1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die

1208 movies   2 TV shows  

For my personal reference

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The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
The Bourne Ultimatum
★ 8.7 989 ratings
other title: 谍影重重3 / 叛谍追击3:最后通牒(港) …
Bourne is brought out of hiding once again by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar, an upgrade to Project Treadstone, in a series of newspaper columns. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne must finally uncover his dark past while dodging The Company's best efforts to eradicate him.

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Caché (2005)
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★ 7.7 162 ratings
other title: 히든 / 隠された記憶 …
George, host of a television show focusing on literature, receives videos shot on the sly that feature his family, along with disturbing drawings that are difficult to interpret. He has no idea who has made and sent him the videos. Progressively, the contents of the videos become more personal, indicating that the sender has known George for a long time.

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Children of a Lesser God (1986)
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★ 8.0 14 ratings
other title: 失宠于上帝的孩子们 / 悲怜上帝的女儿(台) …
Starting his new job as an instructor at a New England school for the deaf, James Leeds meets Sarah Norman, a young deaf woman who works at the school as a member of the custodial staff. In spite of Sarah's withdrawn emotional state, a romance slowly develops between the pair.

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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
★ 8.5 1849 ratings
other title: 本杰明·巴顿奇事 / 奇幻逆缘(港) …
Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages in reverse. Twelve years after his birth, he meets Daisy, a child who flits in and out of his life as she grows up to be a dancer. Though he has all sorts of unusual adventures over the course of his life, it is his relationship with Daisy, and the hope that they will come together at the right time, that drives Benjamin forward.

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The Dark Knight (2008)
The Dark Knight
★ 9.1 2326 ratings
other title: 蝙蝠侠:黑暗骑士 / 蝙蝠侠前传2:黑暗骑士 …
Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.

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The Departed (2006)
The Departed
★ 7.1 496 ratings
other title: 无间道风云 / 无间行者 …
To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.

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District 9 (2009)
District 9
★ 8.3 1153 ratings
other title: 디스트릭트 9 / 第9地区 …
Thirty years ago, aliens arrive on Earth. Not to conquer or give aid, but to find refuge from their dying planet. Separated from humans in a South African area called District 9, the aliens are managed by Multi-National United, which is unconcerned with the aliens' welfare but will do anything to master their advanced technology. When a company field agent contracts a mysterious virus that begins to alter his DNA, there is only one place he can hide: District 9.

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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
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★ 7.8 193 ratings
other title: 潜水钟与蝴蝶 / Le Scaphandre et le Papillon …
The true story of Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye. Using that eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby eloquently described the aspects of his interior world, from the psychological torment of being trapped inside his body to his imagined stories from lands he'd only visited in his mind.

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Downfall (2004)
Der Untergang
★ 8.8 506 ratings
other title: 다운폴 / ヒトラー ~最期の12日間~ …
In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his generals and advisers to fight to the last man. When the end finally does come, and Hitler lies dead by his own hand, what is left of his military must find a way to end the killing that is the Battle of Berlin, and lay down their arms in surrender.

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An Education (2009)
An Education
★ 7.4 424 ratings
other title: 언 에듀케이션 / 17歳の肖像 …
Despite her sheltered upbringing, Jenny is a teen with a bright future; she's smart, pretty, and has aspirations of attending Oxford University. When David, a charming but much older suitor, motors into her life in a shiny automobile, Jenny gets a taste of adult life that she won't soon forget.
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