About Schmidt 2002   R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alexander Payne
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney, Kathy Bates, June Squibb, Howard Hesseman, Len Cariou, Harry Goener, Connie Ray, Mark Venhuizen
Told through letters to a young Tanzanian orphan, recently retired and widowed Warren Schmidt's (Jack Nicholson) inner thoughts are revealed as he leaves in his Winnebago to perform one meaningful act in his now empty life. His mission: stop the impending marriage of his daughter Jeannie (Hope Davis) to Randall Hertzel (Dermot Mulroney), a man Warren can't stand. Once he arrives at the Hertzel home, Warren meets a family–including Roberta and Larry (Kathy Bates and Howard Hesseman)–unlike any he has ever known. Jack Nicholson received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor and Kathy Bates was nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. 1 User Review
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 Angels in the Outfield 1994  PG, 103 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama / Fantasy
Director: William Dear
Cast: Danny Glover, Brenda Fricker, Tony Danza, Christopher Lloyd, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ben Johnson, Jay O. Sanders, Dermot Mulroney, Matthew McConaughey, Taylor Negron, Milton Davis Jr., Tony Longo, Neal McDonough, Stony Jackson, Adrien Brody
Eleven-year-old Roger (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is a foster child of Maggie (Brenda Fricker) who hears his irresponsible father (Dermot Mulroney) claim that the chances of reuniting his family are just as good as the last-place California Angels winning the pennant. Roger wants his family to get back together so that he can move out of his foster home and prays that the Angels will win the pennant. Roger's prayers are answered in the form of angel Al (Christopher Lloyd) who heads up a group of angels (appearing as glowing special effects) that arrive to help the team–much to the amazement of the Angels' manager George Knox (Danny Glover) and the long-suffering owner Hank Murphy (Ben Johnson).
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Bad Girls 1994  R, 99 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Cast: Madeleine Stowe, Mary Stuart Masterson, Andie MacDowell, Drew Barrymore, James Russo, James LeGros, Robert Loggia, Dermot Mulroney, Cooper Huckabee
This is a modern Western in which four women (Madeleine Stowe, Mary Stuart Masterson, Andie MacDowell, and Drew Barrymore) are forced into living lives outside the law in order to survive.
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Bastard Out of Carolina 1996   R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anjelica Huston
Cast: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ron Eldard, Glenne Headly, Lyle Lovett, Jena Malone, Dermot Mulroney, Christina Ricci, Michael Rooker, Diana Scarwid, Grace Zabriskie
Set during the 1950s, this is the story of child abuse involving a preteen (Jena Malone) who suffers at the hands of her stepfather (Ron Eldard) while her mother (Jennifer Jason Leigh) looks the other way. This sensitively told tale marks Anjelica Huston's directorial debut. 1 User Review
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| | Anonymous 09/28/2009 | | very well done. |
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Box of Moonlight 1996 R, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Tom DiCillo
Cast: John Turturro, Sam Rockwell, Catherine Keener, Lisa Blount, Annie Corley, Rica Martens, Ray Aranha, Dermot Mulroney
When his factory job is eliminated, Al Fountain (John Turturro) faces a midlife crisis, which he solves by heading for Lake Splatchee–a place he remembers visiting as a boy. The lake is a disappointment, but Al meets his direct opposite: the Kid (Sam Rockwell). The Kid is a free-spirited, offbeat character living in a trailer home in the woods, and he teaches the sad and lonely Al that there is more to life than Al ever imagined.
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Copycat 1995 R, 123 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Jon Amiel
Cast: Holly Hunter, Sigourney Weaver, Dermot Mulroney, William McNamara, Harry Connick Jr., Will Patton, John Rothman, J.E. Freeman, Shannon O'Hurley, Bob Greene, Tony Haney, Danny Kovacs, Tahmus Rounds, David Michael Silverman, Scott DeVenney
Police inspector Ruben Goetz (Dermot Mulroney) and his partner, M.J. Monahan (Holly Hunter), are working on a case involving a serial killer. They get help from forensic psychiatrist Dr. Helen Hudson (Sigourney Weaver) who is an agoraphobic and never leaves her apartment. But, Helen does uncover the killer's modus operandi, which imitates the infamous Jeffrey Dahmer. Working together, they manage to solve the case.
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Daddy 1987 TV, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Herzfeld
Cast: Dermot Mulroney, Patricia Arquette, John Karlen, Tess Harper, Trey Ames, Danny Aiello, J.J. Cohen, Darren Dalton, Stuart Fratkin, Micole Mercurio, Edan Gross, Noelle Parker
High-schooler Bobby's (Dermot Mulroney) girlfriend Stacy (Patricia Arquette) is pregnant, and neither is ready for parenthood as their naivete becomes prominent in this made-for-TV drama.
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Family Pictures 1993 TV, 185 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Philip Saville
Cast: Anjelica Huston, Sam Neill, Kyra Sedgwick, Dermot Mulroney, Jamie Harrold, Torri Higginson, Simon Reynolds, David Fox, Corey Sevier, Michael Rhoades, Sean Ryan, Gordon Michael Woolvett
On a trip home to visit her now-divorced parents (Anjelica Huston and Sam Neill), Nina (Kyra Sedgwick) looks at family photographs and, through flashbacks, remembers events concerning her brother's autism and how his illness drove apart the family.
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 The Family Stone 2005 PG-13, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Thomas Bezucha
Cast: Claire Danes, Diane Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Dermot Mulroney, Craig T. Nelson, Sarah Jessica Parker, Luke Wilson, Tyrone Giordano, Brian J. White, Elizabeth Reaser, Paul Schneider, Carol Locatell
When son Everett Stone (Dermot Mulroney) invites his fiancee, Meredith (Sarah Jessica Parker), home for Thanksgiving to meet his dysfunctional family, Meredith asks her sister, Julie (Claire Danes), to come with her for emotional support. Julie gets quite a greeting from Everett, and problems ensue.
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Flash of Genius 2008 PG-13, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Marc Abraham
Cast: Greg Kinnear, Lauren Graham, Dermot Mulroney, Jake Abel, Daniel Roebuck, Tim Kelleher, Bill Smitrovich, Alan Alda, Josette Halpert, Andrew Gilles, Mitch Pileggi, Chuck Shamata, Kate Parr, Kristian Truelsen, Simon Reynolds
In the 1960s, Detroit's Wayne State University Electrical Engineering professor, Robert Kearns (Greg Kinnear), has invented the intermittent windshield wiper. Kearns and his friend Gil Previck (Dermot Mulroney) take the prototype to the Ford motor company, but the company says they are not interested. Just a few years later, Ford proceeds to install the wipers on their new models. Kearns sues the company, and the litigation goes on for years. Finally, Kearns is awarded $30 million, but he loses his mind and his wife Phyllis (Lauren Graham) and family in the process.
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 Georgia Rule 2007  R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: Garry Marshall
Cast: Jane Fonda, Lindsay Lohan, Felicity Huffman, Dermot Mulroney, Garrett Hedlund, Cary Elwes, Hector Elizondo, Dylan MacLaughlin, Zachary Gordon, Laurie Metcalf, Tereza Stanislav, Fred Applegate, Rance Howard
Seventeen-year-old Rachel (Lindsay Lohan) has rebelled one too many times, and now her alcoholic mother, Lilly (Felicity Huffman), leaves San Francisco and takes her spoiled daughter to grandmother Georgia's (Jane Fonda) home in the Mormon town of Hull, Idaho, to spend the summer. Although Georgia lays down her "Georgia Rules" to enforce good behavior, Rachel still manages to shake up the townsfolk but, in the process, learns compassion and understanding for her mother and grandmother.
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Goodbye Lover 1999 R, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Roland Joffe
Cast: Patricia Arquette, Dermot Mulroney, Mary-Louise Parker, Don Johnson, Ellen DeGeneres, Ray McKinnon, Alex Rocco, Andre Gregory, John Neville, Barry Newman
In this black comedy, real estate agent Sandra Dunmore (Patricia Arquette) is enjoying a love affair with Ben (Don Johnson). There is a BIG catch: Sandra is married to Ben's younger brother, Jake (Dermot Mulroney). Before long, Sandra hatches a scheme to murder her husband, collect the insurance money, and marry Ben. Ben, however, has other plans that don't quite match Sandra's.
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 Gracie 2007 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Davis Guggenheim
Cast: Elisabeth Shue, Andrew Shue, Carly Schroeder, Emma Bell, Hunter Schoeder, Trevor Heins, Christopher Shand, Dermot Mulroney, Jessie Lee Soffer, Jack Walker, James Biberi, Karl Girolamo, Vasilios "Billy" Mantagas
After her brother, Johnny Shue (Jessie Lee Soffer), dies in a car accident following his soccer game, 13-year-old Gracie (Carly Schroeder) steps in to take his place on the field. It is 1978, soccer is a Shue-family affair, and Gracie is carrying on the family tradition. She petitions the local school board to allow feminine players on its teams, trains diligently, and takes over her brother's vacated place on the boys' soccer team–not an easy accomplishment in the 1970s.
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Kansas City 1996 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Altman
Cast: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Miranda Richardson, Harry Belafonte, Michael Murphy, Dermot Mulroney, Steve Buscemi, Brooke Smith, Jane Adams
This entertaining film represents Director Robert Altman's memories of his hometown. The setting is 1934, and the plot involves a bizarre kidnapping. However, the real story is the interaction of a varied assortment of characters: gamblers, socialites, politicians, musicians, and–oh yes–just ordinary people.
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The Last Outlaw 1994 R, 90 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Geoff Murphy
Cast: Mickey Rourke, Dermot Mulroney, Ted Levine, John C. McGinley, Steve Buscemi, Keith David, Daniel Quinn, Gavan O'Herlihy, Richard Fancy, Paul Ben-Victor
After being betrayed during a robbery, outlaw leader Graff (Mickey Rourke) sets out to kill each of his betrayers one-by-one.
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Lovely & Amazing 2001 R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Nicole Holofcener
Cast: Catherine Keener, Brenda Blethyn, Emily Mortimer, Raven Goodwin, Aunjanue Ellis, Clark Gregg, Jake Gyllenhaal, James LeGros, Michael Nouri, Dermot Mulroney, Lee Garlington
The Marks family is not exactly your typical next-door neighbors. Sisters Michelle (Catherine Keener) and Annie (Raven Goodwin) possess their own quirky sets of problems. But, the mother, Jane (Brenda Blethyn), is the icing on the cake whose flavor can be found in each of her daughters' personality traits.
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Must Love Dogs 2005 PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gary David Goldberg
Cast: Diane Lane, John Cusack, Elizabeth Perkins, Christopher Plummer, Dermot Mulroney, Stockard Channing, Ali Hillis, Brad William Henke, Julie Gonzalo, Ben Shenkman, Jordana Spiro, Glenn Howerton
After enduring bad luck in love, newly divorced Sarah (Diane Lane) is about to give up–until her family and friends get her involved in on-line dating. She finds what could be her perfect man–except for one thing: his requirement that those responding to his add must love dogs. Sarah does NOT love dogs but borrows one and joins Jake (John Cusack) who, coincidentally, has also borrowed a dog for the date, and the fun begins.
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 My Best Friend's Wedding 1997 PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: P.J. Hogan
Cast: Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, Cameron Diaz, Rupert Everett, Philip Bosco, M. Emmet Walsh, Rachel Griffiths, Carrie Preston, Susan Sullivan, Christopher Masterson, Cassie Creasy, Paul Giamatti, Harry Shearer, Mike Bacarella, Bree Turner
College lovers Julianne Potter (Julia Roberts) and Michael O'Neal (Dermot Mulroney) parted but made a pact to marry each other if both are still single when they reach the ripe old age of 28. Now, Michael calls Julianne to announce his upcoming marriage Kimmy (Cameron Diaz), and Julianne appears on the scene determined to sabotage the "blessed event." The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Musical Score.
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 Point of No Return 1993 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Action / Romance / Thriller
Director: John Badham
Cast: Bridget Fonda, Gabriel Byrne, Dermot Mulroney, Miguel Ferrer, Anne Bancroft, Olivia d'Abo, Richard Romanus, Harvey Keitel, Geoffrey Lewis, Lorraine Toussaint, Michael Rapaport, Mic Rodgers, Ray Oriel, Lieux Dressler, Spike McClure
Maggie (Bridget Fonda) has lived on the seamier side of life–she was a drug addict. Sentenced to death after she killed a policeman, Maggie is given a second chance through recruitment as a hired assassin. During training, she begins to come to grips with her true self, which is not quite so dark as she previously thought. A remake of "La Femme Nikita."
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 The Safety of Objects 2001 R, 121 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rose Troche
Cast: Glenn Close, Dermot Mulroney, Jessica Campbell, Patricia Clarkson, Joshua Jackson, Moira Kelly, Robert Klein, Timothy Olyphant, Mary Kay Place, Kristen Stewart, Alex House, Charlotte Arnold
The interrelated stories of four neighboring families, each with its own separate problems, are told in this adaptation of A.M. Homes' book of short stories.
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Staying Together 1989 R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lee Grant
Cast: Timothy Patrick Quill, Sean Astin, Dermot Mulroney, Stockard Channing, Melinda Dillon, Jim Haynie, Levon Helm, Dinah Manoff, Daphne Zuniga, Keith Szarabajka
A Southern family stays very close because of the necessity of teamwork in running a fried chicken restaurant. However, their lives must change when the father decides to sell the business.
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Survival Quest 1989 R, 90 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Thriller
Director: Don Coscarelli
Cast: Lance Henriksen, Dermot Mulroney, Traci Lind, Mark Rolston, Ben Hammer, Catherine Keener, Michael Allen Ryder, Steve Antin, Paul Provenza, Dominic Hoffman, Ken Daley, Reggie Bannister, Brooke Bundy
A paramilitary group of teenage boys–the Blue Legion–led by survivalist Jake (Mark Rolston) is camping in the Sierra Madre Mountains. Another crew of campers–Survival Quest–is led by gentle Hank (Lance Henriksen) who teaches his group to work together. Hostilities pop up between the two very different groups, and harassment is the name of Blue Legion's game. But, harassment accelerates into the murder of Hank, and now the Survival Quest crew must use what Hank taught them as they race through the mountains–one step ahead of the Blue Legion group that has plans to kill them all.
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The Thing Called Love 1993 PG-13, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Cast: River Phoenix, Samantha Mathis, Dermot Mulroney, Sandra Bullock, K.T. Oslin, Anthony Clark, Webb Wilder, Earl Poole Ball, Deborah Allen, Jimmie Dale Gilmore
In the last finished film of River Phoenix, he plays James Wright, an aspiring country singer who meets three others–Miranda Presley (Samantha Mathis), Kyle Davidson (Dermot Mulroney), and Linda Lue Linden (Sandra Bullock)–who also plan to hit it big in Nashville. They head for the Bluebell Cafe where many have found the way to stardom through the weekly singer contests. In the process love blooms, fades, and blooms again.
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The Trigger Effect 1996 R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Koepp
Cast: Kyle MacLachlan, Elisabeth Shue, Dermot Mulroney, Richard T. Jones, Bill Smitrovich, Michael Rooker, Tori & Tyra Kristiansen, Rick Worthy, Edham Barker, Tyrone Tann
Matt (Kyle MacLachlan) and Annie (Elisabeth Shue) are a young couple who represent problems inherent in today's society when some are capable of taking responsibility and others cannot. One night the power goes out in Matt and Annie's neighborhood, and the vulnerable couple becomes victimized by would-be robbers.
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Trixie 2000 R, 117 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alan Rudolph
Cast: Emily Watson, Dermot Mulroney, Nick Nolte, Nathan Lane, Brittany Murphy, Lesley Ann Warren, Will Patton, Stephen Lang, Mark Acheson, Vincent Gale
Gum-chewing Trixie Zurbo (Emily Watson) is a security guard who longs to be a full-fledged private eye. Her big break comes when she is hired by a casino to watch for pickpockets; a tangled mess results–not only for Trixie but the film as well.
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 Undertow 2004 R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Gordon Green
Cast: Jamie Bell, Josh Lucas, Devon Alan, Dermot Mulroney, Shiri Appleby, Kristen Stewart, Robert Longstreet, Pat Healy, Bill McKinney, Terry Loughlin, Eddie Rouse, Patrice Johnson
Widower John Mann (Dermot Mulroney) has retreated into an idyllic life of farming with his sons Chris (Jamie Bell) and Tim (Devon Alan). When John's fresh-out-of-prison brother, Deel (Josh Lucas), appears on the scene, tragedy follows close behind him.
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The Wedding Date 2005 PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Clare Kilner
Cast: Debra Messing, Dermot Mulroney, Amy Adams, Jack Davenport, Sarah Parish, Jeremy Sheffield, Peter Egan, Holland Taylor, Jolyon James, C. Gerod Harris
Kat (Debra Messing) hires professional escort Nick (Dermot Mulroney) to pose as her date for sister Amy's (Amy Adams) four-day wedding extravaganza. The purpose for Kat's deception is to impress her family AND her ex-fiance. Can they pull it off?
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Where the Day Takes You 1992 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Marc Rocco
Cast: Dermot Mulroney, Lara Flynn Boyle, Balthazar Getty, Sean Astin, James LeGros, Ricki Lake, Will Smith, Peter Dobson, Stephen Tobolowsky, Robert Knepper, Adam Baldwin, Laura San Giacomo, Kyle MacLachlan, Nancy McKeon, Rachel Ticotin
Los Angeles street hustler King (Dermot Mulroney) acts as a father figure for a group of runaways–including gay prostitute Little J (Balthazar Getty), Heather (Lara Flynn Boyle), and drug addict Greg (Sean Astin). But, even though King tries to come to their aid, violence through drugs and prostitution is the norm for these teens, and tragic consequences ensue.
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Where the Money Is 2000 PG-13, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Marek Kanievska
Cast: Paul Newman, Linda Fiorentino, Dermot Mulroney, Susan Barnes, Anne Pitoniak, Bruce MacVittie, Irma St. Paule, Michel Perron, Dorothy Gordon, Rita Tucket
Nurse Carol Ann McKay (Linda Fiorentino), married to Wayne (Dermot Mulroney), is semi-discontent with her life when she begins to suspect that the new geriatric patient–the legendary bank robber, Henry Manning (Paul Newman)–has been faking the extent of his stroke. Linda begins to make her own criminal plans; the question is: Is Henry really going to be able to help?
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 Young Guns 1988 R, 102 min.
Genre: Western / Drama / Thriller
Director: Christopher Cain
Cast: Emilio Estevez, Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, Jack Palance, Lou Diamond Phillips, Dermot Mulroney, Casey Siemaszko, Terence Stamp, Terry O'Quinn, Brian Keith, Sharon Thomas, Geoffrey Blake, Alice Carter, Patrick Wayne
William H. Bonney/"Billy the Kid" (Emilio Estevez) works as a hired gun "regulator" at John Tunstan's (Terence Stamp) ranch. Along with Billy, Tunstan employs and teaches reading to five other young guns (Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Charlie Sheen, Dermot Mulroney, and Casey Siemaszko). After Tunstan is killed by the henchmen of corrupt land baron Lawrence Murphy (Jack Palance), the "regulators" set off to avenge the murder and begin gunning down those guilty. Their actions lead to the Cavalry and bounty hunters hunting them down–all of which ultimately ends in a shootout.
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| 1. About Schmidt (2002)
2. Angels in the Outfield (1994)
3. Bad Girls (1994)
4. Bastard Out of Carolina (1996)
5. Box of Moonlight (1996)
6. Copycat (1995)
7. Daddy (1987)
8. Family Pictures (1993)
9. The Family Stone (2005)
10. Flash of Genius (2008)
11. Georgia Rule (2007)
12. Goodbye Lover (1999)
13. Gracie (2007)
14. Kansas City (1996)
15. The Last Outlaw (1994)
16. Living in Oblivion (1995)
17. Lovely & Amazing (2001)
18. Must Love Dogs (2005)
19. My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
20. Point of No Return (1993)
21. The Safety of Objects (2001)
22. Staying Together (1989)
23. Survival Quest (1989)
24. The Thing Called Love (1993)
25. The Trigger Effect (1996)
26. Trixie (2000)
27. Undertow (2004)
28. The Wedding Date (2005)
29. Where the Day Takes You (1992)
30. Where the Money Is (2000)
31. Young Guns (1988)
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