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#36 Madagaskar

  Story At the  Central Park Zoo , Marty the  zebra  celebrates his tenth birthday but has grown bored with his daily routine and longs to experience the wild. Marty's best friend is Alex the  lion , who enjoys showing off for the public and his celebrity status as "the king of New York". Alex attempts to cheer Marty up, but Marty, still unsatisfied, learns that the zoo's  penguins —Skipper, Kowalski, Rico, and Private—are trying to escape, and follows them out. Alex, Melman the  giraffe , and Gloria the  hippopotamus  pursue Marty and attempt to convince him to return. The four, along with the penguins and two  chimpanzees  named Mason and Phil, converge at  Grand Central Station  where the authorities sedate them using  tranquilizer guns . Under pressure from anti-captivity activists, the zoo is forced to ship the escaped animals by sea to a  Kenyan  wildlife preserve. During their travels, the penguins es...

#36 Spirited Away

  Story Ten-year-old Chihiro and her parents are traveling to their new home. Her father, a man who loves to take shortcuts, ends up in front of a tunnel leading to what appears to be an abandoned village, which Chihiro's father insists on exploring despite his daughter's misgivings. While exploring, Chihiro finds an exquisite  bathhouse  and meets a boy named Haku, who warns her to return across the riverbed before sunset. However, Chihiro discovers too late that her parents have transformed into pigs, and she is unable to cross the now-flooded river. Haku finds Chihiro and advises her to ask for a job from the bathhouse's boiler-man, Kamaji. Kamaji asks Lin, a bathhouse worker, to send Chihiro to Yubaba, the witch who runs the bathhouse. Yubaba tries to frighten Chihiro away, but Chihiro persists, and Yubaba hires her. Yubaba takes away the second  kanji  of her name, Chihiro ( 千尋 ), renaming her Sen ( 千 ). Haku later warns her that if she forgets he...

#33 ICE AGE

  Story Scrat, a saber-toothed  squirrel , attempts to find a place to store his acorn for the winter. Eventually, as he tries to stomp it into the ground, he inadvertently causes a large crack to form in the ice that extends for miles before setting off a large avalanche which nearly crushes him. He barely escapes but finds himself getting stepped on by a herd of prehistoric animals migrating south in order to escape the forthcoming  ice age . Sid, a clumsy  ground sloth , is left behind by his family and decides to move on by himself, but is attacked by two  Brontotheres  after ruining their meal and making them angry. Sid is soon rescued by Manny, a cynical  woolly mammoth  heading north, who fights the rhinos off and continues on his path. Sid joins Manny, not wanting to be alone and unprotected. Manny is annoyed by Sid's outgoing demeanor and wishes to migrate on his own, but Sid nonetheless continues to follow Manny. Meanwhile, Soto, the lea...

#32 Epic

  Story Seventeen-year-old Mary Katherine, or M.K., moves in with her eccentric  scientist  father Professor Bomba, who has been searching for tiny humanoid soldiers called Leafmen. They protect the forest that Bomba lives near from wicked creatures called Boggans and their malevolent leader Mandrake. An independent young soldier named Nod decides to quit, much to the ire of the no-nonsense Leafmen leader Ronin. The fairy queen of the forest, Queen Tara, must choose an heir to her throne and goes out to a field of leaf pods on board her flying barge and escorted by the Royal guards, arriving at the field guarded by a laid-back  slug  named Mub and a wannabe Leafman  snail  named Grub. Immediately after she chooses a pod, the Boggans attack. Tara flees the area with the pod, and though flying Leafmen bodyguards do their best to protect her, they are soon overwhelmed by the sheer number of Boggans. Unable to reach the barge and the safety of the Guards, ...

#31 Mulan

  Story The  Huns , who are led by the ruthless  Shan Yu , invade imperial  Han  China by breaching the  Great Wall . In the Imperial City, the  Emperor  orders a general mobilization, with  conscription  notices requiring one man from each family to join the  Imperial Chinese Army . Fa Mulan  learns that her elderly father Fa Zhou—the only man in their family and an army veteran—is being conscripted and fears for his life due to his poor health. To protect him, she cuts her hair and takes her father's sword and armor, disguising herself as a man so that she can enlist in his stead. The family quickly learns of her departure, and Mulan's grandmother prays to the family's ancestors for Mulan's safety. The ancestors decide that the " Great Stone Dragon " will bring Mulan back and sends a disgraced former guardian, a small red  dragon  named  Mushu , to awaken him. Mushu accidentally destroys the guardian's statue b...

#30 Kubo and the Two Strings

  Story In  feudal Japan , 12-year-old eyepatched Kubo tends to his ill mother Sariatu in a mountain cave near a village. He earns their living by magically manipulating  origami  with music from his  shamisen  for the village folk, telling the tale of his missing father Hanzo, a  samurai  warrior. Kubo is never able to finish his story, as he does not know what happened to Hanzo and Sariatu cannot recall the end due to her deteriorating mental state. Sariatu warns him not to stay out after dark as her Sisters, Karasu and Washi, and his grandfather, the Moon King (who took his eye when he was a baby) will find him and take his remaining eye. One day, Kubo learns of the village's  Bon festival  allowing them to speak to deceased loved ones. Kubo attends but is angry that Hanzo does not appear from his lantern, and forgets to return home before sunset. Karasu and Washi quickly find him and attack, but Sariatu suddenly appears and uses her ...

#28 Megamind

Story Megamind and Metro Man are life-long rivals in Metro City. Both are alien orphans sent to Earth from their dying planets, but are raised on earth in far different circumstances. Metro Man eventually becomes a superhero, defending the city from Megamind's villainous plans that he executes with the help of his henchman Minion, a  fish -like creature he was given by his mother, who lives and acts from inside a mechanical gorilla-like suit. Megamind once again escapes from prison through a  holographic  disguise, sprays reporter Roxanne Ritchi with mace and kidnaps her, luring Metro Man to a  copper -lined  observatory . Metro Man collapses and then states that copper is his only weakness, which allows Megamind to kill him with a  solar-powered   death ray . Megamind quickly takes over the city, but finds that, with no one to challenge him, his villainous life has no meaning. Megamind prepares to destroy the recently-opened Metro Man museum, trying t...

#23 Home

  Story An alien race known as the Boov finds near-future  Earth  a suitable place to call "home". Led by Captain Smek ( Steve Martin ), they commence their "friendly" invasion of the planet, relocating the humans, whom the Boov deem as simple and backwards, to remote parts of the planet while the Boov inhabit their homes in a quick and  bloodless conquest . One of the Boov, named Oh ( Jim Parsons ), is a more excitable, freethinking member of the species, who decides to invite the Boov to his apartment for a housewarming party, despite the race's  antipathy  towards him. Not far from Oh is a 14-year-old [7]  girl named Gratuity "Tip" Tucci ( Rihanna ), who drives away through her home city to find her mother Lucy ( Jennifer Lopez ) after being separated from her during the invasion, leaving her with only her  calico cat  Pig and fueling her hatred for the Boov. Oh runs into the street to meet up with a grumpy Boov cop named Kyle ( Matt Jones...

#22 Hotel Transylvania

Story In 1895, after the death of his wife Martha at the hands of an angry human mob,  Count Dracula  commissions and builds a massive 5-star, monsters-only hotel in  Transylvania , in which he raises his daughter  Mavis . The hotel also serves as a safe haven and a getaway for the world's monsters from fear of human persecution. Famous monsters such as  Frankenstein  and his wife  Eunice , Wayne and Wanda  Werewolf  and  their massive immediate family ,  Griffin the Invisible Man , and Murray the  Mummy  often come to stay at the hotel. In the present day, on Mavis' 118th birthday, Dracula allows his daughter to leave the castle to explore the human world, but he sets up an  elaborate plan  using his  zombie   bellhops  disguised as humans to make them seem intimidating, and frighten her home. The plan works, but the zombies inadvertently lead a 21-year-old [8]  human Jonathan "Johnny" Loughr...

#20 Shreck

Story Shrek  is an anti-social and highly-territorial green  ogre  who loves the solitude of his swamp. His life is interrupted after the dwarfish  Lord Farquaad  of Duloc exiles a countless number of fairy-tale creatures to Shrek's swamp. Angered by the intrusion, he decides to pay Farquaad a visit and demand they be moved elsewhere. He reluctantly allows the talkative  Donkey , who was exiled as well, to tag along and guide him to Duloc. Meanwhile, Farquaad tortures  Gingerbread Man  for the location of fairy-tale creatures still in hiding. His guards interrupt, and present him with Snow White's  Magic Mirror . Upon asking the Mirror if his kingdom is the fairest of them all, Farquaad is told he is not even a king, and must marry a princess to become one. He decides to pursue  Princess Fiona , who is locked in a castle tower guarded by a female  dragon . Unwilling to perform the task himself, he organizes a tournament, in which th...

#17 The Intern

  Story Seventy-year-old widower Ben Whittaker (DeNiro), a retired executive from  DEX One , applies to a senior citizen intern program, after retirement has become too boring for him. He applies to About The Fit, a fast-growing  e-commerce  fashion startup in  Brooklyn . Founder and CEO Jules Ostin (Hathaway) had previously agreed to a community outreach program where seniors would intern at the firm. Ben impresses everyone and is one of four hired. Ben is assigned to work with Jules, who is somewhat skeptical at first. Initially frozen out by her, Ben slowly wins over co-workers with his congeniality and gets into Jules's good graces. Ben heads to work one day extra early to organize a messy desk that Jules had complained about previously. After work, Ben notices Jules's chauffeur drinking, convinces the driver to leave and drives Jules home himself, a role he retains in days to come. Ben eventually reveals that he once worked in the very same building where A...

#15 I Spit On Your Grave

    Story Novelist Jennifer Hills travels from New York City to Louisiana to work on her next book in privacy. When she becomes lost while searching for the cabin she has rented, she stops for gas and to ask for directions. The attendant, Johnny, gives her meandering written directions and embarrasses himself trying to flirt with her. Around the cabin, Jennifer spends the following days writing, tanning, hiking, smoking marijuana and drinking alcohol. When the cabin's plumbing becomes clogged, it is fixed by Matthew, a stuttering plumber who has social interaction disability. She rewards him with an abrupt kiss of gratitude. Matthew then tells Johnny and his friends Andy and Stanley about his visit. Johnny, whose ego was bruised after the gas station incident, decides that Jennifer is snobbish and needs to be "taught a lesson". That night, the four men sneak into Jennifer's cabin and taunt and assault her, although Matthew refuses to participate out of sympathy for Je...

#14 Me Before You

  Story Lou - 26 years old lady from country side in UK is work as waitress in the cafe as her family has no job and only her brings money to the family. One day, Lou suddenly lose the job and she has to stat looking for new job. She got the job with 6months contract  as a companion for Will.  "Will" Traynor is a successful banker and active man who is in a good relationship with his girlfriend Alicia. One morning while they are in bed, Will receives a call telling him to come into work. While walking to work, he is talking on his mobile phone and inadvertently walks in front of a speeding motorcycle. As a result of the accident, Will is paralyzed from the neck down and permanently bound to a motorized wheelchair. Since then, Will became  Cynical and depressed because he can no longer live an active life and broke up with her girlfriends. Lou try to motivate Will and take care him but Will didn't open his heart. After few weeks, Will open his heart to Lou after he se...

#13 Focus

  Story A  con-man  Nicky Spurgeon ( Will Smith ) goes to an upscale restaurant, where an inexperienced  grifter , Jess Barrett ( Margot Robbie ), seduces him and then pretends they've been caught by her jealous husband. When the deception fails, Nicky advises them never to lose focus when faced with unexpected situations. Nicky follows Jess and convinces her to have a drink with him. Over drinks, he tells her the story of how his father killed his grandfather in a stand-off, explaining the tactic called a "Toledo Panic Button" which means that you shoot your partner to show you're loyal. Jess follows Nicky to  New Orleans , as she think Nicky is very charismatic and attractive. Jess successful in persuading Nicky to take her under his wing, where she is also introduced to Nicky's crew as well, including the obese and profane Farhad ( Adrian Martinez ) and fellow con-man Horst (Brennan Brown). She picks a few pockets as a test, and soon Nicky and Jess develop a ...

#12 The Princess and the Frog

Story This story based on The  Frog Prince   known through the  Brothers Grimm 's written. but re-arrange    In 1912  New Orleans , a girl named  Tiana  and her friend Charlotte La Bouff listen to Tiana's mother read the story of  The Frog Prince . [5]  Charlotte, a believer in true love, finds the story romantic; Tiana declares she will never kiss a frog. In 1928, Tiana grew into an aspiring young chef who works as a waitress for two local diners, so she can save enough money to start her own restaurant, a dream she shared with her father, who is implied to have died in  World War I . One day,  Prince Naveen of Maldonia arrives in New Orleans to better his financial situation, his parents stop support him as he is too lazy to work. He decide to find a rich family to get married. Charlotte is best candidate for Prince Naveen and Charlotte father arrange dinner party to welcome Prince Naveen. In the meantime, Prince Naveen visit...

#11 We're the Millers

  Story A low-level marijuana dealer David Clark living in  Denver  is robbed of his money and stash, some of which he owes to his wealthy drug supplier, Brad Gurdlinger. After David is brought to him, Gurdlinger forces him to smuggle marijuana from Mexico as a solution to clear his debt. Realizing that one man attempting to get through customs is too suspicious, he hires a stripper neighbor stage-named Rose, a runaway 19-year-old petty thief named Casey, and his 18-year-old neighbor Kenny to pose as a bogus family called the "Millers". When the Millers reach the compound, they find out that the amount of marijuana they were picking up is not "a smidge" as Gurdlinger had informed them, but actually two tons. On the way to deliver it, they will know each other so well - of course with many dramas LOL and they getting close like a real family. You will see if they success with their drug transport mission or not.... Trailer Who should watch this movie? Who likes comed...

#9 Memory of Geisha

  Story Memoirs of a Geisha  is a  historical fiction  novel by American author  Arthur Golden , published in 1997. The novel, told in  first person perspective , tells the story of a fictional  geisha  working in  Kyoto ,  Japan , before, during and after  World War II , and ends with her being relocated to  New York City . In 1929, 9-year old Chiyo Sakamoto and her 15-year-old sister, Satsu, are sold by their father to work within the entertainment districts of Kyoto. They are taken from their home, the coastal fishing village of Yoroido along the  Sea of Japan , and travel to Kyoto by train; upon arrival, Chiyo is taken to the Nitta  Okiya  (geisha boarding house) in  Gion , whereas Satsu - deemed less attractive and therefore a poor investment - is instead taken to a brothel within Kyoto's pleasure district. Chiyo is taken inside, and is introduced to Auntie, Mother (Auntie's adoptive older sister and th...

#4 The Butterfly Effect

   Story This is story about the man who has    butterfly effect  since when he was child. He used write the daily notes as he blackout some of memories in the past. One day, he lost his loved one by the accident then He found his daily notes when he go through his memory with her. Suddenly, he travel back to his past that he missed some memories. He try to change the past to make things right for him and his friends. however   unintended consequences  is happen always.  It is not always what he wanted to change when he back to the present. He will travel back several time in different age that he blackout to change the past and he will end up with...... Trailer Who should watch this Movie? It is similar as my post about #2 Mr.Nobody , if you are facing to make some decision.   Why I recommend  Again, you will think deeper about each of your action/decisions. Also even if you could change your past, the result will not always what y...