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Donnie Darko

IMDB Rating: 8.30
103769 votes

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Storyline
Donnie Darko gets along badly with his family, with his teachers and with his classmates; but he does manage to find a sympathetic friend in Gretchen, who agrees to date him; and he has a compassionate psychiatrist, who discovers hypnosis is the means to unlock hidden secrets. His other companion may not be a true ally. Donnie has a friend named Frank, who is either a large purple bunny, or man in a large purple bunny costume. Either way, Donnie is the only one who can see him. When an engine falls off a plane and destroys his room, Donnie is not there. Both the event, and Donnie's escape, seem to have been caused by supernatural events. Donnie's mental illness, if such it is, may never allow him to find out for sure.
Actors
Drew Barrymore
Jena Malone
Donnie DarkoJake Gyllenhaal

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

IMDB Rating: 6.80
37138 votes

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Storyline
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is a tale of adventure on the open road. When Dante and Randal (of Clerks fame) get a restraining order to keep the punchy Jay and his hetero life-mate, Silent Bob, from selling drugs in front of the Quick Stop convenience store, their lives are suddenly empty. They find new purpose when their friend, Brodie, informs them a movie is being made featuring two infamous characters based on their likenesses. After visiting one of the creators of the Bluntman and Chronic, Holden McNeil, they set out to get what fat movie cash they deserve and hopefully put an end to people slandering them on the Internet. Along the way, they learn the rules of the road from a hitchhiking George Carlin, ride with a group of gorgeous jewel thieves, and incur the wrath of a hapless wildlife marshal for liberating an orangutan named Suzanne. The quest takes them from New Jersey to Hollywood where a showdown involving the police, the jewel thieves, and the Bluntman and Chronic filmmakers will decide the fate of Suzanne, Jay, Silent Bob, and their good names.
Actors
JayJason Mewes
Holden McNeil/HimselfBen Affleck
Randal GravesJeff Anderson

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

IMDB Rating: 6.40
23369 votes

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Storyline
In the year 2065, the next great assault against an invading race of phantom-like aliens is about to be launched. Dr. Aki Ross, a brilliant young scientist, races to find the invaders' secrets, not only to save the planet, but herself as well after her body is infected by alien particles. She teams up with the prestigious Deep Eyes military squadron, led by her old friend Grey Edwards. But as Aki, her mentor Dr. Sid, and Grey work toward a peaceful end, the scheming General Hein devises a plot to eradicate the aliens in one swift, destructive blow...even if it destroys the Earth right along with them.
Actors
Dr. Aki RossMing-Na
Capt. Gray EdwardsAlec Baldwin
Sgt. Ryan WhitakerVing Rhames

American Psycho

IMDB Rating: 7.00
41159 votes

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Storyline
Patrick Bateman is handsome, well educated and intelligent. He is twenty-seven and living his own American dream. He works by day on Wall Street, earning a fortune to complement the one he was born with. At night he descends into madness, as he experiments with fear and violence.
Actors
Patrick BatemanChristian Bale
Timothy BryceJustin Theroux
Craig McDermottJosh Lucas

Gangland

IMDB Rating: 2.40
226 votes

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Actors
JaredCostas Mandylor
DerekSasha Mitchell
AlexisKathleen Kinmont

The Opportunists

IMDB Rating: 5.80
525 votes

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Storyline
Vic is a struggling auto mechanic with a safe-cracking past and a lot of debt. His girlfriend runs a bar and offers to loan him the money she's saved for remodeling, but Vic is reluctant to take it. When a long-lost cousin from Ireland shows up on his doorstep, the two team up for one last heist.
Actors
Victor 'Vic' KellyChristopher Walken
Michael 'Mikey' Lawler, aka Michael KellyPeter MacDonald
Aunt Diedre 'Dee'Anne Pitoniak

Scary Movie

IMDB Rating: 5.70
36158 votes

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Storyline
A parody of modern horror films about a group of teenagers who are being terrorised by a serial killer. Some of the send-ups include: "Scream", "I Know What You Did Last Summer", "The Blair Witch Project", "The Sixth Sense" and "The Matrix".
Actors
Kurt Fuller
Lochlyn Munro
Cheri Oteri

Forever Lulu

IMDB Rating: 5.50
430 votes

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Storyline
Lulu McAfee lives in a San Francisco home for mentally-ill adults. In June 1999, she bolts for L.A. and contacts Ben Clifton, an old flame, now unhappily writing for TV and unhappily married to a psychiatrist, Claire. Ben is ready to call Lulu's doctor when she tells him they have a son, born after she became ill and their affair ended. He calls Claire to tell her he's driving Lulu to Wisconsin to meet the boy on his 16th birthday, a visit Lulu claims is arranged. On the drive, Lulu tries to rekindle the affair and restart Ben's idealism. Meanwhile, Claire boards a plane to Madison to watch her marriage collapse. Is there really a son? What emotional landmines will the trip set off?
Actors
Lulu McAfeeMelanie Griffith
FreddieRyan Bollman
Linda DavisLee Garlington

Brother

IMDB Rating: 7.10
6787 votes

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Storyline
A Japanese Yakuza gangster is exiled to the United States. Takeshi settles in Los Angeles where his younger, half brother lives and finds that although the turf is new, the rules are still the same as they try to take over the local drug trade.
Actors
Aniki YamamotoTakeshi Kitano
DennyOmar Epps
KenKuroudo Maki
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