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Sexy Beast

IMDB Rating: 7.00
13261 votes

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Spain. Gal has retired from the gangster life, and is sunning himself placidly beside the pool at his villa when a boulder comes crashing by, barely missing him. Soon, he and his pal Aitch, together with their wives Deedee and Jackie, are being threatened by a human boulder, Don Logan. Logan wants Gal for a high stakes vault break-in in London (masterminded by the cool and suave Teddy Bass), and he will not take no for an answer. Nevertheless, that's exactly the answer Gal keeps giving him, even as Don gets more and more threatening. Meanwhile, Gal is plagued by dreams of a menacing, hairy beast. Just how far will Don (and Gal) go in this battle of wills? And what of Enrique, the pool boy?
Actors
Gary 'Gal' DoveRay Winstone
Don LoganBen Kingsley
Teddy BassIan McShane
Also posted in 2000, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

American History X

IMDB Rating: 8.40
72446 votes

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A Neo Nazi skinhead, named Derek Vineyard (Edward Norton) goes to jail for 3 years after committing a murder of 2 black guys. In the meanwhile, his younger brother, Danny Vineyard (Edward Furlong) goes in the same way and makes the same mistakes (racism and hatred) his eldest brother did (this is the result of the Neo Nazi environment he grows up into, and the influence Derek left behind). While Derek is in jail he realize that he choose the wrong path. after coming back from jail, Derek try to convince his brother not to go in his own way.
Actors
Mitch McCormickAlex Sol
LawrenceAntonio David Lyons
Little HenryJason Bose Smith
Also posted in 1998, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Saving Private Ryan

IMDB Rating: 8.40
172681 votes

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Opening with the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944, members of the 2nd Ranger Battalion under Cpt. Miller fight ashore to secure a beachhead. Amidst the fighting, two brothers are killed in action. Earlier in New Guinea, a third brother is KIA. Their mother, Mrs. Ryan, is to receive all three of the grave telegrams on the same day. The United States Army Chief of Staff, George C. Marshall, is given an opportunity to alleviate some of her grief when he learns of a fourth brother, Private James Ryan, and decides to send out 8 men (Cpt. Miller and select members from 2nd Rangers) to find him and bring him back home to his mother...
Actors
Captain John H. MillerTom Hanks
Sergeant Mike HorvathTom Sizemore
Pvt. Richard ReibenEdward Burns
Also posted in 1998, Action, Drama, High IMDB rating, War | Comments (1)

The Woman in Green

IMDB Rating: 6.80
1484 votes

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Holmes and Watson investigate a series of bizarre and apparently unconnected murders, and the death of a possible suspect. The trail leads to a society of hypnotists and a mysterious, glamoruos woman. The fiendish Dr Moriarty, though reported hanged in Montevideo, is belived to be involved.
Actors
Dr. John H. WatsonNigel Bruce
Lydia MarloweHillary Brooke
Sherlock HolmesBasil Rathbone
Also posted in 1945, Adventure, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Horror, Mystery | Comments (0)

Misérables, Les

IMDB Rating: 7.10
8015 votes

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Jean Valjean, a Frenchman imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a police officer named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
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Inspector JavertGeoffrey Rush
FantineUma Thurman
Jean ValjeanLiam Neeson
Also posted in 1998, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

The Others

IMDB Rating: 7.70
53473 votes

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A woman named Grace (Kidman) is living with her two children Anne and Nicholas (Mann and Bentley) on an almost empty island in their huge mansion. Grace's husband is a soldier in WWII and Grace has given her husband up for dead. Everything seems peaceful for her, but when three mysterious servants are given jobs at the house, terrifying secrets are unlocked that even Grace cannot handle.
Actors
Grace StewartNicole Kidman
Mrs. Bertha MillsFionnula Flanagan
Charles StewartChristopher Eccleston
Also posted in 2001, Drama, High IMDB rating, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Comments (27)

Reap the Wild Wind

IMDB Rating: 6.60
555 votes

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In 1840, there's work on the Florida Keys for honest salvagers (like the Claibornes) and outright pirates like King Cutler, who bribes sailors to cause wrecks. When Capt. Stuart's ship is wrecked, Loxi Claiborne rescues him, falls for him, and travels to Charleston to convince the owners the wreck wasn't his fault; company lawyer Steve Tolliver returns with them to Key West to investigate. Tolliver and Stuart's rivalry for Loxi's hand complicates their swashbuckling adventures in pursuit of Cutler, ending in a trial and a dangerous dive for evidence.
Actors
Mr. Stephen 'Steve' TolliverRay Milland
Captain Jack StuartJohn Wayne
Loxi ClaibornePaulette Goddard
Also posted in 1942, Action, Adventure, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (1)

Murder by Numbers

IMDB Rating: 5.90
12706 votes

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Murder By Numbers is a psychological suspense-thriller that tells the story of a tenacious homicide detective, Cassie Mayweather ('Sandra Bullock' (qv)) and her new partner Sam Kennedy ('Ben Chaplin' (qv)) who become pitted against two malevolently brilliant young men ('Ryan Gosling (I)' (qv) and 'Michael Pitt (II)' (qv)) in an ingenious battle of wits as they try to solve a murder case.
Actors
Cassie Mayweather/Jessica Marie HudsonSandra Bullock
Sam KennedyBen Chaplin
Richard HaywoodRyan Gosling
Also posted in 2002, Crime, Thriller | Comments (12)

Antwone Fisher

IMDB Rating: 7.30
7484 votes

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A sailor (Derek Luke) prone to violent outbursts is sent to a naval psychiatrist (Washington) for help. Refusing at first to open up, the young man eventually breaks down and reveals a horrific childhood. Through the guidance of his doctor, he confronts his painful past and begins a quest to find the family he never knew.
Actors
Antwone Quenton 'Fish' FisherDerek Luke
Antwone Fisher Age 7Malcolm David Kelley
Antwone Fisher Age 14Cory Hodges
Also posted in 2002, Biography, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

The Banger Sisters

IMDB Rating: 5.50
4732 votes

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When fiftysomething Suzette loses her job as a bartender she decides to make a road trip to visit her old friend Vinnie who she hasn't seen since their days as groupies back in the day. On the way she meets Harry, a nervous writer who says he is going home to confront his father, then shows her his gun. Once they reach their destination Suzette finds that Vinnie is now Lavinia, a conservative housewife who is reluctant to reexperience the flower power of her youth, and Harry finds confrontation with himself rather than with his father.
Actors
SuzetteGoldie Hawn
Lavinia KingsleySusan Sarandon
Harry PlummerGeoffrey Rush
Also posted in 2002, Comedy, Drama | Comments (3)