The Darkest Hour (
2011) | IMDb:
4.9
In Moscow, five young people lead the charge against an alien race which has attacked Earth via our power supply.
Starring:
Emile Hirsch
,
Rachael Taylor
,
Olivia Thirlby
,
Joel Kinnaman
,
Max Minghella
,
Veronika Ozerova
Miss March (
2009) | IMDb:
5
A young man awakens from a four-year coma to hear that his once virginal high-school sweetheart has since become a centerfold in one of the world's most famous men's magazines. He and his sex-crazed best friend decide to take a cross-country road trip in order to crash a party at the magazine's legendary mansion headquarters and win back the girl.
Unstoppable (
2004) | IMDb:
4.9
The deranged military and former CIA agent Dean Cage is in a rehab program, trying to forget the traumatic loss of his best friend Scott in Bosnia. When he dates with his girl-friend and Scott's sister, Detective Amy Knight, in a dinning restaurant, he is mistakenly taken as being the CIA agent that is investigating the robbery of the military experiment EX by a man called Sullivan. He is injected with the drug and abducted by the thieves. Amy has six hours to find the also stolen antidote and save Dean's life.
Starring:
Wesley Snipes
,
Stuart Wilson
,
Mark Sheppard
,
David Schofield
,
Nicholas Aaron
,
Kim Thomson
Directed by:
David Carson
The Ladykillers (
2004) | IMDb:
6.2
An eccentric, if not charming Southern professor and his crew pose as a band in order to rob a casino, all under the nose of his unsuspecting landlord – a sharp old woman.
Big Trouble (
2002) | IMDb:
6.4
The story of how a mysterious suitcase brings together, and changes, the lives of a divorced dad, an unhappy housewife, two hitmen, a pair of street thugs, two love struck teens, two FBI men and a psychedelic toad. Based on Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist Dave Barry's best-selling first novel, "Big Trouble."
Mission to Mars (
2000) | IMDb:
5.7
When the first manned mission to Mars meets with a catastrophic and mysterious disaster after reporting an unidentified structure, a rescue mission is launched to investigate the tragedy and bring back any survivors.
Starring:
Gary Sinise
,
Tim Robbins
,
Don Cheadle
,
Connie Nielsen
,
Jerry O'Connell
,
Peter Outerbridge
Mighty Joe Young (
1998) | IMDb:
5.7
As a child living in Africa, Jill Young saw her mother killed while protecting wild gorillas from poachers led by Andrei Strasser. Now an adult, Jill cares for an orphaned gorilla named Joe -- who, due to a genetic anomaly, is 15 feet tall. When Gregg O'Hara arrives from California and sees the animal, he convinces Jill that Joe would be safest at his wildlife refuge. But Strasser follows them to the U.S., intent on capturing Joe for himself.
Starring:
Bill Paxton
,
Charlize Theron
,
Rade Šerbedžija
,
Regina King
,
Peter Firth
,
Naveen Andrews
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (
1989) | IMDb:
7.5
It's Christmastime, and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration. But things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen, and their two kids. Clark's continual bad luck is worsened by his obnoxious family guests, but he manages to keep going, knowing that his Christmas bonus is due soon.
Starring:
Chevy Chase
,
Beverly D'Angelo
,
Juliette Lewis
,
Johnny Galecki
,
John Randolph
,
Diane Ladd
Uncle Buck (
1989) | IMDb:
7.1
Buck Russell, a lovable but slovenly bachelor, suddenly becomes the temporary caretaker of his nephew and nieces after a family emergency. His freewheeling attitude soon causes tension with his older niece Tia, loyal girlfriend Chanice and just about everyone else who crosses his path.
Starring:
John Candy
,
Jean Louisa Kelly
,
Gaby Hoffmann
,
Macaulay Culkin
,
Amy Madigan
,
Elaine Bromka
The Great Outdoors (
1988) | IMDb:
6.6
It's vacation time for outdoorsy Chicago man Chet Ripley, along with his wife, Connie, and their two kids, Buck and Ben. But a serene weekend of fishing at a Wisconsin lakeside cabin gets crashed by Connie's obnoxious brother-in-law, Roman Craig, his wife, Kate, and the couple's two daughters. As the excursion wears on, the Ripleys find themselves at odds with the stuffy Craig family.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (
1986) | IMDb:
7.8
After high school slacker Ferris Bueller successfully fakes an illness in order to skip school for the day, he goes on a series of adventures throughout Chicago with his girlfriend Sloane and best friend Cameron, all the while trying to outwit his wily school principal and fed-up sister.
Explorers (
1985) | IMDb:
6.4
Middle schooler Ben spends his free time watching sci-fi films, playing video games and reading comic books. Surprisingly, his affinity for all things fantastical yields a real result – when he has a vivid dream about technology, his prodigy best friend Wolfgang manages to create a working spacecraft. Joined by their buddy Darren, the boys take off into outer space and encounter some very odd extraterrestrial life.
Directed by:
Joe Dante
Thief of Hearts (
1984) | IMDb:
5.7
A woman trapped in a boring marriage begins an affair with a handsome man who seems able to read her mind. She doesn't know that he has broken into her house and read her diaries, where she has recorded her deepest thoughts and fantasies.
Starring:
Steven Bauer
,
Barbara Williams
,
John Getz
,
David Caruso
,
Christine Ebersole
,
George Wendt
Top Secret! (
1984) | IMDb:
7.2
Popular and dashing American singer Nick Rivers travels to East Germany to perform in a music festival. When he loses his heart to the gorgeous Hillary Flammond, he finds himself caught up in an underground resistance movement. Rivers joins forces with Agent Cedric and Flammond to attempt the rescue of her father, Dr. Paul, from the Germans, who have captured the scientist in hopes of coercing him into building a new naval mine.
Starring:
Val Kilmer
,
Lucy Gutteridge
,
Peter Cushing
,
Jeremy Kemp
,
Christopher Villiers
,
Warren Clarke
Flashdance (
1983) | IMDb:
6.2
Alex Owens, a young woman juggling between two odd jobs, aspires to become a successful ballet dancer. Nick, who is her boss and lover, supports and encourages her to fulfil her dream.
Starring:
Jennifer Beals
,
Michael Nouri
,
Sunny Johnson
,
Kyle T. Heffner
,
Cynthia Rhodes
,
Lee Ving