Sister Kenny (1946)

Sister Kenny (1946)

[7] Rosalind Russell (His Girl Friday, Auntie Mame) stars as a rural Australian nurse who discovers an effective treatment for polio-related paralysis, saving countless children from becoming invalids. But rather than embracing her discovery, the medical establishment punishes her -- branding her…
Last Summer (1969)

Last Summer (1969)

[10] Barbara Hershey, Richard Thomas, and Bruce Davison play teenagers who form a tight bond during vacation on Fire Island one summer. But when a fourth teen named Rhoda (Oscar-nominated Catherine Burns) tries to join in their reindeer games, the group's equilibrium…
Munich (2005)

Munich (2005)

[8] Director Steven Spielberg depicts the revenge-fueled fallout from the 1972 kidnapping and murder of Israeli athletes by Palestinian terrorists in Munich. Eric Bana (Hulk) stars as the leader of a secret quintet of hit men organized by Israeli prime minister Golda…
Digger (2026)

Digger (2026)

[8] Tom Cruise stars as the world's richest, most powerful man in this abrasive satire from master filmmaker Alejandro G. Iñárritu (The Revenant, Birdman). Digger Rockwell is an oil tycoon whose company is recklessly drilling into an Arctic glacier when the ice…
How Green Was My Valley (1941)

How Green Was My Valley (1941)

[9] Director John Ford follows up The Grapes of Wrath with another powerfully moving, literary adaptation about working families weathering a crushing economic tide. How Green Was My Valley, based on the novel by Richard Llewellyn, centers around the warm-hearted Morgan family…
Colossal (2016)

Colossal (2016)

[7] Try this bonkers story on for size: A woman with a drinking problem (Anne Hathaway) learns that whenever she enters a playground in Maine, a Godzilla-sized monster materializes in Seoul, South Korea, mimicking her movements and laying waste to the surrounding…
Rich and Strange (1931)

Rich and Strange (1931)

[5] This early Alfred Hitchcock movie certainly lives up to the latter half of its title. Henry Kendall and Joan Barry play Fred and Emily Hill, a bored suburban couple from London who are thrilled to receive an inheritance that allows them…
The Prestige (2006)

The Prestige (2006)

[8] Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale star as warring magicians in this period mystery from director Christopher Nolan (The Odyssey, Oppenheimer). After Bale's character makes a mistake that leads to the accidental death of Jackman's bride-to-be during a live performance, the two…
A Monster Calls (2016)

A Monster Calls (2016)

[7] A twelve-year-old boy (Lewis MacDougall) is visited by a towering tree monster (voiced by Liam Neeson) who helps him deal with school bullies and his mother's terminal cancer. A Monster Calls is a beautifully crafted film directed by J.A. Bayona (The…
Prisoners (2013)

Prisoners (2013)

[8] Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal co-star in this gripping crime drama centered around the abduction of two young girls. Jackman plays one of the girl's father and Gyllenhaal is the police detective assigned to the case. Gyllenhaal uncovers several unsettling clues,…