Star 80 (1983), Hard Core Logo (1996), Fetching Cody (2005), The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico (2005), Narrow Margin (1990), Crying Freeman (1995), Harry in Your Pocket (1973), Kissed (1996) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Vancouver, British Columbia movies.
Storyline: When sleazy Paul Snider (Eric Roberts) stumbles upon pretty high school beauty Dorothy Stratten (Mariel Hemingway), he knows she is star material. Paul becomes her manager and husband, and under his guidance Dorothy grows to fame as a Playboy Playmate. But when Dorothy begins pursuing an acting career, the jealous Paul finds himself elbowed out of the picture by more famous men. Dorothy's career rises as Paul's mental state declines, leading ultimately to tragedy.
Plot Keywords: model, director, hugh hefner, pornographer, husband, dark, disturbing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Bruce Macdonald follows punk bank Hard Core Logo on a harrowing last-gasp reunion tour throughout Western Canada. As magnetic lead-singer Joe Dick holds the whole magilla together through sheer force of will, all the tensions and pitfalls of life on the road come bubbling to the surface.—<Ummagumma@sos.on.sa>
Plot Keywords: singer, guitarist, drummer, bassist, punk rocker, girlfriend, dark ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Art, a drug-addicted dealer and hustler, arrives at his girlfriend Cody's apartment to find that she has overdosed on heroin. He tries to fix things by traveling back in time in an attempt to prevent her death.
Plot Keywords: drug dealer, girlfriend, prostitute, homeless person, boyfriend, junkie, dark ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The life of legendary -- albeit fictional -- country singer Guy Terrifico (Matt Murphy) is chronicled through a series of interviews and archival vignettes. Arising from the music scene of western Canada in the 1970s, Guy achieves fame and finds love with the ever-patient Mary Lou (Natalie Radford). But Guy's self-destructive impulses get the better of him, and his career goes off the rails, leading to an early death, or perhaps simply an untimely disappearance.
Plot Keywords: country singer, friend, groupie, widow, journalist, musician, lighthearted ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A woman secretly witnesses the murder of her blind date for the evening by a top Mafia boss. She immediately goes into hiding without informing the authorities. When they finally catch up with her, she is unwilling to testify to what she has seen, but the Mafia are on her trail. Accompanied by a deputy district attorney, the woman boards a train travelling through a remote part of Canada. The Mafia know him but they have never seen her.—Rob Hartill
Plot Keywords: woman, mobster, district attorney, crime boss, tense, gripping, train ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A lethal assassin for a secret Chinese organisation, who sheds tears of regret each time he kills, is seen swiftly and mercilessly executing three Yakuza gangsters by a beautiful artist. She is captivated by the grace of his kill and later falls in love with him. An intense power struggle for the leadership of the Yakuza Clans ensues as they seek vengeance for the death of their leader. They soon realise the fatal mistake of underestimating the deadly skills of the Crying Freeman.
Plot Keywords: artist, killer, cult leader, assassin, police captain, brutal, profound ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In Seattle, aspiring pickpocket Ray is not very adept at his chosen profession. He thinks he's made it to the big time when he learns that a "cannon" - a pickpocket - is looking for an apprentice. The cannon is Harry, recently arrived in Seattle, with his older associate, Casey, a man with a penchant for cocaine. What Harry and Casey are really looking for is a "stall" - someone to act as the distractor. Harry thinks Sandy, Ray's girlfriend (and one of his former marks), is better suited to the job, but, Sandy will not do it unless Ray's included, as well. Ray appreciates what Harry can and does teach him and Sandy, but, Ray doesn't much like the romantic and sexual interest Harry' starts showing in Sandy. Harry's number one rule; Harry never holds, and after relocating their operation to stay one step ahead of the law, Ray's tired of being the 4th musketeer in the group, and itches to become a world-class cannon himself. This doesn't fit within Harry's grand scheme, and allegiances between each of the individuals within the foursome are tested.—Huggo
Plot Keywords: pickpocket, teacher, student, girlfriend, police chief, cool, crafty ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Sandra Larson has always been fascinated by the entire sensory experience surrounding death: its touch, smell and look. As a child, she would search out dead animals and perform ritualistic burials. As a young woman, Sandra gets a job at Wallis Funeral Home, first as a general assistant, then progressing to study to become an embalmer. At the funeral home, she begins to take her fascination with death to the next level by becoming a necrophiliac. But she also begins her first ever relationship with Matt, a medical student, with who she is totally open about her necrophilia. He finds this aspect of her compelling. He becomes all consumed with her as she is consumed with dead people. The questions become how far he will take this fascination with her to understand fully what is going through her emotional being, how far she will allow him to go, and how far can her feelings for him extend as a live being.—Huggo
Plot Keywords: teen girl, mortician, medical student, corpse, teacher, friend, offbeat ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Ryan Harrison, a violin god, superstar and sex symbol does not want to cheat on sexy Lauren Goodhue's husband with her. Shortly after that Mr. Goodhue is found murdered and Ryan suddenly finds himself being the main suspect. After being sentenced to death he manages to flee while being transferred to his execution site. Now, all the world is after him as he stumbles from one unfortunate incident to the next in order to find the real murderer.
Plot Keywords: fugitive, violinist, wife, cop, murder victim, mercenary, hilarious ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Two attractive young lesbians, Maggie and Kim, meet in Vancouver, develop a passionate romance, and move in together. Meanwhile, Maggie's well-meaning but naive mother Lila gets divorced and decides to move to Vancouver and join the household. Soon after, Lila is befriended by Judy, a transsexual about to undergo a sex-change operation. Complications ensue as the conservative Lila learns the truth about Maggie, Judy, and their diverse group of friends.—Eric Sorensen
Plot Keywords: lesbian, dream girl, mother, brother, transgender woman, owner, passionate ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Trevor (Andrew McIntyre) has never had any particular difficulty in meeting beautiful women to spend time with, but his failure to find the perfect female has left him stymied. Shifting from sorority girls to sex fiends and models, Trevor remains uncomfortable with the idea of settling for just any girl. But after hitting it off with spirited punk rocker Janice (Marnie Robinson), he debates setting aside his quest for physical perfection in order to have a meaningful relationship.
Plot Keywords: single man, sorority sister, punk rocker, model, slacker, musician, engaging ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: There were those who called him Icarus. Everyone else knew him as a divorced father working for an investment company. But they didn't know his other side-his dark side. Because Icarus was at his best when he was killing people. For years, he'd worked as a sleeper agent in America-but when the Soviet Empire collapsed, he found himself in a foreign country with no one to trust. Determined to break from his dark past, he started over with a new identity. But you can only escape your past for so long. When a sudden mishap in Hong Kong blows Icarus' identity, past and present collide - and the assassin realizes he is now the target. The people that want him dead will stop at nothing to get to him. And that means going after what he cares about most-his wife and daughter. Fighting for his life, Icarus is forced to face the demons of his past to protect the loved ones in his present. He must fight to save the only thing he's ever done right in his life. He needs to uncover who is after him and protect his family - before it's too late.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: hit man, wife, daughter, girlfriend, mobster, russian, thrilling ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Nick Persons is a selfish player who owns a collectables sports shop in Portland, Oregon. Everything in his life is perfect until he meets Suzanne Kingston, a business woman who has something Nick hates - children: Lindsey and Kevin. Nick and Suzanne become friends and share good moments with each other. But Nick's peaceful life gets altered when Suzanne asks him to drive her kids to Vancouver. After the 3 miss a plane and then, train, they drive. Unfortunately, Kevin and Lindsey hate Nick, and he has to try to make it to Vancouver, unaware of the terror and torture he is in for.
Plot Keywords: divorcée, store owner, boy, girl, ex-husband, amusing, playful ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Father Thomas O'Neil (Timothy Bottoms) is murdered, and a nun, Sister Margaret (Michele Greene), with whom he was rumoured to be having an affair, is arrested as the suspect in the scandalous crime. Perry Mason (Raymond Burr), now a judge, is asked by his pal, Archbishop Stefan Corro, to look into it. With not only Mason but his secretary, Della Street (Barbara Hale), and his recent investigative partner, Paul Drake Jr. (William Katt), on the case, Margaret's name may be cleared.
Plot Keywords: judge, private investigator, secretary, defendant, archbishop, nun, engaging ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: An American cop teams up with a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman and together they uncover a plot to hide international terrorists in Vancouver.
Plot Keywords: agent, canadian, government official, assassin, ex-wife, inspector, gripping ...
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