Steel Magnolias (
1989) | IMDb:
7.3
A young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the local salon, where a small group of women share a close bond of friendship and welcome her into the fold.
Starring:
Sally Field
,
Dolly Parton
,
Shirley MacLaine
,
Daryl Hannah
,
Olympia Dukakis
,
Julia Roberts
Biloxi Blues (
1988) | IMDb:
6.6
Eugene, an aspiring writer from Brooklyn, is drafted into the US Army during the final months of World War II. For his basic training, the Army sends him to Camp Shelby in Mississippi, where toil, bad food, and antisemitic jibes await. Eugene takes refuge in his sense of humor and in his diary, but they won't protect him in a battle of wills with an unstable drill sergeant.
Starring:
Matthew Broderick
,
Christopher Walken
,
Matt Mulhern
,
Corey Parker
,
Markus Flanagan
,
Casey Siemaszko
The Toy (
1982) | IMDb:
5.8
On one of his bratty son Eric's annual visits, the plutocrat U.S. Bates takes him to his department store and offers him anything in it as a gift. Eric chooses a black janitor who has made him laugh with his antics. At first the man suffers many indignities as Eric's "toy", but gradually teaches the lonely boy what it is like to have and to be a friend.
Starring:
Richard Pryor
,
Jackie Gleason
,
Ned Beatty
,
Scott Schwartz
,
Teresa Ganzel
,
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Directed by:
Richard Donner
Annie (
1982) | IMDb:
6.6
An orphan in a facility run by the mean Miss Hannigan, Annie believes that her parents left her there by mistake. When a rich man named Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks decides to let an orphan live at his home to promote his image, Annie is selected. While Annie gets accustomed to living in Warbucks' mansion, she still longs to meet her parents. So Warbucks announces a search for them and a reward, which brings out many frauds.
Starring:
Aileen Quinn
,
Albert Finney
,
Carol Burnett
,
Ann Reinking
,
Tim Curry
,
Bernadette Peters
Directed by:
John Huston
Somewhere in Time (
1980) | IMDb:
7.2
Young writer Richard Collier is met on the opening night of his first play by an old lady who begs him to "Come back to me". Mystified, he tries to find out about her, and learns that she is a famous stage actress from the early 1900s. Becoming more and more obsessed with her, by self-hypnosis he manages to travel back in time—where he meets her.
Starring:
Christopher Reeve
,
Jane Seymour
,
Christopher Plummer
,
Teresa Wright
,
Bill Erwin
,
George Voskovec
The Electric Horseman (
1979) | IMDb:
6.4
A former champion rodeo rider is reduced to using his saddle skills to promote a breakfast cereal in a gaudy Las Vegas show. When he's asked to perform with a $12 million horse, he discovers it is being doped to remain docile. He flees into the desert astride the beast in an act of defiance. A story-hungry female reporter gives chase.
Starring:
Robert Redford
,
Jane Fonda
,
Valerie Perrine
,
Willie Nelson
,
John Saxon
,
Nicolas Coster
Robin and Marian (
1976) | IMDb:
6.5
Robin Hood, aging none too gracefully, returns exhausted from the Crusades to woo and win Maid Marian one last time.
Starring:
Sean Connery
,
Audrey Hepburn
,
Robert Shaw
,
Richard Harris
,
Nicol Williamson
,
Denholm Elliott
Funny Lady (
1975) | IMDb:
6.2
Famous singer Fanny Brice has divorced her first husband Nicky Arnstein. During the Great Depression she has trouble finding work as an artist, but meets Billy Rose, a newcomer who writes lyrics and owns a nightclub.
The Way We Were (
1973) | IMDb:
7
Opposites attract when, during their college days, Katie Morosky, a politically active Jew, meets Hubbell Gardiner, a feckless WASP. Years later, in the wake of World War II, they meet once again and, despite their obvious differences, attempt to make their love for each other work.
Starring:
Barbra Streisand
,
Robert Redford
,
Bradford Dillman
,
Lois Chiles
,
Patrick O'Neal
,
Viveca Lindfors
Directed by:
Sydney Pollack
Funny Girl (
1968) | IMDb:
7.3
The life of famed 1930s comedienne Fanny Brice, from her early days in the Jewish slums of New York, to the height of her career with the Ziegfeld Follies, as well as her marriage to the rakish gambler Nick Arnstein.
Produced by:
Ray Stark
Reflections in a Golden Eye (
1967) | IMDb:
6.7
Bizarre tale of sex, betrayal, and perversion at a military post.
Starring:
Elizabeth Taylor
,
Marlon Brando
,
Brian Keith
,
Julie Harris
,
Zorro David
,
Gordon Mitchell
This Property Is Condemned (
1966) | IMDb:
7
Owen Legate, a railroad official, comes to Dodson, Mississippi to shut down the local railway - the town's main income. But Owen unexpectedly finds love with Dodson's flirt and main attraction, Alva Starr.
The Night of the Iguana (
1964) | IMDb:
7.6
A defrocked Episcopal clergyman leads a bus-load of middle-aged Baptist women on a tour of the Mexican coast and comes to terms with the failure haunting his life.
The World of Suzie Wong (
1960) | IMDb:
6.9
A Hong Kong prostitute tries modeling and falls for the artist who's painting her.
Starring:
William Holden
,
Nancy Kwan
,
Sylvia Syms
,
Michael Wilding
,
Jacqueline Chan
,
Laurence Naismith
Directed by:
Richard Quine