Rules of Engagement (
2000) | IMDb:
6.4
A Marine Colonel is brought to court-martial after ordering his men to fire on demonstrators surrounding the American embassy in Yemen.
Starring:
Tommy Lee Jones
,
Samuel L. Jackson
,
Guy Pearce
,
Ben Kingsley
,
Bruce Greenwood
,
Anne Archer
A Simple Plan (
1998) | IMDb:
7.5
Captivated by the lure of sudden wealth, the quiet rural lives of two brothers erupt into conflicts of greed, paranoia and distrust when over $4 million in cash is discovered at the remote site of a downed small airplane. Their simple plan to retain the money while avoiding detection opens a Pandora's box when the fear of getting caught triggers panicked behavior and leads to virulent consequences.
Starring:
Bill Paxton
,
Billy Bob Thornton
,
Bridget Fonda
,
Brent Briscoe
,
Jack Walsh
,
Chelcie Ross
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn (
1998) | IMDb:
3.5
Filmmaker Alan Smithee finds himself the unwilling puppet of a potentially bad big budget action film, for which he proceeds to steal the reels, and leaves the cast and crew in a frenzy.
Jade (
1995) | IMDb:
5.3
When a prominent art dealer is found murdered, the man's death leads to an intriguing investigation steeped in sex, corruption and crime. District Attorney David Corelli gets assigned to the case and discovers that a key suspect is his ex-lover Katrina Gavin, a beautiful psychologist who has settled down with his old friend and peer. As Corelli gets deeper into the case, he uncovers dark secrets with far-reaching implications.
Starring:
David Caruso
,
Linda Fiorentino
,
Chazz Palminteri
,
Michael Biehn
,
Richard Crenna
,
Donna Murphy
Blue Chips (
1994) | IMDb:
6.3
Pete Bell, a college basketball coach is under a lot of pressure. His team isn't winning and he cannot attract new players. The stars of the future are secretly being paid by boosters. This practice is forbidden in the college game, but Pete is desperate and has pressures from all around.
Last Action Hero (
1993) | IMDb:
6.5
After his father's death, a young boy finds solace in action movies featuring an indestructible cop. Given a magic ticket by a theater manager, he is transported into the film and teams up with the cop to stop a villain who escapes into the real world.
Starring:
Arnold Schwarzenegger
,
Austin O'Brien
,
Bridgette Wilson-Sampras
,
F. Murray Abraham
,
Art Carney
,
Charles Dance
Made in America (
1993) | IMDb:
5.1
A young black woman discovers that her father was a sperm donor, and if that wasn't bad enough, he's white.
Jennifer Eight (
1992) | IMDb:
6.3
John Berlin, a big-city cop from LA moves to a small-town police force and immediately finds himself investigating a murder. Using theories rejected by his colleagues, Berlin meets a young blind woman named Helena, whom he is attracted to. Meanwhile, a serial killer is on the loose—and only John knows it.
Ladybugs (
1992) | IMDb:
5.5
To climb the corporate ladder to success, a businessman agrees to coach his company's all-girl soccer team with the help of his secret weapon: his fiancee's son.
Starring:
Rodney Dangerfield
,
Jackée Harry
,
Jonathan Brandis
,
Ilene Graff
,
Vinessa Shaw
,
Tom Parks
The Abyss (
1989) | IMDb:
7.5
A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious force that has the power to change the world or destroy it.
Starring:
Ed Harris
,
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
,
Michael Biehn
,
Leo Burmester
,
Todd Graff
,
John Bedford Lloyd
Lock Up (
1989) | IMDb:
6.4
Frank Leone is nearing the end of his prison term for a relatively minor crime. Just before he is paroled, however, Warden Drumgoole takes charge. Drumgoole was assigned to a hell-hole prison after his administration was publicly humiliated by Leone, and has now arrived on the scene to ensure that Leone never sees the light of day.
Starring:
Sylvester Stallone
,
Donald Sutherland
,
John Amos
,
Sonny Landham
,
Tom Sizemore
,
Frank McRae
Alien Nation (
1988) | IMDb:
6.3
A few years from now, Earth will have the first contact with an alien civilization. These aliens, known as Newcomers, slowly begin to be integrated into human society after years of quarantine.
Starring:
James Caan
,
Mandy Patinkin
,
Terence Stamp
,
Kevyn Major Howard
,
Leslie Bevis
,
Peter Jason
Sixteen Candles (
1984) | IMDb:
7
With the occasion all but overshadowed by her sister's upcoming wedding, angst-ridden Samantha faces her 16th birthday with typical adolescent dread. Samantha pines for studly older boy Jake, but worries that her chastity will be a turnoff for the popular senior. Meanwhile, she must constantly rebuff the affections of nerdy Ted, who is unfortunately the only boy in school who seems to take an interest in her.
Starring:
Molly Ringwald
,
Justin Henry
,
Michael Schoeffling
,
Haviland Morris
,
Gedde Watanabe
,
Anthony Michael Hall
WarGames (
1983) | IMDb:
7.1
High school student David Lightman has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Department of Defense's war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions. Together with his friend and a wizardly computer genius, David must race against time to outwit his opponent and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.
Blade Runner (
1982) | IMDb:
8.1
In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.
Starring:
Harrison Ford
,
Rutger Hauer
,
Sean Young
,
Edward James Olmos
,
M. Emmet Walsh
,
Daryl Hannah
The Concorde... Airport '79 (
1979) | IMDb:
4.4
Aviation disaster-prone Joe Patroni must contend with nuclear missiles, the French Air Force and the threat of the plane splitting in two over the Alps.
Starring:
Alain Delon
,
Susan Blakely
,
Robert Wagner
,
Sylvia Kristel
,
George Kennedy
,
Eddie Albert