The Money Pit (1986)

The Money Pit (1986)

[6] Tom Hanks and Shelley Long star as an engaged couple who make a hasty mansion purchase, only to discover the building is falling apart and needs more repairs than they can likely afford. The Money Pit takes about twenty minutes to…
Bringing Out the Dead (1999)

Bringing Out the Dead (1999)

[7] Nicolas Cage stars as a third shift New York ambulance paramedic haunted by ghosts and clinging to his sanity in this grim, sometimes darkly comic film from director Martin Scorsese and Taxi Driver scribe Paul Schrader. Cage's character gets a natural high…
This Is the Night (1932)

This Is the Night (1932)

[6] Cary Grant made his big-screen debut as a singing javelin thrower in this romantic comedy about adulterous lovers (Thelma Todd and Roland Young) who go to great lengths to hide their secret affair from the woman's husband (Grant). The cover-up involves…
Silkwood (1983)

Silkwood (1983)

[7] Meryl Streep stars in the true story of a plutonium processing worker who is purposefully contaminated with the lethal substance after she initiates a whistle-blowing campaign about the company's safety standards. Kurt Russel plays the love interest and Cher plays the…
The Sure Thing (1985)

The Sure Thing (1985)

[6] This may be one of the least insufferable John Cusack romantic comedies out there. He's nauseatingly pussy-whipped like always, willing to drill a hole in his own head to catch a piece of hair pie. When his friend (Anthony Edwards) promises…
American Movie (1999)

American Movie (1999)

[7] This documentary about a Milwaukee indie filmmaker trying to finish his ultra-low budget horror movie is equal parts sad and hilarious. The filmmakers, Chris Smith and Sarah Price, follow Mark Borchardt as he flyers the town for cast & crew, scouts…
Dirty Pictures (2000)

Dirty Pictures (2000)

[6] James Woods stars as the museum director taken to court when photographs from Robert Mapplethorpe's 1990 exhibit were accused of being obscene in Cincinnati, Ohio. Diana Scarwid and Craig T. Nelson also star in this made-for-cable movie that incorporates Mapplethrope's photos…
Streamers (1983)

Streamers (1983)

[7] Robert Altman directs this adaptation of David Rabe's award-winning stage play about four young Vietnam draftees who let their fears and insecurities get the better of them after one of them reveals he's gay. Streamers is a character study that takes place…
Beautiful Boy (2018)

Beautiful Boy (2018)

[8] A father tries to save his son from drug addiction in this true story based on the lives and writings of David Sheff and Nic Sheff. Beautiful Boy opens on the father, played by Steve Carell (Little Miss Sunshine), waiting up…
Half Nelson (2006)

Half Nelson (2006)

[5] Ryan Gosling stars as an inner-city junior high teacher with a drug habit. When one of his students finds him in a crack-induced stupor on the bathroom floor, the two strike up an unlikely relationship. Gosling and the girl (Shareeka Epps)…