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The Hills Have Eyes

IMDB Rating: 6.50
29735 votes

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Wes Craven produces this remake of his 1977 classic of the same name, about the Carters, an idyllic American family travelling through the great American southwest. But their trip takes a detour into an area closed off from the public, but more importantly from society. An area originally used by the U.S. Government for nuclear testing that was intended to be empty...or so they thought? When the Carter's car breaks down at the old site, they're stranded...or are they? As the Carters may soon realize that what seemed like a car casually breaking down, might actually be a trap. This trap might be perpetrated by the inhabitants of the site who aren't pulling a prank, but are out to set up a gruesome massacre.
Actors
Doug BukowskiAaron Stanford
Ethel CarterKathleen Quinlan
Lynn CarterVinessa Shaw
Also posted in 2006, High IMDB rating, Horror, Thriller | Comments (0)

Rohtenburg

IMDB Rating: 5.40
533 votes

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In Germany, as graduate student Katie Armstrong researches cannibal killer Oliver Hagen for her thesis, she becomes obsessed with her subject and ultimately plunges into a lifestyle similar to Hagen's and the thousands of people like him.
Actors
Katie ArmstrongKeri Russell
Oliver HartwinThomas Kretschmann
Simon GrombeckThomas Huber
Also posted in 2006, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller | Comments (0)

Cool Hand Luke

IMDB Rating: 8.30
29733 votes

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Luke is sent to a prison camp, where he gets a reputation as a hard man. The head of the gang hates him, and tries to break him by beating him up. It doesn't work, and he gains respect. His mother dies, and he escapes, but is caught, escapes again, and is caught again. Will the camp bosses ever break him ?
Actors
LukePaul Newman
DraglineGeorge Kennedy
Society RedJ.D. Cannon
Also posted in 1967, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Finding Neverland

IMDB Rating: 8.20
29131 votes

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London, 1903: four lads, three women, and J.M. Barrie in the year he writes "Peter Pan." After one of his plays flops, Barrie meets four boys and their widowed mother in the park. During the next months, the child-like Barrie plays with the boys daily, and their imaginative games give him ideas for a play. Simultaneously, a friendship deepens with Sylvia, the lads' mother, to the chagrin of his wife Mary, with whom he spends little time (separate bedrooms), the widow's mother, and high society, which gossips about his attraction to the widow and to her sons. As Sylvia's health worsens, Barrie's ties to the boys strengthen and he must find a way to take his muse to Neverland.
Actors
Sir James Matthew BarrieJohnny Depp
Sylvia Llewelyn DaviesKate Winslet
Mrs. Emma du MaurierJulie Christie
Also posted in 2004, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Lucky Number Slevin

IMDB Rating: 7.80
34196 votes

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After landing in the wrong place at the wrong time, Slevin (Josh Hartnett) must kill The Rabbi's (Ben Kingsley) to scratch a $96,000 debt to The Boss (Morgan Freeman) and pay off $33,000 to The Rabbi. He can't go to the police and he can't leave the city. On top of all this, behind the scene's Mr. Smith aka Mr. Goodkat (Bruce Willis) is secretly plotting to kill Slevin.
Actors
Lucy Liu
SlevinJosh Hartnett
Mr. GoodkatBruce Willis
Also posted in 2006, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

The Living and the Dead

IMDB Rating: 5.80
444 votes

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A descent into Hell is triggered when "Ex-Lord" Donald Brocklebank finds that he must leave Longleigh House for London to find a way to pay for the medical treatments for his wife Nancy. Alone, his over-protected, delusional, adult son, James, fancies himself in charge of the manor house with his terminally ill mother, and barricades the two of them into the house for a series of ever more panicked home treatments, mistakenly protecting her from the arrival of Nurse Mary and any outside help.
Actors
Donald BrocklebankRoger Lloyd-Pack
James BrocklebankLeo Bill
PolicemanNeil Conrich
Also posted in 2006, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Comments (0)

Dark Water

IMDB Rating: 5.50
13940 votes

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Dahlia Williams is starting a new life; newly separated with a new job and a new apartment, she's determined to put her relationship with her estranged husband behind her and devote herself to raising her daughter, Ceci. But when the strained separation disintegrates into a bitter custody battle, her situation takes a turn for the worse. Her new apartment—dilapidated, cramped, and worn—seems to take on a life of its own. Mysterious noises, persistent leaks of dark water, and strange happenings cause her imagination to run wild, sending her on a puzzling and mystifying pursuit to find out who is behind the endless mind games. As Dahlia frantically searches for the links between the riddles, the dark water seems to close around her. But one thing trumps all others in Dahlia's world: no matter what it is that's out there, she'll stop at nothing to find it.
Actors
DahliaJennifer Connelly
Mr. MurrayJohn Reilly
Jeff PlatzerTim Roth
Also posted in 2005, Drama, Horror, Thriller | Comments (0)

Rails & Ties

IMDB Rating: 7.00
209 votes

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A deadly collision between a train and car lead to an unlikely bond between the train engineer and a young boy who escapes the carnage.
Actors
Tom StarkKevin Bacon
Megan StarkMarcia Gay Harden
Davey DannerMiles Heizer
Also posted in 2007, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

The Final Season

IMDB Rating: 7.30
219 votes

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Tradition in Norway, Iowa, can be summed up in one word, baseball. In the small Midwestern town, population 586, baseball is a legacy passed father to son, generation to generation. The Norway high school team is no stranger to overcoming the odds, to playing "David" to the State's much larger schools' "Goliath." When the 1990 team, lead by Coach Jim Van Scoyoc, wins its 19th State Championship in 23 years, it is almost expected. The unexpected comes when bureaucracy intervenes to merge Norway into a larger school, and petty jealousies conspire to rob Norway of its heritage and a 20th State Championship. The legendary coach is fired and replaced with his 24-year-old, one-season assistant coach, Kent Stock — a move designed to insure the team's failure. "THE FINAL SEASON" tells the true story of an underdog coach and team who despite tradition have been written off not only by their rivals but also by those closest to them, the town. Can they find the faith in themselves, and the faith in each other, to make it to one final championship game — and the chance for redemption?
Actors
Kent StockSean Astin
Jim Van ScoyocPowers Boothe
Polly HudsonRachael Leigh Cook
Also posted in 2007, Drama, High IMDB rating, Sport | Comments (0)

Love Actually

IMDB Rating: 7.80
53732 votes

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Set almost entirely in London, England during five frantic weeks before Christmas follows a web-like pattern of inter-related, loosely related and unrelated stories of a dozen or more various individuals with their love lives, or lack of them. The central character is the new bachelor prime minister David who cannot express his growing feelings for his new personal assistant Natalie. The prime minister's older sister Karen slowly grows aware of her husband Harry's flirtation with an office worker named Mia. Karen's friend Daniel is a recently widowed writer whose 11-year-old son asks for love advice about a girl he has a crush on. Meanwhile, Jamie is another writer who leaves his girlfriend after catching her cheating on him and travels to France to write a novel where he pursues a possible romance with his non-English speaking Portuguese maid Aurelia. Also, Harry's American secretary Sarah questions a romance she pursues with the office hunk Karl, but her personal family problems get in the way. Other secondary characters involve a photographer who pursues his best friend's new wife Juliet; a pair of movie stand-ins, named John and Judy, who grow closer after their simulated love scenes; a libidinous chum who wants to travel to Wisconsin, USA to score with women; and a burned-out former rock star named Billy Mack who is the main connection between all stories involved.
Actors
Billy MackBill Nighy
JoeGregor Fisher
EngineerRory MacGregor
Also posted in 2003, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (2)
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