Brooklyn's Finest (
2010) | IMDb:
6.7
Enforcing the law within the notoriously rough Brownsville section of the city and especially within the Van Dyke housing projects is the NYPD's sixty-fifth precinct. Three police officers struggle with the sometimes fine line between right and wrong.
Starring:
Richard Gere
,
Don Cheadle
,
Ethan Hawke
,
Wesley Snipes
,
Vincent D'Onofrio
,
Ellen Barkin
The Fisher King (
1991) | IMDb:
7.5
Two troubled men face their terrible destinies and events of their past as they join together on a mission to find the Holy Grail and thus to save themselves.
Starring:
Jeff Bridges
,
Robin Williams
,
Mercedes Ruehl
,
Amanda Plummer
,
Michael Jeter
,
Lara Harris
Parenthood (
1989) | IMDb:
7.1
The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjoy all the events that occur: estranged relatives, the 'black sheep' of the family, the eccentrics, the skeletons in the closet, and the rebellious teenagers.
Throw Momma from the Train (
1987) | IMDb:
6.3
Larry Donner, an author with a cruel ex-wife, teaches a writing workshop in which one of his students, Owen, is fed up with his domineering mother. When Owen watches a Hitchcock classic that seems to mirror his own life, he decides to put the movie's plot into action and offers to kill Larry's ex-wife, if Larry promises to murder his mom. Before Larry gets a chance to react to the plan, it seems that Owen has already set things in motion.
Starring:
Danny DeVito
,
Billy Crystal
,
Kim Greist
,
Anne Ramsey
,
Kate Mulgrew
,
Branford Marsalis
The Untouchables (
1987) | IMDb:
7.8
Elliot Ness, an ambitious prohibition agent, is determined to take down Al Capone. In order to achieve this goal, he forms a group given the nickname “The Untouchables”.
Starring:
Kevin Costner
,
Sean Connery
,
Charles Martin Smith
,
Andy García
,
Robert De Niro
,
Richard Bradford
Wise Guys (
1986) | IMDb:
5.6
Harry Valentini and Moe Dickstein are both errand boys for the Mob. When they lose $250,000, they are set up to kill each other. But they run off to Atlantic City and comedy follows.
The Pope of Greenwich Village (
1984) | IMDb:
6.6
Charlie and his troublesome cousin Paulie decide to steal $150000 in order to back a "sure thing" race horse that Paulie has inside information on. The aftermath of the robbery gets them into serious trouble with the local Mafia boss and the corrupt New York City police department.
Starring:
Eric Roberts
,
Mickey Rourke
,
Daryl Hannah
,
Geraldine Page
,
Kenneth McMillan
,
Tony Musante
Blow Out (
1981) | IMDb:
7.4
While recording sound effects for a slasher flick, Jack Terry stumbles upon a real-life horror: a car careening off a bridge and into a river. Jack jumps into the water and fishes out Sally from the car, but the other passenger is already dead — a governor intending to run for president. As Jack does some investigating of his tapes, and starts a perilous romance with Sally, he enters a tangled web of conspiracy that might leave him dead.