Don't Say a Word (
2001) | IMDb:
6.3
When the daughter of a psychiatrist is kidnapped, he is horrified to discover that the abductors' demand is that he break through to a young woman, suffering from PTSD, who knows a secret six digit code number.
Starring:
Michael Douglas
,
Sean Bean
,
Brittany Murphy
,
Skye McCole Bartusiak
,
Guy Torry
,
Jennifer Esposito
Angel Eyes (
2001) | IMDb:
5.7
A story about a seemingly unlikely couple who cross paths under life-threatening circumstances as though they are destined not only to meet but to save each other's lives. Not once, but twice.
Starring:
Jennifer Lopez
,
Jim Caviezel
,
Jeremy Sisto
,
Terrence Howard
,
Sônia Braga
,
Victor Argo
The Yards (
2000) | IMDb:
6.4
In the rail yards of Queens, contractors repair and rebuild the city's subway cars. These contracts are lucrative, so graft and corruption are rife. When Leo Handler gets out of prison, he finds his aunt married to Frank Olchin, one of the big contractors; he's battling with a minority-owned firm for contracts.
Starring:
Mark Wahlberg
,
Joaquin Phoenix
,
Charlize Theron
,
James Caan
,
Ellen Burstyn
,
Faye Dunaway
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (
1999) | IMDb:
7.5
An African-American Mafia hit man who models himself after the samurai of ancient Japan finds himself targeted for death by the mob.
Starring:
Forest Whitaker
,
John Tormey
,
Isaach De Bankolé
,
Cliff Gorman
,
Henry Silva
,
Tricia Vessey
The Funeral (
1996) | IMDb:
6.6
After the funeral of one of their own, a criminal family decides to embark on an emotionally unnerving journey in an attempt to exact bloody revenge.
Starring:
Christopher Walken
,
Chris Penn
,
Annabella Sciorra
,
Isabella Rossellini
,
Vincent Gallo
,
Benicio del Toro
Directed by:
Abel Ferrara
Produced by:
Mary Kane
Blue in the Face (
1995) | IMDb:
6.6
A wacky group of locals visit the neighborhood cigar shop, looking for good times and finding plenty of hilarious fun. But when the greedy owner threatens to close the shop for good and turn it into a trendy vegetarian restaurant, the neighborhood proves they'll do just about anything to save their favorite hangout.
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
Dangerous Game (
1993) | IMDb:
5.6
A New York film director, working on his latest movie in Los Angeles, begins to reflect the actions in his movie and real life, especially when he begins an affair with the lead actress.
Household Saints (
1993) | IMDb:
6.9
A chronicle of three generations of Italian-American women struggling to get by in post-World War II New York’s Little Italy.
Starring:
Tracey Ullman
,
Vincent D'Onofrio
,
Lili Taylor
,
Judith Malina
,
Michael Rispoli
,
Victor Argo
Directed by:
Nancy Savoca
True Romance (
1993) | IMDb:
7.9
Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.
Starring:
Christian Slater
,
Patricia Arquette
,
Michael Rapaport
,
Bronson Pinchot
,
Gary Oldman
,
Dennis Hopper
Shadows and Fog (
1991) | IMDb:
6.7
With a serial strangler on the loose, a bookkeeper wanders around town searching for the vigilante group intent on catching the killer.
Quick Change (
1990) | IMDb:
6.8
With the aid of his girlfriend, Phyllis Potter, and best friend, Loomis, Grimm enters a Manhattan bank dressed as a clown, creates a hostage situation and executes a flawless robbery. The only thing left for the trio to do is make their getaway out of the city and to the airport. It sounds simple enough, but it seems that fate deserts them immediately after the bank heist. One mishap after another conspires to keep these robbers from reaching freedom.
Crimes and Misdemeanors (
1989) | IMDb:
7.8
A renowned ophthalmologist is desperate to cut off an adulterous relationship…which ends up in murder; and a frustrated documentary filmmaker woos an attractive television producer while making a film about her insufferably self-centered boss.
New York Stories (
1989) | IMDb:
6.4
Get ready for a wildly diverse, star-studded trilogy about life in the big city. One of the most-talked about films in years, New York Stories features the creative collaboration of three of America's most popular directors, Martin Scorsese, Francis Coppola, and Woody Allen.
Starring:
Nick Nolte
,
Rosanna Arquette
,
Patrick O'Neal
,
Steve Buscemi
,
Talia Shire
,
Giancarlo Giannini
The Last Temptation of Christ (
1988) | IMDb:
7.5
Jesus, a humble Judean carpenter beginning to see that he is the son of God, is drawn into revolutionary action against the Roman occupiers by Judas -- despite his protestations that love, not violence, is the path to salvation. The burden of being the savior of mankind torments Jesus throughout his life, leading him to doubt.
The Pick-up Artist (
1987) | IMDb:
5.3
A womanizer meets his match when he falls for the daughter of a gambling addict who is in debt to the mob.
Starring:
Molly Ringwald
,
Robert Downey Jr.
,
Dennis Hopper
,
Danny Aiello
,
Harvey Keitel
,
Vanessa Williams