14 Movies Starring Elisabeth Shue

The Karate Kid

The Karate Kid

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1984-06-22

Languages:

English, Japanese

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

126 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (113101 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Daniel and his mother move from New Jersey to California. She has a wonderful new job, but Daniel quickly discovers that a dark haired Italian boy with a Jersey accent doesn't fit into the blond surfer crowd. Daniel manages to talk his way out of some fights, but he is finally cornered by several who belong to the same karate school. As Daniel is passing out from the beating he sees Miyagi, the elderly gardener leaps into the fray and save him by outfighting half a dozen teenagers. Miyagi and Daniel soon find out the real motivator behind the boys' violent attitude in the form of their karate teacher. Miyagi promises to teach Daniel karate and arranges a fight at the all-valley tournament some months off. When his training begins, Daniel doesn't understand what he is being shown. Miyagi seems more interested in having Daniel paint fences and wax cars than teaching him Karate.

Link

Link

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1986-09-19

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

103 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (1831 Reviews)

Genres:

Horror

Cast:

Writer:

Lee David Zlotoff (story)

Tom Ackermann (story)

Everett De Roche

Fullplot:

Student Jane jobs as an assistant for the animal researcher Phillip in a lonesome old house. They live alone except for the chimpanzees and butler Link: a 45 years old very intelligent orangutan. Phillip wants to put Link to death. However before he can do this he's vanished tracelessly one morning. Link starts behaving more and more aggressive and prohibits Jane from using the phone or reaching the next village. When she punishes him by locking him out, he becomes violent.

Adventures in Babysitting

Adventures in Babysitting

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1987-07-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

102 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (25584 Reviews)

Director:

Chris Columbus

Fullplot:

Chris Parker agrees to babysit after her "dread" date stands her up. Expecting a dull evening, Chris settles down with three kids for a night of TV... and boredom. But when her frantic friend Brenda calls and pleads to be rescued from the bus station in downtown Chicago, the evening soon explodes into an endless whirl of hair-raising adventures! Babysitter and kids leave their safe suburban surroundings and head for the heart of the big city, never imagining how terrifyingly funny their expedition will become!

Cocktail

Cocktail

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1988-07-29

Languages:

English, Spanish Sign Language

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

104 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (55770 Reviews)

Director:

Roger Donaldson

Cast:

Writer:

Heywood Gould (screenplay)

Fullplot:

After leaving the Army, Brian Flanagan tries to get a marketing job in New York. But without a college degree, this was not possible. He then decides to start studying for a business degree at the local City College and gets a part time job as a bartender. He realizes that its not that easy, but when his new boss Douglas Coughlin teaches him the secrets of the bar trade and they become the most famous bartenders in town. Both Brian and Doug Coughlin want their own top class cocktail bars someday and Brian's Cocktail Bar is to be called 'Cocktails & Dreams', and in order to get the necessary money to open it, Brian travels to Jamaica to work as a bartender at a resort Tiki Bar, and the pay is good. There he meets Jordan Mooney, a young and pretty, up and coming American artist on vacation with her girlfriend from New York, staying at the Island resort. Jordan and Brian spend some quality time together and fall in love. But when Brian takes a dare from his old buddy, Doug Coughlin to sleep with an older woman, who is also staying at the resort. Jordan, herself the daughter of wealthy parents back in New York, leaves the Island overnight, after seeing Brian and the older woman together after closing... Will Jordan ever forgive Brian and will they get back together?

The Marrying Man

The Marrying Man

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1991-04-05

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

115 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.6 (3951 Reviews)

Director:

Jerry Rees

Fullplot:

Leaving Las Vegas

Leaving Las Vegas

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-02-09

Languages:

English, Russian

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

111 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (88232 Reviews)

Director:

Mike Figgis

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

John O'Brien (novel)

Mike Figgis (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Because his wife left him and took his son with her, screenwriter Ben Sanderson has started drinking, a lot. He's getting more and more isolated and he troubles women in bars because he wants to have sex with them. When he gets fired, he decides to leave everything behind and move to Las Vegas and drink himself to death. In Las Vegas he meets Sera, a prostitute with some problems as well who he moves in with.

Cousin Bette

Cousin Bette

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-06-12

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

108 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (2025 Reviews)

Director:

Des McAnuff

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Honorè de Balzac (novel)

Lynn Siefert (screenplay)

Susan Tarr (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Cousin Bette is a poor and lonely seamstress, who, after the death of her prominent and wealthy sister, tries to ingratiate herself into lives of her brother-in-law, Baron Hulot, and her niece, Hortense Hulot. Failing to do so, she instead finds solace and company in a handsome young sculptor she saves from starvation. But the aspiring artist soon finds love in the arms of another woman, Hortense, leaving Bette a bitter spinster. Bette plots to take revenge on the family who turned her away and stole her only love. With the help of famed courtesan Jenny Cadine she slowly destroys the lives of those who have scorned her.

The Saint

The Saint

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-04-04

Languages:

English, Russian

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

116 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (49386 Reviews)

Director:

Phillip Noyce

Cast:

Writer:

Leslie Charteris (character)

Jonathan Hensleigh (story)

Jonathan Hensleigh (screenplay)

Wesley Strick (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Simon Templar has no real family, no real home and Simon Templar isn't even his real name. Yet Simon Templar , also known as the Saint for his use of creating false identities using the names of Catholic saints,is one of the world's most successful thieves. Slick, debonair and a master of disguise, Simon manages to outwit the police again and again. On his next job Simon is hired by the Russian Mafia to steal a cold fusion energy formula from scientist Emma Russel, however the mission backfires as he falls for the pretty, intelligent scientist. Simon and his new love must now manage to outwit the Russian Mafia and work out the energy formula before the worst happens and the US is affected forever.

Hollow Man

Hollow Man

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-08-04

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Germany

Runtime:

112 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.7 (95808 Reviews)

Director:

Paul Verhoeven

Cast:

Writer:

Gary Scott Thompson (story)

Andrew W. Marlowe (story)

Andrew W. Marlowe (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Having discovered they could turn animals invisible, a group of scientists test the subject on a human. Head of research, Dr. Sebastian Caine decides to use himself as the subject. After the experiment can't be reversed, it takes a toll on Caine's personality, causing him to hunt down and kill his colleagues

Hide and Seek

Hide and Seek

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-01-28

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Germany

Runtime:

101 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (66720 Reviews)

Director:

John Polson

Fullplot:

Hide and Seek revolves around a widower and his daughter. They move to upstate and Emily soon creates an imaginary friend named Charlie... but this act takes an unexpected and terrifying turn, where her father and doctor start to worry about Emily's gruesome habits.

Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story

Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-10-21

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

106 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (9526 Reviews)

Director:

John Gatins

Fullplot:

Ben Crane believes that a severely injured racehorse deserves another chance. He and his daughter Cale adopt the horse (in fact is a mare)and save it of being sacrificed by the owner. The arrival of the mare to Crane's farm, will be the perfect opportunity for both father and daughter to reconstruct their lost familiar bond. "Soèador" (Dreamer in English), the renamed mare, despite its broken leg, maybe could have another chance to return to the racecourse, with the help of Cale, Ben, and his father, Pop.

Piranha 3D

Piranha 3D

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-08-20

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

88 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.5 (68674 Reviews)

Director:

Alexandre Aja

Genres:

ComedyHorror

Fullplot:

Lake Victoria's annual Spring party by 50,000 young revelers is about to turn into a feeding frenzy with prehistoric hunger-pains. With knee-trembler's above the waves and tremors below, released from their dormant sleep, thousands upon thousands of flesh-eating nippers are released into the lake with whetted appetites and razor-sharp teeth. With a motley crew of strangers thrown together to defend these shores, it is now up to them to prevent the largest eat-out in human, and piranha, history.

Janie Jones

Janie Jones

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-04-29

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

114 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (1796 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaMusic

Fullplot:

A young girl who has been abandoned by her former-groupie mother informs a fading rock star that she is his daughter.

House at the End of the Street

House at the End of the Street

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-09-21

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Canada

Runtime:

101 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.6 (53721 Reviews)

Director:

Mark Tonderai

Cast:

Writer:

David Loucka (screenplay)

Jonathan Mostow (story)

Fullplot:

Newly divorced Sarah and her daughter Elissa find the house of their dreams in a small, upscale, rural town. But when startling and unexplainable events begin to happen, Sarah and Elissa learn the town is in the shadows of a chilling secret.

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