Norma and Arthur Lewis, a suburban couple with a young child, receive a simple wooden box as a gift, which bears fatal and irrevocable consequences. A mysterious stranger delivers the message that the box promises to bestow upon its owner $1 million with the press of a button. However pressing this button will simultaneously cause the death of another human being somewhere in the world; someone they don't know. With just 24 hours to have the box in their possession, Norma and Arthur find themselves in the cross-hairs of a startling moral dilemma and must face the true nature of their humanity.

The Quiet Earth

1985

English

6.7

♡ 30

71%

68%

Action

based on novel or book

Geoff Murphy Director

Pete Smith as Api

Anzac Wallace as Api's Mate

Alison Routledge as Joanne

Bruno Lawrence as Zac Hobson

After a top-secret experiment misfires, a scientist may be the only man left alive in the world.

Thank You for Smoking

2005

English

7.5

♡ 64

86%

87%

Action

based on novel or book

Jason Reitman Director

Brian Palermo as FBI Agent

Adam Brody as Jack

Sam Elliott as Lorne Lutch

Maria Bello as Polly Bailey

Nick Naylor is a charismatic spin-doctor for Big Tobacco who'll fight to protect America's right to smoke -- even if it kills him -- while still remaining a role model for his 12-year old son. When he incurs the wrath of a senator bent on snuffing out cigarettes, Nick's powers of "filtering the truth" will be put to the test.

Paprika

2006

Japanese

7.7

♡ 90

87%

88%

Action

Animation

based on novel or book

Satoshi Kon Director

Hideyuki Tanaka as Guy

Satoshi Kon as Jin-nai

Rikako Aikawa as Kakimoto Nobue

Kôichi Yamadera as Osanai Morio

Megumi Hayashibara as Paprika / Chiba Atsuko

Katsunosuke Hori as Shima Tora-taroh

When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patient's dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist can stop it and recover it before damage is done: Paprika.

Islands of Creation

2015

English

6.2

♡ 1

Nathan Dappen Director

Beng Spies as Narrator

Albert Uy as Self

In the jungles of the Solomon Islands, a remote archipelago in the South Pacific, a biologist is attempting to do something Charles Darwin and Ernst Mayr never accomplished: catch evolution in the act of creating new species. Albert Uy is on the verge of an amazing discovery in the Solomon Islands, but there's a threat looming on the horizon. The islands' resources are being exploited, putting all local wildlife at risk. It's a race against time to gather the evidence necessary to prove the existence of a new species before it's lost forever.

The Mechanic

2011

English

6.5

♡ 339

54%

Simon West Director

Jason Statham as Arthur Bishop

Tony Goldwyn as Dean

William Scharpf as Dean's Driver

Donald Sutherland as Harry McKenna

Arthur Bishop is a 'mechanic' - an elite assassin with a strict code requiring professional perfection and total detachment. One of an elite group of assassins, Bishop may be the best in the business - with a unique talent for cleanly eliminating targets. When Harry McKenna, his close friend and mentor, is murdered, Harry's son comes to him with vengeance in his heart and a desire to learn Bishop's trade, signaling the birth of a deadly partnership.

Prince of Darkness

1987

English

6.7

♡ 70

63%

John Carpenter Director

Joanna Merlin as Bag Lady

Jameson Parker as Brian Marsh

Peter Jason as Dr. Paul Leahy

Anne Marie Howard as Susan Cabot

A group of graduate students and scientists uncover an ancient canister in an abandoned church, but when they open it, they inadvertently unleash a strange liquid and an evil force on all of humanity.

Outbreak

1995

English

6.6

♡ 62

60%

Wolfgang Petersen Director

Benito Martinez as Dr. Julio Ruiz

Bruce Jarchow as Dr. Mascelli

Morgan Freeman as General Billy Ford

Diana Bellamy as Mrs. Pananides

A deadly airborne virus finds its way into the USA and starts killing off people at an epidemic rate. Col. Sam Daniels' job is to stop the virus spreading from a small town, which must be quarantined, and to prevent an over reaction by the White House.

My Girl 2

1994

English

5.3

♡ 31

Howard Zieff Director

Charles Fleischer as Cab Driver

Austin O'Brien as Nick Zsigmond

Christine Ebersole as Rose Zsigmond

Jamie Lee Curtis as Shelly Sultenfuss

Vada Sultenfuss has a holiday coming up, and an assignment: to do and essay on someone she admires and has never met. She decides she wants to do an assignment on her mother, but quickly realises she knows very little about her. She manages to get her father to agree to let her go to LA to stay with her Uncle Phil and do some research on her mother.

The Paper

1994

English

6.7

♡ 21

86%

Ron Howard Director

Roma Maffia as Carmen

Marisa Tomei as Martha Hackett

Jack O'Connell as Press Operator

Jim Meskimen as Tom

Henry Hackett is the workaholic editor of a New York City tabloid. He loves his job, but the long hours and low pay are leading to discontent. Also, publisher Bernie White faces financial straits, and has hatchet-man Alicia Clark—Henry's nemesis—impose unpopular cutbacks.

Ball of Fire

1941

English

7.7

♡ 13

100%

Howard Hawks Director

Addison Richards as District Attorney

Dan Duryea as Duke Pastrami

Ethelreda Leopold as Nursemaid at Park

Oskar Homolka as Prof. Gurkakoff

A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language. Here he meets Sugarpuss O’Shea, a nightclub singer, who’s on top of all the slang—and, it just so happens, needs a place to stay.

Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid

2004

English

4.8

♡ 73

26%

Dwight H. Little Director

Matthew Marsden as Dr. Jack Byron

Morris Chestnut as Gordon Mitchell

Peter Curtin as Lawyer

KaDee Strickland as Sam Rogers

A scientific expedition sets out for Borneo to seek a flower called the Blood Orchid, which could grant extended life. Meanwhile, they run afoul of snakes and each other.

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