#460 – For a Few Dollars More, (Per qualche dollaro in più), 1965, Sergio Leone
Two bounty hunters are in pursuit of “El Indio,” one of the most wanted fugitives in the western territories, and his gang.
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#461: The Bridge on the River Kwai
#461 – The Bridge on the River Kwai, 1957, David Lean
The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson , the commander who supervised the bridge’s construction, has acquired a sense of pride in his creation and tries to foil their plans.
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#462: Batman Begins
#462 – Batman Begins, 2005, Christopher Nolan
Driven by tragedy, billionaire Bruce Wayne dedicates his life to uncovering and defeating the corruption that plagues his home, Gotham City. Unable to work within the system, he instead creates a new identity, a symbol of fear for the criminal underworld – The Batman.
#463: The Breakfast Club
#463 – The Breakfast Club, 1985, John Hughes
Five disparate high school students meet in Saturday detention, and discover they have a lot more in common than they thought.
#464: Death in Venice
#464 – Death in Venice, (Morte a Venezia), 1971, Luchino Visconti
Composer Gustav von Aschenbach, travels to Venice for health reasons. There, he becomes obsessed with the stunning beauty of an adolescent Polish boy named Tadzio who is staying with his family at the same Grand Hôtel des Bains on the Lido as Aschenbach.
#465: The Conversation
#465 – The Conversation, 1974, Francis Ford Coppola
Surveillance expert Harry Caul is hired by a mysterious client’s brusque aide to tail a young couple. Tracking the pair through San Francisco’s Union Square, Caul and his associate Stan manage to record a cryptic conversation between them. Tormented by memories of a previous case that ended badly, Caul becomes obsessed with the resulting tape, trying to determine if the couple are in danger.
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#466: Badlands
#466 – Badlands, 1973, Terrence Malick
Dramatization of the Starkweather-Fugate killing spree of the 1950s, in which a teenage girl and her twenty-something boyfriend slaughtered her entire family and several others in the Dakota badlands.
#467: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
#467 – The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, 2007, Andrew Dominik
Outlaw Jesse James is rumored to be the ‘fastest gun in the West’. An eager recruit into James’ notorious gang, Robert Ford eventually grows jealous of the famed outlaw and, when Robert and his brother sense an opportunity to kill James, their murderous action elevates their target to near mythical status.
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#468: Pickpocket
#468 – Pickpocket, (小武), 1998, Jia Zhangke
Little pocket thief Wu never got away from the streets like his friends did. He realises that he is alone, as his old buddy doesn’t invite him for his wedding. When he falls in love with a hooker he is forced to think about his future. Can he break with his criminal past?
#469: Raise the Red Lantern
#469 – Raise the Red Lantern, (大红灯笼高高挂), 1991, Zhang Yimou
China in the 1920s. After her father’s death, 19 year old Songlian is forced to marry the much older lord of a powerful family. With three wives already, each living in a separate house within the great castle, there is fierce competition for his attention and the privileges that are gained. This competition gets out of hand…
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