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
History, 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
Blow-Up
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
7.3
Rocky II
Drama
7.3
Coyote
Drama, Horror
6.8
54
Drama, Music
5.9
Forever Now
Drama, Romance
6.2
Brokedown Palace
Drama, Thriller, Mystery
6.4
Where the Day Takes You
Drama, Thriller, Crime
6.2
Stoned
Drama
5.2
Good Time Max
Drama
5.3
The Informers
Drama, Crime, Thriller
4.8
What We Do Is Secret
Drama, Music
5.1
Bright Lights, Big City
Drama, Romance
5.7
The Last Days of Disco
Comedy, Drama, Romance
6.2
Gardens of the Night
Crime, Drama
6.2
Sex, Party and Lies
Comedy, Drama
4.6
Body and Soul
Drama
6.7
The Square
Crime, Drama, Thriller
6.2
Beautiful Creatures
Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
5.6
Abandon
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
4.9
Tokyo Decadence
Drama
5.9