Local Hero (
1983) | IMDb:
7.3
An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don't go as expected.
Starring:
Burt Lancaster
,
Peter Riegert
,
Denis Lawson
,
Fulton Mackay
,
Peter Capaldi
,
Jennifer Black
Chariots of Fire (
1981) | IMDb:
7.1
In the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell, a devout Christian born to Scottish missionaries in China, sees running as part of his worship of God's glory and refuses to train or compete on the Sabbath. Harold Abrahams overcomes anti-Semitism and class bias, but neglects his beloved sweetheart in his single-minded quest.
Life of Brian (
1979) | IMDb:
8
Brian Cohen is an average young Jewish man, but through a series of ridiculous events, he gains a reputation as the Messiah. When he's not dodging his followers or being scolded by his shrill mother, the hapless Brian has to contend with the pompous Pontius Pilate and acronym-obsessed members of a separatist movement. Rife with Monty Python's signature absurdity, the tale finds Brian's life paralleling Biblical lore, albeit with many more laughs.
Agatha (
1979) | IMDb:
6.2
England, 1926. An American journalist looks for mystery writer Agatha Christie when she suddenly disappears without explanation, leaving no trace.
Starring:
Dustin Hoffman
,
Vanessa Redgrave
,
Timothy Dalton
,
Helen Morse
,
Celia Gregory
,
Paul Brooke