The Straight Story (
1999) | IMDb:
8
A retired farmer and widower in his 70s, Alvin Straight learns one day that his distant brother Lyle has suffered a stroke and may not recover. Alvin is determined to make things right with Lyle while he still can, but his brother lives in Wisconsin, while Alvin is stuck in Iowa with no car and no driver's license. Then he hits on the idea of making the trip on his old lawnmower, thus beginning a picturesque and at times deeply spiritual odyssey.
Starring:
Richard Farnsworth
,
Sissy Spacek
,
Harry Dean Stanton
,
Everett McGill
,
Kevin Farley
,
John Farley
Highway to Hell (
1991) | IMDb:
6
Charlie and Rachel run away from home to get married in Las Vegas. But they get attacked by a zombie who takes Rachel with him to hell, where she will become one of Satan's brides
Starring:
Patrick Bergin
,
Adam Storke
,
Chad Lowe
,
Kristy Swanson
,
Pamela Gidley
,
Jarrett Lennon
Havana (
1990) | IMDb:
6.1
During the revolution, a high-stakes gambler arrives in Cuba seeking to win big in poker games. Along the way, he meets and falls in love with the wife of a Communist revolutionary.
Misery (
1990) | IMDb:
7.8
After an accident, acclaimed novelist Paul Sheldon is rescued by a nurse who claims to be his biggest fan. Her obsession takes a dark turn when she holds him captive in her remote Colorado home and forces him to write back to life the popular literary character he killed off.
Starring:
James Caan
,
Kathy Bates
,
Richard Farnsworth
,
Frances Sternhagen
,
Lauren Bacall
,
Graham Jarvis
The Two Jakes (
1990) | IMDb:
6.1
Real estate developer Jake Berman hires private investigator and war veteran Jake Gittes for some run-of-the-mill matrimonial work. After Berman shoots his wife's lover, who happens to be his business partner, Gittes is drawn into a web of conspiracy and deceit involving the oil reserves beneath Los Angeles. While investigating, Gittes hears a voice from his past that causes him to revisit a traumatic case in Chinatown.
Directed by:
Jack Nicholson
Into the Night (
1985) | IMDb:
6.4
Ed Okin used to have a boring life. He used to have trouble getting to sleep. Then one night, he met Diana. Now, Ed's having trouble staying alive.
Starring:
Jeff Goldblum
,
Michelle Pfeiffer
,
Carmen Argenziano
,
Stacey Pickren
,
Dan Aykroyd
,
David Cronenberg
Rhinestone (
1984) | IMDb:
4
After a big-time country singer brags that she can turn anybody in to a country-singin' star, she's out to prove she can live up to her talk when she recruits a cab-driver as a country singer. He's scheduled to sing at a big-time NYC country night club and she puts her ample powers to work in preparing her protege.
Starring:
Sylvester Stallone
,
Dolly Parton
,
Richard Farnsworth
,
Ron Leibman
,
Tim Thomerson
,
Steve Peck
The Natural (
1984) | IMDb:
7.4
An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take a losing 1930s baseball team to the top of the league.
Starring:
Robert Redford
,
Robert Duvall
,
Glenn Close
,
Kim Basinger
,
Wilford Brimley
,
Barbara Hershey
The Grey Fox (
1982) | IMDb:
7.3
Old West highwayman Bill Miner, known to Pinkertons as "The Gentleman Bandit," is released in 1901 after 33 years in prison. A genial and charming old man, he re-enters a world unfamiliar to him, and returns to the only thing that gives him purpose — robbery.
Starring:
Richard Farnsworth
,
Jackie Burroughs
,
Ken Pogue
,
Wayne Robson
,
Timothy Webber
,
Gary Reineke
Directed by:
Phillip Borsos
The Legend of the Lone Ranger (
1981) | IMDb:
4.9
When the young Texas Ranger, John Reid, is the sole survivor of an ambush arranged by the militaristic outlaw leader, Butch Cavendich, he is rescued by an old childhood Comanche friend, Tonto. When he recovers from his wounds, he dedicates his life to fighting the evil that Cavendich represents. To this end, John Reid becomes the great masked western hero, The Lone Ranger. With the help of Tonto, the pair go to rescue President Grant when Cavendich takes him hostage.
Starring:
Klinton Spilsbury
,
Christopher Lloyd
,
Matt Clark
,
Juanin Clay
,
Jason Robards
,
John Bennett Perry
The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox (
1976) | IMDb:
5.7
A female hustler is chasing after rich men, but becomes repeatedly mixed up with a suave con man and card shark through a series of misadventures before falling in love with him.
Blazing Saddles (
1974) | IMDb:
7.7
A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, robber baron Hedley Lamarr sends his henchmen to make life in the town unbearable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor, so Hedley convinces him to send the town the first black sheriff in the west.
Papillon (
1973) | IMDb:
8
A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
Pocket Money (
1972) | IMDb:
5.4
Broke and in debt, an otherwise honest cowboy and his buddy get mixed up in some shady dealings with a crooked cattle dealer.
Starring:
Paul Newman
,
Lee Marvin
,
Strother Martin
,
Wayne Rogers
,
Hector Elizondo
,
Christine Belford
The Cowboys (
1972) | IMDb:
7.4
When his cattlemen abandon him for the gold fields, rancher Wil Andersen is forced to take on a collection of young boys as his cowboys in order to get his herd to market in time to avoid financial disaster. The boys learn to do a man's job under Andersen's tutelage, however, neither he nor the boys know that a gang of cattle thieves is stalking them.
Starring:
John Wayne
,
Roscoe Lee Browne
,
Bruce Dern
,
Colleen Dewhurst
,
Alfred Barker Jr.
,
Nicolas Beauvy
Directed by:
Mark Rydell
Monte Walsh (
1970) | IMDb:
7
Monte Walsh is an aging cowboy facing the ending days of the Wild West era. As barbed wire and railways steadily eliminate the need for the cowboy, Monte and his friends are left with fewer and fewer options. New work opportunities are available to them, but the freedom of the open prarie is what they long for. Eventually, they all must say goodbye to the lives they knew, and try to make a new start.
Directed by:
William A. Fraker