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Less Than Zero
Marek Kanievska · 1987
Em atuação fantástica, Robert Downey Jr. (Chaplin) interpreta Julian, um jovem de Beverly Hills que tem de tudo, boa aparência, charme, inteligência, pai rico, e um vicio: drogas. Seu amigo e sua namorada (Andrew McCarth e Jami Gertz) estão tentando ajudá-lo, mas o mundo de Julian está desmoronando tão rapidamente que eles podem afundar junto com ele. O resultado disso tudo é a história impressionante e marcante de três jovens que começam com tudo e que estão a ponto de ficar Abaixo de Zero.
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.
Apocalypse Now
Francis Ford Coppola · 1979
At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.
Adaptation.
Spike Jonze · 2002
Charlie Kaufman is a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, self-loathing, and by the screenwriting ambitions of his freeloading twin brother Donald. While struggling to adapt "The Orchid Thief," by Susan Orlean, Kaufman's life spins from pathetic to bizarre. The lives of Kaufman, Orlean's book, become strangely intertwined as each one's search for passion collides with the others'.
Kids
Larry Clark · 1995
Se centra en la historia de Telly, un joven de 17 años quien suele acostarse con sus amigas vírgenes y sin protección. Casper, el mejor amigo de Telly, es el joven que representa el mayor índice de perdición en las drogas, son una pareja ideal para mostrar la realidad social de Estados Unidos en los años 90. La trama principal se da cuando Jennie, amiga de Telly, descubre que es portadora del virus del sida, y que fue Telly quien le ha transmitido dicha enfermedad, ya que es el único con quien mantuvo relaciones sexuales.
The Elephant Man
David Lynch · 1980
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.
Scarface
Brian De Palma · 1983
After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the state, controlling nearly all the cocaine that comes through Miami. But increased pressure from the police, wars with Colombian drug cartels and his own drug-fueled paranoia serve to fuel the flames of his eventual downfall.
GoodFellas
Martin Scorsese · 1990
The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.
The Big Lebowski
Joel Coen · 1998
Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker who only wants to bowl and drink White Russians, is mistaken for another Jeffrey Lebowski, a wheelchair-bound millionaire, and finds himself dragged into a strange series of events involving nihilists, adult film producers, ferrets, errant toes, and large sums of money.
Rumble Fish
Francis Ford Coppola · 1983
Rusty James, an absent-minded street thug, struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation and longs for the days when gang warfare was going on.
Taxi Driver
Martin Scorsese · 1976
A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feed his urge for violent action.
