Year
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Description
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Movie
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1972
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Don Vito Corleone, head of a mafia family, decides to hand over his empire to his youngest son, Michael. However, his decision unintentionally puts the lives of his loved ones in grave danger.
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The Godfather
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1974
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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.
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The Godfather Part II
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1975
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In the Fall of 1963, a Korean War veteran and criminal pleads insanity and is admitted to a mental institution, where he rallies up the scared patients against the tyrannical nurse.
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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1977
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Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vader.
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Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
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1979
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The crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform after investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin.
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Alien
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1979
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A U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.
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Apocalypse Now
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1971
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Alex DeLarge and his droogs barbarize in a decaying near-future.
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A Clockwork Orange
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1973
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Two grifters team up to pull off the ultimate con.
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The Sting
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1976
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A mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action.
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Taxi Driver
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1975
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King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table embark on a surreal, low-budget search for the Holy Grail, encountering many, very silly obstacles.
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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1974
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A private detective hired to expose an adulterer in 1930s Los Angeles finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.
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Chinatown
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1975
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An Irish rogue wins the heart of a rich widow and assumes her dead husband's aristocratic position in 18th-century England.
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Barry Lyndon
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1979
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An in-depth examination of the ways in which the Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of several friends in a small steel mill town in Pennsylvania.
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The Deer Hunter
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1975
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When a killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Cape Cod, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.
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Jaws
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1976
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A small-time Philadelphia boxer gets a supremely rare chance to fight the world heavyweight champion in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect.
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Rocky
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1973
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When a young girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.
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The Exorcist
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1976
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A television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor's ravings and revelations about the news media for its own profit, but finds that his message may be difficult to control.
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Network
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