1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die

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Patton (1970)
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★ 7.7 135 ratings
富兰克林·沙夫纳 actor: 乔治·C·斯科特 / 卡尔·莫尔登 …
other title: 巴顿将军 / 铁血将军巴顿 …
"Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with Patton's career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion of Germany and the fall of the Third Reich. Side plots also speak of Patton's numerous faults such his temper and habit towards insubordination.

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Face of Fear (1960)
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★ 7.8 128 ratings
other title: 偷窥狂 / Peeping Tom …
Loner Mark Lewis works at a film studio during the day and, at night, takes racy photographs of women. Also he's making a documentary on fear, which involves recording the reactions of victims as he murders them. He befriends Helen, the daughter of the family living in the apartment below his, and he tells her vaguely about the movie he is making.

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Peking Opera Blues (1986)
刀馬旦
★ 7.6 155 ratings
徐克 actor: 钟楚红 / 林青霞 …
other title: 刀马旦 / 刀馬旦 …
In 1913 Beijing, three fierce women—disguised rebel Tsao Wan, jewel-seeking Sheung Hung, and opera heiress Pat Neil—embark on a daring quest filled with intrigue and betrayal, challenging societal norms amidst political turmoil and the vibrant world of Peking Opera.

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The Phenix City Story (1955)
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other title: 凤凰城故事 / 피닉스 시티 스토리 …
In this semidocumentary, an Alabama town is run by a crime syndicate that's grown fat on prostitution and crooked gambling, directed at soldiers from Fort Benning across the river. Lawyer John Patterson, back from the army, is triggered by what he sees to join the reformers with a plan: to run his father Albert for state attorney general. The syndicate responds with escalating violence: is no one safe? Credits preceded by a "newscast" containing spoilers.

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The Pianist (2002)
The Pianist
★ 9.0 1431 ratings
other title: 피아니스트 / 戦場のピアニスト …
The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.

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Pickup on South Street (1953)
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★ 7.3 21 ratings
other title: 南街奇遇 / 血洒黑地狱 …
In New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when he targets ex-prostitute Candy and steals her wallet. Unaware that she has been making deliveries of highly classified information to the communists, Candy, who has been trailed by FBI agents for months in hopes of nabbing the spy ringleader, is sent by her ex-boyfriend, Joey, to find Skip and retrieve the valuable microfilm he now holds.

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Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
Picnic at Hanging Rock
★ 7.6 117 ratings
彼得·威尔 actor: 瑞秋·罗伯茨 / 威文·格雷 …
other title: 행잉록에서의 소풍 / ピクニックatハンギング・ロック …
In the early 1900s, Miranda attends a girls boarding school in Australia. One Valentine's Day, the school's typically strict headmistress treats the girls to a picnic field trip to an unusual but scenic volcanic formation called Hanging Rock. Despite rules against it, Miranda and several other girls venture off. It's not until the end of the day that the faculty realizes the girls and one of the teachers have disappeared mysteriously.
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