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1	*What the #$! Do We Know?!** (2004) more movies like this directed by Betsy Chasse, Mark Vicente, William Arntz featuring Marlee Matlin, Elaine Hendrix, John Ross Bowie, Armin Shimerman, Robert Bailey Jr., Barry Newman Part narrative, part documentary, and part animation, What the #$! Do We Know?! was filmed with the intent of expressing the neurological processes and so called "quantum uncertainty" of life. With the help of a directorial triumvirate consisting of Betsy Chasse, William Arntz, and Mark Vicente, Marlee Matlin stars as Amanda, whose uninspired ... see all copies* from $6.39! new only from $16.24!
2	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) more movies like this directed by Milos Forman featuring Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, William Redfield, Dean R. Brooks, Scatman Crothers With an insane asylum standing in for everyday society, Milos Forman's 1975 film adaptation of Ken Kesey's novel is a comically sharp indictment of the Establishment urge to conform. Playing crazy to avoid prison work detail, manic free spirit Randle P. McMurphy (Jack Nicholson) is sent to the state mental hospital for evaluation. There he ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.20!
3	Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982) more movies like this directed by Alan Parker featuring Bob Geldof, Christine Hargreaves, James Laurenson, Eleanor David, Bob Hoskins, Kevin McKeon Inspired by Pink Floyd's album of the same name, Pink Floyd: The Wall is a dark, expressionistic musical, told from the point of view of Pink, a depressed rock musician. The film is structured around Pink's reflections on his life, all of which center on the building of "the wall." This wall is a metaphor for psychological isolation, a barrier ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $9.89!
4	The Fountainhead (1949) more movies like this directed by King Vidor featuring Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Massey, Kent Smith, Henry Hull, Robert Douglas The hero of Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead is Howard Roark (Gary Cooper), a fiercely independent architect obviously patterned after Frank Lloyd Wright. Rather than compromise his ideals, Roark takes menial work as a quarryman to finance his projects. He falls in love with heiress Dominique (Patricia Neal), but ends the relationship when he has the ... see all copies from $10.88! new only from $15.48!
5	Taxi Driver (1976) more movies like this directed by Martin Scorsese featuring Robert De Niro, Cybill Shepherd, Peter Boyle, Albert Brooks, Harvey Keitel, Jodie Foster "All the animals come out at night" -- and one of them is a cabby about to snap. In Martin Scorsese's classic 1970s drama, insomniac ex-Marine Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) works the nightshift, driving his cab throughout decaying mid-'70s New York City, wishing for a "real rain" to wash the "scum" off the neon-lit streets. Chronically alone, ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $7.99!
6	Fight Club (1999) more movies like this directed by David Fincher featuring Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, Helena Bonham Carter, Meat Loaf, Jared Leto In this darkly comic drama, Edward Norton stars as a depressed young man (named in the credits only as "Narrator") who has become a small cog in the world of big business. He doesn't like his work and gets no sense of reward from it, attempting instead to drown his sorrows by putting together the "perfect" apartment. He can't sleep and feels ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.34!
7	Eyes Wide Shut (1999) more movies like this directed by Stanley Kubrick featuring Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Sydney Pollack, Marie Richardson, Rade Serbedzija, Todd Field, Vinessa Shaw The final work of legendary director Stanley Kubrick, who died within a week of completing the edit, stars Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, at the time Hollywood's most bankable celebrity couple, and was shot on a open-ended schedule (finally totaling over 400 days), with closed sets in London standing in for New York City. Cruise and Kidman play ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $23.62!
8	What the Bleep!? Down the Rabbit Hole (2006) more movies like this directed by Betsy Chasse, William Arntz The concepts of quantum theory and spiritual well-being originally put forth in the 2004 feature What the #$! Do We Know?! are expanded upon in this extended version of the same film featuring a new opening, a variety of new interviews, and three new computer-animation segments. If audiences found themselves questioning anything and everything ... see all copies* from $22.24! new only from $22.24!
9	A Beautiful Mind (2001) more movies like this directed by Ron Howard featuring Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris, Paul Bettany, Adam Goldberg The true story of prominent mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr. is the subject of this biographical drama from director Ron Howard. Russell Crowe stars as the brilliant but arrogant and conceited professor Nash. The prof seems guaranteed a rosy future in the early '50s after he marries beautiful student Alicia (Jennifer Connelly) and makes a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.12!
10	Good Will Hunting (1997) more movies like this directed by Gus Van Sant featuring Matt Damon, Robin Williams, Ben Affleck, Minnie Driver, Stellan Skarsgård Matt Damon and Ben Affleck co-scripted and star in this drama, set in Boston and Cambridge, about rebellious 20-year-old MIT janitor Will Hunting (Damon), gifted with a photographic memory, who hangs out with his South Boston bar buddies, his best friend Chuckie (Affleck), and his affluent British girlfriend Skylar (Minnie Driver). After MIT ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.29!
11 view cover	The Insider (1999) more movies like this directed by Michael Mann featuring Al Pacino, Russell Crowe, Christopher Plummer, Diane Venora, Philip Baker Hall The Insider tells the true story of a man who decided to tell the world what the seven major tobacco companies knew (and concealed) about the dangers of their product. Jeffrey Wigand (Russell Crowe) was a scientist employed in research for a tobacco firm, Brown and Williamson. Not long after he was fired by Brown and Williamson, Wigand came into ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.62!
12 view cover	Donnie Darko (2001) more movies like this directed by Richard Kelly featuring Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Mary McDonnell, Holmes Osborne, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore, Patrick Swayze Donnie (Jake Gyllenhaal) is a bright and charming high-school student who also has a dark and willfully eccentric side; he does little to mask his contempt for many of his peers and enjoys challenging the authority of the adults around him. Donnie is also visited on occasion by Frank, a monstrous six-foot rabbit that only Donnie can see who often ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.00!
13 view cover	Mr. Holland's Opus (1995) more movies like this directed by Stephen Herek featuring Richard Dreyfuss, Glenne Headly, Jay Thomas, Olympia Dukakis, William H. Macy A teacher belatedly discovers just how important his job really is in this emotional drama. Glenn Holland (Richard Dreyfuss) is a man with a deep love of music and a desire to write at least one piece of lasting significance. However, playing piano in cocktail lounges while he works on his own compositions doesn't pay the bills, so in 1965 he ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.69!
14 view cover	The Hours (2002) more movies like this directed by Stephen Daldry featuring Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, Nicole Kidman, Ed Harris, Toni Collette Three women, separated by a span of nearly 80 years, find themselves weathering similar crises, all linked by a single work of literature in this film adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Michael Cunningham. In 1923, Virginia Woolf (Nicole Kidman) is attempting to start work on her novel Mrs. Dalloway, in which she chronicles one day ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.04!
15 view cover	Saw III (2006) more movies like this directed by Darren Lynn Bousman featuring Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Angus MacFadyen, Bahar Soomekh Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) is back, and this time he's concocted his deadliest set of traps yet in this gore-soaked sequel written by James Wan and Leigh Whannell, and directed by Saw II's Darren Lynn Bousman. Picking up directly where its predecessor left off, Saw III finds Jigsaw near death and fighting to stay alive for one final game. Determined to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.68!
16 view cover	The Glass Menagerie (1987) more movies like this directed by Paul Newman featuring Joanne Woodward, John Malkovich, Karen Allen, James Naughton Paul Newman directed this moving adaptation of Tennessee Williams' classic play The Glass Menagerie. Joanne Woodward stars as aging Southern belle Amanda Wingfield, whose domineering parenting has driven her shy, timid daughter Laura (Karen Allen) inward and has made her adventure-hungry son Tom (John Malkovich) miserable. Newman hasn't tried to ... see all copies from $40.99!
17 view cover	Last Tango in Paris (1972) more movies like this directed by Bernardo Bertolucci featuring Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider, Maria Michi, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Massimo Girotti In Bernardo Bertolucci's art-house classic, Marlon Brando delivers one of his characteristically idiosyncratic performances as Paul, a middle-aged American in "emotional exile" who comes to Paris when his estranged wife commits suicide. Chancing to meet young Frenchwoman Jeanne (Maria Schneider), Paul enters into a sadomasochistic, carnal ... see all copies from $4.08! new only from $5.58!
18 view cover	The Prince of Tides (1991) more movies like this directed by Barbra Streisand featuring Nick Nolte, Barbra Streisand, Blythe Danner, Kate Nelligan, Jeroen Krabbé Barbra Streisand directed and stars in this love story about two people of dissimilar backgrounds who form a connection based on their unhappy experiences. Adapted from the novel by Pat Conroy, the story concerns Tom Wingo (Nick Nolte), a rudderless, unemployed football coach. Stuck in a loveless marriage with a wife (Blythe Danner) who feels ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.07!
19 view cover	The Truman Show (1998) more movies like this directed by Peter Weir featuring Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Ed Harris, Noah Emmerich, Natascha McElhone Peter Weir directed this comedy-drama, a commentary on all-pervasive media manipulation. Scripted by Andrew M. Niccol (Gattaca), the film plays like a combination of the British TV series The Prisoner and Paul Bartel's The Secret Cinema. Truman Burbank (Jim Carrey) is unaware that his entire life is a hugely popular 24-hour-a-day TV series. In ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.29!
20 view cover	Lost in Translation (2003) more movies like this directed by Sofia Coppola featuring Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Giovanni Ribisi, Anna Faris After making a striking directorial debut with her screen adaptation of The Virgin Suicides, Sofia Coppola offers a story of love and friendship blooming under unlikely circumstances in this comedy drama. Bob Harris (Bill Murray) is a well-known American actor whose career has gone into a tailspin; needing work, he takes a very large fee to appear ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.59!
21 view cover	The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) more movies like this directed by William Wyler featuring Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews, Harold Russell, Virginia Mayo The postwar classic The Best Years of Our Lives, based on a novel in verse by MacKinlay Kantor about the difficult readjustments of returning World War II veterans, tells the intertwined homecoming stories of ex-sergeant Al Stephenson (Fredric March), former bomber pilot Fred Derry (Dana Andrews), and sailor Homer Parrish (Harold Russell). Having ... see all copies from $7.80! new only from $11.15!
22 view cover	Sling Blade (1996) more movies like this directed by Billy Bob Thornton featuring Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam, J.T. Walsh, John Ritter, Lucas Black, Natalie Canerday Sling Blade marked the directorial debut of country singer turned actor Billy Bob Thornton, who also authored the script (expanding George Hickenlooper's acclaimed short Some Folks Call it a Sling Blade) and stars in the picture. Thornton plays Karl Childers, a mildly retarded man who spent most of his life in a mental institution. When Karl was a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.91!
23 view cover	Random Harvest (1942) more movies like this directed by Mervyn LeRoy featuring Ronald Colman, Greer Garson, Philip Dorn, Susan Peters, Henry Travers At the close of World War I, shell-shocked amnesia victim Ronald Colman is sequestered in a London sanitarium; with no identity and no next of kin, he has nowhere else to go. Unable to stand the loneliness, Colman wanders into the streets, then stumbles into a music hall, where he is befriended by good-natured entertainer Greer Garson. That Colman ... see all copies from $9.99! new only from $14.85!
24 view cover	Girl, Interrupted (1999) more movies like this directed by James Mangold featuring Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie, Clea Duvall, Brittany Murphy, Elisabeth Moss, Jared Leto, Jeffrey Tambor, Vanessa Redgrave, Whoopi Goldberg In 1967, 19-year-old Susanna (Winona Ryder) feels that "reality is becoming too dense" and is diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. The doctor suggests to her parents that she be committed to the Claymore Hospital, and she spends the next 18 months struggling with her troubled psyche and the bizarre world of the institution. Susanna ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00!
25 view cover	Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) more movies like this directed by Richard Brooks featuring Paul Newman, Elizabeth Taylor, Burl Ives, Jack Carson, Judith Anderson, Madeleine Sherwood This dynamic and commanding adaptation of Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning play focuses on a troubled Southern family and the discord over their dying father's millions. Wealthy plantation owner Big Daddy Pollitt (Burl Ives), celebrating his 65th birthday, is visited by his sons, Brick (Paul Newman) and Gooper (Jack Carson). He has ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.25!

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