The Chair (
1988) | IMDb:
3.7
A psychologist, a psychiatrist and a prison warden open up a long-closed prison, unaware that the ghost of an electrocuted convict haunts it.
Starring:
James Coco
,
Trini Alvarado
,
Paul Benedict
,
Gary McCleery
,
Stephen Geoffreys
,
Ron Taylor
Directed by:
Waldemar Korzeniowsky
Matewan (
1987) | IMDb:
7.9
Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe Kenehan, a scab named "Few Clothes" Johnson and a sympathetic mayor and police chief heroically fight the power represented by a coal company and Matewan's vested interests so that justice and workers' rights need not take a back seat to squalid working conditions, exploitation and the bottom line.
Starring:
Chris Cooper
,
James Earl Jones
,
Mary McDonnell
,
Will Oldham
,
David Strathairn
,
Ken Jenkins
Baby It's You (
1983) | IMDb:
6.4
In a 1966 New Jersey high school, Jill and new student Sheik from the other side of the tracks make their way in a first love romance.
Starring:
Rosanna Arquette
,
Vincent Spano
,
Joanna Merlin
,
Jack Davidson
,
Nick Ferrari
,
Dolores Messina