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Based on the Alessandro Baricco’s novel this is the story of a married silkworm smuggler, Herve Joncour, in 19th Century France who travels to Japan to collect his clandestine cargo. While there he spots a beautiful Japanese woman, the concubine of a local baron, with whom he becomes obsessed. Without speaking the same language, they communicate through letters until war intervenes. Their unrequited love persists however, and Herve’s wife Helene begins to suspect.

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The island of Iwo Jima stands between the American military force and the home islands of Japan. Therefore the Imperial Japanese Army is desperate to prevent it from falling into American hands and providing a launching point for an invasion of Japan. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi is given command of the forces on the island and sets out to prepare for the imminent attack. General Kuribayashi, however, does not favor the rigid traditional approach recommended by his subordinates, and resentment and resistance fester among his staff. In the lower echelons, a young soldier, Saigo, a poor baker in civilian life, strives with his friends to survive the harsh regime of the Japanese army itself, all the while knowing that a fierce battle looms. When the American invasion begins, both Kuribayashi and Saigo find strength, honor, courage, and horrors beyond imagination…

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User rating : 8.2/10
Director : Clint Eastwood
Awards : Won Oscar. Another 12 wins & 13 nominations

Cast overview :
Ken Watanabe
Kazunari Ninomiya
Tsuyoshi Ihara
IMDB page :
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Oskar Schindler is a vain, glorious and greedy German businessman who becomes unlikely humanitarian amid the barbaric Nazi reign when he feels compelled to turn his factory into a refuge for Jews. Based on the true story of Oskar Schindler who managed to save about 1100 Jews from being gassed at the Auschwitz concentration camp. A testament for the good in all of us…

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User rating : 8.8/10
Director : Steven Spielberg
Awards : Won 7 Oscars. Another 62 wins & 21 nominations

Cast overview :
Liam Neeson … Oskar Schindler
Ben Kingsley … Itzhak Stern
Ralph Fiennes … Amon Goeth
Caroline Goodall … Emilie Schindler
Jonathan Sagalle … Poldek Pfefferberg

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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108052/

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A serial killer in the San Francisco Bay Area taunts police with his letters and cryptic messages. We follow the investigators and reporters in this lightly fictionalized account of the true 1970’s case as they search for the murderer, becoming obsessed with the case. Based on Robert Graysmith’s book, the movie’s focus is the lives and careers of the detectives and newspaper people…

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User rating : 7.9/10
Director : David Fincher
Awards : 10 nominations

Cast overview :
Jake Gyllenhaal … Robert Graysmith
Mark Ruffalo … Inspector David Toschi
Anthony Edwards … Inspector William Armstrong
Robert Downey Jr. … Paul Avery
Brian Cox … Melvin Belli

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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443706/

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Popularity: 31% [?]

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It’s the last days of Adolf Hitler, April 1945, and Hitler’s personal secretary Traudl Junge finds herself in the Der Fuhrer’s bunker. Facing inevitable defeat, Hilter’s moods range from defiance to fight or flee, remain loyal or opt for self-preservation. Eva Braun parties while Magda Goebbels kills her children. The movie goes on to show how Hitler and Eva lived their last hours in the Bunker…

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User rating: 8.5/10
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 14 wins & 13 nominations

Cast overview :
Bruno Ganz
Alexandra Maria Lara
Corinna Harfouch
Ulrich Matthes
Juliane Köhler

IMDB page :
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363163/

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Popularity: 21% [?]