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- 1Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Christoph WaltzSet against the backdrop of World War II, Inglourious Basterds is a compelling tale about two plots to assassinate Nazi Germany's political leadership. The first plot involves Lieutenant Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt), who leads a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as the Basterds, on a mission to kill Nazis in gruesome ways. Parallel to this, Shosanna Dreyfus (Mélanie Laurent), a French-Jewish cinema proprietor, prepares her own scheme for revenge. Directed by Quentin Tarantino, this film won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (Christoph Waltz). It's an intriguing blend of history and fiction, filled with Tarantino's signature humor and violence.More Inglourious Basterds
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- 2Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprioDjango Unchained, a Quentin Tarantino film, is an audacious blend of spaghetti western and blaxploitation genres. The narrative follows Django (Jamie Foxx), a freed slave turned bounty hunter, on a perilous mission to rescue his wife Broomhilda (Kerry Washington) from the clutches of a ruthless plantation owner, Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio). Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz), a German dentist-turned-bounty-hunter, acts as Django's mentor in this journey. Brimming with Tarantino's trademark violence and dark humor, the film won two Academy Awards - Best Original Screenplay for Tarantino and Best Supporting Actor for Waltz.More Django Unchained
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- 3Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph WaltzWhen some roughhousing between two 11-year-old boys named Zachary and Ethan erupts into real violence, Ethan loses two teeth. Zachary's parents, Alan and Nancy Cowen (Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz), meet with Ethan's parents, Penelope and Michael Longstreet (Jodie Foster, John C. Reilly), to try to smooth things over. However, what starts as a polite meeting among adults descends into finger-pointing, tantrums and insults. Based on the play "God of Carnage" by Yasmina Reza.
- 4Reese Witherspoon, Robert Pattinson, Christoph WaltzJacob Jankowski (Robert Pattinson), a veterinary student, is close to graduating when a terrible tragedy forces him to leave school. With nowhere else to go, he hops on a passing train and finds it belongs to a traveling circus. Jacob takes a job as an animal caretaker and meets Marlena (Reese Witherspoon), a beautiful circus performer. Their shared compassion for a special elephant named Rosie leads to love, but August (Christoph Waltz), Marlena's cruel husband, stands in their way.More Water for Elephants
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- 5Seth Rogen, Jay Chou, Cameron DiazBritt Reid (Seth Rogen), the heir to the largest newspaper fortune in Los Angeles, is a spoiled playboy who has been, thus far, happy to lead an aimless life. After his father (Tom Wilkinson) dies, Britt meets Kato (Jay Chou), a resourceful company employee. Realizing that they have the talent and resources to make something of their lives, Britt and Kato join forces as costumed crime-fighters to bring down the city's most-powerful criminal, Chudnofsky (Christoph Waltz).More The Green Hornet
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- 6Matthew McFadyen, Milla Jovovich, Logan LermanD'Artagnan (Logan Lerman) leaves his home in rural France to fulfill his ambition of becoming one of the king's elite guardsmen, the Musketeers. In Paris he meets Athos (Matthew MacFadyen), Porthos (Ray Stevenson) and Aramis (Luke Evans) -- three of the king's finest swordsmen, who have been laid low by Milady De Winter's (Milla Jovovich) betrayal. D'Artagnan rallies his new friends to foil Cardinal Richelieu's (Christoph Waltz) plot to overthrow the monarchy and crown himself king of France.
- 7Christoph Waltz, Peter Firth, Vladek SheybalFire and Sword is a 1982 German romance/adventure film, directed by Veith von Fürstenberg . It is based on the legend of Tristan and Iseult. The film won the Caixa de Catalunya in Best Cinematography and was nominated for the International Fantasy Film Award for Best Film.
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Das merkwürdige Verhalten geschlechtsreifer Großstädter zur Paarungszeit
Christoph Waltz, Anica Dobra, Ann-Kathrin KramerDas merkwürdige Verhalten geschlechtsreifer Großstädter zur Paarungszeit is a 1998 German romantic comedy film. It earned director Marc Rothemund a Bavarian Film Award for "Best Young Director". It was the second highest grossing domestic film in Germany in 1998. The film is a comedy centering on the lives of eight Germans who long for sexual excitement. - 9Kevin Spacey, Linda Fiorentino, Peter MullanThe police and the IRA hunt a modern Robin Hood (Kevin Spacey) who stole a painting worth $45 million.
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Wahnfried
Christoph Waltz, Anton Diffring, Otto SanderWahnfried is a 1986 German-French drama film directed by Peter Patzak about the life of Richard Wagner. It was screened out of competition at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. - 11Sushant Singh Rajput, Ayesha KapurPaani is a 2015 science fiction romance drama film written by David Farr and Shekhar Kapur and directed by Shekhar Kapur.
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Gun-Shy
Christoph Waltz, Johan Leysen, Lena StolzeGun-Shy is a 2003 film directed by Dito Tsintsadze. - 13Sean Bean, Christoph Waltz, Lara Flynn BoyleJacob is a German/Italian/American television movie from 1994, based on the novel Giacobbe by Francesco Maria Nappi, which is in turn based on a Biblical account from the Book of Genesis about Jacob.
- 14Christoph Waltz, Richard Grieco, Sendhil RamamurthyDeath, Deceit and Destiny Aboard the Orient Express is a 2000 thriller film about a group of international terrorists who, a few days before the start of the new millennium, lure a group of very rich celebrities and businesspeople on board the Orient Express from Paris to Istanbul in order to extort large sums of money from them. The screenplay for the movie was written by Peter Welbeck and Peter Jobin. The film, which was directed by Mark Roper, starred Richard Grieco, Joanna Bukovska, Romina Mondello, Christoph Waltz, Sendhil Ramamurthy and Götz Otto.
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Georgetown
Christoph Waltz, Vanessa Redgrave, Annette BeningAn eccentric and smooth-talking social climber who seems to have everyone in Washington, D.C., wrapped around his finger is investigated after his wealthy, well-connected and much older wife turns up dead in their home. - 16Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Keean JohnsonIn the visually stunning cyberpunk world of Alita: Battle Angel, a compassionate doctor, Dr. Dyson Ido (Christoph Waltz), salvages a discarded cyborg core, Alita (Rosa Salazar). Amidst the scrapyard metropolis of Iron City, he rebuilds her into a new body and she awakens with no memory of her past. As Alita learns to navigate her new life and the treacherous streets of Iron City, she discovers latent fighting skills that hint at a dark history. Meanwhile, shadowy figures from behind-the-scenes steer her towards an uncertain future. This action-packed film is layered with intrigue and mystery, as it takes the audience on an unforgettable journey through memory, identity, and redemption.More Alita: Battle Angel
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