Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (
1982) | IMDb:
6.8
Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no accident. Her father was a prominent cheese scientist working on a secret recipe. To prove it was murder, she enlists the services of private eye Rigby Reardon. He finds a slip of paper containing a list of people who are 'The Friends and Enemies of Carlotta'.
Directed by:
Carl Reiner
The Cassandra Crossing (
1976) | IMDb:
6.3
Passengers on a European train have been exposed to a deadly disease, and nobody will let them off the train.
Starring:
Sophia Loren
,
Richard Harris
,
Martin Sheen
,
O.J. Simpson
,
Ava Gardner
,
Burt Lancaster
Directed by:
George P. Cosmatos
The Blue Bird (
1976) | IMDb:
5.4
Peasant children Mytyl and Tyltyl are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the fairy Berylune. On their journey, they're accompanied by the anthropomorphized presences of a Dog, a Cat, Light, Fire, and Bread, among other entities.
Starring:
Elizabeth Taylor
,
Jane Fonda
,
Ava Gardner
,
Cicely Tyson
,
Robert Morley
,
Harry Andrews
Directed by:
George Cukor
Earthquake (
1974) | IMDb:
5.9
Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles, California.
Starring:
Charlton Heston
,
Ava Gardner
,
George Kennedy
,
Lorne Greene
,
Geneviève Bujold
,
Richard Roundtree
Mayerling (
1968) | IMDb:
6.1
Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria clashes with his father, Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, over implementing progressive policies for their country. Rudolf soon feels he is a man born at the wrong time in a country that doesn't realize the need for social reform. The Prince of Wales, later to become Britain's King Edward VII, provides comic relief. Rudolf finds refuge from a loveless marriage with Princess Stéphanie by taking a mistress, Baroness Maria Vetsera. Their untimely demise at Mayerling, the imperial family's hunting lodge, is cloaked in mystery.
Starring:
Omar Sharif
,
Catherine Deneuve
,
James Mason
,
Ava Gardner
,
James Robertson Justice
,
Geneviève Page
Directed by:
Terence Young
Produced by:
The Bible: In the Beginning... (
1966) | IMDb:
6.2
Covering only the first 22 chapters of the Book of Genesis, vignettes include: Adam and Eve frolicking in the Garden of Eden until their indulgence in the forbidden fruit sees them driven out; Cain murdering his brother Abel; Noah building an ark to preserve the animals of the world from the coming flood; and Abraham making a covenant with God.
Starring:
Michael Parks
,
Ulla Bergryd
,
Richard Harris
,
John Huston
,
Stephen Boyd
,
George C. Scott
The Night of the Iguana (
1964) | IMDb:
7.6
A defrocked Episcopal clergyman leads a bus-load of middle-aged Baptist women on a tour of the Mexican coast and comes to terms with the failure haunting his life.
55 Days at Peking (
1963) | IMDb:
6.7
Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the International Compound in Peking during the 1900 Boxer Rebellion. The disparate interests unite for survival despite competing factions, overwhelming odds, delayed relief and tacit support of the Boxers by the Empress of China and her generals.
On the Beach (
1959) | IMDb:
7.1
In 1964, atomic war wipes out humanity in the northern hemisphere; one American submarine finds temporary safe haven in Australia, where life-as-usual covers growing despair. In denial about the loss of his wife and children in the holocaust, American Captain Towers meets careworn but gorgeous Moira Davidson, who begins to fall for him. The sub returns after reconnaissance a month (or less) before the end; will Towers and Moira find comfort with each other?
Starring:
Gregory Peck
,
Ava Gardner
,
Fred Astaire
,
Anthony Perkins
,
Donna Anderson
,
Guy Doleman
Produced by:
Stanley Kramer
The Band Wagon (
1953) | IMDb:
7.4
A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.
Starring:
Fred Astaire
,
Cyd Charisse
,
Oscar Levant
,
Nanette Fabray
,
Jack Buchanan
,
James Mitchell
Show Boat (
1951) | IMDb:
6.9
A dashing Mississippi river gambler wins the affections of the daughter of the owner of the Show Boat.
Starring:
Kathryn Grayson
,
Ava Gardner
,
Howard Keel
,
Joe E. Brown
,
Marge Champion
,
Gower Champion
Produced by:
Arthur Freed
The Great Sinner (
1949) | IMDb:
6.6
A young man succumbs to gambling fever.
Starring:
Gregory Peck
,
Ava Gardner
,
Melvyn Douglas
,
Walter Huston
,
Ethel Barrymore
,
Frank Morgan