Always (1989)

Always (1989)

[7] One of director Steven Spielberg's less successful films remains this fantasy-romance starring Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, and John Goodman as aerial forest-fire fighters and best friends. When Dreyfuss's character perishes in action, he comes back as a guardian angel…
1941 (1979)

1941 (1979)

[4] After the enormous success of Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Steven Spielberg was dealt his biggest box office blow to date with 1941. The film, billed as a 'comic spectacular', takes place in Hollywood the day…
Catch Me If You Can (2002)

Catch Me If You Can (2002)

[8] Steven Spielberg directs Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks in this odd, beguiling caper about a 17-year-old con man (DiCaprio) pursued across the globe by a dogged FBI agent (Hanks) for successfully impersonating a doctor, a lawyer, and a commercial…
Dial M for Murder (1954)

Dial M for Murder (1954)

[6] Ray Milland (The Lost Weekend) hires a man to murder Grace Kelly in Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder. The film, based on a stage play by Frederick Knott, opens with Milland hiring an old college acquaintance (Anthony Dawson)…
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

[7] Writer/director Steven Spielberg follows up his immensely successful Jaws with this tale of extra-terrestrials and government conspiracy. Richard Dreyfuss stars as a family man whose encounter with a UFO brings him into contact with a grieving mother (Melinda Dillon)…
Minority Report (2002)

Minority Report (2002)

[8] Steven Spielberg directs Tom Cruise in this taut adaptation of Philip K. Dick's sci-fi novelette set in 2054, when cops are able to use the visions of three uniquely gifted people called 'precogs' to arrest criminals before they commit…
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)

[7] After the mediocre Episodes I and II, Star Wars creator George Lucas finally kicks his prequel trilogy into high gear with Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. The film opens with the Galactic Republic at war with a growing…
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002)

Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002)

[5] Part two of George Lucas' Star Wars prequel trilogy is cluttered and over-produced like the previous installment, but it's a modest improvement over part one, thanks in large part to an action-packed final act. Everything before that final act…
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)

[4] George Lucas's much-anticipated return to the Star Wars universe after sixteen years affords the writer/director the advanced technology needed to bring his vision to life, yet there's little life to be found in the story or characters of his…
The Eiger Sanction (1975)

The Eiger Sanction (1975)

[7] Clint Eastwood gives us his take on James Bond with The Eiger Sanction, the story of a retired hit man who is coerced back into action by a secretive government organization to 'sanction' (kill) a member of a mountain…