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Created on 22/09/16 My interpretation of these ratings is as follows, Under 2 Rubbish,watch if you have masochistic tendencies Between 2.1 and 3.0 If you want to waste some time Between 3.1 and 4.0 of some interest but not much Between 4.1 and 5.0 mostly mediocre. Between 5.1 and 6.0 Tolerable Between 6.1 and 7.0 OK movie. Between 7.1 and 8.0 Very good. Between 8.1 and 9.0 Excellent Over 9.1 Should be watching the film and not reading this.
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- DirectorMelville ShavelsonStarsClark GableSophia LorenVittorio De SicaDays before his wedding, a Philadelphia lawyer travels to Naples in Southern Italy to settle the estate of his late brother, only to find that he has an Italian nephew who is being cared for by his maternal aunt, a cabaret singer.
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsJames StewartDonna ReedLionel BarrymoreAn angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.
- DirectorStamatis TsarouchasStarsSakis BoulasDimitris PiatasTasos PalatzidisA group of men whose friendship begins from the Army, meet after years in the funeral of a friend.
- DirectorAndrei TarkovskyEduard AbalovStarsNikolay BurlyaevValentin ZubkovEvgeniy ZharikovDuring WWII, Soviet orphan Ivan Bondarev strikes up a friendship with three sympathetic Soviet officers while working as a scout behind the German lines.
- DirectorMadoda NcayiyanaStarsSobahle MkhabaseSibonelo MalingaTshepang MohlomiTwo orphaned rural siblings find themselves in the big city of Durban in search for a priest who could be the key to their new lives.
- DirectorClint EastwoodStarsLeonardo DiCaprioArmie HammerNaomi WattsJ. Edgar Hoover, powerful head of the F.B.I. for nearly fifty years, looks back on his professional and personal life.
- DirectorOliver StoneStarsKevin CostnerGary OldmanJack LemmonNew Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story.
- StarsMatthew ModineVanessa RedgraveMia SaraThe bones of a giant are discovered. This turns Jack Robinson's life upside down as he learns the truth behind the fairy tale and how he can fix his greedy ancestor's mistakes.
- StarsMichael CaineArmand AssanteRay McAnallyA Scotland Yard police inspector, battling the booze, investigates the Jack the Ripper murders and discovers a conspiracy that leads all the way up to the Queen.
- DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsPam GrierSamuel L. JacksonRobert ForsterA flight attendant with a criminal past gets nabbed by the ATF for smuggling. Under pressure to become an informant against the illegal arms dealer she works for, she must find a way to secure her future without getting killed.
- DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsElvis PresleyJudy TylerMickey ShaughnessyAfter serving time for manslaughter, young Vince Everett becomes a teenage rock star.
- DirectorRobert ButlerStarsMichael BrandonStephen McHattieBrooke AdamsA dramatization of the story of legendary movie actor James Dean. The film's writer, William Bast, had roomed with Dean in the early '50s, when both were trying to break into films as actors.
- DirectorChristy CabanneStarsVirginia BruceColin CliveBeryl MercerA meek governess and her mysterious employer strike up a romantic relationship.
- DirectorSam MendesStarsJake GyllenhaalJamie FoxxLucas BlackA psychological study of Marine's state of mind during the Gulf War. Told through the eyes of a U.S. Marine sniper who struggles to cope with boredom, a sense of isolation, and other issues back home.
- DirectorRaoul LévyStarsHenry SilvaJack KlugmanMicheline PresleA terrific film with a top-notch cast! Jack and Henry play hit men ordered to kill Eddie. Jack is torn between his orders and the loyalty he feels to his old pal, Eddie. An intriguing look at the emotional make-up of Mafia hit men. A truly memorable climax. We definitely recommend this great crime/intrigue thriller. 16mm.
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsBruno S.Walter LadengastBrigitte MiraA young man named Kaspar Hauser suddenly appears in Nuremberg in 1828, barely able to talk or walk, and bearing a strange note.
- DirectorHenry KingIrving CummingsStarsTyrone PowerHenry FondaNancy KellyAfter railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their family farm, Jesse and Frank turn to banditry for revenge.
- DirectorNorman JewisonStarsTed NeeleyCarl AndersonYvonne EllimanFilm version of the musical stage play, presenting the last few weeks of Christ's life told in an anachronistic manner.
- DirectorJamil DehlaviStarsChristopher LeeShireen ShahJames CurranThe story of the Indian politician Muhammad Ali Jinnah who successfully campaigned for an independent Pakistan and became its first Governor-General.
- DirectorAsghar FarhadiStarsPayman MaadiLeila HatamiSareh BayatA married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.
- DirectorAshutosh GowarikerStarsHrithik RoshanAishwarya Rai BachchanSonu SoodA sixteenth century love story about a marriage of alliance that gave birth to true love between a great Mughal emperor, Akbar, and a Rajput princess, Jodha.
- DirectorElmo RautioStarsTuuli KankaalaIisa MäkipaasoTiia Lippo
- DirectorDavid Gordon GreenStarsNicolas CageTye SheridanGary PoulterAn ex-con, who is the unlikeliest of role models, meets a 15-year-old boy and is faced with the choice of redemption or ruin.
- DirectorMark HammondStarsVinnie JonesPatrick BerginLaurence KinlanJohnny Was is a gritty gangster drama set in the tough city of Brixton, London. Johnny (Vinnie Jones) is trying to escape his violent past by living a simple "quiet life".
- DirectorT.C. ChristensenGary CookStarsNathan MitchellTayva PatchRick MacyJoseph Smith: The Prophet of the Restoration focuses on some of the events during the life of Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, which was both filmed and distributed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
- DirectorLarry G. SpanglerStarsFred WilliamsonCal BartlettBrenda VenusA black soldier returns from fighting for the Union in the Civil War only to find out that his mother has been murdered by a gang of white thugs. He becomes a bounty hunter, determined to track down and kill the men who killed his mother.
- DirectorMichael WinterbottomStarsChristopher EcclestonKate WinsletLiam CunninghamIn late 1800s England, Jude plans to go to the city and attend university but marries early and becomes a stonemason. When his wife leaves, he moves to the city, where he befriends his liberal cousin Sue.
- DirectorStanley KramerStarsSpencer TracyBurt LancasterRichard WidmarkIn 1948, an American court in occupied Germany tries four Nazis judged for war crimes.
- DirectorDaniel MannStarsSophia LorenPeter FinchJack HawkinsA beautiful woman who survived a concentration camp goes to Israel in 1948 to track down her Nazi husband who had betrayed her.
- DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsJane FondaVanessa RedgraveJason RobardsAt the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany.
- DirectorNora EphronStarsAmy AdamsMeryl StreepChris MessinaJulia Child's story of her start in the cooking profession is intertwined with blogger Julie Powell's 2002 challenge to cook all the recipes in Child's first book.
- StarsJeremy SistoRichard HarrisChristopher WalkenTwenty-year-old Julius Caeser flees Rome for his life during the reign of Sulla, but through skill and ambition rises four decades later to become Rome's supreme dictator.
- DirectorMike RobeStarsTom BerengerBernard CurryFletcher HumphrysStory of Bear Bryant's first summer as head football coach at Texas A&M. Bear takes his charges out onto the scorched plains and sees who survives.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsSara AllgoodEdward ChapmanBarry FitzgeraldDuring the Irish Civil War in 1922, a family earns a big inheritance. They start leading a rich life, forgetting what the most important values are.
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsTatsuya NakadaiTsutomu YamazakiKen'ichi HagiwaraA petty thief with an utter resemblance to a samurai warlord is hired as the lord's double. When the warlord later dies the thief is forced to take up arms in his place.
- DirectorErrikos ThalassinosStarsKostas HatzihristosMimis FotopoulosManos KatrakisFinancially hard-pressed, a good-hearted coffee-shop owner asks his twin brother and famous actor for a loan; but, when he faints and collapses on stage, it's up to him to save the day, and his sibling's reputation. Is he up for the task?
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneMisa UeharaMinoru ChiakiLured by gold, two greedy peasants unknowingly escort a princess and her general across enemy lines.
- DirectorSpyros ZiangosStarsAnna IasonidouPavlos LiarosSpyros PappasIn 1821, on the eve of the Revolution against the oppressive Ottoman Empire, the young son of a Greek freedom fighter falls in love with the beautiful daughter of Kalavryta's Ibrahim Pasha Arnaoutoglou. Is there a future between them?
- DirectorGillo PontecorvoStarsSusan StrasbergLaurent TerzieffEmmanuelle RivaA young Jewish girl leads an escape attempt from a concentration camp.
- DirectorVasilis GeorgiadisErrikos ThalassinosStarsThanos KotsopoulosVoula ZouboulakiThanasis VengosPeter Papas returns to Greece for holidays with his wife and gets into a car accident with a cab driver only to realize that the cab driver is his childhood friend Meletis. Meletis is now married with 6 kids. 25 years ago they were both assistants to a street shadow theater player, Stamati Trano. Peter and Meletis search for Stamatis in reminiscence of the past. Only to find that Stamatis' is in a poor state since his art was in decline due to the cinema and his wife left him for a younger man taking along their only daughter. Peter and Meletis then decide to try to help Stamatis reunite with his daughter.
- DirectorTasos PsarrasStarsThymios KarakatsanisDimitra HatoupiMirka KalatzopoulouSet during the Greek Civil War, a family is displaced from its village and moved to a derelict building along with hundreds of others. The film documents their lives and struggles during those trying times.
- DirectorJoel BenderStarsLaura PreponMisha CollinsPatrick BauchauBased on real events, Paul Bernardo and his wife, Karla Homolka, kidnap, sexually abuse, and murder three young girls.
- DirectorGiacomo BattiatoStarsPiotr AdamczykMalgorzata BelaKen DukenThe life of the pope John-Paul II, from his youth as a writer, actor, and athlete in war-torn occupied Poland to his election as Pope at the age of 58.
- DirectorM. KaragatsisStarsLabros KonstadarasZinet LakazEleni HatziargyriErotic rivalries between two Greek fighters of the Resistance, during the years of the German Occupation.
- DirectorVasilis VafeasStarsKostas VoutsasNikos PoursanidisEleftheria VidakiA divorced philanderer who gets to see his fifteen-year-old son every Saturday fails to understand that money doesn't buy love, and that his boy needs a father. Can he see the error of his ways or will it have to wait until next Saturday?
- DirectorGiannis DalianidisStarsZoi LaskariNikos KourkoulosMirka KalatzopoulouA blonde diva breaks up with her arrogant libertine boyfriend, hurting his dangerous male ego. And as the pain of humiliation clouds the mind, the lethal revolver in her hand demands revenge. Who is to blame for her downfall?
- DirectorChristy CabanneStarsNeil HamiltonBetty FurnessEmma DunnA severely traumatized World War I veteran, believing that he's living on borrowed time, comes upon a peaceful little village and meets an old man called Bee Master and his protégé, Little Scout, who try to convince him that he has more to live for than he thinks he does.
- StarsGreg KinnearBarry PepperKatie HolmesThe triumphs and tragedies of the most popular political family in American history.
- DirectorKen LoachStarsDavid BradleyBrian GloverFreddie FletcherA working-class English boy spends his free time caring for and training his pet kestrel.