The Day of the Jackal
Watching The Day of the Jackal feels like watching a film; it’s taut, fast-paced, and flashy, featuring incredible dual performances…
The Mission
Dir. Amanda McBaine & Jesse Moss
In this documentary about John Allen Chau — the American Christian missionary reportedly killed when he tried to preach the…
Mississippi Burning
Dir. Alan Parker
FBI agents Rupert and Alan (Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe) visit Jim Crow-era Mississippi to investigate the disapperance of three…
Funny Girl
Dir. William Wyler
Ostensibly about Fanny Brice, there could never be any other Funny Girl than Barbra Streisand. Reprising her role on stage,…
Broadcast News
Dir. James L. Brooks
A marvelous combination of perfect casting and a sizzling script. William Hurt, Albert Brooks, and Holly Hunter are such natural…
The Defiant Ones
Dir. Allen Hughes
A four-part documentary series that tells the stories of Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre — one the son of a…
Coming Home
Dir. Zhang Yimou
When adapting a novel, sometimes the book is too long to fit into a whole feature, so filmmakers would create…
Runaway Train
Dir. Andrei Konchalovsky
A hardened convict and a younger prisoner escape from a brutal prison in the middle of winter only to find…
The Elephant Man
Dir. David Lynch
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his “owner” as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous…
A Passage to India
Dir. David Lean
Set during the period of growing influence of the Indian independence movement in the British Raj, the story begins with…
Chariots of Fire
Dir. Hugh Hudson
In the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris…
Coal Miner’s Daughter
Dir. Michael Apted
Biography of Loretta Lynn, a country and western singer that came from poverty to fame.
Terms of Endearment
Dir. James L. Brooks
Aurora, a finicky woman, is in search of true love while her daughter faces marital issues. Together, they help each…
On Golden Pond
Dir. Mark Rydell
For Norman and Ethel Thayer, this summer on golden pond is filled with conflict and resolution. When their daughter Chelsea…
Out of Africa
Dir. Sydney Pollack
Tells the life story of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved to Africa…
An Officer and a Gentleman
Dir. Taylor Hackford
In An Officer and a Gentleman, Richard Gere (Pretty Woman, Chicago) plays an aspiring aviation officer hoping to make it…
American Graffiti
Dir. George Lucas
American Graffiti captures a very specific time in America; in fact, it’s so specific it feels more like a time…
Hannah and Her Sisters
Dir. Woody Allen
What was deemed Woody Allen’s most commercially successful film, Hannah and Her Sisters seemed to mark a turning point in…
Fatal Attraction
Dir. Adrian Lyne
British director Adrian Lyne (9 1/2 Weeks) is famous for his uncompromising treatment of seedy eroticism and charged stories. Fatal…