 Arizona Dream 1993  R, 119 min.
Genre: Fantasy / Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Emir Kusturica
Cast: Johnny Depp, Jerry Lewis, Faye Dunaway, Lili Taylor, Vincent Gallo, Michael J. Pollard, Candyce Mason, Paulina Porizkova, Alexia Rane, Polly Noonan, Ann Schulman, James R. Wilson, Patricia O'Grady
There are strange things happening in this offbeat, but interesting, film by a director noted for uniqueness. Axel (Johnny Depp) is called home to Arizona from his fish-counting job by his father Leo (Jerry Lewis) whom he hadn't cared much for. Leo is preparing to marry young Blanche (Candyce Mason) and wants to groom his son to take over the Cadillac dealership. Meanwhile, Axel falls hard for widow Elaine (Faye Dunaway). Some good acting, and much weird stuff goes on.
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Casa de los Babys 2003  R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Sayles
Cast: Daryl Hannah, Marcia Gay Harden, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Mary Steenburgen, Lili Taylor, Rita Moreno, Susan Lynch, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Bruno Bichir, Angelina Pelaez, Vanessa Martinez, Juan Carlos Vives
After six women arrive in South America with intentions of adopting babies, they find they must deal with a bureaucracy that mandates a lengthy residency requirement before adoption can take place. The women stay at a cheap hotel, Casa de Los Babys, where they must deal not only with each other but with the local population as well. Subplots abound in this memorable story.
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Factotum 2005 R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bent Hamer
Cast: Matt Dillon, Lili Taylor, Marisa Tomei, Fisher Stevens, Didier Flamand, Adrienne Shelly, Karen Young, Tony Lyons
Short-story writer Hank Chinaski (Matt Dillon) wanders in and out of flophouses, bars, and jobs in Los Angeles. One night, he meets Jan (Lili Taylor) at a bar, and a few days later Hank moves in with her. All goes well for awhile, but when Hank appears to be gaining success in a new job, problems with Jan arise.
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Gaudi Afternoon 2001 R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Susan Seidelman
Cast: Judy Davis, Marcia Gay Harden, Lili Taylor, Juliette Lewis, Christopher Bowen, Maria Barranco, Courtney Jines, Pep Molina, Victor Alvaro
Cassandra (Judy Davis) is stuck in Barcelona, Spain, and takes on a job of translating a novel into English. But, she needs to find additional work to get by, so when Frankie (Marcia Gay Hardin) offers her a job to find Frankie's missing husband, Cassandra takes it. But things aren't as they seem as Cassandra gets involved with a strange group of characters and their escapades.
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 The Haunting 1999  PG-13, 113 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Mystery
Director: Jan de Bont
Cast: Liam Neeson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Lili Taylor, Owen Wilson, Marian Seldes, Bruce Dern, Virginia Madsen, Alix Koromzay, Todd Field, Michael Cavanaugh, Tom Irwin, M.C. Gainey, Charles Gunning, Hadley Eure, Saul Priever
This film is a remake of Shirley Jackson's novel, "The Haunting of Hill House"–about spinster Nell (Lili Taylor), the brazen Theo (Catherine Zeta-Jones), and manipulative Luke (Owen Wilson) who enter a haunted house at the suggestion of a psychology professor, Dr. Jeffrey Marrow (Liam Neeson). They get much more than they bargain for when they attempt to investigate mysteries within the confines of this eerie house.
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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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I Shot Andy Warhol 1996 R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mary Harron
Cast: Lili Taylor, Jared Harris, Tahnee Welch, Stephen Dorff, Martha Plimpton, Donovan Leitch, Danny Morgenstern, Michael Imperioli, Gabriel Mann
On 3 June 1968, radical feminist Valerie Solanis (Lili Taylor) walked into Andy Warhol's office and shot him. (Although he survived, he suffered the effects of the trauma for the rest of his shortened life.) This film depicts the collision of the homosexual world of Andy Warhol and the loathing of a lesbian feminist who wrote the SCUM (Society for Cutting Up Men) manifesto. Nevertheless, one cannot help but like her rationality about her unique philosophy.
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Illtown 1996 R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nick Gomez
Cast: Michael Rapaport, Lili Taylor, Adam Trese, Kevin Corrigan, Paul Schulze, Angela Featherstone, Saul Stein, Tony Danza, Isaac Hayes
Drug dealer Dante (Michael Rapaport) is really a good guy who plays golf, loves his girlfriend Micky (Lili Taylor), and wants her to have his baby. Good drug dealers? What nonsense!
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The Impostors 1998 R, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Stanley Tucci
Cast: Oliver Platt, Stanley Tucci, Lili Taylor, Alfred Molina, Campbell Scott, Steve Buscemi, Isabella Rossellini, E. Katherine Kerr, Tony Shalhoub, Hope Davis
Starving actors Maurice (Oliver Platt) and Arthur (Stanley Tucci) stow away on a luxury liner. They are spotted, and the chase is on as they encounter numerous nut cases among the elite passengers.
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Julie Johnson 2001  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bob Gosse
Cast: Lili Taylor, Courtney Love, Noah Emmerich, Spalding Gray, Mischa Barton, Gideon Jacobs, Patrick Fitzgerald, Chuck Montgomery, Ali Marsh, Kelly Hill
Good friends Julie (Lili Taylor) and Claire (Courtney Love) enroll in a community college where Julie excels, and their lives change. First, Julie gets rid of husband Rick (Noah Emmerich), then Claire leaves her husband Mike (Patrick Fitzgerald), and the two women move in together.
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Kicked in the Head 1997  R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Matthew Harrison
Cast: Kevin Corrigan, Linda Fiorentino, Michael Rapaport, Lili Taylor, James Woods, Burt Young, Olek Krupa, Bianca Bakija, Sol Frieder, Gary Perez
Uncle Sam (James Woods) sends shiftless Redmond (Kevin Corrigan) on a drug delivery, which goes awry and takes Redmond further into the underworld. Saving graces in this film are Megan (Linda Fiorentino) and tough-guy Stretch (Michael Rapaport).
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 Mystic Pizza 1988 R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Donald Petrie
Cast: Annabeth Gish, Julia Roberts, Lili Taylor, Vincent D'Onofrio, William R. Moses, Adam Storke, Conchata Ferrell, Joanna Merlin, Matt Damon, Porscha Radcliffe, Arthur Walsh, John Fiore, Gene Amoroso, Sheila Ferrini, John Cunningham
This little movie about three girls–sisters Kat Arujo and Daisy Arujo (Annabeth Gish and Julia Roberts) and new girl in town Jojo (Lili Taylor)–who become best friends turned out to be a hit. It is about their summer jobs at a Mystic, Connecticut, pizza parlor, their loves, and disappointments–all a part of growing up.
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The Notorious Bettie Page 2006 R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mary Harron
Cast: Gretchen Mol, Chris Bauer, Jared Harris, Sarah Paulson, Cara Seymour, David Strathairn, Lili Taylor, John Cullum, Matt McGrath, Austin Pendleton, Norman Reedus, Tara Subkoff, Dallas Roberts, Victor Slezak
The personal and professional lives of one of America's first sex icons, Bettie Page (Gretchen Mol), who was a pin-up model in the 1950s, is the subject of this biography that begins and ends with Estes Kefauver's Senate Sub-committee hearings on the subject of pornography.
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O.K. Garage 1998 R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: All Revved Up
Director: Brandon Cole
Cast: John Turturro, Lili Taylor, Will Patton, Gemma Jones, Joseph Maher, Paul Calderon, Bruce MacVittie, Richard Bright, Olek Krupa, John Spencer
Rachel (Lili Taylor) has continuing car problems but keeps taking her car to the same shady mechanic. She finally turns to friend Sean (Will Patton) for help, and he brings Johnny (John Turturro) along, starting a love triangle in this weak effort, despite the good cast.
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Pecker 1998  R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Waters
Cast: Edward Furlong, Christina Ricci, Mary Kay Place, Brendan Sexton III, Martha Plimpton, Lauren Hulsey, Lili Taylor, Bess Armstrong, Mark Joy, Mink Stole
This satire on the New York art scene features Edward Furlong in the title role of a teenage photographer from Baltimore whose family pictures are spotted by an art dealer, Rorey Wheeler (Lili Taylor). She promotes Pecker's work in her gallery, and the pictures become the latest rage. 1 User Review
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 Ransom 1996 R, 121 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Mel Gibson, Rene Russo, Brawley Nolte, Gary Sinise, Delroy Lindo, Liev Schreiber, Lili Taylor, Paul(2) Guilfoyle, Jose Zuniga
This loose remake of the 1956 Glenn Ford vehicle is about Tom Mullen's (Mel Gibson) dilemma when his son, Sean (Brawley Nolte), is kidnapped. Going against the wishes of his wife, Kate (Rene Russo), and the FBI, Mullen hatches his own plot to get the boy out of the clutches of kidnapper Jimmy Shaker (Gary Sinise).
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Rudy 1993 PG, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Anspaugh
Cast: Sean Astin, Ned Beatty, Charles S. Dutton, Lili Taylor, Jon Favreau, Greta Lind, Scott Benjaminson, Mary Ann Thebus, Chelcie Ross, Robert Prosky, Christopher Reed, Deborah Wittenberg, Christopher Erwin, Kevin Duda, Vince Vaughn
This film is based on the true story of young Daniel E. "Rudy" Ruettiger (Sean Astin) in the 1960s who dreamed of playing football for Notre Dame. It is an inspiring story and is a definite "YES" for viewing.
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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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A Slipping-Down Life 1999 R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Toni Kalem
Cast: Lili Taylor, Guy Pearce, Irma P. Hall, John Hawkes, Sara Rue, Veronica Cartwright, Marshall Bell, Shawnee Smith, Bruno Kirby, Tom Bower, Clea DuVall, Lew Temple
A young woman (Lili Taylor), whose life seems to be going nowhere, obsesses over a rock singer and carves his name on her forehead. While this act makes her a celebrity, it also clears the way for her own liberation.
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Starting Out in the Evening 2007 PG-13, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Andrew Wagner
Cast: Frank Langella, Lauren Ambrose, Lili Taylor, Adrian Lester, Jessica Hecht, Michael Cumpsty, Jeff McCarthy, Patti Perkins, Karl Bury, Anitha Gandhi, Dennis Parlato, Sean T. Krishnan, Joel West
The life of aging, out-of-print novelist Leonard Schiller (Frank Langella) is changed when grad student Heather Wolfe (Lauren Ambrose) enters the scene. She wants to write her master's thesis on Leonard's novels and asks for his assistance. Leonard is flattered and agrees to help, but his reclusive 34-year-old daughter Ariel (Lili Taylor) is suspicious of Heather's attentions. Ariel is also just coming out of a long depression and worries over whether or not she wants ex-boyfriend Casey (Adrian Lester) back in her life and fathering the baby she so desperately wants. Will these four mismatched people find the steps necessary to help themselves find new beginnings?
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| 1. The Addiction (1995)
2. Arizona Dream (1993)
3. Casa de los Babys (2003)
4. Cold Fever (1996)
5. Factotum (2005)
6. Gaudi Afternoon (2001)
7. Girls Town (1996)
8. The Haunting (1999)
9. High Fidelity (2000)
10. I Shot Andy Warhol (1996)
11. Illtown (1996)
12. The Impostors (1998)
13. Julie Johnson (2001)
14. Kicked in the Head (1997)
15. Mystic Pizza (1988)
16. The Notorious Bettie Page (2006)
17. O.K. Garage (1998)
aka: All Revved Up
18. Pecker (1998)
19. Ransom (1996)
20. Rudy (1993)
21. Say Anything (1989)
22. A Slipping-Down Life (1999)
23. Starting Out in the Evening (2007)
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