Favorite movies

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The Godfather (1972)
9.2/10
The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son. (175 mins.)
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Stars: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Diane Keaton

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The Godfather: Part II (1974)
9.0/10
The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York is portrayed while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on his crime syndicate stretching from Lake Tahoe, Nevada to pre-revolution 1958 Cuba. (200 mins.)
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Stars: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton

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Band of Brothers (2001 Mini-Series)
9.6/10
The story of Easy Company of the US Army 101st Airborne division and their mission in WWII Europe from Operation Overlord through V-J Day.
Stars: Scott Grimes, Damian Lewis, Ron Livingston, Shane Taylor

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The Winds of War (1983 Mini-Series)
8.3/10
In the late 1930s, world politics begin to head in a dangerous direction. In Europe, Germany expands... (883 mins.)
Stars: Robert Mitchum, Ali MacGraw, Jan-Michael Vincent, John Houseman

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War and Remembrance (1988 Mini-Series)
8.2/10
The saga of the Henry family, begun in "The Winds of War" continues as America is attacked by Japan and enters World War II...
Stars: Robert Mitchum, Jane Seymour, Hart Bochner, Victoria Tennant

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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
9.0/10
A bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery. (161 mins.)
Director: Sergio Leone
Stars: Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef, Aldo Giuffrè

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Casablanca (1942)
8.7/10
Set in unoccupied Africa during the early days of World War II: An American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications. (102 mins.)
Director: Michael Curtiz
Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains

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Gone with the Wind (1939)
8.2/10
American classic in which a manipulative woman and a roguish man carry on a turbulent love affair in the American south during the Civil War and Reconstruction.
Director: Victor Fleming
Stars: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Thomas Mitchell, Barbara O'Neil

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Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
8.5/10
Epic rumination on a flamboyant and controversial British military figure and his conflicted loyalties during wartime service. (216 mins.)
Director: David Lean
Stars: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins

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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
8.6/10
An insane general starts a process to nuclear holocaust that a war room of politicians and generals frantically try to stop. (95 mins.)
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Stars: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn

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Doctor Zhivago (1965)
8.0/10
Life of a Russian doctor/poet who, although married, falls for a political activist's wife and experiences hardships during the Bolshevik Revolution. (197 mins.)
Director: David Lean
Stars: Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin, Rod Steiger

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It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
8.7/10
An angel helps a compassionate but despairingly frustrated businessman by showing what life would have been like if he never existed. (130 mins.)
Director: Frank Capra
Stars: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell

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Das Boot (1981)
8.5/10
The claustrophobic world of a WWII German U-boat; boredom, filth, and sheer terror. (149 mins.)
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Stars: Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch

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The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
8.4/10
After settling his differences with a Japanese PoW camp commander, a British colonel co-operates to oversee his men's construction of a railway bridge for their captors - while oblivious to a plan by the Allies to destroy it. (161 mins.)
Director: David Lean
Stars: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa

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Stalag 17 (1953)
8.2/10
When two escaping American World War II prisoners are killed, the German POW camp barracks black marketeer, J.J. Sefton, is suspected of being an informer. (120 mins.)
Director: Billy Wilder
Stars: William Holden, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger, Robert Strauss

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High Noon (1952)
8.2/10
A marshall, personally compelled to face a returning deadly enemy, finds that his own town refuses to help him. (85 mins.)
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Stars: Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges

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The Wild Bunch (1969)
8.1/10
An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them. (145 mins.)
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Stars: William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmond O'Brien

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The Searchers (1956)
8.1/10
As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation becomes increasingly questionable. (119 mins.)
Director: John Ford
Stars: John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond

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Rio Bravo (1959)
8.1/10
A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a cripple, a drunk, and a young gunfighter... (141 mins.)
Director: Howard Hawks
Stars: John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson

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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
8.1/10
A senator, who became famous for killing a notorious outlaw, returns for the funeral of an old friend and tells the truth about his deed. (123 mins.)
Director: John Ford
Stars: James Stewart, John Wayne, Vera Miles, Lee Marvin

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Rear Window (1954)
8.7/10
A wheelchair bound photographer spies on his neighbours from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder. (112 mins.)
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Stars: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter

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Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
8.5/10
Epic rumination on a flamboyant and controversial British military figure and his conflicted loyalties during wartime service. (216 mins.)
Director: David Lean
Stars: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins

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North by Northwest (1959)
8.6/10
A hapless New York advertising executive is mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and is pursued across the country while he looks for a way to survive. (131 mins.)
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Stars: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis

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The Maltese Falcon (1941)
8.3/10
A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.
Director: John Huston
Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George, Peter Lorre

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The Shootist (1976)
7.6/10
A dying gunfighter spends his last days looking for a way to die with a minimum of pain and a maximum of dignity. (100 mins.)
Director: Don Siegel
Stars: John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard, James Stewart

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The Quiet Man (1952)
8.0/10
A retired American boxer returns to the village where he was born in Ireland, where he finds love. (129 mins.)
Director: John Ford
Stars: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond

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12 Angry Men (1957)
8.9/10
A dissenting juror in a murder trial slowly manages to convince the others that the case is not as obviously clear as it seemed in court. (96 mins.)
Director: Sidney Lumet
Stars: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Martin Balsam, John Fiedler

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Ben-Hur (1959)
8.2/10
When a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge. (212 mins.)
Director: William Wyler
Stars: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd, Haya Harareet

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Patton (1970)
8.0/10
The World War II phase of the controversial American general's career is depicted. (172 mins.)
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Stars: George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Stephen Young, Michael Strong

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A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
8.1/10
Disturbed Blanche DuBois moves in with her sister in New Orleans and is tormented by her brutish brother-in-law while her reality crumbles around her. (122 mins.)
Director: Elia Kazan
Stars: Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden

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Rio Grande (1950)
7.2/10
Rio Grande takes place after the Civil War when the Union turned their attention towards the Apaches... (105 mins.)
Director: John Ford
Stars: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Ben Johnson, Claude Jarman Jr.

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The Horse Soldiers (1959)
7.0/10
A Union Cavalry outfit is sent behind confederate lines in strength to destroy a rail/supply centre... (115 mins.)
Director: John Ford
Stars: John Wayne, William Holden, Constance Towers, Judson Pratt

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The Pacific (2010 Mini-Series)
8.3/10
A 10-part mini-series from the creators of "Band of Brothers" telling the intertwined stories of three Marines during America's battle with the Japanese in the Pacific during World War II.
Stars: James Badge Dale, Joseph Mazzello, Jon Seda, Ben Chisholm

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Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
7.8/10
A hard-as-nails general takes over a bomber pilot unit suffering from low morale and whips them into fighting shape. (132 mins.)
Director: Henry King
Stars: Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe, Gary Merrill, Millard Mitchell

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High Noon (1952)
8.2/10
A marshall, personally compelled to face a returning deadly enemy, finds that his own town refuses to help him. (85 mins.)
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Stars: Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges

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The Wild Bunch (1969)
8.1/10
An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them. (145 mins.)
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Stars: William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmond O'Brien

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Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
8.7/10
Archeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the US government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis. (115 mins.)
Director: Steven Spielberg
Stars: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, John Rhys-Davies

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To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
8.5/10
Atticus Finch, a lawyer in the Depression-era South, defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge, and his kids against prejudice. (129 mins.)
Director: Robert Mulligan
Stars: Gregory Peck, John Megna, Frank Overton, Rosemary Murphy

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Alien (1979)
8.5/10
A mining ship, investigating a suspected SOS, lands on a distant planet. The crew discovers some strange creatures and investigates. (117 mins.)
Director: Ridley Scott
Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt, Veronica Cartwright

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Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
8.6/10
The cyborg who once tried to kill Sarah Connor must now protect her teenage son, John Connor, from an even more powerful and advanced Terminator. (137 mins.)
Director: James Cameron
Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick

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The Thing (1982)
8.2/10
Scientists in the Antarctic are confronted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of the people that it kills. (109 mins.)
Director: John Carpenter
Stars: Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Keith David, Richard Masur

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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
8.0/10
Brick, an alcoholic ex-football player, drinks his days away and resists the affections of his wife, Maggie. His reunion with his father, Big Daddy, who is dying of cancer, jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son. (108 mins.)
Director: Richard Brooks
Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives, Jack Carson

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Chinatown (1974)
8.4/10
A private detective investigating an adultery case stumbles on to a scheme of murder that has something to do with water. (130 mins.)
Director: Roman Polanski
Stars: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez

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Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
7.5/10
A dramatization of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the series of American blunders that allowed it to happen. (144 mins.)
Director: Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku
Stars: Martin Balsam, Sô Yamamura, Jason Robards, Joseph Cotten

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The Deer Hunter (1978)
8.2/10
An in-depth examination of the way that the Vietnam war affects the lives of people in a small industrial town in the USA. (182 mins.)
Director: Michael Cimino
Stars: Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, John Cazale, John Savage

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For a Few Dollars More (1965)
8.3/10
Two bounty hunters with completely different intentions team up to track down a Western outlaw. (132 mins.)
Director: Sergio Leone
Stars: Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volonté, Mario Brega

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The Great Escape (1963)
8.3/10
Allied POWs plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II. (172 mins.)
Director: John Sturges
Stars: Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson

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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
7.9/10
A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates. (80 mins.)
Director: Don Siegel
Stars: Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates, King Donovan

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Halloween (1978)
7.9/10
A psychotic murderer institutionalized since childhood for the murder of his sister, escapes and stalks a bookish teenage girl and her friends while his doctor chases him through the streets. (91 mins.)
Director: John Carpenter
Stars: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tony Moran, Nancy Kyes

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The Birds (1963)
7.9/10
A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people there in increasing numbers and with increasing viciousness. (119 mins.)
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Stars: Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Suzanne Pleshette, Jessica Tandy

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The Train (1964)
7.8/10
In 1944, a German colonel loads a train with French art treasures to send to Germany. The Resistance must stop it without damaging the cargo. (133 mins.)
Director: John Frankenheimer
Stars: Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, Jeanne Moreau, Suzanne Flon

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Die Hard (1988)
8.3/10
New York cop John McClane gives terrorists a dose of their own medicine as they hold hostages in an LA office building. (131 mins.)
Director: John McTiernan
Stars: Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson

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The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
7.2/10
Accused barn burner and con man Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners. (115 mins.)
Director: Martin Ritt
Stars: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, Orson Welles