Movies to Watch Before Dying

7/25/2019 Movies to Watch Before Dying

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. A loc3wor3 ?ran'e (1971)

A !oun' man whose interests are rape, @ultra-0iolence@ and Beetho0en under'oes a0ersiontherap! to be cured of his criminal nature. Based on the no0el b! Anthon! Bur'ess, >ubric34s

searin' 1971 satire on societ! still mana'es to ma3e an impact on audiences toda!.

9. Jaws (1975)

o! cheider and ichard 6re!fuss star in this 1975 bo-office smash about a massi0e

'reat white shar3 that terrorises a peaceful beachside communit!.

1. %he 6ar3 >ni'ht ($)

hristian Bale once a'ain embodies the man behind the mas3 in @%he 6ar3 >ni'ht.@ %he film

reunites Bale with director hristopher "olan and ta3es Batman across the world in his uest

to fi'ht a 'rowin' criminal threat. ;ith the help of Lieutenant Jim &ordon and 6istrict

Attorne! =ar0e! 6ent, Batman has been ma3in' headwa! a'ainst local crime... until a risin'

criminal mastermind 3nown as %he Jo3er unleashes a fresh rei'n of chaos across &otham

it!.

11. %he astle (1997)

Australian comed! about a father4s fi'ht to 3eep his home out of the hands of de0elopers.

tars *ichael aton, Anne %enne!, tephen urr!, ophie Lee, +ric Bana and harles 4Bud4

%in'well.

1$. %he ound of *usic (1925)

od'ers and =ammerstein4s Broadwa! musical comes to the bi' screen, with Julie Andrews

pla!in' a sin'in' nun who is sent off to be 'o0erness for the children of the widowed aptain

on %rapp. Also stars hristopher lummer and +leanor ar3er


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1/. %he %erminator (19)

A human-loo3in' indestructible c!bor' is sent from $$9 to 19 to assassinate a waitress,

whose unborn son will lead humanit! in a war a'ainst the machines, while a soldier from that

war is sent to protect her at all costs.

1. &oodfellas (199)

corsese4s masterful slow burn epic is based on the true stor! of 'an'ster turned state

witness, =enr! =ill, chartin' his rise within the hierarch! of the mob and subseuent fall from

'race. 6e "iro ta3es char'e as Jimm! onwa!, the man with the 3now-how to ma3e himself

and his cohorts, %omm! 6e ito and =ill rich, powerful and untouchable. =owe0er in the

'rand tradition of mob films, li0es spiral out of control, sta3es are raised and in the end it is

onl! the trul! cunnin' that sur0i0e.

15. %he rincess Bride (197)

A bo!4s 'randfather reads him a swords and sorcer! ad0enture about a pirate who must

rescue his beautiful childhood lo0e from the e0il prince that 3idnapped her. Based on ;illiam

&oldman4s 197/ no0el.

12. Apocal!pse "ow (1979)

6urin' the C..-iet "am ;ar, aptain ;illard is sent on a dan'erous mission into

ambodia to assassinate a rene'ade colonel who has set himself up as a 'od amon' a local

tribe.

17. ome Li3e it =ot (1959)

;hen two musicians witness a mob hit, the! flee the state in an all female band dis'uised as

women, but further complications set in.

1. Dro#en ($1/)

Dearless optimist Anna teams up with >ristoff in an epic :ourne!, encounterin' +0erest-li3e

conditions, and a hilarious snowman named ?laf in a race to find Anna4s sister +lsa, whose

ic! powers ha0e trapped the 3in'dom in eternal winter.


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19. *ont! !thon and the =ol! &rail (1975)

>in' Arthur and his 3ni'hts embar3 on a low-bud'et search for the &rail, encounterin' man!

0er! sill! obstacles.

$. Lost in %ranslation ($/)

%he li0es of an a'ein' mo0ie star and a !oun' photo'rapher4s wife cross paths when the!

meet in a %o3!o hotel. In an attempt to escape their troublesome eistences bac3 in America,

the pair for'es an intense relationship that chan'es them fore0er.

$1. in'in4 in the ain (195$)

A silent film production compan! ma3es the aw3ward transition to sound, in what is one of

the most famous mo0ie musicals of all time.

$$. =arr! otter and the hilosopher4s tone ($1)

escued from the outra'eous ne'lect of his aunt and uncle, a !oun' bo! with a 'reat destin!

pro0es his worth while attendin' =o'warts chool of ;itchcraft and ;i#ardr!.

$/. Life Is Beautiful (1997)

A Jewish man has a wonderful romance with the help of his humour, but must use that same

ualit! to protect his son in a "a#i death camp.

$. %he &odfather (197$)

%he a'in' patriarch of an or'ani#ed crime d!nast! transfers control of his clandestine empire

to his reluctant son. tarrin' Al acino and *arlon Brando.

$5. $1< A pace ?d!sse! (192)

=umanit! finds a m!sterious, ob0iousl! artificial, ob:ect buried beneath the Lunar surface

and, with the intelli'ent computer =.A.L. 9, sets off on a uest.

$2. +.%. the +tra-%errestrial (19$)

An etra-terrestrial is accidentall! left behind on +arth and is befriended b! a !oun' bo! and

his brother and sister. As +lliot attempts to help his etra-terrestrial companion contact his


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home planet so that he mi'ht be rescued, the children must elude scientists and 'o0ernment

a'ents determined to apprehend the alien for their own purposes...which results in an

ad0enture 'reater than an! of them could ha0e ima'ined.less

1. *ar! oppins (192)

Julie Andrews is a ma'ic nann! who comes to wor3 for a cold ban3er4s unhapp! famil!.

$. %ai 6ri0er (1972)

A mentall! unstable ietnam war 0eteran wor3s as a ni'ht-time tai dri0er in "ew 8or3 it! where

the percei0ed decadence and slea#e feeds his ur'e for 0iolent action, attemptin' to sa0e a

preadolescent prostitute in the process.

/. Alien (1979)

%he commercial 0essel "ostromo recei0es a distress call from an uneplored planet. After searchin'

for sur0i0ors, the crew heads home onl! to reali#e that a deadl! bioform has :oined them.

. tar ;ars< +pisode I - A "ew =ope (1977)

Lu3e 3!wal3er :oins forces with a Jedi >ni'ht, a coc3! pilot, a woo3iee and two droids to sa0e the

uni0erse from the +mpire4s world-destro!in' battle-station, while also attemptin' to rescue rincess

Leia from the e0il 6arth ader.

5. A loc3wor3 ?ran'e (1971)

A !oun' man whose interests are rape, @ultra-0iolence@ and Beetho0en under'oes a0ersion therap!

to be cured of his criminal nature. Based on the no0el b! Anthon! Bur'ess, >ubric34s searin' 1971

satire on societ! still mana'es to ma3e an impact on audiences toda!.

2. Jaws (1975)

o! cheider and ichard 6re!fuss star in this 1975 bo-office smash about a massi0e 'reat white

shar3 that terrorises a peaceful beachside communit!.

7. %he 6ar3 >ni'ht ($)

hristian Bale once a'ain embodies the man behind the mas3 in @%he 6ar3 >ni'ht.@ %he film

reunites Bale with director hristopher "olan and ta3es Batman across the world in his uest to fi'ht


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a 'rowin' criminal threat. ;ith the help of Lieutenant Jim &ordon and 6istrict Attorne! =ar0e! 6ent,

Batman has been ma3in' headwa! a'ainst local crime... until a risin' criminal mastermind 3nown as

%he Jo3er unleashes a fresh rei'n of chaos across &otham it!.less

. %he astle (1997)

Australian comed! about a father4s fi'ht to 3eep his home out of the hands of de0elopers. tars

*ichael aton, Anne %enne!, tephen urr!, ophie Lee, +ric Bana and harles 4Bud4 %in'well.

9. %he ound of *usic (1925)

od'ers and =ammerstein4s Broadwa! musical comes to the bi' screen, with Julie Andrews pla!in'

a sin'in' nun who is sent off to be 'o0erness for the children of the widowed aptain on %rapp.

Also stars hristopher lummer and +leanor ar3er.

1. %he %erminator (19)

A human-loo3in' indestructible c!bor' is sent from $$9 to 19 to assassinate a waitress, whose

unborn son will lead humanit! in a war a'ainst the machines, while a soldier from that war is sent to

protect her at all costs.

11. &oodfellas (199)

corsese4s masterful slow burn epic is based on the true stor! of 'an'ster turned state witness,

=enr! =ill, chartin' his rise within the hierarch! of the mob and subseuent fall from 'race. 6e "iro

ta3es char'e as Jimm! onwa!, the man with the 3now-how to ma3e himself and his cohorts,

%omm! 6e ito and =ill rich, powerful and untouchable. =owe0er in the 'rand tradition of mob films,

li0es spiral out of control, sta3es are raised and in the end it is onl! the trul! cunnin' that

sur0i0e.less

1$. %he rincess Bride (197)

A bo!4s 'randfather reads him a swords and sorcer! ad0enture about a pirate who must rescue his

beautiful childhood lo0e from the e0il prince that 3idnapped her. Based on ;illiam &oldman4s 197/

no0el.

1/. Apocal!pse "ow (1979)


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6urin' the C..-iet "am ;ar, aptain ;illard is sent on a dan'erous mission into ambodia to

assassinate a rene'ade colonel who has set himself up as a 'od amon' a local tribe.

1. ome Li3e it =ot (1959)

;hen two musicians witness a mob hit, the! flee the state in an all female band dis'uised as

women, but further complications set in.

15. Dro#en ($1/)

Dearless optimist Anna teams up with >ristoff in an epic :ourne!, encounterin' +0erest-li3e

conditions, and a hilarious snowman named ?laf in a race to find Anna4s sister +lsa, whose ic!

powers ha0e trapped the 3in'dom in eternal winter.

12. *ont! !thon and the =ol! &rail (1975)

>in' Arthur and his 3ni'hts embar3 on a low-bud'et search for the &rail, encounterin' man! 0er!

sill! obstacles.

17. Lost in %ranslation ($/)

%he li0es of an a'ein' mo0ie star and a !oun' photo'rapher4s wife cross paths when the! meet in a

%o3!o hotel. In an attempt to escape their troublesome eistences bac3 in America, the pair for'esan intense relationship that chan'es them fore0er.

1. in'in4 in the ain (195$)

A silent film production compan! ma3es the aw3ward transition to sound, in what is one of the most

famous mo0ie musicals of all time.

19. =arr! otter and the hilosopher4s tone ($1)

escued from the outra'eous ne'lect of his aunt and uncle, a !oun' bo! with a 'reat destin! pro0es

his worth while attendin' =o'warts chool of ;itchcraft and ;i#ardr!.

$. %he o!al %enenbaums ($1)


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%hree former child prodi'ies, each one scarred b! two decades of failure and betra!al, are reunited

when their l!in' father announces that he has a short time to li0e.

1. carface (19/)

In 19 *iami, a determined uban immi'rant ta3es o0er a dru' cartel while succumbin' to 'reed.

1. %rainspottin' (1992)

enton, deepl! immersed in the +dinbur'h dru' scene, tries to clean up and 'et out, despite the

allure of the dru's and influence of friends.

1. Cp ($9)

B! t!in' thousands of balloons to his home, 7-!ear-old arl sets out to fulfill his lifelon' dream to

see the wilds of outh America. ussell, a wilderness eplorer 7 !ears !oun'er, inad0ertentl!

becomes a stowawa!.

$7. *ean &irls ($)

ad! =eron is a 15-!ear-old 'irl who has been raised in the African bush b! her #oolo'ist

parents. ad! thin3s she 3nows all about @sur0i0al of the fittest@ but the law of the :un'le

ta3es on a whole new meanin' when she mo0es to a public hi'h school for the first time andfalls in lo0e with the e-bo!friend of one of the most popular 'irls. %hin's turn u'l! as she

falls pre! to the ps!cholo'ical warfare and unwritten social rules that teena'e 'irls face

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