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Greatest Movie Of All Time!! Matches 113-128 (CLOSED)
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Ok guys here's the last set of matches for the first round:

 

Match 113 – #35 – American History X (1998) Vs #222 – Monsters, Inc. (2001)

A former neo-nazi skinhead tries to prevent his younger brother from going down the same wrong path that he did.

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Monsters generate their city's power by scaring children, but they are terribly afraid themselves of being contaminated by children, so

when one enters Monstropolis, top scarer Sulley finds his world disrupted.

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Match 114 – #94 – Raging Bull (1980) Vs #163 – Donnie Darko (2001)

An emotionally self-destructive boxer's journey through life, as the violence and temper that leads him to the top in the ring, destroys

his life outside it.

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A troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes, after narrowly

escaping a bizarre accident.

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Match 115 – #14 – Inception (2010) Vs #243 – The Untouchables (1987)

In a world where technology exists to enter the human mind through dream invasion, a highly skilled thief is given a final chance at

redemption which involves executing his toughest job to date: Inception.

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Federal Agent Eliot Ness sets out to stop Al Capone; because of rampant corruption, he assembles a small, hand-picked team.

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Match 116 – #51 – The Pianist (2002) Vs #206 – Rataouille (2007)

A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II.

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Remy is a young rat in the French countryside who arrives in Paris, only to find out that his cooking idol is dead. When he makes an

unusual alliance with a restaurant's new garbage boy, the culinary and personal adventures begin despite Remy's family's skepticism

and the rat-hating world of humans.

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Match 117 – #78 – L.A. Confidential (1997) Vs #179 – Twelve Monkeys (1995)

As corruption grows in 1950s LA, three policemen – the straight-laced, the brutal, and the sleazy – investigate a series of murders with

their own brand of justice.

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In a future world devastated by disease, a convict is sent back in time to gather information about the man-made virus that wiped out

most of the human population on the planet.

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Match 118 – #46 – American Beauty (1999) Vs #211 – The Truman Show (1998)

Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation

for his daughter's attractive friend.

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An insurance salesman/adjuster discovers his entire life is actually a TV show.

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Match 119 – #6 – 12 Angry Men (1957) Vs #251 – The Breakfast Club (1985)

A dissenting juror in a murder trial slowly manages to convince the others that the case is not as obviously clear as it seemed in court.

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Five high school students, all different stereotypes, meet in detention, where they pour their hearts out to each other, and discover

how they have a lot more in common than they thought.

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Match 120 – #59 – Life Is Beautiful (1997) Vs #198 The Wild Bunch (1969)

A Jewish man has a wonderful romance with the help of his humour, but must use that same quality to protect his son in a Nazi death

camp.

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An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the “traditional” American West is disappearing around them.

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Match 121 – #102 – Pan's Labyrinth (2006) Vs #155 – The Secret In Their Eyes (2009)

In the fascist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy

world.

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A retired legal counselor writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved homicide cases and for his unreciprocated

love with his superior – both of which still haunt him decades later.

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Match 122 – #38 – Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb (1964) Vs #219 – Beauty And The Beast (1991)

An insane general starts a process to nuclear holocaust that a war room of politicians and generals frantically try to stop.

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Belle, whose father is imprisoned by the Beast, offers herself instead and discovers her captor to be an enchanted prince.

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Match 123 – #91 – Metropolis (1927) Vs #166 – Network (1976)

On a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a

working class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.

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 TV network cynically exploits a deranged ex-TV anchor's ravings and revelations about the media for their own profit.

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Match 124 – #11 – Fight Club (1999) Vs #246 – King Kong (1933)

An insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that transforms into a violent revolution.

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A film crew goes to a tropical island for an exotic location shoot and discovers a colossal giant gorilla who takes a shine to their female

blonde star.

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Match 125 – #75 – The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (1948) Vs #182 – The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

Fred Dobbs and Bob Curtin, two Americans searching for work in Mexico, convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the

Sierra Madre Mountains.

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Jason Bourne dodges a ruthless CIA official and his agents from a new assassination program while searching for the origins of his life

as a trained killer.

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Match 126 – #22 – Once Upon A Time In The West (1968) Vs #235 – Big Fish (2003)

Epic story of a mysterious stranger with a harmonica who joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a

ruthless assassin working for the railroad.

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A son tries to learn more about his dying father by reliving stories and myths he told about his life.

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Match 127 – #107 – Batman Begins (2005) Vs #150 – Trainspotting (1996)

Bruce Wayne loses his philanthropic parents to a senseless crime, and years later becomes the Batman to save the crime-ridden

Gotham City on the verge of destruction by an ancient order.

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Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of

friends.

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Match 128 – #43 – Citizen Kane (1941) Vs #214 – Ip Man (2008)

Following the death of a publishing tycoon, news reporters scramble to discover the meaning of his final utterance.

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A semi-biographical account of Yip Man, the first martial arts master to teach the Chinese martial art of Wing Chun.

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Voting will be open for at least 72 hours. GOGOGOGOGO!!!

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American History X

Raging Bull

Inception

The Pianist

L.A Confidential

American Beauty

12 Angry Men (Sensational. There's a reason why it's so high.)

Life is Beautiful

Pan's Labyrinth

Dr. Strangelove

Fight Club (Top 5)

Bourne Ultimatum

Big Fish

Trainspotting

Citizen Kane

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american history X

DONNIE DARKO

inception

LA confidential

american beauty

breakfast club

pans labyrinth 

beauty and the beast 

fight club

born ultimatum

big fish

trainspotting

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american history x

donnie darko

inception

the pianist

12 monkeys

truman show – tough choice here, truman show was awesome though

beauty and the beast

fight club!!

bourne ultimatum

trainspotting

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American history x
Donnie darko
Untouchables
Pianist
12 monkeys
American beauty
Breakfast club
Life is beautiful
Dr strangelove
Fight club
Treasure
Time in the west
Batman begins
Citizen kane

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American History X

Inception (top 5)

American Beauty

Mother ****in' Fight Club

Batman Begins

Beauty and the Beast

 

* Have not seen 12 Angry Men! O_O

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Someone throw in another vote for The Breakfast Club to make sure it get through!  Comon Benny, you can't tell me you've never seen it :O

KB?

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american history x

ragin bull

the untouchables

la confidential

ratatouille

american beauty

12 angry men

the wild bunch

dr. strangelove

metropolis

king kong

treasure of the sierra madre

big fish

batman begins

citizen kane

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I don’t have access to my comp right now, so voting will stay open for roughly another 12 hours guys! Get your votes in!

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American History X

Raging Bull

The Untouchables

The Pianist

12 Monkeys

American Beauty (this one was close, both were great)

The Breakfast Club (this one wasn't even close at all)

Didn't see any of the movies in 120 – 121

Beauty and the Beast

Metropolis

King Kong

Bourne Ultimatum

Big Fish

Batman Begins

Citizen Kane

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Ok guys thats it for this round, Here are the final results for the Top 256:

 

American History X – 7

Monsters, Inc. – 0

 

Raging Bull – 3 (Higher Seed)

Donnie Darko – 3

 

Inception – 4

The Untouchables – 3

 

The Pianist – 4

Ratatouille – 1

 

L.A. Confidential – 3 (Higher Seed)

Twelve Monkeys – 3

 

American Beauty – 6

The Truman Show – 1

 

12 Angry Men – 2

The Breakfast Club – 4

 

Life Is Beautiful – 2

The Wild Bunch – 1

 

Pan's Labyrinth – 2

The Secret Un Their Eyes – 0

 

Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb – 3

Beauty And The Beast – 4

 

Metropolis – 2

Network – 0

 

Fight Club – 5

King Kong – 2

 

The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre – 2

The Bourne Ultimatum – 4

 

Once Upon A Time In The West – 1

Big Fish – 4

 

Batman Begins – 4

Trainspotting – 3

 

Citizen Kane – 4

Ip Man – 0

 

And that's it! Here is the updated bracket as we go into the top 128:

 

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so dark about donnie darko

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Donnie Darko AND 12 monkeys out! Nasty round.
O well as long as Shawshank/American beauty take it down the world will be aligned again. 😉

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