The Last Full Measure (
2020) | IMDb:
6.8
The incredible true story of Vietnam War hero William H. Pitsenbarger, a U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen medic who personally saved over sixty men. Thirty-two years later, Pentagon staffer Scott Huffman investigates a Congressional Medal of Honor request for Pitsenbarger and uncovers a high-level conspiracy behind the decades-long denial of the medal, prompting Huffman to put his own career on the line to seek justice for the fallen airman.
Starring:
Sebastian Stan
,
Christopher Plummer
,
William Hurt
,
Ed Harris
,
Samuel L. Jackson
,
Jeremy Irvine
Joy (
2015) | IMDb:
6.6
A story based on the life of a struggling Long Island single mom who became one of the country's most successful entrepreneurs.
Starring:
Jennifer Lawrence
,
Robert De Niro
,
Bradley Cooper
,
Edgar Ramírez
,
Diane Ladd
,
Virginia Madsen
American Cowslip (
2009) | IMDb:
4.8
In Blythe, California, a small town in the remote California desert, Ethan Inglebrink is an eccentric, agoraphobic heroin addict who is obsessed with his garden. This dark comedy follows the last days of Ethan's life as he struggles to find purpose at a time when it might be too late to even matter.
Directed by:
Mark David
Inland Empire (
2006) | IMDb:
6.8
As a Hollywood actress begins to adopt the persona of her character in a film, her world becomes nightmarish and surreal.
Starring:
Laura Dern
,
Jeremy Irons
,
Justin Theroux
,
Harry Dean Stanton
,
Karolina Gruszka
,
Peter J. Lucas
Directed by:
David Lynch
When I Find the Ocean (
2006) | IMDb:
4.3
A little girl leaves home with her pet dog and rabbit to escape abuse and find the ocean in the hopes of feeling closer to her father who has passed away.
Directed by:
Tonya S. Holly
Produced by:
Tonya S. Holly
Come Early Morning (
2006) | IMDb:
6.2
A thirty-something southern woman searches for love, despite the burdens she carries with her.
Starring:
Ashley Judd
,
Laura Prepon
,
Jeffrey Donovan
,
Stacy Keach
,
Scott Wilson
,
Tim Blake Nelson
Directed by:
Joey Lauren Adams
The World's Fastest Indian (
2005) | IMDb:
7.8
The life story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years building a 1920 Indian motorcycle—a bike which helped him set the land-speed world record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967.
Starring:
Anthony Hopkins
,
Walton Goggins
,
Diane Ladd
,
Bruce Greenwood
,
Iain Rea
,
Tessa Mitchell
Directed by:
Roger Donaldson
Daddy and Them (
2001) | IMDb:
5.6
Ruby and her husband Claude are a working-class couple who live in suburban Arkansas. As crazy as they are for each other, their relationship is far from harmonious. (The lack of money doesn't help matters, either.) In fact, their whole family is fraught with unresolved conflicts. Then Claude's uncle is arrested on a felony charge, and everyone rallies round. Ruby's mother Jewel and flirtatious sister Rose (Claude's ex-girlfriend) even fly in from Tennessee; but, far from being a source of support, Jewel seems only to want to break up Ruby and Claude.
Starring:
Billy Bob Thornton
,
Laura Dern
,
Brenda Blethyn
,
Andy Griffith
,
Diane Ladd
,
Kelly Preston
Can't Be Heaven (
2000) | IMDb:
5.6
Everyone eventually meets the love of their lives. Sometimes, like Danny and Julia, that person comes along when you are 13 years old. Other times, like Hubbie and his sweetheart, star-crossed love makes getting together a life-long adventure. This heartwarming story will make you feel like falling in love all over again.
Starring:
Diane Ladd
,
Ralph Macchio
,
Rachel Ticotin
,
Michelle Trachtenberg
,
Garry Marshall
,
Kaley Cuoco
Directed by:
Richard Friedman
Produced by:
28 Days (
2000) | IMDb:
6.1
After getting into a car accident while drunk on the day of her sister's wedding, Gwen Cummings is given a choice between prison or a rehab center. She chooses rehab, but is extremely resistant to taking part in any of the treatment programs they have to offer, refusing to admit that she has an alcohol addiction.
Starring:
Sandra Bullock
,
Viggo Mortensen
,
Dominic West
,
Elizabeth Perkins
,
Alan Tudyk
,
Steve Buscemi
Directed by:
Betty Thomas
Primary Colors (
1998) | IMDb:
6.7
In this adaptation of the best-selling roman à clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White House, the young and gifted Henry Burton is tapped to oversee the presidential campaign of Governor Jack Stanton. Burton is pulled into the politician's colorful world and looks on as Stanton -- who has a wandering eye that could be his downfall -- contends with his ambitious wife, Susan, and an outspoken adviser, Richard Jemmons.
Starring:
John Travolta
,
Emma Thompson
,
Billy Bob Thornton
,
Kathy Bates
,
Adrian Lester
,
Maura Tierney
Ghosts of Mississippi (
1996) | IMDb:
6.7
A Mississippi district attorney and the widow of Medgar Evers struggle to bring a white supremacist to justice for the 1963 murder of the civil rights leader.
Starring:
Alec Baldwin
,
Whoopi Goldberg
,
James Woods
,
Craig T. Nelson
,
Susanna Thompson
,
Lucas Black
Directed by:
Rob Reiner
Citizen Ruth (
1996) | IMDb:
7
"Citizen Ruth" is the story of Ruth Stoops, a woman who nobody even noticed -- until she got pregnant. Now, everyone wants a piece of her. The film is a comedy about one woman caught in the ultimate tug-of-war: a clash of wild, noisy, ridiculous people that rapidly dissolves into a media circus.
Starring:
Laura Dern
,
Swoosie Kurtz
,
Kurtwood Smith
,
Mary Kay Place
,
Kelly Preston
,
M.C. Gainey
Rambling Rose (
1991) | IMDb:
6.6
Rose is taken in by the Hillyer family to serve as a 1930s housemaid so that she can avoid falling into a life of prostitution. Her appearence and personality is such that all men fall for her, and she knows it. She can't help herself from getting into trouble with men.
Directed by:
Martha Coolidge
Wild at Heart (
1990) | IMDb:
7.2
Young lovers Sailor and Lula hit the road to start a new life together away from the wrath of Lula’s deranged, disapproving mother, who has hired a team of hitmen to cut the lovers’ surreal honeymoon short.
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (
1989) | IMDb:
7.5
It's Christmastime, and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration. But things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen, and their two kids. Clark's continual bad luck is worsened by his obnoxious family guests, but he manages to keep going, knowing that his Christmas bonus is due soon.
Starring:
Chevy Chase
,
Beverly D'Angelo
,
Juliette Lewis
,
Johnny Galecki
,
John Randolph
,
Diane Ladd