Red's Dream

Life as the sole sale item in the clearance corner of Eben's Bikes can get lonely. So Red, a unicycle, dreams up a clown owner and his own juggling act that steals the show. But all too soon, the applause turns into the sound of rainfall, as reality rushes back. Red must resign himself to sitting in the corner and await his fate.

Hermann mein Vater

♡ 3

Helma Sanders-Brahms Director

Maurice Bazin as Self

Philippe Collin as Self

Herman Sander as Self

Helma Sanders-Brahms as Self / Narrator

"Hermann mein Vater" is a companion piece by director Helma Sanders-Brahms to her 1980 film "Germany Pale Mother". The latter work was focused on the impact of war on a German family. This made-for-tv documentary follows Sanders-Brahms and her father Hermann on a trip to Normandy, where he was stationed as a soldier in 1940-41.

The Good Wife

♡ 4

Ken Cameron Director

Rachel Ward as Marge

Susan Lyons as Mrs. Fielding

Sam Neill as Neville

Bryan Brown as Sonny

In pre-WWII Australia, a love triangle develops between a man, his wife and the man's brother.

Return of the Kickfighter

♡ 3

The plot concerns a unit of US marines operating in the Vietnam war during 1970, with the movie opening on a raid in a village. After massacring the villagers, the marines steal the villages gold, much to the objection of their Vietnamese translator and guide. Skip forward past the credits sequence; it's now 15 years later, and members of the unit are getting murdered one by one. This leads to the former head of the group, now a high ranking military officer, announcing that the only person who is up to the job of finding out the identity of the killer is an Aussie, Major Brad Cooper.

Born of Fire

1987

English

6.0

♡ 14

67%

Jamil Dehlavi Director

Cemal Uzunoglu as Dervish

Jean Ainslie as Mother

Peter Firth as Paul Bergson

Morris Perry as The Director

For reasons unknown, a flautist and an astronomer find themselves drawn to one another. But, when the flautist stumbles upon a secret regarding his late father, the two wind up in a celestial duel against the ancient Master Flautist for earth's future.

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

1987

English

7.0

♡ 9

100%

75%

Action

based on novel or book

Jack Clayton Director

Aidan Gillen as (as Aidan Murphy)

Alan Devlin as Father Quigley

Maggie Smith as Judith Hearne

Prunella Scales as Moira O'Neill

A penniless middle-aged spinster scrapes by giving piano lessons in the Dublin of the 1950s. She makes a sad last bid for love with a fellow resident of her rundown boarding house, who imagines she has the money to bankroll the business he hopes to open.

A Girl from Hunan

1987

Chinese

7.1

♡ 2

U Lan Director

Dang Hiu-Gwong as

Yu Zhang as Chun Guan

Fan Zhang as Yi Po - Grandmother

Liu Qing as Young Xiao Xiao

Xiao Xiao is sold into arranged marriage with a 2 year old boy, who she must raise as his nanny until he is old enough to marry her. She is expected to honour tradition and to toe the line so far as social proprieties are concerned, but the young girl rebels against the edicts of her elders until at 16, she falls in love with another man.

My Best Friend Is a Vampire

1987

English

6.0

♡ 19

59%

Jimmy Huston Director

Kathy Bates as Helen Blake

Robert Sean Leonard as Jeremy Capello

David Warner as Professor Leopold McCarthy

Evan Mirand as Ralph

Shortly after high school student Jeremy Capello goes on a hot date, he finds he can't stand garlic or see his reflection in mirrors.

Number One with a Bullet

1987

English

4.8

♡ 5

18%

Action

Crime

Thriller

Jack Smight Director

Manny Perry as Bodyguard at DaCosta's

Ray Girardin as Lt. Kaminski

Valerie Bertinelli as Teresa Berzak

John Durbin as Transvestite

A pair of detectives are assigned to investigate a murder, and discover a trail of corruption and criminal activity that leads right back to their own police department

The Quick and the Dead

1987

English

6.9

♡ 11

62%

Robert Day Director

Sam Elliott as Con Vallian

Kurt D. Lott as Lenny Shabitt

Del Shores as Purdy Mantle

Kate Capshaw as Susanna McKaskel

In 1876 Wyoming, the gun is the only law. And for Duncan and Suzanna McKaskel, newly arrived settlers beset by outlaws, rugged frontiersman Con Vallian is the only hope.

Steel Dawn

1987

English

5.1

♡ 18

34%

Action

Adventure

desert

post-apocalyptic future

Sci-Fi

water shortage

Lance Hool Director

John Fujioka as Cord

Arnold Vosloo as Makker

Patrick Swayze as Nomad

Christopher Neame as Sho

In a post-apocalyptic world, a warrior wandering through the desert comes upon a group of settlers who are being menaced by a murderous gang that is after the water they control.

Hollywood Shuffle

1987

English

6.9

♡ 11

88%

Robert Townsend Director

Robert Townsend as Bobby Taylor / Jasper / Speed / Sam Ace / Rambro

Anne-Marie Johnson as Lydia / Willie Mae / Hooker #5

Christopher Jackson as Punk #1

Dom Irrera as Writer

Aspiring actor and hot-dog stand employee Bobby Taylor catches the ire of his grandmother for auditioning for a role in the regrettably titled exploitation film "Jivetime Jimmy's Revenge." When Tinseltown Studios casts Taylor in the title role, he has a series of conflicted dreams satirizing African-American stereotypes in Hollywood, and must reconcile his career goals with his desire to remain a positive role model for his little brother.

The Pick-up Artist

1987

English

5.4

♡ 33

58%

James Toback Director

Harvey Keitel as Alonzo Scolara

Victor Argo as Harris

Robert Downey Jr. as Jack Jericho

Tony Sirico as Patsy Cabaluso

A womanizer meets his match when he falls for the daughter of a gambling addict who is in debt to the mob.

The Curse

1987

English

5.1

♡ 17

26%

David Keith Director

Cooper Huckabee as Forbes

Claude Akins as Nathan

John Schneider as Willis

Wil Wheaton as Zack

Nathan Hayes is a religious man trying to hold onto his farm and keep his family in line. A real estate developer is trying to buy most of the farm property in the area, including Mr. Hayes family farm, in the hope that the Tennesse Valley Authority will choose the town for the site of a new dam and recreational area. The night of a terrible storm, an unidentified, glowing object crashes on the Hayes farm and with it comes a horrible curse for the Hayes family and the members of the community.

The Rosary Murders

1987

English

5.8

♡ 11

39%

Fred Walton Director

Addison Powell as Father Edward Killeen

Anita Barone as Irene Jimenez

Joseph Conrad as Schommer

Lupe Ontiveros as Sophie

A priest is put in a dilemma when the serial killer who has been murdering priests and nuns confesses to him.

Five Corners

1987

English

6.1

♡ 23

78%

Tony Bill Director

Tim Robbins as Harry

Jodie Foster as Linda

David Brisbin as Plainclothesman

Victor Slezak as Policeman

A psychotic young man returns to his old neighborhood after release from prison. He seeks out the woman he previously tried to rape and the man who protected her, with twisted ideas of love for her and hate for him.

Walker

1987

English

6.6

♡ 24

47%

66%

Action

based on a true story

Alex Cox Director

Peter Boyle as Cornelius Vanderbilt

William Utay as Fry

Keith Szarabajka as Timothy Crocker

Ed Harris as William Walker

William Walker and his mercenary corps enter Nicaragua in the middle of the 19th century in order to install a new government by a coup d'etat.

Hope and Glory

1987

English

7.3

♡ 26

96%

82%

Action

based on a true story

semi autobiographical

wartime

John Boorman Director

William Armstrong as Canadian Sergeant

Colin Higgins as Clive's Pal

Ian Bannen as Grandfather George

Susan Brown as Mrs. Evans

A middle-aged man recalls his childhood growing up in and around London during World War II.

The Whales of August

1987

English

7.1

♡ 14

64%

67%

Action

based on play or musical

sister sister relationship

Lindsay Anderson Director

Bette Davis as Libby Strong

Vincent Price as Mr. Maranov

Lillian Gish as Sarah Webber

Mary Steenburgen as Young Sarah

Two aged sisters reflect on life and the past during a late summer day in Maine.

White of the Eye

1987

English

6.1

♡ 10

Action

arizona

based on novel or book

Donald Cammell Director

Alberta Watson as Ann Mason

William G. Schilling as Harold Gideon

Cathy Moriarty as Joan White

David Keith as Paul White

In a wealthy and isolated desert community, a sound expert is targeted as the prime suspect of a series of brutal murders of local suburban housewives who were attacked and mutilated in their homes. As he desperately tries to prove his innocence, his wife starts to uncover startling truths...

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Red's Dream

Hermann mein Vater

The Good Wife

Return of the Kickfighter

Born of Fire

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

A Girl from Hunan

My Best Friend Is a Vampire

Number One with a Bullet

The Quick and the Dead

Steel Dawn

Hollywood Shuffle

The Pick-up Artist

The Curse

The Rosary Murders

Five Corners

Walker

Hope and Glory

The Whales of August

White of the Eye