The Matrix
The Matrix (1999), directed by the Wachowskis, follows Thomas Anderson, a hacker called Neo. Keanu Reeves plays Neo with calm doubt that turns to power.
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Dances with Wolves
Dances with Wolves (1990), directed by Kevin Costner, follows Lieutenant John Dunbar. He joins the US Army on the frontier. Costner plays Dunbar with quiet resolve. He builds a post alone. Then he meets Sioux people.
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A Beautiful Mind
A Beautiful Mind (2001), directed by Ron Howard, tells the life of John Nash, a gifted mathematician. Russell Crowe plays Nash with sharp mind and odd ways. He cracks codes and sees patterns.
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Gladiator
Gladiator (2000), directed by Ridley Scott, follows Maximus, a Roman general betrayed and sold as a slave. Russell Crowe plays Maximus with fire and grief. He fights in the arena to seek justice.
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Troy
Troy (2004), directed by Wolfgang Petersen, tells the story of the Trojan War. It draws from Homer's Iliad, with Brad Pitt as Achilles, Eric Bana as Hector, and Orlando Bloom as Paris.
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The Green Mile
The Green Mile (1999), directed by Frank Darabont, is based on the novel by Stephen King. Tom Hanks plays Paul Edgecomb, a death row prison guard in Louisiana during the 1930s. His life changes when a new prisoner arrives with a strange and gentle gift.
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Saving Private Ryan
Saving Private Ryan (1998), directed by Steven Spielberg, opens with the D-Day landing on Omaha Beach. The camera shakes. Bullets hit sand and men. Blood colours the sea.
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Friends
Friends is an American comedy series. It aired on NBC from 22 September 1994 to 6 May 2004. David Crane and Marta Kauffman created it. The show follows six friends in their twenties and thirties living in New York City.
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The Passion of the Christ
The Passion of the Christ (2004), directed by Mel Gibson, shows the last twelve hours of Jesus Christ's life. Jim Caviezel plays Jesus with deep feeling. He brings out the pain and strength in the role.
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Little House on the Prairie
Little House on the Prairie is an American family drama series. It aired on NBC from 11 September 1974 to 21 March 1983. Michael Landon produced and starred in it. The show bases on the books by Laura Ingalls Wilder about her childhood in the American Midwest during the 1870s and 1880s.
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The Last Castle
The Last Castle (2001), directed by Rod Lurie, is a gripping prison drama that blends intense character-driven storytelling with themes of honour and defiance.
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Braveheart
Braveheart (1995), directed by Mel Gibson, tells the story of William Wallace, a Scottish fighter who leads his people against English rule in the late 13th century AD.
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Lost in Translation
Lost in Translation (2003), directed by Sofia Coppola, follows two Americans stranded in a Tokyo hotel. Bill Murray plays Bob Harris, an ageing film star shooting a whisky advert. Scarlett Johansson plays Charlotte, a young woman left alone while her husband works.
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The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption (1994), directed by Frank Darabont, tells the story of Andy Dufresne, a banker sent to prison for a crime he did not commit.
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Finding Nemo
Finding Nemo (2003), directed by Andrew Stanton, tells the tale of Marlin, a clownfish who loses his son Nemo. Albert Brooks voices Marlin with worry and love. He swims the ocean to find Nemo.
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Married with Children
Married with Children is an American comedy series. It aired on Fox from 5 April 1987 to 9 June 1997. Ron Leavitt and Michael G. Moye created it. Ed O'Neill plays Al Bundy, a shoe salesman in Chicago who once scored four touchdowns in a single game at Polk High and has been going downhill ever since.
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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), directed by Gore Verbinski, follows a blacksmith and a pirate captain as they rescue the governor's daughter from a crew of cursed pirates. Johnny Depp plays Captain Jack Sparrow, a man who staggers through danger as though the whole world is a ship in a storm.
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Black Hawk Down
Black Hawk Down (2001), directed by Ridley Scott, shows the 1993 AD battle in Mogadishu. US soldiers go to catch warlords. Two helicopters fall. Men fight to live.
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Ice Age
Ice Age (2002), directed by Chris Wedge, is an animated film set during the last ice age. Three mismatched animals band together to return a lost human baby to its tribe. Ray Romano voices Manny, a grumpy woolly mammoth who would rather be left alone.
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Monsters, Inc.
Monsters, Inc. (2001), directed by Pete Docter, shows a world where monsters scare kids for power. John Goodman voices Sulley, a big blue beast with a soft heart. Billy Crystal acts as Mike, the one-eyed friend who talks fast. Mary Gibbs brings Boo, the small girl who changes all.
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A Bridge Too Far
A Bridge Too Far (1977), directed by Richard Attenborough, shows Operation Market Garden. This Allied plan in 1944 aimed to seize bridges in the Netherlands to end the war fast. It failed. The film uses a large cast.
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The A-Team
The A-Team is an American action series. It aired on NBC from 23 January 1983 to 8 March 1987. Frank Lupo and Stephen J. Cannell created it. It follows four former United States Army commandos on the run for a crime they did not commit, working as soldiers of fortune while ducking the military police.
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West from Home by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura Ingalls Wilder's 'West from Home' is a collection of letters she wrote to Almanzo during her visit to San Francisco in 1915. It shows Laura seeing the big city and the World's Fair for the first time.
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On the Way Home by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura Ingalls Wilder's 'On the Way Home' is her diary of the journey from South Dakota to Missouri with Almanzo and Rose. It shows the family looking for a new place to settle and start fresh.
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The First Four Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura Ingalls Wilder's 'The First Four Years' tells the story of Laura and Almanzo's first years of marriage on their Dakota homestead. It shows the struggles of farming and the hardships they face together.
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