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The Terminator (1984)
The Terminator
★ 7.9 670 ratings
James Cameron actor: Arnold Schwarzenegger / Michael Biehn …
other title: 터미네이터 / ターミネーター …
In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the human-resistance movement dispatches a lone warrior to safeguard Sarah. Can he stop the virtually indestructible killing machine?
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My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
となりのトトロ
★ 9.1 2290 ratings
宫崎骏 actor: 日高范子 / 坂本千夏 …
other title: 龙猫 / となりのトトロ …
Two sisters move to the country with their father in order to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and discover the surrounding trees are inhabited by Totoros, magical spirits of the forest. When the youngest runs away from home, the older sister seeks help from the spirits to find her.
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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
風の谷のナウシカ
★ 8.8 1081 ratings
宫崎骏 actor: 岛本须美 / 松田洋治 …
other title: 风之谷 / 風の谷のナウシカ …
After a global war, the seaside kingdom known as the Valley of the Wind remains one of the last strongholds on Earth untouched by a poisonous jungle and the powerful insects that guard it. Led by the courageous Princess Nausicaä, the people of the Valley engage in an epic struggle to restore the bond between humanity and Earth.
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Tombstone for Fireflies (1988)
火垂るの墓
★ 8.3 930 ratings
高畑勋 / 高畑勲 actor: 辰己努 / 白石绫乃 …
other title: 萤火虫之墓 / 火垂るの墓 …
In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko struggle to survive.
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Scarface (1983)
Scarface
★ 7.7 383 ratings
布莱恩·德·帕尔玛 actor: 阿尔·帕西诺 / 斯蒂文·鲍尔 …
other title: 疤面煞星 / 疤面人 …
After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the state, controlling nearly all the cocaine that comes through Miami. But increased pressure from the police, wars with Colombian drug cartels and his own drug-fueled paranoia serve to fuel the flames of his eventual downfall.
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Back to the Future (1985)
Back to the Future
★ 8.5 1018 ratings
罗伯特·泽米吉斯 actor: 迈克尔·J·福克斯 Michael J. Fox / 克里斯托弗·洛伊德 …
other title: 回到未来 / 回到未来第一集 …
Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985.
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The Thing (1982)
The Thing
★ 7.9 412 ratings
约翰·卡朋特 actor: 库尔特·拉塞尔 / 威尔福德·布利姆雷 …
other title: 怪形 / 突变第三型(台) …
In the winter of 1982, a twelve-man research team at a remote Antarctic research station discovers an alien buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Soon unfrozen, the form-changing creature wreaks havoc, creates terror... and becomes one of them.
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Blade Runner (1982)
Blade Runner
★ 8.6 1776 ratings
雷德利·斯科特 actor: 哈里森·福特 / 鲁特格尔·哈尔 …
other title: 银翼杀手 / 公元2020 …
In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.
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The Shining (1980)
The Shining
★ 8.3 1787 ratings
斯坦利·库布里克 actor: 杰克·尼科尔森 / 雪莱·杜瓦尔 …
other title: 샤이닝 / シャイニング …
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.
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Chinatown (1974)
Chinatown
★ 8.3 478 ratings
Roman Polanski actor: Jack Nicholson / Faye Dunaway …
other title: 차이나타운 / チャイナタウン …
Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.
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Apocalypse Now (1979)
Apocalypse Now
★ 8.8 625 ratings
弗朗西斯·科波拉 actor: 马丁·辛 / 马龙·白兰度 …
other title: 现代启示录 / 当代启示录 …
At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.
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Alien (1979)
Alien
★ 8.2 1052 ratings
雷德利·斯科特 actor: 托马斯·斯凯里特 / 西格妮·韦弗 …
other title: 에이리언 / エイリアン …
During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.
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A Clockwork Orange (1971)
A Clockwork Orange
★ 8.8 1489 ratings
斯坦利·库布里克 actor: 马尔科姆·麦克道威尔 / 帕特里克·马基 …
other title: 发条橙 / 发条橘子(台) …
In a near-future Britain, young Alexander DeLarge and his pals get their kicks beating and raping anyone they please. When not destroying the lives of others, Alex swoons to the music of Beethoven. The state, eager to crack down on juvenile crime, gives an incarcerated Alex the option to undergo an invasive procedure that'll rob him of all personal agency. In a time when conscience is a commodity, can Alex change his tune?
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Taxi Driver (1976)
Taxi Driver
★ 8.4 1148 ratings
Martin Scorsese actor: Robert De Niro / Jodie Foster …
other title: 出租车司机 / 的士司机(港) …
A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feed his urge for violent action.
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12 Angry Men (1957)
12 Angry Men
★ 9.5 1577 ratings
西德尼·吕美特 actor: 亨利·方达 / 马丁·巴尔萨姆 …
other title: 十二怒汉 / 12怒汉 …
The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.