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A Brief History of Time

A Brief History of Time

A film about the life and work of cosmologist Stephen Hawking, who, despite his near total paralysis, is one of the great minds of all time.

The Cutting Edge

The Cutting Edge

A rich, spoiled figure skater and a has-been ice hockey player must learn how to work together in order to achieve Olympic Gold. 

Medicine Man

Medicine Man

A research scientist discovers a cure for cancer in the Brazilian rainforest but loses the formula. When a logging company begins to harvest the forest, he must race against time to rediscover the secret before it is gone forever.

Backdraft

Backdraft

Two Chicago firefighter brothers who don't get along have to work together while a dangerous arsonist is on the loose.

The Silence of the Lambs

The Silence of the Lambs

A young FBI cadet must confide in an incarcerated and manipulative killer to receive his help on catching another serial killer who skins his victims.

Awakenings

Awakenings

The victims of an encephalitis epidemic many years ago have been catatonic ever since, but now a new drug offers the prospect of reviving them.

Edward Scissorhands

Edward Scissorhands

A gentle man, with scissors for hands, is brought into a new community after living in isolation.

Home Alone

Home Alone

When the McCallister family mistakenly leaves for the airport without bratty 8-year-old Kevin, he awakens to an empty house and assumes his wish to have no family has come true. But his excitement sours when he realizes that two con men plan to rob the McCallister residence, and that he alone must protect the family home.

Dreams

Dreams

A collection of tales based upon the actual dreams of director Akira Kurosawa.

Total Recall

Total Recall

When a man goes for virtual vacation memories of the planet Mars, an unexpected and harrowing series of events forces him to go to the planet for real—or does he?

Longtime Companion

Longtime Companion

The emergence and devastation of the AIDS epidemic is chronicled in the lives of several gay men living during the 1980s.

The Hunt for Red October

The Hunt for Red October

In 1984, the USSR's best submarine captain in their newest sub violates orders and heads for the United States. Is he trying to deflect, or to start a war?

Tremors

Tremors

Natives of a small isolated town defend themselves against strange underground creatures, which are killing them one by one.

Akira

Akira

A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psionic psychopath that only two kids and a group of psionics can stop.

Steel Magnolias

Steel Magnolias

Revolving around Truvy's Beauty Parlor in a small parish in modern-day Louisiana, Steel Magnolias is the story of a close-knit circle of friends whose lives come together there.

Crimes and Misdemeanors

Crimes and Misdemeanors

An ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife, while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated by another woman.

For All Mankind

For All Mankind

Al Reinert’s documentary is the story of the 24 men who traveled to the moon, told in their words, in their voices, using the images of their experiences.

The Abyss

The Abyss

A civilian diving team is enlisted to search for a lost nuclear submarine and face danger while encountering an alien aquatic species.

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

An absent-minded inventor leaves his latest creation, a shrinking ray, unattended. After his children find it, the newly tiny youngsters are tossed out with the trash and must navigate the long journey across the lawn to make it home.

Field of Dreams

Field of Dreams

An Iowa corn farmer, hearing voices, interprets them as a command to build a baseball diamond in his fields; he does, and the Chicago White Sox come.

Moon Child

Moon Child

After being adopted by a treacherous semi-scientific cult where paranormal powers are common, extraordinary 12-year-old David begins an archetypal journey to Africa to fulfill a prophecy and find his destiny as Child of the Moon.

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences with his band of misfits.

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

Two seemingly dumb teens struggle to prepare a historical presentation with the help of a time machine.

The Land Before Time

The Land Before Time

After an earthquake, an orphaned brontosaurus teams up with other young dinosaurs in order to reunite with their families in a plentiful valley.