Essential Films to See at Least Once Before You Die

The Departed

Martin Scorsese's The Departed is an uncompromised vision of the most rotten parts of society. South Boston cop Billy Costigan goes undercover to infiltrate a mobster organizer; at the same time, Colin Sullivan infiltrates the police department. When both organizations realize there is a mole among them, Billy and Colin must identify the other to save their own lives.

Before Sunrise

Richard Linklater's Before trilogy is essential viewing for anyone who believes in the power of love and connection. En route to Vienna, Celine, a Frech student returning to Paris, encounters Jesse, an American on his way back to the States. After an invigorating conversation, the two agree to get off the train in Vienna, and forge something that may or may not last longer than one fateful night.

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The More You Know

  • M&M stands for Mars and Murrie.
  • The world's most densely populated island is the size of two soccer fields.
  • In 1945, Dwight D. Eisenhower predicted that people would try to dispel the holocaust as a falsehood, and ordered all possible photographs taken of the Nazi crimes to hinder any such attempts.
  • Before mating, the female giraffe will first urinate in the male's mouth.
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