Almost Famous (
2000) | IMDb:
7.9
In 1973, 15-year-old William Miller's unabashed love of music and aspiration to become a rock journalist lands him an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine to interview and tour with the up-and-coming band, Stillwater.
Starring:
Billy Crudup
,
Patrick Fugit
,
Kate Hudson
,
Frances McDormand
,
Jason Lee
,
Zooey Deschanel
Jerry Maguire (
1996) | IMDb:
7.3
Jerry Maguire used to be a typical sports agent: willing to do just about anything he could to get the biggest possible contracts for his clients, plus a nice commission for himself. Then, one day, he suddenly has second thoughts about what he's really doing. When he voices these doubts, he ends up losing his job and all of his clients, save Rod Tidwell, an egomaniacal football player.
Starring:
Tom Cruise
,
Renée Zellweger
,
Cuba Gooding Jr.
,
Kelly Preston
,
Jerry O'Connell
,
Jay Mohr
Solar Crisis (
1992) | IMDb:
4.1
A huge solar flare is predicted to fry the Earth. Astronauts aboard the spaceship Helios must go to the Sun to drop a bomb equipped with an Artificial Intelligence and a Japanese pilot at the right time so the flare will point somewhere else.
Starring:
Tim Matheson
,
Charlton Heston
,
Peter Boyle
,
Annabel Schofield
,
Corin Nemec
,
Tetsuya Bessho
Out for Justice (
1991) | IMDb:
6.1
Gino Felino is an NYPD detective from Brooklyn who knows everyone and everything in his neighborhood. Killing his partner was someone's big mistake... because he's now out for justice.
Starring:
Steven Seagal
,
William Forsythe
,
Jerry Orbach
,
Jo Champa
,
Shareen Mitchell
,
Sal Richards
Marked for Death (
1990) | IMDb:
5.9
Just retired from the Drug Enforcement Agency, John Hatcher returns to his hometown and quickly discovers that drugs have infiltrated his old neighborhood. Determined to drive the dealers out, Hatcher crosses paths with a ferocious Jamaican drug lord who vows that Hatcher and his family are now marked for death.
Starring:
Steven Seagal
,
Basil Wallace
,
Keith David
,
Tom Wright
,
Joanna Pacula
,
Elizabeth Gracen
Say Anything... (
1989) | IMDb:
7.3
Lloyd, an eternal optimist, seeks to capture the heart of Diane, an unattainable high school beauty and straight-A student. He surprises just about everyone-including himself-when she returns the sentiment. But Diane's over-possessive, divorced Dad disapproves and it's going to take more than just the power of love to conquer all.
Midnight Run (
1988) | IMDb:
7.5
A bounty hunter pursues a former Mafia accountant who embezzled $15 million of mob money. He is also being chased by a rival bounty hunter, the F.B.I., and his old mob boss after jumping bail.
Starring:
Robert De Niro
,
Charles Grodin
,
Yaphet Kotto
,
John Ashton
,
Dennis Farina
,
Joe Pantoliano
Short Circuit (
1986) | IMDb:
6.6
After a lightning bolt zaps a robot named Number 5, the lovable machine starts to think he's human and escapes the lab. Hot on his trail is his designer, Newton, who hopes to get to Number 5 before the military does. In the meantime, a spunky animal lover mistakes the robot for an alien and takes him in, teaching her new guest about life on Earth.
Starring:
Ally Sheedy
,
Steve Guttenberg
,
Fisher Stevens
,
Austin Pendleton
,
G.W. Bailey
,
Brian McNamara
The River (
1984) | IMDb:
6.3
Tom and Mae Garvey are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition to natural disasters, the Garveys fight to stop a selfish land developer and a local corporation from foreclosing on their farm. While Mae stays at home to care for their children and tend to the crops, Tom finds work as a scab at a steel mill to preserve his family's property.
Starring:
Mel Gibson
,
Sissy Spacek
,
Scott Glenn
,
Billy Green Bush
,
Shane Bailey
,
Becky Jo Lynch
Scarface (
1983) | IMDb:
8.3
After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the state, controlling nearly all the cocaine that comes through Miami. But increased pressure from the police, wars with Colombian drug cartels and his own drug-fueled paranoia serve to fuel the flames of his eventual downfall.
Starring:
Al Pacino
,
Steven Bauer
,
Michelle Pfeiffer
,
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
,
Robert Loggia
,
Miriam Colon
Blue Thunder (
1983) | IMDb:
6.4
Los Angeles, California. Officer Murphy, a veteran Metropolitan Police helicopter pilot suffering from severe trauma due to his harsh experiences during the Vietnam War, and Lymangood, his resourceful new partner, are tasked with testing an advanced and heavily armed experimental chopper known as Blue Thunder.
History of the World: Part I (
1981) | IMDb:
6.8
An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.
1941 (
1979) | IMDb:
5.8
In the days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, panic grips California, where a military officer leads a mob chasing a Japanese sub.
Starring:
Dan Aykroyd
,
Ned Beatty
,
John Belushi
,
Lorraine Gary
,
Murray Hamilton
,
Christopher Lee
Rocky II (
1979) | IMDb:
7.3
After Rocky goes the distance with champ Apollo Creed, both try to put the fight behind them and move on. Rocky settles down with Adrian but can't put his life together outside the ring, while Creed seeks a rematch to restore his reputation. Soon enough, the "Master of Disaster" and the "Italian Stallion" are set on a collision course for a climactic battle that is brutal and unforgettable.
Starring:
Sylvester Stallone
,
Talia Shire
,
Burt Young
,
Carl Weathers
,
Burgess Meredith
,
Tony Burton
Apocalypse Now (
1979) | IMDb:
8.4
At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.
Starring:
Martin Sheen
,
Frederic Forrest
,
Albert Hall
,
Laurence Fishburne
,
Sam Bottoms
,
Marlon Brando
Black Sunday (
1977) | IMDb:
6.8
An Israeli anti-terrorist agent must stop a disgruntled Vietnam vet cooperating in a Black September PLO plot to commit a terrorist attack at the Super Bowl.