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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: My Boyfriend's Back ( 1993 )
A teenage boy comes back from the dead because he is determined to win the most beautiful girl in school.
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Movie: Rising Sun ( 1993 )
When an escort girl is found dead in the offices of a Japanese company in Los Angeles, detectives Web Smith and John Connor act as liaison between the company's executives and the investigating cop Tom Graham.
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Movie: Surf Ninjas ( 1993 )
Two boys learn from a mysterious warrior that they are the heirs to the throne of Patusan and set out to overthrow the current monarchy.
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Movie: So I Married an Axe Murderer ( 1993 )
A San Francisco poet who fears commitment suspects his girlfriend may have a knack for killing off her significant others.
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Movie: Witchboard 2 ( 1993 )
A beautiful young woman starts receiving messages through a ouija board, claiming to be from the former occupant of her apartment. The former tenant claims she's been murdered, but there's no record of a murder or even her death.
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Movie: Robin Hood: Men in Tights ( 1993 )
A spoof of Robin Hood in general, and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) in particular.
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Movie: Poetic Justice ( 1993 )
In this film, we see the world through the eyes of main character Justice, a young African-American poet. A mail carrier invites a few friends along for a long overnight delivery run.
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Movie: Coneheads ( 1993 )
Aliens with conical crania crash-land on Earth.
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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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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: 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: 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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Movie: Weekend at Bernie's II ( 1993 )
Larry and Richard use a voodoo-revived corpse to track down hidden money to clear their names.
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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: Rookie of the Year ( 1993 )
12-year-old Henry Rowengartner, whose late father was a minor league baseball player, grew up dreaming of playing baseball, despite his physical shortcomings. Although he's close to his mother Mary, Henry hates Mary's latest boyfriend, Jack Bradfield. After Henry's arm is broken while trying to catch a baseball at school, the tendon in that arm heals too tightly, allowing Henry to throw pitches that are as fast as 103 mph. Henry is spotted at nearby Wrigley Field by Larry "Fish" Fisher, the general manager of the struggling Chicago Cubs, after Henry throws an opponent's home-run ball all the way from the outfield bleachers back to the catcher, and it seems that Henry may be the pitcher that team owner Bob Carson has been praying for. At first, Cubs manager Sal Martinella doesn't like Henry being on the team, but despite the rawness of his talent, Henry revives everyone's team spirit and reignites the enthusiasm of the fans. While money hungry Jack pulls strings behind the scenes to line his own pockets, Mary starts to fall for veteran pitcher Chet "Rocket" Steadman, whose injuries are curtailing a once sparkling career. While Henry bonds with Chet, Henry's friends resent Henry's star status when he arrives late to help them work on an old boat. As the Cubs head for the National League Championship series, Jack agrees to hand over Henry's contract to the New York Yankees for 25 million dollars. Mary doesn't like that, so when Jack angers Mary even more by stupidly saying that Henry is half his, Mary literally punches Jack out the door, with Henry cheering her on. Thinking about the idea of retiring, both Henry and Chet start performing badly, but they set out to redeem themselves at the National League championship series.
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Movie: Son in Law ( 1993 )
Having gotten a taste of college life, a drastically changed farm girl returns home for Thanksgiving break with her best friend, a flamboyant party animal who is clearly a fish out of water in a small farm town.
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Movie: The Firm ( 1993 )
A young lawyer joins a prestigious law firm only to discover that it has a sinister dark side.
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Movie: What's Love Got to Do with It ( 1993 )
The story of singer Tina Turner's rise to stardom and how she gained the courage to break free from her abusive husband, Ike Turner.
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Movie: Sleepless in Seattle ( 1993 )
A recently widowed man's son calls a radio talk-show in an attempt to find his father a partner.
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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Night Terrors ( 1993 )
A young girl travels to Cairo to visit her father, and becomes unwillingly involved with a bizarre sadomasochistic cult led by the charismatic Paul Chevalier, who is a descendant of the Marquis de Sade.
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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: Super Mario Bros. ( 1993 )
Two Brooklyn plumbers, Mario and Luigi, must travel to another dimension to rescue a princess from the evil dictator King Koopa and stop him from taking over the world.
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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: Menace II Society ( 1993 )
A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.
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Movie: Much Ado About Nothing ( 1993 )
Young lovers Hero and Claudio, soon to wed, conspire to get verbal sparring partners and confirmed singles Benedick and Beatrice to wed as well.
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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: Sliver ( 1993 )
A woman moves into an exclusive New York City apartment building, which she soon discovers houses tenants with all manner of shocking secrets.
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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: The Piano ( 1993 )
A mute woman is sent to 1850s New Zealand along with her young daughter and prized piano for an arranged marriage to a wealthy landowner, but is soon lusted after by a local worker on the plantation.
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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: Red Rock West ( 1993 )
Upon arriving to a small town, a drifter is mistaken for a hitman, but when the real hitman arrives, complications ensue.
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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: Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story ( 1993 )
A fictionalized account of the life of the martial arts superstar.
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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: RoboCop 3 ( 1993 )
Robocop saves the day once more. This time the half man/half robot takes on ruthless developers who want to evict some people on "their" land.
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Movie: The Night We Never Met ( 1993 )
Brian, painter Ellen and chef Sam timeshare an apartment on different days. A shift on Mon/Wednesdays causes mistaken identity as Ellen and Sam have never met but leave notes, food etc. behind for each other.
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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: 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: The Dark Half ( 1993 )
A writer's fictional alter ego wants to take over his life...at any price.
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Movie: Who's the Man? ( 1993 )
Ed Lover and Doctor Dre are two inept barbers. Deciding that maybe they ought to find another line of work, they join the police. A big mistake, as far as their duty sergeant, Sgt Cooper is concerned, who proceeds to harass them at every turn. Despite this, they discover a major crime, and proceed to solve them in their own unusual fashion.
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Movie: This Boy's Life ( 1993 )
The story about the relationship between a rebellious 1950s teenager and his abusive stepfather, based on the memoirs of writer and literature Professor Tobias Wolff.
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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: The Sandlot ( 1993 )
In the summer of 1962, a new kid in town is taken under the wing of a young baseball prodigy and his rowdy team, resulting in many adventures.
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Movie: When a Stranger Calls Back ( 1993 )
A young babysitter, all alone in the house with two children asleep above, is bothered by a stranger. Unfortunately, the phone's dead...
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TV Show: Ready or Not ( 1993 )
Follow the ups and downs of life with best friends Amanda Zimm and Busy Ramone as they deal with adolescence, boys, family, school and friends. Throughout the show's 5 year run, the girls matured from the sixth grade to the ninth grade. The show ends when one of the main characters (Amanda Zimm) has to move to the West Coast. Her best friend on the show, Busy Ramone, stays behind.
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Movie: The Adventures of Huck Finn ( 1993 )
In Missouri, during the 1840s, young Huck Finn fearful of his drunkard father and yearning for adventure, leaves his foster family and joins with runaway slave Jim in a voyage down the Mississippi River toward slavery free states.
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Movie: Splitting Heirs ( 1993 )
A duke dies and leaves the title and wealth to his adult son. But who's the real son: the found baby raised in USA or the abandoned baby raised by a Hindi family in London? Comedy follows.
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Movie: Mr. Nanny ( 1993 )
A former professional wrestler is hired to be the bodyguard/nanny for a couple of bratty kids whose inventor father is being stalked by a rival.
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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: 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: The Crush ( 1993 )
A journalist becomes the unwanted center of attention for a 14-year-old girl, who proceeds to sabotage his life after he refuses her sexual advances.
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Movie: Point of No Return ( 1993 )
A government fakes the death of a criminal to turn this young woman into a killer on its service.
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Movie: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III ( 1993 )
The turtles find themselves transported back in time to ancient Japan.
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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: Trauma ( 1993 )
A young man tries to help a teenage European girl who escaped from a clinic hospital after witnessing the murder of her parents by a serial killer and they try to find the killer before the killer finds them.
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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: 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: 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: 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: Swing Kids ( 1993 )
A close-knit group of young kids in Nazi Germany listen to banned swing music from the U.S. Soon, dancing and fun lead to more difficult choices, as the Nazis begin tightening their grip on Germany. Each member of the group is forced to face some tough choices about right, wrong, and survival.
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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: Groundhog Day ( 1993 )
A narcissistic, self-centered weatherman finds himself in a time loop on Groundhog Day.
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Movie: The Temp ( 1993 )
Nice guy junior exec Peter doesn't play dirty but unfortunately, some of his colleagues do. In comes Kris, his new temp, who is bright and efficient and saves him. She's willing to play dirty for Peter.
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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: Untamed Heart ( 1993 )
A waitress hardly notices a shy busboy who secretly loves her; until one night she's attacked and he comes to her rescue. From there a relationship sparks but one secret could mean disaster for these fated lovers.
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Movie: Sommersby ( 1993 )
A farmer returns home from the Civil War, but his wife begins to suspect that the man is an impostor.
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Movie: The Vanishing ( 1993 )
The boyfriend of an abducted woman never gives up the search as the abductor looks on.
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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: Matinee ( 1993 )
The teenage son of a navy sailor newly stationed in Key West gets some excitement with his friends when a small-time film producer comes to town to premiere a kitschy horror film during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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Movie: Sniper ( 1993 )
A US Marine sniper is partnered with a SWAT member to take out rebel leaders in the jungles of Panama.
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Movie: The Visitors ( 1993 )
A medieval knight and his servant are asking a familiar wizard to move them back in time to prevent father-in-law's accidentally killing. Instead, they fly away to the 20th century.
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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: 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: 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: Nowhere to Run ( 1993 )
Escaped convict Sam Gillen single handedly takes on ruthless developers determined to evict Clydie - a widow with two young children. Nobody knows who Sam is.
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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: The Amy Fisher Story ( 1993 )
The true story of the Long Island teen who shoots and wounds the wife of a man she called her lover.
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Movie: The Trial ( 1993 )
Joseph K. (Kyle MacLachlan) awakens one morning to find two strange men in his room, telling him he has been arrested. Joseph is not told with what he is charged, and despite being "arrested" is allowed to remain free and go to work. But, despite the strange nature of his arrest, Joseph soon learns that his trial, however odd, is very real, and he tries desperately to spare himself from the court's judgement.
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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: Bottle Rocket ( 1993 )
Dysfunctional friends Dignan and Anthony plan and execute a robbery with their pot-growing friend, Bob.