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The Little Colonel (1935) Douban
The Little Colonel
8.1 (19 ratings) director: 大卫·巴特勒 actor: 秀兰·邓波儿
other title: 小上校
年仅6岁的劳德•舍曼（Shirley Temple 秀兰•邓波 饰）是一个天真可爱的小女孩，她憨态可掬，招人疼爱，父亲的士兵都戏谑地称之为小上校。劳德的母亲伊丽莎白（Evelyn Venable 饰）是一位南联盟军上校的女儿，她与来自北方的杰克坠入爱河，却遭致古板父亲（Lionel Barrymore 饰）的反对。最终伊丽莎白选择了爱情，而父亲也与之决裂。
六年后，小上校和母亲返回外公家。时间并未冲淡父女间的隔阂，老上校对女儿依然冷颜以对。小上校的出现打破了尴尬的局面，她凭着机智和可爱渐渐弥合了外公和母亲心中的裂痕……
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John Q (2002) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
John Q
7.6 (136 ratings) director: 尼克·卡萨维蒂 actor: 丹泽尔·华盛顿 / Gabriela Oltean …
other title: 존 큐 / ジョンQ -最後の決断- …
John Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover it. Therefore, he decides to take a hospital full of patients hostage until the hospital puts his son's name on the donor's list.
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在路上 Douban Goodreads
On the Road
7.7 (244 ratings) author: [美国] 杰克·凯鲁亚克 translator: 王永年 publishing house: 上海译文出版社 2006 - 10
青年学生萨尔为追求个性自由，与狄安（以卡萨迪为原型）、玛丽露等一伙男女开车横穿全美，一路狂喝滥饮，耽迷酒色，流浪吸毒，性放纵，在经过精疲力竭的漫长放荡后，开始笃信东方禅宗，感悟到生命的意义。小说主人公及其伙伴沿途搭车或开车，几次横越美国大陆，最终到了墨西哥。
《在路上》体现了作者主张的即兴式自发性写作技巧，并广泛涉及美国社会一文化习俗，都给理解和翻译带来很大困难。
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Forrest Gump (1994)
Forrest Gump
9.1 (2610 ratings) director: 罗伯特·泽米吉斯 actor: 汤姆·汉克斯 / 罗宾·怀特 …
other title: 阿甘正传 / 福雷斯特·冈普 …
A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.
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The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
The Shawshank Redemption
9.4 (2963 ratings) director: 弗兰克·德拉邦特 actor: 蒂姆·罗宾斯 / 摩根·弗里曼 …
other title: 肖申克的救赎 / 月黑高飞(港) …
Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.
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North Country (2005) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
North Country
8.0 (62 ratings) director: 妮琪·卡罗 actor: 查理兹·塞隆 / 托马斯·库蒂斯 …
other title: 노스 컨츄리 / スタンドアップ …
A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States -- Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won the landmark 1984 lawsuit.
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High Crimes (2002) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
High Crimes
6.8 (26 ratings) director: 卡尔·弗兰克林 actor: 艾什莉·贾德 / 摩根·弗里曼 …
other title: 一级重罪 / 案藏玄机(台) …
A female attorney learns that her husband is really a marine officer who has been AWOL for fifteen years and accused of murdering fifteen civilians in El Salvador. Believing her husband when he tells her that he's being framed as part of a U.S. Military cover-up, the attorney defends him in a military court.
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Never Die Alone (2004) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Never Die Alone
director: 厄内斯特·R·迪克森 actor: DMX
other title: 决不低头 / 네버 다이 얼론 …
A drug kingpin's rise and tragic fall is witnessed vicariously by a reporter who uses the criminal's diary as the basis for his new book.
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Scarface (1983)
Scarface
7.7 (378 ratings) director: 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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8 Mile (2002)
8 Mile
7.9 (339 ratings) director: 柯蒂斯·汉森 actor: 埃米纳姆 / 金·贝辛格 …
other title: 8英里 / 八英里 …
For Jimmy Smith, Jr., life is a daily fight just to keep hope alive. Feeding his dreams in Detroit's vibrant music scene, Jimmy wages an extraordinary personal struggle to find his own voice - and earn a place in a world where rhymes rule, legends are born and every moment… is another chance.
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The Human Stain (2004) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
The Human Stain
6.4 (25 ratings) director: 罗伯特·本顿 actor: 安东尼·霍普金斯 / 妮可·基德曼 …
other title: 人性污点 / 人性本色 …
Coleman Silk is a worldly and admired professor who loses his job after unwittingly making a racial slur. To clear his name, Silk writes a book about the events with his friend and colleague Nathan Zuckerman, who in the process discovers a dark secret Silk has hidden his whole life. All the while, Silk engages in an affair with Faunia Farley, a younger woman whose tormented past threatens to unravel the layers of deception Silk has constructed.
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Empire of the Sun (1987)
Empire of the Sun
7.4 (125 ratings) director: 史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格 actor: Christian Bale / John Malkovich …
other title: 太阳帝国 / 太陽の帝国 …
Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured with an American sailor, who looks out for him while they are in the camp together. Even though he is separated from his parents and in a hostile environment, Jamie maintains his dignity and youthful spirit, providing a beacon of hope for the others held captive with him.
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根 Douban
author: (美)亚历克斯·哈里 translator: 郑惠丹 1999 - 1
没有什么比失去“根”更痛苦的了。黑人们终于觉醒，终于反思。这一部黑色的家史是那么曲折离奇而又真实感人，它竟引发了全球的寻根热！
美国常常以“最民主、最自由、最讲人权”自诩，而《根》正是向世人揭示了最没有民主、最没有自由、最没有人权的黑人家族的历史，它的社会认识意义与《美国的悲剧》、《愤怒的葡萄》等美国文学史上的名篇是一致的。
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The Break-Up (2006) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
The Break-Up
6.1 (42 ratings) director: 佩顿·里德 actor: 文斯·沃恩 / 詹妮弗·安妮斯顿 …
other title: 分手男女 / 同床异梦(台) …
Pushed to the breaking-up point after their latest 'why can't you do this one little thing for me?' argument, Brooke calls it quits with her boyfriend Gary. What follows is a hilarious series of remedies, war tactics, overtures and undermining tricks – all encouraged by the former couple's friends and confidantes …and the occasional total stranger! When neither ex is willing to move out of their shared apartment, the only solution is to continue living as hostile roommates until one of them reaches breaking point.