 | Birdy
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $8.25 An eccentric "bird-boy", friendship, and the horrors of war come together to make this one of a kind, wonderfully unique film. A young Matthew Modine and Nicholas Cage do a great job as two young men who return from Vietnam trying to cope with horrible physical and emotional scars. See this movie.
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 | What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Buy used from: $6.92 Interesting character study. All the performances are excellent; however, DiCaprio's performance is better than excellent, it's "legendary".
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 | The Outlaw Josey Wales
Buy used from: $2.81 I really love this film, it's a great ride. Full of action, a great tale of revenge and redemption that encompasses Civil War history and the American West.
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 | Jeremiah Johnson
Buy new: $9.49 / Used from: $7.15 A great film about the West that is not your typical Western. Based on a legendary mountain man of 19th century America. Breath taking vistas, good acting, exciting, yet quiet and cerebral at times. An accurate portrait of mountain man life.
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 | Groundhog Day (Special Edition)
Buy used from: $3.14 Romantic comedy with a fantasy "twist". A very funny, yet understated little "gem" with a moral message.
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 | Blood Simple
Buy new: $12.49 / Used from: $7.17 Great film noir! The twist and turns it takes leave you guessing till the very end.
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 | Smithereens
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $3.54 A low-budget masterpiece. Raw, nihilistic slice of the late seventies, early eighties NYC punk scene. Very interesting film whether you are interested in this scene or not.
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 | Galaxy Quest (Deluxe Edition)
Buy new: $12.49 / Used from: $7.85 A masterpiece of parody dealing with sci/fi television shows. The casting is excellent. A very funny and very heart warming film.
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 | Get Carter
Buy new: $17.49 / Used from: $10.45 Carter, a grim determined man, very efficiently murders his way through London and Newcastle seeking revenge for his brother's death by the hands of the British "mob". This film is very quiet, making it all the more eerie and cold. A nice contrast to the "mod-swinging" London of the sixties".
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 | Big Fish
Buy new: $11.49 / Used from: $1.45 Magical Realism at it's finest, in this tale of a man defined by mythic stories. Though these stories have distanced the man from his son during his life, they bring the two together in an incredible ending to this wonderful film.
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 | As Good As It Gets
Buy new: $12.49 / Used from: $1.86 This film won multiple Oscars, gets much critical praise, but never seems to be on any "best of lists". A quirky, charming romantic-comedy, with great acting by all the players.
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 | Equus
Buy new: $12.49 / Used from: $3.97 A strange tale of a boy's obsession with horses to the point of madness. Richard Burton is at his best as the psychiatrist who takes on the case, nearly losing his mind in the process. Burton's soliloquy at the end of the film is BRILLIANT.
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 | Atlantic City
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $5.35 What a great film! The usually larger than life Burt Lancaster gives a brilliant subdued performance as Lou, the well past his prime small time hustler. Susan Sarandon is great; all the acting is great! Louis Malle's direction is sublime.
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 | Reservoir Dogs
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $0.50 Edgy, brutal, cruel, dark...riveting! "Noir" the Quentin Tarantino way. A cult favorite that is finally getting it's due.
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 | Brazil
Buy new: $12.49 / Used from: $7.25 A Pythonesque "nightmare-comedy". Very funny, if it's not happening to you! A modern look at how bureaucratic "red-tape" can ruin a life.
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 | The Princess Bride (20th Anniversary Edition)
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $6.87 Deadpan, satirical, smart and funny, swashbuckling fantasy-adventure. Great fun for all ages. Though it's a movie, Grandpa's telling of the tale, reminds one just how great a "good book" can be, too.
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