Alphabet City 1984  R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Amos Poe
Cast: Vincent Spano, Michael Winslow, Kate Vernon, Jami Gertz, Zohra Lampert, Raymond Serra, Kenny Marino, Daniel Jordano, Tom Mardirosian, Christina Marie Denihan
Johnny (Vincent Spano) is an up-and-coming drug dealer on NYC's Lower East Side who is faced with orders from the Mob that involve endangering his own family.
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 Crossroads 1986  R, 105 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Walter Hill
Cast: Ralph Macchio, Joe Seneca, Jami Gertz, Joe Morton, Dennis Lipscomb, Harry Carey Jr., Robert Judd, Steve Vai, John Hancock, Allan Arbus, Robin Townsend
With a wonderful blues score behind it, this story is about a bluesman who "goes down to the crossroads" to make a deal with the devil.
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Don't Tell Her It's Me 1990 PG-13, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: The Boyfriend School
Director: Malcolm Mowbray
Cast: Steve Guttenberg, Jami Gertz, Shelley Long, Kyle MacLachlan, Madchen Amick, Kevin Scannell, Beth Grant, Caroline & Sally Lund, Perry Anzilotti, Jeannie Epper, Tony Epper, O'Neal Compton
Lonely cancer-survivor Gus (Steve Guttenberg) is transformed by his sister (Shelley Long) into a mysterious New Zealand biker hero in order to attract a romantic interest. The ploy works, but will Emily (Jami Gertz) still love Gus when she discovers the truth about Gus' identity?
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Endless Love 1981 R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Cast: Brooke Shields, Martin Hewitt, Shirley Knight, Don Murray, Tom Cruise, Robert Moore, Richard Kiley, Beatrice Straight, James Spader, Penelope Milford, Jami Gertz, Jan Miner, Salem Ludwig, Jeff Marcus
Seventeen-year-old David (Martin Hewitt) and 15-year-old Jade (Brooke Shields) fall in love, but Jade's father has had enough of David and bans him from their house. David's solution to his problem: burn down their house, rescue the family, and become a hero. David does carry out the arson but is caught and sent to a reformatory where he remains obsessed with reuniting with Jade. "Endless Love" marks the film debut of Tom Cruise, and the title song was nominated for an Oscar for Best song.
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 Jersey Girl 1992  PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Burton Morris
Cast: Jami Gertz, Dylan McDermott, Sheryl Lee, Aida Turturro, Molly Price, Star Jasper, Joseph Mazzello, Joseph Bologna, Philip Casnoff, Pat Collins, Regina Taylor, Amy Sakasitz
A loud-mouth schoolteacher from New Jersey, Sal (Dylan McDermott), meets and gets Toby's (Jami Gertz) telephone number after causing him to crash his Mercedes. He is the man of her dreams: wealthy, good looking, sophisticated. When Toby doesn't call, Sal tracks him down. Romance blooms but is short-lived for two people from very different worlds.
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Keeping Up with the Steins 2006  PG-13, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Scott Marshall
Cast: Jami Gertz, Daryl Hannah, Garry Marshall, Jeremy Piven, Doris Roberts, Daryl Sabara, Cheryl Hines, Richard Benjamin, Marc John Jefferies, Tom Hines, Carter Jenkins, Sandra Taylor, Miranda Cosgrove, Larry Miller
As his bar mitzvah nears, 13-year-old Benjamin Fiedler (Jami Gertz) is not thrilled that over-the-top party plans are the order of the day. Then Benjamin's ponytailed grandfather (Garry Marshall) shows up early with his air-head girlfriend (Daryl Hannah), and problems in the dysfunctional family rise to the fore as the difference in lifestyles between Benjamin's business-oriented father (Jeremy Piven) and his free-spirited grandfather cause a rift. Can Benjamin reunite his relatives in time for the bar mitzvah?
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Less Than Zero 1987  R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Marek Kanievska
Cast: Andrew McCarthy, Jami Gertz, Robert Downey Jr., James Spader, Tony Bill, Nicholas Pryor, Donna Mitchell, Michael Bowen, Sarah Buxton, Lisanne Falk, Michael Greene, Neith Hunter, Brian Wimmer
Based on Bret Easton Ellis' popular novel that is a biting account of the 1980s' young, rich, adult culture in Los Angeles, this film attempts to capture the mood of the book. Clay (Andrew McCarthy) is home from his first year in college for the Christmas holidays. His old girlfriend, Blair (Jami Gertz), is now seeing Julian (Robert Downey Jr.). While Clay makes a play for Blair, Julian becomes more and more addicted to cocaine, and his drug debts are mounting–forcing him to prostitute himself in order to get money.
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Lip Service 2001 R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Thriller
Director: Shawn Schepps
Cast: Jami Gertz, Sybil Temchen, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Christian Camargo, Jenna Byrne, Julie Claire, David Pressman, Jennifer McComb, Laurel Moglen, Jonathan Silverman
While in college, Kat (Jami Gertz) designed and gave roommate Allison (Sybil Temchen) a chair. Allison "stole" the design and started what became a lucrative furniture business. When Kat returns 10 years later, there's hell to pay. Alternately a black comedy, heavy drama, and a thriller.
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 The Lost Boys 1987 R, 97 min.
Genre: Fantasy / Horror / Thriller / Comedy
Director: Joel Schumacher
Cast: Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Dianne Wiest, Barnard Hughes, Edward Herrmann, Kiefer Sutherland, Jami Gertz, Corey Feldman, Jamison Newlander, Brooke McCarter, Billy Wirth, Alex Winter, Nori Morgan, Chance Michael Corbitt, Alexander Bacon Chapman
Michael (Jason Patric) and Sam's (Corey Haim) family moves from Iowa to Santa Carla, California, where Michael immediately gets involved with a gang of vampires. When Sam notes something strange is going on, he gets help from his friends to retrieve Michael from the vampires' clutches.
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Mischief 1985 R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Mel Damski
Cast: Doug McKeon, Catherine Mary Stewart, Kelly Preston, Chris Nash, D.W. Brown, Jami Gertz, Margaret Blye, Graham Jarvis, Terry O'Quinn, Darren Ewing, Dennis L. O'Connell, Bob McGuire
Shy Jonathan (Doug McKeon) is a nerd in the 1950s who has dreamed of a romance with sexy Marilyn (Kelly Preston). Jonathan gets help from his extroverted, motorcyclist friend Gene (Chris Nash) who has his own girlfriend Bunny (Catherine Mary Stewart). Gene teaches Jonathan how to attract women, and Jonathan steps up his pursuit of Marilyn.
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Quicksilver 1986 PG, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Thomas Michael Donnelly
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Jami Gertz, Paul Rodriquez, Rudy Ramos, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Laurence Fishburne, Andrew Smith, Louie Anderson, Charles McCaughan, David Harris
Using his unique talent for investing on Wall Street, a young man invests and loses it all in a moment of genius which, unfortunately, fails. The story tells about life on the streets in San Francisco.
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Renegades 1989 R, 105 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Jack Sholder
Cast: Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Jami Gertz, Robert Knepper, Bill Smitrovich, Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman, Clark Johnson, Peter MacNeill, Joseph Griffin, John Di Benedetto
Kiefer Sutherland and Lou Diamond Phillips do an admirable job of trying to save this movie about a Lakota Indian (Phillips) and a Philadelphia cop (Sutherland) who learn to work together when they are assigned a case that involves tracking down vicious killers. Filled with adventure and violence.
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Sibling Rivalry 1990 PG-13, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Carl Reiner
Cast: Kirstie Alley, Bill Pullman, Carrie Fisher, Jami Gertz, Scott Bakula, Sam Elliott, Ed O'Neill, Frances Sternhagen, John Randolph, Bill Macy
A young wife (Kirstie Alley) longs for more out of life than her busy doctor husband (Scott Bakula) is willing to give. Her solution is a quick jump into bed with a lover; he has a heart attack during his performance and dies. The rest of the movie deals with one twist after another involving sisters, brothers, and in-laws in hilarious episodes as they interact with one another.
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 Sixteen Candles 1984 PG, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: John Hughes
Cast: Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Paul Dooley, Michael Schoeffling, John Cusack, Gedde Watanabe, Jami Gertz, Blanche Baker, Edward Andrews, Max Showalter, Justin Henry, Haviland Morris, Carlin Glynn, Billie Bird, Carole Cook
Molly Ringwald steals the show as the teenager, Samantha, whose busy family forgets her all-important 16th birthday because it is the evening before her sister's wedding. To make matters worse, her visiting grandparents have taken over Samantha's bedroom. At school, geek (Anthony Michael Hall) will not leave Samantha alone, and Samantha has her eye on hunk Jake (Michael Schoeffling), but she has to take foreign exchange student Long Duc Dong (Gedde Watanabe) to the school dance. However, all is not lost in Samantha's trip into womanhood because Jake begins to pay attention to her.
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Solarbabies 1986  PG-13, 94 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Alan Johnson
Cast: Richard Jordan, Jami Gertz, Jason Patric, Lukas Haas, Charles Durning, Peter DeLuise, Adrian Pasdar, Frank Converse, Terrence Mann, Sarah Douglas
This is one of Mel Brooks' WORST films. It deals with a group of young people imprisoned in a fortress; their escape is dependent on a mystical force.
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 Twister 1996 PG-13, 113 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama / Thriller
Director: Jan de Bont
Cast: Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Cary Elwes, Jami Gertz, Lois Smith, Alan Ruck, Zach Grenier, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Scott Thomson, Todd Field, Sean Whalen, Gregory Sporleder, Joey Slotnick, Wendle Josepher
An unfunded team of university researchers–including Bill Harding (Bill Paxton), his soon-to-be ex-wife Jo (Helen Hunt), and Bill's new fiancee Melissa (Jami Gertz)–chase tornadoes to obtain scientific data useful for prediction and control of the deadly twisters. While the love triangle lacks substance, the special effects of tornadoes are excellent and make this a movie worth watching. Academy Award nominations were received for Best Special Effects and Sound.
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| 1. Alphabet City (1984)
2. Crossroads (1986)
3. Don't Tell Her It's Me (1990)
aka: The Boyfriend School
4. Endless Love (1981)
5. Jersey Girl (1992)
6. Keeping Up with the Steins (2006)
7. Less Than Zero (1987)
8. Lip Service (2001)
9. Listen to Me (1989)
10. The Lost Boys (1987)
11. Mischief (1985)
12. On the Right Track (1981)
13. Quicksilver (1986)
14. Renegades (1989)
15. Sibling Rivalry (1990)
16. Sixteen Candles (1984)
17. Solarbabies (1986)
18. Twister (1996)
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