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- DirectorJoe WrightStarsKeira KnightleyJames McAvoyBrenda BlethynThirteen-year-old fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.The chemistry between the main characters is fantastic. But most of all I am fascinated by the storyline, even though it is so sad. I have red the book first and let’s say it is a pretty good translation of how I imagined it to be. The film is minimal, funny and tragic at the same time. If I have to name some of my favorite actors these two would definitely be on the list. When selecting movies they are my go to actors.
Favo images: the fountain, ... yes, yes also the green dress against the bookshelves and the last scène at the beach. - DirectorGus Van SantStarsElias McConnellAlex FrostEric DeulenSeveral ordinary high school students go through their daily routine as two others prepare for something more malevolent.I have seen a couple of movies directed by Gus van Sant and they are sometimes a little strange (A movie about a cowboy girl with huges thumbs just to name something). That is tough the power behind it. Elephant is on the contrary a really realistic filmed movie. I think this documentairy style really works for the tough subject.
- DirectorStephen ChboskyStarsLogan LermanEmma WatsonEzra MillerCharlie, a 15-year-old introvert, enters high school and is nervous about his new life. When he befriends his seniors, he learns to cope with his friend's suicide and his tumultuous past.The soundtrack of this movie is great and, so it be, that I am a total sucker for soundtracks. The number heroes just fits perfectly in combination with the tunnel scene. The tunnel scene is just fantastic, it is a beautiful artistic picture. The story is surprising and fulfilling at the same time.
- DirectorRichard KellyStarsJake GyllenhaalJena MaloneMary McDonnellAfter narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a man in a large rabbit suit who manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.Fraaaaank!!! This is, again, a soundtrack that I really like, maybe even more than the perks of being a wallflower movie. A fun fact is that jake en maggie Gyllenhaal in real live are brother and sister. It's a very bizar film but so fantastic. I probably have seen this movie a thousand times.
- DirectorMary HarronStarsChristian BaleJustin TherouxJosh LucasA wealthy New York City investment banking executive, Patrick Bateman, hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he delves deeper into his violent, hedonistic fantasies.Cristian Bale is perfect for the role. A slightly boring but super smooth buisness man that kills, a recipe that one cannot not love, right? Also have seen the second one, all for the girlpower and stuff but enjoyed it significantly less.
- DirectorJames CameronStarsLeonardo DiCaprioKate WinsletBilly ZaneA seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.What to say about the Titanic, maybe a bit of an guilty pleasure, gigantic youth sentiment, but nevertheless 100% an all time favorite. Love, love and love Kate Winslet and off course Leo, together even better. It is a beautifully made set. It interested me that the director James Cameron put so much effort in investigating everything about the Titanic.
- DirectorJane CampionStarsHolly HunterHarvey KeitelSam NeillIn the mid-19th century a mute woman is sent to New Zealand along with her young daughter and prized piano for an arranged marriage to a farmer, but is soon lusted after by a farm worker.Once again it is all about the soundtrack beautifully together with images of piano on the beaches of New Zealand. The love story is a bit crunching but nevertheless, it grasps you somehow. Definitely, one which belongs on the top of this list. I think this has changed over the years, must one wonder about the lower review score.
- DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsAdrien BrodyThomas KretschmannFrank FinlayDuring WWII, acclaimed Polish musician Wladyslaw faces various struggles as he loses contact with his family. As the situation worsens, he hides in the ruins of Warsaw in order to survive.War movies are important part of education in the history of life. As a kid, Saturday movie night was to say it in Dutch: vaste prik. It has been a long time since I saw this movie, it is however still quite clear in my mind.
A beautiful combination of war history and Chopin. - DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsJodie FosterAnthony HopkinsScott GlennA young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsJack NicholsonShelley DuvallDanny LloydA family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.That hotel, that image of that hotel ... love it. Jack Nicholson is great at being this creepy melancholic guy. Here comes Johnny!! Are you scared yet? I have read the book as well. What stroke me the most is that the movies sort of could be explained realistically, the book definitely not.
- DirectorAnton CorbijnStarsSam RileySamantha MortonCraig ParkinsonA profile of Ian Curtis, the enigmatic singer of Joy Division whose personal, professional, and romantic troubles led him to die by suicide at the age of 23.Soundtrack again and also a bit my farther. He was a fan, now I am a fan. This is not always the case though. In dutch you have a great word for Ian Curtis; eigenzinnig. It is sad to see that those people, who bring something different in a world of sames, have it so difficult with life, although sort of logical.
- DirectorRingo LamStarsChow Yun-FatSung-Young ChenElvis TsuiChing escapes from prison to see his young son, who he has been put in an orphanage. And that puts him in great danger.I watched this movie in bus full of laughing Cambodians, maybe one of my favorite memories, in a bus, yes in a bus.
- DirectorSam MendesStarsKevin SpaceyAnnette BeningThora BirchA sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.
- DirectorBaz LuhrmannStarsLeonardo DiCaprioCarey MulliganJoel EdgertonA writer and wall street trader, Nick Carraway, finds himself drawn to the past and lifestyle of his mysterious millionaire neighbor, Jay Gatsby, amid the riotous parties of the Jazz Age.
- DirectorWolfgang ReithermanStarsPhil HarrisEva GaborSterling HollowayWith the help of a smooth talking tomcat, a family of Parisian felines set to inherit a fortune from their owner try to make it back home after a jealous butler kidnaps them and leaves them in the country.
- DirectorWes AndersonStarsRalph FiennesF. Murray AbrahamMathieu AmalricA writer encounters the owner of an aging high-class hotel, who tells him of his early years serving as a lobby boy in the hotel's glorious years under an exceptional concierge.
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsMarilyn MonroeTony CurtisJack LemmonAfter two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in.Way in front of it’s time! Nobody is perfect.
- DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsMia FarrowJohn CassavetesRuth GordonA young couple trying for a baby moves into an aging, ornate apartment building on Central Park West, where they find themselves surrounded by peculiar neighbors.
- DirectorWilliam WylerStarsGregory PeckAudrey HepburnEddie AlbertA bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome.
- 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.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHarrison FordSean ConneryAlison DoodyIn 1938, after his father goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, Indiana Jones finds himself up against the Nazis again to stop them from obtaining its powers.
- DirectorJoe JohnstonStarsChris EvansHugo WeavingSamuel L. JacksonSteve Rogers, a rejected military soldier, transforms into Captain America after taking a dose of a "Super-Soldier serum". But being Captain America comes at a price as he attempts to take down a warmonger and a terrorist organization.
- DirectorJames GunnStarsChris PrattVin DieselBradley CooperA group of intergalactic criminals must pull together to stop a fanatical warrior with plans to purge the universe.
- DirectorAnthony RussoJoe RussoStarsRobert Downey Jr.Chris HemsworthMark RuffaloThe Avengers and their allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the universe.
- DirectorBryan SingerStarsPatrick StewartIan McKellenHugh JackmanThe X-Men send Wolverine to the past in a desperate effort to change history and prevent an event that results in doom for both humans and mutants.