Boogie Nights (1997)

Boogie Nights (1997)

[9] Writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson's ode to the '70s porn industry brings poignant depth to its sensational subject matter. It's also an amazing showcase of top-notch acting and directing. Anderson is a rare creative talent, as skilled with actors as…
The Pirates of Blood River (1962)

The Pirates of Blood River (1962)

[4] Kerwin Mathews (The 7th Voyage of Sinbad) and Christopher Lee star in this would-be swashbuckler about pirates who lay siege to a Huguenot settlement in search of treasure the villagers insist they do not have. Mathews plays the outcast…
Another 48 Hrs. (1990)

Another 48 Hrs. (1990)

[4] Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte return eight years after the success of 48 Hrs. for a sequel too afraid to stray from formula. Nolte's cop character once again gets Murphy's convict character out of prison to help him identify…
Platoon (1986)

Platoon (1986)

[8] Oliver Stone's Platoon was one of the first major motion pictures to deal with the Vietnam war. Charlie Sheen stars as an infantry volunteer who finds himself in a moral quandry, torn between two sergeants of differing philosophies. Tom…
Shane (1953)

Shane (1953)

[8] George Stevens (A Place in the Sun, Gunga Din) directs this Western morality tale based on the novel by Jack Schaefer. Alan Ladd plays the title character, a drifting cowboy who wanders into a sprawling Wyoming valley in the…
Threesome (1994)

Threesome (1994)

[9] One girl. Two guys. Three possibilities... Josh Charles (Dead Poets Society), Lara Flynn Boyle (Twin Peaks), and Stephen Baldwin star in this college dramedy about three dormitory suitemates who wander into a sexual threesome of sorts and survive to…
The Valley of Gwangi (1969)

The Valley of Gwangi (1969)

[7] A group of cowboys and showmen travel to a hidden valley in Mexico where prehistoric creatures are rumored to live. Once there, they square off against several dinosaurs and capture one of them -- an Allosaurus nicknamed 'Gwangi' --…
Dead Poets Society (1989)

Dead Poets Society (1989)

[9] Robin Williams headlines this period drama from Australian auteur Peter Weir (Witness, Picnic at Hanging Rock) centered around teen boys coming of age at a late 1950s New England prep school. Williams plays Professor Keating, their inspirational English teacher,…
Scream of Fear (1961)

Scream of Fear (1961)

[7] A wheel-chair bound young woman named Penny (Susan Strasberg) returns to the cliffside home of her estranged father, who she hasn't seen in over ten years. But when she arrives, she's told by her stepmother (Ann Todd) that her…
48 Hrs. (1982)

48 Hrs. (1982)

[7] Eddie Murphy made his big screen debut opposite Nick Nolte in this action-comedy from director Walter Hill (The Warriors, Streets of Fire). Nolte plays a haggard cop who begrudgingly seeks the help of Murphy's character, a thief serving the…