10 movies you need to see in your lifetime

in general •  5 years ago 

1-last tango in paris

A young Parisian woman meets a middle-aged American businessman who demands their clandestine relationship be based only on sex.

1.jpg

Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Writers: Bernardo Bertolucci (story), Bernardo Bertolucci (screenplay) | 3 more credits »
Stars: Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider, Maria Michi

2-Maraton man

A graduate history student is unwittingly caught in the middle of an international conspiracy involving stolen diamonds, an exiled Nazi war criminal, and a rogue government agent.

maraton man.jpg

Director: John Schlesinger
Writers: William Goldman (screenplay), William Goldman (from: his novel)
Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider | See full cast & crew »

3-one flew over the cuckoo's nest

A criminal pleads insanity and is admitted to a mental institution, where he rebels against the oppressive nurse and rallies up the scared patients.2.jpg

Director: Milos Forman
Writers: Lawrence Hauben (screenplay), Bo Goldman (screenplay) | 2 more credits »
Stars: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Will Sampson |

4-Endless love

A high school student's love for a 15-year-old girl is thwarted by parental disapproval, circumstance and accident. He burned down her family's house and was committed in a mental hospital.
3.jpg

Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Writers: Scott Spencer (novel), Judith Rascoe (screenplay)
Stars: Brooke Shields, Martin Hewitt, Shirley Knight |

5-White Nights

An expatriate Russian dancer is on a plane forced to land on Soviet territory. He is taken to an apartment in which a black American, who has married a Russian woman, lives with her. He is ..

4.jpg

Director: Taylor Hackford
Writers: James Goldman (screenplay), Eric Hughes (screenplay) | 1 more credit »
Stars: Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gregory Hines, Jerzy Skolimowski

6-Farinelli

Farinelli is the artistic name of Carlo Broschi, a young singer in Handel's time. He was castrated in his childhood in order to preserve his voice. During his life he becomes a very famous ...

5.jpg

Director: Gérard Corbiau
Writers: Andrée Corbiau (original scenario), Gérard Corbiau (original scenario) | 4 more credits »
Stars: Stefano Dionisi, Enrico Lo Verso, Elsa Zylberstein

7-The Crow

A man brutally murdered comes back to life as an undead avenger of his and his fiancée's murder.

6.jpg

Director: Alex Proyas
Writers: James O'Barr (comic book series and comic strip), David J. Schow (screenplay) | 1 more credit »
Stars: Brandon Lee, Michael Wincott, Rochelle Davis

8-The Big Blue

The rivalry between Enzo and Jacques, two childhood friends and now world-renowned free divers, becomes a beautiful and perilous journey into oneself and the unknown.

8.jpg

Director: Luc Besson
Writers: Luc Besson (story), Luc Besson (screenplay) | 4 more credits »
Stars: Jean-Marc Barr, Jean Reno, Rosanna Arquette

9-Patch Adams

The true story of a heroic man, Hunter "Patch" Adams, determined to become a medical doctor because he enjoys helping people. He ventured where no doctor had ventured before, using humour and pathos.

9.jpg

Director: Tom Shadyac
Writers: Patch Adams (book) (as Hunter Doherty Adams), Maureen Mylander (book) | 1 more credit »
Stars: Robin Williams, Daniel London, Monica Potter

10-The Wall

A confined but troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.

10.jpg

Director: Alan Parker
Writers: Roger Waters (album "The Wall"), Roger Waters (screenplay)
Stars: Bob Geldof, Christine Hargreaves, James Laurenson

Authors get paid when people like you upvote their post.
If you enjoyed what you read here, create your account today and start earning FREE STEEM!