Shaft in Africa (
1973) | IMDb:
5.9
Detective John Shaft travels incognito to Ethiopia, then France, to bust a human trafficking ring.
Starring:
Richard Roundtree
,
Frank Finlay
,
Vonetta McGee
,
Neda Arnerić
,
Debebe Eshetu
,
Marne Maitland
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (
1969) | IMDb:
6.8
Academy Award-honoree Peter O'Toole stars in this musical classic about a prim English schoolmaster who learns to show his compassion through the help of an outgoing showgirl. O'Toole, who received his fourth Oscar-nomination for this performance, is joined by '60s pop star Petula Clark and fellow Oscar-nominee Michael Redgrave.
Starring:
Peter O'Toole
,
Petula Clark
,
Michael Redgrave
,
George Baker
,
Siân Phillips
,
Michael Bryant
Grand Prix (
1966) | IMDb:
7.2
The most daring drivers in the world have gathered to compete for the 1966 Formula One championship. After a spectacular wreck in the first of a series of races, American wheelman Pete Aron is dropped by his sponsor. Refusing to quit, he joins a Japanese racing team. While juggling his career with a torrid love affair involving an ex-teammate's wife, Pete must also contend with Jean-Pierre Sarti, a French contestant who has previously won two world titles.
Starring:
James Garner
,
Eva Marie Saint
,
Yves Montand
,
Toshirō Mifune
,
Brian Bedford
,
Jessica Walter
Doctor Zhivago (
1965) | IMDb:
7.9
The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.
Starring:
Omar Sharif
,
Julie Christie
,
Geraldine Chaplin
,
Rod Steiger
,
Alec Guinness
,
Tom Courtenay
The Yellow Rolls-Royce (
1964) | IMDb:
6.4
One Rolls-Royce belongs to three vastly different owners, starting with Lord Charles, who buys the car for his wife as an anniversary present. The next owner is Paolo Maltese, a mafioso who purchases the car during a trip to Italy and leaves it with his girlfriend while he returns to Chicago. Finally, the car is owned by American widow Gerda, who joins the Yugoslavian resistance against the invading Nazis.
Starring:
Ingrid Bergman
,
Rex Harrison
,
Shirley MacLaine
,
Jeanne Moreau
,
George C. Scott
,
Omar Sharif
Mutiny on the Bounty (
1962) | IMDb:
7.2
The Bounty leaves Portsmouth in 1787. Its destination: to sail to Tahiti and load bread-fruit. Captain Bligh will do anything to get there as fast as possible, using any means to keep up a strict discipline. When they arrive at Tahiti, it is like a paradise for the crew, something completely different than the living hell aboard the ship. On the way back to England, officer Fletcher Christian becomes the leader of a mutiny.
Starring:
Marlon Brando
,
Trevor Howard
,
Richard Harris
,
Hugh Griffith
,
Richard Haydn
,
Percy Herbert
Ben-Hur (
1959) | IMDb:
8.1
In 25 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childhood friend-turned-overlord of trying to kill the Roman governor, he is put into slavery and his mother and sister are taken away as prisoners.
Starring:
Charlton Heston
,
Jack Hawkins
,
Haya Harareet
,
Stephen Boyd
,
Martha Scott
,
Cathy O'Donnell
Quo Vadis (
1951) | IMDb:
7.1
After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadership of the despotic emperor Nero.