1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die

1997 film directed by Abbas Kiarostami

A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feed his urge for violent action.

Escaping death, a Hebrew infant is raised in a royal household to become a prince. Upon discovery of his true heritage, Moses embarks on a personal quest to reclaim his destiny as the leader and liberator of the Hebrew people.

Set ten years after the events of the original, James Cameron’s classic sci-fi action flick tells the story of a second attempt to get rid of rebellion leader John Connor, this time targeting the boy himself. However, the rebellion has sent a reprogrammed terminator to protect Connor.

In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the human-resistance movement dispatches a lone warrior to safeguard Sarah. Can he stop the virtually indestructible killing machine?

Aurora, a finicky woman, is in search of true love while her daughter faces marital issues. Together, they help each other deal with problems and find reasons to live a joyful life.

A "metal fetishist", driven mad by the maggots wriggling in the wound he's made to embed metal into his flesh, runs out into the night and is accidentally run down by a Japanese businessman and his girlfriend. The pair dispose of the corpse in hopes of quietly moving on with their lives. However, the businessman soon finds that he is now plagued by a vicious curse that transforms his flesh into iron.

A group of five young friends face a nightmare of torment at the hands of a depraved Texas clan.

1991 film by Ridley Scott

For Ted, prom night went about as bad as it’s possible for any night to go. Thirteen years later, he finally gets another chance with his old prom date, only to run up against other suitors including the sleazy detective he hired to find her.

Errol Morris's unique documentary dramatically re-enacts the crime scene and investigation of a police officer's murder in Dallas.

The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselves during the fierce World War II battle of Guadalcanal. It follows their journey, from the surprise of an unopposed landing, through the bloody and exhausting battles that follow, to the ultimate departure of those who survived.

In the winter of 1982, a twelve-man research team at a remote Antarctic research station discovers an alien buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Soon unfrozen, the form-changing creature wreaks havoc, creates terror... and becomes one of them.

In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a "third man" present at the time of Harry's death, running into interference from British officer Major Calloway, and falling head-over-heels for Harry's grief-stricken lover, Anna.

Side #1- WIDESCREEN 0. scene selections 1. Aria [2:49] 2. Lake Simcoe [4:20] 3. 45 Seconds and a Chair [:52] 4. Bruno Monsaingeon [1:54] 5. Gould Meets Gould [4:38] 6. Hamburg [4:19] 7. Variation in C Minor [:39] 8. Practice [3:35] 9. The L.A. Concert [4:03] 10. Cd318 [3:40] 11. Yehudi Menuhin [2:24] 12. Passion According to Gould [3:16] 13. Opus 1 [3:46] 14. Crossed Paths [6:04] 15. Truck Stop [3:36] 16. The Idea of North [3:22] 17. Solitude [2:51] 18. Questions With No Answers [4:32] 19. A Letter [:43] 20. Gould Meets McLaren [3:15] 21. The Tip [3:51] 22. Personal Ad [1:57] 23. Pills [2:28] 24. Margaret Pacsu [1:13] 25. Diary of One Day [2:07] 26. Motel Wawa [3:51] 27. Forty-nine [1:29] 28. Jessie Greig [2:18] 29. Leaving [2:30] 30. Voyager [:49] 31. Aria [2:30] 32. End Credits [3:08] Side #2- FULL SCREEN 0. scene selections 1. Aria [2:49] 2. Lake Simcoe [4:20] 3. 45 Seconds and a Chair [:52] 4. Bruno Monsaingeon [1:54] 5. Gould Meets Gould [4:38] 6. Hamburg [4:19] 7. Variation in C Minor [:39] 8. Practice [3:35] 9. The L.A. Concert [4:03] 10. Cd318 [3:40] 11. Yehudi Menuhin [2:24] 12. Passion According to Gould [3:16] 13. Opus 1 [3:46] 14. Crossed Paths [6:04] 15. Truck Stop [3:36] 16. The Idea of North [3:22] 17. Solitude [2:51] 18. Questions With No Answers [4:32] 19. A Letter [:43] 20. Gould Meets McLaren [3:15] 21. The Tip [3:51] 22. Personal Ad [1:57] 23. Pills [2:28] 24. Margaret Pacsu [1:13] 25. Diary of One Day [2:07] 26. Motel Wawa [3:51] 27. Forty-nine [1:29] 28. Jessie Greig [2:18] 29. Leaving [2:30] 30. Voyager [:49] 31. Aria [2:30] 32. End Credits [3:08]

"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and undersold concert dates, along with the full host of requisite groupies, promoters, hangers-on and historians, sessions, release events and those special behind-the-scenes moments that keep it all real.

In a farmhouse in southern Italy, an old woman dies. Her husband summons their sons: from Rome, Raffaele, a judge facing a political case for which he risks assassination; from Naples, the religious and ideological Rocco, a counselor at a correctional institute for boys; from Turin, Nicola, a factory worker involved in labor disputes. Once home, each encounters the past and engages in reveries of what may come.

A group of American soldiers stationed in Iraq at the end of the Gulf War find a map they believe will take them to a huge cache of stolen Kuwaiti gold hidden near their base, and they embark on a secret mission that's destined to change everything.

Four intertwining stories of bizarre occurrences in Paris featuring a man who was stolen away by fairies, a professor who becomes a tramp, the lovers who inherit a chateau – and the last tale that connects all that has gone before.

Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife, Asaji, presses him to speed up the rest of the spirit's prophecy by murdering his lord and usurping his place. Director Akira Kurosawa's resetting of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in feudal Japan is one of his most acclaimed films.