The River Wild (
1994) | IMDb:
6.5
Gail and Tom Hartman are struggling to stay together and decide to take a white-water rafting holiday adventure in Montana for their son Roarke's 10th birthday, only to meet up with a pair of mysterious men whose desperation grows, turning their vacation into a nightmare.
Starring:
Meryl Streep
,
David Strathairn
,
Kevin Bacon
,
John C. Reilly
,
Joseph Mazzello
,
Benjamin Bratt
Far and Away (
1992) | IMDb:
6.6
A young couple escapes Ireland, dreaming of a new life during the land giveaway in Oklahoma. As they struggle to survive against betrayal and harsh winter conditions, they must fend off her parents who are determined to bring her back home.
Starring:
Tom Cruise
,
Nicole Kidman
,
Thomas Gibson
,
Robert Prosky
,
Barbara Babcock
,
Cyril Cusack
Backdraft (
1991) | IMDb:
6.7
Firemen brothers Brian and Stephen McCaffrey battle each other over past slights while trying to stop an arsonist with a diabolical agenda from torching Chicago.
Starring:
Kurt Russell
,
William Baldwin
,
Robert De Niro
,
Donald Sutherland
,
Jennifer Jason Leigh
,
Scott Glenn
The Hunt for Red October (
1990) | IMDb:
7.5
A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius. The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. Lone CIA analyst Jack Ryan has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it - because the entire Russian naval and air commands are trying to find Ramius, too. The hunt is on!
Next of Kin (
1989) | IMDb:
5.8
Truman Gates, a Chicago cop, sets out to find his brother's killer. Meanwhile, another of his brothers, Briar (a hillbilly) decides to find the killer himself.
Yentl (
1983) | IMDb:
6.6
In a time when girls were forbidden to study religious scriptures, a Jewish girl masquerades as a boy to enter religious training and unexpectedly finds love along the way.
Starring:
Barbra Streisand
,
Mandy Patinkin
,
Amy Irving
,
Nehemiah Persoff
,
Steven Hill
,
Allan Corduner
The Dogs of War (
1980) | IMDb:
6.3
Mercenary soldiers Jamie and Drew are hired by a large corporation to liberate Zangaro, a small African nation, from an despot. Havoc ensues.
Starring:
Christopher Walken
,
Tom Berenger
,
Winston Ntshona
,
Hugh Millais
,
JoBeth Williams
,
Alan Beckwith
...And Justice for All (
1979) | IMDb:
7.4
An ethical Baltimore defense lawyer disgusted with rampant legal corruption is forced to defend a judge he despises in a rape trial under the threat of being disbarred.
Starring:
Al Pacino
,
Jack Warden
,
John Forsythe
,
Lee Strasberg
,
Jeffrey Tambor
,
Christine Lahti
F.I.S.T. (
1978) | IMDb:
6.4
Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher his methods become more ruthless and finally senator Madison starts a campaign to find the truth about the alleged connections with the Mob.
Starring:
Sylvester Stallone
,
Rod Steiger
,
Peter Boyle
,
Melinda Dillon
,
David Huffman
,
Kevin Conway
Fiddler on the Roof (
1971) | IMDb:
8
In a pre-revolutionary Russia, a poor Jewish milkman struggles with the challenges of a changing world as his daughters fall in love and antisemitism grows.
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (
1970) | IMDb:
7
Holmes and Dr. Watson take on the case of a beautiful woman whose husband has vanished. The investigation proves strange indeed, involving six missing midgets, villainous monks, a Scottish castle, the Loch Ness monster, and covert naval experiments.
Starring:
Robert Stephens
,
Colin Blakely
,
Geneviève Page
,
Christopher Lee
,
Tamara Toumanova
,
Clive Revill