Barbarian (2022)

Barbarian (2022)

[8] Barbarian is about the worst Airbnb rental in the history of the universe. Writer/director Zach Cregger builds suspense from the get-go, with co-stars Georgina Campbell and Bill SkarsgÃ¥rd giving convincing performances as strangers double-booked at a house in the…
Pieces of April (2003)

Pieces of April (2003)

[8] Katie Holmes and Patricia Clarkson lead an ensemble cast in this quaint but compelling drama/comedy about a 'black sheep' daughter (Holmes) who tries like Hell to host Thanksgiving dinner for her visiting family. Neither Holmes nor her estranged family…
The Women (1939)

The Women (1939)

[8] Norma Shearer (The Divorcee) fronts an all-star, all-female cast in George Cukor's adaptation of Clare Boothe Luce's The Women. Shearer plays a happily married woman of privilege who learns through the gossipy grapevine that her husband is having an…
We Own the Night (2007)

We Own the Night (2007)

[8] Joaquin Phoenix and Mark Wahlberg star as brothers working on different sides of the law in this crime drama from writer/director James Gray (Ad Astra, The Lost City of Z). Wahlberg's character follows in the footsteps of their father…
Annie Oakley (1935)

Annie Oakley (1935)

[8] George Stevens (Gunga Din, A Place in the Sun) directs this romanticized tale of an American western legend -- Annie Oakley, the woman sharpshooter who could beat any man at gunplay. While the real Annie Oakley was surely rougher…
Beetlejuice (1988)

Beetlejuice (1988)

[8] Director Tim Burton (Batman, Ed Wood) followed his debut feature, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, with this stylish fantasy-comedy about a young deceased couple (Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis) trying to haunt an annoying new family out of their quaint…
Smooth Talk (1985)

Smooth Talk (1985)

[8] Future Oscar-winner Laura Dern (Marriage Story) gives her first leading performance in this adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates' "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been," the story of a fifteen-year-old girl who pursues male attention without considering the…
Soapdish (1991)

Soapdish (1991)

[8] Sally Field leads a spectacular ensemble in Soapdish, a comedy that lampoons daytime TV melodramas, or 'soap operas'. Field plays an insecure soap star who fears her career may begin to wane as she enters middle-age. Little does she…
The Accidental Tourist (1988)

The Accidental Tourist (1988)

[8] William Hurt (Oscar-winner for Kiss of the Spider Woman) stars in this adaptation of Anne Tyler's novel about a travel guide writer whose marriage crumbles after the death of his son. While recovering from a broken leg at the…
Men (2022)

Men (2022)

[9] Writer/director Alex Garland (Ex Machina, Annihilation) serves up this intimate horror/thriller about a woman (Oscar nominee Jessie Buckley) who escapes London for the English countryside after the death of her ex-husband. Once there, however, she encounters several strange men…