Search results for "Alan J. Pakula"
The Edge

The Edge

The Edge
IMDb: 6.9
117

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…

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The Devil’s Own

The Devil’s Own

The Devil’s Own
IMDb: 6.1
107

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…

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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Mr. Nice Guy

Mr. Nice Guy

Mr. Nice Guy
IMDb: 6.2
113

A Chinese chef accidentally gets involved with a news reporter who filmed a drug bust that went awry and is now being chased by gangs who are trying to get…

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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
The Pelican Brief

The Pelican Brief

The Pelican Brief
IMDb: 6.6
141

Two Supreme Court Justices have been assassinated. One lone law student has stumbled upon the truth. An investigative journalist wants her story. Everybody else wants her dead.

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A Perfect World

A Perfect World

A Perfect World
IMDb: 7.5
138

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.

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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Gettysburg

Gettysburg

Gettysburg
IMDb: 7.7
254

Summer 1863. The Confederacy pushes north into Pennsylvania. Union divisions converge to face them. The two great armies clash at Gettysburg, site of a theology school. For three days, through…

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Genre: Drama, History, War
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday

Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday

Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
IMDb: 4.3
87

Jason Voorhees, the living, breathing essence of evil, is back for one fierce, final fling! Tracked down and blown to bits by a special FBI task force, everyone now assumes…

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Genre: Horror
Hot Shots! Part Deux

Hot Shots! Part Deux

Hot Shots! Part Deux
IMDb: 6.6
86

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,…

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Genre: Action, Comedy, War
Benny & Joon

Benny & Joon

Benny & Joon
IMDb: 7.2
98

A mentally ill young woman finds her love in an eccentric man who models himself after Buster Keaton.

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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
This Boy’s Life

This Boy’s Life

This Boy’s Life
IMDb: 7.3
115

In 1957, a son and mother flee the East and an abusive boyfriend to find a new life, and end up in Seattle, where the mother meets a polite garage…

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Genre: Drama
Slacker

Slacker

Slacker
IMDb: 7.1
97

Austin, Texas, is an Eden for the young and unambitious, from the enthusiastically eccentric to the dangerously apathetic. Here, the nobly lazy can eschew responsibility in favor of nursing their…

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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Begotten

Begotten

Begotten
IMDb: 5.9
78

Begotten is the creation myth brought to life, the story of no less than the violent death of God and the (re)birth of nature on a barren earth.

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Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
IMDb: 7.5
117

Two minor characters from the play “Hamlet” stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them.

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Genre: Comedy, Drama
The Bonfire of the Vanities

The Bonfire of the Vanities

The Bonfire of the Vanities
IMDb: 5.5
125

After his mistress runs over a young teen, a Wall Street hotshot sees his life unravel in the spotlight, and attracting the interest of a down and out reporter.

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Genre: Comedy, Drama
The Russia House

The Russia House

The Russia House
IMDb: 6.1
122

An expatriate British publisher unexpectedly finds himself working for British intelligence to investigate people in Russia.

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Hamlet

Hamlet

Hamlet
IMDb: 6.8
130

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans revenge.

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Genre: Drama, History
Look Who’s Talking Too

Look Who’s Talking Too

Look Who’s Talking Too
IMDb: 4.5
81

Mollie and James are together and raising a family, which now consists of an older Mikey and his baby sister, Julie. Tension between the siblings arises, and as well with…

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Genre: Comedy, Romance
The Rookie

The Rookie

The Rookie
IMDb: 5.9
120

Veteran cop Nick Pulovski is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he’s had in the past have died on the job, and often as a result of…

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3 Men and a Little Lady

3 Men and a Little Lady

3 Men and a Little Lady
IMDb: 5.3
104

Sylvia’s work increasingly takes her away from the three men who help bring up Mary, her daughter. When she decides to move to England and take Mary with her, the…

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Genre: Comedy, Family
The Rescuers Down Under

The Rescuers Down Under

The Rescuers Down Under
IMDb: 6.9
77

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…

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Graveyard Shift

Graveyard Shift

Graveyard Shift
IMDb: 4.8
89

John Hall is a drifter who wanders into a small town in Maine. He needs a job and decides to seek employment at the community’s top business: a large textile…

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Genre: Drama, Horror
The Sheltering Sky

The Sheltering Sky

The Sheltering Sky
IMDb: 6.8
138

An American couple (John Malkovich, Debra Winger) drift toward emptiness in postwar North Africa.

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White Palace

White Palace

White Palace
IMDb: 6.5
103

Max Baron is a Jewish advertising executive in his 20s who’s still getting over the death of his wife. Nora Baker is a 40-something diner waitress who enjoys the wilder…

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Genre: Drama, Romance
Night of the Living Dead

Night of the Living Dead

Night of the Living Dead
IMDb: 6.9
88

In this remake of the original classic film, a group of people are trapped inside a farmhouse as legions of the walking dead try to get inside and use them…

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Genre: Horror
Reversal of Fortune

Reversal of Fortune

Reversal of Fortune
IMDb: 7.3
111

Wealthy Sunny von Bülow lies brain-dead, husband Claus guilty of attempted murder; but he says he’s innocent and hires Alan Dershowitz for his appeal.

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Genre: Drama
Pacific Heights

Pacific Heights

Pacific Heights
IMDb: 6.4
102

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.

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Genre: Thriller
Hardware

Hardware

Hardware
IMDb: 6.0
93

Mark 13 is a government-built killing machine programmed with artificial intelligence, able to repair and recharge itself from any energy source. Through a series of coincidences, the cyborg’s head ends…

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Memphis Belle

Memphis Belle

Memphis Belle
IMDb: 6.9
107

The “Memphis Belle” is a World War II bomber, piloted by a young crew on dangerous bombing raids into Europe. The crew only have to make one more bombing raid…

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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Men at Work

Men at Work

Men at Work
IMDb: 5.9
98

Two garbage men find the body of a city councilman in a trash can on their route. With help from a supervisor, the duo must solve the case and find…

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Genre: Comedy, Crime
The Two Jakes

The Two Jakes

The Two Jakes
IMDb: 6.1
138

This sequel to the classic Chinatown finds private detective Jake Gittes still haunted from the events of the first film. Hired by a man to investigate his wife’s infidelities, Jake…

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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mo’ Better Blues

Mo’ Better Blues

Mo’ Better Blues
IMDb: 6.6
129

Opens with Bleek as a child learning to play the trumpet, his friends want him to come out and play but mother insists he finish his lessons. Bleek grows into…

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Presumed Innocent

Presumed Innocent

Presumed Innocent
IMDb: 6.9
127

Life takes a nasty twist for D.A. Rusty Sabich when the woman he has been romantically involved with is murdered. He is assigned to investigate the case, but is soon…

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The Freshman

The Freshman

The Freshman
IMDb: 6.5
102

Clark Kellogg is a young man starting his first year at film school in New York City. After a small time crook steals all his belongings, Clark meets Carmine “Jimmy…

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Genre: Comedy, Crime
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane

The Adventures of Ford Fairlane

The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
IMDb: 6.3
104

Ford “Mr. Rock n’ Roll Detective” Fairlane is experiencing problems, and it’s not with the opposite sex. One of them is that all the rock stars pay him with drum…

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Another 48 Hrs.

Another 48 Hrs.

Another 48 Hrs.
IMDb: 5.8
95

For the past four years, San Francisco cop Jack Cates has been after an unidentified drug kingpin who calls himself the “Ice Man”. Jack finds a picture that proves that…

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Frankenhooker

Frankenhooker

Frankenhooker
IMDb: 6.1
85

A medical school dropout loses his fiancée in a tragic lawnmower incident and decides to bring her back to life. Unfortunately, he was only able to save her head, so…

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Bird on a Wire

Bird on a Wire

Bird on a Wire
IMDb: 5.9
110

A FBI informant has kept his new identity secret for 15 years, now an old flame has recognised him and the bad guys are back for revenge.

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The Juniper Tree

The Juniper Tree

The Juniper Tree
IMDb: 6.9
78

Margit and her older sister, Katla, flee their homeland in Iceland after their mother is killed for practicing witchcraft. Needing a place to stay, Katla casts a spell over a…

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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
I Love You to Death

I Love You to Death

I Love You to Death
IMDb: 6.4
94

Joey Boca is the owner of a pizza parlor located in Tacoma, Washington, and has been married to Rosalie for years. Rosalie is horrified to discover that Joey is a…

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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Class of 1999

Class of 1999

Class of 1999
IMDb: 5.9
99

The time is in the future and the youth gang violence is so high that the areas around some schools have become “free-fire zones”, into which not even the police…

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