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Origin USAGenres Science fiction,
Thriller,
HorrorThemes Post-apocalyptic films,
Films about religion,
Films set in the future,
Political films,
Dystopian films,
Disaster filmsActors Bruce Campbell,
Angus Scrimm,
Marta MartinRating52%
The story takes place in the year 2037, after the loss of the ozone layer has left most of the planet a desolate wasteland scattered with highly radioactive "Death Zones", except for several areas that still flourish., 1h42
Directed by Bruce McDonaldGenres ComedyThemes Transport films,
Films about automobiles,
Road movies,
Chase filmsActors Valerie Buhagiar,
Don McKellar,
Peter Breck,
Jello Biafra,
Tracy WrightRating69%
The film stars Don McKellar as Pokey Jones, an orphaned barber in a small town near Thunder Bay, who dreams of becoming a jazz musician. One morning, Jones discovers a frozen corpse (Steve Fall) in his backyard, and soon meets Jackie Bangs (Valerie Buhagiar), a tough and mysterious roadie who claims the dead man is her brother., 1h31
Directed by Peter YatesOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Romantic comedy,
Action,
Adventure,
RomanceThemes La provenceActors Timothy Daly,
Penelope Ann Miller,
Louis Jourdan,
Ian William Richardson,
Art Malik,
Ian McNeiceRating57%
Margaret Harwood (Miller), the mousy daughter of esteemed wine merchant Sir Mason Harwood (Richardson), discovers a magnum of wine, vintage 1811, bearing Napoleon's seal. Sir Mason instantly offers it to his best customer, T.T. Kelleher (Rimmer), who sends his friend, Oliver Plexico (Daly) to retrieve it. Three other interested parties converge on the valuable rarity: a Greek billionaire, to whom Margaret's unscrupulous brother has independently sold the bottle; an amoral French scientist (Jourdan), who believes it contains the secret to a rejuvenation formula that he will kill to obtain; and a murderous thug (Brimble), who wants to sell it himself. , 1h36
Origin USAGenres ComedyActors Bob Hoskins,
Jack Warden,
William Petersen,
Nancy Travis,
Pamela Reed,
Tim CurryRating58%
Jack Scanlan is a union leader who is returning to work after having a heart attack. His son Frank arranges a welcome back surprise party for Jack, which more than surprises him, as he has a heart attack and dies. His large, dysfunctional family is brought together and finds themselves dealing with all of their emotional baggage., 1h50
Directed by Gillies MacKinnonGenres Drama,
RomanceActors Albert Finney,
Aidan Quinn,
Robin Wright,
Ian McElhinney,
Milo O'Shea,
Niamh CusackRating61%
In a small Irish village in 1957, Tara Maguire, a young resolute woman, is the talk of the town because she is having a baby out of wedlock, and refuses to name the father. During Sunday mass she goes into labour giving birth to a baby boy. The town's constable, Brendan Hegarty, and Mick, a local landowner vie for Tara's hand in marriage, but she refuses them both., 1h50
Genres ComedyActors Tatum O'Neal,
Crispin Glover,
Nina Siemaszko,
Tate Donovan,
Rik Mayall,
John C. McGinleyRating60%
Joey (Crispin Glover) is an awkward young man who is unsuccessful in his career as a writer. In order to impress his girlfriend Stella (Tatum O'Neal), Joey steals the poetry of Marty (Matthew Hutton) a deaf-mute poet. Not only does Joey succeed, but he also manages to sign with literary agent Mathias (Rik Mayall). While Joey is successful, it comes as the cost of Marty's own happiness and the man quickly falls into a deep depression and becomes homeless. Fame quickly goes to Joey's head and as he feels little guilt over the theft or loyalty to his friends and girlfriend, he breaks off communication with all of them., 1h7
Directed by Shin'ya Tsukamoto,
Kei FujiwaraOrigin JaponGenres Science fiction,
HorrorThemes Films about computing,
Cyberpunk filmsActors Tomorowo Taguchi,
Kei Fujiwara,
Shin'ya Tsukamoto,
Renji IshibashiRating69%
The film opens with a man (called only "the man", or the "Metal Fetishist"), cutting open a massive gash in his leg and then shoving a large threaded steel rod into the wound. Later, upon seeing maggots festering in the wound, he screams, runs out into the street, and is hit by a car. The driver of the car, a Japanese businessman (Tomorowo Taguchi), and his girlfriend (Kei Fujiwara) try to cover up the mess by dumping the body into a ravine, but the dumped man gets revenge by forcing the businessman's body to gradually metamorphose into a walking pile of scrap metal. This process starts when the driver finds a piece of metal stuck in his cheek while shaving. He tries to remove it, but realizes it is growing from the inside., 1h41
Directed by Roger DonaldsonOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
Adventure,
CrimeActors Willem Dafoe,
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio,
Mickey Rourke,
Samuel L. Jackson,
M. Emmet Walsh,
James RebhornRating59%
Ray Dolezal, a bored Torrance County, New Mexico Deputy Sheriff, investigates an apparent suicide in the desert. Alongside the body is a suitcase containing $500,000. During the autopsy, they find a digested piece of paper with a phone number; Dolezal, posing as Spenser, calls the number and goes to a meeting, where he is robbed and instructed to meet Gorman Lennox at a restaurant. FBI agent Greg Meeker intercepts Dolezal and informs him that Spenser was really an undercover agent. Now that Dolezal has lost the money, Meeker suggests he continue posing as Spenser to either recover the money or help arrest Lennox., 1h48
Directed by Keith GordonOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
HistoricalThemes Political filmsActors Ethan Hawke,
Gary Sinise,
Peter Berg,
Kevin Dillon,
Arye Gross,
Frank WhaleyRating70%
In the early phase of the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944, a small US Army intelligence and reconnaissance squad (selected for their high IQs), are sent to occupy a deserted chateau near the German lines to gather information on the enemy’s movements. Losses from an earlier patrol has reduced the squad to just six men- Sgt Knott, Miller, Avakian, Shutzer, Wilkins and Mundy. On their way to the chateau, they discover the frozen corpses of a German and an American in a standing embrace, seemingly arranged by the Germans as a grim joke.