Angela's Ashes (
1999) | IMDb:
7.3
An Irish Catholic family returns to 1930s Limerick after a child's death in America. The unemployed I.R.A. veteran father struggles with poverty, prejudice, and alcoholism as the family endures harsh slum conditions.
Starring:
Emily Watson
,
Robert Carlyle
,
Joe Breen
,
Michael Legge
,
Ciarán Owens
,
Ronnie Masterson
Directed by:
Alan Parker
Sphinx (
1981) | IMDb:
5.1
Egyptologist Erica Baron finds more than she bargained for during her long-planned trip to The Land of the Pharoahs - murder, theft, betrayal, love, and a mummy's curse!
Starring:
Lesley-Anne Down
,
Frank Langella
,
Maurice Ronet
,
John Gielgud
,
Vic Tablian
,
Martin Benson
Directed by:
Franklin J. Schaffner
The Sea Wolves (
1980) | IMDb:
6.3
A German spy is passing on information about the location of Allied ships in the neutral harbor of Goa, India, with catastrophic results. Unable to undertake a full military operation in the Portuguese stronghold, English intelligence brings out of retirement a crew of geriatric ex-soldiers, veterans from World War I, using their age as cover. These old soldiers are asked to take to the seas and pull off an unlikely undercover mission.
Starring:
Gregory Peck
,
Roger Moore
,
David Niven
,
Trevor Howard
,
Barbara Kellerman
,
Patrick Macnee
Directed by:
Andrew V. McLaglen
Produced by:
The Human Factor (
1979) | IMDb:
6.1
When a leak of information in the African section of British Intelligence is discovered, a security man is brought in to investigate.
Starring:
Nicol Williamson
,
Richard Attenborough
,
Derek Jacobi
,
John Gielgud
,
Iman
,
Joop Doderer
The Omen (
1976) | IMDb:
7.5
Immediately after their miscarriage, the US diplomat Robert Thorn adopts the newborn Damien without the knowledge of his wife. Yet what he doesn’t know is that their new son is the son of the devil.
Starring:
Gregory Peck
,
Lee Remick
,
David Warner
,
Billie Whitelaw
,
Harvey Stephens
,
Patrick Troughton
The Message (
1976) | IMDb:
8.1
In sixth-century Mecca, Prophet Muhammad receives his first revelation from God as a messenger. Three years later, he's not alone in his quest and publicly declares his prophecy. Muhammad is fought by Abu Sufian and his wife Hind, rulers of Mecca. Muhammad's followers are hunted and tortured but he continues his calling.
Starring:
Anthony Quinn
,
Irene Papas
,
Michael Ansara
,
Johnny Sekka
,
Michael Forest
,
Garrick Hagon
Directed by:
Moustapha Akkad
Goldfinger (
1964) | IMDb:
7.7
Special agent 007 comes face to face with one of the most notorious villains of all time, and now he must outwit and outgun the powerful tycoon to prevent him from cashing in on a devious scheme to raid Fort Knox -- and obliterate the world's economy.
Cleopatra (
1963) | IMDb:
7
Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar is murdered, she redirects her attentions to his general, Marc Antony, who vows to take power—but Caesar’s successor has other plans.
Starring:
Elizabeth Taylor
,
Richard Burton
,
Rex Harrison
,
Pamela Brown
,
George Cole
,
Hume Cronyn
Exodus (
1960) | IMDb:
6.7
Ari Ben Canaan, a passionate member of the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah, attempts to transport 600 Jewish refugees on a dangerous voyage from Cyprus to Palestine on a ship named the Exodus. He faces obstruction from British forces, who will not grant the ship passage to its destination.
Starring:
Paul Newman
,
Eva Marie Saint
,
Ralph Richardson
,
Peter Lawford
,
Lee J. Cobb
,
Sal Mineo
The King and I (
1956) | IMDb:
7.4
Widowed Welsh mother Anna Loenowens becomes a governess and English tutor to the wives and many children of the stubborn King Mongkut of Siam. Anna and the King have a clash of personalities as she works to teach the royal family about the English language, customs and etiquette, and rushes to prepare a party for a group of European diplomats who must change their opinions about the King.