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1	Blade Runner (1982) more movies like this directed by Ridley Scott featuring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, M. Emmet Walsh, Daryl Hannah A blend of science fiction and noir detective fiction, Blade Runner (1982) was a box office and critical bust upon its initial exhibition, but its unique postmodern production design became hugely influential within the sci-fi genre, and the film gained a significant cult following that increased its stature. Harrison Ford stars as Rick Deckard, a ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £6.39!
2	Stand and Deliver (1988) more movies like this directed by Ramon Menendez featuring Edward James Olmos, Lou Diamond Phillips, Rosanna de Soto, Andy Garcia, Will Gotay Edward James Olmos portrays the real-life Jaime Escalante, a no-nonsense mathematic teacher in a tough East LA high school. Handed a classroom full of "losers" and "unteachables," Escalante is determined to turn his young charges' lives around. Drawing from his own cultural heritage, Escalante forms a bond with his largely Hispanic student body, ... see all copies from £4.07! new only from £4.07!
3	American Me (1992) more movies like this directed by Edward James Olmos featuring Edward James Olmos, William Forsythe, Pepe Serna, Danny De La Paz, Evelina Fernandez Edward J. Olmos made his directorial bow with the powerhouse crime saga American Me. Olmos stars as street-gang leader Santana, who during his 18 years in Folsom Prison rules over all the drug-and-murder activities behind bars. Upon his release, Santana goes back to his old neighborhood, intending to lead a peaceful, crime-free life. But his old ... see all copies from £2.73! new only from £4.08!
4	Selena (1997) more movies like this directed by Gregory Nava featuring Jennifer Lopez, Edward James Olmos, Rebecca Lee Meza, Jon Seda, Constance Marie, Jacob Vargas Selena Quintanilla was a major figure in Tejano music, a Grammy-winning recording artist, a beloved star in the American Southwest and Mexico, and seemed poised to cross over into mainstream popularity on the U.S. pop charts when she was murdered on March 31, 1995 by the president of her fan club. Written and directed by Gregory Nava, this biopic ... see all copies from £2.73! new only from £4.58!
5	The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit (1998) more movies like this directed by Stuart Gordon featuring Joe Mantegna, Esai Morales, Edward James Olmos, Clifton Gonzalez Gonzalez, Gregory Sierra Fantasist Ray Bradbury wrote the screenplay for this adaptation of his 1957 Saturday Evening Post short story, "The Magic White Suit," previously adapted as a TV drama, a stage musical, and a play. Middle-aged Gomez (Joe Mantegna) hopes to own the beautiful white suit he spots in a store window. Since he can't afford it, he locates four same-size ... see all copies from £3.18! new only from £10.75!
6	Youngest Godfather (1999) more movies like this directed by Michel Poulette featuring Martin Landau, Costas Mandylor, Edward James Olmos, Robert Loggia, Bruce Ramsay, Tony Nardi This made-for-TV drama is based on the autobiography of one of the most notorious figures in American organized crime, Joseph Bonanno. Bonanno (played by Bruce Ramsay) left Sicily as a young man, eager to escape the tyranny of Benito Mussolini, but when he arrived in America, fate led him to a career on the wrong side of the law with the ... see all copies from £3.42! new only from £4.78!
7	In the Time of the Butterflies (2000) more movies like this directed by Mariano Barroso featuring Salma Hayek, Marc Anthony, Edward James Olmos Based on the book by Julia Alvarez, this fact-based drama tells the story of a woman who, along with her family, found the courage to defy a corrupt dictator -- and paid a fearful price for their actions. Minerva Mirabal (Salma Hayek) and her sisters Patria (Lumi Cavazos), Mate (Mia Maestro), and Dede (Pilar Padilla) are the daughters of Enrique ... see all copies from £3.38! new only from £4.54!
8	My Family (1995) more movies like this directed by Gregory Nava featuring Eduardo Lopez Rojas, Edward James Olmos, Elpidia Carrillo, Esai Morales, Jacob Vargas, Jenny Gago, Jimmy Smits Featuring Jennifer Lopez in her first major big-screen role, Gregory Nava's My Family traces three generations of the Sanchez's, a Mexican-American family living in East Los Angeles. Beginning in the 1930s, the film outlines the struggles faced by Jose (Jacob Vargas) and Maria (Lopez) as a recently immigrated married couple raising a family. As ... see all copies from £3.38! new only from £10.30!
9	The Road to El Dorado (2000) more movies like this directed by Bibo Bergeron, Don Paul featuring Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Rosie Perez, Armand Assante, Edward James Olmos Dreamworks SKG's second feature-length animated film blends comedy and drama in an unusual historical adventure. Two genial swindlers working as stable hands stow away with Cortez, the legendary Spanish conquistador, as he searches for El Dorado, the lost City of Gold. Luck smiles on the two con men, and they happen to find a settlement in Mexico ... see all copies from £2.01! new only from £2.73!
10	Battlestar Galactica: Season 01 (2004) more movies like this see all copies from £30.03! new only from £30.03!
11 view cover	The Judge (2001) more movies like this directed by Mick Garris featuring Edward James Olmos, Chris Noth Based on the 1996 novel by Steve Martini, this two-part TV miniseries stars Edward James Olmos as by-the-book Judge Armando Acosta, who regards both criminals and cops with equal disdain. During Acosta's investigation of police corruption, the Judge is framed for soliciting a prostitute -- who is subsequently murdered. Thus it is that Acosta finds ... see all copies from £3.79! new only from £3.79!
12 view cover	Battlestar Galactica (2003) more movies like this directed by Michael Rymer featuring James Callis, Jamie Bamber, Katee Sackhoff, Mary McDonnell, Edward James Olmos One of the most popular television series of the late '70s science fiction boom gets a new look for the new millennium in remake, created as a made-for-cable miniseries. Four decades after the Cylon Wars, the Cylon robots (some of whom have since assumed human form) have launched a vicious nuclear attack, leaving only a few Colonial forces to lead ... see all copies from £10.90! new only from £10.90!
13 view cover	Death in Granada (1997) more movies like this directed by Marcos Zúriñaga featuring Andy Garcia, Esai Morales, Edward James Olmos, Jeroen Krabbé, Marcela Walerstein Drawing its basic story from author Ian Gibson's investigation into the real-life murder of Andalusian poet Federico Garcia Lorca at the dawn of the Spanish Civil War, this English-language thriller begins in 1935 as exiled Spanish journalist Ricardo and his family resettle in Puerto Rico. For most of his life Ricardo has been obsessed with the ... see all copies from £2.73!
14 view cover	Miami Vice: Season 03 (1986) more movies like this Season Three of the too-hip-for-the-room crime series Miami Vice opens with a bang as the beloved Ferrari of Dade County undercover vice cop Sonny Crockett (Don Johnson) is accidentally blown up. This, however, proves easier to take than the jolt delivered to Crockett's partner Ricardo Tubbs (Philip Michael Thomas) in a later episode, in which ... see all copies from £30.03! new only from £30.03!
15 view cover	Miami Vice: Season 04 (1987) more movies like this Season Four of Miami Vice marks the first of several appearances by singer Sheena Easton in the role of recording star Caitlin Davies, with whom Dade County undercover vice cop Sonny Crockett (Don Johnson) falls in love in the episode "Like a Hurricane"--and to whom he is abruptly wed in the very next episode "Rising Sun of Death." This star ... see all copies from £30.03! new only from £30.03!
16 view cover	Zoot Suit (1981) more movies like this directed by Luis Valdez featuring Daniel Valdez, Edward James Olmos, Charles Aidman, Tyne Daly, John Anderson Based on a 1940s Los Angeles murder trial, this film follows the case of members of a Mexican-American gang, led by Henry Reyna (Daniel Valdez), as they are tried and sentenced to San Quentin for a murder they may not have committed. Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide see all copies from £3.38! new only from £3.38!
17 view cover	Wolfen (1981) more movies like this directed by Michael Wadleigh featuring Albert Finney, Diane Venora, Edward James Olmos, Gregory Hines, Tom Noonan Wolfen, a frightening horror movie based upon a novel by Whitley Strieber, is an absorbing update on the werewolf legend. Detective Dewey Wilson (Albert Finney) is assigned to investigate the strange murder of a millionaire and his wife in a downtown park. Wilson and his friend, city coroner Whittington (Gregory Hines), aided by criminal ... see all copies from £3.21! new only from £4.65!
18 view cover	Talent for the Game (1991) more movies like this directed by Robert M. Young featuring Edward James Olmos, Lorraine Bracco, Jamey Sheridan, Terry Kinney, Jeff Corbett Sammy Bodean is the newest, most promising recruit according to the advertisement of the California Angels--and has to prove it come game time. Following the team's sale to young business whiz Gil Lawrence (Terry Kinney), ex-player Virgil Sweet (Edward James Olmos) has to prove himself as the team's talent scout to keep his job. Via a car break ... see all copies from £2.73! new only from £3.93!
19 view cover	Splinter (2006) more movies like this directed by Michael D. Olmos featuring Enrique Almeida, Tom Sizemore, Edward James Olmos, Resmine Atis, Noel Gugliemi Edward James Olmos turns in a supporting performance in this thriller, the feature debut from his son Michael D. Olmos. Enrique Almeida stars as Dreamer, a young man whose memory was severely inhibited in a gang attack that left his older brother dead. Bent on revenge, Dreamer sets out in search of the killers, but soon finds himself in the middle ... see all copies from £7.78! new only from £7.78!
20 view cover	Triumph of the Spirit (1989) more movies like this directed by Robert M. Young featuring Willem Dafoe, Edward James Olmos, Robert Loggia, Wendy Gazelle, Kelly Wolf Triumph of the Spirit is the true story of Salamo Arouch, a Greek-Jewish boxer imprisoned in Auschwitz during World War II. Arrested while attempting to help his family and friends escape the Nazi juggernaut, Arouch (Dafoe) is slated for extermination. He manages to survive--and to serve as an inspiration for his fellow inmates--by literally ... see all copies from £3.76! new only from £7.00!
21 view cover	Hollywood Confidential (1997) more movies like this directed by Reynaldo Villalobos featuring Edward James Olmos In this drama, a band of law-enforcement agents specialize in suppressing potential scandals involving important Tinseltown celebrities. Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide see all copies from £2.73! new only from £3.31!
22 view cover	The Wall (1998) more movies like this directed by Joseph Sargent featuring Edward James Olmos, Ruby Dee, Savion Glover At the shiny black length of the Vietnam wall, visitors come to pay respects and often leave behind mementos. This drama looks at the moving stories behinds three such tiny tributes. Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide see all copies from £2.73! new only from £3.95!
23 view cover	Miami Vice: Season 01 (1984) more movies like this Season one of Miami Vice finds New York-bred vice cop Ricardo Tubbs (Philip Michael Thomas) newly arrived at the Miami-Dade PD, in pursuit of the drug kingpin who murdered his brother. Reluctantly teamed with maverick undercover detective Sonny Crockett (Don Johnson), Tubbs is not a little surprised at how well and effectively they work together. ... see all copies from £16.65! new only from £26.09!
24 view cover	Miami Vice: Season 05 (1988) more movies like this The fifth and final season of the ultrahip crime series Miami Vice opens with a 2-parter resolving the incredible cliffhanger from Season Four. A blow on the head had caused Dade County vice cop Sonny Crockett (Don Johnson) to assume the identity of his undercover alter ego Sonny Burnett, and while in this "role" he foments a deadly turf war ... see all copies from £26.00! new only from £26.00!
25 view cover	Caught (1996) more movies like this directed by Robert M. Young featuring Edward James Olmos, Maria Conchita Alonso, Arie Verveen, Bitty Schram, Steven Schub Love, lust, loyalty, and betrayal are the themes of this tense adult drama. Joe (Edward James Olmos) and Betty (Maria Conchita Alonso) are a married couple living in Jersey City; Joe runs a fish market, and Betty wishes that Joe showed as much interest in her as he does in his business, since she feels the spark has died in their relationship. ... see all copies from £4.77!

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