Cannonball Run II (
1984) | IMDb:
5
When a wealthy sheikh puts up $1 million in prize money for a cross-country car race, there is one person crazy enough to hit the road hard with wheels spinning fast. Legendary driver J.J. McClure enters the competition along with his friend Victor and together they set off across the American landscape in a madcap action-adventure destined to test their wits and automobile skills.
The Muppet Movie (
1979) | IMDb:
7.6
A Hollywood agent persuades Kermit the Frog to leave the swamp to pursue a career in Hollywood. On his way there, he meets a bear, a pig, a whatever – his future muppet crew – while being chased by the desperate owner of a frog-leg restaurant!
Capricorn One (
1977) | IMDb:
6.8
In order to protect the reputation of the American space program, a team of NASA administrators turn the first Mars mission into a phony Mars landing. Under threat of harm to their families the astronauts play their part in the deception on a staged set in a deserted military base. But once the real ship returns to Earth and burns up on re-entry, the astronauts become liabilities. Now, with the help of a crusading reporter, they must battle a sinister conspiracy that will stop at nothing to keep the truth hidden.
Starring:
Elliott Gould
,
James Brolin
,
Brenda Vaccaro
,
Sam Waterston
,
O.J. Simpson
,
Hal Holbrook
Kelly's Heroes (
1970) | IMDb:
7.6
A misfit group of World War II American soldiers goes AWOL to rob a bank behind German lines.
Starring:
Clint Eastwood
,
Telly Savalas
,
Don Rickles
,
Carroll O'Connor
,
Donald Sutherland
,
Gavin MacLeod
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (
1969) | IMDb:
6.7
James Bond tracks his archnemesis, Ernst Blofeld, to a mountaintop retreat in the Swiss alps where he is training an army of beautiful, lethal women. Along the way, Bond falls for Italian contessa Tracy Draco, and marries her in order to get closer to Blofeld.
Starring:
George Lazenby
,
Diana Rigg
,
Telly Savalas
,
Bernard Lee
,
Gabriele Ferzetti
,
Ilse Steppat
Mackenna's Gold (
1969) | IMDb:
6.7
A bandit kidnaps a Marshal who has seen a map showing a gold vein on Indian lands, but other groups are looking for it too, while the Apache try to keep the secret location undisturbed.
Directed by:
J. Lee Thompson
The Dirty Dozen (
1967) | IMDb:
7.7
12 American military prisoners in World War II are ordered to infiltrate a well-guarded enemy château and kill the Nazi officers vacationing there. The soldiers, most of whom are facing death sentences for a variety of violent crimes, agree to the mission and the possible commuting of their sentences.
Starring:
Lee Marvin
,
Ernest Borgnine
,
Charles Bronson
,
Jim Brown
,
John Cassavetes
,
Richard Jaeckel
Battle of the Bulge (
1965) | IMDb:
6.8
In the winter of 1944, the Allied Armies stand ready to invade Germany at the coming of a New Year. To prevent it, Hitler orders an all-out offensive to re-take French territory and capture the major port city of Antwerp.
Directed by:
Ken Annakin
Genghis Khan (
1965) | IMDb:
5.8
This is the story of the shy Mongol boy Temujin who,during the 13th century, becomes the fearless Mongol leader Genghis Khan that unites all Mongol tribes and conquers India,China,Persia,Korea and parts of Rusia,Europe and Middle-East.
Starring:
Omar Sharif
,
Françoise Dorléac
,
Stephen Boyd
,
James Mason
,
Eli Wallach
,
Robert Morley
The Greatest Story Ever Told (
1965) | IMDb:
6.5
From his birth in Bethlehem to his death and eventual resurrection, the life of Jesus Christ is given the all-star treatment in this epic retelling. Major aspects of Christ's life are touched upon, including the execution of all the newborn males in Egypt by King Herod; Christ's baptism by John the Baptist; and the betrayal by Judas after the Last Supper that eventually leads to Christ's crucifixion and miraculous return.
Starring:
Max von Sydow
,
Michael Anderson Jr.
,
Carroll Baker
,
Ina Balin
,
Victor Buono
,
Richard Conte
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (
1965) | IMDb:
5
During the Cold War, John Goldfarb crashes his spy plane in the Middle East and is taken prisoner by the local government. His captor, King Fawz, soon discovers that Goldfarb used to be a college football star. So he issues him an ultimatum: coach his country's football team, or Fawz will surrender him to the Russians. Goldfarb teams up with undercover reporter Jenny Ericson, and together they plot to escape their dangerous situation.
Birdman of Alcatraz (
1962) | IMDb:
7.8
After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad by loneliness and despair, Stroud's life gains new meaning when he happens upon a helpless baby sparrow in the exercise yard and nurses it back to health. Despite having only a third grade education, Stroud goes on to become a renowned ornithologist and achieves a greater sense of freedom and purpose behind bars than most people find in the outside world.
Starring:
Burt Lancaster
,
Karl Malden
,
Thelma Ritter
,
Neville Brand
,
Betty Field
,
Telly Savalas
Cape Fear (
1962) | IMDb:
7.7
Sam Bowden witnesses a rape committed by Max Cady and testifies against him. When released after 8 years in prison, Cady begins stalking Bowden and his family but is always clever enough not to violate the law.
Starring:
Gregory Peck
,
Robert Mitchum
,
Polly Bergen
,
Lori Martin
,
Martin Balsam
,
Jack Kruschen