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Dracula

IMDB Rating: 5.90
1939 votes

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When a schooner is wrecked off Whitby the only survivor is Count Dracula who has arrived with large amounts of Transylvanian soil to take up residence in Carfax Abbey. He takes the life or Lucy, who is engaged to Dr. Seward, who runs the local asylum. Lucy's friend Mina, and her fiancé Jonathan Harker, a solicitor, also make contact with Dracula. But almost immediately, Lucy dies from loss of blood, and just possibly this may not be a coincidence. The group calls on the aid of Prefessor Van Helsing, noted supernatural expert, and together they pursue the vampire.
Actors
Count DraculaFrank Langella
Prof. Abraham Van HelsingLaurence Olivier
Dr. Jack SewardDonald Pleasence
Also posted in 1979, Horror, Romance | Comments (0)

Dude, Where’s My Car?

IMDB Rating: 4.80
24579 votes

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Jesse and Chester, two bumbling stoners, wake up one morning from a night of partying and cannot remember where they parked their car which prompts them on a journey to find it and along the way, they encounter a variety of people who include their angry girlfriends Wilma and Wanda whose house they trashed, an angry street gang, a transexual stripper hounding them for a suitcase full of stolen money, a cult of alien seeking fanatics, and a group of aliens in human form looking for a mystical device that could save or destroy the world.
Actors
Chester GreenburgSeann William Scott
Jesse Montgomery IIIAshton Kutcher
WandaJennifer Garner
Also posted in 2000, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | Comments (11)

Dead Man on Campus

IMDB Rating: 5.40
4230 votes

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Two students, one, a slacker, and the other, a student on scholarship, find out in their college's charter that if your roomate commits suicide, you get straight As for your grief. They then go looking for the perfect roomate when the student on scholarship starts to fail his classes.
Actors
Josh MillerTom Everett Scott
Cooper FredericksonMark-Paul Gosselaar
Rachel GillmorePoppy Montgomery
Also posted in 1998, Comedy | Comments (0)

Queen of the Damned

IMDB Rating: 4.50
11256 votes

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After many years of sleeping in his coffin, the vampire Lestat awakens only to find that the world has changed and he wants to be a part of it. He gathers a following and becomes a rock star only to find that his music awakens the ancient Queen Akasha and she wants him to become her king...
Actors
Queen AkashaAaliyah
Lestat de LioncourtStuart Townsend
Jessica 'Jesse' ReevesMarguerite Moreau
Also posted in 2002, Fantasy, Horror, Music | Comments (0)

The In-Laws

IMDB Rating: 5.60
4717 votes

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When prospective fathers-in-law Steve Tobias and Jerry Peyser meet for the first time to celebrate their children's upcoming marriage, the cake hits the fan. Dr. Jerome Peyser is a mild-mannered podiatrist with a well-organized daily routine designed to eliminate all possible sources of stress. Meanwhile, daredevil CIA operative Steve Tobias moves through life like a heat-seeking missile. His average day consists of dodging bullets, stealing private jets and negotiating with international arms smugglers. Now he's giving potential father-of-the-bride Jerry a serious case of pre-nuptial jitters. Steve's dramatic entrances and exits, his cryptic references to a Russian runaway named Olga and his fight with a gunman in a restaurant washroom causes Jerry to see a vision of his daughter's perfectly planned wedding blowing up in his face. As far as Jerry's concerned, letting Steve into his family takes til death do us part way too literally. Before he can say the wedding is off, Jerry suddenly finds himself embroiled in the chaos that follows in Steve's wake as he is dragged kicking and screaming into a series of perilous adventures that take the mismatched in-laws-to-be halfway around the world.
Actors
Steve TobiasMichael Douglas
Cherkasov's BodyguardMichael Bodnar
CherkasovVladimir Radian
Also posted in 2003, Action, Comedy | Comments (1)

Soldier’s Girl

IMDB Rating: 8.10
858 votes

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The true story of a young soldier beaten to death for falling in love with a transgendered nightclub performer.
Actors
Barry WinchellTroy Garity
Calpernia Addams/ScottieLee Pace
Sergeant Carlos DiazAndre Braugher
Also posted in 2003, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Independence Day

IMDB Rating: 6.20
86392 votes

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On July 2nd, communications systems worldwide are sent into chaos by a strange atmospheric interference. It is soon learned by the military that a number of enormous objects are on a collision course with Earth. At first thought to be meteors, they are later revealed to be gigantic spacecraft, piloted by a mysterious alien species. After attempts to communicate with the aliens go nowhere, David Levinson, an ex-scientist turned cable technician, discovers that the aliens are going to attack major points around the globe in less than a day. On July 3rd, the aliens all but obliterate New York, Los Angeles, and Washington. The survivors set out in convoys towards Area 51, a strange government testing ground where it is rumored the military has a captured alien spacecraft of their own. The survivors devise a plan to fight back against the enslaving aliens, and July 4th becomes the day humanity will fight for its freedom. July 4th is their Independence Day...
Actors
President Thomas J. WhitmoreBill Pullman
First Lady Marilyn WhitmoreMary McDonnell
David LevinsonJeff Goldblum
Also posted in 1996, Action, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (0)

Backbeat

IMDB Rating: 6.60
1368 votes

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A pre-fame Beatles head for the seedy clubs of Hamburg in search of success. The band meet up with a group of trendy German beatniks, one of whom (Astrid Kircherr) bass guitarist Stuart Sutcliffe falls in love with. Whilst best friend John Lennon can only watch, Sutcliffe has to choose between rock 'n roll and a new life in Germany...
Actors
SingerMarcelle Duprey
Stuart SutcliffeStephen Dorff
John LennonIan Hart
Also posted in 1994, Biography, Drama, High IMDB rating, Music | Comments (0)

Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles

IMDB Rating: 7.20
41815 votes

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It hadn't even been a year since a plantation owner named Louis had lost his wife, and now he had lost his will to live. A vampire named Lestat takes a liking to Louis and offers him the chance to become a creature of the night: a vampire. Louis accepts, and Lestat drains Louis' mortal blood and then replaces it with his own turning Louis into a vampire. Louis must learn from Lestat the ways of the vampire.
Actors
Lestat de LioncourtTom Cruise
Louis de Pointe du LacBrad Pitt
ClaudiaKirsten Dunst
Also posted in 1994, Drama, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Horror | Comments (0)

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

IMDB Rating: 8.10
31114 votes

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Butch and Sundance are the two leaders of the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang. Butch is all ideas, Sundance is all action and skill. The west is becoming civilized and when Butch and Sundance rob a train once too often, a special posse begins trailing them no matter where they run. Over rock, through towns, across rivers, the group is always just behind them. When they finally escape through sheer luck, Butch has another idea, "Let's go to Bolivia". Based on the exploits of the historical characters.
Actors
Butch CassidyPaul Newman
The Sundance KidRobert Redford
Etta PlaceKatharine Ross
Also posted in 1969, Adventure, Biography, Crime, High IMDB rating, Western | Comments (0)