Airplane II: The Sequel 1982  PG, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy / Sci-Fi / Romance
Director: Ken Finkleman
Cast: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Peter Graves, Lloyd Bridges, William Shatner, Rip Torn, Chad Everett, Raymond Burr, Chuck Connors, John Dehner, Sonny Bono, John Vernon, Stephen Stucker, Kent McCord, James A. Watson Jr.
In this sequel (starring most of the original cast), the first passenger shuttle takes off for the moon, but there's a computer on board that kills the crew. Now, it is up to Ted Striker (Robert Hays) and stewardess Elaine Dickinson (Julie Hagerty) to turn off the computer and save the passengers. Not as hilarious as the first movie, but it does have some amusing gags. Cameo appearances by Raymond Burr, Chuck Connors, and Sonny Bono, among others.
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The Atlanta Child Murders 1985   TV, 245 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Erman
Cast: Jason Robards, James Earl Jones, Martin Sheen, Rip Torn, Morgan Freeman, Lynne Moody, Ruby Dee, Paul Benjamin, Bill Paxton, Gloria Foster
This excellent docudrama relates events leading to the 1982 trial and conviction of Wayne Williams for the killing of black children in Atlanta. 1 User Review
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| | 03/10/2007 | | I would like to buy the 1985 movie |
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Baby Doll 1956 N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Elia Kazan
Cast: Carroll Baker, Karl Malden, Eli Wallach, Mildred Dunnock, Rip Torn, Lonny Chapman, Eades Hogue, Noah Williamson, R.G. Armstrong, Madeleine Sherwood
The setting for this Tennessee Williams tale is Mississippi where Silva Vacarro (Eli Wallach) runs a cotton mill, and Archie Lee Meighan (Karl Malden) lives with his young wife, Baby Doll (Carroll Baker), who sleeps in a crib. Following a suspicious fire at Vacarro's mill, he plays on Baby Doll's naivete to invalidate Meighan's alibi. Academy Award nominations included Best Actress (Carroll Baker), and Mildred Dunnock was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Aunt Rose.
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Balloon Farm 1999  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Family
Director: William Dear
Cast: Rip Torn, Mara Wilson, Roberts Blossom, Fredric Lehne, Richard Riehle, Laurie Metcalf, Neal McDonough, Lee Garlington, Ernie Lively, Arnetia Walker, Guy Boyd, Adam Wylie
Harvey H. Potter (Rip Torn) arrives in the drought-stricken farming town of Waterston and begins raising a new crop: magical, colorful balloons that bring new hope to the town. Disney fare.
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 Bee Movie 2007 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy
Director: Steve Hickner, Simon J. Smith
Cast: Jerry Seinfeld, Renee Zellweger, Matthew Broderick, Patrick Warburton, John Goodman, Chris Rock, Kathy Bates, Barry Levinson, Larry King, Ray Liotta, Sting, Oprah Winfrey, Rip Torn, Larry Miller, Megan Mullally
Bee-college graduate Barry B. Benson (voice of Jerry Seinfeld) questions whether making honey in the hive is all there is in a bee's life. He ventures into New York City and makes friends with a human, friendly florist Vanessa Bloome (Renee Zellweger). Barry is shocked to learn that humans steal and eat the bee's honey and decides to team up with Vanessa and sue the honey manufacturers for stealing the honey.
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Beer 1985  R, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Pat Kelly
Cast: Loretta Swit, Rip Torn, Kenneth Mars, David Alan Grier, William Russ, Dick Shawn, Amy Wright, Saul Stein, Peter Michael Goetz, Ray O'Connor
If you have cheap beer to sell, what do you do? Well, you put on a national campaign using real hunks (who were formerly just "regular" guys) to get the word out.
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Betrayal 1978 TV, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Wendkos
Cast: Rip Torn, Lesley Ann Warren, John Hillerman, Peggy Ann Garner, Bibi Besch, Ron Silver, Richard Masur, Stephen Elliott, Bob Delegall
Based on a real case, this is the story of a young woman (Lesley Ann Warren) who feels the need for therapy. Unfortunately, she picks an unethical doctor (Rip Torn), who convinces her that the therapy she needs is a sexual relationship with him.
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Beyond the Law 1992 R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Larry Ferguson
Cast: Charlie Sheen, Linda Fiorentino, Michael Madsen, Courtney B. Vance, Leon Rippy, Rip Torn, Dennis Burkley
Based on a true story, ex-cop Charlie Sheen is recruited to work undercover after his (corrupt) boss fires him. As part of his new role, he joins a gang of bikers who deal in drugs and, overall, live a wild existence.
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The Blue and the Gray 1982 TV, 400 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Cast: Stacy Keach, John Hammond, Gregory Peck, Julia Duffy, Lloyd Bridges, Rory Calhoun, Colleen Dewhurst, Duncan Regehr, Rip Torn, Robert Vaughn
Based on Bruce Catton's Civil War novel, this TV miniseries presents the Civil War through the eyes of a Union officer (Stacy Keach) and a correspondent (John Hammond) and through the trials of a family affected by the war. Hollywood stars abound.
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By Dawn's Early Light 1990 TV, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Sholder
Cast: Powers Boothe, Rebecca De Mornay, James Earl Jones, Martin Landau, Darren McGavin, Rip Torn, Peter MacNicol, Jeffrey DeMunn, Kieran Mulroney, Nicolas Coster
The Soviets think the United States has launched a nuclear attack, and they quickly strike back. It was all a mistake; but is it too late to correct it?
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Canadian Bacon 1995 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Moore
Cast: John Candy, Rhea Perlman, Alan Alda, Kevin Pollak, Rip Torn, Steven Wright, Kevin J. O'Connor, Bill Nunn, G.D. Spradlin, James Belushi, Dan Aykroyd
A desperate U.S. President launches a campaign against Canada; however, the Canadians are having no part of it.
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 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 1985 TV, 122 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Hofsiss
Cast: Jessica Lange, Tommy Lee Jones, Rip Torn, David Dukes, Penny Fuller, Kim Stanley, Neta Lee Noy
In this TV version of the Tennessee Williams play, Jessica Lange plays Maggie the Cat who is married to the alcoholic Brick (Tommy Lee Jones). Brick's family has gathered for Big Daddy's (Rip Torn) 65th birthday when Maggie jumps all over Brick because of his drinking. Hostilities also heat up between Brick and Big Daddy. Then Big Daddy learns that he is dying, and this news leads to more trouble as Big Daddy's children struggle over the legacy of his estate.
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 The Cincinnati Kid 1965 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Norman Jewison
Cast: Steve McQueen, Edward G. Robinson, Ann - Margret, Karl Malden, Tuesday Weld, Joan Blondell, Rip Torn, Cab Calloway, Jeff Corey, Jack Weston
The Cincinnati Kid (Steve McQueen) is a top-notch poker player who is determined to challenge the titleholder and take over as "King" of Stud Poker.
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City Heat 1984 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Benjamin
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Clint Eastwood, Jane Alexander, Rip Torn, Madeline Kahn, Irene Cara, Tony Lo Bianco, Richard Roundtree, William Sanderson
A cop (Burt Reynolds) and a detective (Clint Eastwood) pursue gangsters in this mediocre movie. The two have a few disputes, yet respect each other's abilities. Only fans of Reynolds and Eastwood will enjoy seeing their heroes in these roles. Story and screenwriting by Blake Edwards.
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Cold Feet 1989 R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Dornhelm
Cast: Keith Carradine, Sally Kirkland, Tom Waits, Bill Pullman, Rip Torn, Kathleen York, Vincent Schiavelli, Jeff Bridges
Monte (Keith Carradine), Maureen (Sally Kirkland), and Kenny (Tom Waits) hatch a scheme to smuggle jewels into the United States –in the stomach of a horse.
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Coma 1978 PG, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Crichton
Cast: Genevieve Bujold, Michael Douglas, Elizabeth Ashley, Rip Torn, Richard Widmark, Lois Chiles, Hari Rhodes, Tom Selleck, Ed Harris, Charles Siebert
This suspenseful tale, first presented in Robin Cook's novel, explores the possibilities of scientists gone berserk. In this case, too many patients reach a comatose state during surgery leading to the discovery of illegal medical experiments.
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Critic's Choice 1963 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Don Weis
Cast: Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Marilyn Maxwell, Rip Torn, Jessie Royce Landis, John Dehner, Jim Backus, Marie Windsor, Richard Deacon, Jerome Cowan
Loosely based on Ira Levin's play, this is the story of stage critic Parker Ballantine's (Bob Hope) dilemma when his own wife Angela's (Lucille Ball) play is about to be produced on Broadway.
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Cross Creek 1983 PG, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Mary Steenburgen, Peter Coyote, Dana Hill, Rip Torn, Alfre Woodard, Joanna Miles, Ike Eisenmann, Jay O. Sanders, Malcolm McDowell, Cary Guffey, Toni Hudson, Bo Rucker, John Hammond, Tommy Alford, C.T. Wakefield
The Florida backwoods home of "The Yearling" author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (Mary Steenburgen) and her life prior to publishing her first novel are the basis for this story. Rawlings leaves her husband and moves to a Florida orange grove where she begins life anew hoping to find needed peace to write her story. Among her new-found friends are her servant Geechee (Alfre Woodard), her lover Norton (Peter Coyote), and father and daughter Marsh and Ellie Turner (Rip Torn and Dana Hill)–all of whom give her the inspiration to write her novel. The film received four Academy Award nominations including Torn for Best Supporting Actor and Woodard for Best Supporting Actress.
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Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster 1992 TV, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Disaster at Valdez
Director: Paul Seed
Cast: John Heard, Christopher Lloyd, Rip Torn, Don S. Davis, Bob Gunton, David Morse, Paul(2) Guilfoyle, Michael Murphy
Conflicts between Alaskans, environmentalists, and Exxon are presented in this docudrama about the historic oil spill off Alaska in March, 1989.
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Defending Your Life 1991 PG, 111 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Albert Brooks
Cast: Albert Brooks, Meryl Streep, Rip Torn, Lee Grant, Shirley MacLaine, Buck Henry, Michael Durrell, James Eckhouse, Gary Beach, Julie Cobb, Peter Schuck, Sharlie Stuart, Ethan Embry
Writer, director, and star Albert Brooks presents this movie about Daniel Miller (Brooks)–a man caught in Limbo. His predicament can be solved by defending his past actions so that he will not be sent back to Earth. As usual, Brooks is inventive, too much so for some, but this one is fun.
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 Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story 2004 PG-13, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber
Cast: Vince Vaughn, Christine Taylor, Ben Stiller, Rip Torn, Justin Long, Stephen Root, Joel Moore, Chris Williams, Alan Tudyk, Missi Pyle, Jamal Duff, Gary Cole, Jason Bateman, Hank Azaria, Al Kaplon
In an effort to keep his dilapidated gym out of foreclosure and into the hands of his competitor White Goodman (Ben Stiller), gym owner Peter La Fleur (Vince Vaughn) and a team of his clients enter a Las Vegas "dodgeball" competition in an attempt to win the grand prize and save the day.
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Down Periscope 1996  PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David S. Ward
Cast: Kelsey Grammer, Lauren Holly, Rob Schneider, Ken Hudson Campbell, Harry Dean Stanton, Bruce Dern, Rip Torn, William H. Macy, Duane Martin, Pierrino Mascarino
LCdr. Tom Dodge (Kelsey Grammer) is Captain of the diesel submarine, U.S.S. Stingray–without doubt, the worst performing submarine in the Atlantic Ocean. The boat and crew sail out to sea to participate in war games, and the fun begins. 1 User Review
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| | great movie | topdn 09/12/2007 | | loved it |
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Eulogy 2004 R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Clancy
Cast: Hank Azaria, Jesse Bradford, Zooey Deschanel, Glenne Headly, Famke Janssen, Piper Laurie, Kelly Preston, Ray Romano, Rip Torn, Debra Winger, Curtis Garcia, Keith Garcia, Rene Auberjonois
Three generations of the dysfunctional Collins family meet for the funeral of their patriarch, and while preparing the eulogy, arguments, hidden relationships, and family secrets come to the fore.
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A Face in the Crowd 1957  N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Elia Kazan
Cast: Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Anthony Franciosa, Lee Remick, Walter Matthau, Rip Torn, Percy Waram, Rod Brasfield, Kay Medford, Charles Irving
Lonesome Rhodes (Andy Griffith) rises from small-time entertainer to television star. Along the way, he becomes involved in greed and corruption.
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Fires of Kuwait 1993 N/R, 36 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: David Douglas
Cast: Rip Torn
This IMAX documentary was featured at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. Narrated by Rip Torn, it depicts the oil well fires following Operation Desert Storm in the Gulf War.
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First Family 1980 R, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Buck Henry
Cast: Gilda Radner, Bob Newhart, Madeline Kahn, Richard Benjamin, Harvey Korman, Rip Torn, Buck Henry, Fred Willard, Bob Dishy, Austin Pendleton
This satire on the office of the President of the United States is a funny vehicle for Bob Newhart's talents when he plays the inept leader of the free world.
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Flashpoint 1984 R, 94 min.
Genre: Action / Mystery
Director: William Tannen
Cast: Kris Kristofferson, Treat Williams, Rip Torn, Kevin Conway, Miguel Ferrer, Jean Smart, Roberts Blossom, Tess Harper, Kurtwood Smith, Mark Slade
An unsolved mystery becomes the focus of Texas border patrolmen Bob Logan (Kris Kristofferson) and Ernie Wyatt (Treat Williams) after they stumble upon a skeleton and $800,000 in buried treasure.
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Forty Shades of Blue 2005 R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ira Sachs
Cast: Rip Torn, Dina Korzun, Darren E. Burrows, Paprika Steen, Red West, Jenny O'Hara, Jerry Chipman, Andrew Henderson, Emily McKenna, Liz Morton, Joanne Pankow, Stuart Greer
Laura (Dina Korzum) is Russian born and raised but now lives in Memphis with music producer Alan James (Rip Torn). The couple has a son, but they are not married, and Laura accepts Alan's philandering because she is thankful he brought her to the United States. At a testimonial dinner for Alan, Laura meets Alan's somewhat estranged son, Michael (Darren E. Burrows), and the two recognize each others' loneliness and bond. The bonding results in an affair that, in turn, leads to personal awakenings for all involved.
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 Freddy Got Fingered 2001  R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Tom Green
Cast: Tom Green, Rip Torn, Marisa Coughlan, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Harland Williams, Anthony Michael Hall, Julie Hagerty, Jackson Davies, Connor Widdows, Stephen Tobolowsky
Gord Brody (Tom Green) dreams of a career as a film animator in Hollywood, but he is 28 years old and back living in his parents' home where he couldn't be more unwelcome. His father (Rip Torn) is so disappointed in his son that he stops at nothing, including beatings, to force Gord out of the house and into the employment field.
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Heaven & Hell: North & South, Book III 1994 TV, 260 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Larry Peerce
Cast: Genie Francis, Rip Torn, Billy Dee Williams, Kyle Chandler, Jonathan Frakes, Cathy Lee Crosby, Cliff De Young, Lesley-Anne Down, Mariette Hartley, Peter O'Toole, James Read, Robert Wagner
In this finale of the "North & South" miniseries, the Civil War has ended, and the Hazard and Main families enter the period of Reconstruction.
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Hercules 1997 G, 93 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Comedy / Musical
Director: John Musker, Ron Clements
Cast: Tate Donovan, Susan Egan, James Woods, Rip Torn, Danny DeVito, Bob Goldthwait, Matt Frewer, Samantha Eggar, Hal Holbrook, Barbara Barrie, Josh Keaton, Amanda Plummer, Paul Shaffer, Carole Shelley, Charlton Heston
Hercules (voice of Tate Donovan) and Hades (voice of James Woods) fight to the death–ala Disney Studios' animation, and Greek mythology will never be the same.
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How to Make an American Quilt 1995 PG-13, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse
Cast: Winona Ryder, Ellen Burstyn, Anne Bancroft, Claire Danes, Johnathon Schaech, Rip Torn, Samantha Mathis, Jean Simmons, Kate Nelligan, Kate Capshaw
Bride-to-be Finn (Winona Ryder) listens to stories of lost loves and eternal happiness as her remarkable circle of women friends and relatives stitch together her wedding quilt.
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 The Insider 1999 R, 162 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Mann
Cast: Al Pacino, Russell Crowe, Christopher Plummer, Diane Venora, Philip Baker Hall, Lindsay Crouse, Debi Mazar, Stephen Tobolowsky, Colm Feore, Rip Torn
Based on a 1994 "60 Minutes" episode, Al Pacino plays Lowell Bergman, the "60 Minutes" producer who was responsible for Mike Wallace's (Christopher Plummer) interview with Jeffrey Wigand (Russell Crowe), the fired researcher at Brown & Williamson–one of America's largest tobacco companies. The interview proved damaging to the tobacco industry, and, faced with the probability of a lawsuit, CBS refused to air the segment. The film received seven Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Actor (Crowe), and Director.
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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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Jinxed! 1982 R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Don Siegel
Cast: Bette Midler, Ken Wahl, Rip Torn, Val Avery, Jack Elam, Benson Fong, Jacqueline Scott, F. William Parker, Ian Wolfe, George Dickerson
Las Vegas lounge singer Bonita (Bette Midler) teams up with blackjack dealer Willie (Ken Wahl), who has been "jinxed" by Bonita's lover, Harold (Rip Torn). Bonita and Willie hatch a plot to kill Harold and collect on his life insurance.
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King of Kings 1961 N/R, 168 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nicholas Ray
Cast: Jeffrey Hunter, Siobhan McKenna, Robert Ryan, Hurd Hatfield, Harry Guardino, Rip Torn, Viveca Lindfors, Rita Gam, Royal Dano, George Coulouris, Orson Welles, Ron Randell, Carmen Sevilla, Brigid Bazlen, Frank Thring
Jeffrey Hunter plays the role of Jesus of Nazareth in this excellent and beautifully filmed story that is narrated by Orson Welles. Mary (Siobhan McKenna), Pontius Pilate (Hurd Hatfield), Judas (Rip Torn), and John the Baptist (Robert Ryan) are all there in this re-telling of Bible stories. One of the highlights is the Sermon on the Mount.
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Love Object 2004 R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Parigi
Cast: Desmond Harrington, Melissa Sagemiller, Rip Torn, Robert Bagnell, Michael Pena, Brad William Henke, Udo Kier, John Cassini, Ellen Greene, Bryan Crump, Lyle Kanouse
Technical writer Kenneth (Desmond Harrington) has no romantic skills–until he becomes obsessively involved with an anatomically correct sex doll he orders over the Internet. Now sexually adept, Ted attracts the attention of co-worker Lisa (Melissa Sagemiller), and his sex doll becomes jealous and coerces Kenneth into acts of violence.
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 The Man Who Fell to Earth 1976 R, 138 min.
Genre: Drama / Sci-Fi
Director: Nicolas Roeg
Cast: David Bowie, Rip Torn, Candy Clark, Buck Henry, Bernie Casey, Jackson D. Kane, Rick Riccardo, Tony Mascia, Linda Hutton, Hilary Holland, Adrienne Larussa, Lilybelle Crawford, Richard Breeding, Peter Prouse
A space traveler (David Bowie) comes to Earth in search of water for his dying planet. He takes the name of Thomas Jerome Newton, patents a number of lucrative inventions through patent attorney Oliver Farnsworth (Buck Henry), and becomes a powerful corporate giant. Now, Chemistry professor Nathan Bryce (Rip Torn) enters the picture wanting to know about Thomas' past. Meanwhile, Thomas is attracted to elevator operator Mary-Lou (Candy Clark) who introduces him to liquor, and gin takes over his life. Instead of proceeding with his plans to save his own planet, Thomas sinks into a world of despair as his new lifestyle–found through corrupt business dealings–strands him, and he cannot return home.
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 Marie Antoinette 2006 PG-13, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sofia Coppola
Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Marianne Faithfull, Steve Coogan, Clara Braiman, Melodie Berenfeld, Judy Davis, Jason Schwartzman, Rose Byrne, Al Weaver, Shirley Henderson, Molly Shannon, Rip Torn, Jean-Christophe Bouvet
In 1770, the 14-year-old daughter of the Empress Maria Teresa (Marianne Faithfull), Marie Antoinette (Kirsten Dunst) was engaged to the Dauphin Louis-Auguste (Jason Schwartzman) and traveled to France for the marriage, which was planned to seal the alliance between Austria and France. Marie arrives at Versailles, marries the Dauphin, and enters into a world where she must produce an heir to gain security. But, Louis does not cooperate, and by the time she becomes queen, Marie Antoinette has alienated both royalty and the public. An Oscar was received for Best Costume Design.
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Men in Black 1997 PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Comedy
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino, Vincent D'Onofrio, Rip Torn, Tony Shalhoub, Siobhan Fallon, Mike Nussbaum, Jon Gries, Sergio Calderon, Carel Struycken, Fredric Lehne, Richard Hamilton, Kent Faulcon, John Alexander
Federal agents–Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones) and Agent J (Will Smith)–are assigned to monitor alien activity in New York City. They uncover the diabolical plot of an intergalactic terrorist, Edgar (Vincent D'Onofrio), to destroy Earth. Now, Agent K and Agent J race against time to prevent Edgar from accomplishing his dastardly deed. The film won an Academy Award for Best Makeup and received two other nominations.
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Men in Black II 2002 PG-13, 88 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Comedy
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Rip Torn, Lara Flynn Boyle, Johnny Knoxville, Rosario Dawson, Tony Shalhoub, Patrick Warburton, David Cross, Jack Kehler, Colombe Jacobsen-Derstine, Peter Spellos, Michael Jackson, Michael Bailey Smith, Lenny Venito
Those MiB operatives–Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones) and Agent J (Will Smith)–are back, but Agent J must first get Agent K out of retirement and restore his memory that the MiB agency's neuralizer has wiped out. Then it's time to save the Earth, which is once again threatened by aliens out to destroy it.
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Misunderstood 1984 PG, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jerry Schatzberg
Cast: Gene Hackman, Henry Thomas, Rip Torn, Huckleberry Fox, Susan Anspach, Maureen Kerwin, June Brown, Helen Ryan, Nadim Sawalha, Nidal Ashkar
After the death of their mother, two young sons rely on their father (Gene Hackman) to help them overcome their emotional trauma.
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Nadine 1987 PG, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Benton
Cast: Kim Basinger, Jeff Bridges, Gwen Verdon, Rip Torn, Glenne Headly, Jerry Stiller, Jay Patterson, William Youmans, Mickey Jones, Gary Grubbs
Two appealing, though not very bright, characters become involved in solving a murder. When a beautician (Kim Basinger) needs help, she goes to her estranged husband (Jeff Bridges). Together, they try to keep one step ahead of danger.
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Nasty Habits 1977 PG, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Cast: Glenda Jackson, Melina Mercouri, Geraldine Page, Sandy Dennis, Anne Jackson, Edith Evans, Anne Meara, Susan Penhaligon, Rip Torn, Eli Wallach
Satirizing the 1974 Watergate "burglary," this comedy is set in a Philadelphia convent where the conniving Sister Alexandra (Glenda Jackson) rules the roost (ala Nixon). Sandy Dennis, as Sister Winifred, plays the "John Dean" character to a tee. Good idea, but doesn't quite make the grade despite the good cast.
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One-Trick Pony 1980 R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert M. Young
Cast: Paul Simon, Blair Brown, Rip Torn, Joan Hackett, Allen Garfield, Mare Winningham, Lou Reed, Harry Shearer, The Lovin' Spoonful, Tiny Tim
1960's pop star Paul Simon plays a music star undergoing a midlife crisis. Paul Simon fans will love this film.
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Passing Glory 1999 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Steve James
Cast: Andre Braugher, Rip Torn, Ruby Dee, Bill Nunn, Daniel Hugh Kelly, Sean Squire, Tony Colitti, Anderson Bourell, Khalil Kain, Damien Wayans
This riveting story revolves around a real-life, high-school basketball game played between an all-White team and and an all-Black team in New Orleans during the 1960s. Andre Braugher plays the angry Father, Joseph Verrett, who serves as a role model for his undefeated team as it challenges the South's racist structure.
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Payday 1973 R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daryl Duke
Cast: Rip Torn, Ahna Capri, Elayne Heilveil, Michael C. Gwynne, Jeff Morris, Cliff Emmich, Harold O. Arnold, Walter Bamberg, Bobby Smith, Sonny Shroyer, Linda Spatz, Eleanor Fell
This story revolves around the final 36 hours in the life of Maury Dann (Rip Torn) who is one of the top names in country and western music. Living life to the fullest–drinking too much, taking pills, and sleeping with a variety of women–Maury goes from one beer-soaked honky tonk to another, performing one-night stands. Maury deceives everyone he encounters, an action that will inevitably lead to his downfall.
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Pork Chop Hill 1959 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lewis Milestone
Cast: Gregory Peck, Harry Guardino, Rip Torn, George Peppard, James Edwards, Bob Steele, Woody Strode, Norman Fell, Martin Landau, Harry Dean Stanton
The infamous battle of Pork Chop Hill during the Korean War is reenacted in this fine film that features Gregory Peck as Lieutenant Clemons who is ordered to "Take the hill."
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The President's Plane Is Missing 1971 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daryl Duke
Cast: Buddy Ebsen, Peter Graves, Arthur Kennedy, Raymond Massey, Mercedes McCambridge, Rip Torn, Louise Sorel, Dabney Coleman, Joseph Campanella, John Amos
There's a threat to overthrow the U.S. Government, and the action starts when the president's plane (with the president on board) mysteriously disappears. So-so made-for-TV flick.
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The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover 1977 PG, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Larry Cohen
Cast: Broderick Crawford, Jose Ferrer, Michael Parks, Ronee Blakely, Rip Torn, Celeste Holm, Michael Sacks, Raymond St. Jacques, Andrew Duggan, Lloyd Nolan
This biography of J. Edgar Hoover (Broderick Crawford) takes a psychological look at Hoover's early days as a mama's boy through his successful career as FBI director.
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 RoboCop 3 1993  PG-13, 104 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Drama / Thriller
Director: Fred Dekker
Cast: Robert John Burke, Nancy Allen, Rip Torn, John Castle, Jill Hennessy, CCH Pounder, Mako, Robert DoQui, Felton Perry, Daniel von Bargen, Mario Machado, Remy Ryan Hernandez, Jodi Long, S.D. Neeth, Judson Vaughn
In this second sequel to the original "RoboCop" film, Peter Weller has been replaced by Robert John Burke as RoboCop. This time around, the CEO (Rip Torn) of the mega-conglomerate that made RoboCop, Omni Consumer Products, is planning to replace the crumbling city of Detroit. RoboCop steps in amidst the mercenary army that is harassing the inner-city citizens and comes to their aid when their homes are scheduled to be demolished to make room for the new development.
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Rolling Kansas 2003 R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Thomas Haden Church
Cast: Charlie Finn, Sam Huntingon, Jay Paulson, Ryan McDow, James Roday, Rip Torn, Ryan Thomas Brockington, Kevin Pollak, Lew Temple, Thomas Haden Church
Three brothers and two of their friends hit the road heading for Kansas and a forest of marijuana after one of the brothers found a treasure map left by his dead hippie parents.
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The Seduction of Joe Tynan 1979 R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jerry Schatzberg
Cast: Alan Alda, Barbara Harris, Meryl Streep, Rip Torn, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Kimbrough, Carrie Nye, Michael Higgins, Blanche Baker, Dan Hedaya
Senator Joe Tynan (Alan Alda) fights for moral issues in the U.S. Congress. However, his moral actions do not extend to his personal life when he has an affair with Karen Traynor (Meryl Streep)–a certain threat his marriage. 1 User Review
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| | happy 05/26/2009 | love the fresh ideas of yesterday in this raw world of today
it was refreshinng and yet the message of love romance and guilt was stil there and the funny expirerinces was reallly a tickler
most movie critics are to harsh ,Most movies for a step back from reality and not always have to a express realism and movie ingeneral are us just to clear minds to get back of today's rat race. |
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Senseless 1998 R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Penelope Spheeris
Cast: Marlon Wayans, David Spade, Matthew Lillard, Rip Torn, Tamara Taylor, Brad Dourif, Kenya Moore, Richard McGonagle, Esther Scott, Ken Lerner
College student Darryl Witherspoon (Marlon Wayans) needs money and thinks he has found the answer to his problems by volunteering as a guinea pig in a test of a new drug to increase the five senses to a super-human level. The plot is silly, but the film provides a good forum for Wayans to display his comic talent.
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The Sisters 2006 R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman
Cast: Maria Bello, Mary Stuart Masterson, Erika Christensen, Tony Goldwyn, Elizabeth Banks, Rip Torn, Chris O'Donnell, Eric McCormack, Steven Culp, Alessandro Nivola, Greg Foote, Ed Ragozzino
This take-off on Anton Chekov's "The Three Sisters," is updated and now set in the United States where sisters Marcia and Olga (Maria Bello and Mary Stuart Masterson) are planning a surprise for their sister Irene's (Erika Christensen) birthday. The party takes place, but it leads to the siblings' struggle with suppressed memories as they try to overcome their father's death and come to an honest understanding of their relationships with each other.
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Slaughter 1972 R, 91 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Jack Starrett
Cast: Jim Brown, Stella Stevens, Rip Torn, Cameron Mitchell, Don Gordon, Marlene Clark, Robert Phillips, Marion Brash, Norman Alfe, Eddie Lo Russo, Buddie Garion, Lance Winston, Francisca Lopez de Laboriel, Roger Cudney, Juan Jose Laboniel
After the mob kills his parents, Vietnam veteran, ex-Green Beret Captain Slaughter (Jim Brown), avenges their murders. He accomplishes his mission and then heads to Mexico to hunt down even more dangerous gangsters. Rip Torn adds to the action in his role as mob boss Hoffo.
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Sol Madrid 1968 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Brian G. Hutton
Cast: David McCallum, Stella Stevens, Telly Savalas, Rip Torn, Pat Hingle, Ricardo Montalban, Paul Lukas, Michael Ansara, Perry Lopez, Michael Conrad
Narcotics cop Sol Madrid (David McCallum) gets help from Stacey Woodward (Stella Stevens) in his investigation of Mafia drug smuggling in Acapulco.
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Songwriter 1984 R, 94 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Alan Rudolph
Cast: Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Melinda Dillon, Rip Torn, Lesley Ann Warren, Mickey Raphael, Rhonda Dotson, Richard C. Sarafian, Robert Gould, Gailard Sartain
Lots of good music and an interesting perspective on country singers are provided in this film revolving around the adventures of Gilda (Lesley Ann Warren) who becomes the protege of country singer Doc Jenkins (Willie Nelson). Doc gets help and advice from his former partner, Blackie Buck (Kris Kristofferson), in handling the troubled girl. Kristofferson wrote the Academy Award nominated musical score.
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A Stranger Is Watching 1982 R, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Sean S. Cunningham
Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Rip Torn, James Naughton, Shawn von Schreiber, Barbara Baxley, Stephen Joyce, James Russo, Frank Hamilton, Maggie Task, Roy Poole
Two years after Julie (Shawn von Schreiber) wrongfully identifies her mother's rapist murderer, the real killer, Artie Taggart (Rip Torn), kidnaps Julie and her father's lover, Sharon Martin (Kate Mulgrew). He takes them to his special hiding place in the bowels of Grand Central Station where he has plans for their futures.
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Summer Rental 1985 PG, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy / Adventure / Romance
Director: Carl Reiner
Cast: John Candy, Richard Crenna, Karen Austin, Rip Torn, Kerri Green, John Larroquette, Dick Anthony Williams, Richard Herd, Carmine Caridi, Santos Morales, Joseph Lawrence, Aubrey Jene, Lois Hamilton, Francis X. McCarthy, Pierrino Mascarino
Stressed-out air traffic controller Jack Chester (John Candy) is urged to take a vacation. He takes his wife Sandy (Karen Austin), their three children, and their dog to a resort at Citrus Cove, Florida. Instead of being able to relax, Jack endures one problem after another, which includes a sailing race against a snobby foe Jason (Richard Crenna) who he meets at the resort.
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Sweet Bird of Youth 1962 N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Brooks
Cast: Geraldine Page, Paul Newman, Ed Begley, Shirley Knight, Rip Torn, Mildred Dunnock, Corey Allen, Dub Taylor, Madeleine Sherwood, Philip Abbott, Barry Cahill, Barry Atwater, Charles Arnt, James B. Douglas
This is an excellent version of Tennessee Williams' hit play in which Geraldine Page and Paul Newman recreate their Broadway roles. The story is about has-been film star Alexandra Del Lago (Page) and her young lover Chance Wayne (Newman) who is looking for fame and fortune. They visit Chance's hometown where the corrupt politician Boss Finley (Ed Begley) rules. Finley's daughter Heavenly (Shirley Knight) wants to reunite with Chance, but Finley and his son (Rip Torn) will stop at nothing to prevent that from happening. Geraldine Page: "My checkout time in any hotel in the world is when I–is when I want to check out." Ed Begley received an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor. Geraldine Page and Sandra Knight were nominated for Best Actress and Supporting Actress.
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Sweet Bird of Youth 1989 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nicolas Roeg
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Mark Harmon, Rip Torn, Valerie Perrine, Ruta Lee, Seymour Cassel, Kevin Geer, Megan Blake, Ronnie Claire Edwards, Cheryl Paris, Charles Lucia, Teddy Wilson, Tom Nolan
In this version of Tennessee Williams' play, Elizabeth Taylor plays the aging actress Alexandra Del Lago, and Mark Harmon is her young lover Chance Wayne who plans to use her as his steppingstone to success. However, he joins her in sinking into the mire of drugs and alcohol.
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T Bone N Weasel 1992 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lewis Teague
Cast: Gregory Hines, Christopher Lloyd, Ned Beatty, Larry Hankin, Graham Jarvis, Wayne Knight, Rip Torn, Rusty Schwimmer, Sam Whipple, Denise S. Bass
Ex-cons ineptly try to run a scam on some not-so-dumb local residents in this made-for-TV film based on Jon Klein's play.
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Time Limit 1957 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Karl Malden
Cast: Richard Widmark, Richard Basehart, Dolores Michaels, June Lockhart, Carl Benton Reid, Martin Balsam, Rip Torn, Alan Dexter, Yale Wexler, Joe Di Reda, Khigh Dhiegh, Manning Ross, James Douglas, Kenneth Alton, Jack Webster
Adapted from Henry Denker's play, this is a tense drama about the trial of Army Major Harry Cargill (Richard Basehart) who is accused of committing treason while he was a POW during the Korean War. Colonel William Edwards (Richard Widmark) investigates the charges, becomes convinced of Cargill's innocence, and represents him as his lawyer. As the facts are revealed during the court martial, it is learned that Cargill did reveal secrets to the North Koreans, but he did it to save the lives of his fellow POWs. Now, the moral question is whether or not Cargill is a traitor in spite of his good intentions.
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 Trial and Error 1997 PG-13, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jonathan Lynn
Cast: Michael Richards, Jeff Daniels, Alexandra Wentworth, Rip Torn, Charlize Theron, Jessica Steen, Austin Pendleton, Jennifer Coolidge, Max Casella, Dale Dye
Lawyer Charles Tuttle (Jeff Daniels) is sent by his soon-to-be father-in-law's law firm to defend con man Benny Gibbs (Rip Torn) in a Nevada court case. Tuttle's friend, Richard Rietti (Michael Richards), is an actor who hosts a bachelor party at which Tuttle gets drunk and fails to appear for Gibb's court case, but Rietti uses his skills, appears in court, and pretends to be Tuttle. Now he must play out the charade or risk being arrested for impersonating a lawyer.
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 Welcome to Mooseport 2004 PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Donald Petrie
Cast: Gene Hackman, Ray Romano, Marcia Gay Harden, Maura Tierney, Christine Baranski, Fred Savage, Rip Torn, June Squibb, Wayne Robson, John Rothman, Karl Pruner, David Macniven
After suffering defeat in his bid for re-election, U.S. ex-President Monroe "The Eagle" Cole (Gene Hackman) heads home to Mooseport, Maine, where he enters the race for mayor. Local hardware store owner Handy Harrison (Ray Romano) drops out of the race when he learns of Monroe's intentions to run. But when Monroe pursues Handy's girlfriend, Sally Mannis (Maura Tierney), Handy quickly re-enters the race–both politically and romantically.
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Wonder Boys 2000 R, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Curtis Hanson
Cast: Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire, Frances McDormand, Robert Downey Jr., Katie Holmes, Rip Torn, Richard Thomas, Jane Adams, Richard Knox, Philip Bosco, Michael Cavadias, Alan Tudyk, Kelly Bishop, George Grizzard, Bingo O'Malley
Writer/professor Grady (Michael Douglas) had a bestseller seven years ago, but he can't seem to finish his current effort. Grady gets the chancellor (Frances McDormand) pregnant–whose husband (Richard Thomas) is Grady's boss. Grady's agent is hounding him, and his wife has left him. Meanwhile, Grady and a student (Tobey Maguire) embark on a road trip in search of a Marilyn Monroe artifact. Good acting, directing, and story do justice to Michael Chabon's book. Bob Dylan's song "Things Have Changed" won an Academy Award.
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 Yours, Mine and Ours 2005 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama
Director: Raja Gosnell
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Rene Russo, Rip Torn, Linda Hunt, Sean Faris, Katija Pevec, Dean Collins, Tyler Patrick Jones, Haley Ramm, Brecken Palmer, Bridger Palmer, Ty Panitz, Danielle Panabaker, Drake Bell, Slade Pearce
Widowed, Coast Guard Admiral Frank Beardsley (Dennis Quaid) has eight children when he meets his high-school sweetheart, Helen (Rene Russo), at their New London, Connecticut, school reunion. Helen has 10 children of her own, but in the blink of an eye Frank and Helen fall in love and marry. Now, kids clash as their families unite in this family comedy.
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 Zoom 2006 PG, 83 min.
Genre: Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Peter Hewitt
Cast: Tim Allen, Rip Torn, Kevin Zegers, Courteney Cox, Chevy Chase, Spencer Breslin, Kate Mara, Michael Cassidy, Ryan Newman, Cornelia Guest, Thomas F. Wilson, Ridge Canipe, Danny McCarthy
Jack Shepard (Tim Allen) is called back to work as superhero Captain Zoom in order to train a group of kids as superheroes who will fight for what is right and transform the world.
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| 1. Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
2. Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind (1991)
3. April Morning (1988)
4. The Atlanta Child Murders (1985)
5. Baby Doll (1956)
6. Balloon Farm (1999)
7. Beach Red (1967)
8. The Beastmaster (1982)
9. Beautiful Dreamers (1990)
10. Bee Movie (2007)
11. Beer (1985)
12. Betrayal (1978)
13. Beyond the Law (1992)
14. Birch Interval (1977)
15. The Blue and the Gray (1982)
16. By Dawn's Early Light (1990)
17. Canadian Bacon (1995)
18. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1985)
19. The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
20. City Heat (1984)
21. Cold Feet (1989)
22. Coma (1978)
23. Coming Apart (1969)
24. Critic's Choice (1963)
25. Cross Creek (1983)
26. Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster (1992)
aka: Disaster at Valdez
27. Defending Your Life (1991)
28. Destination America (1987)
29. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)
30. Dolly Dearest (1992)
31. Down Periscope (1996)
32. Eulogy (2004)
33. Extreme Prejudice (1987)
34. A Face in the Crowd (1957)
35. Fires of Kuwait (1993)
36. First Family (1980)
37. Flashpoint (1984)
38. Forty Shades of Blue (2005)
39. Freddy Got Fingered (2001)
40. Heartland (1979)
41. Heaven & Hell: North & South, Book III (1994)
42. Hercules (1997)
43. Hero's Island (1962)
44. Hit List (1989)
45. How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
46. The Insider (1999)
47. J. Edgar Hoover (1987)
48. Jinxed! (1982)
49. King of Kings (1961)
50. The King of Love (1987)
51. Laguna Heat (1987)
52. Love Object (2004)
53. The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
54. Marie Antoinette (2006)
55. Men in Black (1997)
56. Men in Black II (2002)
57. Misunderstood (1984)
58. Nadine (1987)
59. Nasty Habits (1977)
60. One Spy Too Many (1966)
61. One-Trick Pony (1980)
62. Pair of Aces (1990)
63. Passing Glory (1999)
64. Payday (1973)
65. Pork Chop Hill (1959)
66. The President's Plane Is Missing (1971)
67. The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977)
68. RoboCop 3 (1993)
69. Rolling Kansas (2003)
70. The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979)
71. Senseless (1998)
72. The Sisters (2006)
73. Slaughter (1972)
74. Sol Madrid (1968)
75. Songwriter (1984)
76. A Stranger Is Watching (1982)
77. Summer Rental (1985)
78. Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
79. Sweet Bird of Youth (1989)
80. T Bone N Weasel (1992)
81. Time Limit (1957)
82. Trial and Error (1997)
83. Tropic of Cancer (1970)
84. Welcome to Mooseport (2004)
85. Where the Rivers Flow North (1993)
86. Wonder Boys (2000)
87. Yours, Mine and Ours (2005)
88. You're a Big Boy Now (1966)
89. Zoom (2006)
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