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Under Siege1: Memoirs of a professional movie watcher in Iran! (Before 2000)

by ShahramEmami • Created 4 years ago • Modified 11 hours ago
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  • Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

    1. The Silence of the Lambs

    19911h 58mR86Metascore
    8.6 (1.7M)
    A young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.
    DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsJodie FosterAnthony HopkinsScott Glenn
  • Kerwin Mathews, Judi Meredith, and Torin Thatcher in Jack the Giant Killer (1962)

    2. Jack the Giant Killer

    19621h 34mApproved
    6.3 (3.3K)
    A farmboy-turned-knight must protect a princess from the schemes of an evil wizard.
    DirectorNathan JuranStarsKerwin MathewsJudi MeredithTorin Thatcher
  • Robert Duvall, Joe Don Baker, Karen Black, and Robert Ryan in The Outfit (1973)

    3. The Outfit

    19731h 43mPG
    7.0 (5.8K)
    Earl Macklin robs a bank owned by the mob, serves his prison time and is released, only to start a private war against the crime outfit that owned the bank.
    DirectorJohn FlynnStarsRobert DuvallKaren BlackJoe Don Baker
  • Escape to Nowhere (1973)

    4. Escape to Nowhere

    19731h 57mPG
    6.9 (1.1K)
    Who is Anton Haliakov, who has just been abducted by the M.I.5 in London? A Soviet scientist apparently. But sixteen years before the man had another identity, Clément Tibère, and another nationality, French. So what led him to become Russian and to change identity? And why are the British secret services interested in him?
    DirectorClaude PinoteauStarsLino VenturaLeo GennSuzanne Flon
  • Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney in Boys Town (1938)

    5. Boys Town

    19381h 36mApproved
    7.2 (6.7K)
    When a death row prisoner tells him he wouldn't have led a life of crime if only he had had one friend as a child, Father Edward Flanagan decides to start a home for young boys.
    DirectorNorman TaurogStarsSpencer TracyMickey RooneyHenry Hull
  • The Phantom of Liberty (1974)

    6. The Phantom of Liberty

    19741h 44mR
    7.7 (18K)
    A series of surreal sequences that critique morality and society in a stream of consciousness style.
    DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsJean-Claude BrialyAdolfo CeliMichel Piccoli
  • Creepshow (1982)

    7. Creepshow

    19822hR59Metascore
    6.8 (56K)
    Five grisly tales from a kid's comic book about a murdered father rising from his grave, a bizarre meteor, a vengeful husband, a mysterious crate's occupant, and a plague of cockroaches.
    DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsHal HolbrookLeslie NielsenAdrienne Barbeau
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger, Grace Jones, Wilt Chamberlain, and Sarah Douglas in Conan the Destroyer (1984)

    8. Conan the Destroyer

    19841h 43mPG53Metascore
    5.9 (89K)
    Conan leads a ragtag group of adventurers on a quest for a princess.
    DirectorRichard FleischerStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerGrace JonesOlivia d'Abo
  • The Heroes of Telemark (1965)

    9. The Heroes of Telemark

    19652h 11mApproved
    6.5 (8.6K)
    Norwegian resistance tries to stop German efforts to produce heavy water needed for making atomic bombs during World War II.
    DirectorAnthony MannStarsKirk DouglasRichard HarrisUlla Jacobsson
  • Bachelor Party (1984)

    10. Bachelor Party

    19841h 45mR56Metascore
    6.3 (44K)
    A soon-to-be-married man's friends throw him the ultimate bachelor party.
    DirectorNeal IsraelStarsTom HanksTawny KitaenAdrian Zmed
  • Robert De Niro in The Deer Hunter (1978)

    11. The Deer Hunter

    19783h 3mR90Metascore
    8.1 (378K)
    The lives of a group of friends are forever changed by the Vietnam War.
    DirectorMichael CiminoStarsRobert De NiroChristopher WalkenJohn Cazale
  • Lara Flynn Boyle and Guy Marchand in May Wine (1990)

    12. May Wine

    19901h 25mRTV Movie
    4.4 (179)
    Lorraine Devany is a successful businesswoman, she runs a boutique. She's married to Tom. They live in a beautiful house in the States with their daughter Cammie. When Lorraine goes to Paris she's joined by Cammie. They enjoy themselves very much there. They both get an affair with the gynecologist Paul Charmant, but they both think they're the only one. Then Lorraine gets a phone call: Tom is coming to France.
    DirectorCarol WisemanStarsJoanna CassidyLara Flynn BoyleGuy Marchand
  • Things to Come (1936)

    13. Things to Come

    19361h 40mNot Rated
    6.6 (9.8K)
    The story of a century: a decades-long second World War leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational state rebuilds civilization and attempts space travel.
    DirectorWilliam Cameron MenziesStarsRaymond MasseyEdward ChapmanRalph Richardson
  • The Glass House (1972)

    14. The Glass House

    19721h 30mNot RatedTV Movie
    7.1 (1K)
    Corrections officer Brian Courtland, naive drug pusher Alan Campbell, and college professor Jonathan Page convicted of manslaughter report to prison and soon learn the truth about the prison system. From a Truman Capote story.
    DirectorTom GriesStarsVic MorrowAlan AldaClu Gulager
  • Brandon Lee in Rapid Fire (1992)

    15. Rapid Fire

    19921h 35mR
    6.3 (11K)
    When student Jake Lo witnesses a killing, he finds himself caught between two feuding drug lords. Betrayed and set up by the federal agents, the only person he can trust is Ryan, a Chicago cop who reminds Jake of his deceased father.
    DirectorDwight H. LittleStarsBrandon LeePowers BootheNick Mancuso
  • Ran (1985)

    16. Ran

    19852h 40mR97Metascore
    8.2 (146K)
    In Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him.
    DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsTatsuya NakadaiAkira TeraoJinpachi Nezu
  • Dolph Lundgren and Brandon Lee in Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991)

    17. Showdown in Little Tokyo

    19911h 19mR
    6.1 (22K)
    Two L.A. cops with opposing views on what is the best way to uphold the law have to work together to bring down the Yakuza, while trying to protect a beautiful woman.
    DirectorMark L. LesterStarsDolph LundgrenBrandon LeeCary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger and John Pantellas in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

    18. Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    19912h 17mR75Metascore
    8.6 (1.2M)
    A cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her ten year old son John from an even more advanced and powerful cyborg.
    DirectorJames CameronStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerLinda HamiltonEdward Furlong
  • Sigourney Weaver and Carrie Henn in Aliens (1986)

    19. Aliens

    19862h 17mR84Metascore
    8.4 (815K)
    Decades after surviving the Nostromo incident, Ellen Ripley is sent out to re-establish contact with a terraforming colony but finds herself battling the Alien Queen and her offspring.
    DirectorJames CameronStarsSigourney WeaverMichael BiehnCarrie Henn
  • Sylvester Stallone in Cliffhanger (1993)

    20. Cliffhanger

    19931h 53mR59Metascore
    6.5 (146K)
    Two mountain rescuers are forced to guide a group of thieves to their missing loot.
    DirectorRenny HarlinStarsSylvester StalloneJohn LithgowMichael Rooker
  • Phoebe Cates and Willie Aames in Paradise (1982)

    21. Paradise

    19821h 42mR20Metascore
    4.9 (3.2K)
    In the Middle East in 1823, two teenagers seek refuge at an oasis, where they discover love and intimacy while staying one step ahead of the slaver who massacred their families.
    DirectorStuart GillardStarsWillie AamesPhoebe CatesTuvia Tavi
  • Richard Gere and Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman (1990)

    22. Pretty Woman

    19901h 59mR51Metascore
    7.1 (390K)
    Edward, a rich entrepreneur, hires Vivian, a prostitute, to accompany him to a few social events. Trouble ensues when he falls in love with her and they try to bridge the gap between their worlds.
    DirectorGarry MarshallStarsRichard GereJulia RobertsJason Alexander
  • Mima (1991)

    23. Mima

    19911h 24m
    6.3 (138)
    Mima and her Italian family live in France. When her grandfather is killed, she discovers that they have a long-running family feud with the mafia.
    DirectorPhilomène EspositoStarsVirginie LedoyenNino ManfrediMargarita Lozano
  • Trapeze (1956)

    24. Trapeze

    19561h 45mApproved
    6.8 (5.6K)
    A crippled circus acrobat is torn emotionally between two ambitious young trapeze artists, one a talented young American and a less-gifted but beautiful Italian.
    DirectorCarol ReedStarsBurt LancasterTony CurtisGina Lollobrigida
  • Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Dana Hill, and Jason Lively in National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985)

    25. National Lampoon's European Vacation

    19851h 35mPG-1347Metascore
    6.2 (74K)
    The Griswolds win a vacation tour across Europe where the usual havoc ensues.
    DirectorAmy HeckerlingStarsChevy ChaseBeverly D'AngeloDana Hill

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