Category Archives: Drama

Freedom Strike

IMDB Rating: 3.30
171 votes

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National security is in jeopardy when terrorists seize an Iraqi nuclear reactor and threaten to attack American soil. Spearheaded by ace Tomcat pilots, the U.S. launches a surgical strike in a hell-for-leather effort to stop the assault.
Actors
Tom DicksonMichael Dudikoff
Tyler HaynesTone Loc
Maddie ReeseFelicity Waterman
Also posted in 1998, Action | Comments (0)

Quest for Camelot

IMDB Rating: 5.40
1160 votes

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In the days of King Arthur's Camelot, a renegade knight Ruber plots to usurp the throne by turning his henchmen into formidable monsters, forcing the widow of a Round Table knight he killed to use her privileged access to the King's castle and, most importantly, stealing King Arthur's symbol of power, the magical sword, Excalibur. When she kidnaps the widow, her young rambunctious daughter, Kayley, who dreams the seemingly impossible dream of becoming a Knight, escapes to both warn the King and try to recover Excalibur. Along the way, she meets up with a young blind hermit, a goofy two headed dragon and a mysterious silver winged falcon and together, they endeavor to find the sword to save the kingdom.
Actors
KayleyJessalyn Gilsig
KayleyAndrea Corr
GarrettBryan White
Also posted in 1998, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy | Comments (0)

The Thin Red Line

IMDB Rating: 7.20
29413 votes

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In World War II, the outcome of the battle of Guadalcanal will strongly influence the Japanese's advance into the pacific. A group of young soldiers is brought in as a relief for the battle-weary Marine units. The exhausting fight for a key-positioned airfield that allows control over a 1000-mile radius puts the men of the Army Rifle company C-for-Charlie through hell. The horrors of war forms the soldiers into a tight-knit group, their emotions develop into bonds of love and even family. The reasons for this war get further away as the world for the men gets smaller and smaller until their fighting is for mere survival and the life of the other men with them.
Actors
First Sergeant Edward WelshSean Penn
Corporal FifeAdrien Brody
Private WittJames Caviezel
Also posted in 1998, Action, High IMDB rating, War | Comments (0)

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

IMDB Rating: 7.40
39610 votes

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The big-screen version of Hunter S. Thompson's seminal psychedelic classic about his road trip across Western America as he and his large Samoan lawyer searched desperately for the "American dream"... they were helped in large part by the huge amount of drugs and alcohol kept in their convertible, The Red Shark.
Actors
Raoul Duke/Hunter S. ThompsonJohnny Depp
Dr. Gonzo/Oscar Z. AcostaBenicio Del Toro
HitchhikerTobey Maguire
Also posted in 1998, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

What Dreams May Come

IMDB Rating: 6.30
13496 votes

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Soul mates Chris ('Robin Williams (I)' (qv)) and Annie ('Annabella Sciorra' (qv)) couldn't be happier, having married each other and had two wonderful children. Unforutnately, tragedy strikes when they lose them both in a car accident, and then again for Annie many years later when Chris is killed in another accident. What Chris finds is a Paradise unlike anything he ever imagined, where he is guided by Albert ('Cuba Gooding Jr.' (qv)), the first doctor he interned under and is helped to see his children once again. Unfortunately, when Annie takes her life in despair, she does not venture to the same plane of existence. Taking it upon himself to rescue her, Chris ventures into the pit of Hell with Albert and a Tracker ('Max von Sydow' (qv)) to save his wife from the damnation she doesn't even know she is forcing on herself. This is a beautiful story that reminds us that love is stronger than death.
Actors
Chris NielsenRobin Williams
Albert LewisCuba Gooding Jr.
Annie Collins-NielsenAnnabella Sciorra
Also posted in 1998, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (3)

New Rose Hotel

IMDB Rating: 4.50
1103 votes

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Maas and Hosaka are two large Corporations in the future world. They are fighting to get control over the best minds of the world. The best is Hiroshi and at the moment he is working for the Maas Corporation. Fox has accepted an offer to persuade Hiroshi to go over to the Hosaka Corporation. Sandii is a little Italian girl from Japan and she should be the way to get to Hiroshi. X is the man who should train Sandii to break Hiroshi's Heart. But if X falls in love with Sandii? And if the Hosaka Corporation breaks the agreement? And if Sandii is not a little Italian girl?
Actors
FoxChristopher Walken
XWillem Dafoe
SandiiAsia Argento
Also posted in 1998, Mystery, Sci-Fi | Comments (0)

Enemy of the State

IMDB Rating: 7.10
26552 votes

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Tony Scott torna alle atmosfere thriller e senza tregua delle sue opere precedenti con un film tutto giocato sulla critica alle possibili privazioni della libertà del cittadino comune da parte dello Stato. Robert Dean è un giovane e promettente avvocato, che si trova coinvolto in un assurdo gioco di spie, perché un vecchio amico di scuola gli infila fra i regali di Natale un dischetto contenente le immagini di un omicidio commesso da un dirigente ambizioso e senza scrupoli della National Security Agency (potente organismo governativo responsabile delle operazioni spionistiche più complesse). La vita del protagonista è sconvolta e continuamente in pericolo. Un ex agente della NSA, interverrà in aiuto del giovane. Dopo essere sfuggiti numerose volte alla morte, i due si salveranno in un finale pieno di suspense e...con un po' di furbizia! Grande cast e grande azione per un film solido e ben girato.
Actors
Robert Clayton DeanWill Smith
Edward 'Brill' LyleGene Hackman
Thomas Brian ReynoldsJon Voight
Also posted in 1998, Action, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Wild Things

IMDB Rating: 6.60
20037 votes

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When High School Guidance counselor Sam Lombardo is accused of raping the popular student Kelly Van Ryan, his carefully structured life is ruined. But as the case heads to trial, an outcast school girl Suzie, may have information to free Sam. But the investigating Detective Ray, thinks that a more devious plan is at work that involves Sam, Kelly, and Suzie. As Ray digs deeper into the case, he uncovers a scheme that has very high stakes and where nothing is as it seems.
Actors
Sam LombardoMatt Dillon
Sgt. Ray DuquetteKevin Bacon
Suzie Marie TollerNeve Campbell
Also posted in 1998, Crime, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

The Negotiator

IMDB Rating: 7.20
27763 votes

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In the midst of an elaborate conspiracy, an expert negotiator is driven to the edge when he's framed for the murder of his partner, as well as embezzling money from his department's pension fund. His only chance to prove his innocence is to take hostages himself, acquire the services of another expert negotiator, and find out who's running the conspiracy before it's too late.
Actors
Lt. Danny RomanSamuel L. Jackson
Lt. Chris SabianKevin Spacey
Cmdr. Adam BeckDavid Morse
Also posted in 1998, Action, Crime, High IMDB rating, Mystery, Thriller | Comments (0)

Dante’s Peak

IMDB Rating: 5.50
10536 votes

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USGS scientists Harry Dalton is sent to the small town of Dante's Peak to check on unusual activity. Spurred by the volcano related death of a previous lover, Dalton urges Mayor Rachel Wando to put the city on alert. Dalton's boss, Paul Dreyfus arrives and countermands Dalton demanding scientific proof. When the proof finally arrives, Harry and Rachel must go to the volcano to rescue her two children and ex-mother-in-law. Tension builds as they try to reach safety while the town below is destroyed.
Actors
Harry DaltonPierce Brosnan
Rachel WandoLinda Hamilton
Paul DreyfusCharles Hallahan
Also posted in 1997, Action, Adventure | Comments (0)
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