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…
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,…
U-571 (2000)
[8] Matthew McConaughey leads a U.S. submarine crew into hostile waters to board a stranded World War II German sub carrying an Enigma cipher machine, technology that the U.S. could use to decipher German communications. But once the Americans arrive…
Frankenstein (2025)
[7] Director Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water, Pan's Labyrinth) puts his cinematic stamp on Mary Shelley's formative sci-fi novel, casting Oscar Isaac (Dune: Part One, Annihilation) as the obsessed Victor Frankenstein who brings an assembly of dead body…
The Hunt for Red October (1990)
[8] Alec Baldwin takes on the mantle of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan in the action-thriller The Hunt for Red October. One of the joys of this movie is seeing Baldwin, previously known mostly for co-starring in Beetlejuice, become a leading…
Sabrina (1954)
[4] In this romantic comedy from director Billy Wilder (Some Like it Hot, Sunset Boulevard), Audrey Hepburn stars as a chauffeur's daughter who pines for William Holden, the playboy son of the family who employs her father. Holden finally strikes…
F1: The Movie (2025)
[8] Brad Pitt stars as a Formula One racecar driver who comes out of retirement to boost the lackluster performance of an old friend's racing team before its owners sell it off. There's immediate friction between Pitt and the team's…
Going My Way (1944)
[8] Jaded or cynical viewers may want to skip this movie, but anyone looking for a feel-good comedy/drama from a simpler time may enjoy director Leo McCarey's Going My Way. Crooner Bing Crosby stars as Father Chuck O'Malley, a young…
Life of Pi (2012)
[7] Director Ang Lee (The Ice Storm) brings Yann Martel's novel to vibrant, cinematic life. Suraj Sharma plays the teenaged Pi, whose family is traveling by sea from India to Canada with all the animals from their family zoo. When…
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
[8] Stanley Kubrick advanced the art of special effects and brought the science-fiction genre out of low-budget purgatory with 2001: A Space Odyssey. With a script co-written by Arthur C. Clarke, based on Clarke's short story "The Sentinel", 2001 opens…