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(not all of these follow the conventional romance format). 32. Shakespeare in Love - 1998 - John Madden iconic couple : Joseph Fiennes & Gwyneth Paltrow 31. Hors de Prix (priceless) - 2006 - Pierre Salvadori iconic couple: Audrey Tautou & Gad Elmaleh 30.True Romance -1993 - Quentin Tarantino iconic couple: Christian Slater & Patricia Arquette 29. Knocked up -2007 - Judd Apatow iconic couple : Seth Rogen & Katherine Heigel 28. Quand j'étais chanteur (when i was a singer) - 2006- Xavier Giannoli iconic couple: Gerard Depardieu & Cecile de France 27. (500) Days of Summer - 2009 - Mark Webb iconic couple: Joseph Gordon-Levitt & Zooey Deschanel 26. The Wedding Singer - 1998 - Tim Herlihy iconic couple - Adam Sandler & Drew Barrymore 25. Punch-Drunk Love - 2002 - Paul Thomas Anderson iconic couple : Adam Sandler and Emily Watson 24. Vicky Cristina Barcelona - 2008 - Woody Allen iconic couple: Javier Bardem & Penelope Cruz/Scarlett Johanssen/Rebecca Hall 23...

as Goal.com would say- this list is satirical (mostly anyway).Criteria for selection- must be an active player during world cup 2006(club or country).(so no complaints about leaving out Baggio and Maradona). in no particular order: 16. Cristiano Ronaldo - Winger/Forward - Real Madrid supporters : people who like tricks, people who like one man shows, women, people who like great free kicks haters: people who like team play, people who don't appreciate divers, homophobics, people who expect players to win back the ball when they lose it instead of turning away and shrugging. 15. David Beckham -Midfielder/Winger- LA Galaxy supporters: women, people who appreciate a good free kick, any fashion designer who gets him to wear their outfits haters: people who think going to MLS was a sellout for the $$, people who expect professionals to do more than deliver a good free kick, premier league goalkeepers (1993-2003) & primera liga goalkeepers (2003-2007) 14. Filippo Inzaghi- Striker- AC...

The Man Booker Prize for Fiction, also known in short as the Booker Prize, is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original full-length novel , written in the English language , by a citizen of either the Commonwealth of Nations , Ireland , or Zimbabwe .The winner of the Booker Prize is generally assured of international renown and success and, for this reason, the prize is of great significance for the book trade. 12. Life of Pi - Yann Martel -Canada - Winner in 2002 11. The Inheritance of Loss - Kiran Desai - India - Winner in 2006 10. The Sea, the Sea -Iris Murdoch - Ireland/United Kingdom- Winner in 1978 9. Oscar and Lucinda - Peter Carey - Australia - winner in 1988 8. The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga - India - winner in 2008 7. The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy -India - Winner in 1997 6. The English Patient - Michael Ondaatje - Sri Lanka/Canada - winner in 1992 5. Possession: A Romance - A.S. Byatt - United Kingdom -Winner in 1990 4. The Remains of the Da...

24. Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (2003) - Virgin Music - Kazuhisa Takenouchi 23. Metropolis (2001) -Toho -Rintaro 22. Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust ( 2001) - U rban Vision Entertainment- Yoshiaki Kawajiri 21. A Scanner Darkly (2006) - Warner Independent Pictures - Richard Linklater 20. Ice Age (2002) - 20th century Fox- Chris Wedge 19. Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (2005) - Warner Bros. - Tim Burton 18. Happy Feet (2006) - Warner Bros. - George Miller 17. Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001)- Tri-Star Pictures- Shinichiro Watanabe 16. Monsters, Inc. (2001) - Pixar - Peter Doctor, Lee Unkrich & David Silverman 15. The Incredibles -(2004) - Pixar -Brad Bird 14. Chicken Run (2000) - Aardman Studios - Nick Park &Peter Lord 13. Coraline (2009) -Focus Features - Henry Selick 12. Howl's Moving Castle (2004)- Studi Ghibli - Hayao Miyazaki 11. Les Triplettes de Belleville (2003) - Diaphana Films - Sylvain Chomet 10. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Wer...

People don't watch a lot of documentaries.Maybe that's because everyone associates then with boring, drawn out chronicles of something they have no interest in. and unfortunately a lot are exactly like that.but some are good, really good. here's a list (in no order), with a quick line summary of why you should watch it: 22. Capturing the Friedmans (2003) - Andrew Jarecki why: a film about how mysterious every person is, while documenting the very disturbing topic of child abuse.throughout the film everyone seems both clearly guilty and then completely innocent. makes you realize facts are subjective. 21 . Spellbound (2002) - Jeffrey Blitz why: a film about setting goals and achieving dreams, even when that dream is to be a national spelling bee champion. more than that, it's about the 8 competitors who manage to be appealing and completely enthralling. 20. To Be and To Have ( etre at avoir )- (2003) -Nicolas Philibert why: this one has the slow parts, teaching in a...

Roles that made you reconsider the way you looked at the actor/actress. as in you didnt realize they were that could, or could even play that sort of role. breakthrough performances are another category. more a list of actors breaking out of their accustomed roles. post 1990 22.Sergi Lopez - pon's labryinth,dirty pretty things. 21. audrey tatou -À la folie... pas du tou 20.tom hakns- road to peridtion 19.tom cruise - collateral 18.christopher walken - hairspray 17.ben kingsley - sexy beast 16.natalie portman- closer 15.jack palanche - city slicker 14.bruce willis -die hard 13. anne hathaway - rachel getting married 12. reese witherspoon- walk the line 11-. jim carrey- eternal sunshine of the spotless mind 10. Jamie Fox -Ray 9. Charlize Theron - Monster 8.Tom Hanks- Big 7. Robin Williams - dead poets society. 6. javier bardem - no country for old men. 5. heath ledger - batman & brokeback mountain 4.ryan gosling - half nelson 3.ellyn burnstein - requim for a dream 2eddie murphy -...

(in no particular order) 20.The English Patient(1996) 19.Brokeback Mountain(2005) 18.Ghost World(2001) 17.Kill Bill 2(2004) 16. The Sixth Sense(1999) 15.Chicago(2001) 14.Gladiator(2000) 13.Saw(2004) 12.Speed(1994) 11. I am Legend(2007) 10. Reservoir Dogs(1992) 9. The Others(2001) 8.Shakespeare in Love(1998) 7.Titanic(1997) 6.The Blair Witch Project(1999) 5.Serendipity(2001) 4.Hustle & Flow(2004) 3.Erin Brockovich(2001) 2.As Good As it Gets(1997) 1. Ghost(1990)

7. Rocky - 1976 other nominees : Taxi Driver; Network; All the President's Men 6. Ordinary People -1980 other nominees : Raging Bull; The Elephant Man 5. Amadeus - 1984 other nominees :The Killing Fields ; A Passage to India 4. Dances with Wolves - 1990 other nominees : Goodfellas; Awakenings 3. The English Patient - 1996 other nominees : Jerry Maguir; Shine ; Fargo 2. Shakespeare in Love - 1998 other nominees : La Vita e Bella; Saving Private Ryan; The Thin Red Line 1. Out of Africa - 1985 other nominees : Prizzi's Honor; The Color Purple; Kiss of the Spider Woman

, Nobel's choice of emphasis on "idealistic" or "ideal" (in English translation) in his criteria for the Nobel Prize in Literature has led to recurrent controversy. .In the early twentieth century, the Nobel Committee interpreted the intent of the will strictly and did not award certain world-renowned authors of the time such as Henry James, Leo Tolstoy, Mark Twain, Emile Zola, Anton Chekov and Henrik Ibsen .More recently, the wording has been interpreted more liberally. Since there was a reason , albeit a exceedingly poor one, for exclusion of these authors this list only refers to more recent authors who were snubbed (i.e writers who died after 1920). (This list will be biased towards writers who wrote in English or French. Or whose works have been translated into those languages. There are many writers in other languages who are likely to have deserved a Nobel, but a lack of comprehension of those languages makes the judging of their works impossible. Obviou...

10. Remembrance of Things Past ( À la recherche du temps perdu ) - Marcel Proust - 1913–1927 Summary: A man remembers large parts of his past, involuntarily. All because of an incident where he dips a madeleine into tea. In a book where basically nothing happens except the very ordinary life of the narrator, the story still manages to capture one's attention. Also the author manages to make every experience, thought and emotion seem as something that everyone has either experienced or can relate to. Written with almost every word in the vocabulary, it is condensation of innumerable literary, structural, stylistic, and thematic possibilities. 9.Ulysses - James Joyce - 1922 Summary : The entire book follows a day in the life of Leopold Bloom on 16th June 1904 through the streets of Dublin. A deceptively simple plot but while reading the plot itself becomes secondary or even forgotten. Most of what makes this book a classic are the hundreds of references and allusions to other works...