Hey my lovely readers,
Just letting you know that my something new for today was watching the movie Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 with my siblings :)
I also would like to let you know that I'll be on holiday to Thailand and Vietnam over Christmas and New Year. Although I would have loved to finish off the blog at home, I guess sometimes life takes you in different directions. None the less, I'm looking forward to my holiday because I'll be going to places that I haven't been before, and for the first time ever I'll be spending Christmas in Vietnam with my Grandpa.
I hope that I'll have access to the Internet so that I can write in my blog posts, but if not, then I will write up everything when I return.
Wishing everyone a safe and happy Christmas and New Year!
Hope you all feel and spread the love over the festive season.
Thank you so very very much for all your support over the year!
Love,
Theresa :)
Doing something new each day and making the most of my gap year
Showing posts with label movie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label movie. Show all posts
Monday, December 23, 2013
Saturday, November 2, 2013
Carnival Macabre 2013
I'm normally going on about how watching a new movie shouldn't really count as something new, but tonight's movie is a pretty cool exception.
My good friend Nhi and I went out to the Northbridge Piazza on the corner of James st and Lake st to check out the Day of the Dead Mexican Market and the screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. All of these events were for the Carnival Macabre. I've never sat and watched anything on the big screen which is set up at the Piazza before, and since the weather has been so lovely lately, I thought this would be something nice.
We brought along a bag of healthy snacks and a blanket to sit on and we managed to find nice little patch of grass close to the screen, right in the centre.
There was quite a lot happening at the Piazza, there was a live band, some food stalls and the Hearses and Hotrods Car Show on display. A few people came dressed up in Halloween costumes and as various Rocky Horror characters.
Based on what the Carnival Macabre event guide had said, I thought we would just be watching the movie on the big screen, but it turned out that the event tonight was an interactive movie. There was a host who ran the show along with all the helpers dressed up in Rocky Horror costumes.
So we were all given a bag of props and goodies that we were to use when prompted on the screen to do so throughout the movie. In the bag were things like some rice, rubber gloves, party hats, a newspaper, toilet paper and playing cards. During the wedding scene at the beginning of the movie, the words "rice" appeared in the lower left corner of the screen and we had to throw rice around. And so it went on like this for each of the props in the bag we were given. It was so much fun!
There was one scene where it was raining and we had to hold newspaper over our heads. With this one, the host and some of the helpers went around squirting people with water guns. Good fun :D
So not only are movies great, but interactive movies are awesome!!! We had so much fun. It was great getting involved and watching everyone get up and dance during the time warp dance scene. The vibe that night was great and there would be times that I would forget we were sitting out in Northbridge with all the late night clubbers walking around.
My good friend Nhi and I went out to the Northbridge Piazza on the corner of James st and Lake st to check out the Day of the Dead Mexican Market and the screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. All of these events were for the Carnival Macabre. I've never sat and watched anything on the big screen which is set up at the Piazza before, and since the weather has been so lovely lately, I thought this would be something nice.
We brought along a bag of healthy snacks and a blanket to sit on and we managed to find nice little patch of grass close to the screen, right in the centre.
There was quite a lot happening at the Piazza, there was a live band, some food stalls and the Hearses and Hotrods Car Show on display. A few people came dressed up in Halloween costumes and as various Rocky Horror characters.
Based on what the Carnival Macabre event guide had said, I thought we would just be watching the movie on the big screen, but it turned out that the event tonight was an interactive movie. There was a host who ran the show along with all the helpers dressed up in Rocky Horror costumes.
So we were all given a bag of props and goodies that we were to use when prompted on the screen to do so throughout the movie. In the bag were things like some rice, rubber gloves, party hats, a newspaper, toilet paper and playing cards. During the wedding scene at the beginning of the movie, the words "rice" appeared in the lower left corner of the screen and we had to throw rice around. And so it went on like this for each of the props in the bag we were given. It was so much fun!
There was one scene where it was raining and we had to hold newspaper over our heads. With this one, the host and some of the helpers went around squirting people with water guns. Good fun :D
So not only are movies great, but interactive movies are awesome!!! We had so much fun. It was great getting involved and watching everyone get up and dance during the time warp dance scene. The vibe that night was great and there would be times that I would forget we were sitting out in Northbridge with all the late night clubbers walking around.
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| Getting everyone with the water gun |
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| The time warp :) |
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| The girl on the left came in costume....the guy on the right was one of the helpers. They made a great duet haha |
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| I love how they made the lights below the screen match the colours in the movie |
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| Some of the props we were given :) |
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
As you might know from reading earlier posts, I am on a mission to eventually watch all of the movies on the IMdB Top 250 list.
I wanted a quiet night in so I watched the movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (number 76 on the list). It had quite a star studded cast, with Jim Carey and Kate Winslet as the protagonists.
It is about two people in a rocky relationship who try to erase each other from their memory. It was a very unusual movie and at times it took some time to get my head around what was happening. I think that the concept of the movie was a pretty good one. I've definitely never seen a movie quite like it, and maybe that's why it is on the top 250 list; because it certainly is memorable.
It was a sweet movie. I like how they didn't sugar coat the idea of romance and love too much. I give it 6/10.
Here is my updated IMdB Top 250 list. Since my last post (here), I have been able to tick off two more movies from the list: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and Life of Pi. Getting there slowly.
I wanted a quiet night in so I watched the movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (number 76 on the list). It had quite a star studded cast, with Jim Carey and Kate Winslet as the protagonists.
It is about two people in a rocky relationship who try to erase each other from their memory. It was a very unusual movie and at times it took some time to get my head around what was happening. I think that the concept of the movie was a pretty good one. I've definitely never seen a movie quite like it, and maybe that's why it is on the top 250 list; because it certainly is memorable.
It was a sweet movie. I like how they didn't sugar coat the idea of romance and love too much. I give it 6/10.
Here is my updated IMdB Top 250 list. Since my last post (here), I have been able to tick off two more movies from the list: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and Life of Pi. Getting there slowly.
IMdB
Top 250 movies (15/02/13)
Rank
|
Title
|
|
1.
|
The Shawshank Redemption
(1994)
|
✓
|
2.
|
The Godfather (1972)
|
|
3.
|
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
|
|
4.
|
Pulp Fiction (1994)
|
✓
|
5.
|
||
6.
|
12 Angry Men (1957)
|
|
7.
|
The Dark Knight (2008)
|
✓
|
8.
|
Schindler's List (1993)
|
✓
|
9.
|
✓
|
|
10.
|
Fight Club (1999)
|
✓
|
11.
|
✓
|
|
12.
|
✓
|
|
13.
|
✓ | |
14.
|
Inception (2010)
|
✓
|
15.
|
Goodfellas (1990)
|
|
16.
|
✓
|
|
17.
|
Seven Samurai (1954)
|
|
18.
|
Forrest Gump (1994)
|
✓
|
19.
|
The Matrix (1999)
|
✓
|
20.
|
✓
|
|
21.
|
City of God (2002)
|
|
22.
|
Once Upon a Time in the West
(1968)
|
|
23.
|
Se7en (1995)
|
✓
|
24.
|
The Silence of the Lambs
(1991)
|
✓
|
25.
|
Casablanca (1942)
|
✓
|
26.
|
The Usual Suspects (1995)
|
|
27.
|
Raiders of the Lost Ark
(1981)
|
|
28.
|
Rear Window (1954)
|
✓
|
29.
|
Psycho (1960)
|
✓
|
30.
|
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
|
✓
|
31.
|
Leon: The Professional (1994)
|
✓
|
32.
|
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
|
✓
|
33.
|
Memento (2000)
|
✓
|
34.
|
American History X (1998)
|
✓
|
35.
|
Apocalypse Now (1979)
|
|
36.
|
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
(1991)
|
✓
|
37.
|
Django Unchained (2012)
|
✓
|
38.
|
||
39.
|
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
|
✓
|
40.
|
Alien (1979)
|
✓
|
41.
|
City Lights (1931)
|
|
42.
|
North by Northwest (1959)
|
|
43.
|
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
|
✓
|
44.
|
Spirited Away (2001)
|
✓
|
45.
|
Modern Times (1936)
|
|
46.
|
Citizen Kane (1941)
|
|
47.
|
The Shining (1980)
|
|
48.
|
Back to the Future (1985)
|
✓
|
49.
|
The Pianist (2002)
|
|
50.
|
Vertigo (1958)
|
✓
|
51.
|
The Departed (2006)
|
|
52.
|
M (1931)
|
|
53.
|
American Beauty (1999)
|
✓
|
54.
|
Taxi Driver (1976)
|
|
55.
|
Life Is Beautiful (1997)
|
✓
|
56.
|
Paths of Glory (1957)
|
|
57.
|
Toy Story 3 (2010)
|
✓
|
58.
|
Double Indemnity (1944)
|
|
59.
|
Aliens (1986)
|
|
60.
|
WALL·E (2008)
|
✓
|
61.
|
The Lives of Others (2006)
|
|
62.
|
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
|
|
63.
|
Intouchables (2011)
|
|
64.
|
Gladiator (2000)
|
✓
|
65.
|
The Green Mile (1999)
|
✓
|
66.
|
Amelie (2001)
|
✓
|
67.
|
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
|
|
68.
|
The Great Dictator (1940)
|
|
69.
|
The Prestige (2006)
|
✓
|
70.
|
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
|
✓
|
71.
|
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
|
✓
|
72.
|
Das Boot (1981)
|
|
73.
|
The Third Man (1949)
|
|
74.
|
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
|
|
75.
|
||
76.
|
✓ | |
77.
|
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
|
|
78.
|
Once Upon a Time in America
(1984)
|
|
79.
|
The Lion King (1994)
|
✓
|
80.
|
✓
|
|
81.
|
Chinatown (1974)
|
|
82.
|
L.A. Confidential (1997)
|
|
83.
|
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
|
|
84.
|
Braveheart (1995)
|
✓
|
85.
|
✓
|
|
86.
|
Oldboy (2003)
|
✓
|
87.
|
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
|
✓
|
88.
|
Some Like It Hot (1959)
|
✓
|
89.
|
Amadeus (1984)
|
|
90.
|
Metropolis (1927)
|
|
91.
|
Rashômon (1950)
|
|
92.
|
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
|
|
93.
|
Princess Mononoke (1997)
|
✓
|
94.
|
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
|
|
95.
|
Unforgiven (1992)
|
|
96.
|
All About Eve (1950)
|
|
97.
|
The Apartment (1960)
|
|
98.
|
The Sting (1973)
|
|
99.
|
||
100.
|
Raging Bull (1980)
|
|
101.
|
The Bridge on the River Kwai
(1957)
|
|
102.
|
Die Hard (1988)
|
✓ |
103.
|
Witness for the Prosecution
(1957)
|
|
104.
|
Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
|
|
105.
|
Batman Begins (2005)
|
✓
|
106.
|
A Separation (2011)
|
|
107.
|
Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
|
✓
|
108.
|
Downfall (2004)
|
|
109.
|
Yojimbo (1961)
|
|
110.
|
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
|
|
111.
|
For a Few Dollars More (1965)
|
|
112.
|
Snatch. (2000)
|
|
113.
|
The Great Escape (1963)
|
|
114.
|
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
|
✓
|
115.
|
Up (2009)
|
✓
|
116.
|
On the Waterfront (1954)
|
|
117.
|
The Elephant Man (1980)
|
✓
|
118.
|
Toy Story (1995)
|
✓
|
119.
|
The Seventh Seal (1957)
|
|
120.
|
Heat (1995)
|
|
121.
|
The General (1926)
|
|
122.
|
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
|
|
123.
|
Blade Runner (1982)
|
|
124.
|
Rebecca (1940)
|
✓
|
125.
|
Gran Torino (2008)
|
✓
|
126.
|
Wild Strawberries (1957)
|
|
127.
|
Fargo (1996)
|
✓
|
128.
|
The Kid (1921)
|
|
129.
|
Scarface (1983)
|
|
130.
|
The Big Lebowski (1998)
|
|
131.
|
Touch of Evil (1958)
|
|
132.
|
Ran (1985)
|
|
133.
|
The Deer Hunter (1978)
|
|
134.
|
The Avengers (2012)
|
✓
|
135.
|
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
|
|
136.
|
The Gold Rush (1925)
|
|
137.
|
Sin City (2005)
|
✓
|
138.
|
Strangers on a Train (1951)
|
✓
|
139.
|
No Country for Old Men (2007)
|
✓
|
140.
|
It Happened One Night (1934)
|
|
141.
|
||
142.
|
Jaws (1975)
|
✓
|
143.
|
✓
|
|
144.
|
The Sixth Sense (1999)
|
✓
|
145.
|
Platoon (1986)
|
|
146.
|
The Thing (1982)
|
|
147.
|
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
|
✓
|
148.
|
High Noon (1952)
|
|
149.
|
Casino (1995)
|
|
150.
|
||
151.
|
Trainspotting (1996)
|
|
152.
|
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
|
✓
|
153.
|
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
|
✓
|
154.
|
Warrior (2011)
|
|
155.
|
Annie Hall (1977)
|
|
156.
|
Good Will Hunting (1997)
|
|
157.
|
The Secret in Their Eyes
(2009)
|
|
158.
|
Notorious (1946)
|
✓
|
159.
|
Gone with the Wind (1939)
|
|
160.
|
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
|
|
161.
|
Into the Wild (2007)
|
|
162.
|
The King's Speech (2010)
|
|
163.
|
Life of Brian (1979)
|
|
164.
|
My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
|
✓
|
165.
|
V for Vendetta (2005)
|
✓
|
166.
|
Finding Nemo (2003)
|
✓
|
167.
|
How to Train Your Dragon
(2010)
|
|
168.
|
Dial M for Murder (1954)
|
✓
|
169.
|
The Big Sleep (1946)
|
|
170.
|
The Terminator (1984)
|
✓
|
171.
|
Network (1976)
|
|
172.
|
Ben-Hur (1959)
|
|
173.
|
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
|
✓
|
174.
|
There Will Be Blood (2007)
|
|
175.
|
The Night of the Hunter
(1955)
|
|
176.
|
Stand by Me (1986)
|
✓
|
177.
|
Donnie Darko (2001)
|
✓
|
178.
|
Black Swan (2010)
|
|
179.
|
Life of Pi (2012)
|
✓ |
180.
|
Groundhog Day (1993)
|
✓
|
181.
|
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
|
|
182.
|
Twelve Monkeys (1995)
|
|
183.
|
Amores perros (2000)
|
|
184.
|
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
|
|
185.
|
Mary and Max (2009)
|
|
186.
|
The 400 Blows (1959)
|
|
187.
|
Persona (1966)
|
|
188.
|
Gandhi (1982)
|
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189.
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The Graduate (1967)
|
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190.
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The Killing (1956)
|
|
191.
|
Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
|
✓
|
192.
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The Princess Bride (1987)
|
✓
|
193.
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8½ (1963)
|
|
194.
|
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
|
✓
|
195.
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A Beautiful Mind (2001)
|
✓
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196.
|
The Artist (2011/I)
|
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197.
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The Hustler (1961)
|
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198.
|
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199.
|
La strada (1954)
|
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200.
|
The Manchurian Candidate
(1962)
|
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201.
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Rocky (1976)
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202.
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Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
|
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203.
|
The Wild Bunch (1969)
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204.
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The Exorcist (1973)
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205.
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Stalag 17 (1953)
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206.
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Rope (1948)
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207.
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Sleuth (1972)
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208.
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Barry Lyndon (1975)
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209.
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210.
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✓
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211.
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Salinui chueok (2003)
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212.
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District 9 (2009)
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213.
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Infernal Affairs (2002)
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214.
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Argo (2012)
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215.
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Stalker (1979)
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216.
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Roman Holiday (1953)
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217.
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The Truman Show (1998)
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218.
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219.
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In the Name of the Father
(1993)
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220.
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221.
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Ip Man (2008)
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222.
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Ratatouille (2007)
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223.
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Monsters, Inc. (2001)
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224.
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225.
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A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
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226.
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A Streetcar Named Desire
(1951)
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227.
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Star Trek (2009)
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✓
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228.
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Like Stars on Earth (2007)
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229.
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Beauty and the Beast (1991)
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230.
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Rosemary's Baby (1968)
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231.
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Harvey (1950)
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232.
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233.
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La haine (1995)
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234.
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Silver Linings Playbook
(2012)
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235.
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236.
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Shutter Island (2010)
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237.
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Rain Man (1988)
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238.
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Incendies (2010)
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239.
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The Wrestler (2008)
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240.
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Nosferatu (1922)
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241.
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242.
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Mystic River (2003)
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243.
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Manhattan (1979)
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244.
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3 Idiots (2009)
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245.
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Jurassic Park (1993)
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246.
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Papillon (1973)
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247.
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Big Fish (2003)
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248.
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Castle in the Sky (1986)
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249.
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The Untouchables (1987)
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250.
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Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
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