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Jerome’s 100 Favorite Movies Ever: Clerks

The Movie: Clerks (1994)

One Sentence Plot Summary: Dante Hicks is the worst person (and biggest idiot) ever, and he doesn’t deserve either of the women romantically interested in him.

Jerome’s 100 Favorite Movies Ever: Platoon

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The Movie: Platoon (1986)

One Sentence Plot Summary: Chris Taylor is a young naïve volunteer soldier trying to find himself and gets caught in the conflict of war and two sergeants who have differing viewpoints on the war.

Jerome’s 100 Favorite Movies Ever: Saving Private Ryan

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The Movie: Saving Private Ryan (1998)

One Sentence Plot Summary: Captain Miller leads a small platoon of men on a mission to save Matt Damon, thus continuing the genre of “Saving Matt Damon Movies.”*

Jerome’s 100 Favorite Movies Ever: If Beale Street Could Talk

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The Movie: If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)

One Sentence Plot Summary: Tish is a pregnant woman dealing with her partner in jail and the struggles of family but ultimately realize families can still enjoy each other, even in prison.

Jerome’s 100 Favorite Movies Ever: Leave No Trace

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The Movie: Leave No Trace (2018)

One Sentence Plot Summary: Will and Tom try to make life work in the forests of the northwest and come to an impasse that will change both of their lives.

Jerome’s 100 Favorite Movies Ever: Inglorious Basterds

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The Movie: Inglorious Basterds (2009)

One Sentence Plot Summary: The Basterds want to end the war and kill nazis while Col. Landa is on a hunt of his own.

Jerome’s 100 Favorite Movies Ever: Pulp Fiction

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The Movie: Pulp Fiction (1994)

One Sentence Plot Summary: Quentin Tarantino crafts a weaving series of tales and spawned a lot of bad imitators of fake over the next 25 years.

Jerome’s 100 Favorite Movies Ever: Parasite

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The Movie: Parasite (2019)

One Sentence Plot Summary: A lower class family infiltrates a rich family, but little do they know there’s a surprise waiting in the basement that isn’t a monster but rather an allegory for class warfare.

Jerome’s 100 Favorite Movies Ever: The Farewell

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The Movie: The Farewell (2019)

One Sentence Plot Summary: Billi must control her emotions and viewpoint on the terminal diagnosis of her grandmother and learns that sometimes, it’s okay to tell a lie.

Jerome’s 100 Favorite Movies Ever: Die Hard

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The Movie: Die Hard (1988)

One Sentence Plot Summary: While America is concerned about Asians taking over the world, it’s really white people who are the terrorists (true in 1988, true in 2020).