Gene Hackman
61) Uncommon valor
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"For over ten years, [Colonel Jason] Rhodes has been living a nightmare searching for his son who is listed as "missing in action" in Vietnam. After useless appeals to the government for information, Rhodes takes matters into his own hands. With financial backing of a Texas oil tycoon ... and the help of his son's five Marine buddies, Rhodes prepares to carry out a daring mission. After weeks of grueling training, the courageous veterans leave for...
62) Class action
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English
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Two lawyers, father and daughter, face off against each other in a multimillion dollar lawsuit. The case concerns a potentially defective auto design that could involve corporate corruption and violations of legal ethics.
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English
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"Harry and Kate Mackenzie married for better or worse and after 30 years, their union is neither better nor worse. Instead, it somehow simply died. But Harry has a second chance in life. He's met a woman who rekindles his sense of life's fullness. But Harry knows taking that chance will cause his family pain"--Container.
64) The chamber
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English
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Adam Hall is an idealistic young attorney who takes on the death row clemency case of his one-time Klansman grandfather, Sam Cayhall. With just 28 days before the execution, Adam sets out to retrace the events leading to the crime for which Sam was convicted. As the impending death sentence looms closer, Adam works quickly to uncover the family's history for any hidden clues. In a white-knuckle series of twists and turns, Adam discovers deceptions...
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Hollywood actress Suzanne Vale is on a slippery slope as a recovering addict. On exit from rehab, it is recommended she stay with her mother, who has become a somewhat champion drinker herself. Suzanne therefore struggles to maintain her sobriety and her sanity in the company of Doris.
66) Absolute power
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English
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An expert thief witnesses the President and his men committing a murder when he breaks into the home of a Washington official. Now he must run and save himself from the men after him.
67) Heartbreakers
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English
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A sexy mother-daughter con team steals their way into wealthy men's hearts ... and their bank accounts. Page wants to be on her own, but her mom pleads one more big con. But before they can complete their last big score, Page breaks the rules and falls in love. Can Page hang on to her heart and the fortune?
68) All night long
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When George is passed over for a promotion, he punched out his superior, is demoted to night manager of a seedy drugstore, leaves his wife, has an affair with his neighbor's wife, and that's just some of the fun that goes on.
69) Narrow margin
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English
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Gene Hackman stars as an L.A. District Attorney attempting to take an unwilling murder witness back to the United States to testify against a top-level mob boss.
71) The Chamber
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English
Description
Adam Hall is an idealistic young attorney who takes on the death row clemency case of his one-time Klansman grandfather, Sam Cayhall. With just 28 days before the execution, Adam sets out to retrace the events leading to the crime for which Sam was convicted. As the impending death sentence looms closer, Adam works quickly to uncover the family's history for any hidden clues. In a white-knuckle series of twists and turns, Adam discovers deceptions...
72) Crimson tide
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English
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On board a nuclear submarine headed for Russia where radicals are threatening to start World War 3, Captain Ramsey and First officer Hunter clash over the validity of an unverified message to launch their missiles. With nuclear holocaust close at hand, mutiny erupts, pitting the entire crew against each other in a showdown that will decide the fate of the world.
73) Superman II
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English
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"This continuation of the adventures of the Man of Steel takes up where the original left off. Three fugitive super-powered Kryptonian do-badders plan to enslave Earth -- just when Superman decides to show a more romantic side to Lois Lane. The timing is off for the son of Jor-El, but it's ideal as Metropolis comes under siege"--Container.
74) The birdcage
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English
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When the son of a gay man invites his fiancee's ultra-conservative family over for dinner, his father tries to act straight while his partner plays an endearing old woman.
77) Downhill racer
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Criterion collection volume 494
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English
Description
A skier desperate to win gold in the Olympics joins an American team only to find that his new coach doesn't agree with how he goes about getting it.
78) No Way Out
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In a fit of rage, Secretary of Defense David Brice (Gene Hackman) murders his mistress (Sean Young). To keep a lid on the scandal, Brice's loyal aide (Will Patton) creates the perfect cover-up: he "invents" a more enticing killer - a Russian spy - and then enlists Naval Commander Tom Farrell (Costner) to find him. But as a chilling twist of fate would have it, Farrell also has a strong connection to the victim... and now all the clues he's been hired...
79) Extreme Measures
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English
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Dr. Guy Luthan did everything right, but it turned out wrong. A patient under his care at New York's Gramercy Hospital mysteriously died, and now Luthan wants to know why. However, when he looks for postmortem details, he finds no body...and no records. Hugh Grant plays Luthan in Extreme Measures, "one of the most effective paranoid suspense movies since The Fugitive" (Chicago Tribune). Gene Hackman and Sarah Jessica Parker costar in this mystery...
80) Power
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English
Description
It depicts how calculated and dehumanized the political process has become. The film shows the maneuverings of political candidates as they try to get elected, and the people hired to sell them to the public, the media consultants.