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Star Trek: Generations

Star Trek: Generations

Star Trek: Generations
IMDb: 6.6
118

Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Enterprise-D find themselves at odds with the renegade scientist Soran who is destroying entire star systems. Only one man can help Picard…

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Timecop

Timecop

Timecop
IMDb: 5.9
99

An officer for a security agency that regulates time travel, must fend for his life against a shady politician who has a tie to his past.

Heavenly Creatures

Heavenly Creatures

Heavenly Creatures
IMDb: 7.4
109

Wealthy and precocious teenager Juliet transfers from England to New Zealand with her family, and soon befriends the quiet, brooding Pauline through their shared love of fantasy and literature. When…

Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Once Were Warriors

Once Were Warriors

Once Were Warriors
IMDb: 7.9
99

A drama about a Maori family lving in Auckland, New Zealand. Lee Tamahori tells the story of Beth Heke’s strong will to keep her family together during times of unemployment…

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Genre: Drama
Baby’s Day Out

Baby’s Day Out

Baby’s Day Out
IMDb: 6.0
99

Baby Bink couldn’t ask for more; he has adoring (if somewhat sickly-sweet) parents, he lives in a huge mansion, and he’s just about to appear in the social pages of…

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Maverick

Maverick

Maverick
IMDb: 7.0
127

Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them. He needs an additional three thousand dollars in order to enter a Winner Take All poker game that…

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8 Seconds

8 Seconds

8 Seconds
IMDb: 6.6
105

This film chronicles the life of Lane Frost, 1987 PRCA Bull Riding World Champion, his marriage and his friendships with Tuff Hedeman (three-time World Champion) and Cody Lambert.

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Nemesis

Nemesis

Nemesis
IMDb: 5.6
94

In the future, chaos is rampant as ‘information terrorists’ threaten to destroy order in society. Alex is a part-man, part-machine LAPD cop who is the best at what he does….

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Jennifer Eight

Jennifer Eight

Jennifer Eight
IMDb: 6.3
124

A big city cop from LA moves to a small town police force and immediately finds himself investigating a murder. Using theories rejected by his colleagues, the cop, John Berlin,…

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Tom and Jerry: The Movie

Tom and Jerry: The Movie

Tom and Jerry: The Movie
IMDb: 5.3
84

The popular cartoon cat and mouse are thrown into a feature film. The story has the twosome trying to help an orphan girl who is being berated and exploited by…

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Genre: Animation, Family
Fortress

Fortress

Fortress
IMDb: 5.9
95

A futuristic prison movie. Protagonist and wife are nabbed at a future US emigration point with an illegal baby during population control. The resulting prison experience is the subject of…

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Critters 4

Critters 4

Critters 4
IMDb: 4.1
100

Just before bounty hunter Charile triggers his gun to destroy the last two Critter-eggs, he gets a message that it would be illegal to extinguish the race from the galaxy….

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Strictly Ballroom

Strictly Ballroom

Strictly Ballroom
IMDb: 7.2
94

Brave new steps put Scott’s career in jeopardy. With a new partner and determination, can he still succeed?

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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Raising Cain

Raising Cain

Raising Cain
IMDb: 6.0
92

When neighborhood kids begin vanishing, Jenny suspects her child psychologist husband, Carter, may be resuming the deranged experiments his father performed on Carter when he was young. Now, it falls…

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Unlawful Entry

Unlawful Entry

Unlawful Entry
IMDb: 6.3
117

After a break-in at their house, a couple gets help from one of the cops that answered their call. He helps them install the security system, and begins dropping by…

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Class Act

Class Act

Class Act
IMDb: 6.1
98

Duncan is a genius straight A student, Blade is juvenile delinquent. But because of a mix up with their school records, everyone thinks each is the other one. Now, Duncan…

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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Man Bites Dog

Man Bites Dog

Man Bites Dog
IMDb: 7.5
96

The activities of rampaging, indiscriminate serial killer Ben are recorded by a willingly complicit documentary team, who eventually become his accomplices and active participants. Ben provides casual commentary on the…

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Hard Boiled

Hard Boiled

Hard Boiled
IMDb: 7.9
126

A cop who loses his partner in a shoot-out with gun smugglers goes on a mission to catch them. In order to get closer to the leaders of the ring…

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Deep Cover

Deep Cover

Deep Cover
IMDb: 6.9
107

The black policeman Russell Stevens applies for a special anti-drug squad which targets the highest boss of cocaine delivery to LA: the Colombian foreign minister’s nephew. Russell works his way…

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The Power of One

The Power of One

The Power of One
IMDb: 7.2
127

PK, an English orphan terrorized for his family’s political beliefs in Africa, turns to his only friend, a kindly world-wise prisoner, Geel Piet. Geel teaches him how to box with…

Genre: Drama
LadyBugs

LadyBugs

LadyBugs
IMDb: 5.3
90

To climb the corporate ladder to success, a guy agrees to coach the company’s all girl soccer team with the help of his secret weapon: his fiancee’s son.

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Genre: Comedy, Family
American Me

American Me

American Me
IMDb: 7.2
125

Edward J. Olmos made his directorial bow with the powerhouse crime saga American Me. Olmos stars as street-gang leader Santana, who during his 18 years in Folsom Prison rules over…

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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Radio Flyer

Radio Flyer

Radio Flyer
IMDb: 6.9
114

A father reminisces about his childhood when he and his younger brother moved to a new town with their mother, her new husband and their dog, Shane. When the younger…

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Genre: Drama
Medicine Man

Medicine Man

Medicine Man
IMDb: 6.0
106

An eccentric scientist working for a large drug company is working on a research project in the Amazon jungle. He sends for a research assistant and a gas chromatograph because…

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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Evil Toons

Evil Toons

Evil Toons
IMDb: 3.8
90

Four sexy young girls are to clean an old house for the new owners. They get delivered an old book full of magic incantations, and while reading it they accidentally…

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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Alice

Alice

Alice
IMDb: 6.6
102

Alice Tate, mother of two, with a marriage of 16 years, finds herself falling for the handsome sax player, Joe. Stricken with a backache, she consults Dr. Yang, an oriental…

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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Mermaids

Mermaids

Mermaids
IMDb: 6.6
110

Fifteen-year-old Charlotte Flax is tired of her wacky mom moving their family to a different town any time she feels it is necessary. When they move to a small Massachusetts…

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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Captain America

Captain America

Captain America
IMDb: 3.3
97

During World War II, a brave, patriotic American Soldier undergoes experiments to become a new supersoldier, “Captain America.” Racing to Germany to sabotage the rockets of Nazi baddie “Red Skull”,…

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Awakenings

Awakenings

Awakenings
IMDb: 7.8
120

Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to “awaken” the catatonic victims of a rare disease. Leonard is the first patient to receive the controversial treatment….

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Genre: Drama
Child’s Play 2

Child’s Play 2

Child’s Play 2
IMDb: 5.8
84

When Andy’s mother is admitted to a psychiatric hospital, the young boy is placed in foster care, and Chucky, determined to claim Andy’s soul, is not far behind.

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Genre: Drama, Horror
The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter

The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter

The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter
IMDb: 5.1
89

Once again, Bastian is transported to the world of Fantasia which he recently managed to save from destruction. However, the land is now being destroyed by an evil sorceress, Xayide,…

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Rocky V

Rocky V

Rocky V
IMDb: 5.2
104

A lifetime of taking shots has ended Rocky’s career, and a crooked accountant has left him broke. Inspired by the memory of his trainer, however, Rocky finds glory in training…

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Genre: Drama
Quigley Down Under

Quigley Down Under

Quigley Down Under
IMDb: 6.9
119

American Matt Quigley answers Australian land baron Elliott Marston’s ad for a sharpshooter to kill the dingoes on his property. But when Quigley finds out that Marston’s real target is…

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Troll 2

Troll 2

Troll 2
IMDb: 2.8
95

A young child is terrified to discover that a planned family trip is to be haunted by vile plant-eating monsters out of his worst nightmare…

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Genre: Horror
The Grifters

The Grifters

The Grifters
IMDb: 7.0
110

A young short-con grifter suffers both injury and the displeasure of reuniting with his criminal mother, all the while dating an unpredictable young lady.

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Genre: Crime, Drama
Marked for Death

Marked for Death

Marked for Death
IMDb: 5.9
94

Just retired from the Drug Enforcement Agency, John Hatcher returns to his hometown and quickly discovers that drugs have infiltrated his old neighborhood. Determined to drive the dealers out, Hatcher…

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Genre: Action, Thriller
Henry & June

Henry & June

Henry & June
IMDb: 6.3
136

While traveling in Paris, author Henry Miller and his wife, June, meet Anais Nin, and sexual sparks fly as Nin starts an affair with the openly bisexual June. When June…

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Genre: Romance
Miller’s Crossing

Miller’s Crossing

Miller’s Crossing
IMDb: 7.8
115

Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.

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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Death Warrant

Death Warrant

Death Warrant
IMDb: 5.7
93

The Canadian policeman Louis Burke is assigned in a jail to investigate the murders of prisoners and jailors. When in jail, Louis, using his outstandings martial arts skills, is able…

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Genre: Action
Postcards from the Edge

Postcards from the Edge

Postcards from the Edge
IMDb: 6.7
101

Substance-addicted Hollywood actress Suzanne Vale is on the skids. After a spell at a detox centre her film company insists as a condition of continuing to employ her that she…

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Genre: Comedy, Drama