The Best Movies Earn $$$

The Avenging Conscience: or ‘Thou Shalt Not Kill’ - was released on: 24 August 1914.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Henry B. Walthall… The Nephew
- Spottiswoode Aitken… The Uncle
- Blanche Sweet… His Sweetheart
- George Siegmann… The Italian
- Ralph Lewis… The Detective
- Mae Marsh… The Maid
- Robert Harron… The Grocery Boy
- George Beranger(as George A. Berranger)
- Josephine Crowell… Sweetheart’s Mother

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

Thwarted by his despotic uncle from continuing his love affair, a young man turns to thoughts of murder. Experiencing a series of visions, he sees murder as a normal course of events in life and kills his uncle. Tortured by his conscience, his future sanity is uncertain as he is assailed by nightmarish visions of what he has done. Written by Doug Sederberg {vornoff@sonic.net}

Mickey - was released on: August 1918.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Mabel Normand… Mickey
- George Nichols… Joe Meadows
- Wheeler Oakman… Herbert Thornhill
- Minta Durfee… Elsie Drake
- Laura La Varnie… Mrs. Geoffrey Drake
- Lew Cody… Reggie Drake (as Lewis Cody)
- Tom Kennedy… Tom Rawlings
- Minnie Devereaux… Minnie (as Minnie Ha Ha)

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

As the surviving partner in a gold mining enterprise, Joe Meadows has also been raising his deceased partner’s daughter, Mickey. Now that she is older, Joe plans to send her to live with her aunt Mrs. Drake in New York. Meanwhile, Mrs. Drake is hoping to have her daughter Elsie marry another mine owner, Herbert Thornhill, in order to alleviate the Drake family’s financial struggles. When Thornhill goes to California to check on his mine, he meets Mickey and becomes fond of her. Later, when Mickey goes to New York to stay with the Drakes, she finds herself in an uncomfortable situation. Written by Snow Leopard

Reservoir Dogs - was released on: 23 October 1992.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Harvey Keitel… - played the character of: Mr. White / - played the character of: Larry Dimmick
- Tim Roth… - played the character of: Mr. Orange / - played the character of: Freddy Newandyke
- Michael Madsen… - played the character of: Mr. Blonde / - played the character of: Vic Vega
- Chris Penn… - played the character of: Nice Guy Eddie Cabot
- Steve Buscemi… - played the character of: Mr. Pink
- Lawrence Tierney… - played the character of: Joe Cabot
- Randy Brooks… - played the character of: Holdaway
- Kirk Baltz… - played the character of: Marvin Nash
- Edward Bunker… - played the character of: Mr. Blue (as Eddie Bunker)
- Quentin Tarantino… - played the character of: Mr. Brown
- Steven Wright… - played the character of: K-Billy DJ (voice)
- Rich Turner… Sheriff #1
- David Steen… Sheriff #2
- Tony Cosmo… Sheriff #3
- Stevo Polyi… Sheriff #4

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

Six criminals, who are strangers to each other, are hired by a crime boss Joe Cabot to carry out a diamond robbery. Right at the outset, they are given false names with an intention that they won’t get too close and concentrate on the job instead. They are completely sure that the robbery is going to be a success. But when the police show up right at the time and the site of the robbery, panic spreads amongst the group members and one of them is killed in the subsequent shootout along with a few policemen and civilians. When the remaining people assemble at the premeditated rendezvous point (a warehouse), they begin to suspect that one of them is an undercover cop. Written by Soumitra

Du rififi chez les hommes - was released on: 5 June 1956.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Jean Servais… Tony le Stéphanois
- Carl Möhner… Jo le Suedois
- Robert Manuel… Mario Ferrati
- Janine Darcey… Louise le Suedois
- Pierre Grasset… Louis Grutter aka Louis le Tatoué
- Robert Hossein… Remi Grutter
- Marcel Lupovici… Pierre Grutter
- Dominique Maurin… Tonio le Suedois
- Magali Noël… Viviane
- Marie Sabouret… Mado les Grands Bras
- Claude Sylvain… Ida Ferrati
- Jules Dassin… Cesar le Milanais (as Perlo Vita)
- André Dalibert… Webb, le bijoutier (as Dalibert)

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

After five years in prison, Tony le Stéphanois meets his dearest friends Jo and the Italian Mario Ferrati and they invite Tony to steal a couple of jewels from the show-window of the famous jewelry Mappin & Webb Ltd, but he declines. Tony finds his former girlfriend Mado, who became the lover of the gangster owner of the night-club L’ Âge d’ Or Louis Grutter, and he humiliates her, beating on her back and taking her jewels. Then he calls Jo and Mario and proposes a burglary of the safe of the jewelry. They invite the Italian specialist in safes and elegant wolf Cesar to join their team and they plot a perfect heist. They are successful in their plan, but the D. Juan Cesar makes things go wrong when he gives a valuable ring to his mistress. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Cidade de Deus - was released on: 30 August 2002.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Alexandre Rodrigues… - played the character of: Buscapé - Rocket
- Leandro Firmino… - played the character of: Zé Pequeno - Li’l Zé (as Leandro Firmino da Hora)
- Phellipe Haagensen… - played the character of: Bené - Benny
- Douglas Silva… Dadinho - Li’l Dice
- Jonathan Haagensen… - played the character of: Cabeleira - Shaggy
- Matheus Nachtergaele… - played the character of: Sandro Cenoura - Carrot
- Seu Jorge… Mané Galinha - Knockout Ned
- Jefechander Suplino… Alicate - Clipper
- Alice Braga… - played the character of: Angélica
- Emerson Gomes… Barbantinho - Stringy
- Edson Oliveira… Barbantinho Adulto - Older Stringy
- Michel de Souza… Bené Criança - Young Benny (as Michel De Souza Gomes)
- Roberta Rodrigues… - played the character of: Berenice - Bernice
- Luis Otávio… Buscapé Criança - Young Rocket
- Maurício Marques… Cabeção - Melonhead

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

Cidade de Deus (City of God) is a housing project built in the 1960’s that–in the early 80’s–became one of the most dangerous places in Rio de Janeiro. The tale tells the stories of many characters whose lives sometimes intersect. However, all is seen through the eyes of a singular narrator: Buscapé, a poor black youth too frail and scared to become an outlaw but also too smart to be content with underpaid, menial jobs. He grows up in a very violent environment. The odds are all against him. But Buscapé soon discovers that he can see reality differently than others. His redemption is that he’s been given an artist’s point of view as a keen-eyed photographer. As Buscapé is not the real protagonist of the film–only the narrator–he is not the one who makes the decisions that will determine the sequence of events. Nevertheless, not only his life is attached to what happens in the story, but it is also through Buscapé’s perspective of life that one can understand the complicated layers and humanity of a world, apparently condemned to endless violence. Written by Sujit R. Varma

Se7en - was released on: 22 September 1995.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Brad Pitt… - played the character of: Detective David Mills
- Morgan Freeman… - played the character of: Detective Lt. William Somerset
- Gwyneth Paltrow… - played the character of: Tracy Mills
- R. Lee Ermey… - played the character of: Police Captain
- Andrew Kevin Walker… Dead Man (as Andy Walker)
- Daniel Zacapa… - played the character of: Detective Taylor
- John Cassini… Officer Davis
- Bob Mack… Gluttony Victim
- Peter Crombie… Dr. O’Neill
- Reg E. Cathey… Coroner
- George Christy… Workman
- Endre Hules… Cab Driver
- Hawthorne James… George, Library Night Guard
- William Davidson… Library Guard (as Roscoe Davidson)
- Bob Collins… Library Guard

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

A film about two homicide detectives’ desperate hunt for a serial killer who justifies his crimes as absolution for the world’s ignorance of the Seven Deadly Sins. The movie takes us from the tortured remains of one victim to the next as the sociopathic “John Doe” sermonizes to Detectives Sommerset and Mills — one sin at a time. The sin of Gluttony comes first and the murderer’s terrible capacity is graphically demonstrated in the dark and subdued tones characteristic of film noir. The seasoned and cultured Sommerset researches the Seven Deadly Sins in an effort to understand the killer’s modus operandi while green Detective Mills scoffs at his efforts to get inside the mind of a killer… Written by Mark Fleetwood {mfleetwo@mail.coin.missouri.edu}

The Shawshank Redemption - was released on: 23 September 1994.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Tim Robbins… - played the character of: Andy Dufresne
- Morgan Freeman… - played the character of: Ellis Boyd ‘Red’ Redding
- Bob Gunton… - played the character of: Warden Norton
- William Sadler… - played the character of: Heywood
- Clancy Brown… - played the character of: Captain Hadley
- Gil Bellows… - played the character of: Tommy
- Mark Rolston… - played the character of: Bogs Diamond
- James Whitmore… - played the character of: Brooks Hatlen
- Jeffrey DeMunn… 1946 D.A.
- Larry Brandenburg… - played the character of: Skeet
- Neil Giuntoli… Jigger
- Brian Libby… - played the character of: Floyd
- David Proval… Snooze
- Joseph Ragno… Ernie
- Jude Ciccolella… Guard Mert

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

Andy Dufresne is a young and successful banker whose life changes drastically when he is convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife and her lover. Set in the 1940’s, the film shows how Andy, with the help of his friend Red, the prison entrepreneur, turns out to be a most unconventional prisoner. Written by Martin Lewison {milst1@cislabs.pitt.edu}

Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta - was released on: 2 August 1986.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Mayumi Tanaka… Pazu (voice)
- James Van Der Beek… Pazu (2003) (voice: English version)
- Anna Paquin… - played the character of: Sheeta (2003) (voice: English version)
- Keiko Yokozawa… - played the character of: Sheeta (voice)
- Kotoe Hatsui… Dola (voice)
- Cloris Leachman… Dola (2003) (voice: English version)
- Mark Hamill… Muska (voice: English version)
- Minori Terada… Muska (voice)
- Richard Dysart… Uncle Pomme (2003) (voice: English version)
- Fujio Tokita… Uncle Pomme (voice)
- Jim Cummings… - played the character of: General (voice)
- Ichirô Nagai… Shogun Mouro (voice)
- John Hostetter… Boss (voice: English version)
- Hiroshi Ito… Oyakata (voice)
- Machiko Washio… Okami, Mrs. Daffy (voice)

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

A young boy stumbles into a mysterious girl who floats down from the sky. The girl, Sheet, was chased by pirates, army and government secret agents. In saving her life, they begin a high flying adventure that goes through all sorts of flying machine, eventually searching for Sheet’s identity in a floating castle of a lost civilization. Written by Tzung-I Lin {tzung@hugo.att.com}

Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes - was released on: 3 April 1977.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Klaus Kinski… - played the character of: Don Lope de Aguirre
- Helena Rojo… Inez
- Del Negro… - played the character of: Brother Gaspar de Carvajal
- Ruy Guerra… Don Pedro de Ursua
- Peter Berling… Don Fernando de Guzman
- Cecilia Rivera… Flores
- Daniel Ades… Perucho (as Dan Ades)
- Edward Roland… Okello
- Alejandro Chavez
- Armando Polanah… Armando
- Daniel Farfán
- Julio E. Martínez
- Alejandro Repulles… Gonzalo Pizarro
- Indianern der Kooperative Lauramarca
- Justo González… González
- Antonio Marquez

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

A few decades after the destruction of the Inca empire, a Spanish expedition leaves the mountains of Peru and goes down the Amazon river in search of gold and wealth. Soon, they come across great difficulties and Don Aguirres, a ruthless man who cares only about riches, becomes their leader. But will his quest lead them to “the golden city”, or to certain destruction? Written by Chris Makrozahopoulos {makzax@hotmail.com}

Casablanca - was released on: 23 January 1943.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Humphrey Bogart… - played the character of: Rick Blaine
- Ingrid Bergman… - played the character of: Ilsa Lund
- Paul Henreid… - played the character of: Victor Laszlo
- Claude Rains… - played the character of: Captain Renault
- Conrad Veidt… - played the character of: Major Strasser
- Sydney Greenstreet… - played the character of: Signor Ferrari
- Peter Lorre… - played the character of: Ugarte
- S.Z. Sakall… - played the character of: Carl (as S.K. Sakall)
- Madeleine LeBeau… - played the character of: Yvonne
- Dooley Wilson… - played the character of: Sam
- Joy Page… - played the character of: Annina Brandel
- John Qualen… - played the character of: Berger
- Leonid Kinskey… - played the character of: Sascha
- Curt Bois… Pickpocket

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

In World War II Casablanca, Rick Blaine, exiled American and former freedom fighter, runs the most popular nightspot in town. The cynical lone wolf Blaine comes into the possession of two valuable letters of transit. When Nazi Major Strasser arrives in Casablanca, the sycophantic police Captain Renault does what he can to please him, including detaining Czech underground leader Victor Laszlo. Much to Rick’s surprise, Lazslo arrives with Ilsa, Rick’s one time love. Rick is very bitter towards Ilsa, who ran out on him in Paris, but when he learns she had good reason to, they plan to run off together again using the letters of transit. Well, that was their original plan…. Written by Gary Jackson {garyjack5@cogeco.ca}