Alex Rider: Stormbreaker 2006   PG, 92 min.
Genre: Family / Action / Adventure
aka: Stormbreaker
Director: Geoffrey Sax
Cast: Alex Pettyfer, Ewan McGregor, Bill Nighy, Sophie Okonedo, Mickey Rourke, Missi Pyle, Andy Serkis, Alicia Silverstone, Sarah Bolger, Jimmy Carr, Robbie Coltrane, Stephen Fry, Damian Lewis, Ashley Walters
Following his Uncle Ian's (Ewan McGregor) murder, 14-year-old Alex Rider (Alex Pettyfer) is forced to go undercover as a spy for the Special Operations Division of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service. Alex soon realizes that his uncle had been training him for this work, and he excels as a superspy. As a result, Alex saves millions of children in Great Britain from the diabolical plot of American computer maker Darius Sayle (Micky Rourke).
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 Angel Heart 1987  R, 113 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Alan Parker
Cast: Mickey Rourke, Lisa Bonet, Robert De Niro, Charlotte Rampling, Stocker Fountelieu, Brownie McGhee, Michael Higgins, Kathleen Wilhoite, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Elizabeth Whitcraft, Elliott Keener, Charles Gordone, Dann Florek, George Buck, Judith Drake
Private investigator Harry Angel (Mickey Rourke) is sent to Harlem to meet Louis Cyphre (Robert De Niro) who hires him to locate aging 1940s' singer Johnny Favorite who, long ago, reneged on a debt to Cyphre. The trail leads Angel into the backwoods of Louisiana where he meets Epiphany Proudfoot (Lisa Bonet), the daughter of a voodoo priestess. Epiphany and Angel engage in wild sex amidst voodoo rituals and dead bodies as Angel pursues in his quest for the missing Johnny Favorite.
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Animal Factory 2000 R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Steve Buscemi
Cast: Willem Dafoe, Edward Furlong, Seymour Cassel, Mickey Rourke, Steve Buscemi, Tom Arnold, John Heard, Danny Trejo, Jake La Botz, Afemo Omilami
When a young hood, Ron Decker (Edward Furlong), is sent to prison at age 21, he runs into Earl Copen (Willem Dafoe) who assumes the role of mentor. Copen has learned how to survive in prison surroundings, takes Ron under his wing, and teaches him how to survive in the animal factory.
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Barfly 1987 R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: Barbet Schroeder
Cast: Mickey Rourke, Faye Dunaway, Alice Krige, J.C. Quinn, Frank Stallone, Jack Nance, Joe Unger, Sandy Martin, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Fritz Feld, Roberta Bassin, Gloria LeRoy, Harry Cohn, Gary Cervantes, Rik Colitti
This is the story of alcoholic writer Henry Chinasky (Mickey Rourke) who hangs around in a neighborhood bar where barfly Willa (Faye Dunaway) works. Willa also drinks too much and is thought to be more than a little bit crazy. Henry and Faye set off on a weird relationship involving irrational behavior, and Henry moves in with her. Later, book publisher Tully Sorenson (Alice Krige) becomes interested in Henry and wants to publish his writings. As she tries to help Henry out of his drinking problems, they end up in bed together. A cat fight at the bar between Wanda and Fay ends with Henry toasting the patrons with a drink. Written by Charles Bukowski and based on his own experiences.
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Body Heat 1981  R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Cast: William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna, Mickey Rourke, Ted Danson, J.A. Preston, Kim Zimmer, Jane Hallaren, Lanna Saunders, Carola McGuinness, Michael(3) Ryan, Lynn Hallowell, Larry Marko, Thom Sharp, Deborah Lucchesi
This is a steamy film with a well-written script about dull, Florida lawyer Ned Racine (William Hurt) who has a relationship with an intriguing woman Matty (Kathleen Turner) who he first sees at an outdoor concert. Later, Matty invites Ned into her home and manipulates him into killing her older husband, Edmund (Richard Crenna). Matty uses Ned because she believes that his legal expertise will ensure not getting caught. But, unplanned events turn the "easy" killing into something else, and Matty and Ned become prime suspects. A real sizzler by Lawrence Kasdan.
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 Buffalo '66 1998  R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Vincent Gallo
Cast: Vincent Gallo, Christina Ricci, Anjelica Huston, Ben Gazzara, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Corrigan, Rosanna Arquette, Jan-Michael Vincent, Alex Karras, Kevin Pollak
A dysfunctional family–mother (Anjelica Huston) and father (Ben Gazzara) are so obsessed by the Buffalo Bills football team that they think of nothing else–including their bachelor son Billy (Vincent Gallo) who has just been released from prison. Billy's parents think that he is married, so, Billy needs a wife before returning home. His solution: kidnap a dancer, Layla (Christina Ricci), and bring her to meet his parents. The results are unexpected.
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Desperate Hours 1990  R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Cimino
Cast: Mickey Rourke, Anthony Hopkins, Mimi Rogers, Lindsay Crouse, Kelly Lynch, David Morse, Robert Evans, Elias Koteas, Mike Nussbaum, Shawnee Smith
This is a remake of 1955's excellent film starring Humphrey Bogart. This time around, Mickey Rourke plays the role of the escaped convict who holds a family hostage. Watch the earlier version.
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Diner 1982 R, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Barry Levinson
Cast: Steve Guttenberg, Daniel Stern, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon, Tim Daly, Ellen Barkin, Paul Reiser, Kathryn Dowling, Michael Tucker, Mark Margolis
This episodic film is about young men in Baltimore during the late 1950s who find women as a puzzling phenomenon and meet at a diner to male bond over greasy cheeseburgers, fries, and chocolate malts. Contains Elvis songs.
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Domino 2005 R, 115 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Tony Scott
Cast: Keira Knightley, Mickey Rourke, Edgar Ramirez, Riz Abbasi, Delroy Lindo, Lucy Liu, Mena Suvari, Christopher Walken, Mo'Nique, Dabney Coleman, Jacqueline Bisset, Jerry Springer
This film is very loosely based on the life of Domino Harvey (Keira Knightley) who was the troubled daughter of actor Lawrence Harvey. Domino left her career as a model to become a very successful bounty hunter. The reason she gives for her change in careers: "I want to have a little fun."
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Double Team 1997 R, 90 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Tsui Hark
Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dennis Rodman, Mickey Rourke, Paul Freeman, Natacha Lindinger, Valeria Cavalli, Jay Benedict, Joelle Devaux-Vullion, Bruno Bilotta, Mario Opinato
Counterterrorist Jack-Paul Quinn (Jean-Claude Van Damme) joins forces with weapons supplier Yaz (Dennis Rodman) to retrieve Quinn's wife and son from the clutches of the diabolical Stavros (Mickey Rourke). Along the way they dodge land mines and battle a tiger.
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Eureka 1984 R, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nicolas Roeg
Cast: Gene Hackman, Theresa Russell, Rutger Hauer, Jane Lapotaire, Ed Lauter, Mickey Rourke, Joe Pesci, Corin Redgrave, Helena Kallianiotes, Cavan Kendall, Joe Spinell, Frank Pesce, Emrys James
Living 15 years in the Klondike proved prosperous for gold miner Jack McCann (Gene Hackman), and he was able to buy his own Caribbean island. However, his reclusive life on the island spells trouble when his daughter Tracy (Theresa Russell) brings on major problems via the Miami underworld.
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Fall Time 1995 R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Warner
Cast: Mickey Rourke, Stephen Baldwin, Sheryl Lee, Jason London, David Arquette, Jonah Blechman, J. Michael Hunter, Richard K. Olsen, Sammy Kershaw, Steve Alden
Three young men decide to celebrate their high-school graduation in 1957 by pulling off a fake bank robbery. Mistake! During the prank, an actual robbery is taking place at the same bank by Florence and Leon (Mickey Rourke and Stephen Baldwin). When the pranksters are taken hostage by the robbers, Florence's sadistic behavior makes matters even worse.
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 Get Carter 2000  R, 102 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Stephen T. Kay
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Miranda Richardson, Rachael Leigh Cook, Alan Cumming, Mickey Rourke, Michael Caine, Rhona Mitra, Johnny Strong, Gretchen Mol, John C. McGinley, John Cassini, Mark Boone Junior, Darryl Scheelar, Crystal Lowe, Lauren Lee Smith
This third remake of the 1971 crime classic features Sylvester Stallone in the role of Jack Carter, mob enforcer, who checks into the circumstances surrounding his brother's death and realizes a murder has taken place. Among the suspects are Cliff Bumby (Michael Caine–star of the original "Get Carter"), porn-flick millionaire Cyrus Place (Mickey Rourke), and computer geek Jeremy Kinnear (Alan Cumming).
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Johnny Handsome 1989 R, 93 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Walter Hill
Cast: Mickey Rourke, Ellen Barkin, Morgan Freeman, Elizabeth McGovern, Forest Whitaker, Lance Henriksen, Scott Wilson, Jeffrey Meek, Ed Zang, J.W. Smith, David Schramm, Yvonne Bryceland, Peter Jason, John P. Fertitta, Allan Graf
Gangster John Sedley (Mickey Rourke) is badly disfigured when his partners–Sunny and Rafe (Ellen Barkin and Lance Henriksen)–double-cross him during a heist. John is sent to prison where, as part of a rehabilitation program, he is given plastic surgery. Now John is unrecognizable to anyone who once knew him, and, after being freed, "Johnny Handsome" seeks revenge on his old gang members.
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The Last Outlaw 1994 R, 90 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Geoff Murphy
Cast: Mickey Rourke, Dermot Mulroney, Ted Levine, John C. McGinley, Steve Buscemi, Keith David, Daniel Quinn, Gavan O'Herlihy, Richard Fancy, Paul Ben-Victor
After being betrayed during a robbery, outlaw leader Graff (Mickey Rourke) sets out to kill each of his betrayers one-by-one.
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 Man on Fire 2004 R, 146 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Tony Scott
Cast: Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Marc Anthony, Radha Mitchell, Christopher Walken, Giancarlo Giannini, Rachel Ticotin, Jesus Ochoa, Mickey Rourke, Angelina Pelaez, Gustavo Sanchez Parra, Gero Camilo
A former Marine, Creasy (Denzel Washington), gets a job working as a bodyguard in Mexico City where he is employed by Samuel (Marc Anthony) to watch over Samuel's nine-year-old daughter, Pita (Dakota Fanning). The hard-drinking ex-Marine and the lonely young girl bond; Creasy even becomes Pita's swimming coach. When Pita is kidnapped, Creasy's past toughness rises to the fore as he resolves to track down and kill anyone and everyone involved in the abduction.
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 Nine 1/2 Weeks 1986  R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
aka: 9 1/2 Weeks
Director: Adrian Lyne
Cast: Mickey Rourke, Kim Basinger, Margaret Whitton, David Margulies, Christine Baranski, Karen Young, William DeAcutis, Dwight Weist, Roderick Cook, Victor Truro, Justine Johnston, Kim Chan, Cintia Cruz, Lee Lai Sing, Rudolph Willrich
Wealthy businessman John (Mickey Rourke) and recently divorced, art gallery dealer Elizabeth (Kim Basinger) begin an erotic affair filled with raunchy sex. Elizabeth's world is thrown into chaos, and she has trouble thinking straight–until nine 1/2 weeks later when Elizabeth realizes that John is using her and that their relationship is unhealthy. She walks out the door and down the lonely streets crying over her doomed love affair.
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 Once Upon a Time in Mexico 2003 R, 102 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Johnny Depp, Mickey Rourke, Eva Mendes, Danny Trejo, Enrique Iglesias, Marco Leonardi, Cheech Marin, Ruben Blades, Willem Dafoe, Gerardo Vigil
In this sequel to 1991's "El Mariachi," drug lord Barillo (Willem Dafoe) and General Marquez (Gerardo Vigil) have hatched a plot to overthrow the president of Mexico. CIA Agent Sands (Johnny Depp) recruits Gen. Mariachi (Antonio Banderas) to help prevent Marquez from assuming power after the assassination. Double crosses prove to be the mainstay of this story.
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Picture Claire 2001 R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bruce McDonald
Cast: Juliette Lewis, Gina Gershon, Mickey Rourke, Kelly Harms, Callum Keith Rennie, Camilla Rutherford, Peter Stebbings, Raoul Bhaneja, Tracy Wright, Richard Lee
After Claire's (Juliette Lewis) Montreal apartment building is torched by a gang, she heads to Toronto where she thinks her ex-lover Billy (Kelly Harms) resides. Speaking and understanding little English, Claire is befriended by gangster Eddie (Mickey Rourke) and his girlfriend Lily (Gina Gershon) who want Claire to join them in their "business." But when she is mistaken for someone else by the police, the chase is on as Claire continues her search for Billy. A good thriller.
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 The Pope of Greenwich Village 1984 R, 120 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Comedy
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Cast: Mickey Rourke, Eric Roberts, Daryl Hannah, Geraldine Page, Kenneth McMillan, Tony Musante, M. Emmet Walsh, Burt Young, Val Avery, Joe Grifasi, Philip Bosco, Jack Kehoe, Tony DiBenedetto, Ronald Maccone, Betty Miller
After Italian, distant cousins Charlie and Paulie (Mickey Rourke and Eric Roberts) are fired from their jobs, their solution is to get help from safecracker Barney (Kenneth McMillan) and steal $150,000. They succeed in getting the cash, but problems lie ahead because the money belongs to mobster Bedbug Eddie (Burt Young), and he seeks revenge. Geraldine Page was nominated for an Oscar (Best Supporting Actress) for her role as Mrs. Ritter, the mother of a dead crooked policeman.
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A Prayer for the Dying 1987 R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mike Hodges
Cast: Mickey Rourke, Bob Hoskins, Alan Bates, Sammi Davis, Liam Neeson, Alison Doody, Christopher Fulford, Leonard Termo, Camille Coduri, Maurice O'Connell, Ian Bartholomew, Cliff Burnett, Anthony Head, Peggy Aitchison, Karl Johnson
An assassin (Mickey Rourke) accidentally kills some school kids during an assassination attempt. He feels so much remorse that he tries to escape from his criminal world, an act that is filled with suspense. An extra half-star for Bates' performance as a racketeer/mortician.
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 The Rainmaker 1997 PG-13, 137 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
aka: John Grisham's The Rainmaker
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: Matt Damon, Claire Danes, Danny DeVito, Danny Glover, Virginia Madsen, Mary Kay Place, Mickey Rourke, Roy Scheider, Jon Voight, Teresa Wright, Dean Stockwell, Andrew Shue, Red West, Johnny Whitworth, Wayne Emmons
Young Memphis attorney Rudy Baylor (Matt Damon) teams up with loser Deck Shiffler (Danny DeVito) who has failed six times to pass the bar exam. Together, they take on powerful company lawyers, led by Leo Drummond (John Voight), at Great Benefit Insurance Company. The company denied potentially life-saving treatment of a bone marrow transplant to Donnie Ray (Johnny Whitworth), and now Rudy and Deck win the case of a lifetime when they prove that the company always denies its claims.
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Rumble Fish 1983 R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, Diane Lane, Dennis Hopper, Nicolas Cage, Tom Waits, Diana Scarwid, Vincent Spano, Chris Penn, Laurence Fishburne
Filmed in black and white, this movie explores the problems encountered by young people who have gang leaders as their role models for success. Director Francis Ford Coppola's nephew, Nicolas Cage, makes his screen debut in this film.
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 Sin City 2005 R, 124 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
aka: Frank Miller's Sin City
Director: Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino
Cast: Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Clive Owen, Nick Stahl, Powers Boothe, Rutger Hauer, Elijah Wood, Rosario Dawson, Benicio Del Toro, Jaime King, Michael Clarke Duncan, Devon Aoki, Alexis Bledel, Jude Ciccolella
Three of Frank Miller's stories–"The Hard Goodbye," "The Big Fat Kill," and "The Big Fat Bastard"–make up this movie in which murder, gore, and mayhem abound. In one segment, Marv (Mickey Rourke) is in love with prostitute Goldie (Jaime King) but finds her murdered by demon cannibal Kevin (Elijah Wood). Another segment, involves cop Hartigan (Bruce Willis) doing everything in his power to save stripper Nancy (Jessica Alba) from being raped by the murdering "Yellow Bastard" (Nick Stahl). And, then there is photographer Dwight (Clive Owen) who tangles with corrupt cop Jackie Boy (Benicio Del Toro) only to find himself in the middle of a mess involving dangerous ladies of Sin City who are led by Gail (Rosario Dawson). Great special effects.
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Spun 2002 R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jonas Akerlund
Cast: Jason Schwartzman, John Leguizamo, Mena Suvari, Patrick Fugit, Brittany Murphy, Mickey Rourke, Peter Stormare, Alexis Arquette, Deborah Harry, Eric Roberts, Elisa Bocanegra, Larry Drake
The drug culture is glorified in this story about speed freaks Ross (Jason Schwartzman), Nikki (Brittany Murphy), and The Cook (Mickey Rourke) who spend three days out of control under the influence of drugs.
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White Sands 1992 R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roger Donaldson
Cast: Willem Dafoe, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Mickey Rourke, Samuel L. Jackson, M. Emmet Walsh, Mimi Rogers, James Rebhorn, Maura Tierney, Beth Grant, Miguel Sandoval
A small-town sheriff in the Southwest finds a body in a remote desert area–with half a million dollars among his possessions. It turns out the man was an FBI agent, and the sheriff assumes the identity of the dead man to find out what is going on. The answer is drugs, and our sheriff is now in hot water.
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 Wild Orchid 1990   R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Zalman King
Cast: Mickey Rourke, Jacqueline Bisset, Carre Otis, Assumpta Serna, Bruce Greenwood, Oleg Vidov, Milton Goncalves, Jens Peter, Antonio M. Da Silva, Paul Land
Naive, young lawyer Emily (Carre Otis) is sent to Rio with Claudia (Jacqueline Bisset) to assist in a real estate deal. When Claudia is called away, Emily is left in the hands of millionaire Wheeler (Mickey Rourke), who shows her not only the Carnivale that is in progress but also the kinky side of sex. A real loser. 2 User Reviews
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| | breath taking love scene | lovethatmickey 04/21/2009 | | please this had to be the sexist movie I've ever seen. let's face it girls, I don't think there is a man alive, that would love a woman like that!!! If I was only 20 yrs younger I move to new york. |
| | Anonymous 01/31/2007 | | I recently seen this movie on Starz Edge, and I thought it was very good. I was only going to watch a little of it but ended up watching the whole movie. I think Mickey Rourke is so..........cute. |
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The Wrestler 2008 R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Cast: Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood, Ernest Miller, Todd Barry, Mark Margolis, Judah Friedlander, Dylan Keith Summers, Tommy Farra, Mike Miller, Wass Stevens, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Gregg Bello, John D'Leo, Ajay Naidu
In the 1980s, Randy "The Ram" Robinson (Mickey Rourke) was a pro-wrestler but now spends his spare time working at menial jobs and some fights in the local wrestling circuit to pay the rent at his trailer park. He has been trying, without success, to talk stripper Cassidy (Marisa Tomei) into committing to a relationship with him and also has not had much luck reconnecting with his estranged daughter Stephanie (Evan Rachel Wood). Now, a high profile rematch with wrestling great The Ayatollah (Ernest Miller) presents itself, and Randy must decide between the thrill of the crowd or the risk of his own mortality. Rourke received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor and Tomei was nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
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| 1. Alex Rider: Stormbreaker (2006)
aka: Stormbreaker
2. Angel Heart (1987)
3. Animal Factory (2000)
4. Barfly (1987)
5. Body Heat (1981)
6. Buffalo '66 (1998)
7. Bullet (1996)
8. Desperate Hours (1990)
9. Diner (1982)
10. Domino (2005)
11. Double Team (1997)
12. Eureka (1984)
13. Fade to Black (1980)
14. Fall Time (1995)
15. Get Carter (2000)
16. Johnny Handsome (1989)
17. The Last Outlaw (1994)
18. Man on Fire (2004)
19. Nine 1/2 Weeks (1986)
aka: 9 1/2 Weeks
20. Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
21. Picture Claire (2001)
22. The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984)
23. A Prayer for the Dying (1987)
24. The Rainmaker (1997)
aka: John Grisham's The Rainmaker
25. Rumble Fish (1983)
26. Sin City (2005)
aka: Frank Miller's Sin City
27. Spun (2002)
28. White Sands (1992)
29. Wild Orchid (1990)
30. The Wrestler (2008)
31. The Year of the Dragon (1985)
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