Passion Fish (
1992) | IMDb:
7.3
After an accident leaves her a paraplegic, a former soap opera star struggles to recover both emotionally and mentally, until she meets her newest nurse, who has struggles of her own.
Starring:
Mary McDonnell
,
Alfre Woodard
,
Vondie Curtis-Hall
,
David Strathairn
,
Leo Burmester
,
Nora Dunn
The Good Mother (
1988) | IMDb:
5.7
After finding a sexually liberated boyfriend, a divorced woman gets sued over daughter's custody, by her ex, who claims that her lover has a bad influence on the kid.
Starring:
Diane Keaton
,
Liam Neeson
,
Jason Robards
,
Ralph Bellamy
,
Teresa Wright
,
James Naughton
Directed by:
Leonard Nimoy
The Chair (
1988) | IMDb:
3.7
A psychologist, a psychiatrist and a prison warden open up a long-closed prison, unaware that the ghost of an electrocuted convict haunts it.
Starring:
James Coco
,
Trini Alvarado
,
Paul Benedict
,
Gary McCleery
,
Stephen Geoffreys
,
Ron Taylor
Directed by:
Waldemar Korzeniowsky
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
Matewan (
1987) | IMDb:
7.9
Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe Kenehan, a scab named "Few Clothes" Johnson and a sympathetic mayor and police chief heroically fight the power represented by a coal company and Matewan's vested interests so that justice and workers' rights need not take a back seat to squalid working conditions, exploitation and the bottom line.
Starring:
Chris Cooper
,
James Earl Jones
,
Mary McDonnell
,
Will Oldham
,
David Strathairn
,
Ken Jenkins