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Money Train

IMDB Rating: 5.10
7682 votes

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Two foster brothers (Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes) work as transit cops. While one's life is as good as it gets, the other's is a pit. After losing his job, getting dumped by his brother, and getting the crap kicked out of him by a loan shark for the umpteenth time, He implements his plan to steal the "money train," a train carrying the New York Subway's weekly revenue. But when things go awry, will his brother be able to save him in time?
Actors
JohnWesley Snipes
CharlieWoody Harrelson
Grace SantiagoJennifer Lopez
Also posted in 1995, Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller | Comments (0)

Save the Last Dance 2

IMDB Rating: 4.50
459 votes

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Sara JohnsonIzabella Miko
Miles SultanaColumbus Short
Monique DelacroixJacqueline Bisset
Also posted in 2006, Drama, Music, Romance | Comments (11)

16 Blocks

IMDB Rating: 6.70
16423 votes

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Jack Mosley, a burnt-out detective, is assigned the unenviable task of transporting a fast-talking convict from jail to a courthouse 16 blocks away. However, along the way he learns that the man is supposed to testify against Mosley's colleagues, and the entire NYPD wants him dead. Mosley must choose between loyalty to his colleagues and protecting the witness, and never has such a short distance seemed so long...
Actors
Jack MosleyBruce Willis
Eddie BunkerMos Def
Frank NugentDavid Morse
Also posted in 2006, Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Two for the Money

IMDB Rating: 6.10
8137 votes

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Brandon Lang loves football: an injury keeps him from the pros, but his quarterback's anticipation makes him a brilliant predictor of games' outcomes. Needing money, he leaves Vegas for Manhattan to work for Walter Abrams advising gamblers. Walter has a doting wife, a young daughter, and a thriving business, but he has problems: a bum heart, a belief he's a master manipulator, and addictions barely kept in check. He remakes Brandon, and a father-son relationship grows. Then, things go awry. Walter may be running a con. The odds against Brandon mount.
Actors
Walter AbramsAl Pacino
Brandon LangMatthew McConaughey
Toni MorrowRene Russo
Also posted in 2005, Drama, High IMDB rating, Sport, Thriller | Comments (0)

Lord of War

IMDB Rating: 7.70
33996 votes

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This film charts the rise and fall of Yuri Orlov, from his early days in the early 1980s in Little Odessa, selling guns to mobsters in his local neighbourhood, through to his ascension through the decade of excess and indulgence into the early 90s, where he forms a business partnership with an African warlord and his psychotic son. The film also charts his relationship through the years with his younger brother, his marriage to a famous model, his relentless pursuit by a determined federal agent and his inner demons that sway between his drive for success and the immorality of what he does.
Actors
Yuri OrlovNicolas Cage
Ava FontaineBridget Moynahan
Vitaly OrlovJared Leto
Also posted in 2005, Action, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Fantastic Four

IMDB Rating: 5.90
32767 votes

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When an experimental space voyage goes awry, four people are changed by cosmic rays. Reed Richards, inventor and leader of the group gains the ability to stretch his body, and takes the name, Mr. Fantastic. His girlfriend, Sue Storm, gains the ability to turn invisible and create force fields, calling herself the Invisible Woman. Her younger brother Johnny Storm gains the ability to control fire, including covering his own body with flame, becoming the Human Torch. Pilot Ben Grimm is turned into a super-strong rock creature calling himself Thing. Together, they use their unique powers to explore the strange aspects of the world, and to foil the evil plans of Doctor Doom.
Actors
Reed RichardsIoan Gruffudd
Sue StormJessica Alba
Johnny StormChris Evans
Also posted in 2005, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | Comments (0)

Hitch

IMDB Rating: 6.80
17282 votes

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In New York, Alex Hitchen (Will Smith) is a kind of sentimental advisor, teaching each client how to date the woman of his dream. His present case is helping the clumsy Albert (Kevin James) to date the wealthy and powerful Allegra Cole (Amber Valletta). Meanwhile, Hitch has a crush on the gossip columnist Sara (Eva Mendes), who was assigned to write about Allegra. When the best girlfriend of Sara has a love disillusion with a man that Sara thinks that is a client of Hitch, she plots a revenge against Hitch and the misunderstanding leads the two couples to a conflictive situation.
Actors
Allegra ColeAmber Valletta
Alex 'Hitch' HitchensWill Smith
SaraEva Mendes
Also posted in 2005, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

A Home at the End of the World

IMDB Rating: 6.70
4157 votes

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Two childhood friends face their past relationships, including their own, alongside a new friend in the 1980's in New York City. Their friendship becomes a love triangle as they struggle with a father's death and an unexpected pregnancy. Together, the shall face each other as they realize that everything they have may not be what they expected.
Actors
Bobby MorrowAndrew Chalmers
Carlton MorrowRyan Donowho
EmilyAsia Vieira
Also posted in 2004, Drama, High IMDB rating, Music, Romance | Comments (0)

Spider-Man 2

IMDB Rating: 7.90
53090 votes

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Peter Parker (Tobey McGuire) can't seem to catch any kind of break. Being Spiderman has brought him nothing but problems as far as his personal life is concerned. Not only that, Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst) is engaged to astronaut John Jameson, and Peter may lose her forever. Things are so bad for him that he is pushed past his breaking point, so he decides that he doesn't want to be Spiderman anymore, until a freak accident transforms Dr. Otto Octavius into Dr. Octopus, a super-villian with four metal tentacles coming out of him. Peter realizes that only Spiderman can stop him, but of course, problems arise. Mary Jane gets caught in the middle, and Harry Osborn, who still blames Spiderman for the death of his father, Norman Osborn, also the Green Goblin, wants him dead. Spiderman will have to push himself past his limits if he's going to survive.
Actors
Spider-Man/Peter ParkerTobey Maguire
Mary Jane WatsonKirsten Dunst
Harry OsbornJames Franco
Also posted in 2004, Action, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (0)

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

IMDB Rating: 6.40
23571 votes

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Set in New York City circa 1939, the film centers on a reporter who notices that the world's scientists are disappearing. Teamed with a skilled pilot and an adventurous colleague, it's up to her to thwart the plans of a mad scientist bent on world domination.
Actors
Polly PerkinsGwyneth Paltrow
Joe "Sky Captain" SullivanJude Law
DexGiovanni Ribisi
Also posted in 2004, Action, Adventure, High IMDB rating, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (3)