Rampage (1987)

Rampage (1987)

[5] Michael Biehn (The Terminator) stars as a district attorney who is forced to reconsider his stance against the death penalty when a young, blood-drinking serial killer (Alex McArthur) is brought to justice. Rampage is directed and co-written by William…
Orca: The Killer Whale! (1977)

Orca: The Killer Whale! (1977)

[8] An orca whale seeks vengeance on a fisherman (Richard Harris) and his harbor community for killing its pregnant mate in this Jaws cash-grab from producer Dino DeLaurentiis that distinguishes itself in remarkable ways. Charlotte Rampling co-stars as the biologist…
The Island (1980)

The Island (1980)

[6] Michael Caine stars as a reporter who takes his young son (Jeffrey Frank) to the Bermuda Triangle to investigate the disappearance of many ships and travelers. After a plane crash strands them on an island, the father and son…
Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)

Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)

[3] Linda Blair's still got demons, and Richard Burton's trying to figure out what happened to the nice priests who got pea soup all over them in the first movie. Exorcist II: The Heretic is convoluted and esoteric, the action…
The Fifth Cord (1971)

The Fifth Cord (1971)

[6] An alcoholic news reporter is determined to catch a murderer after he becomes a suspect for the assailant's weekly attacks. For a giallo flick, Luigi Bazzoni's The Fifth Cord lacks a compelling mystery or any memorable death scenes. But…
Danger: Diabolik (1968)

Danger: Diabolik (1968)

[6] Horror master Mario Bava tackles this James Bond-like action/adventure about a stealthy thief nicknamed Diabolik (John Phillip Law) who eludes a pursuing detective through a series of elaborate heists. I didn't find the characters terribly interesting, but the film is…
For a Few Dollars More (1965)

For a Few Dollars More (1965)

[7] I prefer the more crude and raw qualities of the first film over this sequel, which may be a little more polished but is also a bit less mysterious. Clint Eastwood's Man with No Name is upstaged in the…
The Hateful Eight (2015)

The Hateful Eight (2015)

[8] Quentin Tarantino's eighth film (because he's counting) is a three-hour long claustrophobic western about eight characters holed up in a lodge during a snowstorm who all have reason to kill one another. Leading the ensemble cast are Kurt Russell…
Casualties of War (1989)

Casualties of War (1989)

[7] Michael J. Fox stars in this Vietnam War flick from Brian DePalma, but combat isn't the focus here. Fox plays a soldier who puts his life on the line when he tries to free a young Vietnamese woman that…
A Fistful of Dollars (1964)

A Fistful of Dollars (1964)

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I never particularly liked Westerns until I saw this film, my first ‘Spaghetti Western.’ Most people credit Sergio Leone for inventing the genre. If it weren’t for his so-called Man With No Name trilogy (three films starring Clint Eastwood, of which A Fistful of Dollars is the first) the sub-genre may have never taken flight. What Leone did was take the stagey, polished, over-produced Hollywood Western, drag it through the mud, tear it up around the edges, and make it more violent, more crude, more rock and roll.