Heavyweights (
1995) | IMDb:
6.6
Camp Hope is a summer retreat for overweight boys run by a kindly couple who make the campers feel comfortable with their extra pounds. But when tyrannical fitness guru Tony buys the camp, he puts the kids on a cruel regimen that goes too far. Sick of the endless weeks of "all work and no play," the kids stage a coup and reclaim their summer of fun.
Groundhog Day (
1993) | IMDb:
8
A narcissistic TV weatherman, along with his attractive-but-distant producer, and his mawkish cameraman, is sent to report on Groundhog Day in the small town of Punxsutawney, where he finds himself repeating the same day over and over.
Starring:
Bill Murray
,
Andie MacDowell
,
Chris Elliott
,
Stephen Tobolowsky
,
Brian Doyle-Murray
,
Angela Paton
Death Wish 3 (
1985) | IMDb:
5.8
Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey arrives back in New York City and is forcibly recruited by a crooked police chief to fight street crime caused by a large gang terrorizing the neighborhoods.
Starring:
Charles Bronson
,
Deborah Raffin
,
Ed Lauter
,
Martin Balsam
,
Gavan O'Herlihy
,
Kirk Taylor
D.A.R.Y.L. (
1985) | IMDb:
6.2
Daryl is a normal 10-year-old boy in many ways. However, unbeknown to his foster parents and friends, Daryl is actually a government-created robot with superhuman reflexes and mental abilities. Even his name has a hidden meaning -- it's actually an acronym for Data Analyzing Robot Youth Life-form. When the organization that created him deems the "super soldier" experiment a failure and schedules Daryl to be disassembled, it is up to a few rogue scientists to help him escape.
Starring:
Barret Oliver
,
Mary Beth Hurt
,
Michael McKean
,
Kathryn Walker
,
Colleen Camp
,
Josef Sommer
Reds (
1981) | IMDb:
7.3
An account of the revolutionary years of the legendary American journalist John Reed, who shared his adventurous professional life with his radical commitment to the socialist revolution in Russia, his dream of spreading its principles among the members of the American working class, and his troubled romantic relationship with the writer Louise Bryant.
Starring:
Warren Beatty
,
Diane Keaton
,
Edward Herrmann
,
Jerzy Kosiński
,
Jack Nicholson
,
Paul Sorvino
Cruising (
1980) | IMDb:
6.5
When New York is caught in the grip of a sadistic serial killer who preys on patrons of the city's underground bars, young rookie Steve Burns infiltrates the S&M subculture to try and lure him out of the shadows.
King of the Gypsies (
1978) | IMDb:
6.2
Zharko, leader of the Romanis in NYC, passes his position of leadership on to his unwilling grandson, Dave, leading to infighting between Dave and his father.
Starring:
Sterling Hayden
,
Shelley Winters
,
Susan Sarandon
,
Judd Hirsch
,
Eric Roberts
,
Brooke Shields
The Wiz (
1978) | IMDb:
5.5
Dorothy Gale, a shy kindergarten teacher, is swept away to the magic land of Oz where she embarks on a quest to return home.
Network (
1976) | IMDb:
8.1
When veteran anchorman Howard Beale is forced to retire his 25-year post because of his age, he announces to viewers that he will kill himself during his farewell broadcast. Network executives rethink their decision when his fanatical tirade results in a spike in ratings.
Starring:
Peter Finch
,
Faye Dunaway
,
William Holden
,
Robert Duvall
,
Beatrice Straight
,
Wesley Addy
Stay Hungry (
1976) | IMDb:
5.6
A dishonest businessman asks rich layabout Craig Blake to help him buy a gym, which will be demolished for a development project in Alabama. But after spending time with weightlifter Joe Santo and gym worker Mary Tate Farnsworth, Craig wants out of the deal. The property negotiations turn ugly, causing a brawl at the gym and a spectacle at a big bodybuilding meet, as Craig learns that it's not easy to turn your back on fair-weather friends.
Starring:
Jeff Bridges
,
Sally Field
,
Arnold Schwarzenegger
,
R. G. Armstrong
,
Robert Englund
,
Helena Kallianiotes
The Godfather Part II (
1974) | IMDb:
9
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
Serpico (
1973) | IMDb:
7.7
New York cop Frank Serpico blows the whistle on the rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.
Starring:
Al Pacino
,
John Randolph
,
Jack Kehoe
,
Biff McGuire
,
Barbara Eda-Young
,
Cornelia Sharpe
The Last Detail (
1973) | IMDb:
7.5
Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison, but decide to show him one last good time along the way.
The Anderson Tapes (
1971) | IMDb:
6.4
Thief Duke Anderson—just released from ten years in jail—takes up with his old girlfriend in her posh apartment block, and makes plans to rob the entire building. What he doesn't know is that his every move is being recorded on audio and video, although he is not the subject of any surveillance.
Starring:
Sean Connery
,
Dyan Cannon
,
Martin Balsam
,
Ralph Meeker
,
Alan King
,
Christopher Walken