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Action / Thriller

Clear and Present Danger (1994)

The third, and arguably best installment in Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan series, this time once again starring Harrison Ford (The Fugitive, Presumed Innocent) as the CIA Deputy Director. This time out, he’s sent to Colombia...

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1970s / Comedy / Drama / Sports

Slap Shot (1977)

A player/coach (Newman, The Sting) of a last-place bush-league hockey team devises a plan to turn around the team’s success and sell more tickets: beating the crap out of the other teams. This cult-classic hockey comedy...

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1930s / Comedy / Mystery / Thriller

The Lady Vanishes (1938)

A young woman (Lockwood, Night Train to Munich) heads home by train for her wedding, but along the way discovers that the woman she has tea with (Whitty, Suspicion) mysteriously disappears. After searching the train and questioning fellow...

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1950s / Science Fiction / Thriller

The War of the Worlds (1953)

Martians invade Earth for a better place to live, and seemingly no weapon the military can hurl at them can stop the UFOs. Impressive visuals are the real draw of this adaptation of the...

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1990s / Drama / Thriller

The Firm (1993)

An ambitious young lawyer (Cruise, A Few Good Men) joins a close-knit firm of lawyers who offer him more money than he ever imagined and a seemingly idyllic life in the suburbs. Problem is that this...

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1980s / Action / Comedy / Thriller

Midnight Run (1988)

An ex-cop turned bounty hunter (De Niro) will get $100,000 for bringing in an accountant (Grodin) that embezzled $15 million from a giant Chicago mob boss. It figured to be a piece of cake. Still, things...

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1980s / Horror / Science Fiction

Videodrome (1983)

The plot: A co-owner of a small uhf station seeks something more daring to show to attract more viewers. He and one of his staff stumble on a show emitted out of Pittsburgh called...

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1990s / Drama / Science Fiction

Phenomenon (1996)

I once read that human beings use at most 10-20% of their brains’ capacity during their lifetimes. It staggers the mind to think of the capacity we have to learn and grow, yet we...

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1990s / Comedy / Thriller

The Cable Guy (1996)

Ah, yes.  The old Strangers on a Train formula.  Unassuming good guy gets mixed up with a well-meaning but clinging psychotic who invades every aspect of his life and when told to go away determines to...

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1990s / Drama / Mystery

Clockers (1995)

A man is gunned down outside of a New York fast-food restaurant. The admitted killer is a hard-working and educated man (Phifer), who claims it was self-defense. The detective investigating the case (Keitel) doesn’t buy...