The Insider (
1999) | IMDb:
7.8
A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.
Starring:
Al Pacino
,
Russell Crowe
,
Christopher Plummer
,
Diane Venora
,
Philip Baker Hall
,
Lindsay Crouse
A Time to Kill (
1996) | IMDb:
7.5
A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.
Starring:
Matthew McConaughey
,
Sandra Bullock
,
Samuel L. Jackson
,
Kevin Spacey
,
Ashley Judd
,
Donald Sutherland
The Birdcage (
1996) | IMDb:
7.2
Middle-aged gay life partners, Armand Goldman, a Jewish drag club owner, and Albert, the club's flamboyant star attraction, live in the eclectic community of South Beach and have raised a straight son. Now, their newly engaged son, 20-year-old Val, wants to bring his fiancée, Barbara, and her ultraconservative parents home to meet his family for the first time. By Val's request, Armand pretends to be straight, not Jewish and attempts to hide his relationship with Albert, in order to please Barbara's father, controversial right-wing Republican Sen. Kevin Keeley.
Starring:
Robin Williams
,
Nathan Lane
,
Dan Futterman
,
Gene Hackman
,
Dianne Wiest
,
Calista Flockhart