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Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

IMDB Rating: 7.20
18248 votes

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An accident on the Klingon moon Praxis forces the reluctant Klingon Empire into a peace treaty with the Federation. Kirk, despite his mistrust of the Klingons after they murdered his son at Genesis, is forced to escort a Klingon cruiser carrying the Klingon Chancellor to Earth for the meetings. During the voyage the Klingon cruiser is attacked, and Kirk & McCoy are taken prisoner after the Chancellor is murdered by two Starfleet crewmen. Spock immediately begins an investigation, while Kirk & McCoy are sentenced to life on Rura Penthe - a deep-frozen asteroid. Spock, meanwhile, has discovered that a Klingon Bird of Prey - one that can fire when cloaked, and under the command of Kingon General Chang - is the ship responsible for firing on the Chancellor, and the 2 assassins came from the Enterprise. A rescue of Kirk & McCoy is successful, after which they discover a conspiracy among Starfleet, Klingon, and Romulan officials whose plan is to incite a full-blown war! The Enterprise & Excelsior - under the command of Hikaru Sulu - head for a deadly rendezvous with General Chang at the peace summit to prevent war from breaking out...but will they be too late?
Actors
Captain James T. KirkWilliam Shatner
Captain SpockLeonard Nimoy
Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoyDeForest Kelley
Also posted in 1991, Action, High IMDB rating, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (0)

Sweet Land

IMDB Rating: 7.30
1451 votes

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As Inge buries her husband Olaf on their Minnesota farm in 1968, we relive her life story as she tells her grown grandson about how she arrived from Germany in 1920 as Olaf's postal bride and of the obstacles they overcame in order to marry...
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Young IngeElizabeth Reaser
Old IngeLois Smith
Young LarsPatrick Heusinger
Also posted in 2005, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

The Defiant Ones

IMDB Rating: 7.70
3077 votes

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Joker Jackson and Noah Cullen are two convicts on a chain gang who hate each other. After a truck prison accident, they flee and are pursued by the police. While they're chained, the two are dependent on one another. When they eventually get rid of their chains, their hostility has been changed into fellowship and respect.
Actors
John 'Joker' JacksonTony Curtis
Noah CullenSidney Poitier
Sheriff Max MullerTheodore Bikel
Also posted in 1958, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

The Elephant Man

IMDB Rating: 8.30
27778 votes

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Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick, a 19th-century Englishman afflicted with a disfiguring congenital disease. With the help of kindly Dr. Frederick Treves, Merrick attempts to regain the dignity he lost after years spent as a side-show freak.
Actors
Dr. Frederick TrevesAnthony Hopkins
John Merrick (The Elephant Man)John Hurt
Mrs. KendalAnne Bancroft
Also posted in 1980, Biography, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

X-Men

IMDB Rating: 7.40
94323 votes

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Across the world, children are born with an extra twist to their chromosomes that allow them to exhibit superhuman abilities: fire a beam of force from their eyes, or sprout wings that allow flight or being able to read men's minds. These 'children of the atom' are often feared and despised by the world, forcing these 'mutants' to resort to desperate actions. However, one group of mutants have banded together to show the world that it need not fear their kind. Apart, they are simply scientific curiousities, freaks and monsters - but together, united by their shared belief, they are more - they are the uncanny X-Men.
Actors
LoganHugh Jackman
WolverineHugh Jackman
Professor Charles XavierPatrick Stewart
Also posted in 2000, Action, Adventure, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (0)

Babe

IMDB Rating: 7.30
27138 votes

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Farmer Hoggett wins a runt piglet at a local fair and young Babe, as the piglet decides to call himself, befriends and learns about all the other creatures on the farm. He becomes special friends with one of the sheepdogs, Fly. With Fly's help, and Farmer Hoggett's intuition, Babe embarks on a career in sheepherding with some surprising and spectacular results.
Actors
Babe the Gallant PigChristine Cavanaugh
Fly the Female SheepdogMiriam Margolyes
Ferdinand the DuckDanny Mann
Also posted in 1995, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed

IMDB Rating: 3.70
5298 votes

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Big science has expelled smart new ideas from the classroom ... What they forgot is that every generation has its Rebel! That rebel, Ben Stein (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off) travels the world on his quest, and learns an awe-inspiring truth ... that educators and scientists are being ridiculed, denied tenure and even fired – for the crime of merely believing that there might be evidence of design in nature, and that perhaps life is not just the result of accidental, random chance. To which Ben Says: Enough! And then gets busy. NOBODY messes with Ben.
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Himself - HostBen Stein
HimselfDavid Berlinski
HimselfAnderson Cooper
Also posted in 2008, Documentary | Comments (0)

Borstal Boy

IMDB Rating: 6.70
596 votes

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Brendan Behan, a sixteen year-old republican, is going on a bombing mission from Ireland to Liverpool during the second world war. His mission is thwarted when he is apprehended, charged and imprisoned in Borstal, a reform institution for young offenders in East Anglia, England. At Borstal, Brendan is forced to live face-to-face with those he perceived as "the enemy," a confrontation that reveals a deep inner conflict in the young Brendan and forces a self-examination that is both traumatic and revealing. Events take an unexpected turn and Brendan is thrown into a complete spin. In the emotional vortex, he finally faces up to the truth.
Actors
Brendan BehanShawn Hatosy
Charlie MilwallDanny Dyer
DaleLee Ingleby
Also posted in 2000, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | 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)

American History X

IMDB Rating: 8.40
72446 votes

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A Neo Nazi skinhead, named Derek Vineyard (Edward Norton) goes to jail for 3 years after committing a murder of 2 black guys. In the meanwhile, his younger brother, Danny Vineyard (Edward Furlong) goes in the same way and makes the same mistakes (racism and hatred) his eldest brother did (this is the result of the Neo Nazi environment he grows up into, and the influence Derek left behind). While Derek is in jail he realize that he choose the wrong path. after coming back from jail, Derek try to convince his brother not to go in his own way.
Actors
Mitch McCormickAlex Sol
LawrenceAntonio David Lyons
Little HenryJason Bose Smith
Also posted in 1998, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)
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