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Career Opportunities (1991)

Josie, the daughter of the town's wealthiest businessman, faces problems at home and wishes to leave town but is disoriented. Her decision is finalized after she falls asleep in a Target dressing room. She awakens to find herself locked in the store overnight with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bryan Gordon
CAST:  Jennifer Connelly  •  John Candy  •  Frank Whaley  •  Dermot Mulroney

Josie, the daughter of the town's wealthiest businessman, faces problems at home and wishes to leave town but is disoriented. Her decision is finalized after she falls asleep in a Target dressing room. She awakens to find herself locked in the store overnight with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bryan Gordon
CAST:  Jennifer Connelly  •  John Candy  •  Frank Whaley  •  Dermot Mulroney

Jerry Maguire (1996)

BrilliantCharmingSmartFunny

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cameron Crowe
CAST:  Tom Cruise  •  Cuba Gooding Jr.  •  Renée Zellweger  •  Kelly Preston

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cameron Crowe
CAST:  Tom Cruise  •  Cuba Gooding Jr.  •  Renée Zellweger  •  Kelly Preston

Jingle All the Way (1996)

Howard Langston, a salesman for a mattress company, is constantly kept busy at his job, disappointing his son. After he misses his son's karate exposition, Howard vows to make it up to him by buying an action figure of his son's favorite television hero for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brian Levant
CAST:  Arnold Schwarzenegger  •  Phil Hartman  •  Sinbad  •  Rita Wilson

Howard Langston, a salesman for a mattress company, is constantly kept busy at his job, disappointing his son. After he misses his son's karate exposition, Howard vows to make it up to him by buying an action figure of his son's favorite television hero for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brian Levant
CAST:  Arnold Schwarzenegger  •  Phil Hartman  •  Sinbad  •  Rita Wilson

Moonstruck (1987)

CharmingRomanticClassicOriginal

No sooner does Italian-American widow Loretta accept a marriage proposal from her doltish boyfriend, Johnny, than she finds herself falling for his younger brother, Ronny. She tries to resist, but Ronny lost his hand in an accident he blames on his brother, and has ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Jewison
CAST:  Cher  •  Nicolas Cage  •  Vincent Gardenia  •  Olympia Dukakis

No sooner does Italian-American widow Loretta accept a marriage proposal from her doltish boyfriend, Johnny, than she finds herself falling for his younger brother, Ronny. She tries to resist, but Ronny lost his hand in an accident he blames on his brother, and has ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Jewison
CAST:  Cher  •  Nicolas Cage  •  Vincent Gardenia  •  Olympia Dukakis

The Rocketeer (1991)

Action-packedFast pacedRomanticClassic

A stunt pilot comes across a prototype jetpack that gives him the ability to fly. However, evil forces of the world also want this jetpack at any cost.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Johnston
CAST:  Billy Campbell  •  Jennifer Connelly  •  Alan Arkin  •  Timothy Dalton

A stunt pilot comes across a prototype jetpack that gives him the ability to fly. However, evil forces of the world also want this jetpack at any cost.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Johnston
CAST:  Billy Campbell  •  Jennifer Connelly  •  Alan Arkin  •  Timothy Dalton

Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (1990)

Movie star Roxy Carmichael is abandoning the bright lights of Hollywood, Calif. and returning to her small Ohio hometown -- at least long enough to dedicate a city building. And now the whole town of Clyde is bracing for Carmichael's return, most of all her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jim Abrahams
CAST:  Winona Ryder  •  Jeff Daniels  •  Stephen Tobolowsky  •  Dinah Manoff

Movie star Roxy Carmichael is abandoning the bright lights of Hollywood, Calif. and returning to her small Ohio hometown -- at least long enough to dedicate a city building. And now the whole town of Clyde is bracing for Carmichael's return, most of all her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jim Abrahams
CAST:  Winona Ryder  •  Jeff Daniels  •  Stephen Tobolowsky  •  Dinah Manoff

Series 7: The Contenders (2001)

A reality TV program selects six contestants to participate in a free-for-all, no holds barred deathmatch, where they must skillfully outwit and kill each other in order to be the last person alive.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Minahan
CAST:  Brooke Smith  •  Mark Woodbury  •  Michael Kaycheck  •  Marylouise Burke

A reality TV program selects six contestants to participate in a free-for-all, no holds barred deathmatch, where they must skillfully outwit and kill each other in order to be the last person alive.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Minahan
CAST:  Brooke Smith  •  Mark Woodbury  •  Michael Kaycheck  •  Marylouise Burke

Taken Away (1989)

A young single mother has to work late one night. Her daughter begs her to allow her to stay alone instead of going to a babysitter. The mother finally agrees. When the girl falls and is injured, police are called and she is taken to a hospital, the courts decide ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Patterson
CAST:  Valerie Bertinelli  •  Anna Maria Horsford  •  James Arone  •  Nada Despotovich

A young single mother has to work late one night. Her daughter begs her to allow her to stay alone instead of going to a babysitter. The mother finally agrees. When the girl falls and is injured, police are called and she is taken to a hospital, the courts decide ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Patterson
CAST:  Valerie Bertinelli  •  Anna Maria Horsford  •  James Arone  •  Nada Despotovich

Don't Tell Her It's Me (1990)

Gus is a fat cartoonist that recently won a battle against cancer, which explains his baldness. But he is also lonely. Therefore, his caring sister tries to set him up with suitable woman. But to do so, she must turn him into an irresistible man. When he falls in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Malcolm Mowbray
CAST:  Steve Guttenberg  •  Jami Gertz  •  Shelley Long  •  Kyle MacLachlan

Gus is a fat cartoonist that recently won a battle against cancer, which explains his baldness. But he is also lonely. Therefore, his caring sister tries to set him up with suitable woman. But to do so, she must turn him into an irresistible man. When he falls in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Malcolm Mowbray
CAST:  Steve Guttenberg  •  Jami Gertz  •  Shelley Long  •  Kyle MacLachlan

Babycakes (1989)

Grace is an overweight mortuary cosmetician who falls in love with Rob, a handsome subway train conductor who doesn't even know she exists. When she finally devises a way to meet him, they discover that although they are physically different, they have a lot more ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Schneider
CAST:  Ricki Lake  •  Craig Sheffer  •  Nada Despotovich  •  Paul Benedict

Grace is an overweight mortuary cosmetician who falls in love with Rob, a handsome subway train conductor who doesn't even know she exists. When she finally devises a way to meet him, they discover that although they are physically different, they have a lot more ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Schneider
CAST:  Ricki Lake  •  Craig Sheffer  •  Nada Despotovich  •  Paul Benedict

Telling Secrets (1993)

Through a series of elaborate schemes, a wealthy woman arranges for the murder of her husband's mistress and then takes steps so that the crime won't be traced back to her. The detective investigating the murder soon realizes her role in it, and sets out to find a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marvin J. Chomsky
CAST:  Cybill Shepherd  •  Ken Olin  •  Andrew Robinson  •  G. D. Spradlin

Through a series of elaborate schemes, a wealthy woman arranges for the murder of her husband's mistress and then takes steps so that the crime won't be traced back to her. The detective investigating the murder soon realizes her role in it, and sets out to find a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marvin J. Chomsky
CAST:  Cybill Shepherd  •  Ken Olin  •  Andrew Robinson  •  G. D. Spradlin

Picture Perfect (1995)

Two teenagers (with single parents) join their families together in order to win the grand prize in a soda company competition by pretending to be the perfect family. The only problem is the CEO of the company must live with them for one week.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph L. Scanlan
CAST:  Dave Thomas  •  Mary Page Keller  •  Lisa Jakub  •  Christian Campbell

Two teenagers (with single parents) join their families together in order to win the grand prize in a soda company competition by pretending to be the perfect family. The only problem is the CEO of the company must live with them for one week.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph L. Scanlan
CAST:  Dave Thomas  •  Mary Page Keller  •  Lisa Jakub  •  Christian Campbell

Plump Fiction (1998)

Four stories intersect in this violent film parody. Exterminators dress as hit men and try to protect the wife of their boss, Montello. Meanwhile, the strippers at Montello's strip club, dressed as nuns, attempt to rob him. Tag-team wrestlers steal Montello's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bob Koherr
CAST:  Tommy Davidson  •  Julie Brown  •  Paul Dinello  •  Sandra Bernhard

Four stories intersect in this violent film parody. Exterminators dress as hit men and try to protect the wife of their boss, Montello. Meanwhile, the strippers at Montello's strip club, dressed as nuns, attempt to rob him. Tag-team wrestlers steal Montello's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bob Koherr
CAST:  Tommy Davidson  •  Julie Brown  •  Paul Dinello  •  Sandra Bernhard

Smithereens (1982)

A narcissistic runaway engages in a number of parasitic relationships amongst members of New York's waning punk scene.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Susan Seidelman
CAST:  Susan Berman  •  Richard Hell  •  Brad Rijn  •  Nada Despotovich

A narcissistic runaway engages in a number of parasitic relationships amongst members of New York's waning punk scene.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Susan Seidelman
CAST:  Susan Berman  •  Richard Hell  •  Brad Rijn  •  Nada Despotovich

Torch Song (1993)

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DIRECTION:  Michael Miller
CAST:  Raquel Welch  •  Jack Scalia  •  Alicia Silverstone  •  George Newbern

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DIRECTION:  Michael Miller
CAST:  Raquel Welch  •  Jack Scalia  •  Alicia Silverstone  •  George Newbern

CrissCross (1992)

Set in 1969, a twelve-year-old grows up in Key West with his mother, who is paying the bills by stripping at the local topless bar. The boy finds out about her activities and tries to convince her to stop, to no avail. A local restaurant owner hires him to collect ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chris Menges
CAST:  Goldie Hawn  •  Arliss Howard  •  James Gammon  •  David Arnott

Set in 1969, a twelve-year-old grows up in Key West with his mother, who is paying the bills by stripping at the local topless bar. The boy finds out about her activities and tries to convince her to stop, to no avail. A local restaurant owner hires him to collect ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chris Menges
CAST:  Goldie Hawn  •  Arliss Howard  •  James Gammon  •  David Arnott

The Sea of Trees (2016)

In Japan's Aokigahara Forest, a troubled teacher meets a mysterious lost stranger who takes him on a life-changing journey of love and redemption.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gus Van Sant
CAST:  Matthew McConaughey  •  Ken Watanabe  •  Naomi Watts  •  Naoko Marshall

In Japan's Aokigahara Forest, a troubled teacher meets a mysterious lost stranger who takes him on a life-changing journey of love and redemption.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gus Van Sant
CAST:  Matthew McConaughey  •  Ken Watanabe  •  Naomi Watts  •  Naoko Marshall

The Makeover (2013)

This is an update of George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion" that changes the genders of the main characters. Hannah Higgins attempts to turn blue-collar Boston beer vendor Elliot Doolittle into a viable candidate and inadvertently learns something of Elliot's side of life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Gray
CAST:  Julia Stiles  •  Camryn Manheim  •  Frances Fisher  •  David Walton

This is an update of George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion" that changes the genders of the main characters. Hannah Higgins attempts to turn blue-collar Boston beer vendor Elliot Doolittle into a viable candidate and inadvertently learns something of Elliot's side of life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Gray
CAST:  Julia Stiles  •  Camryn Manheim  •  Frances Fisher  •  David Walton

Julie Brown: The Show (1989)

Uniared pilot for a fictional CBS TV talk program hosted by bubbly actress Julie Brown. The proposal was to relate her misadventures on and off the set. Other regulars are Grant, her co-host; Candace, the producer; Jeff, the director; Michelle, the secretary; and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Bonerz
CAST:  Julie Brown  •  Adam Arkin  •  Nada Despotovich  •  Larry Poindexter

Uniared pilot for a fictional CBS TV talk program hosted by bubbly actress Julie Brown. The proposal was to relate her misadventures on and off the set. Other regulars are Grant, her co-host; Candace, the producer; Jeff, the director; Michelle, the secretary; and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Bonerz
CAST:  Julie Brown  •  Adam Arkin  •  Nada Despotovich  •  Larry Poindexter

The Prom (1992)

Marty is not comfortable showing his body at college or private. He is suffering from a skin disease called nevus flammeus. In town he stumbles on The Dunes. A porn-shop-theme-park with one booth named "The Prom". This is where Lana works.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steven Shainberg
CAST:  Jennifer Jason Leigh  •  Andras Jones  •  J.T. Walsh  •  Natalija Nogulich

Marty is not comfortable showing his body at college or private. He is suffering from a skin disease called nevus flammeus. In town he stumbles on The Dunes. A porn-shop-theme-park with one booth named "The Prom". This is where Lana works.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steven Shainberg
CAST:  Jennifer Jason Leigh  •  Andras Jones  •  J.T. Walsh  •  Natalija Nogulich
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