Glasses
"glasses" Movies and TV Shows
#1
Nintama Rantarō
Synopsis:
Rantarō, Shinbei and Kirimaru are ninja apprentices in the Ninja Gakuen, where first grade ones are called "Nintamas". They must learn everything a ninja must know, but as for our heroes, money, food or playing are more interesting. The series show the everyday adventures of our heroes.
Starring:
Toshihiko Seki,
Mayumi Tanaka,
Minami Takayama
Plot:
anime animation,
schoolboy,
pre teen,
portmanteau,
ninja training,
ninja,
japanimation,
glasses,
based on manga,
astigmatism
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#2
Videodrome
Synopsis:
As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon "Videodrome," a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential hit and broadcasts the show on his channel. However, after his girlfriend auditions for the show and never returns, Max investigates the truth behind Videodrome and discovers that th…
Starring:
Julie Khaner,
James Woods,
Jack Creley
Plot:
snuff film,
hallucination,
surrealism,
suicide,
satire,
cyberpunk,
cult,
body horror,
canuxploitation,
illegality
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#3
Unforgiven
Synopsis:
William Munny is a retired, once-ruthless killer turned gentle widower and hog farmer. To help support his two motherless children, he accepts one last bounty-hunter mission to find the men who brutalized a prostitute. Joined by his former partner and a cocky greenhorn, he takes on a corrupt sheriff.
Starring:
Clint Eastwood,
Morgan Freeman,
Frances Fisher
#4
True Lies
Synopsis:
A fearless, globe-trotting, terrorist-battling secret agent has his life turned upside down when he discovers his wife might be having an affair with a used car salesman while terrorists smuggle nuclear war heads into the United States.
Starring:
Bill Paxton,
Tia Carrere,
Charlton Heston
Plot:
secret agent,
spy,
secret mission,
remake,
tango,
spy film,
espionage,
murderous fantasy,
violence,
remake of french film
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#5
Total Recall
Synopsis:
Construction worker Douglas Quaid's obsession with the planet Mars leads him to visit Recall, a company who manufacture memories. Something goes wrong during his memory implant turning Doug's life upside down and even to question what is reality and what isn't.
Starring:
Michael Ironside,
Arnold Schwarzenegger,
Sharon Stone
#6
They Live
Synopsis:
Nada, a wanderer without meaning in his life, discovers a pair of sunglasses capable of showing the world the way it truly is. As he walks the streets of Los Angeles, Nada notices that both the media and the government are comprised of subliminal messages meant to keep the population subdued, and that most of the social elite are skull-faced aliens bent on world domination. With this shocking dis…
Starring:
Keith David,
Roddy Piper,
Meg Foster
#7
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Synopsis:
When Sally hears that her grandfather's grave may have been vandalized, she and her paraplegic brother, Franklin, set out with their friends to investigate. After a detour to their family's old farmhouse, they discover a group of crazed, murderous outcasts living next door. As the group is attacked one by one by the chainsaw-wielding Leatherface, who wears a mask of human skin, the survivors must…
Starring:
Marilyn Burns,
Allen Danziger,
Paul A. Partain
Plot:
leatherface,
cannibal,
chainsaw,
rural setting,
american horror,
hitchhiker,
texas,
cannibalism,
independent film,
summer
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#8
The Sting
Synopsis:
Set in the 1930s this intricate caper deals with an ambitious small-time crook and a veteran con man who seek revenge on a vicious crime lord who murdered one of their gang.
Starring:
Harold Gould,
Robert Redford,
Paul Newman
Plot:
con,
con man,
illegal activity,
playing golf,
con artist,
caper,
sting operation,
gangster,
burlesque dancer,
violence
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#9
The Rescuers
Synopsis:
What can two little mice possibly do to save an orphan girl who's fallen into evil hands? With a little cooperation and faith in oneself, anything is possible! As members of the mouse-run International Rescue Aid Society, Bernard and Miss Bianca respond to orphan Penny's call for help. The two mice search for clues with the help of an old cat named Rufus.
Starring:
Pat Buttram,
Eva Gabor,
Jeanette Nolan
Plot:
alligator,
bayou,
mouse,
albatross,
diamond,
orphan,
dragonfly,
animal hero,
new york city,
orphan girl
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#10
The Lady Vanishes
Synopsis:
On a train headed for England a group of travelers is delayed by an avalanche. Holed up in a hotel in a fictional European country, young Iris befriends elderly Miss Froy. When the train resumes, Iris suffers a bout of unconsciousness and wakes to find the old woman has disappeared. The other passengers ominously deny Miss Froy ever existed, so Iris begins to investigate with another traveler and…
Starring:
Paul Lukas,
Michael Redgrave,
May Whitty
#11
The Hunt for Red October
Synopsis:
A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius. The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. A lone CIA analyst has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it - because the entire Russian naval and air commands are trying …
Starring:
Tim Curry,
Alec Baldwin,
James Earl Jones
#12
The Great Mouse Detective
Synopsis:
When the diabolical Professor Ratigan kidnaps London's master toymaker, the brilliant master of disguise Basil of Baker Street and his trusted sidekick Dawson try to elude the ultimate trap and foil the perfect crime.
Starring:
Val Bettin,
Vincent Price,
Candy Candido
#13
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
Synopsis:
An American writer living in Rome witnesses an attempted murder that is connected to an ongoing killing spree in the city, and conducts his own investigation despite himself and his girlfriend being targeted by the killer.
Starring:
Tony Musante,
Enrico Maria Salerno,
Suzy Kendall
#14
The Birds
Synopsis:
Chic socialite Melanie Daniels enjoys a passing flirtation with an eligible attorney in a San Francisco pet shop and, on an impulse, follows him to his hometown bearing a gift of lovebirds. But upon her arrival, the bird population runs amok. Suddenly, the townsfolk face a massive avian onslaught, with the feathered fiends inexplicably attacking people all over Bodega Bay.
Starring:
Veronica Cartwright,
Rod Taylor,
Suzanne Pleshette
Plot:
bird attack,
california,
paranoia,
1960s,
unsolved mystery,
nature run amok,
attic,
female protagonist,
based on short story,
bird
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#15
The Big Lebowski
Synopsis:
Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker who only wants to bowl and drink White Russians, is mistaken for another Jeffrey Lebowski, a wheelchair-bound millionaire, and finds himself dragged into a strange series of events involving nihilists, adult film producers, ferrets, errant toes, and large sums of money.
Starring:
Peter Stormare,
Steve Buscemi,
Sam Elliott
Plot:
rug,
nihilism,
pornographer,
mistaken identity,
death of friend,
bowling alley,
bowling,
death,
cult film,
millionaire
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#16
Superman
Synopsis:
Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.
Starring:
Ned Beatty,
Marlon Brando,
Glenn Ford
Plot:
superhero,
dc comics,
year 1978,
1970s,
hero,
action hero,
alien superhero,
comic relief,
famous opening theme,
flying superhero
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#17
Superman II
Synopsis:
Three escaped criminals from the planet Krypton test the Man of Steel's mettle. Led by General Zod, the Kryptonians take control of the White House and partner with Lex Luthor to destroy Superman and rule the world. But Superman, who attempts to make himself human in order to get closer to Lois, realizes he has a responsibility to save the planet.
Starring:
Ned Beatty,
Sarah Douglas,
Susannah York
#18
Stand by Me
Synopsis:
Gordie, Chris, Teddy and Vern are four friends who decide to hike to find the corpse of Ray Brower, a local teenager, who was hit by a train while plucking blueberries in the wild.
Starring:
Jerry O'Connell,
Corey Feldman,
Kiefer Sutherland
Plot:
friendship,
coming of age,
childhood friend,
walking on train tracks,
summertime,
treehouse,
boy,
dead body,
woods,
summer
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#19
Singin' in the Rain
Synopsis:
In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.
Starring:
Rita Moreno,
Jean Hagen,
Gene Kelly
#20
Re-Animator
Synopsis:
A dedicated student at a medical college and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue when an odd new student arrives on campus.
Starring:
Barbara Crampton,
Jeffrey Combs,
Bruce Abbott
Plot:
reanimation,
gore,
morgue,
medical research,
zombie,
scientist,
female full frontal nudity,
dead cat,
severed head,
doctor
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