1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die

1208 movies   2 TV shows  

For my personal reference

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Brazil (1985)
Brazil
★ 8.1 269 ratings
other title: 妙想天开 / 巴西 …
Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle, he meets the woman from his daydream, and in trying to help her gets caught in a web of mistaken identities, mindless bureaucracy and lies.

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The Breakfast Club (1985)
The Breakfast Club
★ 7.8 297 ratings
other title: 早餐俱乐部 / Breakfast Club …
Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel John, princess Claire, outcast Allison, brainy Brian and Andrew, the jock. Each has a chance to tell his or her story, making the others see them a little differently -- and when the day ends, they question whether school will ever be the same.

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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 Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
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★ 8.6 157 ratings
other title: 콰이강의 다리 / 戦場にかける橋 …
The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson, the commander who supervised the bridge's construction, has acquired a sense of pride in his creation and tries to foil their plans.

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Broadcast News (1987)
Broadcast News
★ 7.3 13 ratings
other title: 收播新闻 / 富贵浮云 …
Basket-case network news producer Jane Craig falls for new reporter Tom Grunnick, a pretty boy who represents the trend towards entertainment news she despises. Aaron Altman, a talented but plain correspondent, carries an unrequited torch for Jane. Sparks fly between the three as the network prepares for big changes, and both the news and Jane must decide between style and substance.

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Bull Durham (1988)
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★ 7.8 10 ratings
other title: 百万金臂 / 接棒情缘 …
Veteran catcher Crash Davis is brought to the minor league Durham Bulls to help their up and coming pitching prospect, "Nuke" Laloosh. Their relationship gets off to a rocky start and is further complicated when baseball groupie Annie Savoy sets her sights on the two men.
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