The Out-of-Towners (
1999) | IMDb:
5.5
The adventures of married couple Henry and Nancy Clark, vexed by misfortune while in New York City for Henry's job interview.
Starring:
Steve Martin
,
Goldie Hawn
,
John Cleese
,
Mark McKinney
,
Jessica Cauffiel
,
Charlie Dell
In & Out (
1997) | IMDb:
6.4
A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.
Mars Attacks! (
1996) | IMDb:
6.4
A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace." U.S. President James Dale receives assurance from science professor Donald Kessler that the Martians' mission is a friendly one. But when a peaceful exchange ends in the total annihilation of the U.S. Congress, military men call for a full-scale nuclear retaliation.
Starring:
Jack Nicholson
,
Glenn Close
,
Annette Bening
,
Pierce Brosnan
,
Danny DeVito
,
Martin Short
Surviving Picasso (
1996) | IMDb:
6.3
The passionate Merchant-Ivory drama tells the story of Francoise Gilot, the only lover of Pablo Picasso who was strong enough to withstand his ferocious cruelty and move on with her life.
Starring:
Anthony Hopkins
,
Natascha McElhone
,
Julianne Moore
,
Joss Ackland
,
Joan Plowright
,
Dennis Boutsikaris
I.Q. (
1994) | IMDb:
6.2
Albert Einstein helps a young man who's in love with Einstein's niece to catch her attention by pretending temporarily to be a great physicist.
Directed by:
Fred Schepisi
The Shadow (
1994) | IMDb:
6
Based on the 1930s comic strip, The Shadow is put up against his archenemy Shiwan Khan, who plans to take over the world by holding a city to ransom using an atom bomb. Using his powers of invisibility and "the power to cloud men's minds", The Shadow comes blazing to the rescue with explosive results.
Sister Act (
1992) | IMDb:
6.5
A Reno singer witnesses a mob murder and the cops stash her in a nunnery to protect her from the mob's hitmen. The mother superior does not trust her, and takes steps to limit her influence on the other nuns. Eventually the singer rescues the failing choir and begins helping with community projects, which gets her an interview on TV—and identification by the mob.
Starring:
Whoopi Goldberg
,
Maggie Smith
,
Kathy Najimy
,
Wendy Makkena
,
Mary Wickes
,
Harvey Keitel
My Stepmother Is an Alien (
1988) | IMDb:
5.4
Trying to rescue her home planet from destruction, a gorgeous extraterrestrial named Celeste arrives on Earth and begins her scientific research. She woos quirky scientist Dr. Steve Mills, a widower with a young daughter. Before long, Celeste finds herself in love with Steve and her new life on Earth, where she experiences true intimacy for the first time. But when she loses sight of her mission, she begins to question where she belongs.
Funny Farm (
1988) | IMDb:
6.2
Sportswriter Andy Farmer moves with his schoolteacher wife Elizabeth to the country in order to write a novel in relative seclusion. Of course, seclusion is the last thing the Farmers find in the small, eccentric town, where disaster awaits them at every turn.
Starring:
Chevy Chase
,
Madolyn Smith Osborne
,
Kevin O'Morrison
,
Joseph Maher
,
Jack Gilpin
,
Caris Corfman
The Evil That Men Do (
1984) | IMDb:
5.9
A former assassin (Charles Bronson) comes out of retirement to avenge the brutal murder of his friend at the hands of a sadistic torturer (Joseph Maher) employed by an oppressive foreign dictatorship.
Starring:
Charles Bronson
,
José Ferrer
,
Theresa Saldana
,
Joseph Maher
,
René Enríquez
,
John Glover
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can (
1982) | IMDb:
6.2
An adaptation of Barbara Gordon's nonfiction account of her addiction to Valium.
Starring:
Jill Clayburgh
,
Nicol Williamson
,
Dianne Wiest
,
Joe Pesci
,
Geraldine Page
,
Albert Salmi
Directed by:
Jack Hofsiss
Under the Rainbow (
1981) | IMDb:
5.3
In World War II era Los Angeles, the manager of the Culver Hotel leaves his nephew in charge for a weekend. The nephew changes the name to the Hotel Rainbow and overbooks with royalty, assassins, secret agents, Japanese tourists, and munchkins. Secret Service agent Bruce Thorpe and casting director Annie Clark find romance amidst the intrigue and confusion.
Directed by:
Steve Rash
Produced by:
Fred Bauer
Heaven Can Wait (
1978) | IMDb:
6.9
Joe Pendleton is a quarterback preparing to lead his team to the superbowl when he is almost killed in an accident. An overanxious angel plucks him to heaven only to discover that he wasn't ready to die, and that his body has been cremated. A new body must be found, and that of a recently-murdered millionaire is chosen. His wife and accountant—the murderers—are confused by this development, as he buys the L.A. Rams in order to once again quarterback them into the Superbowl.