Movies tagged as "inheritance"

4.50 from Paddington [1987, UK ] starting from $1.99

Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery Actors: Joan Hickson, Juliette Mole, David Beames, Mona Bruce, Nicholas Blane, Katy Jarrett, Leslie Adams, David Horovitch, Ian Brimble, Rhoda Lewis, Jill Meager, Joanna David, Maurice Denham, Andrew Burt, Pamela Pitchford, Directors: Martyn Friend Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Elspeth McGillicuddy, an old friend of Miss Marple's, witnesses a strangulation murder in a passing train through the window of her coach compartment. When Police Inspector Slack can't find a body along the tracks and doubts the validity of the story, Miss Marple and Elspeth locate the area where the body was probably thrown from the train, the isolated manor house of an aged, cantankerous millionaire, Luther Crackenthorpe. Miss Marple's niece Lucy is recruited to apply for a job on the estate in hopes of locating the corpse. When she finds it in an ancient sarcophagus in an outbuilding housing Egyptian and Etruscan art treasures, the police and Miss Marple are brought in. Obviously someone in the large household is involved, but who?

Addams Family, The [1991, USA ] starting from $1.99

It's not the same old Thing.

Genres: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror Actors: Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Elizabeth Wilson, Christina Ricci, Judith Malina, Dan Hedaya, Carel Struycken, Paul Benedict, Christopher Hart, Dana Ivey, Jimmy Workman, John Franklin, Tony Azito, Douglas Brian Martin Directors: Barry Sonnenfeld, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   The Addams step out of Charles Addams' cartoons. They live with all of the trappings of the macabre (including a detached hand for a servant) and are quite wealthy. Added to this mix is a crooked accountant and his loan shark and a plot to slip in the shark's son into the family as their long lost Uncle Fester. Can the false Fester find his way into the vault before he is discovered?

Aviator, The [2004, Germany, USA, Japan ] starting from $1.99

For some men, the sky was the limit. For him, it was just the beginning.

Genres: Biography, Drama Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly, Alec Baldwin, Alan Alda, Ian Holm, Danny Huston, Gwen Stefani, Jude Law, Adam Scott, Matt Ross, Kelli Garner, Frances Conroy, Brent Spiner Directors: Martin Scorsese, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   The script begins as a young Hughes directs one of Scorsese's favorite films, Hell's Angels. Hughes was so obsessed with perfection in the aerial sequences that he waits forever for perfect conditions, right down to cloud formations. The Aviator ends in 1946, when Hughes was still a dashing young man and romancing actresses like Ava Gardner and Katharine Hepburn.

Beauty and the Beast [1991, USA ] starting from $1.99

The most beautiful love story ever told.

Genres: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance Actors: Robby Benson, Jesse Corti, Rex Everhart, Angela Lansbury, Paige O'Hara, Jerry Orbach, Bradley Pierce, David Ogden Stiers, Richard White, Jo Anne Worley, Mary Kay Bergman, Brian Cummings, Alvin Epstein, Tony Jay, Alec Murphy Directors: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Belle is a girl who is dissatisfied with life in a small provincial French town, constantly trying to fend off the misplaced "affections" of conceited Gaston. The Beast is a prince who was placed under a spell because he could not love. A wrong turn taken by Maurice, Belle's father, causes the two to meet.

Billy Madison [1995, USA ] starting from $1.99

To inherit his family's fortune, Billy is going back to school... Way back.

Genres: Comedy, Romance Actors: Adam Sandler, Darren McGavin, Bridgette Wilson, Bradley Whitford, Josh Mostel, Norm MacDonald, Mark Beltzman, Larry Hankin, Theresa Merritt, Dina Platias, Hrant Alianak, Vincent Marino, Jack Mather, Christopher Kelk, Marc Donato, Directors: Tamra Davis Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Billy Madison is a non-working, non-educated slacker who lives entirely off his dad. He spends his day drinking beer, reading girly magazines, and hanging out by the pool. When his father realizes that Billy is unfit to run the family business, Billy decides that he must go back to school and earn a real education. He figures it will be no problem going back to high school and learning over again, until he learns that his father bought Billy's passing grades all the way back in elementary school. Thus, Billy must return to elementary school and pass each grade one at a time in a short time, or else he loses his place as heir to the company. In addition, Billy tries to win the hand of Veronica, a sexy school teacher who thinks her students are more mature than Billy.

Brewster's Millions [1985, USA ] starting from $1.99

You don't have to be crazy to blow 30 million dollars in 30 days. But it helps.

Genres: Comedy Actors: Richard Pryor, John Candy, Lonette McKee, Stephen Collins, Jerry Orbach, Pat Hingle, Tovah Feldshuh, Hume Cronyn, Joe Grifasi, Peter Jason, David White, Jerome Dempsey, David Wohl, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Milt Kogan Directors: Walter Hill, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Montgomery "Monty" Brewster is a baseball player who has going back and forth from the minors to the majors for nearly 15 years. After getting into a brawl in a bar, he and his friend end up in jail, his team has not only decided not bail him out but to cut him. At his hearing Monty doesn't know what to do but a man who has been following him for sometime appears in court and offers to pay his bail. Monty assumes that it's a baseball scout but when they arrive at where they were going, Monty is taken to a law office and informed that he is the sole heir of a man who is one of the richest men in the country, who is also his long lost uncle. His uncle's last will and testament is that Monty must spend 30 millions dollars in 30 days, if which he accomplishes, he will get 300 million. But at the end of 30 days he must not own anything. He also must not give the money away and must not destroy anything valuable and he also cannot tell anyone why he is spending all this money. He thinks that he's on his way to doing that but Spike unwittingly invests some of the money and recoups everything that Monty has spent. And he also doesn't exactly have the support of the lawyers, cause is he fails they take control of the estate and give themselves a healthy fee for ahndling it. And also a lot of people especially the woman he is attracted to, thinks he is jerk.

Catch and Release [2006, USA ] starting from $1.99

Life is messy...love is messier.

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance Actors: Jennifer Garner, Timothy Olyphant, Sam Jaeger, Kevin Smith, Juliette Lewis, Joshua Friesen, Fiona Shaw, Tina Lifford, Georgia Craig, Christopher Redman, Joyce Krenz, Sonja Bennett, Yorgo Constantine, Daniel A. Parker, Nancy Hower, Directors: Susannah Grant Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   After the sudden death of her fiancé, Gray Wheeler finds comfort in the company of his friends: lighthearted and comic Sam, hyper-responsible Dennis, and, oddly enough, his old childhood buddy Fritz, an irresponsible playboy whom she’d previously pegged as one of the least reliable people in the world. As secrets about her supposedly perfect fiancé emerge, Gray comes to see new sides of the man she thought she knew, and at the same time, finds herself drawn to the last man she ever expected to fall for.

Chateau, The [2001, USA ] starting from $1.99

Genres: Comedy Actors: Sylvie Testud, Benjamin Tessier, Philippe Nahon, Maria Verdi, Didier Flamand, Paul Rudd, Romany Malco, Nathalie Jouen, James Lyons, Pierre Michaud, Christian Marti, Marina Girand, Jonathan Grosskopf, Alexis Grosskopf, Adèle Grosskopf Directors: Jesse Peretz, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   When two American brothers, Graham and Allen Granville, learn that they have inherited a chateau in France, they cannot believe their luck. However, when they arrive, the brothers find themselves completely ill-equipped to communicate with the chateau's staff (even with the help of a pocket dictionary). With no hope of paying off the chateau's enormous debt, the pair are forced to sell the chateau, leaving a bewildered staff resorting to desperate and hilarious measures to keep their home. Through a series of comedic misunderstandings, the film's stars not only uncover they're not as distant from the staff as they might think, they also discover something about the importance of family.

Color Purple, The [1985, USA ] starting from $1.99

Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize Winning Story.

Genres: Drama Actors: Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, Margaret Avery, Oprah Winfrey, Willard E. Pugh, Akosua Busia, Desreta Jackson, Adolph Caesar, Rae Dawn Chong, Dana Ivey, Leonard Jackson, Bennet Guillory, John Patton Jr., Carl Anderson, Susan Beaubian, Directors: Steven Spielberg Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   This film follows the life of Celie, a young black girl growing up in the early 1900's. The first time we see Celie, she is 14 - and pregnant - by her father. We stay with her for the next 30 years of her tough life...

Damien: Omen II [1978, USA ] starting from $1.99

The first time was only a warning.

Genres: Drama, Horror, Thriller Actors: William Holden, Lee Grant, Lew Eуres, Sylvia Sidney, Jonathan Scott-Taylor, Robert Foxworth, Directors: Don Taylor Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Seven years later, 13-year-old Damien is just discovering who he really is, and what he is destined to do. Now living with his Aunt, Uncle, and cousin in a wealthy suburb of Chicago, Damien is anxious to inherit everything. Can Richard Thorn finish the job that Damien's father (Ambassador Thorn) started?

DOA: Dead or Alive [2006, USA, Germany, UK ] starting from $1.99

You're Invited.

Genres: Action, Adventure Actors: Jaime Pressly, Holly Valance, Sarah Carter, Devon Aoki, Natassia Malthe, Eric Roberts, Matthew Marsden, Brian J. White, Collin Chou, Kane Kosugi, Derek Boyer, Martin Crewes, Steve Howey, Song Lin, Fang Liu, Directors: Corey Yuen Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   A number of fighters are invited to DOA, an invitational martial arts contest. They travel to the tournament island by plane, until they have to jump out mid-flight with parachutes, and then have until sundown to reach the main island to be entered into the tournament. Fighters are then pooled against one another in a knock-out style tournament, with the loser of a battle sent home, and the winner progressing to the subsequent round. The plot revolves around four female fighters who begin as rivals, but subsequently find themselves teaming up against another force.

Easy Money [1983, USA ] starting from $1.99

I was happy being a big fat slob, but for $10 million...I'll give up everything!

Genres: Comedy Actors: Rodney Dangerfield, Joe Pesci, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Candice Azzara, Val Avery, Tom Noonan, Taylor Negron, Lili Haydn, Jeffrey Jones, Tom Ewell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jeff Altman, David Vasquez, Kimberly McArthur, Frank Simpson, Directors: James Signorelli Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Monty Capuletti could receive 10 million dollars as an inheritance from his late mother-in-law's estate. Her will states he must first curb his vices for a year, which include smoking, drinking and gambling to name a few.

Four Brothers [2005, USA ] starting from $1.99

Angel Mercer wants to know who killed his mother.

Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller Actors: Mark Wahlberg, Tyrese Gibson, André Benjamin, Garrett Hedlund, Terrence Howard, Josh Charles, Sofía Vergara, Fionnula Flanagan, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Taraji P. Henson, Barry Shabaka Henley, Jernard Burks, Kenneth Welsh, Tony Nappo, Shawn Singleton, Directors: John Singleton Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   In Detroit, when the beloved citizen Evelyn Mercer is murdered in a store heist, her four dangerous stepsons come to her funeral. Bobby Mercer, Angel Mercer and Jack Mercer join the regenerated ex-union leader Jeremiah Mercer, and they decide to investigate the murder. They disclose that her execution was intentional, and resolve to find the criminals by themselves.

Good Year, A [2006, USA ] starting from $1.99

Everything matures... eventually.

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance Actors: Freddie Highmore, Albert Finney, Russell Crowe, Rafe Spall, Archie Panjabi, Richard Coyle, Ben Righton, Patrick Kennedy, Ali Rhodes, Daniel Mays, Nila Aalia, Stephen Hudson, Giannina Facio, Tom Hollander, Lionel Briand, Directors: Ridley Scott Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   After years of no contact with his Uncle Henry, London banker and bond trader Max Skinner learns that Henry has died intestate, so Max inherits a château and vineyard in Provence. Max spent part of his childhood there, learning maxims and how to win and lose, and honing his killer instinct (at chess, which serves him well in finance). Max goes to France intent on selling the property. He spends a few days there, getting the property ready to show. Memories, a beautiful woman, and a young American who says she's Henry's illegitimate daughter interrupt his plans. Did Max the boy know things that Max the man has forgotten?

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes [1984, UK ] starting from $1.99

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Family, Romance Actors: Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm, James Fox, Christopher Lambert, Andie MacDowell, Cheryl Campbell, Ian Charleson, Nigel Davenport, Nicholas Farrell, Paul Geoffrey, Richard Griffiths, Hilton McRae, David Suchet, John Wells, Ravinder, Directors: Hugh Hudson Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   A shipping disaster in the 19th Century has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lady is pregnant, and gives birth to a son in their tree house. Soon after, a family of apes stumble across the house and in the ensuing panic, both parents are killed. A female ape takes the tiny boy as a replacement for her own dead infant, and raises him as her son. Twenty years later, Captaine Phillippe D'Arnot discovers the man who thinks he is an ape. Evidence in the tree house leads him to believe that he is the direct descendant of the Earl of Greystoke, and thus takes it upon himself to return the man to civilization.