11:14 2003   R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Thriller
Director: Greg Marcks
Cast: Henry Thomas, Blake Heron, Barbara Hershey, Clark Gregg, Hilary Swank, Shawn Hatosy, Stark Sands, Colin Hanks, Ben Foster, Patrick Swayze, Rachael Leigh Cook, Jason Segel, Rick Gomez
At exactly 11:14 PM, two separate car accidents occur that connect five different characters through previous chains of events that come together at the moment of impact in the suburban town of Middleton. The characters are shown through flashbacks and include "bad girl" Cheri (Rachel Leigh Cook), her very concerned parents Frank and Norma (Patrick Swayze and Barbara Hershey), drunk driver Jack (Henry Thomas), teen vandal Mark (Colin Hanks), and would-be criminals Buzzy and Duffy (Hilary Swank and Shawn Hatosy) whose stories all converge by story's end. 1 User Review
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The Affair of the Necklace 2001  R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Shyer
Cast: Hilary Swank, Simon Baker, Adrien Brody, Jonathan Pryce, Christopher Walken, Joely Richardson, Brian Cox, Skye McCole Bartusiak, Simon Shackleton, Victoria Shalet
Set in the era just before the French Revolution, Jeanne de la Motte Valois (Hilary Swank), sets out to regain her family's confiscated wealth. First, she marries Count Nicholas de la Motte (Adrien Brody) who has access to the royal court, and, through his contacts, she schemes to steal a valuable necklace and use it to buy back the family's estate.
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Amelia 2009 PG, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mira Nair
Cast: Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston, Joe Anderson, Cherry Jones, Mia Wasikowska, Aaron Abrams, Dylan Roberts, William Cuddy, Tom Fairfoot, Ryann Shane, Scott Yaphe, Richard Donat, Elizabeth Shepherd
Told in flashbacks from her last flight when she disappeared over the Pacific Ocean, this film serves as a biography on famous aviator Amelia Earhart (Hilary Swank) who, in 1937, became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She had gained fame earlier when she flew with pilot Bill Lutz (Joe Anderson) and Slim Gordon (Aaron Abrams) on a 20-hour flight from Newfoundland to Wales. The film shows how Amelia enjoys her celebrity status and how her marriage to George Putnam (Richard Gere) suffers because of her frequent flights and because of her love affair with Gene Vidal (Ewan McGregor).
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 The Black Dahlia 2006  R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Brian De Palma
Cast: Josh Hartnett, Aaron Eckhart, Scarlett Johansson, Hilary Swank, Mia Kirshner, Fiona Shaw, Mike Starr, Patrick Fischler, James Otis, John Kavanagh, Troy Evans, Pepe Serna, Angus MacInnes, Rachel Miner
Based on James Ellroy's novel about a real-life Los Angeles murder case when Elizabeth Short (Mia Kirshner) was brutally murdered and grotesquely mutilated, this film is fiction but uses details from the still unsolved 1947 case. Ex-boxers, now LAPD detectives Bucky Bleichert (Josh Hartnett) and Lee Blanchard (Aaron Eckhart) investigate the murder in their unique ways. Bucky dumps girlfriend Kay Lake (Scarlett Johansson) when he comes under the spell of the beautiful bisexual, Madeleine (Hilary Swank), who, it turns out, once slept with Elizabeth. Then there are the drugs and police corruption that enter the picture in this difficult case.
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Boys Don't Cry 1999 R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Kimberly Peirce
Cast: Hilary Swank, Chloe Sevigny, Peter Sarsgaard, Brendan Sexton III, Alison Folland, Alicia Goranson, Matt McGrath, Rob Campbell, Jeanetta Arnette, Cheyenne Rushing, Robert Prentiss, Josh Ridgway, Jerry Haynes, Craig Erickson, Stephanie Sechrist
This is a fictionalized account of the true facts behind the story of Brandon Teena (Hilary Swank), a woman living as a man and having the courage to be who he thought he was. At the age of 21, he was the object of an intensely brutal rape and murder, and Brandon's world came to an abrupt end. Brandon is also the subject of a 1997 documentary, "The Brandon Teena Story," which does a fine job of sticking with the truth in this tragedy. Hilary Swank won an Oscar for Best Actress and a nomination was received by Chloe Sevigny for Best Supporting Actress in her role as Lana who is Brandon's love interest.
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 Buffy the Vampire Slayer 1992 PG-13, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Fran Rubel Kuzui
Cast: Kristy Swanson, Donald Sutherland, Paul Reubens, Rutger Hauer, Luke Perry, Michele Abrams, Hilary Swank, Paris Vaughan, David Arquette, Randall Batinkoff
When teenager Buffy (Kristy Swanson) finds out that she is descended from vampire slayers, she learns how to ply her skills. And just in time, too, since L.A. is being invaded by vampires. Some funny scenes, and the film spawned a TV series.
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 The Core 2003 PG-13, 133 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Jon Amiel
Cast: Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Delroy Lindo, Stanley Tucci, DJ Qualls, Tcheky Karyo, Richard Jenkins, Alfre Woodard, Bruce Greenwood, Dion Johnstone, Nicole Leroux, Christopher Shyer, Ray Galletti, Eileen Pedde, Glenn Morshower
Geophysicist Dr. Josh Keyes (Aaron Eckhart) discovers that the electromagnetic forces within the Earth's core are collapsing. In an attempt to solve the problem, the Department of Defense sends Keyes and his team of gifted scientists aboard a subterranean craft piloted by "terranauts" Commander Robert Iverson (Bruce Greenwood) and Major Rebecca Childs (Hilary Swank). Their mission is to burrow beneath the Earth's surface to set off a nuclear device that will jump-start the core.
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Dying to Belong 1997 PG-13, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Graham
Cast: Hilary Swank, Sarah Chalke, Jenna von Oy, Laurel Holloman, Jennifer Warren, Gregory Alan Williams, Tracy Middendorf, Isabella Hofmann, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Michael Flynn, Amanda Wilmshurst, Melissa Pace
College freshman Lisa Connors (Hilary Swank) and her new roommate Shelby Blake (Jenna von Oy) are pledging Phi Gamma Beta sorority. The girls endure weeks of hazing, and then during hell week Shelby falls from the clock tower on campus and dies. Shelby's death was not a suicide, and, with help from her boyfriend Steven (Mark-Paul Gosselaar), Lisa sets out to uncover the truth about events occurring that fateful night.
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 Freedom Writers 2007 PG-13, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard LaGravenese
Cast: Hilary Swank, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Glenn, Imelda Staunton, April L. Hernandez, Mario, Kristin Herrera, Jacklyn Ngan, Sergio Montalvo, Jason Finn, Deance Wyatt, Vanetta Smith, Hunter Parrish
In Freshman English teacher Erin Gruwell's (Hilary Swank) classroom, 75% of the students are Latinos, Blacks, and Asians who have been bussed in to school and are members of gangs at the gang-infested California high school. Most of these kids have been written off, but when Erin assigns "The Diary of Anne Frank," the kids read it, and learning tolerance and applying themselves in lessons learned about unity and self-expression, they open doors leading to bright futures.
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 The Gift 2000 R, 112 min.
Genre: Mystery / Horror / Thriller
Director: Sam Raimi
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Giovanni Ribisi, Keanu Reeves, Katie Holmes, Greg Kinnear, Hilary Swank, Michael Jeter, Kim Dickens, Rosemary Harris, J.K. Simmons
Using decks of cards and her psychic vision, young widow Annie (Cate Blanchett) supplements her family income. One day she "sees" Jessica King (Katie Holmes) in a pool of water and later learns that Jessica has mysteriously disappeared. Is Annie's "gift" great enough for her to uncover the facts behind a potential murder case?
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Heartwood 1998 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lanny Cotler
Cast: Eddie Mills, Hilary Swank, Jason Robards, Randall Batinkoff, John Terry, John Dennis Johnston, Stanley DeSantis, Tantoo Cardinal, Tomas Arana, Muse Watson, Kai Lennox, Kevin Breznahan, Erin Beaux, Jenna Byrne
Sawmill owner Logan Reeser (Jason Robards) comes close to being forced into shutting down his mill when he refuses to strip the nearby forest of its redwood trees. Coming to the rescue is town outcast Frank Burris (Eddie Mills) who falls in love with the mill manager's (John Terry) daughter Sylvia (Hilary Swank). Then, while wandering in the forest, Frank finds gold along the riverbed and comes up with a plan to save the mill and the town as well.
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 Insomnia 2002 R, 117 min.
Genre: Thriller / Drama
Director: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Hilary Swank, Maura Tierney, Martin Donovan, Nicky Katt, Paul Dooley, Jonathan Jackson, Katharine Isabelle, Oliver Zemen
When police detective Will Dormer (Al Pacino) accidentally kills his partner, Hap Eckhart (Martin Donovan), during a murder investigation, he opts for an alibi and does not confess. Unfortunately, there was a witness (Robin Williams) who sets out to blackmail Dormer. Now, Dormer has the murder case to solve and the blackmailer to deal with, while a local detective (Hilary Swank) is doing her own investigation into Eckhart's death.
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Iron Jawed Angels 2004 TV, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Katja von Garnier
Cast: Hilary Swank, Frances O'Connor, Anjelica Huston, Margo Martindale, Molly Parker, Lois Smith, Patrick Dempsey, Laura Fraser, Vera Farmiga, Brooke Smith, Adilah Barnes, Bob Gunton, Julia Ormond, Carrie Snodgress
Women's suffrage is the theme of this story set in the early part of the 20th century when American feminist Alice Paul (Hilary Swank) and social reformer Lucy Burns (Frances O'Connor) left the mainstream effort and formed a more radical wing fighting for women's right to vote. The title comes from Alice's fight against being force fed while on a hunger strike after being jailed with her suffragettes when they picketed the White House. While she showed courage, the real courage was that of the suffragettes as a whole whose efforts resulted in the ratification of the 19th Constitutional Amendment on July 26, 1920, giving women the right to vote.
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Kounterfeit 1996  R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama / Sci-Fi
Director: John Mallory Asher
Cast: Corbin Bernsen, Bruce Payne, Hilary Swank, Rob Stewart, Andrew Hawkes, Michael Gross, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Elizabeth Gracen, Bobbie Brown, Brad James, Ben Foster, Doug McKeon
Hopscotch (Andrew Hawkes) and Frankie (Bruce Payne) attempt to trade $3 million in counterfeit money, but during the deal a gunfight ensues, and undercover cop Danny Whitley (Mark Paul Gosselaar) is killed. There is a witness: Danny's sister Colleen (Hilary Swank) who is determined to avenge her brother's death–and the chase is on. 1 User Review
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| | Enjoyed this movie | Japan 08/04/2007 | | lots of actors you will recognize including two time oscar winner Hilary Swank. |
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 Million Dollar Baby 2004  PG-13, 132 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman, Jay Baruchel, Mike Colter, Lucia Rijker, Brian F. O'Byrne, Anthony Mackie, Margo Martindale, Riki Lindhome, Michael Pena, Benito Martinez
Searching for a way to improve her lot in life, wannabe boxer, 31-year-old single-mom/waitress Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank) walks into the gym and asks trainer Frankie Dunn (Clint Eastwood) to teach her how to be a viable boxer. Frankie agrees, Maggie makes great strides, the two bond, and, in the process, overcome hurdles of the past. The film received Academy Awards for Best Picture, Director (Clint Eastwood), Actress (Hilary Swank), and Supporting Actor (Morgan Freeman). Three other nominations were received, including Best Actor (Clint Eastwood).
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The Next Karate Kid 1994 PG, 104 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Christopher Cain
Cast: Pat Morita, Hilary Swank, Michael Ironside, Constance Towers, Chris Conrad, Arsenio Trinidad, Michael Cavalieri, Walton Goggins, Jim Ishida
Miyagi (Pat Morita) takes on Julie Pierce (Hilary Swank) as his new pupil following the death of her parents, and she finds maturity and happiness through her new mentor.
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P.S. I Love You 2007 PG-13, 126 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: Richard LaGravenese
Cast: Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler, Lisa Kudrow, Gina Gershon, James Marsters, Kathy Bates, Harry Connick Jr., Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Dean Winters, Anne Kent, Brian McGrath, Sherie Rene Scott, Susan Blackwell, Michael Countryman
Holly (Hilary Swank) and her Irish husband Gerry (Gerard Butler) love each other but spend much of their time embroiled in arguments. Gerry dies suddenly, and Holly is left alone and miserable holed up in her apartment. Then comes Holly's 30th birthday, and her friends throw her a surprise birthday party, during which a cake with a mysterious message from Gerry arrives on the scene. Before he died, Gerry had written messages to Holly showing her the way to get back in life. Although Holly's mother (Kathy Bates) and her best friends (Lisa Kudrow and Gina Gershon) worry about the notes, those notes–signed "P.S. I love you."–are the very things that bring Holly out of her doldrums.
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Quiet Days in Hollywood 1997  R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Josef Rusnak
Cast: Hilary Swank, Chad Lowe, Peter Dobson, Daryl Mitchell, Meta Golding, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Stephen Mailer, Joe Estevez, Jake Busey, Scott Colomby
Hollywood characters participate in aimless sexual liaisons and become part of a myriad of connections that extend far and wide.
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The Reaping 2007 R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Stephen Hopkins
Cast: Hilary Swank, Idris Elba, David Morrissey, AnnaSophia Robb, Stephen Rea, William Ragsdale, John McConnell, David Jensen, Yvonne Landry, Samuel Garland, Myles Cleveland, Andrea Frankle, Stuart Greer
Once an ordained minister, Katherine Winter (Hilary Swank) has given up the church, but her assistant, Ben (Idris Elba) is a dedicated believer who helps Katherine as she travels the world debunking miracles. When Katherine answers the call from school teacher Doug (David Morrissey), she and Ben travel to Doug's Louisiana town where among the weird happenings are a river turning red, a young boy found dead, and dead frogs falling from trees. What is going on?
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The Sleepwalker Killing 1997 TV, 88 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: John Cosgrove
Cast: Hilary Swank, Jeffrey Nordling, Charles Esten, Natalia Nogulich, Lisa Darr, Sean Murray, Victor Love, Marisa Coughlan, Sam Anderson, Julianna McCarthy, Joel Polis, John Rubinstein
Mark (Charles Esten) turns himself into the police saying that he may have killed his mother-in-law but cannot remember it. Could he have been sleepwalking? Made for TV.
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Sometimes They Come Back...Again 1996 R, 98 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Adam Grossman
Cast: Michael Gross, Alexis Arquette, Hilary Swank, Bojesse Christopher, Glen Beaudin, Jennifer Elise Cox, Jennifer Aspen, William Morgan Sheppard, Michael Malota, Gabriel Dell Jr.
Rather than a sequel, this is a poor re-write of the original film. Jon (Michael Gross) returns home for his mother's funeral where, 30 years ago, a group of satanic boys sacrificed his sister, and he had indirectly caused the group's death. His return has caused them "reappear" to get him. Carnage abounds during his attempts to stop them as they prepare to sacrifice his daughter.
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Terror in the Family 1996 TV, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gregory Goodell
Cast: Joanna Kerns, Dan Lauria, Hilary Swank, Kathleen Wilhoite, Adam Hendershott, Nan Martin, Andrew Kavovit, Beau Billingslea, Jeff Olsen, Barta Heiner, Joey Miyashima, Lynn Gale, Scott Wilkinson
Fifteen-year-old Deena (Hilary Swank) strikes out with violent outbursts against her parents, and her acts contribute to the problems of an already dysfunctional family. Her mother Cynthia (Joanna Kerns) and ten-year-old brother Adam (Adam Hendershott) already use alcohol to solve their problems. Deena's father, Todd (Dan Lauria), solves everything by engrossing himself in work. Matters come to a head when Deena threatens her parents with a knife. Now, Aunt Judith (Kathleen Wilhoite) steps in and takes over custody of Deena who now tries to deal with her problems, which, of course, include those of her family members as well.
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1. 11:14 (2003)
2. The Affair of the Necklace (2001)
3. Amelia (2009)
4. The Black Dahlia (2006)
5. Boys Don't Cry (1999)
6. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
7. The Core (2003)
8. Dying to Belong (1997)
9. Freedom Writers (2007)
10. The Gift (2000)
11. Heartwood (1998)
12. Insomnia (2002)
13. Iron Jawed Angels (2004)
14. Kounterfeit (1996)
15. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
16. The Next Karate Kid (1994)
17. P.S. I Love You (2007)
18. Quiet Days in Hollywood (1997)
19. The Reaping (2007)
20. The Sleepwalker Killing (1997)
21. Sometimes They Come Back...Again (1996)
22. Terror in the Family (1996)
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