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The Matrix Resurrections is a 2021 American science fiction action film  produced, co-written, and directed by Lana Wachowski. It is the sequel  to The Matrix Revolutions (2003) and the fourth installment in The  Matrix film franchise. Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Jada Pinkett  Smith, and Lambert Wilson reprise their roles from the previous films,  and they are joined by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jessica Henwick, Jonathan  Groff, Neil Patrick Harris, and Priyanka Chopra Jonas. The film is set  sixty years after the events of Revolutions and follows Neo, who lives a  seemingly ordinary life as a video game developer troubled with  distinguishing dreams from reality. A group of rebels, with the help of a  programmed version of Morpheus, free Neo from an altered Matrix and  fight a new enemy that holds Trinity captive.

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Strange Days is a 1995 American science fiction thriller film directed  by Kathryn Bigelow, written by James Cameron and Jay Cocks, and produced  by Cameron and Steven-Charles Jaffe. It stars Ralph Fiennes, Angela  Bassett, Juliette Lewis and Tom Sizemore. Set in the last two days of  1999, the film follows the story of a black marketeer of recordings that  allow a user to experience the recorder's memories and physical  sensations as he attempts to uncover the truth behind the murder of a  prostitute.

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8-Bit Christmas is a 2021 American Christmas comedy film directed by  Michael Dowse, from a screenplay by Kevin Jakubowski based upon his  novel of the same name. It stars Neil Patrick Harris, Winslow Fegley,  June Diane Raphael, David Cross, and Steve Zahn. The film was released  on November 24, 2021, on HBO Max, receiving generally favorable reviews  from critics.

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Toys is a 1992 American fantasy comedy film directed by Barry Levinson,  co-written by Levinson and Valerie Curtin, and starring Robin Williams,  Michael Gambon, Joan Cusack, Robin Wright, LL Cool J, and Jamie Foxx in  his feature film debut. Released in December 1992 in the United States,  and March and April 1993 in the United Kingdom and Australia,  respectively, the film was produced by Levinson's production company  Baltimore Pictures and distributed by 20th Century Fox. Despite  appearing somewhat juvenile at first glance, the movie garnered a PG-13  rating from the MPAA for some language and sensuality.

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Ghostbusters II is a 1989 American supernatural comedy film directed and  produced by Ivan Reitman and written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis.  The film stars Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis,  Rick Moranis, Ernie Hudson, and Annie Potts. It is the sequel to the  1984 film Ghostbusters and the second film in the Ghostbusters  franchise. Set five years after the events of the first film, the  Ghostbusters have been sued and put out of business after the  destruction caused during their battle with the deity Gozer. When a new  paranormal threat emerges, the Ghostbusters reunite to combat it and  save the world.

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Gremlins is a 1984 American comedy horror film directed by Joe Dante and  written by Chris Columbus. It draws on legends of folkloric mischievous  creatures that cause malfunctions—"gremlins"—in the British Royal Air  Force going back to World War II and stars Zach Galligan and Phoebe  Cates, with Howie Mandel providing the voice of Gizmo, the main mogwai  character. The story follows a young man who receives a strange creature  as a pet, which then spawns other creatures who transform into small,  destructive, aggressive monsters that all wreak havoc on a whole town on  Christmas Eve.

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Die Hard is a 1988 American action film directed by John McTiernan and  written by Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza. It is based on the 1979  novel Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp, and it stars Bruce  Willis, Alan Rickman, Alexander Godunov, and Bonnie Bedelia. Die Hard  follows New York City police detective John McClane (Willis) who is  caught up in a terrorist takeover of a Los Angeles skyscraper while  visiting his estranged wife. Reginald VelJohnson, William Atherton, Paul  Gleason, and Hart Bochner feature in supporting roles.

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The Nightmare Before Christmas (also known as Tim Burton's The Nightmare  Before Christmas) is a 1993 American stop-motion animated musical dark  fantasy holiday film directed by Henry Selick (in his feature  directorial debut) and produced and conceived by Tim Burton. It tells  the story of Jack Skellington, the King of "Halloween Town" who stumbles  upon "Christmas Town" and becomes obsessed with celebrating the  holiday. Danny Elfman wrote the songs and score, and provided the  singing voice of Jack.[9] The principal voice cast also includes Chris  Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey, Ken Page, Paul Reubens,  Glenn Shadix, and Ed Ivory.

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Dune (titled onscreen as Dune: Part One) is a 2021 American epic science  fiction film directed by Denis Villeneuve and written by Villeneuve,  Jon Spaihts, and Eric Roth. It is the first of a planned two-part  adaptation of the 1965 novel by Frank Herbert, primarily covering the  first half of the book. Set in the far future, it follows Paul Atreides  as his family, the noble House Atreides, is thrust into a war for the  deadly and inhospitable desert planet Arrakis. The ensemble cast  includes Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin,  Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Zendaya,  David Dastmalchian, Chang Chen, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Charlotte  Rampling, Jason Momoa, and Javier Bardem.

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Planes, Trains and Automobiles is a 1987 American comedy film written,  produced, and directed by John Hughes. It stars Steve Martin as Neal  Page, a high-strung marketing executive, and John Candy as Del Griffith,  a goodhearted but annoying shower curtain ring salesman. They share a  three-day odyssey of misadventures trying to get Neal home to Chicago in  time for Thanksgiving with his family. The film received critical  acclaim, with many critics praising it for Hughes branching out from  teen comedies, and for the performances of Candy and Martin.