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American Gangster

IMDB Rating: 8.30
28094 votes

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Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs into the United States. As a result, his product is superior to what is currently available on the street and his prices are lower. His alliance with the New York Mafia ensures his position. It is also the story of a dedicated and honest policeman, Richie Roberts, who heads up a joint narcotics task force with the Federal government. Based on a true story.
Actors
Frank LucasDenzel Washington
Det. Richie RobertsRussell Crowe
Huey LucasChiwetel Ejiofor
Also posted in 2007, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (1)

Frantic

IMDB Rating: 6.60
11527 votes

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Ford plays an American doctor whose wife (Betty Buckley) suddenly vanishes while the couple is visiting Paris. To recover her, he navigates a puzzling web of language, locale, laissez-faire cops and triplicate-form bureaucrats. Ultimately - and relunctantly - he must try a defaint, mysterious waif (Emmanuelle Seigner) who knows more than she tells about the woman's kidnappers.
Actors
Dr. Richard WalkerHarrison Ford
Sondra WalkerBetty Buckley
Taxi DriverDjiby Soumare
Also posted in 1988, Action, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Mystery, Thriller | Comments (0)

Long Time Dead

IMDB Rating: 4.80
1951 votes

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A group of British students enbark on summoning spirits on a Ouija board after a night of clubbing. But someone breaks the link before they have finished and now a demon is trapped in their world and the only way to banish it, is for all the people who summoned it to die.
Actors
Alec Newman
Joe Absolom
Lara Belmont
Also posted in 2002, Horror, Thriller | Comments (0)

We Own the Night

IMDB Rating: 7.40
4662 votes

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A New York nightclub manager tries to save his brother and father from Russian mafia hit men.
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Robert 'Bobby' GreenJoaquin Phoenix
Amada JuarezEva Mendes
Capt. Joseph 'Joe' GrusinskyMark Wahlberg
Also posted in 2007, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Gone Baby Gone

IMDB Rating: 8.10
5674 votes

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Dorchester, one of the toughest neighborhoods in all of Boston, is no place for the weak or innocent. Its a territory defined by hard heads and even harder luck, its streets littered with broken families, hearts, dreams. When one of its own, a 4-year-old girl, goes missing, private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro don't want the case. But after pleas from the child's aunt, they open an investigation that will ultimately risk everything — their relationship, their sanity, and even their lives — to find a little girl-lost.
Actors
Patrick KenzieCasey Affleck
Angie GennaroMichelle Monaghan
Capt. Jack DoyleMorgan Freeman
Also posted in 2007, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Mystery | Comments (1)

Transamerica

IMDB Rating: 7.60
12002 votes

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One week before her sex-change operation, Bree receives a call from a 17-year-old identifying himself as her son from a college liaison. Bree's psychiatrist won't approve the surgery until Bree deals with this relationship, so Bree flies to New York City, bails the youth out of juvenile detention, and offers him a ride back to Los Angeles without disclosing that she is his father. Both her plans and his go awry, and as secrets will out, what might become a friendship (or more) founders. The lad's step-father, a sex-change support group, a peyote eater, a Navajo wrangler, and Bree's family all play their parts in this exploration of family, gender, and expectations.
Actors
Voice CoachAndrea James
BreeFelicity Huffman
Dr. SpikowskyDanny Burstein
Also posted in 2005, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Havoc

IMDB Rating: 5.30
4087 votes

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In Los Angeles, Allison Lang is a bored girl from an upper class dysfunctional family that acts and dresses like a slut. Her wealthy boyfriend and friends are totally influenced by the hip-hop culture, behaving like rappers, dressing and imitating their lifestyle. When they decide to drive to East L.A. for fun, they meet a Latin gang of drug-dealers and Allison and her best friend Emily become fascinated with their "gangsta" lifestyle. Later they return to the ghetto to visit and excite Hector and his friends, expecting to join their 16th Street gang. When the guys propose them to have sex as a form of initiation, they change their mind, leading to a tragic consequence.
Actors
Allison LangAnne Hathaway
EmilyBijou Phillips
AmandaShiri Appleby
Also posted in 2005, Crime, Drama, Romance | Comments (0)

Beverly Hills Cop

IMDB Rating: 7.20
28873 votes

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Detroit cop Axel Foley is delighted when he receives a surprise visit from his best friend Mikey Tandino, who lives in California. Not long after Mikey arrives in Detroit, Mikey is killed, right in front of Axel, by a man named Zack. Axel follows Zack to Beverly Hills, California, where Beverly Hills police department Lieutenant Andrew Bogomil assigns Detective Billy Rosewood and Rosewood's partner, Sergeant John Taggart, to keep an eye on Axel. Axel visits his friend Jenny Summers, who works in an art gallery. With Jenny's help, Axel discovers that Zack works for Jenny's boss, Victor Maitland, the man who owns the art gallery. Maitland is a drug kingpin who is using the gallery as a front, and Maitland had Zack kill Mikey after Maitland accused Mikey of stealing some of Maitland's bonds. With the help of Jenny, Billy, and Taggart, Axel does what he can to make sure Maitland and Zack won't kill any more people.
Actors
Det. Axel FoleyEddie Murphy
Det. William 'Billy' RosewoodJudge Reinhold
Det. Sgt. John TaggartJohn Ashton
Also posted in 1984, Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

The Rules of Attraction

IMDB Rating: 6.60
17092 votes

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Camden College. Sean Bateman (James Van Der Beek) is the younger brother of depraved Wall Street broker Patrick Bateman. He's also a drug dealer who owes a lot of money to "fellow" dealer Rupert Guest (Clifton Collins, Jr.), as well as a well-known womanizer, for he sleeps with nearly half of the female population on campus. Lauren Hynde (Shannyn Sossamon) is, technically, a virgin. She's saving herself for her shallow boyfriend, Victor Johnson (Kip Pardue), who's left the States to backpack across Europe. Her slutty roommate, Lara (Jessica Biel), has the hots for Victor as well. Paul Denton (Ian Somerhalder), who used to date Lauren, is openly bisexual and attracted to Mitchell Allen (Thomas Ian Nicholas), who's dating Candice (Clare Kramer) to prove to Paul that he's not gay. Sean loves Lauren. Paul loves Sean. And Lauren may love Sean.
Actors
Shannyn Sossamon
James Van Der Beek
Ian Somerhalder
Also posted in 2002, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance, Thriller | Comments (2)

Blow

IMDB Rating: 7.30
40288 votes

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A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes bankrupt. George does not want the same thing to happen to him, and his friend Tuna, in the 1960's, suggests that he deal marijuana. He is a big hit in California in the 1960's, yet he goes to jail, where he finds out about the wonders of cocaine. As a result, when released, he gets rich by bringing cocaine to America. However, he soon pays the price.
Actors
George JungJohnny Depp
Mirtha JungPenélope Cruz
Barbara BuckleyFranka Potente
Also posted in 2001, Biography, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)
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