Movie Releases by Genre
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The Brothers McMullen
August 18, 1995
An portrait of the lives and loves of three Irish-Catholic brothers living on Long Island.
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Dangerous Minds
August 11, 1995
Based on an incredible true-life story – Michelle Pfeiffer stars as former U.S. Marine LouAnne Johnson, a first-time high school teacher assigned to a class of tough but smart inner city students. When conventional methods fail to reach them, the feisty Ms. Johnson tries the unconventional -- defying the rules and creating her own curriculum. In the process, she instills a new self-confidence in her students -- motivating them toward their greatest potential. (BV Entertainment)
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A Walk in the Clouds
August 11, 1995
A married soldier returning from World War II poses as a pregnant woman's husband to save her from her father's anger and honor.
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River of Grass
August 4, 1995
Kelly Reichardt’s darkly funny debut feature, brought the writer/director back to the setting of her adolescence, the suburban landscape of southern Florida, where she grew up with her detective father and narcotics agent mother. Shot on 16mm, the story follows the misadventures of disaffected house-wife "Cozy", played by Lisa Bowman, and the aimless layabout "Lee", played by up and comer Larry Fessenden, who also acted as a producer and the film's editor. Described by Reichardt as "a road movie without the road, a love story without the love, and a crime story without the crime," River of Grass introduces viewers to a director already in command of her craft and defining her signature style. [Oscilloscope Laboratories]
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Babe
August 4, 1995
A comic live-action fable about not fitting in and the lengths to which an ordinary pig will go to find acceptance.
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Something to Talk About
August 4, 1995
A woman's world is rocked when she discovers her husband is cheating on her.
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The Net
July 28, 1995
A computer programmer stumbles upon a conspiracy, putting her life and the lives of those around her in great danger.
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Operation Dumbo Drop
July 28, 1995
To keep the loyalty of a village during the Vietnam war, a U.S. Army officer and his unit struggle to deliver it a live elephant.
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Living in Oblivion
July 21, 1995
Film about filmmaking. It takes place during one day on set of non-budget movie. Ultimate tribute to all independent filmmakers.
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The Indian in the Cupboard
July 14, 1995
On his ninth birthday a boy receives many presents. Two of them first seem to be less important: an old cupboard from his brother and a little Indian figure made of plastic from his best friend. But these two presents turn out to be much more magic than the rest...
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First Knight
July 7, 1995
Lancelot falls in love with Guinevere, who is due to be married to King Arthur. Meanwhile, a violent warlord tries to seize power from Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.
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Apollo 13
June 30, 1995
Stranded 205,000 miles from Earth in a crippled spacecraft, astronauts Jim Lovell (Hanks), Fred Haise (Paxton) and Jack Swigert (Bacon) fight a desperate battle to survive. Meanwhile, at Mission Control, astronaut Ken Mattingle (Sinise), flight director Gene Kranz (Harris) and a heroic ground crew race against time -- and the odds -- to bring them home. [Universal]
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Safe
June 23, 1995
Carol White (Julianne Moore) lives with her husband and son in suburban comfort until she collapses one day, for no apparent reason. Her condition worsens in the weeks that follow, as she suffers from coughing fits, exhaustion, and spontaneous nose bleeds, triggered by sources as disparate as car exhaust, cologne, and the sun. Failing to find any medical explanation for her maladies, her doctor refers her to a psychiatrist, who suggests that her physical ailments are psychosomatic -- a theory echoed by her callous and increasingly frustrated husband. At her wits' end, Carol withdraws to an expensive New Age retreat for sufferers of "20th century disease," where the community's guru (Peter Friedman) champions a dubious regimen of diet, climate control, introspection, and self-love.
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Pocahontas
June 23, 1995
Pocahontas tells the story of a free-spirited girl who wonders what adventures await "Just Around The Riverbend." Pocahontas relies on the guidance of her loving and wise Grandmother Willow when English settlers arrive on the shores of their village. Her chance meeting with the courageous Captain John Smith leads to a beautiful friendship that bridges the gap between two cultures, and changes history. (Disney)
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Il Postino: The Postman
June 14, 1995
On an island off the coast of Italy, a young postman's world is changed when he begins delivering letters to the exiled poet Pablo Neruda.
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Party Girl
June 9, 1995
Mary (Parker Posey) takes a job as a library clerk to pay back her godmother after being arrested for throwing illegal parties in her loft.
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Smoke
June 9, 1995
A group of people's lives intertwine when a New York cigar store manager, Auggie (Keitel), befriends them. Among them is a writer who can't write (Hurt), a reluctant father hiding from his past (Whitaker), a streetwise teen with an unusual identity crisis, and Auggie's long-lost ex-girlfriend (Channing), who returns with some surprising news! (Miramax)
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Fluke
June 2, 1995
After a man dies in a car crash, he is reincarnated as a dog and attempts to reconnect with his family.
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The Bridges of Madison County
June 2, 1995
World-traveling National Geographic photographer Robert Kincaid (Eastwood) and Iowa housewife Francesca Johnson (Streep) aren't looking to turn their lives upside down. Each is at a point in life where expectations are behind them. Yet four days after meeting, they won’t want to lose the love they've found in this story of love, choice and consequence. [Warner Bros.]
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Johnny Mnemonic
May 26, 1995
A data courier, literally carrying a data package inside his head, must deliver it before he dies from the burden or is killed by the Yakuza.
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Braveheart
May 24, 1995
Scottish national hero Sir William Wallace (Gibson), leads a 13th-century rebellion against landowning English nobles.
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A Little Princess
May 20, 1995
A young girl must rely on her wits and imagination when she is separated from her soldier father and sent to a strict boarding school. [Warner Bros.]
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Little Odessa
May 19, 1995
Early 1990s drama about a family of Soviet Jews living in Brooklyn's Brighton Beach ocean-side neighborhood nicknamed Little Odessa.
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Amateur
May 19, 1995
Isabelle (Huppert), an ex-nun who believes that God has an as yet unspecified mission set aside for her, keeps herself fed by writing short stories for a pornographic magazine. One day she meets Thomas (Donovan), a confused but insightful amnesiac wandering the streets of New York City. When they set out to discover Thomas' past, Isabelle suspects that it's somehow linked with a desperate young porn actress, Sofia (Lowensohn). (Sony Classics)
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Crimson Tide
May 12, 1995
In the midst of a global crisis, the USS Alabama receives an unconfirmed order to launch its nuclear missiles -- signaling the start of Word War III. The tension quickly rises as the sub's respected commander (Hackman) and his brilliant executive officer (Washington) clash over the validity of their orders, battling each other for control of the sub. (BV Entertainment)
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Wild Reeds
May 10, 1995
At a boarding school in the south of France in 1962, Maite, Francois, Serge and Henri explore friendship, sexuality and love at the end of the Algerian War.
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The Underneath
April 28, 1995
A recovering gambling addict returns to his Texas home only to find trouble and temptation when he rekindles his relationship with his ex-wife.
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Friday
April 26, 1995
Craig And Smokey's (Ice Cube and Chris Tucker) weekend in South Central LA.
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The Basketball Diaries
April 21, 1995
An adapation of Jim Carroll's memoirs of his decent from basketball star to heroin addict while in high school.
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Kiss of Death
April 21, 1995
A reformed convict goes undercover with the help of an angry detective to ensnare a psychotic mobster.
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Stuart Saves His Family
April 12, 1995
A self-help advocate Stuart Smalley (Al Franken) struggles to put his dysfunctional family in its place.
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Bad Boys
April 7, 1995
One hundred million dollars worth of confiscated heroin has just been jacked from police custody. Once the career bust of Detective Mike Lowery (Will Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence), the missing drugs now threaten to shut down the narcotics division of the Miami Police Department. When the drug investigation turns deadly, the murderers kidnap the only witness, a beautiful police informant (Tea Leoni) and close friend of the boys, which makes things personal. [Sony]
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Don Juan DeMarco
April 7, 1995
A psychotherapist (Brando) examines a patient (Depp) who believes he is the world's greatest lover.
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Rob Roy
April 7, 1995
Liam Neeson and Jessica Lange battle evil landowners among the breathtaking landscapes of the majestic Scottish Highlands in this riveting adventure of courage, love and uncompromising honor. (MGM)
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Jefferson in Paris
March 31, 1995
While ambassador to France, Thomas Jefferon (Nolte) starts a relationship with slave Sally Hemmings (Newton).
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Exotica
March 24, 1995
A man plagued by neuroses frequents the club, Exotica, trying to find solace - but even there his past hides among him.
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Dolores Claiborne
March 24, 1995
This haunting adaptation of Stephen King's novel is an atmospheric whodunit that's part mystery and part human drama. (Warner Bros.)
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Circle of Friends
March 15, 1995
Set in 1950's Ireland, this romantic coming-of-age story follows three childhood friends from a small town as they head to college in Dublin.
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Muriel's Wedding
March 10, 1995
No one ever paid much attention to Muriel (Collette) and her humdrum small-town life, so she and her best friend, Rhonda (Griffiths), decide to leave it behind and head for the big city ... where they end up having the exciting adventure of their lives! (Miramax)
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Outbreak
March 10, 1995
An Army doctor races to find a serum for a deadly virus in order to save a California town and its residents. The military wants to destroy it all to contain the disease. Can it really happen here?
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Once Were Warriors
March 3, 1995
A family descended from Maori warriors is bedeviled by a violent father and the societal problems of being treated as outcasts.
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Just Cause
February 17, 1995
A Harvard professor is lured back into the courtroom after twenty-five years to take the case of a young black man condemned to death for the horrific murder of a child.
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Heavyweights
February 17, 1995
Plump kids are lured into joining a posh fat camp with the promise of quick weight loss and good times, only to find that the facility is a woodland hellhole run by a psycho ex-fitness instructor.
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Shallow Grave
February 10, 1995
Three roommates believe they've found the perfect fourth person to share their home. But almost immediately after moving in they find him dead in his bedroom from a massive drug overdose. Even stranger, they find a suitcase full of money under his bed. They are faced with the moral dilemma of whether to call the police and turn in the cash or dispose of the body and keep the money for themselves. They decide to keep the money, but then find themselves consumed with violent paranoia toward each other. [MGM]
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The Secret of Roan Inish
February 3, 1995
Young Fiona lives with her grandparents in a small fishing village where she takes an active role to unravel the mysterious secrets.
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Boys on the Side
February 3, 1995
Whoopi Goldberg, Drew Barrymore and Mary Louise Parker star as the unlikeliest of friends on a cross-country journey of discovery. (Warner Bros.)
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Before Sunrise
January 27, 1995
A romantic look at the relationship between an American traveler and a French grad student who decide to spend a day together in Vienna.
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Ladybird Ladybird
January 13, 1995
Maggie, an unmarried mother of four children by four different men who abused her, leaves her kids home alone one night. A fire injures them and child services takes custody. Maggie fails to regain custody of her children.
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Nobody's Fool
January 13, 1995
An aging scoundrel (Paul Newman) is given a second chance at being a father when his estranged son and grandson come to town with problems only he can solve.
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Legends of the Fall
January 13, 1995
Based on the novella by Jim Harrison about the Ludlow brothers - two men (Brad Pitt, Aidan Quinn) in love with the same woman (Julia Ormond).
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Higher Learning
January 11, 1995
First-term freshmen get a crash course in diversity, identity and sexuality in a bold look at contemporary college life. (Sony Pictures)
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The Madness of King George
December 28, 1994
When King George III goes mad, his lieutenants try to adjust the rules to run the country without his participation.
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Ready to Wear (Prêt-à-Porter)
December 25, 1994
A fashion show in Paris draws the usual bunch of people; designers, reporters, models, magazine editors, photographers.
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Death and the Maiden
December 23, 1994
A chance encounter enables a woman to turn the tables on the sadistic doctor who tortured her 15 years earlier.
(New Line Cinema)
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Nell
December 23, 1994
In a remote woodland cabin, a small town doctor discovers Nell - a beautiful young hermit woman with many secrets.
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A Man of No Importance
December 22, 1994
Set in 1960s Dublin, Alfie (Finney), a bus driver, organizes annual Oscar Wilde plays with help from many of his regular passengers. He finds himself in the middle of conflicts when he decides to stage "Salome" instead of "The Importance of Being Earnest."
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Mixed Nuts
December 21, 1994
Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, the only creatures stirring were a transvestite, a homicidal Santa, a serial killer, the staff of a suicide hotline and a very crazy pregnant woman. (Sony Pictures)
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Little Women
December 21, 1994
With her husband off at war, Marmee (Susan Sarandon) is left alone to raise their four daughters, her little women. There is the spirited Jo (Winona Ryder); conservative Meg (Trini Alvarado); fragile Beth (Claire Danes); and romantic Amy (Kirsten Dunst and Samantha Mathis). As the years pass, the sisters share some of the most cherished and painful memories of self-discovery, as Marmee and Aunt March (Mary Wickes) guide them through issues of independence, romance and virtue. [Sony Pictures]
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Disclosure
December 9, 1994
Sexual harassment and corporate politics provide the basis for this contemporary drama. A duplicitous female executive tries to run her ex-lover out of the company after he rebuffs her sexual advances. (Warner Bros.)
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Cobb
December 2, 1994
A reporter hired to write the official biography of Ty Cobb discovers just how dark the baseball legend's real story is.
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Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
November 23, 1994
The story of the many heartbreaks of famous writer Dorothy Parker as she spends her days with the Algonquin Round Table.
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Three Colors: Red
November 23, 1994
Krzysztof Kieslowski closes his Three Colors trilogy in grand fashion, with an incandescent meditation on fate and chance, starring Irène Jacob as a sweet-souled yet somber runway model in Geneva whose life dramatically intersects with that of a bitter retired judge, played by Jean-Louis Trintignant. Meanwhile, just down the street, a seemingly unrelated story of jealousy and betrayal unfolds. Red is an intimate look at forged connections and a splendid final statement from a remarkable filmmaker at the height of his powers. [Criterion]
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Benny's Video (1992)
November 18, 1994
A 14-year-old video enthusiast is so caught up in film fantasy that he can no longer relate to the real world, to such an extent that he commits murder and records an on-camera confession for his parents.
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The Professional
November 18, 1994
A go-for-broke thriller about a professional assassin whose work becomes dangerously personal. Calling himself a "cleaner", the mysterious Leon (Reno) is New York's top hitman. When his next-door neighbors are murdered, Leon becomes the unwilling guardian of the family's sole survivor - 12-year-old Mathilda (Portman), but Mathilda doesn't just want protection; she wants revenge. Training her in the deadly tricks of his trade, Leon helps her track the psychotic agent (Oldman) who murdered her family. [Sony]
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Heavenly Creatures
November 16, 1994
Two teenage girls share a unique bond; their parents, concerned that the friendship is too intense, separate them, and the girls take revenge.
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Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles
November 11, 1994
The undead are among us and livelier than ever when Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt and a talented group of young-bloods star in Interview with the Vampire, the spellbinding screen adaptation of Anne Rice's best seller. [Warner Bros.]
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The Santa Clause
November 11, 1994
Superstar comedian Tim Allen shines bright in Disney's magical, larger-than-life hit holiday comedy. (Disney)
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Oleanna
November 4, 1994
Student Carol visits Professor John to discuss how she failed his course but the discussion takes an awkward turn.
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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
November 4, 1994
When the brilliant but unorthodox scientist Dr. Victor Frankenstein rejects the artificial man that he has created, the Creature escapes and later swears revenge.
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The Last Seduction
October 26, 1994
Linda Fiorentino stars as the consummate femme fatale in this sexy thriller.
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Love Affair
October 21, 1994
Ex-football star Mike Gambril meets Terry McKay on a flight to Sydney, which is forced to land on a small atoll. Both engaged to others, they become romantic on board the ship sent to take the passengers to a larger island. They agree to meet in New York City three months later to see if the attraction is real. One shows up, the other doesn't, but they run into each other afterwards.
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Hoop Dreams
October 14, 1994
Two inner-city Chicago boys with hopes of becoming professional basketball players struggle to become college players.
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Pulp Fiction
October 14, 1994
Several inter-locking stories of crime and intrigue form a temporal mosaic set in the Los Angeles underworld.
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See How They Fall
October 2, 1994
Simon is a sales representative about fifty. When Mickey, his cop friend, is being shot, he leaves everything to find the murderers. Two years before, Marx, an old gambler, met Frederic, a young man that does not look very smart and started to follow him everywhere (as a puppy) and changed his name to Johnny to please Marx. Of course, Simon's story is related with Marx and Johnny's one. But the thriller is only a pretext for a psychological description of the three main characters.
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Dear Diary
September 30, 1994
Nanni Moretti directs himself playing himself in this wry look at life. Presented in three chapters, Moretti uses the experiences of traveling on his motor-scooter, cruising with his friend around a set of remote islands in search of peace to finish his new film and consulting doctor after doctor to cure his annoying rash to cast a humorous look at his life and those around him.
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Ed Wood
September 28, 1994
Portrait of a young man (Johnny Depp) trying to claw his way up into Hollywood from the bottom.
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The New Age
September 16, 1994
Peter Weller and Judy Davis play a married couple who launch a born-to-go-bust '80s boutique after losing their glitzy jobs on the same recession-era day. [USA Today]
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Quiz Show
September 14, 1994
This fact-based film tells the story behind the quiz show scandal of the 1950s, focusing on "Twenty-One" champion Charles Van Doren (Fiennes).
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What Happened Was...
September 9, 1994
This darkly humorous film explores the personal psychic landscape of two lonely New Yorkers. Jackie and Michael are coworkers at a large law firm, who decide to meet at Jackie's for dinner one night. As this 'first date' plays out, the audience is guided through a mental minefield of disappointment, desolation, and desperation. Their conversation, with its awkward 'small talk', slowly reveals their unhappy lives.
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The Next Karate Kid
September 9, 1994
Mr. Miyagi is back and he takes a new pupil under his wing; a troubled adolescent girl.
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Arizona Dream
September 9, 1994
A young New Yorker goes to Arizona where he finds freedom to both love and dream.
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Fresh
September 2, 1994
Death and violence anger a 12-year-old drug courier, who sets his employers against each other.
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The Shawshank Redemption
September 1, 1994
Wrongly convicted, Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) is sentenced to two consecutive life terms in in Maine's Shawshank prison for the murders of his wife and her lover. Set in the 1940's, the film shows how Andy learns to get by in the brutal confines of prison, even earning the respect of his fellow inmates, most notably the longtime convict "Red" Redding (Morgan Freeman).
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Natural Born Killers
August 26, 1994
The story of Mickey and Mallory, serial killers involved in a cross country killing spree that elevates them from fugitives into media celebrities. (Warner Bros.)
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
August 10, 1994
Mitzi, Felicia and Bernadette (Weaving, Pearce and Stamp) go to Alice Springs in their bus affectionately named Priscilla, to preform a drag show.
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Clear and Present Danger
August 3, 1994
When his mentor Admiral James Greer (Jones) becomes gravely ill, Jack Ryan (Ford) is appointed acting CIA Deputy Director of Intelligence. His first assignment: investigate the murder of one of the President's friends, a prominent U.S. businessman with secret ties to Colombian drug cartels. Unbeknownst to Ryan, the CIA has already dispatched a deadly field operative (Dafoe) to lead a paramilitary force against the Colombian drug lords. Caught in the crossfire, Ryan takes matters into his own hands, risking his career and life for the only cause he still believes in-the truth. (Paramount)
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Eat Drink Man Woman
August 3, 1994
A senior chef lives with his three grown daughters; the middle one finds her future plans affected by unexpected events and the life changes of the other household members.
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It Could Happen to You
July 29, 1994
A police officer (Nicolas Cage) promises to share his lottery ticket with a waitress (Bridget Fonda) in lieu of a tip. [Original working title: "Cop Gives Waitress $2 Million Tip."]
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Barcelona
July 29, 1994
Ted, a stuffy white guy from Illinois working in sales for the Barcelona office of a US corporation, is paid an unexpected visit by his somewhat less stuffy cousin Fred, who is an officer in the US Navy. Over the next few months, both their lives are irrevocably altered by the events which follow Fred's arrival, events which are the trivial stuff of a comedy of manners at first but which gradually grow increasingly dramatic.
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North
July 22, 1994
Sick of being neglected by his parents, a young boy leaves home and travels the world in search of new parents.
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The Client
July 20, 1994
A young boy who witnessed the suicide of a mafia lawyer hires an attorney to protect him when the district attorney tries to use him to take down a mob family.
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Spanking the Monkey
July 15, 1994
A critically acclaimed, outrageously offbeat look at growing up. Looking forward to a prestigious summer internship in Washington, D.C., pre-med college student Raymond (Davies) has his dreams put on hold when he's forced to stay at home caring for his invalid mother (Watson). Constantly harassed by his domineering, traveling salesman father, Raymond struggles to deal with his mother's bed-ridden anxieties and his first, stumbling attempts to romance the naive girl next door. (Image Entertainment)
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Forrest Gump
July 6, 1994
A sweeping look at thirty tumultuous years of American history seen through the eyes of the charmed simpleton Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks).
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The Lion King
June 15, 1994
Embark on an extraordinary coming-of-age adventure as Simba, a lion cub who cannot wait to be king, searches for his destiny in the great "Circle of Life." [Disney]
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Three Colors: White
June 10, 1994
The most playful and also the grittiest of Kieslowski’s Three Colors films follows the adventures of Karol Karol (Zbigniew Zamachowski), a Polish immigrant living in France. The hapless hairdresser opts to leave Paris for his native Warsaw when his wife (Julie Delpy) sues him for divorce (her reason: their marriage was never consummated) and then frames him for arson after setting her own salon ablaze. White, which goes on to chronicle Karol Karol’s elaborate revenge plot, manages to be both a ticklish dark comedy about the economic inequalities of Eastern and Western Europe and a sublime reverie about twisted love. [Criterion]
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Renaissance Man
June 3, 1994
Just fired adman Bill Rago (DeVito) takes a job teaching English to misfit army recruits.
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Little Buddha
May 25, 1994
After the death of Lama Dorje, Tibetan Buddhist monks find three children - one American and two Nepalese - who may be the rebirth of their great teacher.
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Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
May 24, 1994
Sissy (Thurman), a young woman with large thumbs hitchhikes across the country and meets a group of cowgirls lead by Bonanza Jellybean (Phoenix).
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Crooklyn
May 13, 1994
Make yourself at home with the Carmichael family as they experience one very special summer in their Brooklyn neighborhood that they've affectionately nicknamed "Crooklyn". A loving, but fiercely independent mother along with her musician husband (Delroy Lindo) struggles to raise her family in difficult but often wonderful circumstances. [Universal Studios]
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Dream Lover
May 6, 1994
A successful businessman tries to uncover what is wrong with his wife.
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