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Lawrence of Arabia

RELEASED: 1962RUNTIME: 227 minsWRITTEN BY: Michael Wilson, Robert Bolt, T.E. LawrenceDIRECTED BY: David LeanSTARRING: Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Anthony Quinn, José Ferrer, Anthony Quayle, Claude Rains It didn’t blow me away or hit me as hard…

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Midnight Cowboy

RELEASED: 1969RUNTIME: 113 minsWRITTEN BY: Waldo Salt, James Leo HerlihyDIRECTED BY: John SchlesingerSTARRING: Jon Voight, Dustin Hoffman, Sylvia Miles, John McGiver, Brenda Vaccaro, Barnard Hughes, Ruth White, Jennifer Salt Not sure if I was blown away by this but it’s…

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On the Waterfront

RELEASED: 1954RUNTIME: 108 minsWRITTEN BY: Budd SchulbergDIRECTED BY: Elia KazanSTARRING: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Pat Henning, Eva Marie Saint, Leif Erickson An engrossing, brilliantly written drama about morality, guilt and having the guts to stand…

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The Usual Suspects

RELEASED: 1995RUNTIME: 106 minsWRITTEN BY: Christopher McQuarrieDIRECTED BY: Bryan SingerSTARRING: Stephen Baldwin, Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, Chazz Palminteri, Kevin Pollak, Pete Postlethwaite, Suzy Amis I was never once engaged in this because I never had a reason to care about…

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Breakfast at Tiffany’s

RELEASED: 1961RUNTIME: 115 minsWRITTEN BY: Truman Capote, George AxelrodDIRECTED BY: Blake EdwardsSTARRING: Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen, Martin Balsam, José Luis de Villalonga Entertaining but for a lot of the movie, the characters are somewhat murky and…

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Dances with Wolves

RELEASED: 1990RUNTIME: 181 minsWRITTEN BY: Michael BlakeDIRECTED BY: Kevin CostnerSTARRING: Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene, Rodney A. Grant, Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Tantoo Cardinal It takes a while to really get into the film, but when you do, it…

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Gladiator

RELEASED: 2000RUNTIME: 155 minsWRITTEN BY: David Franzoni, John Logan, William NicholsonDIRECTED BY: Ridley ScottSTARRING: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, Richard Harris, Derek Jacobi, Djimon Hounsou Fine but forgettable. Russell Crowe is great, the battle sequences are a…

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Spirited Away

RELEASED: 2001RUNTIME: 125 minsWRITTEN BY: Hayao MiyazakiDIRECTED BY: Hayao MiyazakiSTARRING: Rumi Hiiragi, Miyu Irino, Mari Natsuki, Bunta Sugawara, Yumi Tamai, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Takashi Naitō The animation is beautiful and I love how the whole movie is brimming with color and…

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Amélie

RELEASED: 2001RUNTIME: 122 minsWRITTEN BY: Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Guillaume LaurantDIRECTED BY: Jean-Pierre JeunetSTARRING: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus, Lorella Cravotta, Serge Merlin, Jamel Debbouze, Clotilde Mollet I was really enjoying this during the first act but after that there was nothing…

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