My Top 20 Movies (in no particular order)
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A Little Princess
Alfonso Cuarón · 1995
When her father enlists to fight for the British in WWI, young Sara Crewe goes to New York to attend the same boarding school her late mother attended. She soon clashes with the severe headmistress, Miss Minchin, who attempts to stifle Sara's creativity and sense of self-worth.
Lady Bird
Greta Gerwig · 2017
Lady Bird McPherson, a strong willed, deeply opinionated, artistic 17 year old comes of age in Sacramento. Her relationship with her mother and her upbringing are questioned and tested as she plans to head off to college.
Mysterious Skin
Gregg Araki · 2005
En 1981, Brian tenía ocho años y estaba sentado en el banquillo durante un partido de la liga juvenil de béisbol. Cinco horas después despierta en el sótano de su casa con una hemorragia nasal y sin recuerdos. Brian moja la cama y tiene pesadillas, también inventa: fue abducido por extraterrestres. Y pasa el tiempo, Brian llega a la adolescencia, torpe, acomplejado y entregado a la causa OVNI, también Neil, su compañero de infancia, se ha hecho mayor. Neil es la antítesis de Brian, él es sexy, jugador estrella y experto en juegos con hombres adultos con los que nunca se compromete. Mientras Brian encuentra en Avalyn Friesen, una discapacitada obsesionada con sus experiencias en la tercera fase, la posibilidad de asumir sus experiencias inhibidas, Neil huye a nueva York a rozar el lado peligroso.
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
George Lucas · 2005
The evil Darth Sidious enacts his final plan for unlimited power – and the heroic Jedi Anakin Skywalker must choose a side.
Pride & Prejudice
Joe Wright · 2005
A story of love and life among the landed English gentry during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is a gentleman living in Hertfordshire with his overbearing wife and five daughters, but if he dies their house will be inherited by a distant cousin whom they have never met, so the family's future happiness and security is dependent on the daughters making good marriages.
Maurice
James Ivory · 1987
After his lover rejects him, Maurice attempts to come to terms with his sexuality within the restrictiveness of Edwardian society.
Dirty Dancing
Emile Ardolino · 1987
Johnny Castle es un experto profesor de baile y un amante consumado. Por su parte, Baby Houseman es una aburrida e inocente adolescente de 17 años. Durante el transcurso de un verano, en un balneario para clases acomodadas, el encuentro entre ambos causará más de un recelo, a causa de sus distintos orígenes sociales. Entre ambos media un abismo pero, cuando la música suena, sus cuerpos se abrazan al ritmo del dirty dancing y todos esos detalles desaparecen de repente...
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Michel Gondry · 2004
Una mujer usa los servicios de una empresa para borrar de su memoria todo recuerdo de su ex pareja. Ofendido, el hombre intenta hacer lo mismo que ella, pero el proceso no sucede según lo esperado y el protagonista debe atravesar la gigantesca marea de recuerdos de su propio cerebro para recomponer las cosas.
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Edgar Wright · 2010
As bass guitarist for a garage-rock band, Scott Pilgrim has never had trouble getting a girlfriend; usually, the problem is getting rid of them. But when Ramona Flowers skates into his heart, he finds she has the most troublesome baggage of all: an army of ex-boyfriends who will stop at nothing to eliminate him from her list of suitors.
How to Train Your Dragon
Dean DeBlois · 2010
As the son of a Viking leader on the cusp of manhood, shy Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III faces a rite of passage: he must kill a dragon to prove his warrior mettle. But after downing a feared dragon, he realizes that he no longer wants to destroy it, and instead befriends the beast – which he names Toothless – much to the chagrin of his warrior father.
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 Lego Batman Movie
Chris McKay · 2017
A cooler-than-ever Bruce Wayne must deal with the usual suspects as they plan to rule Gotham City, while discovering that he has accidentally adopted a teenage orphan who wishes to become his sidekick.
The Prestige
Christopher Nolan · 2006
A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Wes Anderson · 2014
El Sr. Gustave H., un legendario conserje de un famoso hotel europeo de entreguerras, entabla amistad con Zero Moustafa, un joven empleado al que convierte en su protegido. La historia trata sobre el robo y la recuperación de una pintura renacentista de valor incalculable y sobre la batalla que enfrenta a los miembros de una familia por una inmensa fortuna. Como telón de fondo, los levantamientos que transformaron Europa durante la primera mitad del siglo XX.
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Anthony Minghella · 1999
Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie. Ripley worms his way into the idyllic lives of Dickie and his girlfriend, plunging into a daring scheme of duplicity, lies and murder.
Stand by Me
Rob Reiner · 1986
After learning that a boy their age has been accidentally killed near their rural homes, four Oregon boys decide to go see the body. On the way, Gordie, Vern, Chris and Teddy encounter a mean junk man and a marsh full of leeches, as they also learn more about one another and their very different home lives. Just a lark at first, the boys' adventure evolves into a defining event in their lives.
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.
Aftersun
Charlotte Wells · 2022
Avec mélancolie, Sophie se remémore les vacances d’été passées avec son père vingt ans auparavant : les moments de joie partagée, leur complicité, parfois leurs désaccords. Elle repense aussi à ce qui planait au-dessus de ces instants si précieux : la sourde et invisible menace d’un bonheur finissant. Elle tente alors de chercher parmi ces souvenirs des réponses à la question qui l’obsède depuis tant d’années : qui était réellement cet homme qu’elle a le sentiment de ne pas connaître ?
La La Land
Damien Chazelle · 2016
Mia, una joven aspirante a actriz que compagina los castings con su trabajo de camarera, y Sebastian, un pianista de jazz que se gana la vida tocando en sórdidos tugurios, se enamoran. Pero la gran ambición por llegar a la cima en sus carreras artísticas amenaza con separarlos.
Paris, Texas
Wim Wenders · 1984
Un hombre aparece andando en el desierto de Texas sin recordar quién es. Su hermano va en su busca, intentando que recuerde su vida cuatro años atrás, cuando abandonó a su mujer y a su hijo. Mientras la memoria va volviendo a él y recupera el contacto con personas de su pasado, descubre la oportunidad de rehacer su vida.
