Billy Bathgate 1991  R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Benton
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Nicole Kidman, Loren Dean, Bruce Willis, Steven Hill, Steve Buscemi, Billy Jaye, John Costelloe, Stanley Tucci, Xander Berkeley
Billy Bathgate (Loren Dean) rises from a poor New York City kid to one of the trusted followers of gangster Dutch Schultz (Dustin Hoffman). Set during the Great Depression, Billy is given the job of watching after an attractive woman (Nicole Kidman) whose boyfriend (Bruce Willis) has been murdered.
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The Boost 1988  R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harold Becker
Cast: James Woods, Sean Young, John Kapelos, Steven Hill, Kelle Kerr, John Rothman, Amanda Blake, Grace Zabriskie, Marc Poppel, Fred McCarren, Suzanne Kent, Zina Bethune
This film chronicles the rise and fall of loving couple Lenny and Linda (James Woods and Sean Young). Fast-talking, NYC hustler Lenny strikes it big as a real estate tycoon, but with success comes a severe drug addiction problem for both. A good effort by Woods.
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Brighton Beach Memoirs 1986 PG-13, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gene Saks
Cast: Blythe Danner, Bob Dishy, Judith Ivey, Jonathan Silverman, Brian Drillinger, Stacey Glick, Jason Alexander, Richard Bright, David Margulies, Steven Hill
Another screen version of a Neil Simon hit play about a Jewish boy growing up in suburban New York City.
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A Child Is Waiting 1963  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Cassavetes
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Judy Garland, Gena Rowlands, Steven Hill, Bruce Ritchey, Paul Stewart, Lawrence Tierney, Elizabeth Wilson, Barbara Pepper, John Morley
Reuben Widdicombe (Bruce Ritchey) is a mentally retarded boy who affects–and is affected by–his psychologist, Doctor Matthew Clark (Burt Lancaster) and a music teacher, Jean Hansen (Judy Garland).
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Courtship 1987 TV, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Howard Cummings
Cast: Hallie Foote, William Converse-Roberts, Matthew Broderick, Amanda Plummer, Michael Higgins, Rochelle Oliver, Richard Jenkins, Steven Hill, Carol Goodheart
Horton Foote's story stars his daughter, Hallie Foote, as a young woman, Elizabeth, from a wealthy family in a small Texas community. When Elizabeth meets and takes an interest in a traveling salesman (William Converse-Roberts) her family disapproves. But Elizabeth will do anything to put distance between her and her abusive father.
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Eyewitness 1981 R, 102 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Peter Yates
Cast: William Hurt, Sigourney Weaver, James Woods, Christopher Plummer, Irene Worth, Pamela Reed, Steven Hill, Kenneth McMillan, Morgan Freeman
When a television reporter (Sigourney Weaver) investigates a murder, she interviews the janitor (William Hurt) who happened upon the murder. Unbeknownst to the reporter, the janitor has been an overzealous fan of hers. To keep in contact, he pretends to know more about the murder than he does, thus throwing himself into the murder investigation.
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The Firm 1993 R, 154 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gene Hackman, Hal Holbrook, Holly Hunter, Terry Kinney, Wilford Brimley, Ed Harris, David Strathairn, Gary Busey, Steven Hill, Tobin Bell, Barbara Garrick, Jerry Hardin, Paul Calderon
Mitch McDeere (Tom Cruise) moves his schoolteacher wife Abby (Jeanne Tripplehorn) to Memphis after his graduation from Harvard Law School. His choice of the prestigious, but small, law firm in Memphis turns out to be an unwise choice as Mitch begins to suspect that the firm is involved in murder and the mob. Based on John Grisham's novel.
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Garbo Talks 1984 PG-13, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Anne Bancroft, Ron Silver, Carrie Fisher, Catherine Hicks, Steven Hill, Howard Da Silva, Dorothy Loudon, Hermione Gingold, Harvey Fierstein, Richard B. Shull
Estelle Rolphe (Anne Bancroft) is dying, and her last wish is to meet Greta Garbo. Her son Gilbert (Ron Silver) is determined to grant his mother's request.
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The Goddess 1958 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Cromwell
Cast: Kim Stanley, Lloyd Bridges, Steven Hill, Betty Lou Holland, Patty Duke, Joyce Van Patten, Bert Freed, Louise Beavers, Joan Copeland, Gerald Hiken
This film is an expose on the Hollywood scene that gives little value to the real lives of its sex symbols.
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Heartburn 1986 R, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Mike Nichols
Cast: Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson, Stockard Channing, Maureen Stapleton, Jeff Daniels, Kevin Spacey, Richard Masur, Catherine O'Hara, Steven Hill, Milos Forman, Mamie Gummer, Anna Maria Horsford, Kenneth Welsh, Mercedes Ruehl, Joanna Gleason
This film is based on Nora Ephron's autobiographical novel about her marriage and divorce from Washington Post columnist Carl Bernstein. Rachel (Meryl Streep) is a New York food editor, and Mark (Jack Nicholson) is a Washington, D.C. political columnist who she meets at a wedding. They marry, and Rachel quits her job in New York to move to Washington. Soon, they have a baby, and then another is on the way. Life is good–until pregnant Rachel learns that Mark is having an affair, and the marriage ends in divorce.
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It's My Turn 1980 R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Claudia Weill
Cast: Jill Clayburgh, Michael Douglas, Charles Grodin, Beverly Garland, Steven Hill, Dianne Wiest, Joan Copeland, John Gabriel, Charles Kimbrough, Jennifer Salt
Kate Gunzinger (Jill Clayburgh) finds her romantic interest in Chicago real estate developer Homer (Charles Grodin) is not so straight forward when she travels to her father's (Steven Hill) wedding and meets the bride's son Ben (Michael Douglas).
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King 1978 TV, 300 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: King: The Martin Luther King Story
Director: Abby Mann
Cast: Paul Winfield, Cicely Tyson, Roscoe Lee Browne, Lonny Chapman, Ossie Davis, Cliff De Young, Al Freeman Jr., Clu Gulager, Dick Anthony Williams, Steven Hill, William Jordan, Warren J. Kemmerling
This TV miniseries is a good chronicle of Martin Luther King's (Paul Winfield) early peaceful protests against segregation through his assassination in 1968.
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Legal Eagles 1986 PG, 116 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ivan Reitman
Cast: Robert Redford, Debra Winger, Daryl Hannah, Brian Dennehy, Terence Stamp, Steven Hill, Roscoe Lee Browne, Christine Baranski, David Clennon, John McMartin
Robert Redford and Debra Winger are good together as they play attorneys on opposite sides of an art theft case.
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On Valentine's Day 1986 PG, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ken Harrison
Cast: Hallie Foote, Michael Higgins, Richard Jenkins, William Converse-Roberts, Jeanne McCarthy, Matthew Broderick, Steven Hill, Irma P. Hall, Rochelle Oliver, Carol Goodheart, Tim Green, Bill McGhee
In this other prequel (along with "Convicts") to "1918" by Horton Foote, the activities in the small Texas town of Harrison are told. It's 1917, and Horace and Elizabeth (William Converse-Roberts and Hallie Foote) elope and try to survive living with alcoholic Bobby Pate (Richard Jenkins) in his home.
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 Raw Deal 1986  R, 97 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: John Irvin
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kathryn Harrold, Darren McGavin, Sam Wanamaker, Paul Shenar, Blanche Baker, Steven Hill, Joe Regalbuto, Robert Davi, Ed Lauter, Mordecai Lawner, Louise Robey, Victor Argo, George P. Wilbur, Denver Mattson
After his son is killed while trying to protect a man scheduled to testify against mobster Patrovita (Sam Wanamaker), FBI chief Shannon (Darren McGavin) calls former FBI agent Mark Kaminsky (Arnold Schwarzenegger) back into service. His assignment is to infiltrate Chicago's largest mob, led by Max (Robert Davi). As Kaminsky works undercover to put away the gang members, violence is the order of the day–especially when he is given orders to kill Shannon.
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Rich and Famous 1981 R, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Jacqueline Bisset, Candice Bergen, David Selby, Hart Bochner, Steven Hill, Meg Ryan, Michael Brandon, Daniel Faraldo, Nicole Eggert, Joe Maross
This remake of "Old Acquaintance" is George Cukor's last film. Liz Hamilton (Jacqueline Bisset) and best friend Merry Noel (Candice Bergen) live life to the fullest as authors who enjoy romantic entanglements. Now, after 22 years, they both reach crises that leave them wiser about the important things in life.
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 Running on Empty 1988  PG-13, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Christine Lahti, River Phoenix, Judd Hirsch, Jonas Arby, Martha Plimpton, Ed Crowley, Steven Hill, David Margulies, Augusta Dabney, Lynne Thigpen
Danny Pope (River Phoenix) has been accepted to the Julliard School of Music. There is one major problem: his parents. It seems that 20 years before, they made an extreme political statement when they bombed a defense research installation. Ever since, they have been running from the FBI, and now the family may have to break up in order for the son to accomplish his dreams. River Phoenix was nominated for an Oscar (Supporting Actor).
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The Slender Thread 1965 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Anne Bancroft, Telly Savalas, Steven Hill, Edward Asner, Dabney Coleman, Robert F. Hoy, John Benson, Paul Newlan, Jason Wingreen
This film is Sydney Pollack's directorial debut. The story is about Inga Dyson (Anne Bancroft) who overdoses on drugs. When she calls a suicide hotline, a young volunteer (Sidney Poitier), tries to save her life.
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White Palace 1990 R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Luis Mandoki
Cast: Susan Sarandon, James Spader, Jason Alexander, Kathy Bates, Eileen Brennan, Spiros Focas, Jeremy Piven, Renee Taylor, Gina Gershon, Steven Hill
Nora Baker (Susan Sarandon) is in her 40s and works at a fast-food joint. Max Baron (James Spader) is an advertising executive in his mid-20s. They meet; the unlikely couple fall in love; and, in spite of great odds, they find happiness together.
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Yentl 1983 PG, 134 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical / Romance
Director: Barbra Streisand
Cast: Barbra Streisand, Mandy Patinkin, Amy Irving, Nehemiah Persoff, Steven Hill, David de Keyser, Ruth Goring, Miriam Margolyes, Allan Corduner, David de Keyser, Bernard Spear, Anna Tzelniker, Doreen Mantle, Lynda Baron, Jack Lynn
Barbra Streisand produced, directed, starred in, and co-wrote this musical, which is set in Eastern Europe at the turn of the 20th century. Yentl (Streisand) wants to study the Torah, but her religion forbids women from becoming Talmudic scholars. Her solution is to pretend to be a man in order to attend a Yeshiva (Jewish school for priests). She calls herself "Ansel," is accepted as a student, and then falls in love with fellow student Avigdor (Mandy Patinkin). Problems lie ahead because Avigdor is not aware that "Ansel" is a woman, and he is engaged to Hadass (Amy Irving) who just happens to become romantically interested in "Ansel." The film won an Academy Award for its musical score, and Irving was nominated for Best Supporting Actress. A must for Streisand fans.
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| 1. Billy Bathgate (1991)
2. The Boost (1988)
3. Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986)
4. A Child Is Waiting (1963)
5. Courtship (1987)
6. Eyewitness (1981)
7. The Firm (1993)
8. Garbo Talks (1984)
9. The Goddess (1958)
10. Heartburn (1986)
11. It's My Turn (1980)
12. King (1978)
aka: King: The Martin Luther King Story
13. Legal Eagles (1986)
14. On Valentine's Day (1986)
15. Raw Deal (1986)
16. Rich and Famous (1981)
17. Running on Empty (1988)
18. The Slender Thread (1965)
19. White Palace (1990)
20. Yentl (1983)
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