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Groundhog Day

IMDB Rating: 8.00
70644 votes

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A weather man is reluctantly sent to cover a story about a weather forecasting "rat" (as he calls it). This is his fourth year on the story, and he makes no effort to hide his frustration. On awaking the 'following' day he discovers that it's Groundhog Day again, and again, and again. First he uses this to his advantage, then comes the realisation that he is doomed to spend the rest of eternity in the same place, seeing the same people do the same thing EVERY day.
Actors
Phil ConnorsBill Murray
RitaAndie MacDowell
LarryChris Elliott
Also posted in 1993, Comedy, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

Final Analysis

IMDB Rating: 5.60
2632 votes

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A psychiatrist (Gere) has an affair with his patient's sister (Basinger) who is married to a Greek mobster (Roberts). The mobster is a tyrant over his wife. The psychiatrist wants her to get a divorce, but she is afraid of what her husband would do. She has a medical condition that becomes apparent when she drinks. One night she drinks anyway and attacks her husband. The psychiatrist uses his professional pull to try and help her out of the consequences of her actions, but becomes uncertain if she is telling him the truth.
Actors
Dr. Isaac BarrRichard Gere
Heather EvansKim Basinger
Diana BaylorUma Thurman
Also posted in 1992, Drama, Romance, Thriller | Comments (0)

The Silence of the Lambs

IMDB Rating: 8.60
105280 votes

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A psychopath known as Buffalo Bill is kidnapping and murdering young women across the midwest. Believing it takes one to know one, the F.B.I. sends Agent Clarice Starling (Foster) to interview a demented prisoner who may provide psychological insight and clues to the killer's actions. The prisoner is psychiatrist, Dr. Hannibal Lector (Hopkins), a brilliant, murderous cannibal who will only help Starling if she feeds his morbid curiosity with details about her own complicated life. This twisted relationship forces Starling not only to confront her psychological demons, but leads her to face with a demented, heinous killer, an incarceration of evil so powerful, that she may not have the courage -- or strength -- to stop him!
Actors
Clarice StarlingJodie Foster
Dr. Hannibal LecterAnthony Hopkins
Jack CrawfordScott Glenn
Also posted in 1991, Crime, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

IMDB Rating: 6.10
13752 votes

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Through contact with a mysterious substance, called Ooze, 4 little turtles in the canalization of New York mutate to giant turtles. They can speak, walk upright and love pizza. The wise rat Splinter becomes their mentor and educates them to Ninja fighters. Their arch-enemy is the bad, bad guy Shredder, who struggles to gain power over the world. Of course the ninja turtles will do everything to stop him.
Actors
April O'Neil, Channel 3 ReporterJudith Hoag
Casey JonesElias Koteas
Raphael/Man In CabJosh Pais
Also posted in 1990, Action, Comedy, Crime, Family, Fantasy, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

All Dogs Go to Heaven

IMDB Rating: 5.70
3103 votes

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When a casino owning dog named Charlie is murdered by his rival Carface, he finds himself in Heaven basically by default since all dogs to heaven. However, since he wants to get back at his killer, he cons his way back to the living with the warning that doing that damns him to Hell. Once back, he teams with his old partner, Itchy to prep his retaliation. He also stumbles on to an orphan girl who can talk to the animals, thus allowing him to get the inside info on the races to ensure his wins to finance his plans. However, all the while, he is still haunted by nightmares on what's waiting for him on the other side unless he can prove that he is worthy of Heaven again.
Actors
Charlie B. BarkinBurt Reynolds
Itchy ItchifordDom DeLuise
Anne-MarieJudith Barsi
Also posted in 1989, Animation, Drama, Family, Musical | Comments (0)

Dead Calm

IMDB Rating: 6.90
6551 votes

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A married couple sail the Pacific Ocean to forget a tragic accident. After a month at sea, they sight a mysterious yacht and are boarded by its lone surviving crew member. When the husband discovers the yacht's terrible secret, the crewman goes wild, kidnapping his wife and taking his ship. Terror on the high seas is center stage as the husband fights to keep the mystery yacht afloat and his wife battles the psychotic who's assumed control of their ship.
Actors
Rae IngramNicole Kidman
John IngramSam Neill
Hughie WarrinerBilly Zane
Also posted in 1989, High IMDB rating, Horror, Thriller | Comments (0)

Midnight Run

IMDB Rating: 7.40
10507 votes

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Jack Walsh is a former cop from Chicago, who was framed by criminal he was investigating and about to arrest. He is now a bounty hunter based in Los Angeles. His boss wants him to find, Jonathan "The Duke" Mardukas, an accountant, who was working for Las Vegas mobster, who stole millions of dollars from him and gave it away. His boss was the one who bailed him out, and now unless he can get him back in L.A. in the next 5 days, he will forfeit the bond and be placed out of business. So he sends Jack to get him, which is Midnight Run or easy job in the bail bond business. Except for the fact that the man The Duke stole the money from, wants to get him, and he is also the same man who framed Jack. And also the FBI wants to get Mardukas so that they can use him to get his boss, so they warn Walsh not to get in their way. But Walsh nevertheless finds The Duke and is about bring him back but when Mardukas claims that he has difficulty with flying the airline throws them out of the plane, so they have to go back on the road. When Walsh's boss, learns that he didn't arrive when he was suppose to, he sends another bounty hunter, Marvin, who is Jack's greatest adversary, to get Mardukas. And when Marvin cancels Walsh's card, they don't have enough funds to make it all the way, so they have to scrape everything they have. And it doesn't help that Mardukas is doing everything he can to escape, cause he says that his former boss can get him even in jail.
Actors
Jack WalshRobert De Niro
Jonathan MardukasCharles Grodin
FBI Agent Alonzo MoselyYaphet Kotto
Also posted in 1988, Action, Adventure, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Overboard

IMDB Rating: 6.10
6025 votes

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Joanna Stayton (Hawn) is a rich snotty millionairess and Dean Proffitt (Russell) is a struggling carpenter trying to get by with 4 obnoxious children. After doing a job which Joanna is dissatisfied with, she tosses Dean overboard and refuses to pay him, then Joanna gets amnesia and Dean decides to get back at her by claiming her as his "wife" and mother of his 4 brats.
Actors
Joanna Stayton/Annie ProffittGoldie Hawn
Dean ProffittKurt Russell
Grant Stayton IIIEdward Herrmann
Also posted in 1987, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

Innerspace

IMDB Rating: 6.40
10097 votes

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Cocky space ace Tuck Pendelton volunteers to be minaturized and injected into a lab rabbit. Some techno-terrorists foul up these plans and Tuck is mistakenly injected into hypochondriac Jack Putter instead. Now the terrorists are after Jack with all-American hero Tuck shrunk inside him. Their only hope is Tuck's journalist girl- friend Lydia, but Jack has developed a crush on her.
Actors
Lt. Tuck PendletonDennis Quaid
Jack PutterMartin Short
Lydia MaxwellMeg Ryan
Also posted in 1987, Action, Adventure, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi | Comments (0)

Lethal Weapon

IMDB Rating: 7.50
22928 votes

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Los Angeles police sergeant Roger Murtaugh, who has just turned 50 years old, is assigned to investigate the death of Amanda Hunsaker, a prostitute who is one of the daughters of bank president Michael Hunsaker, a friend whom Roger has known since they were in the Vietnam War together, but Roger hasn't seen Michael in 12 years. Beginning with this investigation, Roger is assigned a new partner Sergeant Martin Riggs, who has been suicidal ever since his wife Victoria "Vicky" Lynn Riggs died in a car crash in 1984. Riggs and Murtaugh's investigation of Amanda's death reveals that she was murdered. Upon hearing of this, Michael tells Murtaugh that he would like for whoever is behind Amanda's murder to end up dead, like Amanda. Riggs and Murtaugh's investigation continues and it makes them the targets of Shadow Company, a group of former Vietnam War era mercenaries who now bring heroin into the Los Angeles County region. Shadow Company's leader, General Peter McAllister, and his right hand man, Mr. Joshua, want Riggs and Murtaugh dead, no matter what the cost.
Actors
Sergeant Martin RiggsMel Gibson
Sergeant Roger MurtaughDanny Glover
Mr. JoshuaGary Busey
Also posted in 1987, Action, Comedy, Crime, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)