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Magnolia
Paul Thomas Anderson · 1999
On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy genius, an ex-boy genius, a game show host and an estranged daughter will each become part of a dazzling multiplicity of plots, but one story.
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The Way We Were
Sydney Pollack · 1973
Opposites attract when, during their college days, Katie Morosky, a politically active Jew, meets Hubbell Gardiner, a feckless WASP. Years later, in the wake of World War II, they meet once again and, despite their obvious differences, attempt to make their love for each other work.
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Pretty Woman
Garry Marshall · 1990
While on a business trip in Los Angeles, Edward Lewis, a millionaire entrepreneur who makes a living buying and breaking up companies, picks up a prostitute, Vivian, while asking for directions; after, Edward hires Vivian to stay with him for the weekend to accompany him to a few social events, and the two get closer only to discover there are significant hurdles to overcome as they try to bridge the gap between their very different worlds.
Clueless
Amy Heckerling · 1995
Shallow, rich and socially successful Cher is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school's pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first coaxes two teachers into dating each other. Emboldened by her success, she decides to give hopelessly klutzy new student Tai a makeover. When Tai becomes more popular than she is, Cher realizes that her disapproving ex-stepbrother was right about how misguided she was -- and falls for him.
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Pride and Prejudice
1995
Ambientada na Inglaterra no início do século XIX, conta a história das irmãs Bennet, após o rico Mr. Bingley e seu amigo Mr. Darcy se instalarem nas vizinhanças. Enquanto Bingley imediatamente se interessa pela mais velha, Darcy tem dificuldades em se adaptar à sociedade local e entra em discórdia com a segunda das irmãs.
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West Side Story
Robert Wise · 1961
In the slums of the upper West Side of Manhattan, tensions are high as a gang of Polish-Americans compete against a gang of recently immigrated Puerto Ricans, but this doesn't stop two romantics from each gang falling in love.
My Fair Lady
George Cukor · 1964
A snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society.
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A Streetcar Named Desire
Elia Kazan · 1951
A disturbed, aging Southern belle moves in with her sister for solace — but being face-to-face with her brutish brother-in-law accelerates her downward spiral.
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Breakfast at Tiffany's
Blake Edwards · 1961
Holly Golightly est une délicieuse call-girl très en vue à New York, déterminée à se marier à un milliardaire brésilien. Son voisin est un jeune écrivain entretenu par une riche décoratrice. D’une relation amicale va naître une forte passion entre ces deux êtres si différents. Une nouvelle fois Audrey Hepburn illumine l’écran de son charme dans cette comédie de Blake Edwards, adaptée du best-seller de Truman Capote (Breakfast at Tiffany’s). Henry Mancini remporta l’Oscar® pour la chanson «Moon River».
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The Princess Bride
Rob Reiner · 1987
In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicilians and rodents of unusual size. But even death can't stop these true lovebirds from triumphing.
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Notting Hill
Roger Michell · 1999
London bookstore owner William Thacker's quiet life turns upside down when a chance encounter with famous actress Anna Scott sparks an unlikely romance challenged by their vastly different worlds.
Titanic
James Cameron · 1997
101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets aboard the ship. Rose tells the whole story from Titanic's departure through to its death—on its first and last voyage—on April 15, 1912.
The Matrix
Lana Wachowski · 1999
Programmeur anonyme dans un service administratif le jour, Thomas Anderson devient Neo la nuit venue. Sous ce pseudonyme, il est l'un des pirates les plus recherchés du cyber‐espace. À cheval entre deux mondes, Neo est assailli par d'étranges songes et des messages cryptés provenant d'un certain Morpheus. Celui‐ci l'exhorte à aller au‐delà des apparences et à trouver la réponse à la question qui hante constamment ses pensées : qu'est‐ce que la Matrice ? Nul ne le sait, et aucun homme n'est encore parvenu à en percer les défenses. Mais Morpheus est persuadé que Neo est l'Élu, le libérateur mythique de l'humanité annoncé selon la prophétie. Ensemble, ils se lancent dans une lutte sans retour contre la Matrice et ses terribles agents…
Miss Congeniality
Donald Petrie · 2000
Cuando el objetivo de un asesino en serie es la ganadora del concurso de Miss Estados Unidos, el FBI decide enviar una agente infiltrada a participar en el concurso. La mejor candidata que encuentran para la misión es Gracie Hart, una agente de modales un tanto hoscos y poco femeninos. Aparece como Miss New Jersey, y, ante su total falta de glamur, los organizadores deciden buscarle un representante que le enseñe todos los trucos del mundo de la pasarela.
Legally Blonde
Robert Luketic · 2001
Fashionable sorority queen Elle Woods has it all, but, she wants nothing more than to be Mrs. Warner Huntington III. But he dumps her before heading to Harvard Law School. Elle rallies all of her resources and gets into Harvard, determined to win him back. While there, she figures out that there is more to herself than just good looks.
Grease 2
Patricia Birch · 1982
It's 1961, two years after the original Grease gang graduated, and there's a new crop of seniors and new members of the coolest cliques on campus, the Pink Ladies and T-Birds. Michael Carrington is the new kid in school - but he's been branded a brainiac. Can he fix up an old motorcycle, don a leather jacket, avoid a rumble with the leader of the T-Birds, and win the heart of Pink Lady Stephanie?
Hello, Dolly!
Gene Kelly · 1969
Dolly Levi is a strong-willed matchmaker who travels to Yonkers, New York in order to see the miserly "well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire" Horace Vandergelder. In doing so, she convinces his niece, his niece's intended, and Horace's two clerks to travel to New York City.
The Karate Kid
John G. Avildsen · 1984
New Jersey teen Daniel LaRusso moves to Los Angeles with his mother, and soon strikes up a relationship with Ali. He quickly finds himself the target of bullying by a group of thugs, led by Ali's ex-boyfriend Johnny, who study karate at the Cobra Kai dojo under ruthless sensei John Kreese. Fortunately, Daniel befriends Mr. Miyagi, an unassuming repairman who just happens to be a martial arts master himself. Miyagi takes Daniel under his wing, training him in a more compassionate form of karate for self-defense and, later, preparing him to compete against the brutal Cobra Kai.
Chasing Destiny
Tim Boxell · 2001
A repossession agent falls in love with a woman whose father is high on his list of priority accounts.
Bridget Jones's Diary
Bridget Jones's Diary
Bridget Jones is an average woman struggling against her age, her weight, her job, her lack of a man, and her various imperfections. As a New Year's resolution, Bridget decides to take control of her life, starting by keeping a diary in which she will always tell the complete truth. The fireworks begin when her charming though disreputable boss takes an interest in the quirky Miss Jones. Thrown into the mix are Bridget's band of slightly eccentric friends and a rather disagreeable acquaintance into whom Bridget cannot seem to stop running or help finding quietly attractive.
Little Women
Greta Gerwig · 2019
Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.
Tuesdays with Morrie
Mick Jackson · 1999
A journalist finds himself questioning his own life when his best friend, a dying man, offers him some very powerful wisdom and advice for coping in relationships, careers and society.
Footloose
Footloose
When teenager Ren and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small town in the West, he's in for a real case of culture shock after discovering he's living in a place where music and dancing are illegal.
Pulp Fiction
Pulp Fiction
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.
27 Dresses
Anne Fletcher · 2008
Altruistic Jane finds herself facing her worst nightmare as her younger sister announces her engagement to the man Jane secretly adores.
Love Actually
Richard Curtis · 2003
The Breakfast Club
John Hughes · 1985
Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel John, princess Claire, outcast Allison, brainy Brian and Andrew, the jock. Each has a chance to tell his or her story, making the others see them a little differently -- and when the day ends, they question whether school will ever be the same.
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Mark Herman · 2008
When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems to be wearing striped pajamas. Unaware of Shmuel's fate as a Jewish prisoner or the role his own Nazi father plays in his imprisonment, Bruno embarks on a dangerous journey inside the camp's walls.
Jaws
Steven Spielberg · 1975
When the seaside community of Amity finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark, the town's chief of police, a young marine biologist, and a grizzled hunter embark on a desperate quest to destroy the beast before it strikes again.
The Shining
Stanley Kubrick · 1980
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.
Funny Face
Stanley Donen · 1957
A shy Greenwich Village book clerk is discovered by a fashion photographer and whisked off to Paris where she becomes a reluctant model.
Fright Night
Craig Gillespie · 2011
A teenager suspects his new neighbour is a vampire. Unable to convince anyone, he tries to enlist the help of a self-proclaimed vampire hunter and magician.
Meet Me in St. Louis
Vincente Minnelli · 1944
A year in the life of a turn-of-the-century middle class family, leading up to the opening of the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.
Enola Holmes 2
Enola Holmes 2
Now a detective-for-hire like her infamous brother, Enola Holmes takes on her first official case to find a missing girl, as the sparks of a dangerous conspiracy ignite a mystery that requires the help of friends — and Sherlock himself — to unravel.
Dirty Dancing
Emile Ardolino · 1987
Expecting the usual tedium that accompanies a summer in the Catskills with her family, 17-year-old Frances 'Baby' Houseman is surprised to find herself stepping into the shoes of a professional hoofer—and unexpectedly falling in love.
The Wolf of Wall Street
Martin Scorsese · 2013
A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
Die Hard
John McTiernan · 1988
NYPD cop John McClane's plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when, minutes after he arrives at her offices Christmas Party, the entire building is overtaken by a group of terrorists. With little help from the LAPD, wisecracking McClane sets out to single-handedly rescue the hostages and bring the bad guys down.
The Imitation Game
Morten Tyldum · 2014
Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Mike Newell · 1994
Over the course of five social occasions, a committed bachelor must consider the notion that he may have discovered love.
Groundhog Day
Harold Ramis · 1993
A narcissistic TV weatherman, along with his attractive-but-distant producer, and his mawkish cameraman, is sent to report on Groundhog Day in the small town of Punxsutawney, where he finds himself repeating the same day over and over.
Inception
Christopher Nolan · 2010
Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.
Forrest Gump
Robert Zemeckis · 1994
A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.
Saving Private Ryan
Steven Spielberg · 1998
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.
All Quiet on the Western Front
Edward Berger · 2022
Paul Baumer and his friends Albert and Muller, egged on by romantic dreams of heroism, voluntarily enlist in the German army. Full of excitement and patriotic fervour, the boys enthusiastically march into a war they believe in. But once on the Western Front, they discover the soul-destroying horror of World War I.
Freaky Friday
Mark Waters · 2003
Mother and daughter bicker over everything -- what Anna wears, whom she likes and what she wants to do when she's older. In turn, Anna detests Tess's fiancé. When a magical fortune cookie switches their personalities, they each get a peek at how the other person feels, thinks and lives.
Nativity!
Debbie Isitt · 2009
Paul, charged with directing his school's Nativity play, falsely boasts that his ex-girlfriend plans to turn the production into a film.
Schindler's List
Steven Spielberg · 1993
The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.
Calamity Jane
David Butler · 1953
Sharpshooter Calamity Jane takes it upon herself to recruit a famous actress and bring her back to the local saloon, but jealousy soon gets in the way.
Les Miserables
Claude Lelouch · 1995
In France during World War II, a poor and illiterate man, Henri Fortin, is introduced to Victor Hugo's classic novel Les Misérables and begins to see parallels between the book and his own life.
Moulin Rouge
John Huston · 1952
In 1890 Paris, Moulin Rouge is a nightclub where crippled artist Toulouse-Lautrec feels like he fits in. In the following years, he meets two women who provide an opportunity for him to find true love.
La La Land
Damien Chazelle · 2016
Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.
Little Women
Gillian Armstrong · 1994
With their father away as a chaplain in the Civil War, Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy grow up with their mother in somewhat reduced circumstances. They are a close family who inevitably have their squabbles and tragedies. But the bond holds even when, later, male friends start to become a part of the household.
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Donald Petrie · 2003
It's the battle of wills, as Andie needs to prove she can dump a guy in 10 days, whereas Ben needs to prove he can win a girl in 10 days. Now, the clock is ticking—and the wildly entertaining comedy smash is off and running in this irresistible tale of sex, lies and outrageous romantic fireworks!
13 Going on 30
Gary Winick · 2004
After total humiliation at her thirteenth birthday party, Jenna Rink wants to just hide until she's thirty. Thanks to some magic wishing dust, Jenna's prayer has been answered. With a knockout body, a fabulous wardrobe, an athlete boyfriend, a dream job, and superstar friends, this can't be a better life. But soon Jenna realizes that adult life isn’t as easy as she hoped for.
The Devil Wears Prada
David Frankel · 2006
Andy moves to New York to work in the fashion industry. Her boss is extremely demanding, cruel and won't let her succeed if she doesn't fit into the high class elegant look of their magazine.
The Princess Diaries
Garry Marshall · 2001
A socially awkward but very bright 15-year-old girl being raised by a single mom discovers that she is the princess of a small European country because of the recent death of her long-absent father, who, unknown to her, was the crown prince of Genovia. She must make a choice between continuing the life of a San Francisco teen or stepping up to the throne.
Interstellar
Christopher Nolan · 2014
The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
The Parent Trap
Nancy Meyers · 1998
Hallie y Annie, dos gemelas que se parecen como dos gotas de agua, fueron separadas poco después de nacer, a causa del divorcio de sus padres. Hallie vive en Napa Valley con su padre, que es viticultor. Por su parte, Annie vive en Londres con su madre, una famosa diseñadora de trajes de novia. Ninguna de las dos conoce la existencia de la otra, pero el destino hace que se encuentren por casualidad en Maine, en un campamento de verano. Antes de volver a casa, las niñas urden un plan para conseguir reunir a sus padres, pero hay un inconveniente con el que no contaban: su padre proyecta casarse con otra mujer.
Pitch Perfect
Jason Moore · 2012
College student Beca knows she does not want to be part of a clique, but that's exactly where she finds herself after arriving at her new school. Thrust in among mean gals, nice gals and just plain weird gals, Beca finds that the only thing they have in common is how well they sing together. She takes the women of the group out of their comfort zone of traditional arrangements and into a world of amazing harmonic combinations in a fight to the top of college music competitions.
Mean Girls
Mark Waters · 2004
Una joven adolescente, Cady, acostumbrada a vivir en África con sus padres, zoólogos, se encuentra una nueva jungla cuando se muda a Illinois. Allí acude a la escuela pública, donde se enamorará del ex-novio de la chica más popular del colegio. Las chicas comenzarán a hacer la vida imposible a Cady, y ésta no tendrá otro remedio que usar sus mismas tácticas para mantenerse a flote.
Pride & Prejudice
Joe Wright · 2005
Las cinco hermanas Bennet han sido criadas por una madre obsesionada por encontrarles marido. Pero una de ellas, Lizzie, inteligente y con carácter, desea una vida con perspectivas más abiertas, un anhelo respaldado por su padre. Cuando el señor Bingley, un soltero rico, y su círculo de sofisticados amigos se instalan en una mansión vecina para pasar el verano, las Bennett se entusiasman con la posibilidad de encontrar pretendientes. En el baile de bienvenida, Lizzie conoce al apuesto y elegante señor Darcy, pero, a primera vista, le parece demasiado orgulloso y arrogante.
The Notebook
Nick Cassavetes · 2004
En una residencia de ancianos, un hombre mayor (James Garner) lee a una mujer (Gena Rowlands) una historia de amor escrita en su viejo libro de notas. El libro cuenta la vida en los años 40 de Noah Calhoun (Ryan Gosling) y Allie Nelson (Rachel McAdams), dos jóvenes adolescentes de Carolina del Norte que, a pesar de vivir en dos ambientes sociales muy diferentes, pasaron un verano idílico juntos y profundamente enamorados, antes de ser separados, primero por sus padres, y más tarde por la Segunda Guerra Mundial.
