Famous Line
"famous line" Movies and TV Shows
#1
Wall Street
Synopsis:
A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider whom takes the youth under his wing.
Starring:
Sean Young,
Michael Douglas,
James Spader
#2
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
#3
To Have and Have Not
Synopsis:
A Martinique charter boat skipper gets mixed up with the underground French resistance operatives during WWII.
Starring:
Humphrey Bogart,
Walter Brennan,
Walter Sande
Plot:
french resistance,
famous line,
fishing,
stray bullet,
sidekick,
fishing boat,
fog,
bullet wound,
fishing line,
bar
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#4
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
#5
The Warriors
Synopsis:
Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and take over the city. At the meeting, a rival leader kills Cyrus, but a Coney Island gang called the Warriors is wrongly blamed for Cyrus' death. Before you know it, the cops and every gangbanger in town is hot on the Warriors' trail.
Starring:
Brian Tyler,
James Remar,
David Patrick Kelly
Plot:
new york city,
street gang,
disc jockey,
warrior,
truce,
social decay,
sociopath,
threatened with a knife,
fugitive,
survival
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#6
The Usual Suspects
Synopsis:
Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an explosion in San Pedro harbor – leaving few survivors. Verbal lures his interrogators with an incredible story of the crime lord's almost supernatura…
Starring:
Kevin Spacey,
Pete Postlethwaite,
Benicio del Toro
#7
The Silence of the Lambs
Synopsis:
Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.
Starring:
Anthony Heald,
Tracey Walter,
Anthony Hopkins
#8
The Searchers
Synopsis:
As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation becomes increasingly questionable.
Starring:
Ken Curtis,
Harry Carey, Jr.,
John Wayne
#9
The Room
Synopsis:
Johnny is a successful banker with great respect for and dedication to the people in his life, especially his future wife Lisa. The happy-go-lucky guy sees his world being torn apart when his friends begin to betray him one-by-one.
Starring:
Tommy Wiseau,
Juliette Danielle,
Greg Sestero
#10
The Princess Bride
Synopsis:
In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicilians and rodents of unusual size. But even death can't stop these true lovebirds from triumphing.
Starring:
Robin Wright,
Cary Elwes,
Wallace Shawn
Plot:
true love,
princess,
fairy tale,
giant,
pirate,
evil prince,
kidnapping,
swordsman,
quicksand,
storytelling
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#11
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Synopsis:
A senator, who became famous for killing a notorious outlaw, returns for the funeral of an old friend and tells the truth about his deed.
Starring:
James Stewart,
Andy Devine,
Jeanette Nolan
#12
The Karate Kid
Synopsis:
After some violent confrontations with his new classmates, Daniel LaRusso learns karate from Japanese handyman Mr. Miyagi, in order to defend himself.
Starring:
Elisabeth Shue,
Pat Morita,
Ralph Macchio
Plot:
karate,
teenager,
training,
fight,
paint,
martial arts,
karate student,
bonsai,
newcomer,
master apprentice relationship
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#13
The Italian Job
Synopsis:
Charlie's got a 'job' to do. Having just left prison he finds one his of friends has attempted a high risk job in Torino, Italy, right under the nose of the mafia. Charlie's friend doesn't get very far, so Charlie takes over the 'job'. Using three Mini Coopers, a couple of Jaguars and a bus, he hopes to bring Torino to a standstill, steal a fortune in gold and escape in the chaos.
Starring:
Michael Caine,
Noël Coward,
Benny Hill
Plot:
car chase,
cliffhanger,
caper,
mafia,
ambiguous ending,
1960s,
car movie,
gold theft,
caper comedy,
heist
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#14
The Fly
Synopsis:
When Seth Brundle makes a huge scientific and technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a common housefly manages to get inside the device and the two become one.
Starring:
Geena Davis,
Jeff Goldblum,
David Cronenberg
#15
The Fearless Vampire Killers
Synopsis:
A noted professor and his dim-witted apprentice fall prey to their inquiring vampires, while on the trail of the ominous damsel in distress.
Starring:
Ronald Lacey,
Roman Polanski,
Jack MacGowran
Plot:
vampire,
vampire hunter,
vampire slayer,
castle,
transylvania,
bat,
gothic horror,
cult film,
undead,
lechery
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#16
The Elephant Man
Synopsis:
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.
Starring:
John Hurt,
Anthony Hopkins,
Freddie Jones
#17
Taxi Driver
Synopsis:
A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feed his urge for violent action.
Starring:
Robert De Niro,
Albert Brooks,
Jodie Foster
#18
Sunset Boulevard
Synopsis:
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
Starring:
Franklyn Farnum,
Fred Clark,
William Holden
#19
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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#20
Soylent Green
Synopsis:
This is the year 2022. Overcrowding, pollution, and resource depletion have reduced society’s leaders to finding food for the teeming masses. The answer is Soylent Green.
Starring:
Charlton Heston,
Edward G. Robinson,
Chuck Connors
Plot:
dystopia,
cannibalism,
overpopulation,
conspiracy,
food,
assisted suicide,
murder,
year 2022,
starving,
police detective
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