louise's Wishlist
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Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly …
Directed by: Darren Aronofsky
A widow's growing dependence on amphetamines and a self-help television show parallels the struggles of her heroin-addicted son and his girlfriend and friend in Darren Aronofsky's…
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V for Vendetta (2005)
Cast: Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea …
Directed by: James McTeigue
From the pages of David Lloyd and Alan Moore's groundbreaking graphic novel springs the enigmatic "V" (Hugo Weaving), a masked freedom fighter who's taken up arms against the…
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Back to the Future (1985)
Cast: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson …
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
In this classic sci-fi adventure from director Robert Zemeckis, eccentric inventor Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) turns a DeLorean into a time machine that inadvertently sends his young…
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The Godfather (1972)
Cast: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan …
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
When organized-crime family patriarch Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody…
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Into the Wild (2007)
Cast: Emile Hirsch, Hal Holbrook, Vince Vaughn …
Directed by: Sean Penn
A young man gives up everything -- including his trust fund and ties to a seemingly stable family -- to lead a solitary life in the wild. Eschewing convention to trek across Alaska's…
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The Social Network (2010)
Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake …
Directed by: David Fincher
Director David Fincher's biographical drama chronicles the meteoric rise of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) from Harvard sophomore to Internet superstar, examining his…
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Apollo 13 (1995)
Cast: Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon …
Directed by: Ron Howard
Technical troubles scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1971, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks) and his crew in director Ron Howard's chronicle of this true-life…