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Directed by Bob Rafelson,
Stuart RosenbergOrigin USAGenres Drama,
CrimeThemes Prison filmsActors Robert Redford,
Yaphet Kotto,
Jane Alexander,
Morgan Freeman,
David Keith,
Everett McGillRating70%
In 1969 a mysterious man (Robert Redford) arrives at Wakefield State Prison in Arkansas. As an inmate, he immediately witnesses rampant abuse and corruption, including open and endemic sexual assault, torture, worm-ridden diseased food, insurance fraud and a doctor charging inmates for care. Brubaker eventually reveals himself—during a dramatic standoff involving a deranged prisoner who was being held in solitary confinement—to be the new prison warden to the amazement of both prisoners and officials alike., 2h7
Directed by John LandisOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Action,
Adventure,
Musical,
CrimeThemes Films about families,
Films about music and musicians,
Transport films,
Films about automobiles,
Le blues,
Musical films,
Road movies,
Buddy films,
Chase filmsActors John Belushi,
Dan Aykroyd,
James Brown,
Donald "Duck" Dunn,
Steve Lawrence,
Murphy DunneRating78%
"Joliet" Jake Blues (John Belushi) is released from prison after serving three years for armed robbery. Jake is irritated at being picked up by his brother Elwood (Dan Aykroyd) in the Bluesmobile, a battered former Mount Prospect police car, instead of the Cadillac the brothers used to own. The brothers visit their childhood home, a Roman Catholic orphanage, and learn that it will be closed unless $5,000 in property taxes is collected. The brothers visit an evangelical church service where Jake has an epiphany: they can legitimately raise the funds by re-forming their rhythm and blues band. Elwood calls the quest "a mission from God., 2h4
Directed by Nancy WalkerOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
MusicalThemes Films about music and musicians,
Films about sexuality,
LGBT-related films,
Musical films,
LGBT-related films,
LGBT-related filmActors Steve Guttenberg,
Valerie Perrine,
Paul Sand,
Tammy Grimes,
Paula Trueman,
Randy JonesRating42%
Songwriter Jack Morell (Steve Guttenberg)-a reference to Village People creator Jacques Morali-gets a break DJing at local disco Saddle Tramps. His roommate Sam Simpson (Valerie Perrine), a supermodel newly retired at the peak of her success, sees the response to a song he wrote for her ("Samantha") and agrees to use her connections to get him a record deal. Her connection, ex-boyfriend Steve Waits (Paul Sand), president of Marrakech Records (a reference to Village People record label Casablanca Records), is more interested in getting back with her than in Jack's music (and more interested in taking business calls than in wooing Samantha), but agrees to listen to a demo., 1h44
Directed by StenoOrigin ItalieGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Action,
CrimeThemes Films set in AfricaActors Bud Spencer,
Enzo Cannavale,
Angelo Infanti,
Cinzia Monreale,
Karl-Otto Alberty,
Robert LoggiaRating61%
The Neapolitan Commissioner Rizzo, said "Flatfoot", leaves to Egypt; a major Italian scientist has disappeared. The man in fact, before the kidnapping, was doing a research on the oil fields in Egypt, and as a gang of criminals had put on his trail to get their hands on his projects. Flatfoot, who arrives in the land of the pharaohs, discovers that the scientist is kidnapped because he has realized that a particular beetle is attracted by land oilfields and nests on them. Now that the criminals have in hand the research of the scientist, Flatfoot sets out in search of them ..., 2h4
Directed by Irvin KershnerOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
Action,
AdventureThemes Space adventure films,
Monde imaginaire,
Dans l'espace,
Sur une planète fictive,
Films about extraterrestrial life,
Films about disabilities,
Space opera,
Children's films,
Films about extraterrestrial life,
Robot filmsActors Mark Hamill,
Harrison Ford,
Carrie Fisher,
Billy Dee Williams,
Anthony Daniels,
David ProwseRating84%
Three years after the destruction of the Death Star, the Rebel Alliance has been driven from their former base on Yavin IV by the Galactic Empire. Princess Leia leads a contingent including Han Solo and Luke Skywalker in a new base on the icy planet Hoth. The Imperial Fleet, led by Darth Vader, continues to hunt for Rebels’ new base by dispatching probe droids across the galaxy., 1h52
Directed by Don Siegel,
Robert Ellis Miller,
Peter HuntOrigin United-kingdomGenres Comedy,
Comedy thriller,
Romantic comedy,
Action,
Adventure,
Crime,
RomanceThemes Heist films,
Gangster films,
EscroquerieActors Burt Reynolds,
Lesley-Anne Down,
David Niven,
Timothy West,
Joss Ackland,
Patrick MageeRating57%
Jewel thief Jack Rhodes, a.k.a. "Jack of Diamonds," is masterminding a heist of $30 million worth of uncut gems. He also has his eye on lovely Gillian Bromley, who becomes a part of the gang he is forming to pull off the daring robbery. Chief Inspector Cyril Willis from Scotland Yard, however, is blackmailing Gillian, threatening her with prosecution on another theft if she doesn't cooperate in helping him bag the elusive Rhodes, the last jewel in his crown before the Chief Inspector formally retires from duty.