2024-09-17
In Richard Roundtree's first outing as supercool private-eye John Shaft (which he would play in two sequels and a short-lived CBS TV series), the sleuth is hired by a Harlem mobster to find his kidnapped teenage daughter, which leads him to a black-militant group and a gang of Mafia hit men. Isaac Hayes' title tune won a Best Song Oscar.
A commercial flight to Hawaii is endangered by the presence of a mysterious virus. Kim Coates, Penelope Ann Miller, Daniel Baldwin. Directed by John Bradshaw.
Things get sticky for a bald boy who gets a magic potion from two ghosts (Helen Hughes, Griffith Brewer). Signor: Michael Maillot. Connie: Siluck Saysanasy. Suzie: Alison Podbrey.
A socially awkward home-schooled kid forces his way into public-school against his suffocating but loving mother's wishes.
In this touching drama, 8-year-old Irish orphan Tomas (John Bell) is adopted by a woman who shows him plenty of kindness, but her husband Alec is disappointed in his frail new son. Tomas struggles to live up to Alec's expectations and adapt to his new surroundings, but then he finds a baby seal on the beach and begins caring for the abandoned animal, showing it the compassion he's longed for in hi
Edward Burns turns in an arresting performance as a cop sent to probe the suspicious drowning of a prep student in this spine-tingling thriller, which is based on the 2000 novel by Alice Hoffman and directed by Nick Willing. Canadian veteran actor Sean McCann appears briefly as the father of Burns' character. Jennifer Ehle, John Kapelos.
Adaptation of Truman Capote's fact-based crime novel about two drifters who attempt to rob a farmhouse and end up murdering a rural family. Richard Brooks was nominated for Best Director and his script was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Things get sticky for a bald boy who gets a magic potion from two ghosts (Helen Hughes, Griffith Brewer). Signor: Michael Maillot. Connie: Siluck Saysanasy. Suzie: Alison Podbrey.
Charley and his crew pull off a small-scale bank robbery that goes wrong, resulting in casualties. Charley and survivor Harry discover they recovered much more money than expected and soon find themselves chased by the Mob and the police. Based on the novel by John Reese.
Adaptation of Truman Capote's fact-based crime novel about two drifters who attempt to rob a farmhouse and end up murdering a rural family. Richard Brooks was nominated for Best Director and his script was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay.
A rock opera loosely based on the last days of Jesus Christ as seen from the point of view of Judas.
The Biblical epic re-creates the Nativity, the Crucifixion and a thundering chariot race as it recounts the tale of Jewish prince Judah Ben-Hur, who lives in Judea with his family during the time that Jesus Christ was becoming known for his teachings. The film won 11 Oscars, including Best Picture, Actor (Charlton Heston) and Director (William Wyler).