Scary movies that start with j
Horror films to watch - Letter J
Another week, another letter filled with horror films. This time out we move onto J and we are getting close to halfway through our list! This week we have an awful lot of under-appreciated or just plain forgotten horrors from years gone by, so let’s just get right into it!
Jaws (1975)
I will not hear anything from anyone. Jaws is a horror film and one of the best. Whether it be the scenes of the shark attacks or the rising sense of dread of an attack or that Indianapolis speech. The acting is phenomenal from, our three heroes’ right down to Murray Hamilton’s performance as the obtuse Mayor. We all know the story of how the shark would not work, and in the end, we have to be so thankful that it didn’t, we wouldn’t have had this version of Jaws and what would our summers be like if we didn’t?
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Jennifer’s body (2009)
There is not a lot of love for Jennifer’s Body and I do not fully understand why. Was it Megan Fox fatigue? Was it too female-centric? For me, it was quite an enjoyable film that is razor-sharp, which was to be expected. The same way Ginger Snaps utilised the female-centric and “hormonal” change in our characters, Jennifer’s Body hits all the right spots even down to the gore. A horror that isn’t afraid to be funny and it works well is one that we should cherish a little more. Hopefully down the line, this finds a bit more love.
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Just Before Dawn (1981)
A film that didn’t really break its head above water in a world of slashers. Just Before Dawn is far better than it has any right in this world to be. A film about five teenagers camping in the woods until something evil strikes do not sound like the scariest film in the world. We have likeable characters and a script that allows them to develop over time. Imagine that. This means that the deaths are a little more spread out that you would expect, for horror fans nowadays, this is almost perfect. Catch this one if you can.
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Jigoku (1960)
Translated as Hell and boy does the film try it’s best to show you a version of it. Though do not be distracted by these scenes as there is a lot more going on. What Jigoku has going for it is its ability to mix, comedy, drama and sadistic horror perfectly. This is another film that will have gotten by a lot of people and if Takeshi Miike was not influenced by the final third of this film to create the astonishing body of work that he has, then I am not sure of anything anymore.
Just Buried (2007)
As black as a black comedy can get. With a premise that a struggling funeral home business has to resort to murdering people in their town to drum up business is not enough to sway you into watching Just Buried then what will it take!? A fantastic premise and one that is able to pull it off. Barely a character in the film is sympathetic and it is glorious. Not only is this a black horror-comedy, but it is an underdog story and one that involves a character that we simultaneously do want to see success and fail. Marvellous.
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The Jacket (2005)
J just seems to be full of underappreciated films, doesn’t it!? Jacobs Ladder meets Source Code is probably the best way to describe the film, though don’t quote me on that. Having high-level actors is always going to make your film better and we have that here with Adrian Brody, Kiera Knightley and Jennifer Jason Leigh. I am very much a fan of psychological horror and with the use of time travel or the idea of it raises my interests further. Horror-Sci Fi is very much my jam! What stood out for me in the Jacket was the camera choices, we have close-ups, but from angles, you wouldn’t normally expect.
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Julias Eyes (2010)
With a first-half that sucks the audience in due to the creepy atmosphere it evokes, Julias Eyes is a great watch. The suspense rises through the film and it does have a retro feel to it. It doesn’t feel like a film made for current audiences as it is so deeply influenced by horror thrillers of decades gone by. Some of the plot points cause the film to go a little wayward, but not enough to distract from the overall film.
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Jeepers Creepers (2001)
It was a difficult decision to add this one into the list due to the personal life of the writer/director. But we have stuck with it as it was an enjoyable watch and I had fond memories of it. I remember seeing it in the cinema with my sister and our discussions of if we would do what the on-screen siblings would do kept us busy for the whole walk home. It felt clever to teenage me and at the time it was a welcome addition to the genre. The less said about those sequels the better though.
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Jacobs Ladder (1990)
Such a fresh film (not the Rotten Tomatoes kind), Jacobs Ladder is visually arresting and a film that you really cannot look away from without thinking that you might lose the sense of what is happening. Few horror films cause you to have to watch it numerous times to find all of the clues, but Jacobs Ladder does. Everyone in the film worked to such a high level to achieve what we have here and again, it is another film that is often excluded from lists and thoughts. Director Lyne really allows the viewer to feel the grief, PTSD of poor Jacob, to try and also understand what is happening. Tim Robbins pulls off a masterclass of a performance.
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Ju On 2 (2003)
Yes, we placed Ju On in the G post, so you will have to forgive us for our little cheat! We have a film that does not want to wait around to set up the plot before the scares come in and not only do the scares come quick and fast, but they are effective in that classic J-horror kind of way. The drawback to this is that the plot takes a hit and we do not really get proper development. This doesn’t matter too much however and we are left with a film that is far more terrifying than you would expect.
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Jack Frost (1997)
No, not the Michael Keaton feel-good film. But its brother from another mother (and a year earlier). This is not a serious film, but jeez it is a daft blast of one. As cheesy as a horror B-movie can get, yet it has an abundance of moments that are memorable! A film about a killer snowman is one that is hard for non-horror fans to get their head around, but for those who know and love the genre, it is a concept that makes you want to rub your hands in glee.
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Joy Ride (2001)
For those of us in the UK and Australia, you may know this film as Road Kill. What should really just be a standard chase horror film turns into a film that has more character development than you could shake a stick at. The set pieces are hugely effective, with their mix of Duel and The Hitcher. Joy Ride is as early 2000s as it gets and with its music and characters, but it is a hoot of a film that shows that gore is not required to make a B-movie work.
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That is us for another week! Next time out we go straight onto the letter K, we really are flying through the letters at this point. Have a check below for our list of the letters we have come across those far!
Horror films to watch: Letter A
Horror films to watch: Letter B
Horror films to watch: Letter B (Part 2)
Horror films to watch: Letter C
Horror films to watch: Letter D
Horror films to watch: Letter E
Horror films to watch: Letter F
Horror films to watch: Letter G
Horror films to watch: Letter H: Part 1
Horror films to watch: Letter H: Part 2
Horror films to watch: Letter H: Part 3
Horror films to watch: Letter I; Part 1
Horror films to watch: Letter I – Part 2
Horror films to watch; Letter J
Horror films to watch; Letter K
Horror films to watch: Letter L
Horror films to watch: Letter M
Horror films to watch: Letter M (Part 2)
Horror films to watch: Letter M (part 3)
Horror films to watch: Letter N
Horror films to watch: Letter N (Part 2)
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J-Horror and the Scariest Movies From Japan, Ranked
One thing that has allowed the horror genre to thrive and evolve in the way it has, is that it is universal. Every culture has its own ghost story or folk tale designed to shock and frighten any who dare to listen. Some of the scariest stories come from Japanese culture, and this is evident in the imported horror movies from the country.
Updated September 23, 2022: It's difficult to narrow down the best horror movies from Japan, but if you're a fan of J-horror whatsoever, we've updated this list of essential titles for you to check out.
From the early yōkai films with supernatural spirits and the giant monsters of its kaiju movies, to the psychedelic freak-out movies of the '60s and '70s and the modern, disturbing nightmares of its modern movies, Japan has always been a dominant force in the world of cinematic horror. Honestly, each decade of Japanese cinema has multiple masterpieces in the horror genre, from Kwaidan and House to Jigoku and The Suicide Club, but here we present a more succinct list of the most important. These movies are so influential, that many of them were remade into American movies. From ghosts and demons to monstrous madmen, here are some of the best Japanese horror movies.
12/12 Godzilla (1954)
TohoThe kaiju genre is one of the most popular subgenres of Japanese horror, and no monster is more iconic than Godzilla. Over 30 Godzilla films have been made, and the character became mostly known for fighting other giant monsters. It may not seem scary today, but the origins of the original film were bred from pure terror: the horrors of nuclear warfare.
Godzilla was released in 1954, just nine years after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The terror felt during these attacks was still felt throughout the country, and that is where Godzilla comes in. The character was born from nuclear energy and he has one thing in mind: destruction. The original film doesn't feature monsters fighting each other, or Godzilla protecting Earth from an alien threat. Godzilla was the physical manifestation of nuclear destruction.
11/12 One Missed Call (2003)
TohoThe American remake of One Missed Call was critically panned when it was released. Because of the film's less than stellar reputation, many fans will opt out of seeing the original from the great Takashi Miike. This is a huge mistake, as the original is a much better film. Based on the novel Chakushin Ari by Yasushi Akimoto, One Missed Call sees people receiving mysterious voicemails from unknown numbers. The messages are dated several days in the future and contains audio of the recipient dying. When the date the message contains arrives, the recipient dies in unnatural and brutal ways. When a young girl receives a message after losing her friends, she must solve the mystery before her time arrives. The movie is filled with J-Horror tropes that will be familiar to fans of the genre, but it is still a creepy and effective film.
10/12 The Depths (1957)
TohoThe Depths (also known as Ghost Story of Kasane Swamp) is a chilling tale about revenge and sacrifice. The film relies heavily on atmosphere to convey its message (like Ugetsu and other early, dread-filled Japanese masterpieces), and it sticks with anyone who watches. The film follows a young couple whose fathers killed one another many years ago. The two try to travel through Kasane Swamp, where their fathers' spirits rest. The movie is a cautionary tale about revenge and anger and remains one of the most popular J-Horror films from this era. The movie was remade several times, but most agree the original is the best version of the story.
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9/12 Audition (1999)
Omega ProjectEqual parts taut thriller and disturbing horror, director Takashi Miike helmed the lauded 1999 film Audition, following recent widow Shigeharu Aoyama as he sets out to find a new bride under the guise of a mock casting audition. Aoyama believes he found the perfect partner in the beautiful but reserved Asami, and the pair swiftly begin a courtship.
It doesn't take long until the widow and audiences realize Asami is not what she seems, and the film takes a brutal and hair-raising turn as her disturbing and unhinged tendencies are revealed. The movie includes difficult-to-stomach torture scenes and a gruesome final sequence that left both viewers and critics stunned. Audition has been praised for its inclusion of themes like feminism and misogyny, as the vengeful Asami is fueled by her disgust and rage towards men.
8/12 Horrors Of Malformed Men (1969)
ToeiEven a title as eye-catching as Horrors of Malformed Men can't prepare the viewer for what this film has to offer. A mental patient realizes a man who looks exactly like him had died. The man pretends to be his resurrected doppelganger to escape and travels to an island to discover who his late doppelganger was. He then discovers the base of a crazed scientist who performs sick operations on people to make them "perfect. " He soon realizes his own family's connections to the scientist, which is where the real horrors begin.
On top of having an intriguing mystery, the film has some truly disturbing imagery involving the human test subjects. Horrors of Malformed Men is fascinating, yet hard to watch at times. This is a film that has truly earned the name of its genre, and though it may not be one of the most important horror movies of all time, it is still one that deserves to be seen by horror fans.
7/12 Cure (1997)
Daiei FilmHaving an engaging horror movie is one thing; adding in a mystery plot that grabs viewers and refuses to let go is something else entirely. More than a modern murder mystery, Cure follows a detective as he attempts to solve a string of grisly murders. Each victim has an X carved into their neck, and the culprit is always found nearby. The problem is, none of the supposed murderers has any recollection of their crime. The detective quickly realizes there is more to this case than meets the eye, and he is desperate to find out what. Cure is a thrill ride from beginning to end, and began a string of horror masterpieces from director Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Few films can shock and intrigue audiences in such a way as this.
6/12 Pulse (2001)
TohoPulse (or Kairo), another masterpiece from Kiyoshi Kurosawa, is unique in that it features two storylines that run parallel with each other and eventually intertwine. The film follows two groups of people as they discover spirits are attempting to enter our world via the internet. In 2001, the internet was still relatively new and to some, scary. This film taps into that fear by suggesting there is something waiting in the World Wide Web. Something waiting for the right moment to strike and enter the human world. The film received the English remake Pulse in 2006. The remake, written by Wes Craven, was panned almost immediately. Even though it is far, far from Wes Craven's best movie, the American remake somehow received two sequels.
5/12 Noroi: The Curse (2005)
Cathay-Keris Films / PMP EntertainmentFound footage horror is hit or miss. Sometimes it is by the numbers and dull, while other times it is chilling and engaging. Noroi: The Curse is very much the latter. The film is composed of supposed footage of an unfinished documentary made by a paranormal researcher. She went missing, and this footage was all that is left. This may sound like one of the countless Blair Witch ripoffs, but it arguably takes what that film did and make it better. The movie truly feels like it is found footage, and the uncanny realism makes the experience that much more terrifying. From open to close, the film's scary imagery and unsettling, creepy atmosphere will latch on to the viewer. Odds are this film will still be felt long after viewing is over.
4/12 Onibaba (1964)
TahoOnibaba is almost always mentioned when the topic of Japanese horror is brought up, and for good reason. The film is a period piece set in the fourteenth century, when two young women kill soldiers and steal their possessions. They soon realize the error of their ways when a samurai in a demonic-looking mask appears and enacts retribution. The film is a drama as much as it is a horror, and the two genres mix seamlessly and blend to create a fun and suspenseful time. The mask of the samurai is horrifying and sticks in the mind of the viewer for a long time. This samurai could have easily fit among the ranks of other horror legends had he returned for sequels.
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3/12 Ju-on: The Grudge (2002)
Lionsgate FilmsWhenever Japanese horror is mentioned, two films are almost always brought up. The first one is Ju-on: The Grudge. Takashi Shimizu's film is about a vengeful spirit that punishes anyone who enters the house in which it resides. The movie is terrifying and chilling in all the right ways. Even the most grizzled horror hounds find this film a spine-tingling experience. The iconic spirits are still terrifying audiences to this day, and the groaning sound they make continues to be imitated. It is no surprise this movie is considered one of the best international horror films of all time. The film received an English remake in 2006 and took on a life of its own. What many people may not know is Ju-on: The Grudge is actually the third in a series. The first two were Ju-on: The Curse and Ju-on: The Curse 2.
2/12 Uzumaki (2000)
Tidepoint Pictures LLCIn his outstanding directorial debut, Higuchinsky brought to life a terrifying manga that centers on the small, cursed town of Kurouzu-cho where its residents become obsessed with spirals, a fixation that leads to people turning violent against themselves and others on their quest to create the mysterious curve. Uzumaki is a gruesome and chilling horror flick that is based on the Junji Ito manga series and features the town's inhabitants taking their own lives in various creepy manners, such as crawling into a washing machine, using a power drill to the eye and stepping in front of a moving vehicle. Higuchinsky employs a spine-tingling atmosphere and unnerving build-up as the movie progresses, and viewers will definitely turn squeamish as they witness the residents spiral into madness and mayhem.
1/12 Ringu (1998)
TohoWhile it could absolutely be argued that this is not be the scariest Japanese film of all time, it's probably the most important and essential, as it popularized and defined J-horror around the world. Everyone knows the story of this film: a videotape is circulated that contains random and disturbing imagery. After the tape ends, the viewer's phone rings, and a voice warns them they have seven days to live. True to the spirit's word, the recipient dies a horrible death seven days later.
Ringufollows a reporter as she fights to get to the bottom of this sinister mystery. This film not only reached worldwide success, but it also kicked off the trend of American remakes of international horror when it was remade as (the actually good) The Ring in 2002. This movie spawned several sequels and spin-offs, one of which crossed over with Ju-on. Regardless of all the follow-ups, none come close to the horror masterclass of the original.
Top 26 best motivational films
These are the top 26 best films that motivate great deeds and good deeds. They are definitely worth a look if you give up, and depression crept up unnoticed. The list includes films about real people whose stories inspire them to start their own business, start a music career and risk everything to achieve their dreams. After viewing these pictures, you may want to do self-development and take your first small step towards success. Well, even if you don’t want to, then enjoying watching how poor people work hard become billionaires, a girl without an arm wins surfing competitions, and a small man successfully fights for his patent stolen by a large corporation is guaranteed.
Flash of genius
Rating of KinoPoisk: 7.1
IMDB rating: 7. 0
: 2008
Canada, USA
Director: Mark Abraham ("I saw light" )
Genre: drama, biography
The film tells the true story of inventor and college professor Robert Kearns. Once on a rainy day, he came up with a windshield wiper interrupter, and if it’s simpler, wipers that can move in different modes depending on the strength of the water flows. Kearns receives a patent, opens a workshop and goes to negotiate with Ford Corporation. Unfortunately, his idea is rejected.
Crushed, he returns back to the usual course of life to his large family. But a year and a half passes, and a new Ford Mustang with the stolen invention of Kearns enters the streets of the company's assembly line. Then a man decides to fight for justice - not for the sake of money, but for the sake of truth. After all, his wipers are not just an invention, but practically the meaning of life, his personal “glimpse of genius”. And although the company has great power, even if you beat the diamond wall with your fist for a very long time, then, in the end, it will break through.
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Timing: 01:59
8 mile
Rating of KinoPoisk: 7.7
IMDB rating: 7.1
: 2002
Country:
Director: 9000 Curtis Hanson (wild river, secrets, secrets Los Angeles, Wave Breakers)
Genre: drama, music
This is the movie where Eminem starred and won an Oscar for the song Lose yourself. It is worth noting that this is not a biographical picture, but simply a story about a white rapper in Detroit who is trying to break into the scene and read on a par with African American freestylers. In 1995, the 8 Mile Highway divided the city for people of color and the prosperous suburb for whites. A nascent subculture is turned into an empire in this film, where there are kings and losers who can rise to the top only by putting everything they have at stake. Jimmy Smith Jr., nicknamed "Rabbit", is a working from a disadvantaged area, who lives in a trailer and writes rapping on crumpled pieces of paper between shifts. And since the rap battles here are gladiator fights, it means that even if the “Rabbit” loses in a street fight to local hooligans, and in a battle he smears them with his texts on the walls of a dirty club, he will be considered a winner in the eyes of the public.
Trailer:
Timing: 01:50
Awards:
- Oscar (2003)
- Best Song - Lose Yourself
Save Mr. Banks
Kinopoisk rating: 7.7
IMDb rating: 7.5
Year: 2013
Country: USA, UK, Australia
Director: John Lee Hancock (Blind Side, Rookie)
Genre: drama, biography
The plot of the film reveals a purely production conflict, as it may seem at first glance, between Walt Disney and Pamela Travers (author of stories about Mary Poppins) and, in fact, a deeply personal drama of the writer and her relationship with her father, who became the prototype for Mr. Banks. The comic component of the picture is manifested in how the head of a powerful film studio for 20 years persuades a stiff Englishwoman to film her work. He once promised to do this to his daughters, but he could not have imagined that Travers would flatly refuse animation (especially drawn penguins), funny songs and make countless (and meaningless, according to Disney) edits to the script. The drama unfolds in the writer's flashbacks about her father, a talented inventor and alcoholic who died of consumption. But, the main thing in this film is still what it was put on the list for - the motivating perseverance of Walt Disney, who, without stooping to humiliation and begging, is successfully moving in small steps towards the goal of obtaining the coveted signature.
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Timing: 02:05
Special
Rating of KinoPoisk: 7.5
IMDB rating: 7.5
: 2019
Country: France, Belgium
Director: Olivier Nakash (1+1 " , "Samba"), Eric Toledano ("1 + 1", "Samba")
Genre: drama, comedy
The film is about two men, Bruno and Malik, who started two non-profit charities to work with autistic children. The first helps people who have been turned away by both relatives and doctors to socialize in this world and get rid of obsessive ideas. For example, Bruno helps teenager Joseph learn how to ride the subway without touching the stopcock. The second organization is engaged in the education of difficult teenagers, hiring them as social workers. So some children do good deeds for other children under the supervision of senior employees. The therapy works both ways, and everything is going well until two inspectors come to Bruno and Joseph to shut them down. The film's title "special" can be applied both to people who have autism and see the world in their own way, and to employees of such charitable organizations who give all their time, energy and heart to change someone's life for the better.
Trailer:
Timing: 01:54
Choristers
Rating of KinoPoisk: 8.3
IMDB rating: 7. 9
: 2004
Country: France: Switzerland, Germany
Director: Christoph Barchet (Paris! Paris!”, “The New War of Buttons”)
Genre: drama, music
Post-war period, 1949. In a men's boarding school for difficult teenagers, a teacher Clement Mathieu, a failed composer, humanist and just a good-natured man, gets a job. Having seen the manners of the institution with landing in cold punishment cells and forced washing of floors, the man decides to organize his own educational practice - mandatory extracurricular activities in the choir. And the most harmful, "The Devil in the Flesh", Clemence even appoints a soloist for a truly angelic voice (the actor, by the way, performs all the parts himself). And now yesterday's punks, thanks to art, turn into diligent students, the humanist enthusiast cries with joy, the audience applauds, but there are also dissatisfied boys among the boys, and the headmaster is just looking for a reason to expel the new teacher.
Trailer:
Timing: 01:35
Awards:
- Cesar (2005)
- Best Sound
- Best Soundtrack
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Dark times
Kinopoisk rating: 7.4
IMDb rating: 7.4
Year: 2017
Country: UK, USA
Director: Joe Wright (Black Mirror, Anna Karenina, Atonement, Pride and Prejudice)
Genre: drama 90,014 , biography, history
The film tells a short passage from the life of Winston Churchill, who in 1940 was given the country and told to immediately choose its fate. This is more colloquial than active cinema focused on real events before Operation Dynamo (when almost 400,000 troops were blocked by German troops on the beach of Dunkirk) and after it. But only the battle here is not between the troops, but in the cabinets of ministers, where the implacable Churchill does not want to just give up and insists on war, and King George speaks of peace with Hitler at any cost. And only Winston's wife supports his determination not to let the people of Great Britain be enslaved. Thus, to briefly describe the plot of this film, it shows how at the beginning the sour faces of the members of the House of Commons during Churchill's "Blood, sweat and tears" speech are changed to applause during his "We will fight on the beaches" at the end. And even knowing the history of the Second World War and the fact that Churchill was right, this picture is worth watching for the sake of motivating and inspiring speeches, long beautiful camera rides and Gary Oldman in the title role, who managed to accurately convey the plasticity, voice and facial expressions of the British Prime Minister.
Trailer:
Timing: 02:05
Awards:
- Oscar (2018)
- Best Actor (Gary Oldman)
- Best makeup and hairstyles
- Golden Globe (2018)
- Best Actor (Drama) (Gary Oldman)
Champion
Rating of KinoPoisk: 7.7
IMDB rating: 7.2
: 2010
Country:
Director: Randall Wallace ("Man in Iron Maskek", "We were soldiers")
Genre: drama, family, biography
A biopic about a horse named "Secretariat" who won three consecutive Triple Crown races in 1973 and about a Denver housewife who decides to keep the family business going. Going through her mother's papers (after her death), Penny Tweedy is horrified to discover that her parents' business is on the verge of bankruptcy, and the house, land and stable in which the best racehorses in the United States grew up are about to go up for auction. Leaving her husband to look after four children, this woman, poorly versed in horse racing and horses, hires a new trainer and begins to raise a baby who will become an American equestrian star in the future. Recommended for fans of sports dramas, animal lovers and films about the incredible fate of ordinary people.
Trailer:
Timing: 01:56
Slumdog Millionaire
Rating of KinoPoisk: 7.7
IMDB rating: 8.0
: 2008
Country: Great Britain, India
Director: Danny Boyle (“On the IGLE”, “On the IGLE”, 127 Hours, 28 Days Later, Inferno), Lovelin Tandan
Genre: drama, melodrama
The film is based on the novel "Question and Answer" by Indian writer Vikas Swarup about an 18-year-old Indian boy from the slums who was able to take part in the game "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?". The picture begins with a scene in the Mumbai police station, where Jamal Malik is being interrogated in all legal and illegal ways in order to find out how he managed to cheat and answer all the questions of the quiz, except for the last one (because just in the break in front of him the guy was taken away). Jamal tells his tormentors a sentimental story about his fate, the events of which helped him answer all the questions of the game in an incredible way. Then an Indian fairy tale begins with two orphan brothers, one of whom will go over to the “dark side” in the future, and the second will remain a noble knight, a beautiful princess who will be taught to dance in brothels as a girl, and an evil pimp dragon. And all this in the best traditions of Bollywood with bright outfits, rhythmic music and soulful songs, mixed with European seriousness in relation to the plight of children who grew up in poverty.
Trailer:
Timing: 02:00
Awards:
- Oscar (2009)
- Best Film
- Best Director (Danny Boyle)
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- The best work of the operator
- Best Sound
- Best Editing
- Best song - "Jai Ho"
- Best Soundtrack
Has not played the box yet
Rating of KinoPoisk: 8. 0
IMDB rating: 7.4
: 2007
Country:
Director: 9000 "Misery", "A Few Good Guys")
Genre: drama, comedy, adventure
The last year of life is a great motivation to make a list of crazy things and do them all. So thought and did two patients with cancer roommate - a lonely millionaire Edward (Jack Nicholson) and a well-read family man auto mechanic Carter (Morgan Freeman). But skydiving, getting a tattoo and seeing the pyramids turns out to be easier for them than coming to the house of a daughter with whom one of them has not communicated for a long time, or accepting his death, for which the other is not at all ready. The film is filled with philosophy and the wisdom with which a mature person can look back at her past and say whether she was happy, whether she gave others enough joy, whether she fulfilled her cherished desires and whether there was any meaning in her life.
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Timing: 01:37
Walk
Rating of KinoPoisk: 7. 3
IMDB rating: 7.3
: 2015
Country:
Director: Robert Zemeckis (otiga, crew , Forrest Gump, Back to the Future) Genre: drama, adventure, biography
The film tells the motivational story of French tightrope walker Philippe Petit. A week before his 25th birthday (August 7, 1974), he decided to conquer a height of more than 400 meters, that is, to make a passage without insurance between the Twin Towers of New York. He walked from one building to another 8 times and did this for about 45 minutes, lying on the rope, getting down on one knee and saluting passers-by, who could not see the rope from afar and it seemed that the rope walker was floating in the air.
It all started with the fact that at the age of 18 he saw the layout of the Twins and set about trying to conquer them. He did not use his act for propaganda purposes, but only created art for the sake of art, fulfilling his cherished dream. It is the tricks that make up the main part of the spectacle, keeping in constant tension and fear for the life of the character. But the show would not have been so dizzying if it were not for the work of the operator with a “floating” camera and large-scale panoramas to the disturbing music of Alan Silvestri. Interesting from a technical point of view can also be called the first part of the film with a refined black and white Paris and colored objects with which the main character interacts.
Trailer:
Timing: 02:03
Social network
Rating of KinoPoisk: 7.7
IMDB rating: 7.7
: 2010
Country:
Director: 9000 Dragon Tattoo", "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", "Fight Club", "The Game", "Seven")
Genre: drama, biography
The film is a biopic about Mark Zuckerberg (the creator of Facebook), which neither the billionaire himself nor any of his acquaintances participated in writing. It all starts with Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg being dumped by a girl named Erica Albright. After writing an angry post on livejournal, the guy easily hacks the university's photo database and creates the Facemash project, which is a student beauty contest where it is proposed to compare girls in pairs. Thousands of people visit it every day, and this is enough to make Mark popular. He is approached by the Winklevoss brothers, whose idea of an elite online club the guy uses as an impetus to create a comprehensive social network. Then follows the trial and the charge of stealing the idea. But, by the way, what difference does it make, in what ways he achieved this, if, in the end, he became the youngest billionaire in the world.
Trailer:
Timing: 02:00
Awards:
- Oscar (2011)
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- Best Editing
- Best Soundtrack
- Golden Globe (2011)
- Best Film (Drama)
- Best Director (David Fincher)
- Best Screenplay
- Best Soundtrack
Pursuit of happiness
Rating of KinoPoisk: 8. 2
IMDB rating: 8.0
: 2006
Country:
Director: 9000 me again")
Genre: drama, biography
This is a story based on a true story about a failed traveling salesman who bought bulk bone strength scanning machines and failed to sell them to any of the New York hospitals. At the beginning of the film, he flies around town with those white medical cases without success, and after that he comes home, begs the landlord to be patient with the payment, argues with his wife, and goes to bed feeling guilty about his young son dreaming of a baseball. After a short time, he finds himself on the street, sleeps with homeless people, washes his son in the toilet on the subway (and feels even more guilty), and works as an intern at a brokerage firm without any pay, hoping to become the only one of 20 who will be hired. to work. As he gets closer to his dream, that is, to a warm house and normal food (and then to millions), his life gets worse and worse. But this is a motivational film, so happiness for him is a non-alternative ending.
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Timing: 01:57
And in my soul I dance
Rating of KinoPoisk: 8.1
IMDB rating: 7.8
: 2004
Country: Great Britain, Ireland, France
Director: 9000 Offside")
Genre: drama, comedy, romance
The film takes place in a boarding house for the disabled. Michael, who suffers from cerebral palsy, is quite accustomed to the gray days within the walls of the clinic and, it seems, does not even want anything else. But the new patient Rory O'Shea with eyes burning with life, a mohawk and a non-closing (not from illness) mouth, from which most witty and sometimes dirty jokes pour in, is not going to give up and put up with the regime of a boarding house without alcohol, parties and pretty girls. He wants to lead an independent life in his own house and persuades Michael to decide on this adventure together. And even though Rory can only move his head and two fingers, he still successfully flirts with strangers, dances at parties and appreciates every breath he takes and every sunrise. This is a very positive, sincere and sincere film about the desire of strong-minded, but weak-bodied people for independence and happiness, starring James McAvoy and Stephen Robertson.
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Timing: 01:38
Overcoming
Rating of KinoPoisk: 7.6
IMDB rating: 7.1
: 2006
Country:
Director: Erickson Kor (“On the Groce of Wave”, “” Togo")
Genre: drama, biography, sports
The film tells a motivational story about 30-year-old teacher Vince Popali, who, after being fired from his job, comes home and instead of supporting his loving wife, he finds only her note: "You are a beggar and will always be a nobody. " And now he is already a bartender with the only joy - an evening game of American football with friends. It seems that his fate is predetermined - he will start drinking beer in front of the TV, go bald and die alone. But suddenly, the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League announces a competition for the place of the winger (which, by the way, is rarely occupied by people in their 30s and older, since you need to run fast there). And Vince Popali decides to try to fulfill his old dream. Despite internal uncertainty, fears and complexes, he trains hard and overcomes himself more and more every day. After all, heroes are not born, and the path to success is carved with blood and sweat.
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The man who changed everything
Rating of KinoPoisk: 7.7
IMDB rating: 7.6
: 2011
Country:
Director: Bennett Miller (Kapote)
9000 Genre: biography, sports, drama
An atypical film about sports, where the main character is the general manager of the team (Brad Pitt). The poorest baseball team, the Oakland Athletics, nearly wins the World Series. But this does not save Billy Bean from losses and the departure of the most prestigious players to where they will be paid normally. But life goes on, so Billy takes a Yale analytics graduate under his wing, and he recommends a radical and hitherto unheard way of matchmaking based on utility statistics on the field. As a result, the team, at first glance, turns out to be staffed with real losers who have either already played their part, or are injured, or throw the ball funny. The coach is against, the audience is in shock, Bean is under pressure from all sides, but he stubbornly bends his line, hiding in the wrinkles of his 45-year-old face the fear of losing his last chance.
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Soul Surfer
Rating of KinoPoisk: 7.7
IMDB rating: 7.0
: 2011
Country:
Director: Sean McNamara (Life of Robot)
Genre: drama, sports, biography, family
A biopic of surfer Bethany Hamilton, played by AnnaSophia Robb (of 'Bridge to Terabithia' fame), who was attacked by a tiger shark at the age of 13 and lost her left arm. But soon she was back on the board and, despite her mother's suggestion to find a new hobby, she continued her now complicated path to sports victories. Her motivating fortitude inspired many children to overcome similar difficulties, and they expressed their gratitude in letters and postcards for a long time because she showed that "the future exists for them." In addition to the titanic will of the main character, the film also captivates with the atmosphere of a paradise, performances by surfers and Hawaiian motifs of the lyrical soundtrack.
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Timing: 01:52
Little Miss Happy
Rating of KinoPoisk: 7.5
IMDB rating: 7.8 9000 Faris (Ruby Sparks)
Genre: drama, comedy
The film tells the story of the Hoover family, and specifically her sunniest and sweetest little man - seven-year-old Olive. She loves everything to do with a beauty pageant and is madly eager to take part in California's "Little Miss Sunshine". She gets this opportunity when the winner of the local preselection is disqualified after finding diet pills in her possession. The whole family (mother is an unbalanced workaholic; father is the creator of the theory of success and has not advanced a single step in it; grandfather is a heroin; brother is a former loser) decides to go together in a van to meet Olive's dream. Almost immediately, their clutch breaks, and many more incidents will happen along the way, but the main one is how it is a miracle with glasses on half a face and with a dance that her grandfather taught her, a vow of silence and “hating” everyone around; an uncle who is suicidal will compete with overdressed girls who are taught from childhood to make eyes at judges.
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Timing: 01:41
Awards:
- Oscar (2007)
- Best Supporting Actor (Alan Arkin)
- Best Original Screenplay
Life is beautiful
Kinopoisk rating: 7. 5
IMDb rating: 7.6
: 2011
Country: USA
Director: Jonathan Levin ("Heat of our bodies", "Madness")
Genre: Drama, melodrama, comedy, comedy
Adam is a young, handsome guy who is diagnosed with cancer at the age of 27. He accepts this with calm fatalism, does not become depressed and does not rush to fulfill his dreams while it is possible. Adam begins chemo and shaves off his hair until it falls out on its own. At first, he is also rude to his hyper-caring mother, as before, and with his best friend Kyle also goes to clubs in the evenings, but he now uses Adam's illness to pick up girls. But his cheerfulness sometimes resembles an attempt to escape from thoughts of death, and he is ready to forgive his girlfriend even for treason. But Kyle is always there, and the parents are ready to lend a shoulder at any second. Moreover, a charming psychotherapist girl looms on the horizon, who is very, very, very trying to help Adam get through it all. It seems that the film tells about the fight against cancer, but, in fact, about how a strong person copes with a difficult life situation and how his close people behave differently.
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Timing: 01:40
Freedom Writers
Rating of KinoPoisk: 8.0
IMDB rating: 7.5
: 2006
9000 ”, “Paris, I love you”)
Genre: drama, crime, biography
Based on a true story, the film follows a young, inexperienced teacher from a wealthy neighborhood, Eryl Gruel, who comes to teach underclass students. She seems completely defenseless in front of teenagers who are divided into gangs along racial lines, carrying knives in a briefcase and preparing for the life of a drug addict, robber or prostitute, unless, of course, they die in another showdown. But Eril is not going to turn a blind eye to this, like other teachers, she tells the students about the horrors of fascism and Auschwitz, helps them to believe in themselves and aim not at enmity, but at gaining knowledge and in the future good work. The respect that the teacher has for the students slowly begins to return to herself. Someone will say that this is just one class. But if one optimistic teacher with rose-colored glasses can eradicate racial discrimination from a group of violent teenagers, then this world has a future.
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Timing: 02:03
Temple Grandin
Rating of KinoPoisk: 7.9
IMDB rating: 8.3
: 2010
Country:
Director: MIK Jackson ("From Baghdad to the Air Air" )
Genre: drama, biography
The film tells about a real person, professor of animal husbandry and writer - Temple Grandin. At the age of three, she still does not speak, at four she is diagnosed with autism. But her mother does not give up, but continues to educate her daughter, sends her to a private school and prepares for college. Temple, it turns out, is easier to understand animals than people. She feels their pain more acutely, especially those who are being led to the slaughterhouse. But since she understands that humanity is unlikely to give up meat all at once, she does not follow the path of Greenpeace. Temple is easily given the exact sciences and design, so she decides to invent the most humane way to kill animals. It is difficult to call her life easy and carefree. Throughout the film, she struggles with socialization, fear of new things, pain from strong smells and sounds, and feelings of being lost. But a strong motivation to make life easier for animals and confidence in his ideas help Grandin not to lock himself in, but to confidently move towards his goal.
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Timing: 01:47
Awards:
- Golden Globe (2011)
- Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie (Claire Danes)
Obsession
Kinopoisk rating: 8. 3
IMDb rating: 8.5
Year: 2013
Country: USA
Director: Damien Chazelle (La La Land, Man in the Moon)
Genre: drama, music
The film tells about the cruel world of music, where the pursuit of perfection turns into a mania, where a person is ready to do anything to crush his rival and take his place, and where one small mistake can cost an entire career. 19-year-old Andrew is a first-year student at the conservatory in the percussion class. He is selfish, withdrawn and completely focused on his dream of becoming the best drummer. And when he is given the opportunity to get to the great maestro Fletcher, the leader of the jazz ensemble, he thinks that he caught luck by the tail and found a wise mentor. But the first thing he sees at a rehearsal is how Fletcher masterfully knows how to bring to tears, throw chairs and obscene his students. From now on, Andrew will bleed his hands, set other applicants up, give up on his personal life (including leaving his girlfriend), and this will never be enough. The despot will still throw sarcastic comments in his direction and try to throw him out of the orchestra, but the drummer will not be persevering, and his motivation would be enough for thousands of people. Thus, the competition of two strong egocentric personalities creates the atmosphere of a thriller in the film, where it seems that Andrew's struggle for the right to fame can cost someone's life (or does not seem to).
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Timing: 01:46
Awards:
- Oscar (2015)
- Best Supporting Actor (JK Simmons)
- Best Sound
- Best Editing
Race
Kinopoisk rating: 8.1
IMDb rating: 8.1
Year: 2013
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Director: Ron Howard ("A Beautiful Mind" Genre: sports, drama, biography
Styled like a 70s film with unnaturally bright colors, races filmed like archival footage, original cars of the time, Thor, i. e. Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Brühl, tells the story of that period of Formula 1 when the drivers were rock stars . Between the disciplined Austrian Niki Lauda, who never takes the track if the probability of an accident exceeds 20 percent, and the madman who bravely faces death, James Hunt is an intense struggle for the title. The story of the film leads the viewer to a significant race for both of them 1976 years, when they both had a lot of experience behind them, knowledge of each other's maneuvers and cars of equal value. But the choice for whom to root for - a playboy or a pedant - the creators leave to everyone, because both heroes are balanced with each other with their negative and positive qualities.
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Timing: 02:03
Awards:
- British Academy (2014)
- Best Editing
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Bohemian Rhapsody
Rating of KinoPoisk: 8. 0
IMDB rating: 8.0
: 2018
Country: Britain, USA
9000 , House M.D., X-Men)
Genre: biography, music, drama
This is not a film about a rebel or an unfortunate person who tries to change the world with his music. This is a sterile biopic with favorite songs, the full dedication of Rami Malek in the title role, a colorful carnival of costumes, the effect of involvement in what is happening and great excitement during the final performance of the group. But still, it has something for which it was included in the list of motivating films - this is the confession of an egoist at the end, who realizes that kindness, cordiality of human relations and the shoulder of true friends are not worth any money and sole glory. And to admit it, and then patiently wait for the decision of people dear to you, without breaking into threats and insults, you need great courage.
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Timing: 02:14
Awards:
- Oscar (2019)
- Best Actor (Rami Malek)
- Best Sound
- Best Editing
- Best Sound Editing
P.
S. I love you Kinopoisk Rating: 7.7
IMDB rating: 7.0
: 2007
Country:
Director: 9000 ”)
Genre: drama, melodrama, comedy
The death of her beloved husband from a brain tumor greatly debilitates Holly. She locks herself in her apartment, watches TV all day, doesn't clean, doesn't take care of herself, doesn't go to work, and refuses to see anyone. But a month later, a series of depressive days is interrupted by an audio cassette that Jerry (husband) recorded for Holly's 30th birthday. In it, he asks her to have some fun and reveals that he has prepared 7 letters of direction to help her deal with his death. Each of them ends with this phrase - “P.S. I love you". And although parents and friends think that in this way Holly will remember Jerry more often and will not be able to let go of the past, but, in fact, with each new adventure, a woman learns to enjoy every day again and live on with pleasant, but not depressing memories. . This is a sad, inspiring film about true love and what to do when the world collapses with the departure of a loved one.
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Pay another
Rating of KinoPoisk: 8.0
IMDB rating: 7.2
: 2000
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Director: Mimi Leder (Sormless, ambulance, ambulance. ”)
Genre: drama
The film tells about 11-year-old boy Trevor McKinney, who lives with his mother, an alcoholic workaholic. A new social studies teacher gives students an interesting task - to figure out how you can change the world for the better, and bring your idea to life. Trevor invents the "pay it to others" game. Its essence lies in the fact that if someone has helped a person, then he must also selflessly help three other people. The boy himself begins with a homeless drug addict and his mother - this surprisingly starts a series of good deeds. As a result, the film contains invaluable thoughts that the world can be made kinder, but you need to start with yourself, become a Person with a capital letter and not expect gratitude for it. And you can watch this picture if only for the sake of the sincere game of Haley Joel Osment, known for the movie The Sixth Sense.
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Linen family
Rating of KinoPoisk: 7.2
IMDB rating: 7.3
: 2014
Country: France, Belgium
Director: Eric Lartigo ("Man who wanted to want live your way")
Genre: drama, comedy, music
This story is about 16-year-old Paula, who grew up in a family of deaf and dumb people. All her life she played the role of a translator for her parents, helped on the farm and in the sale of homemade cheeses. But one day a music teacher discovers her vocal talent. He invites her to go to an audition in Paris. If successful, Paula will leave her village for a long time to study and build a musical career. But the mother is categorically against this, since the daughter is their only connection with the world, which does not speak the language of the deaf and dumb. Diluting the dramatic problem of fathers and children and Paula's difficult life choices is her unrequited love for a classmate who is forced to slow dance and sing with her on the instructions of the teacher, and touching scenes that show how family members can express love for each other without the ability to use words.
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Timing: 01:46
Awards:
- Cesar (2015)
- Most Promising Actress (Luan Emera)
Margot Robbie - 15 films with her participation
To make the film a little more beautiful, it is enough to add a role for Margot Robbie, an actress who was able to make the world see the sparkling talent behind her beautiful face. Although it’s always nice to even just look at Robbie: whether it’s the role of a soot-smeared and frightened woman under the guns of German soldiers, the image of a crazy clown in love, or a repulsive hero like a mother with an incurable emotional deficiency. All of this will be on the list. Robbie's roles vary, and with her participation there are historical dramas, film comics and biopics from cult contemporary directors, and the audience ratings for many of these projects are very decent. Not bad for a girl who was destined to be the next blonde Hollywood slut.
- Pan American
- Wolf of Wall Street
- French Suite
- Focus
- Z means Zechariah
- Reporter
- Tarzan. Legend
- Suicide Squad
- Goodbye Christopher Robin
- Tonya against all
- Two queens
- Finished
- Dreamland
- Scandal
- Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood
Pan American
- Grade 7. 5 / 7.0 (Kinopoisk/IMDb)
- Genre drama, melodrama, history
- Country USA
- Starring Christina Ricci, Margot Robbie, Michael Mosley
- Producer Andrew Bernstein, John Fortenberry, Thomas Schlammy
- Duration 43 min
- Studio Sony Pictures Television
- premiere date September 25, 2011
- Scenario Nancy Hult Ganis, Jack Orman, Mike Daniels
Let's start the list with the series. They tell here about graceful fairies who, with the magic of their charm, help thousands of passengers to more easily endure the difficulties of air routes. Briefly about stewardesses. And not about modern ones, but about those that deflated the first passenger Boeings in the 60s. Starring on board the show were Christina Ricci, Margo, Kelly Garner and Michael Vogel.
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By the way, this is not the only series in Robbie's filmography: the actress appeared in the Australian soap opera Neighbors, where Guy Pearce, Russell Crowe and Kylie Minogue played at different times, and made a funny cameo in the 2019 series Dolly. There you can also rejoice at Macaulay Culkin.
Wolf of Wall Street
- Grade 7.9/ 8.2 (Kinopoisk/IMDb)
- Genre drama, crime, biography, comedy
- Country USA
- Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie
- Producer Martin Scorsese
- Duration 180 min. / 03:00
- Studio Red Granite Pictures
- premiere date December 9, 2013
- Scenario Terence Winter, Jordan Belfort
After a couple of films and not the most famous series, getting into a Martin Scorsese film and with DiCaprio in one frame - sharp ups in Margo's filmography were not only in the series about stewardesses. The picture is based on the memoirs of Jordan Belfort, an American broker who deceived his clients for more than one hundred million dollars, and served almost two years for this. Belfort was an alcoholic, a drug addict, a liar, and an excellent public speaker - how else would you write a bestseller and become a coach. Belfort also sank a yacht designed specifically for Coco Chanel, and named this yacht "Nadine" - in honor of his second wife, an English model. Here she is played by Margot. Well, not an expensive boat, but a model for which Belford divorced his first wife.
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The film received five Oscar nominations: Best Picture, Director and Adapted Screenplay, Best Actor (DiCaprio) and Best Supporting Actor (Jonah Hill).
French Suite
- Grade 7.1 / 7.0 (Kinopoisk/IMDb)
- Genre thriller, drama, melodrama, war
- Country UK, France, Canada, Belgium, USA
- Starring Michelle Williams, Matthias Schoenaerts, Kristin Scott Thomas, Margot Robbie
- Producer Saul Dibb
- Duration 107 min. / 01:47
- Studio Qwerty Films
- premiere date November 5, 2014
- Scenario Saul Dibb, Matt Charman, Irina Nemirovskaya
Margot is deeply in the background here: in the foreground are Michelle Williams, Matthias Schoenaerts and World War II. Although the war, in fact, is also in second place: the film goes much more into a melodrama than into a military movie. 1940th year, France is occupied by German troops, the locals are forced to share their homes with enemy soldiers. The background is gloomy, moreover, the plot is based on real events from the life of the author of the primary source Irina Nemirovskaya. They talk about a French woman, Lucille, who is faithfully waiting for her husband from the front in the company of her mother-in-law. No news comes, and the uncertainty and permissiveness of the occupiers greatly wears the nerves. In addition, the German officer Bruno von Falk moves into Lucille's house. The man has not only a beautiful name, but also a face and, it seems, even a soul. Yes, Bruno seems to be the kindest German during World War II. While the soldiers all around act like teenage soccer players from American TV shows (the war here is unconvincingly mild), Bruno demonstrates Lucille and her mother-in-law with perfect manners and a sense of tact. She also loves music, just like the main character. The piano is not hidden in any bushes here - it becomes a boldly drawn connecting line between the main characters. To love the enemy or not to love - the main thing is that the mother-in-law does not recognize. And somewhere against the background of this story of great feelings, screaming about the senselessness and stupidity of the war, Margo's poorly recognizable face flickers - the actress was given a coarse wig with black curls, put on an apron and endowed her with the difficult fate of a lonely woman in a pack of aggressive raiders.
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Focus
- Grade 7.1 / 6.6 (Kinopoisk/IMDb)
- Genre drama, melodrama, comedy, crime
- Country USA, Argentina
- Starring Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Adrian Martinez
- Producer Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
- Duration 104 min. / 01:44
- Studio Zaftig Films
- premiere date February 11, 2015
- Scenario Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
Funtik was not the cutest swindler - Margot Robbie, in the role of a novice pickpocket Jess Barrett, would get homeless piglets not just a house, but a whole Disneyland. But the girl does not intend to engage in Robinhood and other charity, although she is going to rob very rich guys. With such deer eyes alone, you can’t work, and Jess persuades an experienced swindler Nikki Spurgeon to become her mentor. Soon, Jess and Nikiya become a fat-free version of Bonnie and Clyde: they rob more gracefully, cheat more quietly, and show their feelings more modestly. But the white dress and the kids playing Ocean's friends did not happen here either: after another successful case, Nikki suddenly leaves Jess. For three years everyone has been stealing as they want, and now they meet again: she is in a luxurious dress next to a superbly rich man. Besides, this man is Nikki's new customer. Here in the film a real scam begins, where everyone plays two or three sides, bluffs to the last and desperately does not want to part with trump cards.
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- Grade 5. 7 / 6.0 (Kinopoisk/IMDb)
- Genre fantasy, drama, thriller
- Country Iceland, Switzerland, USA
- Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Margot Robbie, Chris Pine
- Producer Craig Zobel
- Duration 98 min. / 01:38
- Studio Night Fox Entertainment
- premiere date January 24, 2015
- Scenario Nissar Modi, Robert S. O'Brien
A girl and two guys survive a nuclear apocalypse. The first is teenager Ann, who grows vegetables alone on a farm that is miraculously unaffected by radiation. The second is an adult scientist-engineer Loomis: he can do everything, he can do everything, but most of the time he philosophizes melancholy about the nature of being. The third is a young miner who also somehow escaped and is the last to fit into the emerging love triangle. Eden in the middle of the post-apocalypse is built, two Adam and Eve are ready to share the apple.
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reporter
- Grade 6.4 / 6.6 (Kinopoisk/IMDb)
- Genre drama, comedy, military, biography
- Country USA
- Starring Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman, Alfred Molina
- Producer Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
- Duration 112 min. / 01:52
- Studio Paramount Pictures
- premiere date March 4, 2016
- Scenario Robert Carlock, Kim Barker
Drama with comedy elements about war reporters in Afghanistan. The theme in the film is certainly not the most suitable for a comedy, but no one here will reflect on the causes, motives, ethics and victims. In the original, the name of the picture is generally Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, and the whole message of the creators is placed in a modest abbreviation of capital letters. And, in general, the picture is not so much about the war, and even more so not about the Afghan one, but about the profession of a war correspondent, and they talk about this profession with irony. In some places - with a very black irony: you don’t want to get into journalism after such a movie - they will bury, sell, gut and say that it’s your own fault.
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Tarzan. Legend
- Grade 6.2 / 6.2 (Kinopoisk/IMDb)
- Genre fantasy, action, drama, melodrama, adventure
- Country UK, Canada, USA
- Starring Alexander Skarsgard, Margot Robbie, Samuel L. Jackson, Christoph Waltz
- Producer David Yates
- Duration 110 min. / 01:50
- Studio Dark Horse Entertainment
- premiere date June 27, 2016
- Scenario Adam Kozad, Craig Brewer, Edgar Rice Burroughs
Everyone in this world needs something. The King of Belgium wants African diamonds. Captain Leon Rom (Waltz) needs the favor of the king. Chief Mbongo of the Kongo needs Tarzan (Skarsgård). And Tarzan needs Jane (and here is Margot Robbie). Most of all, Captain Leon Rom needs it, so he begins to act first: he deceives Tarzan, who lived peacefully in London with his wife, into the African jungle and kidnaps Jane. And Tarzan still really needs Jane, so the monkey guy is ready to raise all the African fauna to fight Leon. Who, by the way, not only kidnaps women, because he is a villainous villain from the time of the Tarantino bastards, but also a slave trader, and a con man, and a racist, and in general the first bro of Satan. In general, the action is good, the script is predictable, the actors are cool, the audience rating is low.
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Suicide Squad
- Grade 6.1 / 5.9 (Kinopoisk/IMDb)
- Genre science fiction, action, fantasy, adventure
- Country USA
- Starring Margot Robbie, Will Smith, Jared Leto
- Producer David Eyre
- Duration 118 min. / 01:58
- Studio Warner Bros. Pictures
- premiere date August 1, 2016
- Scenario David Eyre, John Ostrander
We won't stop here for long. Movie based on DC comics about a squad assembled from a lesser evil against a greater one. Human Torch, Human Sniper, Rope Hands, Crocodile Human, Katana Human, and I-Love-Pudding-Man against an ancient sorceress with dubious motivation. Thanks to the acting work of Margot Robbie here, every Halloween a couple of people come with painted ponytails and bats. That's the excuse for the "Oscar" for the best makeup and hairstyles.
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And in 2020, Birds of Prey was released - in fact, Harley Quinn's solo album, in which they tried to make the brightest and most attractive character from the Squad even brighter and more attractive. Well, it turned out, of course, brightly, but not too convincingly. But Robbie is just as beautiful as a self-confident Harley. And even more beautiful is Margot, and the script, and the audience rating in the second “Squad” from James Gunn: in vain the guys from Marvel missed such a friend.
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Goodbye Christopher Robin
- Grade 7. 2 / 7.1 (Kinopoisk/IMDb)
- Genre drama, biography
- Country Great Britain
- Starring Domhnall Gleason, Margot Robbie, Kelly Macdonald
- Producer Simon Curtis
- Duration 107 min. / 01:47
- Studio Fox Searchlight Pictures
- premiere date September 20, 2017
- Scenario Frank Cottrell Boyes, Simon Vaughn
The story of how dad's work broke the psyche of his son. Christopher Robin is the son of Alan Milne (the role of Domhnall Gleason), the author of Winnie the Pooh. Many people love Winnie, but Christopher Robin hated him: the boy had to pose for journalists with a boring bear toy, smile at important strangers, endure ridicule at school and forever remain a boy beating a teddy bear with his head on the steps. Sometimes it is difficult to meet even your own expectations, and here are the expectations of hundreds of thousands of readers to whom your dad said that you are the son of your mother's friend. And the popularity of his father's books is not the only reason for Christopher Robin's childhood trauma. Alan Milne figured out how to make friends with children around the world, but for a long time he could not establish contact with his own son. And Christopher's mother (here's Robbie!) in her life was not too attentive to her husband and son, and in general went to America for several years to her lover when Robin was eleven. Christopher was actually raised by his nanny Olivia, and as she left the Milnes' house, Olivia told her parents directly that this kind of treatment of a child and all this bearish hype would not end well. Well, in some ways the wise nanny was definitely right.
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Tonya against all
- Grade 7.3 / 7.5 (Kinopoisk/IMDb)
- Genre biography, sports, comedy, drama
- Country USA, UK, Qatar
- Starring Margot Robbie, Sebastian Stan, Allison Janney
- Producer Craig Gillespie
- Duration 119 min. / 01:59
- Studio Lucky Chap Entertainment
- premiere date September 8, 2017
- Scenario Stephen Rogers
Tonya is a biography film about figure skater Tona Harding, one of the world's most infamous female athletes. Harding's career ended with a broken leg of her rival, and Harding's role for Margot Robbie ended with her first Oscar nomination.
In general, judging by the plot of the film, it turns out that this is all against Tony, and not vice versa. As a little girl, Tonya learned to look at life from under her brows - always in anticipation of a blow. Either from a mother who raised her daughter without a single gingerbread crumb, or from a husband who believed that the best foundation for marriage was physical and emotional abuse. Judges at competitions were also rarely kind: even though Harding became the first America and the second woman in history to make a triple axel, Tonya was not loved and victories were given to her reluctantly. A rough, sharp girl with a masculine figure and provincial manners on the big ice, surrounded by sparkles and graceful rivals, did not cause sympathy. Yes, and what kind of location to demand from competitors, when even Harding's fate did not indulge: either the lace on the Olympic skating will burst, or the asthma will worsen at an important competition. Tonya has been deprived all her life of the main thing for which many are ready to try and wash their knees in blood - love and respect. And since her mother, husband, coaches and judges were not able to give Tonya these resources, the figure skater decided at any cost to earn the recognition of the whole country. The only pity is that a good goal with such a sad motivation was doomed, it seems, like Tonya herself - from the very beginning.
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Two queens
- Grade 6.2 / 6.3 (Kinopoisk/IMDb)
- Genre drama, biography, history
- Country UK, USA
- Starring Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie, Jack Lowden
- Producer Josie Rourke
- Duration 124 min. / 02:04
- Studio Focus Features
- premiere date November 15, 2018
- Scenario Beau Willimon, John Guy
Young, ambitious, red-haired and indomitable Mary Stuart (Ronan) against the suspicious, sickly, aging and pale Elizabeth I (Margot). Although according to the plot of the film, it seems that both queens competed not so much with each other, but with nature itself and the patriarchal system. Mary was named Queen of Scots a year ago, at sixteen she was married to the King of France, and a year later the girl was not only twice queen, but once a widow. I had to return to Scotland - to the bearded, wind-hardened and battle-hardened lords who needed to kneel before a stubborn red-haired girl. We add here national disunity: Catholics and Protestants in Scotland could not agree in any way, but before the return of the young Catholic queen, the Protestants won in the country. However, at first Stewart was quite able to dull sharp corners. Callous lords appease with balls, court hunting, masquerades, golf and other court wisdom brought from France; and religious conflict should be reduced to a minimum, securing Protestantism as the official religion, but retaining a connection with Rome and Catholic masses in the yard. But the successful beginning of the reign was undermined by Stewart's ambitions: the young queen wanted to get this title for the third time and climb the English throne, deposing her cousin, the childless Elizabeth I. For the latter, the little Catholic was already a continuous trigger, and then there were claims to the throne . And Mary's life was broken not only by ambitions - a passionate and young Scot also fell in love and married her chosen one. But the luxury of a happy marriage for love often could not be afforded by more stable, experienced monarchs. Mary allowed herself, brought Elizabeth out of patience, lost supporters in her own yard, unleashed a religious conflict again - and it gets worse.
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Like most historical films, this film about the rivalry between two fragile women with heavy titles is inaccurate. The most significant of them: the queens met on the screen, but in life they never saw each other.
Finished
- Grade 5.8 / 5.4 (Kinopoisk/IMDb)
- Genre thriller, drama, crime
- Country Ireland, UK, Hong Kong, Hungary, USA
- Starring Margot Robbie, Simon Pegg, Dexter Fletcher
- Producer Vaughn Stein
- Duration 92 min. / 01:32
- Studio Lucky Chap Entertainment
- premiere date May 10, 2018
- Scenario Vaughn Stein
Here Margot is again a little bit of Harley Quinn: retro outfits, bright makeup, crazy eyes, neon in the background, weapons in her hands. And although formally there is no superheroism in the plot, the script steadfastly gives off comics with a dark DC neo-noir atmosphere, the amount of action and too unexpected twists that the viewer is fed more actively than the grandmothers of thin grandchildren. The main character of the thriller is the waitress Annie, who has long been ready to shoot her only with her eyeliner. The girl wants to become a killer, and for the sake of this goal she doesn’t mind getting a couple of other candidates out of the way. Of course, Annie has a terrible secret, and not even one - there is no biography at all, but a collection of scripts for quick thrillers. You can’t build a healthy psyche on such a life path, so Ann will be killed often, beautifully and with pleasure.
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Dreamland
- Grade 6. 0 / 5.8 (Kinopoisk/IMDb)
- Genre thriller, drama
- Country USA
- Starring Finn Cole, Margot Robbie, Travis Fimmel
- Producer Miles Joris-Peyrafitte
- Duration 100 min. / 01:40
- Studio Automatik Entertainment
- premiere date April 13, 2019
- Scenario Nicholas Zwart
Eugene Evans lives on a farm that is about to go bust. In addition to a family nest on the verge of an auction, Eugene gets a stepfather, George, a deputy sheriff, and constant brainsaws about work and responsibility. And in the courtyard of the Great Depression, drought, famine and no hint of dreams, something is not guessed. Job options too, so Eugene decides to become a bounty hunter. More precisely, behind one very pretty head, which itself falls down to Eugene in the barn. Allison Wells is a mugger who killed a child and is worth as much as ten thousand dollars on the price list of headhunters. Wounded and abundantly relaxing Allison Eugene should have immediately handed over to his stepfather, but then the genes played out. Eugene's father fled to Mexico long ago in search of an un-American dream, and Evans Jr. is suddenly captivated by the beautiful thought of freedom from family troubles and obligations. Eugene decides not to hand over Alisson, but to help her cross the border and live there himself. However, why write all this in the top of Robbie's films at all, when the conclusion about the film on Rotten Tomatoes is laconic and as informative as possible: "The depressing story is compensated by the strong work of Margot Robbie in the title role. "
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Scandal
- Grade 6.3 / 6.8 (Kinopoisk/IMDb)
- Genre drama, biography
- Country USA, Canada
- Starring Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie, John Lithgow
- Producer Jay Roach
- Duration 109 min. / 01:49
- Studio Lionsgate Films
- premiere date December 13, 2019
- Scenario Charles Randolph
The film is based on a true story: the scandal around Roger Isles, who was accused by several women of sexual harassment. Isles has advised Trump and Bush Sr. on media issues and has long been head of Fox News - the more visible the figure, the more sparks fly. And Ailes was not the only public person in the conflict - among his victims was the journalist Gretchen Carlson (Nicole Kidman), who started the war with the harasser, and Megyn Kelly (Charlize Theron), a popular American TV presenter, was in the support group for the victims. Robbie got the role of the only fictional girl in this story - the young assistant Gretchen, who in the film became a powerful symbol of all the victims of harassment.
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A hot topic and excellent acting work - for the role of an inexperienced careerist, Margo received her second Oscar nomination. Charlize Theron was also nominated, but in the end, the film only received the award for best make-up and hair.
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
- Grade 7. 6/ 7.6 (Kinopoisk/IMDb)
- Genre drama, comedy
- Country USA, UK, China
- Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie
- Producer Quentin Tarantino
- Duration 161 min. / 02:41
- Studio Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE)
- premiere date May 21, 2019
- Scenario Quentin Tarantino
Aging Hollywood actor Rick Dalton complains to his aging stunt double Cliff Booth about a career crisis. Westerns, in which Rick until recently was the most recognizable star, are going out of fashion and out of the zone of common sense. The plots are getting crazier and more secondary, the fees are reduced to zero, and Rick can only act in banal television series. And play the human version of Bojack Horse, offended by the whole world. But life is not always a supplier of some troubles - the famous director Roman Polanski and his young wife Sharon Tate (that's the role of Robbie) settles next to Dalton's house. Now Rick's to-do list includes not only nostalgia for the outgoing Golden Age of Hollywood and LA trips with Cliff, but also dreams of friendship with new neighbors and the big role Polanski has to offer for his poor self. But this is all in the lyrical part, which is commonly called Tarantino's Hollywood love confession. In the finale, the characters involuntarily fit into a story more familiar to crazy Quentin: hippie criminals park next to Sharon Tate's house, historical accuracy is sent on a distant flight, and Cliff Booth's pit bull finally fulfills the duty of any Chekhov gun.