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The Mule(2018)

R
| 1h 56min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.4/5 (with 2,234 votes)

Earl Stone, a man in his eighties, is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he's just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. He does so well that his cargo increases exponentially, and Earl hit the radar of hard-charging DEA agent Colin Bates.

Directed by Clint Eastwood - With Clint Eastwood, Bradley Cooper, Taissa Farmiga, Michael Peña, Alison Eastwood, Dianne Wiest, ...
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Human Desire(1954)

1h 31min | Drama, Romance / Love, Crime
3.5/5 (with 44 votes)

Jeff Warren, a Korean War vet just returning to his railroad engineer's job, boards at the home of co-worker Alec Simmons and is charmed by Alec's beautiful daughter. He becomes attracted immediately to Vicki Buckley, the sultry wife of brutish railroad supervisor Carl Buckley, an alcoholic wife beater with a hair-trigger temper and penchant for explosive violence. Jeff becomes reluctantly drawn into a sordid affair by the compulsively seductive Vicki. After Buckley is fired for insubordination, he begs her to intercede on his behalf with John Owens, a rich and powerful businessman whose influence can get him reinstated.

Directed by Fritz Lang - With Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford, Edgar Buchanan, Anita Stewart, John Pickard, ...

Going All the Way(1997)

R
| 1h 50min | Drama
2.3/5 (with 10 votes)

Korean War--era veterans and ex-classmates "Gunner" Casselman and "Sonny" Burns reunite upon their return home. Gunner, who spent the war years abroad, is trying to convince his mother that his gal Marty is good enough for him, while Sonny, who was stationed stateside, is torn between loyal Buddy and tempting Gale Ann. As they commiserate, the men realize that they're outgrowing the lives they lived before the war.

Directed by Mark Pellington - With Jeremy Davies, Ben Affleck, Amy Locane, Rachel Weisz, Rose McGowan, Jill Clayburgh, ...

Thunder Run(1986)

PG-13
| 1h 24min | Thriller, Action
2.4/5 (with 3 votes)

A vicious band of nuclear terrorists is threatening America's atomic weapons research. Truck jockey Charlie Morrison (Forrest Tucker) volunteers for a last-ditch, suicide scheme to lure them into a trap, baited with a vital shipment of bomb-grade plutonium. Soon, Charlie's high-balling it down a remote desert road with a small army of lethally equipped bandits zeroing in on him. Charlie's secret weapon? "Big Thunder", a 65-foot, 18-wheeled war wagon of merciless high-tech destruction!

Directed by Gary Hudson - With Forrest Tucker, John Ireland, John Shepherd, Jill Whitlow, Wallace Langham, Graham Ludlow, ...

Child of Sorrow(1956)

1h 59min | Crime, Drama
3.0/5 (with 3 votes)

A war hero forced to participate in a smuggling ring meets a prostitute in the postwar ruins of Manila.

Directed by Lamberto V. Avellana - With Rosa Rosal

The Typist(2015)

8min | Documentary
2.3/5 (with 2 votes)

From the archives of the “queer Smithsonian,” San Francisco’s GLBT Historical Society, comes the forgotten history of a gay Korean War veteran tasked with writing the military discharges of outed gay seamen. The Typist details a conflicted clerk’s participation in discrimination and his divided allegiance to homosexuality and heroism.