Plot summary :
Phoenix officeworker Marion Crane is fed up with the way life has treated her. She has to meet her lover Sam in lunch breaks and they cannot get married because Sam has to give most of his money away in alimony. One Friday Marion is trusted to bank $40,000 by her employer. Seeing the opportunity to take the money and start a new life, Marion leaves town and heads towards Sam’s California store. Tired after the long drive and caught in a storm, she gets off the main highway and pulls into The Bates Motel. The motel is managed by a quiet young man called Norman who seems to be dominated by his mother…

Movie info :
User rating : 8.7/10
Director : Alfred Hitchcock
Awards : Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 3 nominations

Cast overview :
Anthony Perkins … Norman Bates
Janet Leigh … Marion Crane
Vera Miles … Lila Crane
John Gavin … Sam Loomis
Martin Balsam … Detective Milton Arbogast

IMDB page :
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054215/

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Popularity: 33% [?]

Plot summary :
A collection of five stories involving cab drivers in five different cities. Los Angeles - A talent agent for the movies discovers her cab driver would be perfect to cast, but the cabbie is reluctant to give up her solid cab driver’s career. New York - An immigrant cab driver is continually lost in a city and culture he doesn’t understand. Paris - A blind girl takes a ride with a cab driver from the Ivory Coast and they talk about life and blindness. Rome - A gregarious cabbie picks up an ailing man and virtually talks him to death. Helsinki - an industrial worker gets laid off and he and his compatriots discuss the bleakness and unfairness of love and life and death…

Movie info :
User rating : 7.5/10
Director : Jim Jarmusch
Awards : 1 win

Cast overview :
Gena Rowlands … Victoria Snelling
Winona Ryder … Corky
Armin Mueller-Stahl … Helmut Grokenberger
Giancarlo Esposito … YoYo
Isaach De Bankolé … Driver (Paris)
Roberto Benigni … Driver (Rome)

IMDB page :
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102536/

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Popularity: 40% [?]