A Better Tomorrow ( Chinese :英雄 本色 ; Jyutping : Jing1 hung4 bun2 sik1 ; literally: “True Colors of a Hero”) is a 1986 Hong Kong crime movie , directed by John Woo , and Ti Lung Starring , Leslie Cheung and Chow Yun- fat . [3] The film had a profound influence on the Hong Kong film industry , and later on an international scale . It was a landmark film, credited with setting the template for the heroic bloodshed genre, [4] which was considerably influential inHong Kong action cinema , and later Hollywood . [5]
M ( German : M – Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder – M – A City Searches for a Murderer ) is a 1931 German drama – thriller directed by Fritz Lang and starring Peter Lorre . The film was written by Lang and his wife, Thea von Harbou , and was the director’s first sound movie . [2]
The film revolves around the actions of a serial killer [3] of children and the manhunt for him, conducted by both the police and the criminal underworld . [4]
Now considered a classic, the film was deemed by Fritz Lang to be his finest work. [5] [6]
Nosferatu, eine Symphony of the Grauens (translated asNosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, or simplyNosferatu) is a 1922German Expressionist horror film, directed byFW Murnau, starringMax Schreckas thevampire Count Orlok. The film, shot in 1921 and released in 1922, was an unauthorized adaptation ofBram Stoker’sDracula(1897). Various names and other details were changed from the novel: for instance, “vampire” became “Nosferatu” and “Count Dracula” became “Count Orlok”.
Stoker’s heirs sued over the adaptation, and a court ruled that all copies of the film be destroyed. However, a few prints of Nosferatu survived, and the film came to be regarded as an influential masterpiece of cinema. [1] [2]
Mayabazar (English: Market of Illusions ) [3] is a 1957 Indian epic fantasy film [4] directed by Kadiri Venkata Reddy . It was produced by B. Nagi Reddy and Aluri Chakrapani under their banner, Vijaya Vauhini Studios . The film was shot in both Telugu and Tamil with the same title, but with a few differences in the cast. The story is an adaptation of the folk taleSasirekha Parinayam , which in turn is based on the epic Mahabharata . It revolves around the roles of Krishna (NT Rama Rao ) and Ghatotkacha ( SV Ranga Rao ), As They try to reunite Arjuna ‘s his Abhimanyu (Telugu: Akkineni Nageswara Rao , Tamil: Gemini Ganesan ) With His love, Balarama ‘s daughter ( Savitri ). The Telugu version features Gummadi Venkateswara Rao , Mukkamala , Ramana Reddy , and Relangi Venkata Ramaiah in supporting roles, with D. Balasubramaniam , R. Balasubramaniam , V.M. Ezhumalai, and KA Thangavelu playing those parts in the Tamil version.
Sholay ( pronunciation ( help · info ) , meaning ” Embers “) is a 1975 Indian Action – adventure movie , written by Salim-Javed , directed by Ramesh Sippy , and produced by His FatherGP Sippy . The film follows two criminals, Veeru and Jai (played by Dharmendra and Amitabh Bachchan , respectively), hired by a retired police officer ( Sanjeev Kumar ) to capture the ruthless dacoit Gabbar Singh ( Amjad Khan ). Hema Malini and Jaya Bhaduri also star, as Veeru and Jai’s love interests. Sholay is considered a classic and one of the best Indian films . It was ranked first in the British Film Institute’s 2002 poll of “Top 10 Indian Films” of all time. In 2005, the judges of the 50th annual Filmfare Awards named Best Film of 50 Years .
The Red Light Bandit ( Portuguese : O Bandido da Luz Vermelha ) is a 1968 Brazilian crime movie directed by Rogério Sganzerla , [1] inspired by the crimes of the real-life burglar João Acácio Pereira da Costa, Known as the “Red Light Bandit “( Bandido da Luz Vermelha ). [2] The film is a representative work of marginal cinema . Sganzerla was 21 years old when he directed it. [3]
A sequel directed by Ícaro Martins and Helena Ignez , widow of Sganzerla, was released in 2010: Luz nas Trevas – Volta do Bandido da Luz Vermelha . [4] [5]
Black God, White Devil ( Portuguese : Deus eo Diabo na Terra do Sol , literally, God and the Devil in the Land of the Sun ) is a 1964 Brazilian movie directed and written byGlauber Rocha . The film stars Othon Bastos , Maurício do Valle , Yoná Magalhães , and Geraldo Del Rey . It belongs to the Cinema Novo movement, addressing the socio-political problems of 1960s Brazil. The film was released on DVD in North America by Koch-Lorber Films .
Limit ( Brazilian Portuguese: [lĩmitʃi] , meaning “Limit” or “Border”) is a film by Brazilian director and writer Mário Peixoto (1908-92), filmed in 1930 and first screened in 1931 .
Cited by some as the greatest of all Brazilian films, [1] this 120-minute silent experimental feature by novelist and poet Peixoto, who never completed another film, was seen by Orson Welles and won the admiration of many, from Sergei Eisenstein to Georges Sadoul to Walter Salles . In 2015 it was voted number 1 on the Abraccine Top 100 Brazilian films list.
Do You Remember Dolly Bell? ( Serbo-Croatian : Sjećaš li se Doli Bel? ), Filmed 1981, is the first feature film directed by Emir Kusturica . Showing early signs of the stylistic flair That is a coming of age story. The film was selected for the Yugoslav entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 54th Academy Awards , but was not accepted as nominated. [1]
Titas Ekti Nadir Naam ( Bengali : তিতাস একটি নদীর নাম ), Gold A River Called Titas , is a 1973 Bangladeshi film directed by Ritwik Ghatak . [1] [2] The movie was based on Adwaita Mallabarman . [3] The movie explores the life of the fishermen on the bank of the Titas River in Brahmanbaria , Bangladesh .
Rosy Samad, Mostafa Golam, Kabori , Prabir Mitra , and Roushan Jamil acted in the main roles. [4] The shooting of the movie took place on Ghatak’s health, as it was suffering from tuberculosis at the time.
Alongside Satyajit Ray ‘s Kanchenjungha (1962) [5] and Mrinal Sen ‘s Calcutta 71 (1972), Titash Ekti Nadir Naam is one of the Earliest movies to resemble hyperlink cinema , multiple featuring characters in a collection of Interconnected stories, predating Robert Altman ‘s Nashville (1975).
The Castle is a 1997 Australian comedy-drama film directed by Rob Sitch . It starred Michael Caton , Anne Tenney , Tiriel Mora , Stephen Curry , Sophie Lee , Eric Bana (in his film debut) and Charles ‘Bud’ Tingwell . The screenwriting team comprised Sitch, Santo Cilauro , Tom Gleisner and Jane Kennedy of Working Dog Productions .
The Castle was filmed in 11 days on a budget of approximately A $ 750,000 . [1] The film gained widespread acclaim in Australia and New Zealand, but was not widely distributed globally. It grossed A $ 10,326,428 at the box office in Australia. [2]
Picnic at Hanging Rock is a 1975 Australian mystery drama film which was produced by Hal and Jim McElroy , directed by Peter Weir , and starred Vivean Gray , Dominic Guard ,Anne-Louise Lambert , Helen Morse , and Rachel Roberts . It was adapted by Cliff Green from the 1967 novel of the same name by Joan Lindsay , who was deliberately ambiguous about whether the events really took place, the story is in fact entirely fictitious.
The plot involves the disappearance of several schoolgirls and their teacher during a picnic at Hanging Rock , Victoria on Valentine’s Day in 1900, and the subsequent effect on the local community. Picnic at Rock Hanging was a commercial and critical success. On 6 September 2016 it was announced that Fremantle Media and pay-TV broadcaster Foxtel would be producing a six-part miniseries based on the film, to be broadcast in 2017. [2]
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly ( Italian : Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo , lit. ”The good, the ugly, the bad” ) is a 1966 epic Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone and starringClint Eastwood , Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach in their respective titles roles. [5] Its screenplay was written by Age & Scarpelli , Luciano Vincenzoni and Leone (with additional screenplay material and dialogue provided by an uncredited Sergio Donati ), [2]based on a story by Vincenzoni and Leone. Director of photography Tonino Delli Colli Was responsible for the movie’s sweeping widescreen cinematography , and Ennio Morricone Composed the movie’s score Including icts main theme . It was an international co-production between Italy, Spain, West Germany and the United States.
Johnny Guitar is a 1954 American Trucolor western drama film directed by Nicholas Ray starring Joan Crawford , Hayden Sterling , Mercedes McCambridge , and Scott Brady .
The screenplay was adapted from a novel by Roy Chanslor. Though credited to Philip Yordan , he was merely a front-page screenwriter, blacklisted Ben Maddow . [2] Filmed in Republic’s Trucolor process, the film was directed by Nicholas Ray and produced by Herbert J. Yates .
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is a 1948 American dramatic adventurous neo- western written and directed by John Huston . It was a feature film adaptation of B. Traven ‘s 1927novel , about two financially desperate Americans , Fred C. Dobbs ( Humphrey Bogart ) and Bob Curtin ( Tim Holt ), who’ s in the 1920s join old – timer Howard ( Walter Huston , the director’s father) in Mexico to prospect for gold.
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre was one of the first Hollywood films to be filmed on the outside of the United States (in the state of Durango and street scenes in Tampico , Mexico), although many scenes were filmed back in the studio and elsewhere in the US. The film is quite faithful to the source novel. In 1990, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”. [2]
Stagecoach is a 1939 American Western film directed by John Ford , starring Claire Trevor and John Wayne in his breakthrough role. The screenplay, written by Dudley Nichols , is an adaptation of “The Stage to Lordsburg,” a 1937 short story by Ernest Haycox . The film follows a group of strangers riding on a stagecoach through dangerous Apache territory.
Stagecoach was the first of many Westerns that Ford shot using Monument Valley , in the American Southwest on the Arizona – Utah border, as a rental, many of which also starred John Wayne. Scenes from Stagecoach , John Wayne’s character ringo Kid, blended shots of Monument Valley with shots on the Iverson Movie Ranch in Chatsworth, California , RKOEncino Movie Ranch, and other locations. Similar geographical incongruencies are evident throughout the film, up to the closing scene of Ringo (Wayne) and Dallas (Trevor) departing Lordsburg, in southwestern New Mexico, by way of Monument Valley.
Murderball is a 2005 American documentary about athletes who are physically disabled [1] who play wheelchair rugby . It centers on the rivalry between the Canadian and US teamsleading up to the 2004 Paralympic Games . It was directed by Henry Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro , and produced by Jeffrey V. Mandel and Shapiro. It was nominated for theBest Documentary Feature for the 78th Academy Awards . [2]Murderball Was the first MTV movie released through ThinkFilm as well asParticipant Media .
Rocky is a 1976 American sports drama directed by John G. Avildsen and both written by Starrone and Sylvester Stallone . [2] It tells the rags to rich American Dream story of Rocky Balboa , an uneducated but kind-hearted working class Italian-American boxer working as a debt collector for a loan shark in the slums of Philadelphia . Rocky starts out as a small-time fighter club , and later gets shot at the world heavyweight championship . The film stars Talia ShireAdrian, Burt Young and Adrian’s brother Paulie, Burgess Meredith as Rocky’s trainer Mickey Goldmill , and Carl Weathers as the champion, Apollo Creed .
The film, made on a budget of just over $ 1 million, was a sleeper hit ; it earned $ 225 million in global box office receipts, becoming the highest-grossing film of 1976 , and went on to win three Oscars , including Best Picture . Stallone into a major star. [3] In 2006, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant”. Rocky is considered one of the greatest sports movies ever madeThe Rising Bull , by the American Film Institutein 2008, was ranked second in the genre .
Battleship Potemkin ( Russian : Броненосец “Потёмкин” , Bronenosets Potyomkin ), produced as Battleship Potyomkin , is a 1925 Soviet silent film directed by Sergei Eisensteinand produced by Mosfilm . It presents a version of the mutiny that occurred in 1905 when the crew of the Russian Potemkin battleship rebelled against their officers.
Battleship Potemkin was named the greatest film of all time at the Brussels World’s Fair in 1958. [1] [2] [3]
Blade Runner is a 1982 American neo-black science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott , written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples , and starring Harrison Ford , Rutger Hauer, Sean Young , and Edward James Olmos . It is a loose adaptation of the 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick . Set in a dystopian Los Angeles in 2019, the film depicts a future in which synthetic humans are known as replicants are bioengineeredby the powerful Tyrell Corporation to work on off-world colonies . When a fugitive group of replicants led by Roy Batty (Hauer) escape back to Earth, burnt-out cop Rick Deckard (Ford) reluctantly agrees to hunt them down. During his investigations, Deckard meets Rachael (Young), an advanced replicant who causes him to question his work.
2001: A Space Odyssey is a 1968 epic science fiction film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick . The screenplay was written by Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke , partly inspired by Clarke’s short story ” The Sentinel “. Clarke concurrently wrote the novel 2001: A Space Odyssey , published soon after the film was released. The movie follows a trip to Jupiter with the sentient computer HAL partner after the discovery of a mysterious black monolith Affecting human evolution. It deals with the themes of existentialism , human evolution, technology, artificial intelligence , and extraterrestrial life . It is noted for its scientifically accurate depiction of space flight, pioneering special effects, and ambiguous imagery. It uses sound and minimal dialogue in place of traditional narrative techniques; The soundtrack consists of classical music as Zarathustra , The Blue Danube , and Aram Khachaturian and György Ligeti .
Brief Encounter is a 1945 British romantic movie drama directed by David Lean about British suburban life on the world of World War 2 , centering on Laura, a married woman with children with a stranger, Alec. They fall in love, bringing about unexpected consequences.
The film stars Celia Johnson , Trevor Howard , Stanley Holloway and Joyce Carey . The screenplay is by Noël Coward , based on his 1936 one-act play Still Life . The soundtrack prominently features the Piano Concerto No. 2 by Sergei Rachmaninoff , played by Eileen Joyce .
Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic film drama directed by Michael Curtiz and based on Murray Burnett and Joan Alison’s unproduced stage play Everybody Comes to Rick’s . The film stars Humphrey Bogart , Ingrid Bergman , and Paul Henreid ; it also features Claude Rains , Conrad Veidt , Sydney Greenstreet , Peter Lorre , and Dooley Wilson . Set duringWorld War II, it focuses on an American expatriate, who has a Czech resistance leader, escape from the Vichy -controlled city of Casablanca to continue his fight against the Nazis .
Story editor Irene Diamond conv. Producer Hal B. Wallis to purchase the film in the January 1942 issue. Brothers Julius and Philip G. Epstein were originally assigned to write the script. HOWEVER, DESPITE studio resistance, They left to Work is Frank Capra ‘s Why We Fight series in early 1942. Howard E. Koch Was assigned to the screenplay up to the Epsteins returned a month later. Principal photography began on May 25, 1942, ending on August 3; the film was shot entirely at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank , Californiawith Van Nuys Airport in Van Nuys, Los Angeles .
It Happened One Night is a 1934 American Pre-Code romantic comedy movie with Elements of screwball comedy directed and co-produced by Frank Capra , in cooperation withHarry Cohn , in qui a pampered socialite ( Claudette Colbert ) tries to get out from under her father’s thumb and falls in love with a roguish reporter ( Clark Gable ). The plot is based on the August 1933 short story “Night Bus” by Samuel Hopkins Adams , which provided the shooting title. One of the last romantic comedies created before the MPAA Began enforcing the 1930 Production codein 1934, the film was released on February 22, 1934. [4]
It Happened One Night Was the first movie to win all five major Academy Awards (Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, and Screenplay) . In 1993, It Happened One Night was selected for preservation by the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress , being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”. [5] In 2013, the film underwent an extensive restoration. [6] [7]
Citizen Kane is a 1941 American mystery film drama by Orson Welles , its producer, co-screenwriter, director and star. The picture was Welles’ first feature film . Nominated forAcademy Awards in nine categories, it won an Academy Award for Best Writing by Herman J. Mankiewicz and Welles. Considered by many critics, filmmakers, and fans to be thegreatest film of all time , Citizen Kane was voted as such by the British Film Institute Sight & Sound Polls of Critics, until it was displaced by Vertigoin the 2012 poll. It topped the American Film Institute ‘s 100 Years … 100 Movies list in 1998 as well as ict 2007 update . Citizen Kane is particularly praised for its cinematography, music, editing and narrative structure, which have been considered innovative and precedent-setting.
The quasi-biographical film examines the life and legacy of Charles Foster Kane , played by Welles, a character based on the American newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, Chicago tycoons Samuel Insull and Harold McCormick , and aspects of Welles’ own life. Upon its release, Hearing of the film in any of its newspapers.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a 1975 British-American musical comedy sci-fi horror film by 20th Century Fox directed by Lou Adler and Michael White and directed by Jim Sharman . The screenplay was written by Sharman and actor Richard O’Brien , who appears in the film, which is based on the 1973 musical stage production of the same title , with music, book, and lyrics by O’Brien. The production is a parody tribute to the science fiction and horror B moviesof the 1930s through the early 1970s. Along with O’Brien, the film stars Tim Curry , Susan Sarandon , and Barry Bostwick and is narrated by Charles Gray with cast members of the Royal Court Theater , Roxy Theater , and Belasco Theater productions.
West Side Story is a 1961 American musical romantic drama movie directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins . The film is an adaptation of the 1957 Broadway musical of the same name , which William Shakespeare ‘s play Romeo and Juliet . It stars Natalie Wood , Richard Beymer , Russ Tamblyn , Rita Moreno , and George Chakiris , and was photographed by Daniel L. Fapp , ASC, in Super Panavision 70. Released on October 18, 1961, United Artists , the film received high praise from critics and viewers, and became the second highest grossing film in the United States. The film was nominated for 11 Academy Awards and Won 10, including Best Picture (as a special award for Robbins), becoming the record holder for the most wins for a musical movie.
The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer . Widely considered to be one of the greatest films in cinema history , [5] it is the best-known and most commercially successful adaptation of Frank Baum’s 1900 children’s book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz . [6] It stars Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale , Alongside Ray Bolger , Jack Haley , Bert Lahr , Frank Morgan , Billie Burke and Margaret Hamilton, with Charley Grapewin , Pat Walshe and Clara Blandick , Terry (billed as Toto), and the Singer Midgets as the Munchkins . [7]
Notable for its use of Technicolor , fantasy storytelling, musical score, and memorable characters, it has become an icon of American popular culture. It was nominated for six Academy Awards , including Best Picture , but lost to Gone with the Wind . It Did win in two other categories, Including Best Original Song for ” Over the Rainbow ” and Best Original Score by Herbert Stothart . While the movie was considered a success on August 1939, it failed to generate profit for MGM, earning only $ 3,017,000, it has $ 2,777,000 budget, which has made it the most expensive production to date. [3] [8][9]
Get Out is a 2017 American horror film written and directed by Jordan Peele . It stars Daniel Kaluuya as Chris, a black man who visits the family of his girlfriend ( Allison Williams ); at their home, the servants are black and act strangely. Bradley Whitford , Caleb Landry Jones , Stephen Root , Lakeith Stanfield , and Catherine Keener Costa.
Get Out premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2017, and was theatrically released in the United States on February 24, 2017, by Universal Pictures . The film was well-received by critics and audiences, with particular praise for Peele’s screenplay and direction and Kaluuya’s performance, and was chosen by the National Board of Review , the American Film Institute , and Time magazine as one of the top 10 films of the year. The film was also a box office success, grossing $ 254 million worldwide on a $ 4.5 million budget. At the 75th Golden Globe Awards , Get Out Received Two Nominations:Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and Best Actor – Comedy or Musical for Kaluuya.
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre [note 1] is a 1974 American horror film directed by Tobe Hooper and co-produced by Hooper and Kim Henkel . It stars Marilyn Burns , Paul A. Partain ,Edwin Neal , Jim Siedow and Gunnar Hansen , who are portray Sally Hardesty, Franklin Hardesty, the hitchhiker, the proprietor, and Leatherface. The film follows a group of friends who fall victim to a family of cannibals while on their way to visit an old homestead. Although it was marketed as a true story to a wider audience and a subtle commentary on the era’s political climate, its plot is entirely fictional; however, the character of Leatherface and minor plot details were inspired by the crimes of real-life murderer Ed Gein .
The Exorcist is a 1973 American supernatural horror film , adapted by William Peter Blatty from his 1971 novel of the same name , and starring Ellen Burstyn , Linda Blair , Max von Sydow , and Jason Miller . The film is part of The Exorcist franchise. The book, inspired by the 1949 exorcism of Roland Doe , [3] [4] deals with the demonic possessionof a 12-year-old girl and her mother’s attempts to win back her child through an exorcism conducted by two priests. The adaptation is relatively faithful to the book, which has been commercially successful (earning a place on the New York Times Best Seller list ). [5] [6] The film experienced a troubled production; Even In The Beginning, movie directors Including Several prestigious Stanley Kubrick and Arthur Pennturned it down. Incidents, such as the toddler of one of the main actors being hit by a motorbike and hospitalized, attracted claims that the set was cursed. The complex special effects used in the film also presented severe challenges. The film’s notable moral themes include the nature of faith and the boundaries of maternal love . [5]
Man on Wire is a 2008 British-American biographical documentary film directed by James Marsh . The film chronicles Philippe Petit’s 1974 high-wire walk between the Twin Towers of New York’s World Trade Center . It is based is Petit’s book, To Reach the Clouds , released in paperback with the title Man on Wire . The title of the film is taken from the police, which was last done for almost one hour. The film is crafted like a film , presenting rare footage of the preparations for the event and still photographs of the walk, alongside re-enactments (withPaul McGill as the young) and present-day interviews with the participants, including Barry Greenhouse, an insurance executive who served as the inside man. [4]
Man on Wire in the World Cinema Documentary Competition [5] at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival , where it won the Grand Jury Prize : World Cinema Documentary and the World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary. [6] In February 2009, the film won the BAFTA for Outstanding British Film, the Independent Spirit Awards , and the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature .
Bowling for Columbine is a 2002 American documentary film written, produced, directed, and narrated by Michael Moore . The film explores what Moore suggests are the primary causes for the Columbine High School massacre on April 20, 1999, and other acts of violence with guns. Moore focuses on the massacre took place and some common public opinions and assumptions about related issues. The film also looks into the nature of violence in the United States.
A significant international success, the film brought to the international film festival, The Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature , the Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature , a special 55th Anniversary Prize at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival , [2] and the César Award for Best Foreign Film . [3] The film is considered one of the greatest documentary films of all time . [4] [5] [6] [7]
Hoop Dreams is a 1994 American documentary film directed by Steve James and written by James and Frederick Marx , with Kartemquin Films . It follows the story of two African-American high school students in Chicago and their dream of becoming professional basketball players.
Originally intended to be a 30-minute short film produced for the Public Broadcasting Service , it would be a film and 250 hours of footage. It premiered at the 1994 Sundance Film Festival where it won the Audience Award for Best Documentary. Hoop Dreams is the most recent documentary film for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing . [2] Despite its length (171 minutes) and unlikely commercial genre, it has been widely acclaimed and grossed over $ 11 million worldwide. It is often considered as one of the greatest documentary films of all time.
Man with a Movie Camera ( Russian : Человек с кино-аппаратом ( Chelovek s kinoapparatom ), Ukrainian : Людина з к ноапаратом ( Liudyna z Kinoaparatom ) – sometimes calledA Man with a Movie Camera , The Man with the Movie Camera , The Man with a Camera , The Man with the Kinocamera , or Living Russia ) [1] – is an experimental 1929 Soviet silentdocumentary film , directed by Dziga Vertov and edited by his wife Elizaveta Svilova .
The Poseidon Adventure is a 1972 American disaster movie directed by Ronald Neame , produced by Irwin Allen , and is based Paul Gallico ‘s eponymous 1969 novel . It features anensemble cast , including five Academy Award winners: Gene Hackman , Ernest Borgnine , Jack Albertson , Shelley Winters , and Red Buttons . Parts of the movie were filmed aboard the RMS Queen Mary . The plot centers on the fictional SS Poseidonan old luxury liner on her final trip from New York City to Athens before being sent to the scrapyard. On New Year’s Eve , she is overturned by a tsunami . Passengers and crew are trapped inside, and a rebellious preacher attempts to lead a small group of survivors to safety.
Wonder Woman is a 2017 American superhero movie based on the DC Comics character of the same name , distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures . It is the fourth installment in theDC Extended Universe (DCEU). The film is directed by Patty Jenkins , with a screenplay by Allan Heinberg , from a story by Heinberg, Zack Snyder , and Jason Fuchs , and stars Gal Gadot , Chris Pine , Robin Wright , Danny Huston , David Thewlis , Connie Nielsen , andElena Anaya . Wonder Woman is the second live action theatrical movie featuring the titular character, following her debut in 2016’s Superman Batman v: Dawn of Justice . [5]
The Dark Knight is a 2008 superhero film directed, co-produced, and co-written by Christopher Nolan . Featuring the DC Comics character Batman , the movie is the second hand ofNolan’s The Dark Knight Trilogy and a sequel to 2005’s Batman Begins , starring an ensemble cast Including Christian Bale , Michael Caine , Heath Ledger , Gary Oldman , Aaron Eckhart , Maggie Gyllenhaal and Morgan Freeman . In the movie, Bruce Wayne / Batman (Bale), Lieutenant PoliceJames Gordon (Oldman) and District Attorney Harvey Dent(Eckhart) form an alliance to dismantle organized crime in Gotham City , purpose are menaced by a criminal mastermind Known as the Joker (Ledger) Who seeks to Undermine Batman’s influences and create chaos.
Get Out is a 2017 American horror movie [2] [3] [4] Written and directed by Jordan Peele , in his directorial debut . The film stars Daniel Kaluuya , Allison Williams , Bradley Whitford ,Caleb Jones Landry , Stephen Root , Lakeith Stanfield , and Catherine Keener . The young woman is a young woman who is a young woman who is a young woman. The film was noted for its similarities with the film Being John Malkovich, also starring Keener. It was produced by Sean McKittrick, Jason Blum , Edward H. Hamm Jr., and Peele.
Monty Python’s Life of Brian , also known as The Life of Brian , is a 1979 British religious satire comedy starring film and written by the comedy group Monty Python ( Graham Chapman , John Cleese , Terry Gilliam , Idleen Eric , Terry Jones and Michael Palin ). It was also directed by Jones. The film tells the story of Brian Cohen (played by Chapman), a young Jewish man, who is born on the same day, and next door to Jesus Christ , and is subsequently mistaken for the Messiah .
Some Like It Hot is a 1959 American romantic comedy film set in 1929, directed and produced by Billy Wilder , starring Marilyn Monroe , Tony Curtis , and Jack Lemmon . The supporting cast includes George Raft , Pat O’Brien , Joe E. Brown , Joan Shawlee , and Nehemiah Persoff . The screenplay by Billy Wilder and IAL Diamond is based on a screenplay by Billy Wilder and Michael Logan from the French film Fanfare of Love . The film is about two musicians who dress in dragin order to escape from mafia gangsters Whom They Witnessed commit a crime inspired by the Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre . The film was produced in black and white , even though color was increasing in popularity.
Inside Out is a 2015 American 3D computer-animated comedy- movie drama produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures . The film was directed byPete Docter and co-directed by Ronnie del Carmen , with a screenplay written by Docter, Meg LeFauve and Josh Cooley , adapted from a story by Docter and del Carmen. Riley Andersen ( Kaitlyn Dias ), where five personified emotions -Joy ( Amy Poehler ), Sadness ( Phyllis Smith ), Anger ( Lewis Black), Fear ( Bill Hader ), and Disgust ( Mindy Kaling ) – move to lead her through life as her parents ( Diane Lane and Kyle MacLachlan ) move from Minnesota to San Francisco , and she has to adjust to her new surroundings.
Toy Story is a 1995 American computer-animated buddy comedy adventure movie produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures . The directorial debut of John Lasseter , Toy Story was the first feature-length computer-animated film and the first feature film produced by Pixar. Taking place in a World Where anthropomorphic toys pretend to be lifeless whenever will humans are present, the movie’s plot Focuses on the relationship entre Woody , an old-fashioned cowboy doll pullstring (voiced by Tom Hanks ) and Buzz Lightyear, an astronaut action figure (voiced by Tim Allen ), as they evolve from rivals competing for the affections of Andy, their owner, to friends who work together to be reunited with Andy as his family prepares to move to a new home. The screenplay was written by Joss Whedon , Andrew Stanton , Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow , based on Lasseter, Pete Docter , Stanton and Joe Ranft . The film features music by Randy Newman , and was executive-produced by Steve Jobs and Edwin Catmull .
Tale of Tales ( Russian : Сказка сказок , Skazka skazok ) is a 1979 Soviet / Russian animated film directed by Yuriy Norshteyn and produced by the Soyuzmultfilm studio in Moscow . It has won numerous awards, has been acclaimed by critics and other animators, and has received the title of greatest animated film of all time in various polls. [1] Clare Kitson’s titled book Yuri Norstein and Tale of Tales: An Animator’s Journey .
Hedgehog in the Fog ( Russian : Ёжик в тумане , tr. Yozhik v Tumane , IPA: [jɵʐɨk tʊmanʲɪ f] ) is a 1975 Soviet animated movie directed by Yuriy Norshteyn , [1] produced by theSoyuzmultfilm studio in Moscow . [2] [3] The Russian script was written by Sergei Kozlov, who also published a book under the same name. In 2006, Norshteyn published a book titledHedgehog in the Fog , listing himself as an author alongside Kozlov. [4]
It’s a Wonderful Life is a 1946 American Christmas fantasy comedy-drama movie Produced and directed by Frank Capra , based on the short story ” The Greatest Gift “, qui Philip Van Doren Stern wrote in 1939 and published privately in 1945. [3] The film is considered one of the most loved films in American cinema and has become traditional during the Christmas season.
Mad Max: Fury Road is a 2015 action movie co-written, co-produced and directed by George Miller . Miller collaborated with Brendan McCarthy and Nico Lathouris on the screenplay. The fourth installment and a reboot [7] of the Mad Max franchise , it is a joint Australian-American [8] venture produced by Kennedy Mitchell Miller , RatPac-Dune Entertainment andVillage Roadshow Pictures . The film is set in a future desert wasteland where gasoline and water are scarce commodities. It follows Max Rockatansky (Tom Hardy ), who joins forces with Imperator Furiosa ( Charlize Theron ) to be the leader of the cult. Immortan Joe ( Hugh Keays-Byrne ) and his army in an armored tanker truck, which leads to a lengthy road battle. The film also features Nicholas Hoult , Rosie Huntington-Whiteley , Riley Keough , Zoë Kravitz , Abbey Lee , and Courtney Eaton.
Die Hard is a 1988 American action film directed by John McTiernan and written by Stephen E. de Souza and Jeb Stuart . It follows off-duty New York City Police Department officerJohn McClane ( Bruce Willis ) as he takes was group of highly Organized criminals led by Hans Gruber ( Alan Rickman ), Who perform a heist in a Los Angeles skyscraper under the way of a terrorist attack using hostages, including McClane ‘s wife Holly ( Bonnie Bedelia ), to keep the police at bay.
Mad Max 2 (originally released in the United States as The Warrior Road and Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior ) is a 1981 Australian post-apocalyptic action film directed by George Miller . The film is the second installment in the Mad movie series , with Mel Gibson reprising his role as “Mad” Max Rockatansky . The movie’s tale of a community of settlers Who Moved to defend Themselves contre has roving band of marauders follows an archetypical ” Western” [5] Filming took place in locations around Broken Hill , in the outback of New South Wales. [6]
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