The Train (1964)

The Train (1964)

[4] Burt Lancaster stars in this fictionalized account of the Nazis' attempt to abscond with France's most treasured paintings before the Allied Forces meet up with them. It's up to Lancaster, playing a Resistance train station master, to head up…
S.F.W. (1994)

S.F.W. (1994)

[3] Stephen Dorff (The Gate, Cecil B. Demented) stars in this satiric story of a convenient store hostage survivor who can't come to grips with his cult celebrity status after he learns the 36-day siege was televised. While Reese Witherspoon's…
The Tomb of Ligeia (1964)

The Tomb of Ligeia (1964)

[7] Producer/director Roger Corman completes his series of films based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe with The Tomb of Ligeia, the story of a man mysteriously obsessed with his late wife, Ligeia. When he remarries, he and his…
Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

[8] Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence star in this tale of two clinically depressed people (he's diagnosed bipolar) who strike up an unusual relationship. She teaches him to dance with her for an upcoming competition in exchange for delivering letters…
Zodiac (2007)

Zodiac (2007)

[5] Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, and Robert Downey, Jr. star in David Fincher's film about the investigation of the so-called 'Zodiac' killer in the late '60s through the early '80s. Downey and Gyllenhaal's characters work for the San Francisco Chronicle,…
This Woman is Dangerous (1952)

This Woman is Dangerous (1952)

[4] Joan Crawford seems born to play a lady gangster fighting blindness, but unfortunately, This Woman is Dangerous isn't nearly as interesting as it sounds. The 'gangster' aspect of the movie is kept to a bare minimum, with most of…
Nightmare Alley (1947)

Nightmare Alley (1947)

[5] Tyrone Power (The Black Swan) takes a dark turn in this flick about a carnival mentalist whose ambitions get the better of him. At first his character uses his powers for good, like tricking the police into letting his…
Changeling (2008)

Changeling (2008)

[8] Angelina Jolie stars in this gripping true story about a woman in 1920s Los Angeles whose young son vanishes without a trace one afternoon. When the L.A.P.D. notify her they've found him, she's shocked to discover the returned boy…
Cleopatra (1963)

Cleopatra (1963)

[3] Elizabeth Taylor plays the powerful and sexy Egyptian queen who fends off Roman conquest while falling in love with its leaders -- first Rex Harrison's Caesar, and then Richard Burton's Antony. First I'll be nice to Cleopatra. The sets…
Happy Land (1943)

Happy Land (1943)

[6] Don Ameche stars as a small-town pharmacist who learns his son has died during combat in WWII. Sent into an emotional tailspin, the ghost of his late grandfather (Harry Carey) comes to his rescue. Grandfather and grandson take a…