#247 – Zero Dark Thirty, 2012, Kathryn Bigelow
A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.
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#249: The Social Network
#249 – The Social Network, 2010, David Fincher
On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room as a small site among friends soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication. A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in history… but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both personal and legal complications.
#254: The Birds
#254 – The Birds, 1963, Alfred Hitchcock
Chic socialite Melanie Daniels enjoys a passing flirtation with an eligible attorney in a San Francisco pet shop and, on an impulse, follows him to his hometown bearing a gift of lovebirds. But upon her arrival, the bird population runs amok. Suddenly, the townsfolk face a massive avian onslaught, with the feathered fiends inexplicably attacking people all over Bodega Bay.
#255: Mystic River
#255 – Mystic River, 2003, Clint Eastwood
The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them has a family tragedy.
#256: The Departed
#256 – The Departed, 2006, Martin Scorsese
To take down South Boston’s Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there’s a mole among them.
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#258: Die Hard
#258 – Die Hard, 1988, John McTiernan
NYPD cop John McClane’s plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when, minutes after he arrives at her office, the entire building is overtaken by a group of terrorists. With little help from the LAPD, wisecracking McClane sets out to single-handedly rescue the hostages and bring the bad guys down.
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#259: The Thing
#259 – The Thing, 1982, John Carpenter
Scientists in the Antarctic are confronted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of the people it kills.
#261: Greed
#261 – Greed, 1924, Erich von Stroheim
A lottery win of $5,000 forever changes the lives of a miner turned dentist and his wife.
#262: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
#263 – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, 1982, Steven Spielberg
After a gentle alien becomes stranded on Earth, the being is discovered and befriended by a young boy named Elliott. Bringing the extraterrestrial into his suburban California house, Elliott introduces E.T., as the alien is dubbed, to his brother and his little sister, Gertie, and the children decide to keep its existence a secret. Soon, however, E.T. falls ill, resulting in government intervention and a dire situation for both Elliott and the alien.
#263: Reservoir Dogs
#263 – Reservoir Dogs, 1992, Quentin Tarantino
A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse. Crime begets violence as the survivors – veteran Mr. White, newcomer Mr. Orange, psychopathic parolee Mr. Blonde, bickering weasel Mr. Pink and Nice Guy Eddie – unravel.
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