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25. Lost in Translation (2003)
> Director: Sofia Coppola
> Cast: Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Giovanni Ribisi
> RT Tomatometer: 95%
> IMDb rating: 7.7 out of 10
> Domestic gross box office: $45 million
Sofia Coppola was nominated for Best Director for “Lost in Translation.” The film follows a fading actor (Bill Murray) and a young, neglected wife who form an unlikely bond of friendship in Tokyo. Similarly to Campion, Coppola won an Oscar for writing the movie, but not for directing.
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24. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
> Director: Clint Eastwood
> Cast: Hilary Swank, Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman
> RT Tomatometer: 90%
> IMDb rating: 8.1 out of 10
> Domestic gross box office: $100 million
An impoverished, cantankerous 31-year-old waitress is determined to become a boxer, and she finds a boxing gym owner to take her on and train her. The two develop a surrogate father-daughter relationship as she hones her pugilistic skills. She’s finally ready for a championship fight against the middleweight women’s champion. Her opponent fights dirty, and finally blindsides her, knocking her into a corner stool and leaving her permanently paralyzed. Bedridden and with a leg amputated for gangrenous bed sores, she simply wants to end her life. Her trainer grants her wish.
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23. Before Sunset (2004)
> Director: Richard Linklater
> Cast: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Vernon Dobtcheff
> RT Tomatometer: 94%
> IMDb rating: 8.1 out of 10
> Domestic gross box office: $6 million
Years after the whirlwind romance depicted in “Before Sunrise,” Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Céline (Julie Delpy) reunite for another romantic encounter. “Before Sunset” ranks among IMDb’s top 250 movies of all time. It was also nominated for an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay.
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22. Leviathan (2014)
> Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev
> Cast: Aleksey Serebryakov, Elena Lyadova, Roman Madyanov
> RT Tomatometer: 97%
> IMDb rating: 7.6 out of 10
> Domestic gross box office: $1 million
“Leviathan” is a Russian crime drama about a man standing up to a corrupt mayor and facing the consequences. The film was nominated for an Oscar in the best foreign language film. It won the Golden Globe in the same category.
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21. No Country for Old Men (2007)
> Director: Ethan Coen
> Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin
> RT Tomatometer: 93%
> IMDb rating: 8.1 out of 10
> Domestic gross box office: $74 million
The blood flows freely in Ethan and Joel Coen’s tale of a hunter (Josh Brolin) who finds dead drug dealers and $2 million and decides to keep the money. Javier Bardem won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor as the nut-job killer who goes after the money and Brolin, leaving dead bodies along the way. The Coen brothers also won Oscars for Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Picture.
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