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
Titanic
Drama, Romance
7.9
Joker
Crime, Thriller, Drama
8.2
The Beguiled
Drama
5.9
Ex Machina
Drama, Science Fiction
7.6
Dirty Dancing
Drama, Music, Romance
7.3
Bicycle Thieves
Drama
8.2
The Girl on the Train
Thriller, Mystery, Drama, Crime
6.4
Hanna
Action, Thriller, Adventure
6.6
Air Force One
Action, Thriller
6.5
The Hunt
Drama
8.1
Wonder
Drama, Family
8.1
The Jacket
Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
6.9
Her
Romance, Science Fiction, Drama
7.9
Black Panther
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
7.4
The Truman Show
Comedy, Drama
8.1
Inception
Action, Science Fiction, Adventure
8.4
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Animation, Family, Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy
7.7
Interstellar
Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction
8.4
The Thing
Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction
8.1
Foxes
Drama, Thriller
5.9
Bristol Boys
Action, Crime, Drama
5.5
Shanghai Panic
Drama
4.9
The Hunter
Action, Drama
0.0
Blow-Up
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
7.4
Rocky II
Drama
7.3
No Code of Conduct
Action, Drama, Thriller
5.7
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Adventure, Drama, Comedy
7.2
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Drama, Mystery, Horror
7.4
Nowhere
Comedy, Drama, Science Fiction
6.8
Little Fish
Drama, Crime
5.8
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Drama, Crime, Music
6.8
Tattoo
Thriller, Drama, Crime
6.1
The Good Girl
Drama, Comedy, Romance
6.2
The Football Factory
Drama
6.3
Far and Away
Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
6.8
Buffalo Soldiers
Drama, Comedy, War, Crime, Thriller
6.3
Brick
Drama, Mystery
6.8
Malcolm & Marie
Drama, Romance
7.0
Dog Days
Drama, Comedy, Romance
6.6