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Year1964
RatedApproved
Released07 Oct 1964
Runtime112 min
GenreDrama, Thriller
DirectorSidney Lumet
WriterWalter Bernstein, Eugene Burdick, Harvey Wheeler
ActorsHenry Fonda, Walter Matthau, Fritz Weaver
LanguageEnglish, Russian
CountryUnited States
AwardsNominated for 1 BAFTA Award3 nominations total

Fail Safe

A series of human and computer errors sends a squadron of American 'Vindicator' bombers to nuke Moscow. The President, in order to convince the Soviets that this is a mistake, orders the Strategic Air Command to help the Soviets stop them.
Year2025
RatedR
Released20 Aug 2025
Runtime133 min
GenreDrama
DirectorJoachim Trier
WriterEskil Vogt, Joachim Trier
ActorsRenate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas
LanguageNorwegian, English, French, Danish
CountryNorway, Germany, Denmark, France, Sweden, United Kingdom, Turkey
AwardsWon 1 Oscar. 72 wins & 302 nominations total

Sentimental Value

After the death of their mother, Estranged sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their once-famous director father, Gustav(Stellan Skaarsgard). He tries to revive his career with a personal film project, casting a Hollywood star (Elle Fanning) When Nora (Renate Reinsve) refuses a role, it leads to confrontations about art, legacy, and family trauma, in this humorous and heartbreaking film.
Year1989
RatedPG-13
Released09 Aug 1989
Runtime140 min
GenreAdventure, Drama, Mystery
DirectorJames Cameron
WriterJames Cameron
ActorsEd Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn
LanguageEnglish
CountryUnited States
AwardsWon 1 Oscar. 9 wins & 16 nominations total

The Abyss

Formerly married petroleum engineers who still have some issues to work out. They are drafted to assist a gung-ho Navy SEAL with a top-secret recovery operation: a nuclear sub has been ambushed and sunk, under mysterious circumstances, in some of the deepest waters on Earth.
Year2006
RatedPG-13
Released07 Dec 2006
Runtime99 min
GenreDocumentary, Biography, Music
DirectorDavid Leaf, John Scheinfeld
WriterDavid Leaf, John Scheinfeld
ActorsJohn Lennon, Yoko Ono, Stew Albert
LanguageEnglish
CountryUnited States
Awards2 nominations

The U.S. vs. John Lennon

After background about the childhood and youth of John Lennon (1940-1980) and the birth of Vietnam-War protests, the film plunges into Lennon's quest for world peace: compositions such as "Give Peace a Chance", the lie-in following his marriage to Yoko Ono, appearances at concerts, "War Is Over" posters, and plans for a series of concerts in 1972 in U.S. presidential primary states reach newly-enfranchised young voters. This plan for concerts, in particular, led a prominent Senator, the FBI's J. Edgar Hoover, and Nixon's White House to initiate a concerted and illegal effort to deport Lennon. Thirty talking heads, led by Yoko, comment on Lennon and these events.
Year2021
RatedR
Released02 Mar 2021
Runtime129 min
GenreBiography, Drama, Thriller
DirectorKevin Macdonald
WriterMichael Bronner, Rory Haines, Sohrab Noshirvani
ActorsTahar Rahim, Nouhe Hamady Bari, Saadna Hamoud
LanguageEnglish, French, Arabic, German, Latin
CountryUnited Kingdom, United States
AwardsNominated for 5 BAFTA 6 wins & 19 nominations total

The Mauritanian

Based on the NY Times best-selling memoir "Guantánamo Diary" by Mohamedou Ould Slahi, this is the true story of Slahi's fight for freedom after being detained and imprisoned without charge by the U.S. Government for years. Alone and afraid, Slahi finds allies in defense attorney Nancy Hollander and her associate Teri Duncan who battle the U.S. government in a fight for justice that tests their commitment to the law and their client at every turn. Their controversial advocacy, along with evidence uncovered by a formidable military prosecutor, Lt. Colonel Stuart Couch, uncovers shocking truths and ultimately proves that the human spirit cannot be locked up.
Year1984
RatedR
Released26 Oct 1984
Runtime107 min
GenreAction, Adventure, Sci-Fi
DirectorJames Cameron
WriterJames Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd, William Wisher
ActorsArnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn
LanguageEnglish, Spanish
CountryUnited Kingdom, United States
Awards9 wins & 8 nominations total

The Terminator

Sent back from a dystopian 2029--where the cold machines have conquered the entire world--to 1984 Los Angeles, the indestructible cyborg-assassin known as the "Terminator" commences his deadly mission to kill humankind's most important woman: the unsuspecting Sarah Connor. However, from the same war-torn post-apocalyptic future comes a battle-scarred defender--Kyle Reese, a brave soldier of the human Resistance Army--bent on stopping the cybernetic killer from eliminating the world's last hope. But, the Terminator has no feelings, he doesn't sleep, and above all, he won't stop until he carries out his grim task. Does our future lie in our past?
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