Year
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Description
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Movie
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2008
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When a menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman, James Gordon and Harvey Dent must work together to put an end to the madness.
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The Dark Knight
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2003
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Gandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring.
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
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2001
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A meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron.
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
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2002
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While Frodo and Sam edge closer to Mordor with the help of the shifty Gollum, the divided fellowship makes a stand against Sauron's new ally, Saruman, and his hordes of Isengard.
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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
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2002
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In the slums of Rio, two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin.
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City of God
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2001
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During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.
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Spirited Away
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2002
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During WWII, acclaimed Polish musician Wladyslaw faces various struggles as he loses contact with his family. As the situation worsens, he hides in the ruins of Warsaw in order to survive.
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The Pianist
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2000
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A former Roman General sets out to exact vengeance against the corrupt emperor who murdered his family and sent him into slavery.
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Gladiator
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2006
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An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.
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The Departed
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2006
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Rival 19th-century magicians engage in a bitter battle for trade secrets.
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The Prestige
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2000
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Leonard Shelby, an insurance investigator, suffers from anterograde amnesia and uses notes and tattoos to hunt for the man he thinks killed his wife, which is the last thing he remembers.
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Memento
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2008
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A robot who is responsible for cleaning a waste-covered Earth meets another robot and falls in love with her. Together, they set out on a journey that will alter the fate of mankind.
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WALL·E
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2009
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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.
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Avatar
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2006
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In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives.
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The Lives of Others
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2009
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In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.
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Inglourious Basterds
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2003
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After being kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must track down his captor in five days.
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Oldboy
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2009
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Two friends are searching for their long lost companion. They revisit their college days and recall the memories of their friend who inspired them to think differently, even as the rest of the world called them "idiots".
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3 Idiots
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2000
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The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island people are shattered when their addictions run deep.
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Requiem for a Dream
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2004
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When their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a medical procedure to have each other erased from their memories forever.
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
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2009
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78-year-old Carl Fredricksen travels to South America in his house equipped with balloons, inadvertently taking a young stowaway.
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