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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 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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Tripwire (1989) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Tripwire
director: James Lemmo actor: Terence Knox / David Warner …
other title: Ein Schritt zu weit / Piège de sang …
A band of ruthless international terrorists led by Josef Szabo hijack a speeding railroad train loaded with a full arsenal of powerful military weaponry capable of threatening world peace. The only hero who can stop the terrorists' scheme for world domination is Jack DeForest. During the battle between good and evil the hero DeForest accidentally kills the son of the Szabo. Seeking revenge Szabo locates DeForest’s family, murders his wife and kidnaps their teenage son thereby turning their fight it into a personal vendetta. So, DeForest must fight not only to save the world, but for his only remaining family.
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Excessive Force (1993) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Excessive Force
director: Jon Hess actor: Thomas Ian Griffith / Lance Henriksen …
other title: Excessive Force - Im Sumpf der Gewalt / Fuerza excesiva …
Chicago policeman Terry McCain is determined to put away mobster Sal DiMarco, who always gets acquitted on technicalities. While monitoring a drug sale, a shootout ensues, and one of Terry's fellow officers gets away with $3 million of Sal's money. Suspecting Terry took the cash, the mobster sends his men to kill Terry's brother, Dylan, and partner, Frankie Hawkins. Furious, Terry sets out to take his revenge by any means necessary.
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The Magic Blade (1976)
天涯明月刀
director: Chor Yuen actor: Ti Lung / Lo Lieh …
other title: Der Todesschlag der Stahlfinger / Le Sabre infernal …
Two rival swordsmen in imperial China, poncho-clad Fu Hung-Hsueh and Yen nan-Fei vie with a power-hungry villain for the deadly Peacock Dart and fend off waves of expert killers during their journey.
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The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974)
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
director: Roy Ward Baker / Chang Cheh actor: Peter Cushing / David Chiang Da-Wei …
other title: La leggenda dei 7 vampiri d'oro / Die 7 goldenen Vampire …
Professor Van Helsing had been asked to help against the tyranny of skeletal creatures that are responsible for terror and death amongst the peasants in rural China. He is the only person qualified to deal with the cause of these phenomena, for the undead are controlled by the most diabolical force of all.... Count Dracula. But he is not alone- to aid him comes a mystical brotherhood of seven martial arts warriors.
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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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Boiler Room (2000) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Boiler Room
director: Ben Younger actor: Giovanni Ribisi / Vin Diesel …
other title: 1 km da Wall Street / O Primeiro Milhão …
A college dropout gets a job as a broker for a suburban investment firm and is on the fast track to success—but the job might not be as legitimate as it sounds.
Oct. 25, 2025 watched
Not bad, but not quite as good as the films it name-checks, like Wall Street and Glengarry Glenn Ross.

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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.