The Ref (1994)

The Ref (1994)

[7] A burglar evades police by taking a bickering couple hostage in their own home on Christmas Eve in this dark comedy from director Ted Demme (Blow, Beautiful Girls) and co-screenwriter Richard LaGravenese (The Fisher King). The Ref is nothing…
Needful Things (1993)

Needful Things (1993)

[7] In this adaptation of Stephen King's book, a mysterious shop opens in a coastal town where customers can buy anything they desire -- but at a cost far higher than they realize. When the sheriff (Ed Harris) realizes the…
Wayne’s World (1992)

Wayne’s World (1992)

[3] Saturday Night Live's Mike Myers and Dana Carvey turn their recurring skit into a feature-length movie directed by Penelope Spheeris (Suburbia, The Boys Next Door). Rob Lowe co-stars as a television producer who gives the lads a chance to…
The Last Boy Scout (1991)

The Last Boy Scout (1991)

[4] Bruce Willis stars as a private eye trying to protect a stripper who thinks she's in danger. When she ends up killed, her boyfriend, a disgraced football player (Damon Wayans), ingratiates himself to Willis to help discover who's responsible…
Home Alone (1990)

Home Alone (1990)

[4] Chris Columbus (Adventures in Babysitting) directs this John Hughes production about an eight-year-old boy accidentally left at home while his family flies to Paris for the Christmas holiday. At first, the boy (Uncle Buck's Macaulay Culkin) enjoys his freedom,…
She-Devil (1989)

She-Devil (1989)

[4] Roseanne Barr and Meryl Streep make one of filmdom's most curious pairings in She-Devil. The comedy from director Susan Seidelman (Desperately Seeking Susan) is based on a novel by Fay Weldon, about a belittled housewife (Barr) who plots a…
Earth Girls Are Easy (1988)

Earth Girls Are Easy (1988)

[4] Three furry aliens crash-land in Geena Davis' swimming pool in the San Fernando Valley. After determining they mean no harm, Davis decides to have her pool drained so they can repair their ship and go home. But in the…
Dirty Dancing (1987)

Dirty Dancing (1987)

[7] One of the ultimate 'little movies that could,' Dirty Dancing is a low-budget sleeper sensation that is arguably the most popular and enduring movie released in its year. Set in a Catskills resort in 1963, the film is a…
About Last Night (1986)

About Last Night (1986)

[5] Edward Zwick (Glory, Legends of the Fall) directs this yuppie 'windy city' romance starring brat-packers Rob Lowe and Demi Moore. It's your typical boy-meets-girl story. They have sex, they fall in love, they move in together, they fight, they…
Female (1933)

Female (1933)

[6] Ruth Chatterton (Frisco Jenny) stars as a powerful automobile executive who plucks young men out of her workforce to have sex with and vows never to marry. But when a rival businessman (George Brent) refuses her advances, she begins…