Tag Archives: drugs

Scarface

IMDB Rating: 8.00
38403 votes

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When Castro opened the port at Mariel Harbor, thousands of Cubans fled to the United States. One is a young tough named Antonio (Tony) Montana, who, with his friend Manny Ray, starts in with Miami's cocaine trade. He survives attack by chainsaw after a deal goes bad, and several other attempts by other dealers to eliminate him. Eventually the grandiose Montana becomes head of a cocaine cartel. But his enemies start coming after him, and his paranoia threatens to drive Montana's empire into the ground...
Actors
Tony MontanaAl Pacino
Manny RiberaSteven Bauer
ElviraMichelle Pfeiffer
Also posted in 1983, Action, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | 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)

Once Upon a Time in America

IMDB Rating: 8.20
23571 votes

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Epic, episodic, tale of the lives of a small group of New York City Jewish gangsters spanning over 40 years. Told mostly in flashbacks and flash-forwards, the movie centers on small-time hood David 'Noodles' Aaronson (Robert De Nero) and his lifelong partners in crime; Max (James Woods), Cockeye (William Forsythe) and Patsy (James Hayden) and their friends from growing up in the rough Jewish neighborhood of New York's Lower East Side in the 1920s, to the last years of Prohibition in the early 1930s, and then to the late 1960s where an elderly Noodles returns to New York after many years in hiding to look into the past.
Actors
David 'Noodles' AaronsonRobert De Niro
Maximilian 'Max' BercoviczJames Woods
Deborah GellyElizabeth McGovern
Also posted in 1984, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

007 For Your Eyes Only

IMDB Rating: 6.70
9361 votes

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James Bond Adventure. A British spy-ship, the St. Georges, accidently hits a mine and sinks near a Warsaw Pact country. On aboard is ATAC, a communications device that could order Western subs to attack friendly areas. 007 is sent to recover the ATAC and the Russians, interested in getting ATAC, send a message to their local "contact". Bond's investigations leads to Greece and he meets Melina Havelock, out for revenge, as the "Contact" has had her parents murdered. Bond also meets Aristotle Kristatos and Milos Colombo (known as "The Dove") and evidence leads that one of them is the Russian's "Contact" but both accuses the other. Melina and Bond sets out to recover the ATAC and not only goes up against the "Contract" but also against Bibi, a young ice-skater, who has a major crush on 007...
Actors
James BondRoger Moore
Melina HavelockCarole Bouquet
Milos ColumboTopol
Also posted in 1981, Action, Adventure, High IMDB rating, Thriller | 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)

The Deep

IMDB Rating: 5.70
2448 votes

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A pair of young vacationers are involved in a dangerous conflict with treasure hunters when they discover a way into a deadly wreck in Bermuda waters. Featuring extended underwater sequences and a look into the affairs of treasure hunting. Based on a novel by Peter 'Jaws' Benchley.
Actors
Romer TreeceRobert Shaw
Gail BerkeJacqueline Bisset
David SandersNick Nolte
Also posted in 1977, Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Comments (0)

Halloween

IMDB Rating: 7.70
22698 votes

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On Halloween 1963, the small town of Haddonfield is shocked when six-year-old Michael Myers returns from trick-or-treating and for some unknown reason stabs his older sister to death with a big kitchen knife and is found by his parents staring into space with the bloody knife in his hand. Sent to a mental institution, Michael spends the next 15 years just sitting, still staring into space despite the best efforts of his Doctor, Dr. Samuel Loomis. Now, on October 30th 1978, something triggers Michael off and during a storm manages to steal a car from Dr. Loomis and Nurse Marion (who was coming to take Michael to a court to keep him locked up) and goes back to Haddonfield where he steals a white mask. There, Laurie Stode, Micheal's younger sister, finds that Michael is stalking her during the day (at school, at her home etc - but she doesn't know who he is.) As Dr. Loomis arrives and with the Sheriff frantically looks for Michael he doesn't know that Laurie is baby-sitting Lindsey and Tommy and that Laurie's friends Annie, Lynda and Bob are disappearing one by one...
Actors
Dr. Sam LoomisDonald Pleasence
Laurie StrodeJamie Lee Curtis
Lynda VanDerclorkP.J. Soles
Also posted in 1978, High IMDB rating, Horror, Thriller | Comments (0)

Midnight Express

IMDB Rating: 7.60
8940 votes

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Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of Turkey. The Turkish courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two opportunities for release: the appeals made by his lawyer, his family, and the American government, or the "Midnight Express".
Actors
Billy HayesBrad Davis
SusanIrene Miracle
TexBo Hopkins
Also posted in 1978, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Up in Smoke

IMDB Rating: 6.40
6461 votes

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Two directionless musicans, a Chicano guitarist (Cheech Marin) and a White drummer (Tommy Chong), meet up in a chance encounter and embark on a series of odd adventures, including being the unwitting partcipants of a bizarre marijuana smuggling plot.
Actors
Pedro De PacasCheech Marin
Anthony 'Man' StonerTommy Chong
Arnold StonerStrother Martin
Also posted in 1978, Comedy, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

The French Connection

IMDB Rating: 7.80
13724 votes

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William Friedkin's gritty police drama portrays two tough New York City cops trying to intercept a huge heroin shipment coming from France. An interesting contrast is established between 'Popeye' Doyle, a short-tempered alcoholic bigot who is nevertheless a hard-working and dedicated police officer, and his nemesis Alain Charnier, a suave and urbane gentleman who is nevertheless a criminal and one of the largest drug suppliers of pure heroin to North America. During the surveillance and eventual bust, Friedkin provides one of the most gripping and memorable car chase sequences ever filmed.
Actors
Det. Jimmy 'Popeye' DoyleGene Hackman
Alain CharnierFernando Rey
Det. Buddy 'Cloudy' RussoRoy Scheider
Also posted in 1971, Action, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)
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