Cop Land (
1997) | IMDb:
7
Freddy Heflin is the sheriff of a place everyone calls “Cop Land” — a small and seemingly peaceful town populated by the big city police officers he’s long admired. Yet something ugly is taking place behind the town’s peaceful facade. And when Freddy uncovers a massive, deadly conspiracy among these local residents, he is forced to take action and make a dangerous choice between protecting his idols and upholding the law.
Starring:
Sylvester Stallone
,
Harvey Keitel
,
Ray Liotta
,
Robert De Niro
,
Peter Berg
,
Janeane Garofalo
Curdled (
1996) | IMDb:
5.9
Gabriela, a Colombian immigrant, is obsessed with understanding violent crime. The current string of murders by "The Blue Blood Killer" of affluent Miami socialites provides her with fodder for her scrapbook of death. She lands a job with a post-murder cleaning service and during a Blue-Blood clean-up job, discovers evidence that police have overlooked.
Directed by:
Reb Braddock
Blue in the Face (
1995) | IMDb:
6.6
Auggie runs a small tobacco shop in Brooklyn, New York. The whole neighborhood comes to visit him to buy cigarettes and have some small talk. During the movie Lou Reed tries to explain why he has to have a cut on his health insurance bill if he keeps smoking and Madonna acts as a Singing Telegram.
Starring:
Harvey Keitel
,
Lou Reed
,
Michael J. Fox
,
Roseanne Barr
,
Lily Tomlin
,
Giancarlo Esposito
Smoke (
1995) | IMDb:
7.4
Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul tells homeless Rashid that he wouldn't mind a short-term housemate. Still grieving over his wife's murder, Paul is moved by both Rashid's quest to reconnect with his father and Auggie's discovery that a woman who might be his daughter is about to give birth.
Starring:
Harvey Keitel
,
William Hurt
,
Stockard Channing
,
Harold Perrineau
,
Forest Whitaker
,
Giancarlo Esposito
The Perez Family (
1995) | IMDb:
6
In the midst of the Mariel boat lift -- a hurried exodus of refugees from Cuba going to America -- an immigration clerk accidentally presumes that dissident Juan Raul Perez and Dorita Evita Perez are married. United by their last name and a mutual resolve to emigrate, Dorita and Juan agree to play along. But it gets complicated when the two begin falling for each other just as Juan reunites with his wife, Carmela, whom he hasn't seen in decades.
Starring:
Marisa Tomei
,
Alfred Molina
,
Anjelica Huston
,
Chazz Palminteri
,
Trini Alvarado
,
Ruben Rabasa
Carlito's Way (
1993) | IMDb:
7.9
Free after years in prison, Carlito Brigante intends to give up his criminal ways, but it's not long before the ex-con is sucked back into the New York City underworld. Reconnecting with his dancer girlfriend, Carlito gets entangled in the shady dealings of his friend Dave Kleinfeld, who also serves as his lawyer. An encounter with shifty gangster Benny Blanco sets the duo on a dangerous path.
Starring:
Al Pacino
,
Sean Penn
,
Penelope Ann Miller
,
John Leguizamo
,
Ingrid Rogers
,
Luis Guzmán
Awakenings (
1990) | IMDb:
7.8
Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. Leonard is the first patient to receive the controversial treatment. His awakening, filled with awe and enthusiasm, proves a rebirth for Sayer too, as the exuberant patient reveals life's simple but unutterably sweet pleasures to the introverted doctor.
Starring:
Robert De Niro
,
Robin Williams
,
John Heard
,
Julie Kavner
,
Penelope Ann Miller
,
Ruth Nelson