#####The Commitments ####Directed by: Alan Parker ###Starring: Robert Arkins, Michael Aherne, Angeline Ball

In the Northside of Dublin, Jimmy Rabbitte aspires to manage the world's greatest band, with only one music in mind: soul. By advertising for applicants in a newspaper and asking around to promising acquaintances, Jimmy holds auditions at his parents' home and assembles a band together with the help of Joey "The Lips" Fagan, a veteran musician who has unlikely stories about working with famous musicians.

###Advisory: This film contains extensive use of the "f word" as part of the accepted vernacular.

##Info:

• Rated: R
• Running Time: 117 Minutes
• Genre: Drama | Comedy | Music (but not a musical)
• Release Date: September 13, 1991
• Country(s): Ireland, United Kingdom
• Language(s): English
• IMDb user rating: 7.6/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 90%
• Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 90%
• Metacritic Critic: 73/100
• Metacritic Audience: 6.8/10

##Awards: 11 wins and 13 nominations

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#####Heathers ####Directed by: Michael Lehmann ###Starring: Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty, Lisanne Falk, Kim Walker, Penelope Milford, Glenn Shadix

A girl who halfheartedly tries to be part of the "in crowd" of her school meets a rebel who teaches her a more devious way to play social politics: by killing the popular kids.

##Info:

• Rated: R
• Running Time: 103 Minutes
• Genre: Dark Comedy
• Release Date: March 31, 1989
• Country(s): USA
• Language(s): English
• IMDb user rating: 7.2/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 93%
• Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 83%
• Metacritic Critic: 72/100
• Metacritic Audience: 5.0/10

##Awards: 3 wins and 11 nominations

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#####The Lovely Bones ####Directed by: Peter Jackson ###Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci

Based on a novel by Alice Sebold.

After being brutally murdered, 14-year-old Susie Salmon watches from heaven over her grief-stricken family -- and her killer. As she observes their daily lives, she must balance her thirst for revenge with her desire for her family to heal.

##Info:

• Rated: PG-13
• Running Time: 135 Minutes
• Genre: Drama | Fantasy | Thriller
• Release Date: January 15, 2010
• Country(s): USA
• Language(s): English
• IMDb user rating: 6.6/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 31%
• Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 52%
• Metacritic Critic: 42/100
• Metacritic Audience: 6.2/10

##Awards: 10 wins and 46 nominations

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#####Titanic ####Written and Directed by: James Cameron ###Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher, Gloria Stuart, Bill Paxton

A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.

##Info:

• Rated: PG-13
• Running Time: 194 Minutes
• Genre: Romance | Drama
• Release Date: December 19, 1997
• Country(s): USA
• Language(s): English
• IMDb user rating: 7.9/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 88%
• Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 69%
• Metacritic Critic: 75/100
• Metacritic Audience: 8.4/10

##Awards: 126 wins and 83 nominations

• Oscar winner - Best Picture - James Cameron, Jon Landau

• Oscar winner - Best Director - James Cameron

• Oscar winner - Best Cinematography - Russell Carpenter

• Oscar winner - Best Art Direction - Set Decoration - Peter Lamont (art director), Michael Ford (set decorator)

• Oscar winner - Best Costume Design - Deborah L. Scott

• Oscar winner - Best Sound - Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, Gary Summers, Mark Ulano

• Oscar winner - Best Film Editing - Conrad Buff IV, James Cameron, Richard A. Harris

• Oscar winner - Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing - Tom Bellfort, Christopher Boyes

• Oscar winner - Best Effects, Visual Effects - Robert Legato, Mark A. Lasoff, Thomas L. Fisher, Michael Kanfer

• Oscar winner - Best Music, Original Song - James Horner (music), Will Jennings (lyrics) "My Heart Will Go On"

• Oscar winner - Best Music, Original Dramatic Score - James Horner

• Oscar nominee - Best Actress in a Leading Role - Kate Winslet

• Oscar nominee - Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Gloria Stuart

• Oscar nominee - Best Makeup - Tina Earnshaw, Greg Cannom, Simon Thompson

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#####Dune: Part One ####Directed by: Denis Villeneuve ####Based on the novel by: Frank Herbert ###Starring: Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya, Oscar Isaac, Jason Momoa, Stellan Skarsgård, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem

A noble family becomes embroiled in a war for control over the galaxy's most valuable asset while its heir becomes troubled by visions of a dark future.

##Info:

• Rated: PG-13
• Running Time: 155 Minutes
• Genre: Science Fiction | Action | Drama
• Release Date: October 22, 2021
• Country(s): USA
• Language(s): English
• IMDb user rating: 8.0/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 83%
• Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 90%
• Metacritic Critic: 74/100
• Metacritic Audience: 7.9/10

##Awards: 170 wins and 281 nominations

• Oscar winner - Best Sound
• Oscar winner - Visual Effects
• Oscar winner - Production Design
• Oscar winner - Music - Original Score - Hans Zimmer
• Oscar winner - Film Editing - Joe Walker
• Oscar winner - Best Achievement in Cinematography - Greig Fraser
• Oscar nominee - Best Picture, Makeup and Hairstyling, Costume Design, Best Adapted Screenplay

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#####Arrival ####Directed by: Denis Villeneuve ###Starring: Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker

A linguist works with the military to communicate with alien lifeforms after twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around the world.

##Info:

• Rated: PG-13
• Running Time: Minutes
• Genre: Science Fiction
• Release Date: November 11, 2016
• Country(s): USA, Canada
• Language(s): English
• IMDb user rating: 7.9/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 94%
• Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 82%
• Metacritic Critic: 81/100
• Metacritic Audience: 8.2/10

##Awards: 70 wins and 269 nominations

• Oscar winner - Best Achievement in Sound Editing - Sylvain Bellemare

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#####Polytechnique ####Directed by: Denis Villeneuve ###Starring: Maxim Gaudette, Sébastien Huberdeau, Karine Vanasse

A dramatization of the 1989 Montréal Massacre, during which several female engineering students were murdered by an unstable misogynist.

##Info:

• Rated: Not rated
• Running Time: 87 Minutes
• Genre: Crime | History
• Release Date: February 6, 2009
• Country(s): Canada
• Language(s): French, English
• IMDb user rating: 7.2/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 88%
• Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 76%
• Metacritic Critic: 63/100
• Metacritic Audience: 6.3/10

##Awards: 17 wins and 9 nominations

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#####How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying ####Directed by: David Swift ####Choreography by: Bob Fosse ###Starring: Robert Morse, Michele Lee, Rudy Vallee

Armed with the titular manual, an ambitious window washer seeks to climb the corporate ladder.

##Info:

• Rated: Approved
• Running Time: 121 Minutes
• Genre: Musical | Comedy
• Release Date: March 9, 1967
• Country(s): USA
• Language(s): English
• IMDb user rating: 7.2/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 92%
• Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 82%

##Awards: 2 nominations

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#####Pather Panchali / Song of the Little Road ####Directed by: Satyajit Ray ###Starring: Kanu Bannerjee, Karuna Bannerjee, Subir Banerjee

Based on a novel by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay.

Impoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work.

The film became part of a trilogy, followed by Aparajito / The Unvanquished (1956) and Apur Sansar / The World of Apu (1959).

##Info:

• Rated: Not rated
• Running Time: 125 Minutes
• Genre: Drama
• Release Date: August 26, 1955
• Country(s): India
• Language(s): Bengali
• IMDb user rating: 8.2/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 98%
• Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 93%

##Awards: 11 wins and 2 nominations

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#####The Shortcut ####Directed by: Nicholaus Goossen ###Starring: Katrina Bowden, Jeremy Bastian, Cavan Cunningham

Two brothers come upon a rarely used shortcut in their new town.

##Info:

• Rated: PG-13
• Running Time: 100 Minutes
• Genre: Horror | Mystery | Thriller
• Release Date: September 29, 2009 (DVD)
• Country(s): USA
• Language(s): English
• IMDb user rating: 5.0/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Critic: tbd%
• Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 22%

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#####On Golden Pond ####Directed by: Mark Rydell ###Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda

Norman is a curmudgeon with an estranged relationship with his daughter Chelsea. At Golden Pond, he and his wife nevertheless agree to care for Billy, the son of Chelsea's new boyfriend, and a most unexpected relationship blooms.

##Info:

• Rated: PG
• Running Time: 109 Minutes
• Genre: Drama
• Release Date: February 12, 1982
• Country(s): USA
• Language(s): English
• IMDb user rating: 7.6/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 93%
• Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 87%
• Metacritic Critic: 68/100
• Metacritic Audience: 7.5/10

##Awards: 14 wins and 23 nominations

• Oscar winner - Best Actor in a Leading Role - Henry Fonda
• Oscar winner - Best Actress in a Leading Role - Katharine Hepburn
• Oscar winner - Best Writing (Adapted) - Ernest Thompson
• 7 more Oscar nominations

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#####North by Northwest ####Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock ###Starring: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis, Leo G. Carroll

A New York City advertising executive goes on the run after being mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and falls for a woman whose loyalties he begins to doubt.

##Info:

• Rated: Approved
• Running Time: 136 Minutes
• Genre: Action | Adventure | Mystery
• Release Date: December 18, 1959
• Country(s): USA
• Language(s): English
• IMDb user rating: 8.3/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 97%
• Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 94%
• Metacritic Critic: 98/100
• Metacritic Audience: 8.0/10

##Awards: 9 wins and 10 nominations

• Oscar nominee - Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Ernest Lehman - Won by Pillow Talk
• Oscar nominee - Best Art Direction (Color) - Won by Ben-Hur
• Oscar nominee - Best Film Editing - George Tomasini - Won by Ben-Hur

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#####Dial M for Murder ####Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock ###Starring: Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings

A former tennis star arranges the murder of his adulterous wife.

##Info:

• Rated: PG
• Running Time: 105 Minutes
• Genre: Crime | Thriller
• Release Date: May 29, 1954
• Country(s): USA
• Language(s): English
• IMDb user rating: 8.2/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 90%
• Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 92%
• Metacritic Critic: 75/100
• Metacritic Audience: 8.3/10

##Awards: 5 wins and 3 nominations

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#####Lifeboat ####Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock ####Written by: John Steinbeck, Jo Swerling, Alfred Hitchcock ###Starring: Tallulah Bankhead, John Hodiak, Walter Slezak

Several survivors of a torpedoed merchant ship in World War II find themselves in the same lifeboat with one of the crew members of the U-boat that sank their ship.

##Info:

• Rated: Not rated
• Running Time: 97 Minutes
• Genre: Drama | War
• Release Date: January 28, 1944
• Country(s): USA
• Language(s): English
• IMDb user rating: 7.6/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 90%
• Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 87%
• Metacritic Critic: 78/100
• Metacritic Audience: 8.1/10

##Awards: 3 wins and 3 nominations

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#####A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum ####Directed by: Richard Lester ###Based on the musical, book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim ###Starring: Zero Mostel, Jack Gilford, Phil Silvers, Buster Keaton, Michael Crawford

A wily Roman slave schemes to earn his freedom by romantically uniting his master with a courtesan. But matters get complicated and he ends up dragging in his neighbors around him, leading to chaos

##Info:

• Rated: Approved
• Running Time: 99 Minutes
• Genre: Musical | Comedy | Broadway Adaptation
• Release Date: October 16, 1966
• Country(s): USA
• Language(s): English
• IMDb user rating: 6.8/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 86%
• Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 77%

##Awards: 1 win and 1 nomination

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#####How to Get Ahead in Advertising ####Directed by: Bruce Robinson ###Starring: Richard E. Grant, Rachel Ward, Richard Wilson

A cynical advertising exec has a block at work leading to a meltdown. He's hilariously out of control. Getting a big, talking boil on his shoulder doesn't help.

##Info:

• Rated: R
• Running Time: 90 Minutes
• Genre: Comedy | Fantasy
• Release Date: March 30, 1989
• Country(s): United Kingdom
• Language(s): English
• IMDb user rating: 6.8/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 60%
• Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 77%

##Awards: 1 nomination

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#####Saturn 3 ####Directed by: Stanley Donen, John Barry ###Starring: Farrah Fawcett, Kirk Douglas, Harvey Keitel

Two lovers stationed at a remote base in the asteroid fields of Saturn are intruded upon by a retentive technocrat from Earth and his charge: a malevolent eight foot robot.

##Info:

• Rated: R
• Running Time: 88 Minutes
• Genre: Horror | Science Fiction
• Release Date: February 15, 1980
• Country(s): United Kingdom
• Language(s): English
• IMDb user rating: 5.1/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 29%
• Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 30%
• Metacritic Critic: 9/100
• Metacritic Audience: 3.8/10

##Awards: 5 nominations

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#####The Graduate ####Directed by: Mike Nichols ###Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross

A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.

####I just want to say one word to you. Just one word. Are you listening? Plastics.

##Info:

• Rated: PG
• Running Time: 105 Minutes
• Genre: Comedy | Drama | Romance
• Release Date: December 21, 1967
• Country(s): USA
• Language(s): English
• IMDb user rating: 8.0/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 86%
• Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 90%
• Metacritic Critic: 83/100
• Metacritic Audience: 7.5/10

##Awards: 22 wins and 21 nominations

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#####Paycheck ####Directed by: John Woo ###Starring: Ben Affleck, Aaron Eckhart, Uma Thurman, Paul Giamatti, Colm Feore

Based on a story written by Philip K. Dick about an engineer who wakes up with his short-term memory erased.

##Info:

• Rated: PG-13
• Running Time: 119 Minutes
• Genre: Action | Science Fiction | Puzzle
• Release Date: December 25, 2003
• Country(s): USA
• Language(s): English
• IMDb user rating: 6.3/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 27%
• Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 45%
• Metacritic Critic: 43/100
• Metacritic Audience: 8.0/10

##Awards: 3 wins and 2 nominations

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#####Face/Off ####Directed by: John Woo ###Starring: John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen

To foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery to assume the identity of the criminal mastermind who murdered his only son, but the criminal wakes up prematurely and seeks revenge.

##Info:

• Rated: R
• Running Time: 138 Minutes
• Genre: Action | Crime | Science Fiction
• Release Date: June 27, 1997
• Country(s): USA
• Language(s): English
• IMDb user rating: 7.3/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 92%
• Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 82%
• Metacritic Critic: 82/100
• Metacritic Audience: 8.8/10

##Awards: 11 wins and 22 nominations

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#####The Killer / Dip huet seung hung ####Directed by: John Woo ###Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Danny Lee, Sally Yee

A disillusioned assassin accepts one last hit in hopes of using his earnings to restore vision to a singer he accidentally blinded.

##Info:

• Rated: R
• Running Time: 111 Minutes
• Genre: Action | Crime | Drama
• Release Date: March 24, 1989 (Taiwan)
• Country(s): Hong Kong
• Language(s): Cantonese
• IMDb user rating: 7.8/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 98%
• Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 92%
• Metacritic Critic: 82/100
• Metacritic Audience: 8.0/10

##Awards: 2 wins and 6 nominations

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#####Original Cast Album: Company ####Directed by: D.A. Pennebaker ###Starring: Stephen Sondheim, Hal Prince, Elaine Stritch, Dean Jones, Pamela Myers, Beth Howland

Stephen Sondheim's musical "Company" opened on Broadway in the Spring of 1970, and tradition dictates that the cast recording is done on the first Sunday after opening night.

##Info:

• Rated: Not rated - General
• Running Time: 53 Minutes
• Genre: Documentary
• Release Date: October 28, 1970
• Country(s): USA
• Language(s): English
• IMDb user rating: 8.0/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 89%
• Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 92%
• Metacritic Critic: 83/100
• Metacritic Audience: tbd/10

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#####Puss in Boots ####Directed by: Chris Miller ###Starring: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Zach Galifianakis

An outlaw cat, his childhood egg-friend, and a seductive thief kitty set out in search for the eggs of the fabled Golden Goose to clear his name, restore his lost honor, and regain the trust of his mother and town.

This is based on the Puss in Boots character as portrayed in the Shrek films.

##Info:

• Rated: PG
• Running Time: 90 Minutes
• Genre: Animation | Adventure | Comedy
• Release Date: October 28, 2011
• Country(s): USA
• Language(s): English
• IMDb user rating: 6.6/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 86%
• Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 68%
• Metacritic Critic: 65/100
• Metacritic Audience: 7.5/10

##Awards: 9 wins and 43 nominations

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#####Hard Eight ####Written and Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson ###Starring: Philip Baker Hall, John C. Reilly, Gwyneth Paltrow, Samuel L. Jackson

Professional gambler Sydney teaches John the tricks of the trade. John does well until he falls for cocktail waitress Clementine.

##Info:

• Rated: R
• Running Time: 101 Minutes
• Genre: Drama | Crime
• Release Date: January 20, 1996 (Sundance Film Festival)
• Country(s): USA
• Language(s): English
• IMDb user rating: 7.1/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 82%
• Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 83%
• Metacritic Critic: 78/100
• Metacritic Audience: 6.6/10

##Awards: 2 wins and 2 nominations

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#####Sleepless in Seattle ####Directed by: Nora Ephron ###Starring: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Bill Pullman, Ross Malinger, Rosie O'Donnell, Gaby Hoffmann

A recently widowed man's son calls a radio talk-show in an attempt to find his father a partner.

##Info:

• Rated: PG
• Running Time: 105 Minutes
• Genre: Romance | Comedy
• Release Date: June 25, 1993
• Country(s): Mesopotamia, Vietnam
• Language(s): Aramaic
• IMDb user rating: 6.8/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 75%
• Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 75%
• Metacritic Critic: 72/100
• Metacritic Audience: 7.0/10

##Awards: 4 wins and 19 nominations

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#####Jerry Maguire ####Directed by: Cameron Crowe ###Starring: Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr., Renée Zellweger

When a sports agent has a moral epiphany and is fired for expressing it, he decides to put his new philosophy to the test as an independent agent with the only athlete who stays with him and his former colleague.

##Info:

• Rated: R
• Running Time: 139 Minutes
• Genre: Romance | Comedy | Drama
• Release Date: December 13, 1996
• Country(s): USA
• Language(s): English
• IMDb user rating: 7.3/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 84%
• Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 79%
• Metacritic Critic: 77/100
• Metacritic Audience: 8.2/10

##Awards: 26 wins and 41 nominations

• Oscar Winner - Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Cuba Gooding Jr.

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#####Police Story 2 / Ging chaat goo si juk jaap ####Directed by: Jackie Chan ###Starring: Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Kwok-Hung Lam

The Hong Kong super-cop must stop a group of blackmailing bombers at the same time that the villains of the first Police Story are out for revenge.

##Info:

• Rated: PG-13
• Running Time: 101 Minutes
• Genre: Action | Comedy | Crime
• Release Date: August 20, 1988
• Country(s): Hong Kong
• Language(s): Cantonese
• IMDb user rating: 7.1/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 83%
• Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 77%
• Metacritic Critic: 68/100
• Metacritic Audience: 7.6/10

##Awards: 2 wins and 1 nomination

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#####Babel ####Directed by: Alejandro G. Iñárritu ###Starring: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Gael García Bernal

In Babel, a tragic incident involving an American couple in Morocco sparks a chain of events for four families in different countries throughout the world. In the struggle to overcome isolation, fear, and displacement, each character discovers that it is family that ultimately provides solace. In the remote sands of the Moroccan desert, a rifle shot rings out detonating a chain of events that will link an American tourist couples frantic struggle to survive, two Moroccan boys involved in an accidental crime, a nanny illegally crossing into Mexico with two American children and a Japanese teen rebel whose father is sought by the police in Tokyo. Separated by clashing cultures and sprawling distances, each of these four disparate groups of people are nevertheless hurtling towards a shared destiny of isolation and grief.

##Info:

• Rated: R
• Running Time: 143 Minutes
• Genre: Drama
• Release Date: November 10, 2006
• Country(s): USA
• Language(s): English
• IMDb user rating: 7.5/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 69%
• Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 7.7%
• Metacritic Critic: 69/100
• Metacritic Audience: 6.7/10

##Awards: 43 wins and 137 nominations

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#####Trekkies ####Directed by: Roger Nygard ###Starring: Denise Crosby, Frank D'Amico, Barbara Adams

Denise Crosby takes a first look at the huge fans of "Star Trek" and how the series from around America has affected and shaped their lives.

###May the Fourth Be With You!

##Info:

• Rated: PG
• Running Time: 86 Minutes
• Genre: Documentary | Comedy
• Release Date: October 18, 1997
• Country(s): USA
• Language(s): English
• IMDb user rating: 6.9/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 86%
• Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 70%
• Metacritic Critic: 64/100
• Metacritic Audience: 5.5/10

##Awards: 1 win and 5 nominations

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#####The Way of the Dragon ####Directed by: Bruce Lee ###Starring: Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris, Nora Miao

A man visits his relatives at their restaurant in Italy and has to help them defend against brutal gangsters harassing them.

##Info:

• Rated: R
• Running Time: 90 Minutes
• Genre: Action | Adventure | Comedy
• Release Date: December 30, 1972
• Country(s): Hong Kong
• Language(s): Mandarin, Cantonese, English
• IMDb user rating: 7.2/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 86%
• Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 86%
• Metacritic Critic: 58/100
• Metacritic Audience: 6.4/10

##Awards: 1 win and 1 nomination

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