Highest-Rated Movies about 'Matador'

The Mirror (1975), The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007), Fail-Safe (1964), Mishima (1985), Talk to Her (2002), Seabiscuit (2003), Matador (1986), Intacto (2001) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Matador movies.

#17. The Kid From Spain (1932)

Storyline: Eddie and his Mexican friend Ricardo are expelled from college after Ricardo put Eddie in the girl's dormitory when he was drunk. Per chance Eddie gets mixed up in a bank robbery and is forced to drive the robbers to safety. To get rid of him they force him to leave the USA for Mexico, but a cop is following him. Eddie meets Ricardo there, Ricardo helps him avoid being arrested by the cop when he introduces Eddie as the great Spanish bullfighter Don Sebastian II. The problem is, the cop is still curious and has tickets for the bullfight. Eddie's situation becomes more critical, when he tries to help Ricardo to win the girl he loves, but she's engaged to a "real" Mexican, who is, unknown to her father, involved in illegal business. While trying to avoid all this trouble, Eddie himself falls in love with his friend's girl friend's sister Rosalie, who also want to see the great Don Sebastian II to kill the bull in the arena.—Stephan Eichenberg <eichenbe@fak-cbg.tu-muenchen.de>

Plot Keywords: blockbuster, jealousy, jail, impersonation, gunfire, guard, firing squad ...

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#18. The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)

Storyline: As writer Harry Street lays gravely wounded from an African hunting accident he feverishly reflects on what he perceives as his failures at love and writing. Through his delirium he recalls his one true love Cynthia Green who he lost by his obsession for roaming the world in search of stories for his novels. Though she is dead Cynthia continues to haunt Street's thoughts. In spite of one successful novel after another, Street feels he has compromised his talent to ensure the success of his books, making him a failure in his eyes. His neglected wife Helen tends to his wounds, listens to his ranting, endures his talk of lost loves, and tries to restore in him the will to fight his illness until help arrives. Her devotion to him makes him finally realize that he is not a failure. With his realization of a chance for love and happiness with Helen, he regains his will to live.—E.W. DesMarais <jlongst@aol.com>

Plot Keywords: memory, first love, rowboat, leg, pipe smoking, carnival, kiss ...

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#19. Return of the Seven (1966)

Storyline: After Calvera's defeat in The Magnificent Seven (1960), the love-smitten member of the original Seven, Chico, has started a family with his wife, Petra, in the now-liberated Mexican village. Three peaceful years later--as sixty gunmen of the tyrannical rancher, Lopez, round up the farmers to construct a church and a monument for his two dead sons--once more, it's up to Chris to assemble a septet of protectors and defend the villagers. However, can the new Magnificent Seven do the impossible and restore peace?—Nick Riganas

Plot Keywords: barricade, cowboy hat, horse chase, chase, returning character with different actor, opening action scene, returning character killed off ...

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#20. The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2004)

Storyline: In early 18th century Peru an old Inca rope bridge collapses, plunging five travelers to their deaths in the Andean chasm below. Brother Juniper, who was within minutes of being on the bridge himself, becomes obsessed with discovering how five people of differing class and circumstances came to be on the bridge at that moment. The Catholic friar wants to know if it was mere existential happenstance or part of God's cosmic plan. After researching the lives of the victims for five years and publishing his findings in a book, he is accused of heresy by the worldly Archbishop of Lima and is put on trial for his life by the Inquisition.—duke1029@aol.com

Plot Keywords: survivor, midget, letter, writing, actor, rehearsal, backstage ...

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#21. The Cat in the Hat (2003)

Storyline: Conrad and Sally Walden (Spencer Breslin and Dakota Fanning) are home alone with their pet fish. It is raining outside, and there is nothing to do. Until The Cat in the Hat ('Mike Myers') walks in the front door. He introduces them to their imagination, and at first it's all fun and games, until things get out of hand, and The Cat must go, go, go, before their parents get back.

Plot Keywords: cat, talking cat, dog, party, sidekick, surrealism, suitor ...

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