old bones' favorites (35 titles)
80% from 2 members
Carlito's Way
one of the best ganster's films
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Carlito's Way
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Al Pacino, Sean Penn, Penelope Ann Miller
Director: Brian De Palma
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Notorious Puerto Rican heroin dealer Carlito Brigante (Al Pacino) is released from jail on a technicality thanks to the manipulations of his sleazy lawyer buddy (Sean Penn). All he wants is to keep his nose clean and earn enough money to start a business in the Bahamas--and maybe rekindle romance ..read more »
74%
from 20,256 members
Sideways
amazing performances
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Sideways
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen
Director: Alexander Payne
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Two men reaching middle age with not much to show but disappointment, embark on a week long road trip through California's wine country, just as one is about to take a trip down the altar.
63%
from 64,952 members
Fight Club
great fun with a twist
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Fight Club
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Brad Pitt, Helena Bonham-Carter, Meat Loaf
Director: David Fincher
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FIGHT CLUB is narrated by a lonely, unfulfilled young man (Edward Norton) who finds his only comfort in feigning terminal illness and attending disease support groups. Hopping from group to group, he encounters another pretender, or tourist, the morose Marla Singer (Helena Bonham Carter), who ..read more »
77%
from 74,062 members
Pulp Fiction
a roller coaster of fun
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Pulp Fiction
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: John Travolta, Christopher Walken, Bruce Willis
Director: Quentin Tarantino
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Quentin Tarantino's blockbuster follow-up to RESERVOIR DOGS is a breathtaking tribute to old dime store novels about small time hoods and dangerous criminals. It features deftly woven plotlines, creating a mythic Los Angeles underworld of drug dealers, molls, affable hitmen, restaurant-robbing ..read more »
81%
from 86,938 members
Jacob's Ladder
deeply insightful and unsettling
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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 »
66%
from 6,752 members
Shallow Grave
black humor
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Shallow Grave
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Christopher Eccleston, Ewan McGregor, Kerry Fox
Director: Danny Boyle
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After three Edinburgh roommates (Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston, and Kerry Fox) finally choose a new roommate they can live with, they find him dead on the floor with a suitcase full of cash. While trying to remove the body and extricate themselves from the situation, they wade hip-deep into ..read more »
70%
from 15,780 members
In Bruges
black humor with great performances
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In Bruges
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes
Director: Martin McDonagh
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Holed up in Bruges, Belgium after a difficult job, two hit men (Farrell and Gleeson) begin to differ on their views of life and death as they become used to local customs.
74%
from 63,217 members
The Sting
a must see classic
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The Sting
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw
Director: George Roy Hill
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Hoping that box-office lighting might strike twice, George Roy Hill again joined forces with Paul Newman and Robert Redford, who star as con men Henry Gondorff and Johnny Hooker in THE STING. In the Chicago of the 1930s, Johnny's partner, Luther (Robert Earl Jones), is fatally wounded by a victim ..read more »
75%
from 10,843 members
Stand By Me
a must see classic full of nostalgic feelings
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Stand By Me
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Wil Wheaton
Director: Rob Reiner
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Based on Stephen King's novella THE BODY, director Rob Reiner's STAND BY ME is the disarmingly tender and subtly sublime story of four kids on the precipice of early adulthood who embark upon a quest. There's Gordie (Wil Wheaton), the intelligent, creative one with the obviously bright future. His ..read more »
75%
from 28,442 members
1984
a must see classic. Dark
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1984
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: John Hurt, Richard Burton, Cyril Cusack
Director: Michael Radford
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A fine and stunning screen adaptation of Orwell's prophetic 1948 novel about a world in which the government completely controls the masses by controlling their thoughts, altering history and even changing the meaning of words to suit its needs. This was Richard Burton's final film.
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from 5,241 members
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