MyMovies: Wild Card Flicks
by dee.reid | created - 10 Aug 2011 | updated - 08 Feb 2020 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Independence Day (1996)
PG-13 | 145 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy Earth. Fighting superior technology, mankind's best weapon is the will to survive.
Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell
Votes: 605,843 | Gross: $306.17M
(***Wild Card Movie 1***) Quite possibly the greatest alien-invasion flick of all time, 1996's epic "Independence Day"!
2. Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993)
TV-14 | 113 min | Animation, Action, Drama
When a terrorist attack is blamed on the Air Force, Special Vehicle Unit 2 gets caught in the middle of a growing political conflict.
Directors: Mamoru Oshii, Mizuho Nishikubo | Stars: Mîna Tominaga, Briony Glassco, Julie Ann Taylor, Toshio Furukawa
Votes: 4,597
(***Wild Card Movie 10***) A powerful, politically-charged action film from "Ghost in the Shell" (1995) director Mamoru Oshii!
3. Suspiria (1977)
R | 92 min | Horror
An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.
Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Jessica Harper, Stefania Casini, Flavio Bucci, Miguel Bosé
Votes: 105,477
(***Wild Card Movie 5***) Dario Argento's other horror masterpiece (apart from 1975's "Deep Red") - "Suspiria" (1977). Dark, atmospheric, creepy, beautiful, and uniquely horrifying every way around!
4. Bulworth (1998)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A suicidally disillusioned liberal politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the opportunity to be bluntly honest with his voters by affecting the rhythms and speech of hip-hop music and culture.
Director: Warren Beatty | Stars: Warren Beatty, Halle Berry, Kimberly Deauna Adams, Vinny Argiro
Votes: 27,304 | Gross: $26.53M
(***Wild Card Movie 8***) Warren Beatty's brilliant, hilarious, and ultimately somewhat sad & somber political satire is perhaps more relevant in today's time than it was back in 1998.
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