Movie Releases by Score
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Three Colors: Red
November 23, 1994
Krzysztof Kieslowski closes his Three Colors trilogy in grand fashion, with an incandescent meditation on fate and chance, starring Irène Jacob as a sweet-souled yet somber runway model in Geneva whose life dramatically intersects with that of a bitter retired judge, played by Jean-Louis Trintignant. Meanwhile, just down the street, a seemingly unrelated story of jealousy and betrayal unfolds. Red is an intimate look at forged connections and a splendid final statement from a remarkable filmmaker at the height of his powers. [Criterion]
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Hoop Dreams
October 14, 1994
Two inner-city Chicago boys with hopes of becoming professional basketball players struggle to become college players.
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Pulp Fiction
October 14, 1994
Several inter-locking stories of crime and intrigue form a temporal mosaic set in the Los Angeles underworld.
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Quiz Show
September 14, 1994
This fact-based film tells the story behind the quiz show scandal of the 1950s, focusing on "Twenty-One" champion Charles Van Doren (Fiennes).
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The Madness of King George
December 28, 1994
When King George III goes mad, his lieutenants try to adjust the rules to run the country without his participation.
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The Lion King
June 15, 1994
Embark on an extraordinary coming-of-age adventure as Simba, a lion cub who cannot wait to be king, searches for his destiny in the great "Circle of Life." [Disney]
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Three Colors: White
June 10, 1994
The most playful and also the grittiest of Kieslowski’s Three Colors films follows the adventures of Karol Karol (Zbigniew Zamachowski), a Polish immigrant living in France. The hapless hairdresser opts to leave Paris for his native Warsaw when his wife (Julie Delpy) sues him for divorce (her reason: their marriage was never consummated) and then frames him for arson after setting her own salon ablaze. White, which goes on to chronicle Karol Karol’s elaborate revenge plot, manages to be both a ticklish dark comedy about the economic inequalities of Eastern and Western Europe and a sublime reverie about twisted love. [Criterion]
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Little Women
December 21, 1994
With her husband off at war, Marmee (Susan Sarandon) is left alone to raise their four daughters, her little women. There is the spirited Jo (Winona Ryder); conservative Meg (Trini Alvarado); fragile Beth (Claire Danes); and romantic Amy (Kirsten Dunst and Samantha Mathis). As the years pass, the sisters share some of the most cherished and painful memories of self-discovery, as Marmee and Aunt March (Mary Wickes) guide them through issues of independence, romance and virtue. [Sony Pictures]
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Heavenly Creatures
November 16, 1994
Two teenage girls share a unique bond; their parents, concerned that the friendship is too intense, separate them, and the girls take revenge.
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The Last Seduction
October 26, 1994
Linda Fiorentino stars as the consummate femme fatale in this sexy thriller.
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Forrest Gump
July 6, 1994
A sweeping look at thirty tumultuous years of American history seen through the eyes of the charmed simpleton Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks).
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Fresh
September 2, 1994
Death and violence anger a 12-year-old drug courier, who sets his employers against each other.
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Four Weddings and a Funeral
March 9, 1994
A confirmed British bachelor (Grant) meets the perfect woman (MacDowell) at a friend's wedding.
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The Shawshank Redemption
September 1, 1994
Wrongly convicted, Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) is sentenced to two consecutive life terms in in Maine's Shawshank prison for the murders of his wife and her lover. Set in the 1940's, the film shows how Andy learns to get by in the brutal confines of prison, even earning the respect of his fellow inmates, most notably the longtime convict "Red" Redding (Morgan Freeman).
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Red Rock West
April 8, 1994
Upon arriving to a small town, a drifter is mistaken for a hitman, but when the real hitman arrives, complications ensue.
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The War Room
January 1, 1994
A documentary of the Bill Clinton 1992 presidential campaign and the organization who ran it.
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Speed
June 10, 1994
Keanu Reeves stars as Jack Traven an LAPD SWAT team specialist who is sent to diffuse a bomb that a revenge-driven extortionist (Hopper) has planted on a bus. But until he does, Jack and passenger Sandra Bullock must keep the bus speeding through the streets of Los Angeles at more than 50 miles per hour -- or the bomb will explode. A high-octane chase of suspense, non-stop action and surprise twists, Speed is a joyride sure to keep everyone on the edge of their seats. (20th Century Fox)
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Natural Born Killers
August 26, 1994
The story of Mickey and Mallory, serial killers involved in a cross country killing spree that elevates them from fugitives into media celebrities. (Warner Bros.)
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Barcelona
July 29, 1994
Ted, a stuffy white guy from Illinois working in sales for the Barcelona office of a US corporation, is paid an unexpected visit by his somewhat less stuffy cousin Fred, who is an officer in the US Navy. Over the next few months, both their lives are irrevocably altered by the events which follow Fred's arrival, events which are the trivial stuff of a comedy of manners at first but which gradually grow increasingly dramatic.
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Clear and Present Danger
August 3, 1994
When his mentor Admiral James Greer (Jones) becomes gravely ill, Jack Ryan (Ford) is appointed acting CIA Deputy Director of Intelligence. His first assignment: investigate the murder of one of the President's friends, a prominent U.S. businessman with secret ties to Colombian drug cartels. Unbeknownst to Ryan, the CIA has already dispatched a deadly field operative (Dafoe) to lead a paramilitary force against the Colombian drug lords. Caught in the crossfire, Ryan takes matters into his own hands, risking his career and life for the only cause he still believes in-the truth. (Paramount)
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What's Eating Gilbert Grape
March 4, 1994
After his father's death, Gilbert (Johnny Depp) has to care for his mentally disabled brother, Arnie (Leonardo DiCaprio), and his morbidly obese mother. The arrangement is suddenly challenged when love walks into his life.
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Death and the Maiden
December 23, 1994
A chance encounter enables a woman to turn the tables on the sadistic doctor who tortured her 15 years earlier.
(New Line Cinema)
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The Crow
May 11, 1994
Eric Draven and his fiancé are murdered on the eve of their Halloween wedding. Exactly one year after their deaths, Eric is risen from the grave by a mysterious crow to seek out his killers and force them to answer for their crimes. [Miramax Films]
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What Happened Was...
September 9, 1994
This darkly humorous film explores the personal psychic landscape of two lonely New Yorkers. Jackie and Michael are coworkers at a large law firm, who decide to meet at Jackie's for dinner one night. As this 'first date' plays out, the audience is guided through a mental minefield of disappointment, desolation, and desperation. Their conversation, with its awkward 'small talk', slowly reveals their unhappy lives.
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The Paper
March 18, 1994
New York City tabloid editor Henry's faced with tough decisions while he faces several serious life challenges, and a tempting job offer.
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Ed Wood
September 28, 1994
Portrait of a young man (Depp) trying to claw his way up into Hollywood from the bottom.
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
August 10, 1994
Mitzi, Felicia and Bernadette (Weaving, Pearce and Stamp) go to Alice Springs in their bus affectionately named Priscilla, to preform a drag show.
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Cronos
March 30, 1994
Jesus Gris discovers a mechanized scarab that causes a need for blood to those who are stabbed by it.
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Clerks
October 19, 1994
It's one wild day in the life of a pair of overworked counter jockeys, whose razor-sharp wit and on-the-job antics give a whole new meaning to customer service. Even while braving a nonstop parade of unpredictable shoppers, the clerks manage to play hockey on the roof, visit a funeral home and straighten out their offbeat love lives. The boss is nowhere in sight, so you can bet anything can and will happen when these guys are left to run the store. [Miramax]
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Reality Bites
February 18, 1994
A documentary filmmaker and her fellow Gen X graduates face life after college, looking for work and love in Houston.
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Spanking the Monkey
July 15, 1994
A critically acclaimed, outrageously offbeat look at growing up. Looking forward to a prestigious summer internship in Washington, D.C., pre-med college student Raymond (Davies) has his dreams put on hold when he's forced to stay at home caring for his invalid mother (Watson). Constantly harassed by his domineering, traveling salesman father, Raymond struggles to deal with his mother's bed-ridden anxieties and his first, stumbling attempts to romance the naive girl next door. (Image Entertainment)
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I.Q.
December 25, 1994
A mechanic romances the mathematician niece of physicist Albert Einstein, with help from Einstein and his friends.
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Cobb
December 2, 1994
A reporter hired to write the official biography of Ty Cobb discovers just how dark the baseball legend's real story is.
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Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
November 23, 1994
The story of the many heartbreaks of famous writer Dorothy Parker as she spends her days with the Algonquin Round Table.
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Body Snatchers
January 14, 1994
A teenage girl and her father discover alien clones are replacing humans on a remote U.S. military base in Alabama.
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The Client
July 20, 1994
A young boy who witnessed the suicide of a mafia lawyer hires an attorney to protect him when the district attorney tries to use him to take down a mob family.
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Crooklyn
May 13, 1994
Make yourself at home with the Carmichael family as they experience one very special summer in their Brooklyn neighborhood that they've affectionately nicknamed "Crooklyn". A loving, but fiercely independent mother along with her musician husband (Delroy Lindo) struggles to raise her family in difficult but often wonderful circumstances. [Universal Studios]
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Wes Craven's New Nightmare
October 14, 1994
A demonic force has chosen Freddy Krueger as its portal to the real world. Can Heather Langenkamp play the part of Nancy one last time and trap the evil trying to enter our world?
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Sirens
March 11, 1994
When a painting is deemed blasphemous, a young minister and his wife visit the artist... and the three playful models living with him.
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It Could Happen to You
July 29, 1994
A police officer (Nicolas Cage) promises to share his lottery ticket with a waitress (Bridget Fonda) in lieu of a tip. [Original working title: "Cop Gives Waitress $2 Million Tip."]
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The Professional
November 18, 1994
A go-for-broke thriller about a professional assassin whose work becomes dangerously personal. Calling himself a "cleaner", the mysterious Leon (Reno) is New York's top hitman. When his next-door neighbors are murdered, Leon becomes the unwilling guardian of the family's sole survivor - 12-year-old Mathilda (Portman), but Mathilda doesn't just want protection; she wants revenge. Training her in the deadly tricks of his trade, Leon helps her track the psychotic agent (Oldman) who murdered her family. [Sony]
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Serial Mom
April 13, 1994
A sweet mother takes a little too much at heart for the defense of her family.
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Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult
March 18, 1994
Frank Drebin comes out of retirement to help Police Squad infiltrate a gang of terrorists planning to detonate a bomb at the Academy Awards.
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The River Wild
September 30, 1994
Rafting expert Gail takes on a pair of armed killers while navigating a spectacularly violent river.
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The Jungle Book
December 25, 1994
Rudyard Kipling's classic tale of Mowgli, the orphaned jungle boy raised by wolves, and how he becomes king of the jungle.
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True Lies
July 15, 1994
Special agent Harry Tasker (Schwarzenegger) is a top spy, while his neglected wife (Curtis) has been gathering secrets of her own. When their two secret lives unexpectedly collide, Harry and Helen must fight to save their marriage - and the world! (20th Century Fox)
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Arizona Dream
September 9, 1994
A young New Yorker goes to Arizona where he finds freedom to both love and dream.
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Bitter Moon
March 18, 1994
After hearing stories of her, a passenger on a cruise ship develops an irresistible infatuation with an eccentric paraplegic's wife.
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Maverick
May 20, 1994
Bret Maverick, needing money for a poker tournament, faces various comic mishaps and challenges, including a charming woman thief.
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Fear of a Black Hat
June 3, 1994
A mockumentary chronicling the rise and fall of NWH, a not particularly talented--or particularly bright but always controversial--hip-hop group.
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A Man of No Importance
December 22, 1994
Set in 1960s Dublin, Alfie (Finney), a bus driver, organizes annual Oscar Wilde plays with help from many of his regular passengers. He finds himself in the middle of conflicts when he decides to stage "Salome" instead of "The Importance of Being Earnest."
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Dream Lover
May 6, 1994
A successful businessman tries to uncover what is wrong with his wife.
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Oleanna
November 4, 1994
Student Carol visits Professor John to discuss how she failed his course but the discussion takes an awkward turn.
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The New Age
September 16, 1994
Peter Weller and Judy Davis play a married couple who launch a born-to-go-bust '80s boutique after losing their glitzy jobs on the same recession-era day. [USA Today]
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Benny's Video (1992)
November 18, 1994
A 14-year-old video enthusiast is so caught up in film fantasy that he can no longer relate to the real world, to such an extent that he commits murder and records an on-camera confession for his parents.
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Nell
December 23, 1994
In a remote woodland cabin, a small town doctor discovers Nell - a beautiful young hermit woman with many secrets.
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Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles
November 11, 1994
The undead are among us and livelier than ever when Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt and a talented group of young-bloods star in Interview with the Vampire, the spellbinding screen adaptation of Anne Rice's best seller. [Warner Bros.]
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Junior
November 23, 1994
As part of a fertility research project, a male scientist agrees to carry a pregnancy in his own body.
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Disclosure
December 9, 1994
Sexual harassment and corporate politics provide the basis for this contemporary drama. A duplicitous female executive tries to run her ex-lover out of the company after he rebuffs her sexual advances. (Warner Bros.)
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Little Big League
June 29, 1994
A young boy is bequeathed the ownership of a professional baseball team.
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The Santa Clause
November 11, 1994
Superstar comedian Tim Allen shines bright in Disney's magical, larger-than-life hit holiday comedy. (Disney)
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The Mask
July 29, 1994
An ancient mask transforms a mild-mannered bank clerk (Carrey) into a manic Superdude. [New Line]
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Iron Will
January 14, 1994
A brave young man is thrust into adulthood as he and his courageous team of sled dogs embark on a grueling and treacherous cross-country marathon. Together they race through the frozen wilderness, carrying hopes of capturing the $10,000 grand prize that will save his family from financial ruin. [Disney]
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Love Affair
October 21, 1994
Ex-football star Mike Gambril meets Terry McKay on a flight to Sydney, which is forced to land on a small atoll. Both engaged to others, they become romantic on board the ship sent to take the passengers to a larger island. They agree to meet in New York City three months later to see if the attraction is real. One shows up, the other doesn't, but they run into each other afterwards.
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Star Trek: Generations
November 18, 1994
Captain Picard, with the help of a presumed dead Captain Kirk, must stop a madman willing to murder on a planetary scale in order to enter a space matrix.
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Blue Chips
February 18, 1994
A college basketball coach is forced to break the rules in order to get the players he needs to stay competitive.
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Kika
May 6, 1994
Kika, a young cosmetologist, is called to the mansion of Nicolas, an American writer, to make-up the corpse of his stepson, Ramon. Ramon, who is not dead, is revived by Kika's attentions and she then moves in with him. They might live happily ever after but first they have to cope with Kika's affair with Nicolas, the suspicious death of Ramon's mother and the intrusive gaze of tabloid-TV star and Ramon's ex-psychologist Andrea Scarface.
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The Hudsucker Proxy
March 11, 1994
A satirical comedy about the world of big business and corporate greed. An ambitious but naive young man rapidly moves up the corporate ladder from the mailroom to the executive suite, unaware that he is part of the board of directors' nefarious scheme. (Warner Bros.)
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The Getaway
February 11, 1994
An ex-con (Alex Baldwin) and his devoted wife must flee from danger when a heist doesn't go according to plan.
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The Favor
April 29, 1994
A friendship between best friends Emily and Kathy is put to the ultimate test when Emily's fantasy about her high school sweetheart that she hasn't seen in 15 years leads her to request an unusual favor. (MGM)
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Romeo Is Bleeding
February 4, 1994
A womanizing, crooked cop on the payroll of the mafia is confronted with the reality of his double life after he is asked to kill a beautiful and ruthless Russian gangster.
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Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation
October 7, 1994
A group of teenagers get into a car crash in the Texas woods on prom night, and then wander into an old farmhouse that is home to Leatherface and his insane family of cannibalistic psychopaths.
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The Shadow
July 1, 1994
In 30's New York City, the Shadow battles his nemesis, Shiwan Khan, who is building an atomic bomb.
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Richie Rich
December 21, 1994
A rich young boy finds his family targeted in an inside job and must use his cunning to save them.
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Killing Zoe
September 1, 1994
The cab driver sets American Zed up with Zoe in his Paris hotel. Despite FFR1000 charged, she's an art student with day jobs e.g. bank. Safecracker Zed meets his junkie friend after 11 years to rob a bank.
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Ready to Wear (Prêt-à-Porter)
December 25, 1994
A fashion show in Paris draws the usual bunch of people; designers, reporters, models, magazine editors, photographers.
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Timecop
September 16, 1994
An officer for a security agency that regulates time travel, must fend for his life against a shady politician who has a tie to his past.
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Wyatt Earp
June 24, 1994
From Wichita to Dodge City to the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona, Wyatt Earp is a thrilling journey of romance, adventure and desperate, heroic action. (Warner Bros.)
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Guarding Tess
March 11, 1994
Shirley MacLaine and Nicolas Cage star in this comic, compassionate look at life after the White House for two former Washington insiders: First Lady Tess Carlisle and Secret Service agent Doug Chesnic. (Sony Pictures)
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Airheads
August 5, 1994
A struggling rock band breaks into a radio station and holds everyone hostage with water pistols in order to get some 'airplay'. Then things get really strange.
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A Good Man in Africa
September 9, 1994
In a West African nation, the womanizing British 1st Secretary of the High Commissioner deals with different issues.
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The Little Rascals
August 5, 1994
Alfalfa is wooing Darla and his "He-Man-Woman-Hating" friends attempt to sabotage the relationship.
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Angels in the Outfield
July 15, 1994
When a boy (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) prays for a chance to have a family if the California Angels win the pennant, angels are assigned to make that possible.
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Chasers
April 22, 1994
A hapless Navy sailor is assigned SP duty. The catch: he must escort a beautiful female prisoner on her way to prison for going UA. She in turn will try anything to escape.
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Renaissance Man
June 3, 1994
Just fired adman Bill Rago (DeVito) takes a job teaching English to misfit army recruits.
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City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
June 10, 1994
One year after their first western adventure, Mitch Robbins and his friends discover a treasure map that belonged to their late trail guide Curly and they set out to discover its secrets.
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My Father the Hero
February 4, 1994
A teenage girl (Katherine Heigl) on vacation in the Bahamas with her divorced father (Gérard Depardieu) tries to impress a potential boyfriend by saying that her father is actually her boyfriend.
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Stargate
October 28, 1994
An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.
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PCU
April 29, 1994
A high school senior visits college for the weekend, and stays at the wildest house on campus in this classic tale of anti-political-correctness.
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Blank Check
February 11, 1994
A young boy inadvertently gains possession of a check for one million dollars, which he proceeds to spend, unaware that the gangsters it belongs to are in pursuit.
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Dumb and Dumber
December 16, 1994
Two stupid guys, Lloyd (Carrey) and Harry (Daniels) decide to drive across country from Providence, Rhode Island to Aspen, Colorado to return a briefcase left in the airport by Mary Swanson (Holly), the object of Lloyd's affection.
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Surviving the Game
April 15, 1994
A homeless man is hired as a survival guide for a group of wealthy businessmen on a hunting trip in the mountains, unaware that they are killers who hunt humans for sport, and that he is their new prey.
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3 Ninjas Kick Back
May 6, 1994
During a championship baseball match, the three brothers hear that their grandfather in Japan is in trouble, and head out to help him, conceding the match. When they arrive in Japan, they must use all their powers to defend him against his ancient enemy, who has returned to exact revenge.
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The Flintstones
May 27, 1994
A rock solid cast breathes comic life into Fred Flintstone and his friends' hilarious attempts to make it in a barely civilized world. (Universal Studios)
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Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
February 4, 1994
He's the best there is, in fact, he's the only one there is! He's Ace Ventura Pet Detective. Jim Carrey is on the case to find the Miami Dolphins' missing mascot and quarterback Dan Marino. He goes eyeball to eyeball with a man-eating shark, stakes out the Miami Dolphins and woos and wows the ladies. Whether he's undercover, under fire or underwater, he always gets his man -- or beast. (Warner Bros.)
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Color of Night
August 19, 1994
A color-blind psychiatrist Bill Capa (Bruce Willis) is stalked by an unknown killer after taking over his murdered friend's therapy group, all of whom have a connection to a mysterious young woman that Capa begins having intense sexual encounters with.
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The Next Karate Kid
September 9, 1994
Mr. Miyagi is back and he takes a new pupil under his wing; a troubled adolescent girl.
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On Deadly Ground
February 18, 1994
Mystical martial artist/environmental agent takes on a ruthless oil corporation.
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Being Human
May 6, 1994
A series of vignettes exploring human nature by observing a man named Hector at different points in time.
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Getting Even with Dad
June 17, 1994
A thief's son cons his father into spending more time with him.
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Titles with fewer than 7 critic reviews are excluded.