Alaska 1996  PG, 105 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Fraser Clarke Heston
Cast: Thora Birch, Vincent Kartheiser, Dirk Benedict, Charlton Heston, Duncan Fraser, Gordon Tootoosis, Ben Cardinal
When Jack Barnes' (Dirk Benedict) plane goes down in the Alaska wilderness, his two teenage sons, Jessie (Thora Birch) and Sean (Vincent Kartheiser) set out to find him. During their rescue attempt, they have a run-in with an evil poacher (Charlton Heston) and befriend a baby polar bear.
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All I Want for Christmas 1991  G, 92 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Romance
Director: Robert Lieberman
Cast: Ethan Embry, Thora Birch, Harley Jane Kozak, Jamey Sheridan, Amy Oberer, Lauren Bacall, Leslie Nielsen, Michael Alaimo, Kevin Nealon, Andrea Martin, Renee Taylor, Felicity LaFortune, Camille Saviola, Joanne Baron, Alan Brooks
All that seven-year-old Hallie (Thora Birch) and her 13-year-old brother, Ethan (Ethan Embry), want for Christmas is to have their divorced parents Catherine and Michael (Harley Jane Kozak and Jamey Sheridan) reconcile. This is the story of how Hallie and Ethan set out to make that happen.
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 American Beauty 1999  R, 120 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sam Mendes
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley, Mena Suvari, Peter Gallagher, Chris Cooper, Allison Janney, Scott Bakula, Sam Robards, Barry Del Sherman, Amber Smith, Joel McCrary, Erin Cathryn Strubbe, Matthew Kimbrough
Lester (Kevin Spacey) and Carolyn Burnham (Annette Bening) have grown apart over their years of marriage when Lester falls head-over-heels for their daughter Jane's (Thora Birch) best friend, Angela (Mena Suvari). Carolyn, meanwhile, begins an affair with successful realtor Buddy Kane (Peter Gallagher), and Jane becomes chummy with her neighbor, Ricky Fitts (Wes Bentley). Their tangled lives all come together one stormy night amidst bizarre misunderstandings. The film received eight Academy Award nominations, five of which captured Oscars, including Best Picture, Actor (Spacey), and Director. Other nominations included Bening for Best Actress.
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 Clear and Present Danger 1994  PG-13, 142 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Phillip Noyce
Cast: Harrison Ford, Willem Dafoe, Anne Archer, James Earl Jones, Donald Moffat, Harris Yulin, Joaquim de Almeida, Dean Jones, Thora Birch, Hope Lange, Henry Czerny, Miguel Sandoval, Benjamin Bratt, Raymond Cruz, Ann Magnuson
In the United States, the President is given the power to order military might only in the case of "clear and present danger" to the national security. This is the reasoning behind President Edward Bennett (Donald Moffat) ordering Special Forces into Colombia to break up a drug cartel. Jack Ryan (Harrison Ford) is the President's intelligence deputy who leads the covert military attack. Intrigue and action prevail from beginning to end.
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Dark Corners 2007  R, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Ray Gower
Cast: Thora Birch, Toby Stephens, Christien Anholt, Joanna Hole, Lorraine Bruce, Ray Charleson, Michael J. Reynolds, Alan Perrin, Oliver Price, Glenn Beck, John Bown, Sheryl Gannaway
Susan Hamilton (Thora Birch) is newly pregnant and enjoying a perfect marriage with her husband (Christien Anholt). But there is a problem: when Susan sleeps, she dreams about a mortuary worker, Karen Clarke (also played by Birch), who is being pursued by serial killer Needletooth (Oliver Price). Unable to cope with her nightmares, Susan consults a psychiatrist, Dr. Woodleigh (Toby Stephens). Karen, meanwhile, dreams about Susan, and now Susan is experiencing strange occurrences. What is going on as their consciousness and sub-consciousness begin to intersect?
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Dungeons & Dragons 2000 PG-13, 108 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Courtney Solomon
Cast: Jeremy Irons, Justin Whalin, Marlon Wayans, Zoe McLellan, Thora Birch, Kristen Wilson, Richard O'Brien, Tom Baker, Lee Arenberg, Edward Jewesbury, Bruce Payne, Robert Miano, Tomas Havrlik, David O'Kelly, Jiri Machacek
The tyrant Profion (Jeremy Irons) sets out to overthrow the peaceful kingdom of Izmer, which is ruled by the teenage Empress Savina (Thora Birch). Profion seeks the key to success in challenging Savina's rule: a scepter that controls Izmer's Golden Dragons. Savina, in turn, must find the red scepter that controls the Red Dragons, which is even more powerful than the Gold Dragons.
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 Ghost World 2001 R, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Terry Zwigoff
Cast: Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Buscemi, Brad Renfro, Illeana Douglas, Bob Balaban, Teri Garr, Stacey Travis, Ashley Peldon, Dave Sheridan, Charles C. Stevenson Jr., Tom McGowan
Adapted from a comic book series about high-school friends who try to find their place in the lonely, fake world of suburbia, this film is both funny and insightful. Extroverted Enid (Thora Birch) and her direct opposite, Rebecca (Scarlett Johansson), plan to share an apartment but find their lives diverging as their interests change.
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 Hocus Pocus 1993  PG, 96 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Fantasy / Horror
Director: Kenny Ortega
Cast: Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy, Sarah Jessica Parker, Omri Katz, Thora Birch, Vinessa Shaw, Charles Rocket, Stephanie Faracy, Norbert Weisser, Kathleen Freeman
Somehow, the premise of this film turns the hanged witches of Salem, Massachusetts in 1693, into child eaters. When these three witches (Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy) are resurrected, the town's children must be saved. Poor stuff. And it's Disney! 2 User Reviews
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| | Love this Movie | Nanarae 10/08/2009 | My grandchildren love this movie. It's a ritual every Halloween we watch this over and over.
The first time a few parts were a little scarey but now it's more entertaining. I love Bette. |
| | AMAZING!!! | kelsey 10/14/2007 | | |
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The Hole 2001  R, 102 min.
Genre: Thriller
aka: After the Hole
Director: Nick Hamm
Cast: Thora Birch, Desmond Harrington, Keira Knightley, Laurence Fox, Daniel Brocklebank, Embeth Davidtz, Steven Waddington, Emma Griffiths Malin, Gemma Powell, Gemma Craven, Anastasia Hille, Kelly Hunter
Liz (Thora Birch) arrives back at her posh British school after a two-week absence, being the only one of four missing students that has returned. She cannot remember what happened. But, under questioning by Psychiatrist Philippa (Embeth Davidtz) her story unfolds. She didn't want to go on a field trip and her friend Martyn (Daniel Brocklebank), knowing she also had a crush on Mike (Desmond Harrington), suggested a weekend hideout for Liz, Mike, and two others in an abandoned bunker. The weekend was fun, but the group became trapped. Is Liz telling the whole story? And what about Martyn and his crush on Liz?
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Monkey Trouble 1994 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Franco Amurri
Cast: Thora Birch, Harvey Keitel, Mimi Rogers, Christopher McDonald, Kevin Scannell, Adrian Johnson, Julian Johnson, Alison Elliott, Robert Miranda, Victor Argo
Eva (Thora Birch) is a little girl who dreams of owning a monkey. One day she spots a cute monkey, befriends him, and takes him home. The monkey turns out to be a trained pickpocket, and its owner (Harvey Keitel) tries to recapture him.
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Now and Then 1995 PG-13, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lesli Linka Glatter
Cast: Gaby Hoffmann, Christina Ricci, Thora Birch, Ashleigh Aston Moore, Demi Moore, Rosie O'Donnell, Melanie Griffith, Rita Wilson, Janeane Garofalo, Cloris Leachman
When a mother-to-be is about to give birth, her lifelong friends gather around for support and reminiscences.
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Paradise 1991 PG-13, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mary Agnes Donoghue
Cast: Melanie Griffith, Don Johnson, Elijah Wood, Thora Birch, Sheila McCarthy, Eve Gordon, Louise Latham, Sarah Trigger, Richard K. Olsen, Anthony Romano, Greg Travis, Rick Andosca, Timothy Erskine, Chestley Price, Dave Hager
A woman (Eve Gordon) with marital difficulties sends her 10-year-old son Willard (Elijah Wood) to a friend's house for the summer. In this quiet Southern town, the boy is befriended by a girl (Thora Birch), and attempts to find out why the couple (Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson) who he is staying with are so unhappy with each other. He makes them contemplate their lives, which had been marred by the death of their own child.
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Patriot Games 1992 R, 116 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Phillip Noyce
Cast: Harrison Ford, Anne Archer, Patrick Bergin, Sean Bean, Thora Birch, James Fox, Samuel L. Jackson, Polly Walker, James Earl Jones, Richard Harris, J.E. Freeman, Alex Norton, David Threlfall, Alun Armstrong, Hugh Fraser
Former CIA analyst Jack Ryan (Harrison Ford) and his family–wife Cathy (Anne Archer) and daughter Sally (Thora Birch)–are on a vacation in England. While they are preparing to tour Buckingham Palace, an assassination attempt is foiled when Jack saves Lord Holmes (James Fox) from a terrorist attack. Later, the Ryans return to the family home in Maryland but do not resume their normal routines because now they are the targets of those same terrorists, and Jack must come to the rescue.
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Purple People Eater 1988 PG, 87 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Linda Shayne
Cast: Ned Beatty, Shelley Winters, Neil Patrick Harris, Peggy Lipton, Chubby Checker, Little Richard, Thora Birch, Molly Cheek, Kimberly McCullough, Lindsay Price, Linda Shayne, Sheb Wooley
Based on Sheb Wooley's popular novelty song from 1959, this story revolves around that alien who comes to Earth and becomes a member of the neighborhood band.
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Silver City 2004  R, 129 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Sayles
Cast: Chris Cooper, Michael Murphy, Richard Dreyfuss, Danny Huston, Miguel Ferrer, Ralph Waite, Daryl Hannah, Tim Roth, Billy Zane, Kris Kristofferson, Maria Bello, Thora Birch
In a not very subtle imitation of George W. Bush, Colorado gubernatorial candidate Dickie Pilager (Chris Cooper) reels in a corpse from the lake during the taping of a political ad to roll back pollution controls. His manager, Chuck Raven (Richard Dreyfuss), promptly hires investigator Danny O'Brien (Kris Kristofferson) to look for links between the corpse and political enemies, which results in the discovery of corruption emanating from the Pilager family. 2 User Reviews
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| | Joanna 10/18/2009 | | Wonderfully droll look at a clueless or is it a ruthless political family. Chris Cooper is a delight to watch. Great fun! |
| | fair | suzette 02/21/2007 | | fair show better if billy zane got girl |
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The Smokers 2000  R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Christina Peters
Cast: Dominique Swain, Busy Philipps, Keri Lynn Pratt, Nicholas M. Loeb, Oliver Hudson, Thora Birch, Ryan Browning, Joel West, Tell Draper, Ryan Sasson
Three young women decide to "get even" by assaulting and raping men who have not treated them right. And this is called a "coming of age" tale?
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| 1. Alaska (1996)
2. All I Want for Christmas (1991)
3. American Beauty (1999)
4. Clear and Present Danger (1994)
5. Dark Corners (2007)
6. Dungeons & Dragons (2000)
7. Ghost World (2001)
8. Hocus Pocus (1993)
9. The Hole (2001)
aka: After the Hole
10. Monkey Trouble (1994)
11. Now and Then (1995)
12. Paradise (1991)
13. Patriot Games (1992)
14. Purple People Eater (1988)
15. Silver City (2004)
16. The Smokers (2000)
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