Coach Carter (
2005) | IMDb:
7.3
Based on a true story, in which Richmond High School head basketball coach Ken Carter made headlines in 1999 for benching his undefeated team due to poor academic results.
Starring:
Samuel L. Jackson
,
Rob Brown
,
Robert Ri'chard
,
Rick Gonzalez
,
Nana Gbewonyo
,
Antwon Tanner
Directed by:
Thomas Carter
Without a Paddle (
2004) | IMDb:
5.8
Three friends, whose lives have been drifting apart, reunite for the funeral of a fourth childhood friend. When looking through their childhood belongings, they discover a trunk which contained details on a quest their friend was attempting. It revealed that he was hot on the trail of the $200,000 that went missing with airplane hijacker D.B. Cooper in 1971. They decide to continue his journey, but do not understand the dangers they will soon encounter.
Starring:
Seth Green
,
Matthew Lillard
,
Dax Shepard
,
Ethan Suplee
,
Abraham Benrubi
,
Antony Starr
44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out (
2003) | IMDb:
6.3
After a failed bank robbery, two heavily armed men hold the Los Angeles Police Department at bay for 44 minutes.
Starring:
Michael Madsen
,
Ron Livingston
,
Ray Baker
,
Douglas Spain
,
Andrew Bryniarski
,
Oleg Taktarov
Directed by:
Yves Simoneau
Produced by:
Holes (
2003) | IMDb:
7
A wrongfully convicted boy is sent to a brutal desert detention camp where he must dig holes in order to build character. What he doesn't know is that he is digging holes in order to search for a lost treasure hidden somewhere in the camp.
Starring:
Shia LaBeouf
,
Khleo Thomas
,
Sigourney Weaver
,
Jon Voight
,
Patricia Arquette
,
Dulé Hill
Directed by:
Andrew Davis
Sweet November (
2001) | IMDb:
6.7
Nelson is a man devoted to his advertising career in San Francisco. One day, while taking a driving test at the DMV, he meets Sara. She is very different from the other women in his life. Nelson causes her to miss out on taking the test and later that day she tracks him down. One thing leads to another and Nelson ends up living with her through a November that will change his life forever.
Starring:
Keanu Reeves
,
Charlize Theron
,
Jason Isaacs
,
Greg Germann
,
Lauren Graham
,
Michael Rosenbaum
What Lies Beneath (
2000) | IMDb:
6.6
When Claire Spencer starts hearing ghostly voices and seeing spooky images, she wonders if an otherworldly spirit is trying to contact her. All the while, her husband tries to reassure her by telling her it's all in her head. But as Claire investigates, she discovers that the man she loves might know more than he's letting on.
Starring:
Harrison Ford
,
Michelle Pfeiffer
,
Diana Scarwid
,
James Remar
,
Miranda Otto
,
Ray Baker
Girl, Interrupted (
1999) | IMDb:
7.3
Set in the changing world of the late 1960s, Susanna Kaysen's prescribed "short rest" from a psychiatrist she had met only once becomes a strange, unknown journey into Alice's Wonderland, where she struggles with the thin line between normal and crazy. Susanna soon realizes how hard it is to get out once she has been committed, and she ultimately has to choose between the world of people who belong inside or the difficult world of reality outside.
Starring:
Winona Ryder
,
Angelina Jolie
,
Brittany Murphy
,
Clea DuVall
,
Elisabeth Moss
,
Whoopi Goldberg
Anywhere but Here (
1999) | IMDb:
6.2
Single mother Adele August is bad with money, and even worse when it comes to making decisions. Her straight-laced daughter, Ann, is a successful high school student with Ivy League aspirations. When Adele decides to pack up and move the two of them from the Midwest to Beverly Hills, Calif., to pursue her dreams of Hollywood success, Ann grows frustrated with her mother's irresponsible and impulsive ways.
Hard Rain (
1998) | IMDb:
5.9
An armored car driver tries to elude a gang of thieves while a flood ravages the countryside.
A Thousand Acres (
1997) | IMDb:
6.1
The lives of an Iowa farmer's three daughters are shattered when he suddenly decides to bequeath them the family's fertile farm.
Starring:
Michelle Pfeiffer
,
Jessica Lange
,
Jason Robards
,
Jennifer Jason Leigh
,
Colin Firth
,
Keith Carradine
Directed by:
Jocelyn Moorhouse
Executive Decision (
1996) | IMDb:
6.5
Terrorists hijack a 747 inbound to Washington D.C., demanding the release of their imprisoned leader. Intelligence expert David Grant (Kurt Russell) suspects another reason and he is soon the reluctant member of a special assault team that is assigned to intercept the plane and hijackers.
Ed Wood (
1994) | IMDb:
7.8
The mostly true story of the legendary "worst director of all time", who, with the help of his strange friends, filmed countless B-movies without ever becoming famous or successful.
Starring:
Johnny Depp
,
Martin Landau
,
Sarah Jessica Parker
,
Patricia Arquette
,
Jeffrey Jones
,
Bill Murray
Freaked (
1993) | IMDb:
6.3
A vain actor, his best friend, and an activist end up at a mutant freak farm run by a weirdo scientist.
Total Recall (
1990) | IMDb:
7.5
Construction worker Douglas Quaid's obsession with the planet Mars leads him to visit Recall, a company that manufactures memories. When his memory implant goes wrong, Doug can no longer be sure what is and isn't reality.
Starring:
Arnold Schwarzenegger
,
Rachel Ticotin
,
Sharon Stone
,
Ronny Cox
,
Michael Ironside
,
Marshall Bell
Heart Condition (
1990) | IMDb:
5.5
Racist police officer Jack Moony has a vendetta against Napoleon Stone, a charismatic black lawyer who is sleeping with Jack's old flame Crystal Gerrity. Jack has a heart attack, but his life is saved when he receives Stone's heart, since Stone died mysteriously the same night as Jack was stricken. Stone is not completely gone, however, and as a ghost he is all too happy to give Jack advice on how he should do his job and live his life.
Starring:
Bob Hoskins
,
Denzel Washington
,
Chloe Webb
,
Roger E. Mosley
,
Ja'net DuBois
,
Alan Rachins
Directed by:
James D. Parriott
Physical Evidence (
1989) | IMDb:
5.1
A police officer suspended and now accused of murder is forced to join forces with his court-appointed attorney to assemble the pieces of a deadly puzzle to find the missing link before time runs out.
Directed by:
Michael Crichton