Braveheart

Stars: Mel Gibson (William Wallace), Sophie Marceau (Princess Isabelle), Patrick McGoohan (Edward The Longshanks), Catherine McCormack (Murron), and Angus MacFayden(Robert The Bruce)

Director: Mel Gibson

Academy Awards Won(1995): Best Cinematography; Best Director; Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing; Best Makeup; Best Picture

Academy Awards Nominated(1995): Best Cinematography; Best Costume Design; Best Director; Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing; Best Film Editing; Best Makeup; Best Music, Original Dramatic Score; Best Picture; Best Sound; Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly For The Screen.

Synopsis: Mel Gibson stars on both sides of the camera, playing the lead role plus directing and producing this brawling, richly-detailed saga of fierce combat, tender love and the will to risk all that’s precious for something more precious: freedom. In an emotionally charged performance, Gibson is William Wallace, a bold Scotsman who used the steel of his blade and the fire of his intellect to rally his countrymen to liberation. Filled with sword clanging spectacle, BRAVEHEART is a tumultuous tapestry of history come alive.

The Crow

Stars: Brandon Lee (Eric Draven), Ernie Hudson (Albrecht), Michael Wincott (Top Dollar), Rochelle Davis (Sarah), Tony Todd (Grange), and Angel Davis(Skank)

Director: Alex Proyas

Academy Awards Won(1994): NONE

Academy Awards Nominated(1994): NONE

Synopsis: It is Devil’s Night in the inner city, a fiery eve of decadence and debauchery, when working-class rocker Eric Draven and his fiancee are brutally killed by Top Dollar’s band of thoughs. Exactly one year later, Eric is resurrected by forces he cannot explain and returns to the city of his demise to exact his revenge.

Endowed with preternatural strength and vision, and watched over by a hypnotic black crow - - the spirit guide between the world of the living and realm of the dead - - Eric avenges his pain by taking down the city’s master criminal and his urban thugs.

Dune

Stars:Kyle MacLaughin (Paul Atreides), Freddie Jones (Thufir Hawat), Patrick Stewart (Gurney Halek), Sting (Feyd-Rautha), Kenneth McMillian ( Baron Vladimir Harkonnen), Everett McGill (Stilgar), and Sean Young (Chani)

Director: David Lynch

Academy Awards Won(1984):NONE

Academy Awards Nominated(1984): Best Sound

Synopsis: The long-awaited film version of Frank Herbert’s classic science fiction epic, Dune, explodes on the screen with dazzling special effects, unforgettable images and powerful performances. The saga of intergalactic warrior Paul Atreides and his messianic rise to leadership features an all-star cast. Visit an unbelievable world beyind time and space, and experience the ultimate adventure that goes beyond the imagination.

A Few Good Men

Stars: Tom Cruise (Lt. Daniel Kaffee), Demi Moore (Lt. Cmdr. JoAnne Galloway), Kevin Pollack ( Lt. Sam Weinburg), Jack Nicholson (Col. Nathan R. Jessup), J.T. Walsh (Lt. Col. Matthew Markinson), James Marshall (Pfc. Louden Downey), Wolfgang Bodison (Lance Cprl. Harold W. Dawson), Kevin Bacon (Capt. Jack Ross), and Keifer Sutherland (Lt. Jonathan Kendrick)

Director: Rob Reiner

Academy Awards Won(1993): NONE

Academy Awards Nominated(1993): Best Film Editing; Best Picture; Best Sound; Best Supporting Actor (Jack Nicholson)

Synopsis: Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, and Demi Moore star in Rob Reiner’s unanimously acclaimed drama about the dangerous difference between following orders and following one’s conscience. Cruise stars as a brash Navy lawyer who’s teamed with a gung-ho litigator (Moore) in a politically-explosive murder case. Charger with defending two Marines accused of killing a fellow soldier, they are confronted with complex issues of loyalty and honour - including its most sacred code and its most formidable warrior (Nicholson). Superbly directed, with a trio of powerhouse performances and an outstanding supporting cast.

Full Metal Jacket

Stars: Matthew Modine (Joker), Adam Baldwin (Animal Mother), Vincent D’Onofrio (Gomer), Dorian Harewood(Eightball), Arliss Howard (Cowboy), Kevyn Major Howard (Rafterman), and R. Lee Emery (Sgt. Hartman)

Director: Stanley Kubrick

Academy Awards Won(1988): NONE

Academy Awards Nominated(1988): Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium

Synopsis: The movie follows Joker through his Marine training and into the Vietnam War.

The Godfather

Stars: Marlon Brando (Don Vito Corleone), Al Pacino (Michael Corleone), James Caan (Santino Corleone), Robert Duvall (Tom Hagen), Diane Keaton (Kay (Adams) Corleone), and Talia Shire (Connie (Corleone) Rizzi)

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

Academy Awards Won(1973): Best Actor (Marlon Brando); Best Picture; Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium

Academy Awards Nominated(1972): >: Best Actor (Marlon Brando); Best Costume Design; Best Director; Best Film Editing; Best Picture; Best Sound; Best Supporting Actor (3 nominees: Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, and James Caan); Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium

Synopsis: Francis Ford Coppola’s epic masterpiece features Marlon Brando in his Oscar-winnig role as the patriach of the Corleone family. Director Coppola paints a chilling portrait of the Sicilian clan’s rise and near fall from power in America, masterfully balancing the story between the Corleone’s family life and the ugly crime business in which they are engaged. Based on Mario Puzo’s best-selling novel and featuring career-making performances by Al Pacino, James Caan, and Robert Duvall.

The Rock

Stars: Nicholas Cage (Stanley Goodspeed), Sean Connery (John Patrick Mason), Ed Harris (Brig. Gen. Francis X. Hummell), Michael Biehn (Com. Anderson), Tony Todd (Capt. Darrow), and Vanessa Marcil (Carla Pestalozzi)

Director: Michael Bay

Academy Awards Won(1996):NONE

Academy Awards Nominated(1996): Best Sound

Synopsis: Hollywood superstar Sean Connery joins Academy Award winner Nicholas Cage in the action-packed thriller of the year, The Rock! All of San Francisco is taken hostage when a vengeful general (Ed Harris) seizes control of Alcatraz Island, threatening to launch missiles loaded with a deadly poison gas! With time running out, only a young FBI chemical weapons expert (Cage) and a notorious Federal prisoner (Connery) have the skills to penetrate the island fortress and defuse the lethal situation! Edge-of-your-seat suspense and unstoppable action explode off the screen in this must-see motion picture event!

Schindler’s List

Stars: Liam Neeson (Oskar Schindler), Ben Kingley (Itzhak Stern), Ralph Fiennes (Amon Goeth), Caroline Goodall (Emilie Schindler), Jonathan Sagalle ( Poldek Pfefferberg), and Embeth Davidtz (Helen Hirsch)

Director: Steven Spielberg

Academy Awards Won(1993): Best Art Direction - Set Decoration; Best Cinematography; Best Director; Best Film Editing; Best Music, Original Score; Best Picture; Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium

Academy Awards Nominated(1993): Best Actor (Liam Neeson); Best Art Direction - Set Decoration; Best Cinematography; Best Costume Design; Best Director; Best Film Editing; Best Makeup; Best Music, Original Score; Best Picture; Best Sound; Best Supporting Actor (Ralph Fiennes); Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium

Synopsis: The film presents the indelible true story of the enigmatic Oskar Schindler, a member if the Nazi party, womanizer, and war profiteer who saved the lives of more than 1,100 Jewish people during the Holocaust. It is the triumph of one man who made a difference, and the drama of those who survived one of the darkest chapters in human history because of what he did.

The Shawshank Redemption

Stars: Tim Robbins (Andy Dufresne, Morgan Freeman (Ellis Boyd "Red" ReddingWarden Norton), William Sadler (Heywood), Clancy Brown (Captain Hadley), and James Whitmore (Brooks Hatlen)

Director: Frank Darabont

Academy Awards Won(1995): NONE

Academy Awards Nominated(1995): Best Actor (Morgan Freeman); Best Cinematography; Best Film Editing; Best Music, Original Score; Best Picture; Best Sound; Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium

Synopsis: Seeing his beautiful wife in the arms of another man is more than Andy Dufresne can stand, but what happens next is even more shocking. Andy is convicted of her murder and sent to Shawshank Prison -- for life. The seasoned convicts there, headed by Red, makes bets he won’t last the first night, but Andy is full of surprises. Forming an unlikely friendship with Red, Andy proves his resourcefulness, winning favors from the warden. But as the years go by, Andy and Red never give up the dream of freedom, and together they turn hope and friendship into an uplifting bond no prison can ever take away.

Tombstone

Stars: Kurt Russell (Wyatt Earp, Bill Paxton (Morgan Earp), Sam Elliot (Virgil Earp), Val Kilmer (Doc Holliday), Powers Boothe (Curly Bill), Michael Biehn (Johnny Ringo) and Dana Delany (Josephine Marcus)

Director: George P. Cosmatos

Academy Awards Won(1995): NONE

Academy Awards Nominated(1995): NONE

Synopsis: A sizzling, star-studded cast brings to life the legendary battle to deliver justice to TOMBSTONE! Kurt Russell turns in a gripping performance as U.S. Marshall Wyatt Earp, and Val Kilmer ignites the screen as the outrageous Doc Holliday. Together, they team up to bring law to the lawless in a notorious showdown with ruthless outlaws at the O.K. Coral!

The Usual Suspects

Stars: Chazz Palminteri (David Kujan), Stephen Baldwin (Spenser McManus), Gabriel Bryne (Dean Keaton), Kevin Pollack (Todd Hockney), Benicio Del Toro (Fred Finster), Kevin Spacey (Roger "Verbal" Kint), Pete Postlethwaite (Kobayashi ), and Suzy Amis (Edie Finneran)

Director: Bryan Singer

Academy Awards Won(1995): Best Supporting Actor (Kevin Spacey); Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

Academy Awards Nominated(1995): Best Supporting Actor (Kevin Spacey); Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

Synopsis: The most hardened criminals in the world fear no one...except Keyser Soze. Twenty-seven dead bodies in Long Beach Harbor. and a dying witness utters one name, Keyser Soze. Now U.S. Customs Agent David Kujan has got to find the dreaded killer, but only one guy has the clues - "Verbal" Kint, a small-time hood and survivor of the Long Beach bloodbath. Verbal tells Kujan an incredible story of five thugs: Keaton, McManus, Hockney, Fenster, and Kint himself who came together to pull off the job of their lives with $91 million in the balance and mystical crime lord Keyser Soze at their backs: Somehow the job of a lifetime ended in a massacre - and a mystery: Who is Keyser Soze?

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