A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969), Southern Comfort (2001), Revelations: Paradise Lost 2 (2000), The Girl Next Door (2000), God's Country (1985), Cowboy Up (2000), No Way Out (1950), We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen (2005) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best American movies.
Storyline: George Bailey has spent his entire life giving of himself to the people of Bedford Falls. He has always longed to travel but never had the opportunity in order to prevent rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town. All that prevents him from doing so is George's modest building and loan company, which was founded by his generous father. But on Christmas Eve, George's Uncle Billy loses the business's $8,000 while intending to deposit it in the bank. Potter finds the misplaced money and hides it from Billy. When the bank examiner discovers the shortage later that night, George realizes that he will be held responsible and sent to jail and the company will collapse, finally allowing Potter to take over the town. Thinking of his wife, their young children, and others he loves will be better off with him dead, he contemplates suicide. But the prayers of his loved ones result in a gentle angel named Clarence coming to earth to help George, with the promise of earning his ...
Plot Keywords: classic, christmas, fantasy, drama, family, inspirational, romance ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A German mail-order bride in 1920s Minnesota encounters suspicion and scorn when she arrives to marry a member of a Norwegian farming community.
Plot Keywords: romance, history, drama, american, immigration, farm, 1920s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In his small North Carolina hometown, Ron Clark (Matthew Perry) leads a comfortable life as a successful elementary school teacher, earning the respect of the community. However, he knows there are students elsewhere who need him more. Following his inner calling, Clark uproots to New York City, hoping to make a difference for the disenfranchised youths the school system has left behind. Clark makes it his mission to turn around the worst students, even though he knows his job is on the line.
Plot Keywords: biography, drama, education, inspirational, teacher, true story, american ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: When a local TV station launches a filmmaking contest, teenager Tru Walker (Clara Bryant) enters in a heartbeat. Her life seems full of drama to document -- including a surgeon father who's never there and a mother, Ginny (Mare Winningham), who seems as if she isn't there even when she is. In the end, Tru chooses to make a film about her mentally impaired twin brother, Eddie (Shia LaBeouf). But as airtime nears, Tru fears how others will react to her rather personal story.
Plot Keywords: comedy, drama, family, coming of age, teen, brotherhood, autism ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Interviews and clever use of still photographs illustrate the life of a talented but often controversial comic who died of cancer at age 32.
Plot Keywords: documentary, biography, comedy, stand-up comedy, american, true story, satire ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: An attorney (Bellamy Young) tries to get convicted serial killer Richard Ramirez (Lou Diamond Phillips) to confess to crimes attributed to a death row inmate.
Plot Keywords: crime, thriller, horror, serial killer, true story, documentary, murder ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The brother of condemned killer Gary Gilmore comes to terms with his brother's crimes and his family's violent legacy.
Plot Keywords: crime, drama, biography, true story, family, tragedy, murder ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A youth turns his rebellious nature into a successful ring career in this fact-based portrait of boxer Rocky Graziano.
Plot Keywords: biography, sports, boxing, drama, inspirational, based on true story, american ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: While World War II rages overseas, a divorced mother of two, Nita Longley (Sissy Spacek), struggles to makes ends meet as a telephone operator in small-town Texas. As the subject of disdainful gossip due to her divorce, Nita faces a lonely existence of ostracism, where only the unscrupulous approach her -- often with ill intent. When she befriends Teddy (Eric Roberts), a sailor on leave, her situation improves, but he's soon sent to war. Once again, Nita must face her plight alone.
Plot Keywords: drama, romance, historical, war, american, female lead, world war ii ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: It has been three years since the most important Nazi leaders had already been tried. This trial is about 4 judges who used their offices to conduct Nazi sterilization and cleansing policies. Retired American judge, Dan Haywood has a daunting task ahead of him. The Cold War is heating up and no one wants any more trials as Germany, and Allied governments, want to forget the past. But is that the right thing to do is the question that the tribunal must decide.—Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>
Plot Keywords: historical, legal, war, courtroom, nazi, trial, world war ii ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: At a family reunion, the Cooper clan find that their parents' home is being foreclosed. "Temporarily," Ma moves in with son George's family, Pa with daughter Cora. But the parents are like sand in the gears of their middle-aged children's well regulated households. Can the old folks take matters into their own hands?—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: drama, family, aging, marriage, parent-child relationship, social issues, generation gap ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Based on a true story, a group of allied escape artist-type prisoners-of-war are all put in an "escape proof" camp. Their leader decides to try to take out several hundred all at once. The first half of the movie is played for comedy, as the prisoners mostly outwit their jailers to dig the escape tunnel. The second half is high adventure as they use planes, trains, and boats to get out of occupied Europe.
Plot Keywords: war, world war ii, escape, adventure, action, historical, based on true events ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Two brothers face the fight of a lifetime - and the wreckage of their broken family - within the brutal, high-stakes world of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighting in Lionsgate's action/drama, WARRIOR. A former Marine, haunted by a tragic past, Tommy Riordan returns to his hometown of Pittsburgh and enlists his father, a recovered alcoholic and his former coach, to train him for an MMA tournament awarding the biggest purse in the history of the sport. As Tommy blazes a violent path towards the title prize, his brother, Brendan, a former MMA fighter unable to make ends meet as a public school teacher, returns to the amateur ring to provide for his family. Even though years have passed, recriminations and past betrayals keep Brendan bitterly estranged from both Tommy and his father. But when Brendan's unlikely rise as an underdog sets him on a collision course with Tommy, the two brothers must finally confront the forces that tore them apart, all the while waging the most intense, ...
Plot Keywords: action, drama, sports, fighting, family, brothers, competition ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: When reporter Rachel Armstrong (Kate Beckinsale) writes a story that reveals the identity of a covert CIA operative, the government demands that Rachel reveal her source. She defies the special prosecutor (Matt Dillon) and is thrown in jail. Meanwhile, her attorney, Albert Burnside (Alan Alda) argues her case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Plot Keywords: drama, thriller, political, journalist, legal, investigation, national security ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: During summer vacation, Troy (Zac Efron) gets a job at Sharpay's (Ashley Tisdale) resort but doesn't realize she has an ulterior motive for hiring him.
Plot Keywords: musical, teen, disney, high school life, romance, friendship, dream ...
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