tmdbId,imdbId,cast,director,keywords,overview,title,genres,movieId
135397,369610,Chris Pratt|Bryce Dallas Howard|Irrfan Khan|Vincent D'Onofrio|Nick Robinson,Colin Trevorrow,monster|dna|tyrannosaurus rex|velociraptor|island,"Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond.",Jurassic World (2015),Action|Adventure|Drama|Sci-Fi|Thriller,117529
76341,1392190,Tom Hardy|Charlize Theron|Hugh Keays-Byrne|Nicholas Hoult|Josh Helman,George Miller,future|chase|post-apocalyptic|dystopia|australia,"An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order. There's Max, a man of action and a man of few words, who seeks peace of mind following the loss of his wife and child in the aftermath of the chaos. And Furiosa, a woman of action and a woman who believes her path to survival may be achieved if she can make it across the desert back to her childhood homeland.",Mad Max: Fury Road (2015),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi|Thriller,122882
140607,2488496,Harrison Ford|Mark Hamill|Carrie Fisher|Adam Driver|Daisy Ridley,J.J. Abrams,android|spaceship|jedi|space opera|3d,"Thirty years after defeating the Galactic Empire, Han Solo and his allies face a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren and his army of Stormtroopers.",Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015),Action|Adventure|Fantasy|Sci-Fi|IMAX,122886
281957,1663202,Leonardo DiCaprio|Tom Hardy|Will Poulter|Domhnall Gleeson|Paul Anderson,Alejandro González Iñárritu,father-son relationship|rape|based on novel|mountains|winter,"In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.",The Revenant (2015),Adventure|Drama,139385
286217,3659388,Matt Damon|Jessica Chastain|Kristen Wiig|Jeff Daniels|Michael Peña,Ridley Scott,based on novel|mars|nasa|isolation|botanist,"During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.",The Martian (2015),Adventure|Drama|Sci-Fi,134130
211672,2293640,Sandra Bullock|Jon Hamm|Michael Keaton|Allison Janney|Steve Coogan,Kyle Balda|Pierre Coffin,assistant|aftercreditsstinger|duringcreditsstinger|evil mastermind|minions,"Minions Stuart, Kevin and Bob are recruited by Scarlet Overkill, a super-villain who, alongside her inventor husband Herb, hatches a plot to take over the world.",Minions (2015),Adventure|Animation|Children|Comedy,135887
150540,2096673,Amy Poehler|Phyllis Smith|Richard Kind|Bill Hader|Lewis Black,Pete Docter,dream|cartoon|imaginary friend|animation|kid,"Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it's no exception for Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San Francisco. Like all of us, Riley is guided by her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness. The emotions live in Headquarters, the control center inside Riley's mind, where they help advise her through everyday life. As Riley and her emotions struggle to adjust to a new life in San Francisco, turmoil ensues in Headquarters. Although Joy, Riley's main and most important emotion, tries to keep things positive, the emotions conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house and school.",Inside Out (2015),Adventure|Animation|Children|Comedy|Drama|Fantasy,134853
206647,2379713,Daniel Craig|Christoph Waltz|Léa Seydoux|Ralph Fiennes|Monica Bellucci,Sam Mendes,spy|based on novel|secret agent|sequel|james bond,"A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE.",Spectre (2015),Action|Adventure|Crime,136020
264660,470752,Domhnall Gleeson|Alicia Vikander|Oscar Isaac|Sonoya Mizuno|Corey Johnson,Alex Garland,dancing|artificial intelligence|helicopter|distrust|isolation,"Caleb, a 26 year old coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But when Caleb arrives at the remote location he finds that he will have to participate in a strange and fascinating experiment in which he must interact with the world's first true artificial intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot girl.",Ex Machina (2015),Drama|Sci-Fi|Thriller,115713
99861,2395427,Robert Downey Jr.|Chris Hemsworth|Mark Ruffalo|Chris Evans|Scarlett Johansson,Joss Whedon,marvel comic|comic|sequel|superhero|vision,"When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes are put to the ultimate test as the fate of the planet hangs in the balance. As the villainous Ultron emerges, it is up to The Avengers to stop him from enacting his terrible plans, and soon uneasy alliances and unexpected action pave the way for an epic and unique global adventure.",Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi,122892
273248,3460252,Samuel L. Jackson|Kurt Russell|Jennifer Jason Leigh|Walton Goggins|Demián Bichir,Quentin Tarantino,bounty hunter|wyoming|mountains|hangman|voice over narration,Bounty hunters seek shelter from a raging blizzard and get caught up in a plot of betrayal and deception.,The Hateful Eight (2015),Western,128360
102899,478970,Paul Rudd|Michael Douglas|Evangeline Lilly|Corey Stoll|Bobby Cannavale,Peyton Reed,marvel comic|superhero|aftercreditsstinger|duringcreditsstinger|marvel cinematic universe,"Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, con-man Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats. Against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Pym and Lang must plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.",Ant-Man (2015),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi,122900
131634,1951266,Jennifer Lawrence|Josh Hutcherson|Liam Hemsworth|Woody Harrelson|Elizabeth Banks,Francis Lawrence,revolution|strong woman|dystopia|game of death|3d,"With the nation of Panem in a full scale war, Katniss confronts President Snow in the final showdown. Teamed with a group of her closest friends – including Gale, Finnick, and Peeta – Katniss goes off on a mission with the unit from District 13 as they risk their lives to stage an assassination attempt on President Snow who has become increasingly obsessed with destroying her. The mortal traps, enemies, and moral choices that await Katniss will challenge her more than any arena she faced in The Hunger Games.",The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015),Adventure|Sci-Fi,135133
318846,1596363,Christian Bale|Steve Carell|Ryan Gosling|Brad Pitt|Melissa Leo,Adam McKay,bank|fraud|biography|wall street|finances,The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.,"Big Short, The (2015)",Drama,148626
177677,2381249,Tom Cruise|Jeremy Renner|Simon Pegg|Rebecca Ferguson|Ving Rhames,Christopher McQuarrie,spy|sequel|mission,"Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet, eradicating the Syndicate - an International rogue organization as highly skilled as they are, committed to destroying the IMF.",Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015),Action|Adventure|Thriller,111781
207703,2802144,Taron Egerton|Colin Firth|Samuel L. Jackson|Michael Caine|Mark Strong,Matthew Vaughn,spy|great britain|secret organization|secret agent|marvel comic,The story of a super-secret spy organization that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.,Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015),Action|Adventure|Comedy|Crime,119145
314365,1895587,Mark Ruffalo|Michael Keaton|Rachel McAdams|Liev Schreiber|John Slattery,Tom McCarthy,child abuse|journalism|judge|florida|boston,"The true story of how The Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.",Spotlight (2015),Thriller,142488
198184,1823672,Sharlto Copley|Dev Patel|Ninja|Yolandi Visser|Jose Pablo Cantillo,Neill Blomkamp,artificial intelligence|android|robot|near future|robot cop,"Every child comes into the world full of promise, and none more so than Chappie: he is gifted, special, a prodigy. Like any child, Chappie will come under the influence of his surroundings—some good, some bad—and he will rely on his heart and soul to find his way in the world and become his own man. But there's one thing that makes Chappie different from any one else: he is a robot.",Chappie (2015),Action|Thriller,120466
203801,1638355,Henry Cavill|Armie Hammer|Alicia Vikander|Elizabeth Debicki|Luca Calvani,Guy Ritchie,spy|cold war|remake|based on tv series|buddy cop,"At the height of the Cold War, a mysterious criminal organization plans to use nuclear weapons and technology to upset the fragile balance of power between the United States and Soviet Union. CIA agent Napoleon Solo and KGB agent Illya Kuryakin are forced to put aside their hostilities and work together to stop the evildoers in their tracks. The duo's only lead is the daughter of a missing German scientist, whom they must find soon to prevent a global catastrophe.",The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015),Action|Adventure|Comedy,138036
257211,2361509,Robert De Niro|Anne Hathaway|Rene Russo|Anders Holm|JoJo Kushner,Nancy Meyers,intern|woman director,"70-year-old widower Ben Whittaker has discovered that retirement isn't all it's cracked up to be. Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site, founded and run by Jules Ostin.",The Intern (2015),Comedy,140110
273481,3397884,Emily Blunt|Benicio del Toro|Josh Brolin|Victor Garber|Jon Bernthal,Denis Villeneuve,mexico|cia|smoking|texas|fbi,"A young female FBI agent joins a secret CIA operation to take down a Mexican cartel boss, a job that ends up pushing her ethical and moral values to the limit.",Sicario (2015),Crime|Drama|Mystery,139644
238713,3079380,Melissa McCarthy|Jason Statham|Rose Byrne|Miranda Hart|Bobby Cannavale,Paul Feig,spy|cia|undercover|arms dealer|disaster,"A desk-bound CIA analyst volunteers to go undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer, and prevent diabolical global disaster.",Spy (2015),Action|Comedy|Crime,134368
256591,2381941,Will Smith|Margot Robbie|Rodrigo Santoro|Robert Taylor|Gerald McRaney,Glenn Ficarra|John Requa,seduction|con man|femme fatale|deception|con artist,"A veteran grifter takes a young, attractive woman under his wing, but things get complicated when they become romantically involved.",Focus (2015),Comedy|Crime|Drama|Romance,129354
271718,3152624,Amy Schumer|Bill Hader|Brie Larson|Colin Quinn|Vanessa Bayer,Judd Apatow,alcohol|one-night stand,"Having thought that monogamy was never possible, a commitment-phobic career woman may have to face her fears when she meets a good guy.",Trainwreck (2015),Comedy|Romance,134393
157336,816692,Matthew McConaughey|Jessica Chastain|Anne Hathaway|Michael Caine|Casey Affleck,Christopher Nolan,saving the world|artificial intelligence|father-son relationship|single parent|nasa,Interstellar chronicles the adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.,Interstellar (2014),Sci-Fi|IMAX,109487
118340,2015381,Chris Pratt|Zoe Saldana|Dave Bautista|Vin Diesel|Bradley Cooper,James Gunn,marvel comic|spaceship|space|scene during end credits|outer space,"Light years from Earth, 26 years after being abducted, Peter Quill finds himself the prime target of a manhunt after discovering an orb wanted by Ronan the Accuser.",Guardians of the Galaxy (2014),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi,112852
100402,1843866,Chris Evans|Scarlett Johansson|Sebastian Stan|Samuel L. Jackson|Robert Redford,Joe Russo|Anthony Russo,washington d.c.|future|shield|marvel comic|comic,"After the cataclysmic events in New York with The Avengers, Steve Rogers, aka Captain America is living quietly in Washington, D.C. and trying to adjust to the modern world. But when a S.H.I.E.L.D. colleague comes under attack, Steve becomes embroiled in a web of intrigue that threatens to put the world at risk. Joining forces with the Black Widow, Captain America struggles to expose the ever-widening conspiracy while fighting off professional assassins sent to silence him at every turn. When the full scope of the villainous plot is revealed, Captain America and the Black Widow enlist the help of a new ally, the Falcon. However, they soon find themselves up against an unexpected and formidable enemy—the Winter Soldier.",Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi|IMAX,110102
245891,2911666,Keanu Reeves|Michael Nyqvist|Alfie Allen|Willem Dafoe|Dean Winters,Chad Stahelski|David Leitch,hitman|revenge|murder|gangster|dog,"After the sudden death of his beloved wife, John Wick receives one last gift from her, a beagle puppy named Daisy, and a note imploring him not to forget how to love. But John's mourning is interrupted when his 1969 Boss Mustang catches the eye of sadistic thug Iosef Tarasov who breaks into his house and steals it, beating John unconscious in the process. Unwittingly, he has just reawakened one of the most brutal assassins the underworld has ever known.",John Wick (2014),Action|Thriller,115149
131631,1951265,Jennifer Lawrence|Josh Hutcherson|Liam Hemsworth|Woody Harrelson|Donald Sutherland,Francis Lawrence,resistance|post-apocalyptic|dystopia|war|sequel,Katniss Everdeen reluctantly becomes the symbol of a mass rebellion against the autocratic Capitol.,The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014),Adventure|Sci-Fi|Thriller,116823
122917,2310332,Martin Freeman|Ian McKellen|Richard Armitage|Ken Stott|Graham McTavish,Peter Jackson,corruption|elves|dwarves|orcs|middle-earth (tolkien),"Immediately after the events of The Desolation of Smaug, Bilbo and the dwarves try to defend Erebor's mountain of treasure from others who claim it: the men of the ruined Laketown and the elves of Mirkwood. Meanwhile an army of Orcs led by Azog the Defiler is marching on Erebor, fueled by the rise of the dark lord Sauron. Dwarves, elves and men must unite, and the hope for Middle-Earth falls into Bilbo's hands.",The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014),Adventure|Fantasy,118696
177572,2245084,Scott Adsit|Ryan Potter|Daniel Henney|T.J. Miller|Jamie Chung,Don Hall|Chris Williams,brother brother relationship|hero|talent|revenge|best friend,"The special bond that develops between plus-sized inflatable robot Baymax, and prodigy Hiro Hamada, who team up with a group of friends to form a band of high-tech heroes.",Big Hero 6 (2014),Action|Animation|Comedy,115617
205596,2084970,Benedict Cumberbatch|Keira Knightley|Matthew Goode|Rory Kinnear|Allen Leech,Morten Tyldum,gay|england|world war ii|mathematician|biography,"Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.",The Imitation Game (2014),Drama|Thriller|War,116797
198663,1790864,Dylan O'Brien|Ki Hong Lee|Kaya Scodelario|Aml Ameen|Blake Cooper,Wes Ball,based on novel|maze|post-apocalyptic|dystopia|escape,"Set in a post-apocalyptic world, young Thomas is deposited in a community of boys after his memory is erased, soon learning they're all trapped in a maze that will require him to join forces with fellow ""runners"" for a shot at escape.","Maze Runner, The (2014)",Action|Mystery|Sci-Fi,114180
194662,2562232,Michael Keaton|Zach Galifianakis|Edward Norton|Emma Stone|Naomi Watts,Alejandro González Iñárritu,times square|superhero|long take|new york city|play,"A fading actor best known for his portrayal of a popular superhero attempts to mount a comeback by appearing in a Broadway play. As opening night approaches, his attempts to become more altruistic, rebuild his career, and reconnect with friends and family prove more difficult than expected.",Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014),Comedy|Drama,112183
210577,2267998,Ben Affleck|Rosamund Pike|Carrie Coon|Neil Patrick Harris|Tyler Perry,David Fincher,falsely accused person|based on novel|marriage crisis|disappearance|cheating husband,"With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.",Gone Girl (2014),Drama|Thriller,112556
228150,2713180,Brad Pitt|Shia LaBeouf|Logan Lerman|Michael Peña|Jon Bernthal,David Ayer,world war ii|nazis|war|nazi germany|panzer,"Last months of World War II in April 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theater, a battle-hardened U.S. Army sergeant in the 2nd Armored Division named Wardaddy commands a Sherman tank called ""Fury"" and its five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Outnumbered and outgunned, Wardaddy and his men face overwhelming odds in their heroic attempts to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany.",Fury (2014),Action|Drama|War,115210
157350,1840309,Shailene Woodley|Theo James|Kate Winslet|Miles Teller|Ray Stevenson,Neil Burger,based on novel|dystopia|youth|dystopic future|caste system,"In a world divided into factions based on personality types, Tris learns that she's been classified as Divergent and won't fit in. When she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents, Tris and the mysterious Four must find out what makes Divergents dangerous before it's too late.",Divergent (2014),Adventure|Romance|Sci-Fi|IMAX,108190
127585,1877832,Hugh Jackman|James McAvoy|Patrick Stewart|Michael Fassbender|Ian McKellen,Bryan Singer,1970s|mutant|time travel|marvel comic|based on comic book,The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods as they join forces with their younger selves in an epic battle that must change the past – to save our future.,X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi,111362
240832,2872732,Scarlett Johansson|Morgan Freeman|Choi Min-sik|Amr Waked|Julian Rhind-Tutt,Luc Besson,artificial intelligence|intelligence|drug mule|futuristic|drug,"A woman, accidentally caught in a dark deal, turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic.",Lucy (2014),Action|Sci-Fi,111360
242582,2872718,Jake Gyllenhaal|Rene Russo|Riz Ahmed|Bill Paxton|Kevin Rahm,Dan Gilroy,journalism|underground|tv station|sociopath|home invasion,"When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran.",Nightcrawler (2014),Crime|Drama|Thriller,115569
120467,2278388,Ralph Fiennes|Tony Revolori|F. Murray Abraham|Mathieu Amalric|Adrien Brody,Wes Anderson,hotel|painting|wartime|gunfight|theft,"The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting, the battle for an enormous family fortune and the slow and then sudden upheavals that transformed Europe during the first half of the 20th century.","Grand Budapest Hotel, The (2014)",Comedy|Drama,109374
244786,2582802,Miles Teller|J.K. Simmons|Melissa Benoist|Austin Stowell|Jayson Blair,Damien Chazelle,jazz|obsession|conservatory|music teacher|new york city,"Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.",Whiplash (2014),Drama,112552
119450,2103281,Andy Serkis|Jason Clarke|Toby Kebbell|Keri Russell|Judy Greer,Matt Reeves,leader|colony|post-apocalyptic|dystopia|sequel,"A group of scientists in San Francisco struggle to stay alive in the aftermath of a plague that is wiping out humanity, while Caesar tries to maintain dominance over his community of intelligent apes.",Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014),Sci-Fi,112623
227159,2170439,Jason Bateman|Jason Sudeikis|Charlie Day|Jennifer Aniston|Kevin Spacey,Sean Anders,prison|sequel|kidnapping|car chase|sex addict,"Dale, Kurt and Nick decide to start their own business but things don't go as planned because of a slick investor, prompting the trio to pull off a harebrained and misguided kidnapping scheme.",Horrible Bosses 2 (2014),Comedy|Crime,117590
102382,1872181,Andrew Garfield|Emma Stone|Jamie Foxx|Dane DeHaan|Colm Feore,Marc Webb,marvel comic|sequel|based on comic book|sony|3d,"For Peter Parker, life is busy. Between taking out the bad guys as Spider-Man and spending time with the person he loves, Gwen Stacy, high school graduation cannot come quickly enough. Peter has not forgotten about the promise he made to Gwen’s father to protect her by staying away, but that is a promise he cannot keep. Things will change for Peter when a new villain, Electro, emerges, an old friend, Harry Osborn, returns, and Peter uncovers new clues about his past.",The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014),Action|Sci-Fi|IMAX,110553
137113,1631867,Tom Cruise|Emily Blunt|Brendan Gleeson|Bill Paxton|Jonas Armstrong,Doug Liman,deja vu|time warp|dystopia|war|alien,"Major Bill Cage is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously demoted and dropped into combat. Cage is killed within minutes, managing to take an alpha alien down with him. He awakens back at the beginning of the same day and is forced to fight and die again... and again - as physical contact with the alien has thrown him into a time loop.",Edge of Tomorrow (2014),Action|Sci-Fi|IMAX,111759
228967,2788710,James Franco|Seth Rogen|Lizzy Caplan|Randall Park|Diana Bang,Evan Goldberg|Seth Rogen,cia|coup d'etat|north korea|assassination attempt|evil dictator,"Dave Skylark and his producer Aaron Rapoport run the celebrity tabloid show ""Skylark Tonight"". When they land an interview with a surprise fan, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, they are recruited by the CIA to turn their trip to Pyongyang into an assassination mission.",The Interview (2014),Action|Comedy,119141
190859,2179136,Bradley Cooper|Sienna Miller|Kyle Gallner|Cole Konis|Ben Reed,Clint Eastwood,sniper|biography|iraq|navy seal|u.s. soldier,"U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle takes his sole mission—protect his comrades—to heart and becomes one of the most lethal snipers in American history. His pinpoint accuracy not only saves countless lives but also makes him a prime target of insurgents. Despite grave danger and his struggle to be a good husband and father to his family back in the States, Kyle serves four tours of duty in Iraq. However, when he finally returns home, he finds that he cannot leave the war behind.",American Sniper (2014),Action|War,114662
124905,831387,Aaron Taylor-Johnson|Ken Watanabe|Elizabeth Olsen|Bryan Cranston|Juliette Binoche,Gareth Edwards,monster|godzilla|remake|giant monster|gojira,"Fifteen years after an 'incident' at a Japanese nuclear power plant, physicist Joe Brody joins forces with his soldier son Ford to discover for themselves what really happened.  What they uncover is prelude to global-threatening devastation.  An epic rebirth to Toho's iconic Godzilla, this spectacular adventure pits the world's most famous monster against malevolent creatures who, bolstered by humanity's scientific arrogance, threaten our very existence.",Godzilla (2014),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi|IMAX,111364
102651,1587310,Angelina Jolie|Elle Fanning|Juno Temple|Sharlto Copley|Isobelle Molloy,Robert Stromberg,fairy tale|villain|sleeping beauty|dark fantasy|based on fairy tale,"The untold story of Disney's most iconic villain from the 1959 classic 'Sleeping Beauty'. A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens the harmony of the land.  Maleficent rises to be the land's fiercest protector, but she ultimately suffers a ruthless betrayal – an act that begins to turn her heart into stone. Bent on revenge, Maleficent faces an epic battle with the invading King's successor and, as a result, places a curse upon his newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Maleficent realizes that Aurora holds the key to peace in the kingdom - and to Maleficent's true happiness as well.",Maleficent (2014),Action|Adventure|Children|IMAX,111659
82702,1646971,Jay Baruchel|Gerard Butler|Kristen Wiig|Jonah Hill|Cate Blanchett,Dean DeBlois,father-son relationship|wife husband relationship|sacrifice|viking|sequel,"The thrilling second chapter of the epic How To Train Your Dragon trilogy brings back the fantastical world of Hiccup and Toothless five years later. While Astrid, Snotlout and the rest of the gang are challenging each other to dragon races (the island's new favorite contact sport), the now inseparable pair journey through the skies, charting unmapped territories and exploring new worlds. When one of their adventures leads to the discovery of a secret ice cave that is home to hundreds of new wild dragons and the mysterious Dragon Rider, the two friends find themselves at the center of a battle to protect the peace.",How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014),Action|Adventure|Animation,112175
137106,1490017,Will Arnett|Elizabeth Banks|Craig Berry|Alison Brie|David Burrows,Phil Lord|Christopher Miller,father-son relationship|creativity|friendship|part live action|toys,"An ordinary Lego mini-figure, mistakenly thought to be the extraordinary MasterBuilder, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil Lego tyrant from gluing the universe together.",The Lego Movie (2014),Action|Adventure|Animation|Children|Comedy|Fantasy,108932
266856,2980516,Eddie Redmayne|Felicity Jones|Harry Lloyd|David Thewlis|Emily Watson,James Marsh,biography|physicist|based on memoir|stephen hawking,A look at the relationship between the famous physicist Stephen Hawking and his wife.,The Theory of Everything (2014),Drama|Romance,117176
187017,2294449,Jonah Hill|Channing Tatum|Dave Franco|Ice Cube|Nick Offerman,Phil Lord|Christopher Miller,high school|undercover cop|buddy comedy|aftercreditsstinger|duringcreditsstinger,"After making their way through high school (twice), big changes are in store for officers Schmidt and Jenko when they go deep undercover at a local college. But when Jenko meets a kindred spirit on the football team, and Schmidt infiltrates the bohemian art major scene, they begin to question their partnership. Now they don't have to just crack the case - they have to figure out if they can have a mature relationship. If these two overgrown adolescents can grow from freshmen into real men, college might be the best thing that ever happened to them.",22 Jump Street (2014),Action|Comedy|Crime,112138
85350,1065073,Ellar Coltrane|Patricia Arquette|Ethan Hawke|Elijah Smith|Lorelei Linklater,Richard Linklater,daily life|family's daily life|urban life|growing up|domestic abuse,"The film tells a story of a divorced couple trying to raise their young son. The story follows the boy for twelve years, from first grade at age 6 through 12th grade at age 17-18, and examines his relationship with his parents as he grows.",Boyhood (2014),Drama,112290
195589,2004420,Seth Rogen|Zac Efron|Rose Byrne|Dave Franco|Ike Barinholtz,Nicholas Stoller,alcohol|baby|party|family|fraternity,A couple with a newborn baby face unexpected difficulties after they are forced to live next to a fraternity house.,Neighbors (2014),Comedy,111113
188161,2557490,Seth MacFarlane|Charlize Theron|Liam Neeson|Amanda Seyfried|Neil Patrick Harris,Seth MacFarlane,gunslinger|farmer|wild west,"As a cowardly farmer begins to fall for the mysterious new woman in town, he must put his new-found courage to the test when her husband, a notorious gun-slinger, announces his arrival.",A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014),Comedy|Western,111743
11,76759,Mark Hamill|Harrison Ford|Carrie Fisher|Peter Cushing|Alec Guinness,George Lucas,android|galaxy|hermit|death star|lightsaber,Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo team together with the loveable robot duo R2-D2 and C-3PO to rescue the beautiful princess and restore peace and justice in the Empire.,Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi,260
691,76752,Roger Moore|Barbara Bach|Curd Jürgens|Richard Kiel|Caroline Munro,Lewis Gilbert,london|submarine|england|assassination|spy,Russian and British submarines with nuclear missiles on board both vanish from sight without a trace. England and Russia both blame each other as James Bond tries to solve the riddle of the disappearing ships. But the KGB also has an agent on the case.,"Spy Who Loved Me, The (1977)",Action|Adventure|Thriller,3635
11319,76618,Bob Newhart|Eva Gabor|Geraldine Page|Joe Flynn|Jeanette Nolan,John Lounsbery|Wolfgang Reitherman|Art Stevens,mouse|baby-snatching|bottle|albatros|rescue,"What can two little mice possibly do to save an orphan girl who's fallen into evil hands? With a little cooperation and faith in oneself, anything is possible! As members of the mouse-run International Rescue Aid Society, Bernard and Miss Bianca respond to orphan Penny's call for help. The two mice search for clues with the help of an old cat named Rufus.","Rescuers, The (1977)",Adventure|Animation|Children|Crime|Drama,2090
703,75686,Woody Allen|Diane Keaton|Tony Roberts|Carol Kane|Paul Simon,Woody Allen,neurosis|comedian|job interview|love|singer,"In the city of New York, comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall.",Annie Hall (1977),Comedy|Romance,1230
11114,76538,Sean Marshall|Helen Reddy|Mickey Rooney|Red Buttons|Jim Dale,Don Chaffey,farm|friendship|part live action|escape|dragon,"Pete, a young orphan, runs away to a Maine fishing town with his best friend a lovable, sometimes invisible dragon named Elliott! When they are taken in by a kind lighthouse keeper, Nora, and her father, Elliott's prank playing lands them in big trouble. Then, when crooked salesmen try to capture Elliott for their own gain, Pete must attempt a daring rescue.",Pete's Dragon (1977),Adventure|Animation|Children|Musical,1030
840,75860,Richard Dreyfuss|François Truffaut|Teri Garr|Melinda Dillon|Bob Balaban,Steven Spielberg,indiana|obsession|extraterrestrial technology|evacuation|blackout,"After an encounter with UFOs, a line worker feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.",Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977),Adventure|Drama|Sci-Fi,3471
11009,76666,John Travolta|Karen Lynn Gorney|Barry Miller|Joseph Cali|Paul Pape,John Badham,dancing master|dance performance|lover (female)|dancing scene|disco,"Nineteen-year-old Tony Manero lives for Saturday nights at the local disco, where he's king of the dance floor. But outside of the club, things don't look so rosy. At home, he fights constantly with his father and has to compete with his family's starry-eyed view of his older brother, a priest. Then, he meets Stephanie at the disco and they agree to dance together in a competition. Stephanie resists Tony's attempts to romance her, as she aspires to greater things; she is moving across the river to Manhattan. Gradually, Tony also becomes disillusioned with the life he is leading and he and Stephanie decide to help one another to start afresh",Saturday Night Fever (1977),Comedy|Drama|Romance,5693
985,74486,Jack Nance|Charlotte Stewart|Allen Joseph|Jeanne Bates|Judith Roberts,David Lynch,baby|mutant|claustrophobia|nightmare|parents-in-law,"Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.",Eraserhead (1977),Drama|Horror,3676
14741,76095,Richard Dreyfuss|Marsha Mason|Quinn Cummings|Paul Benedict|Barbara Rhoades,Herbert Ross,theatre play,"Paula McFadden knows: In romance, actors all follow the same stage instruction: Exit. Without warning, her actor boyfriend split today for a movie role and sublet their Manhattan apartment. The new tenant's name: Elliot Garfield. Profession: actor. Richard Dreyfuss and Marsha Mason deliver comedy, zingy repartee and bitter-to-best romance in The Goodbye Girl.","Goodbye Girl, The (1977)",Comedy|Romance,3244
19995,499549,Sam Worthington|Zoe Saldana|Sigourney Weaver|Stephen Lang|Michelle Rodriguez,James Cameron,culture clash|future|space war|space colony|society,"In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization.",Avatar (2009),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi|IMAX,72998
16869,361748,Brad Pitt|Mélanie Laurent|Christoph Waltz|Eli Roth|Michael Fassbender,Quentin Tarantino,paris|guerilla|cinema|self sacrifice|dynamite,"In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as ""The Basterds"" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. Aldo Raine soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.",Inglourious Basterds (2009),Action|Drama|War,68157
767,417741,Daniel Radcliffe|Rupert Grint|Emma Watson|Tom Felton|Julie Walters,David Yates,witch|broom|school of witchcraft|magic wand|magic broomstick,"As Harry begins his sixth year at Hogwarts, he discovers an old book marked as 'Property of the Half-Blood Prince', and begins to learn more about Lord Voldemort's dark past.",Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009),Adventure|Fantasy|Mystery|Romance|IMAX,69844
14160,1049413,Ed Asner|Christopher Plummer|Jordan Nagai|Bob Peterson|Delroy Lindo,Bob Peterson|Pete Docter,central and south america|balloon|animation|title spoken by character|floating in the air,"After a lifetime of dreaming of traveling the world, 78-year-old homebody Carl flies away on an unbelievable adventure with Russell, an 8-year-old Wilderness Explorer, unexpectedly in tow. Together, the unlikely pair embarks on a thrilling odyssey full of jungle beasts and rough terrain.",Up (2009),Adventure|Animation|Children|Drama,68954
13475,796366,Chris Pine|Zachary Quinto|Leonard Nimoy|Eric Bana|Bruce Greenwood,J.J. Abrams,spacecraft|teleportation|space mission|parachute|time travel,"The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of bitter rivals. One, James Kirk, is a delinquent, thrill-seeking Iowa farm boy. The other, Spock, a Vulcan, was raised in a logic-based society that rejects all emotion. As fiery instinct clashes with calm reason, their unlikely but powerful partnership is the only thing capable of leading their crew through unimaginable danger, boldly going where no one has gone before. The human adventure has begun again.",Star Trek (2009),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi|IMAX,68358
534,438488,Christian Bale|Sam Worthington|Anton Yelchin|Moon Bloodgood|Bryce Dallas Howard,McG,saving the world|artificial intelligence|prophecy|san francisco|cyborg,"All grown up in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor must lead the resistance of humans against the increasingly dominating militaristic robots. But when Marcus Wright appears, his existence confuses the mission as Connor tries to determine whether Wright has come from the future or the past -- and whether he's friend or foe.",Terminator Salvation (2009),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi|Thriller,68791
17654,1136608,Sharlto Copley|Jason Cope|Nathalie Boltt|Sylvaine Strike|Elizabeth Mkandawie,Neill Blomkamp,slum|street gang|refugee camp|extraterrestrial technology|new zealand,"Aliens land in South Africa and have no way home. Years later after living in a slum and wearing out their welcome the ""Non-Humans"" are being moved to a new tent city overseen by Multi-National United (MNU). The movie follows an MNU employee tasked with leading the relocation and his relationship with one of the alien leaders.",District 9 (2009),Mystery|Sci-Fi|Thriller,70286
10528,988045,Robert Downey Jr.|Jude Law|Rachel McAdams|Mark Strong|Eddie Marsan,Guy Ritchie,detective|scotland yard|coffin|black magic|arrest,Eccentric consulting detective Sherlock Holmes and Doctor John Watson battle to bring down a new nemesis and unravel a deadly plot that could destroy England.,Sherlock Holmes (2009),Action|Crime|Mystery|Thriller,73017
19913,1022603,Joseph Gordon-Levitt|Zooey Deschanel|Chloë Grace Moretz|Geoffrey Arend|Matthew Gray Gubler,Marc Webb,date|sex|jealousy|fight|architect,"Tom (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), greeting-card writer and hopeless romantic, is caught completely off-guard when his girlfriend, Summer (Zooey Deschanel), suddenly dumps him. He reflects on their 500 days together to try to figure out where their love affair went sour, and in doing so, Tom rediscovers his true passions in life.",(500) Days of Summer (2009),Comedy|Drama|Romance,69757
8355,1080016,Ray Romano|John Leguizamo|Denis Leary|Queen Latifah|Simon Pegg,Carlos Saldanha,ice age|bridge|insanity|jungle|dinosaur,"Times are changing for moody mammoth Manny, motor mouthed sloth Sid and crafty saber-toothed tiger Diego in this third installment of the beloved computer-animated children's franchise. Life heats up for our heroes when they meet some new and none-too-friendly neighbors: the mighty dinosaurs.",Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009),Action|Adventure|Animation|Children|Comedy|Romance,69644
18785,1119646,Bradley Cooper|Ed Helms|Zach Galifianakis|Justin Bartha|Heather Graham,Todd Phillips,underwear|tiger|stag night|hangover|lost weekend,"When three friends finally come to after a raucous night of bachelor-party revelry, they find a baby in the closet and a tiger in the bathroom. But they can't seem to locate their best friend, Doug – who's supposed to be tying the knot. Launching a frantic search for Doug, the trio perseveres through a nasty hangover to try to make it to the church on time.","Hangover, The (2009)",Comedy|Crime,69122
13183,409459,Malin Ã…kerman|Billy Crudup|Carla Gugino|Jeffrey Dean Morgan|Patrick Wilson,Zack Snyder,dc comics|secret identity|mass murder|retirement|based on comic book,"In a gritty and alternate 1985 the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown, but after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered an investigation into the killer is initiated. The reunited heroes set out to prevent their own destruction, but in doing so uncover a sinister plot that puts all of humanity in grave danger.",Watchmen (2009),Action|Drama|Mystery|Sci-Fi|Thriller|IMAX,60684
14161,1190080,John Cusack|Amanda Peet|Chiwetel Ejiofor|Thandie Newton|Oliver Platt,Roland Emmerich,white house|u.s. president|indian|ambulance|loss of father,"Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns that the earth's core is heating up. He warns U.S. President Thomas Wilson that the crust of the earth is becoming unstable and that without proper preparations for saving a fraction of the world's population, the entire race is doomed. Meanwhile, writer Jackson Curtis stumbles on the same information. While the world's leaders race to build ""arks"" to escape the impending cataclysm, Curtis struggles to find a way to save his family. Meanwhile, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes of unprecedented strength wreak havoc around the world.",2012 (2009),Action|Drama|Sci-Fi|Thriller,72378
12244,472033,Elijah Wood|John C. Reilly|Jennifer Connelly|Christopher Plummer|Crispin Glover,Shane Acker,man vs machine|hope|post-apocalyptic|dystopia|friendship,"When 9 first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world. All humans are gone, and it is only by chance that he discovers a small community of others like him taking refuge from fearsome machines that roam the earth intent on their extinction. Despite being the neophyte of the group, 9 convinces the others that hiding will do them no good.",9 (2009),Adventure|Animation|Sci-Fi,71057
13448,808151,Tom Hanks|Ewan McGregor|Ayelet Zurer|Stellan Skarsgård|Pierfrancesco Favino,Ron Howard,rome|vatican|symbolism|christian|illuminati,"Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon investigates a mysterious symbol seared into the chest of a murdered physicist. He discovers evidence of the unimaginable, the rebirth of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati, the most powerful underground organization ever to walk the earth.",Angels & Demons (2009),Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller,68554
10198,780521,Anika Noni Rose|Bruno Campos|Keith David|Michael-Leon Wooley|Jennifer Cody,Ron Clements|John Musker,based on novel|voodoo|kiss|princess|animation,"A waitress, desperate to fulfill her dreams as a restaurant owner, is set on a journey to turn a frog prince back into a human being, but she has to do face the same problem after she kisses him.","Princess and the Frog, The (2009)",Animation|Children|Fantasy|Musical|Romance,72737
22881,878804,Sandra Bullock|Quinton Aaron|Kathy Bates|Tim McGraw|Jae Head,John Lee Hancock,american football|adoption|education|private school|sport,"Oversized African-American, Michael Oher, the teen from across the tracks and a broken home, has nowhere to sleep at age 16. Taken in by an affluent Memphis couple, Michael embarks on a remarkable rise to play for the NFL.","Blind Side, The  (2009)",Drama,72641
19908,1156398,Jesse Eisenberg|Woody Harrelson|Emma Stone|Abigail Breslin|Amber Heard,Ruben Fleischer,survival|zombies|twinkie|zombie spoof|body count,"Columbus has made a habit of running from what scares him. Tallahassee doesn't have fears. If he did, he'd kick their ever-living ass. In a world overrun by zombies, these two are perfectly evolved survivors. But now, they're about to stare down the most terrifying prospect of all: each other.",Zombieland (2009),Action|Comedy|Horror,71535
10184,1001508,Jennifer Aniston|Jennifer Connelly|Drew Barrymore|Ginnifer Goodwin|Ben Affleck,Ken Kwapis,relationship|ensemble cast|duringcreditsstinger,"Remember that really cute guy who said he'd call – and didn't? Maybe he lost your number. Maybe he's in the hospital. Maybe he's awed by your beauty, brains or success. Or maybe... he's just not that into you.",He's Just Not That Into You (2009),Comedy|Drama|Romance,66203
18240,1041829,Sandra Bullock|Ryan Reynolds|Mary Steenburgen|Craig T. Nelson|Betty White,Anne Fletcher,fictitious marriage|deportation|immigration law|romantic comedy|alaska,"When she learns she's in danger of losing her visa status and being deported, overbearing book editor Margaret Tate forces her put-upon assistant, Andrew Paxton, to marry her.","Proposal, The (2009)",Comedy|Romance,69406
20943,1142988,Katherine Heigl|Gerard Butler|Eric Winter|Bree Turner|Nick Searcy,Robert Luketic,romantic comedy|romance|tv morning show|relationship|opposites attract,"A romantically challenged morning show producer is reluctantly embroiled in a series of outrageous tests by her chauvinistic correspondent to prove his theories on relationships and help her find love. His clever ploys, however, lead to an unexpected result.","Ugly Truth, The (2009)",Comedy|Drama|Romance,70183
22794,844471,Bill Hader|Anna Faris|James Caan|Mr. T|Benjamin Bratt,Phil Lord|Christopher Miller,weather|food|science,"Inventor Flint Lockwood creates a machine that makes clouds rain food, enabling the down-and-out citizens of Chewandswallow to feed themselves. But when the falling food reaches gargantuan proportions, Flint must scramble to avert disaster. Can he regain control of the machine and put an end to the wild weather before the town is destroyed?",Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009),Animation|Children|Fantasy|IMAX,71264
10315,432283,George Clooney|Meryl Streep|Jason Schwartzman|Bill Murray|Wallace Wolodarsky,Wes Anderson,fox|tree|peasant|revenge|title spoken by character,"The Fantastic Mr. Fox bored with his current life, plans a heist against the three local farmers. The farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with the sly fox, seek revenge against him and his family.",Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009),Adventure|Animation|Children|Comedy|Crime,72226
14836,327597,Dakota Fanning|Teri Hatcher|Jennifer Saunders|Dawn French|Keith David,Henry Selick,dream|eye|stuffed animal|parallel worlds|button,"When Coraline moves to an old house, she feels bored and neglected by her parents. She finds a hidden door with a bricked up passage. During the night, she crosses the passage and finds a parallel world where everybody has buttons instead of eyes, with caring parents and all her dreams coming true. When the Other Mother invites Coraline to stay in her world forever, the girl refuses and finds that the alternate reality where she is trapped is only a trick to lure her.",Coraline (2009),Animation|Fantasy|Thriller,66097
18360,1078912,Ben Stiller|Amy Adams|Owen Wilson|Hank Azaria|Robin Williams,Shawn Levy,museum|theodore roosevelt|duringcreditsstinger|amelia earhart|smithsonian,"Hapless museum night watchman Larry Daley must help his living, breathing exhibit friends out of a pickle now that they've been transferred to the archives at the Smithsonian Institution. Larry's (mis)adventures this time include close encounters with Amelia Earhart, Abe Lincoln and Ivan the Terrible.",Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009),Action|Comedy|IMAX,68793
16996,974661,Zac Efron|Leslie Mann|Matthew Perry|Tyler Steelman|Allison Miller,Burr Steers,high school|bullying|high school basketball|fake identity|adult as a child,"On the brink of a midlife crisis, 30-something Mike O'Donnell wishes he could have a ""do-over."" And that's exactly what he gets when he wakes up one morning to find he's 17 years old again. With his adult mind stuck inside the body of a teenager, Mike actually has the chance to reverse some decisions he wishes he'd never made. But maybe they weren't so bad after all.",17 Again (2009),Comedy|Drama,68135
17431,1182345,Sam Rockwell|Kevin Spacey|Dominique McElligott|Rosie Shaw|Adrienne Shaw,Duncan Jones,moon|isolation|title spoken by character|cloning|moon base,"With only three weeks left in his three year contract, Sam Bell is getting anxious to finally return to Earth. He is the only occupant of a Moon-based manufacturing facility along with his computer and assistant, GERTY. The long period of time alone however has resulted in him talking to himself for the most part, or to his plants. Direct communication with Earth is not possible due to a long-standing communication malfunction but he does get an occasional message from his wife Tess. When he has an accident however, he wakens to find that he is not alone. He also comes to realize that his world is not what he thought it was.",Moon (2009),Drama|Mystery|Sci-Fi|Thriller,68237
24803,1135503,Meryl Streep|Amy Adams|Stanley Tucci|Chris Messina|Linda Emond,Nora Ephron,cooking|book|cookbook|blog|recipe,"Julia Child and Julie Powell – both of whom wrote memoirs – find their lives intertwined. Though separated by time and space, both women are at loose ends... until they discover that with the right combination of passion, fearlessness and butter, anything is possible.",Julie & Julia (2009),Comedy|Drama|Romance,70293
16538,1155056,Paul Rudd|Rashida Jones|Jason Segel|Sarah Burns|Jaime Pressly,John Hamburg,poker|bondage|blow job|duringcreditsstinger,"Peter Klaven is a successful real estate agent who, upon getting engaged to the woman of his dreams, Zooey, discovers, to his dismay and chagrin, that he has no male friend close enough to serve as his Best Man. Peter immediately sets out to rectify the situation, embarking on a series of bizarre and awkward ""man-dates,"" before meeting Sydney Fife.","I Love You, Man (2009)",Comedy,67087
12573,1019452,Michael Stuhlbarg|Richard Kind|Fred Melamed|Sari Lennick|Aaron Wolff,Ethan Coen|Joel Coen,professor|black comedy|telephone call|coen bros|aftercreditsstinger,"A Serious Man is the story of an ordinary man's search for clarity in a universe where Jefferson Airplane is on the radio and F-Troop is on TV. It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith that she is leaving him. She has fallen in love with one of his more pompous acquaintances Sy Ableman.","Serious Man, A (2009)",Comedy|Drama,71464
8373,1055369,Shia LaBeouf|Megan Fox|Josh Duhamel|Rainn Wilson|Tyrese Gibson,Michael Bay,egypt|sun|chaos|comic book|symbol,"Sam Witwicky leaves the Autobots behind for a normal life. But when his mind is filled with cryptic symbols, the Decepticons target him and he is dragged back into the Transformers' war.",Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi|IMAX,69526
16523,386117,Max Records|Catherine Keener|Lauren Ambrose|James Gandolfini|Catherine O'Hara,Spike Jonze,children's book|igloo|wolf costume|swallowed whole|hit with a rock,"Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts -- Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander -- crown him as their king, play rumpus, build forts and discover secret hideaways.",Where the Wild Things Are (2009),Adventure|Children|Drama|Fantasy|IMAX,71745
24238,978762,Toni Collette|Philip Seymour Hoffman|Eric Bana|Barry Humphries|Bethany Whitmore,Adam Elliot,chocolate|birthmark|only child|approach|australia,"A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York. In the mid-1970's, a homely, friendless Australian girl of 8 picks a name out of a Manhattan phone book and writes to him; she includes a chocolate bar. He writes back, with chocolate. Thus begins a 20-year correspondence. Will the two ever meet face to face?",Mary and Max (2009),Animation|Comedy|Drama,71899
8054,1054606,Christopher Plummer|Heath Ledger|Johnny Depp|Jude Law|Colin Farrell,Terry Gilliam,circus|immortality|aftercreditsstinger|duringcreditsstinger|old people,A traveling theater company gives its audience much more than they were expecting.,"Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, The (2009)",Drama|Fantasy,69951
22947,1193138,George Clooney|Vera Farmiga|Anna Kendrick|Jason Bateman|Melanie Lynskey,Jason Reitman,suitcase|business|omaha|on the road|downsizing,"George Clooney plays the dry cynical character of Ryan Bingham, an executive who specializes in ""downsizing"". Ryan lives out of his suitcase, traveling the country for the sole purpose terminating unwanted employees day after day. Just as Ryan is about to reach his life-long goal of the ten million mile frequent flyer mark some major changes come his way. Changes that threaten to crack the cold heartless exterior that is Ryan Bingham.",Up in the Air (2009),Drama|Romance,72011
13804,1013752,Vin Diesel|Paul Walker|Jordana Brewster|Michelle Rodriguez|John Ortiz,Justin Lin,gambling|brother sister relationship|ex-lover|fast|cops,"When a crime brings them back to L.A., fugitive ex-con Dom Toretto reignites his feud with agent Brian O'Conner. But as they are forced to confront a shared enemy, Dom and Brian must give in to an uncertain new trust if they hope to outmaneuver him. And the two men will find the best way to get revenge: push the limits of what's possible behind the wheel.","Fast & Furious (Fast and the Furious 4, The) (2009)",Action|Crime|Drama|Thriller,67923
16614,1091722,Jesse Eisenberg|Kristen Stewart|Martin Starr|Kristen Wiig|Bill Hader,Greg Mottola,comedy|cheating on partner|amusement park|summer job|carny,"In the summer of 1987, a college graduate takes a 'nowhere' job at his local amusement park, only to find it's the perfect course to get him prepared for the real world.",Adventureland (2009),Comedy|Drama,67734
19959,986263,Bruce Willis|Radha Mitchell|Rosamund Pike|James Cromwell|Ving Rhames,Jonathan Mostow,clone|dystopia,"Set in a futuristic world where humans live in isolation and interact through surrogate robots, a cop (Willis) is forced to leave his home for the first time in years in order to investigate the murders of others' surrogates.",Surrogates (2009),Action|Sci-Fi|Thriller,71530
2080,458525,Hugh Jackman|Liev Schreiber|Danny Huston|Lynn Collins|Ryan Reynolds,Gavin Hood,corruption|mutant|boxer|army|marvel comic,"After seeking to live a normal life, Logan sets out to avenge the death of his girlfriend by undergoing the mutant Weapon X program and becoming Wolverine.",X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009),Action|Sci-Fi|Thriller,68319
18480,889583,Sacha Baron Cohen|Richard Bey|Ron Paul|Gustaf Hammarsten|Clifford Bañagale,Larry Charles,gay|fame|mockumentary|hollywood|lgbt,Flamboyantly gay Austrian television reporter Bruno stirs up trouble with unsuspecting guests and large crowds through brutally frank interviews and painfully hilarious public displays of homosexuality.,Brüno (Bruno) (2009),Comedy,69784
27205,1375666,Leonardo DiCaprio|Joseph Gordon-Levitt|Ellen Page|Tom Hardy|Ken Watanabe,Christopher Nolan,loss of lover|dream|sleep|subconsciousness|heist,"Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: ""inception"", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.",Inception (2010),Action|Crime|Drama|Mystery|Sci-Fi|Thriller|IMAX,79132
10138,1228705,Robert Downey Jr.|Gwyneth Paltrow|Don Cheadle|Scarlett Johansson|Mickey Rourke,Jon Favreau,malibu|marvel comic|comic|superhero|revenge,"With the world now aware of his dual life as the armored superhero Iron Man, billionaire inventor Tony Stark faces pressure from the government, the press, and the public to share his technology with the military. Unwilling to let go of his invention, Stark, along with Pepper Potts, and James ""Rhodey"" Rhodes at his side, must forge new alliances - and confront powerful enemies.",Iron Man 2 (2010),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi|Thriller|IMAX,77561
12155,1014759,Mia Wasikowska|Johnny Depp|Anne Hathaway|Helena Bonham Carter|Crispin Glover,Tim Burton,based on novel|fictional place|queen|alice in wonderland|fantastic,"Alice, an unpretentious and individual 19-year-old, is betrothed to a dunce of an English nobleman. At her engagement party, she escapes the crowd to consider whether to go through with the marriage and falls down a hole in the garden after spotting an unusual rabbit. Arriving in a strange and surreal place called 'Underland,' she finds herself in a world that resembles the nightmares she had as a child, filled with talking animals, villainous queens and knights, and frumious bandersnatches. Alice realizes that she is there for a reason – to conquer the horrific Jabberwocky and restore the rightful queen to her throne.",Alice in Wonderland (2010),Adventure|Fantasy|IMAX,74789
44214,947798,Natalie Portman|Mila Kunis|Vincent Cassel|Barbara Hershey|Winona Ryder,Darren Aronofsky,competition|taxi|dancer|obsession|paranoia,"A ballet dancer wins the lead in ""Swan Lake"" and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan - Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile, the Black Swan.",Black Swan (2010),Drama|Thriller,81591
12444,926084,Daniel Radcliffe|Emma Watson|Rupert Grint|Ralph Fiennes|Helena Bonham Carter,David Yates,corruption|isolation|radio|magic|teleportation,"Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for immortality. But with Harry's beloved Dumbledore dead and Voldemort's unscrupulous Death Eaters on the loose, the world is more dangerous than ever.",Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010),Action|Adventure|Fantasy|IMAX,81834
20352,1323594,Steve Carell|Jason Segel|Russell Brand|Julie Andrews|Will Arnett,Pierre Coffin|Chris Renaud,adoptive father|orphanage|life's dream|rival|stealing,"In a happy suburban neighbourhood surrounded by white picket fences with flowering rose bushes, sits a black house with a dead lawn. Unbeknownst to the neighbours, hidden deep beneath this home is a vast secret hideout. Surrounded by an army of tireless, little yellow minions, we discover Gru, planning the biggest heist in the history of the world. He is going to steal the moon (Yes, the moon!) to prove to his Mum that he is better than the other super-villains, especially the new kid on the block, Vector. Gru delights in all things wicked. Armed with his arsenal of shrink rays, freeze guns and battle-ready vehicles for land and air, he vanquishes all who stand in his way. Until the day he encounters the immense will of three little orphaned girls who look at him and see something that no one else has ever seen: a potential dad.",Despicable Me (2010),Animation|Children|Comedy|Crime,79091
27578,1320253,Sylvester Stallone|Jason Statham|Dolph Lundgren|Eric Roberts|Randy Couture,Sylvester Stallone,tattoo|martial arts|sniper|island|mercenary,"Barney Ross leads a band of highly skilled mercenaries including knife enthusiast Lee Christmas, a martial arts expert, heavy weapons specialist, demolitionist, and a loose-cannon sniper. When the group is commissioned by the mysterious Mr. Church to assassinate the dictator of a small South American island, Barney and Lee visit the remote locale to scout out their opposition and discover the true nature of the conflict engulfing the city.","Expendables, The (2010)",Action|Adventure|Thriller,79695
10191,892769,Jay Baruchel|Gerard Butler|Craig Ferguson|America Ferrera|Jonah Hill,Dean DeBlois|Chris Sanders,flying|blacksmith|arena|island|night,"As the son of a Viking leader on the cusp of manhood, shy Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III faces a rite of passage: he must kill a dragon to prove his warrior mettle. But after downing a feared dragon, he realizes that he no longer wants to destroy it, and instead befriends the beast – which he names Toothless – much to the chagrin of his warrior father",How to Train Your Dragon (2010),Adventure|Animation|Children|Fantasy|IMAX,76093
11324,1130884,Leonardo DiCaprio|Mark Ruffalo|Ben Kingsley|Emily Mortimer|Michelle Williams,Martin Scorsese,based on novel|island|hurricane|investigation|psychiatric hospital,"World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal. Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by his troubling visions and also by a mysterious doctor.",Shutter Island (2010),Drama|Mystery|Thriller,74458
20526,1104001,Garrett Hedlund|Jeff Bridges|Olivia Wilde|Bruce Boxleitner|Yaya DaCosta,Joseph Kosinski,artificial intelligence|dystopia|thriller|alternative|imax,"Sam Flynn, the tech-savvy and daring son of Kevin Flynn, investigates his father's disappearance and is pulled into The Grid. With the help of a mysterious program named Quorra, Sam quests to stop evil dictator Clu from crossing into the real world.",Tron: Legacy (2010),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi|IMAX,82461
38757,398286,Zachary Levi|Mandy Moore|Donna Murphy|Ron Perlman|M.C. Gainey,Nathan Greno|Byron Howard,hostage|horse|fairy tale|musical|princess,"When the kingdom's most wanted-and most charming-bandit Flynn Rider hides out in a mysterious tower, he's taken hostage by Rapunzel, a beautiful and feisty tower-bound teen with 70 feet of magical, golden hair. Flynn's curious captor, who's looking for her ticket out of the tower where she's been locked away for years, strikes a deal with the handsome thief and the unlikely duo sets off on an action-packed escapade, complete with a super-cop horse, an over-protective chameleon and a gruff gang of pub thugs.",Tangled (2010),Animation|Children|Comedy|Fantasy|Musical|Romance|IMAX,81847
10193,435761,Tom Hanks|Tim Allen|Ned Beatty|Joan Cusack|Michael Keaton,Lee Unkrich,hostage|college|toy|barbie|animation,"Woody, Buzz, and the rest of Andy's toys haven't been played with in years. With Andy about to go to college, the gang find themselves accidentally left at a nefarious day care center. The toys must band together to escape and return home to Andy.",Toy Story 3 (2010),Adventure|Animation|Children|Comedy|Fantasy|IMAX,78499
27576,944835,Angelina Jolie|Liev Schreiber|Corey Stoll|Chiwetel Ejiofor|Daniel Olbrychski,Phillip Noyce,bomb|usa|assassination|taxi|spy,"As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt swore an oath to duty, honor and country. Her loyalty will be tested when a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy. Salt goes on the run, using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative to elude capture. Salt's efforts to prove her innocence only serve to cast doubt on her motives, as the hunt to uncover the truth behind her identity continues and the question remains: ""Who is Salt?""",Salt (2010),Action|Thriller,79293
44115,1542344,James Franco|Kate Mara|Amber Tamblyn|Clémence Poésy|Lizzy Caplan,Danny Boyle,mountains|despair|adventure|utah|alone,"127 Hours is the true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah. Over the next five days Ralston examines his life and survives the elements to finally discover he has the courage and the wherewithal to extricate himself by any means necessary, scale a 65 foot wall and hike over eight miles before he is finally rescued. Throughout his journey, Ralston recalls friends, lovers, family, and the two hikers he met before his accident. Will they be the last two people he ever had the chance to meet?",127 Hours (2010),Adventure|Drama|Thriller,81562
37735,1282140,Emma Stone|Stanley Tucci|Amanda Bynes|Cam Gigandet|Lisa Kudrow,Will Gluck,lie|high school|school|teen movie|rumor,"After a little white lie about losing her virginity gets out, a clean cut high school girl sees her life paralleling Hester Prynne's in ""The Scarlet Letter,"" which she is currently studying in school - until she decides to use the rumor mill to advance her social and financial standing.",Easy A (2010),Comedy|Romance,80549
23483,1250777,Aaron Taylor-Johnson|Chloë Grace Moretz|Christopher Mintz-Plasse|Nicolas Cage|Mark Strong,Matthew Vaughn,flying|confession|crime fighter|secret identity|superhero,"Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan who one day decides to become a super-hero, even though he has no powers, training or meaningful reason to do so.",Kick-Ass (2010),Action|Comedy,76251
9543,473075,Jake Gyllenhaal|Gemma Arterton|Ben Kingsley|Alfred Molina|Steve Toussaint,Mike Newell,persia|sandstorm|brother against brother|armageddon|regent,"A rogue prince (Jake Gyllenhaal) reluctantly joins forces with a mysterious princess (Gemma Arterton) and together, they race against dark forces to safeguard an ancient dagger capable of releasing the Sands of Time—a gift from the gods that can reverse time and allow its possessor to rule the world. Based on the action-adventure video game of the same name.",Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010),Action|Adventure|Fantasy|Romance|IMAX,78105
44264,1403865,Jeff Bridges|Hailee Steinfeld|Matt Damon|Josh Brolin|Barry Pepper,Ethan Coen|Joel Coen,loss of father|father murder|texas ranger|alcoholism|betrayal,"Following the murder of her father by hired hand Tom Chaney, 14-year-old farm girl Mattie Ross sets out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. Marshal she can find, a man with ""true grit,"" Reuben J. ""Rooster"" Cogburn. Mattie insists on accompanying Cogburn, whose drinking, sloth, and generally reprobate character do not augment her faith in him. Against his wishes, she joins him in his trek into the Indian Nations in search of Chaney. They are joined by Texas Ranger LaBoeuf, who wants Chaney for his own purposes. The unlikely trio find danger and adventure on the journey, and each has his or her ""grit"" tested.",True Grit (2010),Western,82459
18823,800320,Sam Worthington|Liam Neeson|Ralph Fiennes|Gemma Arterton|Jason Flemyng,Louis Leterrier,hades|mythology|greek mythology|zeus|medusa,"Born of a god but raised as a man, Perseus is helpless to save his family from Hades, vengeful god of the underworld. With nothing to lose, Perseus volunteers to lead a dangerous mission to defeat Hades before he can seize power from Zeus and unleash hell on earth. Battling unholy demons and fearsome beasts, Perseus and his warriors will only survive if Perseus accepts his power as a god, defies fate and creates his own destiny.",Clash of the Titans (2010),Action|Adventure|Drama|Fantasy,76175
27022,963966,Nicolas Cage|Jay Baruchel|Monica Bellucci|Alfred Molina|Teresa Palmer,Jon Turteltaub,witch|fire|wolf|fountain|magic,"Balthazar Blake is a master sorcerer in modern-day Manhattan trying to defend the city from his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath. Balthazar can't do it alone, so he recruits Dave Stutler, a seemingly average guy who demonstrates hidden potential, as his reluctant protégé. The sorcerer gives his unwilling accomplice a crash course in the art and science of magic, and together, these unlikely partners work to stop the forces of darkness.","Sorcerer's Apprentice, The (2010)",Action|Adventure|Children|Comedy|Fantasy,79139
37799,1285016,Jesse Eisenberg|Andrew Garfield|Justin Timberlake|Armie Hammer|Max Minghella,David Fincher,hacker|hacking|creator|social network|deposition,"On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room as a small site among friends soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication. A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in history... but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both personal and legal complications.","Social Network, The (2010)",Drama,80463
22538,446029,Michael Cera|Mary Elizabeth Winstead|Kieran Culkin|Chris Evans|Anna Kendrick,Edgar Wright,whipping|hipster|underage girlfriend|animated flashback|character's point of view camera shot,"Scott Pilgrim is a film adaptation of the critically acclaimed, award-winning series of graphic novels of the same name by Canadian cartoonist Bryan Lee O’Malley. Scott Pilgrim is a 23 year old Canadian slacker and wannabe rockstar who falls in love with an American delivery girl, Ramona V. Flowers, and must defeat her seven ""evil exes"" to be able to date her.",Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010),Action|Comedy|Fantasy|Musical|Romance,79702
34851,1424381,Topher Grace|Alice Braga|Laurence Fishburne|Adrien Brody|Danny Trejo,Nimród Antal,hunter|predator|yakuza|hunting human beings|alien life-form,"A mercenary named Royce reluctantly leads a motley crew of warriors who soon come to realize they've been captured and deposited on an alien planet by an unknown nemesis. With the exception of a peculiar physician, they are all cold-blooded killers, convicts, death squad members...hunters who have now become the hunted.",Predators (2010),Action|Sci-Fi|Thriller,79057
34544,429493,Liam Neeson|Bradley Cooper|Jessica Biel|Sharlto Copley|Patrick Wilson,Joe Carnahan,war crimes|military court|military service|double crossed|aftercreditsstinger,"A group of Iraq War veterans goes on the run from U.S. military forces while they try to clear their names after being framed for a crime they didn't commit. Along the way, Col. Hannibal Smith, Capt. H.M. ‘Howling Mad’ Murdock , Sgt. Bosco ‘B.A.’ Baracus, and Lt. Templeton ‘Faceman’ Peck help out various people they encounter.","A-Team, The (2010)",Action|Comedy|Thriller,78469
39514,1245526,Bruce Willis|John Malkovich|Helen Mirren|Mary-Louise Parker|Karl Urban,Robert Schwentke,cia|retirement|shot to death|sniper rifle|retired,"When his peaceful life is threatened by a high-tech assassin, former black-ops agent, Frank Moses reassembles his old team in a last ditch effort to survive and uncover his assailants.",Red (2010),Action|Comedy,81229
23631,985694,Danny Trejo|Michelle Rodriguez|Jessica Alba|Robert De Niro|Lindsay Lohan,Robert Rodriguez|Ethan Maniquis,illegal immigration|immigration law|machete|politician|death of a child,"After being set-up and betrayed by the man who hired him to assassinate a Texas Senator, an ex-Federale launches a brutal rampage of revenge against his former boss.",Machete (2010),Action|Adventure|Comedy|Crime|Thriller,80219
38365,1375670,Adam Sandler|Salma Hayek|Maria Bello|Steve Buscemi|Maya Rudolph,Dennis Dugan,overweight|swing|foot|convertible|arrow,"After their high school basketball coach passes away, five good friends and former teammates reunite for a Fourth of July holiday weekend.",Grown Ups (2010),Comedy,79134
20504,1037705,Denzel Washington|Gary Oldman|Michael Gambon|Mila Kunis|Jennifer Beals,Albert Hughes|Allen Hughes,book|post-apocalyptic|dystopia|faith|blind,"A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.","Book of Eli, The (2010)",Action|Adventure|Drama,73321
35056,1279935,Steve Carell|Tina Fey|Mark Wahlberg|Taraji P. Henson|Jimmi Simpson,Shawn Levy,date|corruption|taxi|expensive restaurant|wife husband relationship,"The mild-mannered married couple Phil and Claire fear that their relationship may be falling into a stale rut. During their weekly date night, they impetuously steal a dinner reservation, which leads to a case of mistaken identity. Turns out the reservation was for a pair of thieves, and now a number of unsavory characters want Phil and Claire killed.",Date Night (2010),Action|Comedy|Romance,76293
23168,840361,Ben Affleck|Rebecca Hall|Jeremy Renner|Jon Hamm|Blake Lively,Ben Affleck,money laundering|ambulance|boston|massachusetts|bank manager,"Doug MacRay is a longtime thief, who, smarter than the rest of his crew, is looking for his chance to exit the game. When a bank job leads to the group kidnapping an attractive branch manager, he takes on the role of monitoring her – but their burgeoning relationship threatens to unveil the identities of Doug and his crew to the FBI Agent who is on their case.","Town, The (2010)",Crime|Drama|Thriller,80489
24021,1325004,Kristen Stewart|Robert Pattinson|Taylor Lautner|Ashley Greene|Peter Facinelli,David Slade,vampire|graduation|immortality|werewolf,"Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger as Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob, knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella is confronted with the most important decision of her life.","Twilight Saga: Eclipse, The (2010)",Fantasy|Romance|Thriller|IMAX,78772
38055,1001526,Will Ferrell|Brad Pitt|Tina Fey|Jonah Hill|David Cross,Tom McGrath,saving the world|date|prison|secret identity|fish,"Bumbling supervillain Megamind finally defeats his nemesis, the superhero Metro Man. But without a hero, he loses all purpose and must find new meaning to his life.",Megamind (2010),Action|Animation|Children|Comedy|Sci-Fi|IMAX,81564
27581,1386588,Will Ferrell|Mark Wahlberg|Eva Mendes|Samuel L. Jackson|Dwayne Johnson,Adam McKay,ceo|fire truck|starts with narration|shot in the shoulder|zip line,"NYPD detectives Christopher Danson (Johnson) and P.K. Highsmith (Jackson) are the baddest and most beloved cops in New York City. They don't get tattoos, other men get tattoos of them. Two desks over and one back, sit detectives Allen Gamble (Ferrell) and Terry Hoitz (Wahlberg). You've seen them in the background of photos of Danson and Highsmith, out of focus and eyes closed. They're not heroes, they're ""the other guys."" But every cop has his or her day and soon Gamble and Hoitz stumble into a seemingly innocuous case no other detective wants to touch that could turn into NYC's biggest crime. It's the opportunity of their lives, but do these guys have the right stuff?","Other Guys, The (2010)",Action|Comedy,79592
45269,1504320,Colin Firth|Geoffrey Rush|Helena Bonham Carter|Guy Pearce|Timothy Spall,Tom Hooper,great britain|radio|monarchy|radio transmission|royal family,"The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stutter and considered unfit to be king, Bertie engages the help of an unorthodox speech therapist named Lionel Logue. Through a set of unexpected techniques, and as a result of an unlikely friendship, Bertie is able to find his voice and boldly lead the country into war.","King's Speech, The (2010)",Drama,81845
41733,1231583,Zach Galifianakis|Robert Downey Jr.|Michelle Monaghan|Jamie Foxx|Juliette Lewis,Todd Phillips,highway|slacker|hitchhiker|wallet|sunglasses,"Peter Highman must scramble across the US in five days to be present for the birth of his first child. He gets off to a bad start when his wallet and luggage are stolen, and put on the ""no-fly"" list. Peter embarks on a terrifying journey when he accepts a ride from actor Ethan Tremblay.",Due Date (2010),Comedy,81537
45317,964517,Mark Wahlberg|Christian Bale|Amy Adams|Melissa Leo|Mickey O'Keefe,David O. Russell,sport|irish american|documentary crew|lowell massachusetts|blue collar worker,"The Fighter, is a drama about boxer ""Irish"" Micky Ward's unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded in life after nearly being KO'd by drugs and crime.","Fighter, The (2010)",Drama,81932
32823,1226229,Jonah Hill|Russell Brand|Rose Byrne|Colm Meaney|Sean Combs,Nicholas Stoller,aftercreditsstinger,"Pinnacle records has the perfect plan to get their sinking company back on track: a comeback concert in LA featuring Aldous Snow, a fading rockstar who has dropped off the radar in recent years. Record company intern Aaron Green is faced with the monumental task of bringing his idol, out of control rock star Aldous Snow, back to LA for his comeback show.",Get Him to the Greek (2010),Comedy,78209
46838,1465522,Alan Tudyk|Tyler Labine|Katrina Bowden|Jesse Moss|Philip Granger,Eli Craig,cabin|chainsaw|hillbilly|body in chipper|cut off jeans,"Two hillbillies are suspected of being killers by a group of paranoid college kids camping near the duo's West Virginian cabin. As the body count climbs, so does the fear and confusion as the college kids try to seek revenge against the pair.",Tucker & Dale vs Evil (2010),Comedy|Horror,83134
44639,1645089,Matt Damon|William Ackman|Barack Obama|George W. Bush|Jonathan Alpert,Charles Ferguson,corruption|capitalism|globalization|bank|banker,"A film that exposes the shocking truth behind the economic crisis of 2008. The global financial meltdown, at a cost of over $20 trillion, resulted in millions of people losing their homes and jobs. Through extensive research and interviews with major financial insiders, politicians and journalists, Inside Job traces the rise of a rogue industry and unveils the corrosive relationships which have corrupted politics, regulation and academia.",Inside Job (2010),Documentary,80906
23048,1231587,John Cusack|Lizzy Caplan|Rob Corddry|Craig Robinson|Clark Duke,Steve Pink,female nudity|one-night stand|time travel|time machine|incest overtones,"A malfunctioning time machine at a ski resort takes a man back to 1986 with his two friends and nephew, where they must relive a fateful night and not change anything to make sure the nephew is born.",Hot Tub Time Machine (2010),Comedy|Sci-Fi,76077
39452,1587707,Banksy|Shepard Fairey|Thierry Guetta|Rhys Ifans,Banksy,graffiti|fraud|cousin|painting|street artist,"Banksy is a graffiti artist with a global reputation whose work can be seen on walls from post-hurricane New Orleans to the separation barrier on the Palestinian West Bank. Fiercely guarding his anonymity to avoid prosecution, Banksy has so far resisted all attempts to be captured on film. Exit Through the Gift Shop tells the incredible true story of how an eccentric French shop keeper turned documentary maker attempted to locate and befriend Banksy, only to have the artist turn the camera back on its owner.",Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010),Comedy|Documentary,77455
550,137523,Edward Norton|Brad Pitt|Meat Loaf|Jared Leto|Helena Bonham Carter,David Fincher,support group|dual identity|nihilism|rage and hate|insomnia,"A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground ""fight clubs"" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.",Fight Club (1999),Action|Crime|Drama|Thriller,2959
603,133093,Keanu Reeves|Laurence Fishburne|Carrie-Anne Moss|Hugo Weaving|Gloria Foster,Lilly Wachowski|Lana Wachowski,saving the world|artificial intelligence|man vs machine|philosophy|prophecy,"Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.","Matrix, The (1999)",Action|Sci-Fi|Thriller,2571
14,169547,Kevin Spacey|Annette Bening|Thora Birch|Wes Bentley|Mena Suvari,Sam Mendes,adultery|coming out|loss of father|first time|camcorder,"Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.",American Beauty (1999),Drama|Romance,2858
1893,120915,Liam Neeson|Ewan McGregor|Natalie Portman|Jake Lloyd|Ian McDiarmid,George Lucas,prophecy|senate|queen|taskmaster|galaxy,"Anakin Skywalker, a young slave strong with the Force, is discovered on Tatooine. Meanwhile, the evil Sith have returned, enacting their plot for revenge against the Jedi.",Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi,2628
564,120616,Brendan Fraser|Rachel Weisz|John Hannah|Arnold Vosloo|Kevin J. O'Connor,Stephen Sommers,library|secret passage|cairo|egypt|pastor,"Dashing legionnaire Rick O'Connell and Beni, his weasel of a companion, stumble upon the hidden ruins of Hamunaptra while in the midst of a battle in 1923, 3,000 years after Imhotep has suffered a fate worse than death; his body will remain undead for all eternity as a punishment for a forbidden love.","Mummy, The (1999)",Action|Adventure|Comedy|Fantasy|Horror|Thriller,2617
497,120689,Tom Hanks|Michael Clarke Duncan|David Morse|Bonnie Hunt|James Cromwell,Frank Darabont,southern u.s.|black people|mentally disabled|indian|heal,"A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cellblock's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, he tries desperately to help stave off the condemned man's execution.","Green Mile, The (1999)",Crime|Drama,3147
745,167404,Bruce Willis|Haley Joel Osment|Toni Collette|Olivia Williams|Mischa Barton,M. Night Shyamalan,child abuse|sense of guilt|loss of child|confidence|psychology,"A psychological thriller about an eight year old boy named Cole Sear who believes he can see into the world of the dead. A child psychologist named Malcolm Crowe comes to Cole to help him deal with his problem, learning that he really can see ghosts of dead people.","Sixth Sense, The (1999)",Drama|Horror|Mystery,2762
36643,143145,Pierce Brosnan|Sophie Marceau|Robert Carlyle|Denise Richards|Robbie Coltrane,Michael Apted,british|mission|oil|james bond|heiress,"Greed, revenge, world dominance, high-tech terrorism -- it's all in a day's work for cunning MI6 agent James Bond, who's on a mission to protect beautiful oil heiress Elektra King from a notorious terrorist. In a race against time that culminates in a dramatic submarine showdown, Bond works to defuse the international power struggle that has the world's oil supply hanging in the balance.","World Is Not Enough, The (1999)",Action|Adventure|Thriller,3082
796,139134,Sarah Michelle Gellar|Ryan Phillippe|Reese Witherspoon|Selma Blair|Louise Fletcher,Roger Kumble,upper class|sexual obsession|sex|bet|sadistic,"Slaking a thirst for dangerous games, Kathryn challenges her stepbrother, Sebastian, to deflower their headmaster's daughter before the summer ends. If he succeeds, the prize is the chance to bed Kathryn. But if he loses, Kathryn will claim his most prized possession.",Cruel Intentions (1999),Drama,2541
2668,162661,Johnny Depp|Ian McDiarmid|Christina Ricci|Casper Van Dien|Michael Gough,Tim Burton,cut-off head|horseman|head,New York detective Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate a series of mysterious deaths in which the victims are found beheaded. But the locals believe the culprit to be none other than the ghost of the legendary Headless Horseman.,Sleepy Hollow (1999),Fantasy|Horror|Mystery|Romance,3081
37135,120855,Tony Goldwyn|Glenn Close|Minnie Driver|Brian Blessed|Nigel Hawthorne,Chris Buck|Kevin Lima,gorilla|baby|adoption|feral child|nest,"Tarzan was a small orphan who was raised by an ape named Kala since he was a child. He believed that this was his family, but on an expedition Jane Porter is rescued by Tarzan. He then finds out that he's human. Now Tarzan must make the decision as to which family he should belong to...",Tarzan (1999),Adventure|Animation|Children|Drama,2687
2105,163651,Jason Biggs|Chris Klein|Thomas Ian Nicholas|Alyson Hannigan|Shannon Elizabeth,Paul Weitz|Chris Weitz,graduation|innocence|coming of age|teenager|high school senior,"At a high-school party, four friends find that losing their collective virginity isn't as easy as they had thought. But they still believe that they need to do so before college. To motivate themselves, they enter a pact to all ""score."" by their senior prom.",American Pie (1999),Comedy|Romance,2706
1844,137494,Sean Connery|Catherine Zeta-Jones|Will Patton|Maury Chaykin|Ving Rhames,Jon Amiel,london|new year's eve|skyscraper|burglar|distrust,"Two thieves, who travel in elegant circles, try to outsmart each other and, in the process, end up falling in love.",Entrapment (1999),Crime|Thriller,2605
863,120363,Tom Hanks|Tim Allen|Kelsey Grammer|Joan Cusack|Don Rickles,John Lasseter|Lee Unkrich|Ash Brannon,museum|prosecution|identity crisis|airplane|flea market,During a garage sale Andy’s mother sells some of Andy’s old things including his favorite toy Woody to a collector. Buzz Lightyear and the other toys begin a reckless mission to save their friend. The sequel to the revolutionary computer animated feature film Toy Story.,Toy Story 2 (1999),Adventure|Animation|Children|Comedy|Fantasy,3114
4951,147800,Julia Stiles|Heath Ledger|Joseph Gordon-Levitt|Larisa Oleynik|Larry Miller,Gil Junger,sister|high school|cannabis|shakespeare adaptation|deception,"Bianca, a tenth grader, has never gone on a date, but she isn't allowed to go out with boys until her older sister Kat gets a boyfriend. The problem is, Kat rubs nearly everyone the wrong way. But Bianca and the guy she has her eye on, Joey, are eager, so Joey fixes Kat up with Patrick, a new kid in town just bitter enough for Kat.",10 Things I Hate About You (1999),Comedy|Romance,2572
509,125439,Julia Roberts|Hugh Grant|Gina McKee|Tim McInnerny|Rhys Ifans,Roger Michell,london|bookshop|birthday|new love|film maker,The British comedy from director Roger Michell tells the love story between a famous actress and a simple book seller from London. A look into the attempt for famous people to have a personal and private life and the ramifications that follow. Nominated for three Golden Globes in 2000.,Notting Hill (1999),Comedy|Romance,2671
817,145660,Mike Myers|Heather Graham|Michael York|Robert Wagner|Rob Lowe,Jay Roach,saving the world|moon|submarine|clone|spy,"When diabolical genius, Dr. Evil travels back in time to steal superspy Austin Powers's ‘mojo’, Austin must return to the swingin' '60s himself – with the help of American agent, Felicity Shagwell – to stop the dastardly plan. Once there, Austin faces off against Dr. Evil's army of minions and saves the world in his own unbelievably groovy way.",Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999),Action|Adventure|Comedy,2683
226,171804,Hilary Swank|Chloë Sevigny|Peter Sarsgaard|Brendan Sexton III|Alicia Goranson,Kimberly Peirce,rape|sex|identity|love|friends,"Female born, Teena Brandon adopts his male identity of Brandon Teena and attempts to find himself and love in Nebraska.",Boys Don't Cry (1999),Drama,2908
9008,140352,Al Pacino|Russell Crowe|Christopher Plummer|Diane Venora|Bruce McGill,Michael Mann,spy|newspaper|research|interview|tobacco,"Tells the true story of a 60 Minutes television series exposé of the tobacco industry, as seen through the eyes of a real tobacco executive, Jeffrey Wigand","Insider, The (1999)",Drama|Thriller,3006
926,177789,Tim Allen|Sigourney Weaver|Alan Rickman|Tony Shalhoub|Sam Rockwell,Dean Parisot,space battle|spaceship|spoof|fictional tv show,"Decades after the success of the sci-fi series ""Galaxy Quest,"" the show's washed-up stars -- Jason Nesmith, Gwen DeMarco and Alexander Dane -- are unwittingly recruited by actual aliens to pull off an intergalactic rescue mission.",Galaxy Quest (1999),Adventure|Comedy|Sci-Fi,3175
345,120663,Tom Cruise|Nicole Kidman|Madison Eginton|Jackie Sawiris|Sydney Pollack,Stanley Kubrick,life and death|sexual obsession|free love|heterosexual|christmas party,"After Dr. Bill Hartford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head.",Eyes Wide Shut (1999),Drama|Mystery|Thriller,2712
492,120601,John Cusack|Cameron Diaz|Catherine Keener|John Malkovich|Orson Bean,Spike Jonze,individual|transvestism|sexual identity|witch|identity,"Spike Jonze’s debut feature film is a love story mix of comedy and fantasy. The story is about an unsuccessful puppeteer named Craig, who one day at work finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for anybody who enters it’s mad and controlling world of overtaking another human body.",Being John Malkovich (1999),Comedy|Drama|Fantasy,2997
9535,122933,Robert De Niro|Billy Crystal|Lisa Kudrow|Chazz Palminteri|Joe Viterelli,Harold Ramis,new york|mafia boss|wedding|psychiatrist,"Countless wiseguy films are spoofed in this film that centers on the neuroses and angst of a powerful Mafia racketeer who suffers from panic attacks. When Paul Vitti needs help dealing with his role in the ""family,"" unlucky shrink Dr. Ben Sobel is given just days to resolve Vitti's emotional crisis and turn him into a happy, well-adjusted gangster.",Analyze This (1999),Comedy,2539
10137,164912,Michael J. Fox|Geena Davis|Hugh Laurie|Jonathan Lipnicki|Nathan Lane,Rob Minkoff,brother brother relationship|based on novel|cat|mouse|adoption,"The adventures of a heroic and debonair stalwart mouse named Stuart Little with human qualities, who faces some comic misadventures while searching for his lost bird friend and living with a human family as their child.",Stuart Little (1999),Children|Comedy|Fantasy,3157
9481,145681,Denzel Washington|Angelina Jolie|Queen Latifah|Michael Rooker|Michael McGlone,Phillip Noyce,paraplegic|investigation|psychopath,Rookie cop Amelia Donaghy reluctantly teams with Lincoln Rhyme -- formerly the department's top homicide detective but now paralyzed as a result of a spinal injury -- to catch a grisly serial killer dubbed The Bone Collector. The murderer's special signature is to leave tantalizing clues based on the grim remains of his crimes.,"Bone Collector, The (1999)",Thriller,3005
8487,120891,Will Smith|Kevin Kline|Kenneth Branagh|Salma Hayek|M. Emmet Walsh,Barry Sonnenfeld,steampunk|based on tv series|steam locomotive|drag,Legless Southern inventor Dr. Arliss Loveless plans to rekindle the Civil War by assassinating President U.S. Grant. Only two men can stop him: gunfighter James West and master-of-disguise and inventor Artemus Gordon. The two must team up to thwart Loveless' plans.,Wild Wild West (1999),Action|Comedy|Sci-Fi|Western,2701
1911,120657,Antonio Banderas|Vladimir Kulich|Dennis Storhøi|Daniel Southern|Clive Russell,John McTiernan,witch|cave|arabian|scandinavia|bagdad,"In AD 922, Arab courtier, Ahmad Ibn Fadlan accompanies a party of Vikings to the barbaric North to combat a terror that slaughters Vikings and devours their flesh.","13th Warrior, The (1999)",Action|Adventure|Fantasy,2826
9946,146675,Arnold Schwarzenegger|Gabriel Byrne|Kevin Pollak|Robin Tunney|CCH Pounder,Peter Hyams,christianity|sex|new year's eve|pastor|nudity,"On December 28th, 1999, the citizens of New York City are getting ready for the turn of the millennium. However, the Devil decides to crash the party by coming to the city, inhabiting a man's body, and searching for his chosen bride, a 20-year-old woman named Christine York. The world will end, and the only hope lies within an atheist called Jericho Cane.",End of Days (1999),Action|Fantasy|Horror|Mystery|Thriller,3113
1715,124315,Tobey Maguire|Charlize Theron|Delroy Lindo|Paul Rudd|Michael Caine,Lasse Hallström,cigarette smoking|african american|incest|drug overdose|war injury,"Homer is an orphan who was never adopted, becoming the favorite of orphanage director Dr. Larch. Dr. Larch imparts his full medical knowledge on Homer, who becomes a skilled, albeit unlicensed, physician. But Homer yearns for a self-chosen life outside the orphanage. What will Homer learn about life and love in the cider house? What of the destiny that Dr. Larch has planned for him?","Cider House Rules, The (1999)",Drama,3148
10386,129167,Jennifer Aniston|Harry Connick Jr.|Vin Diesel|Cloris Leachman|James Gammon,Brad Bird,cold war|friendship|giant robot|fear of unknown,"A giant metal machine falls to Earth and frightens the residents of a small town in Maine in 1958, until it befriends a nine-year-old boy named Hogarth and ultimately finds its humanity by unselfishly saving people from their own fears and prejudices.","Iron Giant, The (1999)",Adventure|Animation|Children|Drama|Sci-Fi,2761
8914,149261,Thomas Jane|Saffron Burrows|LL Cool J|Michael Rapaport|Samuel L. Jackson,Renny Harlin,shark attack|shark|alzheimer's disease|killer shark|no opening credits,"On a remote former submarine refueling facility called Aquatica, a team of scientists are searching for a cure for Alzheimer's disease. Dr. Susan McAlester genetically engineers three Mako sharks, intending to increase their brain capacity so that they can harvest the tissue as a cure for Alzheimer's. Unfortunately, the increased brain capacity also makes the sharks smarter, faster, and more dangerous. Aquatica's financial backers are skeptical and nervous about the tests, and send a corporate executive to visit the facility.",Deep Blue Sea (1999),Action|Horror|Sci-Fi|Thriller,2722
9473,158983,Trey Parker|Matt Stone|Mary Kay Bergman|Isaac Hayes|George Clooney,Trey Parker,gay|mount rushmore national memorial|swear word|mephisto|hell,"When the four boys see an R-rated movie featuring Canadians Terrance and Philip, they are pronounced ""corrupted"", and their parents pressure the United States to wage war against Canada.","South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut (1999)",Animation|Comedy|Musical,2700
2112,120784,Mel Gibson|Kris Kristofferson|Gregg Henry|Maria Bello|David Paymer,Paul Abascal|Brian Helgeland,new york|heroin|money|criminal,"With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's the question bad guy Porter is left asking after his wife and partner steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think. Five months and an endless reservoir of bitterness later, Porter's partners and the crooked cops on his tail learn how bad payback can be.",Payback (1999),Action|Thriller,2490
4806,163187,Julia Roberts|Richard Gere|Joan Cusack|Rita Wilson|Héctor Elizondo,Garry Marshall,small town|self-discovery|just married|reporter|wedding,"Ike Graham, New York columnist, writes his text always at the last minute. This time, a drunken man in his favourite bar tells Ike about Maggie Carpenter, a woman who always flees from her grooms in the last possible moment. Ike, who does not have the best opinion about females anyway, writes an offensive column without researching the subject thoroughly.",Runaway Bride (1999),Comedy|Romance,2724
10314,160862,Freddie Prinze Jr.|Rachael Leigh Cook|Matthew Lillard|Paul Walker|Jodi Lyn O'Keefe,Robert Iscove,tv star|jeep|volleyball|stand-up|misfit,"High school hotshot Zach Siler is the envy of his peers. But his popularity declines sharply when his cheerleader girlfriend, Taylor, leaves him for sleazy reality-television star Brock Hudson. Desperate to revive his fading reputation, Siler agrees to a seemingly impossible challenge. He has six weeks to gain the trust of nerdy outcast Laney Boggs -- and help her to become the school's next prom queen.",She's All That (1999),Comedy|Romance,2485
10398,150377,Tommy Lee Jones|Ashley Judd|Bruce Greenwood|Annabeth Gish|Benjamin Weir,Bruce Beresford,prison|sailboat|sailing trip|women's prison|murder hunt,"A woman framed for her husband's murder suspects he is still alive; as she has already been tried for the crime, she can't be re-prosecuted if she finds and kills him.",Double Jeopardy (1999),Action|Crime|Drama|Thriller,2881
8374,144117,Willem Dafoe|Norman Reedus|Sean Patrick Flanery|David Della Rocco|David Ferry,Troy Duffy,arbitrary law|boston|twin brother|russian mafia|prologue,"With a God-inspired moral obligation to act against evil, twin brothers Conner and Murphy set out to rid Boston of criminals. However, rather than working within the system, these Irish Americans decide to take swift retribution into their own hands.","Boondock Saints, The (2000)",Action|Crime|Drama|Thriller,3275
1542,151804,Ron Livingston|Jennifer Aniston|David Herman|Ajay Naidu|Diedrich Bader,Mike Judge,suburbia|tow truck|downsizing|rap music|software engineer,Three office workers strike back at their evil employers by hatching a hapless attempt to embezzle money.,Office Space (1999),Comedy|Crime,2502
1443,159097,James Woods|Kathleen Turner|Kirsten Dunst|Josh Hartnett|A.J. Cook,Sofia Coppola,michigan|1970s|youth|family|woman director,"A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents.","Virgin Suicides, The (1999)",Drama|Romance,3556
2277,182789,Robin Williams|Sam Neill|Embeth Davidtz|Oliver Platt|Kiersten Warren,Chris Columbus,android|hologram|freedom|futuristic|robot,"Richard Martin buys a gift, a new NDR-114 robot. The product is named Andrew by the youngest of the family's children. ""Bicentennial Man"" follows the life and times of Andrew, a robot purchased as a household appliance programmed to perform menial tasks. As Andrew begins to experience emotions and creative thought, the Martin family soon discovers they don't have an ordinary robot.",Bicentennial Man (1999),Drama|Romance|Sci-Fi,3156
2667,185937,Heather Donahue|Michael C. Williams|Joshua Leonard|Bob Griffith|Jim King,Daniel Myrick|Eduardo Sánchez,witch|voodoo|legend|sorcery|maryland,"In October of 1994 three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary. A year later their footage was found.","Blair Witch Project, The (1999)",Drama|Horror|Thriller,2710
622,142688,Johnny Depp|Frank Langella|Lena Olin|Emmanuelle Seigner|Barbara Jefford,Roman Polanski,new york|obsession|passion for collection|southern france|mephisto,"An all-expenses-paid international search for a rare copy of The Nine Gates of the Shadow Kingdom brings an unscrupulous book dealer deep into a world of murder, double-dealing and satanic worship.","Ninth Gate, The (1999)",Fantasy|Horror|Mystery|Thriller,3355
10400,174856,Denzel Washington|Vicellous Reon Shannon|Deborah Kara Unger|Liev Schreiber|John Hannah,Norman Jewison,prison|boxer|boxing match|boxing school|biography,"The story of Rubin ""Hurricane"" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.","Hurricane, The (1999)",Drama,3178
1090,139809,Craig Bierko|Armin Mueller-Stahl|Gretchen Mol|Vincent D'Onofrio|Dennis Haysbert,Josef Rusnak,artificial intelligence|simulation|computer program|virtual reality|dystopia,"Computer scientist Hannon Fuller has discovered something extremely important. He's about to tell the discovery to his colleague, Douglas Hall, but knowing someone is after him, the old man leaves a letter in his computer generated parallel world that's just like the 30's with seemingly real people with real emotions.","Thirteenth Floor, The (1999)",Drama|Sci-Fi|Thriller,2672
9032,142342,Adam Sandler|Joey Lauren Adams|Kristy Swanson|Cole Sprouse|Jon Stewart,Dennis Dugan,bachelor|law|vomit|syracuse university|law school,"A lazy law school grad adopts a kid to impress his girlfriend, but everything doesn't go as planned and he becomes the unlikely foster father.",Big Daddy (1999),Comedy,2694
8224,134273,Nicolas Cage|Joaquin Phoenix|James Gandolfini|Chris Bauer|Anthony Heald,Joel Schumacher,pornography|porn actor|loss of daughter|child pornography|private investigator,"A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, he relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to determine the fate of a complete stranger. As his work turns into obsession, he drifts farther and farther away from his wife, family and simple life as a small-town PI.",8MM (1999),Drama|Mystery|Thriller,2505
1832,120655,Ben Affleck|Matt Damon|Linda Fiorentino|Jason Mewes|Chris Rock,Kevin Smith,angel|wisconsin|church service|church|aftercreditsstinger,"The latest battle in the eternal war between Good and Evil has come to New Jersey in the late, late 20th Century. Angels, demons, apostles and prophets (of a sort) walk among the cynics and innocents of America and duke it out for the fate of humankind.",Dogma (1999),Adventure|Comedy|Fantasy,3052
3558,172493,Winona Ryder|Angelina Jolie|Clea DuVall|Brittany Murphy|Elisabeth Moss,James Mangold,based on novel|suicide attempt|puberty|biography|borderline personality disorder,"Set in the changing world of the late 1960's, Susanna Kaysen's prescribed ""short rest"" from a psychiatrist she had met only once becomes a strange, unknown journey into Alice's Wonderland, where she struggles with the thin line between normal and crazy. Susanna soon realizes how hard it is to get out once she has been committed, and she ultimately has to choose between the world of people who belong inside or the difficult world of reality outside.","Girl, Interrupted (1999)",Drama,3186
11618,171363,Liam Neeson|Catherine Zeta-Jones|Owen Wilson|Lili Taylor|Bruce Dern,Jan de Bont,trauma|castle|haunted house|insomnia|bone,"Dr. David Marrow invites Nell Vance, and Theo and Luke Sanderson to the eerie and isolated Hill House to be subjects for a sleep disorder study. The unfortunate guests discover that Marrow is far more interested in the sinister mansion itself – and they soon see the true nature of its horror.","Haunting, The (1999)",Horror|Thriller,2719
11622,124298,Brendan Fraser|Alicia Silverstone|Christopher Walken|Sissy Spacek|Nathan Fillion,Hugh Wilson,isolation|atomic bomb|bunker|fallout shelter,"Following a bomb scare in the 1960s that locked the Webers into their bomb shelter for 35 years, Adam now ventures forth into Los Angeles to obtain food and supplies for his family, and a non-mutant wife for himself.",Blast from the Past (1999),Comedy|Romance,2496
11374,131369,Matthew McConaughey|Woody Harrelson|Sally Kirkland|Jenna Elfman|Martin Landau,Ron Howard,tv show|tv station|simulated reality |reality tv|tv star,Video store clerk Ed agrees to have his life filmed by a camera crew for a tv network.,EDtv (1999),Comedy,2567
2275,144214,John Travolta|Madeleine Stowe|James Cromwell|Timothy Hutton|Leslie Stefanson,Simon West,suicide|detective|based on novel|bondage|general,"When the body of Army Capt. Elizabeth Campbell is found on a Georgia military base, two investigators, Warrant Officers Paul Brenner and Sara Sunhill, are ordered to solve her murder. What they uncover is anything but clear-cut. Unseemly details emerge about Campbell's life, leading to allegations of a possible military coverup of her death and the involvement of her father, Lt. Gen. Joseph Campbell.","General's Daughter, The (1999)",Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller,2688
10307,145531,Patricia Arquette|Gabriel Byrne|Jonathan Pryce|Nia Long|Thomas Kopache,Rupert Wainwright,vatican|miracle|christian|faith|clergyman,"A young woman with no strong religious beliefs, Frankie Paige begins having strange and violent experiences, showing signs of the wounds that Jesus received when crucified. When the Vatican gets word of Frankie's situation, a high-ranking cardinal requests that the Rev. Andrew Kiernan investigate her case. Soon Kiernan realizes that very sinister forces are at work, and tries to rescue Frankie from the entity that is plaguing her.",Stigmata (1999),Drama|Thriller,2840
11601,164181,Kevin Bacon|Zachary David Cope|Kathryn Erbe|Illeana Douglas|Kevin Dunn,David Koepp,hypnosis|murder|suspense,"After being hypnotized by his sister in law, Tom Witzky begins seeing haunting visions of a girl's ghost and a mystery begins to unfold around her.",Stir of Echoes (1999),Horror|Mystery|Thriller,2841
9451,126886,Matthew Broderick|Reese Witherspoon|Chris Klein|Jessica Campbell|Mark Harelik,Alexander Payne,alcohol|sex|jealousy|baby|infidelity,A high school teacher's personal life becomes complicated as he works with students during the school elections.,Election (1999),Comedy,2599
332,141369,Matthew Broderick|Rupert Everett|Joely Fisher|Michelle Trachtenberg|Andy Dick,David Kellogg,gadget,"John Brown is a bumbling but well-intentioned security guard who is badly injured in an explosion planned by an evil mastermind. He is taken to a laboratory, where Brenda, a leading robotics surgeon, replaces his damaged limbs with state-of-the-art gadgets and tools. Named ""Inspector Gadget"" by the press, John -- along with his niece, Penny, and her trusty dog, Brain -- uses his new powers to discover who was behind the explosion.",Inspector Gadget (1999),Action|Adventure|Children|Comedy,2720
334,175880,Julianne Moore|William H. Macy|John C. Reilly|Tom Cruise|Philip Baker Hall,Paul Thomas Anderson,farewell|regret|parents kids relationship|suicide attempt|becoming an adult,"An epic mosaic of many interrelated characters in search of happiness, forgiveness, and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.",Magnolia (1999),Drama,3160
2020,120596,Chris O'Donnell|Renée Zellweger|Artie Lange|Hal Holbrook|Ed Asner,Gary Sinyor,san francisco|bachelor|inheritance|wedding,"Jimmie is seeing his single friends get married one by one. He isn't too worried until his girlfriend Anne catches the bouquet at his friend Marco's wedding. Suddenly, his wild mustang days are numbered. He finally decides to propose to her, but he sticks his foot in his mouth and botches the proposal. Being insulted by the defeatist proposal, Anne leaves town on an assignment. After she's gone, he finds out that his recently-deceased grandfather's will stipulates that he gets nothing of a multi-million dollar fortune unless he's married by 6:05pm on his 30th birthday: tomorrow! Not being able to find Anne, Jimmie begins backtracking through his past girlfriends to find a wife.","Bachelor, The (1999)",Comedy|Romance,3004
1213,134119,Matt Damon|Gwyneth Paltrow|Jude Law|Cate Blanchett|Philip Seymour Hoffman,Anthony Minghella,venice|italy|gay|new york|lovesickness,"Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie. Ripley worms his way into the idyllic lives of Dickie and his girlfriend, plunging into a daring scheme of duplicity, lies and murder.","Talented Mr. Ripley, The (1999)",Drama|Mystery|Thriller,3176
9825,139414,Bill Pullman|Bridget Fonda|Oliver Platt|Brendan Gleeson|Betty White,Steve Miner,diving|sheriff|lake|crocodile|deputy,"When a man is eaten alive by an unknown creature, the local Game Warden teams up with a paleontologist from New York to find the beast. Add to the mix an eccentric philanthropist with a penchant for ""Crocs"", and here we go! This quiet, remote lake is suddenly the focus of an intense search for a crocodile with a taste for live animals...and people!",Lake Placid (1999),Horror|Thriller,2713
9781,165710,Giuseppe Andrews|James DeBello|Edward Furlong|Sam Huntington|Lin Shaye,Adam Rifkin,parents kids relationship|kiss|music|independent film|youth,"In 1978, a Kiss concert was an epoch-making event. For the three teen fans in Detroit Rock City getting tickets to the sold-out show becomes the focal point of their existence. They'll do anything for tickets -- compete in a strip club's amateur-night contest, take on religious protesters, even rob a convenience store!",Detroit Rock City (1999),Comedy,2772
9824,132347,Hank Azaria|Janeane Garofalo|William H. Macy|Kel Mitchell|Jenifer Lewis,Kinka Usher,bowling|hostage|sphinx|training|insane asylum,"When Captain Amazing (Kinnear) is kidnapped by Casanova Frankenstein (Rush) a group of superheroes combine together to create a plan. But these aren't normal superheroes. Now, the group who include such heroes as Mr. Furious (Stiller), The Shoveller (Macy) and The Blue Raja (Azaria) must put all the powers together to save everyone they know and love.",Mystery Men (1999),Action|Comedy|Fantasy,2723
4816,165798,Forest Whitaker|Cliff Gorman|Tricia Vessey|Henry Silva|Victor Argo,Jim Jarmusch,deportation|hitman|mission of murder|book|code,An African American mafia hit man who models himself after the samurai of old finds himself targeted for death by the mob.,Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999),Crime|Drama,3328
49948,120910,Steve Martin|Quincy Jones|Bette Midler|James Earl Jones|Penn Jillette,Paul Brizzi|Hendel Butoy|Francis Glebas|Eric Goldberg|Don Hahn|Pixote Hunt|James Algar|Gaëtan Brizzi,orchestra|mickey mouse|whale|music|animation,An update of the original film with new interpretations of great works of classical music.,Fantasia 2000 (1999),Animation|Children|Musical|IMAX,3159
9430,139239,Sarah Polley|Katie Holmes|Jay Mohr|Timothy Olyphant|William Fichtner,Doug Liman,ecstasy|drug dealing|drug|reference to family circus|high,"Told from three perspectives, a story of a bunch of young Californians trying to get some cash, do and deal some drugs, score money and sex in Las Vegas, and generally experience the rush of life.",Go (1999),Comedy|Crime,2580
11355,151738,Drew Barrymore|David Arquette|Michael Vartan|Molly Shannon|Jenny Bicks,Raja Gosnell,chicago|journalist|newspaper|undercover|entrapment,"Josie Geller, a baby-faced junior copywriter at the Chicago Sun-Times, must pose as a student at her former high school to research contemporary teenage culture. With the help of her brother, Rob, Josie infiltrates the inner circle of the most popular clique on campus. But she hits a major snag in her investigation -- not to mention her own failed love life -- when she falls for her dreamy English teacher, Sam Coulson.",Never Been Kissed (1999),Comedy|Romance,2581
13466,132477,Jake Gyllenhaal|Chris Cooper|Laura Dern|Chris Owen|William Lee Scott,Joe Johnston,satellite|biography|rocket|coal mine|sputnik,"Based on the true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes, and eventually became a NASA scientist.",October Sky (1999),Drama,2501
6415,120188,George Clooney|Mark Wahlberg|Ice Cube|Spike Jonze|Cliff Curtis,David O. Russell,gold|gulf war|three kings|iraq|kuwait,"A group of American soldiers stationed in Iraq at the end of the Gulf War find a map they believe will take them to a huge cache of stolen Kuwaiti gold hidden near their base, and they embark on a secret mission that's destined to change everything.",Three Kings (1999),Action|Adventure|Comedy|Drama|War,2890
1850,125664,Jim Carrey|Courtney Love|Bob Zmuda|Danny DeVito|Gerry Becker,Miloš Forman,show business|comedian|wrestling,"A film about the life and career of the eccentric avant-garde comedian, Andy Kaufman.",Man on the Moon (1999),Comedy|Drama,3174
11377,185371,Geoffrey Rush|Famke Janssen|Taye Diggs|Peter Gallagher|Chris Kattan,William Malone,lunatic asylum|aftercreditsstinger,"A remake of the 1959 film of the same name. A millionaire offers a group of diverse people $1,000,000 to spend the night in a haunted house with a horrifying past.",House on Haunted Hill (1999),Horror|Thriller,2995
913,155267,Pierce Brosnan|Rene Russo|Denis Leary|Ben Gazzara|Frankie Faison,John McTiernan,martinique|claude monet|famous painting|glider|insurance agent,"A very rich and successful playboy amuses himself by stealing artwork, but may have met his match in a seductive detective.","Thomas Crown Affair, The (1999)",Action|Mystery,2763
1946,120907,Jennifer Jason Leigh|Jude Law|Ian Holm|Willem Dafoe|Don McKellar,David Cronenberg,video game|hacker|bodyguard|pop star|virtual reality,A game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been damaged.,eXistenZ (1999),Action|Sci-Fi|Thriller,2600
1073,137363,Jeff Bridges|Tim Robbins|Joan Cusack|Hope Davis|Robert Gossett,Mark Pellington,bomb|terrorist|fbi|professor|paranoia,Threats from sinister foreign nationals aren't the only thing to fear. Bedraggled college professor Michael Faraday has been vexed (and increasingly paranoid) since his wife's accidental death in a botched FBI operation. But all that takes a backseat when a seemingly all-American couple set up house next door.,Arlington Road (1999),Thriller,2707
10154,130121,Hugh Grant|James Caan|Jeanne Tripplehorn|Burt Young|James Fox,Kelly Makin,new york|marriage proposal|fbi|mafia boss|mafia,"An English auctioneer proposes to the daughter of a mafia kingpin, only to realize that certain ""favors"" would be asked of him.",Mickey Blue Eyes (1999),Comedy|Romance,2805
12596,120797,John Cusack|Billy Bob Thornton|Cate Blanchett|Angelina Jolie|Gene Dinovi,Mike Newell,competition|airport|air controller|adversary,"Two air traffic controllers (John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton) who thrive on living dangerously compete to outdo each other on several levels.",Pushing Tin (1999),Comedy,2598
2900,138304,Johnny Depp|Charlize Theron|Joe Morton|Clea DuVall|Nick Cassavetes,Rand Ravich,wife husband relationship|space travel|space|mission|pregnancy,"When astronaut Spencer Armacost returns to Earth after a mission that nearly cost him his life, he decides to take a desk job in order to see his beautiful wife, Jillian, more often. Gradually, Jillian notices that Spencer's personality seems to have changed, but her concerns fade when she discovers that she's pregnant. As Jillian grows closer to becoming a mother, her suspicions about Spencer return. Why does it seem as if he's a different person?","Astronaut's Wife, The (1999)",Horror|Sci-Fi|Thriller,2827
10210,140379,Kevin Kline|Michelle Pfeiffer|Rupert Everett|Stanley Tucci|Calista Flockhart,Michael Hoffman,fairy|lover|promise|shakespeare adaptation|luck,"Shakespeare's comedy about two couples in love with the wrong partners, and how they are finally brought together rightly, thanks in part to the bungling work of Puck. It is completely in the language of the Bard, with Pfeiffer as the Fairy Queen and Kline as the one turned into her evening's lover with donkey ears.",William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999),Comedy|Fantasy,2622
10388,165854,Terence Stamp|Lesley Ann Warren|Luis Guzmán|Barry Newman|Joe Dallesandro,Steven Soderbergh,prison|release from prison|record producer|daughter|loss,"The Limey follows Wilson (Terence Stamp), a tough English ex-con who travels to Los Angeles to avenge his daughter's death. Upon arrival, Wilson goes to task battling Valentine (Peter Fonda) and an army of L.A.'s toughest criminals, hoping to find clues and piece together what happened. After surviving a near-death beating, getting thrown from a building and being chased down a dangerous mountain road, the Englishman decides to dole out some bodily harm of his own.","Limey, The (1999)",Crime|Drama|Thriller,2912
404,166896,Richard Farnsworth|Sissy Spacek|Jane Galloway Heitz|Joseph A. Carpenter|Donald Wiegert,David Lynch,individual|brother brother relationship|mississippi|cemetery|wisconsin,"""The Straight Story"" chronicles a trip made by 73-year-old Alvin Straight from Laurens, Iowa, to Mt. Zion, Wisconsin, in 1994 while riding a lawn mower. The man undertook his strange journey to mend his relationship with his ill, estranged, 75-year-old brother Lyle.","Straight Story, The (1999)",Adventure|Drama,2966
10402,205000,Rob Schneider|William Forsythe|Eddie Griffin|Arija Bareikis|Oded Fehr,Mike Mitchell,fish|aquarium|carnival|house|callboy,"Deuce Bigalow is a less than attractive, down on his luck aquarium cleaner. One day he wrecks the house of a gigolo and needs quick money to repair it. The only way he can make it is to become a gigolo himself, taking on an unusual mix of female clients. He encounters a couple of problems, though. He falls in love with one of his unusual clients, and a sleazy police officer is hot on his trail.",Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999),Comedy,3146
6552,138510,Devon Sawa|Seth Green|Jessica Alba|Vivica A. Fox|Christopher Hart,Rodman Flender|Christian P. Della Penna,attic|knitting needle|noise complaint|crawling hand|angel costume,"Anton is a cheerful but exceedingly non-ambitious 17-year-old stoner who lives to stay buzzed, watch TV, and moon over Molly, the beautiful girl who lives next door. However, it turns out that the old cliché about idle hands being the devil's playground has a kernel of truth after all.",Idle Hands (1999),Comedy|Horror,2606
9563,146838,Al Pacino|Cameron Diaz|Dennis Quaid|James Woods|Jamie Foxx,Oliver Stone,american football|trainer|training|american football coach|sport,A star quarterback gets knocked out of the game and an unknown third stringer is called in to replace him. The unknown gives a stunning performance and forces the aging coach to reevaluate his game plans and life. A new co-owner/president adds to the pressure of winning. The new owner must prove her self in a male dominated world.,Any Given Sunday (1999),Drama,3173
11353,131325,Steve Martin|Eddie Murphy|Heather Graham|Christine Baranski|Jamie Kennedy,Frank Oz,film producer|film director|movie studio|hollywood|filmmaking,"On the verge of bankruptcy and desperate for his big break, aspiring filmmaker Bobby Bowfinger concocts a crazy plan to make his ultimate dream movie. Rallying a ragtag team that includes a starry-eyed ingenue, a has-been diva and a film studio gofer, he sets out to shoot a blockbuster featuring the biggest star in Hollywood, Kit Ramsey -- only without letting Ramsey know he's in the picture.",Bowfinger (1999),Comedy,2770
10279,162677,John Leguizamo|Adrien Brody|Mira Sorvino|Jennifer Esposito|Anthony LaPaglia,Spike Lee,distrust|intolerance|punk rock|italian american|summer,"Spike Lee's take on the ""Son of Sam"" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American South Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.",Summer of Sam (1999),Drama,2702
14709,139699,James Van Der Beek|Amy Smart|Jon Voight|Paul Walker|Ron Lester,Brian Robbins,american football|small town|texas|cheerleader|sport,"In small-town Texas, high school football is a religion, 17-year-old schoolboys carry the hopes of an entire community onto the gridiron every Friday night. When star quarterback Lance Harbor suffers an injury, the Coyotes are forced to regroup under the questionable leadership of John Moxon, a second-string quarterback with a slightly irreverent approach to the game.",Varsity Blues (1999),Comedy|Drama,2447
10490,157503,Kirsten Dunst|Ellen Barkin|Denise Richards|Amy Adams|Kirstie Alley,Michael Patrick Jann,minnesota|mother role|beauty contest|girl from the province|hicktown,"In a small Minnesota town, the annual beauty pageant is being covered by a TV crew. Former winner Gladys Leeman wants to make sure her daughter follows in her footsteps; explosions, falling lights, and trailer fires prove that. As the Leemans are the richest family in town, the police are pretty relaxed about it all. Despite everything, main rival (but sweet) Amber Atkins won't give up without a fight.",Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999),Comedy,2718
9465,126250,Glenn Close|Julianne Moore|Liv Tyler|Patricia Neal|Chris O'Donnell,Robert Altman,suicide|mississippi|small town|suspicion of murder|theatre milieu,Conflict arises in the small town of Holly Springs when an old woman's death causes a variety of reactions among family and friends.,Cookie's Fortune (1999),Comedy|Drama,2583
10047,151137,Milla Jovovich|Dustin Hoffman|Faye Dunaway|John Malkovich|Vincent Cassel,Luc Besson,schizophrenia|france|rape|siege|biography,In 1429 a teenage girl from a remote French village stood before her King with a message she claimed came from God; that she would defeat the world's greatest army and liberate her country from its political and religious turmoil. Following her mission to reclaim god's dimished kingdom - through her amazing victories until her violent and untimely death.,"Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc, The (1999)",Drama|War,3053
120,120737,Elijah Wood|Ian McKellen|Viggo Mortensen|Liv Tyler|Orlando Bloom,Peter Jackson,elves|dwarves|orcs|middle-earth (tolkien)|hobbits,"Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the hands of its evil creator. Along the way, a fellowship is formed to protect the ringbearer and make sure that the ring arrives at its final destination: Mt. Doom, the only place where it can be destroyed.","Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001)",Adventure|Fantasy,4993
671,241527,Daniel Radcliffe|Rupert Grint|Emma Watson|John Cleese|Robbie Coltrane,Chris Columbus,witch|christmas party|magic|cutting the cord|halloween,"Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard -- with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As he learns to harness his newfound powers with the help of the school's kindly headmaster, Harry uncovers the truth about his parents' deaths -- and about the villain who's to blame.",Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (a.k.a. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone) (2001),Adventure|Children|Fantasy,4896
1018,166924,Naomi Watts|Laura Harring|Ann Miller|Dan Hedaya|Justin Theroux,David Lynch,schizophrenia|identity|amnesia|loss of sense of reality|suppressed past,"After a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesic, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.",Mulholland Drive (2001),Crime|Drama|Film-Noir|Mystery|Thriller,4848
141,246578,Jake Gyllenhaal|Patrick Swayze|Drew Barrymore|Maggie Gyllenhaal|Holmes Osborne,Richard Kelly,parents kids relationship|airplane|time travel|school presentation|school performance,"After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.",Donnie Darko (2001),Drama|Mystery|Sci-Fi|Thriller,4878
585,198781,John Goodman|Billy Crystal|Mary Gibbs|Steve Buscemi|James Coburn,Lee Unkrich|David Silverman|Pete Docter,monster|infant|energy supply|company|rival,"James Sullivan and Mike Wazowski are monsters, they earn their living scaring children and are the best in the business... even though they're more afraid of the children than they are of them. When a child accidentally enters their world, James and Mike suddenly find that kids are not to be afraid of and they uncover a conspiracy that could threaten all children across the world.","Monsters, Inc. (2001)",Adventure|Animation|Children|Comedy|Fantasy,4886
644,212720,Haley Joel Osment|Frances O'Connor|Sam Robards|Jake Thomas|Jude Law,Steven Spielberg,ocean|artificial intelligence|prophecy|android|loss of mother,"11-year-old David, the first android with human feelings, is adopted by the Swinton family to test his ability to function. However, before his 'testing' is complete, he leaves on an odyssey to understand the secret to his existence and be more human.",A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001),Adventure|Drama|Sci-Fi,4370
808,126029,Mike Myers|Eddie Murphy|Cameron Diaz|John Lithgow|Vincent Cassel,Andrew Adamson|Vicky Jenson,liberation|lordship|castle|magic mirror|robin hood,"It ain't easy bein' green -- especially if you're a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a mission to retrieve a gorgeous princess from the clutches of a fire-breathing dragon, Shrek teams up with an unlikely compatriot -- a wisecracking donkey.",Shrek (2001),Adventure|Animation|Children|Comedy|Fantasy|Romance,4306
634,243155,Renée Zellweger|Colin Firth|Hugh Grant|Gemma Jones|Jim Broadbent,Sharon Maguire,holiday|london|england|alcohol|sex,Bridget Jones’s Diary is a romantic love story comedy from the best selling novel of the same name by Helen Fielding. A chaotic Jones meets a snobbish lawyer named Mark and soon he enters into her world of imperfections.,Bridget Jones's Diary (2001),Comedy|Drama|Romance,4246
161,240772,George Clooney|Brad Pitt|Matt Damon|Andy García|Julia Roberts,Steven Soderbergh,prison|pickpocket|strip club|con artist|atlantic city,"Less than 24 hours into his parole, charismatic thief Danny Ocean is already rolling out his next plan: In one night, Danny's hand-picked crew of specialists will attempt to steal more than $150 million from three Las Vegas casinos. But to score the cash, Danny risks his chances of reconciling with ex-wife, Tess.",Ocean's Eleven (2001),Crime|Thriller,4963
676,213149,Ben Affleck|Josh Hartnett|Kate Beckinsale|Cuba Gooding Jr.|Jon Voight,Michael Bay,nurse|patriotism|hawaii|world war ii|pilot,"The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter pilots become entangled in a love triangle with beautiful Naval nurse Evelyn Johnson. But the rivalry between the friends-turned-foes is immediately put on hold when they find themselves at the center of Japan's devastating attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.",Pearl Harbor (2001),Action|Drama|Romance|War,4310
1734,209163,Brendan Fraser|Rachel Weisz|John Hannah|Arnold Vosloo|Oded Fehr,Stephen Sommers,son|ancient egypt|bracelet,"Rick and Evelyn O'Connell, along with their 8 year old son Alex, discover the key to the legendary Scorpion King's might, the fabled Bracelet of Anubis. Unfortunately, a newly resurrected Imhotep has designs on the bracelet as well, and isn't above kidnapping its new bearer, Alex, to gain control of Anubis' otherworldly army.","Mummy Returns, The (2001)",Action|Adventure|Comedy|Thriller,4270
10865,230011,Michael J. Fox|Corey Burton|Claudia Christian|James Garner|John Mahoney,Gary Trousdale|Kirk Wise,sea|atlantis|animation|underwater|sea monster,"The world's most highly qualified crew of archaeologists and explorers is led by historian Milo Thatch as they board the incredible 1,000-foot submarine Ulysses and head deep into the mysteries of the sea.",Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001),Adventure|Animation|Children|Fantasy,4366
1995,146316,Angelina Jolie|Jon Voight|Iain Glen|Noah Taylor|Daniel Craig,Simon West,treasure|buddhist monk|planetary configuration|angkor wat|illuminati,"English aristocrat Lara Croft is skilled in hand-to-hand combat and in the middle of a battle with a secret society. The shapely archaeologist moonlights as a tomb raider to recover lost antiquities and meets her match in the evil Powell, who's in search of a powerful relic.",Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001),Action|Adventure,4367
453,268978,Russell Crowe|Ed Harris|Jennifer Connelly|Christopher Plummer|Paul Bettany,Ron Howard,individual|schizophrenia|massachusetts|love of one's life|intelligence,"At Princeton University, John Nash struggles to make a worthwhile contribution to serve as his legacy to the world of mathematics. He finally makes a revolutionary breakthrough that will eventually earn him the Nobel Prize. After graduate school he turns to teaching, becoming romantically involved with his student Alicia. Meanwhile the government asks his help with breaking Soviet codes, which soon gets him involved in a terrifying conspiracy plot. Nash grows more and more paranoid until a discovery that turns his entire world upside down. Now it is only with Alicia's help that he will be able to recover his mental strength and regain his status as the great mathematician we know him as today..","Beautiful Mind, A (2001)",Drama|Romance,4995
2770,252866,Jason Biggs|Thomas Ian Nicholas|Chris Klein|Seann William Scott|Eddie Kaye Thomas,J.B. Rogers,sex|party|summer|beach house|group of friends,"The whole gang are back and as close as ever. They decide to get even closer by spending the summer together at a beach house. They decide to hold the biggest party ever to be seen, even if the preparation doesn't always go to plan. Especially when Stifler, Finch and Jim become more close to each other than they ever want to be and when Jim mistakes super glue for lubricant...",American Pie 2 (2001),Comedy,4718
9880,247638,Anne Hathaway|Julie Andrews|Heather Matarazzo|Robert Schwartzman|Héctor Elizondo,Garry Marshall,heir to the throne|grandmother granddaughter relationship|high school|princess|royalty,"A socially awkward but very bright 15-year-old girl being raised by a single mom discovers that she is the princess of a small European country because of the recent death of her long-absent father, who, unknown to her, was the crown prince of Genovia. She must make a choice between continuing the life of a San Francisco teen or stepping up to the throne.","Princess Diaries, The (2001)",Children|Comedy|Romance,4700
824,203009,Nicole Kidman|Ewan McGregor|John Leguizamo|Jim Broadbent|Richard Roxburgh,Baz Luhrmann,duke|musical|writer's block|terminal illness|writer,"A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge, begins a passionate affair with the club's most notorious and beautiful star.",Moulin Rouge (2001),Drama|Musical|Romance,4308
869,133152,Mark Wahlberg|Tim Roth|Helena Bonham Carter|Michael Clarke Duncan|Kris Kristofferson,Tim Burton,gorilla|space marine|space suit|revolution|chimp,"After a spectacular crash-landing on an uncharted planet, brash astronaut Leo Davidson (Mark Wahlberg) finds himself trapped in a savage world where talking apes dominate the human race. Desperate to find a way home, Leo must evade the invincible gorilla army led by Ruthless General Thade (Tim Roth) and his most trusted warrior, Attar (Michael Clarke Duncan).",Planet of the Apes (2001),Action|Adventure|Drama|Sci-Fi,4643
9428,265666,Gene Hackman|Anjelica Huston|Ben Stiller|Gwyneth Paltrow|Luke Wilson,Wes Anderson,child prodigy|terminal illness|dysfunctional family|cigarette smoking|family conflict,An estranged family of former child prodigies reunites when their father announces he has a terminal illness.,"Royal Tenenbaums, The (2001)",Comedy|Drama,4979
4133,221027,Johnny Depp|Penélope Cruz|Ethan Suplee|Ray Liotta|Franka Potente,Ted Demme,1970s|war on drugs|drug addiction|drug traffic|drug smuggle,"A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes bankrupt. George does not want the same thing to happen to him, and his friend Tuna, in the 1960's, suggests that he deal marijuana. He is a big hit in California in the 1960's, yet he goes to jail, where he finds out about the wonders of cocaine. As a result, when released, he gets rich by bringing cocaine to America. However, he soon pays the price.",Blow (2001),Crime|Drama,4239
853,215750,Jude Law|Rachel Weisz|Ed Harris|Joseph Fiennes|Bob Hoskins,Jean-Jacques Annaud,winter|sniper|world war ii|stalingrad,Enemy at the Gates is a war film from Jean-Jacques Annaud from 2001 that takes place during the battle of Stalingard in World War II between the Russians and the Germans.,Enemy at the Gates (2001),Drama|War,4223
855,265086,Josh Hartnett|Ewan McGregor|Jason Isaacs|Tom Sizemore|William Fichtner,Ridley Scott,prisoner of war|wound|somalia|warlord|famine,"When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from the militia on the ground.",Black Hawk Down (2001),Action|Drama|War,5010
8835,250494,Reese Witherspoon|Luke Wilson|Selma Blair|Matthew Davis|Victor Garber,Robert Luketic,harvard law school|reference to britney spears|black female judge|smart blonde|girl power,"Elle Woods has it all. She's the president of her sorority, a Hawaiian Tropic girl, Miss June in her campus calendar, and, above all, a natural blonde. She dates the cutest fraternity boy on campus and wants nothing more than to be Mrs. Warner Huntington III. But, there's just one thing stopping Warner from popping the question: Elle is too blonde.",Legally Blonde (2001),Comedy|Romance,4447
9476,183790,Heath Ledger|Rufus Sewell|Shannyn Sossamon|Paul Bettany|Laura Fraser,Brian Helgeland,poetry|knight|tournament|duel|torture,"William Thatcher, a peasant, is sent to apprentice with a Knight named Hector as a young boy. Urged by his father to ""change his Stars"", he assumes Sir Hector's place in a tournament when Hector dies in the middle of it. He wins. With the other apprentices, he trains and assumes the title of Sir Ulrich von Lichtenstein.","Knight's Tale, A (2001)",Action|Comedy|Romance,4299
9398,196229,Ben Stiller|Owen Wilson|Christine Taylor|Will Ferrell|Milla Jovovich,Ben Stiller,male model|time magazine|fashion show|fashion model|fictional awards show,"Clear the runway for Derek Zoolander, VH1's three-time male model of the year. His face falls when hippie-chic ""he's so hot right now"" Hansel scooters in to steal this year's award. The evil fashion guru Mugatu seizes the opportunity to turn Derek into a killing machine. Its a well-designed conspiracy and only with the help of Hansel and a few well-chosen accessories can Derek make the world safe.",Zoolander (2001),Comedy,4816
11397,277371,Chyler Leigh|Chris Evans|Jaime Pressly|Eric Christian Olsen|Mia Kirshner,Joel Gallen,underdog|ball|kiss|high school|school party,"On a bet, a gridiron hero at John Hughes High School sets out to turn a bespectacled plain Jane into a beautiful and popular prom queen in this outrageous send-up of the teen movie genre.",Not Another Teen Movie (2001),Comedy,4974
4248,257106,Anna Faris|Marlon Wayans|James DeBello|Shawn Wayans|David Cross,Keenen Ivory Wayans,sex|exorcism|secret door,"While the original parodied slasher flicks like Scream, Keenen Ivory Wayans's sequel to Scary Movie takes comedic aim at haunted house movies. A group of students visit a mansion called ""Hell House,"" and murderous high jinks ensue.",Scary Movie 2 (2001),Comedy,4388
5175,266915,"Chris Tucker|Jackie Chan|Zhang Ziyi|Roselyn Sánchez|Ernie Reyes, Jr.",Brett Ratner,duringcreditsstinger,"It's vacation time for Carter as he finds himself alongside Lee in Hong Kong wishing for more excitement. While Carter wants to party and meet the ladies, Lee is out to track down a Triad gang lord who may be responsible for killing two men at the American Embassy. Things get complicated as the pair stumble onto a counterfeiting plot. The boys are soon up to their necks in fist fights and life-threatening situations. A trip back to the U.S. may provide the answers about the bombing, the counterfeiting, and the true allegiance of sexy customs agent Isabella.",Rush Hour 2 (2001),Action|Comedy,4701
2034,139654,Denzel Washington|Ethan Hawke|Scott Glenn|Tom Berenger|Harris Yulin,Antoine Fuqua,police brutality|war on drugs|drug traffic|drug dealer|los angeles,"On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.",Training Day (2001),Crime|Drama|Thriller,4776
1933,230600,Nicole Kidman|Christopher Eccleston|Alakina Mann|James Bentley|Eric Sykes,Alejandro Amenábar,nanny|haunted house|channel islands|parallel universe|photosensitivity,"Grace is a religious woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. When the family begins to suspect the house is haunted, Grace fights to protect her children at any cost in the face of strange events and disturbing visions.","Others, The (2001)",Drama|Horror|Mystery|Thriller,4720
2294,261392,Kevin Smith|Jason Mewes|Ben Affleck|Jeff Anderson|Brian O'Halloran,Kevin Smith,film making|jay and silent bob|self mocking|character is subject of comic|reference to prince valiant,"When Jay and Silent Bob learn that their comic-book alter egos, Bluntman and Chronic, have been sold to Hollywood as part of a big-screen movie that leaves them out of any royalties, the pair travels to Tinseltown to sabotage the production.",Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001),Adventure|Comedy,4734
9778,240890,John Cusack|Kate Beckinsale|Jeremy Piven|Bridget Moynahan|Eugene Levy,Peter Chelsom,soulmates|new love|book|dollar|fate,"Although strangers Sara and Jonathan are both already in relationships, they realize they have genuine chemistry after a chance encounter – but part company soon after. Years later, they each yearn to reunite, despite being destined for the altar. But to give true love a chance, they have to find one another again.",Serendipity (2001),Comedy|Romance,4823
10992,239395,Jeff Goldblum|Elizabeth Perkins|Alexander Pollock|Miriam Margolyes|Tobey Maguire,Lawrence Guterman,fight|governance|puppy|allergy,"When a professor develops a vaccine that eliminates human allergies to dogs, he unwittingly upsets the fragile balance of power between cats and dogs and touches off an epic battle for pet supremacy. The fur flies as the feline faction, led by Mr. Tinkles, squares off against wide-eyed puppy Lou and his canine cohorts.",Cats & Dogs (2001),Children|Comedy,4386
1903,259711,Tom Cruise|Penélope Cruz|Cameron Diaz|Kurt Russell|Jason Lee,Cameron Crowe,amnesia|ex-girlfriend|virtual reality,"David Aames (Tom Cruise) has it all: wealth, good looks and gorgeous women on his arm. But just as he begins falling for the warmhearted Sofia (Penelope Cruz), his face is horribly disfigured in a car accident. That's just the beginning of his troubles as the lines between illusion and reality, between life and death, are blurred.",Vanilla Sky (2001),Mystery|Romance|Sci-Fi|Thriller,4975
1535,266987,Robert Redford|Brad Pitt|Catherine McCormack|Stephen Dillane|Larry Bryggman,Tony Scott,spy|china|cia|cold war,"Veteran spy Nathan Muir is on the verge of retiring from the CIA when he learns that his one-time protégé and close friend, Tom Bishop, is a political prisoner sentenced to die in Beijing. Although their friendship has been marred by bad blood and resentment, Muir agrees to take on the most dangerous mission of his career and rescue Bishop.",Spy Game (2001),Action|Crime|Drama|Thriller,4901
9705,244244,John Travolta|Hugh Jackman|Halle Berry|Don Cheadle|Sam Shepard,Dominic Sena,female nudity|violence|shot through a window |two way mirror|police sniper,"Rogue agent Gabriel Shear is determined to get his mitts on $9 billion stashed in a secret Drug Enforcement Administration account. He wants the cash to fight terrorism, but lacks the computer skills necessary to hack into the government mainframe. Enter Stanley Jobson, a n'er-do-well encryption expert who can log into anything.",Swordfish (2001),Action|Crime|Drama,4344
9889,256380,Gwyneth Paltrow|Jack Black|Jason Alexander|Joe Viterelli|Bruce McGill,Bobby Farrelly|Peter Farrelly,overweight|hypnosis|overweight woman|oberflächlichkeit|kompliment,"A shallow man falls in love with a 300 pound woman because of her ""inner beauty"".",Shallow Hal (2001),Comedy|Fantasy|Romance,4890
2114,173840,Donald Sutherland|Ming-Na Wen|Alec Baldwin|Ving Rhames|Steve Buscemi,Hironobu Sakaguchi|Motonori Sakakibara,battle assignment|dystopia|alien|downfall|scientist,"Led by a strange dream, scientist Aki Ross struggles to collect the eight spirits in the hope of creating a force powerful enough to protect the planet. With the aid of the Deep Eyes Squadron and her mentor, Dr. Sid, Aki must save the Earth from its darkest hate and unleash the spirits within.",Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001),Adventure|Animation|Fantasy|Sci-Fi,4446
9081,243017,Wiley Wiggins|Ethan Hawke|Julie Delpy|Ken Webster|Adam Goldberg,Richard Linklater,philosophy|loss of sense of reality|dream|freedom|independent film,"Waking Life is about a young man in a persistent lucid dream-like state. The film follows its protagonist as he initially observes and later participates in philosophical discussions that weave together issues like reality, free will, our relationships with others, and the meaning of life.",Waking Life (2001),Animation|Drama|Fantasy,4873
10808,240462,Eddie Murphy|Kristen Wilson|Raven-Symoné|Kyla Pratt|Mandy Moore,Steve Carr,veterinarian|bear|forest|animal|animal protection,"Dr. John Dolittle the beloved doctor is back, but this time around he plays cupid to bumbling circus bear Archie as he's so smitten by a Pacific Western bear female, Ava. Dr. Dolittle must help a group of forest creatures to save their forest. But with the aid of his mangy, madcap animal friends, Dr. Dolittle must teach Archie the ways of true romance in time to save his species and his home before their habit is gone. So John held a meeting for every animal in the forest to not give up without a fight no matter what kind of animal expression they have and everyone agrees to do it and save their home.",Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001),Comedy,4368
8007,159273,Owen Wilson|Gene Hackman|Gabriel Macht|Charles Malik Whitfield|David Keith,John Moore,helicopter|war crimes|sniper|bosnia and herzegovina|fighter pilot,"While flying a routine reconnaissance mission over Bosnia, fighter pilot Chris Burnett photographs something he wasn't supposed to see and gets shot down behind enemy lines, where he must outrun an army led by a ruthless Serbian general. With time running out and a deadly tracker on his trail, Burnett's commanding officer decides to risk his career and launch a renegade rescue mission to save his life.",Behind Enemy Lines (2001),Action|Drama|War,4958
11232,35423,Meg Ryan|Hugh Jackman|Liev Schreiber|Breckin Meyer|Natasha Lyonne,James Mangold,lover (female)|love of one's life|time travel|kiss|past,"When her scientist ex-boyfriend discovers a portal to travel through time -- and brings back a 19th-century nobleman named Leopold to prove it -- a skeptical Kate reluctantly takes responsibility for showing Leopold the 21st century. The more time Kate spends with Leopold, the harder she falls for him. But if he doesn't return to his own time, his absence will forever alter history.",Kate & Leopold (2001),Comedy|Romance,4992
11467,265029,Julia Roberts|Billy Crystal|Catherine Zeta-Jones|John Cusack|Hank Azaria,Joe Roth,film business|film producer|wife husband relationship|fictitious marriage|married couple,"In the midst of a nasty public breakup of married movie stars, a studio publicist scrambles to put a cap on the escalating situation as the couple's latest film has found it's only print kidnapped by the director.",America's Sweethearts (2001),Comedy|Romance,4639
768,120681,Johnny Depp|Heather Graham|Ian Holm|Robbie Coltrane|Ian Richardson,Albert Hughes|Allen Hughes,loss of family|drug addiction|jack the ripper,Frederick Abberline is an opium-huffing inspector from Scotland Yard who falls for one of Jack the Ripper's prostitute targets in this Hughes brothers adaption of a graphic novel that posits the Ripper's true identity.,From Hell (2001),Crime|Horror|Mystery|Thriller,4865
2043,164334,Morgan Freeman|Monica Potter|Michael Wincott|Dylan Baker|Mika Boorem,Lee Tamahori,psychology|police operation|police|psychologist,"When a teacher kidnaps a girl from a prestigious school, homicide detective, Alex Cross takes the case and teams up with young security agent, Jezzie Flannigan in hope of finding the girl and stopping the brutal psychopath. Every second counts as Alex and Jezzie attempt to track down the kidnapper before the spider claims another victim for its web.",Along Came a Spider (2001),Action|Crime|Mystery|Thriller,4238
39939,247745,Jay Chandrasekhar|Steve Lemme|Kevin Heffernan|Paul Soter|Geoffrey Arend,Jay Chandrasekhar,alcohol|radio|police chief|highway|cops,"Four bored, occasionally high and always ineffective Vermont state troopers must prove their worth to the governor or lose their jobs. After stumbling on a drug ring, they plan to make a bust, but a rival police force is out to steal the glory.",Super Troopers (2001),Comedy|Crime|Mystery,5110
2018,209475,Jennifer Lopez|Matthew McConaughey|Justin Chambers|Joanna Gleason|Lou Myers,Adam Shankman,san francisco|marriage proposal|love of one's life|wedding planer|man of one's dreams,"Mary Fiore, San Francisco's premiere wedding planner is rescued from an accident by the man of her dreams, pediatrician Steve Edison, only to find he is the fiancé of her latest client, wealthy Fran Donnolly. As Mary continues making the wedding arrangements, she and Steve are put into a string of uncomfortable situations that force them to face their mutual attraction.","Wedding Planner, The (2001)",Comedy|Romance,4069
9896,250687,Cuba Gooding Jr.|Seth Green|Whoopi Goldberg|Breckin Meyer|Amy Smart,Jerry Zucker,casino|running|preisgeld|millionaire|road movie,"In an ensemble film about easy money, greed, manipulation and bad driving, a Las Vegas casino tycoon entertains his wealthiest high rollers -- a group that will bet on anything -- by pitting six ordinary people against each other in a wild dash for $2 million jammed into a locker hundreds of miles away. The tycoon and his wealthy friends monitor each racer's every move to keep track of their favorites. The only rule in this race is that there are no rules.",Rat Race (2001),Comedy,4728
5279,280707,Helen Mirren|Clive Owen|Maggie Smith|Geraldine Somerville|Jeremy Northam,Robert Altman,servant|money|shooting party,"Multiple storylined drama set in 1932, showing the lives of upstairs guest and downstairs servants at a party in a country house in England.",Gosford Park (2001),Comedy|Drama|Mystery,5013
6073,236493,Brad Pitt|Julia Roberts|James Gandolfini|J.K. Simmons|Gene Hackman,Gore Verbinski,kidnapping|pistol,"Jerry Welbach, a reluctant bagman, has been given two ultimatums: The first is from his mob boss to travel to Mexico and retrieve a priceless antique pistol, known as ""the Mexican""... or suffer the consequences. The second is from his girlfriend Samantha to end his association with the mob. Jerry figures alive and in trouble with Samantha is better than the more permanent alternative, so he heads south of the border.","Mexican, The (2001)",Action|Comedy,4161
10950,277027,Sean Penn|Michelle Pfeiffer|Dakota Fanning|Dianne Wiest|Marin Hinkle,Jessie Nelson,foster parents|pro bono|new baby|social services|learning,"Sam has the mental capacity of a 7-year-old. He has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them when they leave the hospital, leaving Sam to raise Lucy on his own. But as Lucy grows up, Sam's limitations start to become a problem and the authorities take her away. Sam shames high-priced lawyer Rita into taking his case pro bono and in turn teaches her the value of love and family.",I Am Sam (2001),Drama,5014
167,272152,Jeff Bridges|Kevin Spacey|Mary McCormack|Alfre Woodard|Ajay Naidu,Iain Softley,robbery|dream|hypnosis|investigation|murder,"Prot is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a far away Planet. His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations.",K-PAX (2001),Drama|Fantasy|Mystery|Sci-Fi,4874
9378,245674,Tony Shalhoub|Embeth Davidtz|Matthew Lillard|Shannon Elizabeth|Matthew Harrison,Steve Beck,hunter|nanny|nudity|collector|house,"Arthur and his two children, Kathy and Bobby, inherit his Uncle Cyrus's estate: a glass house that serves as a prison to 12 ghosts. When the family, accompanied by Bobby's Nanny and an attorney, enter the house they find themselves trapped inside an evil machine ""designed by the devil and powered by the dead"" to open the Eye of Hell. Aided by Dennis, a ghost hunter, and his rival Kalina, a ghost rights activist out to set the ghosts free, the group must do what they can to get out of the house alive.",Thirteen Ghosts (a.k.a. Thir13en Ghosts) (2001),Horror|Thriller,4876
9290,231402,Paul Hogan|Linda Kozlowski|Jere Burns|Jonathan Banks|Alec Wilson,Simon Wincer,crocodile|traffic jam|los angeles|stolen painting,"After settling in the tiny Australian town of Walkabout Creek with his significant other and his young son, Mick ""Crocodile"" Dundee is thrown for a loop when a prestigious Los Angeles newspaper offers his honey a job. The family migrates back to the United States, and Croc and son soon find themselves learning some lessons about American life -- many of them inadvertent",Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (2001),Comedy|Drama,4254
12149,264616,Bill Paxton|Matthew McConaughey|Powers Boothe|Matt O'Leary|Jeremy Sumpter,Bill Paxton,loss of mother|ax|serial killer|demon|fbi agent,"A man confesses to an FBI agent his family's story of how his religious fanatic father's visions lead to a series of murders to destroy supposed ""demons.""",Frailty (2001),Crime|Drama|Thriller,5294
1548,162346,Thora Birch|Scarlett Johansson|Steve Buscemi|Brad Renfro|Bob Balaban,Terry Zwigoff,high school friends|art class|record collector|plaster|personal ad,"A quirky girl tries to figure out what to do now that she had graduated from high school, and forms a friendship with an eccentric 40-year-old record collector after playing a prank on him with her best friend.",Ghost World (2001),Comedy|Drama,4641
2749,179626,Robert De Niro|Charlize Theron|Edward Burns|Kelsey Grammer|Avery Brooks,John Herzfeld,new york|female nudity|prison|prostitute|rape,"When Eastern European criminals Oleg and Emil come to New York City to pick up their share of a heist score, Oleg steals a video camera and starts filming their activities, both legal and illegal. When they learn how the American media circus can make a remorseless killer look like the victim and make them rich, they target media-savvy NYPD Homicide Detective Eddie Flemming and media-naive FDNY Fire Marshal Jordy Warsaw, the cops investigating their murder and torching of their former criminal partner, filming everything to sell to the local tabloid TV show ""Top Story.""",15 Minutes (2001),Thriller,4167
9397,251075,David Duchovny|Julianne Moore|Orlando Jones|Seann William Scott|Ted Levine,Ivan Reitman,grand canyon|governor|shampoo|high school teacher|fire truck,"A comedy that follows the chaos that ensues when a meteor hits the Earth carrying alien life forms that give new meaning to the term ""survival of the fittest."" David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Seann William Scott, and Julianne Moore are the only people standing between the aliens and world domination... which could be bad news for the Earth.",Evolution (2001),Comedy|Sci-Fi,4343
10833,125022,Sigourney Weaver|Jennifer Love Hewitt|Ray Liotta|Gene Hackman|Jason Lee,David Mirkin,cons and scams,"Max and Page are a brilliant mother/daughter con team who have their grift down to a fine science. Max targets wealthy, willing men and marries them. Page then seduces them, and Max catches her husband in the act. Then it's off to palimony city and the next easy mark.",Heartbreakers (2001),Comedy|Crime|Romance,4228
11371,227445,Robert De Niro|Edward Norton|Marlon Brando|Angela Bassett|Paul Soles,Frank Oz,quebec|jewel|scepter|customs house|jewelry heist,An aging thief hopes to retire and live off his ill-gotten wealth when a young kid convinces him into doing one last heist.,"Score, The (2001)",Action|Drama,4448
1365,285742,Halle Berry|Billy Bob Thornton|Heath Ledger|Sean Combs|Coronji Calhoun,Marc Forster,southern u.s.|waitress|parents kids relationship|overweight child|loss of child,"Set in the Southern United States, 'Monster's Ball' is a tale of a racist white man, Hank, who falls in love with a black woman named Leticia. Ironically Hank is a prison guard working on Death Row who executed Leticia's husband. Hank and Leticia's interracial affair leads to confusion and new ideas for the two unlikely lovers.",Monster's Ball (2001),Drama|Romance,5015
10956,245686,David Spade|Brittany Daniel|Dennis Miller|Adam Beach|Jaime Pressly,Dennie Gordon,parents kids relationship|loss of parents|looking for  birth parents|meteorite|janitor,"Joe Dirt is a janitor with a mullet hairdo, acid-washed jeans and a dream to find the parents that he lost at the Grand Canyon when he was a belligerent, trailer park-raised eight-year-old. Now, blasting Van Halen in his jacked-up economy car, the irrepressibly optimistic Joe hits the road alone in search of his folks.",Joe Dirt (2001),Adventure|Comedy|Mystery|Romance,4247
11086,268995,Jim Carrey|Martin Landau|Laurie Holden|David Ogden Stiers|Hal Holbrook,Frank Darabont,california|falsely accused person|prosecution|anti-communism|hollywood,"Set in 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer gets into a car accident, loses his memory and settles down in a small town where he is mistaken for a long-lost son.","Majestic, The (2001)",Comedy|Drama|Romance,4994
10878,239948,Jason Biggs|Steve Zahn|Jack Black|Amanda Peet|Amanda Detmer,Dennis Dugan,female nudity|harassment|class differences|gay marriage|homosexual,"A pair of buddies conspire to save their best friend from marrying the wrong woman, a cold-hearted beauty who snatches him from them and breaks up their Neil Diamond cover band.",Saving Silverman (Evil Woman) (2001),Comedy|Romance,4149
10778,243133,Billy Bob Thornton|Frances McDormand|Michael Badalucco|James Gandolfini|Scarlett Johansson,Joel Coen,hairdresser|small town|con man|insurance fraud|encounter,"A tale of passion, crime and punishment set in the summer of 1949. Ed Crane, a barber in a small California town, is dissatisfied with his life, but his wife Doris' infidelity presents him with a chance to change it.","Man Who Wasn't There, The (2001)",Crime|Drama,4881
10796,267804,Jet Li|Jason Statham|Carla Gugino|Delroy Lindo|James Morrison,James Wong,dual identity,A sheriff's deputy fights an alternate universe version of himself who grows stronger with each alternate self he kills.,"One, The (2001)",Action|Sci-Fi|Thriller,4887
9799,232500,Paul Walker|Vin Diesel|Michelle Rodriguez|Jordana Brewster|Rick Yune,Rob Cohen,street gang|car race|undercover|auto-tuning|los angeles,"Domenic Toretto is a Los Angeles street racer suspected of masterminding a series of big-rig hijackings. When undercover cop Brian O'Conner infiltrates Toretto's iconoclastic crew, he falls for Toretto's sister and must choose a side: the gang or the LAPD.","Fast and the Furious, The (2001)",Action|Crime|Thriller,4369
9816,206275,Julia Stiles|Sean Patrick Thomas|Kerry Washington|Fredro Starr|Terry Kinney,Thomas Carter,ballet dancer|musical|ballet,"A white midwestern girl moves to Chicago, where her new boyfriend is a black teen from the South Side with a rough, semi-criminal past.",Save the Last Dance (2001),Drama|Romance,4054
1999,247425,Tom Wilkinson|Sissy Spacek|Nick Stahl|Marisa Tomei|William Mapother,Todd Field,age difference|fishing|arbitrary law|conductor|ex husband,"Summertime on the coast of Maine, ""In the Bedroom"" centers on the inner dynamics of a family in transition. Matt Fowler is a doctor practicing in his native Maine and is married to New York born Ruth Fowler, a music teacher. He is involved in a love affair with a local single mother. As the beauty of Maine's brief and fleeting summer comes to an end, these characters find themselves in the midst of unimaginable tragedy.",In the Bedroom (2001),Drama,4903
10054,227538,Alexa PenaVega|Daryl Sabara|Antonio Banderas|Carla Gugino|Alan Cumming,Robert Rodriguez,double life|parents kids relationship|brother sister relationship|loss of parents|secret agent,"Carmen and Juni think their parents are boring. Little do they know that in their day, Gregorio and Ingrid Cortez were the top secret agents from their respective countries. They gave up that life to raise their children. Now, the disappearances of several of their old colleagues forces the Cortez' return from retirement. What they didn't count on was Carmen and Juni joining the ""family business.""",Spy Kids (2001),Action|Adventure|Children|Comedy,4232
13403,248845,John Cameron Mitchell|Michael Aronov|Andrea Martin|Miriam Shor|Stephen Trask,John Cameron Mitchell,transvestism|gay|sex|transgender|glam rock,A transexual punk rock girl from East Berlin tours the US with her rock band as she tells her life story and follows the ex-boyfriend/bandmate who stole her songs.,Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2000),Comedy|Drama|Musical,4642
11090,255798,Rob Schneider|Colleen Haskell|John C. McGinley|Ed Asner|Guy Torry,Luke Greenfield,dream|employee|car crash|scientist|police officer,"When loser Marvin Mange is involved in a horrible car accident, he's brought back to life by a deranged scientist as half man and half animal. His newfound powers are awesome -- but their adverse side effects could take over his life. Now, Marvin must fight to control his crazy primal urges around his new squeeze, Rianna, and his rival, Sgt. Sisk, who both think he's one cool cat.","Animal, The (2001)",Comedy,4340
9740,212985,Anthony Hopkins|Julianne Moore|Gary Oldman|Ray Liotta|David Andrews,Ridley Scott,venice|brain|suspense|serial killer|fbi agent,"After having successfully eluded the authorities for years, Hannibal peacefully lives in Italy in disguise as an art scholar. Trouble strikes again when he's discovered leaving a deserving few dead in the process. He returns to America to make contact with now disgraced Agent Clarice Starling, who is suffering the wrath of a malicious FBI rival as well as the media.",Hannibal (2001),Horror|Thriller,4148
331,163025,Sam Neill|William H. Macy|Téa Leoni|Trevor Morgan|Alessandro Nivola,Joe Johnston,exotic island|dna|paleontology|tyrannosaurus rex|velociraptor,"In need of funds for research, Dr. Alan Grant accepts a large sum of money to accompany Paul and Amanda Kirby on an aerial tour of the infamous Isla Sorna. It isn't long before all hell breaks loose and the stranded wayfarers must fight for survival as a host of new -- and even more deadly -- dinosaurs try to make snacks of them.",Jurassic Park III (2001),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi|Thriller,4638
13166,240515,Tom Green|Rip Torn|Marisa Coughlan|Eddie Kaye Thomas|Harland Williams,Tom Green,wheelchair|slacker|sausage,"An unemployed cartoonist moves back in with his parents and younger brother Freddy. When his parents demand he leave, he begins to spread rumors that his father is sexually abusing Freddy.",Freddy Got Fingered (2001),Comedy,4255
155,468569,Christian Bale|Michael Caine|Heath Ledger|Aaron Eckhart|Gary Oldman,Christopher Nolan,dc comics|crime fighter|secret identity|scarecrow|sadism,"Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.","Dark Knight, The (2008)",Action|Crime|Drama|IMAX,58559
10681,910970,Ben Burtt|Elissa Knight|Jeff Garlin|Fred Willard|John Ratzenberger,Andrew Stanton,future|garbage|plants|dystopia|lonelyness,"WALL·E is the last robot left on an Earth that has been overrun with garbage and all humans have fled to outer space. For 700 years he has continued to try and clean up the mess, but has developed some rather interesting human-like qualities. When a ship arrives with a sleek new type of robot, WALL·E thinks he's finally found a friend and stows away on the ship when it leaves.",WALL·E (2008),Adventure|Animation|Children|Romance|Sci-Fi,60069
1726,371746,Robert Downey Jr.|Terrence Howard|Jeff Bridges|Gwyneth Paltrow|Leslie Bibb,Jon Favreau,middle east|arms dealer|malibu|marvel comic|comic,"After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil.",Iron Man (2008),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi,59315
8681,936501,Liam Neeson|Famke Janssen|Maggie Grace|Katie Cassidy|Holly Valance,Pierre Morel,kidnapping|fbi agent|agent|missing daughter,"While vacationing with a friend in Paris, an American girl is kidnapped by a gang of human traffickers intent on selling her into forced prostitution. Working against the clock, her ex-spy father must pull out all the stops to save her. But with his best years possibly behind him, the job may be more than he can handle.",Taken (2008),Action|Crime|Drama|Thriller,59369
217,367882,Harrison Ford|Cate Blanchett|Shia LaBeouf|Ray Winstone|Karen Allen,Steven Spielberg,saving the world|riddle|whip|treasure|mexico city,"Set during the Cold War, the Soviets – led by sword-wielding Irina Spalko – are in search of a crystal skull which has supernatural powers related to a mystical Lost City of Gold. After being captured and then escaping from them, Indy is coerced to head to Peru at the behest of a young man whose friend – and Indy's colleague – Professor Oxley has been captured for his knowledge of the skull's whereabouts.",Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008),Action|Adventure|Comedy|Sci-Fi,59615
8966,1099212,Kristen Stewart|Robert Pattinson|Billy Burke|Taylor Lautner|Peter Facinelli,Catherine Hardwicke,soulmates|vampire|forbidden love|immortality|trust,"When Bella Swan moves to a small town in the Pacific Northwest to live with her father, she starts school and meets the reclusive Edward Cullen, a mysterious classmate who reveals himself to be a 108-year-old vampire. Despite Edward's repeated cautions, Bella can't help but fall in love with him, a fatal move that endangers her own life when a coven of bloodsuckers try to challenge the Cullen clan.",Twilight (2008),Drama|Fantasy|Romance|Thriller,63992
10764,830515,Daniel Craig|Olga Kurylenko|Mathieu Amalric|Judi Dench|Giancarlo Giannini,Marc Forster,killing|undercover|secret agent|james bond,"Quantum of Solace continues the adventures of James Bond after Casino Royale. Betrayed by Vesper, the woman he loved, 007 fights the urge to make his latest mission personal. Pursuing his determination to uncover the truth, Bond and M interrogate Mr. White, who reveals that the organization that blackmailed Vesper is far more complex and dangerous than anyone had imagined.",Quantum of Solace (2008),Action|Adventure|Thriller,63113
9502,441773,Jack Black|Dustin Hoffman|Angelina Jolie|Jackie Chan|Lucy Liu,Mark Osborne|John Stevenson,china|martial arts|kung fu|mentor|snake,"When the Valley of Peace is threatened, lazy Po the panda discovers his destiny as the ""chosen one"" and trains to become a kung fu hero, but transforming the unsleek slacker into a brave warrior won't be easy. It's up to Master Shifu and the Furious Five -- Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper and Monkey -- to give it a try.",Kung Fu Panda (2008),Action|Animation|Children|Comedy|IMAX,59784
11631,795421,Meryl Streep|Pierce Brosnan|Amanda Seyfried|Colin Firth|Stellan Skarsgård,Phyllida Lloyd,single parent|greece|musical|daughter|singles,"Set on an idyllic Greek island, the plot serves as a background for a wealth of ABBA hit songs. Donna, an independent, single mother who owns a small hotel on the island is about to let go of Sophie, the spirited young daughter she's raised alone. But Sophie has secretly invited three of her mother's ex-lovers in the hopes of finding her father.",Mamma Mia! (2008),Comedy|Musical|Romance,60397
4922,421715,Cate Blanchett|Brad Pitt|Tilda Swinton|Julia Ormond|Elle Fanning,David Fincher,diary|navy|funeral|tea|travel,"Tells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences.","Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The (2008)",Drama|Fantasy|Mystery|Romance,64957
1724,800080,Edward Norton|Liv Tyler|Tim Roth|William Hurt|Tim Blake Nelson,Louis Leterrier,new york|rio de janeiro|marvel comic|comic|superhero,"Scientist Bruce Banner scours the planet for an antidote to the unbridled force of rage within him: the Hulk. But when the military masterminds who dream of exploiting his powers force him back to civilization, he finds himself coming face to face with a new, deadly foe.","Incredible Hulk, The (2008)",Action|Sci-Fi,60040
13223,1205489,Clint Eastwood|Christopher Carley|Bee Vang|Ahney Her|Brian Haley,Clint Eastwood,rape|war veteran|immigration|priest|gang,"Walt Kowalski is a widower who holds onto his prejudices despite the changes in his Michigan neighborhood and the world around him. Kowalski is a grumpy, tough-minded, unhappy old man who can't get along with either his kids or his neighbors. He is a Korean War veteran whose prize possession is a 1972 Gran Torino he keeps in mint condition. When his neighbor Thao, a young Hmong teenager under pressure from his gang member cousin, tries to steal his Gran Torino, Kowalski sets out to reform the youth. Drawn against his will into the life of Thao's family, Kowalski is soon taking steps to protect them from the gangs that infest their neighborhood.",Gran Torino (2008),Crime|Drama,64614
10527,479952,Ben Stiller|Jada Pinkett Smith|David Schwimmer|Chris Rock|Cedric the Entertainer,Eric Darnell|Tom McGrath,africa|jealousy|dance|hunger|lion,"Alex, Marty, Melman, Gloria, King Julien, Maurice, the penguins and the chimps are back and still marooned on Madagascar. In the face of this obstacle, the New Yorkers have hatched a plan so crazy it just might work. With military precision, the penguins have repaired an old crashed plane... sort of.",Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008),Action|Adventure|Animation|Children|Comedy|IMAX,62999
11253,411477,Ron Perlman|Selma Blair|Jeffrey Tambor|Doug Jones|John Hurt,Guillermo del Toro,auction|northern ireland|resignation|superhero|rebellion,"In this continuation to the adventure of the demon superhero, an evil elf breaks an ancient pact between humans and creatures, as he declares war against humanity. He is on a mission to release The Golden Army, a deadly group of fighting machines that can destroy the human race. As Hell on Earth is ready to erupt, Hellboy and his crew set out to defeat the evil prince.",Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008),Action|Adventure|Fantasy|Sci-Fi,57640
8247,489099,Hayden Christensen|Jamie Bell|Samuel L. Jackson|Rachel Bilson|Michael Rooker,Doug Liman,adolescence|based on novel|loss of child|fight|chase,"David Rice is a man who knows no boundaries, a Jumper, born with the uncanny ability to teleport instantly to anywhere on Earth. When he discovers others like himself, David is thrust into a dangerous and bloodthirsty war while being hunted by a sinister and determined group of zealots who have sworn to destroy all Jumpers. Now, David’s extraordinary gift may be his only hope for survival!",Jumper (2008),Action|Adventure|Drama|Sci-Fi|Thriller,58025
8909,493464,Angelina Jolie|James McAvoy|Morgan Freeman|Thomas Kretschmann|Terence Stamp,Timur Bekmambetov,assassin|loss of father|secret society|mission of murder|revenge,"Doormat Wesley Gibson discovers that his recently murdered father – who Wesley never knew – belonged to a secret guild of assassins. After a leather-clad sexpot drafts Wesley into the society, he hones his innate killing skills and turns avenger.",Wanted (2008),Action|Thriller,60072
12405,1010048,Dev Patel|Freida Pinto|Anil Kapoor|Mia Drake Inderbitzin|Saurabh Shukla,Danny Boyle|Loveleen Tandan,slum|cheating|suspicion|game show|orphan,"Jamal Malik is an impoverished Indian teen who becomes a contestant on the Hindi version of ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?’ but, after he wins, he is suspected of cheating.",Slumdog Millionaire (2008),Crime|Drama|Romance,63082
2253,985699,Tom Cruise|Carice van Houten|Kenneth Branagh|Bill Nighy|Terence Stamp,Bryan Singer,berlin|suicide|bomb|assassination|resistance,"Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to create a shadow government and assassinate Adolf Hitler. When events unfold so that he becomes a central player, he finds himself tasked with both leading the coup and personally killing the Führer.",Valkyrie (2008),Drama|Thriller|War,64983
7840,443649,Steven Strait|Camilla Belle|Cliff Curtis|Nathanael Baring|Mo Zinal,Roland Emmerich,indigenous|lover (female)|pyramid|mammoth|sapient,A prehistoric epic that follows a young mammoth hunter's journey through uncharted territory to secure the future of his tribe.,"10,000 BC (2008)",Adventure|Romance|Thriller,58293
8960,448157,Will Smith|Charlize Theron|Jason Bateman|Jae Head|Eddie Marsan,Peter Berg,flying|alcohol|love of one's life|forbidden love|lovers,"Hancock is a down-and-out superhero who's forced to employ a PR expert to help repair his image when the public grows weary of all the damage he's inflicted during his lifesaving heroics. The agent's idea of imprisoning the antihero to make the world miss him proves successful, but will Hancock stick to his new sense of purpose or slip back into old habits?",Hancock (2008),Action|Adventure|Comedy|Crime|Fantasy,60074
12162,887912,Jeremy Renner|Anthony Mackie|Brian Geraghty|Guy Pearce|Ralph Fiennes,Kathryn Bigelow,sniper|explosive|loyalty|us army|iraq,"Forced to play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse in the chaos of war, an elite Army bomb squad unit must come together in a city where everyone is a potential enemy and every object could be a deadly bomb.","Hurt Locker, The (2008)",Action|Drama|Thriller|War,69481
2454,499448,Ben Barnes|William Moseley|Anna Popplewell|Skandar Keynes|Georgie Henley,Andrew Adamson,based on novel|fictional place|lion|human being|wretch,"One year after their incredible adventures in the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Peter, Edmund, Lucy and Susan Pevensie return to Narnia to aid a young prince whose life has been threatened by the evil King Miraz. Now, with the help of a colorful cast of new characters, including Trufflehunter the badger and Nikabrik the dwarf, the Pevensie clan embarks on an incredible quest to ensure that Narnia is returned to its rightful heir.","Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, The (2008)",Adventure|Children|Fantasy,59501
7446,942385,Ben Stiller|Robert Downey Jr.|Jack Black|Jay Baruchel|Brandon T. Jackson,Ben Stiller,southeast asia|thunder|land mine|animal skinning|theatrical agent,"Vietnam veteran 'Four Leaf' Tayback's memoir, Tropic Thunder, is being made into a film, but Director Damien Cockburn can’t control the cast of prima donnas. Behind schedule and over budget, Cockburn is ordered by a studio executive to get filming back on track, or risk its cancellation. On Tayback's advice, Cockburn drops the actors into the middle of the jungle to film the remaining scenes but, unbeknownst to the actors and production, the group have been dropped in the middle of the Golden Triangle, the home of heroin-producing gangs.",Tropic Thunder (2008),Action|Adventure|Comedy|War,61132
11321,814314,Will Smith|Rosario Dawson|Sarah Jane Morris|Woody Harrelson|Michael Ealy,Gabriele Muccino,vegetarian|tax collector|pianist|blind|organ transplant,An IRS agent with a fateful secret embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing the lives of seven strangers.,Seven Pounds (2008),Drama,64716
7191,1060277,Lizzy Caplan|Jessica Lucas|Odette Annable|Michael Stahl-David|Mike Vogel,Matt Reeves,helicopter|monster|skyscraper|hero|fight,"Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most surreal, horrifying event of their lives.",Cloverfield (2008),Action|Mystery|Sci-Fi|Thriller,57368
13053,397892,John Travolta|Miley Cyrus|Susie Essman|Mark Walton|Malcolm McDowell,Chris Williams|Byron Howard,hamster|kids and family|title spoken by character|duringcreditsstinger,"Bolt is the star of the biggest show in Hollywood. The only problem is, he thinks the whole thing is real. When the super dog is accidentally shipped to New York City and separated from Penny, his beloved co-star and owner, Bolt springs into action to find his way home. Together with hilarious new sidekick Rhino, Bolt's #1 fan, and a street-smart cat named Mittens, Bolt sets off on an amazing journey where he discovers he doesn't need super powers to be a hero.",Bolt (2008),Action|Adventure|Animation|Children|Comedy,63859
9870,800039,Jason Segel|Kristen Bell|Mila Kunis|Russell Brand|Bill Hader,Nicholas Stoller,hawaii|one-night stand|beauty,"When Sarah Marshall dumps aspiring musician Peter Bretter for rock star Aldous Snow, Peter's world comes crashing down. His best friend suggests that Peter should get away from everything and to fly off to Hawaii to escape all his problems. After arriving in Hawaii and meeting the beautiful Rachel Jansen, Peter is shocked to see not only Aldous Snow in Hawaii, but also Sarah Marshall.",Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008),Comedy|Romance,58998
10201,1068680,Jim Carrey|Zooey Deschanel|Rhys Darby|Sasha Alexander|Fionnula Flanagan,Peyton Reed,bungee-jump|scooter,Carl Allen has stumbled across a way to shake free of post-divorce blues and a dead-end job: embrace life and say yes to everything.,Yes Man (2008),Comedy,64969
14306,822832,Owen Wilson|Jennifer Aniston|Eric Dane|Kathleen Turner|Alan Arkin,David Frankel,journalist|based on novel|puppy|dog|duringcreditsstinger,"A newly married couple who, in the process of starting a family, learn many of life's important lessons from their trouble-loving retriever, Marley. Packed with plenty of laughs to lighten the load, the film explores the highs and lows of marriage, maturity and confronting one's own mortality, as seen through the lens of family life with a dog.",Marley & Me (2008),Comedy|Drama,65230
12113,758774,Leonardo DiCaprio|Russell Crowe|Mark Strong|Ali Suliman|Simon McBurney,Ridley Scott,terror|falsely accused person|dying and death|injection|jordan,"Body of Lies follows CIA operative, Roger Ferris, as he uncovers a lead on a major terrorist leader suspected to be operating out of Jordan. When Ferris devises a plan to infiltrate his network, he must first win the backing of cunning CIA veteran Ed Hoffman and the collegial, but perhaps suspect, head of Jordanian intelligence.",Body of Lies (2008),Action|Drama|Thriller,62374
4944,887883,George Clooney|Frances McDormand|Tilda Swinton|Brad Pitt|Richard Jenkins,Ethan Coen|Joel Coen,blackmail|paranoia|fitness-training|plastic surgery|autobiography,"A comedic tale of espionage, when an ousted CIA official's memoir accidentally falls into the hands of two unwise gym employees intent on exploiting their find.",Burn After Reading (2008),Comedy|Crime|Drama,61323
6557,988595,Katherine Heigl|James Marsden|Malin Ã…kerman|Judy Greer|Edward Burns,Anne Fletcher,lovesickness|newspaper|bar|sister sister relationship|new love,Altruistic Jane finds herself facing her worst nightmare as her younger sister announces her engagement to the man Jane secretly adores.,27 Dresses (2008),Comedy|Romance,56949
8065,478087,Jim Sturgess|Kevin Spacey|Kate Bosworth|Aaron Yoo|Liza Lapira,Robert Luketic,gambling|card game|professor|harvard university|cohabitant,"Ben Campbell is a young, highly intelligent, student at M.I.T. in Boston who strives to succeed. Wanting a scholarship to transfer to Harvard School of Medicine with the desire to become a doctor, Ben learns that he cannot afford the $300,000 for the four to five years of schooling as he comes from a poor, working-class background. But one evening, Ben is introduced by his unorthodox math professor Micky Rosa into a small but secretive club of five. Students Jill, Choi, Kianna, and Fisher, who are being trained by Professor Rosa of the skill of card counting at blackjack.",21 (2008),Crime|Drama|Romance|Thriller,58803
8848,200465,Jason Statham|Saffron Burrows|Stephen Campbell Moore|Daniel Mays|James Faulkner,Roger Donaldson,infidelity|subway|car dealer|vault|mannequin,"Terry is a small-time car dealer trying to leave his shady past behind and start a family. Martine is a beautiful model from Terry's old neighbourhood who knows that Terry is no angel. When Martine proposes a foolproof plan to rob a bank, Terry recognises the danger but realises this may be the opportunity of a lifetime. As the resourceful band of thieves burrows its way into a safe-deposit vault at a Lloyds Bank, they quickly realise that, besides millions in riches, the boxes also contain secrets that implicate everyone from London's most notorious underworld gangsters to powerful government figures, and even the Royal Family. Although the heist makes headlines throughout Britain for several days, a government gag order eventually brings all reporting of the case to an immediate halt.","Bank Job, The (2008)",Action|Crime|Thriller,58295
12133,838283,Will Ferrell|John C. Reilly|Mary Steenburgen|Richard Jenkins|Adam Scott,Adam McKay,becoming an adult|autonomy|childhood trauma|hostility|step brother,"Brennan Huff and Dale Doback might be grown men. But that doesn't stop them from living at home and turning into jealous, competitive stepbrothers when their single parents marry. Brennan's constant competition with Dale strains his mom's marriage to Dale's dad, leaving everyone to wonder whether they'll ever see eye to eye.",Step Brothers (2008),Comedy,60756
8390,832266,Ryan Reynolds|Abigail Breslin|Elizabeth Banks|Isla Fisher|Rachel Weisz,Adam Brooks,lovesickness|love of one's life|narration|lovers|kiss,"When Will decides to tell his daughter the story of how he met her mother, he discovers that a second look at the past might also give him a second chance at the future.","Definitely, Maybe (2008)",Comedy|Drama|Romance,58047
10189,910936,Seth Rogen|James Franco|Danny McBride|Gary Cole|Rosie Perez,David Gordon Green,marijuana|stoner|roach|lollipop|painting toenails,A stoner and his dealer are forced to go on the run from the police after the pothead witnesses a cop commit a murder.,Pineapple Express (2008),Action|Comedy|Crime,61024
12163,1125849,Mickey Rourke|Marisa Tomei|Evan Rachel Wood|Ajay Naidu|Judah Friedlander,Darren Aronofsky,supermarket|heart attack|ambition|daughter|wrestling,"Aging wrestler Randy ""The Ram"" Robinson is long past his prime but still ready and rarin' to go on the pro-wrestling circuit. After a particularly brutal beating, however, Randy hangs up his tights, pursues a serious relationship with a long-in-the-tooth stripper, and tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter. But he can't resist the lure of the ring and readies himself for a comeback.","Wrestler, The (2008)",Drama,64839
10202,960731,Adam Sandler|Keri Russell|Guy Pearce|Courteney Cox|Lucy Lawless,Adam Shankman,wishes come true|escapade|disorder|imaginary|miraculous event,Skeeter Bronson is a down-on-his-luck guy who's always telling bedtime stories to his niece and nephew. But his life is turned upside down when the fantastical stories he makes up for entertainment inexplicably turn into reality. Can a bewildered Skeeter manage his own unruly fantasies now that the outrageous characters and situations from his mind have morphed into actual people and events?,Bedtime Stories (2008),Adventure|Children|Comedy,65088
10358,1007028,Seth Rogen|Elizabeth Banks|Jennifer Schwalbach Smith|Jason Mewes|Gerry Bednob,Kevin Smith,pornography|love of one's life|platonic love|pornographic video|best friend,"Lifelong platonic friends Zack and Miri look to solve their respective cash-flow problems by making an adult film together. As the cameras roll, however, the duo begin to sense that they may have more feelings for each other than they previously thought.",Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008),Comedy|Drama|Romance,62434
11665,425061,Steve Carell|Anne Hathaway|Dwayne Johnson|Alan Arkin|Terence Stamp,Peter Segal,dancing|spy|terrorist|traitor|airplane,"When the identities of secret agents from Control are compromised, the Chief promotes hapless but eager analyst Maxwell Smart and teams him with stylish, capable Agent 99, the only spy whose cover remains intact. Can they work together to thwart the evil plans of KAOS and its crafty operative?",Get Smart (2008),Action|Comedy,60126
15373,430922,Seann William Scott|Paul Rudd|Elizabeth Banks|Christopher Mintz-Plasse|Bobb'e J. Thompson,David Wain,camping|campsite|big brother|friends|community service,"Two salesmen trash a company truck on an energy drink-fueled bender. Upon their arrest, the court gives them a choice: do hard time or spend 150 service hours with a mentorship program. After one day with the kids, however, jail doesn't look half bad.",Role Models (2008),Comedy,63131
8321,780536,Colin Farrell|Brendan Gleeson|Ralph Fiennes|Clémence Poésy|Thekla Reuten,Martin McDonagh,bruges belgium|town square|vietnamese|canadian stereotype|skinned alive,"Ray and Ken, two hit men, are in Bruges, Belgium, waiting for their next mission. While they are there they have time to think and discuss their previous assignment. When the mission is revealed to Ken, it is not what he expected.",In Bruges (2008),Comedy|Crime|Drama|Thriller,57669
13335,481536,John Cho|Kal Penn|Neil Patrick Harris|Rob Corddry|Jack Conley,Jon Hurwitz|Hayden Schlossberg,terrorist|aftercreditsstinger|duringcreditsstinger,"Having satisfied their urge for White Castle, Harold and Kumar jump on a plane to catch up with Harold's love interest, who's headed for the Netherlands. But the pair must change their plans when Kumar is accused of being a terrorist. Rob Corddry also stars in this wild comedy sequel that follows the hapless stoners' misadventures as they try to avoid being captured by the Department of Homeland Security.",Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008),Adventure|Comedy,59022
12182,981227,Michael Cera|Kat Dennings|Aaron Yoo|Alexis Dziena|Ari Graynor,Peter Sollett,teenager|gay friend|child|based on young adult book,"Nick cannot stop obsessing over his ex-girlfriend, Tris, until Tris' friend Norah suddenly shows interest in him at a club. Thus beings an odd night filled with ups and downs as the two keep running into Tris and her new boyfriend while searching for Norah's drunken friend, Caroline, with help from Nick's band mates. As the night winds down, the two have to figure out what they want from each other.",Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008),Comedy|Drama|Romance,62155
12620,852713,Anna Faris|Emma Stone|Kat Dennings|Katharine McPhee|Rumer Willis,Fred Wolf,virgin|nudity|college|costume|yoga,"Shelley is living a carefree life until a rival gets her tossed out of the Playboy Mansion. With nowhere to go, fate delivers her to the sorority girls from Zeta Alpha Zeta. Unless they can sign a new pledge class, the seven socially clueless women will lose their house to the scheming girls of Phi Iota Mu. In order to accomplish their goal, they need Shelley to teach them the ways of makeup and men; at the same time, Shelley needs some of what the Zetas have - a sense of individuality. The combination leads all the girls to learn how to stop pretending and start being themselves.","House Bunny, The (2008)",Comedy,61250
5038,497465,Scarlett Johansson|Rebecca Hall|Javier Bardem|Penélope Cruz|Christopher Evan Welch,Woody Allen,barcelona spain|menage a trois|author,"Two girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture.",Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008),Comedy|Drama|Romance,60950
10661,960144,Adam Sandler|John Turturro|Emmanuelle Chriqui|Nick Swardson|Lainie Kazan,Dennis Dugan,new york|israel|middle east|hairdresser|ladykiller,An Israeli counterterrorism soldier with a secretly fabulous ambition to become a Manhattan hairstylist. Zohan's desire runs so deep that he'll do anything -- including faking his own death and going head-to-head with an Arab cab driver -- to make his dreams come true.,You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008),Comedy,59900
10139,1013753,Sean Penn|Emile Hirsch|James Franco|Josh Brolin|Diego Luna,Gus Van Sant,gay|san francisco|homophobia|mayor|camera,"The story of California's first openly gay elected official, Harvey Milk, who  became an outspoken agent for change, seeking equal rights and opportunities for all. His great love for the city and its people brought him backing from young and old, straight and gay, alike – at a time when prejudice and violence against gays was openly accepted as the norm.",Milk (2008),Drama,63876
13809,1032755,Mark Strong|Tom Wilkinson|Toby Kebbell|Gerard Butler|Tom Hardy,Guy Ritchie,london|gang leader|money|gang|crime,"When a Russian mobster sets up a real estate scam that generates millions of pounds, various members of London's criminal underworld pursue their share of the fortune. Various shady characters, including Mr One-Two, Stella the accountant, and Johnny Quid, a druggie rock-star, try to claim their slice.",RocknRolla (2008),Action|Crime,62849
4564,1000774,Sarah Jessica Parker|Kim Cattrall|Cynthia Nixon|Kristin Davis|Chris Noth,Michael Patrick King,city portrait|hotel|new year's eve|forgiveness|fashion journal,A New York writer on sex and love is finally getting married to her Mr. Big. But her three best girlfriends must console her after one of them inadvertently leads Mr. Big to jilt her.,Sex and the City (2008),Comedy|Romance,59725
4953,799934,Jack Black|Mos Def|Danny Glover|Mia Farrow|Marcus Carl Franklin,Michel Gondry,camcorder|videoband|delusion|nuclear power plant|video store,"A man whose brain becomes magnetized unintentionally destroys every tape in his friend's video store. In order to satisfy the store's most loyal renter, an aging woman with signs of dementia, the two men set out to remake the lost films.",Be Kind Rewind (2008),Comedy,55830
8780,871426,Tina Fey|Amy Poehler|Dax Shepard|Sigourney Weaver|Greg Kinnear,Michael McCullers,pregnancy and birth|surrogate mother,"A successful, single businesswoman who dreams of having a baby discovers she is infertile and hires a working class woman to be her unlikely surrogate.",Baby Mama (2008),Comedy,59258
13260,839980,Will Ferrell|Maura Tierney|Woody Harrelson|David Koechner|Will Arnett,Kent Alterman,sport|basketball|flint michigan|nba|merger,"Jackie Moon is the owner, promoter, coach, and star player of the Flint Michigan Tropics of the American Basketball Association (ABA). In 1976 before the ABA collapses, the National Basketball Association (NBA) plans to merge with the best teams of the ABA at the end of the season. Only the top four teams will make the move and the worst teams will fold. The Tropics are the worst team in the league and if they want to make it to the NBA, Jackie Moon must rally his team and start winning. The only problem is the fact that Jackie Moon is not really the coach and star basketball player he thinks he is. To keep his team from oblivion and leave his mark in the city, Jackie Moon must inspire his team to win fourth place in the playoffs.",Semi-Pro (2008),Comedy,58156
14301,1227926,Neil Patrick Harris|Nathan Fillion|Felicia Day|Simon Helberg|Nick Towne,Joss Whedon,musical|supervillain,"Dr. Horrible, an aspiring supervillain with his own video blog, is attempting to join the prestigious Evil League of Evil (led by the legendary ""thoroughbred of sin"", Bad Horse), but his plans are usually foiled by the egotistical superhero Captain Hammer. Dr. Horrible's life is thrown for a loop when he falls in love with Penny, a beautiful and optimistic advocate for the homeless he meets at the laundromat.",Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008),Comedy|Drama|Musical|Sci-Fi,66934
1771,458339,Chris Evans|Hugo Weaving|Tommy Lee Jones|Hayley Atwell|Sebastian Stan,Joe Johnston,new york|usa|world war ii|nazis|marvel comic,"Predominantly set during World War II, Steve Rogers is a sickly man from Brooklyn who's transformed into super-soldier Captain America to aid in the war effort. Rogers must stop the Red Skull – Adolf Hitler's ruthless head of weaponry, and the leader of an organization that intends to use a mysterious device of untold powers for world domination.",Captain America: The First Avenger (2011),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi|Thriller|War,88140
64690,780504,Ryan Gosling|Carey Mulligan|Christina Hendricks|Albert Brooks|Bryan Cranston,Nicolas Winding Refn,drowning|stuntman|blood splatter|extreme violence|violence,"A mysterious Hollywood stuntman who moonlights as a getaway driver seems to be trying to escape his shady past – until he falls for his neighbor, whose husband is in prison and who's looking after her child alone.",Drive (2011),Crime|Drama|Film-Noir|Thriller,88129
12445,1201607,Daniel Radcliffe|Rupert Grint|Emma Watson|Alan Rickman|Maggie Smith,David Yates,self sacrifice|magic|frog|sorcerer|school,"Harry, Ron and Hermione continue their quest to vanquish the evil Voldemort once and for all. Just as things begin to look hopeless for the young wizards, Harry discovers a trio of magical objects that endow him with powers to rival Voldemort's formidable skills.",Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011),Action|Adventure|Drama|Fantasy|Mystery|IMAX,88125
1865,1298650,Johnny Depp|Penélope Cruz|Geoffrey Rush|Ian McShane|Kevin McNally,Rob Marshall,sea|captain|mutiny|sword|prime minister,"Captain Jack Sparrow crosses paths with a woman from his past, and he's not sure if it's love -- or if she's a ruthless con artist who's using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth. When she forces him aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge, the ship of the formidable pirate Blackbeard, Jack finds himself on an unexpected adventure in which he doesn't know who to fear more: Blackbeard or the woman from his past.",Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011),Action|Adventure|Fantasy|IMAX,86880
61791,1318514,Andy Serkis|Karin Konoval|Freida Pinto|James Franco|John Lithgow,Rupert Wyatt,intelligence|zoo|cage|dystopia|golden gate bridge,"Scientist Will Rodman is determined to find a cure for Alzheimer's, the disease which has slowly consumed his father Charles. Will feels certain he is close to a breakthrough and tests his latest serum on apes, noticing dramatic increases in intelligence and brain activity in the primate subjects... Especially Caesar, his pet chimpanzee.",Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011),Action|Drama|Sci-Fi|Thriller,88744
10195,800369,Chris Hemsworth|Natalie Portman|Tom Hiddleston|Anthony Hopkins|Stellan Skarsgård,Kenneth Branagh,new mexico|banishment|shield|marvel comic|hammer,"Against his father Odin's will, The Mighty Thor -a powerful but arrogant warrior god -recklessly reignites an ancient war. Thor is cast down to Earth and forced to live among humans as punishment. Once here, Thor learns what it takes to be a true hero when the most dangerous villain of his world sends the darkest forces of Asgard to invade Earth.",Thor (2011),Action|Adventure|Drama|Fantasy|IMAX,86332
49530,1637688,Justin Timberlake|Amanda Seyfried|Cillian Murphy|Olivia Wilde|Alex Pettyfer,Andrew Niccol,bank|future|time|dystopia|cops and robbers ,"In the not-too-distant future the aging gene has been switched off. To avoid overpopulation, time has become the currency and the way people pay for luxuries and necessities. The rich can live forever, while the rest try to negotiate for their immortality. A poor young man who comes into a fortune of time, though too late to help his mother from dying. He ends up on the run from a corrupt police force known as 'time keepers'.",In Time (2011),Crime|Sci-Fi|Thriller,90405
45612,945513,Jake Gyllenhaal|Michelle Monaghan|Vera Farmiga|Russell Peters|Michael Arden,Duncan Jones,bomb|identity|fantasy|bomber|suspicion,"Decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens wakes up in the body of an unknown man, discovering he's involved in a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train. He learns he's part of a top-secret experimental program that enables him to experience the final 8 minutes of another person's life. Colter re-lives the train incident over and over again, gathering more clues each time. But can he discover who is responsible for the attack before the next one happens?",Source Code (2011),Action|Drama|Mystery|Sci-Fi|Thriller,85414
56292,1229238,Tom Cruise|Jeremy Renner|Simon Pegg|Paula Patton|Anil Kapoor,Brad Bird,fight|sequel|mission|explosion|broken arm,"In the 4th installment of the Mission Impossible series, Ethan Hunt (Cruise) and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks (Nyqvist), who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States. An attempt to stop him ends in an explosion causing severe destruction to the Kremlin and the IMF to be implicated in the bombing, forcing the President to disavow them. No longer being aided by the government, Ethan and his team chase Hendricks around the globe, although they might still be too late to stop a disaster.",Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011),Action|Adventure|Thriller|IMAX,91630
50646,1570728,Steve Carell|Julianne Moore|Ryan Gosling|Emma Stone|Marisa Tomei,Glenn Ficarra|John Requa,soulmates|midlife crisis|marriage crisis|womanizer|law school,"Cal Weaver is living the American dream. He has a good job, a beautiful house, great children and a beautiful wife, named Emily. Cal's seemingly perfect life unravels, however, when he learns that Emily has been unfaithful and wants a divorce. Over 40 and suddenly single, Cal is adrift in the fickle world of dating. Enter, Jacob Palmer, a self-styled player who takes Cal under his wing and teaches him how to be a hit with the ladies.","Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011)",Comedy|Drama|Romance,88163
65754,1568346,Daniel Craig|Rooney Mara|Christopher Plummer|Goran Visnjic|Stellan Skarsgård,David Fincher,journalist|based on novel|hacker|punk|investigation,"This English-language adaptation of the Swedish novel by Stieg Larsson follows a disgraced journalist, Mikael Blomkvist, as he investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, punk computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander. As they work together in the investigation, Blomkvist and Salander uncover immense corruption beyond anything they have ever imagined.","Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The (2011)",Drama|Thriller,91658
51876,1219289,Bradley Cooper|Robert De Niro|Abbie Cornish|Andrew Howard|Anna Friel,Neil Burger,fictional place|politician|stalking|superhuman|writer,"A paranoia-fueled action thriller about an unsuccessful writer whose life is transformed by a top-secret ""smart drug"" that allows him to use 100% of his brain and become a perfect version of himself. His enhanced abilities soon attract shadowy forces that threaten his new life in this darkly comic and provocative film.",Limitless (2011),Sci-Fi|Thriller,84152
49444,1302011,Jack Black|Angelina Jolie|Dustin Hoffman|Gary Oldman|Jackie Chan,Jennifer Yuh,martial arts|hope|fleet|panda|mission,"Po is now living his dream as The Dragon Warrior, protecting the Valley of Peace alongside his friends and fellow kung fu masters, The Furious Five - Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper and Monkey. But Po’s new life of awesomeness is threatened by the emergence of a formidable villain, who plans to use a secret, unstoppable weapon to conquer China and destroy kung fu. It is up to Po and The Furious Five to journey across China to face this threat and vanquish it. But how can Po stop a weapon that can stop kung fu? He must look to his past and uncover the secrets of his mysterious origins; only then will he be able to unlock the strength he needs to succeed.",Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011),Action|Adventure|Animation|Children|Comedy|IMAX,87222
51540,1499658,Jennifer Aniston|Jason Bateman|Charlie Day|Jason Sudeikis|Colin Farrell,Seth Gordon,conspiracy of murder|bad boss|employee|death of father|stakeout,"For Nick (Jason Bateman), Kurt (Jason Sudeikis) and Dale (Charlie Day), the only thing that would make the daily grind more tolerable would be to grind their intolerable bosses (Kevin Spacey, Colin Farrell, Jennifer Aniston) into dust. Quitting is not an option, so, with the benefit of a few-too-many drinks and some dubious advice from a hustling ex-con (Jamie Foxx), the three friends devise a convoluted and seemingly foolproof plan to rid themselves of their respective employers... permanently.",Horrible Bosses (2011),Comedy|Crime,87869
50544,1632708,Justin Timberlake|Mila Kunis|Patricia Clarkson|Woody Harrelson|Nolan Gould,Will Gluck,funeral|friends|romance|comedy|three word title,"While trying to avoid the clichés of Hollywood romantic comedies, Dylan and Jamie soon discover however that adding the act of sex to their friendship does lead to complications.",Friends with Benefits (2011),Comedy|Romance,88405
58574,1515091,Robert Downey Jr.|Jude Law|Jared Harris|Noomi Rapace|Kelly Reilly,Guy Ritchie,detective inspector|steampunk|criminal mastermind,"There is a new criminal mastermind at large--Professor Moriarty--and not only is he Holmes’ intellectual equal, but his capacity for evil and lack of conscience may give him an advantage over the  detective.",Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011),Action|Adventure|Comedy|Crime|Mystery|Thriller,91542
44912,1133985,Ryan Reynolds|Blake Lively|Peter Sarsgaard|Tim Robbins|Mark Strong,Martin Campbell,dc comics|transformation|superhero|alien|alien infection,"For centuries, a small but powerful force of warriors called the Green Lantern Corps has sworn to keep intergalactic order. Each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. But when a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of the first human ever recruited.",Green Lantern (2011),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi,87430
45243,1411697,Bradley Cooper|Ed Helms|Zach Galifianakis|Justin Bartha|Ken Jeong,Todd Phillips,sun glasses|interpol|undercover cop|hangover|duringcreditsstinger,"The Hangover crew heads to Thailand for Stu's wedding. After the disaster of a bachelor party in Las Vegas last year, Stu is playing it safe with a mellow pre-wedding brunch. However, nothing goes as planned and Bangkok is the perfect setting for another adventure with the rowdy group.","Hangover Part II, The (2011)",Comedy,86911
41630,1411238,Natalie Portman|Ashton Kutcher|Greta Gerwig|Kevin Kline|Olivia Thirlby,Ivan Reitman,alcohol|waitress|cemetery|casual meeting|restaurant,"Emma is a busy doctor who sets up a seemingly perfect arrangement when she offers her best friend Adam a relationship with one rule: No strings attached. But when a fling becomes a thing, can sex friends stay best friends?",No Strings Attached (2011),Comedy|Romance,84374
17578,983193,Jamie Bell|Andy Serkis|Daniel Craig|Nick Frost|Simon Pegg,Steven Spielberg,riddle|captain|treasure|liquor|treasure hunt,"Intrepid young reporter, Tintin and his loyal dog, Snowy are thrust into a world of high adventure when they discover a ship carrying an explosive secret. As Tintin is drawn into a centuries-old mystery, Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine suspects him of stealing a priceless treasure. Tintin and Snowy, with the help of salty, cantankerous Captain Haddock and bumbling detectives, Thompson & Thomson, travel half the world, one step ahead of their enemies as Tintin endeavors to find The Unicorn, a sunken ship that may hold a vast fortune, but also an ancient curse.","Adventures of Tintin, The (2011)",Action|Animation|Mystery|IMAX,90746
55721,1478338,Kristen Wiig|Rose Byrne|Maya Rudolph|Wendi McLendon-Covey|Ellie Kemper,Paul Feig,competition|tattoo|alcohol|jealousy|fight,"Annie’s life is a mess. But when she finds out her lifetime best friend is engaged, she simply must serve as Lillian’s maid of honor. Though lovelorn and broke, Annie bluffs her way through the expensive and bizarre rituals. With one chance to get it perfect, she’ll show Lillian and her bridesmaids just how far you’ll go for someone you love.",Bridesmaids (2011),Comedy,86833
37686,1650062,Joel Courtney|Elle Fanning|Riley Griffiths|Kyle Chandler|Ryan Lee,J.J. Abrams,secret|train crash|pistol|firecracker|duringcreditsstinger,"In 1979 Ohio, several youngsters are making a zombie movie with a Super-8 camera. In the midst of filming, the friends witness a horrifying train derailment and are lucky to escape with their lives. They soon discover that the catastrophe was no accident, as a series of unexplained events and disappearances soon follows. Deputy Jackson Lamb, the father of one of the kids, searches for the terrifying truth behind the crash.",Super 8 (2011),Mystery|Sci-Fi|Thriller|IMAX,87306
23629,978764,Emily Browning|Abbie Cornish|Jena Malone|Vanessa Hudgens|Jamie Chung,Zack Snyder,brothel|fantasy|asylum|reality|escape,"A young girl is institutionalized by her abusive stepfather. Retreating to an alternative reality as a coping strategy, she envisions a plan which will help her escape from the mental facility.",Sucker Punch (2011),Action|Fantasy|Thriller|IMAX,85510
74643,1655442,Jean Dujardin|Bérénice Bejo|John Goodman|James Cromwell|Penelope Ann Miller,Michel Hazanavicius,film producer|film history|movie studio|hollywood|dog,"Hollywood, 1927: As silent movie star George Valentin wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will cause him to fade into oblivion, he sparks with Peppy Miller, a young dancer set for a big break.",The Artist (2011),Comedy|Drama|Romance,89904
40807,1306980,Joseph Gordon-Levitt|Seth Rogen|Anna Kendrick|Bryce Dallas Howard|Anjelica Huston,Jonathan Levine,painter|father-son relationship|therapist|cancer|psychologist,"Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis, and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.",50/50 (2011),Comedy|Drama,89864
44896,1192628,Johnny Depp|Isla Fisher|Ned Beatty|Bill Nighy|Alfred Molina,Gore Verbinski,sheriff|nevada|pet|rango|chameleon,"When Rango, a lost family pet, accidentally winds up in the gritty, gun-slinging town of Dirt, the less-than-courageous lizard suddenly finds he stands out. Welcomed as the last hope the town has been waiting for, new Sheriff Rango is forced to play his new role to the hilt.",Rango (2011),Action|Adventure|Animation|Children|Comedy|Western,84944
49520,1488555,Olivia Wilde|Ryan Reynolds|Jason Bateman|Leslie Mann|Mircea Monroe,David Dobkin,jealousy|chance|wish|change|man change,"Dave is a married man with two kids and a loving wife , and Mitch is a single man who is at the prime of his sexual life. One fateful night while Mitch and Dave are peeing in a fountain when lightning strikes and they switch bodies.","Change-Up, The (2011)",Comedy,88785
44826,970179,Asa Butterfield|Chloë Grace Moretz|Ben Kingsley|Sacha Baron Cohen|Jude Law,Martin Scorsese,library|clock|film director|key|toy,"Hugo is an orphan boy living in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. He learned to fix clocks and other gadgets from his father and uncle which he puts to use keeping the train station clocks running. The only thing that he has left that connects him to his dead father is an automaton (mechanical man) that doesn't work without a special key which Hugo needs to find to unlock the secret he believes it contains. On his adventures, he meets with a shopkeeper, George Melies, who works in the train station and his adventure-seeking god-daughter. Hugo finds that they have a surprising connection to his father and the automaton, and he discovers it unlocks some memories the old man has buried inside regarding his past.",Hugo (2011),Children|Drama|Mystery,90866
50348,1189340,Matthew McConaughey|Marisa Tomei|Ryan Phillippe|William H. Macy|Josh Lucas,Brad Furman,judge|arrest|jury|private investigator|surprise ending,A lawyer conducts business from the back of his Lincoln town car while representing a high-profile client in Beverly Hills.,"Lincoln Lawyer, The (2011)",Crime|Drama|Thriller,84392
59436,1605783,Owen Wilson|Rachel McAdams|Kurt Fuller|Mimi Kennedy|Michael Sheen,Woody Allen,paris|painter|detective|based on novel|screenwriter,A romantic comedy about a family traveling to the French capital for business. The party includes a young engaged couple forced to confront the illusion that a life different from their own is better.,Midnight in Paris (2011),Comedy|Fantasy|Romance,86882
59440,1291584,Tom Hardy|Jennifer Morrison|Nick Nolte|Joel Edgerton|Frank Grillo,Gavin O'Connor,bank|training|beating|teacher|mixed martial arts,"An ex-Marine haunted by a tragic past, Tommy Riordan (Tom Hardy) returns to his hometown of Pittsburgh and enlists his father (Nick Nolte), a recovering alcoholic and his former coach, to train him for an MMA tournament awarding the biggest purse in the history of the sport. As Tommy blazes a violent path toward the title prize, his brother Brendan (Joel Edgerton), a former MMA fighter unable to make ends meet as a public school teacher, returns to the amateur ring to provide for his family. Even though years have passed, recriminations and past betrayals keep Brendan bitterly estranged from both Tommy and his father. But when Brendan's unlikely rise as an underdog sets him on a collision course with Tommy, the two brothers must finally confront the forces that tore them apart, all the while waging the most intense winner-take-all battle of their lives.",Warrior (2011),Drama,89774
38050,1385826,Matt Damon|Emily Blunt|John Slattery|Anthony Mackie|Lauren Hodges,George Nolfi,hotel|dancer|hat|senator|future,"A man glimpses the future Fate has planned for him – and chooses to fight for his own destiny. Battling the powerful Adjustment Bureau across, under and through the streets of New York, he risks his destined greatness to be with the only woman he's ever loved.","Adjustment Bureau, The (2011)",Romance|Sci-Fi|Thriller,84954
39513,1092026,Seth Rogen|Simon Pegg|Nick Frost|Jason Bateman|Kristen Wiig,Greg Mottola,san diego|area 51|alien space craft|hit with a chair|shot in the knee,"For the past 60 years, a space-traveling smart-ass named Paul has been locked up in a top-secret military base, advising world leaders about his kind. But when he worries he’s outlived his usefulness and the dissection table is drawing uncomfortably close, Paul escapes on the first RV that passes by his compound in Area 51. Fortunately, it contains the two earthlings who are most likely to rescue and harbor an alien on the run.",Paul (2011),Adventure|Comedy|Sci-Fi,84772
50014,1454029,Emma Stone|Viola Davis|Octavia Spencer|Bryce Dallas Howard|Jessica Chastain,Tate Taylor,mississippi|based on novel|exploitation|racial segregation|racism,"Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's struggles with money and her desperate need for jobs; and Eugenia ""Skeeter"" Phelan is a young white woman who has recently moved back home after graduating college to find out her childhood maid has mysteriously disappeared. These three stories intertwine to explain how life in Jackson, Mississippi revolves around ""the help""; yet they are always kept at a certain distance because of racial lines.","Help, The (2011)",Drama,88810
60308,1210166,Brad Pitt|Jonah Hill|Robin Wright|Philip Seymour Hoffman|Chris Pratt,Bennett Miller,underdog|based on novel|baseball|teamwork|partner,"The story of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball team on a budget, by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.",Moneyball (2011),Drama,89492
40805,990407,Seth Rogen|Jay Chou|Christoph Waltz|Cameron Diaz|Edward Furlong,Michel Gondry,bomb|martial arts|assassin|vandalism|nightclub,"Britt Reid (Seth Rogen), the heir to the largest newspaper fortune in Los Angeles, is a spoiled playboy who has been, thus far, happy to lead an aimless life. After his father (Tom Wilkinson) dies, Britt meets Kato (Jay Chou), a resourceful company employee. Realizing that they have the talent and resources to make something of their lives, Britt and Kato join forces as costumed crime-fighters to bring down the city's most-powerful criminal, Chudnofsky (Christoph Waltz).","Green Hornet, The (2011)",Action|Comedy|Crime|Fantasy|Thriller|IMAX,83349
39538,1598778,Matt Damon|Gwyneth Paltrow|Kate Winslet|Jude Law|Marion Cotillard,Steven Soderbergh,saving the world|mutation|infection|terminal illness|quarantine,"Contagion follows the rapid progress of a lethal airborne virus that kills within days. As the fast–moving epidemic grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself. At the same time, ordinary people struggle to survive in a society coming apart.",Contagion (2011),Sci-Fi|Thriller|IMAX,89470
50456,993842,Saoirse Ronan|Eric Bana|Vicky Krieps|Cate Blanchett|Tom Hollander,Joe Wright,assassin|self sacrifice|strip club|secret agent|training,"A 16-year-old girl raised by her father to be the perfect assassin is dispatched on a mission across Europe. Tracked by a ruthless operatives, she faces startling revelations about her existence and questions about her humanity.",Hanna (2011),Action|Adventure|Mystery|Thriller,86190
65057,1033575,George Clooney|Shailene Woodley|Amara Miller|Nick Krause|Robert Forster,Alexander Payne,hawaii|father-in-law|cheating wife|beach house|daughters,"With his wife Elizabeth on life support after a boating accident, Hawaiian land baron, Matt King takes his daughters on a trip from Oahu to Kauai to confront the young real estate broker, who was having an affair with Elizabeth before her misfortune.","Descendants, The (2011)",Comedy|Drama,91077
38356,1399103,Shia LaBeouf|John Malkovich|Ken Jeong|Frances McDormand|Josh Duhamel,Michael Bay,moon|spacecraft|traitor|bodyguard|fighter jet,"Sam Witwicky takes his first tenuous steps into adulthood while remaining a reluctant human ally of Autobot-leader Optimus Prime. The film centers around the space race between the USSR and the USA, suggesting there was a hidden Transformers role in it all that remains one of the planet's most dangerous secrets.",Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi|War|IMAX,87520
64328,1204342,Amy Adams|Jason Segel|Emily Blunt|John Krasinski|Zach Galifianakis,James Bobin,musical|the muppets|robot|oil tycoon|studio tour,"When Kermit the Frog and the Muppets learn that their beloved theater is slated for demolition, a sympathetic human, Gary, and his puppet roommate, Walter, swoop in to help the gang put on a show and raise the $10 million they need to save the day.","Muppets, The (2011)",Children|Comedy|Musical,91094
51497,1596343,Vin Diesel|Paul Walker|Dwayne Johnson|Jordana Brewster|Tyrese Gibson,Justin Lin,brazil|fbi|death of a friend|freedom|escape from prison,"Former cop Brian O'Conner partners with ex-con Dom Toretto on the opposite side of the law. Since Brian and Mia Toretto broke Dom out of custody, they've blown across many borders to elude authorities. Now backed into a corner in Rio de Janeiro, they must pull one last job in order to gain their freedom.","Fast Five (Fast and the Furious 5, The) (2011)",Action|Crime|Drama|Thriller|IMAX,86644
49538,1270798,James McAvoy|Michael Fassbender|Jennifer Lawrence|Kevin Bacon|Rose Byrne,Matthew Vaughn,cia|mutant|mine|marvel comic|based on comic book,"Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were arch-enemies, they were closest of friends, working together with other mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known.",X-Men: First Class (2011),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi|Thriller|War,87232
80379,2112999,Louis C.K.,Louis C.K.,stand-up,"Recorded November 10th, 2011 as part of the New York Comedy Festival, and only available for purchase online, Louis C.K. follows up his 2010 concert film Hilarious with a new hour’s worth of shrewdly observed and periodically profane material. He starts with making his own kind of please-turn-off-your-cell-phone announcement, as well as a warning not to text or tweet during the show: “Just live your life,†he asks. Whether he’s talking about a unique way to drop a rental car off at an airport or describing why a man in his 40s should not smoke dope, it’s terrific, humane, carried-to-crazed-extremes stuff.",Louis C.K.: Live at the Beacon Theater (2011),Comedy,92535
121,167261,Elijah Wood|Ian McKellen|Viggo Mortensen|Liv Tyler|Orlando Bloom,Peter Jackson,elves|orcs|middle-earth (tolkien)|hobbits|based on novel,"Frodo and Sam are trekking to Mordor to destroy the One Ring of Power while Gimli, Legolas and Aragorn search for the orc-captured Merry and Pippin. All along, nefarious wizard Saruman awaits the Fellowship members at the Orthanc Tower in Isengard.","Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002)",Adventure|Fantasy,5952
672,295297,Daniel Radcliffe|Rupert Grint|Emma Watson|Kenneth Branagh|Richard Harris,Chris Columbus,flying car|witch|magic language|car journey|cutting the cord,"Ignoring threats to his life, Harry returns to Hogwarts to investigate – aided by Ron and Hermione – a mysterious series of attacks.",Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002),Adventure|Fantasy,5816
425,268380,Ray Romano|John Leguizamo|Denis Leary|Goran Visnjic|Jack Black,Chris Wedge|Carlos Saldanha,human evolution|parents kids relationship|squirrel|ice|loss of child,"With the impending ice age almost upon them, a mismatched trio of prehistoric critters -- Manny the woolly mammoth, Diego the saber-toothed tiger and Sid the giant sloth -- find an orphaned infant and decide to return it to its human parents. Along the way, the unlikely allies become friends. But when enemies attack, their quest takes on far nobler aims..",Ice Age (2002),Adventure|Animation|Children|Comedy,5218
2501,258463,Matt Damon|Franka Potente|Chris Cooper|Clive Owen|Brian Cox,Doug Liman,paris|barcelona spain|assassin|based on novel|secret identity,"Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number, he starts to reconstruct his life, but finds that many people he encounters want him dead. Bourne realizes, though, that he has the combat and mental skills of a world-class spy, but who does he work for?","Bourne Identity, The (2002)",Action|Mystery|Thriller,5418
1576,120804,Milla Jovovich|Michelle Rodriguez|Eric Mabius|Ryan McCluskey|Oscar Pearce,Paul W.S. Anderson,undercover|mutant|dystopia|conspiracy|zombies,"When a virus leaks from a top-secret facility, turning all resident researchers into ravenous zombies and their lab animals into mutated hounds from hell, the government sends in an elite military task force to contain the outbreak. Alice and Rain are charged with leading the mission. But they only have three hours before the pathogen becomes airborne and infects the world.",Resident Evil (2002),Action|Horror|Sci-Fi|Thriller,5219
557,145487,Tobey Maguire|Willem Dafoe|Kirsten Dunst|James Franco|Cliff Robertson,Sam Raimi,loss of lover|spider|thanksgiving|bad boss|hostility,"After being bitten by a genetically altered spider, nerdy high school student Peter Parker is endowed with amazing powers.",Spider-Man (2002),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi|Thriller,5349
1894,121765,Ewan McGregor|Natalie Portman|Hayden Christensen|Ian McDiarmid|Samuel L. Jackson,George Lucas,senate|investigation|army|death star|jedi,"Ten years after the invasion of Naboo, the galaxy is on the brink of civil war. Under the leadership of a renegade Jedi named Count Dooku, thousands of solar systems threaten to break away from the Galactic Republic. When an assassination attempt is made on Senator Padmé Amidala, the former Queen of Naboo, twenty-year-old Jedi apprentice Anakin Skywalker is assigned to protect her. In the course of his mission, Anakin discovers his love for Padmé as well as his own darker side. Soon, Anakin, Padmé, and Obi-Wan Kenobi are drawn into the heart of the Separatist movement and the beginning of the Clone Wars.",Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi|IMAX,5378
640,264464,Leonardo DiCaprio|Tom Hanks|Christopher Walken|Martin Sheen|Amy Adams,Steven Spielberg,con man|biography|fbi agent|overhead camera shot|attempted jailbreak,"Frank W. Abagnale Jr. is a cunning con man – posing as a doctor, lawyer and pilot all before turning 21. He's also a deft forger, and his work attracts the attention of FBI agent Carl Hanratty, who makes it his mission to put Frank behind bars. But Frank not only eludes capture, he revels in the pursuit, even taking time to taunt Carl by phone.",Catch Me If You Can (2002),Crime|Drama,5989
608,120912,Tommy Lee Jones|Will Smith|Rip Torn|Lara Flynn Boyle|Johnny Knoxville,Barry Sonnenfeld,saving the world|secret identity|sun glasses|undercover|space marine,"Kay and Jay reunite to provide our best, last and only line of defense against a sinister seductress who levels the toughest challenge yet to the MIBs untarnished mission statement: protecting the earth from the scum of the universe. It's been four years since the alien-seeking agents averted an intergalactic disaster of epic proportions. And now it's a race against the clock as Jay must convince Kay-who not only has absolutely no memory of his time spent with the Men In Black, but is also the only living person left with the expertise to save the galaxy-to reunite with the MIB before the earth submits to ultimate destruction.",Men in Black II (a.k.a. MIIB) (a.k.a. MIB 2) (2002),Action|Comedy|Sci-Fi,5459
423,253474,Adrien Brody|Thomas Kretschmann|Frank Finlay|Maureen Lipman|Emilia Fox,Roman Polanski,individual|resistance|radio station|war crimes|loss of family,The Pianist is a film adapted from the biography of Wladyslaw Szpilman. A Jewish-Polish pianist who during the second world war lived and hid miraculously in Warsaw after having gone through a terrible tragedy. A film from Roman Polanski.,"Pianist, The (2002)",Drama|War,5995
180,181689,Tom Cruise|Colin Farrell|Samantha Morton|Max von Sydow|Lois Smith,Steven Spielberg,self-fulfilling prophecy|evidence|hologram|dystopia,"John Anderton is a top ""Precrime"" cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the quarry when another investigator targets him for a murder charge. Can Anderton find a glitch in the system and prove his innocence before it's too late?",Minority Report (2002),Action|Crime|Mystery|Sci-Fi|Thriller,5445
11544,275847,Chris Sanders|Daveigh Chase|Tia Carrere|David Ogden Stiers|Kevin McDonald,Dean DeBlois|Chris Sanders,sister sister relationship|extraterrestrial technology|hawaii|adoption|mutation,"A lonely Hawaiian girl named Lilo is being raised by her older sister, Nani, after their parents die -- under the watch of social worker Cobra Bubbles. When Lilo adopts a funny-looking dog and names him ""Stitch,"" she doesn't realize her new best friend is a wacky alien created by mad scientist Dr. Jumba.",Lilo & Stitch (2002),Adventure|Animation|Children|Sci-Fi,5444
4108,293662,Jason Statham|Shu Qi|François Berléand|Matt Schulze|Ric Young,Louis Leterrier|Corey Yuen Kwai,car journey|transportation|auto|human trafficking,"Former Special Forces officer, Frank Martin will deliver anything to anyone for the right price, and his no-questions-asked policy puts him in high demand. But when he realizes his latest cargo is alive, it sets in motion a dangerous chain of events. The bound and gagged Lai is being smuggled to France by a shady American businessman, and Frank works to save her as his own illegal activities are uncovered by a French detective.","Transporter, The (2002)",Action|Crime,5574
7451,295701,Vin Diesel|Asia Argento|Marton Csokas|Samuel L. Jackson|Michael Roof,Rob Cohen,sports car|biological weapon|cold war|prague,"Xander Cage is your standard adrenaline junkie with no fear and a lousy attitude. When the US Government ""recruits"" him to go on a mission, he's not exactly thrilled. His mission: to gather information on an organization that may just be planning the destruction of the world, led by the nihilistic Yorgi.",xXx (2002),Action|Crime|Thriller,5507
170,289043,Cillian Murphy|Naomie Harris|Noah Huntley|Christopher Dunne|Emma Hitching,Danny Boyle,london|manchester city|submachine gun|gas station|survivor,"Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research facility, a small group of London survivors are caught in a desperate struggle to protect themselves from the infected. Carried by animals and humans, the virus turns those it infects into homicidal maniacs -- and it's absolutely impossible to contain.",28 Days Later (2002),Action|Horror|Sci-Fi,6502
7303,252076,Jennifer Lopez|Ralph Fiennes|Natasha Richardson|Stanley Tucci|Tyler Posey,Wayne Wang,hotel|politician|mistaken identity|maid|single mother,"A senatorial candidate falls for a hotel maid, thinking she is a socialite when he sees her trying on a wealthy woman's dress.",Maid in Manhattan (2002),Comedy|Romance,5943
36586,187738,Wesley Snipes|Kris Kristofferson|Ron Perlman|Leonor Varela|Norman Reedus,Guillermo del Toro,katana|mutation|silver|superhero|tragic villain,"A rare mutation has occurred within the vampire community - The Reaper. A vampire so consumed with an insatiable bloodlust that they prey on vampires as well as humans, transforming victims who are unlucky enough to survive into Reapers themselves. Blade is asked by the Vampire Nation for his help in preventing a nightmare plague that would wipe out both humans and vampires.",Blade II (2002),Action|Horror|Thriller,5254
3131,217505,Leonardo DiCaprio|Daniel Day-Lewis|Cameron Diaz|Liam Neeson|Brendan Gleeson,Martin Scorsese,fire|irish-american|immigrant|gang war|pickpocket,"1863. America was born in the streets. Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points of America to seek vengeance against the psychotic gangland kingpin, Bill the Butcher, who murdered his father years earlier. With an eager pickpocket by his side and a whole new army, Vallon fights his way to seek vengeance on the Butcher and restore peace in the area.",Gangs of New York (2002),Crime|Drama,5956
4547,258000,Jodie Foster|Kristen Stewart|Forest Whitaker|Dwight Yoakam|Jared Leto,David Fincher,burglar|bunker|housebreaking|safe|money,"Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman and her young daughter Sarah play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders - Burnham, Raoul and Junior - during a brutal home invasion. But the room itself is the focal point because what the intruders really want is inside it.",Panic Room (2002),Thriller,5266
11452,283111,Ryan Reynolds|Tara Reid|Tim Matheson|Kal Penn|Simon Helberg,Walt Becker,sex|college|doggystyle|flirting|exposé,"Van Wilder is an outgoing, and extremely popular student who has been at Coolidge College for seven years. For the past three years he has made no effort to graduate, instead spending his time organizing parties, helping other students, and posing for figure drawing classes. But after seven years, with no return on his investment, Van's father decides it is time to stop paying Van's tuition.",National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002),Comedy,5283
65,298203,Eminem|Mekhi Phifer|Brittany Murphy|Kim Basinger|Michael Shannon,Curtis Hanson,individual|street gang|adolescence|rap|hip-hop,"The setting is Detroit in 1995. The city is divided by 8 Mile, a road that splits the town in half along racial lines. A young white rapper, Jimmy ""B-Rabbit"" Smith Jr summons strength within himself to cross over these arbitrary boundaries to fulfill his dream of success in hip hop. With future and the three one third all he has to do is not choke.",8 Mile (2002),Drama,5810
2022,280590,Adam Sandler|Winona Ryder|John Turturro|Allen Covert|Peter Gallagher,Steven Brill,love letter|new hampshire|ferrari|liar|city country contrast,"When Longfellow Deeds, a small-town pizzeria owner and poet, inherits $40 billion from his deceased uncle, he quickly begins rolling in a different kind of dough. Moving to the big city, Deeds finds himself besieged by opportunists all gunning for their piece of the pie. Babe, a television tabloid reporter, poses as an innocent small-town girl to do an exposé on Deeds.",Mr. Deeds (2002),Comedy|Romance,5449
455,286499,Parminder Nagra|Keira Knightley|Jonathan Rhys Meyers|Anupam Kher|Shaheen Khan,Gurinder Chadha,london|gay|tradition|broken engagement|culture clash,"Jess Bhamra, the daughter of a strict Indian couple in London, is not permitted to play organized soccer, even though she is 18. When Jess is playing for fun one day, her impressive skills are seen by Jules Paxton, who then convinces Jess to play for her semi-pro team. Jess uses elaborate excuses to hide her matches from her family while also dealing with her romantic feelings for her coach, Joe.",Bend It Like Beckham (2002),Comedy|Drama|Romance,6218
2642,313737,Sandra Bullock|Hugh Grant|Alicia Witt|Dana Ivey|Robert Klein,Marc Lawrence,new york|parish hall|romantic comedy|lawyer|billionaire,"Dedicated environmental lawyer Lucy Kelson goes to work for billionaire George Wade as part of a deal to preserve a community center. Indecisive and weak-willed George grows dependent on Lucy's guidance on everything from legal matters to clothing. Exasperated, Lucy gives notice and picks Harvard graduate June Carter as her replacement. As Lucy's time at the firm nears an end, she grows jealous of June and has second thoughts about leaving George.",Two Weeks Notice (2002),Comedy|Romance,5957
2675,286106,Mel Gibson|Joaquin Phoenix|Rory Culkin|Abigail Breslin|Cherry Jones,M. Night Shyamalan,symbolism|water|peasant|alien life-form|farm,A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come.,Signs (2002),Horror|Sci-Fi|Thriller,5502
565,298130,Naomi Watts|Martin Henderson|David Dorfman|Brian Cox|Shannon Cochran,Gore Verbinski,island|videoband|poltergeist|telephone|suspense,"It sounded like just another urban legend: A videotape filled with nightmarish images, leading to a phone call foretelling the viewer's death in exactly seven days. As a newspaper reporter, Rachel Keller was naturally skeptical of the story, until four teenagers all met with mysterious deaths exactly one week after watching just such a tape. Allowing her investigative curiosity to get the better of her, Rachel tracks down the video... and watches it. Now she has just seven days to unravel the mystery of the Ring.","Ring, The (2002)",Horror|Mystery|Thriller,5679
10229,281358,Mandy Moore|Shane West|Peter Coyote|Daryl Hannah|Lauren German,Adam Shankman,based on novel|theatre group|north carolina|theatre milieu|high school,"When the popular, restless Landon Carter is forced to participate in the school drama production he falls in love with Jamie Sullivan, the daughter of the town's minister. Jamie has a ""to-do"" list for her life and also a very big secret she must keep from Landon.","Walk to Remember, A (2002)",Drama|Romance,5066
8346,259446,Nia Vardalos|John Corbett|Lainie Kazan|Michael Constantine|Andrea Martin,Joel Zwick,usa|parents kids relationship|greece|culture clash|midlife crisis,A young Greek woman falls in love with a non-Greek and struggles to get her family to accept him while she comes to terms with her heritage and cultural identity.,My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002),Comedy|Romance,5299
245,276751,Hugh Grant|Nicholas Hoult|Toni Collette|Rachel Weisz|Sharon Small,Chris Weitz|Paul Weitz,london|rock and roll|single parent|rap|bachelor,"Will Freeman is a hip Londoner who one day realizes that his friends are all involved with the responsibilities of married life and that leaves him alone in the cold. Passing himself off as a single father, he starts to meet a string of single mums, confident in his ability to leave them behind when they start to ask for a commitment. But Will's hope of a continued bachelorhood is interrupted when he meets 12-year old Marcus, in many ways his complete opposite.",About a Boy (2002),Comedy|Drama|Romance,5377
1817,183649,Colin Farrell|Kiefer Sutherland|Forest Whitaker|Radha Mitchell|Katie Holmes,Joel Schumacher,terrorist|phone booth|psychopath,"A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed... and the little red light from a laser rifle sight is proof that the caller isn't kidding.",Phone Booth (2002),Drama|Thriller,6281
201,253754,Patrick Stewart|Jonathan Frakes|LeVar Burton|Brent Spiner|Gates McFadden,Stuart Baird,clone|assassination|ambush|federation|starfleet,"En route to the honeymoon of William Riker to Deanna Troi on her home planet of Betazed, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise receives word from Starfleet that a coup has resulted in the installation of a new Romulan political leader, Shinzon, who claims to seek peace with the human-backed United Federation of Planets. Once in enemy territory, the captain and his crew make a startling discovery: Shinzon is human, a slave from the Romulan sister planet of Remus, and has a secret, shocking relationship to Picard himself.",Star Trek: Nemesis (2002),Action|Drama|Sci-Fi|Thriller,5944
7299,238380,Christian Bale|Taye Diggs|Emily Watson|Angus Macfadyen|Sean Bean,Kurt Wimmer,resistance|fascism|totalitarian regime|destroy|phasing,"In a dystopian future, a totalitarian regime maintains peace by subduing the populace with a drug, and displays of emotion are punishable by death. A man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system.",Equilibrium (2002),Action|Sci-Fi|Thriller,5903
9962,279113,Jennifer Aniston|Jake Gyllenhaal|Zooey Deschanel|John C. Reilly|Deborah Rush,Miguel Arteta,suicide|sex|jealousy|dream|blackmail,A discount store clerk strikes up an affair with a stock boy who considers himself the incarnation of Holden Caulfield.,"Good Girl, The (2002)",Comedy|Drama,5505
590,274558,Nicole Kidman|Julianne Moore|Meryl Streep|Stephen Dillane|Miranda Richardson,Stephen Daldry,london|suicide|gay|poetry|aids,"""The Hours"" is the story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place, all are linked by their yearnings and their fears. Their stories intertwine, and finally come together in a surprising, transcendent moment of shared recognition.","Hours, The (2002)",Drama|Romance,5992
4147,257044,Tom Hanks|Tyler Hoechlin|Jennifer Jason Leigh|Liam Aiken|Paul Newman,Sam Mendes,based on graphic novel|homework|shot in the chin|soft boiled egg|learning to drive,"Mike Sullivan works as a hit man for crime boss John Rooney. Sullivan views Rooney as a father figure, however after his son is witness to a killing, Mike Sullivan finds himself on the run in attempt to save the life of his son and at the same time looking for revenge on those who wronged him.",Road to Perdition (2002),Crime|Drama,5464
818,295178,Mike Myers|Beyoncé Knowles|Seth Green|Michael York|Mindy Sterling,Jay Roach,saving the world|submarine|brother brother relationship|clone|spy,"The world's most shagadelic spy continues his fight against Dr. Evil. This time, the diabolical doctor and his clone, Mini-Me, team up with a new foe -- '70s kingpin Goldmember. While pursuing the team of villains to stop them from world domination, Austin gets help from his dad and an old girlfriend.",Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002),Comedy,5481
320,278504,Al Pacino|Robin Williams|Maura Tierney|Hilary Swank|Martin Donovan,Christopher Nolan,detective|confession|fbi|homicide|blackmail,Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.,Insomnia (2002),Action|Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller,5388
9637,267913,Freddie Prinze Jr.|Sarah Michelle Gellar|Matthew Lillard|Linda Cardellini|Rowan Atkinson,Raja Gosnell,amateur detective|voodoo|resort|crime solving,"The Mystery Inc. gang have gone their separate ways and have been apart for two years, until they each receive an invitation to Spooky Island. Not knowing that the others have also been invited, they show up and discover an amusement park that affects young visitors in very strange ways.",Scooby-Doo (2002),Adventure|Children|Comedy|Fantasy|Mystery,5419
10771,290095,Jackie Chan|Jennifer Love Hewitt|Jason Isaacs|Debi Mazar|Ritchie Coster,Kevin Donovan,bomb|intelligence|chauffeur|wound|secret agent,"Cabbie-turned-chauffeur Jimmy Tong learns there is really only one rule when you work for playboy millionaire Clark Devlin : Never touch Devlin's prized tuxedo. But when Devlin is temporarily put out of commission in an explosive accident, Jimmy puts on the tux and soon discovers that this extraordinary suit may be more black belt than black tie. Paired with a partner as inexperienced as he is, Jimmy becomes an unwitting secret agent.","Tuxedo, The (2002)",Action|Comedy,5621
11013,274812,James Spader|Maggie Gyllenhaal|Jeremy Davies|Lesley Ann Warren|Stephen McHattie,Steven Shainberg,suicide|clerk|fetish|sadomasochism|lawyer,"A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one.",Secretary (2002),Comedy|Drama|Romance,5617
9334,277296,Dwayne Johnson|Kelly Hu|Michael Clarke Duncan|Steven Brand|Bernard Hill,Chuck Russell,egypt|temple,"In ancient Egypt, peasant Mathayus is hired to exact revenge on the powerful Memnon and the sorceress Cassandra, who are ready to overtake Balthazar's village. Amid betrayals, thieves, abductions and more, Mathayus strives to bring justice to his complicated world.",The Scorpion King (2002),Action|Adventure|Fantasy|Thriller,5313
1430,310793,Michael Moore|George H. W. Bush|George W. Bush|Dick Clark|Charlton Heston,Michael Moore,usa|canada|gun|homicide|to shoot dead,"Why do 11,000 people die in America each year at the hands of gun violence? Talking heads yelling from every TV camera blame everything from Satan to video games. But are we that much different from many other countries? What sets us apart? How have we become both the master and victim of such enormous amounts of violence? This is not a film about gun control. It is a film about the fearful heart and soul of the United States, and the 280 million Americans lucky enough to have the right to a constitutionally protected Uzi. From a look at the Columbine High School security camera tapes to the home of Oscar-winning NRA President Charlton Heston, from a young man who makes homemade napalm with The Anarchist's Cookbook to the murder of a six-year-old girl by another six-year-old, Bowling for Columbine is a journey through America, through our past, hoping to discover why our pursuit of happiness is so riddled with violence.",Bowling for Columbine (2002),Documentary,5669
1429,307901,Edward Norton|Philip Seymour Hoffman|Barry Pepper|Rosario Dawson|Anna Paquin,Spike Lee,prison|prisoner|dream|drug dealer|nightclub,"The filmed adaptation from the David Benioff's novel of the same name. Set in New York, a convicted drug dealer named Monty has one day left of freedom before he is sent to prison. Anger, blame, frustration, betrayal, guilt and loneliness are themes on this last day of friends, family, parties, saying goodbye, and setting things straight. A Spike Lee joint.",25th Hour (2002),Crime|Drama,5954
4614,164184,Ben Affleck|Morgan Freeman|James Cromwell|Ken Jenkins|Liev Schreiber,Phil Alden Robinson,cia|terrorist|atomic bomb|cold war|nuclear explosion,CIA analyst Jack Ryan discovers that an Islamic terrorist group is constructing a nuclear warhead. Jack must thwart the plans of the terrorists to create a catastrophic conflict between the United States and Russia by detonating a nuclear weapon during a football game in Baltimore attended by both the U.S. President and Russia's new President.,"Sum of All Fears, The (2002)",Drama|Thriller,5400
10590,277434,Mel Gibson|Greg Kinnear|Madeleine Stowe|Sam Elliott|Chris Klein,Randall Wallace,vietnam veteran|missile|vietnam war|army|major,The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it.,We Were Soldiers (2002),Action|Drama|War,5152
9012,322802,Johnny Knoxville|Bam Margera|Steve-O|Chris Pontius|Dave England,Jeff Tremaine,disgust|pain|stunt|music video|stuntman,"Johnny Knoxville and his crazy friends appear on the big screen for the very first time in Jackass: The Movie. They wander around Japan in panda outfits, wreak havoc on a once civilized golf course, they even do stunts involving LIVE alligators, and so on. While Johnny Knoxvile and his pals put their life at risk, they are entertaining people at the same time. Get ready for Jackass: The Movie!!",Jackass: The Movie (2002),Action|Comedy|Documentary,5785
1360,120679,Salma Hayek|Alfred Molina|Mía Maestro|Patricia Reyes Spíndola|Diego Luna,Julie Taymor,painter|love of one's life|disabled|woman director,"""Frida"" chronicles the life Frida Kahlo shared unflinchingly and openly with Diego Rivera, as the young couple took the art world by storm. From her complex and enduring relationship with her mentor and husband to her illicit and controversial affair with Leon Trotsky, to her provocative and romantic entanglements with women, Frida Kahlo lived a bold and uncompromising life as a political, artistic, and sexual revolutionary",Frida (2002),Drama|Romance,5791
2757,268126,Nicolas Cage|Meryl Streep|Chris Cooper|Tilda Swinton|Cara Seymour,Spike Jonze,alligator|marriage crisis|writer's block|orchid,A love-lorn script writer grows increasingly desperate in his quest to adapt the book 'The Orchid Thief'.,Adaptation (2002),Comedy|Drama|Romance,5902
11529,256415,Reese Witherspoon|Josh Lucas|Patrick Dempsey|Candice Bergen|Rhona Mitra,Andy Tennant,new york|marriage proposal|alabama|career woman|fashion designer,"New York fashion designer Melanie Carmichael suddenly finds herself engaged to the city's most eligible bachelor. But Melanie's past holds many secrets, including Jake, the redneck husband she married in high school, who refuses to divorce her. Bound and determined to end their contentious relationship once and for all, Melanie sneaks back home to Alabama to confront her past.",Sweet Home Alabama (2002),Comedy|Romance,5620
2135,268695,Guy Pearce|Samantha Mumba|Phyllida Law|Laura Kirk|Mark Addy,Simon Wells,future|time machine,"Hoping to alter the events of the past, a 19th century inventor instead travels 800,000 years into the future, where he finds humankind divided into two warring races.","Time Machine, The (2002)",Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi,5171
11812,253867,Cameron Diaz|Christina Applegate|Thomas Jane|Selma Blair|Jason Bateman,Roger Kumble,roommate|marriage|bloopers during credits|aftercreditsstinger|duringcreditsstinger,"Christina's love life is stuck in neutral. After years of avoiding the hazards of a meaningful relationship, one night while club-hopping with her girlfriends, she meets Peter, her perfect match. Fed up with playing games, she finally gets the courage to let her guard down and follow her heart, only to discover that Peter has suddenly left town. Accompanied by Courtney, she sets out to capture the one that got away.","Sweetest Thing, The (2002)",Comedy|Romance,5296
8470,251160,Denzel Washington|Robert Duvall|Anne Heche|Kimberly Elise|Daniel E. Smith,Nick Cassavetes,father-son relationship|chicago|heart attack|kidnapper|heart disease,"John Q is a 2002 film by Nick Cassavetes; starring Denzel Washington as John Quincy Archibald, a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover it. Therefore, he decides to take a hospital full of patients hostage until the hospital puts his son's name on the donor's list.",John Q (2002),Crime|Drama|Thriller,5108
2752,243736,Josh Hartnett|Shannyn Sossamon|Adam Trese|Emmanuelle Vaugier|Barry Newman,Michael Lehmann,sex addiction|laundromat,"Matt Sullivan's last big relationship ended in disaster and ever since his heart's been aching and his commitment's been lacking. Then came Lent, that time of year when everybody gives something up. That's when Matt decides to go where no man's gone before and make a vow: No sex. Whatsoever. For 40 straight days. At first he has everything under control. That is until the woman of his dreams, Erica, walks into his life.",40 Days and 40 Nights (2002),Comedy|Romance,5151
8051,272338,Adam Sandler|Emily Watson|Philip Seymour Hoffman|Luis Guzmán|Mary Lynn Rajskub,Paul Thomas Anderson,shyness|brother sister relationship|business man,A beleaguered small-business owner gets a harmonium and embarks on a romantic journey with a mysterious woman.,Punch-Drunk Love (2002),Comedy|Drama|Romance,5673
11979,238546,Stuart Townsend|Aaliyah|Marguerite Moreau|Vincent Pérez|Paul McGann,Michael Rymer,queen|rock star|secret society|vampire|light,"Lestat de Lioncourt is awakened from his slumber. Bored with his existence he has now become this generations new Rock God. While in the course of time, another has arisen, Akasha, the Queen of the Vampires and the Dammed. He want's immortal fame, his fellow vampires want him eternally dead for his betrayal, and the Queen want's him for her King. Who will be the first to reach him? Who shall win?",Queen of the Damned (2002),Fantasy|Horror,5128
1574,299658,Catherine Zeta-Jones|Renée Zellweger|Queen Latifah|Richard Gere|Christine Baranski,Rob Marshall,based on stage musical|prison matron|jazz age|nude man murdered,Murderesses Velma Kelly (a chanteuse and tease who killed her husband and sister after finding them in bed together) and Roxie Hart (who killed her boyfriend when she discovered he wasn't going to make her a star) find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chicago.,Chicago (2002),Comedy|Crime|Drama|Musical,5991
9357,265459,Robin Williams|Connie Nielsen|Michael Vartan|Erin Daniels|Eriq La Salle,Mark Romanek,cheating|supermarket|penalty|knife|photography,"Sy ""the photo guy"" Parrish has lovingly developed photos for the Yorkin family since their son was a baby. But as the Yorkins' lives become fuller, Sy's only seems lonelier, until he eventually believes he's part of their family. When ""Uncle"" Sy's picture-perfect fantasy collides with an ugly dose of reality, what happens next ""has the spine-tingling elements of the best psychological thrillers!""",One Hour Photo (2002),Drama|Thriller,5528
6278,253556,Christian Bale|Matthew McConaughey|Izabella Scorupco|Gerard Butler|Alexander Siddig,Rob Bowman,dragon|evolution|fire chief|animated map|theatre audience,"In post-apocalyptic England, an American volunteer and a British survivor team up to fight off a brood of fire-breathing dragons seeking to return to global dominance after centuries of rest underground. The Brit -- leading a clan of survivors to hunt down the King of the Dragons -- has much at stake: His mother was killed by a dragon, but his love is still alive.",Reign of Fire (2002),Action|Adventure|Fantasy,5463
5851,284490,Robert De Niro|Rachael Harris|Eddie Murphy|Zaid Farid|William Shatner,Tom Dey,police operation|police everyday life|fugitive,A spoof of buddy cop movies where two very different cops are forced to team up on a new reality based T.V. cop show.,Showtime (2002),Action|Comedy,5220
2755,257360,Jack Nicholson|Kathy Bates|Hope Davis|Dermot Mulroney|June Squibb,Alexander Payne,channel surfing|mullet|self narration|moral story|spiritual journey,"66-year-old Warren Schmidt is a retired insurance salesman and has no particular plans other than to drive around in the motor home his wife insisted they buy. He's not altogether bitter, but not happy either, as everything his wife does annoys him, and he disapproves of the man his daughter is about to marry. When his wife suddenly dies, he sets out to postpone the imminent marriage of his daughter to a man he doesn't like, while coping with discoveries about his late wife and himself in the process.",About Schmidt (2002),Comedy|Drama,5945
2103,307479,George Clooney|Natascha McElhone|Viola Davis|Jeremy Davies|Ulrich Tukur,Steven Soderbergh,clone|loss of sense of reality|hallucination|space travel|grief,"Upon arrival at the space station orbiting an ocean world called Solaris a psychologist discovers that the commander of an expedition to the planet has died mysteriously. Other strange events soon start happening as well, such as the appearance of old acquaintances of the crew, including some who are dead.",Solaris (2002),Drama|Romance|Sci-Fi,5881
2637,265349,Richard Gere|Laura Linney|Will Patton|Bob Tracey|Debra Messing,Mark Pellington,dream|hallucination|alien life-form|tumor|hospital,Reporter John Klein is plunged into a world of impossible terror and unthinkable chaos when fate draws him to a sleepy West Virginia town whose residents are being visited by a great winged shape that sows hideous nightmares and fevered visions.,"Mothman Prophecies, The (2002)",Drama|Fantasy|Horror|Mystery|Thriller,5065
10712,297884,Julianne Moore|Dennis Quaid|Dennis Haysbert|Patricia Clarkson|Viola Davis,Todd Haynes,black people|wife husband relationship|botanist|homosexuality,"In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife faces a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in the outside world.",Far from Heaven (2002),Drama|Romance,5812
14635,265662,Dennis Quaid|Rachel Griffiths|Beth Grant|Angus T. Jones|Brian Cox,John Lee Hancock,father-son relationship|baseball|sports team|sport|life's dream,"Jim Morris never made it out of the minor leagues before a shoulder injury ended his pitching career twelve years ago. Now a married-with-children high-school chemistry teacher and baseball coach in Texas, Jim's team makes a deal with him: if they win the district championship, Jim will try out with a major-league organization. The bet proves incentive enough for the team, and they go from worst to first, making it to state for the first time in the history of the school. Jim, forced to live up to his end of the deal, is nearly laughed off the try-out field--until he gets onto the mound, where he confounds the scouts (and himself) by clocking successive 98 mph fastballs, good enough for a minor-league contract with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Jim's still got a lot of pitches to throw before he makes it to The Show, but with his big-league dreams revived, there's no telling where he could go.","Rookie, The (2002)",Drama,5267
4912,270288,Sam Rockwell|Drew Barrymore|Julia Roberts|Rutger Hauer|Brad Pitt,George Clooney,microfilm|biography|silencer|intrigue,"Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. Television producer by day, CIA assassin by night, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA at the height of his TV career and trained to become a covert operative. Or so Barris said.",Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002),Comedy|Crime|Drama|Thriller,6003
11468,235737,Val Kilmer|Vincent D'Onofrio|Adam Goldberg|Luis Guzmán|Doug Hutchison,D.J. Caruso,dual identity|identity|war on drugs|jazz musician|drug scene,"After the murder of his beloved wife, a man in search of redemption is set adrift in a world where nothing is as it seems. On his journey, he befriends slacker Jimmy ""The Finn"", becomes involved in rescuing his neighbor Colette from her own demons, and gets entangled in a web of deceit full of unexpected twists and turns.","Salton Sea, The (2002)",Crime|Drama|Thriller,5329
11362,245844,Jim Caviezel|Guy Pearce|Richard Harris|James Frain|Dagmara Domińczyk,Kevin Reynolds,loss of lover|lover (female)|ex-lover|torture|napoleon bonaparte,"Edmond Dantés's life and plans to marry the beautiful Mercedes are shattered when his best friend, Fernand, deceives him. After spending 13 miserable years in prison, Dantés escapes with the help of a fellow inmate and plots his revenge, cleverly insinuating himself into the French nobility.",The Count of Monte Cristo (2002),Action|Adventure|Drama|Thriller,5064
9685,280760,Kieran Culkin|Claire Danes|Jeff Goldblum|Jared Harris|Amanda Peet,Burr Steers,father-son relationship|patenonkel|independent film|falling in love,A young man's peculiar upbringing renders him unable to competently cope with the struggle of growing up.,Igby Goes Down (2002),Comedy|Drama,5577
9533,289765,Anthony Hopkins|Edward Norton|Ralph Fiennes|Harvey Keitel|Emily Watson,Brett Ratner,psychopath|serial killer|fbi agent,"Former FBI agent Will Graham, who was once nearly killed by the savage Hannibal ""The Cannibal"" Lecter now has no choice but to face him again. It seems Lecter is the only one who can help Graham track down a new serial killer, Francis Dolarhyde -- but can he be trusted?",Red Dragon (2002),Crime|Mystery|Thriller,5630
9026,278500,Rupert Everett|Colin Firth|Reese Witherspoon|Judi Dench|Tom Wilkinson,Oliver Parker,new love|country estate|country house|false identity|beguilement,"Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym (""Ernest"") on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using that name, which leads to a comedy of mistaken identities...","Importance of Being Earnest, The (2002)",Comedy|Drama|Romance,5380
3472,301199,Chiwetel Ejiofor|Audrey Tautou|Sergi López|Benedict Wong|Sophie Okonedo,Stephen Frears,london|prostitute|hotel|night watchman|illegal immigration,"An urban hotel in London is a gathering and flash point for legal and illegal immigrants attempting to cobble together their lives in a new country. The immigrants include Senay, a Turkish woman, and a Nigerian doctor named Okwe who is working as a night porter at the hotel. The pair discover the hotel is a front for all sorts of clandestine activities. Their only wish is to avoid possible deportation. Okwe becomes more entangled in the goings on when he is called to fix a toilet in one of the rooms. He discovers the plumbing has been clogged by a human heart.",Dirty Pretty Things (2002),Crime|Drama|Thriller,6552
11857,273923,Colin Hanks|Jack Black|Schuyler Fisk|Bret Harrison|Kyle Howard,Jake Kasdan,surfer|province|death of a friend|idol|change,Shaun Brumder is a local surfer kid from Orange County who dreams of going to Stanford to become a writer and to get away from his disfunctional family household. Except Shaun runs into one complication after another starting when his application is rejected after his dim-witted guidance counselor sends the wrong application.,Orange County (2002),Comedy,5025
9707,281686,Bruce Campbell|Ossie Davis|Ella Joyce|Heidi Marnhout|Bob Ivy,Don Coscarelli,john f. kennedy|elvis presley,"Bubba Ho-tep tells the ""true"" story of what really did become of Elvis Presley. We find Elvis as an elderly resident in an East Texas rest home, who switched identities with an Elvis impersonator years before his ""death,"" then missed his chance to switch back. He must team up with JFK and fight an ancient Egyptian mummy for the souls of their fellow residents.",Bubba Ho-tep (2002),Comedy|Horror,6755
9275,266452,Robin Williams|Catherine Keener|Edward Norton|Danny DeVito|Jon Stewart,Danny DeVito,corruption|moderator|tv show|success|irish mafia,"Tells the story of Rainbow Randolph, the corrupt, costumed star of a popular children's TV show, who is fired over a bribery scandal and replaced by squeaky-clean Smoochy, a puffy fuscia rhinoceros. As Smoochy catapults to fame - scoring hit ratings and the affections of a network executive - Randolph makes the unsuspecting rhino the target of his numerous outrageous attempts to exact revenge and reclaim his status as America's sweetheart.",Death to Smoochy (2002),Comedy|Crime|Drama,5265
680,110912,John Travolta|Samuel L. Jackson|Uma Thurman|Bruce Willis|Ving Rhames,Quentin Tarantino,transporter|brothel|drug dealer|boxer|massage,"A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.",Pulp Fiction (1994),Comedy|Crime|Drama|Thriller,296
278,111161,Tim Robbins|Morgan Freeman|Bob Gunton|William Sadler|Clancy Brown,Frank Darabont,prison|corruption|police brutality|prison cell|delinquent,"Framed in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.","Shawshank Redemption, The (1994)",Crime|Drama,318
13,109830,Tom Hanks|Robin Wright|Gary Sinise|Mykelti Williamson|Sally Field,Robert Zemeckis,vietnam veteran|hippie|mentally disabled|running|based on novel,"A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events - in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. Yet, despite all the things he has attained, his one true love eludes him. 'Forrest Gump' is the story of a man who rose above his challenges, and who proved that determination, courage, and love are more important than ability.",Forrest Gump (1994),Comedy|Drama|Romance|War,356
8587,110357,Jonathan Taylor Thomas|Matthew Broderick|James Earl Jones|Jeremy Irons|Moira Kelly,Roger Allers|Rob Minkoff,loss of parents|wild boar|uncle|shaman|redemption,A young lion cub named Simba can't wait to be king. But his uncle craves the title for himself and will stop at nothing to get it.,"Lion King, The (1994)",Adventure|Animation|Children|Drama|Musical|IMAX,364
1637,111257,Keanu Reeves|Sandra Bullock|Dennis Hopper|Jeff Daniels|Joe Morton,Jan de Bont,bomb|airport|bus|bus ride|highway,"Los Angeles SWAT cop Jack Traven is up against bomb expert Howard Payne, who's after major ransom money. First it's a rigged elevator in a very tall building. Then it's a rigged bus--if it slows, it will blow, bad enough any day, but a nightmare in LA traffic. And that's still not the end.",Speed (1994),Action|Romance|Thriller,377
8467,109686,Jim Carrey|Jeff Daniels|Lauren Holly|Mike Starr|Karen Duffy,Peter Farrelly,gas station|motel|utah|stupidity|pill,"Lloyd and Harry are two men whose stupidity is really indescribable. When Mary, a beautiful woman, loses an important suitcase with money before she leaves for Aspen, the two friends (who have found the suitcase) decide to return it to her. After some ""adventures"" they finally get to Aspen where, using the lost money they live it up and fight for Mary's heart.",Dumb & Dumber (Dumb and Dumber) (1994),Adventure|Comedy,231
36593,110622,Leslie Nielsen|Priscilla Presley|George Kennedy|O.J. Simpson|Fred Ward,Peter Segal,undercover|spoof|state prison,"Frank Drebin is persuaded out of retirement to go undercover in a state prison. There he is to find out what top terrorist, Rocco, has planned for when he escapes. Frank's wife, Jane, is desperate for a baby.. this adds to Frank's problems. A host of celebrities at the Academy awards ceremony are humiliated by Frank as he blunders his way trying to foil Rocco.",Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994),Action|Comedy,370
628,110148,Brad Pitt|Tom Cruise|Kirsten Dunst|Antonio Banderas|Christian Slater,Neil Jordan,paris|san francisco|vampire|plantation|pity,"A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curious reporter.",Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994),Drama|Horror,253
36955,111503,Arnold Schwarzenegger|Jamie Lee Curtis|Tom Arnold|Bill Paxton|Tia Carrere,James Cameron,spy|terrorist|florida|gun|horseback riding,"Harry Tasker is a secret agent for the United States Government. For years, he has kept his job from his wife, but is forced to reveal his identity and try to stop nuclear terrorists when he and his wife are kidnapped by them.",True Lies (1994),Action|Adventure|Comedy|Romance|Thriller,380
854,110475,Jim Carrey|Cameron Diaz|Nancy Fish|Tim Bagley|Johnny Williams,Chuck Russell,dual identity|bank|mockery|green|balloon,"When timid bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss discovers a magical mask containing the spirit of the Norse god Loki, his entire life changes. While wearing the mask, Ipkiss becomes a supernatural playboy exuding charm and confidence which allows him to catch the eye of local nightclub singer Tina Carlyle. Unfortunately, under the mask's influence, Ipkiss also robs a bank, which angers junior crime lord Dorian Tyrell, whose goons get blamed for the heist.","Mask, The (1994)",Action|Comedy|Crime|Fantasy,367
9359,110478,Mel Gibson|Jodie Foster|James Garner|Graham Greene|Alfred Molina,Richard Donner,poker|mississippi|saloon|ship|on the run,"Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them. He needs an additional three thousand dollars in order to enter a Winner Take All poker game that begins in a few days. He tries to win some, tries to collect a few debts, and recover a little loot for the reward. He joins forces with a woman gambler with a marvelous southern accent as the two both try and enter the game.",Maverick (1994),Adventure|Comedy|Western,368
2164,111282,Kurt Russell|James Spader|Jaye Davidson|Viveca Lindfors|Alexis Cruz,Roland Emmerich,teleportation|uprising|shot to death|androgyny|space western,"An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.",Stargate (1994),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi,316
9331,109444,Harrison Ford|Willem Dafoe|Anne Archer|Joaquim de Almeida|Henry Czerny,Phillip Noyce,assassination|spy|ambush|cia|helicopter,CIA Analyst Jack Ryan is drawn into an illegal war fought by the US government against a Colombian drug cartel.,Clear and Present Danger (1994),Action|Crime|Drama|Thriller,349
241,110632,Woody Harrelson|Juliette Lewis|Robert Downey Jr.|Tommy Lee Jones|Tom Sizemore,Oliver Stone,sadistic|journalist|indian|mass murder|yellow press,Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and psychopathic serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.,Natural Born Killers (1994),Action|Crime|Thriller,288
2292,109445,Brian O'Halloran|Jeff Anderson|Jason Mewes|Kevin Smith|Lisa Spoonhauer,Kevin Smith,salesclerk|loser|aftercreditsstinger,"Convenience and video store clerks Dante and Randal are sharp-witted, potty-mouthed and bored out of their minds. So in between needling customers, the counter jockeys play hockey on the roof, visit a funeral home and deal with their love lives.",Clerks (1994),Comedy,223
306,109254,Eddie Murphy|Judge Reinhold|Héctor Elizondo|Gilbert R. Hill|Timothy Carhart,John Landis,detective|undercover|security camera|carousel |investigation,"Detroit cop Axel Foley is back in sunny Southern California in the third installment of the comedic fish-out-of-water Beverly Hills Cop series. On the trail of two murderers, Axel again teams up with Los Angeles cop Billy Rosewood. Soon, they discover that an amusement park is being used as a front for a massive counterfeiting ring -- and it's run by the same gang that shot Billy's boss.",Beverly Hills Cop III (1994),Action|Comedy|Crime|Thriller,420
11395,111070,Tim Allen|Judge Reinhold|Wendy Crewson|David Krumholtz|Peter Boyle,John Pasquin,holiday|christmas party|santa claus|deal|christmas tree,"Scott Calvin is an ordinary man, who accidentally causes Santa Claus to fall from his roof on Christmas Eve and is knocked unconscious. When he and his young son finish Santa's trip and deliveries, they go to the North Pole, where Scott learns he must become the new Santa and convince those he loves that he is indeed, Father Christmas.","Santa Clause, The (1994)",Comedy|Drama|Fantasy,317
4476,110322,Brad Pitt|Anthony Hopkins|Aidan Quinn|Julia Ormond|Henry Thomas,Edward Zwick,brother brother relationship|montana|indian|world war i|journey round the world,"An epic tale of three brothers and their father living in the remote wilderness of 1900s USA and how their lives are affected by nature, history, war, and love.",Legends of the Fall (1994),Drama|Romance|War|Western,266
178,109303,Jeff Bridges|Tommy Lee Jones|Suzy Amis|Lloyd Bridges|Forest Whitaker,Stephen Hopkins,terrorist|boston|fireworks|orchestra|anarchist,Blown Away tells the story of Jimmy Dove who works for the Boston bomb squad. Shortly after Dove leaves the force his partner is killed by a bomb that Dove thinks might have been made by someone he knows.,Blown Away (1994),Action|Thriller,423
712,109831,Hugh Grant|Andie MacDowell|James Fleet|Simon Callow|John Hannah,Mike Newell,upper class|gay|love at first sight|wedding vows|marriage proposal,Four Weddings And A Funeral is a British comedy about a British Man named Charles and an American Woman named Carrie who go through numerous weddings before they determine if they are right for one another.,Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994),Comedy|Romance,357
10731,109446,Susan Sarandon|Tommy Lee Jones|Mary-Louise Parker|Anthony LaPaglia|Bradley Whitford,Joel Schumacher,suicide|brother brother relationship|witness protection|principal witness |brother,"A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry 'The Blade' Muldano, a Mafia hit-man. Before Jerome shoots himself, he tells Mark where the body of a Senator is buried. Clifford shoots himself and Mark is found at the scene, and both the FBI and the Mafia quickly realize that Mark probably knows more than he says.","Client, The (1994)",Drama|Mystery|Thriller,350
9495,109506,Brandon Lee|Rochelle Davis|Ernie Hudson|Michael Wincott|Bai Ling,Alex Proyas,halloween|arson|detroit,"Exactly one year after young rock guitarist Eric Draven and his fiancée are brutally killed by a ruthless gang of criminals, Draven -- watched over by a hypnotic crow -- returns from the grave to exact revenge.","Crow, The (1994)",Action|Crime|Fantasy|Thriller,353
11011,110989,Macaulay Culkin|John Larroquette|Edward Herrmann|Christine Ebersole|Michael Maccarone,Donald Petrie,family|life raft|private plane|toothbrush|gluttony,"Billionaire heir Richie Rich has it all, including Reggie Jackson as a batting coach and Claudia Schiffer as a personal trainer -- but no playmates. What's more, scoundrel Laurence Van Dough is scheming to take over the family empire. Uh-oh! Enter faithful butler Cadbury to save the day.",Richie Rich (1994),Children|Comedy,374
888,109813,John Goodman|Elizabeth Perkins|Rick Moranis|Rosie O'Donnell|Kyle MacLachlan,Brian Levant,manager|jealousy|bad mother-in-law|adoption|family's daily life,Modern Stone Age family the Flintstones hit the big screen in this live-action version of the classic cartoon. Fred helps Barney adopt a child. Barney sees an opportunity to repay him when Slate Mining tests its employees to find a new executive. But no good deed goes unpunished.,"Flintstones, The (1994)",Children|Comedy|Fantasy,355
10510,110527,Richard Attenborough|Elizabeth Perkins|Dylan McDermott|J. T. Walsh|James Remar,Les Mayfield,holiday|competition|new love|santa claus|department store,"A little girl discovers dreams can come true if you really believe. Six-year-old Susan Walker has doubts about childhood's most enduring miracle - Santa Claus. Her mother told her the 'secret' about Santa a long time ago. But after meeting a special department store Santa who's convinced he's the real thing, Susan is given the most precious gift of all something to believe in.",Miracle on 34th Street (1994),Drama,277
193,111280,Patrick Stewart|Jonathan Frakes|Brent Spiner|LeVar Burton|Michael Dorn,David Carson,based on tv series|death|exploding planet|mountain cabin|solar system,Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Enterprise-D find themselves at odds with the renegade scientist Soran who is destroying entire star systems. Only one man can help Picard stop Soran's scheme...and he's been dead for seventy-eight years.,Star Trek: Generations (1994),Adventure|Drama|Sci-Fi,329
3049,109040,Jim Carrey|Sean Young|Courteney Cox|Tone Loc|Dan Marino,Tom Shadyac,dolphin|mascot|private detective|pets,"He's Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Jim Carrey is on the case to find the Miami Dolphins' missing mascot and quarterback Dan Marino. He goes eyeball to eyeball with a man-eating shark, stakes out the Miami Dolphins and woos and wows the ladies. Whether he's undercover, under fire or underwater, he always gets his man . . . or beast!",Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994),Comedy,344
10660,110167,Nicolas Cage|Bridget Fonda|Rosie Perez|Wendell Pierce|Isaac Hayes,Andrew Bergman,waitress|cop|lottery ticket|winning lottery,"Charlie Lang is a simple, kindhearted New York City cop. When he realizes he has no money to tip waitress Yvonne Biasi, Lang offers her half the winnings of his lottery ticket. Amazingly, the ticket happens to be a winner, in the sum of $4 million. True to his word, Lang proceeds to share the prize money with Biasi, which infuriates his greedy wife, Muriel. Not content with the arrangement, Muriel begins scheming to take all the money.",It Could Happen to You (1994),Comedy|Drama|Romance,361
8984,109635,Michael Douglas|Demi Moore|Donald Sutherland|Dylan Baker|Jacqueline Kim,Barry Levinson,employee|workplace|sexual harassment|intrigue,"A computer specialist is sued for sexual harassment by a former lover turned boss who initiated the act forcefully, which threatens both his career and his personal life.",Disclosure (1994),Drama|Thriller,225
6280,110216,Arnold Schwarzenegger|Danny DeVito|Emma Thompson|Frank Langella|Pamela Reed,Ivan Reitman,baby|medicine|media|pregnancy|scientist,"As part of a fertility research project, a male scientist agrees to carry a pregnancy in his own body.",Junior (1994),Comedy|Sci-Fi,256
11596,111686,Heather Langenkamp|Robert Englund|Miko Hughes|Wes Craven|David Newsom,Wes Craven,film director|nightmare|shooting|freddy krueger|car,"Freddy's back … and he's badder than ever! Nancy, the historical nemesis of the man with the satanic snarl and pitchfork fingers, discovers that a new monstrous demon has taken on Freddy's persona. Can Nancy stop this new threat in time to save her son?","Wes Craven's New Nightmare (Nightmare on Elm Street Part 7: Freddy's Finale, A) (1994)",Drama|Horror|Mystery|Thriller,366
8850,111143,Alec Baldwin|John Lone|Penelope Ann Miller|Peter Boyle|Ian McKellen,Russell Mulcahy,new york|atomic bomb|ladykiller|hypnosis|superhero,"Based on the 1930's comic strip, puts the hero up against his arch enemy, Shiwan Khan, who plans to take over the world by holding a city to ransom using an atom bomb. Using his powers of invisibility and ""The power to cloud men's minds"", the Shadow comes blazing to the city's rescue with explosive results.","Shadow, The (1994)",Action|Adventure|Fantasy|Mystery,533
1024,110005,Melanie Lynskey|Kate Winslet|Sarah Peirse|Simon O'Connor|Diana Kent,Peter Jackson,mother|sex|secret|obsession|literature,"Based on the true story of Juliet Hulme and Pauline Parker, two close friends who share a love of fantasy and literature, who conspire to kill Pauline's mother when she tries to end the girls' intense and obsessive relationship.",Heavenly Creatures (1994),Crime|Drama,247
11231,110657,Pat Morita|Hilary Swank|Michael Ironside|Constance Towers|Chris Conrad,Christopher Cain,martial arts|becoming an adult|karate|revenge|classmate,"During a commemoration for Japanese soldiers fighting in the US Army during World War II, Mr. Miyagi meets the widow of his commanding officer. He gets to know her granddaughter Julie, an angry teenager who is still feeling the pain of losing both her parents in an accident and is having problems with her grandmother and her fellow pupils. Mr. Miyagi decides to teach her karate to get her through her pain and issues and back on the right path.","Next Karate Kid, The (1994)",Action|Children|Romance,502
13595,109068,Brendan Fraser|Steve Buscemi|Adam Sandler|Chris Farley|Judd Nelson,Michael Lehmann,radio station|heavy metal|rock band,The Lone Rangers have heavy-metal dreams and a single demo tape they can't get anyone to play. The solution: Hijack an AM rock station and hold the deejays hostage until they agree to broadcast the band's tape.,Airheads (1994),Comedy,413
522,109707,Johnny Depp|Martin Landau|Sarah Jessica Parker|Patricia Arquette|Jeffrey Jones,Tim Burton,individual|taxi|transsexuality|travestie|fortune teller,"The mostly true story of the legendary ""worst director of all time"", who, with the help of his strange friends, filmed countless B-movies without ever becoming famous or successful.",Ed Wood (1994),Comedy|Drama,235
8831,111438,Jean-Claude Van Damme|Mia Sara|Ron Silver|Bruce McGill|Gloria Reuben,Peter Hyams,time travel|alternative reality|sci-fi action,"An officer for a security agency that regulates time travel, must fend for his life against a shady politician who has a tie to his past.",Timecop (1994),Action|Sci-Fi|Thriller,379
12160,111756,Kevin Costner|Dennis Quaid|Gene Hackman|David Andrews|Linden Ashby,Lawrence Kasdan,gunslinger|gambling|sheriff|deputy sheriff|wretch,"Covering the life and times of one of the West's most iconic heroes Wyatt Earp weaves an intricate tale of Earp and his friends and family. With a star studded cast, sweeping cinematography and authentic costumes Wyatt Earp led the way during the Western revival in the 90's.",Wyatt Earp (1994),Western,383
2759,109045,Terence Stamp|Hugo Weaving|Guy Pearce|Bill Hunter|Sarah Chadwick,Stephan Elliott,gay|drag queen|homophobia|musical|van,"Two drag-queens and a transsexual contract to perform a drag show at a resort in Alice Springs, a resort town in the remote Australian desert. They head west from Sydney aboard their lavender bus, Priscilla. En route, it is discovered that the woman they've contracted with is the wife of one of the drag queens. Their bus breaks down, and is repaired by Bob, who travels on with them.","Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, The (1994)",Comedy|Drama,345
11450,110932,John Turturro|Rob Morrow|Ralph Fiennes|Paul Scofield|David Paymer,Robert Redford,television|tv show|manipulation|manipulation of the media|product placement,Quiz Show is a 1994 American historical drama film which tells the true story of the Twenty One quiz show scandal of the 1950s.,Quiz Show (1994),Drama,300
9905,111149,Kerry Fox|Christopher Eccleston|Ewan McGregor|Ken Stott|Keith Allen,Danny Boyle,roommate|distrust|overdose|grave|suspense,Three friends discover their new flatmate dead but loaded with cash.,Shallow Grave (1994),Comedy|Drama|Thriller,319
236,110598,Toni Collette|Bill Hunter|Rachel Griffiths|Sophie Lee|Roz Hammond,P.J. Hogan,individual|becoming an adult|dream|return|love of one's life,"Muriel’s Wedding is P.J. Hogan’s film debut. A humorous emancipation story of an unemployed woman who evolves from a dreamer into a self sustaining successful woman. An amusing comedy that’s funny, silly, angry and serious.",Muriel's Wedding (1994),Comedy,342
11667,111301,Jean-Claude Van Damme|Raúl Juliá|Ming-Na Wen|Damian Chapa|Kylie Minogue,Steven E. de Souza,dictator|martial arts|hostage|liberation of hostage|hostage-taking,Col. Guile and various other martial arts heroes fight against the tyranny of Dictator M. Bison and his cohorts.,Street Fighter (1994),Action|Adventure|Fantasy,393
2636,111255,Sylvester Stallone|Sharon Stone|James Woods|Rod Steiger|Eric Roberts,Luis Llosa,explosive|revenge|explosives expert,"May Munro is a woman obsessed with getting revenge on the people who murdered her parents when she was still a girl. She hires Ray Quick, a retired explosives expert to kill her parent's killers. When Ned Trent, embittered ex-partner of Quick's is assigned to protect one of Quick's potential victims, a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues.","Specialist, The (1994)",Action|Drama|Thriller,315
8011,110027,Christopher Lambert|Mario Van Peebles|Deborah Kara Unger|Mako|Martin Neufeld,Andrew Morahan,japan|new york|scotland|morocco|good and bad,"Starts off in the 15th century, with Connor McLeod (Christopher Lambert) training with another immortal swordsman, the Japanese sorcerer Nakano (Mako). When an evil immortal named Kane (Mario Van Peebles) kills the old wizard, the resulting battle leaves him buried in an underground cave. When Kane resurfaces in the 20th century to create havoc, it's up to McLeod to stop him.",Highlander III: The Sorcerer (a.k.a. Highlander: The Final Dimension) (1994),Action|Fantasy,405
14522,109279,Sean Bean|David Thewlis|Jim Carter|Peter Davison|Alun Armstrong,Caroline Thompson,horse|country life|woman director,"The fates of horses, and the people who own and command them, are revealed as Black Beauty narrates the circle of his life.",Black Beauty (1994),Adventure|Children|Drama,421
3036,109836,Robert De Niro|Kenneth Branagh|Tom Hulce|Helena Bonham Carter|Aidan Quinn,Kenneth Branagh,experiment with human beings|frankenstein,"Based on Mary Shelley's novel, ""Frankenstein"" tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a promising young doctor who, devastated by the death of his mother during childbirth, becomes obsessed with bringing the dead back to life. His experiments lead to the creation of a monster, which Frankenstein has put together with the remains of corpses. It's not long before Frankenstein regrets his actions.",Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (Frankenstein) (1994),Drama|Horror|Sci-Fi,273
11858,110971,Danny DeVito|Mark Wahlberg|Gregory Hines|James Remar|Ed Begley Jr.,Penny Marshall,vietnam veteran|commercial|advertising expert|kaserne|stau,"Danny DeVito plays an advertising man who is slowly sliding downhill. When he is fired from his job in Detroit, he signs up for unemployment. One day they find him a job; Teaching thinking skills to Army recruits. He arrives on base to find that there is no structure set up for the class.",Renaissance Man (1994),Comedy|Drama,516
11934,110074,Tim Robbins|Jennifer Jason Leigh|Paul Newman|Charles Durning|John Mahoney,Joel Coen,suicide|new york|corruption|journalist|inventor,"When Waring Hudsucker, head of hugely successful Hudsucker Industries, commits suicide, his board of directors, led by Sidney Mussberger, comes up with a brilliant plan to make a lot of money: appoint a moron to run the company. When the stock falls low enough, Sidney and friends can buy it up for pennies on the dollar, take over the company, and restore its fortunes. They choose idealistic Norville Barnes, who just started in the mail room. Norville is whacky enough to drive any company to ruin, but soon, tough reporter Amy Archer smells a rat and begins an undercover investigation of Hudsucker Industries.","Hudsucker Proxy, The (1994)",Comedy,471
2788,110950,Winona Ryder|Ethan Hawke|Ben Stiller|Janeane Garofalo|Steve Zahn,Ben Stiller,roommate|yuppie|generations confilct|camcorder|cohabitant,"A small circle of friends suffering from post-collegiate blues must confront the hard truth about life, love and the pursuit of gainful employment. As they struggle to map out survival guides for the future, the Gen-X quartet soon begins to realize that reality isn't all it's cracked up to be.",Reality Bites (1994),Comedy|Drama|Romance,372
527,110729,Rena Owen|Temuera Morrison|Mamaengaroa Kerr-Bell|Julian Arahanga|Taungaroa Emile,Lee Tamahori,individual|slum|suicide|tattoo|alcohol,"A drama about a Maori family lving in Auckland, New Zealand. Lee Tamahori tells the story of Beth Heke’s strong will to keep her family together during times of unemployment and abuse from her violent and alcoholic husband.",Once Were Warriors (1994),Crime|Drama,290
10714,110213,Jason Scott Lee|Cary Elwes|Lena Headey|Sam Neill|John Cleese,Stephen Sommers,indian|tiger|feral child|british|panther,"A faithful adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's classic tale of Mowgoli the jungle boy who is raised by wolves after being lost when a tiger attacked an encampment and killed his father. Years later he finds himself re-united with his childhood love Kitty and back in the ""civilization"" of Colonial India which he finds far less civilized then his jungle haunts. The search for a lost treasure shows who the truly civilized members of society are.","Jungle Book, The (1994)",Adventure|Children|Romance,362
11382,109348,John Cusack|Dianne Wiest|Jennifer Tilly|Chazz Palminteri|Mary-Louise Parker,Woody Allen,lover (female)|talent|mafia boss|author,"Set in 1920's New York City, this movie tells the story of idealistic young playwright David Shayne. Producer Julian Marx finally finds funding for the project from gangster Nick Valenti. The catch is that Nick's girl friend Olive Neal gets the part of a psychiatrist, and Olive is a bimbo who could never pass for a psychiatrist as well as being a dreadful actress. Agreeing to this first compromise is the first step to Broadway's complete seduction of David, who neglects longtime girl friend Ellen. Meanwhile David puts up with Warner Purcell, the leading man who is a compulsive eater, Helen Sinclair, the grand dame who wants her part jazzed up, and Cheech, Olive's interfering hitman / bodyguard. Eventually, the playwright must decide whether art or life is more important.",Bullets Over Broadway (1994),Comedy,348
9587,110367,Winona Ryder|Gabriel Byrne|Trini Alvarado|Samantha Mathis|Kirsten Dunst,Gillian Armstrong,depression|mother daughter relationship|pregnant|desire|chalkboard,"With their father away as a chaplain 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, male friends start to become a part of the household.",Little Women (1994),Drama,261
24795,109127,Danny Glover|Brenda Fricker|Joseph Gordon-Levitt|Christopher Lloyd|Tony Danza,William Dear,baseball,"Roger is a foster child whose irresponsible father promises to get his act together when Roger's favourite baseball team, the California Angels, wins the pennant. The problem is that the Angels are in last place, so Roger prays for help to turn the team around. Sure enough, his prayers are answered in the form of angel Al.",Angels in the Outfield (1994),Children|Comedy,1021
10395,111742,Jack Nicholson|Christopher Plummer|James Spader|Michelle Pfeiffer|Kate Nelligan,Mike Nichols,adultery|indian|heal|auto|bite,Publisher Will Randall becomes a werewolf and has to fight to keep his job.,Wolf (1994),Drama|Horror|Romance|Thriller,382
11318,110428,Nigel Hawthorne|Helen Mirren|Ian Holm|Rupert Graves|Amanda Donohoe,Nicholas Hytner,queen|kingdom|biography|victorian england|psychopathy,"Nicholas Hytner’s much awarded 1994 drama, based on Alan Bennett's West End play. George III's erratic behaviour leads to a plot in Parliament to have him declared insane and removed from the throne.","Madness of King George, The (1994)",Comedy|Drama,272
4954,109676,Wesley Snipes|Gary Busey|Yancy Butler|Michael Jeter|Corin Nemec,John Badham,terrorist|transport of prisoners|parachuting|boeing 747|suspense,A team of skydiving crooks led by DEA-agent-turned-bad Ty Moncrief (Busey) specialize in landing on police roofs and breaking in so their evil computer nerd can steal undercover agents' files and sell them to drug lords. Federal Marshal Pete Nessip (Snipes) lost a brother to this crew and learns skydiving with the help of tough-but-lovable instructor Jessie Crossmann (Butler) so he can track them down.,Drop Zone (1994),Action|Thriller,227
20156,109759,Bruce Greenwood|Mia Kirshner|Elias Koteas|Don McKellar|Sarah Polley,Atom Egoyan,secret|nightclub|pet shop|independent film|unhappiness,"In the upscale Toronto strip club Exotica, dancer Christina is visited nightly by the obsessive Francis, a depressed tax auditor. Her ex-boyfriend, the club's MC, Eric, still jealously pines for her even as he introduces her onstage, but Eric is having his own relationship problems with the club's owner, Zoe. Meanwhile Thomas, a mysterious pet-shop owner, is about to become unexpectedly involved in their lives. Gradually, connections between the traumatic pasts of these characters are revealed.",Exotica (1994),Drama,233
11777,110099,Tim Robbins|Meg Ryan|Walter Matthau|Lou Jacobi|Stephen Fry,Fred Schepisi,wedding vows|mathematician|car mechanic|comet|albert einstein,Albert Einstein helps a young man who's in love with Einstein's niece to catch her attention by pretending temporarily to be a great physicist.,I.Q. (1994),Comedy|Romance,252
8986,110516,Melanie Griffith|Ed Harris|Michael Patrick Carter|Malcolm McDowell|Anne Heche,Richard Benjamin,prostitute|tree house|red-light disctrict|young people|stripper,"Three young boys pool their money and pay V, a kindhearted prostitute, to strip for them. Afterward, she drives them home to the suburbs -- but then her car breaks down. It's just as well, though, because a mobster named Waltzer is after her, and V realizes the suburbs are the perfect place to hide. But things get a lot more complicated when V falls in love with Tom, a single father who is unaware of her real profession.",Milk Money (1994),Comedy|Romance,276
1945,110638,Jodie Foster|Liam Neeson|Natasha Richardson|Richard Libertini|Robin Mullins,Michael Apted,loss of mother|loss of sister|twin sister|autism|lake,"In a remote woodland cabin, a small town doctor discovers Nell - a beautiful young hermit woman with many secrets.",Nell (1994),Drama,282
14275,110057,William Gates|Arthur Agee|Steve James,Steve James,chicago|sports team|ghetto|narration|college,"This documentary follows two inner-city Chicago residents, Arthur Agee and William Gates, as they follow their dreams of becoming basketball superstars. Beginning at the start of their high school years, and ending almost 5 years later, as they start college, we watch the boys mature into men, still retaining their ""Hoop Dreams"".",Hoop Dreams (1994),Documentary,246
10464,109484,Whoopi Goldberg|Ray Liotta|Tina Majorino|Joan Cusack|Larry Miller,Jessie Nelson,loss of mother|daughter|friendship|mute|housekeeper,"When Manny Singer's wife dies, his young daughter Molly becomes mute and withdrawn. To help cope with looking after Molly, he hires sassy housekeeper Corrina Washington, who coaxes Molly out of her shell and shows father and daughter a whole new way of life. Manny and Corrina's friendship delights Molly and enrages the other townspeople.","Corrina, Corrina (1994)",Comedy|Drama|Romance,351
12280,110771,Michael Keaton|Robert Duvall|Glenn Close|Marisa Tomei|Randy Quaid,Ron Howard,new york|research|success|tageszeitung|murder,"Henry Hackett is the editor of a New York City tabloid. He is a workaholic who loves his job, but the long hours and low pay are leading to discontent. Also, publisher Bernie White faces financial straits, and has hatchetman Alicia Clark, Henry's nemesis, impose unpopular cutbacks.","Paper, The (1994)",Comedy|Drama,371
10872,110955,Denis Leary|Judy Davis|Kevin Spacey|Glynis Johns|Robert J. Steinmiller Jr.,Ted Demme,holiday|robbery|burglar|christmas party|hostage,"A cat burglar is forced to take a bickering, dysfunctional family hostage on Christmas Eve.","Ref, The (1994)",Comedy,514
20306,114594,Kevin Spacey|Frank Whaley|Michelle Forbes|Benicio del Toro|T.E. Russell,George Huang,independent film,"A young, naive Hollywood studio assistant finally turns the tables on his incredibly abusive producer boss.",Swimming with Sharks (1995),Comedy|Drama,322
18395,109758,Dana Delany|Paul Mercurio|Rosie O'Donnell|Dan Aykroyd|Héctor Elizondo,Garry Marshall,female nudity|sexuality|island|love|mistress,"Elliot is going to the island of Eden to live out his submissive fantasies, but inadvertently photographs diamond smugglers at work. Smugglers, and detectives, follow him to the island, where they try to retrieve the film. Elliot begins falling in love with Lisa, the head mistress of the island, and Lisa must evaluate her feelings about Elliot and her own motivations.",Exit to Eden (1994),Comedy,234
11593,110684,Paul Newman|Bruce Willis|Melanie Griffith|Jessica Tandy|Dylan Walsh,Robert Benton,illegal employment|retirement|drama,"Sully is a rascally ne'er-do-well approaching retirement age. While he is pressing a worker's compensation suit for a bad knee, he secretly works for his nemesis, Carl, and flirts with Carl's young wife Toby. Sully's long- forgotten son and family have moved back to town, so Sully faces unfamiliar family responsibilities. Meanwhile, Sully's landlady's banker son plots to push through a new development and evict Sully from his mother's life.",Nobody's Fool (1994),Comedy|Drama|Romance,281
11310,109439,Billy Crystal|Daniel Stern|Jon Lovitz|Jack Palance|Patricia Wettig,Paul Weiland,nevada|gold|birthday|treasure hunt|gold bar,"On Mitch Robbins 40th birthday begins quite well until he returns home and finds his brother Glen, the black sheep of the family, in his sofa. Nevertheless he is about to have a wonderful birthday-night with his wife when he discovers a treasure map of Curly by chance. Together with Phil and unfortunately with Glen he tries to find the hidden gold of Curly's father in the desert of Arizona.",City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (1994),Adventure|Comedy|Western,432
13701,110116,Gary Oldman|Jeroen Krabbé|Isabella Rossellini|Johanna ter Steege|Marco Hofschneider,Bernard Rose,deafness|sister-in-law|character study|uncle nephew relationship|für elise,"The life and death of the legendary Ludwig van Beethoven. Beside all the work he is known for, the composer once wrote a famous love letter to a nameless beloved and the movie tries to find out who this beloved was. Not easy as Beethoven has had many women in his life.",Immortal Beloved (1994),Drama|Romance,249
1909,112883,Johnny Depp|Marlon Brando|Faye Dunaway|Géraldine Pailhas|Bob Dishy,Jeremy Leven,sex addiction|love|mental institution|patient|psychiatrist,"John Arnold DeMarco is a man who believes he is Don Juan, the greatest lover in the world. Clad in a cape and mask, DeMarco undergoes psychiatric treatment with Dr. Jack Mickler to cure him of his apparent delusion. But the psychiatric sessions have an unexpected effect on the psychiatric staff and, most profoundly, Dr Mickler, who rekindles the romance in his complacent marriage.",Don Juan DeMarco (1995),Comedy|Drama|Romance,224
10897,110366,Travis Tedford|Kevin Jamal Woods|Jordan Warkol|Zachary Mabry|Ross Bagley,Penelope Spheeris,running|shenanigan|friendship|clubhaus|group of friends,"Spanky, Alfalfa, Buckwheat, and the other characters made famous in the Our Gang shorts of the 1920s and 1930s are brought back to life in this nostalgic children's comedy. When Alfalfa starts to question his devotion to the club's principles after falling for the beautiful nine-year old Darla, the rest of the gang sets out to keep them apart.","Little Rascals, The (1994)",Children|Comedy,575
8987,110997,Meryl Streep|David Strathairn|Joseph Mazzello|Kevin Bacon|John C. Reilly,Curtis Hanson,river|boston|bank robber|marriage crisis|hostage-taking,"While on a family vacation, Meryl Streep takes on a pair of armed killers (led by Kevin Bacon) while navigating a spectacularly violent river.","River Wild, The (1994)",Action|Thriller,376
11592,111127,Kathleen Turner|Sam Waterston|Ricki Lake|Matthew Lillard|Mink Stole,John Waters,housewife|protection|motherly love|evil mother|murder,"A picture perfect middle class family is shocked when they find out that one of their neighbors is receiving obscene phone calls. The mom takes slights against her family very personally, and it turns out she is indeed the one harassing the neighbor. As other slights befall her beloved family, the body count begins to increase.",Serial Mom (1994),Comedy|Crime|Horror,532
26564,109508,Robert Crumb|Aline Kominsky|Charles Crumb|Maxon Crumb|Robert Hughes,Terry Zwigoff,underground|art|robert crumb,"This movie chronicles the life and times of R. Crumb. Robert Crumb is the cartoonist/artist who drew Keep On Truckin', Fritz the Cat, and played a major pioneering role in the genesis of underground comix. Through interviews with his mother, two brothers, wife, and ex-girlfriends, as well as selections from his vast quantity of graphic art, we are treated to a darkly comic ride through one man's subconscious mind.",Crumb (1994),Documentary,162
11010,110877,Philippe Noiret|Massimo Troisi|Maria Grazia Cucinotta|Renato Scarpa|Linda Moretti,Michael Radford,island|letter|postman|fisherman|poet,Simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice.,"Postman, The (Postino, Il) (1994)",Comedy|Drama|Romance,58
10449,111693,Andy García|Meg Ryan|Ellen Burstyn|Tina Majorino|Philip Seymour Hoffman,Luis Mandoki,wife husband relationship|new love|family|alcoholic|therapy,"An airline pilot and his wife are forced to face the consequences of her alcoholism when her addictions threaten her life and their daughter's safety. While the woman enters detox, her husband must face the truth of his enabling behavior.",When a Man Loves a Woman (1994),Drama|Romance,381
24428,848228,Robert Downey Jr.|Chris Evans|Mark Ruffalo|Chris Hemsworth|Scarlett Johansson,Joss Whedon,new york|shield|marvel comic|comic|superhero,"When an unexpected enemy emerges and threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins!","Avengers, The (2012)",Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi|IMAX,89745
49026,1345836,Christian Bale|Michael Caine|Gary Oldman|Anne Hathaway|Tom Hardy,Christopher Nolan,dc comics|crime fighter|terrorist|secret identity|burglar,"Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.","Dark Knight Rises, The (2012)",Action|Adventure|Crime|IMAX,91529
68718,1853728,Jamie Foxx|Christoph Waltz|Leonardo DiCaprio|Kerry Washington|Samuel L. Jackson,Quentin Tarantino,bounty hunter|hero|plantation|society|friendship,"With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.",Django Unchained (2012),Action|Drama|Western,99114
37724,1074638,Daniel Craig|Judi Dench|Javier Bardem|Ralph Fiennes|Naomie Harris,Sam Mendes,spy|secret agent|fall from height|sociopath|james bond,"When Bond's latest assignment goes gravely wrong and agents around the world are exposed, MI6 is attacked forcing M to relocate the agency. These events cause her authority and position to be challenged by Gareth Mallory, the new Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee. With MI6 now compromised from both inside and out, M is left with one ally she can trust: Bond. 007 takes to the shadows - aided only by field agent, Eve - following a trail to the mysterious Silva, whose lethal and hidden motives have yet to reveal themselves.",Skyfall (2012),Action|Adventure|Thriller|IMAX,96079
49040,1194173,Jeremy Renner|Rachel Weisz|Edward Norton|Scott Glenn|Stacy Keach,Tony Gilroy,assassin|wolf|maryland|suicide by gunshot|rooftop,"The fourth installment of the highly successful Bourne series sidelines main character Jason Bourne in order to focus on a fellow estranged assassin Aaron Cross. The story centers on new CIA operative, Aaron Cross as he experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.","Bourne Legacy, The (2012)",Action|Adventure|Drama|Thriller|IMAX,91535
49051,903624,Ian McKellen|Martin Freeman|Richard Armitage|Andy Serkis|Cate Blanchett,Peter Jackson,riddle|elves|dwarves|orcs|middle-earth (tolkien),"Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit enjoying his quiet life, is swept into an epic quest by Gandalf the Grey and thirteen dwarves who seek to reclaim their mountain home from Smaug, the dragon.","Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The (2012)",Adventure|Fantasy|IMAX,98809
70981,1446714,Noomi Rapace|Michael Fassbender|Charlize Theron|Idris Elba|Guy Pearce,Ridley Scott,dystopia|alien|imax|self mutilation|aftercreditsstinger,"A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.",Prometheus (2012),Action|Horror|Sci-Fi|IMAX,94864
82693,1045658,Bradley Cooper|Jennifer Lawrence|Robert De Niro|Jacki Weaver|Chris Tucker,David O. Russell,dancing|philadelphia|running|based on novel|depression,"After spending eight months in a mental institution, a former teacher moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife.",Silver Linings Playbook (2012),Comedy|Drama,97921
1930,948470,Andrew Garfield|Emma Stone|Rhys Ifans|Denis Leary|Martin Sheen,Marc Webb,loss of father|vigilante|serum|marvel comic|experiment gone wrong,"Peter Parker is an outcast high schooler was abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben and Aunt May. Like most teenagers, Peter is trying to figure out who he is and how he got to be the person he is today. As Peter discovers a mysterious briefcase that belonged to his father, he begins a quest to understand his parents' disappearance – leading him directly to Oscorp and the lab of Dr. Curt Connors, his father's former partner. As Spider-Man is set on a collision course with Connors' alter ego, The Lizard, Peter will make life-altering choices to use his powers and shape his destiny to become a hero.","Amazing Spider-Man, The (2012)",Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi|IMAX,95510
62177,1217209,Kelly Macdonald|Julie Walters|Billy Connolly|Emma Thompson|Kevin McKidd,Mark Andrews|Steve Purcell|Brenda Chapman,scotland|rebel|bravery|kingdom|archer,"Brave is set in the mystical Scottish Highlands, where Mérida is the princess of a kingdom ruled by King Fergus and Queen Elinor. An unruly daughter and an accomplished archer, Mérida one day defies a sacred custom of the land and inadvertently brings turmoil to the kingdom. In an attempt to set things right, Mérida seeks out an eccentric old Wise Woman and is granted an ill-fated wish. Also figuring into Mérida’s quest — and serving as comic relief — are the kingdom’s three lords: the enormous Lord MacGuffin, the surly Lord Macintosh, and the disagreeable Lord Dingwall.",Brave (2012),Action|Adventure|Animation|Children,95167
64688,1232829,Channing Tatum|Jonah Hill|Brie Larson|Dave Franco|Ellie Kemper,Phil Lord|Christopher Miller,male friendship|high school|parody|crude humor|based on tv series,"In high school, Schmidt was a dork and Jenko was the popular jock. After graduation, both of them joined the police force and ended up as partners riding bicycles in the city park. Since they are young and look like high school students, they are assigned to an undercover unit to infiltrate a drug ring that is supplying high school students synthetic drugs.",21 Jump Street (2012),Action|Comedy|Crime,93510
87827,454876,Suraj Sharma|Irrfan Khan|Ayush Tandon|Gautam Belur|Adil Hussain,Ang Lee,ocean|shipwreck|hindu|tiger|faith,"The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific Ocean.",Life of Pi (2012),Adventure|Drama|IMAX,97938
72105,1637725,Mark Wahlberg|Mila Kunis|Seth MacFarlane|Joel McHale|Giovanni Ribisi,Seth MacFarlane,friendship|love|teddy bear|toy comes to life|wishes come true,"John Bennett, a man whose childhood wish of bringing his teddy bear to life came true, now must decide between keeping the relationship with the bear or his girlfriend, Lori.",Ted (2012),Comedy|Fantasy,95441
75780,790724,Tom Cruise|Rosamund Pike|Richard Jenkins|David Oyelowo|Werner Herzog,Christopher McQuarrie,based on novel|sniper|investigation|police|character name in title,"In an innocent heartland city, five are shot dead by an expert sniper. The police quickly identify and arrest the culprit, and build a slam-dunk case. But the accused man claims he's innocent and says ""Get Jack Reacher."" Reacher himself sees the news report and turns up in the city. The defense is immensely relieved, but Reacher has come to bury the guy. Shocked at the accused's request, Reacher sets out to confirm for himself the absolute certainty of the man's guilt, but comes up with more than he bargained for.",Jack Reacher (2012),Action|Crime|Thriller,99112
82690,1772341,John C. Reilly|Sarah Silverman|Jane Lynch|Jack McBrayer|Jamie Elman,Rich Moore,support group|product placement|bullying|racing|arcade,"Wreck-It Ralph is the 9-foot-tall, 643-pound villain of an arcade video game named Fix-It Felix Jr., in which the game's titular hero fixes buildings that Ralph destroys. Wanting to prove he can be a good guy and not just a villain, Ralph escapes his game and lands in Hero's Duty, a first-person shooter where he helps the game's hero battle against alien invaders. He later enters Sugar Rush, a kart racing game set on tracks made of candies, cookies and other sweets. There, Ralph meets Vanellope von Schweetz who has learned that her game is faced with a dire threat that could affect the entire arcade, and one that Ralph may have inadvertently started.",Wreck-It Ralph (2012),Animation|Comedy,97913
114150,1981677,Anna Kendrick|Skylar Astin|Brittany Snow|Anna Camp|Rebel Wilson,Jason Moore,roommate|female friendship|hazing|male female relationship|audition,"College student Beca knows she does not want to be part of a clique, but that's exactly where she finds herself after arriving at her new school. Thrust in among mean gals, nice gals and just plain weird gals, Beca finds that the only thing they have in common is how well they sing together. She takes the women of the group out of their comfort zone of traditional arrangements and into a world of amazing harmonic combinations in a fight to the top of college music competitions.",Pitch Perfect (2012),Comedy|Musical,96588
41154,1409024,Will Smith|Tommy Lee Jones|Josh Brolin|Michael Stuhlbarg|Emma Thompson,Barry Sonnenfeld,time travel|time machine|alien|fictional government agency|seeing the future,"Agents J (Will Smith) and K (Tommy Lee Jones) are back...in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes him as much as his wry, reticent partner. But when K's life and the fate of the planet are put at stake, Agent J will have to travel back in time to put things right. J discovers that there are secrets to the universe that K never told him - secrets that will reveal themselves as he teams up with the young Agent K (Josh Brolin) to save his partner, the agency, and the future of humankind.",Men in Black III (M.III.B.) (M.I.B.³) (2012),Action|Comedy|Sci-Fi|IMAX,94777
70160,1392170,Jennifer Lawrence|Josh Hutcherson|Liam Hemsworth|Woody Harrelson|Elizabeth Banks,Gary Ross,hallucination|dystopia|female protagonist|bow and arrow|knife throwing,"Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games.  Part twisted entertainment, part government intimidation tactic, the Hunger Games are a nationally televised event in which “Tributes†must fight with one another until one survivor remains.  Pitted against highly-trained Tributes who have prepared for these Games their entire lives, Katniss is forced to rely upon her sharp instincts as well as the mentorship of drunken former victor Haymitch Abernathy.  If she’s ever to return home to District 12, Katniss must make impossible choices in the arena that weigh survival against humanity and life against love. The world will be watching.",The Hunger Games (2012),Action|Adventure|Drama|Sci-Fi|Thriller,91500
83542,1371111,Tom Hanks|Halle Berry|Jim Broadbent|Hugo Weaving|Jim Sturgess,Lilly Wachowski|Lana Wachowski|Tom Tykwer,clone|future|dystopia|ensemble cast|duringcreditsstinger,"A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future.  Based on the award winning novel by David Mitchell. Directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis.",Cloud Atlas (2012),Drama|Sci-Fi|IMAX,97752
76163,1764651,Sylvester Stallone|Jason Statham|Dolph Lundgren|Bruce Willis|Arnold Schwarzenegger,Simon West,number in title|plane crash|violence|beard|ensemble cast,"Mr. Church reunites the Expendables for what should be an easy paycheck, but when one of their men is murdered on the job, their quest for revenge puts them deep in enemy territory and up against an unexpected threat.","Expendables 2, The (2012)",Action|Adventure,91485
84892,1659337,Logan Lerman|Emma Watson|Ezra Miller|Paul Rudd|Nina Dobrev,Stephen Chbosky,shyness|secret|kiss|freshman|coming of age,"A coming-of-age story based on the best-selling novel by Stephen Chbosky, which follows 15-year-old freshman Charlie, an endearing and naive outsider who is taken under the wings of two seniors. A moving tale of love, loss, fear and hope - and the unforgettable friends that help us through life.","Perks of Being a Wallflower, The (2012)",Drama|Romance,96821
68734,1024648,Ben Affleck|Bryan Cranston|Alan Arkin|John Goodman|Victor Garber,Ben Affleck,cia|wife husband relationship|document|revolution|hiding place,"As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.",Argo (2012),Drama|Thriller,97304
22970,1259521,Kristen Connolly|Chris Hemsworth|Anna Hutchison|Fran Kranz|Jesse Williams,Drew Goddard,cabin|plot twist|cabin in the woods|filmed killing|video wall,"Five college friends spend the weekend at a remote cabin in the woods, where they get more than they bargained for. Together, they must discover the truth behind the cabin in the woods.","Cabin in the Woods, The (2012)",Comedy|Horror|Sci-Fi|Thriller,93840
81188,1446192,Chris Pine|Alec Baldwin|Jude Law|Isla Fisher|Hugh Jackman,Peter Ramsey,dream|santa claus|nightmare|easter bunny|tooth fairy,"When an evil spirit known as Pitch lays down the gauntlet to take over the world, the immortal Guardians must join forces for the first time to protect the hopes, beliefs and imagination of children all over the world.",Rise of the Guardians (2012),Adventure|Animation|Children|Fantasy|IMAX,98243
83666,1748122,Bruce Willis|Edward Norton|Jared Gilman|Kara Hayward|Bill Murray,Wes Anderson,erection|new england|first love|eye patch|search party,"Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore – and the peaceful island community is turned upside down in more ways than anyone can handle.",Moonrise Kingdom (2012),Comedy|Drama|Romance,94959
49049,1343727,Karl Urban|Olivia Thirlby|Lena Headey|Wood Harris|Jason Cope,Pete Travis,usa|corruption|crime fighter|judge|metropolis,"In the future, America is a dystopian wasteland. The latest scourge is Ma-Ma, a prostitute-turned-drug pusher with a dangerous new drug and aims to take over the city. The only possibility of stopping her is an elite group of urban police called Judges, who combine the duties of judge, jury and executioner to deliver a brutal brand of swift justice. But even the top-ranking Judge, Dredd, discovers that taking down Ma-Ma isn’t as easy as it seems in this explosive adaptation of the hugely popular comic series.",Dredd (2012),Action|Sci-Fi,96737
59962,1596350,Reese Witherspoon|Chris Pine|Tom Hardy|Laura Vandervoort|Angela Bassett,McG,love triangle|friendship|dating|sushi bar|exploding airplane,Two top CIA operatives wage an epic battle against one another after they discover they are dating the same woman.,This Means War (2012),Action|Comedy|Romance,93326
49529,401729,Taylor Kitsch|Lynn Collins|Mark Strong|Willem Dafoe|Ciarán Hinds,Andrew Stanton,based on novel|mars|medaillon|cave|future,"Civil War vet John Carter is transplanted to Mars, where he discovers a lush, wildly diverse planet whose main inhabitants are 12-foot tall green barbarians. Finding himself a prisoner of these creatures, he escapes, only to encounter Dejah Thoris, Princess of Helium, who is in desperate need of a savior.",John Carter (2012),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi|IMAX,93363
59967,1276104,Joseph Gordon-Levitt|Bruce Willis|Emily Blunt|Paul Dano|Noah Segan,Rian Johnson,suicide|female nudity|assassin|wife husband relationship|gold,"In the futuristic action thriller Looper, time travel will be invented but it will be illegal and only available on the black market. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target 30 years into the past where a looper, a hired gun, like Joe is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good until the day the mob decides to close the loop, sending back Joe's future self for assassination.",Looper (2012),Action|Crime|Sci-Fi,96610
97630,1790885,Jessica Chastain|Jason Clarke|Mark Strong|Joel Edgerton|Chris Pratt,Kathryn Bigelow,assassination|cia|hotel|terrorist|prisoner,"A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.",Zero Dark Thirty (2012),Action|Drama|Thriller,98961
76492,837562,Adam Sandler|Steve Buscemi|David Spade|Kevin James|Selena Gomez,Genndy Tartakovsky,witch|magic|mummy|dracula|skeleton,"Dracula, who operates a high-end resort away from the human world, goes into overprotective mode when a boy discovers the resort and falls for the count's teen-aged daughter.",Hotel Transylvania (2012),Animation|Children|Comedy,97225
76493,1645170,Sacha Baron Cohen|Sayed Badreya|Aasif Mandvi|Megan Fox|Anna Faris,Larry Charles,kurdish,The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.,"Dictator, The (2012)",Comedy,94677
86838,1931533,Colin Farrell|Sam Rockwell|Christopher Walken|Woody Harrelson|Abbie Cornish,Martin McDonagh,suicide|alcohol|sex|screenwriter|underworld,A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.,Seven Psychopaths (2012),Comedy|Crime,97306
122,167260,Elijah Wood|Ian McKellen|Viggo Mortensen|Liv Tyler|Orlando Bloom,Peter Jackson,elves|orcs|middle-earth (tolkien)|based on novel|suspicion,"Aragorn is revealed as the heir to the ancient kings as he, Gandalf and the other members of the broken fellowship struggle to save Gondor from Sauron's forces. Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam bring the ring closer to the heart of Mordor, the dark lord's realm.","Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003)",Action|Adventure|Drama|Fantasy,7153
277,320691,Kate Beckinsale|Scott Speedman|Michael Sheen|Shane Brolly|Bill Nighy,Len Wiseman,budapest|subway|love of one's life|bite|descendant,"Vampires and werewolves have waged a nocturnal war against each other for centuries. But all bets are off when a female vampire warrior named Selene, who's famous for her strength and werewolf-hunting prowess, becomes smitten with a peace-loving male werewolf, Michael, who wants to end the war.",Underworld (2003),Action|Fantasy|Horror,6754
22,325980,Johnny Depp|Geoffrey Rush|Orlando Bloom|Keira Knightley|Jack Davenport,Gore Verbinski,exotic island|east india trading company|gold|marriage proposal|mutiny,"Jack Sparrow, a freewheeling 17th-century pirate who roams the Caribbean Sea butts heads with a rival pirate bent on pillaging the village of Port Royal. When the governor's daughter is kidnapped, Sparrow decides to help the girl's love save her. But their seafaring mission is hardly simple.",Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003),Action|Adventure|Comedy|Fantasy,6539
24,266697,Uma Thurman|Lucy Liu|Vivica A. Fox|Daryl Hannah|David Carradine,Quentin Tarantino,japan|coma|martial arts|kung fu|underworld,"An assassin is shot at the altar by her ruthless employer, Bill and other members of their assassination circle – but 'The Bride' lives to plot her vengeance. Setting out for some payback, she makes a death list and hunts down those who wronged her, saving Bill for last.",Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003),Action|Crime|Thriller,6874
605,242653,Keanu Reeves|Laurence Fishburne|Carrie-Anne Moss|Hugo Weaving|Mary Alice,Lilly Wachowski|Lana Wachowski,saving the world|artificial intelligence|man vs machine|flying|philosophy,The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing the rogue Agent Smith.,"Matrix Revolutions, The (2003)",Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi|Thriller|IMAX,6934
604,234215,Keanu Reeves|Carrie-Anne Moss|Laurence Fishburne|Hugo Weaving|Helmut Bakaitis,Lilly Wachowski|Lana Wachowski,saving the world|artificial intelligence|man vs machine|martial arts|kung fu,"Six months after the events depicted in The Matrix, Neo has proved to be a good omen for the free humans, as more and more humans are being freed from the matrix and brought to Zion, the one and only stronghold of the Resistance.  Neo himself has discovered his superpowers including super speed, ability to see the codes of the things inside the matrix and a certain degree of pre-cognition. But a nasty piece of news hits the human resistance: 250,000 machine sentinels are digging to Zion and would reach them in 72 hours. As Zion prepares for the ultimate war, Neo, Morpheus and Trinity are advised by the Oracle to find the Keymaker who would help them reach the Source.  Meanwhile Neo's recurrent dreams depicting Trinity's death have got him worried and as if it was not enough, Agent Smith has somehow escaped deletion, has become more powerful than before and has fixed Neo as his next target.","Matrix Reloaded, The (2003)",Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi|Thriller|IMAX,6365
12,266543,Albert Brooks|Ellen DeGeneres|Alexander Gould|Willem Dafoe|Brad Garrett,Andrew Stanton|Lee Unkrich,predator|harbor|animation|seagull|underwater,"A tale which follows the comedic and eventful journeys of two fish, the fretful Marlin and his young son Nemo, who are separated from each other in the Great Barrier Reef when Nemo is unexpectedly taken from his home and thrust into a fish tank in a dentist's office overlooking Sydney Harbor. Buoyed by the companionship of a friendly but forgetful fish named Dory, the overly cautious Marlin embarks on a dangerous trek and finds himself the unlikely hero of an epic journey to rescue his son.",Finding Nemo (2003),Adventure|Animation|Children|Comedy,6377
310,315327,Jim Carrey|Jennifer Aniston|Philip Baker Hall|Catherine Bell|Lisa Ann Walter,Tom Shadyac,christianity|moon|responsability|moses|street gang,"Bruce Nolan toils as a ""human interest"" television reporter in Buffalo, N.Y. Despite his high ratings and the love of his beautiful girlfriend, Grace, Bruce remains unfulfilled. At the end of the worst day in his life, he angrily ridicules God -- and the Almighty responds, endowing Bruce with all of His divine powers.",Bruce Almighty (2003),Comedy|Drama|Fantasy|Romance,6373
508,314331,Bill Nighy|Gregor Fisher|Colin Firth|Sienna Guillory|Liam Neeson,Richard Curtis,london|male nudity|female nudity|love at first sight|u.s. president,Follows seemingly unrelated people as their lives begin to intertwine while they fall in – and out – of love. Affections languish and develop as Christmas draws near.,Love Actually (2003),Comedy|Drama|Romance,6942
10719,319343,Will Ferrell|James Caan|Zooey Deschanel|Mary Steenburgen|Daniel Tay,Jon Favreau,holiday|elves|santa claus|looking for  birth parents|north pole,"When young Buddy falls into Santa's gift sack on Christmas Eve, he's transported back to the North Pole and raised as a toy-making elf by Santa's helpers. But as he grows into adulthood, he can't shake the nagging feeling that he doesn't belong. Buddy vows to visit Manhattan and find his real dad, a workaholic publisher.",Elf (2003),Children|Comedy|Fantasy,6936
296,181852,Arnold Schwarzenegger|Nick Stahl|Claire Danes|Kristanna Loken|David Andrews,Jonathan Mostow,saving the world|artificial intelligence|man vs machine|cyborg|killer robot,"It's been 10 years since John Connor saved Earth from Judgment Day, and he's now living under the radar, steering clear of using anything Skynet can trace. That is, until he encounters T-X, a robotic assassin ordered to finish what T-1000 started. Good thing Connor's former nemesis, the Terminator, is back to aid the now-adult Connor … just like he promised.",Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi,6537
1278,309987,Michael Pitt|Eva Green|Louis Garrel|Anna Chancellor|Robin Renucci,Bernardo Bertolucci,paris|love triangle|male nudity|female nudity|bathroom,A young American studying in Paris in 1968 strikes up a friendship with a French brother and sister. Set against the background of the '68 Paris student riots.,"Dreamers, The (2003)",Drama,7265
587,319061,Ewan McGregor|Albert Finney|Billy Crudup|Jessica Lange|Helena Bonham Carter,Tim Burton,circus|father-son relationship|witch|fish|fishing,"Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a true picture of his father from flashbacks of his amazing adventures.",Big Fish (2003),Drama|Fantasy|Romance,7147
9480,287978,Ben Affleck|Jennifer Garner|Colin Farrell|Michael Clarke Duncan|Jon Favreau,Mark Steven Johnson,blindness and impaired vision|superhero|voice over narration|daredevil|hazardous waste,"He dwells in a world of eternal night, but the blackness is filled with sounds and scents, tastes and textures that most cannot perceive. Although attorney Matt Murdock is blind, his other four senses function with superhuman sharpness. By day, Murdock represents the downtrodden. At night he is Daredevil, a masked vigilante stalking the dark streets of the city, a relentless avenger of justice.",Daredevil (2003),Action|Crime,6157
8273,328828,Jason Biggs|Alyson Hannigan|Seann William Scott|Eddie Kaye Thomas|Thomas Ian Nicholas,Jesse Dylan,handcuffs|sister sister relationship|spanner|blow job|stag night,"With high school a distant memory, Jim and Michelle are getting married -- and in a hurry, since Jim's grandmother is sick and wants to see him walk down the aisle -- prompting Stifler to throw the ultimate bachelor party. And Jim's dad is reliable as ever, doling out advice no one wants to hear.",American Wedding (American Pie 3) (2003),Comedy,6586
8698,311429,Sean Connery|Peta Wilson|Shane West|Stuart Townsend|Jason Flemyng,Stephen Norrington,saving the world|men|captain nemo|allan quatermain,"To prevent a world war from breaking out, famous characters from Victorian literature band together to do battle against a cunning villain.","League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The (a.k.a. LXG) (2003)",Action|Fantasy|Sci-Fi,6541
9654,317740,Mark Wahlberg|Charlize Theron|Jason Statham|Edward Norton|Fausto Callegarini,F. Gary Gray,venice|california|train station|helicopter|austria,"After being betrayed and left for dead in Italy, Charlie Croker and his team plan an elaborate gold heist against their former ally.","Italian Job, The (2003)",Action|Crime,6378
153,335266,Bill Murray|Scarlett Johansson|Anna Faris|Giovanni Ribisi|Akiko Takeshita,Sofia Coppola,upper class|hotel room|age difference|commercial|karaoke,"Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.",Lost in Translation (2003),Comedy|Drama|Romance,6711
10147,307987,Billy Bob Thornton|Tony Cox|Brett Kelly|Lauren Graham|Bernie Mac,Terry Zwigoff,holiday|elves|christmas party|safe|little people,"A miserable conman and his partner pose as Santa and his Little Helper to rob department stores on Christmas Eve. But they run into problems when the conman befriends a troubled kid, and the security boss discovers the plot.",Bad Santa (2003),Comedy|Crime,6957
9486,274166,Rowan Atkinson|John Malkovich|Natalie Imbruglia|Tasha de Vasconcelos|Ben Miller,Peter Howitt,spy|hero|queen|intelligence|coronation,Rowan plays the eponymous lead character in a spoof spy thriller. During the course of the story we follow our hero as he attempts to single-handedly save the country from falling into the hands of a despot.,Johnny English (2003),Action|Comedy|Thriller,6550
4256,306047,Pamela Anderson|Jenny McCarthy|Marny Eng|Charlie Sheen|Simon Rex,David Zucker,horror spoof,"In the third installment of the Scary Movie franchise, news anchorwoman Cindy Campbell has to investigate mysterious crop circles and killing video tapes, and help the President stop an alien invasion in the process.",Scary Movie 3 (2003),Comedy|Horror,6888
1584,332379,Jack Black|Joan Cusack|Mike White|Sarah Silverman|Adam Pascal,Richard Linklater,rock and roll|rock|high school|music band,"Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a job as a fourth-grade substitute teacher at a private school, where he secretly begins teaching his students the finer points of rock 'n' roll. The school's hard-nosed principal is rightly suspicious of Finn's activities. But Finn's roommate remains in the dark about what he's doing.",School of Rock (2003),Comedy|Musical,6863
616,325710,Tom Cruise|Ken Watanabe|William Atherton|Chad Lindberg|Billy Connolly,Edward Zwick,japan|suicide|civil war|indian|war crimes,"Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the name of modernization and open trade, Algren decides to become an ultimate warrior himself and to fight for their right to exist.","Last Samurai, The (2003)",Action|Adventure|Drama|War,7143
8961,172156,Martin Lawrence|Will Smith|Jordi Mollà|Gabrielle Union|Peter Stormare,Michael Bay,miami|ku klux klan|cuba|undercover|mexican standoff,"Out-of-control, trash-talking buddy cops Marcus Burnett and Mike Lowrey of the Miami Narcotics Task Force reunite, and bullets fly, cars crash and laughs explode as they pursue a whacked-out drug lord from the streets of Miami to the barrios of Cuba. But the real fireworks result when Marcus discovers that playboy Mike is secretly romancing Marcus’ sexy sister.",Bad Boys II (2003),Action|Comedy|Crime|Thriller,6548
1996,325703,Angelina Jolie|Gerard Butler|Noah Taylor|Djimon Hounsou|Til Schweiger,Jan de Bont,riddle|treasure|medaillon|kenia|alexander the great,"Intrepid British archaeologist Lara Croft has made perhaps the most important archaeological discovery in history: an orb that leads to the mythical Pandora's Box. Unfortunately, the orb falls into the hands of Jonathan Reiss, an evil scientist who deals in killer viruses and hopes to sell the secrets of the box as the ultimate weapon.",Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003),Action|Adventure|Comedy|Romance|Thriller,6564
2832,309698,John Cusack|Ray Liotta|Amanda Peet|John Hawkes|Alfred Molina,James Mangold,weather|multiple character|scream|convict|psychopathy,"Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers thin out, the travelers begin to turn on each other, as each tries to figure out who the killer is.",Identity (2003),Crime|Horror|Mystery|Thriller,6323
8619,311113,Russell Crowe|Paul Bettany|James D'Arcy|Billy Boyd|Joseph Morgan,Peter Weir,naturalist|frigate|self surgery|sea battle|weevil,"After an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a captain of the British Royal Navy begins a chase over two oceans to capture or destroy the enemy, though he must weigh his commitment to duty and ferocious pursuit of glory against the safety of his devoted crew, including the ship's thoughtful surgeon, his best friend.",Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003),Adventure|Drama|War,6947
11820,304415,Julia Roberts|Kirsten Dunst|Julia Stiles|Maggie Gyllenhaal|Ginnifer Goodwin,Mike Newell,faculty|art history|rowing|school nurse|femininity,"The story of Katherine Ann Watson, a feminist teacher who studied at UCLA graduate school and in 1953 left her boyfriend behind in Los Angeles, California to teach at Wellesley College, a conservative women's private liberal arts college in Massachusetts, United States.",Mona Lisa Smile (2003),Drama|Romance,7154
322,327056,Sean Penn|Tim Robbins|Kevin Bacon|Marcia Gay Harden|Kevin Chapman,Clint Eastwood,child abuse|sexual abuse|loss of child|repayment|suppressed past,"A story about friendship and loyalty, guilt and vengeance, and the fateful affect the past has on the present.",Mystic River (2003),Crime|Drama|Mystery,6870
55931,328832,Keanu Reeves|Carrie-Anne Moss|Clayton Watson|Pamela Adlon|Melinda Clarke,Peter Chung|Yoshiaki Kawajiri|Takeshi Koike|Mahiro Maeda|Kôji Morimoto|Shinichiro Watanabe|Andrew R. Jones,alternate reality|matrix,"Straight from the creators of the groundbreaking Matrix trilogy, this collection of short animated films from the world's leading anime directors fuses computer graphics and Japanese anime to provide the background of the Matrix universe and the conflict between man and machines. The shorts include Final Flight of the Osiris, The Second Renaissance, Kid's Story, Program, World Record, Beyond, A Detective Story and Matriculated.","Animatrix, The (2003)",Action|Animation|Drama|Sci-Fi,27660
9506,305224,Adam Sandler|Jack Nicholson|Luis Guzmán|Marisa Tomei|January Jones,Peter Segal,penalty|nudity|therapist|psychology|aggression,"After a misunderstanding aboard an airplane that escalates out of control, the mild-mannered Dave Buznik is ordered by Judge Daniels to attend anger management sessions run by Doctor Buddy Rydell, which are filled with highly eccentric and volatile men and women. Buddy's unorthodox approach to therapy is confrontational and abrasive and Dave is bewildered by it. Then, after yet another mishap, Judge Daniels orders Dave to step up his therapy or wind up in jail. So, Buddy moves in with Dave to help him battle his inner demons. Buddy himself has no inner demons since he acts out at every opportunity and that includes making lewd comments about Dave's girlfriend Linda and goading Dave into confronting every slight, past or present, head-on. But Buddy finally goes too far and Dave must decide whether to crawl back into his shell or stand up for himself. Could it be that Buddy's confounding and contradictory treatment is just what the doctor ordered?",Anger Management (2003),Comedy,6287
1927,286716,Eric Bana|Jennifer Connelly|Sam Elliott|Josh Lucas|Nick Nolte,Ang Lee,san francisco|monster|mutation|berkeley|transformation,"Bruce Banner, a genetics researcher with a tragic past, suffers massive radiation exposure in his laboratory that causes him to transform into a raging green monster when he gets angry.",Hulk (2003),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi,6534
1428,285823,Antonio Banderas|Salma Hayek|Johnny Depp|Eva Mendes|Mickey Rourke,Robert Rodriguez,corruption|cia,"Hitman ""El Mariachi"" becomes involved in international espionage involving a psychotic CIA agent and a corrupt Mexican general.",Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003),Action|Adventure|Crime|Thriller,6709
11635,302886,Luke Wilson|Will Ferrell|Vince Vaughn|Ellen Pompeo|Leah Remini,Todd Phillips,sex doll|streaking|mouth to mouth resuscitation,Three friends attempt to recapture their glory days by opening up a fraternity near their alma mater.,Old School (2003),Comedy,6188
9919,251127,Kate Hudson|Matthew McConaughey|Kathryn Hahn|Annie Parisse|Adam Goldberg,Donald Petrie,new york|bet|journalist|therapist|advertising expert,"An advice columnist, Andie Anderson (Kate Hudson), tries pushing the boundaries of what she can write about in her new piece about how to get a man to leave you in 10 days. Her editor, Lana (Bebe Neuwirth), loves it, and Andie goes off to find a man she can use for the experiment. Enter executive Ben Berry (Matthew McConaughey), who is so confident in his romantic prowess that he thinks he can make any woman fall in love with him in 10 days. When Andie and Ben meet, their plans backfire.",How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003),Comedy|Romance,6155
6038,300471,Jackie Chan|Owen Wilson|Fann Wong|Aaron Taylor-Johnson|Aidan Gillen,David Dobkin,london|indian territory|emperor|revenge|murder,"The dynamic duo of Chon Wang and Roy O'Bannon return for another crazy adventure. This time, they're in London to avenge the murder of Chon's father, but end up on an even bigger case. Chon's sister is there to do the same, but instead unearths a plot to kill the royal family. No one believes her, though, and it's up to Chon and Roy (who has romance on his mind) to prove her right.",Shanghai Knights (2003),Action|Adventure|Comedy,6156
9257,257076,Samuel L. Jackson|Colin Farrell|Michelle Rodriguez|LL Cool J|Josh Charles,Clark Johnson,liberation|transport of prisoners|special unit|weapon|los angeles,"Hondo Harrelson recruits Jim Street to join an elite unit of the Los Angeles Police Department. Together they seek out more members, including tough Deke Kay and single mom Chris Sanchez. The team's first big assignment is to escort crime boss Alex Montel to prison. It seems routine, but when Montel offers a huge reward to anyone who can break him free, criminals of various stripes step up for the prize.",S.W.A.T. (2003),Action|Thriller,6595
10327,333780,Reese Witherspoon|Sally Field|Regina King|Jennifer Coolidge|James Newman,Charles Herman-Wurmfeld,washington d.c.|boston|chambers of a barrister|tierversuch|lawyer,"After Elle Woods, the eternally perky, fashionably adventurous, famously blonde Harvard Law grad gets fired by her law firm because of her opposition to animal testing, she takes her fight to Washington. As an aide for Congresswoman Victoria Rudd, she pushes for a bill to ban testing once and for all, but it's her building's doorman who advises her on how to get her way on the Hill.","Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003)",Comedy,6535
10330,322330,Jamie Lee Curtis|Lindsay Lohan|Mark Harmon|Harold Gould|Haley Hudson,Mark Waters,single parent|brother sister relationship|mistake in person|bride|body exchange,"Mother and daughter bicker over everything -- what Anna wears, whom she likes and what she wants to do when she's older. In turn, Anna detests Tess's fiancé. When a magical fortune cookie switches their personalities, they each get a peek at how the other person feels, thinks and lives.",Freaky Friday (2003),Children|Comedy|Fantasy,6593
9620,338337,Ben Affleck|Aaron Eckhart|Uma Thurman|Paul Giamatti|Colm Feore,John Woo,prophecy|engineer|scientist|millionaire,"Michael Jennings is a genius who's hired – and paid handsomely – by high-tech firms to work on highly sensitive projects, after which his short-term memory is erased so he's incapable of breaching security. But at the end of a three-year job, he's told he isn't getting a paycheck and instead receives a mysterious envelope. In it are clues he must piece together to find out why he wasn't paid – and why he's now in hot water.",Paycheck (2003),Action|Sci-Fi|Thriller,7163
9471,305357,Cameron Diaz|Drew Barrymore|Lucy Liu|Bernie Mac|Robert Patrick,McG,robbery|secret identity|secret agent,"The Angels are charged with finding a pair of missing rings that are encoded with the personal information of members of the Witness Protection Program. As informants are killed, the ladies target a rogue agent who might be responsible.",Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003),Action|Adventure|Comedy|Crime|Thriller,6503
6964,337741,Jack Nicholson|Diane Keaton|Keanu Reeves|Frances McDormand|Amanda Peet,Nancy Meyers,age difference|ladykiller|woman director,"Harry Sanborn is an aged music industry exec with a fondness for younger women like Marin, his latest trophy girlfriend. Things get a little awkward when Harry suffers a heart attack at the home of Marin's mother, Erica. Left in the care of Erica and his doctor, a love triangle starts to take shape.",Something's Gotta Give (2003),Comedy|Drama|Romance,7149
10756,338094,Eddie Murphy|Terence Stamp|Nathaniel Parker|Marsha Thomason|Jennifer Tilly,Rob Minkoff,secret passage|magic|estate agent|haunted house|family vacation,"Workaholic Jim Evers and his wife/business partner, Sara get a call one night from mansion owner, Edward Gracey wants to sell his house. Once the Evers family arrive at the mansion a butler takes them to dine with Gracey. Gracey takes one look at Sara and he thinks she's his lost lover.","Haunted Mansion, The (2003)",Children|Comedy|Fantasy|Horror,6958
470,315733,Sean Penn|Naomi Watts|Benicio del Toro|Danny Huston|Carly Nahon,Alejandro González Iñárritu,life and death|transplantation|suicide attempt|desperation|loss of family,"This is the story of three gentle persons: Paul Rivers an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré, Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife, happily married and mother of two little girls, and Jack Jordan, an ex-convict who has found in his Christian faith the strength to raise a family. They will be brought together by a terrible accident that will change their lives. By the final frame, none of them will be the same as they will learn harsh truths about love, faith, courage, desire and guilt, and how chance can change our worlds irretrievably, forever.",21 Grams (2003),Crime|Drama|Mystery|Romance|Thriller,6953
9358,309593,Ali Larter|A.J. Cook|Michael Landes|Tony Todd|Keegan Connor Tracy,David R. Ellis,ambulance|premonition|hospital,"When Kimberly has a violent premonition of a highway pileup she blocks the freeway, keeping a few others meant to die, safe...Or are they? The survivors mysteriously start dying and it's up to Kimberly to stop it before she's next.",Final Destination 2 (2003),Horror|Thriller,6058
1647,292506,Al Pacino|Colin Farrell|Bridget Moynahan|Gabriel Macht|Kenneth Mitchell,Roger Donaldson,spy|cia|extramarital affair,A brilliant young CIA trainee is asked by his mentor to help find a mole in the Agency.,"Recruit, The (2003)",Action|Thriller,6059
2289,159365,Jude Law|Nicole Kidman|Renée Zellweger|Eileen Atkins|Brendan Gleeson,Anthony Minghella,loss of lover|loss of family|deserter|loss of father|love of one's life,"In this classic story of love and devotion set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, a wounded Confederate soldier named W.P. Inman deserts his unit and travels across the South, aiming to return to his young wife, Ada, who he left behind to tend their farm. As Inman makes his perilous journey home, Ada struggles to keep their home intact with the assistance of Ruby, a mysterious drifter sent to help her by a kindly neighbor.",Cold Mountain (2003),Drama|Romance|War,7162
8326,311289,Sigourney Weaver|Jon Voight|Tim Blake Nelson|Patricia Arquette|Shia LaBeouf,Andrew Davis,curse|suitor|false accusations|reference to annabel lee|digging,"Stanley's family is cursed with bad luck. Unfairly sentenced to months of detention at Camp Green Lake, he and his campmates are forced by the warden to dig holes in order to build character. What they don't know is that they are digging holes in order to search for a lost treasure hidden somewhere in the camp.",Holes (2003),Adventure|Children|Comedy|Mystery,6297
10159,327850,"Dwayne Johnson|Seann William Scott|Rosario Dawson|Christopher Walken|Ernie Reyes, Jr.",Peter Berg,hunter|bounty|bounty hunter|fight|amazon,"When Travis, the mouthy son of a criminal, disappears in the Amazon in search of a treasured artifact, his father sends in Beck, who becomes Travis's rival for the affections of Mariana, a mysterious Brazilian woman. With his steely disposition, Beck is a man of few words -- but it takes him all the discipline he can muster to work with Travis to nab a tyrant who's after the same treasure.","Rundown, The (2003)",Action|Adventure|Comedy,6764
584,322259,Paul Walker|Tyrese Gibson|Eva Mendes|Cole Hauser|Ludacris,John Singleton,miami|car race|sports car|los angeles|car,"It's a major double-cross when former police officer Brian O'Conner teams up with his ex-con buddy Roman Pearce to transport a shipment of ""dirty"" money for shady Miami-based import-export dealer Carter Verone. But the guys are actually working with undercover agent Monica Fuentes to bring Verone down.","2 Fast 2 Furious (Fast and the Furious 2, The) (2003)",Action|Crime|Thriller,6383
7270,325805,Nicolas Cage|Sam Rockwell|Alison Lohman|Bruce Altman|Bruce McGill,Ridley Scott,con man|daughter,A phobic con artist and his protege are on the verge of pulling off a lucrative swindle when the con artist's teenage daughter arrives unexpectedly.,Matchstick Men (2003),Comedy|Crime|Drama,6708
4464,329575,Jeff Bridges|David McCullough|Chris Cooper|Tobey Maguire|Elizabeth Banks,Gary Ross,horse race|american dream|racehorse|great depression,True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation.,Seabiscuit (2003),Drama,6565
11817,245803,Seann William Scott|Jaime King|Karel Roden|Chow Yun-fat|K. C. Collins,Paul Hunter,monk|homeless person|injection|fall|knife fight,"A mysterious and immortal Tibetan kung fu master, who has spent the last 60 years traveling around the world protecting the ancient Scroll of the Ultimate, mentors a selfish street kid in the ancient intricacies of kung fu.",Bulletproof Monk (2003),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi,6294
10720,309530,Renée Zellweger|Ewan McGregor|Sarah Paulson|David Hyde Pierce|Rachel Dratch,Peyton Reed,sex|journalist|empowerment|womanizer|playboy,"Aaaah... it's New York City in 1962, and love is blooming between a journalist and a feminist advice author, who's falling head over heels despite her beau's playboy lifestyle.  An homage to the early 1960s sex comedies that starred Rock Hudson and Doris Day. The story follows a best-selling female advice author who has all the answers until a sly journalist playboy starts asking the questions.",Down with Love (2003),Comedy|Romance,6367
11775,138524,George Clooney|Catherine Zeta-Jones|Edward Herrmann|Geoffrey Rush|Richard Jenkins,Joel Coen,california|assassin|infidelity|fetish|hitman,A revenge-seeking gold digger marries a womanizing Beverly Hills lawyer with the intention of making a killing in the divorce.,Intolerable Cruelty (2003),Comedy|Romance,6873
11329,313542,John Cusack|Gene Hackman|Dustin Hoffman|Rachel Weisz|Bruce McGill,Gary Fleder,court case|gun rampage|firearm|jury|suspense,A juror on the inside and a woman on the outside manipulate a court trial involving a major gun manufacturer.,Runaway Jury (2003),Drama|Thriller,6879
504,340855,Charlize Theron|Christina Ricci|Bruce Dern|Lee Tergesen|Annie Corley,Patty Jenkins,prostitute|sexual abuse|desperation|death penalty|motel,"Aileen Wuornos is an emotionally scarred highway hooker who shoots a sadistic trick who rapes her and ultimately becomes America's first female serial killer. The film, based on a true story, centers more on the surrounding circumstances than on the murders.",Monster (2003),Crime|Drama,7160
10152,329028,Mimi Rogers|Eric Christian Olsen|Luis Guzmán|Rachel Nichols|Eugene Levy,Troy Miller,skateboarding|adoption|friendship|fate,"This wacky prequel to the 1994 blockbuster goes back to the lame-brained Harry and Lloyd's days as classmates at a Rhode Island high school, where the unprincipled principal puts the pair in remedial courses as part of a scheme to fleece the school.",Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003),Comedy,6482
3635,335119,Scarlett Johansson|Colin Firth|Cillian Murphy|Tom Wilkinson|Judy Parfitt,Peter Webber,painter|biography|painting|maid,"This film, adapted from a work of fiction by author Tracy Chevalier, tells a story about the events surrounding the creation of the painting ""Girl With A Pearl Earring"" by 17th century Dutch master Johannes Vermeer. A young peasant maid working in the house of painter Johannes Vermeer becomes his talented assistant and the model for one of his most famous works.",Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003),Drama|Romance,7151
1088,298228,Keisha Castle-Hughes|Rawiri Paratene|Vicky Haughton|Cliff Curtis|Grant Roa,Niki Caro,ocean|loss of mother|tradition|loss of brother|becoming an adult,"On the east coast of New Zealand, the Whangara people believe their presence there dates back a thousand years or more to a single ancestor, Paikea, who escaped death when his canoe capsized by riding to shore on the back of a whale. From then on, Whangara chiefs, always the first-born, always male, have been considered Paikea's direct descendants. Pai, an 11-year-old girl in a patriarchal New Zealand tribe, believes she is destined to be the new chief. But her grandfather Koro is bound by tradition to pick a male leader. Pai loves Koro more than anyone in the world, but she must fight him and a thousand years of tradition to fulfill her destiny.",Whale Rider (2002),Drama,6385
13370,310281,Bob Balaban|Christopher Guest|John Michael Higgins|Eugene Levy|Jane Lynch,Christopher Guest,mockumentary|folk singer,"In ""A Mighty Wind"", director Christopher Guest reunites the team from ""Best In Show"" and ""Waiting for Guffman"" to tell tell the story of 60's-era folk musicians, who inspired by the death of their former manager, get back on the stage for one concert in New York City's Town Hall.","Mighty Wind, A (2003)",Comedy|Musical,6296
13156,327137,Michael Caine|Robert Duvall|Haley Joel Osment|Kyra Sedgwick|Mitchel Musso,Tim McCanlies,texas|money|veteran,"""Secondhand Lions"" follows the comedic adventures of an introverted boy left on the doorstep of a pair of reluctant, eccentric great-uncles, whose exotic remembrances stir the boy's spirit and re-ignite the men's lives.",Secondhand Lions (2003),Children|Comedy|Drama,6753
2056,340377,Peter Dinklage|Patricia Clarkson|Bobby Cannavale|Michelle Williams|Raven Goodwin,Tom McCarthy,train station|new jersey|small person|friendship|newfoundland,"When his only friend dies, a man born with dwarfism moves to rural New Jersey to live a life of solitude, only to meet a chatty hot dog vendor and a woman dealing with her own personal loss.","Station Agent, The (2003)",Comedy|Drama,6867
2771,305206,Paul Giamatti|Hope Davis|Judah Friedlander|James Urbaniak|Harvey Pekar,Shari Springer Berman|Robert Pulcini,independent film|harvey pekar|v.a. hospital|junk sale|jellybean,An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.,American Splendor (2003),Comedy|Drama,6620
1792,338466,Matt Damon|Greg Kinnear|Eva Mendes|Wen Yann Shih|Seymour Cassel,Bobby Farrelly|Peter Farrelly,sex|dancer|martial arts|cook|stripper,"In Martha's Vineyard, Mass., conjoined twins Walt (Greg Kinnear) and Bob Tenor (Matt Damon) make the best of their handicap by being the fastest grill cooks in town. While outgoing Walt hopes to one day become a famous actor, shy Bob prefers to stay out of the spotlight. When a fading Hollywood actress, Cher (Cher), decides to get her show ""Honey and the Beaze"" cancelled, she hires Walt -- and his brotherly appendage -- as her costars. But their addition surprisingly achieves the opposite.",Stuck on You (2003),Comedy,7150
11420,379225,Jane Akre|Ray Anderson|Maude Barlow|Chris Barrett|Michael Moore,Mark Achbar|Jennifer Abbott,capitalism|canada|political activism|power|marketing,"Since the late 18th century American legal decision that the business corporation organizational model is legally a person, it has become a dominant economic, political and social force around the globe. This film takes an in-depth psychological examination of the organization model through various case studies. What the study illustrates is that in the its behaviour, this type of ""person"" typically acts like a dangerously destructive psychopath without conscience. Furthermore, we see the profound threat this psychopath has for our world and our future, but also how the people with courage, intelligence and determination can do to stop it.","Corporation, The (2003)",Documentary,27846
10744,318374,William H. Macy|Alec Baldwin|Maria Bello|Shawn Hatosy|Paul Sorvino,Wayne Kramer,casino|jinx|bad luck,"(William H. Macy) works at a Las Vegas casino, where he uses his innate ability to bring about misfortune in those around him to jinx gamblers into losing. His imposing boss, Shelly Kaplow (Alec Baldwin), is happy with the arrangement. But Bernie finds unexpected happiness when he begins dating attractive waitress Natalie Belisario (Maria Bello).","Cooler, The (2003)",Comedy|Drama|Romance,7137
36658,290334,Patrick Stewart|Hugh Jackman|Ian McKellen|Halle Berry|Famke Janssen,Bryan Singer,mutant|marvel comic|based on comic book|superhuman|storm,"Professor Charles Xavier and his team of genetically gifted superheroes face a rising tide of anti-mutant sentiment led by Col. William Stryker in this sequel to the Marvel Comics-based blockbuster X-Men. Storm, Wolverine and Jean Grey must join their usual nemeses Magneto and Mystique to unhinge Stryker's scheme to exterminate all mutants.",X2: X-Men United (2003),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi|Thriller,6333
12698,317910,Robert McNamara|Errol Morris|Fidel Castro|Barry Goldwater|John F. Kennedy,Errol Morris,vietnam|politics|war|lesson|secretary of defense,"Using archival footage, United States Cabinet conversation recordings, and an interview of the eighty-five-year-old Robert McNamara, 'The Fog of War' depicts his life, from working as a WWII Whiz Kid military officer, to being the Ford Motor Company's president, to managing the American Vietnam War, as defense secretary for presidents Kennedy and Johnson.","Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara, The (2003)",Documentary|War,7156
597,120338,Kate Winslet|Leonardo DiCaprio|Frances Fisher|Billy Zane|Kathy Bates,James Cameron,shipwreck|iceberg|ship|panic|titanic,"84 years later, a 101-year-old woman named Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story to her granddaughter Lizzy Calvert, Brock Lovett, Lewis Bodine, Bobby Buell and Anatoly Mikailavich on the Keldysh about her life set in April 10th 1912, on a ship called Titanic when young Rose boards the departing ship with the upper-class passengers and her mother, Ruth DeWitt Bukater, and her fiancé, Caledon Hockley. Meanwhile, a drifter and artist named Jack Dawson and his best friend Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets to the ship in a game. And she explains the whole story from departure until the death of Titanic on its first and last voyage April 15th, 1912 at 2:20 in the morning.",Titanic (1997),Drama|Romance,1721
11970,119282,Tate Donovan|Josh Keaton|Roger Bart|Danny DeVito|James Woods,John Musker|Ron Clements,hades|musical|peasant|olymp|animation,"Bestowed with superhuman strength, a young mortal named Hercules sets out to prove himself a hero in the eyes of his father, the great god Zeus. Along with his friends Pegasus, a flying horse, and Phil, a personal trainer, Hercules is tricked by the hilarious, hotheaded villain Hades, who's plotting to take over Mount Olympus!",Hercules (1997),Adventure|Animation|Children|Comedy|Musical,1566
607,119654,Tommy Lee Jones|Will Smith|Linda Fiorentino|Vincent D'Onofrio|Rip Torn,Barry Sonnenfeld,secret identity|sun glasses|undercover|space marine|illegal immigration,"Men in Black follows the exploits of agents Kay and Jay, members of a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth. The two Men in Black find themselves in the middle of the deadly plot by an intergalactic terrorist who has arrived on Earth to assassinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies. In order to prevent worlds from colliding, the MiB must track down the terrorist and prevent the destruction of Earth. It's just another typical day for the Men in Black.",Men in Black (a.k.a. MIB) (1997),Action|Comedy|Sci-Fi,1580
782,119177,Ethan Hawke|Jude Law|Gore Vidal|Uma Thurman|Alan Arkin,Andrew Niccol,paraplegic|suicide attempt|cheating|dna|spaceman,"Science fiction drama about a future society in the era of indefinite eugenics where humans are set on a life course depending on their DNA. The young Vincent Freeman is born with a condition that would prevent him from space travel, yet he is determined to infiltrate the GATTACA space program.",Gattaca (1997),Drama|Sci-Fi|Thriller,1653
18,119116,Bruce Willis|Gary Oldman|Ian Holm|Milla Jovovich|Chris Tucker,Luc Besson,secret passage|clone|taxi|future|stowaway,"In 2257, a taxi driver is unintentionally given the task of saving a young girl who is part of the key that will ensure the survival of humanity.","Fifth Element, The (1997)",Action|Adventure|Comedy|Sci-Fi,1527
415,118688,Arnold Schwarzenegger|George Clooney|Chris O'Donnell|Uma Thurman|Alicia Silverstone,Joel Schumacher,double life|dc comics|dual identity|crime fighter|fictional place,"Along with crime-fighting partner Robin and new recruit Batgirl, Batman battles the dual threat of frosty genius Mr. Freeze and homicidal horticulturalist Poison Ivy. Freeze plans to put Gotham City on ice, while Ivy tries to drive a wedge between the dynamic duo.",Batman & Robin (1997),Action|Adventure|Fantasy|Thriller,1562
714,120347,Pierce Brosnan|Jonathan Pryce|Michelle Yeoh|Teri Hatcher|Ricky Jay,Roger Spottiswoode,london|england|spy|china|news broadcast,A deranged media mogul is staging international incidents to pit the world's superpowers against each other. Now 007 must take on this evil mastermind in an adrenaline-charged battle to end his reign of terror and prevent global pandemonium.,Tomorrow Never Dies (1997),Action|Adventure|Thriller,1722
489,119217,Robin Williams|Matt Damon|Ben Affleck|Stellan Skarsgård|Minnie Driver,Gus Van Sant,sex|baseball|boston|professor|m.i.t.,"Will Hunting, a janitor at MIT, has a gift for mathematics but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life.",Good Will Hunting (1997),Drama|Romance,1704
184,119396,Pam Grier|Samuel L. Jackson|Robert Forster|Bridget Fonda|Michael Keaton,Quentin Tarantino,airport|underworld|arms deal|weapon|police,"Jackie Brown is a flight attendant who gets caught in the middle of smuggling cash into the country for her gunrunner boss. When the cops try to use Jackie to get to her boss, she hatches a plan—with help from a bail bondsman—to keep the money for herself. Based on Elmore Leonard's novel “Rum Punchâ€.",Jackie Brown (1997),Crime|Drama|Thriller,1729
8078,118583,Sigourney Weaver|Winona Ryder|Dominique Pinon|Ron Perlman|Michael Wincott,Jean-Pierre Jeunet,android|mercenary|dystopia|sequel|alien,"Two hundred years after Lt. Ripley died, a group of scientists clone her, hoping to breed the ultimate weapon. But the new Ripley is full of surprises … as are the new aliens. Ripley must team with a band of smugglers to keep the creatures from reaching Earth.",Alien: Resurrection (1997),Action|Horror|Sci-Fi,1690
2649,119174,Michael Douglas|Sean Penn|Deborah Kara Unger|James Rebhorn|Peter Donat,David Fincher,brother brother relationship|birthday|danger of life|present|birthday party,"In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a coldhearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad -- a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nearly a nanosecond, Nicholas finds himself consumed by a dangerous set of ever-changing rules, unable to distinguish where the charade ends and reality begins.","Game, The (1997)",Drama|Mystery|Thriller,1625
8413,119081,Laurence Fishburne|Sam Neill|Kathleen Quinlan|Joely Richardson|Richard T. Jones,Paul W.S. Anderson,space marine|nudity|nightmare|hallucination|cryogenics,"In the year 2047 a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the long lost starship ""Event Horizon"". The ship disappeared mysteriously 7 years before on its maiden voyage and with its return comes even more mystery as the crew of the ""Lewis and Clark"" discover the real truth behind its disappearance and something even more terrifying.",Event Horizon (1997),Horror|Sci-Fi|Thriller,1590
9444,118617,Meg Ryan|John Cusack|Christopher Lloyd|Angela Lansbury|Hank Azaria,Don Bluth|Gary Goldman,tzar|musical|russian revolution|train explosion|foreign language adaptation,"This animated adventure retells the story of the lost daughter of Russia's last czar. The evil Rasputin places a curse on the Romanov family, and Anastasia and her grandmother, Empress Maria, get separated. After growing up in an orphanage, Anastasia encounters two Russian men seeking a reward offered by Empress Maria for the return of her granddaughter. The trio travels to Paris, where they find that the empress has grown skeptical of imposters.",Anastasia (1997),Adventure|Animation|Children|Drama|Musical,1688
816,118655,Mike Myers|Elizabeth Hurley|Michael York|Mimi Rogers|Seth Green,Jay Roach,android|undercover|missile|group therapy|airplane,"As a swingin' fashion photographer by day and a groovy British superagent by night, Austin Powers is the '60s' most shagadelic spy, baby! But can he stop megalomaniac Dr. Evil after the bald villain freezes himself and unthaws in the '90s? With the help of sexy sidekick Vanessa Kensington, he just might.",Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997),Action|Adventure|Comedy,1517
563,120201,Casper Van Dien|Dina Meyer|Denise Richards|Jake Busey|Neil Patrick Harris,Paul Verhoeven,moon|total destruction|asteroid|space marine|liberation of prisoners,"Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an interstellar war between mankind and an arachnoid species known as ""the Bugs"".",Starship Troopers (1997),Action|Sci-Fi,1676
9427,119164,Robert Carlyle|Mark Addy|William Snape|Steve Huison|Tom Wilkinson,Peter Cattaneo,suicide attempt|striptease|steel worker|repossession|male stripper,"Sheffield, England. Gaz, a jobless steelworker in need of quick cash persuades his mates to bare it all in a one-night-only strip show.","Full Monty, The (1997)",Comedy|Drama,1641
1701,118880,Nicolas Cage|John Cusack|John Malkovich|Ving Rhames|Nick Chinlund,Simon West,prison|ambush|helicopter|airport|gas station,"When the government puts all its rotten criminal eggs in one airborne basket, it's asking for trouble. Before you can say, ""Pass the barf bag,"" the crooks control the plane, led by creepy Cyrus ""The Virus"" Grissom. Watching his every move is the just-released Cameron Poe, who'd rather reunite with his family.",Con Air (1997),Action|Adventure|Thriller,1552
754,119094,John Travolta|Nicolas Cage|Joan Allen|Alessandro Nivola|Gina Gershon,John Woo,undercover|mexican standoff|biological weapon|face transplant|rage and hate,"An antiterrorism agent goes under the knife to acquire the likeness of a terrorist and gather details about a bombing plot. When the terrorist escapes custody, he undergoes surgery to look like the agent so he can get close to the agent's family.",Face/Off (1997),Action|Crime|Drama|Thriller,1573
9366,119008,Johnny Depp|Al Pacino|Michael Madsen|Bruno Kirby|James Russo,Mike Newell,undercover|mafia|mobster|dirty cop|informant,An FBI undercover agent infilitrates the mob and finds himself identifying more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.,Donnie Brasco (1997),Crime|Drama,1466
3597,119345,Jennifer Love Hewitt|Sarah Michelle Gellar|Ryan Phillippe|Freddie Prinze Jr.|Bridgette Wilson,Jim Gillespie,secret|blackmail|fisherman|police|high school,"As they celebrate their high school graduation, four friends are involved in a hit-and-run accident when their car hits and apparently kills a pedestrian on an isolated roadway. They dispose of the body and vow to keep the incident a secret, a year later somebody starts sending them letters bearing the warning ""I Know What You Did Last Summer.""",I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997),Horror|Mystery|Thriller,1644
1813,118971,Keanu Reeves|Al Pacino|Charlize Theron|Jeffrey Jones|Judith Ivey,Taylor Hackford,child abuse|southern u.s.|obsession|subway|nudity,A hotshot lawyer gets more than he bargained for when he learns his new boss is Lucifer himself.,The Devil's Advocate (1997),Drama|Mystery|Thriller,1645
9360,118615,Jennifer Lopez|Ice Cube|Jon Voight|Eric Stoltz|Owen Wilson,Luis Llosa,amazon|jungle|anaconda|film crew|poisonous insects,"A ""National Geographic"" film crew is taken hostage by an insane hunter, who takes them along on his quest to capture the world's largest - and deadliest - snake.",Anaconda (1997),Action|Adventure|Thriller,1499
2255,118842,Ben Affleck|Joey Lauren Adams|Jason Lee|Dwight Ewell|Kevin Smith,Kevin Smith,new jersey|coming out|love of one's life|bisexuality|menage a trois,"Holden and Banky are comic book artists. Everything is going good for them until they meet Alyssa, also a comic book artist. Holden falls for her, but his hopes are crushed when he finds out she's a lesbian.",Chasing Amy (1997),Comedy|Drama|Romance,1639
9619,118928,Pierce Brosnan|Linda Hamilton|Jamie Renée Smith|Jeremy Foley|Elizabeth Hoffman,Roger Donaldson,helicopter|small town|mayor|evacuation|motel,"Volcanologist Harry Dalton comes to the sleepy town of Dante's Peak to investigate the recent rumblings of the dormant volcano the burg is named for. Before long, his worst fears are realized when a massive eruption hits, and immediately, Harry, the mayor and the townspeople find themselves fighting for their lives amid a catastrophic nightmare.",Dante's Peak (1997),Action|Thriller,1438
1639,120179,Sandra Bullock|Jason Patric|Willem Dafoe|Temuera Morrison|Mike Hagerty,Jan de Bont,boat|cruise|computer|disaster|diamonds,Sandra Bullock and Jason Patric star as a young couple whose dream cruise turns to terror when a lunatic computer genius (Willem Dafoe) sets a new course for destruction.,Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997),Action|Romance|Thriller,1556
2118,119488,Kevin Spacey|Guy Pearce|Danny DeVito|James Cromwell|Kim Basinger,Curtis Hanson,corruption|detective|shotgun|morgue|f word,Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.,L.A. Confidential (1997),Crime|Film-Noir|Mystery|Thriller,1617
4233,120082,David Arquette|Neve Campbell|Courteney Cox|Sarah Michelle Gellar|Jamie Kennedy,Wes Craven,film festivals|slaughter|slasher,"Two years after the terrifying events that occurred in Woodsboro, Sidney is now attending Windsor College in Cincinnati, and Gale Weathers' best selling book on Sidney's life has now been made into a major motion picture. When two college students are killed in a theatre while watching the new film 'Stab', Sidney knows deep down that history is repeating itself.",Scream 2 (1997),Comedy|Horror|Mystery|Thriller,1717
1624,119528,Jim Carrey|Maura Tierney|Justin Cooper|Cary Elwes|Anne Haney,Tom Shadyac,birthday|pregnancy and birth|wish,"Fletcher Reede is a fast-talking attorney and habitual liar. When his son Max blows out the candles on his fifth birthday he has just one wish - that his dad will stop lying for 24 hours. When Max's wish comes true, Fletcher discovers that his mouth has suddenly become his biggest liability.",Liar Liar (1997),Comedy,1485
686,118884,Jodie Foster|Matthew McConaughey|James Woods|John Hurt|Tom Skerritt,Robert Zemeckis,based on novel|nasa|new mexico|extraterrestrial technology|prime number,"Contact is a science fiction film about an encounter with alien intelligence. Based on the novel by Carl Sagan the film starred Jodie Foster as the one chosen scientist who must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and reality.",Contact (1997),Drama|Sci-Fi,1584
11975,119978,Matt Damon|Danny DeVito|Jon Voight|Claire Danes|Mary Kay Place,Francis Ford Coppola,jurors|proof|court case|leukemia|lawyer,"When Rudy Baylor (Matt Damon), a young attorney with no clients, goes to work for a seedy ambulance chaser, he wants to help the parents of a terminally ill boy in their suit against an insurance company (represented by a ruthless Jon Voight). But to take on corporate America, Rudy and a scrappy paralegal (Danny DeVito) must open their own law firm.","Rainmaker, The (1997)",Drama,1672
10357,120461,Tommy Lee Jones|Anne Heche|Gaby Hoffmann|Don Cheadle|Joshua Fardon,Mick Jackson,subway|lava|volcano|volcanologist|los angeles,"An earthquake shatters a peaceful Los Angeles morning and opens a fissure deep into the earth, causing lava to start bubbling up. As a volcano begins forming in the La Brea Tar Pits, the director of the city's emergency management service, Mike Roark, working with geologist Amy Barnes, must then use every resource in the city to try and stop the volcano from consuming Los Angeles.",Volcano (1997),Action|Drama|Thriller,1515
4824,119395,Bruce Willis|Richard Gere|Sidney Poitier|Diane Venora|J.K. Simmons,Michael Caton-Jones,fbi|cold war|hitman,"Hired by a powerful member of the Russian mafia to avenge an FBI sting that left his brother dead, the perfectionist Jackal proves an elusive target for the men charged with the task of bringing him down: a deputy FBI boss and a former IRA terrorist.","Jackal, The (1997)",Action|Thriller,1687
9434,119229,John Cusack|Minnie Driver|Dan Aykroyd|Joan Cusack|Alan Arkin,George Armitage,mission of murder|school party,"Martin Blank is a freelance hitman who starts to develop a conscience, which causes him to muff a couple of routine assignments. On the advice of his secretary and his psychiatrist, he attends his 10th year High School reunion in Grosse Pointe, Michigan.",Grosse Pointe Blank (1997),Comedy|Crime|Romance,1500
9574,119137,Robin Williams|Marcia Gay Harden|Christopher McDonald|Raymond J. Barry|Clancy Brown,Les Mayfield,wedding vows|inventor|slime|green|flight,"Professor Phillip Brainard, an absent minded professor, works with his assistant Weebo, trying to create a substance that's a new source of energy and that will save Medfield College where his sweetheart Sara is the president. He has missed his wedding twice, and on the afternoon of his third wedding, Professor Brainard creates flubber, which allows objects to fly through the air.",Flubber (1997),Children|Comedy|Fantasy,1702
10003,120053,Val Kilmer|Elisabeth Shue|Rade Serbedzija|Henry Goodman|Alun Armstrong,Phillip Noyce,berlin|russia|gas|master thief|the saint,"Ivan Tretiak, Russian Mafia boss who wants to create an oil crisis in Moscow and seize power as a result sends Simon Templar, great international criminal, to England to get a secret formula for cold fusion from U.S. scientist Emma Russell. Templar falls in love with Emma and they try to outwit Tretiak and his guerrillas, hiding from them in Moscow","Saint, The (1997)",Action|Romance|Sci-Fi|Thriller,1479
8834,118883,Mel Gibson|Julia Roberts|Patrick Stewart|Cylk Cozart|Steve Kahan,Richard Donner,new york|cia|helicopter|assassin|secret,"A man obsessed with conspiracy theories becomes a target after one of his theories turns out to be true. Unfortunately, in order to save himself, he has to figure out which theory it is.",Conspiracy Theory (1997),Drama|Mystery|Romance|Thriller,1597
9772,118571,Harrison Ford|Gary Oldman|Glenn Close|Wendy Crewson|William H. Macy,Wolfgang Petersen,prison|corruption|journalist|white house|hostage,"Russian terrorists conspire to hijack the aircraft with the president and his family on board. The commander in chief finds himself facing an impossible predicament: give in to the terrorists and sacrifice his family, or risk everything to uphold his principles - and the integrity of the nation.",Air Force One (1997),Action|Thriller,1608
10603,119190,Brendan Fraser|Leslie Mann|Thomas Haden Church|John Cleese|Richard Roundtree,Sam Weisman,africa|san francisco|gorilla|lion|feral child,"Baby George got into a plane crash in a jungle, stayed alive and was adopted by a wise ape. Ursula Stanhope, US noble woman is saved from death on safari by grown-up George, and he takes her to jungle to live with him. He slowly learns a rules of human relationships, while Ursula's lover Lyle is looking for her and the one who took her. After they are found, Ursula takes George to the USA.",George of the Jungle (1997),Children|Comedy,1588
586,120885,Dustin Hoffman|Robert De Niro|Anne Heche|Denis Leary|Willie Nelson,Barry Levinson,washington d.c.|rape|cia|u.s. president|war veteran,"During the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct. To distract the public until the election, the President's adviser hires a Hollywood producer to help him stage a fake war.",Wag the Dog (1997),Comedy,1747
2898,119822,Jack Nicholson|Helen Hunt|Greg Kinnear|Cuba Gooding Jr.|Skeet Ulrich,James L. Brooks,single parent|waitress|lone wolf|friendship|neighbor,"New York City. Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer, finds his life turned upside down when neighboring gay artist Simon is hospitalized and his dog is entrusted to Melvin. In addition, Carol, the only waitress who will tolerate him, must leave work to care for her sick son, making it impossible for Melvin to eat breakfast.",As Good as It Gets (1997),Comedy|Drama|Romance,1784
2163,118771,Kurt Russell|J. T. Walsh|Kathleen Quinlan|M.C. Gainey|Jack Noseworthy,Jonathan Mostow,california|bank|ransom|donut|highway,"When his SUV breaks down on a remote Southwestern road, Jeff Taylor lets his wife, Amy, hitch a ride with a trucker to get help. When she doesn't return, Jeff fixes his SUV and tracks down the trucker -- who tells the police he's never seen Amy. Johnathan Mostow's tense thriller then follows Jeff's desperate search for his wife, which eventually uncovers a small town's murderous secret.",Breakdown (1997),Action|Thriller,1518
978,120102,Brad Pitt|Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk|David Thewlis|BD Wong|Mako,Jean-Jacques Annaud,buddhism|himalaya|austria|buddhist monk|world war ii,"Austrian mountaineer, Heinrich Harrer journeys to the Himalayas without his family to head an expedition in 1939. But when World War II breaks out, the arrogant Harrer falls into Allied forces' hands as a prisoner of war. He escapes with a fellow detainee and makes his way to Llaso, Tibet, where he meets the 14-year-old Dalai Lama, whose friendship ultimately transforms his outlook on life.",Seven Years in Tibet (1997),Adventure|Drama|War,1619
8874,119738,Julia Roberts|Dermot Mulroney|Cameron Diaz|Rupert Everett|Philip Bosco,P.J. Hogan,karaoke|marriage proposal|new love|love of one's life|kiss,"When she receives word that her longtime platonic pal Michael O'Neal is getting married to debutante Kimberly Wallace, food critic Julianne Potter realizes her true feelings for Michael -- and sets out to sabotage the wedding.",My Best Friend's Wedding (1997),Comedy|Romance,1569
4995,118749,Mark Wahlberg|Burt Reynolds|John C. Reilly|Julianne Moore|Thomas Jane,Paul Thomas Anderson,pornography|porn actor|pornographic video|from rags to riches|drug,"Set in 1977, back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, idealistic porn producer Jack Horner aspires to elevate his craft to an art form. Horner discovers Eddie Adams, a hot young talent working as a busboy in a nightclub, and welcomes him into the extended family of movie-makers, misfits and hangers-on that are always around. Adams' rise from nobody to a celebrity adult entertainer is meteoric, and soon the whole world seems to know his porn alter ego, ""Dirk Diggler"". Now, when disco and drugs are in vogue, fashion is in flux and the party never seems to stop, Adams' dreams of turning sex into stardom are about to collide with cold, hard reality.",Boogie Nights (1997),Drama,1673
638,116922,Bill Pullman|Patricia Arquette|John Roselius|Louis Eppolito|Robert Blake,David Lynch,schizophrenia|prison|pornography|sadistic|dual identity,"A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgangers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.",Lost Highway (1997),Crime|Drama|Fantasy|Film-Noir|Mystery|Romance,1464
1281,118689,Rowan Atkinson|Peter MacNicol|John Mills|Pamela Reed|Harris Yulin,Mel Smith,paris|london|california|airport|vault,"Bean works as a caretaker at Britain's formidable Royal National Gallery, and his bosses want to fire him because he sleeps at work all the time, but can't because the chairman of the gallery's board defends him. They send him to USA, to the small Los Angeles art gallery instead, where he'll have to officiate at the opening of the greatest US picture ever (called ""Whistler's Mother"").",Bean (1997),Comedy,1665
4477,118972,Harrison Ford|Brad Pitt|Margaret Colin|Rubén Blades|Treat Williams,Alan J. Pakula,new york|terrorist|anonymity|northern ireland,"Frankie McGuire, one of the IRA's deadliest assassins, draws an American family into the crossfire of terrorism. But when he is sent to the U.S. to buy weapons, Frankie is housed with the family of Tom O'Meara, a New York cop who knows nothing about Frankie's real identity. Their surprising friendship, and Tom's growing suspicions, force Frankie to choose between the promise of peace or a lifetime of murder.","Devil's Own, The (1997)",Action|Drama|Thriller,1488
10806,119360,Kevin Kline|Joan Cusack|Tom Selleck|Matt Dillon|Debbie Reynolds,Frank Oz,gay|homophobia|gay kiss|coming out,A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.,In & Out (1997),Comedy,1614
9433,119051,Alec Baldwin|Anthony Hopkins|Elle Macpherson|Harold Perrineau|L.Q. Jones,Lee Tamahori,photographer|grizzly bear|wilderness|airplane|supermodel,"The plane carrying wealthy Charles Morse crashes down in the Alaskan wilderness. Together with the two other passengers, photographer Robert and assistant Stephen, Charles devises a plan to help them reach civilization. However, his biggest obstacle might not be the elements, or even the Kodiak bear stalking them -- it could be Robert, whom Charles suspects is having an affair with his wife and would not mind seeing him dead.","Edge, The (1997)",Adventure|Drama,1615
9437,119468,Morgan Freeman|Ashley Judd|Cary Elwes|Alex McArthur|Tony Goldwyn,Gary Fleder,washington d.c.|covered investigation|investigation|north carolina|missing person,"Forensic psychologist Alex Cross travels to North Carolina and teams with escaped kidnap victim Kate McTiernan to hunt down ""Casanova,"" a serial killer who abducts strong-willed women and forces them to submit to his demands. The trail leads to Los Angeles, where the duo discovers that the psychopath may not be working alone.",Kiss the Girls (1997),Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller,1620
66,118548,Clint Eastwood|Gene Hackman|Ed Harris|Scott Glenn|Laura Linney,Clint Eastwood,corruption|assassination|washington d.c.|rape|white house,A master thief coincidentally is robbing a house where a murder in which the President of The United States is involved occurs in front of his eyes. He is forced to run yet may hold evidence that could convict the President. A political thriller from and starring Clint Eastwood and based on a novel by David Baldacci.,Absolute Power (1997),Mystery|Thriller,1459
4961,119675,Mira Sorvino|Jeremy Northam|Giancarlo Giannini|Josh Brolin|Alexander Goodwin,Guillermo del Toro,experiment|mutation|cockroach|nest|blood,"A disease carried by common cockroaches is killing Manhattan children. In an effort to stop the epidemic an entomologist, Susan Tyler, creates a mutant breed of insect that secretes a fluid to kill the roaches. This mutant breed was engineered to die after one generation, but three years later Susan finds out that the species has survived and evolved into a large, gruesome monster that can mimic human form.",Mimic (1997),Horror|Sci-Fi|Thriller,1603
1968,119141,Matthew Perry|Salma Hayek|Jon Tenney|Siobhan Fallon|Angelina Torres,Andy Tennant,waitress|culture clash|romantic comedy|pregnancy,"Alex Whitman (Matthew Perry) is a designer from New York City who is sent to Las Vegas to supervise the construction of a nightclub that his firm has been hired to build. Alex is a straight-laced WASP-ish type who, while enjoying a night on the town, meets Isabel Fuentes (Salma Hayek), a free-spirited Mexican-American photographer. Alex and Isabel are overtaken by lust at first sight and end up sp",Fools Rush In (1997),Comedy|Drama|Romance,1457
10336,120177,Michael Jai White|Martin Sheen|John Leguizamo|Theresa Randle|Nicol Williamson,Mark A.Z. Dippé,anti hero|secret agent|fistfight|based on comic book|burn victim,"After being murdered by corrupt colleagues in a covert government agency, Al Simmons (Michael Jai White) makes a pact with the devil to be resurrected to see his beloved wife Wanda (Theresa Randle). In exchange for his return to Earth, Simmons agrees to lead Hell's Army in the destruction of mankind.",Spawn (1997),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi|Thriller,1591
6623,119874,George Clooney|Nicole Kidman|Marcel IureÈ™|Goran Visnjic|Armin Mueller-Stahl,Mimi Leder,helicopter|terrorist|nuclear missile|bridge|train crash,"When a train carrying atomic warheads mysteriously crashes in the former Soviet Union, a nuclear specialist discovers the accident is really part of a plot to cover up the theft of the weapons. Assigned to help her recover the missing bombs is a crack Special Forces Colonel.","Peacemaker, The (1997)",Action|Thriller|War,1616
431,123755,Nicole de Boer|Nicky Guadagni|David Hewlett|Andrew Miller|Julian Richings,Vincenzo Natali,riddle|autism|claustrophobia|maze|prime number,Seven strangers are taken out of their daily lives and placed mysteriously in a deadly cube where they all agree they must find their way out.,Cube (1997),Horror|Mystery|Sci-Fi|Thriller,2232
9922,119925,Kevin Costner|Will Patton|Olivia Williams|Larenz Tate|Tom Petty,Kevin Costner,usa|post|postman|army|apocalypse,"In 2013 there are no highways, no I-ways, no dreams of a better tomorrow, only scattered survivors across what was once the Unites States. Into this apocalyptic wasteland comes an enigmatic drifter with a mule, a knack for Shakespeare and something yet undiscovered: the power to inspire hope.","Postman, The (1997)",Action|Adventure|Drama|Sci-Fi,1726
4421,119173,Demi Moore|Viggo Mortensen|Anne Bancroft|Jason Beghe|Daniel von Bargen,Ridley Scott,female nudity|poem|middle east|helicopter|satellite,A female Senator succeeds in enrolling a woman into Combined Reconnaissance Team training where everyone expects her to fail.,G.I. Jane (1997),Action|Drama,1586
9446,119432,Tim Allen|Martin Short|JoBeth Williams|Lolita Davidovich|Sam Huntington,John Pasquin,new york|paternity,"Uptight New York City executive, Michael Cromwell, pursues his soon-to-be ex-wife to South America and returns home with the son he never knew he had -- a boy raised in a tribal village in Brazil. Armed with only his blowgun, the 13-year-old Mimi-Siku discovers that the world outside his jungle home is indeed a strange place.",Jungle2Jungle (a.k.a. Jungle 2 Jungle) (1997),Children|Comedy,1474
8675,124819,Trey Parker|Dian Bachar|Matt Stone|Ron Jeremy|Michael Dean Jacobs,Trey Parker,pornography|sex|secret|fight|star,"Joe Young is a devout Mormon living in L.A. trying to raise enough money to go back to Utah and marry his girlfriend, Lisa. Joe is spreading the word about the church of Latter Day Saints one day when he's confronted by two burly bodyguards. A scuffle breaks out, and Joe's martial arts skills impress Maxxx Orbison, who directs pornographic movies.",Orgazmo (1997),Comedy,2325
10217,120255,Ian Holm|Caerthan Banks|Sarah Polley|Tom McCamus|Gabrielle Rose,Atom Egoyan,canada|suffering|village|paralysis|independent film,"A small mountain community in Canada is devastated when a school bus accident leaves more than a dozen of its children dead. A big-city lawyer arrives to help the survivors' and victims' families prepare a class-action suit, but his efforts only seem to push the townspeople further apart. At the same time, one teenage survivor of the accident has to reckon with the loss of innocence brought about by a different kind of damage.","Sweet Hereafter, The (1997)",Drama,1719
2142,118887,Sylvester Stallone|Harvey Keitel|Ray Liotta|Robert De Niro|Peter Berg,James Mangold,corruption|handcuffs|fbi|bad cop,"Freddy Heflin is the sheriff of a place everyone calls “Cop Land†— a small and seemingly peaceful town populated by the big city police officers he’s long admired. Yet something ugly is taking place behind the town’s peaceful facade. And when Freddy uncovers a massive, deadly conspiracy among these local residents, he is forced to take action and make a dangerous choice between protecting his idols and upholding the law.",Cop Land (1997),Action|Crime|Drama|Thriller,1589
9311,120152,Julia Ormond|Gabriel Byrne|Richard Harris|Jim Broadbent|Tom Wilkinson,Bille August,copenhagen|inuit|comet|arctic|snow,"Smilla Jaspersen, half Danish, half Greenlander, attempts to understand the death of a small boy who falls from the roof of her apartment building. Suspecting wrongdoing, Smilla uncovers a trail of clues leading towards a secretive corporation that has made several mysterious expeditions to Greenland. Scenes from the film were shot in Copenhagen and western Greenland. The film was entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival, where director Bille August was nominated for the Golden Bear.",Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997),Drama|Thriller,1480
6116,120185,Victoria Beckham|Melanie Brown|Emma Bunton|Melanie Chisholm|Geri Halliwell,Bob Spiers,pop|pop culture|pop star,"The film follows the Spice Girls and their entourage (mostly fictional characters) - manager Clifford, his assistant Deborah, filmmaker Piers (who is trying to shoot a documentary on ""the real Spice Girls"") and others in their everyday life.",Spice World (1997),Comedy,1760
68924,119349,Kevin Kline|Joan Allen|Sigourney Weaver|Henry Czerny|Tobey Maguire,Ang Lee,based on novel|1970s|thanksgiving|dysfunctional family|independent film,"In the weekend after thanksgiving 1973 the Hoods are skidding out of control. Benjamin Hood reels from drink to drink, trying not to think about his trouble at the office. His wife, Elena, is reading self help books and losing patience with her husband's lies. Their son, Paul, home for the holidays, escapes to the city to pursue an alluring rich girl from his prep school. Young, budding nymphomaniac, Wendy Hood roams the neighborhood, innocently exploring liquor cabinets and lingerie drawers of her friends' parents, looking for something new. Then an ice storm hits, the worst in a century.","Ice Storm, The (1997)",Drama,1635
9611,120032,Mira Sorvino|Lisa Kudrow|Janeane Garofalo|Alan Cumming|Julia Campbell,David Mirkin,smoking|overweight child|graduation|marriage|high school,"Two not-too-bright party girls reinvent themselves for their high school reunion. Armed with a borrowed Jaguar, new clothes and the story of their success as the inventors of Post-it notes, Romy and Michele descend on their alma mater, but their façade crumbles quickly.",Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997),Comedy,1513
9622,118708,Chris Farley|Nicollette Sheridan|Robin Shou|Nathaniel Parker|Chris Rock,Dennis Dugan,japan|ninja fighter|overweight man|clumsy fellow|teacher,"Haru, an orphaned American who washes ashore in Japan and is mistaken for the great White Ninja of legend. Raised among the finest Ninjas, Haru grows strong and big - very big. With the grace of all Three Stooges rolled into one body, Haru is an embarrassment to his clan. But when a beautiful blonde pleads for his help, Haru is given one dangerous, disastrously funny chance to prove himself.",Beverly Hills Ninja (1997),Action|Comedy,1431
9449,118755,John Goodman|Jim Broadbent|Celia Imrie|Tom Felton|Hugh Laurie,Peter Hewitt,dwarves|household|lawyer|little people|child's point of view,"The four-inch-tall Clock family secretly share a house with the normal-sized Lender family, ""borrowing"" such items as thread, safety pins, batteries and scraps of food. However, their peaceful co-existence is disturbed when evil lawyer Ocious P. Potter steals the will granting title to the house, which he plans to demolish in order to build apartments. The Lenders are forced to move, and the Clocks face the risk of being exposed to the normal-sized world.","Borrowers, The (1997)",Adventure|Children|Comedy|Fantasy,1848
9403,119951,Howard Stern|Mary McCormack|Kelly Bishop|Paul Giamatti|Leslie Bibb,Betty Thomas,sexuality|becoming an adult|eroticism|radio|jew,"The auto-biographical story of Howard Stern, the radio-rebel who is now also a TV-personality, an author and a movie star.",Private Parts (1997),Comedy|Drama,1476
10668,120241,Christopher Walken|Henry Thomas|Sean Patrick Flanery|Jeremy Sisto|Nina Siemaszko,Peter O'Fallon,ransom|sister|killer|group of friends|hoodlum,"Christopher Walken shines in this cult-favorite dark comedy as Charlie, a former mobster who is abducted by five privileged young men (Sean Patrick Flanery, Johnny Galecki, Jay Mohr, Jeremy Sisto, Henry Thomas) desperate to raise a $2 million ransom to save the sister of a friend. As Charlie plays mind games, however, his captors splinter -- each wondering whether one of their own had a hand in the crime.",Suicide Kings (1997),Comedy|Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller,1799
2058,118556,Meg Ryan|Matthew Broderick|Kelly Preston|Tchéky Karyo|Maureen Stapleton,Griffin Dunne,jealousy|love|revenge|breakup,"Good-natured astronomer Sam is devastated when the love of his life, Linda, leaves him for a suave Frenchman named Anton. He therefore does what every other normal dumpee would do; go to New York and set up home in the abandoned building opposite his ex-girlfriend's apartment, intent on winning her back and waiting until she decides to leave her current lover.",Addicted to Love (1997),Comedy|Romance,1541
29193,120176,Steve Martin|Campbell Scott|Ben Gazzara|Rebecca Pidgeon|Ricky Jay,David Mamet,dialogue|confidence|invention|independent film,An employee of a corporation with a lucrative secret process is tempted to betray it. But there's more to it than that.,"Spanish Prisoner, The (1997)",Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller,1834
8197,119668,John Cusack|Kevin Spacey|Jude Law|Alison Eastwood|Jack Thompson,Clint Eastwood,drag queen|voodoo|savannah,"A visiting city reporter's assignment suddenly revolves around the murder trial of a local millionaire, whom he befriends.",Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997),Crime|Drama|Mystery,1711
9406,118604,Tom Everett Scott|Julie Delpy|Vince Vieluf|Julie Bowen|Phil Buckman,Anthony Waller,paris|meat|cowardliness|animal horror,An American man unwittingly gets involved with werewolves who have developed a serum allowing them to transform at will.,"American Werewolf in Paris, An (1997)",Comedy|Horror|Romance|Thriller,2793
11831,118607,Morgan Freeman|Nigel Hawthorne|Anthony Hopkins|Djimon Hounsou|Matthew McConaughey,Steven Spielberg,cuba|mutiny|slavery|sentence|historical figure,"In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set sail from Cuba to America. During the long trip, Cinque leads the slaves in an unprecedented uprising. They are then held prisoner in Connecticut, and their release becomes the subject of heated debate. Freed slave Theodore Joadson wants Cinque and the others exonerated and recruits property lawyer Roger Baldwin to help his case. Eventually, John Quincy Adams also becomes an ally.",Amistad (1997),Drama|Mystery,1693
330,119567,Jeff Goldblum|Julianne Moore|Pete Postlethwaite|Richard Attenborough|Vince Vaughn,Steven Spielberg,exotic island|dna|paleontology|tyrannosaurus rex|velociraptor,"Four years after Jurassic Park's genetically bred dinosaurs ran amok, multimillionaire John Hammond shocks chaos theorist Ian Malcolm by revealing that Hammond has been breeding more beasties at a secret location. Malcolm, his paleontologist ladylove and a wildlife videographer join an expedition to document the lethal lizards' natural behavior in this action-packed thriller.","Lost World: Jurassic Park, The (1997)",Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi|Thriller,1544
109445,2294629,Kristen Bell|Idina Menzel|Jonathan Groff|Josh Gad|Santino Fontana,Chris Buck|Jennifer Lee,queen|musical|princess|betrayal|snowman,"Young princess Anna of Arendelle dreams about finding true love at her sister Elsa’s coronation. Fate takes her on a dangerous journey in an attempt to end the eternal winter that has fallen over the kingdom. She's accompanied by ice delivery man Kristoff, his reindeer Sven, and snowman Olaf. On an adventure where she will find out what friendship, courage, family, and true love really means.",Frozen (2013),Adventure|Animation|Comedy|Fantasy|Musical|Romance,106696
49047,1454468,Sandra Bullock|George Clooney|Ed Harris|Orto Ignatiussen|Phaldut Sharma,Alfonso Cuarón,space mission|space|astronaut|trapped in space|3d,"Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock), a brilliant medical engineer on her first Shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky (George Clooney) in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The Shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky completely alone-tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness of space. The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left. But the only way home may be to go further out into the terrifying expance of space…",Gravity (2013),Action|Sci-Fi|IMAX,104841
76338,1981115,Chris Hemsworth|Natalie Portman|Tom Hiddleston|Anthony Hopkins|Christopher Eccleston,Alan Taylor,marvel comic|comic|superhero|hostile takeover|norse mythology,"Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos… but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will reunite him with Jane Foster and force him to sacrifice everything to save us all.",Thor: The Dark World (2013),Action|Adventure|Fantasy|IMAX,106072
68721,1300854,Robert Downey Jr.|Gwyneth Paltrow|Guy Pearce|Don Cheadle|Ben Kingsley,Shane Black,terrorist|war on terror|tennessee|malibu|marvel comic,"When Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution.",Iron Man 3 (2013),Action|Sci-Fi|Thriller|IMAX,102125
75656,1670345,Jesse Eisenberg|Mark Ruffalo|Woody Harrelson|Mélanie Laurent|Isla Fisher,Louis Leterrier,paris|bank|secret|fbi|vault,An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with the money.,Now You See Me (2013),Crime|Mystery|Thriller,102903
101299,1951264,Jennifer Lawrence|Josh Hutcherson|Liam Hemsworth|Woody Harrelson|Elizabeth Banks,Francis Lawrence,based on novel|mentor|secret|factory|television,"Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a ""Victor's Tour"" of the districts. Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games (The Quarter Quell) - a competition that could change Panem forever.",The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi|IMAX,106487
106646,993846,Leonardo DiCaprio|Jonah Hill|Margot Robbie|Kyle Chandler|Rob Reiner,Martin Scorsese,corruption|sex|sexuality|bank|humor,"A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.","Wolf of Wall Street, The (2013)",Comedy|Crime|Drama,106782
68726,1663662,Idris Elba|Charlie Hunnam|Charlie Day|Ron Perlman|Burn Gorman,Guillermo del Toro,dystopia|giant robot|giant monster|apocalypse|imax,"When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity's resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes—a washed-up former pilot (Charlie Hunnam) and an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi)—who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankind's last hope against the mounting apocalypse.",Pacific Rim (2013),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi|IMAX,103228
75612,1483013,Tom Cruise|Morgan Freeman|Olga Kurylenko|Andrea Riseborough|Nikolaj Coster-Waldau,Joseph Kosinski,spacecraft|dystopia|space|drone|imax,"Jack Harper (Tom Cruise) is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth.  Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying threat known as the Scavs, Jack’s mission is nearly complete.  His existence is brought crashing down when he rescues a beautiful  stranger from a downed spacecraft.  Her arrival triggers a chain of events that  forces him to question everything he knows and puts the fate of humanity in his hands.",Oblivion (2013),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi|IMAX,101864
57158,1170358,Martin Freeman|Ian McKellen|Richard Armitage|Ken Stott|Graham McTavish,Peter Jackson,elves|dwarves|orcs|middle-earth (tolkien)|hobbits,"The Dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf have successfully escaped the Misty Mountains, and Bilbo has gained the One Ring. They all continue their journey to get their gold back from the Dragon, Smaug.","Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, The (2013)",Adventure|Fantasy|IMAX,106489
49521,770828,Henry Cavill|Amy Adams|Michael Shannon|Diane Lane|Russell Crowe,Zack Snyder,saving the world|dc comics|superhero|based on comic book|superhuman,"A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.",Man of Steel (2013),Action|Adventure|Fantasy|Sci-Fi|IMAX,103042
152601,1798709,Joaquin Phoenix|Scarlett Johansson|Rooney Mara|Amy Adams|Olivia Wilde,Spike Jonze,artificial intelligence|computer|loneliness,"In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every needs. To Theordore's surprise, a romantic relationship develops between him and his operating system. This unconventional love story blends science fiction and romance in a sweet tale that explores the nature of love and the ways that technology isolates and connects us all.",Her (2013),Drama|Romance|Sci-Fi,106920
93456,1690953,Steve Carell|Kristen Wiig|Benjamin Bratt|Miranda Cosgrove|Russell Brand,Pierre Coffin|Chris Renaud,secret agent|bakery|falling in love|father daughter relationship|duringcreditsstinger,Gru is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to help deal with a powerful new super criminal.,Despicable Me 2 (2013),Animation|Children|Comedy|IMAX,103335
54138,1408101,Chris Pine|Zachary Quinto|Zoe Saldana|Karl Urban|Simon Pegg,J.J. Abrams,spacecraft|friendship|sequel|futuristic|space,"When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis.  With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction. As our heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew.",Star Trek Into Darkness (2013),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi|IMAX,102445
76203,2024544,Chiwetel Ejiofor|Michael Fassbender|Lupita Nyong'o|Benedict Cumberbatch|Paul Dano,Steve McQueen,whip|slavery|plantation|night shift|kidnapping,"In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon’s chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist will forever alter his life.",12 Years a Slave (2013),Drama,105844
64682,1343092,Leonardo DiCaprio|Tobey Maguire|Carey Mulligan|Joel Edgerton|Elizabeth Debicki,Baz Luhrmann,based on novel|infidelity|obsession|hope|3d,"An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Long Island-set novel, where Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lured into the lavish world of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Soon enough, however, Carraway will see through the cracks of Gatsby's nouveau riche existence, where obsession, madness, and tragedy await.","Great Gatsby, The (2013)",Drama,102407
68724,1535108,Matt Damon|Jodie Foster|Sharlto Copley|Alice Braga|Diego Luna,Neill Blomkamp,dystopia|space station|class conflict,"In the year 2159, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. Secretary Rhodes (Jodie Foster), a hard line government ofï¬cial, will stop at nothing to enforce anti-immigration laws and preserve the luxurious lifestyle of the citizens of Elysium. That doesn’t stop the people of Earth from trying to get in, by any means they can. When unlucky Max (Matt Damon) is backed into a corner, he agrees to take on a daunting mission that, if successful, will not only save his life, but could bring equality to these polarized worlds.",Elysium (2013),Action|Drama|Sci-Fi|IMAX,103253
62211,1453405,Billy Crystal|John Goodman|Steve Buscemi|Helen Mirren|Joel Murray,Dan Scanlon,monster|dormitory|games|prequel|animation,A look at the relationship between Mike and Sulley during their days at Monsters University — when they weren't necessarily the best of friends.,Monsters University (2013),Adventure|Animation|Comedy,103141
72190,816711,Brad Pitt|Mireille Enos|Abigail Hargrove|Sterling Jerins|James Badge Dale,Marc Forster,dystopia|apocalypse|zombies|nuclear weapons|flesh eating zombies,"Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning whole human populations into rampaging mindless zombies. After barely escaping the chaos, Lane is persuaded to go on a mission to investigate this disease. What follows is a perilous trek around the world where Lane must brave horrific dangers and long odds to find answers before human civilization falls.",World War Z (2013),Action|Drama|Horror|IMAX,103249
116745,359950,Ben Stiller|Kristen Wiig|Patton Oswalt|Shirley MacLaine|Adam Scott,Ben Stiller,photographer|magazine|iceland|daydream|photograph,A timid magazine photo manager who lives life vicariously through daydreams embarks on a true-life adventure when a negative goes missing.,"Secret Life of Walter Mitty, The (2013)",Adventure|Comedy|Drama,106918
80274,1731141,Asa Butterfield|Harrison Ford|Hailee Steinfeld|Abigail Breslin|Ben Kingsley,Gavin Hood,based on novel|intolerance|chosen one|child prodigy|futuristic,"Based on the classic novel by Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game is the story of the Earth's most gifted children training to defend their homeplanet in the space wars of the future.",Ender's Game (2013),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi|IMAX,106002
138832,1723121,Jason Sudeikis|Jennifer Aniston|Will Poulter|Emma Roberts|Ed Helms,Rawson Marshall Thurber,mexico|police|gang|drug smuggling|drug,A veteran pot dealer creates a fake family as part of his plan to move a huge shipment of weed into the U.S. from Mexico.,We're the Millers (2013),Comedy|Crime,104211
122906,2194499,Rachel McAdams|Bill Nighy|Domhnall Gleeson|Tom Hollander|Margot Robbie,Richard Curtis,london|father-son relationship|time travel,"The night after another unsatisfactory New Year party, Tim's father tells his son that the men in his family have always had the ability to travel through time. Tim can't change history, but he can change what happens and has happened in his own life – so he decides to make his world a better place... by getting a girlfriend. Sadly, that turns out not to be as easy as he thinks.",About Time (2013),Drama|Fantasy|Romance,104374
96721,1979320,Daniel Brühl|Chris Hemsworth|Olivia Wilde|Alexandra Maria Lara|Natalie Dormer,Ron Howard,world champion|sport|racing car|formula 1|automobile racing,A biographical drama centered on the rivalry between Formula 1 drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda during the 1976 Formula One motor-racing season.,Rush (2013),Action|Drama,104913
146233,1392214,Hugh Jackman|Jake Gyllenhaal|Paul Dano|Maria Bello|Melissa Leo,Denis Villeneuve,pennsylvania|maze|vigilante|kidnapping|rural setting,"When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family?",Prisoners (2013),Drama|Mystery|Thriller,104879
107985,1213663,Simon Pegg|Nick Frost|Martin Freeman|Eddie Marsan|Paddy Considine,Edgar Wright,end of the world|apocalypse|trilogy|homage,Five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from 20 years earlier unwittingly become humankind's only hope for survival.,"World's End, The (2013)",Action|Comedy|Sci-Fi,103341
168672,1800241,Christian Bale|Bradley Cooper|Amy Adams|Jeremy Renner|Jennifer Lawrence,David O. Russell,con artist|mobster|written by director,"A con man, Irving Rosenfeld, along with his seductive partner Sydney Prosser, is forced to work for a wild FBI agent, Richie DiMaso, who pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia.",American Hustle (2013),Crime|Drama,106916
82654,1588173,Nicholas Hoult|Teresa Palmer|Analeigh Tipton|Rob Corddry|Dave Franco,Jonathan Levine,post-apocalyptic|dystopia|zombies|zombie apocalypse|interspecies romance,"After a zombie becomes involved with the girlfriend of one of his victims, their romance sets in motion a sequence of events that might transform the entire lifeless world.",Warm Bodies (2013),Comedy|Horror|Romance,99007
152532,790636,Matthew McConaughey|Jennifer Garner|Jared Leto|Denis O'Hare|Steve Zahn,Jean-Marc Vallée,women|aids|biography|based on true story|hiv,"Loosely based on the true-life tale of Ron Woodroof, a drug-taking, women-loving, homophobic man who in 1986 was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and given thirty days to live.",Dallas Buyers Club (2013),Drama,106100
109424,1535109,Tom Hanks|Catherine Keener|Max Martini|Chris Mulkey|Yul Vazquez,Paul Greengrass,ship|hijacking|somalia|fisherman|blood,"The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.",Captain Phillips (2013),Adventure|Drama|Thriller|IMAX,105504
109414,1245492,James Franco|Jonah Hill|Seth Rogen|Jay Baruchel|Danny McBride,Seth Rogen|Evan Goldberg,rape|monster|panic|friendship|celebrity,"While attending a party at James Franco's house, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel and many other celebrities are faced with the apocalypse.",This Is the End (2013),Action|Comedy,102123
59859,1650554,Aaron Taylor-Johnson|Chloë Grace Moretz|Christopher Mintz-Plasse|Clark Duke|Jim Carrey,Jeff Wadlow,crime fighter|secret identity|marvel comic|superhero|aftercreditsstinger,"After Kick-Ass’ insane bravery inspires a new wave of self-made masked crusaders, he joins a patrol led by the Colonel Stars and Stripes. When these amateur superheroes are hunted down by Red Mist — reborn as The Mother Fucker — only the blade-wielding Hit-Girl can prevent their annihilation.",Kick-Ass 2 (2013),Action|Comedy|Crime,104241
109443,1229340,Will Ferrell|Steve Carell|Paul Rudd|Christina Applegate|David Koechner,Adam McKay,journalism|mustache|tv news|newsroom|gang warfare,"With the 70s behind him, San Diego's top rated newsman, Ron Burgundy, returns to take New York's first 24-hour news channel by storm.",Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013),Comedy,107348
76170,1430132,Hugh Jackman|Tao Okamoto|Rila Fukushima|Hiroyuki Sanada|Svetlana Khodchenkova,James Mangold,japan|samurai|mutant|world war i|marvel comic,"Wolverine faces his ultimate nemesis - and tests of his physical, emotional, and mortal limits - in a life-changing voyage to modern-day Japan.","Wolverine, The (2013)",Action|Adventure|Fantasy|Sci-Fi,103772
116741,2234155,Owen Wilson|Vince Vaughn|Tiya Sircar|Rose Byrne|Josh Gad,Shawn Levy,job interview|loss of job|intern|reference to google|new job,Two recently laid-off men in their 40s try to make it as interns at a successful Internet company where their managers are in their 20s.,"Internship, The (2013)",Comedy,102481
105,88763,Michael J. Fox|Christopher Lloyd|Lea Thompson|Crispin Glover|Thomas F. Wilson,Robert Zemeckis,clock tower|car race|terrorist|delorean|lightning,"Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985.",Back to the Future (1985),Adventure|Comedy|Sci-Fi,1270
2108,88847,Emilio Estevez|Anthony Michael Hall|Judd Nelson|Molly Ringwald|Paul Gleason,John Hughes,high school|tardy hall|teenager|detention,"Five high school students, all different stereotypes, meet in detention, where they pour their hearts out to each other, and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought.","Breakfast Club, The (1985)",Comedy|Drama,1968
526,89457,Matthew Broderick|Rutger Hauer|Michelle Pfeiffer|Alfred Molina|Leo McKern,Richard Donner,moon|monk|swordplay|bishop|cathedral,"Captain Etienne Navarre is a man on whose shoulders lies a cruel curse. Punished for loving each other, Navarre must become a wolf by night whilst his lover, Lady Isabeau, takes the form of a hawk by day. Together, with the thief Philippe Gaston, they must try to overthrow the corrupt Bishop and in doing so break the spell.",Ladyhawke (1985),Adventure|Fantasy|Romance,3479
9355,89530,Mel Gibson|Tina Turner|Bruce Spence|Helen Buday|Angelo Rossitto,George Miller|George Ogilvie,arena|sandstorm|dystopia|oasis|sequel,"Mad Max becomes a pawn in a decadent oasis of a technological society, and when exiled, becomes the deliverer of a colony of children.",Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi,3704
707,90264,Roger Moore|Christopher Walken|Tanya Roberts|Grace Jones|Patrick Macnee,John Glen,paris|london|france|england|san francisco,A newly developed microchip designed by Zorin Industries for the British Government that can survive the electromagnetic radiation caused by a nuclear explosion has landed in the hands of the KGB. James Bond must find out how and why. His suspicions soon lead him to big industry leader Max Zorin.,"View to a Kill, A (1985)",Action|Adventure|Thriller,2376
11976,89469,Tom Cruise|Mia Sara|Tim Curry|David Bennent|Alice Playten,Ridley Scott,gump,A young man must stop the Lord of Darkness from both destroying daylight and marrying the woman he loves.,Legend (1985),Adventure|Fantasy|Romance,2143
9340,89218,Sean Astin|Josh Brolin|Jeff Cohen|Corey Feldman|Robert Davi,Richard Donner,gunfight|urination|hidden|reference to liberace|group vomit,"A young teenager named Mikey Walsh finds an old treasure map in his father's attic. Hoping to save their homes from demolition, Mikey and his friends Data Wang, Chunk Cohen, and Mouth Devereaux run off on a big quest to find the secret stash of Pirate One-Eyed Willie.","Goonies, The (1985)",Action|Adventure|Children|Comedy|Fantasy,2005
10014,89686,Robert Englund|Mark Patton|Kim Myers|Robert Rusler|Clu Gulager,Jack Sholder,dancing|snake|diary|nightmare|haunted house,"A new family moves into the house on Elm Street, and before long, the kids are again having nightmares about deceased child murderer Freddy Krueger. This time, Freddy attempts to possess a teenage boy to cause havoc in the real world, and can only be overcome if the boy's sweetheart can master her fear.","Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, A (1985)",Horror,1969
1369,89880,Sylvester Stallone|Richard Crenna|Charles Napier|Steven Berkoff|Julia Nickson,George P. Cosmatos,usa|vietnam veteran|submachine gun|prisoner|prisoner of war,"Col. Troutman recruits ex-Green Beret John Rambo for a highly secret and dangerous mission. Teamed with freedom fighter Co Bao, Rambo goes deep into Vietnam to rescue POWs. Deserted by his own team, he's left in a hostile jungle to fight for his life, avenge the death of a woman and bring corrupt officials to justice.",Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985),Action|Adventure|Thriller,2402
606,89755,Meryl Streep|Robert Redford|Klaus Maria Brandauer|Michael Kitchen|Malick Bowens,Sydney Pollack,dancing|train station|denmark|fire|cemetery,"Out of Africa tells the story of the life of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved to Africa to build a new life for herself. The film is based on the autobiographical novel by Karen Blixen from 1937.",Out of Africa (1985),Drama|Romance,1959
1374,89927,Sylvester Stallone|Talia Shire|Burt Young|Carl Weathers|Brigitte Nielsen,Sylvester Stallone,usa|transporter|loss of lover|cold war|union of soviet socialist republics,"Rocky must come out of retirement to battle a gargantuan Soviet fighter named Drago, who brutally punished Rocky's friend and former rival, Apollo Creed. Seeking revenge in the name of his fallen comrade and his country, Rocky agrees to fight Drago in Moscow on Christmas, and the bout changes both fighters -- and the world.",Rocky IV (1985),Action|Drama,2411
68,88846,Jonathan Pryce|Robert De Niro|Katherine Helmond|Ian Holm|Bob Hoskins,Terry Gilliam,bureaucracy|police state|terror|great britain|dream,"Brazil is a Terry Gilliam dystopic black comedy film that reflects the melancholy, dreamlike quality of a famous Brazilian song that’s been translated into English. The film parodies the mostly dysfunctional bureaucratic world we live in and takes us to a post-apocalyptic world in the future yet with our present day attitudes in mind.",Brazil (1985),Fantasy|Sci-Fi,1199
873,88939,Whoopi Goldberg|Margaret Avery|Danny Glover|Akosua Busia|Oprah Winfrey,Steven Spielberg,prison|africa|southern u.s.|rape|black people,"In the southern United States in the 1930s, a male-dominated African American woman fights her way through a troubled life.","Color Purple, The (1985)",Drama,2739
9281,90329,Harrison Ford|Kelly McGillis|Josef Sommer|Lukas Haas|Jan Rubes,Peter Weir,corruption|detective|police brutality|amish|suspense,"A sheltered Amish child is the sole witness of a brutal murder in a restroom at a Philadelphia train station, and he must be protected.  The assignment falls to a taciturn detective who goes undercover in a Pennsylvania Dutch community. On the farm, he slowly assimilates despite his urban grit and forges a romantic bond with the child's beautiful mother.",Witness (1985),Drama|Romance|Thriller,1674
10328,88933,Steve Guttenberg|Tahnee Welch|Brian Dennehy|Don Ameche|Wilford Brimley,Ron Howard,swimming pool|alien|tears|police car|mahjong,"A group of aliens return to earth to take back some cocoons of their people they left behind from an earlier trip. They kept the recovered cocoons in the swimming pool of a house they rented in a small Florida town. Their mission is hampered by a number of old people from an elderly home nearby, who have been secretly using the pool and discovering the unusual power of these cocoons.",Cocoon (1985),Comedy|Sci-Fi,2407
11797,89175,Chris Sarandon|William Ragsdale|Amanda Bearse|Roddy McDowall|Stephen Geoffreys,Tom Holland,virgin|vampire|transformation|supernatural powers|undead,"Nobody believes teenager Charley Brewster (William Ragsdale) when he discovers that his suave new neighbor, Jerry Dandridge (Chris Sarandon), is a vampire. So when the bloodsucker starts stalking Charley, he turns to has-been actor Peter Vincent (Roddy McDowall), famed for portraying a ghoul hunter. Unfortunately for the would-be vampire slayers, Dandridge has set his sights on Charlie's girlfriend in this clever spoof of the horror genre.",Fright Night (1985),Comedy|Horror|Thriller,2867
11418,89670,Chevy Chase|Beverly D'Angelo|Dana Hill|Jason Lively|Mel Smith,Amy Heckerling,london|game show|chaos|travel|family vacation,"The Griswalds win a vacation to Europe on a game show, and thus pack their bags for the continent. They do their best to catch the flavor of Europe, but they just don't know how to be be good tourists. Besides, they have trouble taking holidays in countries where they CAN speak the language.",European Vacation (aka National Lampoon's European Vacation) (1985),Adventure|Comedy|Romance,2794
10157,89822,Steve Guttenberg|Bubba Smith|David Graf|Michael Winslow|Bobcat Goldthwait,Jerry Paris,handcuffs|police chief|police operation|spying|investigation,"Officer Carey Mahoney and his cohorts have finally graduated from the Police Academy and are about to hit the streets on their first assignment. Question is, are they ready to do battle with a band of graffiti-tagging terrorists? Time will tell, but don't sell short this cheerful band of doltish boys in blue.",Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985),Comedy|Crime,2379
15196,88930,Eileen Brennan|Tim Curry|Madeline Kahn|Christopher Lloyd|Michael McKean,Jonathan Lynn,board game|mystery|mansion|old house|based on board game,"Clue finds six colorful dinner guests gathered at the mansion of their host, Mr. Boddy -- who turns up dead after his secret is exposed: He was blackmailing all of them. With the killer among them, the guests and Boddy's chatty butler must suss out the culprit before the body count rises.",Clue (1985),Comedy|Crime|Mystery|Thriller,2413
9749,89155,Chevy Chase|Joe Don Baker|Dana Wheeler-Nicholson|Richard Libertini|Tim Matheson,Michael Ritchie,journalist|rio de janeiro|dirty cop|fletch|cabana,An ace reporter must assume many identities to pursue a story.,Fletch (1985),Comedy|Crime|Mystery,2371
11814,90305,Anthony Michael Hall|Kelly LeBrock|Ilan Mitchell-Smith|Bill Paxton|Suzanne Snyder,John Hughes,nerd|biker|teenager|morphing|male fantasy,"Two unpopular teenagers, Gary and Wyatt, fail at all attempts to be accepted by their peers. Their desperation to be liked leads them to ""create"" a woman via their computer. Their living and breathing creation is a gorgeous woman, Lisa, whose purpose is to boost their confidence level by putting them into situations which require Gary and Wyatt to act like men.",Weird Science (1985),Comedy|Fantasy|Sci-Fi,2134
10849,89853,Mia Farrow|Jeff Daniels|Danny Aiello|Irving Metzman|Stephanie Farrow,Woody Allen,new york|cinema|great depression|filmfigur|falling in love,"Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only escape from her mudane reality is the movie theatre. After losing her job, Cecilia goes to see 'The Purple Rose of Cairo' in hopes of raising her spirits, where she watches dashing archaeologist Tom Baxter time and again.","Purple Rose of Cairo, The (1985)",Comedy|Drama|Fantasy|Romance,2065
10303,89370,Michael Douglas|Kathleen Turner|Danny DeVito|Spiros Focás|Avner Eisenberg,Lewis Teague,diving|dictator|africa|riddle|treasure,"Joan Wilder is thrust back into a world of murder, chases, foreign intrigue... and love. This time out she's duped by a duplicitous Arab dignitary who brings her to the Middle East, ostensibly to write a book about his life. Of course he's up to no good, and Joan is just another pawn in his wicked game. But Jack Colton and his sidekick Ralph show up to help our intrepid heroine save the day.","Jewel of the Nile, The (1985)",Action|Adventure|Comedy|Romance,2405
1694,89885,Jeffrey Combs|Bruce Abbott|Barbara Crampton|David Gale|Robert Sampson,Stuart Gordon,h.p. lovecraft|morgue|intestines|dead cat|surgical operation,A dedicated student at a medical college and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue when an odd new student arrives on campus.,Re-Animator (1985),Comedy|Horror|Sci-Fi,3018
14370,89886,Val Kilmer|Gabriel Jarret|Michelle Meyrink|William Atherton|Jon Gries,Martha Coolidge,laser|ego|teen comedy|science|usaf,"Chris is the top brain who just wants to party, Mitch is the 15-year-old college wiz kid. Supposedly hard at work on a lab project with a mysterious deadline, they still find time to use their genius to discover new ways to have fun.",Real Genius (1985),Comedy,1297
5683,89791,Paul Reubens|E.G. Daily|Mark Holton|Diane Salinger|Judd Omen,Tim Burton,bicycle|calamity|movie studio|man child|alamo,"The eccentric and childish Pee-wee Herman embarks on a big adventure when his beloved bicycle is stolen. Armed with information from a fortune-teller and a relentless obsession with his prized possession, Pee-wee encounters a host of odd characters and bizarre situations as he treks across the country to recover his bike.",Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985),Adventure|Comedy,3608
13667,88794,John Cusack|David Ogden Stiers|Kim Darby|Demian Slade|Scooter Stevens,Savage Steve Holland,duck|nerd|paperboy|skiing|aftercreditsstinger,"Lane Meyer is obsessed with his girlfriend Beth and is crushed when she falls for the new captain of the ski team, Roy. After several failed suicide attempts, narrow escapes from the relentless paper boy, and nearly unbearable dinners at home with his crazy family, Lane finds a new love in French exchange student Monique Junot. Meanwhile, he must beat Roy on the slopes to regain his honor.",Better Off Dead... (1985),Comedy|Romance,1257
11557,90060,Emilio Estevez|Rob Lowe|Andrew McCarthy|Demi Moore|Judd Nelson,Joel Schumacher,friendship|secret admirer|post college,"Seven friends - Alec, Billy, Jules, Kevin, Kirby, Leslie and Wendy - are trying to navigate through life and their friendships following college graduation. Alec, who aspires to political life, has just shown his true colors by changing his allegiance from Democrat to Republican, which freaks out girlfriend Leslie, who he wants to marry. Budding architect Leslie, on the other hand, has an independent streak. She believes she has to make a name for herself to find out who she is before she can truly commit to another person in marriage. But Leslie and Alec have decided to live together. Because Leslie refuses to marry Alec, he believes that justifies certain behavior. Kirby, who wants to become a lawyer and who pays for his schooling by working as a waiter at their local hangout called St. Elmo's Bar, and struggling writer Kevin are currently roommates. They are on opposite extremes of the romance spectrum.",St. Elmo's Fire (1985),Drama|Romance,2146
11904,90357,Nicholas Rowe|Alan Cox|Sophie Ward|Anthony Higgins|Susan Fleetwood,Barry Levinson,london|school friend|religion and supernatural|sherlock holmes|murder,"Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson meet as boys in an English Boarding school. Holmes is known for his deductive ability even as a youth, amazing his classmates with his abilities. When they discover a plot to murder a series of British business men by an Egyptian cult, they move to stop it.",Young Sherlock Holmes (1985),Action|Adventure|Children|Fantasy|Mystery|Thriller,2414
8130,89017,Madonna|Rosanna Arquette|Aidan Quinn|Mark Blum|Robert Joy,Susan Seidelman,amnesia|rolling stone|lonely hearts ad|woman director,"Roberta is a bored suburban housewife who is fascinated with a woman, Susan, she only knows about by reading messages to and from her in the personals section of the newspaper. This fascination reaches a peak when an ad with the headline ""Desperately Seeking Susan"" proposes a rendezvous. Roberta goes too, and in a series of events involving amnesia and mistaken identity, steps into Susan's life.",Desperately Seeking Susan (1985),Comedy|Drama|Romance,2369
674,330373,Daniel Radcliffe|Rupert Grint|Emma Watson|Ralph Fiennes|Michael Gambon,Mike Newell,diving|library|flying|fireworks|cutting the cord,"Harry starts his fourth year at Hogwarts, competes in the treacherous Triwizard Tournament and faces the evil Lord Voldemort. Ron and Hermione help Harry manage the pressure – but Voldemort lurks, awaiting his chance to destroy Harry and all that he stands for.",Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005),Adventure|Fantasy|Thriller|IMAX,40815
272,372784,Christian Bale|Michael Caine|Liam Neeson|Katie Holmes|Gary Oldman,Christopher Nolan,martial arts|dc comics|crime fighter|secret identity|undercover,"Driven by tragedy, billionaire Bruce Wayne dedicates his life to uncovering and defeating the corruption that plagues his home, Gotham City.  Unable to work within the system, he instead creates a new identity, a symbol of fear for the criminal underworld - The Batman.",Batman Begins (2005),Action|Crime|IMAX,33794
411,363771,William Moseley|Anna Popplewell|Skandar Keynes|Georgie Henley|Liam Neeson,Andrew Adamson,saving the world|witch|based on novel|brother sister relationship|self sacrifice,"Siblings Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter step through a magical wardrobe and find the land of Narnia. There, the they discover a charming, once peaceful kingdom that has been plunged into eternal winter by the evil White Witch, Jadis. Aided by the wise and magnificent lion, Aslan, the children lead Narnia into a spectacular, climactic battle to be free of the Witch's glacial powers forever.","Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The (2005)",Adventure|Children|Fantasy,41566
752,434409,Natalie Portman|Hugo Weaving|Stephen Rea|Stephen Fry|John Hurt,James McTeigue,detective|vatican|fascism|satanism|fascist,"In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as 'V' conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When 'V' rescues a young woman from the secret police, he finds in her an ally with whom he can continue his fight to free the people of Britain.",V for Vendetta (2006),Action|Sci-Fi|Thriller|IMAX,44191
187,401792,Jessica Alba|Devon Aoki|Alexis Bledel|Powers Boothe|Rosario Dawson,Robert Rodriguez|Frank Miller|Quentin Tarantino,dystopia|based on comic book|based on graphic novel|black and white and color|black and white scene,"Welcome to Sin City. This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it dark… Hard-boiled. Then there are those who call it home — Crooked cops, sexy dames, desperate vigilantes. Some are seeking revenge, others lust after redemption, and then there are those hoping for a little of both. A universe of unlikely and reluctant heroes still trying to do the right thing in a city that refuses to care.",Sin City (2005),Action|Crime|Film-Noir|Mystery|Thriller,32587
118,367594,Johnny Depp|Freddie Highmore|AnnaSophia Robb|Julia Winter|Helena Bonham Carter,Tim Burton,london|father-son relationship|chocolate|factory worker|based on novel,"A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker.",Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005),Adventure|Children|Comedy|Fantasy|IMAX,30793
1895,121766,Ewan McGregor|Natalie Portman|Hayden Christensen|Ian McDiarmid|Samuel L. Jackson,George Lucas,showdown|death star|vision|cult figure|hatred,"Years after the onset of the Clone Wars, the noble Jedi Knights lead a massive clone army into a galaxy-wide battle against the Separatists. When the sinister Sith unveil a thousand-year-old plot to rule the galaxy, the Republic crumbles and from its ashes rises the evil Galactic Empire. Jedi hero Anakin Skywalker is seduced by the dark side of the Force to become the Emperor's new apprentice – Darth Vader. The Jedi are decimated, as Obi-Wan Kenobi and Jedi Master Yoda are forced into hiding. The only hope for the galaxy are Anakin's own offspring – the twin children born in secrecy who will grow up to become heroes.",Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi,33493
7453,371724,Martin Freeman|Zooey Deschanel|Sam Rockwell|Mos Def|John Malkovich,Garth Jennings,bureaucracy|england|dolphin|android|based on novel,"Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of ""The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.""","Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The (2005)",Adventure|Comedy|Sci-Fi,33004
1635,399201,Ewan McGregor|Scarlett Johansson|Djimon Hounsou|Sean Bean|Steve Buscemi,Michael Bay,clone|transplantation|love of one's life|dystopia|genetics,"Lincoln Six-Echo is a resident of a seemingly Utopian but contained facility in the year 2019. Like all of the inhabitants of this carefully controlled environment, Lincoln hopes to be chosen to go to the ""The Island"" - reportedly the last uncontaminated spot on the planet. But Lincoln soon discovers that everything about his existence is a lie. He and all of the other inhabitants of the facility are actually human clones. Lincoln makes a daring escape with a beautiful fellow resident named Jordan Two-Delta. Relentlessly pursued by the forces of the sinister institute that once housed them, Lincoln and Jordan engage in a race for their lives to literally meet their makers.","Island, The (2005)",Action|Sci-Fi|Thriller,34319
953,351283,Ben Stiller|Chris Rock|David Schwimmer|Jada Pinkett Smith|Sacha Baron Cohen,Eric Darnell|Tom McGrath,lion|hippopotamus|giraffe|penguin|zebra,"Zoo animals leave the comforts of man-made habitats for exotic adventure in this animated family film. After escaping from the zoo, four friends -- a lion, a hippo, a zebra and a giraffe -- are sent back to Africa. When their ship capsizes, stranding them on Madagascar, an island populated by crazy critters, the pals must adapt to jungle life and their new roles as wild animals.",Madagascar (2005),Adventure|Animation|Children|Comedy,33615
9738,120667,Ioan Gruffudd|Jessica Alba|Chris Evans|Michael Chiklis|Julian McMahon,Tim Story,flying|fire|brother sister relationship|marriage proposal|radiation,"During a space voyage, four scientists are altered by cosmic rays: Reed Richards gains the ability to stretch his body; Sue Storm can become invisible; Johnny Storm controls fire; and Ben Grimm is turned into a super-strong … thing. Together, these ""Fantastic Four"" must now thwart the evil plans of Dr. Doom and save the world from certain destruction.",Fantastic Four (2005),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi,34150
561,360486,Keanu Reeves|Rachel Weisz|Shia LaBeouf|Djimon Hounsou|Max Baker,Francis Lawrence,flying|confession|exorcism|archangel gabriel|holy water,"John Constantine has literally been to Hell and back. When he teams up with a policewoman to solve the mysterious suicide of her twin sister, their investigation takes them through the world of demons and angels that exists beneath the landscape of contemporary Los Angeles.",Constantine (2005),Action|Fantasy|Horror|Thriller,31696
9522,396269,Owen Wilson|Vince Vaughn|Christopher Walken|Rachel McAdams|Isla Fisher,David Dobkin,sailing|wedding|fake identity|lying,"John and his buddy, Jeremy are emotional criminals who know how to use a woman's hopes and dreams for their own carnal gain. Their modus operandi: crashing weddings. Normally, they meet guests who want to toast the romantic day with a random hook-up. But when John meets Claire, he discovers what true love – and heartache – feels like.",Wedding Crashers (2005),Comedy|Romance,34162
8202,402022,Charlize Theron|Marton Csokas|Jonny Lee Miller|Sophie Okonedo|Caroline Chikezie,Karyn Kusama,martial arts|dystopia|surrealism|based on cartoon|shootout,"400 years into the future, disease has wiped out the majority of the world's population, except one walled city, Bregna, ruled by a congress of scientists. When Æon Flux, the top operative in the underground 'Monican' rebellion, is sent on a mission to kill a government leader, she uncovers a world of secrets.",Aeon Flux (2005),Action|Sci-Fi,37386
74,407304,Tom Cruise|Dakota Fanning|Miranda Otto|Justin Chatwin|Tim Robbins,Steven Spielberg,post traumatic stress  disorder|new jersey|airplane|dystopia|daughter,"The extraordinary battle for the future of humankind through the eyes of one American family fighting to survive it. Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop of his teenage son Robbie and young daughter Rachel for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.",War of the Worlds (2005),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi|Thriller,34048
1904,397535,Zhang Ziyi|Gong Li|Youki Kudoh|Tsai Chin|Suzuka Ohgo,Rob Marshall,japan|prostitute|sister sister relationship|brothel|world war ii,"A sweeping romantic epic set in Japan in the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.",Memoirs of a Geisha (2005),Drama|Romance,41571
6957,405422,Steve Carell|Catherine Keener|Paul Rudd|Romany Malco|Seth Rogen,Judd Apatow,first time|virgin,"Andy Stitzer has a pleasant life with a nice apartment and a job stamping invoices at an electronics store. But at age 40, there's one thing Andy hasn't done, and it's really bothering his sex-obsessed male co-workers: Andy is still a virgin. Determined to help Andy get laid, the guys make it their mission to de-virginize him. But it all seems hopeless until Andy meets small business owner Trish, a single mom.","40-Year-Old Virgin, The (2005)",Comedy|Romance,35836
8488,386588,Will Smith|Eva Mendes|Kevin James|Amber Valletta|Julie Ann Emery,Andy Tennant,speed date|romantic comedy|dating,"Dating coach Alex 'Hitch' Hitchens mentors a bumbling client, Albert, who hopes to win the heart of the glamorous Allegra Cole. While Albert makes progress, Hitch faces his own romantic setbacks when proven techniques fail to work on Sara Melas, a tabloid reporter digging for dirt on Allegra Cole's love life. When Sara discovers Hitch's connection to Albert – now Allegra's boyfriend – it threatens to destroy both relationships.",Hitch (2005),Comedy|Romance,31685
9335,388482,Jason Statham|Amber Valletta|Kate Nauta|Alessandro Gassman|François Berléand,Louis Leterrier,martial arts|war on drugs|bodyguard|baby-snatching|kidnapping,"Professional driver Frank Martin is living in Miami, where he is temporarily filling in for a friend as the chauffeur for a government narcotics control policymaker and his family. The young boy in the family is targeted for kidnapping, and Frank immediately becomes involved in protecting the child and exposing the kidnappers.",Transporter 2 (2005),Action|Crime|Thriller,36519
1495,320661,Orlando Bloom|Eva Green|Jeremy Irons|Marton Csokas|Brendan Gleeson,Ridley Scott,crusade|epic|knight|swordsman|religious,"After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the Crusades.",Kingdom of Heaven (2005),Action|Drama|Romance|War,33162
254,360717,Naomi Watts|Jack Black|Adrien Brody|Thomas Kretschmann|Colin Hanks,Peter Jackson,film business|screenplay|show business|film making|film producer,"In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a giant ape who is immediately smitten with the leading lady.",King Kong (2005),Action|Adventure|Drama|Fantasy|Thriller,41569
4348,414387,Keira Knightley|Matthew Macfadyen|Rosamund Pike|Simon Woods|Donald Sutherland,Joe Wright,bachelor|prejudice|suitor|georgian|pride,"Pride and Prejudice is a humorous story of love and life among English gentility during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is an English gentleman living in Hertfordshire with his overbearing wife and 5 daughters. If Mr. Bennet dies their house will be inherited by a distant cousin whom they have never met, so the family's future happiness and security is dependent on the daughters making good marriages.",Pride & Prejudice (2005),Drama|Romance,40629
142,388795,Heath Ledger|Jake Gyllenhaal|Randy Quaid|Michelle Williams|Anne Hathaway,Ang Lee,gay|countryside|homophobia|loss of lover|wyoming,Brokeback Mountain is an Ang Lee film about two modern day cowboys who meet on a shepherding job in the summer of ’63. The two share a raw and powerful summer together that turns into a life long relationship conflicting with the lives they are supposed to live.,Brokeback Mountain (2005),Drama|Romance,39183
9928,358082,Robin Williams|Ewan McGregor|Halle Berry|Mel Brooks|Paula Abdul,Chris Wedge|Carlos Saldanha,inventor|business man|robot|dishonesty,"Rodney Copperbottom is a young robot inventor who dreams of making the world a better place, until the evil Ratchet takes over Big Weld Industries. Now, Rodney's dreams – and those of his friends – are in danger of becoming obsolete.",Robots (2005),Adventure|Animation|Children|Comedy|Fantasy|Sci-Fi|IMAX,32031
787,356910,Angelina Jolie|Brad Pitt|Vince Vaughn|Adam Brody|Kerry Washington,Doug Liman,bomb|assassin|secret identity|secret|assault rifle,"After five (or six) years of vanilla-wedded bliss, ordinary suburbanites John and Jane Smith (Pitt and Jolie) are stuck in a rut the size of the Grand Canyon?until the truth comes out! Unbeknownst to each other, they are both coolly lethal, highly paid assassins working for rival organizations. And when they discover they're each other's next target, their secret lives collide in a spicy, explosive mix of wicked comedy, pent-up passion, nonstop action and high-tech weaponry that gives an all-new meaning to ""Till death do us part!""",Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005),Action|Adventure|Comedy|Romance,33679
1830,399295,Nicolas Cage|Bridget Moynahan|Jared Leto|Ethan Hawke|Eamonn Walker,Andrew Niccol,cold war|weapon|arms dealer,"Yuri Orlov is a globetrotting arms dealer and, through some of the deadliest war zones, he struggles to stay one step ahead of a relentless Interpol agent, his business rivals and even some of his customers who include many of the world's most notorious dictators. Finally, he must also face his own conscience.",Lord of War (2005),Action|Crime|Drama|Thriller|War,36529
9947,357277,Jennifer Garner|Goran Visnjic|Will Yun Lee|Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa|Terence Stamp,Rob Bowman,comic book|magic ninja|female assassin,"Elektra the warrior survives a near-death experience, becomes an assassin-for-hire, and tries to protect her two latest targets, a single father and his young daughter, from a group of supernatural assassins.",Elektra (2005),Action|Adventure|Crime|Drama,31221
3933,121164,Johnny Depp|Helena Bonham Carter|Emily Watson|Tracey Ullman|Paul Whitehouse,Tim Burton|Mike Johnson,shyness|england|cheating|old town|grave,"Set in a 19th-century european village, this stop-motion animation feature follows the story of Victor, a young man whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious corpse bride, while his real bride Victoria waits bereft in the land of the living.",Corpse Bride (2005),Animation|Comedy|Fantasy|Musical|Romance,37729
533,312004,Peter Sallis|Helena Bonham Carter|Ralph Fiennes|Nicholas Smith|Liz Smith,Steve Box|Nick Park,competition|garden|vegetable|stop motion animation|animation,"Cheese-loving eccentric Wallace and his cunning canine pal, Gromit, investigate a mystery in Nick Park's animated adventure, in which the lovable inventor and his intrepid pup run a business ridding the town of garden pests. Using only humane methods that turn their home into a halfway house for evicted vermin, the pair stumble upon a mystery involving a voracious vegetarian monster that threatens to ruin the annual veggie-growing contest.",Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005),Adventure|Animation|Children|Comedy,38038
25,418763,Jamie Foxx|Jake Gyllenhaal|Scott MacDonald|Lucas Black|Peter Sarsgaard,Sam Mendes,sniper|marine corps|saudi-arabia|petrol|golf war,"Jarhead is a film about a US Marine Anthony Swofford’s experience in the Gulf War. After putting up with an arduous boot camp, Swafford and his unit are sent to the Persian Gulf where they are earger to fight but are forced to stay back from the action. Meanwhile Swofford gets news of his girlfriend is cheating on him. Desperately he wants to kill someone and finally put his training to use.",Jarhead (2005),Action|Drama|War,40278
9392,435625,Shauna Macdonald|Natalie Mendoza|Alex Reid|Saskia Mulder|MyAnna Buring,Neil Marshall,mutant|expedition|cave|darkness|rope,"After a tragic accident, six friends reunite for a caving expedition. Their adventure soon goes horribly wrong when a collapse traps them deep underground and they find themselves pursued by bloodthirsty creatures. As their friendships deteriorate, they find themselves in a desperate struggle to survive the creatures and each other.","Descent, The (2005)",Adventure|Drama|Horror|Thriller,40732
16320,379786,Nathan Fillion|Gina Torres|Alan Tudyk|Morena Baccarin|Adam Baldwin,Joss Whedon,martial arts|telepathy|dystopia|spaceship|fugitive,"When the renegade crew of Serenity agrees to hide a fugitive on their ship, they find themselves in an action-packed battle between the relentless military might of a totalitarian regime who will destroy anything – or anyone – to get the girl back and the bloodthirsty creatures who roam the uncharted areas of space. But... the greatest danger of all may be on their ship.",Serenity (2005),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi,34405
215,432348,Tobin Bell|Shawnee Smith|Donnie Wahlberg|Franky G|Glenn Plummer,Darren Lynn Bousman,riddle|serial killer,"When a new murder victim is discovered with all the signs of Jigsaw's hand, Detective Eric Matthews begins a full investigation and apprehends Jigsaw with little effort. But for Jigsaw, getting caught is just another part of his plan. Eight more of his victims are already fighting for their lives and now it's time for Matthews to join the game...",Saw II (2005),Horror|Thriller,39446
1690,450278,Jay Hernandez|Derek Richardson|Eythor Gudjonsson|Barbara Nedeljakova|Jana Kaderabkova,Eli Roth,bathroom|sex|amsterdam|europe|brothel,"Three backpackers head to a Slovakian city that promises to meet their hedonistic expectations, with no idea of the hell that awaits them.",Hostel (2005),Horror,42723
5236,373469,Robert Downey Jr.|Val Kilmer|Michelle Monaghan|Corbin Bernsen|Dash Mihok,Shane Black,detective|loser|custody battle|shooting|thief,A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role...,Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005),Comedy|Crime|Mystery|Thriller,38061
921,352248,Russell Crowe|Renée Zellweger|Paul Giamatti|Craig Bierko|Paddy Considine,Ron Howard,transporter|netherlands|world cup|socially deprived family|family's daily life,"The true story of boxer, Jim Braddock who, in the 1920’s after his retirement, has a surprise comeback in order to get him and his family out of a socially poor state.",Cinderella Man (2005),Drama|Romance,33660
116,416320,Jonathan Rhys Meyers|Scarlett Johansson|Emily Mortimer|Brian Cox|Penelope Wilton,Woody Allen,love triangle|london|upper class|adultery|tennis,"Match Point is Woody Allen’s satire of the British High Society and the ambition of a young tennis instructor to enter into it. Yet when he must decide between two women - one assuring him his place in high society, and the other that would bring him far from it - palms start to sweat and a dark psychological match in his head begins.",Match Point (2005),Crime|Drama|Romance,41285
9722,374536,Nicole Kidman|Will Ferrell|Shirley MacLaine|Michael Caine|Jason Schwartzman,Nora Ephron,witch|enchantment|tv series|falling in love|spectacle,"Thinking he can overshadow an unknown actress in the part, an egocentric actor unknowingly gets a witch cast in an upcoming television remake of the classic show ""Bewitched"".",Bewitched (2005),Comedy|Fantasy|Romance,33836
8814,419706,Dwayne Johnson|Karl Urban|Rosamund Pike|Ben Daniels|Deobia Oparei,Andrzej Bartkowiak,teleportation|based on video game|severed ear|future war|wisecrack humor,"A team of space marines known as the Rapid Response Tactical Squad, led by Sarge, is sent to a science facility on Mars after somebody reports a security breach. There, they learn that the alert came after a test subject, a mass murderer purposefully injected with alien DNA, broke free and began killing people. Dr. Grimm, who is related to team member Reaper, informs them all that the chromosome can mutate humans into monsters -- and is highly infectious.",Doom (2005),Action|Horror|Sci-Fi,37380
4442,355295,Heath Ledger|Matt Damon|Mackenzie Crook|Roger Ashton-Griffiths|Peter Stormare,Terry Gilliam,brother brother relationship|literature|aftercreditsstinger,"Folklore collectors and con artists, Jake and Will Grimm, travel from village to village pretending to protect townsfolk from enchanted creatures and performing exorcisms. However, they are put to the test  when they encounter a real magical curse in a haunted forest with real magical beings, requiring genuine courage.","Brothers Grimm, The (2005)",Comedy|Fantasy|Horror|Thriller,36401
2026,340163,Bruce Willis|Kevin Pollak|Jimmy Bennett|Michelle Horn|Ben Foster,Florent-Emilio Siri,fbi|kidnapper|police operation|home invasion|hostage situation,"When a mafia accountant is taken hostage on his beat, a police officer – wracked by guilt from a prior stint as a negotiator – must negotiate the standoff, even as his own family is held captive by the mob.",Hostage (2005),Action|Crime|Drama|Thriller,32029
6519,377818,Johnny Knoxville|Seann William Scott|Jessica Simpson|Willie Nelson|Burt Reynolds,Jay Chandrasekhar,sheriff|farm|bikini|redneck|moonshine,"Bo and Luke Duke are southern cousins. In Hazzard County, Bo and Luke help their Uncle Jesse and their sexy cousin Daisy run the Moonshine business and always getting into trouble with Sherriff Roscoe P. Coltrane and recklessly driving in their orange car ""General Lee"". Boss Hogg, the mean and corrupt local county commissioner who hates The Dukes evicts The Dukes from their farm. Bo and Duke travels to Atlanta and meets up with old friend Katie Johnson and her friend Annette as they set out to find out why Boss Hogg has evicted them from their farm and what he plans to do. With local ace race car driver Billy Prickett in town to take part in the Annual Hazzard Road Race rally, Bo and Luke sets out to save their farm and foil Boss Hogg's scheme","Dukes of Hazzard, The (2005)",Action|Adventure|Comedy,34520
612,408306,Eric Bana|Daniel Craig|Ciarán Hinds|Mathieu Kassovitz|Hanns Zischler,Steven Spielberg,paris|assassination|israel|hotel room|1970s,"During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. In retaliation, the Israeli government recruits a group of Mossad agents to track down and execute those responsible for the attack.",Munich (2005),Action|Crime|Drama|Thriller,41997
9388,427944,Aaron Eckhart|Maria Bello|Cameron Bright|Adam Brody|Sam Elliott,Jason Reitman,father-son relationship|capitalism|based on novel|smoking|lie,"The chief spokesperson and lobbyist Nick Naylor is the Vice-President of the Academy of Tobacco Studies. He is talented in speaking and spins argument to defend the cigarette industry in the most difficult situations. His best friends are Polly Bailey that works in the Moderation Council in alcohol business, and Bobby Jay Bliss of the gun business own advisory group SAFETY. They frequently meet each other in a bar and they self-entitle the Mod Squad a.k.a. Merchants of Death, disputing which industry has killed more people. Nick's greatest enemy is Vermont's Senator Ortolan Finistirre, who defends in the Senate the use a skull and crossed bones in the cigarette packs. Nick's son Joey Naylor lives with his mother, and has the chance to know his father in a business trip. When the ambitious reporter Heather Holloway betrays Nick disclosing confidences he had in bed with her, his life turns upside-down. But Nick is good in what he does for the mortgage.",Thank You for Smoking (2006),Comedy|Drama,44195
231,365737,George Clooney|Matt Damon|Jeffrey Wright|Chris Cooper|Amanda Peet,Stephen Gaghan,anti terror|bomb|assassination|middle east|lebanon,"The Middle Eastern oil industry is the backdrop of this tense drama, which weaves together numerous story lines. Bennett Holiday is an American lawyer in charge of facilitating a dubious merger of oil companies, while Bryan Woodman, a Switzerland-based energy analyst, experiences both personal tragedy and opportunity during a visit with Arabian royalty. Meanwhile, veteran CIA agent Bob Barnes uncovers an assassination plot with unsettling origins.",Syriana (2005),Drama|Thriller,40583
3291,433383,David Strathairn|Jeff Daniels|Alex Borstein|Rose Abdoo|Dianne Reeves,George Clooney,telecaster|communist|political activism|tv show|politician,"The story of journalist, Edward R Murrow's stand against Senator McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s.","Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)",Crime|Drama,39292
59,399146,Viggo Mortensen|Maria Bello|Heidi Hayes|Ashton Holmes|William Hurt,David Cronenberg,robbery|double life|dual identity|small town|indiana,An average family is thrust into the spotlight after the father commits a seemingly self-defense murder at his diner.,"History of Violence, A (2005)",Action|Crime|Drama|Thriller,37733
7552,369441,Jim Carrey|Téa Leoni|Alec Baldwin|Richard Jenkins|Angie Harmon,Dean Parisot,based on novel|desperation|robber|hold-up robbery|remake,"After losing their high-paying corporate jobs, Jane and Dick Harper turn to robbing banks to maintain their upwardly mobile standard of living. Originally an act of desperation, they soon begin to enjoy it – and now it's getting to be a habit.",Fun with Dick and Jane (2005),Comedy|Crime,42011
9315,408790,Jodie Foster|Peter Sarsgaard|Sean Bean|Kate Beahan|Michael Irby,Robert Schwentke,berlin|loss of father|airplane|baby-snatching,"A claustrophobic, Hitchcockian thriller. A bereaved woman and her daughter are flying home from Berlin to America. At 30,000 feet the child vanishes and nobody admits she was ever on that plane.",Flightplan (2005),Action|Drama|Thriller,37727
308,412019,Bill Murray|Julie Delpy|Sharon Stone|Tilda Swinton|Jessica Lange,Jim Jarmusch,bachelor|ex-boyfriend|ex-girlfriend|anonymous letter|midlife crisis,"As the devoutly single Don Johnston is dumped by his latest girlfriend, he receives an anonymous pink letter informing him that he has a son who may be looking for him.",Broken Flowers (2005),Comedy|Drama,34437
69,358273,Joaquin Phoenix|Reese Witherspoon|Ginnifer Goodwin|Robert Patrick|Tyler Hilton,James Mangold,germany|prison|music record|adultery|country music,"A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.",Walk the Line (2005),Drama|Musical|Romance,40819
7553,348333,Ryan Reynolds|Anna Faris|Justin Long|David Koechner|Luis Guzmán,Rob McKittrick,decision|waiter|hostess|trainee|gross out,"Employees at a Bennigan's-like restaurant (called, creatively enough, Shenanigan's), kill time before their real lives get started. But while they wait, they'll have to deal with picky customers who want their steak cooked to order and enthusiastic managers who want to build the perfect wait staff. Luckily, these employees have effective revenge tactics.",Waiting... (2005),Comedy,37384
6961,372532,Debra Messing|Dermot Mulroney|Amy Adams|Jack Davenport|Jeremy Sheffield,Clare Kilner,based on novel|callboy|romantic comedy|wedding|escort,"With the wedding of her younger sister fast approaching, Kat Ellis faces the undesirable prospect of traveling alone to London for the ceremony. While this is bad enough, Jeffrey, the man who left her as they moved closer to marriage, happens to be the groom's best man. Determined to show everyone -- most of all Jeffrey -- that her romantic life is as full and thrilling as ever, Kat hires a charming male escort as her date.","Wedding Date, The (2005)",Comedy|Romance,31433
398,379725,Philip Seymour Hoffman|Allie Mickelson|Craig Archibald|Bronwen Coleman|Kate Shindle,Bennett Miller,gay|self-fulfilling prophecy|based on novel|journalism|identity,"A biopic of the writer, Truman Capote and his assignment for The New Yorker to write the non-fiction book, 'In Cold Blood'.",Capote (2005),Crime|Drama,37741
1985,387131,Ralph Fiennes|Rachel Weisz|Danny Huston|Bill Nighy|Donald Sumpter,Fernando Meirelles,aids|diplomat|nairobi|politician|pharmaceutical industry,"Justin Quayle is a low-level British diplomat who has always gone about his work very quietly, not causing any problems. But after his radical wife Tessa is killed he becomes determined to find out why, thrusting himself into the middle of a very dangerous conspiracy.","Constant Gardener, The (2005)",Drama|Thriller,36517
2652,424136,Patrick Wilson|Ellen Page|Sandra Oh|Odessa Rae|G.J. Echternkamp,David Slade,suicide|rape|age difference|photographer|ice,"A mature 14-year old girl meets a charming 32-year old photographer on the Internet. Suspecting that he is a pedophile, she goes to his home in an attempt to expose him.",Hard Candy (2005),Drama|Thriller,44974
9270,393109,Joseph Gordon-Levitt|Emilie de Ravin|Nora Zehetner|Lukas Haas|Richard Roundtree,Rian Johnson,california|lone wolf|leave|high school|independent film,A teenage loner pushes his way into the underworld of a high school crime ring to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend.,Brick (2005),Crime|Drama|Film-Noir|Mystery,44761
15258,436078,Jason Alexander|Chris Albrecht|Hank Azaria|Shelley Berman|Steven Gary Banks,Paul Provenza,aftercreditsstinger|duringcreditsstinger,"One hundred superstar comedians tell the same very, VERY dirty, filthy joke--one shared privately by comics since Vaudeville.","Aristocrats, The (2005)",Comedy|Documentary,34338
1833,294870,Anthony Rapp|Adam Pascal|Rosario Dawson|Jesse L. Martin|Wilson Jermaine Heredia,Chris Columbus,gay|sex|aids|hiv|based on play,"This rock opera tells the story of one year in the life of a group of bohemians struggling in modern day East Village New York. The story centers around Mark and Roger, two roommates. While a former tragedy has made Roger numb to life, Mark tries to capture it through his attempts to make a film. In the year that follows, the group deals with love, loss, AIDS, and modern day life.",Rent (2005),Drama|Musical|Romance,40826
65215,385690,Seth MacFarlane|Alex Borstein|Seth Green|Mila Kunis|Patrick Warburton,Pete Michels,family guy,"The major sub-plot circles around the youngest Griffin, Stewie, who has a near-death experience at a pool when a lifeguard chair falls on him, but he survives. After having a vision of being in Hell, he decides to change his ways, but this doesn't last long. While watching television, he and Brian spot a man that looks like Stewie. Brian is convinced that he is Stewie's real father, until Stewie learns that the man is actually himself as an adult, taking a vacation from his own time period. Baby Stewie visits thirty years later to discover that his adult self, going by the name Stu, is a single blue-collar middle-aged virgin working at a Circuit City-type store. Meanwhile, Peter and Lois are trying to teach their two older kids, Meg and Chris, to date. In the future, Chris, who hasn't changed much, is working as a cop and is married to a foul-mouthed hustler named Vanessa. Meg is now called Ron, since she had a sex-change after college. Written by pepperann210",Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (2005),Adventure|Animation|Comedy,36708
834,401855,Kate Beckinsale|Scott Speedman|Tony Curran|Shane Brolly|Derek Jacobi,Len Wiseman,budapest|key|light|werewolf|evolution,"As the war between the vampires and the Lycans rages on, Selene, a former member of the Death Dealers (an elite vampire special forces unit that hunts werewolves), and Michael, the werewolf hybrid, work together in an effort to unlock the secrets of their respective bloodlines.",Underworld: Evolution (2006),Action|Fantasy|Horror,42738
58,383574,Johnny Depp|Orlando Bloom|Keira Knightley|Bill Nighy|Jack Davenport,Gore Verbinski,witch|fortune teller|bondage|exotic island|monster,"The high-seas adventures of happy-go-lucky troublemaker Captain Jack Sparrow, young Will Turner and headstrong beauty Elizabeth Swann continues as Sparrow works his way out of a blood debt with the ghostly Davey Jones, he also attempts to avoid eternal damnation.",Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006),Action|Adventure|Fantasy,45722
920,317219,Owen Wilson|Paul Newman|Bonnie Hunt|Larry the Cable Guy|Cheech Marin,John Lasseter|Joe Ranft,car race|car journey|village and town|road|auto,"Lightning McQueen, a hotshot rookie race car driven to succeed, discovers that life is about the journey, not the finish line, when he finds himself unexpectedly detoured in the sleepy Route 66 town of Radiator Springs. On route across the country to the big Piston Cup Championship in California to compete against two seasoned pros, McQueen gets to know the town's offbeat characters.",Cars (2006),Animation|Children|Comedy,45517
36557,381061,Daniel Craig|Eva Green|Mads Mikkelsen|Judi Dench|Jeffrey Wright,Martin Campbell,italy|poker|casino|terrorist|banker,"Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his winnings to establish his financial grip on the terrorist market. M sends Bond – on his maiden mission as a 00 Agent – to attend this game and prevent Le Chiffre from winning. With the help of Vesper Lynd and Felix Leiter, Bond enters the most important poker game in his already dangerous career.",Casino Royale (2006),Action|Adventure|Thriller,49272
591,382625,Tom Hanks|Audrey Tautou|Ian McKellen|Paul Bettany|Jean Reno,Ron Howard,paris|holy grail|christianity|monk|zurich,"When the curator of the Louvre is found murdered in the famed museum's hallowed halls, Harvard professor, Robert Langdon and cryptographer, Sophie Neve must untangle a deadly web of deceit involving the works of Leonardo da Vinci.","Da Vinci Code, The (2006)",Drama|Mystery|Thriller,45447
950,438097,Ray Romano|John Leguizamo|Denis Leary|Queen Latifah|Seann William Scott,Carlos Saldanha,mammoth|sloth|ice age|barrier ice|ice melting,"Diego, Manny and Sid return in this sequel to the hit animated movie Ice Age. This time around, the deep freeze is over, and the ice-covered earth is starting to melt, which will destroy the trio's cherished valley. The impending disaster prompts them to reunite and warn all the other beasts about the desperate situation.",Ice Age 2: The Meltdown (2006),Adventure|Animation|Children|Comedy,44022
956,317919,Tom Cruise|Philip Seymour Hoffman|Ving Rhames|Billy Crudup|Jonathan Rhys Meyers,J.J. Abrams,berlin|cia|vatican|white house|secret identity,"Retired from active duty to train new IMF agents, Ethan Hunt is called back into action to confront sadistic arms dealer Owen Davian. Hunt must try to protect his girlfriend while working with his new team to complete the mission.",Mission: Impossible III (2006),Action|Adventure|Thriller,45186
350,458352,Meryl Streep|Anne Hathaway|Emily Blunt|Stanley Tucci|Simon Baker,David Frankel,paris|journalist|journalism|world of fasion|fashion journal,The Devil Wears Prada is about a young journalist who moves to New York to work in the fashion industry. Her boss however is extremely demanding and cruel and won’t let her succeed if she doesn’t fit into the high class elegant look of their magazine when all she really wants to be a good journalist.,"Devil Wears Prada, The (2006)",Comedy|Drama,45720
1422,407887,Leonardo DiCaprio|Matt Damon|Jack Nicholson|Mark Wahlberg|Martin Sheen,Martin Scorsese,undercover|boston|police|friends|mafia,"To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.","Departed, The (2006)",Crime|Drama|Thriller,48516
1581,457939,Cameron Diaz|Kate Winslet|Jude Law|Jack Black|Eli Wallach,Nancy Meyers,holiday|london|film making|christmas party|country house,"Two women, one (Cameron Diaz) from America and one (Kate Winslet) from Britain, swap homes at Christmastime after bad breakups with their boyfriends. Each woman finds romance with a local man (Jude Law, Jack Black) but realizes that the imminent return home may end the relationship.","Holiday, The (2006)",Comedy|Romance,49286
1124,482571,Hugh Jackman|Christian Bale|Michael Caine|Scarlett Johansson|Andy Serkis,Christopher Nolan,competition|secret|obsession|magic|dying and death,"A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.","Prestige, The (2006)",Drama|Mystery|Sci-Fi|Thriller,48780
1593,477347,Ben Stiller|Jake Cherry|Carla Gugino|Robin Williams|Dick Van Dyke,Shawn Levy,sunrise|indian|museum|skeleton|chaos,"Chaos reigns at the natural history museum when night watchman Larry Daley accidentally stirs up an ancient curse, awakening Attila the Hun, an army of gladiators, a Tyrannosaurus rex and other exhibits. Larry tries desperately to keep the museum under control, but he's fighting a losing battle until President Teddy Roosevelt comes to the rescue.",Night at the Museum (2006),Action|Comedy|Fantasy|IMAX,46972
1164,449467,Brad Pitt|Cate Blanchett|Gael García Bernal|Rinko Kikuchi|Adriana Barraza,Alejandro González Iñárritu,terror|loss of mother|gun|morocco|deaf-mute,"Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, touching off an interlocking story involving four different families.",Babel (2006),Drama|Thriller,46723
9693,206634,Clive Owen|Michael Caine|Julianne Moore|Charlie Hunnam|Chiwetel Ejiofor,Alfonso Cuarón,police state|hippie|rebel|miracle|future,"In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.",Children of Men (2006),Action|Adventure|Drama|Sci-Fi|Thriller,48774
1452,348150,Brandon Routh|Kevin Spacey|Kate Bosworth|James Marsden|Parker Posey,Bryan Singer,saving the world|dc comics|invulnerability|sequel|superhero,"Set 5 years after the end of Superman II, the film begins when Superman returns to discover his absence allowed Lex Luthor to walk free, and that those he was closest too felt abandoned and have moved on. Luthor plots his ultimate revenge that could see millions killed and change the face of the planet forever, as well as ridding himself of the Man Of Steel.",Superman Returns (2006),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi|IMAX,46530
496,443453,Sacha Baron Cohen|Ken Davitian|Luenell|Pamela Anderson|Bob Barr,Larry Charles,male nudity|usa|california|prostitute|journalist,"Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev travels to America to make a documentary. As he zigzags across the nation, Borat meets real people in real situations with hysterical consequences. His backwards behavior generates strong reactions around him exposing prejudices and hypocrisies in American culture.",Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006),Comedy,48385
9339,389860,Adam Sandler|Kate Beckinsale|Christopher Walken|David Hasselhoff|Henry Winkler,Frank Coraci,regret|workaholic|heart attack|architect|dying and death,A workaholic architect finds a universal remote that allows him to fast-forward and rewind to different parts of his life. Complications arise when the remote starts to overrule his choices.,Click (2006),Adventure|Comedy|Drama|Fantasy|Romance,45672
9767,452594,Vince Vaughn|Jennifer Aniston|Joey Lauren Adams|Cole Hauser|Jon Favreau,Peyton Reed,bowling|chicago|american football|flat|baseball,"Cohabitating couple Gary and Brooke find their once-blissful romance on the rocks when petty spats about lemons and dirty dishes mushroom into an all-out battle for custody of their upscale Chicago condo. An escalating argument ensues as Gary and Brooke continue to live under the same roof, all while cooking up schemes to drive each other off the premises.","Break-Up, The (2006)",Comedy|Drama|Romance,45501
388,454848,Denzel Washington|Clive Owen|Jodie Foster|Christopher Plummer|Willem Dafoe,Spike Lee,bank manager|kidnapper|nazi background|blackmail|document,"Bank robber Dalton Russell enters a Manhattan bank, locks the doors and takes hostages, working methodically and without haste. Detective Frazier is assigned to negotiate, but his mind is occupied with the corruption charges he is facing. With an army of police surrounding the bank, the thief, the cop and a high-profile 'fixer' enter high-stakes negotiations.",Inside Man (2006),Crime|Drama|Thriller,44199
7518,327084,Bruce Willis|Garry Shandling|Steve Carell|Wanda Sykes|William Shatner,Tim Johnson|Karey Kirkpatrick,squirrel|eating and drinking|vororte|garden|grizzly bear,"A scheming raccoon fools a mismatched family of forest creatures into helping him repay a debt of food, by invading the new suburban sprawl that popped up while they were hibernating...and learns a lesson about family himself.",Over the Hedge (2006),Adventure|Animation|Children|Comedy,45431
1372,450259,Leonardo DiCaprio|Djimon Hounsou|Jennifer Connelly|Kagiso Kuypers|Arnold Vosloo,Edward Zwick,rebel|journalist|journalism|loss of family|slavery,"An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed countrywide.",Blood Diamond (2006),Action|Adventure|Crime|Drama|Thriller|War,49530
1948,479884,Jason Statham|Amy Smart|Jose Pablo Cantillo|Efren Ramirez|Dwight Yoakam,Brian Taylor|Mark Neveldine,poison|helicopter|assassin|nudity|hitman,Professional assassin Chev Chelios learns his rival has injected him with a poison that will kill him if his heart rate drops.,Crank (2006),Action|Thriller,47200
186,425210,Josh Hartnett|Bruce Willis|Lucy Liu|Morgan Freeman|Ben Kingsley,Paul McGuigan,assassination|assassin|identity|sniper|mistake in person,"Slevin is mistakenly put in the middle of a personal war between the city’s biggest criminal bosses. Under constant watch, Slevin must try not to get killed by an infamous assassin and come up with an idea of how to get out of his current dilemma. A film with many twists and turns.",Lucky Number Slevin (2006),Crime|Drama|Mystery,44665
588,384537,Radha Mitchell|Sean Bean|Laurie Holden|Deborah Kara Unger|Kim Coates,Christophe Gans,monster|mother role|burning of witches|fog|suffering,"The eerie and deserted ghost town of Silent Hill draws a young mother desperate to find a cure for her only child's illness. Unable to accept the doctor's diagnosis that her daughter should be permanently institutionalized for psychiatric care, Rose flees with her child, heading for the abandoned town in search of answers – and ignoring the protests of her husband. It's soon clear this place is unlike anywhere she's ever been. It's smothered by fog, inhabited by a variety of strange beings and periodically overcome by a living 'darkness' that literally transforms everything it touches. As Rose searches for her little girl, she begins to learn the history of the strange town and realizes that her daughter is just a pawn in a larger game.",Silent Hill (2006),Fantasy|Horror|Thriller,45081
1381,414993,Hugh Jackman|Rachel Weisz|Ellen Burstyn|Mark Margolis|Stephen McHattie,Darren Aronofsky,brain tumor|operation|queen|love of one's life|surgeon,"Spanning over one thousand years, and three parallel stories, The Fountain is a story of love, death, spirituality, and the fragility of our existence in this world.","Fountain, The (2006)",Drama|Fantasy|Romance,48043
9836,366548,Lombardo Boyar|Robin Williams|Johnny A. Sanchez|Carlos Alazraqui|Jeffrey Garcia,George Miller,ocean|fish|zoo|penguin|tap dancing,"Into the world of the Emperor Penguins, who find their soul mates through song, a penguin is born who cannot sing. But he can tap dance something fierce!",Happy Feet (2006),Adventure|Animation|Children|Comedy|IMAX,49274
1246,479143,Sylvester Stallone|Burt Young|Milo Ventimiglia|Geraldine Hughes|James Francis Kelly III,Sylvester Stallone,philadelphia|transporter|fight|love of one's life|publicity,"When he loses a highly publicized virtual boxing match to ex-champ Rocky Balboa, reigning heavyweight titleholder Mason Dixon retaliates by challenging the Itallian Stallion to a nationally televised, 10-round exhibition bout. To the surprise of his son and friends, Rocky agrees to come out of retirement and face an opponent who's faster, stronger and thirty years his junior.",Rocky Balboa (2006),Action|Drama,49651
7551,453467,Denzel Washington|Paula Patton|Val Kilmer|Jim Caviezel|Adam Goldberg,Tony Scott,deja vu|new orleans|time travel|investigator|fbi agent,"Called in to recover evidence in the aftermath of a horrific explosion on a New Orleans ferry, Federal agent Doug Carlin gets pulled away from the scene and taken to a top-secret government lab that uses a time-shifting surveillance device to help prevent crime.",Déjà Vu (Deja Vu) (2006),Action|Sci-Fi|Thriller,49278
2486,449010,Ed Speleers|Jeremy Irons|Sienna Guillory|Robert Carlyle|Djimon Hounsou,Stefen Fangmeier,based on novel|mythical creature|dragon|fantasy world|teenage hero,"In his homeland of Alagaesia, a farm boy happens upon a dragon's egg -- a discovery that leads him on a predestined journey where he realized he's the one person who can defend his home against an evil king.",Eragon (2006),Action|Adventure|Fantasy,49649
2044,410297,Keanu Reeves|Sandra Bullock|Shohreh Aghdashloo|Christopher Plummer|Ebon Moss-Bachrach,Alejandro Agresti,chicago|writing|architect|future|time,"A lonely doctor who once occupied an unusual lakeside home begins exchanging love letters with its former resident, a frustrated architect. They must try to unravel the mystery behind their extraordinary romance before it's too late.","Lake House, The (2006)",Drama|Fantasy|Romance,45668
4257,362120,Anna Faris|Regina Hall|Craig Bierko|Bill Pullman|Anthony Anderson,David Zucker,haunted house|alien life-form|riesen-ipod,"Cindy finds out the house she lives in is haunted by a little boy and goes on a quest to find out who killed him and why. Also, Alien ""Tr-iPods"" are invading the world and she has to uncover the secret in order to stop them.",Scary Movie 4 (2006),Comedy|Horror,44972
1579,472043,Rudy Youngblood|Dalia Hernández|Jonathan Brewer|Morris Birdyellowhead|Raoul Max Trujillo,Mel Gibson,loss of family|solar eclipse|slavery|jaguar|village,"Set in the Mayan civilization, when a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, he is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate and spurred by the power of his love for his woman and his family he will make a desperate break to return home and to ultimately save his way of life.",Apocalypto (2006),Adventure|Drama|Thriller,48304
9920,370032,Milla Jovovich|Cameron Bright|Nick Chinlund|William Fichtner|Ida Martin,Kurt Wimmer,skyscraper|victim|dystopia|boy|doctor,A beautiful hemophage infected with a virus that gives her superhuman powers has to protect a boy who is thought to be carrying antigens that would destroy all hemophages.,Ultraviolet (2006),Action|Fantasy|Sci-Fi|Thriller,43928
82,430357,Jamie Foxx|Colin Farrell|Gong Li|Luis Tosar|Naomie Harris,Michael Mann,butts|crushed throat|drug deal|havana cuba|speedboat ,Miami Vice is a feature film based on the 1980s action drama TV series. The film tells the story of vice detectives Crockett and Tubbs and how their personal and professional lives are dangerously getting mixed.,Miami Vice (2006),Action|Crime|Drama|Thriller,47044
3683,418689,Ryan Phillippe|Adam Beach|Jesse Bradford|John Benjamin Hickey|John Slattery,Clint Eastwood,world war ii|dying and death|pacific|iwo jima|aftercreditsstinger,"There were five Marines and one Navy Corpsman photographed raising the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945. This is the story of three of the six surviving servicemen – John 'Doc' Bradley, Pvt. Rene Gagnon and Pvt. Ira Hayes, who fought in the battle to take Iwo Jima from the Japanese.",Flags of Our Fathers (2006),Drama|War,48783
7516,475394,Ryan Reynolds|Ray Liotta|Joseph Ruskin|Alex Rocco|Wayne Newton,Joe Carnahan,neo-nazi|gun|sniper|fbi|hitman,"When a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy Israel decides to turn state's evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole lot of people would like to make sure he's no longer breathing.",Smokin' Aces (2006),Action|Crime|Drama|Thriller,50794
1491,443543,Edward Norton|Jessica Biel|Paul Giamatti|Rufus Sewell|Eddie Marsan,Neil Burger,magic|princess|love|rivalry|vienna austria,"With his eye on a lovely aristocrat, a gifted illusionist named Eisenheim uses his powers to win her away from her betrothed, a crowned prince. But Eisenheim's scheme creates tumult within the monarchy and ignites the suspicion of a dogged inspector.","Illusionist, The (2006)",Drama|Fantasy|Mystery|Romance,47610
2295,424345,Brian O'Halloran|Jeff Anderson|Jason Mewes|Kevin Smith|Rosario Dawson,Kevin Smith,independent film|aftercreditsstinger|duringcreditsstinger,"A calamity at Dante and Randall's shops sends them looking for new horizons - but they ultimately settle at Mooby's, a fictional Disney-McDonald's-style fast-food empire.",Clerks II (2006),Comedy,45728
9718,415306,Will Ferrell|John C. Reilly|Gary Cole|Austin Crim|Jake Johnson,Adam McKay,north carolina|prayer|erection|family dinner|wild animal,"Lifelong friends and national idols Ricky Bobby and Cal Naughton Jr. have earned their NASCAR stripes with their uncanny knack of finishing races in the first and second slots, respectively, and slinging catchphrases like ""Shake and bake!"" But when a rival French driver coasts onto the track to challenge their records, they'll have to floor it to retain their top-dog status.",Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006),Action|Comedy,46970
1402,454921,Will Smith|Jaden Smith|Thandie Newton|Brian Howe|James Karen,Gabriele Muccino,san francisco|single parent|homeless person|bus|worker,"The true story of Christopher Gardner, who invests heavily in a device known as a 'Bone Density Scanner', only to find himself struggle to sell the product as it's just marginally better than the current technology, and much more expensive. His wife leaves him,  he loses his house, bank account and credit cards and, now forced to live out in the streets with his young son,  he's desperate to find a steady job. He takes on a job as a stockbroker but, before he can receive pay, he needs to go through 6 months of training, and must sell his devices.","Pursuit of Happyness, The (2006)",Drama,47099
1887,422720,Kirsten Dunst|Jason Schwartzman|Judy Davis|Rip Torn|Asia Argento,Sofia Coppola,shoe|voice over|rite|theatre audience|bride and groom,"The retelling of France's iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 15 to her reign as queen at 19 and ultimately the fall of Versailles.",Marie Antoinette (2006),Drama|Romance,45880
14784,460791,Catinca Untaru|Lee Pace|Justine Waddell|Kim Uylenbroek|Aiden Lithgow,Tarsem Singh,fictional place|indian|morphine|darwin|imagination,"In a hospital on the outskirts of 1920s Los Angeles, an injured stuntman begins to tell a fellow patient, a little girl with a broken arm, a fantastic story about 5 mythical heroes. Thanks to his fractured state of mind and her vivid imagination, the line between fiction and reality starts to blur as the tale advances.","Fall, The (2006)",Adventure|Drama|Fantasy,59387
1523,455590,Forest Whitaker|James McAvoy|Simon McBurney|Gillian Anderson|Kerry Washington,Kevin Macdonald,dictator|1970s|general|kidnapper|naivety,"Young Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan decides it's time for an adventure after he finishes his formal education, so he decides to try his luck in Uganda, and arrives during the downfall of President Obote. General Idi Amin comes to power and asks Garrigan to become his personal doctor.","Last King of Scotland, The (2006)",Drama|Thriller,48738
214,489270,Tobin Bell|Shawnee Smith|Angus Macfadyen|Bahar Soomekh|Dina Meyer,Darren Lynn Bousman,brain tumor|nudity|suffocation|mutilation|severed foot,"Jigsaw has disappeared. Along with his new apprentice Amanda, the puppet-master behind the cruel, intricate games that have terrified a community and baffled police has once again eluded capture and vanished. While city detective scramble to locate him, Doctor Lynn Denlon and Jeff Reinhart are unaware that they are about to become the latest pawns on his vicious chessboard.",Saw III (2006),Crime|Horror|Thriller,48877
7512,387808,Luke Wilson|Maya Rudolph|Dax Shepard|Terry Crews|Anthony 'Citric' Campos,Mike Judge,prostitute|capitalism|u.s. president|arena|congress,"To test its top-secret Human Hibernation Project, the Pentagon picks the most average Americans it can find - an Army private and a prostitute - and sends them to the year 2505 after a series of freak events. But when they arrive, they find a civilization so dumbed-down that they're the smartest people around.",Idiocracy (2006),Adventure|Comedy|Sci-Fi|Thriller,47997
9353,457510,Jack Black|Ana de la Reguera|Héctor Jiménez|Darius Rose|Moisés Arias,Jared Hess,nun|sport|orphanage|ordensbruder|ringer,"Nacho Libre is loosely based on the story of Fray Tormenta (""Friar Storm""), aka Rev. Sergio Gutierrez Benitez, a real-life Mexican Catholic priest who had a 23-year career as a masked luchador. He competed in order to support the orphanage he directed. The producers are Jack Black, David Klawans, Julia Pistor, and Mike White.",Nacho Libre (2006),Comedy,45666
773,449059,Greg Kinnear|Toni Collette|Steve Carell|Paul Dano|Abigail Breslin,Jonathan Dayton|Valerie Faris,california|brother sister relationship|wife husband relationship|family's daily life|oscar award,"A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.",Little Miss Sunshine (2006),Adventure|Comedy|Drama,46578
1251,498380,Ken Watanabe|Kazunari Ninomiya|Tsuyoshi Ihara|Ryo Kase|Nakamura ShidÅ II,Clint Eastwood,world war ii|cave|dying and death|pacific theater|japanese army,"The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.",Letters from Iwo Jima (2006),Drama|War,50068
3509,405296,Keanu Reeves|Winona Ryder|Woody Harrelson|Robert Downey Jr.|Mitch Baker,Richard Linklater,california|detective|based on novel|dream|undercover,An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.,"Scanner Darkly, A (2006)",Animation|Drama|Mystery|Sci-Fi|Thriller,27904
1262,420223,Will Ferrell|Maggie Gyllenhaal|Dustin Hoffman|Emma Thompson|Queen Latifah,Marc Forster,professor|literature|love|romantic comedy|author,"Everybody knows that your life is a story. But what if a story was your life? Harold Crick is your average IRS agent: monotonous, boring, and repetitive. But one day this all changes when Harold begins to hear an author inside his head narrating his life. But when the narration reveals he is going to die, Harold must find the author and convince them to change the ending.",Stranger than Fiction (2006),Comedy|Drama|Fantasy|Romance,46976
9788,384793,Justin Long|Jonah Hill|Blake Lively|Adam Herschman|Columbus Short,Steve Pink,hot dog costume|electro shock|fake school|strait jacket|croquet,"A high school slacker who's rejected by every school he applies to opts to create his own institution of higher learning, the South Harmon Institute of Technology, on a rundown piece of property near his hometown.",Accepted (2006),Comedy,47518
326,417148,Samuel L. Jackson|Julianna Margulies|Kenan Thompson|Nathan Phillips|Rachel Blanchard,David R. Ellis,suspense|death|first class|lei|video game reference,"America is on the search for the murderer Eddie Kim. Sean Jones must fly to L.A. to testify in a hearing against Kim. Accompanied by FBI agent Neville Flynn, the flight receives some unexpected visitors.",Snakes on a Plane (2006),Action|Comedy|Horror|Thriller,46965
9615,463985,Lucas Black|Sung Kang|Brian Tee|Nathalie Kelley|Shad Moss,Justin Lin,car race|car journey|car mechanic|auto|car garage,"In order to avoid a jail sentence, Sean Boswell heads to Tokyo to live with his military father. In a low-rent section of the city, Shaun gets caught up in the underground world of drift racing","Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, The (Fast and the Furious 3, The) (2006)",Action|Crime|Drama|Thriller,46335
9957,437863,Jon Heder|Rob Schneider|David Spade|Jon Lovitz|Tim Meadows,Dennis Dugan,baseball|pizza|sport|paperboy|team,A trio of guys try and make up for missed opportunities in childhood by forming a three-player baseball team to compete against standard little league squads.,"Benchwarmers, The (2006)",Comedy,44840
1165,436697,Helen Mirren|Michael Sheen|James Cromwell|Sylvia Syms|Helen McCrory,Stephen Frears,upper class|loss of mother|great britain|sadness|queen,"The Queen is an intimate behind the scenes glimpse at the interaction between HM Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Tony Blair during their struggle, following the death of Diana, to reach a compromise between what was a private tragedy for the Royal family and the public's demand for an overt display of mourning.",The Queen (2006),Drama,47629
1781,497116,Al Gore|Billy West|Ronald Reagan|George W. Bush|George H. W. Bush,Davis Guggenheim,climate change|greenhouse effect|climate|earth|global warming,A documentary on Al Gore's campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwide.,"Inconvenient Truth, An (2006)",Documentary,45950
36668,376994,Hugh Jackman|Halle Berry|Ian McKellen|Patrick Stewart|Famke Janssen,Brett Ratner,mutant|marvel comic|based on comic book|superhuman|storm,"When a cure is found to treat mutations, lines are drawn amongst the X-Men, led by Professor Charles Xavier, and the Brotherhood, a band of powerful mutants organized under Xavier's former ally, Magneto.",X-Men: The Last Stand (2006),Action|Sci-Fi|Thriller,45499
673,304141,Daniel Radcliffe|Rupert Grint|Emma Watson|Gary Oldman|David Thewlis,Alfonso Cuarón,flying|traitor|cutting the cord|child hero|broom,"Harry, Ron and Hermione return to Hogwarts for another magic-filled year. Harry comes face to face with danger yet again, this time in the form of escaped convict, Sirius Black – and turns to sympathetic Professor Lupin for help.",Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004),Adventure|Fantasy|IMAX,8368
393,378194,Uma Thurman|David Carradine|Daryl Hannah|Michael Madsen|Gordon Liu Chia-Hui,Quentin Tarantino,brother brother relationship|swordplay|katana|mother role|rage and hate,"The Bride unwaveringly continues on her roaring rampage of revenge against the band of assassins who had tried to kill her and her unborn child. She visits each of her former associates one-by-one, checking off the victims on her Death List Five until there's nothing left to do … but kill Bill.",Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004),Action|Drama|Thriller,7438
9801,317198,Renée Zellweger|Hugh Grant|Colin Firth|Jim Broadbent|Gemma Jones,Beeban Kidron,london|lovesickness|thailand|clumsy fellow|to drop brick,"The story picks up four weeks after the first film, and already Bridget Jones is becoming uncomfortable in her relationship with Mark Darcy. Apart from discovering that he's a conservative voter, she has to deal with a new boss, strange contractor, and the worst vacation of her life.",Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004),Comedy|Drama|Romance,8969
38,338013,Jim Carrey|Kate Winslet|Elijah Wood|Mark Ruffalo|Kirsten Dunst,Michel Gondry,deja vu|lovesickness|jealousy|amnesia|loss of sense of reality,"Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.",Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004),Drama|Romance|Sci-Fi,7361
11036,332280,Rachel McAdams|Ryan Gosling|Gena Rowlands|James Garner|Sam Shepard,Nick Cassavetes,poem|river|sadness|fight|love of one's life,"An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who is separated by World War II, and is then passionately reunited, seven years later, after they have taken different paths.","Notebook, The (2004)",Drama|Romance,8533
9806,317705,Craig T. Nelson|Holly Hunter|Samuel L. Jackson|Jason Lee|Dominique Louis,Brad Bird,secret identity|secret|hero|island|wretch,"Bob Parr has given up his superhero days to log in time as an insurance adjuster and raise his three children with his formerly heroic wife in suburbia. But when he receives a mysterious assignment, it's time to get back into costume.","Incredibles, The (2004)",Action|Adventure|Animation|Children|Comedy,8961
2502,372183,Matt Damon|Franka Potente|Brian Cox|Julia Stiles|Karl Urban,Paul Greengrass,berlin|assassin|based on novel|amnesia|sniper,"When a CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and Marie have been living. The pair run for their lives and Bourne, who promised retaliation should anyone from his former life attempt contact, is forced to once again take up his life as a trained assassin to survive.","Bourne Supremacy, The (2004)",Action|Crime|Thriller,8665
652,332452,Brad Pitt|Orlando Bloom|Eric Bana|Brian Cox|Sean Bean,Wolfgang Petersen,brother brother relationship|adultery|beauty|trojan war|bravery,"In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnom to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. So they set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy. With the help of Achilles, the Greeks are able to fight the never before defeated Trojans.",Troy (2004),Action|Adventure|Drama|War,7458
2059,368891,Nicolas Cage|Diane Kruger|Justin Bartha|Sean Bean|Jon Voight,Jon Turteltaub,riddle|treasure|treasure hunt|archaeologist|archeology ,"Modern treasure hunters, led by archaeologist Ben Gates, search for a chest of riches rumored to have been stashed away by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin during the Revolutionary War. The chest's whereabouts may lie in secret clues embedded in the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, and Gates is in a race to find the gold before his enemies do.",National Treasure (2004),Action|Adventure|Drama|Mystery|Thriller,8972
2048,343818,Will Smith|Bridget Moynahan|Alan Tudyk|James Cromwell|Bruce Greenwood,Alex Proyas,suicide|artificial intelligence|man vs machine|chicago|based on novel,"In the year 2035, where robots are common and abide by the three laws of robotics, a techno-phobic cop investigates an apparent suicide. Suspecting that a robot may be responsible for the death, his investigation leads him to believe that humanity may be in danger.","I, Robot (2004)",Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi|Thriller,8644
1824,343660,Adam Sandler|Drew Barrymore|Rob Schneider|Sean Astin|Lusia Strus,Peter Segal,deja vu|amnesia|hawaii|ladykiller|romantic comedy,"Henry is a player skilled at seducing women. But when this veterinarian meets Lucy, a girl with a quirky problem when it comes to total recall, he realizes it's possible to fall in love all over again…and again, and again. That's because the delightful Lucy has no short-term memory, so Henry must woo her day after day until he finally sweeps her off her feet.",50 First Dates (2004),Comedy|Romance,7293
10625,377092,Lindsay Lohan|Rachel McAdams|Tim Meadows|Ana Gasteyer|Amy Poehler,Mark Waters,female friendship|high school|fish out of water|best friend|teenager,"Cady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George.",Mean Girls (2004),Comedy,7451
7131,338526,Hugh Jackman|Kate Beckinsale|Richard Roxburgh|David Wenham|Shuler Hensley,Stephen Sommers,transylvania|vatican|dracula|frankenstein|werewolf,Famed monster slayer Gabriel Van Helsing is dispatched to Transylvania to assist the last of the Valerious bloodline in defeating Count Dracula. Anna Valerious reveals that Dracula has formed an unholy alliance with Dr. Frankenstein's monster and is hell-bent on exacting a centuries-old curse on her family.,Van Helsing (2004),Action|Adventure|Fantasy|Horror,7454
1487,167190,Ron Perlman|Selma Blair|Rupert Evans|John Hurt|Jeffrey Tambor,Guillermo del Toro,fistfight|coverup|superhero|paranormal phenomena|person on fire,"In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where the ceremony is taking place, but not before a demon - Hellboy - has already been conjured. Joining the Allied forces, Hellboy eventually grows to adulthood, serving the cause of good rather than evil.",Hellboy (2004),Action|Adventure|Fantasy|Horror,7373
5255,338348,Tom Hanks|Michael Jeter|Eddie Deezen|Chris Coppola|Nona Gaye,Robert Zemeckis,santa claus|nerd|faith|gift|bell,"This is the story of a young boy on Christmas Eve who boards a magical train that's headed to the North Pole. What unfolds is an an adventure which follows a doubting boy, who takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole; during this ride, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery which shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe.","Polar Express, The (2004)",Adventure|Animation|Children|Fantasy|IMAX,8965
809,298148,Mike Myers|Eddie Murphy|Cameron Diaz|Julie Andrews|Antonio Banderas,Andrew Adamson|Kelly Asbury|Conrad Vernon,prison|liberation|honeymoon|parents-in-law|kingdom,"Shrek, Fiona and Donkey set off to Far, Far Away to meet Fiona's mother and father. But not everyone is happy. Shrek and the King find it hard to get along, and there's tension in the marriage. The fairy godmother discovers that Shrek has married Fiona instead of her Son Prince Charming and sets about destroying their marriage.",Shrek 2 (2004),Adventure|Animation|Children|Comedy|Musical|Romance,8360
1954,289879,Ashton Kutcher|Amy Smart|William Lee Scott|Elden Henson|Melora Walters,Eric Bress|J. Mackye Gruber,amnesia|chaos theory|blackout|time travel|flashback,"A young man struggles to access sublimated childhood memories. He finds a technique that allows him to travel back into the past, to occupy his childhood body and change history. However, he soon finds that every change he makes has unexpected consequences.",The Butterfly Effect (2004),Drama|Sci-Fi|Thriller,7254
1577,318627,Milla Jovovich|Sienna Guillory|Oded Fehr|Thomas Kretschmann|Sophie Vavasseur,Alexander Witt,martial arts|mutant|dystopia|rescue|conspiracy,"As the city is locked down under quarantine, Alice joins a small band of elite soldiers, enlisted to rescue the missing daughter of the creator of the mutating T-virus. It's a heart-pounding race against time as the group faces off against hordes of blood- thirsty zombies, stealthy Lickers, mutant canines and the most sinister foe yet.",Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004),Action|Horror|Sci-Fi|Thriller,8861
163,349903,George Clooney|Brad Pitt|Catherine Zeta-Jones|Julia Roberts|Andy García,Steven Soderbergh,fabergé egg|dutch eastindian company|second|part|part of trilogy,"Danny Ocean reunites with his old flame and the rest of his merry band of thieves in a caper concerning three huge heists in Rome, Paris and Amsterdam. But Europol agent Isabel Lahiri is hot on their heels.",Ocean's Twelve (2004),Action|Comedy|Crime|Thriller,8984
693,290002,Ben Stiller|Teri Polo|Robert De Niro|Dustin Hoffman|Barbra Streisand,Jay Roach,cia|parents kids relationship|florida|anti-authoritarian upbringing|jew,"Hard-to-crack ex-CIA man, Jack Byrnes and his wife, Dina head for the warmer climes of Florida to meet son-in-law-to-be, Greg Focker's parents. Unlike their happily matched offspring, the future in-laws find themselves in a situation of opposites that definitely do not attract.",Meet the Fockers (2004),Comedy,30825
435,319262,Dennis Quaid|Jake Gyllenhaal|Emmy Rossum|Dash Mihok|Jay O. Sanders,Roland Emmerich,saving the world|library|cataclysm|climate change|greenhouse effect,"After years of unabated global warming, the greenhouse effect is wreaking havoc all over the globe in the form of catastrophic hurricanes, tornadoes, tidal waves, floods and, most ominously, the beginning of the next Ice Age. Paleoclimatologist Jack Hall tries to save the world while also shepherding to safety his son Sam, who was in New York when the city was overwhelmed by the beginnings of the new big freeze.","Day After Tomorrow, The (2004)",Action|Adventure|Drama|Sci-Fi|Thriller,8361
2567,338751,Leonardo DiCaprio|Cate Blanchett|Kate Beckinsale|John C. Reilly|Alec Baldwin,Martin Scorsese,ladykiller|pilot|biography|womanizer|aviation,"Martin Scorsese’s Oscar-winning biopic about the life of film-maker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe obsessive-compulsive disorder. After a scene from 1914, which may explain his later fear of dirt and disease, the film starts in 1927 during Hughes' filming of the World War I aviation film ""Hell's Angels"". He's 22 years old, has inherited the family's fortune and tool company, but wants to spend his time making film instead. However, he soon finds himself just as involved in the aviation industry, buying an airline and developing new planes.","Aviator, The (2004)",Drama,30812
1538,369339,Tom Cruise|Jamie Foxx|Jada Pinkett Smith|Mark Ruffalo|Peter Berg,Michael Mann,california|taxi|assassin|hostage|taxi driver,Cab driver Max picks up a man who offers him $600 to drive him around. But the promise of easy money sours when Max realizes his fare is an assassin.,Collateral (2004),Action|Crime|Drama|Thriller,8798
747,365748,Simon Pegg|Nick Frost|Kate Ashfield|Lucy Davis|Dylan Moran,Edgar Wright,record collection|flower|cheese|pub|surrey,Shaun of the Dead is a humorous homage to Zombie movies from director Edgar Wright; an outrageous romantic comedy with zombies.,Shaun of the Dead (2004),Comedy|Horror,8874
36648,359013,Wesley Snipes|Kris Kristofferson|Dominic Purcell|Jessica Biel|Ryan Reynolds,David S. Goyer,dracula|comic book|fistfight|superhero|martial arts master,"For years, Blade has fought against the vampires in the cover of the night. But now, after falling into the crosshairs of the FBI, he is forced out into the daylight, where he is driven to join forces with a clan of human vampire hunters he never knew existed - The Nightstalkers. Together with Abigail and Hannibal, two deftly trained Nightstalkers, Blade follows a trail of blood to the ancient creature that is also hunting him, the original vampire, Dracula.",Blade: Trinity (2004),Action|Fantasy|Horror|Thriller,8985
594,362227,Tom Hanks|Catherine Zeta-Jones|Stanley Tucci|Chi McBride|Diego Luna,Steven Spielberg,new york|airport|marriage proposal|translation|craftsman,"Viktor Navorski is a man without a country; his plane took off just as a coup d'etat exploded in his homeland, leaving it in shambles, and now he's stranded at Kennedy Airport, where he's holding a passport that nobody recognizes. While quarantined in the transit lounge until authorities can figure out what to do with him, Viktor simply goes on living – and courts romance with a beautiful flight attendant.","Terminal, The (2004)",Comedy|Drama|Romance,8529
11774,339291,Jim Carrey|Meryl Streep|Jude Law|Emily Browning|Liam Aiken,Brad Silberling,library|baby|banane|baudelaire,"Three wealthy children's parents are killed in a fire. When they are sent to a distant relative, they find out that he is plotting to kill them and seize their fortune.",Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004),Adventure|Children|Comedy|Fantasy,27706
70,405159,Clint Eastwood|Hilary Swank|Morgan Freeman|Jay Baruchel|Mike Colter,Clint Eastwood,transporter|suicide attempt|strong woman|boxer|dying and death,"Despondent over a painful estrangement from his daughter, trainer Frankie Dunn isn't prepared for boxer Maggie Fitzgerald to enter his life. But Maggie's determined to go pro and to convince Dunn and his cohort to help her.",Million Dollar Baby (2004),Drama,30707
10555,307453,Will Smith|Robert De Niro|Renée Zellweger|Jack Black|Angelina Jolie,Bibo Bergeron|Vicky Jenson|Rob Letterman,fish|hero|mission of murder|threat to death|secret love,"Oscar is a small fish whose big aspirations often get him into trouble. Meanwhile, Lenny is a great white shark with a surprising secret that no sea creature would guess: He's a vegetarian. When a lie turns Oscar into an improbable hero and Lenny becomes an outcast, the two form an unlikely friendship.",Shark Tale (2004),Animation|Children|Comedy,8907
5137,346156,Jude Law|Gwyneth Paltrow|Giovanni Ribisi|Angelina Jolie|Bai Ling,Kerry Conran,london|himalaya|journalist|killer robot|computer war,"When gigantic robots attack New York City, ""Sky Captain"" uses his private air force to fight them off. His ex-girlfriend, reporter Polly Perkins, has been investigating the recent disappearance of prominent scientists. Suspecting a link between the global robot attacks and missing men, Sky Captain and Polly decide to work together. They fly to the Himalayas in pursuit of the mysterious Dr. Totenkopf, the mastermind behind the robots.",Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi,8865
1640,375679,Sandra Bullock|Don Cheadle|Matt Dillon|Michael Peña|Jennifer Esposito,Paul Haggis,daughter|installer|car crash,"Los Angeles citizens with vastly separate lives collide in interweaving stories of race, loss and redemption.",Crash (2004),Crime|Drama,33166
8699,357413,Will Ferrell|Christina Applegate|Paul Rudd|David Koechner|Steve Carell,Adam McKay,journalism|sexism|ladder|panda|tv show in film,"It's the 1970s, and San Diego super-sexist anchorman Ron Burgundy is the top dog in local TV, but that's all about to change when ambitious reporter Veronica Corningstone arrives as a new employee at his station.",Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004),Comedy,8641
10096,337563,Jennifer Garner|Mark Ruffalo|Judy Greer|Andy Serkis|Kathy Baker,Gary Winick,new york|photographer|editor-in-chief|wish|michael jackson,"After total humiliation at her thirteenth birthday party, Jenna Rink wants to just hide until she's thirty. With a little magic, her wish is granted, but it turns out that being thirty isn't as always as awesome as she thought it would be!",13 Going on 30 (2004),Comedy|Fantasy|Romance,7444
10591,265208,Emile Hirsch|Elisha Cuthbert|Timothy Olyphant|James Remar|Chris Marquette,Luke Greenfield,porn actor|pornographic video|high school|school party|blonde,"Exceptionally ambitious high schooler Matthew has aspirations for a career in politics when he falls in love with his gorgeous 19-year-old neighbor, Danielle. But Matthew's bright future is jeopardized when he finds Danielle was once a porn star. As Danielle's past catches up with her, Matthew's love for her forces him to re-evaluate his goals.","Girl Next Door, The (2004)",Comedy|Romance,7346
866,308644,Johnny Depp|Kate Winslet|Julie Christie|Dustin Hoffman|Freddie Highmore,Marc Forster,london|scotland|parents kids relationship|becoming an adult|fantasy,Finding Neverland is an amusing drama about how the story of Peter Pan and Neverland came to be. During a writing slump play writer J.M. Barrie meets the widowed Sylvia and her three children who soon become an important part of Barrie’s life and the inspiration that lead him to create his masterpiece “Peter Pan.â€,Finding Neverland (2004),Drama,8970
395,370263,Sanaa Lathan|Raoul Bova|Ewen Bremner|Colin Salmon|Tommy Flanagan,Paul W.S. Anderson,saving the world|predator|laserpointer|space marine|pyramid,"When scientists discover something in the Arctic that appears to be a buried Pyramid, they send a research team out to investigate. Little do they know that they are about to step into a hunting ground where Aliens are grown as sport for the Predator race.",AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004),Action|Horror|Sci-Fi|Thriller,8810
9472,364725,Vince Vaughn|Christine Taylor|Ben Stiller|Rip Torn|Justin Long,Rawson Marshall Thurber,underdog|competition|bank|bar|ball,"When megalomaniacal White Goodman, the owner of a trendy, high-end fitness center, makes a move to take over the struggling local gym run by happy-go-lucky Pete La Fleur, there's only one way for La Fleur to fight back: dodgeball. Aided by a dodgeball guru and Goodman's attorney, La Fleur and his rag-tag team of underdogs launch a knock-down, drag-out battle in which the winner takes all.",Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004),Comedy,8528
1966,346491,Colin Farrell|Angelina Jolie|Val Kilmer|Jared Leto|Jonathan Rhys Meyers,Oliver Stone,aristotle|gay kiss|egypt|greece|persia,"Alexander, the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians he leads his Army across the then known world venturing further than any Westerner had ever gone all the way to India.",Alexander (2004),Action|Adventure|Drama|War,8977
11282,366551,John Cho|Kal Penn|Paula Garcés|Neil Patrick Harris|David Krumholtz,Danny Leiner,brother brother relationship|amsterdam|trip|road trip|cannabis,"Sometimes, it takes a strange night to put everything else into focus. And that's exactly what happens to Harold and his roommate, Kumar, when they set out to get the best stoner fix money can buy: White Castle hamburgers. Both guys are at a crossroads, about to make major decisions that will affect the course of their lives. Yet they arrive at wisdom by accident as they drive around New Jersey in search of fast food.",Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle (2004),Adventure|Comedy,8807
176,387564,Cary Elwes|Danny Glover|Monica Potter|Michael Emerson|Ken Leung,James Wan,shotgun|based on short film|sadist|pistol|chained,"Obsessed with teaching his victims the value of life, a deranged, sadistic serial killer abducts the morally wayward. Once captured, they must face impossible choices in a horrific game of survival. The victims must fight to win their lives back, or die trying...",Saw (2004),Horror|Mystery|Thriller,8957
558,316654,Tobey Maguire|Kirsten Dunst|James Franco|Alfred Molina|Rosemary Harris,Sam Raimi,dual identity|love of one's life|pizza boy|marvel comic|sequel,"Peter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, he decides to shelve his superhero alter ego, which leaves the city suffering in the wake of carnage left by the evil Doc Ock. In the meantime, Parker still can't act on his feelings for Mary Jane Watson, a girl he's loved since childhood.",Spider-Man 2 (2004),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi|IMAX,8636
9352,356150,Scott Mechlowicz|Jacob Pitts|Michelle Trachtenberg|Travis Wester|Vinnie Jones,Jeff Schaffer,paris|berlin|alcohol|sex|nudity,"When Scott learns that his longtime cyber-buddy from Berlin is a gorgeous young woman, he and his friends embark on a trip across Europe.",EuroTrip (2004),Adventure|Comedy,7317
9509,328107,Denzel Washington|Dakota Fanning|Marc Anthony|Radha Mitchell|Christopher Walken,Tony Scott,mexico|cia|diary|bible|bodyguard,"Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by fury and will stop at nothing to save her life.",Man on Fire (2004),Action|Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller,7445
5966,343135,Ben Stiller|Jennifer Aniston|Philip Seymour Hoffman|Debra Messing|Alec Baldwin,John Hamburg,beach|honeymoon|bride|chance|risk,"Reuben Feffer is a guy who's spent his entire life playing it safe. Polly Prince is irresistible as a free-spirit who lives for the thrill of the moment. When these two comically mismatched souls collide, Reuben's world is turned upside down, as he makes an uproarious attempt to change his life from middle-of-the-road to totally-out-there.",Along Came Polly (2004),Comedy|Romance,7173
2288,376541,Natalie Portman|Jude Law|Julia Roberts|Clive Owen|Colin Stinton,Mike Nichols,father-son relationship|love at first sight|photographer|loss of lover|cheating,"A witty, romantic, and very dangerous love story about chance meetings, instant attractions, and casual betrayals. Two couples disintegrate when they begin destructive adulterous affairs with each other.",Closer (2004),Drama|Romance,8981
7220,330793,Thomas Jane|John Travolta|Will Patton|Roy Scheider|Laura Harring,Jonathan Hensleigh,chain|submachine gun|undercover|smuggling|twin brother,"When undercover FBI agent Frank Castle's wife and son are slaughtered, he becomes 'the Punisher' -- a ruthless vigilante willing to go to any length to avenge his family.","Punisher, The (2004)",Action|Crime|Thriller,7439
924,363547,Sarah Polley|Ving Rhames|Jake Weber|Mekhi Phifer|Ty Burrell,Zack Snyder,refugee|mass murder|habor|car journey|department store,"A group of surviving people take refuge in a shopping center after the world has been over taken over by aggressive, flesh-eating zombies. A remake of the 1978 zombie film of the same name.",Dawn of the Dead (2004),Action|Drama|Horror|Thriller,7360
9477,349683,Clive Owen|Ioan Gruffudd|Keira Knightley|Mads Mikkelsen|Joel Edgerton,Antoine Fuqua,merlin|king arthur|sir lancelot|guinevere,"The story of the Arthurian legend, based on the 'Sarmatian hypothesis' which contends that the legend has a historical nucleus in the Sarmatian heavy cavalry troops stationed in Britain, and that the Roman-British military commander, Lucius Artorius Castus is the historical person behind the legend.",King Arthur (2004),Action|Adventure|Drama|War,8640
2789,296572,Vin Diesel|Christina Cox|Colm Feore|Karl Urban|Judi Dench,David Twohy,sunrise|adventure|dystopia|matter of life and death|rifle,"Five years after the events in sci-fi film Pitch Black, escaped convict Riddick finds himself caught in the middle of a galactic war waged by Lord Marshal, the leader of a sect called the Necromongers. Riddick is charged with stopping the Necromonger army, all while rescuing an old friend from a prison planet and evading capture by bounty hunters.","Chronicles of Riddick, The (2004)",Action|Sci-Fi|Thriller,8371
2539,371246,Adam Sandler|Téa Leoni|Paz Vega|Cloris Leachman|Shelbie Bruce,James L. Brooks,upper class|mother|single parent|parents kids relationship|wife husband relationship,"Mexican immigrant and single mother Flor Moreno finds housekeeping work with Deborah and John Clasky, a well-off couple with two children of their own. When Flor admits she can't handle the schedule because of her daughter, Cristina, Deborah decides they should move into the Clasky home. Cultures clash and tensions run high as Flor and the Claskys struggle to share space while raising their children on their own, and very different, terms.",Spanglish (2004),Comedy|Drama|Romance,27808
1586,363988,Johnny Depp|John Turturro|Timothy Hutton|Charles S. Dutton|Len Cariou,David Koepp,alcohol|adultery|detective|mississippi|jealousy,"Mort Rainey, a writer just emerging from a painful divorce with his ex-wife, is stalked at his remote lake house by a psychotic stranger and would-be scribe who claims Rainey swiped his best story idea. But as Rainey endeavors to prove his innocence, he begins to question his own sanity.",Secret Window (2004),Mystery|Thriller,7347
4836,375912,Daniel Craig|Colm Meaney|George Harris|Sally Hawkins|Kenneth Cranham,Matthew Vaughn,ecstasy|drug traffic|drug mule|hitman|mission of murder,"When a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime and come out on top, but to save his own skin...",Layer Cake (2004),Crime|Drama|Thriller,27831
80,381681,Ethan Hawke|Julie Delpy|Vernon Dobtcheff|Louise Lemoine Torrès|Mariane Plasteig,Richard Linklater,paris|journalist|dialogue|talking|soulmates,Nine years ago two strangers met by chance and spent a night in Vienna that ended before sunrise. They are about to meet for the first time since. Now they have one afternoon to find out if they belong together.,Before Sunset (2004),Drama|Romance,8638
1970,391198,Sarah Michelle Gellar|Jason Behr|William Mapother|Clea DuVall|KaDee Strickland,Takashi Shimizu,male nudity|nurse|japanese|house|curse,"Karen Davis is an American Nurse moves to Tokyo and encounter a supernatural spirit who is vengeful and often possesses its victims. A series of horrifying and mysterious deaths start to occur, with the spirit passing its curse onto each victim. Karen must now find away to break this spell, before she becomes its next victim.","Grudge, The (2004)",Horror|Mystery|Thriller,8947
14462,368008,Denzel Washington|Meryl Streep|Liev Schreiber|Jon Voight|Kimberly Elise,Jonathan Demme,senator|gulf war|canoe|kuwait|conspiracy,"When his army unit was ambushed during the first Gulf War, Sergeant Raymond Shaw saved his fellow soldiers just as his commanding officer, then-Captain Ben Marco, was knocked unconscious. Brokering the incident for political capital, Shaw eventually becomes a vice-presidential nominee, while Marco is haunted by dreams of what happened -- or didn't happen -- in Kuwait. As Marco (now a Major) investigates, the story begins to unravel, to the point where he questions if it happened at all. Is it possible the entire unit was kidnapped and brainwashed to believe Shaw is a war hero as part of a plot to seize the White House? Some very powerful people at Manchurian Global corporation appear desperate to stop him from finding out.","Manchurian Candidate, The (2004)",Thriller,8781
4553,361862,Christian Bale|Jennifer Jason Leigh|Aitana Sánchez-Gijón|John Sharian|Michael Ironside,Brad Anderson,factory|insomnia|post it|machinist|cleaning bathroom tile,"The Machinist is the story of Trevor Reznik, a lathe-operator who is dying of insomnia. In a machine shop, occupational hazards are bad enough under normal circumstances; yet for Trevor the risks are compounded by fatigue. Trevor has lost the ability to sleep. This is no ordinary insomnia...",The Machinist (2004),Drama|Mystery|Thriller,8950
9890,327162,Nicole Kidman|Matthew Broderick|Bette Midler|Glenn Close|Christopher Walken,Frank Oz,android|housewife|transformation,"What does it take to become a Stepford wife, a woman perfect beyond belief? Ask the Stepford husbands, who've created this high-tech, terrifying little town.","Stepford Wives, The (2004)",Comedy|Fantasy|Thriller,8373
14337,390384,Shane Carruth|David Sullivan|Casey Gooden|Anand Upadhyaya|Carrie Crawford,Shane Carruth,distrust|garage|identity crisis|time travel|time machine,"Friends/fledgling entrepreneurs invent a device in their garage that reduces the apparent mass of any object placed inside it, but they accidentally discover that it has some highly unexpected capabilities--ones that could enable them to do and to have seemingly anything they want.  Taking advantage of this unique opportunity is the first challenge they face.  Dealing with the consequences is the next.",Primer (2004),Drama|Sci-Fi,8914
2023,317648,Viggo Mortensen|Zuleikha Robinson|Omar Sharif|Adam Alexi-Malle|Louise Lombard,Joe Johnston,horse race|horse|racehorse,"Set in 1890, this is the story of a Pony Express courier who travels to Arabia to compete with his horse, Hidalgo, in a dangerous race for a massive contest prize, in an adventure that sends the pair around the world...",Hidalgo (2004),Adventure|Drama,7324
1599,356721,Jason Schwartzman|Dustin Hoffman|Lily Tomlin|Jude Law|Mark Wahlberg,David O. Russell,sex|detective|jealousy|humor|protest,"A husband-and-wife team play detective, but not in the traditional sense. Instead, the happy duo helps others solve their existential issues, the kind that keep you up at night, wondering what it all means.",I Heart Huckabees (2004),Comedy,8910
1777,361596,Michael Moore|George W. Bush|Ben Affleck|Stevie Wonder|Al Gore,Michael Moore,u.s. president|jihad|saudi-arabia|war on terror|iraq,Michael Moore's view on what happened to the United States after September 11; and how the Bush Administration allegedly used the tragic event to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.,Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004),Documentary,8622
205,395169,Don Cheadle|Sophie Okonedo|Nick Nolte|Fana Mokoena|Joaquin Phoenix,Terry George,rwanda|refugee|refugee camp|militia|murder,"Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Rusesabagina houses over a thousand refuges in his hotel in attempt to save their lives.",Hotel Rwanda (2004),Drama|War,30749
3989,372588,Trey Parker|Matt Stone|Kristen Miller|Masasa Moyo|Daran Norris,Trey Parker,paris|france|cairo|capitalism|loss of lover,"Team America World Police follows an international police force dedicated to maintaining global stability. Learning that dictator Kim Jong il is out to destroy the world, the team recruits Broadway star Gary Johnston to go undercover. With the help of Team America, Gary manages to uncover the plan to destroy the world. Will Team America be able to save it in time? It stars… Samuel L Jackson, Tim Robbins, Sean Penn, Michael Moore, Helen Hunt, Matt Damon, Susan Sarandon, George Clooney, Danny Glover, Ethan Hawke, Alec Baldwin… or does it?",Team America: World Police (2004),Action|Adventure|Animation|Comedy,8917
9675,375063,Paul Giamatti|Thomas Haden Church|Virginia Madsen|Sandra Oh|Marylouise Burke,Alexander Payne,california|golf|oscar award|wine|stag night,"Two middle-aged men embark on a spiritual journey through Californian wine country. One is an unpublished novelist suffering from depression, and the other is only days away from walking down the aisle.",Sideways (2004),Comedy|Drama|Romance,8949
13193,332375,Jena Malone|Mandy Moore|Macaulay Culkin|Patrick Fugit|Heather Matarazzo,Brian Dannelly,christianity|gay|coming out|independent film|coming of age,"Teenage Mary Cummings, who has ""been Born Again her whole life,"" is about to enter her senior year at American Eagle Christian High School near Baltimore with her Fundamentalist Christian friends Hilary Faye and Veronica, the three of whom have formed a girl group called the Christian Jewels. Everything seems perfect—until Mary’s ""perfect Christian boyfriend"" Dean tells her, as they’re swimming underwater, that he thinks he's gay.",Saved! (2004),Comedy|Drama,8366
9384,335438,Ben Stiller|Owen Wilson|Snoop Dogg|Fred Williamson|Vince Vaughn,Todd Phillips,informant|jumping from a rooftop|surveillance footage,"Join uptight David Starsky and laid-back Ken ""Hutch"" Hutchinson as they're paired for the first time as undercover cops. The new partners must overcome their differences to solve an important case with help from street informant Huggy Bear and persuasive criminal Reese Feldman.",Starsky & Hutch (2004),Action|Comedy|Crime|Thriller,7325
6947,368447,Bryce Dallas Howard|Joaquin Phoenix|Adrien Brody|William Hurt|Sigourney Weaver,M. Night Shyamalan,forest,"When a willful young man tries to venture beyond his sequestered Pennsylvania hamlet, his actions set off a chain of chilling incidents that will alter the community forever.","Village, The (2004)",Drama|Mystery|Thriller,8783
615,335345,Jim Caviezel|Maia Morgenstern|Christo Jivkov|Francesco De Vito|Monica Bellucci,Mel Gibson,christianity|jewry|roman empire|jesus christ|suffering,"""The Passion of the Christ"" is a film about the last 12 hours in the life of Jesus. Director Mel Gibson received much criticism from critics and audiences for his explicit depiction of and focus on violence and on christs suffering, especially on the part of the jewish community. The films languages are Arabic, Latin and Hebrew and its actors are laymen which was controversially received as well.","Passion of the Christ, The (2004)",Drama,7318
1677,350258,Jamie Foxx|Kerry Washington|Regina King|Harry Lennix|Clifton Powell,Taylor Hackford,black people|soul|country music|loss of brother|1970s,"Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern musical circuit, the soulful singer gained a reputation and then exploded with worldwide fame when he pioneered couping gospel and country together.",Ray (2004),Drama,8958
9833,293508,Gerard Butler|Emmy Rossum|Patrick Wilson|Miranda Richardson|Minnie Driver,Joel Schumacher,dancing|obsession|auction|wheelchair|rose,"Deformed since birth, a bitter man known only as the Phantom lives in the sewers underneath the Paris Opera House. He falls in love with the obscure chorus singer Christine, and privately tutors her while terrorizing the rest of the opera house and demanding Christine be given lead roles. Things get worse when Christine meets back up with her childhood acquaintance Raoul and the two fall in love","Phantom of the Opera, The (2004)",Drama|Musical|Romance,30816
401,333766,Zach Braff|Natalie Portman|Ian Holm|Peter Sarsgaard|Kenneth Graymez,Zach Braff,individual|new jersey|paraplegic|loss of mother|expensive restaurant,"Andrew returns to his hometown for the funeral of his mother, a journey that reconnects him with past friends. The trip coincides with his decision to stop taking his powerful antidepressants. A chance meeting with Sam - a girl also suffering from various maladies - opens up the possibility of rekindling emotional attachments, confronting his psychologist father, and perhaps beginning a new life.",Garden State (2004),Comedy|Drama|Romance,8784
8193,374900,Jon Heder|Aaron Ruell|Jon Gries|Efren Ramirez|Shondrella Avery,Jared Hess,underdog|brother brother relationship|idaho|high school|chat,"A listless and alienated teenager decides to help his new friend win the class presidency in their small western high school, while he must deal with his bizarre family life back home.",Napoleon Dynamite (2004),Comedy,8376
421,362270,Bill Murray|Anjelica Huston|Cate Blanchett|Willem Dafoe|Owen Wilson,Wes Anderson,ocean|film making|loss of mother|cynic|red cap,Wes Anderson’s incisive quirky comedy build up stars complex characters like in ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ with Bill Murray on in the leading role. An ocean adventure documentary film maker Zissou is put in all imaginable life situations and a tough life crisis as he attempts to make a new film about capturing the creature that caused him pain.,"Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The (2004)",Adventure|Comedy|Fantasy,30810
1901,385267,Topher Grace|Scarlett Johansson|Dennis Quaid|Marg Helgenberger|David Paymer,Paul Weitz,midlife crisis|daughter|bad boss,"Dan Foreman is a seasoned advertisement sales executive at a high-ranking publication when a corporate takeover results in him being placed under naive supervisor Carter Duryea, who is half his age. Matters are made worse when Dan's new supervisor becomes romantically involved with his daughter an 18 year-old college student Alex.",In Good Company (2004),Comedy|Drama,30822
5516,335245,Tom Hanks|Irma P. Hall|Marlon Wayans|J.K. Simmons|Tzi Ma,Ethan Coen|Joel Coen,church choir|hiding place|garbage|duringcreditsstinger,"An eccentric, if not charming Southern professor and his crew pose as a band in order to rob a casino, all under the nose of his unsuspecting landlord: a sharp old woman.","Ladykillers, The (2004)",Comedy|Crime,7367
14292,349825,Kurt Russell|Patricia Clarkson|Noah Emmerich|Sean McCann|Kenneth Welsh,Gavin O'Connor,olympic games|sport|hockey|milwaukee wisconsin|st. paul minnesota,"In 1980, the United States Ice Hockey team's coach, Herb Brooks, put a ragtag squad of college kids up against the legendary juggernaut from the Soviet Union at the Olympic Games. Despite the long odds, Team USA carried the pride of a nation yearning for a distraction from world events. With the world watching, the team rose to the occasion, prompting broadcaster Al Michaels' now famous question to the millions viewing at home: ""Do you believe in miracles?"" Yes!",Miracle (2004),Drama,7263
9372,390521,Morgan Spurlock|Daryl Isaacs|Lisa Ganjhu|Stephen Siegel|Bridget Bennett,Morgan Spurlock,experiment|health|junk food|food industry|fast food,"Morgan Spurlock subjects himself to a diet based only on McDonald's fast food three times a day for thirty days without exercising to try to prove why so many Americans are fat or obese. He submits himself to a complete check-up by three doctors, comparing his weight along the way, resulting in a scary conclusion.",Super Size Me (2004),Comedy|Documentary|Drama,8464
238,68646,Marlon Brando|Al Pacino|James Caan|Richard S. Castellano|Robert Duvall,Francis Ford Coppola,italy|love at first sight|loss of father|patriarch|organized crime,"Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.","Godfather, The (1972)",Crime|Drama,858
10669,68473,Jon Voight|Burt Reynolds|Ned Beatty|Ronny Cox|Ed Ramey,John Boorman,strangeness|wound|wilderness|canoe|rafting,"The Cahulawassee River valley in Northern Georgia is one of the last natural pristine areas of the state, which will soon change with the imminent building of a dam on the river, which in turn will flood much of the surrounding land. As such, four Atlanta city slickers - alpha male Lewis Medlock, generally even-keeled Ed Gentry, slightly condescending Bobby Trippe, and wide-eyed Drew Ballinger - decide to take a multi-day canoe trip on the river, which turns into a trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.",Deliverance (1972),Adventure|Drama|Thriller,2871
1688,68408,Roddy McDowall|Don Murray|Joyce Haber|Ricardo Montalban|Natalie Trundy,J. Lee Thompson,circus|pet|human being|dystopia|insurrection,"In a futuristic world that has embraced ape slavery, Caesar, the son of the late simians Cornelius and Zira, surfaces after almost twenty years of hiding out from the authorities, and prepares for a slave revolt against humanity.",Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972),Action|Sci-Fi,2532
692,69089,Divine|David Lochary|Mary Vivian Pearce|Mink Stole|Danny Mills,John Waters,gay|trailer park|pop culture|drug dealer|heroin,"Notorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine goes up against Connie & Raymond Marble, a sleazy married couple who make a passionate attempt to humiliate her and seize her tabloid-given title as ""The Filthiest Person Alive"".",Pink Flamingos (1972),Comedy,2361
11624,68555,Woody Allen|John Carradine|Lou Jacobi|Louise Lasser|Anthony Quayle,Woody Allen,transsexuality|perversity|sperm|orgasm|sodomy,"Woody Allen's fourth film, consisting of a series of short sequences loosely inspired by Dr. David Reuben's book of the same name. The film was an early smash for Allen, grossing over $18 million dollars in the U.S. alone against a $2 million dollar budget.",Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972),Comedy,3812
551,69113,Gene Hackman|Ernest Borgnine|Red Buttons|Carol Lynley|Roddy McDowall,Ronald Neame|Irwin Allen,life and death|prostitute|new year's eve|sea|brother sister relationship,The Poseidon Adventure was one of the first Catastrophe films and began the Disaster Film genre. Director Neame tells the story of a group of people that must fight for their lives aboard a sinking ship. Based on the novel by Paul Gallico.,"Poseidon Adventure, The (1972)",Action|Adventure|Drama,2013
1891,80684,Mark Hamill|Harrison Ford|Carrie Fisher|Billy Dee Williams|Anthony Daniels,Irvin Kershner,rebel|asteroid|space battle|snow storm|space colony,"The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda. But Darth Vader is more determined than ever to capture Luke. Meanwhile, rebel leader Princess Leia, cocky Han Solo, Chewbacca, and droids C-3PO and R2-D2 are thrown into various stages of capture, betrayal and despair.",Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi,1196
694,81505,Jack Nicholson|Shelley Duvall|Danny Lloyd|Scatman Crothers|Barry Nelson,Stanley Kubrick,hotel|isolation|hotelier|colorado|maze,"Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.","Shining, The (1980)",Horror,1258
813,80339,Robert Hays|Julie Hagerty|Kareem Abdul-Jabbar|Lloyd Bridges|Peter Graves,Jim Abrahams|David Zucker|Jerry Zucker,chicago|alcohol|cataclysm|guitar|medicine,"Still craving for the love of his life, ex-Air Force pilot Ted Striker follows Elaine onto the flight that she is working on as cabin crew. Elaine doesn't want to be with Ted anymore, but when the crew and passengers fall ill from food poisoning, Ted might be the only one who can save them.",Airplane! (1980),Comedy,2791
525,80455,Dan Aykroyd|John Belushi|James Brown|Cab Calloway|Ray Charles,John Landis,dancing|prison|chicago|country music|nun,"Jake Blues is just out of jail, and teams up with his brother, Elwood on a 'mission from God' to raise funds for the orphanage in which they grew up. The only thing they can do is do what they do best – play music – so they get their old band together and they're on their way, while getting in a bit of trouble here and there.","Blues Brothers, The (1980)",Action|Comedy|Musical,1220
5689,80453,Brooke Shields|Christopher Atkins|Leo McKern|William Daniels|Jeffrey Kleiser,Randal Kleiser,sexual identity|shipwreck|lovers|stranded|marooned,"Two small children and a ship's cook survive a shipwreck and find safety on an idyllic tropical island. Soon, however, the cook dies and the young boy and girl are left on their own. Days become years and Emmeline (Brooke Shields) and Richard (Christopher Atkins) make a home for themselves surrounded by exotic creatures and nature's beauty. But will they ever see civilization again?","Blue Lagoon, The (1980)",Adventure|Drama|Romance,2950
1578,81398,Robert De Niro|Joe Pesci|Cathy Moriarty|Frank Vincent|Nicholas Colasanto,Martin Scorsese,transporter|jealousy|violent husband|paranoia|violence in family,"When Jake LaMotta steps into a boxing ring and obliterates his opponent, he's a prizefighter. But when he treats his family and friends the same way, he's a ticking time bomb, ready to go off at any moment. Though LaMotta wants his family's love, something always seems to come between them. Perhaps it's his violent bouts of paranoia and jealousy. This kind of rage helped make him a champ, but in real life, he winds up in the ring alone.",Raging Bull (1980),Drama,1228
8536,81573,Gene Hackman|Christopher Reeve|Ned Beatty|Jackie Cooper|Sarah Douglas,Richard Lester,saving the world|dc comics|sequel|superhero|based on comic book,"Three escaped criminals from the planet Krypton test the Man of Steel's mettle. Led by Gen. Zod, the Kryptonians take control of the White House and partner with Lex Luthor to destroy Superman and rule the world. But Superman, who attempts to make himself human in order to get closer to Lois, realizes he has a responsibility to save the planet.",Superman II (1980),Action|Sci-Fi,2641
4488,80761,Betsy Palmer|Adrienne King|Harry Crosby|Laurie Bartram|Jeannine Taylor,Sean S. Cunningham,drowning|lake|cabin|cult|revenge,Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning.,Friday the 13th (1980),Horror|Mystery|Thriller,1974
1955,80678,Anthony Hopkins|John Hurt|Anne Bancroft|John Gielgud|Wendy Hiller,David Lynch,exploitation|biography|hospital|curiosity|sideshow,"A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his ""owner"" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous facade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story  of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.","Elephant Man, The (1980)",Drama,2313
10765,81375,Goldie Hawn|Eileen Brennan|Armand Assante|Robert Webber|Mary Kay Place,Howard Zieff,paris|role of women,A sheltered young high society woman joins the army on a whim and finds herself in a more difficult situation than she ever expected.,Private Benjamin (1980),Comedy,1135
8393,80801,N!xau|Michael Thys|Marius Weyers|Sandra Prinsloo|Louw Verwey,Jamie Uys,africa|airplane|present|bottle|botswana,"Misery is brought to a small group of Sho in the Kalahari desert in the form of a cola bottle. In his quest to throw the evil object over the edge of the earth, Xixo encounters Western ""civilization,"" a haphazard doctor and a tyranical despot.","Gods Must Be Crazy, The (1980)",Adventure|Comedy,2150
11977,80487,Chevy Chase|Rodney Dangerfield|Ted Knight|Michael O'Keefe|Bill Murray,Harold Ramis,golf|underwear|sport|golf course|gopher,"At an exclusive country club, an ambitious young caddy, Danny Noonan, eagerly pursues a caddy scholarship in hopes of attending college and, in turn, avoiding a job at the lumber yard. In order to succeed, he must first win the favour of the elitist Judge Smails, and then the caddy golf tournament which Smails sponsors.",Caddyshack (1980),Comedy,3552
11335,81353,Robin Williams|Shelley Duvall|Ray Walston|Paul Dooley|Richard Libertini,Robert Altman,baby|blackmail|supernatural powers|based on cartoon|sailor,"Popeye is a super-strong, spinach-scarfing sailor man who's searching for his father. During a storm that wrecks his ship, Popeye washes ashore and winds up rooming at the Oyl household, where he meets Olive. Before he can win her heart, he must first contend with Olive's fiancé, Bluto.",Popeye (1980),Adventure|Comedy|Musical,2088
19494,80319,Jane Fonda|Lily Tomlin|Dolly Parton|Dabney Coleman|Sterling Hayden,Colin Higgins,office worker,"Frank Hart is a pig. He takes advantage in the grossest manner of the women who work with him. When his three assistants manage to trap him in his own house they assume control of his department and productivity leaps, but just how long can they keep Hart tied up?",Nine to Five (a.k.a. 9 to 5) (1980),Comedy|Crime,4291
16619,81283,Donald Sutherland|Mary Tyler Moore|Judd Hirsch|Timothy Hutton|M. Emmet Walsh,Robert Redford,post traumatic stress  disorder|depression|suicide attempt|grief|dysfunctional family,"Beth, Calvin, and their son Conrad are living in the aftermath of the death of the other son. Conrad is overcome by grief and misplaced guilt to the extent of a suicide attempt. He is in therapy. Beth had always preferred his brother and is having difficulty being supportive to Conrad. Calvin is trapped between the two trying to hold the family together.",Ordinary People (1980),Drama,1956
285,449088,Johnny Depp|Orlando Bloom|Keira Knightley|Geoffrey Rush|Bill Nighy,Gore Verbinski,ocean|drug abuse|exotic island|east india trading company|love of one's life,"Captain Barbossa, long believed to be dead, has come back to life and is headed to the edge of the Earth with brave Will Turner and feisty Elizabeth Swann. And what of Jack Sparrow? Nothing is as it seems.",Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007),Action|Adventure|Comedy|Fantasy,53125
675,373889,Daniel Radcliffe|Rupert Grint|Emma Watson|Michael Gambon|Ralph Fiennes,David Yates,prophecy|witch|loss of lover|cutting the cord|child hero,"Returning for his fifth year of study at Hogwarts, Harry is stunned to find that his warnings about the return of Lord Voldemort have been ignored. Left with no choice, Harry takes matters into his own hands, training a small group of students – dubbed 'Dumbledore's Army' – to defend themselves against the dark arts.",Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007),Adventure|Drama|Fantasy|IMAX,54001
2062,382932,Patton Oswalt|Ian Holm|Lou Romano|Brian Dennehy|Peter Sohn,Brad Bird|Jan Pinkava,paris|brother brother relationship|expensive restaurant|river|cook,"A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great French chef despite his family's wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in the sewers of Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneath a restaurant made famous by his culinary hero, Auguste Gusteau. Despite the apparent dangers of being an unlikely - and certainly unwanted - visitor in the kitchen of a fine French restaurant, Remy's passion for cooking soon sets into motion a hilarious and exciting rat race that turns the culinary world of Paris upside down.",Ratatouille (2007),Animation|Children|Drama,50872
2503,440963,Matt Damon|Julia Stiles|David Strathairn|Scott Glenn|Paddy Considine,Paul Greengrass,paris|corruption|madrid|assassin|based on novel,"Bourne is brought out of hiding once again by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar, an upgrade to Project Treadstone, in a series of newspaper columns. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne must finally uncover his dark past while dodging The Company's best efforts to eradicate him.","Bourne Ultimatum, The (2007)",Action|Crime|Thriller,54286
6977,477348,Tommy Lee Jones|Javier Bardem|Josh Brolin|Woody Harrelson|Kelly Macdonald,Joel Coen|Ethan Coen,texas|drug traffic|hitman|united states–mexico barrier|suspense,"Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the violent pursuit of money and justice collide.",No Country for Old Men (2007),Crime|Drama,55820
6479,480249,Will Smith|Alice Braga|Charlie Tahan|Salli Richardson-Whitfield|Willow Smith,Francis Lawrence,saving the world|lost civilisation|post-apocalyptic|dystopia|matter of life and death,"Robert Neville is a scientist who was unable to stop the spread of the terrible virus that was incurable and man-made. Immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City and perhaps the world. For three years, Neville has faithfully sent out daily radio messages, desperate to find any other survivors who might be out there. But he is not alone.",I Am Legend (2007),Action|Horror|Sci-Fi|Thriller|IMAX,56174
6637,465234,Nicolas Cage|Jon Voight|Harvey Keitel|Ed Harris|Diane Kruger,Jon Turteltaub,paris|london|assassination|mount rushmore national memorial|riddle,"Benjamin Franklin Gates and Dr. Abigail Chase re-team with Riley Poole and, now armed with a stack of long-lost pages from John Wilkes Booth's diary, Ben must follow a clue left there to prove his ancestor's innocence in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.",National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007),Action|Adventure,56775
559,413300,Tobey Maguire|Kirsten Dunst|James Franco|Thomas Haden Church|Topher Grace,Sam Raimi,dual identity|amnesia|sandstorm|love of one's life|forgiveness,"The seemingly invincible Spider-Man goes up against an all-new crop of villains -- including the shape-shifting Sandman -- in the third installment of this blockbusting comic book adventure series. While Spidey's superpowers are altered by an alien organism, his alter ego, Peter Parker, deals with nemesis Eddie Brock and gets caught up in a love triangle.",Spider-Man 3 (2007),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi|Thriller|IMAX,52722
5876,884328,Thomas Jane|Marcia Gay Harden|Laurie Holden|Toby Jones|Jeffrey DeMunn,Frank Darabont,father-son relationship|monster|supermarket|fight|artist,"After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping artist David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other people. They soon discover that the mist conceals deadly horrors that threaten their lives, and worse, their sanity.","Mist, The (2007)",Horror|Sci-Fi,56145
2270,486655,Claire Danes|Charlie Cox|Michelle Pfeiffer|Robert De Niro|Sienna Miller,Matthew Vaughn,witch|based on novel|new love|prince|beauty,"In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm. His journey takes him into a world beyond his wildest dreams and reveals his true identity.",Stardust (2007),Adventure|Comedy|Fantasy|Romance,54259
1991,1028528,Kurt Russell|Zoë Bell|Rosario Dawson|Vanessa Ferlito|Sydney Tamiia Poitier,Quentin Tarantino,women|disc jockey|sports car|bar|ladykiller,"Austin's hottest DJ, Jungle Julia, sets out into the night to unwind with her two friends Shanna and Arlene. Covertly tracking their moves is Stuntman Mike, a scarred rebel leering from behind the wheel of his muscle car, revving just feet away.",Death Proof (2007),Action|Adventure|Crime|Horror|Thriller,53519
1571,337978,Bruce Willis|Justin Long|Timothy Olyphant|Cliff Curtis|Maggie Q,Len Wiseman,usa|washington d.c.|helicopter|hostage|fbi,"John McClane is back and badder than ever, and this time he's working for Homeland Security. He calls on the services of a young hacker in his bid to stop a ring of Internet terrorists intent on taking control of America's computer infrastructure.",Live Free or Die Hard (2007),Action|Adventure|Crime|Thriller,53972
5915,758758,Emile Hirsch|Marcia Gay Harden|William Hurt|Jena Malone|Brian H. Dierker,Sean Penn,male nudity|parents kids relationship|camping|cutting the cord|self-discovery,"The true story of top student and athlete, Christopher McCandless, who after graduating from Emory University in 1992, abandoned his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness.",Into the Wild (2007),Action|Adventure|Drama,55247
1271,416449,Gerard Butler|Lena Headey|Dominic West|David Wenham|Vincent Regan,Zack Snyder,evisceration|javelin|shield|army|fall from height,"Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, ""300"" is very loosely based the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against the advancing Persians; the battle is said to have inspired all of Greece to band together against the Persians, and helped usher in the world's first democracy.",300 (2007),Action|Fantasy|War|IMAX,51662
1250,259324,Nicolas Cage|Eva Mendes|Wes Bentley|Donal Logue|Sam Elliott,Mark Steven Johnson,mephisto|religion and supernatural|dying and death|devil's son|ghost world,"In order to save his dying father, young stunt cyclist, Johnny Blaze sells his soul to Mephistopheles and sadly parts from the pure-hearted, Roxanne Simpson, the love of his life. Years later, Johnny's path crosses again with Roxanne, now a go-getting reporter, and also with Mephistopheles, who offers to release Johnny's soul if Johnny becomes the fabled, fiery 'Ghost Rider'.",Ghost Rider (2007),Action|Fantasy|Thriller,51077
7326,467406,Ellen Page|Michael Cera|Jennifer Garner|Jason Bateman|Allison Janney,Jason Reitman,sexuality|becoming an adult|puberty|first time|oscar award,"A young girl named Juno gets herself pregnant and tries to stand on her own, but soon learns a few lessons about being grown up.",Juno (2007),Comedy|Drama|Romance,56367
7485,822854,Mark Wahlberg|Michael Peña|Danny Glover|Kate Mara|Elias Koteas,Antoine Fuqua,corruption|sniper|senator|conspiracy of murder|childlessness,"A marksman living in exile is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the president. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt, he goes on the run to track the real killer and find out who exactly set him up, and why.",Shooter (2007),Action|Drama|Thriller,51935
4347,783233,Keira Knightley|James McAvoy|Romola Garai|Saoirse Ronan|Brenda Blethyn,Joe Wright,based on novel|sister sister relationship|flirt|loss of sister|new love,"As a 13-year-old, fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.",Atonement (2007),Drama|Romance|War,55052
7345,469494,Daniel Day-Lewis|Paul Dano|Dillon Freasier|Ciarán Hinds|Kevin J. O'Connor,Paul Thomas Anderson,brother brother relationship|deaf-mute|american dream|fanatic|pipeline,"When ruthless oil prospector, Daniel Plainview learns of oil-rich land in California that can be bought cheaply, he moves his operation there and begins manipulating and exploiting the local landowners into selling him their property. Using his young adopted son to project the image of a caring family man, Plainview gains the cooperation of almost all the locals with lofty promises to build schools and cultivate the land to make their community flourish. Over time, Plainview's gradual accumulation of wealth and power causes his true self to surface, and he begins to slowly alienate himself from everyone in his life.",There Will Be Blood (2007),Drama|Western,56782
4982,765429,Denzel Washington|Russell Crowe|Chiwetel Ejiofor|Josh Brolin|Lymari Nadal,Ridley Scott,underdog|black people|drug traffic|drug smuggle|society,"Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs into the United States. Based on a true story.",American Gangster (2007),Crime|Drama|Thriller,55765
4638,425112,Simon Pegg|Nick Frost|Timothy Dalton|Jim Broadbent|Paddy Considine,Edgar Wright,village|arrest|police|partner|murder,"Top London cop, PC Nicholas Angel is good. Too good.  To stop the rest of his team from looking bad, he is reassigned to the quiet town of Sandford, paired with simple country cop, and everything seems quiet until two actors are found decapitated. It is addressed as an accident, but Angel isn't going to accept that, especially when more and more people turn up dead.",Hot Fuzz (2007),Action|Comedy|Crime|Mystery,51255
810,413267,Mike Myers|Eddie Murphy|Cameron Diaz|Julie Andrews|Antonio Banderas,Chris Miller|Raman Hui,ambush|sadness|stage|liberation of prisoners|island,"The King of Far Far Away has died and Shrek and Fiona are to become King & Queen. However, Shrek wants to return to his cozy swamp and live in peace and quiet, so when he finds out there is another heir to the throne, they set of to bring him back to rule the kingdom.",Shrek the Third (2007),Adventure|Animation|Children|Comedy|Fantasy,53121
13885,408236,Johnny Depp|Helena Bonham Carter|Alan Rickman|Timothy Spall|Sacha Baron Cohen,Tim Burton,confession|corset|asylum|razor|villain,"The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical.",Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007),Drama|Horror|Musical|Thriller,56757
8363,829482,Jonah Hill|Michael Cera|Christopher Mintz-Plasse|Bill Hader|Seth Rogen,Greg Mottola,becoming an adult|high school|young people|one night,"High school best buddies are facing separation anxiety as they prepare to go off to college. While attempting to score alcohol for a party with help from a fake ID-toting friend, the guys' evening takes a turn into chaotic territory.",Superbad (2007),Comedy,54503
5559,389790,Jerry Seinfeld|Renée Zellweger|Matthew Broderick|Patrick Warburton|John Goodman,Steve Hickner|Simon J. Smith,factory worker|tennis|flower|florist|flower shop,"Barry B. Benson, a bee who has just graduated from college, is disillusioned at his lone career choice: making honey. On a special trip outside the hive, Barry's life is saved by Vanessa, a florist in New York City. As their relationship blossoms, he discovers humans actually eat honey, and subsequently decides to sue us.",Bee Movie (2007),Animation|Comedy,55768
1267,396555,Tom Selleck|Laurie Metcalf|Angela Bassett|Nicole Sullivan|Harland Williams,Stephen J. Anderson,saving the world|tyrannosaurus rex|adoption|future|time travel,"In this animated adventure, brilliant preteen inventor Lewis creates a memory scanner to retrieve his earliest recollections and find out why his mother gave him up for adoption. But when the villainous Bowler Hat Guy steals the machine, Lewis is ready to give up on his quest until the mysterious Wilbur Robinson shows up on the scene, whisking Lewis to the future to find the scanner and his mom.",Meet the Robinsons (2007),Action|Adventure|Animation|Children|Comedy|Sci-Fi,52287
6023,431308,Hilary Swank|Gerard Butler|Lisa Kudrow|Harry Connick Jr.|Gina Gershon,Richard LaGravenese,job-hopping|irland|shoe seller|letter|dying and death,A young widow discovers that her late husband has left her 10 messages intended to help ease her pain and start a new life.,P.S. I Love You (2007),Comedy|Drama|Romance,56941
4964,478311,Seth Rogen|Katherine Heigl|Leslie Mann|Paul Rudd|Jason Segel,Judd Apatow,alcohol|one-night stand|bed|pregnancy and birth|condom,"For fun loving party animal Ben Stone, the last thing he ever expected was for his one night stand to show up on his doorstep eight weeks later to tell him she's pregnant.",Knocked Up (2007),Comedy|Drama|Romance,52973
3594,481369,Jim Carrey|Virginia Madsen|Logan Lerman|Danny Huston|Lynn Collins,Joel Schumacher,suicide|based on novel|hotel room|obsession|sadomasochism,"Walter Sparrow is an animal control officer that becomes obsessed with a mysterious book that seems to be based on his own life. As soon as he opens the book, he notices strange parallels between what he reads and what he's experienced. But now he's worried that a fictional murder might materialize.","Number 23, The (2007)",Drama|Mystery|Thriller,51086
1992,1077258,Rose McGowan|Naveen Andrews|Michael Biehn|Jeff Fahey|Josh Brolin,Robert Rodriguez,loss of child|military base|gas|grindhouse|splatter,"Two doctors find their graveyard shift inundated with townspeople ravaged by sores. Among the wounded is Cherry, a dancer whose leg was ripped from her body. As the invalids quickly become enraged aggressors, Cherry and her ex-boyfriend Wray lead a team of accidental warriors into the night.",Planet Terror (2007),Action|Horror|Sci-Fi,54995
1979,486576,Ioan Gruffudd|Jessica Alba|Chris Evans|Michael Chiklis|Julian McMahon,Tim Story,fire|helicopter|surfboard|mask|satellite,"The Fantastic Four return to the big screen as a new and all powerful enemy threatens the Earth. The seemingly unstoppable 'Silver Surfer', but all is not what it seems and there are old and new enemies that pose a greater threat than the intrepid superheroes realize.",Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi,53464
4523,461770,Patrick Dempsey|Amy Adams|James Marsden|Timothy Spall|Rachel Covey,Kevin Lima,queen|fairy tale|musical|princess|portal,"The beautiful princess Giselle is banished by an evil queen from her magical, musical animated land and finds herself in the gritty reality of the streets of modern-day Manhattan. Shocked by this strange new environment that doesn't operate on a ""happily ever after"" basis, Giselle is now adrift in a chaotic world badly in need of enchantment. But when Giselle begins to fall in love with a charmingly flawed divorce lawyer who has come to her aid - even though she is already promised to a perfect fairy tale prince back home - she has to wonder: Can a storybook view of romance survive in the real world?",Enchanted (2007),Adventure|Animation|Children|Comedy|Fantasy|Musical|Romance,56152
1949,443706,Jake Gyllenhaal|Robert Downey Jr.|Mark Ruffalo|Anthony Edwards|Brian Cox,David Fincher,california|san francisco|killing|journalist|newspaper,"The true story of the investigation of 'The Zodiac Killer',  a serial killer who terrified the San Francisco Bay Area, taunting police with his ciphers and letters. The case becomes an obsession for four men as their lives and careers are built and destroyed by the endless trail of clues.",Zodiac (2007),Crime|Drama|Thriller,51540
298,496806,George Clooney|Brad Pitt|Matt Damon|Al Pacino|Bernie Mac,Steven Soderbergh,casino|thief|revenge|heist|las vegas nevada,"Danny Ocean's team of criminals are back and are composing a plan more personal than ever. When ruthless casino owner Willy Bank double-crosses Reuben Tishkoff, causing a heart attack, Danny Ocean vows that him and his team will do anything to bring Willy Bank and everything he's got down. Even if it includes hiring help from one of their own enemies, Terry Benedict.",Ocean's Thirteen (2007),Crime|Thriller,53322
35,462538,Dan Castellaneta|Julie Kavner|Nancy Cartwright|Yeardley Smith|Hank Azaria,David Silverman,father-son relationship|lake|springfield|the simpsons|duff beer,"After Homer accidentally pollutes the town's water supply, Springfield is encased in a gigantic dome by the EPA and the Simpsons are declared fugitives.","Simpsons Movie, The (2007)",Animation|Comedy,54272
1562,463854,Imogen Poots|Robert Carlyle|Rose Byrne|Jeremy Renner|Harold Perrineau,Juan Carlos Fresnadillo,london|loss of mother|loss of family|mutant|pest,"In this chilling sequel to 28 Days Later, the inhabitants of the British Isles appear to have lost their battle against the onslaught of disease, as the deadly rage virus has killed every citizen there. Six months later, a group of Americans dare to set foot on the isles, convinced the danger has come and gone. But it soon becomes all too clear that the scourge continues to live, waiting to pounce on its next victims.",28 Weeks Later (2007),Horror|Sci-Fi|Thriller,53000
1272,448134,Cillian Murphy|Rose Byrne|Chris Evans|Michelle Yeoh|Cliff Curtis,Danny Boyle,saving the world|bomb|sun|space marine|sunlight,50 years from now the sun is dying and life on earth is threatened by arctic temperatures. Mankind puts together all its resources and sends a spaceship carrying a huge bomb designed to re-ignite the dying sun.,Sunshine (2007),Adventure|Drama|Sci-Fi|Thriller,52328
4513,389722,Josh Hartnett|Melissa George|Ben Foster|Danny Huston|Mark Boone Junior,David Slade,sunrise|winter|vampire|marriage crisis|alaska,"This is the story of an isolated Alaskan town that is plunged into darkness for a month each year when the sun sinks below the horizon. As the last rays of light fade, the town is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires bent on an uninterrupted orgy of destruction. Only the small town's husband-and-wife Sheriff team stand between the survivors and certain destruction.",30 Days of Night (2007),Horror|Thriller,55282
2268,385752,Nicole Kidman|Daniel Craig|Dakota Blue Richards|Eva Green|Sam Elliott,Chris Weitz,england|compass|experiment|lordship|uncle,"After overhearing a shocking secret, precocious orphan Lyra Belacqua trades her carefree existence roaming the halls of Jordan College for an otherworldly adventure in the far North, unaware that it's part of her destiny.","Golden Compass, The (2007)",Adventure|Children|Fantasy,56171
6145,488120,Anthony Hopkins|Ryan Gosling|David Strathairn|Embeth Davidtz|Billy Burke,Gregory Hoblit,perfect crime|planned murder|prosecution|suspect|crime,"A husband is on trial for the attempted murder of his wife, in what is seemingly an open/shut case for the ambitious district attorney trying to put him away. However, there are surprises for both around every corner, and, as a suspenseful game of cat-and-mouse is played out, each must manipulate and outwit the other.",Fracture (2007),Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller,52604
8271,486822,Shia LaBeouf|Sarah Roemer|Carrie-Anne Moss|David Morse|Aaron Yoo,D.J. Caruso,young people|kidnapping and murder,"Kale is a 17-year-old placed under house arrest after punching his teacher. He is confined to his house, and decides to use his free time spying on his neighbors. Things start to get weird when guests enter the Turner's house and don't come back out. Kale and his friends, Ronnie and Ashley, start to grow more and more interested in what is actually happening within the house of Robert Turner.",Disturbia (2007),Drama|Thriller,52458
5176,381849,Russell Crowe|Christian Bale|Logan Lerman|Dallas Roberts|Peter Fonda,James Mangold,saloon|hero|liberation of prisoners|transport of prisoners|wilderness,"In Arizona in the late 1800's, infamous outlaw Ben Wade and his vicious gang of thieves and murderers have plagued the Southern Railroad. When Wade is captured, Civil War veteran Dan Evans, struggling to survive on his drought-plagued ranch, volunteers to deliver him alive to the ""3:10 to Yuma"", a train that will take the killer to trial.",3:10 to Yuma (2007),Action|Crime|Drama|Western,54997
2698,413099,Steve Carell|Lauren Graham|John Goodman|Jimmy Bennett|John Michael Higgins,Tom Shadyac,father-son relationship|daily life|married couple|support|arche noah,"Buffalo newsman Evan Baxter is elected to Congress with the slogan, ""Change the world."" He lucks into a huge house in a new Virginia suburb. His Capitol office is also fantastic, but there's a catch: he's tapped by the powerful Congressman Long to co-sponsor a bill to allow development in national parks. In steps God, who appears to a disbelieving Evan and gently commands him to build an ark",Evan Almighty (2007),Comedy|Fantasy,53993
3563,762107,Adam Sandler|Kevin James|Jessica Biel|Dan Aykroyd|Ving Rhames,Dennis Dugan,coming out|firemen|singles|pretend relationship,"Firefighters Chuck Ford and Larry Valentine are guy's guys, loyal to the core – which is why, when widower Larry asks Chuck to pose as his gay lover so that he can get domestic partner benefits for his kids, his buddy agrees. However, things get dicey when a bureaucrat comes calling, and the boys are forced to present a picture of domestic bliss.",I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2007),Comedy|Romance,54004
1738,435705,Nicolas Cage|Julianne Moore|Jessica Biel|Thomas Kretschmann|Tory Kittles,Lee Tamahori,fortune teller|duringcreditsstinger,"Las Vegas showroom magician Cris Johnson has a secret which torments him: he can see a few minutes into the future. Sick of the examinations he underwent as a child and the interest of the government and medical establishment in his power, he lies low under an assumed name in Vegas, performing cheap tricks and living off small-time gambling ""winnings."" But when a terrorist group threatens to detonate a nuclear device in Los Angeles, government agent Callie Ferris must use all her wiles to capture Cris and convince him to help her stop the cataclysm.",Next (2007),Action|Sci-Fi|Thriller,51412
2976,427327,John Travolta|Michelle Pfeiffer|Christopher Walken|Amanda Bynes|James Marsden,Adam Shankman,races|dream|dance|television|tv show,"Pleasantly plump teenager, Tracy Turnblad and her best friend, Penny Pingleton audition to be on The Corny Collins Show – and Tracy wins. But when scheming Amber Von Tussle and her mother plot to destroy Tracy, it turns to chaos.",Hairspray (2007),Comedy|Drama|Musical,52975
4141,465602,Clive Owen|Monica Bellucci|Paul Giamatti|Stephen McHattie|Greg Bryk,Michael Davis,prostitute|baby|new love|hero|ball,"A man named Mr. Smith delivers a woman's baby during a shootout, and is then called upon to protect the newborn from the army of gunmen.",Shoot 'Em Up (2007),Action|Comedy|Crime,54999
2252,765443,Naomi Watts|Viggo Mortensen|Vincent Cassel|Armin Mueller-Stahl|Sinéad Cusack,David Cronenberg,london|father-son relationship|prostitute|tradition|refugee,A Russian teenager living in London who dies during childbirth leaves clues to a midwife in her journal that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.,Eastern Promises (2007),Crime|Drama|Thriller,55118
3021,450385,John Cusack|Samuel L. Jackson|Mary McCormack|Jasmine Jessica Anthony|Tony Shalhoub,Mikael Håfström,suicide|new york|hotel|fire|hotel room,"A man who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts genuine terror.",1408 (2007),Drama|Horror|Thriller,53953
1858,418279,Shia LaBeouf|Josh Duhamel|Megan Fox|Rachael Taylor|Tyrese Gibson,Michael Bay,destroy|transformation|alien|based on toy|transformers,"Young teenager, Sam Witwicky becomes involved in the ancient struggle between two extraterrestrial factions of transforming robots – the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons. Sam holds the clue to unimaginable power and the Decepticons will stop at nothing to retrieve it.",Transformers (2007),Action|Sci-Fi|Thriller|IMAX,53996
7350,825232,Jack Nicholson|Morgan Freeman|Sean Hayes|Beverly Todd|Rob Morrow,Rob Reiner,africa|brain tumor|wife husband relationship|casual meeting|pyramid,"Corporate billionaire Edward and working class mechanic Carter have nothing in common except for their terminal illnesses. While sharing a hospital room together, they decide to escape and do all the things they have ever wanted to do before they die according to their ""bucket list"". In the process, both of them heal each other, become unlikely friends, and ultimately find the joy in life.","Bucket List, The (2007)",Comedy|Drama,56587
9955,445934,Will Ferrell|Jon Heder|Will Arnett|Amy Poehler|Jenna Fischer,Josh Gordon|Will Speck,competition|olympic games|sport|rival|ice skating,"When a much-publicized ice-skating scandal strips them of their gold medals, two world-class athletes skirt their way back onto the ice via a loophole that allows them to compete together as a pairs team.",Blades of Glory (2007),Comedy|Romance,52245
7737,432021,Milla Jovovich|Oded Fehr|Ali Larter|Iain Glen|Mike Epps,Russell Mulcahy,clone|mutant|post-apocalyptic|dystopia|conspiracy,"Years after the Racoon City catastrophe, survivors travel across the Nevada desert, hoping to make it to Alaska. Alice joins the caravan and their fight against hordes of zombies and the evil Umbrella Corp.",Resident Evil: Extinction (2007),Action|Horror|Sci-Fi|Thriller,55232
4512,443680,Brad Pitt|Casey Affleck|Sam Shepard|Mary-Louise Parker|Paul Schneider,Andrew Dominik,killing|admiration|hold-up robbery|to shoot dead|idol,"Outlaw Jesse James is rumored be the 'fastest gun in the West'. An eager recruit into James' notorious gang, Robert Ford eventually grows jealous of the famed outlaw and, when Robert and his brother sense an opportunity to kill James, their murderous action elevates their target to near mythical status.","Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The (2007)",Crime|Drama|Western,55363
11172,758766,Drew Barrymore|Hugh Grant|Scott Porter|Brad Garrett|Haley Bennett,Marc Lawrence,pop star|song|romantic comedy|song writing|piano,"A washed up singer is given a couple days to compose a chart-topping hit for an aspiring teen sensation. Though he's never written a decent lyric in his life, he sparks with an offbeat younger woman with a flair for words.",Music and Lyrics (2007),Comedy|Romance,51084
4688,445922,Evan Rachel Wood|Jim Sturgess|Joe Anderson|Dana Fuchs|Martin Luther,Julie Taymor,riot|graffiti|protest|musical|music,"Musical based on The Beatles songbook and set in the 60s England, America, and Vietnam. The love story of Lucy and Jude is intertwined with the anti-war movement and social protests of the 60s.",Across the Universe (2007),Drama|Fantasy|Musical|Romance,54190
4566,465538,George Clooney|Tom Wilkinson|Tilda Swinton|Sydney Pollack|Michael O'Keefe,Tony Gilroy,killing|restaurant|chambers of a barrister|scandal|pretended suicide,A law firm brings in its 'fixer' to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multi-billion dollar class action suit.,Michael Clayton (2007),Drama|Thriller,55276
2359,386032,Michael Moore|George W. Bush|Bill Clinton|Hillary Clinton|Billy Crystal,Michael Moore,bureaucracy|usa|corruption|cuba|medicine,"Sicko is a Michael Moore documentary about the corrupt health care system in The United States who's main goal is to make profit even if it means losing peoples lives. ""The more people you deny health insurance the more money we make"" is the business model for health care providers in America.",Sicko (2007),Documentary|Drama,53894
4771,452623,Casey Affleck|Michelle Monaghan|Morgan Freeman|Ed Harris|John Ashton,Ben Affleck,corruption|robbery|detective|based on novel|boston,"When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl's aunt, Beatrice McCready hires two private detectives, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. The detectives freely admit that they have little experience with this type of case, but the family wants them for two reasons - they're not cops and they know the tough neighborhood in which they all live. As the case progresses, Kenzie and Gennaro face drug dealers, gangs and pedophiles. When they are about to solve the case, they are faced with a moral dilemma that tears them apart.",Gone Baby Gone (2007),Crime|Drama|Mystery,55290
4538,838221,Owen Wilson|Jason Schwartzman|Adrien Brody|Bill Murray|Anjelica Huston,Wes Anderson,brother brother relationship|train attendant|drinking syrup|healing|steward,"Three American brothers who have not spoken to each other in a year set off on a train voyage across India with a plan to find themselves and bond with each other -- to become brothers again like they used to be. Their ""spiritual quest"", however, veers rapidly off-course (due to events involving over-the-counter pain killers, Indian cough syrup, and pepper spray).","Darjeeling Limited, The (2007)",Adventure|Comedy|Drama,55269
13958,923752,Steve Wiebe|Billy Mitchell|Walter Day|Mark Alpiger|Greg Bond,Seth Gordon,competition|video game|arcade|donkey kong,"In this hilarious arcade showdown, a humble novice goes head-to-head against the reigning Donkey Kong champ in a confrontation that rocks the gaming world to its processors! For over 20 years, Billy Mitchell has owned the throne of the Donkey Kong world. No one could beat his top score until now. Newcomer Steve Wiebe claims to have beaten the unbeatable, but Mitchell isn't ready to relinquish his crown without a fight. Go behind the barrels as the two battle it out in a vicious war to earn the title of the true King of Kong.","King of Kong, The (2007)",Documentary,54881
348,78748,Sigourney Weaver|Tom Skerritt|Veronica Cartwright|Harry Dean Stanton|John Hurt,Ridley Scott,android|self-destruction|countdown|space marine|space suit,"During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.",Alien (1979),Horror|Sci-Fi,1214
28,78788,Martin Sheen|Marlon Brando|Robert Duvall|Laurence Fishburne|Sam Bottoms,Francis Ford Coppola,guerilla|river|vietnam|vietcong|cambodia,"At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, ""does not exist, nor will it ever exist."" His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.",Apocalypse Now (1979),Action|Drama|War,1208
9659,79501,Mel Gibson|Joanne Samuel|Hugh Keays-Byrne|Steve Bisley|Tim Burns,George Miller,chain|baby|bridge|post-apocalyptic|dystopia,"In a dystopic future Australia, a vicious biker gang murder a cop's family, and makes his fight with them personal.",Mad Max (1979),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi,3702
152,79945,William Shatner|Leonard Nimoy|George Takei|James Doohan|Walter Koenig,Robert Wise,artificial intelligence|uss enterprise|starfleet|san francisco|self sacrifice,"When a destructive space entity is spotted approaching Earth, Admiral Kirk resumes command of the Starship Enterprise in order to intercept, examine, and hopefully stop it.",Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979),Adventure|Sci-Fi,1371
698,79574,Roger Moore|Lois Chiles|Michael Lonsdale|Corinne Cléry|Richard Kiel,Lewis Gilbert,venice|mass murder|space marine|space suit|marcus square,During the transportation of a Space Shuttle a Boeing 747 crashes in the Atlantic Ocean yet when they go to look for the destroyed shuttle it is not there. James Bond investigates the missing mission space shuttle and soon learns that the shuttles owner Hugo Drax wants to kill all of mankind.,Moonraker (1979),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi|Thriller,3638
583,79470,Graham Chapman|John Cleese|Terry Gilliam|Eric Idle|Terry Jones,Terry Jones,christianity|male nudity|jewry|resistance|gladiator,"A brilliant parody from the British comedy group Monty Python about the history of (not Jesus but the boy born right next door to The Manger, Brian). A Terry Jones directed film from 1979 that has since gained cult status.",Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979),Comedy,1080
1367,79817,Sylvester Stallone|Talia Shire|Burt Young|Carl Weathers|Burgess Meredith,Sylvester Stallone,transporter|coma|wife husband relationship|intensive care|hero,"After Rocky goes the distance with champ Apollo Creed, both try to put the fight behind them and move on. Rocky settles down with Adrian but can't put his life together outside the ring, while Creed seeks a rematch to restore his reputation. Soon enough, the ""Master of Disaster"" and the ""Italian Stallion"" are set on a collision course for a climactic battle that is brutal and unforgettable.",Rocky II (1979),Action|Drama,2409
696,79522,Woody Allen|Diane Keaton|Michael Murphy|Mariel Hemingway|Meryl Streep,Woody Allen,new york|adultery|based on novel|lolita|love,The life of a divorced television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.,Manhattan (1979),Comedy|Drama|Romance,1244
9638,79714,Angus Scrimm|A. Michael Baldwin|Bill Thornbury|Reggie Bannister|Kathy Lester,Don Coscarelli,evil|ice cream man  |mausoleum|tall man|sentinals,"A young boy and his friends face off against a mysterious grave robber known only as the Tall Man, who keeps a mysterious arsenal of terrible weapons with him.",Phantasm (1979),Horror|Sci-Fi,2901
11449,78767,James Brolin|Margot Kidder|Rod Steiger|Don Stroud|James Tolkan,Stuart Rosenberg,haunted house|long island|indian burial ground|bare midriff|newspaper article,"George Lutz and his wife Kathleen, move into their Long Island dream house with their children only for their lives to be turned into a hellish nightmare. The legacy of a murder committed in the house gradually affects the family and a priest is brought in to try and exorcise the demonic presence from their home.","Amityville Horror, The (1979)",Drama|Horror|Mystery|Thriller,1327
10322,78841,Peter Sellers|Shirley MacLaine|Melvyn Douglas|Jack Warden|Richard Dysart,Hal Ashby,washington d.c.|u.s. president|identity|policy and organisations|autism,"A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the street with no knowledge of the world except what he has learned from television.",Being There (1979),Comedy|Drama,1292
12102,79417,Dustin Hoffman|Meryl Streep|Jane Alexander|Justin Henry|Howard Duff,Robert Benton,wife husband relationship|custody battle|marriage|falling from height|divorce,"Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take this anymore, so she decides to leave him. Ted is now faced with the tasks of housekeeping and taking care of himself and their young son Billy.",Kramer vs. Kramer (1979),Drama,1955
6471,79367,Steve Martin|Bernadette Peters|Catlin Adams|Mabel King|Richard Ward,Carl Reiner,wild comedy|blow|neominstrelsy|phone book|sharecropper,"After discovering he's not really black like the rest of his family, likable dimwit Navin Johnson runs off on a hilarious misadventure in this comedy classic that takes him from rags to riches and back to rags again. The slaphappy jerk strikes it rich, but life in the fast lane isn't all it's cracked up to be and, in the end, all that really matters to Johnson is his true love.","Jerk, The (1979)",Comedy,2109
20283,78902,Dennis Quaid|Daniel Stern|Jackie Earle Haley|Dennis Christopher|Barbara Barrie,Peter Yates,bicycle|sport|cycling|bicycle race,"Dave, nineteen, has just graduated high school, with his 3 friends, The comical Cyril, the warm hearted but short-tempered Moocher, and the athletic, spiteful but good-hearted Mike. Now, Dave enjoys racing bikes and hopes to race the Italians one day, and even takes up the Italian culture, much to his friends and parents annoyance.",Breaking Away (1979),Comedy|Drama,3359
218,88247,Arnold Schwarzenegger|Michael Biehn|Linda Hamilton|Paul Winfield|Lance Henriksen,James Cameron,saving the world|artificial intelligence|rebel|cyborg|shotgun,"In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the ""Terminator"" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the human-resistance movement dispatches a lone warrior to safeguard Sarah. Can he stop the virtually indestructible killing machine?","Terminator, The (1984)",Action|Sci-Fi|Thriller,1240
87,87469,Harrison Ford|Kate Capshaw|Jonathan Ke Quan|Amrish Puri|Roshan Seth,Steven Spielberg,riddle|treasure|heart|skeleton|treasure hunt,"After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone. He agrees – and stumbles upon a secret cult plotting a terrible plan in the catacombs of an ancient palace.",Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984),Action|Adventure|Fantasy,2115
620,87332,Bill Murray|Dan Aykroyd|Sigourney Weaver|Harold Ramis|Rick Moranis,Ivan Reitman,library|taxi|flat|mayor|mythology,"After losing their academic posts at a prestigious university, a team of parapsychologists goes into business as proton-pack-toting ""ghostbusters"" who exterminate ghouls, hobgoblins and supernatural pests of all stripes. An ad campaign pays off when a knockout cellist hires the squad to purge her swanky digs of demons that appear to be living in her refrigerator.",Ghostbusters (a.k.a. Ghost Busters) (1984),Action|Comedy|Sci-Fi,2716
927,87363,Zach Galligan|Phoebe Cates|Hoyt Axton|Polly Holliday|Dick Miller,Joe Dante,holiday|monster|small town|department store|bars and restaurants,"When Billy Peltzer is given a strange but adorable pet named Gizmo for Christmas, he inadvertently breaks the three important rules of caring for a Mogwai, and unleashes a horde of mischievous gremlins on a small town.",Gremlins (1984),Comedy|Horror,2003
34584,88323,Barret Oliver|Gerald McRaney|Noah Hathaway|Drum Garrett|Darryl Cooksey,Wolfgang Petersen,based on novel|fictional place|wolf|mythology|magic,"While hiding from bullies in his school's attic, a young boy discovers the extraordinary land of Fantasia, through a magical book called The Neverending Story. The book tells the tale of Atreyu, a young warrior who, with the help of a luck dragon named Falkor, must save Fantasia from the destruction of The Nothing.","NeverEnding Story, The (1984)",Adventure|Children|Fantasy,2161
90,86960,Eddie Murphy|Judge Reinhold|John Ashton|Ronny Cox|Paul Reiser,Martin Brest,california|showdown|undercover|strip club|investigation,"Tough-talking Detroit cop Axel Foley heads to the rarified world of Beverly Hills in his beat-up Chevy Nova to investigate a friend's murder. But soon, he realizes he's stumbled onto something much more complicated. Bungling rookie detective Billy Rosewood joins the fish-out-of-water Axel and shows him the West Los Angeles ropes.",Beverly Hills Cop (1984),Action|Comedy|Crime|Drama,4085
311,87843,Robert De Niro|James Woods|Elizabeth McGovern|Tuesday Weld|Treat Williams,Sergio Leone,life and death|corruption|street gang|rape|sadistic,"A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.",Once Upon a Time in America (1984),Crime|Drama,1227
279,86879,F. Murray Abraham|Tom Hulce|Elizabeth Berridge|Roy Dotrice|Simon Callow,Miloš Forman,italy|composer|opera|talent|musician,"The incredible story of genius musician Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, told in flashback by his peer and secret rival Antonio Salieri – now confined to an insane asylum.",Amadeus (1984),Drama,1225
1885,87538,Ralph Macchio|Pat Morita|William Zabka|Martin Kove|Chad McQueen,John G. Avildsen,flat|taskmaster|karate|egg|kids and family,"Hassled by the school bullies, Daniel LaRusso has his share of adolescent woes. Luckily, his apartment building houses a resident martial arts master: Kesuke Miyagi, who agrees to train Daniel ... and ends up teaching him much more than self-defense. Armed with newfound confidence, skill and wisdom, Daniel ultimately faces off against his tormentors in this hugely popular classic underdog tale.","Karate Kid, The (1984)",Drama,2420
377,87800,John Saxon|Ronee Blakley|Heather Langenkamp|Amanda Wyss|Jsu Garcia,Wes Craven,child murderer|sleep|coffee|hat|nightmare,"Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger (Robert Englund), who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge. Nancy and her boyfriend, Glen (Johnny Depp), must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world...","Nightmare on Elm Street, A (1984)",Horror|Thriller,1347
4437,86837,Roy Scheider|John Lithgow|Helen Mirren|Bob Balaban|Keir Dullea,Peter Hyams,jupiter|super computer|space travel|space mission|ghost ship,"A joint American-Soviet space expedition is sent to Jupiter to learn went happened to the U.S.S. Discovery against a backdrop of growing global tensions. Among the mysteries the expedition must explain are the appearance of a huge black monolith in Jupiter's orbit and the fate of H.A.L., the Discovery's sentient computer.",2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984),Sci-Fi,2311
841,87182,Kyle MacLachlan|Francesca Annis|Leonardo Cimino|Brad Dourif|José Ferrer,David Lynch,prophecy|witch|monster|telepathy|atomic bomb,"Set in the year 10,191 on the desert planet of Arrakis. This is the source of the Spice Melange, the most valuable commodity in all of the universe. Two great houses must fight for control of the Spice, but when betrayal all but destroys one of them, a duke's son must rise to fulfil his destiny in order to take back control of the planet.",Dune (1984),Adventure|Sci-Fi,2021
9326,88011,Michael Douglas|Kathleen Turner|Danny DeVito|Alfonso Aráu|Manuel Ojeda,Robert Zemeckis,riddle|treasure|hero|map|colombia,"Though she can spin wild tales of passionate romance, novelist Joan Wilder has no life of her own. Then one day adventure comes her way in the form of a mysterious package. It turns out that the parcel is the ransom she'll need to free her abducted sister, so Joan flies to South America to hand it over. But she gets on the wrong bus and winds up hopelessly stranded in the jungle...",Romancing the Stone (1984),Action|Adventure|Comedy|Romance,2406
9336,87928,Steve Guttenberg|Kim Cattrall|G. W. Bailey|Bubba Smith|Donovan Scott,Hugh Wilson,trainer|recruit|shenanigan|police academy,"New rules enforced by the Lady Mayoress mean that sex, weight, height and intelligence need no longer be a factor for joining the Police Force. This opens the floodgates for all and sundry to enter the Police Academy, much to the chagrin of the instructors. Not everyone is there through choice, though. Social misfit Mahoney has been forced to sign up as the only alternative to a jail sentence and it doesn't take long before he falls foul of the boorish Lieutenant Harris. But before long, Mahoney realises that he is enjoying being a police cadet and decides he wants to stay... while Harris decides he wants Mahoney out!",Police Academy (1984),Comedy|Crime,2378
1880,87985,Patrick Swayze|C. Thomas Howell|Lea Thompson|Darren Dalton|Charlie Sheen,John Milius,guerilla|colorado|invasion|anti-communism|near future,"It is the mid-1980s. From out of the sky, Soviet and Cuban troops begin landing on the football field of a Colorado high school. In seconds, the paratroops have attacked the school and sent a group of teenagers fleeing into the mountains. Armed only with hunting rifles, pistols and bows and arrows, the teens struggles to survive the bitter winter and Soviet KGB patrols hunting for them.",Red Dawn (1984),Action|Drama|War,3441
1788,87277,Kevin Bacon|John Lithgow|Dianne Wiest|Chris Penn|Lori Singer,Herbert Ross,dancing|dancer|dance|music|dance teacher,"Classic tale of teen rebellion and repression features a delightful combination of dance choreography and realistic and touching performances. When teenager Ren and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small town in the West, he's in for a real case of culture shock.",Footloose (1984),Drama,3791
13820,87995,Harry Dean Stanton|Emilio Estevez|Tracey Walter|Olivia Barash|Sy Richardson,Alex Cox,california|cocaine|future|punk|theory,"A down and out young punk gets a job working with a seasoned repo man, but what awaits him in his new career is a series of outlandish adventures revolving around aliens, the CIA, and a most wanted '64 Chevy.",Repo Man (1984),Comedy|Sci-Fi,1965
9314,87803,John Hurt|Richard Burton|Suzanna Hamilton|Cyril Cusack|Gregor Fisher,Michael Radford,vatican|fascism|totalitarian regime|dystopia|big brother,George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.,1984 (Nineteen Eighty-Four) (1984),Drama|Sci-Fi,2117
9663,88172,Jeff Bridges|Karen Allen|Charles Martin Smith|Richard Jaeckel|Robert Phalen,John Carpenter,places and planets|widow|lovers|alien|police car,An alien takes the form of a young widow's husband and asks her to drive him from Wisconsin to Arizona. The government tries to stop them.,Starman (1984),Adventure|Drama|Romance|Sci-Fi,3699
11031,88258,Christopher Guest|Michael McKean|Harry Shearer|R.J. Parnell|David Kaff,Rob Reiner,rock star|groupie|mockumentary|music band|aftercreditsstinger,"Legendary British rock band Spinal Tap is followed by a documentary film-maker during their attempt at an American comeback tour. The resulting film, interspersed with powerful performances showcasing Tap's pivotal music and profound lyrics, candidly follows the group as the difficult industry threatens to fade them into obscurity.",This Is Spinal Tap (1984),Comedy,1288
15144,88128,Molly Ringwald|Justin Henry|Michael Schoeffling|Haviland Morris|Gedde Watanabe,John Hughes,birthday|nerd|crush|farce|exchange student,"Samantha's life is going downhill fast. The sixteen-year-old has a crush on the most popular boy in school, and the geekiest boy in school has a crush on her. Her sister's getting married, and with all the excitement the rest of her family forgets her birthday! Add all this to a pair of horrendously embarrassing grandparents, a foreign exchange student named Long Duk Dong, and we have the makings of a hilarious journey into young womanhood.",Sixteen Candles (1984),Comedy|Romance,2144
625,87553,Sam Waterston|Haing S. Ngor|Craig T. Nelson|John Malkovich|Athol Fugard,Roland Joffé,civil war|journalist|photographer|vietnam|cambodia,"The Killing Fields tells the real life story of a friendship between two journalists, an American and a Cambodian, during the bloody Khmer Rouge takeover of Cambodia in 1975, which lead to the death of 2-3 million Cambodians during the next four years, until Pol Pot's regime was toppled by the intervening Vietnamese in 1979.","Killing Fields, The (1984)",Drama|War,1299
11368,86979,John Getz|Frances McDormand|Dan Hedaya|M. Emmet Walsh|Samm-Art Williams,Joel Coen,wife husband relationship|planned murder|lover|boss|employee,"The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.",Blood Simple (1984),Crime|Drama|Film-Noir,3683
2619,88161,Tom Hanks|Daryl Hannah|Eugene Levy|John Candy|Dody Goodman,Ron Howard,bachelor|mermaid|sirena,"A successful businessman falls in love with the girl of his dreams. There's one big complication though; he's fallen hook, line and sinker for a mermaid.",Splash (1984),Comedy|Fantasy|Romance,2100
11379,86856,Peter Weller|John Lithgow|Ellen Barkin|Jeff Goldblum|Christopher Lloyd,W.D. Richter,menace|talent|intellectually gifted|space war|time travel,"Adventurer/surgeon/rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his band of men, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, take on evil alien invaders from the 8th dimension.","Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, The (1984)",Adventure|Comedy|Sci-Fi,3070
11899,87755,Jim Henson|Frank Oz|Dave Goelz|Steve Whitmire|Richard Hunt,Frank Oz,new york|career|musical|frog|pig,"When the Muppets graduate from Danhurst College, they take their song-filled senior revue to New York City, only to learn that it isn't easy to find a producer who's willing to back a show starring a frog and a pig. Of course, Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy won't take no for an answer, launching a search for someone to take them to Broadway.","Muppets Take Manhattan, The (1984)",Children|Comedy|Musical,3398
8764,88286,Val Kilmer|Lucy Gutteridge|Peter Cushing|Jeremy Kemp|Christopher Villiers,Jim Abrahams|David Zucker|Jerry Zucker,spy|rock and roll|bookshop|beach|prisoner,"Popular and dashing American singer Nick Rivers travels to East Germany to perform in a music festival. When he loses his heart to the gorgeous Hillary Flammond, he finds himself caught up in an underground resistance movement. Rivers joins forces with Agent Cedric and Flammond to attempt the rescue of her father, Dr. Paul, from the Germans, who have captured the scientist in hopes of coercing him into building a new naval mine.",Top Secret! (1984),Comedy,5500
11393,87781,Robert Redford|Glenn Close|Kim Basinger|Wilford Brimley|Robert Duvall,Barry Levinson,baseball|talent|sport,"An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take a losing 1930s baseball team to the top of the league in this magical sports fantasy. With the aid of a bat cut from a lightning struck tree, Hobbs lives the fame he should have had earlier when, as a rising pitcher, he is inexplicably shot by a young woman.","Natural, The (1984)",Drama,3098
14052,88000,Robert Carradine|Anthony Edwards|Timothy Busfield|Andrew Cassese|Curtis Armstrong,Jeff Kanew,sex|defenestration|funhouse|boy with glasses|breathing fire,"At Adams College, the jocks rule the school from their house on high, the Alpha Beta fraternity. So when a group of socially-challenged misfits try to go Greek, they're instantly rejected by every house on campus. Deciding to start their own fraternity to protect their outcast brothers, the campus nerds soon find themselves in a battle royale as the Alpha Betas try to crush their new rivals.",Revenge of the Nerds (1984),Comedy,4214
10823,87050,Peter Horton|Linda Hamilton|R. G. Armstrong|John Franklin|Courtney Gains,Fritz Kiersch,sacrifice|children gang|religious cult,A boy preacher named Isaac goes to a town in Nebraska called Gatlin and gets all the children to murder every adult in town.,Children of the Corn (1984),Horror|Thriller,2122
11495,87262,David Keith|Drew Barrymore|Freddie Jones|Heather Locklear|Martin Sheen,Mark L. Lester,fire|telepathy|intelligence|college,"As youths, Andy McGee (David Keith) and his future wife, Vicky (Heather Locklear), participated in secret experiments, allowing themselves to be subjected to mysterious medical tests. Years later, the couple's daughter, Charlie (Drew Barrymore), begins to exhibit the ability of setting fires solely with her mind. This volatile talent makes the youngster extremely dangerous and soon she becomes a target for the enigmatic agency known as ""The Shop.""",Firestarter (1984),Horror|Thriller,3708
1892,86190,Mark Hamill|Harrison Ford|Carrie Fisher|Billy Dee Williams|Anthony Daniels,Richard Marquand,rebel|emperor|space battle|matter of life and death|siblings,"As Rebel leaders map their strategy for an all-out attack on the Emperor's newer, bigger Death Star. Han Solo remains frozen in the cavernous desert fortress of Jabba the Hutt, the most loathsome outlaw in the universe, who is also keeping Princess Leia as a slave girl. Now a master of the Force, Luke Skywalker rescues his friends, but he cannot become a true Jedi Knight until he wages his own crucial battle against Darth Vader, who has sworn to win Luke over to the dark side of the Force.",Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi,1210
111,86250,Al Pacino|Steven Bauer|Michelle Pfeiffer|Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio|Robert Loggia,Brian De Palma,miami|corruption|capitalism|cuba|prohibition,"After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the state, controlling nearly all the cocaine that comes through Miami. But increased pressure from the police, wars with Colombian drug cartels and his own drug-fueled paranoia serve to fuel the flames of his eventual downfall.",Scarface (1983),Action|Crime|Drama,4262
850,85334,Melinda Dillon|Darren McGavin|Peter Billingsley|Jean Shepherd|Ian Petrella,Bob Clark,holiday|nostalgia|young boy|bb gun|essay,"The comic mishaps and adventures of a young boy named Ralph, trying to convince his parents, teachers, and Santa that a Red Ryder B.B. gun really is the perfect Christmas gift for the 1940s.","Christmas Story, A (1983)",Children|Comedy,2804
9531,86393,Christopher Reeve|Richard Pryor|Jackie Cooper|Marc McClure|Annette O'Toole,Richard Lester,saving the world|dc comics|super computer|identity crisis|loss of powers,"Aiming to defeat the Man of Steel, wealthy executive Ross Webster hires bumbling but brilliant Gus Gorman to develop synthetic kryptonite, which yields some unexpected psychological effects in the third installment of the 1980s Superman franchise. Between rekindling romance with his high school sweetheart and saving himself, Superman must contend with a powerful supercomputer.",Superman III (1983),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi,2642
1621,86465,Eddie Murphy|Dan Aykroyd|Jamie Lee Curtis|Denholm Elliott|Ralph Bellamy,John Landis,christmas tree|from rags to riches|broker|beggar|dollar,A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.,Trading Places (1983),Comedy,3039
860,86567,Matthew Broderick|Dabney Coleman|Ally Sheedy|John Wood|Barry Corbin,John Badham,video game|artificial intelligence|fbi|cold war|hacker,"High School student David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Defense Department's war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions! Together with his girlfriend (Ally Sheedy) and a wizardly computer genius (John Wood), David must race against time to outwit his opponent...and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.",WarGames (1983),Drama|Sci-Fi|Thriller,6979
11153,85995,Chevy Chase|Beverly D'Angelo|Imogene Coca|Randy Quaid|Anthony Michael Hall,Harold Ramis,usa|relatives|family vacation|family holiday|duringcreditsstinger,"The Griswold family are on a quest. A quest to a Walley World theme park for a family vacation, but things aren't going to go exactly as planned, especially when Clark Griswold is losing all thought towards a mysterious blonde in a red Ferrari.",National Lampoon's Vacation (1983),Comedy,2795
4543,85959,Terry Gilliam|Graham Chapman|John Cleese|Eric Idle|Terry Jones,Terry Jones|Terry Gilliam,sense of life|comedian|sketch|monty python|aftercreditsstinger,"Monty Python's The Meaning of Life is a 1983 musical comedy film by the Monty Python comedy team. Unlike the two previous films they had made, which had more or less each told single, coherent stories, The Meaning of Life returns to the sketch comedy format of the troupe's original television series, loosely structured as a series of comic skits about the various stages of life.",Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983),Comedy,6807
11050,86425,Shirley MacLaine|Debra Winger|Jack Nicholson|Danny DeVito|Jeff Daniels,James L. Brooks,loss of husband|cancer|mother daughter relationship|single mother|neighbor neighbor relationship,"Aurora and Emma are mother and daughter who march to different drummers. Beginning with Emma's marriage, Aurora shows how difficult and loving she can be. The movie covers several years of their lives as each finds different reasons to go on living and find joy. Aurora's interludes with Garrett Breedlove, retired astronaut and next door neighbor are quite striking.",Terms of Endearment (1983),Comedy|Drama,1958
9346,86200,Tom Cruise|Rebecca De Mornay|Joe Pantoliano|Richard Masur|Curtis Armstrong,Paul Brickman,brothel|high school|party,"Meet Joel Goodson, an industrious, college-bound 17-year-old and a responsible, trustworthy son. However, when his parents go away and leave him home alone in the wealthy Chicago suburbs with the Porsche at his disposal he quickly decides he has been good for too long and it is time to enjoy himself. After an unfortunate incident with the Porsche Joel must raise some cash, in a risky way.",Risky Business (1983),Comedy,2915
9549,86197,Fred Ward|Dennis Quaid|Ed Harris|Scott Glenn|Sam Shepard,Philip Kaufman,cold war|pilot|space travel|politics|historical figure,"A chronicle of the original Mercury astronauts in the formation of America's space program: Alan Shepherd, the first American in space; Gus Grissom, the benighted astronaut for whom nothing works out as planned; John Glenn, the straight-arrow 'boy scout' of the bunch who was the first American to orbit the earth; and the remaining pilots: Deke Slayton, Scott Carpenter and Wally Schirra.","Right Stuff, The (1983)",Drama,1231
8769,85333,Keith Gordon|John Stockwell|Alexandra Paul|Robert Prosky|Harry Dean Stanton,John Carpenter,teenager|stephen king|psychological drama|immolation|animate car,"Geeky student Arnie Cunningham falls for Christine, a rusty 1958 Plymouth Fury, and becomes obsessed with restoring the classic automobile to her former glory. As the car changes, so does Arnie, whose newfound confidence turns to arrogance behind the wheel of his exotic beauty. Arnie's girlfriend Leigh and best friend Dennis reach out to him, only to be met by a Fury like no other.",Christine (1983),Horror,2517
227,86066,Matt Dillon|Ralph Macchio|C. Thomas Howell|Patrick Swayze|Rob Lowe,Francis Ford Coppola,street gang|children's home|coming of age|gang|juvenile delinquent,"When two poor greasers, Johnny, and Ponyboy are assaulted by a vicious gang, the socs, and Johnny kills one of the attackers, tension begins to mount between the two rival gangs, setting off a turbulent chain of events.","Outsiders, The (1983)",Drama,2114
11591,85894,Steve Martin|Kathleen Turner|David Warner|Paul Benedict|Richard Brestoff,Carl Reiner,brain|just married|marriage contract|wedding|brain surgeon,A story about a brain surgeon who tries to end his unhappy marriage to spend more time with a disembodied brain.,"Man with Two Brains, The (1983)",Comedy,2111
11336,85407,Christopher Walken|Brooke Adams|Tom Skerritt|Martin Sheen|Herbert Lom,David Cronenberg,suspense|series of murders|psychic,"Johnny Smith is a schoolteacher with his whole life ahead of him but, after leaving his fiancee's home one night, is involved in a car crash which leaves him in a coma for 5 years. When he wakes, he discovers he has an ability to see into the past, present and future life of anyone with whom he comes into physical contact.","Dead Zone, The (1983)",Thriller,2118
535,85549,Jennifer Beals|Michael Nouri|Lilia Skala|Kyle T. Heffner|Sunny Johnson,Adrian Lyne,dancing|dance|locksmith|welder,The popular 1980’s dance movie that depicts the life of an exotic dancer with a side job as a welder who true desire is to get into ballet school. It’s her dream to be a professional dancer and now is her chance. The film has a great soundtrack with an Oscar winning song.,Flashdance (1983),Drama|Romance,2942
12560,85244,Tom Berenger|Glenn Close|Jeff Goldblum|William Hurt|Kevin Kline,Lawrence Kasdan,suicide|funeral|morning|gathering|remembrance,"Kevin Kline and Glenn Close star as Harold and Sarah Cooper, a couple whose marital troubles are put on hold while they host an unhappy reunion of former college pals gathered for the funeral of one of their own, a suicide victim named Alex. As the weekend unfolds, the friends catch up with each other, play the music of their youth, reminisce, smoke marijuana, and pair off with each other.","Big Chill, The (1983)",Comedy|Drama,2352
12921,86373,Dave Thomas|Rick Moranis|Max von Sydow|Paul Dooley|Lynne Griffin,Rick Moranis|Dave Thomas,independent film,"Something is rotten at the Elsinore Brewery. Bob and Doug Mackenzie (as seen on SCTV) help the orphan Pam regain the brewery founded by her recently-deceased father. But to do so, they must confront the suspicious Brewmeister Smith and two teams of vicious hockey players.",Strange Brew (1983),Comedy,5650
13105,85970,Michael Keaton|Teri Garr|Fred Koehler|Taliesin Jaffe|Courtney-Jane White,Stan Dragoti,housewife|job,"Jack and Caroline are a couple making a decent living When Jack suddenly loses his job. They agree that he should stay at home and look after the house while Caroline works. It's just that he's never done it before, and really doesn't have a clue...",Mr. Mom (1983),Comedy|Drama,3591
24808,86336,Jason Robards|Jonathan Pryce|Diane Ladd|Royal Dano|Vidal Peterson,Jack Clayton,circus|witch|based on novel|lightning|dream,"In a small American town, a diabolical circus arrives, granting wishes for the townsfolk, but twisted as only the esteemed Mr. Dark can make them. Can two young boys overcome the worst the devil himself can deal out?",Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983),Children|Drama|Fantasy|Mystery|Thriller,2097
807,114369,Brad Pitt|Morgan Freeman|Gwyneth Paltrow|John C. McGinley|Kevin Spacey,David Fincher,self-fulfilling prophecy|detective|s.w.a.t.|drug dealer|evisceration,"Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the ""seven deadly sins"" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Sommerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partner, Mills, scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case.",Seven (a.k.a. Se7en) (1995),Mystery|Thriller,47
862,114709,Tom Hanks|Tim Allen|Don Rickles|Jim Varney|Wallace Shawn,John Lasseter,jealousy|toy|boy|friendship|friends,Woody the cowboy is young Andy’s favorite toy. Yet this changes when Andy get the new super toy Buzz Lightyear for his birthday. Now that Woody is no longer number one he plans his revenge on Buzz. Toy Story is a milestone in film history for being the first feature film to use entirely computer animation.,Toy Story (1995),Adventure|Animation|Children|Comedy|Fantasy,1
629,114814,Stephen Baldwin|Gabriel Byrne|Chazz Palminteri|Kevin Pollak|Pete Postlethwaite,Bryan Singer,law|relatives|theft|criminal|criminal mastermind,"Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an explosion in San Pedro harbor – leaving few survivors. Verbal lures his interrogators with an incredible story of the crime lord's almost supernatural prowess.","Usual Suspects, The (1995)",Crime|Mystery|Thriller,50
197,112573,Mel Gibson|Catherine McCormack|Sophie Marceau|Patrick McGoohan|Angus Macfadyen,Mel Gibson,individual|scotland|in love with enemy|legend|independence,"Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, legendary Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.",Braveheart (1995),Action|Drama|War,110
710,113189,Pierce Brosnan|Sean Bean|Izabella Scorupco|Famke Janssen|Joe Don Baker,Martin Campbell,cuba|falsely accused person|secret identity|computer virus|secret base,James Bond must unmask the mysterious head of the Janus Syndicate and prevent the leader from utilizing the GoldenEye weapons system to inflict devastating revenge on Britain.,GoldenEye (1995),Action|Adventure|Thriller,10
8844,113497,Robin Williams|Jonathan Hyde|Kirsten Dunst|Bradley Pierce|Bonnie Hunt,Joe Johnston,board game|disappearance|based on a children's book|new home|recluse,"When siblings Judy and Peter discover an enchanted board game that opens the door to a magical world, they unwittingly invite Alan -- an adult who's been trapped inside the game for 26 years -- into their living room. Alan's only hope for freedom is to finish the game, which proves risky as all three find themselves running from giant rhinoceroses, evil monkeys and other terrifying creatures.",Jumanji (1995),Adventure|Children|Fantasy,2
1572,112864,Bruce Willis|Jeremy Irons|Samuel L. Jackson|Graham Greene|Colleen Camp,John McTiernan,bomb|taxi|riddle|robbery|detective,"New York detective John McClane is back and kicking bad-guy butt in the third installment of this action-packed series, which finds him teaming with civilian Zeus Carver to prevent the loss of innocent lives. McClane thought he'd seen it all, until a genius named Simon engages McClane, his new ""partner"" -- and his beloved city -- in a deadly game that demands their concentration.",Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995),Action|Crime|Thriller,165
9348,114508,Natasha Henstridge|Ben Kingsley|Michael Madsen|Alfred Molina|Forest Whitaker,Roger Donaldson,instinct|los angeles|genetic engineering,"In 1993, the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence Project receives a transmission detailing an alien DNA structure, along with instructions on how to splice it with human DNA. The result is Sil, a sensual but deadly creature who can change from a beautiful woman to an armour-plated killing machine in the blink of an eye.",Species (1995),Horror|Sci-Fi,196
63,114746,Bruce Willis|Madeleine Stowe|Brad Pitt|Christopher Plummer|David Morse,Terry Gilliam,schizophrenia|philadelphia|cassandra syndrom|stockholm syndrome|time travel,"In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he's arrested and locked up in a mental hospital. There he meets psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly, and patient Jeffrey Goines, the son of a famous virus expert, who may hold the key to the mysterious rogue group, the Army of the 12 Monkeys, thought to be responsible for unleashing the killer disease.",Twelve Monkeys (a.k.a. 12 Monkeys) (1995),Mystery|Sci-Fi|Thriller,32
568,112384,Tom Hanks|Bill Paxton|Kevin Bacon|Gary Sinise|Ed Harris,Ron Howard,moon|florida|nasa|spaceman|race against time,"The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1971, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with the failed journey turning into a thrilling saga of heroism. Drifting more than 200,000 miles from Earth, the astronauts work furiously with the ground crew to avert tragedy.",Apollo 13 (1995),Adventure|Drama|IMAX,150
9737,112442,Will Smith|Martin Lawrence|Téa Leoni|Tchéky Karyo|Joe Pantoliano,Michael Bay,miami|detective|handcuffs|airport|mexican standoff,"Marcus Burnett is a hen-pecked family man. Mike Lowry is a foot-loose and fancy free ladies' man. Both are Miami policemen, and both have 72 hours to reclaim a consignment of drugs stolen from under their station's nose. To complicate matters, in order to get the assistance of the sole witness to a murder, they have to pretend to be each other.",Bad Boys (1995),Action|Comedy|Crime|Drama|Thriller,145
10530,114148,Irene Bedard|Mel Gibson|David Ogden Stiers|John Kassir|Russell Means,Mike Gabriel|Eric Goldberg,princess|native american|animation|star crossed lovers|reference to pizarro,"History comes gloriously to life in Disney's epic animated tale about love and adventure in the New World. Pocahontas is a Native American woman whose father has arranged for her to marry her village's best warrior. But a vision tells her change is coming, and soon she comes face to face with it in the form of Capt. John Smith.",Pocahontas (1995),Animation|Children|Drama|Musical|Romance,48
949,113277,Al Pacino|Robert De Niro|Val Kilmer|Jon Voight|Tom Sizemore,Michael Mann,gambling|suicide attempt|burglar|booties|detective inspector,"Obsessive master thief, Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective, Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the ability and the dedication of the other even though they are aware their cat-and-mouse game may end in violence.",Heat (1995),Action|Crime|Thriller,6
76,112471,Ethan Hawke|Julie Delpy|Andrea Eckert|Hanno Pöschl|Karl Bruckschwaiger,Richard Linklater,dialogue|sunrise|talking|soulmates|walking,"A dialogue marathon of a film, this fairytale love story of an American boy and French girl. During a day and a night together in Vienna their two hearts collide.",Before Sunrise (1995),Drama|Romance,215
9482,113492,Sylvester Stallone|Diane Lane|Armand Assante|Rob Schneider|Jürgen Prochnow,Danny Cannon,judge|post-apocalyptic|dystopia|based on comic book|police officer,"In a dystopian future, Dredd, the most famous judge (a cop with instant field judiciary powers) is convicted for a crime he did not commit while his murderous counterpart escapes.",Judge Dredd (1995),Action|Crime|Sci-Fi,173
414,112462,Val Kilmer|Tommy Lee Jones|Jim Carrey|Nicole Kidman|Chris O'Donnell,Joel Schumacher,riddle|dc comics|rose|gotham city|superhero,"The Dark Knight of Gotham City confronts a dastardly duo: Two-Face and the Riddler. Formerly District Attorney Harvey Dent, Two-Face believes Batman caused the courtroom accident which left him disfigured on one side. And Edward Nygma, computer-genius and former employee of millionaire Bruce Wayne, is out to get the philanthropist; as The Riddler. Former circus acrobat Dick Grayson, his family killed by Two-Face, becomes Wayne's ward and Batman's new partner Robin.",Batman Forever (1995),Action|Adventure|Comedy|Crime,153
524,112641,Robert De Niro|Sharon Stone|Joe Pesci|James Woods|Don Rickles,Martin Scorsese,poker|drug abuse|1970s|overdose|illegal prostitution,The life of the gambling paradise – Las Vegas – and its dark mafia underbelly.,Casino (1995),Crime|Drama,16
9603,112697,Alicia Silverstone|Stacey Dash|Brittany Murphy|Paul Rudd|Donald Faison,Amy Heckerling,puberty|high school|make a match|spoiled child|gay interest,"Shallow, rich and socially successful Cher is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school's pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first coaxes two teachers into dating each other. Emboldened by her success, she decides to give hopelessly klutzy new student Tai a makeover. When Tai becomes more popular than she is, Cher realizes that her disapproving ex-stepbrother was right about how misguided she was -- and falls for him.",Clueless (1995),Comedy|Romance,39
9598,112431,Christine Cavanaugh|Miriam Margolyes|Danny Mann|Hugo Weaving|Miriam Flynn,Chris Noonan,sheep|pig|affection|piglet|heroism,"Babe is a little pig who doesn't quite know his place in the world. With a bunch of odd friends, like Ferdinand the duck who thinks he is a rooster and Fly the dog he calls mom, Babe realizes that he has the makings to become the greatest sheep pig of all time, and Farmer Hogget knows it. With the help of the sheep dogs Babe learns that a pig can be anything that he wants to be.",Babe (1995),Children|Drama,34
8839,112642,Christina Ricci|Bill Pullman|Cathy Moriarty|Eric Idle|Joe Nipote,Brad Silberling,halloween|friendship|supernatural|afterlife|friends,"Furious that her late father only willed her his gloomy-looking mansion rather than his millions, Carrigan Crittenden is ready to burn the place to the ground when she discovers a map to a treasure hidden in the house. But when she enters the rickety mansion to seek her claim, she is frightened away by a wicked wave of ghosts. Determined to get her hands on this hidden fortune, she hires afterlife therapist Dr. James Harvey to exorcise the ghosts from the mansion. Harvey and his daughter Kat move in, and soon Kat meets Casper, the ghost of a young boy who's ""the friendliest ghost you know."" But not so friendly are Casper's uncles--Stretch, Fatso and Stinkie--who are determined to drive all ""fleshies"" away.",Casper (1995),Adventure|Children,158
5,113101,Tim Roth|Antonio Banderas|Jennifer Beals|Madonna|Marisa Tomei,Allison Anders|Alexandre Rockwell|Robert Rodriguez|Quentin Tarantino,hotel|new year's eve|witch|bet|hotel room,It's Ted the Bellhop's first night on the job...and the hotel's very unusual guests are about to place him in some outrageous predicaments. It seems that this evening's room service is serving up one unbelievable happening after another.,Four Rooms (1995),Comedy,18
9804,114898,Kevin Costner|Chaim Girafi|Rick Aviles|R. D. Call|Zitto Kazann,Kevin Reynolds,ocean|tattoo|mutant|water|dystopia,"In a futuristic world where the polar ice caps have melted and made Earth a liquid planet, a beautiful barmaid rescues a mutant seafarer from a floating island prison. They escape, along with her young charge, Enola, and sail off aboard his ship. But the trio soon becomes the target of a menacing pirate who covets the map to 'Dryland' – which is tattooed on Enola's back.",Waterworld (1995),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi,208
15789,113198,Bill Farmer|Jason Marsden|Rob Paulsen|Jim Cummings|Kellie Martin,Kevin Lima|Paul Brizzi,father-son relationship|pop singer|musical|celebrity|road trip,"When Max makes an preposterous promise to his girlfriend, his chances to fulfilling it seem hopeless when he is dragged onto a cross-country trip with his embarrassing father, Goofy.","Goofy Movie, A (1995)",Animation|Children|Comedy|Romance,239
9273,112281,Jim Carrey|Ian McNeice|Simon Callow|Maynard Eziashi|Bob Gunton,Steve Oedekerk,africa|indigenous|human being-animal relationship|bat,"Summoned from an ashram in Tibet, Ace finds himself on a perilous journey into the jungles of Africa to find Shikaka, the missing sacred animal of the friendly Wachati tribe. He must accomplish this before the wedding of the Wachati's Princess to the prince of the warrior Wachootoos. If Ace fails, the result will be a vicious tribal war.",Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995),Comedy,19
688,112579,Meryl Streep|Clint Eastwood|Annie Corley|Victor Slezak|Jim Haynie,Clint Eastwood,farewell|adultery|love at first sight|photographer|wife husband relationship,"A melancholy romance about a farmers wife who meets a photographer who’s way of life that is completely foreign to her leading her to become attracted to him. She is confronted with the difficult decision to go on with the relationship thus leaving her family, or to stay and continue her ordinary life until her death. Meryl Streep was nominated for an Oscar for her excellent performance.","Bridges of Madison County, The (1995)",Drama|Romance,105
451,113627,Nicolas Cage|Elisabeth Shue|Julian Sands|Richard Lewis|Steven Weber,Mike Figgis,individual|prostitute|alcohol|casino|love at first sight,"Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.",Leaving Las Vegas (1995),Drama|Romance,25
1642,113957,Sandra Bullock|Jeremy Northam|Dennis Miller|Wendy Gazelle|Ken Howard,Irwin Winkler,cheating|new identity|computer virus|chase|computer,"Angela Bennett is a freelance software engineer who lives in a world of computer technology. When a cyber friend asks Bennett to debug a CD-ROM game, she discovers a conspiracy that will turn her life upside down. Soon, her records have been erased, and she's been given a new identity and a police record. Her vacation is ruined as she struggles to determine why she's been deleted from society.","Net, The (1995)",Action|Crime|Thriller,185
532,112691,Peter Sallis|Anne Reid,Nick Park,prison|inventor|loyalty|sheep|innocence,"Wallace falls in love with wool-shop owner Wendolene, not suspecting that she (or rather, her dog) is at the head of a fiendish sheep-rustling plot. Gromit is set up and jailed, but his new-found sheepish friend is determine to give Wallace a helping hand in finding out the real truth.",Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave (1995),Animation|Children|Comedy,745
9886,113481,Keanu Reeves|Dina Meyer|Takeshi Kitano|Ice-T|Dolph Lundgren,Robert Longo,brain|childhood memory|dystopia|pharmaceutical industry|computer chip,"A data courier, literally carrying a data package inside his head, must deliver it before he dies from the burden or is killed by the Yakuza.  In a dystopian 2021, Johnny (Keanu Reeves) is a data trafficker who has an implant that allows him to securely store data too sensitive for regular computer networks. On one delivery run, he accepts a package that not only exceeds the implant's safety limits - and will kill him if the data is not removed in time - but also contains information far more important and valuable than he had ever imagined. On a race against time, he must avoid the assassins sent to kill him and remove the data before it, too, ends his life.",Johnny Mnemonic (1995),Action|Sci-Fi|Thriller,172
8068,112851,Antonio Banderas|Salma Hayek|Joaquim de Almeida|Cheech Marin|Steve Buscemi,Robert Rodriguez,gunslinger|anti terror|ambush|mexico|showdown,A gunslinger is embroiled in a war with a local drug runner.,Desperado (1995),Action|Romance|Western,163
2064,114924,Sandra Bullock|Bill Pullman|Peter Gallagher|Peter Boyle|Jack Warden,Jon Turteltaub,brother brother relationship|chicago|coma|subway|love of one's life,"A love story built on a misunderstanding. A transit worker pulls commuter Peter off the tracks after he's mugged. But while he's in a coma, his family mistakenly thinks she's Peter's fiancée, and she doesn't correct them. Things get more complicated when she falls for his brother, who's not quite sure that she's who she claims to be.",While You Were Sleeping (1995),Comedy|Romance,339
6950,114069,Dustin Hoffman|Rene Russo|Morgan Freeman|Kevin Spacey|Cuba Gooding Jr.,Wolfgang Petersen,river|general|research|army|serum,"A deadly airborne virus finds its way into the USA and starts killing off people at an epidemic rate. Col Sam Daniels' job is to stop the virus spreading from a small town, which must be quarantined, and to prevent an over reaction by the White House.",Outbreak (1995),Action|Drama|Sci-Fi|Thriller,292
577,114681,Nicole Kidman|Matt Dillon|Joaquin Phoenix|Casey Affleck|Illeana Douglas,Gus Van Sant,adultery|winter|obsession|television|new hampshire,"Susan wants to work in television and will therefore do anything it takes, even if it means killing her husband. A very dark comedy from independent director Gus Van Sant with a brilliant Nicole Kidman in the leading role.",To Die For (1995),Comedy|Drama|Thriller,45
3512,114781,Steven Seagal|Eric Bogosian|Everett McGill|Katherine Heigl|Morris Chestnut,Geoff Murphy,terrorist|pentagon|satellite|navy seal|train,"A passenger train has been hijacked by an electronics expert and turned into an untraceable command center for a weapons satellite. He has planned to blow up Washington DC and only one man can stop him, former Navy SEAL Casey Ryback.",Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995),Action,204
1408,112760,Geena Davis|Matthew Modine|Frank Langella|Maury Chaykin|Patrick Malahide,Renny Harlin,exotic island|treasure|map|ship|scalp,"Morgan Adams and her slave, William Shaw, are on a quest to recover the three portions of a treasure map. Unfortunately, the final portion is held by her murderous uncle, Dawg. Her crew is skeptical of her leadership abilities, so she must complete her quest before they mutiny against her. This is made yet more difficult by the efforts of the British crown to end her pirate raids.",Cutthroat Island (1995),Action|Adventure|Romance,15
9312,113855,Christopher Lambert|Robin Shou|Linden Ashby|Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa|Bridgette Wilson,Paul W.S. Anderson,martial arts|monster|island|gore|sorcerer,"For nine generations an evil sorcerer has been victorious in hand-to-hand battle against his mortal enemies. If he wins a tenth Mortal Kombat tournament, desolation and evil will reign over the multiverse forever. To save Earth, three warriors must overcome seemingly insurmountable odds, their own inner demons, and superhuman foes in this action/adventure movie based on one of the most popular video games of all time.",Mortal Kombat (1995),Action|Adventure|Fantasy,44
4584,114388,Kate Winslet|Emma Thompson|Hugh Grant|Tom Wilkinson|Alan Rickman,Ang Lee,bowling|based on novel|servant|country life|jane austen,"Rich Mr. Dashwood dies, leaving his second wife and her daughters poor by the rules of inheritance. Two daughters are the titular opposites.",Sense and Sensibility (1995),Drama|Romance,17
11017,112508,Adam Sandler|Darren McGavin|Bridgette Wilson|Bradley Whitford|Josh Mostel,Tamra Davis,woman director,"Billy Madison is the 27 year-old son of Bryan Madison, a very rich man who has made his living in the hotel industry. Billy stands to inherit his father's empire but only if he can make it through all 12 grades, 2 weeks per grade, to prove that he has what it takes to run the family business.",Billy Madison (1995),Comedy,216
9070,113820,Jason David Frank|Karan Ashley|Johnny Yong Bosch|Steve Cardenas|Amy Jo Johnson,Bryan Spicer,based on tv series|tokusatsu|superhero team|ethnic diversity|super sentai,"Four athletically able teenagers along with their brainy friend Billy are selected by Zordon to fight the evil of Rita Repulsa, her monsters and her minions after the witch is accidentally released from imprisonment in an intergalactic dumpster on the moon. Later in the series, the rangers are joined by Tommy, the once evil Green Ranger designed for Rita's evil, but later was deprogrammed and spent two portions of the series briefly as the Green Ranger. Over time, some rangers had to pass their powers to others as well. Action scenes and scenes with Rita were edited from footage based on Japanese action sagas. Replacement villain Lord Zedd was designed in the U.S.",Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (1995),Action|Children,181
8012,113161,John Travolta|Gene Hackman|Rene Russo|Danny DeVito|Dennis Farina,Barry Sonnenfeld,gambling|miami|based on novel|job|murder,A mobster travels to Hollywood to collect a debt and discovers that the movie business is much the same as his current job.,Get Shorty (1995),Comedy|Crime|Thriller,21
9691,112401,Sylvester Stallone|Antonio Banderas|Julianne Moore|Anatoli Davydov|Muse Watson,Richard Donner,competition|assassination|cia|bank|cat,"Assassin Robert Rath arrives at a funeral to kill a prominent mobster, only to witness a rival hired gun complete the job for him -- with grisly results. Horrified by the murder of innocent bystanders, Rath decides to take one last job and then return to civilian life. But finding his way out of the world of contract killing grows ever more dangerous as Rath falls for his female target and becomes a marked man himself.",Assassins (1995),Action|Crime|Thriller,23
12106,114214,Sharon Stone|Gene Hackman|Russell Crowe|Leonardo DiCaprio|Tobin Bell,Sam Raimi,gunslinger|revenge|prairie|shootout|pistol,"A mysterious woman comes to compete in a quick-draw elimination tournament, in a town taken over by a notorious gunman.","Quick and the Dead, The (1995)",Action|Thriller|Western,303
397,113117,Meg Ryan|Kevin Kline|Timothy Hutton|Jean Reno|Adam Brooks,Lawrence Kasdan,paris|airport|in love with enemy|canadian|necklace,French Kiss is director Kasdan’s best film since the Bodyguard. The plot involves a couple in love and one woman’s attempt to fly to Paris to get her lover back from a business trip and marry him. On the way she unknowingly smuggles something of value that has a petty thief chasing her across France as she chases after her future husband.,French Kiss (1995),Action|Comedy|Romance,236
12110,112896,Leslie Nielsen|Mel Brooks|Amy Yasbeck|Peter MacNicol|Lysette Anthony,Mel Brooks,dracula|spoof,"When a lawyer shows up at the vampire's doorstep, he falls prey to his charms and joins him in his search for fresh blood. Enter Dr. van Helsing, who may be the only one able to vanquish the count.",Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995),Comedy|Horror,12
1710,112722,Sigourney Weaver|Holly Hunter|Will Patton|William McNamara|Harry Connick Jr.,Jon Amiel,police brutality|psychology|police operation|police protection|serial killer,An agoraphobic psychologist and a female detective must work together to take down a serial killer who copies serial killers from the past.,Copycat (1995),Crime|Drama|Horror|Mystery|Thriller,22
9067,114614,Lori Petty|Ice-T|Naomi Watts|Malcolm McDowell|Iggy Pop,Rachel Talalay,destroy|dystopia|reincarnation|desert|artial arts,"Based on the British cult comic-strip, our tank-riding anti-heroine fights a mega-corporation, which controls the world's water supply.",Tank Girl (1995),Action|Comedy|Sci-Fi,327
10634,113118,Ice Cube|Chris Tucker|Nia Long|Tommy 'Tiny' Lister|John Witherspoon,F. Gary Gray,rap|parents kids relationship|rapper|job,"Craig and Smokey are two guys in Los Angeles hanging out on their porch on a Friday afternoon, smoking and drinking, looking for something to do.",Friday (1995),Comedy,69
687,112818,Susan Sarandon|Sean Penn|Robert Prosky|Raymond J. Barry|R. Lee Ermey,Tim Robbins,prison|rape|socially deprived family|penalty|death penalty,A justice drama based on a true story about a man on death row who in his last days forms a strong relationship with a nun who teaches him forgiveness and gives him spirituality as she accompanies him to his execution. Susan Sarandon won an Oscar for best female actress for her convincing portrayal of Sister Helen Prejean.,Dead Man Walking (1995),Crime|Drama,36
8963,112740,Denzel Washington|Gene Hackman|Matt Craven|George Dzundza|Viggo Mortensen,Tony Scott,submarine|mutiny|russia|missile|nuclear missile,"On a US nuclear missile sub, a young first officer stages a mutiny to prevent his trigger happy captain from launching his missiles before confirming his orders to do so.",Crimson Tide (1995),Drama|Thriller|War,161
10802,114436,Elizabeth Berkley|Gina Gershon|Gina Ravera|Kyle MacLachlan|Glenn Plummer,Paul Verhoeven,dancing|female nudity|go-go dancer|spanner|seduction,A young drifter named Nomi arrives in Las Vegas to become a dancer and soon sets about clawing and pushing her way to become a top showgirl.,Showgirls (1995),Drama,193
11448,113819,Woody Allen|Mira Sorvino|Helena Bonham Carter|F. Murray Abraham|Donald Symington,Woody Allen,prostitute|adoption|adoptive father|childlessness|looking for  birth parents,"When Lenny and his wife, Amanda, adopt a baby, Lenny realizes that his son is a genius and becomes obsessed with finding the boy's biological mother in hopes that she will be brilliant too. But when he learns that Max's mother is Linda Ash, a kindhearted prostitute and porn star, Lenny is determined to reform her immoral lifestyle. A Greek chorus chimes in to relate the plot to Greek mythology in this quirky comedy.",Mighty Aphrodite (1995),Comedy|Drama|Romance,52
922,112817,Johnny Depp|Gary Farmer|Crispin Glover|Lance Henriksen|Michael Wincott,Jim Jarmusch,prostitute|sea|sheriff|bounty|bounty hunter,"On the run after murdering a man, accountant William Blake encounters a strange North American man named Nobody who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world.",Dead Man (1995),Drama|Mystery|Western,714
9560,114887,Keanu Reeves|Aitana Sánchez-Gijón|Anthony Quinn|Angélica Aragón|Evangelina Elizondo,Alfonso Aráu,world war ii|vineyard|love|remake|pregnancy,World War II vet Paul Sutton falls for a pregnant and unwed woman who persuades him -- during their first encounter -- to pose as her husband so she can face her family.,"Walk in the Clouds, A (1995)",Drama|Romance,207
11862,113041,Steve Martin|Diane Keaton|Martin Short|Kimberly Williams-Paisley|George Newbern,Charles Shyer,baby|midlife crisis|confidence|aging|daughter,"Just when George Banks has recovered from his daughter's wedding, he receives the news that she's pregnant ... and that George's wife, Nina, is expecting too. He was planning on selling their home, but that's a plan that -- like George -- will have to change with the arrival of both a grandchild and a kid of his own.",Father of the Bride Part II (1995),Comedy,5
9271,114857,Denzel Washington|Russell Crowe|Kelly Lynch|William Forsythe|Stephen Spinella,Brett Leonard,artificial intelligence|android|hologram|computer program|virtual reality,"The Law Enforcement Technology Advancement Centre (LETAC) has developed SID version 6.7: a Sadistic, Intelligent, and Dangerous virtual reality entity which is synthesized from the personalities of more than 150 serial killers, and only one man can stop him.",Virtuosity (1995),Action|Sci-Fi|Thriller,338
11980,114194,Christopher Walken|Elias Koteas|Virginia Madsen|Eric Stoltz|Adam Goldberg,Gregory Widen,angel|archangel gabriel|menschheit,"The angel Gabriel comes to Earth to collect a soul which will end the stalemated war in Heaven, and only a former priest and a little girl can stop him.","Prophecy, The (1995)",Fantasy|Horror|Mystery,188
10474,112461,Leonardo DiCaprio|Lorraine Bracco|James Madio|Mark Wahlberg|Bruno Kirby,Scott Kalvert,sport|basketball|addiction|friends|drug,Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll's epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction.,"Basketball Diaries, The (1995)",Drama,147
11929,109642,Kathy Bates|Jennifer Jason Leigh|Judy Parfitt|Christopher Plummer|John C. Reilly,Taylor Hackford,child abuse|detective|based on novel|bar|island,"Selena is a big-shot reporter in the city who has long distanced herself from her roots in a small town in Maine. She finds herself compelled to return, however, after her mother is accused of murdering the wealthy woman for whom she worked as a maid. Selena has a very bad relationship with her mother, and their visit is incredibly tense, particularly since she strongly suspects that her mother is guilty. As the days go by, however, Selena's investigative skills lead her to some surprising revelations about her own past and her mother's motivations. While Dolores may be a hard woman, she did not become so overnight. As she learns more about what has contributed to the make-up of her mother's armor, her own dissipates",Dolores Claiborne (1995),Drama|Thriller,230
11517,113845,Wesley Snipes|Woody Harrelson|Jennifer Lopez|Robert Blake|Chris Cooper,Joseph Ruben,brother brother relationship|subway|new york city|new york subway|train robbery,"A vengeful New York transit cop decides to steal a trainload of subway fares; his foster brother, a fellow cop, tries to protect him.",Money Train (1995),Action|Comedy|Crime|Drama|Thriller,20
12665,114168,Mary Steenburgen|Sean Patrick Flanery|Lance Henriksen|Jeff Goldblum|Brandon Smith,Victor Salva,dead animal|shot to death|teenage boy|held at gunpoint|teacher student relationship,"Harassed by classmates who won't accept his shocking appearance, a shy young man known as ""Powder"" struggles to fit in. But the cruel taunts stop when Powder displays a mysterious power that allows him to do incredible things. This phenomenon changes the lives of all those around him in ways they never could have imagined.",Powder (1995),Drama|Sci-Fi,24
11780,114287,Liam Neeson|Jessica Lange|John Hurt|Tim Roth|Eric Stoltz,Michael Caton-Jones,scotland|biography|18th century|highlands|violent man,"In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future, by borrowing money from the local nobility to buy cattle to herd to market. When the money is stolen, Rob is forced into a Robin Hood lifestyle to defend his family and honour.",Rob Roy (1995),Action|Drama|Romance|War,151
9090,114682,Patrick Swayze|Wesley Snipes|John Leguizamo|Stockard Channing|Jason London,Beeban Kidron,transvestism|gay|new york|drag queen|homophobia,"Three New York drag queens on their way to Hollywood for a beauty pageant get stranded in a small Midwestern town for the entire weekend when their car breaks down. While waiting for parts for their Cadillac convertible, the flamboyant trio shows the local homophobic rednecks that appearing different doesn't mean they don't have humanity in common.","To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)",Comedy,203
10428,113243,Jonny Lee Miller|Angelina Jolie|Jesse Bradford|Matthew Lillard|Renoly Santiago,Iain Softley,hacker|computer virus,"Along with his new friends, a teenager who was arrested by the US Secret Service and banned from using a computer for writing a computer virus discovers a plot by a nefarious hacker, but they must use their computer skills to find the evidence while being pursued by the Secret Service and the evil computer genius behind the virus.",Hackers (1995),Action|Adventure|Crime|Thriller,170
15602,113228,Walter Matthau|Jack Lemmon|Ann-Margret|Sophia Loren|Daryl Hannah,Howard Deutch,fishing|best friend|duringcreditsstinger|old men,"A family wedding reignites the ancient feud between next-door neighbors and fishing buddies John and Max. Meanwhile, a sultry Italian divorcée opens a restaurant at the local bait shop, alarming the locals who worry she'll scare the fish away. But she's less interested in seafood than she is in cooking up a hot time with Max.",Grumpier Old Men (1995),Comedy|Romance,3
10858,113987,Anthony Hopkins|Joan Allen|Powers Boothe|Ed Harris|Bob Hoskins,Oliver Stone,u.s. president|president elections|watergate scandal|biography|government,"An all-star cast powers this epic look at American President Richard M. Nixon, a man carrying both the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands within. From his victorious presidential election to the shocking Watergate scandal that would seal his doom.",Nixon (1995),Drama,14
11008,110443,Damon Wayans|Orlando Brown|Michael Ironside|Joseph Blaire|Peyton Chesson-Fohl,Nick Castle,headquarter|military base|military service|base|major,"Major Benson Winifred Payne is being discharged from the Marines. Payne is a killin' machine, but the wars of the world are no longer fought on the battlefield. A career Marine, he has no idea what to do as a civilian, so his commander finds him a job - commanding officer of a local school's JROTC program, a bunch of ragtag losers with no hope.",Major Payne (1995),Comedy,267
6520,113071,Sean Connery|Richard Gere|Julia Ormond|Ben Cross|Liam Cunningham,Jerry Zucker,camelot|knight|king arthur|excalibur|knights of the round table,"The timeless tale of King Arthur and the legend of Camelot are retold in this passionate period drama. Arthur is reluctant to hand the crown to Lancelot, and Guinevere is torn between her loyalty to her husband and her growing love for his rival. But Lancelot must balance his loyalty to the throne with the rewards of true love.",First Knight (1995),Action|Drama|Romance,168
9382,112571,Whoopi Goldberg|Mary-Louise Parker|Drew Barrymore|Matthew McConaughey|James Remar,Herbert Ross,aids|roommate|homicide|car journey|friendship,"After breaking up with her girlfriend, a nightclub singer, Jane, answers a personal ad from Robin, a real estate agent with AIDS, seeking a cross-country travel partner. On their journey from New York City to Los Angeles, the two stop by Pittsburgh to pick up Robin's friend Holly, who is trying to escape an abusive relationship. With three distinct personalities, the women must overcome their differences to help one another.",Boys on the Side (1995),Comedy|Drama,218
2293,113749,Jason Lee|Jeremy London|Shannen Doherty|Claire Forlani|Ben Affleck,Kevin Smith,sex|game show|slacker|comic|shopping,"Both dumped by their girlfriends, two best friends seek refuge in the local mall.",Mallrats (1995),Comedy|Romance,180
9087,112346,Michael Douglas|Annette Bening|Michael J. Fox|Martin Sheen|Anna Deavere Smith,Rob Reiner,white house|u.s. president|new love|umweltschützer|widower,"Widowed U.S. president Andrew Shepherd, one of the world's most powerful men, can have anything he wants -- and what he covets most is Sydney Ellen Wade, a Washington lobbyist. But Shepherd's attempts at courting her spark wild rumors and decimate his approval ratings.","American President, The (1995)",Comedy|Drama|Romance,11
19101,113670,Liesel Matthews|Eleanor Bron|Liam Cunningham|Rusty Schwimmer|Vanessa Lee Chester,Alfonso Cuarón,based on novel|servant|private school|female friendship|boarding school,"When her father enlists to fight for the British in WWI, young Sara Crewe goes to New York to attend the same boarding school her late mother attended. She soon clashes with the severe headmistress, Miss Minchin, who attempts to stifle Sara's creativity and sense of self- worth.","Little Princess, A (1995)",Children|Drama,262
11860,114319,Harrison Ford|Julia Ormond|Greg Kinnear|Angie Dickinson|Nancy Marchand,Sydney Pollack,paris|brother brother relationship|chauffeur|long island|fusion,"An ugly duckling having undergone a remarkable change, still harbors feelings for her crush: a carefree playboy, but not before his business-focused brother has something to say about it.",Sabrina (1995),Comedy|Romance,7
281,114558,Ralph Fiennes|Angela Bassett|Tom Sizemore|Juliette Lewis|Vincent D'Onofrio,Kathryn Bigelow,pornography|prostitute|rape|police brutality|rap,"Set in the year 1999 during the last days of the old millennium, the movie tells the story of Lenny Nero, an ex-cop who now deals with data-discs containing recorded memories and emotions. One day he receives a disc which contains the memories of a murderer killing a prostitute. Lenny investigates and is pulled deeper and deeper in a whirl of blackmail, murder and rape. Will he survive and solve the case?",Strange Days (1995),Action|Crime|Drama|Mystery|Sci-Fi|Thriller,198
9071,113677,Steve Buscemi|Catherine Keener|Dermot Mulroney|James Le Gros|Peter Dinklage,Tom DiCillo,cinema|independent film|filmmaker,Film about filmmaking. It takes place during one day on set of non-budget movie. Ultimate tribute to all independent filmmakers.,Living in Oblivion (1995),Comedy,176
9061,113501,Sean Connery|Laurence Fishburne|Blair Underwood|Kate Capshaw|Ruby Dee,Arne Glimcher,rape|black people|florida|professor|harvard university,"Bobby Earl is facing the electric chair for the murder of a young girl. Eight years after the crime he calls in Paul Armstrong, a professor of law, to help prove his innocence. Armstrong quickly uncovers some overlooked evidence to present to the local police, but they aren't interested - Bobby was their killer.",Just Cause (1995),Mystery|Thriller,257
2086,113972,Johnny Depp|Courtney Chase|Charles S. Dutton|Christopher Walken|Roma Maffia,John Badham,assassination|train station|politics|los angeles,"Gene Watson is a public accountant who arrives on a train at Union Station in Los Angeles, accompanied by his 6-year-old daughter Lynn. Because of his ordinary looks, he is approached by a pair of sinister people named Smith and Jones.",Nick of Time (1995),Action|Thriller,89
11472,113986,Hugh Grant|Julianne Moore|Tom Arnold|Joan Cusack|Jeff Goldblum,Chris Columbus,parents kids relationship|baby|marriage|pregnancy|child wish,"When he finds out his longtime girlfriend is pregnant, a commitment-phobe realizes he might have to change his lifestyle for better or much, much worse.",Nine Months (1995),Comedy|Romance,186
10149,114478,Harvey Keitel|William Hurt|Giancarlo Esposito|José Zúñiga|Stephen Gevedon,Wayne Wang|Paul Auster,smoking|robber|cigarette|cigar|laden,"Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole  saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul tells homeless Rashid that he wouldn't mind a short-term housemate. Still grieving over his wife's murder, Paul is moved by both Rashid's quest to reconnect with his father and Auggie's discovery that a woman who might be his daughter is about to give birth.",Smoke (1995),Comedy|Drama,194
11381,114694,Chris Farley|David Spade|Brian Dennehy|Bo Derek|Julie Warner,Peter Segal,bikini girl|pneumatic tube|cow tipping,"Party animal Tommy Callahan is a few cans short of a six-pack. But when the family business starts tanking, it's up to Tommy and number-cruncher Richard Hayden to save the day.",Tommy Boy (1995),Comedy,333
16420,114057,Laurence Fishburne|Irène Jacob|Kenneth Branagh|Nathaniel Parker|Indra Ové,Oliver Parker,jealousy|shakespeare adaptation|friends|moor,The evil Iago pretends to be friend of Othello in order to manipulate him to serve his own end in the film version of this Shakespeare classic.,Othello (1995),Drama,26
9102,114367,Peter Weller|Roy Dupuis|Jennifer Rubin|Andrew Lauer|Liliana Komorowska,Christian Duguay,man vs machine|alien planet|struggle for survival,"(SIRIUS 6B, Year 2078) On a distant mining planet ravaged by a decade of war, scientists have created the perfect weapon: a blade-wielding, self-replicating race of killing devices known as Screamers designed for one purpose only -- to hunt down and destroy all enemy life forms.",Screamers (1995),Action|Sci-Fi|Thriller,76
18402,114496,Julia Roberts|Dennis Quaid|Robert Duvall|Gena Rowlands|Kyra Sedgwick,Lasse Hallström,horse|savannah|based on true story|family,"In one of her best-ever roles, Julia Roberts is Grace, whose reaction to the infidelities of Eddie (Dennis Quaid) turns the lives and loves of the people around her into something like falling dominoes. Robert Duvall, Gena Rowlands, Kyra Sedgwick and others in ""the year's best ensemble of characters"" (Jack Matthews, 'Newsday') co-star in this juicy, truthful story written by Callie Khouri",Something to Talk About (1995),Comedy|Drama|Romance,195
9066,112572,Shelley Long|Gary Cole|Christine Taylor|Christopher Daniel Barnes|Jennifer Elise Cox,Betty Thomas,supermarket|house|woman director,"The original 70's TV family is now placed in the 1990's, where they're even more square and out of place than ever.","Brady Bunch Movie, The (1995)",Comedy,585
9344,113540,Leo Fitzpatrick|Rosario Dawson|Chloë Sevigny|Justin Pierce|Sajan Bhagat,Larry Clark,puberty|first time,"A controversial portrayal of teens in New York City which exposes a deeply disturbing world of sex and substance abuse. The film focuses on a sexually reckless, freckle-faced boy named Telly, whose goal is to have sex with as many different girls as he can. When Jenny, a girl who has had sex only once, tests positive for HIV, she knows she contracted the disease from Telly. When Jenny discovers that Telly's idea of ""safe sex"" is to only have sex with virgins, and is continuing to pass the disease onto other unsuspecting girls, Jenny makes it her business to try to stop him.",Kids (1995),Drama,175
9073,113114,Jason James Richter|Michael Madsen|Jayne Atkinson|August Schellenberg|Mary Kate Schellhardt,Dwight H. Little,human being-animal relationship|whale|killer whale,Jesse becomes reunited with Willy three years after the whale's jump to freedom as the teenager tries to rescue the killer whale and other orcas from an oil spill.,Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995),Adventure|Children|Drama,169
37108,113538,Thomas Ian Nicholas|Joss Ackland|Art Malik|Daniel Craig|Kate Winslet,Michael Gottlieb,time travel|kid|medieval times,"A Southern California kid named Calvin Fuller is magically transported to the medieval kingdom of Camelot through a crack in the ground caused by an earthquake. Once there, he learns he was summoned by the wizard Merlin, who needs Calvin to save Camelot. Using dazzling modern inventions, can Calvin help King Arthur retain his crown and thwart the evil Lord Belasco?","Kid in King Arthur's Court, A (1995)",Adventure|Children|Comedy|Fantasy|Romance,258
13531,112950,Anthony LaPaglia|Debi Mazar|Maxwell Caulfield|Liv Tyler|Robin Tunney,Allan Moyle,cupcake|twenty something|gameboy|money bag|sidewalk,The employees of an independent music store learn about each other as they try anything to stop the store being absorbed by a large chain.,Empire Records (1995),Comedy|Drama,3477
10612,112966,Hugh Grant|Tara Fitzgerald|Colm Meaney|Ian McNeice|Ian Hart,Christopher Monger,england|wales|world war i|village|british,"When an English cartographer must tell a Welsh village that their mountain is only a hill, the offended community sets out to change that.","Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain, The (1995)",Comedy|Romance,468
8438,113870,Christian Slater|Kevin Bacon|Gary Oldman|Embeth Davidtz|William H. Macy,Marc Rocco,prison|prisoner|death row|alcatraz|lawyer,"Inspired by a true story. A petty criminal sent to Alcatraz in the 1930s is caught attempting to make an escape. As punishment he is put in solitary confinement. The maximum stay is supposed to be 19 days, but Henri spends years alone, cold and in complete darkness, only to emerge a madman and soon to be a murderer. The story follows a rookie lawyer attempting to prove that Alcatraz was to blame.",Murder in the First (1995),Drama|Thriller,280
9059,114608,Billy Zane|William Sadler|Jada Pinkett Smith|Brenda Bakke|CCH Pounder,Ernest R. Dickerson,key|guard|god|demon,A man on the run is hunted by a demon known as the Collector.,Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight (1995),Horror|Thriller,328
31174,114279,Ian McKellen|Annette Bening|Jim Broadbent|Kristin Scott Thomas|Adrian Dunbar,Richard Loncraine,england|kidnapper|shakespeare adaptation|murder|king,Shakespeare's Play transplanted into a 1930s setting.,Richard III (1995),Drama|War,41
12122,114852,Christopher Reeve|Kirstie Alley|Linda Kozlowski|Michael Paré|Meredith Salenger,John Carpenter,alien life-form|village|bewusstlosigkeit|alien|pregnancy,"An American village is visited by some unknown life form which leaves the women of the village pregnant. Nine months later, the babies are born, and they all look normal, but it doesn't take the ""parents"" long to realize that the kids are not human or humane.",Village of the Damned (1995),Horror|Sci-Fi,332
9091,114576,Jean-Claude Van Damme|Powers Boothe|Dorian Harewood|Raymond J. Barry|Ross Malinger,Peter Hyams,terrorist|hostage|explosive|vice president,"International action superstar Jean Claude Van Damme teams with Powers Boothe in a Tension-packed, suspense thriller, set against the back-drop of a Stanley Cup game.Van Damme portrays a father whose daughter is suddenly taken during a championship hockey game. With the captors demanding a billion dollars by game's end, Van Damme frantically sets a plan in motion to rescue his daughter and abort an impending explosion before the final buzzer...",Sudden Death (1995),Action,9
400,114660,Andy García|Christopher Lloyd|William Forsythe|Bill Nunn|Treat Williams,Gary Fleder,father-son relationship|bounty hunter|boat|way of life|coffin,A mafia film in Tarantino style with a star-studded cast. Jimmy’s “The Saint†gangster career has finally ended. Yet now he finds him self doing favors for a wise godfather known as “The Man with the Plan.â€,Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995),Crime|Drama|Romance,81
22625,112679,Chris O'Donnell|Minnie Driver|Geraldine O'Rawe|Saffron Burrows|Alan Cumming,Pat O'Connor,forbidden love|moral conflict|independent film,"'Circle Of Friends' is set in 1950's Ireland. The movie focuses on Benny Hogan and her best friend, Eve Malone. The story centers around Benny and Eve as they enter student life at University College, Dublin. Here Benny and Eve reunite with their childhood friend, the ice-cool Nan Mahon, the 'college belle'. They also encounter the handsome and charming Jack Foley, whom Benny quickly falls for.",Circle of Friends (1995),Drama|Romance,222
10329,112715,Laura Linney|Dylan Walsh|Ernie Hudson|Tim Curry|Grant Heslov,Frank Marshall,gorilla|kongo|diamond mine|diamond,"Eight people embark on an expedition into the Congo, a mysterious expanse of unexplored Africa where human greed and the laws of nature have gone berserk. When the thrill-seekers -- some with ulterior motives -- stumble across a race of killer apes.",Congo (1995),Action|Adventure|Mystery|Sci-Fi,160
11446,114906,Heather Matarazzo|Victoria Davis|Christina Brucato|Christina Vidal|Siri Howard,Todd Solondz,parents kids relationship|sister sister relationship|mockery|ugliness|independent film,An unattractive 7th grader struggles to cope with suburban life as the middle child with un-attentive parents and bullies at school.,Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995),Comedy|Drama,562
8512,112857,Denzel Washington|Tom Sizemore|Jennifer Beals|Don Cheadle|Maury Chaykin,Carl Franklin,jazz club|murder|los angeles|private detective|film noir,"In late 1940s Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is an unemployed black World War II veteran with few job prospects. At a bar, Easy meets DeWitt Albright, a mysterious white man looking for someone to investigate the disappearance of a missing white woman named Daphne Monet, who he suspects is hiding out in one of the city's black jazz clubs. Strapped for money and facing house payments, Easy takes the job, but soon finds himself in over his head.",Devil in a Blue Dress (1995),Crime|Film-Noir|Mystery|Thriller,164
19326,113500,Pauly Shore|Tia Carrere|Stanley Tucci|Brian Doyle-Murray|Abe Vigoda,John Fortenberry,stripper|jury|jurist|independent film|jury duty,"When jobless Tommy Collins discovers that sequestered jurors earn free room and board as well as $5-a-day, he gets himself assigned to a jury in a murder trial. Once there, he does everything he can to prolong the trial and deliberations and make the sequestration more comfortable for himself.",Jury Duty (1995),Comedy,174
2054,113862,Richard Dreyfuss|Glenne Headly|Jay Thomas|Olympia Dukakis|William H. Macy,Stephen Herek,composer|mentor|deaf-mute|musical|apprentice,"In 1965, passionate musician Glenn Holland takes a day job as a high school music teacher, convinced it's just a small obstacle on the road to his true calling: writing a historic opus. As the decades roll by with the composition unwritten but generations of students inspired through his teaching, Holland must redefine his life's purpose.",Mr. Holland's Opus (1995),Drama,62
11359,113419,Hal Scardino|Litefoot|Lindsay Crouse|Richard Jenkins|Rishi Bhat,Frank Oz,cupboard|games|puppet|parallel universe|toy comes to life,A nine-year-old boy gets a plastic Indian and a cupboard for his birthday and finds himself involved in adventure when the Indian comes to life and befriends him.,"Indian in the Cupboard, The (1995)",Adventure|Children|Fantasy,60
9909,112792,Michelle Pfeiffer|George Dzundza|Courtney B. Vance|Robin Bartlett|John Neville,John N. Smith,rap|karate|high school|naval officer|teacher,"Former Marine Louanne Johnson lands a gig teaching in a pilot program for bright but underachieving teens at a notorious inner-city high school. After having a terrible first day, she decides she must throw decorum to the wind. When Johnson returns to the classroom, she does so armed with a no-nonsense attitude informed by her military training and a fearless determination to better the lives of her students -- no matter what the cost.",Dangerous Minds (1995),Drama,31
17015,114117,Amanda Root|Ciarán Hinds|Susan Fleetwood|Fiona Shaw|John Woodvine,Roger Michell,captain|napoleonic wars|old flame|admiral,"This film adaptation of Jane Austen's last novel follows Anne Elliot, the daughter of a financially troubled aristocratic family, who is persuaded to break her engagement to Frederick Wentworth, a young sea captain of meager means. Years later, money troubles force Anne's father to rent out the family estate to Admiral Croft, and Anne is again thrown into company with Frederick -- who is now rich, successful and perhaps still in love with Anne.",Persuasion (1995),Drama|Romance,28
11861,113347,Winona Ryder|Anne Bancroft|Ellen Burstyn|Kate Nelligan|Jean Simmons,Jocelyn Moorhouse,wedding vows|marriage proposal|married couple|monogamy|advice,"Soon-to-be-wed graduate student Finn Dodd develops cold feet when she suspects her fiancé is cheating on her. In order to clear her head, Finn visits her grandmother, Hy, and great aunt, Glady Joe Cleary, in Grasse, Calif. There, Finn learns that Hy and Glady Joe are members of a group of passionate quilters, and over the course of her visit she is regaled with tales of love and life by women who have collected rich experiences and much wisdom.",How to Make an American Quilt (1995),Drama|Romance,46
20649,112688,Harvey Keitel|John Turturro|Delroy Lindo|Mekhi Phifer|Isaiah Washington,Spike Lee,drug pusher|train|drug|drug lord,"Strike is a young city drug pusher under the tutelage of drug-lord Rodney Little.When a night man at a fast-food restaurant is found with four bullets in his body, Strike's older brother turns himself in as the killer. Det. Rocco Klein doesn't buy the story, however, and sets out to find the truth, and it seems that all the fingers point toward Strike & Rodney.",Clockers (1995),Crime|Drama|Mystery,159
10525,113097,Billy Crystal|Debra Winger|Joe Mantegna|Cynthia Stevenson|Richard Masur,Billy Crystal,paris|dallas|basketball|crisis|falling in love,"Mickey Gordon is a basketball referee who travels to France to bury his father. Ellen Andrews is an American living in Paris who works for the airline he flies on. They meet and fall in love, but their relationship goes through many difficult patches. The story is told in flashback by their friends at a restaurant waiting for them to arrive.",Forget Paris (1995),Comedy|Romance,237
500,105236,Harvey Keitel|Tim Roth|Michael Madsen|Chris Penn|Steve Buscemi,Quentin Tarantino,torture|gasoline|shot in the stomach|sadistic torture|ensemble cast,"A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse. Crime begets violence as the survivors -- veteran Mr. White, newcomer Mr. Orange, psychopathic parolee Mr. Blonde, bickering weasel Mr. Pink and Nice Guy Eddie -- unravel.",Reservoir Dogs (1992),Crime|Mystery|Thriller,1089
812,103639,Scott Weinger|Robin Williams|Linda Larkin|Jonathan Freeman|Frank Welker,Ron Clements|John Musker,magic|musical|cartoon|princess|love,"Princess Jasmine grows tired of being forced to remain in the palace and she sneaks out into the marketplace  in disguise where she meets street-urchin Aladdin and the two fall in love, although she may only marry a prince. After being thrown in jail, Aladdin and becomes embroiled in a plot to find a mysterious lamp with which the evil Jafar hopes to rule the land.",Aladdin (1992),Adventure|Animation|Children|Comedy|Musical,588
772,104431,Macaulay Culkin|Joe Pesci|Catherine O'Hara|Daniel Stern|John Heard,Chris Columbus,holiday|new york|new york city|christmas,"Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit card—despite problems from a clerk and meddling bellboy. But when Kevin runs into his old nemeses, the Wet Bandits, he's determined to foil their plans to rob a toy store on Christmas eve.",Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992),Children|Comedy,2953
364,103776,Michael Keaton|Danny DeVito|Michelle Pfeiffer|Christopher Walken|Michael Gough,Tim Burton,holiday|corruption|double life|dc comics|crime fighter,"Having defeated the Joker, Batman now faces the Penguin - a warped and deformed individual who is intent on being accepted into Gotham society. Crooked businessman Max Schreck is coerced into helping him become Mayor of Gotham and they both attempt to expose Batman in a different light. Selina Kyle, Max's secretary, is thrown from the top of a building and is transformed into Catwoman - a mysterious figure who has the same personality disorder as Batman. Batman must attempt to clear his name, all the time deciding just what must be done with the Catwoman.",Batman Returns (1992),Action|Crime,1377
8077,103644,Sigourney Weaver|Charles S. Dutton|Charles Dance|Pete Postlethwaite|Ralph Brown,David Fincher,prison|android|spacecraft|space marine|imprisonment,"After escaping with Newt and Hicks from the alien planet, Ripley crash lands on Fiorina 161, a prison planet and host to a correctional facility. Unfortunately, although Newt and Hicks do not survive the crash, a more unwelcome visitor does. The prison does not allow weapons of any kind, and with aid being a long time away, the prisoners must simply survive in any way they can.",Alien³ (a.k.a. Alien 3) (1992),Action|Horror|Sci-Fi|Thriller,1320
943,104714,Mel Gibson|Danny Glover|Joe Pesci|Rene Russo|Stuart Wilson,Richard Donner,rookie cop|dog biscuit|shooting practice|sitting on a toilet|judo throw,"Archetypal buddy cops Riggs and Murtaugh are back for another round of high-stakes action, this time setting their collective sights on bringing down a former Los Angeles police lieutenant turned black market weapons dealer. Lorna Cole joins as the beautiful yet hardnosed internal affairs sergeant who catches Riggs's eye.",Lethal Weapon 3 (1992),Action|Comedy|Crime|Drama,2002
6114,103874,Gary Oldman|Winona Ryder|Anthony Hopkins|Keanu Reeves|Richard E. Grant,Francis Ford Coppola,adultery|maze|vampire|rough sex|wake,"When Dracula leaves the captive Jonathan Harker and Transylvania for London in search of Mina Harker -- the spitting image of Dracula's long-dead wife, Elisabeta -- obsessed vampire hunter Dr. Van Helsing sets out to end the madness.",Dracula (Bram Stoker's Dracula) (1992),Fantasy|Horror|Romance|Thriller,1339
766,106308,Bruce Campbell|Embeth Davidtz|Marcus Gilbert|Ian Abercrombie|Richard Grove,Sam Raimi,prophecy|witch|swordplay|supermarket|castle,"A man is accidentally transported to 1300 A.D., where he must battle an army of the dead and retrieve the Necronomicon so he can return home.",Army of Darkness (1993),Action|Adventure|Comedy|Fantasy|Horror,1215
8845,105690,Steven Seagal|Tommy Lee Jones|Gary Busey|Erika Eleniak|Patrick O'Neal,Andrew Davis,cook|war ship|mercenary|nuclear missile|hostage-taking,"This action-packed thriller takes place on the soon-to-be-decommissioned USS Missouri. Disgruntled ex-CIA operative Strannix, his assistant Krill and their group of terrorists seize the battleship with nuclear blackmail in mind. They've planned for every contingency but ignore the ship's cook, former Navy SEAL Casey Ryback -- an error that could be fatal.",Under Siege (1992),Action|Drama|Thriller,1385
9374,104070,Meryl Streep|Bruce Willis|Goldie Hawn|Isabella Rossellini|Ian Ogilvy,Robert Zemeckis,jealousy|beauty|immortality|rival|potion,"Madeline is married to Ernest, who was once arch-rival Helen's fiance. After recovering from a mental breakdown, Helen vows to kill Madeline and steal back Ernest. Unfortunately for everyone, the introduction of a magic potion causes things to be a great deal more complicated than a mere murder plot.",Death Becomes Her (1992),Comedy|Fantasy,3258
881,104257,Tom Cruise|Jack Nicholson|Demi Moore|Kevin Bacon|Kiefer Sutherland,Rob Reiner,suicide|underdog|suspicion of murder|court case|sentence,"When cocky military lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee and his co-counsel, Lt. Cmdr. JoAnne Galloway, are assigned to a murder case, they uncover a hazing ritual that could implicate high-ranking officials such as shady Col. Nathan Jessep.","Few Good Men, A (1992)",Crime|Drama|Thriller,2268
8872,105793,Mike Myers|Dana Carvey|Rob Lowe|Tia Carrere|Lara Flynn Boyle,Penelope Spheeris,tv show|heavy metal|television producer|woman director,"When a sleazy TV exec offers Wayne and Garth a fat contract to tape their late-night public access show at his network, they can't believe their good fortune. But they soon discover the road from basement to big-time is a gnarly one, fraught with danger, temptation and ragin' party opportunities.",Wayne's World (1992),Comedy,3253
11806,103786,Charles Grodin|Bonnie Hunt|Dean Jones|Nicholle Tom|David Duchovny,Brian Levant,puppy|st. bernard's dog|family,"The Newton family live in their comfortable home, but there seems to something missing. This ""hole"" is filled by a small puppy, who walks into their home and their lives. Beethoven, as he is named, grows into a giant of a dog... a St Bernard. Doctor Varnick, the local vet has a secret and horrible sideline, which requires lots of dogs for experiments. Beethoven is on the bad doctor's list.",Beethoven (1992),Children|Comedy|Drama,6793
402,103772,Michael Douglas|Sharon Stone|George Dzundza|Jeanne Tripplehorn|Denis Arndt,Paul Verhoeven,dancing|male nudity|female nudity|sexual obsession|san francisco,"A police detective is in charge of the investigation of a brutal murder, in which a beautiful and seductive woman could be involved.",Basic Instinct (1992),Crime|Mystery|Thriller,1092
9349,105698,Jean-Claude Van Damme|Dolph Lundgren|Ally Walker|Ed O'Ross|Ralf Moeller,Roland Emmerich,vietnam|barrage|revitalization|reporter|soldier,"An American soldier who had been killed during the Vietnam War is revived 25 years later by the military as a semi-android, UniSols, a high-tech soldier of the future. After the failure of the initiative to erase all the soldier's memories, he begins to experience flashbacks that are forcing him to recall his past.",Universal Soldier (1992),Action|Sci-Fi,2808
9504,104348,Al Pacino|Jack Lemmon|Alec Baldwin|Alan Arkin|Ed Harris,James Foley,robbery|office|shop|estate agent|company,"Glengarry Glen Ross, follows the lives of four unethical Chicago real estate agents who are prepared to go to any lengths (legal or illegal) to unload undesirable real estate on unwilling prospective buyers.",Glengarry Glen Ross (1992),Drama,1095
11158,104437,Rick Moranis|Marcia Strassman|Robert Oliveri|Daniel Shalikar|Joshua Shalikar,Randal Kleiser,becoming an adult|inventor|infant|family,"Wayne Szalinski is at it again. But instead of shrinking things, he tries to make a machine that can make things grow. As in the first one, his machine isn't quite accurate. But when he brings Nick & his toddler son Adam to see his invention, the machine unexpectedly starts working. And when Adam comes right up to the machine, he gets zapped along with his stuffed bunny.","Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992)",Children|Comedy|Sci-Fi,2053
2322,105435,Robert Redford|Sidney Poitier|Dan Aykroyd|David Strathairn|River Phoenix,Phil Alden Robinson,hacker|mathematician|assignment|company|computer hacker,"When shadowy U.S. intelligence agents blackmail a reformed computer hacker and his eccentric team of security experts into stealing a code-breaking 'black box' from a Soviet-funded genius, they uncover a bigger conspiracy. Now, he and his 'sneakers' must save themselves and the world economy by retrieving the box from their blackmailers.",Sneakers (1992),Action|Comedy|Crime|Drama|Sci-Fi,1396
33,105695,Clint Eastwood|Gene Hackman|Morgan Freeman|Richard Harris|Jaimz Woolvett,Clint Eastwood,prostitute|sheriff|bounty|regret|right and justice,"William Munny is a retired, once-ruthless killer turned gentle widower and hog farmer. To help support his two motherless children, he accepts one last bounty-hunter mission to find the men who brutalized a prostitute. Joined by his former partner and a cocky greenhorn, he takes on a corrupt sheriff.",Unforgiven (1992),Drama|Western,1266
2005,105417,Whoopi Goldberg|Maggie Smith|Kathy Najimy|Wendy Makkena|Mary Wickes,Emile Ardolino,church choir|witness protection|musical|gospel|concert,"A Reno singer witnesses a mob murder and the cops stash her in a nunnery to protect her from the hitmen. The mother superior does not trust her, and takes steps to limit her influence on the other nuns. Eventually the singer rescues the failing choir and begins helping with community projects, which gets her an interview on TV.",Sister Act (1992),Comedy|Crime,3247
10158,105812,Wesley Snipes|Woody Harrelson|Rosie Perez|Tyra Ferrell|Cylk Cozart,Ron Shelton,white trash|male friendship|friendship|sport|basketball,"Billy Hoyle (Woody Harrelson) and Sidney Deane (Wesley Snipes) are an unlikely pair of basketball hustlers. They team up to con their way across the courts of Los Angeles, playing a game that's fast dangerous - and funny.",White Men Can't Jump (1992),Comedy|Drama,3263
9475,105323,Al Pacino|Chris O'Donnell|James Rebhorn|Gabrielle Anwar|Philip Seymour Hoffman,Martin Brest,suicide attempt|blindness and impaired vision|thanksgiving|boarding school|prank,"Charlie Simms (Chris O'Donnell) is a student at a private preparatory school who comes from a poor family. To earn the money for his flight home to Gresham, Oregon for Christmas, Charlie takes a job over Thanksgiving looking after retired U.S. Army officer Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade (Al Pacino), a cantankerous middle-aged man who lives with his niece and her family.",Scent of a Woman (1992),Drama,3252
763,103873,Tim Balme|Diana Peñalver|Elizabeth Moody|Ian Watkin|Brenda Kendall,Peter Jackson,poison|new zealand|reanimation|part stop motion|cheating husband,"When a Sumatran rat-monkey bites Lionel Cosgrove's mother, she's transformed into a zombie and begins killing (and transforming) the entire town while Lionel races to keep things under control.",Dead Alive (Braindead) (1992),Comedy|Fantasy|Horror,1241
293,105265,Brad Pitt|Craig Sheffer|Tom Skerritt|Brenda Blethyn|Edie McClurg,Robert Redford,individual|brother brother relationship|gambling|montana|journalist,"A River Runs Through is a cinematographically stunning true story of Norman Maclean. The story follows Norman and his brother Paul through the experiences of life and growing up, and how their love of fly fishing keeps them together despite varying life circumstances in the untamed west of Montana in the 1920's.","River Runs Through It, A (1992)",Drama,3100
619,103855,Whitney Houston|Kevin Costner|Michele Lamar Richards|Ralph Waite|Gary Kemp,Mick Jackson,sister sister relationship|anonymous letter|diva|bodyguard|oscar award,"A former Secret Service agent grudgingly takes an assignment to protect a pop idol who's threatened by a crazed fan. At first, the safety-obsessed bodyguard and the self-indulgent diva totally clash. But before long, all that tension sparks fireworks of another sort, and the love-averse tough guy is torn between duty and romance.","Bodyguard, The (1992)",Drama|Romance|Thriller,3257
10437,104940,Michael Caine|Don Austen|Meredith Braun|Don Austen|Ed Sanders,Brian Henson,holiday|future|musical|past|scrooge,"A retelling of the classic Dickens tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, miser extraordinaire. He is held accountable for his dastardly ways during night-time visitations by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and future.","Muppet Christmas Carol, The (1992)",Children|Comedy|Musical,2083
9876,105477,Sylvester Stallone|Estelle Getty|JoBeth Williams|Roger Rees|Martin Ferrero,Roger Spottiswoode,submachine gun|police|los angeles|criminal,"A tough cop's (Sylvester Stallone) seemingly frail mother (Estelle Getty) comes to stay with him and progressively interferes in his life. She buys him an illegal MAC-10 machine pistol and starts poking around in his police cases. Eventually, the film draws to a denouement involving the title of the film and the revelation that even though she seems frail and weak she is capable of strong actions in some circumstances, i.e. when her son is threatened by thugs and she shoots herself in the shoulder.",Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992),Action|Comedy,3268
9869,105112,Harrison Ford|Anne Archer|Patrick Bergin|Thora Birch|James Fox,Phillip Noyce,assassination|assassin|repayment|ira|jack ryan,"When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack and his family as revenge.",Patriot Games (1992),Action|Crime|Drama|Thriller,3256
10414,104868,Emilio Estevez|Joss Ackland|Lane Smith|Heidi Kling|Josef Sommer,Stephen Herek,sports team|sport|ice hockey|hockey game|winning,"After reckless young lawyer Gordon Bombay gets arrested for drunk driving, he must coach a kids hockey team for his community service. Gordon has experience on the ice, but isn't eager to return to hockey, a point hit home by his tense dealings with his own former coach, Jack Reilly. The reluctant Gordon eventually grows to appreciate his team, which includes promising young Charlie Conway, and leads them to take on Reilly's tough players.","Mighty Ducks, The (1992)",Children|Comedy,2082
1923,105665,Sheryl Lee|Ray Wise|Mädchen Amick|Dana Ashbrook|Phoebe Augustine,David Lynch,detective|surreal|murder|suspense|drugs and addiction,"In the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond (Chris Isaak) inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl. The killer is never apprehended, and, after experiencing dark visions and supernatural encounters, Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) chillingly predicts that the culprit will claim another life. Meanwhile, in the more cozy town of Twin Peaks, hedonistic beauty Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee) hangs with lowlifes and seems destined for a grisly fate.",Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992),Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller,3262
10403,105151,Tim Robbins|Greta Scacchi|Fred Ward|Whoopi Goldberg|Peter Gallagher,Robert Altman,homicide|blackmail|enemy|hollywood,A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?,"Player, The (1992)",Comedy|Crime|Drama,2289
1883,104797,"Denzel Washington|Angela Bassett|Albert Hall|Al Freeman, Jr.|Delroy Lindo",Spike Lee,islam|new york|prison|assassination|ku klux klan,The biopic of the controversial and influential Black Nationalist leader.,Malcolm X (1992),Drama,3246
11597,105629,Robin Williams|Michael Gambon|Joan Cusack|Robin Wright|Jack Warden,Barry Levinson,brother brother relationship|loss of brother|loss of father|toy|company,"Leslie Zevo is a fun-loving inventor who must save his late father's toy factory from his evil uncle, Leland, a war-mongering general who rules the operation with an iron fist and builds weapons disguised as toys.",Toys (1992),Comedy|Fantasy,2253
8293,104454,Vanessa Redgrave|Helena Bonham Carter|Emma Thompson|Anthony Hopkins|Joseph Bennett,James Ivory,sister sister relationship|empowerment|sister,A businessman thwarts his wife's bequest of an estate to another woman.,Howards End (1992),Drama,3260
9361,104691,Daniel Day-Lewis|Madeleine Stowe|Russell Means|Eric Schweig|Jodhi May,Michael Mann,secret love|mohawk|18th century|american indian|french and indian war,"As the English and French soldiers battle for control of the North American colonies in the 18th century, the settlers and native Americans are forced to take sides. Cora and her sister Alice unwittingly walk into trouble but are saved by Hawkeye, an orphaned settler adopted by the last of the Mohicans.","Last of the Mohicans, The (1992)",Action|Romance|War|Western,1408
9367,104815,Carlos Gallardo|Jaime de Hoyos|Peter Marquardt|Reinol Martinez|Ramiro Gomez,Robert Rodriguez,united states–mexico barrier|legs|arms|paper knife|guitar case,"El Mariachi just wants to play his guitar and carry on the family tradition. Unfortunately, the town he tries to find work in has another visitor...a killer who carries his guns in a guitar case. The drug lord and his henchmen mistake El Mariachi for the killer, Azul, and chase him around town trying to kill him and get his guitar case.","Mariachi, El (1992)",Action|Crime|Thriller|Western,3267
10326,104291,Mel Gibson|Jamie Lee Curtis|Elijah Wood|Isabel Glasser|George Wendt,Steve Miner,test person|us air force|airplane|experiment with human beings,A 1939 test pilot asks his best friend to use him as a guinea pig for a cryogenics experiment. Daniel McCormick wants to be frozen for a year so that he doesn't have to watch his love lying in a coma. The next thing Daniel knows is that he's been awoken in 1992.,Forever Young (1992),Drama|Romance|Sci-Fi,3269
11287,104694,Tom Hanks|Geena Davis|Madonna|Lori Petty|Jon Lovitz,Penny Marshall,baseball|world war ii|sport|baseball player|female athlete,"Small-town sisters Dottie and Kit join an all-female baseball league formed after World War II brings pro baseball to a standstill. When their team hits the road with its drunken coach, the siblings find troubles and triumphs on and off the field.","League of Their Own, A (1992)",Comedy|Drama,3255
9609,105046,John Malkovich|Gary Sinise|Ray Walston|Casey Siemaszko|Sherilyn Fenn,Gary Sinise,dream|worker|country life|farm worker|farm,"Two drifters, one a gentle but slow giant, try to make money working the fields during the Depression so they can fulfill their dreams.",Of Mice and Men (1992),Drama,3271
10377,104952,Joe Pesci|Ralph Macchio|Marisa Tomei|Mitchell Whitfield|Fred Gwynne,Jonathan Lynn,prison|southern u.s.|suspicion|cousin|court,"Two carefree pals traveling through Alabama are mistakenly arrested, and charged with murder. Fortunately, one of them has a cousin who's a lawyer - Vincent Gambini, a former auto mechanic from Brooklyn who just passed his bar exam after his sixth try. When he arrives with his leather-clad girlfriend , to try his first case, it's a real shock - for him and the Deep South!",My Cousin Vinny (1992),Comedy,2302
11386,104036,Stephen Rea|Jaye Davidson|Miranda Richardson|Forest Whitaker|Adrian Dunbar,Neil Jordan,transvestism|gay|hostage|love of one's life|northern ireland,"Irish Republican Army member Fergus (Stephen Rea) forms an unexpected bond with Jody (Forest Whitaker), a kidnapped British soldier in his custody, despite the warnings of fellow IRA members Jude (Miranda Richardson) and Maguire (Adrian Dunbar). Jody makes Fergus promise he'll visit his girlfriend, Dil (Jaye Davidson), in London, and when Fergus flees to the city, he seeks her out. Hounded by his former IRA colleagues, he finds himself increasingly drawn to the enigmatic, and surprising, Dil.","Crying Game, The (1992)",Drama|Romance|Thriller,1094
11066,103859,Eddie Murphy|Robin Givens|Halle Berry|David Alan Grier|Grace Jones,Reginald Hudlin,role of women|ladykiller|success|ladies' man|chefin,"Marcus is a successful advertising executive who woos and beds women almost at will. After a company merger he finds that his new boss, the ravishing Jacqueline, is treating him in exactly the same way. Completely traumatised by this, his work goes badly downhill.",Boomerang (1992),Comedy|Romance,122
10163,104692,Jeff Fahey|Pierce Brosnan|Jenny Wright|Mark Bringelson|Geoffrey Lewis,Brett Leonard,dream|chimp|manipulation|botanist|virtual reality,A simple man is turned into a genius through the application of computer science.,"Lawnmower Man, The (1992)",Action|Horror|Sci-Fi|Thriller,1037
9529,103919,Virginia Madsen|Tony Todd|Xander Berkeley|Kasi Lemmons|Vanessa Williams,Bernard Rose,investigation|urban legend|student|violence|mirror,"The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.",Candyman (1992),Horror|Thriller,1342
9096,104839,Sean Connery|Lorraine Bracco|José Wilker|Rodolfo De Alexandre|Angelo Barra Moreira,John McTiernan,medicine|ant|research|amazon|cancer,"An eccentric scientist working for a large drug company is working on a research project in the Amazon jungle. He sends for a research assistant and a gas chromatograph because he's close to a cure for cancer. When the assistant turns out to be a ""mere woman,"" he rejects her help. Meanwhile the bulldozers get closer to the area in which they are conducting research, and they eventually learn to work together, and begin falling in love.",Medicine Man (1992),Adventure|Romance,2822
10608,103850,Tim Robbins|Giancarlo Esposito|Alan Rickman|David Strathairn|James Spader,Tim Robbins,senate|election campaign|folk music|mockumentary|political campaign,"Mock documentary about an upstart candidate for the U.S. Senate written and directed by actor Tim Robbins. Bob Roberts is a folksinger with a difference: He offers tunes that protest welfare chiselers, liberal whining, and the like. As the filmmakers follow his campaign, Robbins gives needle-sharp insight into the way candidates manipulate the media.",Bob Roberts (1992),Comedy,1171
10406,104187,Sean Astin|Brendan Fraser|Pauly Shore|Megan Ward|Robin Tunney,Les Mayfield,stone age|prehistoric|los angeles|cavemen|prehistoric man,"High school misfits Stoney and Dave discover a long-frozen primeval man from the past in their back yard. But the thawed-out Link, as the boys have named him, quickly becomes a wild card in the teens' already zany Southern California lives. After a shave and some new clothes, Link's presence at school makes the daily drudgery a lot more interesting.",Encino Man (1992),Comedy,3243
10206,103893,Kristy Swanson|Donald Sutherland|Paul Reubens|Rutger Hauer|Luke Perry,Fran Rubel Kuzui,cheerleader|vampire|high school|dating|teenager,"Blonde, bouncy Buffy is your typical high school cheerleader-- her goal is to ""marry Christian Slater and die"" and nothing gets in her way when it's time to shop. But all that changes when a strange man informs her she's been chosen by fate to kill vampires. With the help of a romantic rebel, Buffy is soon spending school nights protecting L.A. from Lothos, the Vampire King, his sidekick. Lefty and their determined gang of bloodsuckers. It's everything you'd expect from a teen queen in the Valley.",Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992),Action|Comedy|Horror,3264
16562,104040,D. B. Sweeney|Moira Kelly|Roy Dotrice|Terry O'Quinn|Dwier Brown,Paul Michael Glaser,olympic games|sport|romantic comedy|skating|figure skating,"Two former Olympians, one a figure skater and the other a hockey player, pin their hopes of one last shot at Olympic glory on one another. That is, of course, if they can keep from killing each other in the process...","Cutting Edge, The (1992)",Comedy|Drama|Romance,3270
11259,104231,Tom Cruise|Nicole Kidman|Thomas Gibson|Robert Prosky|Barbara Babcock,Ron Howard,father murder|american dream|suspicion of murder|lovers|kiss,"A young man (Cruise) leaves Ireland with his landlord's daughter (Kidman) after some trouble with her father, and they dream of owning land at the big giveaway in Oklahoma ca. 1893. When they get to the new land, they find jobs and begin saving money. The man becomes a local barehands boxer, and rides in glory until he is beaten, then his employers steal all the couple's money and they must fight off starvation in the winter, and try to keep their dream of owning land alive. Meanwhile, the woman's parents find out where she has gone and have come to America to find her and take her back.",Far and Away (1992),Adventure|Drama|Romance,3259
11068,105415,Bridget Fonda|Campbell Scott|Kyra Sedgwick|Sheila Kelley|Jim True-Frost,Cameron Crowe,free love|lovesickness|roommate|cheating|ex-boyfriend,"Romantic comedy about six of Seattle's young people, most of whom live in the same apartment building and whose lives revolve around the city's ever-expanding music scene. The interrelated stories about each character's progress through the singles scene are intriguing and often very funny, and the soundtrack is a grunge fanatic's dream, with the likes of Soundgarden, Pearl Jam and Mudhoney.",Singles (1992),Comedy|Drama|Romance,3261
9605,105414,Bridget Fonda|Jennifer Jason Leigh|Steven Weber|Peter Friedman|Stephen Tobolowsky,Barbet Schroeder,female nudity|sex|remote control|puppy|basement,"Attractive Manhattanite Allison Jones has it all: a handsome beau, a rent-controlled apartment, and a promising career as a fashion designer. When boyfriend Sam proves unfaithful, Allison strikes out on her own but must use the classifieds to seek out a roommate in order to keep her spacious digs.",Single White Female (1992),Drama|Thriller,3274
10409,105488,Paul Mercurio|Tara Morice|Bill Hunter|Barry Otto|Pat Thomson,Baz Luhrmann,father-son relationship|dancer|experiment,"Brave new steps put Scott's career in jeopardy. With a new partner and determination, can he still succeed?",Strictly Ballroom (1992),Comedy|Romance,1188
85,82971,Harrison Ford|Karen Allen|Paul Freeman|Ronald Lacey|John Rhys-Davies,Steven Spielberg,saving the world|riddle|nepal|himalaya|cairo,"When Dr. Indiana Jones – the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologist – is hired by the government to locate the legendary Ark of the Covenant, he finds himself up against the entire Nazi regime.",Raiders of the Lost Ark (Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark) (1981),Action|Adventure,1198
699,82398,Roger Moore|Carole Bouquet|Chaim Topol|Lynn-Holly Johnson|Julian Glover,John Glen,london|submarine|england|sea|assassin,A British spy ship has sunk and on board was a hi-tech encryption device. James Bond is sent to find the device that holds British launching instructions before the enemy Soviets get to it first.,For Your Eyes Only (1981),Action|Adventure|Thriller,2989
10948,82406,Mickey Rooney|Kurt Russell|Pearl Bailey|Jack Albertson|Sandy Duncan,Ted Berman|Art Stevens|Richard Rich,based on novel|fox|foxhunting|friendship|dog,"When a feisty little fox named Tod is adopted into a farm family, he quickly becomes friends with a fun and adorable hound puppy named Copper. Life is full of hilarious adventures until Copper is expected to take on his role as a hunting dog -- and the object of his search is his best friend!","Fox and the Hound, The (1981)",Animation|Children|Drama,1033
8810,82694,Mel Gibson|Bruce Spence|Michael Preston|Max Phipps|Vernon Wells,George Miller,boomerang|chase|post-apocalyptic|dystopia|survivor,"Max Rockatansky returns as the heroic loner who drives the dusty roads of a postapocalyptic Australian Outback in an unending search for gasoline. Arrayed against him and the other scraggly defendants of a fuel-depot encampment are the bizarre warriors commanded by the charismatic Lord Humungus, a violent leader whose scruples are as barren as the surrounding landscape.","Road Warrior, The (Mad Max 2) (1981)",Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi|Thriller,3703
10156,82517,Mel Brooks|Dom DeLuise|Madeline Kahn|Harvey Korman|Cloris Leachman,Mel Brooks,moses|roman empire|musical|stone age|music,"An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.",History of the World: Part I (1981),Comedy|Musical,2301
814,82010,David Naughton|Jenny Agutter|Griffin Dunne|John Woodvine|Lila Kaye,John Landis,loss of lover|intensive care|dying and death|village and town|transformation,Two American tourists in England are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists.,"American Werewolf in London, An (1981)",Comedy|Horror|Thriller,1321
11827,82509,Rodger Bumpass|Jackie Burroughs|Joe Flaherty|Harold Ramis|John Candy,Gerald Potterton,flying car|taxi|heavy metal|cult favorite|midnight movie,"A glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with a collection of stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.",Heavy Metal (1981),Action|Adventure|Animation|Horror|Sci-Fi,610
764,83907,Bruce Campbell|Ellen Sandweiss|Richard DeManincor|Betsy Baker|Theresa Tilly,Sam Raimi,falsely accused person|beheading|audio tape|log cabin|chain saw,"When a group of college students finds a mysterious book and recording in the old wilderness cabin they've rented for the weekend, they unwittingly unleash a demonic force from the surrounding forest.","Evil Dead, The (1981)",Fantasy|Horror|Thriller,4105
1103,82340,Kurt Russell|Lee Van Cleef|Ernest Borgnine|Donald Pleasence|Isaac Hayes,John Carpenter,taxi|street gang|u.s. president|war veteran|hostage,"In 1997, the island of Manhattan has been walled off and turned into a giant maximum security prison within which the country's worst criminals are left to form their own anarchic society. However, when the President of the United States crash lands on the island, the authorities turn to a former soldier and current convict, Snake Plissken, to rescue him.",Escape from New York (1981),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi|Thriller,1129
11527,82348,Nigel Terry|Helen Mirren|Nicholas Clay|Cherie Lunghi|Paul Geoffrey,John Boorman,holy grail|camelot|round table|wizardry|merlin,"The myth of King Arthur brought to the screen. Uthur Pendragon is given the mystical sword Excalibur by Merlyn. At his death Uthur buries the sword into a stone, and the next man that can pull it out will be King of England. Years later Arthur, Uthur's bastard son draws Excalibur and becomes king. Arthur's evil half-sister Morgana sires a son with him, who may prove his downfall.",Excalibur (1981),Adventure|Fantasy,2872
11816,82846,Katharine Hepburn|Henry Fonda|Jane Fonda|Doug McKeon|Dabney Coleman,Mark Rydell,son|daughter|mother daughter relationship|family holiday|family conflict,"The loons are back again on Golden Pond and so are Norman Thayer, a retired professor, and Ethel who have had a summer cottage there since early in their marriage. This summer their daughter Chelsea -- whom they haven't seen for years -- feels she must be there for Norman's birthday. She and her fiance are on their way to Europe the next day but will be back in a couple of weeks to pick up the fiance's son. When she returns Chelsea is married and her stepson has the relationship with her father that she always wanted. Will father and daughter be able to communicate at last?",On Golden Pond (1981),Drama,1124
9443,82158,Ben Cross|Ian Charleson|Cheryl Campbell|Alice Krige|Nigel Havers,Hugh Hudson,underdog|scotland|jewry|patriotism|olympic games,"Based on the true story of British athletes preparing for and competing in the 1924 Summer Olympics. The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards and won four, including Best Picture.",Chariots of Fire (1981),Drama,1957
13665,82031,Dudley Moore|Liza Minnelli|John Gielgud|Geraldine Fitzgerald|Jill Eikenberry,Steve Gordon,new york city|1980s|comic drunk,"Arthur is the most quotable drunk millionaire that is likely to ever steal your heart. Dudley Moore portrays Arthur, a thirty year old child who will inherit 750 million dollars if he complies with his family's demands and marries the woman of their choosing.",Arthur (1981),Comedy|Romance,3524
10246,84522,Dan Monahan|Mark Herrier|Wyatt Knight|Cyril O'Reilly|Tony Ganios,Bob Clark,male nudity|female nudity|sex|florida|virgin,"Set in 1954, a group of Florida high schoolers seek out to lose their virginity which leads them to seek revenge on a sleazy nightclub owner and his redneck sheriff brother for harassing them.",Porky's (1982),Comedy,3688
11286,82136,Burt Reynolds|Roger Moore|Farrah Fawcett|Dean Martin|Dom DeLuise,Hal Needham,cross country race|all-star supporting cast,"A cross-country road race is based on an actual event, the Cannonball Baker Sea to Shining Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, organized by Brock Yates to protest the 55 mph speed limit then in effect in the U.S. The Cannonball was named for Erwin G. ""Cannonball"" Baker, who in the roaring 20's rode his motorcycle across the country. Many of the characters are based on ruses developed by real Cannonball racers over the several years that the event was run.","Cannonball Run, The (1981)",Action|Comedy,4396
36819,81633,John Cleese|Sean Connery|Shelley Duvall|Katherine Helmond|Ian Holm,Terry Gilliam,treasure|map|magic|time travel|titanic,"A boy escapes from his gadget-obsessed parents to join a band of time-traveling dwarves, and meets Napoleon, Robin Hood, King Agamemnon and other famous figures.",Time Bandits (1981),Adventure|Comedy|Fantasy|Sci-Fi,2968
10890,83131,Bill Murray|Harold Ramis|Warren Oates|P.J. Soles|Sean Young,Ivan Reitman,date|ex-girlfriend|us army|military spoof,"John Winger, an indolent sad sack in his 30s, impulsively joins the U.S. Army after losing his job, his girlfriend and his apartment.",Stripes (1981),Comedy|War,1663
1672,82949,Jean-Paul Belmondo|Robert Hossein|Elisabeth Margoni|Jean-Louis Richard|Jean Desailly,Georges Lautner,paris|prison|africa|homeless person|wife husband relationship,"French secret agent Joss Baumont is sent to kill the president Njala of an African country. However, a counter-order is given before he can execute his mission and he is abandoned in the hands of foreign authorities. He escapes and seeks revenge by pursuing what was his original mission.","Professional, The (Le professionnel) (1981)",Action|Drama|Thriller,5782
14900,82474,Jim Henson|Frank Oz|Dave Goelz|Jerry Nelson|Richard Hunt,Jim Henson,the muppets|kermit the frog|marretas,"Kermit and Fozzie are newspaper reporters sent to London to interview Lady Holiday, a wealthy fashion designer whose priceless diamond necklace is stolen. Kermit meets and falls in love with her secretary, Miss Piggy. The jewel thieves strike again, and this time frame Miss Piggy. It's up to Kermit and Muppets to bring the real culprits to justice.","Great Muppet Caper, The (1981)",Children|Comedy,3397
602,116629,Will Smith|Bill Pullman|Jeff Goldblum|Mary McDonnell|Judd Hirsch,Roland Emmerich,spacecraft|patriotism|countdown|invasion|independence day,"On July 2, a giant alien mothership enters orbit around Earth and deploys several dozen saucer-shaped ""destroyer"" spacecraft that quickly lay waste to major cities around the planet. On July 3, the United States conducts a coordinated counterattack that fails. On July 4 the a plan is devised to gain access to the interior of the alien mothership in space in order to plant a nuclear missile.",Independence Day (a.k.a. ID4) (1996),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi|Thriller,780
954,117060,Tom Cruise|Jon Voight|Emmanuelle Béart|Henry Czerny|Jean Reno,Brian De Palma,paris|london|cia|terrorist|secret identity,"When Ethan Hunt, the leader of a crack espionage team whose perilous operation has gone awry with no explanation, discovers that a mole has penetrated the CIA, he's surprised to learn that he's the No. 1 suspect. To clear his name, Hunt now must ferret out the real double agent and, in the process, even the score.",Mission: Impossible (1996),Action|Adventure|Mystery|Thriller,648
627,117951,Ewan McGregor|Ewen Bremner|Jonny Lee Miller|Robert Carlyle|Kelly Macdonald,Danny Boyle,loss of child|drug addiction|ecstasy|drug dealer|junkie,"Renton is living the dream and that dream is Heroin. As Renton struggles with the agony and ecstasy of his life we follow him and his increasingly unstable mates. Drinking, fighting, drugs, sex and the most disgusting toilet in Scotland. Choose Trainspotting.",Trainspotting (1996),Comedy|Crime|Drama,778
275,116282,William H. Macy|Frances McDormand|Steve Buscemi|Peter Stormare|Kristin Rudrüd,Joel Coen,cheating|ransom|salesclerk|winter|auto,"Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to be a snap and nobody's going to get hurt... until people start dying. Enter Police Chief Marge, a coffee-drinking, parka-wearing - and extremely pregnant - investigator who'll stop at nothing to get her man. And if you think her small-time investigative skills will give the crooks a run for their ransom... you betcha!",Fargo (1996),Comedy|Crime|Drama|Thriller,608
9802,117500,Sean Connery|Nicolas Cage|Ed Harris|John Spencer|David Morse,Michael Bay,san francisco|fbi|gas attack|alcatraz|hostage situation,"A group of renegade marine commandos seizes a stockpile of chemical weapons and takes over Alcatraz, with 81 tourists as hostages. Their leader demands $100 million to be paid, as restitution to families of Marines who died in covert ops. Otherwise, he will launch 15 rockets carrying deadly VX gas into the San Francisco Bay area.","Rock, The (1996)",Action|Adventure|Thriller,733
75,116996,Jack Nicholson|Glenn Close|Annette Bening|Pierce Brosnan|Danny DeVito,Tim Burton,saving the world|total destruction|magic language|white house|mars,"'We come in peace' is not what those green men from Mars mean when they invade our planet, armed with irresistible weapons and a cruel sense of humor.  This star studded cast must play victim to the alien’s fun and games in this comedy homage to science fiction films of the '50s and '60s.",Mars Attacks! (1996),Action|Comedy|Sci-Fi,1391
454,117509,Leonardo DiCaprio|Claire Danes|John Leguizamo|Harold Perrineau|Pete Postlethwaite,Baz Luhrmann,shakespeare adaptation|star crossed lovers|teenage romance|masquerade|shakespeare's romeo and juliet,"In director Baz Luhrmann's contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of Verona Beach, where Romeo and Juliet fall in love and secretly wed. Though the film is visually modern, the bard's dialogue remains.",William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (1996),Drama|Romance,1059
10545,116583,Tom Hulce|Demi Moore|Heidi Mollenhauer|Tony Jay|Kevin Kline,Gary Trousdale|Kirk Wise,sword|mockery|ugliness|cathedral|fool,"When Quasi defies the evil Frollo and ventures out to the Festival of Fools, the cruel crowd jeers him. Rescued by fellow outcast the gypsy Esmeralda, Quasi soon finds himself battling to save the people and the city he loves.","Hunchback of Notre Dame, The (1996)",Animation|Children|Drama|Musical|Romance,783
11238,115491,Scott Weinger|Linda Larkin|Robin Williams|John Rhys-Davies|Gilbert Gottfried,Tad Stones,musical|orient|genie,"Legendary secrets are revealed as Aladdin and his friends—Jasmine, Abu, Carpet and, of course, the always entertaining Genie—face all sorts of terrifying threats and make some exciting last-minute escapes pursuing the King Of Thieves and his villainous crew.",Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996),Animation|Children|Comedy|Fantasy|Musical|Romance,1064
2300,117705,Michael Jordan|Wayne Knight|Billy West|Dee Bradley Baker|Theresa Randle,Joe Pytka,sport|basketball|doctor|basketball team|basketball game,"In a desperate attempt to win a basketball match and earn their freedom, the Looney Tunes seek the aid of retired basketball champion, Michael Jordan.",Space Jam (1996),Adventure|Animation|Children|Comedy|Fantasy|Sci-Fi,673
9268,116213,Arnold Schwarzenegger|James Caan|Vanessa Williams|James Coburn|Robert Pastorelli,Chuck Russell,suicide|ambush|showdown|hostage|traitor,"U.S. Marshall John Kruger erases the identities of people enrolled in the Witness Protection Program. His current assignment is to protect Lee Cullen, who's uncovered evidence that the weapons manufacturer she works for has been selling to terrorist groups. When Kruger discovers that there's a corrupt agent within the program, he must guard his own life while trying to protect Lee's.",Eraser (1996),Action|Drama|Thriller,786
11674,115433,Glenn Close|Jeff Daniels|Joely Richardson|Joan Plowright|Hugh Laurie,Stephen Herek,london|fur|fashion designer|puppy|dalmatiner,"The Live action adaptation of a Disney Classic. When a litter of dalmatian puppies are abducted by the minions of Cruella De Vil, the parents must find them before she uses them for a diabolical fashion statement.",101 Dalmatians (1996),Adventure|Children|Comedy,1367
9294,117333,John Travolta|Kyra Sedgwick|Forest Whitaker|Robert Duvall|Jeffrey DeMunn,Jon Turteltaub,brain tumor|telekinesis|genius|terminal illness|doctor,"An ordinary man sees a bright light descend from the sky, and discovers he now has super-intelligence and telekinesis.",Phenomenon (1996),Drama|Romance,802
755,116367,George Clooney|Quentin Tarantino|Harvey Keitel|Juliette Lewis|Ernest Liu,Robert Rodriguez,dancing|brother brother relationship|sexual obsession|showdown|sheriff,"Seth Gecko and his younger brother Richard are on the run after a bloody bank robbery in Texas. They escape across the border into Mexico and will be home-free the next morning, when they pay off the local kingpin. They just have to survive 'from dusk till dawn' at the rendezvous point, which turns out to be a Hell of a strip joint.",From Dusk Till Dawn (1996),Action|Comedy|Horror|Thriller,70
1645,117913,Matthew McConaughey|Sandra Bullock|Samuel L. Jackson|Kevin Spacey|Oliver Platt,Joel Schumacher,ku klux klan|rape|mississippi|jurors|blackmail,"A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.","Time to Kill, A (1996)",Drama|Thriller,805
199,117731,James Cromwell|Alfre Woodard|Alice Krige|Neal McDonough|Patrick Stewart,Jonathan Frakes,federation|starfleet|borg|enterprise-e|cyborg,"The Borg, a relentless race of cyborgs, are on a direct course for Earth. Violating orders to stay away from the battle, Captain Picard and the crew of the newly-commissioned USS Enterprise E pursue the Borg back in time to prevent the invaders from changing Federation history and assimilating the galaxy.",Star Trek: First Contact (1996),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi|Thriller,1356
9614,116483,Adam Sandler|Christopher McDonald|Julie Bowen|Frances Bay|Carl Weathers,Dennis Dugan,loss of mother|loss of father|golf|sport|taxes,"Failed hockey player-turned-golf whiz Happy Gilmore -- whose unconventional approach and antics on the grass courts the ire of rival Shooter McGavin -- is determined to win a PGA tournament so he can save his granny's house with the prize money. Meanwhile, an attractive tour publicist tries to soften Happy's image.",Happy Gilmore (1996),Comedy,104
9279,116705,Arnold Schwarzenegger|Phil Hartman|Sinbad|Rita Wilson|Jake Lloyd,Brian Levant,holiday|christmas party|santa claus|toy|puppet,"Meet Howard Langston, a salesman for a mattress company is constantly busy at his job, and he also constantly disappoints his son, after he misses his son's karate exposition, his son tells Howard that he wants for Christmas is an action figure of his son's television hero, he tries hard to to make it up to him. Unfortunately for Howard, it is Christmas Eve, and every store is sold out of Turbo Man, now Howard must travel all over town and compete with everybody else to find a Turbo Man action figure.",Jingle All the Way (1996),Children|Comedy,1359
4232,117571,David Arquette|Neve Campbell|Courteney Cox|Matthew Lillard|Rose McGowan,Wes Craven,halloween|gore|serial killer|slasher|tabloid,"A killer known as Ghostface begins killing off teenagers, and as the body count begins rising, one girl and her friends find themselves contemplating the 'rules' of horror films as they find themselves living in a real-life one.",Scream (1996),Comedy|Horror|Mystery|Thriller,1407
11412,116908,Geena Davis|Samuel L. Jackson|Yvonne Zima|Craig Bierko|Tom Amandes,Renny Harlin,assassination|amnesia|hostage|chase|black comedy,"Samantha Caine, suburban homemaker, is the ideal mom to her 8 year old daughter Caitlin. She lives in Honesdale, PA, has a job teaching school and makes the best Rice Krispie treats in town. But when she receives a bump on her head, she begins to remember small parts of her previous life as a lethal, top-secret agent","Long Kiss Goodnight, The (1996)",Action|Drama|Thriller,1047
9390,116695,Tom Cruise|Cuba Gooding Jr.|Renée Zellweger|Kelly Preston|Alison Armitage,Cameron Crowe,stadium|career|sport|sports agent,"Jerry Maguire used to be a typical sports agent: willing to do just about anything he could to get the biggest possible contracts for his clients, plus a nice commission for himself. Then, one day, he suddenly has second thoughts about what he's really doing. When he voices these doubts, he ends up losing his job and all of his clients, save Rod Tidwell, an egomaniacal football player.",Jerry Maguire (1996),Drama|Romance,1393
10830,117008,Mara Wilson|Danny DeVito|Embeth Davidtz|Rhea Perlman|Pam Ferris,Danny DeVito,parents kids relationship|difficult childhood|telekinesis|child prodigy|childhood trauma,"A grouchy couple are parents to a very sweet girl, Matilda. Unlike her bratty brother and mean parents, Matilda becomes a very sweet and extremely intelligent 6 year old girl, who is very keen to go to school and read books. After a while, her parents send her to school with the worst principal in the world, a very sweet teacher, and good friends. While trying to put up with her parents' and principal's cruelty, she starts to unwittingly unleash telekinetic powers, destroying a television and making a newt fly onto the principal. With enough practice, Matilda starts to learn to control her telekinetic powers and soon using them on her principal so she can drive her away from the school.",Matilda (1996),Children|Comedy|Fantasy,837
8840,116136,Dennis Quaid|David Thewlis|Pete Postlethwaite|Dina Meyer|Julie Christie,Rob Cohen,kingdom|despot|immortality|village|army,"In an ancient time when majestic fire-breathers soared through the skies, a knight named Bowen comes face to face and heart to heart with the last dragon on Earth, Draco. Taking up arms to suppress a tyrant king, Bowen soon realizes his task will be harder than he'd imagined: If he kills the king, Draco will die as well.",Dragonheart (1996),Action|Adventure|Fantasy,653
9327,117218,Eddie Murphy|Jada Pinkett Smith|James Coburn|Larry Miller|Dave Chappelle,Tom Shadyac,overweight|overweight man|duringcreditsstinger,"Eddie Murphy stars as shy Dr. Sherman Klump, a kind, brilliant, 'calorifically challenged' genetic professor. When beautiful Carla Purty joins the university faculty, Sherman grows desperate to whittle his 400-pound frame down to size and win her heart. So, with one swig of his experimental fat-reducing serum, Sherman becomes 'Buddy Love', a fast-talking, pumped-up , plumped down Don Juan.","Nutty Professor, The (1996)",Comedy|Fantasy|Romance|Sci-Fi,788
11228,116040,Sylvester Stallone|Amy Brenneman|Viggo Mortensen|Dan Hedaya|Jay O. Sanders,Rob Cohen,taxi|taxi driver|guard|survival|disaster,A group of armed robbers fleeing the police head for the New Jersey Tunnel and run right into trucks transporting toxic waste. The spectacular explosion that follows results in both ends of the tunnel collapsing and the handful of people who survived the explosion are now in peril. Kit Latura is the only man with the skill and knowledge to lead the band of survivors out of the tunnel before the structure collapses.,Daylight (1996),Action|Adventure|Drama|Thriller,798
12123,115857,Keanu Reeves|Morgan Freeman|Rachel Weisz|Fred Ward|Kevin Dunn,Andrew Davis,fbi|hydrogen bomb|secret lab|energy supply|conspiracy,Two researchers in a green alternative energy project are put on the run when they are framed for murder and treason.,Chain Reaction (1996),Action|Adventure|Thriller,836
409,116209,Ralph Fiennes|Juliette Binoche|Willem Dafoe|Kristin Scott Thomas|Naveen Andrews,Anthony Minghella,cairo|egypt|identity|amnesia|world war ii,"Beginning in the 1930's, ""The English Patient"" tells the story of Count Almásy who is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to chart the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert along with several other prominent explorers. As World War II unfolds, Almásy enters into a world of love, betrayal, and politics that is later revealed in a series of flashbacks while Almásy is on his death bed after being horribly burned in a plane crash.","English Patient, The (1996)",Drama|Romance|War,1183
2320,116253,Kurt Russell|Steven Seagal|Halle Berry|John Leguizamo|Oliver Platt,Stuart Baird,bomb|ransom|hostage|airplane|hijacking,"Terrorists hijack a 747 inbound to Washington D.C., demanding the the release of their imprisoned leader. Intelligence expert David Grant (Kurt Russell) suspects another reason and he is soon the reluctant member of a special assault team that is assigned to intercept the plane and hijackers.",Executive Decision (1996),Action|Adventure|Thriller,494
664,117998,Helen Hunt|Bill Paxton|Cary Elwes|Jami Gertz|Philip Seymour Hoffman,Jan de Bont,wife husband relationship|tornado|twister|oklahoma|metereologist,"TV weatherman Bill Harding is trying to get his tornado-hunter wife, Jo, to sign divorce papers so he can marry his girlfriend Melissa. But Mother Nature, in the form of a series of intense storms sweeping across Oklahoma, has other plans. Soon the three have joined the team of stormchasers as they attempt to insert a revolutionary measuring device into the very heart of several extremely violent tornados.",Twister (1996),Action|Adventure|Romance|Thriller,736
3595,117438,Mel Gibson|Gary Sinise|Delroy Lindo|Rene Russo|Lili Taylor,Ron Howard,bounty|loss of child|yellow press|fbi|baby-snatching,"When a rich man's son is kidnapped, he cooperates with the police at first but then tries a unique tactic against the criminals.",Ransom (1996),Crime|Thriller,832
9894,115798,Jim Carrey|Matthew Broderick|Leslie Mann|Jack Black|George Segal,Ben Stiller,prison|prostitute|karaoke|black comedy|cable guy,"When recently single Steven moves into his new apartment, cable guy Chip comes to hook him up -- and doesn't let go. Initially, Chip is just overzealous in his desire to be Steven's pal, but when Steven tries to end the ""friendship,"" Chip shows his dark side. He begins stalking Steven, who's left to fend for himself because no one else can believe Chip's capable of such behavior.","Cable Guy, The (1996)",Comedy|Thriller,784
819,117665,Robert De Niro|Brad Pitt|Kevin Bacon|Jason Patric|Ron Eldard,Barry Levinson,child abuse|sadistic|sexual abuse|pastor|repayment,Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes. A moving drama from director Barry Levinson.,Sleepers (1996),Thriller,1061
10779,116365,Michael J. Fox|Jeffrey Combs|Jake Busey|Chi McBride|Trini Alvarado,Peter Jackson,judge|architect|ghost world|hell|grim reaper,"After a car accident in which his wife, Debra, was killed and he was injured, Frank Bannister develops psychic abilities allowing him to see, hear, and communicate with ghosts.","Frighteners, The (1996)",Comedy|Horror|Thriller,799
9208,115759,John Travolta|Christian Slater|Samantha Mathis|Delroy Lindo|Bob Gunton,John Woo,helicopter|river|captain|underground|mexican standoff,"When rogue stealth-fighter pilot Vic Deakins deliberately drops off the radar while on maneuvers, the Air Force ends up with two stolen nuclear warheads -- and Deakins's co-pilot, Riley Hale, is the military's only hope for getting them back. Traversing the deserted canyons of Utah, Hale teams with park ranger Terry Carmichael to put Deakins back in his box.",Broken Arrow (1996),Action|Adventure|Thriller,95
884,115964,James Spader|Deborah Kara Unger|Holly Hunter|Elias Koteas|Rosanna Arquette,David Cronenberg,gay|sexual obsession|adultery|sadistic|sexuality,"After getting into a serious car accident, a TV director discovers an underground sub-culture of scarred, omnisexual car-crash victims who use car accidents and the raw sexual energy they produce to try to rejuvenate his sex life with his wife.",Crash (1996),Drama|Thriller,1483
10061,116225,Kurt Russell|Stacy Keach|Steve Buscemi|Pam Grier|Cliff Robertson,John Carpenter,prison|u.s. president|earthquake|dystopia|attempt to escape,"This time, a cataclysmic temblor hits Los Angeles, turning it into an island. The president views the quake as a sign from above, expels Los Angeles from the country and makes it a penal colony for those found guilty of moral crimes. When his daughter, part of a resistance movement, steals the control unit for a doomsday weapon, Snake again gets tapped to save the day.",Escape from L.A. (1996),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi|Thriller,849
1630,117318,Woody Harrelson|Courtney Love|Edward Norton|Brett Harrelson|Donna Hanover,Miloš Forman,poison|pornography|free love|aids|eroticism,"Larry Flynt is the hedonistically obnoxious, but indomitable, publisher of Hustler magazine. The film recounts his struggle to make an honest living publishing his girlie magazine and how it changes into a battle to protect the freedom of speech for all people.","People vs. Larry Flynt, The (1996)",Comedy|Drama,1120
10547,115571,Charlie Sheen|Lindsay Crouse|Richard Schiff|Ron Silver|Teri Polo,David Twohy,greenhouse effect|global warming|extraterrestrial|astronomer|conspiracy,"Zane Ziminski is an astrophysicist who receives a message that seems to have extraterrestrial origins. Eerily soon after his discovery, Zane is fired. He then embarks on a search to determine the origins of the transmission that leads him into a Hitchcockian labyrinth of paranoia and intrigue.","Arrival, The (1996)",Action|Sci-Fi|Thriller,748
9303,115736,Jennifer Tilly|Gina Gershon|Joe Pantoliano|John P. Ryan|Christopher Meloni,Lana Wachowski|Lilly Wachowski,prison|women's prison|suspense|mafia|lesbian,"Corky, a tough female ex con and her lover Violet concoct a scheme to steal millions of stashed mob money and pin the blame on Violet's crooked boyfriend Caeser.",Bound (1996),Crime|Drama|Romance|Thriller,866
10218,117802,Jon Favreau|Vince Vaughn|Ron Livingston|Patrick Van Horn|Alex Désert,Doug Liman,independent film|stuffed animal|hollywood|drink|swinger,"This is a story about Mike, a guy who left his girl in New York when he came to LA to be a star. It's been six months since his girlfriend left him and he's not doing so good. So, his pal and some other friends try and get him back in the social scene and forget about his 6 year relationship.",Swingers (1996),Comedy|Drama,1060
9879,117765,Demi Moore|Burt Reynolds|Armand Assante|Ving Rhames|Robert Patrick,Andrew Bergman,blackmail|strip club|striptease|police|us kongress,"Bounced from her job, Erin Grant needs money if she's to have any chance of winning back custody of her child. But, eventually, she must confront the naked truth: to take on the system, she'll have to take it all off. Erin strips to conquer, but she faces unintended circumstances when a hound dog of a Congressman zeroes in on her and sharpens the shady tools at his fingertips, including blackmail and murder.",Striptease (1996),Comedy|Crime,762
7095,116669,Robin Williams|Diane Lane|Brian Kerwin|Jennifer Lopez|Bill Cosby,Francis Ford Coppola,age difference|appearance|body exchange|genetics,"Jack Powell suffers from an affliction that makes him grow four times faster than normal, so the 10-year-old looks like a 40-year-old man. After years of being tutored at home, Jack convinces his overprotective parents to send him to public school. The children don't know what to make of Jack, but with the help of his fifth-grade teacher, he makes an effort to win them over.",Jack (1996),Comedy|Drama,765
1592,117381,Richard Gere|Edward Norton|Laura Linney|John Mahoney|Frances McDormand,Gregory Hoblit,corruption|bishop|court case|pornographic video|court,"An arrogant, high-powered attorney takes on the case of a poor altar boy found running away from the scene of the grisly murder of the bishop who has taken him in. The case gets a lot more complex when the accused reveals that there may or may not have been a 3rd person in the room. The intensity builds when a surprise twist alters everyone's perception of the crime.",Primal Fear (1996),Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller,628
11867,115624,Pamela Anderson|Temuera Morrison|Victoria Rowell|Jack Noseworthy|Udo Kier,David Hogan,scientist bar|electrical torture|pretending to be a prostitute|sprayed with water|pressure washer,"A sexy nightclub owner, Barb Wire moonlights as a mercenary in Steel Harbor, one of the last free zones in the now fascist United States. When scientist Cora Devonshire wanders into Barb's establishment, she gets roped into a top-secret government plot involving biological weapons. Soon Barb is reunited with her old flame Axel Hood, who is now Cora's husband and a guerrilla fighter, resulting in plenty of tense action.",Barb Wire (1996),Action|Sci-Fi,737
10684,115956,Denzel Washington|Meg Ryan|Lou Diamond Phillips|Matt Damon|Michael Moriarty,Edward Zwick,gulf war|pilot|us army|praise|rescue mission,"A US Army officer had made a ""friendly fire"" mistake that was covered up and he was reassigned to a desk job. Later he was tasked to investigate a female chopper commander's worthiness to be awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously. At first all seemed in order then he begins to notice inconsistencies between the testimonies of the witnesses....",Courage Under Fire (1996),Action|Crime|Drama|War,647
9716,116242,Drew Barrymore|Diva Gray|Natasha Lyonne|Edward Norton|Woody Allen,Woody Allen,paris|venice|adultery|robbery|lovesickness,A New York girl sets her father up with a beautiful woman in a shaky marriage while her half sister gets engaged.,Everyone Says I Love You (1996),Comedy|Musical|Romance,1057
9591,117887,Tom Everett Scott|Johnathon Schaech|Tom Hanks|Steve Zahn|Ethan Embry,Tom Hanks,pop star|musical|record label|music|music band,"A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager.",That Thing You Do! (1996),Comedy|Drama,1042
10280,117894,Robert John Burke|Joe Mantegna|Lucinda Jenney|Michael Constantine|Kari Wuhrer,Tom Holland,blow job|curse|fat suit|steven king,"A fat Lawyer finds himself growing ""Thinner"" when an old gypsy man places a hex on him. Now the lawyer must call upon his friends in organized crime to help him persuade the gypsy to lift the curse. Time is running out for the desperate lawyer as he draws closer to his own death, and grows ever thinner.",Thinner (1996),Horror|Thriller,742
9401,115438,Danny Aiello|Greg Cruttwell|Jeff Daniels|Teri Hatcher|Charlize Theron,John Herzfeld,detective|assassin|jealousy|hostage|cocaine,"In a sleepy bedroom community of LA's San Fernando Valley, the murder of a professional athlete by two hit men sets into motion a chain of events that puts the mundane lives of a dozen residents on a collision course. This clever tale tells the story of two hit men, a mistress, a nurse, a vindictive ex-wife, a wealthy art dealer and his lovelorn assistant, a suicidal writer and his dog, and a bitter cop and his partner.",2 Days in the Valley (1996),Crime|Film-Noir,999
9100,115963,Fairuza Balk|Neve Campbell|Robin Tunney|Rachel True|Skeet Ulrich,Andrew Fleming,witch|suicide attempt|becoming an adult|puberty|sorcery,"A Catholic school newcomer falls in with a clique of teen witches who wield their powers against all who dare to cross them -- be they teachers, rivals or meddlesome parents.","Craft, The (1996)",Drama|Fantasy|Horror|Thriller,724
7300,117247,Michelle Pfeiffer|George Clooney|Mae Whitman|Alex D. Linz|Charles Durning,Michael Hoffman,single parent|single father,"Melanie Parker, an architect and mother of Sammy, and Jack Taylor, a newspaper columnist and father of Maggie, are both divorced. They meet one morning when overwhelmed Jack is left unexpectedly with Maggie and forgets that Melanie was to take her to school. As a result, both children miss their school field trip and are stuck with the parents. The two adults project their negative stereotypes of ex-spouses on each other, but end up needing to rely on each other to watch the children as each must save his job. Humor is added by Sammy's propensity for lodging objects in his nose and Maggie's tendency to wander.",One Fine Day (1996),Drama|Romance,605
9101,116130,Kelsey Grammer|Lauren Holly|Rob Schneider|Harry Dean Stanton|Bruce Dern,David S. Ward,submarine|us navy|misfit,"Bumbling Navy lieutenant Tom Dodge has been given one last chance to clean up his record. But Admiral Graham, his nemesis, assigns Dodge to the Stingray, a submarine that can barely keep afloat. To add insult to injury, the Stingray is to be the enemy flagship in the upcoming war games … and to make matters even worse, Dodge's crew is a band of idiots even more incompetent that he is!",Down Periscope (1996),Comedy,135
11543,116778,Woody Harrelson|Randy Quaid|Vanessa Angel|Bill Murray|Chris Elliott,Bobby Farrelly|Peter Farrelly,sport|handicap|sexual favor|star spangled banner|bowling team,"After bowler Roy Munson swindles the wrong crowd and is left with a hook for a hand, he settles into impoverished obscurity. That is, until he uncovers the next big thing: an Amish kid named Ishmael. So, the corrupt and the hopelessly naïve hit the circuit intent on settling an old score with Big Ern.",Kingpin (1996),Comedy,785
8866,117979,Uma Thurman|Jamie Foxx|Janeane Garofalo|Ben Chaplin|James McCaffrey,Michael Lehmann,radio presenter|false identity|decoy|beguilement|love,A successful veterinarian & radio show host with low self-esteem asks her model friend to impersonate her when a handsome man wants to see her.,"Truth About Cats & Dogs, The (1996)",Comedy|Romance,708
9431,117826,Dennis Miller|Erika Eleniak|Angie Everhart|John Kassir|Chris Sarandon,Gilbert Adler,female nudity|brothel|vampire,"Private eye Rafe Guttman (Dennis Miller) is hired by repressed, born-again Katherine (Erika Eleniak) to find her missing bad-boy brother. The trail leads him to a whorehouse run by a thousand-year-old vampire (Angie Everhart) and secretly backed by Katherine's boss, televangelist Jimmy Current (Chris Sarandon).",Tales from the Crypt Presents: Bordello of Blood (1996),Comedy|Horror,842
8818,116250,Madonna|Antonio Banderas|Jonathan Pryce|Jimmy Nail|Victoria Sus,Alan Parker,hooker|deification|dancehall hostess|perónism|argentine president,"The hit musical based on the life of Evita Duarte, a B-movie Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president and dictator Juan Perón, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina.",Evita (1996),Drama|Musical,1416
11062,115907,Al Pacino|John Cusack|Bridget Fonda|Danny Aiello|Martin Landau,Harold Becker,corruption|undercover|war on drugs|mayor|drug dealer,"The accidental shooting of a boy in New York leads to an investigation by the Deputy Mayor, and unexpectedly far-reaching consequences.",City Hall (1996),Drama|Thriller,100
2074,116324,Ben Stiller|Patricia Arquette|Téa Leoni|Mary Tyler Moore|Alan Alda,David O. Russell,lsd|looking for  birth parents|half-brother|independent film,"Adopted as a child, new father Mel Colpin (Ben Stiller) decides he cannot name his son until he knows his birth parents, and determines to make a cross-country quest to find them. Accompanied by his wife, Nancy (Patricia Arquette), and an inept yet gorgeous adoption agent, Tina (Tea Leoni), he departs on an epic road trip that quickly devolves into a farce of mistaken identities, wrong turns, and overzealous and love-struck ATF agents (Josh Brolin, Richard Jenkins).",Flirting With Disaster (1996),Comedy,125
9304,117108,Michael Keaton|Andie MacDowell|Harris Yulin|Eugene Levy|Zack Duhame,Harold Ramis,clone|mistake in person|cloning|experiment gone wrong|construction,"Construction worker Doug Kinney finds that the pressures of his working life, combined with his duties to his wife Laura and daughter Jennifer leaves him with little time for himself. However, he is approached by geneticist Dr. Owen Leeds, who offers Doug a rather unusual solution to his problems: cloning.",Multiplicity (1996),Comedy,719
9333,116830,Bruce Willis|Bruce Dern|William Sanderson|Christopher Walken|David Patrick Kelly,Walter Hill,prohibition|texas|gang war|mafia|on the run,"John Smith is a mysterious stranger who is drawn into a vicious war between two Prohibition-era gangs. In a dangerous game, he switches allegiances from one to another, offering his services to the highest bidder. As the death toll mounts, Smith takes the law into his own hands in a deadly race to stay alive.",Last Man Standing (1996),Action|Crime|Drama|Thriller,996
3179,115641,Mike Judge|Bruce Willis|Demi Moore|Robert Stack,Mike Judge,washington d.c.|casino|hotel|sun|television,"Mike Judge's slacker duo, Beavis and Butt-Head, wake to discover their TV has been stolen. Their search for a new one takes them on a clueless adventure across America where they manage to accidentally become America's most wanted.",Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996),Adventure|Animation|Comedy|Crime,1405
10546,115986,Vincent Pérez|Mia Kirshner|Iggy Pop|Thomas Jane|Richard Brooks,Tim Pope,tattoo|loss of son|crow|independent film|duel,"After Ashe and his little son are murdered violently for no reason by Judah's men, he returns from the dead to take revenge. One after one, Judah's people face the power of the dark angel. The second film based on James O'Barr's cult comic.","Crow: City of Angels, The (1996)",Action|Thriller,839
13685,115734,Luke Wilson|Owen Wilson|Lumi Cavazos|Andrew Wilson|Robert Musgrave,Wes Anderson,brother brother relationship|robbery|burglar|language barrier|motel,"Upon his release from a mental hospital following a nervous breakdown, the directionless Anthony joins his friend Dignan, who seems far less sane than the former. Dignan has hatched a hair-brained scheme for an as-yet-unspecified crime spree that somehow involves his former boss, the (supposedly) legendary Mr. Henry.",Bottle Rocket (1996),Adventure|Comedy|Crime|Romance,101
10539,116683,Miriam Margolyes|Joanna Lumley|Pete Postlethwaite|Susan Sarandon|Richard Dreyfuss,Henry Selick,based on novel|garden|loss of parents|magic potion|aunt,"When the young orphan boy James spills a magic bag of crocodile tongues, he finds himself in possession of a giant peach that flies him away to strange lands.",James and the Giant Peach (1996),Adventure|Animation|Children|Fantasy|Musical,661
10874,117110,Tim Curry|Kevin Bishop|Jennifer Saunders|Billy Connolly|Dave Goelz,Brian Henson,island|pirate gang|puppet|treasure hunt,"After telling the story of Flint's last journey to young Jim Hawkins, Billy Bones has a heart attack and dies just as Jim and his friends are attacked by pirates. The gang escapes into the town where they hire out a boat and crew to find the hidden treasure, which was revealed by Bones before he died. On their voyage across the seas, they soon find out that not everyone on board can be trusted.",Muppet Treasure Island (1996),Adventure|Children|Comedy|Musical,107
3573,116191,Gwyneth Paltrow|Toni Collette|Alan Cumming|Ewan McGregor|Jeremy Northam,Douglas McGrath,based on novel|make a match|jane austen|matchmaking,"Emma Woodhouse is a congenial young lady who delights in meddling in other people’s affairs. She is perpetually trying to unite men and women who are utterly wrong for each other. Despite her interest in romance, Emma is clueless about her own feelings, and her relationship with gentle Mr. Knightly.",Emma (1996),Comedy|Drama|Romance,838
11000,115685,Robin Williams|Gene Hackman|Nathan Lane|Dianne Wiest|Grant Heslov,Mike Nichols,gay|travestie|homophobia|gay kiss|coming out,A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancé's right-wing moralistic parents.,"Birdcage, The (1996)",Comedy,141
10478,117918,Kevin Costner|Don Johnson|Cheech Marin|George Perez|Rene Russo,Ron Shelton,lover (female)|golf|man-woman relation|sport|woman between two men,A washed up golf pro working at a driving range tries to qualify for the US Open in order to win the heart of his succesful rival's girlfriend.,Tin Cup (1996),Comedy|Drama|Romance,852
2925,116313,Bette Midler|Goldie Hawn|Diane Keaton|Maggie Smith|Dan Hedaya,Hugh Wilson,divorce|divorced woman|reunited friends,"Erstwhile college chums Elise, Annie and Brenda reunite for the funeral of a friend who committed suicide after her husband traded her in for a hot new model -- only to realize they're all in the same predicament. With help from an interior decorator, a socialite, Annie's daughter and a mafioso, they form a troika and plot payback against their two-timing exes with delicious results.","First Wives Club, The (1996)",Comedy,830
12498,117666,Billy Bob Thornton|Dwight Yoakam|J. T. Walsh|John Ritter|Lucas Black,Billy Bob Thornton,independent film|repair shop|southern|death threat|story,"Karl Childers is a mentally disabled man who has been in the custody of the state mental hospital since the age of 12 for killing his mother and her lover. Although thoroughly institutionalized, Karl is deemed fit to be released into the outside world.",Sling Blade (1996),Drama,1358
11159,117589,Timothy Spall|Phyllis Logan|Brenda Blethyn|Claire Rushbrook|Marianne Jean-Baptiste,Mike Leigh,london|secret|socially deprived family|reunion|mother daughter relationship,"A middle-aged London factory worker (Blethyn) is shocked when the mixed-race daughter she gave up at birth decides to track her down. At first she denies she is her mother. All family members become emotional, as everyone's secrets are exposed.",Secrets & Lies (1996),Drama,1041
11076,116329,Jeff Daniels|Anna Paquin|Dana Delany|Terry Kinney,Carroll Ballard,loss of mother|canada|inventor|daughter|rescue,"Amy is only 13 years old when her mother is killed. She goes to Canada to live with her father, an eccentric inventor whom she barely knows. Amy is miserable in her new life... until she discovers a nest of goose eggs that were abandoned when a local forest is torn down. The eggs hatch and Amy becomes ""Mama Goose"". When Winter comes, Amy, and her dad must find a way to lead the birds South...",Fly Away Home (1996),Adventure|Children,986
10586,116409,Michael Douglas|Val Kilmer|Tom Wilkinson|John Kani|Emily Mortimer,Stephen Hopkins,africa|lion|bridge|based on true story|kenya,"Set in 1898, this movie is based on the true story of two lions in Africa that killed 130 people over a nine month period, while a bridge engineer and an experienced old hunter tried to kill them.","Ghost and the Darkness, The (1996)",Action|Adventure,1049
44705,117991,Helena Bonham Carter|Richard E. Grant|Nigel Hawthorne|Ben Kingsley|Mel Smith,Trevor Nunn,love|disguise,"Shakespeare's comedy of gender confusion, in which a girl disguises herself as a man to be near the count she adores, only to be pursued by the woman he loves.",Twelfth Night (1996),Comedy|Drama|Romance,892
7863,117631,Geoffrey Rush|Noah Taylor|Armin Mueller-Stahl|Justin Braine|Sonia Todd,Scott Hicks,letter|jumping|child prodigy|pool|pianist,"Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.",Shine (1996),Drama|Romance,1357
10549,116477,Kenneth Branagh|Derek Jacobi|Julie Christie|Richard Briers|Kate Winslet,Kenneth Branagh,mother|denmark|loss of father|prince|shakespeare adaptation,"Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarrying the murderer, his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.",Hamlet (1996),Crime|Drama|Romance,1411
9623,116731,Demi Moore|Alec Baldwin|Joseph Gordon-Levitt|Anne Heche|James Gandolfini,Brian Gibson,jurors|blackmail|court case|son|trial,"With his gangster boss on trial for murder, a mob thug known as ""the Teacher"" tells Annie Laird she must talk her fellow jurors into a not-guilty verdict, implying that he'll kill her son Oliver if she fails. She manages to do this, but, when it becomes clear that the mobsters might want to silence her for good, she sends Oliver abroad and tries to gather evidence of the plot against her, setting up a final showdown.","Juror, The (1996)",Drama|Thriller,79
26748,116905,Chris Cooper|Matthew McConaughey|Elizabeth Peña|Kris Kristofferson|Joe Morton,John Sayles,sheriff|family secrets|dark secrets,"When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.",Lone Star (1996),Drama|Mystery|Western,800
36355,116322,Elijah Wood|Paul Hogan|Jonathan Banks|Jason Fuchs|Robert Deacon,Alan Shapiro,dolphin|florida|florida keys|summer,"Sandy Ricks is sent by his mom to Coral Key, a rustic island in the Florida keys, to spend the summer with his uncle Porter Ricks. Sandy dislikes everything about his new environment until a new friend comes into his life, a dolphin named Flipper, that brings uncle and nephew together and leads Sandy on the summer adventure of a lifetime.",Flipper (1996),Adventure|Children,711
18203,115678,Stanley Tucci|Tony Shalhoub|Marc Anthony|Minnie Driver|Isabella Rossellini,Stanley Tucci|Campbell Scott,jazz|restaurant|independent film|food|italian restaurant,"Primo & Secondo, two immigrant brothers, pin their hopes on a banquet honoring Louis Prima to save their struggling restaurant.",Big Night (1996),Comedy|Drama,994
12606,118073,Shelley Long|Gary Cole|Christopher Daniel Barnes|Christine Taylor|Paul Sutera,Arlene Sanford,hawaii|wedding|family vacation|family|woman director,"A man claiming to be Carol Brady's long-lost first husband, Roy Martin, shows up at the suburban Brady residence one evening. An impostor, the man is actually determined to steal the Bradys' familiar horse statue, a $20-million ancient Asian artifact.","Very Brady Sequel, A (1996)",Comedy,818
9283,115639,Matt Dillon|Noah Emmerich|Annabeth Gish|Lauren Holly|Timothy Hutton,Ted Demme,hometown,"During a snowy winter in the small fictional town of Knight""s Ridge, Massachusetts, a group of lifelong buddies hang out, drink and struggle to connect with the women who affect their decisions, dreams and desires.",Beautiful Girls (1996),Comedy|Drama|Romance,94
10990,117107,Nick Nolte|Melanie Griffith|Chazz Palminteri|Michael Madsen|Chris Penn,Lee Tamahori,prostitute|investigation|special unit|police|celebrity,"In 1950s Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.",Mulholland Falls (1996),Crime|Drama|Thriller,707
11511,116756,Shaquille O'Neal|Francis Capra|Ally Walker|James Acheson,Paul Michael Glaser,new york|wish|genie,Shaquille O'Neal as a rapping genie protects a little boy.,Kazaam (1996),Children|Comedy|Fantasy,810
10534,118158,Jeff Bridges|Caroline Goodall|John Savage|Scott Wolf|Jeremy Sisto,Ridley Scott,female nudity|sailing trip|diary|sailing|survival,Teenage boys discover discipline and camaraderie on an ill-fated sailing voyage.,White Squall (1996),Action|Adventure|Drama,86
9099,117608,Steve Martin|Dan Aykroyd|Phil Hartman|Glenne Headly|Daryl Mitchell,Jonathan Lynn,gulf war|us army|based on tv series|military spoof,The army is known for churning out lean mean fighting machines intent on protecting our great nation. Martin is the inexplicable the incorrigible the invicible sgt. Ernie bilko leader of a ragtag group of the sorriest soldiers ever to enlist in the armed forces.,Sgt. Bilko (1996),Comedy,637
10535,117723,Leslie Nielsen|Nicollette Sheridan|Charles Durning|Marcia Gay Harden|Barry Bostwick,Rick Friedberg,atomic bomb|spoof|james bond spoof,"The evil Gen. Rancor has his sights set on world domination, and only one man can stop him: Dick Steele, also known as Agent WD-40. Rancor needs to obtain a computer circuit for the missile that he is planning to fire, so Steele teams up with Veronique Ukrinsky, a KGB agent whose father designed the chip. Together they try to locate the evil mastermind's headquarters, where Veronique's father and several other hostages are being held.",Spy Hard (1996),Comedy,743
9826,117331,Billy Zane|Kristy Swanson|Treat Williams|Catherine Zeta-Jones|James Remar,Simon Wincer,secret identity|gold|gangster boss|phantom|silver,The 21st successor to the role of Bengalla's resident superhero must travel to New York to prevent a rich madman from obtaining three magic skulls that would give him the secret to ultimate power.,"Phantom, The (1996)",Action|Adventure,761
9536,115683,Pauly Shore|Stephen Baldwin|Joey Lauren Adams|Teresa Hill|William Atherton,Jason Bloom,biotope|vegetarian|pollution,"Bud and Doyle are two losers who are doing nothing with their lives. Both of their girlfriends are actively involved in saving the environment, but the two friends couldn't care less about saving the Earth. One day, when a group of scientists begin a mission to live inside a ""Bio-Dome"" for a year without outside contact, Bud and Doyle mistakenly become part of the project themselves.",Bio-Dome (1996),Comedy,65
2928,117038,John Travolta|Andie MacDowell|William Hurt|Bob Hoskins|Jean Stapleton,Nora Ephron,angel|vice|road trip|reporter|dog,Tabloid reporters are sent by their editor to investigate after the paper recieves a letter from a woman claiming an angel is living with her.,Michael (1996),Comedy|Drama|Fantasy|Romance,1409
13997,115697,Chris Farley|David Spade|Grant Heslov|Tim Matheson|Gary Busey,Penelope Spheeris,nitrous oxide|candid camera|double act|political satire|crooked politician,"When dignified Albert Donnelly runs for Governor, his team moves to keep his slow-witted and klutzy younger brother, Mike, out of the eye of the media. To baby-sit Mike, the campaign assigns sarcastic Steve, who gets the experience of a lifetime when he tries to take Mike out of town during the election.",Black Sheep (1996),Comedy,88
19042,115509,Ernest Borgnine|Bebe Neuwirth|Charlie Sheen|Hamilton Camp|Steve Mackall,Larry Leker|Paul Sabella,dog,"Charlie and Itchy return to Earth to find Gabriel's Horn, but along the way meet up with a young boy named David, who ran away from home.",All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996),Adventure|Animation|Children|Fantasy|Musical|Romance,631
1770,117039,Liam Neeson|Aidan Quinn|Stephen Rea|Alan Rickman|Julia Roberts,Neil Jordan,civil war|fight|president elections|freedom fighter|chinese civil war,"Michael Collins plays a crucial role in the establishment of the Irish Free State in the 1920s, but becomes vilified by those hoping to create a completely independent Irish republic.",Michael Collins (1996),Drama,991
9302,118055,Robert Redford|Michelle Pfeiffer|Stockard Channing|Joe Mantegna|Kate Nelligan,Jon Avnet,miami|television|career|vitamin b|reporter,"Tally Atwater has a dream: to be a prime-time network newscaster. She pursues this dream with nothing but ambition, raw talent and a homemade demo tape. Warren Justice is a brilliant, hard edged, veteran newsman. He sees Tally has talent and becomes her mentor. Tally’s career takes a meteoric rise and she and Warren fall in love. The romance that results is as intense and revealing as television news itself. Yet, each breaking story, every videotaped crisis that brings them together, also threatens to drive them apart...",Up Close and Personal (1996),Drama|Romance,140
8052,119256,Philip Baker Hall|Gwyneth Paltrow|John C. Reilly|Samuel L. Jackson|F. William Parker,Paul Thomas Anderson,gambling|prostitute|casino|cheating|blackmail,A stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular.,Sydney (Hard Eight) (1996),Crime|Drama|Thriller,2952
18414,116768,Dave Foley|Bruce McCulloch|Kevin McDonald|Mark McKinney|Scott Thompson,Kelly Makin,based on tv series|scientist|drug|pharmaceuticals,"A pharmaceutical scientist creates a pill that makes people remember their happiest memory, and although it's successful, it has unfortunate side effects.",Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996),Comedy,663
9306,116654,Marlon Brando|Val Kilmer|David Thewlis|Fairuza Balk|Daniel Rigney,Richard Stanley|John Frankenheimer,monster|experiment|island|mutation|genetics,A shipwrecked sailor stumbles upon a mysterious island and is shocked to discover that a brilliant scientist and his lab assistant have found a way to combine human and animal DNA with horrific results.,"Island of Dr. Moreau, The (1996)",Sci-Fi|Thriller,880
10988,116095,Sharon Stone|Isabelle Adjani|Chazz Palminteri|Kathy Bates|Spalding Gray,Jeremiah S. Chechik,wife husband relationship|violent husband|planned murder|rival in love|extramarital affair,"The wife and mistress of a cruel school master collaborate in a carefully planned and executed attempt to murder him. The plan goes well until the body, which has been strategically dumped, disappears. The strain starts to tell on the two women as a retired police investigator who is looking into the disappearance on a whim begins to think that they know more than they are telling, and their mental state is not helped when their victim is seen, apparently alive and well by one of the pupils.",Diabolique (1996),Drama|Thriller,640
16448,118111,Christopher Guest|Eugene Levy|Fred Willard|Catherine O'Hara|Michael Hitchcock,Christopher Guest,missouri|independent film|mechanic|closeted homosexual|improvisation,"Corky St. Clair is a director, actor and dancer in Blaine, Missouri. When it comes time to celebrate Blaine's 150th anniversary, Corky resolves to bring down the house in Broadway style in this hilarious mockumentary from the people who brought you ""This is Spinal Tap!""",Waiting for Guffman (1996),Comedy,1449
38223,116493,Michelle Trachtenberg|Rosie O'Donnell|J. Smith-Cameron|Eartha Kitt|Vanessa Lee Chester,Bronwen Hughes,spy|secret|nanny|notebook|binoculars,"When the secret notebook of a young girl who fancies herself a spy is found by her friends, her speculations make her very unpopular! Can she win her friends back?",Harriet the Spy (1996),Children|Comedy,801
3065,117128,Michael J. Nelson|Trace Beaulieu|Jim Mallon|Kevin Murphy|John Brady,Jim Mallon,tastelessness|film and cinema|based on tv series|spoof|robot,"The mad and evil scientist, Dr. Clayton Forrester, has created an evil little scheme that is bound to give him world global domination but first things first. He plans to torment Mike Nelson and the robots by sending them a real stinker of a film to watch called, ""This Island Earth."" He is convinced that this movie will drive them insane. Will this be the ultimate cheese that breaks the boys' spirits?",Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996),Comedy|Sci-Fi,671
10548,118147,Muhammad Ali|George Foreman|Don King|James Brown|B.B. King,Leon Gast,underdog|boxer|disrespect|sport|zaire,"It's 1974. Muhammad Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Foreman is ten years younger and the heavyweight champion of the world. Promoter Don King wants to make a name for himself and offers both fighters five million dollars apiece to fight one another, and when they accept, King has only to come up with the money. He finds a willing backer in Mobutu Sese Suko, the dictator of Zaire, and the ""Rumble in the Jungle"" is set, including a musical festival featuring some of America's top black performers, like James Brown and B.B. King.",When We Were Kings (1996),Documentary,1147
98,172495,Russell Crowe|Joaquin Phoenix|Connie Nielsen|Oliver Reed|Richard Harris,Ridley Scott,rome|gladiator|roman empire|slavery|battlefield,"General Maximus' success in battle earns the favour of the Roman Empire's elderly Emperor at the expense of the Emperor's son. In a fit of jealous rage the son slays his father before turning his anger towards Maximus. Now reduced to a slave, and his family dead, Maximus must fight as a gladiator to gain his freedom – and his revenge.",Gladiator (2000),Action|Adventure|Drama,3578
77,209144,Guy Pearce|Carrie-Anne Moss|Joe Pantoliano|Mark Boone Junior|Russ Fega,Christopher Nolan,individual|insulin|tattoo|waitress|amnesia,"Suffering short-term memory loss after a head injury, Leonard Shelby embarks on a grim quest to find the lowlife who murdered his wife in this gritty, complex thriller that packs more knots than a hangman's noose. To carry out his plan, Shelby snaps Polaroids of people and places, jotting down contextual notes on the backs of photos to aid in his search and jog his memory. He even tattoos his own body in a desperate bid to remember.",Memento (2000),Mystery|Thriller,4226
8871,170016,Jim Carrey|Taylor Momsen|Jeffrey Tambor|Christine Baranski|Bill Irwin,Ron Howard,holiday|christmas party|new love|santa claus|village,"Inside a snowflake exists the magical land of Whoville. In Whoville, live the Whos, an almost mutated sort of Munchkin-like people. All the Whos love Christmas, yet just outside of their beloved Whoville lives the Grinch. The Grinch is a nasty creature that hates Christmas, and plots to steal it away from the Whos, whom he equally abhors. Yet a small child, Cindy Lou Who, decides to try befriending the Grinch.",How the Grinch Stole Christmas (a.k.a. The Grinch) (2000),Children|Comedy|Fantasy,3988
8358,162222,Tom Hanks|Helen Hunt|Chris Noth|Paul Sanchez|Lari White,Robert Zemeckis,exotic island|suicide attempt|volleyball|loneliness|plane crash,"Chuck, a top international manager for FedEx, and Kelly, a Ph.D. student, are in love and heading towards marriage. Then Chuck's plane to Malaysia ditches at sea during a terrible storm. He's the only survivor, and he washes up on a tiny island with nothing but some flotsam and jetsam from the aircraft's cargo.",Cast Away (2000),Drama,4022
107,208092,Jason Statham|Brad Pitt|Vinnie Jones|Dennis Farina|Benicio del Toro,Guy Ritchie,gypsy|bare knuckle boxing|slang|trailer park|pig,"The second film from British director Guy Ritchie. Snatch tells an obscure story similar to his first fast-paced crazy character-colliding filled film “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.†There are two overlapping stories here – one is the search for a stolen diamond, and the other about a boxing promoter who’s having trouble with a psychotic gangster.",Snatch (2000),Comedy|Crime|Thriller,4011
955,120755,Tom Cruise|Dougray Scott|Thandie Newton|Ving Rhames|Richard Roxburgh,John Woo,terror|spain|cia|helicopter|secret identity,"With computer genius Luther Stickell at his side and a beautiful thief on his mind, agent Ethan Hunt races across Australia and Spain to stop a former IMF agent from unleashing a genetically engineered biological weapon called Chimera. This mission, should Hunt choose to accept it, plunges him into the center of an international crisis of terrifying magnitude.",Mission: Impossible II (2000),Action|Adventure|Thriller,3623
1636,230030,Elizabeth Hurley|Brendan Fraser|Frances O'Connor|Orlando Jones|Paul Adelstein,Harold Ramis,love of one's life|mephisto|wish|sale of soul|pact with the devil,"Elliot Richardson, suicidal techno geek, is given seven wishes to turn his life around when he meets up with a very seductive Satan. The catch: his soul. Some of his wishes include a 7 foot basketball star, a rock star, and a hamburger. But, as could be expected, the Devil must put her own little twist on each his fantasies.",Bedazzled (2000),Comedy,3968
4247,175142,Carmen Electra|Dave Sheridan|Anna Faris|Jon Abrahams|Regina Hall,Keenen Ivory Wayans,sex|garage|psychopath|crude humor|drug,"Following on the heels of popular teen-scream horror movies, with uproarious comedy and biting satire. Marlon and Shawn Wayans, Shannon Elizabeth and Carmen Electra pitch in to skewer some of Hollywood's biggest blockbusters, including Scream, I Know What You Did Last Summer, The Matrix, American Pie and The Blair Witch Project.",Scary Movie (2000),Comedy|Horror,3785
11688,120917,David Spade|John Goodman|Eartha Kitt|Patrick Warburton|Wendie Malick,Mark Dindal,central and south america|birthday|emperor|palace|kingdom,"Kuzco is a self-centered emperor who summons Pacha from a village and to tell him that his home will be destroyed to make room for Kuzco's new summer home. Kuzco's advisor, Yzma, tries to poison Kuzco and accidentally turns him into a llama, who accidentally ends up in Pacha's village. Pacha offers to help Kuzco if he doesn't destroy his house, and so they form an unlikely partnership.","Emperor's New Groove, The (2000)",Adventure|Animation|Children|Comedy|Fantasy,4016
3981,207201,Helen Hunt|Mel Gibson|Marisa Tomei|Lauren Holly|Mark Feuerstein,Nancy Meyers,women|telepathy|supernatural powers|advertising executive|woman director,"Advertising executive Nick Marshall is as cocky as they come, but what happens to a chauvinistic guy when he can suddenly hear what women are thinking? Nick gets passed over for a promotion, but after an accident enables him to hear women's thoughts, he puts his newfound talent to work against Darcy, his new boss, who seems to be infatuated with him.",What Women Want (2000),Comedy|Romance,4018
10567,130623,D. B. Sweeney|Alfre Woodard|Ossie Davis|Max Casella|Hayden Panettiere,Ralph Zondag|Eric Leighton,cataclysm|asteroid|leader|comet|animation,An orphaned dinosaur raised by lemurs joins an arduous trek to a sancturary after a meteorite shower destroys his family home.,Dinosaur (2000),Adventure|Animation|Children,3615
4327,160127,Cameron Diaz|Lucy Liu|Drew Barrymore|Bill Murray|John Forsythe,McG,martial arts|female friendship|millionaire|agent,"Aspects of this take on the 1970s hit TV series are similar to the original show :Angels Dylan, Natalie and Alex still work for Charlie and interface with Bosley. They still flip their hair, stop traffic with a smile and kick butt. The differences are the unsubtle humor, the martial arts training and the high-tech premise: This time, they're hot on the trail of stolen software.",Charlie's Angels (2000),Action|Comedy,3977
7443,120630,Mel Gibson|Miranda Richardson|Timothy Spall|Imelda Staunton|Jane Horrocks,Peter Lord|Nick Park,chicken|freedom|escape|chicken farm|pie machine,"Having been hopelessly repressed and facing eventual certain death at the British chicken farm where they are held, Rocky the american rooster and Ginger the chicken decide to rebel against the evil Mr. and Mrs. Tweedy, the farm's owners. Rocky and Ginger lead their fellow chickens in a great escape from the murderous farmers and their farm of doom.",Chicken Run (2000),Animation|Children|Comedy,3751
2024,187393,Mel Gibson|Heath Ledger|Joely Richardson|Jason Isaacs|Tchéky Karyo,Roland Emmerich,rebel|southern u.s.|loss of son|martial arts|general,"After proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants nothing more to do with such things, preferring the simple life of a farmer. But when his son Gabriel enlists in the army to defend their new nation, America, against the British, Benjamin reluctantly returns to his old life to protect his son.","Patriot, The (2000)",Action|Drama|War,3753
6282,200550,Piper Perabo|Adam Garcia|John Goodman|Izabella Miko|Tyra Banks,David McNally,bar|musical|beautiful woman,"Graced with a velvet voice, 21-year-old Violet Sanford heads to New York to pursue her dream of becoming a songwriter only to find her aspirations sidelined by the accolades and notoriety she receives at her ""day"" job as a barmaid at Coyote Ugly. The ""Coyotes"" as they are affectionately called tantalize customers and the media alike with their outrageous antics, making Coyote Ugly the watering hole for guys on the prowl.",Coyote Ugly (2000),Comedy|Drama|Romance,3825
2085,165929,Jet Li|Aaliyah|Isaiah Washington|Russell Wong|DMX,Andrzej Bartkowiak,martial arts|hip-hop|oakland,"Two warring gang families (one African-American, the other Chinese) maneuver for bragging rights to the Oakland, California, docks. Hang SIng and Trish O'Day uncover a trail of deceit that leaves most of the warring factions dead … or worse!",Romeo Must Die (2000),Action|Crime|Romance|Thriller,3452
3536,141926,Matthew McConaughey|Bill Paxton|Harvey Keitel|Jon Bon Jovi|David Keith,Jonathan Mostow,submarine|world war ii|north atlantic|mission,"In the midst of World War II, the battle below the seas rages. The Nazi's have the upper edge as the Allies are unable to crack their war codes. That is, until a wrecked U-boat sends out an SOS signal, and the Allies realise this is their chance to seize the 'enigma coding machine'. But masquerading as Nazi's and taking over the U-boat is the smallest of their problems..",U-571 (2000),Action|Thriller|War,3555
71,249462,Jamie Bell|Julie Walters|Jean Heywood|Jamie Draven|Gary Lewis,Stephen Daldry,workers' quarter|dancing class|strike|northern england|scholarship,"Set against the background of the 1984 Miner's Strike, Billy Elliot is an 11 year old boy who stumbles out of the boxing ring and onto the ballet floor. He faces many trials and triumphs as he strives to conquer his family's set ways, inner conflict, and standing on his toes!",Billy Elliot (2000),Drama,3967
9679,187078,Nicolas Cage|Angelina Jolie|Giovanni Ribisi|Delroy Lindo|Will Patton,Dominic Sena,brother brother relationship|detective|car race|car thief|blackmail,"Upon learning that he has to come out of retirement to steal 50 cars in one night to save his brother Kip's life, former car thief Randall ""Memphis"" Raines enlists help from a few ""boost happy"" pals to accomplish a seemingly impossible feat. From countless car chases to relentless cops, the high-octane excitement builds as Randall swerves around more than a few roadblocks to keep Kip alive.",Gone in 60 Seconds (2000),Action|Crime,3717
462,195685,Julia Roberts|Albert Finney|Aaron Eckhart|Marg Helgenberger|Cherry Jones,Steven Soderbergh,biography|based on true story|single mother|water pollution|environmental law,"A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a little help from her push-up bra. Erin goes to work for an attorney and comes across medical records describing illnesses clustered in one nearby town. She starts investigating and soon exposes a monumental cover-up.",Erin Brockovich (2000),Drama,3408
1597,212338,Ben Stiller|Robert De Niro|Teri Polo|Blythe Danner|Owen Wilson,Jay Roach,cia|airport|cat|jew|orderly,"Greg Focker is ready to marry his girlfriend, Pam, but before he pops the question, he must win over her formidable father, humorless former CIA agent Jack Byrnes, at the wedding of Pam's sister. As Greg bends over backward to make a good impression, his visit to the Byrnes home turns into a hilarious series of disasters, and everything that can go wrong does, all under Jack's critical, hawklike gaze.",Meet the Parents (2000),Comedy,3948
134,190590,George Clooney|John Turturro|Tim Blake Nelson|John Goodman|Holly Hunter,Joel Coen,prophecy|southern u.s.|music record|country music|mississippi,"In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them. On their journey they come across many comical characters and incredible situations. Based upon Homer's 'Odyssey'.","O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)",Adventure|Comedy|Crime,4027
2787,134847,Vin Diesel|Radha Mitchell|Cole Hauser|Rhiana Griffith|Lewis Fitz-Gerald,David Twohy,darkness|dystopia|comet|alien life-form|survival,"After crash-landing on a seemingly lifeless planet, pilot Carolyn Fry and the remaining passengers -- including murderer Riddick and policeman William J. Johns -- encounter an army of creatures whose only weakness is light. As night approaches and the aliens emerge, the passengers must rely on Riddick's powerful night vision to lead them through the darkness.",Pitch Black (2000),Horror|Sci-Fi|Thriller,3300
14181,181984,Giovanni Ribisi|Vin Diesel|Nia Long|Tom Everett Scott|Ben Affleck,Ben Younger,finances|stock broker|investment firm,"A college dropout gets a job as a broker for a suburban investment firm, which puts him on the fast track to success, but the job might not be as legitimate as it sounds.",Boiler Room (2000),Crime|Drama|Thriller,3298
10501,138749,Kenneth Branagh|Kevin Kline|Rosie Perez|Armand Assante|Edward James Olmos,Don Michael Paul|Bibo Bergeron,gold|horse|sword fight,"After a failed swindle, two con-men end up with a map to El Dorado, the fabled ""city of gold,"" and an unintended trip to the New World.  Much to their surprise, the map does lead the pair to the mythical city, where the startled inhabitants promptly begin to worship them as gods.  The only question is, do they take the worshipful natives for all they're worth, or is there a bit more to El Dorado than riches?","Road to El Dorado, The (2000)",Animation|Children,3483
1493,212346,Sandra Bullock|Benjamin Bratt|Michael Caine|Candice Bergen|William Shatner,Donald Petrie,undercover agent|beauty contest|terrorism,"Gracie Hart is a tough-as-nails FBI officer. When her office receives a letter from a terrorist going by the alias ""The Citizen"", they figure out that he's planning his next act at the Miss America beauty pageant. Because Hart is the only female officer at her office, she's chosen to go undercover as the contestant from New Jersey.",Miss Congeniality (2000),Comedy|Crime,4025
10559,186151,Dennis Quaid|Jim Caviezel|Andre Braugher|Elizabeth Mitchell|Noah Emmerich,Gregory Hoblit,new york|mother|detective|baseball|radio,"When a rare phenomenon gives police officer John Sullivan the chance to speak to his father, 30 years in the past, he takes the opportunity to prevent his dad's tragic death.  After his actions inadvertently give rise to a series of brutal murders he and his father must find a way to fix the consequences of altering time.",Frequency (2000),Drama|Thriller,3510
641,180093,Ellen Burstyn|Jared Leto|Jennifer Connelly|Marlon Wayans|Christopher McDonald,Darren Aronofsky,drug addiction|junkie|heroin|speed|diet,The hopes and dreams of four ambitious people are shattered when their drug addictions begin spiraling out of control. A look into addiction and how it overcomes the mind and body.,Requiem for a Dream (2000),Drama,3949
10647,223897,Kevin Spacey|Helen Hunt|Haley Joel Osment|Jay Mohr|Jim Caviezel,Mimi Leder,child's point of view|good deed|exotic dancer|schoolteacher|extra credit assignment,"Like some other kids, 12-year-old Trevor McKinney believed in the goodness of human nature. Like many other kids, he was determined to change the world for the better. Unlike most other kids, he succeeded.",Pay It Forward (2000),Drama,3969
9383,164052,Elisabeth Shue|Kevin Bacon|Josh Brolin|Kim Dickens|Rhona Mitra,Paul Verhoeven,killing|experiment with human beings|scientist|invisible man|science experiment,"Cocky researcher Sebastian Caine is working on a project to make living creatures invisible. He's so confident he's found the right formula that he tests it on himself and soon begins to vanish. The only problem is, no one can figure out how to make him visible again. This predicament begins to drive Caine mad, with terrifying results.",Hollow Man (2000),Horror|Sci-Fi|Thriller,3826
9600,208003,Martin Lawrence|Nia Long|Paul Giamatti|Jascha Washington|Terrence Howard,Raja Gosnell,ç»åœ°å¥¶éœ¸|å§åº•è‚¥å¦ˆ|big爆任务|超级妈妈,"When a street-smart FBI agent is sent to Georgia to protect a beautiful single mother and her son from an escaped convict, he is forced to impersonate a crass Southern granny known as Big Momma in order to remain incognito.",Big Momma's House (2000),Comedy,3646
1359,144084,Christian Bale|Willem Dafoe|Jared Leto|Josh Lucas|Samantha Mathis,Mary Harron,based on novel|underwear|wall street|psychopath|ronald reagan,"A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.",American Psycho (2000),Crime|Horror|Mystery|Thriller,3535
16,168629,Björk|Catherine Deneuve|David Morse|Peter Stormare|Joel Grey,Lars von Trier,individual|dancing|usa|robbery|factory worker,"Selma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her son, who has inherited the same genetic disorder and will suffer the same fate without an expensive operation. When life gets too difficult, Selma learns to cope through her love of musicals, escaping life's troubles - even if just for a moment - by dreaming up little numbers to the rhythmic beats of her surroundings.",Dancer in the Dark (2000),Drama|Musical,3910
9285,215129,Breckin Meyer|Seann William Scott|Amy Smart|Paulo Costanzo|DJ Qualls,Todd Phillips,female nudity|sex|sexism|sperm bank|erection,Four friends take off on an 1800 mile road trip to retrieve an illicit tape mistakenly mailed to a girl friend.,Road Trip (2000),Comedy,3617
10637,210945,Denzel Washington|Will Patton|Ryan Hurst|Wood Harris|Hayden Panettiere,Boaz Yakin,ku klux klan|american football|trainer|sports team|race politics,"After leading his football team to 15 winning seasons, coach Bill Yoast is demoted and replaced by Herman Boone – tough, opinionated and as different from the beloved Yoast as he could be. The two men learn to overcome their differences and turn a group of hostile young men into true champions.",Remember the Titans (2000),Drama,3916
2046,219699,Cate Blanchett|Giovanni Ribisi|Keanu Reeves|Katie Holmes|Greg Kinnear,Sam Raimi,fortune teller|dream|pond|extrasensory perception,"When a local woman disappears and the police can't seem to find any leads, her father turns to a poor young woman with psychic powers. Slowly she starts having visions of the woman chained and in a pond. Her visions lead to the body and the arrest of an abusive husband, but did he really do it?","Gift, The (2000)",Thriller,4020
4958,146984,Matt Damon|Bruce McGill|Charlize Theron|Will Smith|Joel Gretsch,Robert Redford,competition|world war i|great depression|caddy|savannah,"World War I has left golfer Rannulph Junuh a poker-playing alcoholic, his perfect swing gone. Now, however, he needs to get it back to play in a tournament to save the financially ravaged golf course of a long-ago sweetheart. Help arrives in the form of mysterious caddy Bagger Vance.","Legend of Bagger Vance, The (2000)",Drama|Romance,3978
1900,181865,Michael Douglas|Benicio del Toro|Jacob Vargas|Tomás Milián|Russell G. Jones,Steven Soderbergh,usa|war on drugs|drug traffic|drug dealer|drug smuggle,"An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated daughter is abusing cocaine within their comfortable suburban home. In Mexico, a flawed, but noble policeman agrees to testify against a powerful general in league with a cartel, and in San Diego, a drug kingpin's sheltered trophy wife must learn her husband's ruthless business after he is arrested, endangering her luxurious lifestyle.",Traffic (2000),Crime|Drama|Thriller,4034
8859,242423,Ashton Kutcher|Seann William Scott|Kristy Swanson|Jennifer Garner|Marla Sokoloff,Danny Leiner,dude|amnesia|idiot|auto|friendship,"Jesse and Chester, two bumbling stoners, wake up one morning from a night of partying and cannot remember where they parked their car. They encounter a variety of people while looking for it, including their angry girlfriends, an angry street gang, a transexual stripper, a cult of alien seeking fanatics, and aliens in human form looking for a mystical device that could save or destroy the world.","Dude, Where's My Car? (2000)",Comedy|Sci-Fi,4015
5994,218967,Nicolas Cage|Téa Leoni|Don Cheadle|Saul Rubinek|Amber Valletta,Brett Ratner,christmas|weihnachten,"Jack's lavish, fast-paced lifestyle changes one Christmas night when he stumbles into a grocery store holdup and disarms the gunman. The next morning he wakes up in bed lying next to Kate, his college sweetheart he left in order to pursue his career, and to the horrifying discovery that his former life no longer exists. As he stumbles through this alternate suburban universe, Jack finds himself at a crossroad where he must choose between his high-power career and the woman he loves.","Family Man, The (2000)",Comedy|Drama|Romance,4023
8452,216216,Arnold Schwarzenegger|Michael Rapaport|Tony Goldwyn|Michael Rooker|Sarah Wynter,Roger Spottiswoode,clone|future|murder|cloning|laser gun,Futuristic action about a man who meets a clone of himself and stumbles into a grand conspiracy about clones taking over the world.,"6th Day, The (2000)",Action|Sci-Fi|Thriller,3986
11478,192614,Joshua Jackson|Paul Walker|Hill Harper|Leslie Bibb|Christopher McDonald,Rob Cohen,journalist|secret society|pizza|wealth|pay phone,"Luke's exultance at being selected for The Skulls (a secret society bred within the walls of a prominent Ivy League Campus) is soon overshadowed when he realises that all is 'not well in Wonderland'. For The Skulls is a breeding ground for the future powerful and elite. It's not only a far cry from his working class background, but it also hallows its own deep and dark secrets.","Skulls, The (2000)",Thriller,3484
2123,183505,Jim Carrey|Renée Zellweger|Anthony Anderson|Robert Forster|Richard Jenkins,Peter Farrelly|Bobby Farrelly,schizophrenia|ex-cop|aftercreditsstinger|duringcreditsstinger,"Rhode Island State Trooper Charlie Baileygates has a multiple personality disorder. One personality is crazy and aggressive, while the other is more friendly and laid back. Both of these personalities fall in love with the same woman named Irene after Charlie loses his medication.","Me, Myself & Irene (2000)",Adventure|Comedy,3752
8584,184894,Jackie Chan|Owen Wilson|Lucy Liu|Xander Berkeley|Roger Yuan,Tom Dey,princess|sioux|travel|rescue|chinese,"Chon Wang, a clumsy imperial guard trails Princess Pei Pei when she is kidnapped from the Forbidden City and transported to America. Wang follows her captors to Nevada, where he teams up with an unlikely partner, outcast outlaw Roy O'Bannon, and tries to spring the princess from her imprisonment.",Shanghai Noon (2000),Action|Adventure|Comedy|Western,3624
9741,217869,Bruce Willis|Samuel L. Jackson|Robin Wright|Spencer Treat Clark|John Patrick Amedori,M. Night Shyamalan,train accident|marriage crisis|invulnerability|superhero|suspense,"An ordinary man makes an extraordinary discovery when a train accident leaves his fellow passengers dead -- and him unscathed. Is he truly unbreakable? The answer could lie with the mysterious Elijah Price, a man who suffers from a disease that renders his bones as fragile as glass.",Unbreakable (2000),Drama|Sci-Fi,3994
5551,186566,Clint Eastwood|Tommy Lee Jones|Donald Sutherland|James Garner|James Cromwell,Clint Eastwood,nasa|space travel|pension|astronaut,"Frank Corvin, ‘Hawk’ Hawkins, Jerry O'Neill and ‘Tank’ Sullivan were hotdog members of Project Daedalus, the Air Force's test program for space travel, but their hopes were dashed in 1958 with the formation of NASA and the use of trained chimps. They blackmail their way into orbit when Russia's mysterious ‘Ikon’ communications satellite's orbit begins to degrade and threatens to crash to Earth.",Space Cowboys (2000),Action|Adventure|Comedy|Sci-Fi,3827
2069,190138,Bruce Willis|Matthew Perry|Rosanna Arquette|Michael Clarke Duncan|Kevin Pollak,Jonathan Lynn,bounty|gangster boss|montreal|gangster|dentist,"A mobster named Jimmy the Tulip agrees to cooperate with an FBI investigation in order to stay out of prison; he's relocated by the authorities to a life of suburban anonymity as part of a witness protection program. It's not long before a couple of his new neighbors figure out his true identity and come knocking to see if he'd be up for one more hit, suburban style.","Whole Nine Yards, The (2000)",Comedy|Crime,3301
786,181875,Kate Hudson|Billy Crudup|Frances McDormand|Jason Lee|Patrick Fugit,Cameron Crowe,hotel room|san diego|drug addiction|stewardess|overdose,"Almost Famous is an autobiographical inspired film about a 15-year-old who is hired by Rolling Stone magazine to follow and interview a rock band during their tour. A film about growing up, first love, disappointment, and the life of a rock star.",Almost Famous (2000),Drama,3897
1588,204946,Kirsten Dunst|Jesse Bradford|Huntley Ritter|Eliza Dushku|Gabrielle Union,Peyton Reed,cheerleader|sport|high school|teenage girl|cheerleading,"The Toro cheerleading squad from Rancho Carne High School in San Diego has got spirit, spunk, sass and a killer routine that's sure to land them the national championship trophy for the sixth year in a row. But for newly-elected team captain, the Toros' road to total cheer glory takes a shady turn when she discovers that their perfectly-choreographed routines were in fact stolen.",Bring It On (2000),Comedy,3882
392,241303,Juliette Binoche|Alfred Molina|Johnny Depp|Carrie-Anne Moss|Judi Dench,Lasse Hallström,chocolate|mayor|praline|singles|mother daughter relationship,"A fable of emotional liberation and chocolate. A mother and daughter move to a small French town where they open a chocolate shop. The town, religious and morally strict, is against them as they represent free-thinking and indulgence. When a group of Boat Gypsies float down the river the prejudices of the Mayor leads to a crisis.",Chocolat (2000),Drama|Romance,4014
243,146882,John Cusack|Iben Hjejle|Todd Louiso|Jack Black|Lisa Bonet,Stephen Frears,chicago|music record|rock and roll|record store|soul,"When record store owner Rob Gordon gets dumped by his girlfriend, Laura, because he hasn't changed since they met, he revisits his top five breakups of all time in an attempt to figure out what went wrong. As Rob seeks out his former lovers to find out why they left, he keeps up his efforts to win Laura back.",High Fidelity (2000),Comedy|Drama|Romance,3481
8870,199753,Val Kilmer|Carrie-Anne Moss|Benjamin Bratt|Tom Sizemore|Simon Baker,Antony Hoffman,mars|future|astronaut|science|catastrophe,"Astronauts search for solutions to save a dying Earth by searching on Mars, only to have the mission go terribly awry.",Red Planet (2000),Action|Sci-Fi|Thriller,3981
2067,183523,Gary Sinise|Tim Robbins|Don Cheadle|Connie Nielsen|Jerry O'Connell,Brian De Palma,mars|spacecraft|space travel|alien|long take,"When contact is lost with the crew of the first Mars expedition, a rescue mission is launched to discover their fate.",Mission to Mars (2000),Sci-Fi,3354
8843,209958,Jennifer Lopez|Vincent D'Onofrio|Vince Vaughn|Marianne Jean-Baptiste|Catherine Sutherland,Tarsem Singh,drowning|therapist|virtual reality|serial killer|psychopathy,A psychotherapist journeys inside a comatose serial killer in the hopes of saving his latest victim.,"Cell, The (2000)",Drama|Horror|Thriller,3863
479,162650,Samuel L. Jackson|Jeffrey Wright|Christian Bale|Busta Rhymes|Dan Hedaya,John Singleton,corruption|black people|italo-american|brother sister relationship|drug dealer,"New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail for Switzerland. Two years later Wade returns to face trial, confident his money and influence will get him acquitted -- especially since he's paid a drug kingpin to kill the witness.",Shaft (2000),Action|Crime|Thriller,3744
10393,191397,Keanu Reeves|Gene Hackman|Brooke Langton|Orlando Jones|Faizon Love,Howard Deutch,american football|strike|sport|coach|misfit,"Maverick old-guard coach Jimmy McGinty is hired in the wake of a players' strike to help the Washington Sentinels advance to the playoffs. But that impossible dream hinges on whether his replacements can hunker down and do the job. So, McGinty dusts off his secret dossier of ex-players who never got a chance (or screwed up the one they were given) and knits together a bad-dream team of guys who just may give the Sentinels their title shot.","Replacements, The (2000)",Comedy,3861
889,158622,Mark Addy|Stephen Baldwin|Kristen Johnston|Jane Krakowski|Joan Collins,Brian Levant,waitress|marriage proposal|flirt|stone age|best friend,"The Flintstones are at it again. The Flintstones and the Rubbles head for Rock Vegas with Fred hoping to court the lovely Wilma. Nothing will stand in the way of love, except for the conniving Chip Rockefeller who is the playboy born in Baysville but who has made it in the cutthroat town of Rock Vegas. Will Fred win Wilma's love?","Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, The (2000)",Children|Comedy,3564
11973,146309,Kevin Costner|Bruce Greenwood|Steven Culp|Dylan Baker|Shawn Driscoll,Roger Donaldson,u.s. president|atomic bomb|john f. kennedy|kubakrise|threat,"Dramatisation of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the discovery by the Americans of missle bases established on the Soviet allied island of Cuba. Shown from the perspective of the US President, John F Kennedy, his staff and advisors.",Thirteen Days (2000),Drama|Thriller|War,4033
1907,163978,Leonardo DiCaprio|Guillaume Canet|Tilda Swinton|Virginie Ledoyen|Staffan Kihlbom,Danny Boyle,hippie|exotic island|beach|map|group dynamics,"Twenty-something Richard travels to Thailand and finds himself in possession of a strange map. Rumours state that it leads to a solitary beach paradise, a tropical bliss - excited and intrigued, he sets out to find it.","Beach, The (2000)",Adventure|Drama,3285
2133,177971,George Clooney|Mark Wahlberg|Diane Lane|John C. Reilly|William Fichtner,Wolfgang Petersen,us air force|grocery|jamaican|meteorologist|rescue boat,"In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail. Magnificent foreshadowing and anticipation fill this true-life drama while minute details of the fishing boats, their gear and the weather are juxtaposed with the sea adventure.","Perfect Storm, The (2000)",Drama|Thriller,3755
9678,185431,Adam Sandler|Patricia Arquette|Harvey Keitel|Rhys Ifans|Tommy 'Tiny' Lister,Steven Brill,father-son relationship|mephisto|siblings|bulldogg,"After the lord of darkness decides he will not cede his thrown to any of his three sons, the two most powerful of them escape to Earth to create a kingdom for themselves. This action closes the portal filtering sinful souls to Hell and causes Satan to wither away. He must send his most weak but beloved son, Little Nicky, to Earth to return his brothers to Hell.",Little Nicky (2000),Comedy,3979
7450,120913,Matt Damon|Bill Pullman|Drew Barrymore|John Leguizamo|Nathan Lane,Don Bluth|Gary Goldman,monster|galaxy|dystopia|space|alien,"A young man finds out that he holds the key to restoring hope and insuring survival for the human race, while an alien species called the Dredge are bent on mankind's destruction.",Titan A.E. (2000),Action|Adventure|Animation|Children|Sci-Fi,3745
10468,191754,Sandra Bullock|Viggo Mortensen|Dominic West|Elizabeth Perkins|Alan Tudyk,Betty Thomas,alcoholism|entzug|urteil|car crash|wedding,"After getting into a car accident while drunk on the day of her sister's wedding, Gwen Cummings is given a choice between prison or a rehab center. She chooses rehab, but is extremely resistant to taking part in any of the treatment programs they have to offer, refusing to admit that she has an alcohol addiction.",28 Days (2000),Drama,3534
4234,134084,David Arquette|Neve Campbell|Courteney Cox|Patrick Dempsey|Scott Foley,Wes Craven,mask|metal detector|film director|ex-cop|reporter,"A murdering spree begins to happen again, this time its targeted toward the original Woodsboro survivors and those associated with the movie inside a movie, 'Stab 3'. Sydney must face the demons of her past to stop the killer.",Scream 3 (2000),Comedy|Horror|Mystery|Thriller,3273
11678,190865,Chris O'Donnell|Robin Tunney|Bill Paxton|Scott Glenn|Izabella Scorupco,Martin Campbell,himalaya|pakistan|climbing|k2|mountaineering,"Trapped near the summit of K2, the world's second-highest mountain, Annie Garrett radios to base camp for help. Brother Peter hears Annie's message and assembles a team to save her and her group before they succumb to K2's unforgiving elements. But, as Annie lays injured in an icy cavern, the rescuers face several terrifying events that could end the rescue attempt -- and their lives.",Vertical Limit (2000),Action|Adventure,3999
2155,184858,Ben Affleck|Gary Sinise|Charlize Theron|Dennis Farina|Donal Logue,John Frankenheimer,prison|robbery|role reversal|extramarital affair,"After assuming his dead cellmate's identity to get with his girlfriend, an ex-con finds himself the reluctant participant in a casino heist.",Reindeer Games (2000),Action|Thriller,3316
10569,196216,Woody Allen|Carolyn Saxon|Tracey Ullman|Michael Rapaport|Tony Darrow,Woody Allen,bank|restaurant|role of women|bank robber|wife,A loser of a crook and his wife strike it rich when a botched bank job's cover business becomes a spectacular success.,Small Time Crooks (2000),Comedy|Crime,3618
13785,218839,Jay Brazeau|Parker Posey|Michael Hitchcock|Catherine O'Hara|Eugene Levy,Christopher Guest,illinois|pet shop|poodle|independent film|mockumentary,"The tension is palpable, the excitement is mounting and the heady scent of competition is in the air as hundreds of eager contestants from across America prepare to take part in what is undoubtedly one of the greatest events of their lives -- the Mayflower Dog Show. The canine contestants and their owners are as wondrously diverse as the great country that has bred them.",Best in Show (2000),Comedy,3911
11978,203019,Robert De Niro|Cuba Gooding Jr.|Charlize Theron|Aunjanue Ellis|Hal Holbrook,"George Tillman, Jr.",diving|us navy,"Against formidable odds -- and an old-school diving instructor embittered by the U.S. Navy's new, less prejudicial policies -- Carl Brashear sets his sights on becoming the Navy's first African-American master diver in this uplifting true story. Their relationship starts out on the rocks, but fate ultimately conspires to bring the men together into a setting of mutual respect, triumph and honor.",Men of Honor (2000),Drama,3980
711,181536,Sean Connery|Rob Brown|F. Murray Abraham|Anna Paquin|Busta Rhymes,Gus Van Sant,upper class|brother brother relationship|scotland|poetry|based on novel,Gus van Sant tells the story of a young African American man named Jamal who confronts his talents while living on the streets of the Bronx. He accidentally runs into an old writer named Forrester who discovers his passion for writing. With help from his new mentor Jamal receives a scholarship to a private school.,Finding Forrester (2000),Drama,4019
12107,144528,Eddie Murphy|Janet Jackson|Larry Miller|John Ales|Richard Gant,Peter Segal,alter ego|mad scientist|family|dean|duringcreditsstinger,"The hilarity begins when professor Sherman Klump finds romance with fellow DNA specialist, Denise Gaines, and discovers a brilliant formula that reverses aging. But Sherman's thin and obnoxious alter ego, Buddy Love, wants out...and a big piece of the action. And when Buddy gets loose, things get seriously nutty.",Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000),Comedy,3821
4967,171433,Ben Stiller|Edward Norton|Jenna Elfman|Anne Bancroft|Eli Wallach,Edward Norton,love triangle|rabbi|priest|catholicism,"Best friends since they were kids, Rabbi Jacob Schram and Father Brian Finn are dynamic and popular young men living and working on New York's Upper West Side. When Anna Reilly, once their childhood friend and now grown into a beautiful corporate executive, suddenly returns to the city, she reenters Jake and Brian's lives and hearts with a vengeance. Sparks fly and an unusual and complicated love triangle ensues.",Keeping the Faith (2000),Comedy|Drama|Romance,3536
10642,217630,Jason Biggs|Mena Suvari|Greg Kinnear|Zak Orth|Thomas Sadoski,Amy Heckerling,college|lost and found|older brother younger sister|woman director|young adult,"On a university scholarship, a good natured student from the midwest gets a crash course in city life while dealing with three evil roommates. He befriends a virtually homeless college student whom he falls for, but she's dating a nasty professor.",Loser (2000),Comedy|Romance,3616
10480,171580,Renée Zellweger|Morgan Freeman|Chris Rock|Greg Kinnear|Aaron Eckhart,Neil LaBute,independent film|shot in the head|soap opera|used car dealer|nurse uniform,"What happens when a person decides that life is merely a state of mind? If you're Betty, a small-town waitress and soap opera fan from Fair Oaks, Kansas, you refuse to believe that you can't be with the love of your life just because he doesn't really exist. After all, life is no excuse for not living. Traumatized by a savage event, Betty enters into a fugue state that allows -- even encourages -- her to keep functioning... in a kind of alternate reality.",Nurse Betty (2000),Comedy|Crime|Drama|Romance|Thriller,3893
11983,228750,Meg Ryan|Russell Crowe|David Morse|Pamela Reed|David Caruso,Taylor Hackford,hostage|new love|suspense|agent,"Alice hires a professional negotiator to obtain the release of her engineer husband, who has been kidnapped by anti-government guerrillas in South America.",Proof of Life (2000),Drama,3998
11004,185014,Michael Douglas|Tobey Maguire|Frances McDormand|Katie Holmes|Rip Torn,Curtis Hanson,adultery|robbery|based on novel|professor|college,"Grady (Michael Douglas) is a 50-ish English professor who hasn't had a thing published in years -- not since he wrote his award winning ""Great American Novel"" 7 years ago. This weekend proves even worse than he could imagine as he finds himself reeling from one misadventure to another in the company of a new wonder boy author.",Wonder Boys (2000),Comedy|Drama,3317
4244,219854,Bruce Willis|Spencer Breslin|Emily Mortimer|Lily Tomlin|Chi McBride,Jon Turteltaub,age difference|midlife crisis|suppressed past|self-awareness|childhood memory,"Powerful businessman Russ Duritz is self-absorbed and immersed in his work. But by the magic of the moon, he meets Rusty, a chubby, charming 8-year-old version of himself who can't believe he could turn out so badly -- with no life and no dog. With Rusty's help, Russ is able to reconcile the person he used to dream of being with the man he's actually become.","Kid, The (2000)",Comedy|Fantasy,3784
11826,203119,Ray Winstone|Ben Kingsley|Ian McShane|Amanda Redman|James Fox,Jonathan Glazer,spain|sex|nudity|psychopath|murder,"Gary is a former gangster who has made a modest amount of money from his criminal career. Happy to put his life of crime behind him, he has retired with his wife Deedee to the sunny bliss of rural Spain, where he lives an idyllic life with his family and a few close friends. But Gary's contentment is ruptured by an unwelcome visitor from his past. Don.",Sexy Beast (2000),Crime|Drama,4378
11849,190374,Justin Whalin|Jeremy Irons|Thora Birch|Bruce Payne|Zoe McLellan,Courtney Solomon,opression|emperor|verlies|governance|dragon,"The classic role-playing game comes to life in this magical adventure. The empire of Izmer is a divided land: Elite magicians called Mages rule while lowly commoners are powerless. When Empress Savina (Thora Birch) vows to bring equality and prosperity to her land, the evil Mage Profion (Jeremy Irons) plots to depose her. But this good-vs.-evil battle is no game!",Dungeons & Dragons (2000),Action|Adventure|Comedy|Fantasy,3997
2360,195234,Brenda Blethyn|Craig Ferguson|Martin Clunes|Tchéky Karyo|Jamie Foreman,Nigel Cole,drug dealer|greenhouse|police|drug|hoodlum,"Unexpectedly widowed, prim and proper housewife Grace Trevethyn finds herself in dire financial straits when she inherits massive debts her late husband had been accruing for years. Faced with losing her house, she decides to use her talent for horticulture and hatches a plan to grow potent marijuana which can be sold at an astronomical price, thus solving her financial crisis.",Saving Grace (2000),Comedy,3831
36657,120903,Patrick Stewart|Hugh Jackman|Ian McKellen|Halle Berry|Famke Janssen,Bryan Singer,mutant|marvel comic|based on comic book|superhuman|storm,"Two mutants, Rogue and Wolverine, come to a private academy for their kind whose resident superhero team, the X-Men, must oppose a terrorist organization with similar powers.",X-Men (2000),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi,3793
10641,174480,Richard Gere|Winona Ryder|Anthony LaPaglia|Elaine Stritch|Vera Farmiga,Joan Chen,new love|love of one's life|unexpected happiness|dying and death|success,"Autumn in New York follows the sexual exploits of Will Keane - New York restaurateur, infamous verging-on-50 playboy, master of the no-commitment seduction - until he runs into an unexpected dead end when he meets Charlotte Fielding. Charlotte is half Will's age and twice his match, a 21 year-old free spirit yearning to get out and taste the excitement of adult life.",Autumn in New York (2000),Drama|Romance,3824
17908,156812,Frankie Muniz|Diane Lane|Kevin Bacon|Luke Wilson|Chaon Cross,Jay Russell,mississippi|childhood memory|dog,"A shy boy is unable to make friends in Yazoo City, Mississippi in 1942, until his parents give him a terrier puppy for his ninth birthday. The dog, which he names Skip, becomes well known and loved throughout the community and enriches the life of the boy, Willie, as he grows into manhood. Based on the best-selling Mississippi memoir by the late Willie Morris.",My Dog Skip (1999),Children|Drama,3189
12509,183659,Ed Harris|Marcia Gay Harden|Tom Bower|Jennifer Connelly|Bud Cort,Ed Harris,artist|success|relationship problems|alcoholism|independent film,"In August of 1949, Life Magazine ran a banner headline that begged the question: ""Jackson Pollock: Is he the greatest living painter in the United States?"" The film is a look back into the life of an extraordinary man, a man who has fittingly been called ""an artist dedicated to concealment, a celebrity who nobody knew."" As he struggled with self-doubt, engaging in a lonely tug-of-war between needing to express himself and wanting to shut the world out, Pollock began a downward spiral.",Pollock (2000),Drama,4017
10873,189998,John Malkovich|Willem Dafoe|Udo Kier|Cary Elwes|Catherine McCormack,E. Elias Merhige,film director|dracula| nosferatu,"Director F.W. Murnau (John Malkovich) makes a Faustian pact with a vampire (Willem Dafoe) to get him to star in his 1922 film ""Nosferatu.""",Shadow of the Vampire (2000),Drama|Horror,4036
21991,120202,Alec Baldwin|Philip Seymour Hoffman|William H. Macy|Sarah Jessica Parker|Julia Stiles,David Mamet,film making|small town|movie in movie|statutory rape|new england,"A Hollywood Film unit invades a small Vermont town leading to wholesale abandonment of values and virtue. A smart, warm and funny movie - and not just for movie buffs. Tagline: When a film crew came to Waterford, Vermont - They Shot First And Asked Questions Later.",State and Main (2000),Comedy|Drama,4029
20438,234853,Donal Logue|Ayelet Kaznelson|John Hines|John Harrington Bland|Jessica Gormley,Jenniphr Goodman,independent film,"Underachieving, overweight kindergarten teacher Dex finds a woman who forces him to reexamine his Zen-like system of seduction.","Tao of Steve, The (2000)",Comedy,3852
78,83658,Harrison Ford|Rutger Hauer|Sean Young|Edward James Olmos|Joe Turkel,Ridley Scott,artificial intelligence|man vs machine|cyborg|bounty hunter|android,"In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to kill a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.",Blade Runner (1982),Action|Sci-Fi|Thriller,541
601,83866,Henry Thomas|Drew Barrymore|Robert MacNaughton|Dee Wallace|Peter Coyote,Steven Spielberg,farewell|homesickness|nasa|extraterrestrial technology|operation,A science fiction fairytale about an extra-terrestrial who is left behind on Earth and is found by a young boy who befriends him. This heart-warming fantasy from Director Steven Spielberg became one of the most commercially successful films of all time.,E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982),Children|Drama|Sci-Fi,1097
1091,84787,Kurt Russell|Keith David|Wilford Brimley|Donald Moffat|Richard Dysart,John Carpenter,ice|space marine|paranoia|snow storm|norwegian,Scientists in the Antarctic are confronted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of the people that it kills.,"Thing, The (1982)",Action|Horror|Sci-Fi|Thriller,2288
1368,83944,Sylvester Stallone|Richard Crenna|Brian Dennehy|Bill McKinney|Jack Starrett,Ted Kotcheff,prison|vietnam veteran|falsely accused person|police brutality|sheriff,"When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, the Vietnam vet snaps, runs for the hills and rat-a-tat-tats his way into the action-movie hall of fame. Hounded by a relentless sheriff, Rambo employs heavy-handed guerilla tactics to shake the cops off his tail.",First Blood (Rambo: First Blood) (1982),Action|Adventure|Drama|Thriller,2403
97,84827,Jeff Bridges|Bruce Boxleitner|David Warner|Cindy Morgan|Barnard Hughes,Steven Lisberger,video game|hacker|virtual reality|dystopia|computer,"As Kevin Flynn searches for proof that he invented a hit video game, he is ""digitalized"" by a laser and finds himself inside The Grid, where programs suffer under the tyrannical rule of the Master Control Program. With the help of TRON, a security program, Flynn seeks to free The Grid from the MCP.",Tron (1982),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi,2105
1371,84602,Sylvester Stallone|Talia Shire|Burt Young|Carl Weathers|Burgess Meredith,Sylvester Stallone,transporter|trainer|boxer|dying and death|boxing match,"Now the world champion, Rocky Balboa is living in luxury and only fighting opponents who pose no threat to him in the ring. His lifestyle of wealth and idleness is shaken when a powerful young fighter known as Clubber Lang challenges him to a bout. After taking a pounding from Lang, the humbled champ turns to former bitter rival Apollo Creed to help him regain his form for a rematch with Lang.",Rocky III (1982),Action|Drama,2410
609,84516,JoBeth Williams|Craig T. Nelson|Beatrice Straight|Heather O'Rourke|Dominique Dunne,Tobe Hooper,father-son relationship|wife husband relationship|cemetery|hero|lie,"Craig T. Nelson stars as Steve Freeling, the main protagonist, who lives with his wife, Diane, and their three children, Dana, Robbie, and Carol Anne, in Southern California where he sells houses for the company that built the neighborhood. It starts with just a few odd occurrences, such as broken dishes and furniture moving around by itself. However, a tree comes alive and takes Robbie through his bedroom window, and Carol Anne is abducted by ghosts. Realizing that something evil haunts his home, Steve calls in a team of parapsychologists led by Dr. Lesh to investigate, hoping to get Carol Anne back, so he can remove his family from the house before it's too late.",Poltergeist (1982),Horror|Thriller,1994
9387,82198,Arnold Schwarzenegger|James Earl Jones|Max von Sydow|Sandahl Bergman|Cassandra Gava,John Milius,gladiator|repayment|despot|barbarian|sword and sorcerery,"John Milius's jingoistic direction and pulpy screenplay fit perfectly into this film version of the Robert E. Howard fantasy story of the sword and sorcery hero, Conan the Barbarian. The story begins when a horde of rampaging warriors massacre the parents of young Conan and enslave the young child for years on The Wheel of Pain. As the sole survivor of the childhood massacre, Conan is released from slavery and taught the ancient arts of fighting. Transforming himself into a killing machine, Conan travels into the wilderness to seek vengeance on Thulsa Doom (James Earl Jones), the man responsible for killing his family. In the wilderness, Conan takes up with the thieves Valeria (Sandahl Bergman) and Subotai (Gerry Lopez). The group comes upon King Osric (Max Von Sydow), who wants the trio of warriors to help rescue his daughter who has joined Doom in the hills.",Conan the Barbarian (1982),Action|Adventure|Fantasy,1587
150,83511,Nick Nolte|Eddie Murphy|Annette O'Toole|Frank McRae|James Remar,Walter Hill,prison|convict|tough cop|fake fight|bowie knife,"A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.",48 Hrs. (1982),Action|Comedy|Crime|Drama,5049
154,84726,William Shatner|Leonard Nimoy|DeForest Kelley|James Doohan|George Takei,Nicholas Meyer,uss enterprise|genesis|asteroid|self sacrifice|midlife crisis,Admiral James T. Kirk is feeling old; the prospect of accompanying his old ship the Enterprise on a two week cadet cruise is not making him feel any younger. But the training cruise becomes a a life or death struggle when Khan escapes from years of exile and captures the power of creation itself.,Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi|Thriller,1374
13342,83929,Sean Penn|Jennifer Jason Leigh|Judge Reinhold|Phoebe Cates|Brian Backer,Amy Heckerling,sex|based on novel|nudity|friendship|high school,"Follows a group of high school students growing up in southern California, based on the real-life adventures chronicled by Cameron Crowe. Stacy Hamilton and Mark Ratner are looking for a love interest, and are helped along by their older classmates, Linda Barrett and Mike Damone, respectively. The center of the film is held by Jeff Spicoli, a perpetually stoned surfer dude who faces off with the resolute Mr. Hand, who is convinced that everyone is on dope.",Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982),Comedy|Drama|Romance,3210
11639,83791,Jim Henson|Kathryn Mullen|Frank Oz|Dave Goelz|Steve Whitmire,Jim Henson|Frank Oz,liberation|castle|mythical creature|mission|fantasy world,"On another planet in the distant past, a Gelfling embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of a magical crystal and restore order to his world, before the grotesque race of Skeksis find and use the crystal for evil.","Dark Crystal, The (1982)",Adventure|Fantasy,2140
12104,84503,Christine Hargreaves|James Laurenson|Eleanor David|Bob Geldof|Alex McAvoy,Alan Parker,berlin wall|paranoia|wall|music|adult animation,A troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.,Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982),Drama|Musical,1298
783,83987,Ben Kingsley|Rohini Hattangadi|Candice Bergen|Roshan Seth|Om Puri,Richard Attenborough,muslim|indian|demonstration|world war ii|imprisonment,"In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.",Gandhi (1982),Drama,1293
9576,84805,Dustin Hoffman|Jessica Lange|Teri Garr|Dabney Coleman|Charles Durning,Sydney Pollack,love|friends|cheating on girlfriend|cross dressing|reputation,"Michael Dorsey is an unemployed actor with an impossible reputation. In order to find work and fund his friend's play he dresses as a woman, Dorothy Michaels, and lands the part in a daytime drama. Dorsey loses himself in this woman role and essentially becomes Dorothy Michaels, captivating women all around the city and inspiring them to break free from the control of men and become more like Dorsey's initial identity. This newfound role, however, lands Dorsey in a hot spot between a female friend/'lover,' a female co-star he falls in love with, that co-star's father who falls in love with him, and a male co-star who yearns for his affection.",Tootsie (1982),Comedy|Romance,4361
2665,83530,Robert Hays|Julie Hagerty|Lloyd Bridges|Chad Everett|Peter Graves,Ken Finkleman,moon|space marine|coffee|space travel|spoof,"The hero of an unlikely airplane disaster must overcome his own inadequacies, improbable accidents and his former girlfriend in order to save a space shuttle from destruction in this spoof sequel of the disaster parody Airplane!",Airplane II: The Sequel (1982),Comedy,2792
14742,84412,Henry Winkler|Michael Keaton|Shelley Long|Gina Hecht|Pat Corley,Ron Howard,pimp|morgue|prostitution|morgue attendant,"A nebbish of a morgue attendant gets shunted back to the night shift where he is shackled with an obnoxious neophyte partner who dreams of the ""one great idea"" for success. His life takes a bizarre turn when a prostitute neighbour complains about the loss of her pimp. His partner, upon hearing the situation, suggests that they fill that opening themselves using the morgue at night .",Night Shift (1982),Comedy,2518
9442,83798,Steve Martin|Rachel Ward|Alan Ladd|Carl Reiner|Barbara Stanwyck,Carl Reiner,parody|movie reference|cult film|private detective|neo-noir,"Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no accident. Her father was a prominent cheese scientist working on a secret recipe. To prove it was murder, she enlists the services of private eye Rigby Reardon. He finds a slip of paper containing a list of people who are ""The Friends and Enemies of Carlotta.""",Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982),Comedy|Crime|Thriller,2110
11704,84649,Derek Jacobi|Elizabeth Hartman|Arthur Malet|Dom DeLuise|Hermione Baddeley,Don Bluth,secret|mouse|owl|widow|crow,"A widowed field mouse must move her family -- including an ailing son -- to escape a farmer's plow. Aided by a crow and a pack of superintelligent, escaped lab rats, the brave mother struggles to transplant her home to firmer ground.","Secret of NIMH, The (1982)",Adventure|Animation|Children|Drama,2139
2623,84434,"Richard Gere|Debra Winger|Louis Gossett, Jr.|David Keith|Robert Loggia",Taylor Hackford,love of one's life|navy|officer,"Zack Mayo is a young man who has signed up for Navy Flight School. He is a Navy brat who has a bad attitude problem. Sgt. Foley is there to train and evaluate him and will clearly find Zack wanting. Zack meets Paula, a girl who has little beyond family and must decide what it is he wants to do with his life.","Officer and a Gentleman, An (1982)",Drama|Romance,4041
15764,84707,Meryl Streep|Kevin Kline|Peter MacNicol|Rita Karin|Stephen D. Newman,Alan J. Pakula,new york|concentration camp|holocaust|writer,Sophie is the survivor of Nazi concentration camps who has found a reason to live in Nathan a sparkling if unsteady American Jew obsessed with the Holocaust. They befriend Stengo the movies narrator a young American writer new to New York City. But the happiness of Sophie and Nathan is endangered by her ghosts and his obsessions.,Sophie's Choice (1982),Drama,1096
9037,84021,Maxwell Caulfield|Michelle Pfeiffer|Lorna Luft|Maureen Teefy|Pamela Adlon,Patricia Birch,musical|talent show|motorcycle|woman director,"It's 1961, two years after the original Grease gang graduated, and there's a new crop of seniors and new members of the coolest cliques on campus, the Pink Ladies and T-Birds. Michael Carrington is the new kid in school - but he's been branded a brainiac. Can he fix up an old motorcycle, don a leather jacket, avoid a rumble with the leader of the T-Birds, and win the heart of Pink Lady Stephanie?",Grease 2 (1982),Comedy|Musical|Romance,1381
16281,83767,Leslie Nielsen|Ed Harris|Hal Holbrook|Ted Danson|Stephen King,George A. Romero,monster|halloween|meteor|buried alive|cockroach,"Inspired by the E.C. comics of the 1950s, George A.Romero and Stephen King bring five tales of terror to the screen.",Creepshow (1982),Horror,3016
15739,83564,Aileen Quinn|Albert Finney|Carol Burnett|Ann Reinking|Tim Curry,John Huston,santa claus|musical|character name in title|microphone|whistle,"An orphan in a facility run by the mean Miss Hannigan (Carol Burnett), Annie (Aileen Quinn) believes that her parents left her there by mistake. When a rich man named Oliver ""Daddy"" Warbucks (Albert Finney) decides to let an orphan live at his home to promote his image, Annie is selected. While Annie gets accustomed to living in Warbucks' mansion, she still longs to meet her parents. So Warbucks announces a search for them and a reward, which brings out many frauds.",Annie (1982),Children|Musical,4039
11314,85809,Lou Dobbs|Ted Koppel,Godfrey Reggio,technology|civilization|human being vs nature|living together|village and town,Takes us to locations all around the US and shows us the heavy toll that modern technology is having on humans and the earth. The visual tone poem contains neither dialogue nor a vocalized narration: its tone is set by the juxtaposition of images and the exceptional music by Philip Glass.,Koyaanisqatsi (a.k.a. Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance) (1983),Documentary,1289
12614,84865,Julie Andrews|James Garner|Robert Preston|Lesley Ann Warren|Alex Karras,Blake Edwards,cabaret|musical|cross dresser,"A struggling female soprano finds work playing a male female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life.",Victor/Victoria (1982),Comedy|Musical|Romance,1081
13776,83833,Steve Guttenberg|Daniel Stern|Mickey Rourke|Kevin Bacon|Tim Daly,Barry Levinson,diner|baltimore maryland|fake accident|gambling debt|twenty something,"Set in 1959, Diner shows how five young men resist their adulthood and seek refuge in their beloved Diner. The mundane, childish, and titillating details of their lives are shared. But the golden moments pass, and the men shoulder their responsibilities, leaving the Diner behind.",Diner (1982),Comedy|Drama,3543
37165,120382,Jim Carrey|Laura Linney|Noah Emmerich|Natascha McElhone|Ed Harris,Peter Weir,claustrophobia|hidden camera|dystopia|reality show|make believe,"Truman Burbank is the star of ""The Truman Show"", a 24-hour-a-day ""reality"" TV show that broadcasts every aspect of his life -- live and in color -- without his knowledge. His entire life has been an unending soap opera for consumption by the rest of the world. And everyone he knows -- including his wife and his best friend -- is really an actor, paid to be part of his life.","Truman Show, The (1998)",Comedy|Drama|Sci-Fi,1682
95,120591,Bruce Willis|Billy Bob Thornton|Ben Affleck|Liv Tyler|Will Patton,Michael Bay,saving the world|paris|moon|cataclysm|asteroid,"An asteroid the size of Texas is heading directly toward Earth at 22,000 mph. NASA's executive director, Dan Truman, has only one option - to send up a crew to destroy the asteroid. He enlists the help of Harry S. Stamper - the world's foremost deep core oil driller - and Stamper's roughneck team of drillers to land on the asteroid, drill into its surface, and drop a nuclear device.",Armageddon (1998),Action|Romance|Sci-Fi|Thriller,1917
10674,120762,Ming-Na Wen|Lea Salonga|June Foray|Soon-Tek Oh|Freda Foh Shen,Tony Bancroft|Barry Cook,homeland|musical|training|daughter|cricket,"A tomboyish girl disguises herself as a young man so she can fight with the Imperial Chinese Army against the invading Huns. With help from wise-cracking dragon Mushu, Mulan just might save her country -- and win the heart of handsome Captain Li Shang.",Mulan (1998),Adventure|Animation|Children|Comedy|Drama|Musical|Romance,1907
36647,120611,Wesley Snipes|Stephen Dorff|Kris Kristofferson|N'Bushe Wright|Donal Logue,Stephen Norrington,suicide|hero|vampire|fistfight|supernatural,"When Blade's mother was bitten by a vampire during pregnancy, she did not know that she gave her son a special gift while dying: All the good vampire attributes in combination with the best human skills. Blade and his mentor Whistler battle an evil vampire rebel (Deacon Frost) who plans to take over the outdated vampire council, capture Blade and resurrect voracious blood god La Magra.",Blade (1998),Action|Horror|Thriller,2167
115,118715,Jeff Bridges|John Goodman|Steve Buscemi|Julianne Moore|David Huddleston,Joel Coen,white russian|dude|bowling|vietnam veteran|carpet,"Jeffrey ""The Dude"" Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker who only wants to bowl and drink white Russians, is mistaken for another Jeffrey Lebowski, a wheelchair-bound millionaire, and finds himself dragged into a strange series of events involving nihilists, adult film producers, ferrets, errant toes, and large sums of money.","Big Lebowski, The (1998)",Comedy|Crime,1732
857,120815,Tom Hanks|Tom Sizemore|Dennis Farina|Max Martini|Joerg Stadler,Steven Spielberg,killing|loss of brother|loss of lover|war crimes|self sacrifice,"As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.",Saving Private Ryan (1998),Action|Drama|War,2028
2109,120812,Jackie Chan|Chris Tucker|Ken Leung|Tom Wilkinson|Tzi Ma,Brett Ratner,two man army|consul|crime lord|art treasures|reference to chelsea clinton,"When Hong Kong Inspector Lee is summoned to Los Angeles to investigate a kidnapping, the FBI doesn't want any outside help and assigns cocky LAPD Detective James Carter to distract Lee from the case. Not content to watch the action from the sidelines, Lee and Carter form an unlikely partnership and investigate the case themselves.",Rush Hour (1998),Action|Comedy|Crime|Thriller,2273
9487,120623,Kevin Spacey|Julia Louis-Dreyfus|Hayden Panettiere|Phyllis Diller|Bonnie Hunt,John Lasseter|Andrew Stanton,winter|fight|ant|invention|collector,"On behalf of ""oppressed bugs everywhere,"" an inventive ant named Flik hires a troupe of warrior bugs to defend his bustling colony from a horde of freeloading grasshoppers led by the evil-minded Hopper.","Bug's Life, A (1998)",Adventure|Animation|Children|Comedy,2355
9837,120794,Val Kilmer|Ralph Fiennes|Patrick Stewart|Michelle Pfeiffer|Sandra Bullock,Brenda Chapman|Steve Hickner|Simon Wells,moses|egypt|pyramid|exodus|kingdom,"This is the extraordinary tale of two brothers named Moses and Ramses, one born of royal blood, and one an orphan with a secret past. Growing up the best of friends, they share a strong bond of free-spirited youth and good-natured rivalry. But the truth will ultimately set them at odds, as one becomes the ruler of the most powerful empire on earth, and the other the chosen leader of his people! Their final confrontation will forever change their lives and the world.","Prince of Egypt, The (1998)",Animation|Musical,2394
8916,120587,Woody Allen|Dan Aykroyd|Anne Bancroft|Danny Glover|Gene Hackman,Eric Darnell|Tim Johnson,general|hero|worker|ant|work,"In this animated hit, a neurotic worker ant in love with a rebellious princess rises to unlikely stardom when he switches places with a soldier. Signing up to march in a parade, he ends up under the command of a bloodthirsty general. But he's actually been enlisted to fight against a termite army.",Antz (1998),Adventure|Animation|Children|Comedy|Fantasy,2294
8195,122690,Robert De Niro|Jean Reno|Natascha McElhone|Stellan Skarsgård|Sean Bean,John Frankenheimer,arms deal|shot in the chest|audi|impostor|case,"A briefcase with undisclosed contents – sought by Irish terrorists and the Russian mob – makes its way into criminals' hands. An Irish liaison assembles a squad of mercenaries, or 'ronin', and gives them the thorny task of recovering the case.",Ronin (1998),Action|Crime|Thriller,2278
2666,118929,Rufus Sewell|William Hurt|Kiefer Sutherland|Jennifer Connelly|Richard O'Brien,Alex Proyas,soul|sleep|manipulation|future|dystopia,"A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans.",Dark City (1998),Adventure|Film-Noir|Sci-Fi|Thriller,1748
617,120890,Matt Dillon|Kevin Bacon|Denise Richards|Neve Campbell|Theresa Russell,John McNaughton,upper class|poison|sailboat|rape|sexual abuse,"When teen-socialite Kelly Van Ryan (Richards) and troubled bad girl Suzie Toller (Campbell) accuse guidance counselor Sam Lombardo (Dillon) of rape, he's suspended by the school, rejected by the town, and fighting to get his life back. One cop (Bacon) suspects conspiracy, but nothing is what it seems...",Wild Things (1998),Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller,1805
544,129387,Cameron Diaz|Ben Stiller|Matt Dillon|Lee Evans|Chris Elliott,Bobby Farrelly|Peter Farrelly,surgeon|stalker|romantic comedy|dream girl|taboo,"Having never fully recovered from a prom date that became a total disaster, a man finally gets a chance to reunite with his old prom date, only to run up against other suitors including the sleazy detective he hired to find her.",There's Something About Mary (1998),Comedy|Romance,1923
846,120902,David Duchovny|Gillian Anderson|Mitch Pileggi|William B. Davis|John Neville,Rob Bowman,bomb|helicopter|secret|obsession|extraterrestrial technology,"Blackwood, Texas: After falling through a hole in the ground, a young boy is infected by the alien Black Oil. One week later, in Dallas, a federal building is bombed by terrorists, killing five people, including the Blackwood boy. Mulder and Scully, now part of an FBI anti-terrorism unit, learn that the boy as well as three other victims were dead even before the bombing, cause of death: an alien virus. In the Texas desert, the agents find an agricultural complex that may hold the key to unlocking the government conspiracy surrounding the extraterrestrials and their lethal virus which Mulder and Scully must fight the government in a conspiracy and find the truth about an alien colonization of Earth.","X-Files: Fight the Future, The (1998)",Action|Crime|Mystery|Sci-Fi|Thriller,1909
73,120586,Edward Norton|Edward Furlong|Beverly D'Angelo|Avery Brooks|Jennifer Lien,Tony Kaye,usa|neo-nazi|prison|skinhead|brother brother relationship,"Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two thugs who tried to break into/steal his truck. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader of a violent white supremacist gang that committed acts of racial crime throughout L.A. and his actions greatly influenced Danny. Reformed and fresh out of prison, Derek severs contact with the gang and becomes determined to keep Danny from going down the same violent path as he did.",American History X (1998),Crime|Drama,2329
12159,120889,Robin Williams|Cuba Gooding Jr.|Annabella Sciorra|Max von Sydow|Jessica Brooks Grant,Vincent Ward,paradise|soul|underworld|heaven|painting,"Chris Neilson dies to find himself in a heaven more amazing than he could have ever dreamed of. There is one thing missing: his wife. After he dies, his wife, Annie killed herself and went to hell. Chris decides to risk eternity in hades for the small chance that he will be able to bring her back to heaven.",What Dreams May Come (1998),Adventure|Drama|Fantasy|Romance,2297
9798,120660,Will Smith|Gene Hackman|Jon Voight|Lisa Bonet|Regina King,Tony Scott,corruption|washington d.c.|helicopter|falsely accused person|identity,"Hotshot Washington lawyer Robert Dean becomes a victim of high-tech identity theft when a hacker slips an incriminating video into his pocket. Soon, a rogue National Security agent sets out to recover the tape -- and destroy Dean.",Enemy of the State (1998),Action|Thriller,2353
9313,120744,Leonardo DiCaprio|Jeremy Irons|Gérard Depardieu|Gabriel Byrne|John Malkovich,Randall Wallace,france|swordplay|mask|musketeer,"Years have passed since the Three Musketeers, Aramis, Athos and Porthos, have fought together with their friend, D'Artagnan. But with the tyrannical King Louis using his power to wreak havoc in the kingdom while his twin brother, Philippe, remains imprisoned, the Musketeers reunite to abduct Louis and replace him with Philippe.","Man in the Iron Mask, The (1998)",Action|Adventure|Drama,1801
8656,120647,Robert Duvall|Téa Leoni|Elijah Wood|Vanessa Redgrave|Morgan Freeman,Mimi Leder,u.s. president|nasa|metereologist|space mission|comet,"A seven-mile-wide space rock is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to obliterate the planet. Now, it's up to the president of the United States to save the world. He appoints a tough-as-nails veteran astronaut to lead a joint American-Russian crew into space to destroy the comet before impact. Meanwhile, an enterprising reporter uses her smarts to uncover the scoop of the century.",Deep Impact (1998),Drama|Sci-Fi|Thriller,1876
2157,120738,Gary Oldman|William Hurt|Matt LeBlanc|Mimi Rogers|Heather Graham,Stephen Hopkins,time travel|sabotage|deep space explorer,"The prospects for continuing life on Earth in the year 2058 are grim. So the Robinsons are launched into space to colonize Alpha Prime, the only other inhabitable planet in the galaxy. But when a stowaway sabotages the mission, the Robinsons find themselves hurtling through uncharted space.",Lost in Space (1998),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi,1831
9631,120768,Samuel L. Jackson|Kevin Spacey|David Morse|Ron Rifkin|John Spencer,F. Gary Gray,corruption|hostage|pension|innocence|police,"The police try to arrest expert hostage negotiator Danny Roman, who insists he's being framed for his partner's murder in what he believes is an elaborate conspiracy. Thinking there's evidence in the Internal Affairs offices that might clear him, he takes everyone in the office hostage and demands that another well-known negotiator be brought in to handle the situation and secretly investigate the conspiracy.","Negotiator, The (1998)",Action|Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller,2058
297,119643,Brad Pitt|Anthony Hopkins|Claire Forlani|Jeffrey Tambor|Marcia Gay Harden,Martin Brest,life and death|love at first sight|broken engagement|fireworks|religion and supernatural,"When the grim reaper comes to collect the soul of megamogul Bill Parrish, he arrives with a proposition: Host him for a ""vacation"" among the living in trade for a few more days of existence. Parrish agrees, and using the pseudonym Joe Black, Death begins taking part in Parrish's daily agenda and falls in love with the man's daughter. Yet when Black's holiday is over, so is Parrish's life.",Meet Joe Black (1998),Romance,2340
944,122151,Mel Gibson|Danny Glover|Joe Pesci|Rene Russo|Jet Li,Richard Donner,lapd|house on fire|revolver,"In the combustible action franchise's final installment, maverick detectives Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh square off against Asian mobster Wah Sing Ku, who's up to his neck in slave trading and counterfeit currency. With help from gumshoe Leo Getz and smart-aleck rookie cop Lee Butters, Riggs and Murtaugh aim to take down Ku and his gang.",Lethal Weapon 4 (1998),Action|Comedy|Crime|Thriller,1918
3600,130018,Jennifer Love Hewitt|Freddie Prinze Jr.|Mekhi Phifer|Brandy Norwood|Muse Watson,Danny Cannon,competition|island|radio|bahamas|college,"Unfinished business with coed Julie James brings the murderer to the Bahamas to terrorize her and her friends, Karla, Tyrell and Will, during a vacation. Can Ray Bronson who survived a bloody attack alongside Julie two summers ago, get to the island in time to save everyone?",I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998),Horror|Mystery|Thriller,2338
929,120685,Matthew Broderick|Jean Reno|Maria Pitillo|Hank Azaria|Kevin Dunn,Roland Emmerich,secret|atomic bomb|intelligence|missile|destroy,"When a freighter is viciously attacked in the Pacific Ocean, a team of experts -- including biologist Niko Tatopoulos and scientists Elsie Chapman and Mendel Craven -- concludes that an oversized reptile is the culprit. Before long, the giant lizard is loose in Manhattan, destroying everything within its reach. The team chases the monster to Madison Square Garden, where a brutal battle ensues.",Godzilla (1998),Action|Sci-Fi|Thriller,1882
10153,120184,Dustin Hoffman|Sharon Stone|Samuel L. Jackson|Peter Coyote|Liev Schreiber,Barry Levinson,ocean|extraterrestrial technology|space marine|paranoia|raumschiffabsturz,"The OSSA discovers a spacecraft thought to be at least 300 years old at the bottom of the ocean. Immediately following the discovery, they decide to send a team down to the depths of the ocean to study the space craft.They are the best of best, smart and logical, and the perfect choice to learn more about the spacecraft.",Sphere (1998),Sci-Fi|Thriller,1779
6068,120828,Harrison Ford|Anne Heche|David Schwimmer|Jacqueline Obradors|Temuera Morrison,Ivan Reitman,overleven|family guy,"When Quinn, a grouchy pilot living the good life in the South Pacific, agrees to transfer a savvy fashion editor, Robin, to Tahiti, he ends up stranded on a deserted island with her after their plane crashes. The pair avoid each other at first, until they're forced to team up to escape from the island -- and some pirates who want their heads.",Six Days Seven Nights (1998),Adventure|Comedy|Romance,1894
1878,120669,Johnny Depp|Benicio del Toro|Tobey Maguire|Christina Ricci|Ellen Barkin,Terry Gilliam,gonzo journalist|sweaty face|fake identity|wedding chapel|grapefruit,"The hallucinogenic misadventures of sportswriter Raoul Duke and his Samoan lawyer, Dr. Gonzo, on a three-day romp from Los Angeles to Las Vegas. Motoring across the Mojave Desert on the way to Sin City, Duke and his purple haze passenger ingest a cornucopia of drugs ranging from acid to ether.",Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998),Adventure|Comedy|Drama,1884
1934,138097,Joseph Fiennes|Gwyneth Paltrow|Geoffrey Rush|Tom Wilkinson|Judi Dench,John Madden,shakespeare|love of one's life|oscar award|theatre play|theatre group,"Young Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, ""Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter,"" before it's even written. When a lovely noblewoman auditions for a role, they fall into forbidden love -- and his play finds a new life (and title). As their relationship progresses, Shakespeare's comedy soon transforms into tragedy.",Shakespeare in Love (1998),Comedy|Drama|Romance,2396
9342,120746,Antonio Banderas|Anthony Hopkins|Catherine Zeta-Jones|Stuart Wilson|Diego Sieres,Martin Campbell,california|spy|hero|horseback riding|sword fight,"It has been twenty years since Don Diego de la Vega fought Spanish oppression in Alta California as the legendary romantic hero Zorro. Having escaped from prison he transforms troubled bandit Alejandro into his successor, in order to foil the plans of the tyrannical Don Rafael Montero who robbed him of his freedom, his wife, and his precious daughter Elena all those years ago.","Mask of Zorro, The (1998)",Action|Comedy|Romance,2006
10663,120484,Adam Sandler|Kathy Bates|Fairuza Balk|Henry Winkler|Jerry Reed,Frank Coraci,sport|social outcast|ridicule|lawn mower|deserted by husband,Bobby Boucher is a water boy for a struggling college football team. The coach discovers Boucher's hidden rage makes him a tackling machine whose bone-crushing power might vault his team into the playoffs.,"Waterboy, The (1998)",Comedy,2335
1965,120787,Michael Douglas|Gwyneth Paltrow|Viggo Mortensen|Sarita Choudhury|Constance Towers,Andrew Davis,jealousy|blackmail|artist|planned murder|extramarital affair,"Millionaire industrialist Steven Taylor is a man who has everything but what he craves most: the love and fidelity of his wife. A hugely successful player in the New York financial world, he considers her to be his most treasured acquisition. But she needs more than simply the role of dazzling accessory.","Perfect Murder, A (1998)",Thriller,1892
473,138704,Sean Gullette|Mark Margolis|Ben Shenkman|Pamela Hart|Stephen Pearlman,Darren Aronofsky,hacker|mathematician|helix|headache|chaos theory,The debut film from Darren Aronofsky in which a mathematical genius Maximilian Cohen discovers a link in the connection between numbers and reality and thus believes he can predict the future.,Pi (1998),Drama|Sci-Fi|Thriller,1921
795,120632,Nicolas Cage|Meg Ryan|Andre Braugher|Dennis Franz|Colm Feore,Brad Silberling,suicide|angel|life and death|desperation|operation,"When guardian angel Seth -- who invisibly watches over the citizens of Los Angeles -- becomes captivated by Maggie, a strong-willed heart surgeon, he ponders trading in his pure, otherworldly existence for a mortal life with his beloved. The couple embarks on a tender but forbidden romance spanning heaven and Earth.",City of Angels (1998),Drama|Fantasy|Romance,1835
9820,120783,Lindsay Lohan|Dennis Quaid|Natasha Richardson|Elaine Hendrix|Lisa Ann Walter,Nancy Meyers,matchmaking|divorced|twins separated at birth|woman director,"Hallie Parker and Annie James are identical twins separated at a young age because of their parents' divorce. unknowingly to their parents, the girls are sent to the same summer camp where they meet, discover the truth about themselves, and then plot with each other to switch places. Hallie meets her mother, and Annie meets her father for the first time in years.","Parent Trap, The (1998)",Children|Comedy|Romance,2059
8741,120863,Sean Penn|Adrien Brody|Jim Caviezel|Ben Chaplin|George Clooney,Terrence Malick,based on novel|japanese|world war ii|battle assignment|invasion,"Based on the graphic novel by James Jones, The Thin Red Line tells the story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselves during the fierce World War II battle of Guadalcanal. It follows their journey, from the surprise of an unopposed landing, through the bloody and exhausting battles that follow, to the ultimate departure of those who survived. A powerful frontline cast - including Sean Penn, Nick Nolte, Woody Harrelson and George Clooney - explodes into action in this hauntingly realistic view of military and moral chaos in the Pacific during World War II.","Thin Red Line, The (1998)",Action|Drama|War,2427
11551,122718,Gregory Smith|Kirsten Dunst|Denis Leary|Phil Hartman|David Cross,Joe Dante,defense industry|toy shop|technical toy|soldier|prototype,"When missile technology is used to enhance toy action figures, the toys soon begin to take their battle programming too seriously.",Small Soldiers (1998),Animation|Children|Fantasy|War,1920
3050,118998,Eddie Murphy|Ossie Davis|Oliver Platt|Peter Boyle|Richard Schiff,Betty Thomas,talking to animals|woman director,"A successful physician and devoted family man, John Dolittle (Eddie Murphy) seems to have the world by the tail, until a long suppressed talent he possessed as a child, the ability to communicate with animals is suddenly reawakened with a vengeance! Now every creature within squawking distance wants the good doctor's advice, unleashing an outrageous chain of events that turns his world upside down!",Dr. Dolittle (1998),Comedy,1911
200,120844,Patrick Stewart|Jonathan Frakes|Brent Spiner|LeVar Burton|Gates McFadden,Jonathan Frakes,space opera|retribution|lieutenant commander|spacecraft officer|exploding ship,"When an alien race and factions within Starfleet attempt to take over a planet that has ""regenerative"" properties, it falls upon Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise to defend the planet's people as well as the very ideals upon which the Federation itself was founded.",Star Trek: Insurrection (1998),Action|Drama|Romance|Sci-Fi,2393
9489,128853,Tom Hanks|Meg Ryan|Katie Sagona|Greg Kinnear|Parker Posey,Nora Ephron,romantic comedy|online dating|woman director,"Book superstore magnate, Joe Fox and independent book shop owner, Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the Internet – both blissfully unaware that he's putting her out of business.",You've Got Mail (1998),Comedy|Romance,2424
11808,120873,Tommy Lee Jones|Wesley Snipes|Robert Downey Jr.|Joe Pantoliano|Daniel Roebuck,Stuart Baird,cia|transport of prisoners|innocence|escape|agent,"U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard is accompanying a plane load of convicts from Chicago to New York. The plane crashes spectacularly, and Mark Sheridan escapes. But when Diplomatic Security Agent John Royce is assigned to help Gerard recapture Sheridan, it becomes clear that Sheridan is more than just another murderer.",U.S. Marshals (1998),Action|Crime|Thriller,1792
4518,127536,Cate Blanchett|Geoffrey Rush|Christopher Eccleston|Joseph Fiennes|Richard Attenborough,Shekhar Kapur,duke|historical figure|treason|catholic|protestant,"This film details the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, as played by Cate Blanchett. The main focus is the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the Catholic hatred of her and her romance with Lord Robert Dudley.",Elizabeth (1998),Drama,2336
1389,120780,George Clooney|Jennifer Lopez|Michael Keaton|Samuel L. Jackson|Dennis Farina,Steven Soderbergh,journalist|bedroom|purse|trunk|elmore leonard,"Meet Jack Foley, a smooth criminal who bends the law and is determined to make one last heist. Karen Sisco is a federal marshal who chooses all the right moves … and all the wrong guys. Now they're willing to risk it all to find out if there's more between them than just the law. Variety hails Out of Sight as ""a sly, sexy, vastly entertaining film.""",Out of Sight (1998),Comedy|Crime|Drama|Romance|Thriller,1912
11003,120888,Adam Sandler|Drew Barrymore|Christine Taylor|Allen Covert|Jon Lovitz,Frank Coraci,wedding vows|marriage proposal|love of one's life|bride|bridegroom,"Robbie, a local rock star turned wedding singer, is dumped on the day of his wedding. Meanwhile, waitress Julia finally sets a wedding date with her fiancée Glenn. When Julia and Robbie meet and hit it off, they find that things are more complicated than anybody thought.","Wedding Singer, The (1998)",Comedy|Romance,1777
11545,128445,Jason Schwartzman|Bill Murray|Olivia Williams|Seymour Cassel|Brian Cox,Wes Anderson,private school|lone wolf|theatre play|theatre group|theatre director,"Max Fischer, a precocious and eccentric 15 year-old, who is both Rushmore's most extracurricular and least scholarly student; Herman Blume, a disillusioned industrialist who comes to admire Max; and Rosemary Cross, a widowed first grade teacher who becomes the object of both Max's and Herman's affection.",Rushmore (1998),Comedy|Drama,2395
9454,120631,Drew Barrymore|Dougray Scott|Anjelica Huston|Megan Dodds|Melanie Lynskey,Andy Tennant,france|cinderella|prince|orphan|heroine,"A unique 16th century woman, Danielle possesses a love of books, and can easily quote from Sir Thomas More’s Utopia. An intriguing mix of tomboyish athleticism and physical beauty, she has more than enough charm to capture the heart of a prince ... after beaning him with an apple.",Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998),Comedy|Drama|Romance,2125
10312,129290,Robin Williams|Philip Seymour Hoffman|Bob Gunton|Peter Coyote|Michael Jeter,Tom Shadyac,nurse|hospital|doctor|laughter,"Meet Patch Adams, a doctor who doesn't look, act or think like any doctor you've met before. For Patch, humor is the best medicine, and he's willing to do just anything to make his patients laugh - even if it means risking his own career.",Patch Adams (1998),Comedy|Drama,2431
9411,119099,Denzel Washington|John Goodman|Donald Sutherland|Embeth Davidtz|James Gandolfini,Gregory Hoblit,angel|riddle|detective|bible|police,"Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution the killings start again, and they are very similar to Reese's style.",Fallen (1998),Crime|Drama|Fantasy|Thriller,1754
9877,146336,Alicia Witt|Jared Leto|Rebecca Gayheart|Michael Rosenbaum|Loretta Devine,Jamie Blanks,college|murder|urban legend|slasher|killer,"There's a campus killer on the loose who's making urban legends, like the one about eating pop rocks and soda at the same time will make your stomach explode and the one about a psycho with an axe stepping into the backseat of your car at the gas station when not looking, into reality.",Urban Legend (1998),Horror|Thriller,2279
10220,128442,Matt Damon|John Turturro|Gretchen Mol|Goran Visnjic|Edward Norton,John Dahl,gambling|law|compulsive gambling|roulette|gain,A young man is a reformed gambler who must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks.,Rounders (1998),Drama,2231
4415,119683,Liam Neeson|Geoffrey Rush|Uma Thurman|Claire Danes|Hans Matheson,Bille August,falsely accused person|prisoner|blackmail|french revolution|motherly love,"Jean Valjean, a Frenchman imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a police officer named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.","Misérables, Les (1998)",Crime|Drama|Romance|War,1873
9447,120595,James Cromwell|Mary Stein|Mickey Rooney|Magda Szubanski|E.G. Daily,George Miller,piggy bank|shortage of money|pig|farm|piglet,"Babe, fresh from his victory in the sheepherding contest, returns to Farmer Hoggett's farm, but after Farmer Hoggett is injured and unable to work, Babe has to go to the big city to save the farm.",Babe: Pig in the City (1998),Adventure|Children|Drama,2384
100,120735,Jason Flemyng|Dexter Fletcher|Nick Moran|Jason Statham|Vinnie Jones,Guy Ritchie,ambush|alcohol|shotgun|tea|joint,A card sharp and his unwillingly-enlisted friends need to make a lot of cash quick after losing a sketchy poker match. To do this they decide to pull a heist on a small-time gang who happen to be operating out of the flat next door.,"Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels (1998)",Comedy|Crime|Thriller,2542
9429,120770,Will Ferrell|Chris Kattan|Jennifer Coolidge|Michael Clarke Duncan|Eva Mendes,John Fortenberry,night life|nightclub|flower|flower shop|make a match,"Despite being well into adulthood, brothers Doug and Steve Butabi still live at home and work in the flower shop owned by their dad. They exist only to hit on women at discos, though they're routinely unsuccessful until a chance run-in with Richard Grieco gets them inside the swank Roxbury club. Mistaken for high rollers, they meet their dream women, Vivica and Cambi, and resolve to open a club of their own.","Night at the Roxbury, A (1998)",Comedy,2296
9410,119223,Gwyneth Paltrow|Ethan Hawke|Chris Cooper|Anne Bancroft|Robert De Niro,Alfonso Cuarón,artist|artists' life|childhood memory,"Loosely based on the Charles Dickens' classic novel, ""Great Expectations"" is a sensual tale of a young man's unforgettable passage into manhood, and the three individuals who will undeniably change his life forever. Through the surprising interactions of these vivid characters, ""Great Expectations"" takes a unique and contemporary look at life's great coincidences.",Great Expectations (1998),Drama|Romance,1735
9882,133952,Denzel Washington|Annette Bening|Bruce Willis|Tony Shalhoub|Sami Bouajila,Edward Zwick,islam|muslim|car bomb|fbi agent,The secret US abduction of a suspected terrorist leads to a wave of terrorist attacks in New York that lead to the declaration of martial law.,"Siege, The (1998)",Action|Thriller,2334
8688,120832,Nicolas Cage|Gary Sinise|John Heard|Carla Gugino|Tamara Tunie,Brian De Palma,casino|political activism|boxer|mission of murder|boxing match,"All bets are off when corrupt homicide cop Rick Santoro witnesses a murder during a boxing match. It's up to him and lifelong friend and naval intelligence agent Kevin Dunne to uncover the conspiracy behind the killing. At every turn, Santoro makes increasingly shocking discoveries that even he can't turn a blind eye to.",Snake Eyes (1998),Action|Crime|Mystery|Thriller,2126
9440,119942,John Travolta|Emma Thompson|Billy Bob Thornton|Kathy Bates|Adrian Lester,Mike Nichols,white house|u.s. president|president elections|scandal|george w. bush,"In this adaptation of the best-selling roman à clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White House, the young and gifted Henry Burton is tapped to oversee the presidential campaign of Governor Jack Stanton. Burton is pulled into the politician's colorful world and looks on as Stanton -- who has a wandering eye that could be his downfall -- contends with his ambitious wife, Susan, and an outspoken adviser, Richard Jemmons.",Primary Colors (1998),Comedy|Drama,1810
10215,120148,Gwyneth Paltrow|John Hannah|John Lynch|Jeanne Tripplehorn,Peter Howitt,double life|commercial|fantasy|chance|marketing,"Gwyneth Paltrow plays London publicist Helen, effortlessly sliding between parallel storylines that show what happens if she does or does not catch a train back to her apartment. Love. Romantic entanglements. Deception. Trust. Friendship. Comedy. All come into focus as the two stories shift back and forth, overlap and surprisingly converge.",Sliding Doors (1998),Drama|Romance,1680
9320,118661,Ralph Fiennes|Uma Thurman|Sean Connery|Patrick Macnee|Jim Broadbent,Jeremiah S. Chechik,london|weather manipulation|wretch,"British Ministry agent John Steed, under direction from ""Mother"", investigates a diabolical plot by arch-villain Sir August de Wynter to rule the world with his weather control machine. Steed investigates the beautiful Doctor Mrs. Emma Peel, the only suspect, but simultaneously falls for her and joins forces with her to combat Sir August.","Avengers, The (1998)",Action|Adventure,2153
8838,120749,Bruce Willis|Alec Baldwin|Miko Hughes|Chi McBride|Kim Dickens,Harold Becker,assassin|loss of family|fbi|national security agency|boy,"Simon is a nine-year-old autistic boy who has cracked the government's new ""unbreakable"" code. This skill renders the new billion-dollar secret code vulnerable, especially if enemies of the United States should learn of Simon's abilities and capture him. Program chief Nick Kudrow orders the ""security threat"" eliminated, but Kudrow hasn't counted on renegade FBI agent Art Jeffries (Bruce Willis).",Mercury Rising (1998),Action|Drama|Thriller,1833
2657,120789,Tobey Maguire|Reese Witherspoon|William H. Macy|Joan Allen|Jeff Daniels,Gary Ross,brother sister relationship|dystopia|tv series|book burning|racism,"Geeky teenager David and his popular twin sister, Jennifer, get sucked into the black-and-white world of a 1950s TV sitcom called ""Pleasantville,"" and find a world where everything is peachy keen all the time. But when Jennifer's modern attitude disrupts Pleasantville's peaceful but boring routine, she literally brings color into its life.",Pleasantville (1998),Comedy|Drama|Fantasy,2321
11568,118747,Dan Aykroyd|John Goodman|Joe Morton|J. Evan Bonifant|B.B. King,John Landis,prison|blues|half-brother|orphanage|band,"Elwood, the now lone ""Blues Brother"" finally released from prison, is once again enlisted by Sister Mary Stigmata in her latest crusade to raise funds for a children's hospital. Once again hitting the road to re-unite the band and win the big prize at the New Orleans Battle of the Bands, Elwood is pursued cross-country by the cops, led by Cabel the Curtis' son",Blues Brothers 2000 (1998),Action|Comedy|Musical,1772
9422,120633,John Travolta|Robert Duvall|Tony Shalhoub|William H. Macy|Zeljko Ivanek,Steven Zaillian,success|advancement|right and justice|leukemia|lawyer,"Jan Schlickmann is a cynical lawyer who goes out to ""get rid of"" a case, only to find out it is potentially worth millions. The case becomes his obsession, to the extent that he is willing to give up everything - including his career and his clients' goals, in order to continue the case against all odds.","Civil Action, A (1998)",Drama,2433
10683,147612,Jane Adams|Jon Lovitz|Philip Seymour Hoffman|Dylan Baker|Evan Silverberg,Todd Solondz,rape|sister sister relationship|lover (female)|pedophilia|sister,"The lives of many individuals connected by the desire for happiness, often from sources usually considered dark or evil.",Happiness (1998),Comedy|Drama,2318
11702,120008,Chow Yun-fat|Mira Sorvino|Michael Rooker|Kenneth Tsang|Jürgen Prochnow,Antoine Fuqua,usa|china|assassin|assault rifle|drug dealer,"Hired assassin John Lee is asked by Chinatown crime boss Terence Wei to murder the young son of policeman Stan Zedkov. Lee has the boy in his sights, but his conscience gets the better of him, and he spares the child's life. Afraid that Wei will take revenge on his family in China, Lee seeks out expert forger Meg Coburn to obtain the passport he needs to get out of the country, but a band of replacement killers is soon on his trail.","Replacement Killers, The (1998)",Action|Crime|Thriller,1769
6396,133189,Matthew Lillard|Michael A. Goorjian|Annabeth Gish|Til Schweiger|Jason Segel,James Merendino,punk|independent film,"Two former geeks become 1980s punks, then party and go to concerts while deciding what to do with their lives.",SLC Punk! (1998),Comedy|Drama,2596
9276,133751,Jordana Brewster|Elijah Wood|Clea DuVall|Laura Harris|Josh Hartnett,Robert Rodriguez,american football|alien life-form|high school|teacher|teenager,"When some very creepy things start happening around school, the kids at Herrington High make a chilling discovery that confirms their worst suspicions: their teachers really are from another planet! As mind-controlling parasites rapidly begin spreading from the faculty to the students' bodies, it's ultimately up to the few who are left – an unlikely collection of loners, leaders, nerds and jocks – to save the world from alien domination.","Faculty, The (1998)",Horror|Sci-Fi,2428
14013,131857,Trey Parker|Matt Stone|Yasmine Bleeth|Jenny McCarthy|Dian Bachar,David Zucker,stadium|invention|sport|mascot|party,"Two losers from Milwaukee, Coop & Remer, invent a new game playing basketball, using baseball rules. When the game becomes a huge success, they, along with a billionaire's help, form the Professional Baseketball League where everyone gets the same pay and no team can change cities. Theirs is the only team standing in the way of major rule changes that the owner of a rival team wants to institute.",BASEketball (1998),Comedy,2060
15037,127723,Jennifer Love Hewitt|Ethan Embry|Charlie Korsmo|Lauren Ambrose|Peter Facinelli,Harry Elfont|Deborah Kaplan,alcohol|regret|homophobia|radio|cheerleader,"It's graduation day at Huntington Hills High, and you know what that means - time to party. And not just any party, either. This one will be a night to remember, as the nerds become studs, the jocks are humiliated, and freshman crushes blossom into grown-up romance.",Can't Hardly Wait (1998),Comedy|Drama|Romance,1895
12706,159382,Clive Owen|Kate Hardie|Alex Kingston|Gina McKee|Nicholas Ball,Mike Hodges,gambling|casino|writer's block|independent film|crime,"Jack Manfred is an aspiring writer who to make ends meet, takes a job as a croupier. Jack remains an observer, knowing that everything in life is a gamble and that gamblers are born to lose. Inevitably, he gets sucked into the world of the casino which takes its toll on his relationships and the novel he is writing.",Croupier (1998),Crime|Drama,3783
14283,120802,Carlo Cecchi|Irene Grazioli|Anita Laurenzi|Tommaso Puntelli|Samuele Amighetti,François Girard,auction|violin,"Spans 300 years in the life of one famed musical instrument that winds up in present-day Montreal on the auction block. Crafted by the Italian master Bussotti (Cecchi) in 1681, the red violin derives its unusual color from the human blood mixed into the finish. With this legacy, the violin travels to Austria, England, China, and Canada, leaving both beauty and tragedy in its wake.","Red Violin, The (Violon rouge, Le) (1998)",Drama|Mystery,2686
10223,120324,Bill Paxton|Bridget Fonda|Billy Bob Thornton|Brent Briscoe|Chelcie Ross,Sam Raimi,brother brother relationship|money delivery|airplane|greed|friendship,"Captivated by the lure of sudden wealth, the quiet rural lives of two brothers erupt into conflicts of greed, paranoia and distrust when over $4 million in cash is discovered at the remote site of a downed small airplane. Their simple plan to retain the money while avoiding detection opens a Pandora's box when the fear of getting caught triggers panicked behavior and leads to virulent consequences","Simple Plan, A (1998)",Crime|Drama|Thriller,2391
10029,124198,Jon Favreau|Leland Orser|Cameron Diaz|Christian Slater|Jeremy Piven,Peter Berg,prostitute|hotel|cocaine|nudity|psychopath,"Kyle Fisher has one last night to celebrate life as a single man before marrying Laura, so he sets out to Vegas with four of his best buddies. But a drug and alcohol filled night on the town with a stripper who goes all the way, turns into a cold night in the desert with shovels when the stripper goes all the way into a body bag after dying in their bathroom. And that's just the first of the bodies to pile up before Kyle can walk down the aisle...",Very Bad Things (1998),Comedy|Crime,2387
9844,120777,Christina Ricci|Martin Donovan|Lisa Kudrow|Lyle Lovett|Johnny Galecki,Don Roos,gay|louisiana|dying and death|step father|independent film,"A 16-year-old girl visits her gay half-brother and ends up seducing his boyfriend, thus wreaking havoc on all of their lives.","Opposite of Sex, The (1998)",Comedy|Drama|Romance,1885
9452,118798,Warren Beatty|Halle Berry|Sean Astin|Christine Baranski|Adilah Barnes,Warren Beatty,mission of murder|politics|election campaign|liberal|swearing,A suicidally disillusioned liberal politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the opportunity to be bluntly honest with his voters by affecting the rhythms and speech of hip-hop music and culture.,Bulworth (1998),Comedy|Drama|Romance,1883
9464,118789,Vincent Gallo|Christina Ricci|Ben Gazzara|Mickey Rourke|Rosanna Arquette,Vincent Gallo,prison|gambling|compulsive gambling,"Billy is released after five years in prison. In the next moment, he kidnaps teenage student Layla and visits his parents with her, pretending she is his girlfriend and they will soon marry.",Buffalo '66 (a.k.a. Buffalo 66) (1998),Drama|Romance,1916
9490,120693,Dave Chappelle|Tommy Chong|Harland Williams|Guillermo Díaz|Jim Breuer,Tamra Davis,smoking|company|marijuana|drug|woman director,"Three lovable party buds try to bail their friend out of jail. But just when the guys have mastered a plan, everything comes dangerously close to going up in smoke.",Half Baked (1998),Comedy,1753
16148,120906,Bill Pullman|Ben Stiller|Ryan O'Neal|Kim Dickens|Angela Featherstone,Jake Kasdan,detective|blackmail|independent film,"Daryl Zero is a private investigator. Along with his assistant, Steve Arlo he solves impossible crimes and puzzles. Though a master investigator, when he is not working, Zero doesn't know what to do with himself. He has no social skills, writes bad music, and drives Arlo crazy. In his latest case, Zero must find out who is blackmailing a rich executive, and when his client won't tell him, why.",Zero Effect (1998),Comedy|Mystery|Thriller,1845
10162,166396,Ian Bannen|David Kelly|Fionnula Flanagan|Susan Lynch|Brendan Dempsey,Kirk Jones,false identity|beguilement|lottery|village|jackpot,"When a lottery winner dies of shock, his fellow townsfolk attempt to claim the money.",Waking Ned Devine (a.k.a. Waking Ned) (1998),Comedy,2359
10144,97757,Jodi Benson|Christopher Daniel Barnes|Jason Marin|Samuel E. Wright|Buddy Hackett,Ron Clements|John Musker,sea|fireworks|prince|kingdom|daughter,This colorful adventure tells the story of an impetuous mermaid princess named Ariel who falls in love with the very human Prince Eric and puts everything on the line for the chance to be with him. Memorable songs and characters -- including the villainous sea witch Ursula.,"Little Mermaid, The (1989)",Animation|Children|Comedy|Musical|Romance,2081
89,97576,Harrison Ford|Sean Connery|Denholm Elliott|Alison Doody|John Rhys-Davies,Steven Spielberg,saving the world|venice|holy grail|library|riddle,"When Dr. Henry Jones Sr. suddenly goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, eminent archaeologist Indiana must team up with Marcus Brody, Sallah and Elsa Schneider to follow in his father's footsteps and stop the Nazis from recovering the power of eternal life.",Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989),Action|Adventure,1291
639,98635,Meg Ryan|Billy Crystal|Carrie Fisher|Bruno Kirby|Steven Ford,Rob Reiner,new york|wife husband relationship|restaurant|platonic love|orgasm,"During their travels from Chicago to New York, Harry and Sally Will debate whether or not sex ruins a perfect relationship between a man and a woman. Eleven years and later, they're still no closer to finding the answer.",When Harry Met Sally... (1989),Comedy|Romance,1307
268,96895,Jack Nicholson|Michael Keaton|Kim Basinger|Michael Gough|Pat Hingle,Tim Burton,double life|dc comics|dual identity|chemical|crime fighter,"The Dark Knight of Gotham City begins his war on crime with his first major enemy being the clownishly homicidal Joker, who has seized control of Gotham's underworld.",Batman (1989),Action|Crime|Thriller,592
165,96874,Michael J. Fox|Christopher Lloyd|Lea Thompson|Elisabeth Shue|James Tolkan,Robert Zemeckis,skateboarding|flying car|car race|delorean|lightning,"Marty and Doc are at it again in this wacky sequel to the 1985 blockbuster as the time-traveling duo head to 2015 to nip some McFly family woes in the bud. But things go awry thanks to bully Biff Tannen and a pesky sports almanac. In a last-ditch attempt to set things straight, Marty finds himself bound for 1955 and face to face with his teenage parents -- again.",Back to the Future Part II (1989),Adventure|Comedy|Sci-Fi,2011
207,97165,Robin Williams|Ethan Hawke|Robert Sean Leonard|Gale Hansen|Josh Charles,Peter Weir,individual|philosophy|poetry|shakespeare|professor,"At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.",Dead Poets Society (1989),Drama,1246
2978,97428,Bill Murray|Dan Aykroyd|Sigourney Weaver|Harold Ramis|Rick Moranis,Ivan Reitman,slime|ghostbuster|product placement|reincarnation|painting,"Five years after they defeated Zuul, the Ghostbusters are out of business. When Dana begins to have ghost problems again, the boys come out of retirement to aid her and hopefully save New York City from a new paranormal threat.",Ghostbusters II (1989),Comedy|Fantasy|Sci-Fi,2717
709,97742,Timothy Dalton|Carey Lowell|Robert Davi|Talisa Soto|Anthony Zerbe,John Glen,corruption|florida|secret identity|liberation of prisoners|drug traffic,James Bond and his American colleague Felix Leiter arrest the drug lord Sanchez who succeeds in escaping and takes revenge on Felix and his wife. Bond knows but just one thing: revenge.,Licence to Kill (1989),Action|Adventure|Thriller,2990
5825,97958,Chevy Chase|Beverly D'Angelo|Randy Quaid|Juliette Lewis|Johnny Galecki,Jeremiah S. Chechik,holiday|boss|cigar|neighbor|christmas eve,"It's Christmas time and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration, but things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen and their two kids. Clark's continual bad luck is worsened by his obnoxious family guests, but he manages to keep going knowing that his Christmas bonus is due soon.",Christmas Vacation (National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation) (1989),Comedy,2423
9665,97441,Matthew Broderick|Denzel Washington|Cary Elwes|Morgan Freeman|Jihmi Kennedy,Edward Zwick,war|racism|battle|union soldier|confederate soldier,"Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.",Glory (1989),Drama|War,1242
2756,96754,Ed Harris|Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio|Michael Biehn|Leo Burmester|Todd Graff,James Cameron,ocean|sea|diving suit|flying saucer|nuclear missile,"A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious force that has the power to change the world or destroy it.","Abyss, The (1989)",Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi|Thriller,1127
942,97733,Mel Gibson|Danny Glover|Joe Pesci|Joss Ackland|Derrick O'Connor,Richard Donner,diplomatic immunity|loss of girlfriend|bomb squad,"In the opening chase, Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh stumble across a trunk full of Krugerrands. They follow the trail to a South African diplomat who's using his immunity to conceal a smuggling operation. When he plants a bomb under Murtaugh's toilet, the action explodes!",Lethal Weapon 2 (1989),Action|Comedy|Crime|Drama,2001
1648,96928,Keanu Reeves|Alex Winter|George Carlin|Dan Shor|Hal Landon Jr.,Stephen Herek,jealousy|journey in the past|sigmund freud|time travel|socrates,"In the small town of San Dimas, a few miles away from Los Angeles, there are two nearly brain dead teenage boys going by the names of Bill S, Preston ESQ. and Ted Theodore Logan, they have a dream together of starting their own rock and roll band called the ""Wyld Stallyns"". Unfortunately, they are still in high school and on the verge of failing out of their school as well, and if they do not pass their upcoming history report, they will be separated as a result of Ted's father sending him to military school. But, what Bill and Ted do not know is that they must stay together to save the future. So, a man from the future named Rufus came to help them pass their report. So, both Bill and Ted decided to gather up historical figures which they need for their report. They are hoping that this will help them pass their report so they can stay together.",Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989),Adventure|Comedy|Sci-Fi,4571
9494,97778,John Travolta|Kirstie Alley|Olympia Dukakis|George Segal|Bruce Willis,Amy Heckerling,single parent|baby|pregnancy|duringcreditsstinger|woman director,"Mollie is a single working mother who's out to find the perfect father for her child. Her baby, Mikey, prefers James, a cab driver turned babysitter who has what it takes to make them both happy. But Mollie won't even consider James. It's going to take all the tricks a baby can think of to bring them together before it's too late",Look Who's Talking (1989),Comedy|Romance,4621
9354,97523,Rick Moranis|Marcia Strassman|Matt Frewer|Kristine Sutherland|Amy O'Neill,Joe Johnston,inventor|ant|shrinking|riesen insekten|biene,The scientist father of a teenage girl and boy accidentally shrinks his and two other neighborhood teens to the size of insects. Now the teens must fight diminutive dangers as the father searches for them.,"Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)",Adventure|Children|Comedy|Fantasy|Sci-Fi,2054
172,98382,William Shatner|Leonard Nimoy|DeForest Kelley|James Doohan|George Takei,William Shatner,federation|starfleet|uss enterprise-a|sha-ka-ree|loss of brother,Capt. Kirk and his crew must deal with Mr. Spock's half brother who kidnaps three diplomats and hijacks the Enterprise in his obsessive search for God.,Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989),Action|Sci-Fi,1373
11974,96734,Tom Hanks|Bruce Dern|Carrie Fisher|Rick Ducommun|Corey Feldman,Joe Dante,paranoia|garbage|psychopath|vacation|black comedy,"When secretive new neighbors move in next door, suburbanite Ray Peterson and his friends let their paranoia get the best of them as they start to suspect the newcomers of evildoings and commence an investigation. But it's hardly how Ray, who much prefers drinking beer, reading his newspaper and watching a ball game on the tube expected to spend his vacation.","'burbs, The (1989)",Comedy,2072
8913,98084,Dale Midkiff|Fred Gwynne|Denise Crosby|Brad Greenquist|Michael Lombard,Mary Lambert,pet|head injury|pet cemetery|dead cat|son murders mother,"Dr. Louis Creed's family moves into the country house of their dreams and discover a pet cemetery at the back of their property. The cursed burial ground deep in the woods brings the dead back to life -- with ""minor"" problems. At first, only the family's cat makes the return trip, but an accident forces a heartbroken father to contemplate the unthinkable.",Pet Sematary (1989),Horror,2513
10495,97647,Ralph Macchio|Pat Morita|Martin Kove|Thomas Ian Griffith|Robyn Lively,John G. Avildsen,japan|japanese|confidence|karate|business man,"Kreese, his life in tatters after his karate school was defeated by Daniel and Mr. Miyagi, visits Terry, a friend from Vietnam. Terry is a ruthless business man and a martial arts expert, and he vows to help Kreese take revenge on Daniel and Mr. Miyagi.","Karate Kid, Part III, The (1989)",Action|Adventure|Children|Drama,2422
2604,96969,Tom Cruise|Raymond J. Barry|Caroline Kava|Holly Marie Combs|Kyra Sedgwick,Oliver Stone,vietnam veteran|post traumatic stress  disorder|bar|1970s|wheelchair,"The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.",Born on the Fourth of July (1989),Drama|War,4008
2616,98554,John Candy|Jean Louisa Kelly|Macaulay Culkin|Gaby Hoffmann|Amy Madigan,John Hughes,babysitting|backfire|attitude|tire|streetwise,"As an idle, good-natured bachelor, Uncle Buck is the last person you would think of to watch the kids. However, during a family crisis, he is suddenly left in charge of his nephew and nieces. Unaccustomed to suburban life, fun-loving Uncle Buck soon charms his younger relatives Miles and Maizy with his hefty cooking and his new way of doing the laundry. His carefree style does not impress everyone though - especially his rebellious teenage niece, Tia, and his impatient girlfriend, Chanice. With a little bit of luck and a lot of love, Uncle Buck manages to surprise everyone in this heartwarming family comedy.",Uncle Buck (1989),Comedy,4679
1412,98724,Andie MacDowell|Peter Gallagher|James Spader|Laura San Giacomo|Ron Vawter,Steven Soderbergh,sexual obsession|sex|sexuality|camcorder|spanner,A sexually repressed woman's husband is having an affair with her sister. The arrival of a visitor with a rather unusual fetish changes everything.,"Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)",Drama,1186
9942,97815,Tom Berenger|Charlie Sheen|Corbin Bernsen|Margaret Whitton|James Gammon,David S. Ward,baseball|sport|sabotage|sombrero|baseball field,"When Rachel Phelps inherits the Cleveland Indians from her deceased husband, she's determined to move the team to a warmer climate -- but only a losing season will make that possible, which should be easy given the misfits she's hired. Rachel is sure her dream will come true, but she underestimates their will to succeed!",Major League (1989),Comedy,4623
8491,98627,Andrew McCarthy|Jonathan Silverman|Catherine Mary Stewart|Terry Kiser|Don Calfa,Ted Kotcheff,beach|mission of murder|boss|bad boss|house,"Two friends are invited for a weekend to a luxury island with their boss. The boss gets shot and nobody seems to notice, except for the two friends. In order not to become suspects of murder they treat the body as a puppet and make people believe he's still alive. The killer wants to do his job so when he is informed that the stiff is still alive he's got to shoot him again, and again, and again.",Weekend at Bernie's (1989),Comedy,1091
1552,98067,Steve Martin|Mary Steenburgen|Dianne Wiest|Jason Robards|Rick Moranis,Ron Howard,parents kids relationship|kids,"The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjoy all the events that occur: estranged relatives, the ""black sheep"" of the family, the eccentrics, the skeletons in the closet, and the rebellious teenagers.",Parenthood (1989),Comedy|Drama,3526
6951,98536,Tom Hanks|Mare Winningham|Craig T. Nelson|Scott Paulin|John McIntire,Roger Spottiswoode,eating non food|pet food,"Scott Turner has 3 days left in the local police department before he moves to a bigger city to get some ""real"" cases, not just misdemeanors. Then Amos Reed is murdered, and Scott Turner sets himself on the case. The closest thing to a witness in the case is Amos Reed's dog, Hooch, which Scott Turner has to take care of if it's going to avoid being ""put to sleep"".",Turner & Hooch (1989),Comedy|Crime,4677
7452,97108,Helen Mirren|Michael Gambon|Tim Roth|Richard Bohringer|Alan Howard,Peter Greenaway,cook|cooking|restaurant,"The wife of a barbaric crime boss engages in a secretive romance with a gentle bookseller between meals at her husband's restaurant. Food, colour coding, sex, murder, torture and cannibalism are the exotic fare in this beautifully filmed but brutally uncompromising modern fable which has been interpreted as an allegory for Thatcherism.","Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover, The (1989)",Comedy|Drama,1173
11497,96787,Burt Reynolds|Dom DeLuise|Judith Barsi|Melba Moore|Daryl Gilley,Don Bluth|Gary Goldman|Dan Kuenster,new orleans|heaven|german shepherd|second chance,"When a casino owning dog named Charlie is murdered by his rival Carface, he finds himself in Heaven basically by default since all dogs go to heaven. However, since he wants to get back at his killer, he cons his way back to the living with the warning that doing that damns him to Hell. Once back, he teams with his old partner, Itchy to prep his retaliation. He also stumbles on to an orphan girl who can talk to the animals, thus allowing him to get the inside info on the races to ensure his wins to finance his plans. However, all the while, he is still haunted by nightmares on what's waiting for him on the other side unless he can prove that he is worthy of Heaven again.",All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989),Animation|Children|Comedy|Drama|Fantasy,2123
10493,97162,Nicole Kidman|Sam Neill|Billy Zane|George Shevtsov|Rod Mullinar,Phillip Noyce,loss of son|sense of guilt|toxication|shipwreck|married couple,"An Australian couple take a sailing trip in the Pacific to forget about a terrible accident. While on the open sea, in dead calm, they come across a ship with one survivor who is not at all what he seems.",Dead Calm (1989),Thriller,3203
403,97239,Morgan Freeman|Jessica Tandy|Dan Aykroyd|Patti LuPone|Esther Rolle,Bruce Beresford,individual|black people|chauffeur|atlanta|widow,The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her colored chauffeur Hoke. From an initial mere work relationship grew in 25 years a strong friendship between the two very different characters in a time when those types of relationships where shunned upon. Oscar winning tragic comedy with a star-studded cast and based on a play of the same name by Alfred Uhry.,Driving Miss Daisy (1989),Drama,1962
11562,97123,Woody Allen|Martin Landau|Anjelica Huston|Joanna Gleason|Alan Alda,Woody Allen,new york|adultery|assassin|professor|brother-in-law,"An opthamologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife, while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated by another woman.",Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989),Comedy|Crime|Drama,2973
10161,97937,Daniel Day-Lewis|Brenda Fricker|Alison Whelan|Declan Croghan|Eanna MacLiam,Jim Sheridan,bodily disabled person|biography|poet|foot|author,"In this true story told through flashbacks, Christy Brown is born with crippling cerebral palsy into a poor, working-class Irish family. Able only to control movement in his left foot and to speak in guttural sounds, he is mistakenly believed to be retarded for the first ten years of his life.",My Left Foot (1989),Drama,1185
925,97216,Ossie Davis|Danny Aiello|Giancarlo Esposito|Richard Edson|Spike Lee,Spike Lee,black people|italo-american|police brutality|sun glasses|culture clash,"On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.",Do the Right Thing (1989),Drama,3424
10705,97499,Kenneth Branagh|Derek Jacobi|Brian Blessed|James Larkin|Paul Scofield,Kenneth Branagh,shakespeare|hero|kingdom|war|based on play,Gritty adaption of William Shakespeare's play about the English King's bloody conquest of France.,Henry V (1989),Action|Drama|Romance|War,1224
2028,98258,John Cusack|Ione Skye|John Mahoney|Lili Taylor|Amy Brooks,Cameron Crowe,england|seattle|daughter|high school|kickboxer,"A budding romance between noble underachiever Lloyd Dobler and high school valedictorian Diane Court is threatened when Diane's overly possessive, disapproving father interferes with their relationship. With a prized scholarship to study abroad hanging in the balance, Diane must find a way to make both men happy.",Say Anything... (1989),Comedy|Drama|Romance,2248
2323,97351,Kevin Costner|Amy Madigan|Gaby Hoffmann|Ray Liotta|Timothy Busfield,Phil Alden Robinson,regret|based on novel|baseball|miracle|farm,"Ray Kinsella is an Iowa farmer who hears a mysterious voice telling him to turn his cornfield into a baseball diamond. He does, but the voice's directions don't stop -- even after the spirits of deceased ballplayers turn up to play.",Field of Dreams (1989),Children|Drama|Fantasy,1302
476,97240,Matt Dillon|Kelly Lynch|James Le Gros|Heather Graham|Grace Zabriskie,Gus Van Sant,individual|robbery|drug abuse|sheriff|support group,"Bob and his friends Dianne, Rick and Nadine have been drug addicts for years and live from one high to the next. Gus Van Sant attempts to show an intimate look into the lives of heroin addicts with his film Drugstore Cowboy.",Drugstore Cowboy (1989),Crime|Drama,3019
10020,101414,Paige O'Hara|Robby Benson|Richard White|Jerry Orbach|David Ogden Stiers,Gary Trousdale|Kirk Wise,prince|book|castle|rose|musical,"Follow the adventures of Belle, a bright young woman who finds herself in the castle of a prince who's been turned into a mysterious beast. With the help of the castle's enchanted staff, Belle soon learns the most important lesson of all -- that true beauty comes from within.",Beauty and the Beast (1991),Animation|Children|Fantasy|Musical|Romance|IMAX,595
280,103064,Arnold Schwarzenegger|Linda Hamilton|Edward Furlong|Robert Patrick|Earl Boen,James Cameron,cyborg|shotgun|post-apocalyptic|dystopia|stabbed in the eye,"Nearly 10 years have passed since Sarah Connor was targeted for termination by a cyborg from the future. Now her son, John, the future leader of the resistance, is the target for a newer, more deadly terminator. Once again, the resistance has managed to send a protector back to attempt to save John and his mother Sarah.",Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991),Action|Sci-Fi,589
879,102057,Robin Williams|Dustin Hoffman|Julia Roberts|Bob Hoskins|Caroline Goodall,Steven Spielberg,flying|swordplay|sword|peter pan|daughter,"The boy who wasn't supposed to grow up—Peter Pan—did just that, becoming a soulless corporate lawyer whose workaholism could cost him his wife and kids. But a trip to see Granny Wendy in London, where the vengeful Capt. Hook kidnaps Peter's kids and forces Peter to return to Neverland, could lead to a chance at redemption, in this family-oriented fantasy from director Steven Spielberg.",Hook (1991),Adventure|Comedy|Fantasy,3489
8367,102798,Kevin Costner|Morgan Freeman|Christian Slater|Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio|Alan Rickman,Kevin Reynolds,england|crusade|mercifulness|robin hood|folk hero,"When the dastardly Sheriff of Nottingham murders Robin's father, the legendary archer vows vengeance. To accomplish his mission, Robin joins forces with a band of exiled villagers (and comely Maid Marian), and together they battle to end the evil sheriff's reign of terror.",Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991),Adventure|Drama,1027
1598,101540,Robert De Niro|Nick Nolte|Jessica Lange|Juliette Lewis|Joe Don Baker,Martin Scorsese,prison|child abuse|rape|small town|daughter,"Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? Fourteen years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey, bibliophile Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.",Cape Fear (1991),Thriller,1343
174,102975,William Shatner|Leonard Nimoy|DeForest Kelley|James Doohan|George Takei,Nicholas Meyer,farewell|federation|starfleet|peace conference|uss enterprise-a,"On the eve of retirement, Kirk and McCoy are charged with assassinating the Klingon High Chancellor and imprisoned. The Enterprise crew must help them escape to thwart a conspiracy aimed at sabotaging the last best hope for peace.",Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991),Action|Mystery|Sci-Fi,1372
37137,102510,Leslie Nielsen|Priscilla Presley|George Kennedy|O.J. Simpson|Robert Goulet,David Zucker,washington d.c.|u.s. president|spoof|the white house,"Bumbling cop Frank Drebin is out to foil the big boys in the energy industry, who intend to suppress technology that will put them out of business.","Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear, The (1991)",Comedy,3869
1089,102685,Patrick Swayze|Keanu Reeves|Gary Busey|Lori Petty|John C. McGinley,Kathryn Bigelow,surfer|undercover|wave|surfboard|self-destruction,"In the coastal town of Los Angeles, a gang of bank robbers call themselves The Ex-Presidents commit their crimes while wearing masks of Reagan, Carter, Nixon and Johnson. The F.B.I. believes that the members of the gang could be surfers and send young agent Johnny Utah undercover at the beach to mix with the surfers and gather information.",Point Break (1991),Action|Crime|Thriller,4351
1649,101452,Keanu Reeves|Alex Winter|George Carlin|William Sadler|Joss Ackland,Peter Hewitt,future|dying and death|heaven|diabolical ego|afterlife,"Amiable slackers Bill and Ted are once again roped into a fantastical adventure when De Nomolos, a villain from the future, sends evil robot duplicates of the two lads to terminate and replace them. The robot doubles actually succeed in killing Bill and Ted, but the two are determined to escape the afterlife, challenging the Grim Reaper to a series of games in order to return to the land of the living.",Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991),Adventure|Comedy|Fantasy|Sci-Fi,4980
2924,101393,Kurt Russell|William Baldwin|Robert De Niro|Donald Sutherland|Jennifer Jason Leigh,Ron Howard,brother brother relationship|corruption|chicago|fire|office,They say a blast of flames can take a life ... and hide a secret. But now firemen brothers Brian and Stephen McCaffrey are battling each other over past slights while trying to stop an arsonist with a diabolical agenda from torching Chicago.,Backdraft (1991),Action|Drama,3107
2907,101272,Raúl Juliá|Anjelica Huston|Christopher Lloyd|Christina Ricci|Carel Struycken,Barry Sonnenfeld,dead wish|black humor|uncle|eccentric|macabre,"Uncle Fester has been missing for 25 years. An evil doctor finds out and introduces a fake Fester in an attempt to get the Adams Family's money. The youngest daughter has some doubts about the new uncle Fester, but the fake uncle adapts very well to the strange family. Can the doctor carry out her evil plans and take over the Adams Family's fortune?","Addams Family, The (1991)",Children|Comedy|Fantasy,2124
10249,102803,Billy Campbell|Jennifer Connelly|Alan Arkin|Timothy Dalton|Paul Sorvino,Joe Johnston,legs|feet|blimp|flying man|listening to classical music,"Straight from the pages of a pulp comic from a past era, the Rocketeer recreates 1930s Hollywood, complete with gangsters, Nazi spies, and the growth of the Age of Aviation. Young pilot Cliff Secord stumbles on a top secret rocket-pack and with the help of his mechanic/mentor, Peevy, he attempts to save his girl and stop the Nazis as The Rocketeer.","Rocketeer, The (1991)",Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi,2094
1541,103074,Susan Sarandon|Geena Davis|Harvey Keitel|Brad Pitt|Michael Madsen,Ridley Scott,usa|southern u.s.|waitress|self-defense|highway,"Whilst on a short weekend getaway, Louise shoots a man who had tried to rape Thelma. Due to the incriminating circumstances, they make a run for it and thus a cross country chase ensues for the two fugitives. Along the way, both women rediscover the strength of their friendship and surprising aspects of their personalities and self-strengths in the trying times.",Thelma & Louise (1991),Adventure|Crime|Drama,3418
10537,101761,Val Kilmer|Meg Ryan|Kyle MacLachlan|Frank Whaley|Kevin Dillon,Oliver Stone,hippie|poetry|sex|rock and roll|nudity,"The story of the famous and influential 1960's rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.","Doors, The (1991)",Drama,1093
1497,103060,Paige Turco|David Warner|Michelan Sisti|Leif Tilden|Kenn Scott,Michael Pressman,crime fighter|fight|mutant|turtle|ninjas,"The Turtles and the Shredder battle once again, this time for the last cannister of the ooze that created the Turtles, which Shredder wants to create an army of new mutants.",Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991),Action|Children|Fantasy,3439
10380,101329,Phillip Glasser|James Stewart|Erica Yohn|Catherine Cavadini|Nehemiah Persoff,Phil Nibbelink|Simon Wells,sheriff|indian territory|mouse|family,"Some time after the Mousekewitz's have settled in America, they find that they are still having problems with the threat of cats. That makes them eager to try another home out in the west, where they are promised that mice and cats live in peace. Unfortunately, the one making this claim is an oily con artist named Cat R. Waul who is intent on his own sinister plan.","American Tail: Fievel Goes West, An (1991)",Adventure|Animation|Children|Musical|Western,2142
274,102926,Jodie Foster|Anthony Hopkins|Scott Glenn|Ted Levine|Anthony Heald,Jonathan Demme,based on novel|psychopath|horror|suspense|serial killer,"FBI trainee, Clarice Starling ventures into a maximum-security asylum to pick the diseased brain of Hannibal Lecter, a psychiatrist turned homicidal cannibal. Starling needs clues to help her capture a serial killer. but her Faustian relationship with Lecter soon leads to his escape, and now two deranged killers are on the loose.","Silence of the Lambs, The (1991)",Crime|Horror|Thriller,593
290,101410,John Turturro|John Goodman|Judy Davis|Michael Lerner|Tony Shalhoub,Joel Coen,film business|screenplay|film producer|screenwriter|cinema,A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.,Barton Fink (1991),Drama|Thriller,6440
4032,102492,Anna Chlumsky|Macaulay Culkin|Dan Aykroyd|Jamie Lee Curtis|Richard Masur,Howard Zieff,neighbor|child killed by animal|writing class|makeup artist|bee sting,"Vada Sultenfuss is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. She is also in love with her English teacher, and joins a poetry class over the summer just to impress him. Thomas J., her best friend, is ""allergic to everything"", and sticks with Vada despite her hangups. When Vada's father hires Shelly, and begins to fall for her, things take a turn to the worse...",My Girl (1991),Comedy|Drama|Romance,5970
820,102138,Kevin Costner|Tommy Lee Jones|Gary Oldman|Kevin Bacon|Michael Rooker,Oliver Stone,assassination|cia|new orleans|vietnam war|john f. kennedy,New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story.,JFK (1991),Drama|Mystery|Thriller,3386
650,101507,Laurence Fishburne|Cuba Gooding Jr.|Ice Cube|Morris Chestnut|Angela Bassett,John Singleton,street gang|black people|rap|hip-hop|street war,Boyz n the Hood is the popular and successful film and social criticism from John Singleton about the conditions in South Central Los Angeles where teenagers are involved in gun fights and drug dealing on a daily basis.,Boyz N the Hood (1991),Crime|Drama,6796
10276,103241,Bill Murray|Richard Dreyfuss|Julie Hagerty|Charlie Korsmo|Kathryn Erbe,Frank Oz,desperation|idiot|neurosis|psychiatrist|family holiday,"Before going on vacation, self-involved psychiatrist Dr. Leo Marvin has the misfortune of taking on a new patient: Bob Wiley. An exemplar of neediness and a compendium of phobias, Bob follows Marvin to his family's country house. Dr. Marvin tries to get him to leave; the trouble is, everyone loves Bob. As his oblivious patient makes himself at home, Dr. Marvin loses his professional composure and, before long, may be ready for the loony bin himself.",What About Bob? (1991),Comedy,3809
1406,101587,Billy Crystal|Daniel Stern|Bruno Kirby|Jack Palance|Patricia Wettig,Ron Underwood,men|stetson|vacation|prairie,New York meets the west in this comedy starring Billy Crystal. Three New York business men decide to take a 'Wild West' vacation that turns out to not be the relaxing vacation they had envisioned.,City Slickers (1991),Comedy|Western,4321
9595,102059,Charlie Sheen|Cary Elwes|Valeria Golino|Lloyd Bridges|Kevin Dunn,Jim Abrahams,secret mission|bad luck|saddam hussein|drill instructor|jet crash,"Charlie Sheen, Lloyd Bridges, Cary Elwes, Valeria Golino and Jon Cryer co-star in director Jim Abrahams' (Airplane, Naked Gun) truly hilarious spoof of Top Gun. Recruited to join a top-secret mission for the Air Force, a renegade pilot (Sheen) finds himself coping with an incompetent admiral (Bridges) and a carefully selected squadron of flyers who are either inept or half-blind.",Hot Shots! (1991),Action|Comedy|Romance|War,5541
2107,102250,Steve Martin|Sarah Jessica Parker|Victoria Tennant|Richard E. Grant|Marilu Henner,Mick Jackson,television|meteorology|metereologist|tv duel|weatherman,"With the help of a talking freeway billboard, a ""wacky weatherman"" tries to win the heart of an English newspaper reporter, who is struggling to make sense of the strange world of early-90s Los Angeles.",L.A. Story (1991),Comedy|Romance,2108
1633,101921,Kathy Bates|Mary-Louise Parker|Jessica Tandy|Cicely Tyson|Mary Stuart Masterson,Jon Avnet,southern u.s.|bee,"Amidst her own personality crisis, southern housewife Evelyn Couch meets Ninny, an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in Whistle Stop, Alabama in the 1920s.",Fried Green Tomatoes (1991),Comedy|Crime|Drama,1271
11846,101862,Steve Martin|Diane Keaton|Kimberly Williams-Paisley|Kieran Culkin|George Newbern,Charles Shyer,son-in-law|father-in-law|fool|daughter|wedding,"George Banks is an ordinary, middle-class man whose 21 year-old daughter Annie has decided to marry a man from an upper-class family, but George can't think of what life would be like without his daughter. He becomes slightly insane, but his wife tries to make him happy for Annie, but when the wedding takes place at their home and a foreign wedding planner takes over the ceremony.",Father of the Bride (1991),Comedy,6944
177,101889,Jeff Bridges|Robin Williams|Mercedes Ruehl|Amanda Plummer|Michael Jeter,Terry Gilliam,holy grail|homeless person|loss of lover|mental disease|sense of guilt,Two troubled men face their terrible destinies and events of their past as they join together on a mission to find the Holy Grail and thus to save themselves.,"Fisher King, The (1991)",Comedy|Drama|Fantasy|Romance,3108
15413,101757,Christina Applegate|Joanna Cassidy|Josh Charles|Keith Coogan|John Getz,Stephen Herek,babysitter|mom on holiday|children home alone,"Sue Ellen Crandell is a teenager eagerly awaiting her mother's summer-long absence. While the babysitter looks after her rambunctious younger siblings, Sue Ellen can party and have fun. But then the babysitter abruptly dies, leaving the Crandells short on cash. Sue Ellen finds a sweet job in fashion by lying about her age and experience on her résumé. But, while her siblings run wild, she discovers the downside of adulthood",Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991),Comedy,4040
12186,101698,Albert Brooks|Meryl Streep|Rip Torn|Lee Grant|Michael Durrell,Albert Brooks,heaven|afterlife,"In an afterlife resembling the present-day US, people must prove their worth by showing in court how they have demonstrated courage.",Defending Your Life (1991),Comedy|Drama|Fantasy|Romance,3358
11498,101669,Kenneth Branagh|Emma Thompson|Andy García|Robin Williams|Lois Hall,Kenneth Branagh,amnesia|nightmare|hypnosis|suspense|therapy,In 1949 composer Roman Strauss is executed for the vicious murder of his wife Margaret with a pair of scissors. In 1990s Los Angeles a mute amnesiac woman shows up at an orphanage and private eye Mike Church is called in to investigate. Under hypnosis both the woman and Church seem to have a strange link back to the Strauss murder.,Dead Again (1991),Mystery|Romance|Thriller,3044
11663,101605,Robert Arkins|Michael Aherne|Angeline Ball|Maria Doyle Kennedy|Dave Finnegan,Alan Parker,soul|ireland|music band,"Jimmy Rabbitte, just a tick out of school, gets a brilliant idea: to put a soul band together in Barrytown, his slum home in north Dublin. First he needs musicians and singers: things slowly start to click when he finds three fine-voiced females virtually in his back yard, a lead singer (Deco) at a wedding, and, responding to his ad, an aging trumpet player, Joey ""The Lips"" Fagan.","Commitments, The (1991)",Comedy|Drama|Musical,3060
11521,102316,Jodie Foster|Dianne Wiest|Adam Hann-Byrd|Harry Connick Jr.|David Hyde Pierce,Jodie Foster,single parent|waitress|jealousy|intelligence|intellectually gifted,"Dede is a sole parent trying to bring up her son Fred. When it is discovered that Fred is a genius, she is determined to ensure that Fred has all the opportunities that he needs, and that he is not taken advantage of by people who forget that his extremely powerful intellect is harboured in the body and emotions of a child.",Little Man Tate (1991),Drama,4787
562,95016,Bruce Willis|Alan Rickman|Alexander Godunov|Bonnie Bedelia|Reginald VelJohnson,John McTiernan,helicopter|journalist|based on novel|terrorist|skyscraper,"NYPD cop John McClane's plan to reconcile with his estranged wife, Holly, is thrown for a serious loop when minutes after he arrives at her office, the entire building is overtaken by a group of pitiless terrorists. With little help from the LAPD, wisecracking McClane sets out to single-handedly rescue the hostages and bring the bad guys down.",Die Hard (1988),Action|Crime|Thriller,1036
2280,94737,Tom Hanks|Elizabeth Perkins|Robert Loggia|John Heard|Jared Rushton,Penny Marshall,baseball|co-worker|bronx|pinball machine|toy maker,"A young boy, Josh Baskin makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big. He wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight. But he is still the same 13-year-old boy inside. Now he must learn how to cope with the unfamiliar world of grown-ups including getting a job and having his first romantic encounter with a woman. What will he find out about this strange world?",Big (1988),Comedy|Drama|Fantasy|Romance,2797
37136,95705,Leslie Nielsen|Priscilla Presley|Ricardo Montalban|George Kennedy|O.J. Simpson,David Zucker,baseball|aquarium|queen elisabeth ii|terrorism|illegal drugs,"When the incompetent Officer Frank Drebin seeks the ruthless killer of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth.","Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, The (1988)",Action|Comedy|Crime|Romance,3868
4011,94721,Geena Davis|Alec Baldwin|Winona Ryder|Michael Keaton|Catherine O'Hara,Tim Burton,minister|giant snake|skeleton|calypso|arts,"Thanks to an untimely demise via drowning, a young couple end up as poltergeists in their New England farmhouse, where they fail to meet the challenge of scaring away the insufferable new owners, who want to make drastic changes. In desperation, the undead newlyweds turn to an expert frightmeister, but he's got a diabolical agenda of his own.",Beetlejuice (1988),Comedy|Fantasy,2174
380,95953,Dustin Hoffman|Tom Cruise|Valeria Golino|Gerald R. Molen|Jack Murdock,Barry Levinson,individual|mentally disabled|autism|loss of father|yuppie,Selfish yuppie Charlie Babbitt's father left a fortune to his savant brother Raymond and a pittance to Charlie; they travel cross-country.,Rain Man (1988),Drama,1961
9602,94898,Eddie Murphy|Arsenio Hall|James Earl Jones|John Amos|Shari Headley,John Landis,fast food restaurant|prince|heir to the throne|fish out of water|new york city,"Prince Akeem, heir to the throne of Zamunda, leaves the tropical paradise kingdom in search of his queen. What better place than Queens, New York to find his bride? Joined by his loyal servant and friend, Semmi, Akeem attempts to blend in as an ordinary American and begin his search.",Coming to America (1988),Comedy|Romance,4489
1370,95956,Sylvester Stallone|Richard Crenna|Kurtwood Smith|Spiros Focás|Sasson Gabai,Peter MacDonald,competition|submachine gun|union of soviet socialist republics|liberation|russian,"Combat has taken its toll on Rambo, but he's finally begun to find inner peace in a monastery. When Rambo's friend and mentor Col. Trautman asks for his help on a top secret mission to Afghanistan, Rambo declines but must reconsider when Trautman is captured.",Rambo III (1988),Action|Adventure|Thriller|War,2404
12233,95776,Joey Lawrence|Billy Joel|Cheech Marin|Richard Mulligan|Roscoe Lee Browne,George Scribner,new york city|kittens|great dane,"This animated take on Oliver Twist re-imagines Oliver as an adorable orphaned kitten who struggles to survive in New York City and falls in with a band of canine criminals led by an evil human. First, Oliver meets Dodger, a carefree mutt with street savoir faire. But when Oliver meets wealthy Jenny on one of the gang's thieving missions, his life changes forever.",Oliver & Company (1988),Adventure|Animation|Children|Comedy|Musical,709
9493,96320,Arnold Schwarzenegger|Danny DeVito|Kelly Preston|Chloe Webb|David Caruso,Ivan Reitman,perfection|delivery|low intelligence|jet engine|twins separated at birth,Julius and Vincent Benedict are the results of an experiment that would allow for the perfect child. Julius was planned and grows to athletic proportions. Vincent is an accident and is somewhat smaller in stature. Vincent is placed in an orphanage while Julius is taken to a south seas island and raised by philosophers. Vincent becomes the ultimate low life and is about to be killed by loan sharks.,Twins (1988),Comedy,4558
856,96438,Bob Hoskins|Christopher Lloyd|Joanna Cassidy|Charles Fleischer|Kathleen Turner,Robert Zemeckis,falsely accused person|film business|hiding place|suspicion of murder|mental breakdown,"'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acme is found dead and Roger is the prime suspect.",Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988),Adventure|Animation|Children|Comedy|Crime|Fantasy|Mystery,2987
7520,94889,Tom Cruise|Bryan Brown|Elisabeth Shue|Lisa Banes|Kelly Lynch,Roger Donaldson,new york|night life|jamaica|bartender|ambition,A talented New York bartender takes a job at a bar in Jamaica and falls in love.,Cocktail (1988),Drama|Romance,4487
9647,96061,Bill Murray|Karen Allen|John Forsythe|Bobcat Goldthwait|Carol Kane,Richard Donner,holiday|tv ratings|comedy|scrooge|christmas carol,"In this modern take on Charles Dickens' ""A Christmas Carol,"" Frank Cross (Bill Murray) is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life, Claire Phillips (Karen Allen). But after firing a staff member, Eliot Loudermilk (Bobcat Goldthwait), on Christmas Eve, Frank is visited by a series of ghosts who give him a chance to re-evaluate his actions and right the wrongs of his past.",Scrooged (1988),Comedy|Fantasy|Romance,3087
10585,94862,Catherine Hicks|Chris Sarandon|Alex Vincent|Brad Dourif|Dinah Manoff,Tom Holland,gun|birthday|voodoo|toy|stalker,"A single mother gives her son a beloved doll for his birthday, only to discover that it is possessed with the soul of a serial killer.",Child's Play (1988),Horror|Thriller,1991
847,96446,Warwick Davis|Val Kilmer|Joanne Whalley|Jean Marsh|Patricia Hayes,Ron Howard,prophecy|falsely accused person|baby|monster|hero,"Fearful of a prophecy stating that a girl child will be born to bring about her downfall, the evil Queen Bavmorda imprisons all pregnant women within the formidable stronghold of Nockmaar. A child, Elora Danan, is born in the Nockmaar dungeons and identified as the prophesied child by a birthmark on her arm. However, before the black sorceress arrives to claim the child, Elora's mother convinces her reluctant midwife to escape with the baby. Willow, a timid farmer and aspiring sorcerer, is entrusted with delivering the royal infant from evil.",Willow (1988),Action|Adventure|Fantasy,2193
9396,92493,Paul Hogan|Linda Kozlowski|John Meillon|Ernie Dingo|Charles S. Dutton,John Cornell,new york|crocodile|australia|large knife|aftercreditsstinger,Australian outback expert protects his New York love from gangsters who've followed her down under.,Crocodile Dundee II (1988),Action|Adventure|Comedy,2471
10141,95031,Steve Martin|Michael Caine|Glenne Headly|Anton Rodgers|Barbara Harris,Frank Oz,competition|luxury|seduction|con man|money,"Two con men try to settle their rivalry by betting on who can swindle a young American heiress out of $50,000 first.",Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988),Comedy,4499
287,94812,Kevin Costner|Susan Sarandon|Tim Robbins|Trey Wilson|Robert Wuhl,Ron Shelton,love triangle|poem|jealousy|age difference|baseball,"Veteran catcher Crash Davis is brought to the minor league Durham Bulls to help their up and coming pitching prospect, ""Nuke"" Laloosh. Their relationship gets off to a rocky start and is further complicated when baseball groupie Annie Savoy sets her sights on the two men.",Bull Durham (1988),Comedy|Drama|Romance,3361
623,95159,John Cleese|Jamie Lee Curtis|Kevin Kline|Michael Palin|Maria Aitken,Charles Crichton,robbery|infidelity|cheating|heart attack|heist,"A diamond advocate is attempting to steal a collection of diamonds, yet troubles arise when he realizes that he is not the only one after the diamonds.","Fish Called Wanda, A (1988)",Comedy|Crime,1079
10644,96332,Daniel Day-Lewis|Juliette Binoche|Lena Olin|Derek de Lint|Stellan Skarsgård,Philip Kaufman,free love|infidelity|loyalty|union of soviet socialist republics|soviet troops,"Tomas is a doctor and a lady-killer in 1960s Czechoslovakia, an apolitical man who is struck with love for the bookish country girl Tereza; his more sophisticated sometime lover Sabina eventually accepts their relationship and the two women form an electric friendship. The three are caught up in the events of the Prague Spring (1968), until the Soviet tanks crush the non-violent rebels; their illusions are shattered and their lives change forever.","Unbearable Lightness of Being, The (1988)",Drama,1295
2640,97493,Winona Ryder|Christian Slater|Shannen Doherty|Lisanne Falk|Kim Walker,Michael Lehmann,suicide|diary|friendship|high school|black comedy,"A girl who half-heartedly tries to be part of the ""in crowd"" of her school meets a rebel who teaches her a more devious way to play social politics; killing the popular kids.",Heathers (1989),Comedy,1285
1632,95647,Gene Hackman|Willem Dafoe|Frances McDormand|Brad Dourif|R. Lee Ermey,Alan Parker,suicide|ku klux klan|mississippi|sheriff|shotgun,"Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his, former Sheriff, partner.",Mississippi Burning (1988),Crime|Drama|Thriller,4326
3525,96463,Harrison Ford|Melanie Griffith|Sigourney Weaver|Alec Baldwin|Joan Cusack,Mike Nichols,clerk|new york city|working woman,"Witty, romantic look at life in the corporate jungle. Tess McGill is an ambitious secretary with a unique approach for climbing the ladder to success. When her classy, but villainous boss breaks a leg skiing, Tess takes over her office, her apartment and even her wardrobe. She creates a deal with a handsome investment banker that will either take her to the top, or finish her off for good.",Working Girl (1988),Comedy|Drama|Romance,2245
10128,94631,James Caan|Mandy Patinkin|Terence Stamp|Kevyn Major Howard|Leslie Bevis,Graham Baker,living together|delinquency|cop|alien invasion,"A few years from now, Earth will have the first contact with an alien civilisation. These aliens, known as Newcomers, slowly begin to be integrated into human society after years of quarantine.",Alien Nation (1988),Crime|Drama|Sci-Fi|Thriller,3701
2321,95593,Michelle Pfeiffer|Matthew Modine|Oliver Platt|Alec Baldwin|Dean Stockwell,Jonathan Demme,blackmail|loss of husband|love|murder|mafia,"Angela de Marco is fed up with her gangster husband's line of work and wants no part of the crime world. When her husband is killed for having an affair with the mistress of mob boss Tony ""The Tiger"" Russo, Angela and her son depart for New York City to make a fresh start. Unfortunately, Tony has set his sights upon Angela -- and so has an undercover FBI agent looking to use her to bust Tony.",Married to the Mob (1988),Comedy,2247
859,94947,Glenn Close|John Malkovich|Michelle Pfeiffer|Swoosie Kurtz|Keanu Reeves,Stephen Frears,lovesickness|sexuality|cheating|wedding vows|marriage proposal,Dangerous Liaisons is the film based on the novel of the same name by Choderlos de Laclos set in 18th century France. Marquise de Merteuil’s asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the future wife of another ex-lover of hers in return for one last night with her. Yet things don’t go as planned in this love triangle drama.,Dangerous Liaisons (1988),Drama|Romance,2020
14506,96764,John Neville|Eric Idle|Sarah Polley|Oliver Reed|Uma Thurman,Terry Gilliam,moon|monster|hot air balloon|war|baron,"Nominated for 4 Oscars in 1989 and directed by Monty Python's Terry Gilliam (The Fisher King), The Adventures of Baron Munchausen stars John Neville, Eric Idle and Uma Thurman. Neville is the eccentric Munchausen, an aristocrat who relies on the power of his imagination - and a crackpot band of henchmen - to defend their city from plunder. Idle plays the loyal Berthold, the world's fastest man who runs all the way to Spain and back in under an hour to save the Baron's neck, and who hilariously outruns a speeding bullet! When Munchausen's not collaborating with his screwball associates, he can be found walking on air - literally - with the lusciously beautiful Venus (Thurman). Filmed by Oscar nominee cinematographer Giuseppe Rotunno, with stunning special effects!","Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The (1988)",Adventure|Comedy|Fantasy,4467
9013,95631,Robert De Niro|Charles Grodin|Yaphet Kotto|John Ashton|Dennis Farina,Martin Brest,crooked lawyer|bail jumper|mafia accountant|stretch limousine|manhattan new york city,"An accountant embezzles $15 million of mob money, jumps bail and is chased by bounty hunters, the FBI, and the Mafia.",Midnight Run (1988),Action|Comedy|Crime|Thriller,3104
11054,95270,Sonny Bono|Ruth Brown|Divine|Deborah Harry|Ricki Lake,John Waters,baltimore|racial segregation|woman played by man|cross cultural relations|interracial love,"Ample teen Tracy Turnblad wants nothing more than to be on the hip local TV dance program, ""The Corny Collins Show"" -- and when her dream comes true, her lively moves and bubbly personality meet with unexpected popularity. But after witnessing firsthand the terrible state of race relations in 1960s Baltimore, Turnblad becomes an outspoken advocate for desegregation.",Hairspray (1988),Comedy|Drama,2926
13554,95082,John Cusack|Christopher Lloyd|Charlie Sheen|D. B. Sweeney|Clifton James,John Sayles,baseball|sport|historical figure,"The great Chicago White Sox team of 1919 is the saddest team to ever win a pennent. The team is bitter at their penny pincher owner, Charles Comiskey, and at their own teammates. Gamblers take advantage of this opportunity to offer some players $ to throw the series (Most of the players didn't get as much as promised.) But Buck Weaver and the great Shoeless Joe Jackson turn back at the last minute to try and play their best. The Sox actually almost come back from a 3-1 deficit. 2 years later, the truth breaks out and the Sox are sued on multiple accounts. They are found innocent by the jury but baseball commissioner Landis has other plans. The eight players are suspended for life, and Buck Weaver, for the rest of his life, tries to clear his name.",Eight Men Out (1988),Drama,4322
10396,96244,Mel Gibson|Kurt Russell|J. T. Walsh|Michelle Pfeiffer|Raúl Juliá,Robert Towne,restaurant|drug dealer|shadowing|restaurant owner|cop,"In a seaside California town, best friends Mac and Nick are on opposite sides of the law. Mac is a former drug dealer trying to clean up his act, while Nick is a high-profile detective trying to take down a Mexican drug lord named Carlos. Soon Nick's loyalties are put to the test when he begins an affair with restaurateur Jo Ann  -- a love interest of Mac's -- unwittingly leading his friend into a police-orchestrated trap.",Tequila Sunrise (1988),Action|Drama|Romance|Thriller,2802
14170,95188,Chevy Chase|Madolyn Smith Osborne|Kevin O'Morrison|Joseph Maher|Jack Gilpin,George Roy Hill,slapstick|city country contrast,"Chevy Chase stars as Andy Farmer, a sportswriter who moves with his schoolteacher wife Elizabeth (Madolyn Smith) to the country in order to write a novel in relative seclusion. Of course, seclusion is the last thing the Farmers find in the small, eccentric town, where disaster awaits them at every turn.",Funny Farm (1988),Comedy,2796
106,93773,Arnold Schwarzenegger|Carl Weathers|Elpidia Carrillo|Bill Duke|Jesse Ventura,John McTiernan,central and south america|predator|alien|stalking|invisible,"Dutch and his group of commandos are hired by the CIA to rescue downed airmen from guerillas in a Central American jungle. The mission goes well but as they return they find that something is hunting them. Nearly invisible, it blends in with the forest, taking trophies from the bodies of its victims as it goes along. Occasionally seeing through its eyes, the audience sees it is an intelligent alien hunter, hunting them for sport, killing them off one at a time.",Predator (1987),Action|Sci-Fi|Thriller,3527
600,93058,Matthew Modine|Adam Baldwin|Vincent D'Onofrio|R. Lee Ermey|Dorian Harewood,Stanley Kubrick,suicide|prostitute|helicopter|based on novel|journalism,A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.,Full Metal Jacket (1987),Drama|War,1222
88,92890,Jennifer Grey|Patrick Swayze|Jerry Orbach|Cynthia Rhodes|Jack Weston,Emile Ardolino,dancing|sex|hotel|robbery|sister sister relationship,"Expecting the usual tedium that accompanies a summer in the Catskills with her family, 17-year-old Frances 'Baby' Houseman is surprised to find herself stepping into the shoes of a professional hoofer – and unexpectedly falling in love.",Dirty Dancing (1987),Drama|Musical|Romance,1088
957,94012,Mel Brooks|Rick Moranis|Bill Pullman|Daphne Zuniga|John Candy,Mel Brooks,android|lasergun|swordplay|temple|space marine,"When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to the rescue. Along the way, they meet Yogurt, who puts Lone Starr wise to the power of ""The Schwartz."" Can he master it in time to save the day?",Spaceballs (1987),Comedy|Sci-Fi,3033
708,93428,Timothy Dalton|Maryam d'Abo|Jeroen Krabbé|Joe Don Baker|John Rhys-Davies,John Glen,london|smuggling of arms|prison|england|assassination,James Bond helps a Russian General escape into the west. He soon finds out that the KGB wants to kill him for helping the General. A little while later the General is kidnapped from the Secret Service leading 007 to be suspicious.,"Living Daylights, The (1987)",Action|Adventure|Thriller,4005
5548,93870,Peter Weller|Nancy Allen|Ronny Cox|Kurtwood Smith|Miguel Ferrer,Paul Verhoeven,cyborg|crime fighter|dystopia|weapon|detroit,"In a dystopic, future crime-ridden Detroit controlled by a powerful corporation, a terminally wounded cop returns to the force as a company-owned cyborg with submerged memories haunting him.",RoboCop (1987),Action|Crime|Drama|Sci-Fi|Thriller,2985
765,92991,Bruce Campbell|Sarah Berry|Dan Hicks|Kassie DePaiva|Denise Bixler,Sam Raimi,deer|blood splatter|tape recorder|spoof|chainsaw,Ash Williams and his girlfriend Linda find a log cabin in the woods with a voice recording from an archeologist who had recorded himself reciting ancient chants from “The Book of the Dead.†As they play the recording an evil power is unleashed taking over Linda’s body.,Evil Dead II (Dead by Dawn) (1987),Action|Comedy|Fantasy|Horror,1261
941,93409,Mel Gibson|Danny Glover|Gary Busey|Mitchell Ryan|Tom Atkins,Richard Donner,car through wall|running over a fire hydrant|house trailer,"Veteran buttoned-down LAPD detective Roger Murtaugh is partnered with unhinged cop Martin Riggs, who -- distraught after his wife's death -- has a death wish and takes unnecessary risks with criminals at every turn. The odd couple embark on their first homicide investigation as partners, involving a young woman known to Murtaugh with ties to a drug and prostitution ring.",Lethal Weapon (1987),Action|Comedy|Crime|Drama,2000
865,93894,Arnold Schwarzenegger|Richard Dawson|María Conchita Alonso|Yaphet Kotto|Jim Brown,Paul Michael Glaser,prison|chase|hunting human beings|game show|dystopia,"By 2017, the global economy has collapsed and American society has become a totalitarian police state, censoring all cultural activity. The government pacifies the populace by broadcasting a number of game shows in which convicted criminals fight for their lives, including the gladiator-style The Running Man, hosted by the ruthless Damon Killian, where “runners†attempt to evade “stalkers†and certain death for a chance to be pardoned and set free.","Running Man, The (1987)",Action|Sci-Fi,3698
2493,93779,Cary Elwes|Robin Wright|Mandy Patinkin|André the Giant|Chris Sarandon,Rob Reiner,swashbuckler|evil prince|reference to socrates|reference to plato|screwball,"In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicilians and rodents of unusual size. But even death can't stop these true lovebirds from triumphing.","Princess Bride, The (1987)",Action|Adventure|Comedy|Fantasy|Romance,1197
10072,93629,Robert Englund|Patricia Arquette|Heather Langenkamp|John Saxon|Craig Wasson,Chuck Russell,killing|asylum|nightmare|slasher,"It's been many years since Freddy Krueger's first victim, Nancy, came face-to-face with Freddy and his sadistic, evil ways. Now, Nancy's all grown up; she's put her frightening nightmares behind her and is helping teens cope with their dreams. Too bad Freddy's decided to herald his return by invading the kids' dreams and scaring them into committing suicide.","Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, A (1987)",Horror|Thriller,1970
10673,94291,Charlie Sheen|Michael Douglas|Martin Sheen|Daryl Hannah|John C. McGinley,Oliver Stone,power|fraud|broker|wall street|finances,"A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider whom takes the youth under his wing.",Wall Street (1987),Drama,4007
96,92644,Eddie Murphy|Judge Reinhold|John Ashton|Ronny Cox|Paul Reiser,Tony Scott,smuggling of arms|detective|intensive care|undercover|strip club,"Axel Foley is back and as funny as ever in this fast-paced sequel to the original smash hit. This time, the Detroit cop heads for the land of sunshine and palm trees to find out who shot police Captain Andrew Bogomil. Thanks to a couple of old friends, Axel's investigation uncovers a series of robberies masterminded by a heartless weapons kingpin, and the chase is on!",Beverly Hills Cop II (1987),Action|Comedy|Crime|Thriller,4084
11411,94074,Christopher Reeve|Margot Kidder|Gene Hackman|Jackie Cooper|Marc McClure,Sidney J. Furie,saving the world|dc comics|mountains|nuclear missile|us army,"With global superpowers engaged in an increasingly hostile arms race, Superman leads a crusade to rid the world of nuclear weapons. But Lex Luthor, recently sprung from jail, is declaring war on the Man of Steel and his quest to save the planet. Using a strand of Superman's hair, Luthor synthesizes a powerful ally known as Nuclear Man and ignites an epic battle spanning Earth and space.",Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi,2643
378,93822,Nicolas Cage|Holly Hunter|Trey Wilson|John Goodman|William Forsythe,Joel Coen,baby|supermarket|arizona|pregnancy and birth|coen bros,The Coen Brothers tell the story of a absurd yet likable family with an unproductive couple as the focal point. The couple has gotten themselves into some trouble while kidnapping a baby and give Hollywood one of the most memorable chase scenes to date.,Raising Arizona (1987),Comedy,1394
117,94226,Kevin Costner|Sean Connery|Robert De Niro|Andy García|Charles Martin Smith,Brian De Palma,white suit|al capone|tough cop|treasury agent|untouchable,"Young Treasury Agent Elliot Ness arrives in Chicago and is determined to take down Al Capone but it's not going to be easy, because Capone has the police in his pocket. Ness meets Jimmy Malone a veteran patrolman and probably the most honorable one in the force. He asks Malone to help him get Capone but Malone warns him that if he goes after Capone, he is going to war.","Untouchables, The (1987)",Action|Crime|Drama,2194
801,93105,Robin Williams|Forest Whitaker|Tung Thanh Tran|Chintara Sukapatana|Bruno Kirby,Barry Levinson,rock and roll|radio station|war crimes|entertainer|explosive,An unorthodox and irreverent DJ begins to shake up things when he is assigned to the US Armed Services Radio station in Vietnam.,"Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)",Comedy|Drama|War,3448
746,93389,John Lone|Peter O'Toole|Joan Chen|Dennis Dun|Ryuichi Sakamoto,Bernardo Bertolucci,buddhism|japan|suicide|china|suicide attempt,"A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic.","Last Emperor, The (1987)",Drama,1960
10998,93010,Michael Douglas|Glenn Close|Anne Archer|Ellen Hamilton Latzen|Jane Krakowski,Adrian Lyne,sexual obsession|wife husband relationship|deceived wive|marriage crisis|suspense,A married man's one night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.,Fatal Attraction (1987),Drama|Thriller,3101
2614,93260,Martin Short|Dennis Quaid|Meg Ryan|Kevin McCarthy|Fiona Lewis,Joe Dante,experiment|shrinking|blood,"Test pilot Tuck Pendleton volunteers to test a special vessel for a miniaturization experiment. Accidentally injected into a neurotic hypochondriac, Jack Putter, Tuck must convince Jack to find his ex-girlfriend, Lydia Maxwell, to help him extract Tuck and his ship and re-enlarge them before his oxygen runs out.",Innerspace (1987),Action|Adventure|Comedy|Sci-Fi,4121
2609,93748,Steve Martin|John Candy|Laila Robins|Michael McKean|Dylan Baker,John Hughes,thanksgiving|receptionist|slob|st. louis missouri|double take,"A man must struggle to travel home for Thanksgiving, with an obnoxious slob of a shower ring salesman his only companion.","Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)",Comedy,4002
1547,93437,Jason Patric|Corey Haim|Corey Feldman|Dianne Wiest|Kiefer Sutherland,Joel Schumacher,street gang|vampire|comic book|boardwalk|singles,A mother and her two teenage sons move to a seemingly nice and quiet small coastal California town yet soon find out that it's overrun by bike gangs and vampires. A couple of teenage friends take it upon themselves to hunt down the vampires that they suspect of a few mysterious murders and restore peace and calm to their town.,"Lost Boys, The (1987)",Comedy|Horror|Thriller,4128
6069,94332,Jack Nicholson|Cher|Susan Sarandon|Michelle Pfeiffer|Veronica Cartwright,George Miller,witch|new england,Three single women in a picturesque village have their wishes granted - at a cost - when a mysterious and flamboyant man arrives in their lives.,"Witches of Eastwick, The (1987)",Comedy|Fantasy|Horror|Thriller,7046
12626,92699,William Hurt|Albert Brooks|Holly Hunter|Robert Prosky|Lois Chiles,James L. Brooks,journalist|journalism|workaholic|news broadcast|television,"Basket-case network news producer Jane Craig falls for new reporter Tom Grunnick, a pretty boy who represents the trend towards entertainment news she despises. Aaron Altman, a talented but plain correspondent, carries an unrequited torch for Jane. Sparks fly between the three as the network prepares for big changes, and both the news and Jane must decide between style and substance.",Broadcast News (1987),Comedy|Drama|Romance,2243
15143,94006,Eric Stoltz|Mary Stuart Masterson|Lea Thompson|Chynna Phillips|Craig Sheffer,Howard Deutch,school|teen movie|best friend|tomboy|female drummer,"A young tomboy, Watts, finds her feelings for her best friend, Keith, run deeper than just friendship when he gets a date with the most popular girl in school.",Some Kind of Wonderful (1987),Drama|Romance,1290
14367,92513,Elisabeth Shue|Maia Brewton|Keith Coogan|Anthony Rapp|Calvin Levels,Chris Columbus,blues|unfaithful boyfriend|one night|playboy magazine|suburbanite,"When plans with her boyfriend fall through, high school senior Chris Parker ends up babysitting the Anderson kids, Brad and Sara. What should be a quiet night in, however, turns into a series of ridiculous exploits, starting when they leave the house to pick up Chris' friend Brenda. Soon, Brad's buddy Daryl is involved, and the group must contend with car thieves, blues musicians and much more.",Adventures in Babysitting (1987),Adventure|Comedy,2133
11584,93886,Steve Martin|Daryl Hannah|Rick Rossovich|Shelley Duvall|John Kapelos,Fred Schepisi,firemen|love letter|inferiority complex|nose|rival,"Based on the play ""Cyrano de Bergerac"", large nosed C.D. Bales falls for the beautiful Roxanne while she falls for his personality but another man's looks.",Roxanne (1987),Comedy|Romance,8623
10110,92965,Christian Bale|John Malkovich|Miranda Richardson|Nigel Havers|Ben Stiller,Steven Spielberg,japan|stadium|harmonica|bravery|peasant,"The story of young English boy who lives with his parents in Shanghai during World War II. After the Pearl Harbor attack, the Japanese occupy the Shanghai International Settlement, and in the following chaos Jim becomes separated from his parents.",Empire of the Sun (1987),Action|Adventure|Drama|War,4103
8989,93148,John Lithgow|Melinda Dillon|Margaret Langrick|Joshua Rudoy|Kevin Peter Hall,William Dear,bad smell|bigfoot|vegetarian|hamburger|hunting trip,"Returning from a hunting trip in the forest, the Henderson family's car hits an animal in the road. At first they fear it was a man, but when they examine the ""body"" they find it's a ""bigfoot"". They think it's dead so they decide to take it home (there could be some money in this). As you guessed, it isn't dead. Far from being the ferocious monster they fear ""Harry"" to be, he's a friendly giant.",Harry and the Hendersons (1987),Children|Comedy,3388
12154,94137,Tom Selleck|Steve Guttenberg|Ted Danson|Nancy Travis|Margaret Colin,Leonard Nimoy,baby|roommate|bachelor|party|windeln,Three bachelors find themselves forced to take care of a baby left by one of the guy's girlfriends.,Three Men and a Baby (1987),Comedy,5308
9003,93177,Andrew Robinson|Clare Higgins|Ashley Laurence|Sean Chapman|Oliver Smith,Clive Barker,underworld|seduction|pinhead|revenge|undead,"Larry and his wife, Julia move into an old house and discover a hideous creature - the man's half-brother, who is also the woman's former lover - hiding upstairs. Having lost his earthly body to a trio of S&M demons, the Cenobites, Frank, is brought back into existence by a drop of blood on the floor. He soon forces his former mistress to bring him his necessary human sacrifices to complete his body... but the Cenobites won't be happy about this.",Hellraiser (1987),Horror,3917
11896,94142,Danny DeVito|Billy Crystal|Kim Greist|Anne Ramsey|Kate Mulgrew,Danny DeVito,mother|murder|train|ex-wife,"Larry Donner is a author and writing professor who tutors people who want to write books. Larry's life has become a misery when his Ex-wife has published a book he wrote under her name and has gotten rich over it. Owen Lift, one of Larry's students offers Larry to kill Larry's Ex-wife and in return Owen wants Larry to kill his horrible mother. Larry thinks it is a joke, until he learns Owen killed his Ex-wife and he has become the prime suspect.",Throw Momma from the Train (1987),Comedy|Crime,4333
2039,93565,Cher|Nicolas Cage|Vincent Gardenia|Olympia Dukakis|Danny Aiello,Norman Jewison,new york|love letter|lover|full moon,"Cher is devastatingly funny, sinuous and beautiful as Loretta, an unlucky-in-love Italian widow who finds romance through the intervention of the Manhattan moon. With her wedding to a close friend just weeks away, she meets - and falls hopelessly in love with - his younger brother (Cage)!",Moonstruck (1987),Comedy|Romance,3072
62,62622,Keir Dullea|Douglas Rain|Gary Lockwood|William Sylvester|Daniel Richter,Stanley Kubrick,moon|jupiter|artificial intelligence|man vs machine|technology,"Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.",2001: A Space Odyssey (1968),Adventure|Drama|Sci-Fi,924
871,63442,Charlton Heston|Roddy McDowall|Kim Hunter|Maurice Evans|James Daly,Franklin J. Schaffner,human evolution|gorilla|bondage|space marine|chimp,Taylor and two other astronauts come out of deep hibernation to find that their ship has crashed. Escaping with little more than clothes they find that they have landed on a planet where men are pre-lingual and uncivilized while apes have learned speech and technology. Taylor is captured and taken to the city of the apes after damaging his throat so that he is silent and cannot communicate with the apes.,Planet of the Apes (1968),Action|Drama|Sci-Fi,2529
10331,63350,Duane Jones|Judith O'Dea|Karl Hardman|Marilyn Eastman|Keith Wayne,George A. Romero,loss of father|siblings|midnight movie|zombies,"A group of people try to survive an attack of bloodthirsty zombies while trapped in a rural Pennsylvania farmhouse. Although not the first zombie film, Night of the Living Dead is the progenitor of the contemporary ""zombie apocalypse"" horror film, and it greatly influenced the modern pop-culture zombie archetype.",Night of the Living Dead (1968),Horror|Sci-Fi|Thriller,968
805,63522,Mia Farrow|John Cassavetes|Ruth Gordon|Sidney Blackmer|Maurice Evans,Roman Polanski,commercial|anti-christ|contemporary setting|laundry|occult,A young couple moves into an infamous New York apartment building to start a family. Things become frightening as Rosemary begins to suspect her unborn baby isn't safe around their strange neighbors.,Rosemary's Baby (1968),Drama|Horror|Thriller,2160
12105,63823,Paul Angelis|John Lennon|Paul McCartney|George Harrison|Ringo Starr,George Dunning,submarine|fab four|colours|music|blase,"The Blue Meanies take over Pepperland, draining it of all its color and music, firing anti-music missiles, bonking people with green apples, and turning the inhabitants to stone by way of the pointed finger of a giant white glove. As the only survivor, the Lord Admiral escapes in the yellow submarine and goes to London to enlist the help of the Beatles.",Yellow Submarine (1968),Adventure|Animation|Comedy|Fantasy|Musical,2857
11356,63374,Jack Lemmon|Walter Matthau|John Fiedler|Herb Edelman|David Sheiner,Gene Saks,roommate|friends|apartment|neurotic,"Felix Ungar has just broken up with his wife. Despondent, he goes to kill himself but is saved by his friend Oscar Madison. With nowhere else to go, Felix is urged by Oscar to move in with him, at least for a while. The only problem is that Felix is neat, tidy, and neurotic, whereas Oscar is slovenly and casual.","Odd Couple, The (1968)",Comedy,3507
6003,63518,Leonard Whiting|Olivia Hussey|John McEnery|Michael York|Milo O'Shea,Franco Zeffirelli,male nudity|new love|lover (female)|love of one's life|forbidden love,"Director Franco Zeffirelli's beloved version of one of the most well-known love stories in the English language. Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love against the wishes of their feuding families. Driven by their passion, the young lovers defy their destiny and elope, only to suffer the ultimate tragedy.",Romeo and Juliet (1968),Drama|Romance,3668
11708,62803,Dick Van Dyke|Sally Ann Howes|Lionel Jeffries|Gert Fröbe|Anna Quayle,Ken Hughes,flying car|fantasy|oldtimer|fantastic,"An eccentric professor invents wacky machinery, but can't seem to make ends meet. When he invents a revolutionary car, a foreign government becomes interested in it, and resorts to skulduggery to get their hands on it.",Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968),Adventure|Children|Comedy|Fantasy|Musical,7247
240,71562,Al Pacino|Robert Duvall|Diane Keaton|Robert De Niro|John Cazale,Francis Ford Coppola,italo-american|cuba|vororte|melancholy|praise,"In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.","Godfather: Part II, The (1974)",Crime|Drama,1221
829,71315,Jack Nicholson|Faye Dunaway|John Huston|Perry Lopez|John Hillerman,Roman Polanski,rape|sea|river|chinatown|mistake in person,"Private eye Jake Gittes lives off the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.",Chinatown (1974),Crime|Film-Noir|Mystery|Thriller,1252
682,71807,Roger Moore|Christopher Lee|Britt Ekland|Maud Adams|Hervé Villechaize,Guy Hamilton,london|england|martial arts|assassin|exotic island,A golden bullet has 007 engraved on it as it smashes into the secret service headquarters. The bullet came from the professional killer Scaramanga who has yet to miss a target and James Bond begins a mission to try and stop him.,"Man with the Golden Gun, The (1974)",Action|Adventure|Thriller,3639
3034,72431,Gene Wilder|Peter Boyle|Marty Feldman|Madeline Kahn|Cloris Leachman,Mel Brooks,experiment|castle|assistant|bride|frankenstein,"A young neurosurgeon inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. In the castle he finds a funny hunchback, a pretty lab assistant and the elderly housekeeper. Young Frankenstein believes that the work of his grandfather was delusional, but when he discovers the book where the mad doctor described his reanimation experiment, he suddenly changes his mind.",Young Frankenstein (1974),Comedy|Fantasy,1278
30497,72271,Allen Danziger|Paul A. Partain|William Vail|Teri McMinn|Edwin Neal,Tobe Hooper,texas|chain saw|gore|midnight movie|surprise ending,Five friends visiting their grandfather's house in the country are hunted and terrorized by a chain-saw wielding killer and his family of grave-robbing cannibals.,"Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The (1974)",Horror,2459
592,71360,Gene Hackman|John Cazale|Frederic Forrest|Cindy Williams|Harrison Ford,Francis Ford Coppola,san francisco|paranoia|audio tape|wiretap|shadowing,"Surveillance expert Harry Caul (Gene Hackman) is hired by a mysterious client's brusque aide (Harrison Ford) to tail a young couple, Mark (Frederic Forrest) and Ann (Cindy Williams). Tracking the pair through San Francisco's Union Square, Caul and his associate Stan (John Cazale) manage to record a cryptic conversation between them. Tormented by memories of a previous case that ended badly, Caul becomes obsessed with the resulting tape, trying to determine if the couple are in danger.","Conversation, The (1974)",Drama|Mystery,3730
11072,71230,Cleavon Little|Gene Wilder|Harvey Korman|Slim Pickens|Madeline Kahn,Mel Brooks,saloon|governor|marching band|comedy|western,"A town – where everyone seems to be named Johnson – is in the way of the railroad and, in order to grab their land, Hedley Lemar, a politically connected nasty person, sends in his henchmen to make the town unlivable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor, so Hedley convinces him to send the town the first black sheriff in the west.",Blazing Saddles (1974),Comedy|Western,3671
510,73486,Jack Nicholson|Louise Fletcher|Danny DeVito|William Redfield|Scatman Crothers,Miloš Forman,individual|rebel|self-destruction|wheelchair|lunatic asylum,"While serving time for insanity at a state mental hospital, implacable rabble-rouser, Randle Patrick McMurphy inspires his fellow patients to rebel against the authoritarian rule of head nurse, Mildred Ratched.",One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975),Drama,1193
578,73195,Roy Scheider|Robert Shaw|Richard Dreyfuss|Lorraine Gary|Murray Hamilton,Steven Spielberg,fishing|atlantic ocean|bathing|shipwreck|police chief,"An insatiable great white shark terrorizes the townspeople of Amity Island, The police chief, an oceanographer and a grizzled shark hunter seek to destroy the bloodthirsty beast.",Jaws (1975),Action|Horror,1387
762,71853,Graham Chapman|John Cleese|Eric Idle|Michael Palin|Terry Gilliam,Terry Gilliam|Terry Jones,holy grail|monk|scotland yard|swordplay|camelot,"Monty Python and the Holy Grail loosely follows the legend of King Arthur. Arthur along with his squire, Patsy, recruits his Knights of the Round Table, including Sir Bedevere the Wise, Sir Lancelot the Brave, Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-As-Sir-Lancelot and Sir Galahad the Pure. On the way Arthur battles the Black Knight who, despite having had all his limbs chopped off, insists he can still fight. They reach Camelot, but Arthur decides not  to enter, as ""it is a silly place"".",Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975),Adventure|Comedy|Fantasy,1136
36685,73629,Tim Curry|Susan Sarandon|Barry Bostwick|Richard O'Brien|Patricia Quinn,Jim Sharman,transvestism|transylvania|marriage proposal|time warp|castle,"Sweethearts Brad and Janet, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a transvestite scientist. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker and a creepy butler. Through elaborate dances and rock songs, Frank-N-Furter unveils his latest creation: a muscular man named 'Rocky'.","Rocky Horror Picture Show, The (1975)",Comedy|Horror|Musical|Sci-Fi,2657
11843,72081,Peter Sellers|Christopher Plummer|Herbert Lom|Catherine Schell|Peter Arne,Blake Edwards,robbery|diamant|côte d'azur|inspector|panther,The famous Pink Panther jewel has once again been stolen and Inspector Clouseau is called in to catch the thief. The Inspector is convinced that 'The Phantom' has returned and utilises all of his resources – himself and his Asian manservant – to reveal the identity of 'The Phantom'.,"Return of the Pink Panther, The (1975)",Comedy|Crime,1125
983,73341,Sean Connery|Michael Caine|Christopher Plummer|Saeed Jaffrey|Doghmi Larbi,John Huston,robbery|journalist|gold|cheating|treasure,"A robust adventure about two British adventurers who take over primitive Kafiristan as ""godlike"" rulers, meeting a tragic end through their desire for a native girl. Based on a short story by Rudyard Kipling.","Man Who Would Be King, The (1975)",Adventure|Drama,1303
11963,73802,Robert Redford|Faye Dunaway|Cliff Robertson|Max von Sydow|John Houseman,Sydney Pollack,cia|office|condor,"A bookish CIA researcher finds all his co-workers dead, and must outwit those responsible until he figures out who he can really trust.",Three Days of the Condor (3 Days of the Condor) (1975),Drama|Mystery|Romance|Thriller,2819
12223,73747,Katharine Ross|Paula Prentiss|Nanette Newman|Judith Baldwin|Peter Masterson,Bryan Forbes,suspense|independent film|cult film|stepford wife|duringcreditsstinger,"The urban aspirant photographer Joanna Eberhart moves from Manhattan to Stepford, Connecticut with her family. Her husband Walter Eberhart decided to live in a calm suburb, but Joanna did not like the neighborhood with beautiful and perfect housewives. She becomes friend of Bobbie Markowe and Charmaine Wimperis, and when they change Joanna tries to escape.","Stepford Wives, The (1975)",Mystery|Sci-Fi|Thriller,2346
968,72890,Al Pacino|John Cazale|Charles Durning|Chris Sarandon|James Broderick,Sidney Lumet,bank|hostage|police|sex change|one day,A man robs a bank to pay for his lover's operation; it turns into a hostage situation and a media circus.,Dog Day Afternoon (1975),Crime|Drama,3362
646,55928,Sean Connery|Ursula Andress|Joseph Wiseman|Jack Lord|Bernard Lee,Terence Young,london|england|assassination|spy|casino,"In the film that launched the James Bond saga, Agent 007 (Sean Connery) battles mysterious Dr. No, a scientific genius bent on destroying the U.S. space program. As the countdown to disaster begins, Bond must go to Jamaica, where he encounters beautiful Honey Ryder (Ursula Andress), to confront a megalomaniacal villain in his massive island headquarters.",Dr. No (1962),Action|Adventure|Thriller,2949
947,56172,Peter O'Toole|Alec Guinness|Anthony Quinn|Jack Hawkins|Omar Sharif,David Lean,cairo|arabian|world war i|horse|jerusalem,"An epic about British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Lawrence becomes a flamboyant, messianic figure in the cause of Arab unity but his psychological instability threatens to undermine his achievements.",Lawrence of Arabia (1962),Adventure|Drama|War,1204
595,56592,Gregory Peck|John Megna|Frank Overton|Rosemary Murphy|Ruth White,Robert Mulligan,black people|based on novel|brother sister relationship|becoming an adult|isolation,"In a small Alabama town in the 1930s, scrupulously honest and highly respected lawyer, Atticus Finch puts his career on the line when he agrees to represent Tom Robinson, a black man accused of rape. The trial and the events surrounding it are seen through the eyes of Finch's six-year-old daughter, Scout. While Robinson's trial gives the movie its momentum, there are plenty of anecdotal occurrences before and after the court date: Scout's ever-strengthening bond with older brother, Jem, her friendship with precocious young Dill Harris, her father's no-nonsense reactions to such life-and-death crises as a rampaging mad dog, and especially Scout's reactions to, and relationship with, Boo Radley, the reclusive 'village idiot' who turns out to be her salvation when she is attacked by a venomous bigot.",To Kill a Mockingbird (1962),Drama,1207
982,56218,Frank Sinatra|Laurence Harvey|Angela Lansbury|Janet Leigh|Henry Silva,John Frankenheimer,u.s. president|cold war|communist|corean war|manchuria,The Manchurian Candidate is a political thriller from American director John Frankenheimer. An American soldier is brainwashed into being a killer for the communist Russians during the Korean War.,"Manchurian Candidate, The (1962)",Crime|Thriller|War,1267
11349,55824,Gregory Peck|Robert Mitchum|Polly Bergen|Lori Martin|Martin Balsam,J. Lee Thompson,poison|small town|boat|ex-detainee|psychopath,"Sam Bowden witnesses a rape committed by Max Cady and testifies against him. When released after 8 years in prison, Cady begins stalking Bowden and his family but is always clever enough not to violate the law.",Cape Fear (1962),Crime|Drama|Thriller,1344
9289,56197,Eddie Albert|Paul Anka|Arletty|Jean-Louis Barrault|Richard Beymer,Ken Annakin|Andrew Marton|Bernhard Wicki,world war ii|normandy|allied|widerstand|steel helmet,"The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, the US, Britain, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. ""For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day""","Longest Day, The (1962)",Action|Drama|War,3062
658,58150,Sean Connery|Honor Blackman|Gert Fröbe|Shirley Eaton|Tania Mallet,Guy Hamilton,secret organization|secret intelligence service|nuclear radiation|fort knox|aston martin,"Special agent 007 (Sean Connery) comes face to face with one of the most notorious villains of all time, and now he must outwit and outgun the powerful tycoon to prevent him from cashing in on a devious scheme to raid Fort Knox -- and obliterate the world's economy.",Goldfinger (1964),Action|Adventure|Thriller,2947
935,57012,Peter Sellers|George C. Scott|Sterling Hayden|Keenan Wynn|Slim Pickens,Stanley Kubrick,u.s. president|general|cold war|strategic air command|nuclear missile,An insane general starts a process to nuclear holocaust that a war room of politicians and generals frantically try to stop. A classic black and white war satire from director Stanley Kubrick starring Peter Sellers.,Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964),Comedy|War,750
433,58331,Julie Andrews|Dick Van Dyke|David Tomlinson|Glynis Johns|Hermione Baddeley,Robert Stevenson,london|dancing|parents kids relationship|bank|brother sister relationship,"The movie combines a diverting story, songs, color and sequences of live action blended with the movements of animated figures. Mary Poppins is a kind of Super-nanny who flies in with her umbrella in response to the request of the Banks children and proceeds to put things right with the aid of her rather extraordinary magical powers before flying off again.",Mary Poppins (1964),Children|Comedy|Fantasy|Musical,1028
704,58182,John Lennon|Paul McCartney|George Harrison|Ringo Starr|Wilfrid Brambell,Richard Lester,adolescence|culture clash|press conference|behind the scenes|police chase,"Capturing John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in their electrifying element, 'A Hard Day's Night' is a wildly irreverent journey through this pastiche of a day in the life of The Beatles during 1964. The band have to use all their guile and wit to avoid the pursuing fans and press to reach their scheduled television performance, in spite of Paul's troublemaking grandfather and Ringo's arrest.","Hard Day's Night, A (1964)",Adventure|Comedy|Musical,2863
11113,58385,Audrey Hepburn|Rex Harrison|Stanley Holloway|Wilfrid Hyde-White|Gladys Cooper,George Cukor,musical|transformation|flower girl|colonel|wager,A misogynistic and snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society.,My Fair Lady (1964),Comedy|Drama|Musical|Romance,914
185,66921,Malcolm McDowell|Patrick Magee|Adrienne Corri|Michael Bates|Warren Clarke,Stanley Kubrick,prison|street gang|rape|adolescence|sexuality,"The head of a gang of toughs, in an insensitive futuristic society, is conditioned to become physically ill at sex and violence during a prison sentence. When he is released, he's brutally beaten by all of his old adversaries.","Clockwork Orange, A (1971)",Crime|Drama|Sci-Fi|Thriller,1206
252,67992,Gene Wilder|Jack Albertson|Peter Ostrum|Roy Kinnear|Denise Nickerson,Mel Stuart,chocolate|factory worker|based on novel|candy|tv addicted person,Eccentric candy man Willy Wonka prompts a worldwide frenzy when he announces that golden tickets hidden inside five of his delicious candy bars will admit their lucky holders into his top-secret confectionary. But does Wonka have an agenda hidden amid a world of Oompa Loompas and chocolate rivers?,Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971),Children|Comedy|Fantasy|Musical,1073
681,66995,Sean Connery|Jill St. John|Charles Gray|Lana Wood|Jimmy Dean,Guy Hamilton,satellite|plastic surgery|smuggling|murder|extortion,Diamonds are stolen only to be sold again in the international market. James Bond infiltrates a smuggling mission to find out who’s guilty. The mission takes him to Las Vegas where Bond meets his archenemy Blofeld.,Diamonds Are Forever (1971),Action|Adventure|Thriller,3984
984,66999,Clint Eastwood|Harry Guardino|Reni Santoni|John Vernon|Andrew Robinson,Don Siegel,ambush|san francisco|detective|ransom|stadium,"When a madman dubbed the ""Scorpio Killer"" terrorizes San Francisco, hard-boiled cop Harry Callahan -- famous for his take-no-prisoners approach to law enforcement -- is tasked with hunting down the psychopath. Harry eventually collars Scorpio in the process of rescuing a kidnap victim, only to see him walk on technicalities. Now, the maverick detective is determined to nail the maniac himself.",Dirty Harry (1971),Action|Crime|Thriller,4855
1687,67065,Roddy McDowall|Kim Hunter|Bradford Dillman|Natalie Trundy|Eric Braeden,Don Taylor,spacecraft|pacifism|human being|cage|dystopia,"The world is shocked by the appearance of two talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a U.S. spacecraft. They become the toast of society; but one man believes them to be a threat to the human race.",Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971),Action|Sci-Fi,2533
12335,66817,Angela Lansbury|David Tomlinson|Roddy McDowall|Sam Jaffe|John Ericson,Robert Stevenson,flying|witch|world war ii|magic broomstick,Three children evacuated from London during World War II are forced to stay with an eccentric spinster (Eglantine Price). The children's initial fears disappear when they find out she is in fact a trainee witch.,Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971),Adventure|Children|Musical,1031
343,67185,Ruth Gordon|Bud Cort|Cyril Cusack|Charles Tyner|Ellen Geer,Hal Ashby,suicide|life and death|depression|age difference|cemetery,The young Harold lives in his own world of suicide-attempts and funeral visits to avoid the misery of his current family and home environment. Harold meets an 80-year-old woman named Maude who also lives in her own world yet one in which she is having the time of her life. When the two opposites meet they realize that their differences don’t matter and they become best friends and love each other.,Harold and Maude (1971),Comedy|Drama|Romance,1235
1051,67116,Gene Hackman|Fernando Rey|Roy Scheider|Tony Lo Bianco|Marcel Bozzuffi,William Friedkin,police brutality|marseille|night life|attempted murder|drug dealer,Tough narcotics detective 'Popeye' Doyle is in hot pursuit of a suave French drug dealer who may be the key to a huge heroin-smuggling operation.,"French Connection, The (1971)",Action|Crime|Thriller,1953
9267,66765,Graham Chapman|John Cleese|Terry Gilliam|Eric Idle|Terry Jones,Ian MacNaughton,blackmail|humor|stupidity|comedy|based on tv series,And Now for Something Completely Different is a film spin-off from the television comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus featuring favourite sketches from the first two seasons.,Monty Python's And Now for Something Completely Different (1971),Comedy,2788
11302,66808,Woody Allen|Louise Lasser|Carlos Montalbán|Nati Abascal|Jacobo Morales,Woody Allen,revolution|political activism|loser,"When a bumbling New Yorker is dumped by his activist girlfriend, he travels to a tiny Latin American nation and becomes involved in its latest rebellion.",Bananas (1971),Comedy|War,1078
861,100802,Arnold Schwarzenegger|Sharon Stone|Rachel Ticotin|Ronny Cox|Michael Ironside,Paul Verhoeven,oxygen|falsely accused person|resistance|mars|double life,"Construction worker Douglas Quaid discovers a memory chip in his brain during a virtual-reality trip. He also finds that his past has been invented to conceal a plot of planetary domination. Soon, he's off to Mars to find out who he is and who planted the chip.",Total Recall (1990),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi|Thriller,2916
769,99685,Robert De Niro|Ray Liotta|Joe Pesci|Lorraine Bracco|Paul Sorvino,Martin Scorsese,prison|helicopter|florida|1970s|mass murder,"Henry Hill is a small time gangster, who takes part in a robbery with Jimmy Conway and Tommy De Vito, two other gangsters who have set their sights a bit higher. His two partners kill off everyone else involved in the robbery, and slowly start to climb up through the hierarchy of the Mob. Henry, however, is badly affected by his partners success, but will he stoop low enough to bring about the downfall of Jimmy and Tommy?",Goodfellas (1990),Crime|Drama,1213
1573,99423,Bruce Willis|Bonnie Bedelia|William Atherton|Reginald VelJohnson|Franco Nero,Renny Harlin,ambush|helicopter|journalist|based on novel|airport,"John McClane is an off-duty cop gripped with a feeling of déjà vu when on a snowy Christmas Eve in the nation's capital, terrorists seize a major international airport, holding thousands of holiday travelers hostage. Renegade military commandos led by a murderous rogue officer plot to rescue a drug lord from justice and are prepared for every contingency except one: McClane's smart-mouthed heroics.",Die Hard 2 (1990),Action|Adventure|Thriller,1370
196,99088,Michael J. Fox|Christopher Lloyd|Mary Steenburgen|Thomas F. Wilson|Lea Thompson,Robert Zemeckis,jules verne|railroad robber|california|car race|delorean,"The final installment of the Back to the Future trilogy finds Marty digging the trusty DeLorean out of a mineshaft and looking up Doc in the Wild West of 1885. But when their time machine breaks down, the travelers are stranded in a land of spurs. More problems arise when Doc falls for pretty schoolteacher Clara Clayton, and Marty tangles with Buford Tannen.",Back to the Future Part III (1990),Adventure|Comedy|Sci-Fi|Western,2012
162,99487,Johnny Depp|Winona Ryder|Dianne Wiest|Alan Arkin|Anthony Michael Hall,Tim Burton,underdog|love at first sight|hairdresser|small town|scissors,A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.,Edward Scissorhands (1990),Drama|Fantasy|Romance,2291
114,100405,Julia Roberts|Richard Gere|Ralph Bellamy|Jason Alexander|Héctor Elizondo,Garry Marshall,prostitute|capitalism|cinderella|expensive restaurant|sports car,"When millionaire wheeler-dealer Edward Lewis enters a business contract with Hollywood hooker Vivian Ward, he loses his heart in the bargain in this charming romantic comedy. After Edward hires Vivian as his date for a week and gives her a Cinderella makeover, she returns the favor by mellowing the hardnosed tycoon's outlook. Can the poor prostitute and the rich capitalist live happily ever after?",Pretty Woman (1990),Comedy|Romance,597
242,99674,Al Pacino|Diane Keaton|Andy García|Talia Shire|Sofia Coppola,Francis Ford Coppola,italy|christianity|new york|assassination|italo-american,"In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don, Michael Corleone seeks forgiveness for his sins while taking a young protege under his wing.","Godfather: Part III, The (1990)",Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller,2023
581,99348,Kevin Costner|Mary McDonnell|Graham Greene|Rodney A. Grant|Floyd Red Crow Westerman,Kevin Costner,countryside|indian|suicide attempt|culture clash|loss of family,"Wounded Civil War soldier John Dunbar tries to commit suicide -- and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to his dream post, a remote junction on the Western frontier, and soon makes unlikely friends with the local Sioux tribe.",Dances with Wolves (1990),Adventure|Drama|Western,590
251,99653,Patrick Swayze|Demi Moore|Tony Goldwyn|Whoopi Goldberg|Vincent Schiavelli,Jerry Zucker,corruption|fortune teller|money transfer|money laundering|pottery,Gothamites Sam and Molly see their romance shattered when a street thug kills Sam during a mugging. But love endures beyond the grave when a spectral Sam learns that Molly is in danger and he must find a way to warn her before she suffers his fate.,Ghost (1990),Comedy|Drama|Fantasy|Romance|Thriller,587
1498,100758,Judith Hoag|Elias Koteas|Josh Pais|Brian Tochi|Leif Tilden,Steve Barron,skateboarding|martial arts|mutant|pizza delivery|ninjas,A quartet of mutated humanoid turtles clash with an uprising criminal gang of ninjas,Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990),Action|Children|Comedy|Fantasy|Sci-Fi,3438
1700,100157,James Caan|Kathy Bates|Richard Farnsworth|Frances Sternhagen|Lauren Bacall,Rob Reiner,stephen king,"Novelist Paul Sheldon crashes his car on a snowy Colorado road. He is found by Annie Wilkes, the ""number one fan"" of Paul's heroine Misery Chastaine. Annie is also somewhat unstable, and Paul finds himself crippled, drugged and at her mercy.",Misery (1990),Drama|Horror|Thriller,3499
1375,100507,Sylvester Stallone|Talia Shire|Burt Young|Sage Stallone|Burgess Meredith,John G. Avildsen,philadelphia|transporter|father-son relationship|cataclysm|trainer,"A lifetime of taking shots has ended Rocky's career, and a crooked accountant has left him broke. Inspired by the memory of his trainer, however, Rocky finds glory in training and takes on an up-and-coming boxer.",Rocky V (1990),Action|Drama,2412
1669,99810,Alec Baldwin|Sean Connery|Scott Glenn|Sam Neill|James Earl Jones,John McTiernan,submarine|cold war|russian|defection|jack ryan,"A new Soviet nuclear missile sub (a Boomer) heading out on her maiden voyage that is being tracked by a Los Angeles class American submarine suddenly goes silent and ""disappears"". This focuses the attention of both U.S. Intelligence and the U.S. Navy on the Russian Sub Commander .  When it is determined that the silent Soviet Boomer may be headed for American coastal waters panic ensues. A CIA analyst, Jack Ryan,  convinces the brass that the Boomer's commander may intend something other than a nuclear first strike in mind. A perilous and tense cat-and-mouse game ensues.","Hunt for Red October, The (1990)",Action|Adventure|Thriller,1610
169,100403,Kevin Peter Hall|Danny Glover|Gary Busey|Rubén Blades|María Conchita Alonso,Stephen Hopkins,predator|war on drugs|extraterrestrial technology|los angeles|invisible,"Ten years after a band of mercenaries first battled a vicious alien, the invisible creature from another world has returned to Earth -- and this time, it's drawn to the gang-ruled and ravaged city of Los Angeles. When it starts murdering drug dealers, detective-lieutenant Mike Harrigan and his police force set out to capture the creature, ignoring warnings from a mysterious government agent to stay away.",Predator 2 (1990),Action|Sci-Fi|Thriller,3697
2119,99371,Tom Cruise|Robert Duvall|Nicole Kidman|Randy Quaid|Cary Elwes,Tony Scott,stock-car-race|daytona|car crash,"Talented but unproven stock car driver Cole Trickle gets a break and with the guidance of veteran Harry Hogge turns heads on the track. The young hotshot develops a rivalry with a fellow racer that threatens his career when the two smash their cars. But with the help of his doctor, Cole just might overcome his injuries-- and his fear.",Days of Thunder (1990),Action|Drama|Romance,1100
379,100150,Gabriel Byrne|Marcia Gay Harden|John Turturro|Jon Polito|J.E. Freeman,Joel Coen,corruption|street gang|prohibition|gun|irish-american,"Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.",Miller's Crossing (1990),Crime|Drama|Film-Noir|Thriller,1245
928,99700,Zach Galligan|Phoebe Cates|John Glover|Robert Prosky|Robert Picardo,Joe Dante,new york|monster|skyscraper|mutant|restaurant,"Young sweethearts Billy and Kate move to the Big Apple, land jobs in a high-tech office park and soon reunite with the friendly and lovable Gizmo. But a series of accidents creates a whole new generation of Gremlins. The situation worsens when the devilish green creatures invade a top-secret laboratory and develop genetically altered powers, making them even harder to destroy!",Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990),Comedy|Horror,2004
9362,100814,Kevin Bacon|Fred Ward|Finn Carter|Michael Gross|Reba McEntire,Ron Underwood,nevada|small town|tractor|stranded|cult favorite,"Hick handymen Val McKee and Earl Bassett can barely eke out a living in the Nevada hamlet of Perfection, so they decide to leave town -- despite an admonition from a shapely seismology coed who's picking up odd readings on her equipment. Before long, Val and Earl discover what's responsible for those readings: 30-foot-long carnivorous worms with a proclivity for sucking their prey underground.",Tremors (1990),Comedy|Horror|Sci-Fi,6659
5549,100502,Peter Weller|Belinda Bauer|John Glover|Gabriel Damon|Mario Machado,Irvin Kershner,cyborg|police|sequel|robot|drug,A corrupt businesswoman seeks to disable RoboCop in favor of her own model of cyborg.,RoboCop 2 (1990),Action|Crime|Sci-Fi|Thriller,2986
11005,99077,Robert De Niro|Robin Williams|Julie Kavner|Ruth Nelson|John Heard,Penny Marshall,coma|miracle|frustration|hope|hospital,"The victims of an encephalitis epidemic many years ago have been catatonic ever since, but now a new drug offers the prospect of reviving them.",Awakenings (1990),Drama|Mystery,3105
530,104361,Peter Sallis,Nick Park,moon|inventor|missile|cheese|robot,"Wallace and Gromit have run out of cheese and this provides an excellent excuse for the animated duo to take their holiday on the moon, where, as everyone knows, there is ample cheese. The moon is inhabited by a mechanical caretaker, who is not too happy about the two visitors from earth that nibble on the moon.","Grand Day Out with Wallace and Gromit, A (1989)",Adventure|Animation|Children|Comedy|Sci-Fi,1223
1551,99582,Kiefer Sutherland|Julia Roberts|Kevin Bacon|William Baldwin|Oliver Platt,Joel Schumacher,life and death|afterlife|swing|memory|medical student,"Five medical students want to find out if there is life after death. They plan to stop one of their hearts for a few seconds, thus simulating death, and then bring the person back to life. A science fiction thriller from the early 1990's with a star studded cast.",Flatliners (1990),Horror|Sci-Fi|Thriller,3686
2291,99871,Tim Robbins|Elizabeth Peña|Danny Aiello|Matt Craven|Pruitt Taylor Vince,Adrian Lyne,postal worker|figment of imagination|stabbed in the forehead|oneiric,A traumatized Vietnam war veteran finds out that his post-war life isn't what he believes it to be when he's attacked by horned creatures in the subway and his dead son comes to visit him...,Jacob's Ladder (1990),Horror|Mystery,3476
9086,100994,Emilio Estevez|Kiefer Sutherland|Lou Diamond Phillips|Christian Slater|William Petersen,Geoff Murphy,prison|mexico|sheriff|billy the kid,"Only three of the original five ""young guns"" -- Billy the Kid (Emilio Estevez), Jose Chavez y Chavez (Lou Diamond Phillips), and Doc Scurlock (Kiefer Sutherland) -- return in Young Guns, Part 2, which is the story of Billy the Kid and his race to safety in Old Mexico while being trailed by a group of government agents led by Pat Garrett",Young Guns II (1990),Action|Western,1379
8592,99422,Warren Beatty|Al Pacino|Madonna|Charlie Korsmo|Glenne Headly,Warren Beatty,corruption|crime fighter|gangster boss|investigation|based on comic strip,"The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob,",Dick Tracy (1990),Action|Crime,2616
18129,99703,Anjelica Huston|John Cusack|Annette Bening|Jan Munroe|Stephen Tobolowsky,Stephen Frears,con man|train ride|suspense|con artist|horse track,"A young short-con grifter suffers both injury and the displeasure of reuniting with his criminal mother, all the while dating an unpredictable young lady.","Grifters, The (1990)",Crime|Drama|Film-Noir,1179
18971,100519,Gary Oldman|Tim Roth|Richard Dreyfuss|Livio Badurina|Tomislav Maretic,Tom Stoppard,shakespeare adaptation|fate|existentialism,"Two minor characters from the play, ""Hamlet"" stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them.",Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1990),Comedy|Drama,1243
951,99938,Arnold Schwarzenegger|Penelope Ann Miller|Pamela Reed|Linda Hunt|Richard Tyson,Ivan Reitman,crime fighter|cook|drug dealer|dying and death|kindergarden,"Hard-edged cop John Kimble gets more than he bargained for when he goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher to get the goods on a brutal drug lord while at the same time protecting the man's young son. Pitted against a class of boisterous moppets whose antics try his patience and test his mettle, Kimble may have met his match … in more ways than one.",Kindergarten Cop (1990),Action|Comedy|Crime|Thriller,7004
16384,100212,Steve Martin|Rick Moranis|Joan Cusack|Melanie Mayron|Bill Irwin,Herbert Ross,gangster|fbi agent,"FBI agent Barney Coopersmith is assigned to protect former Mafia figure turned informant Vincent Antonelli. In the witness protection program one is supposed to keep a low profile, but that is something that Antonelli has trouble doing. Coopersmith certainly has his hands full keeping Antonelli away from the Mafia hitmen who want to stop him testifying, not to mention the nightclubs...",My Blue Heaven (1990),Comedy,2249
11135,100477,Bob Newhart|Eva Gabor|John Candy|Tristan Rogers|Adam Ryen,Hendel Butoy|Mike Gabriel,diamant|mouse|baby-snatching|eagle|australia,"A lawless poacher wants to capture a majestic and rare golden eagle, so he kidnaps the boy who knows where to find the bird. Not to worry -- the Rescue Aid Society's top agents, heroic mice Miss Bianca and Bernard, fly to Australia to save the day. Accompanying the fearless duo are bumbling albatross Wilbur and local field operative Jake the Kangaroo Rat.","Rescuers Down Under, The (1990)",Adventure|Animation|Children,2089
11077,100419,John Ritter|Jack Warden|Michael Oliver|Gilbert Gottfried|Michael Richards,Dennis Dugan,ransom|foster parents|child hero|baby-snatching|orphanage,"Ben Healy (John Ritter) and his social climbing wife Flo adopt Junior a fun-loving seven year old. But they soon discover he's a little monster as he turns a camping trip, a birthday party and even a baseball game into comic nightmares. But is he really just a little angel trying to get out? Find out in this hilarious satire on modern-day family life.",Problem Child (1990),Children|Comedy,2798
771,99785,Macaulay Culkin|Joe Pesci|Daniel Stern|John Heard|Catherine O'Hara,Chris Columbus,holiday|burglar|home invasion|mischief|booby trap,"Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. But when a pair of bungling burglars set their sights on Kevin's house, the plucky kid stands ready to defend his territory. By planting booby traps galore, adorably mischievous Kevin stands his ground as his frantic mother attempts to race home before.",Home Alone (1990),Children|Comedy,586
2990,100318,Melanie Griffith|Matthew Modine|Michael Keaton|Mako|Nobu McCarthy,John Schlesinger,san francisco|cheating|staircase|attempted murder|con man,A couple works hard to renovate their dream house and become landlords to pay for it. Unfortunately one of their tenants has plans of his own.,Pacific Heights (1990),Mystery|Thriller,3219
12230,55254,Rod Taylor|J. Pat O'Malley|Betty Lou Gerson|Martha Wentworth|Ben Wright,Clyde Geronimi|Hamilton Luske|Wolfgang Reitherman,puppy|animation|dog|dalmatian,"When a litter of dalmatian puppies are abducted by the minions of Cruella De Vil, the parents must find them before she uses them for a diabolical fashion statement.",101 Dalmatians (One Hundred and One Dalmatians) (1961),Adventure|Animation|Children,2085
164,54698,Audrey Hepburn|George Peppard|Patricia Neal|Buddy Ebsen|Martin Balsam,Blake Edwards,loss of brother|age difference|cat|broken engagement|fire escape,"Fortune hunter Holly Golightly finds herself captivated by aspiring writer Paul Varjak, who's moved into her building on a wealthy woman's dime. As romance blooms between Paul and Holly, Doc Golightly shows up on the scene, revealing Holly's past.",Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961),Drama|Romance,902
1725,55614,Natalie Wood|Richard Beymer|Russ Tamblyn|Rita Moreno|George Chakiris,Jerome Robbins|Robert Wise,slum|street gang|love at first sight|showdown|puerto rican,"In the slums of the upper West Side of Manhattan, New York, a gang of Polish-American teenagers called the Jets compete with a rival gang of recently immigrated Puerto Ricans, the Sharks, to ""own"" the neighborhood streets. Tensions are high between the gangs but two kids, one from each rival gang, fall in love leading to tragedy.",West Side Story (1961),Drama|Musical|Romance,1947
10911,54953,Gregory Peck|David Niven|Anthony Quinn|Stanley Baker|Anthony Quayle,J. Lee Thompson|Alexander Mackendrick,based on novel|world war ii|fort|allied|army,"A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.","Guns of Navarone, The (1961)",Action|Adventure|Drama|War,3654
19186,55277,Hayley Mills|Maureen O'Hara|Brian Keith|Charles Ruggles|Una Merkel,David Swift,deception|twins,"Hayley Mills plays twins who, unknown to their divorced parents, meet at a summer camp. Products of single parent households, they switch places (surprise!) so as to meet the parent they never knew, and then contrive to reunite them.","Parent Trap, The (1961)",Children|Comedy|Romance,1013
990,54997,Paul Newman|Jackie Gleason|Piper Laurie|George C. Scott|Myron McCormick,Robert Rossen,suicide|gambling|manager|alcohol|based on novel,"Fast Eddie Felson is a small-time pool hustler with a lot of talent but a self-destructive attitude. His bravado causes him to challenge the legendary Minnesota Fats to a high-stakes match, but he loses in a heartbreaking marathon. Now broke and without his long-time manager, Felson faces an uphill battle to regain his confidence and his game.","Hustler, The (1961)",Drama,3468
539,54215,Anthony Perkins|Vera Miles|John Gavin|Janet Leigh|Martin Balsam,Alfred Hitchcock,hotel|clerk|arizona|shower|rain,"When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother. The place seems quirky, but fine… until Marion decides to take a shower.",Psycho (1960),Crime|Horror,1219
966,54047,Yul Brynner|Eli Wallach|Steve McQueen|Charles Bronson|Robert Vaughn,John Sturges,horse|village|friendship|remake|number in title,An oppressed Mexican peasant village hires seven gunfighters to help defend their homes.,"Magnificent Seven, The (1960)",Adventure|Western,4327
967,54331,Kirk Douglas|Laurence Olivier|Jean Simmons|Charles Laughton|Peter Ustinov,Stanley Kubrick,gladiator|roman empire|gladiator fight|slavery|insurgence,Spartacus is a 1960 American historical drama film directed by Stanley Kubrick and based on the novel of the same name by Howard Fast about the historical life of Spartacus and the Third Servile War. The film stars Kirk Douglas as the rebellious slave Spartacus who leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman empire. The film was awarded four Oscars and stands today as one of the greatest classics of the Sword and Sandal genre.,Spartacus (1960),Action|Drama|Romance|War,2728
284,53604,Jack Lemmon|Shirley MacLaine|Fred MacMurray|Ray Walston|Jack Kruschen,Billy Wilder,new york|new year's eve|lovesickness|age difference|suicide attempt,"Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits, one night he's left with a major problem to solve.","Apartment, The (1960)",Comedy|Drama|Romance,909
18444,54357,John Mills|Dorothy McGuire|James MacArthur|Janet Munro|Sessue Hayakawa,Ken Annakin,tree house|island|shipwreck|pirate gang|swiss family robinson,"After being shipwrecked, the Robinson family is marooned on an island inhabited only by an impressive array of wildlife. In true pioneer spirit, they quickly make themselves at home but soon face a danger even greater than nature: dastardly pirates. A rousing adventure suitable for the whole family, this Disney adaptation of the classic Johann Wyss novel stars Dorothy McGuire and John Mills as Mother and Father Robinson.",Swiss Family Robinson (1960),Adventure|Children,1017
299,54135,Frank Sinatra|Dean Martin|Peter Lawford|Angie Dickinson|Richard Conte,Lewis Milestone,gambling|perfect crime|casino|new year's eve|robbery,Ocean's Eleven is the 'Rat-Pack' comedy about robber Danny Ocean and his gang's attempt to rob the five biggest casinos in Las Vegas.,Ocean's Eleven (a.k.a. Ocean's 11) (1960),Comedy|Crime,4954
103,75314,Robert De Niro|Cybill Shepherd|Harvey Keitel|Jodie Foster|Peter Boyle,Martin Scorsese,vietnam veteran|taxi|obsession|drug dealer|night shift,"A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge for violent action, attempting to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process.",Taxi Driver (1976),Crime|Drama|Thriller,111
1366,75148,Sylvester Stallone|Talia Shire|Burt Young|Carl Weathers|Burgess Meredith,John G. Avildsen,underdog|philadelphia|transporter|italo-american|fight,"When world heavyweight boxing champion, Apollo Creed wants to give an unknown fighter a shot at the title as a publicity stunt, his handlers choose palooka Rocky Balboa, an uneducated collector for a Philadelphia loan shark.",Rocky (1976),Drama,1954
7340,74285,Sissy Spacek|Piper Laurie|Amy Irving|William Katt|Betty Buckley,Brian De Palma,based on novel|cemetery|isolation|stage|nudity,"Carrie may be ostracized, but the shy teen has the ability to move objects with her mind. So when the high school ""in crowd"" torments her with a sick joke at the prom, she lashes out with devastating -- and deadly -- power.",Carrie (1976),Drama|Fantasy|Horror|Thriller,1345
794,75005,Gregory Peck|Lee Remick|David Warner|Billie Whitelaw|Harvey Stephens,Richard Donner,monk|prophecy|ambassador|nanny|rottweiler,"Immediately after their miscarriage, the US diplomat Robert Thorn adopts the newborn Damien without the knowledge of his wife. Yet what he doesn’t know is that their new son is the son of the devil. A classic horror film with Gregory Peck from 1976.","Omen, The (1976)",Horror|Mystery|Thriller,1350
10803,74812,Michael York|Richard Jordan|Jenny Agutter|Roscoe Lee Browne|Farrah Fawcett,Michael Anderson,female nudity|killer robot|nudity|utopia|teleportation,"An idyllic sci-fi future has one major drawback:, all citizens get a chance of being 'renewed' in a Civic Ceremony, at their 30th birthday, unless you run and escape before your time.",Logan's Run (1976),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi,2528
10730,74751,Jeff Bridges|Jessica Lange|Charles Grodin|John Randolph|Rene Auberjonois,John Guillermin,indigenous|island|king kong|giant animal|giant ape,"In this remake of the 1933 classic about the giant ape, an oil company expedition disturbs the peace of Kong and brings him back to New York to exploit him. Even though a woman somewhat tames Kong, he finally breaks loose and terrorizes the city, and as the military attempt to stop him, he falls to his death from the top of the World Trade Center.",King Kong (1976),Adventure|Fantasy|Romance|Sci-Fi|Thriller,2367
891,74119,Robert Redford|Dustin Hoffman|Jack Warden|Martin Balsam|Hal Holbrook,Alan J. Pakula,usa|journalist|newspaper|1970s|burglar,"In the run-up to the 1972 elections, Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward covers what seems to be a minor break-in at the Democratic Party National headquarters. He is surprised to find top lawyers already on the defense case, and the discovery of names and addresses of Republican fund organizers on the accused further arouses his suspicions. The editor of the Post is prepared to run with the story and assigns Woodward and Carl Bernstein to it. They find the trail leading higher and higher in the Republican Party, and eventually into the White House itself.",All the President's Men (1976),Drama|Thriller,6787
10747,75029,Clint Eastwood|Chief Dan George|Sondra Locke|Bill McKinney|John Vernon,Clint Eastwood,showdown|indian|loss of family|texas|settler,"After avenging his family's brutal murder, Wales is pursued by a pack of soldiers. He prefers to travel alone, but ragtag outcasts are drawn to him - and Wales can't bring himself to leave them unprotected.","Outlaw Josey Wales, The (1976)",Action|Adventure|Drama|Thriller|Western,3508
10518,74860,Dustin Hoffman|Laurence Olivier|Roy Scheider|William Devane|Marthe Keller,John Schlesinger,sex|based on novel|nudity|nazis|government,"A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division.",Marathon Man (1976),Crime|Drama|Thriller,3551
10774,74958,Faye Dunaway|William Holden|Peter Finch|Robert Duvall|Wesley Addy,Sidney Lumet,corruption|sex|adultery|television|profit,A TV network cynically exploits a deranged ex-TV anchor's ravings and revelations about the media for their own profit.,Network (1976),Comedy|Drama,3504
137,107048,Bill Murray|Andie MacDowell|Chris Elliott|Stephen Tobolowsky|Brian Doyle-Murray,Harold Ramis,deja vu|groundhog|weather forecast|telecaster|pennsylvania,"A narcissistic TV weatherman, along with his attractive-but-distant producer and mawkish cameraman, is sent to report on Groundhog Day in the small town of Punxsutawney, where he finds himself repeating the same day over and over.",Groundhog Day (1993),Comedy|Fantasy|Romance,1265
9479,107688,Danny Elfman|Chris Sarandon|Catherine O'Hara|William Hickey|Glenn Shadix,Henry Selick,holiday|fire|santa claus|magic|halloween,"Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus and plans to deliver shrunken heads and other ghoulish gifts to children on Christmas morning. But as Christmas approaches, Jack's rag-doll girlfriend, Sally, tries to foil his misguided plans.","Nightmare Before Christmas, The (1993)",Animation|Children|Fantasy|Musical,551
424,108052,Liam Neeson|Ben Kingsley|Ralph Fiennes|Caroline Goodall|Jonathan Sagall,Steven Spielberg,factory|concentration camp|hero|holocaust|world war ii,The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.,Schindler's List (1993),Drama|War,527
329,107290,Sam Neill|Laura Dern|Jeff Goldblum|Richard Attenborough|Bob Peck,Steven Spielberg,exotic island|dna|paleontology|tyrannosaurus rex|triceratops,"A wealthy entrepreneur secretly creates a theme park featuring living dinosaurs drawn from prehistoric DNA. Before opening day, he invites a team of experts and his two eager grandchildren to experience the park and help calm anxious investors. However, the park is anything but amusing as the security systems go off-line and the dinosaurs escape.",Jurassic Park (1993),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi|Thriller,480
9739,106697,Sylvester Stallone|Wesley Snipes|Sandra Bullock|Nigel Hawthorne|Benjamin Bratt,Marco Brambilla,helicopter|martial arts|crime fighter|social control|museum,"Simon Phoenix, a violent criminal cryogenically frozen in 1996, has escaped during a parole hearing in 2032 in the utopia of San Angeles. Police are incapable of dealing with his violent ways and turn to his captor, John Spartan, who had also been cryogenically frozen when wrongfully accused of killing 30 innocent people while apprehending Phoenix.",Demolition Man (1993),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi,442
788,107614,Robin Williams|Sally Field|Pierce Brosnan|Harvey Fierstein|Polly Holliday,Chris Columbus,san francisco|parents kids relationship|restaurant|nanny|mask,"Loving but irresponsible dad Daniel Hillard, estranged from his exasperated spouse, is crushed by a court order allowing only weekly visits with his kids. When Daniel learns his ex needs a housekeeper, he gets the job -- disguised as an English nanny. Soon he becomes not only his children's best pal but the kind of parent he should have been from the start.",Mrs. Doubtfire (1993),Comedy|Drama,500
5503,106977,Harrison Ford|Tommy Lee Jones|Sela Ward|Julianne Moore|Joe Pantoliano,Andrew Davis,chicago|showdown|undercover|surgeon|death sentence,"Dr. Richard Kimble, unjustly accused of murdering his wife, must find the real killer while being the target of a nationwide manhunt.","Fugitive, The (1993)",Thriller,457
9386,107206,Clint Eastwood|Rene Russo|John Malkovich|Dylan McDermott|Gary Cole,Wolfgang Petersen,cia|assassin|running|white house|u.s. president,"Veteran Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan is a man haunted by his failure to save President Kennedy while serving protection detail in Dallas. Thirty years later, a man calling himself ""Booth"" threatens the life of the current President, forcing Horrigan to come back to protection detail to confront the ghosts from his past.",In the Line of Fire (1993),Action|Thriller,474
9800,107818,Tom Hanks|Denzel Washington|Jason Robards|Mary Steenburgen|Antonio Banderas,Jonathan Demme,gay|aids|homophobia|jurors|court,No one would take his case until one man was willing to take on the system. Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries.,Philadelphia (1993),Drama,508
9571,106677,Jason London|Rory Cochrane|Wiley Wiggins|Sasha Jenson|Michelle Burke,Richard Linklater,1970s|texas|summer|teenager,"The adventures of a group of Texas teens on their last day of school in 1976, centering on student Randall Floyd, who moves easily among stoners, jocks and geeks. Floyd is a star athlete, but he also likes smoking weed, which presents a conundrum when his football coach demands he sign a ""no drugs"" pledge.",Dazed and Confused (1993),Comedy,441
9593,107362,Arnold Schwarzenegger|F. Murray Abraham|Art Carney|Charles Dance|Frank McRae,John McTiernan,magic|movie in movie|spoof|cartoon cat|ticket,"Danny is obsessed with a fictional movie character action hero Jack Slater. When a magical ticket transports him into Jack's latest adventure, Danny finds himself in a world where movie magic and reality collide. Now it's up to Danny to save the life of his hero and new friend.",Last Action Hero (1993),Action|Adventure|Comedy|Fantasy,485
9559,107808,Kevin Costner|Clint Eastwood|Laura Dern|T.J. Lowther|Bradley Whitford,Clint Eastwood,hostage|escape from prison|escaped convict|child kidnapping|criminologist,"A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor: an escaped convict on the run from the law, headed by an honorable U.S. Marshal.","Perfect World, A (1993)",Crime|Drama|Thriller,507
8005,107977,Cary Elwes|Dom DeLuise|Roger Rees|Dave Chappelle|Eric Allan Kramer,Mel Brooks,witch|tree house|robin hood|taxes|thief,"Robin Hood comes home after fighting in the Crusades to learn that the noble King Richard is in exile and that the despotic King John now rules England, with the help of the Sheriff of Rottingham. Robin Hood assembles a band of fellow patriots to do battle with King John and the Sheriff.",Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993),Comedy,520
2758,106220,Raúl Juliá|Anjelica Huston|Christopher Lloyd|Christina Ricci|Joan Cusack,Barry Sonnenfeld,jealousy|baby|butler|yuppie|nanny,"Siblings Wednesday and Pugsley Addams will stop at nothing to get rid of Pubert, the new baby boy adored by parents Gomez and Morticia. Things go from bad to worse when the new ""black widow"" nanny, Debbie Jellinsky, launches her plan to add Fester to her collection of dead husbands.",Addams Family Values (1993),Children|Comedy|Fantasy,410
9350,106582,Sylvester Stallone|John Lithgow|Michael Rooker|Janine Turner|Rex Linn,Renny Harlin,airplane|hijacking|climbing|heist|mountain climbing,"A year after losing his friend in a tragic 4,000-foot fall, former ranger Gabe Walker and his partner, Hal, are called to return to the same peak to rescue a group of stranded climbers, only to learn the climbers are actually thieving hijackers.",Cliffhanger (1993),Action|Adventure|Thriller,434
867,108162,Sharon Stone|William Baldwin|Tom Berenger|Polly Walker|Colleen Camp,Phillip Noyce,new york|male nudity|female nudity|sex|based on novel,A women moves into an apartment in Manhattan and learns that the previous tenant's life ended mysteriously after the tenant fell from the balcony.,Sliver (1993),Thriller,540
1499,108308,Paige Turco|Stuart Wilson|Sab Shimono|Vivian Wu|Mark Caso,Stuart Gillard,japan|time travel|ninjas,"The four turtles travel back in time to the days of the legendary and deadly samurai in ancient Japan, where they train to perfect the art of becoming one. The turtles also assist a small village in an uprising.",Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993),Action|Adventure|Children|Comedy|Fantasy,3440
531,108598,Peter Sallis,Nick Park,robbery|inventor|penguin|telecontrol|surrealism,"Gromit finds himself being pushed out of his room and home by a new lodger who is actually a ruthless criminal (and a small penguin). The penguin is planning a robbery and needs to use Wallace and his mechanical remote controlled trousers to pull off the raid. However, Gromit is wise to the penguin and comes to the rescue.",Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers (1993),Animation|Children|Comedy|Crime,1148
864,106611,Leon Robinson|Doug E. Doug|Rawle D. Lewis|Malik Yoba|John Candy,Jon Turteltaub,winter|trainer|olympic games|jamaica|training camp,Cool Runnings is an American film from director Jon Turteltaub from 1993 about the first Jamaican Olympic bobsled team.,Cool Runnings (1993),Comedy,1020
858,108160,Tom Hanks|Meg Ryan|Bill Pullman|Ross Malinger|Rosie O'Donnell,Nora Ephron,father-son relationship|lovesickness|journalist|loss of mother|loss of lover,A young boy who tries to set his dad up on a date after the death of his mother. He calls into a radio station to talk about his dad’s loneliness which soon leads the dad into meeting a Journalist Annie who flies to Seattle to write a story about the boy and his dad. Yet Annie ends up with more than just a story in this popular romantic comedy.,Sleepless in Seattle (1993),Comedy|Drama|Romance,539
11969,108358,Kurt Russell|Val Kilmer|Sam Elliott|Bill Paxton|Stephen Lang,George P. Cosmatos,retirement|wyatt earp|right and justice|historical figure,"Legendary marshal Wyatt Earp, now a weary gunfighter, joins his brothers Morgan and Virgil to pursue their collective fortune in the thriving mining town of Tombstone. But Earp is forced to don a badge again and get help from his notorious pal Doc Holliday when a gang of renegade brigands and rustlers begins terrorizing the town.",Tombstone (1993),Action|Drama|Western,553
4104,106387,Johnny Depp|Mary Stuart Masterson|Aidan Quinn|Julianne Moore|Oliver Platt,Jeremiah S. Chechik,brother sister relationship|autism|car garage,A mentally ill young woman finds her love in an eccentric man who models himself after Buster Keaton.,Benny & Joon (1993),Comedy|Romance,1441
6075,106519,Al Pacino|Sean Penn|Penelope Ann Miller|John Leguizamo|Ingrid Rogers,Brian De Palma,prison|1970s|puerto rican|release from prison|criminal past,"A Puerto-Rican ex-con, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of NYC.",Carlito's Way (1993),Crime|Drama,431
9255,107144,Charlie Sheen|Lloyd Bridges|Valeria Golino|Richard Crenna|Rowan Atkinson,Jim Abrahams,swordplay|secret agent|liberation of hostage|saddam hussein|parody,"Topper Harley is found to be working as an odd-job-man in a monastery. The CIA want him to lead a rescue mission into Iraq, to rescue the last rescue team, who went in to rescue the last rescue team who... who went in to rescue hostages left behind after Desert Storm.",Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993),Action|Comedy|War,466
319,108399,Christian Slater|Patricia Arquette|Michael Rapaport|Bronson Pinchot|Gary Oldman,Tony Scott,father-son relationship|film producer|mexican standoff|loss of father|los angeles,"Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.",True Romance (1993),Crime|Thriller,555
9607,108255,Bob Hoskins|John Leguizamo|Dennis Hopper|Samantha Mathis|Fisher Stevens,Annabel Jankel|Rocky Morton,saving the world|brother brother relationship|royalty|dinosaur|based on video game,"Mario and Luigi, plumbers from Brooklyn, find themselves in an alternate universe where evolved dinosaurs live in hi-tech squalor. They're the only hope to save our universe from invasion by the dino dictator, Koopa.",Super Mario Bros. (1993),Action|Adventure|Children|Comedy|Fantasy|Sci-Fi,546
6279,108147,Whoopi Goldberg|Kathy Najimy|James Coburn|Barnard Hughes|Mary Wickes,Bill Duke,musical|monastery,"Deloris Van Cartier is again asked to don the nun's habit to help a run-down Catholic school, presided over by Mother Superior. And if trying to reach out to a class full of uninterested students wasn't bad enough, the sisters discover that the school is due to be closed by the unscrupulous local authority chief Mr. Crisp.",Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993),Comedy,3248
9944,107798,Julia Roberts|Denzel Washington|Sam Shepard|William Atherton|John Lithgow,Alan J. Pakula,judge|professor|mission of murder|supreme court,"Two Supreme Court Justices have been killed. Now a college professor, who clerked for one of the two men, who's also having an affair with one of his students, is given a brief by her, that states who probably, wanted to see these two men dead. He then gives it to one of his friends, who works for the FBI...","Pelican Brief, The (1993)",Crime|Drama|Mystery|Romance|Thriller,2803
10057,108333,Charlie Sheen|Kiefer Sutherland|Chris O'Donnell|Oliver Platt|Tim Curry,Stephen Herek,paris|musketeer,"D'Artagnan travels to Paris hoping to become a musketeer, one of the French king's elite bodyguards, only to discover that the corps has been disbanded by conniving Cardinal Richelieu, who secretly hopes to usurp the throne. Fortunately, Athos, Porthos and Aramis have refused to lay down their weapons and continue to protect their king. D'Artagnan joins with the rogues to expose Richelieu's plot against the crown.","Three Musketeers, The (1993)",Action|Adventure|Comedy|Romance,552
5550,107978,Robert John Burke|Nancy Allen|Mario Machado|Jodi Long|John Posey,Fred Dekker,cyborg|dystopia|police|sequel|policeman,"Robocop saves the day once more. This time the half man/half robot takes on ruthless developers who want to evict some people on ""their"" land.",RoboCop 3 (1993),Action|Crime|Drama|Sci-Fi|Thriller,519
1587,108550,Johnny Depp|Leonardo DiCaprio|Juliette Lewis|Darlene Cates|Mary Steenburgen,Lasse Hallström,brother brother relationship|mentally disabled|iowa|widow|dysfunctional family,"Gilbert has to care for his brother Arnie and his obese mother, which gets in the way when love walks into his life.",What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993),Drama,337
10909,107302,Brad Pitt|David Duchovny|Juliette Lewis|Michelle Forbes|Kathy Larson,Dominic Sena,california|journalist|journalism|photographer|highway,"A journalist duo go on a tour of serial killer murder sites with two companions, unaware that one of them is a serial killer himself.",Kalifornia (1993),Drama|Thriller,481
1607,106489,Robert De Niro|Chazz Palminteri|Lillo Brancato|Francis Capra|Taral Hicks,Robert De Niro,gambling|father-son relationship|black people|italo-american|italian,"Set in the Bronx during the tumultuous 1960s, an adolescent boy is torn between his honest, working-class father and a violent yet charismatic crime boss. Complicating matters is the youngster's growing attraction - forbidden in his neighborhood - for a beautiful black girl.","Bronx Tale, A (1993)",Drama,428
10440,107507,Woody Allen|Diane Keaton|Jerry Adler|Alan Alda|Anjelica Huston,Woody Allen,investigation|black comedy|independent film|neighbor|three word title,A middle-aged couple suspects foul play when their neighbor's wife suddenly drops dead.,Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993),Comedy|Mystery,492
37094,106856,Michael Douglas|Robert Duvall|Barbara Hershey|Rachel Ticotin|Frederic Forrest,Joel Schumacher,detective|homophobia|desperation|heart attack|vandalism,"On the day of his daughter's birthday, William ""D-Fens"" Foster is trying to get to the home of his estranged ex-wife to see his daughter. His car breaks down, so he leaves his car in a traffic jam in Los Angeles and decides to walk. He goes to a convenience store and tries to get some change for a phone call, but the Korean owner does not oblige, tipping Foster over the edge. The unstable Foster, so frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society, begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.",Falling Down (1993),Action|Drama,3020
11528,108037,Tom Guiry|Mike Vitar|James Earl Jones|Patrick Renna|Chauncey Leopardi,David M. Evans,sport|fence|baseball glove|lip flubby|steak on black eye,"Scotty Smalls moves to a new neighborhood with his mom and stepdad, and wants to learn to play baseball. The neighborhood baseball guru Rodriquez takes Smalls under his wing. They fall into adventures involving baseball, treehouse sleep-ins, the desirous lifeguard at the local pool, the snooty rival ball team, and the travelling fair.","Sandlot, The (1993)",Children|Comedy|Drama,5103
37233,106918,Tom Cruise|Jeanne Tripplehorn|Gene Hackman|Holly Hunter|Ed Harris,Sydney Pollack,fbi|law|tennessee|lawyer|law firm,"Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by 'The Firm' and made an offer he doesn't refuse. Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him, he is totally oblivious to the more sinister side of his company. Then, two Associates are murdered. The FBI contact him, asking him for information and suddenly his life is ruined. He has a choice - work with the FBI, or stay with the Firm. Either way he will lose his life as he knows it. Mitch figures the only way out is to follow his own plan...","Firm, The (1993)",Drama|Thriller,454
10439,107120,Bette Midler|Sarah Jessica Parker|Kathy Najimy|Omri Katz|Thora Birch,Kenny Ortega,witch|halloween|salem|trick or treating|spellcasting,"After 300 years of slumber, three sister witches are accidentally resurrected in Salem on Halloween night, and it us up to three kids and their newfound feline friend to put an end to the witches' reign of terror once and for all.",Hocus Pocus (1993),Children|Comedy|Fantasy|Horror,2052
7984,107207,Daniel Day-Lewis|Emma Thompson|Pete Postlethwaite|John Lynch|Beatie Edney,Jim Sheridan,bomb|prison|father-son relationship|1970s|faith,"A small time thief from Belfast, Gerry Conlon, is falsely implicated in the IRA bombing of a pub that kills several people while he is in London. He and his four friends are coerced by British police into confessing their guilt. Gerry's father and other relatives in London are also implicated in the crime. He spends fifteen years in prison with his father trying to prove his innocence.",In the Name of the Father (1993),Drama,475
1634,106965,Jason James Richter|Lori Petty|August Schellenberg|Michael Madsen|Jayne Atkinson,Simon Wincer,social work|social worker|human being-animal relationship|whale|freedom,"When a boy learns that a beloved killer whale is to be killed by the aquarium owners, the boy risks everything to free the whale.",Free Willy (1993),Adventure|Children|Drama,455
13203,108186,Pauly Shore|Carla Gugino|Lane Smith|Tiffani Thiessen|Cindy Pickett,Steve Rash,college|thanksgiving|farm|liar|pancreas,"Country girl Rebecca has spent most of her life on a farm in South Dakota, and, when she goes away to college in Los Angeles, Rebecca immediately feels out of place in the daunting urban setting. She is befriended by a savvy party animal named Crawl, who convinces the ambivalent Rebecca to stay in the city. When Thanksgiving break rolls around, Rebecca, no longer an innocent farm girl, invites Crawl back to South Dakota, where he pretends to be her fiancé.",Son in Law (1993),Comedy|Drama|Romance,542
713,107822,Holly Hunter|Harvey Keitel|Sam Neill|Anna Paquin|Cliff Curtis,Jane Campion,love triangle|scotland|mother|adultery|sexuality,"After a long voyage from Scotland, pianist Ada McGrath and her young daughter, Flora, are left with all their belongings, including a piano, on a New Zealand beach. Ada, who has been mute since childhood, has been sold into marriage to a local man named Alisdair Stewart. Making little attempt to warm up to Alisdair, Ada soon becomes intrigued by his Maori-friendly acquaintance, George Baines, leading to tense, life-altering conflicts.","Piano, The (1993)",Drama|Romance,509
6878,107131,Michael J. Fox|Sally Field|Don Ameche|Robert Hays|Kim Greist,Duwayne Dunham,cat|travel|dog,"Remake of the popular Disney classic, this time featuring some well known voices as two dogs and a cat trek across America encountering all sorts of adventures in the quest to be reunited with their owners.",Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993),Adventure|Children|Drama,1015
11971,107616,Kenneth Branagh|Richard Briers|Michael Keaton|Robert Sean Leonard|Keanu Reeves,Kenneth Branagh,shakespeare|bachelor|new love|rage and hate|lover,"In this Shakespearean farce, Hero and her groom-to-be, Claudio, team up with Claudio's commanding officer, Don Pedro, the week before their wedding to hatch a matchmaking scheme. Their targets are sharp-witted duo Benedick and Beatrice -- a tough task indeed, considering their corresponding distaste for love and each other. Meanwhile, meddling Don John plots to ruin the wedding.",Much Ado About Nothing (1993),Comedy|Romance,497
8873,108525,Mike Myers|Dana Carvey|Christopher Walken|Tia Carrere|Chris Farley,Stephen Surjik,love of one's life|tv show|talk show|tv series|kiss,"A message from Jim Morrison in a dream prompts cable access TV stars Wayne and Garth to put on a rock concert, ""Waynestock,"" with Aerosmith as headliners. But amid the preparations, Wayne frets that a record producer is putting the moves on his girlfriend, Cassandra, while Garth handles the advances of mega-babe Honey Hornee.",Wayne's World 2 (1993),Comedy,3254
2019,107076,Jean-Claude Van Damme|Arnold Vosloo|Lance Henriksen|Yancy Butler|Sven-Ole Thorsen,John Woo,new orleans|mercenary|hunting human beings|money|drifter,"Natasha Binder comes to New Orleans looking for her father, who has gone missing. In doing so, she meets a very hard man called Chance. He helps her find out that her father was killed by an organisation who sell the opportunity to hunt human prey. They are taking advantage of a police strike in New Orleans. Will the Muscles from Brussels win through?",Hard Target (1993),Action|Adventure|Crime|Thriller,464
1245,107943,Anthony Hopkins|Emma Thompson|James Fox|Christopher Reeve|Hugh Grant,James Ivory,newspaper|butler|country house|loyalty|flower,A rule bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a housekeeper who falls in love with him in post-WWI Britain. The possibility of romance and his master's cultivation of ties with the Nazi cause challenge his carefully maintained veneer of servitude.,"Remains of the Day, The (1993)",Drama|Romance,515
14919,106364,"Kevin Conroy|Dana Delany|Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.|Mark Hamill|Hart Bochner",Bruce Timm|Eric Radomski,super powers,"An old flame of Bruce Wayne's strolls into town, re-heating up the romance between the two. At the same time, a mass murderer with an axe for one hand begins systematically eliminating Gotham's crime bosses. Due to the person's dark appearance, he is mistaken for Batman. Now on the run, Batman must solve the mystery and deal with the romance between him and Andrea Beaumont.",Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993),Animation|Children,3213
10436,106226,Daniel Day-Lewis|Michelle Pfeiffer|Winona Ryder|Alexis Smith|Geraldine Chaplin,Martin Scorsese,upper class|new york|lover|countess|lawyer,"Tale of 19th century New York high society in which a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.","Age of Innocence, The (1993)",Drama,412
108,108394,Juliette Binoche|Benoît Régent|Florence Pernel|Charlotte Véry|Hélène Vincent,Krzysztof Kieślowski,paris|composer|pain|loss of husband|to compose,A woman struggles to find a way to live her life after the death of her husband and child.,Three Colors: Blue (Trois couleurs: Bleu) (1993),Drama,307
9409,106292,Richard Dreyfuss|Emilio Estevez|Rosie O'Donnell|Dennis Farina|Miguel Ferrer,John Badham,staatsanwältin|cops|gangster|stakeout|police stakeout,"Chris and Bill are called upon for their excellent surveillance record to stakeout a lakeside home where a Mafia trial witness is believed to be heading or already hiding. Unlike their earlier _Stakeout_, this time they are accompanied by Gina Garret from the DA's office and her pet rottweiler 'Archie'; their cover, husband and wife with son Bill.",Another Stakeout (1993),Comedy|Thriller,415
11566,106673,Kevin Kline|Sigourney Weaver|Frank Langella|Kevin Dunn|Ving Rhames,Ivan Reitman,coma|white house|u.s. president|apoplectic stroke|doppelganger,"Bill Mitchell is the philandering and distant President of the United States. Dave Kovic is a sweet-natured and caring Temp Agency operator, who by a staggering coincidence looks exactly like the President. As such, when Mitchell wants to escape an official luncheon, the Secret Service hires Dave to stand in for him. Unfortunately, Mitchell suffers a severe stroke whilst having sex with one of his aides, and Dave finds himself stuck in the role indefinitely. The corrupt and manipulative Chief of Staff, Bob Alexander, plans to use Dave to elevate himself to the White House - but unfortunately, he doesn't count on Dave enjoying himself in office, using his luck to make the country a better place, and falling in love with the beautiful First Lady...",Dave (1993),Comedy|Romance,440
2246,107497,Alec Baldwin|Nicole Kidman|Bill Pullman|Bebe Neuwirth|George C. Scott,Harold Becker,married couple|insurance fraud|boarder|suspense|child wish,"A tale about a happily married couple who would like to have children. Tracy teaches infants, Andy's a college professor. Things are never the same after she is taken to hospital and operated upon by Jed, a ""know all"" doctor.",Malice (1993),Thriller,490
1049,108185,Jodie Foster|Richard Gere|Bill Pullman|James Earl Jones|Lanny Flaherty,Jon Amiel,southern u.s.|wife husband relationship|amnesia|war veteran|return,"Set in the south of the United States just after the Civil War, Laurel Sommersby is just managing to work the farm without her husband Jack, believed killed in the Civil War. By all accounts, Jack Sommersby was not a pleasant man, thus when he returns, Laurel has mixed emotions. It appears that Jack has changed a great deal, leading some people to believe that this is not actually Jack but an imposter. Laurel herself is unsure, but willing to take the man into her home, and perhaps later into her heart...",Sommersby (1993),Drama|Mystery|Romance,2875
11520,107050,Jack Lemmon|Walter Matthau|Ann-Margret|Burgess Meredith|Daryl Hannah,Donald Petrie,retiree|old friends|aftercreditsstinger|duringcreditsstinger|ice fishing,"For decades, next-door neighbors and former friends John and Max have feuded, trading insults and wicked pranks. When an attractive widow moves in nearby, their bad blood erupts into a high-stakes rivalry full of naughty jokes and adolescent hijinks. Will this love triangle destroy the two old grumps? Or will the geriatric odd couple overcome their differences and rediscover their friendship?",Grumpy Old Men (1993),Comedy,3450
14534,108002,Sean Astin|Jon Favreau|Ned Beatty|Greta Lind|Scott Benjaminson,David Anspaugh,american football|biography|sport|family relationships|aspiration,"Rudy grew up in a steel mill town where most people ended up working, but wanted to play football at Notre Dame instead. There were only a couple of problems. His grades were a little low, his athletic skills were poor, and he was only half the size of the other players. But he had the drive and the spirit of 5 people and has set his sights upon joining the team.",Rudy (1993),Drama,524
10445,108101,Anthony Hopkins|Debra Winger|John Wood|Julian Fellowes|Roddy Maude-Roxby,Richard Attenborough,bachelor|stroke of fate|brother|oxford|author,"C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets spirited poet Joy Gresham",Shadowlands (1993),Drama|Romance,534
9612,106598,Robert Knott|Dan Aykroyd|Jane Curtin|Sinbad|Phil Hartman,Steve Barron,extraterrestrial technology|alien life-form|space invasion,"With enormous cone-shaped heads, robotlike walks and an appetite for toilet paper, aliens Beldar and Prymatt don't exactly blend in with the population of Paramus, N.J. But for some reason, everyone believes them when they say they're from France! As the odd ""Saturday Night Live"" characters settle into middle-class life in this feature-length comedy, a neighbor admires their daughter.",Coneheads (1993),Comedy|Sci-Fi,435
695,108122,Julianne Moore|Andie MacDowell|Tim Robbins|Jack Lemmon|Anne Archer,Robert Altman,suicide|loss of son|helicopter|cheating|fishing,"Multi-storied, fish-eyed look at American culture with some 22 characters intersecting--profoundly or fleetingly--through each other's lives. Running the emotional gamut from disturbing to humorous, Altman's portrait of the contemporary human condition is nevertheless fascinating. Based on nine stories and a prose poem by Raymond Carver.",Short Cuts (1993),Drama,535
10442,108174,Mike Myers|Nancy Travis|Anthony LaPaglia|Amanda Plummer|Brenda Fricker,Thomas Schlamme,butcher|sister|murder|scottish|axe murder,"Just after a bad breakup, Charlie MacKenzie falls for lovely butcher Harriet Michaels and introduces her to his parents. But, as voracious consumers of sensational tabloids, his parents soon come to suspect that Harriet is actually a notorious serial killer -- ""Mrs. X"" -- wanted in connection with a string of bizarre honeymoon killings. Thinking his parents foolish, Charlie proposes to Harriet. But while on his honeymoon with her, he begins to fear they were right.",So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993),Comedy|Romance|Thriller,543
12519,111201,Hugh Grant|Tara Fitzgerald|Sam Neill|Elle Macpherson|Portia de Rossi,John Duigan,female nudity|pastor|married couple|seduction|painting,"In 1930s Australia, Anglican clergyman Anthony Campion and his prim wife, Estella, are asked to visit noted painter Norman Lindsay, whose planned contribution to an international art exhibit is considered blasphemous. While Campion and Lindsay debate, Estella finds herself drawn to the three beautiful models sitting for the painter's current work, freethinking Sheela, sensual Pru and virginal Giddy.",Sirens (1994),Drama,537
9516,107554,Tyrin Turner|Larenz Tate|Glenn Plummer|Jada Pinkett Smith|Samuel L. Jackson,Albert Hughes|Allen Hughes,black people|drug dealer|ghetto|weapon|delinquency,"Menace II Society is a coming of age tale detailing the summer after its protagonist Caine (Tyrin Turner) graduates from high school. This is Caine's story, which details real life in today's tough inner city.",Menace II Society (1993),Action|Crime|Drama,493
10502,107501,Mel Gibson|Nick Stahl|Margaret Whitton|Fay Masterson|Gaby Hoffmann,Mel Gibson,secret|suspicion|face transplant|friendship|boarding school,"The story of a relationship between a teacher and his troubled pupil. Justin McLeod is a former teacher who lives as a recluse on the edge of town. His face is disfigured from an automobile accident and fire ten years before in which a boy was incinerated and for which he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter. He is also suspected of being a pedophile. He is befriended by Chuck, causing the town's suspicion and hostility to be ignited. McLeod inculcates in his protege a love of justice and freedom from prejudice which sustains him beyond the end of the film.","Man Without a Face, The (1993)",Drama,491
10427,105226,Nicolas Cage|Dennis Hopper|Lara Flynn Boyle|J. T. Walsh|Timothy Carhart,John Dahl,sheriff|wyoming|hitman|bag of money|films soleil,"When a promised job for Texan Michael fails to materialise in Wyoming, Mike is mistaken by Wayne to be the hitman he hired to kill his unfaithful wife, Suzanne. Mike takes full advantage of the situation, collects the money and runs. During his getaway, things go wrong, and soon get worse when he runs into the real hitman, Lyle.",Red Rock West (1992),Thriller,373
15765,108551,Angela Bassett|Laurence Fishburne|Vanessa Bell Calloway|Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly|Virginia Capers,Brian Gibson,price of fame|tina turner|black woman|cameo appearance by real life subject|african american music,A film about the singer Tina Turner and how she rose to stardom with her abusive husband Ike Turner and how she gained the courage to break free.,What's Love Got to Do with It? (1993),Drama|Musical,477
23210,108149,Will Smith|Donald Sutherland|Stockard Channing|Ian McKellen|Mary Beth Hurt,Fred Schepisi,con man|new york city|art|art dealer,"The story of a young, gay black con artist who, posing as the son of Sidney Poitier, cunningly maneuvers his way into the lives of a white, upper-class New York family.",Six Degrees of Separation (1993),Drama,538
26141,106873,Armand Assante|Sherilyn Fenn|Kate Nelligan|Sean Young|Christopher McDonald,Carl Reiner,spoof|private detective,"A spoof of the late 80s and early 90s suspense thrillers and murder mysteries, including Basic Instinct, Sleeping With The Enemy, Cape Fear and others. A cop/attorney (yes he's both) is seduced by a woman while his wife is having an affair with a mechanic. Lots of other sublots and visual gags in the style of Naked Gun.",Fatal Instinct (1993),Comedy,445
11236,108071,Kate Maberly|Heydon Prowse|Andrew Knott|Maggie Smith|Irène Jacob,Agnieszka Holland,based on novel|indian|servant|secret|garden,"A young British girl born and reared in India loses her neglectful parents in an earthquake. She is returned to England to live at her uncle's castle. Her uncle is very distant due to the loss of his wife ten years before. Neglected once again, she begins exploring the estate and discovers a garden that has been locked and neglected. Aided by one of the servants' boys, she begins restoring the garden, and eventually discovers some other secrets of the manor.","Secret Garden, The (1993)",Children|Drama,531
14291,108065,Max Pomeranc|Joe Mantegna|Joan Allen|Ben Kingsley|Laurence Fishburne,Steven Zaillian,chess|hustler|child prodigy|new york city,A prepubescent chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.,Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993),Drama,529
19931,107282,Ming-Na Wen|Lauren Tom|Tamlyn Tomita|Rosalind Chao|Kiá»u Chinh,Wayne Wang,based on novel|mother daughter relationship|chinese|family|chinese american,"Through a series of flashbacks, four young chinese women born in America and their respective mothers born in feudal China, explore their past. This search will help them understand their difficult mother/daughter relationship.","Joy Luck Club, The (1993)",Drama|Romance,1678
12121,107478,Whoopi Goldberg|Ted Danson|Nia Long|Will Smith|Jennifer Tilly,Richard Benjamin,car dealer|anonymity|high school|sperm donor,"A young black woman discovers that her father was a sperm donor, and if that weren't bad enough, he's white.",Made in America (1993),Comedy,489
11041,106400,Jim Varney|Diedrich Bader|Erika Eleniak|Cloris Leachman|Lily Tomlin,Penelope Spheeris,arkansas|oil|based on tv series|billionaire|hillbilly,"Jed Clampett and kin move from Arkansas to Beverly Hills when he becomes a billionaire, after an oil strike. The country folk are very naive with regard to life in the big city, so when Jed starts a search for a new wife there are inevitably plenty of takers and con artists ready to make a fast buck","Beverly Hillbillies, The (1993)",Comedy,419
18215,106471,Julian Sands|Sherilyn Fenn|Bill Paxton|Kurtwood Smith|Art Garfunkel,Jennifer Chambers Lynch,dream|nudity|suspense|unrequited love|kidnapping,"A top surgeon is besotted with a beautiful woman who once ditched him. Unable to come to terms with life without her, he tries to convince her that they need each other. She has other ideas, but an horrific accident leaves her at his mercy. The plot is bizarre and perhaps sick at times, ending abruptly and with a twist.",Boxing Helena (1993),Drama|Mystery|Romance|Thriller,427
9325,61852,Phil Harris|Sebastian Cabot|Louis Prima|George Sanders|Sterling Holloway,Wolfgang Reitherman,indian|snake|lion|musical|feral child,"The Jungle Book follows the ups and downs of the man-cub Mowgli as he makes his way back to the human village with wise panther Bagheera to escape ruthless tiger Shere Khan. Along the way, he meets unforgettable friends and foes including mad King Louie of the Apes, the hypnotic snake Kaa and the loveable, happy-go-lucky bear Baloo, who teaches Mowgli about true friendship.","Jungle Book, The (1967)",Animation|Children|Comedy|Musical,2078
37247,61722,Anne Bancroft|Dustin Hoffman|Katharine Ross|Murray Hamilton|Buck Henry,Mike Nichols,seduction|college|romance|wedding|older woman younger man relationship,"Recent college graduate Benjamin Braddock is seduced by the wife of his father's business partner, Mrs. Robinson. Benjamin soon finds himself falling in love with her daughter, Elaine, as the affair with Mrs. Robinson mother comes back to haunt him.","Graduate, The (1967)",Comedy|Drama|Romance,1247
667,62512,Sean Connery|Akiko Wakabayashi|Karin Dor|Mie Hama|TetsurÅ Tamba,Lewis Gilbert,london|japan|england|assassination|helicopter,A mysterious space craft kidnaps a Russian and American space capsule and brings the world on the verge of another World War. James Bond investigates the case in Japan and meets with his archenemy Blofeld. The fifth film from the legendary James Bond series starring Sean Connery as the British super agent.,You Only Live Twice (1967),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi|Thriller,7569
475,61418,Warren Beatty|Faye Dunaway|Michael J. Pollard|Gene Wilder|Gene Hackman,Arthur Penn,ambush|sheriff|waitress|prohibition|texas,Bonnie and Clyde is based on the true stories of the gangster pair Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow who in the 1930s began robbing banks in U.S. cities until they were eventually killed. The film is a major landmark in the aesthetic movement known as the New Hollywood.,Bonnie and Clyde (1967),Crime|Drama,1084
649,61395,Catherine Deneuve|Michel Piccoli|Jean Sorel|Geneviève Page|Pierre Clémenti,Luis Buñuel,pornography|prostitute|adultery|double life|dual identity,"Beautiful young housewife Séverine Serizy cannot reconcile her masochistic fantasies with her everyday life alongside dutiful husband Pierre. When her lovestruck friend Henri mentions a secretive high-class brothel run by Madame Anais, Séverine begins to work there during the day under the name Belle de Jour. But when one of her clients grows possessive, she must try to go back to her normal life.",Beauty of the Day (Belle de jour) (1967),Drama,154
903,61512,Paul Newman|George Kennedy|Luke Askew|Morgan Woodward|Harry Dean Stanton,Stuart Rosenberg,prison|rebel|loss of mother|harassment|imprisonment,"When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden or the yard's resident heavy, Dragline, who ends up admiring the new guy's unbreakable will. Luke's bravado, even in the face of repeated stints in the prison's dreaded solitary confinement cell, ""the box,"" make him a rebel hero to his fellow convicts and a thorn in the side of the prison officers.",Cool Hand Luke (1967),Drama,1276
30197,63462,Gene Wilder|Zero Mostel|Dick Shawn|Kenneth Mars|Lee Meredith,Mel Brooks,adolf hitler|musical|theatrical producer|eva braun|playwright,"Broadway producer Max Bialystock and his accountant Leo Bloom plan to make money by charming little old ladies to invest in a production many times over what it will actually cost, and then put on a sure-fire flop, so nobody will ask for their money back - and what can be a more certain flop than a tasteless musical celebrating Hitler…? The film distributors were also afraid that the audience would react negatively, so the film had a sneak premiere in Pittsburgh in November 1967 and its official premiere in New York in March 1968, but it didn't go on general release in the US until November 1968. It wasn't released outside the US until its UK premiere in October 1969, followed by Sweden in May 1970, and Italy, Denmark and France in 1971. They didn't dare show in Germany until 1976. Today its regarded a comedy classic.","Producers, The (1968)",Comedy,2300
1654,61578,Lee Marvin|Ernest Borgnine|Charles Bronson|Jim Brown|John Cassavetes,Robert Aldrich,based on novel|world war ii|nazis|castle|secret mission,"Classic World War II action drama about a group of 12 American military prisoners, who are ordered to infiltrate a well-guarded enemy château and kill the Nazi officers vacationing there. The soldiers, most of whom are facing death sentences for a variety of violent crimes, agree to the mission and the possible commuting of their sentences.","Dirty Dozen, The (1967)",Action|Drama|War,2944
10633,61811,Sidney Poitier|Rod Steiger|Warren Oates|Lee Grant|Larry Gates,Norman Jewison,southern u.s.|black people|small town|police chief|suspect,An African American detective is asked to investigate a murder in a racist southern town.,In the Heat of the Night (1967),Drama|Mystery,1950
1879,61735,Spencer Tracy|Sidney Poitier|Katharine Hepburn|Katharine Houghton|Isabel Sanford,Stanley Kramer,san francisco|marriage proposal|ruling class|vacation|interracial relationship,Matt and Christina Drayton are a couple whose attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black.,Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967),Drama,3451
16081,61584,Rex Harrison|Samantha Eggar|Richard Attenborough|Anthony Newley|Peter Bull,Richard Fleischer,england|snail|vegetarian|rainstorm|shell,"Get ready for the wildest adventure of a lifetime in the most ambitious production ever brought to film. Earning a 1967 Academy Award nomination for Best Picture, this dazzling fantasy turns both ordinary and exotic animals into talking, dancing and singing sensations! Rex Harrison is unforgettable in this inspiring adaptation of Hugh Lofting's classic stories.Step into the English country home of the good doctor as he performs remarkable treatments on the wildest variety of patients you could imagine. Discover his secret cures and watch with wide-eyed excitement as he and his four-legged, fine-feathered friends charm their way into your heart!",Doctor Dolittle (1967),Adventure|Children|Musical,2135
657,57076,Sean Connery|Daniela Bianchi|Lotte Lenya|Robert Shaw|Bernard Lee,Terence Young,venice|london|terror|england|assassination,"Agent 007 is back in the second installment of the James Bond series, this time battling a secret crime organization known as SPECTRE. Russians Rosa Klebb and Kronsteen are out to snatch a decoding device known as the Lektor, using the ravishing Tatiana to lure Bond into helping them. Bond willingly travels to meet Tatiana in Istanbul, where he must rely on his wits to escape with his life in a series of deadly encounters with the enemy",From Russia with Love (1963),Action|Adventure|Thriller,2948
9078,57546,Sebastian Cabot|Karl Swenson|Junius Matthews|Norman Alden|Rickie Sorensen,Wolfgang Reitherman,könig arthur|merlin|knight|king arthur,"Wart is a young boy who aspires to be a knight's squire. On a hunting trip he falls in on Merlin, a powerful but amnesiac wizard who has plans for him beyond mere squiredom. He starts by trying to give him an education, believing that once one has an education, one can go anywhere. Needless to say, it doesn't quite work out that way.","Sword in the Stone, The (1963)",Animation|Children|Fantasy|Musical,1025
571,56869,Tippi Hedren|Rod Taylor|Suzanne Pleshette|Veronica Cartwright|Ethel Griffies,Alfred Hitchcock,pet shop|seclusion|playground|suspense|seagull,"Chic socialite Melanie Daniels enjoys a passing flirtation with an eligible attorney in a San Francisco pet shop and, on an impulse, follows him to his hometown bearing a gift of lovebirds. But upon her arrival, the bird population runs amok. Suddenly, the townsfolk face a massive avian onslaught, with the feathered fiends inexplicably attacking people all over Bodega Bay.","Birds, The (1963)",Horror|Thriller,1333
4808,56923,Cary Grant|Audrey Hepburn|Walter Matthau|James Coburn|George Kennedy,Stanley Donen,paris|cia|age difference|love of one's life|interpreter,"Regina Lambert returns to Paris from a ski holiday in Switzerland to find that her husband has been murdered. She is later told by CIA agent Hamilton Bartholemew that Charles Lambert was one of five men who stole $250,000 in gold from the U.S. government during World War II, and the government wants it back. The money was not found among his possessions, and Regina can shed no light on its whereabouts. Later that day she is visited by Peter Joshua, whom she had met briefly while on holiday. When her husband's former partners in crime, who were double-crossed by Charles, start calling her looking for the money, Peter offers to help find it. Thus begins an elaborate charade in which nothing is what it seems to be.",Charade (1963),Comedy|Crime|Mystery|Romance|Thriller,911
11576,57193,Spencer Tracy|Milton Berle|Sid Caesar|Buddy Hackett|Mickey Rooney,Stanley Kramer,competition|prison|california|chase|national park,"A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is the madcap adventures of those strangers as each attempts to claim the prize for himself.","It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)",Action|Adventure|Comedy|Crime,4799
936,57413,David Niven|Peter Sellers|Robert Wagner|Capucine|Brenda De Banzie,Blake Edwards,slapstick|clouseau|pink panther|bumbling|clumsiness,"The trademark of The Phantom, a renowned jewel thief, is a glove left at the scene of the crime. Inspector Clouseau, an expert on The Phantom's exploits, feels sure that he knows where The Phantom will strike next and leaves Paris for Switzerland, where the famous Lugashi jewel 'The Pink Panther' is going to be. However, he does not know who The Phantom really is, or for that matter who anyone else really is...","Pink Panther, The (1963)",Comedy|Crime,6662
5925,57115,Steve McQueen|James Garner|Richard Attenborough|James Donald|Charles Bronson,John Sturges,based on novel|optimism|switzerland|baseball|famous score,"The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocates them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.","Great Escape, The (1963)",Action|Adventure|Drama|War,1262
9960,57261,James Aubrey|Tom Chapin|Hugh Edwards|Roger Elwin|Tom Gaman,Peter Brook,child murderer|deserted island|dead children|south sea island|all male cast,"A group of boys are marooned on an island after their plane crashes. With no adult survivors, they create their own ""micro-society"". Ralph is elected ""chief"", and he organises shelter and fire. Jack, the head of the choir takes his boys hunting for food (wild pigs). A bitter rivalry develops between Jack and Ralph as both want to be in charge. The ""hunters"" become savage and primal, under Jack's rule, while Ralph tries to keep his group civilised. The growing hostility between them leads to a bloody and frightening climax.",Lord of the Flies (1963),Adventure|Drama|Thriller,3461
18331,57372,Jerry Lewis|Stella Stevens|Del Moore|Med Flory|Norman Alden,Jerry Lewis,love|teacher,"Jerry Lewis directed, co-wrote and starred in this riotously funny movie that set a new standard for screen comedy and inspired the hit remake. Lewis plays a timid, nearsighted chemistry teacher who discovers a magical potion that can transform him into a suave and handsome Romeo. The Jekyll and Hyde game works well enough until the concoction starts to wear off at the most embarrassing times.","Nutty Professor, The (1963)",Comedy|Sci-Fi,2136
679,90605,Sigourney Weaver|Carrie Henn|Michael Biehn|Lance Henriksen|Paul Reiser,James Cameron,android|extraterrestrial technology|space marine|spaceman|cryogenics,"When Ripley's lifepod is found by a salvage crew over 50 years later, she finds that terra-formers are on the very planet they found the alien species. When the company sends a family of colonists out to investigate her story, all contact is lost with the planet and colonists. They enlist Ripley and the colonial marines to return and search for answers.",Aliens (1986),Action|Adventure|Horror|Sci-Fi,1200
8009,91203,Christopher Lambert|Roxanne Hart|Clancy Brown|Sean Connery|Beatie Edney,Russell Mulcahy,new york|scotland|swordplay|sword|cut-off head,He fought his first battle on the Scottish Highlands in 1536. He will fight his greatest battle on the streets of New York City in 1986. His name is Connor MacLeod. He is immortal.,Highlander (1986),Action|Adventure|Fantasy,1275
792,91763,Tom Berenger|Charlie Sheen|Willem Dafoe|Forest Whitaker|John C. McGinley,Oliver Stone,famous score|hero|mine|vietnam war|village,"As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.",Platoon (1986),Drama|War,1090
744,92099,Tom Cruise|Kelly McGillis|Val Kilmer|Anthony Edwards|Tom Skerritt,Tony Scott,lovesickness|loss of lover|fighter pilot|self-discovery|pilot,"For Lieutenant Pete Mitchell and his friend and Co-Pilot Nick Bradshaw being accepted into an elite training school for fighter pilots is a dream come true.  A tragedy, as well as personal demons, threaten Pete's dreams of becoming an Ace pilot.",Top Gun (1986),Action|Romance,1101
9377,91042,Matthew Broderick|Alan Ruck|Mia Sara|Jeffrey Jones|Jennifer Grey,John Hughes,chicago|high school|aftercreditsstinger|duringcreditsstinger,Charismatic teen Ferris Bueller plays hooky in Chicago with his girlfriend and best friend.,Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986),Comedy,2918
235,92005,Wil Wheaton|River Phoenix|Corey Feldman|Jerry O'Connell|Kiefer Sutherland,Rob Reiner,based on novel|friendship|coming of age|railroad track|story within the story,"The film's name comes from the song ""Stand By Me"" by Ben E. King from 1961. The song was also the theme song. This film was modeled from a novella by Stephen King called ""The Body"" and was the ninth filmed story from the author. The film tells the story of a group of 10-year-old friends out on their own and the trials and tribulation they are confronted with along the journey.",Stand by Me (1986),Adventure|Drama,1259
4978,90633,Phillip Glasser|Dom DeLuise|Nehemiah Persoff|Erica Yohn|Amy Green,Don Bluth,new york|cat|immigration|russia|mouse,"A young mouse named Fievel and his family decide to migrate to America, a ""land without cats,"" at the turn of the 20th century. But somehow, Fievel ends up in the New World alone and must fend off not only the felines he never thought he'd have to deal with again but also the loneliness of being away from home.","American Tail, An (1986)",Adventure|Animation|Children|Comedy,2141
9426,91064,Jeff Goldblum|Geena Davis|John Getz|Joy Boushel|Leslie Carlson,David Cronenberg,mutant|mutation|experiment with human beings|to beam|scientist,"When Seth Brundle makes a huge scientific and technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a common housefly manages to get inside the device and the two become one.","Fly, The (1986)",Drama|Horror|Sci-Fi|Thriller,2455
10068,91635,Mickey Rourke|Kim Basinger|Margaret Whitton|David Margulies|Christine Baranski,Adrian Lyne,sexual obsession|prostitute|women's sexual identity|broker|gallery owner,"An erotic story about a woman, the assistant of an art gallery, who gets involved in an impersonal affair with a man. She barely knows about his life, only about the sex games they play, so the relationship begins to get complicated.",9 1/2 Weeks (Nine 1/2 Weeks) (1986),Drama|Romance,3707
2605,91949,Ally Sheedy|Steve Guttenberg|Fisher Stevens|Austin Pendleton|G. W. Bailey,John Badham,artificial intelligence|lightning|robot,"After a lightning bolt zaps a robot named Number 5, the lovable machine starts to think he's human and escapes the lab. Hot on his trail is his designer, Newton, who hopes to get to Number 5 before the military does. In the meantime, a spunky animal lover mistakes the robot for an alien and takes him in, teaching her new guest about life on Earth.",Short Circuit (1986),Comedy|Sci-Fi,4545
793,90756,Isabella Rossellini|Kyle MacLachlan|Dennis Hopper|Laura Dern|Hope Lange,David Lynch,small town|ear|suspense|independent film|policeman,"The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of criminals who have kidnapped her child.",Blue Velvet (1986),Drama|Mystery|Thriller,2076
168,92007,William Shatner|Leonard Nimoy|DeForest Kelley|James Doohan|George Takei,Leonard Nimoy,saving the world|san francisco|uss enterprise-a|time travel|whale,"Fugitives of the Federation for their daring rescue of Spock from the doomed Genesis Planet, Admiral Kirk (William Shatner) and his crew begin their journey home to face justice for their actions. But as they near Earth, they find it at the mercy of a mysterious alien presence whose signals are slowly destroying the planet. In a desperate attempt to answer the call of the probe, Kirk and his crew race back to the late twentieth century. However they soon find the world they once knew to be more alien than anything they've encountered in the far reaches of the galaxy!",Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986),Adventure|Comedy|Sci-Fi,1376
10658,91225,Lea Thompson|Jeffrey Jones|Tim Robbins|Ed Gale|Holly Robinson Peete,Willard Huyck,duck|physicist|extraterrestrial|animal in title|anthropomorphism,A scientific experiment unknowingly brings extraterrestrial life forms to the Earth through a laser beam. First is the cigar smoking drake Howard from the duck's planet. A few kids try to keep him from the greedy scientists and help him back to his planet. But then a much less friendly being arrives through the beam...,Howard the Duck (1986),Adventure|Comedy|Sci-Fi,2450
6978,90728,Kurt Russell|Kim Cattrall|Dennis Dun|James Hong|Victor Wong,John Carpenter,kung fu|chinatown|magic,"When trucker Jack Burton agreed to take his friend Wang Chi to pick up his fiancee at the airport, he never expected to get involved in a supernatural battle between good and evil. Wang's fiancee has emerald green eyes, which make her a perfect target for an immortal sorcerer named Lo Pan and his three invincible cronies. Lo Pan must marry a girl with green eyes so he can regain his physical form.",Big Trouble in Little China (1986),Action|Adventure|Comedy|Fantasy,3740
11873,90863,Paul Newman|Tom Cruise|Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio|Helen Shaver|John Turturro,Martin Scorsese,bar|billard|talent|sport|pool hustler,"Former pool hustler ""Fast Eddie"" Felson decides he wants to return to the game by taking a pupil. He meets talented but green Vincent Lauria and proposes a partnership. As they tour pool halls, Eddie teaches Vincent the tricks of scamming, but he eventually grows frustrated with Vincent's showboat antics, leading to an argument and a falling-out. Eddie takes up playing again and soon crosses paths with Vincent as an opponent.","Color of Money, The (1986)",Drama,2474
192,91605,Sean Connery|Christian Slater|Helmut Qualtinger|Elya Baskin|Feodor Chaliapin Jr.,Jean-Jacques Annaud,christianity|library|inquisition|monk|poison,"In this adaptation of Umberto Eco's best-selling novel, 14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under mysterious circumstances. To solve the crimes, William must rise up against the Church's authority and fight the shadowy conspiracy of monastery monks using only his intelligence -- which is considerable.","Name of the Rose, The (Name der Rose, Der) (1986)",Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller,2467
13597,91369,David Bowie|Jennifer Connelly|Toby Froud|Christopher Malcolm|Shelley Thompson,Jim Henson,maze|castle|puppet|surrealism|labyrinth,"Frustrated with babysitting on yet another weekend night, Sarah - a teenager with an active imagination - summons the Goblins from her favourite book, ""Labyrinth"", to take the baby stepbrother away. When little Toby actually disappears, Sarah must follow him into the world of the fairytale to rescue him from the Goblin King!",Labyrinth (1986),Adventure|Fantasy|Musical,1967
8856,91326,Ralph Macchio|Pat Morita|Martin Kove|Charlie Tanimoto|Yuji Okumoto,John G. Avildsen,martial arts|karate|okinawa|revanche|self esteem,"Mr. Miyagi and Daniel take a trip to Okinawa to visit Mr. Miyagi's dying father. After arriving Mr. Miyagi finds he still has feelings for an old love. This stirs up trouble with an old rival who he originally left Okinawa to avoid. In the mean time, Daniel encounters a new love and also makes some enemies.","Karate Kid, Part II, The (1986)",Action|Adventure|Drama,2421
10122,91059,Joey Cramer|Paul Reubens|Cliff DeYoung|Veronica Cartwright|Sarah Jessica Parker,Randal Kleiser,artificial intelligence|farewell|homesickness|nasa|extraterrestrial technology,"In Flight of the Navigator, 12-year old David Freeman goes missing in 1978, only to reappear in 1986. In the eight years that have passed, he hasn't aged. It's no coincidence that at the time he comes back, a flying saucer is found. David feels inexplicably connected to the fantastic machine...",Flight of the Navigator (1986),Adventure|Children|Sci-Fi,2046
8388,92086,Chevy Chase|Steve Martin|Martin Short|Patrice Martinez|Philip Gordon,John Landis,mexico|hero|village|united states–mexico barrier|confusion,"Three unemployed actors accept an invitation to a Mexican village to replay their bandit fighter roles, unaware that it is the real thing.",¡Three Amigos! (1986),Comedy|Western,2478
9671,90555,Paul Hogan|Linda Kozlowski|Mark Blum|David Gulpilil|Michael Lombard,Peter Faiman,new york|prostitute|hotel|journalist|culture clash,"When a New York reporter plucks crocodile hunter Dundee from the Australian Outback for a visit to the Big Apple, it's a clash of cultures and a recipe for good-natured comedy as naïve Dundee negotiates the concrete jungle. Dundee proves that his instincts are quite useful in the city and adeptly handles everything from wily muggers to high-society snoots without breaking a sweat.",Crocodile Dundee (1986),Adventure|Comedy,2470
10015,91187,Clint Eastwood|Marsha Mason|Everett McGill|Moses Gunn|Mario Van Peebles,Clint Eastwood,recruit|officer|battle assignment|marine|platoon,"A hard-nosed, hard-living Marine gunnery sergeant clashes with his superiors and his ex-wife as he takes command of a spoiled recon platoon with a bad attitude.",Heartbreak Ridge (1986),Action|War,2476
10136,91129,Eddie Murphy|Charles Dance|Charlotte Lewis|Victor Wong|Peter Kwong,Michael Ritchie,monk|social worker|wretch|tibet|demon,"A detective specializing in missing children is on a madcap mission to save a youth with mystical powers who's been abducted by an evil cult. He battles a band of super-nasties, scrambles through a booby-trapped chamber of horrors and traverses Tibet to obtain a sacred dagger.","Golden Child, The (1986)",Action|Adventure|Comedy|Fantasy|Mystery,2735
12151,91877,Danny DeVito|Bette Midler|Judge Reinhold|Helen Slater|Anita Morris,Jim Abrahams|David Zucker|Jerry Zucker,ransom|lover (female)|business man|kidnapping,"A couple, cheated by a vile businessman, kidnap his wife in retaliation, without knowing that their enemy is delighted they did.",Ruthless People (1986),Comedy,2463
10466,91541,Tom Hanks|Shelley Long|Alexander Godunov|Maureen Stapleton|Joe Mantegna,Richard Benjamin,rock star|price|chaos|house|home ownership,"After being evicted from their Manhattan apartment, a couple buy what looks like the home of their dreams - only to find themselves saddled with a bank-account-draining nightmare. Struggling to keep their relationship together as their rambling mansion falls to pieces around them, the two watch in hilarious horror as everything - including the kitchen sink, disppears into the Money Pit.","Money Pit, The (1986)",Comedy,2375
10776,91419,Rick Moranis|Ellen Greene|Vincent Gardenia|Steve Martin|Tisha Campbell-Martin,Frank Oz,flower|solar eclipse|florist|assistant|plants,"Seymour Krelborn is a nerdy orphan working at Mushnik's, a flower shop in urban Skid Row. He harbors a crush on fellow co-worker Audrey Fulquard, and is berated by Mr. Mushnik daily. One day as Seymour is seeking a new mysterious plant, he finds a very mysterious unidentified plant which he calls Audrey II. The plant seems to have a craving for blood and soon begins to sing for his supper.",Little Shop of Horrors (1986),Comedy|Horror|Musical,2746
5693,91217,Gene Hackman|Barbara Hershey|Dennis Hopper|C.W. Mundy|Sheb Wooley,David Anspaugh,father-son relationship|indiana|son|sport|basketball,"High school basketball is king in small-town Indiana, and the 1954 Hickory Huskers are all hope and no talent. But their new coach -- abrasive, unlikable Norman Dale -- whips the team into shape ... while also inciting controversy.",Hoosiers (a.k.a. Best Shot) (1986),Drama|Romance,3360
11120,91557,Harrison Ford|Helen Mirren|River Phoenix|Conrad Roberts|Martha Plimpton,Peter Weir,paradise|living together|power|governance|exit,"Allie Fox, an American inventor exhausted by the perceived danger and degradation of modern society, decides to escape with his wife and children to Belize. In the jungle, he tries with mad determination to create a utopian community with disastrous results.","Mosquito Coast, The (1986)",Adventure|Drama|Thriller,2734
12118,91777,Steve Guttenberg|Bubba Smith|David Graf|Michael Winslow|Bobcat Goldthwait,Jerry Paris,competition|governor,"When police funding is cut, the Governor announces he must close one of the academies. To make it fair, the two police academies must compete against each other to stay in operation. Mauser persuades two officers in Lassard's academy to better his odds, but things don't quite turn out as expected...",Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986),Comedy|Crime,2380
11522,91790,Molly Ringwald|Jon Cryer|Andrew McCarthy|Harry Dean Stanton|Annie Potts,Howard Deutch,record store|lovesickness|class|secondhand|love,"Andie is an outcast at her Chicago high school, hanging out either with her older boss, who owns the record store where she works, or her quirky classmate Duckie, who has a crush on her. When one of the rich and popular kids at school, Blane, asks Andie out, it seems too good to be true. As Andie starts falling for Blane, she begins to realizes that dating someone from a different social sphere is not easy.",Pretty in Pink (1986),Comedy|Drama|Romance,2145
5143,91167,Woody Allen|Michael Caine|Mia Farrow|Carrie Fisher|Barbara Hershey,Woody Allen,writing|opera|thanksgiving|hypochondriac|television producer,"Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.",Hannah and Her Sisters (1986),Comedy|Drama|Romance,6993
10945,91306,Whoopi Goldberg|Stephen Collins|Jonathan Pryce|John Wood|Carol Kane,Penny Marshall,cia|kgb|computer|chat|mole,"Terry works for a bank, and uses computers to communicate with clients all over the world. One day she gets a strange message from an unknown source. The message is coded. After decoding the message, Terry becomes embroiled in an espionage ring. People are killed, and Terry is chased. Throughout she remains in contact with this unknown person, who needs Terry to help save his life.",Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986),Action|Comedy|Romance|Thriller,2468
11257,91867,Maggie Smith|Helena Bonham Carter|Denholm Elliott|Julian Sands|Simon Callow,James Ivory,kiss|bed and breakfast place|florence,"When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperon Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation. Meeting the Emersons could change Lucy's life forever but, once back in England, how will her experiences in Tuscany affect her marriage plans?","Room with a View, A (1986)",Drama|Romance,1296
1554,90967,Tom Waits|John Lurie|Roberto Benigni|Nicoletta Braschi|Ellen Barkin,Jim Jarmusch,prison|prostitute|pimp|fight|louisiana,The story of three men from completely different tracks who all meet in a Louisiana prison cell and eventually begin an awkward journey together.,Down by Law (1986),Comedy|Drama|Film-Noir,1273
15596,90685,Rodney Dangerfield|Keith Gordon|William Zabka|Burt Young|Robert Downey Jr.,Alan Metter,college|whirlpool|clothing store|source music|poetry recitation,"Self-made millionaire Thornton Melon decides to get a better education and enrolls at his son Jason's college. While Jason tries to fit in with his fellow students, Thornton struggles to gain his son's respect, giving way to hilarious antics.",Back to School (1986),Comedy,2416
9873,89118,Bryan Brown|Brian Dennehy|Diane Venora|Cliff DeYoung|Mason Adams,Robert Mandel,corruption|detective|assassin|showdown|fbi,"A movies special effects man is hired by a government agency to help stage the assassination of a well known gangster. When the agency double cross him, he uses his special effects to trap the gangster and the corrupt agents.",F/X (1986),Action|Crime|Thriller,3763
1890,90830,Marlee Matlin|William Hurt|Philip Bosco|John Limnidis|Piper Laurie,Randa Haines,deaf-mute|listening|man-woman relation|deaf|woman director,"James is a new speech teacher at a school for the deaf. He falls for Sarah, a pupil who decided to stay on at the school rather than venture into the big bad world. She shuns him at first, refusing to read his lips and only using signs. Will her feelings change over time?",Children of a Lesser God (1986),Drama,2312
11886,70608,Brian Bedford|Phil Harris|Peter Ustinov|Pat Buttram|Ken Curtis,Wolfgang Reitherman,hero|fox|robin hood|right and justice|outlaw,"With King Richard off to the Crusades, Prince John and his slithering minion, Sir Hiss, set about taxing Nottingham's citizens with support from the corrupt sheriff - and staunch opposition by the wily Robin Hood and his band of merry men.",Robin Hood (1973),Adventure|Animation|Children|Comedy|Musical,3034
9552,70047,Linda Blair|Max von Sydow|Ellen Burstyn|Jason Miller|Lee J. Cobb,William Friedkin,exorcism|holy water|religion and supernatural|vomit|christian,"12-year-old Regan MacNeil begins to adapt an explicit new personality as strange events befall the local area of Georgetown. Her mother becomes torn between science and superstition in a desperate bid to save her daughter, and ultimately turns to her last hope: Father Damien Karras, a troubled priest who is struggling with his own faith.","Exorcist, The (1973)",Horror|Mystery,1997
253,70328,Roger Moore|Yaphet Kotto|Jane Seymour|Clifton James|Julius Harris,Guy Hamilton,london|new york|bomb|england|spy,James Bond must investigate a mysterious murder case of a British agent in New Orleans. Soon he finds himself up against a gangster boss named Mr. Big.,Live and Let Die (1973),Action|Adventure|Thriller,2991
9461,70034,Bruce Lee|Jim Kelly|John Saxon|Ahna Capri|Sek Kin,Robert Clouse,martial arts|kung fu,A martial artist agrees to spy on a reclusive crime lord using his invitation to a tournament there as cover.,Enter the Dragon (1973),Action|Crime,7482
2362,70909,Yul Brynner|Richard Benjamin|James Brolin|Norman Bartold|Alan Oppenheimer,Michael Crichton,man vs machine|android|brothel|saloon|computer virus,"In a futuristic resort, wealthy patrons can visit recreations of different time periods and experience their wildest fantasies with life-like robots. But when Richard Benjamin opts for the wild west, he gets more than he bargained for when a gunslinger robot goes berserk.",Westworld (1973),Action|Sci-Fi|Thriller|Western,2527
9277,70735,Paul Newman|Robert Redford|Robert Shaw|Charles Durning|Ray Walston,George Roy Hill,chicago|bet|horse race|repayment|con man,Set in the 1930's this intricate caper deals with an ambitious small-time crook and a veteran con man who seek revenge on a vicious crime lord who murdered one of their gang.,"Sting, The (1973)",Comedy|Crime,1234
11901,68699,Clint Eastwood|Verna Bloom|Marianna Hill|Mitchell Ryan|Jack Ging,Clint Eastwood,gunslinger|desperation|outlaw,"A gunfighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago. After gunning down three gunmen who tried to kill him, the townsfolk decide to hire the Stranger to hold off three outlaws who are on their way.",High Plains Drifter (1973),Western,2921
838,69704,Richard Dreyfuss|Ron Howard|Paul Le Mat|Charles Martin Smith|Cindy Williams,George Lucas,farewell|rock and roll|robbery|love at first sight|car race,A couple of high school graduates spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college.,American Graffiti (1973),Comedy|Drama,3363
12101,70723,Charlton Heston|Edward G. Robinson|Leigh Taylor-Young|Chuck Connors|Joseph Cotten,Richard Fleischer,paranoia|dystopia|overpopulation|near future,"In an overpopulated futuristic Earth, a New York police detective finds himself marked for murder by government agents when he gets too close to a bizarre state secret involving the origins of a revolutionary and needed new foodstuff.",Soylent Green (1973),Drama|Mystery|Sci-Fi|Thriller,2009
5924,70511,Steve McQueen|Dustin Hoffman|Victor Jory|Don Gordon|Anthony Zerbe,Franklin J. Schaffner,prison|escape from prison|devil's island,"A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.",Papillon (1973),Crime|Drama,3198
11561,70707,Woody Allen|Diane Keaton|John Beck|Mary Gregory|Brian Avery,Woody Allen,sex|revolution|future|dystopia|government,"Miles Monroe, a clarinet-playing health food store proprietor, is revived out of cryostasis 200 years into a future world in order to help rebels fight an oppressive government regime.",Sleeper (1973),Comedy|Sci-Fi,1077
9040,70666,Al Pacino|John Randolph Jones|Jack Kehoe|Biff McGuire|Barbara Eda-Young,Sidney Lumet,corruption|hippie|money,The true story about an honest New York cop who blew the whistle on rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.,Serpico (1973),Crime|Drama,3735
15171,70016,Debbie Reynolds|Henry Gibson|Danny Bonaduce|Agnes Moorehead|Bob Holt,Charles A. Nichols|Iwao Takamoto,spider|musical|talking animal|drying self with towel|animal human communication,"Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure that this will never happen.",Charlotte's Web (1973),Animation|Children,2137
3133,69762,Martin Sheen|Sissy Spacek|Warren Oates|Gary Littlejohn|Alan Vint,Terrence Malick,mass murder|father murder|on the run|gritty|south dakota,"Dramatization of the Starkweather-Fugate killing spree of the 1950s, in which a teenage girl and her twenty-something boyfriend slaughtered her entire family and several others in the Dakota badlands.",Badlands (1973),Crime|Drama|Thriller,3741
10112,65421,Phil Harris|Sterling Holloway|Scatman Crothers|Eva Gabor|Paul Winchell,Wolfgang Reitherman,paris|cat|butler|return|suspension,"When Madame Adelaide Bonfamille leaves her fortune to Duchess and her children -- Bonfamille's prize family of domesticated house cats -- the butler plots to steal the money and kidnaps the heirs, leaving them out on a country road. All seems lost until the wily Thomas O'Malley Cat and his jazz-playing alley cats come to the Aristocats's rescue.","Aristocats, The (1970)",Animation|Children,616
1685,65462,James Franciscus|Kim Hunter|Maurice Evans|Linda Harrison|Paul Richards,Ted Post,mutant|dystopia|survivor|astronaut|ape,"Astronaut Brent is sent to rescue Taylor but crash lands on the Planet of the Apes, just like Taylor did in the original film. Taylor has disappeared into the Forbidden Zone so Brent and Nova try to follow and find him. He discovers a cult of humans that fear the Apes' latest military movements and finds himself in the middle. Tension mounts to a climactic battle between ape and man deep in the bowels of the planet.",Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970),Action|Sci-Fi,2530
651,66026,Donald Sutherland|Elliott Gould|Tom Skerritt|Sally Kellerman|Robert Duvall,Robert Altman,daily life|american  way of life|military spoof|doctor|korean war,"One of the world's most acclaimed comedies, MASH focuses on three Korean War Army surgeons brilliantly brought to life by Donald Sutherland, Tom Skerritt and Elliott Gould. Though highly skilled and deeply dedicated, they adopt a hilarious, lunatic lifestyle as an antidote to the tragedies of their Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, and in the process infuriate Army bureaucrats. Robert Duvall, Gary Burghoff and Sally Kellerman co-star as a sanctimonious Major, an other-worldly Corporal, and a self-righteous yet lusty nurse.",M*A*S*H (a.k.a. MASH) (1970),Comedy|Drama|War,5060
11589,65938,Clint Eastwood|Telly Savalas|Don Rickles|Carroll O'Connor|Donald Sutherland,Brian G. Hutton,gold|world war ii|armor|campaign|us army,A misfit group of World War II American soldiers goes AWOL to rob a bank behind German lines.,Kelly's Heroes (1970),Action|Comedy|War,3836
11202,66206,George C. Scott|Karl Malden|Stephen Young|Michael Strong|Carey Loftin,Franklin J. Schaffner,general|world war ii|normandy|biography|historical figure,"""Patton"" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with patton's career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion of Germany and the fall of the Third Reich. Side plots also speak of Patton's numerous faults such his temper and habit towards insubordination.",Patton (1970),Drama|War,1272
11040,65988,Dustin Hoffman|Faye Dunaway|Chief Dan George|Martin Balsam|Richard Mulligan,Arthur Penn,indian territory|indian|fight|settler|george armstrong custer,"Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Indians and fighting with General Custer.",Little Big Man (1970),Western,3037
660,59800,Sean Connery|Claudine Auger|Adolfo Celi|Luciana Paluzzi|Rik Van Nutter,Terence Young,paris|florida|fighter pilot|sanatorium|secret organization,A criminal organization has obtained two nuclear bombs and are asking for a 100 million pound ransom in the form of diamonds in seven days or they will use the weapons. The secret service sends James Bond to the Bahamas to once again save the world.,Thunderball (1965),Action|Adventure|Thriller,2993
15121,59742,Julie Andrews|Christopher Plummer|Eleanor Parker|Richard Haydn|Peggy Wood,Robert Wise,austria|world war ii|musical|music competition|based on play,Film adaptation of a classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical based on a nun who becomes a governess for an Austrian family.,"Sound of Music, The (1965)",Musical|Romance,1035
907,59113,Omar Sharif|Julie Christie|Geraldine Chaplin|Rod Steiger|Alec Guinness,David Lean,love triangle|nurse|suicide attempt|loss of family|world war i,Doctor Zhivago is the filmed adapation of the Russian novel by Boris Pasternak from director David Lean that was an international success and today deemed a classic. Omar Sharif and Julie Christie play two protagonists who in fact love each other yet because of their current situation cannot find a way be together.,Doctor Zhivago (1965),Drama|Romance|War,2067
668,64757,George Lazenby|Diana Rigg|Telly Savalas|Gabriele Ferzetti|Ilse Steppat,Peter R. Hunt,london|suicide|england|switzerland|secret identity,"James Bond tracks archnemesis Ernst Blofeld to a mountaintop retreat where he's training an army of beautiful but lethal women. Along the way, Bond falls for Italian contessa Tracy Draco -- and marries her in order to get closer to Blofeld. Meanwhile, he locates Blofeld in the Alps and embarks on a classic ski chase.",On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969),Action|Adventure|Romance|Thriller,3633
642,64115,Paul Newman|Robert Redford|Katharine Ross|Strother Martin|Henry Jones,George Roy Hill,wyoming|historical figure|loot sharing,"In late 1890s Wyoming, Butch Cassidy is the affable, clever, talkative leader of the outlaw Hole in the Wall Gang. His closest companion is the laconic dead-shot ""Sundance Kid"".  As the west rapidly becomes civilized, the law finally catches up to Butch, Sundance and their gang.  Chased doggedly by a special posse, the two decide to make their way to South America in hopes of evading their pursuers once and for all.",Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969),Action|Western,1304
624,64276,Peter Fonda|Dennis Hopper|Antonio Mendoza|Phil Spector|Jack Nicholson,Dennis Hopper,rebel|adolescence|brothel|opium|arbitrary law,A cross-country trip to sell drugs puts two hippie bikers on a collision course with small-town prejudices.,Easy Rider (1969),Adventure|Drama,3168
3116,64665,Dustin Hoffman|Jon Voight|Sylvia Miles|John McGiver|Brenda Vaccaro,John Schlesinger,shower,A naive male prostitute and his sickly friend struggle to survive on the streets of New York City.,Midnight Cowboy (1969),Drama,1952
576,65214,Ernest Borgnine|William Holden|Robert Ryan|Edmond O'Brien|Warren Oates,Sam Peckinpah,underdog|bounty hunter|texas|mexican revolution|shootout,"Aging outlaw Pike Bishop (William Holden) prepares to retire after one final robbery. Joined by his gang, which includes Dutch Engstrom (Ernest Borgnine) and brothers Lyle (Warren Oates) and Tector Gorch (Ben Johnson), Bishop discovers the heist is a setup orchestrated in part by his old partner, Deke Thornton (Robert Ryan). As the remaining gang takes refuge in Mexican territory, Thornton trails them, resulting in fierce gunfights with plenty of casualties","Wild Bunch, The (1969)",Adventure|Western,599
11485,65063,Woody Allen|Janet Margolin|Marcel Hillaire|Jacquelyn Hyde,Woody Allen,prison|pickpocket|jinx|bad luck|wedding,"The life and times of Virgil Starkwell, inept bank robber.",Take the Money and Run (1969),Comedy|Crime,1963
621,77631,John Travolta|Olivia Newton-John|Stockard Channing|Jeff Conaway|Didi Conn,Randal Kleiser,flying car|street gang|running|graduation|musical,"Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance despite their eccentric friends?",Grease (1978),Comedy|Musical|Romance,1380
579,77766,Roy Scheider|Lorraine Gary|Murray Hamilton|Joseph Mascolo|Jeffrey Kramer,Jeannot Szwarc,mayor|island|police chief|sailing|boat accident,The sequel to the successful blockbuster Jaws. An American horror thriller from 1978 about a great white that brings fear to everyone near the water. The film used it’s predecessor’s success to achieve it’s own and was not directed by Steven Spielberg.,Jaws 2 (1978),Horror|Thriller,1388
923,77402,David Emge|Ken Foree|Scott H. Reiniger|Gaylen Ross|David Crawford,George A. Romero,total destruction|helicopter|news broadcast|materialism|machete,"During an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.",Dawn of the Dead (1978),Action|Drama|Horror,7387
1924,78346,Marlon Brando|Gene Hackman|Christopher Reeve|Ned Beatty|Jackie Cooper,Richard Donner,saving the world|journalist|dc comics|crime fighter|nuclear missile,"Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane − who's in love with Superman. Clark must summon his superhero alter ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.",Superman (1978),Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi,2640
948,77651,Donald Pleasence|Jamie Lee Curtis|P.J. Soles|Nancy Kyes|Nick Castle,John Carpenter,female nudity|nudity|mask|babysitter|halloween,"A psychotic murderer, institutionalized since childhood for the murder of his sister, escapes and stalks a bookish teenage girl and her friends while his doctor chases him through the streets.",Halloween (1978),Horror,1982
8469,77975,John Belushi|Tim Matheson|John Vernon|Verna Bloom|Tom Hulce,John Landis,female nudity|sex|nudity|collage|fraternity,"At a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.",Animal House (1978),Comedy,3421
11778,77416,Robert De Niro|John Cazale|John Savage|Christopher Walken|Meryl Streep,Michael Cimino,vietnam veteran|pennsylvania|vietnam|party|escape,"A group of working-class friends decides to enlist in the Army during the Vietnam War and finds it to be hellish chaos -- not the noble venture they imagined. Before they left, Steven married his pregnant girlfriend -- and Michael and Nick were in love with the same woman. But all three are different men upon their return.","Deer Hunter, The (1978)",Drama|War,1263
11455,78446,Cheech Marin|Tommy Chong|Strother Martin|Edie Adams|Harold Fong,Lou Adler,smoking|ecstasy|drug traffic|drug mule|joint,"An unemployed pot-smoking slacker and amateur drummer, Anthony Stoner ditches his strict parents and hits the road, eventually meeting kindred spirit Pedro de Pacas. While the drug-ingesting duo is soon arrested for possession of marijuana, Anthony and Pedro get released on a technicality, allowing them to continue their many misadventures and ultimately compete in a rock band contest, where they perform the raucous tune ""Earache My Eye.""",Cheech and Chong's Up in Smoke (1978),Comedy,1194
123,77869,Christopher Guard|William Squire|Michael Scholes|John Hurt|Simon Chandler,Ralph Bakshi,elves|dwarves|hobbits|mission,The Fellowship of the Ring embark on a journey to destroy the One Ring and end Sauron's reign over Middle-earth.,"Lord of the Rings, The (1978)",Adventure|Animation|Children|Fantasy,2116
11837,78480,John Hurt|Richard Briers|Michael Graham Cox|John Bennett|Simon Cadell,Martin Rosen,gore|animation|violence|rabbit|runt,"When the warren belonging to a community of rabbits is threatened, a brave group led by Fiver, Bigwig, Blackberry and Hazel leave their homeland in a search of a safe new haven.",Watership Down (1978),Adventure|Animation|Children|Drama|Fantasy,2138
12185,77663,Warren Beatty|Julie Christie|James Mason|Jack Warden|Charles Grodin,Warren Beatty|Buck Henry,american football|sport|afterlife,"Joe Pendleton is a quarterback preparing to lead his team to the superbowl when he is almost killed in an accident. An overanxious angel plucks him to heaven only to discover that he wasn't ready to die, and that his body has been cremated. A new body must be found, and that of a recently murdered millionaire is chosen. His wife and accountant, the murderers, are confused by this development, as he buys the L.A. Rams in order to once again quarterback them into the Superbowl.",Heaven Can Wait (1978),Comedy,2779
13377,60345,Boris Karloff|June Foray|Thurl Ravenscroft|Dal McKennon,Chuck Jones|Ben Washam,holiday|based on novel|monster|obsession|santa claus,"Bitter and hateful, the Grinch is irritated at the thought of the nearby village having a happy time celebrating Christmas. So disguised as Santa Claus, with his dog made to look like a reindeer, he raids the village to steal all the Christmas things. The village is sure to have a sad Christmas this year.",How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966),Animation|Comedy|Fantasy|Musical,52435
1714,60390,Oskar Werner|Julie Christie|Cyril Cusack|Bee Duffell|Jeremy Spenser,François Truffaut,totalitarian regime|firemen|dystopia|book burning|dystopic future,"In the future, an oppressive government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature and maintaining a group of enforcers known as ""firemen"" to perform the necessary book burnings. Fireman Montag begins to question the morality of his vocation. Curious about the world of books, he soon falls in love with a beautiful young member of a pro-literature underground - and with literature itself.",Fahrenheit 451 (1966),Drama|Sci-Fi,6305