Category Archives: 1991

Sometimes They Come Back

IMDB Rating: 5.30
2423 votes

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Taken from the Stephen King short story about a school teacher's return to his home town where his brother was killed by hoods, the hoods died in the freak train wreck along with his brother. Now they have "come back" to haunt him. One by one 'til they're all back!
Actors
Jim NormanTim Matheson
Sally NormanBrooke Adams
Richard LawsonRobert Rusler
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For the Boys

IMDB Rating: 5.70
2080 votes

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USO entertainers Dixie Leonard and Eddie Sparks travel and perform together through World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. The story of their adventures together, filled with love, laughter and tears, is related in flashbacks by Dixie on the eve of being awarded a medal by the President.
Actors
Dixie LeonardBette Midler
Eddie SparksJames Caan
Art SilverGeorge Segal
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Rush

IMDB Rating: 6.40
2916 votes

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Raynor (Patric) is an undercover narcotics cop. For his next assignment he chooses the more inexperienced but tough and good-looking Kristen (Jason Leigh). Their ultimate target is Gaines, a renowned but very elusive drug dealer. While doing their work they unexpectedly fall into a morase of drug-addiction and fall in love with each other. Despite subjecting themselves to the life of low class, one track junkies they do not get the evidence they want to convinct Gaines, and instead are forced into using false evidence in court.
Actors
Jim RaynorJason Patric
Kristen CatesJennifer Jason Leigh
DoddSam Elliott
Also posted in Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

The Dark Backward

IMDB Rating: 4.30
1623 votes

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A man pursues stand-up comedy encouraged by his fellow garbage man. Though his friend, who accompanies him on accordion, continues to tell him how great he is, he actually stinks. When the "comedian" grows a third arm out of his back, the friend uses this twist to get him signed up with a sleazy talent agent, and it begins to look like his career is on the move, even though his girlfriend has left him.
Actors
Marty MaltJudd Nelson
GusBill Paxton
Jackie ChromeWayne Newton
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The Rocketeer

IMDB Rating: 6.10
13262 votes

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In the years leading up to World War II, stunt pilot Cliff Secord takes a trial run in a Gee Bee racing aircraft to prepare for an upcoming air show. But he accidentally comes into possession of a rocket-propelled backpack much coveted by the Nazis. With the aid of his mechanic pal, he gets it up and running, then uses it to foil a plot by a gang of vicious Nazi spies led by Timothy Dalton. Jennifer Connelly is on hand as the love interest, but the real fun here is when the Rocketeer takes off. There's also a nifty battle atop an airborne blimp to defeat his foes who are anxious to use the device in an evil plan to rule the world! The dangerous mission transforms the ordinary young man into an extraordinary hero.
Actors
Cliff SecordBill Campbell
Jenny BlakeJennifer Connelly
A. 'Peevy' PeabodyAlan Arkin
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Fried Green Tomatoes

IMDB Rating: 7.40
19225 votes

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Evelyn Couch is having trouble in her marriage, and no one seems to take her seriously. While in a nursing home visiting relatives, she meets Ninny Threadgoode, an outgoing old woman, who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode, a young woman in 1920's Alabama. Through Idgie's inspiring life, Evelyn learns to be more assertive and builds a lasting friendship of her own with Ninny.
Actors
Evelyn CouchKathy Bates
Idgie ThreadgoodeMary Stuart Masterson
Ruth JamisonMary-Louise Parker
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Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

IMDB Rating: 7.20
18248 votes

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An accident on the Klingon moon Praxis forces the reluctant Klingon Empire into a peace treaty with the Federation. Kirk, despite his mistrust of the Klingons after they murdered his son at Genesis, is forced to escort a Klingon cruiser carrying the Klingon Chancellor to Earth for the meetings. During the voyage the Klingon cruiser is attacked, and Kirk & McCoy are taken prisoner after the Chancellor is murdered by two Starfleet crewmen. Spock immediately begins an investigation, while Kirk & McCoy are sentenced to life on Rura Penthe - a deep-frozen asteroid. Spock, meanwhile, has discovered that a Klingon Bird of Prey - one that can fire when cloaked, and under the command of Kingon General Chang - is the ship responsible for firing on the Chancellor, and the 2 assassins came from the Enterprise. A rescue of Kirk & McCoy is successful, after which they discover a conspiracy among Starfleet, Klingon, and Romulan officials whose plan is to incite a full-blown war! The Enterprise & Excelsior - under the command of Hikaru Sulu - head for a deadly rendezvous with General Chang at the peace summit to prevent war from breaking out...but will they be too late?
Actors
Captain James T. KirkWilliam Shatner
Captain SpockLeonard Nimoy
Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoyDeForest Kelley
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Black Robe

IMDB Rating: 7.20
2185 votes

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In the 17th century a Jesuit priest and a young companion are escorted through the wilderness of Quebec by Algonquin Indians to find a distant mission in the dead of winter. The Jesuit experiences a spiritual journey while his young companion falls in love with the Algonquin chief's beautiful daughter underneath the imposing and magnificent mountains. Dread and death follows them upriver.
Actors
Father LaforgueLothaire Bluteau
DanielAden Young
AnnukaSandrine Holt
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The Prince of Tides

IMDB Rating: 6.30
5478 votes

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When a Southern born New York writer tries to commit suicide, her "unemployed-football-coach" twin brother, Tom Wingo, comes to her aid. While tending to his sister Savannah's care he meets her psychiatrist, Dr. Susan Lowenstein. Dr. Lowenstein, desperate to unlock the door to her patient's self-destructive pattern, relies on Tom to be his sister's memory. What she doesn't realize is that the last thing Tom wants to do is remember. Haunted by a painful childhood and a domineering mother, Tom discovers the only thing worse than not remembering is not telling.
Actors
Tom WingoNick Nolte
Sally WingoBlythe Danner
Lila Wingo NewburyKate Nelligan
Also posted in Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

Sleeping with the Enemy

IMDB Rating: 5.70
11410 votes

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Laura and Martin have been married for four years. They seem to be the perfect, happiest and most successful couple. The reality of their house- hold, however, is very different. Martin is an abusive and brutally obsessed husband. Laura is living her life in constant fear and waits for a chance to escape. She finally stages her own death, and flees to a new town and new identity. But when Martin finds out that his wife is not dead he will stop at nothing to find and kill her.
Actors
Laura BurneyJulia Roberts
Martin BurneyPatrick Bergin
Ben WoodwardKevin Anderson
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