Millennium Actress (2001)
Animation, Drama, Fantasy
A movie studio is being torn down. TV interviewer Genya Tachibana has tracked down its most famous star, Chiyoko Fujiwara, who has been a recluse since she left acting some 30 years ago. Tachibana delivers a key to her, and it causes her to reflect on her career; as she's telling the story,... [show more]
Miyoko Shôji
Shôzô Îzuka
Mami Koyama
Satoshi Kon
Kô Matsuo
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
Ghostbusters (1984)
Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz and Egon Spengler work at Columbia University. where they delve into the paranormal and fiddle with many unethical experiments on their students. As they are kicked out of the University, they really understand the paranormal and go into business for themselves. Under the... [show more]
Bill Murray
Dan Aykroyd
Sigourney Weaver
Ivan Reitman
Breaking Away (1979)
Comedy, Drama, Sport
Best friends Dave, Mike, Cyril and Moocher have just graduated from high school. Living in the college town of Bloomington, Indiana, they are considered "cutters": the working class of the town so named since most of the middle aged generation, such as their parents, worked at the local limestone... [show more]
Dennis Christopher
Dennis Quaid
Daniel Stern
Peter Yates
Apollo 13 (1995)
Adventure, Drama, History
Based on the true story of the ill-fated 13th Apollo mission bound for the moon. Astronauts Lovell, Haise and Swigert were scheduled to fly Apollo 14, but are moved up to 13. It's 1970, and The US has already achieved their lunar landing goal, so there's little interest in this "routine" flight..... [show more]
Tom Hanks
Bill Paxton
Kevin Bacon
Ron Howard
Porco Rosso (1992)
Animation, Adventure, Comedy
In Early 1930's era Italy air pirates, bounty hunters and high fliers of all sorts rule the skies. The most cunning and skilled of these pilots is Porco Rosso. A former Ace, he now makes a living flying contract jobs, such as rescuing those kidnapped by air pirates. Donald Curtis, Porco's rival in... [show more]
Shûichirô Moriyama
Tokiko Katô
Bunshi Katsura VI
Hayao Miyazaki
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Comedy, Musical
A day and a half in the life of the Fab Four leading up to a televised concert gig. The boys seem to be constantly on the run, from their crazed fans and from their manager, who is constantly trying to rein them in. Sir Ringo Starr however is arrested and still isn't in the studio half an hour... [show more]
John Lennon
Paul McCartney
George Harrison
Richard Lester
Animal Crackers (1930)
Comedy, Family, Musical
Captain Spaulding, the noted explorer, returns from Africa and attends a gala party held by Mrs. Rittenhouse. A painting displayed at that party is stolen, and the Marxes help recover it. Well, maybe 'help' isn't quite the word I was looking for--this is the Marx Brothers, after all...
Groucho Marx
Harpo Marx
Chico Marx
Victor Heerman
Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
Biography, Drama, Sport
Josh Waitzkin is just a typical American boy interested in baseball when one day he challenges his father at chess and wins. Showing unusual precocity at the outdoor matches at Washington Square in New York City, he quickly makes friends with a hustler named Vinnie who teaches him speed chess.... [show more]
Joe Mantegna
Ben Kingsley
Max Pomeranc
Steven Zaillian
Local Hero (1983)
Comedy, Drama
Oil billionaire Happer sends Mac to a remote Scottish village to secure the property rights for an oil refinery they want to build. Mac teams up with Danny and starts the negotiations, the locals are keen to get their hands on the 'Silver Dollar' and can't believe their luck. However, a local hermit... [show more]
Burt Lancaster
Peter Riegert
Fulton Mackay
Bill Forsyth
The Dark Crystal (1982)
Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Another planet, another time. One thousand years ago, the mysterious Dark Crystal was damaged by one of the Urskeks and an age of chaos has began. The evil race of grotesque birdlike lizards, the Skeksis, gnomish dragons who rule their fantastic planet with an iron claw. Meanwhile, orphan Jen,... [show more]
Jim Henson
Kathryn Mullen
Frank Oz
Jim Henson
Frank Oz
Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
Adventure, Family
A family in route to New Guinea is shipwrecked on a deserted tropical island. They are forced to remain on the island because of the damage to the ship and the pirates that are roaming the islands. They create a home on the island (centering around a huge tree house) and explore the island and its... [show more]
John Mills
Dorothy McGuire
James MacArthur
Ken Annakin
The Witches (1990)
Adventure, Comedy, Family
A recently orphaned young boy is taken to a seaside hotel in England by his grandmother, who is recuperating after an illness.. Also staying at their hotel is a group of witches who have gathered to prepare a plot to rid England of all children.
Anjelica Huston
Mai Zetterling
Jasen Fisher
Nicolas Roeg
Follow That Bird (1985)
Adventure, Comedy, Family
Eccentric and lovable Big Bird lives a very carefree life with his friends on Sesame Street. But his happiness is cut short when a strict social worker named Miss Finch sends him away to live with a wacky family of Dodos. After a long week and feeling homesick, he decides that he has had enough and... [show more]
Caroll Spinney
Jim Henson
Frank Oz
Ken Kwapis
That Darn Cat! (1965)
Comedy, Crime, Family
A woman is kidnapped. While in captivity, she manages to send a message out with a wandering cat. The cat's owner calls the F.B.I. The F.B.I. tries to follow the cat. Jealous boyfriends and nosy neighbors also get into the act.
Hayley Mills
Dean Jones
Dorothy Provine
Robert Stevenson
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
Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
History is turned on its comic head when, in tenth-century England, King Arthur travels the countryside to find knights who will join him at the Round Table in Camelot. Gathering up the men is a tale in itself but after a bit of a party at Camelot, many decide to leave only to be stopped by God, who... [show more]
Graham Chapman
John Cleese
Eric Idle
Terry Gilliam
Terry Jones
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
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
Animation, Adventure, Comedy
This is the story of Mr. Fox (George Clooney) and his wild ways of hen heckling, turkey taking, and cider sipping, nocturnal, instinctive adventures. He has to put his wild days behind him and do what fathers do best: be responsible. He is too rebellious. He is too wild. He is going to try "just one... [show more]
George Clooney
Meryl Streep
Bill Murray
Wes Anderson
Shrek (2001)
Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When a green ogre named Shrek discovers his swamp has been 'swamped' with all sorts of fairytale creatures by the scheming Lord Farquaad, Shrek sets out with a very loud donkey by his side to 'persuade' Farquaad to give Shrek his swamp back. Instead, a deal is made. Farquaad, who wants to become the... [show more]
Mike Myers
Eddie Murphy
Cameron Diaz
Andrew Adamson
Vicky Jenson
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Animation, Adventure, Comedy
'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acme is found dead and Roger is the prime suspect. Groundbreaking interaction between the live and... [show more]
Bob Hoskins
Christopher Lloyd
Joanna Cassidy
Robert Zemeckis
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey during the Depression and is searching for an escape from her dreary life. Tom Baxter is a dashing young archaeologist in the film "The Purple Rose of Cairo." After losing her job Cecilia goes to see the film in hopes of raising her spirits. Much to her surprise... [show more]
Mia Farrow
Jeff Daniels
Danny Aiello
Woody Allen
Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
Action, Adventure, Drama
In the twenty-fourth century, the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E has been ordered to patrol the Romulan Neutral Zone by the Federation to avoid interference with their battle against the insidious Borg. Witnessing the loss of the battle, Captain Jean-Luc Picard ignores orders and takes... [show more]
Patrick Stewart
Jonathan Frakes
Brent Spiner
Jonathan Frakes
1776 (1972)
Drama, Family, History
The film version of the Broadway musical comedy of the same name. In the days leading up to July 4, 1776, Continental Congressmen John Adams and Benjamin Franklin coerce Thomas Jefferson into writing the Declaration of Independence as a delaying tactic as they try to persuade the American colonies... [show more]
William Daniels
Howard Da Silva
Ken Howard
Peter H. Hunt
Quiz Show (1994)
Biography, Drama, History
A young lawyer, Richard Goodwin, investigates a potentially fixed game show. Charles Van Doren, a big time show winner, is under Goodwin's investigation.
Ralph Fiennes
John Turturro
Rob Morrow
Robert Redford
Shadowlands (1993)
Biography, Drama, Romance
C.S. Lewis (Sir Anthony Hopkins) is the author of the "Chronicles of Narnia" books. Known as Jack, he teaches at Oxford during the 1950s. An American fan, Joy Gresham (Debra Winger), arrives to meet him for tea in Oxford. It is the beginning of a love affair. Tragically, Joy becomes terminally ill... [show more]
Anthony Hopkins
Debra Winger
Julian Fellowes
Richard Attenborough
Bridge to Terabithia (2007)
Drama, Family, Fantasy
Growing up in the Redneck country isn't easy for shy Jess Aarons, with a father struggling to make ends meet, three arrogant bigger sisters and a 'baby' he has to take to school and watches generally. In class he bonds with cheeky newcomer Leslie Burke, whose scientist parents moved into the... [show more]
Josh Hutcherson
AnnaSophia Robb
Zooey Deschanel
Gabor Csupo
The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
Animation, Adventure, Family
In Victorian London, England, a little mouse girl's toymaker father is abducted by a peglegged bat. She enlists the aid of Basil of Baker Street, the rodent world's answer to Sherlock Holmes. The case expands as Basil uncovers the crime's link to a plot against the Crown itself.
Vincent Price
Barrie Ingham
Val Bettin
Ron Clements
Burny Mattinson
Dave Michener
Cool Runnings (1993)
Adventure, Comedy, Family
Four Jamaicans form their country's first ever bobsled team to compete in the upcoming 1988 Winter Olympics. They enlist the help of a disgraced former Olympic gold winner to reluctantly coach them. However, when they reach Canada they're treated as outsiders by the other teams, who fear they'll... [show more]
John Candy
Leon
Doug E. Doug
Jon Turteltaub
Flight of the Navigator (1986)
Adventure, Comedy, Family
A 12-year-old boy goes missing in 1978, only to reappear once more in 1986. In the eight years that have passed, he hasn't aged. It is no coincidence that at the time he "comes back", a flying saucer is found, entangled in power lines.
Joey Cramer
Paul Reubens
Cliff De Young
Randal Kleiser
Fly Away Home (1996)
Adventure, Drama, Family
Amy moves to Ontario to live with her father after the death of her mother. Her father, an aviation expert, helps Amy lead a flock of orphaned geese south for the winters.
Jeff Daniels
Anna Paquin
Dana Delany
Carroll Ballard
Bugsy Malone (1976)
Comedy, Crime, Family
A gangster movie in which all the gangsters are played by children. Instead of real guns and ammo, they use "splurge guns" that cover the victim in whipped cream. The story tells of the rise of Bugsy Malone and the battle for power between Fat Sam and Dandy Dan.
Jodie Foster
Scott Baio
Florence Garland
Alan Parker
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Adventure, Biography, Drama
Due to his knowledge of the native Bedouin tribes, British Lieutenant T.E. Lawrence is sent to Arabia to find Prince Faisal and serve as a liaison between the Arabs and the British in their fight against the Turks. With the aid of native Sherif Ali, Lawrence rebels against the orders of his superior... [show more]
Peter O'Toole
Alec Guinness
Anthony Quinn
David Lean
The Sting (1973)
Comedy, Crime, Drama
Johnny Hooker, a small time grifter, unknowingly steals from Doyle Lonnegan, a big time crime boss, when he pulls a standard street con. Lonnegan demands satisfaction for the insult. After his partner, Luther, is killed, Hooker flees, and seeks the help of Henry Gondorff, one of Luther's contacts,... [show more]
Paul Newman
Robert Redford
Robert Shaw
George Roy Hill
Pride & Prejudice (2005)
Drama, Romance
The story is based on Jane Austen's novel about five sisters - Jane (Rosamund Pike), Elizabeth (Keira Knightley), Mary (Talulah Riley), Kitty (Carey Mulligan), and Lydia Bennet (Jena Malone) - in Georgian England. Their lives are turned upside down when wealthy young Mr. Bingley (Simon Woods) and... [show more]
Keira Knightley
Matthew Macfadyen
Brenda Blethyn
Joe Wright
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
It is the 23rd century. Admiral James T. Kirk is an instructor at Starfleet Academy and feeling old; the prospect of attending his ship, the USS Enterprise--now a training ship--on a two-week cadet cruise does not make him feel any younger. But the training cruise becomes a deadly serious mission... [show more]
William Shatner
Leonard Nimoy
DeForest Kelley
Nicholas Meyer
Fantasia (1940)
Animation, Family, Fantasy
Disney animators set pictures to Western classical music as Leopold Stokowski conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra. "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" features Mickey Mouse as an aspiring magician who oversteps his limits. "The Rite of Spring" tells the story of evolution, from single-celled animals to the... [show more]
Leopold Stokowski
Deems Taylor
The Philadelphia Orchestra
James Algar
Samuel Armstrong
Ford Beebe Jr.
What's Up, Doc? (1972)
Comedy, Romance
Two researchers have come to San Francisco to compete for a research grant in Music. One seems a bit distracted, and that was before he meets her. A strange woman seems to have devoted her life to confusing and embarassing him. At the same time a woman has her jewels stolen and a government whistle... [show more]
Barbra Streisand
Ryan O'Neal
Madeline Kahn
Peter Bogdanovich
The Longest Day (1962)
Action, Drama, History
In 1944, the U.S. Army and Allied forces plan a huge invasion landing in Normandy, France. Despite bad weather, General Dwight D. Eisenhower gives the okay and the Allies land at Normandy. General Norma Cota travels with his men onto Omaha Beach. With much effort, and lost life, they get off the... [show more]
John Wayne
Robert Ryan
Richard Burton
Ken Annakin
Andrew Marton
Gerd Oswald
On Golden Pond (1981)
Drama
The loons are back again on Golden Pond and so are Norman Thayer, a retired professor, and Ethel who have had a summer cottage there since early in their marriage. This summer their daughter Chelsea -- whom they haven't seen for years -- feels she must be there for Norman's birthday. She and her... [show more]
Katharine Hepburn
Henry Fonda
Jane Fonda
Mark Rydell
Superman (1978)
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Just before the destruction of the planet Krypton, scientist Jor-El sends his infant son Kal-El on a spaceship to Earth. Raised by kindly farmers Jonathan and Martha Kent, young Clark discovers the source of his superhuman powers and moves to Metropolis to fight evil. As Superman, he battles the... [show more]
Christopher Reeve
Margot Kidder
Gene Hackman
Richard Donner
Yellow Submarine (1968)
Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When the music hating Blue Meanies take over Pepperland and freeze everyone within it, including the protectors, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Captain Fred (Lance Percival) and his Yellow Submarine recruit The Beatles to help save Pepperland. Along the way, they fall through the Sea of... [show more]
Paul McCartney
George Harrison
Ringo Starr
George Dunning
A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969)
Animation, Comedy, Drama
Poor Charlie Brown. He can't fly a kite, and he always loses in baseball. Having his faults projected onto a screen by Lucy doesn't help him much either. Against the sage advice and taunting of the girls in his class, he volunteers for the class spelling bee...and wins! Next, it's the school... [show more]
Peter Robbins
Pamelyn Ferdin
Glenn Gilger
Bill Melendez
Eight Below (2006)
Adventure, Drama, Family
In the Antarctic, after an expedition with Dr. Davis McClaren, the sled dog trainer Jerry Shepherd has to leave the polar base with his colleagues due to the proximity of a heavy snow storm. He ties his dogs to be rescued after, but the mission is called-off and the dogs are left alone at their own... [show more]
Paul Walker
Jason Biggs
Bruce Greenwood
Frank Marshall
From Russia with Love (1963)
Action, Adventure, Thriller
James Bond 007 is on the search for a Russian decoding machine, known as "Lektor". Bond needs to find this machine, before the evil S.P.E.C.T.R.E. organization discovers it. While being romantically linked with Russian girl, Tatiana Romanova, Bond sneaks his way around Istanbul, while each... [show more]
Sean Connery
Robert Shaw
Lotte Lenya
Terence Young
A Shot in the Dark (1964)
Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Ballon household: Benjamin Ballon and his wife Madame Ballon, Henri Lafarge the head Butler and his wife Madame Lafarge the Cook, Miguel Ostos the Head Chauffeur, Maria Gambrelli the third maid, Pierre the second Chauffeur and his wife Dudo the head Maid, Georges the Gardener and his wife Simone the... [show more]
Peter Sellers
Elke Sommer
George Sanders
Blake Edwards
Fantasia 2000 (1999)
Animation, Family, Fantasy
In this update of Disney's masterpiece film mixture of animation and music, new interpretations of great works of music are presented. It begins with an abstract battle of light and darkness set to the music of Beethoveen's Fifth Symphony. Then we see the adventures of a humpback whale calf and his... [show more]
James Levine
Steve Martin
Itzhak Perlman
James Algar
Gaëtan Brizzi
Paul Brizzi
Adventure, Comedy, Family
In the infancy of aviation in 1910, a British newspaper offers a prize for the winner of a cross-channel air race which brings flyers from all over the world. There are many subplots as the flyers jockey for position and the affections of various women.
Stuart Whitman
Sarah Miles
James Fox
Ken Annakin
James and the Giant Peach (1996)
Animation, Adventure, Family
James' happy life at the English seaside is rudely ended when his parents are killed by a rhinoceros and he goes to live with his two horrid aunts. Daringly saving the life of a spider he comes into possession of magic boiled crocodile tongues, after which an enormous peach starts to grow in the... [show more]
Paul Terry
Joanna Lumley
Pete Postlethwaite
Henry Selick
Jaws (1975)
Adventure, Drama, Thriller
It's a hot summer on Amity Island, a small community whose main business is its beaches. When new Sheriff Martin Brody discovers the remains of a shark attack victim, his first inclination is to close the beaches to swimmers. This doesn't sit well with Mayor Larry Vaughn and several of the local... [show more]
Roy Scheider
Robert Shaw
Richard Dreyfuss
Steven Spielberg