The 11 arguably best movies of all time
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- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsKeir DulleaGary LockwoodWilliam SylvesterAfter uncovering a mysterious artifact buried beneath the Lunar surface, a spacecraft is sent to Jupiter to find its origins: a spacecraft manned by two men and the supercomputer HAL 9000.unsurpassed, possibly unsurpassable. unbelievably good for its age, with special effects that cannot be done better even with today's technology. THE defining masterpiece of science-fiction!
- DirectorDarren AronofskyStarsHugh JackmanRachel WeiszSean Patrick ThomasAs a modern-day scientist, Tommy is struggling with mortality, desperately searching for the medical breakthrough that will save the life of his cancer-stricken wife, Izzi.incredible visuals, best music ever. a movie so fine-tuned that every little detail in every scene makes sense and adds up to the grandest drama ever created
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsBrad PittEdward NortonMeat LoafAn insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more.a perfect movie based on a ingenious book thought unfilmable. the defining movie of a whole generation. an instant classic that has already achieved legendary status
- DirectorRon FrickeStarsPatrick DisantoA collection of expertly photographed scenes of human life and religion.tells more without words than other documentaries can manage with a narrator. includes so many shots of such power that have been used elsewhere, that you will doubtlessly have seen some of it even if you never heard of it, if you grew up in the vicinity of TV screens.
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMartin SheenMarlon BrandoRobert DuvallA U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.a nightmarish descent into madness, made all the more enjoyable if you know the book it is based on
- DirectorJames CameronStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerLinda HamiltonEdward FurlongA cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her ten year old son John from an even more advanced and powerful cyborg.the defining movie of the 90ies. with special effects that were sensational back then and aged just as well, arguably the best action movie of all time.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsHumphrey BogartIngrid BergmanPaul HenreidA cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.clever. funny. thrilling. emotional. the classiest of classics.
- DirectorDarren AronofskyStarsEllen BurstynJared LetoJennifer ConnellyThe drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island people are shattered when their addictions run deep..the strongest, most disturbing drug movie ever made. not for the faint of heart.
- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsGuy PearceCarrie-Anne MossJoe PantolianoLeonard Shelby, an insurance investigator, suffers from anterograde amnesia and uses notes and tattoos to hunt for the man he thinks killed his wife, which is the last thing he remembers.the best mystery/crime movie of all time, and the one movie that used a nonlinear timeline not as a gimmick but to actually enhance the suspense and put you in the protagonist's viewpoint.
- DirectorCiro GuerraStarsNilbio TorresJan BijvoetAntonio BolívarThe story of the relationship between Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman and last survivor of his people, and two scientists who work together over the course of forty years to search the Amazon for a sacred healing plant.