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The Producers

IMDB Rating: 6.60
11876 votes

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New York, 1959. Max Bialystock was once the king of Broadway, but now all his shows close on opening night. Things turn around when he's visited by the neurotic accountant Leo Bloom, who proposes a scheme tailor-made for producers who can only make flops: raise far more money than you need, then make sure the show is despised. No one will be interested in it, so you can pocket the surplus. To this end, they produce a musical called Springtime for Hitler written by escaped Nazi Franz Liebken. Then they get the insanely flamboyant Roger De Bris to direct. Finally, they hire as a lead actress the loopy Swedish bombshell Ulla (whose last name has over 15 syllables). As opening night draws near, what can go wrong? Well, there's no accounting for taste...
Actors
Max BialystockNathan Lane
Leo BloomMatthew Broderick
UllaUma Thurman
Also posted in 2005, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Musical | Comments (0)

Goodbye Bafana

IMDB Rating: 7.00
833 votes

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GOODBYE BAFANA is the true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner's name was Nelson Mandela.
Actors
James GregoryJoseph Fiennes
Nelson MandelaDennis Haysbert
Gloria GregoryDiane Kruger
Also posted in 2007, Biography, Drama, High IMDB rating, History | Comments (0)

Blow

IMDB Rating: 7.30
40288 votes

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A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes bankrupt. George does not want the same thing to happen to him, and his friend Tuna, in the 1960's, suggests that he deal marijuana. He is a big hit in California in the 1960's, yet he goes to jail, where he finds out about the wonders of cocaine. As a result, when released, he gets rich by bringing cocaine to America. However, he soon pays the price.
Actors
George JungJohnny Depp
Mirtha JungPenélope Cruz
Barbara BuckleyFranka Potente
Also posted in 2001, Biography, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Revolver

IMDB Rating: 6.20
8546 votes

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Jake Green is a hotshot gambler, long on audacity and short on common sense. He's rarely allowed to play in any casino because he is a winner. Jake has taken in so much money over the years, he is the only client of his accountant and older brother Billy. One night, Jake, Billy and their other brother Joe are invited to sit in on a private game, where Jake is expected to lose to Dorothy Macha, a crime boss and local casino owner who can't play for squat, but always wins because people are too scared to beat him. Jake isn't afraid of Macha, and not only beats Dorothy in a quick game of chance, but takes every possible opportunity to insult the man. Jake and his brothers leave the game, and Macha puts out the order for a hit on Jake, who ends up working for and being protected by a pair of brothers, Avi and Zack, who are out to take Macha down.
Actors
Jake GreenJason Statham
MachaRay Liotta
AviAndré Benjamin
Also posted in 2005, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

The Butterfly Effect

IMDB Rating: 7.70
49477 votes

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Evan Treborn grows up in a small town with his single working mom and his friends. He suffers from memory blackouts where he suddenly finds himself somewhere else, confused. Evans' friends and mom hardly believe him, thinking he makes it up just to get out of trouble, something bad always seems to happen during these blackouts. As Evan grows up he has less of these blackouts until he seems to have recovered. Since the age of seven he has written a diary of his blackout moments so he can remember what happens. One day at college he starts to read one of his old diaries, and suddenly a flashback hits him like a brick!
Actors
Evan TrebornAshton Kutcher
Andrea TrebornMelora Walters
Kayleigh MillerAmy Smart
Also posted in 2004, Drama, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (6)

Piñero

IMDB Rating: 6.20
548 votes

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"Piñero" tells the story of the explosive life of a Latino icon, the poet-playwright-actor Miguel Piñero, whose urban poetry is recognized as a pre-cursor to rap and hip-hop. After doing time in hard-core Sing-Sing for petty thefts and drug dealing, Piñero's prison experiences developed into the 1974 Tony-nominated play Short Eyes. The resulting notoriety and fame was too much for the Latino bad-boy genius who retreated to the darker corners of New York City.
Actors
Miguel PiñeroBenjamin Bratt
Miguel AlgarinGiancarlo Esposito
SugarTalisa Soto
Also posted in 2001, Biography, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Mean Machine

IMDB Rating: 6.10
5413 votes

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Disgraced ex-England captain (Danny 'Mean Machine' Meehan) is thrown in jail for assaulting two police officers. Whilst in jail, he doesn't recieve any favours because of his celebrity status in the outside world. He is out numbered and many prisoners constantly barrage him with insults for letting down his country in a crucial World Cup game. He keeps his head down and has the opportunity to forget everything and change the lives of the prisoners. These prisoners have the chance to put one over the evil guards. The prisoners are lead by Danny and the whole of the prison, guards aside, are behind them. Game on......
Actors
Danny MeehanVinnie Jones
DocDavid Kelly
GovernorDavid Hemmings
Also posted in 2001, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating, Sport | Comments (0)