Essential Films to See at Least Once Before You Die

Schindler's List

Oskar Schindler is a businessman who arrives in Krakow during the start of World War II, prepared to make a fortune. Schindler joins the Nazi party for the sake of political expediency and staffs his factory with Jewish workers for the same reasons. However, when the SS begin to annihilate Jews in the ghetto, Schindler attempts to protect his workers.

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill makes his other films look like Disney flicks. A former assassin known only as The Bride wakes from a coma four years after her jealous ex-lover Bill attempted to murder her on her wedding day. Vowing to get even, she is determined to exact revenge upon every person who played a part in her disastrous wedding day.

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The More You Know

  • Hattie McDaniels was the first Black actor to win an Oscar
  • Ninety percent of the world’s population lives above the equator.
  • Natalie Portman dislocated her rib while shooting Black Swan and had to give up her trailer so the low budget film could afford a medic for the rest of shooting.
  • There are around 2,000 thunderstorms happening on Earth at all times.
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