5.7

Dante's Peak

1996, USA

• Actors: Pierce Brosnan, Linda Hamilton, Charles Hallahan, Jamie Renée Smith, Jeremy Foley, Elizabeth Hoffman, Grant Heslov, Kirk Trutner, Arabella Field, Tzi Ma, Brian Reddy, Lee Garlington, Bill Bolender, Carole Androsky, Peter Jason, Jeffrey L. Ward, Tim Haldeman, Walker Brandt, Hansford Rowe, Susie Spear, David Lipper, Heather Stephens, R.J. Burns, Tammy L. Smith, Christopher Murray, Justin Williams, Donna Deshon, Tom Magnuson, Marilyn Leubner, Ed Stone
• Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
• Director(s): Roger Donaldson
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Volcanologist Harry Dalton and mayor Rachel Wando of Dante's Peak try to convince the city council and the other volcanologists that the volcano right above Dante's peak is indeed dangerous. People's safety is being set against economical interests.

  6.3

Executive Decision

1995, USA

• Actors: Kurt Russell, Steven Seagal, Halle Berry, John Leguizamo, Oliver Platt, Joe Morton, B.D. Wong, Len Cariou, Whip Hubley, Andreas Katsulas, Mary Ellen Trainor, Marla Maples, J.T. Walsh, Ingo Neuhaus, William James Jones, Paul Collins, Nicholas Pryor, Stanley Grover, Eugene Roche, Ken Jenkins, Charles Hallahan, Dey Young, Richard Riehle, Robert Apisa, Granville Hatcher, Christopher Maher, Jay Tavare, Ahmed Ahmed, Shaun Toub, Majed Ibrahim
• Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
• Director(s): Stuart Baird
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Terrorists take over a 747 bound from Athens to Washington D.C., supposedly to effect the release of their leader. Intelligence expert David Grant suspects another reason and convinces the military that the 'plane should not be allowed to enter U.S. airspace. An assault mission is devised, using a specially equipped 'plane designed for mid-air crew transfers, and Grant finds himself aboard the 747 with a team of military anti-terrorists who have to defuse a bomb and overpower the terrorists.

  6.8

Dave

1993, USA

• Actors: Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, Frank Langella, Kevin Dunn, Ving Rhames, Ben Kingsley, Charles Grodin, Faith Prince, Laura Linney, Bonnie Hunt, Parley Baer, Stefan Gierasch, Anna Deavere Smith, Charles Hallahan, Tom Dugan, Alba Oms, Steve Witting, Kellen Sampson, Lexie Bigham, Frederic W. Barnes, Ronald Brownstein, Eleanor Clift, Christopher Dodd, Tom Harkin, Bernard Kalb, Larry King, Michael Kinsley, Morton Kondracke, Jay Leno, Frank Mankiewicz
• Genre: Comedy, Romance
• Director(s): Ivan Reitman
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Bill Mitchell is the philandering and distant President of the United States. Dave Kovic is a sweet-natured and caring Temp Agency operator, who by a staggering coincidence looks exactly like the President. As such, when Mitchell wants to escape an official luncheon, the Secret Service hires Dave to stand in for him. Unfortunately, Mitchell suffers a severe stroke whilst having sex with one of his aides, and Dave finds himself stuck in the role indefinitely. The corrupt and manipulative Chief of Staff, Bob Alexander, plans to use Dave to elevate himself to the White House - but unfortunately, he doesn't count on Dave enjoying himself in office, using his luck to make the country a better place, and falling in love with the beautiful First Lady...

  6.5

Cast a Deadly Spell

1991, USA

• Actors: Fred Ward, David Warner, Julianne Moore, Clancy Brown, Alexandra Powers, Charles Hallahan, Arnetia Walker, Raymond O'Connor, Peter Allas, Lee Tergesen, Ritch Brinkley, Jaime Cardriche, John De Bello, David Downing, Colin Drake, James Eustermann, Bradley James, Scott Lincoln, Michael Reid MacKay, Robert Mickelson, Becky Mullen, Curt Sobel, Ken Thorley, Lana Underwood, Kevin Weaver, George P. Wilbur, Barron Christian, Brian Penikas
• Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
• Director(s): Martin Campbell
• Available languages:
  • English English.

In 1948 Los Angeles, everyone uses magic- everyone except hard-boiled private detective H. Phillip Lovecraft, who refuses for "personal reasons." Lovecraft is hired by a mysterious rich man to recover a stolen book, the Necronomicon. Investigating, he finds that the book holds the key to taking over the world by magical means, releasing the "Old Ones". (Contains several in-jokes to H.P. Lovecraft's horror fiction and also the hard-boiled detective genre.)

  7.1

Pale Rider

1985, USA

• Actors: Clint Eastwood, Michael Moriarty, Carrie Snodgress, Chris Penn, Richard Dysart, Sydney Penny, Richard Kiel, Doug McGrath, John Russell, Charles Hallahan, Marvin J. McIntyre, Fran Ryan, Richard Hamilton, Graham Paul, Chuck Lafont, Jeffrey Weissman, Allen Keller, Randy Oglesby, Herman Poppe, Kathleen Wygle, Terrence Evans, Jim Hitson, Loren Adkins, Thomas H. Friedkin, S.A. Griffin, Jack Radosta, Robert Winley, Billy Drago, Jeffrey Josephson, John Dennis Johnston
• Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western
• Director(s): Clint Eastwood
• Available languages:
  • English English.

A gold mining camp in the California foothills is besieged by a neighboring landowner intent on stealing their claims. A preacher rides into camp and uses all of his powers of persuasion to convince the landowner to give up his attacks on the miners.

  6.0

Vision Quest

1984, USA

• Actors: Matthew Modine, Linda Fiorentino, Michael Schoeffling, Ronny Cox, Harold Sylvester, Charles Hallahan, J.C. Quinn, Daphne Zuniga, R.H. Thomson, Gary Kasper, Raphael Sbarge, Forest Whitaker, Frank Jasper, Roberts Blossom, James Gammon, Judith Hansen, Fred Miles, Sean Morgan, Cash Stone, Ken Pelo, Kevin Kahl Lease, Tony Christianson, Jay Bonnett, Ted Collins, Paul Spangenberg, Darrell Driggs, David Haugen, Tom Elkins, Ron Silverman, Jana Marie Hupp
• Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
• Director(s): Harold Becker
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Vision Quest is a coming of age movie in which high school wrestler Louden Swain decides he wants to be something more than an average high school athlete and sets his sights on a prize that many don't think he can win - he then sets out to reach his goal alone, without much support from his father or coach. His father rents a room to a young drifter, Carla. Swain falls in love with her and she helps him stay focused and prevents him from losing sight of his goals.

  4.1

Two of a Kind

1983, USA

• Actors: John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Charles Durning, Oliver Reed, Beatrice Straight, Scatman Crothers, Richard Bright, Vincent Bufano, Toni Kalem, James Stevens, Ernie Hudson, Jack Kehoe, Robert Costanzo, Castulo Guerra, Warren Robertson, Deborah Dalton, Tony Crupi, Kurek Ashley, Jill Andre, Ann Travolta, John Hudkins, Sheila Frazier, Michael Melon, Ellen Whyte, Kitty Muldoon, Michael Aronin, Tony Munafo, Kathy Bates, Tammy Brewer, Deborra Hampton
• Genre: Comedy, Romance, Fantasy
• Director(s): John Herzfeld
• Available languages:
  • English English.

God has had just about enough of the human's attitude so he will destroy the planet very soon. It is up to a struggling inventor and a bank teller, both with very amateur criminal minds, to save the world...

  8.2

The Thing

1982, USA

• Actors: Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter, David Clennon, Keith David, Richard Dysart, Charles Hallahan, Peter Maloney, Richard Masur, Donald Moffat, Joel Polis, Thomas G. Waites, Norbert Weisser, Larry J. Franco, Nate Irwin, William Zeman, Adrienne Barbeau, John Carpenter, Jed
• Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
• Director(s): John Carpenter
• Available languages:
  • English English.

An American scientific expedition to the frozen wastes of the Antarctic is interrupted by a group of seemingly mad Norwegians pursuing and shooting a dog. The helicopter pursuing the dog crashes leaving no explanation for the chase. During the night, the dog mutates and attacks other dogs in the cage and members of the team that investigate. The team soon realises that an alien life-form with the ability to take over other bodies is on the loose and they don't know who may already have been taken over.