
2005
Batman Begins
A serious, grown-up origin story that builds Batman out of choices, not gadgetry.
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2005
A serious, grown-up origin story that builds Batman out of choices, not gadgetry.
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2005
A love that lived in the margins — and a man who kept it there.
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2005
An eccentric chocolatier, a grubby golden ticket and a movie that still tastes of Tim Burton’s particular weirdness.
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2005
A tough-love coach, a team on the line and a simple rule: lessons off the scoreboard matter as much as those on it.
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2005
A chain‑smoking demon‑hunter, a missing sister, and a theological tug‑of‑war — with Keanu Reeves in the middle of it all.
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2005
A tiny, gothic love story where vows, class and an accidental wedding ring decide who gets to be alive.
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2005
A stretched-out genius, a bloke made of rock and a bloke on fire — and Reed Richards holding the whole thing together.
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2005
A panicked mother. A plane full of sceptics. Flightplan is a mid‑00s thriller that still bets everything on one woman's refusal to be ignored.
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2005
Triwizard peril, teenage rows and the moment Hogwarts feels a lot less safe.
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2005
A rom‑com about coaching people to be themselves — and what happens when the coach needs lessons too.
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2005
Backpackers, bad choices and a market for cruelty — Paxton is the one you end up routing for.
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2005
A war movie about waiting, masculinity and what happens when training outlasts purpose.
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2005
A giant ape, a desperate actress and a director who refuses to let go — nostalgia wrapped in spectacle.
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2005
A crime caper that’s part whodunnit, part self-aware love letter to noir — and utterly carried by one small‑time thief with a mouth.
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2005
An arms dealer with a witty conscience: cynical, funny and still a little unnerving.
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2005
A showman lion, escape‑minded penguins and a lemur king — friendship, identity and the pull of the wild.
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2005
Marriage as camouflage: domestic boredom meets freelance assassination.
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2005
Retribution, doubt and one man unravelling in the name of vengeance.
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2005
Elizabeth Bennet, messy houses and very awkward proposals — Austen with a 2000s pulse.
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2005
A frantic father, a captured killer on camera and a house full of horrible choices — and yes, it still makes your stomach drop.
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2005
Blood, black‑and‑white and very particular justice.
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2005
The political coup, the love that unravels a man — and one heartbreaking fall everyone still argues about.
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2005
A grown man's coming‑of‑age told with pub‑crude jokes and an unexpectedly steady heart.
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2005
A wartime wardrobe, a lion, and the messy business of becoming a leader.
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2005
Grief, friendship and the very bad idea of going underground together.
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2005
A late-00s Bay blockbuster that asks: when your body is a commodity, who gets to be human?
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2005
A masked revenge play about ideas, identity and whether a single symbol can topple a regime.
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2005
Friendship, gadgets and a very awkward rabbit—Wallace keeps all the wheels turning.
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2005
A father, two kids and a city falling apart — Spielberg turns an alien invasion into a family road movie.
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2005
Two mates, one set of wedding rules — and a reason to believe someone can stop treating love like a hobby.
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