Pain & Gain (
2013) | IMDb:
6.4
Daniel Lugo, manager of the Sun Gym in 1990s Miami, decides that there is only one way to achieve his version of the American dream: extortion. To achieve his goal, he recruits musclemen Paul and Adrian as accomplices. After several failed attempts, they abduct rich businessman Victor Kershaw and convince him to sign over all his assets to them. But when Kershaw makes it out alive, authorities are reluctant to believe his story.
Nobel Son (
2007) | IMDb:
6.2
Soon after his insufferably arrogant father wins the Nobel Prize for chemistry, Barkley Michaelson is kidnapped by Thaddeus James, a young genius who claims to be Barkley's illegitimate half-brother. Motivated not so much by money as revenge, Thaddeus tries to convince Barkley to help him carry out a multimillion-dollar extortion plot against their patriarch.
Starring:
Alan Rickman
,
Bryan Greenberg
,
Shawn Hatosy
,
Eliza Dushku
,
Bill Pullman
,
Mary Steenburgen
Directed by:
Randall Miller
Money Talks (
1997) | IMDb:
6.2
Sought by police and criminals, a small-time huckster makes a deal with a TV newsman for protection.
Starring:
Chris Tucker
,
Charlie Sheen
,
Heather Locklear
,
Elise Neal
,
Paul Sorvino
,
David Lee McLain
Vegas Vacation (
1997) | IMDb:
5.9
The Griswold family hits the road again for a typically ill-fated vacation, this time to the glitzy mecca of slots and showgirls—Las Vegas.
Starring:
Chevy Chase
,
Beverly D'Angelo
,
Randy Quaid
,
Ethan Embry
,
Marisol Nichols
,
Miriam Flynn
Billy Madison (
1995) | IMDb:
6.3
Billy Madison is the 27 year-old son of Bryan Madison, a very rich man who has made his living in the hotel industry. Billy stands to inherit his father's empire, but only if he can make it through all 12 grades, 2 weeks per grade, to prove that he has what it takes to run the family business.
Starring:
Adam Sandler
,
Bradley Whitford
,
Josh Mostel
,
Bridgette Wilson-Sampras
,
Darren McGavin
,
Norm Macdonald
It's Pat (
1994) | IMDb:
2.7
Pat Riley, an obnoxious busybody of indeterminable sex, meets and falls in love with Chris, a sensitive, caring person also of indeterminable sex. Their relationship suffers because Pat's a lout, and cannot decide on a direction for their life. Meanwhile, Pat's neighbor Kyle falls further and further into obsession with Pat, fascinated by their indeterminate sexuality.
Starring:
Julia Sweeney
,
Dave Foley
,
Charles Rocket
,
Kathy Griffin
,
Julie Hayden
,
Timothy Stack
Directed by:
Adam Bernstein
The Shadow (
1994) | IMDb:
6
Based on the 1930s comic strip, The Shadow is put up against his archenemy Shiwan Khan, who plans to take over the world by holding a city to ransom using an atom bomb. Using his powers of invisibility and "the power to cloud men's minds", The Shadow comes blazing to the rescue with explosive results.
Out on a Limb (
1992) | IMDb:
5.3
While heading to the town where his sister, Marci, lives, big-city banker Bill Campbell is robbed by a woman who takes everything he has, including his clothes and a business document worth millions of dollars. Bill eventually reunites with Marci, who is in a tizzy because she thinks their stepfather has been killed. While trying to determine if his sister is right, Bill must also get back his valuable paperwork.
Starring:
Matthew Broderick
,
Jeffrey Jones
,
Heidi Kling
,
John C. Reilly
,
Marian Mercer
,
Larry Hankin
Home Alone (
1990) | IMDb:
7.7
Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. When thieves try to break into his home, he puts up a fight like no other.
Starring:
Macaulay Culkin
,
Joe Pesci
,
Daniel Stern
,
Catherine O'Hara
,
John Heard
,
Roberts Blossom
Death Warrant (
1990) | IMDb:
5.7
Canadian policeman Louis Burke is assigned in a jail to investigate the murders of prisoners and jailors. While there, Louis, using his outstanding martial arts skills, is able to save his life and make himself respected in this violent world.
Starring:
Jean-Claude Van Damme
,
Robert Guillaume
,
Cynthia Gibb
,
Patrick Kilpatrick
,
Art LaFleur
,
George Dickerson
Pretty Woman (
1990) | IMDb:
7.1
While on a business trip in Los Angeles, Edward Lewis, a millionaire entrepreneur who makes a living buying and breaking up companies, picks up a prostitute, Vivian, while asking for directions; after, Edward hires Vivian to stay with him for the weekend to accompany him to a few social events, and the two get closer only to discover there are significant hurdles to overcome as they try to bridge the gap between their very different worlds.
Starring:
Richard Gere
,
Julia Roberts
,
Ralph Bellamy
,
Jason Alexander
,
Laura San Giacomo
,
Alex Hyde-White
She's Having a Baby (
1988) | IMDb:
5.9
Jake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full reality of marriage and all that it (and their parents) expect from them. Do they want babies? Their parents certainly want them to. Is married life all that there is? Things certainly aren't helped by Jake's friend Davis, who always seems to turn up just in time to put a spanner in the works.
Starring:
Kevin Bacon
,
Elizabeth McGovern
,
Alec Baldwin
,
William Windom
,
Holland Taylor
,
Cathryn Damon
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (
1987) | IMDb:
7.6
An irritable marketing executive, Neal Page, is heading home to Chicago for Thanksgiving when a number of delays force him to travel with a well meaning but overbearing shower curtain ring salesman, Del Griffith.
Armed and Dangerous (
1986) | IMDb:
5.7
After policeman Frank Dooley is framed for theft and loses his job on the force, he joins a security guard agency and teams up with inept former defense lawyer Norman Kane. When the two botch a job guarding a local warehouse, they begin to uncover corruption within the company and their union.
Directed by:
Mark L. Lester
The Sure Thing (
1985) | IMDb:
7
Gib, a beer-guzzling slob, and Alison, an uptight Ivy-Leaguer, are an unlikely duo stuck together on a cross-country trip during Christmas break. At first they get on each other's nerves but, as time passes, they find their divergent natures complement each other. Now they need to realize what they've already found before it's too late.
Starring:
John Cusack
,
Daphne Zuniga
,
Anthony Edwards
,
Boyd Gaines
,
Tim Robbins
,
Lisa Jane Persky
Directed by:
Rob Reiner
Young Lust - A Soap Opera (
1984) | IMDb:
6.4
The reunion of Garytown High School’s class of ‘71 is a catalyst for a series of comic crises involving sex, drugs, murder and anatomical oddities.
Starring:
Fran Drescher
,
Mews Small
,
Dana Carvey
,
Dorothy Constantine
,
Edith Fields
,
Lucy Lee Flippin
Directed by:
Gary Weis