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The Best Movies of 1993
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As with most of my lists, I feel like I need to put a little disclaimer. Some movies on this list might say a different year. I don’t know why. I checked multiple sources to make sure they did in fact come out in 1993.


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Movie: Malice ( 1993 )
A tale about a happily married couple who would like to have children. Tracy teaches art, Andy's a college dean. Things are never the same after she is taken to hospital and operated upon by Jed, a "know all" doctor.
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Movie: Made in America ( 1993 )
A young black woman discovers that her father was a sperm donor, and if that weren't bad enough, he's white.
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Movie: Mad Dog and Glory ( 1993 )
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. Wayne is thus in a difficult situation: he can't be seen to be fraternising with criminals, and he's unsure about how to deal with Glory.
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Movie: Lost in Yonkers ( 1993 )
In the summer of 1942, two young boys are sent to stay with their stern grandmother and their childlike aunt in Yonkers, New York.
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Movie: Look Who's Talking Now ( 1993 )
The dogs talk at a family of 4, where mom loses her job the same day dad gets a job as pilot for a cute, single boss.
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Movie: Loaded Weapon 1 ( 1993 )
A spoof on Lethal Weapon (1987), other movies, TV commercials etc. 2 unlike LA cops investigate a cocaine in girl scout cookies case.
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Movie: Little Miss Millions ( 1993 )
Private detective Nick is hired to bring back Heather, who ran away from her stepmother to find her real mother.
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Movie: Little Buddha ( 1993 )
After the death of Lama Dorje, Tibetan Buddhist monks find three children - one American and two Nepalese - who may be the rebirth of their great teacher.
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Movie: Life with Mikey ( 1993 )
A once-popular actor who now runs a talent agency specializing in child acts is trying to discover the next star. He gets more than he bargained for when he recruits a child pickpocket.
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Movie: Leprechaun ( 1993 )
An evil, sadistic Leprechaun goes on a killing rampage in search of his beloved pot of gold.
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Movie: Last Action Hero ( 1993 )
Young Danny Madigan is a huge fan of Jack Slater, a larger-than-life action hero played by Arnold Schwarzenegger. When his best friend, Nick the projectionist, gives him a magic ticket to the newest Jack Slater movie, Danny is transported into Slater's world, his number one hero where the good guys always win. It's a dream come true for Danny, but things take a turn for the worse when one of Slater's enemies, Benedict the hit man, gets ahold of the ticket and ends up in Danny's world. Slater and Danny must join forces and travel back and stop him at all costs before it'll be the end of Jack Slater.
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Movie: King of the Hill ( 1993 )
A young boy struggles on his own in a run-down hotel after his parents and younger brother are separated from him in 1930s Depression-era Midwest.
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Movie: Kalifornia ( 1993 )
A journalist duo go on a tour of serial killer murder sites with two companions, unaware that one of them is a serial killer himself.
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Movie: Just One of the Girls ( 1993 )
A bullied teen disguises himself as a girl in order to escape the school's bully, but finds some upsides to it as well.
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Movie: Jurassic Park ( 1993 )
A pragmatic paleontologist touring an almost complete theme park on an island in Central America is tasked with protecting a couple of kids after a power failure causes the park's cloned dinosaurs to run loose.
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Movie: Judgement Night ( 2017 )
A young woman is a sole survived witness to a murder ; Special agents go into hiding in a big secret house to protect her until the law-court
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Movie: Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday ( 1993 )
Serial killer Jason Voorhees' supernatural origins are revealed.
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Movie: Jack the Bear ( 1993 )
Danny DeVito is John Leary, a professional clown, whose wife's death in a car accident has left him to care for his two young boys.
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Movie: In the Name of the Father ( 1994 )
An Irish man's coerced confession to an I.R.A. bombing he did not commit results in the imprisonment of his father as well. Meanwhile, a British lawyer fights to clear their names and free them.
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Movie: In the Line of Fire ( 1993 )
Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan couldn't save Kennedy, but he's determined not to let a clever assassin take out this president.
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Movie: Indian Summer ( 1993 )
Seven friends reunite for a week-long reunion at a summer camp in Ontario they used to attend as children which is now threatened with being closed down.
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Movie: Indecent Proposal ( 1993 )
A billionaire offers one million dollars to a young married couple for one night with the wife.
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Movie: Hot Shots! Part Deux ( 1993 )
"Rambo" parody in which Topper Harley leads a rescue team into Iraq to save Iraqi war prisoners and all of their previous rescue teams.
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Movie: Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey ( 1993 )
A fun-loving American bulldog pup, a hilarious Himalayan cat, and a wise old golden retriever embark on a long trek through the rugged wilderness of the Sierra Nevada mountains in a quest to reach home and their beloved owners.
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Movie: Hocus Pocus ( 1993 )
A curious youngster moves to Salem, where he struggles to fit in before awakening a trio of diabolical witches that were executed in the 17th century.
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TV Show: Heidi ( 1993 )
Heidi is a 1993 adaptation of the classic novel by Johanna Spyri of Switzerland. Produced as a couple of one and a half hour-long episodes by Harmony Gold for the Disney Channel, Heidi is a touching story that the whole family can enjoy. The movie follows Heidi, a young Swiss orphan, who is forced to leave her happy home with her Grandfather in the breathtaking Swiss Alps and move to the big city life of Frankfurt. There she finds solace as she befriends a young handicapped girl, named Klara. Her world is again shaken as the opportunity to return to her home in the mountains presents itself to her. Forced to choose between her friendship and her wish to return home, Heidi must make a heart wrenching decision that will change the life of her friend forever. With a runtime of more than three hours, Heidi is an epic tale that will surely leave an impression.
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Movie: Heart of Darkness ( 1994 )
A trading company manager travels up an African river to find a missing outpost head and discovers the depth of evil in humanity's soul.
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Movie: Heart and Souls ( 1993 )
An unhappy businessman finds a new sense of purpose after he's tasked with helping a quartet of ghosts fulfill their last wishes before moving on to the afterlife.
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Movie: Hard Target ( 1993 )
Natasha Binder comes to New Orleans looking for her father, who has gone missing. In doing so, she meets a very hard man called Chance. He helps her find out that her father was killed by an organisation who sell the opportunity to hunt human prey. They are taking advantage of a police strike in New Orleans. Will the Muscles from Brussels win through?
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Movie: Gypsy ( 1993 )
Based on the autobiography of Gypsy Rose Lee, this made-for-TV movie-previously a Broadway smash and a 1962 film-depicts the life and times of a stripper and her domineering mother.
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Movie: Grumpy Old Men ( 1993 )
A lifelong feud between two neighbors since childhood only gets worse when a new female neighbor moves across the street.
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Movie: Groundhog Day ( 1993 )
A narcissistic, self-centered weatherman finds himself in a time loop on Groundhog Day.
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Movie: Gettysburg ( 1993 )
In 1863, the Northern and Southern forces fight at Gettysburg in the decisive battle of the American Civil War.
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Movie: Geronimo: An American Legend ( 1993 )
The story of the Apache chief and his armed resistance to the U.S. Government's subjugation of his people.
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Movie: Free Willy ( 1993 )
When a boy learns that a beloved killer whale is to be killed by the aquarium owners, the boy risks everything to free the whale.
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Movie: Freaked ( 1994 )
A vain actor, his best friend, and an activist end up at a mutant freak farm run by a weirdo scientist.
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Movie: For Love or Money ( 1993 )
Doug is a young man who works all day as a concierge at a luxurious hotel, saving money to make his own business. Unfortunately, when he finds the financial supporter he needs, he discovers that his "savior" is having an affair with the woman he loves. Now, he must choose between money and love.
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Movie: Fire in the Sky ( 1993 )
An Arizona logger mysteriously disappears for five days in an alleged encounter with a flying saucer in 1975.
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Movie: Fearless ( 1993 )
A man's personality is dramatically changed after surviving a major airline crash.
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Movie: Father Hood ( 1993 )
A deadbeat dad kidnaps his kids from the bus. Based on the true life stories and experiences of Michael J. Hardy.
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Movie: Fatal Instinct ( 1993 )
A spoof of the late '80s and early '90s suspense thrillers and murder mysteries, including Basic Instinct, Sleeping With The Enemy, and Cape Fear. A cop/attorney (yes he's both) is seduced by a woman while his wife is having an affair with a mechanic. Lots of other sublots and visual gags in the style of Naked Gun. Check the rating.
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Movie: Falling Down ( 1993 )
An unemployed defense worker frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society, begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.
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Movie: Even Cowgirls Get the Blues ( 1994 )
Sissy Hankshaw (Uma Thurman) is born with enormous thumbs that help her hitchhiking through the U.S. from a young age. She becomes a model in advertising, and her New York agent, "the Countess" (Sir John Hurt), sends her to his ranch in California to shoot a commercial, set against the background of mating whooping cranes. There, she befriends Bonanza Jellybean (Rain Phoenix), one of the cowgirls at the beauty ranch. The cowgirls take command of the ranch from the Countess and drug the cranes with peyote. The Police besiege the ranch.
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Movie: Ernest Rides Again ( 1993 )
Buffoonish Ernest and his dimwitted pal Abner unearth a huge cannon reputed to contain the crown jewels of England.
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Movie: Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story ( 1993 )
A fictionalized account of the life of the martial arts superstar.
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Movie: Detonator ( 1993 )
A train with hostages is stolen in Bremen, Germany. It's heading south through Europe with a nuclear bomb. A UN crime-fighting task force is in charge of stopping it in cooperation with local military and police.
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Movie: Dennis the Menace ( 1993 )
When his parents have to go out of town, Dennis stays with Mr. and Mrs. Wilson. The little menace is driving Mr. Wilson crazy, but Dennis is just trying to be helpful. Even to the thief who's arrived in town.
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Movie: Demolition Man ( 1993 )
A police officer is brought out of suspended animation in prison to pursue an old ultra-violent nemesis who is loose in a non-violent future society.
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Movie: Deadfall ( 1993 )
When Joe loses his dad in a sting, he contacts his dad's twin, Lou, who has a major sting planned. Lou's helper feels threatened by Joe. Who's conning who?
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Movie: Dazed and Confused ( 1994 )
The adventures of high school and junior high students on the last day of school in May 1976.
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Movie: Daybreak ( 1993 )
This drama, based on Alan Bowne's play "Beirut," takes place in a decrepit New York City of the near future, controlled by a fascist government.
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Movie: Dave ( 1993 )
An uncanny Presidential lookalike named Dave is recruited by the Secret Service to become a momentary stand-in for the President of the United States.
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Movie: Dangerous Game ( 1993 )
A New York City film director, working on his latest movie in Los Angeles, begins to reflect the actions in his movie and real-life, especially when he begins an affair with the lead actress.
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Movie: Cyborg 2: Glass Shadow ( 1993 )
In the year 2074 the PinWheel corporation creates an 'almost-human' cyborg Casella Reese, aka Cash, designed specifically to charm/seduce her way into a rival manufacturer's headquarters and then self-detonate. Things go awry, when she starts to have feelings for a human Colton Ricks, aka Colt 45, who works for PinWheel as a martial arts instructor. He falls for Cash as well, and with the help of Mercy, they escape. PinWheel Corp. sends Danny Bench, a 'Cyborg Tracker' after both Colt and Cash. Violence ensues.
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Movie: Cronos ( 1993 )
A mysterious device designed to provide its owner with eternal life resurfaces after four hundred years, leaving a trail of destruction in its path.
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Movie: Crime Story ( 1993 )
A Special Agent is assigned to protect a wealthy business magnate. However, when the businessman is kidnapped in a daring ambush, he teams up with a seasoned detective to crack the case. But soon he discovers the case isn't that simple.
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Movie: Cop & ½ ( 1993 )
After witnessing a murder, a young boy named Devon refuses to testify unless he is given the chance to be a policeman.
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Movie: Cool Runnings ( 1993 )
When a Jamaican sprinter is disqualified from the Olympic Games, he enlists the help of a dishonored coach to start the first Jamaican Bobsled Team.
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Movie: Coneheads ( 1993 )
Aliens with conical crania crash-land on Earth.
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Movie: Cliffhanger ( 1993 )
A botched mid-air heist results in suitcases full of cash being searched for by various groups throughout the Rocky Mountains.
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Movie: City Hunter ( 1993 )
A self-indulgent private investigator winds up on a cruise ship full of rich patrons, gorgeous women, murderous terrorists, and scarce food.
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Movie: CB4 ( 1993 )
A guy makes a documentary of the rap band CB4 by following them. CB4 got popular by stealing Gusto's name, background and image. He wants them dead.
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Movie: Carnosaur ( 1993 )
A brilliant geneticist, Diane Ladd, plans to expose a lethal virus to every human being on the planet. Her objective: to destroy humankind in favour of her new strain of prehistoric dinosaurs. Two people stand in the way of her diabolical plan, a cynical night watchman and a lovely idealistic environmentalist. The two must overcome their differences long enough to uncover the scientist's scheme and fight her carnivorous creations in a desperate battle against the extinction of the human race.
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Movie: Carlito's Way ( 1993 )
A Puerto Rican former convict, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of N.Y.C.
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Movie: Calendar Girl ( 1993 )
Like many adolescent boys, Roy Darpinian had the hots for movie divas, and one in particular was his wet dream as half of America's in the 1950s: Marilyn Monroe. The difference is, one summer holiday he actually decided to enlist his spineless buddies, Scott Foreman and Ned Bleuer, to actually drive all the way to Hollywood and make as many desperate attempts as it takes to meet her or get arrested trying, and no setback or embarrassment (even publicly bare-ass) can stop or distract him. Against all odds, he finally even got a chance to help her...
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Movie: Boxing Helena ( 1993 )
A surgeon becomes obsessed with the seductive woman he once was in an affair with. Refusing to accept that she has moved on, he amputates her limbs and holds her captive in his mansion.
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Movie: Bound by Honor ( 1993 )
Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on step-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo.
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Movie: Bottle Rocket ( 1993 )
Dysfunctional friends Dignan and Anthony plan and execute a robbery with their pot-growing friend, Bob.
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Movie: Boiling Point ( 1993 )
A pair of sociopath killers take on the police and the mob in order to make one last big score.
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Movie: Body Snatchers ( 1993 )
A teenage girl and her father discover alien clones are replacing humans on a remote U.S. military base in Alabama.
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Movie: Body Bags ( 1993 )
Three short stories in the horror genre: the first about a serial killer, the second about a hair transplant gone wrong, and the third about a baseball player.
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Movie: Blown Away ( 1993 )
Teenage beauty tries to convince her new boyfriend that her father murdered her mother and that he should die too.
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Movie: Beyond the Law ( 1993 )
An undercover cop joins a murderous, arms-dealing biker gang to try to put them behind bars.
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Movie: Benny & Joon ( 1993 )
A mentally ill young woman finds her love in an eccentric man who models himself after Buster Keaton.
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Movie: Beethoven's 2nd ( 1993 )
Beethoven, the St. Bernard dog, becomes a father, but his girlfriend Missy is dognapped, and his puppies are in danger of the same fate.
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Movie: Batman: Mask of the Phantasm ( 1993 )
Batman is wrongly implicated in a series of murders of mob bosses actually committed by a new vigilante assassin.
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Movie: Bank Robber ( 1993 )
A small-time crook hides out in a seedy motel where shady characters recognise him and demand money to keep quiet.
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Movie: Bad Boy Bubby ( 1994 )
Bubby has spent thirty years trapped in the same small room, tricked by his mother. One day, he manages to escape, and, deranged and naive in equal measures, his adventure into the modern and nihilistic life begins.
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Movie: Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman ( 1993 )
When an abused heiress grows to giant size because of her encounter with aliens, she decides to get revenge on her cheating husband and those who annoyed her.
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Movie: Arizona Dream ( 1994 )
A young New Yorker goes to Arizona where he finds freedom to both love and dream.
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Movie: A Perfect World ( 1993 )
A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor: an escaped convict on the run from the law, while the search is headed up by an honorable Texas Ranger.
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Movie: Another Stakeout ( 1993 )
Two immature detectives are joined by a pesky assistant district attorney in staking out a lakeside home where a Mafia trial witness is believed to be heading.
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Movie: And the Band Played On ( 1993 )
The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic, and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it.
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Movie: Amos & Andrew ( 1993 )
A Pulitzer prize writer buys a cabin. The neighbors get suspicious when a stranger "breaks in". They see a black man and call the police, who start shooting at him. The sheriff tries a cover-up involving a white petty crook. Bad idea.
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Movie: Alive ( 1993 )
After crash-landing in the snowswept Andes, a Uruguayan rugby team has no choice but to turn to desperate measures in order to survive.
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Movie: Airborne ( 1993 )
Mitchell Goosen is sixteen/seventeen year old kid from California who loves to surf and roller blade. Yet, his parents, who are two zoologists were given a grant to work in Australia. The only problem was: Mitchell couldn't go with them. So, he gets sent to stay with his aunt, uncle, and cousin in Cincinnati, Ohio. When he arrives, he meets his cousin who is also his new roommate for the next six months: Wiley. Mitchell then goes to school and gets on the bad side the high school hockey players. Mitchell and Wiley end up enduring weeks of torture from the guys. Then, the big guys and Mitchell and Wiley have to learn to get along to try to beat the Central High School rivals in a competition down Devil's Backbone.
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Movie: A Home of Our Own ( 1993 )
The story begins in Los Angeles when Frances Lacey (Kathy Bates) takes her six children and drives north to find a home of their own away from the bad influences of the big city.
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Movie: A Far Off Place ( 1993 )
When a gang of African poachers raid her family's farm, young Nonni, visiting American teenager Harry Winslow and a local bushman guide must escape into the Kalahari desert and reach the nearest town.
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Movie: Addams Family Values ( 1993 )
The Addams Family try to rescue their beloved Uncle Fester from his gold-digging new love, a black widow named Debbie.
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Movie: A Dangerous Woman ( 1993 )
Martha Horgan, a naive woman with an intellectual impairment who lives with her aunt Frances in a small town, is known for always telling the truth. She works at a dry cleaner, where her compulsive truth-telling leads her to report to the boss that another employee has been stealing from the cash register. The thief, in turn, accuses Martha, and she loses her job. In the mean time, a mysterious stranger named Mackey appears at Martha's residence after learning that Aunt Frances needs her porch repaired. Mackey is hired and becomes intimately involved with Martha... which only leads to tragedy.
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Movie: A Bronx Tale ( 1993 )
A father becomes worried when a local gangster befriends his son in the Bronx in the 1960s.