The Naked Jungle (1954)

The Naked Jungle (1954)

[5] Eleanor Parker stars as a mail-order bride to a lonely South American cocoa plantation farmer played by Charlton Heston. When she first meets her husband, she's taken back by his brutish behavior. The two decide maybe marrying each other…
Big Brown Eyes (1936)

Big Brown Eyes (1936)

[6] Cary Grant and Joan Blondell star as a private eye and a manicurist-turned-journalist who help solve a mystery that began as a jewelry theft ring and escalates to the accidental shooting death of a baby in Central Park. Yeah,…
40 Days and 40 Nights (2002)

40 Days and 40 Nights (2002)

[5] Josh Hartnett stars as a guy so obsessed with his ex-girlfriend, that it haunts any attempt to start a new relationship. So he gives up sex for Lent -- right before accidentally meeting Mrs. Right (Shannyn Sossamon). While his…
Flirting (1991)

Flirting (1991)

[8] Writer/director John Duigan (The Year My Voice Broke, Lawn Dogs) takes an earnest and engaging stab at the 'boy meets girl and falls in love' narrative with Flirting. Noah Taylor stars as an ostracized Australian boarding school student in…
Mermaids (1990)

Mermaids (1990)

[6] Winona Ryder and Cher give us their take on the classic mother/daughter divide in this adaptation of a novel by Patty Dann, directed by Richard Benjamin (The Money Pit, Little Nikita). Ryder's character is of high school age and…
Staying Alive (1983)

Staying Alive (1983)

[3] John Travolta returns under the curious direction of Sylvester Stallone for this sequel to the mega-hit Saturday Night Fever. But whereas Saturday Night Fever was a sincere story about a young man with big dreams and lessons to learn,…
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961)

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961)

[7] Vivien Leigh and Warren Beatty star in this adaptation of Tennessee Williams's novel about an aging starlet (Leigh) who becomes a widow while vacationing in Italy. She reluctantly agrees to let a scheming contessa (Lotte Lenya) set her up…
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

[8] If you told me I'd enjoy a movie about a unabashed gold-digger and her showgirl best friend traveling to Paris while trying to pull the wool over the eyes of a private detective attempting to catch one of them…
A Little Sex (1982)

A Little Sex (1982)

[3] It's not Tim Matheson or Kate Capshaw's fault. Really, it isn't. Both of them are plenty attractive and charismatic to carry a film like this. The problem is that A Little Sex is a boiled-down reduction of every rom-com…
The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996)

The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996)

[6] Writer Audrey Wells (Under the Tuscan Sun) and director Michael Lehmann (Heathers, Hudson Hawk) deliver a better-than-average romantic comedy about a radio show host (Janeane Garofalo) who uses her fashion model neighbor (Uma Thurman) to get to know a…