Leone's superb all-encompassing epic portraying the death of the mythical 'Wild West'. A superb cast, the collaborations of Bertolucci and Argento, and Morricone's brilliantly atmospheric score all add to the incredible style and weight of Leone's creation. A true cinematic masterpiece! A candidate for greatest movie ever made, if you haven't... then you must.
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REPO MAN (1982)
Certification18 Our Rating
Like brilliant! A punk gets taken on as a repo man - getting peoples cars back when they default on the payments. Great style, casual violence, throw-a-way one liners, the repo code, underlying unity of existence, dead aliens in the back of cars, brill sound track, ordinary people, speed and...
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RUMBLE FISH (1983)
Certification18 Our Rating
A visually brilliant film about teenage gangs in America's urban wasteland. The leader of a small dying gang, Rusty James, lives in the shadow of the memory of his absent, older brother - The Motorcycle Boy. His mother has left, his father drinks, school has no meaning for him and his relationships are shallow. One of Coppola's two adaptations of S E Hinton novels, 'The Outsiders' being the other. A great performance from Dillon and an awesome soundtrack.
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SILENT RUNNING (1972)
CertificationU Our Rating
Bruce Dern is in charge of an ecological experiment, a space station containing the plants and animal life which no longer exist on the pollution ravaged planet Earth. Then one day the authorities decide to close it down and Bruce pulls out of orbit to go it alone. A quiet and reflective sci-fi film.
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STRANGER THAN PARADISE (1984)
Certification15 Our Rating
Brilliant cult director Jarmusch's stylish debut. John Lurie is Willie, a disenchanted Hungarian who ducks and dives in NY. He is less than happy when his young cousin Eva comes to stay, but they hit it off and end up on the road, in search of the American Dream. Impossibly cool. Unbelievably hip.
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THE MATRIX (1999)
Certification15 Our Rating
An awesome action film that some people rate as the best movie ever made! It's not, but in terms of visual impact and sheer technical wizardry it's hard to beat. It's the near future and nerdy computer hacker Neo (Reeves) is about to discover an alternative reality via a meeting with mysterious rebel warrior Morpheus (Larry Fishburne). Neo learns that life on earth is merely an elaborate farce, a complex computer simulation called The Matrix, and mankind is simply lunch - a source of power for t
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THE USUAL SUSPECTS (1995)
Certification18 Our Rating
Definitely THE film of 1995, with the added bonus of bearing up to repeated viewing even when you know the final twist. A tightly scripted, complex and compelling whodunnit which slowly unpeels layer upon layer to reveal the truth behind the opening carnage, and in which nothing is as it seems.
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THIS IS SPINAL TAP (1984)
Certification15 Our Rating
An inspired and brilliant mockumentary recounting the history of a crap British heavy metal group and following them on a disastrous tour of the US. This movie takes apart every cliche that ever graced a rock documentary and every vanity or folly to haunt overblown rock groups. So realistic that American audiences thought the band was real... Voted third funniest film by Observer readers in a 2007 poll.
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WITHNAIL AND I (1987)
Certification15 Our Rating
It's 1969 and the end of an era. Withnail and ‘I' are two "resting" actors enjoying a decadent lifestyle in Camden on a diet of booze and drugs. Finding themselves in need of rejuvenation, they set off on holiday to the country cottage of Withnail's mad uncle Monty in Penrith. A sharp and witty romp, and one of the greatest, and quintessentially British, films of all time.
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