Twins (
1988) | IMDb:
6.1
Julius and Vincent Benedict are the results of an experiment that would allow for the perfect child. Julius was planned and grows to athletic proportions. Vincent is an accident and is somewhat smaller in stature. Vincent is placed in an orphanage while Julius is taken to a south seas island and raised by philosophers. Vincent becomes the ultimate low life and is about to be killed by loan sharks.
Starring:
Arnold Schwarzenegger
,
Danny DeVito
,
Kelly Preston
,
Chloe Webb
,
Bonnie Bartlett
,
Marshall Bell
The Last Temptation of Christ (
1988) | IMDb:
7.5
Jesus, a humble Judean carpenter beginning to see that he is the son of God, is drawn into revolutionary action against the Roman occupiers by Judas -- despite his protestations that love, not violence, is the path to salvation. The burden of being the savior of mankind torments Jesus throughout his life, leading him to doubt.
An American Tail (
1986) | IMDb:
6.9
A young mouse named Fievel and his family decide to migrate to America, a "land without cats," at the turn of the 20th century. But somehow, Fievel ends up in the New World alone and must fend off not only the felines he never thought he'd have to deal with again but also the loneliness of being away from home.
Starring:
Phillip Glasser
,
Erica Yohn
,
Nehemiah Persoff
,
Amy Green
,
Christopher Plummer
,
John Finnegan
Yentl (
1983) | IMDb:
6.6
In a time when girls were forbidden to study religious scriptures, a Jewish girl masquerades as a boy to enter religious training and unexpectedly finds love along the way.
Starring:
Barbra Streisand
,
Mandy Patinkin
,
Amy Irving
,
Nehemiah Persoff
,
Steven Hill
,
Allan Corduner
Voyage of the Damned (
1976) | IMDb:
6.4
A luxury liner carries Jewish refugees from Hitler's Germany in a desperate fight for survival.
Starring:
Faye Dunaway
,
Oskar Werner
,
Lee Grant
,
Sam Wanamaker
,
Lynne Frederick
,
David de Keyser
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
The Comancheros (
1961) | IMDb:
6.8
Texas Ranger Jake Cutter arrests gambler Paul Regret, but soon finds himself teamed with his prisoner in an undercover effort to defeat a band of renegade arms merchants and thieves known as Comancheros.
Produced by:
George Sherman
Green Mansions (
1959) | IMDb:
5.4
A young Venezuelan idealist flees his native land to escape a revolution. Hoping to find peace, he goes to the mountains and the forests of the Amazon. There he encounters Rima, the Bird Girl, an orphan living a life of nature, who is feared by a local jungle tribe.
Starring:
Audrey Hepburn
,
Anthony Perkins
,
Lee J. Cobb
,
Sessue Hayakawa
,
Henry Silva
,
Nehemiah Persoff
Produced by:
Edmund Grainger
Some Like It Hot (
1959) | IMDb:
8.2
Two musicians witness a mob hit and struggle to find a way out of the city before they are found by the gangsters. Their only opportunity is to join an all-girl band as they leave on a tour. To make their getaway they must first disguise themselves as women, then keep their identities secret and deal with the problems this brings - such as an attractive bandmate and a very determined suitor.