Movies that Should be on DVD
by offyerswod | created - 21 Mar 2012 | updated - 27 Jul 2018 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. The Last of the Finest (1990)
R | 106 min | Action, Crime, Drama
4 LA cops are fighting the war on drugs. Corrupt superiors manage to break up their team when one of them gets killed. The 3 quit LAPD and continue investigating.
Director: John Mackenzie | Stars: Brian Dennehy, Joe Pantoliano, Jeff Fahey, Bill Paxton
Votes: 1,648 | Gross: $1.53M
2. Plain Clothes (1988)
PG | 98 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance
To prove his brother's innocence, undercover officer Nick enrolls in high school again, dealing with crushes, bullies, humiliations, popularity swings, and quirky teachers and staff to find the real murderer.
Director: Martha Coolidge | Stars: Arliss Howard, Suzy Amis, George Wendt, Diane Ladd
Votes: 1,075 | Gross: $0.29M
3. Enemy Territory (1987)
R | 89 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An insurance salesman inadvertently gets trapped after dark in an apartment building that is terrorized by a street gang called "The Vampires."
Director: Peter Manoogian | Stars: Gary Frank, Ray Parker Jr., Jan-Michael Vincent, Frances Foster
Votes: 981 | Gross: $0.20M
4. Hit List (1989)
R | 87 min | Action, Thriller
A family man and a mob witness hunt for a hit-man who has mistakenly kidnapped the family man's son.
Director: William Lustig | Stars: Jan-Michael Vincent, Leo Rossi, Lance Henriksen, Charles Napier
Votes: 696
5. Stranded (1987)
PG-13 | 80 min | Sci-Fi
A young woman and her grandmother living in an isolated farmhouse are kidnapped by aliens.
Director: Fleming B. Fuller | Stars: Ione Skye, Maureen O'Sullivan, Joe Morton, Susan Barnes
Votes: 463
6. The Park Is Mine (1985 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 102 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A Vietnam vet takes forceful control of Central Park to remember those who served and died in the Vietnam War.
Director: Steven Hilliard Stern | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Helen Shaver, Yaphet Kotto, Lawrence Dane
Votes: 2,398
7. Cast a Deadly Spell (1991 TV Movie)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
In a fantastical 40's where magic is used by everyone, a hard-boiled detective investigates the theft of a mystical tome.
Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Fred Ward, David Warner, Julianne Moore, Clancy Brown
Votes: 4,831
8. Night Life (1989)
R | 89 min | Horror
Archie is a "brain" at a small town high school who works part-time at his uncle's mortuary and is harassed by a few of the popular kids because of it. His harassers die in an automobile ... See full summary »
Director: David Acomba | Stars: Scott Grimes, John Astin, Cheryl Pollak, Anthony Geary
Votes: 897
9. Witch Hunt (1994 TV Movie)
R | 100 min | Crime, Fantasy, Mystery
In a twisted 1950's where everyone does magic, a private detective investigates a murder case without it.
Director: Paul Schrader | Stars: Dennis Hopper, Penelope Ann Miller, Eric Bogosian, Sheryl Lee Ralph
Votes: 1,711
10. David (1988 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 96 min | Biography, Drama
The true story of David Rothenberg whose disturbed father set him on fire.
Director: John Erman | Stars: Bernadette Peters, John Glover, Dan Lauria, George Grizzard
Votes: 543
11. La via della droga (1989)
86 min | Action
Protected by his band of mercenaries, Bolivia's toughest drug dealer rules by terror and torture. Fear of the deadly consequences make his extradition to the US impossible but the ... See full summary »
Director: Michele Massimo Tarantini | Stars: Miles O'Keeffe, Milton Rodríguez, Chuck Bishop, Philip Wagner
Votes: 106
12. Starcrossed (1985 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Romance, Sci-Fi
An alien woman is running from a deadly enemy and tries to hide on Earth where she meets a young mechanic, who helps her to get back home and to fight for the freedom of her people.
Director: Jeffrey Bloom | Stars: James Spader, Belinda Bauer, Peter Kowanko, Clark Johnson
Votes: 606
13. Arena (1989)
PG-13 | 115 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A human becomes an unlikely rising star in the biggest fighting tournament in the galaxy that's dominated by alien species.
Director: Peter Manoogian | Stars: Paul Satterfield, Hamilton Camp, Claudia Christian, Marc Alaimo
Votes: 3,035
14. Nowhere to Hide (1987)
R | 90 min | Action, Thriller
Marine officer Rob Cutter and his wife Barbara have a son named Johnny. Rob discovers that two newly delivered helicopters in his squadron have crashed because a defective part, a C-ring, ... See full summary »
Director: Mario Azzopardi | Stars: Amy Madigan, Daniel Hugh Kelly, Robin MacEachern, Michael Ironside
Votes: 498 | Gross: $0.85M
15. The Barbarians (1987)
R | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Two twin barbarians seek revenge from the warlord who massacred their tribe and captured them when they were small children.
Director: Ruggero Deodato | Stars: David Paul, Peter Paul, Richard Lynch, Eva LaRue
Votes: 5,078 | Gross: $0.80M
16. A Gnome Named Gnorm (1990)
PG | 84 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A Los Angeles police detective partners up with a talking gnome in order to bring down the head of a crime ring.
Director: Stan Winston | Stars: Anthony Michael Hall, Jerry Orbach, Claudia Christian, Eli Danker
Votes: 1,398
17. Children of the Night (1991)
R | 92 min | Horror
A schoolteacher teams up with with a priest to stop a town being overrun by vampires.
Director: Tony Randel | Stars: Karen Black, Peter DeLuise, Ami Dolenz, Maya McLaughlin
Votes: 1,295
18. Severed Ties (1992)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
When a regeneration experiment on his severed arm grows a deadly reptilian creature instead of a limb, a mad scientist uses the serum on homeless crippled veterans to create an army and get his research back from his evil mother.
Director: Damon Santostefano | Stars: Oliver Reed, Elke Sommer, Garrett Morris, Billy Morrissette
Votes: 762
19. Raven Hawk (1995 TV Movie)
R | 88 min | Action, Drama
A Native-American woman, who was framed for the murders of her parents years before, returns to her reservation to seek revenge.
Director: Albert Pyun | Stars: Rachel McLish, John Enos III, Ed Lauter, Matt Clark
Votes: 908
20. Endangered Species (1982)
R | 97 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A former New York City cop relocates to rural Colorado, where he teams with a sheriff investigating a series of bizarre cattle mutilations occurring in the region.
Director: Alan Rudolph | Stars: Robert Urich, JoBeth Williams, Paul Dooley, Hoyt Axton
Votes: 1,172 | Gross: $1.47M
21. Murder by Phone (1982)
R | 95 min | Horror, Thriller, Mystery
A disgruntled phone company employee develops a device whereby those answering a phone can be murdered, and it's up to Nat Bridger to stop the killer.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, John Houseman, Sara Botsford, Robin Gammell
Votes: 923
22. Traxx (1988)
R | 84 min | Action, Comedy
Traxx has battled his way through El Salvador, the Middle East and Nicaragua, spitting lead with two-handed good grace. He decides to retire to a life of baking designer cookies. Running ... See full summary »
Director: Jerome Gary | Stars: Shadoe Stevens, Priscilla Barnes, Willard E. Pugh, Robert Davi
Votes: 454
23. Moving Violations (1985)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy
The goofy students of a remedial drivers education class find themselves butting heads with their abusive police instructors.
Director: Neal Israel | Stars: John Murray, Jennifer Tilly, James Keach, Brian Backer
Votes: 4,342 | Gross: $10.60M
24. War Party (1988)
R | 97 min | Action, Drama
A group of re-enactors attempt to stage a hundred year anniversary battle between US Cavalry and Blackfeet Indians. Unfortunately racial hostilities and a real gun lead to some all too real... See full summary »
Director: Franc Roddam | Stars: Billy Wirth, Kevin Dillon, Tim Sampson, Jimmie Ray Weeks
Votes: 723 | Gross: $0.66M
25. Peacemaker (1990)
R | 100 min | Action, Romance, Sci-Fi
A doctor (Shepard) gets caught up in a war between two aliens (Edwards, Forster).
Director: Kevin Tenney | Stars: Robert Forster, Lance Edwards, Hilary Shepard, Robert Davi
Votes: 637
26. Mom (1990)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
An L.A. man is shocked to discover that his loving and caring elderly mother has become a vicious monster.
Director: Patrick Rand | Stars: Mark Thomas Miller, Jeanne Bates, Brion James, Mary Beth McDonough
Votes: 895
27. Encounter of the Spooky Kind II (1989)
100 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
Impoverished teahouse worker (and martial-arts student) Abao is engaged to his boss' daughter, Little Chu, and fights to protect her from the lecherous advances of the wealthy but repulsive... See full summary »
Director: Ricky Lau | Stars: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Ching-Ying Lam, Hoi Mang, Ha Huang
Votes: 465
28. Firehawk (1993 Video)
R | 92 min | Action, Adventure, War
During a daring mission in Vietnam, a helicopter squadron is downed. While the soldiers try to escape capture by the Viet Cong, clues that the helicopter was sabotaged lead to brutal infighting, as they search for the traitor among them.
Director: Cirio H. Santiago | Stars: Ronald Asinas, Terrence 'T.C.' Carson, Raffy Curtis, Martin Kove
Votes: 211
29. Nightmare on the 13th Floor (1990 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 90 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A reporter investigates the disappearances of guests at a hotel which she is writing a report about. Along the way, she will find an unmarked 13th floor where a murderer is on the loose.
Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Michele Greene, John Karlen, Louise Fletcher, Alan Fudge
Votes: 771
30. Champagne and Bullets (1993)
TV-14 | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two cops are fired after being setup by their corrupt boss, who gets appointed as judge, but secretly heads a satanic cult. After his wife is killed by the cult, one of the cops is determined to bring the cult down.
Directors: John De Hart, James Paradise | Stars: John De Hart, Wings Hauser, William Smith, Pamela Jean Bryant
Votes: 808
31. Night of the Juggler (1980)
R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A tough, New York City ex-cop relentlessly searches for his kidnapped teenage daughter whom is held by a twisted psycho after mistaking her for the daughter of a wealthy businessman.
Directors: Robert Butler, Sidney J. Furie | Stars: James Brolin, Cliff Gorman, Richard S. Castellano, Linda Miller
Votes: 1,076
32. The Vindicator (1986)
R | 93 min | Action, Drama, Horror
An employee of a secret company operation becomes the victim of the company's special weapons project. He is transformed into a robotic killing machine that, because of his programming must... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Claude Lord | Stars: David McIlwraith, Teri Austin, Richard Cox, Pam Grier
Votes: 1,072
33. I, Desire (1982 TV Movie)
120 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
A Los Angeles student working as a coroner's assistant falls in love with a strange young woman.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: David Naughton, Dorian Harewood, Marilyn Jones, Barbara Stock
Votes: 273
34. Scary Movie (1991)
Not Rated | 82 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
A paranoid teenage nerd comes to believe that an escaped lunatic may be hiding in the neighborhood Halloween house of horrors, and slowly starts to descend into madness.
Director: Daniel Erickson | Stars: John Hawkes, Suzanne Aldrich, Ev Lunning, Mark Voges
Votes: 1,062
35. Devlin (1992 TV Movie)
R | 110 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When a mayoral candidate is assassinated in New York, Frank Devlin has more than a professional interest in the case: Devlin and the candidate's father are bitter enemies. The investigation... See full summary »
Director: Rick Rosenthal | Stars: Bryan Brown, Roma Downey, Lloyd Bridges, Whip Hubley
Votes: 232
36. Nails (1992 TV Movie)
R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Cop breaks all the rules to go after a gang of drug dealers.
Director: John Flynn | Stars: Dennis Hopper, Anne Archer, Tomas Milian, Keith David
Votes: 484
37. Children of the Night (1991)
R | 92 min | Horror
A schoolteacher teams up with with a priest to stop a town being overrun by vampires.
Director: Tony Randel | Stars: Karen Black, Peter DeLuise, Ami Dolenz, Maya McLaughlin
Votes: 1,295
38. Dream Demon (1988)
R | 89 min | Horror
A young woman about to be married begins having terrifying dreams about demons. When she wakes, however, the demons are real and begin to commit gruesome murders.
Director: Harley Cokeliss | Stars: Jemma Redgrave, Kathleen Wilhoite, Timothy Spall, Jimmy Nail
Votes: 1,447
39. Final Jeopardy (1985 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A small-town couple find themselves stranded in an unfamiliar, and unfriendly, big city. Weaving in and out of the proceedings are a bunch of murderous criminals with names like DOA, Ice ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Pressman | Stars: Richard Thomas, Mary Crosby, Jeff Corey, Jonathan Goldsmith
Votes: 275
40. Detective School Dropouts (1986)
PG | 92 min | Comedy
Two bumbling private detectives get themselves hired to find a missing person. They find themselves in the middle of a mob war when it turns out that the missing person is somebody the mob wants to stay missing.
Director: Filippo Ottoni | Stars: David Landsberg, Lorin Dreyfuss, Christian De Sica, George Eastman
Votes: 370 | Gross: $0.02M
41. Dutch Treat (1987)
R | 94 min | Comedy
Two American friends travel all over Europe and end up meeting an all-female rock band from Holland and they pass themselves off as record company executives. Both men return to the states ... See full summary »
Director: Boaz Davidson | Stars: David Landsberg, Lorin Dreyfuss, Ria Brieffies, Angela Groothuizen
Votes: 206
42. Scream for Help (1984)
R | 89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A teenaged girl discovers that her stepfather is trying to murder her and her mother, but when she tells people, no one will believe her.
Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Rachael Kelly, David Allen Brooks, Marie Masters, Rocco Sisto
Votes: 1,271
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