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Crazy People (1990)

A bitter ad executive, who has reached his breaking point, finds himself in a mental institution, where his career actually begins to thrive with the help of the hospital's patients.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tony Bill  •  Barry L. Young
CAST:  Dudley Moore  •  Daryl Hannah  •  Paul Reiser  •  J.T. Walsh

A bitter ad executive, who has reached his breaking point, finds himself in a mental institution, where his career actually begins to thrive with the help of the hospital's patients.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tony Bill  •  Barry L. Young
CAST:  Dudley Moore  •  Daryl Hannah  •  Paul Reiser  •  J.T. Walsh

Invasion of the Bee Girls (1973)

Neil Agar, a security agent with the State Department, is dispatched to Peckham, California to investigate the death of a bacteriologist working at government-sponsored Brandt Research. His investigation is soon complicated by a growing number of deaths, all men ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Denis Sanders
CAST:  Anitra Ford  •  Victoria Vetri  •  Cliff Osmond  •  Wright King

Neil Agar, a security agent with the State Department, is dispatched to Peckham, California to investigate the death of a bacteriologist working at government-sponsored Brandt Research. His investigation is soon complicated by a growing number of deaths, all men ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Denis Sanders
CAST:  Anitra Ford  •  Victoria Vetri  •  Cliff Osmond  •  Wright King

Mannequin (1987)

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Jonathan Switcher, an unemployed artist, finds a job as an assistant window dresser for a department store. When Jonathan happens upon a beautiful mannequin he previously designed, she springs to life and introduces herself as Emmy, an Egyptian under an ancient ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Gottlieb
CAST:  Andrew McCarthy  •  Kim Cattrall  •  Estelle Getty  •  James Spader

Jonathan Switcher, an unemployed artist, finds a job as an assistant window dresser for a department store. When Jonathan happens upon a beautiful mannequin he previously designed, she springs to life and introduces herself as Emmy, an Egyptian under an ancient ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Gottlieb
CAST:  Andrew McCarthy  •  Kim Cattrall  •  Estelle Getty  •  James Spader

The Beastmaster (1982)

Dar, is the son of a king, who is hunted by a priest after his birth and grows up in another family. When he becomes a grown man his new father is murdered by savages and he discovers that he has the ability to communicate with the animals, which leads him on his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Coscarelli
CAST:  Marc Singer  •  Tanya Roberts  •  Rip Torn  •  John Amos

Dar, is the son of a king, who is hunted by a priest after his birth and grows up in another family. When he becomes a grown man his new father is murdered by savages and he discovers that he has the ability to communicate with the animals, which leads him on his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Coscarelli
CAST:  Marc Singer  •  Tanya Roberts  •  Rip Torn  •  John Amos

Jagged Edge (1985)

San Francisco heiress Page Forrester is brutally murdered in her remote beach house. Her husband Jack is devastated by the crime but soon finds himself accused of her murder. He hires lawyer Teddy Barnes to defend him, despite the fact she hasn't handled a criminal ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Marquand
CAST:  Glenn Close  •  Jeff Bridges  •  Peter Coyote  •  Lance Henriksen

San Francisco heiress Page Forrester is brutally murdered in her remote beach house. Her husband Jack is devastated by the crime but soon finds himself accused of her murder. He hires lawyer Teddy Barnes to defend him, despite the fact she hasn't handled a criminal ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Marquand
CAST:  Glenn Close  •  Jeff Bridges  •  Peter Coyote  •  Lance Henriksen

The Execution of Private Slovik (1974)

The story of Eddie Slovik, who was executed by the Army in 1945, the only American soldier to be executed for desertion since the Civil War.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lamont Johnson
CAST:  Martin Sheen  •  Mariclare Costello  •  Ned Beatty  •  Gary Busey

The story of Eddie Slovik, who was executed by the Army in 1945, the only American soldier to be executed for desertion since the Civil War.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lamont Johnson
CAST:  Martin Sheen  •  Mariclare Costello  •  Ned Beatty  •  Gary Busey

Griffin and Phoenix (1976)

Griffin has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. Instead of quietly facing his death, he decides to have fun in the time remaining. At a college class on death, he meets Phoenix, who has terminal leukemia.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daryl Duke
CAST:  Peter Falk  •  Jill Clayburgh  •  Dorothy Tristan  •  John Lehne

Griffin has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. Instead of quietly facing his death, he decides to have fun in the time remaining. At a college class on death, he meets Phoenix, who has terminal leukemia.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daryl Duke
CAST:  Peter Falk  •  Jill Clayburgh  •  Dorothy Tristan  •  John Lehne

Advice to the Lovelorn (1981)

A failed pilot for a series centering on Maggie Dale, an advice columnist. This was somewhat in the tradition of shows like Fantasy Island. When she receives a letter, the writer's situation is played out for us, then she writes her advice and the writer reads her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harry Falk
CAST:  Cloris Leachman  •  Kelly Bishop  •  Walter Brooke  •  Melissa Sue Anderson

A failed pilot for a series centering on Maggie Dale, an advice columnist. This was somewhat in the tradition of shows like Fantasy Island. When she receives a letter, the writer's situation is played out for us, then she writes her advice and the writer reads her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harry Falk
CAST:  Cloris Leachman  •  Kelly Bishop  •  Walter Brooke  •  Melissa Sue Anderson

Subterfuge (1996)

Scuba-diver turned beach-bum Jonathan Slade is forced back into his previous milieu - the world of international espionage - in order to retrieve Black Boxes from an American jetliner that crashed under mysterious circumstances into the Black Sea. With his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herb Freed
CAST:  Matt McColm  •  Amanda Pays  •  Jason Gould  •  Richard Brake

Scuba-diver turned beach-bum Jonathan Slade is forced back into his previous milieu - the world of international espionage - in order to retrieve Black Boxes from an American jetliner that crashed under mysterious circumstances into the Black Sea. With his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herb Freed
CAST:  Matt McColm  •  Amanda Pays  •  Jason Gould  •  Richard Brake

Millions (1991)

A pack of money-grabbing relatives try to take over his ailing uncle's industrial empire.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlo Vanzina
CAST:  Billy Zane  •  Lauren Hutton  •  Carol Alt  •  Jean Sorel

A pack of money-grabbing relatives try to take over his ailing uncle's industrial empire.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlo Vanzina
CAST:  Billy Zane  •  Lauren Hutton  •  Carol Alt  •  Jean Sorel

Victory at Entebbe (1976)

The film is based on an actual event: Operation Entebbe and the freeing of Israeli hostages at Entebbe Airport (now Entebbe International Airport) in Uganda.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marvin J. Chomsky
CAST:  Helmut Berger  •  Theodore Bikel  •  Linda Blair  •  Kirk Douglas

The film is based on an actual event: Operation Entebbe and the freeing of Israeli hostages at Entebbe Airport (now Entebbe International Airport) in Uganda.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marvin J. Chomsky
CAST:  Helmut Berger  •  Theodore Bikel  •  Linda Blair  •  Kirk Douglas

The Wizard of Lies (2017)

A look behind the scenes at Bernie Madoff's massive Ponzi scheme, how it was perpetrated on the public and the trail of destruction it left in its wake, both for the victims and Madoff's family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Barry Levinson
CAST:  Robert De Niro  •  Michelle Pfeiffer  •  Hank Azaria  •  Kristen Connolly

A look behind the scenes at Bernie Madoff's massive Ponzi scheme, how it was perpetrated on the public and the trail of destruction it left in its wake, both for the victims and Madoff's family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Barry Levinson
CAST:  Robert De Niro  •  Michelle Pfeiffer  •  Hank Azaria  •  Kristen Connolly

To Dust (2019)

Shmuel, a Hasidic cantor in Upstate New York and distraught at the untimely death of his wife, struggles to find religious solace, while secretly obsessing over how her body will decay. As a clandestine partnership develops with Albert, a local community college ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shawn Snyder
CAST:  Géza Röhrig  •  Matthew Broderick  •  Sammy Voit  •  Leo Heller

Shmuel, a Hasidic cantor in Upstate New York and distraught at the untimely death of his wife, struggles to find religious solace, while secretly obsessing over how her body will decay. As a clandestine partnership develops with Albert, a local community college ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shawn Snyder
CAST:  Géza Röhrig  •  Matthew Broderick  •  Sammy Voit  •  Leo Heller

Survival Quest (1988)

A bunch of city slickers from different backgrounds go into the wild mountains to be one with nature, but basically to have a good time. However, a paramilitary group has chosen the same time to go camping. When one of the soldiers thinks their boss has been killed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Coscarelli
CAST:  Lance Henriksen  •  Mark Rolston  •  Steve Antin  •  Michael Allen Ryder

A bunch of city slickers from different backgrounds go into the wild mountains to be one with nature, but basically to have a good time. However, a paramilitary group has chosen the same time to go camping. When one of the soldiers thinks their boss has been killed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Coscarelli
CAST:  Lance Henriksen  •  Mark Rolston  •  Steve Antin  •  Michael Allen Ryder

The Marcus-Nelson Murders (1973)

A homicide detective begins to suspect that the black teenager accused of murdering two white girls is being framed by his fellow detectives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Sargent
CAST:  Telly Savalas  •  Marjoe Gortner  •  José Ferrer  •  Ned Beatty

A homicide detective begins to suspect that the black teenager accused of murdering two white girls is being framed by his fellow detectives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Sargent
CAST:  Telly Savalas  •  Marjoe Gortner  •  José Ferrer  •  Ned Beatty

The Impersonation Murder Case (1975)

A woman's husband is shot to death by her long-lost stepson who has assumed another identity.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tom Donovan
CAST:  Ed Asner  •  Paul Michael Glaser  •  Ed Ames  •  Kim Hunter

A woman's husband is shot to death by her long-lost stepson who has assumed another identity.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tom Donovan
CAST:  Ed Asner  •  Paul Michael Glaser  •  Ed Ames  •  Kim Hunter

Haunts (1976)

A woman is haunted by psychosexual nightmares while a maniac commits a series of brutal scissor murders. The local smalltown sheriff must find the connection before it's too late.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herb Freed
CAST:  May Britt  •  Cameron Mitchell  •  Aldo Ray  •  William Gray Espy

A woman is haunted by psychosexual nightmares while a maniac commits a series of brutal scissor murders. The local smalltown sheriff must find the connection before it's too late.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herb Freed
CAST:  May Britt  •  Cameron Mitchell  •  Aldo Ray  •  William Gray Espy

Beggarman, Thief (1979)

In this sequel to "Rich Man, Poor Man," moviemaker Gretchen Jordache, the until-now unseen sister, strives to pull the family together after the murder of brother Tom and the disappearance of brother Rudy by first reestablishing contact with her soldier son, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Doheny
CAST:  Jean Simmons  •  Glenn Ford  •  Lynn Redgrave  •  Tovah Feldshuh

In this sequel to "Rich Man, Poor Man," moviemaker Gretchen Jordache, the until-now unseen sister, strives to pull the family together after the murder of brother Tom and the disappearance of brother Rudy by first reestablishing contact with her soldier son, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Doheny
CAST:  Jean Simmons  •  Glenn Ford  •  Lynn Redgrave  •  Tovah Feldshuh

Confessions of a Married Man (1983)

A middle-aged man suffering from boredom selfishly walks out on his wife and family in search of excitement and adventure. Before he snaps out of his male-menopause moment, he has a brief affair with a much-younger woman named Jennifer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steve Gethers
CAST:  Robert Conrad  •  Jennifer Warren  •  Mary Crosby  •  Ann Dusenberry

A middle-aged man suffering from boredom selfishly walks out on his wife and family in search of excitement and adventure. Before he snaps out of his male-menopause moment, he has a brief affair with a much-younger woman named Jennifer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steve Gethers
CAST:  Robert Conrad  •  Jennifer Warren  •  Mary Crosby  •  Ann Dusenberry