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Rocket Science

IMDB Rating: 6.80
3142 votes

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Coming of age in Plainsboro, New Jersey. High school student Hal Hefner stutters. On the evening his parents stop arguing and separate, 43 miles away at the state tournament, his school's legendary debater, Ben Wekselbaum, goes blank mid-sentence, Ben's teammate Ginny Ryerson doesn't get a first-place trophy, and the world changes. That fall, to Hal's amazement, Ginny recruits him for the debate team, mentors him, and will be his partner. He still has his stutter, but he works hard and he falls in love with Ginny. On the day of the first debate of the season, the world changes again. From then until the day of the state tournament, Hal has a lot to sort out. Is love rocket science?
Actors
Hal HefnerReece Thompson
Abraham LincolnDionne Audain
Ginny RyersonAnna Kendrick
Also posted in 2007, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Little Voice

IMDB Rating: 6.90
6580 votes

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After the death of her father, Little Voice or LV (played by Jane Horrocks) becomes a virtual recluse, never going out and hardly ever saying a word. She just sits in her bedroom listening to her father's collection of old records of Shirley Bassey, Marilyn Monroe and various other famous female singers. But at night time, LV sings, imitating these great singers with surprising accuracy. One night she is overheard by one of her mother's boyfriends, who happens to be a talent agent. He manages to convince her that her talent is special and arranges for her to perform at the local night club, but several problems arise.
Actors
Mari HoffBrenda Blethyn
LVJane Horrocks
BillyEwan McGregor
Also posted in 1998, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating, Music, Romance | Comments (0)

Candyman

IMDB Rating: 6.30
8874 votes

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Helen Lyle (Virginia Madsen) is writing a paper on urban legends when she hears about the Candyman (Tony Todd), who was once an ex-slave-turned-artist name Daniel Robitaille, who had an affair his client's daughter. Robitaille's right hand was sawn off, he was covered in honey, and stung to death by bees. If anyone says the word "Candyman" five times in a mirror, he'll appear behind that person, a bloody hook as a replacement for his hand, and kill him. A series of unsolved murders is happening in the Cabrini Green projects and Helen is using this to help with her paper. The residents say the Candyman is to blame, but Helen doesn't believe it. Until she meets the man with a hook for a hand. Now, he's begun to murder her friends and no one believes her. Can Helen clear her name and stop the Canydman from killing anyone else?
Actors
Helen LyleVirginia Madsen
The Candyman/Daniel RobitailleTony Todd
Trevor LyleXander Berkeley
Also posted in 1992, Drama, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Comments (0)

Soul Survivors

IMDB Rating: 3.40
3727 votes

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College freshman Cassandra "Cassie" (Melissa Sagemiller) steps into a nightmare of otherworldly visitations after surviving a devastating car accident. Haunted by a grim reaper of a far different kind, her only hope is to cling to chance encounters with her lost love Sean (Casey Affleck) and the aid of a mysterious young priest named Father Jude (Luke Wilson). It is the spirit of Sean, her soul mate, who guides her to love, but it is her friends Matt (Wes Bentley), Annabel (Eliza Dushku) and Annabel's morose friend Raven (Angela Featherstone) who try to draw her to the dark side.
Actors
Angela Robinson
CassieMelissa Sagemiller
MattWes Bentley
Also posted in 2001, Drama, Horror, Thriller | Comments (0)

How High

IMDB Rating: 5.00
5909 votes

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Two guys by the name of Silas and Jamal decided to one day smoke something magical, which eventually helps them to ace their college entrance exam. This eventually lands them in Harvard, where they're surrounded by the world of Ivy Leaguers. Although their new lifestyle is much different from back home, they kept on having fun until their supernatural smoke runs out. Now, they are on their own and they have to rely on each other to survive.
Actors
Jeffrey Jones
Method Man
Redman
Also posted in 2001, Comedy | Comments (0)

FeardotCom

IMDB Rating: 3.20
6039 votes

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Four bodies are found in New York City. Why, why, why? The coincidence? They all died 48 hours after logging on to a site named feardotcom.com. Tough detective Mike Reilly collaborates with Department of Health associate Terry Huston to research these mysterious deaths. The only way to find out though what really happened is to enter the site itself...
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Detective Mike ReillyStephen Dorff
Terry Huston, Dept. of HealthNatascha McElhone
Alistair Pratt, 'The Doctor'Stephen Rea
Also posted in 2002, Crime, Horror, Thriller | Comments (0)

No Retreat, No Surrender

IMDB Rating: 4.30
2312 votes

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Jason Stillwell, a Bruce Lee fan, is beaten numerous times and trains from the ghost of Lee. Jason then must use his newly acquired skills to save Seattle from a crime syndicate, whose top martial artist is the deadly Ivan.
Actors
Jason StillwellKurt McKinney
IvanJean-Claude Van Damme
R.J. MadisonJ.W. Fails
Also posted in 1986, Action, Drama | Comments (0)

The Eye

IMDB Rating: 5.00
3267 votes

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Sydney, a young, blind violinist is given the chance to see for the first time since childhood through a miraculous corneal transplant. As Sydney adjusts to a dizzying new world of colors and shapes, she is haunted by frightening visions of death itself capturing the doomed and dragging them away from the world of the living. Terrorized and on the brink of insanity, Sydney must discover whose eyes she has inherited, and what secret visions they have held.
Actors
Sydney WellsJessica Alba
Border OfficerGirard Swan
Drunk Guy 2Chad Brummett
Also posted in 2008, Drama, Horror, Thriller | Comments (0)

An American Werewolf in London

IMDB Rating: 7.40
14578 votes

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Two American students are on a walking tour of England and are attacked by a Werewolf. One is killed, the other is mauled. The Werewolf is killed, but reverts to it's human form, and the townspeople are able to deny it's existence. The surviving student begins to have nightmares of hunting on 4 feet at first, but then finds that his friend and other recent victims appear to him, demanding that he find a way to die to release them from their curse, being trapped between worlds because of their unnatural death.
Actors
David KesslerDavid Naughton
Nurse Alex PriceJenny Agutter
Jack GoodmanGriffin Dunne
Also posted in 1981, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Horror, Romance, Thriller | Comments (0)

The Grudge

IMDB Rating: 5.70
27693 votes

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Karen Davis is a woman residing in Japan with her boyfriend, who is studying there. Temporarily assigned to be caretaker for a woman with severe sleeping disorder, Karen goes to the patient's house. What she finds is something she would never expect. The house is plagued by the presence of murderous ghosts, the result of a curse. The curse is born from someone dying in a powerful rage. Now, Karen finds herself being tormented by that curse, as it eventually starts claiming it's victims.
Actors
Karen DavisSarah Michelle Gellar
DougJason Behr
Matthew WilliamsWilliam Mapother
Also posted in 2004, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Comments (4)