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- DirectorDavid LynchStarsAnthony HopkinsJohn HurtAnne BancroftA Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of kindness, intelligence and sophistication.Sad and moving.
- DirectorPeter WeirStarsHarrison FordHelen MirrenRiver PhoenixAn inventor spurns his city life and moves his family into the jungles of Central America to make a utopia.Contrasts the humanist worldview (at its best) with the Christian worldview (at its worst).
- DirectorRoland JofféStarsRobert De NiroJeremy IronsRay McAnallyEighteenth-century Spanish Jesuits try to protect a remote South American tribe in danger of falling under the rule of pro-slavery Portugal.Powerful, redemptive.
- DirectorPeter BogdanovichStarsBarbra StreisandRyan O'NealMadeline KahnThe accidental mix-up of four identical plaid overnight bags leads to a series of increasingly wild and wacky situations.Light, slap-stick. Good for the family.
- DirectorMichael HoffmanStarsKevin KlineEmile HirschJoel GretschAn idealistic prep school teacher attempts to redeem an incorrigible student.About personal character.
- DirectorGeorge MillerStarsNick NolteSusan SarandonPeter UstinovLorenzo Odone, a Virginia 5-year-old, develops a degenerative nerve disease so rare that nobody is working on a cure, so his parents decide to immerse themselves in research and tackle the problem themselves.True story about parents who are determined to find a cure for their son's rare illness. You will need Kleenex.
- DirectorBruce Joel RubinStarsMichael KeatonNicole KidmanBradley WhitfordA terminally ill man prepares for his death.A dying man make a video of his life for his unborn son. Two boxes of Kleenex.
- DirectorMel GibsonStarsMel GibsonSophie MarceauPatrick McGoohanScottish warrior William Wallace leads his countrymen in a rebellion to free his homeland from the tyranny of King Edward I of England.
- DirectorNorman StoneStarsJoss AcklandClaire BloomDavid WallerNoted author and scholar finds love, then must endure its loss...This is my favorite version (BBC).
- DirectorBruce BeresfordStarsRobert DuvallTess HarperBetty BuckleyA broken-down, middle-aged country singer gets a new wife, reaches out to his long-lost daughter, and tries to put his troubled life back together.Great redemptive story.
- DirectorPeter MastersonStarsGeraldine PageJohn HeardCarlin GlynnIn 1940s Texas, an elderly woman is determined to visit her childhood home one last time.Slow-paced. Great character development.
- DirectorGary SiniseStarsJohn MalkovichGary SiniseRay WalstonA nomadic farm worker looks after his dimwitted, gentle-giant friend during the Great Depression.Classic. Horton Foote screenplay.
- DirectorRobert BentonStarsSally FieldLindsay CrouseEd HarrisIn north Texas in the 1930s, a widow with two small children tries to save her small 40-acre farm with the help of a blind boarder and an itinerant black handyman.Another Horton Foote screenplay, Old South.
- DirectorPeter YatesStarsKate NelliganJohn MalkovichLinda HuntA mother's love for her children leads to a son's revenge for her death in this dramatic thriller that begins during the Greek civil war.Greek civil war.
- DirectorBille AugustStarsLiam NeesonGeoffrey RushUma ThurmanValjean, a former criminal, has atoned for his past and now finds himself in the midst of the French Revolution, avoiding a law-obsessed policeman hell-bent on capturing him.This version is also good: http://www.imdb.1eye.us/title/tt0119683/
- DirectorDavid GreeneStarsRichard ChamberlainTrevor HowardLouis JourdanA young officer, falsely imprisoned by his jealous "friends," escapes and uses a hidden treasure to exact his revenge.A story of revenge and justice. Classic.
- DirectorRobert DuvallStarsRobert DuvallTodd AllenPaul BaggetAfter his happy life spins out of control, a preacher from Texas changes his name, goes to Louisiana and starts preaching on the radio.No what I expected. Stick with it. A great redemptive story.
- DirectorCy EndfieldStarsStanley BakerJack HawkinsUlla JacobssonOutnumbered British soldiers do battle with Zulu warriors at Rorke's Drift.Some native nudity during the first 15 minutes (Zulu wedding), but the Zulu singing during the wedding is great. After the wedding scene there is no nudity or language/ Great battle scenes and dialog.
- DirectorFrank OzStarsSteve MartinMichael CaineGlenne HeadlyTwo con men try to settle their rivalry by betting on who can swindle a young American heiress out of fifty thousand dollars first.LOL, and I don't LOL very often.
- DirectorJonathan LynnStarsJoe PesciMarisa TomeiRalph MacchioTwo New Yorkers accused of murder in rural Alabama while on their way back to college call in the help of one of their cousins, a loudmouth lawyer with no trial experience.Very funny.
- DirectorLeonard NimoyStarsPatricia ArquetteJoseph Gordon-LevittArmin Mueller-StahlA young Hutterite boy must marry his late brother's wife who comes from outside the community.Obscure movie. Great story about love and duty.
- DirectorAnthony HarveyStarsPeter O'TooleKatharine HepburnAnthony Hopkins1183 A.D.: King Henry II's three sons all want to inherit the throne, but he won't commit to a choice. When he allows his imprisoned wife Eleanor of Aquitaine out for a Christmas visit, they all variously plot to force him into a decision.Classic. Henry II.
- StarsHenry ThomasPatrick StewartHugh Keays-ByrneThe sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his Captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.Classic.
- DirectorJerry LondonStarsGregory PeckChristopher PlummerJohn GielgudVatican efforts, led by Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty, to save Allied P.O.W.s and downed Allied airmen as the Nazis invade Rome.The Vatican was hiding refugees from the Nazis in the Vatican. and the surrounding area. Gregory Peck and Christopher Plumber.
- DirectorFranco ZeffirelliStarsElizabeth TaylorRichard BurtonCyril CusackBrutish, fortune-hunting scoundrel Petruchio tames his wealthy, shrewish wife, Katharina.Classic Shakespeare. All the better because Katherine is played by Elizabeth Taylor.