Born Yesterday (1950)

Born Yesterday (1950)

[7] Judy Holliday picked up the Best Actress Oscar playing a rough-around-the-edges ex-showgirl in Born Yesterday. Broderick Crawford co-stars as her surly boyfriend, a garbage tycoon schmoozing for favor in Congress. He hires a reluctant journalist (William Holden) to help…
Maverick (1994)

Maverick (1994)

[8] This comedic western from director Richard Donner (Lethal Weapon, The Goonies) succeeds largely on the charm of stars Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, and James Garner, as well as a clever script by William Goldman (The Ghost and the Darkness,…
Rango (2011)

Rango (2011)

[7] A pet chameleon named Rango (voiced by Johnny Depp) gets lost in the desert where he stumbles upon a drought-stricken town in need of a sheriff. He fakes his way into the job and enjoys playing the part until…
Secondhand Lions (2003)

Secondhand Lions (2003)

[7] Haley Joel Osment (The Sixth Sense, A.I.) plays Walter, a boy whose mother abandons him with his two reclusive old uncles, Garth and Hub (Michael Caine and Robert Duvall), who end up providing him with a more meaningful upbringing…
The Stunt Man (1980)

The Stunt Man (1980)

[9] Steve Railsback (Lifeforce, The X-Files) stars as a fugitive who stumbles onto a motion picture set and gets hired as a stunt performer. As long as he's working, the film's director agrees to hide him from the law. The…
The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956)

The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956)

[6] Hollywood's quintessential skank, Jane Russell (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), stars as a San Francisco prostitute fleeing to Honolulu during the dawn of World War II to make a new life of fortune. On the ship to the islands, she falls…
Wild Rovers (1971)

Wild Rovers (1971)

[5] William Holden and Ryan O'Neal co-star as Montana ranch hands who rob a bank and flee to Mexico in this leisurely-paced 'hangout' western from writer/director Blake Edwards (Breakfast at Tiffany's, Victor/Victoria). Holden plays the elder cowboy who wonders how…
Red Planet (2000)

Red Planet (2000)

[6] Val Kilmer headlines this serviceable sci-fi survival story of astronauts who become stranded on Mars. As their oxygen depletes and their damaged robot accidentally enters 'war mode' and hunts them down, their commander in orbit (The Matrix's Carrie-Anne Moss)…
Conspiracy Theory (1997)

Conspiracy Theory (1997)

[7] Superstars Mel Gibson and Julia Roberts co-star in this psychological thriller from director Richard Donner (Lethal Weapon, Superman) and writer Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential, Mystic River). Gibson plays a deeply paranoid and broken New York taxi driver who peddles…
The Dark Past (1948)

The Dark Past (1948)

[4] William Holden and Lee J. Cobb, who previously co-starred in Golden Boy, headline this snoozy bit of Freudian psychological propaganda. Holden plays an escaped convict who kills the warden before leading his getaway gang to a rural home where…