The Alarmist 1998  R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Evan Dunsky
Cast: David Arquette, Stanley Tucci, Kate Capshaw, Mary McCormack, Ryan Reynolds, Tricia Vessey, Ruth Miller, Michael Learned, Lewis Arquette, Hoke Howell
Tommy Hudler (David Arquette) takes on the job of a security systems salesman but soon discovers that the owner of his company, Heinrich Grigoris (Stanley Tucci), uses fear tactics to attract customers-many customers have experienced an unusual number of tragic events. Based on Dunsky's Broadway play "Life During Wartime."
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Best Defense 1984  R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Willard Huyck
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Dudley Moore, Kate Capshaw, George Dzundza, Helen Shaver, David Rasche, Mark Arnott, Peter Michael Goetz, Tom Noonan, Joel Polis
An inventor for the military (Dudley Moore) has produced a piece of equipment that simply does not do what was expected. That would be fine except that the military has opted to employ the invention and a soldier (Eddie Murphy) finds it impossible to work with it.
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Black Rain 1989 R, 110 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Ridley Scott
Cast: Michael Douglas, Kate Capshaw, Andy Garcia, Ken Takakura, Yusaku Matsuda, Tomisaburo Wakayama, Shigeru Koyama, Yuya Uchida, Miyuki Ono, John Spencer, Guts Ishimatsu, Luis Guzman, John Costelloe, Stephen Root, Richard Riehle
American police detective Nick Conklin (Michael Douglas) and his partner Charlie Vincent (Andy Garcia) take a Japanese yakuza gangster, Sato (Yusaku Matsuda), back to Osaka where he is to go on trial for murder. But, they inadvertently hand Sato over to yakuza members who are dressed like police. Now, Conklin is put in the position of trying to recapture Sato, and he gets help from Japanese cop Masahiro "Mas" Masumoto (Ken Takakura) and from bargirl Joyce Kingsley (Kate Capshaw) who has information on the yakuza gang. During the investigation, Vincent is killed, and Conklin and "Mas" blend their cultures to work on the crime together.
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A Girl Thing 2001 TV, 200 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lee Rose
Cast: Stockard Channing, Elle Macpherson, Kate Capshaw, Allison Janney, Glenne Headly, Rebecca De Mornay, Mia Farrow, Linda Hamilton, Irma P. Hall, Camryn Manheim
Psychiatrist Dr. Beth Noonan (Stockard Channing) has her hands full with her female patients' problems, even though she has enough problems of her own. The four patients' stories are separate "episodes" in this made-for-cable-TV comedy/drama.
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Her Secret Life 1987 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Code Name: Dancer
Director: Buzz Kulik
Cast: Kate Capshaw, Jeroen Krabbe, Gregory Sierra, Valerie Mahaffey, James Sloyan, Cliff De Young, Kurt Braunreiter, Francisco Cuevas, Robin Hudis, Kimberly Kulik, Honorato Magaloni, Jorge Martinez de Hoyos
Schoolteacher Annie (Kate Capshaw), unknown to most (including husband Paul [Cliff De Young]), was once a spy. When her ex-lover Malarin (Jeroen Krabbe) ends up in a Cuban jail, Annie heads to the rescue. A fun made-for-TV film.
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How to Make an American Quilt 1995  PG-13, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse
Cast: Winona Ryder, Ellen Burstyn, Anne Bancroft, Claire Danes, Johnathon Schaech, Rip Torn, Samantha Mathis, Jean Simmons, Kate Nelligan, Kate Capshaw
Bride-to-be Finn (Winona Ryder) listens to stories of lost loves and eternal happiness as her remarkable circle of women friends and relatives stitch together her wedding quilt.
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 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 1984  PG, 118 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Thriller
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Jonathan Ke Quan, Philip Stone, Amrish Puri, Dan Aykroyd, Roshan Seth, Roy Chiao, David Yip, Ric Young, Philip Tan, Michael Yama, Akio Mitamura
Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) is back, and this time he is in India to retrieve a magical stone. The sequence of stunts that takes Indiana from a bar in Shanghai to an Indian village provides great movie fare. Happily, the rest of the film continues in the same excellent vein.
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Just Cause 1995 R, 102 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Arne Glimcher
Cast: Sean Connery, Laurence Fishburne, Kate Capshaw, Blair Underwood, Ruby Dee, Ed Harris, Hope Lange, Daniel J. Travanti, Kevin McCarthy, Ned Beatty, Christopher Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Victor Slezak, Kevin McCarthy, Lynne Thigpen
In this adaptation of John Katzenbach's novel, Sean Connery plays a Harvard law professor, Paul Armstrong. Opposed to the death penalty, Armstrong agrees to investigate the facts behind Bobby Earl Ferguson's (Blair Underwood) murder conviction.
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A Little Sex 1982  R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bruce Paltrow
Cast: Tim Matheson, Kate Capshaw, Edward Herrmann, John Glover, Joan Copeland, Wallace Shawn, Bill Smitrovich, Susanna Dalton, Wendie Malick, Ronald Maccone
This inane story is about a husband (Tim Matheson) who just cannot seem to understand that marriage vows are serious, and cheating on one's wife is NOT part of the picture.
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The Locusts 1997 R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Patrick Kelley
Cast: Kate Capshaw, Jeremy Davies, Vince Vaughn, Ashley Judd, Paul Rudd, Jessica Capshaw, Daniel Meyer, Jessie Robertson, Jimmy Ray Pickens, Jerry Haynes
Delilah Potts (Kate Capshaw) is an alcoholic widow (her husband committed suicide eight-years ago). Her life consists of being a rather dysfunctional mother to son Flyboy (Jeremy Davies) and sleeping around regularly. Also featured is Clay (Vince Vaughn) who drifts into town and into the arms of Kitty (Ashley Judd). The characters in this film are all like locusts; they engage regularly in sex and accept whatever is their fate.
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Love Affair 1994 PG-13, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Glenn Gordon Caron
Cast: Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Katharine Hepburn, Garry Shandling, Chloe Webb, Pierce Brosnan, Kate Capshaw, Brenda Vaccaro, Paul Mazursky, Glenn Shadix
This is a remake of 1939's film and the Cary Grant/Deborah Kerr version, "An Affair to Remember." Granted, this is a sentimental love story, but those who like to bring handkerchiefs to the theater (or to the TV room) will enjoy this one.
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Love at Large 1990 R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alan Rudolph
Cast: Tom Berenger, Elizabeth Perkins, Anne Archer, Ted Levine, Kate Capshaw, Annette O'Toole, Ann Magnuson, Barry Miller, Kevin J. O'Connor, Neil Young, Ruby Dee, Gailard Sartain
Down-on-his-luck private eye Harry Dobbs (Tom Berenger) is hired by mysterious Miss Dolan (Anne Archer) to tail her boyfriend who she thinks is cheating on her. But, the inept Harry follows the wrong man who also has secrets: two families. Then Harry starts being trailed by Stella (Elizabeth Perkins) who was hired by Harry's jealous girlfriend. The two private eyes end up working together to finish his case.
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 The Love Letter 1999 R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Chan
Cast: Kate Capshaw, Blythe Danner, Ellen DeGeneres, Gloria Stuart, Geraldine McEwan, Tom Selleck, Julianne Nicholson, Tom Everett Scott, Erik Jensen, Margaret Ann Brady
A bookstore owner and divorced mother, Helen MacFarquhar (Kate Capshaw), searches for the author of an anonymous love letter that seems to touch the lives of all who read it and mistakenly believe it was written for them.
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My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys 1991 PG, 106 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Cast: Scott Glenn, Kate Capshaw, Ben Johnson, Tess Harper, Balthazar Getty, Mickey Rooney, Gary Busey, Clarence Williams III, Dub Taylor, Clu Gulager
This is a contemporary Western in which an aging rodeo bull rider goes home to recover from a serious rodeo injury. In the process, he saves his father from a nursing home, falls in love, and decides to try one last ride on the bull that almost killed him.
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Power 1986 R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Richard Gere, Gene Hackman, Julie Christie, Kate Capshaw, Denzel Washington, E.G. Marshall, Fritz Weaver, J.T. Walsh, Michael Learned, Beatrice Straight
Politics and public relations are the life and blood of Pete St. John (Richard Gere). Somewhere along the line, Pete has lost track of his ideals in his climb to fame and fortune as a maker of politicians. Then one day he discovers that a politician he believes in has sold out to the political power trade.
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 The Quick and the Dead 1987 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Robert Day
Cast: Sam Elliott, Tom Conti, Kate Capshaw, Kenny Morrison, Matt Clark, Patrick Kilpatrick, Del Shores, Billy Streater, Jerry Potter, R.L. Tolbert, Larry Sellers, Hardy Rawls
Based on Louis L'Amour's novel, this made-for-HBO television film tells the story of mountain man Con Vallian (Sam Elliott) who comes to the aid of homesteaders Duncan and Susanna (Tom Conti and Kate Capshaw) when Doc Shabitt's (Matt Clark) gang picks on the newcomers.
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SpaceCamp 1986 PG, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harry Winer
Cast: Kate Capshaw, Lea Thompson, Tom Skerritt, Kelly Preston, Tate Donovan, Joaquin Phoenix, Larry B. Scott, Barry Primus, Terry O'Quinn, Scott Coffey
While teaching at the U.S. Space Camp in Alabama, the instructor (Kate Capshaw) and her students are accidentally launched into space where they must learn survival techniques in the real environment.
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| 1. The Alarmist (1998)
2. Best Defense (1984)
3. Black Rain (1989)
4. Dreamscape (1984)
5. A Girl Thing (2001)
6. Her Secret Life (1987)
aka: Code Name: Dancer
7. How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
8. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
9. Just Cause (1995)
10. A Little Sex (1982)
11. The Locusts (1997)
12. Love Affair (1994)
13. Love at Large (1990)
14. The Love Letter (1999)
15. My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys (1991)
16. Power (1986)
17. The Quick and the Dead (1987)
18. SpaceCamp (1986)
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