The Straight Story (1999), Annie Hall (1977), Stroszek (1977), Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (2008), Love Actually (2003), Apollo 13 (1995), Milk (2008) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Wisconsin movies.
Storyline: A G-man goes undercover to infiltrate a gang, helping the group's leader escape from prison to gain his trust.
Plot Keywords: government agent, police shootout, prison escape, plastic surgery, murder, movie theater, marriage proposal ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Recently discharged GI's Eddie York and Chuck Gibson are en route to Beaver Dam, Wisconsin to start their own mink farm. While in New York, Eddie is mistaken for wealthy playboy Francis Pemberton and taken to see bookie Jim Arnold, whom Pemberton owes $12,000 in gambling debts. Arnold confiscates Eddie and Chuck's $3,000 savings, and demands the balance by tomorrow. Eddie and Chuck go in search of Francis to get their money back, but with Francis away in Mexico, everyone in the Pemberton household believes Eddie is Francis...—L. Hamre
Plot Keywords: screwball comedy, mexico, mayhem, look alike, identity, grandfather, gambling ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A final live variety show broadcast via radio becomes a metaphor for the natural order of life. A concept and script by Garrison Keilor uses every natural and technical element of working with a tight and close ensemble producing a weekly show to sooth us and guide us through the natural but difficult transitions of aging, becoming less relevant and then dying as new, young life develops and strengthens during our final "performances." This is a rare film for it's remarkable cast and crew and one wonders how the great Robert Altman was able to gather them all at the same place and time to shoot this film.
Plot Keywords: singing, entertainer, radio show, country music, backstage, radio, recording ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The daughter of a brilliant but mentally disturbed mathematician (recently deceased) tries to come to grips with her possible inheritance: his insanity. Complicating matters are one of her father's ex-students who wants to search through his papers and her estranged sister who shows up to help settle his affairs.
Plot Keywords: dead father, loss of father, death of father, science, one word title, police, family relationships ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A nightclub dancer marries into society and has to contend with her jealous sister-in-law.
Plot Keywords: based on play, family relationships, horse riding, marriage proposal, marriage, party, romantic rivalry ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A Democratic strategist helps a retired veteran run for mayor in a small, conservative Midwest town.
Plot Keywords: political satire, american politics, election campaign, wisconsin, political campaign, reference to abraham lincoln, budweiser ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: At the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Paige, a pre-med student and a farm girl from Manitowoc, meets Eddie, a fellow student from Denmark, whom she first dislikes but later accepts, likes, and loves. Paige takes Eddie to her home for the Thanksgiving weekend. Paparazzi find and photograph the couple, and Paige learns that Eddie is truly Crown Prince Edvard. Failing health causes King Haraald to abdicate in favor of Edvard, so Eddie returns to Copenhagen, then Paige follows her heart to Copenhagen, where Edvard warmly welcomes her, takes her to the castle, and introduces her to the royal family. Queen Rosalind first expresses opposition to Paige but later relents; King Haraald soon warms to her; Edvard proposes, Paige accepts, and he gives her a ring. However, Paige recalls her previous dream of going to Doctors Without Borders, so she breaks off and returns to school. Still, though, Edvard shows up at Paige's graduation and suggests an alternate plan.
Plot Keywords: princess, picnic, roommate, tabloid, tv commercial, vault, cinderella story ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Gabriel Noone is a late night radio-host in a big city, specializing in spooky tales culled from his active imagination. When Gabriel's lover decides he needs some "space" and moves out, Gabriel descends into a funk until a publisher friend brings him a manuscript written by 14 year-old Pete Logand, a troubled young fan. Pete's story touches the vulnerable Gabriel deeply. Pete was severely abused by his parents and is now under the care of his former social worker, Donna Logand, who has adopted him. Pete is very ill and he and Donna are keeping a low profile in a small town in Wisconsin to avoid discovery by Pete's mother. Gabriel develops an unsettling long-distance telephone relationship with the boy and his guardian. Nothing is as it seems and the skepticism of friends causes Gabriel to become suspicious of Donna and her motives, so he tries to resolve the loose ends by traveling to Wisconsin to confront Donna and Pete. But this effort is largely unsuccessful and we are left ...
Plot Keywords: telephone, talk show host, based on novel, christmas, investigation, writer, teenage boy ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Jackie (Robert DeNiro) is a comic icon, attempting to reinvent himself despite his audience only wanting to know him as a television character he played earlier in his career. After accosting an audience member, Jackie is sentenced to community service where he meets Harmony Schiltz (Leslie Mann).—Peter-Patrick76 (peter-patrick@mail.com)
Plot Keywords: stand up comedy, bee, brain, canary, carnival, cat, chicken ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns that the earth's core is heating up. He warns U.S. President Thomas Wilson that the crust of the earth is becoming unstable and that without proper preparations for saving a fraction of the world's population, the entire race is doomed. Meanwhile, writer Jackson Curtis stumbles on the same information. While the world's leaders race to build "arks" to escape the impending cataclysm, Curtis struggles to find a way to save his family. Meanwhile, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes of unprecedented strength wreak havoc around the world.
Plot Keywords: apocalypse, obscene finger gesture, catastrophe, earthquake, end of the world, grocery shopping, paris france ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The Bakers, while on vacation, find themselves competing with a rival family of eight children.
Plot Keywords: twin, bloopers during credits, trophy wife, new york city, first love, first date, sequel to remake ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The true story of Edward Gein, the farmer whose horrific crimes inspired Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Silence of the Lambs. This is the first film to Gein's tormented upbringing, his adored but domineering mother, and the 1957 arrest uncovered the most bizarre series of murders America has ever seen.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: based on true story, psychotic, serial killer, fratricide, killer, murderer, good versus evil ...
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