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Carlito’s Way

IMDB Rating: 7.80
34866 votes

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Storyline
Carlito Brigante is released from jail after serving five years of a much longer stretch. He vows to go straight and to live life as a fine, upstanding citizen. He even rekindles a romance with his ex-lover. However, Carlito's associates cannot seem to leave him in peace...his nephew involves him a pool-room gunfight, his lawyer asks him for "favours" which spiral out of control, and even an old friend (now a wheelchair bound paraplegic) tries to get him into trouble with the law. Carlito decides to make a run for Florida and the promise of a new life, but has one final dramatic escape to make from some hoods who believe (wrongly) that he was behind the murder of their boss.
Actors
Carlito 'Charlie' BriganteAl Pacino
David KleinfeldSean Penn
GailPenelope Ann Miller

Mr. Destiny

IMDB Rating: 5.90
3899 votes

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Storyline
Larry Burrows is unhappy and feels powerless over his life. He believes his entire life could have turned out differently had he not missed that shot in a baseball game when was a kid. One night he meets this mysterious man, who could change his fate by offering him that alternative life he always dreamed of. But as Burrows embarks on this journey of self discovery he realises that even this new life has its problems and drawbacks..
Actors
Larry Joseph BurrowsJames Belushi
Ellen Jane Burrows/RobertsonLinda Hamilton
Mike/Mr. DestinyMichael Caine

Leaving Las Vegas

IMDB Rating: 7.50
25455 votes

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Actors
Ben SandersonNicolas Cage
SeraElisabeth Shue
YuriJulian Sands

Dark City

IMDB Rating: 7.60
34726 votes

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John Murdoch awakens alone in a strange hotel to find that he has lost his memory and is wanted for a series of brutal and bizarre murders. While trying to piece together his past, he stumbles upon a fiendish underworld controlled by a group of beings known as The Strangers who possess the ability to put people to sleep and alter the city and its inhabitants. Now Murdoch must find a way to stop them before they take control of his mind and destroy him.
Actors
John MurdochRufus Sewell
Inspector Frank BumsteadWilliam Hurt
Dr. Daniel P. SchreberKiefer Sutherland

Daylight Robbery

IMDB Rating: 6.00
149 votes

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Alex (Geoff Bell, The Business) masterminds an ambitious plan to steal millions of untraceable cash that is stacked in the underground vaults of The London Exchange Bank, waiting for its last journey, Incineration. Lucky (Vas Blackwood, Lock Stock) Matty (Leo Gregory, Stoned) Terry (Johnny Harris, London to Brighton) Chubby (Paul Nicholls, The Trench) Norman (Justin Salinger, Hitler) and Jay (Robert Boulter, The Long Firm) make up his unlikely gang of robbers. Setting up their alibi, the gang check in for a flight and join in with thousands of England supporters that are part of a mass exodus to The World Cup Tournament in Germany. Instead of passing through to Departure Lounge, the gang head out to the car park, pile into a van and head for Central London where they spectacularly ram raid London Exchange Bank, blocking any exit for those caught up inside. But with an unexpected turn of events, their plan is hampered from the start and they are left with a whole lot more than just a bank robbery to deal with. They have twenty hostages inside and the Police have laid siege to The Bank. There are two and a half hours before their plane leaves, and seventy million pounds in hard cash to steal. A daunting task, even for the most seasoned Blagger!
Actors
The doctorMax Brown
AlexGeoff Bell
LuckyVas Blackwood

The Ruins

IMDB Rating: 6.40
3557 votes

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Storyline
A group of friends whose leisurely Mexican holiday takes a turn for the worse when they, along with a fellow tourist embark on a remote archaeological dig in the jungle, where something evil lives among the ruins.
Actors
Jeff McIntireJonathan Tucker
EricShawn Ashmore
MathiasJoe Anderson

Nim’s Island

IMDB Rating: 6.20
1875 votes

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Storyline
A young girl inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates with a reclusive author of the novel she's reading. It is an existence that mirrors that of her favorite literary character, Alex Rover, the world's greatest adventurer. But Alexandra, the author of the Rover books, leads a reclusive life in the big city. When Nim's father goes missing from their island, a twist of fate brings her together with Alexandra. Now they must draw courage from their fictional hero, Alex Rover, and find strength in one another to conquer Nim's Island.
Actors
Jack Rusoe/Alex RoverGerard Butler
CaptainMichael Carman
PurserMark Brady

Factotum

IMDB Rating: 6.50
3886 votes

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Storyline
This drama centers on Hank Chinaski, the fictional alter-ego of "Factotum" author Charles Bukowski, who wanders around Los Angeles, CA trying to live off jobs which don't interfere with his primary interest, which is writing. Along the way, he fends off the distractions offered by women, drinking and gambling.
Actors
Henry ChinaskiMatt Dillon
JanLili Taylor
LauraMarisa Tomei

Taxi Driver

IMDB Rating: 8.60
91854 votes

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Storyline
Vietnam vet Travis Bickle is 26, a loner in the mean streets of New York City, slipping slowly into isolation and violent misanthropy. In solving his insomnia by driving a yellow cab on the night shift, he grows increasingly disgusted by the low-lifes that hang out at night: "Someday a real rain will come and wash all the scum off the streets." His touching attempts to woo Betsy, a Senator's campaign worker, turn sour when he takes her to a porn movie on their first date. He even fails in his attempt to persuade child prostitute Iris to desert her pimp and return to her parents and school. Driven to the edge by powerlessness, he buys four handguns and sets out to assassinate the Senator, heading for the infamy of a 'lone crazed gunman'...
Actors
Travis BickleRobert De Niro
BetsyCybill Shepherd
WizardPeter Boyle

Down to You

IMDB Rating: 4.40
5070 votes

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Storyline
Imogen and Al meet at college in New York City when she's a frosh and he's a sophomore. She's a talented artist; he wants to be a chef, following in his father's footsteps. They fall in love, she picks a song for them, they make love. But she fears losing her youth, committing too soon, having a child before she's ready. He's worried that this may be an illusion, not true love. She sleeps with someone else; he's hurt; the relationship ruptures. She leaves for San Francisco; he goes into an alcohol-assisted depression. He even drinks her shampoo, hoping to cure his obsession. Can anything help him recover?
Actors
ImogenJulia Stiles
Alfred 'Al' ConnellyFreddie Prinze Jr.
CyrusSelma Blair
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