Released Date:
1984-03-23
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
96 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
6.6 (80278 Reviews)
Director:
Hugh WilsonGenres:
ComedyNeal Israel (screenplay)
Pat Proft (screenplay)
Hugh Wilson (screenplay)
Neal Israel (story)
Pat Proft (story)
The year is 1984 and the mayoress has removed set personal criteria form the requirements to join the police force. No longer is sex, weight, height and orientation a factor. This now allows for an insurgence of people applying. The Police Academy series follows a select group of misfits in their quest to become police men and women. The first film of the series follows these misfits in their time at the Police Academy. The main focus is on a petty criminal called Mahoney. Mahoney is busted for criminal damage and as punishment is forced to go to Police Academy. Mahoney initially feels that this isn't the right place for him and he makes it his mission to be thrown out as he is not allowed to quit. As the classes go by and the training exercises are played out, Mahoney soon realizes that he is actually enjoying the academy and does want to become a police officer. We are also introduced to the gun maniac Tackelberry, the very tall Hightower, voluptuous Callahan, squeaky Hooks, human beat box and sound effects master Jones and the ever confuzzled Commandant Lassard. This group become good friends and become the base for the rest of the series of films.
Released Date:
1985-02-15
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
102 min
Rated:
PG-13
IMDB Ratings:
5.9 (2985 Reviews)
Director:
Bob ClarkDenis Hamill
John Hamill
James Gregory Kingston (screenplay)
James Gregory Kingston (story)
Jimmy Lynch is angry because his older brother, who was injured as a result of an off duty fire rescue, is denied benefits by the city. At the same time, Mayor Tyler is embroiled in a political scandal that he denies all previous knowledge of. Jimmy begins painting "Tyler Knew, Turk 182" as an embarrassment to the mayor. The mayor is furious at this grafitti appearing all over the city and orders the police to find the artist. Jimmy's "Turk 182" spraypaints continue to appear.
Released Date:
1986-07-02
Languages:
English, Cantonese
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
99 min
Rated:
PG-13
IMDB Ratings:
7.3 (83960 Reviews)
Director:
John CarpenterGary Goldman
David Z. Weinstein
W.D. Richter (adaptation)
Truck driver Jack Burton arrives in Chinatown, San Francisco, and goes to the airport with his Chinese friend Wang Chi to welcome his green-eyed fiancèe Miao Yin who is arriving from China. However she is kidnapped on the arrival by a Chinese street gang and Jack and Wang chase the group. Soon they learn that the powerful evil sorcerer called David Lo Pan, who has been cursed more than two thousand years ago to exist without physical body, needs to marry a woman with green eyes to retrieve his physical body and Miao is the chosen one. Jack and Wang team-up with the lawyer Gracie Law, the bus driver and sorcerer apprentice Egg Shen and their friends and embark in a great adventure in the underground of Chinatown, where they face a world of magicians and magic, monsters and martial arts fighters.
Released Date:
1987-02-13
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
90 min
Rated:
PG-13
IMDB Ratings:
5.7 (21124 Reviews)
Director:
Michael GottliebJonathan Switcher is a young artist. He just doesn't seem to last in any job he does. But when he builds a mannequin, he makes it so perfect, he falls in love with it. It is the first thing he has made that makes him feel like a real artist. The mannequin ends up in the window of a big department store. When he saves the life of an old lady who happens to be the owner of that store, he is rewarded by getting a job at the store as stock boy. Later the mannequin comes to life as Emmy, who was an ancient Egyptian living in the year 2514BC. The two redesign the window display to make it most eye catching in town. The store competitors are not happy and will do anything to stop them!
Released Date:
1988-03-11
Languages:
English, French
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
91 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
(2308 Reviews)
Director:
Bob SwaimA recently orphaned millionairess, Olivia, really hates her scheming step-father. Olivia finds love with a young yacht racing captain, Tim, who isn't completely truthful with her. When the two run into a problem the local cop, who happens to be an old friend of Olivia's, seems to be turning a blind eye to incriminating evidence.
Released Date:
1990-12-21
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
125 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
5.4 (16807 Reviews)
Director:
Brian De PalmaMichael Cristofer (screenplay)
Tom Wolfe (novel)
Financial "Master of the Universe" Sherman McCoy sees his life unravel when his mistress Maria Ruskin hits a black boy with his car. When yellow journalist Peter Fallow enflames public opinion with a series of distorted tabloid articles on the accident, the case is seized upon by opportunists like Reverend Bacon and mayoral candidate D.A. Abe Weiss.
Released Date:
1993-05-16
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
300 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.3 (1583 Reviews)
LA in the near future, Harry Wykoff accepts a job as presidents of a gigantic TV company. Het is confronted with a total new technology called "The New Reality" where three-dimensional TV animated pictures are projected in living rooms all around the world. Harry launches to the top of the company with his career but once there he is caught in a web of intrigues, betrayal and murder. A game of life and death begins...
Released Date:
1997-05-04
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
175 min
IMDB Ratings:
5.6 (878 Reviews)
Director:
Armand MastroianniRobin Cook (story)
Rockne S. O'Bannon (teleplay)
Small rocks fall from the sky which, when touched, trigger a latent virus that has always existed in humans and begins mutating them into an alien species. Taking advantage of its hive mentality, the aliens are absolutely dedicated to transforming every human on Earth and do so with alarming swiftness. Only a small group of humans remain who have the medical knowledge to devise antibodies to reverse the effects of the virus.
Released Date:
1999-05-07
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
91 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
4.4 (1649 Reviews)
Director:
Richard ElfmanCount Dracula is in L.A., running a hideous club scene, and he's angry that a rogue vampire, posing as a streetwalker, is slashing. He's also unhappy that Dallas, a youthful undead and former protègè, is in town. The rogue slasher, Nico, serendipitously picks Dallas as a victim; after discovering each other's nature, they become lovers. In fear of the Count, Dallas's coterie urges him to kill Nico, but he refuses. Meanwhile, a Viennese vampire hunter, Van Helsing, arrives in L.A. and hires the Crips to help him. They're soon following Nico and Dallas. When they capture her, Dallas wants to deal: spare Nico and he'll lead the hunters to Dracula. It's time for stake and bake.
Released Date:
1998-05-17
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA, Canada
Runtime:
240 min
IMDB Ratings:
4.9 (1858 Reviews)
Director:
Stuart GillardPeter Benchley (based on the novel by)
Rockne S. O'Bannon (teleplay)
An amphibious shark-like monster terrorizes an abandoned secret military base and the people who live on the island it is located on. A marine biologist, as well as several other people, try to stop it before it is too late...
Released Date:
2006-11-10
Languages:
English
Countries:
Ireland, UK
Runtime:
107 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
5.9 (1045 Reviews)
Director:
John BoormanAfter a chance encounter, a Dubliner (Gleeson) is stalked by a murderous facsimile of himself.
Released Date:
2008-04-20
Languages:
English
Countries:
UK
Runtime:
95 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.3 (4163 Reviews)
Director:
Brian KirkEnglish gentleman author Rudyard Kipling, famous for the Jungle Book, uses his considerable influence, being on a War Office propaganda think tank, to get his nearly 18 year-old son John 'Jack', admitted for military service during World war I after he is repeatedly refused on account of his bad eyesight. He is enrolled in the Irish Guards: their patriotic dream but mother and sister's nightmare. After a short officer training course Jack gets command of a platoon and embarks in France. Soon, and just after his 18th birthday, his unit suffers terrible losses and Jack is reported missing. Now mother Caroline 'Carry' Kipling proves unstoppable pushing Rudyard's influence and half of England to help find out the truth. When it finally comes, there is far less glory than gore and guilt.
Released Date:
2008-05-30
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
145 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
5.5 (93925 Reviews)
Director:
Michael Patrick KingMichael Patrick King
Candace Bushnell (book)
Darren Star (television series creator)
After moving in together in an impossibly beautiful New York apartment, Carrie Bradshaw and Mr. Big make a rather arbitrary decision to get married. The wedding itself proves to be anything but a hasty affair--the guest list quickly blooms from 75 to 200 guests, and Carrie's simple, label-less wedding gown gives way to an enormous creation that makes her look like a gigantic cream puff. An upcoming photo spread in Vogue puts the event--which will take place at the New York Public Library--squarely in the public eye. Meanwhile, Carrie's girlfriends--Samantha, the sexpot; Charlotte, the sweet naèf; and Miranda, the rigid perfectionist--could not be happier. At least, they couldn't be happier for Carrie. Charlotte still has the unrealized hope of getting pregnant. Samantha is finding a loving, committed relationship more grueling than she could have imagined. Miranda unwittingly lets her own unhappiness--created when Steve admits to cheating on her just once--spoil Carrie's. After a heated encounter with Steve, she happens to spot Mr. Big and tells him he's crazy to get married. She's really only thinking of her own marriage. But her angry remark gets Mr. Big to thinking.
Released Date:
2010-05-27
Languages:
English, Arabic
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
146 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
4.2 (55160 Reviews)
Director:
Michael Patrick KingMichael Patrick King
Candace Bushnell (characters from the book by)
Darren Star (television series creator)
Two years have passed since Carrie Bradshaw finally bagged John "Mr. Big" Preston, the man she was always meant to be with. Just as her friend Charlotte must deal with her young daughter's "terrible two's", Carrie must deal with her relationship taking a turn for the worse - Big likes to watch old black-and-white movies on TV and eat take-out food, which prevents Carrie from feeling like the free-wheeling party girl she used to be. Meanwhile, Miranda copes with a new boss that can't handle an intelligent, powerful woman, and Samantha works a public relations angle that gets the fashionable foursome an all-expense-paid trip to Abu Dhabi.
Released Date:
2010-04-01
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
98 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
5.8 (1720 Reviews)
Director:
Keith BeardenWhen an awkward teen meets his favorite porn star, whose career peaked in the '80s, an unexpected friendship follows as the young man gets a glimpse inside Monica Velour's current life as a single mom struggling to make ends meet.
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