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Australia

IMDB Rating: 7.10
15541 votes

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Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new property from a takeover plot. As the pair drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape, they experience the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by Japanese forces firsthand.
Actors
King CarneyBryan Brown
King GeorgeDavid Gulpilil
The DroverHugh Jackman
Also posted in 2008, Adventure, Drama, High IMDB rating, War, Western | Comments (0)

The Time Machine

IMDB Rating: 7.60
8517 votes

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From the book by H.G. Wells, a scientist and tinkerer builds a time machine and uses it to explore the distant future where there are two races, a mild gentle race, and a cannibalistic one living underground. His machine is stolen by the underground race and he must risk being captured (and eaten) to return to his own time.
Actors
H. George WellsRod Taylor
David FilbyAlan Young
James FilbyAlan Young
Also posted in 1960, Adventure, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi | Comments (0)

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

IMDB Rating: 8.30
15387 votes

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Bitter and hateful, the Grinch is irritated at the thought of the nearby village having a happy time celebrating Christmas. So disguised as Santa Claus, with his dog made to look like a reindeer, he raids the village to steal all the Christmas things. The village is sure to have a sad Christmas this year.
Actors
Narrator/The GrinchBoris Karloff
SingerThurl Ravenscroft
Cindy Lou WhoJune Foray
Also posted in 1966, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Musical | Comments (0)

Clash of the Titans

IMDB Rating: 6.50
7661 votes

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By answering a seemingly impossible riddle, Perseus, the son of Zeus, wins the hand of the Princess Andromeda in marriage. Trouble appears in the shape of Calibos, the princess's former love, and his mother, the Goddess Thetis. In order that the dreaded Kraken not be released, Andromeda has to be sacrificed and Perseus searches for the Medusa; her head is the only thing that can stop the Kraken.
Actors
ZeusLaurence Olivier
ZeusLaurence Olivier
HeraClaire Bloom
Also posted in 1981, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

IMDB Rating: 8.10
8065 votes

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During the Cold War, Soviet agents watch Professor Henry Jones when a young man brings him a coded message from an aged, demented colleague, Henry Oxley. Led by the brilliant Irina Spalko, the Soviets tail Jones and the young man, Mutt, to Peru. With Oxley's code, they find a legendary skull made of a single piece of quartz. If Jones can deliver the skull to its rightful place, all may be well; but if Irina takes it to its origin, she'll gain powers that could endanger the West. Aging professor and young buck join forces with a woman from Jones's past to face the dangers of the jungle, Russia, and the supernatural.
Actors
Indiana JonesHarrison Ford
Irina SpalkoCate Blanchett
Marion RavenwoodKaren Allen
Also posted in 2008, Action, Adventure, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Raiders of the Lost Ark

IMDB Rating: 8.70
174706 votes

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The year is 1936. A professor who studies archeology named Inidana Jones is venturing in the jungles in South America searching for a golden statue. Unfortunately, he sets off a deadly trap doing so, miraculously, he escapes. Then, Jones hears from a museum curator named Marcus Brody about a biblical artifact called The Ark of the Covenant, which can hold the key to humanly existence. Jones has to venture to vast places such as Nepal and Egypt to find this artifact. However, he will have to fight his enemy Renee Belloq and a band of Nazis in order to reach it.
Actors
Indiana JonesHarrison Ford
Marion RavenwoodKaren Allen
Dr. Rene BelloqPaul Freeman
Also posted in 1981, Action, Adventure, High IMDB rating | 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)

Seabiscuit

IMDB Rating: 7.50
21002 votes

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In an era when Americans were in great need of heroic figures to help them forget their troubles, SEABISCUIT comes to the rescue. The picture relates a moving story of friendship and devotion in rehabilitating the main characters'fractured lives, as it interweaves the interactions between horse, jockey, trainer and owner and their adoring fans. The film accurately portrays the real people and events of those troubled times and how Seabiscuit "fixed us, every one of us."
Actors
NarratorDavid McCullough
Charles HowardJeff Bridges
Bicycle SupervisorPaul Vincent O'Connor
Also posted in 2003, Drama, High IMDB rating, History, Sport | Comments (4)

The Rundown

IMDB Rating: 6.50
10223 votes

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In order to get out of hock with mobster Billy Walker, restaraunteur-turned-"retrieval expert" Beck has to go down to Brazil and retrieve Billy's ne'er-do-well archaeologist-wannabe son Travis, who is searching for an ancient gold idol called the Gato del Diablo. This idol is prized by not only the local population as the path to their salvation, but by Cornelius Hatcher, slavedriving operator of the Helldorado mining town who oppresses said population in the name of profits, and Hatcher just won't let Beck leave with Travis.
Actors
BeckChris Rock
BeckThe Rock
TravisSeann William Scott
Also posted in 2003, Action, Adventure, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (3)

One Night at McCool’s

IMDB Rating: 6.10
11328 votes

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After another hard night at McCool's, bartender Randy runs into Jewel. The seductive lady seems to have evaded a rape pretty closely, and when the man comes back, she puts a bullet in his head. After all these events (and others), Randy takes Jewel home, and the two become a couple. Yet Jewel begins to develop into a very demanding girlfriend and drives Randy into committing crimes for her and her elaborate lifestyle. Randy's cousin Carl is driven crazy by Randy's incredibly sexy girl as well as the investigating officer, Detective Dehling.
Actors
RandyMatt Dillon
Bingo CallerMary Jo Smith
Mr. BurmeisterMichael Douglas
Also posted in 2001, Comedy, Crime, High IMDB rating | Comments (3)
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