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Top 5 movies
Current movies recommended by the Times:
By Times Staff
Published February 10, 2005
1. Million Dollar Baby - Clint Eastwood's marvelously detailed film begins as a boxing drama, then turns into something deeper, haunting. His direction and Hilary Swank's performance won Golden Globes, and the film has seven Oscar nominations.
2. The Sea Inside - A paralyzed man (Javier Bardem) fights for his right to die with self-respect. Golden Globe winner and Oscar nomination for best foreign language film.
3. The Assassination of Richard Nixon - Sean Penn might have earned another Oscar nomination if Niels Mueller's film, based on a 1972 incident, wasn't so eerily close to post-9/11 tension for comfort.
4. Hotel Rwanda - Don Cheadle earned Golden Globe and Oscar nominations for this true-life story set against genocidal conditions in Africa. Terry George's film was also Globe-nominated for best dramatic film and Sophie Okonedo got a supporting actress Oscar nomination.
5. Assault on Precinct 13 - Tired of highbrow award contenders? This remake of a 1976 B-movie classic is loud, violent fun.
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