James Russo Movie Rankings
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3.1168
Spanning nearly 40 years the film chronicles the lives of a group of Jewish-American gangsters though the early 1900's to their reunion in 1968. ... more about Once Upon a Time in America
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3.0808
'Fast Times' is a high school classic spawning a generation of high school comedies and immortalizing Sean Penn as the forever stoned, Spicoli. Each character struggles with sexuality, authority and responsibility, hoping only to make it through high school alive without humiliation. ... more about Fast Times at Ridgemont High
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3.0325
This true story follows FBI agent Joe Pistone as he infiltrates the mafia of New York. Befriending Lefty Ruggiero, Pistone (under the name Donnie Brasco) is able to embed himself in a mafia faction lead by Sonny Black. ... more about Donnie Brasco
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3.0291
Surreal character study focusing on the friendship between two male hustlers, Mike and Scott, in Portland, Oregon. They live on the streets, do drugs, and sell themselves to men and women. Mike (River Phoenix) is quiet, gay and suffers from narcolepsy. ... more about My Own Private Idaho
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3.0033
Detroit cop Axel Foley is delighted when he receives a surprise visit from his best friend Mikey Tandino, who lives in California. Not long after Mikey arrives in Detroit, Mikey is killed, right in front of Axel, by a man named Zack. ... more about Beverly Hills Cop
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2.8949
A group of cattle herders are temporally detoured when a young ranch hand is beaten and jailed by a corrupt land baron and the sheriff. Wanting to acquire the group's heard the baron’s henchmen attack them, killing several men. The herders return to the old town to enact their revenge. ... more about Open Range
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2.6674
The Cotton Club was a famous night club in Harlem. The story follows the people that visited the club, those that ran it, and is peppered with the Jazz music that made it so famous. ... more about Cotton Club
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2.6381
An anorexic young woman escapes from a psychiatric clinic and meets a young man who wants to help. ... more about Trauma
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2.4089
Set in the year 2013, after a war has devastated America, the film focuses on a lone drifter who becomes the reluctant leader of the fight against the forces of destruction. ... more about Postman
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2.2748
A couple of escaped convicts on the run find refuge with the Church when they are mistaken for two priests. The two are keen to flee but are unable to do so without the help of Molly. ... more about We're No Angels
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2.2545
Boxing champion Harry Agensky, the Polish Prince, now an elderly widower and a stroke victim, takes speech lessons and fears confinement in an old age home. ... more about Diamonds
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2.2428
Eddie Israel is a moviemaker. He is beginning the shooting of "The mother of mirrors", starring Francis Burns and Sarah Jennings. "The mother of mirrors" is the story of the last night of a couple falling into decay. ... more about Dangerous Game
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2.1863
When saloon prostitute Cody Zamora rescues her friend Anita from an abusive customer by killing him, she is sentenced to hang. ... more about Bad Girls
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2.0803
Panther is a semi-historic film about the origins of The Black Panther Party of Self-Defense. The movie spans about 3 years (1966-68) of the Black Panther's history in Oakland. Panther also uses historical footage (B/W) to emphasize some points. ... more about Panther
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1.9634
Rupert is a small time crook trying to do the right thing. But when his younger brother gets in trouble and needs a new liver, Rupert gets together his old gang and they plan a heist on New Years Eve. ... more about Livers Ain't Cheap
Not Available on DVD
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1.6876
An intended rape victim manages to escape from her attacker but leaves her purse behind. Worried that he may visit her house and finish what he has started, she contacts the police but they are unable to help, saying that she has no proof. ... more about Extremities
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1.5981
A woman is planning to leave her husband for another man when hubby has a nasty accident. She keeps getting flashbacks of something compelling that had happened to her a year before, which builds to a supernatural encounter. ... more about Cold Heaven
Not Available on DVD
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1.5844
Corrupt record company executives kill a singing sensation with a drug overdose rather than letting her leave their label and join another company. ... more about Butter
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1.5646
Actor Awards
San Diego Film Festival - Best Actor
Not Available on DVD
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1.5582
The 11-year old daughter and girlfriend of a man whose wife had been raped and killed in front of his daughter three years earlier are kidnapped by the same killer. ... more about Stranger Is Watching
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1.5049
A modern day Romeo & Juliet story is told in New York when an Italian boy and a Chinese girl become lovers, causing a tragic conflict between ethnic gangs. ... more about China Girl
Not Available on DVD
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1.4931
Young marrieds Lori and Tom relocate from Chicago to the country where they end up living next to Carl, a right-wing radical who beats his wife, Helen. ... more about House Next Door
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1.4840
Six years ago Joey's life changed totally. A shop owner who lay in a pool of blood claimed that Joey was the perpetrator. Now the time is served and Joey has scars on both his body and his soul. He is determined to never go back to prison. ... more about No Way Home
Not Available on DVD
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1.4063
Jimmy Zip is a pyromaniac runaway who escapes the clutches of a drug king pin to become the apprentice of a wildly brilliant metal sculptor with Tourette's Syndrome. In Jimmy's rite of passage art and camaraderie become a matter of life and death. ... more about Jimmy Zip
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1.3528
The nature and lure of power: in Dallas, a councilman is on trial for corruption, the D.A. is running for the US Senate, a serial killer is slashing prostitutes, and a professor is murdered. Amanda Reeve is assigned to investigate the law-school killing. ... more about Pendulum
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1.2693
Realising his secret girl-friend Dorothy's pregnancy will sour her relations with her ultra-rich father, career-minded Philadelphia student Jonathan Corliss cooly murders her, making it look like suicide. ... more about Kiss Before Dying
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1.2082
A film noirish atmosphere is created to show detective Lunch (a popular underground musician and poet) plow her way through the plans of a corporate businessman who seeks government defense contracts through real "corporate wars" and the manipulation of ... more about Vortex
Not Available on DVD
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1.1488
Dr. Elson Po is one of the world's most famous wine grower. He has a magic potion which has kept him handsome and alive during the centuries. However, the magic which rejuvenates him seem to be less and less effective. ... more about Vineyard
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1.0173
One day in the life of a hit man, Ronnie, who spends it trying to save the life of fellow hit man, August, who he had brought into the business three years ago. ... more about Good Night to Die
33
0.8310
When Danny and his gang attempt to rob the warehouse of a mob boss, they find themselves on the run. ... more about Detour
Not Available on DVD
34
0.8036
Barry is a down-and-out-guy who takes a job at the shipping department of Technoworks, a high-tech Yuppie company. He gets invited to the house of his boss Quinn, for a weekend afternoon barbecue with some of his boss's friends. ... more about Charades
Not Available on DVD
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0.7534
Charlie Thorpe, a security systems expert, gets caught during a robbery. When he is released from jail he is hired by a bank owner to design a fool proof system during the refurbishing of a bank. ... more about Set Up
Not Available on DVD
36
0.7306
Mr. Ozaki, a Japanese conglomerate businessman living in Los Angeles, hires a beautiful young double (Maria) to protect his real daughter (Lisa) from harm. ... more about Double Deception
37
0.5872
Two overzealous psychopathic US tax collectors blackmail bounty hunter Vince Holloway into stopping an illegal transfer of 20 Mio. dollars from a Mexican tax paradise into the USA. So he arrives in Diablo, where life isn't worth a penny. ... more about Blue Iguana
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0.3972
Melissa Yarnell (Joan Severance) is the wife of burned-out cop Mike Yarnell (Jack Scalia) who takes out his fustrations out on her. When she stood her limit, she turns to Matt Walker (Robert Davi) and Bill Tanner (James Russo), other cops for protection. ... more about Illicit Behavior
Not Available on DVD
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0.1507
The desert can be a lonely place for the people who live there or for those who are traveling through. ... more about American Strays
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0.0091
Importing illegal automatic weapons for resale is a big business and Moe is the middleman. Even with the huge monetary rewards available, he finds that his love life is suffering and he is looking for that special someone. ... more about Girl Gets Moe
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0.0001
Confessions of a Pit fighter is a character driven action film about regret, consequences and the triumph of the human spirit. Eddie Castillo is a quiet man. ... more about Confessions of a Pit Fighter
Not Available on DVD
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0.0001
Cut off by her wealthy father, a young woman talks her boyfriend into robbing a check cashing spot. Things don't quite work out for the couple, however, who are now being pursued by the cops. ... more about Cut Off
Not Available on DVD
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0.0001
Harry Boyd an ex police officer in Los Angeles sets out to solve a series of missing person cases with his ex partner Bob. The crimes hit a bit too close to home when his ex wife's niece is abducted, Grace. ... more about Dark World
Not Available on DVD
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0.0001
A law student is seduced by a beautiful woman he doesn't know, and after a one night stand with her, his roommate warns him to be careful because he suspects she may have other motives. ... more about Laws of Deception
Not Available on DVD
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0.0001
Paris follows rookie detective Jason Bartok on his disturbing journey through the shadowy underworld of Los Angeles and Las Vegas, illuminated only by a sweet but short-lived romance with a strikingly beautiful, enigmatic woman. ... more about Paris
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0.0001
Ben is a small-time gangster who gets the opportunity to earn a lot of money. His boss sends him to a remote ranch with bag full of drugs and orders him to wait for the buyer. ... more about Small Time
Not Available on DVD
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0.0001
When a deranged criminal is caught, he is then being transported by plane, along with some other criminals. Through a stroke of luck he is able to subdue the Federal agents assigned to bring him, free the other criminals, and take over the plane. ... more about Sonic Impact
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0.0001
Not Available on DVD
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0.0001
When a San Francisco detective goes hunting for the cruel Asian crime figure who killed his partner, he finds himself thrown into the center of a violent plot to steal a terrorist weapon. ... more about Taken by Force
Not Available on DVD
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