The Mod Squad (
1999) | IMDb:
4.3
Three youthful delinquents escape conviction for their crimes by teaming with the LAPD.
Mighty Joe Young (
1998) | IMDb:
5.7
As a child living in Africa, Jill Young saw her mother killed while protecting wild gorillas from poachers led by Andrei Strasser. Now an adult, Jill cares for an orphaned gorilla named Joe -- who, due to a genetic anomaly, is 15 feet tall. When Gregg O'Hara arrives from California and sees the animal, he convinces Jill that Joe would be safest at his wildlife refuge. But Strasser follows them to the U.S., intent on capturing Joe for himself.
Starring:
Bill Paxton
,
Charlize Theron
,
Rade Šerbedžija
,
Regina King
,
Peter Firth
,
Naveen Andrews
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (
1998) | IMDb:
7.5
Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs to cover a motorcycle race. As their consumption of drugs increases at an alarming rate, the stoned duo trash their hotel room and fear legal repercussions. Duke begins to drive back to L.A., but after an odd run-in with a cop, he returns to Sin City and continues his wild drug binge.
Starring:
Johnny Depp
,
Benicio del Toro
,
Tobey Maguire
,
Christina Ricci
,
Ellen Barkin
,
Gary Busey
Major League: Back to the Minors (
1998) | IMDb:
4.7
At the behest of Roger Dorn -- the Minnesota Twins' silver-tongued new owner -- washed-up minor league hurler Gus Cantrell steps up to the plate to take over as skipper of the club's hapless farm team. But little does he know that Dorn has an ulterior motive to generate publicity with a grudge match between the big leaguers and their ragtag Triple A affiliate.
Starring:
Scott Bakula
,
Corbin Bernsen
,
Dennis Haysbert
,
Takaaki Ishibashi
,
Jensen Daggett
,
Eric Bruskotter
Fargo (
1996) | IMDb:
8.1
Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to be a snap and nobody's going to get hurt... until people start dying. Enter Police Chief Marge, a coffee-drinking, parka-wearing - and extremely pregnant - investigator who'll stop at nothing to get her man. And if you think her small-time investigative skills will give the crooks a run for their ransom... you betcha!
Starring:
Frances McDormand
,
William H. Macy
,
Peter Stormare
,
Steve Buscemi
,
John Carroll Lynch
,
Harve Presnell
The Santa Clause (
1994) | IMDb:
6.5
On Christmas Eve, divorced dad Scott Calvin and his son discover Santa Claus has fallen off their roof. When Scott takes the reins of the magical sleigh, he finds he is now the new Santa, and must convince a world of disbelievers, including himself.
Starring:
Tim Allen
,
Judge Reinhold
,
Wendy Crewson
,
Eric Lloyd
,
David Krumholtz
,
Larry Brandenburg
The Shawshank Redemption (
1994) | IMDb:
9.3
Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.
Mo' Money (
1992) | IMDb:
5.5
Trying to get his act together, a con artist gets a job in a credit card company. He falls in love with a fellow employee, he steals a couple of cards, everything is going great. But soon, the chief of security drags him into the big leagues of criminals...
Directed by:
Peter MacDonald
Field of Dreams (
1989) | IMDb:
7.5
Ray Kinsella is an Iowa farmer who hears a mysterious voice telling him to turn his cornfield into a baseball diamond. He does, but the voice's directions don't stop -- even after the spirits of deceased ballplayers turn up to play.
Starring:
Kevin Costner
,
Amy Madigan
,
Gaby Hoffmann
,
James Earl Jones
,
Ray Liotta
,
Timothy Busfield
The Untouchables (
1987) | IMDb:
7.8
Elliot Ness, an ambitious prohibition agent, is determined to take down Al Capone. In order to achieve this goal, he forms a group given the nickname “The Untouchables”.
Starring:
Kevin Costner
,
Sean Connery
,
Charles Martin Smith
,
Andy García
,
Robert De Niro
,
Richard Bradford