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Director: Joe Roth    More Info
Starring: Patrick Dempsey, Arye Gross, Daniel Stern, Annabeth Gish, Rita Taggart, Joseph Bologna, Alan Arkin, James Gammon

 Three estranged brothers (Patrick Dempsey, Arye Gross, and Daniel Stern) drive a vintage Coupe de Ville from Detroit to their mother's Florida home and reestablish relationships along the way.

Director: George Ogilvie    More Info
Starring: Russell Crowe, Robert Mammone, Danielle Spencer, Daphne Gray, George Whaley, Jacquy Phillips, Emily Lumbers, Rodney Bell, John Blair, Patrick Ward

 Sam (Robert Mammone) returns home after more than a year's absence and finds girlfriend Meg (Danielle Spencer) having an affair with his best friend Johnny (Russell Crowe). Sam and Johnny vie for Meg's affection, and the rivalry comes to a climax during a car chase that ends at a train crossing.

Director: Norman Stone    More Info
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Mare Winningham, Susan Wooldridge, Michael Kitchen, Claire Drummond, Alastair Haley, Juliette Mole, Annette Badland, Ron Donachie

 This TV remake of 1942's "The Pied Piper" is not of the same caliber; Peter O'Toole takes on the role of the crotchety man who leads a group of youngsters through Nazi-occupied France toward freedom during World War II. Based on a Nevil Shute novel and filmed on location in France.

Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau    More Info
Starring: Gerard Depardieu, Anne Brochet, Vincent Perez, Jacques Weber, Roland Bertin, Philippe Morier-Genoud

 This French screenplay of Rostand's classic play features Gerard Depardieu as Cyrano De Bergerac who desperately yearns for the love of the beautiful Roxanne (Anne Brochet). The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Film, and Depardieu was nominated for Best Actor. An Oscar was received for Best Costume Design.

Director: Diane Kurys    More Info
Starring: Nathalie Baye, Richard Berry, Zabou, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Vincent Lindon, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Didier Benureau, Julie Bataille, Candice Lefranc, Alexis Derlon

 Set in the late 1950s, this film is the final entry in Diane Kurys' autobiographical trilogy (preceded by "Peppermint Soda" and "Entre Nous"). When Lena (Nathalie Baye) decides to divorce her husband, Michele (Richard Berry), she sends her daughters to a seaside resort and joins them later. As the girls learn life's lessons, Lena starts an affair with a young man, Leon (Jean-Pierre Bacri). The fun lifestyle ends when Michel arrives on the scene.

Director: Bertrand Tavernier    More Info
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Jane Birkin, Odette Laure, Emmanuelle Bataille, Charlotte Kady, Michele Minns

 Caroline (Jane Birkin) returns home from England to be with her dying father. Although not particularly close before, the two now learn to understand and appreciate each other for what they are.

Director: Jack Fisk    More Info
Starring: Beau Bridges, Beverly D'Angelo, Tess Harper, Judge Reinhold, Amy Wright, Patrika Darbo, Bert Remsen, Molly McClure, Keith Carradine, Molly McClure

 Four oddball siblings, along with their spouses/friends, gather at their father's Texas home on the eve of his death, mainly to find out what is in the will for them. As they bicker, Daddy lets them know that he has lost the will. And the search is on in this adaptation of a stage play.

Director: Christopher Menaul    More Info
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Alexander Siddig, Denis Quilley, Nicholas Jones, Roger Hammond, Peter Copley, Paul Freeman, Polly Walker, Gillian Barge, Jim Carter

 T.E. Laurence (Ralph Fiennes) and Syrian King Emir Feisal (Alexander Siddig) attend the 1919 Paris Peace Conference at the end of World War I and argue for Arab independence in a political environment that makes their task very difficult.

Director: Wong Kar Wai    More Info
Starring: Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Andy Lau, Carina Lau, Rebecca Pan, Jacky Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Danilo Antunes, Hung Mei-Mei, Ling Ling-Hung

 Director Wong Kar Wai's second film is set in 1960s' Hong Kong where handsome Yuddy (Leslie Cheung) dallies with two women and is unable to choose between them. Yuddy was raised by his ex-prostitute aunt (Rebecca Pan) who would not reveal the name of his birth-mother–until she makes plans to move to the U.S. When Yuddy learns that his birth-mother is in the Philippines, he heads there in pursuit.

Director: Tony Scott    More Info
Starring: Tom Cruise, Robert Duvall, Nicole Kidman, Randy Quaid, Cary Elwes, Michael Rooker, John C. Reilly, Don Simpson, Donna W. Scott, Fred Dalton Thompson

 "Top Gun" (Tom Cruise) tactics have moved from the air to the racetrack in this fast-paced film about a young rookie who tries to unseat the champion. Cole Trickle (Cruise) is discovered by businessman Tim Daland (Randy Quaid) who commissions former stock-car racer Harry Hogge (Robert Duvall) to build a car and then hires Cole to drive it. Cole wins the respect of Hogge who teaches him the intricacies of winning on the stock car circuit. But, a crash lands Cole in the hospital with his rival Rowdy Burns (Michael Rooker), and Cole and Rowdy now become friends after Rowdy's injuries force him to bow out of racing. At the same time, Cole is attracted to his doctor, Claire Lewicki (Nicole Kidman), who gives him the courage to race again.

Director: Deran Sarafian    More Info
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Robert Guillaume, Cynthia Gibb, George Dickerson, Art LaFleur, Patrick Kilpatrick, Joshua John Miller, Dorothy Dells, Hank Stone, Conrad Dunn

 Following the murders of prison inmates, L.A. cop Louis Burke (Jean-Claude Van Damme) goes undercover as a prisoner and infiltrates the prison system to investigate. He does make friends with inmate Hawkins (Robert Guillaume) and others who help him with the investigation. But, more murders take place, and Burke's cellmate is killed before Burke finally finds the culprit behind the crimes.

Director: Jeremy Kagan    More Info
Starring: Eric Roberts, George C. Scott, Diane Lane, Mark Margolis, Vyto Ruginis, Amy Aquino, Ken Jenkins, Elsa Raven, Richard Jenkins, Jan Rubes

 Recently engaged Michael (Eric Roberts), while attempting to find out more about his future father-in-law (George C. Scott), uncovers the fact that he may have been a Nazi war criminal. Made for TV.

Director: Michael Cimino    More Info
Starring: Mickey Rourke, Anthony Hopkins, Mimi Rogers, Lindsay Crouse, Kelly Lynch, David Morse, Bob Evans, Elias Koteas, Mike Nussbaum, Shawnee Smith

 This is a remake of the 1955 film starring Humphrey Bogart. This time around, Mickey Rourke plays the role of the escaped convict who holds a family hostage. With help from his lawyer, Nancy Breyers (Kelly Lynch), Bosworth (Rourke) escapes from jail and holds the Cornells–Tim (Anthony Hopkins) and Nora (Mimi Rogers) and their family–hostage in their home. FBI agent Brenda Chandler (Lindsay Crouse) is on Bosworth's trail and uses Breyers as the lead she needs to find Bosworth.

Director: Warren Beatty    More Info
Starring: Warren Beatty, Madonna, Glenne Headly, Al Pacino, Dustin Hoffman, James Caan, Mandy Patinkin, Kathy Bates, Charlie Korsmo, William Forsythe

 Warren Beatty plays Dick Tracy and Madonna takes on the role of Breathless Mahoney in this fantasy adventure. Shot in only seven colors (one of them is yellow), this stylistic movie brings to life the comic strip without losing its grip on unreality. The real substance of this movie is provided by the scene-stealing villains, most notably Al Pacino as Big Boy Caprice and Dustin Hoffman as Mumbles. "Sooner or Later" won an Oscar for Best Song.

Director: Benoit Jacquot    More Info
Starring: Judith Godreche, Marcel Bozonnet, Ivan Desny, Therese Liotard, Malcolm Conrath, Thomas Salsmann, Hai Truhong

 Seventeen-year-old Beth is disenchanted with life, and who could blame her when illicit sex is what seems to make her an acceptable person to those who influence her life? On the surface she appears controlled, but underneath, Beth is just a little girl trying to survive.

Director: Akira Kurosawa    More Info
Starring: Akira Terao, Martin Scorsese, Chishu Ryu, Mieko Harada, Mitsuko Baisho, Chosuke Ikariya, Toshie Negishi, Mitsunori Isaki, Toshihiko Nakano, Yoshitaka Zushi

 Famed writer-director Akira Kurosawa put together a number of his dreams and presents a sequence of incidents exploring the relationship of human beings to their environments. The eight short stories begin with "Sunshine Through The Rain" in which a young boy (Mitsunori Isaki) watches a wedding procession of foxes, and the last story, "Village of the Watermills," is about a 103-year-old man (Chishu Ryu) living in a utopian village where the people are enjoying the joys of nature.

Director: Henry Jaglom    More Info
Starring: Nelly Alard, Frances Bergen, Mary Crosby, Lisa Blake Richards, Gwen Welles, Marlena Giovi, Elizabeth Kemp, Marina Gregory, Daphna Kastner, Savannah Smith Boucher

 Three women–40-year-old Helene (Lisa Blake Richards), 50-year-old Sadie (Marlena Giovi), and 30-year-old Kate (Mary Crosby)–celebrate at a joint birthday party. Helene's houseguest, Martine (Nelly Alard), is making a documentary, and she films the shocking secrets as the women reveal their obsessions with food and sexuality.

Director: Tim Burton    More Info
Starring: Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest, Vincent Price, Alan Arkin, Anthony Michael Hall, Kathy Baker, Robert Oliveri, Conchata Ferrell, Caroline Aaron

 Edward (Johnny Depp) is a young man living alone whose scissor hands are the result of a weird scientific experiment during which the inventor (Vincent Price) has died before completing his work. An Avon lady, Peg (Dianne Wiest), finds Edward, pities him, and invites him into her home where Edward becomes somewhat of a community celebrity because of his specialized talents, which include hair styling and hedge trimming. Edward is attracted to Peg's daughter Kim (Winona Ryder) whose boyfriend Jim (Anthony Michael Hall) is a bully. But, Edward's happiness proves short-lived when he is accused of a crime, and only Peg and Kim rise to his defense.

Director: Dyan Cannon    More Info
Starring: Dyan Cannon, John Heard, George Coe, Lola Mason, Stephen Meadows, Rebecca Schaeffer, Billie Bird, Dennis Burkley, Viveka Davis, Eric Harrison

 Dyan Cannon directed and stars in this story about Stephanie (young Stephanie is Rebecca Schaeffer) who is torn apart by conflicting forces in her home and, finally, as an adult (Stephanie is Dyan Cannon) arrives at a drug treatment center where a psychiatrist (John Heard) tries to help her deal with the pain.

Director: Maurice Phillips    More Info
Starring: Elizabeth Perkins, Judge Reinhold, Jeffrey Jones, Maureen Mueller, Rhea Perlman, Brion James, Charles Tyner, Henry Jones, Michael J. Pollard, James Lashly

 Enid (Maureen Mueller) catches her husband (Judge Reinhold) and her younger sister (Elizabeth Perkins) having an affair, a fight ensues, and Enid is killed. Now, there is a corpse, and they must come up with the means for disposing of the body.

Director: John R. Cherry III    More Info
Starring: Jim Varney, Gailard Sartain, Bill Byrge, Barbara Tyson, Randall "Tex" Cobb, Barry Scott, Charles Napier, Dan Leegant, Jim Conrad, Jackie Welch

 This is the third in the "Ernest" series, and despite inane stories, the series was popular. In this episode our hero, Ernest (Jim Varney), is set up by an inmate who looks surprisingly like our hero, and ends up in the bad guy's place.

Director: Agnieszka Holland    More Info
Starring: Marco Hofschneider, Julie Delpy, Rene Hofschneider, Andre Wilms, Solomon Perel, Ashley Wanninger, Piotr Kozlowski, Klaus Abramowsky, Michele Gleizer, Marta Sandrowicz

 Based on a true story of Solomon "Solly" Perel (played by Marco Hofschneider), this excellent film follows the Jewish teen in Nazi Germany after his separation from his family in the early stages of World War II. He poses as a German and gets a job with the Nazis as a translator. This film shows both the horror and the lighthearted times of the Jewish people during this violent era.

Director: Karen Arthur    More Info
Starring: Bernadette Peters, Kevin Spacey, Richard Herd, Beth Grant, John McLiam, Richard Paul, Travis Swords, John Lindstrom, Justin Lord, Randy Crowder

 Bernadette Peters does a good job in her role of Tammy Faye Baker in this story of Jim and Tammy Faye's fall from grace in their evangelical empire.

Director: Jeffrey Melman    More Info
Starring: Robert Mitchum, Maia Brewton, Jarrad Paul, Jessica Player, Barbara Babcock, David(2) Nelson, John Mitchum, Chris Furrh, Anna Mathias, James Hackett

 Four orphans escape a court order to send them to foster homes when they convince an older man (Robert Mitchum) to say he is their grandfather.

Director: Clara Law    More Info
Starring: Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Hayley Man

 Li (Maggie Cheung) is granted a visa to continue her education in America. She has a tough time of it in New York, but needs to stay to complete her education. Her husband, Nansan (Tony Leung Kar-Fai), sneaks into the U.S. after Li's letters tell of her difficulties. The film follows Nansan as he searches for Li in a depressingly depicted NYC.