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Juice
Four Harlem teens--Q, Bishop, Raheem, and Steel--are out skipping school one day when they find out that an old friend was killed in a shootout at a bar. After this, Bishop tells his friends that they have no respect, or juice. To get some, they rob a corner grocery store, but things take an unexpected turn. Only the four friends know what happened, but one of them is out for himself.

- Metascore60
- 1992
Annihilation
A biologist searches for her husband who goes missing while on an expedition. She soon discovers a dangerous creature out in the wilderness.

- Metascore79
- 2018
Rocky V
The one-time champ, Rocky Balboa, has hit rock bottom and winds up in his old Philadelphia neighborhood...broke and ostracized. He trains a young boxer--Tommy Gunn--who turns ingrate. In spite of brain damage from his last fight with super-Soviet Ivan Drago, Rocky is willing to risk everything on another bout.

- Metascore55
- 1990
The Restless Breed
Texas-border gunrunners kill a federal agent, whose son (Scott Brady) comes looking for revenge.

- 1957
The Fighting Temptations
A New York advertising executive who is about to land a big account, has his life shaken up when it becomes known that he has lied about having a college degree. After being fired, his life is further shaken by his debtors who had counted on paying after landing the account. Having to go on the run, he is called back to his southern town roots, when his great aunt dies. At the reading of the will, he learns he has been asked to assume the mantle of choir director of his great aunt's church and if he can get the choir in the Gospel Explosion in Atlanta, he will inherit stock worth $150,000. Unfortunately the choir leaves a lot to be desired and he has to start recruiting. Among others, he gets three prisoners to join. More importantly, he gets a "sinner" from one of the local night clubs to join. While initially scorned and resisted, nonetheless her voice wins everyone but the hardcore church busybody.

- Metascore53
- 2003
The Devil's Rejects
In Ruggsville, Texas, the police under the command of Sheriff John Quincy Wydell attack the house of the sadistic serial killers Firefly family (a.k.a. The Devil's Reject) and they arrest mother Firefly, but Otis B. Driftwood and Baby Firefly escape from the siege. Tiny is wandering nearby the house and also escapes. Otis and Baby call their patriarch, the mad clown Captain Spaulding and they schedule to reunite at an isolated motel in the desert. When Otis and Baby arrive, they kidnap two families of singers, using sadism and violence against the harmless persons. Meanwhile, Sheriff Wydell promises to capture and kill the runaways, seeking revenge for the death of his brother, the Deputy George Wydell.

- Metascore54
- 2005
War for the Planet of the Apes
Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet.

- Metascore82
- 2017
Sleeping Beauty
Lucy is a university student who is working a number of jobs. She volunteers at a research lab, works at a coffee shop, and as a photocopy clerk in an office. She responds to an advertisement and embarks on an erotic freelance job in which she is required to sleep in bed alongside paying customers.

- Metascore61
- 2011
It Could Happen to You
Charlie and Muriel Lang have led simple lives for most of their existence. That's until they win $4 million on the lottery. There is a problem, however. Prior to winning the lottery, Charlie had eaten at a café and hadn't been able to tip the waitress. He had promised her, jokingly, that if he won the lottery he'd give her half of it. This is why his wife, Muriel, decides to leave him. She doesn't want the waitress to get a cent of their money. In fact, she wants all $4 million for herself.

- Metascore64
- 1994
Miami Vice
This adaptation from the iconic TV series focuses on vice detectives Crockett and Tubbs as their respective personal and professional lives become dangerously intertwined.

- Metascore66
- 2006
Fit for a Prince
Cindy is an aspiring fashion designer whose talents have been the creative force behind a high-profile designer but longs to strike out on her own. Hired to dress the ladies of a wealthy family hosting an upcoming charity ball, Cindy’s life takes an unexpected turn when Prince Ronan, in town to attend the gala, becomes smitten with her and also takes note of her talent for design.

- 2021
Boo! A Madea Halloween
In TYLER PERRY'S BOO! A MADEA HALLOWEEN, Madea winds up in the middle of mayhem when she spends a hilarious, haunted Halloween fending off killers, paranormal poltergeists, ghosts, ghouls and zombies while keeping a watchful eye on a group of misbehaving teens.

- Metascore30
- 2016
Black Girl
An aspiring dancer and her wicked sisters resent their mother's love for a foster daughter.

- 1972
Dirty Dancing
In the summer of 1963, 17-year-old Baby, a pampered daddy's girl not knowing the first thing about dancing, braces herself for a bland holiday at Kellerman's posh Catskills resort. But expectations and reality are two entirely different things. And when Baby sets eyes on handsome dance instructor Johnny Castle, a rebellious dreamer from the wrong side of the tracks, an exciting, music-filled world she never knew existed unfolds before her. As their heated bodies entwine and passionate hips roll right under everyone's noses, Baby and the Mambo King explore the boundaries of rhythm, entranced by Johnny's confident style and their effortless connection. It won't be a walk in the park, but Baby is about to have a blast and learn a thing or two about dance and love.

- Metascore65
- 1987
Stagecoach
Seven desperate characters must pass through Geronimo country; and the journey to Lordsburg is fraught with danger, romance and adventure.

- 1986
The Magnificent Seven
Yul Brynner stars as one of seven master gunmen pitted against an army of marauding bandits in this rousing action tale that launched the film careers of Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson and James Coburn.

- Metascore74
- 1960
Pardoned by Grace
The life of Scott Highberger, a Michigan City, Indiana pastor. Before he practiced religion he was strung out. Once an Drug addict, alcoholic, and recidivist. Now doing gods work. This is the story how Scott Highberger overcame his demons and found religion resulting in a better life.

- 2022
My Best Friend's Girl
Dustin, an amiable guy, is in love with Alexis, a coworker. When she tells him she just wants to be friends, he hires his roommate Tank, a fast-talking, amoral scoundrel who has a side business: men whose women have dumped them hire Tank to take their ex-girlfriends out on the date from Hell, to drive the women back into their old boyfriends' arms. He takes out Alexis who, against her better judgment, decides she needs some randy fun, so Tank is in a quandary: take Alexis up on her offer, or stay true to his friend. More complications ensue as the wedding of Alexis's sister approaches. Tank seeks advice from his father, Dustin pursues Alexis, and questions of self-worth need answers.

- Metascore34
- 2008
The Sum of All Fears
Jack Ryan, a CIA analyst, is recruited by CIA Director Bill Cabot to assess the intentions of newly installed Russian President Alexander Nemerov. As tensions rise between the United States and Russia, Ryan uncovers evidence suggesting hidden forces are manipulating both nations. President Robert Fowler faces mounting pressure from military advisors while Nemerov struggles to control factions within his own government. As acts of violence and political provocations accumulate, Ryan works alongside operative John Clark to trace the source of the crisis. Each discovery arrives against a backdrop of escalating suspicion, bringing two nuclear powers closer to a potentially irreversible confrontation.

- Metascore45
- 2002
Carson City
Banker William Sharon becomes desperate that his gold and silver shipments from Carson City to Virginia City are the helpless targets of a band of outlaws called "The Champagne Bandits." In true Robin Hood-fashion, after robbing the stage of its bullion, they treat its passengers to a fried chicken picnic replete with champagne. Sharon becomes convinced that the only way to foil the gang is to build a railroad to carry the ore, but that will take an extraordinary engineer in such mountainous territory. Sharon finds his man in brawling adventurer Jeff Kincaid, an experienced hand at difficult jobs and former resident of Carson City who knows the difficult terrain very well. It becomes a reunion of sorts as Kincaid's half brother works for the local newspaper, but they soon become rivals for the affections of Susan Mitchell, the publisher's daughter. Kincaid also has to fight the town's hostility to his boisterous railhands and ongoing efforts by the outlaws to sabotage the project.

- 1952
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
In the not-so-far future the polar ice caps have melted and the resulting rise of the ocean waters has drowned all the coastal cities of the world. Withdrawn to the interior of the continents, the human race keeps advancing, reaching the point of creating realistic robots (called mechas) to serve them. One of the mecha-producing companies builds David, an artificial kid which is the first to have real feelings, especially a never-ending love for his "mother", Monica. Monica is the woman who adopted him as a substitute for her real son, who remains in cryo-stasis, stricken by an incurable disease. David is living happily with Monica and her husband, but when their real son returns home after a cure is discovered, his life changes dramatically.

- Metascore65
- 2001
Once Upon a Time in the West
Story of a young woman, Mrs. McBain, who moves from New Orleans to frontier Utah, on the very edge of the American West. She arrives to find her new husband and family slaughtered, but by whom? The prime suspect, coffee-lover Cheyenne, befriends her and offers to go after the real killer, assassin gang leader Frank, in her honor. He is accompanied by Harmonica, a man already on a quest to get even.

- Metascore82
- 1968
Out of the Past
Small-town gas pumper Jeff Bailey's mysterious past catches up with him one day when he's ordered to meet with gambler Whit Sterling. En route to the meeting, he tells girlfriend Ann his story. Flashback: Once, Jeff was a private eye hired by Sterling to find his mistress Kathie, who shot Whit and absconded with $40,000. He traces her to Acapulco, where the delectable Kathie makes Jeff forget all about Sterling. Back in the present, Whit's new job for Jeff is clearly a trap, but Jeff's precautions only leave him more tightly enmeshed.

- Metascore85
- 1947
Rosemary's Baby
Rosemary Woodhouse, a young Catholic homemaker dreaming of starting a family, and Guy, her struggling actor husband, move into The Bramford, an imposing New York City building with a dark past. Surrounded by unsettling stories about mysterious residents and eerie occurrences, the new tenants befriend their amiable next-door neighbors, Roman and Minnie Castevet. Shortly after, Rosemary gets pregnant. At last, things are looking up. However, as alarming hints of a sinister conspiracy emerge, suspicion and mental agony get the best of her. Undoubtedly, the inexperienced mother-to-be is overreacting; no one wants to cut Rosemary off from her circle of friends. Then again, why is everyone so conveniently eager to help? Above all else, why is Guy allowing it?

- Metascore96
- 1968