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Simple Plan, A

Beware things that are described as "simple." While this is not the central message of A Simple Plan, it's certainly a byproduct. From the real world, we all know that things which are supposed to be simple - a basic plumbing job, minor car repai...

Run Time: 2:03
U.S. Release Date: 1998-12-11
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Sam Raimi
Cast: Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, Bridget Fonda, ...
Hudsucker Proxy, The

"Out of hope, out of rope, out of time." - William Cobbs in the opening narration of The Hudsucker Proxy Tim Robbins has a knack for finding his way into superior satires. After taking the lead role in Robert Altman's The Player and starring...

Run Time: 1:52
U.S. Release Date: 1994-03-11
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Joel Coen
Cast: Tim Robbins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Paul Newman, ...
For Love of the Game

For Love of the Game, Kevin Costner's third baseball related movie, is appropriately named. Unlike the romantic comedy Bull Durham and the allegorical Field of Dreams, For Love of the Game requires a basic understanding of and affinity for basebal...

Run Time: 2:17
U.S. Release Date: 1999-09-17
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Sam Raimi
Cast: Kevin Costner, Kelly Preston, John C. Reilly, ...
Evil Dead, The

Long before Scream came along to simultaneously parody the horror genre while participating in it, there was Sam Raimi's Evil Dead trilogy (the third entry into the series, Army of Darkness, was released in 1993). Equal parts suspense, camp, comed...

Run Time: 1:25
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "NC-17" (Violence, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: HORROR
Director: Sam Raimi
Cast: Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Hal Delrich, ...
Evil Dead II, The

What do you get when you cross George Romero with The Three Stooges by way of the director of A Simple Plan and The Gift? Something offbeat, to be sure. Something grotesque, without a doubt. Something... groovy. Evil Dead II can be seen as ...

Run Time: 1:25
U.S. Release Date: 1987-03-13
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: HORROR/COMEDY
Director: Sam Raimi
Cast: Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, Dan Hicks, ...
Army of Darkness

Ash (Bruce Campbell) is a housewares salesman at an S-Mart department store before a venture to the house from The Evil Dead and The Evil Dead II sends him through a time tunnel into the Middle Ages. Suddenly, as the "Promised One" of prophesy, he i...

Run Time: 1:21
U.S. Release Date: 1993-02-19
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: HORROR/COMEDY
Director: Sam Raimi
Cast: Bruce Campbell, Embeth Davidz, Marcus Gilbert
Gift, The

The Gift is an example of how superior craftsmanship can transform a ho-hum genre entry into a sporadically gripping thriller. On the surface, there's nothing special about this movie - it's a run-of-the-mill supernatural murder mystery with all o...

Run Time: 1:51
U.S. Release Date: 2001-01-19
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Nudity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Sam Raimi
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Katie Holmes, Keanu Reeves, ...
Oz the Great and Powerful

Oz the Great and Powerful is director Sam Raimi's prequel to The Wizard of Oz. This new vision of The Land of Oz is an imaginative mix of live-action and CGI that pays homage to the iconic images and timeless sense of wonder in the classic The Wiza...

Run Time: 2:10
U.S. Release Date: 2013-03-08
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: FANTASY/ADVENTURE
Director: Sam Raimi
Cast: James Franco, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz, ...
Spider-Man

Recent times have been good to Marvel comics, and the long-anticipated arrival of Spider-Man represents the latest step up the ladder. Long the underdog in the motion picture arena, Marvel has at last been able to catch up to rival DC comics by pl...

Run Time: 2:01
U.S. Release Date: 2002-05-03
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Sexual Situations)
Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE
Director: Sam Raimi
Cast: Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe, Kirsten Dunst, ...
Spider-Man 2

Spider-Man 2 has all the elements of a good, but not great, superhero motion picture. While lacking the tragic grandeur that made last year's Hulk such a unique experience, Spider-Man 2 fills the void with solid character development, self-referen...

Run Time: 2:08
U.S. Release Date: 2004-06-30
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE
Director: Sam Raimi
Cast: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, ...