Must Watch Favorites
by damirpushkar | created - 08 Sep 2022 | updated - 08 Sep 2022 | PublicMovies from 80s, 90s, and early 2000. A must watch list in which you will find my favorites and some movies im sure you didnt see, and thats a shame.
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1. At Close Range (1986)
R | 111 min | Crime, Drama
Reunited with his career criminal father, tough teen Brad thinks he's found his ticket to an exciting life of crime, only to find out he's wrong.
Director: James Foley | Stars: Sean Penn, Christopher Walken, Mary Stuart Masterson, Chris Penn
Votes: 17,763 | Gross: $2.35M
Christopher Walken and Sean Penn - a criminal drama between father and son.
2. My Cousin Vinny (1992)
R | 120 min | Comedy, Crime
Two New Yorkers accused of murder in rural Alabama while on their way back to college call in the help of one of their cousins, a loudmouth lawyer with no trial experience.
Director: Jonathan Lynn | Stars: Joe Pesci, Marisa Tomei, Ralph Macchio, Mitchell Whitfield
Votes: 140,687 | Gross: $52.93M
This is a comedy and its rated 7.6 which is a lot for comedy with Joe Pesci as a mobster but when his nephew went to prison he pretends to be a lawyer.
3. A Perfect Murder (1998)
R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A wealthy Wall Street speculator discovers that his wife has a lover. He investigates him and uses the carrot and stick to make him murder his wife. Planned to detail, it seems like a perfect murder.
Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, Viggo Mortensen, David Suchet
Votes: 92,266 | Gross: $67.64M
A movie about unfaithfull wife and a rich husband who has planned a perfect murder, but as always some things got wrong. Vigo Mortensen is also in this movie as a lover, the guy is one of the best actors for me.
4. Sea of Love (1989)
R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A detective investigating a series of murders becomes involved with a woman who may be the culprit.
Director: Harold Becker | Stars: Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman, Michael Rooker
Votes: 44,921 | Gross: $58.57M
Im 100% sure you didnt watch this with AL PACINO and JOHN GOODMAN ! One of the best thrillers ever. Somebody is killing guys in bed, and two detectives are dating girls to try to find a killer because she kills people from the personal ad so they make ad also.
5. Beyond the Law (1993)
R | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An undercover cop joins a murderous, arms-dealing biker gang to try to put them behind bars.
Director: Larry Ferguson | Stars: Charlie Sheen, Linda Fiorentino, Michael Madsen, Courtney B. Vance
Votes: 7,756
The best Charlie Sheen movie, when he was A list actor. He is undercover cop joining BIKERS , a fucked up club of guys that sell drugs and guns. At some point he loses himself in deep undercover and starts to act as a biker himself. I strongly reccomend this movie as Michael Madsen is the bad guy and he is amazing.
6. Cocktail (1988)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A talented New York City bartender takes a job at a bar in Jamaica and falls in love.
Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Tom Cruise, Bryan Brown, Elisabeth Shue, Lisa Banes
Votes: 91,928 | Gross: $78.22M
A Tom Cruise young days, he just came from army to NYC. Wishing to make million dollars, but fastly he realises that its not that easy so he starts to work as a bartender where he meets crazy guy who shows him different scheme to get the money thru ladies.
7. Stand by Me (1986)
R | 89 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A writer recounts a childhood journey with his friends to find the body of a missing boy.
Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell
Votes: 441,956 | Gross: $52.29M
Best friends find out theres a body of a kid somewhere near some lake. They decide to go and check it out. A lot of things happen here, but simply this is one of the must watch movies because of River Phoenix who died young and was Joaquin brother.
8. Striking Distance (1993)
R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
Coming from a police family, Tom Hardy ends up fighting his uncle after the murder of his father. Tom believes the killer is another cop and goes on the record with his allegations. Demoted then to river duty, the killer taunts Tom.
Director: Rowdy Herrington | Stars: Bruce Willis, Sarah Jessica Parker, Dennis Farina, Tom Sizemore
Votes: 45,541 | Gross: $23.80M
Bruce Willis at his best. Cop offcourse, but on a river. Somebody is dumpin bodies for him to find them because all bodies are his ex girlfriends.
9. Disclosure (1994)
R | 128 min | Drama, Thriller
A computer specialist is sued for sexual harassment by a former lover turned boss who initiated the act forcefully, which threatens both his career and his personal life.
Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Michael Douglas, Demi Moore, Donald Sutherland, Caroline Goodall
Votes: 54,444 | Gross: $83.02M
Michael Douglas has a family, a job. All good... but theres a new boss on the workplace. Demi Moore... and she is his ex... now she wants him again at no costs, he refuses, and he gets fucked on work.
10. Fatal Attraction (1987)
R | 119 min | Drama, Thriller
A married man's one-night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.
Director: Adrian Lyne | Stars: Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Anne Archer, Ellen Latzen
Votes: 97,197 | Gross: $156.65M
Cheating husband gets fucked when he cheated with wrong women, as she becomes obsessed with him and his family.
11. One Fine Day (1996)
PG | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The lives of two strangers and their young children unexpectedly intersect on one hectic, stressful day in New York City.
Director: Michael Hoffman | Stars: Michelle Pfeiffer, George Clooney, Mae Whitman, Alex D. Linz
Votes: 48,529 | Gross: $46.15M
Romantic movie about a father with daughter and mother with son. They meet together on a bus trip but they are late and stuck with kids so they need to help each other to get thru the day. Michelle Pffeifer and Clooney are really good here.
12. The Fan (1996)
R | 116 min | Action, Drama, Sport
An all star baseball player becomes the unhealthy focus of a down on his luck salesman.
Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Robert De Niro, Wesley Snipes, Ellen Barkin, John Leguizamo
Votes: 51,424 | Gross: $18.57M
Tony Scott is director. For me thats enough. But Robert De Niro in his prime does this move great , basically sport thriller about a fan who is crazy about the new Giants player and he will do anything to get to this guy. Even murder.
13. Unlawful Entry (1992)
R | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A burglar holds a knife to Karen's throat while her husband does nothing. The couple ends up befriending the cop that comes. The friendship ends when the cop beats up the culprit. Karen isn't ready to end it. Things get ugly with the cop.
Director: Jonathan Kaplan | Stars: Kurt Russell, Ray Liotta, Madeleine Stowe, Roger E. Mosley
Votes: 19,137 | Gross: $57.14M
Ray Liotta and Kurt Russel. A cop fells in love with the wife of another guy. But the cop is a messed up guy, and he will do anything to get her.
14. Face/Off (1997)
R | 138 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
To foil a terrorist plot, FBI agent Sean Archer assumes the identity of the criminal Castor Troy who murdered his son through facial transplant surgery, but the crook wakes up prematurely and vows revenge.
Director: John Woo | Stars: John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen, Alessandro Nivola
Votes: 401,128 | Gross: $112.23M
Travolta and Cage, this movie is one of the best action thrillers...
15. Rudy (1993)
PG | 114 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Rudy has always been told that he was too small to play college football. But he is determined to overcome the odds and fulfill his dream of playing for Notre Dame.
Director: David Anspaugh | Stars: Sean Astin, Jon Favreau, Ned Beatty, Greta Lind
Votes: 69,117 | Gross: $22.75M
Awesome movie about a guy who went to college to become a rugby player and whatever he is doing and trying he cant make it.
16. Friday Night Lights (2004)
PG-13 | 118 min | Action, Drama, Sport
Based on H.G. Bissinger's book, which profiled the economically depressed town of Odessa, Texas and their heroic high school football team, The Permian High Panthers.
Director: Peter Berg | Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Jay Hernandez, Derek Luke, Lucas Black
Votes: 66,878 | Gross: $61.26M
Billy Bob Thornton as a football coach in Texas high school. Its important for this scool to win the state, and Bob is going to have to do it as the town is putting a lot of pressure on him. Based on true story
17. Crimson Tide (1995)
R | 116 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
On a U.S. nuclear missile sub, a young First Officer stages a mutiny to prevent his trigger happy Captain from launching his missiles before confirming his orders to do so.
Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Gene Hackman, Denzel Washington, Matt Craven, George Dzundza
Votes: 123,410 | Gross: $91.40M
Gene Hackman and Denzel W, as two commading officers in submarine. They fight about a decision to lunch nuke. Intense movie as fuck ...
18. Philadelphia (1993)
PG-13 | 125 min | Drama
When a man with HIV is fired by his law firm because of his condition, he hires a homophobic-small time lawyer as the only willing advocate for a wrongful dismissal suit.
Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Roberta Maxwell, Buzz Kilman
Votes: 258,228 | Gross: $77.32M
Tom Hanks is gay with AIDS. The only lawyer he found that can defend him against the company that fired him because he has desease is Denzel Washington.
19. 8MM (1999)
R | 123 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A private investigator is hired to discover if a "snuff film" is authentic or not.
Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Joaquin Phoenix, James Gandolfini, Peter Stormare
Votes: 142,792 | Gross: $36.66M
A detective has to go deep underground porn society to find people who recorded a snuff film with raped and killed girl. Joaquin Phoenix is in the movie and he killed it.
20. A Bronx Tale (1993)
R | 121 min | Crime, Drama
An intense drama about a boy torn between his tough, hard-working father and a violent yet charismatic crime boss.
Director: Robert De Niro | Stars: Robert De Niro, Chazz Palminteri, Lillo Brancato, Francis Capra
Votes: 161,312 | Gross: $17.27M
The best mafia movie for me. A kid witness a murder, and he doesnt snitch to cops. Mafia boss acknowledge the kid as one of theirs but his parents are against this company he has now. Interesting here is that Robert de Niro is not a mobster here, and the story is based on a true story written and directed by the mobster guy in the movie.
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