Tag Archives: 1990s

Private Parts

IMDB Rating: 6.60
15125 votes

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Having always wanted to be a disc-jockey, Howard Stern works his way painfully from radio at his 1970's college to a Detroit station. It is with a move to Washington that he hits on an outrageous off-the-wall style that catches audience attention. Despite his on-air blue talk, at home he is a loving husband. He needs all the support he can get when he joins NBC in New York and comes up against a very different vision of radio.
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Howard SternHoward Stern
HerselfRobin Quivers
Alison SternMary McCormack
Also posted in 1997, Biography, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Schindler’s List

IMDB Rating: 8.90
209352 votes

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"Schindler's List" is the based-on-truth story of Nazi Czech business man Oskar Schindler, who uses Jewish labor to start a factory in occupied Poland. As World War II progresses, and the fate of the Jews becomes more and more clear, Schindler's motivations switch from profit to human sympathy and he is able to save over 1100 Jews from death in the gas chambers.
Actors
Oskar SchindlerLiam Neeson
Itzhak SternBen Kingsley
Amon GoethRalph Fiennes
Also posted in 1993, Biography, Drama, High IMDB rating, History, War | Comments (0)

The Elite Squad

IMDB Rating: 8.10
11286 votes

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Two childhood friends decide to enlist in Rio de Janeiro's Military Police Department. After juggling their police jobs and college, both make up their minds to try out for a Special Operations Squad whose mission is to take down the drug-lords that plague the city. Both men struggle to survive, facing the daily challenges of dealing with pressure at home and fighting an unnamed war on the streets.
Actors
Capitão NascimentoWagner Moura
NetoCaio Junqueira
André MatiasAndré Ramiro
Also posted in 2007, Action, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

IMDB Rating: 8.20
9489 votes

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Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye. Using that eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby eloquently described the aspects of his interior world, from the psychological torment of being trapped inside his body to his imagined stories from lands he'd only visited in his mind.
Actors
Jean-Dominique 'Jean-Do' BaubyMathieu Amalric
Céline DesmoulinsEmmanuelle Seigner
Henriette DurandMarie-Josée Croze
Also posted in 2007, Biography, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

The Hard Way

IMDB Rating: 6.00
4759 votes

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Nick Lang is a famous actor, well know for his action movies. For the next film he needs the proper motivation and inspiration for his roll. Thus he teams up with the reluctant N.Y. cop John Moss. Not only does he have to put up with Nick who is laborious and out of touch with realities, but he also has to catch a cold-blooded murderer.
Actors
Stephen Lang
James Woods
Michael J. Fox
Also posted in 1991, Action, Comedy, Crime | Comments (0)

Jersey Girl

IMDB Rating: 6.30
21337 votes

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Ollie Trinkie is a publicist, who has a great girlfriend, Gertrude, whom he marries and they are expecting a baby but while he is looking forward to being a father, he doesn't lighten his workload. Gertrude gives birth but dies in the process. Ollie doesn't live up to his responsibilities as a father. Eventually the strain and pressure of losing his wife and being a father gets to him and he has breakdown, which leads to his termination. So with nothing much to do he tries to be good father to his daughter, Gertie. He also meets a young woman name Maya, who likes him but he is still not over his wife.
Actors
Jennifer Lopez
Liv Tyler
Will Smith
Also posted in 2004, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

Hotel Rwanda

IMDB Rating: 8.50
19450 votes

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Ten years ago some of the worst atrocities in the history of mankind took place in the country of Rwanda--and in an era of high-speed communication and round the clock news, the events went almost unnoticed by the rest of the world. In only three months, one million people were brutally murdered. In the face of these unspeakable actions, inspired by his love for his family, an ordinary man summons extraordinary courage to save the lives of over a thousand helpless refugees, by granting them shelter in the hotel he manages.
Actors
PolicemanXolani Mali
Paul RusesabaginaDon Cheadle
DubeDesmond Dube
Also posted in 2004, Drama, High IMDB rating, History, Thriller, War | Comments (0)

The Sum of All Fears

IMDB Rating: 6.40
23289 votes

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When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia among American CIA officials, so CIA director Bill Cabot recruits a young analyst to supply insight and advice on the situation. Then the unthinkable happens: a nuclear bomb explodes in a U.S. city, and America is quick to blame the Russians.
Actors
Jack RyanBen Affleck
DCI William CabotMorgan Freeman
President Robert 'Bob' FowlerJames Cromwell
Also posted in 2002, Action, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

New Jack City

IMDB Rating: 6.10
6572 votes

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In 1989, Nino Brown, a small time drug dealer, is convinced by one of his fellow thugs that the wave of the future is in the cocaine derivative, crack. Brown sees potential in crack and sets out to establish himself as chief kingpin by killing off his rivals and even going as far as to take over a whole apartment complex. Out to stop him are undercover cops Scottie Appleton and Nick Paretti. Appleton especially wants to get Nino because of the fact that he murdered Scottie's mother as part of a gang initiaton. Also involved is Pookie, a former crackhead who wants to bring down Nino as well.
Actors
Nino BrownWesley Snipes
Scotty AppletonIce-T
Gee MoneyAllen Payne
Also posted in 1991, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

K-PAX

IMDB Rating: 7.10
31608 votes

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Prot is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a far away planet. His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations.
Actors
Mary McCormack
Kevin Spacey
Jeff Bridges
Also posted in 2001, Drama, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Mystery, Sci-Fi | Comments (0)
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