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Sling Blade

IMDB Rating: 8.00
32067 votes

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A partially handicapped man named Karl is released from a mental hospital, several years after murdering his mother and another person. Karl is often questioned if he will ever kill again, and he shrugs in response saying there is no reason to. Now out of the mental institution, Karl settles in his old, small hometown, occupying himself by fixing motors. After meeting a young boy named Frank who befriends him, Karl is invited to stay at Frank's house with his mother Linda- who views Karl as a strange but kind and generous man. However, Linda's abusive boyfriend Doyle, sees things differently in the way rules ought to be run- normally insulting Linda's homosexual friend Vaughan as well as Karl's disabilities, and having wild parties with his friends. As Karl's relation with Frank grows, he is ever so watchful of Doyle's cruel actions.
Actors
Karl ChildersBilly Bob Thornton
Doyle HargravesDwight Yoakam
Charles BushmanJ.T. Walsh
Also posted in 1996, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (1)

Ladder 49

IMDB Rating: 6.50
13068 votes

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Under the watchful eye of his mentor Captain Mike Kennedy (Travolta), probationary firefighter Jack Morrison (Phoenix) matures into a seasoned veteran at a Baltimore fire station. Jack has reached a crossroads, however, as the sacrifices he's made have put him in harm's way innumerable times and significantly impacted his relationship with his wife and kids. Responding to the worst blaze in his career, he becomes trapped inside a 20-story building. And as he reflects on his life, now Assistant Chief Kennedy frantically coordinates the effort to save him.
Actors
Keith PerezJay Hernandez
Jack MorrisonJoaquin Phoenix
Captain Mike KennedyJohn Travolta
Also posted in 2004, Action, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (1)

My Big Fat Greek Wedding

IMDB Rating: 6.70
30769 votes

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Toula Portokalos is 30, Greek, and works in her family's restaurant, Dancing Zorba's, in Chicago. All her father Gus wants is for her to get married to a nice Greek boy. But Toula is looking for more in life. Her mother convinces Gus to let her take some computer classes at college (making him think it's his idea). With those classes under her belt, she then takes over her aunt's travel agency (again making her father think it's his idea). She meets Ian Miller, a high school English teacher, WASP, and dreamboat she had made a fool of herself over at the restaurant; they date secretly for a while before her family finds out. Her father is livid over her dating a non-Greek. He has to learn to accept Ian; Ian has to learn to accept Toula's huge family, and Toula has to learn to accept herself.
Actors
Toula PortokalosNia Vardalos
Gus PortokalosMichael Constantine
Ian MillerJohn Corbett
Also posted in 2002, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (8)

White Oleander

IMDB Rating: 7.00
7632 votes

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Astrid Magnussen is a 15 year old girl, living in California. Her mother, Ingrid, is a beautiful, free-spirited poet. Their life, though unusual, is satisfying until one day, a man named Barry Kolker (that her mother refers to at first as "The goat man") comes into their lives, and Ingrid falls madly in love with him, only to have her heart broken, and her life ruined. For revenge, Ingrid murders Barry with the deadly poison of her favourite flower: The White Oleander. She is sent to prison for life, and Astrid has to go through foster home after foster home. Throughout nearly a decade she experiences forbidden love, religion, near-death experiences, drugs, starvation, and how it feels to be loved. But throughout these years, she keeps in touch with her mother via letters to prison. And while Ingrid's gift is to give Astrid the power to survive, Astrid's gift is to teach her Mother about love.
Actors
Miss MartinezAmy Aquino
ParamedicJohn Billingsley
Girl In FightElisa Bocanegra
Also posted in 2002, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (1)

Angel Heart

IMDB Rating: 7.10
9798 votes

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Harry Angel is a private investigator. He is hired by a man who calls himself Louis Cyphre to track down a singer called Johnny Favorite. As he begins to investigate, all the people he contacts concerning Johnny are killed in mysterious ways. As he finds out more about himself and his client he discovers that he is fighting for his very existence and is forced to deal with the devil himself.
Actors
Harold R. 'Harry' AngelMickey Rourke
Louis CyphreRobert De Niro
Epiphany ProudfootLisa Bonet
Also posted in 1987, High IMDB rating, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Comments (0)

The Godfather

IMDB Rating: 9.10
148964 votes

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The story begins as "Don" Vito Corleone, the head of a New York Mafia "family", oversees his daughter's wedding. His beloved son Michael has just come home from the war, but does not intend to become part of his father's business. Through Michael's life the nature of the family business becomes clear. The business of the family is just like the head of the family, kind and benevolent to those who give respect, but given to ruthless violence whenever anything stands against the good of the family. Don Vito lives his life in the way of the old country, but times are changing and some don't want to follow the old ways and look out for community and "family". An up and coming rival of the Corleone family wants to start selling drugs in New York, and needs the Don's influence to further his plan. The clash of the Don's fading old world values and the new ways will demand a terrible price, especially from Michael, all for the sake of the family.
Actors
Don Vito CorleoneMarlon Brando
Michael CorleoneAl Pacino
Santino 'Sonny' CorleoneJames Caan
Also posted in 1972, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)