In the mid-1980s, the U.S. is poised on the brink of nuclear war. This shadow looms over the residents of a small town in Kansas as they continue their daily lives. Dr. Russell Oakes maintains his busy schedule at the hospital, Denise Dahlberg prepares for her upcoming wedding, and Stephen Klein is deep in his graduate studies. When the unthinkable happens and the bombs come down, the town's residents are thrust into the horrors of nuclear winter.

CrissCross

1992

English

5.8

♡ 17

23%

Chris Menges Director

David Arnott as Chris Cross

Arliss Howard as Joe

Steve Buscemi as Louis

Deirdre O'Connell as Shelly

A 12-year-old boy comes of age in 1969 Key West against the backdrop of the Apollo moon landing, when he begins to sell cocaine so his mother can stop stripping.

Men Don't Leave

1990

English

6.6

♡ 9

83%

Paul Brickman Director

Arliss Howard as Charles Simon

David Cale as Fred

Joan Cusack as Jody

Jane Morris as Laura

A widowed mother and her two sons move to Baltimore and struggle to adjust to urban life, encountering numerous eccentric characters along the way.

Beyond the Call

1996

English

5.8

♡ 3

80%

Tony Bill Director

Leslie Carlson as Dan

Arliss Howard as Keith O'Brien

Sissy Spacek as Pam O'Brien

David Strathairn as Russell Cates

Russell Gates (David Strahairn) is a Vietnam vet on death row for killing a policeman. His childhood sweetheart, Pam O'Brien (Sissy Spacek), is stunned to learn this and does not believe he could commit such a crime. She writes to him much to the dismay of her husband Keith and becomes obsessed with the case, exploring every avenue that may still be open to the doomed man. The trips to the prison take a toll on both her marriage and her family.

Wilder Napalm

1993

English

5.5

♡ 6

29%

Glenn Gordon Caron Director

Marvin J. McIntyre as Deputy Sheriff Spivey

Daniel Hagen as Harrison

Dennis Quaid as Wallace

Arliss Howard as Wilder

Wilder and Wallace are brothers and pyrokinetics. Ever since childhood they've been able to start fires with their minds but following a tragedy in which they accidentally killed a man, the brothers have grown up very differently. Wilder has become a regular 9-5 workaday joe but Wallace performs his feats with a traveling circus. When the circus comes to Wilder's home town Wallace starts coming on strong to Wilder's wife, Vida who, ironically, is a slight pyromaniac.

The Lightship

1985

English

6.3

♡ 4

50%

Jerzy Skolimowski Director

Robert Duvall as Calvin Caspary

Klaus Maria Brandauer as Captain Miller

Arliss Howard as Eddie

Robert Costanzo as Stump

A trio of robbers, two brothers and their twisted genius leader, invade a lightship, but don't reckon on the crew fighting back.

Lapsis

2020

English

6.2

♡ 8

95%

70%

Action

brother brother relationship

chronic fatigue syndrome

Noah Hutton Director

Jason Babinsky as Brian

Arliss Howard as Dr. Mangold

James McDaniel as Felix

Frank Wood as John

In a parallel present, delivery man Ray Tincelli is struggling to support himself and his ailing younger brother. After a series of two-bit hustles and unsuccessful swindles, Ray takes a job in a strange new realm of the gig economy: trekking deep into the forest, pulling cable over miles of terrain to connect large, metal cubes that link together the new quantum trading market. As he gets pulled deeper into the zone, he encounters growing hostility and the threat of robot cablers, and must choose to either help his fellow workers or to get rich and get out.

Big Bad Love

2001

English

5.8

♡ 4

42%

Arliss Howard Director

Arliss Howard as Barlow

Sigourney Weaver as Betti DeLoreo

Angie Dickinson as Mrs. Barlow

Rosanna Arquette as Velma

Vietnam veteran Leon Barlow is struggling as a writer, and his personal life isn't much better. His unsympathetic ex-wife Marilyn doesn't approve of his visits with his two children, and he has problems with alcohol. Yet even when Leon manages to catch up on alimony and child support payments, things in his life seem to decline further, until a sudden tragedy catches him off guard.

Filmworker

2017

English

7.4

♡ 17

95%

Tony Zierra Director

Marisa Berenson as Herself

John Lennon as Himself

Tom Cruise as Himself

Arliss Howard as Himself

The story of Leon Vitali, who surrendered his promising acting career to become Stanley Kubrick's devoted right-hand man.

Old Man

1997

English

7.1

♡ 2

John Kent Harrison Director

Jeanne Tripplehorn as Addie Rebecca Brice

Ritchie Montgomery as Deputy

Arliss Howard as J.J. Taylor

Ray McKinnon as Shanty Man with Gun

A prisoner set on serving his time gets recruited to save a pregnant woman trapped in a tree during the Great Flood of 1927. A massive storm drives them farther from their destination and they soon must decide to go off on their own or find their way home.

Plain Clothes

1988

English

6.2

♡ 9

61%

teacher student relationship

undercover cop

woman director

Martha Coolidge Director

Seymour Cassel as Ed Malmburg

Peter Dobson as Kyle Kerns

Abe Vigoda as Mr. Wiseman

Arliss Howard as Nick Dunbar

To prove his brother's innocence, undercover officer Nick enrolls in high school again, dealing with crushes, bullies, humiliations, popularity swings, and quirky teachers and staff to find the real murderer.

With/In

2022

English

4.8

Comedy

Bill Camp Director

Trudie Styler as Segment "I'm Listening"

May Nivola as Segment "Neighborhood Watch"

Sam Nivola as Segment "Neighborhood Watch"

Arliss Howard as Segment "Still Life"

An anthology film that centres around relationships, love and family. A man misses his flight and instead finds love in quarantine, a lonely therapist finds companionship in an unwanted pet, two sisters find courage to say things they never had the words to say, and an unexpected packet of sourdough starter has horrifying and hilarious consequences. These are some of the stories captured in WITH/IN, a collection of thirteen films created by actors and their families during the time that changed our lives forever.

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

1997

English

6.6

♡ 222

57%

Steven Spielberg Director

Jeff Goldblum as Ian Malcolm

Arliss Howard as Peter Ludlow

Steven Spielberg as Popcorn-Eating Man

Julianne Moore as Sarah Harding

Four years after Jurassic Park's genetically bred dinosaurs ran amok, multimillionaire John Hammond shocks chaos theorist Ian Malcolm by revealing that he has been breeding more beasties at a secret location. Malcolm, his paleontologist ladylove and a wildlife videographer join an expedition to document the lethal lizards' natural behavior in this action-packed thriller.

Mank

2020

English

6.8

♡ 55

83%

David Fincher Director

Gary Oldman as Herman Mankiewicz

Arliss Howard as Louis B. Mayer

Amanda Seyfried as Marion Davies

Charles Dance as William Randolph Hearst

1930s Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane.

Birth

2004

English

6.3

♡ 32

41%

Jonathan Glazer Director

Nicole Kidman as Anna

Arliss Howard as Bob

Peter Stormare as Clifford

Ted Levine as Mr. Conte

It took Anna 10 years to recover from the death of her husband, Sean, but now she's on the verge of marrying her boyfriend, Joseph, and finally moving on. However, on the night of her engagement party, a young boy named Sean turns up, saying he is her dead husband reincarnated. At first she ignores the child, but his knowledge of her former husband's life is uncanny, leading her to believe that he might be telling the truth.

For the Boys

1991

English

6.4

♡ 13

40%

Mark Rydell Director

Andrew Lauer as Corpsman on Battlefield, Korea

Arye Gross as Jeff Brooks

Billy Bob Thornton as Marine Sergeant, Korea

Arliss Howard as Sgt. Michael Leonard

Talented USO entertainer Dixie Leonard and comedian Eddie Sparks deal with their relationship over the course of 5 decades from World War II to the Vietnam War era to their twilight era in the 90's.

The Sandlot

1993

English

7.8

♡ 53

66%

David M. Evans Director

Denis Leary as Bill

Arliss Howard as Grown-up Scotty

Karen Allen as Mom

Art LaFleur as The Babe

During a summer of friendship and adventure, one boy becomes a part of the gang, nine boys become a team and their leader becomes a legend by confronting the terrifying mystery beyond the right field wall.

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

1995

English

6.8

♡ 35

49%

Beeban Kidron Director

John Leguizamo as Chi-Chi

Robin Williams as John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt

Wesley Snipes as Noxeema

Arliss Howard as Virgil

Manhattan drag queens Vida Boheme and Noxeema Jackson impress regional judges in competition, securing berths in the Nationals in Los Angeles. When the two meet pathetic drag novice Chi-Chi Rodriguez — one of the losers that evening — the charmed Vida and Noxeema agree to take the hopeless youngster under their joined wing. Soon the three set off on a madcap road trip across America and struggle to make it to Los Angeles in time.

Concussion

2015

English

7.1

♡ 168

58%

Peter Landesman Director

Mike O'Malley as Daniel Sullivan

Will Smith as Dr. Bennet Omalu

Arliss Howard as Dr. Joseph Maroon

L. Scott Caldwell as Waters' Mother

A dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu, the brilliant forensic neuropathologist who made the first discovery of CTE, a football-related brain trauma, in a pro player and fought for the truth to be known. Omalu's emotional quest puts him at dangerous odds with one of the most powerful institutions in the world.

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With/In

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

Mank

Birth

For the Boys

The Sandlot

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

Concussion