Wikipedia Featured Articles on Films
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- DirectorZack SnyderStarsGerard ButlerLena HeadeyDavid WenhamIn the ancient battle of Thermopylae, King Leonidas and 300 Spartans fight against Xerxes and his massive Persian army. They face insurmountable odds when they are betrayed by a Spartan reject.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/300_(film)[/link]
- DirectorPaul W.S. AndersonStarsSanaa LathanLance HenriksenRaoul BovaDuring an archaeological expedition on Bouvetøya Island in Antarctica, a team of archaeologists and other scientists find themselves caught up in a battle between the two legends. Soon, the team realize that only one species can win.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_vs._Predator_(film)[/link]
- DirectorSam MendesStarsKevin SpaceyAnnette BeningThora BirchA sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Beauty_(film)[/link]
- DirectorGary TrousdaleKirk WiseStarsMichael J. FoxJim VarneyCorey BurtonA young linguist named Milo Thatch joins an intrepid group of explorers to find the mysterious lost continent of Atlantis.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Atlantis:_The_Lost_Empire[/link]
- DirectorJoel CoenEthan CoenStarsJohn TurturroJohn GoodmanJudy DavisA renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barton_Fink[/link]
- DirectorRoger ChristianStarsJohn TravoltaForest WhitakerBarry PepperIt's the year 3000 A.D., and the Earth is lost to the alien race of Psychlos. Humanity is enslaved by these gold-thirsty tyrants, who are unaware that their 'man-animals' are about to ignite the rebellion of a lifetime.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlefield_Earth_(film)[/link]
- DirectorSergei EisensteinStarsViktor KartashovNikolay KhmelyovBoris ZakhavaA Soviet farmer's son, who is working at a Kolchos is killed by his father, who wants to burn the fields of the Kolchos to damage the Soviet Society.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bezhin_Meadow[/link]
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsHarrison FordRutger HauerSean YoungA blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Runner[/link]
- DirectorLarry CharlesStarsSacha Baron CohenKen DavitianLuenellKazakh TV talking head Borat is dispatched to the United States to report on the greatest country in the world.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borat[/link]
- DirectorSeijun SuzukiStarsJô ShishidoMariko OgawaAnnu MariAfter a botched assignment, a rice-fetishizing hitman finds himself in conflict with his organization, and one mysterious, dangerous fellow-hitman in particular.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branded_to_Kill[/link]
- DirectorJames WhaleStarsBoris KarloffElsa LanchesterColin CliveMary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Baron Henry Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bride_of_Frankenstein[/link]
- DirectorJamie BabbitStarsNatasha LyonneClea DuVallMichelle WilliamsA naive teenager is sent to rehab camp when her straitlaced parents and friends suspect her of being a lesbian.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:But_I'm_a_Cheerleader[/link]
- DirectorRuggero DeodatoStarsRobert KermanFrancesca CiardiPerry PirkanenDuring a rescue mission into the Amazon rainforest, a professor stumbles across lost film shot by a missing documentary crew.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannibal_Holocaust[/link]
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsHumphrey BogartIngrid BergmanPaul HenreidA cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casablanca_(film)[/link]
- DirectorMartin CampbellStarsDaniel CraigEva GreenJudi DenchAfter earning 00 status and a licence to kill, secret agent James Bond sets out on his first mission as 007. Bond must defeat a private banker funding terrorists in a high-stakes game of poker at Casino Royale, Montenegro.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casino_Royale_(2006_film)[/link]
- DirectorClint EastwoodStarsAngelina JolieColm FeoreAmy RyanAfter Christine's son goes missing, she reaches out to the LAPD to find him. But when they try to pass off an impostor as her son to quieten public protests, she refuses to accept him or give up hope.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changeling_(film)[/link]
- DirectorJohn MiliusStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerJames Earl JonesMax von SydowA powerful warrior seeks to avenge the genocide of his people and the murder of his parents at the hands of a snake cult.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conan_the_Barbarian_(1982_film)[/link]
- DirectorRalph BakshiStarsBarry WhiteCharles GordoneScatman CrothersRabbit, a country-born trickster, takes over the organized crime racket in Harlem, facing opposition from the institutionalized racism of the Mafia and corrupt police.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coonskin_(film)[/link]
- DirectorSidney LumetStarsAl PacinoJohn CazalePenelope AllenThree amateur bank robbers plan to hold up a bank. A nice simple robbery: Walk in, take the money, and run. Unfortunately, the supposedly uncomplicated heist suddenly becomes a bizarre nightmare as everything that could go wrong does.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_Day_Afternoon[/link]
- DirectorJuliet MayStarsDakota Blue RichardsJuliet StevensonSaffron CoomberThe film follows the story of young teen April whose troubled life began in a dustbin - a new born baby, abandoned and alone, not celebrated, not wanted but discarded and left like so much rubbish in an industrial bin behind a pizza parlour. On the morning of her fourteenth birthday April has a devastating row with her foster mother, Marion and leaves the house determined to find out where she really comes from, who she really is and maybe, just maybe, find her real mother. Telling no-one what she's up to or where she's going, April skips school and begins the search she's dreamed about all her life. It's a blur of social workers, children's homes and special schools as April revisits and recalls the key scenes of her fragmented past. It's a painful journey, sometimes frightening but there's also friendship and love and laughter. And now she's started, there's no going back - April must find her mother.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dustbin_Baby_(film)[/link]
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHenry ThomasDrew BarrymorePeter CoyoteA troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape from Earth and return to his home planet.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.T._the_Extra-Terrestrial[/link]
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsBrad PittEdward NortonMeat LoafAn insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fight_Club_(film)[/link]
- DirectorRalph BakshiStarsSkip HinnantRosetta LeNoireJohn McCurryFritz drops out of college, starts a riot in Harlem and hits the road with an ex-girlfriend before getting mixed up with domestic terrorists.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_the_Cat_(film)[/link]
- DirectorJoe DanteChuck JonesStarsZach GalliganPhoebe CatesHowie MandelThe Gremlins are back, and this time, they've taken control of a New York City media mogul's high-tech skyscraper.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gremlins_2:_The_New_Batch[/link]
- DirectorRick RosenthalStarsJamie Lee CurtisDonald PleasenceCharles CyphersWhile Dr. Loomis hunts for Michael Myers, a traumatized Laurie is rushed to Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, and The Shape is not far behind her.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_II[/link]
- DirectorTommy Lee WallaceStarsTom AtkinsStacey NelkinDan O'HerlihyKids all over America want Silver Shamrock masks for Halloween. Doctor Daniel Challis seeks to uncover a plot by Silver Shamrock owner Conal Cochran.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_III:_Season_of_the_Witch[/link]
- DirectorWes AndersonStarsJason SchwartzmanNatalie PortmanWaris AhluwaliaA prologue of one heart-breaking history of love and the prologue of the travel told in The Darjeeling Limited (2007).[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_Chevalier[/link]
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsSam NeillLaura DernJeff GoldblumA pragmatic paleontologist touring an almost complete theme park on an island in Central America is tasked with protecting a couple of kids after a power failure causes the park's cloned dinosaurs to run loose.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_Park_(film)[/link]
- DirectorRajkumar HiraniStarsSanjay DuttArshad WarsiVidya BalanMunna Bhai embarks on a journey with Mahatma Gandhi in order to fight against a corrupt property dealer.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lage_Raho_Munna_Bhai[/link]
- DirectorC. Jay CoxStarsWes RamseySteve SandvossMary Kay PlaceA promiscuous gay party animal falls for a young Mormon missionary, leading to crisis, cliché, and catastrophe.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latter_Days[/link]
- DirectorJonathan DaytonValerie FarisStarsSteve CarellToni ColletteGreg KinnearA family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Miss_Sunshine[/link]
- DirectorRalph BakshiStarsChristopher GuardWilliam SquireMichael ScholesThe Fellowship of the Ring embark on a journey to destroy the One Ring and end Sauron's reign over Middle-earth.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings_(1978_film)[/link]
- DirectorDavid R. LoxtonStarsPrem RawatRennie DavisPat HalleyThis doc by video pioneers TVTV examines Guru Maharaj Ji, 16-year-old leader of a cult-like new age group, known to his followers as Lord of the Universe. The 1974 gathering at Houston's Astrodome features Rennie Davis and Abbie Hoffman.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_of_the_Universe[/link]
- DirectorChris BarkerMike SleeStarsWhoopi GoldbergFlower the MeerkatThe story of a family of meerkats living in the Kalahari Desert in South Africa.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meerkat_Manor:_The_Story_Begins[/link]
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsJune CarlsonHardie AlbrightLois AustinWhen a high-school girl gets pregnant and her boyfriend dies, the sex-ed teacher shows her a film about childbirth and the dangers of venereal disease.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mom_and_Dad[/link]
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsNaomi WattsLaura HarringJustin TherouxAfter a car wreck on Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulholland_Drive_(film)[/link]
- DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsDuane JonesJudith O'DeaKarl HardmanA ragtag group of Pennsylvanians barricade themselves in an old farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls that are ravaging the Northeast of the United States.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Living_Dead[/link]
- DirectorYimou ZhangStarsMinzhi WeiHuike ZhangZhenda Tian13-year old Wei Minzhi is the new substitute teacher of a mountain village school. She is told not to lose any of her pupils under any circumstances.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_One_Less[/link]
- DirectorLaurence OlivierStarsLaurence OlivierCedric HardwickeNicholas HannenShakespeare's powerful tale of the wicked deformed King and his conquests, both on the battlefield and in the boudoir.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_III_(1955_film)[/link]
- DirectorBenny ChanStarsJackie ChanMichael HuiLouis KooThongs and Octopus accept a job from their landlord: kidnap a baby. Soon, the baby awakens strong paternal feelings in the two crooks, leading to complications when it comes to handing him over to his possibly crazy gang boss grandfather.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob-B-Hood[/link]
- DirectorSam NewfieldStarsLila LeedsAlan BaxterLyle TalbotA chorus girl's career is ruined and her brother is driven to suicide when she starts smoking marijuana.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She_Shoulda_Said_No![/link]
- DirectorArthur MarvinStarsAnonymousSherlock Holmes enters his drawing room to find it being burgled, but on confronting the villain is surprised when the latter disappears. Holmes initially attempts to ignore the event by lighting a cigar, but upon the thief's reappearance, Holmes tries to reclaim the sack of stolen goods, drawing a pistol from his dressing gown pocket and firing it at the intruder, who disappears. After Holmes recovers his property, the bag vanishes from his hand into that of the thief, who promptly disappears through a window. At this point the movie ends abruptly with Holmes looking "baffled".[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_Baffled[/link]
- DirectorNicholas MeyerStarsWilliam ShatnerLeonard NimoyDeForest KelleyWith the assistance of the Enterprise crew, Admiral Kirk must stop an old nemesis, Khan Noonien Singh, from using the life-generating Genesis Device as the ultimate weapon.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek_II:_The_Wrath_of_Khan[/link]
- DirectorLeonard NimoyStarsWilliam ShatnerLeonard NimoyDeForest KelleyAdmiral Kirk and his bridge crew risk their careers stealing the decommissioned U.S.S. Enterprise to return to the restricted Genesis Planet to recover Spock's body.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek_III:_The_Search_for_Spock[/link]
- DirectorLeonard NimoyStarsWilliam ShatnerLeonard NimoyDeForest KelleyTo save Earth from an alien probe, Admiral James T. Kirk and his fugitive crew go back in time to San Francisco in 1986 to retrieve the only beings who can communicate with it: humpback whales.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek_IV:_The_Voyage_Home[/link]
- DirectorNicholas MeyerStarsWilliam ShatnerLeonard NimoyDeForest KelleyOn the eve of retirement, Kirk and McCoy are charged with assassinating the Klingon High Chancellor and imprisoned. The Enterprise crew must help them escape to thwart a conspiracy aimed at sabotaging the last best hope for peace.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek_VI:_The_Undiscovered_Country[/link]
- DirectorJonathan FrakesStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesBrent SpinerThe Borg travel back in time intent on preventing Earth's first contact with an alien species. Captain Picard and his crew pursue them to ensure that Zefram Cochrane makes his maiden flight reaching warp speed.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_First_Contact[/link]
- DirectorRobert WiseStarsWilliam ShatnerLeonard NimoyDeForest KelleyWhen an alien spacecraft of enormous power is spotted approaching Earth, Admiral James T. Kirk resumes command of the overhauled USS Enterprise in order to intercept it.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Motion_Picture[/link]
- DirectorRobert MulliganStarsJennifer O'NeillGary GrimesJerry HouserDuring his summer vacation on Nantucket Island in 1942, a youth eagerly awaiting his first sexual encounter finds himself developing an innocent love for a young woman awaiting news on her soldier husband's fate in WWII.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_of_%2742[/link]
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsWilliam HoldenGloria SwansonErich von StroheimA screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunset_Boulevard_(film)[/link]
- DirectorAamir KhanAmole GupteStarsDarsheel SafaryAamir KhanTisca ChopraAn eight-year-old boy is thought to be a lazy trouble-maker, until the new art teacher has the patience and compassion to discover the real problem behind his struggles in school.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taare_Zameen_Par[/link]
- DirectorBruce BeresfordStarsRobert DuvallTess HarperBetty BuckleyA broken-down, middle-aged country singer gets a new wife, reaches out to his long-lost daughter, and tries to put his troubled life back together.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tender_Mercies[/link]
- DirectorDario ArgentoStarsAnthony FranciosaGiuliano GemmaJohn SaxonAn American novelist visiting Rome to promote his latest book is stalked and harassed by an obsessed fan who is committing a string of murders that appear to be tributes to his work.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenebrae_(film)[/link]
- DirectorIvan O'MahoneyLaura WinterStarsHayder KhalidMohammad RaedAnmar RefatFour students from different religious backgrounds in Baghdad document their final year in high school.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boys_from_Baghdad_High[/link]
- DirectorPaul LeniStarsLaura La PlanteCreighton HaleForrest StanleyRelatives of an eccentric millionaire gather in his spooky mansion on the 20th anniversary of his death for the reading of his will.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cat_and_the_Canary_(1927_film)[/link]
- DirectorStephen SommersStarsBrendan FraserRachel WeiszJohn HannahAt an archaeological dig in the ancient city of Hamunaptra, an American serving in the French Foreign Legion accidentally awakens a mummy who begins to wreak havoc as he searches for the reincarnation of his long-lost love.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mummy_(1999_film)[/link]
- DirectorRoger CormanStarsVincent PriceBarbara SteeleJohn KerrIn 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.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pit_and_the_Pendulum_(1961_film)[/link]
- StarsGilles KepelWilliam KristolMelvin GoodmanA series of three documentaries about the use of fear for political gain.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_Nightmares[/link]
- DirectorKim BartleyDonnacha O'BriainStarsHugo ChávezPedro CarmonaJesse HelmsIn April 2002, an Irish film crew is making a documentary about Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, when a coup from the opposition is made.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Revolution_Will_Not_Be_Televised_(film)[/link]
- DirectorDavid SilvermanStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightAfter Homer pollutes the town's water supply, Springfield is encased in a gigantic dome by the EPA and the Simpsons are declared fugitives.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Simpsons_Movie[/link]
- DirectorMichael BayStarsShia LaBeoufMegan FoxJosh DuhamelAn ancient struggle between two Cybertronian races, the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons, comes to Earth, with a clue to the ultimate power held by a teenager.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformers_(film)[/link]
- DirectorSandi Simcha DubowskiStarsShlomo AshkinazySteve GreenbergNathan Lopes CardozoA cinematic portrait of various gay Orthodox Jews who struggle to reconcile their faith and their sexual orientation.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trembling_Before_G-d[/link]
- DirectorBen StillerStarsBen StillerJack BlackRobert Downey Jr.Through a series of freak occurrences, a group of actors shooting a big-budget war movie are forced to become the soldiers they are portraying.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropic_Thunder[/link]
- DirectorCatherine OwensMark PellingtonStarsBonoAdam ClaytonThe EdgeA 3-D presentation of U2's global "Vertigo" tour. Shot at seven different shows, this production employs the greatest number of 3-D cameras ever used for a single project.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U2_3D[/link]
- DirectorMichael ReevesStarsVincent PriceIan OgilvyRupert DaviesA young soldier seeks to put an end to the evils caused by a vicious witch-hunter when the latter terrorizes his fiancée and kills her uncle.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchfinder_General_(film)[/link]
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsJake GyllenhaalRobert Downey Jr.Mark RuffaloBetween 1968 and 1983, a San Francisco cartoonist becomes an amateur detective obsessed with tracking down the Zodiac Killer, an unidentified individual who terrorizes Northern California with a killing spree.[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiac_(film)[/link]