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- DirectorPaul VerhoevenStarsHans van TongerenRenée SoutendijkToon AgterbergSeveral Dutch teenagers realize the cruel difference between dreams and reality.
- DirectorAlan J. PakulaStarsWarren BeattyPaula PrentissWilliam DanielsAn ambitious reporter gets in way-over-his-head trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corporation behind every event in the world's headlines.
- DirectorYasuo FuruhataStarsKen TakakuraAyumi IshidaHisamitsu NakamuraShuji was once a feared member of the Yakuza crime syndicate, but he's reformed his ways, abandoned his old life and left the city for a small coastal fishing town where he's become an honest fisherman.
- DirectorYôji YamadaStarsKen TakakuraChieko BaishôKaori MomoiThree complete strangers embark on a road-trip to Hokkaido.
- DirectorYoshitarô NomuraStarsTetsurô TanbaGô KatôKensaku MoritaDetectives investigate the murder of an old man found in a Tokyo rail yard.
- DirectorStanley KwanStarsLeslie CheungAnita MuiAlex ManFleur is the blue angel in one of Hong Kong's "flower houses" - bordellos and night clubs of the 1930s. A detached and beautiful performer, she falls in love with Twelfth Master Chan, heir to a chain of pharmacies. They agree to a suicide pact. 50 years later, in modern Hong Kong, Fleur's ghost appears in Yuen's newspaper office, wanting to place an ad to find Chan, who never arrived in the afterlife. Yuen, and his equally bewildered girlfriend, An Chor, are captivated by Fleur and her story.
- DirectorJun'ya SatôStarsKen TakakuraShin'ichi ChibaKei YamamotoCriminals plant a bomb on a high-speed train. It will explode when the train slows down, unless a ransom is paid.
- DirectorDouglas CheekStarsJohn HeardDaniel SternChristopher CurryA bizarre series of sudden disappearances on the streets of New York City seems to point toward something unsavory living in the sewers.
- DirectorLuigi CozziStarsIan McCullochLouise MarleauMarino MaséA former astronaut helps a government agent and a police detective track the source of mysterious alien pod spores, filled with lethal flesh-dissolving acid, to a South American coffee plantation controlled by alien pod clones.
- DirectorFrank HenenlotterStarsRick HearstGordon MacDonaldJennifer LowryOne morning, a young man wakes to find that a small, disgusting creature has attached itself to the base of his brain stem. The creature gives him a euphoric state of happiness but demands human victims in return.
- DirectorMichael DinnerStarsDonald SutherlandAndrew McCarthyJohn HeardA new transfer student to St. Basil's Boys' Prep School tries to fit in while romantically pursuing a troubled young girl.
- DirectorJoe RothStarsPatrick DempseyArye GrossDaniel SternThree bickering brothers who don't get along reluctantly go on a cross country road trip together to deliver a car in time for their mother's birthday.
- DirectorMel DamskiStarsPatrick DempseyHelen SlaterDan SchneiderSerious wannabe writer Chris starts college at UCLA and shares a room with Alex, who turns out to be a cute party girl. He wants to move--at first.
- DirectorLinda FefermanStarsJennifer ConnellyByron ThamesMaddie CormanWhen her father goes out of town, beautiful A-student Natalie lets best friends Jeff and Polly move in. Separately and together, the trio of young teens learn much about life, love, and growing up.
- DirectorJoan Micklin SilverStarsPatrick DempseyKate JacksonRobert GintyRandy is still unfocused after 2 years in college. When his dad refuses to keep paying his tuition, he gets a job delivering pizzas. Several alluring cougars pay him $200 for pizza delivery and "services rendered." As for their husbands.
- DirectorKenneth BowserStarsMichael BiehnMaureen MuellerMichael BeachWhen a physically and emotionally scarred soldier returns home from World War II, he mistakenly trusts a mysterious young drifter to deliver a secret love letter to his old sweetheart.
- DirectorDouglas BarrStarsMichael BiehnMarg HelgenbergerRon WhiteTwo cops who share a devotion to their work - and to each other - suddenly find themselves caught in a tangled web of unspoken passions, lies and accusations when they each become suspects in a brutal mob-style murder.
- DirectorAvi NesherStarsMichael BiehnPatsy KensitTracy ScogginsEddy is recognized on TV after rescuing two. A group tries to kill the peaceful watchmaker. Why? He sees a cute analyst.
- DirectorPhil Alden RobinsonStarsPatrick DempseyTalia BalsamBeverly D'AngeloA 14-year-old nicknamed the 'Woo Woo Kid', is a teenage casanova who has affairs and runs away to marry two older women, mothers themselves, fascinating the public and the media with his romantic prowess.
- DirectorBetty KaplanStarsAntonio BanderasJennifer ConnellyStefania SandrelliChile 1973 is ruled by the dictator Pinochet. The wealthy don't see the violence, terror, executions etc. including Irene. She's engaged to an officer in the fascist military. She meets Francisco who opens her eyes to truth and love.
- DirectorPeter Del MonteStarsJennifer ConnellyGary McCleeryLaurent TerzieffYoung American ballerina enrolls in a prestigious ballet school in Hungary. She suddenly becomes inexplicably obsessed with Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake and her personality completely changes. A young man in love with her investigates.
- DirectorJosé GiovanniStarsClaude BrasseurBernard-Pierre DonnadieuGérard DarmonAn American general with highly confidential defence information has been kidnapped by terrorists and is being held in a cliff-top fortress in the Mediterranean.
- DirectorJosé GiovanniStarsValérie KapriskyAndré DussollierThierry FrémontTwo criminals who enrolled in the German police to get out of prison seize an opportunity after the War to redeem themselves. The elder of the two, Mad Bosco, dies at the beginning of their adventure. Georges, 25, is greatly helped by Louise whose dream is to see him turn over a new leaf. She introduces him to Commander Rove, a counter-espionage officer, who decides to employ Georges' skills in exchange for his rehabilitation. Through their hunt for collaborators the relationship between Rove and Georges changes. Mistrust and disdain gradually succumb to a burgeoning friendship.
- DirectorJosé GiovanniStarsFrancis HusterJean-François BalmerLila KedrovaAlbert Spaggiari (Francis Huster) plays Spaggiari, who organises a group of gangsters to break into the vault of the Societé Générale Bank in Nice by tunnelling up through the sewers below. The famous theft, which was later dubbed 'the great drain robbery', netted a haul of over $10 million.
- DirectorJosé GiovanniStarsAnnie GirardotClaude BrasseurBruno CremerA lawyer, in order to prove the innocence of one of her clients, does not hesitate to put her career in danger.
- DirectorJosé GiovanniStarsAlain DelonJean GabinMimsy FarmerA former bank robber is released after 10 years in prison. He gets help from a social-worker, but gets harassed by an old cop from his past.
- DirectorJacques DerayStarsAlain DelonJean-Louis TrintignantRenato SalvatoriThe hunt for a seasoned killer becomes a matter of life for a policeman. Action-packed drama based on real events.
- DirectorJosé GiovanniStarsJean-Claude BouillonNicolettaMaurice GarrelA small-time criminal wants to give up his life of crime. He performs a robbery with a friend, with similar feelings, and things go sour.
- DirectorJosé GiovanniStarsAlain DelonPaul MeurisseAnnie GirardotHugo Sennart, a French gypsy, is wanted by the police for theft. Gypsy has a couple of scores to settle and one more little thing to do before he fades into the shadows.
- DirectorMichael TuchnerStarsBarry NewmanSuzy KendallJohn VernonA man is in radio contact with his family when their airplane is shot down. He wants those responsible and becomes a criminal to get a job as deep sea diver with those salvaging the plane's cargo.
- DirectorJean ChapotStarsSimone SignoretAlain DelonPaul CrauchetThe body of a young woman is discovered near a farm. The judge Larcher is in charge and thinks that the farmers (Rose and Pierre) have a link with the murder.
- DirectorAlain JessuaStarsAlain DelonJean YanneRenato SalvatoriAfter years of poverty, Carrier, a repairman, inherits a large sum of money upon his brother's death in an accident. Now rich, he decides it is time to make his mark and be known at any cost. Becoming more and more mentally unstable, he begins to threaten police and the government signing his tracts, "Armaguedon". A detective from Interpol heads the investigation and prepares a trap at an international conference of world leaders in Paris.
- DirectorPeter YatesStarsRobert MitchumPeter BoyleRichard JordanAfter his last crime has him looking at a long prison sentence for repeat offenses, a low level Boston gangster decides to snitch on his friends to avoid jail time.
- DirectorPeter YatesStarsWilliam HurtSigourney WeaverChristopher PlummerA janitor who claims he's seen a murder becomes romantically involved with the glamorous TV reporter covering the story.
- DirectorPeter YatesStarsAlbert FinneyTom CourtenayEdward FoxPersonal assistant Norman struggles to get deteriorating veteran actor Sir through a difficult performance of King Lear.
- DirectorPeter YatesStarsPeter O'TooleSiân PhillipsPhilippe NoiretA lone survivor from a British naval ship is obsessed with getting revenge on a German U-boat crew that massacred his shipmates in the water.
- DirectorHark TsuiStarsSiu-Ming LauMichelle YimShu-Tong WongA journalist attempting to solve a mystery in "Martial World" enlists the aid of a master fighter and a woman named Green Breeze. They go to a mysterious castle where they come across poisonous butterflies and a black-leather-clad killer.
- DirectorHark TsuiStarsNorman ChuEddy KoMelvin WongA secret agent investigates a village that is populated by crazed, inbred cannibals.
- DirectorHark TsuiStarsLieh LoChen-Chi LinAlbert AuThree lazybones friends manufacture a firebomb and place it in a cinema. Pearl, a sadistic young girl, has observed the scene, follows the bombers and starts to manipulate them. The four criminals plan more and more daring acts.
- DirectorYeung-Wah KamJohnnie ToHark TsuiStarsWaise LeeJoey WangMatthew WongInspector Waipong Wong has to put his life and resignation from the Hong Kong police department on hold to investigate his former partner's mysterious murder. What he and his crack team of three other cops uncover is a plot far more sinister than they originally anticipated.
- DirectorRingo LamStarsChow Yun-FatYueh SunDanny LeeAn undercover cop infiltrates a gang of thieves who plan to rob a jewelry store.
- DirectorRingo LamStarsChow Yun-FatTony Ka Fai LeungKa-Kui HoInside a Hong Kong prison, two inmates form a friendship and face the difficulty of life on the inside.
- DirectorRingo LamStarsFennie YuenRoy CheungDamian LauA young schoolgirl gets involved in the triads of Hong Kong after a classmate is killed in a fight.
- DirectorRingo LamStarsChow Yun-FatCherie ChungRoy CheungThe police are staking out a Hong Kong flat, waiting to catch some major gun dealers. While the suppliers are conducting their deal, they move in. Both buyers are killed in the gunfire, but not their young daughter. The suppliers escape, and as their ruthless boss covers his tracks, he goes after the girl, the only witness. The criminals trace her to a safe house, but are killed in the ensuing gunfight.
- DirectorRingo LamStarsChow Yun-FatSimon YamAnn BridgewaterTwo disreputable friends get tied in with a group of criminals who turn out to be excessively violent and deceptive.
- DirectorJoyce WielandStarsCéline LomezFrank MooreLawrence BenedictA young woman marries a wealthy man she isn't in love with, but finds romance instead with the couples' painter friend.
- DirectorDamian LeeStarsVernon WellsWilliam SandersonMichael CopemanRoo Marcus (Vernon Wells) is a down-and-out guy with a troubled past who was recently released from a mental institution, where he suffered through inhumane conditions and shock therapy. Going back to the only thing he really knows, he begins Punchfighting in brutal, bare-knuckle "circle fights" run by Napoleon. He tries once again to leave the Punchfighting life behind, working at a gym run by his buddy Casper. He even develops a relationship with local tomboy Charlie. But due to circumstances beyond his control, he gets sucked back into Punchfighting, having to contend with musclebound maniac Cannon, and quick, charismatic, Muhammad Ali-like Razor. Will Roo ever find the peace in life he seeks?
- DirectorGeorge MendelukStarsRichard CrennaPaul WilliamsLinda SorensenSergeant Boyd's police search to find a sniper who has been shooting hookers.
- DirectorKarel ReiszStarsNick NolteTuesday WeldMichael MoriartyA Vietnam veteran gets conned into helping an old Marine friend smuggle drugs into the country but ends up having to go on the run with his friend's wife when the deal goes sour.
- DirectorDan O'BannonStarsJohn TerryJane SibbettChris SarandonCharles Dexter Ward's wife enlists the help of a private detective to find out what her husband is up to in a remote cabin owned by his family for centuries.
- DirectorSamuel FullerStarsLee MarvinMark HamillRobert CarradineA hardened sergeant and the four core members of his infantry unit try to survive World War II as they move from battle to battle throughout Europe.
- DirectorWalter HillStarsJason PatricGene HackmanRobert DuvallThe story of the Apache chief and his armed resistance to the U.S. Government's subjugation of his people.
- DirectorWalter HillStarsMickey RourkeEllen BarkinElizabeth McGovernAfter being double crossed and thrown in jail, a deformed gangster gets a new face and rehabilitation, but his desire for revenge looms.
- DirectorMichael TuchnerStarsMargot KidderRobert HaysDavid SuchetAn aspiring mystery writer becomes accidently embroiled in an international plot during a two-week stay in Malta.
- DirectorDelbert MannStarsJohn HurtJane AlexanderDoug McKeonTrue tale about two men planning to escape from communist East Germany in a hot air balloon, but only if they can take their families with them.
- DirectorSimon NuchternStarsBelinda MontgomeryViveca LindforsSolly MarxA criminally insane man is accidentally released from a mental hospital. The staff tries to cover it up, but a young psychiatrist travels to the college town where he committed several murders to warn the locals and anticipate his arrival.
- DirectorS. William HinzmanStarsKevin KindlinTerrie GodfreyMark V. JevickyA high school majorettes are being methodically killed by a mysterious masked figure. Meanwhile, a local gang are involved in suspicious activities around the school.
- DirectorJim SotosStarsBo HopkinsSusan StrasbergPatrick MacneeTeenager Melissa moves into a small town filled with racial prejudice and bullying, and each time she meets up with one of the boys in town, they end up murdered - but who is the killer?
- DirectorRubén Galindo Jr.StarsFernando AlmadaEdna BolkanErika BuenfilTeenagers accidentally resurrect a satanic killer who targets the local police captain's daughter to birth the antichrist.
- DirectorVernon ZimmermanStarsDennis ChristopherTim ThomersonGwynne GilfordA shy, lonely film buff embarks on a killing spree against those who browbeat and betray him, all the while stalking his idol, a Marilyn Monroe lookalike.
- DirectorJohn StewartStarsGregory Scott CumminsWilliam Hubbard KnightBarri MurphyAfter her boyfriend is murdered by the gangsters whose diamonds he stole, a girl is protected by two FBI agents who plan to keep her from sharing the same fate.
- DirectorRené ManzorStarsBrigitte FosseyLouis DucreuxPatrick FloersheimOn Christmas Eve, a resourceful young boy has to defend himself and his grandfather from a killer dressed as Santa Claus.
- DirectorDouglas Day StewartStarsKirk CameronJami GertzRoy ScheiderA group of college debaters learn about the world, friendships, love, dreams and family in this warm, endearing drama.
- DirectorFritz KierschStarsChristopher AtkinsAmanda PetersonMary FrannHe may have been convicted of raping and murdering six young women, but to a smitten teenage girl who's initiated a relationship-by-mail, he's just a cute guy who couldn't possibly be guilty. Did he...or didn't he?
- DirectorRob StewartStarsChristopher AtkinsMark 'Jacko' JacksonRichard CarterSignal One is a fast paced thriller that will have you guess till the very end. A tormented former cop is disenchanted with LA madness and moves to Australia to start afresh. He's drawn into a world of drugs, murder, money and deceit. One wrong move, one slip up and he'll become and he will become another notch on the underworld's gun.
- DirectorCharles DavisStarsChristopher AtkinsVali AshtonMike Jacobs Jr.A serial killer who makes his living as an adult video maker/editor, becomes involved with an artist neighbour. He tries to keep his secret from her, but the police are slowly closing in on him.
- DirectorCarlos SauraStarsFrancesca NeriAntonio BanderasEulàlia RamonAna is an equestrian sharpshooter for a one ring circus in Madrid for a week. Marcos is a reporter doing a Sunday supplement piece. He interviews her and she invites him to dinner with the troupe. They dance, then spend the night together; he considers following her around Europe and promises he'd follow her to Hell. While he's in Barcelona to cover a concert, three young men assault her. Bruised, humiliated, and bleeding, she picks up her rifle to hunt them down. Marcos follows her trail that, indeed, takes him to Ana's hell.
- DirectorMaurice MurphyStarsChristopher AtkinsJulian McMahonRebecca CrossBobby McCain is an American lifeguard who goes to Australia learns that work can be quite different when you're a lifeguard Down Under!
- DirectorWojciech HasStarsJan NowickiTadeusz KondratIrena OrskaJózef visits his dying father at a remote mental institution, where time itself doesn't seem to exist, and the line between dreams and memories becomes indistinguishable.
- DirectorPaul SchraderStarsKen OgataMasayuki ShionoyaHiroshi MikamiA fictionalized account in four chapters of the life of celebrated Japanese writer Yukio Mishima.
- DirectorMichael DuganStarsMarjoe GortnerBobbie BreseeNorman BurtonA 10 year-old girl, mourning the death of her mother, becomes possessed by a demon who has been preying on her female ancestors for centuries. Years later, the demon starts to take over, both mentally and physically.
- DirectorJoe D'AmatoStarsTisa FarrowSaverio ValloneSerena GrandiA group of friends and a hitchhiker become stranded on a tourist island where they are stalked by a disfigured cannibalistic killer who is prowling the island after killing its residents.
- DirectorJohn GrissmerStarsLouise LasserMark SoperJulie GordonA boy kills a man and accuses his twin brother of the murder, and the innocent brother ends up institutionalized, while his psychotic twin goes free. 10 years later, the innocent twin escapes, which triggers his brother into killing again.
- DirectorErrol MorrisStarsLance BakerBetty C. BarlowGary BasarabaA Navajo police officer is mixed up in drug smuggling and murder on the reservation.
- DirectorDennis HopperStarsDennis HopperJodie FosterDean StockwellA witness to a mob assassination flees for her life, running from town to town and switching identities along the way, but she cannot seem to elude Milo, the chief hit man sent after her.
- DirectorMike HodgesStarsRaul JuliaFred WardDaniel JenkinsA man who spent 20 years in Cuban prison after the failure of the Bay of Pigs invasion and a boat captain and his crew go covertly to Cuba to find a cache of gold buried during the invasion. But can they trust each other?
- DirectorMike HodgesStarsElizabeth MontgomeryRon KarabatsosJohn ReillyA private detective has to deal with an unpleasant memory, a near-insoluble mystery, and a pursuing murderer inflicted with drugs and political corruption. The detective narrated throughout in this novel-based story by Karl Alexander.
- DirectorErnest DayAnthony SimmonsStarsRyan O'NealAnne ArcherOmar SharifA down on his luck engineer gets involved in an adventure with a mysterious woman and an emerald magnate.
- DirectorStewart RaffillStarsJames BrolinAnthony QuinnLindsay WagnerFour naive Americans, in need of easy cash, decide to fly to Colombia and raid the safe of a notorious drug lord with connections to the corrupt military regime.
- DirectorLouis MorneauStarsCliff De YoungRobert BeltranJamie RoseWillis, a hardened DEA agent from the streets of New York, is given his toughest assignment -- to team up with a Colombian cop, Delgado, and find the connection of a drug shipments and the U. S. government.
- DirectorAlan RudolphStarsKris KristoffersonKeith CarradineLori SingerThe lives of an ex-con, a coffee-shop owner, and a young couple looking to make it rich intersect in the fictional and hypnotic Rain City.
- DirectorMark L. LesterStarsRobert ForsterFiona LewisRay SharkeyAfter a stunt man dies while he is involved in the making of a motion picture, his brother takes his place in order to find out what really happened.
- DirectorJeffrey BloomStarsLouise FletcherVictoria TennantKristy SwansonChildren are hidden away under an attic by their conspiring mother and grandmother.
- DirectorReynaldo VillalobosStarsSam ElliottKatharine RossBarry CorbinA tough cowboy facing some trouble crosses paths with a lonely woman living in the middle of nowhere.
- DirectorSidney LumetStarsJane FondaJeff BridgesRaul JuliaA washed up, alcoholic actress who is prone to blackouts wakes up next to a murdered man. Did she kill him and, if not, is she in danger?
- DirectorGilbert CatesStarsKaren AllenKeith CarradineJeff FaheyDisgruntled wife cheats on her well off husband, who's been suffering from PTSD ever since he came home from the Vietnam War. After an incident he ends up in a catatonic state. Soon, she begins to suspect that someone is after her.
- DirectorWilliam D. WittliffStarsWillie NelsonMorgan FairchildR.G. ArmstrongRevisionist western about fallen preacher Shay, who guns down his wife Raysha for running off with another man. Wandering, he meets single mom Laurie. However, helpless sheriff Scoby wants Shay to help him fight the villainous Clavers.
- DirectorTab MurphyStarsTom BerengerBarbara HersheyKurtwood SmithA Montana bounty hunter and an anthropologist discover a tribe of Native Americans living in a settlement isolated from the rest of the world.
- DirectorSydney PollackStarsRobert RedfordWill GeerDelle BoltonA mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by the Crow tribe and proves to be a match for their warriors in single combat on the early frontier.
- DirectorElliot SilversteinStarsRichard HarrisJudith AndersonJean GasconIn 1825, an English aristocrat is captured by Native Americans. He lives with them and begins to understand their way of life. Eventually, he is accepted as part of the tribe and aspires to become their leader.
- DirectorRichard C. SarafianStarsRichard HarrisJohn HustonHenry WilcoxonLeft for dead after a bear attack, a fur-trapper recuperates and pursues his former companions through dangerous Indian territory.
- DirectorRichard LangStarsCharlton HestonBrian KeithVictoria RacimoA pair of grizzled frontiersmen fight Indians, guzzle liquor and steal squaws in their search for a legendary valley 'so full of beaver that they jump right into your traps' in this fanciful adventure.