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The Human Stain

IMDB Rating: 6.30
7706 votes

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The Human Stain is the story of Coleman Silk (Hopkins), a classics professor with a terrible secret that is about to shatter his life in a small New England town. When his affair with a young troubled janitor (Kidman) is uncovered, the secret Silk had harbored for over fifty years from his wife, his children and colleague, writer Nathan Zuckerman, fast explodes in a conflagration of devastating consequences. It is Zuckerman who stumbles upon Silk's secret and sets out to reconstruct the unknown biography of this eminent, upright man, esteemed as an educator for nearly all his life, and to understand how this ingeniously contrived life came unraveled.
Actors
Coleman SilkAnthony Hopkins
Faunia FarleyNicole Kidman
Lester FarleyEd Harris
Also posted in 2003, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance, Thriller | Comments (0)

Cheaper by the Dozen

IMDB Rating: 5.70
12338 votes

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The Bakers, a family of 12, move from small-town Illinois to the big city after Tom Baker (Martin) gets his dream job to coach his alma mater's football team. Meanwhile, his wife (Hunt) also gets her dream of getting her book published. While she's away promoting the book, Tom has a hard time keeping the house in order while at the same time coaching his football team, as the once happy family starts falling apart.
Actors
Tom BakerSteve Martin
Kate BakerBonnie Hunt
Nora BakerPiper Perabo
Also posted in 2003, Comedy, Family | Comments (0)

Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle

IMDB Rating: 4.80
23111 votes

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Natalie, Dylan, and Alex, three glamorous, tough-as-nails, investigative agents - who work for the Charles Townsend Detective Agency - are sent undercover to retrieve two missing jewelry bands. These are no ordinary wedding rings. They contain valuable information that reveals the new identities of every person in the FBI's Witness Protection Program. After five of the program's participants turn up dead, only the Angels can stop the perpetrator, using their expertise as masters of disguise, espionage and martial arts.
Actors
Natalie CookCameron Diaz
Dylan SandersDrew Barrymore
Alex MundayLucy Liu
Also posted in 2003, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime | Comments (0)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

IMDB Rating: 6.00
19340 votes

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A group of college kids, on their way back from scoring drugs in Mexico, run into a hitchhiker who has just survived a horrific massacre from the night before. They try to help the girl, but in the process end up falling prey to her mysterious fear. It happens to be wielding a chainsaw...
Actors
ErinJessica Biel
AndyMike Vogel
KemperEric Balfour
Also posted in 2003, Crime, Horror, Thriller | Comments (5)

Dogville

IMDB Rating: 7.90
28127 votes

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The beautiful fugitive, Grace (Nicole Kidman), arrives in the isolated township of Dogville on the run from a team of gangsters. With some encouragement from Tom (Paul Bettany), the self-appointed town spokesman, the little community agrees to hide her and in return, Grace agrees to work for them. However, when a search sets in, the people of Dogville demand a better deal in exchange for the risk of harbouring poor Grace and she learns the hard way that in this town, goodness is relative. But Grace has a secret and it is a dangerous one. Dogville may regret it ever began to bare its teeth...
Actors
Grace Margaret MulliganNicole Kidman
GloriaHarriet Andersson
Ma GingerLauren Bacall
Also posted in 2003, Drama, High IMDB rating, Mystery, Thriller | Comments (0)

Biker Boyz

IMDB Rating: 4.00
2767 votes

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A mythic motorcycle tale of father and son", this is the story of Manuel Galloway (Fishburne), also known as "the King of Cali", the president of a motorcycle club whose members are all African-American men, mostly white-collar workers who exchange their suits and ties at night and on weekends for leather outfits and motorcycle helmets. The focus of this story takes place at an annual drag-racing event in Fresno, as Manuel tries to retain his championship title.
Actors
SmokeLaurence Fishburne
KidDerek Luke
Soul TrainOrlando Jones
Also posted in 2003, Action, Crime, Drama | Comments (2)

Antwone Fisher

IMDB Rating: 7.30
7484 votes

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A sailor (Derek Luke) prone to violent outbursts is sent to a naval psychiatrist (Washington) for help. Refusing at first to open up, the young man eventually breaks down and reveals a horrific childhood. Through the guidance of his doctor, he confronts his painful past and begins a quest to find the family he never knew.
Actors
Antwone Quenton 'Fish' FisherDerek Luke
Antwone Fisher Age 7Malcolm David Kelley
Antwone Fisher Age 14Cory Hodges
Also posted in 2002, Biography, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

All or Nothing

IMDB Rating: 7.50
2497 votes

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Penny's love for her partner, taxi-driver Phil, has run dry. He is a gentle, philosophical guy, and she works on the checkout at a supermarket. Their daughter Rachel cleans in a home for elderly people, and their son Rory is unemployed and aggressive. The joy has gone out of Phil's and Penny's life, but when an unexpected tragedy occurs, they are brought together to rediscover their love. All or Nothing is set on a London working-class housing estate over a long weekend, and also tells the stories of a range of Phil and Penny's neighbors, some of whom become involved in the family's lives, and all of whom experience an emotional journey.
Actors
PhilTimothy Spall
PennyLesley Manville
RachelAlison Garland
Also posted in 2002, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Igby Goes Down

IMDB Rating: 7.10
12240 votes

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Igby Slocumb, a rebellious and sarcastic seventeen year-old boy, is at war with the oppressive world of his East Coast "old money" family. With a schizophrenic father, a self-absorbed, distant mother, and a shark-like young Republican big brother, Igby figures there must be a better life out there, and he sets out to find it. After happily flunking out of several Prep Schools, Igby escapes into the bohemian underworld of Manhattan. His darkly comic trip—shared by a deviant cast of characters, including his terminally bored, part-time lover Sookie, his Godfather's trophy mistress Rachel, and smack-dealing performance artists Russel—veers from bizarre to tragic in Igby's ultimately noble attempt to keep himself from "going down."
Actors
Jason 'Igby' Slocumb, Jr.Kieran Culkin
Sookie SappersteinClaire Danes
D.H. BanesJeff Goldblum
Also posted in 2002, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Sonny

IMDB Rating: 5.50
884 votes

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New Orleans, 1981. Sonny Phillips, just discharged from the Army, returns home. The only life he's known is as a gigolo, working for his mother, but he wants to leave that behind. However, the job his Army buddy promised doesn't materialize, and he can't escape his past.
Actors
Sonny PhillipsJames Franco
Jewel PhillipsBrenda Blethyn
Henry WadeHarry Dean Stanton
Also posted in 2002, Crime, Drama | Comments (0)