The Devil's Advocate (1997)

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Based on a book by Andrew Neiderman, the film centers on a young lawyer who joins a New York firm only to discover that his boss has an increasingly bizarre personality.

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Devil's Advocate thematically raises the preposition that 'is winning everything' in the legal profession. Does a lawyer commits the basic sin of Vanity if he believes his job is to win, as Kevin does. Further the movie in John Milton's trenchant speech questions the very notion of righteousness in the post-modern world.

This is a very good 90s movie I needed to watch once again and surely I agree at its end that it's all a question of free will, and remember..vanity is probably the biggest sin.



Don't be tempted

Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

In the fascist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world.

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Top 250: #69

One very strong magical story for small and big..

A ballet dancer wins the lead in "Swan Lake" is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan, but slowly looses her mind as she becomes more and more like the evil twin sister of the White Swan, the Black Swan.

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I'd say this story is made and filmed by geniuses - starting Darren Aranofsky as director of the production and at it's best you can see the shining acting of one amazing actress - Natalie Portman performing the main role.

I am sure I need to see this movie several times more to know I've had it through And still it won't be enough...

I mark it at least 9/10

L'affaire Farewell (2009)

The French intelligence service alerts the U.S. about a Soviet spy operation during the height of the Cold War, which sets off an unfortunate chain of events

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A convincing spy story from the USSR last years..

Impostor (2001)

An engineer creates the ultimate weapon in a battle against aliens, only to be suspected as an alien himself. Second in a three-part anthology on relationships between humans and aliens.

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That for me is one of the greatest Sci-Fi masterpieces filmed - based on the Philip K. Dick short story "The Impostor"

Blade Runner (1982)

And talking about Philip K. Dick and Sci-Fi masterpieces there is one older and yet timeless film:

Deckard, a blade runner, has to track down and terminate 4 replicants who hijacked a ship in space and have returned to earth seeking their maker.

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Based on Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep

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Three (2010)

A Berlin-set drama centered on a 40-something couple who, separately, fall in love
with the same man.

A very bold and sexually implicit movie with lots to discover about human nature.

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The Concert (2009)

Thirty years ago, Andrei Simoniovich Filipov, the renowned conductor of the Bolshoi orchestra, was fired for hiring Jewish musicians. ...

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A very powerful and cheerful story about the greatest Bolshoi orchestra conductor, a very talented french violia player and their concert in Paris - a musical miracle unveiling a big secret from the past

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All the King's Men (2006)

Based on the Robert Penn Warren novel. The life of populist Southerner Willie Stark, a political creature loosely based on Governor Huey Long of Louisiana.

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A famous book filmed well revealing behind-the-scenes of American political life in the 1940s.

Un prophète (2009)

A young Arab man is sent to a French prison where he becomes a mafia kingpin.

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A good prison movie with mafia mobs and one Arab guy that turns to be a prophet...

Nominated for Oscar. Another 29 wins & 20 nominations

Water for Elephants (2011)

A veterinary student abandons his studies after his parents are killed and joins a traveling circus as their vet.

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Fine movie about a circus in the 30s with a love triangle and lots of amazing animals..

Une liaison pornographique / An Affair of Love (1999)

Тhey recount their impressions to the Interviewer. They met through a magazine ad, She and He.

And then the miracle called an Act of Love becomes real!

If only it was everlasting...

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