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Blank Check

IMDB Rating: 4.10
3281 votes

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Storyline
Preston Waters is a 12 year old boy who is sick of his parents always teaching him the value of money. Little does he know, he is about to learn it. When a smart crook, Carl Quigley, nearly kills Preston by running over his bike, he mistakenly fills out a blank cheque, which Preston prints out for $1 Million. Preston convinces the bank manager to cash the cheque, and when Quigley's employee returns to collect the money for Quigley and finds that the bank manager has given it to a kid, Quigley sets out to track the kid down and get his money. Preston creates the pseudonym of 'Macintosh' to handle his finance, and the police get suspicious. Preston begins his spending, but later becomes aware that he must avoid Quigley who is on his back, and the police seperately attempt to work out the mystery behind 'Macintosh'. Will Preston be convinced that money is'nt everything.
Actors
Preston WatersBrian Bonsall
Shay StanleyKaren Duffy
Fred WatersJames Rebhorn

The Age of Innocence

IMDB Rating: 7.10
12505 votes

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Society scion Newland Archer is engaged to May Welland, but his well-ordered life is upset when he meets May's unconventional cousin, the Countess Olenska. At first, Newland becomes a defender of the Countess, whose separation from her abusive husband makes her a social outcast in the restrictive high society of late-19th Century New York, but he finds in her a companion spirit and they fall in love.
Actors
Newland ArcherDaniel Day-Lewis
Ellen OlenskaMichelle Pfeiffer
May WellandWinona Ryder

The Muppets Take Manhattan

IMDB Rating: 6.60
4925 votes

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Storyline
The Muppets are back in a brand-new full-length musical comedy! After graduating college, the Muppets travel to Manhattan to have someone produce their musical "Manhattan Melodies". When it doesn't happen, the gang splits up. Kermit makes friends with Jenny (Juliana Donald) and Piggy is jealous, thinking that Kermit found a new girl. Now Rowlf is a vet secretary, Fozzie's living in a cave, and Piggy is working at a hotel with her partner, but apparently they get fired and now Piggy lives next door to where Kermit works at Pete's with Jenny. When Jenny and Kermit find producer-in-training Ronny Coleman (Lonny Price), he promises to produce their show. The gang returns to Manhattan, but after getting hit by a car in joy, Kermit gets amnesia and now finds work making ads with other frogs. When Kermit is found at Pete's, they try to restore his memory.
Actors
Kermit the FrogJim Henson
RowlfJim Henson
Dr. TeethJim Henson

Houseboat

IMDB Rating: 6.50
2322 votes

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Tom Winston, a widower, is trying to understand and raise three precocious children alone. He gets a little unexpected help from Cinzia, when the children decide she is be the new maid. She is actually an Italian socialite who is trying to get away from her overprotective father.
Actors
Tom WintersCary Grant
Cinzia ZaccardiSophia Loren
Carolyn GibsonMartha Hyer

Knockaround Guys

IMDB Rating: 5.90
8525 votes

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Storyline
The four sons (Diesel, Green, Pepper, Davoli) of major Brooklyn mobsters have to team up to retrieve a bag of cash in a small Montana town ruled by a corrupt sheriff. Specifically, the story gets started when Matt Demaret (Pepper) goes on a job to deliver the money for his mob father (Hopper) on the advice of his uncle (Malkovich). Things don't go as planned though...
Actors
Matty DemaretBarry Pepper
Chris ScarpaAndy Davoli
Johnny MarblesSeth Green

Clockstoppers

IMDB Rating: 5.00
5028 votes

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Storyline
Until now, Zak Gibbs' greatest challenge has been finding a way to buy a car. But when he discovers an odd wristwatch amidst his father's various inventions and slips it on, something very strange happens. The world around him seemingly comes to a stop; giving the effect that everyone has come to a stop. Zak quickly learns how to manipulate the device, and he and his quick-witted, beautiful new friend, Francesca, have some real fun. What they soon realize, though, is they are not alone in hypertime.
Actors
Zak GibbsJesse Bradford
Dr. Earl DoplerFrench Stewart
FrancescaPaula Garcés

I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

IMDB Rating: 4.00
18639 votes

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Storyline
Two years after the horrible incident, Julie is back in college and is worse than ever having dreams about the killer. She gets comfort from a new friend named Will. Julie's other friend Karla tries to hook the two of them up and when she wins a trip to the Bahamas, she knows that it is perfect. But Ray is still in the picture and Julie only goes as friends. Karla, her boyfriend Tyrell, Julie, and Will take flight right before Ray encounters the fisherman again. He tries to tell Julie not to leave but it is too late. Now in the Bahamas Julie is starting to lighten up and have fun. Then suddenly things start going terribly wrong when a storm hits the Island and people start to disappear. Ray takes a boat to the island to warn Julie but will he make it on time to save Julie again from the fisherman?
Actors
Julie JamesJennifer Love Hewitt
Ray BronsonFreddie Prinze Jr.
Karla WilsonBrandy Norwood

Life as a House

IMDB Rating: 7.50
17169 votes

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Storyline
When a man is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he takes custody of his misanthropic teenage son, for whom quality time means getting high, engaging in small-time prostitution, and avoiding his father.
Actors
George MonroeKevin Kline
Robin KimballKristin Scott Thomas
Sam MonroeHayden Christensen

The Miracle Worker

IMDB Rating: 8.00
4712 votes

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Young Helen Keller, blind, deaf, and mute since infancy, is in danger of being sent to an institution. Her inability to communicate has left her frustrated and violent. In desperation, her parents seek help from the Perkins Institute, which sends them a "half-blind Yankee schoolgirl" named Annie Sullivan to tutor their daughter. Through persistence and love, and sheer stubbornness, Annie breaks through Helen's walls of silence and darkness and teaches her to communicate.
Actors
Annie SullivanAnne Bancroft
Captain Arthur KellerVictor Jory
Kate KellerInga Swenson

The Color Purple

IMDB Rating: 7.60
21677 votes

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This film follows the life of Celie, a young black girl growing up in the early 1900's. The first time we see Celie, she is 14 - and pregnant - by her father. We stay with her for the next 30 years of her tough life...
Actors
AlbertDanny Glover
Celie JohnsonWhoopi Goldberg
Shug AveryMargaret Avery
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