Breathtaking, a list by dave Miller

7.8

/91537/

74

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73

/1431/

4.0

/71321/

96

/48/

89

/1129/

86

/12/

3.5

age 10+

A rule-bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a housekeeper who falls in love with him in post-WWI Britain. The possibility of romance and his master's cultivation of ties with the Nazi cause challenge his carefully maintained veneer of servitude.

72

7.3

/298702/

74

/9307/

70

/4412/

3.6

/182308/

77

/135/

76

/7768/

63

/17/

3.0

age 14+

A fearless, globe-trotting, terrorist-battling secret agent has his life turned upside down when he discovers his wife might be having an affair with a used car salesman while terrorists smuggle nuclear war heads into the United States.

61

7.6

/503784/

74

/17789/

74

/9792/

3.7

/1023190/

39

/124/

59

/1228475/

46

/32/

2.0

age 17+

Two men wake up to find themselves shackled in a grimy, abandoned bathroom. As they struggle to comprehend their predicament, they discover a disturbing tape left behind by the sadistic mastermind known as Jigsaw. With a chilling voice and cryptic instructions, Jigsaw informs them that they must partake in a gruesome game in order to secure their freedom.

49

6.6

/306384/

70

/14928/

66

/6727/

2.9

/253277/

18

/130/

60

/12929/

35

/24/

1.0

age 18+

When a virus leaks from a top-secret facility, turning all resident researchers into ravenous zombies and their lab animals into mutated hounds from hell, the government sends in an elite military task force to contain the outbreak.

78

7.8

/607498/

79

/26771/

74

/9809/

3.7

/436800/

84

/192/

93

/29721/

68

/38/

3.0

age 14+

Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number, he starts to reconstruct his life, but finds that many people he encounters want him dead. However, Bourne realizes that he has the combat and mental skills of a world-class spy—but who does he work for?

71

7.3

/384886/

72

/13189/

68

/7359/

3.5

/181460/

66

/287/

66

/7362/

55

/45/

4.0

age 16+

A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. Based on the award winning novel by David Mitchell. Directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis.

77

7.6

/29631/

75

/508/

71

/443/

3.6

/9758/

87

/94/

88

/930/

76

/30/

3.0

In 1943, as Hitler continues to wage war across Europe, a group of college students mount an underground resistance movement in Munich. Dedicated expressly to the downfall of the monolithic Third Reich war machine, they call themselves the White Rose. One of its few female members, Sophie Scholl is captured during a dangerous mission to distribute pamphlets on campus with her brother Hans. Unwavering in her convictions and loyalty to the White Rose, her cross-examination by the Gestapo quickly escalates into a searing test of wills as Scholl delivers a passionate call to freedom and personal responsibility.

82

7.8

/796290/

75

/34921/

75

/17198/

3.8

/1698375/

92

/469/

81

/5363/

94

/53/

3.5

age 14+

The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World War II.

58

6.5

/115896/

67

/2733/

63

/1699/

3.0

/21905/

35

/153/

62

/4224/

44

/33/

3.0

age 18+

When a mafia accountant is taken hostage on his beat, a police officer – wracked by guilt from a prior stint as a negotiator – must negotiate the standoff, even as his own family is held captive by the mob.

71

7.2

/309094/

72

/8485/

70

/4568/

3.5

/237460/

69

/191/

74

/8236/

60

/36/

3.5

age 17+

Former FBI Agent Will Graham, who was once almost killed by the savage Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecter, now has no choice but to face him again, as it seems Lecter is the only one who can help Graham track down a new serial killer.

83

7.8

/75260/

75

/1089/

75

/1078/

4.1

/76412/

84

/64/

91

/1411/

82

/29/

4.0

age 18+

In a small, conservative Scottish village, an oilman is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who prayed for his return, feels guilty; even more, when he urges her to have sex with another.

69

7.1

/710930/

71

/26038/

68

/11924/

3.3

/720336/

57

/227/

85

/392143/

61

/35/

3.0

age 11+

Young teenager Sam Witwicky becomes involved in the ancient struggle between two extraterrestrial factions of transforming robots – the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons. Sam holds the clue to unimaginable power and the Decepticons will stop at nothing to retrieve it.

67

6.9

/114334/

70

/3547/

65

/1720/

3.1

/23466/

80

/56/

68

/1114/

60

/10/

A career criminal nabbed by Mexican authorities is placed in a tough prison where he learns to survive with the help of a 9-year-old boy.

78

7.3

/5376/

68

/74/

64

/57/

3.6

/2851/

91

/107/

84

/227/

75

/33/

4.0

Director Mario Van Peebles chronicles the complicated production of his father Melvin's classic 1971 film, "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song." Playing his father in the film, Van Peebles offers an unapologetic account of Melvin's brash and sometimes deceptive conduct on the set of the film, including questionable antics like writing bad checks, tricking a local fire department and allowing his son, Mario, to shoot racy sex scenes at the age of 11.

74

67

7.3

/8687/

73

/219/

71

/141/

3.6

/1734/

82

/64/

The German soldier Clemens Forel - determined to be reunited with his beloved family - makes a dramatic escape through bitter cold winters, desolate landscapes, and life threatening ventures from a Siberian labor camp after World War II. 8000 miles and three endless years of uncertainty later, he is finally about to reach his destination... An edge of your seat drama that celebrates the power of the human spirit and the force of will, while inspired and impowered by love.

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6.3

/181899/

66

/4404/

62

/2850/

2.8

/56635/

30

/187/

59

/12627/

46

/41/

3.0

age 14+

The story of the Arthurian legend, based on the 'Sarmatian hypothesis' which contends that the legend has a historical nucleus in the Sarmatian heavy cavalry troops stationed in Britain, and that the Roman-British military commander, Lucius Artorius Castus is the historical person behind the legend.

74

7.6

/355705/

76

/11760/

73

/5146/

3.6

/196260/

62

/148/

84

/13986/

62

/31/

3.5

age 18+

Yuri Orlov is a globetrotting arms dealer and, through some of the deadliest war zones, he struggles to stay one step ahead of a relentless Interpol agent, his business rivals and even some of his customers who include many of the world's most notorious dictators. Finally, he must also face his own conscience.

77

7.3

/423107/

73

/11460/

70

/5710/

3.6

/291658/

93

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82

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82

/26/

3.0

age 17+

In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity of a criminal mastermind. The plan turns sour when the criminal wakes up prematurely and seeks revenge.

75

7.4

/30936/

75

/1990/

75

/873/

3.5

/21085/

85

/231/

In 1868, after the Bakumatsu war ends, the ex-assassin Kenshin Himura traverses Japan with an inverted sword, to defend the needy without killing.

70

7.3

/268267/

72

/6383/

75

/4978/

3.5

/172614/

49

/277/

81

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47

/44/

4.0

age 16+

A graphic portrayal of the last twelve hours of Jesus of Nazareth's life.

68

7.0

/640517/

74

/23419/

68

/10128/

3.4

/413103/

69

/80/

75

/29250/

59

/19/

2.5

age 12+

Strange phenomena surface around the globe. The skies ignite. Terror races through the world's major cities. As these extraordinary events unfold, it becomes increasingly clear that a force of incredible magnitude has arrived. Its mission: total annihilation over the Fourth of July weekend. The last hope to stop the destruction is an unlikely group of people united by fate and unimaginable circumstances.

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6.7

/323339/

70

/12990/

67

/7158/

3.1

/193051/

36

/257/

57

/25506/

48

/36/

3.0

age 14+

Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is recruited by the Vatican to investigate the apparent return of the Illuminati – a secret, underground organization – after four cardinals are kidnapped on the night of the papal conclave.

68

6.9

/421143/

71

/15966/

67

/7410/

3.4

/471212/

73

/246/

70

/18711/

66

/42/

2.5

age 13+

Retired from active duty, and training recruits for the Impossible Mission Force, agent Ethan Hunt faces the toughest foe of his career: Owen Davian, an international broker of arms and information, who's as cunning as he is ruthless. Davian emerges to threaten Hunt and all that he holds dear – including the woman Hunt loves.

65

60

7.0

/5150/

74

/392/

72

/162/

3.1

/2823/

68

/34/

63

/20/

47

/6/

age 10+

The story of Michelle Payne, the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup.

83

8.3

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81

/17507/

79

/7992/

4.3

/979995/

84

/154/

94

/12182/

76

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3.5

age 16+

Obsessive master thief Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the ability and the dedication of the other even though they are aware their cat-and-mouse game may end in violence.

71

7.2

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74

/15203/

70

/6206/

3.3

/239387/

68

/68/

70

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67

/17/

3.5

age 16+

One year after his heroics in Los Angeles, John McClane is an off-duty cop who is the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time. On a snowy Christmas Eve, as he waits for his wife's plane to land at Washington Dulles International Airport, terrorists take over the air traffic control system in a plot to free a South American army general and drug smuggler being flown into the US to face drug charges. It's now up to McClane to take on the terrorists, while coping with an inept airport police chief, an uncooperative anti-terrorist squad, and the life of his wife and everyone else trapped in planes circling overhead.

50

6.2

/14078/

62

/250/

63

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2.9

/5341/

12

/111/

48

/341/

37

/32/

2.5

age 17+

In 1998, an auction of the estate of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor causes great excitement. For one woman, Wally Winthrop, it has much more meaning. Wally becomes obsessed by their historic love story. As she learns more about the sacrifices involved, Wally gains her own courage to find happiness.

63

6.6

/502346/

67

/15421/

65

/8907/

3.3

/380102/

76

/264/

42

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73

/40/

2.0

age 15+

Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.

61

6.5

/213668/

67

/7013/

64

/3317/

3.1

/124197/

58

/92/

53

/5110/

52

/38/

3.0

age 14+

A deranged media mogul is staging international incidents to pit the world's superpowers against each other. Now James Bond must take on this evil mastermind in an adrenaline-charged battle to end his reign of terror and prevent global pandemonium.

84

7.8

/117718/

76

/2077/

76

/1829/

4.2

/234406/

96

/57/

93

/1914/

87

/11/

3.5

The wife of a famous composer survives a car accident that kills her husband and daughter. Now alone, she shakes off her old identity and explores her newfound freedom but finds that she is unbreakably bound to other humans, including her husband’s mistress, whose existence she never suspected.

56

6.0

/68406/

63

/1890/

59

/1101/

2.8

/24893/

49

/111/

41

/1233/

48

/29/

3.0

age 15+

Trapped near the summit of K2, the world's second-highest mountain, Annie Garrett radios to base camp for help. Brother Peter hears Annie's message and assembles a team to save her and her group before they succumb to K2's unforgiving elements. But, as Annie lays injured in an icy cavern, the rescuers face several terrifying events that could end the rescue attempt -- and their lives.

57

6.4

/364016/

67

/12910/

63

/7449/

3.1

/267231/

46

/140/

63

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48

/31/

2.0

age 12+

Rick and Evelyn O’Connell, along with their 8-year-old son Alex, discover the key to the legendary Scorpion King’s might: the fabled Bracelet of Anubis. Unfortunately, a newly resurrected Imhotep has designs on the bracelet as well, and isn’t above kidnapping its new bearer, Alex, to gain control of Anubis’s otherworldly army.

74

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7.0

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60

/31/

70

/53/

3.6

/3335/

100

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77

/6/

A young woman in early-1900s Italy searches for a mystical sanctuary where her stillborn child can be brought back to life long enough to be baptized.

77

7.7

/916325/

76

/32506/

73

/17715/

3.7

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79

/237/

84

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73

/31/

3.5

age 17+

When three friends finally come to after a raucous night of bachelor-party revelry, they find a baby in the closet and a tiger in the bathroom. But they can't seem to locate their best friend, Doug – who's supposed to be tying the knot. Launching a frantic search for Doug, the trio perseveres through a nasty hangover to try to make it to the church on time.

57

6.4

/171375/

67

/11072/

66

/6605/

2.9

/226506/

58

/139/

56

/2486/

50

/32/

1.5

age 18+

One night per year, the government sanctions a 12-hour period in which citizens can commit any crime they wish -- including murder -- without fear of punishment or imprisonment. Leo, a sergeant who lost his son, plans a vigilante mission of revenge during the mayhem. However, instead of a death-dealing avenger, he becomes the unexpected protector of four innocent strangers who desperately need his help if they are to survive the night.

75

7.2

/98487/

71

/2935/

69

/1261/

3.5

/62786/

76

/154/

79

/2543/

64

/32/

4.0

age 18+

A mysterious man arrives at the offices of an FBI agent and recounts his childhood: how his religious fanatic father received visions telling him to kill people who were in fact "demons."

80

7.3

/28583/

74

/749/

71

/496/

4.0

/58577/

100

/11/

85

/246/

78

/8/

Tonny is released from prison - again. This time he has his mind set on changing his broken down life, but that is easier said than done.

53

5.7

/32732/

61

/973/

57

/598/

2.8

/16556/

40

/42/

40

/751/

37

/20/

3.0

age 13+

Morgan Adams and her slave, William Shaw, are on a quest to recover the three portions of a treasure map. Unfortunately, the final portion is held by her murderous uncle, Dawg. Her crew is skeptical of her leadership abilities, so she must complete her quest before they mutiny against her. This is made yet more difficult by the efforts of the British crown to end her pirate raids.

79

7.3

/17245/

73

/228/

71

/353/

3.7

/11873/

97

/96/

82

/240/

82

/32/

3.5

She is almost deaf and she lip-reads. He is an ex-convict. She wants to help him. He thinks no one can help except himself.

72

7.3

/86870/

73

/2045/

70

/1375/

3.5

/49012/

78

/68/

79

/1629/

64

/23/

3.0

age 15+

In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set sail from Cuba to America. During the long trip, Cinque leads the slaves in an unprecedented uprising. They are then held prisoner in Connecticut, and their release becomes the subject of heated debate. Freed slave Theodore Joadson wants Cinque and the others exonerated and recruits property lawyer Roger Baldwin to help his case. Eventually, John Quincy Adams also becomes an ally.

63

6.0

/7423/

66

/577/

59

/103/

3.1

/2481/

71

/160/

Three astronomers accidentally intercept what they believe to be a signal from a distant alien civilization, but the truth is even more incredible than any of them could have imagined.

67

6.9

/2771/

66

/58/

61

/33/

3.3

/373/

68

/75/

64

/146/

60

/19/

3.5

A child escapes from Poland during World War II and first heads to Greece before coming of age in Canada.

58

6.7

/478696/

71

/20034/

69

/11903/

3.0

/448002/

36

/173/

51

/6299/

53

/36/

age 14+

In the not-too-distant future, the aging gene has been switched off. To avoid overpopulation, time has become the currency and the way people pay for luxuries and necessities. The rich can live forever, while the rest struggle to negotiate for their immortality. A poor young man who suddenly comes into a fortune of time finds himself on the run from a corrupt police force known as the "time keepers".

73

7.5

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76

/4859/

76

/3747/

3.8

/159965/

73

/56/

85

/3007/

49

/18/

3.0

age 18+

Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.

71

7.0

/404337/

73

/13221/

67

/5845/

3.2

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72

/178/

80

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68

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3.0

age 14+

Charlie Croker pulled off the crime of a lifetime. The one thing that he didn't plan on was being double-crossed. Along with a drop-dead gorgeous safecracker, Croker and his team take off to re-steal the loot and end up in a pulse-pounding, pedal-to-the-metal chase that careens up, down, above and below the streets of Los Angeles.

86

8.0

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77

/1686/

75

/1232/

4.1

/51456/

94

/176/

92

/7604/

92

/36/

4.0

age 16+

Jean-Dominique Bauby, editor-in-chief of French fashion bible Elle magazine, has a devastating stroke at age 43. The damage to his brain stem results in locked-in syndrome, with which he is almost completely paralyzed and only able to communicate by blinking an eye. Bauby painstakingly dictates his memoir via the only means of expression left to him.

76

7.6

/33115/

75

/765/

69

/315/

3.6

/12931/

81

/21/

89

/1336/

3.0

In the summer of 1863, General Robert E. Lee leads the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia into Gettysburg, Pennsylvania with the goal of marching through to Washington, D.C. The Union Army of the Potomac, under the command of General George G. Meade, forms a defensive position to confront the rebel forces in what will prove to be the decisive battle of the American Civil War.

65

7.1

/68315/

71

/1994/

68

/1538/

3.3

/44102/

63

/30/

68

/1166/

56

/27/