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Raising Arizona

IMDB Rating: 7.50
31003 votes

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Colourful and unconventional slapstick comedy. Ex-con Hi and ex-cop Ed meet, marry and long for a child in the wilds of Arizona. When Ed discovers she's barren the God-given solution is presented: to snatch a baby from a set of quins. Thus begins a series of kidnappings, capers and rum goings-on that revolve around the helpless yet universally-loveable child. Hi's convict friends, his boss, and even the Lone Biker Of The Apocalypse become involved in the ever-twisting plot in the quest to own the baby.
Actors
H.I. McDunnoughNicolas Cage
Edwina 'Ed' McDunnoughHolly Hunter
Nathan Arizona Huffhines, Sr.Trey Wilson
Also posted in 1987, Action, Comedy, Crime, High IMDB rating | 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)

Flirting with Disaster

IMDB Rating: 6.70
6188 votes

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Five months after the birth of his son, Mel Coplin remains unable to name the child until he has met his own biological parents and discovered who he "really is." He, his wife Nancy, and his social-worker-in-training Tina Kalb jet off to California to meet his birth mother—who turns out not to be his mother, due to an error with the agency's adoption records. The quartet sets out in search of Mel's real parents, with tensions growing because of the sexual chemistry lacking between Mel and Nancy and growing between Mel and Tina.
Actors
Mel CoplinBen Stiller
Nancy CoplinPatricia Arquette
Tina KalbTéa Leoni
Also posted in 1996, Comedy, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Edmond

IMDB Rating: 6.30
3371 votes

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A man in a suit at a Manhattan firm leaves work on Friday; he looks unhappy. He stops at a fortune teller's for a Tarot reading: "You are not where you belong," she tells him. That evening he quits his marriage and walks the streets of New York, passing from a classy bar to a gentleman's club, then to a high-class bordello, a mugging, a pawnshop, and a diner where someone does listen. He shares his insights with her and later with others. Violence, disappointment, and musings entwine as Edmond loses his moorings while believing he's found them. Where does he belong?
Actors
EdmondWilliam H. Macy
Fortune TellerFrances Bay
WifeRebecca Pidgeon
Also posted in 2005, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Are We Done Yet?

IMDB Rating: 2.70
4684 votes

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Newlyweds Nick (Ice Cube) and Suzanne (Long) decide to move to the suburbs to provide a better life for their two kids. But their idea of a dream home is disturbed by a contractor (McGinley) with a bizarre approach to business.
Actors
Nick PersonsIce Cube
Suzanne PersonsNia Long
Chuck Mitchell, Jr.John C. McGinley
Also posted in 2007, Comedy, Family | Comments (0)

Anna Karenina

IMDB Rating: 5.90
1464 votes

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Anna is a young and elegant wife of Mr. Karenin, who is wealthy and old. She meets the handsome Count Vronsky. Anna and Vronsky fall in love with each other, and he comes to be with her in St. Petersburg. They are very happy together and make a great looking couple, but soon their happiness gets under social pressures. Anna is hopelessly begging Mr. Karenin for a divorce, but he wants to keep the mother of their child. She has another baby born from her lover Vronsky. Conflict between her untamed desires and painful reality causes her a depression...
Actors
Anna KareninaSophie Marceau
VronskySean Bean
LevinAlfred Molina
Also posted in 1997, Drama, Romance | Comments (0)

Enough

IMDB Rating: 5.00
8184 votes

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An abused woman (Lopez) discovers that the dream man (Campbell) she married isn't who she thought he was. She and her daughter try to escape (aided by her previous boyfriend, played by Futterman), but he pursues her relentlessly. Fearing also for the safety of her daughter, she decides that there's only one way out of the marriage: kill him. 'Fred Ward (I)' (qv) has a guest-starring role.
Actors
Slim HillerJennifer Lopez
Mitch HillerBill Campbell
Gracie HillerTessa Allen
Also posted in 2002, Drama, Thriller | Comments (0)

Bonnie and Clyde

IMDB Rating: 8.00
23594 votes

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A bored small-town girl and a small-time bank robber leave in their wake a string of violent robberies and newspaper headlines that catch the imagination of the Depression-struck Mid-West in this take on the legendary crime spree of these archetypal lovers on the run.
Actors
Clyde BarrowWarren Beatty
Bonnie ParkerFaye Dunaway
C.W. MossMichael J. Pollard
Also posted in 1967, Biography, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

The Good Night

IMDB Rating: 6.40
1042 votes

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Gary Shaller is at a crossroads in his life: his job is going nowhere, his wife, Dora, drives him crazy, and he passed his thirtieth birthday four years ago. Add to that his best friend Paul seems to become more successful every time he breathes. Gary is feeling depressed and dejected... until he meets Anna. She's beautiful and smart; she's sexy and funny. Best of all, she's crazy about Gary. Anna is the girl of Gary's dreams...literally. And that's the problem. Gary can only see Anna in his dream life, so he's got to find a way to carry on the most satisfying relationship of his life, in his dreams. His quest for lucid dreaming techniques introduces Gary to some crazy characters who ultimately give him a new perspective on life.
Actors
AnnaPenélope Cruz
GaryMartin Freeman
DoraGwyneth Paltrow
Also posted in 2007, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

Moonlight Mile

IMDB Rating: 6.70
6124 votes

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A young man lingers in the family home of his fiancee, after her accidental death. While grieving along with her parents and drawn into legal issues presented by a district attorney seeking justice for the family, he finds himself falling in love with another woman, against his own best intentions.
Actors
Joe NastJake Gyllenhaal
Ben FlossDustin Hoffman
Jojo FlossSusan Sarandon
Also posted in 2002, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)