Léon / The Professional (1994)
Written by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen (uncredited)
Directed by Luc Besson
Produced by Les Films du Dauphin/ Gaumont
Running time: 110 minutes (theatrical version)/ 136 minutes (Version Integrale)

What the *&#! Is This About?
At a restaurant in Little Italy, mafioso Little Tony (Danny Aiello) dispatches a quiet, milk-sipping foreigner named Léon (Jean [...]

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The Big Lebowski (1998)
Written by Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
Directed by Joel Coen
Produced by Working Title Films/ Polygram Filmed Entertainment
Running time: 117 minutes

What the *&#! Is This About?
“A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski,” says the voice of the [...]

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L.A. Confidential (1997)
Screenplay by Brian Helgeland & Curtis Hanson. Based on the novel by James Ellroy
Directed by Curtis Hanson
Produced by Regency Enterprises
Running time: 138 minutes

What the *&#! Is This About?
In Los Angeles of the early 1950s, Officer Bud White (Russell Crowe) stops on his way to deliver his fellow cops booze for a Christmas [...]

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Blue Velvet (1986)
Written by David Lynch
Directed by David Lynch
Produced by De Laurentiis Entertainment Group
Running time: 120 minutes

What the *&#! Is This About?
In the “sunny, woodsy” town of Lumberton, the suburban idyll is broken when a man watering his lawn appears to be bitten by an insect and suddenly collapses. His son Jeffrey Beaumont (Kyle [...]

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