Hard to Handle (1933)
[6] James Cagney stars as a career con artist who keeps trying to prove his worth to his girlfriend (Mary Brian) and her mother (Ruth Donnelly) through a series of promotional scams. From a rigged dance marathon and a bogus…
Maurice (1987)
[6] James Wilby and Hugh Grant star as young lovers driven apart by oppressive heteronormativity in pre-World War I England. The two meet in college and cautiously profess their love for one another. But when a fellow gay student is…
Summer Lovers (1982)
[6] Peter Gallagher and Daryl Hannah play a young American couple vacationing in the Greek Islands whose relationship hits a rough patch when Gallagher takes a shine to a French archaeologist (Valérie Quennessen). But guilt and jealousy give way to…
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…
The Thrill of It All (1963)
[5] Doris Day and James Garner star as a couple whose marriage hits a rough patch when Day decides to work outside the home. At first it's only one night a week, promoting a soap product on live television. But…
Once Around (1991)
[6] Holly Hunter stars as the youngest daughter in a tight-knit Boston family that's eager to see her married. But when she finally brings a man home to meet them, he's not quite who they expected. Richard Dreyfuss plays the…
A Night in Heaven (1983)
[4] Christopher Atkins (The Blue Lagoon) and Lesley Ann Warren (Clue) star in this incredibly unfocused drama about a young community college teacher who enters into an affair with a handsome student failing her class. The tawdriness begins when she…
Gambling Ship (1933)
[4] Cary Grant stars as a gambling boss who leaves New York after getting acquitted by a jury. He intends to turn over a new leaf, especially when he falls in love with a charming woman (Benita Hume) on a…
Sylvia Scarlett (1935)
[6] In the first and least successful of their screen pairings, Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant star as swindlers who end up running a traveling vaudeville show on the shores of England. Hepburn's character disguises herself as a young man…
The American President (1995)
[6] What if a widowed U.S. president started dating again during an election year? This question is the premise for director Rob Reiner (Stand By Me, Misery) and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network, Moneyball) in The American President. Michael…