Places in the Heart (1984)
Drama
Edna Spalding finds herself alone and broke on a small farm in the midst of the Great Depression when her husband, the Sheriff, is killed in an accident. Moses, a wandering Black man,helps her plant cotton to try to keep her farm and family together. She also takes in a blind boarder, Mr. Will, who... [show more]
Sally Field
Lindsay Crouse
Ed Harris
Robert Benton
Peter Pan (1953)
Animation, Adventure, Family
An adaptation of J. M. Barrie's story about a boy who never grew up. The three children of the Darling family receive a visit from Peter Pan, who takes them to Never Land, where an ongoing war between Peter's gang of rag-tag runaways and the evil Pirate Captain Hook is taking place.
Bobby Driscoll
Kathryn Beaumont
Hans Conried
Clyde Geronimi
Wilfred Jackson
Hamilton Luske
Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)
Drama, Music
Glenn Holland is a musician and composer who takes a teaching job to pay the rent while, in his 'spare time', he can strive to achieve his true goal - compose one memorable piece of music to leave his mark on the world. As Holland discovers 'Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other... [show more]
Richard Dreyfuss
Glenne Headly
Jay Thomas
Stephen Herek
Hercules (1997)
Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Hercules, son of the Greek God, Zeus, is turned into a half-god, half-mortal by evil Hades, God of the Underworld, who plans to overthrow Zeus. Hercules is raised on Earth and retains his god-like strength, but when he discovers his immortal heritage Zeus tells him that to return to Mount Olympus he... [show more]
Tate Donovan
Susan Egan
James Woods
Ron Clements
John Musker
Lorenzo's Oil (1992)
Biography, Drama
Until about the age of seven, Lorenzo Odone was a normal child. After then, strange things began to happen to him: he would have blackouts, memory lapses, and other strange mental phemonenons. He is eventually diagnosed as suffering from ALD (adrenoleukodystrophy): an extremely rare incurable... [show more]
Nick Nolte
Susan Sarandon
Peter Ustinov
George Miller
Shrek 2 (2004)
Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Shrek (Mike Myers) has rescued Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz), got married, and now is time to meet the parents. Shrek, Fiona, and Donkey (Eddie Murphy) set off to Far, Far Away to meet Fiona's mother and father. But not everyone is happy. Shrek and King Harold (John Cleese) find it hard to get... [show more]
Mike Myers
Eddie Murphy
Cameron Diaz
Andrew Adamson
Kelly Asbury
Conrad Vernon
The Madness of King George (1994)
Biography, Comedy, Drama
Aging King George III of England (Sir Nigel Hawthorne) is exhibiting signs of madness, a problem little understood in 1788. As the monarch alternates between bouts of confusion and near-violent outbursts of temper, his hapless doctors attempt the ineffectual cures of the day. Meanwhile, Queen... [show more]
Nigel Hawthorne
Helen Mirren
Rupert Graves
Nicholas Hytner
Comedy, Crime
Charles Dreyfus (Herbert Lom) escapes from the mental asylum and tries to kill Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau (Peter Sellers). He doesn't succeed at first, so he takes on another strategy, namely to build a Doomsday machine and demand that someone else kills Jacques Clouseau, or Dreyfus will use... [show more]
Peter Sellers
Herbert Lom
Lesley-Anne Down
Blake Edwards
Anastasia (1997)
Animation, Adventure, Drama
The daughter of the last Russian Czar, Nicolas II (Rick Jones), Anastasia (Meg Ryan) is found by two Russian con men, Dimitri (John Cusack) and Vladimir (Kelsey Grammer), who seek the reward that her grandmother, the Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna (Dame Angela Lansbury), promised to the ones... [show more]
Meg Ryan
John Cusack
Christopher Lloyd
Don Bluth
Gary Goldman
Benny & Joon (1993)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
In Spokane, Washington, Juniper Pearl - Joon to those that know her - is an artist. She is also a mentally challenged young woman who requires around the clock care, as she could cause harm to herself or others. Her brother Benny Pearl, who owns and operates a garage and who is her only living... [show more]
Johnny Depp
Mary Stuart Masterson
Aidan Quinn
Jeremiah S. Chechik
The Princess and the Frog (2009)
Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A modern day retelling of the classic story The Frog Prince. The Princess and the Frog finds the lives of arrogant, carefree Prince Naveen and hardworking waitress Tiana crossing paths. Prince Naveen is transformed into a frog by a conniving voodoo magician and Tiana, following suit, upon kissing... [show more]
Anika Noni Rose
Keith David
Oprah Winfrey
Ron Clements
John Musker
Chicken Run (2000)
Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Having been hopelessly repressed and facing eventual certain death at the chicken farm where they are held, Rocky the rooster and Ginger the chicken decide to rebel against the evil Mr. and Ms. Tweedy, the farm's owners. Rocky and Ginger lead their fellow chickens in a great escape from the... [show more]
Mel Gibson
Julia Sawalha
Phil Daniels
Peter Lord
Nick Park
What About Bob? (1991)
Comedy
Dr. Leo Marvin, an egotistical psychotherapist in New York City, is looking forward to his upcoming appearance on a "Good Morning America" telecast, during which he plans to brag about "Baby Steps," his new book about emotional disorder theories in which he details his philosophy of treating... [show more]
Bill Murray
Richard Dreyfuss
Julie Hagerty
Frank Oz
Barefoot in the Park (1967)
Comedy, Romance
New Yorkers Paul Bratter and Corie Bratter née Banks have just gotten married. He is a stuffed shirt just starting his career as a lawyer. She is an independently minded free spirit who prides herself on doing the illogical purely out of a sense of adventure, such acts as walking through Washington... [show more]
Robert Redford
Jane Fonda
Charles Boyer
Gene Saks
Bolt (2008)
Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Bolt, an American white shepherd, has lived his whole life on the set of his action TV show, where he believes he has superpowers. When separated from the studio by accident, he meets a female alley cat named Mittens and a hamster named Rhino. He's trying to find the way home, to the studio. Along... [show more]
John Travolta
Miley Cyrus
Susie Essman
Byron Howard
Chris Williams
Adventure, Comedy, Family
When Willy Wonka decides to let five children into his chocolate factory, he decides to release five golden tickets in five separate chocolate bars, causing complete mayhem. The tickets start to be found, with the fifth going to a very special boy, called Charlie Bucket. With his Grandpa, Charlie... [show more]
Johnny Depp
Freddie Highmore
David Kelly
Tim Burton
Emma (1996)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Emma Woodhouse is a congenial young lady who delights in meddling in other people's affairs. She is perpetually trying to unite men and women who are utterly wrong for each other. Despite her interest in romance, Emma is clueless about her own feelings, and her relationship with gentle Mr. Knightly.
Gwyneth Paltrow
James Cosmo
Greta Scacchi
Douglas McGrath
Splash (1984)
Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Allen Bauer is rescued from drowning as a young boy off Cape Cod by a young mermaid. Years later, he returns to the same location, and once again manages to fall into the sea, and is rescued once more by the mermaid (Allen isn't sure what he has seen and what he has imagined). Using maps from a... [show more]
Tom Hanks
Daryl Hannah
Eugene Levy
Ron Howard
Lassie (1994)
Family, Adventure
Determined to start a new life in the country, the Turner Family - Dad, stepmom, little Jennifer and teenager Matt - leaves the city for the wilds of Virginia. The move creates problems for everyone, especially Matt, who feels lost and alone in his new surroundings. Fortunately, the Turners are... [show more]
Helen Slater
Tom Guiry
Jon Tenney
Daniel Petrie
The Sixth Sense (1999)
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Malcom Crowe (Bruce Willis) is a child psychologist who receives an award on the same night that he is visited by a very unhappy ex-patient. After this encounter, Crowe takes on the task of curing a young boy with the same ills as the ex-patient (Donnie Wahlberg) . This boy "sees dead people". Crowe... [show more]
Bruce Willis
Haley Joel Osment
Toni Collette
M. Night Shyamalan
Avatar (2009)
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
When his brother is killed in a robbery, paraplegic Marine Jake Sully decides to take his place in a mission on the distant world of Pandora. There he learns of greedy corporate figurehead Parker Selfridge's intentions of driving off the native humanoid "Na'vi" in order to mine for the precious... [show more]
Sam Worthington
Zoe Saldana
Sigourney Weaver
James Cameron
Cabaret (1972)
Drama, Music, Musical
Cambridge University student Brian Roberts arrives in Berlin in 1931 to complete his German studies. Without much money, he plans on making a living teaching English while living in an inexpensive rooming house, where he befriends another of the tenants, American Sally Bowles. She is outwardly a... [show more]
Liza Minnelli
Michael York
Helmut Griem
Bob Fosse
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Comedy, Drama
Hannah, Holly, and Lee are adult sisters from a show business family, their boozy actress mother who still believes she's an ingénue that can attract any man she wants, despite still being married to the girls' father, Evan. Hannah, on her second marriage to a man named Elliot, a financial advisor,... [show more]
Mia Farrow
Dianne Wiest
Michael Caine
Woody Allen
The African Queen (1951)
Adventure, Drama, Romance
September 1914, news reaches the colony German Eastern Africa that Germany is at war, so Reverend Samuel Sayer became a hostile foreigner. German imperial troops burn down his mission; he is beaten and dies of fever. His well-educated, snobbish sister Rose Sayer buries him and leaves by the only... [show more]
Humphrey Bogart
Katharine Hepburn
Robert Morley
John Huston
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
Drama
Evelyn Couch is having trouble in her marriage, and no one seems to take her seriously. While in a nursing home visiting relatives, she meets Ninny Threadgoode, an outgoing old woman, who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode, a young woman in 1920's Alabama. Through Idgie's inspiring life,... [show more]
Kathy Bates
Jessica Tandy
Mary Stuart Masterson
Jon Avnet
In America (2002)
Drama
Following the tragic death of their five-year-old son Frankie, Irish couple Johnny and Sarah Sullivan and their remaining two offspring, 10 year old Christy Sullivan and 5 year old Ariel Sullivan, emigrate illegally to the United States via Canada with little in their pockets. Their final... [show more]
Paddy Considine
Samantha Morton
Djimon Hounsou
Jim Sheridan
The Blind Side (2009)
Biography, Drama, Sport
Based on the true story of Leigh Anne Tuohy and Sean Tuohy who take in a homeless teenage African-American, Michael Oher. Michael has no idea who his father is and his mother is a drug addict. Michael has had little formal education and few skills to help him learn. Leigh Anne soon takes charge... [show more]
Quinton Aaron
Sandra Bullock
Tim McGraw
John Lee Hancock
Shine (1996)
Biography, Drama, Music
As a child piano prodigy, David Helfgott's musical ambitions generate friction with his overbearing father, Peter. When Helfgott travels to London on a musical scholarship, his career as a pianist blossoms. However, the pressures of his newfound fame, coupled with the echoes of his tumultuous... [show more]
Geoffrey Rush
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Justin Braine
Scott Hicks
Victor Victoria (1982)
Comedy, Music, Romance
In 1934 Paris, trained coloratura soprano Victoria Grant (Dame Julie Andrews), a native Brit, can't get a job as a singer and is having trouble making ends meet. She doesn't even have enough money for the basics of food and shelter. Gay cabaret singer Carole "Toddy" Todd (Robert Preston) may befall... [show more]
Julie Andrews
James Garner
Robert Preston
Blake Edwards
Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
Action, Biography, Crime
The true story of three inmates who attempt a daring escape from the infamous prison, Alcatraz Island. Although no one had managed to escape before, bank robber Frank Morris (Clint Eastwood) masterminded this elaborately detailed, and, as far as anyone knows, ultimately successful, escape. In... [show more]
Clint Eastwood
Patrick McGoohan
Roberts Blossom
Don Siegel
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Action, Adventure, Comedy
The story begins during a massive traffic jam caused by reckless driver Smiler Grogan, who, before kicking the bucket, cryptically tells the assembled drivers that he's buried a fortune in stolen loot under the Big W. All of the motorists set out to find the fortune.
Spencer Tracy
Milton Berle
Ethel Merman
Stanley Kramer
Beetlejuice (1988)
Comedy, Fantasy
Adam and Barbara are a normal couple...who happen to be dead. They have given their precious time to decorate their house and make it their own, but unfortunately a family is moving in, and not quietly. Adam and Barbara try to scare them out, but end up becoming the main attraction to the money... [show more]
Alec Baldwin
Geena Davis
Michael Keaton
Tim Burton
The Great Debaters (2007)
Biography, Drama, Romance
Marshall, Texas, described by James Farmer, Jr. as "the last city to surrender after the Civil War," is home to Wiley College, where, in 1935-36, inspired by the Harlem Renaissance and his clandestine work as a union organizer, Professor Melvin Tolson coaches the debate team to a nearly-undefeated... [show more]
Denzel Washington
Forest Whitaker
Kimberly Elise
Denzel Washington
Juno (2007)
Comedy, Drama
A tale told over four seasons, starting in autumn when Juno, a 16-year-old high-school junior in Minnesota, discovers she's pregnant after one event in a chair with her best friend, Bleeker. In the waiting room of an abortion clinic, the quirky and whip-sharp Juno decides to give birth and to place... [show more]
Elliot Page
Michael Cera
Jennifer Garner
Jason Reitman
The Cowboys (1972)
Adventure, Drama, Western
When his cattle drivers abandon him for the gold fields, rancher Wil Andersen is forced to take on a collection of young boys as his drivers in order to get his herd to market in time to avoid financial disaster. The boys learn to do a man's job under Andersen's tutelage; however, neither Andersen... [show more]
John Wayne
Roscoe Lee Browne
Bruce Dern
Mark Rydell
The China Syndrome (1979)
Drama, Thriller
While doing a series of reports on alternative energy sources, a reporter, Kimberly Wells, witnesses an accident at a nuclear power plant. Wells is determined to report the incident but soon finds herself entangled in a sinister conspiracy to keep the full impact of the incident a secret.
Jane Fonda
Jack Lemmon
Michael Douglas
James Bridges
Stand and Deliver (1988)
Biography, Drama
Jaime Escalante is a mathematics teacher in a school in a Hispanic neighbourhood. Convinced that his students have potential, he adopts unconventional teaching methods help gang members and no-hopers pass the rigorous Advanced Placement exam in calculus.
Edward James Olmos
Estelle Harris
Mark Phelan
Ramón Menéndez
Steel Magnolias (1989)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Pivoting around the lively Truvy Jones' Louisiana beauty parlour, a tightly-knit band of friends, confront griefs, loss, life's unforeseen tragedies and heartaches with what they do best: gossiping and sharing. The spirited diabetic and bride-to-be, Shelby; her always supportive mother, M'Lynn;... [show more]
Shirley MacLaine
Olympia Dukakis
Sally Field
Herbert Ross
Norma Rae (1979)
Drama
Like a lot of her family before her, Norma Rae works at the local textile mill, where the pay is hardly commensurate with the long hours and lousy working conditions. But after hearing a rousing speech by labor activist Reuben, Norma is inspired to rally her fellow workers behind the cause of... [show more]
Sally Field
Beau Bridges
Ron Leibman
Martin Ritt
School of Rock (2003)
Comedy, Music
After being kicked out of his rock band, guitarist slacker Dewey Finn faces a mountain of debts and depression. He shares an apartment with his best friend, Ned Schneebly, an old band member who is now a substitute teacher. Dewey accepts a job as a substitute teacher at a snobbish private elementary... [show more]
Jack Black
Mike White
Joan Cusack
Richard Linklater
Clue (1985)
Comedy, Crime, Mystery
This is a movie about seven guests, a butler, and a maid, who are all involved in a series of murders. The guests all meet at Hill House, where you learn that Professor Plum (Christopher Lloyd) works in Washington, D.C., where everyone else lives. Colonel Mustard (Martin Mull) is a client of Miss... [show more]
Eileen Brennan
Tim Curry
Madeline Kahn
Jonathan Lynn
Top Secret! (1984)
Comedy, Crime, Music
This time Zucker and Abrahams are spoofing, most notably, Elvis films and WWII spy movies. Val Kilmer stars as Nick Rivers, a handsome American 50s-style rock and roll singer. While performing in East Germany, he falls in love with a beautiful heroine and becomes involved with the French Resistance.
Val Kilmer
Omar Sharif
Jeremy Kemp
Jim Abrahams
David Zucker
Jerry Zucker
The Prince of Egypt (1998)
Animation, Adventure, Drama
This is the extraordinary tale of two brothers named Rameses II (Ralph Fiennes) and Moses (Val Kilmer), one born of royal blood, and one an orphan with a secret past. Growing up the best of friends, they share a strong bond of free-spirited youth and good-natured rivalry. But the truth will... [show more]
Val Kilmer
Ralph Fiennes
Michelle Pfeiffer
Brenda Chapman
Steve Hickner
Simon Wells
Moonstruck (1987)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
No sooner does Italian-American widow Loretta accept a marriage proposal from her doltish boyfriend, Johnny, then she finds herself falling for his younger brother, Ronny. She tries to resist, but Ronny lost his hand in an accident he blames on his brother, and has no scruples about aggressively... [show more]
Cher
Nicolas Cage
Olympia Dukakis
Norman Jewison
The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Kermit the Frog and Fozzie Bear are newspaper reporters sent to London to interview Lady Holiday (Dame Diana Rigg), a wealthy fashion designer whose priceless diamond necklace was stolen. Kermit meets and falls in love with her secretary, Miss Piggy. The jewel thieves strike again, and this time,... [show more]
Jim Henson
Frank Oz
Dave Goelz
Jim Henson
Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Charlie Brown, Linus, Peppermint Patty, and Marcie travel to France as foreign exchange students. Also along is Snoopy and Woodstock. While everyone is excited about the opportunity to travel to a foreign country, Charlie is disturbed by a letter he receives from a mysterious girl from France who... [show more]
Scott Beach
Bill Melendez
Daniel Anderson
Bill Melendez
Phil Roman
Shattered Glass (2003)
Drama, History
This film tells the true story of fraudulent Washington, D.C. journalist Stephen Glass (Christensen), who rose to meteoric heights as a young writer in his 20s, becoming a staff writer at "The New Republic" for three years (1995-1998), where 27 of his 41 published stories were either partially or... [show more]
Hayden Christensen
Chloë Sevigny
Steve Zahn
Billy Ray
Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Flint Lockwood thinks he's a genius. But none of the things he invented are things that make sense or are useful. However, he has the support of his mother but when she dies, he's left alone with his father who thinks he should give it up. When the community that he lives in is in an economic crisis... [show more]
Anna Faris
Bill Hader
Bruce Campbell
Phil Lord
Christopher Miller
Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Three pets (Chance, a young dog unfamiliar with the world; Shadow, an aging, wise dog; and Sassy, a snobby cat) are left behind when their family goes on vacation. Unsure of what happened, the animals set out on a quest to find their family. This journey across America is very dangerous and the... [show more]
Michael J. Fox
Sally Field
Don Alder
Duwayne Dunham
Fletch (1985)
Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher, Los Angeles journalist, really lives for his profession. As Jane Doe, he publishes articles that have caused several heads to roll in the past. Now, Fletch is at it again: In disguise as a bum, he lives at the beach, researching drugs and their dealing. One day, Fletch is... [show more]
Chevy Chase
Joe Don Baker
Dana Wheeler-Nicholson
Michael Ritchie