The Stepford Wives (
2004) | IMDb:
5.3
What does it take to become a Stepford wife, a woman perfect beyond belief? Ask the Stepford husbands, who've created this high-tech, terrifying little town.
Starring:
Nicole Kidman
,
Matthew Broderick
,
Bette Midler
,
Glenn Close
,
Christopher Walken
,
Roger Bart
Path to War (
2003) | IMDb:
7.3
A powerful drama of soaring ambition and shattered dreams that takes a provocative insider's look at the way the USA goes to war—as seen from inside the LBJ White House leading up to and during the Vietnam War.
Starring:
Michael Gambon
,
Donald Sutherland
,
Alec Baldwin
,
Bruce McGill
,
James Frain
,
Felicity Huffman
Rambling Rose (
1991) | IMDb:
6.6
Rose is taken in by the Hillyer family to serve as a 1930s housemaid so that she can avoid falling into a life of prostitution. Her appearence and personality is such that all men fall for her, and she knows it. She can't help herself from getting into trouble with men.
Directed by:
Martha Coolidge
Mrs. Soffel (
1984) | IMDb:
6.1
Kate Soffel is married to a prison warden in Pittsburgh, and is the mother of their four children. Ed Biddle is a convicted murderer awaiting execution on death row with his brother Jack. When Kate meets Eddie through her Bible readings to the prisoners, she is drawn to him, and they pursue a clandestine relationship. She agrees to help the brothers escape, and begins a treacherous journey with them to freedom in Canada.
Starring:
Diane Keaton
,
Mel Gibson
,
Matthew Modine
,
Edward Herrmann
,
Trini Alvarado
,
Jennifer Dundas
Reckless (
1984) | IMDb:
6.2
Teenager Johnny Rourke is reckless. Born on the wrong side of the tracks, he breaks the law and girls' hearts with equal cool. Cheerleader Tracey Prescott is reckless too. She dumps her conventional life and boring boyfriend to follow Johnny wherever his dangerous path leads.
White Dog (
1982) | IMDb:
7
A trainer attempts to retrain a vicious dog that’s been raised to kill black people.
Starring:
Kristy McNichol
,
Paul Winfield
,
Burl Ives
,
Jameson Parker
,
Christa Lang
,
Vernon Weddle
Directed by:
Samuel Fuller
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can (
1982) | IMDb:
6.2
An adaptation of Barbara Gordon's nonfiction account of her addiction to Valium.
Starring:
Jill Clayburgh
,
Nicol Williamson
,
Dianne Wiest
,
Joe Pesci
,
Geraldine Page
,
Albert Salmi
Directed by:
Jack Hofsiss
An American Christmas Carol (
1979) | IMDb:
6.8
In Depression-era New England, a miserly businessman named Benedict Slade receives a long-overdue attitude adjustment one Christmas Eve when he is visited by three ghostly figures who resemble three of the people whose possessions Slade had seized to collect on unpaid loans. Assuming the roles of the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future from Charles Dickens' classic story, the three apparitions force Slade to face the consequences of his skinflint ways, and he becomes a caring, generous, amiable man.
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (
1977) | IMDb:
6.4
A disturbed and institutionalized 16-year-old girl struggles between fantasy and reality.
Starring:
Kathleen Quinlan
,
Bibi Andersson
,
Ben Piazza
,
Lorraine Gary
,
Martine Bartlett
,
Margo Ann Berdeshevsky
Directed by:
Anthony Page
Sleuth (
1972) | IMDb:
8
A man who loves games and theater invites his wife's lover to meet him, setting up a battle of wits with potentially deadly results.
Starring:
Laurence Olivier
,
Michael Caine
,
Alec Cawthorne
,
John Matthews
,
Eve Channing
,
Teddy Martin