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The Living and the Dead

IMDB Rating: 5.80
444 votes

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A descent into Hell is triggered when "Ex-Lord" Donald Brocklebank finds that he must leave Longleigh House for London to find a way to pay for the medical treatments for his wife Nancy. Alone, his over-protected, delusional, adult son, James, fancies himself in charge of the manor house with his terminally ill mother, and barricades the two of them into the house for a series of ever more panicked home treatments, mistakenly protecting her from the arrival of Nurse Mary and any outside help.
Actors
Donald BrocklebankRoger Lloyd-Pack
James BrocklebankLeo Bill
PolicemanNeil Conrich
Also posted in 2006, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Comments (0)

New Jack City

IMDB Rating: 6.10
6572 votes

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In 1989, Nino Brown, a small time drug dealer, is convinced by one of his fellow thugs that the wave of the future is in the cocaine derivative, crack. Brown sees potential in crack and sets out to establish himself as chief kingpin by killing off his rivals and even going as far as to take over a whole apartment complex. Out to stop him are undercover cops Scottie Appleton and Nick Paretti. Appleton especially wants to get Nino because of the fact that he murdered Scottie's mother as part of a gang initiaton. Also involved is Pookie, a former crackhead who wants to bring down Nino as well.
Actors
Nino BrownWesley Snipes
Scotty AppletonIce-T
Gee MoneyAllen Payne
Also posted in 1991, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Candyman

IMDB Rating: 6.30
8874 votes

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Helen Lyle (Virginia Madsen) is writing a paper on urban legends when she hears about the Candyman (Tony Todd), who was once an ex-slave-turned-artist name Daniel Robitaille, who had an affair his client's daughter. Robitaille's right hand was sawn off, he was covered in honey, and stung to death by bees. If anyone says the word "Candyman" five times in a mirror, he'll appear behind that person, a bloody hook as a replacement for his hand, and kill him. A series of unsolved murders is happening in the Cabrini Green projects and Helen is using this to help with her paper. The residents say the Candyman is to blame, but Helen doesn't believe it. Until she meets the man with a hook for a hand. Now, he's begun to murder her friends and no one believes her. Can Helen clear her name and stop the Canydman from killing anyone else?
Actors
Helen LyleVirginia Madsen
The Candyman/Daniel RobitailleTony Todd
Trevor LyleXander Berkeley
Also posted in 1992, Drama, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Comments (0)

Videodrome

IMDB Rating: 7.20
11126 votes

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Max runs a TV channel, and is looking for new material to show...he discovers - Videodrome. His girlfriend, Nicki Brand, goes to audition for Videodrome, and Max gets drawn into the underlying plot which uses Videodrome as its front.
Actors
Max RennJames Woods
Bianca O'BlivionSonja Smits
Nicki BrandDeborah Harry
Also posted in 1983, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (0)

Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey

IMDB Rating: 5.60
13589 votes

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For many years now, at Bill and Ted University of the future, the people of the world have been excellent to each other. But fed-up with Bill and Ted's peaceful world and even more fed up with heavy metal, Chuck De Nomolos decides to do something about it. De Nomolos creates cyborg versions of Bill and Ted, who travel back to 1990 with orders to kill the human versions of Bill and Ted, win the Battle of the Bands, and pave the way for De Nomolos to take over the future. In 1990, Bill and Ted are sent to hell by the cyborgs. Cyborg Bill and cyborg Ted make time with the real Bill and Ted's girlfriends Joanna and Elizabeth and prepare to take the human Bill and Ted's place in the Battle of the Bands. With the help of their friend Rufus, the human Bill and Ted are forced to find a way out of hell, deal with the Grim Reaper, and talk to God himself, in their mission to get to the Battle of the Bands and stop the two cyborgs.
Actors
Ted Logan/Evil TedKeanu Reeves
Bill S. Preston, Esq./Granny Preston/Evil Robot BillAlex Winter
Grim Reaper/English Family MemberWilliam Sadler
Also posted in 1991, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | Comments (0)

Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure

IMDB Rating: 6.60
20184 votes

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When best friends Bill S. Preston and Ted "Theodore" Logan are in danger of being seperated and having their band, Wyld Stalyns broken up because they're failing history, a time traveler from the future gives them a telephone booth so they can travel through time and ace their history report.
Actors
Ted LoganKeanu Reeves
Bill S. Preston, Esq.Alex Winter
RufusGeorge Carlin
Also posted in 1989, Adventure, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi | Comments (0)

A Nightmare on Elm Street

IMDB Rating: 7.30
25389 votes

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On Elm Street, Nancy Thompson (Langenkamp) and a group of her friends including Tina Gray (Wyss), Rod Lane (Garcia) and Glen Lantz (Depp) are being tormented by a clawed killer in their dreams named Freddy Krueger (Englund). Nancy must think quickly, as Freddy tries to pick off his victims one by one. When he has you in your sleep, who is there to save you?
Actors
Lt. ThompsonJohn Saxon
Marge ThompsonRonee Blakley
Nancy ThompsonHeather Langenkamp
Also posted in 1984, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Horror, Thriller | Comments (0)

The Basketball Diaries

IMDB Rating: 6.90
12964 votes

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Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll's epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction. As a member of a seemingly unbeatable high school basketball squad, Jim's life centers around the basketball court and the court becomes a metaphor for the world in his mind. A best friend who is dying of leukemia, a coach ("Swifty") who takes unacceptable liberties with the boys on his team, teenage sexual angst, and an unhealthy appetite for heroin — all of these begin to encroach on young Jim's dream of becoming a basketball star. Soon, the dark streets of New York become a refuge from his mother's mounting concern for her son. He can't go home and his only escape from the reality of the streets is heroin for which he steals, robs and prostitutes himself. Only with the help of Reggie, an older neighborhood friend with whom Jim "picked up a game" now and then, is he able to begin the long journey back to sanity.
Actors
Jim CarrollLeonardo DiCaprio
Jim's MotherLorraine Bracco
Chanting WomanMarilyn Sokol
Also posted in 1995, Biography, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Sport | Comments (0)

Angel Eyes

IMDB Rating: 5.40
7723 votes

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While pursuing a suspect one night, Chicago Police officer Sharon Pogue (Jennifer Lopez) nearly becomes the victim of a fatal ambush until a mysterious stranger, Catch (Jim Caviezel) intervenes, disarms the assassin and saves Sharon's life. Is it a stroke of luck? A twist of fate? Or just a concerned citizen who happened to pass by at the right time and wasn't afraid to get involved? Maybe, But Sharon and Catch have met once before. As the two fall in love, they discover the truth about each other and are forced to deal with the secrets from their past.
Actors
Lieutenant Dennis SandermanPeter MacNeill
Ray MiciglianoJeremy Ratchford
Max LambertConnor McAuley
Also posted in 2001, Drama, Romance, Thriller | Comments (0)

Oxygen

IMDB Rating: 6.10
1840 votes

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A masochistic cop (Maura Tierney), who hides her predilection from her cop husband (Terry Kinney), gets involved in pursuing a kidnapper nicknamed Harry for Harry Houdini (Adrien Brody), who has kidnapped a rich woman (Laila Robins) and has buried her somewhere in Manhattan while demanding a ransom from her tycoon husband (James Naughton). Failure to pay the ransom within 24 hours will lead the kidnapper to abandoning the woman. Dylan Baker also appears as the fed that is assigned to the case.
Actors
Det. Madeline FosterMaura Tierney
HarryAdrien Brody
Clark HannonJames Naughton
Also posted in 1999, Crime, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)
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