Category Archives: Drama

Shakespeare in Love

IMDB Rating: 7.40
54953 votes

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Romantic comedy set in London in the late 16th century: Young playwright William Shakespeare struggles with his latest work "Romeo and Ethel the Pirate's Daughter". A great fan of Shakespeare's plays is young, wealthy Viola who is about to be married to the cold-hearted Lord Wessex, but constantly dreams of becoming an actress. Women were not allowed to act on stage at that time (female roles were played by men, too), but dressed up as a boy, Viola successfully auditions for the part of Romeo. Soon she and William are caught in a forbidden romance that provides rich inspiration for his play.
Actors
Philip HensloweGeoffrey Rush
Hugh FennymanTom Wilkinson
LambertSteve O'Donnell
Also posted in 1998, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

City of Angels

IMDB Rating: 6.20
17420 votes

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Angels are among us and when we feel an invisible presence, you better believe they are watching you. For a Los Angeles heart surgeon named Maggie, that is too much of a stretch. She believes that it is her job to save the lifes of her patients and when she meets Seth after visiting hours are over, he tells her it's simply just their time to go. She becomes intrigued by his presence and opinion. Seth is not just normal, he is an Angel. He meets Messinger while visiting patients. Messinger can see him because he was once a Angel but gave his power up to become human. This makes Seth want to become human so he can feel, smell, and love Maggie.
Actors
SethNicolas Cage
Maggie RiceMeg Ryan
CassielAndre Braugher
Also posted in 1998, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

Blindness

IMDB Rating: 2.80
25 votes

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A blind Asian-American woman (Lisa Lu) lives with her son (Chin Han) and daughter-in-law (Vivian Wu). The two women barely tolerate one another and the son, a doctor simply turns himself off to avoid any confrontation with either. Into this environment, an armed intruder (Joe Lando) breaks in. He is eventually revealed to be an old family friend who was sent to prison for murdering his father, but he insists that the older woman's husband, now deceased, was the actual murderer. Slowly, all the characters have to explore past hidden secrets about themselves.
Actors
NatalieVivian Wu
PatrickJoe Lando
Daniel HongChin Han
Also posted in 1998 | Comments (0)

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)