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I want to make it clear that my ranking of these films may not perfectly align with the scores given in their initial reviews. Over time, just like everyone else, my opinions develop or completely change. With that being said, these nominees are all very similar in quality and no one should be offended if
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Dune: Part 2 (2024) is directed by Denis Villeneuve and stars Timothee Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Austin Butler, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Florence Pugh, Stellan Skarsgard, Dave Bautista, Christopher Walken, and Lea Seydoux. The film is an adaptation of the second half of Frank Herbert’s classic 1965 science-fiction novel, Dune. The film picks up immediately
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Dune: Part 1 (2021) is directed by Denis Villeneuve and stars Timothee Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Issac, Jason Momoa, Josh Brolin, Zendaya, Stellan Skarsgard, Javier Bardem, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Dave Bautista, Chang Chen, Stephen McKinley, and Charlotte Rampling. This film is an adaptation of the first half of Frank Herbert’s influential science fiction fantasy novel of
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The Zone of Interest (2023), directed by Jonathan Glazer, stars Christian Friedel and Sandra Huller. The film follows the day-to-day life of the Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoss and his family. They live in a home directly outside the camp walls and the film always keeps this point of view. As the definition of pure evil
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Land of Bad (2024) is directed by William Eubank and stars Liam Hemsworth, Russell Crowe, Milo Ventimiglia, Chika Ikogwe, Ricky Whittle, Daniel MacPherson, Robert Rabiah, and Luke Hemsworth. The film follows a team of American special forces operatives on a South American mission to rescue a fellow soldier. When the operation goes from bad to
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Drive-Away Dolls (2024) is directed by Ethan Coen and stars Margaret Qualley, Geraldine Viswanathan, Beanie Feldstein, Joey Slotnick, C.J. Wison, Colman Domingo, Bill Camp, Matt Damon, and Pedro Pascal. The film follows the free-spirited Jamie (Qualley) and the uptight Marian (Viswanathan), two lesbian friends who find themselves in a dangerous situation when they discover the
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Bob Marley: One Love (2024) is directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green and stars Kingsley Ben-Adir, Lashana Lynch, James Norton, Tosin Cole, and Anthony Welsh. The film follows the life and career of the legendary reggae musician Bob Marley (Ben-Adir) as he attempts to unite the world through the message of his music. After an assassination
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Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) is directed by George Miller and stars Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Riley Keough, Zoe Kravitz, and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. This is the fourth film in the franchise that began with Mad Max (1979) and previously starred Mel Gibson as the titular Max. Tom Hardy inherits the role
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Se7en (1995) is directed by David Fincher and stars Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kevin Spacey, and R. Lee Ermey. The film follows Somerset (Freeman), an aging detective who is on the verge of retirement (“Damn, two days from retirement”-Lethal Weapon). In his last days on the force, he teams up with Detective Mills
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The Hateful Eight (2015) is directed by Quentin Tarantino and stars Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walton Goggins, Michael Madsen, Tim Roth, Bruce Dern, Demian Bichir, and James Parks. The film takes place in post-civil war Wyoming. As a massive blizzard approaches, famous bounty hunter “The Hangman” John Ruth (Russell) races to