SHOCK by SHOCK...It Jabs Like a Hopped-Up Needle!
The painfully true story of welterweight boxing champion Barney Ross is detailed in Monkey on My Back. Cameron Mitchell stars as Ross, whose meteoric ring career is interrupted when he joins the Marines at the outset of WWII. A highly decorated hero, Ross contracts malaria oversees and is given morphine to assuage the pain. By the time he returns to the states, Ross is a confirmed drug addict. Before he can rise to the top again, he must hit rock bottom and his descent into the hell of narcotics dependency is graphically illustrated (so much so that the film was almost denied a Production Code seal). Though a cured Barney Ross served as technical advisor for Monkey on My Back, he ended up suing the producers for defamation of character -- and lost.
The Big Trail
Drama, Western
6.7
A Serbian Film
Crime, Horror, Thriller
5.5
The Saragossa Manuscript
Drama, History, Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery
7.9
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Horror
7.3
Parasite
Comedy, Thriller, Drama
8.5
The Return of the Living Dead
Horror, Comedy, Science Fiction
7.2
Rear Window
Thriller, Mystery
8.3
Hot Fuzz
Crime, Action, Comedy
7.6
La La Land
Comedy, Drama, Romance, Music
7.9
A Clockwork Orange
Science Fiction, Crime
8.2
Deadpool
Action, Adventure, Comedy
7.6
Grease
Romance, Comedy
7.4
Star Wars
Adventure, Action, Science Fiction
8.2
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Science Fiction, Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy, Action
6.9
Cheaper by the Dozen
Comedy, Family, Drama
6.3
A Cinderella Story
Comedy, Family, Romance
6.6
Dick Tracy
Adventure, Comedy, Crime
6.2
Gramps Is in the Resistance
Comedy, War
6.9
Run Lola Run
Action, Drama, Thriller
7.3
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family
7.8
Tart
Drama, Crime
4.3
Kopf oder Zahl
Drama
3.3
Whatever You Say
Crime, Drama, Thriller, Comedy
5.7
Stupéfiants
Drama
7.0
Baja
Thriller, Drama, Crime
5.3
Speed Dragon
Drama
10.0
Loners
Comedy, Drama
7.4
El invierno en Lisboa
Thriller, Drama
2.0
Protozoa
Drama
5.5
Foxes
Drama, Thriller
5.9
Cracked Up
Drama
0.0
Bristol Boys
Action, Crime, Drama
5.5
Savage Honeymoon
Drama
5.0
Luna
Drama
6.3
Two and One
Drama, Romance
6.3
Living Proof
Drama, TV Movie
6.5
Berlin Calling
Comedy, Drama, Music
6.9
Truth or Consequences, N.M.
Action, Crime, Drama
6.1
Mike's Murder
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
5.4
Help
Drama
0.0