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1. (1989) After graduating from university, two people shared a ride from Chicago to New York. Along the way they had some interesting discussions about whether or not men and women can be friends, without sex getting in the way. Over the years they kept bumping into each other and finally came to realize that they were in love with each other.
2. (1983) Clint Eastwood reprised his role of Harry Callahan, in this fourth film in the "Dirty Harry" series. In this offering, Harry had to deal with a rape victim who was exacting revenge herself on the men who attacked her, after the judicial system failed her.
3. (1982) When the Freelings moved into their new home, they had no idea that it was haunted. At first the ghosts seemed rather friendly, and didn't present much of a problem, but it wasn't long before things started getting ugly. Carol Anne had a strange ability to communicate with them, through a dead channel on the television...at least she did until they took her to join them.
4. (1986) Maverick was good, and he knew it. When he was given the opportunity to train with the top pilots at the Naval Flying School, he was determined to succeed. While there, he found that he not only had to struggle with his own reckless attitude, but also with the legacy laid down by his father before him, who might have made an error responsible for more than just his own death in battle.
5. (1981) Norman and Ethel Thayer were in the twilight of their lives, but that didn't stop them from spending the summer at their beloved cottage. When their daughter and her boyfriend visited en route to Europe, they left Billy Ray Junior behind for a few weeks. Streetwise Billy and crotchety old Norman formed an unexpected bond that had a lot to offer both of them.
6. (1982) Left behind when his spaceship had to flee, our little botanist was lucky that it was Elliott who found him. Unfortunately Elliott wasn't the only one who knew he was there, and the scientists trying to find him were getting closer all the time. Elliott and his friends had to find a way to get him back to his spaceship, before he died and ended up on the autopsy table.
7. (1987) When Baby went on vacation with her family, in the summer of 1963, she didn't really know what to expect. The resort where her family stayed had everything, including dance lessons from some very interesting instructors. What Baby got was some incredible dance instruction, and an education that she could never have received in school.
8. (1987) Bud Fox, anxious to prove himself and succeed in the high-powered world of the New York Stock Exchange, didn't care what he had to do to get there. He hooked up with the older, but equally ruthless Gordon Gekko, who took the boy under his wing, and taught him everything he needed to know.
9. (1984) In an attempt to mold the future by altering the past, a cyborg was sent back to eliminate Sarah Connor, a woman destined to give birth to a leader. Fortunately for Sarah, someone else from the future was sent to help her survive the attempt on her life.
10. (1989) Inspirational teacher, Professor John Keating, taught his students more than an appreciation for literature, when he took them in hand. He taught them to break out of expected molds and stand up for their beliefs, and gave them a new approach to life.
11. (1987) After one unhappy marriage left her a widow, Loretta decided to marry again, but for safety and security this time, and not for love. Her plans were progressing nicely until she met her fiancé's moody and passionate, younger brother, who worked in a bakery. Loretta soon fell in love, which completely messed up all her careful plans.
12. (1983) Tony and his friend Manny didn't set out to become drug lords, when they first came to America, as refugees from Cuba, but they were so good at it. The more successful Tony became, the more enemies he acquired. It was hard for him not to become paranoid, when people really were trying to kill him.
13. (1980) It was pretty lonely for Jack, spending the winter snowed into a mountain resort with just his wife and son for company. So it was a darn good thing that there were so many ghosts at the Overlook Hotel to keep him occupied. Of course the fact that the ghosts wanted him to kill his wife and son, and join their ranks might have been a bit unsettling, to a lesser man.
14. (1989) When Ray Kinsella followed the voices that he alone heard, and turned a piece of his farmland into a baseball diamond, a lot of people were ready to have him committed. But when the ghosts of the 1919 Chicago White Sox team, including Shoeless Joe Jackson, showed up to play, they stopped doubting his sanity.
15. (1980) This slapstick comedy deals with the eccentric goings on at an exclusive golf club, that is plagued with eccentric members, and a strangely clever, yet destructive little gopher.
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