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by virginia-w | created - 09 Apr 2011 | updated - 08 Aug 2015 | Publicmy favs
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1. About Last Night (1986)
R | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A man and woman meet and try to have a romantic affair, despite their personal problems and the interference of their disapproving friends.
Director: Edward Zwick | Stars: Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Jim Belushi, Elizabeth Perkins
Votes: 17,307 | Gross: $38.70M
About Last Night... - dir Edward Zwick - Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, James Belushi, Elizabeth Perkins
2. American Graffiti (1973)
PG | 110 min | Comedy, Drama
A group of teenagers in California's central valley spend one final night after their 1962 high school graduation cruising the strip with their buddies before they pursue their varying goals.
Director: George Lucas | Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Charles Martin Smith
Votes: 98,109 | Gross: $115.00M
American Graffiti - dir George Lucas - Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Charles Martin Smith
3. The Big Chill (1983)
R | 105 min | Comedy, Drama
A group of seven former college friends gather for a weekend reunion at a South Carolina vacation home after the funeral of another of their college friends.
Director: Lawrence Kasdan | Stars: Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum, William Hurt
Votes: 41,392 | Gross: $56.20M
The Big Chill - dir Lawrence Kasdan - Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum, William Hurt
4. Brideshead Revisited (1981)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance
The life, friendships and romances of the protagonist Charles Ryder-including his friendship with the Flytes, a family of wealthy English Catholics who live in a palatial mansion called Brideshead Castle.
Stars: Jeremy Irons, Diana Quick, Roger Milner, Phoebe Nicholls
Votes: 8,035
Brideshead Revisited (1981) - Jeremy Irons, Diana Quick, Roger Milner, Phoebe Nicholls
5. Bull Durham (1988)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
A fan who has an affair with one minor-league baseball player each season meets an up-and-coming pitcher and the experienced catcher assigned to him.
Director: Ron Shelton | Stars: Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, Trey Wilson
Votes: 59,318 | Gross: $50.89M
Bull Durham - dir Ron Shelton - Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, Trey Wilson
6. Chariots of Fire (1981)
PG | 125 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Two British track athletes, one a determined Jew and the other a devout Christian, are driven to win in the 1924 Olympics as they wrestle with issues of pride and conscience.
Director: Hugh Hudson | Stars: Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Nicholas Farrell, Nigel Havers
Votes: 65,864 | Gross: $58.97M
Chariots of Fire - dir Hugh Hudson - Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Nicholas Farrell, Nigel Havers
7. Cookie's Fortune (1999)
PG-13 | 118 min | Comedy, Drama
Conflict arises in the small town of Holly Springs when an old woman's death causes a variety of reactions among family and friends.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Glenn Close, Julianne Moore, Liv Tyler, Chris O'Donnell
Votes: 13,818 | Gross: $10.92M
Cookie's Fortune - dir Robert Altman - Glenn Close, Julianne Moore, Liv Tyler, Chris O'Donnell
8. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Drama
Between two Thanksgivings two years apart, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest, Michael Caine, Barbara Hershey
Votes: 76,756 | Gross: $40.08M
Hannah and Her Sisters - dir Woody Allen - Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest, Michael Caine, Barbara Hershey
9. The Imitation Game (2014)
PG-13 | 114 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
During World War II, the English mathematical genius Alan Turing tries to crack the German Enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians while attempting to come to terms with his troubled private life.
Director: Morten Tyldum | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Allen Leech
Votes: 824,633 | Gross: $91.13M
The Imitation Game - 2014 - dir Morten Tyldum - 2015-08-07 - Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Allen Leech - Alan Turing and the Enigma code - 8.2 - 10 -
DATE: 2015-08-07
10. The Joy Luck Club (1993)
R | 139 min | Drama
The life histories of four East Asian women and their daughters reflect and guide each other.
Director: Wayne Wang | Stars: Tamlyn Tomita, Rosalind Chao, Kieu Chinh, Tsai Chin
Votes: 18,230 | Gross: $32.86M
The Joy Luck Club - dir Wayne Wang - Tamlyn Tomita, Rosalind Chao, Kieu Chinh, Tsai Chin
11. The Last Picture Show (1971)
R | 118 min | Drama, Romance
In 1951, a group of high schoolers come of age in a bleak, isolated, atrophied North Texas town that is slowly dying, both culturally and economically.
Director: Peter Bogdanovich | Stars: Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Ben Johnson
Votes: 52,363 | Gross: $29.13M
The Last Picture Show - dir Peter Bogdanovich - Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Ben Johnson
12. The Lion in Winter (1968)
PG | 134 min | Biography, Drama, History
1183 A.D.: King Henry II's three sons all want to inherit the throne, but he won't commit to a choice. When he allows his imprisoned wife Eleanor of Aquitaine out for a Christmas visit, they all variously plot to force him into a decision.
Director: Anthony Harvey | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins, John Castle
Votes: 34,201 | Gross: $22.28M
The Lion in Winter - dir Anthony Harvey - 2004-07-24 - Peter O'Toole, Katherine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins, John Castle
13. The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Approved | 128 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Seven gunfighters are hired by Mexican peasants to liberate their village from oppressive bandits.
Director: John Sturges | Stars: Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Eli Wallach
Votes: 102,490 | Gross: $4.91M
The Magnificent Seven - dir John Sturges - Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Eli Wallach
14. Moonstruck (1987)
PG | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Loretta Castorini, a bookkeeper from Brooklyn, New York, finds herself in a difficult situation when she falls for the brother of the man she has agreed to marry.
Director: Norman Jewison | Stars: Cher, Nicolas Cage, Olympia Dukakis, Danny Aiello
Votes: 68,402 | Gross: $80.64M
Moonstruck - dir Norman Jewison - Cher, Nicolas Cage, Olympia Dukakis, Danny Aiello
15. My Dinner with Andre (1981)
PG | 110 min | Comedy, Drama
Two old friends meet for dinner; as one tells anecdotes detailing his experiences, the other notices their differing worldviews.
Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Andre Gregory, Wallace Shawn, Jean Lenauer, Roy Butler
Votes: 25,760 | Gross: $5.25M
My Dinner with Andre - dir Louis Malle - Andre Gregory, Wallace Shawn, Jean Lenauer, Roy Butler
16. Nashville (1975)
R | 160 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Over the course of a few hectic days, numerous interrelated people prepare for a political convention.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Keith Carradine, Karen Black, Ronee Blakley, Shelley Duvall
Votes: 28,551 | Gross: $14.82M
Nashville - dir Robert Altman - Keith Carradine, Karen Black, Ronee Blakley, Shelley Duvall
17. Out of Africa (1985)
PG | 161 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
In 20th-century colonial Kenya, a Danish baroness/plantation owner has a passionate love affair with a free-spirited big-game hunter.
Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Michael Kitchen
Votes: 86,318 | Gross: $87.10M
Out of Africa - dir Sydney Pollack - Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Michael Kitchen
18. The Princess Bride (1987)
PG | 98 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A bedridden boy's grandfather reads him the story of a farmboy-turned-pirate who encounters numerous obstacles, enemies and allies in his quest to be reunited with his true love.
Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Robin Wright, Chris Sarandon
Votes: 450,803 | Gross: $30.86M
The Princess Bride - dir Rob Reiner - Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Robin Wright, Chris Sarandon
19. Pulp Fiction (1994)
R | 154 min | Crime, Drama
The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis
Votes: 2,218,813 | Gross: $107.93M
Pulp Fiction - dir Quentin Tarantino - John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis
20. Ran (1985)
R | 160 min | Action, Drama, War
In Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryû
Votes: 136,114 | Gross: $4.14M
Ran - dir Akira Kurosawa - Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryû
21. Red Sorghum (1988)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, History, Romance
When a leprous winery owner in 1930s China dies a few days after his arranged marriage, his young widow is forced to run the winery to make a living while contending with bandits, her drunkard lover, and the invading Japanese army.
Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Gong Li, Wen Jiang, Rujun Teng, Ji Liu
Votes: 9,870
Hong gao liang - Red Sorghum - dir Yimou Zhang - Li Gong, Wen Jiang, Rujun Ten, Zhigang Chen
22. A River Runs Through It (1992)
PG | 123 min | Drama
Two sons of a stern minister - one reserved, one rebellious - grow up in rural 1920s Montana while devoted to fly fishing.
Director: Robert Redford | Stars: Craig Sheffer, Brad Pitt, Tom Skerritt, Brenda Blethyn
Votes: 65,450 | Gross: $43.44M
A River Runs Through It - dir Robert Redford - Craig Sheffer, Brad Pitt, Tom Skerritt, Brenda Blethyn
23. Tampopo (1985)
Not Rated | 114 min | Comedy
A truck driver stops at a small family-run noodle shop and decides to help its fledgling business. The story is intertwined with various vignettes about the relationship of love and food.
Director: Jûzô Itami | Stars: Ken Watanabe, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Koji Yakusho
Votes: 22,540 | Gross: $0.22M
Tampopo - Dandelion - dir Juzo Itami - Ken Watanabe, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Kôji Yakusho
24. Terms of Endearment (1983)
PG | 132 min | Comedy, Drama
Follows hard-to-please Aurora looking for love and her daughter's family problems.
Director: James L. Brooks | Stars: Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito
Votes: 65,447 | Gross: $108.42M
Terms of Endearment - dir James L. Brooks - Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito
25. A Thousand Clowns (1965)
Approved | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A middle-aged iconoclast, doggedly avoiding the tedium of employment and conventional life, faces the prospect of losing custody of his young ward.
Director: Fred Coe | Stars: Jason Robards, Barbara Harris, Martin Balsam, Gene Saks
Votes: 3,700 | Gross: $5.23M
A Thousand Clowns - dir Fred Coe - Jason Robards, Barbara Harris, Martin Balsam, Gene Saks
26. Tootsie (1982)
PG | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Michael Dorsey, an unsuccessful actor, disguises himself as a woman in order to get a role on a trashy hospital soap.
Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman
Votes: 114,591 | Gross: $177.20M
Tootsie - dir Sydney Pollack - Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman
27. A Town Like Alice (1981)
301 min | Drama, Romance, War
Set against the brutal chaos of World War II, a love story begins that will take two lovers through a living nightmare of captivity, across three continents and two decades.
Stars: Helen Morse, Bryan Brown, Gordon Jackson, John Lee
Votes: 1,057
A Town Like Alice (1981) - dir David Stevens - Helen Morse, Bryan Brown, Gordon Jackson, Dorothy Aliso
28. Underground (1995)
Not Rated | 167 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Two underground black marketeers, Marko and Blacky, sell weapons to the Communist resistance in wartime Belgrade, living the good life along the way.
Director: Emir Kusturica | Stars: Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic, Lazar Ristovski, Mirjana Jokovic, Slavko Stimac
Votes: 61,233 | Gross: $0.17M
Underground - 1995 - dir Emir Kusturica - 2013-12-08 - Miki Manojlovic, Lazar Ristovski, Mirjana Jokovic, Slavko Stimac - - mpl has - 8.1 - 10 -
DATE: 2013-12-08
29. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Not Rated | 131 min | Drama
A bitter, aging couple, with the help of alcohol, use their young houseguests to fuel anguish and emotional pain towards each other over the course of a distressing night.
Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal, Sandy Dennis
Votes: 79,881
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - dir Mike Nichols - Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal, Sandy Dennis
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