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Interesting Concepts

by antoniokowatsch • Created 8 years ago • Modified 6 years ago
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  • Steve Buscemi in Living in Oblivion (1995)

    1. Living in Oblivion

    19951h 30mR81Metascore
    7.5 (21K)
    This ultimate tribute to all independent filmmakers takes place during one day on the set of a non-budget movie.
    DirectorTom DiCilloStarsSteve BuscemiCatherine KeenerDermot Mulroney
  • Battle Royale (2000)

    2. Battle Royale

    20001h 54mNot Rated81Metascore
    7.5 (202K)
    In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill one another under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.
    DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsTatsuya FujiwaraAki MaedaTarô Yamamoto
  • Lee Pace and Catinca Untaru in The Fall (2006)

    3. The Fall

    20061h 57mR64Metascore
    7.8 (124K)
    In 1920s Los Angeles, a bedridden patient in a hospital captivates a young girl with a fantastic tale of heroes, myths, and villains on a desert island.
    DirectorTarsem SinghStarsLee PaceCatinca UntaruJustine Waddell
  • Christoph Waltz in The Zero Theorem (2013)

    4. The Zero Theorem

    20131h 47mR50Metascore
    6.0 (51K)
    A hugely talented but socially isolated computer operator is tasked by Management to prove the Zero Theorem: that the universe ends as nothing, rendering life meaningless. But meaning is what he already craves.
    DirectorTerry GilliamStarsChristoph WaltzLucas HedgesMélanie Thierry
  • Cube (1997)

    5. Cube

    19971h 30mR61Metascore
    7.1 (257K)
    A group of strangers awaken to find themselves placed in a giant cube. Each one of them is gifted with a special skill and they must work together to escape an endless maze of deadly traps.
    DirectorVincenzo NataliStarsNicole de BoerMaurice Dean WintDavid Hewlett
  • Guy Pearce and Carrie-Anne Moss in Memento (2000)

    6. Memento

    20001h 53mR83Metascore
    8.4 (1.4M)
    A former insurance investigator who now suffers from anterograde amnesia uses notes and tattoos to hunt down his wife's murderer.
    DirectorChristopher NolanStarsGuy PearceCarrie-Anne MossJoe Pantoliano
  • Paul Dano and Daniel Radcliffe in Swiss Army Man (2016)

    7. Swiss Army Man

    20161h 37mR64Metascore
    6.9 (138K)
    A hopeless man stranded on a deserted island befriends a dead body, and together they go on a surreal journey to get home.
    DirectorsDaniel KwanDaniel ScheinertStarsPaul DanoDaniel RadcliffeMary Elizabeth Winstead
  • Bruno Lawrence in The Quiet Earth (1985)

    8. The Quiet Earth

    19851h 31mR
    6.7 (29K)
    A scientist awakens to find himself alone in the world. In a desperate attempt to search for others, he finds only two who have their own agenda.
    DirectorGeoff MurphyStarsBruno LawrenceAlison RoutledgePete Smith
  • James McAvoy in Trance (2013)

    9. Trance

    20131h 41mR61Metascore
    6.9 (120K)
    An art auctioneer mixed up with a group of criminals partners with a hypnotherapist in order to recover a lost painting.
    DirectorDanny BoyleStarsJames McAvoyRosario DawsonVincent Cassel
  • Jason Statham in Crank (2006)

    10. Crank

    20061h 28mR57Metascore
    6.9 (273K)
    Professional assassin Chev Chelios learns his rival has injected him with a poison that will kill him if his heart rate drops.
    DirectorsMark NeveldineBrian TaylorStarsJason StathamAmy SmartCarlos Sanz
  • Ewan McGregor, Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee Miller, Ewen Bremner, and Kelly Macdonald in Trainspotting (1996)

    11. Trainspotting

    19961h 33mR83Metascore
    8.1 (754K)
    Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out despite the allure of drugs and the influence of friends.
    DirectorDanny BoyleStarsEwan McGregorEwen BremnerJonny Lee Miller
  • Julie Benz, Matt Corboy, Fay DeWitt, Scott Einbinder, Floyd Foster Jr., Jacquelyn Houston, Daniel Lench, Muneer Katchi, Michael McLafferty, Howard S. Miller, Lisa Pelikan, Zoran Popovic, David Reivers, Gloria Sandoval, Kevin Sheridan, Jordi Vilasuso, Cesar Garcia, Rene Heger, Kurt Long, Reuben Liber, Carter Jenkins, Jamie Lee Redmon, Tom Lisowski, Mercy Malick, Marisol Ramirez, Bill Lewis, Michael Nardelli, Sara Sanderson, Justin Bursch, Esther de Rothschild, Kaiwi Lyman, Brent Stiefel, Michael DiBacco, Tim Nardelli, John Edward Lee, Autumn Federici, Emilio Rossal, Rory Uphold, Daniel Yelsky, Mustafa Speaks, Lawrence Kao, Leandra Terrazzano, Megan Glass, Shane Spalione, Justin Marshall Elias, Zachary James Rukavina, Rivka Rivera, Tom Campbell, Cameron Cruz, Jay Hawkins, Ashley Key, David Saucedo, Aimee McKay, Molly Jackson, Chrystal Masters, Vee Kumari, Han Nah Kim, Aaron Hann, Mario Miscione, AJ Hudson, Nasrin Mohammedi, DeMaris Gordon, Marc Cedric Smith, Allegra Masters, and Brian Johnson in Circle (2015)

    12. Circle

    20151h 27mNot Rated
    6.0 (71K)
    Held captive and faced with their imminent executions, fifty strangers are forced to choose the one person among them who deserves to live.
    DirectorsAaron HannMario MiscioneStarsAllegra MastersAimee McKayAshley Key
  • Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)

    13. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

    20062h 27mR56Metascore
    7.5 (274K)
    Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born with a superior olfactory sense, creates the world's finest perfume. His work, however, takes a dark turn as he searches for the ultimate scent.
    DirectorTom TykwerStarsBen WhishawDustin HoffmanAlan Rickman
  • The Lathe of Heaven (1980)

    14. The Lathe of Heaven

    19801h 45mTV Movie
    7.1 (2.9K)
    In a highly controlled and overpopulated society, a man who has terrifying dreams that affect reality is assigned a psychiatrist who takes advantage of the situation.
    DirectorsFred BarzykDavid R. LoxtonStarsBruce DavisonPeyton E. ParkNiki Flacks
  • Emily Baldoni in Coherence (2013)

    15. Coherence

    20131h 29mNot Rated65Metascore
    7.2 (163K)
    Strange things begin to happen when a group of friends gather for a dinner party on an evening when a comet is passing overhead.
    DirectorJames Ward ByrkitStarsEmily BaldoniMaury SterlingNicholas Brendon
  • Predestination (2014)

    16. Predestination

    20141h 37mR69Metascore
    7.4 (325K)
    As his last assignment, a temporal agent is tasked to travel back in time and prevent a bomb attack in New York in 1975. The hunt, however, turns out to be beyond the bounds of possibility.
    DirectorsMichael SpierigPeter SpierigStarsEthan HawkeSarah SnookNoah Taylor
  • Bibi Andersson and Liv Ullmann in Persona (1966)

    17. Persona

    19661h 23mNot Rated86Metascore
    8.0 (137K)
    A nurse is put in charge of a mute actress and finds that their personae are melding together.
    DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsBibi AnderssonLiv UllmannMargaretha Krook
  • Cas Anvar, Vera Farmiga, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jeffrey Wright, Michelle Monaghan, and Michael Arden in Source Code (2011)

    18. Source Code

    20111h 33mPG-1374Metascore
    7.5 (571K)
    A soldier wakes up in someone else's body and discovers he's part of an experimental government program to find the bomber of a commuter train within 8 minutes.
    DirectorDuncan JonesStarsJake GyllenhaalMichelle MonaghanVera Farmiga
  • Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried in In Time (2011)

    19. In Time

    20111h 49mPG-1353Metascore
    6.7 (471K)
    In a future where people stop aging at 25, but are engineered to live only one more year, having the means to buy your way out of the situation is a shot at immortal youth. Will Salas is accused of murder and on the run with a hostage.
    DirectorAndrew NiccolStarsJustin TimberlakeAmanda SeyfriedCillian Murphy
  • Christopher Soren Kelly in Infinity Chamber (2016)

    20. Infinity Chamber

    20161h 43m
    6.2 (12K)
    A man trapped in an automated prison must outsmart a computer in order to escape.
    DirectorTravis MilloyStarsChristopher Soren KellyCass ClarkCajardo Lindsey
  • Bruce Willis, Jeff Daniels, Piper Perabo, Paul Dano, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Emily Blunt in Looper (2012)

    21. Looper

    20121h 59mR84Metascore
    7.4 (620K)
    In 2074, when the mob wants to get rid of someone, the target is sent into the past, where a hired gun awaits - someone like Joe - who one day learns the mob wants to 'close the loop' by sending back Joe's future self for assassination.
    DirectorRian JohnsonStarsJoseph Gordon-LevittBruce WillisEmily Blunt
  • Daniel Day-Lewis and Vicky Krieps in Phantom Thread (2017)

    22. Phantom Thread

    20172h 10mR90Metascore
    7.4 (153K)
    Set in 1950s London, Reynolds Woodcock is a renowned dressmaker whose fastidious life is disrupted by a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who becomes his muse and lover.
    DirectorPaul Thomas AndersonStarsVicky KriepsDaniel Day-LewisLesley Manville
  • Logan Marshall-Green in Upgrade (2018)

    23. Upgrade

    20181h 40mR67Metascore
    7.5 (226K)
    Set in the near-future, technology controls nearly all aspects of life. But when the world of Grey, a self-labeled technophobe, is turned upside down, his only hope for revenge is an experimental computer chip implant.
    DirectorLeigh WhannellStarsLogan Marshall-GreenMelanie VallejoSteve Danielsen
  • Dustin Hoffman, Samuel L. Jackson, and Sharon Stone in Sphere (1998)

    24. Sphere

    19982h 14mPG-1335Metascore
    6.1 (116K)
    A spaceship is discovered under three hundred years' worth of coral growth at the bottom of the ocean.
    DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsDustin HoffmanSharon StoneSamuel L. Jackson
  • Nicole Kidman, Christopher Eccleston, and Fionnula Flanagan in The Others (2001)

    25. The Others

    20011h 44mPG-1374Metascore
    7.6 (414K)
    In 1945, immediately following the end of Second World War, a woman who lives with her two photosensitive children on her darkened old family estate in the Channel Islands becomes convinced that the home is haunted.
    DirectorAlejandro AmenábarStarsNicole KidmanChristopher EcclestonFionnula Flanagan

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