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The Dead Pool

IMDB Rating: 5.90
7817 votes

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After Harry's arrest of a gambling kingpin results in a conviction for murder, a group of thugs shoot up Harry's car and try to kill him. Harry overpowers them and is paired with a new partner, Insp. Al Quan (Evan Kim). Within days of this assignment Harry and Al find themselves working on a mysterious death of a rock star, who was on location filming a movie directed by Peter Swan (Liam Neeson). After one of Swan's crew is killed in a Chinatown robbery that is foiled by Al & Harry, Al discovers a list of celebrities on the dead man that includes the dead rock star and one Inspector Harry Callahan. They soon discover that this is part of a strange game called the Dead Pool, and it isn't long before other people on the list turn up dead...and someone starts making attempts on Harry's life...
Actors
Insp. 'Dirty' Harry CallahanClint Eastwood
Peter SwanLiam Neeson
Insp. Al QuanEvan C. Kim
Also posted in 1988, Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | Comments (0)

The Man with the Golden Arm

IMDB Rating: 7.40
1732 votes

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Frankie Machine is a skilled card dealer and one-time heroin addict. When he returns home from jail, he struggles to find a new livelihood and to avoid slipping back into addiction.
Actors
Frankie MachineFrank Sinatra
Zosch MachineEleanor Parker
MollyKim Novak
Also posted in 1955, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Darkness Falls

IMDB Rating: 4.50
8466 votes

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When he was a young boy, Kyle claimed that while he was sleeping, he accidentally woke up and saw the Tooth Fairy, who tried to kill him. Since then, he was considered crazy by everyone in town, except for his childhood girlfriend, Caitlin, and her younger brother. But now, Hell is coming back as that black haired, winged creature of doom that Kyle described is coming back to town. And she's not leaving without Caitlin's brother...
Actors
Kyle WalshChaney Kley
Caitlin GreeneEmma Caulfield
Michael GreeneLee Cormie
Also posted in 2003, Horror, Thriller | Comments (3)

The Tailor of Panama

IMDB Rating: 6.00
8633 votes

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John LeCarre's spy thriller is brought to the big screen. A British spy (Pierce Brosnan) is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor (Geoffrey Rush) with a nefarious past and connections to all of the top political and gangster figures in Panama. The tailor also has a wife (Jamie Lee Curtis), who works for the Panamanian president and a huge debt. The mission is to learn what the President intends to do with the Panama Canal. But what the two do is concoct a tremendous fictional tale about former mercenaries who are ready to topple the current government and are willing to work with Britain and the US to do so.
Actors
Geoffrey Rush
Pierce Brosnan
Jamie Lee Curtis
Also posted in 2001, Drama, Thriller | Comments (6)

Bridget Jones’s Diary

IMDB Rating: 6.90
36193 votes

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Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger) is an average woman struggling against her age, her weight, her job, her lack of a man, and her many imperfections. As a New Year's Resolution, Bridget decides to take control of her life, starting by keeping a diary in which she will always tell the complete truth. The fireworks begin when her charming though disreputable boss (Hugh Grant) takes an interest in the quirky Miss Jones and the ups and downs of their ill-fated relationship prove hilarious and touching at once. Thrown into the mix are Bridget's band of slightly eccentric friends and a rather disagreeable acquaintance (Colin Firth) who Bridget cannot seem to stop running into or help finding quietly attractive.
Actors
Honor Blackman
Embeth Davidtz
Bridget JonesRenée Zellweger
Also posted in 2001, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (17)

The 6th Day

IMDB Rating: 5.80
13864 votes

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A helicopter pilot survives a near-fatal accident and returns to his home - to find that he's been replaced by an exact duplicate of himself, a clone. When the clone's creators find out the pilot didn't die in the crash, the hunt is on.
Actors
Adam GibsonArnold Schwarzenegger
Hank MorganMichael Rapaport
Michael DruckerTony Goldwyn
Also posted in 2000, Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (18)

The Matrix

IMDB Rating: 8.50
165742 votes

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Computer hacker Thomas Anderson has lived a relatively ordinary life--in what he thinks is the year 1999--until he is contacted by the enigmatic Morpheus who leads him into the real world. In reality, it is 200 years later, and the world has been laid waste and taken over by advanced artificial intelligence machines. The computers have created a false version of 20th-century life--the "Matrix"--to keep the human slaves satisfied, while the AI machines draw power from the humans. Anderson, pursued constantly by "Agents" (computers who take on human form and infiltrate the Matrix), is hailed as "The One" who will lead the humans to overthrow the machines and reclaim the Earth.
Actors
NeoKeanu Reeves
MorpheusLaurence Fishburne
TrinityCarrie-Anne Moss
Also posted in 1999, Action, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (0)

The Sixth Sense

IMDB Rating: 8.20
141773 votes

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Malcom Crowe is a child psychologist who receives an award on the same night that he is visited by a very unhappy ex-patient. After this encounter, Crowe takes on the task of curing a young boy with the same ills as the ex-patient. This boy "sees dead people". Crowe spends a lot of time with the boy (Cole) much to the dismay of his wife. Cole's mom is at her wit's end with what to do about her son's increasing problems. Crowe is the boy's only hope.
Actors
Dr. Malcolm CroweBruce Willis
Cole SearHaley Joel Osment
Lynn SearToni Collette
Also posted in 1999, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (41)

The Haunting

IMDB Rating: 4.50
20641 votes

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A remake of the classic 1963 movie "The Haunting" about a team of paranormal experts who look into strange occurrences in an ill-fated house. Through the course of the night some will unravel, some will question, and all will fight for their lives as the house fights back.
Actors
Eleanor 'Nell' VanceLili Taylor
TheoCatherine Zeta-Jones
Luke SandersonOwen Wilson
Also posted in 1999, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Comments (0)
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