Movie List for "usa 2"

Léon: The Professional (1994) Action Crime Drama Thriller Movie

Mathilda, a 12-year-old girl, is reluctantly taken in by Léon, a professional assassin, after her family is murdered. An unusual relationship forms as she becomes his protégée and learns the assassin’s trade. Year 1994.

Generes: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Luc Besson
Writer: Luc Besson
Actors: Jean Reno, Gary Oldman, Natalie Portman, Danny Aiello

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) Comedy Crime Thriller Movie

A writer of books on the futility of marriage risks his reputation when he decides to get married. Things get even more complicated when he learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are habitual murderers. Year 1944.

Generes: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Director: Frank Capra
Writer: Julius J. Epstein (screen play), Philip G. Epstein (screen play), Joseph Kesselring (play)
Actors: Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey, Jack Carson

Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983) Action Adventure Fantasy Sci-Fi Movie

After a daring mission to rescue Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt, the Rebels dispatch to Endor to destroy the second Death Star. Meanwhile, Luke struggles to help Darth Vader back from the dark side without falling into the Emperor’s trap. Year 1983.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Director: Richard Marquand
Writer: Lawrence Kasdan (screenplay by), George Lucas (screenplay by), George Lucas (story by)
Actors: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams

Strangers on a Train (1951) Crime Film-Noir Thriller Movie

A psychopath forces a tennis star to comply with his theory that two strangers can get away with murder. Year 1951.

Generes: Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writer: Raymond Chandler (screen play), Czenzi Ormonde (screen play), Whitfield Cook (adaptation), Patricia Highsmith (from the novel by)
Actors: Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker, Leo G. Carroll

North by Northwest (1959) Adventure Mystery Thriller Movie

A New York City advertising executive goes on the run after being mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies. Year 1959.

Generes: Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writer: Ernest Lehman
Actors: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977) Action Adventure Fantasy Sci-Fi Movie

Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire’s world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vader. Year 1977.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Director: George Lucas
Writer: George Lucas
Actors: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing

The Birds (1963) Drama Horror Mystery Romance Movie

A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people. Year 1963.

Generes: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writer: Daphne Du Maurier (from the story by), Evan Hunter (screenplay by)
Actors: Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette, Tippi Hedren

Beauty and the Beast (1991) Animation Family Fantasy Musical Romance Movie

A prince cursed to spend his days as a hideous monster sets out to regain his humanity by earning a young woman’s love. Year 1991.

Generes: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Director: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
Writer: Linda Woolverton (animation screenplay by), Brenda Chapman (story by), Chris Sanders (story by), Burny Mattinson (story by), Kevin Harkey (story by), Brian Pimental (story by), Bruce Woodside (story by), Joe Ranft (story by), Tom Ellery (story by), Kelly Asbury (story by), Robert Lence (story by)
Actors: Robby Benson, Jesse Corti, Rex Everhart, Angela Lansbury

Out of Sight (1998) Comedy Crime Drama Romance Thriller Movie

A career bank robber breaks out of jail, and shares a moment of mutual attraction with a U.S. Marshal he has kidnapped. Year 1998.

Generes: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Writer: Elmore Leonard (novel), Scott Frank (screenplay)
Actors: George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Jim Robinson, Mike Malone

The Time Machine (1960) Adventure Romance Sci-Fi Thriller Movie

A man’s vision for a utopian society is disillusioned when travelling forward into time reveals a dark and dangerous society. Year 1960.

Generes: Adventure, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Director: George Pal
Writer: David Duncan (screenplay), H.G. Wells (novel)
Actors: Rod Taylor, Alan Young, Yvette Mimieux, Sebastian Cabot

The Usual Suspects (1995) Crime Mystery Thriller Movie

A sole survivor tells of the twisty events leading up to a horrific gun battle on a boat, which began when five criminals met at a seemingly random police lineup. Year 1995.

Generes: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Bryan Singer
Writer: Christopher McQuarrie
Actors: Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio Del Toro, Kevin Pollak

Pit and the Pendulum (1961) Drama Horror Mystery Movie

In the sixteenth century, Francis Barnard travels to Spain to clarify the strange circumstances of his sister’s death after she had married the son of a cruel Spanish Inquisitor. Year 1961.

Generes: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Director: Roger Corman
Writer: Richard Matheson (screenplay), Edgar Allan Poe (story “The Pit and the Pendulum”)
Actors: Vincent Price, John Kerr, Barbara Steele, Luana Anders

Bride of Frankenstein (1935) Drama Horror Sci-Fi Movie

Mary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Dr. Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate. Year 1935.

Generes: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Director: James Whale
Writer: Mary Shelley (suggested by: the original story written in 1816 by), William Hurlbut (adapted by), John L. Balderston (adapted by), William Hurlbut (screenplay)
Actors: Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson, Ernest Thesiger

The Maltese Falcon (1941) Film-Noir Mystery Movie

A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette. Year 1941.

Generes: Film-Noir, Mystery
Director: John Huston
Writer: John Huston (screen play by), Dashiell Hammett (based upon the novel by)
Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George, Peter Lorre

Empire of the Sun (1987) Action Drama History War Movie

A young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation during World War II. Year 1987.

Generes: Action, Drama, History, War
Director: Steven Spielberg
Writer: Tom Stoppard (screenplay), J.G. Ballard (novel)
Actors: Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Havers

Rio Bravo (1959) Action Drama Western Movie

A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a cripple, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy. Year 1959.

Generes: Action, Drama, Western
Director: Howard Hawks
Writer: Jules Furthman (screenplay), Leigh Brackett (screenplay), B.H. McCampbell (short story)
Actors: John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson