What's the Worst That Could Happen? (
2001) | IMDb:
5.4
Thief Kevin Caffery attempts to rob from the home of rich businessman Max Fairbanks. But Fairbanks catches him and steals his cherished ring that his girlfriend gave him. Caffery is then bent on revenge and getting his ring back with the help of his partners.
Starring:
Martin Lawrence
,
Danny DeVito
,
John Leguizamo
,
Glenne Headly
,
Carmen Ejogo
,
Bernie Mac
Directed by:
Sam Weisman
American History X (
1998) | IMDb:
8.5
Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two African-American men. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader of a violent white supremacist gang that committed acts of racial crime throughout L.A. and his actions greatly influenced Danny. Reformed and fresh out of prison, Derek severs contact with the gang and becomes determined to keep Danny from going down the same violent path as he did.
Starring:
Edward Norton
,
Edward Furlong
,
Beverly D'Angelo
,
Jennifer Lien
,
Ethan Suplee
,
Fairuza Balk
The River Wild (
1994) | IMDb:
6.5
Gail and Tom Hartman are struggling to stay together and decide to take a white-water rafting holiday adventure in Montana for their son Roarke's 10th birthday, only to meet up with a pair of mysterious men whose desperation grows, turning their vacation into a nightmare.
Starring:
Meryl Streep
,
David Strathairn
,
Kevin Bacon
,
John C. Reilly
,
Joseph Mazzello
,
Benjamin Bratt
Gleaming the Cube (
1989) | IMDb:
6.2
An Orange County teenager's carefree life of ditching class and skateboarding abandoned pools comes to a screeching halt when someone close to him dies. The cops rule the death a suicide, but the bereaved skater believes he was murdered. It's up to him to solve the case, with a skateboard.
Short Circuit 2 (
1988) | IMDb:
5.7
Robot Johnny 5 moves to the city to help his friend Ben Jahrvi with his toy manufacturing enterprise, only to be manipulated by criminals who want to use him for their own nefarious purposes.
Starring:
Tim Blaney
,
Fisher Stevens
,
Michael McKean
,
Cynthia Gibb
,
Jack Weston
,
Dee McCafferty
Directed by:
Kenneth Johnson
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 Thing (
1982) | IMDb:
8.2
In the winter of 1982, a twelve-man research team at a remote Antarctic research station discovers an alien buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Soon unfrozen, the form-changing creature wreaks havoc, creates terror... and becomes one of them.
Starring:
Kurt Russell
,
Keith David
,
Wilford Brimley
,
T.K. Carter
,
David Clennon
,
Richard Dysart
Heroes (
1977) | IMDb:
6
A Vietnam veteran suffering from post traumatic stress disorder breaks out of a VA hospital and goes on a road trip with a sympathetic traveler to find out what became of the other men in his unit.
First Love (
1977) | IMDb:
5.9
A college soccer player falls hard for a campus beauty, who is the mistress of an older married attorney.
Directed by:
Joan Darling
The Drowning Pool (
1975) | IMDb:
6.5
Harper is brought to Louisiana to investigate an attempted blackmail scheme. He soon finds out that it involves an old flame of his and her daughter. He eventually finds himself caught in a power struggle between the matriarch of the family and a greedy oil baron, who wants their property. Poor Harper! Things are not as straight-forward as they initially appeared.
Starring:
Paul Newman
,
Joanne Woodward
,
Anthony Franciosa
,
Murray Hamilton
,
Gail Strickland
,
Melanie Griffith
The Graduate (
1967) | IMDb:
8
A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.
Starring:
Anne Bancroft
,
Dustin Hoffman
,
Katharine Ross
,
Murray Hamilton
,
William Daniels
,
Elizabeth Wilson