Movies rated eight out of ten

• A Beautiful Mind

  I have watched this movie once. This was on 3rd April 2018.

  8

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

• A Clockwork Orange

  I have watched this movie twice. The first time was 5th January 2006 the last time on 13th March 2016.

  8

  In the future, a sadistic gang leader is imprisoned and volunteers for a conduct-aversion experiment, but it doesn't go as planned.

• A Ghost Story

  I have watched this movie once. This was on 30th January 2022.

  8

  In this singular exploration of legacy, love, loss, and the enormity of existence, a recently deceased, white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to try to reconnect with his bereft wife.

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• A Monster Calls

  I have watched this movie once. This was on 15th January 2017.

  8

  A boy seeks the help of a tree monster to cope with his single mother's terminal illness.

• A Most Wanted Man

  I have watched this movie once. This was on 22nd September 2014.

  8

  A Chechen Muslim illegally immigrates to Hamburg, where he gets caught in the international war on terror.

• A Simple Plan

  I have watched this movie once. This was on 18th May 2007.

  8

  Three blue-collar acquaintances come across millions of dollars in lost cash and make a plan to keep their find from the authorities, but it isn't long before complications and mistrust weave their way into the plan.

• A Star Is Born

  I have watched this movie once. This was on 23rd October 2018.

  8

  A musician helps a young singer find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.

• A Time to Kill

  I have watched this movie once. This was on 17th October 2021.

  8

  In Canton, Mississippi, a fearless young lawyer and his assistant defend a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his ten-year-old daughter, inciting violent retribution and revenge from the Ku Klux Klan.

• Adaptation.

  I have watched this movie twice. The first time was 24th December 2006 the last time on 24th June 2009.

  8

  A lovelorn screenwriter turns to his less talented twin brother for help when his efforts to adapt a non-fiction book go nowhere.

• After Life

  I have watched this movie once. This was on 27th July 2013.

  8

  After death, people have a week to choose only one memory to keep for eternity.