The Andromeda Strain (1971)

The Andromeda Strain (1971)

[6] The U.S. government gathers a group of elite scientists in an underground high-tech laboratory to solve the mystery of an extra-terrestrial micro-organism that has killed everyone in a small Nevada town. With two survivors -- a crying baby and…
Project Hail Mary (2026)

Project Hail Mary (2026)

[10] I strongly suspect directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) may have a few more Oscars headed their way after seeing their adaptation of Andy Weir's best-selling novel Project Hail Mary. Lord and Miller cast the…
Adam’s Rib (1949)

Adam’s Rib (1949)

[9] Of the nine films which paired Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, Adam's Rib is often considered the best. Writers Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin were friends of the famous couple and wrote the film specifically for them. Kate insisted…
Requiem for a Dream (2000)

Requiem for a Dream (2000)

[8] Director Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan, Mother!) delivers perhaps the most powerful anti-drug public service announcement in all of filmdom with Requiem for a Dream. Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, and Marlon Wayans star as Coney Island residents whose…
The Rains Came (1939)

The Rains Came (1939)

[5] Myrna Loy, Tyrone Power, and George Brent star in this drama set in 1938 British India. Loy plays the bored wife of an aristocrat who begins flirting with two different men to spice up her life: Power, as a…
Edge of Darkness (1943)

Edge of Darkness (1943)

[9] If you want to watch Errol Flynn fight the Nazis, this is your movie! Edge of Darkness is a great World War II drama told from the perspective of a small Norwegian fishing village under Nazi control. Flynn heads…
Captain Blood (1935)

Captain Blood (1935)

[9] Warner Brothers caught lightning in a bottle when they took a chance on a relatively unknown Tazmanian actor and cast Errol Flynn as Peter Blood in the Oscar-nominated crowd pleaser Captain Blood. Flynn plays a British physician who gets…
Inherit the Wind (1960)

Inherit the Wind (1960)

[9] Conscientious director Stanley Kramer (Judgment at Nuremberg, The Defiant Ones) tackles America's clashing beliefs in evolution and creationism in Inherit the Wind, a stage play adaptation inspired by the 1925 Scopes 'Monkey Trial'. Names and locations are changed and…
Class Action (1991)

Class Action (1991)

[5] Gene Hackman and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (The Abyss, Robin Hood Prince of Thieves) star as an estranged father and daughter, both lawyers, who find themselves as opposing counsel on a court case involving automobile manufacturer negligence. Despite her bitterness…
Under Capricorn (1949)

Under Capricorn (1949)

[3] In one of the lesser offerings from director Alfred Hitchcock, Michael Wilding plays a Brit visiting colonial Australia. To the dismay of his uncle (Cecil Parker), the new governor of the colony, Wilding's character gets caught up in the…