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The Wild One

IMDB Rating: 6.90
3688 votes

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Storyline
A gang of forty motorcyclists, the Black Rebels Motorcycle Club, gate-crash a legitimate motorcycle race. They are eventually thrown out, but one of the gang steals the second prize trophy and gives it to their leader, Johnny. The gang then ride into Wrightsville, where they race up and down the main street before piling into Bleekers - the local bar. The owner of the bar is happy to let the bikers spend their money, so does not support the sheriff's attempt to address any disturbances. Stuck in town following an accident to a Black Rebel, Johnny falls for the sheriff's daughter and tries to impress her with the trophy. When a rival gang, The Beetles, ride into town, trouble is just around the corner.
Actors
Johnny StrablerMarlon Brando
NarratorMarlon Brando
Kathie BleekerMary Murphy

Slap Shot

IMDB Rating: 7.20
11553 votes

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The player-coach of a small town minor professional league hockey team must deal with hostile crowds and on-ice thuggery in this warm-hearted and only slightly farcical look at minor league ice hockey.
Actors
Reggie 'Reg' DunlopPaul Newman
Joe McGrathStrother Martin
Ned BradenMichael Ontkean

Radio Flyer

IMDB Rating: 6.40
5037 votes

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A loving father explains the value of promise and believing to his two boys trough the story of young Mike and his kid brother Bobby, who being abandoned by their dad had to move with ma and German shepherd Shane to a rural town where the local kids, lorded by abusive older scamp Victor Hernandez, consider them intruders 'stealing' their predecessors' place. Alas the friendly sheriff Daugherty, whose protection they politely wave, will have to act against a far worse bully, ma's new lover who expects to be called the king and belts Bobby's back brutally when drunk in the garage, a secret the boys want to keep secret for finally happy ma. The superstitious brothers spend their time exploring, pulling a wheeled red wagon called Radio Flyer, which name finally inspires a desperate 'magical escape' attempt...
Actors
MaryLorraine Bracco
DaughertyJohn Heard
The KingAdam Baldwin

When a Man Loves a Woman

IMDB Rating: 6.20
6607 votes

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An airline pilot and his wife are forced to face the consequences of her alcoholism when her addictions threaten her life and their daughter's safety. While the woman enters detox, her husband must face the truth of his enabling behavior.
Actors
Michael GreenAndy Garcia
Alice GreenMeg Ryan
EmilyEllen Burstyn

Twisted

IMDB Rating: 4.80
7930 votes

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Jessica Shepard is an on the rise police officer of San Francisco's esteemed police department, after having solved a big case about a serial killer. Her mentor John Mills is proud of Jessica as a father would be of his daughter, since Mills was the partner of Jessica's late father. With a newly established promotion, Jessica finds that she might once again have to prove herself in a department that takes no prisoners. Not to mention a new partner named Mike Delmarco, who might be Jessica's next closest thing to a confidant. However, a man has been found dead and the two officers are brought into the investigation. What they find is a surprise when the dead in question was a man Jessica slept with, he being part of a list of one night stands that Jessica has engaged in. Now under suspicion and a terrible drinking problem gnawing at her, Jessica will have to prove to her superiors and to her skeptical partner that she's not the one behind the murders and Mills is one of the few people standing behind her. This is a story about a woman trying to find the perpetrator of these horrible crimes, before she herself might end as one of them.
Actors
Jessica ShepardAshley Judd
John MillsSamuel L. Jackson
Mike DelmarcoAndy Garcia

Don’t Answer the Phone!

IMDB Rating: 4.00
335 votes

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A deeply disturbed photographer and Vietnam veteran, named Kirk Smith, terrorizes Los Angeles by going around strangling lingerie-clad young women in their homes while taunting Lindsay Gale, a young psychologist, by calling her on a radio call-in show to describe his sexual hang-ups and misogynistic ways, while a local police detective, Lt. McCable, is always two steps behind in trying to catch the psycho.
Actors
Lt. Chris McCabeJames Westmoreland
Sgt. HatcherBen Frank
Dr. Lindsay GaleFlo Gerrish

Heartbreak Ridge

IMDB Rating: 6.40
8474 votes

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Marine Gunnery Sergeant Tom Highway has been in the Corps since the Korean War and would like to see some action and a victory before he retires. He requests to be transfered to the unit that he was once busted out of. Upon arriving the commanding officer knows of Highway's reputation, especially of his lack of respect for his superiors, warns him that he is going to keep an eye on him. Highway's assigned to train a recon unit which consists mostly of deadbeats. But Highway's determined to turn them into true marines and they are not exactly pleased with him, at first. And he is also trying to reconnect with his ex-wife.
Actors
Gunnery Sgt. Tom 'Gunny' HighwayClint Eastwood
AggieMarsha Mason
Major Malcolm A. PowersEverett McGill

Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation

IMDB Rating: 6.80
1267 votes

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Mr Hobbs longs for a vacation alone with his wife, away from his long commute into work and his disfunctional family. His wife longs for a family get-together. Of course the wife wins and off to the beach with the family they go.
Actors
Roger HobbsJames Stewart
Peggy HobbsMaureen O'Hara
JoeFabian

Straw Dogs

IMDB Rating: 7.70
13470 votes

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Upon moving to Britain to get away from American violence, astrophysicist David Sumner and his wife Amy are bullied and taken advantage of by the locals hired to do construction. When David finally takes a stand it escalates quickly into a bloody battle as the locals assault his house.
Actors
David SumnerDustin Hoffman
Amy SumnerSusan George
Tom HeddenPeter Vaughan

The Verdict

IMDB Rating: 7.70
7879 votes

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Frank Galvin is a down-on-his luck lawyer, reduced to drinking and ambulance chasing. Former associate Mickey Morrissey reminds him of his obligations in a medical malpractice suit that he himself served to Galvin on a silver platter: all parties willing to settle out of court. Blundering his way through the preliminaries, he suddenly realizes that perhaps after all the case should go to court: to punish the guilty, to get a decent settlement for his clients, and to restore his standing as a lawyer.
Actors
Frank GalvinPaul Newman
Laura FischerCharlotte Rampling
Mickey MorrisseyJack Warden
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