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The Boost (1988) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Boost
director: Harold Becker actor: James Woods / Sean Young …
other title: Cocaina / Der Preis des Erfolges …
Lenny Brown moves to California to find his fortune in tax shelter investments. When the federal government changes the tax laws, poor Lenny finds himself $700,000 in hock with nowhere to turn. His friend, Joel, introduces him to cocaine to give Lenny that needed "boost". What ensues next is a descent into drug addiction and insanity as Lenny tries to regain control of his life, all the while needing that extra "boost".
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Deadly Force (1983) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Deadly Force
director: Paul Aaron actor: Wings Hauser / Joyce Ingalls …
other title: Forza bruta / Todesschwadron …
Stoney Cooper, a former Los Angeles police officer, is at a low point in his life. Kicked off the force because of his anti-authority attitude, he now ekes out a living as a freelancer in New York. All this changes when the daughter of an old friend is killed by serial killer terrorizing L.A. Although almost nobody in his old home town is happy to see him back, Cooper pledges to bring the killer to justice before any more innocent people die.
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Out Cold (1989) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Out Cold
director: Malcolm Mowbray actor: John Lithgow / Teri Garr …
other title: Tau mich auf, Liebling / Pirados Por la Nieve …
Sunny is married to the butcher, Ernie, and their marriage is about to end as both of them have affairs. Thus Sunny hires Lester Atlas as private investigator in order to collect proof for the divorce. One evening drunken Ernie and his partner Dave have a fight in the butcher shop with Ernie getting knocked out in the fridge where he dies during the night. But it was not Dave's fault but intentional murder by Sunny. Only Lester has proof so Sunny kills him, too. Thus she only has to kill Dave to get rid of all witnesses, but he can free himself out of the fridge and wants to take revenge.
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Carbon Copy (1981) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Carbon Copy
director: Michael Schultz actor: Denzel Washington / George Segal …
other title: Il pollo si mangia con le mani / A Cara do Pai …
A middle-aged married wealthy white corporate executive is surprised to discover that he has a working-class black teen-age son who wants to be adopted into the almost-exclusively-white upper-middle-class community of San Marino, California.
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Don't Tell Her It's Me (1990) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Don't Tell Her It's Me
director: Malcolm Mowbray actor: Steve Guttenberg / Jami Gertz …
other title: Non dirle chi sono / Mit den besten Absichten …
Gus is a fat cartoonist that recently won a battle against cancer, which explains his baldness. But he is also lonely. Therefore, his caring sister tries to set him up with suitable woman. But to do so, she must turn him into an irresistible man. When he falls in love with Emily, Gus takes the identity of a mysterious biker from New Zealand.
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Cattle Annie and Little Britches (1981) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Cattle Annie and Little Britches
director: Lamont Johnson actor: Amanda Plummer / Diane Lane …
other title: Branco selvaggio / Zwei Mädchen und die Doolin-Bande …
In nineteenth century Oklahoma, two teen girls, fans of stories about outlaws, are on a quest to meet and join up with them. They find a shadow of a former gang and although disappointed, still try to help them escape from a vigorous Marshal.
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Criminal Law (1989) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
Criminal Law
director: Martin Campbell actor: Gary Oldman / Kevin Bacon …
other title: Legge criminale / Der Frauenmörder …
Ben Chase is an on-the-rise Boston attorney currently defending a wealthy client in a high-profile murder case. Martin Thiel is the wealthy young man on trial for a particularly brutal murder. The verdict sets Thiel free. Within 24 hours another grizzly and all-too-familiar murder has taken place with striking similarities to the first crime. Chase inexplicably agrees to act as his defense attorney; but this time it will be to gather evidence that will put away his client for good.
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Shag (1989) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Shag
director: Zelda Barron actor: Phoebe Cates / Scott Coffey …
other title: Shag, l'ultima follia / Sol, Praia e Amor …
Summer of 1963. Carson is getting married to her boyfriend so her friends Melaina, Pudge and Luanne take her to Myrtle Beach for one last irresponsible weekend.
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Bright Angel (1990) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Bright Angel
director: Michael Fields actor: Dermot Mulroney / Lili Taylor …
other title: Gli angeli volano basso / Eine unhimmlische Mission …
In Montana, naive teenager George longs to escape from his broken home before his dysfunctional parents push him over the edge. When George meets pretty drifter Lucy, she easily convinces him and his friend Claude to join her on a road trip to Montana in hopes of breaking her brother out of jail.
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Best Seller (1987) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Best Seller
director: John Flynn actor: James Woods / Brian Dennehy …
other title: Pacto Fatal / Bestseller …
Hit man Cleve approaches writer/cop Dennis about a story for his next book: How Cleve made a living, working for one of the most powerful politicians in the country. To get the story right, they travel around the country to gather statements and evidence, while strong forces use any means they can to keep the story untold.
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Going Ape! (1981) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Going Ape!
director: Jeremy Joe Kronsberg actor: Tony Danza / Jessica Walter …
other title: Affen, Gangster und Millionen / Voy a volverme mico
When his father - who owned a circus - dies, Oscar inherits 5 million dollars - and 3 orangutans. However there's a condition connected to the money: if he gives away the apes or just one gets sick or dies during the next 3 years, the zoologic society will get all the money. So he not only has to deal with 3 apes and an annoyed girlfriend, but also with a greedy zoologic society's president.
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Hidden Agenda (1990) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Hidden Agenda
director: Ken Loach actor: Frances McDormand / Brian Cox …
other title: L'agenda nascosta / Geheimprotokoll …
In Ireland, American lawyer Ingrid Jessner and her activist partner, Paul Sullivan, struggle to uncover atrocities committed by the British government against the Northern Irish during the "Troubles." But when Sullivan is assassinated in the streets, Jessner teams up with Peter Kerrigan, a British investigator acting against the will of his own government, and struggles to uncover a conspiracy that may even implicate one of Kerrigan's colleagues.
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Race for the Yankee Zephyr (1981) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Race for the Yankee Zephyr
director: David Hemmings actor: Ken Wahl / Lesley Ann Warren …
other title: Il tesoro dello Yankee Zephyr / Ein Teufelskerl …
In a lake high in the mountains of New Zealand hunter Gibbie Gibson discovers a plane wreck from WW2. When he tells it around, a gang of crooks follows and threatens him and his daughter, because they know there are 50 million dollars in the wreck. Helicopter pilot Barney helps Gibbie against them, risking his life thereby.
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Hoosiers (1986) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Hoosiers
director: David Anspaugh actor: Gene Hackman / Barbara Hershey …
other title: Colpo vincente / Raiva de Vencer …
Failed college coach Norman Dale gets a chance at redemption when he is hired to coach a high school basketball team in a tiny Indiana town. After a teacher persuades star player Jimmy Chitwood to quit and focus on his long-neglected studies, Dale struggles to develop a winning team in the face of community criticism for his temper and his unconventional choice of assistant coach: Shooter, a notorious alcoholic.