Reds (
1981) | IMDb:
7.3
An account of the revolutionary years of the legendary American journalist John Reed, who shared his adventurous professional life with his radical commitment to the socialist revolution in Russia, his dream of spreading its principles among the members of the American working class, and his troubled romantic relationship with the writer Louise Bryant.
Starring:
Warren Beatty
,
Diane Keaton
,
Edward Herrmann
,
Jerzy Kosiński
,
Jack Nicholson
,
Paul Sorvino
Stir Crazy (
1980) | IMDb:
6.7
New Yorkers Skip Donahue and Harry Monroe have no jobs and no prospects, so they decide to flee the city and find work elsewhere, landing jobs wearing woodpecker costumes to promote the opening of a bank. When their feathery costumes are stolen and used in a bank robbery, they no longer have to worry about employment — they're sent to prison.
Starring:
Gene Wilder
,
Richard Pryor
,
Georg Stanford Brown
,
JoBeth Williams
,
Miguel Ángel Suárez
,
Craig T. Nelson
The Electric Horseman (
1979) | IMDb:
6.4
A former champion rodeo rider is reduced to using his saddle skills to promote a breakfast cereal in a gaudy Las Vegas show. When he's asked to perform with a $12 million horse, he discovers it is being doped to remain docile. He flees into the desert astride the beast in an act of defiance. A story-hungry female reporter gives chase.
Starring:
Robert Redford
,
Jane Fonda
,
Valerie Perrine
,
Willie Nelson
,
John Saxon
,
Nicolas Coster
The Concorde... Airport '79 (
1979) | IMDb:
4.4
Aviation disaster-prone Joe Patroni must contend with nuclear missiles, the French Air Force and the threat of the plane splitting in two over the Alps.
Starring:
Alain Delon
,
Susan Blakely
,
Robert Wagner
,
Sylvia Kristel
,
George Kennedy
,
Eddie Albert
The Big Fix (
1978) | IMDb:
6.4
Private detective Moses Wine is hired by his former college girlfriend to investigate a political smear campaign and he sets out to find out who is responsible, with deadly results.
Starring:
Richard Dreyfuss
,
Susan Anspach
,
Bonnie Bedelia
,
John Lithgow
,
F. Murray Abraham
,
Ron Rifkin
MacArthur (
1977) | IMDb:
6.5
The film portrays MacArthur's life from 1942, before the Battle of Bataan, to 1952, the time after he had been removed from his Korean War command by President Truman for insubordination, and is recounted in flashback as he visits West Point.
All the President's Men (
1976) | IMDb:
7.9
During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Nixon to resign from his post.
Starring:
Dustin Hoffman
,
Robert Redford
,
Jack Warden
,
Martin Balsam
,
Hal Holbrook
,
Jason Robards