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In the Name of God (2007)
Plot Summary:
The film is about the difficult situation in which the Pakistanis in particular and the Muslims in general are caught up since 9/11. There is a war going on between the Fundamentalists and the Liberal Muslims. This situation is creating a drift not only between the Western world and the Muslims, but also within the Muslims. The educated and modern Muslims are in a difficult situation because of their approach towards life and their western attire. They are criticized and harassed by the fundamentalists and on the other hand the Western world sees them as potential suspects of terrorism just because of their Muslim names
Duration: 168 min
IMDB Rating: 8.3/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama
Country: Pakistan
Plot tags: terrorism, false accusation, muslim, falsely accused, culture clash, extremism, immigration, misfit, family relations, life is a bitch, oppression, social relations, escape attempt, false arrest, family disapproval, islam, fbi, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, forbidden love, tragic love, relationship problems, war on terror, relationships, religion, romantic relationship
Like Stars on Earth (2007)
Plot Summary:
Ishaan Awasthi is an eight-year-old whose world is filled with wonders that no one else seems to appreciate. Colours, fish, dogs, and kites don't seem important to the adults, who are much more interested in things like homework, marks, and neatness. Ishaan cannot seem to get anything right in class; he is then sent to boarding school, where his life changes forever
Duration: 162 min
IMDB Rating: 8.3/10
IMDB Votes: 203000
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: India
Plot tags: dyslexia, teachers and students, teacher, teaching the ways of the world, childhood, self discovery, dedicated educator, young heroes, coming of age, shyness, school, boarding school, friendship, hopes, joy, learning disability, teenage life, bonding, little boy, boy, painting, optimism, boarding school life, motivation, education
No Country for Old Men (2007)
Plot Summary:
Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the violent pursuit of money and justice collide
Duration: 122 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 10000000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: hitman, psychopath, human nature, shooting, desert, serial killer, peril, greed, brutality, sheriff, death, murder, escape, cruelty, police, bounty hunter, gunfight, violent, u.s. mexico border, thief, assassin, violence, money, cold blooded killer, border guard
There Will Be Blood (2007)
Plot Summary:
Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview moves to oil-rich California. Using his adopted son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable properties for a pittance. However, local preacher Eli Sunday suspects Plainviews motives and intentions, starting a slow-burning feud that threatens both their lives
Duration: 158 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 629000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: oil, greed, character study, ambition, capitalism, money, rise to the top, rivalry, visceral, psychopath, religion, business, adoption, father son relationship, abusive father, misanthrope, dialogue, complex characters, sign language, desert, impostor, insanity, violent, villain, church
Ratatouille (2007)
Plot Summary:
A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great French chef despite his family's wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in the sewers of Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneath a restaurant made famous by his culinary hero, Auguste Gusteau. Despite the apparent dangers of being an unlikely - and certainly unwanted - visitor in the kitchen of a fine French restaurant, Remy's passion for cooking soon sets into motion a hilarious and exciting rat race that turns the culinary world of Paris upside down
Duration: 111 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 801000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Plot tags: chef, cooking, food, friendship, rat, cooking and food, follow your dream, restaurant, mouse, rise to the top, young man, odd couple, friends, talented, kids and family, animal protagonist, animal, confidence, creativity, furry, success, hair, separation from family, son, anthropomorphic mouse
Into the Wild (2007)
Plot Summary:
The true story of top student and athlete, Christopher McCandless, who after graduating from Emory University in 1992, abandoned his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness
Duration: 148 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 648000
Genere: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: road trip, survival, wilderness, self discovery, freedom, journey, solitude, travel, life philosophy, isolation, lifestyle change, on the road, adventurer, beautiful scenery, human spirit, hitchhiker, destiny, traveler, introspection, obsessive quest, hippie, backpacking, drifter, hitchhiking, nature
Chak De! India (2007)
Plot Summary:
A team of rag-tag girls with their own agenda form Team India competing for international fame in field hockey. Their coach, the ex-men's Indian National team captain, returns from a life of shame after being unjustly accused of match fixing in his last match. Can he give the girls the motivation required to win, while dealing with the shadows of his own past?
Duration: 153 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 84000
Genere: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: India, USA, UK, Australia
Plot tags: underdog, coach, contests and competitions, rivalry, sport team, determination, against the odds, patriotism, ambition, glory, media coverage, bonding, hopes, power relations, patriot, sexism, hockey, indians, women, motivation, feminist, hindu, teacher, politics, muslim
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
Plot Summary:
Bourne is brought out of hiding once again by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar, an upgrade to Project Treadstone, in a series of newspaper columns. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne must finally uncover his dark past while dodging The Company's best efforts to eradicate him
Duration: 115 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 652000
Genere: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, France, Spain
Plot tags: cia, conspiracy, espionage, spy, corruption, secret service, escapades, fighting the system, secret agent, danger, tough guy, memory, manhunt, surveillance, dark past, hitman, chases and races, violence, martial arts, badass, revelation, spy hero, shooting, car chase, twists and turns
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
Plot Summary:
The true story of Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye. Using that eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby eloquently described the aspects of his interior world, from the psychological torment of being trapped inside his body to his imagined stories from lands he'd only visited in his mind
Duration: 112 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 110000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: France, USA
Plot tags: disability, hospital, human spirit, nurse, paralysis, courage, coma, patient, life turned upside down, writers, bittersweet, mute or deaf, communication problem, melancholy, biopic, life & death, medicine, tragic event, love, loneliness, death, therapy, hopes, mental disorder, friendship
Elite Squad (2007)
Plot Summary:
In 1997, before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operations Battalion) is assigned to eliminate the risks of the drug dealers in a dangerous slum nearby where the pope intends to be lodged
Duration: 115 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 109000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil, USA, Argentina
Plot tags: police corruption, police brutality, drug traffic, slum, drug lord, favela, torture, law enforcement, poverty, police, organized crime, squad, gangster, team, society, drug, special forces, social decay, violence, fighting crime, struggle, cop, arrest, leader, war
Persepolis (2007)
Plot Summary:
In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own
Duration: 96 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 99000
Genere: Animation, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: France, USA
Plot tags: revolution, coming of age, iraq iran war, female protagonist, politics, feminist, freedom, self discovery, biopic, women, childhood, social problems, adolescence, culture clash, parent child relationship, family relations, life is a bitch, society, religion, feminism, rebellion, repression, oppression, prejudice, rebelliousness
The Class (2007)
Plot Summary:
An average guy of an Estonian high-school decides to defend his bullied classmate. This starts war between him and the informal leader of the class. As teenagers' honour is a touchy thing, everything ends in bloodshed
Duration: 99 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Drama
Country: Estonia
Plot tags: school shooting, bullying, vengeance, humiliation, society, youth, friendship, teenage life, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, social misfits, high school, mistreatment, protector, high school life, social decay, friends, social relations, human nature, tragic event, sexual abuse, rivalry, teenager, bully, abuse
Johnny Gaddaar (2007)
Plot Summary:
Vikram decides to elope with his girlfriend Mini for a better life. For this purpose he decides to steal the money collected by his business partners for a drug deal. Everything goes horribly wrong when the partner carrying the money, Shiva, is accidentally killed
Duration: 135 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Plot tags: betrayal, drug dealing, thief, murder, theft, vengeance, dishonesty, gangster, heist, underdog, gambling, train, traitor, nightclub, corrupt cop, anti hero, deception, gang, rivalry, corrupt law enforcer, violent content, money, con artists, dark humor, cat
When We Met (2007)
Plot Summary:
Depressed after the passing of his father, Dharamraj; as well as his gorgeous girlfriend ditching him, Mumbai-based businessman Aditya Kashyap takes a BEST bus, goes to Chatrapati Shivaji Train Terminus, and boards a train. This is where he meets Geet Kaur Dhillon, who is returning home to Bhatinda, and who pays for his ticket. At Bar Nagar, he decides to leave, but she follows him, missing her train. They manage to get a ride to Ratlam, miss the train again, but eventually make it to Bhatinda. Once there, he gets to meet her family; her pretty sister, Roop; as well as her to-be betrothed, Manjeet Singh Mann. Before the engagement could be finalized, she manages to convince her family that she wants to marry Aditya, and they welcome him with open arms. Before he could take stock of these new developments, she elopes with him - not to get married - but to re-locate to Manali - where her true love, Anshuman, is waiting, and who she hopes to get married to
Duration: 138 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 57000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Plot tags: true love, couple relations, fish out of water, love affair, family relations, disorder, marriage, odd couple, love, male female relationship, train, urban, manic pixie dream girl, motivation, love triangle, meaning of life, lady, happy ending, in love, tragic love, road trip, hindu, old love, love story, elopement
The Trap (2007)
Plot Summary:
"THE TRAP" is a modern film noir reflecting the true face of Serbian (Eastern European) 'society in transition.' It's a story that could happen to you. It is a film about an ordinary man, who is forced to choose between life and death of his own child
Duration: 106 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Serbia, Germany, Hungary
Plot tags: desert, heart disease, sick child, hospital, terminal illness, oppression, wartime life, mysterious character, health situation, father son relationship, financial problem, husband wife relationship, hard life, loss of son, civil engineer, teenager, mafia, children, intrigue, bosnian war, social problems, son, teacher, friendship, foreigner
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)
Plot Summary:
Gabita is pregnant, abortion is strictly forbidden in Romania during the communist regime. Despite this it is common practice and Gabita wants an abortion. The movie follows her and her friend Otilia during the day she has made the appointment with Mr. Bebe to have the abortion
Duration: 113 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 63000
Genere: Drama
Country: Romania, Belgium
Plot tags: abortion, sexual abuse, friendship, unwanted pregnancy, communism, rape, realism, communist, doctor, coming of age, young woman, brutality, character study, life is a bitch, society, human nature, social decay, women, feminism, dialogue, existentialism, european, feminist, poverty, college student
Hot Fuzz (2007)
Plot Summary:
Top London cop, PC Nicholas Angel is good. Too good. To stop the rest of his team from looking bad, he is reassigned to the quiet town of Sandford, paired with simple country cop, and everything seems quiet until two actors are found decapitated. It is addressed as an accident, but Angel isn't going to accept that, especially when more and more people turn up dead
Duration: 121 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 528000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Plot tags: police, murder, partner, conspiracy, chase, buddy cop, cop, small town, buddy, secret society, gunfight, investigation, violent, police officer, village, friendship between men, workaholic, new job, bromance, dark humor, satire, fight scenes, death, corrupt cop, buddies
For Love and Honour (2007)
Plot Summary:
Ali Osman is a former bully of city of Istanbul. But lately he gives up bully and starts to operate a synthetic pitch. He often meets his old friends, former bullies, too. One day Ali Osman receives a news which is related with his previous passionate life. Then the whole action stats as a chain of events
Duration: 140 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Turkey
Plot tags: mafia, femme fatale, blackmail, criminal heroes, parents and children, vengeance, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, protective parent, mob boss, police corruption, forced into action, love, turk, dementia, sex crime, singer, gay slur, family relations, homosexual, debt, soccer, retired, frustration, dishonesty
Once (2007)
Plot Summary:
A vacuum repairman moonlights as a street musician and hopes for his big break. One day a Czech immigrant, who earns a living selling flowers, approaches him with the news that she is also an aspiring singer-songwriter. The pair decide to collaborate, and the songs that they compose reflect the story of their blossoming love
Duration: 86 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 120000
Genere: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Ireland, USA
Plot tags: music, musician's life, pianist, street musician, friendship, love, singer, love and romance, musician, recording studio, immigrant, rock and roll, love story, lifestyle, unfulfilled love, artists and showbiz, hopes, unrequited love, love of one's life, music and dance, follow your dream, relationships, dialogue, melancholy, great ending
Sword of the Stranger (2007)
Plot Summary:
Pursued by formidable Chinese assassins, young Kotaro and his dog run into No Name, a mysterious stranger who gets pulled into the chase. The unlikely companions form a bond over saving the dog from a poison attack, but chaos erupts when the assassins find Kotaro, and No Name must face his past before a horrible fate is met again
Duration: 103 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure
Country: Japan
Plot tags: samurai, swordsman, master warrior, little boy, emperor, escapades, curses spells and rituals, espionage, human animal relationship, feudal japan, kidnapping, stranger, friendship, hostage, witchcraft, lucifer, adventurer, mature, road trip, violent, canine, swordplay, heroes, politics, rivalry
Atonement (2007)
Plot Summary:
As a 13-year-old, fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit
Duration: 123 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 295000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, War
Country: UK, France, USA
Plot tags: world war two, wartime, tragic love, redemption, injustice, unfulfilled love, love story, war, false accusation, love and romance, forbidden love, innocence, life is a bitch, innocence lost, rape, youth, society, couples, prejudice, lovers apart, sisters, death, couple relations, loss of virginity, wrongful conviction
The Man from Earth (2007)
Plot Summary:
An impromptu goodbye party for Professor John Oldman becomes a mysterious interrogation after the retiring scholar reveals to his colleagues he never ages and has walked the earth for 14,000 years
Duration: 87 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 197000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: philosophy, immortality, religion, atheism, society, professor, storytelling, hidden identity, christianity, existentialism, plot twist, atheist, conversation, immortal, spirituality, god or devil, legend, friendship, debate, heart attack, mistaken identity, god, space opera, dialogue, psychology
American Gangster (2007)
Plot Summary:
Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs into the United States. Based on a true story
Duration: 157 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 446000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Plot tags: organized crime, mafia, gangster, mob boss, heroin, drug lord, police, violence, mobster, crime boss, drug traffic, gang, drug, criminal, ghetto, mob hit, criminal syndicate, drug dealer, police corruption, mafioso, smuggling, cop, society, rise and fall, drug addiction
Stuart: A Life Backwards (2007)
Plot Summary:
Story about the remarkable friendship between a reclusive writer and illustrator and a chaotic homeless man, whom he gets to know during a campaign to release two charity workers from prison
Duration: 92 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Plot tags: homeless, bullying, homelessness, addiction, biopic, suicide, abuse, haunted by the past, tragic hero, human nature, life is a bitch, suicide attempt, alcohol abuse, alcoholic, friendship between men, funeral, drug abuse, psychology, incestuous relationship, physical disability, fighting the system, society, social problems, social relations, unlikely friendships
The Edge of Heaven (2007)
Plot Summary:
Nejat seems disapproving about his widower father Ali's choice of prostitute Yeter for a live-in girlfriend. But he grows fond of her when he discovers she sends money home to Turkey for her daughter's university studies. Yeter's sudden death distances father and son. Nejat travels to Istanbul to search for Yeter's daughter Ayten. Political activist Ayten has fled the Turkish police and is already in Germany. She is befriended by a young woman, Lotte, who invites rebellious Ayten to stay in her home, a gesture not particularly pleasing to her conservative mother Susanne. When Ayten is arrested and her asylum plea is denied, she is deported and imprisoned in Turkey. Lotte travels to Turkey,where she gets caught up in the seemingly hopeless situation of freeing Ayten
Duration: 122 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany, Turkey, Italy
Plot tags: immigrant, tragic event, prostitute, student, loss of daughter, multiple storylines, rebelliousness, lgbt, coincidence, prison, migration, lgbtq, destiny, funeral, kurd, gay, muslim, refugee, european, death, tragedy, love, journey, sexuality, moving
Zodiac (2007)
Plot Summary:
The true story of the investigation of the "Zodiac Killer", a serial killer who terrified the San Francisco Bay Area, taunting police with his ciphers and letters. The case becomes an obsession for four men as their lives and careers are built and destroyed by the endless trail of clues
Duration: 157 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 584000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: serial killer, investigation, murder, murder mystery, maniac, journalism, mind game, journalist, paranoia, killings, true crime, investigator, killer, police, uncover truth, cop, danger, reporter, obsession, newspaper, victim, zodiac, suspicion, psychology, life is a bitch
Guru (2007)
Plot Summary:
Gurukant Desai hails from Idhar, a small village in Gujarat, but dreams of setting up his own business in Mumbai. After he returns from Turkey, he marries Sujatha for getting the dowry and arrives in Mumbai to start his business. This film chronicles the obstacles he meets, his subsequent rise and the huge backlash he receives when it is revealed that he used unethical means to rise in the business circuit
Duration: 162 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Drama
Country: India
Plot tags: couples, society, family relations, research, ambition, industrialist, idealism, rise to power, newspaper, success, doubts and hesitations, businessman, entrepreneurship, optimism, idealist, mogul, indians, entrepreneur, biopic, business, marketing, life lesson, based on real people, startup, photographer
3:10 to Yuma (2007)
Plot Summary:
In Arizona in the late 1800s, infamous outlaw Ben Wade and his vicious gang of thieves and murderers have plagued the Southern Railroad. When Wade is captured, Civil War veteran Dan Evans, struggling to survive on his drought-plagued ranch, volunteers to deliver him alive to the "3:10 to Yuma", a train that will take the killer to trial
Duration: 122 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 327000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Plot tags: gunfight, old west, honor, runaway, sheriff, morality, gang, outlaw, heroic mission, race against time, violence, righting the wronged, death of protagonist, courage, heroes, reward, rivalry, dishonesty, wild west, cowboy, civil war, redemption, leader, train, chase
Battlestar Galactica: Razor (2007)
Plot Summary:
A two-hour Battlestar Galactica special that tells the story of the Battlestar Pegasus several months prior to it finding the Galactica
Duration: 101 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: space opera, survival, space, androids and robots, space and aliens, battlestar galactica, twists and turns, betrayal, humanity, transformation, fight scenes, brutality, runaway, life philosophy, heroic mission, escapades, military, cyborgs, self discovery, clone, robot, alien, post apocalypse, distopia, alien invasion
Boy A (2007)
Plot Summary:
The story of a young ex-con Jack, newly released from serving a prison sentence for a murder he committed as a child
Duration: 106 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 39000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Plot tags: juvenile delinquency, childhood, redemption, going straight, haunted by the past, released from prison, rehabilitation, starting over, dysfunctional family, child abuse, murder, melancholy, criminal, vengeance, moral dilemma, new job, social realism, depression, suicide, parent child relationship, social misfits, character change, friendship, bullying, incest