Tag Archives: accident

Young Adam

IMDB Rating: 6.40
3863 votes

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Joe, a rootless young drifter, finds work on a barge travelling between Glasgow and Edinburgh, owned by Les and his wife Ella. One afternoon they discover the corpse of a young woman floating in the water. Accident? Suicide? Murder? As the police investigate and suspect is arrested, we discover that Joe knows more than he is letting on. Gradually we learn of Joe's past relationship with the dead woman. Meanwhile an unspoken attraction develops between Joe and Ella, heightening the claustrophobic tensions in the confined space of the barge.
Actors
Joe TaylorEwan McGregor
Ella GaultTilda Swinton
Les GaultPeter Mullan
Also posted in 2003, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Blind Horizon

IMDB Rating: 5.60
1668 votes

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In this thriller, Val Kilmer plays Frank, a man who loses his memory after being shot in small desert town in New Mexico. As he tries to retrace his steps and figure out his true identity, Frank believes he may be part of a plot to assassinate the president. Sam Sheperd plays the town's shifty-eyed sheriff and Neve Campbell plays a woman claiming to be Frank's fiancee.
Actors
Frank KavanaughVal Kilmer
Chloe RichardsNeve Campbell
Sheriff Jack KolbSam Shepard
Also posted in 2003, Drama, Thriller | Comments (0)

K-19: The Widowmaker

IMDB Rating: 6.50
12836 votes

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The story of USSR's first nuclear ballistic submarine, which suffered a malfunction in its nuclear reactor on its maiden voyage in the North Atlantic in 1961. The submarine's crew, led by the unyielding Captain Alexi Vostrikov, races against time to prevent a Chernobyl-like nuclear disaster which threatens not only the lives of his crew, but has the potential to ignite a world war between the super powers.
Actors
Alexei VostrikovHarrison Ford
DmitriSam Spruell
KuryshevPeter Stebbings
Also posted in 2002, Drama, High IMDB rating, History, Thriller | Comments (9)

Vertical Limit

IMDB Rating: 5.40
14584 votes

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A high-adrenaline tale of young climber Peter Garrett (Chris O'Donnell), who must launch a treacherous and extraordinary rescue effort up K2, the world's second highest peak. Confronting both his own limitations and the awesome power of nature's uncontrollable elements, Peter risks his life to save his sister, Annie (Robin Tunney), and her summit team (Bill Paxton and Nicholas Lea) in a race against time. The team is trapped in an icy grave at 26,000 feet - a death zone above the vertical limit of endurance where the human body cannot survive for long. Every second counts as Peter enlists the help of a crew of fellow climbers, including eccentric, reclusive mountain man Montgomery Wick (Scott Glenn), to ascend the chilling might of the world's most feared peak to save her.
Actors
Peter GarrettChris O'Donnell
Annie GarrettRobin Tunney
Montgomery WickScott Glenn
Also posted in 2000, Action, Adventure, Thriller | Comments (13)

Drive

IMDB Rating: 6.60
1219 votes

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A prototype enhanced human, on the run from Chinese-hired hit men, hooks up with a dread-locked bystander, and the two of them elude their pursuers narrowly each time.
Actors
Toby WongMark Dacascos
Malik BrodyKadeem Hardison
Vic MadisonJohn Pyper-Ferguson
Also posted in 1997, Action, Adventure, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi | Comments (0)

While You Were Sleeping

IMDB Rating: 6.40
17345 votes

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Lucy's life consists of constant lonliness that is until she saves Peter's life. Now she is a part of his family, and with a strong heart and fate on her side, others begin to realize what a terrific person she is, especially Jack, Peter's brother. An extraordinarily true-to-life sequence of events begin to take place as Lucy and Jack become closer and learn more about each other and themselves than one would ever expect from such coincidental, yet believable events.
Actors
Lucy Eleanor ModeratzSandra Bullock
Jack CallaghanBill Pullman
Peter CallaghanPeter Gallagher
Also posted in 1995, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

Basic Instinct

IMDB Rating: 6.70
22321 votes

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Former rock star and San Francisco nightclub owner Johnny Boz is found murdered in his bed. Detective Nick Curran is assigned to the case; he has a history of alcoholism and drug abuse although he is clean now. The prime suspect is Catherine Tramell, an attractive and manipulative novelist who had been seeing Boz for a while. Police psychiatrist Beth Gardner (who happens to be Nick's ex-girlfriend) is brought in on the case when it is discovered that Boz's murder was copied directly from one of Catherine's novels. Nick starts to get too involved and everyone seems to be a suspect.
Actors
Det. Nick CurranMichael Douglas
Catherine TramellSharon Stone
Gus MoranGeorge Dzundza
Also posted in 1992, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Mystery, Thriller | Comments (0)

Curly Sue

IMDB Rating: 4.80
2481 votes

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Bill Dancer and his young companion Curly Sue are the classic homeless folks with hearts of gold. Their scams are aimed not at turning a profit, but at getting enough to eat. When they scam the rich and beautiful Grey Ellison into believing she backed her Mercedes into Bill, they're only hoping for a free meal. But Grey is touched, and over the objections of her snotty fiance, insist on putting the two up for the night. As they get to know each other, Bill becomes convinced that this is where Curly Sue belongs - in a home, cared for by someone that can give her the advantages that his homeless, nomadic existence lacks. He plans to leave the young girl in the care of Grey and take off.... but Curly Sue has other ideas!
Actors
Bill DancerJames Belushi
Grey EllisonKelly Lynch
Curly SueAlisan Porter
Also posted in 1991, Comedy, Drama, Family | Comments (0)