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Francis Ford Coppola • Starring: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Crime Drama • Crime
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Milos Forman • Starring: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Will Sampson
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Comedy Drama • Drama
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Peter Jackson • Starring: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis
Adventure • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Ensemble Film
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Steven Spielberg • Starring: Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns
Combat Films • Drama • Ensemble Film
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Steven Spielberg • Starring: Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic
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Robert Zemeckis • Starring: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise
Americana • Comedy Drama • Drama
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Roman Polanski • Starring: Faye Dunaway, Jack Nicholson, John Hillerman
Detective Film • Femme Fatale • Mystery
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Elia Kazan • Starring: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb
Crime Drama • Crime • Drama
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John G. Avildsen • Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young
Drama • New Hollywood • Sports Drama
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Ridley Scott • Starring: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen
Action • Adventure Drama • Adventure
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David Lean • Starring: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn
Adventure Drama • Adventure • Based-on-a-True-Story
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Steven Spielberg • Starring: Dee Wallace, Henry Thomas, Peter Coyote
Adventure Drama • Adventure • Drama
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Sam Mendes • Starring: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch
Comedy Drama • Coming-of-Age • Drama
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William Friedkin • Starring: Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider
Action Thriller • Action • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature
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David Lean • Starring: William Holden, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Drama • Ensemble Film
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Barry Levinson • Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino
Drama • Family Drama • Melodrama
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William Friedkin • Starring: Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Mercedes McCambridge
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Drama • Horror
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Oliver Stone • Starring: Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe
Action • Anti-War Film • Combat Films
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David Fincher • Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake
Based-on-21st-Century-Literature • Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic
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Milos Forman • Starring: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge
Based-on-a-True-Story • Based-on-Theatre • Biopic
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Norman Jewison • Starring: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates
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Elia Kazan • Starring: Julie Harris, James Dean, Raymond Massey
Americana • Drama • Family Drama
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Steve McQueen • Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch
Based-on-19th-Century-Literature • Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic
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George Stevens • Starring: Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters
Drama • Psychological Drama • Romance
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Anthony Harvey • Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Kenneth Griffith, Peter O'Toole
Based-on-Theatre • Drama • Family Drama
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Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan • Starring: Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Madhur Mittal
Based-on-21st-Century-Literature • Drama • Female-Directed Film
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Sam Mendes • Starring: Dean-Charles Chapman, George MacKay, Mark Strong
Drama • Epic • Historical Epic
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Barry Jenkins • Starring: Mahershala Ali, Trevante Rhodes, Janelle Monáe
Based-on-Theatre • Coming-of-Age • Drama
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Ron Howard • Starring: Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly
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Stanley Kubrick • Starring: Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Peter Ustinov
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Costume Adventure • Epic
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Richard Linklater • Starring: Ellar Coltrane, Ethan Hawke, Patricia Arquette
Childhood Drama • Coming-of-Age • Drama
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Fred Zinnemann • Starring: Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Robert Shaw
Based-on-Theatre • Courtroom Drama • Drama
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James Cameron • Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane
Adventure • Costume Romance • Disaster Film
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Alejandro González Iñárritu • Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson
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Martin McDonagh • Starring: Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell
Black Comedy • Comedy Drama • Crime Drama
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J. Lee Thompson • Starring: Gregory Peck, David Niven, Anthony Quinn
Adventure • War • War Adventure
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James Cameron • Starring: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver
Action Thriller • Action • Adventure
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David Lean • Starring: Rod Steiger, Alec Guinness, Omar Sharif
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Costume Romance • Epic
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Robert Benton • Starring: Howard Duff, Justin Henry, Jane Alexander
Courtroom Drama • Drama • Family Drama
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Robert Redford • Starring: Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch
Drama • Family Drama • New Hollywood
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Ben Affleck • Starring: Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Based-on-a-True-Story • Docudrama
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William Wyler • Starring: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet
Based-on-19th-Century-Literature • Drama • Epic
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Alan Parker • Starring: John Hurt, Bo Hopkins, Irene Miracle
Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic • Drama
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Kevin Costner • Starring: Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Floyd Red Crow Westerman
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Drama • Epic
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Stanley Kramer • Starring: Sidney Poitier, Theodore Bikel, Tony Curtis
Buddy Film • Chase Movie • Drama
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Alexander Payne • Starring: George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller
Based-on-21st-Century-Literature • Comedy Drama • Drama
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James L. Brooks • Starring: Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson
Comedy Drama • Drama • Family Drama
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Bernardo Bertolucci • Starring: Peter O'Toole, John Lone, Joan Chen
Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic • Epic
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Peter Glenville • Starring: Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole, John Gielgud
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Ang Lee • Starring: Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman, Harriet Walter
Based-on-19th-Century-Literature • Comedy Drama • Comedy of Manners
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