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Hannibal Rising

IMDB Rating: 6.00
18219 votes

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Based on Thomas Harris' book of the same name, this prequel shows a young Hannibal Lecter in three different phases of his life from childhood in Lithuania to his ten years in England up to his time in Russia before his capture by FBI agent Will Graham in Red Dragon.
Actors
Hannibal 8yrsAaran Thomas
Hannibal LecterGaspard Ulliel
Lady MurasakiLi Gong
Also posted in 2007, Drama, Horror, Thriller | Comments (0)

Teaching Mrs. Tingle

IMDB Rating: 4.90
8838 votes

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Leigh Ann Watson is a teenage student at Grandsboro High. An "A" in history would make her valedictorian and get her a scholarship to Harvard. When she turns in her history project, a 365 day diary of a girl accused in the Salem witch trials, a 6 month effort, she receives a "C" from history teacher Mrs. Tingle, the meanest teacher at Grandsboro High. This gives an opportunity for Marybeth Carter, a rival student, to achieve an "A" and become valedictorian. As Leigh Ann tries to catch up doing extra credit by setting up graduation seating with her best friend, Jo Lynn, history class failure Luke Churner, enters with Mrs. Tingle's final exam cheat sheet. Leigh Ann is caught with it and Mrs. Tingle threatens to tell the Principal about it. The result would have been expulsion, so the trio of teenagers attempt to regain Leigh Ann's innocence by reasoning with Mrs. Tingle. When their attempt fails, they attack Mrs. Tingle and tie her to her bed. Is there a possible way to prove Leigh Ann innocent?
Actors
Mrs. Eve TingleHelen Mirren
Leigh Ann WatsonKatie Holmes
Coach 'Spanky' WenchellJeffrey Tambor
Also posted in 1999, Comedy, Thriller | Comments (0)

Kill Me Later

IMDB Rating: 6.00
997 votes

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Her goldfish dead, her lover exposed as a rat, Shawn Holloway leaves her bank post and goes to the roof intent on suicide. Before she can leap, she's taken hostage by Charlie Anders, a fleeing bank robber. He and his partners have stolen a million in cash and plan to escape to Venezuela. Shawn agrees to cooperate if Charlie promises to kill her once he's in the clear. Parts of the plan go awry, so Charlie has time to try to pierce her bleak manner and self pity, and she has time for reflection. As night falls, their interlude ends: they're each alone, Charlie facing prison as the police close in, and Shawn staring down at a river from atop a high bridge.
Actors
Shawn HollowaySelma Blair
Charlie AndersMax Beesley
Agent McGinleyO'Neal Compton
Also posted in 2001, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller | Comments (0)

Miami Vice

IMDB Rating: 6.10
24813 votes

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Ricardo Tubbs (Jamie Foxx) is urbane and dead smart. He lives with Bronx-born Intel analyst Trudy (Naomie Harris), as they work undercover transporting drug loads into South Florida to identify a group responsible for three murders. Sonny Crockett (Colin Farrell) [to the untrained eye, his presentation may seem unorthodox, but procedurally, he is sound] is charismatic and flirtatious until - while undercover working with the supplier of the South Florida group - he gets romantically entangled with Isabella (Gong Li), the Chinese-Cuban wife of an arms and drugs trafficker. The best undercover identity is oneself with the volume turned up and restraint unplugged. The intensity of the case pushes Crockett and Tubbs out onto the edge where identity and fabrication become blurred, where cop and player become one - especially for Crockett in his romance with Isabella and for Tubbs in the provocation of an assault on those he loves.
Actors
Sonny CrockettColin Farrell
Ricardo TubbsJamie Foxx
IsabellaLi Gong
Also posted in 2006, Action, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

RoboCop

IMDB Rating: 7.30
25290 votes

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In a near future, the Motor City known as Detroit slowly becomes the spawn-ground for Crime as a gang of Cop Killers goes on the rise. Private organism, Omni Consomer Products (OCP) eventually seizes control of local law enforcement to ensure a secure an Urban pacification program. Just assigned to the Metro West Precint, Officer Alex Murphy is massacred to death by this gang, as his partner Anne Lewis is barely able to do nothing. At the same time, a young visionary executive, Bob Morton, seizes the chance when the ED-209 law enforcement Droid shows lack of perfection by killing a fellow executive to create the Perfect Cop. The near death Murphy is used as the subject. With his memories erased, he is resurrected as Robocop, the future of law enforcement. As he sweeps away with crime, case by case, he eventually becomes involved with the Cop Killing Gang, and Anne Lewis herself. All of this, triggering his dormant memories of his past life as he searches for who he really is, and uncover a conspiracy going deep in OCP with the Senior Vice President himself.
Actors
Officer Alex J. Murphy/RoboCopPeter Weller
Officer Anne LewisNancy Allen
The Old ManDan O'Herlihy
Also posted in 1987, Action, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (0)

007 GoldenEye

IMDB Rating: 7.10
48389 votes

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James Bond has a mission to recover the 'Goldeneye' access key. A Russian computer programmer called Natalya Siminova survives a murder spree by Xenia Onatopp and General Ourumov. Bond must work with Natalya to find this key and uncovers a sinister secret. His fellow agent, Alec Trevelyan who was believed to have been shot and killed 9 years ago re-surfaces. Bond soon realizes that Trevelyan is behind everything. Bond must now battle his former friend, in order to stop him from destroying London with the Goldeneye satellite.
Actors
James BondPierce Brosnan
Alec TrevelyanSean Bean
Natalya Fyodorovna SemyonovaIzabella Scorupco
Also posted in 1995, Action, Adventure, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Deja Vu

IMDB Rating: 7.10
40478 votes

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After an explosion on a ferry kills over 500 people including a large group of party-going sailors, an ATF agent investigates the crime. AN FBI agent also joins the investigation. Impressed with the ATF agent's skills, the FBI agent invites him to join a new team that has a new program that uses satellite technology to look backwards in time for 4-1/2 days to try to capture the terrorist. Meanwhile a young woman who was burned washes up on shore. Meant to look like part of of the explosion, the body arrives at its location too soon, which leads the agents to believe her death is related to the explosion. As they use the new technology to study the woman, the ATF agent determines that this is not satellite imagery but somehow is using a time warp. From this point in the film, the movie moves from a crime film to a sci-fi time paradox film. Nonetheless, the action is non-stop and always captivating. The end of the film may be confusing to some people, but it is all laid out if one cares to look carefully. Contains some extreme violence that some may find disturbing, particularly during the explosion when many people are shown jumping off the boat in flames.
Actors
Agent Doug Carlin - ATFDenzel Washington
Claire KucheverPaula Patton
Agent Paul Pryzwarra - FBIVal Kilmer
Also posted in 2006, Action, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (0)

Vantage Point

IMDB Rating: 6.70
28680 votes

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The attempted assassination of the American President is told and re-told from several different perspectives.
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Thomas BarnesDennis Quaid
Kent TaylorMatthew Fox
Howard LewisForest Whitaker
Also posted in 2008, Action, Drama, High IMDB rating, 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)

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)
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