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The Contract

IMDB Rating: 5.60
5932 votes

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The widower teacher and baseball and basketball coach Ray Keene lost his wife that died of cancer two years ago. When his teenage son Chris Keene is caught by the police smoking pot, Ray invites him to hike and camp in the woods to increase their bonds. Meanwhile, the mercenary assassin Frank Carden is arrested by FBI after a car accident in the middle of a contract to kill an important target. While Frank is traveling on the road escorted by three FBI agents, his men try to rescue him, but his car falls into a river and is carried by the drift. Ray helps the wounded agent and the cuffed Frank to leave the river, and feels responsible to deliver Frank to justice. The former policeman and stubborn Ray does not listen to Frank's proposal to leave him alone and travel through the woods with Chris, trying to find a safe place. But Frank's men and an undercover agent in the team are chasing the group with different lethal intentions.
Actors
CardenMorgan Freeman
RayJohn Cusack
ChrisJamie Anderson
Also posted in 2006, Crime, Drama, Thriller | Comments (0)

Doomsday

IMDB Rating: 6.20
13833 votes

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Great Britain, 2007. A deadly plague, known as the "Reaper Virus," has broken out, killing hundreds of thousands in its wake. In desperation, the British Government evacuates as many survivors as it can out of the infected area, and then builds a wall, preventing the remainder from escaping. Thirty years later, with the wall still up and the victims all but forgotten, the virus breaks out again. The Government decides to send a crack team of operatives, led by Major Eden Sinclair, into the hot zone to investigate the possibility of a cure.
Actors
David/GimpVernon Willemse
Hot Dog VictimPaul Hyett
Sergeant #1Daniel Read
Also posted in 2008, Action, Drama, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (0)

Daylight Robbery

IMDB Rating: 6.00
149 votes

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Alex (Geoff Bell, The Business) masterminds an ambitious plan to steal millions of untraceable cash that is stacked in the underground vaults of The London Exchange Bank, waiting for its last journey, Incineration. Lucky (Vas Blackwood, Lock Stock) Matty (Leo Gregory, Stoned) Terry (Johnny Harris, London to Brighton) Chubby (Paul Nicholls, The Trench) Norman (Justin Salinger, Hitler) and Jay (Robert Boulter, The Long Firm) make up his unlikely gang of robbers. Setting up their alibi, the gang check in for a flight and join in with thousands of England supporters that are part of a mass exodus to The World Cup Tournament in Germany. Instead of passing through to Departure Lounge, the gang head out to the car park, pile into a van and head for Central London where they spectacularly ram raid London Exchange Bank, blocking any exit for those caught up inside. But with an unexpected turn of events, their plan is hampered from the start and they are left with a whole lot more than just a bank robbery to deal with. They have twenty hostages inside and the Police have laid siege to The Bank. There are two and a half hours before their plane leaves, and seventy million pounds in hard cash to steal. A daunting task, even for the most seasoned Blagger!
Actors
The doctorMax Brown
AlexGeoff Bell
LuckyVas Blackwood
Also posted in 2008, Crime, Drama, Thriller | Comments (0)

Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion

IMDB Rating: 5.80
12325 votes

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Romy and Michele are two former schoolmates who have also been roommates for ten years after the time they graduated, and their lives are far from successful, they can't even get a date. As the 10-year class reunion approaches they try to do something to make an impression on other former schoolmates and finally decide to act as though they are very rich business women who invented Post-Its.
Actors
Sandy FrinkAlan Cumming
BillyVincent Ventresca
CowboyJustin Theroux
Also posted in 1997, Comedy | 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)

Freddy Got Fingered

IMDB Rating: 3.80
18490 votes

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Tom Green plays Gord Brody, a slacker who dreams of becoming an animator for cartoon shows. He is forced to move back in with his parents, but then refuses to leave. Along the way, he sexually pleasures various farm animals, licks open flesh wounds, accuses his father of molesting his brother, goes scuba diving in a toilet, plays an organ with several sausages attached to it which are suspended in midair, and does a bunch of other stuff that is too insane, offensive, disgusting, or weird to be mentioned here.
Actors
Gord BrodyTom Green
Jim BrodyRip Torn
Freddy BrodyEddie Kaye Thomas
Also posted in 2001, Comedy | Comments (0)

The Long Kiss Goodnight

IMDB Rating: 6.50
21552 votes

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Samantha Caine, suburban homemaker, is the ideal mom to her 8 year old daughter Caitlin. She lives in Honesdale, PA, has a job teaching school and makes the best Rice Krispie treats in town. But when she receives a bump on her head, she begins to remember small parts of her previous life as a lethal, top-secret agent. Her old chums in the Chapter are now out to kill her so she enlists the help of a cheap detective named Mitch. As Samantha remembers more and more of her previous life, she becomes deadlier and more resourceful. Both Mitch and Charly proceed to do the killing thing, the bleeding thing and the shooting thing.
Actors
Mitch HenesseySamuel L. Jackson
TimothyCraig Bierko
HalTom Amandes
Also posted in 1996, Action, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

The Contender

IMDB Rating: 6.80
10743 votes

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After his Vice-president suddenly dies, the President (Jeff Bridges) who is near the end of his final term, decides to leave a legacy by selecting a woman to fill the position. Enter a Senator (Joan Allen), who has shifted from the Republican Party to the Democratic. Initially appearing to be the perfect candidate, an allegation suddenly appears that she had been involved in a sexual orgy as a 19 year old in college. The confirmation committee chairman (Gary Oldman), a Republican, leaks the information to the press, while using the press discussion as a forum to bring it into the hearings. The chairman desires to get a Governor (William Petersen) into the office. The Governor had become a national hero when he attempted to rescue a young woman from a car that crashed from a bridge into deep water near where the Governor had been fishing.
Actors
Rep. Sheldon RunyonGary Oldman
President Jackson EvansJeff Bridges
Rep. Reginald WebsterChristian Slater
Also posted in 2000, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Runaway Train

IMDB Rating: 7.30
6176 votes

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Manny is the "boss" of the convicts in an Alaskan high security prison. Renken, the heartless prison's administrator wants to kill him, so Manny escapes with the help of another young prisoner, Buck, who follows him. The two fugitives manage to get to a rail depot and get onboard a train. The problem is, the engineer has died and the the train is totally out of control, and nothing can stop it. So, leaving the prison, Manny and Buck find themselves aboard something that is both their freedom and their death...
Actors
Oscar 'Manny' ManheimJon Voight
BuckEric Roberts
Frank BarstowKyle T. Heffner
Also posted in 1985, Action, Adventure, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

L.A. Story

IMDB Rating: 6.60
11398 votes

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In this spin on the traditional romantic comedy, Harris K. Tellemacher, a Shakespeare-quoting, Los Angeles TV weatherman is looking for something meaningful for his life. The Los Angeles Freeway sign informs him that the weather will change his life in two ways, and Harris begins to search for the meaning behind that message.
Actors
Harris K. TelemacherSteve Martin
Roland MackeyRichard E. Grant
Frank SwanKevin Pollak
Also posted in 1991, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)
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