VHS I can't replace
by gpanda-205-660627 | created - 07 Jan 2012 | updated - 29 Nov 2012 | PublicThis is a list of films that I haven't still been able to find to find on DVD. And that I have had VHS copies for years.
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1. The Hunted (1995)
R | 110 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
An American businessman visiting Nagoya, Japan, meets a woman in a hotel bar. Returning to her room, 3 ninjas kill her and wound him, but he sees the ninja boss' face. Now, he's the prime target of a dangerous ninja cult.
Director: J.F. Lawton | Stars: Christopher Lambert, John Lone, Joan Chen, Yoshio Harada
Votes: 5,700 | Gross: $6.61M
A very good movie. Which is a lot to say for a movie with Christophe Lambert in it.
2. The Last Seduction (1994)
R | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A devious sexpot steals her husband's drug money and hides out in a small town where she meets the perfect dupe for her next scheme.
Director: John Dahl | Stars: Linda Fiorentino, Peter Berg, Bill Pullman, Michael Raysses
Votes: 25,806 | Gross: $6.14M
Linda Fiorentino's breakout. Got a sequel in 1999. Never seen that one.
3. Sugar Hill (1993)
R | 123 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A drug dealer tries to get out of the life and start anew with his girlfriend, but the transition is tragically difficult.
Director: Leon Ichaso | Stars: Wesley Snipes, Michael Wright, Khandi Alexander, DeVaughn Nixon
Votes: 4,874 | Gross: $18.27M
Never heard of it when it was released. But ended by liking it.
4. The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
R | 131 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee and his drug pusher childhood friend who became walk-in spies for the Soviet Union.
Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Timothy Hutton, Sean Penn, Pat Hingle, Joyce Van Patten
Votes: 12,699 | Gross: $17.10M
A spy movie I liked a lot. And a very good Timothy Hutton. A lot better than Sean Penn. In this film at least...
5. Up Close & Personal (1996)
PG-13 | 124 min | Drama, Romance
An ambitious young woman, determined to build a career in television journalism, gets good advice from her first boss, and they fall in love.
Director: Jon Avnet | Stars: Robert Redford, Michelle Pfeiffer, Stockard Channing, Joe Mantegna
Votes: 15,331 | Gross: $51.09M
I love the actors (amazing cast) but it's (very disappointingly) an average movie !
6. Speechless (1994)
PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy, Romance
Two political speechwriters fall in love before they find out they are working for candidates on opposite sides.
Director: Ron Underwood | Stars: Michael Keaton, Geena Davis, Christopher Reeve, Bonnie Bedelia
Votes: 5,427 | Gross: $20.66M
Nice movie, great Christopher Reeves ! I'll remember Baghdad Bob all my life.
7. Burglar (1987)
R | 103 min | Comedy, Crime
A retired cop blackmails ex burglar Bernice into paying him $20,000 - thus burgling. Paid to get a dentist's jewelry back from her ex's apartment, someone murders the ex and Bernice is a suspect. She investigates.
Director: Hugh Wilson | Stars: Whoopi Goldberg, Bobcat Goldthwait, G.W. Bailey, Lesley Ann Warren
Votes: 4,733 | Gross: $16.34M
Whoopi Goldberg's movie from the 80's. What more to say ?
8. A World Apart (1988)
PG | 113 min | Drama
1963. Thirteen year old Molly Roth, the eldest of three offspring of Gus and Diana Roth, lives a carefree life as part of the affluent white minority in South Africa. Race is a non-issue ... See full summary »
Director: Chris Menges | Stars: Barbara Hershey, David Suchet, Jodhi May, Jeroen Krabbé
Votes: 1,801 | Gross: $2.33M
Jodhi May's breakout. Although except for "The last of the Mohicans" (1992), I can't remember seeing her on screen.
9. The Avenging Angel (1995 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Western
Miles Utley is a professional Mormon commando/bodyguard who is forced to turn renegade and to question his faith as he investigates a scandal involving assassination and land speculation.
Director: Craig R. Baxley | Stars: Tom Berenger, Charlton Heston, James Coburn, Fay Masterson
Votes: 609
Learned a lot about Mormons watching this. A lot more than I could have thought by myself...
10. Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A Black war hero is hired to find a mysterious woman, and gets mixed up in a murderous political scandal in 1948 Los Angeles.
Director: Carl Franklin | Stars: Denzel Washington, Tom Sizemore, Jennifer Beals, Don Cheadle
Votes: 24,255 | Gross: $16.03M
Set in the 50's. I haven't even been able to find it in ten years !
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