Written byDavid and Janet People, the film also featuresChristopher Plummer,Madeleine StoweandBrad Pittin an Academy Award-nominated performance.

Terry Gilliam uses the film and James Cole’s anachronistic existence to examine the oddities of contemporary life.

He engages in the modern-day struggle of separating important information from the constant barrage of distracting and unimportant noise.

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The film also deals with themes of insanity, environmentalism and anti-capitalism.

Ron Howard famously conducted extensive research to ensure thatApollo 13was as historically accurate as possible.

Essentially a continuous conversation of monologues, the film deals withthemes of love, self-actualization and death.

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The film is the first installment in the belovedBeforetrilogy, which includes the sequelsBefore SunsetandBefore Midnight.

Joining De Niro and Pesci in the film wereDon Rickles,Kevin PollakandSharon Stonein an Academy Award-nominated performance.

The film is realistic while providing its audience with a worthwhile, entertaining and fulfilling cinematic escape.

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Heatisa propulsive cat-and-mouse gamebetween the criminal gang and the LAPD task force investigating them.

Particular praise was given to the performances of Thompson and Winslet and the script by first-time screenwriter Thompson.

3’Se7en'

Directed by David Fincher

David Fincher’sSe7enis perhaps the bleakest film of 1995.

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Se7entakesan unsparing look at the nature of eviland the capacity for cruelty inherent in everyone.

Impressively, it remains entertaining while juggling such bleak and dour themes.

The Usual Suspectshas one of the greatest twistsin film history.

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Its critical reassessment was crystalized in 2008 when the American Film Institute named it the tenth-best mystery film.

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Céline and Jesse looking at each other in Before Sunrise

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Joe Pesci as Nicky Santoro talking to Robert De Niro as Ace in Casino (1995)

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Tai with her arms around Cher and Dionne, all smiling for the camera, in Clueless

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Robert De Niro and Val Kilmer running with weapons down the middle of a street in Michael Mann’s Heat

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Edward and Elinor looking at each other in Sense and Sensibility.

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Brad Pitt as Mills and Morgan Freeman as Somerset having a conversation in David Fincher’s Se7en.

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Buzz, voiced by Tim Allen, holds Woody, voiced by Tom Hanks, as they fly through the air in ‘Toy Story’.

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