The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
by Christopher Nolan

action, drama

Eight years after the Joker's reign of anarchy,
Batman, with the help of the enigmatic Catwoman,
is forced from his exile to save Gotham City from
the brutal guerrilla terrorist Bane.


Battleship (2012)
by Peter Berg

action, adventure, sci-fi

A fleet of ships is forced to do battle with an armada
of unknown origins in order to discover and thwart
their destructive goals.



High Noon (1952)
by Fred Zinnemann

drama, thriller, western

A town Marshal, despite the disagreements of his
newlywed bride and the townspeople around him,
must face a gang of deadly killers alone at "high noon"
when the gang leader, an outlaw he "sent up" years ago,
arrives on the noon train.

The Sting (1973)
by George Roy Hill

comedy, crime, drama

Two grifters team up to pull off the ultimate con.






The King's Speech (2010)
by Tom Hooper

biography, drama, history

The story of King George VI, his impromptu ascension to the throne of the British Empire in 1936, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch overcome his stammer.



Back to the Future (1985)
by Robert Zemeckis

adventure, comedy, sci-fi

Marty McFly goes back in time, in a DeLorean invented by his friend,
Dr. Emmett Brown, and must make sure his high-school-age parents
get together, so he doesn't cease to exist.




Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
by Ishirô Honda

adventure, fantasy, sci-fi

Mothra's egg washes ashore and is claimed by greedy entrepreneurs
who refuse to return it to her fairies. As Godzilla arises near Nagoya,
the people of Infant Island must decide if they are willing to answer
Japan's own pleas for help.



The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
by Leo McCarey

drama

At a big city Catholic school, Father O'Malley and Sister Benedict
indulge in friendly rivalry, and succeed in extending the school
through the gift of a building.




The Da Vinci Code (2006)
by Ron Howard

mystery, thriller

A murder inside the Louvre, and clues in Da Vinci paintings, lead to
the discovery of a religious mystery protected by a secret society for
two thousand years, which could shake the foundations of Christianity.



Amélie (2001)
by Jean-Pierre Jeunet

comedy, romance

Amélie is an innocent and naive girl in Paris with her own
sense of justice. She decides to help those around her and,
along the way, discovers love.



After School (2008)
by Kenji Uchida

comedy, mystery

A middle school teacher, Jinno, is friends with a young couple
that is about to have a baby. But on the eve of the birth,
the father, Kimura, disappears. Then, a hired private detective
appears and ask Jinno's help to find Kimura.



Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
by Elia Kazan

drama, romance

A reporter pretends to be Jewish in order to cover a story
on anti-Semitism, and personally discovers the true depths
of bigotry and hatred.




The Pelican Brief (1993)
by Alan J. Pakula

crime, drama, mystery

A law student uncovers a conspiracy,
putting herself and others in danger.





Sanjuro (1962)
by Akira Kurosawa

action, drama, thriller

A crafty samurai helps a young man and his fellow clansmen
trying to save his uncle, who has been framed and imprisoned
by a corrupt superintendent.




Jurassic Park (1993)
by Steven Spielberg

action, adventure, sci-fi

A pragmatic paleontologist touring an almost complete theme park
on an island in Central America is tasked with protecting a couple of kids
after a power failure causes the park's cloned dinosaurs to run loose.



Good Will Hunting (1997)
by Gus Van Sant

drama, romance

Will Hunting, a janitor at M.I.T., has a gift for mathematics,
but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life.





The Whales of August (1987)
by Lindsay Anderson

drama

Two aged sisters reflect on life and the past
during a late summer day in Maine.





The Hairdresser's Husband (1990)
by Patrice Leconte

comedy, drama, romance

Antoine has always been fascinated with a hairdresser's delicate touch,
the beguiling perfume and the figure of a woman with an opulent bosom,
moreover, he knew that he would marry one,
fulfilling his dream of a perfect and idealised love.



Young Guns (1988)
by Christopher Cain

action, western

A group of young gunmen, led by Billy the Kid, become deputies
to avenge the murder of the rancher who became their benefactor.
But when Billy takes their authority too far, they become the hunted.




Wings of Desire (1987)
by Wim Wenders

drama, fantasy, romance

An angel tires of his purely ethereal life of merely overseeing
the human activity of Berlin's residents, and longs for the
tangible joys of physical existence when he falls in love with a mortal.




The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
by John Sturges

adventure, drama, thriller

A German plot to kidnap Sir Winston Churchill
unfolds at the height of World War II.






Creepshow 2 (1987)
by Michael Gornick

fantasy, horror

Three more bone-chilling tales that include a vengeful
wooden Native American, a monstrous blob in a lake,
and a hitchhiker who wants revenge and will not die.

King Lear (1606)
by William Shakespeare

The play tells us about families struggling between greed and cruelty,
on the one hand, and support and consolation, on the other.
Emotions are extreme, magnified to gigantic proportions.
We also see old age portrayed in all its vulnerability, pride,
and, perhaps, wisdom - one reason this most devastating of
Shakespeare’s tragedies is also perhaps his most moving.



Macbeth (1606)
by William Shakespeare

One night on the heath, the brave and respected general Macbeth
encounters three witches who foretell that he will become the king
of Scotland. At first sceptical, he’s urged on by the ruthless,
single-minded ambitions of Lady Macbeth, who suffers none of her
husband’s doubt. But seeing the prophecy through to the bloody end
leads them both spiralling into paranoia, tyranny, madness, and murder.



For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940)
by Ernest Hemingway

The novel graphically describes the brutality of the Spanish Civil War.
It is told primarily through the thoughts and experiences
of the protagonist, Robert Jordan. It draws on Hemingway's
own experiences in the Spanish Civil War as a reporter
for the North American Newspaper Alliance.





The Old Man and the Sea (1952)
by Ernest Hemingway

Told in language of great simplicity and power, it is the story
of an old Cuban fisherman, down on his luck, and his supreme
ordeal - a relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin
far out in the Gulf Stream.






The Black Dahlia (1987)
by James Ellroy

On January 15, 1947, the torture-ravished body of a beautiful
young woman is found in a Los Angeles vacant lot. The victim makes
headlines as the Black Dahlia, and so begins the greatest manhunt
in California history. Caught up in the investigation are Bucky Bleichert
and Lee Blanchard: Warrants Squad cops, friends, and rivals in love
with the same woman. But both are obsessed with the Dahlia - driven
by dark needs to know everything about her past, to capture her killer,
to possess the woman even in death. Their quest will take them on a
hellish journey through the underbelly of postwar Hollywood, to the core
of the dead girl's twisted life, past the extremes of their own psyches -
into a region of total madness.

Night on the Galactic Railroad (1927)
by Kenji Miyazawa

A boy named Giovanni, while going to get milk for his mother,
decides to take a rest under the starry sky and suddenly
finds himself aboard a magical train. His best friend Campanella
happens to be riding with him in the same car. The train in question
is traveling along The Milky Way, heading for an unknown destination.

There were mentioned plenty of Grimms' fairy tales:
The Frog Prince, Mary's Child, Frau Holle,
The Singing Bone, Allerleirauh, Rapunzel.

The North Wind and the Sun by Aesop.

Suoh recommended Erica a nonfiction title by Mikal Gilmore.

Four great tragedies of Shakespeare, which are
Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth.

Chekhov's gun is a dramatic principle that suggests that details
within a story or play will contribute to the overall narrative.

Chinese Confucian philosophers Mencius and Xunzi.

South Park TV Shows and Harry Potter movies.

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