2 Days in the Valley 1996   R, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Thriller
Director: John Herzfeld
Cast: Danny Aiello, James Spader, Paul Mazursky, Teri Hatcher, Jeff Daniels, Marsha Mason, Charlize Theron, Eric Stoltz, Peter Horton, Cheryl Ladd, Glenne Headly, Keith Carradine, Louise Fletcher, Austin Pendleton
After the murder of Becky's (Teri Hatcher) philandering ex-husband (Peter Horton, 10 residents of the San Fernando Valley find their lives linked. Danny Aiello plays the diabolical hit man Desmo whose partner Lee is played by James Spader.
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Aurora Borealis 2006 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: James C.E. Burke
Cast: Joshua Jackson, Louise Fletcher, Donald Sutherland, Juliette Lewis, Steven Pasquale, Katie Griffin, Zack Ward, Tyler Labine, Mark Andrada, Jim Feather, Judy Sinclair, John Kapelos, Timm Sharp, Diego Fuentes
Duncan Shorter (Joshua Jackson) was a hockey star in high school, but, instead of attending the University of Minnesota, he now spends his time losing one dead-end job after another. His grandfather Ronald (Donald Sutherland) lives with Duncan's grandmother Ruth (Louise Fletcher) in a seniors' complex, and Duncan begins to visit them often. Ronald suffers from Alzheimer's disease, and Rose just tries to keep things together. When Duncan lands a job at his grandparents' apartment complex and meets the building's new assistant superintendent Kate (Juliette Lewis), it looks like his life will change as their amorous relationship grows.
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The Best of the Best 1989  PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Robert Radler
Cast: James Earl Jones, Eric Roberts, Sally Kirkland, Phillip Rhee, John P. Ryan, John Dye, David Agresta, Tom Everett, Louise Fletcher, Chris Penn, Edan Gross, Simon Rhee, Kane Hodder
U.S. martial arts team members must face an extremely good Korean team. Coach Couzo (James Earl Jones), and trainer Wade (Sally Kirkland) teach them that "winning is always." The climax comes when they meet the Koreans for the match of their lifetimes.
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Big Eden 2000 PG-13, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Thomas Bezucha
Cast: Arye Gross, Eric Schweig, Tim DeKay, George Coe, Louise Fletcher, Nan Martin, Veanne Cox, O'Neal Compton, Corinne Bohrer, Christopher Kendra
When a successful New York painter, Henry Hart (Arye Gross), returns to his hometown to care for his grandfather, residents of Big Eden, Montana, become very concerned about whether or not Henry is gay. In an effort to find the answer, they plot to bring Henry and his old school friend, Dexter (Tim DeKay), together again.
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Blue Steel 1990  R, 102 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller / Mystery
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, Ron Silver, Clancy Brown, Elizabeth Pena, Louise Fletcher, Philip Bosco, Kevin Dunn, Matt Craven, Richard Jenkins, Mary Mara, Mike Starr, Tom Sizemore, Skipp Lynch, Chris Walker, Mike Hodge
Policewoman Megan Turner (Jamie Lee Curtis) kills a holdup man on her first assignment. Her gun is picked up by mentally unbalanced Wall Street broker Eugene Hunt (Ron Silver) who then uses it to commit murders throughout the city with the rookie's name engraved on the bullets. The two become involved, and he makes it appear that she is the mass murderer.
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Brainstorm 1983 PG, 106 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Douglas Trumbull
Cast: Christopher Walken, Natalie Wood, Louise Fletcher, Cliff Robertson, Alan Fudge, Georgianne Walken, Bill Morey, Joe Dorsey, Jason Lively, Jordan Christopher, Donald Hotton, Darrell Larson, Lou Walker, John Hugh, Stacey Kuhne-Adams
Special effects are outstanding in this sci-fi story about what happens when an invention that sends sensory inputs into the brain ends up in the wrong hands. Scientists Lillian Reynolds and Michael Brace (Louise Fletcher and Christopher Walken) have been experimenting with their invention that can record sights, sounds, and feelings after the brain receives sensory messages. Michael uses the invention to get closer to his estranged wife Karen (Natalie Wood), and others begin to abuse it. Representing the government, Alex Terson (Cliff Robertson) steps in to take over the project. Problems ensue, and, after one worker tapes the experience of his own death, Michael is determined to play back the tape to honor his memory.
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Breast Men 1997 R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lawrence O'Neil
Cast: David Schwimmer, Chris Cooper, Emily Procter, Matt Frewer, Terry O'Quinn, Kathleen Wilhoite, John Stockwell, Lisa Marie, Louise Fletcher, Michael Cavanaugh
This made-for-TV docudrama traces events in the lives of two Texas doctors–Dr. Christopher Saunders (David Schwimmer) and Dr. William Larson (Chris Cooper)–who developed the silicone breast implant, became successful, and suffered personal traumas from ensuing lawsuits when it was discovered that some women were experiencing leakage from their transplants. Believe it or not, this drama is better than it sounds.
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The Cheap Detective 1978  PG, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Moore
Cast: Peter Falk, Ann - Margret, Eileen Brennan, Sid Caesar, Stockard Channing, James Coco, Dom DeLuise, Louise Fletcher, John Houseman, Madeline Kahn
In this Neil Simon story, which is a parody of Humphrey Bogart films, Peter Falk stars as Lou Peckinpaugh, the "Cheap Detective."
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 Cruel Intentions 1999 R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance / Thriller
Director: Roger Kumble
Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon, Selma Blair, Louise Fletcher, Joshua Jackson, Eric Mabius, Sean Patrick Thomas, Swoosie Kurtz, Christine Baranski
Rather shallow characters–Kathryn Merteuil (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and Sebastian Valmont (Ryan Phillippe)–attending an affluent prep school appear to control the social life in their small world. The plot for this film revolves around a bet that Sebastian will be able to bed the new headmaster's virgin daughter, Annette Hargrove (Reese Witherspoon).
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The Devil's Arithmetic 1999 TV, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Donna Deitch
Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Brittany Murphy, Louise Fletcher, Paul Freeman, Mimi Rogers, Nitzan Sharron, Shelly Skandrani, Kirsty McFarland, Lilo Baur, Rachel Roddy, Daniel Brocklebank, Ieva Jackeviciute, Philip Rham, Daniel Rausch, Paulina Soloveicik
During the traditional Passover dinner, Jewish teenager Hannah (Kirsten Dunst) is bored with the conversation–until she opens a door that reveals the past by putting her in the middle of a 1940s' Nazi death camp where she learns the true meaning of what her ancestors endured.
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Edie & Pen 1997 PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Matthew Irmas
Cast: Stockard Channing, Jennifer Tilly, Scott Glenn, Stuart Wilson, Chris Sarandon, Michael O'Keefe, Michael McKean, Randy Travis, Joanna Gleason, Beverly D'Angelo, Martin Mull, Louise Fletcher
Pen and Edie (Stockard Channing and Jennifer Tilly) are both in Reno for quickie divorces and meet as they leave the courtroom. They hit it off and head to a bar for talk. They meet Harry (Scott Glenn) who is also recently divorced and unhappy mostly because his ex-wife got his dog. Along the way it comes out that Edie plans to marry Pen's ex-husband. Also, Harry does his best to get in bed with Pen.
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Exorcist II: The Heretic 1977  R, 117 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
Director: John Boorman
Cast: Linda Blair, Richard Burton, Louise Fletcher, James Earl Jones, Kitty Winn, Ned Beatty, Max von Sydow, Paul Henreid, Rose Portillo, Shane Butterworth, Belinda Beatty, Fiseha Dimetros, Joey Green, Barbara Cason, Joely Adams
Regan (Linda Blair) is back, and it seems that there are still problems remaining from her demon possession. An investigation is in order as to just how her exorcist priest, Father Merrin (Max von Sydow), died. Dr. Gene Tuskin (Louise Fletcher) has invented a device that hypnotizes and then links the minds of two people together. She hypnotizes Regan and witnesses Regan's memories of the exorcism. Meanwhile, Father Philip Lamont (Richard Burton) is investigating the death of Father Merrin and heads to Africa seeking help from Kokumo (James Earl Jones) who Father Merrin exorcised when he was a young boy (Joey Green).
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Finding Home 2003 PG-13, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lawrence D. Foldes
Cast: Lisa Brenner, Genevieve Bujold, Louise Fletcher, Jeanetta Arnette, Misha Collins, Sherri Saum, Johnny Messner, Justin Henry, Andrew Lukich, Jason Miller, William Bookston, Jennifer O'Kain
Amanda (Lisa Brenner) inherits her grandmother's Bed-and-Breakfast in Maine and plans to sell the property for financial gain. But, after returning to the home and going through her grandmother's possessions, Amanda uncovers family secrets and reevaluates her focus on life.
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High School High 1996 PG-13, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Hart Bochner
Cast: Tia Carrere, Louise Fletcher, Jon Lovitz, John Neville, Mekhi Phifer, Malinda Williams, Guillermo Diaz, Lexie Bigham, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Marco Rodriguez
An idealistic teacher opts for teaching in a tough, inner-city school.
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Invaders from Mars 1986  PG, 100 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Tobe Hooper
Cast: Karen Black, Hunter Carson, Timothy Bottoms, Laraine Newman, James Karen, Bud Cort, Louise Fletcher, Eric Pierpoint, Jimmy Hunt, Dale Dye
This remake of the 1953 film is a near disaster. The only interesting comment is that the boy in the earlier film is now the police chief (Jimmy Hunt). A boy (Black's real-life son) sees an alien landing in his back yard, and then sees the townsfolk get taken over. Watch the earlier version.
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J. Edgar Hoover 1987 TV, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert E. Collins
Cast: Treat Williams, Rip Torn, David Ogden Stiers, Andrew Duggan, Robert Harper, Art Hindle, Joe Regalbuto, Louise Fletcher
Based on William G. Sullivan and William S. Brown's book, "My 30 Years in Hoover's FBI," this made-for-TV movie stars Treat Williams in the title role in this kind treatment of J. Edgar Hoover.
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The Lady in Red 1979 R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Guns, Sin and Bathtub Gin
Director: Lewis Teague
Cast: Pamela Sue Martin, Robert Conrad, Louise Fletcher, Robert Hogan, Laurie Heineman, Glenn Withrow, Rod Gist, Peter Hobbs, Christopher Lloyd, Dick Miller
Polly (Pamela Sue Martin) led a life of crime and has spent time in prison. Now, as a prostitute, she meets and becomes the girlfriend of John Dillinger (Robert Conrad)–though she doesn't know who he is. After his violent death, she returns to crime in this Roger Corman low-budget effort.
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Love Kills 1998 R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mario Van Peebles
Cast: Mario Van Peebles, Lesley Ann Warren, Loretta Devine, Donovan Leitch, Louise Fletcher, Daniel Baldwin, Robert LaSardo, Alexis Arquette, Senen Reyes, Lucy Liu, Susan Ruttan, Melvin Van Peebles
Poe Finklestein (Mario Van Peebles) poses as a masseur in his plan to steal the family jewels belonging to recently widowed Evelyn Heiss (Lesley Ann Warren). But once inside the Heiss mansion, Finklestein finds himself in the middle of a myriad of plots by family members to steal the jewels themselves.
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The Lucky Star 1980 PG, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Max Fischer
Cast: Rod Steiger, Louise Fletcher, Lou Jacobi, Brett Marx, Helen Hughes, Yvon Dufour, Jean Gascon, Isabelle Mejias
When his parents are captured by Nazis, a young Jewish boy, David (Brett Marx), finds refuge on a Dutch farm. He loves Western films and takes on the role of a hero working against a neighboring Nazi officer, Colonel Gluck (Rod Steiger).
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The Magician of Lublin 1979 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Menahem Golan
Cast: Alan Arkin, Louise Fletcher, Valerie Perrine, Shelley Winters, Maia Danziger, Lou Jacobi, Shaike Ophir, Lisa Whelchel, Warren Berlinger
Based on Isaac Bashevis' novel, this is the story of an early 20th-century magician, Yasha Mazur (Alan Arkin), and his efforts to better his lot in life. Not at all good.
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Mamma Dracula 1980 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Boris Szulzinger
Cast: Louise Fletcher, Maria Schneider, Marc-Henri Wajnberg, Alexander Wajnberg, Jess Hahn, Michel Israel, Jimmy Shuman, Suzy Falk, Vincent Grass, Jose Geal
This satire on the Dracula character fails to entertain as its attempts at inane comedy only make the bad situation worse.
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Manna from Heaven 2001 PG, 119 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gabrielle Burton, Maria Burton
Cast: Ursula Burton, Seymour Cassel, Shelley Duvall, Jill Eikenberry, Louise Fletcher, Frank Gorshin, Shirley Jones, Cloris Leachman, Austin Pendleton, Faye Grant, Hallee Hirsh
One day, 40 years ago, in Buffalo, New York, neighbors watched as $20 bills–$19,820 of them–fell from the sky. Ten-year-old Theresa (Hallee Hirsh) convinced family and friends that the money was a gift from God; the cash was divided, and all went their separate ways. Now, in 2000, Theresa (Ursula Burton) is a nun and tells her past neighbors and family that the gift was a loan from God that must be repaid. No one has the money, but they all work together to raise the funds and, in the process, learn about love and redemption.
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A Map of the World 1999 R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Scott Elliott
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Julianne Moore, David Strathairn, Arliss Howard, Chloe Sevigny, Louise Fletcher, Ron Lea, Sara Rue, Aunjanue Ellis, Nicole Ari Parker
Alice Goodwin (Sigourney Weaver) is a stressed-out mother and school nurse. She has good reason for her problems: one day after agreeing to take care of her best friend's (Julianne Moore) daughter, the child drowned. Add to this the accusation of abuse brought by one of the students. And, as if that isn't enough, Alice ends up in a jail cell–hated by prison mates and ex-friends as well.
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975  R, 129 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Milos Forman
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, William Redfield, Brad Dourif, Michael Berryman, Scatman Crothers, Danny DeVito, Christopher Lloyd, Peter Brocco, William Duell, Dean R. Brooks, Alonzo Brown, Nathan George, Sydney Lassick, Ted Markland
Jack Nicholson's performance is great as Randle Patrick McMurphy, a convict who feigns mental problems to get himself out of prison. He is admitted to a psychiatric ward, realizes that jail was not so bad, and fights the system of drugging patients to keep them "quiet." In the process, he helps the other patients to gain a sense of self-worth. All this is done under the disapproving eye of insensitive Nurse Ratched (Louise Fledcher). The picture won five Academy awards: Best Picture, Actor (Nicholson), Actress (Fletcher), Director (Milos Forman), and Writing and was nominated for four others, including Best Supporting Actor (Brad Dourif).
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Return to Two Moon Junction 1994 R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Farhad Mann
Cast: Mindy Clarke, John Clayton Schafer, Louise Fletcher, Wendy Davis, Yorgo Constantine, Molly Shannon, Montrose Hagins, Bill Hollis, Richard Keats, James T. Callahan
Bored with the big-city life, NYC model Savannah (Mindy Clarke) heads back home to the South where she reunites with her grandmother (who has feelings of guilt about Savannah's mother's death). Savannah also meets Jake, a hot-headed, handsome sculptor. An erotic relationship ensues, with Savannah's New York boyfriend also showing up to get her back. Not really a sequel, but both films have sex as the theme–this one having, perhaps, more.
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Strange Behavior 1981 R, 98 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Mystery
aka: Dead Kids
Director: Michael Laughlin
Cast: Michael Murphy, Louise Fletcher, Dan Shor, Fiona Lewis, Arthur Dignam, Scott Brady, Charles(2) Lane, Marc McClure, Dey Young, Elizabeth Cheshire, Beryl Te Wiata, Jim Boelsen
A series of gory murders committed by a college town's teenagers seems to have a connection to the university psychology department that is run by Dr. Gwen Parkinson (Fiona Lewis). Sheriff John Brady (Michael Murphy) investigates and, through his son Pete (Dan Shor) who had participated in mind-control experiments, finds that the murders appear to have started when Dr. LeSange (Arthur Dignam) ran the mind-control experiments in Parkinson's psychology department. But, LeSange is dead–or is he?–as Brady is about to find out. Special effects are well-executed.
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Strange Invaders 1983 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Michael Laughlin
Cast: Paul Le Mat, Nancy Allen, Diana Scarwid, Michael Lerner, Louise Fletcher, Wallace Shawn, Fiona Lewis, Kenneth Tobey, June Lockhart, Charles(2) Lane
This film represents good satire on the 1950s science fiction genre. The plot involves Charles Bigelow's (Paul Le Mat) plight when he searches for his ex-wife and daughter. He ends up in Illinois where he runs into aliens who seem caught in the 1950's styles and customs. When Bigelow relates his story to a tabloid, the aliens head for him, and the chase is on.
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Thieves Like Us 1974  R, 123 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Robert Altman
Cast: Keith Carradine, Shelley Duvall, John Schuck, Bert Remsen, Louise Fletcher, Ann Latham, Tom Skerritt, Joan Tewkesbury, Al Scott, John Roper
In Robert Altman's remake of "They Live By Night," three convicts (Keith Carradine, John Schuck, and Bert Remsen) escape from their 1930s' Midwestern prison camp and embark on a crime spree.
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Two Moon Junction 1988 R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Zalman King
Cast: Sherilyn Fenn, Richard Tyson, Louise Fletcher, Burl Ives, Kristy McNichol, Martin Hewitt, Juanita Moore, Don Galloway, Millie Perkins, Milla Jovovich
April (Sherilyn Fenn) is from a rich, southern family, and her father is a senator to boot. She has just graduated from college and will soon marry a man with an appropriate station in life. When she is left alone in the mansion, she gets bored, meets a carnival man, and has a sex-filled interlude. Poor, and there is a sequel: "Return to Two Moon Junction."
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Virtuosity 1995 R, 105 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Thriller
Director: Brett Leonard
Cast: Denzel Washington, Kelly Lynch, Russell Crowe, William Forsythe, Louise Fletcher, Kevin J. O'Connor, Traci Lords, Stephen Spinella, William Fichtner, Costas Mandylor, Kaley Cuoco, Christopher Murray, Heidi Schanz, Gordon Jennison Noice, Mari Morrow
Parker Barnes (Denzel Washington) was once an LA cop, but now he is in prison. Barnes is given a chance for redemption if he can track down Lindenmeyer's (Stephen Spinella) creation: Sid 6.7 (Russell Crowe), a cyberspace villain with 183 different criminal minds– including those of Hitler, John Wayne Gacy, and Charles Manson.
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1. 2 Days in the Valley (1996)
2. Aurora Borealis (2006)
3. The Best of the Best (1989)
4. Big Eden (2000)
5. Blue Steel (1990)
6. Brainstorm (1983)
7. Breast Men (1997)
8. The Cheap Detective (1978)
9. Cruel Intentions (1999)
10. The Devil's Arithmetic (1999)
11. Edie & Pen (1997)
12. Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
13. Finding Home (2003)
14. Firestarter (1984)
15. Flowers in the Attic (1987)
16. High School High (1996)
17. Invaders from Mars (1986)
18. J. Edgar Hoover (1987)
19. The Lady in Red (1979)
aka: Guns, Sin and Bathtub Gin
20. Love Kills (1998)
21. The Lucky Star (1980)
22. The Magician of Lublin (1979)
23. Mamma Dracula (1980)
24. Manna from Heaven (2001)
25. A Map of the World (1999)
26. Natural Enemies (1979)
27. Nobody's Fool (1986)
28. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
29. Return to Two Moon Junction (1994)
30. Strange Behavior (1981)
aka: Dead Kids
31. Strange Invaders (1983)
32. Thieves Like Us (1974)
33. Two Moon Junction (1988)
34. Virtuosity (1995)
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