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x 9 Poster for the short film 9 Apr 21, 2005 Shane Acker  
9 is a 2005 computer animated short film by Shane Acker as a student project at the Indianapolis International Film Festival. Tim Burton saw the film and was so impressed by its artistic vision that he went on to produce a feature-length adaptation...
Shane Acker
x 10 10 Oct 5, 1979 Blake Edwards A temptingly tasteful comedy for adults who can count.
10 is a 1979 romantic comedy film directed by Blake Edwards and starring Bo Derek, Dudley Moore, and Julie Andrews. Considered a trend-setting film at the time, and one of the year's biggest box office hits, the film made superstars of Derek and...
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water...
x 54 54 Aug 28, 1998 Mark Christopher Welcome to the Party.
54 (or Studio 54) is a 1998 film starring Salma Hayek, Ryan Phillippe, and Neve Campbell. It also stars Mike Myers as Steve Rubell, the co-founder of Studio 54, a New York City disco club famous in the late 1970s and the setting for the film. It was...
Sex. Drugs. Disco. Everything was in excess.
You've never been anywhere until you've been here.
x 69   2004 Sang-il Lee  
69 is a 2004 film adaptation of Ryu Murakami's novel 69.
x 101 101 1989 D. A. Pennebaker  
101 is a live album and documentary by Depeche Mode released in 1989 chronicling the final leg of the band's Music for the Masses Tour and the final show at the Pasadena Rose Bowl. Group member Alan Wilder is credited with coming up with the name;...
Chris Hegedus
David Dawkins
x 300 /guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000011225e98 Mar 9, 2007 Zack Snyder Prepare for glory!
300 is a 2007 American action film adaptation of the graphic novel of the same name by Frank Miller, and is a fictionalized retelling of the Battle of Thermopylae. The film was directed by Zack Snyder, while Miller served as executive producer and...
Pledged to crush!
Spartans, tonight, we dine in hell!
This is where we fight, this is where they die!!
Thirsty for Spartan blood!
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x 1900 1900 1976 Bernardo Bertolucci  
1900 (Italian: Novecento, "900") is a 1976 Italian epic film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, starring Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu, Dominique Sanda, Donald Sutherland, Alida Valli, and Burt Lancaster. Set in Bertolucci's ancestral region of...
x 1941 1941 1979 Steven Spielberg A Comedy Spectacular!
1941 is a 1979 period comedy film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by friends Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale. It starred John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd and premiered in December 1979. The film is a comedy about a panic in the Los Angeles area...
x 1969 1969.jpg Nov 18, 1988 Ernest Thompson  
1969 is a 1988 drama film starring Robert Downey Jr., Kiefer Sutherland, and Winona Ryder. It was written and directed by Ernest Thompson. The original music score is composed by Michael Small. In 1969, two best friends, Ralph Karr (Robert Downey Jr...
x 1984 1984 1984 Michael Radford Big Brother is Watching...
Nineteen Eighty-Four (sometimes 1984) is a British film, released in 1984, based upon George Orwell's novel of the same name, following the life of Winston Smith in Oceania, a country run by a totalitarian government. The film was directed by...
George Orwell's Terrifying Vision Comes To The Screen.
The year of the movie. The movie of the year.
x 2046 2046_key_art_432.jpg Sep 29, 2004 Wong Kar-wai  
2046 is a 2004 Hong Kong film (filmed in Shanghai) written and directed by Wong Kar-wai. It is a loose sequel to the 1991 film Days of Being Wild and the 2000 film In the Mood for Love. It follows the aftermath of Chow Mo-wan's unconsummated affair...
x ¡Three Amigos! Three Amigos Movie Poster Dec 12, 1986 John Landis  
Three Amigos (marketed as ¡Three Amigos!) is a 1986 American comedy film directed by John Landis and produced by George Folsey, Jr. and Lorne Michaels. Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, and Martin Short star as the title characters. The film was written by...
x ¿Quién es el señor López? ¿Quién es el señor López? Feb 2006 Luis Mandoki  
¿Quién es el señor López? (Spanish for "Who is Mr. Lopez?") is a 2006 film made by film director Luis Mandoki. It is a political non-fiction film about Mexican presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador and the Mexican general election, 2006...
x ...And Justice for All ...And Justice for All Jun 29, 1979 Norman Jewison This man needs the best lawyer in town. But the problem is... he is the best lawyer in town.
...And Justice For All is a 1979 satirical courtroom drama film, directed by Norman Jewison. The movie stars Al Pacino, Jack Warden, Lee Strasberg, Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Lahti, Craig T. Nelson and Thomas G. Waites. It was also 75-year-old...
x What Have I Done To Deserve This? What Have I Done To Deserve This? Oct 25, 1984 Pedro Almodóvar  
What Have I Done to Deserve This? (Spanish: ¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto?) is a 1984 film by Pedro Almodóvar. The title is sometimes given with an exclamation mark at the end rather than a question mark. Almodóvar has described his fourth film...
x *batteries not included *batteries not included Dec 18, 1987 Matthew Robbins Five ordinary people needed a miracle. Then one night, Faye Riley left the window open.
*batteries not included is a 1987 family-science fiction film directed by Matthew Robbins about small extraterrestrial living machines that save an apartment block under threat from property development. The story was originally intended to be...
x "Weird Al" Yankovic: The Ultimate Collection \"Weird Al\" Yankovic: The Ultimate Collection 1993 Francis Delia  
"Weird Al" Yankovic: The Ultimate Collection is a VHS release of "Weird Al" Yankovic's music videos. The VHS was only available by ordering from a toll-free telephone number. It includes music videos from The "Weird Al" Yankovic Video Library and...
Jay Levey
Scott Norlund
Mark Osborne
Dror Soref
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x "Manos": The Hands of Fate \"Manos\": The Hands of Fate Nov 15, 1966 Hal Warren  
Manos: The Hands of Fate is a 1966 American horror film written, directed, produced by, and starring Harold P. Warren. It is widely recognized to be one of the worst films ever made. In 1993, television comedy series Mystery Science Theater 3000 ...
x "Weird Al" Yankovic Live! \"Weird Al\" Yankovic Live! Nov 23, 1999 Michael Dimich  
"Weird Al" Yankovic Live! is a live video recording of "Weird Al" Yankovic's concert during the Touring With Scissors tour, at the Marin County Civic Center, in San Rafael, California, on October 2, 1999. For legal reasons, video clips and several...
x "Weird Al" Yankovic: The Ultimate Video Collection \"Weird Al\" Yankovic: The Ultimate Video Collection Nov 4, 2003 Jay Levey  
"Weird Al" Yankovic: The Ultimate Video Collection is a DVD by "Weird Al" Yankovic which features all 24 music videos Yankovic created up to the release of the DVD. Also included are bonus features including on-screen lyrics, a photo gallery, 5.1...
"Weird Al" Yankovic
x "Weird Al" Yankovic: The Videos \"Weird Al\" Yankovic: The Videos Jan 1998 Francis Delia  
"Weird Al" Yankovic: The Videos is a DVD and laserdisc release of every "Weird Al" Yankovic music video to date. The DVD contains 21 music videos. It is out of print, and since has been replaced with the more comprehensive "Weird Al" Yankovic: The...
Jay Levey
Scott Norlund
Mark Osborne
Dror Soref
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x 16 Vayathinile 16Vayathinilae.jpg 1977 Bharathiraja  
16 Vayathinile (pronounced as Pathinaru Vayathinile) (At the Age of Sixteen) is a 1977 Tamil feature film directed by Bharathiraja. The film stars Kamal Haasan, Sridevi, and Rajinikanth. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Ilaiyaraaja....
x 15, Park Avenue 15parkavenue 2005 Aparna Sen  
15 Park Avenue is a 2005 National Film Award winning English-language Indian film directed by Aparna Sen. The film is the story of the relationship between a girl, Meethi, (Konkona Sen Sharma) who suffers from schizophrenia, and her sister Anjali ...
x 20 Million Miles to Earth 20 Million Miles to Earth 1957 Nathan Juran Out-Of-Space Creature Invades the Earth!
20 Million Miles to Earth is a 1957 American science fiction film written by Bob Williams and Christopher Knopf from an original treatment by Charlott Knight. The film was produced by Charles H. Schneer's Morningside Productions for Columbia...
x 36 Hours 36 Hours 1965 George Seaton  
36 Hours is a 1965 American suspense film, based on a short story by Roald Dahl, starring James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, and Rod Taylor, and directed by George Seaton. An American officer is deceived into believing that he has suffered from amnesia...
x 2 Fast 2 Furious Two fast two furious ver5 Jun 6, 2003 John Singleton  
2 Fast 2 Furious (commonly known as 2F2F, The Fast and the Furious 2, and known as Wild Speed X2 in Japan) is the 2003 second installment of The Fast and the Furious film series, following 2001's The Fast and the Furious. It stars Paul Walker,...
x 99 River Street 99 River Street 1953 Phil Karlson  
99 River Street is a 1953 black and white film. The film, starring John Payne, Evelyn Keyes, Brad Dexter, Frank Faylen, and Peggie Castle. 99 River Street, considered film noir, was directed by Phil Karlson, produced by Edward Small, with...
x 37°2 le matin 37°2 le matin Nov 7, 1986 Jean-Jacques Beineix  
Betty Blue is a 1986 French film. Its original French title is 37°2 le matin, which means "37.2°C in the Morning". (37.2°C [99°F] is the normal morning temperature of a pregnant woman.) The film was directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix and stars...
x 8mm 8mm Feb 26, 1999 Joel Schumacher Some doors should never be opened.
8mm is a 1999 mystery/thriller film, directed by Joel Schumacher, about a private investigator who delves into a world of pornographic snuff films. It stars Nicolas Cage. A direct-to-video "sequel" -- although unrelated to this film and relating to...
You are never prepared for the truth.
You can't prepare for where the truth will take you.
Be careful when you kill a monster, that you don't become one yourself.
x 5 Card Stud 5 Card Stud 1968 Henry Hathaway  
5 Card Stud is a 1968 Western, released by Paramount Pictures. Directed by Henry Hathaway, the script, based on a novel by Ray Gaulden, was written by Marguerite Roberts, who also wrote the screenplay of True Grit for Hathaway the following year....
x 10 Rillington Place 10 Rillington Place May 12, 1971 Richard Fleischer The true story of John Christie - the serial killer.
10 Rillington Place, Ladbroke Grove, Notting Hill, London, was the site of the crimes of John Reginald Halliday Christie, one of Britain's most notorious serial killers. The case against Christie was particularly controversial because of his...
x 7G Rainbow Colony 7G Rainbow Colony Oct 15, 2005 Selvaraghavan  
7G Rainbow Colony is a 2004 Tamil feature film written and directed by Selvaraghavan, starring Ravi Krishna, who debuted in this film, and Sonia Agarwal in lead roles, with music scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja and cinematography handled by Arvind...
x 3-Iron 3-Iron 2004 Kim Ki-duk  
3-Iron (original Korean title: 빈집 or Bin-jip, meaning Empty Houses) is a 2004 Korean film directed by Kim Ki-duk. The plot revolves around the relationship between a young drifter and a battered housewife. The film is notable for the lack of...
x 11 Harrowhouse 11 Harrowhouse Sep 26, 1974 Aram Avakian This is like no robbery you've ever imagined.
11 Harrowhouse is a 1974 film directed by Aram Avakian. It was adapted by Charles Grodin based upon the novel by Gerald A. Browne with the screenplay by Jeffrey Bloom. It stars Charles Grodin, Candice Bergen, James Mason, Trevor Howard and John...
THE CHALLENGE: Steal 12 billion dollars in uncut diamonds. THE TASK: Break into the most securely guarded fortress devised by man. THE PLAN: Use amateurs armed with ingenuity, guts, a cockroach, a thin cord, and a vacuum cleaner. THE RISK: Death.
Ultra Suspense. The best seller made America hold its breath for 225 pages. Now it shatters your nerves with the most incredible robbery on film.
x 3:10 to Yuma 3:10 to Yuma Aug 7, 1957 Delmer Daves  
3:10 to Yuma is a 1957 American western film starring Glenn Ford and Van Heflin and directed by Delmer Daves. The film was based on the short story by Elmore Leonard. The film was well received on release and is still highly regarded today. In 2007...
x 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Dec 23, 1954 Richard Fleischer  
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a 1954 film starring Kirk Douglas as Ned Land, James Mason as Captain Nemo, Paul Lukas as Professor Pierre Aronnax, and Peter Lorre as Conseil. It is the first science fiction film produced by Walt Disney Pictures, as...
x 2010: The Year We Make Contact 2010-poster01.jpg Dec 7, 1984 Peter Hyams We are not alone.
2010 is a 1984 science fiction film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and directed by Peter Hyams. Its full title is given on posters and DVD releases as 2010: The Year We Make Contact, although the subtitle does not appear in the film itself. 2010 is...
x 10.5: Apocalypse 10.5: Apocalypse May 21, 2006 John Lafia  
10.5: Apocalypse is a 2006 television miniseries written and directed by John Lafia. A sequel to 2004's 10.5, the film follows a series of catastrophic seismic disasters (earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunami, and sinkholes). The plot of the...
x 8 Mile /guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000135fd3de Nov 8, 2002 Curtis Hanson  
8 Mile is a 2002 American hip-hop drama biographical film, directed by Curtis Hanson and starring Eminem, Kim Basinger, Brittany Murphy, and Mekhi Phifer. The film is a semi-autobiographical account of Eminem's early years in relative poverty...
x 681 AD: The Glory of Khan 681 AD: The Glory of Khan 1981 Lyudmil Staykov  
681 AD: The Glory of Khan (Bulgarian: 681 Величието на хана) is an 1981 three-part Bulgarian historical action and drama film telling the story of khan Asparuh and the events around the founding of the medieval Bulgarian state in 681 AD. It was shot...
x 100 Girls 100 Girls Sep 25, 2001 Michael Davis He met the girl of his dreams. If only he can meet her again.
100 Girls is a 2000 comedy film written and directed by Michael Davis. It tells the story of a college student's (Jonathan Tucker) efforts to find a mystery girl with whom he had sex in an elevator during a black out. After leaving a party at a...
x 40 Days and 40 Nights 40 Days and 40 Nights Mar 1, 2002 Michael Lehmann One man is about to do the unthinkable. No sex. Whatsoever. For... 40 Days and 40 Nights
This article refers to Michael Lehmann's 2002 film. For the 2007 Matthew Chapman book, see 40 Days and 40 Nights (book). 40 Days and 40 Nights is a 2002 American romantic comedy film directed by Michael Lehmann and written by Rob Perez. The film...
This March, sex takes a holiday
One man is going to find out what it's like...
Easier said than done
It's Easy to Say But Harder To Do!
x 50 Cent: The New Breed 50 Cent: The New Breed Apr 15, 2003 Don Robinson  
50 Cent: The New Breed is a 2003 documentary by rapper 50 Cent. It stars 50 Cent, Eminem, Dr. Dre, Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo, and others, distributed by Interscope Records. 50 Cent: The New Breed is directed and produced by Don Robinson and Damon...
Damon Johnson
Damon Johnson
x 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story Dec 11, 2004 Russell Mulcahy  
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story (sometimes referred to as The Dale Earnhardt Movie) is a 2004 television movie produced by ESPN documenting the life of NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt, his poor upbringing in Kannapolis, North Carolina, his rise to...
x 200 Motels 200 Motels Nov 10, 1971 Tony Palmer  
200 Motels is a 1971 British musical film featuring Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention, produced at Pinewood Studios, England. Directed and written by Frank Zappa and Tony Palmer, with special material written by Howard Kaylan, Mark Volman,...
Frank Zappa
Charles Swenson
Gillian Lynne
Tony Palmer
x 61* 61* Apr 28, 2001 Billy Crystal  
61* is a 2001 American baseball film, made for HBO, directed by Billy Crystal and written by Hank Steinberg. The film was first released on April 28, 2001. The biographical film follows the quest during the 1961 season of New York Yankees sluggers...
x 24 Hour Party People 24 Hour Party People Apr 5, 2002 Michael Winterbottom  
24 Hour Party People is a 2002 British film about Manchester's popular music community from 1976 to 1992, and specifically about Factory Records. It was written by Frank Cottrell Boyce and directed by Michael Winterbottom. The film was entered into...
x 8 Million Ways to Die 8 Million Ways to Die Apr 25, 1986 Hal Ashby  
8 Million Ways to Die is a 1986 American crime film, the last to be directed by Hal Ashby. The film was the first attempt to adapt the popular Matthew Scudder detective stories of Lawrence Block for the screen. The screenplay was written by Block...
x 10th & Wolf 10th & Wolf Aug 18, 2006 Robert Moresco  
10th & Wolf is a 2006 film about the mafia directed by Robert Moresco. It is based on a true story of a mob war in South Philadelphia. The film stars James Marsden, Giovanni Ribisi and Brad Renfro. There are also appearances by Dennis Hopper, Val...
x 25th Hour 25th Hour 2003 Spike Lee  
25th Hour is a 2002 Spike Lee film based on David Benioff's novel The 25th Hour. The cast includes Edward Norton, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Pepper, Rosario Dawson, Brian Cox, and Anna Paquin. Norton plays Montgomery "Monty" Brogan, a convicted...
x 02:37:00 AM 02:37:00 AM Aug 17, 2006 Murali K. Thalluri  
2:37 (also known as Two Thirty 7) is a 2006 Australian drama film, written, produced, and directed by filmmaker Murali K. Thalluri and starring an ensemble cast including Joel Mackenzie, Teresa Palmer, Frank Sweet, Gary Sweet, and Clementine Mellor....
x 48 Hrs. 48 Hrs. Dec 8, 1982 Walter Hill The boys are back in town. Nick Nolte is a cop. Eddie Murphy is a convict. They couldn't have liked each other less... They couldn't have needed each other more. And the last place they ever expected to be is on the same side. Even for... 48 HRS.
48 Hrs. is a 1982 American action comedy film directed by Walter Hill, starring Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy as a cop and convict, respectively, who team up to catch a cop-killer. The title refers to the amount of time they have to solve the crime....
x 7 Seconds 7 Seconds Jun 28, 2005 Simon Fellows  
7 Seconds is a 2005 American action film, starring Wesley Snipes and Tamzin Outhwaite. The film was directed by Simon Fellows and written by Martin Wheeler and was filmed in the Romania capital, Bucharest. It was released Direct-to-DVD on June 28,...
x 28 Days Later 28 Days Later Nov 1, 2002 Danny Boyle The Days Are Numbered
28 Days Later is a 2002 British post-apocalyptic horror/science fiction film directed by Danny Boyle. With a screenplay written by Alex Garland, the film stars Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Brendan Gleeson, Noah Huntley, and Christopher Eccleston....
Be Thankful For Everything, For Soon There Will Be Nothing...
Day 1: Exposure - Day 3: Infection - Day 8: Epidemic - Day 20: Evacuation - Day 28: Devastation
x 21 Grams 21 Grams Sep 5, 2003 Alejandro González Iñárritu  
21 Grams is a 2003 drama film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu and written by Guillermo Arriaga. It stars Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, and Benicio del Toro. Like Arriaga's and González Iñárritu's previous film, Amores perros (2000), 21 Grams...
x 3 Women 3 Women Apr 3, 1977 Robert Altman 1 woman became 2/2 women became 3/3 women became 1.
3 Women is a 1977 American film directed by Robert Altman, starring Shelley Duvall, Sissy Spacek, and Janice Rule. The story came directly from a dream Altman had, which he did not fully understand, but nonetheless adapted into a treatment,...
x 9th Company 9th Company 2005 Fyodor Bondarchuk  
The 9th Company (Russian: 9 Рота) is a 2005 Russian–Finnish–Ukrainian film directed by Fyodor Bondarchuk about the Soviet War in Afghanistan. The film follows a band of young recruits from a farewell ceremony with friends and family back home,...
Fyodor Bondarchuk
x 45 Minutes from Hollywood   Dec 26, 1926 Fred Guiol  
45 Minutes From Hollywood is a 1926 American two-reel silent film released by Pathé Exchange. At the time, it was known as a Glenn Tryon vehicle, but today it is best remembered as the second instance of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy appearing in the...
x 102 Dalmatians 102 Dalmatians Nov 22, 2000 Kevin Lima A spotless new tail is going to be unleashed.
102 Dalmatians is a 2000 live-action film, produced by Walt Disney Pictures and starring Glenn Close as Cruella de Vil. It is the sequel to 101 Dalmatians, a live-action remake of the 1961 Disney animated feature of the same name. In the film,...
x 16 Years of Alcohol 16 Years of Alcohol Aug 14, 2003 Richard Jobson  
16 Years of Alcohol is a 2003 drama film written and directed by Richard Jobson, based on his 1987 novel. The film is Jobson's first directorial effort, following a career as a television presenter on BSkyB and VH-1, and as the vocalist for the...
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