City of God

In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket (Alexandre Rodrigues) is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood. José "Zé" Pequeno (Leandro Firmino da Hora) is an ambitious drug dealer… More

Release date: January 17, 2003 (USA)

Directors: Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund

Running time: 2h 15m

Film series: City of God Series

Language: Portuguese

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The Matrix Full Movie

Neo (Keanu Reeves) believes that Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne), an elusive figure considered to be the most dangerous man alive, can answer his question -- What is the Matrix? Neo is contacted by Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss), a beautiful stranger who leads him into an underworld where he meets Morpheu… More

Release date: March 31, 1999 (USA)

Directors: Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski

Running time: 2h 16m

Film series: The Matrix

MPAA rating: R

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Goodfellas Full movie

Martin Scorsese explores the life of organized crime with his gritty, kinetic adaptation of Nicolas Pileggi's best-selling Wiseguy, the true-life account of mobster and FBI informant Henry Hill. Set to a true-to-period rock soundtrack, the story details the rise and fall of Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian New York kid who grows up idolizing the "wise guys" in his impoverished Brooklyn neighborhood. He begins hanging around the mobsters, running errands and doing odd jobs until he gains the … More

Rating:	R (adult situations/language, nudity, violence)
Genre:	Drama
Directed By:	Martin Scorsese
Written By:	Nicholas Pileggi, Martin Scorsese
In Theaters:	Sep 19, 1990 Wide
On DVD:	Mar 26, 1997
Runtime:	2 hr. 26 min.

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12 Angry Men

A Puerto Rican youth is on trial for murder, accused of knifing his father to death. The twelve jurors retire to the jury room, having been admonished that the defendant is innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Eleven of the jurors vote for conviction, each for reasons of his own. The sole holdout is Juror #8, played by Henry Fonda. As Fonda persuades the weary jurors to re-examine the evidence, we learn the backstory of each man. Juror #3 (Lee J. Cobb), a bullying self-made … More

Rating:	PG
Genre:	Drama, Classics
Directed By:	Sidney Lumet
Written By:	Reginald Rose
In Theaters:	Apr 13, 1957 Wide
On DVD:	Mar 6, 2001
Runtime:	1 hr. 35 min.

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The Dark Knight

Christopher Nolan steps back into the director's chair for this sequel to Batman Begins, which finds the titular superhero coming face to face with his greatest nemesis -- the dreaded Joker. Christian Bale returns to the role of Batman, Maggie Gyllenhaal takes over the role of Rachel Dawes (played by Katie Holmes in Batman Begins), and Brokeback Mountain star Heath Ledger dons the ghoulishly gleeful Joker makeup previously worn by Jack Nicholson and Cesar Romero. Just as it begins to appear as … More

Rating:	PG-13 (for intense sequences of violence and some menace)
Genre:	Drama, Action & Adventure, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Directed By:	Christopher Nolan
Written By:	Johathan Nolan, David S. Goyer, Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan
In Theaters:	Jul 18, 2008 Wide
On DVD:	Dec 9, 2008
US Box Office:	$533.3M
Runtime:	2 hr. 32 min.

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Inglourious Basterds

It is the first year of Germany's occupation of France. Allied officer Lt. Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) assembles a team of Jewish soldiers to commit violent acts of retribution against the Nazis, including the taking of their scalps. He and his men join forces with Bridget von Hammersmark, a German actre… More

Release date: August 21, 2009 (USA)

Directors: Quentin Tarantino, Eli Roth

Running time: 2h 33m

Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino

Narrator: Samuel L. Jackson

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Inception

Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a thief with the rare ability to enter people's dreams and steal their secrets from their subconscious. His skill has made him a hot commodity in the world of corporate espionage but has also cost him everything he loves. Cobb gets a chance at redemption when he is of… More

Release date: July 13, 2010 (USA)

Director: Christopher Nolan

Running time: 2h 28m

Featured song: Non, je ne regrette rien

MPAA rating: PG-13

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