The Preacher's Wife (
1996) | IMDb:
5.7
Good-natured Reverend Henry Biggs finds that his marriage to choir mistress Julia is flagging, due to his constant absence caring for the deprived neighborhood they live in. On top of all this, his church is coming under threat from property developer Joe Hamilton. In desperation, Biggs prays to God for help – which arrives in the form of an angel named Dudley.
Starring:
Denzel Washington
,
Whitney Houston
,
Courtney B. Vance
,
Gregory Hines
,
Jenifer Lewis
,
Loretta Devine
Kiss of Death (
1995) | IMDb:
5.9
Jimmy Kilmartin's an ex-con who's trying to go straight. But he can't say no to a quick driving job because his so-called friend's life is threatened. The job is for Little Junior Brown, a violent and powerful villain. When things go wrong, Jimmy is left to do the time, and his whole life is turned upside-down, but if that wasn't enough, the cops won't leave Jimmy alone when he gets out... They want Little Junior Brown.
Starring:
David Caruso
,
Nicolas Cage
,
Samuel L. Jackson
,
Helen Hunt
,
Kathryn Erbe
,
Stanley Tucci
Serial Mom (
1994) | IMDb:
6.8
Beverly is the perfect happy homemaker, along with her doting husband and two children, but this nuclear family just might explode when her fascination with serial killers collides with her ever-so-proper code of ethics.
Starring:
Kathleen Turner
,
Sam Waterston
,
Ricki Lake
,
Matthew Lillard
,
Scott Morgan
,
Walt MacPherson
I'll Do Anything (
1994) | IMDb:
5.5
Matt Hobbs is a talented but unsuccessful actor. When estranged (and strange) ex-wife Beth dumps their daughter Jeannie on Matt, father and daughter have a lot of adjusting to do. His budding relationship with attractive production assistant Cathy Breslow is made complicated, while the precocious child is overly accustomed to getting her own way. Matt eventually faces the choice of family vs career in a particularly difficult way.
Starring:
Nick Nolte
,
Whittni Wright
,
Albert Brooks
,
Julie Kavner
,
Joely Richardson
,
Tracey Ullman
Cry-Baby (
1990) | IMDb:
6.5
A prim and proper schoolgirl goes against her society grandmother's wishes when she dates a motorcycle-riding juvenile delinquent.
Big (
1988) | IMDb:
7.3
When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big—he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight. But he is still the same 13-year-old boy inside. Now he must learn how to cope with the unfamiliar world of grown-ups including getting a job and having his first romantic encounter with a woman.
Pretty in Pink (
1986) | IMDb:
6.7
Andie is an outcast, hanging out either with her older boss, who owns the record store where she works, or her quirky high school classmate Duckie, who has a crush on her. When one of the rich and popular kids at school, Blane, asks Andie out, it seems too good to be true. As Andie starts falling for Blane, she begins to realize that dating someone from a different social sphere is not easy.
Starring:
Molly Ringwald
,
Harry Dean Stanton
,
Jon Cryer
,
Annie Potts
,
James Spader
,
Andrew McCarthy
Broadway Danny Rose (
1984) | IMDb:
7.4
A hapless talent manager named Danny Rose, by helping a client, gets dragged into a love triangle involving the mob. His story is told in flashback, an anecdote shared amongst a group of comedians over lunch at New York's Carnegie Deli. Rose's one-man talent agency represents countless incompetent entertainers, including a one-legged tap dancer, and one slightly talented one: washed-up lounge singer Lou Canova, whose career is on the rebound.
Starring:
Woody Allen
,
Mia Farrow
,
Nick Apollo Forte
,
Sandy Baron
,
Corbett Monica
,
Jackie Gayle
Terms of Endearment (
1983) | IMDb:
7.4
Aurora, a finicky woman, is in search of true love while her daughter faces marital issues. Together, they help each other deal with problems and find reasons to live a joyful life.
Starring:
Shirley MacLaine
,
Debra Winger
,
Jack Nicholson
,
Danny DeVito
,
Jeff Daniels
,
John Lithgow
Zelig (
1983) | IMDb:
7.7
Fictional documentary about the life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig, a man who becomes a celebrity in the 1920s due to his ability to look and act like whoever is around him. Clever editing places Zelig in real newsreel footage of Woodrow Wilson, Babe Ruth, and others.
Starring:
Woody Allen
,
Mia Farrow
,
Patrick Horgan
,
John Buckwalter
,
Marvin Chatinover
,
Stanley Swerdlow