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Night of the Living Dead 1968 film

Night of the Living Dead is a 1968 American independent horror film written, directed, photographed and edited by George A. Romero, co-written by John Russo, and starring Duane Jones and Judith O'Dea.

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Night of the Living Dead (1968)

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The Reef 2010 film

The Reef is a 2010 Australian horror film. The film was written and directed by Andrew Traucki, his second feature film, and is about a group of friends who capsize while sailing to Indonesia.

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Open Water (2003)

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Clerks 1994 film

Clerks is a 1994 American independent black-and-white buddy comedy film written, directed and co-produced by Kevin Smith. Starring Brian O'Halloran and Jeff Anderson, it presents a day in the lives of titular store clerks Dante Hicks and Randal Graves, along with their acquaintances.

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Clerks is a 1994 American independent black-and-white buddy comedy film written, directed and co-...

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Clerks (1994)

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Eraserhead 1977 film

Eraserhead is a 1977 American experimental body horror film written, produced, and directed by David Lynch. The film's editing, score and sound design were also helmed by Lynch, with pieces by a variety of other musicians also featured.

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Eraserhead (1977)

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Enter the Dragon 1973 film

Enter the Dragon is a 1973 martial arts film produced by and starring Bruce Lee. The film, which co-stars John Saxon and Jim Kelly, was directed by Robert Clouse.

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Enter the Dragon (1973)

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Insidious 2010 film

Insidious is a 2010 American-Canadian supernatural horror film directed by James Wan, written by Leigh Whannell, and starring Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, and Barbara Hershey.

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Insidious (2010)

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The Evil Dead 1981 film

The Evil Dead is a 1981 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Sam Raimi and executive produced by Raimi and Bruce Campbell, who also starred alongside Ellen Sandweiss and Betsy Baker.

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The Evil Dead (1981)

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The Blair Witch Project 1999 film

The Blair Witch Project is a 1999 American supernatural horror film written, directed and edited by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez. It tells the fictional story of three student filmmakers—Heather Donahue, Michael C.

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The Blair Witch Project (1999)

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Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1975 film

Monty Python and the Holy Grail is a 1975 British comedy film concerning the Arthurian legend, written and performed by the Monty Python comedy group of Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin, and directed by Gilliam and Jones.

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Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

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Super Size Me 2004 film

Super Size Me is a 2004 American documentary film directed by and starring Morgan Spurlock, an American independent filmmaker. Spurlock's film follows a 30-day period from February 1 to March 2, 2003, during which he ate only McDonald's food.

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Super Size Me (2004)

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Paranormal Activity 2007 film

Paranormal Activity is a 2007 American supernatural horror film co-produced, written, directed, photographed and edited by Oren Peli. It centers on a young couple who are haunted by a supernatural presence in their home. They then set up a camera to document what is haunting them. The film utilizes found-footage conventions that were mirrored in the later films of the series.

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Paranormal Activity is a 2007 American supernatural horror film co-produced, written, directed, p...

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Paranormal Activity (2007)

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Mad Max 1979 film

Mad Max is a 1979 Australian dystopian action thriller film directed by George Miller, produced by Byron Kennedy, and starring Mel Gibson as "Mad" Max Rockatansky, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley, Tim Burns, and Roger Ward.

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Mad Max (1979)

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American Graffiti 1973 film

American Graffiti is a 1973 American coming-of-age comedy film directed and co-written by George Lucas starring Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Harrison Ford, Charles Martin Smith, Cindy Williams, Candy Clark, Mackenzie Phillips, Bo Hopkins, and Wolfman Jack.

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American Graffiti (1973)

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Napoleon Dynamite 2004 film

Napoleon Dynamite is a 2004 American comedy film produced by Jeremy Coon, Chris Wyatt, Sean Covel and Jory Weitz, written by Jared and Jerusha Hess and directed by Jared Hess.

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Napoleon Dynamite (2004)

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El Mariachi 1992 film

El Mariachi is a 1992 Spanish-language American independent neo-Western action film and the first installment in the saga that came to be known as Robert Rodriguez's Mexico Trilogy. It marked the feature-length debut of Rodriguez as writer and director.

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El Mariachi (1992)

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Rocky Film series

Rocky is a series of American boxing drama films. The first film, Rocky, and its five sequels centered on the boxing career of the eponymous fictional character, Rocky Balboa.

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Rocky (1976)

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A Nightmare on Elm Street 1984 film

A Nightmare on Elm Street is a 1984 American slasher film written and directed by Wes Craven, and produced by Robert Shaye. It is the first installment of a series and stars Heather Langenkamp, John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Amanda Wyss, Jsu Garcia, Robert Englund as Fred Krueger, and Johnny Depp in his film debut.

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A Nightmare on Elm Street is a 1984 American slasher film written and directed by Wes Craven, and...

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A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

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My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2002 film

My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a 2002 independent romantic comedy film directed by Joel Zwick and written by Nia Vardalos, who also stars in the film as Fotoula "Toula" Portokalos, a middle class Greek American woman who falls in love with non-Greek upper middle class White Anglo-Saxon Protestant Ian Miller.

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My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a 2002 independent romantic comedy film directed by Joel Zwick and wr...

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My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)

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My Left Foot 1989 film

My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown, also known simply as My Left Foot, is a 1989 biographical comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Jim Sheridan and starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker, Ray McAnally, Hugh O'Conor and Fiona Shaw.

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My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown, also known simply as My Left Foot, is a 1989 biographic...

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My Left Foot (1989)

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Halloween 1978 film

Halloween is a 1978 American slasher film directed and scored by John Carpenter, co-written with producer Debra Hill, and starring Donald Pleasence and Jamie Lee Curtis in her film debut.

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