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Sommersby

Sommersby

Sommersby
IMDb: 6.3
109

Set in the South just after the US Civil War, Laurel Sommersby is just managing to work the farm without her husband, believed killed in battle. By all accounts, Jack…

The Sandlot

The Sandlot

The Sandlot
IMDb: 7.8
101

During a summer of friendship and adventure, one boy becomes a part of the gang, nine boys become a team and their leader becomes a legend by confronting the terrifying…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
The Meteor Man

The Meteor Man

The Meteor Man
IMDb: 5.3
100

One night Jefferson Reed gets hit in the chest by a souped-up chunk of meteor. So he can fly, but he’s scared of heights. He can master the information in…

Patriot Games

Patriot Games

Patriot Games
IMDb: 6.8
117

When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack and his family as revenge.

Excessive Force

Excessive Force

Excessive Force
IMDb: 5.4
87

Chicago policeman Terry McCain is determined to put away mobster Sal DiMarco, who always gets acquitted on technicalities. While monitoring a drug sale, a shootout ensues, and one of Terry’s…

Genre: Action
True Identity

True Identity

True Identity
IMDb: 5.2
93

In order to escape from the mob, an African-American man must disguise himself as a white man.

Genre: Comedy
Scorchers

Scorchers

Scorchers
IMDb: 5.6
88

Bayou La Teche, Louisiana sizzles as the Cajun town celebrates the wedding of Splendid and Dolan. The trouble comes on the wedding night when Splendid is determined to maintain her…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
The Hunt for Red October

The Hunt for Red October

The Hunt for Red October
IMDb: 7.5
135

A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius. The American government thinks Ramius is planning to…

Genre: Action, Thriller
Convicts

Convicts

Convicts
IMDb: 5.8
93

In 1902, 13-year-old Horace toils on a run-down plantation in rural Texas to buy a tombstone for the father he lost a year earlier. Soll, the crusty old Confederate who owns…

Genre: Drama
By Dawn’s Early Light

By Dawn’s Early Light

By Dawn’s Early Light
IMDb: 6.9
101

A nuclear warhead launched by Soviet insurgents protesting the waning Cold War destroys the Ukrainian city of Donetsk. The destruction sets off a race between American and Soviet politicians to…

The Ambulance

The Ambulance

The Ambulance
IMDb: 6
96

One minute Josh Baker is meeting the woman of his dreams. The next, he’s watching her whisked away by a mysterious ambulance that never arrives at the local hospital. Doubted…

Three Fugitives

Three Fugitives

Three Fugitives
IMDb: 6.2
96

On his first day after being released from jail for 14 armed bank robberies, Lucas finds himself caught up in someone else’s robbery. Perry has decided to hold up the…

Genre: Comedy, Crime
Field of Dreams

Field of Dreams

Field of Dreams
IMDb: 7.5
105

Ray Kinsella is an Iowa farmer who hears a mysterious voice telling him to turn his cornfield into a baseball diamond. He does, but the voice’s directions don’t stop —…

Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Best of the Best

Best of the Best

Best of the Best
IMDb: 6.4
97

A team from the United States is going to compete against Korea in a Tae Kwon Do tournament. The team consists of fighters from all over the country–can they overcome…

Genre: Action, Drama
Coming to America

Coming to America

Coming to America
IMDb: 7.1
117

An African prince decides it’s time for him to find a princess… and his mission leads him and his most loyal friend to Queens, New York. In disguise as an…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night

Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night

Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
IMDb: 6.2
83

Pinocchio and his friends, a glow worm and a marionette, search for a magic music box, putting them in danger from the evil Scalawag and the Emperor of the Night.

Matewan

Matewan

Matewan
IMDb: 7.9
132

Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, “Matewan” celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe Kenehan, a scab named “Few Clothes” Johnson…

Genre: Drama, History
Gardens of Stone

Gardens of Stone

Gardens of Stone
IMDb: 6.3
111

At Arlington National Cemetery during the Vietnam era, veteran sergeant Clell Hazard trains young soldiers while mourning those lost in combat. Unable to return to war himself, he mentors Jackie…

Genre: Drama, History, War
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold

Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold

Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
IMDb: 4.6
99

After his brother Robeson disappears without a trace while exploring Africa in search of a legendary ‘white tribe’, Allan Quatermain decides to follow in his footsteps to learn what became…

Soul Man

Soul Man

Soul Man
IMDb: 5.3
104

A white prospective grad student’s affluent family won’t pay his way through law school, so he takes tanning pills to darken his skin in order to qualify for an African-American…

Genre: Comedy
City Limits

City Limits

City Limits
IMDb: 2.5
86

A series of teenage gangs struggle against each other in a not-so-distant future. Eventually they unite against an evil corporation, as represented by evil CEO Robby Benson who wants to…

Return of the Jedi

Return of the Jedi

Return of the Jedi
IMDb: 8.3
132

Luke Skywalker leads a mission to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt, the Emperor prepares to crush the Rebellion with a more powerful Death…

The Flight of Dragons

The Flight of Dragons

The Flight of Dragons
IMDb: 7.6
96

The realm of magic is being threatened by the realm of logic, so the green wizard, Carolinus, decides to shield it for all time. Ommadon, the evil red wizard, stands…

Blood Tide

Blood Tide

Blood Tide
IMDb: 4.4
82

An adventurer hunting for treasure in Greece accidentally frees a monster that forces local villagers to sacrifice virgins.

Conan the Barbarian

Conan the Barbarian

Conan the Barbarian
IMDb: 6.9
130

A horde of rampaging warriors massacre the parents of young Conan and enslave the young child for years on The Wheel of Pain. As the sole survivor of the childhood…

Star Wars

Star Wars

Star Wars
IMDb: 8.6
121

Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo team…

A Piece of the Action

A Piece of the Action

A Piece of the Action
IMDb: 6.5
135

How does retired cop Joshua Burke (James Earl Jones) get two career criminals, Manny Durrell (Sidney Poitier) and Dave Anderson (Bill Cosby), to follow the straight and narrow? Con them…

Genre: Comedy, Crime
The Last Remake of Beau Geste

The Last Remake of Beau Geste

The Last Remake of Beau Geste
IMDb: 6
85

Brothers Beau, John and Digby Geste join the Foreign Legion, where they fall under the rule of tyrannical Sergeant Markoff. Beau and John are assigned to Fort Zinderneuf, where Markoff…

Exorcist II: The Heretic

Exorcist II: The Heretic

Exorcist II: The Heretic
IMDb: 3.8
118

Bizarre nightmares plague Regan MacNeil four years after her possession and exorcism. Has the demon returned? And if so, can the combined faith and knowledge of a Vatican investigator and…

Genre: Horror
Swashbuckler

Swashbuckler

Swashbuckler
IMDb: 6
101

A pirate and a hot-tempered noblewoman join forces to protect Jamaica from a tyrant.

The River Niger

The River Niger

The River Niger
IMDb: 6.1
105

An intimate look at life in the ghetto: Johnny Williams is a house painter who moonlights as a poet, struggling to financially and emotionally support his cancer-ridden wife Mattie. But…

Genre: Drama
Deadly Hero

Deadly Hero

Deadly Hero
IMDb: 5.8
102

Officer Lacy is an 18-year veteran of the New York Police Department who finds himself demoted from detective back to patrol duty for his violent tendencies and trigger-happy behavior.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings

The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings

The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
IMDb: 6.8
111

Top baseball pitcher Bingo Long is fed up with how his Negro League team owner treats him, so he forms his own lineup, recruiting big-hitting Leon Carter and Charlie Snow,…

Genre: Comedy
The UFO Incident

The UFO Incident

The UFO Incident
IMDb: 6.5
97

In the early 1960s, an interracial couple undergo hypnosis, which unlocks memories of a forgotten event on a lonely road. Soon they believe they were abducted by extraterrestrials.

Claudine

Claudine

Claudine
IMDb: 7.3
92

Claudine is a single mother in New York City who endures an exhausting commute to the suburbs where she works as a maid for wealthy families. In one carefully tended…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Malcolm X

Malcolm X

Malcolm X
IMDb: 7.6
91

James Earl Jones narrates this fascinating and moving documentary about the life of the assassinated black leader through various sources.

Genre: Documentary
The Great White Hope

The Great White Hope

The Great White Hope
IMDb: 6.9
103

A black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing establishment looks for ways to knock him down.

Genre: Drama
End of the Road

End of the Road

End of the Road
IMDb: 6.2
110

Moments after receiving his graduate diploma, Jacob waits at a train station. The future lies ahead, but life abruptly intervenes. Images flash in Jacob’s mind: of war, injustice, assassination, protest,…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
The Comedians

The Comedians

The Comedians
IMDb: 6.3
152

American and British tourists get caught up in political unrest in Haiti.

Genre: Drama
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
IMDb: 8.3
95

After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to…

Genre: Comedy, War