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, 1h49
Directed by Emilio Estevez,
Robert WiseOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Action,
Crime,
RomanceThemes Children's filmsActors Emilio Estevez,
Demi Moore,
Tom Skerritt,
Veronica Cartwright,
William Allen Young,
Ernie LivelyRating57%




John Wisdom is a young man just out of college. He's branded a felon after a grand theft auto conviction on the night of his high school graduation, and as a result can't hold down a decent job. Seeing little future for himself, Wisdom takes a left turn: he becomes a criminal "for the people," evocative of Robin Hood. After seeing news reports about all the impoverished farmers and working class being sent to the bank to pay ownership debts, Wisdom goes on a bank robbing spree with his girlfriend, Karen Simmons; they erase loan and mortgage records, buying time for the poor to pay their debts.
, 1h51
Directed by Toni KalemOrigin USAGenres Drama,
RomanceActors Lili Taylor,
Guy Pearce,
Irma P. Hall,
John Hawkes,
Veronica Cartwright,
Marshall BellRating60%




Shy loner Evie (Taylor) hears musician Drumstrings Casey (Pearce) on the radio one night and becomes infatuated with him. She pursues him, carving his name (sadly, backwards) in her forehead with broken glass, and eventually they meet and then marry. They both still struggle to make something of their lives.
, 2h1
Directed by Tony ScottOrigin USAGenres Thriller,
Action,
Crime,
RomanceThemes Mafia films,
Medical-themed films,
Films about drugs,
Transport films,
Road movies,
Gangster filmsActors Christian Slater,
Patricia Arquette,
Dennis Hopper,
Val Kilmer,
Gary Oldman,
Brad PittRating78%




Clarence Worley (Christian Slater) watches a Sonny Chiba triple feature at a Detroit movie theater on his birthday where he meets Alabama Whitman (Patricia Arquette). They go to a diner and flirt with each other. At Clarence's apartment they have sex. She confesses that she is a call girl hired by Clarence's boss as his birthday present. Each claims to have fallen in love and they marry and express their commitment with one another by getting tattoos. An apparition of Elvis Presley (Val Kilmer) tells Clarence that killing her pimp will make the world a better place.
, 2h2
Directed by Neil JordanOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Fantastic,
Fantasy,
Horror,
RomanceThemes Films about magic and magicians,
Films about sexuality,
LGBT-related films,
Vampires in film,
LGBT-related filmActors Tom Cruise,
Brad Pitt,
Antonio Banderas,
Stephen Rea,
Christian Slater,
Kirsten DunstRating74%




In modern-day San Francisco, reporter Daniel Molloy interviews Louis de Pointe du Lac, who claims to be a vampire.
, 2h2
Directed by Marc RoccoOrigin FranceGenres Drama,
Thriller,
CrimeThemes Prison films,
Se déroulant à AlcatrazActors Christian Slater,
Kevin Bacon,
Gary Oldman,
Embeth Davidtz,
Brad Dourif,
William H. MacyRating72%




As a 17-year-old orphan, Henri Young (Kevin Bacon), steals $5.00 from a grocery store to feed himself and his little sister, both of whom are destitute. He is apprehended by the store clerk, and his sister is sent to an orphanage. Because that grocery store also housed a U.S. Post Office his crime becomes a federal offense. Young never sees his sister again and is sentenced to Leavenworth Penitentiary, Kansas. After later being transferred to Alcatraz, he participates in an escape attempt with two other prisoners.
, 1h53
Directed by Radha BharadwajOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
RomanceActors Christian Slater,
Jared Leto,
Claire Forlani,
Derek Jacobi,
Crispin Bonham-Carter,
Sarah HadlandRating58%




Basil (Jared Leto) is a young British aristocrat who grew up on the country estate of Windermere Hall. His father, Frederick (Derek Jacobi), is a traditionalist who believes that there are things people of their class should never do. One of those things is romancing the women of lower classes, and Frederick threatens to disinherit Basil as he did Ralph, his elder son, should he also succumb to this temptation.
, 1h40
Directed by Peter BergOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Crime,
Black comedyThemes Films about sexuality,
Erotic films,
Films about prostitution,
Erotic thriller films,
Buddy filmsActors Jon Favreau,
Cameron Diaz,
Christian Slater,
Jeremy Piven,
Daniel Stern,
Leland OrserRating62%




In the midst of preparing for his wedding and desperate for a break from his "Bridezilla" fiancée Laura (Cameron Diaz), Kyle Fisher (Jon Favreau) organizes a bachelor party in a Las Vegas hotel with his best friends: Charles Moore (Leland Orser), Robert Boyd (Christian Slater), and brothers Adam and Michael Berkow (Daniel Stern and Jeremy Piven), spending the night with drinks, drugs and a stripper/prostitute, Tina (Kobe Tai). Things go awry when Michael gets drunk and pays Tina extra money for sex in the bathroom only to accidentally slam her against a wall and impale a towel hook through her head, killing her instantly. As the group argues over what to do -- Adam insisting that they call the police, Boyd adamant about burying Tina's body in the desert -- a security guard comes to investigate the noise and sees Tina's corpse in the bathroom. In desperation, Boyd stabs the guard to death and the group is forced to dismember the bodies before taking them to the desert for burial.
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, 1h56
Directed by Predrag AntonijevićOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
Adventure,
CrimeThemes Heist filmsActors Christian Slater,
Val Kilmer,
Sara Downing,
Vincent Laresca,
Balthazar Getty,
Bokeem WoodbineRating45%




Hard Cash follows master thief Taylor (Slater), when he is released on parole. When working as a Paramedic, Taylor is called to an emergency at a betting office, when two armed robbers make their stand. As one gets shot, Taylor helps the female thief in need as they escape with the money. With the money hidden in the stretcher, an FBI agent (Kilmer) following and the marked money, how will they escape with the cash?
, 1h42
Directed by Tony BillOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Romantic comedy,
RomanceActors Marisa Tomei,
Christian Slater,
Rosie Perez,
Kyle Secor,
Willie Garson,
Vincent KartheiserRating68%




Caroline (Tomei) is a young woman working as a waitress who is always unlucky in love. Adam (Slater) is a shy busboy who saves Caroline when two men try to rape her on her way home one night. She then gets to know him. They become close, but she finds out his past, and the attackers come after Adam for revenge. They end up stabbing him. While Adam is recovering in the hospital, Caroline discovers that he has a heart defect, though he claims he has a baboon heart. On his birthday she surprises him by taking him to a hockey game. Before they leave, he shows her a surprise gift he left her to be opened when they return. At the hockey game, Adam catches a stray hockey puck that is shot into the crowd. On the way home, he falls asleep and dies at the age of 27. After the funeral, Caroline opens the gift he left her. It is a box of albums with a handwritten note from Adam declaring his love for Caroline.
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