Movie Releases by Genre
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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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Kika
May 6, 1994
Kika, a young cosmetologist, is called to the mansion of Nicolas, an American writer, to make-up the corpse of his stepson, Ramon. Ramon, who is not dead, is revived by Kika's attentions and she then moves in with him. They might live happily ever after but first they have to cope with Kika's affair with Nicolas, the suspicious death of Ramon's mother and the intrusive gaze of tabloid-TV star and Ramon's ex-psychologist Andrea Scarface.
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Being Human
May 6, 1994
A series of vignettes exploring human nature by observing a man named Hector at different points in time.
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Chasers
April 22, 1994
A hapless Navy sailor is assigned SP duty. The catch: he must escort a beautiful female prisoner on her way to prison for going UA. She in turn will try anything to escape.
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Surviving the Game
April 15, 1994
A homeless man is hired as a survival guide for a group of wealthy businessmen on a hunting trip in the mountains, unaware that they are killers who hunt humans for sport, and that he is their new prey.
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Backbeat
April 15, 1994
A dramatization of the Hamburg, Germany phase of The Beatles' early history.
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Red Rock West
April 8, 1994
Upon arriving to a small town, a drifter is mistaken for a hitman, but when the real hitman arrives, complications ensue.
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Cronos
March 30, 1994
Jesus Gris discovers a mechanized scarab that causes a need for blood to those who are stabbed by it.
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Bitter Moon
March 18, 1994
After hearing stories of her, a passenger on a cruise ship develops an irresistible infatuation with an eccentric paraplegic's wife.
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The Paper
March 18, 1994
New York City tabloid editor Henry's faced with tough decisions while he faces several serious life challenges, and a tempting job offer.
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The Hudsucker Proxy
March 11, 1994
A satirical comedy about the world of big business and corporate greed. An ambitious but naive young man rapidly moves up the corporate ladder from the mailroom to the executive suite, unaware that he is part of the board of directors' nefarious scheme. (Warner Bros.)
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The Ref
March 11, 1994
A cat burglar is forced to take a bickering, dysfunctional family hostage on Christmas Eve.
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Sirens
March 11, 1994
When a painting is deemed blasphemous, a young minister and his wife visit the artist... and the three playful models living with him.
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Four Weddings and a Funeral
March 9, 1994
A confirmed British bachelor (Grant) meets the perfect woman (MacDowell) at a friend's wedding.
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What's Eating Gilbert Grape
March 4, 1994
After his father's death, Gilbert (Johnny Depp) has to care for his mentally disabled brother, Arnie (Leonardo DiCaprio), and his morbidly obese mother. The arrangement is suddenly challenged when love walks into his life.
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Sugar Hill
February 25, 1994
A drug dealer tries to get out of the life and start anew with his girlfriend, but the transition is tragically difficult.
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Reality Bites
February 18, 1994
A documentary filmmaker and her fellow Gen X graduates face life after college, looking for work and love in Houston.
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Blue Chips
February 18, 1994
A college basketball coach is forced to break the rules in order to get the players he needs to stay competitive.
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The Getaway
February 11, 1994
An ex-con (Alex Baldwin) and his devoted wife must flee from danger when a heist doesn't go according to plan.
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Romeo Is Bleeding
February 4, 1994
A womanizing, crooked cop on the payroll of the mafia is confronted with the reality of his double life after he is asked to kill a beautiful and ruthless Russian gangster.
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The Scent of Green Papaya
January 28, 1994
A Vietnamese servant girl, Mui, observes lives within two different Saigon families: the first, a woman textile seller with three boys and a frequently absent husband; the second, a handsome young pianist with his fiancée.
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Death Wish V: The Face of Death
January 14, 1994
Paul Kersey is back at working vigilante justice when his fiancée, Olivia, has her business threatened by mobsters.
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In the Name of the Father
December 29, 1993
Academy Award winner Daniel Day-Lewis gives an impassioned performance in this riveting drama that mirrors one man's 15-year struggle and ultimate triumph over a terrible injustice. [Universal Studios]
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Grumpy Old Men
December 25, 1993
Two elderly, eccentric, next-door neighbors sustain a rancorous relationship that only a wise observer could recognize as a very special friendship. When a lonely, flamboyant, middle-aged widow moves in across the street from them, the male rivalry begins. (Warner Bros.)
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Tombstone
December 25, 1993
A successful lawman's plans to retire anonymously in Tombstone, Arizona, are disrupted by the kind of outlaws he was famous for eliminating.
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Philadelphia
December 23, 1993
Hailed as a landmark film that dazzles with deep emotion and exceptional acting, Philidelphia is the story of two competing lawyers who join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. And as their unlikely friendship develops, their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries.
(Sony Pictures)
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Faraway, So Close!
December 21, 1993
When an angel dares to cross the line, he stumbles into the harsh reality of post-Cold War Berlin and finds himself engaged in deadly combat to protect the mortals he loves.
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The Pelican Brief
December 17, 1993
A New Orleans law student finds herself embroiled in a terrifying web of intrigue extending to the highest levels of government after she writes a speculative legal brief exposing the activities of a powerful oil magnate. (Warner Bros.)
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Naked
December 15, 1993
Johnny (David Thewlis) flees Manchester for London. There he finds an old girlfriend, and spends some time homeless, ranting at strangers, and meeting characters in plights very much like his own.
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Schindler's List
December 15, 1993
Steven Spielberg's epic drama tells the compelling true story of German businessman Oskar Schindler (Neeson) who comes to Nazi-occupied Poland looking for economic prosperity and leaves as a savior. (History in Film)
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Geronimo: An American Legend
December 10, 1993
Betrayed by the Army's legendary Indian fighter, General George Crook (Gene Hackman), Geronimo (Wes Studi) leads a small band of warriors in escape. Pursued by a principled officer (Jason Patric), a grizzled Army scout (Robert Duvall), and a gung-ho West Point graduate (Matt Damon), Geronimo evades capture through brilliant military strategy and cut-throat courage. His true story is both an action adventure and a spiritual journey through the heart of a warrior.
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Six Degrees of Separation
December 8, 1993
An affluent New York couple finds their lives touched, intruded upon, and compelled by a mysterious young black man who is never quite who he says he is.
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The Snapper
December 3, 1993
Set in Ireland, Sharon Curley is a 20 year old living with her parents and many brothers and sisters. When she gets herself pregnant and refuses to name the father, she becomes the talk of the town.
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Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
November 26, 1993
A collection of vignettes highlighting different aspects of the life, work, and character of the acclaimed Canadian classical pianist.
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Mrs. Doubtfire
November 24, 1993
An unemployed actor (Williams) loses custody of his children after his wife leaves him. Desperate to spend more time with the kids, the crafty thespian decides to dress up as a 60-year-old British woman and interview with his ex-wife for a nanny position. He lands the job, but he'll have to give the performance of his life to keep it. (Fox)
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A Perfect World
November 24, 1993
A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor: an escaped convict on the run from the law, headed by an honorable U.S. Marshal.
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Carlito's Way
November 12, 1993
A Puerto Rican former convict, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of N.Y.C.
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The Remains of the Day
November 5, 1993
Set just prior to World War II, this film focuses on the butler (Hopkins) in an English country home.
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Ruby in Paradise
November 5, 1993
A young woman struggles for independence and identity in a small Florida tourist town.
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Flesh and Bone
November 5, 1993
Decades later, a son of a killer falls in love with a girl, whose family's horrifying murder he saw in childhood.
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Kalifornia
November 3, 1993
A graduate student and his girlfriend set out on a cross-country roadtrip to research a book they are writing on serial killers. Along the way, they pick up an ex-con and his girlfriend who will take them on a ride they'll never forget. (MGM)
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The Piano
November 1, 1993
A seemingly mute woman (Hunter) is sent to New Zealand together with her daughter and her beloved piano, for an arranged marriage.
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Rudy
October 22, 1993
"Look at you. You're 5-foot-nothin' and you weigh a hundred and nothin', and with hardly a speck of athletic ability." Rudy (Sean Astin) has always been told that he was too short and too small to play college football. But he is determined to overcome the odds and fulfill his dream of not only practicing with The Notre Dame Fighting Irish, but getting on the field, in uniform, for a game in Notre Dame Stadium.
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Ordinary Magic
October 21, 1993
The misadventures of a boy sent to live with his aunt in Canada, where he and a group of unlikely heroes take a stand against the ski resort infringing upon his new home.
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Judgment Night
October 15, 1993
Four friends on their way to a boxing match get caught in heavy traffic, so they take a shortcut in order to get there faster, unfortunately it leads to them witnessing a murder which leaves them running for their lives.
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Farewell My Concubine
October 15, 1993
Two boys meet at an opera training school in Peking in 1924. Their resulting friendship will span nearly 70 years and will endure some of the most troublesome times in China's history.
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Totally F***ed Up
October 10, 1993
Six queer teenagers struggle to get along with each other and with life in the face of varying obstacles.
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Deadfall
October 8, 1993
When Joe loses his dad in a sting, he contacts his dad's twin, Lou, who has a major sting planned. Lou's helper feels threatened by Joe. Who's conning who?
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Mr. Jones
October 8, 1993
After being arrested during a manic episode, a man who suffers from bipolar disorder (Richard Gere) is treated by a psychiatrist who begins to develop romantic feelings towards him.
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Short Cuts
October 3, 1993
Using the short stories of Raymond Carver as inspiration, Robert Altman revisits the formula of his 1975 film "Nashville," portraying various interlocking stories set against the backdrop of contemporary middle-class Los Angeles.
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M. Butterfly
October 1, 1993
A French diplomat (Irons) in China falls in love with the star (Lone) of the Beijing Opera, who is really a man.
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For Love or Money
October 1, 1993
[Also known as "The Concierge"] Doug's (Michael J. Fox) a concierge at a luxury hotel on Manhattan. He saves all his tips towards his plan for a hotel. A potential investor seduces the girl Doug loves (Gabrielle Anwar) with false promises of leaving his wife. Doug's dilemma: hotel project or girl?
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Dazed and Confused
September 24, 1993
A period ensemble piece about a group of Texas teenagers on the last day of high school and the night that follows in 1976.
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The Good Son
September 24, 1993
A young boy stays with his aunt and uncle and befriends his cousin, a boy of the same age who begins showing increasing signs of violent and psychopathic behavior.
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Bopha!
September 24, 1993
Micah Mangena (Danny Glover) is a black police officer in a small township in apartheid-era South Africa. Mangena is overseen by white officers, but he trains mostly black recruits. When his son, Zweli (Maynard Eziashi), gets involved with a local anti-apartheid group, father and son find themselves on opposite sides of an increasingly dangerous conflict, made worse by the interference of South Africa's Special Branch.
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The Program
September 24, 1993
Several players from different backgrounds try to cope with the pressures of playing football at a major university. Each deals with the pressure differently, some turn to drinking, others to drugs, and some to studying.
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A Bronx Tale
September 23, 1993
A young man grows up with his loyalties torn between his father and the mob boss who runs the streets.
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The Age of Innocence
September 17, 1993
Daniel Day-Lewis and Michelle Pfeiffer star in a ravishing romance about three wealthy 1870s New Yorkers caught in a tragic love triangle. (Sony)
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Household Saints
September 15, 1993
Joseph Santangelo (Vincent D’Onofrio) is a butcher with a wicked sense of humor who “wins” his wife Catherine (Tracey Ullman) in a pinochle game. Over the protests of his mother (Judith Malina) who talks to ghosts and makes deals with saints, Joseph marries Catherine. When the old lady dies, her spirit is channeled into her granddaughter Teresa (Lili Taylor) who overtakes the film with her yearning to serve God.
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The Joy Luck Club
September 8, 1993
The story of four remarkable friends whose extraordinary lives are filled with joy and heartbreak. Their lifelong friendship reveals a mosaic of the startling events and conditions that have shaped their lives -- and how these experiences have affected the hopes and dreams they hold for each of their children. (Hollywood Pictures)
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Boxing Helena
September 3, 1993
Fantasy and desire are unleashed in this haunting, erotic tale of love, lust and obsession. Nick Cavanaugh (Sands) is a brilliant surgeon who seems to have it all -- money, prestige, looks -- everything except Helena (Fenn), a voluptuous, cold-hearted seductress. After a one-night stnad with Nick, she refuses his advances, but he continues to pursue her. When Helena is in a tragic accident in front of Nick's mansion, he takes her into his tome, imprisons her and transforms her into his own version of the mythic Venus. Gradually, they are both forced to confront their inner demons in torrid scenes filled with passion, voyeurism and psycho-sexual torment...all building to a shocking, not-to-be-missed conclusion. (MGM)
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Three Colors: Blue
September 3, 1993
In the devastating first film of the Three Colors trilogy, Juliette Binoche gives a tour de force performance as Julie, a woman reeling from the tragic death of her husband and young daughter. But Blue is more than just a blistering study of grief it’s also a tale of liberation, as Julie attempts to free herself from the past while confronting truths about the life of her late husband, a composer. Shot in sapphire tones by Slawomir Idziak, and set to an extraordinary operatic score by Zbigniew Preisner, Blue is an overwhelming sensory experience. [Criterion]
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Careful
August 27, 1993
In the Alpine village of Tolzbad in the 1800s, the townsfolk talk quietly and restrain their movements lest they incur avalanches. This atmosphere lends itself to repressed emotions - shown through the parallel stories of butler student Johann lusting after his mother (an old flame of the mysterious Count Knotkers) and Klara's attraction to her father (who lusts after his other daughter), leading to duels and suicidal plunges galore. All this is shot in the style of an early German sonal film, complete with intertitles, crackly sound-track and 'hand-tinted' colour effects.
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The Thing Called Love
August 27, 1993
A group of newcomers to the country music business seek love and stardom.
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Needful Things
August 27, 1993
A mysterious new shop opens in a small town which always seems to stock the deepest desires of each shopper, with a price far heavier than expected.
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The Man Without a Face
August 25, 1993
A boy, struggling to pass the entrance exam to his late father's alma mater and virtually ignored by his mother and two sisters, asks Justin Mcleod, a solitary ex-teacher with a tragic past, to tutor him. As the two apply themselves to the task at hand, they build a friendship with the power to heal the wounds of their past. (Warner Bros.)
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