Tag Archives: terminal illness

An American Werewolf in London

IMDB Rating: 7.40
14578 votes

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Two American students are on a walking tour of England and are attacked by a Werewolf. One is killed, the other is mauled. The Werewolf is killed, but reverts to it's human form, and the townspeople are able to deny it's existence. The surviving student begins to have nightmares of hunting on 4 feet at first, but then finds that his friend and other recent victims appear to him, demanding that he find a way to die to release them from their curse, being trapped between worlds because of their unnatural death.
Actors
David KesslerDavid Naughton
Nurse Alex PriceJenny Agutter
Jack GoodmanGriffin Dunne
Also posted in 1981, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Horror, Romance, Thriller | Comments (0)

For Your Consideration

IMDB Rating: 6.20
4320 votes

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Hollywood send-up. No-name actors are making a low-budget period drama called "Home for Purim," when an anonymous post on the Internet suggests that one performance is Oscar-worthy. Then, two more cast members get Oscar-related press: buzz in "Variety" and appearances on TV prompt the studio executives to insist on changes in the script in anticipation of a blockbuster. Jump ahead a few months to the days before Oscar nominees are announced: just the possibility of a nomination has changed the actors' lives. Agents, publicists, make-up artists, local celebrity reporters, and other bit players round out the backstage ensemble. Hooray for Hollywood!
Actors
Marilyn HackCatherine O'Hara
Studio Gate GuardStephen Rannazzisi
Sandy LaneEd Begley Jr.
Also posted in 2006, Comedy, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

The Bucket List

IMDB Rating: 7.90
6957 votes

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Corprate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers have nothing in common except for their terminal illnesses. While sharing a hospital room together, they decide to leave it and do all the things they have ever wanted to do before they die according to their bucket list. In the process, both of them heal each other, become unlikely friends, and ultimately find the joy in life.
Actors
Edward ColeJack Nicholson
Carter ChambersMorgan Freeman
ThomasSean Hayes
Also posted in 2007, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Being There

IMDB Rating: 7.90
16999 votes

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A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the street with no knowledge of the world except what he has learned from television. After a run in with a limousine, he ends up a guest of a woman (Eve) and her husband Ben, an influential but sickly businessman. Now called Chauncey Gardner, Chance becomes friend and confidante to Ben, and an unlikely political insider.
Actors
Chance the GardenerPeter Sellers
Eve RandShirley MacLaine
Benjamin Turnbull RandMelvyn Douglas
Also posted in 1979, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Cronos

IMDB Rating: 6.70
2943 votes

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An aging antique dealer, Jesus Gris, happens upon an elegant mechanized scarab. When opened, it painfully stabs whomever is holding it, but the wound brings youthful vigor and a vampire's need for blood. The device is relentlessly pursued by a dying tycoon, Dieter de la Guardia, whose nephew Angel, reluctant to see his uncle live a moment longer, must still do the old man's bidding. Meanwhile, Gris's desires endanger his own granddaughter, Aurora.
Actors
De la GuardiaClaudio Brook
Angel de la GuardiaRon Perlman
MercedesMargarita Isabel
Also posted in 1993, Drama, High IMDB rating, Horror | Comments (0)

The Brothers Solomon

IMDB Rating: 5.00
922 votes

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A pair of well-meaning, but socially inept brothers try to find their perfect mates in order to provide their dying father with a grandchild.
Actors
John SolomonWill Arnett
Dean SolomonWill Forte
JamesChi McBride
Also posted in 2007, Comedy | Comments (0)

Phenomenon

IMDB Rating: 6.20
18744 votes

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The main character (John Travolta) observes a strange light on his birthday at a bar. The following days he becomes very intell-i-gent and puts the intell-i-gence to good use in his community. When word gets around he becomes known as a freak and everyone wants to figure out why this happened to a car mechanic. The government also wants to get their hands on it to put it to other uses.
Actors
George MalleyJohn Travolta
Lace PennaminKyra Sedgwick
Nate PopeForest Whitaker
Also posted in 1996, Drama, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

A Walk to Remember

IMDB Rating: 6.90
18906 votes

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Each spring in the little port town of Beaufort, North Carolina, Landon Carter remembers his senior year at Beaufort High and Jamie Sullivan, the girl who changed his life. Serious and conservative, Jamie was as far from cool as she could possibly be, and didn't care. Landon hung with the in-crowd an aimless, moody, reckless guy who breezed through school on looks and bravado and had no plans, no future and no faith in himself. When a prank goes terribly wrong landing a kid in the hospital, Landon is assigned to tutor a young student on the weekends and participate in the Drama Club's spring play. Clearly in over his head with both assignments, Landon is forced to ask Jamie for help. Soon, against his own expectations and the scorn of his friends, Landon finds himself falling in love with this outwardly plain girl who possesses a passion for life he never imagined possible.
Actors
Daryl Hannah
Shane West
Mandy Moore
Also posted in 2002, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

The Green Mile

IMDB Rating: 8.20
115551 votes

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Death Row guards at a penitentiary, in the 1930's, have a moral dilemma with their job when they discover one of their prisoners, a convicted murderer, has a special gift.
Actors
Paul EdgecombTom Hanks
Brutus "Brutal" HowellDavid Morse
Jan EdgecombBonnie Hunt
Also posted in 1999, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Mystery | Comments (36)

Batman & Robin

IMDB Rating: 3.40
43941 votes

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Mr. Freeze plans on taking Gotham City hostage by freezing the town into a permanent winter. In the meantime, a new seductive villainous, Poison Ivy, has appeared to cause a rift in the partnership of Batman & Robin. While all this is happening, faithful butler Alfred is dying. Mr. Freeze holds the key to save his life. Enter Batgirl to help save the day.
Actors
Mr. Freeze/Dr. Victor FriesArnold Schwarzenegger
Batman/Bruce WayneGeorge Clooney
Robin/Dick GraysonChris O'Donnell
Also posted in 1997, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller | Comments (0)