Laurence FishBurn Movies, a list by CyberPoison

8.4

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82

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82

/8806/

4.4

/891126/

91

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94

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94

/15/

4.0

age 16+

At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.

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8.1

/25361/

79

/852/

79

/397/

4.2

/61516/

100

/34/

94

/534/

95

/7/

3.5

A chronicle of the production problems — including bad weather, actors' health, war near the filming locations, and more — which plagued the filming of Apocalypse Now, increasing costs and nearly destroying the life and career of Francis Ford Coppola.

84

7.9

/516773/

77

/10401/

77

/7211/

3.9

/452275/

89

/203/

89

/7570/

84

/42/

4.0

age 17+

The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them suffers a family tragedy.

84

7.8

/166237/

78

/4389/

76

/2163/

4.0

/280184/

96

/71/

93

/3912/

76

/20/

4.0

age 17+

In the middle of the Los Angeles ghetto, drugs, robberies and shootings dominate everyday life. During these times, Furious tries to raise his son Tre to be a decent person. Tre's friends, on the other hand, have little regard for the law and drag the entire neighborhood into a street war...

82

7.3

/45401/

73

/1177/

70

/617/

3.6

/30395/

98

/44/

85

/753/

89

/23/

4.0

age 8+

A seven-year-old chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.

82

8.7

/2219155/

87

/72958/

82

/27205/

4.2

/2521036/

83

/209/

85

/1307885/

73

/36/

3.0

age 15+

Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.

82

7.6

/402476/

76

/22657/

77

/7593/

3.9

/945084/

94

/386/

93

/4041/

78

/58/

3.5

age 17+

With the price on his head ever increasing, John Wick uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances across the globe and forces that turn old friends into foes.

81

7.7

/103094/

77

/2908/

77

/1910/

3.9

/131640/

73

/126/

94

/7799/

78

/7/

4.0

age 14+

An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. After Celie's abusive father marries her off to the equally debasing 'Mister' Albert Johnson, things go from bad to worse, leaving Celie to find companionship anywhere she can. She perseveres, holding on to her dream of one day being reunited with her sister in Africa.

80

7.4

/472545/

76

/32189/

74

/11409/

3.7

/921922/

89

/358/

86

/12667/

73

/50/

4.0

age 17+

Super-assassin John Wick returns with a $14 million price tag on his head and an army of bounty-hunting killers on his trail. After killing a member of the shadowy international assassin’s guild, the High Table, John Wick is excommunicado, but the world’s most ruthless hit men and women await his every turn.

80

7.4

/26470/

77

/782/

71

/345/

3.7

/21550/

97

/59/

88

/1493/

76

/27/

3.5

age 17+

Singer Tina Turner rises to stardom while mustering the courage to break free from her abusive husband Ike.

79

7.6

/61561/

78

/5559/

80

/1481/

3.8

/298110/

89

/171/

97

/1679/

65

/31/

3.0

age 9+

The untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron forever.

79

7.4

/561580/

77

/54407/

73

/13890/

3.7

/1020499/

89

/283/

85

/3430/

75

/43/

3.5

age 17+

John Wick is forced out of retirement by a former associate looking to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to aid him, Wick travels to Rome and does battle against some of the world’s most dangerous killers.

78

7.4

/22844/

73

/725/

71

/343/

3.6

/23279/

86

/139/

81

/2578/

72

/30/

4.0

age 8+

11-year-old Akeelah Anderson has a way with words. After winning her schoolwide spelling bee, she decides to enter the competition, despite her classmates' derision and the antipathy of her mother Tanya. Thanks to the efforts of her teacher Dr. Larabee, she reaches the finals. As she gets to know her fellow competitors, Akeelah realizes that coming first isn't everything in life.

77

7.0

/473/

64

/19/

69

/5/

3.5

/8101/

98

/57/

73

/20/

4.0

Presenting a behind-the-scenes account of a visionary at work. From Oscar-nominated Mike Figgis, Megadoc gives audiences an unfiltered and intimate look at the making of Francis Ford Coppola’s epic sci-fi drama Megalopolis.

77

7.2

/1703/

72

/99/

64

/33/

3.8

/5895/

100

/43/

63

/7/

83

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3.5

age 15+

A look at the Black revolution in 1970s cinema, from genre films to social realism, from the making of new superstars to the craft of rising auteurs.

75

7.4

/247968/

75

/7227/

71

/2906/

3.7

/179759/

86

/184/

87

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73

/37/

2.5

age 18+

A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role...

75

7.0

/16256/

72

/639/

67

/246/

3.9

/44497/

87

/31/

78

/253/

67

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3.5

Black police officer Russell Stevens applies for a special anti-drug squad which targets the highest boss of cocaine delivery to LA—the Colombian foreign minister's nephew. Russell works his way up from the bottom undercover, until he reaches the boss.

74

7.1

/40698/

70

/834/

70

/735/

3.8

/58781/

77

/39/

80

/882/

63

/8/

3.5

age 17+

Absent-minded street thug Rusty James struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation, and longs for the days of gang warfare.

72

7.2

/664623/

75

/31054/

70

/11633/

3.4

/627955/

74

/240/

72

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62

/40/

3.5

age 15+

The Resistance builds in numbers as humans are freed from the Matrix and brought to the city of Zion. Neo discovers his superpowers, including the ability to see the code inside the Matrix. With machine sentinels digging to Zion in 72 hours, Neo, Morpheus and Trinity must find the Keymaker to ultimately reach the Source.

72

7.0

/487940/

71

/33985/

69

/13918/

2.8

/1124318/

87

/444/

79

/3089/

70

/56/

3.0

age 12+

Just when his time under house arrest is about to end, Scott Lang once again puts his freedom at risk to help Hope van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym dive into the quantum realm and try to accomplish, against time and any chance of success, a very dangerous rescue mission.

74

72

7.1

/7704/

75

/328/

71

/127/

3.3

/2703/

86

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79

/153/

age 13+

During the Second World War, a special project is begun by the US Army Air Corps to integrate African American pilots into the Fighter Pilot Program. Known as the "Tuskegee Airman" for the name of the airbase at which they were trained, these men were forced to constantly endure harassement, prejudice, and much behind the scenes politics until at last they were able to prove themselves in combat.

71

7.4

/20057/

75

/711/

72

/330/

3.6

/8548/

65

/46/

84

/224/

52

/19/

3.0

age 16+

A grieving father in a downward spiral stumbles across a box of his recently deceased son's demo tapes and lyrics. Shocked by the discovery of this unknown talent, he forms a band in the hope of finding some catharsis.

70

6.8

/328616/

70

/14327/

66

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3.4

/310327/

85

/280/

63

/8460/

70

/38/

3.0

age 15+

As an epidemic of a lethal airborne virus - that kills within days - rapidly grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself.

70

6.6

/20940/

66

/432/

65

/428/

3.4

/16295/

76

/33/

57

/198/

68

/14/

4.0

Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.

70

6.9

/30251/

71

/1635/

68

/477/

3.4

/28605/

77

/218/

72

/182/

65

/45/

3.0

age 16+

Thirty years after serving together in the Vietnam War, Larry, Sal and Richard reunite for a different type of mission: to bury Doc's son, a young Marine killed in Iraq. Forgoing the burial, the trio take the casket on a bittersweet trip up the coast to New Hampshire – along the way reminiscing and coming to terms with the shared memories of a war that continues to shape their lives.

70

69

7.4

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74

/427/

68

/201/

3.6

/2690/

71

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64

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The film goes behind the scenes of the 1999 sci-fi movie The Matrix.

68

7.4

/2419/

77

/114/

73

/36/

3.5

/795/

65

/26/

81

/94/

57

/15/

2.0

This documentary showcases basketball player Michael Jordan's awe-inspiring moves, providing behind-the-scenes and on-the-court action, including footage of Jordan and the Chicago Bulls going head-to-head against the Utah Jazz in the 1997 NBA Finals. Phil Jackson and Bob Costas are interviewed (among others), and the awesome soundtrack includes songs by Earth, Wind and Fire, Fatboy Slim and Freddie King.

68

6.9

/47360/

70

/1477/

67

/744/

3.8

/86439/

74

/31/

77

/1055/

66

/20/

2.0

A former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the profits of his operations to New York's poor and lower classes in this stylish and ultra violent modern twist on Robin Hood.

68

6.9

/421186/

71

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67

/7410/

3.4

/471212/

73

/246/

70

/18711/

66

/42/

2.5

age 13+

Retired from active duty, and training recruits for the Impossible Mission Force, agent Ethan Hunt faces the toughest foe of his career: Owen Davian, an international broker of arms and information, who's as cunning as he is ruthless. Davian emerges to threaten Hunt and all that he holds dear – including the woman Hunt loves.

66

7.1

/859612/

70

/34015/

66

/15859/

3.0

/858822/

57

/341/

75

/27130/

55

/47/

3.0

age 12+

A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.

65

7.0

/166804/

73

/10158/

68

/5238/

3.3

/166392/

70

/194/

67

/1217/

58

/38/

2.0

age 16+

Earl Stone, a man in his eighties, is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he's just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. He does so well that his cargo increases exponentially, and Earl hit the radar of hard-charging DEA agent Colin Bates.

65

6.4

/8915/

69

/280/

63

/170/

3.2

/3320/

78

/27/

51

/71/

58

/18/

3.0

A liberal activist lawyer alienated his daughter Maggie years ago when she discovered his many affairs. Now a conservative corporate lawyer, Maggie agrees to go up against her father in court. To gain promotion, she must defend an auto manufacturer against charges that their explosion-prone station wagons are unsafe. As her mother begs for peace, Maggie takes on her dad in a trial that turns increasingly personal and nasty.

65

6.1

/8636/

68

/258/

56

/109/

3.3

/13414/

58

/31/

78

/501/

52

/12/

3.5

age 16+

Fraternity and sorority members clash with other students at a historically black college during homecoming weekend.

75

64

7.6

/2075/

77

/305/

74

/86/

3.8

/7077/

Witness the never-before-seen footage and true story behind the John Wick phenomenon – from independent film to billion-dollar franchise.

64

6.5

/22786/

71

/589/

62

/232/

3.3

/13488/

48

/40/

74

/776/

54

/20/

3.0

age 15+

African-American student Malik is on a track scholarship; academics are not his strong suit, and he goes in thinking that his athletic abilities will earn him a free ride through college. Fudge, a "professional student" who has been at Columbus for six years so far, becomes friendly with Malik and challenges his views about race and politics in America.

63

6.8

/10584/

67

/199/

63

/148/

3.1

/10575/

68

/40/

64

/340/

2.0

The evil Iago pretends to be friend of Othello in order to manipulate him to serve his own end in the film version of this Shakespeare classic.

62

6.5

/90856/

70

/9997/

69

/1442/

2.9

/226245/

62

/196/

87

/1376/

52

/37/

1.5

age 14+

After his life is turned upside down when his wife is killed in a London terrorist attack, a brilliant but introverted CIA decoder takes matters into his own hands when his supervisors refuse to take action.

62

7.0

/43789/

67

/542/

64

/415/

3.2

/8347/

47

/173/

72

/4346/

54

/31/

age 16+

In 1968 the lives of a retired doorman, hotel manager, lounge singer, busboy, beautician and others intersect in the wake of Robert F. Kennedy's assassination at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.

61

6.3

/13782/

71

/443/

64

/219/

3.1

/5592/

43

/21/

65

/294/

50

/17/

3.0

In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running 'the numbers'. When Madam Queen—the powerful woman who runs the scam in Harlem—is arrested, Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson takes over the business and must resist an invasion from a merciless mobster.

76

61

8.0

/4544/

75

/71/

72

/69/

4.0

/2471/

Ashes and Snow, a film by Gregory Colbert, uses both still and movie cameras to explore extraordinary interactions between humans and animals. The 60-minute feature is a poetic narrative rather than a documentary. It aims to lift the natural and artificial barriers between humans and other species, dissolving the distance that exists between them.

61

6.1

/80719/

64

/2363/

62

/1553/

3.0

/31718/

67

/27/

38

/684/

61

/13/

3.0

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.

61

6.7

/98815/

70

/3798/

66

/1950/

3.5

/173213/

68

/65/

68

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49

/11/

1.5

A psychiatrist, familiar with the knife-wielding dream demon Freddy Krueger, helps teens at a mental hospital battle the killer who is invading their dreams.

60

3.9

/525/

58

/69/

60

/18/

100

/17/

88

/128/

31

/5/

2.0

age 13+

After a crushing defeat ended their prior season, everyone counted the Abilene Eagles out of title contention. Facing doubts and personal challenges both on and off the field, it takes the guidance of their team chaplain and a surrogate father figure for the players to realize what they can achieve when they stand united.

60

6.7

/570841/

71

/26256/

67

/10507/

3.1

/491403/

33

/215/

60

/23860/

47

/41/

3.0

age 15+

The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing the rogue Agent Smith.

60

6.3

/41065/

67

/1838/

64

/1062/

3.0

/69255/

55

/111/

42

/1293/

57

/28/

3.0

age 10+

A white blood cell policeman, with the help of a cold pill, must stop a deadly virus from destroying the human they live in, Frank.

60

6.3

/84058/

64

/2064/

62

/1161/

2.9

/21582/

59

/162/

48

/1977/

54

/39/

3.0

age 18+

On New Year's Eve, inside a police station that's about to be closed for good, officer Jake Roenick must cobble together a force made up cops and criminals to save themselves from a mob looking to kill mobster Marion Bishop.

59

6.8

/40909/

66

/2790/

65

/777/

2.7

/60139/

45

/22/

60

/270/

2020: A year so [insert adjective of choice here], even the creators of Black Mirror couldn't make it up… but that doesn't mean they don't have a little something to add. This comedy event that tells the story of the dreadful year that was — and perhaps still is? The documentary-style special weaves together some of the world's most (fictitious) renowned voices with real-life archival footage.

59

6.2

/31719/

63

/2293/

60

/600/

2.8

/15962/

63

/122/

45

/4/

62

/32/