Blade Runner (
1982) | IMDb:
8.1
In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.
Starring:
Harrison Ford
,
Rutger Hauer
,
Sean Young
,
Edward James Olmos
,
M. Emmet Walsh
,
Daryl Hannah
The Shining (
1980) | IMDb:
8.4
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.
Starring:
Jack Nicholson
,
Shelley Duvall
,
Scatman Crothers
,
Danny Lloyd
,
Philip Stone
,
Joe Turkel
Which Way Is Up? (
1977) | IMDb:
6.2
Orange picker Leroy Jones inadvertently becomes a union leader and is forced out of town, leaving behind his sex-obsessed father, Rufus, and timid spouse, Annie Mae. He heads for Los Angeles, where he falls for union organizer Vanetta. Annie Mae seeks solace from local preacher Lenox Thomas, who eventually impregnates her. When Leroy catches wind, he heads home for a showdown with Lenox.
Starring:
Richard Pryor
,
Lonette McKee
,
Margaret Avery
,
Morgan Woodward
,
Marilyn Coleman
,
Joe Turkel
Directed by:
Michael Schultz
The Hindenburg (
1975) | IMDb:
6.2
Colonel Franz Ritter, a former hero pilot now working for military intelligence, is assigned to the great Hindenburg airship as its chief of security. As he races against the clock to uncover a possible saboteur aboard the doomed zeppelin he finds that any of the passengers and crew could be the culprit.
Starring:
George C. Scott
,
Anne Bancroft
,
William Atherton
,
Roy Thinnes
,
Gig Young
,
Burgess Meredith
Directed by:
Robert Wise
Produced by:
Robert Wise
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (
1967) | IMDb:
6.6
Chicago February 14th 1929. Al Capone finally establishes himself as the city's boss of organised crime. In a north-side garage his hoods, dressed as policemen, surprise and mow down with machine-guns the key members of Bugs Moran's rival gang. The film traces the history of the incident, and the lives affected and in some cases ended by it.
The Sand Pebbles (
1966) | IMDb:
7.5
Engineer Jake Holman arrives aboard the gunboat USS San Pablo, assigned to patrol a tributary of the Yangtze in the middle of exploited and revolution-torn 1926 China. His iconoclasm and cynical nature soon clash with the 'rice-bowl' system which runs the ship and the uneasy symbiosis between Chinese and foreigner on the river. Hostility towards the gunboat's presence reaches a climax when the boat must crash through a river-boom and rescue missionaries upriver at China Light Mission.
Starring:
Steve McQueen
,
Richard Attenborough
,
Richard Crenna
,
Candice Bergen
,
Mako
,
Larry Gates
Warlock (
1959) | IMDb:
7.1
A band of murderous cowboys has imposed a reign of terror on the town of Warlock. With the sheriff humiliatingly run out of town, the residents hire the services of Clay Blaisedell as de facto town marshal. He arrives along with his friend, Tom Morgan, and sets about restoring law and order on his own terms whilst also overseeing the establishment of a gambling house and saloon.
Starring:
Richard Widmark
,
Henry Fonda
,
Anthony Quinn
,
Dorothy Malone
,
Dolores Michaels
,
Wallace Ford
Produced by:
Edward Dmytryk
Friendly Persuasion (
1956) | IMDb:
7.3
The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religious sect is strongly opposed to violence and war. It's not easy for them to meet the rules of their religion in everyday life but when Southern troops pass the area they are in real trouble. Should they fight, despite their peaceful attitude?
Starring:
Gary Cooper
,
Dorothy McGuire
,
Anthony Perkins
,
Richard Eyer
,
Robert Middleton
,
Phyllis Love