The Purge: Election Year (
2016) | IMDb:
6
Two years after choosing not to kill the man who killed his son, former police sergeant Leo Barnes has become head of security for Senator Charlene Roan, the front runner in the next Presidential election due to her vow to eliminate the Purge. On the night of what should be the final Purge, a betrayal from within the government forces Barnes and Roan out onto the street where they must fight to survive the night.
Starring:
Elizabeth Mitchell
,
Frank Grillo
,
Mykelti Williamson
,
Betty Gabriel
,
J. J. Soria
,
Raymond J. Barry
Irrational Man (
2015) | IMDb:
6.6
On a small town college campus, a philosophy professor in existential crisis gives his life new purpose when he enters into a relationship with his student.
Starring:
Joaquin Phoenix
,
Emma Stone
,
Jamie Blackley
,
Parker Posey
,
Joe Stapleton
,
Nancy Carroll
Inside Llewyn Davis (
2013) | IMDb:
7.4
In Greenwich Village in the early 1960s, gifted but volatile folk musician Llewyn Davis struggles with money, relationships, and his uncertain future.
Starring:
Oscar Isaac
,
Carey Mulligan
,
John Goodman
,
Garrett Hedlund
,
Justin Timberlake
,
Adam Driver
Have Dreams, Will Travel (
2007) | IMDb:
7.2
West Texas, in the 1960's. A tale of two 12-year-olds who embark on an adventure to find new parents in order to escape their unhappy and emotionally unsatisfying family life.
Starring:
Cayden Boyd
,
AnnaSophia Robb
,
Val Kilmer
,
Heather Graham
,
Lara Flynn Boyle
,
Matthew Modine
Directed by:
Brad Isaacs
The Island (
2005) | IMDb:
6.8
In 2019, Lincoln Six-Echo is a resident of a seemingly "Utopian" but contained facility. Like all of the inhabitants of this carefully-controlled environment, Lincoln hopes to be chosen to go to The Island — reportedly the last uncontaminated location on the planet. But Lincoln soon discovers that everything about his existence is a lie.
Starring:
Ewan McGregor
,
Scarlett Johansson
,
Djimon Hounsou
,
Sean Bean
,
Steve Buscemi
,
Michael Clarke Duncan
Bad Santa (
2003) | IMDb:
7.1
You'd better watch out - Santa Claus Willie T. Soke is coming to town and he doesn't care if you've been naughty or nice. Wille's favorite holiday tradition is to fill his sacks with loot lifted from shopping malls across the country. But this year his plot gets derailed by a wisecracking store detective, a sexy bartender, and a kid who's convinced Willie is the real Santa Claus.
Rugrats Go Wild (
2003) | IMDb:
5.6
When the Rugrats find themselves stranded on a deserted island, they meet the Thornberrys, a family who agrees to help them escape.
For Richer or Poorer (
1997) | IMDb:
5.8
Brad Sexton and his wife, Caroline, are wealthy New Yorkers with both marital and financial problems. The latter issue becomes a pressing matter when they discover that their accountant has embezzled millions and pinned the blame on them. Forced to go on the lam, Brad and Caroline end up in an Amish area of Pennsylvania and decide to pose as members of the religious group to evade the IRS. As the two adapt to the simple Amish lifestyle, they begin to reconnect.
Star Trek: First Contact (
1996) | IMDb:
7.6
The Borg, a relentless race of cyborgs, are on a direct course for Earth. Violating orders to stay away from the battle, Captain Picard and the crew of the newly-commissioned USS Enterprise E pursue the Borg back in time to prevent the invaders from changing Federation history and assimilating the galaxy.
Starring:
Patrick Stewart
,
Jonathan Frakes
,
Brent Spiner
,
LeVar Burton
,
Michael Dorn
,
Gates McFadden
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.
The Man Without a Face (
1993) | IMDb:
6.7
Justin McLeod is a former teacher who lives as a recluse on the edge of town after his face is disfigured from an automobile accident ten years earlier, in which a boy was incinerated--and for which he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter. Also suspected of being a paedophile, he is befriended by Chuck, causing the town's suspicions and hostility to be ignited.
Starring:
Mel Gibson
,
Nick Stahl
,
Margaret Whitton
,
Fay Masterson
,
Gaby Hoffmann
,
Geoffrey Lewis
Directed by:
Mel Gibson
Green Card (
1990) | IMDb:
6.3
Urban horticulturalist Brontë Mitchell has her eye on a gorgeous apartment, but the building's board will rent it only to a married couple. Georges Fauré, a waiter from France whose visa is expiring, needs to marry an American woman to stay in the country. Their marriage of convenience turns into a burden when they must live together to allay the suspicions of the immigration service, as the polar opposites grate on each other's nerves.
Starring:
Gérard Depardieu
,
Andie MacDowell
,
Bebe Neuwirth
,
Gregg Edelman
,
Robert Prosky
,
Jessie Keosian
Glory (
1989) | IMDb:
7.8
Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.
Starring:
Matthew Broderick
,
Denzel Washington
,
Cary Elwes
,
Morgan Freeman
,
Jihmi Kennedy
,
Andre Braugher
Bloodhounds of Broadway (
1989) | IMDb:
5.3
This musical is based on four short stories by Damon Runyon. In one tale, gambler Feet Samuels sells his body to science just as he realizes that Hortense loves him and that he would rather live than die. In another story, Harriet's parrot is killed, and she has problems dealing with her loss. Then, there is a gambler, "Regret", who has bloodhounds on his trail when he becomes a murder suspect. Finally, "The Brain" is bleeding profusely, and his friends search for a way to save his life through a blood transfusion.
Directed by:
Howard Brookner
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