1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die

1208 movies   2 TV shows  

For my personal reference

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The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
The Manchurian Candidate
★ 7.1 37 ratings
约翰·弗兰克海默 actor: 弗兰克·辛纳特拉 / 劳伦斯·哈维 …
other title: 满洲候选人 / 谍影迷魂 …
Near the end of the Korean War, a platoon of U.S. soldiers is captured by communists and brainwashed. Following the war, the platoon is returned home, and Sergeant Raymond Shaw is lauded as a hero by the rest of his platoon. However, the platoon commander, Captain Bennett Marco, finds himself plagued by strange nightmares and soon races to uncover a terrible plot.

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Manhunter (1986)
Manhunter
★ 7.0 20 ratings
迈克尔·曼 actor: 威廉·彼德森 / 金·格雷斯特 …
other title: 맨헌터 / 刑事グラハム/凍りついた欲望 …
FBI Agent Will Graham, who retired after catching Hannibal Lecter, returns to duty to engage in a risky cat-and-mouse game with Lecter to capture a new killer.

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Marty (1955)
Marty WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
★ 6.5 18 ratings
other title: 君子好逑 / 马蒂 …
Marty, a butcher who lives in the Bronx with his mother is unmarried at 34. Good-natured but socially awkward he faces constant badgering from family and friends to get married but has reluctantly resigned himself to bachelorhood. Marty meets Clara, an unattractive school teacher, realising their emotional connection, he promises to call but family and friends try to convince him not to.

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Meet the Parents (2000)
Meet the Parents
★ 6.6 172 ratings
other title: 미트 페어런츠 / ミート・ザ・ペアレンツ …
Greg Focker is ready to marry his girlfriend, Pam, but before he pops the question, he must win over her formidable father, humorless former CIA agent Jack Byrnes, at the wedding of Pam's sister. As Greg bends over backward to make a good impression, his visit to the Byrnes home turns into a hilarious series of disasters, and everything that can go wrong does, all under Jack's critical, hawklike gaze.

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Memento (2000)
Memento
★ 8.5 1614 ratings
other title: 메멘토 / メメント …
Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty of locating his wife's killer, however, is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of short-term memory loss. Although he can recall details of life before his accident, Leonard cannot remember what happened fifteen minutes ago, where he's going, or why.

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Memories of Underdevelopment (1968)
Memorias del subdesarrollo WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
★ 7.5 28 ratings
托马斯·古铁雷兹·阿莱 actor: 塞吉欧·柯瑞里 / 黛西·加纳多斯 …
other title: 低度开发的回忆 / Memorias del subdesarrollo …
In the aftermath of the Bay of Pigs incident, Sergio chooses to stay behind in Cuba while his wife and family escape to neighboring Miami. Alone in a brave new world, Sergio observes the constant threat of foreign invasion while chasing young women all over Havana. He finally meets Elena, a young girl he seeks to mould into the image of his ex-wife, but at what cost to himself?

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Mon Oncle (1958)
Mon Oncle
★ 8.6 259 ratings
雅克·塔蒂 actor: 让·皮埃尔·佐拉 / Adrienne Servantie …
other title: 我的舅舅 / 糊涂舅父(港) …
Genial, bumbling Monsieur Hulot loves his top-floor apartment in a grimy corner of the city, and cannot fathom why his sister's family has moved to the suburbs. Their house is an ultra-modern nightmare, which Hulot only visits for the sake of stealing away his rambunctious young nephew. Hulot's sister, however, wants to win him over to her new way of life, and conspires to set him up with a wife and job.
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