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Starring John TravoltaKaren GorneyBarry Miller
By John Badham, <undefined>.
John Travolta graduated from minor celebrity to superstar with Saturday Night Fever.
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: Extended Edition
Starring Elijah WoodSean AstinIan Holm
By Peter Jackson, 2001.
From the idyllic shire of the Hobbits to the smoking chasms of Mordor, director Peter Jackson follows Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood) as he embarks on his epic quest. The movie -- which nabbed 13 Oscar nods -- boasts an outstanding cast, including Ian McKellen and Viggo Mortensen.
- Bringing Up Baby
Starring Katharine HepburnCary GrantCharlie Ruggles
By Howard Hawks, 1938.
Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant star in this inspired comedy about a madcap heiress with a pet leopard who meets an absent-minded paleontologist and unwittingly makes a fiasco of both their lives.
- Hellboy: Animated: Blood and Iron
Starring Selma BlairRon PerlmanJohn Hurt
By Guillermo del Toro, 2007.
When a vampire destroyed by professor Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm decades ago is resurrected, supernatural agents Hellboy, Liz Sherman and Abe Sapien must stop a demon uprising. As the team battles hordes of ghosts and hellhounds, a showdown brews between Hellboy and Hecate, queen of the witches.
- The Outsiders - The Complete Novel Extended Edition
Starring Emilio EstevezTom CruiseMatt Dillon
By Francis Ford Coppola, 1983.
Acclaimed filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola breathes new life into his beloved 1983 coming-of-age tale based on the novel by S.E. Hinton. This restored version features previously unreleased footage, including a new beginning and ending; a new soundtrack (with tunes from Elvis and Van Morrison)...
- Escape from Alcatraz
Starring Clint EastwoodFred WardPatrick McGoohan
By Don Siegel, 1979.
After being sent to the nation's toughest prison for life, career criminal Frank Morris (Clint Eastwood) quickly starts planning his unauthorized departure. Enlisting two bank-robber brothers (Fred Ward and Jack Thibeau) as accomplices, Morris meticulously works out every detail before commencing...
- Angel Heart
Starring Mickey RourkeRobert De NiroLisa Bonet
By Alan Parker, 1987.
Harry Angel (Mickey Rourke), a down-and-out 1950s Brooklyn gumshoe, is hired by shady Louis Cyphre (Robert De Niro) to locate a pop singer who reneged on a debt. Each time Harry makes contact with someone who might know the singer's whereabouts, though, he or she is killed in a horrible...
- Key Largo
Starring Humphrey BogartEdward G. RobinsonLauren Bacall
By John Huston, 1948.
As a hurricane wreaks havoc outside, Army veteran Frank McCloud (Humphrey Bogart), Nora Temple (Lauren Bacall) and her invalid father-in-law face a worse storm inside the Temples' tumbledown Florida hotel. Frank stopped by merely to pay his respects to war-widow Nora, only to find the hotel...
- The Cannonball Run
Starring Bert ConvyBurt ReynoldsRoger Moore
By Hal Needham, 1981.
Burt Reynolds, Farrah Fawcett, Dom DeLuise, Peter Fonda, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and Jackie Chan are all entrants in an illegal cross-country car race, and all are willing to do anything to win. Chockablock with cool cars, fast driving, wacky hi-jinx and sexual innuendos, this crowd pleaser...
- Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story
By Pete Michels, 2005.
Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story is a direct-to-DVD animated film set in Family Guy 's fictional universe . Released on September 27, 2005, the movie's main plot point concerns Stewie Griffin trying to find his real father. The DVD contains commentaries and a sneak preview of...
- Unleashed
Starring Jet LiMorgan FreemanBob Hoskins
By Louis Leterrier, 2005.
Raised as a slave, Danny (Jet Li) is like an animal who knows nothing but fighting for survival. In fact, his "master," Bart (Bob Hoskins), thinks of him as a pet and goes as far as leashing him with a collar. Together, they make money in fight clubs, where Danny's the main contender.
- Frankenstein
Starring Robert De NiroKenneth BranaghTom Hulce
By Kenneth Branagh, 1994.
When Victor Frankenstein rejects the artificial man he just created, the monster escapes and later swears revenge.
- Crimes and Misdemeanors
Starring Woody AllenAnjelica HustonMartin Landau
By Woody Allen, 1989.
Respected ophthalmologist Judah (Martin Landau) faces an ugly dilemma when his mistress (Anjelica Huston) threatens to expose their affair. Meanwhile, married filmmaker Cliff (Woody Allen) falls for a TV producer while shooting a documentary about an arrogant comedian (Alan Alda).
- Logan's Run
Starring Michael YorkRichard JordanFarrah Fawcett
By Michael Anderson, 1976.
In the year 2274, the world's urban centers have been abandoned due to ecological disaster, and the remaining population has forged a society in a domed city, where no one is allowed to live past age 30 in this sci-fi adventure from Michael Anderson. Michael York stars as a population control agent...
- WarGames
Starring Matthew BroderickDabney ColemanJohn Wood
By John Badham, 1983.
After he cracks the security of an Air Force supercomputer, young hacker David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) accidentally tells it to start preparing a preemptive nuclear strike. Combining Cold War paranoia with adolescent adventure, director John Badham's techno-thriller follows Lightman and...
- Tuck Everlasting
Starring Victor GarberAmy IrvingWilliam Hurt
By Jay Russell, 2002.
Set in the 1800s, this dreamy film follows a reclusive family (Sissy Spacek, William Hurt, Scott Bairstow and Jonathan Jackson) that possesses eternal youth thanks to a magic spring. When a teenage girl named Winnie (Alexis Bledel) gets lost in the woods and meets Jesse Tuck (Jackson) near the...
- Mr. Mom
Starring Michael KeatonTeri GarrFrederick Koehler
By Stan Dragoti, 1983.
Jack and Caroline are a couple making a decent living When Jack suddenly loses his job. They agree that he should stay at home and look after the house while Caroline works. It's just that he's never done it before, and really doesn't have a clue.
- Mr. Holland's Opus
Starring Richard DreyfussOlympia DukakisGlenne Headly
By Stephen Herek, 1995.
In 1965, passionate musician Glenn Holland (Richard Dreyfuss) takes a day job as a high school music teacher, convinced it's just a small obstacle on the road to his true calling: writing a historic opus. As the decades roll by with the composition unwritten but generations of students inspired...
- Dragnet
Starring Dan AykroydTom HanksDabney Coleman
By Tom Mankiewicz, 1987.
Los Angeles detective Joe Friday (Dan Aykroyd) -- a straight-laced cop who can recite the penal code in his sleep -- and his new hipster partner, Pep Streebek (Tom Hanks), put their heads together to solve a series of nefarious, religious-cult crimes. .
- His Girl Friday
Starring Cary GrantRosalind RussellRalph Bellamy
By Howard Hawks, 1940.
Hildy Johnson (Rosalind Russell) is about to get hitched to dull insurance agent Bruce Baldwin (Ralph Bellamy) -- that's if her ex-husband, ruthless newspaper publisher Walter Burns (Cary Grant), doesn't succeed in winning her back in this battle-of-the-sexes screwball comedy.
- Ice Princess
Starring Joan CusackKim CattrallMichelle Trachtenberg
By Tim Fywell, 2005.
In this new take on the traditional "ugly duckling turns into a swan" tale, Casey (Michelle Trachtenberg), a smart high school student whose mother (Joan Cusack) has her eyes set on Harvard, longs to become a figure skater like Gen (Hayden Panettiere), a beautiful prodigy who's active in the...
- While You Were Sleeping
Starring Sandra BullockBill PullmanPeter Gallagher
By Jon Turteltaub, 1995.
Lucy Moderatz (Bullock) is a lonely fare collector on the Chicago elevated railway who has a secret crush on a handsome commuter named Peter Callaghan (Gallagher). On Christmas day, Lucy rescues Peter from an oncoming train after a mugger pushes him onto the tracks. Peter falls into a coma, and...
- Eddie Murphy: Delirious
Starring Eddie Murphy
By Bruce Gowers, 1983.
Eddie Murphy's classic 1983 stand-up comedy routine, filmed live in Washington, D.C., is still oft quoted ("You dropped your ice cream, you dropped your ice cream") and remembered for his raunchy, racy material and no-holds-barred delivery. Included never-before-seen footage and an interview with...
- Bad News Bears
Starring Billy Bob ThorntonGreg KinnearMarcia Gay Harden
By Richard Linklater, 2005.
A grizzled little league coach tries to lead a ragtag team of outcasts and delinquents to victory in this remake of the 1970s classic. With little hope that his new team will ever be any good, grouchy Coach Buttermaker (Billy Bob Thornton) manages to find each kid's special talent.
- Man on the Moon
Starring Paul GiamattiDanny DeVitoJim Carrey
By Milos Forman, 2000.
Jim Carrey gives the performance of his career as the insanely inventive comedian Andy Kaufman. Best known as lovable mechanic Latka Gravas on the 1970s sitcom "Taxi," Kaufman shocked audiences with his caustic, off-the-wall routines that often crossed the line from comedy to performance art.
- Stuart Little
Starring Michael J. FoxGeena DavisJeffrey Jones
By Rob Minkoff, 1999.
Mr. and Mrs. Little (Hugh Laurie and Geena Davis, respectively) want to adopt a brother for their only child, George (Jonathan Lipnicki). They get more than they bargained for at the orphanage, however, when they meet the precocious Stuart (voiced by Michael J.
- Ever After
Starring Drew BarrymoreAnjelica HustonDougray Scott
By Andy Tennant, 1998.
The "real" story of Cinderella. A refreshing new take on the classic fairy tale.
- Passport to Paris
Starring Matt WinstonYvonne ScioMary-Kate Olsen
By Alan Metter, 1999.
Thirteen-year-old twins Melanie and Allyson Porter (Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen) spend spring break in Paris with their grandfather, the U.S. ambassador to France. Racing around the city on mopeds, they befriend a famous supermodel, bring American culture to the embassy, teach their uptight...
- Red Eye
Starring Rachel McAdamsCillian MurphyBrian Cox
By Wes Craven, 2005.
Terrified of flying, Lisa Reisert (Rachel McAdams) reluctantly hops a red-eye flight bound for Miami and buckles up for a bumpy ride. But her phobia morphs into terror when she learns that a fellow passenger (Cillian Murphy) has plans to murder the deputy secretary of Homeland Security -- and wants...
- Innerspace
Starring Dennis QuaidMartin ShortMeg Ryan
By Joe Dante, 1987.
A hell-raising Navy test pilot (Dennis Quaid) is miniaturized for a top-secret exploratory journey inside a laboratory rabbit -- but is instead injected into the body of a high-strung nebbish (Martin Short) who works as a supermarket clerk. Co-starring Meg Ryan, Innerspace is like The Fantastic...
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
Starring Tuesday KnightKen SagoesRodney Eastman
By Renny Harlin, 1988.
Resurrected from the depths of hell, Freddy returns to kill the remaining teens on Elm Street. But even after he murders the last kid, Freddy's still not satisfied and looks for other ways to continue his sinister murdering spree. He soon finds the perfect person to victimize: Alice, a girl gifted...
- Sahara
Starring Delroy LindoWilliam H. MacyPenélope Cruz
By Breck Eisner, 2005.
Based on Clive Cussler's best-selling novels starring action hero Dirk Pitt, Sahara sets the daring adventurer on a mission to save the world from destruction. While investigating a deadly water-borne epidemic along the Nile, Pitt (Matthew McConaughey) uncovers a secret dating back to Lincoln's...
- Flatliners
Starring Julia RobertsKiefer SutherlandKevin Bacon
By Joel Schumacher, 1990.
An edgy, eerie supernatural thriller about medical students using their skills to try crossing over to the "other side." After they're revived, the students are haunted and consumed by what they've seen, as their fears, guilt and old memories take root in the physical world.
- Bad Education
Starring Gael García BernalFele MartínezDaniel Giménez Cacho
By Pedro Almodóvar, 2004.
Film director Enrique (Fele Martinez) is visited by his childhood Catholic school friend and lover, Ignacio (Gael Garcia Bernal). Ignacio gives Enrique a short story he's written that's a factual account of the molestation he sustained at the hands of their teacher, Father Manolo (Daniel Gimenez...
- Ichi the Killer
Starring Tadanobu AsanoNao OmoriShinya Tsukamoto
By Takashi Miike, 2001.
Filmmaker Takashi Miike takes inspiration from Hideo Yamamoto's manga, Koroshiya 1, to tell this bloody and bleak tale about the Japanese yakuza. Blond-coiffed Kakihara's "mentor in crime" disappears, and Kakihara vows to find out who's responsible. He's also on the lookout for Ichi, a sadistic...
- Antwone Fisher
Starring Earl BillingsDenzel WashingtonSalli Richardson
By Denzel Washington, 2002.
A young sailor, Antwone Fisher (Derek Luke), is ordered to see a Navy psychiatrist (Denzel Washington) who helps him get a handle on debilitating anger that causes many shipboard scraps -- and that also led Fisher to a life of crime before he joined the Navy.
- Clerks: Tenth Anniversary Edition
Starring Brian O'HalloranJeff AndersonMarilyn Ghigliotti
By Kevin Smith, 1994.
Kevin Smith's now-legendary debut indie film shows a day in the life of two convenience store clerks, Dante (Brian O'Halloran) and Randal (Jeff Anderson). The two fight boredom with long-winded and hilarious conversations and do battle with drug dealers (Jay and Silent Bob) who frequent their shop...
- Shaolin Soccer
Starring Stephen ChowWei ZhaoCecilia Cheung
By Stephen Chow, 2001.
A soccer player down on his luck (he was unfairly injured by his nemesis during a match) puts together an unlikely group of players headed by kung fu phenomenon Stephen Chow. They plan to use Shaolin kung fu to achieve victory and win $1 million at a local soccer tournament.
- Doom
Starring Karl UrbanDwayne "The Rock" JohnsonDhobi Oparei
By Andrzej Bartkowiak, 2005.
Based on the popular home computer game that put thousands of teen gamers under its spell in the 1990s, this futuristic thriller starring The Rock follows a special ops squad assigned to investigate a distress signal being sent from a distant planet. But when they arrive, the team discovers that...
- 5 Days Of War
Starring Rupert FriendVal KilmerAndy Garcia
By Renny Harlin, 2011.
When American journalist Thomas Anders (Rupert Friend) is sent to cover the 2008 Russia-Georgia war, he and his cameraman become entangled with a beautiful Georgian scholar (Emmanuelle Chriqui) and soon risk becoming casualties of the brief but brutal conflict.
- The Kite Runner
Starring Shaun ToubKhalid AbdallaAtossa Leoni
By Marc Forster, 2007.
Years after fleeing the Taliban and immigrating to the United States, an Afghan man (Khalid Abdalla) returns to his war-ravaged homeland to try to repay his debt to a childhood friend whose trust he betrayed. Marc Forster (Finding Neverland, Monster's Ball) directs this touching story of family...
- Friday the 13th: Part 2
Starring Amy SteelAdrienne KingJohn Furey
By Steve Miner, 1981.
Five years after the horrible bloodbath at Camp Crystal Lake, it seems Jason Voorhees and his demented mother are in the past. Paul (John Furey) opens up a new camp close to the infamous site, ignoring warnings to stay away, and a sexually-charged group of counselors follow -- including child...
- Mermaids
Starring CherBob HoskinsWinona Ryder
By Richard Benjamin, 1990.
This is the story of Mrs. Flax (Cher), an eccentric single mother, and her two children, Charlotte (Winona Ryder) and Kate (Christina Ricci). Charlotte is ashamed of her mother's theatrical behavior and strives to become the best Catholic possible -- even though her family is Jewish.
- Dangerous Liaisons
Starring Glenn CloseJohn MalkovichMichelle Pfeiffer
By Stephen Frears, <undefined>.
Adapted for stage and screen several times over the past century, French author Francois Choderlos de Laclos' 1782 novel Les Liasons Dangeureuses was the basis for this Academy Award-winning Stephen Frears film.
- Midnight Cowboy
Starring Dustin HoffmanJon VoightSylvia Miles
By John Schlesinger, <undefined>.
Based on a James Leo Herlihy novel, British director John Schlesinger 's first American film dramatized the small hopes, dashed dreams, and unlikely friendship of two late '60s lost souls.
- The 13th Warrior
Starring Antonio BanderasOmar SharifDiane Venora
By John McTiernan, 1999.
It's feast or famine when Arab ambassador Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan (Antonio Banderas) is sent to make peaceful contact with the barbaric Vikings in 922 A.D. Soon, he finds himself in the midst of a battle between the Norsemen and their fearsome, flesh-eating enemies.
- Vacancy
Starring Kate BeckinsaleLuke WilsonFrank Whaley
By Nimród Antal, 2007.
A young couple (Kate Beckinsale and Luke Wilson) stranded at an isolated hotel with a lone desk clerk (Frank Whaley) are shocked to find that their room is wired with video equipment -- but their anger turns to terror when they realize that they could become the star attractions in a snuff film.
- The Life of David Gale
Starring Leon RippyMatt CravenLaura Linney
By Alan Parker, 2003.
Dr. David Gale (Kevin Spacey), a Texas professor and advocate for the elimination of the death penalty, is falsely accused and convicted of the rape and murder of another activist (Laura Linney) and ends up on the state's notorious death row himself. The movie unfolds in a series of flashbacks, as...
- Single White Female
Starring Bridget FondaJennifer Jason LeighSteven Weber
By Barbet Schroeder, 1992.
Up-and-coming fashion designer Allison (Bridget Fonda) lives the urban dweller's dream life in a gorgeous Manhattan apartment with boyfriend Sam (Steven Weber). When infidelity is revealed and Sam moves out, Allison places a classified ad to find a roommate.
- Three Kings
Starring George ClooneyMark WahlbergIce Cube
By David O. Russell, 1999.
George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg and Ice Cube star as a group of American soldiers in Iraq at the end of the Gulf War. Determined to steal a huge cache of stolen Kuwaiti gold reputed to be hidden somewhere near their desert base, the three men find a map they believe will take them to the treasure and...
- Like Water for Chocolate
Starring Lumi CavazosMarco LeonardiRegina Torne
By Alfonso Arau, 1993.
Based on the best-selling novel by Laura Esquival , this internationally popular romantic fable from Mexico centers on a young woman who discovers that her cooking has magical effects.
- Memphis Belle
Starring Sean AstinCourtney GainsNeil Giuntoli
By Michael Caton-Jones, 1990.
A U.S. bomber plane's crew is ordered to hit a heavily defended German city. Capt. Dearborn (Matthew Modine) leads his men into battle while their commander and a public relations officer (John Lithgow) anxiously await the squad's return. Amid friction between the captain and his co-pilot (Tate...
- House on Haunted Hill
Starring Geoffrey RushFamke JanssenTaye Diggs
By William Malone, 1999.
When Eddie (Taye Diggs), Melissa (Bridgette Wilson), Sara (Ali Larter), Donald (Peter Gallagher) and Watson (Chris Kattan) accept tycoon Steven Price's (Geoffrey Rush) $1 million proposal to stay one night in a former insane asylum, they think it's child's play until Price's rigged antics are...
- Batteries Not Included
Starring Hume CronynJessica TandyElizabeth Peña
By Matthew Robbins, 1987.
After their apartment building is bought by an unscrupulous developer, Frank and Faye Riley (real-life couple Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy) face eviction. But the poor retirees and their neighbors receive help from an unlikely source -- a clan of tiny robotic aliens who supply free electricity and...
- The Last Mimzy
Starring Timothy HuttonMichael Clarke DuncanJoely Richardson
By Robert Shaye, 2007.
After Emma (Rhiannon Leigh Wryn) and Noah (Chris O'Neil) discover a mysterious box of toys that's been sent from the future, the siblings start to develop some inexplicable, unearthly abilities in this family adventure. As their mother (Joely Richardson) and teacher (Rainn Wilson) delve deeper into...
- The Hills Have Eyes
Starring Michael BerrymanJohn SteadmanVirginia Vincent
By Wes Craven, 1977.
When their camper breaks down in the desert on their way to California, an all-American family struggles to survive the attacks of a cannibalistic clan hungry for the fresh meat of wayward vacationers. One by one, the family members fall prey to these inbred marauders, until only a son and daughter...
- Contempt
Starring Brigitte BardotMichel PiccoliJack Palance
By Jean-Luc Godard, 1963.
Paul Javal is a writer who is hired to make a script for a new movie about Ulysses more commercial, which is to be directed by Fritz Lang and produced by Jeremy Prokosch. But because he let his wife Camille drive with Prokosch and he is late, she believes, he uses her as a sort of present for...
- The Express
Starring Dennis QuaidRob BrownCharles S. Dutton
By Gary Fleder, 2008.
Rob Brown stars in the true story of Ernie Davis, the first African American to win football's Heisman Trophy. Dubbed the "Elmira Express" for his relentless drive, Davis also lived up to the nickname off the field as he battled for racial equality. Dennis Quaid co-stars as Syracuse's Ben...
- Imagine Me and You
Starring Sue JohnstonLena HeadeyCelia Imrie
By Ol Parker, 2006.
In this delightful romantic comedy that gives new meaning to the term cold feet , bride-to-be Rachel (Piper Perabo) is love-struck ... but not with her groom. Instead, as she's marching down the aisle with her longtime sweetheart, Heck (Matthew Goode), Rachel is immediately bewitched by a beautiful...
- The Lion King 1 1/2
Starring Matthew BroderickErnie SabellaNathan Lane
By Bradley Raymond, 2004.
Timon and Pumbaa are best pals and the unsung heroes of the African savanna. This prequel takes you back -- way back -- before Simba's adventure began. You'll find out all about Timon and Pumbaa (where they came from, how they met, etc.) and tag along as they search for the perfect home and attempt...
- The Dark Crystal
Starring Stephen GarlickLisa MaxwellBillie Whitelaw
By Frank Oz, 1982.
Jen (puppeteered by Jim Henson), the last of the Gelfling race, is charged with healing the Crystal of Truth -- now called the Dark Crystal after it was cracked, leading to an era of terror -- by finding a missing shard in Aughra's (Frank Oz) observatory.
- The Savages
Starring Laura LinneyPhilip Seymour HoffmanPhilip Bosco
By Tamara Jenkins, 2007.
Carrying the scars of an abusive childhood, Savage siblings Wendy (Laura Linney, in an Oscar-nominated role) and Jon (Philip Seymour Hoffman) -- a long-aspiring playwright and a drama professor, respectively -- now face the challenge of caring for their ailing father (Philip Bosco).
- Lassie
Starring Peter DinklageKelly MacdonaldSamantha Morton
By Charles Sturridge, 2005.
Poverty stricken, the Carraclough family is forced to sell their precious pup to a wealthy duke (Peter O'Toole) who lives more than 500 miles away -- until the loyal Lassie escapes and braves an incredible journey home. Set against the colorful backdrop of World War II Britain, director Charles...
- That Thing You Do!
Starring Tom Everett ScottLiv TylerJohnathon Schaech
By Tom Hanks, 1996.
Tom Hanks wrote and directed this tribute to the bubblegum bands of early rock 'n' roll. In 1964, teenage garage band The One-ders -- singer Jimmy (Johnathon Schaech), guitarist Lenny (Steve Zahn), drummer Guy (Tom Everett Scott) and a nameless bass player (Ethan Embry) -- become an overnight...
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
Starring Erika AndersonValerie ArmstrongMichael Ashton
By Stephen Hopkins, 1989.
In his final appearance, Freddy returns stronger than ever and once again ready to terrorize the teens of Elm Street. He decides to target his old nemesis, Alice, in hopes of entering her unborn child's soul and being "born again" when the child enters the world.
- Air America
Starring Robert Downey Jr.Lane SmithMel Gibson
By Roger Spottiswoode, 1990.
Flyboys Gene Ryack (Mel Gibson) and Billy Covington (Robert Downey Jr.) transport cargo --everything from food to animals to contraband -- for a clandestine CIA operation set up to help finance the Vietnam War. Though Ryack is onboard for the mission, Covington harbors doubts about its ethical...
- The Future
Starring Miranda JulyHamish LinklaterDavid Warshofsky
By Miranda July, 2011.
Suddenly aware that their lives will radically change in a month's time, Sophie (Miranda July) and Jason (Hamish Linklater) decide to seize the opportunity to quit their jobs, pursue new interests and disconnect from the Internet, with the knowledge that their actions will literally change the...
- Paprika
Starring Megumi HayashibaraToru EmoriAkio Ôtsuka
By Satoshi Kon, 2007.
In this cautionary anime tale, reality and the dream world are on a collision course after a DC-Mini -- an experimental device that can record dreams -- is stolen from a psychiatric research facility. At first, the thief is content targeting the facility's staff, intertwining patients' nightmares...
- The Double
Starring Topher GraceRichard GereMartin Sheen
By Michael Brandt, 2011.
The mysterious murder of a US senator bearing the distinctive trademark of the legendary Soviet assassin "Cassius," forces Paul Shepherdson (Richard Gere), a retired CIA operative, to team with rookie FBI agent, Ben Geary (Topher Grace), to solve the crime.
- Don Juan De Marco
Starring Faye DunawayJohnny DeppMarlon Brando
By Jeremy Leven, 1995.
Psychiatrist Marlon Brando is assigned to diagnose a mysterious young man (Johnny Depp) who's convinced that he's Don Juan De Marco, a legendary lover and swashbuckler. The journey into Don Juan's past revitalizes the doctor's own relationship with his wife (Faye Dunaway).
- Silent Movie
Starring Mel BrooksMarty FeldmanDom DeLuise
By Mel Brooks, 1976.
Mel Funn (Mel Brooks), Marty Eggs (Marty Feldman) and Dom Bell (Dom DeLuise) are aspiring filmmakers with a million-dollar idea that goes completely against the modern grain: They want to make a silent film. To make the movie more marketable, they try to recruit several A-list stars to appear.
- A Man for All Seasons
Starring Paul ScofieldWendy HillerRobert Shaw
By Fred Zinnemann, 1966.
When Henry VIII (Robert Shaw) seeks approval from the English aristocracy to divorce his wife and marry commoner Anne Boleyn, Sir Thomas More (Paul Scofield) finds himself caught between a murderous king and the powerful Roman Catholic Church. Richly crafted with a fine supporting cast, director...
- Muriel's Wedding
Starring Toni ColletteRachel GriffithsBill Hunter
By P.J. Hogan, 1994.
Misfit Muriel (Toni Collette) has always escaped life by listening to ABBA ditties and dreaming about marriage. After she and her carefree friend Rhoda (Rachel Griffiths) leave small-town Porpoise Spit, Australia, behind them, the chance to fulfill her wedding fantasies comes along in the form of a...
- The Joy Luck Club
Starring Ming-Na WenTamlyn TomitaTsai Chin
By Wayne Wang, 1993.
Based on a novel by Amy Tan, Wayne Wang's drama follows four Chinese women -- Suyuan (Kieu Chinh), Lindo (Tsai Chin), Ying Ying (France Nyuen) and An Mei (Lisa Liu) -- who gather weekly to share stories and friendship. Interwoven with the travails of their daughters -- June (Ming-Na Wen), Lena...
- Happiness
Starring Jane AdamsDylan BakerLara Flynn Boyle
By Todd Solondz, <undefined>.
After his 1995 breakthrough, Welcome to the Dollhouse, director Todd Solondz was courted by a number of studios to make a big-budget film with top stars.
- Curious George
Starring Will FerrellDick Van DykeEugene Levy
By Matthew O'Callaghan, 2006.
The Man in the Yellow Hat (aka Ted, voiced by Will Ferrell) tries his best to tame Curious George in this animated version of the beloved children's series. Museum guide Ted travels to Africa to find a priceless artifact but returns with the inquisitive chimp instead.
- American Pie Presents: Beta House
Starring Eugene LevyJohn WhiteChristopher McDonald
By Andrew Waller, 2007.
Dwight Stifler (Steve Talley) and his cousin Erik (John White) are back for another piece of the pie in this epic battle of the frats, which pits the beloved Beta house against the rival GEKs in a contest for social supremacy. The two houses square off in the long-banned competition known as the...
- Escape from L.A.
Starring Kurt RussellPeter FondaStacy Keach
By John Carpenter, 1996.
Kurt Russell reprises his role as antihero Snake Plissken. This time, a cataclysmic temblor hits Los Angeles, turning it into an island. The president (Cliff Robertson) views the quake as a sign from above, expels Los Angeles from the country and makes it a penal colony for those found guilty of...
- Tokyo Story
Starring Chishu RyuChieko HigashiyamaSo Yamamura
By Yasujiro Ozu, 1953.
An elderly couple journey to Tokyo to visit their children and are confronted by indifference, ingratitude and selfishness. When the parents are packed off to a resort by their impatient children, the film deepens into an unbearably moving meditation on mortality.
- Days of Thunder
Starring Robert DuvallTom CruiseCary Elwes
By Tony Scott, 1990.
Talented but unproven stock car driver Cole Trickle (Tom Cruise) gets a break and with the guidance of veteran Harry Hogge (Robert Duvall) turns heads on the track. The young hotshot develops a rivalry with a fellow racer that threatens his career when the two smash their cars.
- It
Starring Tim Curry, Harry Anderson, Dennis Christopher
By Tommy Lee Wallace, 1990.
A series of murders prompts Mike Hanlon to suspect that the supernatural menace that he and a group of friends battled as children has returned. He begins to call his friends to remind them of the oath they swore: if It returned again, they would come back to Derry to do battle again.
- Breaking and Entering
Starring Jude LawJuliette BinocheRobin Wright Penn
By Anthony Minghella, 2007.
Anthony Minghella (Cold Mountain, The English Patient) directs this thinking-person's drama, weighing the difference between emotional and physical robbery. When his London office is burglarized by a young Muslim thief, an affluent architect (Jude Law) is forced to rethink his priorities and...
- Behind Enemy Lines
Starring Owen WilsonGene HackmanJoaquim de Almeida
By John Moore, 2001.
While flying a routine reconnaissance mission over Bosnia, fighter pilot Chris Burnett (Owen Wilson) photographs something he wasn't supposed to see and gets shot down. Trapped behind enemy lines, Burnett must outrun a ruthless secret police officer, a deadly tracker and countless hostile troops.
- A Christmas Carol
Starring Glyn DearmanRona AndersonHermione Baddeley
By Brian Desmond Hurst, 1951.
Considered by many to be the classic adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel, this 1951 version stars Alastair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge, the callous miser visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve. Michael Hordern plays the spirit who successfully haunts the old man.
- Ghosts of Mississippi
Starring Alec BaldwinWhoopi GoldbergJames Woods
By Rob Reiner, 1996.
In 1963, civil-rights activist Medgar Evers was shot to death by white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith (James Woods). He was captured, but after two trials ended in hung juries, De La Beckwith went free. Thirty years later, Assistant District Attorney Bobby DeLaughter (Alec Baldwin) reopened the...
- This Boy's Life
Starring Robert De NiroLeonardo DiCaprioEllen Barkin
By Michael Caton-Jones, 1993.
Moving from one unhealthy relationship to another, Caroline (Ellen Barkin) and her son, Toby (Leonardo DiCaprio), roam the country and finally end up in Washington state, where she marries Dwight (Robert De Niro), a modest mechanic. But Dwight fails to be the role model she had hoped for, and Toby...
- Drop Dead Fred
Starring Phoebe CatesRik MayallMarsha Mason
By Ate de Jong, 1991.
After Elizabeth (Phoebe Cates) leaves her cheating husband, she moves back into her childhood home with her bossy mom. But instead of moving forward and getting on with her life, Elizabeth takes a huge step back, reliving old memories and resuscitating her imaginary friend, Fred, who lives in a box...
- Volcano
Starring Tommy Lee JonesAnne HecheGaby Hoffmann
By Mick Jackson, 1997.
Earthquakes look like child's play compared with what Mother Nature is throwing at Tinseltown this time. A volcano erupts and threatens to engulf downtown Los Angeles. But fear not: Tommy Lee Jones is in ass-kicking, "Listen up, people!" mode as he and scientist Anne Heche make sure the volcano...
- A Bridge Too Far
Starring Sean ConneryRobert RedfordGene Hackman
By Richard Attenborough, 1977.
Directed by Richard Attenborough, A Bridge Too Far details a pivotal day during World War II when an Allied task force tried -- and failed -- to win the war by seizing key bridges in Holland. The film boasts a cast of thousands (including Sean Connery, Robert Redford, James Caan, Anthony Hopkins...
- The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Starring Guy PearceBill HunterHugo Weaving
By Stephan Elliott, 1994.
Invited to perform at a casino in remote Alice Springs, Australia, drag queens Mitzi (Hugo Weaving) and Felicia (Guy Pearce) and transsexual Bernadette (Terence Stamp) hit the road in a broken-down lavender bus named Priscilla in this campy comedy classic.
- Every Which Way But Loose
Starring Clint EastwoodBeverly D'AngeloGeoffrey Lewis
By James Fargo, 1978.
Philo Beddoe (Clint Eastwood) is an easygoing trucker and a great fist-fighter. With two friends -- Orville, who promotes prizefights for him, and Clyde, the orangutan he won on a bet -- he roams the San Fernando Valley in search of cold beer, country music and the occasional punch-up.
- Flyboys
Starring James FrancoJean RenoLex Shrapnel
By Tony Bill, 2006.
Directed by Oscar winner Tony Bill, this epic drama tells the true story of the Lafayette Escadrille, a group of Americans who volunteered for the French military before the United States entered World War I. Farm boy Blaine Rawlings (James Franco) joins up and soon finds himself on an adventure...
- The Dead Zone
Starring Christopher WalkenMartin SheenBrooke Adams
By David Cronenberg, 1983.
The missiles are flyin' … hallelujah! Based on a best-seller by Stephen King and directed by horror veteran David Cronenberg, The Dead Zone is a wonderful addition to the pantheon of intelligent horror films. Johnny Smith (Christopher Walken) awakens from a 5-year coma blessed with second sight...
- The Ring Two
Starring Naomi WattsSimon BakerDavid Dorfman
By Hideo Nakata, 2005.
Six months after Rachel Keller (Naomi Watts) and her son, Aidan (David Dorfman), survived their horrifying run-in with the supernatural in Seattle, the two have relocated to Astoria, Oregon, to start anew. But it seems terror has followed them to this seaside town when cops discover a mysterious...
- Strictly Ballroom
Starring Paul MercurioTara MoriceBill Hunter
By Baz Luhrmann, 1992.
Dumped by his partner just before a major dance competition, gifted hoofer Scott Hastings (Paul Mercurio) is forced to take a graceless neophyte (Tara Morice) as his new partner. But much to everyone's surprise, Scott soon turns his unpromising protégé into a topnotch dancer.
- Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island
Starring Frank WelkerScott InnesB.J. Ward
By Hiroshi Aoyama, 1998.
The Scooby gang returns! Tired of never finding real monsters, the five friends have gone their separate ways. Velma now owns a mystery bookshop; Scooby and Shaggy are customs inspectors at the airport; and Fred is producing Daphne's television show. When the show does a segment on real monsters...
- Joe Versus the Volcano
Starring Dan HedayaTom HanksMeg Ryan
By John Patrick Shanley, 1990.
When Joe (Tom Hanks) discovers he has a "brain cloud" and will die soon, he quits his oppressive job and travels to the island of Waponi Woo, whose natives need a human sacrifice to appease their volcano god. On his way there, Joe falls in love with Patricia (Meg Ryan), and the two bravely face...
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Starring Jordana BrewsterTaylor HandleyDiora Baird
By Jonathan Liebesman, 2006.
The genesis of the monstrous Leatherface (Andrew Bryniarski) is recounted in this shocking slasher flick. Before going to fight in Vietnam, two brothers (Taylor Handley and Matthew Bomer) out for a last fling with their girlfriends (Diora Baird and Jordana Brewster) end up in a heap o' trouble when...
- TMNT
Starring Chris EvansSarah Michelle GellarMako
By Kevin Munroe, 2007.
The continued adventures of the four adolescent mutated turtles gifted in the art of the ninja, as they attempt to stop a mysterious evil that threatens to end the world.
- Oliver!
Starring Mark LesterRon MoodyOliver Reed
By Carol Reed, 1968.
Director Carol Reed's lively musical adaptation of Charles Dickens's classic tale stars Mark Lester as the titular orphan who escapes the workhouse and is taken under the wing of wily pickpocket Fagin (Ron Moody). Befriended by the crafty Artful Dodger (Jack Wild) and resented by the brutish Bill...
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