American Graffiti

Big

1988 · ★ 7.2

When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big—he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight. But he is still the same 13-year-old boy inside. Now he must learn how to cope with the unfamiliar world of grown-ups including getting a job and having his first romantic encounter with a woman.

Closer

2004 · ★ 6.8

The relationships of two couples become complicated and deceitful when the man from one couple meets the woman of the other.

Jakob the Liar

1999 · ★ 6.7

In 1944 Poland, a Jewish shop keeper named Jakob is summoned to ghetto headquarters after being caught out after curfew. While waiting for the German Kommondant, Jakob overhears a German radio broadcast about Russian troop movements. Returned to the ghetto, the shopkeeper shares his information with a friend and then rumors fly that there is a secret radio within the ghetto.

Avalon

1990 · ★ 6.7

A Polish-Jewish family comes to the U.S. at the beginning of the twentieth century. There, the family and their children try to make themselves a better future in the so-called promised land.

Executive Decision

1996 · ★ 6.4

Terrorists hijack a 747 inbound to Washington D.C., demanding the release of their imprisoned leader. Intelligence expert David Grant suspects another reason and he is soon the reluctant member of a special assault team that is assigned to intercept the plane and hijackers.

Shoot, Shovel and Shut Up

The Clifford Family is selling their farm to start a new life when the boy, Andy, discovers an endangered bird on the property and must decide whether to let it become known or to shoot, shovel and shut up.

Va Banque

1986 · ★ 9

Three ordinary, disillusioned citizens decide to rob an armored car.

Holy Matrimony

1994 · ★ 5.3

A young Hutterite boy must marry his late brother's wife who comes from outside the community.

Reign Over Me

2007 · ★ 7.2

A man who lost his family in the September 11 attack on New York City runs into his old college roommate. Rekindling the friendship is the one thing that appears able to help the man recover from his grief.

Soft-Spoken Weepy Cult Child

A teenage girl must ingratiate herself into her cult-follower mother's care before her chain-smoking grandmother dies of lung cancer.

Topaz

1969 · ★ 6

Copenhagen, Denmark, 1962. When a high-ranking Soviet official decides to change sides, a French intelligence agent is caught up in a cold, silent and bloody spy war in which his own family will play a decisive role.

The Greatest Story Ever Told

1965 · ★ 6.4

From his birth in Bethlehem to his death and eventual resurrection, the life of Jesus Christ is given the all-star treatment in this epic retelling. Major aspects of Christ's life are touched upon, including the execution of all the newborn males in Egypt by King Herod; Christ's baptism by John the Baptist; and the betrayal by Judas after the Last Supper that eventually leads to Christ's crucifixion and miraculous return.