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Greatest Movie Of All Time!! Top 128 – Matches 161-176 (CLOSED)
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Ok guys, after the long delay, here is the next round of matches:

 

Match 161 – #1 – The Shawshank Redemption (1994) Vs #128 – The Big Lewbowski (1998)

Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency.

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“Dude” Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire Lebowski, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get

it.

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Match 162 – #64 – Lawrence Of Arabia (1962) V #65 – The Avengers (2012)

Epic rumination on a flamboyant and controversial British military figure and his conflicted loyalties during wartime service.

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Nick Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D. brings together a team of super humans to form The Avengers to help save the Earth from Loki and his

army.

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Match 163 – #32 – Leon: The Professional (1994) V #97 The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957)

A professional assassin rescues a teenage girl whose parents were killed in a police raid.

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After settling his differences with a Japanese PoW camp commander, a British colonel co-operates to oversee his men’s construction

of a railway bridge for their captors – while oblivious to a plan by the Allies to destroy it.

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Match 164 – #33 – Sunset Blvd. (1950) V #161 – Good Will Hunting (1997)

A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent-film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.

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Will Hunting, a janitor at MIT, has a gift for mathematics but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life.

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Match 165 – #16 – Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) V #144 – Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid (1969)

Luke Skywalker, a spirited farm boy, joins rebel forces to save Princess Leia from the evil Darth Vader, and the galaxy from the

Empire’s planet-destroying Death Star.

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Two Western bank/train robbers flee to Bolivia when the law gets too close.

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Match 166 – #49 – Vertigo (1958) V #80 – Once Upon A Time In America (1984)

A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend’s much-younger wife, all

the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.

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A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to Brooklyn over 30 years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and

regrets of his old life.

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Match 167 – #17 – Seven Samurai (1954) V #145 – Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels (1998)

A poor village under attack by bandits recruits seven unemployed samurai to help them defend themselves.

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Four London working class stiffs pool their money to put one in a high stakes card game, but things go wrong and they end up owing

half a million pounds and having one week to come up with the cash.

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Match 168 – #48 – Toy Story 3 (2010) V #81 – Full Metal Jacket (1987)

The toys are mistakenly delivered to a day-care center instead of the attic right before Andy leaves for college, and it’s up to Woody

to convince the other toys that they weren’t abandoned and to return home.

 


A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow Marine recruits from their brutal boot

camp training to the bloody street fighting set in 1968 in Hue, Vietnam.

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Match 169 – #8 – The Dark Knight (2008) V #136 – Jaws (1975)

When Batman, Gordon and Harvey Dent launch an assault on the mob, they let the clown out of the box, the Joker, bent on turning

Gotham on itself and bringing any heroes down to his level.

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When a gigantic great white shark begins to menace the small island community of Amity, a police chief, a marine scientist and

grizzled fisherman set out to stop it.

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Match 170 – #57 – Aliens (1986) V #185 – Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

The planet from Alien has been colonized, but contact is lost. This time, the rescue team has impressive firepower, but will it be

enough?

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A Mumbai teen who grew up in the slums, becomes a contestant on the Indian version of “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?” He is

arrested under suspicion of cheating, and while being interrogated, events from his life history are shown which explain why he

knows the answers.

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Match 171 – #25 – The Silence Of The Lambs (1991) V #153 – Casino (1995)

A young FBI cadet must confide in an incarcerated and manipulative killer to receive his help on catching another serial killer who

skins his victims.

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Greed, deception, money, power, and murder occur between two mobster best friends and a trophy wife over a gambling empire.

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Match 172 – #40 – North By Northwest (1959) V #168 – V For Vendetta (2005)

A hapless New York advertising executive is mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and is pursued across the

country while he looks for a way to survive.

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A shadowy freedom fighter known only as “V” uses terrorist tactics to fight against his totalitarian society. Upon rescuing a girl from

the secret police, he also finds his best chance at having an ally.

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Match 173 – #9 – The Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King (2003) V #120 – Gran Torino (2008)

Aragorn leads the World of Men against Sauron’s army to draw the dark lord’s gaze from Frodo and Sam who are on the doorstep of

Mount Doom with the One Ring.

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Disgruntled Korean War vet Walt Kowalski sets out to reform his neighbor, a young Hmong teenager, who tried to steal Kowalski’s

prized possession: his 1972 Gran Torino.

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Match 174 – #201 – A Beautiful Mind (2001) V #73 – The Third Man (1949)

After a brilliant but asocial mathematician accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn to the nightmarish.

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Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old

friend, black-market opportunist Harry Lime.

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Match 175 – #24 – The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers (2002) V #152 – The King’s Speech (2010)

While Frodo and Sam edge closer to Mordor with the help of the shifty Gollum, the divided fellowship makes a stand against Sauron’s

new ally, Saruman, and his hordes of Isengard.

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The story of King George VI of Britain, his impromptu ascension to the throne and the speech therapist who helped the unsure

monarch become worthy of it.

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Match 176 – #41 – Alien (1979) V #169 – The Terminator (1984)

A commercial deep space towing ship, investigating a suspected SOS, lands on a distant planet. The crew discovers some strange

creatures and investigates.

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A human-looking, apparently unstoppable cyborg is sent from the future to kill Sarah Connor; Kyle Reese is sent to stop it.

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Voting will be open for at least 72 hours.  Let’s get some more votes in this time guys and make it count!!! GOGOGOGOGO!!

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Shawshank

Avengers

Leon

Hunting

Star Wars

OUATIA

Lock Stock

Jacket

Dark Knight

Slumdog

Lambs

Northwest

LOTR ROTK

Beautiful Mind

LOTR TTT

Alien

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Shawshank
Lawrence
Professional
Good will
Starwars
Vertigo
Lock stock
Full metal jacket
Dark knight
Aliens
Silence of the lambs
V got vendetta
Gran Torino
Beautiful mind
Kings speech
Alien (sick match up, so hard to pick one!)

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dammit! as if i have to choose between shawshank and big lebowski

 

shawshank obv

the avengers

bridge on the river kwai

good will hunting

star wars

vertigo

lock stock

full metal jacket

dark knight

slumdog millionaire

silence of the lambs

v for vendetta

gran torino

a beautiful mind

the kings speech

the terminator

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Lets get a couple more votes in guys!!

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Shawshank

Avengers

GWH

star wars

lock stock and 2 smoking barrels

Full metal jacket

the dark knight

slumdog millionare

silence of the lambs

V for Vendetta

LOTR ROTK

beautiful mind

LOTR TTT

Alien

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Lebowsky
Arabia
Bridge
Goodwill
Star wars
Vert
Lock stock
Full metal
Jaws
Casino
v
ROTK
Mind
Kings
Alien

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Ok guys voting is over for this round. Here are the results:

 

The Shawshank Redemption – 4

The Big Leboowski – 1

 

Lawrence Of Arabia – 2

The Avengers – 3

 

Leon: The Professional – 2 (Higher Seed)

The Bridge On The River Kwai – 2

 

Sunset Blvd. – 0

Good Will Hunting – 5

 

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope – 5

Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid – 0

 

Vertigo – 3

Once Upon A Time In America – 1

 

Seven Samurai – 0

Lock, Stock, And Two Smoking Barrels – 5

 

Toy Story 3 – 0

Full Metall Jacket – 5

 

The Dark Knight – 4

Jaws- 1

 

Aliens – 1

Slumdog Millionaire – 3

 

The Silence Of The Lambs – 4

Casino – 1

 

North By Northwest – 1

V For Vendetta – 4

 

Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King – 3

Gran Torino – 2

 

A Beautiful Mind – 5

The Third Man – 0

 

Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers – 2

The King's Speech –  3

 

Alien – 4

The Terminator – 1

 

Here's the updated bracket:

 

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