JTB Brion James - 100 Classic Movies (Action/Comedy/Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror)
by johntbakken | created - 16 Nov 2017 | updated - 16 Nov 2017 | PublicBrion Howard James was born February 20, 1945 and sadly passed away August 7, 1999 and was an American character actor. Probably best known for his portrayal of Leon Kowalski in Blade Runner, James portrayed a variety of colorful roles in popular films such as Southern Comfort, 48 Hrs., Another 48 Hrs., Tango & Cash, Red Heat, The Player and The Fifth Element.
James' commanding screen presence and formidable physique at 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) tall usually resulted in his casting as a heavy, appearing more frequently in lower-budget horror and action films and TV shows throughout the 1980s and 1990's. James appeared in more than 100 films before he died of a heart attack, aged 54.
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1. Treasure of Matecumbe (1976)
G | 117 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
In 1869 Kentucky, a young boy and his friends set out to find a treasure chest hidden by his late father in the Florida Everglades during the Civil War.
Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: Robert Foxworth, Joan Hackett, Peter Ustinov, Vic Morrow
Votes: 994
2. Blue Sunshine (1977)
R | 94 min | Horror, Thriller
A bizarre series of murders begins in Los Angeles, where people start going bald and then become homicidal maniacs. But could the blame rest on a particularly dangerous form of LSD called Blue Sunshine the murderers took ten years before?
Director: Jeff Lieberman | Stars: Zalman King, Deborah Winters, Mark Goddard, Robert Walden
Votes: 3,250
3. Corvette Summer (1978)
PG | 105 min | Adventure, Comedy
A high school grad and a hooker-in-training try to track down his stolen Corvette.
Director: Matthew Robbins | Stars: Mark Hamill, Annie Potts, Eugene Roche, William Bryant
Votes: 3,880 | Gross: $15.50M
4. Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park (1978 TV Movie)
PG | 96 min | Fantasy, Horror, Music
KISS, a rock band made up of superheroes, battles an evil inventor who has plans for destruction at a California amusement park.
Director: Gordon Hessler | Stars: Peter Criss, Ace Frehley, Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley
Votes: 3,417
5. Wholly Moses! (1980)
PG | 103 min | Comedy, Fantasy
An all-star comedy cast hams it up in this hilarious Biblical spoof.
Director: Gary Weis | Stars: Dudley Moore, Laraine Newman, James Coco, Paul Sand
Votes: 2,253 | Gross: $14.16M
6. Southern Comfort (1981)
R | 106 min | Action, Thriller
During a routine exercise, a team of National Guardsmen are threatened by angry and violent locals.
Director: Walter Hill | Stars: Keith Carradine, Powers Boothe, Fred Ward, Franklyn Seales
Votes: 22,017 | Gross: $5.00M
7. Soggy Bottom, U.S.A. (1981)
PG | 90 min | Comedy
In a small Southern town, the local Sheriff tries to keep everything peaceful and under control.
Director: Theodore J. Flicker | Stars: Ben Johnson, Dub Taylor, Ann Wedgeworth, Lois Nettleton
Votes: 270
8. Killing at Hell's Gate (1981 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 96 min | Action, Thriller
A rafting party is terrorised during a trip down the river. The villains are local woodcutters, disgruntled by the fact that their factory is to be closed down.
Director: Jerry Jameson | Stars: Robert Urich, Deborah Raffin, Lee Purcell, Joel Higgins
Votes: 105
9.
American Playhouse (1980–1994)
Episode:
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
(1982)
PG | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The retelling of an incident in Gonzales, Texas in 1901 revolving around a stolen horse, mistaken identity and a killing. An unusual story of the all too usual exploitation of the powerless in Texas History.
Director: Robert M. Young | Stars: Edward James Olmos, James Gammon, Tom Bower, Bruce McGill
Votes: 1,042 | Gross: $0.80M
10. Blade Runner (1982)
R | 117 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos
Votes: 827,274 | Gross: $32.87M
11. Hear No Evil (1982 TV Movie)
100 min | Crime, Drama
A cop becomes deaf in a fight, tries to break up a drug ring run by bikers.
Director: Harry Falk | Stars: Gil Gerard, Bernie Casey, Wings Hauser, Mimi Rogers
Votes: 60
12. 48 Hrs. (1982)
R | 96 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him in order to track down a killer.
Director: Walter Hill | Stars: Nick Nolte, Eddie Murphy, Annette O'Toole, Frank McRae
Votes: 85,697 | Gross: $78.87M
13. Kenny Rogers as The Gambler: The Adventure Continues (1983 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 195 min | Action, Drama, Western
Brady Hawkes, Billy Montana, and Jeremiah Hawkes are on a train bound for a huge gambling event when the train is taken over by a gang of vicious killers in search of money. As ransom, the ... See full summary »
Director: Dick Lowry | Stars: Kenny Rogers, Bruce Boxleitner, Linda Evans, Johnny Crawford
Votes: 431
14. A Breed Apart (1984)
R | 100 min | Action, Drama
A conservationist and a widow meet a mountain climber hired to steal bald-eagle eggs.
Director: Philippe Mora | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Powers Boothe, Kathleen Turner, Donald Pleasence
Votes: 1,913
15. Crimewave (1985)
PG-13 | 86 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
A pair of whacked-out cartoon-like exterminator/hitmen kill the owner of a burglar-alarm company, and stalk the partner who hired them, his wife, and a nerd framed for the murder, who tells the story in flashback from the electric chair.
Director: Sam Raimi | Stars: Louise Lasser, Brion James, Paul L. Smith, Sheree J. Wilson
Votes: 6,771 | Gross: $0.00M
16. Flesh+Blood (1985)
R | 126 min | Adventure, Drama
In medieval Europe, a young girl from a noble family is obsessed with her captors - commoners.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Burlinson, Jack Thompson
Votes: 20,090 | Gross: $0.10M
17. Silverado (1985)
PG-13 | 133 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A misfit bunch of friends comes together to right the injustices which exist in a small town.
Director: Lawrence Kasdan | Stars: Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Kevin Costner, Rosanna Arquette
Votes: 49,671 | Gross: $33.20M
18. Enemy Mine (1985)
PG-13 | 108 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
During a long space war, the lives of two wounded enemies become dependent on their ability to forgive and to trust.
Director: Wolfgang Petersen | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Louis Gossett Jr., Brion James, Richard Marcus
Votes: 51,684 | Gross: $4.27M
19. Armed and Dangerous (1986)
PG-13 | 88 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A fired cop and useless lawyer sign up as security guards and find they've joined a corrupt union.
Director: Mark L. Lester | Stars: John Candy, Meg Ryan, Eugene Levy, Robert Loggia
Votes: 12,775 | Gross: $15.95M
20. Love Among Thieves (1987 TV Movie)
100 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Romantic mystery-heist story about a baroness and concert pianist who is forced to steal some priceless Faberge eggs and deliver them to ransom her kidnapped fiancé in Latin America.
Director: Roger Young | Stars: Audrey Hepburn, Robert Wagner, Patrick Bauchau, Jerry Orbach
Votes: 490
21. Steel Dawn (1987)
R | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In a post-apocalyptic world, a warrior wandering through the desert comes upon a group of settlers who are being menaced by the leader of a murderous gang who's after the water they control.
Director: Lance Hool | Stars: Patrick Swayze, Lisa Niemi, Anthony Zerbe, Christopher Neame
Votes: 5,540 | Gross: $0.56M
22. Cherry 2000 (1987)
PG-13 | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
In 2017, a successful businessman travels to the ends of the earth to find that the perfect woman is always under his nose. He hires a sexy renegade tracker to find an exact duplicate of his android wife.
Director: Steve De Jarnatt | Stars: Melanie Griffith, David Andrews, Pamela Gidley, Jennifer Balgobin
Votes: 10,654 | Gross: $0.01M
23. Dead Man Walking (1988)
R | 90 min | Action, Sci-Fi
After Leila, his boss's daughter, is kidnapped by psychopathic plague victim Decker, chauffeur Chazz teams up with plague-infected mercenary Luger to penetrate the toxic & off-limits Plague Zone and bring her back alive.
Director: Gregory Dark | Stars: Wings Hauser, Brion James, Pamela Ludwig, Leland Crooke
Votes: 393
24. D.O.A. (1988)
R | 96 min | Mystery, Thriller
A college professor's day: his top student allegedly commits suicide, his wife presents him with divorce papers and he overnights in a freshman girl's dorm. The next day: more murders around him. Will he find the killer in time?
Directors: Annabel Jankel, Rocky Morton | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Meg Ryan, Charlotte Rampling, Daniel Stern
Votes: 11,011 | Gross: $12.71M
25. The Wrong Guys (1988)
PG | 86 min | Comedy
Cub Scout Pack 18 organizes a 25-year reunion to relive their fond boyhood memories. But when the five friends meet for a camping trip, they discover that what little they had once known about wilderness survival has dwindled to nothing.
Director: Danny Bilson | Stars: Louie Anderson, Richard Lewis, Richard Belzer, Franklyn Ajaye
Votes: 1,007 | Gross: $1.15M
26. Red Heat (1988)
R | 104 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord who killed his partner and fled the country.
Director: Walter Hill | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jim Belushi, Peter Boyle, Ed O'Ross
Votes: 76,385 | Gross: $34.99M
27. Red Scorpion (1988)
R | 105 min | Action, Adventure
A Spetsnaz commando is sent on a covert mission by his Soviet superiors to infiltrate a rebel army and assassinate its leader.
Director: Joseph Zito | Stars: Dolph Lundgren, M. Emmet Walsh, Al White, T.P. McKenna
Votes: 9,823 | Gross: $4.19M
28. Nightmare at Noon (1988)
R | 96 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Horror
Scientists poison the water supply of a small town, turning the residents into homicidal maniacs who kill each other and anybody who passes through.
Director: Nico Mastorakis | Stars: Wings Hauser, Bo Hopkins, George Kennedy, Kimberly Beck
Votes: 2,258
29. The Horror Show (1989)
R | 95 min | Horror
Detective McCarthy finally catches "Meat Cleaver Max", a serial killer, who promises revenge during his execution. Nonetheless, a parapsychologist tells the detective that the only hope of stopping Max for good is to destroy his spirit.
Directors: James Isaac, David Blyth | Stars: Lance Henriksen, Brion James, Rita Taggart, Dedee Pfeiffer
Votes: 4,663 | Gross: $1.74M
30. Mutator (1989)
R | 91 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A beast gets loose in a laboratory, killing all in its way. A former scientist, now working as a custodian tries to stop it.
Director: John Bowey | Stars: Brion James, Carolyn Ann Clark, Milton Raphael Murill, Embeth Davidtz
Votes: 238
31. Circles in a Forest (1989)
92 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Saul Barnard grew up in a family of woodcutters who are scared of the elephants in the forest, but there's one elephant that never seems to threaten Saul. Tired of being exploited by wood ... See full summary »
Director: Regardt van den Bergh | Stars: Ian Bannen, Arnold Vosloo, Judi Trott, Brion James
Votes: 83
32. Tango & Cash (1989)
R | 104 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Framed by their ruthless arch-nemesis, a pair of mismatched LAPD officers must put their differences aside to get even with the brutal crime baron who sent them to rot in a maximum-security prison.
Directors: Andrey Konchalovskiy, Albert Magnoli | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell, Teri Hatcher, Jack Palance
Votes: 114,087 | Gross: $63.41M
33. Enid Is Sleeping (1990)
R | 105 min | Comedy, Crime
A wife surprises her cop husband in bed with her kid sister. In the ensuing struggle, the wife is accidentally killed. Can they keep it a secret?
Director: Maurice Phillips | Stars: Elizabeth Perkins, Judge Reinhold, Jeffrey Jones, Maureen Mueller
Votes: 542
34. Street Asylum (1990)
R | 94 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
John Miller is an politician wanting to become mayor. He founds a group called S.Q.U.A.D. whose mission is to get rid of all street scum by any means necessary.
Director: Gregory Dark | Stars: Wings Hauser, Alex Cord, G. Gordon Liddy, Roberta Vasquez
Votes: 173
35. Another 48 Hrs. (1990)
R | 95 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Jack Cates once again enlists the aid of ex-con Reggie Hammond - this time to take down The Iceman, a ruthless drug lord operating in the San Francisco bay area.
Director: Walter Hill | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Nick Nolte, Brion James, Kevin Tighe
Votes: 44,739 | Gross: $80.82M
36. Mom (1990)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
An L.A. man is shocked to discover that his loving and caring elderly mother has become a vicious monster.
Director: Patrick Rand | Stars: Mark Thomas Miller, Jeanne Bates, Brion James, Mary Beth McDonough
Votes: 905
37. Ultimate Desires (1991)
R | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Samantha Stewart is a successful public defender whose life gets turned upside-down one night when a prostitute named Vicki gets thrown out of a limo at Samantha's feet. Vicki slips a ... See full summary »
Director: Lloyd A. Simandl | Stars: Tracy Scoggins, Marc Singer, Brion James, Marc Baur
Votes: 146
38. The Player (1992)
R | 124 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected, but which one?
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward, Whoopi Goldberg
Votes: 66,109 | Gross: $21.71M
39. Nemesis (1992)
R | 95 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Alex, a burned out LA cyborg cop, is forced by commissioner Farnsworth to find his former cyborg partner and lover Jared who's about to deliver sensitive data to cyborg terrorists who wish to wage war against humans. Is he being played?
Director: Albert Pyun | Stars: Olivier Gruner, Tim Thomerson, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Merle Kennedy
Votes: 6,837 | Gross: $2.00M
40. Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story (1992 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 95 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
This film is based on the true story of Aileen Wuornos a prostitute-turned-serial killer who preyed mostly on truck drivers.
Director: Peter Levin | Stars: Jean Smart, Park Overall, Tim Grimm, Ernie Lively
Votes: 244
41. Frogtown II (1992)
PG-13 | 90 min | Sci-Fi, Action
In the sequel to Hell Comes to Frogtown, the Mutant-Frog leader of Frogtown kidnaps a professor and forces him to make a serum that will turn everyone into Frogs, they also kidnap some ... See full summary »
Director: Donald G. Jackson | Stars: Robert Z'Dar, Denice Duff, Kelsey, Linda Singer
Votes: 430
42. Rio Diablo (1993 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 92 min | Drama, Western
A groom and a bounty hunter go after his kidnapped bride.
Director: Rod Hardy | Stars: Kenny Rogers, Travis Tritt, Naomi Judd, Brion James
Votes: 382
43. Time Runner (1993)
R | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
During the unstoppable alien invasion of 2022, one man flees through a wormhole to 1992 in hope of changing the future. But attempt after attempt is made by someone there to catch and kill him.
Director: Michael Mazo | Stars: Mark Hamill, Rae Dawn Chong, Brion James, Mark Baur
Votes: 1,157
44. Showdown (I) (1993)
R | 98 min | Action
An ex-policeman/school janitor (Billy Blanks) shows a new student (Kenn Scott) how to defend himself from a martial-arts bully.
Director: Robert Radler | Stars: Billy Blanks, Kenn Scott, Christine Taylor, John Asher
Votes: 1,262
45. Brain Smasher... A Love Story (1993 Video)
PG-13 | 88 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
Sam, a model, helps her botanist sister smuggle a red lotus to Oregon. A bunch of Chinese "ninja" monks want the lotus and try to get Sam so as to force an exchange. A bouncer helps Sam.
Director: Albert Pyun | Stars: Andrew Dice Clay, Teri Hatcher, Yuji Okumoto, Deborah Van Valkenburgh
Votes: 2,140
46. 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: 45,752 | Gross: $23.80M
47. Precious Victims (1993 TV Movie)
93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Paula and Robert Sims are desperate: their 12 day old baby has been kidnapped. Since there's no trace of the kidnappers, they address the public for help. Their daughter is found dead ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Levin | Stars: Park Overall, Robby Benson, Frederic Forrest, Brion James
Votes: 177
48. The Dark (1993)
R | 87 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Something is alive beneath the surface of the graveyard. Something with the power to destroy and the power to heal. One man, a cop, is determined to kill this mysterious creature. Another, ... See full summary »
Director: Craig Pryce | Stars: Stephen McHattie, Scott Wickware, Brion James, Desmond Campbell
Votes: 960
49. Cabin Boy (1994)
PG-13 | 80 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
A snobby finishing school graduate mistakenly winds up on an ill-fated fishing boat and faces the wrath of a crew that considers him bad luck.
Director: Adam Resnick | Stars: Chris Elliott, Ritch Brinkley, James Gammon, Brian Doyle-Murray
Votes: 9,251 | Gross: $3.66M
50. Future Shock (1994)
PG-13 | 98 min | Sci-Fi, Horror
Horror anthology about a psychiatrist who uses virtual reality to probe the minds of three unsuspecting patients, a paranoid woman home alone, a meek man with a roommate from hell (Paxton) and a man obsessed with his own death.
Directors: Eric Parkinson, Matt Reeves, Oley Sassone | Stars: Vivian Schilling, Martin Kove, Brion James, Sydney Lassick
Votes: 537
51. Scanner Cop (1994 Video)
R | 95 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Sam Staziak, a rookie cop with the Los Angeles Police Department, is also a 'scanner' (psionic). When a string of murders begins to decimate the police department, Sam faces sensory ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre David | Stars: Daniel Quinn, Darlanne Fluegel, Richard Grove, Mark Rolston
Votes: 2,097
52. F.T.W. (1994)
R | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Frank T. Wells has just been released from prison after serving a term for manslaughter. Frank's a reasonably honest man and a good rodeo rider. When he meets up with Scarlett, a bank ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Karbelnikoff | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Aaron Neville, Peter Berg, Lori Singer
Votes: 852
53. Savage Land (1994)
PG | 98 min | Adventure
Two women and some children travel across the mid-west. The elements are rough but then things get worse when they are pursued by two outlaws.
Director: Dean Hamilton | Stars: Corbin Bernsen, Vivian Schilling, Brion James, Charlotte Ross
Votes: 174
54. The Companion (1994 TV Movie)
R | 94 min | Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Writer catches her boyfriend cheating on her. Infuriated, she buys an android companion and takes him with her to a remote cabin in the woods to keep her company as she writes. She starts a romance with him, which turns into a nightmare.
Director: Gary Fleder | Stars: Kathryn Harrold, Bruce Greenwood, Talia Balsam, Brion James
Votes: 291
55. Art Deco Detective (1994)
101 min | Comedy, Thriller
While investigating the murder of a movie star, a detective finds that he himself is being set up for the crime.
Director: Philippe Mora | Stars: John Dennis Johnston, Jonathan Ball, Jim Chiros, Sonia Nassery Cole
Votes: 35
56. Radioland Murders (1994)
PG | 108 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A series of mysterious crimes threatens the existence of a new radio network.
Director: Mel Smith | Stars: Brian Benben, Mary Stuart Masterson, Ned Beatty, George Burns
Votes: 3,921 | Gross: $1.30M
57. The Soft Kill (1994)
R | 94 min | Mystery, Thriller
Private investigator and former police detective Jack Ramsey is enjoying an affair with the local district attorney's wife, but no longer, after she is strangled soon after he has departed following a session of amorous activity.
Director: Eli Cohen | Stars: Michael Harris, Brion James, Carrie-Anne Moss, Matt McCoy
Votes: 297
58. Hong Kong 97 (1994)
R | 91 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Hong Kong 97 takes place, appropriately enough, in Hong Kong right before the transfer of power from Britain to China. Reginald Cameron, an assassin affiliated with a large corporation with... See full summary »
Director: Albert Pyun | Stars: Robert Patrick, Brion James, Tim Thomerson, Ming-Na Wen
Votes: 1,205
59. Spitfire (1995)
R | 95 min | Action, Adventure
A sultry assassin is the target of two separate operatives in this globe-trotting action flick shot on location in the Bahamas, Athens, Rome and Hong Kong.
Director: Albert Pyun | Stars: Lance Henriksen, Debra Jo Fondren, Sarah Douglas, Kristie Phillips
Votes: 1,110
60. The Nature of the Beast (1995)
R | 91 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
Two men, both hiding a deadly secret, are on a murderous rampage through the desert.
Director: Victor Salva | Stars: Eric Roberts, Lance Henriksen, Brion James, Frank Novak
Votes: 2,570
61. Steel Frontier (1995 Video)
R | 105 min | Action, Sci-Fi
In a post-apocalyptic 2019, a lone gunman named Yuma fights a gang of bandits called the United Regime who have invaded the town of New Hope.
Directors: Jacobsen Hart, Paul G. Volk | Stars: Joe Lara, Bo Svenson, Stacie Foster, Brion James
Votes: 639
62. Dominion (1995)
R | 95 min | Adventure, Drama
A hunting expedition goes awry when another hunter decides to make the hunters the hunted.
Director: Michael G. Kehoe | Stars: Brad Johnson, Brion James, Tim Thomerson, Woody Brown
Votes: 293
63. Cyberjack (1995)
R | 99 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Michael Dudikoff stars as an ex-cop who must confront his old enemies when a software company is taken over by cyber terrorists in search of a world-dominating computer virus.
Director: Robert Lee | Stars: Michael Dudikoff, Suki Kaiser, Brion James, Johnny Cuthbert
Votes: 668
64. Indecent Behavior III (1995)
R | 92 min | Drama, Thriller
A sex therapist finds herself forced to cooperate with the police in tracking down a killer who has been targeting other sex therapists by using her as a decoy.
Director: Kelley Cauthen | Stars: Shannon Tweed, Sam Hennings, Colleen Coffey, Doug Jeffery
Votes: 341
65. The Lazarus Man (1996)
60 min | Mystery, Western
A former bodyguard of President Lincoln digs his way out of a grave but has amnesia. He gets involved with a group of Civil War veterans who want to assassinate Gen. Ulysses S. Grant.
Stars: Robert Urich, Isabelle Townsend, Wayne Grace, Natalija Nogulich
Votes: 261
66. American Strays (1996)
R | 97 min | Action, Comedy
The film is three stories about one story, featuring an exciting and quirky cast of characters living on the edge.
Director: Michael Covert | Stars: Scott Plank, Melora Walters, John Savage, Brion James
Votes: 735 | Gross: $0.00M
67. Evil Obsession (1996)
R | 95 min | Thriller
As models show up on calendars and magazine covers, someone is making bodies show up at the morgue. Is it the obsessed fan?
Director: Richard W. Munchkin | Stars: Corey Feldman, Kimberly Stevens, Mark Derwin, Brion James
Votes: 141
68. Assault on Dome 4 (1996 TV Movie)
R | 91 min | Action, Sci-Fi
The mad terrorist Alex Windham takes over a small scientific community on another planet and forces Dome 4's inhabitants to build him some bombs. Windham is unaware, however, that ... See full summary »
Director: Gilbert Po | Stars: Joseph Culp, Bruce Campbell, Jocelyn Seagrave, Brion James
Votes: 513
69. Billy Lone Bear (1996 Video)
Action
An honest cop named Billy Bear hides from the IRA in an Indian reservation. The problem is, the IRA's assassin is a bad cop. On the reservation, Billy turns the table on the assassin.
Director: Sonny Landham | Stars: Charles Napier, Sonny Landham, Frank Stallone, Brion James
Votes: 37
70. The Killing Jar (1997)
R | 101 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Michael Sanford and his wife move to his old town so he can take over the family business. However, gruesome murders of children start to happen. Meanwhile, Michael starts to become slowly ... See full summary »
Director: Evan Crooke | Stars: Brett Cullen, Tamlyn Tomita, Wes Studi, Carlos Bernard
Votes: 302
71. Back in Business (1997)
R | 93 min | Action, Adventure
An ex-cop gets pulled back in an undercover mission for the FBI by his former partner. The mission is to catch drug runners, but it is also sting operation against dirty cops, some of whom set up the ex-cops' dismissal from the force.
Director: Philippe Mora | Stars: Brian Bosworth, Joe Torry, Dara Tomanovich, Alan Scarfe
Votes: 450
72. The Fifth Element (1997)
PG-13 | 126 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In the colorful future, a cab driver unwittingly becomes the central figure in the search for a legendary cosmic weapon to keep Evil and Mr. Zorg at bay.
Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman, Ian Holm
Votes: 508,721 | Gross: $63.54M
73. Snide and Prejudice (1997)
119 min | Comedy, Drama
Dr Cohen works in a mental institution where all patients believe they're historical members of the German Nazi Party, including Hitler. They are allowed to live out their delusions, so "Hitler" tries to consolidate his power.
Director: Philippe Mora | Stars: Joseph Arsenault, Remy Auberjonois, Rene Auberjonois, Jonathan Ball
Votes: 118
74. The Setting Son (1997)
95 min | Drama
Cal is torn between his aspirations of becoming an Olympic athlete and helping his brother Max battle leukemia. Can he find the courage to reach out to his dying sibling?
Director: Lisa C. Satriano | Stars: Dave Oliver, Tania-Lee Bayliss, Blake Beltram, Franca Benvenuto
Votes: 33
75. Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills (1996)
R | 97 min | Comedy
Pixie is cursed with turning into a Pterodactyl when her husband is caught messing with bones on an ancient burial ground. Her husband, children, friends, and neighbours must come to terms ... See full summary »
Director: Philippe Mora | Stars: Jonathan Ball, Cabiria Cardinale, Holley Chant, Sonia Nassery Cole
Votes: 263
76. The Underground (1997)
R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A cop must stop the killings of rap stars. But, he gets in too deep after his partner is killed.
Director: Cole S. McKay | Stars: Jeff Fahey, Gregory Scott Cummins, Willie C. Carpenter, Michael McFall
Votes: 228
77. Bombshell (1997)
R | 98 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
Workers in a biotech firm utilise nanotechnology to control others for their own good.
Director: Paul Wynne | Stars: Henry Thomas, Mädchen Amick, Frank Whaley, Pamela Gidley
Votes: 273
78. Jekyll Island (1998)
Not Rated | 91 min | Crime
Burglar Alex Madison goes to Jekyl Island to rob a house. When he is done he finds the island locked down due to an unrelated incident and he cannot get off.
Director: Ken DuPuis | Stars: Don Mogavero, Brion James, Olivia Burnette, Finola Hughes
Votes: 157
79. Deadly Ransom (1998)
R | 92 min | Action
A wealthy banker and his daughter are kidnapped by a gang of thugs. The girl's boyfriend, who serves in the special units of the US Navy, is in possession of particular psychic powers. It ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Hyatt | Stars: Loren Avedon, Lisa K. Crosato, Brion James, John Aprea
Votes: 132
80. In God's Hands (1998)
PG-13 | 96 min | Action, Drama, Sport
Three pro surfers - gifted Shane, once-great Mickey and rising young star Keoni travel to Madagascar, Bali and Hawaii in search for the ultimate wave.
Director: Zalman King | Stars: Matt George, Matty Liu, Shane Dorian, Shaun Tomson
Votes: 1,266 | Gross: $1.38M
81. Border to Border (1998)
Comedy, Adventure
You never know who you will meet on Highway of Life
Director: Thomas Whelan | Stars: Curtis Armstrong, Lisa Arturo, Wendy Baker, Ran Barker
Votes: 200
82. Heist (1998)
R | 95 min | Crime, Thriller
Four career felons are brought together by desperation and greed in the most devious attempt to double-cross a rival crime boss
Director: Peter Rossi | Stars: Paul Ben-Victor, Daniel Benzali, Myriam Cyr, Gill Gayle
Votes: 113
83. Brown's Requiem (1998)
R | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Recovering alcoholic, ex-LAPD, private detective Fritz Brown, is hired by caddie "Fat Dog" to follow his kid sister, who is holed up with an old sugar daddy. The trail leads to his old police boss Cathcart, and the bodies start to pile up.
Director: Jason Freeland | Stars: Michael Rooker, Big Daddy Wayne, Jack Wallace, Will Sasso
Votes: 1,053 | Gross: $0.00M
84. Men in White (1998 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 83 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Spoof of recent science fiction films including all of the obvious choices and "Dr. Strangelove" finds two garbage men defeating an alien invasion.
Director: Scott P. Levy | Stars: Tom Wilson, Karim Prince, M. Emmet Walsh, Brion James
Votes: 1,289
85. Kai Rabe gegen die Vatikankiller (1998)
92 min | Comedy
Rufus Lindner finally made it - his first movie is in production. The story is quite simple: The Pope's underground agents have always deleted VIPs that were in the Vatican's way. Now, Kai ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Jahn | Stars: Steffen Wink, Klaus J. Behrendt, Sandra Speichert, Stefan Jürgens
Votes: 380
86. The Companion (1994 TV Movie)
R | 94 min | Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Writer catches her boyfriend cheating on her. Infuriated, she buys an android companion and takes him with her to a remote cabin in the woods to keep her company as she writes. She starts a romance with him, which turns into a nightmare.
Director: Gary Fleder | Stars: Kathryn Harrold, Bruce Greenwood, Talia Balsam, Brion James
Votes: 291
87. Joseph's Gift (1999)
PG-13 | 94 min | Drama
A modern retelling of the biblical story "Joseph and His Coat of Many Colors", set in LA's garment district.
Director: Philippe Mora | Stars: Freddy Rodríguez, Brion James, Robert Townsend, John Saxon
Votes: 118
88. Black Sea 213 (2000)
R | 85 min | Action, Drama
Gabe, a photographer, his assistant, Annie, and his boss hire a ship to take them out to sea on a modeling shoot. What Gabe doesn't know is that an old friend-turned-enemy of his has ... See full summary »
Director: Rafael Eisenman | Stars: Timothy Bottoms, Anthony Addabbo, Jacqueline Lovell, Brion James
Votes: 181
89. A Place Called Truth (1998)
R | 94 min | Drama
Love, pride and jealousy are aroused when a ranch owner's daughter, called Lizzie, has an affair with a cowboy. Meanwhile a mysterious woman seduces the various lovers of Lizzie, who has fled to New Orleans to escape her arranged marriage.
Director: Rafael Eisenman | Stars: Audie England, Chris Browning, Brion James, Jacqueline Lovell
Votes: 256
90. Malevolence (1999)
R | 96 min | Drama
A young prisoner tells his story to an FBI agent. How unjust judicial system, systematic abuse inside and political corruption and machinations outside turn someone who killed in defense into a hardened criminal.
Director: Belle Avery | Stars: Joe Cortese, Michael McGrady, Michael Stone, Tom Bower
Votes: 49
91. Arthur's Quest (1999 TV Movie)
PG | 87 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
To escape the clutches of the evil warrior and sorceress Morgana, Merlin transports young King Arthur into modern day America. When Merlin comes back ten years later to retrieve him, he ... See full summary »
Director: Neil Mandt | Stars: Eric Christian Olsen, Catherine Oxenberg, Alexandra Paul, Clint Howard
Votes: 513
92. Foolish (1999)
R | 84 min | Comedy, Drama
2 brothers try to make it in the comedy business. The kid brother "Foolish"/Eddie Griffin does a lot of stand-up comedy.
Director: Dave Meyers | Stars: Eddie Griffin, Master P, Amie Petersen, Frank Sivero
Votes: 7,469 | Gross: $6.03M
93. Diplomatic Siege (1999)
R | 90 min | Action, Thriller
Terrorists take over the US embassy in Bucharest, executing one hostage every hour until a war criminal is released. Plus - 2 specialists are there trying to disarming a secret nuclear bomb.
Director: Gustavo Graef Marino | Stars: Peter Weller, Daryl Hannah, Tom Berenger, Adrian Pintea
Votes: 1,577
94. The Hunter's Moon (1999 Video)
R | 104 min | Drama, Action, Romance
A violent and dangerous tyrant who dominates the inhabitants of a mountain sees his authority threatened by the arrival of a World War I veteran and decides to hunt and kill him.
Director: Richard Weinman | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Keith Carradine, Hayley DuMond, Andrew Hawkes
Votes: 276
95. Dirt Merchant (1999)
Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy
A slacker turns P.I. and solves a rock star's murder.
Director: B.J. Nelson | Stars: Danny Masterson, David Faustino, David DeLuise, Julie Benz
Votes: 320
96. Farewell, My Love (2000)
90 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A child survives a family massacre by a criminal syndicate. Raised by a neighbor, she grows up hunting down the perpetrators one by one. Her actions incite fears in a rival gang, leading to her capture.
Director: Randall Fontana | Stars: Gabrielle Fitzpatrick, Phillip Rhys Chaudhary, Robert Culp, Ed Lauter
Votes: 196
97. The Operator (2000)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
A telephone operator takes revenge an a rude customer by ruining his credit rating, his reputation, and his marriage.
Director: Jon Dichter | Stars: Michael Laurence, Christa Miller, Stephen Tobolowsky, Brion James
Votes: 378
98. The King Is Alive (2000)
R | 110 min | Drama
When a bus breaks down in the desert, the passengers decide to stage "King Lear."
Director: Kristian Levring | Stars: Miles Anderson, Romane Bohringer, David Bradley, David Calder
Votes: 2,007 | Gross: $0.10M
99. Strip 'n Run (2000)
R | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Jack (an ex P.I.) steals a briefcase from local mobsters. A stripper joins him on the run. Other local mob groups are also interested in the contents of the briefcase.
Directors: L.P. Brown III, John Sjogren | Stars: Michael Madsen, L.P. Brown III, Charles Napier, Brion James
Votes: 123
100. Phoenix Point (2005)
79 min | Sci-Fi
When the apocalypse arrives, it takes the form of a biochemical virus. All social structures break down and a new world order emerges from the heart of the desert. As chaos sets in, we ... See full summary »
Director: Randala | Stars: Jon Jacobs, Brion James, Kelly Williams, Daniel Murray
Votes: 831
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