Average rating: 4.50   90% from 4 members


Midnight Express

This has to be one of my all time favs, just a stunning piece of work!
  • Midnight Express on DVD (1978)
    Starring: Brad Davis,  Randy Quaid,  John Hurt
    Director: Alan Parker
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Based on William Hayes's autobiography, MIDNIGHT EXPRESS tells the harrowing story of a young American tourist arrested and sentenced to 30 years in prison by Turkish authorities for trying to smuggle two kilos of hashish out of the country. Billy (Brad Davis), suffering through the harsh realities ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 4,569 members

The Falcon And The Snowman

I adore the soundtrack to this, also it was my introduction to the amazing talent of Sean Penn.

Donnie Brasco

  • Donnie Brasco on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Johnny Depp,  Michael Madsen
    Director: Mike Newell
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Joe Pistone (Johnny Depp) is an FBI who ingratiates himself into the Mafia pecking order by posing as "jewel man" Donnie Brasco. He finds his loyalties divided when Lefty Ruggiero, a jaded hit man, takes him on as a protege and places real trust in him. The two men form a friendship--and a ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 21,819 members

The Green Mile

I'm not a huge Tom Hanks fan, but his portrayal is exactly how I pictured the character, when I read the book. Great stuff.

The Shawshank Redemption

Another great Stephen King Book that has been superbly done and typecast.
  • The Shawshank Redemption on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Tim Robbins,  Morgan Freeman,  Robert Gunton
    Director: Frank Darabont
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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 »
    Rate this: 4.5 stars out of 5 87% from 98,841 members

Taxi Driver


Goodfellas

  • Goodfellas on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Robert De Niro,  Ray Liotta,  Joe Pesci
    Director: Martin Scorsese
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Based on Nicholas Pileggi's book "Wiseguy", Martin Scorsese's GOODFELLAS is a wry, violent, and exhilarating film about the life of Henry Hill, an aspiring criminal who ends up in the FBI's witness protection program after testifying against his former partners. As a poor Irish-Italian growing up ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 80% from 62,930 members

Heat

  • Heat on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Robert De Niro,  Tom Sizemore
    Director: Michael Mann
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Robert De Niro and Al Pacino are finally together on screen in this riveting story about an intense rivalry between expert thief Neil McCauley (De Niro) and volatile cop Vincent Hanna (Pacino). McCauley will stop at nothing to do what he does best and neither will Hanna, even though it means ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 39,008 members

The Untouchables

  • The Untouchables on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Charles Martin Smith,  Andy Garcia,  Kevin Costner
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: £2.49
    Kevin Costner is idealistic federal agent Eliot Ness, whose assignment to clean up Prohibition-era Chicago leads to violence and many questions about upholding the law. Initially powerless to stop the flow of booze into the city (the police force is corrupt and everyone in town seems to be on the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 27,136 members

Mississippi Burning





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