Plot summary :
Irena “the unknown” (Rappoport) is an Ukranian young woman living in the Italian city of Velarchi. Soon we discover she has an horrible past of violence and humiliations. To pursue a mysterious aim she manages, by any means, legal and illegal, to get the job as an house servant for a wealthy couple with a little girl. She grows closer and closer to the family, especially to the girl, who suffers from a rare neurological disease. But someone will come back from her past, bringing new horrors and violence…

Movie info :
User Rating: 7.8/10
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
Awards: 9 wins & 6 nominations

Cast overview :
Kseniya Rappoport…Irena / The unknown (as Xenia Rappoport)
Michele Placido…Muffa
Claudia Gerini…Valeria Adacher
Margherita Buy…Avvocatessa di Irena
Pierfrancesco Favino…Donato Adacher

IMDB page :
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0494271/

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Popularity: 12% [?]

Plot summary :
From a cell, a man tells us he has planned the perfect bank robbery; he invites us to watch. An efficient gang enters a Manhattan bank, locks the doors, and takes hostages. They work deliberately, without haste. A snarky detective facing corruption charges is assigned to negotiate. The bank’s president has something to protect in a safe deposit box, so he brings in a high-powered fixer. With an army of police surrounding the bank, the thief, the cop, and the plutocrat’s fixer enter high-stakes negotiations. Why are the robbers asking for a plane - they know they won’t get one. Why aren’t they in more of a hurry? If the job’s perfect, why is the thieves’ leader in a cell?

Movie info :
User Rating: 7.7/10
Director: Spike Lee
Awards: 5 wins & 7 nominations

Cast overview :
Denzel Washington…Detective Keith Frazier
Clive Owen…Dalton Russell
Jodie Foster…Madeleine White
Christopher Plummer…Arthur Case
Willem Dafoe…Captain John Darius

IMDB page :
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0454848/

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Popularity: 17% [?]

Plot summary :
William Miller is a 15 year old kid, hired by Rolling Stone magazine to tour with, and write about Stillwater, an up and coming rock band. This wonderfully witty coming of age film follows William as he falls face first to confront life, love, and lingo…

Movie info :
User Rating: 7.9/10
Director: Cameron Crowe
Awards: Won Oscar. Another 44 wins & 76 nominations

Cast overview :
Billy Crudup…Russell Hammond
Frances McDormand…Elaine Miller
Kate Hudson…Penny Lane
Jason Lee…Jeff Bebe
Patrick Fugit…William Miller

IMDB page :
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181875/

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Popularity: 10% [?]

Plot summary :
Derek Vinyard (Edward Norton) returns from prison to find his younger brother, Danny (Edward Furlong), caught in the same web of racism and hatred that landed him in prison. After Derek’s father is killed in the line of duty by a minority, Derek’s view of mankind is altered, but while in prison, he discovers that there is good and bad in every race. The task before him now is to convince Danny of his newfound enlightenment

Movie info :
User Rating: 8.5/10
Director: Tony Kaye
Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins & 9 nominations

Cast overview :
Edward Norton…Derek Vinyard
Edward Furlong…Danny Vinyard
Beverly D’Angelo…Doris Vinyard
Avery Brooks… Dr. Bob Sweeney
Jennifer Lien…Davina Vinyard

IMDB page :
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120586/

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Popularity: 6% [?]

Plot summary :
Onoff is a famous writer who hasn’t published any new books for quite some time and has become a recluse. When he is picked up by the police one stormy night, without any identification, out of breath and running madly, without clear memory of recent events, the Inspector is suspicious. Through interrogatory dialectic, the head of this lonely, isolated, broken-down police station tries to establish what has happened, by delving into the mind of his writer-hero, and clearing up a mysterious killing…

Movie info :
User Rating: 7.7/10
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination

Cast overview :
Gérard Depardieu…Onoff
Roman Polanski…Inspector
Sergio Rubini…Andre, the Young Policeman
Nicola Di Pinto…Captain
Tano Cimarosa…Servant

IMDB page :
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110917/

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Popularity: 10% [?]