griggs's - Quentin Tarantino’s Favourite Moivies: 63 Films the Director Wants You to See List

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Danielle (Margot Kidder) meets Phillip (Lisle Wilson) on a "Peeping Tom" shamelessly voyeuristic TV game show and dodging her ex-husband Emil (William Finley), takes him back to her apartment. But Danielle has a separated Siamese twin sister, Dominique, who is not pleased about the overnight guest.

Journalist neighbour Grace (Jennifer Salt) sees Phillip slaughtered by one of them through her window; the body vanishes before she can convince a sceptical detective (Dolph Sweet) to take a look. Determined to prove that she's right (and get a career-advancing story), Grace investigates, assisted by a private eye (Charles Durning), and becomes more involved in the relationships among Danielle, Dominique, and Emil than she ever expected.

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In the dusty heat of the American southwest, innocent country boy Caleb Colton (Adrian Pasdar) is seduced by a beautiful girl (Jenny Wright) into joining a roving pack of vicious drifters, lead by the enigmatic Jesse (Lance Henriksen). But this is no ordinary band of outlaws.

Caleb is now trapped in a nightmare of soulless evil that waits in the shadows, hellish mayhem that thrives on blood; the horror that begins Near Dark.

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Vegas, Baby. Where Nomi's (Elizabeth Berkley)'s dreams and desires to make it big are as sharp as a stiletto heel. When she catches the eye of Cristal (Gina Gershon), the Stardust's sexy headliner, Nomi is on the brink of realising her dreams.

But she soon realises that there is room for only one starlet on the marquee...and that either she or Cristal will have to take a fall!

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'Friday' is a hilarious look at a day in the life of two friends growing up in the 'hood' in urban Los Angeles. Featuring an all-star cast, 'Friday' stars rapper/actor Ice Cube in this outrageous story of the pitfalls of growing up in South Central Los Angeles.

22 year old Craig Jones has just been fired from his job at the shoe store and, on top of that, his parents are threatening to kick him out of the house. Meanwhile, Craig has his eye on Debbie, a beautiful fitness instructor, but his insanely jealous girlfriend, Joi, is standing in the way.To make matters worse, Craig's best friend, Smokey, is in the midst of a shady drug deal gone sour. Before the sun sets in South Central, Craig has to get Smokey out of trouble, find a new job, avoid Joi and win Debbie's heart, and survive a climactic confrontation with Deebo, the neighborhood menace.

When an aspiring young writer falls head-over-heals for a free spirited, hard-to-please woman, he soon discovers he's going to have to work doubly hard to make their love work! Jason Biggs (American Pie) and Christina Ricci (Sleepy Hollow) star in this hilarious romantic comedy which proves true love isn't like 'anything else'.

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Richard Harris stars in this carefully documented epic that attempted to realistically portray the life of the American Sioux in the early 19th century. When an English lord is captured by a Sioux Indian tribe, he is given to the chief's aging mother (Dame Judith Anderson) as a servant.

Gradually, he embraces the tribe's way of life and falls in love with the Chief's sister. But before he can be accepted with honor as an equal member of the tribe, he must endure the Sun Vow - a savage ritual far beyond the realm of anything dreamed of in the civilized world.

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When Barnabus Collins arrives at Collinwood estate in New England, his resemblance to a portrait of the Barnabus Collins who fled to England 100 years ago, after the mysterious death of his fiancée, amazes everyone in the extended Collins family.

But wonder soon turns to horror as Barnabus' return transforms the estate into a House of Dark Shadows. The Collins family members are too slow to realize that Barnabus (Jonathan Frid) is the same man - or vampire - who left a century before...and that their governess' (Kathryn Leigh Scott) resemblance to Barnabus' long-dead love may doom them all to haunt the earth as the undead feeding off the blood of the living.

Five friends travelling through rural Texas stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. The group soon find themselves picked off, one by one, by a masked madman with a chain saw.

Deep in the Louisiana bayou sits the ramshackle Starlight Hotel, destination of choice for those who like to check in but not check out! Bumbling Judd, the patron of this particular establishment, may seem like a good-natured ol' Southern gent - but he has a mean temper on him, and a mighty large scythe to boot...

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In this engaging melodrama, Stanton Carlisle (Tyrone Power) is a lowlife working in a carnival. Knowing a good con when he sees one, he learns the tricks of a mind-reading act from Zeena (Joan Blondell), then tosses her aside.

In time, he becomes "The Great Stanton", star attraction of swanky nightclubs and the darling of society. But with all his notoriety built on lies, it's only a matter of time before exposure brings Stanton's world crashing down around him.

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Summoned by a will to his late grandfather's castle in Transylvania, young Dr. Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) soon discovers the scientist's step-by-step manual explaining how to bring a corpse to life.

Assisted by the hunchback Igor (Marty Feldman) and the curvaceous Inga (Teri Garr), he creates a monster (Peter Boyle) who only wants to be loved.

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The year is 1985 - but not for long. Because teenager Marty McFly (Michael J.Fox) is about to be blasted back to 1955 aboard the plutonium-powered DeLorean created by eccentric genius Doc Emmett Brown (Christopher Lloyd).

But when Marty accidentally keeps his parents-to-be from falling in love, it triggers a time shattering chain reaction that could vaporise his future - and leave him trapped in the past! Now, Marty's last hope is to change history - before the clock runs out in his only chance to get himself Back to the Future!

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After eight years of torture in a POW camp, Major Charles Rane (William Devane) returns home to receive a hero's welcome and is awarded a big cash prize.

Struggling to re-adjust to his former life, Rane faces another ordeal as a sadistic gang of thugs set their sights on his prize, killing his family and destroying his hand in the process. Now living only for vengeance, he enlists the help of his war buddy Johnny (Tommy Lee Jones) to exact his own brand of justice.

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At his school in Madrid, ex-bullfighter Diego Montes (Nacho Martínez) teaches his students the Corridor - 'the art of the kill'. Trainee bullfighter Angelo (Antonio Banderas), sexually repressed and mother fixated, is taunted about his suspected homosexuality by Diego.

To prove his masculinity Angel attempts to assault Diego's girlfriend. Failing in his attempt and consumed by guilt he confesses to murders he did not commit - the victims are killed with bullfighting instruments at the moment of sexual climax. Angel is defended by lawyer Maria Cardenal (Assumpta Serna), the real killer, who is obsessed with Diego and uses Angel to draw the maestro Matador into one last confrontation.

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On an unforgiving, snow-swept frontier, a group of bloodthirsty bounty hunters, led by the vicious Loco (Klaus Kinski) prey on a band of persecuted outlaws who have taken to the hills.

Only a mute gunslinger named Silence (Jean-Louis Trintignant) stands between the innocent refugees and the corrupt killers. But, in this harsh, brutal world, the lines between right and wrong are not always clear, and good does not always triumph.