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To Catch a Thief

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To Catch a Thief
© 1955 Paramount Pictures − All right reserved.

To Catch a Thief

Poster for the movie "To Catch a Thief"
Release Date  3 August 1955 (1 h 46 min)
Directed by  Alfred Hitchcock
Writer 
Composer  Lyn Murray
Country   United States of America
Rating 
Not rated yet!

Synopsis and Details

To prevent being accused of the crimes, an ex-burglar must catch a thief who’s been copying his style.

  • Year of production  1955
  • Release Date  3 August 1955
  • Local Release Date  3 August 1955
  • Revenue  $8,750,000
  • Budget  $2,500,000
  • Language  French, English


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Overview

WANTED by the police in all the luxury-spots of Europe!... A catch for any woman!

To prevent being accused of the crimes, an ex-burglar must catch a thief who’s been copying his style.


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  • TMDb ID  381
  • Original Title  To Catch a Thief
  • Release Date  3 August 1955
  • Local Release Date  3 August 1955
  • Runtime  1 h 46 min
  • Production  Paramount Pictures
  • Country   United States of America
  • Languages  French, English
  • Genres  Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
  • Director  Alfred Hitchcock
  • Producer  Alfred Hitchcock
  • Director of Photography  Robert Burks
  • Original Music Composer  Lyn Murray
  • Author  David Dodge
  • Writer 
  • Certification  PG
  • Budget  $2,500,000
  • Revenue  $8,750,000
  • IMDb Id  tt0048728
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Pulp Fiction

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Pulp Fiction
© 1994 Miramax Films − All right reserved.

Pulp Fiction

Poster for the movie "Pulp Fiction"
Release Date  10 September 1994 (2 h 34 min)
Directed by  Quentin Tarantino
Writer 
Composer 
Genres  Thriller, Crime
Country   United States of America
Rating 
Not rated yet!

Synopsis and Details

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.

  • Year of production  1994
  • Release Date  10 September 1994
  • Local Release Date  14 October 1994
  • Revenue  $213,928,762
  • Budget  $8,000,000
  • Language  English, Spanish, French


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Overview

Just because you are a character doesn't mean you have character.

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.


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  • TMDb ID  680
  • Original Title  Pulp Fiction
  • Release Date  10 September 1994
  • Local Release Date  14 October 1994
  • Runtime  2 h 34 min
  • Production  Miramax Films, A Band Apart, Jersey Films
  • Country   United States of America
  • Languages  English, Spanish, French
  • Genres  Thriller, Crime
  • Director  Quentin Tarantino
  • Producer  Lawrence Bender
  • Director of Photography  Andrzej Sekula
  • Original Music Composer 
  • Author 
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  • Certification  R
  • Budget  $8,000,000
  • Revenue  $213,928,762
  • IMDb Id  tt0110912
  • Adult 
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Ocean’s Eleven

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Ocean’s Eleven
© 1960 Warner Bros. − All right reserved.

Ocean's Eleven

Poster for the movie "Ocean's Eleven"
Release Date  17 February 1960 (2 h 07 min)
Directed by  Lewis Milestone
Writer 
Composer  Nelson Riddle
Genres  Thriller, Music, Comedy, Crime
Country   United States of America
Rating 
Not rated yet!

Synopsis and Details

Ocean's Eleven is the 'Rat-Pack' comedy about robber Danny Ocean and his gang's attempt to rob the five biggest casinos in Las Vegas.

  • Year of production  1960
  • Release Date  17 February 1960
  • Local Release Date  10 August 1960
  • Revenue  0
  • Budget  0
  • Language  English


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Overview

Just Danny Ocean and his 11 pals.

Ocean's Eleven is the 'Rat-Pack' comedy about robber Danny Ocean and his gang's attempt to rob the five biggest casinos in Las Vegas.


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  • TMDb ID  299
  • Original Title  Ocean's Eleven
  • Release Date  17 February 1960
  • Local Release Date  10 August 1960
  • Runtime  2 h 07 min
  • Production  Warner Bros., Dorchester
  • Country   United States of America
  • Languages  English
  • Genres  Thriller, Music, Comedy, Crime
  • Director  Lewis Milestone
  • Producer  Lewis Milestone
  • Director of Photography  William H. Daniels
  • Original Music Composer  Nelson Riddle
  • Author 
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  • Certification  NR
  • Budget  0
  • Revenue  0
  • IMDb Id  tt0054135
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Notorious

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Notorious
© 1946 RKO Radio Pictures − All right reserved.

Notorious

Poster for the movie "Notorious"
Release Date  15 August 1946 (1 h 43 min)
Directed by  Alfred Hitchcock
Writer 
Composer  Roy Webb
Genres  Thriller, Drama, Romance
Country   United States of America
Rating 
Not rated yet!

Synopsis and Details

In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman, the American daughter of a convicted German war criminal, as a spy. As they begin to fall for one another, Alicia is instructed to win the affections of Alexander Sebastian, a Nazi hiding out in Brazil. When Sebastian becomes serious about his relationship with Alicia, the stakes get higher, and Devlin must watch her slip further undercover.

  • Year of production  1946
  • Release Date  15 August 1946
  • Local Release Date  15 August 1946
  • Revenue  $24,464,742
  • Budget  $2,000,000
  • Language  English


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Notorious woman of affairs... Adventurous man of the world

In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman, the American daughter of a convicted German war criminal, as a spy. As they begin to fall for one another, Alicia is instructed to win the affections of Alexander Sebastian, a Nazi hiding out in Brazil. When Sebastian becomes serious about his relationship with Alicia, the stakes get higher, and Devlin must watch her slip further undercover.


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  • TMDb ID  303
  • Original Title  Notorious
  • Release Date  15 August 1946
  • Local Release Date  15 August 1946
  • Runtime  1 h 43 min
  • Production  RKO Radio Pictures
  • Country   United States of America
  • Languages  English
  • Genres  Thriller, Drama, Romance
  • Director  Alfred Hitchcock
  • Producer  Alfred Hitchcock, Barbara Keon
  • Director of Photography  Ted Tetzlaff
  • Original Music Composer  Roy Webb
  • Author  John Taintor Foote
  • Writer 
  • Certification  NR
  • Budget  $2,000,000
  • Revenue  $24,464,742
  • IMDb Id  tt0038787
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Fargo

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Fargo
© 1996 PolyGram Filmed Entertainment − All right reserved.

Fargo

Poster for the movie "Fargo"
Release Date  5 April 1996 (1 h 38 min)
Directed by  Joel Coen
Writer 
Composer  Carter Burwell
Genres  Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country   United States of America
Rating 
Not rated yet!

Synopsis and Details

Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to be a snap and nobody's going to get hurt... until people start dying. Enter Police Chief Marge, a coffee-drinking, parka-wearing - and extremely pregnant - investigator who'll stop at nothing to get her man. And if you think her small-time investigative skills will give the crooks a run for their ransom... you betcha!

  • Year of production  1996
  • Release Date  5 April 1996
  • Local Release Date  5 April 1996
  • Revenue  $60,611,975
  • Budget  $7,000,000
  • Language  English


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Overview

A lot can happen in the middle of nowhere.

Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to be a snap and nobody's going to get hurt... until people start dying. Enter Police Chief Marge, a coffee-drinking, parka-wearing - and extremely pregnant - investigator who'll stop at nothing to get her man. And if you think her small-time investigative skills will give the crooks a run for their ransom... you betcha!


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  • TMDb ID  275
  • Original Title  Fargo
  • Release Date  5 April 1996
  • Local Release Date  5 April 1996
  • Runtime  1 h 38 min
  • Production  PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Working Title Films
  • Country   United States of America
  • Languages  English
  • Genres  Crime, Drama, Thriller
  • Director  Joel Coen
  • Producer  Ethan Coen
  • Director of Photography  Roger Deakins
  • Original Music Composer  Carter Burwell
  • Author 
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  • Certification  R
  • Budget  $7,000,000
  • Revenue  $60,611,975
  • IMDb Id  tt0116282
  • Adult 
  • Homepage  http://www.themoviefargo.com/

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Twelve Monkeys

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Twelve Monkeys
© 1995 Universal Pictures − All right reserved.

Twelve Monkeys

Poster for the movie "Twelve Monkeys"
Release Date  29 December 1995 (2 h 09 min)
Directed by  Terry Gilliam
Writer 
Composer  Paul Buckmaster
Country   United States of America
Rating 
Not rated yet!

Synopsis and Details

In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he's arrested and locked up in a mental hospital. There he meets psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly, and patient Jeffrey Goines, the son of a famous virus expert, who may hold the key to the mysterious rogue group, the Army of the 12 Monkeys, thought to be responsible for unleashing the killer disease.

  • Year of production  1995
  • Release Date  29 December 1995
  • Local Release Date  5 January 1996
  • Revenue  $168,840,000
  • Budget  $29,500,000
  • Language  English, French


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Overview

The future is history.

In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he's arrested and locked up in a mental hospital. There he meets psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly, and patient Jeffrey Goines, the son of a famous virus expert, who may hold the key to the mysterious rogue group, the Army of the 12 Monkeys, thought to be responsible for unleashing the killer disease.


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  • TMDb ID  63
  • Original Title  Twelve Monkeys
  • Release Date  29 December 1995
  • Local Release Date  5 January 1996
  • Runtime  2 h 09 min
  • Production  Universal Pictures, Atlas Entertainment, Classico
  • Country   United States of America
  • Languages  English, French
  • Genres  Science Fiction, Thriller, Mystery
  • Director  Terry Gilliam
  • Producer  Charles Roven
  • Director of Photography  Roger Pratt
  • Original Music Composer  Paul Buckmaster
  • Author 
  • Writer 
  • Certification  R
  • Budget  $29,500,000
  • Revenue  $168,840,000
  • IMDb Id  tt0114746
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The Shining

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The Shining
© 1980 Hawk Films − All right reserved.

The Shining

Poster for the movie "The Shining"
Release Date  22 May 1980 (2 h 24 min)
Directed by  Stanley Kubrick
Writer 
Composer  Wendy Carlos, Rachel Elkind
Genres  Horror, Thriller
Country   United States of America,   United Kingdom
Rating 
Not rated yet!

Synopsis and Details

Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.

  • Year of production  1980
  • Release Date  22 May 1980
  • Local Release Date  22 May 1980
  • Revenue  $44,017,374
  • Budget  $19,000,000
  • Language  English


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Overview

A masterpiece of modern horror.

Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.


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  • TMDb ID  694
  • Original Title  The Shining
  • Release Date  22 May 1980
  • Local Release Date  22 May 1980
  • Runtime  2 h 24 min
  • Production  Hawk Films, Warner Bros., Peregrine
  • Country   United States of America,   United Kingdom
  • Languages  English
  • Genres  Horror, Thriller
  • Director  Stanley Kubrick
  • Producer  Stanley Kubrick
  • Director of Photography  John Alcott
  • Original Music Composer  Wendy Carlos, Rachel Elkind
  • Author 
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  • Certification  R
  • Budget  $19,000,000
  • Revenue  $44,017,374
  • IMDb Id  tt0081505
  • Adult 
  • Homepage 

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Production

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Companies

Hawk Films
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Peregrine

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Alien

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Alien
© 1979 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation − All right reserved.

Alien

Poster for the movie "Alien"
Release Date  25 May 1979 (1 h 57 min)
Directed by  Ridley Scott
Writer  Ronald Shusett
Composer  Jerry Goldsmith
Country   United States of America,   United Kingdom
Rating 
Not rated yet!

Synopsis and Details

During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.

  • Year of production  1979
  • Release Date  25 May 1979
  • Local Release Date  2 December 2003
  • Revenue  $104,931,801
  • Budget  $11,000,000
  • Language  English, Spanish


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Overview

In space no one can hear you scream.

During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.


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  • TMDb ID  348
  • Original Title  Alien
  • Release Date  25 May 1979
  • Local Release Date  2 December 2003
  • Runtime  1 h 57 min
  • Production  Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Brandywine Productions
  • Country   United States of America,   United Kingdom
  • Languages  English, Spanish
  • Genres  Horror, Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
  • Director  Ridley Scott
  • Producer  Gordon Carroll, David Giler, Walter Hill, Ivor Powell
  • Director of Photography  Derek Vanlint
  • Original Music Composer  Jerry Goldsmith
  • Author 
  • Writer  Ronald Shusett
  • Certification  R
  • Budget  $11,000,000
  • Revenue  $104,931,801
  • IMDb Id  tt0078748
  • Adult 
  • Homepage  https://www.facebook.com/alienanthology/

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Ronald Shusett

Soundtrack

Jerry Goldsmith

Production

Gordon Carroll
David Giler
Walter Hill
Ivor Powell

Companies

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Brandywine Productions

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Aliens

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Aliens
© 1986 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation − All right reserved.

Aliens

Poster for the movie "Aliens"
Release Date  18 July 1986 (2 h 17 min)
Directed by  James Cameron
Writer 
Composer  James Horner
Country   United Kingdom,   United States of America
Rating 
Not rated yet!

Synopsis and Details

When Ripley's lifepod is found by a salvage crew over 50 years later, she finds that terra-formers are on the very planet they found the alien species. When the company sends a family of colonists out to investigate her story, all contact is lost with the planet and colonists. They enlist Ripley and the colonial marines to return and search for answers.

  • Year of production  1986
  • Release Date  18 July 1986
  • Local Release Date  2 December 2003
  • Revenue  $183,316,455
  • Budget  $18,500,000
  • Language  English


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This Time It's War

When Ripley's lifepod is found by a salvage crew over 50 years later, she finds that terra-formers are on the very planet they found the alien species. When the company sends a family of colonists out to investigate her story, all contact is lost with the planet and colonists. They enlist Ripley and the colonial marines to return and search for answers.


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  • TMDb ID  679
  • Original Title  Aliens
  • Release Date  18 July 1986
  • Local Release Date  2 December 2003
  • Runtime  2 h 17 min
  • Production  Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, SLM Production Group, Brandywine Productions
  • Country   United Kingdom,   United States of America
  • Languages  English
  • Genres  Horror, Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
  • Director  James Cameron
  • Producer  Gale Anne Hurd
  • Director of Photography  Adrian Biddle
  • Original Music Composer  James Horner
  • Author 
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  • Certification  R
  • Budget  $18,500,000
  • Revenue  $183,316,455
  • IMDb Id  tt0090605
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Fist of Fury

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Fist of Fury
© 1972 Golden Harvest Company − All right reserved.

Fist of Fury

Poster for the movie "Fist of Fury"
Release Date  22 March 1972 (1 h 48 min)
Directed by  Lo Wei
Writer 
Composer  Joseph Koo
Genres  Drama, Action, Thriller
Country   Hong Kong
Rating 
Not rated yet!

Synopsis and Details

Chen Zhen returns to the international compound of China only to learn of his beloved teacher's death. This is compounded by the continual racist harassment by the Japanese population in the area. Unlike his friends, he confronts it head on with his mastery of martial arts while investigating his teacher's murder.

  • Year of production  1972
  • Release Date  22 March 1972
  • Local Release Date  7 November 1972
  • Revenue  0
  • Budget  $10,000,000
  • Language  English


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Bruce Lee has done the impossible... ...HE'S SURPASSED HIMSELF!!!

Chen Zhen returns to the international compound of China only to learn of his beloved teacher's death. This is compounded by the continual racist harassment by the Japanese population in the area. Unlike his friends, he confronts it head on with his mastery of martial arts while investigating his teacher's murder.


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  • TMDb ID  11713
  • Original Title  精武門
  • Release Date  22 March 1972
  • Local Release Date  7 November 1972
  • Runtime  1 h 48 min
  • Production  Golden Harvest Company
  • Country   Hong Kong
  • Languages  English
  • Genres  Drama, Action, Thriller
  • Director  Lo Wei
  • Producer  Raymond Chow
  • Director of Photography  Chen Ching-chueh
  • Original Music Composer  Joseph Koo
  • Author 
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  • Certification 
  • Budget  $10,000,000
  • Revenue  0
  • IMDb Id  tt0068767
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Joseph Koo

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Raymond Chow

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