Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

[4] A man named Kris Kringle (Edmund Gwenn) steps in to replace a drunken Santa in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, and does such a good job that Macy's then hires him to play Santa in their stores during the holiday season. But when…
Adore (2013)

Adore (2013)

[7] Naomi Watts and Robin Wright play childhood friends who grew up together and are practically inseparable, even in their 40s. Their young adult sons, played by Xavier Samuel (The Loved Ones) and James Frecheville, are also best friends. The four spend…
Splendor (1999)

Splendor (1999)

[5] A young woman (Kathleen Robertson) starts dating two different men, a writer and a drummer (Johnathon Schaech and Matt Keeslar), and can't give one up, so she invites them to be a threesome. And it works until she falls in love…
The Public Enemy (1931)

The Public Enemy (1931)

[7] James Cagney makes his breakthrough performance as a Chicago street kid who becomes a successful gangster during prohibition. I don't usually like gangster movies, but director William Wellman (Wings, The Ox-Bow Incident) frames The Public Enemy as a cautionary tale with…
Fear (1996)

Fear (1996)

[7] Mark Wahlberg and Reese Witherspoon headline this taut, engaging thriller from screenwriter Christopher Crowe (Last of the Mohicans) and director James Foley (After Dark My Sweet, Glengarry Glen Ross). Witherspoon plays a high schooler who falls head over heels for the…
Quid Pro Quo (2008)

Quid Pro Quo (2008)

[6] Nick Stahl (Carnivale, Terminator 3) and Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air, The Conjuring) star in this intimate, slightly bizarre character drama from writer/director Carlos Brooks. Stahl plays a wheelchair-bound New York City radio reporter researching a subculture of "paraplegic wannabes," people…
Cry of the Banshee (1970)

Cry of the Banshee (1970)

[6] A witch casts a spell on a nasty lord's family after he slaughters several members of her coven. Cry of the Banshee then becomes a "ten little indians" scenario as the witch's otherworldly servant of evil dispatches of the lord and…
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016)

Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016)

[4] The old fraternity house next door to Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne has moved away... but now there's a sorority there -- and the girls are even worse than the boys were. Rogen and Byrne seek out their old fraternity nemesis,…
Swimfan (2002)

Swimfan (2002)

[6] Jesse Bradford and Erika Christensen star in this high school version of Fatal Attraction. Bradford already has a nice girlfriend (Shiri Appleby), a nice job helping sick people at the hospital, and a promising career as a competitive swimmer. But then he…
Master of the World (1961)

Master of the World (1961)

[3] American International takes a break from Edgar Allen Poe pictures to slam two Jules Verne books together for a movie called Master of the World (based on the book of the same title and Robur, the Conqueror). Vincent Price headlines as…