A Perfect World (1993)

A Perfect World (1993)

[8] Clint Eastwood directs and costars with Kevin Costner in A Perfect World. Costner plays an escaped convict who kidnaps a young boy (T.J. Lowther) as hostage while he tries to flee Texas for Alaska. Eastwood plays the ranger in pursuit, accompanied…
Moonstruck (1987)

Moonstruck (1987)

[9] In New York City's Little Italy, a widowed bookkeeper named Loretta (Cher) accepts a marriage proposal from a man she likes, but doesn't love (Danny Aiello). Before her fiancée heads out of town to tend to his ailing mother, he asks…
Some Like It Hot (1959)

Some Like It Hot (1959)

[9] Two Chicago musicians (Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis) try to evade mobsters by disguising themselves as women and joining an all-girl band on its way to perform at a Florida resort. Both men fall in love with the band's boozy vocalist…
Taxi Driver (1976)

Taxi Driver (1976)

[9] Robert DeNiro stars as Travis Bickle, a New York City taxi cab driver so disgusted with the city's crime and depravity that he turns to armed vigilantism. After he's spurned by a beautiful political campaign organizer (The Last Picture Show's Cybill…
Independence Day (1996)

Independence Day (1996)

[8] The disaster film is alive and well in this summer blockbuster in which evil aliens threaten to destroy Earth, leaving it up to a rag-tag team of politicians, soldiers, and scientists (plus a drunken crop-duster and a pole dancer!), to save…
Casino Royale (2006)

Casino Royale (2006)

[9] Daniel Craig joins the James Bond franchise in arguably its best offering to date. Craig plays Ian Fleming's James Bond at the beginning of his career, making his second kill and earning his status as a "00" agent before the title…
How the West Was Won (1962)

How the West Was Won (1962)

[8] Debbie Reynolds and George Peppard get the lion's share of screen time in the all-star epic western How the West Was Won. The film chronicles the Prescott family as they charge west in the 1830s, encountering river pirates, deadly rapids, Civil…
The Blair Witch Project (1999)

The Blair Witch Project (1999)

[8] While it wasn't technically the first 'found footage' horror film, The Blair Witch Project gets credit for popularizing the subgenre, capturing the attention of audiences worldwide with its cogent, documentary-style approach to its subject matter. The film appears to be shot…
Beautiful Girls (1996)

Beautiful Girls (1996)

[8] Timothy Hutton (Ordinary People) heads up an ensemble cast in this warm and funny comedy/drama from director Ted Demme (The Ref) and screenwriter Scott Rosenberg (Venom, Disturbing Behavior). Hutton's a Chicago piano-player returning to his small, blue-collar hometown for his ten-year…
Top Secret! (1984)

Top Secret! (1984)

[9] With double-entendres out the wazoo and sight gags out the yin-yang, not to mention a shiny young Val Kilmer dancing and singing his heart out, Top Secret! wins me over. Kilmer plays an Elvis Presley-like crooner set to perform in World…