Tag Archives: based on novella

Youth Without Youth

IMDB Rating: 7.40
517 votes

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A love story wrapped in a mystery. Set in Europe before WWII, a timid professor is changed by a cataclysmic event and explores the mysteries of life.
Actors
DominicTim Roth
Veronica/LauraAlexandra Maria Lara
Professor StanciulescuBruno Ganz
Also posted in 2007, High IMDB rating, Romance, Thriller | Comments (0)

The Mist

IMDB Rating: 7.90
4869 votes

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After a violent storm attacks a town in Maine, an approaching cloud of mist appears the next morning. As the mist quickly envelops the area, a group of people get trapped in a local grocery store -among them, artist David Drayton and his five-year-old son. The people soon discover that within the mist lives numerous species of horrific, unworldly creatures that entered through an inter-dimensional rift, which may or may not have been caused by a nearby military base. As the world around them manifests into a literal hell-on-earth, the horrified citizens try desperately to survive this apocalyptic disaster.
Actors
David DraytonThomas Jane
Mrs. CarmodyMarcia Gay Harden
Amanda DunfreyLaurie Holden
Also posted in 2007, Drama, High IMDB rating, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (1)

I Am Legend

IMDB Rating: 7.20
88459 votes

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Robert Neville (Will Smith) is a brilliant scientist, but even he could not contain the terrible virus that was unstoppable, incurable, and man-made. Somehow immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City and maybe the world. For three years, Neville has faithfully sent out daily radio messages, desperate to find any other survivors who might be out there. But he is not alone. Mutant victims of the plague — The Infected — lurk in the shadows... watching Neville's every move... waiting for him to make a fatal mistake. Perhaps mankind's last, best hope, Neville is driven by only one remaining mission: to find a way to reverse the effects of the virus using his own immune blood. But he knows he is outnumbered... and quickly running out of time.
Actors
RefugeeMichael Ciesla
Dash Mihok
Vampire CreatureThomas J. Pilutik
Also posted in 2007, Action, Drama, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (0)

Stand by Me

IMDB Rating: 8.10
55531 votes

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Unable to grasp the fact of his brother's death, Gordie Lachance feels compelled to travel with three friends to see a dead body that has been found near the railroad tracks.
Actors
Chris ChambersRiver Phoenix
Gordie LachanceWil Wheaton
Teddy DuchampCorey Feldman
Also posted in 1986, Adventure, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (1)

The Shawshank Redemption

IMDB Rating: 9.10
180199 votes

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Andy Dufresne, is sent to Shawshank Prison for the murder of his wife and secret lover. He is very isolated and lonely at first, but realises there is something deep inside your body, that people can't touch and get to....'HOPE'. Andy becomes friends with prison 'fixer' Red (Morgan Freeman), and Andy epitomises why it is crucial to have dreams. His spirit and determination, leads us into a world full of imagination, filled with courage and desire. Will Andy ever realise his dreams...?
Actors
Andy DufresneTim Robbins
Ellis Boyd 'Red' ReddingMorgan Freeman
Warden NortonBob Gunton
Also posted in 1994, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Apocalypse Now

IMDB Rating: 8.50
75165 votes

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It is the height of the war in Vietnam, and U.S. Army Captain Willard (Sheen) is sent by Colonel Lucas (Harrison Ford) and a General to carry out a mission that, officially, 'does not exist - nor will it ever exist'. The mission: To seek out a mysterious Green Beret Colonel, Walter Kurtz (Brando), whose army has crossed the border into Cambodia and is conducting hit-and-run missions against the Viet Cong and NVA. The army believes Kurtz has gone completely insane and Willard's job is to eliminate him! Willard, sent up the Nung River on a U.S. Navy patrol boat, discovers that his target is one of the most decorated officers in the U.S. Army. His crew meets up with surfer-type Lt-Colonel Kilgore (Duvall), head of a U.S Army helicopter cavalry group which eliminates a Viet Cong outpost to provide an entry point into the Nung River. After some hair-raising encounters, in which some of his crew are killed, Willard, Lance (Bottoms) and Chef (Forrest) reach Colonel Kurtz's outpost, beyond the Do Lung Bridge. Now, after becoming prisoners of Kurtz, will Willard & the others be able to fulfill their mission?
Actors
Lieutenant Colonel Bill KilgoreRobert Duvall
Colonel Walter E. KurtzMarlon Brando
Captain Benjamin L. WillardMartin Sheen
Also posted in 1979, Action, Adventure, Drama, High IMDB rating, War | Comments (0)