Full Metal Jacket summary: Full Metal Jacket is a war film that follows a platoon of U.S. Marines through their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting set during the 1968 Tet Offensive of the Vietnam War.
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2001: A Space Odyssey summary: 2001: A Space Odyssey is a science fiction film that explores themes of evolution, technology, artificial intelligence, and extraterrestrial life through a journey across space that begins with prehistoric ape-men and culminates with a space voyage to Jupiter.
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Paths of Glory summary: Paths of Glory is a war film where a commanding officer defends his soldiers who refuse to undertake a suicidal attack during World War I, leading to their court-martial for cowardice.
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The Shining summary: A writer takes a job as a winter caretaker at a remote hotel, where he, his wife, and their psychic son are terrorized by supernatural forces and his own descent into madness.
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Barry Lyndon summary: Barry Lyndon is a film about an Irish rogue who uses his cunning and charm to climb the social ladder of 18th-century English society, eventually becoming a nobleman, but his pride leads to his downfall.
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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb summary: In the midst of the Cold War, a deranged U.S. general triggers a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically try to stop.
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A Clockwork Orange summary: A Clockwork Orange is a dystopian crime film about a violent gang leader who is arrested and subjected to an experimental aversion therapy in an attempt to stop his antisocial behavior.
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