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Music Box
IllinoisAs a lawyer all she wanted was the truth. As a daughter all she wanted was his innocence. How well do you really know your father? — A lawyer defends her father accused of war crimes, but there is more to the case than she suspects.
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Uncle Buck
Illinois The 1980sHe's crude. He's crass. He's family. — Buck Russell, a lovable but slovenly bachelor, suddenly becomes the temporary caretaker of his nephew and nieces after a family emergency. His freewheeling attitude soon causes tension with his older niece Tia, loyal girlfriend Chanice and just about everyone else who crosses his path.
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National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Illinois The 1980sYule crack up. — It's Christmastime, and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration. But things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen, and their two kids. Clark's continual bad luck is worsened by his obnoxious family guests, but he manages to keep going, knowing that his Christmas bonus is due soon.
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Pet Sematary
Illinois The 1980sSometimes dead is better. — Dr. Louis Creed's family moves into the country house of their dreams and discover a pet cemetery at the back of their property. The cursed burial ground deep in the woods brings the dead back to life -- with "minor" problems. At first, only the family's cat makes the return trip, but an accident forces a heartbroken father to contemplate the unthinkable.
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Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
Illinois The 1980sMichael Lives, And This Time They're Ready! — Presumed dead after a shoot-out with the Haddonfield police, Michael Myers is secretly nursed back to health -- and returns a year later to kill again and once more targets his young niece, Jamie. Jamie is now recovering in the local children's hospital after attacking her stepmother and losing her voice. Her mental link with her evil uncle may be the key to uprooting her family tree.
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Next of Kin
IllinoisA Chicago cop from the hills of Kentucky. Hunting his brother's killer. Seeking justice country style. — Truman Gates, a Chicago cop, sets out to find his brother's killer. Meanwhile, another of his brothers, Briar (a hillbilly) decides to find the killer himself.
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Black Cobra II
IllinoisChicago cop Robert Malone (Fred Williamson) finds himself in The Philippines, ostensibly to learn the techniques of Interpol. Before he exits the Manila airport, his wallet is stolen by a pickpocket. Malone endures a testy relationship with his new colleague Kevin McCall while evidence surrounding the stolen wallet pulls both of them deeper and deeper into a web of intrigue.
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Limit Up
IllinoisCasey is the assistant of commodity trader Peter Oak, but wants to get a license herself. When the diabolic Nike appears and promises to make her successful by use of her supernatural abilities, Casey hesitantly accepts. By correctly predicting the price of soy beans, she manages to make a career, but the price that Nike demands is high: she wants Casey's soul!
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Above the Law
Illinois The 1970s The 1980sHe's a cop who believes no one is above the law. — Nico Toscani is an Italian immigrant, American patriot, ex-CIA agent, aikido specialist and unorthodox Chicago policeman. He is as committed to his job as he is to his personalized brand of justice—expert and thorough bone-crushing.
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Red Heat
Illinois The 1980sMoscow's toughest detective. Chicago's craziest cop. There's only one thing worse than making them mad. Making them partners. — A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord who killed his partner and fled the country.
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Poltergeist III
IllinoisHe's found her. — Carol Anne has been sent to live with her Aunt and Uncle in an effort to hide her from the clutches of the ghostly Reverend Kane, but he tracks her down and terrorises her in her relatives' appartment in a tall glass building. Will he finally achieve his target and capture Carol Anne again, or will Tangina be able, yet again, to thwart him?
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Child's Play
Illinois The 1980sNo one believes the truth...or lives to tell it. — A single mother gives her son a beloved doll for his birthday, only to discover that it is possessed by the soul of a serial killer.
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Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
Illinois The 1980sHorror has returned to Haddonfield. — The apparently comatose Michael Myers is being transferred from one hospital to another, but he wakes up when the ambulance crew talk about his surviving niece, Jamie. After slaughtering his attendants, Myers sets out to find his one living relative who is, fortunately, being cared for by a kind and resourceful foster sister named Rachel. Meanwhile, the ever-cautious Dr. Loomis remains on the killer's path.
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She's Having a Baby
IllinoisMan. Woman. Life. Death. Infinity. Tuna casserole. One movie dares to tell it all. — Jake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full reality of marriage and all that it (and their parents) expect from them. Do they want babies? Their parents certainly want them to. Is married life all that there is? Things certainly aren't helped by Jake's friend Davis, who always seems to turn up just in time to put a spanner in the works.
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Eight Men Out
Illinois The 1910sWhen the cheering stopped, there were... Eight Men Out. — A dramatization of the Black Sox scandal when the underpaid Chicago White Sox accepted bribes to deliberately lose the 1919 World Series.
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Vice Versa
Illinois The 1980sJust when he was ready for mid-life crisis, something unexpected came up. Puberty. — A mysterious oriental skull transforms a father into his son, and vice versa.
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Switching Channels
IllinoisThere's a lot more going on around here than news, weather, and sports. — A television news chief courts his anchorwoman ex-wife with an eleventh-hour story.
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Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Illinois The 1940sThe true story of Preston Tucker. — Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1945. Engineer Preston Tucker dreams of designing the car of future, but his innovative envision will be repeatedly sabotaged by his own unrealistic expectations and the Detroit automobile industry tycoons.
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Betrayed
IllinoisAn FBI agent (Debra Winger) falls in love with a white supremacist (Tom Berenger) whose group she infiltrates.
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A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon
Illinois The 1960sHe's got 24 hours to convince the one girl he really loves that he's honest, faithful, and fully committed. It's going to be a long night. — A recent high school graduate is faced with two options, either go to a business school where his father wants him to go to, or get a full time job. However he decides to defy his father and go to Hawaii. Trouble is he has no money. Along the way he comes to understand his parents and eventually bonds with his father.
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Things Change
IllinoisDealing with the mob is always a gamble. — Jerry, a misfit Mafia henchman, is assigned the low-level job of keeping an eye on Gino, a shoe repairman fingered by the Mob to confess to a murder he didn't commit. But Gino's mistaken for a Mafia boss, and the two are suddenly catapulted to the highest levels of mobster status. Only friendship will see them through this dangerous adventure alive!
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555
Illinois The 1980sCaution: Viewing may cause severe damage to your brain cells — A spate of killings of teenagers by a maniac dressed like a hippie causes a detective to check the records for similar killings. He discovers that every five years, in the fifth month of the year, for five consecutive days, the same type of killings have occurred, and the few descriptions of the suspect always match: he's dressed like a hippie. As the detective searches for the killer, he begins to have suspicions about his superior, an older man who is haunted by memories of his military service in Vietnam.
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Frank Nitti: The Enforcer
Illinois The 1920s The 1910sEvery great man needs an enforcer — Al Capone may be the most famous Chicago mobster, but his successor, Frank "The Enforcer" Nitti (Anthony LaPaglia), was just as ruthless. This biopic goes to great lengths to accurately trace Nitti's rise to the top of the Windy City's underworld, amid corruption, betrayal and violence. The result is an engrossing glimpse into mob life in the early 20th century.
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The Untouchables
Illinois The 1930sWhat are you prepared to do? — Young Treasury Agent Elliot Ness arrives in Chicago and is determined to take down Al Capone, but it's not going to be easy because Capone has the police in his pocket. Ness meets Jimmy Malone, a veteran patrolman and probably the most honorable one on the force. He asks Malone to help him get Capone, but Malone warns him that if he goes after Capone, he is going to war.
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Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Illinois The 1980sWhat he really wanted was to spend Thanksgiving with his family. What he got was three days with the turkey. — An irritable marketing executive, Neal Page, is heading home to Chicago for Thanksgiving when a number of delays force him to travel with a well meaning but overbearing shower ring curtain salesman, Del Griffith.
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Adventures in Babysitting
Illinois The 1980sShe thought babysitting was easy money - until she started hanging out with the Andersons. — When plans with her boyfriend fall through, high school senior Chris Parker ends up babysitting the Anderson kids, Brad and Sara. What should be a quiet night in, however, turns into a series of ridiculous exploits, starting when they leave the house to pick up Chris' friend Brenda. Soon, Brad's buddy Daryl is involved, and the group must contend with car thieves, blues musicians and much more.
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The Big Town
Illinois The 1950sLady luck is always on his side. Tonight, she's on fire. — It is 1957. J.C. Cullen is a young man from a small town, with a talent for winning at craps, who leaves for the big city to work as a professional gambler. While there, he breaks the bank at a private craps game at the Gem Club, owned by George Cole, and falls in love with two women, one of them Cole's wife.
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Rent-a-Cop
IllinoisDeadlier than Dirty Harry, faster than Cobra — A sex worker seeks protection from an ex-cop after a failed drug bust throws their lives into turmoil.
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The Black Cobra
IllinoisThere's muscle in his venom and fire in his heart! — A lone cop struggles to protect a female photographer from a gang of psychopathic bikers. Early in "Black Cobra," Detective Robert Malone establishes himself as a maverick, uncompromising policeman when he guns down several criminals during a hostage standoff. Next, he finds himself protecting a female photographer who has witnessed a murder. She is sought by a moronic gang of motorcyclists who have been murdering and raping at will. Malone finds them, confronts them, and takes care of (police) business.
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Raw Deal
Illinois The 1980sHis trigger has all the answers. — Mark Kaminsky is kicked out of the FBI for his rough treatment of a suspect. He winds up as the sheriff of a small town in North Carolina. FBI Chief Harry Shannon, whose son has been killed by a mobster named Patrovina, enlists Kaminsky in a personal vendetta with a promise of reinstatement into the FBI if Patrovina is taken down. To accomplish this, he must go undercover and join Patrovina's gang.
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Illinois The 1980sOne man's struggle to take it easy. — After high school slacker Ferris Bueller successfully fakes an illness in order to skip school for the day, he goes on a series of adventures throughout Chicago with his girlfriend Sloane and best friend Cameron, all the while trying to outwit his wily school principal and fed-up sister.
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Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
IllinoisThe shocking true story of Henry Lee Lucas. — Henry likes to kill people, in different ways each time. Henry shares an apartment with Otis. When Otis' sister comes to stay, we see both sides of Henry: "the guy next door" and the serial killer.
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Pretty in Pink
Illinois The 1980sBlane's a pretty cool guy. Andie's pretty in pink. And Ducky's pretty crazy. — Andie is an outcast, hanging out either with her older boss, who owns the record store where she works, or her quirky high school classmate Duckie, who has a crush on her. When one of the rich and popular kids at school, Blane, asks Andie out, it seems too good to be true. As Andie starts falling for Blane, she begins to realize that dating someone from a different social sphere is not easy.
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The Color of Money
Illinois The 1980sThe Hustler isn't what he used to be. But he has the next best thing. A kid who is. — Former pool hustler "Fast Eddie" Felson decides he wants to return to the game by taking a pupil. He meets talented but green Vincent Lauria and proposes a partnership. As they tour pool halls, Eddie teaches Vincent the tricks of scamming, but he eventually grows frustrated with Vincent's showboat antics, leading to an argument and a falling-out. Eddie takes up playing again and soon crosses paths with Vincent as an opponent.
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Lucas
IllinoisIt's about falling in love. For the first time. — A socially inept fourteen year old experiences heartbreak for the first time when his two best friends -- Cappie, an older-brother figure, and Maggie, the new girl with whom he is in love -- fall for each other.
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Running Scared
Illinois The 1980sTwo of Chicago's Finest? — Two street-wise Chicago cops have to shake off some rust after returning from a Key West vacation to pursue a drug dealer that nearly killed them in the past.
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About Last Night...
IllinoisMaking love was easy...being in love difficult. — A man and woman meet and try to have a romantic affair, despite their personal problems and the interference of their disapproving friends.
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Club Paradise
IllinoisThe vacation you'll never forget - no matter how hard you try. — When Chicago firefighter Jack Moniker retires and moves to a small Caribbean island, he is befriended by the owner of a run-down resort. Together they renovate the resort and lure tourists to Club Paradise in an effort to fight off corrupt officials and businessmen who want to claim the resort as their own.
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Wildcats
IllinoisHer dream was to coach high school football. Her nightmare was Central High. — Molly is a high school track coach who knows just as much about football as anyone else on the planet. When a football coach's position becomes vacant, she applies for the job, despite snickers from fellow staff members and her former husband.
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Nothing in Common
IllinoisIt's a comedy. And a drama. Just like life. — On his way up the corporate ladder, David Basner confronts his greatest challenge: his father.
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Let's Get Harry
IllinoisAn adventure about the hero in all of us — Harry Burck has been kidnapped by South American terrorists, and when the US Government refuses to intervene, Harry's friends decide to take matters into their own hands!
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Touch and Go
IllinoisYesterday, he was a fun loving sports hero. Today he's had his life threatened, his Jaguar wrecked, his career jeopardized... And now someone's trying to cook him breakfast. — An ice hockey star is accosted by a youth gang who attempt to rob him; after he chases them off he catches the youngest member and gives him a ride home, where he meets the boy's mother. A romantic plot ensues, as well as a confrontation with the gang leaders.
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Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
IllinoisA comic with one eye on his audience and another eye on the truth. — Although Jo Jo Dancer has achieved success as a stand-up comedian, he hasn't found happiness. After receiving severe burns in a narcotics-related incident, Jo Jo remains in a coma, and, while in this state, he looks back on his life. Drifting off into memories of his troubled childhood, Jo Jo revisits his youth, recalling his eventual rise to fame and the decadence that followed. As he considers his existence, he must decide if he wants to go on living or not.
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Native Son
Illinois The 1930sIn 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family, which takes a turn for the worse when he accidentally kills the teenage daughter of the couple and then tries to cover it up.
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The Breakfast Club
Illinois The 1980sThey only met once, but it changed their lives forever. — Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel John, princess Claire, outcast Allison, brainy Brian and Andrew, the jock. Each has a chance to tell his or her story, making the others see them a little differently -- and when the day ends, they question whether school will ever be the same.
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National Lampoon's European Vacation
Illinois The 1980sFor over two thousand years, Europe has survived many great disasters. Now for the real test. Chevy Chase & his family are coming from America! — The Griswalds win a vacation to Europe on a game show, and so pack their bags for the continent. They do their best to catch the flavor of Europe, but they just don't know how to be be good tourists. Besides, they have trouble taking holidays in countries where they CAN speak the language.
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Weird Science
Illinois The 1980sIf you can't get a date, make one! — Two unpopular teenagers, Gary and Wyatt, fail at all attempts to be accepted by their peers. Their desperation to be liked leads them to "create" a woman via their computer. Their living and breathing creation is a gorgeous woman, Lisa, whose purpose is to boost their confidence level by putting them into situations which require Gary and Wyatt to act like men.
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Girls Just Want to Have Fun
IllinoisGetting into trouble is easy but getting out of it is all the fun! — Janey is new in town, and soon meets Lynne, who shares her passion for dancing in general, and "Dance TV" in particular. When a competition is announced to find a new Dance TV regular couple, Janey and Lynne are determined to audition. The only problem is that Janey's father doesn't approve of that kind of thing.
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Code of Silence
IllinoisEddie Cusack's a good cop having a very bad day. — A Chicago cop is caught in the middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he wants to take an irresponsible cop down.
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The Journey of Natty Gann
Illinois The 1930sThe journey that made the impossible come true. — America is in the depths of the Great Depression. Families drift apart when faraway jobs beckon. A courageous young girl confronts overwhelming odds when she embarks on a cross-country search for her father. During her odyssey, she forms a close bond with two diverse traveling companions: a magnificent, protective wolf, and a hardened drifter.
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