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Lawrence of Arabia

IMDB Rating: 8.60
36024 votes

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T. E. Lawrence is a young maladjusted lieutenant in the British Army in North Africa during World War One. Unhappy with his current assignment coloring maps, he is ecstatic when he is offered a job as an observer in what is now Arabia. At this point, the story of his life becomes the stuff that legends are made of.
Actors
T.E. LawrencePeter O'Toole
Prince FeisalAlec Guinness
Auda abu TayiAnthony Quinn
Also posted in 1962, Adventure, Biography, Drama, High IMDB rating, War | Comments (0)

A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge

IMDB Rating: 4.70
10072 votes

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A new family moves into the house on Elm Street, and before long, the kids are again having nightmares about deceased child murderer Freddy Krueger. This time, Freddy attempts to possess a teenage boy to cause havoc in the real world, and can only be overcome if the boy's sweetheart can master her fear.
Actors
Jesse WalshMark Patton
Lisa WebberKim Myers
Ron GradyRobert Rusler
Also posted in 1985, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Comments (0)

Unforgiven

IMDB Rating: 8.20
56659 votes

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The town of Big Whisky is full of normal people trying to lead quiet lives. Cowboys try to make a living. Sheriff 'Little Bill' tries to build a house and keep a heavy-handed order. The town whores just try to get by.Then a couple of cowboys cut up a whore. Unsatisfied with Bill's justice, the prostitutes put a bounty on the cowboys. The bounty attracts a young gun billing himself as 'The Schofield Kid', and aging killer William Munny. Munny reformed for his young wife, and has been raising crops and two children in peace. But his wife is gone. Farm life is hard. And Munny is no good at it. So he calls his old partner Ned, saddles his ornery nag, and rides off to kill one more time, blurring the lines between heroism and villainy, man and myth.
Actors
William 'Bill' MunnyClint Eastwood
Little Bill DaggettGene Hackman
Ned LoganMorgan Freeman
Also posted in 1992, Drama, High IMDB rating, Western | Comments (0)

The Death and Life of Bobby Z

IMDB Rating: 5.70
1236 votes

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Tim Kearney is an incarcerated former Marine who is offered freedom by DEA agent Tad Gruzsa in exchange for impersonating recently-late drug lord Bobby Z. Things don't go as planned, however, and Kearney ends up on the run with Bobby Z's 12-year-old son.
Actors
Tim KearneyPaul Walker
Tad GruzsaLaurence Fishburne
Bobby ZJason Lewis
Also posted in 2007, Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | Comments (0)

High Plains Drifter

IMDB Rating: 7.50
8644 votes

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A mysterious gunfighter without a name rides across the desert landscape and arrives in the mining town beside the sea "Lago" to stay for the night. After gunning down three desperado's who tried to kill him, the town hires the gunfighter to help defend the town from three murderous outlaws, Stacey Bridges, Bill Borders and Cole Carlin who have been released from jail after they brutally whipped to death the town's local lawman Marshal Jim Duncan who is in his grave with a unmarked gravestone, the three outlaws set out to return to "Lago" to get their vengeance. Can the mysterious gunfighter without a name stop the three outlaws?
Actors
The StrangerClint Eastwood
Sarah BeldingVerna Bloom
Callie TraversMarianna Hill
Also posted in 1973, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller, Western | Comments (0)

The Bounty

IMDB Rating: 6.70
5620 votes

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The familiar story of Lieutenant Bligh, whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. This version follows both the efforts of Fletcher Christian to get his men beyond the reach of British retribution, and the epic voyage of Lieutenant Bligh to get his loyalists safely to East Timor in a tiny lifeboat.
Actors
Fletcher Christian Master's MateMel Gibson
Lieutenant William BlighAnthony Hopkins
Admiral HoodLaurence Olivier
Also posted in 1984, Adventure, Drama, High IMDB rating, History | Comments (0)

Lord of the Flies

IMDB Rating: 6.00
4233 votes

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Adapted from William Golding's novel of the same name, this is the story of a group of military school boys who become stranded on an island. They are, however, not alone. To begin with their commander is dragged from the water by Ralph. It is after the commander becomes feverish and delusional that he runs away and the boys develop their own society, with frightening and powerful consequences.
Actors
RalphBalthazar Getty
Jack MerridewChris Furrh
PiggyDanuel Pipoly
Also posted in 1990, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller | Comments (0)

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)

Amistad

IMDB Rating: 7.00
16375 votes

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AMISTAD is about a 1839 mutiny onboard a slave ship that is traveling towards the Northeast Coast of America. Much of the story involves a court-room drama about the slave who led the revolt.
Actors
JoadsonMorgan Freeman
Martin Van BurenNigel Hawthorne
John Quincy AdamsAnthony Hopkins
Also posted in 1997, Drama, High IMDB rating, History, Mystery | Comments (1)
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