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Thelma & Louise

IMDB Rating: 7.20
20504 votes

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Whilst on a short weekend getaway, Louise shoots a man who had tried to rape Thelma. Due to the incriminating circumstances, they make a run for it but are soon followed closely by the authorities including a local policeman who is sympathetic to their plight. The federal authorities, however, have less compassion and thus a cross country chase ensues for the two fugitives. Along the way, both women rediscover the strength of their friendship and suprising aspects of their personalities and self-strengths in the trying times.
Actors
Louise Elizabeth SawyerSusan Sarandon
Thelma Yvonne DickinsonGeena Davis
Investigator Hal SlocumbHarvey Keitel
Also posted in 1991, Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Wild at Heart

IMDB Rating: 7.00
15460 votes

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Lula's psychopathic mother goes crazy at the thought of Lula being with Sailor, who just got free from jail. Ignoring Sailor's probation, they set out for California. However their mother hires a killer to hunt down Sailor. Unaware of this, the two enjoy their journey and themselves being together... until they witness a young woman dying after a car accident - a bad omen.
Actors
Sailor RipleyNicolas Cage
Lula PaceLaura Dern
Bobby PeruWillem Dafoe
Also posted in 1990, Comedy, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance, Thriller | Comments (0)

Midnight Run

IMDB Rating: 7.40
10507 votes

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Jack Walsh is a former cop from Chicago, who was framed by criminal he was investigating and about to arrest. He is now a bounty hunter based in Los Angeles. His boss wants him to find, Jonathan "The Duke" Mardukas, an accountant, who was working for Las Vegas mobster, who stole millions of dollars from him and gave it away. His boss was the one who bailed him out, and now unless he can get him back in L.A. in the next 5 days, he will forfeit the bond and be placed out of business. So he sends Jack to get him, which is Midnight Run or easy job in the bail bond business. Except for the fact that the man The Duke stole the money from, wants to get him, and he is also the same man who framed Jack. And also the FBI wants to get Mardukas so that they can use him to get his boss, so they warn Walsh not to get in their way. But Walsh nevertheless finds The Duke and is about bring him back but when Mardukas claims that he has difficulty with flying the airline throws them out of the plane, so they have to go back on the road. When Walsh's boss, learns that he didn't arrive when he was suppose to, he sends another bounty hunter, Marvin, who is Jack's greatest adversary, to get Mardukas. And when Marvin cancels Walsh's card, they don't have enough funds to make it all the way, so they have to scrape everything they have. And it doesn't help that Mardukas is doing everything he can to escape, cause he says that his former boss can get him even in jail.
Actors
Jack WalshRobert De Niro
Jonathan MardukasCharles Grodin
FBI Agent Alonzo MoselyYaphet Kotto
Also posted in 1988, Action, Adventure, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Rain Man

IMDB Rating: 7.90
49468 votes

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Charley is a hustler. He's been on his own long enough to know how to work people and situations. He finds that the father who threw him out as a teen ager has died. He's left him a now antique convertible and something more important, a previously unknown brother, Raymond. Raymond is Autistic, but is able to calculate complicated mathematical problems in his head with great speed and accuracy. Their father has left his fortune to Raymond who doesn't even understand what money is for. Charley is enraged by what has happened and by his father keeping Raymond's existence from him for his entire life. He kidnaps Raymond from his residential home but then finds that Raymond will only fly Qantas. The two begin a long road trip that will lead them to an understanding of each other.
Actors
Raymond BabbittDustin Hoffman
Charlie BabbittTom Cruise
SusannaValeria Golino
Also posted in 1988, Adventure, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Lethal Weapon

IMDB Rating: 7.50
22928 votes

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Los Angeles police sergeant Roger Murtaugh, who has just turned 50 years old, is assigned to investigate the death of Amanda Hunsaker, a prostitute who is one of the daughters of bank president Michael Hunsaker, a friend whom Roger has known since they were in the Vietnam War together, but Roger hasn't seen Michael in 12 years. Beginning with this investigation, Roger is assigned a new partner Sergeant Martin Riggs, who has been suicidal ever since his wife Victoria "Vicky" Lynn Riggs died in a car crash in 1984. Riggs and Murtaugh's investigation of Amanda's death reveals that she was murdered. Upon hearing of this, Michael tells Murtaugh that he would like for whoever is behind Amanda's murder to end up dead, like Amanda. Riggs and Murtaugh's investigation continues and it makes them the targets of Shadow Company, a group of former Vietnam War era mercenaries who now bring heroin into the Los Angeles County region. Shadow Company's leader, General Peter McAllister, and his right hand man, Mr. Joshua, want Riggs and Murtaugh dead, no matter what the cost.
Actors
Sergeant Martin RiggsMel Gibson
Sergeant Roger MurtaughDanny Glover
Mr. JoshuaGary Busey
Also posted in 1987, Action, Comedy, Crime, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

The Jewel of the Nile

IMDB Rating: 5.70
7573 votes

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This is the sequel to "Romancing the Stone" where Jack and Joan have their yacht and easy life, but are gradually getting bored with each other and this way of life. Joan accepts an invitation to go to some middle eastern country as a guest of the sheik, but there she is abducted and finds her- self involved with the "jewel". Jack decides to rescue her with his new partner Ralph. They all go from one adventure to another... What is the story of this "jewel"?
Actors
Jack ColtonMichael Douglas
Joan WilderKathleen Turner
RalphDanny DeVito
Also posted in 1985, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance | Comments (0)

Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

IMDB Rating: 8.20
98361 votes

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The Empire is more than halfway through construction of a new Death Star - almost twice as big, but more than twice as powerful. When completed, it will spell certain doom for Luke Skywalker and the Rebels. Han Solo is a prisoner of crime lord Jabba the Hutt, and Princess Leia soon finds herself in the gangster's hands. Luke Skywalker, aided by C-3PO and R2-D2, makes his way into Jabba's palace, hoping to secure his friends' freedom. But the Hutt has no intention of doing so and tries to kill them all. After escaping from Jabba and the sands of Tatooine, they regroup with the Rebel fleet, which is massing for an attack against the new satellite battle station at Endor. Lando Calrissian is pressed into action to lead the Rebel fighter attack, while Han is put in charge of a group of soldiers to take out the shield generator protecting the Death Star. Luke, however, surrenders to Vader's soldiers on Endor, and is taken in front of Vader's boss - the Galactic Emperor - on the Death Star for final corruption to the Dark Side of the Force. The fleet of Imperial Star Destroyers ambushes the Rebels, cutting them off. Worse, the new Death Star begins turning its giant laser on the Rebel carriers. It appears that nothing will stop the Empire's triumph - unless things start to change quickly...
Actors
Luke SkywalkerMark Hamill
Han SoloHarrison Ford
Princess Leia OrganaCarrie Fisher
Also posted in 1983, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi | Comments (0)

Dune

IMDB Rating: 6.40
19103 votes

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Set in a distant future where life in the universe and space travel is dependent upon a spice found only on the planet Dune, this film tracks the rise of young Paul Atreides, son of good Duke Lito, from the time of his father's betrayal and murder by a rival lord, Baron Harkonnen, to his discovery of the great secret behind the planet Dune and his own destiny, which is to free the planet and its denizens of the cruel rule of the Emperor.
Actors
Lady JessicaFrancesca Annis
The Baron's DoctorLeonardo Cimino
Piter De VriesBrad Dourif
Also posted in 1984, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi | Comments (0)

Conan the Barbarian

IMDB Rating: 6.60
21153 votes

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A barbarian trained in the arts of war joins with thieves in a quest to solve the riddle of steel and find the sorcerer responsible for the genocide of his people in this faithful adaptation of Robert E. Howard's sword and sorcery adventures. This film briefly sparked a wave of fantasy films including the sequel, Conan the Destroyer, in the early 80s.
Actors
ConanArnold Schwarzenegger
Thulsa DoomJames Earl Jones
King OsricMax von Sydow
Also posted in 1982, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

The Border

IMDB Rating: 6.20
1092 votes

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A border agent involved in drug smuggling decides to clean up his act when an impoverished woman's baby is put up for sale on the black market.
Actors
Charlie SmithJack Nicholson
CatHarvey Keitel
MarcyValerie Perrine
Also posted in 1982, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)
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