Fight Club (U.S. / German / Italian)
Fight Club (1999)
Director: David Finch
Writers: Chuck Paranick/Jim Urs
Starring: Edward Norton / Brad Pitt / Helena Bonham Carter / Zach Greniel / Mitt Love
Genre: Drama/Action/Suspense/Thriller
Country of Production: USA/Germany/Italy
Language: English
Release Date: 1999-09-10 (Venice Film Festival) / 1999-10-15 (USA)
Duration: 139 minutes
Also known as: Fighting Club (Hong Kong) / Fighting Club (Taiwan) / Fighting Club
IMDb: tt0137523, rating 8.8
The film was nominated for Best Sound Editing at the 72nd Academy Awards in 2000.
Forrest Gump (UNITED States)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Writers: Eric Rose / Winston Groom
Starring: Tom Hanks / Robin White / Gary Sinis / McKelly Williamson / Sally Field
Genre: Drama / Romance
Country of Production: United States
Language: English
Release: 1994-06-23 (Los Angeles premiere) / 1994-07-06 (USA)
Runtime: 142 minutes
Also known as: Forrest Gomp
IMDb: tt0109830, rating 8.7
The film was nominated for 6 awards at the 67th Academy Awards in 1995 for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Visual Effects, Best Supporting Actor and Best Cinematography, 3 awards and 4 other nominations for Best Feature Film, Best Director and Best Actor at the 52nd Golden Globe Awards in 1995, and best special visual effects at the 48th British Academy Film Awards in 1995 and 7 other nominations It was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 19th Japan Academy Film Awards in 1996 and the Best Foreign Film Translation Award at the 16th Golden Rooster Awards of Chinese Cinema in 1996.
Inception (US / UK)
Inception (2010)
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Writers: Christopher Nolan
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio / Joseph Gordon-Levitt / Elliott Peggy / Tom Hardy / Ken Watanabe
Genre: Drama/Sci-Fi/Suspense/Adventure
Country of Production: United States/United Kingdom
Language: English/Japanese/French
Release: 2010-09-01 (Chinese mainland) / 2020-08-28 (Chinese mainland re-release) / 2010-07-16 (USA)
Duration: 148 minutes
Also known as: Stealth Murder Room (Hong Kong) / Full Launch (Taiwan) / Foundation / Psychic Crime / Memory Maze / Memory Cube
IMDb: tt1375666, rating 8.7
His name won four awards for Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects, Best Mix, and Best Sound Editing at the 83rd Academy Awards in 2011 and four other nominations; four nominations for Best Feature Film in the Film Category at the 68th Golden Globe Awards in the same year; and Best Foreign Language Film Award at the 34th Japan Film Academy in the same year.
The Lord of the Rings 2: The Two Towers (USA / New Zealand)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Director: Peter Jackson
Writers: Fran Welsh/Filipa Bowens/Stephen Sinclair/Peter Jackson/J. R． R． Tolkien
Starring: Ilya Wood / Sean Austin / Dominique Monaghan / Orlando Bloom / Vigo Mortensen
Genre: Drama/Action/Fantasy/Adventure
Country of Production: United States/New Zealand
Language: English/Sindarin/Ancient English
Release Date: 2003-04-25 (Chinese mainland) / 2021-04-23 (Chinese mainland re-release) / 2002-12-05 (New York Premiere) / 2002-12-18 (USA)
Runtime: 180 min/ 223 min (extended version) / 235 min (Blu-ray extended version)
Also known as: Lord of the Rings II: Two Cities/ The Lord of the Rings II: The Two Towers / The Lord of the Rings 2: The Two Towers
IMDb: tt0167261, rating 8.7
The film received four nominations at the 75th Academy Awards in 2003 for Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Editing and Best Picture, two nominations for Best Feature Film and Best Director at the 60th Golden Globe Awards in 2003, 7 nominations for Best Costume Design, Best Special Visual Effects and Best Film and Best Director at the 56th British Academy Film Awards in 2003, and Best Film and Best Director at the 3rd American Film Institute Awards in 2002.
Star Wars Episode II: The Empire Strikes Back (UNITED States)
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Director: Irving Keshner
Writers: George Lucas/Lawrence Cassdan/Leigh Brackett
Starring: Mark Hamill / Harrison Ford / Kelly Fisher / Billy Dee Williams / Anthony Daniels
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi/Adventure
Country/Region of Production: United States
Release: 1980-05-21 (USA)
Runtime: 124 min/ 127 min (Special Edition)
Also known as: Star Wars Episode 5: Empire Strikes Back / Star Wars Episode Five: Empire Strikes Back / Star Wars Episode V: Empire Strikes Back
IMDb: tt0080684, rating 8.7
The film won two awards at the 53rd Academy Awards in 1981 for Best Sound, Special Achievement Award, Best Art Direction, and Best Original Score.
The Matrix (United States)
The Matrix (1999)
Director: Lily Wachowski / Lana Wachowski
Writers: Lily Wachowski/Lana Wachowski
Starring: Keanu Reeves / Lawrence Fishburn / Carey-Ann Moss / Hugo Viven / Gloria Foster
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
Release: 1999-03-31 (USA)
Duration: 136 minutes
Also known as: 22nd Century Killing Network (Hong Kong) / 22nd Century Killing Network (Hong Kong) / Hacker Mission (Taiwan) / Hacker Empire
IMDb: tt0133093, rating 8.6
The film won four awards at the 72nd Academy Awards in 2000 for Best Editing, Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Editing, and Best Sound; four nominations for Best Special Visual Effects, Two Awards for Best Sound Effects and Best Cinematography at the 53rd British Academy Film Awards in 2000; and Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 23rd Japan Academy Film Awards in 2000.
Good Guy (US)
GoodFellas (1990)
Director: Martin Scorsese
Writers: Martin Scorsese/Nicholas Peleggi
Starring: Robert De Niro / Ray Lyotard / Joe Pesci / Lonan Breco / Paul Sorvino
Genre: Drama/Biography/Crime
Country/Region of Production: United States
Language: English/Italian
Release Date: 1990-09-09 (Venice Film Festival) / 1990-09-21 (USA)
Duration: 146 minutes
Also known as: Thieves also have a way (Hong Kong) / Good Guys from All Over the World (Taiwan)
IMDb: tt0099685, rating 8.6
The film won five nominations at the 63rd Academy Awards in 1991 for Best Supporting Actor (Joe Pesci) and for Best Picture and Best Director; four nominations for Best Screenplay and Best Director at the 1991 Golden Globe Awards; and 1990 Silver Lion Award for Best Director.
Flying Over the Lunatic Asylum (United States)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Director: Milos Foreman
Writers: Lawrence Opang/Bo Goodman/Ken Casey/Dahl Wasserman
Starring: Jack Nicholson / Danny DeVito / Christopher Lloyd / Louise Fletcher / Will Samson
Genre: Drama
Release: 1975-11-19 (USA)
Duration: 133 minutes
Also known as: Fly over the cuckoo's nest (taiwan)/Fly over the magpie's nest
IMDb: tt0073486, rating 8.6
The film won 5 awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay and 4 other nominations at the 48th Academy Awards in 1976.
VII Warriors (Japanese)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Writers: Akira Kurosawa / Shinobu Hashimoto / Hero of Kokoku
Starring: Toshiro Mifune / Joe Shimura / Keiko Tsushima / Yukiko Shimazaki / Fujiwara Kazushi / more...
Genre: Drama/Action/Adventure
Country/Region of Production: Japan
Language: Japanese
Screening date: 1954-04-26 (Japan)
Runtime: 207 minutes / 160 minutes (International Version) / 150 minutes (UK First Edition) / 190 minutes (UK 1991 Re-release) / 141 min (US First Edition) / 203 min (US Re-release)
Also known as: Seven Heroes and Four Righteousness (Hong Kong) / Seven Musketeers (Hong Kong) / The Seven Samurai / Shichinin no samurai
IMDb: tt0047478, rating 8.6
The film was nominated for Best Art Direction and Set in Black and White and Best Costume Design at the 29th Academy Awards in 1957, and the Silver Lion Award for Best Picture at the 15th Venice Film Festival in 1954.
Seven Deadly Sins (United States)
Se7en (1995)
Writers: Andrew Kevin Walker
Starring: Morgan Freeman / Brad Pitt / Kevin Spacey / Gwyneth Paltrow / Andrew Kevin Walker / more...
Genre: Drama/Suspense/Thriller/Crime
Release: 1995-09-22 (USA)
Duration: 127 minutes
Also known as: Line of Fire Pursuit Order (Taiwan)/7 Counties/Seven
IMDb: tt0114369, rating 8.6
The film was nominated for Best Editing at the 68th Academy Awards in 1996, for Best Original Screenplay at the 49th British Academy Film Awards in 1996, for Best Foreign Language Film at the 20th Japan Academy Film Awards in 1997, and for overseas work at the 21st Hochi-in-1996.
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