Anger Management (
2003) | IMDb:
6.2
After a small misunderstanding aboard an airplane escalates out of control, timid businessman Dave Buznik is ordered by the court to undergo anger management therapy at the hands of specialist Dr. Buddy Rydell. But when Buddy steps up his aggressive treatment by moving in, Dave goes from mild to wild as the unorthodox treatment wreaks havoc with his life.
Novocaine (
2001) | IMDb:
5.8
A dentist finds himself a murder suspect after a sexy patient seduces him into prescribing her drugs.
Starring:
Steve Martin
,
Helena Bonham Carter
,
Laura Dern
,
Lynne Thigpen
,
Chelcie Ross
,
Polly Noonan
Directed by:
David Atkins
Shaft (
2000) | IMDb:
6
New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail for Switzerland. Two years later Wade returns to face trial, confident his money and influence will get him acquitted -- especially since he's paid a drug kingpin to kill the witness.
Starring:
Samuel L. Jackson
,
Vanessa Williams
,
Jeffrey Wright
,
Christian Bale
,
Busta Rhymes
,
Dan Hedaya
Bicentennial Man (
1999) | IMDb:
6.9
Richard Martin buys a gift, a new NDR-114 robot. The product is named Andrew by the youngest of the family's children. "Bicentennial Man" follows the life and times of Andrew, a robot purchased as a household appliance programmed to perform menial tasks. As Andrew begins to experience emotions and creative thought, the Martin family soon discovers they don't have an ordinary robot.
Starring:
Robin Williams
,
Embeth Davidtz
,
Sam Neill
,
Oliver Platt
,
Kiersten Warren
,
Wendy Crewson
Directed by:
Chris Columbus
The Insider (
1999) | IMDb:
7.8
A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.
Starring:
Al Pacino
,
Russell Crowe
,
Christopher Plummer
,
Diane Venora
,
Philip Baker Hall
,
Lindsay Crouse
Random Hearts (
1999) | IMDb:
5.3
After losing their spouses in a plane crash, an internal affairs cop and a congresswoman find each other's keys in each other's loved ones' possessions and discover that the two were having an affair.
Starring:
Harrison Ford
,
Kristin Scott Thomas
,
Charles S. Dutton
,
Bonnie Hunt
,
Dennis Haysbert
,
Sydney Pollack
Directed by:
Sydney Pollack
The Paper (
1994) | IMDb:
6.7
Henry Hackett is the workaholic editor of a New York City tabloid. He loves his job, but the long hours and low pay are leading to discontent. Also, publisher Bernie White faces financial straits, and has hatchet-man Alicia Clark—Henry's nemesis—impose unpopular cutbacks.
Starring:
Michael Keaton
,
Robert Duvall
,
Glenn Close
,
Marisa Tomei
,
Randy Quaid
,
Jason Alexander
Directed by:
Ron Howard
Naked in New York (
1993) | IMDb:
5.5
Naked in New York begins in the car of grown up Jake, he is talking to us about his girlfriend, Joanne, and to whom you can turn to for help while facing life. From there it flashes back to his memories of his parents, college, house across from a squirrel infested peanut factory, best friend, writing career and Joanne.
Starring:
Eric Stoltz
,
Mary-Louise Parker
,
Ralph Macchio
,
Jill Clayburgh
,
Tony Curtis
,
Timothy Dalton
Bob Roberts (
1992) | IMDb:
7
Millionaire conservative Bob Roberts launches an insurgent campaign against incumbent senator Brickley Paiste, firing up crowds at his rallies by singing '60s-style acoustic folk songs with lyrics espousing far-right conservative social and economic views.
Article 99 (
1992) | IMDb:
6.1
Dr. Richard Sturgess leads a team of compassionate doctors at a veteran's hospital. Along with Drs. Morgan, Handleman and Van Dorn, he fights to deliver adequate care to needy veterans in the face of funding cuts and a corrupt administration. To succeed, the staff may have to bend the rules and circumvent the villainous "Article 99," a bureaucratic loophole that prevents veterans from receiving the benefits they deserve.
Starring:
Ray Liotta
,
Kiefer Sutherland
,
Forest Whitaker
,
Lea Thompson
,
John C. McGinley
,
John Mahoney
Impulse (
1990) | IMDb:
5.7
A Los Angeles vice cop, caught between her undercover role as a sex worker and her personal relationships, is thrown into a web of murder and deceit.
Starring:
Theresa Russell
,
Jeff Fahey
,
George Dzundza
,
Alan Rosenberg
,
Nicholas Mele
,
Eli Danker
Lean On Me (
1989) | IMDb:
7.4
When principal Joe Clark takes over decaying Eastside High School, he's faced with students wearing gang colors and graffiti-covered walls. Determined to do anything he must to turn the school around, he expels suspected drug dealers, padlocks doors and demands effort and results from students, staff and parents. Autocratic to a fault, this real-life educator put it all on the line.
Starring:
Morgan Freeman
,
Beverly Todd
,
Robert Guillaume
,
Ethan Phillips
,
Lynne Thigpen
,
Michael Beach
Directed by:
John G. Avildsen
Streets of Fire (
1984) | IMDb:
6.7
Raven Shaddock and his gang of merciless biker friends kidnap rock singer Ellen Aim. Ellen's former lover, soldier-for-hire Tom Cody, happens to be passing through town on a visit. In an attempt to save his star act, Ellen's manager hires Tom to rescue her. Along with a former soldier, they battle through dangerous cityscapes, determined to get Ellen back.
Directed by:
Walter Hill
Tootsie (
1982) | IMDb:
7.4
When struggling, out of work actor Michael Dorsey secretly adopts a female alter ego – Dorothy Michaels – in order to land a part in a daytime drama, he unwittingly becomes a feminist icon and ends up in a romantic pickle.
Starring:
Dustin Hoffman
,
Jessica Lange
,
Teri Garr
,
Dabney Coleman
,
Charles Durning
,
Bill Murray
The Warriors (
1979) | IMDb:
7.5
Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and take over the city. At the meeting, a rival leader kills Cyrus, but a Coney Island gang called the Warriors is wrongly blamed for Cyrus' death. Before you know it, the cops and every gangbanger in town is hot on the Warriors' trail.
Starring:
Michael Beck
,
James Remar
,
David Patrick Kelly
,
Dorsey Wright
,
David Harris
,
Deborah Van Valkenburgh