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1	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 £2.77! new only from £3.43!
2	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 £2.77! new only from £3.39!
3	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 £1.38! new only from £2.77!
4	The Sopranos: Season 06 (2006) more movies like this HBO split the sixth and final season of its serial mafia drama The Sopranos into two halves, spaced 10 months apart: the first half (episodes 1-12) aired from mid-March through early June of 2006; a hiatus followed between episodes 12 and 13, before the series picked up again for its final nine episodes on April 8, 2007, purportedly thanks to ... see all copies from £22.14! new only from £30.41!
5	The Hustler (1961) more movies like this directed by Robert Rossen featuring Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie, George C. Scott, Myron McCormick As The Hustler's "Fast" Eddie Felson, Paul Newman created a classic antihero, charismatic but fundamentally flawed, and nobody's role model. A pool player from Oakland, CA, as good as anyone who ever picked up a cue, Eddie has an Achilles' heel: arrogance. It's not enough for him to win: he must force his opponent to acknowledge his superiority. ... see all copies from £8.32! new only from £11.02!
6	The Sopranos: Season 01 (1999) more movies like this The first season of The Sopranos finds lifelong "organization man" Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) taking over from Jackie Aprile Sr., terminally ill boss of the northern New Jersey branch of the DiMeo crime family. Tony's promotion is met with mixed reactions from his wife Carmela (Edie Falco), daughter Meadow (Jamie-Lyn DiScala) and son AJ ... see all copies from £8.30! new only from £30.48!
7	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 £2.04! new only from £6.41!
8	Lost: Season 01 (2004) more movies like this A passenger jet breaks apart in mid-air, crash-landing on a tropical island somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Left without the creature comforts and basic necessities of civilization, the 48 survivors are forced to rely upon one another to stay alive -- and given the personality quirks of these survivors, this won't be easy during the first season ... see all copies from £8.03! new only from £8.03!
9	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 £2.77! new only from £10.88!
10	Breathless (1960) more movies like this directed by Jean-Luc Godard featuring Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Daniel Boulanger, Jean-Pierre Melville, Liliane David, Henri-Jacques Huet The first feature film directed by Jean-Luc Godard and one of the seminal films of the French New Wave, Breathless is story of the love between Michel Poiccard, a small-time hood wanted for killing a cop, and Patricia Franchini, an American who sells the International Herald Tribune along the boulevards of Paris. Their relationship develops as ... see all copies from £7.58! new only from £10.94!
11	The Horse Whisperer (1998) more movies like this directed by Robert Redford featuring Robert Redford, Kristin Scott Thomas, Sam Neill, Dianne Wiest, Scarlett Johansson Robert Redford directed himself for the first time in this romantic drama adapted from the 1995 best-seller by Nicholas Evans. Fourteen-year-old Grace MacLean (Scarlett Johansson of Manny & Lo) and her friend Judith go horseback riding in upstate New York on a winter morning, but their horses lose their footing on ice and slide onto a road, where ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £7.56!
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 £3.47! new only from £8.45!
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 £2.77! new only from £7.56!
14 view cover	Awakenings (1990) more movies like this directed by Penny Marshall featuring Robin Williams, Robert De Niro, Julie Kavner, Ruth Nelson, John Heard, Penelope Ann Miller Based on a true story as related by neurologist Oliver Sacks, Awakenings stars Robin Williams as the Sacks counterpart, here named Dr. Malcolm Sayer. Something of a klutz and naif, Dr. Sayer takes a job at a Bronx psychiatric hospital in 1969. Here he's put in charge of several seemingly catatonic patients who, under Sayer's painstaking guidance, ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £7.61!
15 view cover	A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001) more movies like this directed by Steven Spielberg featuring Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, Frances O'Connor, Brendan Gleeson, William Hurt Based on the 1969 short story Super-Toys Last All Summer Long, by Brian Aldiss, this science fiction fantasy bears similarities to Pinocchio (1940) and originated as a long-gestating project of director Stanley Kubrick that passed to his friend Steven Spielberg after Kubrick's death. Haley Joel Osment stars as David, a "mecha" or robot of the ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £4.85!
16 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 £2.77! new only from £4.16!
17 view cover	Phenomenon (1996) more movies like this directed by Jon Turteltaub featuring Daniel Zacapa, John Travolta, Kyra Sedgwick, Forest Whitaker, Jeffrey DeMunn, Robert Duvall Director Jon Turteltaub followed up the hit While You Were Sleeping (1995) with this fantasy similar to Charly (1968) and a film from the previous year, Powder (1994). John Travolta stars as George Malley, a humble mechanic in a rural California town. On his 37th birthday, George celebrates at a pub with friends Nate (Forest Whitaker) and Doc ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £7.56!
18 view cover	The Apostle (1997) more movies like this directed by Robert Duvall featuring Robert Duvall, Farrah Fawcett, Miranda Richardson, Todd Allen, John Beasley Devout Pentecostal preacher Eulis "Sonny" Dewey (Robert Duvall) of New Boston, Texas, has a lovely wife (Farrah Fawcett) and two children. But not only has Jessie been cheating on him with a younger minister, Horace (Todd Allen), she has pulled a few strings to gain control of his church. Sonny goes into a violent rage, attacking Horace with a bat ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £7.56!
19 view cover	The Constant Gardener (2005) more movies like this directed by Fernando Meirelles featuring Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Danny Huston, Bill Nighy, Pete Postlethwaite A man discovers a deadly secret when he tries to find out who killed the woman he loves in this suspense drama based on a novel by John Le Carré. Justin Quale (Ralph Fiennes) is a low-level British diplomat who has been given a new assignment in Kenya. Justin's wife, Tessa (Rachel Weisz), is an activist with a keen interest in issues of poverty ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £3.07!
20 view cover	Inside Daisy Clover (1965) more movies like this directed by Robert Mulligan featuring Natalie Wood, Christopher Plummer, Robert Redford, Roddy McDowall, Ruth Gordon Daisy Clover (Natalie Wood) goes from teenage girl to movie star practically overnight when her demented mother enters her voice in a talent-search contest. From a broken-down carnival on the Santa Monica Pier, in no time at all she is attending glamorous Hollywood parties. But Daisy soon learns that misery and pain go hand-in-hand with fame and ... see all copies from £20.04! new only from £21.48!
21 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 £2.77! new only from £7.43!
22 view cover	The Night of the Iguana (1964) more movies like this directed by John Huston featuring Richard Burton, Ava Gardner, Deborah Kerr, Sue Lyon, James Ward Filmed on location in Mexico by John Huston, Night of the Iguana stars Richard Burton as Rev. Shannon, an alcoholic defrocked minister, who scratches out a living as a south-of-the-border tour guide. His latest customers are several American schoolteachers, and he guides their bus to a rundown hotel owned by flamboyant widow Maxine Faulk (Ava ... see all copies from £9.55! new only from £9.55!
23 view cover	Thunderheart (1992) more movies like this directed by Michael Apted featuring Val Kilmer, Graham Greene, Sam Shepard, Sheila Tousey, Fred Ward, John Trudell, Chief Ted Thin Elk, Fred Dalton Thompson Actor Robert De Niro started a production company to make films just like this one: stories which were unpopular with the establishment and which are unlikely to make a big splash at the box-office. Even so, this is a first-class production, and the filmmakers were the first to receive permission to film on the Pine Ridge (Sioux) Reservation in ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £5.35!
24 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 £2.77! new only from £4.40!
25 view cover	Requiem for a Dream (2000) more movies like this directed by Darren Aronofsky featuring Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans, Christopher McDonald Based on the novel by Hubert Selby Jr., this gritty drama concerns four people trapped by their addictions. Harry (Jared Leto), and his best friend Tyrone (Marlon Wayans) are impoverished heroin addicts living in Coney Island, NY, while Harry's girlfriend Marion (Jennifer Connelly) is a fellow addict trying to distance herself from her wealthy ... see all copies from £4.02! new only from £6.23!

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