MOVIE REVIEW DATABASE

12 Angry Men (1957) - 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.
12 Monkeys (1995) - In a future world devastated by disease, a convict is sent back in time to gather information about the man-made virus that wiped out most of the human population on the planet.
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - Mankind finds a mysterious, obviously artificial, artifact buried on the moon and, with the intelligent computer HAL, sets off on a quest.
A Clockwork Orange (1971) - In future Britain, charismatic delinquent Alex DeLarge is jailed and later volunteers for an experimental aversion therapy developed by the government in an effort to solve society's crime problem... but not all goes to plan
Alien (1979) - A mining ship, investigating a suspected SOS, lands on a distant planet. The crew discovers some strange creatures and investigates.
Aliens (1986) - The planet from "Alien" (1979) has been colonized, but contact is lost. This time, the rescue team has impressive firepower, enough?
Amadeus (1984) - The incredible story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, told in flashback mode by Antonio Salieri - now confined to an insane asylum.
American Beauty (1999) - Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation for his daughter's attractive friend.
American History X (1998) - A former neo-nazi skinhead tries to prevent his younger brother from going down the same wrong path that he did.
Annie Hall (1977) - Neurotic New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall.
Apocalypse Now (1979) - During the on-going Vietnam War, Captain Willard is sent on a dangerous mission into Cambodia to assassinate a renegade Green Beret who has set himself up as a God among a local tribe.
Back to the Future - In 1985, Doc Brown invents time travel; in 1955, Marty McFly accidentally prevents his parents from meeting, putting his own existence at stake.
Batman Begins (2005) - The story of how Bruce Wayne became what he was destined to be: Batman.
Big Fish (2003) - A story about a son trying to learn more about his dying father by reliving stories and myths his father told him about himself.
Blade Runner (1982) - Deckard, a blade runner, has to track down and terminate 4 replicants who hijacked a ship in space and have returned to earth seeking their maker.
Braveheart (1995) - William Wallace, a commoner, unites the 13th Century Scots in their battle to overthrow English rule.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) - Two Western bank/train robbers flee to Bolivia when the law gets too close.
Casablanca (1942) - Set in unoccupied Africa during the early days of World War II: An American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.
Casino - Greed, deception, money, power, and murder occur between two mobster best friends and a trophy wife over a gambling empire.
Children of Men (2006) - In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.
Chinatown (1974) - A private detective investigating an adultery case stumbles on to a scheme of murder that has something to do with water.
Citizen Kane (1941) - Following the death of a publishing tycoon, news reporters scramble to discover the meaning of his final utterance.
Das Boot (1981) - This is the story of 42 raw recruits caught up in a war they didn't understand, and the Captain who must lead them in their struggle to survive.
Die Hard (1988) - New York cop John McClane gives terrorists a dose of their own medicine as they hold hostages in an LA office building
Dog Day Afternoon (1975) - A man robs a bank to pay for his lover's operation; it turns into a hostage situation and a media circus
Donnie Darko (2001) - A troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes, after narrowly escaping a bizarre accident.
Ed Wood (1994) - The mostly true story of the legendary director of awful movies and his strange group of friends and actors.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) - A couple undergo a procedure to erase each other from their memories when their relationship turns sour, but it is only through the process of loss that they discover what they had to begin with.
Fargo (1996) - Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of pregnant Marge Gunderson.
Fight Club (1999) - An office employee and a soap salesman build a global organization to help vent male aggression.
Finding Nemo (2003) - A father-son underwater adventure featuring Nemo, a boy clownfish, stolen from his coral reef home. His timid father must then travel to Sydney, and search Sydney Harbour find Nemo.
Forrest Gump (1994) - Forrest Gump, while not intelligent, has accidentally been present at many historic moments, but his true love, Jenny, eludes him.
Full Metal Jacket (1987) - A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow Marine recruits from their brutal basic training to the bloody street fighting set in 1968 Hue, Vietnam.
Gandhi (1982) - Biography of Mahatma Gandhi, the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British through his philosophy of non-violent protest.
Gladiator (2000) - When a Roman general is betrayed and his family murdered by a corrupt prince, he comes to Rome as a gladiator to seek revenge.
Gone with the Wind (1939) - 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.
Goodfellas (1990) - Drama of a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn boy initiated into a neighborhood mob in his youth, and the struggles he encounters with the gang through the next 25 years.
Good Will Hunting (1997) - Will Hunting, a janitor at MIT, has a gift for mathematics which is discovered, and a psychologist tries to help him with his gift and the rest of his life.
Gran Torino (2008) - Disgruntled Korean War vet Walt Kowalski sets out to reform his neighbor, a young Hmong teenager, who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possession: his 1972 Gran Torino.
Groundhog Day (1993) - A weatherman finds himself living the same day over and over again.
Harold and Maude (1971) - Young, rich, and obsessed with death, Harold finds himself changed forever when he meets lively septuagenarian Maude at a funeral.
Heat (1995) - A Los Angeles crime saga, "Heat" focuses on the lives of two men on opposite sides of the law - one a detective; the other a thief.
Hotel Rwanda (2004) - The true-life story of Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager who housed over a thousand Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) - When Dr. Henry Jones Sr. suddenly goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, eminent archaeologist Indiana Jones must follow in his father's footsteps and stop the Nazis.
Jaws (1975) - When a gigantic great white shark begins to menace the small island community of Amity, a police chief, a marine scientist and grizzled fisherman set out to stop it.
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) - The Bride wakes up after a long coma. The baby that she carried before entering the coma is gone. The only thing on her mind is to have revenge on the assassination team that betrayed her - a team she was once part of.
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 - The murderous Bride continues her vengeance quest against her ex-boss, Bill, and his two remaining associates; his younger brother Budd, and Bill's latest flame Elle.
King Kong (1935) - A film crew goes to a tropical island for an exotic location shoot and discovers a colossal giant gorilla who takes a shine to their female blonde star.
L.A. Confidential (1997) - A shooting at an all night diner is investigated by three LA policemen in their own unique ways.
Leon (1994) - Professional assassin Leon reluctantly takes care of 12-year-old Mathilda, a neighbor whose parents are killed, and teaches her his trade.
Life Is Beautiful (1997) - A Jewish man has a wonderful romance with the help of his humour, but must use that same quality to protect his son in a Nazi death camp.
Life of Brian (1979) - Brian is born on the original Christmas, in the stable next door. He spends his life being mistaken for a messiah.
Little Miss Sunshine (2006) - A family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus.
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) - Four London working class stiffs pool their money to put one in a high stakes card game, but things go wrong and they end up owing half a million pounds and having one week to come up with the cash.
Magnolia (1999) - An epic mosaic of several interrelated characters in search of happiness, forgiveness, and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.
Million Dollar Baby (2004) - A hardened trainer/manager works with a determined woman in her attempt to establish herself as a boxer.
Memento (2000) - A man, suffering from short-term memory loss, uses notes and tattoos to hunt for the man he thinks killed his wife.
No Country for Old Men (2007) - Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon some dead bodies, a stash of heroin and more than $2 million in cash near the Rio Grande.
Once Upon a Time in America (1984) - A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to Brooklyn over 30 years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) - Upon arrival at a mental institution, a brash rebel rallies the patients together to take on the oppressive Nurse Ratched, a woman more a dictator than a nurse.
Planet of the Apes (1968) - An astronaut crew crash lands on a planet in the distant future where intelligent talking apes are the dominant species, and humans are the oppressed and enslaved.
Platoon (1986) - A young recruit in Vietnam faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man
Psycho (1960) - A young woman steals $40,000 from her employer's client, and subsequently encounters a young motel proprietor too long under the domination of his mother.
Pulp Fiction (1994) - The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.
Raging Bull (1980) - An emotionally self-destructive boxer's journey through life, as the violence and temper that leads him to the top in the ring, destroys his life outside it.
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - Archeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the US government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis.
Ratatouille (2007) - Remy is a young rat in the French countryside who arrives in Paris, only to find out that his cooking idol is dead. When he makes an unusual alliance with a restaurant's new garbage boy, the culinary and personal adventures begin despite Remy's family's skepticism and the rat-hating world of humans.
Rear Window (1954) - A wheelchair bound photographer spies on his neighbours from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
Requiem for a Dream (2000) - The hopes and dreams of four ambitious people are shattered when their drug addictions begin spiraling out of control.
Reservoir Dogs (1992) - After a simple jewelery heist goes terribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant.
Rocky (1976) - A small time boxer gets a once in a lifetime chance to fight the heavyweight champ in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect.
Saving Private Ryan (1998) - Following the Normandy Landings, a group of US soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.
Scarface (1983) - In 1980 Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug empire while succumbing to greed.
Schindler's List (1993) - Oskar Schindler uses Jews to start a factory in Poland during the war. He witnesses the horrors endured by the Jews, and starts to save them.
Se7en (1995) - Police drama about two cops, one new and one about to retire, after a serial killer using the seven deadly sins as his MO.
Sin City (2005) - A film that explores the dark and miserable town Basin City and tells the story of three different people, all caught up in the violent corruption of the city.
Slumdog Millionaire (2008) - A Mumbai teen who grew up in the slums, becomes a contestant on the Indian version of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" He is arrested under suspicion of cheating, and while being interrogated, events from his life history are shown which explain why he knows the answers.
Snatch (2000) - Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers, and supposedly Jewish jewelers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond.
Spartacus (1960) - The slave Spartacus leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman empire.
Star Trek (2009) - A chronicle of the early days of James T. Kirk and his fellow USS Enterprise crew members.
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) - While Luke takes advanced Jedi training from Yoda, his friends are relentlessly pursued by Darth Vader as part of his plan to capture Luke.
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) - After rescuing Han Solo from the palace of Jabba the Hutt, the Rebels attempt to destroy the Second Death Star, while Luke Skywalker tries to bring his father back to the Light Side of the Force.
Taxi Driver (1976) - A mentally unstable Vietnam war veteran works as nighttime taxi driver in a city whose perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge to violently lash out, attempting to save a teenage prostitute in the process.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) - The cyborg who once tried to kill Sarah Connor must now protect her teenager son, John Connor, from an even more powerful and advanced cyborg.
The Big Lebowski (1998) - "Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire Lebowski, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it.
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) - Bourne dodges new, superior assassins as he searches for his unknown past while a government agent tries to track him down.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) - Tells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences.
The Dark Knight (2008) - Batman, Gordon and Harvey Dent are forced to deal with the chaos unleashed by an anarchist mastermind known only as the Joker, as it drives each of them to their limits..
The Deer Hunter (1978) - An in-depth examination of the way that the Vietnam war affects the lives of people in a small industrial town in the USA.
The Departed (2006) - Two men from opposite sides of the law are undercover within the Massachusetts State Police and the Irish mafia, but violence and bloodshed boil when discoveries are made, and the moles are dispatched to find out their enemy's identities.
The Elephant Man (1980) - A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous facade, there is revealed a person of intelligence and sensitivity.
The Exorcist (1973) - When a teenager is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two priests to save her daughter.
The Godfather (1972) - The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.
The Godfather: Part II (1974) - The early life & career of Vito Corleone in 1920's 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.
The Green Mile (1999) - The story about the lives of guards on death row leading up to the execution of black man accused of child murder & rape, who has the power of faith healing.
The Incredibles (2004) - A family of undercover superheroes, while trying to live the quiet suburban life, are forced into action to save the world.
The Lion King (1994) - Tricked into thinking he killed his father, a guilt ridden lion cub flees into exile and abandons his identity as the future King.
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) - In a small village in the Shire a young Hobbit named Frodo has been entrusted with an ancient Ring. Now he must embark on an Epic quest to the Cracks of Doom in order to destroy it.
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) - The former Fellowship of the Ring prepare for the final battle for Middle Earth, while Frodo & Sam approach Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring.
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) - Frodo and Sam continue on to Mordor in their mission to destroy the One Ring. Whilst their former companions make new allies and launch an assault on Isengard.
The Matrix (1999) - A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against the controllers of it.
The Pianist (2002) - A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II.
The Princess Bride (1987) - A classic fairy tale, with swordplay, giants, an evil prince, a beautiful princess, and yes, some kissing (as read by a kindly grandfather).
The Prestige (2006) - Robert and Alfred are rival magicians. When Alfred performs the ultimate magic trick, Robert tries desperately to find out the secret to the trick.
The Shawshank Redemption (1994) - Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency.
The Shining (1980) - A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil and spiritual presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from the past and of the future.
The Silence of the Lambs (1991) - Dr. Hannibal Lecter. Brilliant. Cunning. Psychotic. In his mind lies the clue to a ruthless killer. - Clarice Starling, FBI. Brilliant. Vulnerable. Alone. She must trust him to stop the killer.
The Sixth Sense - A boy who communicates with spirits that don't know they're dead seeks the help of a disheartened child psychologist.
The Sting (1973) - In 1930s Chicago, a young con man seeking revenge for his murdered partner teams up with a master of the big con to win a fortune from a criminal banker.
The Thing (1982) - Scientists in the Antarctic are confronted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of the people that it kills.
The Usual Suspects (1995) - A boat has been destroyed, criminals are dead, and the key to this mystery lies with the only survivor and his twisted, convoluted story beginning with five career crooks in a seemingly random police lineup.
The Wizard of Oz (1939) - Dorothy Gale is swept away to a magical land in a tornado and embarks on a quest to see the Wizard who can help her return home.
The Wrestler (2008) - A faded professional wrestler must retire, but finds his quest for a new life outside the ring a dispiriting struggle.
There Will Be Blood (2007) - A story about family, greed, religion, and oil, centered around a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.
Toy Story (1995) - A cowboy toy is profoundly threatened and jealous when a fancy spaceman toy supplants him as top toy in a boy's room.
Trainspotting (1996) - Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends.
Unforgiven (1992) - Retired Old West gunslinger William Munny reluctantly takes on one last job, with the help of his old partner and a young man.
V for Vendetta (2005) - A shadowy freedom fighter known only as "V" uses terrorist tactics to fight against his totalitarian society. Upon rescuing a girl from the secret police, he also finds his best chance at having an ally.
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