Essential Films to See at Least Once Before You Die

Schindler's List

Oskar Schindler is a businessman who arrives in Krakow during the start of World War II, prepared to make a fortune. Schindler joins the Nazi party for the sake of political expediency and staffs his factory with Jewish workers for the same reasons. However, when the SS begin to annihilate Jews in the ghetto, Schindler attempts to protect his workers.

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill makes his other films look like Disney flicks. A former assassin known only as The Bride wakes from a coma four years after her jealous ex-lover Bill attempted to murder her on her wedding day. Vowing to get even, she is determined to exact revenge upon every person who played a part in her disastrous wedding day.

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The More You Know

  • In classic Hitchcock movie North by Northwest, Cary Grant was actually older than his on-screen mother, Jessie Royce Landis.
  • George Lazenby wasn't an actual actor. He got himself a suit, a Rolex and a new haircut, then met with the producer and made up movies he had been in. He later landed the role of James Bond.
  • Executive producer of Toy Story and Chief Pixar shareholder Steve Jobs picked Bob Dylan as his first choice to write and perform the soundtrack to the film over Randy Newman.
  • The 100 folds in a chef's hat represent 100 ways to cook an egg.
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