Released Date:
1981-07-24
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
115 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
6.3 (6176 Reviews)
Director:
Michael WadleighWhitley Strieber (based on the novel by)
David Eyre (screen story)
Michael Wadleigh (screen story)
David Eyre (screenplay)
Michael Wadleigh (screenplay)
A city cop is assigned to solve a bizarre set of violent murders where it appears that the victoms were killed by animals. In his pursuit he learns of an Indian legend about wolf spirits.
Released Date:
1984-12-14
Languages:
English, Italian
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
127 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
6.5 (11941 Reviews)
Director:
Francis Ford CoppolaWilliam Kennedy (screenplay)
Francis Ford Coppola (screenplay)
William Kennedy (story)
Francis Ford Coppola (story)
Mario Puzo (story)
Jim Haskins (pictorial history "The Cotton Club")
The Cotton Club was a famous night club in Harlem. The story follows the people that visited the club, those that ran it, and is peppered with the Jazz music that made it so famous.
Released Date:
1985-12-06
Languages:
English, Russian
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
136 min
Rated:
PG-13
IMDB Ratings:
6.5 (4868 Reviews)
Director:
Taylor HackfordGenres:
DramaJames Goldman (screenplay)
Eric Hughes (screenplay)
James Goldman (story)
An expatriate Russian dancer is on a plane forced to land on Soviet territory. He is taken to an apartment in which a black American who has married a Russian woman lives with her. He is to become a dancer for the Bolshoi again, but he wishes to escape, but can he trust the American?
Released Date:
1986-06-27
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
107 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
6.5 (8163 Reviews)
Director:
Peter HyamsGary DeVore (story)
Gary DeVore (screenplay)
Jimmy Huston (screenplay)
Danny and Ray are two street wise cops in Chicago. When they are almost killed on a case, they are forced to take a vacation by their captain. Key West offers a substantial change over frozen Chicago. They decide to quit and open a bar in Key West. Upon returning, they find that Julio, the drug dealer who nearly killed them has made bail and is trying to complete a giant drug deal. They decide to complete their case against Julio before quitting, but then begin being careful. Their effectiveness drops as they find they can't operate the way they did before if they don't have the edge of a long time commitment.
Released Date:
1991-05-03
Languages:
English
Countries:
UK, USA
Runtime:
115 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
5.9 (1363 Reviews)
Director:
Bill DukeChester Himes (novel)
John Toles-Bey (screenplay)
Bobby Crawford (screenplay)
A beautiful black gangster's moll flees to Harlem with a trunkload of gold after a shootout, unaware that the rest of the gang, and a few other unsavoury characters, are on her trail. A pudgy momma's boy becomes the object of her affections and the unlikely hero of the tale.
Released Date:
1996-12-13
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
123 min
Rated:
PG
IMDB Ratings:
5.4 (8405 Reviews)
Director:
Penny MarshallRobert Nathan (novel)
Robert E. Sherwood (earlier screenplay)
Leonardo Bercovici (earlier screenplay)
Nat Mauldin (screenplay)
Allan Scott (screenplay)
Good natured Reverend Henry Biggs finds that his marriage to choir mistress Julia is flagging, due to his constant absence caring for the deprived neighborhood they live in. On top of all this, his church is coming under threat from property developer Joe Hamilton. In desperation, Rev. Biggs prays to God for help - and help arrives in the form of an angel named Dudley. However, Dudley's arrival seems to cause even more trouble...
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