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Big (1988)
Big
7.2 (5 ratings) director: Penny Marshall actor: Thomas Jeffrey Hanks / Elizabeth Perkins …
When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big—he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight. But he is still the same 13-year-old boy inside. Now he must learn how to cope with the unfamiliar world of grown-ups including getting a job and having his first romantic encounter with a woman.
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Big Night (1996) IMDb TMDB Skybridge
Big Night
7.6 (5 ratings) director: Campbell Scott / Stanley Tucci actor: Stanley Tucci / Tony Shalhoub …
other title: A Grande Inauguração / Big Night - Nacht der Genüsse …
Primo and Secondo, two immigrant brothers, pin their hopes on a banquet honoring Louis Prima to save their struggling restaurant.
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Big Business (1988) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Big Business
director: Jim Abrahams actor: Bette Midler / Lily Tomlin …
other title: Affari d'oro / Alle disse kvinder …
In the 1940s in the small town of Jupiter Hollow, two sets of identical twins are born in the same hospital on the same night. One set to a poor local family and the other to a rich family just passing through. The dizzy nurse on duty accidentally mixes the twins unbeknown to the parents. Our story flashes forward to the 1980s where the mismatched sets of twins are about to cross paths.
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By Dawn's Early Light (1990) WikiData IMDb TMDB Skybridge
By Dawn's Early Light
director: Jack Sholder actor: Powers Boothe / Rebecca De Mornay …
other title: Codice Trinity- Attacco all'alba / Condition Red …
A nuclear warhead launched by Soviet insurgents protesting the waning Cold War destroys the Ukrainian city of Donetsk. The destruction sets off a race between American and Soviet politicians to prevent a nuclear holocaust. While the U.S. president feverishly works to keep the military and political machine from going into overdrive, various subordinates panic. When the president is believed to be killed in a helicopter crash, zealous advisers take over.
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The Thing from Another World (1951) IMDb TMDB Skybridge
The Thing from Another World
director: Christian Nyby actor: Kenneth Tobey / Margaret Sheridan …
other title: La cosa da un altro mondo / Manden fra Mars …
Scientists and US Air Force officials fend off a blood-thirsty alien organism while investigating at a remote arctic outpost.
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Battlefield Earth (2000)
Battlefield Earth
director: Roger Christian actor: John Travolta / Barry Pepper …
other title: Battaglia per la Terra / A Reconquista …
In the year 3000, man is no match for the Psychlos, a greedy, manipulative race of aliens on a quest for ultimate profit. Led by the powerful Terl, the Psychlos are stripping Earth clean of its natural resources, using the broken remnants of humanity as slaves. What is left of the human race has descended into a near primitive state. After being captured, it is up to Tyler to save mankind.
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The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
7.6 (20 ratings) director: David Zucker actor: Leslie Nielsen / Priscilla Presley …
other title: Una pallottola spuntata / Høj pistolføring …
When the bumbling Lieutenant Frank Drebin investigates events following the shooting of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.
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The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
7.6 (13 ratings) director: David Zucker actor: Leslie Nielsen / Priscilla Presley …
other title: Una pallottola spuntata 2½ - L'odore della paura / Høj pistolføring 2½: Lovens lange næse …
Bumbling lieutenant Frank Drebin is out to foil the big boys in the energy industry, who intend to suppress technology that will put them out of business.
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Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994)
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
7.4 (9 ratings) director: Peter Segal actor: Leslie Nielsen / Priscilla Presley …
other title: Una pallottola spuntata 33⅓ - L'insulto finale / Høj pistolføring 33⅓: Den ultimative fornærmelse …
Frank Drebin is persuaded out of retirement to go undercover in a state prison. There he has to find out what top terrorist, Rocco, has planned for when he escapes. Adding to his problems, Frank's wife, Jane, is desperate for a baby.
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Barcelona (1994)
Barcelona
director: Whit Stillman actor: Taylor Nichols / Chris Eigeman …
During the 1980s, uptight Ted Boynton is a salesman working in the Barcelona office of a Chicago-based company. He receives an unexpected visit from his cousin Fred, a naval officer who has come to Spain on a public relations mission for a U.S. fleet. Not exactly friends in the past, Ted and Fred strike up relationships with women in the Spanish city and experience conflicts -- Ted with his employer, and Fred with the Barcelona community.
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Metropolitan (1990) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Metropolitan
director: Whit Stillman actor: Edward Clements / Chris Eigeman …
other title: Metropolitan - Verdammt, bourgeois, verliebt
A radical student is adopted by a group of young New Yorkers, serves as a catalyst to alter his and their lives. Gathering in a Manhattan apartment, the group of friends meet to discuss social mobility, Fourier's socialism and play bridge in their cocoon of upper-class society - until they are joined by a man with a critical view of their way of life.
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The Lady Eve (1941)
The Lady Eve
director: Preston Sturges actor: Barbara Stanwyck / Henry Fonda …
other title: Lady Eva / As Três Noites de Eva …
It's no accident when wealthy Charles falls for Jean. Jean is a con artist with her sights set on Charles' fortune. Matters complicate when Jean starts falling for her mark. When Charles suspects Jean is a gold digger, he dumps her. Jean, fixated on revenge and still pining for the millionaire, devises a plan to get back in Charles' life. With love and payback on her mind, she re-introduces herself to Charles, this time as an aristocrat named Lady Eve Sidwich.
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The Electric Horseman (1979)
The Electric Horseman
director: Sydney Pollack actor: Robert Redford / Jane Fonda …
other title: Il cavaliere elettrico / Den lysende rytter …
A former champion rodeo rider is reduced to using his saddle skills to promote a breakfast cereal in a gaudy Las Vegas show. When he's asked to perform with a $12 million horse, he discovers it is being doped to remain docile. He flees into the desert astride the beast in an act of defiance. A story-hungry female reporter gives chase.