Mike Starr Movie Rankings
1
3.1267
Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman, which eventually leads to citywide gang war. ... more about Miller's Crossing
2
3.0819
Woody Allen's sentimental reminiscence about the golden age of radio. A series of vignettes involving radio personalities is intertwined with the life of a working class family in Rockaway Beach, NY circa 1942. ... more about Radio Days
3
2.9898
The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for. ... more about Born on the Fourth of July
4
2.9008
Strike is a young city drug pusher under the tutilage of drug-lord Rodney Little, who, when not playing with model trains or drinking Yahoo for his ulcer, just likes to chill with his brothers near the benches outside the project houses. ... more about Clockers
5
2.8838
Stuck in the care of his horrible, greedy aunts James dreams of going to New York City. When a mystical, giant peach begins to grow from a barren tree James is sucked inside and with the help of his new insect friends begins his trip to America. ... more about James and the Giant Peach
6
2.8572
An Italian-American neighborhood in the Bronx is terrorized during David Berkowitz's (aka Son of Sam) 1977 murder spree. ... more about Summer of Sam
7
2.8332
Set in Brooklyn during the 1950s against a backdrop of union corruption and violence. A prostitute falls in love with one of her customers. Also a disturbed man discovers that he is homosexual. ... more about Last Exit to Brooklyn
Not Available on DVD
8
2.8327
Arguably hailed as the worst director of all time, Ed Wood's life was just as bizarre as his pictures. Struggling with is cross-dressing tendencies and his relationship with horror legend, Bela Lugosi. ... more about Ed Wood
9
2.7404
When Waring Hudsucker, head of hugely successful Hudsucker Industries, commits suicide, his board of directors, led by Sidney Mussberger, comes up with a brilliant plan to make a lot of money: appoint a moron to run the company. ... more about Hudsucker Proxy
10
2.7041
Ricky Santoro is a flamboyant and corrupt Atlantic City cop with a dream: become so well connected that he can become mayor. In lieu of that, he'll settle for keeping his comfortable lifestyle. ... more about Snake Eyes
11
2.6756
A mysterious cat is the linking element in three horror stories by Stephen King. There's a tennis pro who's forced to play a deadly game, when he is caught fooling around with the mobsters wife. A stop smoking clinic that REALLY means it. ... more about Cat's Eye
12
2.6620
A serial killer brutally slays and dismembers several gay men in New York's S&M and leather districts. The young police officer Steve Burns is sent undercover onto the streets as decoy for the murderer. ... more about Cruising
Not Available on DVD
13
2.6561
Ollie (Ben Affleck) is a top of his game N.Y publicist. He has a perfect life with a beautiful wife and a baby on the way. Suddenly things go astray and Ollie finds himself jobless and a single father. ... more about Jersey Girl
14
2.6521
Bob Rafelson has stated that this is the final part of an informal trilogy he started with "Five Easy Pieces" and continued with "The King Of Marvin Gardens". In the three, Nicholson has now played son, brother and father. ... more about Blood and Wine
15
2.6128
A wickedly funny thriller that takes moviegoers on a wild ride brimming with larceny, lust and lethal behavior. In icebound Wichita, Kansas, it's Christmas Eve, and this year Charlie Arglist (John Cusack) just might have something to celebrate. ... more about Ice Harvest
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2.5680
A pop singer has been receiving threatening notes, and her manager hires a bodyguard known for his good work. The bodyguard ruffles the singer's feathers and most of her entourage by tightening security more than they feel is necessary. ... more about Bodyguard
18
2.5445
Harry and Lloyd are two brainless losers who try to return a suitcase full of money to its pretty owner. After a journey full of accidents they arrive in snowy Aspen, Colorado and try to find her. ... more about Dumb & Dumber
19
2.4986
Uncle Buck has a reputation for being unreliable and a bit of a house wrecker. ... more about Uncle Buck
20
2.4906
Walter Fielding and Anna Crowley have to start looking for a new house- but there's not much they can afford! This soon changes when they meet a lonely old con-artist who sells them a beautiful mansion at a ridiculously low price. Only there's a catch. ... more about Money Pit
21
2.4848
The film focuses on the war of two gangs in 1930s Harlem for the control of illegal gaming - one headed by black strategic godfather Bumpy Johnson and another by white ruthless hothead Dutch Schultz. ... more about Hoodlum
22
2.4796
Auto racer Alex Furlong is snatched by time travel, a split second before a fatal explosion, by Vasendak's 21st-century team of techies, who plan to sell his healthy body to an ailing rich man at McCandless Corporation, for a mind transfer. ... more about Freejack
23
2.4766
A young man searches for the "master" to obtain the final level of martial arts mastery known as the glow. Along the way he must fight an evil martial arts expert and an rescue a beautiful singer from an obsessed music promoter. ... more about Last Dragon
24
2.4404
The Black Dahlia is set in 1940s Los Angeles. Two cops, Bucky Bleichert (Josh Hartnett) and his partner, Lee Blanchard, investigate the death of Elizabeth Short, a young woman found brutally murdered. ... more about Black Dahlia
25
2.4209
An arrogant and unorthodox teacher returns as principal to the idyllic high school from which he had earlier been fired to find it a den of drug abuse, gang violence and urban despair. ... more about Lean on Me
26
27
2.2846
A giant ape King Kong, which was shot and fell off the Empire State Building, appears to be alive, but is in coma for 10 years and desperately needs a blood transfusion in order to have an artificial heart implanted. ... more about King Kong Lives
28
2.2459
Sharon Stone plays a street-wise, middle-aged moll standing up against the mobs, all of which is complicated by a 6 year old urchin with a will of his own who she reluctantly takes under her wing after his family has been gunned down. ... more about Gloria
29
2.2450
Starving artist Gus Bishop can't even give away his paintings. But a fictitious Geoffrey Buonardi, with the same paintings and an inventive back story, can become the darling of the art world. ... more about Next Big Thing
30
2.1864
The four sons (Diesel, Green, Pepper, Davoli) of major Brooklyn mobsters have to team up to retrieve a bag of cash in a small Montana town ruled by a corrupt sheriff. ... more about Knockaround Guys
31
2.1746
Three stories happening in New York. ... more about New York Stories
32
2.1689
Snobby school boy goes left, and mistakes the "Filthy Whore" for his millionaire dad's yacht. He joins four filthy fishermen for hijinx on the high seas. ... more about Cabin Boy
33
2.1430
Wayne Dobie is a shy police photographer who saves the life of crime boss Frank Milo. Greatful, Milo insists on being Wayne's friend, offering him the companionship of "Glory", one of his employees. ... more about Mad Dog and Glory
34
2.1162
Frank O'Brien, a petty thief, and his 7-year-long girlfriend Roz want to put an end to their unsteady lifestyle and just do that _last_ job, which involves stealing a valuable painting. ... more about Two If by Sea
35
2.0405
When Andy and Elizabeth buy a farm in Vermont, they can't imagine the trouble that awaits them. Andy has quit his job as a sports journalist and is planning to use the peace and quiet of the country to write the Great American Novel. ... more about Funny Farm
36
2.0115
Valerie is a juror in the trail of a mob boss. When her young son's life is threatened, she has no option other than to see that justice isn't done. ... more about Trial by Jury
37
38
1.8538
Young psychotic man returns to neighborhood after release from prison. He seeks young lady he previously tried to rape and young man who protected her, with twisted ideas of love for her and hate for him. ... more about Five Corners
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40
1.8027
A deadly thriller set in New Orleans, about a wealthy businessman, Charlie Le Blanc (Burt Reynolds), who discovers that he only has a short time to live. ... more about Tempted
41
1.7269
Based loosely on the organized crime syndicates of the 20's and 30's, Billy Bathgate is the story of a young man's rise from gopher to right hand man in Dutch Schultz' gang. Having been impressed by the youth, Schultz takes him under his wing so to speak. ... more about Billy Bathgate
42
1.7229
Graham Marshall already celebrates his anxiously awaited promotion in an advertising company, when he learns that Roger Benham, one of his subordinates, will be promoted instead of him. ... more about Shock to the System
43
1.5753
Kim Basinger plays Harmony, a cosmetic saleslady who was born at an Elvis concert and finds her life linked to the legend. One day while driving, she accidentally kills some Elvis impersonators and flees the scene. ... more about Elvis Has Left the Building
44
1.5451
The story of Michael Moore, Shot, Hooker, Joey, and Dennis. Five gangsters who work for a man named Leo. They soon discover they could get more out of life if they could run the streets themselves. ... more about Flipping
Not Available on DVD
45
1.4273
Tony Costas, a brash, obnoxious, sexist and racist Detroit cop who has long since stopped following the rules, gets told that he will have to work with Inspector Fuji, a straightlaced policeman from Japan. ... more about Collision Course
46
1.4197
His soon-to-be father in law has the dopey lawyer Lounden to give the pretty and no less self concious Nikki Finn a ride from the prison to the bus station to ensure that she leaves town immediately. ... more about Who's That Girl?
47
1.3992
A pastry boy and the son of a hair-piece mogul become involved in an arson scandal. Sergio is offered a bribe in exchange for taking the blame for the fire that destroys his workplace. ... more about Pyromaniac's Love Story
48
1.3954
After fifteen years of traveling around the world Gussie (Spacek), a famous photographer, returns to the Maryland coastal resort where she grew up. ... more about Violets Are Blue...
Not Available on DVD
49
1.3404
Eighth entry in the Pink Panther. It is nearly 30 years since Inspector Jacques Clouseau managed to get Maria Gambrelli off from a murder charge (events of "A Shot In The Dark".) Maria has gone on and have moved to a seaside town. ... more about Son of the Pink Panther
50
1.3398
New York State Tax Investigator Al Benjamin (Pantoliano) infiltrates the Russian community of Brighton Beach, New York, to track down the con man who is running a tax fraud scheme. ... more about Taxman
51
1.2967
A man sells his soul to the devil and shows up on a killing spree at Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Leaving a trail of bodies, the apparently indestructible demon challenges the detective to stop him by the end of Mardis Gras or lose his soul. ... more about Night Trap
Not Available on DVD
52
1.2903
Joe Gower's job is skating through library shelves, fetching books. A police officer/friend of his is chosen to participate in a charity dance performance. Gower agrees to take his place in the show by posing as a police officer. ... more about Off Beat
Not Available on DVD
53
1.1227
A group of unemployed theater actors survive by working as illegal money collectors. The loan shark they are working for owns an Off-Broadway theater. As he decided to play "American Buffalo" there, a bloody battle for the favorite roles begin. ... more about Frogs for Snakes
Not Available on DVD
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56
0.9147
Sometimes the only way to make it is to fake it. That's what failed painter Gus Bishop discovers when a fast-talking thief makes off with one of his works and makes up a story the art world can't resist. ... more about Next Big Thing
Not Available on DVD
57
0.6575
The feature film directing debut of 'Spike Lee' (qv) protege Lee Davis takes the viewer into the world of taxi drivers. ... more about 3 A.M.
58
0.0457
Posing as an environmental story about a corrupt oil company owner called Jennings, who will stop at nothing to open a new refinery in Alaska, this is just an excuse for another action film. ... more about On Deadly Ground
59
0.0001
Ragtime is a miniature pet horse and the kids love him. But villains Sam and Lester think Ragtime can be their meal ticket. They kidnap the horse for ransom. ... more about Adventures of Ragtime
Not Available on DVD
60
0.0001
Not Available on DVD
61
0.0001
Not Available on DVD
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63
64
65
0.0001
Allen, a struggling young artist who once survived by working in the streets, is now involved with Eva, a wealthy Los Angeles gallery owner. ... more about River Made to Drown In
66
0.0001
Based on actual events and shot on the freezing cold streets of Chicago for $60,000, Under The City follows the attempted redemption of Nate Mayott (played by Australian newcomer Dean Rabaiov), a semi-reformed, thirty year-old, ex-con with a dark past ... more about Under the City
Not Available on DVD
67
0.0001
A young man, short of money, is persuaided into looking after the business of a local drug dealer for a week or two. ... more about White Hot
Not Available on DVD
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