American Grindhouse
The shameless and shocking origins of exploitation film.
The shameless and shocking origins of exploitation film.
After being diagnosed with serious health issues, a woman goes on a road trip in her motorized wheelchair to search for her estranged son. Her life changes when she meets a handsome cowboy.
While serving in the military, a Marine sergeant (James Marsden) believes his family's ties to organized crime are a thing of the past. However, an act of insubordination and a visit from the F.B.I. send him packing to his South Philadelphia hometown, and he discovers that his brother (Brad Renfro) and his cousin (Giovanni Ribisi) have become entangled with mobsters, leaving him with only one way to save them.
Happily married Michael (Kurt Russell) and Karen Carr (Madeleine Stowe) call the police after a failed robbery. Officer Pete Davis (Ray Liotta) arrives and helps arrange the installation of a new security system. The grateful Carrs have Pete to dinner and strike up a friendship. Pete invites Michael to ride with him during a night's patrol and gives him the chance to beat up the burglar. Michael refuses and tells the disturbed cop to stay away, but Pete begins stalking the terrified couple.
A.X.L. is a top-secret, robotic dog that has advanced artificial intelligence created by the military. After an experiment gone wrong, A.X.L. is discovered hiding in the desert by Alex, a kindhearted outsider who finds a way to connect with the robot. The two soon develop a special friendship based on trust, loyalty, and compassion. Helping Miles gain confidence, A.X.L. will go to any length to protect his new companion, including facing off against the scientists who want their creation back.
Two sisters (Natasha Lyonne, Judy Greer) stage a cover-up when one accidentally kills a guest at the hotel where they work as maids.
A spoiled rich girl is sent to work for her family's toy business in China after she is cut off by her father for blowing through most of her trust fund.
A woman must care for her grandfather who is suffering from dementia.
Matt makes an attempt to write, direct and star in a feature film from his apartment after experiencing a traumatic event that makes him deathly afraid of going outside.
Bosch, a young father, goes on the run with his son, Rockit, who believes they're going on a magical holiday trip.
In a rural province of France, a mysterious creature is laying waste to the countryside, savagely killing scores of women and children. Unseen, possessed of enormous strength and a human intelligence, the beast has eluded capture for years. King Louis sends in a renowned scientist and his Iroquois blood brother, an unconventional team whose combined methods and capabilities may bring the beast down. But the true nature of the beast is not what anyone could have anticipated.
An escalating series of quakes threatens to turn the United States into a wasteland, as Las Vegas collapses into a sinkhole.
A would-be adventurer panics when she gets pregnant by her long-term boyfriend, a man who couldn't be happier at the prospect of fatherhood.
Enthusiasts from across America attend Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp, where they gather to shred with their rock star "counselors" -- and learn to rock like the legends.
A woman decides to run away to the Oregon coast with her boyfriend when he inherits a family beach house.
A successful author finds herself deeply enmeshed in the lives of a group of college students after being asked to speak at her alma mater.
When Ethan (Christopher Gorham) arrives at the airport just in time to declare his undying love for his girlfriend, love appears to have conquered all. The scene, however, is really the ending of Ethan's novel, which his agent (Carol Kane) calls "unrealistic." Ethan soon meets a waitress, Jesse (Alyssa Milano), and falls in love with her despite her growing devotion to Troy (Michael Landes), a charming businessman. But the line between reality and fiction becomes increasingly blurred.
A psychiatrist and a nurse try to help a catatonic woman at a state hospital.
Jason finds the woman of his dreams online and tries to make it work in person.
Writer Nick Eliot (Cary Elwes) moves to a new city for a magazine job and rents a room in the house of Cliff (Kurtwood Smith) and Liv Forrester (Gwynyth Walsh), whose 14-year-old daughter, Adrian (Alicia Silverstone), instantly makes her attraction to Nick clear. While Nick romances photographer Amy Maddik (Jennifer Rubin) at work, he has trouble fending off Adrian's advances. As her obsession with Nick grows, Adrian becomes angry at being rejected and starts attacking his property and friends.