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Discussion: ATRL's 100 Best Movies (Final Recap)
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#84. Trainspotting (1996)
Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends.
Director: Danny Boyle
Stars: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner and Jonny Lee Miller
Rotten Tomatoes: 89% Fresh
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
Gross: $88,491,080
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This film became a huge hit for the history of the UK, and it's been named several times as one of the best movies ever.
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Big Daddy  I loved that movie.
X-Men. 
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#83. Mulan (1998)
To save her father from death in the army, a Chinese maiden secretly goes in his place and becomes one of China's greatest heroes in the process.
Director: Tony Bancroft, Barry Cook
Stars: Ming-Na, Eddie Murphy and BD Wong
Rotten Tomatoes: 86% Fresh
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
Gross: $304,320,254
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Although she is royalty neither by birth or marriage (her husband is merely a high-ranking military officer), Mulan is often regarded as one of the Disney Princesses. It is referenced in other Disney Movies and Video Games.
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I hate that movie 
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#84. Trainspotting (1996)
Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends.
Director: Danny Boyle
Stars: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner and Jonny Lee Miller
Rotten Tomatoes: 89% Fresh
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
Gross: $88,491,080
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Happy Gilmore better make the list since Big Daddy did.
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#82. Burlesque (2010)
A small-town girl ventures to Los Angeles and finds her place in a neo-burlesque club run by a former dancer.
Director: Steve Antin
Stars: Cher, Christina Aguilera and Alan *******
Rotten Tomatoes: 37% Fresh
IMDB Rating: 6.1/10
Gross: $89,519,773
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The song "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song in 2011. This movie was the debut of Aguilera as an actress.
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#81. Greta (2009)
A young suicidal and rebellious teen gets sent to her Grandparents for the summer where life takes an unexpected turn.
Director: Nancy Bardawil
Stars: Hilary Duff, Evan Ross and Michael Murphy
Rotten Tomatoes: 75% Fresh
IMDB Rating: 6.2/10
Gross: Not available
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This is the second and last Hilary Duff movie on the list.
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For the next set we will have 3 movies about murderers 
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Big Daddy and Burlesque?
This is looking more and more like a worst list every minute...
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Well, this was...a pretty horrible set. 
Trainspotting, I can live with. But the others? 
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#80. Into the Wild (2007)
After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life.
Director: Sean Penn
Stars: Emile Hirsch, Vince Vaughn and Catherine Keener
Rotten Tomatoes: 82% Fresh
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
Gross: $56,255,142
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Very acclaimed film, nominated for 2 Academy Awards, including Best Supporting Actor
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#79. American Pie (1999)
Four teenage boys enter a pact to lose their virginity by prom night.
Director: Paul & Chris Weitz
Stars: Jason Biggs, Chris Klein and Thomas Ian Nicholas
Rotten Tomatoes: 61% Fresh
IMDB Rating: 6.9/10
Gross: $235,483,004
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The first of a huge series of horny teenagers related movies
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Burlesque and Greta? 
American Pie, great memories. 
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Mulan  My fave Disney film ever
American Pie is a classic teen film
 at Burlesque. It was alright but nothing extra-ordinary
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#78. The Ring (2001)
A young journalist must investigate a mysterious videotape which seems to cause the death of anyone in a week of viewing it.
Director: Gore Berbinski
Stars: Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson and Brian Cox
Rotten Tomatoes: 71% Fresh
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
Gross: $249,348,933
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Its critical and commercial success turned this movie into a trend-setter for american adaptation of japanese horror films, as "The Grudge" and "Dark Water".
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Greta 
Her Best
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Trainspotting.
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#77. Scream (1996)
A killer known as "ghost face" begins killing off teenagers, and as the body count begins rising, one girl and her friends find themselves contemplating the "Rules" of horror films as they find themselves living in a real-life one.
Director: Wes Craven
Stars: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox and David Arquette
Rotten Tomatoes: 83% Fresh
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
Gross: $161,600,000
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This movie made popular again horror movies. becoming both a financial and critical success, and launching the careers of many of its actors. Such was the film's impact that some commentators considered its legacy as the creation of a distinct era of "post-Scream" horror films.
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well, 
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