giseleh's Wishlist
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Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Cast: Abigail Breslin, Steve Carell, Toni Collette …
Directed by: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
Convinced their little Olive (Abigail Breslin) is beauty queen material, parents Richard (Greg Kinnear) and Sheryl (Toni Collette) load the rest of the family into a van and embark on a…
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Citizen Kane (1941)
Cast: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore …
Directed by: Orson Welles
Orson Welles reinvented movies at the age of 26 with this audacious biography of newspaper baron Charles Foster Kane, which, in essence, was a thinly veiled portrait of publishing magnate…
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I Am Sam (2001)
Cast: Sean Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dakota Fanning …
Directed by: Jessie Nelson
After fathering a child with a homeless woman, Sam (Sean Penn) -- a grown man with the mental capacity of a 7-year-old -- raises the baby himself until an incident at a birthday party finds…
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Sherlock Holmes (2009)
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams …
Directed by: Guy Ritchie
Robert Downey Jr., in a Golden Globe-winning role, stars as the legendary London sleuth Sherlock Holmes, joined by Jude Law as Dr. Watson, in this Guy Ritchie-helmed reinvention of Sir Arthur…
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Rocky Balboa (2006)
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Milo Ventimiglia, Antonio Tarver …
Directed by: Sylvester Stallone
Long retired from boxing, Rocky (Sylvester Stallone) runs a restaurant in his blue-collar neighborhood as he mourns the loss of wife Adrian. Also suffering from a strained relationship with…
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Up in the Air (2009)
Cast: George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick …
Directed by: Jason Reitman
Ryan Bingham (George Clooney) racks up miles flying around the country firing employees on behalf of companies. But he faces losing the job he savors to recent college grad Natalie Keener…
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Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Cast: Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Irrfan Khan …
Directed by: Danny Boyle
After coming within one question of winning it all on the Indian version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?," 18-year-old Mumbai "slumdog" Jamal Malik (Dev Patel) is arrested on suspicion…
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Shallow Grave (1994)
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston, Kerry Fox …
Directed by: Danny Boyle
Ewan McGregor stars in this grimly comic tale of three roommates who find their enigmatic new flatmate dead in his room with a stash of drugs and a suitcase full of cash. What will they do…
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Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)
Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Colin Firth, Tom Wilkinson …
Directed by: Peter Webber
In this cinematic adaptation of Tracy Chevalier's best-selling historical fiction novel, Scarlett Johansson stars as Griet, the young housemaid with a hidden appreciation for art who…
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Ray (2004)
Cast: Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Regina King …
Directed by: Taylor Hackford
Jamie Foxx portrays rhythm and blues legend Ray Charles, who rose from obscurity to become world famous despite losing his eyesight at age 6, a hardscrabble upbringing, repeated struggles…
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Memento (2000)
Cast: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano …
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Suffering short-term memory loss after a head injury, Leonard Shelby (Guy Pearce) embarks on a grim quest to find the lowlife who murdered his wife in this gritty, complex thriller that packs…