2024-09-12
Elizabeth Taylor became a star portraying a young British girl who wins an unruly horse in a lottery and gets help from a former jockey in training it to run in England's prestigious Grand National Steeplechase.
World War I saga of New York's famed Irish Regiment (the 165th Infantry, AEF), from training camp to battlefields.
The true story of Eddie Chapman, a British safecracker who became a double agent during World War II.
Chronicle of the adventures of Scotland-born hero of the Revolutionary War, John Paul Jones whose exploits take him across the globe, from the West Indies to Russia and France. He was often underappreciated by the American government and was eventually assigned to protect Russia's Catherine the Great. Based on the short story "Nor'wester" by Clements Ripley.
Life of female flier Amy Johnson (Anna Neagle), a pioneer of transoceanic aviation. Robert Newton, Edward Chapman.
Fact-based portrait of John Resko, a convicted killer whose talent at art transformed his life, ultimately resulting in his sentence being commuted and in him becoming a noted artist.
Fact-based crime drama, set in 1910, about a doctor accused of murdering his wife via an overdose of tranquilizers dissolved in her tea.
Fact-based account of a warden's wife who abets the escape of two brothers on death row, stunning 1901 Pittsburgh.
Sissy Spacek portrays Marie Ragghianti, the parole-board chairwoman in Tennessee who blew the whistle on corruption in the Governor's office. Fred Dalton Thompson, Ragghianti's actual attorney, plays himself.
Astronauts travel to the moon to study a black monolith before another mission to Jupiter goes awry due to a malfunctioning computer system. Later regaining control of his spaceship, the surviving astronaut travels through a dazzling star-gate on a mysterious evolutionary mission. Featuring groundbreaking, Oscar-winning special effects.
In this visionary sci-fi film, Lemmy Caution travels to the despotic city of Alphaville to destroy its autocratic android leader, Alpha 60. When Lemmy falls for the daughter of the scientist who designed Alpha 60, their love becomes a profound challenge to the robot's control.
Humans in the 23rd century may live no longer than age 30; some choose to run away. An Oscar winner for Best Special Effects.