The Big Kahuna (1999)
Comedy | Drama
Three salesmen wait in the company's hospitality suite at a manufacturers' convention for a "big kahuna" to show up, in hopes they can persuade him to place an order that could salvage the company's flagging sales.
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, Peter Facinelli
Director: John Swanbeck
Stanley & Iris (1990)
Drama | Romance
Stanley Cox is a shy, illiterate short-order cook who has never taken a chance at love. Iris King is a newly widowed factory worker who has vowed never to love again. But as their friendship slowly blossoms and Iris helps Stanley learn to read, his strong yet gentle kindness helps mend her broken heart. And where two lonely strangers stood trapped within the past, Stanley and Iris can now begin a new chapter of their lives – together.
Starring: Jane Fonda, Robert De Niro, Swoosie Kurtz, Martha Plimpton, Harley Cross, Jamey Sheridan
Director: Martin Ritt
School Ties (1992)
Drama
A Jewish boy goes to an elite prep school in the 1950's and hides his religion until a jealous bigot forces it out in the open.
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon, Chris O'Donnell, Randall Batinkoff, Ben Affleck, Cole Hauser
Director: Robert Mandel
Punchline / Punch Line (1988)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Field plays a housewife and mother who suddenly develops the urge to be a comedienne. Her comic instincts are on target, but her timing and delivery stinks. Tom Hanks, a stand-up comic with a few years' experience under his belt, offers to teach Field the ropes.
Starring: Sally Field, Tom Hanks, John Goodman, Mark Rydell, Kim Greist, Paul Mazursky
Director: David Seltzer
Neverwas (2005)
Drama | Fantasy | Mystery
A well-educated psychiatrist leaves an academic career to work at an institution where his father, a novelist, lived before writing a renowned children's book.
Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Ian McKellen, Brittany Murphy, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, William Hurt
Director: Joshua Michael Stern
My Life (1993)
Drama
Bob and Gail Jones are expecting their first child, but Bob has been diagnosed with kidney cancer which will possibly take his life before his child is born. Heartbroken at the prospect of not ever getting to know his child, he decides to make a video about himself and his life so that his child will know him.
Starring: Michael Keaton, Nicole Kidman, Bradley Whitford, Queen Latifah, Michael Constantine, Haing S. Ngor
Director: Bruce Joel Rubin
Murder at 1600 (1997)
Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
D.C. detective Harlan Regis is called to the White House after a young woman is murdered in the White House. Regis realizes this won't be a typical investigation as he keeps running into a brick wall with the Secret Service.
Starring: Wesley Snipes, Diane Lane, Dennis Miller, Alan Alda, Ronny Cox, Tate Donovan
Director: Dwight H. Little
Heist (2001)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
A jewel thief's nephew is sent along on a heist to ensure a longtime partner in crime stays honest about the division of the loot.
Starring: Gene Hackman, Rebecca Pidgeon, Danny DeVito, Delroy Lindo, Sam Rockwell, Ricky Jay
Director: David Mamet
Gung Ho (1986)
Comedy | Drama
When a Japanese car company buys an American plant, the American liason must mediate the clash of work attitudes between the foreign management and native labor.
Starring: Michael Keaton, Gedde Watanabe, George Wendt, Mimi Rogers, John Turturro, Sô Yamamura
Director: Ron Howard
First Daughter (2004)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
The first daughter of the U.S. President heads off to college where she falls for a graduate student with a secret agenda.
Starring: Katie Holmes, Marc Blucas, Michael Keaton, Lela Rochon, Margaret Colin, Michael Milhoan
Director: Forest Whitaker
Dad (1989)
Comedy | Drama
A busy, "always-on-the-run" executive learns during a meeting that his mother may be dying and rushes home to her side. He ends up being his father's caretaker and becomes closer to him than ever before. In the process, he teaches his father to be more independent which causes problems with the man's wife. Estranged from his own son, the executive comes to realize what has been missing in his own life.
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Ted Danson, Olympia Dukakis, Kathy Baker, Kevin Spacey, Ethan Hawke
Director: Gary David Goldberg
City By the Sea / Mark of a Murderer (2002)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Vincent Lamarca, whose father was executed for a 1950s kidnapping of a child, grew up to become a police officer, only to see his own son become a murderer.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Frances McDormand, James Franco, Eliza Dushku, William Forsythe, Patti LuPone
Director: Michael Caton-Jones
Article 99 (1992)
Comedy | Drama
A group of doctors in a veteran's hospital must contend with their hopeless situation: too many patients and not enough beds.
Starring: Ray Liotta, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Lea Thompson, John C. McGinley, Keith David
Director: Howard Deutch
Alexander the Last (2009)
Drama | Romance
An ensemble drama about a married actress, her sister and their myriad sexual and creative temptations.
Starring: Jess Weixler, Justin Rice, Barlow Jacobs, Amy Seimetz, Jane Adams, Josh Hamilton
Director: Joe Swanberg
NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (TV Series 2003- )
Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
From Donald P. Bellisario, an acclaimed producer, comes "NCIS," a hit spin-off of "JAG," that brings us the inner workings of the government agency that investigates all crimes involving Navy and Marine Corps personnel, regardless of rank or position. Leading this team that operates outside of the military chain of command is NCIS Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Mark Harmon), a skilled investigator and interrogator who is smart, tough and willing to bend the rules to get the job done. Working under Gibbs is Agent Anthony Dinozzo (Michael Weatherly), a former homicide detective who joined NCIS just a few years ago, but who has instincts that can come only from working on the streets. Joining them is Agent Abby Sciuto (Pauley Perrette), a gifted forensic scientist whose dark wit matches her goth-style hair and clothes, and Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard (David McCallum), a medical examiner.
Starring: Mark Harmon, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette, David McCallum, Sean Murray, Cote de Pablo, Brian Dietzen, Rocky Carroll
Creator: Donald P. Bellisario, Don McGill
NCIS: Los Angeles (TV Series 2009- )
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
NCIS: LOS ANGELES is a drama about the high stakes world of undercover surveillance at the Office of Special Projects (OSP), a division of NCIS that is charged with apprehending dangerous and elusive criminals that pose a threat to the nation's security. By assuming false identities and utilizing the most advanced technology, this team of highly trained agents goes deep undercover, putting their lives on the line in the field to bring down their targets. Special Agent "G" Callen (Chris O'Donnell) is a chameleon who transforms himself into whomever he needs to be to infiltrate the criminal underworld. His partner is Special Agent Sam Hanna (LL COOL J), a former U.S. Navy SEAL who has seen action in both Afghanistan and Iraq, and a surveillance expert who uses state of the art monitoring equipment to look out for those in the field and feed them crucial information. Both Callen and Hanna report to Special Agent Lara Macy (Louise Lombard), the OSP team leader responsible for directing the operations and making life-or-death decisions. Assisting the team is Special Agent Kensi Lo (Daniela Ruah), the exceptionally bright daughter of a slain Marine who lives for the adrenalin rush that comes with undercover work, and Operational Psychologist Nate Getz (Peter Cambor), adept at getting into anybody's head, profiling the target and monitoring agents' states of mind before, during and after missions. Armed with the latest in high tech gear and sent regularly into life-threatening situations, this tight-knit team relies on each other to do what is necessary to protect national interests. Shane Brennan ("NCIS") is the executive producer for CBS Television Studios.
Starring: Chris O'Donnell, LL Cool J, Daniela Ruah, Eric Christian Olsen, Linda Hunt, Barrett Foa, Renée Felice Smith, Miguel Ferrer
Creator: Shane Brennan
NCIS: New Orleans (TV Series 2014- )
Crime | Drama
The NCIS's New Orleans field office investigates criminal cases affecting military personnel in The Big Easy, a city known for its music, entertainment and decadence. Leading the team is Special Agent Dwayne 'King' Pride, a native of New Orleans who is driven by his need to do what is right. Working with him is Special Agent Christopher LaSalle, who plays hard but works harder; and Special Agent Meredith 'Merri' Brody, a charismatic and tough interrogator who transferred from the Great Lakes office in search of a fresh start. Supporting them is coroner, Dr. Loretta Wade, who is as eccentric as she is smart. This colorful city that harbors a dark side is a magnet for service personnel on leave, and when overindulgence is followed by trouble, Pride's team is at its best.
Starring: Scott Bakula, Lucas Black, Rob Kerkovich, CCH Pounder, Daryl Mitchell, Shalita Grant, Zoe McLellan
Creator: Gary Glasberg
Dragon Blade / Tian jiang xiong shi (2015)
Action | Adventure | Drama
Set in China during the Han dynasty (206-220 AD), Dragon Blade follows Huo An, an official framed and enslaved for a crime he didn't commit. Soon thereafter, however, he meets Roman soldier in Cusack's Lucius and the pair begin to form an unlikely alliance.
Starring: John Cusack, Adrien Brody, Jackie Chan, Sharni Vinson
Director: Daniel Lee
Sala / Kinki (2014)
Drama
Sala is a teacher at a girls' high school. She has a relationship with a female high school student there. One day, she learns that her father is involved in a crime. She has been estranged from her father for years. Sala goes to her father's home and finds a boy that was confined there by her father. Her father asks Sala to hide the boy.
Starring: Kiki Sugino, Taiga, Shirô Sano, Takeshi Yamamoto, Seiko Fujimura, Ryû Morioka, Sarara Tsukifune
Director: Kôtarô Wajima
Beautiful & Twisted / Beautiful and Twisted (2015)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
Following the murder of hotel heir Ben Novack Jr., police focus their investigation on his wife, Narcy.
Starring: Rob Lowe, Paz Vega, Candice Bergen
Director: Christopher Zalla
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