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The Great Escape

IMDB Rating: 8.40
37514 votes

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Based on a true story, "The Great Escape" deals with the largest Allied escape attempt from a German POW camp during the Second World War. The first part of the film focuses on the escape efforts within the camp and the process of secretly digging an escape tunnel. The second half of the film deals with the massive effort by the German Gestapo to track down the over 70 escaped prisoners who are at this point throughout the Third Reich attempting to make their way to England and various neutral countries.
Actors
Capt. Hilts "The Cooler King"Steve McQueen
Flight Lt. Hendley "The Scrounger"James Garner
Squadron Leader Roger Bartlett "Big X"Richard Attenborough
Also posted in 1963, Action, Adventure, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller, War | Comments (1)

Buster

IMDB Rating: 5.50
820 votes

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Buster is a small time crook who pulls a big time job. When he finds that the police will not let the case drop, he goes into hiding and can't contact his wife and child. He arranges to meet them in Mexico where he thinks they can begin again, but finds that he must choose between his family and freedom.
Actors
Buster EdwardsPhil Collins
June EdwardsJulie Walters
Bruce ReynoldsLarry Lamb
Also posted in 1988, Adventure, Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance | Comments (0)

Tideland

IMDB Rating: 6.70
3366 votes

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After her mother dies from a methadone overdose, Jeliza-Rose is taken from the big city to a rural farmhouse by her father. As she tries to settle into a new life in a house her father had purchased for his now-deceased mother, Jeliza-Rose's attempts to deal with what's happened result in increasingly odd behavior, as she begins to communicate mainly with her bodiless Barbie doll heads and Dell, a neighborhood woman who always wears a beekeeper's veil.
Actors
Jeliza-Rose/Voices of DollsJodelle Ferland
DellJanet McTeer
DickensBrendan Fletcher
Also posted in 2005, Drama, Fantasy, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Spider-Man 2

IMDB Rating: 7.90
53090 votes

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Peter Parker (Tobey McGuire) can't seem to catch any kind of break. Being Spiderman has brought him nothing but problems as far as his personal life is concerned. Not only that, Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst) is engaged to astronaut John Jameson, and Peter may lose her forever. Things are so bad for him that he is pushed past his breaking point, so he decides that he doesn't want to be Spiderman anymore, until a freak accident transforms Dr. Otto Octavius into Dr. Octopus, a super-villian with four metal tentacles coming out of him. Peter realizes that only Spiderman can stop him, but of course, problems arise. Mary Jane gets caught in the middle, and Harry Osborn, who still blames Spiderman for the death of his father, Norman Osborn, also the Green Goblin, wants him dead. Spiderman will have to push himself past his limits if he's going to survive.
Actors
Spider-Man/Peter ParkerTobey Maguire
Mary Jane WatsonKirsten Dunst
Harry OsbornJames Franco
Also posted in 2004, Action, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (0)

Around the World in 80 Days

IMDB Rating: 5.60
8951 votes

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This version of the classic novel set in 1872 focuses on Passepartout (Chan), a Chinese thief who steals a valuable jade Buddha and then seeks refuge in the traveling companionship of an eccentric London inventor and adventurer, Phileas Fogg (Coogan), who has taken on a bet with members of his gentlemens' club that he can make it around the world in a mere 80 days, using a variety of means of transportation, like boats, trains, balloons, elephants, etc. Along the way, Passepartout uses his amazing martial arts abilities to defend Fogg from the many dangers they face.. One major threat to their adventure is a detective that's following them. Why? Just as Fogg and Passeportout left London, a major bank was robbed, with Fogg suspected of using the "around the world" trip as an excuse to escape.. Their path from London and back includes stops in Paris, Turkey, India, China and USA...
Actors
John Cleese
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Kathy Bates
Also posted in 2004, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance | Comments (0)

EuroTrip

IMDB Rating: 6.20
20568 votes

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When Scotty's German online pen pal suggests they meet, he initially freaks out. But then he discovers that she's gorgeous, and heads out with three friends after graduation to meet her. As they travel across Europe, the four friends have comical misadventures.
Actors
Rade Serbedzija
Joanna Lumley
Scott ThomasScott Mechlowicz
Also posted in 2004, Adventure, Comedy, High IMDB rating | Comments (1)

Underworld

IMDB Rating: 6.50
32514 votes

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A war has been raging between the Vampires and Lycan for centuries, Selene (Beckinsale) is a death dealer, assigned to hunt down and eradicate the last of the Lycan. When she comes across Michael Corvin(Speedman)who holds the key to end the war she must decide where her alligances will lie.
Actors
SeleneKate Beckinsale
Michael CorvinScott Speedman
LucianMichael Sheen
Also posted in 2003, Action, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Horror, Romance, Thriller | Comments (0)

The Mummy Returns

IMDB Rating: 6.00
35825 votes

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Another legend. Another monster. Another quest for the world! The Scorpion King. A legendary warrior who sold his soul to Anubis was erased from record in the ancient kingdom. His existence was lost to the sands, preserved only in mythology. But there is truth to the myth. In the desert of Ahm Shere, in a golden pyramid, sleeps the Scorpion King. And he, or whomsoever may kill him, may command the demonic and undefeatable Army of Anubis! Ten years after the cursed high-priest Imhotep was resurrected and defeated by Rick O'Connell and Evelyn and Jonathon Carnahan, he is resurrected once again by a mysterious woman Meela armed with the knowledge of centuries! Together, Imhotep and Meela have one goal: Defeat the Scorpion King and use his army to destroy mankind! Meanwhile, Rick and his wife, Evelyn, are busy raising their son, Alex. On the Egyptian New Year, Evie begins having dreams about ancient Egypt, which lead her straight to the Bracelet of Anubis. Meela's henchmem come for it, but Ardeth Bey appears as well. Ardeth explains the legend, the mythos, and the problem. Now it becomes a race against time to get to Ahm Shere. Will Rick defeat the Scorpion King and send the Army back to the underworld? Or will Imhotep do so and rule the world? Or worse... Is the Scorpion King so powerful that he cannot be defeated, and he himself will raise the Army for global victory?
Actors
Dwayne Johnson
Richard 'Rick' O'ConnellBrendan Fraser
Evelyn Carnahan O'Connell/Princess NefertiriRachel Weisz
Also posted in 2001, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller | Comments (26)

The Jewel of the Nile

IMDB Rating: 5.70
7573 votes

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This is the sequel to "Romancing the Stone" where Jack and Joan have their yacht and easy life, but are gradually getting bored with each other and this way of life. Joan accepts an invitation to go to some middle eastern country as a guest of the sheik, but there she is abducted and finds her- self involved with the "jewel". Jack decides to rescue her with his new partner Ralph. They all go from one adventure to another... What is the story of this "jewel"?
Actors
Jack ColtonMichael Douglas
Joan WilderKathleen Turner
RalphDanny DeVito
Also posted in 1985, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance | Comments (0)
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