The Bodyguard (1992)
by Mick Jackson

action, drama, music

A former Secret Service agent takes on the job of bodyguard
to an R&B singer, whose lifestyle is most unlike a President's.



Ben-Hur (1959)
by William Wyler

adventure, drama

After a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery
by a Roman friend in 1st-century Jerusalem, he regains
his freedom and comes back for revenge.


Dirty Harry (1971)
by Clint Eastwood

action, crime, thriller

When a man calling himself "the Scorpio Killer"
menaces San Francisco, tough-as-nails Police Inspector
"Dirty" Harry Callahan is assigned to track down the crazed psychopath.



The Bridges of Madison County (1995)
by Clint Eastwood

drama, romance

Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life
of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in the 1960s.




Every Which Way But Loose (1978)
by James Fargo

action, comedy

The San Fernando Valley adventures of trucker
turned prize-fighter Philo Beddoe and his pet orangutan Clyde.




Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
by Steven Spielberg

action, adventure

In 1936, archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones
is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant
before the Nazis can obtain its awesome powers.




The Birds (1963)
by Alfred Hitchcock

drama, horror, mystery

A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend
to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn
for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people.



The Godfather Part II (1974)
by Francis Ford Coppola

crime, drama

The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York City
is portrayed, while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip
on the family crime syndicate.


Sophie's Choice (1982)
by Alan J. Pakula

drama, romance

Sophie is the survivor of Nazi concentration camps, who has found
a reason to live with Nathan, a sparkling if unsteady American Jew
obsessed with the Holocaust.



A Better Tomorrow (1986)
by John Woo

action, crime, drama

A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged
policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break.




Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
by Valerie Faris, Jonathan Dayton

comedy, drama

A family determined to get their young daughter into the finals
of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus.




Avatar (2009)
by James Cameron

action, adventure, fantasy

A paraplegic Marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a
unique mission becomes torn between following his orders
and protecting the world he feels is his home.



Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
by George Roy Hill

biography, crime, drama

In 1890s Wyoming, Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid
lead a band of outlaws. When a train robbery goes wrong,
they find themselves on the run with a posse hard on their heels.
After considering their options, they escape to South America.



The Dark Knight (2008)
by Christopher Nolan

action, crime, drama

When the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos
on the people of Gotham, Batman must accept one of the greatest
psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice.



Casablanca (1942)
by Michael Curtiz

drama, romance, war

A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide
whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband
escape the Nazis in French Morocco.




Jingle All the Way (1996)
by Brian Levant

adventure, comedy, family

A father vows to get his son a Turbo Man action figure for Christmas.
However, every store is sold out, and he must travel all over town
and compete with everybody else in order to find one.



Cinema Paradiso (1988)
by Giuseppe Tornatore

drama, romance

A filmmaker recalls his childhood when falling in love
with the pictures at the cinema of his home village and forms
a deep friendship with the cinema's projectionist.




They Live (1988)
by John Carpenter

action, horror, sci-fi

They influence our decisions without us knowing it.
They numb our senses without us feeling it.
They control our lives without us realizing it. They live.




The Maltese Falcon (1941)
by John Huston

crime, noir, mystery

San Francisco private detective Sam Spade takes on a case
that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous
liar and their quest for a priceless statuette, with the stakes
rising after his partner is murdered.


The Addams Family (1991)
by Barry Sonnenfeld

comedy, fantasy

Con artists plan to fleece an eccentric family using an accomplice
who claims to be their long-lost uncle.




Motel Hell (1980)
by Kevin Connor

comedy, horror, thriller

A seemingly friendly farmer and his sister kidnap
unsuspecting travelers and bury them alive, using them
to create the "special meat" they are famous for.


American Graffiti (1973)
by George Lucas

comedy, drama

A group of teenagers in California's central valley spend one final night
after their 1962 high school graduation cruising the strip
with their buddies before they pursue their varying goals.

The Shining (1980)
by Stanley Kubrick

drama, horror

A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister
presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son
sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.


Hang 'Em High (1968)
by Ted Post

drama, western

When an innocent man barely survives a lynching, he returns
as a lawman determined to bring the vigilantes to justice.





Gladiator (2000)
by Ridley Scott

action, adventure, drama

A former Roman General sets out
to exact vengeance against the corrupt emperor
who murdered his family and sent him into slavery.


Annie Hall (1977)
by Woody Allen

comedy, romance

Alvy Singer, a divorced Jewish comedian, reflects on his relationship
with ex-lover Annie Hall, an aspiring nightclub singer, which ended
abruptly just like his previous marriages.



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.




Léon: The Professional (1994)
by Luc Besson

action, crime, drama

12-year-old Mathilda is reluctantly taken in by Léon,
a professional assassin, after her family is murdered.
An unusual relationship forms as she becomes his protégée
and learns the assassin's trade.


Finding Forrester (2000)
by Gus Van Sant

drama

A young writing prodigy finds a mentor in a reclusive author.





The Bucket List (2007)
by Rob Reiner

adventure, comedy, drama

Two terminally ill men escape from a cancer ward and
head off on a road trip with a wish list of to-dos before they die.





The Red Shoes (1948)
by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

drama, music, romance

A young ballet dancer is torn between the man she loves
and her pursuit to become a prima ballerina.





The Red Shoes (2005)
by Yong-gyun Kim

horror, mystery, thriller

A woman who finds a pair of pink high heels on a subway platform
soon realizes that jealousy, greed, and death
follow them wherever they go.


Million Dollar Baby (2004)
by Clint Eastwood

drama, sport

Frankie, an ill-tempered old coach, reluctantly agrees to train
aspiring boxer Maggie. Impressed with her determination and talent,
he helps her become the best and the two soon form a close bond.



Cast Away (2000)
by Robert Zemeckis

adventure, drama, romance

A FedEx executive undergoes a physical
and emotional transformation
after crash landing on a deserted island.



It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
by Frank Capra

drama, family, fantasy

An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately
frustrated businessman by showing him what life
would have been like if he had never existed.

Julius Caesar (1599)
by William Shakespeare

Brutus joins a conspiracy led by Cassius
to assassinate Julius Caesar, to prevent him
from becoming a tyrant. Caesar's right-hand man
Antony stirs up hostility against the conspirators
and Rome becomes embroiled in a dramatic civil war.



Gone with the Wind (1936)
by Margaret Mitchell

Scarlett O'Hara, the beautiful, spoiled daughter of a well-to-do
Georgia plantation owner, must use every means at her disposal
to claw her way out of the poverty she finds herself in
after Sherman's March to the Sea.





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 Miner (1908)
by Natsume Sōseki

The novel recounts the story of a young man,
who begins working in a mine following a failed relationship,
with extensive attention paid to his perceptions,
both at the time of events and in retrospect as a mature adult.




The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)
by L. Frank Baum

Dorothy thinks she's lost forever when a tornado whirls
her and her dog, Toto, into a magical world. To get home,
she must find the wonderful wizard in the Emerald City of Oz.
On the way she meets the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman
and the Cowardly Lion. But the Wicked Witch of the West
has her own plans for the new arrival...
will Dorothy ever see Kansas again?


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.

Anne of Green Gables (1908)
by L. M. Montgomery

Anne Shirley, an eleven-year-old orphan, has arrived in this verdant
corner of Prince Edward Island, to an old-fashioned farm outside
a town called Avonlea only to discover that the Cuthberts - elderly
Matthew and his stern sister, Marilla - want to adopt a boy, not
a feisty redheaded girl. But before they can send her back, Anne, who
simply must have more scope for her imagination and a real home -
wins them over completely.




The Innocence of Father Brown (1911)
by G.K. Chesterton

The main hero of the stories is the priest who strives not only to take
a criminal red-handed and clean a crime, but also to set him in the
right way, to save a person’s soul. In spite of a religious component,
the book is not congested with moralizing, but imbued with unique
English humour. It is incredibly engrossing and contains everything
for the readers of crime fiction to enjoy it.




Tales of Moonlight and Rain (1776)
by Ueda Akinari

A collection of nine supernatural tales, largely adapted from
traditional Japanese and Chinese ghost stories, the collection
is among the most important works of Edo period (1603–1867)
and kaidan literature, and is considered
a predecessor of the yomihon genre.





The Makioka Sisters (1948)
by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

It follows the lives of the wealthy Makioka family of Osaka
from the autumn of 1936 to April 1941, focusing on the family's
attempts to find a husband for the third sister, Yukiko. It depicts
the decline of the family's upper-middle-class, suburban lifestyle
as the specter of World War II
and Allied Occupation hangs over the novel.




A Portrait of Shunkin (1933)
by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

Set in 19th-century Osaka, it tells the story of a love affair
between Sasuke and blind koto teacher Shunkin, who lost her sight
at the age of nine. Sasuke, who has faithfully taken care of her
for many years, secretly saves his money and buys a shamisen.
When Shunkin discovers that Sasuke has a shamisen, she takes
him on as her student and a stronger bond develops between the two.
But their relationship is soon put to the ultimate test.

Pippa Passes (1841)
by Robert Browning

Tells the story of a young silk worker named Pippa who, on her
one day off a year, wanders through the town of Asolo, Italy,
observing the lives of the town's inhabitants
and inadvertently influencing their actions.




The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes (1765)
by John Newbery

Tells of Goody Two-Shoes, the nickname of a poor orphan girl
named Margery Meanwell, who goes through life with only one shoe.
When a rich gentleman gives her a complete pair, she is so happy
that she tells everyone that she has "two shoes". Later, Margery becomes
a teacher and marries a rich widower. This serves as proof that her virtue
has been rewarded and her wealth earned.


Beauty and the Beast (1740)
by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve

The story follows Belle, a beautiful young woman who is taken prisoner
by a beast in his castle. Despite her initial fear, she eventually grows
to love the beast and breaks the spell that turned him into a monster.

I Know What You Did Last Summer, an American horror film
franchise consisting of three slasher films and one TV series.

I Dream of Jeannie TV series.

Star Trek, an American science fiction media franchise.

12 Angry Men, a 1954 teleplay by Reginald Rose or 1957/1997 movies.

Philip Marlowe, a fictional character created by Raymond Chandler.

Walter Jackson Mitty, a fictional character in James Thurber's first short story
"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", which was made into a film in 1947,
with a remake in 2013.

Captain Ahab, a fictional character and one of the protagonists
in Herman Melville's Moby-Dіck.

Alice, a fictional character and the main protagonist of Lewis Carroll's
children's novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel.

Ellery Queen, a pseudonym created in 1928 by the American detective
fiction writers Frederic Dannay and Manfred Bennington Lee. It is also
the name of their main fictional detective.

Brothers Grimm' fairy tales The Frog Prince, The Singing Bone,
Mary's child, The Princess and the Frog, Cinderella and Snow White.

Cinderella, a folk tale with thousands of variants that are told throughout the world.

The Nighthawk Star, a Japanese children's short story by Kenji Miyazawa.

Charles Perrault, a French author.

Hans Christian Andersen, a Danish author.

Jean-Paul Sartre, a French philosopher and playwright.

H. P. Lovecraft, an American writer.

Fyodor Dostoevsky, a russian writer.

The Magic Flute, an opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Shunkinshō, an opera by Minoru Miki, based on
a novella by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki. There are two movies as well.

Benten Kozō, a play by Kawatake Mokuami.

Monkey Dream, a Japanese urban legend.

Kryptonite (in the fictional word of the cartoon, TV, and film character Superman),
an alien mineral that has the property of depriving Superman of his powers.

Celine Dion, a Canadian singer.

Giorgio de Chirico, an Italian artist and writer.

Anne Hathaway, an American actress.

Al Capone, an American gangster.

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