10 Movies Starring Samantha Mathis

FernGully: The Last Rainforest

FernGully: The Last Rainforest

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1992-04-10

Languages:

English

Countries:

Australia, USA

Runtime:

76 min

Rated:

G

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (19302 Reviews)

Director:

Bill Kroyer

Cast:

Writer:

Jim Cox (screenplay)

Diana Young (original stories)

Fullplot:

The fairies live in a peaceful place in the forest called Fern Gully which has been protected for many years by Magi, a wise fairy with strong powers. Her grand-daughter Crysta is a charming, beautiful fairy that is very intrigued about the world outside of Fern Gully. She along with the other fairies in the forest do not believe humans exist and are only in stories, until a crazy bat by the name of Batty, comes and tells them all these crazy stories about how he was captured by humans and experimented on. At first no one believes him except Crysta and she is determined to find out if humans are real. She goes to a place called Mount Warning, where the evil shadow of destruction Hexxus is known to be trapped, and finds a human named Zak. When he is almost crushed by a tree Crysta accidently shrinks him to fairy-size and he falls on a tree that is about to be devoured by "The Leveller". "The Leveller" is a wood cutting machine that has been cutting down every tree the humans have been putting red Xs on. Crysta saves Zak from "The Leveller" which she thinks is just a monster but she cannot properly un-shrink him. To avoid her being mad at him Zak tells her that the red Xs keep the monster back instead of what they are really there for, which is to pick which trees to cut down. They decide to take Zak to Magi so she can un-shrink him, on the way Zak sees the forest really for the first time with all its beauty and life. Back toward Mount Warning the humans have accidently released Hexxus who is set on destroying Fern Gully, he uses "The Leveller" to cut down all the trees to Fern Gully. When Crysta, Zak and Batty make it back to Fern Gully the fairies cannot believe the Zak is really a human and they all excited to see him and learn about him. The only one who is truly worried is Magi, she goes to check on the path to Fern Gully and sees that it is beginning destroyed and Hexxus is coming this way. She shows Crysta the red Xs and tells her the trees cannot be saved. With Hexxus drawing closer and closer to Fern Gully, Magi calls for all the fairies to come around to tells them of the danger. She uses the last of her magic to try and protect Fern Gully.

This Is My Life

This Is My Life

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1992-02-21

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

105 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (863 Reviews)

Director:

Nora Ephron

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Meg Wolitzer (book)

Nora Ephron (screenplay)

Delia Ephron (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Single mom Dottie Ingels sells cosmetics in a department store, but she dreams of being a comedian. When she inherits some money, she takes the chance and moves with her two daughters, Erica and Opal, to New York to perform in small bars. Soon her agent, Arnold Moss, makes her famous, but while she travels all over the USA, the girls stay home lonely.

Super Mario Bros.

Super Mario Bros.

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1993-05-28

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

104 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

(35854 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Parker Bennett

Terry Runte

Ed Solomon

Fullplot:

Can you make a movie out of a video game? That's the question that is answered by this film. Mario Mario and Luigi Mario, two hard working plumbers find themselves in an alternate universe where evolved dinosaurs live in medium hi-tech squalor. They find themselves the only hope to save the Earth from invasion.

Little Women

Little Women

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1994-12-25

Languages:

English, German, French

Countries:

USA, Canada

Runtime:

115 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (34032 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Louisa May Alcott (novel)

Robin Swicord (screenplay)

Fullplot:

With their father away fighting in the Civil War, Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy grow up with their mother in somewhat reduced circumstances. They are a close family who inevitably have their squabbles and tragedies. But the bond holds even when, later, men friends start to become a part of the household.

Broken Arrow

Broken Arrow

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-02-09

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

108 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(73371 Reviews)

Director:

John Woo

Fullplot:

"Broken Arrow" is the term used to describe a nuclear device that has been lost. In this movie, two nuclear missiles are stolen by rogue US pilot Deakins, but hot on his trail is his co-pilot Hale and a Park Ranger, Terry. The action takes place in Utah's canyon country; a high stakes game of cat and mouse.

The Mists of Avalon

The Mists of Avalon

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-07-15

Languages:

English

Countries:

Czech Republic, Germany, USA

Runtime:

183 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

(6924 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaFantasy

Fullplot:

Based on the bestseller by Marion Zimmer Bradley It tells the story of the women behind King Arthur; including his mother, Igraine; his half-sister, Morgaine; his aunt Viviane, the Lady of the Lake; and his wife, Gwenwyfar.

Salem's Lot

Salem's Lot

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-06-20

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

181 min

Rated:

TV-14

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (7491 Reviews)

Director:

Mikael Salomon

Cast:

Writer:

Stephen King (novel)

Peter Filardi (teleplay)

Fullplot:

Ben Mears, a writer returns to the small Maine town of Jerusalem's Lot (also known as Salem's Lot), where he spent the first few years of his life, to write a book. Little does he or the townfolk realize that a couple of other new residents are coming...Straker, an antiques dealer, and his partner and master Barlow, a ancient and malevolent vampire bent on making Salem's Lot his new home.

A Stranger's Heart

A Stranger's Heart

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-05-05

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

IMDB Ratings:

5.4 (261 Reviews)

Director:

Andy Wolk

Genres:

Romance

Fullplot:

Optimistic Jasper Cates and gloomy Callie Morgan initially clash but grow closer while waiting desperately for life saving transplant organs in a specialized university hospital ward. Finally they get them, actually from the same donor. Jasper keeps in touch with Callie, like virtual lovers, and works out the donor leaves an orphan girl. She lives with her grandfather, who opposes his plan for both of them enter her life.

Lebanon, Pa.

Lebanon, Pa.

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-03-01

Languages:

Arabic, English, Hebrew

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

100 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (489 Reviews)

Director:

Ben Hickernell

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

Will (Josh Hopkins), a charming 35-year-old Philadelphia ad man, heads to Lebanon, Pa. to bury his recently deceased father. He forms an unexpected friendship with CJ (Rachel Kitson), his bright, newly pregnant 17-year-old cousin. As Will becomes interested in CJ's married teacher (Samantha Mathis) and CJ confronts her conflicted father, both struggle with formidable decisions about the path their lives will take. Can we vault our differences and meet in the middle? This bittersweet comic drama tenderly explores the cultural divide in America through the lives of one extended family.

Atlas Shrugged II: The Strike

Atlas Shrugged II: The Strike

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-10-12

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

111 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.5 (5254 Reviews)

Director:

John Putch

Cast:

Writer:

Duke Sandefur

Brian Patrick O'Toole

Duncan Scott

Ayn Rand (novel)

Fullplot:

The global economy is on the brink of collapse. Unemployment tops 24%. Gas is $42 per gallon. Railroads are the main transportation. Brilliant creators, from artists to industrialists, are mysteriously disappearing. Dagny Taggart, COO of Taggart Transcontinental, has discovered an answer to the mounting energy crisis - a prototype of a motor that draws energy from static electricity. But, until she finds its creator, it's useless. It's a race against time. And someone is watching.

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