The Count of Monte Cristo (
2002) | IMDb:
7.7
Edmond Dantés's life and plans to marry the beautiful Mercedes are shattered when his best friend, Fernand, deceives him. After spending 13 miserable years in prison, Dantés escapes with the help of a fellow inmate and plots his revenge, cleverly insinuating himself into the French nobility.
Starring:
Jim Caviezel
,
Guy Pearce
,
Richard Harris
,
James Frain
,
Dagmara Domińczyk
,
Michael Wincott
The NeverEnding Story III (
1994) | IMDb:
3.2
A young boy must restore order when a group of bullies steal the magical book that acts as a portal between Earth and the imaginary world of Fantasia.
Wild at Heart (
1990) | IMDb:
7.2
Young lovers Sailor and Lula hit the road to start a new life together away from the wrath of Lula’s deranged, disapproving mother, who has hired a team of hitmen to cut the lovers’ surreal honeymoon short.
Young Sherlock Holmes (
1985) | IMDb:
6.8
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson meet as boys in an English Boarding school. Holmes is known for his deductive ability even as a youth, amazing his classmates with his abilities. When they discover a plot to murder a series of British business men by an Egyptian cult, they move to stop it.
Starring:
Nicholas Rowe
,
Alan Cox
,
Sophie Ward
,
Anthony Higgins
,
Susan Fleetwood
,
Roger Ashton-Griffiths
The Black Cauldron (
1985) | IMDb:
6.3
Taran is an assistant pigkeeper with boyish dreams of becoming a great warrior. However, he has to put the daydreaming aside when his charge, an oracular pig named Hen Wen, is kidnapped by an evil lord known as the Horned King. The villain hopes Hen will show him the way to The Black Cauldron, which has the power to create a giant army of unstoppable soldiers.
Starring:
Grant Bardsley
,
Susan Sheridan
,
John Byner
,
Nigel Hawthorne
,
John Hurt
,
Freddie Jones
Dune (
1984) | IMDb:
6.3
In the year 10,191, the most precious substance in the universe is the spice Melange. The spice extends life. The spice expands consciousness. The spice is vital to space travel. The spice exists on only one planet in the entire universe, the vast desert planet Arrakis, also known as Dune. Its native inhabitants, the Fremen, have long held a prophecy that a man would come, a messiah who would lead them to true freedom.
Starring:
Kyle MacLachlan
,
Francesca Annis
,
Patrick Stewart
,
Linda Hunt
,
José Ferrer
,
Leonardo Cimino
Firestarter (
1984) | IMDb:
6
Charlene "Charlie" McGee has the amazing ability to start fires with just a glance. Can her psychic power and the love of her father save her from the threatening government agency which wants to destroy her?
Starring:
Drew Barrymore
,
David Keith
,
Freddie Jones
,
Heather Locklear
,
Martin Sheen
,
George C. Scott
Krull (
1983) | IMDb:
6.1
A prince and a fellowship of companions set out to rescue his bride from a fortress of alien invaders who have arrived on their home planet.
Starring:
Ken Marshall
,
Lysette Anthony
,
Freddie Jones
,
Francesca Annis
,
Alun Armstrong
,
David Battley
Directed by:
Peter Yates
Firefox (
1982) | IMDb:
5.9
The Soviets have developed a revolutionary new jet fighter, called 'Firefox'. Worried that the jet will be used as a first-strike weapon—as there are rumours that it is undetectable by radar—the British send ex-Vietnam War pilot, Mitchell Gant on a covert mission into the Soviet Union to steal the Firefox.
Starring:
Clint Eastwood
,
Freddie Jones
,
David Huffman
,
Warren Clarke
,
Ronald Lacey
,
Kenneth Colley
The Elephant Man (
1980) | IMDb:
8.2
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.
Zulu Dawn (
1979) | IMDb:
6.6
In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.
Starring:
Burt Lancaster
,
Simon Ward
,
Denholm Elliott
,
Peter Vaughan
,
James Faulkner
,
Christopher Cazenove