Asteroid (
1997) | IMDb:
4.7
With the discovery of an incoming asteroid, the government of America formulate a plan to destroy it. When the plan fails, all the world can do is wait. The main impact zone is revealed to be Dallas, Texas. Generally, the plot follows the lives and reactions of several characters: an astronomer, her father, her son, two firefighters from Kansas, two young doctors in Dallas and the heads of the government agency in charge of the situation.
Starring:
Michael Biehn
,
Annabella Sciorra
,
Zachary Charles
,
Don Franklin
,
Carlos Gómez
,
Michael Weatherly
Last Action Hero (
1993) | IMDb:
6.5
After his father's death, a young boy finds solace in action movies featuring an indestructible cop. Given a magic ticket by a theater manager, he is transported into the film and teams up with the cop to stop a villain who escapes into the real world.
Starring:
Arnold Schwarzenegger
,
Austin O'Brien
,
Bridgette Wilson-Sampras
,
F. Murray Abraham
,
Art Carney
,
Charles Dance
The Wizard (
1989) | IMDb:
6.1
A boy and his brother run away from home and hitch cross-country, with help from a girl they meet, to compete in the ultimate video-game championship.
Starring:
Fred Savage
,
Luke Edwards
,
Jenny Lewis
,
Beau Bridges
,
Christian Slater
,
Vince Trankina
Lock Up (
1989) | IMDb:
6.4
Frank Leone is nearing the end of his prison term for a relatively minor crime. Just before he is paroled, however, Warden Drumgoole takes charge. Drumgoole was assigned to a hell-hole prison after his administration was publicly humiliated by Leone, and has now arrived on the scene to ensure that Leone never sees the light of day.
Starring:
Sylvester Stallone
,
Donald Sutherland
,
John Amos
,
Sonny Landham
,
Tom Sizemore
,
Frank McRae
Licence to Kill (
1989) | IMDb:
6.6
After capturing the notorious drug lord Franz Sanchez, Bond's close friend and former CIA agent Felix Leiter is left for dead and his wife is murdered. Bond goes rogue and seeks vengeance on those responsible, as he infiltrates Sanchez's organization from the inside.
Farewell to the King (
1989) | IMDb:
6.2
An American soldier who escapes the execution of his comrades by Japanese soldiers in Borneo during WWII becomes the leader of a personal empire among the headhunters in this war story told in the style of Joseph Conrad and Rudyard Kipling. The American is reluctant to rejoin the fight against the Japanese on the urging of a British commando team but conducts a war of vengeance when the Japanese attack his adopted people.
*batteries not included (
1987) | IMDb:
6.6
In a soon to be demolished block of apartments, the residents resist the criminal methods used to force them to leave so a greedy tycoon can build his new skyscraper. When tiny mechanical aliens land for a recharge, they decide to stay and help out.
Starring:
Hume Cronyn
,
Jessica Tandy
,
Frank McRae
,
Elizabeth Peña
,
Michael Carmine
,
Dennis Boutsikaris
Directed by:
Matthew Robbins
Red Dawn (
1984) | IMDb:
6.3
It is the dawn of World War III. In mid-western America, a group of teenagers band together to defend their town—and their country—from invading Soviet forces.
Starring:
Patrick Swayze
,
Charlie Sheen
,
C. Thomas Howell
,
Lea Thompson
,
Darren Dalton
,
Jennifer Grey
National Lampoon's Vacation (
1983) | IMDb:
7.3
Clark Griswold is on a quest to take his family to the Walley World theme park for a vacation, but things don't go exactly as planned.
Starring:
Chevy Chase
,
Beverly D'Angelo
,
Anthony Michael Hall
,
Imogene Coca
,
Randy Quaid
,
Dana Barron
48 Hrs. (
1982) | IMDb:
6.9
A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.
Starring:
Nick Nolte
,
Eddie Murphy
,
Annette O'Toole
,
Frank McRae
,
James Remar
,
David Patrick Kelly
Directed by:
Walter Hill
Cannery Row (
1982) | IMDb:
6.6
Doc, who has just moved to Cannery Row, realizes that the only entertainment is the brothel. There he meets the spunky Suzy and they fall in love, giving them both a renewed chance at life.
Used Cars (
1980) | IMDb:
6.7
When the owner of a struggling used car lot is killed, it's up to the lot's hot-shot salesman to save the property from falling into the hands of the owner's ruthless brother and used-car rival.
1941 (
1979) | IMDb:
5.8
In the days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, panic grips California, where a military officer leads a mob chasing a Japanese sub.
Starring:
Dan Aykroyd
,
Ned Beatty
,
John Belushi
,
Lorraine Gary
,
Murray Hamilton
,
Christopher Lee
Rocky II (
1979) | IMDb:
7.3
After Rocky goes the distance with champ Apollo Creed, both try to put the fight behind them and move on. Rocky settles down with Adrian but can't put his life together outside the ring, while Creed seeks a rematch to restore his reputation. Soon enough, the "Master of Disaster" and the "Italian Stallion" are set on a collision course for a climactic battle that is brutal and unforgettable.
Starring:
Sylvester Stallone
,
Talia Shire
,
Burt Young
,
Carl Weathers
,
Burgess Meredith
,
Tony Burton
Norma Rae (
1979) | IMDb:
7.3
Norma Rae is a southern textile worker employed in a factory with intolerable working conditions. This concern about the situation gives her the gumption to be the key associate to a visiting labor union organizer. Together, they undertake the difficult, and possibly dangerous, struggle to unionize her factory.
Paradise Alley (
1978) | IMDb:
5.7
Three Italian-American brothers, living in the slums of 1940's New York City, try to help each other with one's wrestling career using one brother's promotional skills and another brother's con-artist tactics to thwart a sleazy manager.
Starring:
Sylvester Stallone
,
Lee Canalito
,
Armand Assante
,
Frank McRae
,
Anne Archer
,
Kevin Conway
Directed by:
Sylvester Stallone