Plot summary :
In Korea in 1952, a US Army patrol is ambushed by Communist soldiers. A year later the squad, having escaped, returns to the US, where Staff Sergeant Raymond Shaw is to receive the Medal of Honor for single-handedly saving the lives of the squad. Shaw is the son of Elanor Iselin, wife of US Senator John Yerkes Iselin, and Mrs. Iselin turns the return of Raymond into a political rally that brings out building hostility between son and mother over the ambitions of Johnny Iselin. But there is more involved, for the actions of Raymond Shaw are not what everyone believes they are, and the nightmares of a US Army officer, Bennett Marco, leads to investigation of Raymond that unlocks a stunning political conspiracy that sweeps up Johnny and Elanor Iselin, and which only Bennett Marco can possibly stop…

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User rating: 8.3/10
Director: John Frankenheimer
Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 4 nominations

Cast overview :
Frank Sinatra
Laurence Harvey
Janet Leigh
Angela Lansbury
Henry Silva

IMDB page :
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056218/

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Popularity: 17% [?]

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Lester Burnham is suffering a mid-life crisis that affects the lives of his family, which is made up of his super bitch of a wife Carolyn and rebelling daughter Jane, who hates him. Carolyn is a real estate agent, a little too wrapped up in her job, who takes on an affair with business rival Buddy Kane. Meanwhile Jane seems to fall in love with Ricky Fitts, the strange boy next door, who is a drug dealer/documentarian and lives under a roof governed by a very strict marine father and a speechless mother. Lester’s mid-life crisis causes him to drastically change his life around when he quits his job and works at a fast food restaurant. He starts working out to gain the attention of Angela, a friend of Jane’s, who brags about her sexual exploits every weekend. Lives change and not for the best…

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User rating: 8.6/10
Director: Sam Mendes
Awards: Won 5 Oscars. Another 83 wins & 74 nominations

Cast overview :
Kevin Spacey
Annette Bening
Thora Birch
Wes Bentley
Mena Suvari

IMDB page :
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0169547/

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Popularity: 11% [?]

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Based on the short Stephen King horror story of the same name, 1408 is about supernatural writer Mike Enslin, an author of two successful books on supernatural phenomena. As research for his latest book, Enslin is determined to check out the notorious room 1408 in a New York City hotel by personally staying as a guest in the fabled room. He believes that 1408 is just a myth perpetuated by stories and rumors that Enslin has collected for his past works. However, hotel manager Mr. Olin has strong objections to Enslin’s stay and only warns him of possible danger to come. Enslin is determined to go anyway. But what Mike Enslin is about to experience is no myth, as 1408 truly is a room where the guests don’t check out by noon…

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User rating: 7.1/10
Director: Mikael Håfström
Awards: 1 nomination

Cast overview :
John Cusack
Paul Birchard
Margot Leicester

IMDB page :
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0450385/

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Popularity: 11% [?]

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The story, set in ’50s Hollywood, focuses on Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson), a silent-screen goddess whose pathetic belief in her own indestructibility has turned her into a demented recluse. The crumbling Sunset Boulevard mansion where she lives with only her butler, Max (Erich von Stroheim) who was once her director and husband has become her self-contained world. Norma dreams of a comeback to pictures and she begins a relationship with Joe Gillis (William Holden), a small-time writer who becomes her lover, that will soon end with murder and total madness…

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User rating: 8.7/10
Director: Billy Wilder
Awards: Won 3 Oscars. Another 13 wins & 13 nominations

Cast overview :
William Holden
Gloria Swanson
Erich von Stroheim
Nancy Olson
Fred Clark

IMDB page :
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043014/

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Popularity: 13% [?]

Plot summary :
Multimillionaire newspaper tycoon Charles Foster Kane dies alone in his extravagant mansion, Xanadu, speaking a single word: “Rosebud”. In an attempt to figure out the meaning of this word, a reporter tracks down the people who worked and lived with Kane; they tell their stories in a series of flashbacks that reveal much about Kane’s life but not enough to unlock the riddle of his dying breath…

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User rating: 8.6/10
Director: Orson Welles
Awards: Won Oscar. Another 4 wins & 9 nominations

Cast overview :
Joseph Cotten
Dorothy Comingore
Agnes Moorehead
Ruth Warrick
Ray Collins

IMDB page :
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033467/

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Popularity: 8% [?]