Tag Archives: redemption

On the Waterfront

IMDB Rating: 8.40
30783 votes

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The Waterfront Crime Commission is about to hold public hearings on union crime and underworld infiltration. As workers are turned against each other, Terry Malloy inadvertently participates in the murder of fellow longshoreman Joey Doyle. Union boss Johnny Friendly orchestrates the murder along with other illegal dockside activities, aided by Terry's brother Charley. Terry begins to feel pangs of conscience. When Joey's sister Edie sees more in Terry than he sees in himself and Father Barry urges him on, Terry reassesses his past and begins to regain responsibility for his actions.
Actors
Terry MalloyMarlon Brando
Father BarryKarl Malden
Johnny FriendlyLee J. Cobb
Also posted in 1954, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

The Transformers: The Movie

IMDB Rating: 7.20
15238 votes

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It is the year 2005. The war between The Autobots and Decepticons has escalated all the way to Cybertron, which the Decepticons have reclaimed. The Autobots, without Optimus Prime after a conflict on Earth takes his life, must now face a destiny they know nothing of. Megatron and a group of forsaken Decepticons have been reformed by the ultimate transformer, a planet consuming demon known as Unicron into even deadlier warriors. Now Galvatron, Scourge and Cyclonus must destroy The Autobot Matrix of Leadership for Unicron's glory or suffer the horrific destruction of Cybertron. However, Optimus Prime has decreed that an Autobot will rise from his rank and use the power of The Matrix to light the darkest hour of the Autobots. With Hot Rod facing responsibility for Prime's death, he feels he may be able to use the power of the Matrix to turn the tide of the Cybertronian Wars and stop Unicron. Until all are one, the future of the Autobots and Decepticons is uncertain.
Actors
KranixNorman Alden
ArblusNorman Alden
AstrotrainJack Angel
Also posted in 1986, Action, Adventure, Animation, Family, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi | Comments (0)

Down Periscope

IMDB Rating: 5.30
6687 votes

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Lt. Cmdr Tom Dodge (Kelsey Grammer) is one of the Navy's best, even if he is a bit unconventional. But to take command of his own ship, he must first prove himself in simulated combat. Dodge is shocked when he's put in command of the rusty and outdated USS Stingray. His crew consists of the Navy's worst misfits and troublemakers. And to add salt to an open wound, Dodge's old rival, Adml. Graham (Bruce Dern), will be supervising the opposing team, the crew of the more-up-to-code USS Orlando. Dodge must now prove that he and his crew are up to the challenge...
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Lt. Cmdr. Thomas 'Tom' DodgeKelsey Grammer
Lt. Emily Lake, Diving OfficerLauren Holly
Executive Officer Martin T. 'Marty' PascoeRob Schneider
Also posted in 1996, Comedy | Comments (0)

A Bug’s Life

IMDB Rating: 7.30
44309 votes

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Flik (the resident misfit ant) sets out on a journey to find "bigger bugs" to save his colony from the evil grasshoppers. Yet he mistakenly ends up getting a group of circus bugs for the job... and the adventure begins...
Actors
FlikDave Foley
HopperKevin Spacey
AttaJulia Louis-Dreyfus
Also posted in 1998, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

The Princess Bride

IMDB Rating: 8.20
102178 votes

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When a young boy falls ill, his grandfather pops round to visit him. To cheer his grandson up, Grandpa has brought a storybook; The Princess Bride, a tale of the love between the beautiful Buttercup and the besotted Westley, a love cruelly interrupted by Westley's tragic apparent death at sea when seeking his fortune. Heartbroken, Buttercup has sworn never to love again, but accepts the marriage proposal of the rich and handsome Prince Humperdinck, heir to the throne of Florin; but death is no barrier to true love, and in a story filled with exotically-accented swordsmen, big-hearted giants, genius kidnappers, sadistic torturers, vile swamps, Rodents of Unusual Size, the Dread Pirate Roberts and a somewhat embittered miracle worker, the love between Westley and Buttercup twists and turns on a path filled with adventure. Will the True Love of Westley and Buttercup win the day? Will Inigo Montaya find the six-fingered man who murdered his father? Will Humperdinck's evil plans come to fruition? And, more importantly, will Grandpa be able to tell the story without any of the yucky kissing?
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WestleyCary Elwes
Inigo MontoyaMandy Patinkin
Prince HumperdinckChris Sarandon
Also posted in 1987, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Romance, Thriller | Comments (0)

Choke

IMDB Rating: 7.20
2172 votes

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Victor Mancini, a sex-addicted med-school dropout, who keeps his increasingly deranged mother, Ida, in an expensive private medical hospital by working days as a historical re-enactor at a Colonial Williamsburg theme park. At night, Victor runs a scam by deliberately choking in upscale restaurants to form parasitic relationships with the wealthy patrons who "save" him. When, in a rare lucid movement, Ida reveals that she has withheld the shocking truth of his father's identity, Victor enlists the aid of his best friend, Denny and his mother's beautiful attending physician, Dr. Paige Marshall, to solve the mystery before the truth of his possibly divine parentage is lost forever.
Actors
AgnesKathryn Alexander
Mousy GirlKathryn Alexander
Jamaican LadyTeodorina Bello
Also posted in 2008, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Insomnia

IMDB Rating: 7.20
50097 votes

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Sent from the city to investigate the murder of a teenage girl in a small Alaska town, a police detective (Pacino) accidentally shoots his own partner while trying to apprehend a suspect. Instead of admitting his guilt, the detective is given an unexpected alibi, but this "solution" only multiplies the emotional complexity and guilt over his partner's death. He's also still got a murder to solve, in addition to the blackmail and framing of an innocent bystander being orchestrated by the man they were chasing. There's also a local detective (Swank) who is conducting her own personal investigation... of his partner's death. Will it all come crashing down on him?
Actors
Detective Will DormerAl Pacino
Detective Hap EckhartMartin Donovan
Walter FinchRobin Williams
Also posted in 2002, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Schindler’s List

IMDB Rating: 8.90
209352 votes

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"Schindler's List" is the based-on-truth story of Nazi Czech business man Oskar Schindler, who uses Jewish labor to start a factory in occupied Poland. As World War II progresses, and the fate of the Jews becomes more and more clear, Schindler's motivations switch from profit to human sympathy and he is able to save over 1100 Jews from death in the gas chambers.
Actors
Oskar SchindlerLiam Neeson
Itzhak SternBen Kingsley
Amon GoethRalph Fiennes
Also posted in 1993, Biography, Drama, High IMDB rating, History, War | Comments (0)

Dog Days of Summer

IMDB Rating: 8.10
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As Phil Walden wanders the streets of his deserted hometown, the memories of a fateful childhood summer return. The summer he grew up. The summer that turned this once idyllic paradise upside down. The summer the stranger came to town. This stranger doesn't beg for change, peddle ointments or speak soothe, Eli Cottonmouth builds models - enchanting models, and this sleepy southern town will be the perfect subject. His charm bewitches the townsfolk. His intentions concern the town fathers. And his secrecy captivates two curious boys. As Eli works to re-create the true essence of the community, the boys act as his eyes and ears. Armed with his ancient camera, they snap vignettes of small town life. But, shot-by-shot, Eli changes the way they look at the town. Childish wonderment turns to despair as the boys' eyes open to the true nature of the world around them. That understanding, and Eli's hidden purpose, threaten the existence of the entire town.
Actors
Eli CottonmouthWill Patton
PhillipDevon Gearhart
Jackson PatchColin Ford
Also posted in 2007, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)
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