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It is spring 480 BC, Persian King Xerxes, continuing his father Darius' master plan to conquer the Hellenic city-states, arrives in Hellas. The previous Persian invasion and diplomatic attempts have already turned most northern Hellas tribes and states to the Persian side. But the people of Athens and Sparta, the largest Hellenic powers at the time, feel quite insulted by the Persian emissaries' request to surrender to Xerxes, and so slay them. In Sparta, King Leonidas consults the local oracle, who gives two options: Either a spartan king will have to be sacrificed, or Sparta will be burned to the ground. A year earlier (481, BC) a Panhellenic consortium of all southern city-states had already recognized the superiority of the Spartan army (the best organized and trained army at the time) and had declared King Leonidas as supreme commander of the combined Hellenic army. It is then decided that a small force should block Xerxes' way to southern Hellas in the Thermopylae passage. This passage was, at that time, 12 meters wide. The great historian Herodotus, possibly exaggerating, states that there were 1,700,000 Persians (their true number could have been anywhere from 100,000 to 1,000,000) against 7,000 Hellenic hoplites and slaves, including the 300 men of the Spartan King elite guard. King Xerxes waited four days for the Hellenes to be frightened and eventually surrender and was quite astonished by his opponents' complete apathy. Xerxes tried to convince Leonidas to drop weapons, give up his position, kneel before him and live on as a local governor under Xerxes. King Leonidas replied "molon lave," which means "Come and get them." The three-day battle began, with the 300 Spartans and 700 Thespians (the other Hellenes where sent by Leonidas to protect passages to their flanks) slaying thousands of Persians with minimal losses. The whole Persian campaign would have failed if it hadn't been for Efialtes, who showed Xerxes a secret passage to the Hellenic flanks. After a final battle led by King Xerxes himself, the Hellenic force was slain and their heroism and glory was written forever in history. From the beginning of the battle, the Hellenes buried their dead in the spot where they fell. Then battle signs where made for the dead of each Hellenic faction. For the Pelloponisians, (including the 300 Spartans) the sign generally read (free translation) "In this place 4,000 Pelloponisians fought 30 millions)." For the 300 Spartans (Lakaedaemonians), the sign reads (free translation) "Oh foreigner, tell the Lakaedaemonians that we are buried here obeying their laws," meaning that they never hesitated and never retreated from the enemy. The impact of the battle was enormous for both sides. The Persians' morale dropped to zero, and the Hellenes lost their fear for the Persian conqueror and organized their defense. After several successful battles, the Hellenes ultimately defeated the Persian army and repelled their invasion in the Battle of Plataea in 479 BC.
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Gerard Butler |
Lena Headey |
Dominic West |
David Wenham |
Vincent Regan |
Michael Fassbender |
Tom Wisdom |
Andrew Pleavin |
Andrew Tiernan |
Rodrigo Santoro |
Giovani Cimmino |
Stephen McHattie |
Greg Kramer |
Alex Ivanovici |
Craig Kelly |
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Zack Snyder |
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Ex-con Jensen Ames is forced by the warden of a notorious prison to compete in our post-industrial world's most popular sport: a car race in which inmates must brutalize and kill one another on the road to victory.
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Adventure |
Sci-Fi |
Thriller |
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Max Ryan |
Benz Antoine |
Marcello Bezina |
John Canoe |
Jason Clarke |
Tyrese Gibson |
Frederick Koehler |
Robert LaSardo |
Justin Mader |
Ian McShane |
Robin Shou |
Jason Statham |
Jacob Vargas |
Joan Allen |
Melantha Blackthorne |
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Paul W.S. Anderson |
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Fargo is based on true events that occurred in Minnesota in 1987 with the names changed to protect the victims. Jerry works in his father-in-law's car dealership and has gotten himself in financial problems. He tries various schemes to come up with money needed for a reason that is never really explained. It has to be assumed that his huge embezzlement of money from the dealership is about to be discovered by father-in-law. When all else falls through, plans he set in motion earlier for two men to kidnap his wife for ransom to be paid by her wealthy father (who doesn't seem to have the time of day for son-in-law). From the moment of the kidnapping, things go wrong and what was supposed to be a non-violent affair turns bloody with more blood added by the minute. Jerry is upset at the blood shed, which turns loose a pregnant sheriff from MN who is tenacious in attempting to solve the three murders in her jurisdiction.
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Drama |
Thriller |
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William H. Macy |
Steve Buscemi |
Peter Stormare |
Kristin Rudrüd |
Harve Presnell |
Tony Denman |
Gary Houston |
Sally Wingert |
Kurt Schweickhardt |
Larissa Kokernot |
Melissa Peterman |
Steve Reevis |
Warren Keith |
Steve Edelman |
Sharon Anderson |
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Ethan Coen |
Joel Coen |
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You're young. You have an easy, well-paid deskjob. You have a condo, Swedish furniture, artistic coffee tables and a fridge full of condiments. Yet you feel emotionally and spiritually empty. You eventually find comfort in going to support groups for lukemia and cancer victims when there's nothing wrong with you until they're hijacked from you by another faker. Then you meet Tyler Durden, a man that shows you that not only can you live without material needs but that self-destruction, the collapse of society and making dynamite from soap might not be such a bad idea either.
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Crime |
Drama |
Thriller |
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Edward Norton |
Brad Pitt |
Helena Bonham Carter |
Meat Loaf |
Zach Grenier |
Richmond Arquette |
David Andrews |
George Maguire |
Eugenie Bondurant |
Christina Cabot |
Sydney 'Big Dawg' Colston |
Rachel Singer |
Christie Cronenweth |
Tim De Zarn |
Ezra Buzzington |
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David Fincher |
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After a girl has a premonition of a horrific roller coaster accident, her and several of her friends get off the ride. Only when her vision comes true does horrible things start happening to those that got off. Now, everyone who got off is dying in various ways in the order they died in the vision. Now, her and her friend, armed with only the picture she took at the carnival, have to find out how her classmates are going to die and how to stop it.
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Drama |
Horror |
Mystery |
Thriller |
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Ryan Merriman |
Kris Lemche |
Sam Easton |
Jesse Moss |
Texas Battle |
Jody Racicot |
Patrick Gallagher |
Dylan Basu |
Alberto Ghisi |
Stuart Cowan |
Harris Allan |
Alexander Kalugin |
Nels Lennarson |
Jacob Rupp |
R. David Stephens |
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Maximus is a powerful Roman general, loved by the people and the aging Emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Before his death, the Emperor chooses Maximus to be his heir over his own son, Commodus, and a power struggle leaves Maximus and his family condemned to death. The powerful general is unable to save his family, and his loss of will allows him to get captured and put into the Gladiator games until he dies. The only desire that fuels him now is the chance to rise to the top so that he will be able to look into the eyes of the man who will feel his revenge.
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Adventure |
Drama |
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Russell Crowe |
Joaquin Phoenix |
Connie Nielsen |
Oliver Reed |
Richard Harris |
Derek Jacobi |
Djimon Hounsou |
David Schofield |
John Shrapnel |
Tomas Arana |
Ralf Moeller |
Spencer Treat Clark |
David Hemmings |
Tommy Flanagan |
Sven-Ole Thorsen |
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Ridley Scott |
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Top London cop, PC Nicholas Angel (Pegg) is good. Too good. And to stop the rest of his team looking bad, he is reassigned to the quiet town of Sandford. He is paired with Danny Butterman (Frost), who countlessly questions him on the action lifestyle. Everything seems quiet for Angel, until two actors are found decapitated. It is address to as an accident, but Angel isn't going to accept that, especially when more and more people turn up dead. Angel and Danny clash with everyone, whilst trying to uncover the truth behind the mystery of the apparent "acidents".
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Action |
Comedy |
Crime |
Mystery |
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Simon Pegg |
Martin Freeman |
Bill Nighy |
Robert Popper |
Joe Cornish |
Chris Waitt |
Eric Mason |
Billie Whitelaw |
Nick Frost |
Peter Wight |
Julia Deakin |
Tom Strode Walton |
Troy Woollan |
Rory Lowings |
Bill Bailey |
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Edgar Wright |
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A successful cocaine dealer, who has earned a respected place among England's Mafia elite, plans an early retirement from the business. However, big boss Jimmy Price hands down a tough assignment: find Charlotte Ryder, the missing rich princess daughter of Jimmy's old pal Edward, a powerful construction business player and gossip papers socialite. Complicating matters are two million pounds' worth of Grade A ecstasy, a brutal neo-Nazi sect and a whole series of double crossings. The title "LAYER CAKE" refers to the layers or levels anyone in business goes through in rising to the top. What is revealed is a modern underworld where the rules have changed. There are no 'codes', or 'families' and respect lasts as long as a line. Not knowing who he can trust, he has to use all his 'savvy', 'telling' and skills which make him one of the best, to escape his own. The ultimate last job, a love interest called Tammy, and an international drug ring threaten to draw him back into the 'cake mix'. But, time is running out and the penalty will endure a lifetime..
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Crime |
Drama |
Thriller |
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Daniel Craig |
Tom Hardy |
Jamie Foreman |
Sally Hawkins |
Burn Gorman |
George Harris |
Tamer Hassan |
Colm Meaney |
Marcel Iures |
Francis Magee |
Dimitri Andreas |
Kenneth Cranham |
Garry Tubbs |
Nathalie Lunghi |
Marvin Benoit |
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Matthew Vaughn |
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The Passion of The Christ focusses on the last twelve hours of Jesus of Nazareth's life. The film begins in the Garden of Gethsemane where Jesus has gone to pray after sitting the Last Supper. Jesus must resist the temptations of Satan. Betrayed by Judas Iscariot, Jesus is then arrested and taken within the city walls of Jerusalem where leaders of the Pharisees confront him with accusations of blasphemy and his trial results in a condemnation to death.
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Rosalinda Celentano |
Sergio Rubini |
James Caviezel |
Maia Morgenstern |
Hristo Jivkov |
Francesco De Vito |
Monica Bellucci |
Mattia Sbragia |
Toni Bertorelli |
Luca Lionello |
Hristo Shopov |
Claudia Gerini |
Fabio Sartor |
Giacinto Ferro |
Olek Mincer |
Sheila Mokhtari |
Lucio Allocca |
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Mel Gibson |
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The story begins with a regular Joe who tries desperately to seek employment, but embarks on a violent rampage when he teams up with cult leader Uncle Dave. Their first act is to heist an amusement park, only to learn that the Taliban are planning the same heist as well. Chaos ensues, and now the Postal Dude must not only take on terrorists but political figures as well.
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Comedy |
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Thriller |
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Zack Ward |
Dave Foley |
Chris Coppola |
Jackie Tohn |
J.K. Simmons |
Ralf Moeller |
Verne Troyer |
Chris Spencer |
Larry Thomas |
Michael Paré |
Erick Avari |
Lindsay Hollister |
Brent Mendenhall |
Rick Hoffman |
Michael Benyaer |
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Uwe Boll |
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