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Mad Max

IMDB Rating: 6.80
21108 votes

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It is a couple of years in the future... The highways of Australia are ruled by violent gangs who have turned the highways into a battleground as they loot gasoline and terrorize the innocent. Max Rockatansky is a policeman who had everything... Until, a murderous motorcycle gang led by the evil Toecutter burns his partner Jim Goose to death and murders his wife and son, after Max killed their leader "The Knight Rider". Loosing his rocker, Max decides to take the law into his own hands as he sets out to get his revenge on the motorcycle gang and become the road warrior known as "Mad Max".
Actors
'Mad' Max RockatanskyMel Gibson
Jessie RockatanskyJoanne Samuel
ToecutterHugh Keays-Byrne
Also posted in 1979, Action, Adventure, Drama, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (0)

Taps

IMDB Rating: 6.50
4271 votes

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An announcement that the venerable Bunker Hill Military Academy, a 141 year old institute, is to be torn down and replaced with condos sets off the young cadets led by their stodgy commander (George C. Scott). Under the command of a student cadet major (Timothy Hutton), the cadets seize the campus, refuse entry of the construction crews and ultimately confront the real military.
Actors
General Harlan BacheGeorge C. Scott
Cadet Major Brian MorelandTimothy Hutton
Colonel KerbyRonny Cox
Also posted in 1981, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Grindhouse

IMDB Rating: 8.20
27473 votes

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An homage to exploitation B-movie thrillers that combines two feature-length segments into one double-bill designed to replicate the grind house theatergoing experience of the 70s and 80s. In "Death Proof," a psycho named Stuntman Mike (Kurt Russell) stalks and kills beautiful women with his car. In "Planet Terror," a small-town sheriffs' department has to deal with an outbreak of murderous, infected people called "sickos." A gun-legged woman named Cherry (Rose McGowan) and her martial arts-wielding partner (Freddy Rodriguez) take on the zombie army. The two films will be fused together by fake movie trailers.
Actors
AbbyNaveen Andrews
AnnouncerWill Arnett
OmarLauren Bacall
Also posted in 2007, Action, High IMDB rating, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (0)

The Queen

IMDB Rating: 7.60
14182 votes

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The Queen is an intimate behind the scenes glimpse at the interaction between HM Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Tony Blair during their struggle, following the death of Diana, to reach a compromise between what was a private tragedy for the Royal family and the public's demand for an overt display of mourning.
Actors
The QueenHelen Mirren
Prince PhilipJames Cromwell
Prince CharlesAlex Jennings
Also posted in 2006, Biography, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

A Scanner Darkly

IMDB Rating: 7.30
14408 votes

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The L.A. of a not-too-distant future suffers a surge of drug abuse involving a new ultra-addictive and eventually brain-damaging substance simply named "D". Bob Arctor is an undercover narc leading a double life, dutifully reporting to his superiors while effectively having abandoned whatever normal existence he had for a "D" user/dealer career. But this schizophrenic situation and the drug-induced memory and concentration lapses put Bob under mounting stress.
Actors
Charles FreckRory Cochrane
James BarrisRobert Downey Jr.
Brown Bear Lodge HostMitch Baker
Also posted in 2006, Animation, Drama, High IMDB rating, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (0)

The Ice Harvest

IMDB Rating: 6.10
6151 votes

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A wickedly funny thriller that takes moviegoers on a wild ride brimming with larceny, lust and lethal behavior. In icebound Wichita, Kansas, it's Christmas Eve, and this year Charlie Arglist (John Cusack) just might have something to celebrate. Charlie, an attorney for the sleazy businesses of Wichita, and his unsavory associate, the steely Vic Cavanaugh (Billy Bob Thornton) have just successfully embezzled $2 million from Kansas City boss Bill Guerrard (Randy Quaid). But the real prize for Charlie is the stunning Renata (Connie Nielsen), who runs the Sweet Cage strip club. Charlie hopes to slip out of town with Renata. But as daylight fades and an ice storm whirls, everyone from Charlie's drinking buddy Pete Van Heuten (Oliver Platt) to the local police begin to wonder just what exactly is in Charlie's Christmas stocking - and the 12 hours of Christmas Eve are filled with surprises.
Actors
Charlie ArglistJohn Cusack
Vic CavanaughBilly Bob Thornton
RenataConnie Nielsen
Also posted in 2005, Comedy, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

The Fog

IMDB Rating: 3.20
8453 votes

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Exactly one hundred years ago, off the rocky shore of an isolated Northern California town, a ship of lepers seeking refuge was betrayed by the town's founding fathers and burned, dooming everyone aboard. Now, tonight, the ghosts of the long-dead mariners have returned from their watery graves to exact revenge. Shrouded within a supernatural fog, the ghosts trap the residents of the remote community, intent on seeking out the descendants of those who founded the town...and killing anyone who stands in their murderous path.
Actors
Nick CastleTom Welling
Elizabeth WilliamsMaggie Grace
Stevie WayneSelma Blair
Also posted in 2005, Action, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Comments (0)

The Life of David Gale

IMDB Rating: 7.20
19408 votes

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Dr. David Gale, an advocate of eliminating the death penalty, is falsely accused of rape and murder. Once convicted, he ends up on death row in Texas himself, telling his story to a reporter through a series of flashbacks.
Actors
Bitsey BloomKate Winslet
Barbara KreusterCleo King
Reporter A.J. RobertsConstance Jones
Also posted in 2003, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (2)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

IMDB Rating: 6.00
19340 votes

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A group of college kids, on their way back from scoring drugs in Mexico, run into a hitchhiker who has just survived a horrific massacre from the night before. They try to help the girl, but in the process end up falling prey to her mysterious fear. It happens to be wielding a chainsaw...
Actors
ErinJessica Biel
AndyMike Vogel
KemperEric Balfour
Also posted in 2003, Crime, Horror, Thriller | Comments (5)

The Transporter

IMDB Rating: 6.30
20472 votes

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Ex-Special Forces operator Frank Martin (Jason Statham) lives what seems to be a quiet life along the French Mediterranean, hiring himself out as a mercenary "transporter" who moves goods - human or otherwise - from one place to another. No questions asked. Frank's newest transport seems no different from the countless ones he's done in the past. He has been hired by an American known only as "Wall Street" (see Rule Two) to make a delivery, but when Frank stops along route, he notices his "package" is moving. Violating his own personal rules, Frank looks inside the bag, finding its contents to be a beautiful, gagged woman.
Actors
Frank MartinJason Statham
LaiQi Shu
Darren 'Wall Street' BettencourtMatt Schulze
Also posted in 2002, Action, Crime, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (5)