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8.6/10
Documentary, Music
USA
1984
88 Minutes
Director
Bernie Worrell Alex Weir Steve Scales Lynn Mabry Edna Holt Tina Weymouth Jerry Harrison Chris Frantz David Byrne
david byrne tina weymouth chris frantz jerry harrison singer musician frenetic intense uplifting concert stage hollywood, calif. talking heads concert music adventure 1980s
An innovative concert movie for the rock group The Talking Heads.
8.6/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1991
119 Minutes
Director
Jodie Foster Anthony Hopkins Scott Glenn Ted Levine Anthony Heald Brooke Smith Diane Baker Kasi Lemmons Charles Napier Roger Corman George Romero
psychiatrist psychopath student agent serial killer police officer dark creepy suspenseful prison cave household washington, d.c. insanity kidnapping cannibalism torture fbi escape mystery
A young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.
7.7/10
Documentary, Music
USA
2006
103 Minutes
Director
Neil Young Emmylou Harris Pegi Young Ben Keith Spooner Oldham Rick Rosas
musician neil young airy creative engaging positive raw uplifting nashville, tenn. concert folk music rock 'n' roll transformation discovery 2000s
A film shot over during a two-night performance by Neil Young at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium.
7.7/10
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
USA
1993
125 Minutes
Director
Tom Hanks Denzel Washington Jason Robards Antonio Banderas Joanne Woodward Mary Steenburgen Ron Vawter Robert Ridgely Charles Napier Roger Corman John Bedford Lloyd
lawyer gay man wife husband homophobe boyfriend tender emotional profound office library courtroom apartment philadelphia homophobia worker's rights law friendship court battles aids
When a man with HIV is fired by his law firm because of his condition, he hires a homophobic small time lawyer as the only willing advocate for a wrongful dismissal suit.
6.9/10
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
USA
1986
113 Minutes
Director
Jeff Daniels Melanie Griffith Ray Liotta Margaret Colin Tracey Walter Dana Preu Jack Gilpin Kristin Olsen John Sayles John Waters Charles Napier
free spirit broker ex-convict mother amusing suspenseful charming madcap new york city pennsylvania car high school road trip reunion chase opposites attract abduction temptation pursuit love
A free-spirited woman "kidnaps" a yuppie for a weekend of adventure. But the fun quickly takes a dangerous turn when her ex-convict husband shows up.
6.8/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1980
95 Minutes
Director
Paul Le Mat Jason Robards Mary Steenburgen Jack Kehoe Pamela Reed Dabney Coleman Michael J. Pollard Gloria Grahame Elizabeth Cheshire Martine Beswick Charles Napier
gas station owner wife billionaire lawyer judge amusing offbeat sad las vegas desert gas station courtroom strip club utah howard hughes money american dream inheritance luck underdog
The story of hard-luck Melvin E. Dummar, who claimed to have received a will naming him an heir to the fortune of Howard Hughes.
6.7/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
2008
111 Minutes
Director
Anne Hathaway Rosemarie DeWitt Bill Irwin Debra Winger Tunde Adebimpe Mather Zickel Anisa George Anna Deavere Smith Jerome Lepage Beau Sia
sister bride father mother groom family member quirky brooding melodramatic new england family home hair salon home interracial romance drug addiction wedding family deception struggle rivalry
A young woman who has been in and out of rehab for the past ten years, returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.
6.6/10
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2004
130 Minutes
Director
Denzel Washington Meryl Streep Liev Schreiber Jon Voight Kimberly Elise Jeffrey Wright Ted Levine Bruno Ganz Miguel Ferrer Dean Stockwell Jude Ciccolella
sergeant soldier captain politician major mother thrilling creepy kuwait rally desert bedroom brainwashing political campaign doubt corporate greed conspiracy gulf war rise discovery
In the midst of the Gulf War, soldiers are kidnapped and brainwashed for sinister purposes.
6.5/10
Documentary
USA
2011
87 Minutes
Director
rock star inspiring calm canada ohio road trip biography rise 21st century
Neil Young returns to his birth Canadian province of Ontario to revisit his old haunts and to perform in Toronto's vintage Massey Hall.
6.2/10
Comedy
USA
1988
103 Minutes
Director
Michelle Pfeiffer Matthew Modine Dean Stockwell Mercedes Ruehl Alec Baldwin Joan Cusack Trey Wilson Charles Napier Tracey Walter Al Lewis Maria Karnilova
crime boss gangster's wife mobster fbi agent thrilling madcap quirky long island, n.y. new york city miami mafia new love fresh start blackmail crime escape revenge pursuit 1980s
A mobster's wife hates her lifestyle, but gets a chance to change it when her husband is killed - if the Long Island mob and the FBI let her.
6.1/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1979
103 Minutes
Director
Roy Scheider Janet Margolin John Glover Sam Levene Charles Napier Christopher Walken
government agent widower college student young woman colleague brother cool gripping thrilling intricate el paso, texas mexico niagara falls, n.y. mental institution apartment connecticut murder mental illness death threat espionage
Harry breaks down and loses his job after his wife is assassinated - could it be his turn next ?
6.0/10
Drama, History
USA
1998
172 Minutes
Director
Oprah Winfrey Danny Glover Thandie Newton Kimberly Elise Beah Richards LisaGay Hamilton Albert Hall Irma P. Hall Carol Jean Lewis Kessia Kordelle Jude Ciccolella
former slave daughter ghost husband schoolteacher son emotional dark chilling ohio household plantation market slavery mother/daughter relationship haunting murder sexual abuse abandonment mystery
Based on the book by Toni Morrison, in which a slave is visited by the spirit of a mysterious young woman
5.9/10
Drama, Comedy
USA
2015
100 Minutes
Director
Meryl Streep Kevin Kline Rick Springfield Mamie Gummer Audra McDonald Sebastian Stan Nick Westrate Hailey Gates Ben Platt Charlotte Rae Rick Rosas
wife mother singer daughter son ex-husband brooding creative emotional concert hall bar restaurant indiana house bedroom dreams abandonment returning home regret hope
A musician who gave up everything for her dream of rock-and-roll stardom returns home, looking to make things right with her family.
5.9/10
Drama
USA
2013
127 Minutes
Director
Wallace Shawn Andre Gregory Julie Hagerty Lisa Joyce Emily Cass McDonnell Jeff Biehl Larry Pine Sheilagh Weymouth
A successful, ego-maniacal architect who has spent a lifetime bullying his wife, employees and mistresses wants to make peace as his life approaches its final act.
5.8/10
Drama
USA
1976
90 Minutes
Director
Peter Fonda Lynn Lowry John Doucette Philip Carey Scott Glenn Kathleen Miller Harry Northrup Ted Markland Gino Franco Noble Willingham
father son police officer wealthy man gritty tense arkansas farm showdown family resistance injustice farming revenge underdog 1970s
An Arkansas farmer stages a one-man war against corrupt land developers who want to evict him and his neighbors from their farms for real estate developments.
5.5/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1975
82 Minutes
Director
Cloris Leachman Stuart Whitman Ann Sothern Jim Backus Don Most Linda Purl
Several women begin outlaws' lives in a desperate trip to their family farm, which was taken off them by corrupt authorities.
5.3/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1974
83 Minutes
Director
Juanita Brown Erica Gavin Barbara Steele Roberta Collins Toby Carr Rafelson
In a women's prison, a group of inmates band together to combat the repressive and abusive policies of the warden and the corrupt prison doctor.
4.7/10
Mystery & Thriller
Germany|USA
2002
104 Minutes
Director
Mark Wahlberg Thandie Newton Tim Robbins Joong-Hoon Park Ted Levine LisaGay Hamilton Christine Boisson Stephen Dillane Simon Abkarian Frédérique Meininger Charles Aznavour
newlywed husband secret agent henchman mysterious man wife thrilling gripping emotional paris bedroom street martinique island france marriage espionage murder unusual romance deception
A woman returns from holiday to find her husband has been murdered, and several groups of people are pressuring her to unravel the mystery of his true identity and activities during his final days.
Comedy, Drama
1984
100 Minutes
Director
Goldie Hawn Kurt Russell Christine Lahti Fred Ward Holly Hunter Ed Harris Roger Corman
A housewife (Goldie Hawn) flirts with a jazzy 4-F co-worker (Kurt Russell) at a World War II aircraft plant.
Drama
1987
83 Minutes
Director
actor amusing quirky offbeat intricate cambodia stage movie set vietnam war politics movie making historical events tyrants adventure discovery 1980s
Spalding Gray weaves racy anecdotes from his life and time in Thailand as an actor in "The Killing Fields."
6.5/10
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
USA
1985
115 Minutes
Jeff Goldblum Michelle Pfeiffer Richard Farnsworth Irene Papas Kathryn Harrold Paul Mazursky Roger Vadim Dan Aykroyd David Bowie Bruce McGill Vera Miles
thief assassin engineer wife husband depressed person amusing madcap lighthearted airport car jewelry theft crime ring infidelity running away adventure pursuit transformation love 1980s
After discovering that his wife is cheating on him, an insomniac aerospace engineer accidentally meets, and tries to help a beautiful model on the run from some extremely dangerous people.
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