Bringing Out the Dead (1999)

Bringing Out the Dead (1999)

[7] Nicolas Cage stars as a third shift New York ambulance paramedic haunted by ghosts and clinging to his sanity in this grim, sometimes darkly comic film from director Martin Scorsese and Taxi Driver scribe Paul Schrader. Cage's character gets a…
American Movie (1999)

American Movie (1999)

[7] This documentary about a Milwaukee indie filmmaker trying to finish his ultra-low budget horror movie is equal parts sad and hilarious. The filmmakers, Chris Smith and Sarah Price, follow Mark Borchardt as he flyers the town for cast &…
Godzilla (1998)

Godzilla (1998)

[2] A giant radioactive lizard terrorizes New York City. There are probably at least 100 different ways this could have been more interesting and exciting, but producers Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich (Independence Day) instead opt to make their Godzilla…
Betsy’s Wedding (1990)

Betsy’s Wedding (1990)

[6] Alan Alda writes, directs and co-stars in this comedy about a family who get entangled with the mob while trying to put on a wedding. The comedic highlights are pretty mild, but the schmaltz is thankfully kept to a…
Outside Providence (1999)

Outside Providence (1999)

[5] Shawn Hatosy stars in this coming-of-age dramedy written and produced by The Farrelly Brothers (There's Something About Mary, Dumb and Dumber). Hatosy plays a motherless ne'er-do-well teen whose father (Alec Baldwin) sends him to prep school after he smokes…
Green Card (1990)

Green Card (1990)

[4] Gerard Depardieu and Andie MacDowell star in this subdued, kinda boring rom-com from Peter Weir (Dead Poets Society, Witness). Depardieu plays a Frenchman trying to enter the U.S. by marrying an American woman. It's an under-the-counter sort of arrangement…
Sneakers (1992)

Sneakers (1992)

[7] Robert Redford leads an all-star ensemble cast under the direction of Phil Alden Robinson (Field of Dreams). Redford plays a high-tech security professional who works with a team of specialists to test security systems. When government agents blackmail him…
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994)

Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994)

[3] Kim Henkel, co-creator of the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre, writes and directs this fourth film in the series, about a car of high school prom attendees who get stranded near the infamous Sawyer family's house and get picked…
Home for the Holidays (1995)

Home for the Holidays (1995)

[6] Jodie Foster directs this universal story of holiday family togetherness, warts and all. Holly Hunter stars as a woman who travels to be with her parents for Thanksgiving after just being let go from her job. While she tries…
Star Trek: First Contact (1996)

Star Trek: First Contact (1996)

[8] This is the best of the Next Generation films, in large part because it deals with one of Star Trek's most formidable foes, the Borg. The movie also incorporates a subplot involving warp drive inventor Zephram Cochran (James Cromwell)…