Reference To The Novel Of Mice And Men
Kill Your Darlings
HDA murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and William Burroughs.
A Kid in King Arthur's Court
HDA Little League player is sent back into medieval times where he is given the task of saving Camelot.
The Tie That Binds
HDJohn Netherwood and his wife Leann are fugitives who are both wanted for murder. They have a young daughter named Janie. John and Leann are in the process of robbing a house when the two residents of the house show up. John kills ...
Clockers
HDYoung drug pushers in the projects of Brooklyn live hard dangerous lives, trapped between their drug bosses and the detectives out to stop them.
Angus
HDA miserable fat teenager secretly has a crush on the class beauty, ends up becoming the surprising participant to dance with her at a high school dance, meaning he's got to get his act together with the help of his best friend.
Mallrats
HDBoth dumped by their girlfriends, two best friends seek refuge in the local mall.
As I Lay Dying
HDBased on the classic novel by William Faulkner, first published in 1930, "As I Lay Dying" is the story of the death of Addie Bundren and her family's quest to honor her last wish to be buried in the nearby town of Jefferson.
Leaving Las Vegas
HDBen Sanderson, a Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his alcoholism, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.
Fair Game
HDMax Kirkpatrick is a cop who protects Kate McQuean, a civil law attorney, from a renegade KGB team out to terminate her.
The Crossing Guard
HDFreddy Gale is a seedy jeweller who has sworn to kill the drunk driver who killed his little girl.
The American President
HDA widowed U.S. President running for reelection and an environmental lobbyist fall in love. It's all above-board, but "politics is perception," and sparks fly anyway.
Last Summer in the Hamptons
HDThis moving story was the swan song of actress Viveca Lindfors, who died unexpectedly soon after completing it. It's a fitting tribute, as the film explores the last performance in the ancestral home of a large family of actors.
Casino
HDA tale of greed, deception, money, power, and murder occur between two best friends: a mafia enforcer and a casino executive compete against each other over a gambling empire, and over a fast-living and fast-loving socialite.
Wild Bill
HDThe early career of legendary lawman Wild Bill Hickock is telescoped and culminates in his relocation in Deadwood and a reunion with Calamity Jane.
Sense and Sensibility
HDRich Mr. Dashwood dies, leaving his second wife and her three daughters poor by the rules of inheritance. The two eldest daughters are the title opposites.
Nikki and the Perfect Stranger
HDNikki Cominskey, now in her 40's and no longer a high-powered attorney, finds that the spiritual life she signed on for is not all it was cracked up to be, leading to a second, and defining, encounter with the Son of Man.
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
HDA ten-year-old scientist secretly leaves his family's ranch in Montana where he lives with his cowboy father and scientist mother, escapes home, and travels across the country aboard a freight train to receive an award at the Smit...
Hellbenders
HDThe Augustine Interfaith Order of Hellbound Saints, a team of blasphemous ministers who live in a constant state of debauchery, work to drag the worst of demons back to Hell.
Angels Sing
HDA father's holiday spirit was crushed by an accident when he was a child. When his son faces a tragedy, a mysterious man instills in him the courage to find the joy he lost.
Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness
HDFollows a young hero born half chicken and half hare. Eager to fit in and feel loved in spite of his differences, he is obsessed by adventuring in spite of his clumsiness.
Restoration
HDThe exiled royal physician to King Charles II devotes himself to helping Londoners suffering from the plague, and in the process falls in love with an equally poor woman.
Eye for an Eye
HDWhen the courts fail to keep behind bars the man who raped and murdered her daughter, a woman seeks her own form of justice.
The Spitfire Grill
HDOscar-winner Ellen Burstyn (The Exorcist) headlines this critically praised drama about a young woman, just out of prison, who finds spiritual redemption working at a cafe in Maine.
The Stendhal Syndrome
HDA young policewoman slowly goes insane while tracking down an elusive serial rapist/killer through Italy when she herself becomes a victim of the brutal man's obsession.
Zombex
HDAs things are turning around for the city, people must face a disaster of epic proportions. They are dealing with the prospect of losing the people of New Orleans as they turn into the city's walking dead.
Mary Reilly
HDA housemaid falls in love with Dr. Henry Jekyll and his darkly mysterious counterpart, Mr. Edward Hyde.
Before and After
HDTwo parents deal with the effects when their son is accused of murdering his girlfriend.
The Late Shift
HDA dramatization of the rivalry between David Letterman and Jay Leno to over which of them would succeed Johnny Carson as the host of "The Tonight Show".
Robin of Locksley
HDA teenage Robin Hood steals for a needy cause in this updated tale of doing the wrong thing for the right reason.
Ed
HDA trained chimpanzee plays third base for a minor-league baseball team.
Summer of Fear
HDThe presence of a malicious stranger threatens to destroy the peace and harmony of a vacationing executive's family life.
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
HDMike Nelson and his robot companions watch and give their comments about This Island Earth (1955).