Tag Archives: alcoholic

Street Kings

IMDB Rating: 7.30
8569 votes

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Tom Ludlow is a veteran LAPD cop who finds life difficult to navigate after the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in the execution of a fellow officer, he is forced to go up against the cop culture he's been a part of his entire career, ultimately leading him to question the loyalties of everyone around him.
Actors
Detective Tom LudlowKeanu Reeves
Captain Jack WanderForest Whitaker
CoatesCommon
Also posted in 2008, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Factotum

IMDB Rating: 6.50
3886 votes

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This drama centers on Hank Chinaski, the fictional alter-ego of "Factotum" author Charles Bukowski, who wanders around Los Angeles, CA trying to live off jobs which don't interfere with his primary interest, which is writing. Along the way, he fends off the distractions offered by women, drinking and gambling.
Actors
Henry ChinaskiMatt Dillon
JanLili Taylor
LauraMarisa Tomei
Also posted in 2005, Comedy, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

The Tommyknockers

IMDB Rating: 5.10
2552 votes

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The small town of Haven becomes a hot-bed of inventions all run by a strange green power device. The whole town is digging something up in the woods, and only an alcoholic poet can unfathom the secret of the tommyknockers.
Actors
Jim 'Gard' GardnerJimmy Smits
Roberta 'Bobbi' AndersonMarg Helgenberger
Trooper Butch DugganJohn Ashton
Also posted in 1993, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (0)

Bad News Bears

IMDB Rating: 5.90
5396 votes

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Morris Buttermaker (Thornton), an alcoholic pest removal worker and former professional baseball player (for a very short time), is recruited to coach and train a failing baseball team of 12 year olds which is about to be thrown out of the league. Although the team does not win the first place in the next championship, it does achieve a great comeback.
Actors
Morris ButtermakerBilly Bob Thornton
Roy BullockGreg Kinnear
Liz WhitewoodMarcia Gay Harden
Also posted in 2005, Comedy, Sport | Comments (0)

A Nightmare on Elm Street

IMDB Rating: 7.30
25389 votes

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On Elm Street, Nancy Thompson (Langenkamp) and a group of her friends including Tina Gray (Wyss), Rod Lane (Garcia) and Glen Lantz (Depp) are being tormented by a clawed killer in their dreams named Freddy Krueger (Englund). Nancy must think quickly, as Freddy tries to pick off his victims one by one. When he has you in your sleep, who is there to save you?
Actors
Lt. ThompsonJohn Saxon
Marge ThompsonRonee Blakley
Nancy ThompsonHeather Langenkamp
Also posted in 1984, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Horror, Thriller | Comments (0)

Man on Fire

IMDB Rating: 7.60
42352 votes

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A wave of kidnappings has swept through Mexico, feeding a growing sense of panic among its wealthier citizens, especially parents. In one six-day period, there were twenty-four abductions, leading many to hire bodyguards for their children. Into this world enters John Creasy, a burned-out ex-CIA operative/assassin, who has given up on life. Creasy's friend Rayburn brings him to Mexico City to be a bodyguard to nine-year-old Pita Ramos, daughter of industrialist Samuel Ramos and his wife Lisa. Creasy is not interested in being a bodyguard, especially to a youngster, but for lack of something better to do, he accepts the assignment. Creasy barely tolerates the precocious child and her pestering questions about him and his life. But slowly, she chips away at his seemingly impenetrable exterior, his defenses drop, and he opens up to her. Creasy's new-found purpose in life is shattered when Pita is kidnapped. Despite being seriously wounded during the kidnapping, he vows to kill anyone involved in or profiting from the kidnapping. And no one can stop him.
Actors
CreasyDenzel Washington
PitaDakota Fanning
SamuelMarc Anthony
Also posted in 2004, Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (7)

Bobby

IMDB Rating: 7.10
6138 votes

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The Ambassador Hotel, 1968: the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy will soon take place here but none of the hotel residents and employees knows about it yet. Everyone at the hotel is busy with his own affairs, and their paths never seem to cross, not even in this closed space. However, it only seems so and twenty two individuals who will become unwitting witnesses to the tragedy will make a lot of startling discoveries and have strange meetings.
Also posted in 2006, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Ask the Dust

IMDB Rating: 5.80
1734 votes

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L.A. in the early 1930's: racism, poverty, and disease color the Bunker Hill neighborhood where Arturo Bandini, a lover of men and beasts alike, has arrived from Colorado to write the great Los Angeles novel. After six months and down to his last nickel, he orders a cup of coffee, served by Camilla Lopez, beautiful, self-possessed, and Mexican. Arturo gets advice, encouragement, and an occasional check from H.L. Mencken, so he keeps writing and he keeps seeing Camilla. But, he's mean to her for no apparent reason, so the relationship sputters. A housekeeper from back East suggests a way out of his jealously and fears. "Camilla Bandini": is it in the cards?
Actors
Arturo BandiniColin Farrell
CamillaSalma Hayek
HellfrickDonald Sutherland
Also posted in 2006, Drama, Romance | Comments (0)

Just Like Heaven

IMDB Rating: 6.90
13330 votes

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Elizabeth Masterson (Reese Witherspoon), a dedicated Doctor in San Francisco, had almost no time for anything. When her sister with two kids set her up on a date, she gets into a tragic car crash and gets in a coma. Meanwhile, an artist named David Abbott (Mark Ruffalo) moves into San Francisco and coincidentally, into Elizabeth's apartment for rent. While at the apartment, Elizabeth's spirit haunts him. She doesn't remember who she is, who her family is, and what she did - All that she remembered was her apartment and where everything was. To settle the arguments, Dacid agrees to figure out who Elizabeth really is. When they get close to figuring out who she is, they eventually find love in each other and as they finally know who she really is, they learn that fate really has put them both together.
Actors
Elizabeth MastersonReese Witherspoon
David AbbottMark Ruffalo
Jack HouriskeyDonal Logue
Also posted in 2005, Comedy, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

The Upside of Anger

IMDB Rating: 7.10
7330 votes

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A sharp-witted suburban wife, Terry Wolfmeyer, is left to raise her four headstrong daughters when her husband unexpectedly disappears. Things get even more hectic when she falls for her neighbor Denny, a once-great baseball star turned radio d.j. This leaves her daughters out on a limb. They are forced to juggle their mom's romantic dilemmas as well as their own.
Actors
Terry Ann WolfmeyerJoan Allen
Denny DaviesKevin Costner
Andy WolfmeyerErika Christensen
Also posted in 2005, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)