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Director: Brian G Hutton

Starring: Clint Eastwood • Donald Sutherland • Telly Savalas • Don Rickkes • Carroll O’Connor • George Savalas • Gavin MacLeod • Len Lesser • Stuart Margolin • Harry Dean Stanton • Hal Buckley • Perry Lopez • Jeff Morris 

Money: $4M - $5.2M

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ImDb = 7.6/10 • RT = 79%/100%

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On a quest to retrieve a treasure of gold from behind enemy lines, a group of misfits joins hands to fulfil their own dangerous mission.

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Release date: 9 August 1996 (UK)

Director: Roland Emmerich

Starring: Will Smith • Billy Pullman • Jeff Goldblum • Margaret Colin • Judd Hirsch • Vivica A Fox • Randy Quaid • Mary McDonnell • Harvey Firestein • Robert Loggia • Brent Spiner • Harry Connick Jr 

Sequel: Independence Day: Resurgence

Budget: $75M / $817.4M

Running time: 2h 25m

Awards: MTV Movie & TV Award for Best Kiss, Academy Award for Best Visual Effects 

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ImDb = 7/10 • RT = 68%/100%

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An alien race destroys major cities of the world with their advanced weaponry. However, a geek, a pilot, the US President and a group of ragtag survivors unite to save mankind from annihilation.

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Director: Amy Heckerling

Starring: Michael Keaton • Hie Piscipo • Danny DeVito • Marila Henner • Maureen Stapleton • Peter Boyle

Money: $9m - $17.1m

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ImDb =6.5 /10 • RT = 44%/100%

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Johnny Kelly (Michael Keaton) lives a double life: at home, he's the good apple, looking after his ailing mother (Maureen Stapleton) and sexually obsessed brother, Tommy (Griffin Dunne). 

But his not-so-secret life is as Johnny Dangerously, an up-and-coming criminal being groomed by local gangster Jocko Dundee (Peter Boyle). Johnny's crime money puts Tommy through law school, but, when his brother becomes district attorney, Johnny must protect him from the murderous Danny Vermin (Joe Piscopo).

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Release date: 28 August 1987 🇬🇧

Director: Richard Donner

Starring: Mel Gibson • Danny Glover • Traci Wolfe • Darlene Love • Mary Ellen Trainor • Gary Busey • Mitchel Ryan • Tom Atkins • Sam the Dog • Al Leong 

Running time: 1h 57m

Budget: $15m - $65.2m

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ImDb = 7.6/10 • RT = 80%/100%

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Following the death of his wife, Los Angeles police detective Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) becomes reckless and suicidal. When he is reassigned and partnered with Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover), Riggs immediately clashes with the older officer. Together they uncover a massive drug-trafficking ring. As they encounter increasingly dangerous situations, Riggs and Murtaugh begin to form a bond. Riggs' volatile behavior might just help them apprehend the criminals -- if it doesn't kill them both first.

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Release date: 5 January 1995

Director: David Fincher

Starring: Brad Pitt; Morgan Freeman; Kevin Spacey; Gwyneth Paltrow; John C. McGinley; Leland Orser; Mark Boone; R Lee Ermey; 

Screenplay: David Fincher, Andrew Kevin Walker

Running time: 2h 7m

Money: $34M / $327.3M

Distributed by: New Line Cinema, FilmFlex

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ImDb = 8.6/10 • RT = 84%/100%

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Detectives Somerset and Mills, one a seasoned cop, the other a relatively new one, are paired up to solve murders. Together they attempt to find a killer who is inspired by the seven deadly sins.

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Release date: 12 November 1999 (UK)

Director: David Fincher

Starring: Edward Norton • Brad Pitt • Helena Bonom-Carter • Jared Leto • Meat Loaf • Holt McCallaney • Zach Grenier • Eion Bailey • David Andrews •

Story by: Chuck Palahniuk

Running time: 2h 19m

Money: $63M - $100.875M

Adapted from: Fight Club

Distributed by: 20th Century Studios

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ImDb = 8.8/10 • RT = 81%/100%

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Unhappy with his capitalistic lifestyle, a white-collared insomniac forms an underground fight club with Tyler, a careless soap salesman. Soon, their venture spirals down into something sinister.

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Release date: 6 January 1989 (UK)

Director: Christopher Cain
Starring: Terrance Stamp • Jack Palance • Charlie Sheen • Emilio Estevez • Keifer Sutherland • Lou Diamond Phillips • Dermot Mulroney • Casey Seimaszko • Alice Carter • Geoffrey Blake • Brian Keith • Terry O’Quinn • Tom Cruise (Murphy henchman)
Sequel: Young Guns II

ImDb = 6.8/10 • RT = 43%/100%

The year is 1878, Lincoln County. John Tunstall, a British ranch owner, hires six rebellious boys as "regulators" to protect his ranch against the ruthless Santa Fe Ring. When Tunstall is killed in an ambush, the Regulators, led by the wild-tempered Bill the Kid (Emilio Estevez), declare war on the Ring. As their vendetta turns into a bloody rampage, they are branded outlaws, becoming the objects of the largest manhunt in Western history.

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Release date: 29/12/00 🇬🇧

Starring: Bruce Willis • Samual L Jackson • Robin Wright Penn • M. Night Shyamalan • Spencer Treat Clark

Director: M. Night Shyamalan 

Sequel: Split 

Screenplay: M. Night Shyamalan 

Money: $75m - $248.1m

Awards: 2/16

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       ImDb = 7.3/10 • RT = 70%/100%

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SYNOPSIS

David, a security guard, survives a fatal train accident, only to be tracked down by a man named Elijah Price, who claims that David is blessed with superhuman abilities.

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Release date: 20 October 2017 (UK)

Director: Armando Iannucci
Starring:  Steven Buscemi - Jason Issacs - Simon Russell Beale - Adrian McLovhlin - Michael Palin - Jeffrey Tambor - Olga Kurylenko - Rupert Friend - Andrea Riseborough - Paddy Considine - Paul Chahidi - Johnny Phillips
Running time: 1h 46m
Budget: 13 million USD
Screenplay: Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin, David Schneider, Peter Fellows
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Release date: 7 November 2012 (UK)

Director: Ben Affleck

Starring: Ben Affleck - John Goodman - Alan Arkin - Bryan Cranston - Clea DuVall -Taylor Schilling - Scott McNairy 

Nominations: Academy Award for Best Picture, BAFTA Award for Best Film · See more

Awards: Academy Award for Best Picture,

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