No Reservations (
2007) | IMDb:
6.3
Master chef Kate Armstrong runs her life and her kitchen with intimidating intensity. However, a recipe for disaster may be in the works when she becomes the guardian of her young niece while crossing forks with the brash sous-chef who just joined her staff. Though romance blooms in the face of rivalry, Kate needs to look outside the kitchen to find true happiness.
Starring:
Catherine Zeta-Jones
,
Aaron Eckhart
,
Abigail Breslin
,
Patricia Clarkson
,
Jenny Wade
,
Bob Balaban
Kinsey (
2004) | IMDb:
7.1
Kinsey is a portrait of researcher Alfred Kinsey, driven to uncover the most private secrets of a nation. What begins for Kinsey as a scientific endeavor soon takes on an intensely personal relevance, ultimately becoming an unexpected journey into the mystery of human behavior.
Starring:
Liam Neeson
,
Laura Linney
,
Chris O'Donnell
,
Peter Sarsgaard
,
Timothy Hutton
,
John Lithgow
Who's That Girl (
1987) | IMDb:
4.8
An uptight New York tax lawyer gets his life turned upside down, all in a single day, when he's asked to escort a feisty and free-spirited female ex-convict whom asks him to help prove her innocence of her crime.
Native Son (
1986) | IMDb:
6
In 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family, which takes a turn for the worse when he accidentally kills the teenage daughter of the couple and then tries to cover it up.
Starring:
Victor Love
,
Matt Dillon
,
Elizabeth McGovern
,
Geraldine Page
,
Oprah Winfrey
,
Akosua Busia
Directed by:
Jerrold Freedman
Legal Eagles (
1986) | IMDb:
6
District Attorney Tom Logan is set for higher office, at least until he becomes involved with defence lawyer Laura Kelly and her unpredictable client Chelsea Deardon. It seems the least of Chelsea's crimes is the theft of a very valuable painting, but as the women persuade Logan to investigate further and to cut some official corners, a much more sinister scenario starts to emerge.
Starring:
Robert Redford
,
Debra Winger
,
Daryl Hannah
,
Brian Dennehy
,
Terence Stamp
,
Steven Hill
Pennies from Heaven (
1981) | IMDb:
6.5
During the Great Depression, a sheet music salesman seeks to escape his dreary life through popular music and a love affair with an innocent school teacher.
Starring:
Steve Martin
,
Bernadette Peters
,
Jessica Harper
,
Vernel Bagneris
,
John McMartin
,
John Karlen
Blow Out (
1981) | IMDb:
7.4
While recording sound effects for a slasher flick, Jack Terry stumbles upon a real-life horror: a car careening off a bridge and into a river. Jack jumps into the water and fishes out Sally from the car, but the other passenger is already dead — a governor intending to run for president. As Jack does some investigating of his tapes, and starts a perilous romance with Sally, he enters a tangled web of conspiracy that might leave him dead.
Brubaker (
1980) | IMDb:
7.1
The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.
Starring:
Robert Redford
,
Yaphet Kotto
,
Jane Alexander
,
Murray Hamilton
,
David Keith
,
Morgan Freeman
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
Sweet Charity (
1969) | IMDb:
6.9
Taxi dancer Charity continues to have faith in the human race despite apparently endless disappointments at its hands, and hope that she will finally meet the nice young man to romance her away from her sleazy life. Maybe, just maybe, handsome Oscar will be the one to do it.
Starring:
Shirley MacLaine
,
John McMartin
,
Chita Rivera
,
Paula Kelly
,
Ricardo Montalban
,
Sammy Davis Jr.