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Billy Madison is a non-working, non-educated slacker who lives entirely off his dad. He spends his day drinking beer, reading girly magazines, and hanging out by the pool. When his father realizes that Billy is unfit to run the family business, Billy decides that he must go back to school and earn a real education. He figures it will be no problem going back to high school and learning over again, until he learns that his father bought Billy's passing grades all the way back in elementary school. Thus, Billy must return to elementary school and pass each grade one at a time in a short time, or else he loses his place as heir to the company. In addition, Billy tries to win the hand of Veronica, a sexy school teacher who thinks her students are more mature than Billy.
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Adam Sandler |
Darren McGavin |
Bridgette Wilson |
Bradley Whitford |
Josh Mostel |
Norm MacDonald |
Mark Beltzman |
Larry Hankin |
Theresa Merritt |
Dina Platias |
Hrant Alianak |
Vincent Marino |
Jack Mather |
Christopher Kelk |
Marc Donato |
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Tamra Davis |
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Set against the backdrop of civil war and chaos in 1990's Sierra Leone, Blood Diamond is the story of Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio) - an ex Mercenary from Zimbabwe - and Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou) - a Mende fisherman. Both men are African, but their histories as different as any can be, until their fates become joined in a common quest to recover a rare pink diamond that can transform their lives. While in prison for smuggling, Archer learns that Solomon - who was taken from his family and forced to work in the diamond fields - has found and hidden the extraordinary rough stone. With the help of Maddy Bowen (Jennifer Connelly), an American journalist whose idealism is tempered by a deepening connection with Archer, the two men embark on a trek through rebel territory, a journey that could save Solomon's family and give Archer the second chance he thought he would never have.
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Thriller |
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Leonardo DiCaprio |
Djimon Hounsou |
Jennifer Connelly |
Kagiso Kuypers |
Arnold Vosloo |
Antony Coleman |
Benu Mabhena |
Anointing Lukola |
David Harewood |
Basil Wallace |
Jimi Mistry |
Michael Sheen |
Marius Weyers |
Stephen Collins |
Ntare Mwine |
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Edward Zwick |
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Financial "Master of the Universe" Sherman McCoy sees his life unravel when his mistress Maria Ruskin hits a black boy with his car. When yellow journalist Peter Fallow enflames public opinion with a series of distorted tabloid articles on the accident, the case is seized upon by opportunists like Reverend Bacon and mayoral candidate D.A. Abe Weiss.
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Tom Hanks |
Bruce Willis |
Melanie Griffith |
Kim Cattrall |
Saul Rubinek |
Morgan Freeman |
John Hancock |
Kevin Dunn |
Clifton James |
Louis Giambalvo |
Barton Heyman |
Norman Parker |
Donald Moffat |
Alan King |
Beth Broderick |
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Brian De Palma |
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This Martin Scorsese film depicts the Janus-like quality of Las Vegas—it has a glittering, glamorous face, as well as a brutal, cruel one. Ace Rothstein and Nicky Santoro, mobsters who move to Las Vegas to make their mark, live and work in this paradoxical world. Seen through their eyes, each as a foil to the other, the details of mob involvement in the casinos of the 1970's and '80's are revealed. Ace is the smooth operator of the Tangiers casino, while Nicky is his boyhood friend and tough strongman, robbing and shaking down the locals. However, they each have a tragic flaw—Ace falls in love with a hustler, Ginger, and Nicky falls into an ever-deepening spiral of drugs and violence.
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Robert De Niro |
Sharon Stone |
Joe Pesci |
James Woods |
Frank Vincent |
Pasquale Cajano |
Kevin Pollak |
Don Rickles |
Vinny Vella |
Alan King |
L. Q. Jones |
Dick Smothers |
Joseph Rigano |
John Bloom |
Melissa Prophet |
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Martin Scorsese |
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'The Count of Monte Cristo' is a remake of the Alexander Dumas tale by the same name. Dantes, a sailor who is falsely accused of treason by his best friend Fernand, who wants Dantes' girlfriend Mercedes for himself. Dantes is imprisoned on the island prison of Chateau d'If for 13 years, where he plots revenge against those who betrayed him. With the help of another prisoner, he escapes the island and proceeds to transform himself into the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo as part of his plan to exact revenge.
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Thriller |
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James Caviezel |
Guy Pearce |
Richard Harris |
James Frain |
Dagmara Dominczyk |
Michael Wincott |
Luis Guzmán |
Christopher Adamson |
JB Blanc |
Guy Carleton |
Alex Norton |
Barry Cassin |
Henry Cavill |
Briana Corrigan |
Brendan Costello |
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Kevin Reynolds |
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A gang of jewel thieves board an empty luxury liner in the South Seas to find that the crew and passengers have been killed by a monster that kills its victims and sucks the water from their bodies that looks like a mix of a giant squid and the monster from "Aliens".
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Horror |
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Thriller |
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Treat Williams |
Famke Janssen |
Anthony Heald |
Kevin J. O'Connor |
Wes Studi |
Derrick O'Connor |
Jason Flemyng |
Cliff Curtis |
Clifton Powell |
Trevor Goddard |
Djimon Hounsou |
Una Damon |
Clint Curtis |
Warren Takeuchi |
Linden Banks |
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Stephen Sommers |
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A group of thieves steal a rare gem, but in the process, two of the men double cross the leader of the thieving group, Patrick (Sean Bean), and take off with the precious stone. Ten years later, prominent psychiatrist Nathan Conrad (Michael Douglas) is invited to examine a disturbed young woman named Elisabeth (Brittany Murphy). Patrick immediately kidnaps Nathan's daughter, forcing Nathan to attempt to get Elisabeth to reveal a secret number which will ultimately lead Patrick to the whereabouts of the precious gem that has eluded him.
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Drama |
Thriller |
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Michael Douglas |
Sean Bean |
Brittany Murphy |
Skye McCole Bartusiak |
Guy Torry |
Jennifer Esposito |
Shawn Doyle |
Victor Argo |
Conrad Goode |
Paul Schulze |
Lance Reddick |
Famke Janssen |
Oliver Platt |
Aidan Devine |
Alex Campbell |
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Gary Fleder |
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Victor (Leguizamo), is trying to escape his life as a drug dealer in the South Bronx. Enter Jack (Sarsgaard), a Wall Street investment banker with a business proposal that has Victor's name (and money) written all over it.
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John Leguizamo |
Peter Sarsgaard |
Denise Richards |
Vincent Laresca |
Isabella Rossellini |
Sonia Braga |
Delilah Cotto |
Nestor Serrano |
Anthony 'Treach' Criss |
Rafael Báez |
Fat Joe |
Carlos Leon |
Félix Solis |
Omar Pastran |
Rob B. Campbell |
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Franc. Reyes |
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"Employee of the Month" is about a guy (Matt Dillon) whose day spirals from bad to worse when he gets fired from his dream job at the bank and is dumped by his fiancee Sara (Applegate). David's best friend Jack (Zahn) tries to convince him it's for the best, but the opposite occurs when bank robberies and millions of dollars become part of his day from hell.
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Fiona Gubelmann |
Matt Dillon |
Steve Zahn |
Christina Applegate |
Andrea Bendewald |
Dave Foley |
Jay Leggett |
David Pasquesi |
Peter Jason |
Paul Dooley |
Noel Gugliemi |
Renee Albert |
Enrique Almeida |
Mark Beltzman |
Brian Blondell |
John Timothy Botka |
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Mitch Rouse |
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A modern-day Frank Capra story. Jack Campbell, a successful and talented businessman, is happily living his single life. He has everything, or so he thinks. One day he wakes up in a new life where he didn't leave his college girlfriend for a London trip. He's married to Kate, lives in Jersey and has two kids. He, of course, desperately wants his life back for which he has worked 13 years for. He's president of P. K. Lassiter Investment House and not a tire salesman at Big Ed's. He drives a Ferrari and not a mini-van that never starts. And most importantly he doesn't wake up in the morning with kids jumping on the bed. After a bad start, day by day he's more confident in his new life and starts to see what he's been missing. Turns out money's good to have but that's not everything.
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Drama |
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Don Cheadle |
Nicolas Cage |
Jeremy Piven |
Téa Leoni |
Josef Sommer |
Saul Rubinek |
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Brett Ratner |
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Fargo is based on true events that occurred in Minnesota in 1987 with the names changed to protect the victims. Jerry works in his father-in-law's car dealership and has gotten himself in financial problems. He tries various schemes to come up with money needed for a reason that is never really explained. It has to be assumed that his huge embezzlement of money from the dealership is about to be discovered by father-in-law. When all else falls through, plans he set in motion earlier for two men to kidnap his wife for ransom to be paid by her wealthy father (who doesn't seem to have the time of day for son-in-law). From the moment of the kidnapping, things go wrong and what was supposed to be a non-violent affair turns bloody with more blood added by the minute. Jerry is upset at the blood shed, which turns loose a pregnant sheriff from MN who is tenacious in attempting to solve the three murders in her jurisdiction.
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Drama |
Thriller |
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William H. Macy |
Steve Buscemi |
Peter Stormare |
Kristin Rudrüd |
Harve Presnell |
Tony Denman |
Gary Houston |
Sally Wingert |
Kurt Schweickhardt |
Larissa Kokernot |
Melissa Peterman |
Steve Reevis |
Warren Keith |
Steve Edelman |
Sharon Anderson |
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Ethan Coen |
Joel Coen |
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