Along the way, unlikely friendships are forged and a new sisterhood emerges, but not before everyone in town has a thing or two to say themselves when they become unwittingly -- and unwillingly -- caught up in the changing times.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "USA, India, United Arab Emirates",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 79 wins & 116 nominations."
},
"The Lincoln Lawyer": {
"title": "The Lincoln Lawyer",
"year": "2011",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "Mick Haller is a defense lawyer who works out of his Lincoln. When a wealthy Realtor is accused of assaulting a prostitute, Haller is asked to defend him. The man claims that the woman is trying to get some money out of him. But when Haller looks at the evidence against him, he learns that this case might be linked to an old case of his.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "1 nomination."
},
"Diabolique": {
"title": "Diabolique",
"year": "1955",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "The wife and mistress of a sadistic boarding school headmaster plot to kill him. They drown him in the bathtub and dump the body in the school's filthy swimming pool... but when the pool is drained, the body has disappeared - and subsequent reported sightings of the headmaster slowly drive his 'killers' (and the audience) up the wall with almost unbearable suspense...",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "France",
"awards": "4 wins."
},
"The Birds": {
"title": "The Birds",
"year": "1963",
"rated": "PASSED",
"genre": "Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance",
"plot": "Melanie Daniels is the modern rich socialite, part of the jet-set who always gets what she wants. When lawyer Mitch Brenner sees her in a pet shop, he plays something of a practical joke on her, and she decides to return the favor. She drives about an hour north of San Francisco to Bodega Bay, where Mitch spends the weekends with his mother Lydia and younger sister Cathy. Soon after her arrival, however, the birds in the area begin to act strangely. A seagull attacks Melanie as she is crossing the bay in a small boat, and then, Lydia finds her neighbor dead, obviously the victim of a bird attack. Soon, birds in the hundreds and thousands are attacking anyone they find out of doors. There is no explanation as to why this might be happening, and as the birds continue their vicious attacks, survival becomes the priority.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 5 nominations."
},
"I Saw the Devil": {
"title": "I Saw the Devil",
"year": "2010",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller",
"plot": "Jang Kyung-chul (Choi Min-sik) is a dangerous psychopath serial killer. He has committed infernal serial murders in diabolic ways that one cannot even imagine and his victims range from young women to even children. The police have chased him for a long time, but were unable to catch him. One day, Joo-yeon, daughter of a retired police chief becomes his prey and is found dead in a horrific state. Her fianc\u00e9 Soo-hyun (Lee Byung-hun), a top secret agent, decides to track down the murderer himself. He promises himself that he will do everything in his power to take bloody vengeance against the killer, even if it means that he must become a monster himself to get this monstrous and inhumane killer.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "South Korea",
"awards": "16 wins & 19 nominations."
},
"Mean Streets": {
"title": "Mean Streets",
"year": "1973",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "The future is set for Tony and Michael - owning a neighbourhood bar and making deals in the mean streets of New York city's Little Italy. For Charlie, the future is less clearly defined. A small-time hood, he works for his uncle, making collections and reclaiming bad debts. He's probably too nice to succeed. In love with a woman his uncle disapproves of (because of her epilepsy) and a friend of her cousin, Johnny Boy, a near psychotic whose trouble-making threatens them all - he can't reconcile opposing values. A failed attempt to escape (to Brooklyn) moves them all a step closer to a bitter, almost preordained future.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "5 wins & 5 nominations."
},
"Taxi Driver": {
"title": "Taxi Driver",
"year": "1976",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama",
"plot": "Travis Bickle is an ex-Marine and Vietnam War veteran living in New York City. As he suffers from insomnia, he spends his time working as a taxi driver at night, watching porn movies at seedy cinemas during the day, or thinking about how the world, New York in particular, has deteriorated into a cesspool. He's a loner who has strong opinions about what is right and wrong with mankind. For him, the one bright spot in New York humanity is Betsy, a worker on the presidential nomination campaign of Senator Charles Palantine. He becomes obsessed with her. After an incident with her, he believes he has to do whatever he needs to make the world a better place in his opinion. One of his priorities is to be the savior for Iris, a twelve-year-old runaway and prostitute who he believes wants out of the profession and under the thumb of her pimp and lover Matthew.",
"rating": "8.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 21 wins & 15 nominations."
},
"13 Assassins": {
"title": "13 Assassins",
"year": "2010",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, Drama",
"plot": "In 1844, the peace of Feudal Japan is threatened by cruel Lord Naritsugu Matsudaira, who is politically rising and getting closer to his half-brother, the shogun. After the harakiri of the Namiya clan leader, samurai Shinzaemon Shimada is summoned by the shogun's advisor Sir Doi of the Akashi Clan to listen to the tragedy of Makino Uneme, whose son and daughter-in-law have been murdered by Naritsugu. Then Sir Doi shows a woman with arms, legs and tongue severed by Naritsugu and she writes with her forearm a request to Shinza to slaughter Naritsugu and his samurai. Shinza promises to kill Naritsugu and he gathers eleven other samurais and plots a plan to attack Naritsugu in his trip back to the Akashi land. But the cunning samurai Hanbei Kitou that is responsible for the security of his master foresees Shinza's intent. Shinza decides to go with his samurai through the mountain, where they find the hunter Koyata that guides them off the mountain and joins the group. Now the thirteen men prepare an ambush to Naritsugu and his army of two hundred samurai in a suicide mission to stop evil.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "Japan, UK",
"awards": "14 wins & 27 nominations."
},
"Strangers on a Train": {
"title": "Strangers on a Train",
"year": "1951",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller",
"plot": "Bruno Anthony thinks he has the perfect plot to rid himself of his hated father and when he meets tennis player Guy Haines on a train, he thinks he's found the partner he needs to pull it off. His plan is relatively simple. Two strangers each agree to kill someone the other person wants disposed of. For example, Guy could kill his father and he could get rid of Guy's wife Miriam, freeing him to marry Anne Morton, the beautiful daughter of a U.S. Senator. Guy dismisses it all out of hand but Bruno goes ahead with his half of the 'bargain' and disposes of Miriam. When Guy balks, Bruno makes it quite clear that he will plant evidence to implicate Guy in her murder if he doesn't get rid of his father. Guy had also made some unfortunate statements about Miriam after she had refused him a divorce. It all leads the police to believe Guy is responsible for the murder, forcing him to deal with Bruno's mad ravings.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 1 nomination."
},
"The Count of Monte Cristo": {
"title": "The Count of Monte Cristo",
"year": "2002",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller",
"plot": "'The Count of Monte Cristo' is a remake of the Alexander Dumas tale by the same name. Dantes, a sailor who is falsely accused of treason by his best friend Fernand, who wants Dantes' girlfriend Mercedes for himself. Dantes is imprisoned on the island prison of Chateau d'If for 13 years, where he plots revenge against those who betrayed him. With the help of another prisoner, he escapes the island and proceeds to transform himself into the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo as part of his plan to exact revenge.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "UK, USA, Ireland",
"awards": "N/A"
},
"Shine": {
"title": "Shine",
"year": "1996",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Biography, Drama, Music",
"plot": "As a child piano prodigy, David Helfgott's musical ambitions generate friction with his overbearing father, Peter. When Helfgott travels to London on a musical scholarship, his career as a pianist blossoms. However, the pressures of his newfound fame, coupled with the echoes of his tumultuous childhood, conspire to bring Helfgott's latent schizophrenia boiling to the surface, and he spends years in and out of various mental institutions.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "Australia",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 45 wins & 51 nominations."
},
"Blow": {
"title": "Blow",
"year": "2001",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Biography, Crime, Drama",
"plot": "A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes bankrupt. George does not want the same thing to happen to him, and his friend Tuna, in the 1960's, suggests that he deal marijuana. He is a big hit in California in the 1960's, yet he goes to jail, where he finds out about the wonders of cocaine. As a result, when released, he gets rich by bringing cocaine to America. However, he soon pays the price.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "3 wins & 9 nominations."
},
"Ben-Hur": {
"title": "Ben-Hur",
"year": "1959",
"rated": "G",
"genre": "Adventure, Drama, History",
"plot": "Judah Ben-Hur lives as a rich Jewish prince and merchant in Jerusalem at the beginning of the 1st century. Together with the new governor his old friend Messala arrives as commanding officer of the Roman legions. At first they are happy to meet after a long time but their different politic views separate them. During the welcome parade a roof tile falls down from Judah's house and injures the governor. Although Messala knows they are not guilty, he sends Judah to the galleys and throws his mother and sister into prison. But Judah swears to come back and take revenge.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 11 Oscars. Another 17 wins & 13 nominations."
},
"Zero Dark Thirty": {
"title": "Zero Dark Thirty",
"year": "2012",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "Maya is a CIA operative whose first experience is in the interrogation of prisoners following the Al Qaeda attacks against the U.S. on the 11th September 2001. She is a reluctant participant in extreme duress applied to the detainees, but believes that the truth may only be obtained through such tactics. For several years, she is single-minded in her pursuit of leads to uncover the whereabouts of Al Qaeda's leader, Osama Bin Laden. Finally, in 2011, it appears that her work will pay off, and a U.S. Navy SEAL team is sent to kill or capture Bin Laden. But only Maya is confident Bin Laden is where she says he is.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 87 wins & 171 nominations."
},
"Equilibrium": {
"title": "Equilibrium",
"year": "2002",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller",
"plot": "In a futuristic world, a strict regime has eliminated war by suppressing emotions: books, art and music are strictly forbidden and feeling is a crime punishable by death. Cleric John Preston (Bale) is a top ranking government agent responsible for destroying those who resist the rules. When he misses a dose of Prozium, a mind-altering drug that hinders emotion, Preston, who has been trained to enforce the strict laws of the new regime, suddenly becomes the only person capable of overthrowing it.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "2 nominations."
},
"District 9": {
"title": "District 9",
"year": "2009",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Sci-Fi, Thriller",
"plot": "In 1982, a massive star ship bearing a bedraggled alien population, nicknamed \"The Prawns,\" appeared over Johannesburg, South Africa. Twenty-eight years later, the initial welcome by the human population has faded. The refugee camp where the aliens were located has deteriorated into a militarized ghetto called District 9, where they are confined and exploited in squalor. In 2010, the munitions corporation, Multi-National United, is contracted to forcibly evict the population with operative Wikus van der Merwe in charge. In this operation, Wikus is exposed to a strange alien chemical and must rely on the help of his only two new 'Prawn' friends.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "South Africa, USA, New Zealand, Canada",
"awards": "Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 30 wins & 110 nominations."
},
"Blood Simple.": {
"title": "Blood Simple.",
"year": "1984",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "Texas bar owner Julian Marty, who is generally regarded as not a nice person, hires shady private detective Loren Visser, who is able to obtain what Marty requests: evidence - in this instance, photographic - that his wife, Abby, and one of his bartenders, Ray, are having an affair. As Ray and Abby realize that Marty has found out about them, it allows them to plan for their future away from Marty, while be up front with Marty about the situation. Marty, in turn, decides to hire Visser once again, this time to kill Abby and Ray, and dispose of their bodies so that they won't be found. The out in the open affair and the contract hit lead to some actions based on self interest, and a standoff of sorts between the four players, which is compounded in complexity by some wrong assumptions of what has happened, with an innocent bystander, another of the Marty's bartenders, Meurice, potentially and unwittingly adding to the scenario.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "5 wins & 5 nominations."
},
"Frida": {
"title": "Frida",
"year": "2002",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Biography, Drama, Romance",
"plot": "\"Frida\" chronicles the life Frida Kahlo shared unflinchingly and openly with Diego Rivera, as the young couple took the art world by storm. From her complex and enduring relationship with her mentor and husband to her illicit and controversial affair with Leon Trotsky, to her provocative and romantic entanglements with women, Frida Kahlo lived a bold and uncompromising life as a political, artistic, and sexual revolutionary.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA, Canada, Mexico",
"awards": "Won 2 Oscars. Another 15 wins & 46 nominations."
},
"25th Hour": {
"title": "25th Hour",
"year": "2002",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "The 25th Hour depicts the last day of freedom for a young man before he begins serving a seven-year jail term for drug dealing. Prowling through the city until dawn with his two close male friends and his girlfriend, he is forced to re-examine his life and how he got himself into his predicament, which leads to a shocking, disturbing finale.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 4 wins & 14 nominations."
},
"Lost Highway": {
"title": "Lost Highway",
"year": "1997",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "Fred Madison, a saxophonist, is accused under mysterious circumstances of murdering his wife Renee. On death row, he inexplicably morphs into a young man named Pete Dayton, leading a completely different life. When Pete is released, his and Fred's paths begin to cross in a surreal, suspenseful web of intrigue, orchestrated by a shady gangster boss named Dick Laurent.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "France, USA",
"awards": "1 win & 2 nominations."
},
"All the President's Men": {
"title": "All the President's Men",
"year": "1976",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Biography, Drama, History, Thriller",
"plot": "In the run-up to the 1972 elections, Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward covers what seems to be a minor break-in at the Democratic Party National headquarters. He is surprised to find top lawyers already on the defense case, and the discovery of names and addresses of Republican fund organizers on the accused further arouses his suspicions. The editor of the Post is prepared to run with the story and assigns Woodward and Carl Bernstein to it. They find the trail leading higher and higher in the Republican Party, and eventually into the White House itself.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 4 Oscars. Another 13 wins & 21 nominations."
},
"The Princess Bride": {
"title": "The Princess Bride",
"year": "1987",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance",
"plot": "An elderly man reads the book \"The Princess Bride\" to his sick and thus currently bedridden adolescent grandson, the reading of the book which has been passed down within the family for generations. The grandson is sure he won't like the story, with a romance at its core, he preferring something with lots of action and \"no kissing\". But the grandson is powerless to stop his grandfather, whose feelings he doesn't want to hurt. The story centers on Buttercup, a former farm girl who has been chosen as the princess bride to Prince Humperdinck of Florian. Buttercup does not love him, she who still laments the death of her one true love, Westley, five years ago. Westley was a hired hand on the farm, his stock answer of \"as you wish\" to any request she made of him which she came to understand was his way of saying that he loved her. But Westley went away to sea, only to be killed by the Dread Pirate Roberts. On a horse ride to clear her mind of her upcoming predicament of marriage, Buttercup is kidnapped by a band of bandits: Vizzini who works on his wits, and his two associates, a giant named Fezzik who works on his brawn, and a Spaniard named Inigo Montoya, who has trained himself his entire life to be an expert swordsman. They in turn are chased by the Dread Pirate Roberts himself. But chasing them all is the Prince, and his men led by Count Tyrone Rugen. What happens to these collectives is dependent partly on Buttercup, who does not want to marry the Prince, and may see other options as lesser evils, and partly on the other motives of individuals within the groups. But a larger question is what the grandson will think of the story as it proceeds and at its end, especially as he sees justice as high a priority as action.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 7 wins & 8 nominations."
},
"Transamerica": {
"title": "Transamerica",
"year": "2005",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Adventure, Comedy, Drama",
"plot": "Southern Californian Bree Osbourne, formerly Stanley Chupak, has finally received the news for which she has been waiting: she has been approved for male-to-female sexual reassignment surgery. But before Margaret, her therapist, will allow her to go through with the surgery scheduled in a week's time, Bree has to deal with an unresolved problem from her past. Bree gets a telephone call from a seventeen year old man named Toby Wilkins, who is looking for Stanley, his biological father. Toby is in a New York jail, having been supporting himself by petty crime and hustling. Stanley/Bree knew nothing about Toby before the telephone call. Toby apparently is all alone in the world, with his mother having committed suicide and being estranged from his stepfather in Tennessee. Masquerading as a Christian social worker, Bree, not telling him either of her true identity or her transgender status, bails Toby out of jail and tells him she will take him to Los Angeles, where Toby has aspirations of becoming a porn actor and reconnecting with his biological father. As Bree and Toby take their trans-American journey which includes some interesting encounters along the way, Bree has to decide what is best for Toby while having the foremost goal of making it back to Los Angeles for the scheduled surgery.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 32 wins & 23 nominations."
},
"Biutiful": {
"title": "Biutiful",
"year": "2010",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Romance",
"plot": "Uxbal, single father of two children, finds his life in chaos as he is forced to deal with his life in order to escape the heat of crime in underground Barcelona, to break with the love for the divorced, manic depressive, abusive mother of his children and to regain spiritual insight in his life as he is diagnosed with terminal cancer.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "Mexico, Spain",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 18 wins & 45 nominations."
},
"Fight Club": {
"title": "Fight Club",
"year": "1999",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "A nameless first person narrator (Edward Norton) attends support groups in attempt to subdue his emotional state and relieve his insomniac state. When he meets Marla (Helena Bonham Carter), another fake attendee of support groups, his life seems to become a little more bearable. However when he associates himself with Tyler (Brad Pitt) he is dragged into an underground fight club and soap making scheme. Together the two men spiral out of control and engage in competitive rivalry for love and power. When the narrator is exposed to the hidden agenda of Tyler's fight club, he must accept the awful truth that Tyler may not be who he says he is.",
"rating": "8.8",
"country": "USA, Germany",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 10 wins & 34 nominations."
},
"Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children": {
"title": "Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children",
"year": "2005",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller",
"plot": "Two years after the events in \"Final Fantasy VII\", a disease called 'Seikon-Shoukougun', or 'Geostigma', is spreading through the planet. This disease is believed to have been caused by the body fighting off foreign material that invaded the body two years earlier, at the end of \"Final Fantasy VII\". Guilt-ridden and haunted by his past, ex-SOLDIER Cloud Strife has decided to live a secluded, solitary life away from his friends while maintaining \"Strife's Delivery Service\", whose headquarters is located in Tifa Lockheart's bar, the Seventh Heaven. Tifa's bar serves as an orphanage for children stricken with Geostigma. Here, Tifa keeps an eye on Barret's six-year-old daughter, Marlene, while Barret searches the planet for an alternative energy source to the Planet's energy, Mako. One day, Cloud receives a phone call from the former Shinra, Inc. president, Rufus, asking him for protection from a mysterious man named Kadaj. Kadaj, in the meantime, along with his brothers Loz and Yazoo, are searching for their \"mother\", and seem to believe that Cloud knows where to find her. Meanwhile, Vincent Valentine has been wandering the planet gathering information on Kadaj's scheme, and Cloud and his friends must come together again to fight these new enemies.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "Japan",
"awards": "N/A"
},
"3:10 to Yuma": {
"title": "3:10 to Yuma",
"year": "2007",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Crime, Drama, Western",
"plot": "Rancher Dan Evans heads into Bisbee to clear up issues concerning the sale of his land when he witnesses the closing events of a stagecoach robbery led by famed outlaw Ben Wade. Shortly thereafter, Wade is captured by the law in Bisbee and Evans finds himself one of the escorts who will take Wade to the 3:10 to Yuma train in Contention for the reward of $200. Evans's effort to take Wade to the station is in part an effort to save his land but also part of an inner battle to determine whether he can be more than just a naive rancher in the eyes of his impetuous and gunslinging son William Evans. The transport to Contention is hazardous and filled with ambushes by Indians, pursuits by Wade's vengeful gang and Wade's own conniving and surreptitious demeanor that makes the ride all the more intense.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 30 nominations."
},
"The Sixth Sense": {
"title": "The Sixth Sense",
"year": "1999",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Drama, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "Malcom Crowe (Bruce Willis)is a child psychologist who receives an award on the same night that he is visited by a very unhappy ex-patient. After this encounter, Crowe takes on the task of curing a young boy with the same ills as the ex-patient (Donnie Wahlberg) . This boy \"sees dead people\". Crowe spends a lot of time with the boy much to the dismay of his wife (Olivia Williams). Cole's mom (Toni Collette) is at her wit's end with what to do about her son's increasing problems. Crowe is the boy's only hope.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 6 Oscars. Another 32 wins & 48 nominations."
},
"The Insider": {
"title": "The Insider",
"year": "1999",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Biography, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "Balls-out \"60 Minutes\" producer Lowell Bergman sniffs a story when a former research biologist for Brown & Williamson, Jeff Wigand, won't talk to him. When the company leans hard on Wigand to honor a confidentiality agreement, he gets his back up. Trusting Bergman and despite a crumbling marriage, he goes on camera for a Mike Wallace interview and risks arrest for contempt of court. Westinghouse is negotiating to buy CBS, so CBS attorneys advise CBS News to shelve the interview and avoid a lawsuit. \"60 Minutes\" and CBS News bosses cave, Wigand is hung out to dry, Bergman is compromised, and the CEOs of Big Tobacco may get away with perjury. Will the truth come out?",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 7 Oscars. Another 23 wins & 50 nominations."
},
"Dazed and Confused": {
"title": "Dazed and Confused",
"year": "1993",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy",
"plot": "It's the last day of school at a high school in a small town in Texas in 1976. The upperclassmen are hazing the incoming freshmen, and everyone is trying to get stoned, drunk, or laid, even the football players that signed a pledge not to.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "4 nominations."
},
"Life Is Beautiful": {
"title": "Life Is Beautiful",
"year": "1997",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, Romance, War",
"plot": "In 1930s Italy, a carefree Jewish book keeper named Guido starts a fairy tale life by courting and marrying a lovely woman from a nearby city. Guido and his wife have a son and live happily together until the occupation of Italy by German forces. In an attempt to hold his family together and help his son survive the horrors of a Jewish Concentration Camp, Guido imagines that the Holocaust is a game and that the grand prize for winning is a tank.",
"rating": "8.6",
"country": "Italy",
"awards": "Won 3 Oscars. Another 66 wins & 51 nominations."
},
"Star Trek: First Contact": {
"title": "Star Trek: First Contact",
"year": "1996",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller",
"plot": "In the 24th century, the crew of the Enterprise-E has been ordered to patrol the Romulan Neutral Zone by the Federation to avoid interference with their battle against the insidious Borg. Witnessing the loss of the battle, Captain Jean-Luc Picard ignores orders and takes command of the fleet engaging the Borg. But the Borg plan to travel back into the 21st century through a vortex with the intention to stop Earth's first contact with an alien race (the Vulcans). Following the Borg sphere, Picard and his crew realize that they have taken over the Enterprise in order to carry out their mission. Their only chance to do away with the Borg and their seductive queen is to make sure that Zefram Cochrane makes his famous faster-than-light travel to the stars.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 8 wins & 20 nominations."
},
"Poltergeist": {
"title": "Poltergeist",
"year": "1982",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Horror, Thriller",
"plot": "A young family are visited by ghosts in their home. At first the ghosts appear friendly, moving objects around the house to the amusement of everyone, then they turn nasty and start to terrorise the family before they \"kidnap\" the youngest daughter.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 4 nominations."
},
"For a Few Dollars More": {
"title": "For a Few Dollars More",
"year": "1965",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Western",
"plot": "Monco is a bounty killer chasing El Indio and his gang. During his hunting, he meets Col. Douglas Mortimer, another bounty killer, and they decide to make a partnership, chase the bad guys together and split the reward. During their enterprise, there will be lots of bullets and funny situations. In the end, one of the bounty hunters shows the real intention of his hunting.",
"rating": "8.3",
"country": "Italy, Spain, West Germany",
"awards": "1 nomination."
},
"The Hudsucker Proxy": {
"title": "The Hudsucker Proxy",
"year": "1994",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, Fantasy",
"plot": "When Waring Hudsucker, head of hugely successful Hudsucker Industries, commits suicide, his board of directors, led by Sidney Mussberger, comes up with a brilliant plan to make a lot of money: appoint a moron to run the company. When the stock falls low enough, Sidney and friends can buy it up for pennies on the dollar, take over the company, and restore its fortunes. They choose idealistic Norville Barnes, who just started in the mail room. Norville is whacky enough to drive any company to ruin, but soon, tough reporter Amy Archer smells a rat and begins an undercover investigation of Hudsucker Industries.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "UK, Germany, USA",
"awards": "2 wins & 3 nominations."
},
"Waking Life": {
"title": "Waking Life",
"year": "2001",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Animation, Drama, Fantasy",
"plot": "Dreams. What are they? An escape from reality or reality itself? Waking Life follows the dream(s) of one man and his attempt to find and discern the absolute difference between waking life and the dreamworld. While trying to figure out a way to wake up, he runs into many people on his way; some of which offer one sentence asides on life, others delving deeply into existential questions and life's mysteries. We become the main character. It becomes our dream and our questions being asked and answered. Can we control our dreams? What are they telling us about life? About death? About ourselves and where we come from and where we are going? The film does not answer all these for us. Instead, it inspires us to ask the questions and find the answers ourselves.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "5 wins & 20 nominations."
},
"The Bourne Supremacy": {
"title": "The Bourne Supremacy",
"year": "2004",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Action, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "After escaping from the emotional and physical pain he previously encountered. Jason Bourne and his girlfriend Marie begin a new life as far away as possible. But when an assassination attempt on Bourne goes horribly wrong, Bourne must re-enter the life he wanted to leave behind, in order to find out the truth why they are still after him.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA, Germany",
"awards": "5 wins & 21 nominations."
},
"Suspiria": {
"title": "Suspiria",
"year": "1977",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Horror",
"plot": "Suzy Bannion travels to Germany to perfect her ballet skills. She arrives at the Tanz dance academy in the pouring rain and is refused admission after another woman is seen fleeing the school. She returns the next morning and this time is let in. She learns that the young woman she saw fleeing the previous evening, Pat Hingle, has been found dead. Strange things soon begin to occur. Suzy becomes ill and is put on a special diet; the school becomes infested with maggots; odd sounds abound; and Daniel, the pianist, is killed by his own dog. A bit of research indicates that the ballet school was once a witches' coven - and as Suzy learns, still is.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "Italy",
"awards": "3 nominations."
},
"Princess Mononoke": {
"title": "Princess Mononoke",
"year": "1997",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Animation, Adventure, Fantasy",
"plot": "While protecting his village from rampaging boar-god/demon, a confident young warrior, Ashitaka, is stricken by a deadly curse. To save his life, he must journey to the forests of the west. Once there, he's embroiled in a fierce campaign that humans were waging on the forest. The ambitious Lady Eboshi and her loyal clan use their guns against the gods of the forest and a brave young woman, Princess Mononoke, who was raised by a wolf-god. Ashitaka sees the good in both sides and tries to stem the flood of blood. This is met be animosity by both sides as they each see him as supporting the enemy.",
"rating": "8.4",
"country": "Japan",
"awards": "13 wins & 5 nominations."
},
"The Lion King": {
"title": "The Lion King",
"year": "1994",
"rated": "G",
"genre": "Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Musical",
"plot": "A young lion Prince is cast out of his pride by his cruel uncle, who claims he killed his father. While the uncle rules with an iron paw, the prince grows up beyond the Savannah, living by a philosophy: No worries for the rest of your days. But when his past comes to haunt him, the young Prince must decide his fate: will he remain an outcast, or face his demons and become what he needs to be?",
"rating": "8.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 2 Oscars. Another 33 wins & 29 nominations."
},
"Tucker and Dale vs Evil": {
"title": "Tucker and Dale vs Evil",
"year": "2010",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Horror",
"plot": "Two lovable West Virginian hillbillies are headed to their \"fixer-upper\" vacation cabin to drink some beer, do some fishin', and have a good time. But when they run into a group of preppy college kids who assume from their looks that they must be in-bred, chainsaw-wielding killers, Tucker & Dale's vacation takes a bloody and hilarious turn for the worse.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "Canada, USA, India, UK",
"awards": "10 wins & 14 nominations."
},
"Field of Dreams": {
"title": "Field of Dreams",
"year": "1989",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sport",
"plot": "Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella hears a voice in his corn field tell him, \"If you build it, he will come.\" He interprets this message as an instruction to build a baseball field on his farm, upon which appear the ghosts of Shoeless Joe Jackson and the other seven Chicago White Sox players banned from the game for throwing the 1919 World Series. When the voices continue, Ray seeks out a reclusive author to help him understand the meaning of the messages and the purpose for his field.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 7 wins & 10 nominations."
},
"A Bridge Too Far": {
"title": "A Bridge Too Far",
"year": "1977",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Drama, History, War",
"plot": "The true story of Operation Market Garden, the Allies attempt, in September 1944, to hasten the end of WW2 by driving through Belgium and Holland into Germany. The idea was for US airborne divisions to take the towns of Eindhoven and Nijmegen and a British airborne division, reinforced by a Polish airborne brigade, to take the town of Arnhem. They would be reinforced, in due course and in turn, by the British XXX Corps, land-based and driving up from the British lines in the south. The key to the operation was the bridges, as if the Germans held or blew them, the paratroopers could not be relieved. Faulty intelligence, Allied high command hubris and stubborn German resistance would ensure that Arnhem was a bridge too far.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA, UK",
"awards": "Won 3 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 4 wins & 4 nominations."
},
"Easy Rider": {
"title": "Easy Rider",
"year": "1969",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Adventure, Drama",
"plot": "Two young \"hippie\" bikers, Wyatt and Billy sell some dope in Southern California, stash their money away in their gas-tank and set off for a trip across America, on their own personal odyssey looking for a way to lead their lives. On the journey they encounter bigotry and hatred from small-town communities who despise and fear their non-conformism. However Wyatt and Billy also discover people attempting 'alternative lifestyles' who are resisting this narrow-mindedness, there is always a question mark over the future survival of these drop-out groups. The gentle hippie community who thank God for 'a place to stand' are living their own unreal dream. The rancher they encounter and his Mexican wife are hard-pushed to make ends meet. Even LSD turns sour when the trip is a bad one. Death comes to seem the only freedom. When they arrive at a diner in a small town, they are insulted by the local rednecks as weirdo degenerates. They are arrested on some minor pretext by the local sheriff and thrown in jail where they meet George Hanson, a liberal alcoholic lawyer. He gets them out and decides to join them on their trip to New Orleans in time for Mardi Gras.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 8 wins & 12 nominations."
},
"Bride of Frankenstein": {
"title": "Bride of Frankenstein",
"year": "1935",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi",
"plot": "Dr. Frankenstein and his monster both turn out to be alive, not killed as previously believed. Dr. Frankenstein wants to get out of the evil experiment business, but when a mad scientist, Dr. Pretorius, kidnaps his wife, Dr. Frankenstein agrees to help him create a new creature, a woman, to be the companion of the monster.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 3 wins & 1 nomination."
},
"An Education": {
"title": "An Education",
"year": "2009",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "In the early 1960's, sixteen year old Jenny Mellor lives with her parents in the London suburb of Twickenham. On her father's wishes, everything that Jenny does is in the sole pursuit of being accepted into Oxford, as he wants her to have a better life than he. Jenny is bright, pretty, hard working but also naturally gifted. The only problems her father may perceive in her life is her issue with learning Latin, and her dating a boy named Graham, who is nice but socially awkward. Jenny's life changes after she meets David Goldman, a man over twice her age. David goes out of his way to show Jenny and her family that his interest in her is not improper and that he wants solely to expose her to cultural activities which she enjoys. Jenny quickly gets accustomed to the life to which David and his constant companions, Danny and Helen, have shown her, and Jenny and David's relationship does move into becoming a romantic one. However, Jenny slowly learns more about David, and by association Danny and Helen, and specifically how they make their money. Jenny has to decide if what she learns about them and leading such a life is worth forgoing her plans of higher eduction at Oxford.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "UK, USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 35 wins & 91 nominations."
},
"Sleeping Beauty": {
"title": "Sleeping Beauty",
"year": "1959",
"rated": "G",
"genre": "Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance",
"plot": "After a beautiful princess is born in to royalty everyone gathers to exchange gifts. Everything is perfectly fine until an unwanted guest appears, Magnifient. Magnificent curses a spell on the young princess and tells here that she will fall asleep at sunset on the evening of her 16th birthday, and that the only way to wake her up were the tears from here true love. Finally the day comes. Will she be left to sleep forever?",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 4 nominations."
},
"The African Queen": {
"title": "The African Queen",
"year": "1951",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Adventure, Drama, Romance, War",
"plot": "September 1914, news reaches the colony German Eastern Africa that Germany is at war, so Reverend Samuel Sayer became a hostile foreigner. German imperial troops burn down his mission; he is beaten and dies of fever. His well-educated, snobbish sister Rose Sayer buries him and leaves by the only available transport, the dilapidated river steamboat 'African Queen' of grumpy Charlie Allnut. As if a long difficult journey without any comfort weren't bad enough for such odd companions, she is determined to find a way to do their bit for the British war effort (and avenge her brother) and aims high, as God is obviously on their side: construct their own equipment, a torpedo and the converted steamboat, to take out a huge German warship, the Louisa, which is hard to find on the giant lake and first of all to reach, in fact as daunting an expedition as anyone attempted since the late adventurous explorer John Speakes, but she presses till Charlie accepts to steam up the Ulana, about to brave a German fort, raging rapids, very bloodthirsty parasites and the endlessly branching stream which seems to go nowhere but impenetrable swamps... Despite fierce rows and moral antagonism between a bossy devout abstentionist and a free-spirited libertine drunk loner, the two grow closer to each-other as their quest drags on...",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "USA, UK",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 9 nominations."
},
"Looper": {
"title": "Looper",
"year": "2012",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller",
"plot": "Joe is classified as a \"looper\", a job in which his employers use time travel to send men from the future to be killed into the past, where Joe can properly dispose of their bodies. However, to tie up loose ends and erase the evidence of his ever being a looper, Joe knows that one day his future self will be sent back for him to kill. When this day comes, Joe's future self is prepared and escapes, and the two men struggle separately in the past trying to evade capture and attempting to fulfill their own personal agendas.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA, China",
"awards": "16 wins & 45 nominations."
},
"Contact": {
"title": "Contact",
"year": "1997",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller",
"plot": "Astronomer Dr. Ellie Arroway has long been interested in contact to faraway lands, a love fostered in her childhood by her father, Ted Arroway, who passed away when she was nine years old leaving her then orphaned. Her current work in monitoring for extraterrestrial life is based on that love and is in part an homage to her father. Ever since funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) was pulled on her work, which is referred to some, including her NSF superior David Drumlin, as more science fiction than science, Ellie, with a few of her rogue scientist colleagues, have looked for funding from where ever they could get it to continue their work. When Ellie and her colleagues hear chatter originating from the vicinity of the star Vega, Ellie feels vindicated. But that vindication is short lived when others, including politicians, the military, religious leaders and other scientists such as Drumlin, try to take over her work. When the messages received from space are decoded, the project takes on a whole new dimension, which strengthens for Ellie the quest for the truth. Thrown into the mix are the unknown person who has up until now funded most of Ellie's work and what his motivations are, and Palmer Joss, a renowned author and theologian, who despite their fundamental differences in outlook, is mutually attracted to Ellie, that attraction based in part on intellect and their common goal of wanting to know the truth.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 14 wins & 26 nominations."
},
"Irreversible": {
"title": "Irreversible",
"year": "2002",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "Events over the course of one traumatic night in Paris unfold in reverse-chronological order as the beautiful Alex is brutally raped and beaten by a stranger in the underpass. Her boyfriend and ex-lover take matters into their own hands by hiring two criminals to help them find the rapist so that they can exact revenge. A simultaneously beautiful and terrible examination of the destructive nature of cause and effect, and how time destroys everything.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "France",
"awards": "3 wins & 10 nominations."
},
"Metropolis": {
"title": "Metropolis",
"year": "1927",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Drama, Sci-Fi",
"plot": "Sometime in the future, the city of Metropolis is home to a Utopian society where its wealthy residents live a carefree life. One of those is Freder Fredersen. One day, he spots a beautiful woman with a group of children, she and the children quickly disappear. Trying to follow her, he is horrified to find an underground world of workers who apparently run the machinery that keeps the Utopian world above ground functioning. One of the few people above ground who knows about the world below is Freder's father, John Fredersen, who is the founder and master of Metropolis. Freder learns that the woman is called Maria, who espouses the need to join the \"hands\" - the workers - to the \"head\" - those in power above - by a mediator who will act as the \"heart\". Freder wants to help the plight of the workers in their struggle for a better life. But when John learns of what Maria is advocating and that Freder has joined their cause, with the assistance of an old colleague. an inventor called Rotwang, who turns out to be But their nemesis goes to works towards quashing a proposed uprising, with Maria at the centre of their plan. John, unaware that Rotwang has his own agenda., makes plans that include shutting down the machines, with the prospect of unleashing total anarchy both above and below ground.",
"rating": "8.3",
"country": "Germany",
"awards": "6 wins & 5 nominations."
},
"Double Indemnity": {
"title": "Double Indemnity",
"year": "1944",
"rated": "PASSED",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "In 1938, Walter Neff, an experienced salesman of the Pacific All Risk Insurance Co., meets the seductive wife of one of his clients, Phyllis Dietrichson, and they have an affair. Phyllis proposes to kill her husband to receive the proceeds of an accident insurance policy and Walter devises a scheme to receive twice the amount based on a double indemnity clause. When Mr. Dietrichson is found dead on a train track, the police accept the determination of accidental death. However, the insurance analyst and Walter's best friend Barton Keyes does not buy the story and suspects that Phyllis has murdered her husband with the help of another man.",
"rating": "8.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 7 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations."
},
"The Bourne Ultimatum": {
"title": "The Bourne Ultimatum",
"year": "2007",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Action, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "Bourne is once again brought out of hiding, this time inadvertently by London-based reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar--an upgrade to Project Treadstone--in a series of newspaper columns. Bourne sets up a meeting with Ross and realizes instantly they're being scanned. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne must finally, ultimately, uncover his dark past whilst dodging The Company's best efforts in trying to eradicate him.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA, Germany, France, Spain",
"awards": "Won 3 Oscars. Another 26 wins & 39 nominations."
},
"Seabiscuit": {
"title": "Seabiscuit",
"year": "2003",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Drama, History, Sport",
"plot": "It's the Depression, and everyone needs to hold onto a dream to get them through the bad times. Car maker Charles Howard is no different, he who is trying to rebuild his life after the tragic death of his only child and the resulting end of his first marriage. With second wife Marcela at his side, Charles wants to get into horse racing and ends up with a team of underdogs who are also chasing their own dream. The first is trainer Tom Smith, who has a natural instinct to spot the capabilities of horses. The second is the horse Tom chooses for Charles, Seabiscuit, an unconventional choice as despite his pedigreed lineage, Seabiscuit is small at fifteen and a half hands tall with a slight limp. But Tom can see something in Seabiscuit's nature to make him a winner, if only Seabiscuit can be retrained from his inbred losing ways. And third is the jockey they decide to hire, Johnny \"Red\" Pollard, so nicknamed because of his hair color. Like Tom, Red has always shown a natural way with horses, but a difficult upbringing due solely to the Depression has made Red an angry young man, which has gotten him into trouble both on and off the track. And he is large for a jockey, and thus he always feels the need to battle the weight issue. Another common trait between Tom, Seabiscuit and Red is that they have been called crazy by those in traditional horse racing circles. Against the odds, Seabiscuit, with his human team behind him, does show his winning abilities and captures the imagination of all those others wanting to believe in a dream. But Seabiscuit's victories are at smaller races. As such, Charles aims high and wants Seabiscuit to race Triple Crown winner War Admiral, who by all accounts is a winner and should be a winner. If given the chance to race against War Admiral (whose owner doesn't want to race as he feels he has nothing to prove), will Seabiscuit and his team continue to keep the dreams of the common Americans alive? Through the good and the bad, especially as Red and Seabiscuit face mirroring problems, they all have to decide what is in their collective best interest.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 7 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 37 nominations."
},
"Swingers": {
"title": "Swingers",
"year": "1996",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama",
"plot": "This is a story about Mike, a guy who left his girl in New York when he came to LA to be a star. It's been six months since his girlfriend left him and he's not doing so good. So, his pal and some other friends try and get him back in the social scene and forget about his 6 year relationship.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "3 wins & 3 nominations."
},
"My Cousin Vinny": {
"title": "My Cousin Vinny",
"year": "1992",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Crime",
"plot": "Bill Gambini and Stanley Rothenstein are two friends from New York University who just received scholarships to UCLA. They decide to drive through the South. Once they arrive in Alabama, they stop at a local convenience store to pick up a few snacks. But, no sooner than they leave the store, they are arrested. They had thought that they were arrested for shoplifting, but they were arrested for murder and robbery. Worse, they are facing execution for this crime. Bill and Stan do not have enough money for a lawyer, so the good news is that Bill has a lawyer in his family, his cousin, Vincent Laguardia Gambini. The bad news is that Vinny is an inexperienced lawyer who has not been at a trial. So, Vinny has to defend his clients and battle an uncompromising judge, some tough locals, and even his fianc\u00e9e, Mona Lisa Vito, who just does not know when to shut up, to prove his clients' innocence. But he will soon realize that he is going to need help.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 6 nominations."
},
"Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India": {
"title": "Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India",
"year": "2001",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Adventure, Drama, Musical, Romance, Sport",
"plot": "This is the story about the resilience shown by the Indians when they were under the British Rule. They are already taxed to the bone by the British and their cronies, but when Jack Russell announces that he will double the Lagaan (tax) from all villagers, they decide to oppose it. Leading the villagers is a handsome young man named Bhuvan, who challenges them to a game of cricket, a game that is to be played by veteran British cricket players, versus villagers, including Bhuvan himself, who have never played this game before, and do not even know a bat from a piece of wood. As the challenge is accepted, the interest grows and attracts Indians from all over the region, as well as the British from all over the country - as everyone gathers to see the 'fair play' that the British will display against their counter-parts, who are aided by none other than the sister, Elizabeth, of Captain Rusell.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "India",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 44 wins & 19 nominations."
},
"Juno": {
"title": "Juno",
"year": "2007",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama",
"plot": "A tale told over four seasons, starting in autumn when Juno, a 16-year-old high-school junior in Minnesota, discovers she's pregnant after one event in a chair with her best friend, Bleeker. In the waiting room of an abortion clinic, the quirky and whip-sharp Juno decides to give birth and to place the child with an adoptive couple. She finds one in the PennySaver personals, contacts them, tells her dad and step-mother, and carries on with school. The chosen parents, upscale yuppies (one of whom is cool and laid back, the other meticulous and uptight), meet Juno, sign papers, and the year unfolds. Will Juno's plan work, can she improvise, and what about Bleeker?",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 89 wins & 95 nominations."
},
"Tangled": {
"title": "Tangled",
"year": "2010",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance",
"plot": "After receiving the healing powers from a magical flower, the baby Princess Rapunzel is kidnapped from the palace in the middle of the night by Mother Gothel. Mother Gothel knows that the flower's magical powers are now growing within the golden hair of Rapunzel, and to stay young, she must lock Rapunzel in her hidden tower. Rapunzel is now a teenager and her hair has grown to a length of 70-feet. The beautiful Rapunzel has been in the tower her entire life, and she is curious of the outside world. One day, the bandit Flynn Ryder scales the tower and is taken captive by Rapunzel. Rapunzel strikes a deal with the charming thief to act as her guide to travel to the place where the floating lights come from that she has seen every year on her birthday. Rapunzel is about to have the most exciting and magnificent journey of her life.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 9 wins & 40 nominations."
},
"The Elephant Man": {
"title": "The Elephant Man",
"year": "1980",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Biography, Drama",
"plot": "John Merrick (whose real name was Joseph, as this is based on a true story) is an intelligent and friendly man, but he is hated by his Victorian-era English society because he is severely deformed. Once he is discovered by a doctor, however, he is saved from his life in a freak show and he is treated like the human being that he really is.",
"rating": "8.2",
"country": "USA, UK",
"awards": "Nominated for 8 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 13 nominations."
},
"The Talented Mr. Ripley": {
"title": "The Talented Mr. Ripley",
"year": "1999",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "The 1950s. Manhattan lavatory attendant, Tom Ripley, borrows a Princeton jacket to play piano at a garden party. When the wealthy father of a recent Princeton grad chats Tom up, Tom pretends to know the son and is soon offered $1,000 to go to Italy to convince Dickie Greenleaf to return home. In Italy, Tom attaches himself to Dickie and to Marge, Dickie's cultured fianc\u00e9e, pretending to love jazz and harboring homoerotic hopes as he soaks in luxury. Besides lying, Tom's talents include impressions and forgery, so when the handsome and confident Dickie tires of Tom, dismissing him as a bore, Tom goes to extreme lengths to make Greenleaf's privileges his own.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 75 nominations."
},
"Alien": {
"title": "Alien",
"year": "1979",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Horror, Sci-Fi",
"plot": "A commercial crew aboard the deep space towing vessel, Nostromo is on its way home when they pick up an SOS warning from a distant moon. What they don't know is that the SOS warning is not like any other ordinary warning call. Picking up the signal, the crew realizes that they are not alone on the spaceship when an alien stowaway is on the cargo ship.",
"rating": "8.5",
"country": "UK, USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 16 wins & 19 nominations."
},
"Clerks II": {
"title": "Clerks II",
"year": "2006",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy",
"plot": "A calamity at Dante and Randall's shops sends them looking for new horizons - but they ultimately settle at Mooby's, a fictional fast-food restaurant. Free from his dead-end job (and lodged in a new one), Dante begins to break free of his rut, planning to move away with his clingy fianc\u00e9. Dante is ready to leave the horrors of minimum-wage New Jersey behind, but Randal - always the more hostile of the two - starts to become overwhelmed by his own rancor.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "3 wins & 3 nominations."
},
"Mr. Smith Goes to Washington": {
"title": "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington",
"year": "1939",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama",
"plot": "Naive and idealistic Jefferson Smith, leader of the Boy Rangers, is appointed on a lark by the spineless governor of his state. He is reunited with the state's senior senator--presidential hopeful and childhood hero, Senator Joseph Paine. In Washington, however, Smith discovers many of the shortcomings of the political process as his earnest goal of a national boys' camp leads to a conflict with the state political boss, Jim Taylor. Taylor first tries to corrupt Smith and then later attempts to destroy Smith through a scandal.",
"rating": "8.2",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 12 nominations."
},
"Amadeus": {
"title": "Amadeus",
"year": "1984",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Biography, Drama, History, Music",
"plot": "Antonio Salieri believes that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's music is divine and miraculous. He wishes he was himself as good a musician as Mozart so that he can praise the Lord through composing. He began his career as a devout man who believes his success and talent as a composer are God's rewards for his piety. He's also content as the respected, financially well-off, court composer of Austrian Emperor Joseph II. But he's shocked to learn that Mozart is such a vulgar creature, and can't understand why God favored Mozart to be his instrument. Salieri's envy has made him an enemy of God whose greatness was evident in Mozart. He is ready to take revenge against God and Mozart for his own musical mediocrity.",
"rating": "8.3",
"country": "USA, France, Czechoslovakia",
"awards": "Won 8 Oscars. Another 33 wins & 14 nominations."
},
"Crash": {
"title": "Crash",
"year": "2004",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "Over a thirty-six hour period in Los Angeles, a handful of disparate people's lives intertwine as they deal with the tense race relations that belie life in the city. Among the players are: the Caucasian district attorney, who uses race as a political card; his Caucasian wife, who, having recently been carjacked by two black men, believes that her stereotypical views of non-whites is justified and cannot be considered racism; the two black carjackers who use their race both to their advantage and as an excuse; partnered Caucasian police constables, one who is a racist and uses his authority to harass non-whites, and the other who hates his partner because of those racist views, but who may have the same underlying values in his subconscious; a black film director and his black wife, who believes her husband doesn't support their black background enough, especially in light of an incident with the racist white cop; partnered police detectives and sometimes lovers, one Hispanic female and the other black male, the latter who is dealing with a drugged out mother that feels he isn't concerned enough about taking care of family; an East Asian man who is run over but who is hiding some valuable cargo in the back of his van; a Persian store owner, who feels he isn't getting satisfaction from American society when his store is robbed time and time again; and a Hispanic locksmith, who just wants to keep his family, especially his young daughter, safe in a seemingly unsafe world.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA, Germany",
"awards": "Won 3 Oscars. Another 64 wins & 111 nominations."
},
"Ghost World": {
"title": "Ghost World",
"year": "2001",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama",
"plot": "This is the story of Enid and Rebecca after they finish the high school. Both have problems relating to people and they spend their time hanging around and bothering creeps. When they meet Seymour who is a social outsider who loves to collect old 78 records, Enid's life will change forever.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA, UK, Germany",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 28 wins & 55 nominations."
},
"Alice in Wonderland": {
"title": "Alice in Wonderland",
"year": "2010",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Adventure, Family, Fantasy",
"plot": "Alice, an unpretentious and individual 19-year-old, is betrothed to a dunce of an English nobleman. At her engagement party, she escapes the crowd to consider whether to go through with the marriage and falls down a hole in the garden after spotting an unusual rabbit. Arriving in a strange and surreal place called \"Underland,\" she finds herself in a world that resembles the nightmares she had as a child, filled with talking animals, villainous queens and knights, and frumious bandersnatches. Alice realizes that she is there for a reason--to conquer the horrific Jabberwocky and restore the rightful queen to her throne.",
"rating": "6.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 2 Oscars. Another 31 wins & 62 nominations."
},
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales": {
"title": "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales",
"year": "2017",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, Fantasy",
"plot": "Captain Jack Sparrow finds the winds of ill-fortune blowing even more strongly when deadly ghost pirates led by his old nemesis, the terrifying Captain Salazar, escape from the Devil's Triangle, determined to kill every pirate at sea...including him. Captain Jack's only hope of survival lies in seeking out the legendary Trident of Poseidon, a powerful artifact that bestows upon its possessor total control over the seas.",
"rating": "6.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "9 nominations."
},
"The NeverEnding Story": {
"title": "The NeverEnding Story",
"year": "1984",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy",
"plot": "Bastian is a young boy who lives a dreary life being tormented by school bullies. On one such occasion he escapes into a book shop where the old proprieter reveals an ancient story-book to him, which he is warned can be dangerous. Shortly after, he \"borrows\" the book and begins to read it in the school attic where he is drawn into the mythical land of Fantasia, which desperately needs a hero to save it from destruction.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "West Germany, USA",
"awards": "5 wins & 7 nominations."
},
"Marathon Man": {
"title": "Marathon Man",
"year": "1976",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Thriller",
"plot": "In New York, the brother of an infamous Nazi war criminal in hiding is killed in a head-on collision with an oil truck. Shortly thereafter, members of a covert U.S. government group called the Division begin being murdered one by one. Meanwhile, graduate student and marathon runner Thomas \"Babe\" Levy researches history as his father, who committed suicide after the Communist witch hunts of the McCarthy era ruined his reputation. When he sees his brother, one Division member, stabbed to death, it is revealed that Christian Szell, the White Angel of Auschwitz, is wrapping up loose ends to smuggle priceless diamonds from the United States.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 9 nominations."
},
"No Man's Land": {
"title": "No Man's Land",
"year": "2001",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, War",
"plot": "After various skirmishes, two wounded soldiers, one Bosnian and one Serb, confront each other in a trench in the no man's land between their lines. They wait for dark, trading insults and even finding some common ground; sometimes one has the gun, sometimes the other, sometimes both. Things get complicated when another wounded Bosnian comes to, but can't move because a bouncing mine is beneath him. The two men cooperate to wave white flags, their lines call the UN (whose high command tries not to help), an English reporter shows up, a French sergeant shows courage, and the three men in no man's land may or may not find a way to all get along.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "France, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy, Belgium, UK, Slovenia",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 27 wins & 20 nominations."
},
"The Perks of Being a Wallflower": {
"title": "The Perks of Being a Wallflower",
"year": "2012",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Drama, Romance",
"plot": "Based on the novel written by Stephen Chbosky, this is about 15-year-old Charlie (Logan Lerman), an endearing and naive outsider, coping with first love (Emma Watson), the suicide of his best friend, and his own mental illness while struggling to find a group of people with whom he belongs. The introvert freshman is taken under the wings of two seniors, Sam and Patrick, who welcome him to the real world.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "19 wins & 49 nominations."
},
"Les Mis\u00e9rables": {
"title": "Les Mis\u00e9rables",
"year": "2012",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Drama, History, Musical, Romance, War",
"plot": "Jean Valjean, known as Prisoner 24601, is released from prison and breaks parole to create a new life for himself while evading the grip of the persistent Inspector Javert. Set in post-revolutionary France, the story reaches resolution against the background of the June Rebellion.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "UK, USA, France",
"awards": "Won 3 Oscars. Another 81 wins & 172 nominations."
},
"Hotel Rwanda": {
"title": "Hotel Rwanda",
"year": "2004",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Biography, Drama, History, War",
"plot": "During the 1990s, some of the worst atrocities in the history of mankind took place in the country of Rwanda--and in an era of high-speed communication and round the clock news, the events went almost unnoticed by the rest of the world. In only three months, one million people were brutally murdered. In the face of these unspeakable actions, inspired by his love for his family, an ordinary man summons extraordinary courage to save the lives of over a thousand helpless refugees, by granting them shelter in the hotel he manages.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "UK, South Africa, Italy",
"awards": "Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 16 wins & 45 nominations."
},
"Minority Report": {
"title": "Minority Report",
"year": "2002",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Action, Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller",
"plot": "In the year 2054 A.D. crime is virtually eliminated from Washington D.C. thanks to an elite law enforcing squad \"Precrime\". They use three gifted humans (called \"Pre-Cogs\") with special powers to see into the future and predict crimes beforehand. John Anderton heads Precrime and believes the system's flawlessness steadfastly. However one day the Pre-Cogs predict that Anderton will commit a murder himself in the next 36 hours. Worse, Anderton doesn't even know the victim. He decides to get to the mystery's core by finding out the 'minority report' which means the prediction of the female Pre-Cog Agatha that \"might\" tell a different story and prove Anderton innocent.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 19 wins & 85 nominations."
},
"A Prophet": {
"title": "A Prophet",
"year": "2009",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama",
"plot": "Nineteen year-old Franco-Arab Malik El Djebena is just starting his six year prison sentence in Br\u00e9court. Although he has spent the better part of his life in juvenile detention, this stint is his first in an adult prison. Beyond the division of Corsicans and Muslims in the prison (the Corsicans who with their guard connections rule what happens in the prison), he has no known friends or enemies inside. He is just hoping to serve his time in peace and without incident, despite having no prospects once he's out of jail since he's illiterate and has no support outside of the prison. Due to logistics, the head of Corsican inmates, a sadistic mafioso named C\u00e9sar Luciani, co-opts Malik as part of the Corsicans' activities, not only regarding what happens inside the prison, but also continued criminal activities outside. The innocent Malik has no idea what to do but cooperate. This move does not sit well with the other Corsicans, who only see Malik as a dirty Arab, and the Muslims who now mistrust him. But as time goes on, Malik works to save himself while in prison, while setting up his life post prison on his own terms. Both his demon and his salvation in prison is the specter of one of the first people he really got to know during his incarceration.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "France, Italy",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 48 wins & 49 nominations."
},
"High Plains Drifter": {
"title": "High Plains Drifter",
"year": "1973",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Mystery, Western",
"plot": "A Stranger rides into in the dusty mining town of Lago, where the townspeople are living in the shadow of a dark secret. After a shootout leaves the town's hired-gun protectors dead, the town's leaders petition the Stranger to stay and protect them from three ruthless outlaws who are soon to be released from prison. The three have their sights set on returning to Lago to wreak havoc and take care of some unfinished business. A series of events soon has the townspeople questioning whether siding with the Stranger was a wise idea as they quickly learn the price that they each must pay for his services. As the outlaws make their way back into Lago, they discover that the town is not exactly as they had left it, and waiting in the shadows is the Stranger, ready to expose the town's secret and serve up his own brand of justice.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "N/A"
},
"Night of the Living Dead": {
"title": "Night of the Living Dead",
"year": "1968",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Horror",
"plot": "Barbra and Johnny visit their father's grave in a remote cemetery when they are suddenly set upon by zombies. Barbra manages to get away and takes refuge in what seems to be an abandoned farm house. She is soon joined by Ben who stopped at the house in need of gas. Beset by the walking dead all around them Ben does his best to secure the doors and windows. The news reports are grim however with creatures returning to life everywhere. Barbra and Ben are surprised when they realize there are 5 people hiding out in the basement: Harry, Helen and Judy Cooper; and a young couple, Tom and Judy. Dissensions sets in almost immediately with Harry Cooper wanting to be in charge. As their situation deteriorates, their chances of surviving the night lessen minute by minute.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "2 wins & 1 nomination."
},
"12 Years a Slave": {
"title": "12 Years a Slave",
"year": "2013",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Biography, Drama, History",
"plot": "Based on an incredible true story of one man's fight for survival and freedom. In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty personified by a malevolent slave owner, as well as unexpected kindnesses, Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon's chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist will forever alter his life.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "USA, UK",
"awards": "Won 3 Oscars. Another 235 wins & 326 nominations."
},
"Iron Man 3": {
"title": "Iron Man 3",
"year": "2013",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi",
"plot": "Marvel's \"Iron Man 3\" pits brash-but-brilliant industrialist Tony Stark/Iron Man against an enemy whose reach knows no bounds. When Stark finds his personal world destroyed at his enemy's hands, he embarks on a harrowing quest to find those responsible. This journey, at every turn, will test his mettle. With his back against the wall, Stark is left to survive by his own devices, relying on his ingenuity and instincts to protect those closest to him. As he fights his way back, Stark discovers the answer to the question that has secretly haunted him: does the man make the suit or does the suit make the man?",
"rating": "7.2",
"country": "China, USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 17 wins & 61 nominations."
},
"Full Metal Jacket": {
"title": "Full Metal Jacket",
"year": "1987",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, War",
"plot": "A two-segment look at the effect of the military mindset and war itself on Vietnam era Marines. The first half follows a group of recruits in boot camp under the command of the punishing Gunnery Sergeant Hartman. The second half shows one of those recruits, Joker, covering the war as a correspondent for Stars and Stripes, focusing on the Tet offensive.",
"rating": "8.3",
"country": "UK, USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 7 wins & 11 nominations."
},
"In the Bedroom": {
"title": "In the Bedroom",
"year": "2001",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama",
"plot": "In idyllic Mid-Coast Maine, the Fowler family's only son Frank comes home from his freshman year at college for summer vacation. His mother Ruth, the school choir director, is unhappy with Frank dating soon-to-be divorced mother Natalie who is several years his senior, but Frank's father Matt, the town doctor, doesn't see a problem. While Frank considers holding off his future for Natalie, her jilted husband causes them all problems until an unthinkable tragedy shakes the community to its very core.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 38 wins & 69 nominations."
},
"Ice Age": {
"title": "Ice Age",
"year": "2002",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy",
"plot": "Back when the Earth was being overrun by glaciers, and animals were scurrying to save themselves from the upcoming Ice Age, a sloth named Sid, a woolly mammoth named Manny, and a saber-toothed tiger named Diego are forced to become unlikely heroes. The three reluctantly come together when they have to return a human child to its father while braving the deadly elements of the impending Ice Age.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 5 wins & 29 nominations."
},
"Aladdin": {
"title": "Aladdin",
"year": "1992",
"rated": "G",
"genre": "Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance",
"plot": "Aladdin is a poor street urchin who spends his time stealing food from the marketplace in the city of Agrabah. His adventures begin when he meets a young girl who happens to be Princess Jasmine, who is forced to be married by her wacky yet estranged father. Aladdin's luck suddenly changes when he retrieves a magical lamp from the Cave of Wonders. What he unwittingly gets is a fun-loving genie who only wishes to have his freedom. Little do they know is that the Sultan's sinister advisor Jafar has his own plans for both Aladdin and the lamp.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 2 Oscars. Another 30 wins & 22 nominations."
},
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2": {
"title": "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2",
"year": "2011",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery",
"plot": "Harry, Ron, and Hermione continue their quest of finding and destroying the Dark Lord's three remaining Horcruxes, the magical items responsible for his immortality. But as the mystical Deathly Hallows are uncovered, and Voldemort finds out about their mission, the biggest battle begins and life as they know it will never be the same again.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "USA, UK",
"awards": "Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 45 wins & 91 nominations."
},
"Downfall": {
"title": "Downfall",
"year": "2004",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Biography, Drama, History, War",
"plot": "In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Soviet Armies closing in from the west and south. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his Generals and advisers to fight to the last man. \"Downfall\" explores these final days of the Reich, where senior German leaders (such as Himmler and Goring) began defecting from their beloved Fuhrer, in an effort to save their own lives, while still others (Joseph Goebbels) pledge to die with Hitler. Hitler, himself, degenerates into a paranoid shell of a man, full of optimism one moment and suicidal depression the next. When the end finally does comes, and Hitler lies dead by his own hand, what is left of his military must find a way to end the killing that is the Battle of Berlin, and lay down their arms in surrender.",
"rating": "8.2",
"country": "Germany, Austria, Italy",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 21 wins & 29 nominations."
},
"Crazy, Stupid, Love.": {
"title": "Crazy, Stupid, Love.",
"year": "2011",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, Romance",
"plot": "Cal (Steve Carell) and Emily (Julianne Moore) have the perfect life together living the American dream... until Emily asks for a divorce. Now Cal, Mr Husband, has to navigate the single scene with a little help from his professional bachelor friend Jacob Palmer (Ryan Gosling). Make that a lot of help...",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 3 wins & 21 nominations."
},
"The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug": {
"title": "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug",
"year": "2013",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Adventure, Fantasy",
"plot": "After successfully crossing over (and under) the Misty Mountains, Thorin and Company must seek aid from a powerful stranger before taking on the dangers of Mirkwood Forest--without their Wizard. If they reach the human settlement of Lake-town it will be time for the hobbit Bilbo Baggins to fulfill his contract with the dwarves. The party must complete the journey to Lonely Mountain and burglar Baggins must seek out the Secret Door that will give them access to the hoard of the dragon Smaug. And, where has Gandalf got off to? And what is his secret business to the south?",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA, New Zealand",
"awards": "Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 16 wins & 86 nominations."
},
"Dangerous Liaisons": {
"title": "Dangerous Liaisons",
"year": "1988",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Romance",
"plot": "In 18th century France, the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont play a dangerous game of seduction. Valmont is someone who measures success by the number of his conquests and Merteuil challenges him to seduce the soon to be married Cecile de Volanges and provide proof in writing of his success. His reward for doing so will be to spend the night with Merteuil. He has little difficulty seducing Cecile but what he really wants is to seduce Madame de Tourvel. When Merteuil learns that he has actually fallen in love with her, she refuses to let him claim his reward for seducing Cecile. Death soon follows.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA, UK",
"awards": "Won 3 Oscars. Another 16 wins & 20 nominations."
},
"My Sassy Girl": {
"title": "My Sassy Girl",
"year": "2001",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, Romance",
"plot": "Based on a series of true stories posted by Ho-sik Kim on the Internet describing his relationship with his girlfriend. These were later transformed into a best-selling book and the movie follows the book closely. It describes the meeting of Kyun-woo (Cha) and an unnamed girl. Kyun-woo is shamed into assisting the girl because the other passengers mistakenly think she is his girlfriend. Once he helps her, Kyun-woo develops a deep sense of responsibility for her which enables him to tolerate (somehow) the girl's abuses.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "South Korea",
"awards": "6 wins & 1 nomination."
},
"Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade": {
"title": "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade",
"year": "1989",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, Fantasy",
"plot": "An art collector appeals to Jones to embark on a search for the Holy Grail. He learns that another archaeologist has disappeared while searching for the precious goblet, and the missing man is his own father, Dr. Henry Jones. The artifact is much harder to find than they expected, and its powers are too much for those impure in heart.",
"rating": "8.2",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 6 wins & 20 nominations."
},
"Nosferatu": {
"title": "Nosferatu",
"year": "1922",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Fantasy, Horror",
"plot": "Wisbourg, Germany based estate agent Knock dispatches his associate, Hutter, to Count Orlok's castle in Transylvania as the Count wants to purchase an isolated house in Wisbourg. They plan on selling him the one across the way from Hutter's own home. Hutter leaves his innocent wife, Ellen, with some friends while he is away. Hutter's trek is an unusual one, with many locals not wanting to take him near the castle where strange events have been occurring. Once at the castle, Hutter does manage to sell the Count the house, but he also notices and feels unusual occurrences, primarily feeling like there is a dark shadow hanging over him, even in the daytime when the Count is unusually asleep. Hutter eventually sees the Count's sleeping chamber in a crypt, and based on a book he has recently read, believes the Count is really a vampire or Nosferatu. While Hutter is trapped in the castle, the Count, hiding in a shipment of coffins, makes his way to Wisbourg, causing death along his way, which most attribute to the plague. Hutter himself tries to rush home to save his town and most importantly save Ellen from Nosferatu's imminent arrival. In Wisbourg, Ellen can feel the impending darkness as Nosferatu gets closer. But she learns that a sinless woman can sacrifice herself to kill the vampire. Will Hutter be able to save Ellen either from Nosferatu and/or her self-sacrifice?",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "Germany",
"awards": "1 win & 2 nominations."
},
"Midnight in Paris": {
"title": "Midnight in Paris",
"year": "2011",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Comedy, Fantasy, Romance",
"plot": "Gil and Inez travel to Paris as a tag-along vacation on her parents' business trip. Gil is a successful Hollywood writer but is struggling on his first novel. He falls in love with the city and thinks they should move there after they get married, but Inez does not share his romantic notions of the city or the idea that the 1920s was the golden age. When Inez goes off dancing with her friends, Gil takes a walk at midnight and discovers what could be the ultimate source of inspiration for writing. Gil's daily walks at midnight in Paris could take him closer to the heart of the city but further from the woman he's about to marry.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "Spain, USA, France",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 24 wins & 101 nominations."
},
"Monty Python and the Holy Grail": {
"title": "Monty Python and the Holy Grail",
"year": "1975",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy",
"plot": "History is turned on its comic head when, in 10th century England, King Arthur travels the countryside to find knights who will join him at the Round Table in Camelot. Gathering up the men is a tale in itself but after a bit of a party at Camelot, many decide to leave only to be stopped by God who sends them on a quest: to find the Holy Grail. After a series of individual adventures, the knights are reunited but must face a wizard named Tim, killer rabbits and lessons in the use of holy hand grenades. Their quest comes to an end however when the police intervene - just what you would expect in a Monty Python movie.",
"rating": "8.3",
"country": "UK",
"awards": "2 wins & 2 nominations."
},
"Badlands": {
"title": "Badlands",
"year": "1973",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Crime, Drama",
"plot": "It's the late 1950s. Mid-twenty-something Kit is a restless and unfocused young man with a James Dean vibe and swagger which he has heard mentioned about him more than once. Fifteen year old Holly has a somewhat cold relationship with her sign painter father, if only because she is the primary reminder of his wife, who died of pneumonia when Holly was a child. The two meet when Holly and her father move from Texas to the small town where Kit lives, Fort Dupree, South Dakota. They slowly fall in love, something about which she cannot tell her father because of their age difference and Kit coming from the wrong side of the tracks. When he tries to take Holly away with him, Kit, on an impulse, shoots her father dead. After letting the initial emotions of the situation settle down, Holly decides voluntarily to go with Kit, they trying to make it look like they committed suicide in a house fire. But they soon learn that their plan did not work, there being a bounty on their heads. As such, Kit continues his murderous ways in order to protect the life he wants to eke out with Holly. She, on the other hand, wants to support Kit, especially as he begins to feel more and more trapped, but she may only be able to endure what looks increasingly to be a battle they cannot win as a couple. Through it all, they openly and privately muse about their philosophies on their life considering their current circumstance.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 3 wins."
},
"The Dark Knight Rises": {
"title": "The Dark Knight Rises",
"year": "2012",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Action, Thriller",
"plot": "Despite his tarnished reputation after the events of The Dark Knight, in which he took the rap for Dent's crimes, Batman feels compelled to intervene to assist the city and its police force which is struggling to cope with Bane's plans to destroy the city.",
"rating": "8.4",
"country": "UK, USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 38 wins & 102 nominations."
},
"Sabrina": {
"title": "Sabrina",
"year": "1954",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, Romance",
"plot": "Linus and David Larrabee are the two sons of a very wealthy family. Linus is all work -- busily running the family corporate empire with no time for a wife and family. David is all play -- technically employed in the family business but never showing up for work, spending all his time entertaining, and having been married and divorced three times. Sabrina Fairchild is the young, shy, and awkward daughter of the household chauffeur, who has been infatuated with David all her life, but whom David hardly notices till she goes away to Paris for two years and returns an elegant, sophisticated, beautiful woman. Suddenly, she finds she's captured David's attention, but just as she does so, she finds herself also falling in love with Linus, and she finds that Linus is also falling in love with her.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 5 wins & 8 nominations."
},
"Castle in the Sky": {
"title": "Castle in the Sky",
"year": "1986",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi",
"plot": "A young boy stumbles into a mysterious girl who floats down from the sky. The girl, Sheeta, was chased by pirates, army and government secret agents. In saving her life, they begin a high flying adventure that goes through all sorts of flying machines, eventually searching for Sheeta's identity in a floating castle of a lost civilization.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "Japan",
"awards": "1 win."
},
"Inglourious Basterds": {
"title": "Inglourious Basterds",
"year": "2009",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Adventure, Drama, War",
"plot": "In German-occupied France, young Jewish refugee Shosanna Dreyfus witnesses the slaughter of her family by Colonel Hans Landa. Narrowly escaping with her life, she plots her revenge several years later when German war hero Fredrick Zoller takes a rapid interest in her and arranges an illustrious movie premiere at the theater she now runs. With the promise of every major Nazi officer in attendance, the event catches the attention of the \"Basterds\", a group of Jewish-American guerrilla soldiers led by the ruthless Lt. Aldo Raine. As the relentless executioners advance and the conspiring young girl's plans are set in motion, their paths will cross for a fateful evening that will shake the very annals of history.",
"rating": "8.3",
"country": "Germany, USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 129 wins & 165 nominations."
},
"Dead Man's Shoes": {
"title": "Dead Man's Shoes",
"year": "2004",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "Richard returns home from military service to a small town in the Midlands. He has one thing on his mind: revenge. Payback for the local bullies who did some very bad things to his brother. At first his campaign employs guerrilla tactics, designed to frighten the men and put them ill at ease. But then he steps up his operation, and one by one these local tough guys are picked off by the terrifying angel of vengeance that Richard has become.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "UK",
"awards": "4 wins & 13 nominations."
},
"The Bourne Identity": {
"title": "The Bourne Identity",
"year": "2002",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Action, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "Based very loosely on Robert Ludlum's novel, the Bourne Identity is the story of a man whose wounded body is discovered by fishermen who nurse him back to health. He can remember nothing and begins to try to rebuild his memory based on clues such as a Swiss bank account, the number of which is implanted in his hip. He soon realizes that he is being hunted and takes off with Marie on a search to find out who he is - and why he is being hunted.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "USA, Germany, Czech Republic",
"awards": "3 wins & 5 nominations."
},
"Matchstick Men": {
"title": "Matchstick Men",
"year": "2003",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "Meet Roy and Frank, a couple of professional small-time con artists. What Roy, a veteran of the grift, and Frank, his ambitious prot\u00e9g\u00e9, are swindling these days are \"water filtration systems,\" bargain-basement water filters bought by unsuspecting people who pay ten times their value in order to win bogus prizes like cars, jewelry and overseas vacations--which they never collect. These scams net the flim-flam men a few hundred here, another thousand there, which eventually adds up to a lucrative partnership. Roy's private life, however, is not so successful. An obsessive-compulsive agoraphobe with no personal relationships to call his own, Roy is barely hanging on to his wits, and when his idiosyncrasies begin to threaten his criminal productivity he's forced to seek the help of a psychoanalyst just to keep him in working order. While Roy is looking for a quick fix, his therapy begets more than he bargained for: the revelation that he has a teenage daughter--a child whose existence he suspected but never dared confirm. What's more troubling, 14-year-old Angela wants to meet the father she never knew. At first, Angela's appearance disrupts her neurotic father's carefully ordered routine. Soon, however, with his own unique spin on parenthood, Roy begins to enjoy a relationship he never dreamed of having with his daughter. But while he develops paternal feelings for the 14-year-old, she's developing a fascination with Daddy's questionable career.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "USA, UK",
"awards": "5 nominations."
},
"Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai": {
"title": "Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai",
"year": "1999",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "A hitman who lives by the code of the samurai, works for the mafia and finds himself in their crosshairs when his recent job doesn't go according to plan. Now he must find a way to defend himself and his honor while retaining the code he lives by.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "France, Germany, USA, Japan",
"awards": "1 win & 7 nominations."
},
"The Green Mile": {
"title": "The Green Mile",
"year": "1999",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery",
"plot": "Death Row guards at a penitentiary, in the 1930's, have a moral dilemma with their job when they discover one of their prisoners, a convicted murderer, has a special gift.",
"rating": "8.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 15 wins & 32 nominations."
},
"The Sandlot": {
"title": "The Sandlot",
"year": "1993",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport",
"plot": "Scotty Smalls moves to a new neighborhood with his mom and stepdad, and wants to learn to play baseball. The neighborhood baseball guru Rodriquez takes Smalls under his wing, and soon he's part of the local baseball buddies. They fall into adventures involving baseball, treehouse sleep-ins, the desirous lifeguard at the local pool, the snooty rival ball team, and the travelling fair. Beyond the fence at the back of the sandlot menaces a legendary ball-eating dog called The Beast, and the kids inevitably must deal with him.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "1 win."
},
"RocknRolla": {
"title": "RocknRolla",
"year": "2008",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Crime, Thriller",
"plot": "Lenny Cole, a London mob boss, puts the bite on all local real estate transactions. For substantial fees, he's helping Uri Omovich, a Russian developer. As a sign of good faith, Omovich loans Cole a valuable painting, promptly stolen off Cole's wall. While Cole's men, led by the dependable Archie, look for the canvas, three local petty criminals, the Wild Bunch, steal money from the Russian using inside information from his accountant, the lovely Stella. Meanwhile, a local drug-addled rocker, Johnny Quid, is reported drowned, and his connection to Cole is the key to unraveling the deceits and double crosses of life in the underworld.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "UK, USA, France",
"awards": "1 win & 5 nominations."
},
"Inside Man": {
"title": "Inside Man",
"year": "2006",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "From a cell, a man tells us he has planned the perfect bank robbery; he invites us to watch. An efficient gang enters a Manhattan bank, locks the doors, and takes hostages. They work deliberately, without haste. Detective Frazier is assigned to negotiate, but half his mind is occupied with the corruption charges he is facing. The bank's president has something to protect in a safe deposit box, so he brings in Madeleine White, a high-power broker with a hidden agenda. With an army of police surrounding the bank, the thief, the cop, and the plutocrat's fixer enter high-stakes negotiations. Why are the robbers asking for a plane, if they are so competent and they know they won't get one? Why aren't they in more of a hurry? If the job's perfect, why is the thieves' leader in a cell?",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "6 wins & 11 nominations."
},
"Vertigo": {
"title": "Vertigo",
"year": "1958",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Mystery, Romance, Thriller",
"plot": "John \"Scottie\" Ferguson is a retired San Francisco police detective who suffers from acrophobia and Madeleine is the lady who leads him to high places. A wealthy shipbuilder who is an acquaintance from college days approaches Scottie and asks him to follow his beautiful wife, Madeleine. He fears she is going insane, maybe even contemplating suicide, he believes she is possessed by a dead ancestor. Scottie is skeptical, but agrees after he sees the beautiful Madeleine.",
"rating": "8.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 8 wins & 4 nominations."
},
"Running Scared": {
"title": "Running Scared",
"year": "2006",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "After a drug-op gone bad, Joey Gazelle is put in charge of disposing the gun that shot a dirty cop. But things go wrong for Joey after a neighbor kid stole the gun and used it to shoot his abusive father. Now Joey has to find that kid and the gun before the police and the mob do.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "Germany, USA",
"awards": "4 nominations."
},
"Roman Holiday": {
"title": "Roman Holiday",
"year": "1953",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Comedy, Romance",
"plot": "Joe Bradley is a reporter for the American News Service in Rome, a job he doesn't much like as he would rather work for what he considers a real news agency back in the States. He is on the verge of getting fired when he, sleeping in and getting caught in a lie by his boss Hennessy, misses an interview with HRH Princess Ann, who is on a goodwill tour of Europe, Rome only her latest stop. However, he thinks he may have stumbled upon a huge scoop. Princess Ann has officially called off all her Rome engagements due to illness. In reality, he recognizes the photograph of her as being the young well but simply dressed drunk woman he rescued off the street last night (as he didn't want to turn her into the police for being a vagrant), and who is still in his small studio apartment sleeping off her hangover. What Joe doesn't know is that she is really sleeping off the effects of a sedative given to her by her doctor to calm her down after an anxiety attack, that anxiety because she hates her regimented life where she has no freedom and must always do and say the politically correct things, not what is truly on her mind or in her heart. In wanting just a little freedom, she seized upon a chance opportunity to escape from the royal palace where she was staying, albeit with no money in her pockets. Joe believes he can get an exclusive interview with her without she even knowing that he's a reporter or that he's interviewing her. As Joe accompanies \"Anya Smith\" - her name as she tells him in trying to hide her true identity - around Rome on her incognito day of freedom somewhat unaware that the secret service is searching for her, along for the ride is Joe's photographer friend, Irving Radovich, who Joe has tasked with clandestinely taking photographs of her, those photos to accompany the story. As the day progresses, Joe and Ann slowly start to fall for each other. Their feelings for each other affect what both decide to do, Ann with regard to her royal duties, Joe with regard to the story, and both with regard to if there is a future for them together.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 3 Oscars. Another 7 wins & 15 nominations."
},
"Three Colors: Blue": {
"title": "Three Colors: Blue",
"year": "1993",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Music, Mystery, Romance",
"plot": "The first part of Kieslowski's trilogy on France's national motto: Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity. 'Blue' is the story of Julie who loses her husband, an acclaimed composer and her young daughter in a car accident. The film's theme of liberty is manifested in Julie's attempt to start life anew, free of personal commitments, belongings, grief or love. She intends to numb herself by withdrawing from the world and living completely independently, anonymously and in solitude in the Parisian metropolis. Despite her intentions, people from her former and present life intrude with their own needs. However, the reality created by the people who need and care about her, a surprising discovery and the music around which the film revolves heal Julie and draws her back to the land of the living.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "France, Poland, Switzerland",
"awards": "Nominated for 3 Golden Globes. Another 20 wins & 14 nominations."
},
"(Dis)Honesty: The Truth About Lies": {
"title": "(Dis)Honesty: The Truth About Lies",
"year": "2015",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Documentary, Drama, News",
"plot": "From ticket-fixing in our police departments to test-score scandals in our schools, from our elected leaders' extra-marital affairs to financial schemes undermining our economy, dishonesty seems to be a ubiquitous part of the news. But it's not just true in the headlines - we ALL cheat.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "N/A"
},
"Good Bye Lenin!": {
"title": "Good Bye Lenin!",
"year": "2003",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, Romance",
"plot": "East Germany, the year 1989: A young man protests against the regime. His mother watches the police arresting him and suffers a heart attack and falls into a coma. Some months later, the GDR does not exist anymore and the mother awakes. Since she has to avoid every excitement, the son tries to set up the GDR again for her in their flat. But the world has changed a lot.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "Germany",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 33 wins & 19 nominations."
},
"Casablanca": {
"title": "Casablanca",
"year": "1942",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Drama, Romance, War",
"plot": "The story of Rick Blaine, a cynical world-weary ex-patriate who runs a nightclub in Casablanca, Morocco during the early stages of WWII. Despite the pressure he constantly receives from the local authorities, Rick's cafe has become a kind of haven for refugees seeking to obtain illicit letters that will help them escape to America. But when Ilsa, a former lover of Rick's, and her husband, show up to his cafe one day, Rick faces a tough challenge which will bring up unforeseen complications, heartbreak and ultimately an excruciating decision to make.",
"rating": "8.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 3 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 9 nominations."
},
"Almost Famous": {
"title": "Almost Famous",
"year": "2000",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Music",
"plot": "William Miller is a 15-year-old kid hired by Rolling Stone magazine to tour with and write about Stillwater, an up and coming rock band. This wonderfully witty coming-of-age film follows William as he falls face first to confront life, love, and lingo.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 52 wins & 103 nominations."
},
"Miller's Crossing": {
"title": "Miller's Crossing",
"year": "1990",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "Tom Reagan (played by Gabriel Byrne) is the right-hand man, and chief adviser, to a mob boss, Leo (Albert Finney). Trouble is brewing between Leo and another mob boss, Johnny Caspar (Jon Polito), over the activities of a bookie, Bernie Bernbaum (John Turturro) and Leo and Tom are at odds on how to deal with it. Meanwhile, Tom is in a secret relationship with Leo's girlfriend, Verna (Marcia Gay Harden), who happens to be the sister of Bernie. In trying to resolve the issue, Tom is cast out from Leo's camp and ultimately finds himself stuck in the middle between several deadly, unforgiving parties.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "4 wins & 15 nominations."
},
"WALL\u00b7E": {
"title": "WALL\u00b7E",
"year": "2008",
"rated": "G",
"genre": "Animation, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi",
"plot": "In a distant, but not so unrealistic, future where mankind has abandoned earth because it has become covered with trash from products sold by the powerful multi-national Buy N Large corporation, WALL-E, a garbage collecting robot has been left to clean up the mess. Mesmerized with trinkets of Earth's history and show tunes, WALL-E is alone on Earth except for a sprightly pet cockroach. One day, EVE, a sleek (and dangerous) reconnaissance robot, is sent to Earth to find proof that life is once again sustainable. WALL-E falls in love with EVE. WALL-E rescues EVE from a dust storm and shows her a living plant he found amongst the rubble. Consistent with her \"directive\", EVE takes the plant and automatically enters a deactivated state except for a blinking green beacon. WALL-E, doesn't understand what has happened to his new friend, but, true to his love, he protects her from wind, rain, and lightning, even as she is unresponsive. One day a massive ship comes to reclaim EVE, but WALL-E, out of love or loneliness, hitches a ride on the outside of the ship to rescue EVE. The ship arrives back at a large space cruise ship, which is carrying all of the humans who evacuated Earth 700 years earlier. The people of Earth ride around this space resort on hovering chairs which give them a constant feed of TV and video chatting. They drink all of their meals through a straw out of laziness and/or bone loss, and are all so fat that they can barely move. When the auto-pilot computer, acting on hastily-given instructions sent many centuries before, tries to prevent the people of Earth from returning by stealing the plant, WALL-E, EVE, the portly captain, and a band of broken robots stage a mutiny.",
"rating": "8.4",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 89 wins & 90 nominations."
},
"Total Recall": {
"title": "Total Recall",
"year": "1990",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller",
"plot": "Douglas Quaid is haunted by a recurring dream about a journey to Mars. He hopes to find out more about this dream and buys a holiday at Rekall Inc. where they sell implanted memories. But something goes wrong with the memory implantation and he remembers being a secret agent fighting against the evil Mars administrator Cohaagen. Now the story really begins and it's a rollercoaster ride until the massive end of the movie.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 8 wins & 14 nominations."
},
"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone": {
"title": "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone",
"year": "2001",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Adventure, Family, Fantasy",
"plot": "This is the tale of Harry Potter, an ordinary 11-year-old boy serving as a sort of slave for his aunt and uncle who learns that he is actually a wizard and has been invited to attend the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry is snatched away from his mundane existence by Hagrid, the grounds keeper for Hogwarts, and quickly thrown into a world completely foreign to both him and the viewer. Famous for an incident that happened at his birth, Harry makes friends easily at his new school. He soon finds, however, that the wizarding world is far more dangerous for him than he would have imagined, and he quickly learns that not all wizards are ones to be trusted.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "UK, USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 17 wins & 62 nominations."
},
"The Place Beyond the Pines": {
"title": "The Place Beyond the Pines",
"year": "2012",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "A mysterious and mythical motorcycle racer, Luke, (Ryan Gosling) drives out of a traveling carnival globe of death and whizzes through the backstreets of Schenectady, New York, desperately trying to connect with a former lover, Romina, (Eva Mendes) who recently and secretly gave birth to the stunt rider's son. In an attempt to provide for his new family, Luke quits the carnival life and commits a series of bank robberies aided by his superior riding ability. The stakes rise as Luke is put on a collision course with an ambitious police officer, Avery Cross, (Bradley Cooper) looking to quickly move up the ranks in a police department riddled with corruption. The sweeping drama unfolds over fifteen years as the sins of the past haunt the present days lives of two high school boys wrestling with the legacy they've inherited. The only refuge is found in the place beyond the pines.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "4 wins & 19 nominations."
},
"Die Hard": {
"title": "Die Hard",
"year": "1988",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Thriller",
"plot": "NYPD cop John McClane goes on a Christmas vacation to visit his wife Holly in Los Angeles where she works for the Nakatomi Corporation. While they are at the Nakatomi headquarters for a Christmas party, a group of bank robbers led by Hans Gruber take control of the building and hold everyone hostage, with the exception of John, while they plan to perform a lucrative heist. Unable to escape and with no immediate police response, John is forced to take matters into his own hands.",
"rating": "8.2",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 7 wins & 2 nominations."
},
"Seven Samurai": {
"title": "Seven Samurai",
"year": "1954",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Adventure, Drama",
"plot": "A veteran samurai, who has fallen on hard times, answers a village's request for protection from bandits. He gathers 6 other samurai to help him, and they teach the townspeople how to defend themselves, and they supply the samurai with three small meals a day. The film culminates in a giant battle when 40 bandits attack the village.",
"rating": "8.7",
"country": "Japan",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 6 nominations."
},
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon": {
"title": "Transformers: Dark of the Moon",
"year": "2011",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi",
"plot": "Autobots Bumblebee, Ratchet, Ironhide, Mirage (aka Dino), Wheeljack (aka Que) and Sideswipe led by Optimus Prime, are back in action taking on the evil Decepticons, who are eager to avenge their recent defeat. The Autobots and Decepticons become involved in a perilous space race between the United States and Russia to reach a hidden Cybertronian spacecraft on the moon and learn its secrets, and once again Sam Witwicky has to go to the aid of his robot friends. The new villain Shockwave is on the scene while the Autobots and Decepticons continue to battle it out on Earth.",
"rating": "6.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 39 nominations."
},
"Patton": {
"title": "Patton",
"year": "1970",
"rated": "GP",
"genre": "Biography, Drama, War",
"plot": "\"Patton\" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with Patton's career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion of Europe and the fall of the Third Reich. Side plots also speak of Patton's numerous faults such his temper and tendency toward insubordination, faults that would prevent him from becoming the lead American general in the Normandy Invasion as well as to his being relieved as Occupation Commander of Germany.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 7 Oscars. Another 17 wins & 8 nominations."
},
"Stardust": {
"title": "Stardust",
"year": "2007",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance",
"plot": "The passage from this world to the fantasy kingdom of Stormhold is through a breach in a wall beside an English village. In the 1800s, a boy becomes a man when he ventures through the breach in pursuit of a fallen star, to prove his love for the village beauty. The star is no lump of rock, it's a maiden, Yvaine. Tristan, the youth, is not the only one looking for her: three witches, led by Lamia, want her heart to make them young; and, the sons of the dead king of Stormhold want her because she holds a ruby that will give one of them title to the throne. Assisting Tristan are his mother, the victim of a spell, and a cross-dressing pirate of the skies. Will Tristan win his true love?",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "UK, USA",
"awards": "5 wins & 8 nominations."
},
"The Royal Tenenbaums": {
"title": "The Royal Tenenbaums",
"year": "2001",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama",
"plot": "Three grown prodigies, all with a unique genius of some kind, and their mother are staying at the family household. Their father, Royal had left them long ago, and comes back to make things right with his family.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 10 wins & 45 nominations."
},
"The Wind that Shakes the Barley": {
"title": "The Wind that Shakes the Barley",
"year": "2006",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Drama, War",
"plot": "In 1920, rural Ireland is the vicious battlefield of republican rebels against the British security forces and Irish Unionist population who oppose them, a recipe for mutual cruelty. Medical graduate Damien O'Donovan always gave priority to his socialist ideals and simply helping people in need. Just when he's leaving Ireland to work in a highly reputed London hospital, witnessing gross abuse of commoners changes his mind. he returns and joins the local IRA brigade, commanded by his brother Teddy, and adopts the merciless logic of civil war, while Teddy mellows by experiencing first-hand endless suffering. When IRA leaders negotiate an autonomous Free State under the British crown, Teddy defends the pragmatic best possible deal at this stage. Damien however joins the large seceding faction which holds nothing less than a socialist republic will do. The result is another civil war, bloodily opposing former Irish comrades in arms, even the brothers.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "Ireland, UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Netherlands",
"awards": "6 wins & 23 nominations."
},
"Felon": {
"title": "Felon",
"year": "2008",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama",
"plot": "A family man Wade Porter is living the American Dream with his girlfriend Laura and their son Michael: they have a nice house, he has just raised a loan to make his company grow and they are going to get married. However their dream becomes a nightmare when Wade unintentionally kills a burglar that had broken into their house in the middle of the night on his lawn. He is sent to trial and accepts a deal proposed by the prosecutor, being sentenced to three years in prison. During the transportation, there is an incident in the bus and Wade is framed and sent to the maximum security wing under the command of the corrupt Lieutenant Jackson. His cell-mate John Smith that was sentenced to life revenging the death of his family befriends Wade and gives helpful advices and hope to Wade to return to his family.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "N/A"
},
"Serenity": {
"title": "Serenity",
"year": "2005",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller",
"plot": "In the future, a spaceship called Serenity is harboring a passenger with a deadly secret. Six rebels on the run. An assassin in pursuit. When the renegade crew of Serenity agrees to hide a fugitive on their ship, they find themselves in an awesome action-packed battle between the relentless military might of a totalitarian regime who will destroy anything - or anyone - to get the girl back and the bloodthirsty creatures who roam the uncharted areas of space. But, the greatest danger of all may be on their ship.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "9 wins & 9 nominations."
},
"The Life of David Gale": {
"title": "The Life of David Gale",
"year": "2003",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "When anti-death-penalty activist David Gale is convicted and condemned to death for the murder of a colleague, reporter Bitsey Bloom sets out to learn the story behind Gale's crime. What she finds challenges her belief in Gale's guilt and, finally, in the justice system.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA, Germany, UK, Spain",
"awards": "3 nominations."
},
"The Meaning of Life": {
"title": "The Meaning of Life",
"year": "1983",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Musical",
"plot": "Why are we here, what's it all about? The Monty Python-team is trying to sort out the most important question on Earth: what is the meaning of life? They do so by exploring the various stages of life, starting with birth. A doctor seems more interested in his equipment than in delivering the baby or caring for the mother, a Roman Catholic couple have quite a lot of children because 'every sperm is sacred'. In the growing and learning part of life, catholic schoolboys attend a rather strange church service and ditto sex education lesson. Onto war, where an officer's plan to attack is thwarted by his underlings wanting to celebrate his birthday and an officer's leg is bitten off by presumably an African tiger. At middle age a couple orders 'philosophy' at a restaurant, after which the film continues with live organ transplants. The autumn years are played in a restaurant, which, after being treated to the song 'Isn't It Awfully Nice to Have a Penis?' by an entertainer, sees the arrival of an extremely fat man. He can eat a lot, but also throw up quite copiously. The Grim Reaper brings for the final stage of human life, death, a visit to a mansion, where the people are rather interested in him. But life doesn't stop at death. It's onto heaven, where it's always Christmas.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "UK",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 win & 1 nomination."
},
"Doubt": {
"title": "Doubt",
"year": "2008",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Drama, Mystery",
"plot": "It's 1964, St. Nicholas in the Bronx. A charismatic priest, Father Flynn, is trying to upend the school's strict customs, which have long been fiercely guarded by Sister Aloysius Beauvier, the iron-gloved Principal who believes in the power of fear-based discipline. The winds of political change are sweeping through the community, and indeed, the school has just accepted its first black student, Donald Miller. But when Sister James, a hopeful innocent, shares with Sister Aloysius her guilt-inducing suspicion that Father Flynn is paying too much personal attention to Donald, Sister Aloysius sets off on a personal crusade to unearth the truth and to expunge Flynn from the school. Now, without a shard of proof besides her moral certainty, Sister Aloysius locks into a battle of wills with Father Flynn which threatens to tear apart the community with irrevocable consequences.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 26 wins & 88 nominations."
},
"Good Will Hunting": {
"title": "Good Will Hunting",
"year": "1997",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Romance",
"plot": "A touching tale of a wayward young man who struggles to find his identity, living in a world where he can solve any problem, except the one brewing deep within himself, until one day he meets his soul mate who opens his mind and his heart.",
"rating": "8.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 2 Oscars. Another 22 wins & 57 nominations."
},
"The Pursuit of Happyness": {
"title": "The Pursuit of Happyness",
"year": "2006",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Biography, Drama",
"plot": "Based on a true story about a man named Christopher Gardner. Gardner has invested heavily in a device known as a \"Bone Density scanner\". He feels like he has made these devices. However, they do not sell as they are marginally better than the current technology at a much higher price. As Gardner tries to figure out how to sell them, his wife leaves him, he loses his house, his bank account, and credit cards. Forced to live out in the streets with his son, Gardner is now desperate to find a steady job; he takes on a job as a stockbroker, but before he can receive pay, he needs to go through 6 months of training, and to sell his devices.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 11 wins & 24 nominations."
},
"The King of Comedy": {
"title": "The King of Comedy",
"year": "1982",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "Rupert Pupkin is obsessed with becoming a comedy great. However, when he confronts his idol, talk show host Jerry Langford, with a plea to perform on the Jerry's show, he is only given the run-around. He does not give up, however, but persists in stalking Jerry until he gets what he wants. Eventually he must team up with his psychotic Langford-obsessed friend Masha to kidnap the talk show host in hopes of finally getting to perform his stand-up routine.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 2 wins & 6 nominations."
},
"Hannah and Her Sisters": {
"title": "Hannah and Her Sisters",
"year": "1986",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama",
"plot": "Hannah, Holly and Lee are adult sisters from a show business family, their boozy actress mother who still believes she's an ing\u00e9nue that can attract any man she wants, despite still being married to the girls' father, Evan. Hannah, on her second marriage to a man named Elliot, a financial advisor, is the success of the family, taking a break from her acting career to raise her children. Everyone turns to her for advice, while she never talks to others about what she needs or feels. Her first husband, Mickey, is a comedy show writer and hypochondriac, who is going through a crisis as he mistakenly believes he will die soon without a clear belief, as a non-practicing Jew, of what will happen to him in the afterlife. Single Holly is the insecure flaky sister, a struggling and thus continually unemployed actress, who has just started a catering business with her actress friend April, in order to do something constructive with her life. In her own security, Hannah even set up Holly and Mickey together following her own break-up with Mickey, Holly and Mickey's sole date which arguably was the worst night in both their lives. Holly turns to Hannah for everything in her life, including money, despite feeling Hannah overly judgmental about her failures. It's during a catering job that Holly and April meet David, an architect, who seems interested in both of them. Holly's insecurities may threaten her potential relationship with David and friendship with April. Lee, who collects unemployment, is metaphorically the family's piece of clay waiting for the right artist to mold her. She has long lived with artist Frederick, who has contempt for everyone except her, and as such relies on her for whatever his connection to the outside world. This already complex collective becomes even more complex when Elliot contemplates telling Lee that he has fallen in love with her. His attraction to her is as much feeling unneeded by Hannah, who he does not want to hurt regardless of what he decides to do with respect to Lee.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 3 Oscars. Another 22 wins & 27 nominations."
},
"Gandhi": {
"title": "Gandhi",
"year": "1982",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Biography, Drama, History",
"plot": "In 1893, Gandhi is thrown off a South African train for being an Indian and traveling in a first class compartment. Gandhi realizes that the laws are biased against Indians and decides to start a non-violent protest campaign for the rights of all Indians in South Africa. After numerous arrests and the unwanted attention of the world, the government finally relents by recognizing rights for Indians, though not for the native blacks of South Africa. After this victory, Gandhi is invited back to India, where he is now considered something of a national hero. He is urged to take up the fight for India's independence from the British Empire. Gandhi agrees, and mounts a non-violent non-cooperation campaign of unprecedented scale, coordinating millions of Indians nationwide. There are some setbacks, such as violence against the protesters and Gandhi's occasional imprisonment. Nevertheless, the campaign generates great attention, and Britain faces intense public pressure. Too weak from World War II to continue enforcing its will in India, Britain finally grants India's independence. Indians celebrate this victory, but their troubles are far from over. Religious tensions between Hindus and Muslims erupt into nation-wide violence. Gandhi declares a hunger strike, saying he will not eat until the fighting stops. The fighting does stop eventually, but the country is divided. It is decided that the northwest area of India, and eastern part of India (current day Bangladesh), both places where Muslims are in the majority, will become a new country called Pakistan (West and East Pakistan respectively). It is hoped that by encouraging the Muslims to live in a separate country, violence will abate. Gandhi is opposed to the idea, and is even willing to allow Muhammad Ali Jinnah to become the first prime minister of India, but the Partition of India is carried out nevertheless. Gandhi spends his last days trying to bring about peace between both nations. He thereby angers many dissidents on both sides, one of whom finally gets close enough to assassinate him.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "UK, India, USA",
"awards": "Won 8 Oscars. Another 27 wins & 20 nominations."
},
"The Silence of the Lambs": {
"title": "The Silence of the Lambs",
"year": "1991",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "FBI trainee Clarice Starling works hard to advance her career, including trying to hide or put behind her West Virginia roots, of which if some knew would automatically classify her as being backward or white trash. After graduation, she aspires to work in the agency's Behavioral Science Unit under the leadership of Jack Crawford. While she is still a trainee, Crawford does ask her to question Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a psychiatrist imprisoned thus far for eight years in maximum security isolation for being a serial killer, he who cannibalized his victims. Clarice is able to figure out the assignment is to pick Lecter's brains to help them solve another serial murder case, that of someone coined by the media as Buffalo Bill who has so far killed five victims, all located in the eastern US, all young women who are slightly overweight especially around the hips, all who were drowned in natural bodies of water, and all who were stripped of large swaths of skin. She also figures that Crawford chose her as a woman to be able to trigger some emotional response from Lecter. After speaking to Lecter for the first time, she realizes that everything with him will be a psychological game with her having often to read between the very cryptic lines he provides. She has to decide how much she will play along as his request in return for talking to him is to expose herself emotionally to him. The case takes more dire turns when a sixth victim is discovered, this one from who they are able to retrieve a key piece of evidence if Lecter is being forthright as to its meaning. A potential seventh victim is high profile Catherine Martin, the daughter of Senator Ruth Martin, which places greater scrutiny on the case as they search for a hopefully still alive Catherine. Who may factor into what happens is Dr. Frederick Chilton, the warden at the prison, he an opportunist who sees the higher profile with Catherine, meaning a higher profile for himself if he can insert himself successfully into the proceedings.",
"rating": "8.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 5 Oscars. Another 54 wins & 44 nominations."
},
"The Rock": {
"title": "The Rock",
"year": "1996",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, Thriller",
"plot": "Stanley Goodspeed, who lives in Washington D.C., is a biochemist who works for the FBI. Soon after his fianc\u00e9e Carla Pestalozzi announces that she is pregnant, Stanley gets a call from FBI director James Womack. Womack tells Stanley that San Francisco's Alcatraz Island has been taken hostage, along with 81 tourists, by marine General Francis Xavier Hummel who, for years, has been protesting the government's refusal to pay benefits to families of war veterans who died during covert military operations. The death of his wife Barbara Hummel on March 9, 1995 drove General Hummel over the edge, and now he's holding hostages in order to get his point across. Stanley is needed because General Hummel has stolen some VX gas warheads and has announced that he will launch them onto San Francisco unless his demands are met. Stanley knows how to disarm the bombs, but Stanley needs someone who knows Alcatraz well enough to get him inside. That man is former British intelligence agent John Patrick Mason, who has been in prison for the past 30 years without a trial because he was accused of stealing the private files of J. Edgar Hoover. In 1962, John became the only inmate ever to escape from Alcatraz, and he stayed out of Alcatraz long enough to father a daughter named Jade Angelou. Despite his extreme hatred of the FBI, John agrees to help Stanley. When John and Stanley are sent into Alcatraz with a Navy SEAL team, General Hummel's men kill the entire SEAL team, leaving Stanley and John to work on their own to rescue the hostages.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 9 wins & 8 nominations."
},
"Battle Royale": {
"title": "Battle Royale",
"year": "2000",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller",
"plot": "Forty-two students, three days, one deserted Island: welcome to Battle Royale. A group of ninth-grade students from a Japanese high school have been forced by legislation to compete in a Battle Royale. The students are each given a bag with a randomly selected weapon and a few rations of food and water and sent off to kill each other in a no-holds-barred (with a few minor rules) game to the death, which means that the students have three days to kill each other until one survives--or they all die. The movie focuses on a few of the students and how they cope. Some decide to play the game like the psychotic Kiriyama or the sexual Mitsuko, while others like the heroes of the movie--Shuya, Noriko, and Kawada--are trying to find a way to get off the Island without violence. However, as the numbers dwell down lower and lower on an hourly basis, is there any way for Shuya and his classmates to survive?",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "Japan",
"awards": "7 wins & 8 nominations."
},
"Blue Jasmine": {
"title": "Blue Jasmine",
"year": "2013",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "Jasmine French used to be on the top of the heap as a New York socialite, but now is returning to her estranged sister in San Francisco utterly ruined. As Jasmine struggles with her haunting memories of a privileged past bearing dark realities she ignored, she tries to recover in her present. Unfortunately, it all proves a losing battle as Jasmine's narcissistic hangups and their consequences begin to overwhelm her. In doing so, her old pretensions and new deceits begin to foul up everyone's lives, especially her own.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 54 wins & 75 nominations."
},
"The Right Stuff": {
"title": "The Right Stuff",
"year": "1983",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Adventure, Biography, Drama, History",
"plot": "Tom Wolfe's book on the history of the U.S. Space program reads like a novel, and the film has that same fictional quality. It covers the breaking of the sound barrier by Chuck Yeager to the Mercury 7 astronauts, showing that no one had a clue how to run a space program or how to select people to be in it. Thrilling, funny, charming and electrifying all at once.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 4 Oscars. Another 7 wins & 15 nominations."
},
"Punch-Drunk Love": {
"title": "Punch-Drunk Love",
"year": "2002",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller",
"plot": "Barry Egan hates himself and hates his life. The only male among eight siblings, Barry is treated poorly by his overbearing sisters. Despite owning his own business, he has gotten nowhere in life largely because of his insecurities. He leads a solitary life, which allows him to hide his violent outbursts that occur when he's frustrated. His solitude however allows him to think, he stumbling upon a scheme to travel the world on a pittance, travel which he has never done. Concurrently, he meets two people who pull him in two different directions. The first is Lena Leonard, a friend of his sister Elizabeth. Barry is slow to realize that Lena is attracted to him, he making her make all the first moves. Lena is eventually able to get Barry out of his shell, she who sticks around despite his obvious problems. His burgeoning relationship and thus new life with Lena is threatened by the second, \"Georgia\", who he contacted in an effort to alleviate his loneliness. Georgia and her \"band of brothers\" do whatever they can get get out of Barry what they want, no matter the price to Barry.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 14 wins & 35 nominations."
},
"The Reader": {
"title": "The Reader",
"year": "2008",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Romance",
"plot": "THE READER opens in post-war Germany when teenager Michael Berg becomes ill and is helped home by Hanna, a stranger twice his age. Michael recovers from scarlet fever and seeks out Hanna to thank her. The two are quickly drawn into a passionate but secretive affair. Michael discovers that Hanna loves being read to and their physical relationship deepens. Hanna is enthralled as Michael reads to her from \"The Odyssey,\" \"Huck Finn\" and \"The Lady with the Little Dog.\" Despite their intense bond, Hanna mysteriously disappears one day and Michael is left confused and heartbroken. Eight years later, while Michael is a law student observing the Nazi war crime trials, he is stunned to find Hanna back in his life - this time as a defendant in the courtroom. As Hanna's past is revealed, Michael uncovers a deep secret that will impact both of their lives. THE READER is a story about truth and reconciliation, about how one generation comes to terms with the crimes of another.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA, Germany",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 25 wins & 47 nominations."
},
"My Fair Lady": {
"title": "My Fair Lady",
"year": "1964",
"rated": "G",
"genre": "Drama, Family, Musical, Romance",
"plot": "Pompous phonetics professor Henry Higgins is so sure of his abilities that he takes it upon himself to transform a Cockney working-class girl into someone who can pass for a cultured member of high society. His subject turns out to be the lovely Eliza Doolittle, who agrees to speech lessons to improve her job prospects. Higgins and Eliza clash, then form an unlikely bond -- one that is threatened by an aristocratic suitor.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 8 Oscars. Another 16 wins & 13 nominations."
},
"[Rec]": {
"title": "[Rec]",
"year": "2007",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Horror, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "\"REC\" turns on a young TV reporter and her cameraman who cover the night shift at the local fire station. Receiving a call from an old lady trapped in her house, they reach her building to hear horrifying screams -- which begin a long nightmare and a uniquely dramatic TV report.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "Spain",
"awards": "16 wins & 12 nominations."
},
"Persepolis": {
"title": "Persepolis",
"year": "2007",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Animation, Biography, Drama, War",
"plot": "In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own. With Marji dangerously refusing to remain silent at this injustice, her parents send her abroad to Vienna to study for a better life. However, this change proves an equally difficult trial with the young woman finding herself in a different culture loaded with abrasive characters and profound disappointments that deeply trouble her. Even when she returns home, Marji finds that both she and homeland have changed too much and the young woman and her loving family must decide where she truly belongs.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "France, USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 28 wins & 54 nominations."
},
"Ghost in the Shell": {
"title": "Ghost in the Shell",
"year": "2017",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller",
"plot": "In the near future, Major Motoko Kusanagi (Scarlett Johansson) is the first of her kind: A human saved from a terrible terrorist attack, who is cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals. When terrorism reaches a new level that includes the ability to hack into people's minds and control them, Major Kusanagi is uniquely qualified to stop it. As she prepares to face a new enemy, Major Kusanagi discovers that she has been lied to: her life was not saved, it was stolen. She will stop at nothing to recover her past, find out who did this to her and stop them before they do it to others.",
"rating": "6.4",
"country": "USA, India, Hong Kong, China",
"awards": "2 wins & 6 nominations."
},
"Talk to Her": {
"title": "Talk to Her",
"year": "2002",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Mystery, Romance",
"plot": "After a chance encounter at a theater, two men, Benigno and Marco, meet at a private clinic where Benigno works. Lydia, Marco's girlfriend and a bullfighter by profession, has been gored and is in a coma. It so happens that Benigno is looking after another woman in a coma, Alicia, a young ballet student. The lives of the four characters will flow in all directions, past, present and future, dragging all of them towards an unsuspected destiny.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "Spain",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 42 wins & 45 nominations."
},
"Scarface": {
"title": "Scarface",
"year": "1983",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama",
"plot": "Tony Montana manages to leave Cuba during the Mariel exodus of 1980. He finds himself in a Florida refugee camp but his friend Manny has a way out for them: undertake a contract killing and arrangements will be made to get a green card. He's soon working for drug dealer Frank Lopez and shows his mettle when a deal with Colombian drug dealers goes bad. He also brings a new level of violence to Miami. Tony is protective of his younger sister but his mother knows what he does for a living and disowns him. Tony is impatient and wants it all however, including Frank's empire and his mistress Elvira Hancock. Once at the top however, Tony's outrageous actions make him a target and everything comes crumbling down.",
"rating": "8.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 3 Golden Globes. Another 4 nominations."
},
"Remember the Titans": {
"title": "Remember the Titans",
"year": "2000",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Biography, Drama, Sport",
"plot": "Suburban Virginia schools have been segregated for generations. One Black and one White high school are closed and the students sent to T.C. Williams High School under federal mandate to integrate. The year is seen through the eyes of the football team where the man hired to coach the Black school is made head coach over the highly successful white coach. Based on the actual events of 1971, the team becomes the unifying symbol for the community as the boys and the adults learn to depend on and trust each other.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "8 wins & 17 nominations."
},
"The Hurricane": {
"title": "The Hurricane",
"year": "1999",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Biography, Drama, Sport",
"plot": "This film tells the story of Rubin \"Hurricane\" Carter, an African-American man who rose above his troubled youth to become a top contender for the middle-weight boxing title. However, his dreams are shattered when he is accused of a triple murder, and is convicted to three natural-life terms. Despite becoming a cause celebre and his dogged efforts to prove his innocence through his autobiography, the years of fruitless efforts have left him discouraged. This changes when an African-American boy and his Canadian mentors read his book and are convinced of his innocence enough to work for his exoneration. However, what Hurricane and his friends learn is that this fight puts them against a racist establishment that profited from this travesty and have no intention of seeing it reversed.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 7 wins & 17 nominations."
},
"Incendies": {
"title": "Incendies",
"year": "2010",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Mystery, War",
"plot": "A mother's last wishes send twins Jeanne and Simon on a journey to the Middle East in search of their tangled roots. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad's acclaimed play, Incendies tells the powerful and moving tale of two young adults' voyage to the core of deep-rooted hatred, never-ending wars and enduring love.",
"rating": "8.2",
"country": "Canada, France",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 39 wins & 15 nominations."
},
"Dogville": {
"title": "Dogville",
"year": "2003",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama",
"plot": "Late one night, a beautiful and well-dressed young woman, Grace, arrives in the mountainous old mining town of Dogville as a fugitive; following the sound of gunshots in the distance which have been heard by Tom, the self-appointed moral spokesman for the town. Persuaded by Tom, the town agree to hide Grace, and in return she freely helps the locals. However, when the Sheriff from a neighbouring town posts a Missing notice, advertising a reward for revealing her whereabouts, the townsfolk require a better deal from Grace, in return for their silence; and when the Sheriff returns some weeks later with a Wanted poster, even though the citizens know her to be innocent of the false charges against her, the town's sense of goodness takes a sinister turn and the price of Grace's freedom becomes a workload and treatment akin to that of a slave. But Grace has a deadly secret that the townsfolk will eventually encounter.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "Netherlands, Denmark, UK, France, Finland, Sweden, Germany, Italy, Norway",
"awards": "20 wins & 31 nominations."
},
"Road to Perdition": {
"title": "Road to Perdition",
"year": "2002",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "1931. Mike Sullivan and Connor Rooney are two henchmen of elderly Chicago-based Irish-American mobster John Rooney, Connor's father. In many respects, John treats Mike more as his son, who he raised as his own after Mike was orphaned, than the volatile Connor, who nonetheless sees himself as the heir apparent to the family business. One evening, Mike's eldest son, twelve year old Michael Sullivan Jr., who has no idea what his father does for a living, witnesses Connor and his father gun down an associate and his men, the situation gone wrong initiated from an action by Connor. Caught witnessing the incident, Michael is sworn to secrecy about what he saw. Regardless, Connor, not wanting any loose ends, makes an attempt to kill Mike, his wife and their two sons. Mike and the surviving members of his family know that they need to go on the run as Connor, who has gone into hiding, will be protected through mob loyalty, especially by John, who cannot turn on his own flesh and blood. Still, Mike has to figure out a way for retribution for what Connor did, while still protecting him and his family, not only from Connor, but from John and his fellow associates. Through it all, Mike wants those in his family that had no say in what he chose as a living, to have some redemption for their eternal souls.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 22 wins & 79 nominations."
},
"Mulholland Drive": {
"title": "Mulholland Drive",
"year": "2001",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "After hiring a hit man to kill her lover, Camilla; Diane dreams of a different Hollywood experience. One where she is a wonderfully talented and versatile actress, Betty, who almost instantly is in demand by the best Casting Directors in the business. And one where her lover becomes an amnesiac, Rita, after a brutal accident that saves her from the hit on her life. Betty and Rita meet and as they fall in love, they also try to undercover Rita's real identity. But when Betty and Rita's search begins to intermingle with the reality of Diane and Camilla's nightmarish relationship, the walls of the dream begin to collapse (\"It's strange to be calling yourself\" says Betty).",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "France, USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 47 wins & 57 nominations."
},
"Million Dollar Baby": {
"title": "Million Dollar Baby",
"year": "2004",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Drama, Sport",
"plot": "Wanting to learn from the best, aspiring boxer Maggie Fitzgerald wants Frankie Dunn to train her. At the outset he flatly refuses saying he has no interest in training a girl. Frankie leads a lonely existence, alienated from his only daughter and having few friends. Maggie's rough around the edges but shows a lot of grit in the ring and he eventually relents. Maggie not only proves to be the boxer he always dreamed of having under his wing but a friend who fills the great void he's had in his life. Maggie's career skyrockets but an accident in the ring leads her to ask Frankie for one last favor.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 4 Oscars. Another 63 wins & 83 nominations."
},
"The Painted Veil": {
"title": "The Painted Veil",
"year": "2006",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Drama, Romance",
"plot": "This love story has Kitty meeting young, intelligent, shy and somewhat dull Dr. Walter Fane, whose forte is the study of infectious diseases, and the convenient marriage that she finds herself committed to. It is in this web of intrigue that they head for China, only after Walter discovers Kitty's infidelity with one dashing and witty diplomat Charlie Townsend. So much as to hide her from herself and to help thwart a cholera outbreak, this is a marriage more than on the rocks. This is a cold, indifferent and loveless partnership in a vast unknown and deadly environment that will test both these flightless lovebirds and with the hardships and tolerances more than any had ever anticipated. A visual delight amid the pain and suffering of a dying people and failing marriage. Will a cure be found for both, before it's too late?",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "China, USA, Canada",
"awards": "Won 1 Golden Globe. Another 10 wins & 13 nominations."
},
"Cinema Paradiso": {
"title": "Cinema Paradiso",
"year": "1988",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "A boy who grew up in a native Sicilian Village returns home as a famous director after receiving news about the death of an old friend. Told in a flashback, Salvatore reminiscences about his childhood and his relationship with Alfredo, a projectionist at Cinema Paradiso. Under the fatherly influence of Alfredo, Salvatore fell in love with film making, with the duo spending many hours discussing about films and Alfredo painstakingly teaching Salvatore the skills that became a stepping stone for the young boy into the world of film making. The film brings the audience through the changes in cinema and the dying trade of traditional film making, editing and screening. It also explores a young boy's dream of leaving his little town to foray into the world outside.",
"rating": "8.5",
"country": "Italy, France",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 23 wins & 31 nominations."
},
"Sherlock Holmes": {
"title": "Sherlock Holmes",
"year": "2009",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "After finally catching serial killer and occult \"sorcerer\" Lord Blackwood, legendary sleuth Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr. Watson can close yet another successful case. But when Blackwood mysteriously returns from the grave and resumes his killing spree, Holmes must take up the hunt once again. Contending with his partner's new fianc\u00e9e and the dimwitted head of Scotland Yard, the dauntless detective must unravel the clues that will lead him into a twisted web of murder, deceit, and black magic - and the deadly embrace of temptress Irene Adler.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA, Germany",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 27 nominations."
},
"The Purple Rose of Cairo": {
"title": "The Purple Rose of Cairo",
"year": "1985",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Comedy, Fantasy, Romance",
"plot": "Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey during the Depression and is searching for an escape from her dreary life. Tom Baxter is a dashing young archaeologist in the film \"The Purple Rose of Cairo.\" After losing her job Cecilia goes to see the film in hopes of raising her spirits. Much to her surprise Tom Baxter walks off the screen and into her life. There's only one problem..Tom isn't real. Meanwhile Hollywood is up in arms when they dicover that other Tom Baxters are trying to leave the screen in other theatres. Will Tom ever return and finish the film or will he decide to stay in the real world?",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 14 wins & 14 nominations."
},
"Dances with Wolves": {
"title": "Dances with Wolves",
"year": "1990",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Adventure, Drama, Western",
"plot": "Lt. John Dunbar is dubbed a hero after he accidentally leads Union troops to a victory during the Civil War. He requests a position on the western frontier, but finds it deserted. He soon finds out he is not alone, but meets a wolf he dubs \"Two-socks\" and a curious Indian tribe. Dunbar quickly makes friends with the tribe, and discovers a white woman who was raised by the Indians. He gradually earns the respect of these native people, and sheds his white-man's ways.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA, UK",
"awards": "Won 7 Oscars. Another 43 wins & 37 nominations."
},
"Life as a House": {
"title": "Life as a House",
"year": "2001",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "George Monroe is a lonely and sad man. Divorced for ten years, he lives alone on the Southern California coast with his pet dog in the same run down shack he has lived in for twenty-five years, the shack which his father passed down to him. In the intervening years, ostentatious houses have sprung up around him. He's been at the same architectural firm for twenty years in a job he hates, which primarily consists of building scale models. On the day that he is fired from his job, he is diagnosed with an advanced case of terminal cancer, which he chooses not to disclose to his family. In many ways, this day is the happiest of his recent life in that he decides to spend what little time he has left doing what he really wants to do, namely build a house he can call his own to replace the shack. He also wants his rebellious sixteen year old son, Sam Monroe, to live with him for the summer, hopefully not only to help in the house construction, but for the two to reconnect as a family. Getting Sam to do any of it will not be an easy task as Sam, who has embarked on some self-destructive behavior, would rather do anything than spend time with his family, which also includes his mother Robin Kimball, her wealthy but emotionally unaffectionate husband Peter Kimball, and their adolescent children. In Sam, George sees an unhappy person in every aspect of his life, much like George was himself before that fateful day. What Sam decides to do for the summer may consider Alyssa Beck, his pretty classmate and George's next door neighbor. Through the process, George also reconnects with Robin, who admits that she's made some pretty bad decisions in her life. He may not want that reconnection to go too far considering his health. Ultimately George has much to do to complete all he wants before he dies.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 8 nominations."
},
"The Straight Story": {
"title": "The Straight Story",
"year": "1999",
"rated": "G",
"genre": "Biography, Drama",
"plot": "\"The Straight Story\" chronicles a trip made by 73-year-old Alvin Straight from Laurens, Iowa, to Mt. Zion, Wis., in 1994 while riding a lawn mower. The man undertook his strange journey to mend his relationship with his ill, estranged, 75-year-old brother Lyle.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "France, UK, USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 14 wins & 37 nominations."
},
"Breakfast at Tiffany's": {
"title": "Breakfast at Tiffany's",
"year": "1961",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, Romance",
"plot": "Holly Golightly is a flighty Manhattan party girl, who expects \"money for the powder room as well as for cab fare\" for her companionship. She has even gotten a lucrative once weekly job to visit notorious convict Sally Tomato in Sing Sing, she needing to report back to Sally's lawyer the weather report that Sally tells her as proof of her visits with him in return for payment. Her aspirations for glamor and wealth are epitomized by the comfort she feels at Tiffany's, the famous high end jewelry retailer where she believes nothing can ever go wrong. Her resolve for this wealth is strengthened, if not changed slightly in focus, upon news from home. Into Holly's walk-up apartment building and thus her life is Paul Varjak, a writer who Holly states reminds her of her brother Fred, who she has not seen in years and who is currently enlisted in the army. The two quickly become friends in their want for something outside of their current lot. Paul's situation is closer to Holly's than he would like to admit. Having not had anything published in over five years, he is a kept man by his wealthy married \"decorator\", Emily Eustace Failenson - who he refers to as 2E - which allows him not to write, which he no longer truly does. Eventually, Paul falls for Holly, and wants to take care of her, instead of being taken care of as is his current situation. Although Holly also seems to be falling for him, the question becomes whether Paul can fulfill Holly's life aspirations, and if not what needs to change for there even to be the possibility of a future for them.",
"rating": "7.7",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 2 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 13 nominations."
},
"Am\u00e9lie": {
"title": "Am\u00e9lie",
"year": "2001",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Romance",
"plot": "Am\u00e9lie is a story about a girl named Am\u00e9lie whose childhood was suppressed by her Father's mistaken concerns of a heart defect. With these concerns Am\u00e9lie gets hardly any real life contact with other people. This leads Am\u00e9lie to resort to her own fantastical world and dreams of love and beauty. She later on becomes a young woman and moves to the central part of Paris as a waitress. After finding a lost treasure belonging to the former occupant of her apartment, she decides to return it to him. After seeing his reaction and his new found perspective - she decides to devote her life to the people around her. Such as, her father who is obsessed with his garden-gnome, a failed writer, a hypochondriac, a man who stalks his ex girlfriends, the \"ghost\", a suppressed young soul, the love of her life and a man whose bones are as brittle as glass. But after consuming herself with these escapades - she finds out that she is disregarding her own life and damaging her quest for love. Am\u00e9lie then discovers she must become more aggressive and take a hold of her life and capture the beauty of love she has always dreamed of.",
"rating": "8.3",
"country": "France, Germany",
"awards": "Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 58 wins & 65 nominations."
},
"I Am Sam": {
"title": "I Am Sam",
"year": "2001",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "Sam Dawson has the mental capacity of a 7-year-old. He works at a Starbucks and is obsessed with the Beatles. He has a daughter with a homeless woman; she abandons them as soon as they leave the hospital. He names his daughter Lucy Diamond (after the Beatles song), and raises her. But as she reaches age 7 herself, Sam's limitations start to become a problem at school; she's intentionally holding back to avoid looking smarter than him. The authorities take her away, and Sam shames high-priced lawyer Rita Harrison into taking his case pro bono. In the process, he teaches her a great deal about love, and whether it's really all you need.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 8 wins & 10 nominations."
},
"The Deer Hunter": {
"title": "The Deer Hunter",
"year": "1978",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, War",
"plot": "Michael, Steven and Nick are young factory workers from Pennsylvania who enlist into the Army to fight in Vietnam. Before they go, Steven marries the pregnant Angela, and their wedding party also serves as the men's farewell party. After some time and many horrors, the three friends fall in the hands of the Vietcong and are brought to a prison camp in which they are forced to play Russian roulette against each other. Michael makes it possible for them to escape, but they soon get separated again.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "USA, UK",
"awards": "Won 5 Oscars. Another 17 wins & 26 nominations."
},
"Happiness": {
"title": "Happiness",
"year": "1998",
"rated": "UNRATED",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama",
"plot": "A woman breaks up with her boyfriend, he thinks it's because he's fat. A man is unable to tell her next door neighbor he finds her sexually attractive. An old couple wants to split up, but they don't want to get a divorce. A therapist masturbates to teen magazines. An 11 year old kid is insecure about the fact that he hasn't cum yet. Office workers try to recall the face of a coworker who recently died. A woman is sure she has everything she could ever want. The lives of these individuals intertwine as they go about their lives in their own unique ways, engaging in acts society as a whole might find disturbing in a desperate search for human connection.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 12 wins & 25 nominations."
},
"Charade": {
"title": "Charade",
"year": "1963",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Comedy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller",
"plot": "Regina Lampert, a Paris based American, has decided to divorce her Swiss husband, Charles Lampert, because of the secrets and lies that have pervaded their marriage, she coming to the conclusion that she no longer loves him and really knows nothing about him. Before she can make that request to Charles, he is found dead, seemingly pushed off a Paris to Bordeaux train. While Regina was on holiday in Meg\u00e8ve, Charles sold all their possessions making $250,000 in the process, and seemed to be on his way to the coast to leave the country for South America probably for good. The money, however, was not among his possessions on the train, those possessions which are returned to Regina. Regina further learns from Hamilton Bartholomew of the CIA that they were after him, Charles Lampert only the primary alias he has been using of late. During WWII, Charles, a member of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), absconded with $250,000 worth of their gold bars that were destined for the French Resistance. The US government wants that money back. Charles had a few partners in crime among the OSS, namely four men: Tex Panthollow, Leopold Gideon, Herman Scobie and Carson Dyle. Besides Dyle who died in the war, Regina knows the other three men are still alive, as she recognized them from a photograph as the three unknown men who attended Charles' funeral. They are now after her as they also want the money which they believe she has, and will kill to get it. She knows nothing about the money, but realizes that it is her duty to find it to return it to its rightful owner, namely the US government, and that it may save her life from Charles' partners. Clues to the money's whereabouts may be among those possessions Charles had on the train. Coming to Regina's aid is Peter Joshua, a man she met while she was in Meg\u00e8ve. As Peter helps her, she quickly falls in love with him, and he seemingly with her. Shortly thereafter, she also comes to the realization that Peter is keeping as many secrets as Charles did, and as such he is a person she perhaps should not be trusting.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 3 wins & 8 nominations."
},
"Rang De Basanti": {
"title": "Rang De Basanti",
"year": "2006",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama",
"plot": "A young idealistic English filmmaker, Sue, arrives in India to make a film on Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar Azad and their contemporaries and their fight for freedom from the British Raj. Owing to a lack of funds, she recruits students from Delhi University to act in her docu-drama. She finds DJ, who graduated five years ago but still wants to be a part of the University because he doesn't think there's too much out there in the real world to look forward to. Karan, the son of Industrialist Rajnath Singhania, who shares an uncomfortable relationship with his father, but continues to live off him, albeit very grudgingly. Aslam, is a middle class Muslim boy, who lives in the by-lanes near Jama Masjid, poet, philosopher and guide to his friends. Sukhi, the group's baby, innocent, vulnerable and with a weakness for only one thing - girls. Laxman Pandey, the fundamentalist in the group, the only one who still believes that politics can make the world a better place and finally Sonia - the sole girl in the group, tomboy and vivacious spirit, engaged to Ajay - the dashing air pilot. Through her film, Sue wishes to showcase to the world the efforts of these young revolutionaries and the enormity of their contribution to the freedom movement in India. What unfolds is the inspiration behind Sue's passion for bringing their story to the world. The twist in the tale is of course the fact that more than just telling the world, Sue's film makes DJ and his friends stop and stare at themselves for being the actual descendants of these great men and never recognizing and celebrating their courage and spirit.",
"rating": "8.2",
"country": "India",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 17 wins & 19 nominations."
},
"Akira": {
"title": "Akira",
"year": "1988",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller",
"plot": "Kaneda is a bike gang leader whose close friend Tetsuo gets involved in a government secret project known as Akira. On his way to save Tetsuo, Kaneda runs into a group of anti-government activists, greedy politicians, irresponsible scientists and a powerful military leader. The confrontation sparks off Tetsuo's supernatural power leading to bloody death, a coup attempt and the final battle in Tokyo Olympiad where Akira's secrets were buried 30 years ago.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "Japan",
"awards": "1 win."
},
"The Ten Commandments": {
"title": "The Ten Commandments",
"year": "1956",
"rated": "G",
"genre": "Adventure, Drama",
"plot": "To escape the edict of Egypt's Pharaoh, Rameses I, condemning all newborn Hebrew males, the infant Moses is set adrift on the Nile in a reed basket. Saved by the pharaoh's daughter Bithiah, he is adopted by her and brought up in the court of her brother, Pharaoh Seti. Moses gains Seti's favor and the love of the throne princess Nefertiri, as well as the hatred of Seti's son, Rameses. When his Hebrew heritage is revealed, Moses is cast out of Egypt, and makes his way across the desert where he marries, has a son and is commanded by God to return to Egypt to free the Hebrews from slavery. In Egypt, Moses' fiercest enemy proves to be not Rameses, but someone near to him who can 'harden his heart'.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 6 wins & 8 nominations."
},
"American Gangster": {
"title": "American Gangster",
"year": "2007",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs into the United States. As a result, his product is superior to what is currently available on the street and his prices are lower. His alliance with the New York Mafia ensures his position. It is also the story of a dedicated and honest policeman, Richie Roberts, who heads up a joint narcotics task force with the Federal government. Based on a true story.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA, UK",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 12 wins & 35 nominations."
},
"Se7en": {
"title": "Se7en",
"year": "1995",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "A film about two homicide detectives' (Morgan Freeman and (Brad Pitt desperate hunt for a serial killer who justifies his crimes as absolution for the world's ignorance of the Seven Deadly Sins. The movie takes us from the tortured remains of one victim to the next as the sociopathic \"John Doe\" (Kevin Spacey) sermonizes to Detectives Somerset and Mills -- one sin at a time. The sin of Gluttony comes first and the murderer's terrible capacity is graphically demonstrated in the dark and subdued tones characteristic of film noir. The seasoned and cultured but jaded Somerset researches the Seven Deadly Sins in an effort to understand the killer's modus operandi while the bright but green and impulsive Detective Mills (Pitt) scoffs at his efforts to get inside the mind of a killer...",
"rating": "8.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 25 wins & 33 nominations."
},
"Home Alone": {
"title": "Home Alone",
"year": "1990",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Comedy, Family",
"plot": "It is Christmas time and the McCallister family is preparing for a vacation in Paris, France. But the youngest in the family named Kevin got into a scuffle with his older brother Buzz and was sent to his room which is on the third floor of his house. Then, the next morning, while the rest of the family was in a rush to make it to the airport on time, they completely forgot about Kevin who now has the house all to himself. Being home alone was fun for Kevin, having a pizza all to himself, jumping on his parents' bed, and making a mess. Then, Kevin discovers about two burglars, Harry and Marv, about to rob his house on Christmas Eve. Kevin acts quickly by wiring his own house with makeshift booby traps to stop the burglars and to bring them to justice.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 4 nominations."
},
"The Untouchables": {
"title": "The Untouchables",
"year": "1987",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "1920's prohibition Chicago is corrupt from the judges downward. So in going up against Al Capone, Treasury agent Eliot Ness picks just two cops to help him and his accountant colleague. One is a sharp-shooting rookie, the other a seen-it-all beat man. The four of them are ready to battle Capone and his empire, but it could just be that guns are not the best way to get him.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 10 wins & 15 nominations."
},
"The Seventh Seal": {
"title": "The Seventh Seal",
"year": "1957",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Drama, Fantasy",
"plot": "A Knight and his squire are home from the crusades. Black Death is sweeping their country. As they approach home, Death appears to the knight and tells him it is his time. The knight challenges Death to a chess game for his life. The Knight and Death play as the cultural turmoil envelopes the people around them as they try, in different ways, to deal with the upheaval the plague has caused.",
"rating": "8.2",
"country": "Sweden",
"awards": "7 wins & 1 nomination."
},
"Bicycle Thieves": {
"title": "Bicycle Thieves",
"year": "1948",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "Ricci, an unemployed man in the depressed post-WWII economy of Italy, gets at last a good job - for which he needs a bike - hanging up posters. But soon his bicycle is stolen. He and his son walk the streets of Rome, looking for the bicycle. Ricci finally manages to locate the thief but with no proof, he has to abandon his cause. But he and his son know perfectly well that without a bike, Ricci won't be able to keep his job.",
"rating": "8.3",
"country": "Italy",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 18 wins."
},
"The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance": {
"title": "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance",
"year": "1962",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Drama, Western",
"plot": "When Senator Ransom Stoddard returns home to Shinbone for the funeral of Tom Doniphon, he recounts to a local newspaper editor the story behind it all. He had come to town many years before, a lawyer by profession. The stage was robbed on its way in by the local ruffian, Liberty Valance, and Stoddard has nothing to his name left save a few law books. He gets a job in the kitchen at the Ericson's restaurant and there meets his future wife, Hallie. The territory is vying for Statehood and Stoddard is selected as a representative over Valance, who continues terrorizing the town. When he destroys the local newspaper office and attacks the editor, Stoddard calls him out, though the conclusion is not quite as straightforward as legend would have it.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 2 nominations."
},
"Rocky": {
"title": "Rocky",
"year": "1976",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Drama, Sport",
"plot": "Rocky Balboa is a struggling boxer trying to make the big time, working as a debt collector for a pittance. When heavyweight champion Apollo Creed visits Philadelphia, his managers want to set up an exhibition match between Creed and a struggling boxer, touting the fight as a chance for a \"nobody\" to become a \"somebody\". The match is supposed to be easily won by Creed, but someone forgot to tell Rocky, who sees this as his only shot at the big time.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 3 Oscars. Another 17 wins & 21 nominations."
},
"Mr. Nobody": {
"title": "Mr. Nobody",
"year": "2009",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi",
"plot": "In the year 2092, one hundred eighteen year old Nemo is recounting his life story to a reporter. He is less than clear, often times thinking that he is only thirty-four years of age. But his story becomes more confusing after he does focus on the fact of his current real age. He tells of his life at three primary points in his life: at age nine (when his parents divorced), age sixteen and age thirty-four. The confusing aspect of the story is that he tells of alternate life paths, often changing course with the flick of a decision at each of those ages. One life path has him ultimately married to Elise, a depressed woman who never got over the unrequited love she had for a guy named Stefano when she was a teenager and who asked Nemo to swear that when she died he would sprinkle her ashes on Mars. A second life path has him married to Jean. Their life is one of luxury but one also of utter boredom. And a third life path has him in a torrid romance with his step-sister Anna, the two who, as adults, would search for each other after having been torn apart as teenagers. These life paths also intersect, with the three women sometimes entering the alternate life in some other aspect. Are any of these lives real or are they all a figment of his imagination?",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "Belgium, Germany, Canada, France, USA, UK",
"awards": "11 wins & 5 nominations."
},
"Apollo 13": {
"title": "Apollo 13",
"year": "1995",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Adventure, Drama, History",
"plot": "Based on the true story of the ill-fated 13th Apollo mission bound for the moon. Astronauts Lovell, Haise and Swigert were scheduled to fly Apollo 14, but are moved up to 13. It's 1970, and The US has already achieved their lunar landing goal, so there's little interest in this \"routine\" flight.. until that is, things go very wrong, and prospects of a safe return fade.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 2 Oscars. Another 24 wins & 49 nominations."
},
"Thor: The Dark World": {
"title": "Thor: The Dark World",
"year": "2013",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, Fantasy",
"plot": "Thousands of years ago, a race of beings known as Dark Elves tried to send the universe into darkness by using a weapon known as the Aether. Warriors from Asgard stop them but their leader Malekith escapes to wait for another opportunity. The warriors find the Aether and since it cannot be destroyed, they try to hide it. In the present day, Jane Foster awaits the return of Thor although it has been two years since they last saw once another. In the meantime, Thor has been trying to bring peace to the nine realms. Jane discovers an anomaly similar to the one that brought Thor to Earth. She goes to investigate, finds a wormhole, and is sucked into it. Back on Asgard, Thor wishes to return to Earth but his father, Odin refuses to let him. Thor learns from Heimdall, who can see into all of the realms, that Jane disappeared. Thor then returns to Earth just as Jane reappears. However, when some policemen try to arrest her, an unknown energy repulses them. Thor then brings Jane to Asgard to find out what happened to her. When the energy is released again, they discover that when Jane disappeared, she crossed paths with the Aether and it entered her. Malekith, upon sensing that the time to strike is now, seeks out the Aether. He attacks Asgard and Thor's mother Frigga is killed protecting Jane. Odin wants to keep Jane on Asgard so that Malekith will come. Thor disagrees with his plan, so with his cohorts, he decides to take Jane away. He enlists the aid of his brother, Loki. Unfortunately, Loki's motivations remain unknown.",
"rating": "7.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "3 wins & 21 nominations."
},
"The Hours": {
"title": "The Hours",
"year": "2002",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Drama, Romance",
"plot": "In 1951, Laura Brown, a pregnant housewife, is planning a party for her husband, but she can't stop reading the novel 'Mrs. Dalloway'. Clarissa Vaughn, a modern woman living in present times is throwing a party for her friend Richard, a famous author dying of AIDS. These two stories are simultaneously linked to the work and life of Virginia Woolf, who's writing the novel mentioned before.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA, UK",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 41 wins & 125 nominations."
},
"Christmas Vacation": {
"title": "Christmas Vacation",
"year": "1989",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Comedy",
"plot": "It's Christmas time and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration, but things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen and their two kids. Clark's continual bad luck is worsened by his obnoxious family guests, but he manages to keep going knowing that his Christmas bonus is due soon.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "N/A"
},
"Gladiator": {
"title": "Gladiator",
"year": "2000",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, Drama",
"plot": "Maximus is a powerful Roman general, loved by the people and the aging Emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Before his death, the Emperor chooses Maximus to be his heir over his own son, Commodus, and a power struggle leaves Maximus and his family condemned to death. The powerful general is unable to save his family, and his loss of will allows him to get captured and put into the Gladiator games until he dies. The only desire that fuels him now is the chance to rise to the top so that he will be able to look into the eyes of the man who will feel his revenge.",
"rating": "8.5",
"country": "USA, UK",
"awards": "Won 5 Oscars. Another 53 wins & 101 nominations."
},
"A Christmas Story": {
"title": "A Christmas Story",
"year": "1983",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Comedy, Family",
"plot": "Christmas is approaching and 9 year-old Ralphie wants only one thing: a Red Ryder Range 200 Shot BB gun. When he mentions it at the dinner table, his mother's immediate reaction is that he'll put his eye out. He then decides on a perfect theme for his teacher but her reaction is like his. He fantasizes about what it would be like to be Red Ryder and catch the bad guys. When the big day arrives he gets lots of present under the tree including a lovely gift from his aunt that his mother just adores. But what about the BB gun?",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA, Canada",
"awards": "3 wins & 11 nominations."
},
"Spirited Away": {
"title": "Spirited Away",
"year": "2001",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery",
"plot": "Chihiro and her parents are moving to a small Japanese town in the countryside, much to Chihiro's dismay. On the way to their new home, Chihiro's father makes a wrong turn and drives down a lonely one-lane road which dead-ends in front of a tunnel. Her parents decide to stop the car and explore the area. They go through the tunnel and find an abandoned amusement park on the other side, with its own little town. When her parents see a restaurant with great-smelling food but no staff, they decide to eat and pay later. However, Chihiro refuses to eat and decides to explore the theme park a bit more. She meets a boy named Haku who tells her that Chihiro and her parents are in danger, and they must leave immediately. She runs to the restaurant and finds that her parents have turned into pigs. In addition, the theme park turns out to be a town inhabited by demons, spirits, and evil gods. At the center of the town is a bathhouse where these creatures go to relax. The owner of the bathhouse is the evil witch Yubaba, who is intent on keeping all trespassers as captive workers, including Chihiro. Chihiro must rely on Haku to save her parents in hopes of returning to their world.",
"rating": "8.6",
"country": "Japan",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 56 wins & 27 nominations."
},
"The Hustler": {
"title": "The Hustler",
"year": "1961",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Drama, Sport",
"plot": "\"Fast\" Eddie Felson is a small-time pool hustler with a lot of talent but a self-destructive attitude. His bravado causes him to challenge the legendary \"Minnesota Fats\" to a high-stakes match, but he loses in a heartbreaking marathon. Now broke and without his long-time manager, Felson faces an uphill battle to regain his confidence and his game. It isn't until he hits rock bottom that he agrees to join up with ruthless and cutthroat manager Bert Gordon. Gordon agrees to take him on the road to learn the ropes. But Felson soon realizes that making it to the top could cost him his soul, and perhaps his girlfriend. Will he decide that this is too steep a price to pay in time to save himself?",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 2 Oscars. Another 11 wins & 20 nominations."
},
"Nausica\u00e4 of the Valley of the Wind": {
"title": "Nausica\u00e4 of the Valley of the Wind",
"year": "1984",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi",
"plot": "An animated fantasy-adventure. Set 1,000 years from now, the earth is ravaged by pollution and war. In the Valley of the Wind lives Nausicaa, princess of her people. Their land borders on a toxic jungle, filled with dangerous over-sized insects. Meanwhile two nearby nations are bitterly engaged in a war and the Valley of the Wind is stuck in the middle...",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "Japan, USA",
"awards": "3 wins & 1 nomination."
},
"Frequency": {
"title": "Frequency",
"year": "2000",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller",
"plot": "A rare atmospheric phenomenon allows a New York City firefighter to communicate with his son 30 years in the future via HAM radio. The son uses this opportunity to warn the father of his impending death in a warehouse fire, and manages to save his life. However, what he does not realize is that changing history has triggered a new set of tragic events, including the murder of his mother. The two men must now work together, 30 years apart, to find the murderer before he strikes so that they can change history--again.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 7 nominations."
},
"The Wild Bunch": {
"title": "The Wild Bunch",
"year": "1969",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, Western",
"plot": "It's 1913, and the traditional American West is dying. Among the inhabitants of this dying time era are a outlaw gang called \"The Wild Bunch\". After a failed bank robbery, the gang head to Mexico to do one last job. Seeing their times and lives drifting away in the newly formed world of the 20th century, the gang take the job and end up in a brutally, violent last stand against their enemies who deemed to be corrupt in a small Mexican town, ruled by a ruthless general.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 5 nominations."
},
"The Rocky Horror Picture Show": {
"title": "The Rocky Horror Picture Show",
"year": "1975",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Comedy, Musical",
"plot": "While driving home during a rain filled night, straight-laced lovebirds Brad Majors and Janet Weiss end up by chance at the castle of one Dr. Frank-N-Furter and his strange and bizarre entourage, and find that he's having a party. This is no ordinary party, no ordinary night. This is the unveiling of the doctor's latest creation: Rocky Horror, a man-made Adonis that will give absolute pleasure. Over the course of the night, Frank seduces both Brad and Janet, Janet and Rocky become biblically involved, and Dr. Everett Von Scott arrives looking for his nephew Eddie (whom Frank killed earlier in this film). This is an exceedingly grand visual and musical camp satire of the golden days of the B-movie horror and science-fiction genres. Projected along with a musical soundtrack to give audience participation a new meaning in dimension, time and space, this shall be a night that both Brad and Janet will remember for a very long time in the sexually kinky, rock 'n roll, rock-opera world of a gender-bending scientist - and his time warped plans.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "UK, USA",
"awards": "3 wins & 4 nominations."
},
"Blow-Up": {
"title": "Blow-Up",
"year": "1966",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Drama, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "A successful mod photographer in London whose world is bounded by fashion, pop music, marijuana, and easy sex, feels his life is boring and despairing. Then he meets a mysterious beauty, and also notices something frightfully suspicious on one of his photographs of her taken in a park. The fact that he may have photographed a murder does not occur to him until he studies and then blows up his negatives, uncovering details, blowing up smaller and smaller elements, and finally putting the puzzle together.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "UK, Italy, USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 7 wins & 6 nominations."
},
"Hard Boiled": {
"title": "Hard Boiled",
"year": "1992",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "Mobsters are smuggling guns into Hong Kong. The police orchestrate a raid at a teahouse where an ace detective loses his partner. Meanwhile, the two main gun smugglers are having a war over territory, and a young new gun is enlisted to wipe out informants and overcome barriers to growth. The detective, acting from inside sources, gets closer to the ring leaders and eventually must work with the inside man directly.",
"rating": "7.9",
"country": "Hong Kong",
"awards": "3 wins & 4 nominations."
},
"Mary and Max": {
"title": "Mary and Max",
"year": "2009",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Animation, Comedy, Drama",
"plot": "In the mid-1970's, a homely, friendless Australian girl of 8 picks a name out of a Manhattan phone book and writes to him; she includes a chocolate bar. She's Mary Dinkle, the only child of an alcoholic mother and a distracted father. He's Max Horowitz, an overweight man with Asperger's, living alone in New York. He writes back, with chocolate. Thus begins a 20-year correspondence, interrupted by a stay in an asylum and a few misunderstandings. Mary falls in love with a neighbor, saves money to have a birthmark removed and deals with loss. Max has a friendship with a neighbor, tries to control his weight, and finally gets the dream job. Will the two ever meet face to face?",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "Australia",
"awards": "4 wins & 9 nominations."
},
"Some Like It Hot": {
"title": "Some Like It Hot",
"year": "1959",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Comedy, Romance",
"plot": "When two Chicago musicians, Joe and Jerry, witness the the St. Valentine's Day massacre, they want to get out of town and get away from the gangster responsible, Spats Colombo. They're desperate to get a gig out of town but the only job they know of is in an all-girl band heading to Florida. They show up at the train station as Josephine and Daphne, the replacement saxophone and bass players. They certainly enjoy being around the girls, especially Sugar Kane Kowalczyk who sings and plays the ukulele. Joe in particular sets out to woo her while Jerry/Daphne is wooed by a millionaire, Osgood Fielding III. Mayhem ensues as the two men try to keep their true identities hidden and Spats Colombo and his crew show up for a meeting with several other crime lords.",
"rating": "8.2",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 9 wins & 13 nominations."
},
"Scent of a Woman": {
"title": "Scent of a Woman",
"year": "1992",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "Frank is a retired Lt Col in the US army. He's blind and impossible to get along with. Charlie is at school and is looking forward to going to university; to help pay for a trip home for Christmas, he agrees to look after Frank over thanksgiving. Frank's niece says this will be easy money, but she didn't reckon on Frank spending his thanksgiving in New York.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 5 wins & 14 nominations."
},
"The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford": {
"title": "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford",
"year": "2007",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Western",
"plot": "Taking place in the American Northwest in the early 1880s, the film dramatizes the last seven months in the life of famed outlaw Jesse James, beginning with the Blue Cut train robbery of 1881 and culminating in his assassination at the hands of Robert Ford the following April. In the time between these two fateful events, the young and jealous Ford befriends the increasingly mistrustful outlaw, even as he plots his demise.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA, Canada, UK",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 25 wins & 65 nominations."
},
"The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari": {
"title": "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari",
"year": "1920",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "Francis, a young man, recalls in his memory the horrible experiences he and his fianc\u00e9e Jane recently went through. It is the annual fair in Holstenwall. Francis and his friend Alan visit The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, an exhibit where the mysterious doctor shows the somnambulist Cesare, and awakens him for some moments from his death-like sleep. When Alan asks Cesare about his future, Cesare answers that he will die before dawn. The next morning Alan is found dead. Francis suspects Cesare of being the murderer, and starts spying on him and Dr. Caligari. The following night Cesare is going to stab Jane in her bed, but softens when he sees the beautiful woman, and instead of committing another murder, he abducts her. Jane's father awakens because of the noise, and he and some servants follow the fleeing Cesare. When Cesare cannot outrun his pursuers anymore, he gently places Jane down on the ground, and runs away. Francis and the police investigate the caravan of Dr. Caligari, but the doctor succeeds in slipping away. Francis pursues the fleeing Dr. Caligari, and sees him disappear into a madhouse. Francis enters the madhouse, where he is sure he will find the truth behind all these mysterious events.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "Germany",
"awards": "1 nomination."
},
"Man on the Moon": {
"title": "Man on the Moon",
"year": "1999",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Biography, Comedy, Drama",
"plot": "Man on the Moon is a biographical movie on the late comedian Andy Kaufman. Kaufman, along with his role on Taxi (1978), was famous for being the self-declared Intergender Wrestling Champion of the world. After beating women time and time again, Jerry Lawler (who plays himself in the movie), a professional wrestler, got tired of seeing all of this and decided to challenge Kaufman to a match. In most of the matches the two had, Lawler prevailed with the piledriver, which is a move by spiking an opponent head-first into the mat. One of the most famous moments in this feud was in the early 80s when Kaufman threw coffee on Lawler on Late Night with David Letterman (1982), got into fisticuffs with Lawler, and proceeded to sue NBC.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "UK, Germany, Japan, USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Golden Globe. Another 4 wins & 23 nominations."
},
"The Killing": {
"title": "The Killing",
"year": "2011\u20132014",
"rated": "TV-14",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller",
"plot": "In Seattle, Det. Sarah Linden is on what is supposed to be her last day on the job. She and her son Jack are supposed to leave that evening to join her fianc\u00e9 in Sonoma. Her replacement, Det. Stephen Holder, is ready to take over but they answer a call from a patrol car who have found a bloodied sweater in a field. When the missing girl, Rosie Larsen, is found in the trunk of a car at the bottom of a lake it turns out the car is registered to the campaign committee for councilman Darren Richmond, who is running for mayor. Linden delays her departure for what she hopes will be only a few days.",
"rating": "8.2",
"country": "USA, Canada",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 3 wins & 41 nominations."
},
"No Country for Old Men": {
"title": "No Country for Old Men",
"year": "2007",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "In rural Texas, welder and hunter Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) discovers the remains of several drug runners who have all killed each other in an exchange gone violently wrong. Rather than report the discovery to the police, Moss decides to simply take the two million dollars present for himself. This puts the psychopathic killer, Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem), on his trail as he dispassionately murders nearly every rival, bystander and even employer in his pursuit of his quarry and the money. As Moss desperately attempts to keep one step ahead, the blood from this hunt begins to flow behind him with relentlessly growing intensity as Chigurh closes in. Meanwhile, the laconic Sheriff Ed Tom Bell (Tommy Lee Jones) blithely oversees the investigation even as he struggles to face the sheer enormity of the crimes he is attempting to thwart.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 4 Oscars. Another 157 wins & 132 nominations."
},
"Jacob's Ladder": {
"title": "Jacob's Ladder",
"year": "1990",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Horror, Mystery",
"plot": "New York postal worker Jacob Singer is trying to keep his frayed life from unraveling. His days are increasingly being invaded by flashbacks to his first marriage, his now-dead son, and his tour of duty in Vietnam. Although his new wife tries to help Jacob keep his grip on sanity, the line between reality and delusion is steadily growing more and more uncertain.",
"rating": "7.5",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "3 wins."
},
"Dial M for Murder": {
"title": "Dial M for Murder",
"year": "1954",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Crime, Thriller",
"plot": "In London, wealthy Margot Mary Wendice had a brief love affair with the American writer Mark Halliday while her husband and professional tennis player Tony Wendice was on a tennis tour. Tony quits playing to dedicate to his wife and finds a regular job. She decides to give him a second chance for their marriage. When Mark arrives from America to visit the couple, Margot tells him that she had destroyed all his letters but one that was stolen. Subsequently she was blackmailed, but she had never retrieved the stolen letter. Tony arrives home, claims that he needs to work and asks Margot to go with Mark to the theater. Meanwhile Tony calls Captain Lesgate (aka Charles Alexander Swann who studied with him at college) and blackmails him to murder his wife, so that he can inherit her fortune. But there is no perfect crime, and things do not work as planned.",
"rating": "8.2",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 3 wins & 2 nominations."
},
"Underground": {
"title": "Underground",
"year": "1995",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, War",
"plot": "The story follows an underground weapons manufacturer in Belgrade during WWII and evolves into fairly surreal situations. A black marketeer who smuggles the weapons to partisans doesn't mention to the workers that the war is over, and they keep producing. Years later, they break out of their underground \"shelter\" --- only to convince themselves that the war is still going on.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, France, Germany, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary",
"awards": "6 wins & 10 nominations."
},
"Rounders": {
"title": "Rounders",
"year": "1998",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Crime, Drama",
"plot": "A young, reformed gambler must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks, while balancing his relationship with his girlfriend and his commitments to law school.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "1 win & 1 nomination."
},
"Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World": {
"title": "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World",
"year": "2003",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War",
"plot": "In April 1805 during the Napoleonic Wars, H.M.S. Surprise, a British frigate, is under the command of Captain Jack Aubrey. Aubrey and the Surprise's current orders are to track and capture or destroy a French privateer named Acheron. The Acheron is currently in the Atlantic off South America headed toward the Pacific in order to extend Napoleon's reach of the wars. This task will be a difficult one as Aubrey quickly learns in an initial battle with the Acheron that it is a bigger and faster ship than the Surprise, which puts the Surprise at a disadvantage. Aubrey's single-mindedness in this seemingly impossible pursuit puts him at odds with the Surprise's doctor and naturalist, Stephen Maturin, who is also Aubrey's most trusted advisor on board and closest friend. Facing other internal obstacles which have resulted in what they consider a string of bad luck, Aubrey ultimately uses Maturin's scientific exploits to figure out a way to achieve his and the ship's seemingly impossible goal.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 2 Oscars. Another 21 wins & 90 nominations."
},
"Bringing Up Baby": {
"title": "Bringing Up Baby",
"year": "1938",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Comedy, Family, Romance",
"plot": "Mild mannered zoology professor Dr. David Huxley is excited by the news that an intercostal clavicle bone has been found to complete his brontosaurus skeleton, a project four years in the construction. He is equally excited about his imminent marriage to his assistant, the officious Alice Swallow, who is interested in him more for his work than for him as a person. David needs the $1 million endowment of wealthy dowager Mrs. Carleton Random to complete the project. Her lawyer, Alexander Peabody, will make the decision on her behalf, so David needs to get in his favor. However, whenever David tries to make a good impression on Peabody, the same young woman always seems to do something to make him look bad. She is the flighty heiress Susan Vance. The more David wants Susan to go away, the more Susan seems not to want or be able to. But David eventually learns that Alexander Peabody is her good friend, who she calls Boopy, and Susan's Aunt Elizabeth, with whom David has also made a bad impression without her knowing who he is, is Mrs. Carleton Random. However getting in Aunt Elizabeth and Boopy's good graces is not as easy as Susan smoothing the waters with them. Throw into the mix a tame pet leopard named Baby that Susan's brother Mark inexplicably sends her from Brazil, Aunt Elizabeth's big game hunting friend Major Horace Applegate, Aunt Elizabeth's pet terrier George who has a penchant for burying bones and other things, and a traveling circus passing through town and David may never be able to finish his project or make it to his wedding. But David may come to the realization that there is something more important in his life.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "2 wins."
},
"A Single Man": {
"title": "A Single Man",
"year": "2009",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Romance",
"plot": "It's November 30, 1962. Native Brit George Falconer, an English professor at a Los Angeles area college, is finding it difficult to cope with life. Jim, his personal partner of sixteen years, died in a car accident eight months earlier when he was visiting with family. Jim's family were not going to tell George of the death or accident, let alone allow him to attend the funeral. This day, George has decided to get his affairs in order before he will commit suicide that evening. As he routinely and fastidiously prepares for the suicide and post suicide, George reminisces about his life with Jim. But George spends this day with various people, who see a man sadder than usual and who affect his own thoughts about what he is going to do. Those people include Carlos, a Spanish immigrant/aspiring actor/gigolo recently arrived in Los Angeles; Charley, his best friend who he knew from England, she who is a drama queen of a woman who romantically desires her best friend despite his sexual orientation; and Kenny Potter, one of his students, who seems to be curious about his professor beyond English class.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 36 wins & 55 nominations."
},
"Midnight Run": {
"title": "Midnight Run",
"year": "1988",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller",
"plot": "Bounty hunter Jack Walsh (Robert De Niro) is sent to find and return bail jumper and former Mafia accountant, Jonathan \"The Duke\" Mardukas (Charles Grodin). The FBI has had no success in locating The Duke, so when Jack finds him in next to no time, they are a little embarrassed. In order to collect his $100,000 fee, Jack must take The Duke from New York to Los Angeles. However, the Mafia and the FBI have other ideas, as does Marvin Dorfler (John Ashton), a rival bounty hunter. On their long cross-country trip to LA, the two get to know each other and they build up a strange friendship.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations."
},
"Secondhand Lions": {
"title": "Secondhand Lions",
"year": "2003",
"rated": "PG",
"genre": "Comedy, Drama, Family",
"plot": "A boy named Walter is dropped by his mother Mae at his great-uncles' house. Later,Walter will find out his great-uncles' big secret. And rumors say that Hub & Garth, Walter's great uncles, have stolen much gold & money. (some say they stole it from Al Capone) Did they really steal that money or not?",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "1 win & 6 nominations."
},
"Murder on the Orient Express": {
"title": "Murder on the Orient Express",
"year": "2017",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Mystery",
"plot": "When a murder occurs on the train on which he's travelling, celebrated detective Hercule Poirot is recruited to solve the case.",
"rating": "6.5",
"country": "Malta, USA",
"awards": "18 nominations."
},
"Hachi: A Dog's Tale": {
"title": "Hachi: A Dog's Tale",
"year": "2009",
"rated": "G",
"genre": "Drama, Family",
"plot": "In Bedridge, Professor Parker Wilson finds an abandoned dog at the train station and takes it home with the intention of returning the animal to its owner. He finds that the dog is an Akita and names it Hachiko. However, nobody claims the dog so his family decides to keep Hachi.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "UK, USA",
"awards": "1 nomination."
},
"Duck Soup": {
"title": "Duck Soup",
"year": "1933",
"rated": "NOT RATED",
"genre": "Comedy, Musical, War",
"plot": "The country of Freedonia is in the middle of a financial crisis and on the brink of revolution. In order to gain a bail-out from the wealthy Mrs Teasdale, the government appoints Rufus T Firefly as its president. However, Mr Firefly shuns the pomp and pretentiousness of government; along with the prudence and rationality of it too. Meanwhile, the neighbouring country of Sylvania is plotting to overthrow Freedonia and sends Pinky and Chicolini to spy on Firefly. War seems inevitable.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "2 wins & 2 nominations."
},
"What's Eating Gilbert Grape": {
"title": "What's Eating Gilbert Grape",
"year": "1993",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "What's Eating Gibert Grape is a beautifully shot movie of tenderness, caring and self-awareness that is set amongst the fictional working class one street town Endora. Centred around the Grape family Ellen and Amy and their two brothers Arnie and Gilbert, who, along with their morbidly obese widowed mother Bonnie Grape are striving to survive and coexist with the absence of a father figure, low wage work and seventeen-year-old Arnie's severe mental condition. It is in this awkward and extremely one sided affair that the unfortunate Gilbert has to constantly, while working for the town's slowly dying convenience store, take care of his younger brother Arnie. Gilbert's life, his future, is thwarted he knows this, but it is in this guardian angel that his love and bond for Arnie cannot, and will not, be let go. That is until the free spirit of Becky arrives in town, and with her grandmother are stranded for the week while waiting for parts for their vehicle. This realization unties new feelings, new thoughts and new hope for the put upon Gibert, something new is eating Gilbert Grape.",
"rating": "7.8",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 7 wins & 6 nominations."
},
"The Avengers": {
"title": "The Avengers",
"year": "2012",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi",
"plot": "Nick Fury is the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., an international peace-keeping agency. The agency is a who's who of Marvel Super Heroes, with Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. When global security is threatened by Loki and his cohorts, Nick Fury and his team will need all their powers to save the world from disaster.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 38 wins & 79 nominations."
},
"Match Point": {
"title": "Match Point",
"year": "2005",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Romance, Thriller",
"plot": "From a humble background and with traditional values, Irish Chris Wilton is still struggling financially despite being a recently retired high ranked tennis pro. He has taken a job as a tennis instructor at an upscale London tennis club, although he knows there is a better life for him somewhere down the road. He is befriended by one of his students, wealthy Tom Hewett. Chris starts to date Tom's sister, Chloe Hewett, a girl-next-door type who is immediately attracted to Chris. Chloe quickly knows she wants to marry Chris, and through her businessman father, Alec Hewett, tries to help Chris and their future by getting him an executive job in Alec's company. In his life with the Hewetts, Chris begins to enjoy the finer things in life. Through it all however, Chris cannot help thinking about Nola Rice, a struggling American actress who he meets at the Hewett estate and who is Tom's unofficial fianc\u00e9e. Nola is vivacious, and she knows the effect she has on men, including Chris. Unlike Chris, Nola is not accepted by Tom and Chloe's mother, the outspoken Eleanor Hewett. Chris has to decide if he can give up what he has been able to achieve with Chloe and the Hewetts, or if the passion he feels for Nola is stronger than the finer things in life to which he is now accustomed. He may go to any length to have his cake and eat it too.",
"rating": "7.6",
"country": "UK, Ireland, Luxembourg",
"awards": "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 11 wins & 30 nominations."
},
"The Best Years of Our Lives": {
"title": "The Best Years of Our Lives",
"year": "1946",
"rated": "APPROVED",
"genre": "Drama, Romance, War",
"plot": "The story concentrates on the social re-adjustment of three World War II servicemen, each from a different station of society. Al Stephenson returns to an influential banking position, but finds it hard to reconcile his loyalties to ex-servicemen with new commercial realities. Fred Derry is an ordinary working man who finds it difficult to hold down a job or pick up the threads of his marriage. Having had both hands burnt off during the war, Homer Parrish is unsure that his fianc\u00e9e's feelings are still those of love and not those of pity. Each of the veterans faces a crisis upon his arrival, and each crisis is a microcosm of the experiences of many American warriors who found an alien world awaiting them when they came marching home.",
"rating": "8.1",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 7 Oscars. Another 14 wins & 2 nominations."
},
"Dumbo": {
"title": "Dumbo",
"year": "1941",
"rated": "G",
"genre": "Animation, Drama, Family, Musical",
"plot": "The stork delivers a baby elephant to Mrs. Jumbo, veteran of the circus, but the newborn is ridiculed because of his truly enormous ears and dubbed \"Dumbo\". After being separated from his mother, Dumbo is relegated to the circus' clown acts; it is up to his only friend, a mouse, to assist Dumbo to achieve his full potential.",
"rating": "7.3",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 3 wins & 1 nomination."
},
"Black Swan": {
"title": "Black Swan",
"year": "2010",
"rated": "R",
"genre": "Drama, Thriller",
"plot": "Nina (Portman) is a ballerina in a New York City ballet company whose life, like all those in her profession, is completely consumed with dance. She lives with her obsessive former ballerina mother Erica (Hershey) who exerts a suffocating control over her. When artistic director Thomas Leroy (Cassel) decides to replace prima ballerina Beth MacIntyre (Ryder) for the opening production of their new season, Swan Lake, Nina is his first choice. But Nina has competition: a new dancer, Lily (Kunis), who impresses Leroy as well. Swan Lake requires a dancer who can play both the White Swan with innocence and grace, and the Black Swan, who represents guile and sensuality. Nina fits the White Swan role perfectly but Lily is the personification of the Black Swan. As the two young dancers expand their rivalry into a twisted friendship, Nina begins to get more in touch with her dark side - a recklessness that threatens to destroy her.",
"rating": "8.0",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "Won 1 Oscar. Another 91 wins & 257 nominations."
},
"Mud": {
"title": "Mud",
"year": "2012",
"rated": "PG-13",
"genre": "Drama",
"plot": "14 year-old Ellis (Tye Sheridan) lives on a makeshift houseboat on the banks of a river in Arkansas with his parents, Mary Lee (Sarah Paulson) and Senior (Ray McKinnon). He sneaks out early one morning to meet his best friend, Neckbone (Jacob Lofland). Neckbone, also 14, lives with his uncle, Galen (Michael Shannon), who makes a hardscrabble living diving for oysters. The two boys set out to an island on the Mississippi River, where Neckbone has discovered an unusual sight-a boat, suspended high in the trees, a remnant of an extreme flood some time in the past. They climb the tree and into the boat only to find fresh bread and fresh footprints. Realizing that they are not the only ones who have discovered the treehouse boat, they decide to leave. When they reach the shore, they find the same footprint in their boat. And that's when they meet Mud (Matthew McConaughey). Mud is a gritty, superstitious character; his clothes are dirty, his tooth is cracked, and he needs help. He tells the boys he will give them the treehouse boat, his current hideout, in exchange for food. Neckbone is reluctant, but Ellis brings food to Mud, and they develop a tentative friendship. Ellis learns that Mud has killed a man in Texas, and police and bounty hunters are looking for him, but Mud is more concerned about reuniting with his longtime love, Juniper (Reese Witherspoon). Ellis, who has recently developed his own crush, agrees to help Mud escape with Juniper. Ellis and Neckbone carry out bold schemes in an effort to protect Mud and relay messages to Juniper, who is holed up in a fleabag motel, under constant surveillance by Carver (Paul Sparks), a Texas bounty hunter. Carver and his gang are intent on capturing Mud, on orders from the cold-blooded King (Joe Don Baker). As the boys risk everything to reunite these seeming mythical lovers, Ellis's own ideas about love and romance are challenged by the strains in the relationships closest to him: his parents' marriage is dissolving while he himself falters in his efforts to impress May Pearl (Bonnie Sturdivant). Through it all, Ellis struggles to look for an example of love that he can believe in, learning about the unspoken rules and risks of love and the reality of heartbreak.",
"rating": "7.4",
"country": "USA",
"awards": "11 wins & 35 nominations."
},
"The Animatrix": {
"title": "The Animatrix",
"year": "2003",
"rated": "UNRATED",
"genre": "Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi",
"plot": "Anthology of nine short anime (Japanese animation) films tied in to the 1999 blockbuster \"The Matrix\" and its sequels. \"Final Flight of the Osiris\": The crew of the hovercraft Osiris attempt to warn their city of an imminent attack. \"The Second Renaissance, Parts 1 & 2\": The story behind the war between man and the machines, how mankind scorched the sky, and the creation of the Matrix. \"Kid's Story\": A teenager is contacted by Neo, and manages to escape the Matrix. \"Program\": Two warriors battle in a samurai training simulation when one decides to betray his crewmates and re-enter the Matrix. \"World Record\": A champion sprinter manages to break free of the Matrix by sheer physical effort during a record attempt. \"Beyond\": A young girl searching for her cat discovers a haunted house caused by a g
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