The Manchurian Candidate (
2004) | IMDb:
6.6
Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw, now a vice-presidential candidate, is the hero he remembers him being. As Marco's doubts deepen, Shaw's political power grows, and, when Marco finds a mysterious implant embedded in his back, the memory of what really happened begins to return.
Starring:
Denzel Washington
,
Meryl Streep
,
Liev Schreiber
,
Jon Voight
,
Kimberly Elise
,
Jeffrey Wright
Stepmom (
1998) | IMDb:
6.8
Jackie is a divorced mother of two. Isabel is the career minded girlfriend of Jackie’s ex-husband Luke, forced into the role of unwelcome stepmother to their children. But when Jackie discovers she is ill, both women realise they must put aside their differences to find a common ground and celebrate life to the fullest, while they have the chance.
Eye for an Eye (
1996) | IMDb:
6.2
It's fire and brimstone time as grieving mother Karen McCann takes justice into her own hands when a kangaroo court in Los Angeles fails to convict Robert Doob, the monster who raped and murdered her 17-year-old daughter.
Starring:
Sally Field
,
Kiefer Sutherland
,
Ed Harris
,
Beverly D'Angelo
,
Charlayne Woodard
,
Joe Mantegna
Stuart Saves His Family (
1995) | IMDb:
5.3
A self-help advocate struggles to put his dysfunctional family in its place.
Starring:
Al Franken
,
Laura San Giacomo
,
Vincent D'Onofrio
,
Shirley Knight
,
Harris Yulin
,
Lesley Boone
Hero (
1992) | IMDb:
6.5
Bernie Laplante is having a rough time. He's divorced, his ex-wife hates him and has custody of their son, the cops are setting a trap for him, then to top it all, he loses a shoe whilst rescuing passengers of a crashed jet. Being a thief who is down on his luck, Bernie takes advantage of the crash, but then someone else claims credit for the rescue.
Starring:
Dustin Hoffman
,
Geena Davis
,
Andy García
,
Joan Cusack
,
Kevin J. O'Connor
,
Chevy Chase
Men at Work (
1990) | IMDb:
5.9
Two garbage men find the body of a city councilman in a trash can on their route. With help from a supervisor, the duo must solve the case and find the man's killer while hiding the body from the cops.
Mike's Murder (
1984) | IMDb:
5.8
Betty has a crush on her tennis instructor Mike. He promises to call her for a date, but never does – she doesn’t know he sells drugs on the side. After botching a deal on someone else’s turf, Mike has to disappear for a while. He contacts Betty – then he’s killed before they can meet. Betty tries to find out what happened, leading her straight into a hornet's nest of vice.
Starring:
Debra Winger
,
Mark Keyloun
,
Darrell Larson
,
Brooke Alderson
,
Paul Winfield
,
Robert Crosson
Brainstorm (
1983) | IMDb:
6.4
Two brilliant research scientists have invented a device capable of recording and playing back sensory experiences only to have devastating results when one of them records their own death.
Starring:
Christopher Walken
,
Natalie Wood
,
Louise Fletcher
,
Cliff Robertson
,
Jordan Christopher
,
Donald Hotton
Frances (
1982) | IMDb:
7.2
The true story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood and the tragic turn her life took when she was blacklisted.
Starring:
Jessica Lange
,
Sam Shepard
,
Kim Stanley
,
Bart Burns
,
Christopher Pennock
,
James Karen
Partners (
1982) | IMDb:
5.3
Benson is a police detective. After a series of murders in the Gay community he is ordered to go undercover with a gay police clerk named Kerwin as his partner. In order to be noticed they have to be flamboyant enough to attract attention which Benson finds rather disturbing. Can an uptight heterosexual and a mousey homosexual form a meaningful relationship?
Directed by:
James Burrows
When Time Ran Out... (
1980) | IMDb:
4.5
An active volcano threatens a south Pacific island resort and its guests as a power struggle ensues between the property's developer and a drilling foreman.
Starring:
Paul Newman
,
Jacqueline Bisset
,
William Holden
,
James Franciscus
,
Ernest Borgnine
,
Edward Albert
Directed by:
James Goldstone
The China Syndrome (
1979) | IMDb:
7.4
While doing a series of reports on alternative energy sources, opportunistic reporter Kimberly Wells witnesses an accident at a nuclear power plant. Wells is determined to publicize the incident, but soon finds herself entangled in a sinister conspiracy to keep the full impact of the incident a secret.
Futureworld (
1976) | IMDb:
5.7
Two years after the Westworld tragedy in the Delos amusement park, the corporate owners have reopened the park following over $1 billion in safety and other improvements. For publicity purposes, reporters Chuck Browning and Tracy Ballard are invited to review the park. Just prior to arriving at the park, however, Browning is given a clue by a dying man that something is amiss.
The Magnificent Seven Ride! (
1972) | IMDb:
5.6
Marshal Chris Adams turns down a friend's request to help stop the depredations of a gang of Mexican bandits. When his wife is killed by bank robbers and his friend is killed capturing the last thief, Chris feels obligated to take up his friend's cause and recruits a writer and five prisoners to destroy the desperadoes.The last in the original series of four "Magnificent Seven" movies.
Starring:
Lee Van Cleef
,
Stefanie Powers
,
Michael Callan
,
Mariette Hartley
,
Luke Askew
,
Pedro Armendáriz Jr.