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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)

Total Recall

IMDB Rating: 7.20
30415 votes

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What is reality when you can't trust your memory? Arnold Schwartzenegger is an Earthbound construction worker who keeps having dreams about Mars. A trip to a false memory transplant service for an imaginary trip to Mars goes terribly wrong and another personality surfaces. When his old self returns, he finds groups of his friends and several strangers seem to have orders to kill him. He finds records his other self left him that tell him to get to Mars to join up with the underground. The reality of the situation is constantly in question. Who is he? Which personality is correct? Which version of reality is true?
Actors
Douglas Quaid/HauserArnold Schwarzenegger
MelinaRachel Ticotin
LoriSharon Stone
Also posted in 1990, Action, Adventure, High IMDB rating, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (0)

Lethal Weapon 2

IMDB Rating: 6.90
17286 votes

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Los Angeles police sergeant Roger Murtaugh and his partner, Sergeant Martin Riggs, are working on yet another drug related case. Soon after finding 1 million dollars worth of South African krugerrand in a crashed red BMW after a chase, Riggs and Murtaugh are assigned to keep an eye on Leo Getz, who is scheduled to testify in a case. There are people who don't want Leo to testify, and they are a group of drug smugglers led by Arjen Rudd, the minister of diplomatic affairs for the South African consulate. Rudd turns out to be the man that Riggs and Murtaugh are after in the drug case they were working on before Leo was placed in their protective custody, which doesn't look very protective when Leo is kidnapped by Rudd's right hand man Pieter Vorstedt. Riggs ends up falling for Rudd's secretary Rika Van Den Haas, who doesn't like Rudd. In a confrontation with Vorstedt, Riggs is told the true circumstances behind the death of his wife Vicky, who died in a car crash in 1984 the car crash was caused by Vorstedt, who was supposed to have killed Riggs. Minutes after Vorstedt tries to kill Riggs, Riggs finds Rika dead, and this sends Riggs over the edge.
Actors
Martin RiggsMel Gibson
Roger MurtaughDanny Glover
Leo GetzJoe Pesci
Also posted in 1989, Action, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Driving Miss Daisy

IMDB Rating: 7.40
9930 votes

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An elderly Jewish widow living in Atlanta can no longer drive. Her son insists she allow him to hire a driver, which in the 1950s meant a black man. She resists any change in her life but, Hoke, the driver is hired by her son. She refuses to allow him to drive her anywhere at first, but Hoke slowly wins her over with his native good graces. The movie is directly taken from a stage play and does show it. It covers over twenty years of the pair's life together as they slowly build a relationship that transcends their differences.
Actors
Hoke ColburnMorgan Freeman
Daisy WerthanJessica Tandy
Boolie WerthanDan Aykroyd
Also posted in 1989, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

IMDB Rating: 7.40
24439 votes

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Roger Rabbit is a cartoon character who (along with many others) exists along side of real humans. Eddy is a private eye who has seen better days and has been on the skids since the death of his brother at the hands of a Toon (cartoon character). Rogers' boss hires Eddy to see if his sexy wife has other male interests, but things get out of hand as Roger is framed for murder with no one but the Toon hating Eddy to go to for help.
Actors
Eddie ValiantBob Hoskins
Baron von Rotton a.k.a. "Judge Doom"Christopher Lloyd
DoloresJoanna Cassidy
Also posted in 1988, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Mystery | Comments (1)

Empire of the Sun

IMDB Rating: 7.50
12089 votes

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An aristocratic British youth is seperated from his family at the start of World War II after the Japanese Army invades British controlled areas of China. Reduced to living on the street and fighting for food, the youth is eventually interned in a Japanese POW camp for British civilians. Here, admiration quickly develops both for captured American pilots and the Japanese themselves. When the war ends, the boy torn from everything he knew attempts to again find his parents.
Actors
Jim 'Jamie' GrahamChristian Bale
BasieJohn Malkovich
Mrs. VictorMiranda Richardson
Also posted in 1987, Drama, High IMDB rating, War | Comments (1)

48 Hrs.

IMDB Rating: 6.80
12614 votes

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Oddball cop and tough guy, Jack Cates is the only survivor of a cop shooting and in hunting down the murderer collects Reggie Hammond from jail for 48 hours. Hammond is oddly motivated to help. The killer is searching for his stash of cash. Cates and Hammond who have the Black-white, cop-crook thing to work out make surprisingly good partners as they navigate through the city looking for their suspect.
Actors
Jack CatesNick Nolte
Reggie HammondEddie Murphy
ElaineAnnette O'Toole
Also posted in 1982, Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Midnight Express

IMDB Rating: 7.60
8940 votes

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Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of Turkey. The Turkish courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two opportunities for release: the appeals made by his lawyer, his family, and the American government, or the "Midnight Express".
Actors
Billy HayesBrad Davis
SusanIrene Miracle
TexBo Hopkins
Also posted in 1978, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Apocalypse Now

IMDB Rating: 8.50
75165 votes

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It is the height of the war in Vietnam, and U.S. Army Captain Willard (Sheen) is sent by Colonel Lucas (Harrison Ford) and a General to carry out a mission that, officially, 'does not exist - nor will it ever exist'. The mission: To seek out a mysterious Green Beret Colonel, Walter Kurtz (Brando), whose army has crossed the border into Cambodia and is conducting hit-and-run missions against the Viet Cong and NVA. The army believes Kurtz has gone completely insane and Willard's job is to eliminate him! Willard, sent up the Nung River on a U.S. Navy patrol boat, discovers that his target is one of the most decorated officers in the U.S. Army. His crew meets up with surfer-type Lt-Colonel Kilgore (Duvall), head of a U.S Army helicopter cavalry group which eliminates a Viet Cong outpost to provide an entry point into the Nung River. After some hair-raising encounters, in which some of his crew are killed, Willard, Lance (Bottoms) and Chef (Forrest) reach Colonel Kurtz's outpost, beyond the Do Lung Bridge. Now, after becoming prisoners of Kurtz, will Willard & the others be able to fulfill their mission?
Actors
Lieutenant Colonel Bill KilgoreRobert Duvall
Colonel Walter E. KurtzMarlon Brando
Captain Benjamin L. WillardMartin Sheen
Also posted in 1979, Action, Adventure, Drama, High IMDB rating, War | Comments (0)

Last Tango in Paris (Ultimo tango a Parigi)

IMDB Rating: 6.90
6806 votes

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While looking for an apartment, Jeanne, a beautiful young Parisienne, encounters Paul, a mysterious American expatriate mourning his wife's recent suicide. Instantly drawn to each other, they have a stormy, passionate affair, in which they do not reveal their names to each other. Their relationship deeply affects their lives, as Paul struggles with his wife's death and Jeanne prepares to marry her fiance, Tom, a film director making a cinema-verite documentary about her.
Actors
PaulMarlon Brando
JeanneMaria Schneider
Rosa's MotherMaria Michi
Also posted in 1972, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)
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