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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)

The Forgotten

IMDB Rating: 5.80
18798 votes

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A grieving mother, Telly Paretta, is struggling to cope with the loss of her 9-year-old son. She is stunned when her psychiatrist and her husband tell her that she has created eight years of memories of a son she never had. But when she meets the father of one of her son's friend who is having the same experience, Telly embarks on a mission to prove her son's existence and her sanity.
Actors
Telly ParettaJulianne Moore
SamChristopher Kovaleski
Sam at 5Matthew Pleszewicz
Also posted in 2004, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (0)

Angel Eyes

IMDB Rating: 5.40
7723 votes

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While pursuing a suspect one night, Chicago Police officer Sharon Pogue (Jennifer Lopez) nearly becomes the victim of a fatal ambush until a mysterious stranger, Catch (Jim Caviezel) intervenes, disarms the assassin and saves Sharon's life. Is it a stroke of luck? A twist of fate? Or just a concerned citizen who happened to pass by at the right time and wasn't afraid to get involved? Maybe, But Sharon and Catch have met once before. As the two fall in love, they discover the truth about each other and are forced to deal with the secrets from their past.
Actors
Lieutenant Dennis SandermanPeter MacNeill
Ray MiciglianoJeremy Ratchford
Max LambertConnor McAuley
Also posted in 2001, Drama, Romance, Thriller | Comments (0)

Miss Potter

IMDB Rating: 7.30
4593 votes

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Thirty years old and single, Beatrix Potter lives in London with her social-climbing parents, who are exasperated that she has turned down any number of eligible young men. Her only real friends are the animals which since childhood she has lovingly drawn and made up stories about. She finally succeeds in selling a book of the stories, and it becomes Norman Warne's first project. He quickly falls in love with both the book and Beatrix and together they carefully arrange publication. This proves the first of many successes, offering her the possibility of escaping from both her parents' way of life and London.
Actors
Beatrix PotterRenée Zellweger
Norman WarneEwan McGregor
Millie WarneEmily Watson
Also posted in 2006, Biography, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Fearless

IMDB Rating: 7.00
6879 votes

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After a terrible air disaster, survivor Max Klein emerges a changed person. Unable to connect to his former life or to wife Laura, he feels godlike and invulnerable. When psychologist Bill Perlman is unable to help Max, he has Max meet another survivor, Carla Rodrigo, who is racked with grief and guilt since her baby died in the crash which she and Max survived.
Actors
Max KleinJeff Bridges
Laura KleinIsabella Rossellini
Carla RodrigoRosie Perez
Also posted in 1993, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Things We Lost in the Fire

IMDB Rating: 7.40
1099 votes

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A recent widow invites her husband's troubled best friend to live with her and her two children. As he gradually turns his life around, he helps the family cope and confront their loss.
Actors
Audrey BurkeHalle Berry
Jerry SunborneBenicio Del Toro
Steven BurkeDavid Duchovny
Also posted in 2007, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Sleepless in Seattle

IMDB Rating: 6.60
26829 votes

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Sam is a recent widower who is seeking someone new. Sam's son Jonah, is also looking for a new mother, so when Jonah puts his father on national radio, hundreds of women write to him. One of the women is Annie. She's engaged to Walter, but he's a bit strange. Annie goes to great lengths to meet Sam.
Actors
Sam BaldwinTom Hanks
Annie ReedMeg Ryan
WalterBill Pullman
Also posted in 1993, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

Martian Child

IMDB Rating: 7.10
837 votes

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A science-fiction writer, recently widowed, considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially rejected boy who says he's really from Mars.
Actors
DavidJohn Cusack
DennisBobby Coleman
HarleeAmanda Peet
Also posted in 2007, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Death of a President

IMDB Rating: 6.30
2247 votes

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Years after the assassination of President George W. Bush in Chicago, an investigative documentary examines that as-yet-unsolved crime.
Actors
Zahra Abi ZikriHend Ayoub
Larry StaffordBrian Boland
Eleanor DrakeBecky Ann Baker
Also posted in 2006, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Mystery, Thriller | Comments (0)

Reign Over Me

IMDB Rating: 7.70
4678 votes

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Alan Johnson has everything he needs to get through life: a good job, a beautiful and loving wife, and their wonderful children. Yet he feels isolated because he finds having a hard-working job and managing a family too much to handle and has no one to talk to about it. Charlie Fineman, on the other hand, doesn't have a job or a family. He used to have both until he lost his family on the fateful day of 9/11, and the grief he felt caused him to quit his job and isolate himself from everyone around him. As it turns out, Alan and Charlie were roommates in college, and a chance encounter one night rekindles the friendship they shared. They soon feel that their friendship is the one thing that allows them to forget about their problems.
Actors
Charlie FinemanAdam Sandler
Alan JohnsonDon Cheadle
Janeane JohnsonJada Pinkett Smith
Also posted in 2007, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)
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