Tag Archives: kindness

Pollyanna

IMDB Rating: 7.50
189 votes

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Pollyanna is a young orphan with a positive, cheerful personality who comes to live with her wealthy, embittered, spinster aunt. She introduces everyone to her preacher father's favorite "Glad Game" and ends up transforming not only her aunt's life but the entire town. When the selfless, caring Pollyanna is severely injured in an accident, her spirits dip uncharacteristically, and the townsfolk rally around to help her regain her perspective, to rejoice in God and look for the good.
Actors
Aunt PollyAmanda Burton
Mr. PendletonKenneth Cranham
PollyannaGeorgina Terry
Also posted in 2003, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Dogma

IMDB Rating: 7.30
71668 votes

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The great grand niece of Jesus Christ is enlisted to prevent two angels from reentering Heaven and thus undoing the fabric of the universe. Along the way, she is aided by two prophets, Jay and Silent Bob. With the help of Rufus, the 13th Apostle, they must stop those who stand in their way and prevent the angels from entering Heaven.
Actors
MetatronAlan Rickman
GodAlanis Morissette
RufusChris Rock
Also posted in 1999, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

IMDB Rating: 8.40
137524 votes

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Nearly 10 years have passed since Sarah Connor was targeted for termination by a cyborg from the future. Now her son, John, the future leader of the resistance, is the target for a newer, more deadly terminator. Once again, the resistance has managed to send a protector back to attempt to save John and his mother Sarah.
Actors
The TerminatorArnold Schwarzenegger
John ConnorEdward Furlong
T-1000Robert Patrick
Also posted in 1991, Action, Adventure, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (1)

Hero

IMDB Rating: 8.00
45432 votes

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In ancient China, before the reign of the first emperor, warring factions throughout the Six Kingdoms plot to assassinate the most powerful ruler, Qin. When a minor official defeats Qin's three principal enemies, he is summoned to the palace to tell Qin the story of his surprising victory.
Actors
NamelessJet Li
Broken SwordTony Leung Chiu Wai
Flying SnowMaggie Cheung
Also posted in 2002, Action, Adventure, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (5)

As Good as It Gets

IMDB Rating: 7.70
61556 votes

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New York City. Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer, finds his life turned upside down when neighboring gay artist Simon is hospitalized and his dog is entrusted to Melvin. In addition, Carol, the only waitress who will tolerate him, must leave work to care for her sick son, making it impossible for Melvin to eat breakfast.
Actors
Melvin UdallJack Nicholson
Carol ConnellyHelen Hunt
Simon BishopGreg Kinnear
Also posted in 1997, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

Oliver Twist

IMDB Rating: 7.00
4777 votes

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In the Nineteenth Century, the orphan Oliver Twist is sent to a workhouse, where the children are barely fed and mistreated. He moves to the house of an undertaker, but after an unfair severe spank, he starts a seven day runaway to London. He arrives exhausted and starving, and is welcomed by a gang of pickpockets leaded by the old crook Fagin. When he is mistakenly taken as a thief, the wealthy victim Mr. Brownlow brings Oliver to his home and shelters him. But Fagin and the dangerous Bill Sykes decide to kidnap Oliver to burglarize Mr. Brownlow´s fancy house. Oliver is wounded, while Mr. Brownlow tries to save Oliver.
Actors
Oliver TwistBarney Clark
Mr. BumbleJeremy Swift
Mr. LimbkinsIan McNeice
Also posted in 2005, Drama, Family, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Children of Men

IMDB Rating: 8.10
51494 votes

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With this dystopian world ravished by war, paranoia and the frustrations of Man the Orwellian vision of Nineteen Eighty-Four, the totalitarian future is now complete and amongst us. With female fertility becoming obsolete, Man cannot reproduce, and no child has been born on the face of the planet for eighteen years. Man, and his future, is dying. Soon he shall be extinct. Theo, the beaten, downtrodden and middle-aged ex-political activist will, unwittingly, become involved in a war of an underground revolt. Here he is active once more, in the perilous journey across England's Home Counties, with a young girl, Kee, who, to Theo's bewilderment is pregnant. The first pregnant woman for more than eighteen years. This secret must be protected, at all cost, and mother and child must flee to the mysterious and enigmatic Human Project, across the seas. Their flight is a constant fight for survival. Who can be trusted? Who can keep a secret?
Actors
Baby DiegoJuan Gabriel Yacuzzi
NewsreaderMichelle Hussain
NewsreaderRob Curling
Also posted in 2006, Adventure, Drama, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (0)

Superman Returns

IMDB Rating: 6.90
57453 votes

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After eliminating General Zod & the other Kryptonian arch-villains, Ursa & Non, Superman leaves Earth to try to find his former home world of Krypton after astronomers have supposedly found it. When he finds nothing but remnants, he returns home to Earth - to find out that Lois Lane is engaged to a relative of his boss, and that Lex Luthor is at it again - after swindling an elderly, terminally ill woman. The psychopathic Luthor, whose plans to destroy California failed because of Superman's heroics, vows vengeance against the Man of Steel and contrives a new sinister plot - using the crystals of Krypton to build a continent that will wipe out most of North America! Embedded in the continent's structure is Kryptonite - the lethal substance that is Superman's only weakness. Upon learning of Luthro's sinister scheme, Superman must again race against time to stop the psychopathic Luthor before millions - possibly billions - are killed.
Actors
Clark Kent/SupermanBrandon Routh
Lois LaneKate Bosworth
Lex LuthorKevin Spacey
Also posted in 2006, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi | Comments (0)

Danny the Dog

IMDB Rating: 7.10
17347 votes

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A man treated like a dog and raised as a fighting machine his entire life, ends up in a coma and is taken in the care of good people, but his sinister owner is looking to retrieve his most prized possession: a non stop human weapon triggered by the collar leashed on his neck.
Actors
DannyJet Li
SamMorgan Freeman
BartBob Hoskins
Also posted in 2005, Action, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Kill Bill: Vol. 2

IMDB Rating: 8.10
88281 votes

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The Bride woke up after a long coma. The baby that she carried before the coma was gone. The only thing on her mind was to get revenge on the assassination team that betrayed her - a team she was once part of. With two of the people on her Death List taken care of, she must pursue Budd, Elle Driver and of course Bill himself. But she is in for a surprise...
Actors
The BrideUma Thurman
BillDavid Carradine
O-Ren IshiiLucy Liu
Also posted in 2004, Action, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)
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