Muscle Shoals
Muscle Shoals (2013)
Documentary, Biography, History
Located alongside the Tennessee River, Muscle Shoals, Alabama is the unlikely breeding ground for some of America's most creative and defiant music. Under the spiritual influence of the 'Singing River' as Native Americans called it, the music of Muscle Shoals changed the world and sold millions upon... [show more]
Rick Hall
Aretha Franklin
Keith Richards
Greg 'Freddy' Camalier
Riding Giants
Riding Giants (2004)
Documentary, Biography, History
A semiserious, often rollicking, multigenerational insider's look at the origins of surfing, the colorful and subversive birth of surf culture, and the mythology and lure of the big wave. This passionate and fluid film is without question the first authentic history of surfing from its humble... [show more]
Laird Hamilton
Darrick Doerner
Dave Kalama
Stacy Peralta
Ernest & Celestine
Ernest & Celestine (2012)
Animation, Adventure, Comedy
There is a world where the Bears live above ground in their cities and the rodents live below in their underground ones in mutual fear and hate. However, Celestine, an apprentice mouse dentist, finds at least momentary common cause with Ernest, a poor street Bear musician, that gets them rejected... [show more]
Lambert Wilson
Pauline Brunner
Anne-Marie Loop
Stéphane Aubier
Vincent Patar
Benjamin Renner
Manhattan
Manhattan (1979)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Forty-two year old Isaac Davis has a romanticized view of his hometown, New York City, most specifically Manhattan, as channeled through the lead character in the first book he is writing, despite his own Manhattan-based life being more of a tragicomedy. He has just quit his job as a hack writer for... [show more]
Woody Allen
Diane Keaton
Mariel Hemingway
Woody Allen
Life Itself
Life Itself (2014)
Documentary, Biography
'Life Itself' recounts the surprising and entertaining life of world-renowned film critic and social commentator Roger Ebert - a story that's by turns personal, wistful, funny, painful, and transcendent. The film explores the impact and legacy of Roger Ebert's life: from his Pulitzer Prize-winning... [show more]
Roger Ebert
Chaz Ebert
Gene Siskel
Steve James
The Insider
The Insider (1999)
Biography, Drama, History
Balls-out 60 Minutes (1968) Producer Lowell Bergman (Al Pacino) sniffs a story when a former research biologist for Brown & Williamson, Jeff Wigand (Russell Crowe), won't talk to him. When the company leans hard on Wigand to honor a confidentiality agreement, he gets his back up. Trusting... [show more]
Russell Crowe
Al Pacino
Christopher Plummer
Michael Mann
The Sandlot
The Sandlot (1993)
Comedy, Drama, Family
Scotty Smalls moves to a new neighborhood with his mom and stepdad, and wants to learn to play baseball. Rodriguez, the neighborhood baseball guru, takes Smalls under his wing - soon he becomes part of the local baseball buddies. They fall into adventures involving baseball, treehouse sleep-ins, the... [show more]
Tom Guiry
Mike Vitar
Art LaFleur
David Mickey Evans
The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day (1993)
Drama, Romance
Rule bound head butler Stevens' (Sir Anthony Hopkins') world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of housekeeper Miss Kenton (Dame Emma Thompson), who falls in love with him in pre-World War II Britain. The possibility of romance and his master's cultivation... [show more]
Anthony Hopkins
Emma Thompson
John Haycraft
James Ivory
The Right Stuff
The Right Stuff (1983)
Adventure, Biography, Drama
Tom Wolfe's book on the history of the U.S. Space program reads like a novel, and the film has that same fictional quality. It covers the breaking of the sound barrier by Chuck Yeager to the Mercury 7 astronauts, showing that no one had a clue how to run a space program or how to select people to be... [show more]
Sam Shepard
Scott Glenn
Ed Harris
Philip Kaufman
The Celluloid Closet
The Celluloid Closet (1995)
Documentary, History
A comprehensive documentary of the history of gays and lesbians in cinema, from negative to positive reflections of gay characters and the troubles of actors and actresses.
Lily Tomlin
Tony Curtis
Susie Bright
Rob Epstein
Jeffrey Friedman
Murderball
Murderball (2005)
Documentary, Sport
Quad rugby as played by the US team, between 2002 games in Sweden and the 2004 Paralympics in Athens. Young men, most with spinal injuries, play this rough and tumble sport in special chairs, seated gladiators. We get to know several and their families. They talk frankly about their injuries,... [show more]
R
88 min
Joe Soares
Keith Cavill
Mark Zupan
Henry Alex Rubin
Dana Adam Shapiro
R
88 min
Unknown
Man on Wire
Man on Wire (2008)
Documentary, Biography, Crime
On August 7, 1974, Philippe Petit, a French wire walker, juggler, and street performer days shy of his 25th birthday, spent 45 minutes walking, dancing, kneeling, and lying on a wire he and friends strung between the rooftops of the Twin Towers. Uses contemporary interviews, archival footage, and... [show more]
Philippe Petit
Jean François Heckel
Jean-Louis Blondeau
James Marsh
Argo
Argo (2012)
Biography, Drama, History
In 1979, the American embassy in Iran was invaded by Iranian revolutionaries and several Americans were taken hostage. However, six managed to escape to the official residence of the Canadian Ambassador and the CIA was ordered to get them out of the country. With few options, exfiltration expert... [show more]
Ben Affleck
Bryan Cranston
John Goodman
Ben Affleck
Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Drama, Romance
When Mr. Dashwood (Tom Wilkinson) dies, he must leave the bulk of his estate to the son by his first marriage, which leaves his second wife and their three daughters Elinor (Dame Emma Thompson), Marianne (Kate Winslet), and Margaret (Emilie François), in straitened circumstances. They are taken in... [show more]
Emma Thompson
Kate Winslet
James Fleet
Ang Lee
Badlands
Badlands (1973)
Action, Crime, Drama
It's the late 1950s. Mid-twenty-something Kit is a restless and unfocused young man with a James Dean vibe and swagger which he has heard mentioned about him more than once. Fifteen year old Holly has a somewhat cold relationship with her sign painter father, if only because she is the primary... [show more]
Martin Sheen
Sissy Spacek
Warren Oates
Terrence Malick
Love Streams
Love Streams (1984)
Drama
The film describes a few days in the life of the writer Robert Harmon and his sister Sarah. The decadent life of Robert is made of alcohol, cigarettes, and short-time relationships with women; women he interviews for a book, he spends a weekend with at a casino or fall in love with for the fun of an... [show more]
Gena Rowlands
John Cassavetes
Diahnne Abbott
John Cassavetes
Salesman
Salesman (1969)
Documentary, Drama
Filmmakers (and brothers) Albert and David Maysles follow four employees of a company that makes expensive, ornate, illustrated bibles as they attempt to sell the items door-to-door to less-than-interested customers, who are mainly poor or lower-middle-class Catholics with little money to spend on... [show more]
Paul Brennan
Charles McDevitt
James Baker
Albert Maysles
David Maysles
Charlotte Zwerin
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Action, Adventure, Family
After a lonely summer on Privet Drive, Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) returns to a Hogwarts full of ill-fortune. Few of students and parents believe him or Dumbledore (Sir Michael Gambon) that Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) is really back. The ministry had decided to step in by appointing a new Defense Against... [show more]
Daniel Radcliffe
Emma Watson
Rupert Grint
David Yates
Scrooge
Scrooge (1970)
Drama, Family, Fantasy
In 1860, cranky old miser Ebenezer Scrooge hates Christmas, loathes people, and defends the decrease of the surplus of poor population, runs his bank exploiting his employee Bob Cratchit and clients, giving a bitter treatment to his own nephew and acquaintances. However, on Christmas Eve, he is... [show more]
Albert Finney
Alec Guinness
Edith Evans
Ronald Neame
'Round Midnight
'Round Midnight (1986)
Drama, Music
In 'Round Midnight, real-life jazz legend Dexter Gordon brilliantly portrays the fictional tenor sax player Dale Turner, a musician slowly losing the battle with alcoholism, estranged from his family, and hanging on by a thread in the 1950's New York jazz world. Dale gets an offer to play in Paris,... [show more]
Dexter Gordon
François Cluzet
Gabrielle Haker
Bertrand Tavernier
The Trouble with Angels
The Trouble with Angels (1966)
Comedy, Family
Coming-of-age story for two girls, Mary Clancy (Hayley Mills) and Rachel Devery (June Harding), who find themselves as students at the St. Francis Academy, a Catholic boarding school for girls. The story spans three years and follows the girls and their many pranks including setting off fire alarms,... [show more]
Rosalind Russell
Hayley Mills
Binnie Barnes
Ida Lupino
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken (1991)
Drama, Family, Romance
Thrilled by a performance she sees at a fair, Sonora (Gabrielle Anwar) tries to land a spot as a daredevil who rides horses off of high dives. With the help of Al Carver (Michael Schoeffling), whose father runs the show, she works toward her goal. An injury to star rider Marie (Kathleen York) paves... [show more]
Gabrielle Anwar
Michael Schoeffling
Cliff Robertson
Steve Miner
The Incredible Journey
The Incredible Journey (1963)
Adventure, Drama, Family
Two dogs and a cat set off on a treacherous 200-mile journey towards home.
Émile Genest
John Drainie
Tommy Tweed
Fletcher Markle
Matilda
Matilda (1996)
Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Matilda Wormwood is an exquisite and intelligent little girl. Unfortunately, Matilda is misunderstood by her family because she is very different from their ways of life. As time passes, Matilda finally starts school that has a kindly teacher, loyal friends and a sadistic principal. As she gets fed... [show more]
Danny DeVito
Rhea Perlman
Mara Wilson
Danny DeVito
Babe
Babe (1995)
Comedy, Drama, Family
Gentle farmer Arthur Hoggett wins a piglet named Babe at a county fair. Narrowly escaping his fate as Christmas dinner when Farmer Hoggett decides to show him at the next fair, Babe bonds with motherly border collie Fly and discovers that he can herd sheep too. But will the other farm animals,... [show more]
James Cromwell
Magda Szubanski
Christine Cavanaugh
Chris Noonan
Concert for George
Concert for George (2003)
Documentary, Music
George Harrison's friends, family, and bandmates unite for a tribute concert on the one-year anniversary of his death.
Joe Brown
Eric Clapton
Jools Holland
Sam Brown
David Leland
Heat
Heat (1995)
Action, Crime, Drama
Hunters and their prey--Neil and his professional criminal crew hunt to score big money targets (banks, vaults, armored cars) and are, in turn, hunted by Lt. Vincent Hanna and his team of cops in the Robbery/Homicide police division. A botched job puts Hanna onto their trail while they regroup and... [show more]
Al Pacino
Robert De Niro
Val Kilmer
Michael Mann
Once Upon a Time in America
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Crime, Drama
With the vivid memory of his long-gone childhood friends Max, Patsy, and Cockeye etched in his mind, his ferociously loyal partners-in-crime during their rise to prominence in New York's Prohibition-era Lower East Side, the defeated, penniless, and guilt-ridden former gangster David "Noodles"... [show more]
Robert De Niro
James Woods
Elizabeth McGovern
Sergio Leone
2001: A Space Odyssey
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Adventure, Sci-Fi
"2001" is a story of evolution. Sometime in the distant past, someone or something nudged evolution by placing a monolith on Earth (presumably elsewhere throughout the universe as well). Evolution then enabled humankind to reach the moon's surface, where yet another monolith is found, one that... [show more]
Keir Dullea
Gary Lockwood
William Sylvester
Stanley Kubrick
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Luke Skywalker battles Jabba the Hutt and Darth Vader to save his comrades in the Rebel Alliance and triumph over the Galactic Empire. Han Solo and Princess Leia reaffirm their love, and team with Chewbacca, Lando Calrissian, the Ewoks, and droids C-3PO and R2-D2 to aid in the disruption of the Dark... [show more]
Mark Hamill
Harrison Ford
Carrie Fisher
Richard Marquand
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Action, Adventure
An art collector appeals to Indiana Jones to embark on a search for the Holy Grail. He learns that another archaeologist has disappeared while searching for the precious goblet, and the missing man is his own father, Dr. Henry Jones. The artifact is much harder to find than they expected, and its... [show more]
Harrison Ford
Sean Connery
Alison Doody
Steven Spielberg
Hearts and Minds
Hearts and Minds (1974)
Documentary, History, War
This film recounts the history and attitudes of the opposing sides of the Vietnam War using archival news footage as well as its own film and interviews. A key theme is how attitudes of American racism and self-righteous militarism helped create and prolong this bloody conflict. The film also... [show more]
Tin Chan
Chau Diem
Ngo Dinh Diem
Peter Davis
No Country for Old Men
No Country for Old Men (2007)
Crime, Drama, Thriller
In rural Texas, welder and hunter Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) discovers the remains of several drug runners who have all killed each other in an exchange gone violently wrong. Rather than report the discovery to the police, Moss decides to simply take the two million dollars present for himself.... [show more]
Tommy Lee Jones
Javier Bardem
Josh Brolin
Ethan Coen
Joel Coen
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Comedy, Drama
This movie recounts the adventures of M. Gustave (Ralph Fiennes), a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa (Tony Revolori), the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting and... [show more]
Ralph Fiennes
F. Murray Abraham
Mathieu Amalric
Wes Anderson
Blade Runner
Blade Runner (1982)
Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
In the early twenty-first century, the Tyrell Corporation, during what was called the Nexus phase, developed robots, called "replicants", that were supposed to aid society, the replicants which looked and acted like humans. When the superhuman generation Nexus 6 replicants, used for dangerous... [show more]
Harrison Ford
Rutger Hauer
Sean Young
Ridley Scott
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)
Biography, Drama, Family
Commuting by train, music professor Parker Wilson finds an Akita puppy, whose cage broke unnoticed during shipping, leaving his destination unknown, and since the station can't care for it and the dog catcher warns even such cute ones may not be adopted in the two weeks allowed, he kindly takes it... [show more]
Richard Gere
Joan Allen
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Lasse Hallström
Metal: A Headbanger's Journey
Documentary, Music
Sam Dunn is a 30-year old anthropologist who wrote his graduate thesis on the plight of Guatemalan refugees. Recenly he has decided to study the plight of a different culture, one he has been a part of since he was a 12-year old: the culture of heavy metal. Sam sets out on a global journey to find... [show more]
Tom Araya
Gavin Baddeley
Blasphemer
Sam Dunn
Scot McFadyen
Jessica Joy Wise
Slumdog Millionaire
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Crime, Drama, Romance
The story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's Kaun Banega Crorepati? (2000) (Who Wants To Be A... [show more]
Dev Patel
Freida Pinto
Saurabh Shukla
Danny Boyle
Loveleen Tandan
Do the Right Thing
Do the Right Thing (1989)
Comedy, Drama
This film looks at life in the Bedford-Stuyvesant district of Brooklyn on a hot summer Sunday. As he does everyday, Sal Fragione opens the pizza parlor he's owned for 25 years. The neighborhood has changed considerably in the time he's been there and is now composed primarily of African-Americans... [show more]
Danny Aiello
Ossie Davis
Ruby Dee
Spike Lee
The Martian
The Martian (2015)
Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find... [show more]
Matt Damon
Jessica Chastain
Kristen Wiig
Ridley Scott
Groundhog Day
Groundhog Day (1993)
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A weather man is reluctantly sent to cover a story about a weather forecasting "rat" (as he calls it). This is his fourth year on the story, and he makes no effort to hide his frustration. On awaking the 'following' day, he discovers that it's Groundhog Day again, and again, and again. First he uses... [show more]
Bill Murray
Andie MacDowell
Chris Elliott
Harold Ramis
Gandhi
Gandhi (1982)
Biography, Drama, History
In 1893, Mohandas K. Gandhi is thrown off a South African train for being an Indian and traveling in a first class compartment. Gandhi realizes that the laws are biased against Indians and decides to start a non-violent protest campaign for the rights of all Indians in South Africa. After numerous... [show more]
Ben Kingsley
John Gielgud
Rohini Hattangadi
Richard Attenborough
The Emigrants
The Emigrants (1971)
Drama, History
In the middle of the 19th century, Kristina and Karl-Oskar live in a small rural village in Smaaland (southern Sweden). They get married and try to make a living on a small spot of land. However, the small size of their land, the infertile soil, and some bad harvests make it tough. One of their... [show more]
Max von Sydow
Liv Ullmann
Eddie Axberg
Jan Troell
Chungking Express
Chungking Express (1994)
Comedy, Crime, Drama
Wong Kar-Wai's movie about two love-struck cops is filmed in impressionistic splashes of motion and color. The first half deals with Cop 223, who has broken up with his girlfriend of five years. He purchases a tin of pineapples with an expiration date of May 1 each day for a month. By the end of... [show more]
Brigitte Lin
Takeshi Kaneshiro
Tony Leung Chiu-wai
Wong Kar-Wai
Captains Courageous
Captains Courageous (1937)
Adventure, Drama, Family
Harvey Cheyne is a spoiled brat used to having his own way. When a prank goes wrong onboard an ocean liner Harvey ends up overboard and nearly drowns. Fortunately he's picked up by a fishing boat just heading out for the season. He tries to bribe the crew into returning early to collect a reward but... [show more]
Spencer Tracy
Freddie Bartholomew
Lionel Barrymore
Victor Fleming
Almost Famous
Almost Famous (2000)
Adventure, Comedy, Drama
The early 1970s. William Miller is 15-years old and an aspiring rock journalist. He gets a job writing for Rolling Stone magazine. His first assignment: tour with the band Stillwater and write about the experience. Miller will get to see what goes on behind the scenes in a famous band, including the... [show more]
Billy Crudup
Patrick Fugit
Kate Hudson
Cameron Crowe
The Wild Bunch
The Wild Bunch (1969)
Action, Adventure, Drama
It's 1913, and the "traditional" American West is dying. Amongst the inhabitants of this dying era are a gang known as "the wild bunch." After a failed railroad office robbery, the gang heads to Mexico to do one last job. Seeing their times and lives drifting away in the 20th century, the gang takes... [show more]
William Holden
Ernest Borgnine
Robert Ryan
Sam Peckinpah
Dallas Buyers Club
Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
Biography, Drama
Dallas 1985. Electrician and sometimes rodeo bull rider Ron Woodroof lives hard, which includes heavy smoking, drinking, drug use (primarily cocaine) and casual sex. He is racist and homophobic. While in the hospital on a work related injury, the doctors discover and inform him that he is HIV+, and... [show more]
Matthew McConaughey
Jennifer Garner
Jared Leto
Jean-Marc Vallée
Tomorrow
Tomorrow (2015)
Documentary
The world's climate is changing. Instead of showing the worst that can happen, this documentary focuses on the people suggesting solutions and their actions.
Anthony Barnosky
Olivier De Schutter
Cyril Dion
Cyril Dion
Mélanie Laurent
Young@Heart
Young@Heart (2007)
Documentary, Music
Documents the true story of the final weeks of rehearsal for the Young at Heart Chorus in Northampton, MA, whose average age is 81, and many of whom must overcome health adversities to participate. Their music is unexpected, going against the stereotype of their age group, performing songs, for... [show more]
Joe Benoit
Helen Boston
Louise Canady
Stephen Walker
Sally George