History [nf]

1988

Plot: Though initially controversial, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C., which records the names of the 58,202 American men and women who lost their lives in the Vietnam War, has become the mo ...

Drama

1987

R

Plot: Greed is Good. This is the credo of the aptly named Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas), the antihero of Oliver Stones Wall Street. Gekko, a high-rolling corporate raider, is idolized by young ...

Musical

1982

Plot: Inspired by Pink Floyds album of the same name, Pink Floyd: The Wall is a dark, expressionistic musical, told from the point of view of Pink, a depressed rock musician. The film is ...

Drama

1986

PG

Plot: Co-adapted by director Claude Berri from a novel by Marcel Pagnol, this hugely successful French historical drama concerns a bizarre battle royale over a valuable natural spring in a remote French farm ...

Drama

1996

R

Plot: Originally made for cable television, this imaginative biopic chronicles the life of Marilyn Monroe (Mira Sorvino), including the years before she changed her name from Norma Jean Baker (Ashley Judd) a ...

Drama

1957

Plot: Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa transferred the setting of Maxim Gorkys play The Lower Depths from Imperial Russia to his own countrys Edo Period--which, like Gorkys 19th-century settin ...

History [nf]

1995

NR

Plot: The meteoric rise and tragic fall of actress Jean Seberg is dissected in this fascinatingly complex psuedo-documentary that features actress Mary Beth Hurt playing Seberg as she examines her life. Alon ...