Moneyball (
2011) | IMDb:
0
The story of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball team on a budget, by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.
Starring:
Brad Pitt
,
Jonah Hill
,
Philip Seymour Hoffman
,
Robin Wright
,
Chris Pratt
,
Stephen Bishop
Gas (
2004) | IMDb:
4.6
Upon returning to Los Angeles to attend his father's funeral, Damon (Alexander) soon learns that in order to claim his share of the family inheritance he must work alongside his brother, Mookie (Kain) — a former drug-dealer who had previously cost Damon a college scholarship — in keeping the family's long-running gas station in business for at least one year. As the siblings repeatedly butt heads over matters both great and small, they soon come to realize that it takes more than money to hold a family together.
Life (
1999) | IMDb:
6.8
Two men in 1930s Mississippi become friends after being sentenced to life in prison together for a crime they did not commit.
Starring:
Eddie Murphy
,
Martin Lawrence
,
Obba Babatundé
,
Nick Cassavetes
,
Bernie Mac
,
Michael Taliferro
Directed by:
Ted Demme
Live Wire (
1992) | IMDb:
5.6
Danny O'Neill is a bomb disposal expert assigned to a case where terrorists have developed an "invisible" liquid explosive which is activated within the human body.
Another 48 Hrs. (
1990) | IMDb:
5.9
For the past four years, San Francisco cop Jack Cates has been after an unidentified drug kingpin who calls himself the Ice Man. Jack finds a picture that proves that the Ice Man has put a price on the head of Reggie Hammond, who is scheduled to be released from prison on the next day.
Starring:
Eddie Murphy
,
Nick Nolte
,
Brion James
,
Kevin Tighe
,
Ed O'Ross
,
David Anthony Marshall
Red Heat (
1988) | IMDb:
6.1
A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord who killed his partner and fled the country.
Starring:
Arnold Schwarzenegger
,
Jim Belushi
,
Peter Boyle
,
Ed O'Ross
,
Laurence Fishburne
,
Gina Gershon
The Serpent and the Rainbow (
1988) | IMDb:
6.4
A Harvard anthropologist is sent to Haiti to retrieve a strange powder that is said to have the power to bring human beings back from the dead. In his quest to find the miracle drug, the cynical scientist enters the rarely seen netherworld of walking zombies, blood rites and ancient curses. Based on the true life experiences of Wade Davis and filmed on location in Haiti, it's a frightening excursion into black magic and the supernatural.
Starring:
Bill Pullman
,
Cathy Tyson
,
Zakes Mokae
,
Paul Winfield
,
Brent Jennings
,
Conrad Roberts
Witness (
1985) | IMDb:
7.4
While protecting an Amish boy - who is the sole witness to a brutal murder - and his mother, a detective is forced to seek refuge within their community when his own life is threatened.
Starring:
Harrison Ford
,
Kelly McGillis
,
Josef Sommer
,
Lukas Haas
,
Jan Rubeš
,
Alexander Godunov
Fear City (
1984) | IMDb:
5.7
Strippers in Manhattan are being stalked and murdered by a psycho. A hard-nosed police detective and a conflicted ex-boxer-turned-private-eye, hired by the strip club owners, set out to find him before he strikes again.
Starring:
Tom Berenger
,
Billy Dee Williams
,
Jack Scalia
,
Melanie Griffith
,
Rossano Brazzi
,
Rae Dawn Chong
Brubaker (
1980) | IMDb:
7.1
The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.
Starring:
Robert Redford
,
Yaphet Kotto
,
Jane Alexander
,
Murray Hamilton
,
David Keith
,
Morgan Freeman