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Directed by Alan ParkerOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Biography,
CrimeThemes Medical-themed films,
Prison films,
Films about drugsActors Brad Davis,
Randy Quaid,
John Hurt,
Paul L. Smith,
Bo Hopkins,
Irene MiracleRating74%
On October 6, 1970, while on holiday in Istanbul, Turkey, American college student Billy Hayes straps 2 kg of hashish blocks to his chest. While attempting to board a plane back to the United States with his girlfriend, Billy is arrested by Turkish police on high alert due to fear of terrorist attacks. He is strip-searched, photographed and questioned. After a while, a shadowy American (who is never named, but is nicknamed "Tex" by Billy due to his thick Texan accent) arrives, takes Billy to a police station and translates for Billy for one of the detectives. On questioning Billy tells them that he bought the hashish from a taxicab driver, and offers to help the police track him down in exchange for his release. Billy goes with the police to a nearby market and points out the cab driver, but when they go to arrest the cabbie, it becomes apparent that the police have no intention of keeping their end of the deal with Billy. He sees an opportunity and makes a run for it, only to get cornered and recaptured by the mysterious American., 2h18
Directed by Alan ParkerOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Historical,
RomanceThemes Prison films,
Political films,
Children's filmsActors Dennis Quaid,
Tamlyn Tomita,
Sab Shimono,
Shizuko Hoshi,
Caroline Junko King,
Pruitt Taylor VinceRating66%
In 1936, Jack McGurn (Quaid) is a motion picture projectionist, involved in a campaign of harassment against non-union theaters in New York City. One such attack turns fatal, as one of his fellow union members starts a fire. McGurn's boss, knowing that the feelings of guilt would likely cause Jack to go to the police, urges him to leave the area. Jack moves to Los Angeles where his brother Gerry lives. Jack's role as a "sweatshop lawyer" strains an already-rocky relationship with Gerry who is willing to have any job, barely keeping his family afloat during the Great Depression., 1h37
Directed by David J. BurkeOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
CrimeThemes Films about journalistsActors Morgan Freeman,
LL Cool J,
Justin Timberlake,
Kevin Spacey,
Dylan McDermott,
Cary ElwesRating53%
There is a force of corrupt cops called F.R.A.T, and the policemen who work for F.R.A.T are above the law. That is, until Joshua Pollack, an Edison journalist discovers a glitch in the system. Now, with the help of those who he trusts, he might be able to take F.R.A.T down., 2h29
Directed by Joel SchumacherOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
CrimeThemes Prison films,
Films about racism,
Films about sexuality,
Rape in fiction,
Films about capital punishmentActors Sandra Bullock,
Samuel L. Jackson,
Matthew McConaughey,
Kevin Spacey,
Ashley Judd,
Donald SutherlandRating74%
Two white supremacists (Nicky Katt and Doug Hutchison) come across a ten-year-old black girl named Tonya (Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly) in rural Mississippi. They violently rape and beat Tonya and dump her in a nearby river after a failed attempt to hang her; she survives, and the men are arrested., 1h33
Directed by Grant HeslovOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Comedy,
Action,
AdventureThemes Films about writers,
Films about journalists,
Political filmsActors George Clooney,
Ewan McGregor,
Jeff Bridges,
Kevin Spacey,
Stephen Lang,
Robert PatrickRating61%
In a short prelude, U.S. Army General Hopgood (Stephen Lang) is painfully thwarted in an attempt to pass paranormally through a solid wall by simply running into it. The film then follows Ann Arbor Daily Telegram reporter Bob Wilton (Ewan McGregor), whose wife leaves him for the newspaper's editor. Seeking an escape, Bob flies to Kuwait to report on the Iraq War and to prove to his wife and himself that he is a man. However, he stumbles onto the story of a lifetime when he meets a retired U.S. Army Special Forces operator, Lyn Cassady (George Clooney), who reveals that he was part of a U.S. Army unit training psychic spies (or "Jedi Warriors") to develop a range of parapsychological skills including invisibility, remote viewing, and phasing. The back story is told mainly through flashbacks., 1h21
Directed by Noah BaumbachOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-dramaThemes Films about writers,
Films about education,
Films about familiesActors Jeff Daniels,
Laura Linney,
Jesse Eisenberg,
William Baldwin,
Owen Kline,
Anna PaquinRating72%
Bernard Berkman (Jeff Daniels) is an arrogant, once-promising novelist whose career has gone into a slow decline as he spends more time teaching and less time writing. His wife, Joan (Laura Linney), has recently begun publishing her own work to widespread acclaim, which only increases the growing tension between them. One day, Bernard and Joan tell their two sons, 16-year-old Walt (Jesse Eisenberg) and 12-year-old Frank (Owen Kline), that they are separating, with Bernard renting a house on the other side of Prospect Park from their home in Park Slope, Brooklyn., 1h48
Directed by Matthew Ryan HogeOrigin USAGenres Drama,
CrimeThemes Films about education,
Films about families,
Prison filmsActors Don Cheadle,
Ryan Gosling,
Chris Klein,
Ryan Malgarini,
Jena Malone,
Lena OlinRating69%
The film begins with a flashback narrated by Leland P. Fitzgerald, describing how he couldn't remember the details of the day that he killed an intellectually disabled boy named Ryan Pollard. Leland is arrested. Ryan's parents, Harry and Karen, sisters Becky and Julie, as well as Julie's live-in boyfriend Allen grieve the loss of their loved one. Leland's divorced mother, Marybeth, is desperate to see her son, while his father, famous writer Albert Fitzgerald, discovers his son's fate in a newspaper and returns home to be there for the trial., 1h52
Directed by Al PacinoOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
Thriller,
DocumentaryThemes Films about writers,
Films about television,
Théâtre,
Documentary films about business,
Documentary films about the film industry,
Documentaire sur une personnalité,
Political films,
Films based on plays,
Films based on works by William Shakespeare,
Films about royaltyActors Alec Baldwin,
Al Pacino,
Aidan Quinn,
Winona Ryder,
Kevin Spacey,
Kevin ConwayRating72%
Al Pacino vise à présenter la vision populaire de l'œuvre de l'écrivain William Shakespeare, à travers des séquences filmées de la pièce de théâtre Richard III, jouées par une troupe d'acteurs (Al Pacino interprétant dans ces scènes le rôle de Richard III), et des interviews d'acteurs, de spécialistes du théâtre, ou d'inconnus interrogés dans les rues new-yorkaises. Il y a juxtaposition des scènes de répétitions de la pièce de Shakespeare Richard III et des parties où il est question de la mise en scène., 1h33
Directed by Alan ParkerOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Musical theatre,
Action,
MusicalThemes Films about children,
Films about immigration,
Mafia films,
Seafaring films,
Films about music and musicians,
Transport films,
Musical films,
Gangster filmsActors Scott Baio,
Florrie Dugger,
Jodie Foster,
John Cassisi,
Martin Lev,
Phil DanielsRating67%
A mobster named Roxy Robinson is "splurged" by members of a gang, using rapid-fire custard-shooting "splurge guns". Once splurged, a kid is "all washed up... finished". Speakeasy boss Fat Sam introduces himself and Bugsy Malone, a boxing promoter with no money ("Bugsy Malone")., 2h8
Directed by Alan ParkerOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Historical,
CrimeThemes Assassinat,
Films about racismActors Gene Hackman,
Willem Dafoe,
R. Lee Ermey,
Michael Rooker,
Frances McDormand,
Brad DourifRating77%
In 1964, three civil rights workers who organize a voter registry for minorities in Jessup County Mississippi, go missing. The FBI sends two agents, Rupert Anderson (Hackman) and Alan Ward (Dafoe) to investigate. The pair find it difficult to conduct interviews with the local townspeople, as Sheriff Stuckey (Sartain) and his deputies exert influence over the public and are linked to a branch of the Ku Klux Klan.