After learning that a stranger has been accidentally killed near their rural homes, four Oregon boys decide to go see the body. On the way, Gordie Lachance (Wil Wheaton), Vern Tessio (Jerry O'Connell), Chris Chambers (River Phoenix) and Teddy Duchamp (Corey Feldman) encounter a mean junk man and a marsh full of leeches, as they also learn more about one another and their very different home lives. Just a lark at first, the boys' adventure evolves into a defining event in their lives.

Saskatchewan Film and Video Classification Board

Departamento de Justiça, Classificação, Títulos e Qualificação

Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle der Filmwirtschaft

Dirección General de Radio, Televisión y Cinematografía

Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales

Boy (Wil Wheaton) and buddies go on hike to find dead body in 1959.

Stand by Me

Teenage brothers Michael (Jason Patric) and Sam (Corey Haim) move with their mother (Dianne Wiest) to a small town in northern California. While the younger Sam meets a pair of kindred spirits in geeky comic-book nerds Edward (Corey Feldman) and Alan (Jamison Newlander), the angst-ridden Michael soon falls for Star (Jami Gertz) -- who turns out to be in thrall to David (Kiefer Sutherland), leader of a local gang of vampires. Sam and his new friends must save Michael and Star from the undead.

Instituto de Cinematografía y de las Artes Visuales

A woman (Dianne Wiest) and her sons (Jason Patric, Corey Haim) move to a town full of vampires.

The Lost Boys

Phil (Bill Murray), a weatherman, is out to cover the annual emergence of the groundhog from its hole. He gets caught in a blizzard that he didn't predict and finds himself trapped in a time warp. He is doomed to relive the same day over and over again until he gets it right.

February 2nd keeps repeating for a TV weatherman sent to watch the groundhog in Punxsutawney, Pa.

Groundhog Day

Crusading nobleman Robin of Loxley (Cary Elwes) escapes from prison in Jerusalem and returns home to find that the evil Prince John (Richard Lewis) has confiscated his family estate and is abusing the citizenry. Robin enlists his blind attendant, Blinkin (Mark Blankfield), his friend Will Scarlett O'Hara (Matthew Porretta) and Little John (Eric Allan Kramer) to help regain his home. Robin also hopes to woo the beautiful Maid Marian (Amy Yasbeck), but her chastity belt may prove a challenge.

Forest archer (Cary Elwes) and pals thwart Sheriff of Rottingham (Roger Rees).

Robin Hood: Men in Tights

Identity Crisis

Geordi begins to exhibit signs of mutating into another life form as a result of a parasite that was picked up during a team mission.

Geordi and a former shipmate battle a parasite that threatens to turn them into aliens.

Star Trek: The Next Generation

The Nth Degree

An alien probe threatens the Enterprise when it emits an energy surge that turns an innocuous crew member into a superhuman.

An alien probe endows timid Lt. Barclay with superhuman intelligence and an ego to match.

Qpid

The immortal Q returns to fan the flames of romance between Picard and an archaeologist he met while on vacation.

Q creates a Sherwood Forest fantasy to reunite Picard with Vash.

The Drumhead

A Klingon's confession to spying touches off a witch hunt for conspirators aboard the Enterprise, resulting in Picard being implicated.

A Starfleet admiral zealously searches for a traitor on the Enterprise.

Half a Life

Picard risks war when he grants asylum to a scientist bent on saving his planet's sun while trying to defy a fatal societal tradition.

Troi's mother falls for a scientist who must commit ritual suicide.

The Host

Dr. Crusher struggles with her feelings for an alien diplomat when she discovers that his true form is a parasite that exists in host bodies.

Dr. Crusher falls for a parasitic alien that exists in different host bodies.

Teen misfits Gary (Anthony Michael Hall) and Wyatt (Ilan Mitchell-Smith) design their ideal woman on a computer, and a freak electrical accident brings her to life in the form of the lovely, superhuman Lisa (Kelly LeBrock). She outfits Gary and Wyatt in cool clothes, surprises them with a Porsche and helps them stand up to jerks Ian (Robert Downey Jr.) and Max (Robert Rusler). But, all the while, the boys must hide Lisa's existence from Chet (Bill Paxton), Wyatt's nightmare of a big brother.

High-school nerds computer-generate a magic beauty (Kelly LeBrock) who shows them how to meet girls.

Weird Science

The Griswolds are off on a family outing to Las Vegas, where they each have their own misadventures. Hapless dad Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) immediately starts losing money at blackjack, while his wife, Ellen (Beverly D'Angelo), develops a crush on lounge performer Wayne Newton (Wayne Newton). Elsewhere, young Rusty (Ethan Embry) is enthusiastically playing dice, and his sister, Audrey (Marisol Nichols), winds up in seedy nightclubs. Can the family reunite and stay out of trouble?

Clark and Ellen Griswold's disastrous family outing includes a visit with boorish Cousin Eddie.

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