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Tightrope

IMDB Rating: 6.20
3464 votes

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A New Orleans detective is leading an investigation into a killer who is raping and murdering women. His enquiries lead him into the seedy side of town where he is no stranger off-duty. All this contrasts with his home life as a single parent with two young girls. Then on the case he meets rape counsellor Beryl Thibodeaux with whom a relationship possibly offering some normalcy starts to develop.
Actors
Capt. Wes BlockClint Eastwood
Det. MolinariDan Hedaya
Leander RolfeMarco St. John
Also posted in 1984, Action, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Sonny

IMDB Rating: 5.50
884 votes

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New Orleans, 1981. Sonny Phillips, just discharged from the Army, returns home. The only life he's known is as a gigolo, working for his mother, but he wants to leave that behind. However, the job his Army buddy promised doesn't materialize, and he can't escape his past.
Actors
Sonny PhillipsJames Franco
Jewel PhillipsBrenda Blethyn
Henry WadeHarry Dean Stanton
Also posted in 2002, Crime, Drama | Comments (0)

Double Jeopardy

IMDB Rating: 5.90
19301 votes

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When Nick Parsons appears to be murdered his wife Libby is tried and convicted. Six years later Libby is paroled and with the help of Travis Lehman (her parole officer) she sets out to find her son and the truth behind the "murder".
Actors
Travis LehmanTommy Lee Jones
Elizabeth 'Libby' ParsonsAshley Judd
Matty Parsons, Age 4Benjamin Weir
Also posted in 1999, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Comments (6)

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)

Johnny Handsome

IMDB Rating: 5.60
1769 votes

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A career criminal who has been deformed since birth is given a new face by a kindly doctor and paroled from prison. It appears that he has gone straight, but he is really planning his revenge on the man who killed his father-figure and sent him to prison.
Actors
John Sedley a.ka. Johnny Handsome/Johnny MitchellMickey Rourke
Sunny BoydEllen Barkin
Donna McCartyElizabeth McGovern
Also posted in 1989, Crime, Drama | Comments (0)

007 Live and Let Die

IMDB Rating: 6.70
9347 votes

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When Bond investigates the murders of three fellow agents, he soon finds himself a target, evading the vicious assassins as he closes in on the powerful Kananga (Yaphet Kotto). Known as "Mr. Big," Kananga is coordinating a globally threatening scheme using tons of self-produced heroin. As Bond tries to unravel the mastermind's plan, he meet Solitaire (Jane Seymour), the beautiful Tarot card reader whose magical gifts are crucial to the crime lord. Bond, of course, works his own magic on her, and the stage is set for pulse-pounding action sequences involving voodoo, hungry crocodiles and turbo-charged speedboats.
Actors
MBernard Lee
James BondRoger Moore
Kananga/Mr. BigYaphet Kotto
Also posted in 1973, Action, Adventure, Crime, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)
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