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An American Tail: Fievel Goes West

IMDB Rating: 5.80
3585 votes

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Some time after the Mousekewitz's have settled in America, they find that they are still having problems with the threat of cats. That makes them eager to try another home out in the west, where they are promised that mice and cats live in peace. Unfortunately, the one making this claim is an oily con artist named Cat R. Waul who is intent on his own sinister plan. Unaware of this, the Mousekewitz's begin their journey west, while their true cat friend, Tiger, follows intent on following his girlfriend gone in the same direction.
Actors
Fievel MousekewitzPhillip Glasser
Wylie BurpJames Stewart
Mama MousekewitzErica Yohn
Also posted in 1991, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Western | Comments (0)

The Great Escape

IMDB Rating: 8.40
37514 votes

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Based on a true story, "The Great Escape" deals with the largest Allied escape attempt from a German POW camp during the Second World War. The first part of the film focuses on the escape efforts within the camp and the process of secretly digging an escape tunnel. The second half of the film deals with the massive effort by the German Gestapo to track down the over 70 escaped prisoners who are at this point throughout the Third Reich attempting to make their way to England and various neutral countries.
Actors
Capt. Hilts "The Cooler King"Steve McQueen
Flight Lt. Hendley "The Scrounger"James Garner
Squadron Leader Roger Bartlett "Big X"Richard Attenborough
Also posted in 1963, Action, Adventure, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller, War | Comments (1)

The ‘burbs

IMDB Rating: 6.30
13279 votes

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This story takes place in a typical American neighborhood, when some new neighbors come to live in the house next to Ray Peterson. These new people are really strange; nobody has ever seen them, their house is a real mess, and during the night you can hear weird noises from their basement. The only thing they know is their name: Klopeks. One day Walter (an old man of the neighborhood) suddenly disappears and everyone starts to suspect the Klopeks...
Actors
Ray PetersonTom Hanks
Mark RumsfieldBruce Dern
Carol PetersonCarrie Fisher
Also posted in 1989, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Horror | Comments (0)

Shrek 2

IMDB Rating: 7.70
50791 votes

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The film picks up right where the first movie ended... Shrek and Fiona return from their honeymoon to find a letter from Fiona's parents inviting the newlyweds over for dinner. The only problem is that they have no idea that their daughter is now an ogre.
Actors
ShrekMike Myers
DonkeyEddie Murphy
Princess FionaCameron Diaz
Also posted in 2004, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Music | Comments (11)

Bedazzled

IMDB Rating: 5.80
13227 votes

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Elliot Richards, a socially incompetent technical advisor working at a call-center, has had a crush on Alison Gardner for nearly four years. One evening, which already started particularly bad for Elliot, she ditches him. Elliot wishes for her to be in his life with all his heart - and is heard. An incredibly beautiful young lady addresses Elliot, and after introducing herself as the Devil, Lucifer, the Princess of Darkness, she offers him a deal: Seven wishes for him, his Soul for her. Quickly, Elliot is convinced and accepts. But every wish he gets fulfilled has massive disadvantages as well, and soon Elliot wants to get out of the contract. The only thing that matters to him now is being able to take his chances by himself.
Actors
Elliot Richards/Jefe/MaryBrendan Fraser
The DevilElizabeth Hurley
Alison Gardner/Nicole DelarussoFrances O'Connor
Also posted in 2000, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance | Comments (16)

Quest for Camelot

IMDB Rating: 5.40
1160 votes

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In the days of King Arthur's Camelot, a renegade knight Ruber plots to usurp the throne by turning his henchmen into formidable monsters, forcing the widow of a Round Table knight he killed to use her privileged access to the King's castle and, most importantly, stealing King Arthur's symbol of power, the magical sword, Excalibur. When she kidnaps the widow, her young rambunctious daughter, Kayley, who dreams the seemingly impossible dream of becoming a Knight, escapes to both warn the King and try to recover Excalibur. Along the way, she meets up with a young blind hermit, a goofy two headed dragon and a mysterious silver winged falcon and together, they endeavor to find the sword to save the kingdom.
Actors
KayleyJessalyn Gilsig
KayleyAndrea Corr
GarrettBryan White
Also posted in 1998, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy | Comments (0)

Hercules

IMDB Rating: 6.50
6377 votes

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After Zeus fights and sends the Titans to the underworld, he becomes the ruler of Mount Olympus, home of all greek gods. Hades is sent to rule the underworld, but he makes plans to throw Zeus out of Mount Olympus with the Titans' help. The three Fates warn him that his plans would be endangered if Hercules, Zeus newborn child, is still around by the time he tries to take over Mount Olympus. Hades sends Pain and Panic to turn Hercules into a mortal and kill him, but they fail in their attempt and leave him on earth with his divine strength to be raised as a human. Hercules grows up but later learns he is the son of gods, and in order to return to Mt. Olympus he must turn into a "true hero". He is trained by Phil the satyr and becomes the most famous hero in ancient Greece after battling monsters of all kinds. He even saves Mt. Olympus from Hade's take-over, but he only becomes a god again after he offers to exchange his life in order to save Meg, his love, from Hades' underworld and shows that a true hero must have a strong heart and not only physical strength.
Actors
Charlton Heston
HerculesTate Donovan
Young HerculesJosh Keaton
Also posted in 1997, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, High IMDB rating, Musical | Comments (0)

Legends of the Fall

IMDB Rating: 6.80
15702 votes

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Set in the Rocky Mountains of Montana in the early 1900s, this is a tale of love, betrayal, and brotherhood. After being discharged, Colonel Ludlow decides to raise his three sons in the wilds of Montana, where they can grow up away from the government and society he has learned to dispise. The three brothers mature and seem to have an unbreakable bond, until Susanna enters their lives. When Samuel, the youngest of the three, returns from college he brings with him his beautiful fiance, Susanna. The eldest son, Alfred, soon finds himself in love with his brother's fiance, and things get worse when he discovers a growing passion between Susanna and Tristan. Colonel Ludlow's favorite son, Tristan is willful and as wild as the mountains. As the brothers set out to fight a war in Europe, suspicion and jelousy threatens to tear apart their once indestructable bond.
Actors
Tristan LudlowBrad Pitt
Col. William LudlowAnthony Hopkins
Alfred LudlowAidan Quinn
Also posted in 1994, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance, Western | Comments (0)

Wolf

IMDB Rating: 5.80
8283 votes

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Worn down and out of luck, aging publisher Will Randall (Jack Nicholson) is at the end of his rope when a younger co-worker snatches both his job and wife out from under his nose. But after being bit by a wolf, Will suddenly finds himself energized, more competitive than ever, and possessed with amazingly heightened senses. Meanwhile, the beautiful daughter of his shrewd boss begins to fall for him - without realizing that the man she's begun to love is gradually turning into the creature by which he was bit.
Actors
Will RandallJack Nicholson
Laura AldenMichelle Pfeiffer
Stewart SwintonJames Spader
Also posted in 1994, Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller | Comments (0)