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Tim Robbins
Born to show-biz parents in California, Tim was raised in New York City. He started film work in TV movies in 1983. He is best-known for one of LOVEFiLM's all-time favourites Shawshank Redemption, The Hudsucker Proxy and The Player.
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Sarandon and Robbins part ways -
24 December 2009
-Hollywood power couple Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins have split after 23 years together.-
-The actors began dating in 1988 after meeting on the set of Bull Durham.-
- They never married but went on to have two children, sons Jack Henry, 20, and Miles Guthrie, 17.-
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Jumanji 2 to star Robbins -
25 June 2004
Tim Robbins looks to have joined the cast of the second film in the "Jumanji" series.-"Zathura" is based on Chris van Allsburg sequel to "Jumanji" -written 20 years after the original. - -"Jumanji" was turned into a film in 199
Tim Robbins - what members say
review by A customer from London
A real must see! 7 July 2004
review by Nobbylamp from London, England
Excellent movie 23 July 2004
review by from London
A moving, sensitive and balanced film 26 January 2004
Tim Robbins - filmography
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Green Lantern
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard
Director: Martin Campbell
Certificate: 
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In a universe as vast as it is mysterious, a small but powerful force has existed for centuries. Protectors of peace and justice, they are called the Green Lantern Corps. A brotherhood of warriors sworn to keep intergalactic order, each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers.
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63%
from 20,064 members
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Green Lantern - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard
Director: Martin Campbell
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A test pilot embraces his destiny as a cosmic superhero in CASINO ROYALE director Martin Campbell's adaptation of the popular DC Comics series. Ever since he saw his fearless father perish in a tragic aviation mishap, all Hal Jordan (Ryan Reynolds) could think about was flying -- it was the only ..read more »
64%
from 7,841 members
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Revenge of the Electric Car
(2011)
Starring: Tim Robbins, Danny DeVito, Jon Favreau
Director: Chris Paine
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In 2006, thousands of new electric cars were purposely destroyed by the same car companies that built them. Today, less than 5 years later, the electric car is back
with a vengeance. In "Revenge of the Electric Car," director Chris Paine takes his film crew behind the closed doors of Nissan, GM, ..read more »
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The Lucky Ones
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Rachel McAdams, Tim Robbins, Michael Pena
Director: Neil Burger
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After suffering an injury during a routine patrol, hardened sergeant TK Poole is granted a one-month leave to visit his fiancée. But when an unexpected blackout cancels all flights out of New York, TK agrees to share a ride to Pittsburgh with two similarly stranded servicemen: Cheever, an older ..read more »
64%
from 3,790 members
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The City of Ember
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Bill Murray, Tim Robbins, Saoirse Ronan
Director: Gil Kenan
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For generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights. But Ember's once powerful generator is failing... and the great lamps that illuminate the city are starting to flicker. Now, two teenagers in a race against time, must search Ember for clues ..read more »
63%
from 15,763 members
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Noise
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Tim Robbins, Bridget Moynahan, William Hurt
Director: Henry Bean
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David is a successful lawyer who can't stand the fact that Manhattan is a place where it's too noisy to get a good night's sleep, listen to classical music, or even make love to his wife without disturbance. Every time David hears a car alarm going off, he swings into action. Adopting the guise of "..read more »
50%
from 503 members
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The City Of Ember - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: Bill Murray, Tim Robbins, Saoirse Ronan
Director: Gil Kenan
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MONSTER HOUSE director Gil Kenan takes the helm for this children's fantasy about two young heroes who attempt to solve an ancient mystery in time to prevent their underground city from being swallowed by darkness. The City of Ember was built over 200 year ago, deep below the earth, where the ..read more »
63%
from 789 members
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Catch A Fire
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Tim Robbins, Derek Luke, Bonnie Mbuli
Director: Phillip Noyce
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A political thriller that powerfully tells the real-life story of a South African hero's journey to freedom. In the country's turbulent and divided times in the 1980s, Patrick Chamusso (Derek Luke) is an oil refinery foreman and soccer coach who is apolitical - until he and his wife Precious (..read more »
66%
from 7,659 members
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Tenacious D In The Pick Of Destiny
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Colin Hanks, Meat Loaf, Kyle Gass
Director: Liam Lynch
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Jack Black and Kyle Gass's Tenacious D began life on an amusing yet little-seen TV series about the band, which featured an array of comedy songs and glimpses into the personal lives of this hard-working outfit. But Black and Gass always had ambitions to take the Tenacious D concept further, so ..read more »
61%
from 24,427 members
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War Of The Worlds
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Justin Chatwin, Dakota Fanning
Director: Steven Spielberg
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While Martian war machines appear across the globe, the horror of the assault is depicted through the eyes of one American family who refuse to give up the fight for survival. Steven Spielberg retells H. G. Wells' seminal science fiction classic.
60%
from 99,509 members
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Zathura
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Josh Hutcherson, Jonah Bobo, Dax Shepard
Director: Jon Favreau
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Older brother Walter (Josh Hutcherson) and the younger Danny (Jonah Bobo) are constantly at war with one another, bickering over the mediating voice of their long-suffering father (Tim Robbins). When he has to go to the office to replace some papers the boys destroyed in their crossfire, he leaves ..read more »
61%
from 23,012 members
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The Secret Life of Words
(2005)
Starring: Sarah Polley, Tim Robbins, Javier Camara
Director: Isabel Coixet
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A hearing impaired factory worker gives up her first holiday in years and instead travels out to an oil rig, where she cares for a man suffering from severe burns. During the course of her stay she is challenged to conront herself and her life in a way she never expected.
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from 40 members
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War Of The Worlds - Blu-ray
(2005)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Miranda Otto, Dakota Fanning
Director: Steven Spielberg
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One cannot help but think of terrorist attacks while watching Steven Spielberg's update of the classic sci-fi fantasy THE WAR OF THE WORLDS. While the H.G. Wells story dates back to 1898, and has inspired previous adaptations, this particular version feeds off its 21st century audience's fear of a ..read more »
64%
from 1,433 member
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Mystic River - Blu-ray
(2003)
Starring: Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Laurence Fishburne
Director: Clint Eastwood
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In Clint Eastwood's MYSTIC RIVER, a murder mystery in South Boston unites three men who have been friends since childhood. Grippingly powerful performances from the entire cast--Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Marcia Gay Harden, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, and Laura Linney--combined with gritty ..read more »
73%
from 2,236 members
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Mystic River
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Laurence Fishburne
Director: Clint Eastwood
Certificate:
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Three friends, Jimmy, Sean and Dave, reunite after the death of Jimmy's daughter. Sean is a detective assigned to the case and has to deal with Jimmy's rages.
67%
from 67,010 members
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Code 46
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Tim Robbins, Samantha Morton, Om Puri
Director: Michael Winterbottom
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Set in Shanghai in the near future, CODE 46 takes place in a world where in-vitro fertilization, embryo splitting, and cloning have become so widespread that the government monitors all pregnancies to avoid incestuous births, whether on purpose or accidental. In Michael Winterbottom's science-..read more »
47%
from 10,999 members
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The Truth About Charlie
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Thandie Newton, Tim Robbins
Director: Jonathan Demme
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Jonathan Demme's THE TRUTH ABOUT CHARLIE is a swirling romantic suspense thriller, a remake of the 1963 Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn vehicle, CHARADE. Set in Paris, the film stars Thandie Newton as a British ex-pat whose art dealer husband is murdered while she's on vacation. Arriving home, she is ..read more »
44%
from 1,249 member
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Human Nature
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Tim Robbins, Patricia Arquette, Rhys Ifans
Director: Michel Gondry
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When Lila Jute (Patricia Arquette), a nature writer with excessive body hair, meets Nathan Bronfman (Tim Robbins), an obsessive/compulsive scientist attempting to teach mice table manners, the two begin an unlikely romance. On a hiking trip, the new couple encounters a feral young man (Rhys Ifans) ..read more »
52%
from 4,406 members
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Anti-Trust
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Rachael Leigh Cook, Ryan Phillippe, Claire Forlani
Director: Peter Howitt
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Stanford grad Milo Hoffman (Ryan Phillippe) and his equally talented friend, Teddy (Yee Jee Tso), intend to form an Internet start-up and take the world by storm. That all changes when Milo is courted by deceptively friendly software magnate Gary Winston (Tim Robbins), the immensely wealthy head of ..read more »
60%
from 1,525 member
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Mission To Mars
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Gary Sinise, Don Cheadle, Connie Nielsen
Director: Brian De Palma
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In 2020, a group of astronauts headed by Luke Graham (Don Cheadle) set out to be the first humans on Mars. After they've landed, they investigate a strange noise near an unusual rock formation, and an unpredicted storm conjures up a living tunnel of sand that wipes out everyone except Graham. His ..read more »
58%
from 4,606 members
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Arlington Road
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins, Joan Cusack
Director: Mark Pellington
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George Washington University professor Michael Faraday (Jeff Bridges) teaches a course in terrorism, but after his wife, an FBI agent, is killed under questionable circumstances, he becomes obsessed with the topic. An all-American family moves in across the street, but Faraday soon suspects that ..read more »
69%
from 9,001 members
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Nothing To Lose
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Martin Lawrence, Tim Robbins, John McGinley
Director: Steve Oedekerk
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After Nick finds his wife in bed with another man his life takes a turn for the worst. He's carjacked by another down and out loser and this unlikely pair, with nothing to lose, team up and take the high road to crime with hilarious results.
70%
from 3,034 members
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Dead Man Walking
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn, Robert Prosky
Director: Tim Robbins
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This acclaimed film traces the relationship between a death-row inmate and the local nun to whom he turns for spiritual guidance in the days leading up to his scheduled execution. Matthew Poncelet (Sean Penn) has been convicted of the rape and murder of two young lovers and is awaiting execution. ..read more »
69%
from 10,988 members
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I.Q.
(1995)
Starring: Meg Ryan, Tim Robbins, Walter Matthau
Director: Fred Schepisi
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On a sunny afternoon in Princeton, New Jersey, of the 1950s, love strikes in the oddest way: Albert Einstein's niece Catherine (Meg Ryan), and her uptight fiance James (Stephen Fry), stop at a gas station for car repairs, and when dim-witted grease monkey Ed Walters (Tim Robbins) appears, he falls ..read more »
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from 2,555 members
Not currently released
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The Shawshank Redemption
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: James Whitmore, Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman
Director: Frank Darabont
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City Banker Andy Dufresne is in Shawshank State Prison after receiving a double life sentence for murder. There he meets Red and also forms friendships with the warden and prison guards. Andy soon finds that you either get on with living or you get on with dying. The bonus features stretch over two ..read more »
88%
from 123,586 members
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Pret A Porter
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Julia Roberts, Tim Robbins, Kim Basinger
Director: Robert Altman
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Robert Altman delivers another sprawling satire with READY TO WEAR, this time focusing his lens on the tightly knit, pretentious fashion industry. After a popular fashion leader dies during the most important industry gathering of the year in Paris, the question that it might have been murder ..read more »
42%
from 1,585 member
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Short Cuts
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Andie MacDowell, Tim Robbins, Madeline Stowe
Director: Robert Altman
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Based on stories by Raymond Carver, Short Cuts follows 22 Los Angeles residents whose lives intersect over the course of a few days. Ann and Howard Finnegan (Andie MacDowell and Bruce Davison) are preparing for their son Casey's birthday party when the boy is injured in an auto accident and falls ..read more »
69%
from 4,626 members
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Luck, Trust and Ketchup - The Making of ...
on DVD
(1993)
Director: Mike Kaplan, John Dorr
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This documentary takes the viewer behind the scenes of the making of the Robert Altman film SHORT CUTS. Based on a collection of short stories by Raymond Carver, the movie chronicles the triumphs and failures of ordinary people. The documentary presents interviews with the cast, the director, and ..read more »
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from 32 members
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Bob Roberts
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Tim Robbins, Giancarlo Esposito, Alan Rickman
Director: Tim Robbins
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Brilliant political satire about the senatorial campaign of a right-wing candidate. Told in a mockumentary style, a corrupt rightwing folksinger runs a crooked election campaign while only one independent muck-raking reporter is trying to stop him.
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from 1,371 member
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The Player
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Whoopi Goldberg
Director: Robert Altman
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Robert Altman's adaptation of Michael Tolkin's novel gives the notorious director a chance to address perhaps his greatest nemesis: the Hollywood studio system. Disguised as a thriller, the film assembles virtually every famous actor in Hollywood to create an exhilarating blend of real life and ..read more »
69%
from 5,856 members
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Jacob's Ladder - Blu-ray
(1990)
Starring: Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Pena, Danny Aiello
Director: Adrian Lyne
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Adrian Lyne's JACOB'S LADDER moves in time and space between Vietnam and New York with hallucinatory force. Something bad happened on the Mekong Delta, on October 6, 1971, and it is still affecting war veteran Jacob (Tim Robbins) in Brooklyn as he attempts to live a normal life with coworker and ..read more »
69%
from 835 members
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Jacob's Ladder
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Pena, Danny Aiello
Director: Adrian Lyne
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Adrian Lyne's JACOB'S LADDER moves in time and space between Vietnam and New York with hallucinatory force. Something bad happened on the Mekong Delta, on October 6, 1971, and it is still affecting war veteran Jacob (Tim Robbins) in Brooklyn as he attempts to live a normal life with coworker and ..read more »
67%
from 7,745 members
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Cadillac Man
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Robin Williams, Tim Robbins, Pamela Reed
Director: Roger Donaldson
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When one car salesman gets the opportunity to redeem himself from all his sleazy sales pitches, financial philandering, and relentless womanizing, he is forced to confront all his demons in one very long afternoon.
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from 571 members
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Erik The Viking
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Terry Jones, John Cleese, Tim Robbins
Director: Terry Jones
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Tim Robbins stars as Erik the Viking, a thoughtful man in a violent time who does not enjoy killing and raping like the rest of his people. When he accidentally kills a woman while defending her, he reevaluates his life and goes off in search of the Horn Resounding, which has the power to bring him ..read more »
62%
from 1,480 member
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Tapeheads
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: 'Weird Al' Yankovic, Tim Robbins, John Cusack
Director: Bill Fishman
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John Cusack and Tim Robbins star in this comedy as Ivan and Josh, a pair of dim witted security guards who love music videos and lose their jobs after throwing a party while they're supposed to be working. Having no immediate job prospects, the two decide to form their own music video production ..read more »
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from 508 members
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Bull Durham
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins
Director: Ron Shelton
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A blend of comedy, drama and romance, Bull Durham follows the intertwining of three lives brought together by the great American pastime. Crash Davis (Kevin Costner, showcasing his Midwestern charm) is a perennial Minor Leaguer assigned to the Durham Bulls, a hapless team with a long tradition of ..read more »
61%
from 2,909 members
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Miss Firecracker
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Holly Hunter, Mary Steenburgen, Tim Robbins
Director: Thomas Schlamme
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Orphaned as a child, Carnelle has grown up in the shadow of her beautiful cousin, a proper southern belle and past Miss Firecracker. Carnelle sets her sights on the current crown and devises a scheme to enter and win the contest.
50%
from 173 members
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Five Corners
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Jodie Foster, Tim Robbins, Todd Graff
Director: Tony Bill
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The Bronx, 1964. Linda is beautiful tough and terrified. The psychotic rapist she helped convict and jail is out, and looking for her. She and two eccentric friends are soon plunged into a shattering ordeal of urban cat and mouse that will cut a path of death and destruction across the ashes.
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from 118 members
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Top Gun - HD
(1986)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer
Director: Tony Scott
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Cocky, undisciplined Maverick (Tom Cruise) flies by instinct and breaks all of the rules at the Navy fighter pilot academy with his best friend and co-pilot Goose (Anthony Edwards). Along the way, Maverick romances the civilian astrophysics instructor (Kelly McGillis) who is initially put off by ..read more »
74%
from 656 members
Not currently released
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Howard the Duck
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Lea Thompson, Tim Robbins, Jeffrey Jone
Director: Willard Huyck
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Sassy, wise-cracking human sized duck Howard is going about his day to day life on his home planet, when an experiment involving a laser beam on far flung planet Earth drags him halfway across the cosmos to Cleveland, USA. Howard is understandably unsettled, but soon makes close friends with singer ..read more »
63%
from 1,603 member
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Top Gun
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer
Director: Tony Scott
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Devil-may-care navy pilot Pete Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is sent to Miramar Naval Air Station for advanced training. Here he vies with Tom Kasansky (Val Kilmer) for the coveted Top Gun award. When not so occupied, Mitchell carries on a romance with civilian consultant Charlotte Blackwood (Kelly ..read more »
69%
from 35,129 members
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Toy Soldiers
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Jason Miller, Cleavon Little, Terri Garber
Director: David Fisher
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Seven American college students are captured and held for ransom by a Central American government. When the United States refuses to pay their ransom, a seasoned soldier of fortune puts together a rag-tag rescue force comprised of a group of daring students. They are the "Toy Soldiers."
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from 285 members
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Top Gun - Blu-ray
(1986)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer
Director: Tony Scott
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Cocky, undisciplined Maverick (Tom Cruise) flies by instinct and breaks all of the rules at the Navy fighter pilot academy with his best friend and co-pilot Goose (Anthony Edwards). Along the way, Maverick romances the civilian astrophysics instructor (Kelly McGillis) who is initially put off by ..read more »
76%
from 2,811 members
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The Sure Thing
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: John Cusack, Daphne Zuniga, Nicolette Sheridan
Director: Rob Reiner
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When free-spirited but juvenile Walter 'Gib' Gibson (John Cusack) meets studious, uptight Alison Bradbury (Daphne Zuniga) at an unnamed Ivy League college, sparks fly; unfortunately, they are mostly of the disastrous variety as all of Gib's attempts at courtship fall painfully apart. Inevitably, ..read more »
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from 8,270 members
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Amazing Stories - Season 1
(4 discs)
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: John Lithgow, Tim Robbins, Charlie Sheen
Director: Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese
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Academy Award-winning writer/director Steven Spielberg presents AMAZING STORIES, the hit television series featuring a star-studded cast including John Lithgow, Kiefer Sutherland, Tim Robbins, Charlie Sheen, and Kevin Costner. The show's first groundbreaking series blends mystery, science fiction, ..read more »
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from 334 members
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...real favourite. A hilarious film, lots of laugh-out-loud comedy. The scene with Tim Robbins 'dancing' by the car will have you in stitches. The two actors work well toget...
