Tag Archives: cult favorite

Akira

IMDB Rating: 7.80
25735 votes

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Kaneda is a bike gang leader whose close friend Tetsuo gets involved in a government secret project known as Akira. On his way to save Tetsuo, Kaneda runs into a group of anti-government activists, greedy politicians, irresponsible scientists and a powerful military leader. The confrontation sparks off Tetsuo's supernatural power leading to bloody death, a coup attempt and the final battle in Tokyo Olympiad where Akira's secrets were buried 30 years ago.
Actors
Shôtarô KanedaMitsuo Iwata
Tetsuo ShimaNozomu Sasaki
KeiMami Koyama
Also posted in 1988, Action, Adventure, Animation, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (0)

The Evil Dead

IMDB Rating: 7.50
27427 votes

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Five friends go up to a cabin in the woods where they find unspeakable evil lurking in the forest. They find the Necronomicon and the taped translation of the text. Once the tape is played, the evil is released. One by one, the teens become deadly zombies. With only one remaining, it is up to him to survive the night and battle the evil dead.
Actors
Ashley 'Ash' J. WilliamsBruce Campbell
CherylEllen Sandweiss
ScottyRichard DeManincor
Also posted in 1981, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Horror, Thriller | Comments (0)

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

IMDB Rating: 8.80
123200 votes

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The story of Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia and the others didn't end with the destruction of the Death Star - it continues in THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK. Imperial forces have since driven the Rebels to hide on the ice world Hoth. But even on such an icy, backwater world, they cannot escape the wicked Darth Vader's eye for long, and he devastates the Rebel base in an assault with the horrible AT-AT walkers. Luke flees to Dagobah to begin Jedi Knight training with Yoda, while Han Solo, Chewbacca, Princess Leia and C-3PO run the blockade of Imperial Star Destroyers in the Millenium Falcon. The Imperials pursue them across the galaxy and eventually catch up with them at Bespin. Now Darth Vader plans to use them as bait to lure Luke Skywalker to him, and turns Han Solo over to Boba Fett as a prize to be delivered to crime lord Jabba the Hutt. Luke learns a terrible family secret after losing a swordfight with Vader. Will he - and the others - escape the Empire's clutches?
Actors
Luke Skywalker/Echo Base AnnouncerMark Hamill
Han SoloHarrison Ford
Princess Leia OrganaCarrie Fisher
Also posted in 1980, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi | Comments (1)

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

IMDB Rating: 8.40
137524 votes

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Nearly 10 years have passed since Sarah Connor was targeted for termination by a cyborg from the future. Now her son, John, the future leader of the resistance, is the target for a newer, more deadly terminator. Once again, the resistance has managed to send a protector back to attempt to save John and his mother Sarah.
Actors
The TerminatorArnold Schwarzenegger
John ConnorEdward Furlong
T-1000Robert Patrick
Also posted in 1991, Action, Adventure, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (1)

Reservoir Dogs

IMDB Rating: 8.40
130246 votes

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Six criminals, who are strangers to each other, are hired by a crime boss Joe Cabot to carry out a diamond robbery. Right at the outset, they are given false names with an intention that they won't get too close and concentrate on the job instead. They are completely sure that the robbery is going to be a success. But when the police show up right at the time and the site of the robbery, panic spreads amongst the group members and one of them is killed in the subsequent shootout along with a few policemen and civilians. When the remaining people assemble at the premeditated rendezvous point (a warehouse), they begin to suspect that one of them is an undercover cop.
Actors
Mr. White/Larry DimmickHarvey Keitel
Mr. Orange/Freddy NewandykeTim Roth
Mr. Blonde/Vic VegaMichael Madsen
Also posted in 1992, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (1)

The Lost Boys

IMDB Rating: 6.80
17466 votes

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Financial troubles force a recent divorcee and her teenage sons Mike and Sam to settle down with her father in the California town of Santa Carla. At first, Sam laughs off rumours he hears about vampires who inhabit the small town. But after Mike meets a beautiful girl at the local amusement park, he begins to exhibit the classic signs of vampirism. Fearing for his own safety, Sam recruits two young vampire hunters to save his brother by finding and destroying the head vampire.
Actors
Michael EmersonJason Patric
Sam EmersonCorey Haim
Lucy EmersonDianne Wiest
Also posted in 1987, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Horror, Thriller | Comments (1)

Gummo

IMDB Rating: 5.70
5175 votes

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Solomon and Tummler are two teenagers killing time in Xenia, Ohio, a small town that has never recovered from the tornado that ravaged the community in the 1970s.
Actors
SolomonJacob Reynolds
TummlerNick Sutton
Girl in CarLara Tosh
Also posted in 1997, Drama | Comments (0)

Twelve Monkeys

IMDB Rating: 8.00
93017 votes

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An unknown and lethal virus has wiped out five billion people in 1996. Only 1% of the population has survived by the year 2035, and is forced to live underground. A convict (James Cole) reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to 1996 to gather information about the origin of the epidemic (who he's told was spread by a mysterious "Army of the Twelve Monkeys") and locate the virus before it mutates so that scientists can study it. Unfortunately Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990, six years earlier than expected, and is arrested and locked up in a mental institution, where he meets Dr. Kathryn Railly, a psychiatrist, and Jeffrey Goines, the insane son of a famous scientist and virus expert.
Actors
Young ColeJoseph Melito
James ColeBruce Willis
JoseJon Seda
Also posted in 1995, Drama, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (1)

Blades of Glory

IMDB Rating: 6.70
12038 votes

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When rivalry between the world's best men's figure skaters - sex addicted, improvisational Chazz Michael Michaels and germophobic, precise Jimmy MacElroy - breaks into a fight on the awards platform, they're banned from the event for life. Three years later, desire for a gold medal and a careful reading of the rules lead them to compete as skating's first male-male pair. Can they overcome mutual dislike, limited time to prepare, their coach's secret past, and the dirty tricks of their main opponents, the Van Waldenberg siblings? The key to victory or defeat may lie in the attraction of the virginal Jimmy toward Katie, the Van Waldenbergs' little sister.
Actors
Jimmy MacElroyJon Heder
Chazz Michael MichaelsWill Ferrell
Stranz Van WaldenbergWill Arnett
Also posted in 2007, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Sport | Comments (0)

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

IMDB Rating: 7.70
59680 votes

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Kazakhstani TV personality Borat is dispatched to the United States to report on the "greatest country in the world." With a documentary crew in tow, Borat becomes more interested in locating and marrying Pamela Anderson than on his assignment.
Actors
Borat SagdiyevSacha Baron Cohen
Azamat BagatovKen Davitian
LuenellLuenell
Also posted in 2006, Comedy, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)
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