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The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013)

Once in a blue moon, an enchanting experience is born.

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Men (2022)

Welcome to uncanny valley.

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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

When the story is more intriguing than the slashing.

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The Piano Teacher (2001)

Aren’t all piano teachers masochistic?

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A Star Is Born (2018)

Lady Gaga can sing, but can she act?

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Soul (2020)

Pixar films do have soul after all.

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Isle of Dogs (2018)

A love letter to dogs or Japan?

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Millennium Actress (2001)

Will this daringly original screenplay sweep you off your feet?

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M (1931)

If there was ever the case for why classic films are more cinematic.

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Metropolis (1927)

Nein out of ten.

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Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Global archeological adventure awaits!

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Die Hard (1988)

All I want for Christmas is an action blockbuster.

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Ninja Scroll (1993)

Legendary ninja battles are always cut short.

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Victoria (2015)

They actually filmed a one-shot movie.

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The Wrestler (2008)

How wrestling is both fake and real at the same time.

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The Hurt Locker (2008)

This deployment won’t really blow you away.

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Contagion (2011)

Visions of a future novel Coronavirus.

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All the Money in the World (2017)

…and Ridley Scott still misses.

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The King’s Speech (2010)

Did I stutter?

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Silence (2016)

Silence has never been so pitiful.

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You Were Never Really Here (2017)

A violent metaphor on burden, trauma and guilt.

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Sleepy Hollow (1999)

How a legendary fable should be depicted.

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The Ring (2012)

Let’s sleep with the lights on.

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Candyman (2021)

Making racial injustice feel like an urban myth.

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Split (2016)

James McAvoy takes the crown for multiple-personalities.

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Unbreakable (2000)

What superhero movies could have been.

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The Sixth Sense (1999)

I see dead people.

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Stand By Me (1986)

Pre-internet adventures of American adolescence.

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Billy Elliot (2000)

For men that want to follow their dreams.

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Dead Poet’s Society (1989)

Father figure not just for The Holdovers.

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A Ghost Story (2017)

Quirkiest metaphor of the decade.

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The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)

The precursor to Gen Z filmmaking.

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Like Crazy (2011)

Is it worth falling in love?

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The Bridges of Madison County (1995)

Sometimes the realest love is the most bittersweet.

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Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

Perhaps the holy grail is the laughter we found along the way.

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Groundhog Day (1993)

When the jokes are good enough to repeat again and again.

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Crazy Stupid Love (2011)

A romcom even men should enjoy.

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Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)

I’d rather just watch his live performances.

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Steve Jobs (2015)

Our favorite asshole tech CEO.

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Pollock (2000)

Do you have to be unstable to be a great artist?

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Elephant (2003)

Making sense of a school shooter.

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Captain Phillips (2013)

Look at me, I’m the captain now.

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Lion (2016)

Finding your biological roots.

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Amadeus (1984)

The Mozart effect applies to movies too.

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The Last Samurai (2003)

Bringing Japan to western audiences.

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Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

One of the few military war films that could make you cry.

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Black Hawk Down (2001)

Basically every Call of Duty mission.

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Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000)

The best vampire movie might actually be an anime.

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V/H/S (2012)

Analog horror for those that love ghost stories.

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Jaws (1975)

Spielberg makes a generation afraid of the beach.

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