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Apocalypto (2006)
Apocalypto
★ 8.2 270 ratings
梅尔·吉布森 actor: 鲁迪·杨布拉德 / 达利娅·埃尔南德斯 …
other title: 启示 / 启示录 …
Set in the Mayan civilization, when a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, he is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate and spurred by the power of his love for his woman and his family he will make a desperate break to return home and to ultimately save his way of life.

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Orpheus (1950)
Orphée
★ 8.3 61 ratings
让·科克托 actor: 让·马雷 / 弗朗索瓦·佩里埃 …
other title: 奥菲斯 / Orphée …
A famous poet in postwar Paris, scorned by the Left Bank youth, is in love with both his wife Eurydice and a mysterious princess. Seeking inspiration, the poet becomes obsessed and follows the princess from the world of the living to the land of the dead.

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The Deer Hunter (1978)
The Deer Hunter
★ 8.2 198 ratings
other title: 猎鹿人 / 越战猎鹿人(台) …
A group of working-class friends decide to enlist in the Army during the Vietnam War and finds it to be hellish chaos -- not the noble venture they imagined. Before they left, Steven married his pregnant girlfriend -- and Michael and Nick were in love with the same woman. But all three are different men upon their return.

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The Incredibles (2004)
The Incredibles
★ 7.9 931 ratings
布拉德·伯德 actor: 格雷格·T·尼尔森 / 霍利·亨特 …
other title: 超人总动员 / 超人特工队(港) …
Bob Parr has given up his superhero days to log in time as an insurance adjuster and raise his three children with his formerly heroic wife in suburbia. But when he receives a mysterious assignment, it's time to get back into costume.

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Point Break (1991)
Point Break
★ 7.0 63 ratings
other title: 폭풍 속으로 / ハートブルー …
In Los Angeles, a gang of bank robbers who call themselves The Ex-Presidents commit their crimes while wearing masks of Reagan, Carter, Nixon and Johnson. Believing that the members of the gang could be surfers, the F.B.I. sends young agent Johnny Utah to the beach undercover to mix with the surfers and gather information.

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Uptown Girls (2003)
Uptown Girls
★ 6.7 33 ratings
other title: 업타운 걸스 / アップタウン・ガールズ …
Molly Gunn, the freewheeling daughter of a deceased rock legend, is forced to get a job when her manager steals her money. As nanny for precocious Ray, the oft ignored daughter of a music executive she learns what it means to be an adult while teaching Ray how to be a child.

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Breaking Away (1979)
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★ 8.4 8 ratings
other title: 告别昨日 / 突破 …
Dave, nineteen, has just graduated high school, with his three friends: the comical Cyril, the warm hearted but short-tempered Moocher, and the athletic, spiteful but good-hearted Mike. Now, Dave enjoys racing bikes and hopes to race the Italians one day, and even takes up the Italian culture, much to his friends' and parents' annoyance.

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The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
Diarios de motocicleta
★ 8.1 276 ratings
other title: 모터사이클 다이어리 / モーターサイクル・ダイアリーズ …
Based on the journals of Che Guevara, leader of the Cuban Revolution. In his memoirs, Guevara recounts adventures he and best friend Alberto Granado had while crossing South America by motorcycle in the early 1950s.

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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
★ 7.2 318 ratings
other title: Scott Pilgrim mod verden / Scott Pilgrim Contra o Mundo …
As bass guitarist for a garage-rock band, Scott Pilgrim has never had trouble getting a girlfriend; usually, the problem is getting rid of them. But when Ramona Flowers skates into his heart, he finds she has the most troublesome baggage of all: an army of ex-boyfriends who will stop at nothing to eliminate him from her list of suitors.
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