1In remote Antarctica, a group of American research scientists are disturbed at their base camp by a helicopter shooting at a sled dog. When they take in the dog, it brutally attacks both human beings and canines in the camp and they discover that the beast can assume the shape of its victims. A resourceful helicopter pilot (Kurt Russell) and the camp doctor (Richard Dysart) lead the camp crew in a desperate, gory battle against the vicious creature before it picks them all off, one by one.- Released: 1982
- Directed by: John Carpenter
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2Ecstatic when his parents leave on vacation for a few days, high school senior Joel Goodsen (Tom Cruise) cuts loose with his best friend Miles. After an attempt at securing the services of a prostitute goes slightly awry, Joel hires gorgeous Lana (Rebecca De Mornay) for a night of delight. Stunned by the amount of Lana's "bill" the next morning, Joel grows frantic after he crashes his father's Porsche. In an effort to raise lots of money fast, a desperate Joel turns the house into a brothel.- Released: 1983
- Directed by: Paul Brickman
3Maine friends struggle with the embodiment of evil.- Released: 1990
- Directed by: Tommy Lee Wallace
4In the heartwarming drama My Girl, precocious 11-year-old Vada Sultenfuss (Anna Chlumsky) navigates the trials of adolescence in 1972 Pennsylvania. Living with her widowed mortician father, Harry (Dan Aykroyd), Vada's world is colored by death and grief. Her best friend, the sweetly allergic Thomas J. Sennett (Macaulay Culkin), offers a ray of joy in her life. As Vada grapples with first love, loss, and growing up, she learns valuable lessons about life. The film beautifully captures the innocence and confusion of childhood amidst profound themes of mortality and transformation.- Released: 1991
- Directed by: Howard Zieff
5Recently widowed psychiatrist Cal Jamison (Martin Sheen) has just moved back to New York City with his young son, Chris (Harley Cross), in an attempt to start over after his wife's horrific accidental death. Cal takes an assignment helping the police with the investigation of a cult-like and bizarre ritualistic double murder. As Cal gets closer to the truth, he realizes that he and those close to him may be the target of supernatural and deadly forces, and that the enemy is closer than he knows.- Released: 1987
- Directed by: John Schlesinger
6Palindromes is a 2004 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Todd Solondz. It references Solondz's 1995 film, Welcome to the Dollhouse. It competed for the Golden Lion award at the 61st Venice International Film Festival. The protagonist, a 13-year-old girl named Aviva, is played by eight different actors of different ages, races, and genders during the course of the film and features an array of secondary characters. The names of the characters Aviva, Bob, and Otto are all palindromes.- Released: 2005
- Directed by: Todd Solondz
7Amusing tale of a 300 year-old phantom whose evil tricks are not confined to the Davis family's novelty gag business. As an uninvited guest at a local carnival he casts spells on the entire town of Lucifer Falls, with young Eloise Davis the target of his most evil and sinister designs.....- Released: 1986
- Directed by: Oz Scott
8The life of American lawyer and journalist William Walker, who named himself president of Nicaragua during the 1850s.- Released: 1987
- Directed by: Alex Cox
9Waiting at a restaurant for their married friends Mickey (Billy Crystal) and Ellen (Debra Winger) to arrive, a group of friends shares the story of Mickey and Ellen's relationship with Andy (Joe Mantegna) and Liz (Cynthia Stevenson), a soon-to-be-wed couple. When NBA referee Mickey travels to Paris to bury his father, the casket is lost by the airline. The employee tasked with helping Mickey is Ellen. The incident brings them together, but a number of things threaten to pull them apart.- Released: 1995
- Directed by: Billy Crystal
10In the comedic romp Encino Man, high school misfits Dave (Sean Astin) and Stoney (Pauly Shore) stumble upon a frozen caveman, Link (Brendan Fraser), in their backyard. The duo thaws him out, transforming this ancient relic into an overnight sensation. As they try to pass off Link as a regular student, hilarity ensues. Despite the comedic facade, 'Encino Man' subtly explores themes of friendship and acceptance. This film, directed by Les Mayfield, is a quintessential '90s teen comedy that intertwines prehistoric absurdity with modern high school life.- Released: 1992
- Directed by: Les Mayfield
11Harvard graduate James Averill (Kris Kristofferson) is the sheriff of prosperous Jackson County, Wyo., when a battle erupts between the area's poverty-stricken immigrants and its wealthy cattle farmers. The politically connected ranch owners fight the immigrants with the help of Nathan Champion (Christopher Walken), a mercenary competing with Averill for the love of local madam Ella Watson (Isabelle Huppert). As the struggle escalates, Averill and Champion begin to question their decisions.- Released: 1980
- Directed by: Michael Cimino
12Woody Harrelson and Antonio Banderas star as best friends and professional boxing rivals Vince Boudreau and Caesar Dominguez, both of whom haven't worked in years. Finally, from out of the blue, they get the chance of a lifetime: an assignment to work together in Vegas. The job promises big money, but there's a hitch: They have to be there now.- Released: 1999
- Directed by: Ron Shelton
13Vada Sultenfuss (Anna Chlumsky) is a 13-year-old girl searching for identity and independence. For a class project, she must write about someone she hasn't met but still admires, so she chooses her late biological mother. In order to learn more, Vada journeys to Los Angeles on a school break, staying with her uncle Phil (Richard Masur). Nick (Austin O'Brien), Phil's girlfriend's son, reluctantly agrees to show Vada around the city. But, before long, he's wrapped up in her search for truth.- Released: 1993
- Directed by: Howard Zieff
14Teenager Les Anderson (Corey Haim) thinks his life can't get any worse after he flunks his driver's exam, but he's wrong. Even though he didn't receive his license, Les refuses to break his date with the cool Mercedes Lane (Heather Graham), and he decides to lift his family's prize luxury car for the occasion. Unfortunately, Mercedes sneaks some booze along and passes out drunk, and a confused Les makes the bad decision of enlisting his rebellious friend, Dean (Corey Feldman), to help.- Released: 1988
- Directed by: Greg Beeman
15Adam
Daniel J. Travanti, JoBeth Williams, Martha ScottReve Walsh (JoBeth Williams) takes her six-year-old son Adam (John Boston) to the mall and briefly leaves him in the toy department -- but he's gone when she returns. Reve and her husband, John (Daniel J. Travanti), search tirelessly for Adam, but to no avail. Frustrated by the underwhelming support the FBI offers in a case like theirs, the Walshes create their own organization to help find Adam, and then set out to create new regulations to reunite missing children with their parents.- Released: 1983
- Directed by: Michael Tuchner
16The Face on the Milk Carton is a 1995 made for television movie based on the book written by Caroline B. Cooney. The movie stars Kellie Martin as Jennie Sands/Janie Jessmon, a 15 year old girl who finds her face on the back of a milk carton and puts the pieces of her past together.- Released: 1995
17Billy Clyde Puckett (Burt Reynolds) and Marvin "Shake" Tiller (Kris Kristofferson) are professional football players who share a lush Miami apartment with Barbara Jane Bookman (Jill Clayburgh), the pretty young daughter of their team's owner (Robert Preston). When Barbara develops feelings for Shake and the two begin a relationship, he insists that she join him at B.E.A.T., a New Age training program run by the shady Friedrich Bismark (Bert Convy).- Released: 1977
- Directed by: Michael Ritchie
18Privileged art dealers Flan (Donald Sutherland) and Ouisa (Stockard Channing) are hosting a dinner party when Paul (Will Smith), a blood-soaked young man, arrives on their doorstep. He claims to be a friend of their Ivy League children, and charms his way into the house. But when the couple discover the truth about Paul and his real identity, they kick him out. As the couple trades stories with their friends about Paul, his presence proves surprisingly hard to shake.- Released: 1993
- Directed by: Fred Schepisi
19Doug Kinney (Michael Keaton) is a busy construction worker struggling to make time for his family and his demanding job. When a scientist offers to clone him, Doug accepts and spawns a slightly more macho version of himself. He decides to create a second clone, but this sparks a series of duplications when his second clone begins to feel overwhelmed. Doug attempts to manage his many clones while trying to keep his wife (Andie MacDowell) in the dark.- Released: 1996
- Directed by: Harold Ramis
20A pair of news correspondents chronicling the final days of the corrupt Samoza Regime in Nicaragua find themselves under fire from both sides. After an American news reporter is killed in Nicaragua, two of his fellow journalists choose to participate actively in the revolution. As the Samoza power base falls, they face dilemmas concerning their relationship with each other and their loss of professional objectivity.- Released: 1983
- Directed by: Roger Spottiswoode
21Fallen Angel
Melinda Dillon, Richard Masur, Ronny CoxFallen Angel is a 1981 made-for-TV film which explores pedophilia. It was directed by Robert Michael Lewis, written by Lew Hunter, and stars Dana Hill, Melinda Dillon, Richard Masur, and Ronny Cox. It is a Green/Epstein Production in association with Columbia Pictures Television. The film received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Drama Special, and won a Young Artist Award for star Hill in the category of Best Young Actress. After its initial airing on CBS, it was later released on VHS by RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video in 1983, and turned up occasionally via syndication and cable television into the mid-1990s.- Released: 1981
- Directed by: Robert Michael Lewis
22After reporting on the murder of a teenage girl, journalist Malcolm Anderson (Kurt Russell) is contacted by the killer (Richard Jordan) known as the "Numbers Murderer," who offers exclusive information about the deaths. With the cooperation of the police, who tape the killer's phone calls, Malcolm agrees and soon becomes famous. Jealous of the attention the journalist is receiving for his coverage, the Numbers Murderer kidnaps Malcolm's girlfriend, Christine (Mariel Hemingway).- Released: 1985
- Directed by: Phillip Borsos
23Young Chuck Norstadt (Nick Stahl) wants nothing more than to join a prestigious military academy like his late father, but he is wary of the school's lofty academic standards. With only a single summer in which to study for the entrance exam, Chuck finds an unlikely tutor in the form of Justin McLeod (Mel Gibson), a disfigured recluse who was once a teacher. McLeod agrees to teach Chuck, and the two form a deep friendship -- until Chuck learns of the secret behind McLeod's terrible scars.- Released: 1993
- Directed by: Mel Gibson
24The Burning Bed is a 1984 TV movie directed by Robert Greenwald and starred Farah Fawcett.- Released: 1984
- Directed by: Robert Greenwald
25My Science Project is an American 1985 comedy science fiction film directed by Jonathan R. Betuel. Although not performing as well, the movie follows on heels of other teen-sci-fi/comedy films released the same year, such as Back to the Future, Real Genius, and Weird Science.- Released: 1985
- Directed by: Jonathan R. Betuel
26A jaded journalist, John (Michael Moriarty), and a Vietnam vet, Ray (Nick Nolte), are adrift after returning home from the war. With not much to lose, they hatch a scheme to smuggle heroin from Vietnam into the U.S., which stands to make them a fortune. Instead, the pair and John's wife (Tuesday Weld) find themselves on the run from drug dealers and a crooked DEA agent (Anthony Zerbe). Along the way, Ray shows their opponents some of the useful combat skills he picked up in the war.- Released: 1978
- Directed by: Karel Reisz
27Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann, directed by William Dear, is a 1982 time travel-influenced action film starring Fred Ward as Lyle Swann, a cross country dirt bike racer. The movie was scored, produced and co-written by Michael Nesmith.- Released: 1982
- Directed by: William Dear
28In 1981, epidemiologist Don Francis (Matthew Modine) learns of an increased rate of death among gay men in urban areas. The startling information leads him to begin investigating the outbreak, which is ultimately identified as AIDS. His journey finds mostly opposition from politicians and doctors, but several join him in his cause. As it becomes apparent that people have personal reasons to turn the other cheek, Francis persists. Meanwhile, the number of deaths continues to grow.- Released: 1993
- Directed by: Roger Spottiswoode
29Rachel Samstat (Meryl Streep), a New York food critic, beds Mark Forman (Jack Nicholson), a Washington, D.C., newspaper columnist. The two fall in love, and Rachel relinquishes her job and relocates to be with a man who views himself as unfit for marriage. They try to build a life together -- literally -- as they struggle with the construction crews renovating their home. When Rachel gets pregnant, Mark is enthusiastic, but then soon begins doubting whether he could be a family man.- Released: 1986
- Directed by: Mike Nichols
30Shoot to Kill is an adventure thriller movie released in 1988 starring Sidney Poitier, Tom Berenger, Clancy Brown, Andrew Robinson and Kirstie Alley. The film was directed by Roger Spottiswoode.- Released: 1988
- Directed by: Roger Spottiswoode
31- Released: 1988
- Directed by: Robert Day
32Storm Up The Sky
Richard Masur, Dan Shaked, Dan PfauStorm Up The Sky is a 2010 short drama film written and directed by Jon Kauffman.- Released: 2010
- Directed by: Jon Kauffman
33Mr. Horn
David Carradine, Richard Widmark, Karen BlackThis two-part miniseries chronicles the life of Tom Horn (David Carradine), one of the greatest trackers in the American West. In the 1880s, American Indian scout Al Sieber (Richard Widmark) enlists Horn's help in finding famed Apache leader Geronimo. After they crisscross the frontier for hundreds of miles, their expedition finally meets success in 1886. But when the military fails to honor Horn's surrender agreement with Geronimo, he leaves the army and begins a life as a bounty hunter.- Released: 1979
- Directed by: Jack Starrett
34Charlie Cox (Matt Frewer) should have stopped for gas in California. While he's on a cross-country trip with his teenage daughter, Joleen (Drew Barrymore), his car hits empty in a creepy town in Nevada. With nary a drop of fuel to be found, Charlie and Joleen stop for the night at a dilapidated trailer park. There, Joleen catches the eye of two teenage boys, Jimmy (Andras Jones) and Pinky (Anthony Rapp) -- either of whom could be the serial killer currently terrorizing the town.- Released: 1989
- Directed by: Meiert Avis
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Steve Martini: Undue Influence
Brian Dennehy, Jean Smart, Kari Matchett- Released: 1996
- Directed by: Bruce Pittman
36Head Office is a 1986 American comedy film, produced by HBO Pictures in association with Silver Screen Partners. It stars Judge Reinhold, Eddie Albert, Lori-Nan Engler, Jane Seymour, Richard Masur, Michael O'Donoghue, Ron Frazier, Merritt Butrick and was directed and written by Ken Finkleman.- Released: 1985
- Directed by: Ken Finkleman
37Always Remember I Love You is a 1990 television film starring Patty Duke and Stephen Dorff. It tells the story of a teenage boy who, after finding out he was adopted, runs away from home to search for his biological family.- Released: 1990
38Nightmares
Cristina Raines, Emilio Estevez, Lance HenriksenFour tales: chain smoker (Cristina Raines) meets killer; video-game fan (Emilio Estevez) gets carried away; Satan's car tests faith; rat torments man.- Released: 1983
- Directed by: Joseph Sargent
39I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can is a 1982 American biographical film directed by Jack Hofsiss, starring Jill Clayburgh. The screenplay by David Rabe is based on the memoir of the same title by Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Barbara Gordon, whose addiction to and difficult withdrawal from Valium serves as the basis of the plot.- Released: 1982
- Directed by: Jack Hofsiss
40A U.S. bomber pilot (Harrison Ford) goes on a secret World War II mission with his English lover's (Lesley-Anne Down) husband (Christopher Plummer).- Released: 1979
- Directed by: Peter Hyams
41When the Bough Breaks
Ted Danson, Rachel Ticotin, Richard MasurWhen the Bough Breaks is a 1986 television film directed by Waris Hussein and starring Ted Danson. The screenplay by Phil Penningroth was adapted from a 1985 novel by Jonathan Kellerman, also titled When the Bough Breaks. Danson, who also co-produced, plays the crime-solving forensic psychologist Alex Delaware, a character who appears in a series of novels by Kellerman.- Released: 1986
- Directed by: Waris Hussein
42Bride of Boogedy is a 1987 family film, directed by Oz Scott and written by Michael Janover, which originally aired as an episode of "The Disney Sunday Movie". It tells the continuing story of the Davis family and their encounters with an evil 300-year-old ghost in the fictional New England town of Lucifer Falls. The film is a sequel to Mr. Boogedy, which aired in 1986.- Released: 1987
- Directed by: Oz Scott
43Lovely by Surprise
Carrie Preston, Richard Masur, Kate BurtonThe film is about two brothers, Humkin and Mopekey, who live on a boat; the boat sits on land and is isolated in the middle of a field in some unspecified part of America. The two brothers live a solitary existence; they are clothed only in underwear, and have no communication with the outside world, with the exception of a few signals received through the ship's radio. Their sustenance takes the form of milk which is delivered by an equally mysterious milkman and a cereal consisting of frosted sugar balls; the origin of the food is not made clear.- Released: 2007
- Directed by: Kirt Gunn
44A young French Jew (Yvan Attal) experiences a crisis of conscience while working for Israel's Mossad in 1987.- Released: 1994
- Directed by: Eric Rochant
45The Great Los Angeles Earthquake is a 1990 television film about a massive earthquake that strikes Los Angeles, California. The movie stars Joanna Kerns in the movie's lead role, seismologist Clare Winslow, who tries to warn city leaders of the possibility that a powerful earthquake may strike southern California.- Released: 1990
- Directed by: Larry Elikann
46A hippie radical, Huey Walker (Dennis Hopper) has been a fugitive for decades, accused of a crime that he may not have committed. Finally apprehended, Walker is escorted to trial by uptight 20-something FBI agent John Buckner (Kiefer Sutherland). While the two seem to be polar opposites, it turns out that Buckner may have more in common with Walker than is initially apparent, a point that is driven home when the pair faces off against a sinister small-town sheriff (Cliff De Young).- Released: 1990
- Directed by: Franco Amurri
47An Invasion of Privacy is a 1983 drama film written by Elaine Meuller, based on a novel by Joan Taylor and directed by Mel Damski.- Released: 1983
- Directed by: Mel Damski
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