MouseHunt (
1997) | IMDb:
6.5
Down-on-their luck brothers, Lars and Ernie Smuntz, aren't happy with the crumbling old mansion they inherit... until they discover the estate is worth millions. Before they can cash in, they have to rid the house of its single, stubborn occupant—a tiny and tenacious mouse.
The Nightmare Before Christmas (
1993) | IMDb:
7.9
Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus and plans to deliver shrunken heads and other ghoulish gifts to children on Christmas morning. But as Christmas approaches, Jack's rag-doll girlfriend, Sally, tries to foil his misguided plans.
Starring:
Danny Elfman
,
Chris Sarandon
,
Catherine O'Hara
,
William Hickey
,
Glenn Shadix
,
Paul Reubens
Directed by:
Henry Selick
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (
1990) | IMDb:
6.2
A young boy tells three stories of horror to distract a witch who plans to eat him.
Starring:
Debbie Harry
,
Matthew Lawrence
,
David Forrester
,
Christian Slater
,
Robert Sedgwick
,
Steve Buscemi
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (
1989) | IMDb:
7.5
It's Christmastime, and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration. But things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen, and their two kids. Clark's continual bad luck is worsened by his obnoxious family guests, but he manages to keep going, knowing that his Christmas bonus is due soon.
Starring:
Chevy Chase
,
Beverly D'Angelo
,
Juliette Lewis
,
Johnny Galecki
,
John Randolph
,
Diane Ladd
Sea of Love (
1989) | IMDb:
6.8
Seen-it-all New York detective Frank Keller is unsettled - he has done twenty years on the force and could retire, and he hasn't come to terms with his wife leaving him for a colleague. Joining up with an officer from another part of town to investigate a series of murders linked by the lonely hearts columns he finds he is getting seriously and possibly dangerously involved with Helen, one of the main suspects.
Starring:
Al Pacino
,
Ellen Barkin
,
John Goodman
,
Michael Rooker
,
William Hickey
,
Richard Jenkins
Pink Cadillac (
1989) | IMDb:
5.3
A bounty hunter helps out the wife of a bail-jumper after her child is kidnapped by neo-Nazi types.
Starring:
Clint Eastwood
,
Bernadette Peters
,
Timothy Carhart
,
Jim Carrey
,
Tiffany Gail Robinson
,
Angela Louise Robinson
Bright Lights, Big City (
1988) | IMDb:
5.7
A disillusioned young writer living in New York City turns to drugs and drinking to block out the memories of his dead mother and estranged wife.
Starring:
Michael J. Fox
,
Kiefer Sutherland
,
Phoebe Cates
,
Swoosie Kurtz
,
Frances Sternhagen
,
Tracy Pollan
Directed by:
James Bridges
The Name of the Rose (
1986) | IMDb:
7.7
14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under mysterious circumstances. To solve the crimes, William must rise up against the Church's authority and fight the shadowy conspiracy of monastery monks using only his intelligence; which is considerable.
Starring:
Sean Connery
,
F. Murray Abraham
,
Christian Slater
,
Helmut Qualtinger
,
Elya Baskin
,
Michael Lonsdale
Directed by:
Jean-Jacques Annaud
One Crazy Summer (
1986) | IMDb:
6.4
An aspiring teenage cartoonist and his friends come to the aid of a singer trying to save her family property from developers.
A Stranger Is Watching (
1982) | IMDb:
5.3
A twisted man holds a TV newswoman and a girl hostage in the bowels of Grand Central Station.
Starring:
Kate Mulgrew
,
Rip Torn
,
James Naughton
,
Shawn von Schreiber
,
Barbara Baxley
,
Stephen Joyce
Produced by:
Mikey and Nicky (
1976) | IMDb:
7.4
Nick is desperate, holed up in a cheap hotel, suffering from an ulcer and convinced that a local mob boss wants him killed. Desperate and terrified, he calls Mikey, his friend since childhood and a fellow gangster. So begins a long night…
A New Leaf (
1971) | IMDb:
7.3
After running out of funds, Henry Graham, a carefree playboy, plots to marry and murder wealthy botanist Henrietta Lowell.
Little Big Man (
1970) | IMDb:
7.5
Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Indians and fighting with General Custer.
Starring:
Dustin Hoffman
,
Faye Dunaway
,
Chief Dan George
,
Martin Balsam
,
Richard Mulligan
,
Jeff Corey