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Directed by Ron HowardOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Comedy thriller,
Romantic comedy,
Action,
CrimeThemes Transport films,
Films about automobiles,
Road movies,
Chase filmsActors Nancy Morgan,
Peter Isacksen,
Jack Perkins,
Clint Howard,
Elizabeth Rogers,
Ron HowardRating53%
Two young lovers, Sam Freeman (Ron Howard) and Paula Powers (Nancy Morgan), want to get married in Las Vegas. When Paula introduces Sam to her parents they dispute their daughter's decision: they see Collins Hedgeworth (Paul Linke), the son of a wealthy family in the area, as her fiancée. Paula's parents are rich as well and her father, Bigby Powers (Barry Cahill), is planning to run for governor. They think Sam is marrying Paula for the money and call him a fortune hunter, which Paula fiercely disputes., 1h58
Directed by John Boorman,
Rospo PallenbergOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Fantastic,
Fantasy,
HorrorThemes Films about children,
Films about religion,
Demons in filmActors Linda Blair,
Max von Sydow,
Richard Burton,
Louise Fletcher,
James Earl Jones,
Kitty WinnRating38%
Philip Lamont, a priest struggling with his faith, attempts to exorcise a possessed South American girl who claims to "heal the sick". However, the exorcism goes wrong and a lit candle sets fire to the girl's dress, killing her. Afterwards, Lamont is assigned by the Cardinal to investigate the death of Father Lankester Merrin, who had been killed four years prior in the course of exorcising the Assyrian demon Pazuzu from Regan MacNeil. The Cardinal informs Lamont (who has had some experience at exorcism, and has been exposed to Merrin's teachings) that Merrin is up on posthumous heresy charges due to his controversial writings. Apparently, Church authorities are trying to modernize and do not want to acknowledge that Satan as an actual evil entity exists., 2h50
Directed by Richard Attenborough,
Sidney HayersOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Action,
Adventure,
HistoricalThemes Pont,
Political filmsActors Dirk Bogarde,
James Caan,
Michael Caine,
Sean Connery,
Michael Byrne,
Edward FoxRating73%
The film begins with a montage of archival film footage narrated by a Dutch woman, Kate ter Horst, describing the state of affairs in September 1944. The Allied advance is being slowed by overextended supply lines., 1h32
Directed by Ovidio G. AssonitisOrigin ItalieGenres Science fiction,
Thriller,
Action,
Adventure,
HorrorThemes Films about animals,
Environmental films,
Natural horror films,
Films about cephalopodsActors John Huston,
Shelley Winters,
Bo Hopkins,
Henry Fonda,
Delia Boccardo,
Cesare DanovaRating37%
Ocean Beach, a seaside tourist resort, has come under attack by a giant octopus, which captures and devours human swimmers and boaters, picking the skeletons clean of flesh and bone marrow. Marine expert Will Gleason (Bo Hopkins) and crusading newspaper reporter Ned Turner (John Huston) suspect the construction of an underwater tunnel by the Trojan company, owned by Mr. Whitehead (Henry Fonda). Trojan has been using radio signals that have been "above regulated levels", somehow maddening the octopus and causing it to attack human beings. In the end, the octopus is killed by Gleason's pair of killer whales., 2h20
Directed by Rainer Werner FassbinderOrigin GermanGenres Drama,
HistoricalThemes Films about sexualityActors Hanna Schygulla,
Wolfgang Schenck,
Karlheinz Böhm,
Ulli Lommel,
Lilo Pempeit,
Irm HermannRating68%
The film begins with Effi Briest using a swing set in her family’s back yard, where her mother, Louise Briest, comments on her wild nature, saying that she has an aerial spirit. Later, Effi is seen talking to some of the other teenage girls outside her house about when Baron Instetten was younger. She recalls a story her mother had told her about Instetten visiting her at her family estate while he was still a soldier. However, the man who would become Effi’s father was already in the council of nobles and owned Hohen-Cremmen, so when he asked to marry Effi’s mother she chose to accept. Afterward, Instetten chose to resign from the army and study law. When Effi returns inside, Effi’s mother informs her that Baron Instetten has asked for her hand. With her parent’s encouragement, along with her own desire for prestige, she accepts the proposal., 1h25
Directed by Marty FeldmanOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Action,
AdventureThemes French war filmsActors Marty Feldman,
Michael York,
Ann-Margret,
Avery Schreiber,
Peter Ustinov,
James Earl JonesRating59%
Spoofing the classic Beau Geste and a number of other desert motion pictures, the film's plotline revolves around the heroic Beau Geste and his brother Digby's misadventures in the French Foreign legion out in the Sahara, and the disappearance of the family sapphire, sought after by their money-hungry stepmother., 2h4
Directed by Peter YatesOrigin USAGenres Thriller,
Action,
AdventureThemes Seafaring films,
Transport films,
Underwater action filmsActors Robert Shaw,
Jacqueline Bisset,
Nick Nolte,
Louis Gossett Jr.,
Eli Wallach,
Robert TessierRating61%
While scuba-diving near shipwrecks off Bermuda, vacationing couple David Sanders (Nick Nolte) and Gail Berke (Jacqueline Bisset) recover a number of artifacts, including an ampoule of amber-colored liquid and a medallion bearing the image of a woman and the letters "S.C.O.P.N." (meaning "Santa Clara, ora pro nobis" or "Saint Clara, pray for us") and a date, 1714. Sanders and Berke seek the advice of lighthouse-keeper and treasure-hunter Romer Treece (Robert Shaw) on the origin of the medallion, who identifies the item as Spanish and takes an interest in the young couple. The ampoule is noticed by the man who had rented diving equipment to Sanders and Berke, which in turn attracts the attention of Henri Cloche (Louis Gossett, Jr.), a local drug kingpin for whom the shop owner works, who unsuccessfully tries to buy the ampoule and then begins to terrorize the couple with Haitian black magic. The ampoule contains medicinal morphine from the Goliath, a ship that sank during World War II with a cargo of munitions and medical supplies. The wreck of the Goliath is considered dangerous and is posted as off-limits to divers due to the danger of explosions. Treece concludes that a recent storm has exposed her cargo of morphine and unearthed a much older wreck containing Spanish treasure.