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1. (1995) James is a paranormal expert who claims to specialize in ridding haunted homes of their ghostly inhabitants, but what he's really trying to do is find a way to connect with his dead wife. All his daughter Kat wants to do is stop moving around so much. It takes a friendly little ghost, and his three not so friendly room-mates to grant them both their wishes.
2. (1996) If you and your wife have already agreed to divorce, then getting the papers signed should be a snap, right? Not if your wife is a storm chaser, and you used to work with her, and you make the mistake of visiting her at work to get that signature. Then you might find yourself getting sucked back into the excitement of the chase, and somewhere along the road you just might realize that you never really stopped loving her.
3. (1975) A very silly King Arthur and his even sillier knights go gallivanting around England looking for an ancient religious artifact. Riding pretend horse, while someone bangs coconuts together to create the sound of hooves, they overcome all sorts of ridiculous obstacles, stopping at nothing to achieve their goal.
4. (1965) The drummer of a famous rock group receives a ring in the mail from a fan. Not realizing that it's the ceremonial ring for a cult that practices human sacrifice, he puts it on. What follows is a playful romp across many beautiful locations, that only serve as an interesting showcase for the group's newest songs.
5. (1973) Johnny Hooker is a small time con man, looking for revenge on Doyle Lonnegan, the man who had his partner killed. Henry Gondorf is the master of the large con who's going to help him do it. Redford and Newman prove once again that their on screen chemistry is unbeatable.
6. (1939) Getting caught in a tornado can be a pretty scary thing, especially when your house is lifted up to a land over the rainbow and lands on a wicked old witch whose sister promises revenge.
7. (1996) Cynthia, Annie, Brenda and Elise were best friends in college, but life often gets in the way of friendship, and they drifted apart. Drawn back together after Cynthia killed herself, they're surprised to find that each one of them has been badly treated and abandoned by the men they had married. They set out to get revenge on those men, but end up focusing their energies on establishing a centre for abused women.
8. (1981) Mel Gibson plays one of two Australian runners who were training for the Olympics, until they were sidetracked by WW1, in this very powerful movie about the terrible waste of life in war. There is a devastating scene where the men, knowing that they will not survive the attack, remove their personal effects and hang them in the trenches so that they can be found and returned to their families.
9. (1988) Two FBI agents descend upon Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of some civil right activists during the 1960's. Anderson, played by Gene Hackman, is a former agent who's hard-bitten approach often rubs his partner, played by Willem Dafoe, the wrong way.
10. (1984) The three important rules for taking care of a Mogwai are, keep it away from bright light, keep it away from water, and never feed it after midnight. When those rules are broken you just might find yourself overrun by nasty, dangerous little monsters.
11. (1959) After witnessing a mob hit in Chicago, Joe and Jerry hide in an all girl band headed for Florida. They plan on cutting loose as soon as they get to Florida, but by that time Joe has fallen for the singer, Sugar Kane. Things get complicated when Jerry receives a marriage proposal from a millionaire, and the very mobsters they're running from show up at their hotel.
12. (1988) When Charlie's very rich father dies, all he leaves Charlie is an antique car and some rose bushes. The bulk of his fortune is left to Raymond, a brother Charlie never even knew he had. Believing himself due an equal share of their father's money, Charlie kidnaps Raymond from the institution where he lives and tries to take him home. But Raymond is an autistic savant and refuses to fly, leaving Charlie little choice but to drive him across the country. Their odyssey is a long and torturous one, but by the end of it Charlie realizes that he really does love his older brother.
13. (1980) John Merrick suffered from Proteus Syndrome, a rare disfiguring disease. Dr. Treves found him, half dead from pneumonia, being treated like an animal in circus freak show, in 19th century England. This is the true story of how Merrick was rescued and given the chance to finish living his life with some modicum of human dignity.
14. (2001) What's an ogre to do when the solitude of his swamp is disturbed by the fairy tale creatures that have been kicked out of Duloc? He needs to rescue the princess of course, and deliver her to the nasty, midget lord so that he can have his swamp back to himself. If only that chatter box donkey would stop following him around, he might actually be able to get that accomplished, before he realizes that he's fallen in love with the princess himself.
15. (2001) William (played by Heath Ledger) is but a squire, in this movie inspired by 'Canterbury Tales'. When the knight William serves dies unexpectedly, William assumes his identity and begins to compete in tournaments. He develops quite a name for himself, even acquiring the assistance of Chaucer himself to invent the noble genealogy necessary to be a knight. All in all things are looking pretty good for William, until they start to go wrong of course.
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