The Bodyguard (
1992) | IMDb:
6.3
A former Secret Service agent grudgingly takes an assignment to protect a pop idol who's threatened by a crazed fan. At first, the safety-obsessed bodyguard and the self-indulgent diva totally clash. But before long, all that tension sparks fireworks of another sort, and the love-averse tough guy is torn between duty and romance.
Dances with Wolves (
1990) | IMDb:
8
Wounded Civil War soldier John Dunbar tries to commit suicide—and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to his dream post, a remote junction on the Western frontier, and soon makes unlikely friends with the local Sioux tribe.
Starring:
Kevin Costner
,
Mary McDonnell
,
Graham Greene
,
Rodney A. Grant
,
Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman
,
Tantoo Cardinal
Rampage (
1987) | IMDb:
6.2
Liberal district attorney decides to seek the death penalty for a man who slaughtered a family at Christmastime, then drank their blood. He escapes, though, and starts killing again.
Starring:
Michael Biehn
,
Alex McArthur
,
Nicholas Campbell
,
Deborah Van Valkenburgh
,
John Harkins
,
Art LaFleur
Directed by:
William Friedkin
Soul Man (
1986) | IMDb:
5.3
A white prospective grad student's affluent family won't pay his way through law school, so he takes tanning pills to darken his skin in order to qualify for an African-American scholarship at Harvard. He soon gets more than he bargained for, as he begins to learn what life is really like for blacks in America.
Starring:
C. Thomas Howell
,
Rae Dawn Chong
,
Arye Gross
,
James Earl Jones
,
Melora Hardin
,
Leslie Nielsen
Invaders from Mars (
1986) | IMDb:
5.5
In this remake of the classic 1950s sci-fi tale, a boy tries to stop an invasion of his town by aliens who take over the the minds of his parents, his least-liked schoolteacher and other townspeople. With the aid of the school nurse the boy enlists the aid of the U.S. Marines.
Brainstorm (
1983) | IMDb:
6.4
Two brilliant research scientists have invented a device capable of recording and playing back sensory experiences only to have devastating results when one of them records their own death.
Starring:
Christopher Walken
,
Natalie Wood
,
Louise Fletcher
,
Cliff Robertson
,
Jordan Christopher
,
Donald Hotton
The China Syndrome (
1979) | IMDb:
7.4
While doing a series of reports on alternative energy sources, opportunistic reporter Kimberly Wells witnesses an accident at a nuclear power plant. Wells is determined to publicize the incident, but soon finds herself entangled in a sinister conspiracy to keep the full impact of the incident a secret.