21 2008  PG-13, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Luketic
Cast: Jim Sturgess, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, Aaron Yoo, Liza Lapira, Jacob Pitts, Laurence Fishburne, Jack McGee, Josh Gad, Sam Golzari, Helen Carey, Jack Gilpin, Donna Lows, Butch Williams, Jeffrey Ma
Massachusetts Institute of Technology senior Ben (Jim Sturgess) needs money to pay for medical school next year at Harvard. He finds the answer to his problem through math Professor Micky Rosa (Kevin Spacey) who has cracked the code for winning at blackjack. Ben joins a group from MIT who, using fake I.D.s, head for Las Vegas to beat the odds. All goes well–until the casino's enforcer Cole Williams (Laurence Fishbourne) realizes that there is a problem involving the gambling and determines to expose the scam. Based on a true story.
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Albino Alligator 1996 R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Kevin Spacey
Cast: Matt Dillon, Faye Dunaway, Gary Sinise, William Fichtner, Viggo Mortensen, M. Emmet Walsh, John Spencer, Skeet Ulrich, Frankie Faison, Joe Mantegna
Three criminals (Gary Sinise, Matt Dillon, and William Fichtner) hold hostages in a local New Orleans bar, Dino's Last Chance, where they are trapped–criminals as well as hostages–unless someone comes up with a solution to their predicament.
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 American Beauty 1999  R, 120 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sam Mendes
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley, Mena Suvari, Peter Gallagher, Chris Cooper, Allison Janney, Scott Bakula, Sam Robards, Barry Del Sherman, Amber Smith, Joel McCrary, Erin Cathryn Strubbe, Matthew Kimbrough
Lester (Kevin Spacey) and Carolyn Burnham (Annette Bening) have grown apart over their years of marriage when Lester falls head-over-heels for their daughter Jane's (Thora Birch) best friend, Angela (Mena Suvari). Carolyn, meanwhile, begins an affair with successful realtor Buddy Kane (Peter Gallagher), and Jane becomes chummy with her neighbor, Ricky Fitts (Wes Bentley). Their tangled lives all come together one stormy night amidst bizarre misunderstandings. The film received eight Academy Award nominations, five of which captured Oscars, including Best Picture, Actor (Spacey), and Director. Other nominations included Bening for Best Actress.
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 Beyond the Sea 2004 PG-13, 121 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Kevin Spacey
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, John Goodman, Bob Hoskins, Brenda Blethyn, Greta Scacchi, Caroline Aaron, Peter Cincotti, Michael Byrne, Matt Rippy, Gary Whelan, Jake Broder
The romance and marriage of singer Bobby Darin and actress Sandra Dee is the subject of this Kevin Spacey biopic in which Spacey does a good job of recreating Darin's vocal style.
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The Big Kahuna 1999  R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Swanbeck
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, Peter Facinelli
Based on Roger Rueff's stage play, which takes place during one evening in a hospitality suite in Wichita, Kansas, this story revolves around three lubricant salesmen for Lodestar Laboratories: fast-talking Larry (Kevin Spacey), troubled Phil (Danny DeVito), and naive Bob (Peter Facinelli). Their mission is to get the attention of a corporation president and sell him Lodestar lubricants.
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 A Bug's Life 1998 G, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Lasseter
Cast: Dave Foley, Kevin Spacey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Phyllis Diller, Jonathan Harris, Bonnie Hunt, David Hyde Pierce, Madeline Kahn, Richard Kind, Edie McClurg
When a group of ants is harassed by grasshoppers, one ant, Flik, recruits his fellow ants to fight off the bully, Hopper, and his grasshopper cohorts.
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Doomsday Gun 1994  TV, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Young
Cast: Frank Langella, Alan Arkin, Kevin Spacey, Michael Kitchen, Francesca Annis, Tony Goldwyn, Aharon Ipale, James Fox, Rupert Graves, Clive Owen
This semi-documentary is based on the true story of Saddam Hussein's efforts to obtain a superior weapon, leading to his dealings with Canadian Gerald Bull (Frank Langella) who is willing to sell his services to the highest bidder.
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Edison 2005 R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
aka: Edison Force
Director: David J. Burke
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Kevin Spacey, Justin Timberlake, LL Cool J, Dylan McDermott, John Heard, Cary Elwes, Roselyn Sanchez, Damien Wayans, Andrew Jackson, Piper Perabo, Garfield Wilson
An intrepid cub reporter, Joshua Pollack (Justin Timberlake), uncovers a scandal involving elite super-cops, investigates, writes his story, and is promptly fired by his editor, Ashford (Morgan Freeman).
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 Fred Claus 2007  PG, 115 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: David Dobkin
Cast: Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti, John Michael Higgins, Miranda Richardson, Rachel Weisz, Kathy Bates, Trevor Peacock, Ludacris, Elizabeth Banks, Christian Hansen, Kevin Spacey, Bobb'e J. Thompson, Allan Corduner
Ever since his younger brother Nick was born, Fred Claus had been upstaged by Nick who was adored by their parents (Kathy Bates and Trevor Peacock). Now, as adults, the situation has not improved. Nick (Paul Giamatti) has become Santa Claus at the North Pole, and Fred is a repo man in Chicago. When ne'er-do-well Fred finds himself in jail after robbing Salvation Army Santas, he asks Nick for help. Nick bails him out–on condition that Fred help Nick's elves prepare toys for Christmas. But, Fred is not prepared for this kind of work and just might jeopardize the effort to have toys ready for Christmas delivery.
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 Glengarry Glen Ross 1992 R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Foley
Cast: Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Ed Harris, Alan Arkin, Alec Baldwin, Kevin Spacey, Jonathan Pryce, Bruce Altman, Jude Ciccolella, Paul Butler, Barry Rossen, Neal Jones, Dana Lee, Julie Payne, George Cheung
This is the Pulitzer Prize winning story about 24 hours in the lives of four Chicago real estate salesmen–Ricky Roma (Al Pacino), Shelley "The Machine" Levine (Jack Lemmon), Moss (Ed Harris), and Aaronow (Alan Arkin). Sales consultant Blake (Alec Baldwin) orders the salesmen to "sell or get out," and now they will stop at almost nothing in their desperate attempts to obtain sales and keep their respective jobs. A good movie.
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Heartburn 1986 R, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Mike Nichols
Cast: Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson, Stockard Channing, Maureen Stapleton, Jeff Daniels, Kevin Spacey, Richard Masur, Catherine O'Hara, Steven Hill, Milos Forman, Mamie Gummer, Anna Maria Horsford, Kenneth Welsh, Mercedes Ruehl, Joanna Gleason
This film is based on Nora Ephron's autobiographical novel about her marriage and divorce from Washington Post columnist Carl Bernstein. Rachel (Meryl Streep) is a New York food editor, and Mark (Jack Nicholson) is a Washington, D.C. political columnist who she meets at a wedding. They marry, and Rachel quits her job in New York to move to Washington. Soon, they have a baby, and then another is on the way. Life is good–until pregnant Rachel learns that Mark is having an affair, and the marriage ends in divorce.
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Henry & June 1990 NC-17, 136 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Philip Kaufman
Cast: Fred Ward, Uma Thurman, Maria de Medeiros, Kevin Spacey, Richard E. Grant, Jean-Philippe Ecoffey, Bruce Myers, Juan Luis Bunuel, Feodor Atkine, Sylvie Huguel, Artus de Penguern, Pierre Etaix, Alexandre De Gall, Gaetan Bloom, Pierre Edernac
Anais (Maria de Medeiros) and her husband, Hugo (Richard E. Grant), live in Paris. Henry Miller (Fred Ward) and his wife, June (Uma Thurman), arrive, and Anais is attracted to June. When June returns to America, she gives Henry and Anais approval to become involved in a love affair. This is the story of the real-life, 1930s' love affair between American author Henry Miller and French writer Anais Nin–with dreams of a few liaisons between Anais and June thrown in.
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 Hurlyburly 1998 R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Drazan
Cast: Sean Penn, Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright Penn, Chazz Palminteri, Garry Shandling, Anna Paquin, Meg Ryan
This story, based on David Rabe's play, is about Eddie (Sean Penn) and Mickey (Kevin Spacey)–two drugged-out Hollywood casting agents whose major entertainment in life is womanizing. The acting is good, but who cares to spend time watching characters like Eddie and Mickey ruin their lives in such a wasteful way?
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 K-PAX 2001 PG-13, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Iain Softley
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, Mary McCormack, Alfre Woodard, Ajay Naidu, David Patrick Kelly, Saul Williams, Kimberly Scott, Peter Gerety, Celia Weston, Tracy Vilar, Melanee Murray, John Toles-Bey, Conchata Ferrell, Vincent Laresca
Prot (Kevin Spacey) is arrested at New York City's Grand Central Station after claiming to be an alien. He is sent to a mental hospital where his psychiatrist, Dr. Mark Powell (Jeff Bridges), does not believe him when he tells about coming from the planet K-PAX. Powell becomes obsessed with Prot, but time is running out because Prot tells Powell that he must leave Earth in a few days. Now, Powell is determined to get the truth from him–but can he?
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 L.A. Confidential 1997 R, 138 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Curtis Hanson
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, James Cromwell, David Strathairn, Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito, Paul(2) Guilfoyle, Ron Rifkin, Matt McCoy, Paolo Seganti, Steve Rankin, Graham Beckel, Elisabeth Granli, Sandra Taylor
This crime story is set in Hollywood in the 1950s and features police detectives Jack Vincennes and Bud White (Kevin Spacey and Russell Crowe) whose ethical behavior is definitely suspect. Then there is Ed Exley (Guy Pearce) who is a "strictly by the book" cop despite the fact that his captain, Dudley Smith (James Cromwell), tries to get him to relax his morals. In this atmosphere, crimes are investigated, but it is not always the guilty who pay. This film, based on James Ellroy's novel, is one of the year's best. Two Oscars were received, including Best Supporting Actress (Kim Basinger for her role as call-girl Lynn Bracken); seven other nominations were received, including Best Picture and Director.
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 The Life of David Gale 2003 R, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alan Parker
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet, Laura Linney, Gabriel Mann, Matt Craven, Leon Rippy, Rhona Mitra, Melissa McCarthy, Jim Beaver, Cleo King
A reporter, Bitsey Bloom (Kate Winslet), interviews convicted murderer Dr. David Gale (Kevin Spacey) just three days before his execution date. Her next step is to race against time to prove his innocence in this crime drama, which speaks for those against the death penalty.
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Looking for Richard 1996 PG-13, 118 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Al Pacino
Cast: Al Pacino, Estelle Parsons, Alec Baldwin, Kevin Spacey, Winona Ryder, Aidan Quinn, Harris Yulin, Kevin Conway, Madison Arnold, Bruce MacVittie
This documentary is about Shakespeare's "Richard III" as Al Pacino conducts interviews, rehearses with the cast, and provides insight into and appreciation for the works of Shakespeare.
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The Men Who Stare at Goats 2009 R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Grant Heslov
Cast: George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges, Kevin Spacey, Stephen Lang, Stephen Root, Robert Patrick, Waleed Zuaiter, Glenn Morshower, Nick Offerman, Tim Griffin, Rebecca Mader, Jacob Browne, Todd La Tourrette, Brad Grunberg
American journalist Bob Wilton (Ewan McGregor) arrives in Kuwait in 2003 trying to find a life after his marriage failed. He teams up with mercenary Lyn Cassady (George Clooney) who tells him about an Army program of the past, led by Bill Django (Jeff Bridges). The program trained soldiers to fight with their minds and negate the need for armed combat. The First Earth Battalion was disbanded after a power struggle between Django and Larry Hooper (Kevin Spacey), but Cassady and Wilton discover that their psychological methods are still being used in the war against terror.
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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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Moon 2009 R, 97 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Duncan Jones
Cast: Sam Rockwell, Kaya Scodelario, Dominique McElligott, Kevin Spacey, Robin Chalk, Matt Berry, Malcolm Stewart, Benedict Wong, Rosie Shaw, Adrienne Shaw
Astronaut Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell) is finishing a three-year assignment of mining Helium-3 on the far side of the Moon. Because of a broken satellite, Sam cannot send nor receive live communications. While Sam does play taped video messages from his wife Tess (Dominique McElligott), Sam's only communication is with robotic computer "Gerty" (voice of Kevin Spacey). Now, Sam's health fails him, and he awakens in the sick bay. But, the awakening Sam is healthier and more temperamental than the injured Sam. How have these two "Sams" come to coexist?
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The Murder of Mary Phagan 1988 TV, 250 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Hale
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Peter Gallagher, Richard Jordan, Paul Dooley, Charles S. Dutton, Kevin Spacey, Robert Prosky, Kathryn Walker, Rebecca Miller, William H. Macy, Wendy J. Cooke
This made-for-TV movie is about a real-life, controversial legal case. In 1913, when a Jew, Leo Frank, was convicted of murder, Governor John M. Slaton ignored dangers to his career as he looked into the case to obtain the truth from questionable evidence.
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The Negotiator 1998 R, 135 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: F. Gary Gray
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey, David Morse, Ron Rifkin, John Spencer, J.T. Walsh, Regina Taylor, Siobhan Fallon, Paul Giamatti, Bruce Beatty, Michael Cudlitz, Carlos Gomez, Tim Kelleher, Dean Norris, Nestor Serrano
Lt. Danny Roman (Samuel L. Jackson) is a top-notch police negotiator who discovers that he has been set up and that the police are about to arrest him for the death of his partner and embezzlement of pension funds. In a panic, he seizes the building, holds hostages, and asks for another negotiator, Lt. Chris Sabian (Kevin Spacey), to help him make a deal.
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 Ordinary Decent Criminal 2000 R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Thaddeus O'Sullivan
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Linda Fiorentino, Peter Mullan, Stephen Dillane, Helen Baxendale, David Hayman, Patrick Malahide, Gerard McSorley, David Kelly, Gary Lydon
Michael Lynch (Kevin Spacey) is Dublin's most notorious criminal, much to the delight of the people in his working-class neighborhood who are the recipients of the proceeds from much of his heists. He also has two wives–who are sisters (Linda Fiorentino and Helen Baxendale). As his popularity grows, he becomes bolder when the police set a trap for Michael and his gang.
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Outbreak 1995  R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, Morgan Freeman, Cuba Gooding Jr., Donald Sutherland, Kevin Spacey, Patrick Dempsey, J.T. Walsh, Zakes Mokae, Dale Dye, Malick Bowens, Susan Lee Hoffman, Benito Martinez, Bruce Jarchow, Kara Keough
When an African monkey carries a lethal bug, Motaba, into the United States, researchers Col. Sam Daniels and Robby Keough (Dustin Hoffman and Rene Russo) race to find a cure for the deadly disease before the world is annihilated.
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Pay It Forward 2000 PG-13, 122 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Mimi Leder
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt, Haley Joel Osment, Angie Dickinson, James Caviezel, Jay Mohr, Jon Bon Jovi, David Ramsey, Gary Werntz, Rusty Meyers, Colleen Flynn, Marc Donato, Kathleen Wilhoite, Alexandra Kotcheff, Hannah Werntz
When Social Studies teacher Eugene Simonet (Kevin Spacey) assigns an extra-credit project, 11-year-old Trevor McKinney (Haley Joel Osment) takes it to heart. The assignment: find a way to make the world a better place. Trevor's solution: a chain letter involving good deeds and asking those on the receiving end to "pay it forward." The acting is very good in this upbeat story.
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The Ref 1994 R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ted Demme
Cast: Denis Leary, Judy Davis, Kevin Spacey, Robert J. Steinmiller Jr., Glynis Johns, Raymond J. Barry, Richard Bright, Christine Baranski, Adam LeFevre, Ellie Raab
Gus (Denis Leary) just cannot quite make it in his chosen field–burglary! One Christmas Eve, his burglary attempt becomes so fouled up that he must take his victims captive in their own home. There he is faced not only with their arguing but also with all of the relatives who come to "celebrate" the holiday.
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Rocket Gibraltar 1988 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daniel Petrie
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Suzy Amis, Patricia Clarkson, John Glover, Bill Pullman, Kevin Spacey, Frances Conroy, Sinead Cusack, Macaulay Culkin, Angela Goethals
A family reunion is planned for grandfather (Burt Lancaster) in this touching film that includes equal amounts of humor and pathos.
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Se7en 1995  R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
aka: Seven
Director: David Fincher
Cast: Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, John C. McGinley, Richard Roundtree, R. Lee Ermey, Kevin Spacey, Mark Boone Junior, John Cassini, Richard Portnow, Daniel Zacapa, Peter Crombie, Reg E. Cathey, Endre Hules, Hawthorne James
This bizarre thriller combines two homicide detectives, David Mills and William Summerset (Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman), from different generations and races, who try to put an end to the crimes of a vicious serial killer who bases his murders on the Seven Deadly Sins. As the experienced detective, Summerset tries to get inside the mind of the killer by studying the Seven Deadly Sins. Mills is less experienced and does not understand Summerset's reasoning. But, as a team they continue to track down the killer and, in the process, become part of the killer's plot. 2 User Reviews
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| | Anonymous 02/27/2007 | | it was n int eresting film but the stoory carried on tooo much the end was brilliant a really good ewnding the best pasrt of the whole thing. |
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See No Evil, Hear No Evil 1989 R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Arthur Hiller
Cast: Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder, Joan Severance, Kevin Spacey, Alan North, Anthony Zerbe, Louis Giambalvo, Kristen Childs, Hardy Rawls, Audrie J. Neenan, John Capodice
A blind man (Richard Pryor) and a deaf man (Gene Wilder) work at a newspaper stand in New York. One day, a murder takes place near their newsstand, and guess who is arrested for the dirty deed? The stars are there, the idea is there, but the execution of the film isn't all it could be.
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Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure 2001 N/R, 40 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: George Butler
Cast: Kevin Spacey
Narrated by Kevin Spacey, this IMAX presentation tells the story of Sir Ernest Shackleton's attempt to cross the Antarctic continent on foot with 27 other men. Their fight against the elements and other obstacles over nearly two years in a 40-minute presentation does not do justice to the adventure, though the IMAX photography is excellent. This film follows Director Butler's full-length documentary on the expedition released the preceding year.
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The Shipping News 2001 R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Lasse Hallstrom
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Julianne Moore, Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Pete Postlethwaite, Scott Glenn, Rhys Ifans, Gordon Pinsent, Jason Behr, John Dunsworth, Larry Pine, Marc Lawrence, Jeanetta Arnette, Robert Joy, Alyssa/Kaitlyn/Lauren Gainer
Down-on-his-luck Quoyle (Kevin Spacey), with young daughter Bunny (Alyssa, Kaitlyn, and Lauren Gainer) in tow, follows the advice of his Aunt Agnis (Judi Dench) to join her in the ancestral home in Newfoundland. He gets a job writing a shipping news column for the local newspaper and, with the help of widow Wavey (Julianne Moore), finds that new, better life.
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A Show of Force 1990 R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bruno Barreto
Cast: Amy Irving, Andy Garcia, Lou Diamond Phillips, Robert Duvall, Kevin Spacey, Erik Estrada, Joseph Campanella, Priscilla Pointer, Hattie Winston, Juan Fernandez, Lupe Ontiveros
Kate Melendez (Amy Irving) is a TV reporter in Puerto Rico who begins to suspect FBI involvement in the killing of two terrorists seeking shelter in her country.
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 Superman Returns 2006 PG-13, 157 min.
Genre: Animation / Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Bryan Singer
Cast: Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey, James Marsden, Parker Posey, Sam Huntington, Eva Marie Saint, Frank Langella, John Di Maggio, Kal Penn, Tristan Lake Leabu, David Fabrizio, Ian Roberts, Doug Abrahams, Todd Williams
After disappearing for six years, Superman (Brandon Routh) returns to Metropolis as Clark Kent and finds that the citizens of Metropolis have learned to live without him. Add to that the fact that his beloved Lois Lane (Kate Bosworth) is in a relationship with Richard White (James Marsden), and they have a five-year-old son, Jason (Tristan Lake Leabu). Now, Superman must deal with those problems and, at the same time, face arch-enemy Lex Luthor (Kevin Spacey) on a journey that will take him into the realm of outer space.
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Swimming with Sharks 1994 R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: George Huang
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Frank Whaley, Michelle Forbes, T.E. Russell, Jerry Levine, Benicio Del Toro, Roy Dotrice, Matthew Flint, Patrick Fischler, Sabryn Genet, Kyle Reed
What happens when young screenwriter Guy (Frank Whaley) finally gets fed up and treats his boss, Buddy Ackerman (Kevin Spacey), the way he has been treated? After enduring one too many abuses from Buddy, Guy breaks into Buddy's Beverly Hills home, holds him hostage, and tortures him. This is an insightful and amusing look at what goes on behind the scenes in Hollywood.
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 A Time to Kill 1996 R, 145 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Joel Schumacher
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Samuel L. Jackson, Sandra Bullock, Kevin Spacey, Patrick McGoohan, Kiefer Sutherland, Donald Sutherland, Oliver Platt, M. Emmet Walsh, Brenda Fricker, Charles S. Dutton, Ashley Judd, Nicky Katt, Joe Seneca, Beth Grant
Based on John Grisham's novel, this story involves a Black father, Carl Lee Hailey (Samuel L. Jackson), whose 10-year-old daughter is raped by two White rednecks in the town of Canton, Mississippi. When the rednecks are brought to court, Carl appears with a rifle and kills the defendants. Carl's friend, lawyer Jake Brigance (Matthew McConaughy), agrees to defend him and receives help from young law clerk Ellen Roark (Sandra Bullock). Meanwhile, the situation gets out of control, and, as the KKK, led by Freddie Lee Cobb (Kiefer Sutherland) rises to the fore, Jake finds himself in grave danger.
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 The United States of Leland 2003 R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Matthew Ryan Hoge
Cast: Don Cheadle, Ryan Gosling, Chris Klein, Jena Malone, Lena Olin, Kevin Spacey, Michelle Williams, Martin Donovan, Ann Magnuson, Kerry Washington, Sherilyn Fenn, Matt Malloy
After committing a shocking murder, world-famous novelist Albert T. Fitzgerald's (Kevin Spacey) son Leland (Ryan Gosling) is confined to a juvenile detention center. Leland's teacher Pearl Madison (Don Cheadle) is an aspiring writer, and it doesn't take long for Pearl to see a career-enhancing book in the story about why Leland committed the crime.
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 The Usual Suspects 1995 R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Bryan Singer
Cast: Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Chazz Palminteri, Kevin Pollak, Suzy Ames, Kevin Spacey, Pete Postlethwaite, Giancarlo Esposito, Benicio Del Toro, Paul Bartel
This film has it all–humor, terror, mystery, and shock. It is the story of five professional criminals who meet in a line-up and plot revenge. The film received two Academy Awards: Kevin Spacey for Best Supporting Actor and Christopher McQuarrie for Best Original Screenplay.
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Working Girl 1988 R, 115 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mike Nichols
Cast: Melanie Griffith, Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver, Joan Cusack, Alec Baldwin, Kevin Spacey, Philip Bosco, Nora Dunn, Oliver Platt, Olympia Dukakis, James Lally, Robert Easton, Jeffrey Nordling, Elizabeth Whitcraft, Zach Grenier
A New York clerical worker (Melanie Griffith) takes full advantage of her rather unethical boss (Sigourney Weaver). While the boss is away, she performs a meteoric rise to the top of her brokerage firm. Carly Simon's song "Let the River Run" won an Oscar, and nominations included Best Picture, Actress (Griffith), two for Supporting Actress (Weaver and Joan Cusack), and Director.
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1. 21 (2008)
2. Albino Alligator (1996)
3. American Beauty (1999)
4. Beyond the Sea (2004)
5. The Big Kahuna (1999)
6. A Bug's Life (1998)
7. Consenting Adults (1992)
8. Dad (1989)
9. Doomsday Gun (1994)
10. Edison (2005)
aka: Edison Force
11. Fall from Grace (1990)
12. Fred Claus (2007)
13. Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
14. Heartburn (1986)
15. Henry & June (1990)
16. Hurlyburly (1998)
17. Iron Will (1994)
18. K-PAX (2001)
19. L.A. Confidential (1997)
20. The Life of David Gale (2003)
21. Long Day's Journey Into Night (1987)
22. Looking for Richard (1996)
23. The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)
24. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)
25. Moon (2009)
26. The Murder of Mary Phagan (1988)
27. The Negotiator (1998)
28. Ordinary Decent Criminal (2000)
29. Outbreak (1995)
30. Pay It Forward (2000)
31. The Ref (1994)
32. Rocket Gibraltar (1988)
33. Se7en (1995)
aka: Seven
34. See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)
35. Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure (2001)
36. The Shipping News (2001)
37. A Show of Force (1990)
38. Superman Returns (2006)
39. Swimming with Sharks (1994)
40. A Time to Kill (1996)
41. The United States of Leland (2003)
42. The Usual Suspects (1995)
43. When You Remember Me (1990)
44. Working Girl (1988)
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