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
Last Action Hero (
1993) | IMDb:
6.5
After his father's death, a young boy finds solace in action movies featuring an indestructible cop. Given a magic ticket by a theater manager, he is transported into the film and teams up with the cop to stop a villain who escapes into the real world.
Starring:
Arnold Schwarzenegger
,
Austin O'Brien
,
Bridgette Wilson-Sampras
,
F. Murray Abraham
,
Art Carney
,
Charles Dance
JFK (
1991) | IMDb:
8
Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.
Starring:
Kevin Costner
,
Tommy Lee Jones
,
Gary Oldman
,
Kevin Bacon
,
Michael Rooker
,
Jack Lemmon
The Last of the Finest (
1990) | IMDb:
5.8
An elite group of vice cops are fired from the L.A.P.D. for being over-zealous in their war against drugs. It is immediately apparent that some of their superiors are involved in the drug ring. Banded together, four of the banned cops (which quickly becomes three when one is killed early) band together to fight the drug ring undercover. They gain capital for weapons by ripping off minor drug dealers. Then well-armed they go after the kingpin (Boyd).
Starring:
Brian Dennehy
,
Joe Pantoliano
,
Jeff Fahey
,
Bill Paxton
,
Michael C. Gwynne
,
Henry Stolow
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
The Natural (
1984) | IMDb:
7.4
An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take a losing 1930s baseball team to the top of the league.
Starring:
Robert Redford
,
Robert Duvall
,
Glenn Close
,
Kim Basinger
,
Wilford Brimley
,
Barbara Hershey
The In-Laws (
1979) | IMDb:
7.3
In preparation for his daughter's wedding, dentist Sheldon Kornpett meets Vince Ricardo, the groom's father. Vince, a manic fellow who claims to be a government agent, then proceeds to drag Sheldon into a series of chases and misadventures from New York to Central America.
Starring:
Peter Falk
,
Alan Arkin
,
Richard Libertini
,
Nancy Dussault
,
Penny Peyser
,
Arlene Golonka
Heroes (
1977) | IMDb:
6
A Vietnam veteran suffering from post traumatic stress disorder breaks out of a VA hospital and goes on a road trip with a sympathetic traveler to find out what became of the other men in his unit.
Nickelodeon (
1976) | IMDb:
6.2
In the silent film era, attorney Leo Harrigan and gunslinger Buck Greenway are hired to stop an illegal film production. However, they soon team up with the filmmakers and become important players in the show business industry. Leo learns he has a talent for directing, and Buck's cowboy persona quickly earns him leading-man status — but both men fall for beautiful starlet Kathleen Cooke, leading to a heated personal rivalry.