The River (
1984) | IMDb:
6.3
Tom and Mae Garvey are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition to natural disasters, the Garveys fight to stop a selfish land developer and a local corporation from foreclosing on their farm. While Mae stays at home to care for their children and tend to the crops, Tom finds work as a scab at a steel mill to preserve his family's property.
Starring:
Mel Gibson
,
Sissy Spacek
,
Scott Glenn
,
Billy Green Bush
,
Shane Bailey
,
Becky Jo Lynch
On Golden Pond (
1981) | IMDb:
7.6
For Norman and Ethel Thayer, this summer on golden pond is filled with conflict and resolution. When their daughter Chelsea arrives, the family is forced to renew the bonds of love and overcome the generational friction that has existed for years.
Starring:
Katharine Hepburn
,
Henry Fonda
,
Jane Fonda
,
Doug McKeon
,
Dabney Coleman
,
William Lanteau