Category Archives: Drama

How to Kill Your Neighbor’s Dog

IMDB Rating: 7.10
1346 votes

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Shy, chain-smoking, insomniac Peter McGowan is an L.A. playwright with a string of hits that preceded his current ten years of failed productions. His mother-in-law is sinking into senility, a stranger is meandering the neighborhood claiming to be him, neighbors have a new dog that barks all night; his wife wants to have a child, and he does not: he's become impotent. He's working on a new play when a single mom moves in next door with her 8-year-old daughter. His wife immediately invites the girl into the McGowan household. Will this child stir Peter's paternal feelings? Will she also help him get his dialogue right? And what of his doppelganger and the neighbor's dog?
Actors
Peter McGowanKenneth Branagh
Melanie McGowanRobin Wright Penn
Amy WalshSuzi Hofrichter
Also posted in 2000, Comedy, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Rated X

IMDB Rating: 5.70
1330 votes

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Based on the true story of Jim and Artie Mitchell, two brothers who entered the porn industry in the early 60's. After creating such legendary porn films as "Behind the Green Door" and "Inside Marily Chambers", they later became addicted to drugs and began a downward spiral leading to bankruptcy and murder.
Actors
Artie MitchellCharlie Sheen
Jim MitchellEmilio Estevez
Michael KennedyGeoffrey Blake
Also posted in 2000 | Comments (0)

Frequency

IMDB Rating: 7.30
21566 votes

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A rare atmospheric phenomenon allows a New York City firefighter to communicate with his son 30 years in the future via short-wave radio. The son uses this opportunity to warn the father of his impending death in a warehouse fire, and manages to save his life. However, what he does not realize is that changing history has triggered a new set of tragic events, including the murder of his mother. The two men must now work together, 30 years apart, to find the murderer before he strikes so that they can change history—again.
Actors
Frank SullivanDennis Quaid
John SullivanJames Caviezel
Jack ShepardShawn Doyle
Also posted in 2000, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (25)

Thirteen Days

IMDB Rating: 7.30
15148 votes

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In October, 1962, U-2 surveillance photos reveal that the Soviet Union is in the process of placing nuclear weapons in Cuba. These weapons have the capability of wiping out most of the Eastern and Southern United States in minutes if they become operational. President John F. Kennedy and his advisors must come up with a plan of action against the Soviets. Kennedy is determined to show that he is strong enough to stand up to the threat, and the Pentagon advises U.S. military strikes against Cuba—which could lead the way to another U.S. invasion of the island. However, Kennedy is reluctant to follow through, because a U.S. invasion could cause the Soviets to retaliate in Europe. A nuclear showdown appears to be almost inevitable. Can it be prevented?
Actors
Kenny O'Donnell, Special Assistant to the PresidentKevin Costner
President John F. KennedyBruce Greenwood
Atty. Gen. Robert F. KennedySteven Culp
Also posted in 2000, High IMDB rating, History, Thriller | Comments (13)

The Next Best Thing

IMDB Rating: 4.50
4264 votes

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A comedy-drama about best friends - one a straight woman, Abbie (Madonna), the other a gay man, Robert (Rupert Everett) - who decide to have a child together. Five years later, Abbie falls in love with a straight man and wants to move away with her and Robert's little boy Sam, and a nasty custody battle ensues.
Actors
Abbie ReynoldsMadonna
Robert WhittakerRupert Everett
Ben CooperBenjamin Bratt
Also posted in 2000, Comedy, Romance | Comments (4)

Duets

IMDB Rating: 5.80
2767 votes

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Duets is a road-trip comedy which revolves around the little known world of karaoke and the whimsical characters who inhabit it. There's the struggling singer who dreams of making it to the big time, a frustrated salesman who ends up on an unexpected road trip, the dysfunctional family performers which includes a con-artist (Huey Lewis) and his long lost daughter, and an escaped convict (Andre Braugher) with the voice of an angel. All roads lead to Omaha, site of a national karaoke competition where this motley group of singers and stars come together for a blow-out sing-off.
Actors
Suzi LoomisMaria Bello
Reggie KaneAndre Braugher
Todd WoodsPaul Giamatti
Also posted in 2000, Comedy, Music | Comments (1)

Tribulation

IMDB Rating: 4.70
275 votes

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Tom Canboro is a police detective with a Christian sister, Eileen, a brother, Calvin, a wife, Susan, and eccentric brother-in-law, Jason. One night, Jason seemingly goes insane and tries to kill Eileen, calling her a "hater". Tom soon realises this may be a conspiracy going as far as devil worship, but as he speeds in his car to get help, he suddenly looses control and crashes. Waking up in a strange hospital, he finds years have passed and people all over the world are wearing the mark of 666 on their right hands, and all those who don't are being killed off. Franco Macalusso, the believer in world peace Jason was fond of, now controls the world, and is trying to bring the world together as it was at the tower of Babel. Meanwhile, the "Haters" or Christians are hiding out and airing TBN tapes on the air for people to realise the Messiah is really the Antichrist, but their leader, Helen Hannah, is arrested...
Actors
Tom CanboroGary Busey
Jason QuincyHowie Mandel
Franco MacaloussoNick Mancuso
Also posted in 2000, Thriller | Comments (0)

Shadow Hours

IMDB Rating: 5.20
378 votes

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Michael is a recovering alcoholic/drug user. Back on the wagon, he's now responsible for a young, beautiful, and pregnant wife. He's working the graveyard shift at a gas station to support his new family, but the job drives him crazy. Then a wealthy stranger, Stuart, enters Michael's life, taking Michael through a tour of the seediest and slimiest parts of L.A. underbelly. Is Stuart leading Michael to hell, or salvation?
Actors
Michael HollowayBalthazar Getty
Stuart ChappellPeter Weller
Chloe HollowayRebecca Gayheart
Also posted in 2000, Thriller | Comments (0)

Bread and Roses

IMDB Rating: 7.10
1380 votes

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Maya is a quick-witted young woman who comes over the Mexican border without papers and makes her way to the LA home of her older sister Rosa. Rosa gets Maya a job as a janitor: a non-union janitorial service has the contract, the foul-mouthed supervisor can fire workers on a whim, and the service-workers' union has assigned organizer Sam Shapiro to bring its "justice for janitors" campaign to the building. Sam finds Maya a willing listener, she's also attracted to him. Rosa resists, she has an ailing husband to consider. The workers try for public support; management intimidates workers to divide and conquer. Rosa and Maya as well as workers and management may be set to collide.
Actors
MayaPilar Padilla
Sam ShapiroAdrien Brody
RosaElpidia Carrillo
Also posted in 2000, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Space Cowboys

IMDB Rating: 6.30
17177 votes

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Negli anni '50 erano stati allontanati dalla NASA per motivi politici ed oggi questi quattro anziani astronauti, ormai in pensione e con qualche acciacco, sono richiamati per una missione difficile: bisogna andare a rimettere in sesto l'Ikon, un vecchio satellite russo in orbita sopra la Terra, che si si è guastato e rischia di lasciare la Terra priva di collegamenti e telecomunicazioni. I nostri eroi sono i disegnatori di un vecchio sistema satellitare identico a quello russo e sarebbero i soli a poter affrontare l'emergenza. In pensione da tempo, sono richiamati al lavoro dal loro capo, Frank Corvin, un anziano astronauta, che conosce il satellite al punto da poterlo riparare. Così la squadra dei 'nonnetti' parte alla conquista di gloria e fama. La pensione e l'ospizio possono attendere.
Actors
Hawk HawkinsTommy Lee Jones
Jerry O'NeillDonald Sutherland
Tank SullivanJames Garner
Also posted in 2000, Adventure, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (27)