Good Movies
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1.
Soul Surfer
(2011)
A teenage surfer girl summons the courage to go back into the ocean after losing an arm in a shark attack. (106 mins.)
Director: Sean McNamara
2.
I Am Sam
(2001)
A mentally retarded man fights for custody of his 7-year-old daughter, and in the process teaches his cold-hearted lawyer the value of love and family. (132 mins.)
Director: Jessie Nelson
3.
War Horse
(2011)
Young Albert enlists to serve in World War I after his beloved horse is sold to the cavalry. Albert's hopeful journey takes him out of England and across Europe as the war rages on. (146 mins.)
Director: Steven Spielberg
4.
The Family Man
(2000)
A fast-lane investment broker, offered the opportunity to see how the other half lives, wakes up to find that his sports car and girlfriend have become a mini-van and wife. (125 mins.)
Director: Brett Ratner
5.
The Parent Trap
(1998)
Identical twins Hallie and Annie were separated at birth when their parents divorced. After the two meet at summer camp... (127 mins.)
Director: Nancy Meyers
6.
Chocolate
(2008)
An autistic girl with powerful martial art skills looks to settle her ailing mother's debts by seeking out the ruthless gangs that owe her family money. (110 mins.)
Director: Prachya Pinkaew
7.
Vertical Limit
(2000)
A climber must rescue his sister on top of K2, one of the world's biggest mountains. (124 mins.)
Director: Martin Campbell
8.
Alpha Dog
(2006)
A drama based on the life of Jesse James Hollywood, a drug dealer who became one of the youngest men ever to be on the FBI's most wanted list. (122 mins.)
Director: Nick Cassavetes
9.
Air Force One
(1997)
Hijackers seize the plane carrying the President of the United States and his family, but he (an ex-soldier) works from hiding to defeat them. (124 mins.)
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
10.
Little Manhattan
(2005)
Two 11-year-olds find love in New York City. (84 mins.)
Director: Mark Levin
11.
The Breakfast Club
(1985)
Five high school students, all different stereotypes, meet in detention, where they pour their hearts out to each other, and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought. (97 mins.)
Director: John Hughes
12.
Vanilla Sky
(2001)
A successful publisher finds his life taking a turn for the surreal after a car accident with a jaded lover. (136 mins.)
Director: Cameron Crowe
13.
The Good, the Bad, the Weird
(2008)
The story of two outlaws and a bounty hunter in 1940s Manchuria and their rivalry to possess a treasure map while being pursued by the Japanese army and Chinese bandits. (139 mins.)
Director: Jee-woon Kim
14.
The Vow
(2012)
A car accident puts Paige (McAdams) in a coma, and when she wakes up with severe memory loss, her husband Leo (Tatum) works to win her heart again. (104 mins.)
Director: Michael Sucsy
15.
(500) Days of Summer
(2009)
An offbeat romantic comedy about a woman who doesn't believe true love exists, and the young man who falls for her. (95 mins.)
Director: Marc Webb
16.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
(1986)
A high school wise guy is determined to have a day off from school, despite of what the principal thinks of that. (103 mins.)
Director: John Hughes
17.
Serendipity
(2001)
A couple reunite years after the night they first met, fell in love, and separated, convinced that one day they'd end up together. (90 mins.)
Director: Peter Chelsom
18.
Rushmore
(1998)
The king of Rushmore prep school is put on academic probation. (93 mins.)
Director: Wes Anderson