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RoboCop (1987) | Movies to See Before You Die
Nearly 40 years after its 1987 release and blockbuster success, fans still get way too excited when we talk about RoboCop. It doesn’t hurt that film’s depiction of a bleak, dying American empire...
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Vertigo (1958) | Movies To See Before You Die
What makes Vertigo such a powerful movie isn’t its twist, but the core themes and characters that exist at the heart of it. Some movies don’t have the same effect once you know what the twist is, but...
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All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) | Movies To See Before You Die
All Quiet On The Western Front began as a novel by German war veteran Erich Maria Remarque. Published in 1929, this bestseller spawned its first film adaptation in 1930. Nearly a century later, Lewis...
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Do the Right Thing (1999) | Movies to See Before You Die
Being four years old when Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing stormed previews and its eventual wider release with electric controversy, I missed out on the discourse. I wish I could have been old enough to...
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Citizen Kane (1941) | Movies to See Before You Die
Writing about Citizen Kane is a lot like trying to write about Seven Samurai or The Godfather. Galaxies need to be formed to have space enough for the libraries containing only what people have put...
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Jinnah (1998) | Movies to See Before You Die
Christopher Lee lived a remarkable life. Mainly known for his feats as a screen actor, Lee performed in over 100 films spanning half of the 20th century. Of all the films of his career, Lee considered...
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Apollo 13 (1995) | Movies To See Before You Die
Almost thirty years since its release, Ron Howard’s film Apollo 13 remains a gripping and inspirational film. The dramatization of the infamous space disaster sports an all-star cast and a magnificent...
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Grave of the Fireflies (1988) | Movies To See Before You Die
In 1988, one of the most powerful films of all time hit theaters in Japan. Although an animated feature, Isao Takahata’s Grave Of The Fireflies immediately resonated with audiences and continues to...
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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) | Movies to See Before You Die
While not a Christmas or holiday story by any stretch of the imagination, the release of all three The Lord of the Rings movies in December (from 2001-2003) created a brief, but wonderful late winter...
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Bad Santa (2003) | Movies to See Before You Die
Bad Santa was marketed pretty obviously as a dumb, offensive holiday-themed comedy. Billy Bob Thornton playing a mean, drunk loser stuck being a department store Santa Claus every year to pull off an...
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Miracle on 34th Street (1947) | Movies to See Before You Die
Miracle on 34th Street was a favorite in my house growing up. So much so, the 1947 original with a cast of legends that includes Maureen O’Hara, Natalie Wood, and Edmund Gwenn in the Oscar-winning role...
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Five Easy Pieces (1970) | Movies to See Before You Die
Partially a road trip movie, Five Easy Pieces cemented Jack Nicholson as an actor to watch. In his early 30s by the time the film was released, doing well with audiences and critics alike, and in the...
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Magnolia (1999) | Movies to See Before You Die
The first time I ever remember thinking Kevin Smith had his own head completely up his ass about something was about the Paul Thomas Anderson epic Magnolia. I liked the movie as a weird little teenager...
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) | Movies to See Before You Die
Masterfully directed by the late Miloš Forman, and with one of the best casts of any film in this decade, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is still an immeasurably powerful viewing experience. Yet the...
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The Maltese Falcon (1941) | Movies to See Before You Die
There’s a lot more to like about The Maltese Falcon than the seemingly effortless, brooding, weary-yet-endlessly-attentive cool of Humphrey Bogart as private detective Sam Spade. That’s the iconic...
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