Stories of people dealing with human emotions in realistic situations
Synopsis: Once a year, a wealthy American (Bette Davis) comes to a poverty-stricken Italian village to play cards with a penniless married couple (Alberto Sordi, The White Sheik, and Silvana […]
Synopsis: In a VA (Veteran Affairs) hospital, Ken (Marlon Brando, The Godfather), who is paralyzed from the waist down, struggles to accept his current reality. With the help of his fiancée […]
Synopsis: Out-of-work vaudeville performer Louie Amendola (Jimmy Durante, The Man Who Came to Dinner) and his family find themselves homeless during the Christmas season. Suddenly, a crafty little squirrel shows […]
Synopsis: Danny Glover (Lethal Weapon) is a policeman in apartheid-era South Africa who suffers a crisis of conscience after he finds out that his son, played by Maynard Eziashi (A […]
Synopsis: A self-made businessman (Edward G. Robinson, Little Caesar), who was once accused of knowingly selling defective equipment to the government, suddenly realizes that the past has come back to […]
Synopsis: In 1634, Father Grandier (Oliver Reed, Oliver!) exercises immense power over a small French commune that includes a group of devoted nuns, headed by Sister Jeanne (Vanessa Redgrave, Julia). […]
Synopsis: Star-struck waitress Mary Evans (Constance Bennett, Topper) dreams of becoming a famous movie star. A chance meeting with acclaimed movie director Max Carey (Lowell Sherman, She Done Him Wrong) […]
Synopsis: The year is 1938. The place is Paris, France. An undocumented German physician (Charles Boyer, Algiers) comes to the aid of a penniless woman (Ingrid Bergman, Anastasia) roaming the […]
Synopsis: Middle-aged Frank Harmon (William Holden, Sunset Boulevard) enjoys being alone, but after a chance encounter with a spirited teen hippie nick-named “Breezy” (Kay Lenz, White Line Fever), Harmon’s life […]
Synopsis: A middle-aged cellist (Bette Davis), a disgraced schoolmaster (Michael Redgrave, Dead of Night) and a struggling songwriter (Alexis Kanner, Goodbye Gemini) share a shabby boardinghouse. The three tenants have […]
Synopsis: Elderly Georgian farmer Sam Peek (Hume Cronyn, The Shadow of a Doubt) loses his wife (Jessica Tandy, The Birds) of 50 years to a sudden heart attack. When a […]
Synopsis: Jessica Tandy (Driving Miss Daisy) is Annie Nations, an elderly but strong-willed widow who lives alone on her farm in northern Georgia. The ghost of her cantankerous husband (Hume […]
Synopsis: High school teacher Alex Jurel (Nick Nolte, 48 hrs) is known for his dedication and unorthodox but effective teaching methods. Jurel’s optimism is put to the test when he […]
Synopsis: Opportunistic and unethical businessman Arnold Boult (Spencer Tracy, Bad Day at Black Rock) is obsessed with giving his son all the things he never had. Arnold’s behavior has devastating […]
