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- DirectorGeorge SchaeferStarsDiana RiggPamela BrownGwen WatfordA well-to-do London businesswoman gives up her comfortable life, including the man who loves her, to become a cloistered Benedictine nun.
- DirectorGlenn JordanStarsJames GarnerJonathan PrycePeter RiegertThe president of a major tobacco company decides to buy the company himself, but a bidding war ensues as other companies make their own offers.
- DirectorBoris SagalStarsDavid McCallumSusan StrasbergHelmut KäutnerA scientist is persuaded by the government to inject himself with the brain fluid of a dying colleague in order to preserve missile-defense secrets. However, he finds that he is now torn between his own wife and that of his dead colleague, who was a Nazi sympathizer.
- DirectorLee BernhardiStanley KramerStarsPhilip AhnPhilip BrunsWilliam DevaneDramatization of the trial of General Yamashita when he was tried for his actions in the Philippines during World War 2 that resulted in the death of thousands of civilians. And of how the lawyers assigned to defend him tried to.
- DirectorLee BernhardiStanley KramerStarsAllan ArbusHerschel BernardiBarbara ColbyJulius and Ethel Rosenberg go from feeding the poor during the Depression to embracing the ideals of Communism. However, after WWII, the USSR is no longer a U.S. ally and the Rosenbergs' political activities become dangerously subversive.
- DirectorStanley KramerStarsTony MusanteRichard BasehartBo HopkinsThe trial and conviction of William "Rusty" Calley, an unknown 27-year-old lieutenant charged with the murder of 102 men, women, and children in the tiny Vietnamese village of My Lai, shocked the nation and split public opinion of our presence and involvement in Vietnam.
- DirectorSam MillerStarsRupert Penry-JonesOlivia WilliamsKevin McMonagleA documentary on the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa in the Sunda Strait of Indonesia, bringing tsunamis, rains of pumice and ash, and a deadly flow of hot steam, sulfuric acid, and ash. More than 36,000 died; survivors had bad burns.
- DirectorJim GoddardStarsChris SarandonPeter CushingKenneth MoreAn ex-aristocrat from France and an alcoholic English lawyer find themselves crossing paths and in love with the same woman during the French Revolution.
- DirectorSpike LeeStarsJohn LeguizamoJohn Leguizamo's semi-falsified, one-man stand-up performance as...himself. This is his autobiographical story, about his life growing up, and his journey to try to be accepted by his father. We see this story through a bizarre myriad of characters and situations, which include the eccentric Uncle Sandy, the Fat Boy Called Bitch (John's little brother, Poochie), his mom, his evil grandmothers, and Lee Stratsberg, not to mention a brief appearance by Cantinflas as God.
- DirectorThomas SchlammeStarsJohn LeguizamoTheresa TetleyJohn Leguizamo's award winning one man stage performance as several different characters.
- DirectorPeter AskinStarsJohn LeguizamoBased on his comedic one man play, John Leguizamo portrays six members of a dysfunctional family who talk in turn about the upcoming family wedding and one another.
- DirectorDon SiegelStarsEdmond O'BrienVera MilesRobert CulpA gunman who believes his friend has been murdered sets out to get the people who killed him and finds himself enmeshed in corrupt labor union politics.
- DirectorMarty CallnerStarsJohn LeguizamoJohn Leguizamo returns to HBO in this one-man stage show to examine the world's most intimate act! SEXAHOLIX is an affectionate tale of the comic's path to maturation and the women who helped get him there. Leguizamo digs into his past love life to mine a rich vein of material. Nothing is held back in this hilarious comedy.
- DirectorWalter GraumanStarsDean StockwellStefanie PowersJames StacyA prank that starts with a group of college students creating a fictitious person so they can get a credit card develops into a plot that takes a murderous turn.
- DirectorDavid Lowell RichStarsDon MurrayInger StevensBarry NelsonA suburban couple discovers that they are pawns for a powerful crime syndicate. They try to break away from the cartel and go legitimate, but the syndicate doesn't want to give them up so easily.
- DirectorFrank PiersonStarsGig YoungLee GrantDenise NickersonA housewife and her teenage daughter, fleeing their boring lives, stops in a diner in the California desert. She runs up against the diner's owner, a gruff, beer-drinking artist whose life's work are the neon sculptures he creates and attaches to the ceiling.
- DirectorClyde WareStarsJack PalanceSteve ForrestRichard HatchA retelling of the famous feud between two mountain families, the Hatfields and the McCoys, in rural Kentucky in the late 1800s.
- DirectorDan CurtisStarsDale RobertsonBo HopkinsScott BradyGangsters free one of their colleagues being escorted to prison and kill several FBI agents and local police officers in the attempt. FBI agent Melvin Purvis puts together a special squad to track down and capture the men responsible.
- DirectorDaryl DukeStarsBuddy EbsenPeter GravesArthur KennedyAn incompetent Vice President is in control of the government after the President's plane mysteriously disappears with him on board.
- DirectorMike NewellStarsRichard ChamberlainPatrick McGoohanLouis JourdanD'Artagnan and his fellow Musketeers plot to replace the ineffectual Louis XIV of France with his secretly imprisoned twin brother Phillipe, who is the firstborn and rightful King.
- DirectorLamont JohnsonStarsMartin SheenMariclare CostelloNed BeattyThe 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.
- StarsRichard WidmarkSkye AubreyTom BosleyGovernment agencies investigate the mysterious disappearance of a powerful Presidential adviser.
- DirectorFielder CookStarsErnest BorgnineStephen R. HudisJudy GeesonAn alcoholic drifter decides to run for sheriff in a small town. However, in order to get elected, he must find out who killed a visiting preacher.
- DirectorDavid GreeneStarsMike FarrellMargot KidderFred GwynneA man honeymooning with his new wife in the Rockies reports his wife's disappearance to the police. Hours later, a strange woman escorted by the local priest claims to be his missing wife, despite the man's inability to recognize her.
- DirectorGary NelsonStarsDon MurrayBert ConvyYvonne De CarloA television producer decides to find out the whereabouts of a former movie actress whose career has long since faded. He discovers that his inquiries have set off a string of murders.
- DirectorKenny OrtegaStarsZac EfronVanessa HudgensAshley TisdaleA popular high school athlete and an academically gifted girl get roles in the school musical and develop a friendship that threatens East High's social order.
- StarsGlenn FordEddie AlbertVince EdwardsTerrorists invade the Cannes Film Festival.
- DirectorRichard MichaelsStarsClu GulagerRalph BellamyBlair BrownAn 1870s private detective is hired to find and deliver a rich California rancher's missing daughter.
- DirectorChris GerolmoStarsStephen ReaDonald SutherlandMax von SydowDuring the 1980s, Soviet authorities hunt for a serial killer who picks his victims in railway stations and commuter trains and lures them into the woods.
- DirectorJack SmightStarsStella StevensEd NelsonJohn McIntireA woman kills her lover's wife, then sets out to frame her husband for the murder.
- DirectorJohn StockwellStarsJeff DanielsJena MalonePaul SorvinoEleven students conspire with their teacher to cheat on an academic competition.
- DirectorDavid GreeneStarsRichard ChamberlainTrevor HowardLouis JourdanA young officer, falsely imprisoned by his jealous "friends," escapes and uses a hidden treasure to exact his revenge.
- DirectorDon SharpStarsBeau BridgesRobert PowellSimon WardWhen British Lieutenant Faversham resigns his commission rather than fight in the 1882 Sudan war, his army pals present him with the four white feathers of cowardice.
- DirectorNelson McCormickStarsRob LoweWill RothhaarJack NoseworthyBased on Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard's best seller comes this shocking thriller starring Rob Lowe and Ginnifer Goodwin. As John F. Kennedy (Lowe) rises to become U.S. president, a former Marine grows disillusioned with America. When their paths ultimately cross, the course of history is changed forever as seen in this mesmerizing film about the assassination of JFK - and its chilling aftermath.
- DirectorAdrian MoatStarsTom HanksRegen WilsonBilly CampbellBased on The New York Times best-selling novel, Killing Lincoln is the suspenseful, eye-opening story of the events surrounding the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
- DirectorIrwin AllenStarsStuart WhitmanRosemary ForsythRobert ColbertA group of 21st-century colonists inhabit the underwater city called Pacifica. They find they must defend the city against hostile alien forces.
- DirectorGeorge SidneyStarsRobert AikenStanley BakerTheodore BikelThis was part of a series of TV productions intended to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations. This one centered around a family of refugees who, for lack of a homeland, lived on a tramp steamer. The story was based on the novel "The Land Bird" by Tad Mosel.
- DirectorTerence YoungHenry LevinStarsSenta BergerStephen BoydYul BrynnerUnited Nations narcotics agents attempt to trace heroin shipments from the Afghanistan-Iran border to the main European distributor.
- DirectorAlan BridgesStarsBernard ArchardBarbara AtkinsonMaxine AudleyUnable to marry the divorced Wallis Simpson, King Edward VIII has to choose between the crown and love.
- DirectorJack SmightStarsRichard CrennaLee J. CobbRobert WebberA scheming wife lures an insurance investigator into helping murder her husband and then declare it an accident. The investigator's boss, not knowing his man is involved in it, suspects murder and sets out to prove it.
- DirectorJack SmightStarsRobert VaughnArthur KennedyMartha ScottStory of Harry S. Truman as he begins his political career in 1929.
- CreatorKen TreveyDavid VictorStarsSusan ClarkRicardo MontalbanJohn ElerickA female district attorney is assigned to prosecute a respected religious leader who is accused of murdering her young lover.
- DirectorRichard T. HeffronStarsDiane BakerGene BarryIvor BarryA social climber/con artist schemes to inherit one million dollars by trading identities with a dying man.
- DirectorAndy De EmmonyStarsJulie WaltersAlun ArmstrongHugh BonnevilleDocuments the rise of Mary Whitehouse during the 1960s, and the relationship between her and Sir Hugh Carleton Greene, the Director General of the BBC.
- DirectorDan CurtisStarsDale RobertsonHarris YulinDick SargentAgent Melvin Purvis is placed in charge of running down notorious killer Machine Gun Kelly, and sets out to do just that.
- DirectorWilliam A. GrahamStarsJack LordEdmond O'BrienKatherine CrawfordA bomb on board an airliner has an altitude-sensitive trigger. Unless a ransom is paid, it will explode when the plane descends to land.
- DirectorRuss MayberryStarsBarbara EdenJoseph MascoloJoan HackettA female private detective goes undercover as a porno actress to find a millionaire's missing daughter.
- DirectorCurtis HansonStarsHoward E. Rollins Jr.Joanna CassidyDavid AckroydAn alienated teenage boy runs away from home and ventures to New York City where he falls in with a gang of juvenile delinquents working as drug dealers and pickpockets for a shady crime boss.
- DirectorSidney LumetStarsAustin PendletonTom GuiryFred KohelerStrip Search follows two parallel stories examining personal freedoms vs. national security in the aftermath of 9/11; one plot involves an American woman detained in China and the other an Arab man detained in New York City.
- StarsTom BerengerSam ElliottGary BuseyUndersecretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt resigns to form a volunteer militia unit called "The Rough Riders" to fight in the Spanish-American War.
- DirectorBurt KennedyStarsRichard CrennaStefanie PowersJack ElamA small town banker is forced to protect his town against a vicious gang of bank robbers determined to get the two hundred thousand dollars stored in his bank.
- StarsPaul DoucetGordon Michael WoolvettClare StoneA true story about the tragic explosion at Halifax Harbour, Canada, in the early hours of December 6, 1917.
- DirectorTheodore J. FlickerStarsBarbara EdenDean JonesKenneth MarsA divorcee wakes up one morning to find her penniless ex-husband, his new wife and baby and their big dog camped out on her doorstep, looking for a place to stay.
- DirectorPhyllis NagyStarsAnnette BeningBen KingsleyCloris LeachmanBased on the sensational 1980s media event, famed cardiologist Herman Tarnower meets a particularly brutal end at the hands of his jilted lover, Jean Harris.
- DirectorKaren ArthurStarsBarbara HersheyWilliam PetersenDiane LaddA small chapel's choir loft survives incomplete with no staircase, until one day a mysterious drifter, with a background in carpentry, arrives in town.
- DirectorJeannot SzwarcStarsDavid HartmanJane WyattRalph MeekerAfter a couple have an argument, the wife disappears. The husband searches for her, only to discover evidence that implicates him in her murder.
- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsLindsay WagnerEli DankerSandy McPeakThis made-for-television film documents the takeover of the TWA airliner in flight from Athens to Rome in 1985. The focus is on the flight attendant, Uli Derickson, whose courage and hope helped save all but one of the passengers on the plane. The movie chronicles the first 2 days and the aftermath.
- DirectorYves SimoneauStarsAidan QuinnAdam BeachAugust SchellenbergA historic chronicle based on the book by Dee Brown explains how Native Americans were displaced as the United States expanded west.
- DirectorJack GoldStarsAnthony HopkinsKristin Scott ThomasDerek JacobiBased on the novel by Graham Greene, this is a story of a French advocate Chavel (Sir Anthony Hopkins), who, while imprisoned by the Germans during the occupation, trades his material possessions to another prisoner in exchange for his life when condemned to the firing squad. At the end of the war, Chavel, posing as one of the other prisoners, returns to his house, which is now occupied by Therese (Dame Kristin Scott Thomas), the sister of the prisoner, to whom he traded his possessions, and who bitterly awaits the return of the man who had indirectly caused the death of her brother. His real identity unknown to Therese, Chavel is invited to stay as a caretaker, and to identify Chavel should he return to the house. The relationship between Chavel and Therese develops until one night, someone calling himself Chavel (Sir Derek Jacobi) turns up at their doorstep.
- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsDennis WeaverSusan SullivanRichard DysartCountry doctor Samuel Mudd is unfairly punished by the U.S. Government after he unwisely shelters a wounded John Wilkes Booth during the night after Abraham Lincoln's assassination.
- DirectorMelville ShavelsonStarsPaul Michael GlaserSally StruthersRuth GordonA biography of renowned escape artist Harry Houdini, examining his fascination with the occult and his promise to his wife on his deathbed that he would contact her from the great beyond, if it were at all possible.
- DirectorDaryl DukeLeslie H. MartinsonStarsRoss MartinRichard HaydnLouise SorelCharlie Chan investigates a murder case aboard the yacht of a wealthy Greek shipping tycoon.
- DirectorFielder CookStarsBlythe DannerEdward HerrmannGerald S. O'LoughlinLegendary ballplayer and humanitarian Lou Gehrig and his relationship with his stalwart wife, Eleanor are portrayed in this film that focuses on the Hall of Famer's life off the baseball field. Featuring unflinching looks at the Gehrig's relationship, as well as Lou's feud with Babe Ruth. This film is for anyone interested in baseball.
- DirectorReza BadiyiStarsPeter HaskellJoan BennettBarbara RushA young man inherits the ability to see visions beyond the grave. He helps a girl investigate her brother's alleged murder.
- DirectorJohn BadhamStarsAlan AldaEdmond O'BrienLouise LasserA small-town sheriff is confronted with the deaths of local senior citizens and strange goings-on in his town.
- DirectorRobert DayStarsRichard ChamberlainRod SteigerDiane VenoraThe historic race between Admiral Peary and Dr. Cook for the first to reach the North Pole.
- DirectorRobert DayStarsJames FranciscusJoanna MilesLynda Day GeorgeBased on a true story, this film tells the story of Chaplain Andrew Jensen, the only U.S. navy chaplain ever court-martialed on charges of adultery.
- DirectorRobert DayStarsDesi Arnaz Jr.Christopher NorrisDan DaileyA high-school senior and his girlfriend get married when they find out she's pregnant.
- DirectorJohn ErmanStarsLloyd BridgesConstance ForslundNorman FellFollows the early career of Marilyn Monroe and her relationship with Hollywood agent Johnny Hyde.
- DirectorJohn ErmanStarsBrian KeithBarry BostwickHarold GouldFollows the arrival of Greta Garbo in Hollywood, and her ill fated affair with fellow star John Gilbert.
- DirectorJohn ErmanStarsTony CurtisBill MacyHarold GouldThe film follows the trials and tribulations of David O. Selznick as he attempts to find an actress to play the role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939).
- DirectorRobert ButlerStarsJohn SaxonKathleen MillerKeene CurtisIn the near future, a group of scientists living in a space ship wake up from a hibernation state and come back to an apocalyptic Earth.
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsJohn SaxonJanet MargolinTed CassidyA man awakens from suspended animation and finds himself in the 22nd century, where women rule the world and men are slaves called Dinks. He is captured and sold as a slave, but escapes and hooks up with a male rebel movement.
- DirectorJohn Llewellyn MoxeyStarsAlex CordMariette HartleyTed CassidyA scientist who has been preserved in suspended animation wakes up to find himself in a primitive society in the future.
- DirectorTom GriesStarsGary LockwoodScott HylandsHari RhodesWhen Earth II, an orbiting research space station, is menaced by a Red Chinese nuclear weapon, its 2,000 inhabitants take action to disarm and dispose of the missile without resorting to violence.
- DirectorJohn Llewellyn MoxeyStarsDoug McClureRosemary ForsythRichard BasehartThe editor of a small-town newspaper has his past unexpectedly catch up with him: he finds out that a Soviet agent who knew him when he was a spy has been sent to the U.S. to kill him.
- DirectorRichard A. CollaStarsRobert FoxworthMike FarrellJohn VernonProject Questor is the brainchild of the genius Dr. Vaslovik, who developed plans to build an android super-human. Although he has disappeared and half of the programming tape was erased in the attempt to decode it, his former colleagues continue the project and finally succeed in creating Questor. However, Vaslovik seems to have installed a secret program in Questor's brain. He flees and starts to search for Vaslovik. Since half of his knowledge is missing, he needs the help of Jerry Robinson, who is now suspected of having stolen the android.
- DirectorDavid Lowell RichStarsLee GrantJack WardenDon GallowayAfter a policeman is murdered in an ambush, rumors surface that he was on the take. His widow sets out to catch the killers and clear her husband's name.
- DirectorJeannot SzwarcStarsRoy ThinnesFrance NuyenZuluFailed pilot for a series starring a Hawaii-based agent with the code name "Diamond Head". In this - his only adventure - Diamond Head has to prevent enemy agents from stealing a deadly nerve gas and its sale to foreign powers.
- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsVic MorrowChris RobinsonJames T. CallahanSand devises a scheme to murder his former business partner and maintains his innocence throughout the trial, as he is prosecuted by District Attorney Travis Logan.
- DirectorDon MedfordStarsRichard KileyLeslie NielsenDean JaggerA man who tries to stop a mugging finds himself accused of murdering the criminal after the victim and witnesses fail to corroborate his story. A young reporter believes the man and tries to find out why the parties involved are trying to frame the man.
- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsLoni AndersonMaryedith BurrellRobert DaviBased on the book "Hot Toddy" by Andy Edmunds, this made-for-TV movie revolves around the mysterious death of 1930s movie star Thelma Todd (Loni Anderson).
- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsBen GazzaraEileen BrennanRobby BensonA sensitive but confused teenager feels pressure on him from all directions and turns to drugs, which causes problems for him in school and at home.
- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsLloyd BridgesCloris LeachmanEdward AsnerA group of wealthy but secretly very troubled people travel to an island resort but find themselves wondering about their existences after a while.
- DirectorDavid Lowell RichStarsBilly CrystalKim DarbyPatrick DuffyThe decision to drop the atom bomb, the secrecy surrounding the mission, and the men who flew it.
- DirectorLee H. KatzinStarsDesi Arnaz Jr.Mike EvansBeverly GarlandTwo teenagers set out on a 2000-mile sailboat journey from California to Hawaii.
- DirectorLee H. KatzinStarsSuzanne PleshetteEd NelsonAndrew PrineThe widow of a scientist who was murdered by his colleagues goes undercover at the research lab where he worked to expose them.
- DirectorDavid Lowell RichStarsRichard WidmarkHenry DarrowBeth BrickellA New York City cop who has retired to a small Western town is drawn into the local case of an Indian who is accused of murdering a sheriff.
- DirectorMarvin J. ChomskyStarsBen GazzaraRicardo MontalbanAnne FrancisA hard-nosed general takes over a division with a bad combat record.
- DirectorClive DonnerStarsRobert CulpGig YoungJohn HurtA criminologist and occult investigator recruits an old friend to assist in his current case. A sister of a prominent British businessman believes her brother dabbles in the black arts. The two investigate the matter.
- DirectorRobert ButlerStarsYvette MimieuxMonte MarkhamMelvyn DouglasDeath takes a human form and visits Earth to try to find out why humans want so desperately to cling to life. He unexpectedly falls in love with a beautiful young woman.
- DirectorCharles JarrottStarsCharles Durning
- DirectorRichard A. CollaStarsBurl IvesJoseph CampanellaJames FarentinoThe firm of Nichols, Darrell & Darrell defends the leader of a student protest movement charged with the murder of a campus policeman. The problem is that the student, and his supporters, may be more interested in making a statement about their grievances than about his acquittal.
- DirectorMichael RitchieStarsBurl IvesJames FarentinoGuy StockwellA young man is arrested on suspicion of sabotaging the plane of his girlfriend's father, a wealthy man who despises him.
- DirectorGordon HesslerStarsRoss MartinStefanie PowersBobby ShermanThe passengers in an aerial tramway are trapped when the tramway breaks down 8500 feet in the air.
- DirectorRoger BeattyDick HallDave PowersStarsCarroll O'ConnorCloris LeachmanJack GilfordCBS' updated version of the classic Gershwin musical, cast largely with stars who were all appearing in then-current CBS television series.
- DirectorDaniel MannStarsVal KilmerSonia BragaCharles DurningThe true story of Robert Elliot Burns, the prisoner who, after being sentenced to a Georgia chain gang, attempted two daring escapes.
- DirectorRuss MayberryStarsEve ArdenJames GregoryJulie NewmarAn ex-schoolteacher is asked by the police to help locate a missing heiress.
- DirectorBruce KesslerRobert Hartford-DavisStarsDorothy MaloneEd NelsonTim O'ConnorA former resident of the town of Peyton Place, now wealthy and powerful, secretly returns to the town and sets in motion a spate of killings designed as revenge for past wrongs.