Tag Archives: greed

Scrooge

IMDB Rating: 8.00
5553 votes

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Stingy old Ebenezer Scrooge is known as the meanest man in London. He overworks and underpays his humble clerk, Bob Cratchit, whose little son, Tiny Tim, is crippled and may soon die. He also has nothing to do with his nephew, Fred, because his birth cost the life of his beloved sister. On Christmas Eve, Scrooge has a haunting nightmare. He is visited by three ghosts and is given one last chance to change his ways and save himself from the grim fate that befell his business partner, Jacob Marley.
Actors
Ebenezer ScroogeAlastair Sim
Mrs. DilberKathleen Harrison
Bob CratchitMervyn Johns
Also posted in 1951, Drama, Fantasy, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Billy Madison

IMDB Rating: 6.10
22902 votes

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Billy Madison is a non-working, non-educated slacker who lives entirely off his dad. He spends his day drinking beer, reading girly magazines, and hanging out by the pool. When his father realizes that Billy is unfit to run the family business, Billy decides that he must go back to school and earn a real education. He figures it will be no problem going back to high school and learning over again, until he learns that his father bought Billy's passing grades all the way back in elementary school. Thus, Billy must return to elementary school and pass each grade one at a time in a short time, or else he loses his place as heir to the company. In addition, Billy tries to win the hand of Veronica, a sexy school teacher who thinks her students are more mature than Billy.
Actors
Billy MadisonAdam Sandler
Brian MadisonDarren McGavin
Veronica VaughnBridgette Wilson
Also posted in 1995, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

Fargo

IMDB Rating: 8.20
105357 votes

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Fargo is based on true events that occurred in Minnesota in 1987 with the names changed to protect the victims. Jerry works in his father-in-law's car dealership and has gotten himself in financial problems. He tries various schemes to come up with money needed for a reason that is never really explained. It has to be assumed that his huge embezzlement of money from the dealership is about to be discovered by father-in-law. When all else falls through, plans he set in motion earlier for two men to kidnap his wife for ransom to be paid by her wealthy father (who doesn't seem to have the time of day for son-in-law). From the moment of the kidnapping, things go wrong and what was supposed to be a non-violent affair turns bloody with more blood added by the minute. Jerry is upset at the blood shed, which turns loose a pregnant sheriff from MN who is tenacious in attempting to solve the three murders in her jurisdiction.
Actors
Jerry LundegaardWilliam H. Macy
Carl ShowalterSteve Buscemi
Gaear GrimsrudPeter Stormare
Also posted in 1996, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (1)

The Family Man

IMDB Rating: 6.50
20656 votes

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A modern-day Frank Capra story. Jack Campbell, a successful and talented businessman, is happily living his single life. He has everything, or so he thinks. One day he wakes up in a new life where he didn't leave his college girlfriend for a London trip. He's married to Kate, lives in Jersey and has two kids. He, of course, desperately wants his life back for which he has worked 13 years for. He's president of P. K. Lassiter Investment House and not a tire salesman at Big Ed's. He drives a Ferrari and not a mini-van that never starts. And most importantly he doesn't wake up in the morning with kids jumping on the bed. After a bad start, day by day he's more confident in his new life and starts to see what he's been missing. Turns out money's good to have but that's not everything.
Actors
Don Cheadle
Nicolas Cage
Jeremy Piven
Also posted in 2000, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (11)

Deep Rising

IMDB Rating: 5.30
6972 votes

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When a band of ruthless hijackers invade the world's most luxurious cruise ship, they're shocked to discover the passengers have mysteriously vanished! But that doesn't mean they are alone! Something terrifying is lurking just out of sight: a deadly force from the unexplored depths of the ocean that begins to snatch the horrified intruders one by one!
Actors
John FinneganTreat Williams
Trillian St. JamesFamke Janssen
Simon CantonAnthony Heald
Also posted in 1998, Action, Horror, Sci-Fi | Comments (0)

Blood Diamond

IMDB Rating: 7.80
32874 votes

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Set against the backdrop of civil war and chaos in 1990's Sierra Leone, Blood Diamond is the story of Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio) - an ex Mercenary from Zimbabwe - and Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou) - a Mende fisherman. Both men are African, but their histories as different as any can be, until their fates become joined in a common quest to recover a rare pink diamond that can transform their lives. While in prison for smuggling, Archer learns that Solomon - who was taken from his family and forced to work in the diamond fields - has found and hidden the extraordinary rough stone. With the help of Maddy Bowen (Jennifer Connelly), an American journalist whose idealism is tempered by a deepening connection with Archer, the two men embark on a trek through rebel territory, a journey that could save Solomon's family and give Archer the second chance he thought he would never have.
Actors
Danny ArcherLeonardo DiCaprio
Solomon VandyDjimon Hounsou
Maddy BowenJennifer Connelly
Also posted in 2006, Adventure, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Into the Blue

IMDB Rating: 5.50
9113 votes

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Jared Cole and his girlfriend Sam Nicholson are a young couple living in the Caribbean. Jared is an unemployed diver whose dream is to find treasure in the Caribbean Sea and Sam works at a local resort as a shark handler. When Jared's best friend Bryce Dunn, a selfish New York lawyer and his new girlfriend Amanda Collins arrive, the two couples spend a couple of days experiencing paradise. But, they discover an airplane on the sea floor that crashed during a hurricane and they find the cargo on-board the airplane is cocaine. Jared and Sam's lives are in danger, when Bryce and Amanda make a deal with a dangerous drug lord who wants the cocaine. Jared's rival, Treasure Hunter Derek Bates learns what they are doing and tries to negotiate the cocaine to raise money for a expedition where he intends to find a sunken boat with treasure. Jared, Sam, Bryce, and Amanda find themselves racing against time to find the shipwreck before somebody else does.
Actors
JaredPaul Walker
SamJessica Alba
BryceScott Caan
Also posted in 2005, Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller | Comments (0)

Land of the Dead

IMDB Rating: 6.60
20430 votes

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The world is full of zombies and the survivors have barricaded themselves inside a walled city to keep out the living dead. As the wealthy hide out in skyscrapers and chaos rules the streets, the rest of the survivors must find a way to stop the evolving zombies from breaking into the city.
Actors
RileySimon Baker
CholoJohn Leguizamo
KaufmanDennis Hopper
Also posted in 2005, Action, High IMDB rating, Horror, Thriller | Comments (0)

Hostage

IMDB Rating: 6.70
19068 votes

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Jeff Talley, a former LAPD hostage negotiator, has moved himself away from his failed career outside of Los Angeles, and away from his wife and daughter. When a convenience store robbery goes wrong in his turf, the three perpetrators move in on an unsuspecting family. But the family's father has a secret which might compromise his kin, and one of the criminals is about to jump over the edge. Jeff Talley has to get everybody to survive the night......if he can.
Actors
Jeff TalleyBruce Willis
Walter SmithKevin Pollak
Tommy SmithJimmy Bennett
Also posted in 2005, Action, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (1)

Layer Cake

IMDB Rating: 7.40
15400 votes

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A successful cocaine dealer, who has earned a respected place among England's Mafia elite, plans an early retirement from the business. However, big boss Jimmy Price hands down a tough assignment: find Charlotte Ryder, the missing rich princess daughter of Jimmy's old pal Edward, a powerful construction business player and gossip papers socialite. Complicating matters are two million pounds' worth of Grade A ecstasy, a brutal neo-Nazi sect and a whole series of double crossings. The title "LAYER CAKE" refers to the layers or levels anyone in business goes through in rising to the top. What is revealed is a modern underworld where the rules have changed. There are no 'codes', or 'families' and respect lasts as long as a line. Not knowing who he can trust, he has to use all his 'savvy', 'telling' and skills which make him one of the best, to escape his own. The ultimate last job, a love interest called Tammy, and an international drug ring threaten to draw him back into the 'cake mix'. But, time is running out and the penalty will endure a lifetime..
Actors
XXXXDaniel Craig
ClarkieTom Hardy
DukeJamie Foreman
Also posted in 2004, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)