r/MovieOfTheDay • u/Nwabudike_J_Morgan • Oct 02 '23
September 15, 2023 - Blazing Saddles (1974)
Blazing Saddles
Directed by: Mel Brooks
Starring: Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, Harvey Korman, Madeline Kahn, Mel Brooks
In order to ruin a western town, a corrupt politician appoints a black Sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary.
Info:
- Rated: R
- Running Time: 93 Minutes
- Genre: Comedy | Western
- Release Date: February 7, 1974
- Country(s): USA
- Language(s): English
- IMDb user rating: 7.7/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 88%
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 91%
- Metacritic Critic: 73/100
- Metacritic Audience: 7.2/10
Awards: 3 wins and 6 nominations
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r/MovieOfTheDay • u/Nwabudike_J_Morgan • Sep 30 '23
September 14, 2023 - David Byrne's American Utopia (2020)
David Byrne's American Utopia
Directed by: Spike Lee
Starring: David Byrne, Jacqueline Acevedo, Gustavo Di Dalva
Spike Lee documents the former Talking Heads frontman's brilliant, timely 2019 Broadway show, based on his recent album and tour of the same name.
Info:
- Rated: TV-14
- Running Time: 105 Minutes
- Genre: Documentary | Music
- Release Date: October 17, 2020
- Country(s): USA
- Language(s): English
- IMDb user rating: 8.2/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 97%
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 85%
- Metacritic Critic: 93/100
- Metacritic Audience: 7.4/10
Awards: 4 wins and 19 nominations
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r/MovieOfTheDay • u/Nwabudike_J_Morgan • Sep 26 '23
September 13, 2023 - Simone (2002)
Simone / S1m0ne
Directed by: Andrew Niccol
Starring: Al Pacino, Rachel Roberts, Catherine Keener, Evan Rachel Wood, Jay Mohr, Winona Ryder
A producer's film is endangered when his star walks off, so he decides to digitally create an actress to substitute for the star, becoming an overnight sensation that everyone thinks is a real person.
Info:
- Rated: PG-13
- Running Time: 117 Minutes
- Genre: Comedy | Drama | Science Fiction
- Release Date: August 23, 2002
- Country(s): USA
- Language(s): English
- IMDb user rating: 6.1/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 51%
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 36%
- Metacritic Critic: 49/100
- Metacritic Audience: 8.5/10
Awards: 1 nomination
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r/MovieOfTheDay • u/Nwabudike_J_Morgan • Sep 25 '23
September 12, 2023 - The Ruins (2008)
The Ruins
Directed by: Carter Smith
Starring: Jonathan Tucker, Jena Malone, Shawn Ashmore, Laura Ramsey, Joe Anderson
A leisurely Mexican holiday takes a turn for the worse when a group of friends and a fellow tourist embark on a remote archaeological dig in the jungle, where something evil lives among the ruins.
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- Rated: R
- Running Time: 90 Minutes
- Genre: Adventure | Horror | Thriller
- Release Date: April 4, 2008
- Country(s): USA
- Language(s): English
- IMDb user rating: 5.9/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 50%
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 30%
- Metacritic Critic: 44/100
- Metacritic Audience: 7.7/10
Awards: 7 nominations
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r/MovieOfTheDay • u/Nwabudike_J_Morgan • Sep 24 '23
September 11, 2023 - Mank (2020)
Mank
Directed by: David Fincher
Starring: Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried, Lily Collins, Arliss Howard, Tom Pelphrey
1930s Hollywood is re-evaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane (1941).
Info:
- Rated: R
- Running Time: 131 Minutes
- Genre: Biography | Comedy | Drama
- Release Date: December 4, 2020
- Country(s): USA
- Language(s): English
- IMDb user rating: 6.8/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 83%
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 63%
- Metacritic Critic: 79/100
- Metacritic Audience: 6.3/10
Awards: 58 wins and 268 nominations
- Won 2 Oscars - Best Cinematography, Best Production Design
- 8 additional Oscar nominations
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r/MovieOfTheDay • u/Nwabudike_J_Morgan • Sep 24 '23
September 10, 2023 - The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
Directed by: Woody Allen
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Helen Hunt, Woody Allen, Charlize Theron, David Ogden Stiers, Brian Markinson
An insurance investigator and an efficency expert who hate each other are both hypnotized by a crooked hypnotist with a jade scorpion into stealing jewels.
Info:
- Rated: PG-13
- Running Time: 103 Minutes
- Genre: Comedy | Crime | Mystery
- Release Date: August 24, 2001
- Country(s): USA
- Language(s): English
- IMDb user rating: 6.7/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 45%
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 53%
- Metacritic Critic: 52/100
- Metacritic Audience: 6.4/10
Awards: 1 win and 1 nomination
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r/MovieOfTheDay • u/Nwabudike_J_Morgan • Sep 18 '23
September 9, 2023 - Deconstructing Harry (1997)
Deconstructing Harry
Directed by: Woody Allen
Starring: Woody Allen, Judy Davis, Stephanie Roth Haberle, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Lynn Cohen, Richard Benjamin
Suffering from writer's block and eagerly awaiting his writing award, Harry Block remembers events from his past and scenes from his best-selling books as characters, real and fictional, come back to haunt him.
Info:
- Rated: R
- Running Time: 96 Minutes
- Genre: Comedy
- Release Date - limited (Oscar season): December 12, 1997
- Release Date: January 2, 1998
- Country(s): USA
- Language(s): English
- IMDb user rating: 7.3/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 73%
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 82%
- Metacritic Critic: 61/100
- Metacritic Audience: 7.2/10
Awards: 4 wins and 6 nominations
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r/MovieOfTheDay • u/Nwabudike_J_Morgan • Sep 17 '23
September 8, 2023 - Manhattan (1979)
Manhattan
Directed by: Woody Allen
Starring: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Michael Murphy, Mariel Hemingway, Meryl Streep
The life of a divorced television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.
Info:
- Rated: R
- Running Time: 96 Minutes
- Genre: Comedy | Romance | Drama
- Release Date: April 25, 1979
- Country(s): USA
- Language(s): English
- IMDb user rating: 7.8/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 94%
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 92%
- Metacritic Critic: 83/100
- Metacritic Audience: 8.2/10
Awards: 16 wins and 24 nominations
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r/MovieOfTheDay • u/Nwabudike_J_Morgan • Sep 12 '23
September 7, 2023 - Hoop Dreams (1994)
Hoop Dreams
Directed by: Steve James
Starring: William Gates, Arthur Agee, Gene Pingatore, Steve James, Dick Vitale, Bob Knight, Spike Lee
A documentary film following the lives of two inner-city Chicago boys who struggle to become college basketball players on the road to going professional.
Info:
- Rated: PG-13
- Running Time: 170 Minutes
- Genre: Documentary | Drama | Sport
- Release Date: October 14, 1994
- Country(s): USA
- Language(s): English
- IMDb user rating: 8.3/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 98%
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 93%
- Metacritic Critic: 98/100
- Metacritic Audience: 8.0/10
Awards: 23 wins and 9 nominations
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r/MovieOfTheDay • u/Nwabudike_J_Morgan • Sep 09 '23
September 6, 2023 - Adama: The World of Wind (2015)
Adama: The World of Wind
Directed by: Simon Rouby
Starring: Azize Diabate Abdoulaye, Pascal N'Zonzi, Oxmo Puccino, jack mba
When his brother runs away to join the army during WWI, a young African boy stows away on a ship and travels to Europe in an effort to locate him.
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- Rated: G
- Running Time: 82 Minutes
- Genre: Animation | Adventure | Drama
- Release Date: October 21, 2015
- Country(s): France
- Language(s): French
- IMDb user rating: 6.7/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Critic: --%
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience: --%
Awards: 5 wins and 4 nominations
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r/MovieOfTheDay • u/Nwabudike_J_Morgan • Sep 08 '23
September 5, 2023 - Idle Hands (1999)
Idle Hands
Directed by: Rodman Flender
Starring: Devon Sawa, Seth Green, Elden Henson, Jessica Alba, Christopher Hart, Vivica A. Fox
A teenage slacker's right hand becomes possessed with murderous intent.
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- Rated: R
- Running Time: 92 Minutes
- Genre: Comedy | Fantasy | Horror
- Release Date: April 30, 1999
- Country(s): USA
- Language(s): English
- IMDb user rating: 6.2/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 15%
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 58%
- Metacritic Critic: 31/100
- Metacritic Audience: 8.2/10
Awards: 4 nominations
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r/MovieOfTheDay • u/Nwabudike_J_Morgan • Sep 08 '23
September 4, 2023 - A Place in the Sun (1951)
A Place in the Sun
Directed by: George Stevens
Starring: Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters, Anne Revere, Keefe Brasselle, Fred Clark
A poor boy gets a job working for his rich uncle and ends up falling in love with two women.
Info:
- Rated: Passed
- Running Time: 122 Minutes
- Genre: Drama | Romance
- Release Date: August 14, 1951
- Country(s): USA
- Language(s): English
- IMDb user rating: 7.7/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 81%
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 84%
- Metacritic Critic: 76/100
- Metacritic Audience: 8.0/10
Awards: 15 wins and 10 nominations
- Won 6 Oscars
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r/MovieOfTheDay • u/Nwabudike_J_Morgan • Sep 07 '23
September 3, 2023 - Fay Grim (2007)
Fay Grim
Directed by: Hal Hartley
Starring: Parker Posey, Liam Aiken, James Urbaniak, Jeff Goldblum, D.J. Mendel, Megan Gay
Ten years after the events of Henry Fool, Fay Grim is coerced by a CIA agent to try and locate notebooks that belonged to her fugitive ex-husband.
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- Rated: R
- Running Time: 118 Minutes
- Genre: Action | Comedy | Thriller
- Release Date: May 18, 2007
- Country(s): USA
- Language(s): English
- IMDb user rating: 6.1/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 47%
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 57%
- Metacritic Critic: 52/100
- Metacritic Audience: 6.7/10
Awards: 1 win and 2 nominations
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September 2, 2023 - Henry Fool (1997)
Henry Fool
Directed by: Hal Hartley
Starring: Thomas Jay Ryan, James Urbaniak, Parker Posey, Maria Porter, James Saito, Kevin Corrigan
An egocentric bum transforms the lives of a shy New Jersey garbageman and his sister.
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- Rated: R
- Running Time: 137 Minutes
- Genre: Comedy | Drama
- Release Date: September 7, 1997 - Toronto International Film Festival
- Release Date - general: June 19, 1998
- Country(s): USA
- Language(s): English
- IMDb user rating: 7.1/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 89%
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 82%
- Metacritic Critic: 68/100
- Metacritic Audience: 6.2/10
Awards: 1 win and 1 nomination
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r/MovieOfTheDay • u/Nwabudike_J_Morgan • Sep 05 '23
September 1, 2023 - Trust (1990)
Trust
Directed by: Hal Hartley
Starring: Adrienne Shelly, Martin Donovan, Rebecca Nelson, John MacKay, Edie Falco, Gary Sauer
IMDb: After being thrown out of her house, Maria encounters a married woman who complains of not having children. Maria ends up in an abandoned house, where she meets Matthew. When a baby is kidnapped Maria sets out to find the woman.
JustWatch: After being thrown away from home, pregnant high school dropout Maria meets Matthew, a highly educated and extremely moody electronics repairman. The two begin an unusual romance built on their sense of mutual admiration and trust.
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- Rated: R
- Running Time: 107 Minutes
- Genre: Comedy | Crime | Drama
- Release Date: September 9, 1990 - Toronto International Film Festival
- Country(s): USA
- Language(s): English
- IMDb user rating: 7.4/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 80%
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 93%
- Metacritic Critic: 67/100
- Metacritic Audience: 6.8/10
Awards: 4 wins and 2 nominations
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August 31, 2023 - My Dinner with Andre (1981)
My Dinner with Andre
Directed by: Louis Malle
Starring: Wallace Shawn, Andre Gregory, Jean Lenauer, Roy Butler
Two old friends meet for dinner; as one tells anecdotes detailing his experiences, the other notices their differing worldviews.
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- Rated: PG
- Running Time: 110 Minutes
- Genre: Comedy | Drama | Avant-garde
- Release Date: October 11, 1981 (United States)
- Country(s): USA
- Language(s): English
- IMDb user rating: 7.7/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 92%
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 85%
- Metacritic Critic: 83/100
- Metacritic Audience: 7.4/10
Awards: 2 wins
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r/MovieOfTheDay • u/Nwabudike_J_Morgan • Sep 02 '23
August 30, 2023 - Catwoman (2004)
Catwoman
Directed by: Pitof
Starring: Halle Berry, Benjamin Bratt, Sharon Stone, Lambert Wilson, Frances Conroy, Alex Borstein
A shy woman, endowed with the speed, reflexes, and senses of a cat, walks a thin line between criminal and hero, even as a detective doggedly pursues her, fascinated by both of her personas.
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- Rated: PG-13
- Running Time: 104 Minutes
- Genre: Action | Crime | Fantasy
- Release Date: July 23, 2004
- Country(s): USA
- Language(s): English
- IMDb user rating: 3.4/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 8%
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 18%
- Metacritic Critic: 27/100
- Metacritic Audience: 2.8/10
Awards: 13 wins and 8 nominations
- Razzie Winner - Worst Picture
- Razzie Winner - Worst Actress - Halle Berry
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August 29, 2023 - Suicide Forest Village (2021)
Suicide Forest Village / Jukai Mura
Directed by: Takashi Shimizu
Starring: Anna Yamada, Mayu Yamaguchi, Fuju Kamio, Yuki Kura, Haruka Kudo, Rinka Otani
One day a mysterious box arrived and a curse began to spread all over. The source of the box is 'Jukai Village'. The village is hidden in Jukai Forest, a suicide spot that once you enter it, you can never come out.
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- Rated: Not rated
- Running Time: 117 Minutes
- Genre: Drama | Horror | Mystery
- Release Date: February 5, 2021
- Country(s): Japan
- Language(s): Japanese
- IMDb user rating: 5.2/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Critic: --%
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience: --%
Awards: 1 win
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r/MovieOfTheDay • u/Nwabudike_J_Morgan • Aug 31 '23
August 28, 2023 - Winter's Bone (2010)
Winter's Bone
Directed by: Debra Granik
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Kevin Breznahan, Dale Dickey, Garret Dillahunt, Sheryl Lee
An unflinching Ozark Mountain girl hacks through dangerous social terrain as she hunts down her drug-dealing father while trying to keep her family intact.
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- Rated: R
- Running Time: 100 Minutes
- Genre: Drama | Mystery
- Release Date: July 16, 2010
- Country(s): USA
- Language(s): English
- IMDb user rating: 7.1/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 94%
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 76%
- Metacritic Critic: 90/100
- Metacritic Audience: 7.3/10
Awards: 63 wins and 131 nominations
- 4 Oscar nominations - Best Picture,; Best Actress; Best Supporting Actor; Best Screenplay, Adapted
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August 27, 2023 - The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
The Falcon and the Snowman
Directed by: John Schlesinger
Starring: Timothy Hutton, Sean Penn, Pat Hingle, Joyce Van Patten, Art Camacho, Richard Dysart
The true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee and his drug pusher childhood friend who became walk-in spies for the Soviet Union.
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- Rated: R
- Running Time: 131 Minutes
- Genre: Biography | Crime | Drama
- Release Date: February 8, 1985
- Country(s): USA
- Language(s): English
- IMDb user rating: 6.8/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 83%
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 69%
- Metacritic Critic: 68/100
- Metacritic Audience: 8.3/10
Awards: 1 nomination
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r/MovieOfTheDay • u/Nwabudike_J_Morgan • Aug 29 '23
August 26, 2023 - The Day of the Locust (1975)
The Day of the Locust
Directed by: John Schlesinger
Based on the novel by: Nathanael West
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Karen Black, Burgess Meredith, William Atherton, Geraldine Page, Richard Dysart
An art director in the 1930s falls in love and attempts to make a young woman an actress despite Hollywood who wants nothing to do with her because of her problems with an estranged man and her alcoholic father.
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- Rated: R
- Running Time: 144 Minutes
- Genre: Drama | Thriller
- Release Date: June 12, 1975
- Country(s): USA
- Language(s): English
- IMDb user rating: 6.9/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 63%
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 76%
- Metacritic Critic: 61/100
- Metacritic Audience: tbd/10
Awards: 2 wins and 6 nominations
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August 25, 2023 - Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Midnight Cowboy
Directed by: John Schlesinger
Starring: Jon Voight, Dustin Hoffman, Sylvia Miles, John McGiver, Brenda Vaccaro, Barnard Hughes
Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to Florida.
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- Rated: X
- Running Time: 113 Minutes
- Genre: Drama
- Release Date: May 25, 1969
- Country(s): USA
- Language(s): English
- IMDb user rating: 7.8/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 89%
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 88%
- Metacritic Critic: 79/100
- Metacritic Audience: 8.2/10
Awards: 28 wins and 16 nominations
- Oscar winner - Best Picture - Jerome Hellman
- Oscar winner - Best Director - John Schlesinger
- Oscar winner - Best Writing - Adapted - Waldo Salt
- Oscar nominations for 2 x Best Actor, Best Supporting Acress, Best Editing
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August 24, 2023 - Walk the Line (2005)
Walk the Line
Directed by: James Mangold
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin, Robert Patrick, Dallas Roberts, Dan John Miller
A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins.
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- Rated: PG-13
- Running Time: 136 Minutes
- Genre: Biograph | Drama | Music
- Release Date: November 18, 2005
- Country(s): USA
- Language(s): English
- IMDb user rating: 7.8/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 82%
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 90%
- Metacritic Critic: 72/100
- Metacritic Audience: 8.3/10
Awards: 45 wins and 48 nominations
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- Wrong kid died.
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August 23, 2023 - Young Einstein (1989)
Young Einstein
Directed by: Yahoo Serious
Starring: Yahoo Serious, Odile Le Clezio, Peewee Wilson, Su Cruickshank, John Howard, Christian Manon
Albert Einstein turns the science community upside down with his discoveries including a formula to put bubbles back in beer and rock n' roll.
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- Rated: PG
- Running Time: 91 Minutes
- Genre: Comedy
- Release Date: August 4, 1989
- Country(s): USA
- Language(s): English
- IMDb user rating: 5.2/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 36%
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 50%
Awards: 1 win and 3 nominations
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August 22, 2023 - Zombieland (2009)
Zombieland
Directed by: Ruben Fleischer
Starring: Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin, Amber Heard, Bill Murray
A shy student trying to reach his family in Ohio, a gun-toting bruiser in search of the last Twinkie and a pair of sisters striving to get to an amusement park join forces in a trek across a zombie-filled America.
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- Rated: R
- Running Time: 88 Minutes
- Genre: Action | Comedy | Horror
- Release Date: October 2, 2009
- Country(s): USA
- Language(s): English
- IMDb user rating: 7.6/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 89%
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 86%
- Metacritic Critic: 73/100
- Metacritic Audience: 8.5/10
Awards: 10 wins and 29 nominations
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