How to Make an American Quilt (
1995) | IMDb:
6.3
Soon-to-be-wed graduate student Finn Dodd develops cold feet when she suspects her fiancé is cheating on her. In order to clear her head, Finn visits her grandmother, Hy, and great aunt, Glady Joe Cleary, in Grasse, Calif. There, Finn learns that Hy and Glady Joe are members of a group of passionate quilters, and over the course of her visit she is regaled with tales of love and life by women who have collected rich experiences and much wisdom.
Starring:
Winona Ryder
,
Anne Bancroft
,
Ellen Burstyn
,
Kate Nelligan
,
Jean Simmons
,
Maya Angelou
Eight Men Out (
1988) | IMDb:
7.2
Buck Weaver and Hap Felsch are young idealistic players on the Chicago White Sox, a pennant-winning team owned by Charles Comiskey - a penny-pinching, hands-on manager who underpays his players and treats them with disdain. And when gamblers and hustlers discover that Comiskey's demoralized players are ripe for a money-making scheme, one by one the team members agree to throw the World Series. But when the White Sox are defeated, a couple of sports writers smell a fix and a national scandal explodes, ripping the cover off America's favorite pastime.
Starring:
John Cusack
,
Clifton James
,
Michael Lerner
,
Christopher Lloyd
,
John Mahoney
,
Charlie Sheen
Desperately Seeking Susan (
1985) | IMDb:
6.1
A bored New Jersey suburban housewife's fascination with a free-spirited woman she has read about in the personal columns leads to her being mistaken for the woman herself and into a chaotic adventure of amnesia and self-discovery.