Shot In The Back
"shot in the back" Movies and TV Shows
#1
Grey Eyes
Synopsis:
In a post-apocalyptic future, mankind is color blind. A brilliant scientist suddenly dies, leaving his precious briefcase-filled with a highly-addictive synthetic drug that allows people to see colors again-to Ana, a mere 12-year-old girl. Possession of the briefcase makes her the target of a doctor with wicked plans for the drug, and her only hope to escape his pursuit relies on the aid of the d…
Starring:
Christian Zagia,
William Prociuk,
Fernando Amaral
#2
Fascination
Synopsis:
A runaway criminal breaks into an eerie chateau, taking its two frightened chambermaids hostage. As night falls, a group of mysterious aristocratic women arrive and the criminal begins to realize the women are hiding a sinister secret.
Starring:
Brigitte Lahaie,
Franca Maï,
Jean-Marie Lemaire
Plot:
castle,
knife,
cult,
thief,
aristocrat,
anemia,
gramophone,
eaten alive,
murder,
lens flare
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#3
Zoolander
Synopsis:
Clear the runway for Derek Zoolander, VH1's three-time male model of the year. His face falls when hippie-chic Hansel scooters in to steal this year's award. The evil fashion guru Mugatu seizes the opportunity to turn Derek into a killing machine. It's a well-designed conspiracy and only with the help of Hansel and a few well-chosen accessories like Matilda can Derek make the world safe for male …
Starring:
Ben Stiller,
Jon Voight,
Owen Wilson
#4
Zardoz
Synopsis:
In the far future, a savage trained only to kill finds a way into the community of bored immortals that alone preserves humanity's achievements.
Starring:
Charlotte Rampling,
Sean Connery,
Bosco Hogan
#5
X-Men
Synopsis:
Two mutants, Rogue and Wolverine, come to a private academy for their kind whose resident superhero team, the X-Men, must oppose a terrorist organization with similar powers.
Starring:
James Marsden,
Ray Park,
Ian McKellen
#6
Windtalkers
Synopsis:
Joe Enders is a gung-ho Marine assigned to protect a "windtalker" - one of several Navajo Indians who were used to relay messages during World War II because their spoken language was indecipherable to Japanese code breakers.
Starring:
Mark Ruffalo,
Nicolas Cage,
Peter Stormare
Plot:
navajo indian,
year 1944,
saipan,
military,
japanese army,
japanese soldier,
arizona,
tortoise,
semper fi,
bigotry
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#7
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Synopsis:
'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acme is found dead and Roger is the prime suspect.
Starring:
Bob Hoskins,
Christopher Lloyd,
Charles Fleischer
#8
White Heat
Synopsis:
A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.
Starring:
Paul Guilfoyle,
James Cagney,
Fred Clark
Plot:
gangster,
prison,
heist,
undercover,
psychopath,
chemical plant,
transmitter,
revenge,
explosion,
mother son relationship
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#9
We Were Soldiers
Synopsis:
The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it.
Starring:
Clark Gregg,
Chris Klein,
Jsu Garcia
Plot:
battle,
soldier,
vietnam war,
helicopter,
reporter,
based on true story,
french soldier,
french military,
wound,
battalion
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#10
Walking Tall
Synopsis:
A former U.S. soldier returns to his hometown to find it overrun by crime and corruption, which prompts him to clean house.
Starring:
Ashley Scott,
Neal McDonough,
Dwayne Johnson
Plot:
pole dancing,
stripper,
hixploitation,
weapon,
broken bone,
knee injury,
slot machine,
memory,
good memory,
childhood memory
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#11
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
#12
Twelve Monkeys
Synopsis:
In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he's arrested and locked up in a mental hospital. There he meets psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly, and patient…
Starring:
Christopher Plummer,
Brad Pitt,
Bruce Willis
Plot:
time travel,
virus,
plague,
underground,
epidemic,
psychiatrist,
future,
ecoterrorism,
psychiatric hospital,
bald man
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#13
True Romance
Synopsis:
Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.
Starring:
Gary Oldman,
Brad Pitt,
Samuel L. Jackson
Plot:
drugs,
cocaine,
pimp,
aspiring actor,
los angeles california,
hotel,
beach,
drug addict,
prostitute,
detroit michigan
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#14
Traffic
Synopsis:
An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated daughter is abusing cocaine within their comfortable suburban home. In Mexico, a flawed, but noble policeman agrees to testify against a powerful general in league with a cartel, and i…
Starring:
Dennis Quaid,
Michael Douglas,
Don Cheadle
Plot:
mexico,
judge,
cocaine,
interlinked stories,
drug smuggling,
kidnapping,
drug cartel,
drug trafficking,
color filter,
drug war
...
#15
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
#16
Tomorrow Never Dies
Synopsis:
A deranged media mogul is staging international incidents to pit the world's superpowers against each other. Now James Bond must take on this evil mastermind in an adrenaline-charged battle to end his reign of terror and prevent global pandemonium.
Starring:
Judi Dench,
Jonathan Pryce,
Michelle Yeoh
#17
Thunderball
Synopsis:
A criminal organization has obtained two nuclear bombs and are asking for a 100 million pound ransom in the form of diamonds in seven days or they will use the weapons. The secret service sends James Bond to the Bahamas to once again save the world.
Starring:
Sean Connery,
Bernard Lee,
Claudine Auger
#18
Three Kings
Synopsis:
A group of American soldiers stationed in Iraq at the end of the Gulf War find a map they believe will take them to a huge cache of stolen Kuwaiti gold hidden near their base, and they embark on a secret mission that's destined to change everything.
Starring:
Ice Cube,
Mark Wahlberg,
Cliff Curtis
#19
The Wild Bunch
Synopsis:
An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.
Starring:
L. Q. Jones,
Robert Ryan,
Ernest Borgnine
#20
The Whole Nine Yards
Synopsis:
After a mobster agrees to cooperate with an FBI investigation in order to stay out of prison, he's relocated by the authorities to a life of suburban anonymity as part of a witness protection program. It's not long before a couple of his new neighbours figure out his true identity and come knocking to see if he'd be up for one more hit—suburban style.
Starring:
Matthew Perry,
Amanda Peet,
Bruce Willis
Plot:
hitman,
adultery,
lust,
blonde,
female frontal nudity,
scheming wife,
undercover cop,
sex in bed,
dentist,
nudity
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