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Borstal Boy

IMDB Rating: 6.70
596 votes

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Brendan Behan, a sixteen year-old republican, is going on a bombing mission from Ireland to Liverpool during the second world war. His mission is thwarted when he is apprehended, charged and imprisoned in Borstal, a reform institution for young offenders in East Anglia, England. At Borstal, Brendan is forced to live face-to-face with those he perceived as "the enemy," a confrontation that reveals a deep inner conflict in the young Brendan and forces a self-examination that is both traumatic and revealing. Events take an unexpected turn and Brendan is thrown into a complete spin. In the emotional vortex, he finally faces up to the truth.
Actors
Brendan BehanShawn Hatosy
Charlie MilwallDanny Dyer
DaleLee Ingleby
Also posted in 2000, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

Full Metal Jacket

IMDB Rating: 8.20
56162 votes

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Full Metal Jacket begins by following the trials and tribulations of a platoon of fresh Marine Corps recruits focusing on the relationship between Gunnery Sergeant Hartman and Privates Pyle and Joker. We see Pyle grow into an instrument of death as Hartman has forseen of all of his recruits. Through Pyle's torment and Joker's unwillingness to stand up against it the climax of part one is achieved with all three main characters deciding their fates by their action or inaction. The second chapter of Full Metal Jacket delves into Joker's psyche and the repeated referal to the fact that he joined the Corps to become a killer. When his mostly behind the scenes job as a combat correspondant is interfered with by the Tet offensive he is thrust into real combat and ultimately must choose if he really is a killer.
Actors
Private Joker/J.T. DavisMatthew Modine
Animal MotherAdam Baldwin
Private Gomer Pyle/Leonard LawrenceVincent D'Onofrio
Also posted in 1987, Drama, High IMDB rating, War | Comments (0)

Brokeback Mountain

IMDB Rating: 7.80
66254 votes

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A raw, powerful story of two young men, a Wyoming ranch hand and a rodeo cowboy, who meet in the summer of 1963 sheepherding in the harsh, high grasslands of contemporary Wyoming and form an unorthodox yet life-long bond—by turns ecstatic, bitter and conflicted.
Actors
Ennis Del MarHeath Ledger
Jack TwistJake Gyllenhaal
Joe AguirreRandy Quaid
Also posted in 2005, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

Lucky Number Slevin

IMDB Rating: 7.80
34196 votes

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After landing in the wrong place at the wrong time, Slevin (Josh Hartnett) must kill The Rabbi's (Ben Kingsley) to scratch a $96,000 debt to The Boss (Morgan Freeman) and pay off $33,000 to The Rabbi. He can't go to the police and he can't leave the city. On top of all this, behind the scene's Mr. Smith aka Mr. Goodkat (Bruce Willis) is secretly plotting to kill Slevin.
Actors
Lucy Liu
SlevinJosh Hartnett
Mr. GoodkatBruce Willis
Also posted in 2006, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Kids

IMDB Rating: 6.70
18576 votes

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Disturbing, dark, low-budget independent film about teen-agers growing up in poverty in New York City. The story focuses on Telly (Leo Fitzpatrick), a teen who has a goal to de-flower as many virgins as he can. When one of his old encounters discovers that she is H.I.V.-positive, after only one encounter with a guy, Telly remains undaunted.
Actors
TellyLeo Fitzpatrick
Girl #1Sarah Henderson
CasperJustin Pierce
Also posted in 1995, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

RoboCop

IMDB Rating: 7.30
25290 votes

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In a near future, the Motor City known as Detroit slowly becomes the spawn-ground for Crime as a gang of Cop Killers goes on the rise. Private organism, Omni Consomer Products (OCP) eventually seizes control of local law enforcement to ensure a secure an Urban pacification program. Just assigned to the Metro West Precint, Officer Alex Murphy is massacred to death by this gang, as his partner Anne Lewis is barely able to do nothing. At the same time, a young visionary executive, Bob Morton, seizes the chance when the ED-209 law enforcement Droid shows lack of perfection by killing a fellow executive to create the Perfect Cop. The near death Murphy is used as the subject. With his memories erased, he is resurrected as Robocop, the future of law enforcement. As he sweeps away with crime, case by case, he eventually becomes involved with the Cop Killing Gang, and Anne Lewis herself. All of this, triggering his dormant memories of his past life as he searches for who he really is, and uncover a conspiracy going deep in OCP with the Senior Vice President himself.
Actors
Officer Alex J. Murphy/RoboCopPeter Weller
Officer Anne LewisNancy Allen
The Old ManDan O'Herlihy
Also posted in 1987, Action, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (0)

Chasing Amy

IMDB Rating: 7.50
50813 votes

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Holden and Banky are comic book artists. Everything's going good for them until they meet Alyssa, also a comic book artist. Holden falls for her, but his hopes are crushed when he finds out she's a lesbian.
Actors
FanEthan Suplee
Holden McNeilBen Affleck
CollectorScott Mosier
Also posted in 1997, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

Boiler Room

IMDB Rating: 6.80
16301 votes

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A young man has dropped out of Queens College but desperately wants to please his father, a federal judge who's harsh with his son. At his father's insistence, Seth Davis closes a casino he operates in his own house, mostly for college students. Thinking he'll please dad, he takes a job in a small brokerage house, an hour from Manhattan, where trainees make cold calls to lists of well-paid men, and then apply high-pressure tactics to sell initial public offerings exclusive to the firm. He's terrific at sales. Once training is over, the pay is phenomenal, and Seth wonders why. Curiosity leads him to ethical dilemmas, encounters with the Feds, and new territory with his father.
Actors
Seth DavisGiovanni Ribisi
Chris VarickVin Diesel
Greg WeinsteinNicky Katt
Also posted in 2000, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Dog Day Afternoon

IMDB Rating: 8.10
37611 votes

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Based upon a real-life story that happened in the early seventies in which the Chase Manhattan Bank in Flatbush, Brooklyn, was held siege by a gay bank robber determined to steal enough money for his male lover to undergo a sex change operation. On a hot summer afternoon, the First Savings Bank of Brooklyn is held up by Sonny and Sal, two down-and-out characters. Although the bank manager and female tellers agree not to interfere with the robbery, Sonny finds that there's actually nothing much to steal, as most of the cash has been picked up for the day. Sonny then gets an unexpected phone call from Police Captain Moretti, who tells him the place is surrounded by the city's entire police force. Having few options under the circumstances, Sonny nervously bargains with Moretti, demanding safe escort to the airport and a plane out of the country in return for the bank employees' safety.
Actors
Sonny WortzikAl Pacino
SalJohn Cazale
Det. Sgt. Eugene MorettiCharles Durning
Also posted in 1975, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)
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