Movie Love 2018-2019 (Bíóást; RÚV)
by thorarinn93 | created - 02 Jun 2019 | updated - 02 Jun 2019 | PublicExhibition series of classical movies, which have in common that have rich influence on contemporary time and zeitgeist. Filmists tell us about their favorite movie, which is shown afterwards.
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1. Thelma & Louise (1991)
R | 130 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Two best friends set out on an adventure, but it soon turns around to a terrifying escape from being hunted by the police, as these two women escape for the crimes they committed.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen
Votes: 173,229 | Gross: $45.36M
Kristín Eysteinsdóttir. (September 15th 2018) Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/bioast-vard-fyrir-uppljomun (2x). (3:05)
2. E.T. (1982)
PG | 115 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
A troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape from Earth and return to his home planet.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Peter Coyote, Dee Wallace
Votes: 437,625 | Gross: $435.11M
Sævar Helgi Bragason. (September 22nd 2018) Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/bioast-godar-geimverur-og-vondir-visindamenn. (2:40)
3. The Untouchables (1987)
R | 119 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
During Prohibition, Treasury agent Eliot Ness sets out to stop ruthless Chicago gangster Al Capone, and assembles a small, incorruptible team to help him.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Robert De Niro, Charles Martin Smith
Votes: 330,883 | Gross: $76.27M
Hulda G. Geirsdóttir. (September 29th 2018) Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/bioast-sannsoguleg-loggu-og-bofamynd. (3:21)
4. The Postman (1994)
PG | 108 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet, and then uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice.
Directors: Michael Radford, Massimo Troisi | Stars: Massimo Troisi, Philippe Noiret, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Renato Scarpa
Votes: 39,005 | Gross: $21.85M
Sigurlaug Margrét Jónasdóttir. (October 6th 2018) Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/bioast-madur-er-bara-uff. (3:15)
5. The Breakfast Club (1985)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama
Five high school students meet in Saturday detention and discover how they have a great deal more in common than they thought.
Director: John Hughes | Stars: Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy
Votes: 436,646 | Gross: $45.88M
Arnar Eggert Thoroddsen. (October 13th 2018) Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/bioast-sigild-unglingamynd-sem-stendur-upp-ur. (2:21)
6. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
R | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.
Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine
Votes: 1,548,551 | Gross: $130.74M
Helga Vala Helgadóttir. (October 20th 2018) Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/bioast-velindad-threngist-og-blodid-thykknar. (2:42)
7. The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Music
Two drag performers and a transgender woman travel across the desert to perform their unique style of cabaret.
Director: Stephan Elliott | Stars: Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce, Terence Stamp, Rebel Penfold-Russell
Votes: 55,107 | Gross: $11.22M
Margrét Erla Maack. (October 27th 2018) Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/sja-pallietturnar-glampa-i-eydimerkursolinni. (2:44)
8. The Accused (1988)
R | 111 min | Crime, Drama
After a young woman suffers a brutal gang rape in a bar one night, a prosecutor assists in bringing the perpetrators to justice, including the ones who encouraged and cheered on the attack.
Director: Jonathan Kaplan | Stars: Kelly McGillis, Jodie Foster, Bernie Coulson, Leo Rossi
Votes: 40,032 | Gross: $32.07M
Brynhildur Björnsdóttir. (November 3rd 2018) Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/bioast-ofbeldi-hvorki-romantiskt-ne-spennandi. (3:37)
9. Pretty Woman (1990)
R | 119 min | Comedy, Romance
A man in a legal but hurtful business needs an escort for some social events, and hires a beautiful prostitute he meets... only to fall in love.
Director: Garry Marshall | Stars: Richard Gere, Julia Roberts, Jason Alexander, Laura San Giacomo
Votes: 362,493 | Gross: $178.41M
Júlía Margrét Alexandersdóttir. (November 10th 2018) Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/bioast-astarsaga-sem-yrdi-ekki-gerd-i-dag. (3:28)
10. Fargo (1996)
R | 98 min | Crime, Thriller
Minnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.
Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: William H. Macy, Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare
Votes: 726,839 | Gross: $24.61M
Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson. (November 17th 2018) Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/kolsvort-rokkurmynd-i-yfirgnaefandi-hvitum-lit. (3:26)
11. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
R | 102 min | Drama
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island people are shattered when their addictions run deep..
Director: Darren Aronofsky | Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans
Votes: 898,927 | Gross: $3.64M
Baldvin Z. (November 24th 2018) Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/bioast-myndmal-kvikmyndarinnar-taladi-til-min. (3:16)
12. The Great Dictator (1940)
G | 125 min | Comedy, Drama, War
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie, Reginald Gardiner
Votes: 237,383 | Gross: $0.29M
Sigurður Sigurjónsson. (December 8th 2018) Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/bioast-storkostlega-merkileg-og-dapurleg. (2:12)
13. Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
R | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Over the course of five social occasions, a committed bachelor must consider the notion that he may have discovered love.
Director: Mike Newell | Stars: Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell, James Fleet, Simon Callow
Votes: 166,189 | Gross: $52.70M
Sif Gunnarsdóttir. (December 15th 2018) Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/bioast-hugh-grant-med-ikoniska-lubbann-sinn. (4:32)
14. Rain Man (1988)
R | 133 min | Drama
After a selfish L.A. yuppie learns his estranged father left a fortune to an autistic-savant brother in Ohio that he didn't know existed, he absconds with his brother and sets out across the country, hoping to gain a larger inheritance.
Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino, Gerald R. Molen
Votes: 546,723 | Gross: $178.80M
Jón Gnarr. (December 29th 2018) Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/bioast-mynd-sem-breytti-vidhorfi-og-upplysti. (3:26)
15. A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Crime
In London, four very different people team up on a jewel heist, then try to double-cross one another for the loot, complicated by their efforts to fool a very proper barrister.
Directors: Charles Crichton, John Cleese | Stars: John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin
Votes: 153,941 | Gross: $63.49M
Freyr Gígja Gunnarsson. (January 5th 2019) Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/bioast-otrulegt-personugalleri. (3:16)
16. Wild at Heart (1990)
R | 125 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Young lovers Sailor and Lula run from the variety of weirdos that Lula's mom has hired to kill Sailor.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern, Willem Dafoe, J.E. Freeman
Votes: 100,993 | Gross: $14.56M
Sigurjón Sighvatsson. (January 12th 2019) Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/bioast-eg-bara-sendi-bokina-til-david. (4:17)
17. Do the Right Thing (1989)
R | 120 min | Comedy, Drama
On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.
Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson
Votes: 112,439 | Gross: $27.55M
Kjartan Guðmundsson. (January 19th 2019) Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/bioast-gekk-langt-i-dyrkun-sinni-a-mookie. (3:23)
18. Cinema Paradiso (1988)
R | 174 min | Drama, Romance
A filmmaker recalls his childhood when falling in love with the pictures at the cinema of his home village and forms a deep friendship with the cinema's projectionist.
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Enzo Cannavale, Antonella Attili, Isa Danieli
Votes: 282,976 | Gross: $11.99M
Sigríður Hagalín Björnsdóttir. (January 26th 2019) Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/bioast-astarodur-til-kvikmyndalistarinnar. (2:54)
19. Billy Elliot (2000)
R | 110 min | Drama, Music
A talented young boy becomes torn between his unexpected love of dance and the disintegration of his family.
Director: Stephen Daldry | Stars: Jamie Bell, Julie Walters, Jean Heywood, Jamie Draven
Votes: 142,829 | Gross: $22.00M
Unnur Ösp Stefánsdóttir. (February 2nd 2019) Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/bioast-myndin-breytti-einhverju-innra-med-mer. (3:37)
20. The Sixth Sense (1999)
PG-13 | 107 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Malcolm Crowe, a child psychologist, starts treating a young boy, Cole, who encounters dead people and convinces him to help them. In turn, Cole helps Malcolm reconcile with his estranged wife.
Director: M. Night Shyamalan | Stars: Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette, Olivia Williams
Votes: 1,051,570 | Gross: $293.51M
Ævar Þór Benediktsson. (February 9th 2019) Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/hann-er-storkostlegur-i-thessari-mynd. (2:26 or 2:27)
21. When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Harry and Sally have known each other for years, and are very good friends, but they fear sex would ruin the friendship.
Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher, Bruno Kirby
Votes: 242,777 | Gross: $92.82M
Þóra Hallgrímsdóttir. (February 16th 2019) Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/bioast-geta-karlar-og-konur-verid-vinir. (4:38)
22. Boyhood (I) (2014)
R | 165 min | Drama
The life of Mason, from early childhood to his arrival at college.
Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke, Elijah Smith
Votes: 367,191 | Gross: $25.38M
Hlynur Páll Pálsson. (February 23rd 2019) Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/bioast-fluga-a-vegg-i-lifi-folks-i-tolf-ar. (4:05)
23. Jaws (1975)
PG | 124 min | Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
When a killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Cape Cod, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary
Votes: 659,604 | Gross: $260.00M
Bragi Þór Hinriksson. (March 2nd 2019) Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/bioast-ogleymanleg-lifsreynsla. (3:22)
24. Secrets & Lies (1996)
R | 136 min | Comedy, Drama
Following the death of her adoptive parents, a successful young black optometrist establishes contact with her biological mother -- a lonely white factory worker living in poverty in East London.
Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: Timothy Spall, Brenda Blethyn, Phyllis Logan, Claire Rushbrook
Votes: 47,200 | Gross: $13.42M
Magnús Karl Magnússon. (April 13th 2019) Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/bioast-hittir-mann-beint-i-hjartastad (2x). (3:46)
25. Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)
G | 106 min | Drama, History, Musical
Film version of the musical stage play, presenting the last few weeks of Christ's life told in an anachronistic manner.
Director: Norman Jewison | Stars: Ted Neeley, Carl Anderson, Yvonne Elliman, Barry Dennen
Votes: 29,923 | Gross: $24.48M
Pétur "Jesús" Örn Guðmundsson. (April 19th 2019)* Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/bioast-fedgarnir-badir-i-hlutverki-jesu (2x). (4:07)^ *Friday; not Saturday. ^Malfunctioning sound system in 2-3 minutes.
26. The Piano (1993)
R | 121 min | Drama, Music, Romance
In the mid-19th century a mute woman is sent to New Zealand along with her young daughter and prized piano for an arranged marriage to a farmer, but is soon lusted after by a farm worker.
Director: Jane Campion | Stars: Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin
Votes: 95,179 | Gross: $40.16M
Vera Sölvadóttir. (April 27th 2019) Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/bioast-takid-eftir-myndmalinu (2x). (2:27)
27. The Others (2001)
PG-13 | 104 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
In 1945, immediately following the end of Second World War, a woman who lives with her two photosensitive children on her darkened old family estate in the Channel Islands becomes convinced that the home is haunted.
Director: Alejandro Amenábar | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Christopher Eccleston, Fionnula Flanagan, Alakina Mann
Votes: 393,309 | Gross: $96.52M
Reynir Lyngdal. (May 4th 2019) Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/bioast-vakti-strax-sterk-vidbrogd-hja-mer-0 (2x). (2:50)
28. Steel Magnolias (1989)
PG | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the local salon, where a small group of women share a close bond of friendship, and welcome her into the fold.
Director: Herbert Ross | Stars: Shirley MacLaine, Olympia Dukakis, Sally Field, Julia Roberts
Votes: 63,088 | Gross: $83.76M
María Guðmundsdóttir. (May 11th 2019) Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/konur-sem-eiga-skilid-ad-tekid-se-eftir-theim (2x). (2:35)
29. Raging Bull (1980)
R | 129 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci, Frank Vincent
Votes: 380,311 | Gross: $23.38M
Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson. (May 25th 2019) Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/bioast-blod-i-svarthvitu-er-sukkuladisyrop. (4:06)
30. Tootsie (1982)
PG | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Michael Dorsey, an unsuccessful actor, disguises himself as a woman in order to get a role on a trashy hospital soap.
Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman
Votes: 114,693 | Gross: $177.20M
Jóhanna Vigdís Arnardóttir. (June 1st 2019) Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/bioast-bill-murray-stelur-senunni. (3:28)
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