Fires of Kuwait

1992

English

7.4

♡ 7

95%

David Douglas Director

Rip Torn as Narrator

After Saddam Hussein had the Kuwait Oil wells lit up, teams from all over the world fought those fires for months. They had to save the oil resources, as well as reduce air pollution. The different teams developed different techniques of extinguishing the fires. Man's emergency creativity can be seen at it's best.

Beach Red

1967

English

6.2

♡ 4

37%

Cornel Wilde Director

Michio Hazama as Captain Kondo

Dale Ishimoto as Captain Tanaka

Cornel Wilde as Capt. MacDonald / Narrator

Rip Torn as Sergeant Honeywell

American troops storm ashore on a Japanese-held island and push inland while their enemies plan a counterattack in this look at warfare. Soldiers on both sides are haunted by memories of home and the horrifying, sickening images they find in combat.

The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery

1997

English

5.0

♡ 3

Action

Comedy

David Burton Morris Director

Brooke Shields as Cyndee Lafrance

Dylan Walsh as Frank Syler

David Dwyer as Plainclothes officer

Rip Torn as Royce

A cop and his expensive fiancée, a bank teller, plan the perfect bank robbery. All goes well until the FBI suspects, almost immediately, an inside job

The Man Who Fell to Earth

1976

English

6.6

♡ 39

79%

69%

Action

alien life-form

based on novel or book

cult film

Drama

dystopia

extraterrestrial technology

Sci-Fi

Nicolas Roeg Director

Candy Clark as Mary-Lou

Rip Torn as Nathan Bryce

Buck Henry as Oliver Farnsworth

Claudia Jennings as Peters' Wife

Thomas Jerome Newton is an alien who has come to Earth in search of water to save his home planet. Aided by lawyer Oliver Farnsworth, Thomas uses his knowledge of advanced technology to create profitable inventions. While developing a method to transport water, Thomas meets Mary-Lou, a quiet hotel clerk, and begins to fall in love with her. Just as he is ready to leave Earth, Thomas is intercepted by the U.S. government, and his entire plan is threatened.

The Wobblies

1979

English

7.3

♡ 1

90%

Deborah Shaffer Director

Peter McRobbie as Voices

William G. Schilling as Voices

Susan Dolan Stevens as Voices

Rip Torn as Voices

"Solidarity! All for One and One for All!" With that slogan, the Industrial Workers of the World, aka the Wobblies, took to organizing unskilled workers into one big union and changing the course of history. This award-winning film airs a provocative look at the forgotten American history of this most radical of unions, screening the unforgettable and still-fiery voices of Wobbly members--lumberjacks, migratory workers, and silk weavers--in their 70s, 80s, and 90s.

Tropic of Cancer

1970

English

5.5

♡ 4

75%

24%

Biography

Drama

Joseph Strick Director

James T. Callahan as Fillmore

Rip Torn as Henry Miller

Raymond Gérôme as M. Le Censeur

Ellen Burstyn as Mona Miller

Expat American writer Henry Miller hustles his way through Paris in a series of amorous encounters while trying to find his literary voice.

Coming Apart

1969

English

6.5

♡ 4

50%

Milton Moses Ginsberg Director

Sally Kirkland as Joann

Rip Torn as Joe

Julie Garfield as Julie

Michael McGuire as Ted

A psychiatrist secretly films his female patients as an experiment; he pushes both him and his customers in ways that induce his own mental breakdown.

You're a Big Boy Now

1966

English

6.0

♡ 7

73%

Francis Ford Coppola Director

Rip Torn as I.H. Chanticleer

Julie Harris as Miss Thing

Dolph Sweet as Patrolman Francis Graf

Tony Bill as Raef del Grado

Naive library clerk Bernard Chanticleer moves out of his parents’ home and into a chaotic city full of eccentric landlords, meddling parents, and romantic missteps. Infatuated with a glamorous but manipulative go-go dancer, he learns through heartbreak—and the kindness of a steadfast admirer—what growing up really means.