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Director: Barry Shils    More Info
Starring: Jordan Christopher Michael, Martha Quinn, Susan Tyrrell, John Diehl, Robert Picardo, Garrett Morris, Michael J. Pollard, Sandy Baron, Mary Woronov, Vince Edwards

 Ten-year-old Gus (Jordan Christopher Michael) is tired of his abusive parents so he steals a 1960s' Mustang and heads off to win the "Motorama" road game–a game sponsored by a gas company that involves getting game cards at their stations and spelling out "Motorama." He meets some strange and amusing people on his journey in this weird little film. Cameo appearances abound.

Director: Gerard Lauzier    More Info
Starring: Gerard Depardieu, Marie Gillain, Patrick Mille, Catherine Jacob, Charlotte de Turckheim, Gerard Herold, Thierry Der'ven, Franck-Olivier Bonnet, Jean-Francois Rangasamy, Koomaren Chetty

 Andre (Gerard Depardieu), trying to make up not being around for her, takes his 14-year-old daughter, Veronique (Marie Gillain), to a resort. In order to win over a windsurfer, she fabricates that she is older than she is, that she in Andre's lover, and that Andre is a dying gangster. After Andre finds out about the stories, he goes along with her story. Remade in English in 1994 with Depardieu returning as Andre.

Director: Howard Zieff    More Info
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Macaulay Culkin, Anna Chlumsky, Richard Masur, Griffin Dunne, Ann Nelson, Peter Michael Goetz, Jane Hallaren, Anthony R. Jones

 Eleven-year-old Vada (Anna Chlumsky) worries about her own responsibility for her mother's death during childbirth and reaches out for attention from her estranged father Harry (Dan Aykroyd) who runs a funeral parlor. When Harry starts dating Shelly (Jamie Lee Curtis), a cosmetologist who works in the funeral parlor, Vada tries to stop the romance. Meanwhile, her only friend Thomas (Macaulay Culkin) gives her comfort, but that ends when frail Thomas suffers a fatal injury after being attacked by bees. Now, Vada's preoccupation with death is accelerated. A sequel follows.

Director: Jonathan Wacks    More Info
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Teri Polo, Brian McNamara, Fisher Stevens, B.D. Wong, Tony Rosato, Don S. Davis, James Hong, Victor Wong, Ping Wu

 Tom (Ethan Hawke), a shy teen, does not have the courage to ask next door neighbor Geena (Teri Polo) out on a date. But his handsome, successful older brother, Craig (Brian McNamara), does a make-over on Tom; Craig even calls Geena on Tom's behalf and provides his sports car for their evening pleasure. Events turn weird when people react to the couple, thinking that Tom is Craig, which is followed by finding a corpse in the trunk of Craig's car.

Director: David Zucker    More Info
Starring: Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, Robert Goulet, George Kennedy, O.J. Simpson, Richard Griffiths, Jacqueline Brookes, Anthony James, Lloyd Bochner, Tim O'Connor

 Lieutenant Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) is still on the police force, and now he is involved in keeping ecology safe by stopping the power brokers from talking the country into passing a new energy policy. Drebin investigates when energy czar Dr. Albert S. Meinheimer (Richard Griffiths) is kidnapped by the energy industries–with help from villain Quentin Hapsburg (Robert Goulet)–so that they can substitute a conspirator in his place who will then enact an energy policy more favorable to those who supply the energy. Once again, Jane (Priscilla Presley) is there to help Drebin. Still lots of funny things going on.

Director: Stan Dragoti    More Info
Starring: Scott Bakula, Hector Elizondo, Robert Loggia, Harley Jane Kozak, Sinbad, Larry Miller, Fred Dalton Thompson, Rob Schneider, Jason Bateman, Andrew Bryniarski

 The Texas State football program is in deep trouble: a scandal resulted in NCAA sanctions. Now a team must be formed without scholarships, so a 34-year-old farmer–a former quarterback–is lured back to school. A team, built around him, includes a beautiful lady kicker and assorted misfits. Harmless, with a few laughs.

Director: Chantal Akerman    More Info
Starring: Guilaine Londez, Thomas Langmann, Francois Negret, Nicole Colchat, Pierre Laroche, Christian Crahay

 This is an amusing story about a woman who manages to keep two lovers–both cab drivers (one works the day shift and the other works at night).

Director: Jim Jarmusch    More Info
Starring: Gena Rowlands, Winona Ryder, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Giancarlo Esposito, Rosie Perez, Isaach De Bankole, Beatrice Dalle, Roberto Benigni, Paolo Bonacelli, Lisanne Falk

 Inventive Jim Jarmusch brings us five stories that happen simultaneously across the globe–all occurring in taxies. Set in Los Angeles, New York City, Paris, Rome, and Helsinski, the international cast adds to the pleasure of this film.

Director: Dan Aykroyd    More Info
Starring: Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Demi Moore, Taylor Negron, Bertila Damas, Valri Bromfield, John Wesley, Raymond J. Barry, Brian Doyle-Murray

 After being arrested for speeding, Chris Thorne and Diane Lightson (Chevy Chase and Demi Moore) become "guests" at the home of their judge–a "hanging" judge, J.P. Alvin Valkenheiser (Dan Aykroyd). Valkenheiser pronounces death sentences, and the pair end up in the dungeons below the judge's mansion.

Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg    More Info
Starring: John Malkovich, Andie MacDowell, Lolita Davidovich, Rudi Davies, Joss Ackland, Bill Paterson, Ricci Harnett, Peter Riegert, Jack Shepherd, Rosemary Martin

 Jake (John Malkovich) and Tina (Andie MacDowell), who live way beyond their means, are currently residing in a London hotel. When Tina's valuable Henry Moore sculpture is stolen, the couple creates even more problems for themselves as greed and infidelity take center stage.

Director: Chris Columbus    More Info
Starring: John Candy, Maureen O'Hara, Ally Sheedy, Kevin Dunn, Milo O'Shea, Bert Remsen, Anthony Quinn, James Belushi, Macaulay Culkin, Marvin J. McIntyre

 Chicago police officer Danny Muldoon (John Candy) still lives with his mother (Maureen O'Hara) and is forced into making a decision between her and the woman (Ally Sheedy) with whom he has fallen in love. Good mixture of comedy and sentimental romance.

Director: John Landis    More Info
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Chazz Palminteri, Don Ameche, Peter Riegert, Eddie Bracken, Linda Gray, Yvonne De Carlo, Kirk Douglas, Marisa Tomei, Ken Howard

 Gangster Angelo "Snaps" Provolone (Sylvester Stallone) tries to make good on a deathbed promise to his father that he will leave his life of crime. However, he finds many obstacles standing in the way to an honest life.

Director: Norman Jewison    More Info
Starring: Danny DeVito, Gregory Peck, Penelope Ann Miller, Piper Laurie, Dean Jones, Tom Aldredge, R.D. Call

 A corporate raider (Danny DeVito) romances the daughter (Penelope Ann Miller) of his intended victim (Gregory Peck) in this amusing story about wheelings and dealings of company takeovers.

Director: Carol Monpere    More Info
Starring: Sarah Buxton, Martha Byrne, Jennifer Blanc, Jennifer Guthrie, Anthony Palermo, Rainbow Harvest, Peter Spears, JD Cullum, Jaime Gomez, Ray Walston

 Five young women come of age in a male-dominated society as the wedding of one of them approaches.

Director: J.D. Athens    More Info
Starring: Bill Maher, Annabelle Gurwitch, David McKnight, Andy Romano, Sam Pancake, Bryan Clark, Cathy Shambley, Ron Darian, Bob Delegall

 Elmo Bunn (Bill Maher) tries to collect money owed on a pizza delivery and uncovers a conspiracy involving politicians from the 1980s–Ronald Reagan (Bryan Clark), Geraldine Ferraro (Cathy Shambley), Michael Dukakis (Ron Darian), and Mayor Bradley (Bob DeLegall).

Director: Brian Levant    More Info
Starring: John Ritter, Michael Oliver, Jack Warden, Laraine Newman, Amy Yasbeck, Ivyann Schwan, Gilbert Gottfried, Paul Willson, Alan Blumenfeld, Charlene Tilton

 Why would you use a bomb of a movie to make another? Someone must have spent money on the first one! Anyway, Junior (Michael Oliver) and the family are back and move to a new town. Dad (John Ritter) is looking for a new wife–and having fun at it–while Junior meets a girl just as bad as he is. Junior's mean tricks continue.

Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse    More Info
Starring: Hugo Weaving, Genevieve Picot, Russell Crowe, Heather Mitchell, Jeffrey Walker, Daniel Pollock, Frankie J. Holden, Frank Gallacher, Saskia Post, Belinda Davey

 A reclusive and blind man, Martin (Hugo Weaving), photographs his surroundings as proof of what is described to him. His housekeeper Celia (Genevieve Picot), also a photographer, torments him as often as he torments her. But, their relationship changes after restaurant worker Andy (Russell Crowe) steps into the picture.

Director: Noah Stern    More Info
Starring: Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick, Bruce Payne, Kristin Dattilo, Buckley Norris, Deborah Falconer, David Pressman, Raymond O'Connor

 Ari (Kevin Bacon) and Sam (Kyra Sedgwick) fall in love, have sex, and discover that their sexual encounters are so intense that the sparks erupt and set actual fires.

Director: Bill Duke    More Info
Starring: Forest Whitaker, Gregory Hines, Robin Givens, Zakes Mokae, Danny Glover, Badja Djola, John Toles-Bey, Ron Taylor, Samm-Art Williams, Stack Pierce

 Place: Nachez, MS. Time: 1956. Slim (Badja Djola) and his gang steal a trunk of gold. But, when the police arrive on the scene, Imabelle (Robin Givens) takes off with the loot while the gang shoots it out. She heads to Harlem with the intention of making some money from her contacts in the area. Her adventures start when she meets an undertaker's assistant (Forest Whitaker) who provides the perfect cover. Before long, the many people who want the gold, including Slim, converge on Harlem and Imabelle.

Director: James L. George    More Info
Starring: Rodney Dangerfield, Susan Boyd, Ronnie Schell, Ned von Leuck, Shawn Southwick, Dana Hill, Sal Landi, Mel Blanc, Barbara Goodson, Bill Farmer

 Rover (voice of Rodney Dangerfield) is a dog that is also an ex-Las Vegas entertainer. Rover has problems adjusting to life away from the neon lights in this imaginative animated film.

Director: Paul Mazursky    More Info
Starring: Bette Midler, Woody Allen, Bill Irwin, Paul Mazursky, Daren Firestone, Rebecca Nickels, Wanakee Legardy, Joan Delaney, Amanda Bruce, Glen Alterman

 Nick (Woody Allen) and Deborah Fifer (Bette Midler) are a bizarre couple who, on their 16th anniversary, discuss and fight about their extramarital affairs while shopping.

Director: Bobcat Goldthwait    More Info
Starring: Bobcat Goldthwait, Julie Brown, Paul Dooley, Robin Williams, Florence Henderson, Sydney Lassick, Tim Kazurinsky, Adam Sandler, Bruce Baum, Jack Gallagher

 This comedy/drama is a strange story about rodeo and circus clowns. Shakes the Clown (Bob Goldthwait) is an alcoholic who ends up framed for murder after his boss is killed. Now, Shakes tries to get information about the murder and goes undercover by posing as a mime.

Director: Mark L. Lester    More Info
Starring: Dolph Lundgren, Brandon Lee, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Tia Carrere, Toshiro Obata, Philip Tan, Rodney Kageyama, Ernie Lively, Renee Griffin, Reid Asato

 Sgt. Kenner and Johnny Murata (Dolph Lundgren and Brandon Lee) work as cops for the LAPD in L.A.'s predominantly Japanese neighborhood, Little Tokyo, where their expertise in martial arts proves very useful as they track down drugs in the neighborhood.

Director: Richard Linklater    More Info
Starring: Richard Linklater, Rudy Basquez, Jean Caffeine, Jan Hockey, Stephan Hockey, Mark James, Samuel Dietert, Bob Boyd, Terrence Kirk, Keith McCormack

 Producer, director, writer, and star Richard Linklater examines the attitudes of nearly 100 young people in Austin, Texas, as they waffle between school and careers–mostly avoiding responsibilities. Over a 24-hour period, street people, musicians, students, and others spout their theories on politics, entertainment, science, and anything else that pops into their heads as the film shifts from one character to another.

Director: Michael Hoffman    More Info
Starring: Sally Field, Kevin Kline, Robert Downey Jr., Cathy Moriarty, Whoopi Goldberg, Elisabeth Shue, Carrie Fisher, Garry Marshall, Teri Hatcher, Kathy Najimy

 This movie is a parody of soap opera stars and how their egos affect personal lives of those around them. Leading lady Celeste Talbut (Sally Field), "Soap Queen," has problems keeping her professional status and living in the real world when her TV show is declining in popularity. Her co-star Montana Moorehead (Cathy Moriarty) is seducing the show's executive producer David Barnes (Robert Downey Jr.) and is trying to convince him to write Celeste off the show. Montana wants him to rehire Jeffrey (Kevin Kline) and turn Celeste's character into a murderess. Celeste's friend, head writer Rose Schwartz (Whoopi Goldberg), does come to her aid and tries to help her sanity when she takes Celeste to the mall where fans cheer her.