Das Versprechen

1994

German

6.7

♡ 2

67%

Margarethe von Trotta Director

Christina Große as

Karl Kranzkowski as 1st Border Official

Anian Zollner as Konrad I

Meret Becker as Sophie I

East-Berlin, 1961, shortly after the erection of the Wall. Konrad, Sophie and three of their friends plan a daring escape to Western Germany. The attempt is successful, except for Konrad, who remains behind. From then on, and for the next 28 years, Konrad and Sophie will attempt to meet again, in spite of the Iron Curtain. Konrad, who has become a reputed Astrophysicist, tries to take advantage of scientific congresses outside Eastern Germany to arrange encounters with Sophie. But in a country where the political police, the Stasi, monitors the moves of all suspicious people (such as Konrad's sister Barbara and her husband Harald), preserving one's privacy, ideals and self-respect becomes an exhausting fight, even as the Eastern block begins its long process of disintegration.

Love and a .45

1994

English

6.0

♡ 23

71%

C.M. Talkington Director

Charlotte Ross as Mary Ann

Renée Zellweger as Starlene Cheatham

Ann Wedgeworth as Thaylene Cheatham

Gil Bellows as Watty Watts

Small-time criminal Watty Watts attempts to rob a convenience store with his drug-addict buddy, Billy Mack Black. The robbery, however, leads to murder, and soon Watty leaves Billy behind and goes on the run with his beloved girlfriend, Starlene. Heading toward Mexico, the fugitive couple gets plenty of media coverage, until there are even more people on their trail. Can Watty and Starlene make it south of the border without getting caught?

Uncovered

1994

English

5.7

♡ 15

44%

teacher student relationship

Thriller

Jim McBride Director

Art Malik as Alvaro

Kate Beckinsale as Julia

Sinéad Cusack as Menchu

James Villiers as Montegrifo

While restoring a fifteenth-century painting Julia reveals a hidden Latin phrase. A series of murders begin to rock her small world of art experts, patrons and restorers, and she finds that the mystery of the painting is interwoven with the mystery of the deaths around her.

The Castle

1994

Russian

6.9

♡ 3

57%

Action

based on novel or book

Drama

Aleksey Balabanov Director

Anvar Libabov as Helper Arthur

Aleksey German as Klamm

Irina Sokolova as Mitzi

Svetlana Svirko as Olga

Closely based on Franz Kafka's book "Das Schloß", the movie shares the same action on a land surveyor who is called to a village to do a job that no one seems to have ordered. Once there, he takes up the struggle against bureaucracy emanating from the castle.

L'ange noir

1994

French

5.8

♡ 6

50%

Jean-Claude Brisseau Director

Philippe Torreton as Christophe

Michel Piccoli as Georges Feuvrier

Tchéky Karyo as Paul Delorme

Sylvie Vartan as Stephane Feuvrier

Stephane, the wife of a prominent magistrate, shoots and kills a man in her home and claims he tried to rape her. While investigating her case, her lawyer becomes hopelessly enmeshed in a web of lies and subterfuges concerning her past.

Crumb

1994

English

8.0

♡ 31

95%

san francisco, california

underground

Terry Zwigoff Director

Peggy Orenstein as Herself

Beatrice Crumb as Herself

Robert Hughes as Himself

Bill Griffith as Himself

This movie chronicles the life and times of R. Crumb. Robert Crumb is the cartoonist/artist who drew Keep On Truckin', Fritz the Cat, and played a major pioneering role in the genesis of underground comix. Through interviews with his mother, two brothers, wife, ex-wife and ex-girlfriends, as well as selections from his vast quantity of graphic art, we are treated to a darkly comic ride through one man's subconscious mind.

White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf

1994

English

5.4

♡ 9

71%

46%

Adventure

Family

Ken Olin Director

Ethan Hawke as Jack Conroy

Tom Heaton as Miner #1

Anthony Ruivivar as Peter

Alfred Molina as Rev. Leland Drury

A boy and his dog, White Fang, must try to save the noble Haida tribe from evil white men in turn-of-the-century Alaska.

Farinelli

1994

French

6.8

♡ 12

60%

Gérard Corbiau Director

Stefan Mazel as

Elsa Zylberstein as Alexandra

Jeroen Krabbé as Georg Friedrich Händel

Xenia Seeberg as Servant girl

The life and career of Italian opera singer Farinelli, considered one of the greatest castrato singers of all time.

Jacob

1994

English

6.5

♡ 27

75%

Peter Hall Director

Philip Locke as Diviner

Sean Bean as Esau

Giancarlo Giannini as Laban

Christoph Waltz as Morash

Isaac's son Jacob deprives his brother Esau of his birthright and has to flee for his life. He finds shelter with his uncle Laban, but is himself deceived. Finally, Jacob has to face both his uncle and brother.

Genesis: The Creation and the Flood

1994

Italian

5.5

♡ 12

22%

Ermanno Olmi Director

Sabir Aziz as Adam

Annabi Abdelialil as Cain

Omero Antonutti as Noah

Paul Scofield as (voice)

An all-enveloping darkness. Suddenly, a child's voice, frightened, questioning, pierces the darkness... The first flickering rays of light begin to sculpt mysterious shapes out of the darkness... Among them, a very old man. He reassures the child, exhorting him to see the wonders of the earth. And it is with this child's eyes that we will witness the creation of the world.

Lisbon Story

1994

English

7.1

♡ 7

86%

Wim Wenders Director

João Canijo as Crook

Patrick Bauchau as Friedrich Monroe

Rüdiger Vogler as Phillip Winter

Teresa Salgueiro as Self

Wim Wenders' homage to Lisbon and films. A sound engineer obtains a mysterious postcard from a friend who at the moment is filming a film in Lisbon. He sets out across Europe to find him and help him.

Milk Money

1994

English

5.7

♡ 13

12%

Richard Benjamin Director

John Alvin as Rich Old Guy

Ed Harris as Tom

Melanie Griffith as V

Malcolm McDowell as Waltzer

Three young boys pool their money and pay V, a kindhearted prostitute, to strip for them. Afterward, she drives them home to the suburbs -- but then her car breaks down. It's just as well, though, because a mobster named Waltzer is after her, and V realizes the suburbs are the perfect place to hide. But things get a lot more complicated when V falls in love with Tom, a single father who is unaware of her real profession.

Accumulator 1

1994

Czech

7.0

♡ 7

82%

Jan Sverák Director

Josef Sebek as

Jan Nemejovský as

Marek Vasut as Advertising Man

Edita Brychta as Anna

In this movie, TV sets are full of life. If a person is in TV (e.g. because it was filmed on the street) it has a double that's right in the TV set. This double needs energy from the true character to survive. Each time, the real human watches TV, his Double will pull life energy from him. So there's a mysterious Death-serial. Many persons die in front of their TV set and nobody knows why. Olda, the main character, is one of the persons, that get more and more weak. He is near death, till Fisarek, the natural healer appears. He teaches Olda how he can resist this magic force and how he can fight it.

Nell

1994

English

6.5

♡ 26

59%

kaspar-hauser-syndrom

lake

loss of loved one

twin sister

Michael Apted Director

Richard Libertini as Alexander Paley

Liam Neeson as Jerome Lovell

Jodie Foster as Nell

Nick Searcy as Todd Peterson

In a remote woodland cabin, a small town doctor discovers Nell — a beautiful young hermit woman with many secrets.

Jimmy Hollywood

1994

English

5.3

♡ 10

29%

Barry Levinson Director

Jason Beghe as Detective

Harrison Ford as Harrison Ford

Joe Pesci as Jimmy Alto

Christian Slater as William

Jimmy Alto is an actor wannabe who stumbles into the role of a lifetime. He becomes a vigilante crime-fighter, aided by his sidekick William, who has suffered a head wound and has problems with short-term memory. Jimmy's vigilante alter ego soon becomes a media wonder--but Jimmy remains a total unknown and his long-suffering girl friend Lorraine is getting fed up with the whole situation.

Whispering Pages

1994

Russian

6.9

♡ 1

100%

69%

Drama

Aleksandr Sokurov Director

V. Bogdanov as

A. Tarasov as

Evgeniy Ganelin as (as E. Ganelin)

Rauf Khabibullin as (as R. Khabibullin)

An anonymous man wanders through decomposing, fog-enshrouded catacombs and encounters a series of “the degraded and the humiliated,” including a holy prostitute and a Kafkaesque bureaucrat.

That's Entertainment! III

1994

English

7.5

♡ 8

100%

Bud Friedgen Director

Nancy Walker as Nancy - Blind Date

Ingrid Bergman as Performer in Film Clip

June Allyson as Self - Co-Hostess / Narrator

Howard Keel as Self - Co-Host / Narrator

Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from the first musical talkies to Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain.

Lillehammer '94: 16 Days of Glory

1994

English

7.2

♡ 3

Bud Greenspan Director

Will Lyman as Narrator

A documentary covering the 1994 Olympic Games in Lillehammer.

The Rules of the Game

1994

Korean

5.8

♡ 1

Action

Hyeon-su Jang Director

Jun-hyeong Jo as Perm

Se-jin Jang as Sang-jin

Yeon-su Oh as Tae-suk

Hak-rak Choi as Young-hyun

A car wash attendant Yong-dae decides move to Seoul with his girlfriend Tae-suk for join the most dangerous gang Yu Kwangcheon. On the way to Seoul they lost entire of savings to a swindler Man-su whom the most wanted by Yu Kwangcheon.

The Swan Princess

1994

English

6.4

♡ 20

50%

Richard Rich Director

Kerry Katz as Chorus

Mark Harelik as Lord Rogers

Danny Mann as Puffin's Father

Steven Wright as Speed

The beautiful princess Odette is transformed into a swan by an evil sorcerer's spell. Held captive at an enchanted lake, she befriends Jean-Bob the frog, Speed the turtle and Puffin the bird. Despite their struggle to keep the princess safe, these good-natured creatures can do nothing about the sorcerer's spell, which can only be broken by a vow of everlasting love.

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Das Versprechen

Love and a .45

Uncovered

The Castle

L'ange noir

Crumb

White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf

Farinelli

Jacob

Genesis: The Creation and the Flood

Lisbon Story

Milk Money

Accumulator 1

Nell

Jimmy Hollywood

Whispering Pages

That's Entertainment! III

Lillehammer '94: 16 Days of Glory

The Rules of the Game

The Swan Princess