1408 2007  PG-13, 94 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Mikael Hafstrom
Cast: John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Mary McCormack, Tony Shalhoub, Jasmine Jessica Anthony, Chris Carey, Len Cariou, Paul Kasey, Paul Birchard, Margot Leicester, Walter Lewis, Alexandra Silber, Andrew Lee Potts
Mike Enslin (John Cusack) makes a living writing about the supernatural, but he does not believe in ghosts–until he checks out room 1408 of Manhattan's Dolphin Hotel. Despite warnings from the hotel manager, Mr. Olin (Samuel L. Jackson), who tells Mike that the room will never be available because 56 people have died after checking into the suite, Mike forces Mr. Olin to rent him the room. Once in room 1408, Mike encounters a host of otherworldly faces, or are the horrors all in his mind? And, even more important, will Mike survive the night?
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 America's Sweethearts 2001 PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joe Roth
Cast: Julia Roberts, Billy Crystal, Catherine Zeta-Jones, John Cusack, Hank Azaria, Stanley Tucci, Christopher Walken, Seth Green, Alan Arkin, Keri Lynn Pratt
America's favorite screen couple, Gwen Harrison (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and Eddie Thomas (John Cusack), has finished their last movie together and, at the same time, has ended their marriage as well. Now, director Hal Weidmann (Christopher Walken) holds the film's print and refuses to release it until he is satisfied with his finished product. Meanwhile, publicity director Lee Phillips (Billy Crystal) gets help from Gwen's sister, Kiki (Julia Roberts), to fool the press into believing that the stars have made up and are headed for a reunion. A good satire on today's Hollywood.
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Anastasia 1997 G, 94 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Don Bluth
Cast: Meg Ryan, John Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Christopher Lloyd, Hank Azaria, Bernadette Peters, Kirsten Dunst, Angela Lansbury, Rick Jones, Andrea Martin
History involving the brutal execution of the Romanov family, including daughter Anastasia, is turned into a romanticized fairy tale, which only serves to confuse and diminish the evilness behind their killings.
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Being John Malkovich 1999  R, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Spike Jonze
Cast: John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, Orson Bean, Mary Kay Place, John Malkovich, Charlie Sheen, Byrne Piven, Ned Bellamy, K.K. Dodds, Carlos Jacott, W. Earl Brown
Craig Schwartz (John Cusack) is an unsuccessful puppeteer who discovers a door in his office that allows those passing through to spend 15 minutes each inside the mind of John Horatio Malkovich (John Malkovich). You must see this one for yourself! Oscar nominations included Best Director and Supporting Actress (Catherine Keener).
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 Better Off Dead 1985 PG, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Savage Steve Holland
Cast: John Cusack, Kim Darby, Diane Franklin, David Ogden Stiers, Amanda Wyss, Curtis Armstrong, Vincent Schiavelli, Taylor Negron, Demian Slade, Scooter Stevens, Laura Waterbury, Dan Schneider, Yuji Okumoto, Brian Imada, Chuck Mitchell
When teenager Lane Meyer (John Cusack) gets dumped by his girlfriend Beth (Amanda Wyss) after she falls for the ski team captain, he tries, without success, to kill himself. Hoping to win Beth back, Lane challenges the new boyfriend to a ski race. In the meantime, Lane meets French exchange student Monique (Diane Franklin) and begins to fall for her. And through it all, Lane endures his mother's (Kim Darby) imaginative, but terrible, cooking. Followed by "One Crazy Summer."
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 Bullets Over Broadway 1994 PG, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: John Cusack, Dianne Wiest, Mary-Louise Parker, Rob Reiner, Jennifer Tilly, Jim Broadbent, Chazz Palminteri, Alan Arkin, Jack Warden, Carl Reiner, Tracey Ullman, Debi Mazar
Woody Allen uses the Roaring 20s as the backdrop for struggling playwright David Shayne (John Cusack), who must choose between integrity and financial success. His intentions become confused when the Mob provides financial backing for his new play under the condition that there is a role for one gangster's girlfriend, Olive (Jennifer Tilly). Dianne Wiest received an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, and six nominations were received, including Best Director, Supporting Actress (Jennifer Tilly), and Supporting Actor (Chazz Palminteri).
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Chicago Cab 1998  R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
aka: Hellcab
Director: Mary Cybulski, John Tintori
Cast: Paul Dillon, Gillian Anderson, John Cusack, Moira Harris, Julianne Moore, Michael Ironside, Laurie Metcalf, Kevin J. O'Connor, Tim Reinhard, Tim Gamble, Harry Lennix, Rana Khan, Darryl Theirse, Shanesia Davis-Williams, Phillip Edward Van Lear
Part of the job of a cab driver is to listen to the problems of his fares; this theme pervades throughout the story, which takes place one Christmas Eve in the life of a Chicago hack, Johnny (Paul Dillon). During his 14-hour shift in frigid weather, Johnny transports a scary man (John Cusack), a geek (Tim Reinhard), a rape victim (Julianne Moore), and others who he observes through his rear-view mirror and listens to their stories along the way.
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City Hall 1996 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harold Becker
Cast: Al Pacino, John Cusack, Bridget Fonda, Danny Aiello, David Paymer, Martin Landau, Anthony Franciosa, Richard Schiff, Mel Winkler, Nestor Serrano
A young deputy mayor, Kevin Calhoun (John Cusack) looks into the killings of a police officer, a child, and a local hood. He uncovers political corruption that appears to directly involve the mayor (Al Pacino) of New York City.
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Class 1983  R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lewis John Carlino
Cast: Jacqueline Bisset, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Cliff Robertson, Stuart Margolin, John Cusack, Alan Ruck, Virginia Madsen, Casey Siemaszko, Anna Maria Horsford
Naive prep-schooler Skip (Rob Lowe) has an affair with his roommate Jonathan's (Andrew McCarthy) mother, Ellen (Jacqueline Bisset). Problems accelerate when Skip learns of the affair.
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Con Air 1997 R, 115 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Simon West
Cast: Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Ving Rhames, Danny Trejo, Steve Buscemi, Rachel Ticotin, Colm Meaney, M.C. Gainey, Monica Potter, Nick Chinlund, Dave Chappelle, Mykelti Williamson, Steve Eastin, Renoly Santiago
On a flight transporting convicts to a maximum-security prison, the convicts murder their guards, take over the plane, and head for South America. Also on board is Cameron Poe (Nicolas Cage) who is on his way home to begin his parole–after being unfairly imprisoned for eight years. Now, Poe is trapped on the hijacked plane, and, as the good hero, he cannot walk away from this fight.
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The Contract 2006 R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Bruce Beresford
Cast: John Cusack, Morgan Freeman, Jamie Anderson, Alice Krige, Megan Dodds, Ned Bellamy, William Tapley, Mircea Monroe, Jonathan Hyde, Rich Cowan, Corey Johnson, Thomas Lockyer
While grieving over the death of his wife, Ray Keene (John Cusack) takes a hike in the woods with his young son Chris (Jamie Anderson). During their trek, they run into handcuffed assassin Frank Cardin (Morgan Freeman) who has escaped from the FBI. Ray takes Cardin into custody and attempts to turn him in–only to be pursued in the wilderness by Cardin's team of assassins.
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Cradle Will Rock 1999 R, 132 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tim Robbins
Cast: Hank Azaria, Ruben Blades, Joan Cusack, John Cusack, Cary Elwes, Philip Baker Hall, Cherry Jones, Angus Macfadyen, Bill Murray, Vanessa Redgrave
Set in 1936, this Tim Robbins story gives insight into how President Franklin Roosevelt's subsistence program for artists often proved suspect to redbaiters. In this case, a pro-labor musical does not stand a chance of making it when it is threatened by Congressional testimony about the production team's leftist leanings.
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 Eight Men Out 1988 PG, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Sayles
Cast: D.B. Sweeney, David Strathairn, Charlie Sheen, John Cusack, John Sayles, Perry Lang, Michael Rooker, John Mahoney, Michael Lerner, Christopher Lloyd, Clifton James, Don Harvey, Jace Alexander, James Read, Gordon Clapp
In 1919, members of the Chicago White Sox conspired to lose the World Series for personal gain. Known as the "Black Sox" scandal, this is the story of how eight team members deliberately lost the World Series because of a labor dispute with the White Sox owner, Charles Comiskey (Clifton James). Third baseman Buck Weaver (John Cusack) spent years trying to prove his innocence after the eight players were suspended for life.
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Fat Man and Little Boy 1989 PG-13, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roland Joffe
Cast: Paul Newman, Dwight Schultz, Bonnie Bedelia, John Cusack, Laura Dern, Natasha Richardson, John C. McGinley, Ron Frazier, Del Close, John Considine
This is the story of the building of the atomic bomb and the interplay between military and science to achieve success.
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Floundering 1994 R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter McCarthy
Cast: James LeGros, John Cusack, Ethan Hawke, Maritza Rivera, Ebbe Roe Smith, Steve Buscemi, Billy Bob Thornton, Nelson Lyon, Jo Harvey Allen, Viggo Mortensen
John (James LeGros) is in his thirties, unemployed, and still trying to decide what to do with his life. Various characters come in and out of this life–set in post Rodney King-induced riots in L.A.–representing people from that era. He falls even farther down in the mire when he joins a group of reactionaries. This politically left-leaning non-story has its roots in the attitudes of the poor people of L.A. and shows right-wingers as people to hate.
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Grace is Gone 2007 PG-13, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James C. Strouse
Cast: John Cusack, Shelan O'Keefe, Gracie Bednarczyk, Alessandro Nivola, Dana Lynne Gilhooley, Katie Honaker, Doug Dearth, Doug James, Marisa Tomei, Penny Slusher, Mary Kay Place, Emily Churchill, Rebecca Spence
While his wife Grace ((voice of Katie Honaker) has been fighting in Iraq, Stanley (John Cusack) has been tending to their daughters–eight-year-old Dawn (Gracie Bednarczyk) and 12-year-old Heidi (Shelan O'Keefe)–at their home in Minnesota. One day, an Army captain (Doug Dearth) and a chaplain (Doug James) appear at the door to tell Stanley that Grace has died. As his method of putting off telling his daughters the news about their mother, Stanley takes the girls to a Florida amusement park. On the long car trip south, Stanley and the girls become closer despite the fact that Stanley knows that the time is coming when he must tell the girls about their mother.
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The Grifters 1990  R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stephen Fears
Cast: John Cusack, Anjelica Huston, Annette Bening, Pat Hingle, J.T. Walsh, Henry Jones, Gailard Sartain, Jeremy Piven, Charles Napier, Eddie Jones
Out-conning the cons is the theme of this movie with Jack Cusack playing a salesman who uses his job for a cover. Anjelica Huston plays his mother, a bag lady who fronts for the mob. His girlfriend (Annette Bening) rounds out this unscrupulous trio who may have swindled one too many times. Martin Scorsese was the producer of this film, which had four Academy Award nominations, including Best Actress (Huston), Supporting Actress (Bening) and Director.
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 Grosse Pointe Blank 1997 R, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Thriller / Romance
Director: George Armitage
Cast: John Cusack, Minnie Driver, Alan Arkin, Dan Aykroyd, Joan Cusack, Jeremy Piven, Hank Azaria, K. Todd Freeman, Mitch Ryan, Michael Cudlitz, Carlos Jacott, Benny Urquidez, Audrey Kissel, Duffy Taylor, Brian Powell
Martin Q. Blank (John Cusack), a professional assassin, heads to Grosse Pointe, Michigan for two purposes: his 10-year high-school reunion and a business venture as a hit man. Once in town, he runs into Debi (Minnie Driver), the girl he stood up at the high-school prom. Former classmates cannot comprehend Blank's world and think he is joking when he describes his occupation as "professional killer." Good dialogue enhances this strange comedy/thriller.
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 High Fidelity 2000 R, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Musical / Romance
Director: Stephen Frears
Cast: John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Todd Louiso, Jack Black, Lisa Bonet, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Joan Cusack, Tim Robbins, Joelle Carter, Lili Taylor, Drake Bell, Ben Carr, Chris Rehmann, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Shannon Stillo
Set in the Chicago suburbs, this story is narrated by 30-something, record store owner Rob Gordon (John Cusack) who has not grown beyond the "obsession-with-music-and-chicks" stage. Rob's geeky co-owners of the record store are Barry (Jack Black) and Dick (Todd Louiso) who are so offbeat that they have been driving away customers. Meanwhile, Rob has other problems with his girlfriend Laura (Iben Hjejle) who tires of him and starts dating Rob's neighbor Ian (Tim Robbins). Rob's solution to handling that problem is to track down his ex-girlfriends to find answers to his lack of success with women. The story is a wry and witty offering about music geeks and the rhythm of their lives: commitment, jobs, and falling in love.
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Hot Pursuit 1987 PG-13, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Steven Lisberger
Cast: John Cusack, Robert Loggia, Wendy Gazelle, Jerry Stiller, Monte Markham, Shelley Fabares, Keith David, Ben Stiller, Dah-ve Chodan, Paul Bates, Ursaline Bryant, Miguel Angel Fuentes, Carlos Horcasitas, Martin LaSalle, Isaura Espinoza
College student Dan Bartlett (John Cusack) misses his plane on the way to meet his girlfriend Lori (Wendy Gazelle) and her family (Shelley Fabares, Monte Markham, and Dah-ve Chodan). He takes the next plane but then is delayed again–this time by pirate sea captain Mac MacClaren (Robert Loggia). Dan escapes, but a series of mishaps still lie on his path to Lori who is now resisting the advances of Chris Honeywell (Ben Stiller).
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 The Ice Harvest 2005 R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Thriller
Director: Harold Ramis
Cast: John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Connie Nielsen, Randy Quaid, Oliver Platt, Mike Starr, Ned Bellamy, Lara Phillips, Tab Baker, William Dick, Bill Noble, Brad Smith, T.J. Jagodowski, Meghan Maureen McDonough, Frank Gallo
It is Christmas Eve, and Charlie (John Cusack) and Vic (Billy Bob Thornton) have just pulled off a $2 million embezzlement from Kansas City boss Bill Guerrard (Randy Quaid). Charlie plans to leave Wichita with strip-joint owner Renata (Connie Nielsen) when an ice storm hits, and along with it comes more than a few twists and turns to Charlie's plans.
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 Identity 2003 R, 90 min.
Genre: Mystery / Horror / Thriller
Director: James Mangold
Cast: John Cusack, Ray Liotta, Amanda Peet, John Hawkes, Alfred Molina, Clea DuVall, Rebecca De Mornay, John C. McGinley, William Lee Scott, Jake Busey, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Leila Kenzle, Carmen Argenziano, Marshall Bell, Matt Letscher
Travelers–limo driver Ed (John Cusack), prostitute Paris (Amanda Peet), actress Caroline (Rebecca De Mornay), police officer Rhodes (Ray Liotta) and his prisoner Robert Maine (Jake Busey), newlyweds Lou and Ginny (William Lee Scott and Clea DuVall), and married couple George and Alice (John McGinley and Leila Kenzle)–seek refuge from a storm in a seedy hotel run by Larry (John Hawkes). But safety is short-lived as they discover that they are being killed off–one by one.
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Igor 2008 PG, 87 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy
Director: Anthony Leondis
Cast: John Cusack, Myleene Klass, Robin Walsh, Matt McKenna, John Cleese, Steve Buscemi, Sean Hayes, Jess Harnell, Eddie Izzard, Jennifer Coolidge, Jay Leno, Molly Shannon, Zoe Bright, Sophia Eraklis, A. Cheron Hall
In this animated spoof on horror shows, Igor (voice of John Cusack) is a hunchback slave who dreams of becoming a mad scientist. He sees his chance when his master, Dr. Glickenstein (voice of John Cleese), dies, and Igor enters the Evil Science Fair whose prize has been won year-after-year by Dr. Schadenfreude (voice of Eddie Izzard). With help from Brain (voice of Sean Hayes) and road-kill bunny Scamper (voice of Steve Buscemi), Igor makes his girl monster Eva (voice of Molly Walsh). But, Eva turns out to be anything but evil when Igor fails to activate her evil bone–and that is only the beginning of problems for Igor.
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The Jack Bull 1999 R, 120 min.
Genre: Western
Director: John Badham
Cast: John Cusack, John Goodman, L.Q. Jones, Miranda Otto, John C. McGinley, John Savage, Rodney A. Grant, Jay O. Sanders, Kurt Fuller, Rex Linn
In this made-for-HBO video the focus is on Myrl Redding (John Cusack), a Wyoming horse trader who has a run-in with Henry Ballard (L.Q. Jones) and ends up in front of Judge Tolliver (John Goodman). Tolliver throws the case out of court, which forces Myrl to wage a violent war that threatens Wyoming's bid for statehood.
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Map of the Human Heart 1992 R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Vincent Ward
Cast: Jason Scott Lee, Robert Joamie, Anne Parillaud, Annie Galipeau, Patrick Bergin, John Cusack, Jeanne Moreau, Clotilde Courau, Ben Mendelsohn, Jerry Snell, Jayko Pitseolak, Matt Holland, Rebecca Vevee, Josape Kopalee, Reepah Arreak
A young Eskimo, Avik (Robert Joamie), is sent from his home into the civilized world to cure his tuberculosis. As an adult, Avik (now played by Jason Scott Lee) serves as a pilot in World War II. He finds major obstacles in his way when he tries to bridge the culture gap between himself and Albertine (Anne Parillaud)–the young girl (Anne Parillaud) who has now grown into the woman he loves.
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Martian Child 2007 PG, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Menno Meyjes
Cast: John Cusack, Bobby Coleman, Amanda Peet, Sophie Okonedo, Joan Cusack, Anjelica Huston, Oliver Platt, Richard Schiff, Taya Calicetto, David Kaye, Braxton Bonneville, Samuel Charles, Howard Hesseman, Carmen Moore
Sci-fi writer David Gordon (John Cusack) is a widower who decides to continue plans he and his wife had made to adopt a child. Six-year-old Dennis (Bobby Coleman) moves in with David, and the adoption process begins. But, there is a problem: Dennis believes he is from Mars, and both David and his sister Liz (Cusack's real-life sister Joan Cusack) begin to suspect that Dennis may be telling the truth. Dennis speaks Martian and, among other things, can make "Martian Wishes" that make baseball players hit home runs, and can even make stoplights change color. David goes along with what Dennis says and does and, in the process, becomes a better man.
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 Max 2002 R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Menno Meyjes
Cast: John Cusack, Noah Taylor, Leelee Sobieski, Molly Parker, Ulrich Thomsen, David Horovitch, Janet Suzman, Andras Stohl, Peter Capaldi, Kevin McKidd
In this fictionalized biography of Adolph Hitler, Jewish art dealer Max Rothman (John Cusack) befriends aspiring artist Adolph Hitler (Noah Taylor). Director Menno Meyjes argues a case that Hitler turned to politics because he failed as an artist.
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 Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil 1997 R, 154 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Kevin Spacey, John Cusack, Lady Chablis, Alison Eastwood, Irma P. Hall, Jude Law, Jack Thompson, Paul Hipp, Anne Haney, Kim Hunter
New York reporter John Kelso (John Cusack) comes to Savannah to work on a society piece for "Town and Country" magazine. He meets a variety of colorful characters and stays on to cover antiques dealer Jim Williams' (Kevin Spacey) trial for the murder of his gay lover.
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Money for Nothing 1993 R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ramon Menendez
Cast: John Cusack, Debi Mazar, Michael Madsen, Benicio Del Toro, Michael Rapaport, Maury Chaykin, James Gandolfini, Fionnula Flanagan, Elizabeth Bracco, Ashleigh Dejon, Lenny Venito, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Joey (John Cusack) finds $1.2 million, takes the money, and runs. After all, he is unemployed, and the money can help change his life. But, as Joey makes plans to leave the country, his intentions upset his family, the Mob demands its share of the laundering process, and, all the while, Detective Laurenzi (Michael Madsen) is on his trail.
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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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One Crazy Summer 1986 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Savage Steve Holland
Cast: John Cusack, Demi Moore, Bob Goldthwait, Curtis Armstrong, Joel Murray, Tom Villard, William Hickey, Joe Flaherty, Linda Warren, Grenville Cuyler, Kristen Goelz, Taylor Negron, Laura Waterbury, Jeremy Piven, John Matuszak
After graduating from high school, aspiring cartoonist Hoops McCann (John Cusack) spends the summer before college vacationing with his friend George (Joel Murray) on Nantucket where he plans to write a cartoon love story. While traveling to Nantucket, they pick up Cassandra (Demi Moore) who is on her way to her grandfather's funeral. When Cassandra learns that her grandfather's home is going to be turned into a lobster restaurant, Hoops and George, along with their friends Ack Ack (Curtis Armstrong) and the Stork twins (Bob Goldthwait and Tom Villard), come up with a plan to save the home. As the story progresses, occasional cartoon sequences fill the screen illustrating what is going on. Sequel to "Better Off Dead."
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 Pushing Tin 1999 R, 124 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Mike Newell
Cast: John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett, Angelina Jolie, Jake Weber, Kurt Fuller, Vicki Lewis, Matt Ross, Jerry Grayson, Michael Willis, Philip Akin, Matt Gordon, Neil Crone, Mick O'Malley, Joe Pingue
Pressures in the world of air traffic control intensify when reckless Russell Bell (Billy Bob Thornton) is transferred into New York's Terminal Radar Approach Control, and the move develops into a competition with the top air traffic controller Nick Falzone (John Cusack). Their rivalry even affects their personal lives when Nick becomes involved with Russell's wife Mary (Angelina Jolie), and Nick's wife Connie (Cate Blanchett) becomes intrigued by Russell. This film is guaranteed not to be shown on your commercial flight!
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The Road to Wellville 1994 R, 120 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alan Parker
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Bridget Fonda, Matthew Broderick, John Cusack, Dana Carvey, Michael Lerner, Colm Meaney, John Neville, Lara Flynn Boyle, Traci Lind
Dr. John Harvey Kellogg (Anthony Hopkins) owns a Battle Creek, Michigan, resort where he preaches the virtues of a clean life. To that end, Will and Eleanor Lightbody (Matthew Broderick and Bridget Fonda) are there to begin lives of celibacy and find the task very difficult.
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Roadside Prophets 1992 R, 96 min.
Genre: Adventure / Comedy / Drama
Director: Abbe Wool
Cast: John Doe, David Anthony Marshall, Adam Horovitz, Arlo Guthrie, David Carradine, John Cusack, Timothy Leary, Biff Yeager, JD Cullum, Ebbe Roe Smith, Aaron Lustig, Judyth Thurman, Erica Rogers
Misfit bikers Joe Mosely (John Doe) and Sam (Adam Horovitz) meet and ride together during Joe's quest to fulfill a biker friend's last request and scatter the dead man's ashes in the remote town of Eldorado, Nevada. Along the desert road, they meet a variety of characters, some of whom are featured in cameos–including Timothy Leary, Arlo Guthrie, David Carradine, and John Cusack.
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 Runaway Jury 2003  PG-13, 127 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Gary Fleder
Cast: John Cusack, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman, Rachel Weisz, Bruce Davison, Bruce McGill, Jeremy Piven, Nick Searcy, Stanley Anderson, Cliff Curtis, Nestor Serrano, Jennifer Beals, Leland Orser, Gerry Bamman, Joanna Going
Based on John Grisham's novel about jury tampering, this film centers on a lawsuit against the company that manufactured the murder gun. Lawyer Wendell Rohr (Dustin Hoffman) tries to prove that the company did not follow federal regulations in allowing the sale of the weapon. Meanwhile, as part of the defense team, Fitch (Gene Hackman) assesses the potential jurors to ensure that the verdict will favor the gun company. But, juror Nick Easter (John Cusack) appears to have his own plans for swaying the jury. And a mysterious woman, Marlee (Rachel Weisz), contacts both Fitch and Rohr with her own deal to sway the jury in favor of the highest bidder. 1 User Review
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| | Riveting | rnjen63 09/14/2009 | | Have said this many times by mouth........Great movie,must see!!! Intriguing and exciting. Very well cast! Have seen many times, and am never disappointed! Watch this, you won't be bored or indifferent. Strikes a chord of sympathy you didn't know you had. Stellar performances by all!!! |
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 Say Anything 1989  PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Cameron Crowe
Cast: John Cusack, Ione Skye, John Mahoney, Lili Taylor, Pamela Adlon, Loren Dean, Joan Cusack, Jeremy Piven, Eric Stoltz, Jason Gould, Amy Brooks, Glenn Walker Harris Jr., Charles Walker, Russel Lunday, Polly Platt
Seattle high-school valedictorian Diane Court (Ione Skye) has received a scholarship, and her doting father James (John Mahoney) is thrilled. But, when Army brat Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack) starts dating Diane during the summer, James objects because, according to James, he is an "underachiever." James pressures Diane to stop the relationship with Lloyd in this story that shows how teenage romance can be beautiful, touching, and humorous all at the same time.
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 Serendipity 2001 PG-13, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Chelsom
Cast: John Cusack, Kate Beckinsale, Molly Shannon, Jeremy Piven, Bridget Moynahan, John Corbett, Eugene Levy, Lucy Gordon, Kate Blumberg, Mike Benitez
Ten years after they separated, Jonathan Trager (John Cusack) and Sara Thomas (Kate Beckinsale) start thinking, "What would have happened if we were meant to meet again?" If one is to believe the title, "Serendipity," they are destined for that fate.
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 Shadows and Fog 1992 PG-13, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, John Malkovich, Madonna, Kathy Bates, Jodie Foster, Kate Nelligan, Donald Pleasence, Lily Tomlin, John Cusack
This Woody Allen comedy/mystery is about a would-be hero, Max Kleinman, who turns out to be inept in his efforts to help fellow villagers capture a serial killer.
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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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 Stand by Me 1986 R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rob Reiner
Cast: River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Kiefer Sutherland, Wil Wheaton, Jerry O'Connell, Richard Dreyfuss, Casey Siemaszko, John Cusack, Bradley Gregg, Marshall Bell
This nostalgic comedy/drama is backed by a great sound track of 1950s' hits. Although the plot of four young boys searching for a corpse sounds ghoulish, the underlying story is really about the innocence of youth in the final days of summer. The story is taken from the Stephen King novel, "The Body".
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The Sure Thing 1985 PG-13, 94 min.
Genre: Adventure / Comedy / Romance
Director: Rob Reiner
Cast: John Cusack, Daphne Zuniga, Viveca Lindfors, Anthony Edwards, Boyd Gaines, Lisa Jane Persky, Tim Robbins, Nicollette Sheridan, George Memmoli, Garry Goodrow, Marcia Christie, Robert Anthony Marcucci, Sarah Buxton, John Putch, Frantz Turner
An unlikely couple–Walter and Alison (John Cusack and Daphne Zuniga)–is forced to get acquainted when they share a ride on their way to California. He is on his way to meet his "sure thing" and she to meet her boyfriend. Cusack and Zuniga bring a lot to their characters and allow this movie to be a winner.
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Tapeheads 1988 R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bill Fishman
Cast: John Cusack, Tim Robbins, Mary Crosby, Doug McClure, Connie Stevens, Clu Gulager, Jessica Walter, Susan Tyrrell, Lyle Alzado, Katy Boyer
The world of rock music in Los Angeles is the subject for this funny movie about a con man (John Cusack) and a talent video-man (Tim Robbins) who team up to get a piece of the action.
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 The Thin Red Line 1998 R, 170 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Terrence Malick
Cast: Sean Penn, Adrien Brody, James Caviezel, Ben Chaplin, George Clooney, John Cusack, Woody Harrelson, Elias Koteas, Jared Leto, Nick Nolte
Director Terrence Malick came out of retirement after 20 years to make this adaptation of James Jones' 1962 novel about the battle for Guadalcanal during World War II. He focuses on the officers and enlisted men of Charlie Company who are ordered to invade the South Pacific island and then to deal with the horrors of jungle fighting. Academy Award nominations included Best Picture and Director.
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This Is My Father 1998 R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Quinn
Cast: James Caan, Aidan Quinn, Stephen Rea, John Cusack, Moya Farrelly, Jacob Tierney, Colm Meaney, Donal Donnelly, Brendan Gleeson, Pat Shortt
A Chicago teacher, Kieran Johnson (James Caan), travels to Ireland in search of the father he never knew. In the process of discovery, Johnson is transported–through memories–back to the 1934 affair of Kieran O'Dea (Aidan Quinn) and Johnson's mother, Fiona Flynn (Moya Farrelly).
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True Colors 1991 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Herbert Ross
Cast: John Cusack, James Spader, Imogen Stubbs, Mandy Patinkin, Richard Widmark, Dina Merrill, Philip Bosco, Paul(2) Guilfoyle, Brad Sullivan, Antonia Rey
The apparent void of political morality in the 1980s is shown through the lives of two college classmates (John Cusack and James Spader). Each comes from a different background and each has separate means and aims in life.
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War, Inc. 2008 R, 106 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Drama / Thriller
Director: Joshua Seftel
Cast: John Cusack, Hilary Duff, Marisa Tomei, Joan Cusack, Dan Aykoyd, Ben Kingsley, Sergej Trifunovic, Ned Bellamy, Montel Williams, Lyubomir Neikov, George Zlatarev, Nikoli Standev, Ben Cross, Doug Dearth
Assassin Brand Hauser (John Cusack) is hired by former U.S. Vice President (Dan Aykoyd)–who now heads American corporation Tamerlane–to kill oil baron Omar Sharif (Lyubomir Neikov). Hauser poses as the head of a trade show in war-torn Turaqistan. The show stars pop superstar Yonica Babyyeah (Hilary Duff) who is married to powerful Ook-Mi-Fay Taqnufmini (Sergej Trifunovic). All goes well–until American reporter Natalie Hegalhuzen (Marisa Tomei) appears on the scene suspicious of foul play and suspecting another case of U.S. involvement in the Middle East.
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| 1. 1408 (2007)
2. America's Sweethearts (2001)
3. Anastasia (1997)
4. Being John Malkovich (1999)
5. Better Off Dead (1985)
6. Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
7. Chicago Cab (1998)
aka: Hellcab
8. City Hall (1996)
9. Class (1983)
10. Con Air (1997)
11. The Contract (2006)
12. Cradle Will Rock (1999)
13. Eight Men Out (1988)
14. Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)
15. Floundering (1994)
16. Grace is Gone (2007)
17. The Grifters (1990)
18. Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
19. High Fidelity (2000)
20. Hot Pursuit (1987)
21. The Ice Harvest (2005)
22. Identity (2003)
23. Igor (2008)
24. The Jack Bull (1999)
25. The Journey of Natty Gann (1985)
26. Map of the Human Heart (1992)
27. Martian Child (2007)
28. Max (2002)
29. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)
30. Money for Nothing (1993)
31. Must Love Dogs (2005)
32. One Crazy Summer (1986)
33. Pushing Tin (1999)
34. The Road to Wellville (1994)
35. Roadside Prophets (1992)
36. Runaway Jury (2003)
37. Say Anything (1989)
38. Serendipity (2001)
39. Shadows and Fog (1992)
40. Sixteen Candles (1984)
41. Stand by Me (1986)
42. The Sure Thing (1985)
43. Tapeheads (1988)
44. The Thin Red Line (1998)
45. This Is My Father (1998)
46. True Colors (1991)
47. War, Inc. (2008)
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