Norma Rae (
1979) | IMDb:
7.3
Norma Rae is a southern textile worker employed in a factory with intolerable working conditions. This concern about the situation gives her the gumption to be the key associate to a visiting labor union organizer. Together, they undertake the difficult, and possibly dangerous, struggle to unionize her factory.
The Klansman (
1974) | IMDb:
5.2
A small southern town has just been rocked by a tragedy: a young white woman has been raped by a black man. When young black man Garth witnesses the Ku Klux Klan's violent retaliation against his innocent friend, Garth declares a one-man war on the Klan and hunts them down one-by-one.
Starring:
Richard Burton
,
Lee Marvin
,
Cameron Mitchell
,
Lola Falana
,
Linda Evans
,
Luciana Paluzzi
Directed by:
Terence Young
A Time for Killing (
1967) | IMDb:
5.4
During the Civil War, Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison and head for the Mexican border. Along the way, they kill a Union courier bearing the news that the war is over. Keeping the message a secret, the captain has his men go on and they soon find themselves in a battle with the Union search party who also is unaware of the war's end.
Starring:
Glenn Ford
,
George Hamilton
,
Inger Stevens
,
Paul Petersen
,
Todd Armstrong
,
Max Baer Jr.
How the West Was Won (
1962) | IMDb:
7
The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.
The Absent-Minded Professor (
1961) | IMDb:
6.7
Bumbling professor Ned Brainard accidentally invents flying rubber, or "Flubber", an incredible material that gains energy every time it strikes a hard surface. It allows for the invention of shoes that can allow jumps of amazing heights and enables a modified Model-T to fly. Unfortunately, no one is interested in the material except for Alonzo Hawk, a corrupt businessman who wants to steal the material for himself.