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Hard Target
Hard Target (1993) on 20 august 1993
, 1h37
Directed by John Woo
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Martial arts, Action, Adventure, Crime, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Martial arts films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Jean-Claude Van Damme, Lance Henriksen, Yancy Butler, Arnold Vosloo, Wilford Brimley, Willie C. Carpenter
Rating62% 3.101863.101863.101863.101863.10186
In New Orleans, a homeless veteran named Douglas Binder is the target of a hunt. He is given a belt containing $10,000 and told that he must reach the other side of town where he would then win the money and his life. Hunting him are the hunt organizer Emil Fouchon, a businessman named Mr. Lopaki who has paid $500,000 for the opportunity to hunt a human, Fouchon's lieutenant Pik Van Cleaf, and mercenaries including Stephan and Peterson. Binder fails to reach his destination and is shot by three crossbow bolts. Van Cleaf retrieves the money belt.
Manhattan Murder Mystery
Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993) on 18 august 1993
, 1h48
Directed by Woody Allen
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Comedy thriller, Crime
Actors Diane Keaton, Anjelica Huston, Alan Alda, Joy Behar, Woody Allen, Aida Turturro
Rating72% 3.649463.649463.649463.649463.64946
Larry Lipton (Woody Allen) and his wife Carol (Diane Keaton) meet their older neighbors Paul (Jerry Adler) and Lilian (Lynn Cohen) House in the elevator in a pleasant encounter. But the next night, Lilian is found to have died of a heart attack. The Liptons are surprised by the death because Lilian seemed so healthy.
Khuda Gawah
Khuda Gawah (1992) on 20 august 1993
, 3h13
Directed by Mukul Anand
Genres Action, Adventure, Musical, Romance
Actors Amitabh Bachchan, Danny Denzongpa, Sridevi, Akkineni Nagarjuna, Shilpa Shirodkar, Kiran Kumar
Rating64% 3.2472553.2472553.2472553.2472553.247255
During a Buzkashi competition with a neighboring tribe in Afghanistan, Badshah Khan (Amitabh Bachchan) falls in love with Benazir (Sridevi) and wants to marry her. Benazir agrees to marry him on the condition that he must bring her the head of Habib Ullah who killed her father. Badshah Khan goes to India to search for Habibullah. He finds Habibullah in a prison and breaks him out to take him back. He has the jailer Ranveer Singh (Vikram Gokhale) on his trail. In the end he chops off Habibulla's head. He told Ranveer that he would be back in one month to receive punishment (from the Law) for taking Habibulla. Badshah goes back to Afghanistan and marries Benazir; after the time limit he comes back to India and surrenders himself to Rajput Khan and is jailed for five years. While he is away he leaves his childhood friend Khuda Baksh (Danny Denzongpa) to take care of his wife.
Dark Vengeance
Dark Vengeance (1993) on 18 august 1993
, 1h32
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action
Actors James Lew, Wayne Duvall, Steve Blanchard
Rating30% 1.518811.518811.518811.518811.51881
The film is set in a distant post-apocalyptic future in which human society is degenerated.
The Ballad of Little Jo
The Ballad of Little Jo (1993) on 20 august 1993
, 2h1
Directed by Maggie Greenwald
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Romance, Western
Themes Feminist films, Politique, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Political films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Suzy Amis, Bo Hopkins, Ian McKellen, Heather Graham, René Auberjonois, Carrie Snodgress
Rating66% 3.343413.343413.343413.343413.34341
Josephine Monaghan (Amis) is a young society woman who is seduced by her family's portrait photographer, and as a result, bears an illegitimate child. She is expelled from her family and home in disgrace, and with no other resources, she leaves her newborn son under the care of her sister and heads West.
TC 2000
TC 2000 (1993) on 18 august 1993
, 1h31
Origin Canada
Genres Science fiction, Action
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Sports films, Films set in the future, Martial arts films
Actors Bolo Yeung, Billy Banks, Bobbie Phillips, Matthias Hues, Doug Lennox, Garry Robbins
Rating45% 2.269862.269862.269862.269862.26986
Quelque part, dans un futur indéterminé, une catastrophe naturelle a tué une grande partie des humains. Les riches se sont terrés dans des abris, les pauvres ont formé des gangs à la surface de la terre pour parvenir à survivre parmi le chaos. Jason Storm, un gardien des territoires souterrains, a vent d'un complot visant à exterminer tous les peuples vivant à l'air libre. Il doit parvenir à l'air libre et combattre Sumai, un maître des arts martiaux, afin de déjouer le complot.
Wilder Napalm
Wilder Napalm (1993) on 20 august 1993
, 1h49
Directed by Glenn Gordon Caron
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Actors Debra Winger, Dennis Quaid, Arliss Howard, M. Emmet Walsh, Jim Varney
Rating55% 2.7526852.7526852.7526852.7526852.752685
Wallace (Dennis Quaid) and Wilder Foudroyant (Arliss Howard) are brothers and pyrokinetics. Ever since a childhood tragedy where they accidentally killed a bum sleeping in a friend's "secret clubhouse," they've kept their firestarting abilities a secret. Now that they're grown up and estranged, Wallace (performing as Biff the Clown in a traveling carnival) wants to debut his talents on The David Letterman Show. Wilder has a monotonous job in a minuscule Kwik Foto booth at a dying mall and is a volunteer firefighter.
Mandroid
Mandroid (1993) on 18 august 1993
, 1h21
Genres Science fiction, Action, Horror
Themes Robot films
Actors Robert Symonds, Curt Lowens, Mircea Albulescu, Adrian Pintea
Rating42% 2.1263152.1263152.1263152.1263152.126315
In his hidden laboratory deep in Russia, Dr. Karl Zimmer (Symonds) has invented the Mandroid, a humanoid robot which follows the motions of a man in a special control suit. He has offered the invention to the USA, who have sent Smith and Wait from the CIA for inspection. However Zimmer's partner Drago (Lowens) has different plans, and wants to sell Mandroid to the military. The night he tries to steal Mandroid, he becomes exposed to the highly toxic Superconn. But he can flee and won't give up on Mandroid, even though he's terribly disfigured.
Last Light
Last Light (1993) on 22 august 1993
, 1h44
Directed by Kiefer Sutherland
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Prison films
Actors Forest Whitaker, Kiefer Sutherland, Amanda Plummer, Kathleen Denise Quinlan, Lynne Moody, Clancy Brown
Rating62% 3.147623.147623.147623.147623.14762
The film is about a prisoner awaiting execution. Denver Bayliss (Kiefer Sutherland) gains an unlikely friend and confidant in Fred Whitmore (Forest Whitaker), a former cop who is now a prison guard. Whitmore's life is a mess, however: he shuts out his wife and cannot relate to his son. As Bayliss' execution draws nearer, Whitmore clashes more and more with Lt. McMannis, his supervisor, over Bayliss' treatment. Bayliss gives Whitmore a new understanding of life by helping him come to terms with a traumatic past, and Whitmore helps Bayliss to make his peace with himself and the world.
King of the Hill
King of the Hill (1993) on 20 august 1993
, 1h49
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Historical
Themes Films about children
Actors Jesse Bradford, Jeroen Krabbé, Lisa Eichhorn, Karen Allen, Spalding Gray, Elizabeth McGovern
Rating72% 3.6449053.6449053.6449053.6449053.644905
Based on the Depression-era bildungsroman memoir of writer A. E. Hotchner, the film follows the story of a boy struggling to survive on his own in a hotel in St. Louis after his mother is committed to a sanatorium with tuberculosis. His father, a German immigrant and traveling salesman working for the Hamilton Watch Company, is off on long trips from which the boy cannot be certain he will return.
Strapped
Strapped (1993) on 21 august 1993
, 1h44
Directed by Forest Whitaker
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime, Politic
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Hip hop films, Gangster films
Actors Bokeem Woodbine, Fredro Starr, Craig Wasson, Kia Goodwin, Michael Biehn, Angela Jones
Rating63% 3.197453.197453.197453.197453.19745
Dans une banlieue défavorisée, Diquan Mitchell (Bokeem Woodbine) est un homme sans histoires prêt à tout pour améliorer sa vie et celle de sa famille. Quand sa compagne Latisha est arrêtée pour traffic de cocaïne, il risque sa vie en vendant des armes à feux pour faire sortir de prison sa compagne qui est enceinte de lui. Quand le lieutenant Matt McRae (Michael Biehn) lui propose un arrangement pour libérer Latisha en échange d'informations sur des trafiquants d'armes, Diquan découvre que traiter avec la police est bien plus dangereux que de devenir un criminel...
Wicked City
Wicked City (1987) on 20 august 1993
, 1h22
Directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Horror, Animation
Actors Yūsaku Yara, Toshiko Fujita, Ichirō Nagai, Robert V. Barron, Takeshi Aono, Gaye Kruger
Rating66% 3.3497153.3497153.3497153.3497153.349715
The existence of the "Black World" is known to very few people. For centuries, a pact between the Black World and the world of humans has been observed to maintain peace, and terms must be negotiated and renewed every few hundred years to continue relative harmony. A militant faction of radicals from the Black World stops at nothing to prevent the signing of a new treaty.
Relentless 3
Relentless 3 (1993) on 18 august 1993
, 1h33
Directed by James Lemmo
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors William Forsythe, Leo Rossi, Robert Costanzo, Tom Bower, Savannah Smith Boucher, Stacy Edwards
Rating52% 2.6171452.6171452.6171452.6171452.617145
Sam Dietz returns to Los Angeles from "up North" and agrees to consult on a serial killer case. Not wanting to be more involved changes however, when the killer targets Dietz’s latest love interest, thereby, forcing him to become actively involved in the investigation. The killer is someone he's arrested before.