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Rocky (1976)

ClassicAction-packedDramaticUplifting

An uneducated collector for a Philadelphia loan shark is given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fight against the world heavyweight boxing champion.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John G. Avildsen
CAST:  Sylvester Stallone  •  Talia Shire  •  Burt Young  •  Carl Weathers

An uneducated collector for a Philadelphia loan shark is given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fight against the world heavyweight boxing champion.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John G. Avildsen
CAST:  Sylvester Stallone  •  Talia Shire  •  Burt Young  •  Carl Weathers

Rocky II (1979)

IntenseAction-packedDramaticSlow moving

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sylvester Stallone
CAST:  Sylvester Stallone  •  Talia Shire  •  Burt Young  •  Carl Weathers

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sylvester Stallone
CAST:  Sylvester Stallone  •  Talia Shire  •  Burt Young  •  Carl Weathers

The Truman Show (1998)

Thought provokingOriginalCharmingClever

Truman Burbank is the star of The Truman Show, a 24-hour-a-day reality TV show that broadcasts every aspect of his life without his knowledge. His entire life has been an unending soap opera for consumption by the rest of the world. And everyone he knows, including ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Weir
CAST:  Jim Carrey  •  Laura Linney  •  Noah Emmerich  •  Natascha McElhone

Truman Burbank is the star of The Truman Show, a 24-hour-a-day reality TV show that broadcasts every aspect of his life without his knowledge. His entire life has been an unending soap opera for consumption by the rest of the world. And everyone he knows, including ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Weir
CAST:  Jim Carrey  •  Laura Linney  •  Noah Emmerich  •  Natascha McElhone

Micki & Maude (1984)

TV reporter Rob Salinger is married to Micki, but because she's always busy working, they hardly ever spend time together. One night at which he got stood up by Micki again, Rob meets cellist Maude and they soon get romanticly involved. When it turns out Maude is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Blake Edwards
CAST:  Dudley Moore  •  Amy Irving  •  Ann Reinking  •  Richard Mulligan

TV reporter Rob Salinger is married to Micki, but because she's always busy working, they hardly ever spend time together. One night at which he got stood up by Micki again, Rob meets cellist Maude and they soon get romanticly involved. When it turns out Maude is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Blake Edwards
CAST:  Dudley Moore  •  Amy Irving  •  Ann Reinking  •  Richard Mulligan

Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story (1992)

Story of attractive cop Laurencia Bembenek, who, in 1982, was sentenced to prison for killing her husband's ex-wife in Milwaukee, WI.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerry London
CAST:  Timothy Busfield  •  Lindsay Frost  •  John Karlen  •  Linda Blair

Story of attractive cop Laurencia Bembenek, who, in 1982, was sentenced to prison for killing her husband's ex-wife in Milwaukee, WI.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerry London
CAST:  Timothy Busfield  •  Lindsay Frost  •  John Karlen  •  Linda Blair

Helter Skelter (2004)

The rise of Charles Manson and his "family," who are responsible for a series of famous murders in the late 1960s. Manson, a magnetic and mysterious man, attracts road-weary single mother Linda Kasabian to join his collection of outcasts on a ranch outside of Los ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Gray
CAST:  Jeremy Davies  •  Clea DuVall  •  Allison Smith  •  Mary Lynn Rajskub

The rise of Charles Manson and his "family," who are responsible for a series of famous murders in the late 1960s. Manson, a magnetic and mysterious man, attracts road-weary single mother Linda Kasabian to join his collection of outcasts on a ranch outside of Los ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Gray
CAST:  Jeremy Davies  •  Clea DuVall  •  Allison Smith  •  Mary Lynn Rajskub

Bloodlines: Murder in the Family (1993)

Stewart and Neil Woodman plot to have their parents murdered.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Wendkos
CAST:  Mimi Rogers  •  Elliott Gould  •  Clancy Brown  •  Kim Hunter

Stewart and Neil Woodman plot to have their parents murdered.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Wendkos
CAST:  Mimi Rogers  •  Elliott Gould  •  Clancy Brown  •  Kim Hunter

Deadly Game (1991)

A group of seven strangers, including a dancer, a doctor, a teacher, and a disgraced former football player, are brought together on an island owned by the mysterious Osirus. There they are told that at some point in their lives, they crossed Osirus and now must ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Thomas J. Wright
CAST:  Michael Beck  •  Jenny Seagrove  •  Fredric Lehne  •  Steven Vincent Leigh

A group of seven strangers, including a dancer, a doctor, a teacher, and a disgraced former football player, are brought together on an island owned by the mysterious Osirus. There they are told that at some point in their lives, they crossed Osirus and now must ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Thomas J. Wright
CAST:  Michael Beck  •  Jenny Seagrove  •  Fredric Lehne  •  Steven Vincent Leigh

The Curse of Inferno (1996)

A rather dull minded bank robber suddenly suffers from a change of heart and decides to give the money back. However, he then learns that getting the money back into the bank is much more difficult than taking it out.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Warren
CAST:  Pauly Shore  •  Janine Turner  •  Ned Beatty  •  Max Perlich

A rather dull minded bank robber suddenly suffers from a change of heart and decides to give the money back. However, he then learns that getting the money back into the bank is much more difficult than taking it out.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Warren
CAST:  Pauly Shore  •  Janine Turner  •  Ned Beatty  •  Max Perlich

Burning Rage (1984)

While coal fires burn beneath a depressed mining town a greedy businessman stops at nothing to buy up the mineral rights.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilbert Cates
CAST:  Bert Remsen  •  Tom Wopat  •  Barbara Mandrell  •  John Pleshette

While coal fires burn beneath a depressed mining town a greedy businessman stops at nothing to buy up the mineral rights.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilbert Cates
CAST:  Bert Remsen  •  Tom Wopat  •  Barbara Mandrell  •  John Pleshette

Detonator (2003)

A former FBI agent must stop a crazy man from blowing up bombs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jonathan Freedman
CAST:  Randall Batinkoff  •  Elizabeth Berkley  •  Stan Shaw  •  Bokeem Woodbine

A former FBI agent must stop a crazy man from blowing up bombs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jonathan Freedman
CAST:  Randall Batinkoff  •  Elizabeth Berkley  •  Stan Shaw  •  Bokeem Woodbine

Shattered Innocence (1988)

A high school graduate leaves behind her modest life and finds work in the sex industry, but it ends in disaster. A dramatized account of the life of the adult actress Shauna Grant.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sandor Stern
CAST:  Jonna Lee  •  Melinda Dillon  •  Richard Alexander  •  John Pleshette

A high school graduate leaves behind her modest life and finds work in the sex industry, but it ends in disaster. A dramatized account of the life of the adult actress Shauna Grant.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sandor Stern
CAST:  Jonna Lee  •  Melinda Dillon  •  Richard Alexander  •  John Pleshette

End of the Road (1970)

After a catatonic episode on a railway station platform, Jacob Horner is taken to "The Farm"...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aram Avakian
CAST:  Stacy Keach  •  James Earl Jones  •  Harris Yulin  •  Dorothy Tristan

After a catatonic episode on a railway station platform, Jacob Horner is taken to "The Farm"...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aram Avakian
CAST:  Stacy Keach  •  James Earl Jones  •  Harris Yulin  •  Dorothy Tristan

The Users (1978)

A beautiful girl from a small town with dreams of making it in Hollywood marries an actor whose career is fading, then schemes to get him back into the big time - and her with him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Hardy
CAST:  Jaclyn Smith  •  Tony Curtis  •  Red Buttons  •  Alan Feinstein

A beautiful girl from a small town with dreams of making it in Hollywood marries an actor whose career is fading, then schemes to get him back into the big time - and her with him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Hardy
CAST:  Jaclyn Smith  •  Tony Curtis  •  Red Buttons  •  Alan Feinstein

Paramedics (1988)

Two paramedics are transferred to the nasty part of the city where a gang is killing people to sell their organs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stuart Margolin
CAST:  George Newbern  •  Christopher McDonald  •  Lydie Denier  •  John P. Ryan

Two paramedics are transferred to the nasty part of the city where a gang is killing people to sell their organs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stuart Margolin
CAST:  George Newbern  •  Christopher McDonald  •  Lydie Denier  •  John P. Ryan

Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry (1986)

A rich widow shocks her snobbish WASP family when she decides to marry her Jewish, divorced, doctor. His family is equally shocked.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Schaefer
CAST:  Katharine Hepburn  •  Harold Gould  •  Bibi Besch  •  Denholm Elliott

A rich widow shocks her snobbish WASP family when she decides to marry her Jewish, divorced, doctor. His family is equally shocked.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Schaefer
CAST:  Katharine Hepburn  •  Harold Gould  •  Bibi Besch  •  Denholm Elliott

House Calls (1978)

Charley is a surgeon who's recently lost his wife; he embarks on a tragicomic romantic quest with one woman after another until he meets up with Ann, a singular woman, closer to his own age, who immediately and unexpectedly captures his heart.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Zieff
CAST:  Walter Matthau  •  Art Carney  •  Richard Benjamin  •  Candice Azzara

Charley is a surgeon who's recently lost his wife; he embarks on a tragicomic romantic quest with one woman after another until he meets up with Ann, a singular woman, closer to his own age, who immediately and unexpectedly captures his heart.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Zieff
CAST:  Walter Matthau  •  Art Carney  •  Richard Benjamin  •  Candice Azzara

Gentlemen Broncos (2009)

A teenager attends a fantasy writers' convention where he discovers his idea has been stolen by an established novelist.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jared Hess
CAST:  Michael Angarano  •  Sam Rockwell  •  Clive Revill  •  Jemaine Clement

A teenager attends a fantasy writers' convention where he discovers his idea has been stolen by an established novelist.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jared Hess
CAST:  Michael Angarano  •  Sam Rockwell  •  Clive Revill  •  Jemaine Clement

Eye of the Stranger (1993)

A stranger comes into town and causes a stir when he stands up for the townfolk, in the face of the intimidation tactics from Mayor Howard Baines. The scheming mayor wants to buy up all the local properties, and has hired two thugs to help 'persuade' the owners to sell.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Heavener
CAST:  David Heavener  •  Martin Landau  •  Sally Kirkland  •  Don Swayze

A stranger comes into town and causes a stir when he stands up for the townfolk, in the face of the intimidation tactics from Mayor Howard Baines. The scheming mayor wants to buy up all the local properties, and has hired two thugs to help 'persuade' the owners to sell.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Heavener
CAST:  David Heavener  •  Martin Landau  •  Sally Kirkland  •  Don Swayze

The Day Lincoln Was Shot (1998)

A dramatization of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Based on the book by Jim Bishop.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Gray
CAST:  Rob Morrow  •  Lance Henriksen  •  Donna Murphy  •  Jean Louisa Kelly

A dramatization of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Based on the book by Jim Bishop.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Gray
CAST:  Rob Morrow  •  Lance Henriksen  •  Donna Murphy  •  Jean Louisa Kelly
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