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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...

#34 Despicable Me

  Story Longtime supervillain  Gru  has his pride hurt when an anonymous rival steals the  Great Pyramid of Giza  and replaces it with an inflatable replica. In retaliation, he, his elderly assistant  Dr. Nefario , and his army of  Minions  concoct a plan to shrink and steal Earth's Moon. Nefario worries they cannot afford this, so Gru applies for a loan from Mr. Perkins, the director of the Bank of Evil. Perkins asks Gru to impress him first by stealing the necessary shrink ray. While at the bank, Gru meets young supervillain Vector, and learns he is the mastermind behind the Pyramid heist. Gru and his Minions successfully steal the shrink ray from a research base, but Vector intercepts them and steals it for himself. Gru tries to break into Vector's fortress to get the ray back, but cannot penetrate Vector's many defenses. He notices three orphan girls, Margo, Edith, and Agnes, gain access to Vector's fortress because they are selling cookies fo...

#33 Kung Fu Panda

Story In the Valley of Peace, a land in  Ancient China  inhabited by anthropomorphic animals, Po is a fan of kung fu, and idolizes the Furious Five–Tigress, Monkey, Crane, Viper, and Mantis–a group of kung fu masters trained by Master Shifu. However, Po is unable to pursue his dream of learning kung fu while he helps his adoptive father, Mr. Ping the goose, in his noodle restaurant. Grand Master Oogway, Shifu's mentor, has a vision that Shifu's former protégé, the evil Tai Lung, will escape from prison. Oogway fortells that Tai Lung will return to the valley to exact his revenge for being denied the dragon scroll, which is said to hold the secret to boundless power. Panicked, Shifu sends his messenger, Zeng the goose, with a request for the prison to tighten its security. He then holds a tournament for the Furious Five so that Oogway can identify the Dragon Warrior, the one kung fu master worthy of receiving the Dragon Scroll. Po arrives too late to enter the arena; desperate ...

#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 ...

#27 Croods : A NEW AGE

  Story Years ago, Guy's parents become trapped in tar. As they sink into it, they tell him to find somewhere called "tomorrow". He goes on a long journey and meets a young Belt before eventually coming across Eep, leading to the events of  the first film . The Croods, along with Guy and their pets Chunky and Douglas, are still searching for a place to settle down, all the while Grug acts annoyed at Eep and Guy's blossoming romance. One night, Grug comes across a giant wall and leads the whole pack to it. They are soon caught in a net and are released by the owners of the land, a couple named Phil and Hope Betterman and they are soon revealed to be friends of Guy's late parents and therefore, know Guy. The Bettermans welcome the Croods to their giant tree-home as house guests, where they meet their daughter and Guy's old friend Dawn who immediately befriends Eep. Life with the Bettermans becomes degrading for Grug due to the Bettermans being better evolved. Si...

#26 Croods

  Story A  cave family  called the Croods survives several  natural disasters , due to stubborn patriarch Grug refusing to let anyone leave the cave except for short periods to gather food. Eep, his teenage daughter, loves her family but frequently rebels against these strictures. One night, Eep sneaks out when she sees a light, and encounters an inventive  modern human  boy named Guy and his  pet   sloth  Belt, who have made a  torch . He warns her of an impending apocalypse and offers to help her escape, but Eep elects to stay with the family. Guy leaves her a shell horn to blow if she needs help, but when Eep returns to her frantic family, they destroy the horn out of fear of the "New". A massive earthquake destroys the cave and surrounding lands, and the Croods flee into a jungle they discover below their home mountains. Encountering a "Macawnivore", a brightly colored feline whom Eep's grandmother dubs "Chunky", the family flees him...

#24 Soul

  Story Joe Gardner, a middle school music teacher from  New York City , dreams of a career in jazz, even though his mother Libba objects to it, fearing for his financial security. One day, Joe learns of an opening in the band of jazz legend Dorothea Williams and auditions for it. Impressed with Joe's piano playing, Dorothea offers him a chance to perform later that night. As Joe happily heads off to prepare for the show, he falls down a  manhole . Joe finds himself as a soul heading into the " Great Beyond ". Unwilling to die before his big break, he tries to escape but ends up in the  "Great Before" , where soul counselors—all named Jerry—prepare unborn souls for life. Each soul has a badge which, once filled out with traits, grants passage to Earth. Mistaken for an instructor, Joe is assigned to train 22, a cynical soul who has remained in the Great Before for millennia and sees no point in living on Earth. She needs to find her "spark" to complete ...

#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...

#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...

#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...

#7 IN TIME

Story In 2169, people are generically control to stop aging at 25th birthday. From 25, the clock on their arm that counts down how long they can live also new economic system uses the time as universal currency that transferred directly between people or stored in "Time capsules". So when time reaches Zero, it called "Time out" and dies. There are several time zones for poorest people who has less than 24hours called Dayton and rich people who has enough time for a long time called Greenwich. A man called Will, he was living at Dayton and he help a man call Hamilton who are running away from someone. Will find Hamilton has 116 years of life time on the clock. But he said he is tired to live as he said people in Greenwich has most of the time to live forever, while arrange increase the prices for poor people to keep dying. Next day, Will find Hamilton pass away next to him and Will saws 116 years life time on his clock. Will was chased by Police as they suspect Hamil...

#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...

#1 THE PLATFORM

Story There is an "Platform" in the tower and people called this platform as  "Vertical Self-Management Center". Every floor assigned 2 persons and each 30days switch the floor and roommate. No one knows how many floor they have in the tower but there is big hole in the middle of building and you can see few floors below and above from your floor however, you can not see the end... In the platform, they serve the food from the top level floor and it serve Two minuets per day to feed. This is a story of A Man who join  "Vertical Self-Management Program" and what he saw in the end. Trailer Who should watch this movie? I actually recommend everyone to watch this movie since it really talk about real life but using example of platform. You should watch this movie to think where you are and what you want to do when you go upper level. Why I recommend It is very deep story to think about "People's Life". The People in Top level floor, they can eat ...