| No. | Most Aired | Movies | Times Aired | Description | Rating | Runtime | Words of Caution | Metadata |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1st | Bill Cosby "Himself" | 58 | Popular funnyman Bill Cosby finds humor in everyday life, from family squabbles to the torture of dentists’ drills. Highlights from four live performances. | (PG) | 1:44 | Adult language and humor. | Bill Cosby Comedy Special |
| 2 | 2nd | The Cannonball Run (1981) | 54 | Burt Reynolds Roger Moore Farrah Fawcett Racing anything on wheels, from motorcycles to Rolls-Royces, an all-star cast mixes wild action and comedy in a coast-to-coast, anything-goes contest. Burt Reynolds and zany Dom DeLuise pilot an ambulance carrying Farrah Fawcett disguised as a patient. Roger Moore plays a tycoon who thinks he’s James Bond, while Dean Martin and Sammy Davis, Jr., pose as priests driving a Ferrari. HBOnly!™ |
(PG) | 1:36 | Adult situations, language and humor. | Hal Needham Burt Reynolds Roger Moore Farrah Fawcett Dom DeLuise Dean Martin |
| 3 | 3rd | Victory (1981) | 51 | Sylvester Stallone Michael Caine Max von Sydow Pelé Allied POWs take on Nazi captors in a savage soccer match with high stakes. Sylvester Stallone, as a U.S. captain, and Michael Caine head the cast of this WWII adventure. Pelé and 17 of the world’s great soccer players take part in a deadly game set up by German officer Max von Sydow. |
(PG) | 1:56 | Adult language, violence. | John Huston Sylvester Stallone Michael Caine Max von Sydow Pelé Bobby Moore |
| 4 | 4th (tie) | 9 to 5 | 48 | Jane Fonda Lily Tomlin Dolly Parton Three office workers hatch an outrageous plot against their sexist boss in this very funny satire. Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and singer Dolly Parton, making her film debut, play the wild trio. Parton sings the smash hit title song. |
(PG) | 1:50 | Adult humor, profanity. | Colin Higgins Jane Fonda Lily Tomlin Dolly Parton Dabney Coleman Sterling Hayden nine to five |
| 5 | 4th (tie) | Flash Gordon | 48 | HBOnly!™ The indestructible, intergalactic hero of ’30s comic strips and Saturday movie serials lives again in a lavish sci-fi adventure. Flash, played by Sam J. Jones, and his cohort Dale fight to save Earth from Ming the Merciless (Max von Sydow). Action, romance and comedy—plus an electric score. |
(PG) | 1:53 | Adult language, violence. | Mike Hodges Sam J. Jones Melody Anderson Max von Sydow Topol Ornella Muti Timothy Dalton |
| 6 | 5th (tie) | My Favorite Year | 46 | Peter O'Toole Joseph Bologna A young television writer's world goes berserk as he shepherds a matinée idol around New York City in the 1950s. Peter O'Toole plays the flamboyant movie star, a swashbuckling hero on screen and a notorious carouser and womanizer in his private life. Richard Benjamin makes his directorial debut in the engaging comedy. With Jessica Harper (Pennies From Heaven) and Joseph Bologna. |
(PG) | 1:32 | Adult situations, language and humor. | Richard Benjamin Peter O'Toole Mark Linn-Baker Jessica Harper Joseph Bologna Bill Macy |
| 7 | 5th (tie) | Super Fuzz | 46 | Accidentally exposed to radiation, a rookie cop finds he has superhuman powers. Ernest Borgnine stars in a funny caper about counterfeiters. | (PG) | 1:37 | Adult language, violence. | Sergio Corbucci Terence Hill Ernest Borgnine Joanne Dru Marc Lawrence Sal Borgese |
| 8 | 6th (tie) | Arthur (1981) | 45 | Dudley Moore Liza Minnelli John Gielgud In a screwball comedy, a fun-loving playboy faces a multi-million-dollar dilemma. Will he give up his inheritance to marry a poor, aspiring actress? Oscar nominee Dudley Moore is the heir; Liza Minnelli his spunky girl friend. Academy Awards for John Gielgud, as Arthur's valet, and for Best Original Song. |
(PG) | 1:37 | Adult situations, language. | Steve Gordon Dudley Moore Liza Minnelli John Gielgud Geraldine Fitzgerald Jill Eikenberry Stephen Elliott |
| 9 | 6th (tie) | Dragonslayer | 45 | Ralph Richardson A ferocious 40-foot dragon menaces sixth-century Britain in a thrilling fantasy with magic, adventure and romance. Ralph Richardson plays an old sorcerer whose powerful secrets may be lost forever. Peter MacNicol (Sophie's Choice) is his bold apprentice, determined to slay the fire-breathing monster. Startling special effects. |
(PG) | 1:50 | Mild violence, brief nudity. | Matthew Robbins Peter MacNicol Caitlin Clarke Ralph Richardson John Hallam Peter Eyre |
| 10 | 6th (tie) | The Outlaw Josey Wales | 45 | Clint Eastwood Director and star Clint Eastwood heads west as a farmer-tumed-outlaw, He's out to avenge the destruction of his family and farm in this post-Civil War western. Absorbing, lusty, gutsy, action-filled adventure(L.A. Times) |
(PG) | 2:16 | Violence, rape, nudity. | Clint Eastwood Clint Eastwood Chief Dan George Sondra Locke Bill McKinney John Vernon |
| 11 | 7th (tie) | Absence of Malice | 44 | Paul Newman Sally Field HBOnly!™ A man and a woman fight for their principles in this moving drama set against the explosive issue of the power of the press. Paul Newman won his fifth Oscar nomination as the man headlined as a suspected criminal. Sally Field (Oscar for Norma Rae) co-stars as an overzealous reporter. With Melinda Dillon, also Oscar-nominated. Now playing on HBO—and on no other national pay cable TV service. |
(PG) | 1:56 | Adult situations, language; mild violence. | Sydney Pollack Paul Newman Sally Field Bob Balaban Melinda Dillon Luther Adler |
| 12 | 7th (tie) | Eddie and the Cruisers | 44 | Tom Berenger Roll back to rock history with a drama of fame, mystery and music. Ellen Barkin (Tender Mercies) is a reporter probing the story of Eddie and the Cruisers, an early ‘60s success whose star fell when the lead singer died—or did he? |
(PG) | 1:35 | Adult situations, language; mild violence. | Martin Davidson Tom Berenger Michael Paré Ellen Barkin Joe Pantoliano |
| 13 | 8th | Blue Skies Again | 43 | Harry Hamlin Pro baseball take a curve when a young woman decide she wants to go to bat. Harry Hamlin stars in a sports romance. |
(PG) | 1:27 | AS, AL | Richard Michaels Harry Hamlin Robyn Barto Mimi Rogers Dana Elcar Kenneth McMillan |
| 14 | 9th (tie) | Chariots of Fire | 42 | Academy Award Winner Best Picture Winner of four Oscars, this gripping, true story celebrates the courage of two exceptional men, both natural-born runners. One is a Jewish student at Cambridge; the other, a devout Scottish minister. Both are driven to win the 1924 Olympics for personal reasons. |
(PG) | 1:58 | Adult situations, language. | Hugh Hudson Ben Cross Ian Charleson Nigel Havers Nicholas Farrell Ian Holm |
| 15 | 9th (tie) | The Incredible Shrinking Woman | 42 | Charles Grodin Lily Tomlin Who is that woman rapidly disappearing into oblivion? It’s Lily Tomlin, happy consumer from Tasty Meadows who has strange reactions to the junk food, aerosols and soaps her husband advertises. Charles Grodin plays her horrified mate in a comedy with brilliant special effects. |
(PG) | 1:28 | AL, AH | Joel Schumacher Lily Tomlin Charles Grodin Ned Beatty Henry Gibson Elizabeth Wilson |
| 16 | 10th (tie) | Six Weeks (1982) | 41 | HBOnly!™ Mary Tyler Moore Dudley Moore Two strangers come together at a time of personal crisis in a frankly sentimental drama. Dudley Moore plays a politician caught up in campaign razzle-dazzle. He befriends Mary Tyler Moore, a widowed cosmetics tycoon whose daughter dreams of an ideal family. |
(PG) | 1:47 | Adult situations and language. | Tony Bill Dudley Moore Mary Tyler Moore Katherine Healy Bill Calvert Joe Regalbuto |
| 17 | 10th (tie) | St. Helens | 41 | Art Carney May 18, 1980, dawned clear and calm, like any day on Mount St. Helens. At 8:31 A.M. an explosion shook the earth. The true-life drama of this disaster is also the story of a friendship between an old-timer and a young geologist. |
(PG) | 1:37 | Adult language, violence. | Ernest Pintoff Art Carney David Huffman Cassie Yates Bill McKinney Albert Salmi |
| 18 | 11th (tie) | Any Which Way You Can | 40 | Clint Eastwood Sondra Locke Ruth Gordon The best bareknuckle brawler of them all, Philo Beddoe, is back in an even funnier action comedy. Clint Eastwood and his pals take on bungling cyclists, ruthless hoods and crazed gamblers. Clint faces his most dangerous opponent yet, but it’s his orangutan chum Clyde who almost steals the show. |
(PG) | 1:56 | Adult situations and humor, profanity, violence. | Buddy Van Horn Clint Eastwood Sondra Locke Geoffrey Lewis William Smith Harry Guardino |
| 19 | 11th (tie) | Continental Divide | 40 | John Belushi Blair Brown A street-smart Chicago newsman tracks down a classy naturalist who loves bald eagles and hates reporters. John Belushi stars as the columnist, a tough guy on the outside but a softie at heart, in a sparkling romantic comedy. Blair Brown plays the strong-willed loner. |
(PG) | 1:43 | Profanity, brief nudity. | Michael Apted John Belushi Blair Brown Allen Goorwitz Carlin Glynn Tony Ganios |
| 20 | 11th (tie) | Kiss Me Goodbye | 40 | Sally Field James Caan Jeff Bridges Wedding plans run smoothly for a young widow until the ghost of her late husband appears. James Caan, as the cocky, debonair spirit, turns life upside down for Sally Field when he tries to woo her back. Jeff Bridges plays the baffled fiancé. |
(PG) | 1:41 | Adult situations, language and humor. | Robert Mulligan Sally Field James Caan Jeff Bridges Paul Dooley Claire Trevor |
| 21 | 11th (tie) | Superman II (1980) | 40 | Gene Hackman Christopher Reeve Margot Kidder Soaring through the skies, the indomitable superhero faces his greatest challenge from supervillains trying to conquer planet Earth. Margot Kidder plays romantic reporter Lois Lane, in love with the Man of Steel. |
(PG) | 2:08 | Adult situations, violence. | Richard Lester Gene Hackman Christopher Reeve Ned Beatty Jackie Cooper Sarah Douglas Margo Kidder |
| 22 | 11th (tie) | The Four Seasons | 40 | Alan Alda Carol Burnett A warm comedy drama with Alan Alda and Carol Burnett playing mid-life New Yorkers who share four outings each year with friends—until a floundering marriage alters all their relationships. Co-starring Bess Armstrong, Len Cariou and Sandy Dennis. |
(PG) | 1:48 | Adult situations, profanity. | Alan Alda Alan Alda Carol Burnett Rita Moreno Len Cariou Sandy Dennis |
| 23 | 11th (tie) | The Jazz Singer | 40 | Neil Diamond Laurence Olivier Filled with music, this new version of the very first talkie stars Neil Diamond as a New York cantor aspiring to show-biz fame. He sings his way from synagogue to stardom but begins to strain ties with his family's traditions. Laurence Olivier plays his stern father and Lucie Arnaz the woman who believes in him. |
(PG) | 1:57 | Adult situations and language. | Richard Fleischer Neil Diamond Laurence Olivier Lucie Arnaz Catlin Adams Franklyn Ajaye |
| 24 | 11th (tie) | The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia | 40 | HBOnly!™ Kristy McNichol Dennis Quaid Nashville-bound, a hot-blooded country singer and his ambitious 16-year-old sister stay one step ahead of trouble. Dennis Quaid plays the hard-lovin’ musician and Kristy McNichol, the sister. |
(PG) | 1:52 | Adult situations, profanity, brief nudity. | Ronald F Maxwell Kristy McNichol Dennis Quaid Mark Hamill Don Stroud Arlen Dean Snyder |
| 25 | 12th (tie) | King of the Mountain | 39 | A daredevil driver races his Porsche through Hollywood Hills where he and his pals share a macho lifestyle. | (PG) | 1:30 | Adult situations, profanity. | Noel Nosseck Harry Hamlin Joseph Bottoms Deborah Van Valkenburgh Richard Cox Dennis Hopper |
| 26 | 12th (tie) | Lone Wolf McQuade | 39 | Chuck Norris David Carradine A maverick ranger collides with modern-day bandits in a martial arts adventure set deep in the heart of Texas. Karate champ Norris pits his fighting skills against the equally deadly prowess of David Carradine and a murderous gang of smugglers. With Barbara Carrera. |
(PG) | 1:45 | Adult language, graphic violence, nudity. | Steve Carver Chuck Norris David Carradine Barbara Carrera L.Q. Jones |
| 27 | 12th (tie) | Raggedy Man | 39 | Sissy Spacek Eric Roberts Sam Shepard Trapped in a small Texas town during WWII, a lonely divorced woman becomes involved with a handsome sailor. Sissy Spacek (Oscar for Coal Miner’s Daughter) stars in the haunting, subtle drama about a young mother struggling to make a better life for herself and two sons. |
(PG) | 1:34 | Adult situations, violence, brief nudity. | Jack Fisk Sissy Spacek Eric Roberts William Sanderson Tracey Walter Sam Shepard |
| 28 | 12th (tie) | Second Thoughts | 39 | Lucie Arnaz When a romantic fling leaves a busy lawyer in the family way, she decides there's only one thing to do. But the father has other ideas! |
(PG) | 1:39 | Adult situations, language. | Lawrence Turman Lucie Arnaz Craig Wasson Anne Schedeen |
| 29 | 12th (tie) | Threshold (1981) | 39 | Donald Sutherland Jeff Goldblum When a young woman seeks help from a noted surgeon, he must make a decision about bold, experimental procedures. A timely, realistic drama about heart transplants. |
(PG) | 1:37 | Adult language, violence, nudity. | Richard Pearce Donald Sutherland John Marley Jeff Goldblum Mare Winningham Michael Lerner |
| 30 | 13th (tie) | Brainstorm (1983) | 38 | Natalie Wood Christopher Walken Dazzling visual effects take you to the frontiers of human knowledge and beyond in a thought-provoking sci-fi drama. Natalie Wood, in her final film, plays the wife of a scientist who is poised on the brink of an earthshaking communications discovery. With Louise Fletcher. |
(PG) | 1:46 | Adult language, violence, brief nudity. | Douglas Trumbull Christopher Walken Natalie Wood Louise Fletcher Cliff Robertson |
| 31 | 13th (tie) | Dirty Tricks | 38 | Kate Jackson Elliott Gould Rich Little A Harvard prof gets comically involved with strong-arm hoods and a pretty TV news woman. Elliott Gould and Kate Jackson try to elude mobsters and the FBI in this romantic comedy thriller. With Rich Little. |
(PG) | 1:29 | Adult situations, language; violence. | Alvin Rakoff Elliott Gould Kate Jackson Rich Little Arthur Hill Nicholas Campbell |
| 32 | 13th (tie) | Gloria (1980) | 38 | Gena Rowlands As good with a gat as Bogart and Cagney, an ex-gangster's moll stands up to the Mob in a crime fantasy strong on action, character and wry humor. Academy Award nominee Gena Rowlands bursts across the screen like spontaneous combustion.(Gene Shalit) |
(PG) | 2:01 | Adult situations and language, violence. | John Cassavetes Gena Rowlands Buck Adams Julie Carmen John Adames Lupe Guarnica |
| 33 | 13th (tie) | Looker | 38 | Albert Finney James Coburn Leigh Taylor-Young Gorgeous blonde models meet violent deaths after treatment by a prominent plastic surgeon—and the doctor wants to know why. Albert Finney in a sci-fi mystery thriller. |
(PG) | 1:33 | Adult language, violence, nudity. | Michael Crichton Albert Finney Susan Dey James Coburn Leigh Taylor-Young Tim Rossovich |
| 34 | 13th (tie) | On Golden Pond | 38 | Katarine Hepburn Henry Fonda Jane Fonda Only HBO brings you this moving drama, nominated for ten Academy Awards this year. Katharine Hepburn and Henry Fonda, starring together for the first time, won Oscars for their touching portrayals in a tale about three generations confronting each other. Jane Fonda co-stars. Now playing only on HBO and no other national pay-TV service. HBOnly!™ |
(PG) | 1:49 | Adult situations and language. | Mark Rydell Katharine Hepburn Henry Fonda Jane Fonda Doug McKeon Dabney Coleman |
| 35 | 13th (tie) | STAR WARS™ | 38 | Mark Hamill Harrison Ford Carrie Fisher Alec Guinness Here, at last—one of the most dazzling movie entertainments of all time on your TV screen: STAR WARS!™, Awarded six Oscars, George Lucas’ spectacular space adventure takes you on a spellbinding journey filled with fun and technical wizardry. Fasten your seat belts and join dashing space travellers in an exciting experience. May The Force Be With You.™ |
(PG) | 1:59 | Mild violence. | George Lucas Mark Hamill Harrison Ford Carrie Fisher Alec Guinness Peter Cushing |
| 36 | 13th (tie) | Superman The Movie | 38 | Marlon Brando Christopher Reeve It's a bird, it's a plane, it's one spectacular movie! A favorite comic book hero comes to life, flying faster than a speeding bullet to fight for Truth and Justice. Handsome Christopher Reeve is meek Clark Kent who turns into the Man of Steel, vaulting skyscrapers and romancing Lois Lane on an evening's spin over New York city. Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman and Margo Kidder co-star. |
(PG) | 2:22 | Adult language. | Richard Donner Christopher Reeve Margot Kidder Gene Hackman Marlon Brando Ned Beatty Terence Stamp |
| 37 | 13th (tie) | Tender Mercies | 38 | HBOnly! Robert Duvall Tess Harper When a boozy, broken-down ex-country-and-western singer checks into a rural Texas motel, he can’t check out. He’s flat broke. He’s also at the start of a new life with the lonely lady who owns the place — until his past life catches up with him. Three-time Oscar nominee Robert Duvall is brilliant in the role that has already won him the N.Y. Film Critics Best Actor Award. With Tess Harper and Betty Buckley. |
(PG) | 1:29 | Adult situations and language. | Bruce Beresford Robert Duvall Tess Harper Betty Buckley Wilford Brimley |
| 38 | 13th (tie) | The Competition | 38 | Richard Dreyfuss Amy Irving Two gifted musicians discover something beyond the world of the concert stage in this intense romantic drama. An obsessed pianist and a starry-eyed young woman are drawn together as they vie for a top prize and musical fame. Lee Remick plays a cynical, tart-tongued teacher. |
(PG) | 2:05 | Adult situations, profanity. | Joel Oliansky Richard Dreyfuss Amy Irving Lee Remick Sam Wanamaker Joseph Cali |
| 39 | 13th (tie) | The Man From Snowy River | 38 | Kirk Douglas A mountain youth comes of age on the untamed frontier of turn-of-the century Australia. Based on a classic Australian legend. |
(PG) | 1:43 | Adult language, mild violence. | George Miller Tom Burlinson Kirk Douglas Terence Donovan Tommy Dysart Bruce Kerr |
| 40 | 13th (tie) | Under the Rainbow | 38 | Chevy Chase Carrie Fisher A troupe of midgets runs wild through a ’30s Hollywood audition for the classic movie The Wizard of Oz, Chevy Chase stars as a Secret Service agent in this madcap comedy. |
(PG) | 1:38 | Adult situations, violence, brief nudity. | Steve Rash Chevy Chase Carrie Fisher Eve Arden Billy Barty Mako |
| 41 | 13th (tie) | Yes, Giorgio | 38 | Luciano Pavarotti Kathryn Harrold The world’s most celebrated tenor stars in a romantic comedy about a fun filled weekend that follows a night at the opera. Luciano Pavarotti plays the Italian singer who takes America by storm; Kathryn Harrold, the doctor who skips appointments to join him on a California fling. Pavarotti sings popular tunes and classics. |
(PG) | 1:51 | Adult situations and language. | Franklin J Schaffner Luciano Pavarotti Kathryn Harrold Eddie Albert Paola Borboni James Hong |
| 42 | 14th (tie) | Foolin' Around | 37 | Gary Busey An Oklahoma ranch hand majors in riotous adventures when he decides to enroll in college. In this bubbling romantic comedy, Gary Busy (The Buddy Holly Story) sets out for a degree in architecture but learns about life, outside the classroom, from Annette O'Toole. Tony Randall and Cloris Leachman add to the screwball action. |
(PG) | 1:41 | Adult situations, profanity, violence. | Richard T Heffron Gary Busey Annette O'Toole Eddie Albert John McLiam Clu Gulager |
| 43 | 14th (tie) | Gallipoli | 37 | Mel Gibson In a large-scale action drama, two Australians face the brutality of war. Mel Gibson (The Road Warrior) and Mark Lee join the British in a crucial WWI campaign. You may not have caught this “sleeper” at your local theater, but it’s a film HBO highly recommends. |
(PG) | 1:52 | Adult language, violence, brief nudity. | Peter Weir Mel Gibson Mark Lee Bill Kerr Harold Hopkins Heath Harris |
| 44 | 14th (tie) | Honkytonk Man | 37 | Clint Eastwood Living the colorful life he writes and sings about in roadhouses during the Depression, a country musician dreams of making it to Nashville's Grand Ole Opry. Clint Eastwood plays the strong-willed, quick-witted loner who can sit a braggart down hard or help pull a boy to manhood. |
(PG) | 1:58 | Adult situations and language, mild violence. | Clint Eastwood Clint Eastwood Kyle Eastwood John McIntire Alexa Kenin Verna Bloom |
| 45 | 14th (tie) | Kidco | 37 | An ambitious boy tries his hand at the world of big business in this clever comedy. Dickie enlists his sisters and other kids in an unusual scheme to earn big bucks and sends adult competitors scrambling. | (PG) | 1:44 | Adult situations and language. | Ronald F. Maxwell Scott Schwartz Elizabeth Gorcey Cinnamon Idleson Tristine Skyler Trevor Henley |
| 46 | 14th (tie) | Poltergeist (1982) | 37 | Supernatural spirits step out of a TV screen to turn a peaceful suburban home into a scene of terror. Steven Spielberg (E.T.) co-produced this frightening tale about eerie, destructive influences from a world beyond. With Jobeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Beatrice Straight—and amazing special effects. Nominated for three Oscars. | (PG) | 1:54 | Adult situations and language, graphic violence. | Tobe Hooper Craig T. Nelson JoBeth Williams Beatrice Straight Dominique Dunne Oliver Robins |
| 47 | 14th (tie) | Sphinx (1981) | 37 | Lesley-Anne Down Frank-Langella The King Tut mystique, international stars and exotic locales heighten the romance and dramatic sweep of a modern Egyptian adventure. Lesley-Anne Down, playing a beautiful Egyptologist, becomes embroiled in murder and mystery as she pursues ancient secrets. Frank Langella and John Gielgud co-star. Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner (Oscar for Patton). |
(PG) | 1:58 | Adult situations and language, violence. | Franklin J Schaffner Lesley-Anne Down Frank Langella Maurice Ronet John Gielgud Vic Tablian |
| 48 | 14th (tie) | Swamp Thing | 37 | Louis Jourdan stars in a tongue-in-cheek thriller about an eerie monster, a Southern swamp and a very strange romance. | (PG) | 1:31 | Adult language, violence, brief nudity. | Wes Craven Louis Jourdan Adrienne Barbeau Ray Wise David Hess Nicholas Worth |
| 49 | 14th (tie) | The Earthling | 37 | William Holden Fate throws a soldier of fortune and a young boy together in the Australian wilderness. A touching human drama with Ricky Schroder. |
(PG) | 1:37 | Adult situations, violence. | Peter Collinson William Holden Ricky Schroder Jack Thompson Olivia Hamnett Alwyn Kurts |
| 50 | 14th (tie) | The Outsiders | 37 | Matt Dillon Tom Cruise They're “Greasers,” kids going nowhere and headed for trouble in 1960s Oklahoma. They're outsiders, and director Francis Ford Coppola tells their story with sensitive skill. Matt Dillon Stars as the gang leader fighting a class war with college-bound insiders With Diane Lane (Rumble Fish). |
(PG) | 1:31 | Adult situations, language; violence. | Francis Ford Coppola C Thomas Howell Matt Dillon Ralph Macchio Patrick Swayze Rob Lowe Tom Cruise Emilio Estevez Diane Lane |
| 51 | 14th (tie) | Zulu Dawn | 37 | Burt Lancaster Peter O'Toole Recreating a bitter struggle that rocked the British Empire, this movie dramatizes the 1870s conflict between England and brave African tribesmen. Starring Peter O’Toole, as Her Majesty’s commander, and Burt Lancaster. |
(PG) | 1:38 | Violence. | Douglas Hickox Burt Lancaster Peter O'Toole Simon Ward John Mills Denholm Elliott |
| 52 | 15th (tie) | Oh, God! (1977) |
36 | George Burns Heavens above! George Burns stars as the kindly Almighty in Carl Reiner's offbeat comedy. John Denver is a suburban Moses to whom God entrusts a message of hope. |
(PG) | 1:38 | Adult humor. | Carl Reiner George Burns John Denver Teri Gara Paul Sorvino Ralph Bellamy oh god |
| 53 | 15th (tie) | Cold River | 36 | Richard Jaeckel A family canoe trip through the Adirondacks turns into a harrowing struggle for survival. Richard Jaeckel, Robert Earl Jones star. |
(PG) | 1:34 | Adult situations and language, mild violence. | Fred G. Sullivan Suzanna Weber Pete Tetterton Richard Jaeckel Brenda Swanson |
| 54 | 15th (tie) | Evil Under the Sun | 36 | Peter Ustinov Everyone has a motive; everyone has an alibi when Hercule Poirot investigates murder on a deserted beach. Peter Ustinov plays the famous detective. Among the all-star cast: James Mason and Maggie Smith. Now playing only on HBO and on no other national pay TV service. |
(PG) | 1:42 | Adult language, violence. | Guy Hamilton Peter Ustinov Maggie Smith Colin Blakely Diana Rigg Roddy McDowall |
| 55 | 15th (tie) | Let's Spend the Night Together | 36 | The Rolling Stones Can't get no satisfaction? Boogie in the living room as Mick Jagger and the legendary Rolling Stones go on a pelvis-shaking concert tour. |
(PG) | 1:30 | Adult language. | Hal Ashby Mick Jagger Keith Richards Ron Wood Bill Wyman |
| 56 | 15th (tie) | Liar's Moon | 36 | Matt Dillon When a teenage couple elopes, they discover a secret that threatens their happiness. A romantic drama with Matt Dillon. |
(PG) | 1:46 | Adult situations, language; brief nudity. | David Fisher Matt Dillon Cindy Fisher Christopher Connelly Hoyt Axton Yvonne De Carlo |
| 57 | 15th (tie) | Mommie Dearest | 36 | Faye Dunaway as Joan Crawford Was the real Joan Crawford shockingly different from her carefully created image of perfection? Faye Dunaway plays the legendary star locked into a tormented relationship with her adopted daughter. A turbulent drama based on the best-seller written by Christina Crawford. |
(PG) | 2:09 | Adult language, mild violence. | Frank Perry Faye Dunaway Diana Scarwid Steve Forrest Mara Hobel Rutanya Alda |
| 58 | 15th (tie) | Still of the Night | 36 | Roy Scheider Meryl Streep A normally cool psychiatrist finds himself falling in love with an icy blonde who may or may not be a murderess. Roy Scheider is the uneasy doctor; Meryl Streep (Oscar winner for Sophie's Choice), the mysterious lady in this romantic thriller. Directed and written by Robert Benton (Oscar for Kramer vs. Kramer). |
(PG) | 1:27 | Adult situations and language, violence, brief nudity. | Robert Benton Roy Scheider Meryl Streep Jessica Tandy Joe Grifasi Sara Botsford |
| 59 | 15th (tie) | TAPS | 36 | George C. Scott Timothy Hutton A state of siege shatters the orderly life at a military academy when a headstrong young major rallies fellow cadets to his cause George C. Scott, as an aging blood-and-guts general, becomes a role model for the rebellious youth, played by Timothy Hutton (Oscar for Ordinary People). |
(PG) | 2:01 | Adult language, violence, brief nudity. | Harold Becker George C. Scott Timothy Hutton Ronny Cox Tom Cruise Sean Penn |
| 60 | 15th (tie) | The Man Who Saw Tomorrow | 36 | Did 16th-century prophet Nostradamus really predict Hitler's rise, Lincoln's assassination and catastrophes still to come? Docudrama. | (PG) | 1:26 | Graphic violence. | Orson Welles |
| 61 | 15th (tie) | The Sea Wolves | 36 | Gregory Peck Roger Moore David Niven Trevor Howard A group of British war veterans in WWII India takes on German ships hiding nearby. Gregory Peck, Roger Moore, David Niven and Trevor Howard head to the courageous commandos in a true adventure, once top secret and only recently acknowledged by the British. |
(PG) | 2:01 | Adult situations, language; violence; brief nudity. | Andrew V McLaglen Gregory Peck Roger Moore David Niven Trevor Howard Barbara Kellerman |
| 62 | 15th (tie) | The Year of Living Dangerously | 36 | Mel Gibson Sigourney Weaver A foreign correspondent and a glamorous diplomat are caught up in intrigue and revolt in sultry '60s Indonesia. The atmospheric thriller also features Linda Hunt in her powerful, award winning performance as an all-knowing tipster. Directed by Peter Weir (Gallipoli). |
(PG) | 1:55 | Adult situations, language; violence. | Peter Weir Mel Gibson Sigourney Weaver Linda Hunt Michael Murphy |
| 63 | 15th (tie) | Time After Time | 36 | Malcolm McDowell What would happen if Jack the Ripper jumped into a time machine to evade Scotland Yard and landed in modern San Francisco? And if inventor H.G. Wells made the same trip to pursue him? Malcolm McDowell and David Warner star in an ingenious romantic thriller. |
(PG) | 1:52 | Adult language and situations, violence. | Nicholas Meyer Malcolm McDowell David Warner Mary Steenburgen Charles Cioffi Kent Williams |
| 64 | 15th (tie) | WarGames | 36 | Matthew Broderick Dabney Coleman Brilliant but bored, a likeable high school student cares only for computers and video games until he becomes involved in an electronic contest with far more than quarters at stake, When he plugs his bedroom computer into a top secret missile defense system, the boy genius sets off a chain reaction that threatens global catastrophe. Ally Sheedy co-stars in the fast-paced thriller. |
(PG) | 1:54 | Adult language, mild violence. | John Badham Matthew Broderick Ally Sheedy John Wood Barry Corbin |
| 65 | 15th (tie) | Without a Trace | 36 | Kate Nelligan Judd Hirsch Six-year-old Alex gets up one morning, dresses for school, waves goodbye to his mother . . . and disappears. As the police mount a massive effort to find the child, his mother struggles to bear the harrowing anxiety. Kate Nelligan as the mother and Judd Hirsch as a detective both give riveting performances in this drama. |
(PG) | 1:58 | Adult situations and language. | Stanley R. Jaffe Kate Nelligan Judd Hirsch David Dukes |
| 66 | 16th (tie) | Breakthrough | 35 | Richard Burton Rod Steiger Robert Mitchum A despondent Nazi sergeant transferred to WWII's western front is embroiled in a plot to assassinate Hitler. Rod Steiger stars in this sequel to Cross of Iron—a taut action drama about the horrors of war. |
(PG) | 1:33 | Adult situations and language, violence. | Andrew V McLaglen Richard Burton Robert Mitchum Rod Steiger Curt Jurgens Helmut Griem |
| 67 | 16th (tie) | Curse of the Pink Panther | 35 | David Niven A Inspector Clouseau has been missing for a year—and the President of France wants to find him. But Chief Inspector Dreyfus, Clouseau’s longtime enemy, doesn't want him back, so he programs a computer to find the world’s worst detective! Director Blake Edwards keeps the laughs rolling with the help of Panther veterans David Niven, Robert Wagner and Capucine. With newcomer Ted Wass (‘ Soap). |
(PG) | 1:50 | Adult language and humor, mild violence, brief nudity. | Blake Edwards David Niven Robert Wagner Capucine Robert Loggia |
| 68 | 16th (tie) | Going Ape! | 35 | Tony Danza Danny De Vito A lucky young man is up for a $5 million legacy—provided he takes good care of three orangutans. But will his girlfriend, her snooty mother and his three simian roommates cooperate? |
(PG) | 1:27 | Adult humor, profanity. | Jeremy Joe Kronsberg Tony Danza Jessica Walter Danny DeVito Art Metrano Joseph Maher |
| 69 | 16th (tie) | Modern Problems | 35 | In a madcap comedy, a depressed air traffic controller suddenly finds himself endowed with telekinetic powers. Chevy Chase is a common man who uses uncommon means to strike back at people who are driving him crazy. Patti D’Arbanville plays his girlfriend. | (PG) | 1:33 | Adult language and humor. | Ken Shapiro Chevy Chase Patti D'Arbanville Mary Kay Place Nell Carter Brian Doyle-Murray |
| 70 | 16th (tie) | Mr. Mom | 35 | Michael Keaton Teri Garr When Dad loses his job and Mom leaves her three kids togo back to work, look for mayhem on the home front! Michael Keaton (Night Shift) plays the engineer turned house-husband in this wickedly funny domestic comedy. He struggles with the kids’ carpool while wife Teri Garr (Oscar nominee for Tootsie) makes a success of promoting tuna fish to housewives. With Martin Mull. |
(PG) | 1:28 | Adult situations and language. | Stan Dragoti Michael Keaton Teri Garr Martin Mull Ann Jillian |
| 71 | 16th (tie) | O'Hara's Wife | 35 | Edward Asner A lawyer's deceased wife returns in ghostly form to help him with his overwhelming problems. Mariette Hartley and Jodie Foster co-star. |
(PG) | 1:28 | Adult situations, language. | William Bartman Ed Asner Mariette Hartley Tom Bosley Jodie Foster |
| 72 | 16th (tie) | The Chosen | 35 | Rod Steiger Robby Benson Two teenagers come of age in a disarming story of faith and friendship. Robby Benson stars as a religious Jew caught between old ways and new. Rod Steiger is his rabbi father; Maximilian Schell, a professor. |
(PG) | 1:48 | Adult situations, mild violence. | Jeremy Paul Kagan Robby Benson Barry Miller Rod Steiger Maximilian Schell |
| 73 | 16th (tie) | The Karate Kid (1984) | 35 | Ralph Macchio Noriyuki “Pat” Morita From the director of Rocky (John Avildsen) comes this stand-up-and-cheer action smash. Ralph Macchio plays a New Jersey kid whose new life in California is not so sunny, thanks to a martial arts bully. But Noriyuki "Pat" Morita takes the boy in hand to teach him patience, humility... and karate. |
(PG) | 2:06 | AL, V | John G. Avildsen Ralph Macchio Pat Morita Elisabeth Shue Martin Kove Randee Heller |
| 74 | 17th (tie) | Bear Island | 34 | Donald Sutherland Vanessa Redgrave Richard Widmark Christopher Lee In an adventure drama filled with action and suspense, an Arctic weather-reasearch team has more in mind that climate. Based on Alistair MacLean's best-seller, the movie stars Donald Sutherland and Vanessa Redgrave. |
(PG) | 1:43 | Profanity, violence. | Don Sharp Donald Sutherland Vanessa Redgrave Richard Widmark Christopher Lee Barbara Parkins |
| 75 | 17th (tie) | Cross Creek | 34 | Mary Steenburgen Rip Torn An ambitious young writer trades the hectic life of 1920s New York for a quieter existence in rural Florida, She draws on her experiences there, producing an American classic, The Yearling. Mary Steenburgen (Oscar winner for Melvin and Howard) stars as author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. With Rip Torn in an Oscar-nominated performance as a farmer. |
(PG) | 2:00 | Adult situations, language; mild violence. | Martin Ritt Mary Steenburgen Rip Torn Peter Coyote Alfre Woodard Dana Hill |
| 76 | 17th (tie) | Grease 2 | 34 | This sequel takes you back to Rydell High for more tune-filled fun. When a British exchange student falls for the cool leader of the Pink Ladies, the greasers are out in force, protecting their turf with revved-up motorcycles. Maxwell Caulfield plays the newcomer; Michelle Pfeiffer, the girl who will do most anything for a ride on the hottest cycle in town. Sid Caesar co-stars. | (PG) | 1:54 | Adult language and humor. | Patricia Birch Maxwell Caulfield Michelle Pfeiffer Adrian Zmed Lorna Luft Peter Frechette |
| 77 | 17th (tie) | I Ought To Be In Pictures | 34 | A brash teenager tries to take Hollywood by storm— and her long-absent father by surprise. Neil Simon's comedy, based on his Broadway hit, stars Walter Matthau as the father, a burned-out screenwriter. Dinah Manoff plays his daughter. | (PG) | 1:48 | Adult situations, language; brief nudity. | Herbert Ross Walter Matthau Ann-Margret Dinah Manoff Lance Guest Lewis Smith |
| 78 | 17th (tie) | If You Could See What I Hear | 34 | A fun-loving young blind man refuses to face the realities of his affliction in this comedy drama of love, laughter, friendship and adventure. | (PG) | 1:43 | Adult situations, language. | Eric Till Marc Singer R.H. Thompson Shari Belafonte Douglas Campbell Sarah Torgov |
| 79 | 17th (tie) | Lovesick | 34 | Dudley Moore Elizabeth McGovern A psychiatrist breaks the rules of his profession by falling in love with an irresistible patient. Dudley Moore stars in the romantic comedy as the doctor feverishly pursuing his obsession. Elizabeth McGovern (Oscar nominee for Ragtime) plays the reckless playwright who bewitches him. With Alec Guinness and John Huston. |
(PG) | 1:36 | Adult situations, language and humor. | Marshall Brickman Dudley Moore Elizabeth McGovern Alec Guinness John Huston |
| 80 | 17th (tie) | Max Dugan Returns | 34 | Jason Robards Marsha Mason A widow's long-lost father suddenly reappears, bearing gifts beyond her wildest dreams. That's where the fun starts in Neil Simon's witty, original comedy about family ties. Jason Robards plays the father, a colorful ex-con. Marsha Mason is his scrappy daughter. Donald Sutherland plays a curious policeman. |
(PG) | 1:38 | Adult situations, language. | Herbert Ross Matthew Broderick Marsha Mason Donald Sutherland Dody Goodman |
| 81 | 17th (tie) | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | 34 | William Shatner Starship Enterprise soars back into action in a suspenseful space adventure. Admiral Kirk and his crew battle villainous Khan, who stalks the galaxy with his ruffians, bent on revenge. William Shatner plays Kirk; Leonard Nimoy, Spock; Ricardo Montalban, evil Khan. |
(PG) | 1:53 | Adult language, violence. | Nicholas Meyer William Shatner Leonard Nimoy DeForest Kelley James Doohan Walter Koenig |
| 82 | 17th (tie) | Table for Five | 34 | Jon Voight Richard Crenna To establish a closer bond with his children, a divorced father takes them on a Mediterranean cruise, Jon Voight (Oscar winner for Coming Home) stars in this moving drama as the dad who faces unexpected parental responsibilities. Marie-Christine Barrault (Cousin Cousine) plays a woman he meets aboard ship. With Richard Crenna. |
(PG) | 2:03 | Adult situations and language. | Robert Lieberman Jon Voight Richard Crenna Marie-Christine Barrault Millie Perkins Roxana Zal |
| 83 | 17th (tie) | The Thirty-Nine Steps | 34 | John Mills David Warner Suspense mounts in WWI Britain as an innocent man tries to stay one step ahead of German assassins—and Scotland Yard. This version of the Hitchcock classic delivers exciting twists of its own. |
(PG) | 1:27 | Adult situations, language; violence. | Don Sharp Robert Powell David Warner Karen Dotrice John Mills George Baker |
| 84 | 18th (tie) | Author! Author! | 33 | Dyan Cannon Tuesday Weld On the eve of his big Broadway opening, a harried playwright finds everything is chaos in both his private and professional lives. Five-time Oscar nominee Al Pacino stars in this sparkling comedy as a husband who is suddenly left with five rambunctious children. |
(PG) | 1:50 | Adult situations and language. | Arthur Hiller Al Pacino Dyan Cannon Tuesday Weld Bob Dishy Alan King |
| 85 | 18th (tie) | Beyond the Reef | 33 | A 16-foot pet tiger shark becomes the guardian and protector of a South Seas youth. Dayton Ka’Ne (Hurricane), as the young man, is reunited with lovely Maren Jensen, his childhood sweetheart, and together they enlist the shark’s aid in saving some fabled black pearls. Spectacular underwater photography. | (PG) | 1:27 | Adult situations, violence, nudity. | Frank C Clark Dayton Kaʻne Maren Jensen Kathleen Swan William Takaku Tanya Roberts |
| 86 | 18th (tie) | Ghostbusters (1984) | 33 | WHO YOU GONNA CALL? There isn't a ghost of a chance you'll stop laughing when three college professors leave academia to hunt down spooks in The Big Apple. Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis play the dauntless exorcists-for-hire in this outrageously wild movie that combines adventure and spine-tingling special effects. Sigourney Weaver co-stars. [Note: This debuted as an "HBO Christmas Present": a surprise airing on Dec. 24th, 1985. -JS] |
(PG) | 1:45 | AL, V | Ivan Reitman Bill Murray Dan Aykroyd Sigourney Weaver Harold Ramis Rick Moranis |
| 87 | 18th (tie) | Neil Simon's Seems Like Old Times | 33 | Chevy Chase Goldie Hawn Charles Grodin Comedy master Neil Simon does it again—a screwball, romantic triangle starring three of today’s funniest talents. Goldie Hawn plays a crusading lawyer who collects down-and-out-aliens, vandals and stray dogs. Chevy Chase is a hapless novelist turned hopeless bank robber. Charles Gordon co-stars as an uptight D.A. |
(PG) | 1:42 | Adult language, humor. | Jay Sandrich Goldie Hawn Chevy Chase Charles Grodin Robert Guillaume Harold Gould |
| 88 | 18th (tie) | Nobody's Perfekt | 33 | Gabe Kaplan Robert Klein You don’t have to be crazy to fight the Army, the mayor, longshoremen and city hall, but Gabe Kaplan finds it helps. Amnesiac Gabe, mama’s boy Alex Karras and Robert Klein buck the system in strange ways. |
(PG) | 1:32 | Adult situations, profanity, violence. | Peter Bonerz Gabe Kaplan Alex Karras Robert Klein Susan Clark Paul Stewart |
| 89 | 18th (tie) | Paternity | 33 | Burt Reynolds Beverly D'Angelo Lauren Hutton In a sparkling, fun-filled comedy, a confirmed bachelor wants an heir but not a wife. Burt Reynolds stars as the macho manager of Madison Square Garden, who gets into one predicament after another while looking for candidates to be mother of his child. Beverly D'Angelo, Lauren Hutton and Elizabeth Ashley are three lucky nominees. |
(PG) | 1:33 | Adult language and humor. | David Steinberg Burt Reynolds Beverly D'Angelo Norman Fell Elizabeth Ashley Lauren Hutton |
| 90 | 18th (tie) | Ragtime | 33 | James Cagney Elizabeth McGovern Howard E. Rollins Mary Steenburgen Turn-of-the-century characters are caught in the turbulence of fast-changing America. The lush movie, based on E.L. Doctorow's best-seller, earned eight Academy Award nominations, including one for Harold E. Rollins as a black pianist and another for Elizabeth McGovern as the legendary beauty Evelyn Nesbit. James Cagney plays New York City’s wily police commissioner in an innovative drama blending history and fiction. HBOnly!™ |
(PG) | 2:39 | Adult situations and language, violence, nudity. | Miloš Forman James Cagney Brad Dourif Moses Gunn Elizabeth McGovern Kenneth McMillan |
| 91 | 18th (tie) | Savannah Smiles | 33 | A six-year-old girl runs away from rich, unloving parents and straight into the bumbling arms of two criminals on the lam. With Pat Morita. | (PG) | 1:45 | Adult language. | Pierre De Moro Mark Miller Donovan Scott Bridgette Andersen Peter Graves Chris Sarandon |
| 92 | 18th (tie) | The Private Eyes | 33 | Don Knotts Tim Conway Popular comics turn into Scotland Yard sleuths in a murder mystery laced with laughs. Tim Conway and Don Knotts team up again — this time as bumbling detectives. They stumble through secret passageways and drop through trap-doors of an eerie mansion. A delightful spoof of classic detective yarns. |
(PG) | 1:31 | Adult humor, violence. | Lang Elliott Tim Conway Don Knotts Trisha Conway Bernard Fox Fiona Lewis |
| 93 | 19th (tie) | BMX Bandits | 32 | An action-packed adventure story involving cops, robbers and a trio of rough-and-ready teenage bikers. Can the kids bag the crooks? | (PG) | 1:31 | MV | Brian Trenchard-Smith John Ley Nicole Kidman David Argue Bryan Marshall Angelo D'Angelo |
| 94 | 19th (tie) | Carbon Copy | 32 | George Segal Susan Saint James Life starts to fall apart for a successful corporate executive when an illegitimate teenage son pops into his life. And the son happens to be black! George Segal faces a shrewish wife (Susan Saint James), a socialite stepdaughter (Vicky Dawson) and bigoted father-in-law (Jack Warden) in a comic satire on racism. Denzel Washington, playing the surprise offspring, joins Segal in a series of uproarious misadventures. HBOnly!™ |
(PG) | 1:31 | Adult situations and humor. | Michael Schultz George Segal Denzel Washington Susan Saint Jack Warden Paul Winfield |
| 95 | 19th (tie) | Kill and Kill Again | 32 | In a fast-action martial arts sequel to Kill or Be Killed, a mad billionaire connives to rule the world with karate-chop robots. Black belt James Ryan is out to stop him. | (PG) | 1:40 | Violence. | Ivan Hall James Ryan Anneline Kriel Ken Gampu Norman Robinson Michael Mayer |
| 96 | 19th (tie) | Pee-Wee's Big Adventure | 32 | Jeepers! Pee-Wee Herman has lost his bicycle, but he’s found a screamingly funny comedy vehicle that lets you know why this childlike grown-up is a big star. Herman paves the wackiest trail as he treks cross-country in search of his bike—but what do you expect from a guy who wears bunny slippers? | (PG) | 1:27 | MV | Tim Burton Paul Reubens Elizabeth Daily Mark Holton Diane Salinger Judd Omen pee wee herman |
| 97 | 19th (tie) | The Black Stallion Returns | 32 | Desert tribesmen steal “the Black” from his young American owner (Kelly Reno) in this rousing sequel. | (PG) | 1:42 | Adult language, mild violence. | Robert Dalva Kelly Reno Vincent Spano Teri Garr Allen Garfield |
| 98 | 19th (tie) | The Empire Strikes Back™ | 32 | Mark Hamill Harrison Ford Carrie Fisher Billy Dee Williams Alec Guinness The Force returns full-throttle in this wiz-bang second chapter of the STAR WARS™ trilogy. George Lucas's space heroes race through an asteroid belt, battle mechanized Walkers and face once more the villainous Darth Vader. Luke Skywalker is aided by Yoda, the 800-year-old Jedi Master. Billy Dee Williams joins on as a sly ally to Luke, Han Solo, Princess Leia and, of course, C-3PO and R2-D2. |
(PG) | 2:04 | AS, V | Irvin Kershner Mark Hamill Harrison Ford Carrie Fisher Billy Dee Williams Anthony Daniels |
| 99 | 19th (tie) | The Jewel of the Nile | 32 | Michael Douglas Kathleen Turner Danny DeVito Where's the jewel? What is the jewel? Tongue-in-cheek humor and suspense continue in this action-packed sequel to Romancing the Stone. Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas join forces once again in a high-speed chase that takes them from the French Riviera to the deserts of the Middle East. |
(PG) | 1:36 | AL, V, BN | Lewis Teague Michael Douglas Kathleen Turner Danny DeVito Spirow Gabriel Avner Eisenberg |
| 100 | 19th (tie) | Tough Enough | 32 | Dennis Quaid A C&W singer-turned-boxer fights his way to the top in this free-swinging action drama. With Warren Oates. |
(PG) | 1:46 | Adult language, violence, nudity. | Richard Fleischer Dennis Quaid Stan Shaw Warren Oates Pam Grier |
| 101 | 19th (tie) | Twilight Time | 32 | Returning from America to his European birthplace, a retired worker discovers that a vast gap separates his dreams of time gone by from present reality. Karl Malden is moving as the earthy, proud "Americano." | (PG) | 1:42 | Adult situations. | Goran Paskaljevic Karl Malden Jodie Foster Michael Sarrazin |
| 102 | 20th (tie) | Airplane! | 31 | Hilarity flies sky high as a planeload of wacky passengers and crew spoof all those disaster movies. Sheer lunacy and a gag a minute as Robert Hays, an ex-pilot now terrified of flying pursues Julie Hagerty, the jet’s stewardess, on a flight from L.A. to Chicago. Others contributing to this surprise blockbuster comedy of theyear: Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Robert Stack. | (PG) | 1:28 | Adult humor, violence, nudity. | Jim Abrahams David Zucker Robert Hays Julie Hagerty Leslie Nielsen Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| 103 | 20th (tie) | Better Off Dead... | 31 | The course of true love is never smooth, but for one teen, it's downright rocky. The girl of his dreams has just ditched him for a jock. John Cusack stars in this lighthearted farce as the likeable lad who can't get anything to go right. | (PG) | 1:37 | AS, AL | Savage Steve Holland John Cusack David Ogden Stiers Kim Darby Diane Franklin Curtis Armstrong |
| 104 | 20th (tie) | Coal Miner's Daughter | 31 | Sissy Spacek Tommy Lee Jones Her spirited portrayal of a spunky, dirt-poor mountain girls rise to stardom earned Sissy Spacek the Oscar for Best Actress. Based on the story of singer Loretta Lynn, this strong drama traces her life from marriage at 13 through lonely nights on the road to eventual fame and heartache. Tommy Lee Jones plays her wild but supportive husband. Great music too. |
(PG) | 2:04 | Adult situations and language, violence. | Michael Apted Sissy Spacek Tommy Lee Jones Beverly D'Angelo Levon Helm Phyllis Boyens |
| 105 | 20th (tie) | Final Assignment | 31 | Genevieve Bujold Michael York A U.S. journalist in Russia uncovers vicious experiments with children. Genevieve Bujold and Michael York soon have the KGB hot on their trail. |
(PG) | 1:32 | Adult situations and language. | Paul Almond Geneviève Bujold Michael York Burgess Meredith Colleen Dewhurst Alexandra Stewart |
| 106 | 20th (tie) | Hanky Panky | 31 | Gene Wilder Gilda Radner Two unique comedy talents join forces in a fast-paced thriller. Gene Wilder plays an architect suddenly caught in a web of intrigue and murder. Gilda Radner is the spirited woman who helps him in a cross-country getaway. Directed by Sidney Poitier. |
(PG) | 1:47 | Adult language, violence. | Sidney Poitier Gene Wilder Kathleen Quinlan Richard Widmark Robert Prosky Josef Sommer |
| 107 | 20th (tie) | Hot Stuff | 31 | Dom DeLuise Suzanne Pleshette In this wacky caper, Miami cops open their own phony fencing operation to catch the light-fingered underworld. Dom DeLuise, Suzanne Pleshette and Jerry Reed are members of an improbably burglary task force in this action comedy filled with tests. Ossie Davis co-stars as a thought police captain who’s not sure which side of the law his men are really on. Sly and satirical(Variety) |
(PG) | 1:47 | Profanity. | Dom DeLuise Jerry Reed Suzanne Pleshette Ossie Davis Luis Avalano Marc Lawrence |
| 108 | 20th (tie) | Local Hero | 31 | Burt Lancaster This whimsical comedy, a critics’ favorite, plays peek-a-boo with reality. Peter Riegert (Animal House) is an oil exec dispatched to buy a Scottish village, but his deal is stymied by a beach comber, a mermaid, and the canny locals. |
(PG) | 1:51 | Adult situations, language. | Bill Forsyth Burt Lancaster Peter Riegert Fulton Mackay Jenny Seagrove |
| 109 | 20th (tie) | One On One | 31 | Robby Benson Annette O'Toole While he battles the college athletic establishment, Robby Benson (The Chosen) clashes head-on with love. A romantic adventure with all the thrills and action of major college basketball. |
(PG) | 1:37 | Adult language. | Lamont Johnson Robby Benson Annette O'Toole G D Spradlin Gail Strickland Melanie Griffith |
| 110 | 20th (tie) | Search & Destroy | 31 | Don Stroud Believing GIs abandoned him in an ambush years ago, an embittered South Vietnamese stalks four veterans in America. Perry King in an action drama. |
(PG) | 1:33 | Adult situations, mild profanity, violence. | William Fruet Perry King Tisa Farrow Don Stroud George Kennedy Park Overall |
| 111 | 20th (tie) | Splash (1984) | 31 | Daryl Hannah Tom Hanks It's no fish story. The surprise hit of a man and a mermaid nets enough sexy, funny fantasy to send everyone into the water! John Candy and Eugene Levy co-star in this delightful comedy. |
(PG) | 1:51 | Adult language, humor; mild violence; brief nudity. | Ron Howard Tom Hanks Daryl Hannah John Candy Eugene Levy Dody Goodman |
| 112 | 20th (tie) | The Buddy System | 31 | Richard Dreyfuss Susan Sarandon Young Tim is a schemer…but for a good cause: he wants to have a father. When he cleverly introduces his mother to the school security guard, he sets sparks flying in the wrong direction! Richard Dreyfuss and Susan Sarandon play the on-again, off-again couple in this winning comedy. With Nancy Allen, Jean Stapleton. |
(PG) | 1:50 | AS, AL | Glenn Jordan Richard Dreyfuss Susan Sarandon Nancy Allen Wilford Brimley Jean Stapleton |
| 113 | 20th (tie) | The Man With One Red Shoe | 31 | A mild-mannered violinist finds himself strung between rival factions of the CIA in this wacky spy spoof. Tom Hanks (The Money Pit) stars as the innocent musician playing musical spies with the sceming Dabney Coleman. | (PG) | 1:33 | AS, MV | Stan Dragoti Tom Hanks Dabney Coleman Lori Singer Charles Durning Carrie Fisher |
| 114 | 21st (tie) | Airplane II: The Sequel | 30 | Robert Hays Julie Hagerty Lloyd Bridges Fasten your seat belts for a wild ride to the moon in a riotous ribbing of airport movies and outer space sagas. Some of the befuddled crew of the original Airplane bumble their way through the skies again on the first commercial lunar shuttle. They just might be heading for the sun through a computer error! With William Shatner. |
(PG) | 1:24 | Adult language and humor, brief nudity. | Ken Finkleman Robert Hays Julie Hagerty Lloyd Bridges William Shatner Chad Everett |
| 115 | 21st (tie) | Cannery Row | 30 | Nick Nolte Debra Winger A bawdy California town of the1940s comes to life in a romantic comedy based on two John Steinbeck novels. Nick Nolte (48 Hrs.) plays an ex-baseball star trying to forget his past; Debra Winger (An Officer and a Gentleman), a runaway who drifts into bordello life. |
(PG) | 2:00 | Adult situations, language; brief nudity. | David S. Ward Nick Nolte Debra Winger Audra Lindley Frank McRae M. Emmet Walsh |
| 116 | 21st (tie) | Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen | 30 | Peter Ustinov Lee Grant Angie Dickinson One of film’s most popular sleuths is out to solve a string of dastardly murders in this mystery comedy. Detective Peter Ustinov teams up with his half-Chinese, half-Jewish, all-thumbs grandson. The wicked Dragon Queen? None other than Angie Dickinson. |
(PG) | 1:32 | Adult situations, profanity. | Clive Donner Peter Ustinov Lee Grant Angie Dickinson Richard Hatch Brian Keith |
| 117 | 21st (tie) | Clash of the Titans | 30 | Laurence Olivier Harry Hamlin Burgess Meredith Claire Bloom Fearless mortals challenge ancient Greek gods in a fantasy adventure full of stunning special effects. Laurence Olivier plays Zeus, controlling man’s fate from atop Mt. Olympus. Harry Hamlin, as his son, battles to win fair Andromeda. With Maggie Smith. |
(PG) | 1:58 | Violence, brief nudity. | Desmond Davis Harry Hamlin Judi Bowker Burgess Meredith Maggie Smith Laurence Olivier |
| 118 | 21st (tie) | Foul Play | 30 | Goldie Hawn Chevy Chase A fast, furious and very funny comedy-thriller with intrigue, romance, a wild chase over San Francisco hills and strange villains out to get Goldie Hawn. Chevy Chase is the quick-witted cop who comes to her rescue. Burgess Meredith, Oscar winner for Rocky, is Goldie’s understanding landlord; Dudley Moore (10), a would-be swinger. Excellent crime-suspense-romance a la Hitchcock(Variety) |
(PG) | 1:56 | Adult language. | Colin Higgins Goldie Hawn Chevy Chase Burgess Meredith Dudley Moore Rachel Roberts |
| 119 | 21st (tie) | Green Ice | 30 | Ryan O'Neal Omar Sharif A vacationing electronics wizard suddenly finds himself planning a heist of precious emeralds. |
(PG) | 1:50 | Adult situations, language; violence. | Ernest Day Ryan O'Neal Anne Archer Omar Sharif John Larroquette Philip Stone |
| 120 | 21st (tie) | Headin' for Broadway | 30 | Rex Smith Vivian Reed Singers and dancers, lovers and dreamers—they are young, talented and scared. This fascinating show business drama follows four aspiring performers who come to New York to make it in the big time. Starring Rex Smith. |
(PG) | 1:25 | Adult situations, profanity. | Joseph Brooks Paul Carafotes Terri Treas Vivian Reed Joe Morton David Haskell |
| 121 | 21st (tie) | Heaven Can Wait | 30 | Warren Beatty Julie Christie A delightful romantic comedy-fantasy about a pro quarterback summoned to heaven before his time—with chaos and confusion as a result. Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, James Mason, Dyan Cannon, Buck Henry and Charles Grodin head a brilliant cast. It made scores of Ten Bestlists and was nominated for nine Oscars! Nonstop pleasure(Time) |
(PG) | 1:41 | Adult language and situations. | Warren Beatty Buck Henry Warren Beatty Julie Christie Jack Warden Dyan Cannon |
| 122 | 21st (tie) | High Road To China | 30 | Tom Selleck Bess Armstrong Leaping out of “Magnum PI.” into his high-flying movie debut, Tom Selleck plays a former WWI air ace who's drinking his way through the Roaring '20s when he meets up with flying flapper Bess Armstrong (The Four Seasons). She hires him to help find her missing father, and their pursuit takes them from Istanbul to Afghanistan, over Himalayan peaks and into war-torn China. It's tart, romantic fun with daredevil Selleck in the cockpit. |
(PG) | 1:45 | Adult language, violence. | Brian G. Hutton Tom Selleck Bess Armstrong Jack Weston Wilford Brimley |
| 123 | 21st (tie) | Midnight Madness | 30 | To these college kids, an “all-nighter” isn’t a study session, it’s a scavenger hunt that uncovers daffy fun and games. David Naughton leads a competing squad of jocks, sorority girls and “brains” to scour L.A. for goodies. | (PG) | 1:52 | AL, AH | Michael Nankin David Naughton Michael J Fox Stephen Furst Eddie Deezen Debra Clinger |
| 124 | 21st (tie) | Missing (1982) | 30 | Jack Lemmon Sissy Spacek A desperate father searches for his son, mysteriously “lost” during the 1973 Chilean coup. Jack Lemmon and Sissy Spacek received Academy Award nominations for their performances in this Oscar-nominated drama, Based on a true story. |
(PG) | 2:02 | Adult situations and language, violence, brief nudity. | Costa-Gavras Jack Lemmon Sissy Spacek Melanie Mayron John Shea Charles Cioffi |
| 125 | 21st (tie) | On the Right Track | 30 | Gary Coleman Norman Fell Meet an orphan small enough to live in a railroad locker but big enough to beat the system. Gary Coleman is a shoeshine boy with whiz-kid talents. Maureen Stapleton (Oscar for Reds) plays his pal. |
(PG) | 1:38 | Adult situations, profanity. | Lee Philips Gary Coleman Lisa Eilbacher Norman Fell Maureen Stapleton Bill Russell |
| 126 | 21st (tie) | Rocky III (1982) | 30 | Sylvester Stallone Talia Shire Burt Young Mr. T Facing the toughest challenge of his fight career, Rocky Balboa learns it is harder to stay at the top than to get there. Sylvester Stallone stars again as Rocky, who must defend his title against a mean, loudmouthed contender. Burgess Meredith, Talia Shire and Burt Young, all Oscar nominees for the first Rocky, play their original roles. Carl Weathers is Apollo Creed, now Rocky's trainer. |
(PG) | 1:39 | Adult language, violence. | Sylvester Stallone Sylvester Stallone Talia Shire Burt Lancaster Carl Weathers Burgess Meredith |
| 127 | 21st (tie) | Sheena (1984) | 30 | Tanya Roberts Grab a vine and swing into a lush jungle adventure with a tongue-in-cheek spirit and a curvy heroine. Tanya Roberts is the blonde African queen who commutes mystically with animals. Already commanding the respect of her tribe, she also captures the heart of a TV reporter. When an evil prince threatens her equatorial Eden, will Sheena and friends fight back? |
(PG) | 1:56 | Adult language, violence, nudity. | John Guillermin Tanya Roberts Ted Wass Donovan Scott Elizabeth of Toro France Zobda |
| 128 | 21st (tie) | Somewhere in Time | 30 | Christopher Reeve Jane Seymour A modern day playwright is bewitched by a ravishing stage beauty he discovers in a 1912 photo. Christopher Reeve (Superman) plays the obsessed young man who wills himself into the past to find, to woo and to win his true love. With Jane Seymour as the turn-of-the-century actress, and Christopher Plummer as her strong-minded manager. |
(PG) | 1:43 | Adult situations, profanity. | Jeannot Szwarc Christopher Reeve Jane Seymour Christopher Plummer Teresa Wright Bill Erwin |
| 129 | 21st (tie) | The Karate Kid Part II (1986) | 30 | RALPH MACCHIO PAT MORITA The Karate Kid, Danny LaRusso, and his mentor, Mr. Miyagi, find they each have lessons to learn in this dramatic sequel to the blockbuster hit. Called to Okinawa by Miyagi's dying father, both master and student face dangerous foes when they get caught in an old feud. Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita team up once again to learn the prize of honor and the power of friendship. |
(PG) | 1:53 | AL, V | John G Avildsen Ralph Macchio Pat Morita Nobu McCarthy Tamlyn Tomita Martin Kove |
| 130 | 21st (tie) | The Return of the Jedi™ | 30 | Mark Hamill Harrison Ford Carrie Fisher The Star Wars™ saga is one of the most popular movie series ever made. The story of Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Princess Leia began with Star Wars™, continued with The Empire Strikes Back™ and comes to a thrilling climax in Return of the Jedi™. The Force is still with our heroes, as they are joined by Chewbacca, R2-D2 and C-3PO in a final, last-ditch effort of [sic] rid the galaxy of The Empire's evil domination. |
(PG) | 2:12 | AS, V | Richard Marquand Mark Hamill Harrison Ford Carrie Fisher Billy Dee Williams Anthony Daniels |
| 131 | 21st (tie) | This is Elvis | 30 | Performance footage and interviews create a candid portrait of the many-sided star from age ten to his death. Here is Elvis on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” in scenes from his movies and performing 38 of his songs. | (PG) | 1:42 | Adult situations, profanity. | Malcolm Leo Andrew Solt David Scott Johnny Harra Rhonda Lyn David Scott |
| 132 | 22nd (tie) | A View to A Kill | 29 | Roger Moore as Agent 007 Christopher Walken Grace Jones Has James Bond finally met his match? Agent 007 takes on an evil genius who is scheming to blow up California's Silicon Valley and corner the world market in microchips. Bond battles brutal assasins and Soviet conspirators, and romances exotic beauties in one of the secret agent's most stunning adventures. Christopher Walken plays his deadly adversary. Grace Jones (Conan the Destroyer) is a lethal gunwoman, equally passionate about murder and lovemaking. With Tanya Roberts. |
(PG) | 2:11 | AS, AL, V | John Glen Roger Moore Christopher Walken Tanya Roberts Grace Jones Patrick Macnee |
| 133 | 22nd (tie) | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | 29 | Steve Martin Rachel Ward Detective movies will never seem the same! Steve Martin, as a deadpan 1940s-style private eye, investigates a murder. Clips from classics with Bogart and others are cleverly integrated into this tongue-in-cheek mystery. (B/W) |
(PG) | 1:28 | Adult situations, language and humor. | Carl Reiner Steve Martin Rachel Ward Carl Reiner Reni Santoni George Gaynes |
| 134 | 22nd (tie) | Harry's War | 29 | Edward Herrmann Geraldine Page Who says you can’t fight the Establishment? Mailman Harry Johnson not only fights the I.R.S. but declares full-scale war. Geraldine Page plays a free spirit whose tax problems propel mild-mannered Harry into comic action. |
(PG) | 1:40 | Adult language. | Kieth Merrill Edward Herrmann Geraldine Page Karen Grassle David Ogden Stiers Salome Jens |
| 135 | 22nd (tie) | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | 29 | HARRISON FORD KATE CAPSHAW Hang on to your hats—Indy's back! The thrill-packed roller coaster that zoomed through Raiders of the Lost Ark™* speeds on, with Harrison Ford as intrepid archaeologist Indiana Jones in this action smash. This time director Steven Spielberg sends Indy on a mission to a forbidden palace, where an evil cult is enslaving children with the power of sacred stones. With nightclub singer Kate Capshaw and a young sidekick, Indy copes with crashing planes, runaway mine cars, death pits and hordes of menacing villains. TM* & © 1984, 1983 Lucasfilm Ltd (LFL). All rights reserved. Used under authorization. |
(PG) | 1:59 | AL, V | Steven Spielberg Harrison Ford Kate Capshaw Ke Huy Quan Amrish Puri Roshan Seth |
| 136 | 22nd (tie) | Kramer vs. Kramer | 29 | Academy Award Winner Dustin Hoffman Meryl Streep A crisis in his marriage forces a husband and father to rearrange his priorities. Winner of five Oscars including Best Picture, this realistic drama stars Dustin Hoffman as the career- consumed New Yorker; Meryl Streep (French Lieutenant's Woman) as a woman seeking fulfillment; and Justin Henry, their six-year-old son. Jane Alexander plays a loyal neighbor. |
(PG) | 1:45 | Adult situations profanity, nudity. | Robert Benton Dustin Hoffman Meryl Streep Justin Henry Jane Alexander Howard Duff |
| 137 | 22nd (tie) | Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 | 29 | Jackie Gleason Jerry Reed Before he retires, the sheriff wants to take on a crazy gamble with two sleazy Texas millionaires, But Smokey never suspects the obstacles, detours and nonstop chases that lie ahead. |
(PG) | 1:25 | Adult language, humor; nudity. | Dick Lowry Jackie Gleason Jerry Reed Colleen Camp Paul Williams |
| 138 | 22nd (tie) | Stroker Ace | 29 | Burt Reynolds Loni Anderson Good ol' Burt Reynolds is burning up the stock car circuit, but can't get past first gear with Loni Anderson in this action-comedy hit. Suckered into a sponsor deal with Chicken Pit Restaurants, Burt squawks at his promotion duties, but figures aide Loni as a fringe benefit. Her resistance fuels the fun while Burt steers toward a wild race agains this rival. Directed by Hal Needham (Smokey and the Bandit). |
(PG) | 1:34 | Adult situations and language, violence. | Hal Needham Burt Reynolds Ned Beatty Jim Nabors Parker Stevenson |
| 139 | 22nd (tie) | Tempest (1982) | 29 | John Cassavetes Gena Rowlands Susan Sarandon An architect turns mid-life crisis into a living fantasy in this romantic romp from director Paul Mazursky (An Unmarried Woman). Restless John Cassavetes trades the fast lane (and wife Gena Rowlands) for a Greek island paradise. Frequent nods to its Shakespearean source enhance this fanciful tale. |
(PG) | 2:26 | Adult situations and language. | Paul Mazursky John Cassavetes Gena Rowlands Susan Sarandon Vittorio Gassman Raul Julia |
| 140 | 22nd (tie) | The King of Comedy | 29 | Robert De Niro Jerry Lewis Dark laughs pepper the drama of a loser's desperate grab for the top. A piercing look at celebrity and fan mania. |
(PG) | 1:49 | Adult language and humor, mild violence. | Martin Scorsese Robert De Niro Jerry Lewis Sandra Bernhart Diahnne Abbott |
| 141 | 22nd (tie) | The Learning Tree | 29 | A bittersweet remembrance of growing up black in a small Southern town. Visual beauty frames this thoughtful, rewarding drama. | (PG) | 1:47 | Mild violence. | Gordon Parks Kyle Johnson Alex Clarke Estelle Evans Dana Elcar |
| 142 | 22nd (tie) | The Legend of the Lone Ranger | 29 | “Hi-yo, Silver!” The legendary masked man and his faithful sidekick Tonto ride again in a thrilling Western adventure, complete with fierce action and a passel of bad guys. The daring hero, played by Klinton Spilsbury, aims his famous silver bullets at the cold-blooded Cavendish gang out to kidnap Ulysses S. Grant (Jason Robards). Lone Ranger™ and Tonto™ are trademarks of Lone Ranger Television, Inc. HBOnly!™ |
(PG) | 1:38 | Profanity, violence. | William A Fraker Klinton Spilsbury Michael Horse Christopher Lloyd Jason Robards Matt Clark |
| 143 | 22nd (tie) | The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper | 29 | Robert Duvall Legendary skyjacker D.B. Cooper parachuted over Oregon with a hot $200,000—sending an insurance detective in rapid pursuit in this fast and funny film. |
(PG) | 1:40 | Adult situations and language, brief nudity. | Roger Spottiswoode Treat Williams Robert Duvall Kathryn Harrold Ed Flanders Paul Gleason |
| 144 | 22nd (tie) | Twilight Zone — The Movie | 29 | Vic Morrow Scatman Crothers Kathleen Quinlan John Lithgow Dim the lights. Sit back. Relax. You are about to enter a strange world where time and space converge. Directors John Landis (Trading Places), Steven Spielberg (E.T.), Joe Dante (The Howling) and George Miller (The Road Warrior) pay homage to Rod Serling's landmark TV series with four eerie stories of fantasy and horror. |
(PG) | 1:41 | Adult language, violence. | John Landis Steven Spielberg Joe Dante George Miller Vic Morrow Kathleen Quinlan John Lithgow Dan Aykroyd Albert Brooks |
| 145 | 23rd (tie) | Annie (1982) | 28 | HBOnly!™ Albert Finney Carol Burnett Bernadette Peters America's beloved comic strip orphan will win new hearts in this joyful musical about a child with the courage to dream and a grown man who has everything except someone to love. Director John Huston's movie version of the Broadway hit stars Carol Burnett as the wicked warden of the orphanage; Albert Finney is Daddy Warbucks and Aileen Quinn plays Annie. Now showing on HBO and on no other national pay-cable TV service. |
(PG) | 2:09 | Adult language. | John Huston Albert Finney Carol Burnett Bernadette Peters Ann Reinking Tim Curry |
| 146 | 23rd (tie) | Baby Blue Marine | 28 | Jan-Michael Vincent Washed out of boot camp in WWII, a marine misfit finds adventure on the home front. Jan-Michael Vincent plays the sensitive recruit involved in a bizarre experience on his way home. Glynnis O'Connor co-stars. Richard Gere, in an early role, plays a battle-hardened marine. With Katherine Helmond (Brazil). |
(PG) | 1:26 | AS, AL | John D Hancock Jan-Michael Vincent Glynnis O'Connor Katherine Helmond Richard Gere Dana Elcar |
| 147 | 23rd (tie) | Back to the Future | 28 | Christopher Lloyd Michael J.Fox Here's one of the funniest, most exciting time-travel fantasies ever! Michael J. Fox (Family Ties) is an ‘80s teen who accidentally zooms back to the nifty 50s—and almost uncreates himself by disrupting the romance between his teen parents-to-be. Nominated for four 1985 Oscars®, including Best Original Screenplay. With Lea Thompson. |
(PG) | 1:56 | AS, AL, MV | Robert Zemeckis Michael J Fox Christopher Lloyd Lea Thompson Crispin Glover Thomas F Wilson |
| 148 | 23rd (tie) | Breaker Morant | 28 | Bryan Brown In this powerful Oscar-nominated drama, set in Africa during the Boer War, three Australian officers are accused of murder. Their compelling court-martial raises questions about the nature of justice. You may not have caught this “sleeper” at your local theater, but it's one HBO highly recommends. |
(PG) | 1:47 | Profanity, violence. | Bruce Beresford Edward Woodward Jack Thompson John Waters Bryan Brown Charles Tingwell |
| 149 | 23rd (tie) | Coast to Coast | 28 | Sparks fly from New York to California as a dizzy runaway wife and a scrappy truck driver are targets of a wild cross-country chase. Dyan Cannon (Honeysuckle Rose) and Robert Blake are an exciting pair in this raucous romantic comedy with car-crash, fistfight action. | (PG) | 1:34 | Adult situations and language, violence. | Joseph Sargent Dyan Cannon Robert Blake Quinn Redeker Michael Lerner Maxine Stuart |
| 150 | 23rd (tie) | Convoy | 28 | Ali MacGraw Kris Kristofferson A sophisticated photo-journalist, accidentally caught in the midst of a truckers’ revolt, becomes involved with the rebellion leader. Ali MacGraw and Kris Kristoferson co-star in this drama of the men who drive the giant rigs across America’s highways. Action director Sam Peckinpah provides lots of rousing fights, chases and crashes. |
(PG) | 1:50 | Adult language. | Sam Peckinpah Kris Kristofferson Ali MacGraw Ernest Borgnine Burt Young Madge Sinclair |
| 151 | 23rd (tie) | Iceman | 28 | Timothy Hutton Lindsay Crouse A prehistoric man, frozen for 40,000 years in the Arctic, has some big surprises for scientists when he comes back to life in a modern lab. |
(PG) | 1:41 | Adult language, violence. | Fred Schepisi Timothy Hutton Lindsay Crouse John Lone Josef Sommer David Strathairn |
| 152 | 23rd (tie) | Jimmy the Kid | 28 | Gary Coleman In a wild comedy, a precocious 12-year-old becomes the kidnapping target of bungling crooks. |
(PG) | 1:28 | Adult language, mild violence. | Gary Nelson Gary Coleman Paul Le Mat Dee Wallace Ruth Gordon Pat Morita |
| 153 | 23rd (tie) | Mannequin (1987) | 28 | ANDREW McCARTHY KIM CATTRALL He's a dreamer, she's a living doll, and their romance makes this the perfect comedy valentine. Andrew McCarthy plays a store window decorator who falls in love with one of his mannequins. When she comes seductively to life, she also gives a boost to his career. But their bliss is threatened by his nasty ex-girlfriend and a sleazy store exec. |
(PG) | 1:30 | AL | Michael Gottlieb Andrew McCarthy Kim Cattrall Estelle Getty G W Bailey James Spader |
| 154 | 23rd (tie) | Mystery Mansion | 28 | Ancient mysteries surface in a family home as a young girl and her brother search for missing treasure. Where is the strongbox left there during the Gold Rush? | (PG) | 1:35 | Mild violence. | David Mitchell Doug McClure Glynis Johns Diane Ladd Alan Fudge Aubrey Morris |
| 155 | 23rd (tie) | Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol | 28 | STEVE GUTTENBERG Yes, the boobs in blue are back, bringing law and a lot of disorder to their beat. Now they're trying to start a neighborhood patrol, training teenage skateboarders, little old ladies and minor offenders as volunter aides. Crime fighting may never be the same! Steve Guttenberg leads the pack as likeable Mahoney. |
(PG) | 1:27 | AL | Jim Drake Steve Guttenberg Bubba Smith Michael Winslow David Graf Marion Ramsey Leslie Easterbrook |
| 156 | 23rd (tie) | Romantic Comedy (1983) | 28 | Dudley Moore Mary Steenburgen When a witty New York playwright collaborates with a small-town teacher, can romance be far behind? Dudley Moore and Mary Steenburgen (Cross Creek) are the writing partners who try to avoid the inevitable entanglement while turning out hit after hit. A lively film version of the Broadway comedy. |
(PG) | 1:43 | Adult situations, language, humor. | Arthur Hiller Dudley Moore Mary Steenburgen Frances Sternhagen Janet Eilber |
| 157 | 23rd (tie) | Roxanne (1987) | 28 | STEVE MARTIN DARYL HANNAH Follow your nose to one of the funniest feel-good hits of recent times, as Steve Martin updates the classic Cyranostory into an uproarious romantic comedy hit. Small-town fire chief Martin is smart, funny and tough—and blessedwith a stupendous nose. He's in love with gorgeous new girl in town Roxanne (Daryl Hannah), but she only has eyes for a brick-brained hunk. What's a guy to do? Rick Rossovich, Shelley Duvall. |
(PG) | 1:47 | AS, AL | Fred Schepisi Steve Martin Daryl Hannah Shelley Duvall John Kapelos Michael J Pollard |
| 158 | 23rd (tie) | Ruckus | 28 | Linda Blair The arrival of a shell-shocked Vietnam veteran soon ruffles the calm of a sleepy Alabama town. Dirk Benedict stars as the road-weary loner who can kill with his barehands. Among the townspeople in the gritty drama: Linda Blair and Ben Johnson. |
(PG) | 1:37 | Adult situations and language, profanity, violence. | Max Kleven Dirk Benedict Linda Blair Ben Johnson Matt Clark Richard Farnsworth |
| 159 | 23rd (tie) | Six Pack | 28 | Kenny Rogers An itinerant stock car driver finds himself hooked up with six clever, mischievous young orphans. Popular country/western singer Kenny Rogers stars in the high-speed, lighthearted comedy as the driver who tries to reverse a losing streak. Rogers also sings the theme song. |
(PG) | 1:37 | Adult situations, language, mild violence. | Daniel Petrie Kenny Rogers Diane Lane Erin Gray Barry Corbin Terry Kiser |
| 160 | 23rd (tie) | Starman (1984) | 28 | JEFF BRIDGES KAREN ALLEN He came to Earth looking for a new world...and found love. Jeff Bridges is the magical alien who crashlands right into the life of widow Karen Allen. Chased by government agents, the pair trek — cross-country toward a spaceship rendezvous. A wondrous mix of sci-fi, romance and special effects. |
(PG) | 1:55 | AS, AL, V | John Carpenter Jeff Bridges Karen Allen Charles Martin Smith Richard Jaeckel Tony Edwards |
| 161 | 23rd (tie) | Strange Invaders | 28 | Paul LeMat Nancy Allen A bizarre thriller with a light touch of satire! Outer space creatures resembling those of the '50s sci-fi adventures are winding up their 25-year study of Earth in Centerville, Illinois. But they're not quite through when a New Yorker comes to town to find his missing ex-wife. With Diana Scarwid. |
(PG) | 1:29 | Adult language, violence. | Michael Laughlin Paul Le Mat Nancy Allen Diana Scarwid Louise Fletcher |
| 162 | 23rd (tie) | Take This Job and Shove It | 28 | Robert Hays Art Carney Barbara Hershey Blue-collar workers stand up to brewery bosses in an earthy, fast-paced comedy. Returning to his Iowa home- town to boost output, young exec Robert Hays (Airplane!) runs into an old girlfriend, Barbara Hershey. Cast includes Johnny Paycheck, who sang the title song on four million records. HBOnly!™ |
(PG) | 1:40 | Adult situations and humor, profanity, nudity. | Gus Trikonis Robert Hays Art Carney Barbara Hershey Martin Mull David Keith |
| 163 | 23rd (tie) | The In-Laws | 28 | Peter Falk Alan Arkin Anything goes in this mad-cap comedy adventure as in-laws become outlaws. The mysterious, loony father of the groom involves the dentist dad of the bride in a conspiracy carrying them from Washington rooftops to a banana republic. Peter Falk and Alan Arkin are hilarious as the mismatched pair. Sidesplitting… wonderful comedy of errors(New York Times) |
(PG) | 1:43 | Mile obscenities. | Arthur Hiller Peter Falk Alan Arman Richard Libertini Nancy Dussault Ed Begley Jr |
| 164 | 23rd (tie) | The Natural (1984) | 28 | June Movie Exclusive! [1985] Robert Redford Robert Duvall Glenn Close Roy Hobbs is the stuff of legend. He knows he has it in him to be the greatest baseball player of all time. But unexpected forces stand in his way. Robert Redford gives an outstanding performance as the farm boy wanting no more from life than to play ball. A drama in a league of its own! |
(PG) | 2:18 | AS, AL, V | Barry Levinson Robert Redford Glenn Close Robert Duvall Kim Basinger Wilford Brimley |
| 165 | 23rd (tie) | The Prize Fighter | 28 | Tim Conway Don Knotts An inept boxer and his faithful trainer get dangerously involved with gangsters fixing fights in a knockout of a comedy. Tim Conway, master of mayhem, is a fighter with a perfect record: 20 fights, 20 knockouts, 20 losses. Don Knotts is Shake, the trainer urging him along the comeback trail in the tough fight game of the Depression ‘30s. |
(PG) | 1:39 | Profanity. | Michael Preece Tim Conway Don Knotts David Wayne Mary Wickes Carl Ballantine |
| 166 | 23rd (tie) | To Be or Not To Be | 28 | Mel Brooks Anne Bancroft Two funny favorites co-star for the first time in a comedy set in WWII Poland. Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft play a hammy theatrical director and his wife who try to protect the underground movement from the Germans. With Oscar nominee Charles Durning. |
(PG) | 1:47 | Adult language, mild violence. | Alan Johnson Mel Brooks Anne Bancroft Tim Matheson Charles Durning |
| 167 | 23rd (tie) | Wholly Moses! | 28 | Dudley Moore Richard Pryor Hollywood’s biblical epics take a comic pummeling in this saga of Herschel, an unsung rival of Moses. Holy Land tourists Dudley Moore (“10”) and Laraine Newman stumble on a lost text and become transformed into his characters. A top cast features Richard Pryor as a feisty pharaoh, John Ritter and Dom DeLuise. |
(PG) | 1:44 | Adult situations, language , humor. | Gary Weis Dudley Moore Laraine Newman James Coco Paul Sand Richard Pryor |
| 168 | 23rd (tie) | Yellowbeard | 28 | Cheech & Chong Marty Feldman Madeline Kahn James Mason John Cleese Swashbuckling silliness sails forth as an all-star cast takes aim at seagoing traditions. Graham Chapman (“Monty Python’) plays an aging scourge of the briny sea. |
(PG) | 1:32 | Adult language and humor, violence, nudity. | Mel Damski Graham Chapman Peter Boyle Cheech Marin Martin Hewitt |
| 169 | 24th (tie) | Oh, God!Book II |
27 | George Burns One of America’s most appealing actors returns in his role as "The Deity." George Burns is delightful as the Visitor from above trying to set his earthly house in order. While charming a cute youngster into spreading his message, he leads her into one hilarious predicament after another. Louanne plays his emissary; Suzanne Pleshette and David Birney are her parents. |
(PG) | 1:35 | Adult humor. | Gilbert Cates George Burns Suzanne Pleshette David Birney Louanne Howard Howard Duff oh god |
| 170 | 24th (tie) | 2010: The Year We Make Contact | 27 | Roy Scheider John Lithgow Dazzling special effects highlight this continuation of 2001:A Space Odyssey, as the spaceship “Discovery” falls into a dangerous orbit near Jupiter. Can a joint U.S. and Soviet probe save the spacecraft and its on-board computer, HAL 9000? The adversary scientists work together while the superpowers on Earth edge closer to nuclear war. Roy Scheider heads the American crew. |
(PG) | 1:56 | AL, MV | Peter Hyams Roy Scheider John Lithgow Helen Mirren Bob Balaban Keir Dullea |
| 171 | 24th (tie) | Amityville: The Demon | 27 | Tony Roberts Tess Harper Long Island's infamous house of horror claims new victims in a terrifying tale of evil possession. When a skeptical journalist buys the house as an ideal spot for writing a book, he ignores all warnings about powerful forces still lurking in the basement. Avoyage into gripping terror! |
(PG) | 1:33 | Adult situations, language; violence. | Tony Roberts Tess Harper Robert Joy Candy Clark |
| 172 | 24th (tie) | Best Friends | 27 | Goldie Hawn Burt Reynolds Two Hollywood screenwriters who have lived and worked together for years find their lives taking some surprising turns after they marry. Burt Reynolds and Goldie Hawn star in the original, offbeat comedy of newlyweds facing conjugal complications when they visit their eccentric in-laws back East. Jessica Tandy co-stars as Goldie's dotty mother; Keenan Wynn plays Burt's father. |
(PG) | 1:49 | Adult situations and language, brief nudity. | Norman Jewison Burt Gold Julie Andrews Richard Mulligan Jessica Tandy Keenan Wynn |
| 173 | 24th (tie) | Caveman (1981) | 27 | A 98-pound prehistoric weakling lusts for a voluptuous cavewoman in this playful romp. Former Beatle Ringo Starr leads his tribe in man’s first jam session when he’s not out chasing curvaceous Barbara Bach. Dennis Quaid and Shelley Long, as the girl-in-the-cave-next-door, co-star in the outrageous fun. Off-the-wall special effects. | (PG) | 1:31 | Adult situations. | Carl Gottlieb Ringo Starr Dennis Quaid Shelley Long Barbara Bach Jack Gilford |
| 174 | 24th (tie) | Eddie Macon's Run | 27 | HBO SLEEPER Kirk Douglas Time is running out for a con whose prison break leads to a grueling manhunt, led by tough cop Kirk Douglas. Here's a chance to see a movie that HBO highly recommends. |
(PG) | 1:31 | Adult language, brief nudity, violence, rape. | Jeff Kanew Kirk Douglas John Schneider Lee Purcell Leah Ayres |
| 175 | 24th (tie) | For Your Eyes Only | 27 | Roger Moore as James Bond Agent 007 is back in a super adventure full of evil men, wicked women and brilliant Bond gadgets. Roger Moore tries to save a nuclear-sub activating device from getting to the Russians. With Carole Bouquet. |
(PG) | 2:08 | Adult situations, violence. | John Glen Roger Moore Carole Bouquet Topol Lynn-Holly Johnson Julian Glover |
| 176 | 24th (tie) | Gremlins (1984) | 27 | Phoebe Cates Hoyt Axton Whatever you do, don't spill water on them...and don't feed them after midnight! Steven Spielberg produced this blockbuster comedy/horror hit, an evil fairy tale about a small town besieged by hordes of nasty little creatures out to destroy everything and everyone in sight. Special effects take center stage, as the marauding gremlins grow, multiply and wreak havoc. Zach Galligan co-stars. |
(PG) | 1:46 | AS, AL, V | Joe Dante Zach Galligan Phoebe Cates Hoyt Axton Polly Holliday Frances Lee McCain |
| 177 | 24th (tie) | Hammett | 27 | Frederic Forrest Legendary crime novelist Dashiell Hammett becomes involved in a blackmail case resembling his own fiction. |
(PG) | 1:37 | Adult situations, language; violence; brief nudity. | Wim Wenders Frederic Forrest Peter Boyle Marilu Henner Roy Kinnear |
| 178 | 24th (tie) | Harry and the Hendersons | 27 | JOHN LITHGOW DON AMECHE What looks like a shag rug and is over seven feet tall? Give up? It's the Henderson's new house pet! Harryis what they call the legendary Bigfoot, whom they bring back from a camping trip. What's it like living with him? Well, he's big, smelly and clumsy—but so full of charm that soon he's just like one of the family. |
(PG) | 1:51 | AL, MV | William Dear John Lithwood Melinda Dillon Margaret Langrick Don Ameche David Suchet |
| 179 | 24th (tie) | Hoosiers | 27 | GENE HACKMAN BARBARA HERSHEY DENNIS HOPPER Homespun drama and wonderful performances make this hit a rousing, heartwarming experience(Newsweek). Gene Hackman stars as a basketball coach, plagued by a scandal in hsi past, who moves to a small Indiana town—and guides the underdog high school team to a state championship. A beautifully filmed, affectionate look at heartland America in the 1950s. Dennis Hopper's portrayal of the town drunk earned a 1986 Oscar® nomination as Best Supporting Actor. |
(PG) | 1:55 | AS | David Anspaugh Gene Hackman Barbara Hershey Dennis Hopper Sheb Wooley Jim Kerwin |
| 180 | 24th (tie) | Little Miss Marker | 27 | Walter Matthau Julie Andrews Left as an IOU for a gambling debt, a charming six- year-old girl tries to soften the heart of a grouchy bookie. Walter Matthau runs his betting operation in a candy store. Julie Andrews, a socialite down on her luck, Bob Newhart and Sara Stimson co-star in this romantic holiday entertainment. |
(PG) | 1:43 | Profanity. | Walter Bernstein Walter Matthau Julie Andrews Tony Curtis Bob Newhart Sara Stimson |
| 181 | 24th (tie) | Neil Simon's Chapter Two | 27 | James Caan Marsha Mason The joys of life after 30 and love after separation are at the heart of this warm, amusing drama. Adapted by Neil Simon from his autobiographical Broadway success, the film stars Jams Can as a newly widowed novelist adjusting in a second marriage to newly divorced Marsha Mason (an Oscar-nominee performance). Valerie Harper and Joseph Bologna are involved in a comic subplot. Tender, compassionate and gently humorous all at once(Variety) |
(PG) | 2:06 | Adult siutations and language. | Robert Moore James Caan Marsha Mason Joseph Bologna Valerie Harper Charles Grodin |
| 182 | 24th (tie) | Protocol (1984) | 27 | Goldie Hawn A cocktail waitress sets Washington's diplomatic corps on its ear in this breezy comedy. Mistakenly sent to the Mideast as an envoy for the State Department, the irrepressible Goldie promptly lands in a harem and triggers a revolution! |
(PG) | 1:35 | AL, V | Herbert Ross Goldie Hawn Chris Sarandon Richard Romanus Andre Gregory Gail Strickland |
| 183 | 24th (tie) | Raiders of the Lost Ark™ | 27 | Harrison Ford Karen Allen One of the most ingenious movies of all time, this high-action adventure is pure, old-fashioned entertainment. American archeologist Indiana Jones™ searches the world for the elusive Ark of the Covenant, but will he find it before the Nazis do? Will it really contain supernatural powers? George Lucas’ box-office hit was directed by Steven Spielberg (E.T.). Karen Allen adds a perky touch of romance. |
(PG) | 1:57 | Adult language, violence. | Steven Spielberg Harrison Ford Karen Allen Paul Freeman Ronald Lacey |
| 184 | 24th (tie) | Reds (1981) | 27 | Warren Beatty Diane Keaton Jack Nicholson A world torn by war and revolution is the epic setting for a romance between an idealistic American journalist and a woman who feels compelled to prove herself his equal. Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton star as the early 20th century radicals John Reed and Louise Bryant: Jack Nicholson plays the dramatist Eugene O'Neill, and Maureen Stapleton turns in an Oscar winning performance as leftist Emma Goldman. Nominated for 12 Academy Awards. |
(PG) | 3:19 | Adult situations and language, violence. | Warren Beatty Warren Beatty Diane Keaton Edward Herrmann Jerzy Kosinski Jack Nicholson |
| 185 | 24th (tie) | Romancing the Stone | 27 | Michael Douglas Kathleen Turner A treasure hunt deep in the jungles of South America makes for non-stop action and romance in this slam-bang adventure comedy. Kathleen Turner (Body Heat) stars as a timid writer of romance novels who has never found a man to match her two-fisted, swashbuckling heroes. Michael Douglas, as a soldier of fortune, just might be what she’s been looking for. |
(PG) | 1:46 | Adult situations and language, violence. | Robert Zemeckis Michael Douglas Kathleen Turner Danny DeVito Zack Norman Alfonso Arau |
| 186 | 24th (tie) | Running Brave | 27 | Robby Benson The struggle of American Indian athlete Billy Mills, who rose from a South Dakota reservation to become a long shot at the '64 Olympics, is one of the sports world's most stirring dramas. Benson plays the distance runner who overcame prejudice and training problems to make the team at Tokyo. |
(PG) | 1:47 | Adult situations, mild violence, brief nudity. | D.S. Everett Robby Benson Pat Hingle Claudia Cron Jeff McCracken August Schellenberg |
| 187 | 24th (tie) | Savage Harvest | 27 | A pride of lions in Kenya turn into blood thirsty man-eaters. Safari leader Tom Skerritt (Alien) must warn his estranged wife of the danger. An adventure based on an actual event. | (PG) | 1:26 | Profanity, violence. | Robert Collins Tom Cherones Morgan Paull Michelle Phillips David Selby Cathey Paine |
| 188 | 24th (tie) | Steel (1979) | 27 | Lee Majors Jennifer O'Neill Ten daredevil construction workers race against time, hanging iron40 floors high in this pounding drama. After her father plunges to his death, tough Jennifer O'Neill steps in to run the operation and top out a skyscraper before a critical deadline. Lee Majors and George Kennedy co-star. |
(PG) | 1:41 | Steve Carver Lee Majors Jennifer O'Neill Art Carney George Kennedy Harris Yulin | |
| 189 | 24th (tie) | Steven Spielberg Presents: Innerspace | 27 | DENNIS QUAID MARTIN SHORT Here's one of last year's biggest hits, produced by Steven Spielberg and directed by Joe Dante (Gremlins)! Test pilot Tuck Pendleton (Dennis Quaid) is off on the biggest adventure of his life. He's part of a secret experiment to shrink him and his ship to microscopic size and inject him into a lab rabbit. But he ends up inside a nerdy supermarket cashier (Martin Short) instead! |
(PG) | 2:00 | AS, AL, MV, BN | Joe Dante Dennis Quaid Martin Short Meg Ryan Kevin McCarthy Fiona Lewis |
| 190 | 24th (tie) | Swing Shift | 27 | Goldie Hawn Kurt Russell Christine Lahti A happily married woman gets caught in a comical triangle when she takes a job on a WWII assembly line. Goldie Hawn is the riveter left to fend for herself after her husband heads for the battle front. With Oscar nominee Christine Lahti as Goldie's sassy friend. |
(PG) | 1:40 | Adult situations, language; mild violence. | Jonathan Demme Goldie Hawn Kurt Russell Christine Lahti Fred Ward Ed Harris |
| 191 | 24th (tie) | Tex (1982) | 27 | Matt Dillon. Meg Tilly Growing up in rural Oklahoma isn’t easy for the adolescent McCormick brothers. Matt Dillon plays vulnerable, 15-year-old Tex, whose coming of age takes him into a world of drugs, alcohol and crime. A funny stirring drama adapted from the popular novel by S.E, Hinton (Rumble Fish, The Outsiders). |
(PG) | 1:43 | Adult situations and language, mild violence | Tim Hunter Matt Dillon Jim Metzler Meg Tilly Bill McKinney Frances Lee McCain |
| 192 | 24th (tie) | The Last Chase | 27 | Lee Majors Chris Makepeace All cars are ordered off the roads when America runs out of oil. Ex-auto racer Lee Majors salvages his prized Porsche for a trek to California where renegade drivers still run free. Chris Makepeace and Burgess Meredith co-star in this sci-fi action drama. |
(PG) | 1:41 | Adult situations, language; violence, nudity. | Martyn Burke Lee Majors Burgess Meredith Chris Makepeace Alexandra Stewart George Touliatos |
| 193 | 24th (tie) | Victor/Victoria | 27 | Julie Andrews James Garner Robert Preston When a down-on-her-luck entertainer poses in drag, she (he!) becomes an instant nightclub success. Then the fun begins. Sever Oscar nominations mark this star-studded comedy sparkling with music and romance. |
(PG) | 2:14 | Adult situations, language. | Blake Edwards Julie Andrews James Garner Robert Preston Lesley Ann Warren Alex Karras |
| 194 | 25th (tie) | Bite the Bullet | 26 | Gene Hackman Candice Bergen Eight courageous riders (seven men and one woman) test their endurance in a rugged, turn-of-the-century race across the Southwest badlands. Candice Bergen and ex-Rough Riders James Coburn and Gene Hackman battle for bullets, saddle sores and each other for the prize money. |
(PG) | 2:11 | Adult language. | Richard Brooks Gene Hackman James Coburn Candice Bergen Ben Johnson Ian Bannen |
| 195 | 25th (tie) | Bronco Billy | 26 | Clint Eastwood Meet the trick-shooting, trick-riding star of his own Wild West Show—Bronco Billy, who's almost too good to be true. And so is the movie with its different, charming role for Clint Eastwood, When Sondra Locke reluctantly joins this ragtag circus, the trouble starts, And so does the fun, as good conquers evil after all. Or does it? Eastwood's most enjoyable film in years(Chicago Tribune) |
(PG) | 1:56 | Adult situations and language. | Clint Eastwood Clint Eastwood Sondra Locke Geoffrey Lewis Scatman Crothers Sam Bottoms |
| 196 | 25th (tie) | Close Encounters of the Third Kind The Special Edition | 26 | One of the most thrilling films of all time is enhanced by new special effects, added mystery and visual answers previously left to the imagination. Richard Dreyfuss and Melinda Dilion are memorable as Hoosiers trying to cope with unbelievable experiences. Steven Spielberg wrote and directed this sci-fi masterpiece, awarded two Oscars and nominated for seven others. Even better .. .a terrific film fine-tuned into a wondrous one(Newsweek) [Note: In the Jan and Feb '81 Guides, the runtime for the movie is listed as 2:19, and in April of '81 it's listed as 2:13, but in every other guide it appears in it shows a runtime of 2:12 for the Special Edition, which is accurate.-JS] |
(PG) | 2:12 | Profanity, adult situations. | Steven Spielberg Richard Dreyfuss François Truffaut Teri Garr Melinda Dillon Cary Guffey |
| 197 | 25th (tie) | Conan the Destroyer | 26 | Arnold Schwarzenegger The beefy comic strip hero returns in a boisterous sequel to Conan the Barbarian. Arnold Schwarzenegger locks horns with glamorous gladiator Grace Jones and towering bodyguard Wilt Chamberlain. A he-man hit! |
(PG) | 1:42 | Violence. | Richard Fleischer Arnold Schwarzenegger Grace Jones Olivia d'Abo Mako Tracey Walter |
| 198 | 25th (tie) | Country (1984) | 26 | Sam Shepard Jessica Lange Threatened with foreclosure of her farm, a strong willed woman fights heartless banks, the government and brutal nature to keep the land for herself and her family. Oscar nominee Jessica Lange gives a powerful performance as the flinty Iowa woman in this compelling drama of America’s heartland. |
(PG) | 1:50 | AL, V | Richard Pearce Jessica Lange Sam Shepard Wilford Brimley Matt Clark Therese Graham |
| 199 | 25th (tie) | Every Which Way But Loose | 26 | Clint Eastwood One of Hollywood's most popular stars changes pace in this comedy-action drama. Clint Eastwood is Philo Beddoe, an easy-going truck driver and the best barroom brawler in the San Fernando Valley. Sondra Locke co-stars as a would-be recording artist. But Clyde, a precoccious pet orangutan, almost steals the show. Great music from Beverly D'Angelo, Mel Tillis and Charlie Rich. |
(PG) | 1:54 | Profanity, nudity, violence. | James Fargo Clint Eastwood Sondra Locke Geoffrey Lewis Beverly D'Angelo Ruth Gordon |
| 200 | 25th (tie) | Force 10 From Navarone (aka Force Ten From Navarone) | 26 | Robert Shaw Epic adventure continuing the exploits of two veterans of The Guns of Navarone, Robert Shaw is Mallory, battle-scarred British commando; Edward Fox, the demolitions expert, Miller. Harrison Ford (Han Solo of Star Wars) leads the international military force on an impossible mission in the Yugoslav mountains. Barbara Bach plays a partisan spy. Great special effects. |
(PG) | 2:00 | Violence | Guy Hamilton Robert Shaw Harrison Ford Barbara Bach Edward Fox Franco Nero |
| 201 | 25th (tie) | Hooper (1978) | 26 | Burt Reynolds Sally Field Nobody can fly a car like Hooper! Burt Reynolds takes off as an aging but high-flying stunt man with more than a few good spills yet to take. Lots of daredevil antics as Jan Michael Vincent challenges Burt's status. With Sally Field as his girl and Brian Keith as his mentor, Burt is at his best in this delightful action comedy. |
(PG) | 1:39 | Profanity, adult situations. | Hal Needham Burt Reynolds Jan-Michael Vincent Sally Field |
| 202 | 25th (tie) | It Came From Hollywood | 26 | Today's comics, including Dan Aykroyd, Gilda Radner and Cheech and Chong, narrate the segments of this wacky compilation of clips from more than 90 of the most outrageous movies ever made. | (PG) | 1:20 | Adult language and humor. | Malcolm Leo Dana Olsen Dan Aykroyd John Candy Gilda Radner |
| 203 | 25th (tie) | Lion of the Desert | 26 | Anthony Quinn Oliver Reed Rod Steiger John Gielgud In a sweeping epic, a guerrilla rebel leads North African Bedouins in revolt against Mussolini’s brutal invaders. Two-time Oscar winner Anthony Quinn rallies hard-riding desert horsemen against the well-armed Italian troops. With Oliver Reed, John Gielgud (Arthur) and Rod Steiger. |
(PG) | 2:46 | Graphic violence. | Moustapha Akkad Anthony Quinn Oliver Reed Rod Steiger John Gielgud Raf Vallone |
| 204 | 25th (tie) | Martin Rosen's Production of Richard Adams's Watership Down | 26 | This already classic bestseller comes to the screen creating a fantastic fantasy world. Join brilliant, animated characters in their search for a home far from bulldozers and vicious animal foes. Voices of Sir Ralph Richardson, John Hurt and Zero Mostel (as a daffy seagull). Art Garfunkel sings the theme in this delightful tale for all ages.Very exciting, often very funny and entirely enchanting(Los Angeles Times) |
(PG) | 1:32 | Violence. | Martin Rosen John Hurt Richard Briers Michael Graham Cox John Bennett Simon Cadell |
| 205 | 25th (tie) | Massacre in Rome | 26 | Richard Burton and Marcello Mastroianni play a soldier and a priest who take opposing sides of a moral dilemma in this crackling war drama. | (PG) | 1:43 | Adult situations and language, violence. | George P. Cosmatos Richard Burton Marcello Mastroianni Leo McKern John Steiner |
| 206 | 25th (tie) | Nothing in Common (1986) | 26 | TOM HANKS JACKIE GLEASON A powerhouse cast shares punch lines and sad times in this knockout comedy/drama with heart. Slick adman Tom Hanks has nothing in common with dad Jackie Gleason. Then mom Eva Marie Saint calls it quits after 36 rocky years of marriage. Can fast-living Hanks slow down long enough to realize what's important to him? |
(PG) | 1:59 | AS, AL, BN | Garry Marshall Tom Hanks Jackie Gleason Eva Marie Saint Hector Elizondo Bess Armstrong |
| 207 | 25th (tie) | Over the Top (1987) | 26 | SYLVESTER STALLONE ROBERT LOGGIA Lincoln Hawk is an American original. An indepdendent big-rig driver, he lives and dreams in his 18 wheeler. There are only two things in life he wants: to heal a breach with his young son and win the World Arm-Wrestling Championship. When Sylvester Stallone realizes the strength of his competitors, can his force of will put him over the top? |
(PG) | 1:30 | AL, V | Menahem Golan Sylvester Stallone Robert Loggia Susan Blakely Rick Zumwalt David Mendenhall |
| 208 | 25th (tie) | Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986) | 26 | Steve Guttenberg The boneheads in blue are back! In their third mad caper, the loony crimebusters face their toughest, funniest assignment. They try to save their own beloved academy from being forced to close. An outragous battle is on when Commandant Lassard's half-wits pull out all the stops against the enemy. Returning veterans include Bubba Smith and Michael Winslow. |
(PG) | 1:24 | AS, AH, MV | Jerry Paris Steve Guttenberg Bubba Smith David Graf Michael Winslow Marion Ramsey |
| 209 | 25th (tie) | Popeye (1980) | 26 | Robin Williams Shelley Duvall The squint-eyed sailor of the comic strip comes to life on the screen, Robin Williams stars in this high-spirited comedy with music. Shelley Duvall is bean pole Olive Oyl. |
(PG) | 1:54 | Adult language, mild violence. | Robert Altman Robin Williams Shelley Duvall Ray Walston Paul Dooley Paul L Smith |
| 210 | 25th (tie) | Project X (1987) | 26 | MATTHEW BRODERICK HELEN HUNT It's man and chimp against the military in this heartwarming adventure movie. Young Air Force pilot Matthew Broderick discovers that the intelligent monkeys he's training and caring for are being killed off in a top-secret government radiation experiment—and his favorite, Virgil, is next on the list! with Helen Hunt. |
(PG) | 1:47 | AL, MV | Jonathan Kaplan Matthew Broderick Helen Hunt William Sadler Johnny Ray McGhee Jonathan Stark |
| 211 | 25th (tie) | Same Time, Next Year | 26 | Ellen Burstyn. Alan Alda She’s a young housewife from California, he’s an accountant from New Jersey. They meet accidentally in a romantic little inn, become lovers and return annually for 26 years—all the while happily married to other people. Ellen Burstyn and Alan Alda star in this comedy with great insight into the joys, problems and changes of a long, loving relationship, married or not. |
(PG) | 1:59 | Adult humor and relationships. | Robert Mulligan Ellen Burstyn Alan Alda Ivan Bonar Bernie Kuby Charles White |
| 212 | 25th (tie) | Short Circuit (1986) | 26 | STEVE GUTTENBERG ALLY SHEEDY A robot on the loose generates comedy mayhem in this sweet and sunny adventure. Number 5is a secret weapon created by Stever Guttenberg, When it (he?) escapes, soft touch Ally Sheedy takes him in, short circuilts and all. Number 5 is almost human, but he's dead meat—er, metal—if the military meanies catch him! |
(PG) | 1:39 | AL, MV | John Badham Ally Sheedy Steve Guttenberg Fisher Stevens Austin Pendleton G W Bailey |
| 213 | 25th (tie) | Something Wicked This Way Comes | 26 | Jason Robards stars in this Ray Bradbury thriller of a sinister carnival that wreaks havoc on a placid IIlinois community. With Jonathan Pryce (Brazil) and Diane Ladd. | (PG) | 1:31 | AS, V | Jack Clayton Jason Robards Jonathan Pryce Diane Ladd Pam Grier Royal Dano |
| 214 | 25th (tie) | Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone | 26 | Peter Strauss A gutsy adventurer takes on the nastiest bunch of space baddies you've ever seen. The sci-fi saga takes off when our hero, eyeing a big reward, pursues three kidnapped beauties trapped on a plague-riddled planet With Molly Ringwald. |
(PG) | 1:29 | Adult language, violence. | Lamont Johnson Peter Strauss Molly Ringwald Ernie Hudson Andrea Marcovicci |
| 215 | 25th (tie) | Superman IV: The Quest for Peace | 26 | CHRISTOPHER REEVE GENE HACKMAN America’s favorite super hero takes to the skies to battle a super villain in his latest adventure. Christopher Reeve once again stars as the Man of Steel, taking on deadly Nuclear Man in Metropolis, China and outer space. Gene Hackman plays Lex Luthor. |
(PG) | 1:30 | AL, V | Sidney J Furie Christopher Reeve Gene Hackman Margot Kidder Jackie Cooper Marc McClure |
| 216 | 25th (tie) | The Big Red One | 26 | Lee Marvin Mark Hamill No ordinary war film, this tense saga concentrates on WWII action of one tough sergeant and four raw Army recruits. Lee Marvin is the combat veteran who leads his battalion of young soldiers into toughening battle. Co-starring Mark Hamill (Star Wars), Robert Carradine, Bobby De Cicco, Kelly Ward and Stephane Audran. Takes its place in the great tradition of American war drams(Time) |
(PG) | 1:53 | Profanity, violence. | Samuel Fuller Lee Marvin Mark Hamill Robert Carradine Bobby Di Cicco Kelly Ward |
| 217 | 25th (tie) | The Grey Fox (1982) | 26 | An aging stagecoach robber applies his techniques to the transcontinental railroad. A charming western. Richard Farnsworth stars. | (PG) | 1:30 | Adult language, mild violence. | Phillip Borsos Richard Farnsworth Jackie Burroughs Wayne Robson Ken Pogue |
| 218 | 25th (tie) | The Living Daylights | 26 | JAMES BOND 007 TIMOTHY DALTON James Bond is back—and his 15th adventure stars a brand-new 007! Bond's mission to help a Czech agent defect is almost ruined by the man's beautiful blonde girlfriend (Maryam d‘Abo)—but her cello makes a perfect escape vehicle! Romancing this mystery woman, 007 finds himself drawn into a plot involving a crooked arms dealer, the war in Afghanistan and half a billion dollars’ worth of opium. |
(PG) | 2:11 | AL, V | John Glen Timothy Dalton Maryam d'Abo Jeroen Krabbé Joe Don Baker John Rhys-Davies |
| 219 | 25th (tie) | The Pirate Movie | 26 | Christopher Atkins Kristy McNichol Washed ashore on a deserted isle, a shy teenager dreams she is the heroine in a romantic Victorian tale of lusty pirates and virtuous maidens. A musical adventure. |
(PG) | 1:39 | Adult language. | Ken Annakin Kristy McNichol Christopher Atkins Ted Hamilton Bill Kerr Garry McDonald |
| 220 | 25th (tie) | The Toy (1982) | 26 | Richard Pryor Jackie Gleason What more can a millionaire give his spoiled son who has just about everything he could possibly want? Richard Pryor stumbles into a mixed-up world when he becomes the link between the rich man and the boy, who may need more than another toy. Jackie Gleason plays the tycoon father in this offbeat comedy with much to say about human relations. With Ned Beatty (Superman). |
(PG) | 1:41 | Adult language and humor. | Richard Donner Richard Pryor Jackie Gleason Ned Beatty Scott Schwartz Wilfrid Hyde-White |
| 221 | 25th (tie) | Time Bandits | 26 | John Cleese Sean Connery A knight on horseback takes a boy and six dwarfs on a time-tangled adventure through the heavens and history. Featuring John Cleese and Michael Palin of Monty Python in a fascinating blend of fantasy, humor and special effects. With Shelley Duvall. |
(PG) | 1:55 | Adult language and humor, violence. | Terry Gilliam Craig Warnock David Rappaport Kenny Baker Malcolm Dixon Mike Edmonds |
| 222 | 25th (tie) | Timerider | 26 | Escape into a time warp with a maverick motorcyclist who finds himself in the Old West as a result of a scientific experiment. Exciting action combines with broad humor when the biker confronts a bandit gang. | (PG) | 1:33 | Adult situations, language; violence. | William Dear Fred Ward Belinda Bauer Peter Coyote Richard Masur Chris Mulkey |
| 223 | 25th (tie) | Walk Like a Man | 26 | HOWIE MANDEL CHRISTOPHER LLOYD On the prowl for a howlingly funny farce? Join a pedigreed cast in this canine comedy as Howie Mandel plays a lost heir raised by wolves. Afrter he's returned to his rich but wacho human family, Howie's beastly habits prove hard to break. |
(PG) | 1:26 | AL | Melvin Frank Howie Mandel Christopher Lloyd Cloris Leachman Amy Steel Stephen Elliott |
| 224 | 25th (tie) | Waltz Across Texas | 26 | Anne Archer stars as an outspoken geologist who joins forces with a rugged oil wildcatter. | (PG) | 1:39 | Adult situations and language, brief nudity. | Ernest Day Anne Archer Terry Jastrow Richard Farnsworth Mary Crosby Noah Beery Jr. |
| 225 | 25th (tie) | You Light Up My Life | 26 | The Oscar-winning song lights up this tender love story set in the world of contemporary pop music. Didi Conn (Grease II) stars as a young performer struggling with important decisions about love and career. | (PG) | 1:31 | Joseph Brooks Didi Conn Joe Silver Michael Zaslow Stephen Nathan Melanie Mayron | |
| 226 | 26th (tie) | Cracking Up | 25 | Jerry Lewis A hapless bungler can't hold a job and can't quite commit suicide. He's the worst case his psychiatrist has ever seen! Herb Edelman (California Suite) plays the baffled doctor With Milton Berle. |
(PG) | 1:27 | Adult language. | Jerry Lewis Jerry Lewis Herb Edelman Milton Berle Zane Buzby |
| 227 | 26th (tie) | Fletch (1985) | 25 | Chevy Chase When Chevy Chase is on the case, you know there's something funny going on. Smiles and surprises pop up at every turn when a terminaly-ill businessman hires undercover reporter Chase to kill him. But a life insurance payoff isn't the only scheme afoot in this snappy mystery/comedy. A custom-built Chevy vehicle with Tim Matheson (Animal House) and Richard Libertini (All of Me). |
(PG) | 1:38 | AS, AL | Michael Ritchie Chevy Chase Joe Don Baker Dana Wheeler-Nicholson Tim Matheson M. Emmet Walsh |
| 228 | 26th (tie) | Heart Like a Wheel | 25 | HBO SLEEPER Bonnie Bedelia Beau Bridges She’s a 250-mph champion whose hot rods run much smoother than her love life. She’s Shirley Muldowney, the real-ilfe drag race ace whose screen story had the critics raving. Bonnie Bedelia plays the woman who dared to buck tradition. If you missed this film when it was first released, HBO highly recommends it. |
(PG) | 1:53 | Adult situations and language, mild violence. | Jonathan Kaplan Bonnie Bedelia Beau Bridges Hoyt Axton Leo Rossi |
| 229 | 26th (tie) | My Science Project | 25 | When a lazy but resourceful student pulls a glowing gizmo out of a military junkyard, stand back! The electronic gadget blows some cosmic and comic fuses, creating a time warp which propels creatures from the past and future into the present. A zap-happy fantasy with John Stockwell and Ann Wedgeworth. | (PG) | 1:35 | AL, V | Jonathan Betuel John Stockwell Danielle von Zerneck Fisher Stevens Raphael Sbarge Dennis Hopper |
| 230 | 26th (tie) | Nadine (1987) | 25 | JEFF BRIDGES KIM BASINGER You couldn't find a cuter almost-ex-couple than Vernon and Nadine! In 1950s Texas, Kim Basinger is about to divorce good ol’ boy Jeff Bridges when some sexy photos and a murder throw them back together. Pursued by bad guy Rip Torn, the down-home duo are kidnapped, threatened with rattlesnakes and chased with slapstick fury all the way to a giddy ending. Charm galore from Robert Benton, the director of Places in the Heart. |
(PG) | 1:23 | AL, V | Robert Benton Jeff Bridges Kim Basinger Rip Torn Gwen Verdon Glenne Headly |
| 231 | 26th (tie) | No Retreat No Surrender | 25 | The spirit of karate legend Bruce Lee returns to earth to train a young man in the martial arts. New guy in town Kurt Mckinney takes constant beatings from a gang of toughs until Lee teaches him the essentials of winning. | (PG) | 1:24 | AL, V | Corey Yuen Kurt McKinney Jean-Claude Van Damme Kathie Sileno Kent Lipham Dale Jacoby |
| 232 | 26th (tie) | Resurrection (1980) | 25 | Ellen Burstyn Sam Shepard A brush with death unlocks a woman's gift for healing. Ellen Burstyn drew an Oscar nomination for her role as the young widow whose life is transformed. Co-starring Oscar nominee Eva Le Gallienne. |
(PG) | 1:43 | Adult situations, profanity. | Daniel Petrie Ellen Burstyn Sam Shepard Eva Le Gallienne Roberts Blossom Richard Farnsworth |
| 233 | 26th (tie) | Rocky IV | 25 | Talia Shire Burt Young When Rocky Balboa goes to the Soviet Union, the iron man of Philadelphiasees red—and wages his own personal cold war against a dangerous adversary. In this powerful sequel, Rocky seeks revenge against Ivan Drago (Dolph Lundgren), the hulking Russian giant who destroys Rocky's friend and former opponent, Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers). Talia Shire again plays Rocky's wife. Burt Young is his no-good brother-in-law. Features James Brown performing his top hit, Living in America. |
(PG) | 1:31 | V | Sylvester Stallone Sylvester Stallone Talia Shire Burt Young Carl Weathers Brigitte Nielsen |
| 234 | 26th (tie) | T.A.G. — The Assassination Game | 25 | College students stalk each other in an innocent game of killers-and-victims when one of the fake guns becomes all too real. Robert Carradine stars in this comedy thriller. | (PG) | 1:31 | Adult situations, language; violence. | John Trent Robert Carradine Linda Hamilton Kaki Hunter Bruce Abbott |
| 235 | 26th (tie) | The Right Stuff | 25 | Sam Shepard Scott Glenn Dennis Quaid Kim Stanley Nominated for eight Academy Awards and winner of four, this movie is a rousing tribute to the heroism of America's first astronauts. An all-star cast heads the grand-scale adventure, a funny and touching story of bravery, camaraderie and personal trials. Sam Shepard stars as Chuck Yeager, the test pilot who broke the sound barrier. Dennis Quaid, Scott Glenn and Ed Harris play members of the Mercury 7 team. Based on the best-seller by Tom Wolfe. |
(PG) | 3:16 | Adult situations, language. | Philip Kaufman Sam Shepard Scott Glenn Ed Harris Dennis Quaid |
| 236 | 26th (tie) | Three Amigos | 25 | Steve Martin Chevy Chase Martin Short They're macho! They're fearless! They're faking it! Three of today's biggest comics play a dippy trio of screen idols facing real-life desperados in this wild, wacky Western parody. Silent screen heroes Chevy Chase, Steve Martin and Martin Short think they've been summoned to a small Mexican village for a personal appearance, but the banditos are firing real bullets! Can the three nitwits outwit the bad guys and save the day—not to mention their own hides? Irresistible silliness directed by John Landis (Trading Places). |
(PG) | 1:43 | AL, MV | John Landis Steve Martin Chevy Chase Martin Short Alfonso Arau Tony Plana |
| 237 | 26th (tie) | Tootsie | 25 | Dustin Hoffman Jessica Lange Teri Garr Dressed as a woman to audition for a TV soap opera, a desperate New York actor finds himself leading a frantic double life. This is the premise for one of the most popular comedies in Hollywood history, a smash with both the public and the critics. Dustin Hoffman plays the edgy, cantankerous Michael Dorsey, who transforms himself into poised, self-assured Dorothy Michaels. Jessica Lange won an Oscar as the soap star who confides in her matronly new colleague. With Bill Murray (Stripes) and Dabney Coleman (WarGames). Nominated for ten Oscars, including Best Picture. |
(PG) | 1:56 | Adult situations, language. | Sydney Pollack Dustin Hoffman Jessica Lange Teri Garr Dabney Coleman |
| 238 | 26th (tie) | Trail of the Pink Panther | 25 | Peter Sellers David Niven The Pink Panther diamond is missing again. And so is Inspector Clouseau! Classic footage from previous capers combines with entire sequences never seen before of the late Peter Sellers as Clouseau. |
(PG) | 1:36 | Adult language and humor, brief nudity. | Blake Edwards Peter Sellers David Niven Herbert Lom Joanna Lumley Capucine |
| 239 | 26th (tie) | Tribute (1980) | 25 | Jack Lemmon Robby Benson Lee Remick Everyone thinks Scottie Templeton is a great guy— except his estranged son Jud. Always ready with a joke, the aging Broadway press agent finds there is more to being a father than just having a son. Jack Lemmon stars in this entertaining comedy drama. With Colleen Dewhurst. HBOnly! |
(PG) | 2:00 | Adult situations, profanity, nudity. | Bob Clark Jack Lemmon Robby Benson Lee Remick Colleen Dewhurst John Marley |
| 240 | 26th (tie) | Zorro, the Gay Blade | 25 | George Hamilton Lauren Hutton He appears from nowhere to fight evil and vanishes just as mysteriously, leaving only his “Z” slashed into a tree. This swash-buckling comic adventure stars George Hamilton in dual roles: the masked swordsman and his twin brother. With Ron Leibman. |
(PG) | 1:34 | Adult language, humor. | Peter Medak George Hamilton Lauren Hutton Brenda Vaccaro Ron Leibman Donovan Scott |
| 241 | 27th (tie) | Brewster's Millions | 24 | This is no curveball—if Richard Pryor can spend $30 million in 30 days, he’ll inherit $300 million. The bases are loaded with major league laughs as minor league pitcher Pryor and buddy John Candy hustle to unload the loot. A screwball smash hit! Lonette McKee co-stars. | (PG) | 1:42 | V | Walter Hill Richard Pryor John Candy Lonette McKee Stephen Collins Jerry Orbach |
| 242 | 27th (tie) | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan Lord of the Apes | 24 | Here is a Tarzan you've never seen before—the lord of the jungle as originally conceived by author Edgar Rice Burroughs. Christopher Lambert plays the jungle man. Oscar-nominated Ralph Richardson, in a final role, is Tarzan's aristocratic grandfather. With Ian Holm. | (PG) | 2:10 | V, BN | Hugh Hudson Christopher Lambert Andie MacDowell Ian Holm Ralph Richardson James Fox |
| 243 | 27th (tie) | Jaws 3 (aka Jaws III) | 24 | Dennis Quaid Bess Armstrong Louis Gossett, Jr. Is the water safe yet? Not in Florida's Sea World, where a hungry mother shark terrorizes the park as she searches for her captured baby. Dennis Quaid fights to save the tourists. |
(PG) | 1:38 | Adult language, violence. | Joe Alves Dennis Quaid Bess Armstrong Simon MacCorkindale Louis Gossett Jr. |
| 244 | 27th (tie) | Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn | 24 | In a futuristic adventure, a peace officer hunts an evil warlord trying to take over the planet Lemuria. | (PG) | 1:23 | Adult language, violence. | Charles Band Jeffrey Byron Tim Thomerson Mike Preston Kelly Preston Richard Moll |
| 245 | 27th (tie) | Misunderstood (1984) | 24 | HBO SLEEPER Gene Hackman Henry Thomas A recently widowed business tycoon faces more than painful mourning when his wife passes away. Gene Hackman stars as the American based in North Africa who finds it difficult to understand and communicate with his young sons. Rip Torn and Susan Anspach co-star in this drama you may have missed when it first played in theaters. |
(PG) | 1:34 | Adult situations. | Jerry Schatzberg Gene Hackman Henry Thomas Rip Torn Huckleberry Fox Susan Anspach |
| 246 | 27th (tie) | Oliver's Story | 24 | Ryan O'Neal Candice Bergen Oliver Barrett IV tries to pick up the pieces of a broken life after the death of his wife in this touching sequel to Love Story. Candice Bergen, a beautiful, independent-minded heiress, forces Ryan O’Neal, who plays Oliver, to come to grips with himself. Nicola Pagett and Ray Milland co-star. Sensitive and moving…O’Neal delivers a rich performance.(Variety) |
(PG) | 1:32 | Profanity, adult relationships. | John Korty Ryan O'Neal Candice Bergen Nicola Pagett Edward Binns Ray Milland |
| 247 | 27th (tie) | Rhinestone (1984) | 24 | Sylvester Stallone Dolly Partion It's a match made in super-star heaven when the Italian Stallion and the down-home dream team up for laughs and song. Dolly's a New York singer who bets a nightclub — contract—and her virtue— that she can turn Stallone, a street-smart cabbie, into a country crooner. |
(PG) | 1:51 | AS, MV | Bob Clark Sylvester Stallone Dolly Parton Richard Farnsworth Ron Leibman Tim Thomerson |
| 248 | 27th (tie) | Spaceballs (1986) | 24 | MEL BROOKS JOHN CANDY RICK MORANIS Buckle up for the wackiest outer space adventure that ever rocketed across the screen! Mel Brooks takes on every sci-fi epic ever made in this deliciously dippy...goofy spoof(New York Daily News). The lunacy begins when the planet Spaceball runs out of air and plots to steal the atmosphere of a neighboring world. Brooks plays two funny roles! |
(PG) | 1:36 | AL | Mel Brooks Bill Pullman John Candy Daphne Zuniga Rick Moranis Joan Rivers |
| 249 | 27th (tie) | Spies Like Us | 24 | Pssstt! The code word is comedy when two of America’s favorite funnymen bumble their way around the world as secret agents. Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd play Federal fumblers picked as the perfect duo for a Mideast mission. Perfect, that is, as unwitting decoys for the real spy caper! Pursued from Pakistan to Russia, the goofy guys run right into a secret Soviet rocket site. Whoops! Looks like World War III! Directed by John Landis (National Lampoon's Animal House). Donna Dixon co-stars. | (PG) | 1:42 | AL, AH, MV | John Landis Chevy Chase Dan Aykroyd Steve Forrest Donna Dixon Bruce Davison |
| 250 | 27th (tie) | The Pilot (1980) | 24 | Cliff Robertson Frustrated by problems in both his marriage and his career, a senior airline pilot takes to drink. Cliff Robertson stars as the flier with a great deal at stake—his job, the love of those dear to him and 200 passengers. Diane Baker co-stars in this tense, behind-the-scenes drama. |
(PG) | 1:39 | AL | Cliff Robertson Diane Venora Frank Converse Edward Binns Dana Elcar Milo O'Shea |
| 251 | 28th (tie) | Beetlejuice | 23 | MICHAEL KEATON ALEC BALDWIN GEENA DAVIS Who ya gonna call to rid your house of some gawdawful New Yorkers? Michael Keaton, natch, as the ghost with the most in this haunted house smash. Ghoulish gags abound when he rises to the aid of Geena Davis (The Accidental Tourist) and Alec Baldwin (Working Girl), a newly-dead couple who still "inhabit" their dream house, trying to scare the new owners. |
(PG) | 1:32 | AS, AL, AH, V | Tim Burton Alec Baldwin Geena Davis Michael Keaton Jeffrey Jones Catherine O'Hara |
| 252 | 28th (tie) | Deathtrap | 23 | Michael Caine Dyan Cannon Christopher Reeve A delightfully witty whodunit with surprising twists and turns and tingling suspense! Michael Caine (Sleuth) and Christopher Reeve (Superman) star as playwrights who become involved in a cat-and-mouse game of murder. Dyan Cannon plays Caine's nervous wife. Directed by Sidney Lumet (The Verdict). |
(PG) | 1:56 | Adult situations, language; violence. | Sidney Lumet Michael Caine Christopher Reeve Dyan Cannon Irene Worth Henry Jones |
| 253 | 28th (tie) | Goin' South | 23 | Jack Nicholson Marriage begins like a prize fight when a third rate outlaw teams up with a genteel Southern spinster. Jack Nicholson stars as the scrufy Texas outlaw marked for hanging; Mary Steenburgen, his headstrong lady. Nicholson himself directed this rambunctious comic romance of the 1860s. John Belushi heads a rogue’s gallery of a supporting cast. Always eccentric, sometimes wonderful.(Time) |
(PG) | 1:49 | Adult Humor | Jack Nicholson Jack Nicholson Mary Steenburgen Christopher Lloyd John Belushi Veronica Cartwright |
| 254 | 28th (tie) | Howard the Duck | 23 | LEA THOMPSON Quack up over the daffiest duck ever beamed down to Earth in this high-spirted action/adventure from executive producer George Lucas (Star Wars). With Lea Thompson as Howard's human pal. |
(PG) | 1:50 | AS, AL | Willard Huyck Lea Thompson Jeffrey Jones Tim Robbins Ed Gale Chip Zien |
| 255 | 28th (tie) | Hysterical (1982) | 23 | In this zany spoof of horror movies, a novelist buys a haunted lighthouse. His work is constantly interrupted by the ghost of a vengeful woman spurned by a sea captain long ago. The Hudson Brothers star, along with Keenan Wynn. | (PG) | 1:26 | Adult situations and language, violence. | Chris Bearde William Shatner Mark Blankfield Richard Kiel Cindy Pickett |
| 256 | 28th (tie) | I Go Pogo | 23 | The lovable comic-strip hero of Okefenokee Swamp runs for President. Walt Kelly's characters come to life in this humorous political satire. A lively animated feature. | (PG) | 1:21 | Adult humor. | Marc Paul Chinoy Stan Freberg Ruth Buzzi Jonathan Winters Robert Klein |
| 257 | 28th (tie) | Ice Castles | 23 | The dazzling world on ice is background for this romantic film. Lynn-Holly Johnson plays a young skater on her way to Oympic dreams when tragedy strikes. Robby Benson is her hometown boy friend, eyeing a pro hockey career. Touching love story with the excitement of Olympic competition.(Variety) |
(PG) | 1:49 | Adult language. | Donald Wrye Lynn-Holly Johnson Robby Benson Colleen Dewhurst Tom Skerritt Jennifer Warren |
| 258 | 28th (tie) | Jake Speed | 23 | John Hurt Who do you call for high adventure, close calls with nasty thugs and tongue-in-cheek escapades? Jake Speed, natch, a paperback hero who comes to life in this action/comedy spoof. With Dennis Christopher (Breaking Away) and Wayne Crawford. |
(PG) | 1:45 | AL, V | Andrew Lane Wayne Crawford Dennis Christopher Karen Kopins |
| 259 | 28th (tie) | Just The Way You Are | 23 | Can a young woman witha disability she’s had since childhood find the love she longs for? Kristy McNichol, in her first grown-up role, plays a spunky but insecure musician in this romantic comedy. | (PG) | 1:35 | AS, N | Edouard Molinaro Kristy McNichol Michael Ontkean Alexandra Paul Robert Carradine Pat McCormick |
| 260 | 28th (tie) | Legend of the Wild | 23 | Dan Haggerty A colorful adventure about the legendary frontiersman Grizzly Adams as he meets up with Indians, game hunters, trappers and wild animals. |
(PG) | 1:39 | Mild violence. | *(No director credited - nature documentary)* |
| 261 | 28th (tie) | Nightwing | 23 | Mankind faces a new menace—vampire bats swooping down on anything warm-blooded. This suspenseful tale pits old tribal superstition against 20th century modernism. David Warner, an English bat killer, pursues his job with scary dedication. | (PG) | 1:45 | Arthur Hiller Nick Mancuso David Warner Kathryn Harrold Stephen Macht Strother Martin | |
| 262 | 28th (tie) | Oh, God! You Devil | 23 | HBO. GET-IT-ALL SUPER FALL What's better than one George Burns? Why, two of him, of course! The grand old man of comedy reprises his role of God, but this time He shares top billing with Satan! The two have their hands full with a rock musician who, hungry for success, sells his soul to the Devil. |
(PG) | 1:36 | AL | Paul Bogart George Burns Ted Wass Ron Silver Roxanne Hart Eugene Roche oh god |
| 263 | 28th (tie) | Overboard (1987) | 23 | GOLDIE HAWN KURT RUSSELL She's rich and rude, he's cute but crude...this must be love! You'll fall for the comic complications when Goldie Hawn, a wealthy amnesiac, is duped into playing house with blue collar Kurt Russell and his four unruly sons. As revenge for an unpaid carpentry bill, Kurt claims Goldie as his missing wife, and her struggles with his home-sweet-hovel turn into 14-karat comedy gold. A madcap mix-up with Jared Rushton (Big), Katherine Helmond (Who's the Boss?), Roddy McDowall and Edward Hermann. |
(PG) | 1:52 | AL | Garry Marshall Goldie Hawn Kurt Edward Herrmann Katherine Helmond Roddy McDowall Michael G Hagerty |
| 264 | 28th (tie) | Rocky II (1979) | 23 | Sylvester Stallone Talia Shire One of the most popular characters in movie history gets another crack at life and a second shot at the championship. Sylvester Stallone again plays the club fighter from Philadelphia. Talia Shire, Burt Young and Burgess Meredith repeat their memorable roles from the Oscar-winning original. |
(PG) | 1:58 | Violence. | Sylvester Stallone Sylvester Stallone Talia Shire Burt Young Carl Weathers Burgess Meredith |
| 265 | 28th (tie) | Roller Boogie | 23 | Linda Blair It’s love to the disco beat as a talented flutist gives up her studies and devotes herself to winning a skating crown. Roller-skating champ Jim Bray plays a roller wiz dreaming of Olympic stardom. Top-notch skating and lots of music. |
(PG) | 1:44 | Adult situations, profanity. | Mark L Lester Linda Blair Jim Bray Beverly Garland Roger Perry Mark Goddard |
| 266 | 28th (tie) | Sahara (1983) | 23 | Brooke Shields Blazing across the hot Sahara sands in an international rally, a headstrong automobile heiress is captured by a lusty Arab. With Horst Buchholz and John Mills. |
(PG) | 1:51 | Adult situations, mild violence. | Andrew V. McLaglen Brooke Shields Lambert Wilson Horst Buchholz John Rhys-Davies Ronald Lacey |
| 267 | 28th (tie) | Silence of the North | 23 | Ellen Burstyn Tom Skerritt Facing hardship with courage, a trapper’s wife fights for survival on the harsh Canadian frontier of the 1920s. Ellen Burstyn stars in the true story of one woman's struggle against tremendous odds. With Tom Skerritt. |
(PG) | 1:33 | Adult situations, language; violence. | Allan Winton King Ellen Burstyn Tom Skerritt Gordon Pinsent Jennifer McKinney Colin Fox |
| 268 | 28th (tie) | Space Raiders | 23 | Vince Edwards Breaching galaxy security, outer-space outlaws hijack a starship that holds a ten year-old stowaway. |
(PG) | 1:25 | Violence. | Howard R. Cohen Vince Edwards David Mendenham Patsy Pease Luca Bercovici |
| 269 | 28th (tie) | SpaceCamp (1986) | 23 | KATE CAPSHAW TOM SKERRITT When space adventure turns into disaster, can a crew of kids reach down and find the right stuff? Thrilling special effects and a top-flight cast ignite the excitement as young would-be astronauts gather at NASA's space camp to face simulated challenges. When a terrifying mix-up sends them into orbit, their mission is survival. |
(PG) | 1:47 | AL | Harry Winer Kate Capshaw Lea Thompson Kelly Preston Tate Donovan Tom Skerritt |
| 270 | 28th (tie) | Tank (1984) | 23 | James Garner Shirley Jones Can an Army veteran fight small-town injustice with his own fully operational Sherman tank? Action comedy. |
(PG) | 1:53 | Adult situations and language, violence, nudity. | Marvin J. Chomsky James Garner Shirley Jones C. Thomas Howell Jenilee Harrison Sandy Ward |
| 271 | 28th (tie) | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai | 23 | Peter Weller stars as the unflappable Buckaroo in this ultra-hip, ultra-flip sci-fi comedy. | (PG) | 1:42 | AS, AL, MV | W D Richter Peter Weller John Lithgow Ellen Barkin Jeff Goldblum Christopher Lloyd |
| 272 | 28th (tie) | The Beastmaster | 23 | Marc Singer Tanya Roberts A young man in feudal times uses his magical power to communicate with animals to try to avenge his father's murder. Pagan rites and thrilling swordplay create a colorful backdrop for this fantasy adventure. |
(PG) | 1:58 | Violence, brief nudity. | Don Coscarelli Marc Singer Tanya Roberts Rip Torn John Amos Rod Loomis Josh Milrad |
| 273 | 28th (tie) | The China Syndrome | 23 | Jane Fonda Jack Lemmon Michael Douglas Fact and fiction merge in this gripping, suspenseful, nightmare account of potential catastrophe in a faulty nuclear plant. Jane Fonda and Michael Douglas (It's My Turn) are the TV news team stumbling onto danger; and Jack Lemmon, the key official with some tough decisions to make. |
(PG) | 2:02 | Adult language. | James Bridges Jane Fonda Jack Lemmon Michael Douglas Scott Brady James Hampton |
| 274 | 28th (tie) | The Sting II (1983) | 23 | Jackie Gleason Mac Davis Teri Garr The big con to end all cons! Sharpies try to top each other and settle old scores in a colorful, fast-action caper set in 1940s New York, a few years after the original story. Jackie Gleason and Mac Davis play scheming drifters who zero in on a shifty night club owner involved in a boxing fix. In a climactic bout, Davis takes to the ring. With Karl Malden and Oliver Reed. |
(PG) | 1:39 | Adult language and humor, violence. | Jeremy Paul Kagan Jackie Gleason Mac Davis Teri Garr Karl Malden |
| 275 | 28th (tie) | They All Laughed | 23 | Ben Gazzara Audrey Hepburn John Ritter Jealous husbands hire bumbling private eyes to shadow their wives—only to have the detectives get involved in a game of musical beds. Audrey Hepburn, as an industrialist’s elegant wife, stars in this romantic comedy set in NYC. |
(PG) | 1:55 | Adult situations and language. | Peter Bogdanovich Ben Gazzara John Ritter Dorothy Stratten Blaine Novak Colleen Camp |
| 276 | 28th (tie) | They Still Call Me...Bruce | 23 | And they still call him klutzy! The karate cut-up from They Call Me Bruce bumbles back for more madcap martial arts action. | (PG) | 1:30 | AS, AL, MV | (no credits found) |
| 277 | 28th (tie) | Triumphs of a Man Called Horse | 23 | Richard Harris The final chapter in the dramatic saga of the English lord turned Sioux Indian. Richard Harris stars again as the now aging tribal chief facing up to murderous gold prospectors who threaten the tribe with total destruction. |
(PG) | 1:26 | Adult language, violence. | John Hough Richard Harris Michael Beck Ana De Sade |
| 278 | 28th (tie) | Two of a Kind | 23 | Olivia Newton-John John Travolta The sizzling twosome from Grease are together again. This time orders from Heaven pair Travolta with Newton-John. If they shape up and fall in love, they can save mankind from extinction! With Charles Durning and Oliver Reed. |
(PG) | 1:28 | Adult situations, language, humor; violence. | John Herzfeld John Travolta Olivia Newton-John Oliver Reed Charles Durning |
| 279 | 28th (tie) | Yentl | 23 | Barbra Streisand Mandy Patinkin Amy Irving A girl with a dream sets off a chain of romantic complications when she disguises herself as a man in order to study at an all-male Yeshiva school. Barbra Streisand plays the young woman who defies tradition at the turn of the century. In addition to playing the lead and singing, Streisand directed, produced and co-wrote the musical drama that earned five Oscar nominations. Adapted from the story by Isaac Bashevis Singer. |
(PG) | 2:12 | Adult situations, language and humor, mild violence. | Barbra Streisand Barbra Streisand Mandy Patinkin Amy Irving Nehemiah Persoff Steven Hill |
| 280 | 28th (tie) | Zelig | 23 | Woody Allen Mia Farrow You've never seen anything like this..because there never was anything like this. Woody wrote, directed and stars in this unusual, Oscar-nominated comedy. (B/W) |
(PG) | 1:19 | Adult situations, language and humor. | Woody Allen Woody Allen Mia Farrow Garrett Brown Stephanie Farrow |
| 281 | 29th (tie) | CrocodileDundee II (1988) |
22 | PAUL HOGAN LINDA KAZLOWSKI Is Mick Dundee any match for Colombian drug thugs? You bet your boomerang he is, mate, as everybody's favorite Aussie returns in this blockbuster comedy sequel. Growing restless in the Big Apple with his girlfriend (Linda Kozlowski), CrocodileDundee yearns for home — but it takes his lady's kidnapping by a cocaine kingpin to get him there. From misfit city stickler to wily Outback tracker, Mick's your man for rock 'em, sock 'em laughs and action. THE BEST MOVIES ARE ON HBO |
(PG) | 1:50 | AL, V | John Cornell Paul Hogan Linda Kozlowski Charles Dutton Hechter Ubarry Juan Fernández |
| 282 | 29th (tie) | A Soldier's Story | 22 | DECEMBER MOVIE EXCLUSIVE [1985] Howard E. Rollins, Jr. Who murdered Sergeant Waters? Officers at a World War II Army base in Louisiana think they have the answer. One man is not so sure. Howard E. Rollins, Jr., stars as the polished black military attorney sent from Washington to investigate. He uncovers a hotbed of hatred in surprising quarters as the mystery unravels. Nominated for three Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor (Adolph Caesar). Directed by Norman Jewison. |
(PG) | 1:43 | AL, V | Norman Jewison Howard Rollins Adolph Caesar Art Evans David Alan Grier David Harris |
| 283 | 29th (tie) | American Dreamer | 22 | Tom Conti JoBeth Williams Ho-hum housewifery got you down? How about a romantic escapade in Paris, complete with international intrigue and the attentions of Tom Conti? A lively piece of fun co-starring JoBeth Williams. |
(PG) | 1:45 | AL, MV | Rick Rosenthal JoBeth Williams Tom Conti Giancarlo Giannini Coral Browne Jimmy Nail |
| 284 | 29th (tie) | Brainwaves (aka Shadow of Death) | 22 | Keir Dullea - A female accident victim receives unorthodox medical treatment in this science fiction chiller. | (PG) | 1:20 | Adult situations and language, violence, brief nudity. | Ulli Lommel Tony Curtis Keir Dullea Suzanna Love Vera Miles Percy Rodrigues |
| 285 | 29th (tie) | Casey's Shadow | 22 | Ornery horse trainer Walter Matthau is determined to enter his new colt in the big race—against all odds. A comedy/drama with exciting quarter horse racing sequences. Alexis Smith co-stars. | (PG) | 1:56 | Mile language, foaling sequence. | Martin Ritt Walter Matthau Alexis Smith Murray Hamilton Andrew A Rubin Stephan Burns |
| 286 | 29th (tie) | Defiance | 22 | A down-and-out seaman takes on a gang-ruled New York city neighborhood in this action drama. Jan-Michael Vincent has his best role as the seafaring drifter. Art Carney co-stars as a shopkeeper who longs for the old days. | (PG) | 1:43 | Violence, profanity, adult situations. | John Flynn Jan-Michael Vincent Theresa Saldana Danny Aiello Art Carney Fernando Lopez |
| 287 | 29th (tie) | Hard to Hold | 22 | Grammy-winning singer Rick Springfield makes his movie debut in this rock 'n'roll romance. | (PG) | 1:33 | Adult situations, language; brief nudity. | Larry Peerce Rick Springfield Janet Eilber Patti Hansen Albert Salmi Bill Mumy |
| 288 | 29th (tie) | Hardly Working | 22 | Jerry Lewis Comedy’s clown prince ended a ten-year screen absence with this funny, frantic movie, As Bo Hooper, an out-of-work clown, Lewis juggles slapstick and sentiment in his bumbling attempts to join the workaday world. A comedy treat with Lewis’ special humor. |
(PG) | 2:55 | Profanity. | Jerry Lewis Jerry Lewis Susan Oliver Roger C Carmel Deanna Lund Harold J Stone |
| 289 | 29th (tie) | Harry & Son | 22 | Paul Newman Robby Benson A father and son try to salvage the relationship slowly slipping away from them in this moving drama. Paul Newman plays a hard-hat in failing health who takes out his frustrations on his sensitive son. Joanne Woodward co-stars as a friend. Newman also produced, directed and is co-writer of the movie. |
(PG) | 1:57 | Adult situation, language, humor; brief nudity. | Paul Newman Paul Newman Robby Benson Joanne Woodward Ellen Barkin Ossie Davis |
| 290 | 29th (tie) | Jaws 2 | 22 | Roy Scheider Summer again! And another great white shark attacks the innocent beach and boat crowd at Amity, despite warnings from worried police chief Roy Scheider. Be glad you’re safe at home when you watch this watery thriller. It’s as scary as Jaws but with even more action. A wild helicopter scene will knock you for a loop, and the conclusion is a real shocker. A worthy successor(Variety) |
(PG) | 1:56 | Violence, profanity. | Jeannot Szwarc Roy Scheider Lorraine Gary Murray Hamilton Joseph Mascolo Jeffrey Kramer |
| 291 | 29th (tie) | Megaforce | 22 | Barry Bostwick A sinister terrorist army threatens the world, and the only hope of stopping it is Megaforce—the fearsome fighting team of the future. These elite warriors roar into battle with a unique arsenal: laser cannons, flying motorbikes and a machine that creates mirages to befuddle the enemy. |
(PG) | 1:39 | Adult language, violence. | Hal Needham Barry Bostwick Persis Khambatta Michael Beck Edward Mulhare Henry Silva |
| 292 | 29th (tie) | Quicksilver | 22 | Kevin Bacon Paul Rodriguez From high-stakes finance to high-speed risks on city streets! A young stock market hotshot who takes a financial fall, Kevin Bacon (Footloose) hits the streets as a bicycle messenger, zooming through traffic and colliding with a dangerous drug dealer. |
(PG) | 1:46 | AL, V | Thomas Michael Donnelly Kevin Bacon Jami Gertz Paul Rodriguez Rudy Ramos Laurence Fishburne |
| 293 | 29th (tie) | Saving Grace (1986) | 22 | TOM CONTI You may have missed this heartwarming comedy drama when it played in theaters. Tom Conti plays a fictional Pope who slips away to a poor village to live among the people. |
(PG) | 1:52 | AL, V | Robert M Young Tom Conti Giancarlo Giannini Laura Morante Fernando Rey Erland Josephson |
| 294 | 29th (tie) | Thank God It's Friday | 22 | The work week is done and it's time to get down to the business of fun! Donna Summer leads party animals through one wild night at L.A's hottest disco. | (PG) | 1:29 | Adult language, situations. | Robert Klane Donna Summer Jeff Goldblum Valerie Landsburg Chick Vennera Debra Winger |
| 295 | 29th (tie) | The Elephant Man | 22 | Anthony Hopkins John Hurt Anne Bancroft The plight of a deformed man searching for personal dignity is at the heart of this emotional drama. Based on the real life of John Merrick, an intelligent Victorian forced to earn his living in freak shows, this compelling black-and-white film was nominated for eight Oscars. With John Gielgud. |
(PG) | 2:04 | Adult theme. | David Lynch Anthony Hopkins John Hurt Anne Bancroft Wendy Hiller Freddie Jones |
| 296 | 29th (tie) | The Ice Pirates | 22 | The universe is suffering from a drought, and the only supply of water lies in the evil Templar Empire. Robert Urich and Anjelica Huston star in this daffy sci-fi battle for control of the Empire's precious faucet. | (PG) | 1:34 | AS, AH, V | Stewart Raffill Robert Urich Mary Crosby Michael D Roberts Anjelica Huston John Matuszak |
| 297 | 29th (tie) | The Money Pit (1986) | 22 | Tom Hanks Shelley Long Must see! A mint-condition comedy about a couple whose dream house renovations turn their lives into a slapstick nightmare. Tom Hanks (Volunteers) and Shelley Long (Cheers) buy a crumbling mansion for a song, and find their repair problems mounting faster than you can say Honey, the bathtub fell through the floor. |
(PG) | 1:31 | AS, AL | Richard Benjamin Tom Hanks Shelley Long Alexander Godunov Maureen Stapleton Joe Mantegna |
| 298 | 29th (tie) | The Seven Magnificent Gladiators | 22 | A brave Roman gladiator and his valiant pals take on a mean renegades in this muscular epic. The key to victory? The legendary Sword of Achilles! | (PG) | 1:26 | Violence. | Bruno Mattei Lou Ferrigno Sybil Danning Brad Harris Dan Vadis Mandy Rice-Davies |
| 299 | 29th (tie) | The White Lions | 22 | Michael York Exotic animals running wild and free in nature are backdrop for the adventures of a modern American family in the African bush country. Animal researcher Michael York, his photographer wife, Glynnis O’Connor, and their young daughter stumble on a rarity—two white lion cubs and their mother. |
(PG) | 1:36 | Adult language. | Mel Stuart Michael York Glynnis O'Connor Donald Moffat Jürgen Prochnow |
| 300 | 29th (tie) | They Call Me Bruce? | 22 | A comedy send-up of kung fu epics. Johnny Yune plays an Asian cook who is mistaken for karate champ Bruce Lee. | (PG) | 1:30 | Adult language and humor, violence, brief nudity. | Elliott Hong Johnny Yune Ralph Mauro Pam Huntington Margaux Hemingway |
| 301 | 29th (tie) | Trenchcoat | 22 | Margo Kidder Robert Hays An amateur mystery writer on vacation becomes entangled in a wild web of international intrigue. Margot kidder plays the budding novelist whose real-life adventures top her own fanciful fiction when she seeks to prove her innocence after being pinned for murder. Robert Hays co-stars in this playful caper. |
(PG) | 1:27 | Adult language, violence. | Michael Tuchner Margot Kidder Robert Hays Daniel Faraldo David Suchet Ronald Lacey |
| 302 | 30th (tie) | All of Me (1984) | 21 | Steve Martin Lily Tomlin What do you get when two of today's top comedy stars conspire to pull a new spin on the old battle of the sexes? The best American comedy since Tootsie,according to The N.Y. Times. The inventive plot has Steve Martin and Lily Tomlin sharing not only a mutual dislike, but the same body when a spirit transplantgoes awry. There's heart as well as hilarity in this Carl Reiner hit with the freshest odd coupling around. |
(PG) | 1:32 | AS, AL, AH | Carl Reiner Steve Martin Lily Tomlin Victoria Tennant Madolyn Smith Osborne Richard Libertini |
| 303 | 30th (tie) | And Now For Something Completely Different | 21 | The British troupe from Monty Python's Flying Circusstars in the movie that Python-ized America. Classic comedy skits. |
(PG) | 1:28 | Adult humor. | Ian MacNaughton Graham Chapman John Cleese Eric Idle Terry Gilliam |
| 304 | 30th (tie) | Cannonball Run II | 21 | Burt Reynolds Dom DeLuise An all-star cast of adventurers races cross-country in an outrageous assortment of vehicles to win a sheik's million-dollar prize. With Shirley MacLaine, Marilu Henner and cameos by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and others. |
(PG) | 1:48 | Adult language and humor, brief nudity. | Hal Needham Burt Reynolds Dom DeLuise Shirley MacLaine Dean Martin Sammy Davis Jr. |
| 305 | 30th (tie) | Champions (1984) | 21 | John Hurt Ben Johnson One of England's top jockeys faces a tough battle against illness, and he may never ride again. John Hurt (Oscar nominee for The Elephant Man) stars as the heroic figure in this true story. It's a movie that HBO highly recommends. |
(PG) | 1:55 | Adult situations, language. | John Irvin John Hurt Ben Kingsley Sam Waterston Edward Woodward |
| 306 | 30th (tie) | Chattanooga Choo Choo | 21 | A fun-filled race against time. George Kennedy, Barbara Eden, Joe Namath. | (PG) | 1:42 | Adult situations, language. | Bruce Bilson George Kennedy Barbara Eden Melissa Sue Anderson Joe Namath Christopher McDonald |
| 307 | 30th (tie) | Firefox | 21 | Clint Eastwood When America’s top flying ace penetrates Russian security, he races against time to steal the Firefox, the world's most devastating aircraft. The futuristic MiG-31 flies at six times the speed of sound and is armed with nuclear weapons activated by pilot brain waves. A spectacular dogfight climaxes the thriller directed and produced by star Clint Eastwood, Based on the best-seller by Craig Thomas. |
(PG) | 2:00 | Adult language, violence. | Clint Eastwood Clint Eastwood Freddie Jones David Huffman Warren Clarke Ronald Lacey |
| 308 | 30th (tie) | French Postcards | 21 | Marie-France Pisier Debra Winger The less three American college students study in Paris, the more they learn. Romantic dreams come true for each of them, but with a few twists. Meanwhile, French grown-ups Marie-France Psier and Jean Rochefort have romantic ideas of their own. A gentle tale about coming of age. Charming, delectable(Variety) |
(PG) | 1:31 | Nudity, profanity, adult situations. | Willard Huyck Miles Chapin Blanche Baker Valerie Quennessen Debra Winger Marie-France Pisier |
| 309 | 30th (tie) | Girls Just Want To Have Fun | 21 | Teenage Janey has one big dream when se moves to Chicago—winning a dance contest on her favorite TV show. An energetic cast of fresh faces keeps the fun popping in this bubbly comedy inspired by Cyndi Lauper's hit tune. | (PG) | 1:29 | AL | Alan Metter Sarah Jessica Parker Helen Hunt |
| 310 | 30th (tie) | Grease (1978) | 21 | John Travolta Oliva Newton-John An exciting, energetic musical salute to the age of rock ’n’ roll—and one of the most popular films of all time! Magnetic John Travolta plays gang leader Danny. Recording star Olivia Newton-John is both funny and charming as his innocent love. Stockard Channing plays a tough-talking high school senior. Eve Arden, Sha-Na-Na, Frankie Avalon and Sid Caesar are also in the dazzling cast. |
(PG) | 1:50 | Adult language. | Randal Kleiser John Travolta Olivia Newton-John Stockard Channing Jeff Conaway Didi Conn |
| 311 | 30th (tie) | Harry Tracy | 21 | Bruce Dern One member of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch is still at large—and a U.S. marshal is determined to see the legendary train robber behind bars. Or dead. Gordon Lightfoot, in a dramatic role, plays the Federal officer. |
(PG) | 1:47 | Adult situations and language, violence, brief nudity. | William A. Graham Bruce Dern Helen Shaver Michael C. Gwynne |
| 312 | 30th (tie) | Krull | 21 | In a fantasy zone where sword and sorcery meet sci-fi adventure, a young king launches a quest to rescue his abducted bride and save his land from alien invaders, With spectacular special effects. | (PG) | 1:55 | Adult situations, violence. | Peter Yates Ken Marshall Lysette Anthony Freddie Jones Alun Armstrong |
| 313 | 30th (tie) | Loophole (1981) | 21 | Master criminals plan the perfect heist at the world’s most impregnable bank. Albert Finney and Martin Sheen co-star in this thriller with a touch of humor. | (PG) | 1:44 | Adult situations, profanity, violence. | John Quested Albert Finney Martin Sheen Susannah York Colin Blakely Jonathan Pryce |
| 314 | 30th (tie) | Martin's Day | 21 | Can an escaped convict and the shy youngster he kidnaps become allies? Richard Harris stars. With James Coburn. | (PG) | 1:39 | AL | Alan Gibson Richard Harris Lindsay Wagner James Coburn Karen Black Justin Henry |
| 315 | 30th (tie) | Maxie (1985) | 21 | Glenn Close Mandy Patinkin Jan Cheyney is prim, proper and predictible. Maxie Malone is wild and raucous, a flapper killed in an accident 60 years ago. The two have only one thing in common: they share the same body! Glenn Close plays both women in this tart comedy. |
(PG) | 1:38 | AS, AL | Paul Aaron Glenn Close Mandy Patinkin Ruth Gordon Barnard Hughes Valerie Curtin |
| 316 | 30th (tie) | Meatballs Part II (1984) | 21 | Welcome to Camp Sasquatch, where you'll find the daffiest bunch of characters ever to bead a moccasin! Stars Richard Mulligan. | (PG) | 1:27 | AS, AL | Ken Wiederhorn Richard Mulligan John Mengatti Kim Richards Hamilton Camp Misty Rowe |
| 317 | 30th (tie) | Melanie | 21 | HBO SLEEPER Glynnis O'Connor An illiterate woman battles to gain custody of her son in a drama that moves from rural Arkansas to the California rock scene. Paul Sorvino co-stars as the lawyer of an aging rock star. HBO recommends this touching “sleeper.” |
(PG) | 1:47 | Adult situations and language, mild violence, nudity. | Rex Bromfield Don Johnson Glynnis O'Connor Burton Cummings |
| 318 | 30th (tie) | Mother Lode | 21 | Charlton Heston A young busy pilot and an old prospector are both gripped by gold fever in this rugged adventure. With Nick Mancuso. |
(PG) | 1:43 | Adult language, violence. | Charlton Heston Charlton Heston Nick Mancuso Kim Basinger John Marley |
| 319 | 30th (tie) | Munchies (1987) | 21 | HARVEY KORMAN Hide the Twinkies! A horde of alien critters that crave junk food is on the loose in this loopy comedy. Cute little Arnoldstarts out as a friendly furball. But he multiplies into an army of mini-meanies when he's attacked. |
(PG) | 1:22 | AS, AL, V | Bettina Hirsch Harvey Korman Charles Stratton Alix Elias Wendy Schaal Robert Picardo |
| 320 | 30th (tie) | Race for the Yankee Zephyr | 21 | New Zealand adventurers find an old WWII plane filled with an amazing cargo. Ken Wahl and George Peppard star. | (PG) | 1:37 | Adult situations, language; violence. | David Hemmings Ken Wahl Lesley Ann Warren Donald Pleasence |
| 321 | 30th (tie) | Silver Dream Racer | 21 | Beau Bridges World-class motorcyclists compete in a ruthless battle of wheels at England’s Silverstone in this motor-biking adventure drama. |
(PG) | 1:41 | Adult situations, language. | David Wickes David Essex Beau Bridges Cristina Raines Clarke Peters |
| 322 | 30th (tie) | Streets of Fire | 21 | Michael Paré Diane Lane A gritty rock ’n’ roll fable. Diane Lane has a rock career that's super hot, until she’s kidnapped by a tough gang of motorcycle thugs. |
(PG) | 1:34 | Adult situations and language, violence. | Walter Hill Michael Paré Diane Lane Rick Moranis Amy Madigan Willem Dafoe |
| 323 | 30th (tie) | Teen Wolf™ (1985) | 21 | Michael J. Fox Like a lot of teenage boys, Scott Howard (Michael J. Fox) thinks a lot about scoring—on the basketball court and with girls. Then something weird happens that turns his life around—he discovers he's a werewolf. Suddenly, girls flock around him and he leads his team to victory! A charmingly original comedy fantasy(Judith Crist). TEEN WOLF is a trademark of Atlantic Entertainment Group |
(PG) | 1:28 | AS, AL | Rod Daniel Michael J. Fox James Hampton Susan Ursitti Jerry Levine Matt Adler |
| 324 | 30th (tie) | The Aviator | 21 | Christopher Reeve They were a new breed of hero, the men who flew first mail planes in the '20s. Christopher Reeve (Superman) soars skyward again as one of those brave pilots. With Rosanna Arquette and Jack Warden. |
(PG) | 1:36 | AL, V | George Miller Christopher Reeve Rosanna Arquette Jack Warden Sam Wanamaker Scott Wilson |
| 325 | 30th (tie) | The Final Countdown | 21 | Kirk Douglas Martin Sheen Katherine Ross James Farentino Passing through an awesome time warp, the huge nuclear-powered aircraft carrier U.S.S. Nimitz finds itself back in 1941, only hours before the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. Should the floating air base stop the Japanese—and rewrite history? Kirk Douglas and Martin Sheen star in a gripping adventure of men tempted to tamper with destiny. |
(PG) | 1:42 | Adult situations, profanity violence. | Don Taylor Kirk Douglas Martin Sheen Katharine Ross James Farentino Charles Durning |
| 326 | 30th (tie) | The Personals | 21 | This refreshing romantic comedy takes a perceptive look at the relationships of today’s young adults. With Bill Schoppert. | (PG) | 1:28 | Adult situations and language. | Peter Markle Bill Schoppert Paul Eiding Stephen Shellen |
| 327 | 30th (tie) | The Promise (1979) | 21 | In this bittersweet romance, a pretty young art student and her architect boyfriend vow to love each other forever. But soon he doesn’t even know who she is. This contemporary love story with a strange twist of fate, stars a new romantic team, Kathleen Quinlan and Stephen Collins. Oscar winner Beatrice Straight (Network) co-stars with Laurence Luckinbill, William Prince and Michael O’Hare. The haunting theme is sung by Melissa Manchester. | (PG) | 1:38 | Adult themes. | Gilbert Cates Kathleen Quinlan Stephen Collins Beatrice Straight Laurence Luckinbill William Prince |
| 328 | 30th (tie) | Touched By Love | 21 | Deborah Raffin Diane Lane Elvis Presley comes to the aid of a fan, an invalid girl, in this heart warming, sentimental drama based on an actual experience. Deborah Raffin, a nursing trainee at a school for handicapped children, bravely faces the challenge of a difficult case. Diane Lane is the crippled girl. |
(PG) | 1:33 | Adult language. | Gus Trikonis Deborah Raffin Diane Lane Michael Learned John Amos Mary Wickes |
| 329 | 30th (tie) | Uphill All the Way | 21 | Roy Clark Mel Tillis In the mood for some down-home hee-haws? Pick this cotton-pickin’ comedy, and get a passel of country stars—plus a cameo by Burt Reynolds. Roy Clark and Mel Tillis are two bumbling hucksters mistaken for bank robbers. |
(PG) | 1:26 | AL, V, BN | Frank Q Dobbs Roy Clark Mel Tillis Burl Ives Edie Adams Lisa Hartman |
| 330 | 30th (tie) | Yor, the Hunter From the Future | 21 | Ringo Starr A caveman warrior experiences a time warp as he battles Stone Age tribes and futuristic enemies. |
(PG) | 1:29 | Violence. | Anthony M. Dawson Reb Brown Corinne Cléry Luciano Pigozzi John Steiner |
| 331 | 31st (tie) | A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy | 20 | Woody Allen Three couples are tangled in love, wit and whimsy as they change partners (and their minds!) during a pre-wedding weekend. Mia Farrow and Mary Steenburgen co-star. |
(PG) | 1:28 | Adult situations and humor. | Woody Allen Woody Allen Mia Farrow Jose Ferrer Julie Hagerty |
| 332 | 31st (tie) | Agatha Christie's The Mirror Crack'd | 20 | Angela Lansbury Kim Novak Elizabeth Taylor Edward Fox Hollywood stars become involved in a strange murder, the latest in a series of Angatha Christie thrillers. Angela Lansbury, as Jane Marple, unravels a mystery in an English village. Elizabeth Taylor and Kim Novak play rival movie queens. Rock Hudson and Tony Curtis co-star. |
(PG) | 1:45 | Adult situations and language, violence. | Guy Hamilton Angela Lansbury Elizabeth Taylor Kim Novak Rock Hudson Tony Curtis |
| 333 | 31st (tie) | American Hot Wax | 20 | New York City, 1959: a salute to rock ’n’roll, rekindling the explosive spirit which now defines the ’50s generation. This rock packed film centers on disc jockey Alan Freed, who championed the music against the moralists. Chuck Berry stomps out “Roll Over Beethoven” and Jerry Lee Lewis ignites “Great Balls of Fire.” | (PG) | 1:31 | Some profanity. | Floyd Mutrux Tim McIntire Fran Drescher Jay Leno Laraine Newman Chuck Berry |
| 334 | 31st (tie) | Baby, Secret of the Lost Legend | 20 | Bringing up Baby is easier said than done when Baby happens to be a ten-foot-long brontosaurus. A sportswriter and hsi scientist wife becomes the protectors of this prehistoric creature which has been discovered in the African wilds. With William Katt. | (PG) | 1:33 | AS, V, N | B.W.L. Norton William Katt Sean Young Patrick McGoohan Julian Fellowes Kyra Sedgwick |
| 335 | 31st (tie) | Big (1988) | 20 | TOM HANKS This smash-hit blockbuster will bring out the kid in you! Tom Hanks earned a 1988 Best Actor Acadamy Award® nomination for a performance that is wide-eyed, excited and wonderfully guileless... an absolute delight(N.Y. Times). Snubbed by a teen beauty, a shrimpy 13-year-old wishes he were big—and wakes up as a 30-year-old man! Elizabeth Perkins. |
(PG) | 1:44 | AS, AL | Penny Marshall Tom Hanks Elizabeth Perkins Robert Loggia John Heard Jared Rushton |
| 336 | 31st (tie) | Blake Edwards' A Fine Mess (1986) | 20 | TED DANSON HOWIE MANDEL Two of today’s favorite funnymen team up for slapstick antics in this comedy. Pals Ted Danson and Howie Mandel bet big at the track after overhearing a horse-doping scheme. But the only payoff the two collect is hot pursuit by bungling mobsters. |
(PG) | 1:30 | AS, AL, MV | Blake Edwards Ted Danson Howie Mandel Richard Mulligan Stuart Margolin Maria Conchita Alonso |
| 337 | 31st (tie) | Breakin' 2 Electric Boogaloo | 20 | That Breakin’ crew is back with more flashy excitement from the urban break-dancing scene. Can they save their community center from the clutches of greedy developers? | (PG) | 1:34 | AL | Sam Firstberg Lucinda Dickey Adolfo Quinones Michael Chambers Harry Caesar Susie Bono |
| 338 | 31st (tie) | Disorderlies | 20 | THE FAT BOYS RALPH BELLAMY The biggeststars in rap music, The Fat Boys, take a turn at nursing in this wacky romp from the director of Krush Groove. The tubby trio's TLC (lender, loony care) proves that laughter really is the best medicine. |
(PG) | 1:26 | AL, BN | Michael Schultz The Fat Boys Ralph Bellamy Tony Plana Anthony Geary Troy Beyer |
| 339 | 31st (tie) | Funny Lady | 20 | Barbra Streisand The Fanny Brice story continues, and so do the songs and great comedy. Barbra still has her lingering love for ex-husband Omar Sharif and a new love: songwriter Billy Rose (James Caan). **** ... Barbra, you're just great.(Daily News) |
(PG) | 2:17 | Mild profanity. | Herbert Ross Barbra Streisand James Caan Omar Sharif Ben Vereen Roddy McDowall |
| 340 | 31st (tie) | How to Beat the High Cost of Living | 20 | Jane Curtin, Susan Saint James and Jessica Lange are three funny, sexy housewives who turn to crime in a hilarious effort to beat double-digit inflation. They plot to rip off a suburban shopping mall. Richard Benjamin co-stars. | (PG) | 1:45 | Nudity, profanity, adult situations and humor. | Robert Scheerer Susan Saint James Jane Curtins Jessica Lange Richard Benjamin Eddie Albert |
| 341 | 31st (tie) | Klondike Fever | 20 | Angie Dickinson Relive the gold rush days with hard-hitting writer Jack London as he meets the big shots, compulsive gamblers and pretty saloon girls out for fortunes. Jeff East stars with Rod Steiger, a local baron, and Angie Dickinson, a gritty saloon keeper. |
(PG) | 1:46 | Adult situations, violence. | Peter Carter Rod Steiger Angie Dickinson Lorne Greene Barry Morse Gordon Pinsent |
| 342 | 31st (tie) | Legend (1985) | 20 | TOM CRUISE MIA SARA Sumptuous sword-and-sorcery fantasy pits Tom Cruise against a satanic lord in this epic fable. In a land of demons, elves and unicorns, Cruise is the heroic beau of beautiful Mia Sara, When the Lord of Darkness steals her, Cruise is off on a grand-scale quest. |
(PG) | 1:30 | V | Ridley Scott Tom Cruise Mia Sara Tim Curry David Bennett Pamela Salem |
| 343 | 31st (tie) | Meatballs (1979) | 20 | Bill Murray An off-the-wall head counselor of a totally inept summer camp keeps things rolling for the funniest collection of lovable foul-ups ever assembled in a single season. Bill Murray of Saturday Night Live is the center of all the irreverent nuttiness. Kate Lynch, Chris Makepeace (My Bodyguard) co-star. Fast, funny send-up(L.A. Times) |
(PG) | 1:33 | Profanity, nudity, adult humor. | Ivan Reitman Bill Murray Harvey Atkin Kate Lynch Chris Makepeace Jack Blum |
| 344 | 31st (tie) | One Crazy Summer (1986) | 20 | JOHN CUSACK DEMI MOORE Take a wild Nantucket vacation in this sunny comedy. A promising cartoonist with love troubles, John Cusack starts a new romance with local singer Demi Moore. |
(PG) | 1:29 | AS, AL | Savage Steve Holland John Cusack Demi Moore Bobcat Goldthwait Curtis Armstrong Joe Flaherty |
| 345 | 31st (tie) | Places In The Heart | 20 | SALLY FIELD NOVEMBER MOVIE EXCLUSIVE The Oscar for Best Actress went to Sally Field for her portrayal of a young widow struggling to keep her family together in 1930s Texas. The drama is also a tribute to the people of a small town, who try to survive the Depression by living together, working together and loving one another. |
(PG) | 1:51 | AS, AL, V | Robert Benton Sally Field Lindsay Crouse Ed Harris Amy Madigan John Malkovich |
| 346 | 31st (tie) | Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach | 20 | Those pinheads of the penal code are back spreading law and disorder through sunny Florida. Almost all of the academy regulars reunite for a farewell salute to retiring Commandant Laissard when he addresses a Miami cop convention. Bubba Smith, Michael Winslow, Janet Jones. | (PG) | 1:26 | AS, AL | Alan Myerson Matt McCoy Bubba Smith David Graf Michael Winslow Leslie Easterbrook |
| 347 | 31st (tie) | RAD (1986) | 20 | TALIA SHIRE Freestyle bike dancingand acrobatics make for whizbang action in this BMX racing adventure. With Olympic gold medalist Bart Conner as a national BNX champ. |
(PG) | 1:29 | AL | Sam Firstenberg Bill Allen Jan-Michael Vincent Ned Eisenberg Jack Starrett Michael DeLano |
| 348 | 31st (tie) | Real Genius | 20 | Val Kilmer There's a lot of real fun in this not-just-another-whiz-kids comedy. Val Kilmer and his college roommate try to thwart creepy professor William Atherton, who's using his students' smarts to complete his own secret government project. |
(PG) | 1:46 | AS, AL | Martha Coolidge Val Kilmer Gabriel Jarret Michelle Meyrink William Atherton Ed Lauter |
| 349 | 31st (tie) | Sixteen Candles | 20 | A crop of young stars lights up this sweet comedy of a girl's not-so-happy 16th birthday. Molly Ringwald is Samantha, whose birthday is crimped by her sister’s wedding and an unrequited crush on Michael Schoefflin. With Anthony Michael Hall. | (PG) | 1:33 | AS, AL, BN | John Hughes Molly Ringwald Anthony Michael Hall Michael Schoeffling Paul Dooley Blanche Baker |
| 350 | 31st (tie) | Strange Brew | 20 | SCTV's lunatic McKenzie Brothers try to outsmart a brewmaster who's spiking the world's beer supply with mind-control drugs. | (PG) | 1:27 | Adult language, humor; mild violence. | Rick Moranis Dave Thomas Max von Sydow Paul Dooley Lynne Griffin |
| 351 | 31st (tie) | The Dark Crystal | 20 | The creators of the Muppets and Fraggle Rock spin a suspenseful tale of myth, mystery and adventure with an imaginative blend of sophisticated puppetry, mime and electronics. Directed by Jim Henson and Frank Oz. | (PG) | 1:23 | Mild violence. | Jim Henson Jennifer Connelly Frank Oz Kathryn Mullen Dave Goelz |
| 352 | 31st (tie) | The Dresser | 20 | Albert Finney Tom Courtenay A deeply moving drama of the need for friendship, set against the dedication of two men to their lives in the theater. Both stars received Best Actor Oscar nominations; also nominated for Best Picture. |
(PG) | 1:58 | Adult situations, language. | Peter Yates Albert Finney Tom Courtenay Edward Fox Zena Walker Eileen Atkins |
| 353 | 31st (tie) | The Great Outdoors | 20 | DAN AYKROYD JOHN CANDY Bats, leeches and bears are one thing—but it's his brother-in-law who's driving John Candy crazy in this back-to-nature laugh fest. Nestled in a cozy cabin on vacation. Candy and clan are rudely interrupted by Dan Aykroyd and his obnoxious family. Poor Mother Nature takes it on the chin when these two goofbals face off in the great outdoors. |
(PG) | 1:30 | AL | Howard Deutch Dan Aykroyd John Candy Stephanie Faracy Annette Bening Chris Young |
| 354 | 31st (tie) | The Hunter (1983) | 20 | Steve McQueen Eli Wallach In his final role, Steve McQueen plays a real-life American original. He's a modern-day bounty hunter who'll track shifty bail jumpers or shoot it out with hoodlums. Kathryn Harrold, as the interesting lady in his life, and Eli Wallach, as a bondsman, co-star in the powerful action. |
(PG) | 1:37 | Adult situations and language, violence. | Buzz Kulik Steve McQueen Eli Wallach Kathryn Harrold LeVar Burton Ben Johnson |
| 355 | 31st (tie) | The Peanut Butter Solution | 20 | Looking in the window of a spooky house, Michael sees something so scary his hair falls out. Then two spirits offer him their formula for restoring hair. | (PG) | 1:31 | AL | Michael Rubbo Mathew Mackay Siluck Saysanasy Alison Darcy Michael Hogan Helen Hughes |
| 356 | 31st (tie) | The Princess Bride | 20 | MANDY PATINKIN BILLY CRYSTAL PETER FALK A funny, enchanting treat for young and old, and one of the best movies of the yearNewsday! Once upon a time...isn't quite what it used to be in this bright and breezy tale of flashing swords, sorcerers and true love, directed by Rob Reiner Stand By Me. Beautiful Buttercup, believing her beloved Westley has been murdered by pirates, is bethrothed to villainous Prince Humperdinck. But who is the dashing, mysterious masked man who rescues her from dastardly abductors? THE BEST MOVIES ARE ON HBO |
(PG) | 1:38 | AL, MV | Rob Reiner Cary Elwes Mandy Patinkin Robin Wright Chris Sarandon Christopher Guest |
| 357 | 31st (tie) | The Stone Boy | 20 | HBO Sleeper Robert Duvall Glenn Close A grass-roots family struggles to stay together after a tragedy threatens to tear them apart. Duvall plays the father shattered by his anguished son’s behavior. A penetrating drama you may have missed in the theater. |
(PG) | 1:28 | Adult language. | Christopher Cain Robert Duvall Glenn Close Jason Presson Frederic Forrest Wilford Brimley |
| 358 | 31st (tie) | Transylvania 6-5000 | 20 | You've got the right number for laughs in this merry send-up of classic horror movies. Jeff Goldblum (The Fly) and Ed Begley Jr. (St. Elsewhere) play reporters prowling Transylvania for modern ghouls. | (PG) | 1:34 | MV | Rudy De Luca Jeff Goldblum Ed Begley Jr Geena Davis Michael Richards Carol Kane |
| 359 | 31st (tie) | Unfaithfully Yours | 20 | Dudley Moore Nastassja Kinski — Comic complications erupt when a jealous symphony conductor suspects his beautiful young wife is unfaithful. A stylish remake of the 1948 Preston Sturges classic. | (PG) | 1:36 | Adult situations, language and humor, mild violence, brief nudity. | Howard Zieff Dudley Moore Nastassja Kinski Armand Assante Albert Brooks Cassie Yates |
| 360 | 31st (tie) | Vice Versa (1988) | 20 | JUDGE REINHOLD FRED SAVAGE Trading places was never funnier than in this sunny switcheroo that's ...a treasure(N.Y. Post). Judge Reinhold (Beverly Hills Cop) and Fred Savage (The Wonder Years) are downright charming as the father-son duo who play mix-and-match minds thanks to an ancient artifact. |
(PG) | 1:39 | AS, AL | Brian Gilbert Judge Reinhold Fred Savage Corinne Bohrer Swoosie Kurtz Jane Kaczmarek |
| 361 | 31st (tie) | Walt Disney Productions' The Black Hole | 20 | Maximilian Schell Anthony Perkins Robert Forster The U.S.S. Cygnus is perched precariously at the edge of the Black Hole, the vast nothingness where space and time end. Anything that crosses its border enters a universe of the unknown. It is the domain of Dr. Hans Reinhardt (Maximilian Schell). A world where scientific genius and human madness intertwine; where dreams quickly turn to nightmares. With Yvette Mimieux, Ernest Borgnine. |
(PG) | 1:57 | Violence. | Gary Nelson Maximilian Schell Anthony Perkins Robert Forster Yvette Mimieux Ernest Borgnine |
| 362 | 32nd (tie) | A Force of One | 19 | Chuck Norris Jennifer O'Neil This unusual suspense thriller pits a martial arts champion against a vicious karate killer. Check Norris, six-time world titleholder, comes to the aid of a California narcotics squad when ace agents are methodically murdered. Co-star Jennifer O’Neill is an undercover cop. |
(PG) | 1:31 | Violence, profanity, adult situations. | Paul Aaron Chuck Norris Jennifer O'Neill Clu Gulager Ron O'Neal Clint Ritchie |
| 363 | 32nd (tie) | All the President's Men | 19 | Robert Redford Dustin Hoffman Skeptical and curious, two young reporters follow a thread of truth to the Oval Office—and a President resigns. Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman star in this front-page whodunit of the Watergate era. Jason Robards earned one of the four Oscars the film received. |
(PG) | 2:07 | Mature theme. | Alan J Pakula Robert Redford Dustin Hoffman Jason Robards Jack Warden Martin Balsam |
| 364 | 32nd (tie) | Baby Boom | 19 | DIANE KEATON SAM SHEPARD Can a corporate super-woman keep her career on the fast track when diapering duties threaten to unpin everything? Diane Keaton plays her problem for big laughs in this hit comedy about big business vs. a little baby. Keaton shines as J.D. "Tiger Lady" Wiatt, a high-powered New York exec who suddenly inherits a baby girl. But who forgot to include the owner's manual? With Harold Ramis. THE BEST MOVIES ARE ON HBO |
(PG) | 1:50 | AS, AL | Charles Shyer Diane Keaton Sam Shepard Harold Ramis Sam Wanamaker James Spader |
| 365 | 32nd (tie) | Broadway Danny Rose | 19 | Life isn't exactly boffo, but the laughs are, for a hapless show biz agent in this Woody Allen rib-tickler. Mia Farrow. (B/W). | (PG) | 1:24 | Adult situations, language, humor; mild violence. | Woody Allen Woody Allen Mia Farrow Nick Apollo Forte Sandy Baron Corbett Monica |
| 366 | 32nd (tie) | Date with an Angel | 19 | MICHAEL E.KNIGHT PHOEBE CATES A heavenly romance borne on lighthearted wings! Michael E. Knight (All My Children) is a young lover with a big problem. Engaged to gorgeous, spoiled Phoebe Cates, Knight’s plans nosedive when a blonde angel crash-lands in his pool. Emanuelle Beart plays the lady from above. |
(PG) | 1:45 | AS, AL | Tom McLoughlin Michael E. Knight Phoebe Cates Emmanuelle Béart David Dukes Bibi Besch |
| 367 | 32nd (tie) | Electric Dreams | 19 | Boy meets girlhappens all the time—but boy and computer meet girl? Only in the movies—in this case a comic love story for the video age. A bumbling architect falls for the beautiful musician upstairs, but it's his new computer that does the wooing! State-of-the-art laughs and love. Featuring songs by Culture Club. |
(PG) | 1:36 | Adult situations, language, humor, mild violence. | Steve Barron Lenny Von Dohlen Virginia Madsen Maxwell Caulfield Bud Cort Don Fellows |
| 368 | 32nd (tie) | Haunted Honeymoon (1986) | 19 | GENE WILDER Comedy favorites put a new spin on the old spooky mansion story in this giggle-and-shiver fest. Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner play an engaged couple visiting his ancestral estate to try to scare him out of his fear of marriage! |
(PG) | 1:27 | AL, V | Gene Wilder Gene Wilder Gilda Radner Dom DeLuise Jonathan Pryce Paul L. Smith |
| 369 | 32nd (tie) | Hog Wild | 19 | Tony Rosato Clean-cut high school kids take on a gang of motorcycle hoodlums, making their life miserable in this irreverent comedy. Michael Biehn plays a headstrong youth who confronts the bikers led by Tony Rosato. Offbeat humor with a motorcycle race at the climax. |
(PG) | 1:27 | Adult situations, language and humor. | Les Rose Michael Biehn Tony Rosato Angelo Rizacos Martin Mull Judy Foster |
| 370 | 32nd (tie) | Honeysuckle Rose | 19 | Willie Nelson Dyan Cannon Torn between two different women, an adorned country singer (Willie Nelson) faces a private dilemma. Dyan Cannon, as his wife, and Amy Iring, an aspiring guitarist, complete the triangle. With a great country sound track. |
(PG) | 2:00 | Adult situations and language. | Jerry Schatzberg Willie Nelson Dyan Cannon Amy Irving Slim Pickens Joey Floyd |
| 371 | 32nd (tie) | House of the Long Shadows | 19 | Vincent Price Spoof of Gothic thrillers. |
(PG) | 1:42 | Adult language and violence. | Pete Walker Vincent Price Christopher Lee Peter Cushing Desi Arnaz Jr. John Carradine |
| 372 | 32nd (tie) | Hunk (1987) | 19 | JAMES COCO JOHN ALLEN NELSON Does a nerd have a chance in hell of becoming a California hunk? Sure, when he makes a pact with the devil! Twerpy Bradley turns into Hunk Golden, generating a beachful of laughs. Deborah Shelton. |
(PG) | 1:42 | AL, AH | Lawrence Bassoff Deborah Shelton John Allen Nelson Rebecca Bush Steve Levitt James Coco |
| 373 | 32nd (tie) | Last Plane Out | 19 | Jan-Michael Vincent An American TV reporter battles the odds to get his story as Nicaragua is swept by revolution. Jan-Michael Vincent stars as the journalist trapped by political upheaval and his love for a native woman. |
(PG) | 1:37 | Adult language, mild violence. | David Nelson Jan-Michael Vincent Julie Carmen Mary Crosby David Huffman |
| 374 | 32nd (tie) | Legal Eagles (1986) | 19 | DEBRA WINGER ROBERT REDFORD DARYL HANNAH The glitter of big stars in a blockbuster comedy/thriller makes this an open-and-shut case of sheer enjoyment. Robert Redford and Debra Winger are bantering, romancing New York lawyers working on an art theft/murder case together. While they try to clear their client, dazzling Daryl Hannah (Splash), somebody's trying to put a stop to their activities—permanently! A sleek, old-fashioned screen caper that jumps from courtroom to boudoir to the New York gallery scene. Directed by Ivan Reitman (Ghostbusters). |
(PG) | 1:56 | AS, AL, MV | Ivan Reitman Robert Redford Debra Winger Daryl Hannah Brian Dennehy Terence Stamp Steven Hill |
| 375 | 32nd (tie) | Never Say Never Again | 19 | Sean Connery Barbara Carrera Max von Sydow Kim Basinger Sean Connery is back—and he hasn’t lost his stylish flair for adventure! The seasoned 007 is ready to tackle a ring of terrorists who steal nuclear warheads and hold them for ransom. |
(PG) | 2:14 | Adult situations, violence, brief nudity. | Irvin Kershner Sean Connery Klaus Maria Brandauer Barbara Carrera Max von Sydow |
| 376 | 32nd (tie) | Smokey and the Bandit (1977) | 19 | Burt Reynolds is king of the road in this fast- talking and hard-driving comedy. Macho Burt is CB’s “Bandit,” romancing runaway bride-to-be Sally Field when he’s not racing beer across state lines. Co-star Jerry Reed sings three country-western songs. | (PG) | 1:36 | Adult language. | Hal Needham Burt Reynolds Sally Field Jackie Gleason Jerry Reed Mike Henry |
| 377 | 32nd (tie) | STEVEN SPIELBERG PRESENTS *batteries not included |
19 | HUME CRONYN JESSICA TANDY Kids of all ages will cheer this engaging sci-fi fantasy about aliens who save the day for some folks on Earth. When a feisty old New York City couple (Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy) take on a ruthless land developer who's out to evict them, it looks like dark days ahead. Then several tiny spaceships fly into their apartment and turn on the magic! A "warm, genuine delight" (San Francisco Chronicle) co-produced by E.T's Steven Spielberg. Directed by Matthew Robbins (Dragonslayer). |
(PG) | 1:47 | AL, V | Matthew Robbins Hume Cronyn Jessica Tandy Frank McRae |
| 378 | 32nd (tie) | Superman III (1983) | 19 | Christopher Reeve Richard Pryor Look! On the TV! It’s an adventure! It’s a comedy! It’s Supersequel! This time our hero battles nasty Robert Vaughn’s world domination plot. Richard Pryor gets the laughs as a computer whiz who helps turn the Man of Steel into (gasp!) a bad guy! Annette O’Toole plays Superman’s high school sweetie. High-tech dazzle and superfun. |
(PG) | 2:05 | Adult situations and language, mild violence. | Richard Lester Christopher Reeve Richard Pryor Jackie Cooper Marc McClure |
| 379 | 32nd (tie) | Sylvester (1985) | 19 | MELISSA GILBERT . An orphaned Texas teenager is determined to turn a raggedy rodeo horse into a champion jumper in this heartwarming drama. Melissa Gilbert is the tough cowgirl.With Richard Farnsworth. |
(PG) | 1:43 | AL, MV | Tim Hunter Richard Farnsworth Melissa Gilbert Michael Schoeffling Constance Towers Pete Kowanko |
| 380 | 32nd (tie) | The Main Event | 19 | Ryan O'Neal Barbra Streisand A bankrupt, Beverly Hills perfume tycoon is forced to exploit her last asset—a cowardly glass-jawed fighter who would rather teach driving than box. Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal of What’s Up, Doc? are reunited in a clever combination of knockabout comedy and romance. Paul Sand co-stars as her ex-husband and lawyer. And Barbra sings the title song on the soundtrack. |
(PG) | 1:50 | Adult Situations. | Howard Zieff Barbra Streisand Ryan O'Neal Paul Sand Whitman Mayo Patti D'Arbanville |
| 381 | 32nd (tie) | The Purple Rose of Cairo | 19 | Mia Farrow Life turns into a movie for a Depression-era waitress when a dashing matinee idol (Jeff Daniels) steps off the screen and into her arms. A beguiling comic fantasy from director/writer Woody Allen. |
(PG) | 1:22 | AS | Woody Allen Mia Farrow Jeff Daniels Danny Aiello Dianne Wiest Van Johnson |
| 382 | 32nd (tie) | Walk Proud (1979) | 19 | Robby Benson A young Chicano member of an East Los Angeles gang struggles to come of age and find his own identity. Robby Benson is caught among loyalties to his gang, his mother and his Anglo girl friend Sarah Holcomb (Animal House). |
(PG) | 1:38 | Robert Collins Robby Benson Sarah Holcomb Domingo Ambriz Pepe Serna Trinidad Silva | |
| 383 | 32nd (tie) | Wavelength | 19 | Robert Carradine Three alien creatures crash to Earth, zapping humans on contact. Can they escape a deadly Air Force trap? |
(PG) | 1:27 | Adult language, violence, nudity. | Mike Gray Robert Carradine Cherie Currie Keenan Wynn |
| 384 | 32nd (tie) | Who's That Girl | 19 | MADONNA • GRIFFIN DUNNE Pop superstar Madonna sings the hit title song and sasses her way info and out of trouble in this comedy/romance. Out of jail affer serving time for a crime she didnt commit, Madonna ropes uptight yuppie Griffin Dunne into helping her finger the real culprit. |
(PG) | 1:34 | AL | James Foley Madonna Griffin Dunne Haviland Morris John McMartin Bibi Besch |
| 385 | 32nd (tie) | Young and Free | 19 | Young Chad Rainey joins a wagon train heading west and meets an Indian girl who unlocks the wonders of the wild for him. | (PG) | 1:30 | Violence. | Keith Larsen Keith Larsen Barbara Eden Lloyd Bochner John Anderson Kathleen Crowley |
| 386 | 33rd (tie) | Android (1982) | 18 | Stranded on a remote spacestation, a quirky robot longs to be human. An offbeat science fiction cult favorite. With Klaus Kinski. | (PG) | 1:20 | Adult situations and language, violence, brief nudity. | Aaron Lipstadt Klaus Kinski Brie Howard Norbert Weisser Crofton Hardester Kendra Kirchner |
| 387 | 33rd (tie) | Cattle Annie & Little Britches | 18 | Burt Lancaster John Savage You reckon they don’t make fun Westerns like they used to? Then don’t miss Burt Lancaster in this wild and woolly saga of outlaws, shoot-outs and two spunky, sassy ladies. |
(PG) | 1:38 | Adult situations and language, mild violence. | Lamont Johnson Burt Lancaster Amanda Plummer Diane Lane Rod Steiger Scott Glenn |
| 388 | 33rd (tie) | Cloak and Dagger (aka Cloak & Dagger) | 18 | Henry Thomas Dabney Coleman A whiz at computer games, 11-year-old Davey also has a very lively imagination. Stumbling upon a real espionage plot, he calls on an imaginary hero to help him retrieve vital coded documents from the enemy. |
(PG) | 1:41 | Adult language and violence. | Richard Franklin Henry Thomas Dabney Coleman Michael Murphy Christina Nigra John McIntire |
| 389 | 33rd (tie) | Code Name: Emerald | 18 | As World War II nears its end, the Nazis will stop at nothing to learn when the Allied invasion of Europe will take place. Ed Harris (Sweet Dreams) stars as a double agent in this espionage thriller. | (PG) | 1:36 | AS, V | Jonathan Sanger Ed Harris Max von Sydow Cyrielle Claire Helmut Berger Horst Buchholz |
| 390 | 33rd (tie) | Crackers (1984) | 18 | Donald Sutherland Five losers try to solve their cash-flow problems by robbing a San Francisco pawnshop. |
(PG) | 1:28 | Adult situations, language, humor. | Louis Malle Donald Sutherland Jack Warden Sean Penn Wallace Shawn Christine Baranski |
| 391 | 33rd (tie) | Deal of the Century | 18 | Chevy Chase Sigourney Weaver You've got a friend in the military arms business—and his name is Chevy Chase! The comedy star slips into wacky satire as a fighter-jet peddler with a shot at the deal of the century. But before he can foist his shoddy goods off on a hapless dictator, he has to contend with the quirks of girlfriend Sigourney Weaver. |
(PG) | 1:39 | Adult situations, language, humor; violence. | William Friedkin Chevy Chase Gregory Hines Sigourney Weaver William Prince |
| 392 | 33rd (tie) | Enigma (1982) | 18 | HBO SLEEPER Martin Sheen An East German defector risks his life when he returns to Berlin on a mission for Western intelligence. Cold war intrigue is heightened by a Russian assassination plot. |
(PG) | 1:41 | Adult situations and language, violence, nudity. | Jeannot Szwarc Martin Sheen Brigitte Fossey Sam Neill Derek Jacobi Michel Lonsdale |
| 393 | 33rd (tie) | Fast Forward | 18 | New York City’s mean streets are no match for eight kids from a Sandusky, Ohio, dance group who hit town with nothing but brains, looks and talent! A sassy barrage of music, comedy and dance directed by Sidney Poitier. | (PG) | 1:51 | AL, MV | Sidney Poitier John Scott Clough Don Franklin Tamara Mark Karen Kopins |
| 394 | 33rd (tie) | Gandhi | 18 | Academy Award Winner Best Picture Ben Kingsley Candice Bergen A stirring, spectacular epic and winner of eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture! Ben Kingsley (Betrayal) gives an astonishing performance as one of the world's great men of peace. Director Richard Attenborough recreates Mahatma Gandhi's odyssey over five tumultuous decades. Gandhi's principles of nonviolence and passive resistance direct him to the spiritual leadership of a modern India looking to overthrow British rule. Cast includes Martin Sheen, John Gielgud and Trevor Howard. |
(PG) | 3:14 | Violence. | Richard Attenborough Ben Kingsley Candice Bergen Edward Fox John Gielgud |
| 395 | 33rd (tie) | Irreconcilable Differences | 18 | Ryan O’Neal • Shelley Long • Drew Barrymore In a delightful domestic romp, young Drew Barrymore wants a divorce—from her own parents! She gets her day in court as wrangling couple Ryan O'Neal and Shelley Long recall the whirlwind courtship and marriage that led to their family feud. |
(PG) | 1:53 | AS | Charles Shyer Ryan O'Neal Shelley Long Drew Barrymore Sam Wanamaker Allen Garfield |
| 396 | 33rd (tie) | Joey (1986) | 18 | HBO SLEEPER This moving generation-gap drama opened to little fanfare, and HBO has rediscovered its special pleasures. Seventeen-year-old Joey has god reason to be obsessed with pop music: his grease monkey dad was a '50s rock'n'roll star. Fueled by high-octane rock tunes. |
(PG) | 1:37 | AS, AL, MV | Joseph Ellison Neill Barry James Quinn Elisa Heinsohn Linda Thorson Richard Mulligan |
| 397 | 33rd (tie) | Loving Couples | 18 | Shirley MacLaine James Coburn Susan Sarandon Stephen Collins Two couples go in for some unconventional regrouping in a sophisticated comedy that pokes fun at alternative lifestyles. Its sparkling cast —featuring Shirley MacLaine, James Coburn and Sally Kellerman—romps through a variety of screwball situations. |
(PG) | 1:37 | Adult situations and humor, profanity. | Jack Smight Shirley MacLaine James Coburn Susan Sarandon Stephen Collins Sally Kellerman |
| 398 | 33rd (tie) | Moonstruck | 18 | THE BEST MOVIES ARE ON HBO CHER NICHOLAS CAGE 1987 OSCAR® WINNER BEST ACTRESS If movies were pizza, this zesty blockbuser would be a deep-dish award winner with everything on it: super stars, a delicious story of love and laughs with a touch of garlic—all topped with three 1987 Academy Awards.® Cher goes from frumpy to fabulous as an Italian-American widow. With Best supporting Actress Olympia Dukakis. |
(PG) | 1:42 | AS, AL | Norman Jewison Cher Nicolas Cage Olympia Dukakis Danny Aiello Vincent Gardenia |
| 399 | 33rd (tie) | Octopussy | 18 | Roger Moore Maud Adams When a British agent is murdered in Berlin, it's our man James Bond, of course, who gets the case. The popular hero is back for nonstop action and intrigue as he tries to thwart plans for a Russian world conquest. Louis Jourdan plays 007's nemesis, a villainous prince. |
(PG) | 2:11 | Adult situations and language, violence. | John Glen Roger Moore Maud Adams Louis Jourdan Steven Berkoff |
| 400 | 33rd (tie) | Orca, the Killer Whale | 18 | Richard Harris provokes a wily killer whale when he slays its pregnant mate. | (PG) | 1:32 | Violence. | Michael Anderson Richard Harris Charlotte Rampling Will Sampson Bo Derek |
| 401 | 33rd (tie) | Phar Lap | 18 | Phar Lap was the spirited Australian race horse that reigned as King ofthe Turf in the early 1980s, winning 37 races in three years. Behind this phenomenal record and the headlines was the story of a shy stable boy whose devotion turned the nag into a champion when no one else would believe in him. | (PG) | 1:47 | AL | Simon Wincer Tom Burlinson Martin Vaughan Ron Leibman Judy Morris Celia De Burgh |
| 402 | 33rd (tie) | STEVEN SPIELBERG PRESENTS The Goonies | 18 | Searching for buried treasure has never been so much fun! In this irresistible roller coaster ride of a movie, the Gooniesare a gang of imaginative kids. They discover an ancient treasure map that leads them on a thrilling journey. |
(PG) | 1:54 | AL, V | Richard Donner Sean Astin Josh Brolin Jeff Cohen Corey Feldman Kerri Green |
| 403 | 33rd (tie) | Supergirl™ | 18 | Faye Dunaway Helen Slater Peter O'Toole Get set for campy fun when Superman’s teenage cousin takes off on her maiden flight! The girl of steel heads for Earth in search of her city's missing power source, the Omegahedron. But it has fallen into the hands of High Priestess Faye Dunaway, who wants to use it to rule the world. Peter O'Toole co-stars in this good-time comic book of a movie. ©DC Comics Inc. 1984. Supergirl is a trademark of DC Comics Inc. |
(PG) | 1:45 | MV | Jeannot Szwarc Helen Slater Faye Dunaway Peter O'Toole Mia Farrow Brenda Vaccaro |
| 404 | 33rd (tie) | The Champ (1979) | 18 | Jon Voight Faye Dunaway This moving contemporary drama of a broken marriage is set against three unique backgrounds: the boxing ring, a race track and the fashion world. Jon Voight is an ex- champion, scratching out a living for his young son while dreaming of a comeback. Faye Dunaway is the mother who has gone on to fashion acclaim. Ricky Schroder plays the boy who idolizes his dad. |
(PG) | 1:58 | Profanity. | Franco Zeffirelli Jon Voight Faye Dunaway Ricky Schroder Jack Warden Arthur Hill |
| 405 | 33rd (tie) | The Deep (1977) | 18 | Jacqueline Bisset and Nick Nolte in perilous search for treasure. | (PG) | 2:00 | V, BN | Peter Yates Nick Nolte Jacqueline Bisset Robert Shaw Louis Gossett Jr. Eli Wallach |
| 406 | 33rd (tie) | The Great Adventure | 18 | Abandoned in the wilderness in Gold Rush era Alaska, a boy and his dog struggle to survive in the face of nearly insurmountable odds. With Joan Collins. | (PG) | 1:27 | Mild violence. | Gianfranco Baldanello Writers John Fonseca Elliot Geisinger Juan Logar Stars Jack Palance Joan Collins Elisabetta Virgili |
| 407 | 33rd (tie) | The Last Starfighter | 18 | Robert Preston Lance Guest He's great at zapping aliens on a video screen, but how will Alex do against the real thing? That's the challenge facing a teen videogame whiz when he’s whisked into the cosmos to do battle with invaders in this sci-fiadventure. Robert Preston (Finnegan Begin Again) stars as an intergalactic recruiter seeking starfighters to save the universe. |
(PG) | 1:41 | Adult language, violence. | Nick Castle Lance Guest Robert Preston Dan O'Herlihy Catherine Mary Stewart Barbara Bosson |
| 408 | 33rd (tie) | The NeverEnding Story | 18 | An imaginative boy slides into a storybook world and becomes part of the action when the story needs a hero. It’s up to him to set things right for a mythical kingdom in this fantasy combining live action and animation. A rare treat for the family. | (PG) | 1:34 | Violence. | Wolfgang Petersen Noah Hathaway Barret Oliver Tami Stronach Patricia Hayes Sydney Bromley |
| 409 | 33rd (tie) | The One And Only | 18 | Henry Winkler What happens when a show-off and his long-suffering wife head for the New York bigtime? Henry Winkler ( the Fonz) and Kim Darby have some riotous times as he tries to make it as an actor and a wild pro wrestler. Directed by Carl Reiner. With Hervé Villechaize of Fantasy Island. Hilarious...Winkler is wonderful!(People) |
(PG) | 1:38 | Adult language | Carl Reiner Henry Winkler Kim Darby Gene Saks William Daniels Harold Gould |
| 410 | 33rd (tie) | The Philadelphia Experiment | 18 | A botched radar experiment catapults two WWII seamen from 1943 Philadelphia into the Nevada desert of 1984. Can they adapt to the strange new world? Michael Paré stars in this sci-fi thriller. NancyAllen plays the modern-day woman who falls in love with him. | (PG) | 1:41 | AS, AL, V | Stewart Raffill Michael Paré Nancy Allen Bobby Di Cicco Eric Christmas Louise Latham |
| 411 | 33rd (tie) | The Shootist | 18 | Lauren Becall John Wayne gives a towering performance as the last of a dying breed of gunfighter. He moves in with Lauren Bacall and her son, Ron Howard to plan the blazing finale of his career. |
(PG) | 1:23 | Adult situations and language, violence. | Don Siegel John Wayne Lauren Bacall Ron Howard James Stewart Richard Boone |
| 412 | 33rd (tie) | Tin Man (1983) | 18 | Timothy Bottoms A unique computer that can speak as well as hear begins to complicate the world of its deaf young inventor. With John Phillip Law. |
(PG) | 1:34 | Adult situations and language, nudity. | John G Thomas Timothy Bottoms Dee Wallace |
| 413 | 33rd (tie) | White Water Summer | 18 | KEVIN BACON Can a spoiled city kid come out a man after a grueling summer in a wilderness camp? Kevin Bacon plays the boy's tough instructor; Sean Astin is the reluctant trainee. |
(PG) | 1:30 | AL, MV | Jeff Bleckner Sean Astin Kevin Bacon Jonathan Ward Matt Adler Charles Siebert |
| 414 | 34th (tie) | Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile | 17 | Like Agatha Christie’s original whodunit, this exotic thriller is a good one to curl up with.Peter Ustinov stars as the legendary detective Hercule Poirot, faced with the murder of the richest girl in the world. Among the highly suspicious passengers on board the luxurious cruise ship: Bette Davis, Mia Farrow, Angela Lansbury, David Niven, Maggie Smith and George Kennedy. Wittily acted(Time) |
(PG) | 2:30 | Violence. | John Guillermin Peter Ustinov David Niven Mia Farrow Angela Lansbury Maggie Smith |
| 415 | 34th (tie) | Barbarosa | 17 | Willie Nelson Gary Busey On the parched Texas rangeland,an aging bandit: hero befriends a farm boy on the run, and together they battle for survival in a timeworn blood feud. Willie Nelson is the great Barbarosa, outlaw for 30 years and a legend to the local peasants. Gary Busey plays his unlikely comrade-in-arms. |
(PG) | 1:30 | Adult situations and language, violence. | Fred Schepisi Willie Nelson Gary Busey Isela Vega Gilbert Roland Danny De La Paz |
| 416 | 34th (tie) | Borderline | 17 | Borderline Dangerous trafficking in human lives is the background for this contemporary action drama. Charles Bronson, an honest, hard-nosed U.S. Border Patrol officer, leads the search for a powerful ring smuggling Mexican aliens into California. Co-star Bruno Kirby is a rookie patrolman learning the ropes; Ed Harris, a ruthless Vietnam veteran. |
(PG) | 1:44 | Adult situations, profanity, violence. | Jerrold Freedman Charles Bronson Bruno Kirby Bert Remsen Michael Lerner Kenneth McMillan Ed Harris |
| 417 | 34th (tie) | City Heat (1984) | 17 | Clint Eastwood Burt Reynolds Two of America's most popular stars team up in an action-packed 1930s crime comedy. Once pals on the police force, wise-cracking detective Burt and steely cop Clint are now friendly enemies working the same mean streets, throwing punches as well as punch lines. |
(PG) | 1:38 | AS, AL, V | Richard Benjamin Clint Eastwood Burt Reynolds Jane Alexander Madeline Kahn Rip Torn |
| 418 | 34th (tie) | Educating Rita | 17 | Michael Caine Julie Walters Romantic sparks fly when a spunky hairdresser, on the road to self-discovery, enrolls in the class of a boozy college professor, She wants an education to improve herself; he soon learns a few things himself. Michael Caine and Julie Walters received Oscar nominations for their performances in this charming comedy. |
(PG) | 1:51 | Adult situations, language. | Lewis Gilbert Michael Caine Julie Walters Michael Williams Maureen Lipman |
| 419 | 34th (tie) | Fandango | 17 | Five college graduates must go separate ways— but not without one last fling. A freewheeling celebration of coming of age. | (PG) | 1:31 | AL, BN | Kevin Reynolds Kevin Costner Judd Nelson Sam Robards Chuck Bush Suzy Amis |
| 420 | 34th (tie) | From Hell to Victory | 17 | George Peppard George Hamilton War dramatically changes the lives of four friends as they leave the Paris of ’39 and go their separate ways in WWII. George Prepared plays an American; George Hamilton, a Canadian; Jean Pierre Cassel, an Englishman; and Horst Bucholz, a German Gripping war action including the Dunkirk disaster, bomber attacks on London and commando raids into France. |
(PG) | 1:40 | Adult situations, language, violence. | Umberto Lenzi George Peppard George Hamilton Horst Buchholz Anny Duperey Capucine |
| 421 | 34th (tie) | Going In Style | 17 | George Burns Art Carney Meet three senior citizens with an outrageous plan to beat the system. George Burns, a retired salesman; Art Carney, a former bartender; and Lee Strasberg, a onetime cabbie, find little security in Social Security. So they decide to spice up their golden years by robbing a very big bank. At least, they’ll go out in style. The three great stars fill this comedy with some wild fun. A small gem(Chicago Tribune) |
(PG) | 1:39 | Profanity. | Martin Brest George Burns Art Carney Lee Strasberg Charles Hallahan Pamela Payton-Wright |
| 422 | 34th (tie) | Hanover Street | 17 | World War II London, the Blitz! A likely time for adventure and intrigue, an unlikely time for love. but love soon connects the lives of Harrison Ford (Star Wars), Lesley-Anne Down (The Betsy) and Christopher Plummer (Murder by Decree). Ford’s the gutsy American bomber pilot; Down, an English nurse; Plummer, a distinguished intelligence officer. Warm-hearted, striking, nostalgic(L.A. Times) |
(PG) | 1:49 | Adult situations, language. | Peter Hyams Harrison Ford Lesley-Anne Down Christopher Plummer Alec McCowen Richard Masur |
| 423 | 34th (tie) | Honky Tonk Freeway | 17 | Beau Bridges Beverly D'Angelo When a new Florida expressway threatens to cut off access to a small town, the community takes matters into its own hands. William Devane, Teri Garr (Tootsie) and Geraldine Page co-star in this madcap comedy. |
(PG) | 1:46 | Adult situations, language and humor. | John Schlesinger Beau Bridges Beverly D'Angelo Hume Cronyn Jessica Tandy Geraldine Page |
| 424 | 34th (tie) | Just You and Me, Kid | 17 | George Burns Brooke Shields Two juvenile delinquents, one 14, the other 83, spark this happy comedy. George Burns and Brooke Shields (The Blue Lagoon) are an odd couple indeed. He's a retired song-and-dance man. She's a troubled teen on the lam from a dangerous dope dealer, The fun begins when George offers Brooke food, shelter and nonstop, hilarious one-liners. Fun, by George!(N.Y,Post) |
(PG) | 1:31 | Leonard Stern George Burns Brooke Shields Lorraine Gary Carl Ballantine Nicolas Coster | |
| 425 | 34th (tie) | Lost and Found | 17 | George Segal Glenda Jackson The popular duo from A Touch of Class match wits as mismatched newlyweds in this breezy romantic comedy. Oscar winner Glenda Jackson finds herself competing with memories of her mate’s late wife. Prof George Segal has problems of his own on campus. |
(PG) | 1:45 | Adult situations, language. | Melvin Frank George Segal Glenda Jackson Maureen Stapleton Paul Sorvino John Cunningham |
| 426 | 34th (tie) | North Shore (1987) | 17 | GREGORY HARRISON Arizona's top surfer wins some money in competition and rushes off to Oahu's rough waves. but is he going in over his head? |
(PG) | 1:36 | AL | William Phelps Matt Adler Nia Peeples Gregory Harrison John Philbin Gerry Lopez |
| 427 | 34th (tie) | Out of Africa | 17 | ACADEMY AWARD WINNER FOR BEST PICTURE Robert Redford Meryl Streep This stunning love story, set in a lush, lost paradise, won seven Oscars including Best Picture. Meryl Streep plays Karen Blixen, who comes to Kenya in 1913 for a marriage of convenience. There she meets the love of her life—a charming adventurer. But can she keep him? Robert Redford is the man who captures her heart. Based on Karen’s memoirs written under the name of Isak Dinesen. With Klaus Maria Brandauer. |
(PG) | 2:41 | AS, MV | Sydney Pollack Meryl Streep Robert Redford Klaus Maria Brandauer Michael Kitchen Malick Bowens |
| 428 | 34th (tie) | Rappin' (1985) | 17 | Sassy street talk, buoyant break dancing and a swinging score add zest to this likable urban drama set in a Pittsburgh melting pot. Starring Mario Van Peebles. | (PG) | 1:32 | AS, AL, MV | Joel Silberg Mario Van Peebles Tasia Valenza Charles Flohe Leo O'Brien Eric LaSalle |
| 429 | 34th (tie) | Smokey and the Bandit II | 17 | Burt Reynolds Sally Field Jackie Gleason In a brand-new comedy caper, “Bandit,” the gutsy driver, agrees to steal a pregnant elephant in Miami and deliver her to Republicans meeting in Texas. Sally Field (Norma Rae) and Jerry Reed join Burt in high-jinks on the highways. Co-star Jackie Gleason plays three roles. |
(PG) | 1:41 | Adult situations, language and humor. | Hal Needham Burt Reynolds Jerry Reed Dom DeLuise Sally Field Paul Williams |
| 430 | 34th (tie) | Sweet Liberty | 17 | ALAN ALDA MICHAEL CAINE MICHELLE PFEIFFER Summer madness strikes a small North Carolina town when a Hollywood film crew arrives to make an epic about the American Revolution. Alan Alda stars as the author of the lusty historical novel being filmed. But Hollywood wants to forget about most of the history and concentrate on the lust! Michael Caine and Michelle Pfeiffer (Ladyhawke) play the stars of the movie. |
(PG) | 1:47 | AS, AL, BN | Alan Alda Alan Alda Michael Caine Michelle Pfeiffer Bob Hoskins Lise Hilboldt |
| 431 | 34th (tie) | The Ace (aka The Great Santini) | 17 | A tough, rowdy Marine pilot and his sensitive, strong-willed son clash in this conflict of generations. Robert Duvall’s daredevil skills are matched by ground battles with brass and family. Blythe Danner is superb as his adoring wife. | (PG) | 1:56 | Profanity, adult situations. | Lewis John Carlino Robert Duvall Blythe Danner Michael O'Keefe Lisa Jane Persky |
| 432 | 34th (tie) | The Bounty (1984) | 17 | Mel Gibson Anthony Hopkins One of the most famous of all sea legends comes to life once more in this new version of the classic adventure. Rebellious Fletcher Christian (Mel Gibson) Clashes with Captain Bligh (Anthony Hopkins) when they land at Tahiti in the 1700s. With Laurence Oliver. |
(PG) | 2:11 | Adult situations, language, violence; nudity. | Roger Donaldson Mel Gibson Anthony Hopkins Laurence Olivier Edward Fox Daniel Day-Lewis |
| 433 | 34th (tie) | The Electric Horseman | 17 | Robert Redford Jane Fonda An ex-rodeo star, reduced to huckstering breakfast cereal, is stalked by a high-powered TV reporter who smells scandal. In this incisive look at corporate America vs. the call of the wild, Robert Redford plays the down-and-out cowboy with a suit studded with lights; Jane Fonda, the newscaster out to get her story without getting involved. With Willie Nelson. |
(PG) | 2:00 | Adult situations and language. | Sydney Pollack Robert Redford Jane Fonda Valerie Perrine Willie Nelson John Saxon |
| 434 | 34th (tie) | The Evictors | 17 | People live and love and die in this small Louisiana town and no one ever locks their doors—except in the old Monroe house. A Chilling horror-suspense film. Jessica Harper, Michael Parks and Vic Morrow anxiously await the unknown. Triple-surprise ending(Variety) |
(PG) | 1:28 | Bloody violence. | Charles B Pierce Jessica Harper Vic Morrow Sue Ane Langdon Dennis Fimple Bill Thurman |
| 435 | 34th (tie) | The Gods Must Be Crazy (1986) | 17 | Touching and laugh-out-loud funny, this surprise comedy hit takes you to the wilds of the Kalahari Desert and the heights of hilarity. You'll feel like hugging the screen(San Francisco Chronicle). |
(PG) | 1:49 | AL, V, N | Jamie Uys N!xau Lena Farugia Hans Strydom Marius Weyers Sandra Prinsloo |
| 436 | 34th (tie) | Treasure of the Four Crowns | 17 | Fortune hunters invade the fortress of a religious charlatan to capture ancient jeweled crowns that carry supernatural powers. | (PG) | 1:40 | Adult language, graphic violence. | Ferdinando Baldi Tony Anthony Gene Quintano Francisco Rabal Ana Obregon Lewis Gordon |
| 437 | 34th (tie) | Willow (1988) | 17 | THE BEST MOVIES ARE ON HBO VAL KILMER Danger, fantasy and romance add up to adventure in this epic directed by Ron Howard Cocoon. Willow is a little person,a simple farmer and would-be sorcerer who finds a baby girl in a basket on the river. His attempt to return her to her people involves him and adventurer Mad-martigan in a struggle between good and evil. With Jean Marsh as an evil queen. |
(PG) | 2:06 | V | Ron Howard Val Kilmer Joanne Whalley Warwick Davis Jean Marsh Patricia Hayes |
| 438 | 35th (tie) | 1941 (1979) | 16 | Dan Aykroyd John Belushi They roared into battle, but one thing was missing: the enemy. A comedy based on the real panic that seized California after Pearl Harbor, this misadventure features John Belushi as a maniacal pilot and Dan Aykroyd as a mechanic turned tank commander. A wacky nonstop stream of action, sight gags and special effects. Three Oscar nominations. |
(PG) | 1:59 | Adult language, humor. | Steven Spielberg Dan Aykroyd Ned Beatty John Belushi Lorraine Gary Murray Hamilton |
| 439 | 35th (tie) | Beat Street | 16 | An energetic musical drama about city kids with a passion for break dancing and graffiti painting. Rae Dawn Chong (The Color Purple) heads the cast. | (PG) | 1:46 | AL, MV | Stan Lathan Guy Davis Rae Dawn Chong Jon Chardiet Leon W Grant Saundra Santiago |
| 440 | 35th (tie) | Billy Jack (1971) | 16 | He's a loner who walks tall on the side of justice. Tom Laughlin stars in the surprise box-office hit. | (PG) | 1:54 | Violence, nudity, rape. | Tom Laughlin Tom Laughlin Delores Taylor Clark Howat Bert Freed Julie Webb |
| 441 | 35th (tie) | California Suite | 16 | ALAN ALDA The Swank Beverly Hills Hotel is the setting for four very funny, often touching Neil Simon stories of modern marriage. With Michael Caine, Jane Fonda, Maggie Smith. |
(PG) | 1:44 | Herbert Ross Jane Fonda Alan Alda Maggie Smith Michael Caine Walter Matthau | |
| 442 | 35th (tie) | Desert Bloom | 16 | JOBETH WILLIAMS JON VOIGHT The ordinary pains and pleasures of a family in ‘50s Las Vegas pack an extraordinary emotional punch in this acclaimed movie. Jon Voight plays a WWII vet struggling with the bottle and battle trauma while wife JoBeth Williams keeps up an ever-cheerful front. With Ellen Barkin (Tender Mercies) as Voight's sexy sister-in-law. |
(PG) | 1:46 | AS, AL, MV | Eugene Corr Jon Voight JoBeth Williams Annabeth Gish Ellen Barkin Jay Underwood |
| 443 | 35th (tie) | Dial M for Murder | 16 | Angie Dickinson A plot for the perfect crime goes awry in this classic tale of cat-and-mouse suspense. |
(PG) | 1:37 | Adult situations. | Alfred Hitchcock Ray Milland Grace Kelly Robert Cummings |
| 444 | 35th (tie) | Escape from Alcatraz | 16 | Clint Eastwood They said no one could escape from this maximum-security federal penitentiary. But three men on Alcatraz island attempt the impossible in this taut, true story. Clint Eastwood stars as tough Frank Morris who, with two fellow cons, plans to succeed where 36 men have failed. Don Siegel (DirtyHarry) directed this gripping yarn. A first-rate action drama(N.Y. Times) |
(PG) | 1:52 | Don Siegel Clint Eastwood Patrick McGoohan Roberts Blossom Jack Thibeau Fred Ward | |
| 445 | 35th (tie) | Greased Lightning | 16 | Richard Pryor Returning home after WWII, a taxi driver turns to autoracing. The true story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car champ. With Richie Havens. |
(PG) | 1:35 | Adult language. | Michael Schultz Richard Pryor Pam Grier Beau Bridges Cleavon Little Richie Havens |
| 446 | 35th (tie) | Gregory's Girl | 16 | HBO SLEEPER Gangly, good-natured Gregory tries to woo a pretty soccer teammate. A gentle, cheery comedy you may have missed when it was first released. |
(PG) | 1:29 | Adult language. | Bill Forsyth Gordon Johnstone Dee Hepburn Jake D'Arcy Robert Buchanan Clare Grogan |
| 447 | 35th (tie) | Hambone and Hillie | 16 | A scrappy little mutt takes off from New York to California in search of his owner in this heart-warming family drama. Lillian Gish plays Hillie, Hambone's loving owner, O.J. Simpson, a friendly trucker. | (PG) | 1:29 | Violence. | Roy Watts Lillian Gish Timothy Bottoms Candy Clark O.J. Simpson Alan Hale Jr. |
| 448 | 35th (tie) | Heartland | 16 | In a beautifully filmed period drama, a courageous woman braves brutal wilderness conditions in turn-of-the-century Wyoming. With Rip Torn. | (PG) | 1:35 | Adult situations, mild violence. | Richard Pearce Rip Torn Conchata Ferrell Barry Primus Lilia Skala Megan Folsom |
| 449 | 35th (tie) | Hondo | 16 | John Wayne A cavalry dispatch rider, a widow and her young son, and marauding Indians on the rampage are the exciting elements in this old-fashioned western. The rider is John Wayne and the setting is the beautiful, sunbaked landscapes of the1870s Southwest. With James Arness. |
(PG) | 1:18 | Adult stiuations, violence. | Lee H. Katzin Ralph Taeger Kathie Browne Noah Beery Jr. Gary Clarke Buddy Foster |
| 450 | 35th (tie) | In God We Trust | 16 | Marty Feldman Louise Lasser A naive monk leaves his penniless monastery to raise funds and finds himself among hucksters. Louise Lasser is an unlikely sidekick in this irreverent comedy. |
(PG) | 1:37 | Adult language and humor. | Marty Feldman Marty Feldman Peter Boyle Louise Lasser Richard Pryor Andy Kaufman |
| 451 | 35th (tie) | Islands in the Stream | 16 | George C. Scott The saga of a lonely man’s inner struggle as he tries to relate to his estranged sons. A moving drama based on Hemingway's last novel. |
(PG) | 1:44 | Adult language. | Franklin J Schaffner George C Scott David Hemmings Claire Bloom Gilbert Roland Hart Bochner |
| 452 | 35th (tie) | Joseph Wambaugh's The Black Marble | 16 | Robert Foxworth Paula Prentiss A hard-drinking, depressed L.A. police detective (Robert Foxworth) is saddled with a new partner—an aggressive veteran policewoman (Paula Prentiss). He distrusts her. She dislikes him. Another hit from best-selling author Joseph Wambaugh (The Onion Field), this romantic story of mature lovers shows policemen as real human beings. two of the most unexpectedly appealing characters to be seen in any contemporary movie(New York Times) |
(PG) | 1:50 | Adult situations, profanity, violence. | Harold Becker Robert Foxworth Paula Prentiss Harry Dean Stanton Judy Landers Raleigh Bond |
| 453 | 35th (tie) | Lies My Father Told Me | 16 | Conflict erupts within a Jewish family in 1920s Montreal, as a little boy is torn between his modern-thinking father and a loving grandfather who is trying to uphold their traditional ways. | (PG) | 1:42 | Ján Kadár Marilyn Lightstone Jeffrey Lynas Len Birman Ted Allan Yossi Yadin | |
| 454 | 35th (tie) | Norma Rae | 16 | Academy Award Winner Sally Field as Norma Rae Her portrayal of a spunky Southern mill worker, finding strength within herself to lead a union fight, won Sally Field this year’s Oscar. She captures all the anger and pathos of a modern woman torn between tradition and horror of the mill. Beau Bridges is her well-meaning husband and Ron Leibman, the Northerner leading her to new awareness. The film also won the Oscar for best original song. |
(PG) | 1:54 | Profanity, adult situations. | Martin Ritt Sally Field Beau Bridges Ron Leibman Pat Hingle Gail Strickland |
| 455 | 35th (tie) | Oh! Heavenly Dog | 16 | Chevy Chase Jane Seymour A private eye slain in the line of duty is sent back to earth to solve his own case. One catch: he must return as the talented canine Benji. Chevy Chase stars as the detective in a screwball tale of mystery and forbidden love. With Omar Sharif. Adult language, mild violence. |
(PG) | 1:43 | Adult language, mild violence. | Joe Camp Chevy Chase Benji Omar Sharif Jane Seymour Robert Morley |
| 456 | 35th (tie) | Old Enough (1984) | 16 | A society girl and a streetwise teenager share a summer of adventure in this comedy/drama. Can their friendship withstand their cultural differences? | (PG) | 1:28 | AS, AL | Suzanne Santoro Neill Barry Rainbow Harvest Danny Aiello Susan Kingsley Roxanne Hart |
| 457 | 35th (tie) | Promises in the Dark | 16 | Marsha Mason This contemporary drama raises the question: should a 17-year-old girl dying of cancer be kept on a life-support system? Marsha Mason is a doctor who undergoes a profound change through her involvement with her young patient. No tear-jerker, this film is instead a tribute to human courage. |
(PG) | 1:58 | Adult situations, profanity. | Jerome Hellman Marsha Mason Ned Beatty Susan Clark Michael Brandon Kathleen Beller |
| 458 | 35th (tie) | Santa Claus: The Movie™ | 16 | Dudley Moore John Lithgow What better way to spend the season to be jollythan with everyone's favorite gift-giver? This lavish fantasy offers the fun-filled adventures of Santa (David Huddleston) and a mischievous elf (Dudley Moore). |
(PG) | 1:48 | AL | Jeannot Szwarc Dudley Moore John Lithgow David Huddleston Burgess Meredith Judy Cornwell |
| 459 | 35th (tie) | Saturday the 14th | 16 | Richard Benjamin Paula Prentiss What could follow Friday the 13th? Why, Saturday the 14th, of course. When a family moves to Eerie, Pa., their house comes complete with cobwebs, curses and vampires. A spoof of horror movies. |
(PG) | 1:16 | Profanity, violence. | Howard R Cohen Richard Benjamin Paula Prentiss Jeffrey Tambor Kari Michaelsen Severn Darden |
| 460 | 35th (tie) | Somewhere, Tomorrow | 16 | Teenage Lori has fallen in love — with a handsome, elusive ghost! | (PG) | 1:27 | Robert Wiemer Sarah Jessica Parker Tom Shea Nancy Addison | |
| 461 | 35th (tie) | Testament (1983) | 16 | Jane Alexander What would a nuclear holocaust really be like? Its possible, devastating effect on an American family is shown, no holds barred, in this moving drama. Jane Alexander received a fourth Oscar nomination for her performance as a California mother coping with the horrible aftermath of an explosion, With William Devane. |
(PG) | 1:30 | AS, AL | Lynne Littman Jane Alexander William Devane Ross Harris Roxana Zal Lukas Haas |
| 462 | 35th (tie) | The Boy Who Could Fly | 16 | BONNIE BEDELIA A sweet fantasy/drama made to touch hearts of all ages, Eric, scarred by his parents’ death in a plane crash when he was small, shuts out the world until young Milly moves next door. |
(PG) | 1:48 | AS, AL | Nicholas Webster Lucy Deakins Jay Underwood Bonnie Bedelia Fred Savage Fred Gwynne |
| 463 | 35th (tie) | The Buddy Holly Story | 16 | The story of the Texas rockabillywho was on his way to music super-stardom when he died in a plane crash in 1959. Gary Busey stars. |
(PG) | 1:54 | AL | Steve Rash Gary Busey Charles Martin Smith Don Stroud Maria Richwine Conrad Janis |
| 464 | 35th (tie) | The Cheap Detective | 16 | Peter Falk parodies Bogart in this send-up of the thrillers of the ‘40s. Ann-Margret gives the place class. | (PG) | 1:32 | Adult language. | Robert Moore Peter Falk Ann-Margret Eileen Brennan Sid Caesar Stockard Channing |
| 465 | 35th (tie) | The Silent One | 16 | A charming story about a lonely deaf mute boy and his friendship with a huge white turtle. This exotic tale is highlighted by stunning underwater sequences. | (PG) | 1:36 | MV | Yvonne Mackay Telo Malese Ronin Wihatere Pat Evison Rongo Tupatea Matthew O'Sullivan |
| 466 | 35th (tie) | Voices (1979) | 16 | A poignant romance starring a radiant Amy Irving (Carrie) as a young deaf teacher who dreams of being a dancer. Her patient suitor Michael Ontkean (Slap Shot) wants to escape his humiliating job in the family dry cleaning business to become a rock star. Together they overcome their almost unsurmountable handicaps to win a satisfying, happy life for themselves. | (PG) | 1:47 | Adult situations. | Robert Markowitz Amy Irving Michael Ontkean Alex Rebar Barry Miller Herbert Berghof |
| 467 | 36th (tie) | A Christmas Story (1983) | 15 | Darren McGavin All Ralphie Parker wants for Christmas isa genuine Red Ryder air rifle. But Ralphie's quirky father is too busy to listen to his son. Darren McGavin stars as Mr. Parker and Peter Billingsley ("Real People") plays Ralphie in this warm, insightful comedy drama about growing up. |
(PG) | 1:33 | AL | Bob Clark Peter Billingsley Melinda Dillon Darren McGavin Jean Shepherd Ian Petrella |
| 468 | 36th (tie) | Amazing Grace and Chuck | 15 | GREGORY PECK A small-town boy tries to bring peace to the world in this touching family drama. When Little League pitcher Chuck quits playing baseball as a protest against nuclear arms, he comes to the attention of Amazing Grace Smith, a Boston Celtics basketball star...with stirring results. William Petersen. |
(PG) | 1:55 | AL | Mike Newell Joshua Zuehlke Dean Alexander Gregory Peck Jamie Lee Curtis William L. Petersen |
| 469 | 36th (tie) | Falling in Love Again | 15 | Elliott Gould Susannah York Trying to recapture more carefree days, a Californian returns to N.Y.C. for a reunion with high school pals. Elliott Gould and Susannah York, as his wife, star in the romantic comedy. |
(PG) | 1:43 | Adult situations, language. | Steven Paul Elliott Gould Susannah York Stuart Paul Michelle Pfeiffer Kaye Ballard |
| 470 | 36th (tie) | ffolkes | 15 | Roger Moore James Mason Anthony Perkins An offbeat soldier of fortune who loves cats and ignores women takes on hijackers menacing Britain’s oil supply. Roger Moore parodies his 007role in this suspenseful comedy caper. Admiral James Mason faces Tony Perkins, the terrorist out to win a deadly game. |
(PG) | 1:39 | Adult situations and language, graphic violence. | Andrew V. McLaglen Roger Moore James Mason Anthony Perkins Michael Parks David Hedison |
| 471 | 36th (tie) | Hurricane | 15 | Timothy Bottoms Mia Farrow Jason Robards There’s trouble in paradise when a lovely young American meets a handsome South Sea Chieftain in far-off Pago Pago in this ‘20s. Mia Farrow is a Boston artist visiting her father, Jason Robards, the island governor. Dayton Ka’Ne, a 6’2” Hawaiian surfer, debuts as Mia’s lover. Timothy Bottoms and Max Von Sydow are on hand for the stormy climax. |
(PG) | 1:42 | Partial nudity. | Jan Troell Jason Robards Mia Farrow Max von Sydow Trevor Howard Dayton Ka'ne |
| 472 | 36th (tie) | If Ever I See You Again | 15 | A widower's long-dormant passion is rekindled when he looks up an old flame. Will they get a second chance at love? With Shelley Hack. | (PG) | 1:45 | AS, AL | Joe Brooks Joe Brooks Shelley Hack George Plimpton Jerry Keller Jimmy Breslin |
| 473 | 36th (tie) | Improper Channels | 15 | Alan Arkin Mariette Hartley In this laugh-packed comedy with a cutting edge, parents battle to rescue their daughter from hospital red tape. Alan Arkin and Mariette Hartley are an engaging team as they come to grips with computer bureaucracy. |
(PG) | 1:32 | Adult situations and language, violence. | Eric Till Alan Arkin Mariette Hartley Sarah Stevens Monica Parker Harry Ditson |
| 474 | 36th (tie) | Inside Moves | 15 | HBO SLEEPER John Savage Superb acting in a first-rate drama starring John Savage (The Deer Hunter). The story revolves around a group of characters, each with a handicap—and each with a personal battle to fight. We've chosen this tribute to the human spirit as the HBO Sleeper of the month. Oscar nominee Diana Scarwid plays a sympathetic bar waitress. |
(PG) | 1:53 | Richard Donner John Savage David Morse Diana Scarwid Amy Wright Harold Russell | |
| 475 | 36th (tie) | Mass Appeal | 15 | Jack Lemmon A respected priest and a firebrand seminarian find they have a lot to learn from each other in this off-beat comedy drama. And both men have personal secrets that could ruin their careers. Jack Lemmon and newcomer Zeljko Ivanek star inthis screen adaptation of the Broad way hit. With Charles Durning. |
(PG) | 1:39 | AS, AL | Glenn Jordan Jack Lemmon Zeljko Ivanek Charles Durning Louise Latham James Ray |
| 476 | 36th (tie) | Moonraker | 15 | Roger Moore as James Bond James (007) Bond invades HBO with all his daring, dash and devilry—the first of many to come! Roger Moore rockets to outer space for a showdown with Drax, a master villain aiming for world domination, and his old enemy Jaws,a man-mountain with teeth of steel. Moore is aided by agent Louis Chiles, a boat that travels on land and more Bond -style gadgetry. |
(PG) | 2:06 | Suggestive situations, violence. | Lewis Gilbert Roger Moore Lois Chiles Michael Lonsdale Richard Kiel Corinne Cléry |
| 477 | 36th (tie) | Ode to Billy Joe | 15 | Robby Benson Teenagers awaken to sexual awareness in a moving drama set three decades ago in backwoods Mississippi. Robby Benson and Glynnis O'Connor star as sensitive adolescents whose story is played against a background of small-town life. Based on Bobbie Gentry's popular ’60s ballad. |
(PG) | 1:46 | Adult situations. | Max Baer Jr Robby Benson Glynnis O'Connor Joan Hotchkis James Best Sandy McPeak |
| 478 | 36th (tie) | Over the Edge | 15 | Alienated teenagers in a typical middle-class California community turn to violence in a wave of suburban delinquency and lay siege to the local high school. Harrowing portrayal of today’s gap between the generations. Perceptive, thought-provoking, timely(Boxoffice) |
(PG) | 1:35 | Violence, profanity. | Jonathan Kaplan Matt Dillon Michael Kramer Pamela Ludwig Tom Fergus Vincent Spano |
| 479 | 36th (tie) | Rare Breed | 15 | A teen’s overseas adventures with her favorite racehorse. | (PG) | 1:23 | Adult language, mild violence. | No director credited George Kennedy Forest Tucker Tracy Vaccaro |
| 480 | 36th (tie) | Reno and the Doc | 15 | Reno is an aging mountain hermit who is also an ace on skis. When he meets up with a washed-up gambler, they take some chances on his pro skiing prowess. A heartfelt adventure. | (PG) | 1:28 | AS, AL | Charles Dennis Kenneth Welsh Henry Ramer |
| 481 | 36th (tie) | Running Scared (1980) | 15 | John Saxon Two soldiers, suspected of being spies, run for their lives through the Florida Everglades with the U.S. Army and dangerous Cubans hot on their trail. |
(PG) | 1:32 | Adult situations, profanity. | Paul Glickler Gregory Harrison Ken Wahl Judson Scott Annie McEnroe Crystal Bernard |
| 482 | 36th (tie) | Safari 3000 | 15 | David Carradine An auto race across rugged African terrain caps this comedy romance. David Carradine and Stockard Channing are out to win. |
(PG) | 1:31 | Adult situations and language, brief nudity. | Harry Hurwitz David Carradine Stockard Channing Christopher Lee Hamilton Camp |
| 483 | 36th (tie) | Something Short of Paradise | 15 | Susan Sarandon When a cynical NYC theater manager meets a scatterbrained Midwest writer, romance seems very unlikely. In his first dramatic role, comedia David Steinberg stars in a spoof of the swinging singles scene. Susan Sarandon is the other half of this on-again, off-again relationship. |
(PG) | 1:27 | Adult situations and language. | David Helpern Susan Sarandon David Steinberg Marilyn Sokol Joe Grifasi Robert Hitt |
| 484 | 36th (tie) | The Bad News Bears (1976) | 15 | Walter Matthau Tatum O'Neal Walter Matthau plays a whisky-sipping Casey Stengel to are a ragtag Little League team | headed for the subcellar. With pluck, luck and hurler Tatum O’Neal they hope to win the Big One when it counts. |
(PG) | 1:42 | Adult language. | Michael Ritchie Walter Matthau Tatum O'Neal Vic Morrow Joyce Van Patten Jackie Earle Haley |
| 485 | 36th (tie) | The Brink's Job | 15 | Columbo (Peter Falk) tries the other side of the law. | (PG) | 1:44 | William Friedkin Peter Falk Peter Boyle Allen Goorwitz Warren Oates Gena Rowlands | |
| 486 | 36th (tie) | The Golden Seal | 15 | Steve Railsback The hunt is on when a reward is offered for the capture of a legendary golden seal, Set in the Aleutian Islands. |
(PG) | 1:31 | Adult language, mild violence. | Frank Zuniga Steve Railsback Penelope Milford Torquil Campbell Michael Beck |
| 487 | 36th (tie) | The Hearse | 15 | The mysterious old black Packard seems to possess a life of its own. It barrels down deserted roads and pays strange midnight calls to a schoolteacher’s remote country house. Trish Van Devere stars as a woman who undergoes a chilling psychological experience. Joseph Cotten plays crusty old lawyer. | (PG) | 1:40 | Adult situations and language. | George Bowers Trish Van Devere Joseph Cotten David Gautreaux Donald Petrie Perry Lang |
| 488 | 36th (tie) | The Mosquito Coast | 15 | HARRISON FORD RIVER PHOENIX A powerful drama of a modern-day family pitted against the perils of the jungle. Harrison Ford is a rebellious inventor who spurns contemporary life to take his family deep into Central America. |
(PG) | 1:59 | AL, V | Peter Weir Harrison Ford Helen Mirren River Phoenix Martha Plimpton Andre Gregory |
| 489 | 36th (tie) | The Other Side of the Mountain Part 2 | 15 | Marilyn Hassett Jill Kinmont was skiing toward Olympic fame when a fall paralyzed her for life. A true story. |
(PG) | 1:39 | Adult situations, language. | Larry Peerce Marilyn Hassett Timothy Bottoms Nan Martin Belinda Montgomery Gretchen Corbett |
| 490 | 36th (tie) | The Riddle of the Sands | 15 | Michael York Two intrepid English yachtsmen brave treacherous waters trying to foil a German plot to invade Britain in 1901. Jenny Agutter co-stars in the espionage adventure. |
(PG) | 1:42 | Mild violence, brief nudity. | Tony Maylam Michael York Simon MacCorkindale Jenny Agutter |
| 491 | 36th (tie) | Urban Cowboy | 15 | John Travolta Hard-hat days and honky-tonk nights as Texans set a lifestyle for America. Small-town boy John Travolta comes to Houston and discovers a modern world of action and romance. He shows his style at Gilley’s roadhouse on the hazardous mechanical bull. Debra Winger has a rough time as his spunky bride. Great soundtrack, including “Lookin’ For Love.” |
(PG) | 2:15 | Adult situations and language, violence. | James Bridges John Travolta Debra Winger Scott Glenn Madolyn Smith Osborne Barry Corbin |
| 492 | 37th (tie) | A Passage to India | 14 | HBO FEBRUARY MOVIE EXCLUSIVE Peggy Ashcroft Alec Guinness What happened in that remote cave visited by a young Englishwoman and a dashing Indian doctor? A mysterious incident opens up even darker questions in this sweeping human drama that earned 11 Oscar nominations. Director David Lean (Lawrence of Arabia) captures all the passion, wit and exoticism in E.M. Forster's classic novel of 1920s India. |
(PG) | 2:46 | AS, AL | David Lean Judy Davis Victor Banerjee Peggy Ashcroft James Fox Alec Guinness |
| 493 | 37th (tie) | A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) | 14 | Marlon Brando Vivien Leigh Kim Hunter Karl Malden Brando explodes on the screen in the role that made him a Broadway star. As Stanley Kowalski, he brings to life all the passion and poignancy of Tennessee Williams’ masterpiece. (B/W) |
(PG) | 1:57 | Elia Kazan Marlon Brando Vivien Leigh Kim Hunter Karl Malden | |
| 494 | 37th (tie) | Birch Interval (1976) | 14 | The Pennsylvania Amish country is the setting for this tender coming-of-age drama. There, a city girl learns some truths about adulthood. With Eddie Albert. | (PG) | 1:43 | AS | Delbert Mann Eddie Albert Rip Torn Susan McClung Anne Francis Veronica Cartwright |
| 495 | 37th (tie) | Breakin' (1984) | 14 | Whether you’re already a fan or just curious, this dance/music drama gives a dynamic look at the break dancing craze. A trio of California dreamers aim high — right at the Broadway stage! | (PG) | 1:25 | Adult situations, language, mild violence. | Joel Silberg Lucinda Dickey Adolfo Quinones Michael Chambers Ben Lokey Christopher McDonald |
| 496 | 37th (tie) | Circle of Two | 14 | Richard Burton Tatum O'Neal Age is the only obstacle between a 60-year-old artist and the teen-age girl he meets in a movie theater. Their offbeat relationship changes both lives in this touching comedy. Richard Burton stars as the painter. |
(PG) | 1:39 | Nudity. | Jules Dassin Richard Burton Tatum O'Neal Nuala FitzGerald Patricia Collins Kate Reid |
| 497 | 37th (tie) | Coach (1978) | 14 | An attractive woman, hired to coach a boys’ basketball team, tries to put together a winning combination. | (PG) | 1:32 | Adult situations, language; brief nudity. | Bud Townsend Cathy Lee Crosby Michael Biehn Keenan Wynn Channing Clarkson Steve Nevil |
| 498 | 37th (tie) | Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder | 14 | Dennis Christopher Susan Saint James A U.S. soldier takes big risks to help a Vietnamese wartime orphanage. |
(PG) | 1:43 | Adult situations and language, violence. | Peter Werner Dennis Christopher Susan George Roger Aaron Brown Lisa Lu Brian Tochi |
| 499 | 37th (tie) | Eleni (1985) | 14 | Kate Nelligan Obsessed by memories of his heroic mother, a U.S. newsman tracks down her killers in Grece. In this gripping true story, John Malkovich (Places in the Heart) stars as the journalist. Kate Nelligan plays his mother. Linda Hunt. |
(PG) | 1:57 | V | Peter Yates John Malkovich Kate Nelligan Linda Hunt Oliver Cotton Ronald Pickup |
| 500 | 37th (tie) | Five Days One Summer | 14 | Sean Connery A romantic triangle disrupts a couple's vacation in the Alps. Will the woman forsake her first love? |
(PG) | 1:48 | Adult situations, mild violence. | Fred Zinnemann Sean Connery Betsy Brantley Lambert Wilson Jennifer Hilary |
| 501 | 37th (tie) | Give My Regards to Broad Street | 14 | Paul McCartney Give your toes a tappin’ good time with ex-Beatle Paul McCartney's musical comedy romp. Playing a rich rock star, Paul performs with a stelar cast, including Ringo Starr, Barbara Bach and wife Linda, Packed with rock video-like versions of memorable hits. |
(PG) | 1:49 | AH | Peter Frampton Paul McCartney Bryan Brown Ringo Starr Barbara Bach Linda McCartney |
| 502 | 37th (tie) | Good Guys Wear Black | 14 | Chuck Norris, Dana Andrews | (PG) | 1:36 | Ted Post Chuck Norris Anne Archer James Franciscus Lloyd Haynes Dana Andrews | |
| 503 | 37th (tie) | Handle with Care | 14 | Paul Le Mat Here's a lively comedy revolving around CB radio’s influence on a smalltown. And the mix-ups! Not one triangle but two! |
(PG) | 1:34 | Adult situations and language. | Jonathan Demme Paul LeMat Candy Clark Ann Wedgeworth Charles Napier Marilu Henner |
| 504 | 37th (tie) | Hard Country | 14 | Jan-Michael Vincent Texans fight small-town life in a drama with country-western music. Kim Basinger and Tanya Tucker co-star. |
(PG) | 1:42 | adult situations, profanity. | David Greene Jan-Michael Vincent Kim Basinger Michael Parks Gailard Sartain Ted Neeley |
| 505 | 37th (tie) | Highpoint | 14 | A tongue-in-cheek adventure with plenty of action. The CIA and the Mafia are on the trail of a man who double-crossed them both. Richard Harris in lively thriller. | (PG) | 1:26 | Adult language, violence. | Peter Carter Richard Harris Christopher Plummer Beverly D'Angelo Kate Reid Peter Donat |
| 506 | 37th (tie) | Labyrinth (1986) | 14 | A fairy tale created by Muppet master Jim Henson. When young Sarah wishes away her little brother, goblins take him away. David Bowie plays the goblin king. | (PG) | 1:42 | AL | Jim Henson David Bowie Jennifer Connelly Toby Froud Shelley Thompson Christopher Malcolm |
| 507 | 37th (tie) | Made in Heaven (1987) | 14 | TIMOTHY HUTTON KELLY McGILLIS In this winning romantic fantasy, Mike and Annie fall in love in the hereafter. Then they're reborn on earth and given only 30 years to find each other again—out of all the other people in the world! |
(PG) | 1:42 | AS, BN | Alan Rudolph Timothy Hutton Kelly McGillis Maureen Stapleton Don Murray Marc Winningham |
| 508 | 37th (tie) | Miracles (1986) | 14 | TERI GARR TOM CONTI To say that this newly divorced couple doesn't like each other could be the understatement of the year. So what are they doing together getting arrested as drug smugglers in a one-horse south-of-the-border town? |
(PG) | AL, V | Jim Kouf Tom Conti Teri Garr Paul Rodriguez Christopher Lloyd Raymond O Connor | |
| 509 | 37th (tie) | Pandemonium | 14 | Tom Smothers Who is that killer out to murder six cheerleaders? Tom Smothers stars in this spoof of slash-and-stalk movies. |
(PG) | 1:21 | Adult language and humor, violence. | Alfred Sole Tom Smothers Carol Kane Miles Chapin Candy Azzara Debralee Scott |
| 510 | 37th (tie) | Slapstick of Another Kind | 14 | Jerry Lewis Oddball twins combine their brainpower to solve the world’s problems. Madeline Kahn co-stars. |
(PG) | 1:24 | Adult language, humor. | Steven Paul Jerry Lewis Madeline Kahn Marty Feldman Jim Backus |
| 511 | 37th (tie) | The Cat and the Canary | 14 | Honor Blackman Olivia Hussey An eccentric millionaire’s family converges on his spooky English mansion in this remake of a classic melodrama. Suspense, action and romance mix as strange characters appear and disappear. Edward Fox, Carol Lynley and Wendy Hiller co-star in this real treat for mystery buffs. |
(PG) | 1:28 | Profanity. | Radley Metzger Honor Blackman Michael Callan Edward Fox Wendy Hiller Carol Lynley |
| 512 | 37th (tie) | The Frisco Kid | 14 | Gene Wilder An offbeat comedy western—funny, exciting, touching. A Polish immigrant and a soft-hearted outlaw battle their way through gunmen and Indians to reach San Francisco in the Gold Rush days. Gene Wilder is the greenhorn who thinks California is near New York. Harrison Ford plays his bank robber pal. Wilder is superb(S.F.Chronicle) |
(PG) | 1:58 | Mild vulgarities. | Robert Aldrich Gene Wilder Harrison Ford Ramon Bieri Val Bisoglio Penny Peyser |
| 513 | 37th (tie) | The Invisible Kid | 14 | JAY UNDERWOOD A whiz kid invents a formula that turns toilet bowl cleaner into a disappearing potion. |
(PG) | 1:37 | AL, N | Avery Crounse Jay Underwood Karen Black W K Stratton Chynna Phillips Brother Theodore |
| 514 | 37th (tie) | The River Rat | 14 | Can a 12-year-old girl build a loving relationship with the ex-con father she's never met? Tommy Lee Jones and Martha Plimpton (Running on Empty) star. With Briain Denehy. | (PG) | 1:29 | AL, V | Thomas Rickman Tommy Lee Jones Martha Plimpton Brian Dennehy Nancy Lea Owen Cates |
| 515 | 38th (tie) | A Little Romance | 13 | Laurence Olivier Paris in the spring! A charming tale of young love; American girl, French boy, a fragile moment between childhood and adult awareness. Diane Lane and Thelonious Bernard are aided by Sir Laurence Olivier, a dapper pickpocket who can’t resist a romantic conspiracy. |
(PG) | 1:48 | Some profanity. | George Roy Hill Diane Lane Laurence Olivier Thelonious Bernard Arthur Hill Sally Kellerman |
| 516 | 38th (tie) | American Graffiti | 13 | Here's one of the most popular films ever, filled with the fun and flavor of the '60s—the cars, the clothes and the hair. With Ron Howard, Richard Dreyfuss, Cindy Williams and some great rock ’n’ roll. | (PG) | 1:52 | Adult language. | George Lucas Richard Dreyfuss Ron Howard Paul Le Mat Charles Martin Smith Cindy Williams |
| 517 | 38th (tie) | Avalanche Express | 13 | Lee Marvin Robert Shaw Hop onto a crack transcontinental train roaring across Europe as U.S. agents smuggle a top-rank Russian defector to the West. Lee Marvin, Linda Evans and Mike Conneors co-star as the handpicked team. They try to shield the KGB's Robert Shaw from a barrage of Iron Curtain assassins, lovely ladies — and an avalance heading for an Alpine Village. Joe Namath plays a back-up agent. All aboard! |
(PG) | 1:28 | Violence, profanity. | Mark Robson Lee Marvin Robert Shaw Linda Evans Maximilian Schell Mike Connors |
| 518 | 38th (tie) | Being There | 13 | Peter Sellers Shirley MacLaine Melvyn Douglas Delightful and engrossing, this sly comedy about a simple gardener who stumbles into a life among the rich and powerful is an on-target satire of politics, success and TV. In an Oscar-nominated performance, Peter Sellers is a soft-spoken illiterate who becomes a confidant of the US. President. Melvyn Douglas, in an Oscar-winning role, and Shirley MacLaine co-star. Exquisitely funny film(LA.Times) |
(PG) | 2:09 | Adult situations, language and humor. | Hal Ashby Peter Sellers Shirley MacLaine Melvyn Douglas Jack Warden Richard Dysart |
| 519 | 38th (tie) | Cardiac Arrest | 13 | Savage murders baffle the San Francisco police in a suspenseful drama. Two cops try to solve the bizarre mystery of corpses with missing hearts. | (PG) | 1:30 | Profanity, violence. | Murray Mintz Garry Goodrow Mike Chan Max Gail Susan O'Connell Ray Reinhardt |
| 520 | 38th (tie) | Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers | 13 | Get set for laughs when the comic pair play illegitimate twins who team up to thwart nasty aristocrats. | (PG) | 1:30 | AL, AH, V | Thomas Chong Cheech Marin Thomas Chong Roy Dotrice Susan Tyrrell Shelby Fiddis |
| 521 | 38th (tie) | Dance of the Dwarfs | 13 | Peter Fonda The jungle throbs with danger and shocking horror. |
(PG) | 1:33 | Adult language, violence, brief nudity. | Gus Trikonis Peter Fonda Deborah Raffin John Amos Carlos Palomino |
| 522 | 38th (tie) | Door to Door | 13 | Larceny is the theme of this amiable comedy about a pair of door-to-door salesmen who peddle vacuum cleaners for a major company. They have a special talent for sucking their customers' wallets clean! | (PG) | 1:34 | AL | Patrick Bailey Ron Leibman Jane Alexander Arlen Dean Snyder Tracy Brooks Swope David Huddleston |
| 523 | 38th (tie) | Grace Quigley | 13 | Katharine Hepburn Nick Nolte In this offbeat comedy/drama, a crafty, courageous woman (Katharine Hepburn) teams up with a professional hit man to provide a most unusual service to New York's senior citizens. Nick Nolte co-stars as the hard-bitten but softhearted killer drawn into her outrageous scheme. |
(PG) | 1:27 | AL, V | Anthony Harvey Katharine Hepburn Nick Nolte Elizabeth Wilson Chip Zien Kit Le Fever |
| 524 | 38th (tie) | House Calls | 13 | Walter Matthau Glenda Jackson. Art Carney Widower Walter Matthau seeks a new life as a swinging bachelor, but his fun gets complicated when he matches wits with divorcée Glenda Jackson. Co-stars Art Carney as a near-senile surgeon. |
(PG) | 1:38 | Adult situations and language. | Howard Zieff Walter Matthau Glenda Jackson Art Carney Richard Benjamin Candice Azzara |
| 525 | 38th (tie) | Illegally Yours | 13 | ROB LOWE Lifelong love and mad-cap justice are at the heart of this comedy. A hopeless romantic is called to jury duty on a case involving the great love of his boyhood. Directed by Peter Bogdanovich. |
(PG) | 1:44 | AS, MV | Peter Bogdanovich Rob Lowe Colleen Camp Kenneth Welsh Kim Myers David Wohl |
| 526 | 38th (tie) | International Velvet | 13 | Tatum O'Neal Christopher Plummer A real winner and sequel to Elizabeth Taylor’s famous National Velvet. Tatum O’Neal stars as an orphaned American girl with a love for horses. She sets her sights on an equestrian championship after coming to live with her Aunt Velvet in England. Christopher Plummer and Anthony Hopkins co-star. A family picture beyond all expectations(L.A. Times) |
(PG) | 2:08 | Mild language. | Bryan Forbes Tatum O'Neal Christopher Plummer Anthony Hopkins Nanette Newman Dinsdale Landen |
| 527 | 38th (tie) | Kid Colter | 13 | A Boston teenager's first visit to the Northwest is an experience he'll never forget! With Jim Stafford (B.J. and the Bear). | (PG) | 1:44 | AL, MV | David Nelson Willie Aames Kathleen Beller Bo Hopkins John Anderson Anne Lockhart |
| 528 | 38th (tie) | Leonard Part 6 | 13 | BILL COSBY A spy spoof to end all spy spoofs! Secret agent Cosby is called out of retirement to save mankind from animals who've been gnowing undercover agents to death. |
(PG) | 1:25 | AS, AL | Paul Weiland Bill Cosby Joe Don Baker Moses Gunn Tom Courtenay Gloria Foster |
| 529 | 38th (tie) | My Bodyguard | 13 | Two boys join forces to outwit a bully in this perceptive, disarming movie. Chris Makepeace stars as a shy teenager, previously educated in private schools, who becomes a gang target in public high school. Adam Baldwin plays his friend, a hulking 18-year-old with a dark secret. Matt Dillon, Ruth Gordon and Martin Mull lend strong support. A small gem of a movie. | (PG) | 1:35 | Profanity, violence. | Tony Bill Chris Makepeace Adam Baldwin Matt Dillon Martin Mull Ruth Gordon |
| 530 | 38th (tie) | Papillon | 13 | Condemned to a living death on notorious Devil's Island, two men struggle for survival. Steve McQueen, as a prisoner set on escape, and Dustin Hoffman (Oscar for Kramer vs. Kramer), a convicted counterfeiter, star in this exciting adventure, truly an all-time classic. Frequently violent, the film is a moving commentary on man’s inhumanity to man. | (PG) | 2:34 | Adult situations, profanity, violence. | Franklin J Schaffner Steve McQueen Dustin Hoffman Victor Jory Don Gordon Anthony Zerbe |
| 531 | 38th (tie) | Players (1979) | 13 | Ali MacGraw Dean-Paul Martin This passionate romance between a handsome young man and an attractive older woman is set against the world of championship tennis. Ali MacGraw plays the mysterious lady who becomes involved with Dean-Paul Martin, an itinerant tennis hustler. Tennis stars John McEnroe and Illie Nastase are also featured. |
(PG) | 2:00 | Adult situations, language. | Anthony Harvey Ali MacGraw Dean Paul Martin Maximilian Schell Steve Guttenberg Panchito Gomez |
| 532 | 38th (tie) | Saturday Night Fever (PG) | 13 | One of the most celebrated films of all time! It put disco on the map and made John Travolta a superstar! As Brooklyn's Tony Manero, he electrifies the screen. Moving down the street to a mental disco beat or on the floor of the dance palace, he’s the real king of disco. The Bee Gees on the sound track. Throbbing excitement(New York Daily News) |
(PG) | 1:48 | Adult language and relationships, sexual content | John Badham John Travolta Karen Lynn Gorney Barry Miller Joseph Cali Paul Pape |
| 533 | 38th (tie) | Silver City (1984) | 13 | Amid the turmoil of a displaced persons camp in post-World War II Australia, a lonely young woman falls in love with a married man. He returns her love, but can he turn his back on his wife and son? | (PG) | 1:50 | AS | Sophia Turkiewicz Gosia Dobrowolska Ivar Kants Anna Jemison Steve Bisley Norman Kaye |
| 534 | 38th (tie) | Simon (1980) | 13 | Alan Arkin Madeline Kahn Wacky think-tank scientists unleash a phony outer space alien on an unsuspecting public. Brainwashed to believe he is extraterrestrial, Alan Arkin soon gets out of hand. Madeline Kahn co-stars in this contemporary satire. |
(PG) | 1:37 | Adult humor, profanity. | Marshall Brickman Alan Arkin Madeline Kahn Austin Pendleton William Finley Judy Graubart |
| 535 | 38th (tie) | Stand and Deliver | 13 | EDWARD JAMES OLMOS LOU DIAMOND PHILLIPS Meet a teacher you won't soon forget. Jaime Escalante stalks his high school classroom with a meat cleaver. He delivers a karate chop to a guy giving the wrong answer. The result? He turns disgruntled teens into academic champions. Edward James Olmos (Miami Vice) plays the dedicated educator in this comedy/drama based on fact. |
(PG) | 1:43 | AL | Ramón Menéndez Edward James Olmos Lou Diamond Phillips Rosana De Soto Andy García Will Gotay |
| 536 | 38th (tie) | Summer of '42 | 13 | In this WWII-era drama, a 15-year-old boy, ready for a bit of sexual awakening, develops a crush on a beautiful woman whose husband is overseas. With Jennifer O’Neill and Gary Grimes. | (PG) | 1:44 | AS, AL | Robert Mulligan Jennifer O'Neill Gary Grimes Jerry Houser Oliver Conant Christopher Norris |
| 537 | 38th (tie) | Sword of the Valiant | 13 | A bold and gallant knight of King Arthur's court volunteers to fight a wicked magician. Miles O'Keefe (Tarzan, the Ape Man) and Sean Connery star as adversaries in this colorful adventure. | (PG) | 1:42 | Violence. | Stephen Weeks Miles O'Keeffe Sean Connery Cyrielle Clair Trevor Howard Peter Cushing |
| 538 | 38th (tie) | Take Down | 13 | Action-filled sports comedy about inept high school wrestlers dreaming of greatness and living down an image as losers. Lorenzo Lamas stars as an athlete under the strain of family problems. Edward Hermann plays a comical English teacher who coaches the mat team while dreaming of a big job at Harvard. Stephen First (Animal House) is a tuba-playing heavy-weight. | (PG) | 1:51 | Profanity. | Keith Merrill Edward Herrmann Kathleen Lloyd Lorenzo Lamas Maureen McCormick Stephen Furst |
| 539 | 38th (tie) | Tell Me a Riddle | 13 | Russian immigrants Melvyn Douglas and Lila Kedrova can't agree on how to cope with their remaining years— until personal tragedy strikes. A moving tale about aging. | (PG) | 1:33 | Adult situations and language. | Lee Grant Melvyn Douglas Lila Kedrova Brooke Adams Dolores Dorn |
| 540 | 38th (tie) | The Concorde Airport '79 | 13 | George Kennedy Alain Delon Susan Blakely Robert Wagner In this supersonic adventure (the fourth and newest of the Airport films) suspense and action zoom across the screen at twice the speed of sound. The assorted passengers, as well as the new, meet terror en route to Paris and, later, Moscow. The all-star cast includes: John /davidson, Charo, David Warner, Cicely Tyson and Eddie Albert. Will stand your hair on end(N.Y. Post) |
(PG) | 1:54 | Adult situations, language. | David Lowell Rich Alain Delon Susan Blakely Robert Wagner Sylvia Kristel George Kennedy |
| 541 | 38th (tie) | The Goodbye Girl | 13 | Richard Dreyfuss Marsha Mason Neil Simon’s romantic comedy about caring will reaffirm your ideas of love and human relationships. Richard Dreyfuss, in his first romantic role, won as Oscar. He’s a fresh-from-Chicago actor whose New York apartment comes complete with surprises—a resident mother and child (Marsha Mason and Quinn Cummings). |
(PG) | 1:51 | Adult situations, language. | Herbert Ross Richard Dreyfuss Marsha Mason Quinn Cummings Paul Benedict Barbara Rhoades |
| 542 | 38th (tie) | The Idolmaker | 13 | Ray Sharkey A frustrated singer-turned-manager uses his lust for stardom to catapult two unknowns into the limelight. Alive with the music that triggered the rock era, this movie is highly recommended as HBO’s sleeper-of-the-month. HBO SLEEPER |
(PG) | 1:59 | Adult situations, profanity. | Taylor Hackford Ray Sharkey Tovah Feldshuh Peter Gallagher Paul Land Joe Pantoliano |
| 543 | 38th (tie) | The Jigsaw Man | 13 | Michael Caine Laurence Olivier A British defector becomes the object of a manhunt by both East and West in this suspenseful spy drama. Michael Caine, Laurence Olivier are adversaries in a game of cat-and mouse. |
(PG) | 1:31 | AL, V | Terence Young Michael Caine Laurence Olivier Susan George Robert Powell Charles Gray |
| 544 | 38th (tie) | The Lucky Star | 13 | A heartwarming family drama about a13-year-old Jewish boy with a penchant for the Wild West. Stars Rod Steiger. | (PG) | 1:45 | Adult situations and language, mild violence. | Max Fischer Brett Marx Rod Steiger Lou Gossett Jr. |
| 545 | 38th (tie) | The Nude Bomb | 13 | Don Adams Secret agent Maxwell Smart fumbles and bumbles in hot pursuit of a mad fashion designer bent on destroying all the world’s clothing. Don Adams, as Agent 86, parodies the James Bond movies with some crazy sci-fi gadgets and zany adventures. |
(PG) | 1:34 | Adult situations and humor, profanity, brief nudity. | Clive Donner Don Adams Sylvia Kristal Dana Elcar Pamela Hensley Andrea Howard |
| 546 | 38th (tie) | Warriors of the Wind | 13 | Will the world be turned into a toxic jungle a thousand years from now? A futuristic sci-fi adventure with a contemporary moral. | (PG) | 1:35 | MV | Hayao Miyazaki |
| 547 | 38th (tie) | Where the River Runs Black | 13 | CHARLES DURNING An orphan is raised by dolphins after his mother's murder in this beautifully photographed fable based on a Brazilian Indian legend. A sparkling, joyful entertainment(Hollywood Reporter). |
(PG) | 1:36 | MV, BN | Christopher Cain Charles Durning Conchata Ferrell Alessandro Rabelo Pablito Calvo |
| 548 | 39th (tie) | 18 Again! | 12 | CHARLIE SCHLATTER GEORGE BURNS On his 81st birthday, lively tycoon Jack Watson makes his wish to reverse the numbers and be 18 again, Getting the wish, he lives for two weeks In his grandson’s body and turns the shy college boy into a winner. I laughed and cried. It’s a must-see picture(Associated Press). With Red Buttons. |
(PG) | 1:40 | AS, AL, BN | Paul Flaherty George Burns Charlie Schlatter Tony Roberts Anita Morris Red Buttons |
| 549 | 39th (tie) | 84 Charing Cross Road | 12 | A warm, lively drama about a feisty, book-loving New York City writer and the dignified jam London book dealer with whom she maintains a 20-year correspondence. Witty, heartwarming...a rare find(NY. Daily News). |
(PG) | 1:39 | AL | David Hugh Jones Anne Bancroft Anthony Hopkins Judi Dench Joe McGann Madge Sinclair |
| 550 | 39th (tie) | Born Free (1966) | 12 | In this true story, one of the most irresistible of all animal adventures, a gamekeeper and his wife adopt an orphaned lion cub. The 1966 movie is based on Joy Adamson’s best-seller. | (PG) | 1:31 | AS | James Hill Virginia McKenna Bill Travers Geoffrey Keen Peter Lukoye Omar Chambati |
| 551 | 39th (tie) | Breaking Glass | 12 | A dynamic singer and her ambitious manager shoot for British rock stardom. |
(PG) | 1:34 | Adult situations profanity. | Brian Gibson Hazel O'Connor Jon Finch Phil Daniels Jonathan Pryce Mark Wing-Davey |
| 552 | 39th (tie) | Can't Stop The Music | 12 | Valerie Perrine Village People Direct from its theatrical run, here’s a knockout musical comedy set against the glitter and pizzazz of the disco scene. Valerie Perrine and Bruce Jenner co-star, and the Village People perform one great number after another. |
(PG) | 1:57 | Nancy Walker Valerie Perrine Bruce Jenner Steve Guttenberg Paul Sand Tammy Grimes | |
| 553 | 39th (tie) | Careful, He Might Hear You | 12 | Haunting Australian drama. | (PG) | 1:53 | AS, AL | Carl Schultz Rob Steele Nicholas Gledhill Wendy Hughes Peter Whitford John Hargreaves |
| 554 | 39th (tie) | Choke Canyon | 12 | STEPHEN COLLINS In this action-packed adventure, a scientist takes on the business conglomerate that has been dumping nuclear waste into the canyon where he works. Stephen Collins plays the dedicated researcher. |
(PG) | 1:31 | AL, V | Charles Bail Stephen Collins Janet Julian Bo Svenson Nicholas Pryor Lance Henriksen |
| 555 | 39th (tie) | Dreamchild (1985) | 12 | Who was the real Alice in Wonderland? Coral Browne gives a memorable performance in this moving true drama about the woman who was the inspration for Lewis Carroll's famous storybook character. | (PG) | 1:30 | AS | Gavin Millar Coral Browne Peter Gallagher Jane Asher Nicola Cowper Amelia Shankley |
| 556 | 39th (tie) | Funny Farm | 12 | THE BEST MOVIES ARE ON HBO The birds are too noisy, the neighbors are weird, the lake has snakes and there's a corpse under the lawn. Other than that, country life is sheer blisss for Chevy Chase when he forsakes the rush of the city for the slow lane in this comedy hit. Madolyn Smith. |
(PG) | 1:41 | AL | George Roy Hill Chevy Chase Madolyn Smith Osborne Joseph Maher Jack Gilpin Brad Sullivan |
| 557 | 39th (tie) | Golden Rendezvous | 12 | David Janssen A suspenseful and nerve-tingling drama about the hijacking of a cargo ship/gambling casino bound for the Caribbean. |
(PG) | 1:42 | Adult situations, violence. | Ashley Lazarus Richard Harris Ann Turkel Gordon Jackson |
| 558 | 39th (tie) | Heartbeeps | 12 | Andy Kaufman Bernadette Peters When robots Val and Aqua fall in love at first sight, they plan to be together forever— at least until their batteries wear out. A cute comedy. |
(PG) | 1:17 | Adult language. | Allan Arkush Andy Kaufman Bernadette Peters Randy Quaid Kenneth McMillan Christopher Guest |
| 559 | 39th (tie) | Jeremiah Johnson | 12 | Robert Redford A disillusioned soldier of the 1830s turns his back on civilization and becomes a trapper in the wilds of the snowy Rocky Mountains. In one of his most popular roles, Robert Redford is the strong, silent hero who must learn the ways of the wilderness to survive. |
(PG) | 1:48 | Some physical violence. | Sydney Pollack Robert Redford Will Geer Delle Bolton Allyn Ann McLerie Josh Albee |
| 560 | 39th (tie) | Julia (1977) | 12 | Jane Fonda Vanessa Redgrave Jane Fonda and Vanessa Redgrave are near perfection in a tender, poignant story of friendship and courage. In this touching, vibrant tapestry of the late 1930s, two headstrong girls turn into extraordinary women. Vanessa Redgrave won an Oscar as Julia. А masterful movie(GeneShalit) |
(PG) | 1:57 | Violence. | Fred Zinnemann Jane Fonda Vanessa Redgrave Jason Robards Maximilian Scheel Meryl Streep |
| 561 | 39th (tie) | Louis L'Amour's The Daybreakers | 12 | Sam Elliott Tom Selleck The three rugged Sackett brothers from Tennessee head West for adventure. Tom Selleck(“Magnum,PI.”) and Jeff Osterhage take on gunslingers and rustlers, while Sam Elliott pursues gold in hostile Indian country. |
(PG) | 1:51 | Violence. | Richard Compton Tom Selleck Ben Johnson Glenn Ford Karen Carlson Michelle Phillips |
| 562 | 39th (tie) | Radio Days (1987) | 12 | MIA FARROW MICHAEL TUCKER As a kid in 1930s Brooklyn, young Joe worships heroes like the Masked Avengerwhile his family swoons for crooners and sports quizzes. A sweet, nostalgic comedy to gather the farmily 'round for. |
(PG) | 1:28 | AS, AL, BN | Woody Allen Mia Farrow Seth Green Julie Kavner Dianne Wiest Josh Mostel |
| 563 | 39th (tie) | Revolution (1985) | 12 | Al Pacino The fires of revolution sweep across the land as the American colonies rebel against their British oppressors. Al Pacino plays an ordinary man aflame with the promise of liberty and freedom. |
(PG) | 2:01 | AL, V | Hugh Hudson Al Pacino Donald Sutherland Nastassja Kinski Joan Plowright Dave King |
| 564 | 39th (tie) | Tess (1979) | 12 | Nastassia Kinski Peter Firth Lavishly set in Victorian England, this romantic drama from Roman Polanski (Chinatown) won three Oscars. Nastassia Kinski plays the country lass sent off to rich relatives, only to fall prey to seduction and deceit. |
(PG) | 2:55 | Adult situations. | Roman Polanski Nastassja Kinski Peter Firth Leigh Lawson John Collin David Markham |
| 565 | 39th (tie) | The Aurora Encounter (1986) | 12 | JACK ELAM In this warmly entertaining sci-fi movie, an alien from outer space lands in a Texas town at the turn of the century. The tiny visitor makes friends with some school children. |
(PG) | 1:30 | Jim McCullough Jack Elam Peter Brown Dottie West Carol Bagdasarian Philip Carey | |
| 566 | 39th (tie) | The Bridge on the River Kwai | 12 | One of the most honored of all war movies, this explosive 1957 classic stars Oscar winner Alec Guinness. William Holden rounds out the all-star cast as one of the prisoners in a Japanese POW camp. | (PG) | 2:45 | No director listed | |
| 567 | 39th (tie) | This Time Forever | 12 | A US. student playing hockey in Montreal falls in love with a French Canadian against a background of political strife. With Eddie Albert and Cloris Leachman. | (PG) | 1:39 | Adult situations, profanity. | Eddie Albert and Cloris Leachman |
| 568 | 39th (tie) | Ticket to Heaven | 12 | Nick Mancuso A lovelorn young man is lured into a religious cult where brainwashing precedes salvation. Based on a true story. |
(PG) | 1:48 | Adult language. | Ralph L. Thomas Nick Mancuso Saul Rubinek Meg Foster R.H. Thomson Kim Cattrall |
| 569 | 39th (tie) | Twice Upon A Time | 12 | A feisty old leprechaun and an evil hulk struggle to control the dreams of the human race. This animated satirical fantasy was produced by George Lucas (Star Wars). | (PG) | 1:14 | Adult language. | John Korty Lorenzo Music Judith Kahan Kampmann Hamilton Camp Marshall Efron |
| 570 | 39th (tie) | Windwalker | 12 | Trevor Howard as American Indian. (Subtitled.) | (PG) | 1:47 | V | Kieth Merrill Trevor Howard Nick Ramus James Remar Serene Hedin Silvana Gallardo |
| 571 | 39th (tie) | Xanadu | 12 | Olivia Newton-John Gene Kelly Spectacular production numbers, roller-skating, dancing and singing contribute to a dazzling musical entertainment. Olivia Newton-John plays a muse from Mount Olympus who comes to Earth to help mortals turn fantasy into reality. Music includes “Magic,” “I'm Alive” and the title song. |
(PG) | 1:36 | Profanity. | Robert Greenfield Olivia Newton-John Gene Kelly Michael Beck James Sloyan Dimitra Arliss |
| 572 | 40th (tie) | A Man, A Woman and A Bank | 11 | Donald Sutherland A sophisticated comedy caper about a $4 million computerized bank heist. Donald Sutherland and director Paul Mazursky (An Unmarried Woman) are two crooks with an ingenious scheme aimed at an impenetrablebank. Brooke Adams (Days of Heaven) provides romantic distraction s a commercial photographer with a mind of her own. |
(PG) | 1:41 | Profanity, adult situations. | Noel Black Donald Sutherland Brooke Adams Paul Mazursky Allen Magicovsky |
| 573 | 40th (tie) | Breaking Away (1979) | 11 | DENNIS QUAID Here's the delightful comedy/drama that won America's heart. A young would-be cycling champ dreams of Europe and pedals toward adulthood with gusto. |
(PG) | 1:41 | AS, AL | Peter Yates Dennis Christopher Dennis Quaid Jackie Earle Haley Daniel Stern Barbara Barrie |
| 574 | 40th (tie) | Captive Hearts | 11 | PAT MORITA CHRIS MAKEPEACE A captured American flier (Chris Makepeace) loses his heart to a young Japanese widow in this romantic WWII drama. Pat Morita plays the woman's father-in-law, a village elder. |
(PG) | 1:41 | AS, AL, V | Paul Almond Vincent Spano Mariel Hemingway Gabriel Byrne Patrizia von Brandenstein Michael Sarrazin |
| 575 | 40th (tie) | From the Hip | 11 | JUDD NELSON ELIZABETH PERKINS It's a case of disorder in the court when a young yuppie lawyer chemes his way into his first trial. But he gets more than he bargained for in this raucous comedy...funny and spirited(Variety). Directed by Bob Clark (Porky's). With John Hurt. |
(PG) | 1:51 | AS, AL | Bob Clark Judd Nelson John Hurt Darren McGavin Elizabeth Perkins Dan Monahan |
| 576 | 40th (tie) | Hot to Trot | 11 | BOB GOLDTHWAIT A frisky comedy about a talking horse with inside stock exchange info. |
(PG) | 1:23 | AS, AL | Michael Dinner Bobcat Goldthwait John Candy Dabney Coleman Virginia Madsen Cindy Pickett |
| 577 | 40th (tie) | In Search of a Golden Sky | 11 | When a cantankerous hermet takes his orphaned niece and nephews into his home in the Northwest wilds, their lives are changed forever. | (PG) | 1:31 | Jeffrey L Crowe Charles Napier Cliff Osmond Cindy Butler George Buck Flower Erin Donovan | |
| 578 | 40th (tie) | Iron Eagle II (1988) | 11 | LOUIS GOSSETT, JR. Riveting action and stunning aerial photography fuel this high-flying sequel: Louis Gossett, Jr, is back as Chappy Sinclair, now in charge of a joint Russian-American mission to destroy a nuclear weapons plant in the Middle East. |
(PG) | 1:40 | AL, V | Sidney J Furie Louis Gossett Jr Mark Humphrey Stuart Margolin Alan Scarfe Maury Chaykin |
| 579 | 40th (tie) | Jane and the Lost City | 11 | British and German agents race to seize a hoard of diamonds from a legendary city. | (PG) | 1:32 | AS, AL, MV | Terry Marcel Writers Mervyn HaismanTerry MarcelHarry Robertson Stars Sam J. JonesMaud AdamsJasper Carrott |
| 580 | 40th (tie) | Jaws (1975) | 11 | Roy Scheider Don't step into the water just yet...that great white killer shark is back! Richard Dreyfuss and Robert Shaw co-star in one of the most popular movies of all time. |
(PG) | 2:04 | V | Steven Spielberg Roy Scheider Robert Shaw Richard Dreyfuss Lorraine Gary Murray Hamilton |
| 581 | 40th (tie) | MacArthur (1977) | 11 | Gregory Peck General MacArthur, the legend, becomes Douglas MacArthur, the man in this revealing portrait of the complex officer. |
(PG) | 2:10 | Violence. | Joseph Sargent Gregory Peck Ed Flanders Dan O'Herlihy Ivan Bonar |
| 582 | 40th (tie) | Making Contact | 11 | When his toy telephone rings, nine-year-old Joey talks to his dad. but dad is supposed to be dead! Poltergeists are out in full force in this suspenseful fantasy. | (PG) | 1:19 | AL | Roland Emmerich Joshua Morrell Eva Kryll Jason Lively Jan Zierold Dietmar Mues |
| 583 | 40th (tie) | Million Dollar Mystery | 11 | When a dying Tom Bosley reveals that he's scattered $14 million across Arizona, the helter-skelter race for riches is on! Who'll be first to grab a fortune? With Rich Hall, Eddie Deezen. | (PG) | 1:30 | AL, V | Richard Fleischer Eddie Deezen Tom Bosley Rich Hall Mona Lyden Penny Baker |
| 584 | 40th (tie) | Movers & Shakers | 11 | Walter Matthau Can the production chief of a movie studio make an old-fashioned love story out of a sizzling best-seller called Sex in Love? A spoof of Hollywood movie making with Charles Grodin. |
(PG) | 1:19 | AS | William Asher Walter Matthau Charles Grodin Tyne Daly Gilda Radner Vincent Gardenia |
| 585 | 40th (tie) | My American Cousin (1985) | 11 | What's shakin in the summer of ‘59? Nothing, for a 12-year-old Canadian girl, until her hotshot American cousin hits town. Butch is too cool for words! | (PG) | 1:26 | AS, AL | Sandy Wilson Margaret Langrick John Wildman Richard Donat Jane Mortifee Robert Clothier |
| 586 | 40th (tie) | Nice Girls Don't Explode | 11 | In this daffy comedy, love is like a burning flame—literally!—for a baffled teen who's too hot to handle. Every time April gets a crush on a boy, things around her start igniting and exploding! With Barbara Harris. | (PG) | 1:22 | BN | Chuck Martinez Diane Franklin Martin Mull Donnelly Rhodes Kat Green Michael Witter |
| 587 | 40th (tie) | Rock & Rule | 11 | Heavy metal rock and inventive animation enliven this sci-fi/cartoon rock musical. | (PG) | 1:18 | AL, AH | Clive A. Smith Don Francks Greg Salata Paul Le Mat Susan Roman Sam Langevin |
| 588 | 40th (tie) | Scandalous (1984) | 11 | There’s mayhem and merriment afoot when a reporter covers a con-artist — but who’s conning whom? Robert Hays, John Gielgud. | (PG) | 1:33 | AS, AL, MV, BN | Rob Cohen Robert Hays John Gielgud Pamela Stephenson Jim Dale Mildred Shay |
| 589 | 40th (tie) | Secret Places (1984) | 11 | World War II England is a lonely place for a German refugee schoolgirl—until an equally lonely classmate becomes her friend. Sensitive, beautifully acted... a miracle(Rex Reed). |
(PG) | 1:38 | AL, BN | Zelda Barron Marie-Theres Relin Tara MacGowran Claudine Auger Jenny Agutter Cassie Stuart |
| 590 | 40th (tie) | Short Circuit 2 (1988) | 11 | Remember that clever, lovable robot, Number 5? He and his human buddy, Ben, are now in New York. thieves trick Fiveinto helping in a gem heist, but the mechanical wonder isn't about to be outsmarted for long! |
(PG) | 1:50 | AL | Kenneth Johnson Fisher Stevens Michael McKean Cynthia Gibb Jack Weston David Hemblen |
| 591 | 40th (tie) | Smokey Bites the Dust! | 11 | A high school hotshot creates havoc at a comic homecoming weekend. | (PG) | 1:29 | Adult language, humor;violence; nudity. | Charles B Griffith Jimmy McNichol Janet Julian Walter Barnes Kari Lizer William Forsythe |
| 592 | 40th (tie) | Steven Spielberg's Empire of the Sun | 11 | JOHN MALCOVICH CHRISTIAN BALEUnforgettablesaid The N.Y. Times about this powerful saga of a British boy’s survival amid chaos in WWII China. Raised in an upper-class environment, the boy is suddenly cast into the streets when he is separated from his family during the Japanese invasion of Shanghai. When a tough, opportunistic American seaman (John Malkovich) befriends him, he learns what it takes to stay alive. |
(PG) | 2:33 | AS, AL, V | Steven Spielberg Christian Bale John Malkovich Miranda Richardson Nigel Havers Joe Pantoliano |
| 593 | 40th (tie) | Switching Channels | 11 | BURN REYNOLDS KATHLEEN TURNER CHRISTOPHER REEVE When a TV anchorwoman tries to change channels on her life and career, her boss (and ex-husband!) will stop at nothing to keep her turned to his dial. A superstar cast sparks the laughs in this snappy update of The Front Page. Kathleen Turner, tempted by a new job and new love Christopher Reeve, practically has her bags packed when her ex, Burt Reynolds, puts her on a story to keep her nearby. Romantic mayhem and comedy zingers multiply deliciously in this romp. |
(PG) | 1:45 | AS, AL | Ted Kotcheff Kathleen Turner Burt Reynolds Christopher Reeve |
| 594 | 40th (tie) | The Bad News Bears Go To Japan | 11 | Tony Curtis Those Little League leftovers are back, ready to wreak havoc on baseball loving Japan. In this third Bears comedy, slick promoter Tony Curtis see the pint-sized terror as his ticket to a fast buck and books them against Japanese Junior all-stars. Jackie Earle Haley, playing Kelly Leak again, finds more than atmosphere in the Orient. Good fun(N.Y. Post) |
(PG) | 1:32 | Mildly vulgar language. | John Berry Tony Curtis Jackie Earle Haley George Wyner Lonny Chapman Brett Marx |
| 595 | 40th (tie) | The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez | 11 | The biggest manhunt in Texas history is the background for this western about frontier justice. Based on a true story. | (PG) | 1:40 | Adult language, violence. | Robert M. Young Edward James Olmos James Gammon Tom Bower Bruce McGill |
| 596 | 40th (tie) | The Black Pearl | 11 | A young Mexican comes of age in an imaginative adventure tale about divers, the sea and a for- bidden cave. Learning the art of pearl diving from an old villager, the teenager sets out to find a prized black pearl guarded by a giant manta ray. | (PG) | 1:36 | Violence. | Scott McGinnis Gilbert Roland Franco Nero |
| 597 | 40th (tie) | The Candidate (1972) | 11 | When an idealistic lawyer runs for the US, Senate, he discovers there is more at stake than ideals and issues. Robert Redford stars. | (PG) | 1:50 | AS, AL | Michael Ritchie Robert Redford Peter Boyle Don Porter Allen Garfield Melvyn Douglas |
| 598 | 40th (tie) | The Front (1976) | 11 | Woody Allen in a potent comedy/drama of the McCarthy witch-hunt era. With Zero Mostel. | (PG) | 1:31 | Martin Ritt Woody Allen Zero Mostel Herschel Bernardi Michael Murphy Andrea Marcovicci | |
| 599 | 40th (tie) | The Quest (1986) | 11 | An American teenager living inAustralia goes on the adventure of his life. Henry Thomas (E.T.) stars. | (PG) | 1:29 | AL | Brian Trenchard-Smith Henry Thomas Tony Barry Rachel Friend Tamsin West Toshiro Mifune |
| 600 | 40th (tie) | The Turning Point | 11 | Anne Bancroft and Shirley MacLaine as women who discover they must accept the consequences of their youthful choices. | (PG) | 1:59 | AS, AL | Herbert Ross Anne Bancroft Shirley MacLaine Mikhail Baryshnikov Leslie Browne Tom Skerritt |
| 601 | 40th (tie) | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | 11 | THE BEST MOVIES ARE ON HBO JEFF BRIDGES A stirring and stylish drama about a rebel with a cause. Jeff Bridges stars as Preston Tucker, the brilliant unpredictable visionary of post-WWII America, who wants to give the country a better, safer car ( The car of tomorrow — today). But he is thwarted at every turn by the big threeDetroit auto makers. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. |
(PG) | 1:51 | AL | Francis Ford Coppola Jeff Bridges Joan Allen Martin Landau Frederic Forrest Elias Koteas |
| 602 | 40th (tie) | UFOria (1984) | 11 | Critics raved about this little-known sci-fi comedy/romance, with its quirky mix of flying saucers, faith healers and sweet love. Cindy Williams stars. | (PG) | 1:34 | AS, AL, MV | John Binder Cindy Williams Harry Dean Stanton Fred Ward Harry Carey Jr. Robert Gray |
| 603 | 41st (tie) | Caddyshack II (1988) | 10 | JACKIE MASON CHEVY CHASE The rich snobs of Bushwood Country Club don't know who they're messing with when they snub rich slob Jackie Mason in this wacky comedy. Pinkies are raised against him when he tries to join, so he buys the club! |
(PG) | 1:37 | AL, AH, BN | Allan Arkush Jackie Mason Robert Stack Dina Merrill Randy Quaid Jessica Lundy |
| 604 | 41st (tie) | Chu Chu and the Philly Flash | 10 | Lovable crackpots Alan Arkin and Carol Burnett hit the jackpot in a madcap adventure about San Francisco street people. With Jack Warden and Danny Aiello. | (PG) | 1:32 | Profanity. | David Lowell Rich Alan Arkin Carol Burnett Danny Aiello Jack Warden Ruth Buzzi |
| 605 | 41st (tie) | Cocoon: The Return | 10 | WILFORD BRIMLEY • HUME CRONYN • DON AMECHE PREMIERES SATURDAY,DECEMBER 2 [1989] Recapture all the magic of Cocoon in this heartwarming sequel. The plucky senior citizens who left Earth have returned, accompanied by the gentle extraterrestrial Antareans. While the aliens search for missing cocoons, the old gang visit friends and relatives and enjoy the simple pleasures of Earth one final time. The all-star cast includes Steve Guttenberg, Jessica Tandy. |
(PG) | 1:56 | AL | Daniel Petrie Don Ameche Wilford Brimley Courteney Cox Hume Cronyn Jack Gilford |
| 606 | 41st (tie) | Cry Freedom | 10 | KEVIN KLEIN DENZEL WASHINGTON From Richard Attenborough, the director of Gandhi, comes this true drama of one man's quest for freedom. Denzel Washington stars as black South African activist Stephen Biko, who was murdered by his country’s security police in 1977. |
(PG) | 2:41 | AL, V | Richard Attenborough Denzel Washington Kevin Kline Penelope Wilton John Thaw Zakes Mokae |
| 607 | 41st (tie) | Goin' Coconuts | 10 | Donny Osmond Singers Donny and Marie Osmond tour Hawaii in a colorful mystery comedy. |
(PG) | 1:36 | Mild violence. | Howard Morris Donny Osmond Marie Osmond Kenneth Mars Herb Edelman |
| 608 | 41st (tie) | Grand Theft Auto | 10 | Ron Howard Versatile Ron Howard directed and stars in this action comedy-romance. Ron tries eloping to LasVegas in a Rolls-Royce with perky Nancy Morgan. A convoy of patrol cars, helicopters, a gaggle of gangsters and just plain busy bodies all get into the fast-paced action. |
(PG) | 1:24 | Adult language, violence. | Ron Howard Ron Howard Nancy Morgan Marion Ross Pete Isacksen Barry Cahill |
| 609 | 41st (tie) | Hangar 18 | 10 | Darren McGavin Robert Vaughn Could a large UFO, with aliens aboard, crash into the Arizona desert without being detected? This exciting sci-fi drama exposes a Presidential conspiracy to obscure a mysterious spacecraft's landing. Starring Robert Vaughn, Darren McGavin and Gary Collins. |
(PG) | 1:37 | Adult situations, language, violence. | James L Conway Darren McGavin Robert Vaughn Gary Collins James Hampton Philip Abbott |
| 610 | 41st (tie) | Happy New Year (1987) | 10 | Part crime caper, part buddymovie and part romance, this fetching comedy from the director of Rocky is sheer entertainment. Thieving pals Peter Falk and Charles Durning plot a heist at a swanky West Palm Beach jewelry shop. |
(PG) | 1:25 | AL | John G Avildsen Peter Falk Charles Durning Tom Courtenay Wendy Hughes Joan Copeland |
| 611 | 41st (tie) | Little Nikita | 10 | SIDNEY POITIER Jeff Grant is a typical all-American teenager. Then an FBI agent (Sydney Poitier) unearths a very un-American secret: Jeff's mom and dad are actually Russian spies! With River Phoenix as Jeff. |
(PG) | 1:37 | AL, V | Richard Benjamin Sidney Poitier River Phoenix Richard Jenkins Richard Bradford Loretta Devine |
| 612 | 41st (tie) | Nothing Personal | 10 | Donald Sutherland Suzanne Somers Professor Roger Kelly needs a good lawyer. But a blond bombshell Harvard lawyer? Donald Sutherland and sexy Suzanne Somers unexpectedly team up to prevent the killing of baby seals. |
(PG) | 1:36 | Adult situations and language. | George Bloomfield Donald Sutherland Suzanne Somers Lawrence Dane Roscoe Lee Browne Dabney Coleman |
| 613 | 41st (tie) | Prophecy (1979) | 10 | Talia Shire A rampaging monster stalks the Maine woods and Nature goes berserk. In this tale of horror, animals turn into giants and innocent campers meet murder. The work of vengeful Indians? Or could chemicals dumped into the woodlands streams set off this ghastly chain of horrors? Health officer Robert Foxworth and nervousl wife Talia Shire (Rocky) confront the terror in the forest. It's best not to fool around with Mother Nature! |
(PG) | 1:42 | Profantiy, violence. | John Frankenheimer Talia Shire Robert Foxham Armand Assante Richard Dysart George Clutesi |
| 614 | 41st (tie) | Rocky (1976) | 10 | Sylvester Stallone stars as a determined boxer. The original box office champ that won the Best Picture Oscar and spawned three popular sequels. | (PG) | 1:59 | AL, V | John G Avildsen Sylvester Stallone Talia Shire Burt Young Carl Weathers Burgess Meredith |
| 615 | 41st (tie) | Rooster Cogburn | 10 | John Wayne Katharine Hepburn Two of America’s all-time favorite movie stars join forces in an unusual western. The results are true movie magic. John Wayne recreates the hard-fighting, hard-drinking Cogburn character of True Grit, which won him an Oscar. Katharine Hepburn is a psalm-signing schoolmarm and a crack shot. |
(PG) | 1:47 | Adult situations, violence. | Stuart Millar John Wayne Katharine Hepburn Anthony Zerbe Richard Jordan Strother Martin |
| 616 | 41st (tie) | Salem's Lot (1979) | 10 | James Mason Struggling to exorcise the demons of his childhood, David Soul is mysteriously drawn to a house with an evil curse. Based on Stephen King’s novel. |
(PG) | 1:51 | Violence. | Tobe Hooper David Soul James Mason Lance Kerwin Bonnie Bedelia Lew Ayres Fred Willard |
| 617 | 41st (tie) | Silver Streak | 10 | Gene Wilder Richard Pryor Jill Clayburgh This action-comedy moves as fast as the transcontinental luxury train Silver Streak hurtling across the countryside from Los Angeles to Chicago. There's murder, intrigue, thrills, danger—and plenty of romance aboard. [The June 20, 1982 airing listed in the guide was pre-empted last minute by the re-broadcast of the Holmes vs. Cooney fight. -JS] |
(PG) | 1:53 | Adult situations, profanity. | Arthur Hiller Gene Wilder Jill Clayburgh Richard Pryor Patrick McGoohan Ned Beatty |
| 618 | 41st (tie) | Special Delivery (1976) | 10 | A romantic comedy caper about a robber (Bo Svenson) and an eyewitness (Cybill Sheperd.) | (PG) | 1:39 | AL, V, N | Paul Wendkos Bo Svenson Cybill Shepherd Michael Gwynne Vic Tayback Sorrell Booke |
| 619 | 41st (tie) | The Greatest Battle | 10 | Gripping war action in this film of the crucial WWII North African campaign of ’43. All-star cast includes Henry Fonda as the American general returning to action in Tunisia; Stacy Keach, a German major in the dreaded Panzer Corps; Samantha Eggar, his half-Jewish wife. Helmut Berger, John Huston co-star. | (PG) | 1:37 | Umberto Lenzi Helmut Berger Samantha Eggar John Huston Giuliano Gemma Henry Fonda | |
| 620 | 41st (tie) | The House on Carroll Street | 10 | KELLY McGILLIS Six years after WWII, an idealistic photo editor uncovers a plot to smuggle Nazi war criminals into the U.S. Jeff Daniels (Something Wild) plays an FBI agent in this romantic thriller. |
(PG) | 1:41 | AL, MV | Peter Yates Kelly McGillis Jeff Daniels Mandy Patinkin Christopher Rhode Jessica Tandy |
| 621 | 41st (tie) | The Mission (1986) | 10 | ROBERT DE NIRO JEREMY IRONS Moninated for seven 1986 Oscars,® including Best Picture. Jeremy Irons stars as a priest trying to establish a mission in the wilds of 19th-century South America. Robert De Niro plays a slave trader. |
(PG) | 2:05 | AS, V, N | Roland Joffé Robert De Niro Jeremy Irons Ray McAnally Aidan Quinn Cherie Lunghi |
| 622 | 41st (tie) | The Sterile Cuckoo (1969) | 10 | A college freshman experiences her first taste of romance in this touching 1969 classic. Liza Minnelli stars as the tough but sweet Pookie Adams. | (PG) | 1:47 | AS, AL | Alan J. Pakula Liza Minnelli Wendell Burton Tim McIntire Austin Green Sandra Faison |
| 623 | 41st (tie) | The Way We Were | 10 | Barbra Steisand Robert Redford Two superstars give moving performances in one of the great screen romances. Nominated for six Academy Awards and winner of two. See it uncut and uninterrupted. |
(PG) | 1:58 | Adult situations and language. | Sydney Pollack Barbra Streisand Robert Redford Bradford Dillman Lois Chiles Patrick O'Neal |
| 624 | 41st (tie) | The Wrong Guys | 10 | If there's a mereit badge for screwball antics, the stars of this comedy are the guys to earn it! John Goodman (Roseanne). Catch the stars of "THE WRONG GUYS" in their own HBO comedy specials: The Louis Anderson Show Richard Lewis Richard Belzer in Concert APRIL 11 [1989] |
(PG) | 1:26 | AL, MV | Danny Bilson Louie Anderson Richard Lewis Richard Belzer Tim Thomerson Franklyn Ajaye |
| 625 | 41st (tie) | There Goes the Bride | 10 | Tom Smothers Twiggy Tim Westerby isn't losing his daughter; he's losing his mind. Seeing an imaginary dream girl everywhere, the nervous ad executive creates chaos on the big wedding day. Tom Smothers (of the brothers) stars as father of the bride. Famed model Twiggy plays the lady of his dreams. |
(PG) | 1:27 | Adult humor, violence. | Terence Marcel Tom Smothers Twiggy Martin Balsam Sylvia Syms Hermione Baddeley |
| 626 | 41st (tie) | Tulips (1981) | 10 | Gabe Kaplan Bernadette Peters A tuba player and his psychiatrist’s girlfriend find that they share a mutual neurosis in this bizarre romantic comedy. |
(PG) | 1:31 | Adult situations, language. | Sturla Gunnarsson Gabe Kaplan Bernadette Peters Henry Gibson Al Waxman David Bolt |
| 627 | 41st (tie) | Wanda Nevada | 10 | When a con man wins an orphan at poker, it sets off an improbable adventure. Peter Fonda and Brooke Shields are the unlikely but very likable pair. The charming story of their up and down relationship has the Grand Canyon as a magnificent setting. | (PG) | 1:47 | Profanity, adult relationships. | Peter Fonda Brooke Shields Fiona Lewis Ted Markland Severn Darden Paul Fix |
| 628 | 42nd (tie) | A Test of Love (1984) | 9 | Young Annie O'Farrell has waited 11 years for someone to see that inside her disabled body there is a bright and healthy mind. Can her therapist free her from an institution? | (PG) | 1:29 | AS | Gil Brealey Angela Punch McGregor Drew Forsythe Simon Burke Wallas Eaton Liddy Clark |
| 629 | 42nd (tie) | Arthur 2 On the Rocks | 9 | DUDLEY MOORE Liza Minnelli Even the hard times are hilarious when Dudley Moore returns as the rich, wry drunk the world toasted in Arthur. He skids from wealth to woe when his ex-fiancée's vengeful father cheats him out of his fortune. |
(PG) | 1:53 | AL | Bud Yorkin Dudley Moore Liza Minnelli John Gielgud Geraldine Fitzgerald |
| 630 | 42nd (tie) | Brass Target | 9 | Sophia Loren George Kennedy John Cassavetes Gold worth $250 million! The Nazis hid it. The Russians want it. Some Americans steal it. Was Gen. George Patton assassinated to cover the big heist? Sophia Loren, John Cassavetes, Robert Vaughn, Max Von Sydow and George Kennedy as Old Blood and gutsPatton star in this chilling suspense drama set in the final year of WWII. Moves fast, hits hard(N.Y. Post) |
(PG) | 1:52 | Profanity, violence. | John Hough Sophia Loren John Cassavetes George Kennedy Max von Sydow Patrick McGoohan |
| 631 | 42nd (tie) | Coma (1978) | 9 | Mysterious "accidents" occur. | (PG) | 1:53 | Adult situations, language; brief nudity. | Michael Crichton Geneviève Bujold Michael Douglas Elizabeth Ashley Rip Torn Richard Widmark |
| 632 | 42nd (tie) | Comfort and Joy | 9 | A disc jockey’s life takes an exotic turn when his lover takes off. Drawn into a war between rival mobsters, he discovers romance, danger and the thrill of risk. | (PG) | 1:45 | AS, AL | Bill Forsyth Bill Paterson Eleanor David C.P. Grogan Alex Norton Patrick Malahide |
| 633 | 42nd (tie) | Crossing Delancy | 9 | AMY IRVING PETER RIEGERT Schmalz, pickles and romance all add up to a delicious combination(N.Y. Post). A matchmaker intervenes in the life of a reluctant Manhattan woman (Amy Irving), who is fixed up with a pickle merchant (Peter Rieger). |
(PG) | 1:37 | AS, AL | Joan Micklin Silver Amy Irving Peter Riegert Reizl Bozyk Jeroen Krabbé Sylvia Miles |
| 634 | 42nd (tie) | Dangerous Curves | 9 | A stolen car, a beauty contest and an auto theft ring add up to breezy fun in this surf-and-slapstick romp. Leslie Nielsen, Robert Klein. | (PG) | 1:29 | AL | David Lewis Tate Donovan Billy Wirth Jennifer Runyon Robert Romanus Michael Wilding |
| 635 | 42nd (tie) | Death of a Salesman (1985) | 9 | DUSTIN HOFFMAN JOHN MALKOVICH Arthur Miller's Pulitzer Prize-winning play is an Amerian classic. This acclaimed film version, adapted from the recent Broadway production, matches it in stature. Dustin Hoffman won an Emmy. |
(PG) | 2:14 | AS | Volker Schlöndorff Dustin Hoffman Kate Reid John Malkovich Stephen Lang Charles Durning |
| 636 | 42nd (tie) | Escape to Athena | 9 | Roger Moore Telly Savalas David Niven Allies POWs, shot-down USO entertainers and Greek partisans from an odd alliance on a Nazi-held island during WWII. Roger Moore is the German commandant; Telly Savalas, a partisan leader; David Niven, archeologist; and Claudia Cardinale, a madman. Spectacular special effects(Hollywood Reporter) |
(PG) | 1:42 | Wartype violence; profanity. | George P Cosmatos Roger Moore Telly Savalas David Niven Claudia Cardinale Stefanie Powers |
| 637 | 42nd (tie) | Excalibur (PG) | 9 | The Camelot legend comes to life, from before Arthur's birth to the last bitter days as knights seek the Holy Grail. With Nigel Terry and Nicol Williamson. | (PG) | 2:20 | Adult situations, language; violence. | John Boorman Nigel Terry Helen Mirren Nicholas Clay Cherie Lunghi Paul Geoffrey |
| 638 | 42nd (tie) | For Pete's Sake | 9 | Barbra Streisand stars in this boisterously funny old-time farce(The New York Times). Michael Sarrazin. Molly Picon. |
(PG) | 1:30 | AS, AL | Peter Yates Barbra Streisand Michael Sarrazin Estelle Parsons Molly Picon Louis Zorich |
| 639 | 42nd (tie) | French Lesson (aka The Frog Prince) | 9 | Beautiful Jenny, studying in 1960s Paris, also craves instruction in l'amour. Her choice between two would-be lovers makes this charmer a treat for the heart. | (PG) | 1:30 | AS, AL | Brian Gilbert Jane Birkin François Cluzet Jean-Pierre Cassel Brigitte Fossey Jacques Villeret |
| 640 | 42nd (tie) | Hide In Plain Sight | 9 | James Caan A devoted father bangs his head against government bureaucracy in this courageous, suspenseful, frequently funny film. James Can stars and directed the drama of a man’s eight-year search for his children spirited away during a Federal war on mobsters. This powerful indictment American injustice is based on a true case. Double triumph for Caan(Washington Post) |
(PG) | 1:29 | Profanity, violence. | James Caan James Caan Jill Eikenberry Robert Viharo Kenneth McMillan Josef Sommer |
| 641 | 42nd (tie) | Hotshot (1986) | 9 | Pelé, the greatest soccer player in history, stars as the retired pro who helps a young American gain the skills he needs. | (PG) | 1:35 | AL | Rick King Jim Youngs Pepe Serna Billy Wirth Leon Russom Jose Perez |
| 642 | 42nd (tie) | Housekeeping (1987) | 9 | CHRISTINE LAHTI Is she merely eccentric—or something else? Chistine Lahti (Running on Empty) gives a masterful performance as Sylvie, a free spirit who floats into a rural Pacific Northwest town to care for her two orphaned teenage nieces. |
(PG) | 1:56 | AS, AL | Bill Forsyth Christine Lahti Sara Walker Andrea Burchill Anne Pitoniak Bill Smillie |
| 643 | 42nd (tie) | K•G•O•D (aka KGOD) | 9 | When a TV station switches to religious programming, all (comedy) hell breaks loose. Stars Dabney Coleman. | (PG) | 1:28 | AS, AH | John Derek David Huffman John Considine Sterling Hayden Susan Damante Shawnee Smith |
| 644 | 42nd (tie) | Lina Wertmuller's All Screwed Up (Dubbed) | 9 | A passionate, exuberant film about some young provincials in Milan, who soon learn the hard and funny facts of big city life. | (PG) | 1:48 | Adult situations, language. | Lina Wertmüller Luigi Diberti Nino Bignamini Lina Polito Sara Rapisarda |
| 645 | 42nd (tie) | Love and Bullets | 9 | Charles Bronson Stunt-studded thriller as a Phoenix cop tries to block the crime syndicate takeover of his city. But Charles Bronson must first tackle the treacherous Swiss Alps to get evidence on mobster Rod Steiger. |
(PG) | 1:43 | Stuart Rosenberg Charles Bronson Rod Steiger Jill Ireland Henry Silva Strother Martin | |
| 646 | 42nd (tie) | My Best Friend is a Vampire | 9 | A shy highschooler adds vampirism to his teen troubles in this spoofy horror romp. | (PG) | 1:29 | AL | Jimmy Huston Robert Sean Leonard Evan Mirand Rene Auberjonois David Warner Cheryl Pollak |
| 647 | 42nd (tie) | Obsession (1976) | 9 | Cliff Robertson has grieved for 15 years over his murdered family, Then he meets a woman who is the image of his dead wife. | (PG) | 1:38 | AS, AL, MV | Brian De Palma Cliff Robertson Geneviève Bujold John Lithgow Sylvia Kuumba Williams Wanda Blackman |
| 648 | 42nd (tie) | Patrick (1978) | 9 | Some people thought Patrick was crazy. He seemed to be deaf, dumb and blind. What they didn’t know was that he had a sixth sense: psychokinetic power. He can move objects—with lethal results. Soon strange things begin happening in his private clinic. An award-winning horror-fantasy. | (PG) | 1:32 | Adult language, violence, nudity. | Richard Franklin Susan Penhalgon Robert Helpmann Rod Mullinar Bruce Barry Helen Hemingway |
| 649 | 42nd (tie) | Raise The Titanic | 9 | They said nothing could sink her—then, that no one could reach her. But an underwater research agency, headed by retired Admiral Jason Robards, is assigned the mission of finding and floating the famous doomed ship from her North Atlantic grave. This exciting action-adventure brims with great special effects. Richard Jordan, Anne Archer and Alec Guinness (as a salty Titanic survivor) co-star. | (PG) | 1:54 | Profanity. | Jerry Jameson Jason Robards Richard Jordan David Selby Anne Archer Alec Guinness |
| 650 | 42nd (tie) | Rollercoaster (1977) | 9 | George Segal An L.A. safety inspector tries to outwit saboteur Timothy Bottoms, who specializes in dynamiting rollercoasters. |
(PG) | 1:58 | Adult language, violence. | James Goldstone George Segal Timothy Bottoms Henry Fonda Richard Widmark Susan Strasberg |
| 651 | 42nd (tie) | Second Hand Hearts | 9 | A cross-country journey is the last chance at happiness for two lovable losers. Robert Blake and Barbara Harris play the couple in this comedy/drama. | (PG) | 1:38 | AS, AL | Hal Ashby Robert Blake Barbara Harris Collin Boone Amber Rose Amber Rose |
| 652 | 42nd (tie) | Spirit of the Wind | 9 | A young Eskimo returns to the Yukon after a long hospital stay. Now permanently crippled, he bravely enters a dogsled race. | (PG) | 1:42 | Ralph Liddle George Clutesi Slim Pickens Chief Dan George Henry Kendall Pieter Oborn | |
| 653 | 42nd (tie) | The Getaway | 9 | Steve McQueen Ali MacGraw Fast-paced heist-and-chase caper as parolee and his wife plan that last, really big Texas bank job. Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw are the robbery masterminds in Sam Peckinpah’s contemporary Western. Sally Struthers co-stars. |
(PG) | 2:02 | Adult Situations, violence. | Sam Peckinpah Steve McQueen Ali MacGraw Ben Johnson Sally Struthers Al Lettieri |
| 654 | 42nd (tie) | The In Crowd | 9 | Rock back to the ‘60s in a dance-fevered romance staring the son of folk singer Donovan. Packed with oldies like Cast Your Fate to the Wind. |
(PG) | 1:35 | AS | Mark Rosenthal Donovan Leitch Jennifer Runyon Scott Plank Joe Pantoliano Wendy Gazelle |
| 655 | 42nd (tie) | The Owl and the Pussycat | 9 | She's a call girl. He's an egghead. Together, George Segal and Barbara [sic] Streisand are are delightfully mismatched in this comedy/drama. | (PG) | 1:37 | AS, AL | Herbert Ross Barbra Streisand George Segal Robert Klein Marilyn Chambers Roz Kelly |
| 656 | 42nd (tie) | The Tamarind Seed | 9 | A vacation in Barbados brings unexpected love to British civil servant Julie Andrews in this lush romantic drama. Omar Sharif plays the man she meets. | (PG) | 2:01 | MV | Blake Edwards Julie Andrews Omar Sharif Anthony Quayle Dan O'Herlihy Sylvia Syms |
| 657 | 42nd (tie) | When Time Ran Out | 9 | Paul Newman Jacqueline Bisset William Holden An erupting volcano, earthquakes and tidal waves threaten a tropical resort in this all-star disaster movie. Paul Newman plays a wild-scatter searching for oil; Jacquelin Bisset, a PR woman; and William Holden, a wheeling-dealing hotel magnate. James Franciscus and Ernest Borgnine co-star. Directed by disaster master Irwin Allen. |
(PG) | 1:49 | Profanity, adult situations. | James Goldstone Paul Newman Jacqueline Bissett William Holden James Franciscus Red Buttons |
| 658 | 43rd (tie) | Autumn Sonata | 8 | Liv Ullmann Ingrid Bergman A penetrating drama about the deep emotional chasms separating a mother and daughter starring two of the world's finest actresses. Oscar nominee Ingrid Bergman and Liv Ullmann are brilliant in director Ingmar Bergman's powerful study of love and hate. |
(PG) | 1:33 | Adult situations and language. | Ingmar Bergman Ingrid Bergman Liv Ullmann Lena Nyman Halvar Björk Marianne Aminoff |
| 659 | 43rd (tie) | Beyond the Poseidon Adventure | 8 | Michael Caine Sally Field Telly Savalas Awesome spectacle of courage, evil, genius and love—beneath the ocean! Only hours after a tidal wave capsized a great liner, rivals are out for the ship’s treasure. Michael Caine, a tug skipper; Sally Field, his spunky passenger. Telly Savalas, Shirley Jones, Shirley Knight, Peter Boyle and Karl Malden co-star. Pulse-quickening episodes(Independent Film Journal) |
(PG) | 2:02 | Brief violence. | Irwin Allen Michael Caine Sally Field Telly Savalas Peter Boyle Jack Warden |
| 660 | 43rd (tie) | Big Top Pee-Wee | 8 | PEE-WEE HERMAN Jeepers, here comes Pee-wee, prancing and (gasp!) romancing his way through a wacky laugh fest. Everything's neat-o on Pee-wee's farm. Then a circus camps out on his property, and Pee-wee falls for a pretty trapeze artist. Gee, true love and joining the circus are pretty swell stuff! |
(PG) | 1:35 | AS | Randal Kleiser Paul Reubens Penelope Ann Miller Kris Kristofferson pee wee herman |
| 661 | 43rd (tie) | Bless the Beasts and Children | 8 | Young misfit campers try to free a herd of buffalo scheduled for slaughter in this drama directed by Stanley Kramer. Based on the best-selling novel. With Bill Mumy (Lost in Space). | (PG) | 1:42 | AL, V | Stanley Kramer Billy Mumy Barry Robins Miles Chapin Ken Swofford Jesse White |
| 662 | 43rd (tie) | Body Slam | 8 | Pin your blues to the mat with a rock 'n' wrestling comedy that's "genuinely funny" (Variety) and features popular wrestlers Roddy Piper and Capt. Lou Albano. With Tanya Roberts. | (PG) | 1:28 | AL | Hal Needham Dirk Benedict Tanya Roberts Roddy Piper Lou Albano Captain Lou Albano |
| 663 | 43rd (tie) | Breakout | 8 | Charles Bronson Escape adventure with breath-stopping stunt work. Bush pilot Charles Bronson takes to a ‘copter to bust Robert Duvall out of a Mexican jail frame-up, Jill Ireland, John Huston and Sheree North share in the excitement. Diverting prison-break yarn(Time) |
(PG) | 1:36 | Violence , adult language | Tom Gries Charles Bronson Robert Duvall Jill Ireland John Huston Sheree North |
| 664 | 43rd (tie) | Butch and Sundance: The Early Days | 8 | A legend of the Old West is born! A charming outlaw meets a dashing sharpshooter to form one of the frontier’s most unlikely desperado partnerships. William Katt and Tom Berenger are likeable rogues in this lighthearted western. Fun-filled action as these rambunctious renegades take on the banks and railroads. Everyone’s dream of wild west adventure(Playboy) |
(PG) | 1:50 | Profantiy, violence. | Richard Lester Tom Berenger William Katt Jeff Corey Peter Weller Brian Dennehy |
| 665 | 43rd (tie) | Clue (1985) | 8 | MARTIN MULL Whodunit? An all-star cast of suspectsfuels this campy murder comedy based on the popular board game. |
(PG) | 1:37 | AL, V | Jonathan Lynn Eileen Brennan Tim Curry Madeline Kahn Christopher Lloyd Michael McKean |
| 666 | 43rd (tie) | Dark Forces | 8 | A mysterious faith healer appears at the home of an up-and-coming politician to cure the man's son of a fatal disease. To the family, he is a miracle worker. To the politician's backers, he is a fraud. | (PG) | 1:36 | AS, AL, V, N | Simon Wincer Robert Powell Broderick Crawford David Hemmings Carmen Duncan Alyson Best |
| 667 | 43rd (tie) | Defense of the Realm | 8 | An ambitious reporter investigates a politcal sex scandal in this grity, thought-provoking thriler(New York Daily News). With Denholm Elliott. |
(PG) | MV, BN | David Drury Gabriel Byrne Greta Scacchi Denholm Elliott Ian Bannen Bill Paterson | |
| 668 | 43rd (tie) | Dreamer (1979) | 8 | In this engaging, upbeat story, a young bush-league bowler aspires to the national championship. Tim Matheson (1941) plays the man with the big dream. Co-star Susan Blakely is right up his alley. Although not a box office smash, it’s an enjoyable look at the pro sports world. | (PG) | 1:30 | Adult situations. | Noel Nosseck Tim Matheson Susan Blakely Jack Warden Richard B Shull Barbara Stuart |
| 669 | 43rd (tie) | Fast Break | 8 | Gabe Kaplan You’ll hit the floor laughing as losers become winners in this uproarious action comedy with an authentic basketball background. Gabe (Kotter) Kaplan makes his film debut as a deli clerk who gets his shot at the big time—coaching college ball. He has to make it to the top with a pool hustler, an ex-gospel preacher, a muscleman, a jailbird—and a girl—on the squad! Part Rocky…part Bad News Bears(Chicago Tribune) |
(PG) | 1:47 | Vulgarities. | Jack Smight Gabe Kaplan Harold Sylvester Michael Warren Bernard King Reb Brown |
| 670 | 43rd (tie) | Hair (1979) | 8 | Let the sunshine in! This warm, winning, humorous look at youth of the turbulent '60s is based on the stage hit. Star John Savage is a perfect blend of farm boy, patriot and hippie convert. Milos Forman (Academy Award for Cuckoo’s Nest) directed this novel departure from the traditional musical. Succeeds at all levels... .fun... drama... spectacle(Time) |
(PG) | 2:01 | Brief nudity, adult language. | Miloš Forman John Savage Treat Williams Beverly D'Angelo Annie Golden Dorsey Wright |
| 671 | 43rd (tie) | Hotel (1967) | 8 | Check into an elegant New Orleans hotel where both the guests and the staff have a lot to hide. Merle Oberon, Karl Malden and Rod Taylor star in this juicy 1967 drama. [According to IMDb, this has a rating of GP, which is technically different than PG, but I'm including it in the PG category. -JS] |
(GP) | 2:05 | AS | Richard Quine Rod Taylor Catherine Spaak Karl Malden Melvyn Douglas Merle Oberon |
| 672 | 43rd (tie) | Killer Fish | 8 | Suspenseful adventure as American fortune hunter Lee Majors masterminds a daring heist of Brazilian emeralds. His loot is stashed at the bottom of a reservoir. No problem—except the guards are razor-toothed piranhas! Karen Black, Margaux Hemingway and James Franciscus co-star. | (PG) | 1:41 | Profanity, gore. | Anthony M Dawson Lee Majors Karen Black James Franciscus Margaux Hemingway Marisa Berenson |
| 673 | 43rd (tie) | Man in the Wilderness | 8 | Richard Harris stars as a 19th century frontiersman abandoned and left to die by his companions after an attack by a grizzly bear. | (PG) | 1:45 | AS, V | Richard C Sarafian Richard Harris John Huston Henry Wilcoxon Percy Herbert Dennis Waterman |
| 674 | 43rd (tie) | Man, Woman and Child | 8 | A married man learns he is the father of a 10-year-old boy from a long-ago affair. Martin Sheen and Blythe Danner star in this touching drama. | (PG) | 1:40 | AS, AL | Dick Richards Martin Sheen Blythe Danner Sebastian Dungan Arlene McIntyre Craig T Nelson |
| 675 | 43rd (tie) | Once in Paris | 8 | Wayne Rogers A slightly uptight screenwriter becomes romantically involved amid splendors of the most romantic of all cities. Wayne Rogers (House Calls, M.A.S.H.) is the American in Paris. Gayle Hunnicutt co-stars and Jack Lenoir plays the sly Frenchman who shows Rogers the ropes. Very nearly perfect love story(Los Angeles Times) |
(PG) | 1:39 | Adult situations and language. | Frank D Gilroy Wayne Rogers Jack Lenoir Gayle Hunnicutt Charles Lane Tanya Lopert |
| 676 | 43rd (tie) | Rough Cut | 8 | Burt Reynolds Lesley-Anne Down David Niven The world's cleverest jewel thief masterminds a $30 million diamond heist in a jaunty caper blending suspense, comedy and romance. Burt Reynolds, in a change of pace, plays the sophisticated gentleman crook who travels in London's high society. Co-star Lesley-Anne Down has larcenous ideas of her own, while Scotland Yard inspector David Niven is out to catch Reynolds red-handed. |
(PG) | 1:51 | Adult situations and language. | Don Siegel Burt Reynolds Lesley-Anne Down David Niven Timothy West Patrick Magee |
| 677 | 43rd (tie) | Starship (1984) (aka Lorca and the Outlaws, 2084) | 8 | There's plenty of 21st-century action in this sci-fi adventure tale about rebels fighting an evil dictator on the planet El Jadina. | (PG) | 1:25 | V | Roger Christian John Tarrant Donogh Rees Deep Roy Ralph Cotterill Cassandra Webb |
| 678 | 43rd (tie) | Sunburn | 8 | Farrah Fawcett Art Carney A chic model finds her glamorous vacation has deadly strings attached in this mystery-comedy. Kooky, stunning Farrah Fawcett has numerous close calls as she helps Charles Grodin track down swindlers in the maze of Acapulco. Art Carney plays a gumshoe on one last job; Joan Collins, a tipsy, unfaithful wife. |
(PG) | 1:41 | Profanity, adult situations. | Richard C Sarafian Farrah Fawcett Charles Grodin Art Carney Joan Collins William Daniels |
| 679 | 43rd (tie) | Terms of Endearment | 8 | SHERLEY MacLAINE DEBRA WINGER Humor and heartbreak share the screen in this highly praised, popular movie about a turbulent mother-daughter relationship over the years. With Jack Nicholson, Jeff Daniels. |
(PG) | 2:12 | AS, AL | James L Brooks Shirley MacLaine Debra Winger Jack Nicholson Danny DeVito Jeff Daniels |
| 680 | 43rd (tie) | The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training | 8 | Those wild Little Leaguers are at bat again, getting the baseball season off to a riotous start! Jackie Earl Haley is back as Bears superstar Kelly. | (PG) | 1:39 | AL | Michael Pressman Jackie Earle Haley Jimmy Baio Chris Barnes Clifton James Dolph Sweet |
| 681 | 43rd (tie) | The Great Train Robbery | 8 | Sean Connery Lesley-Anne Down Sean Connery, Lesley-Anne Down and Donald Sutherland star in this thriller about the crooks who staged the first train robbery in history. |
(PG) | 1:51 | Some adult language. | Michael Crichton Sean Connery Donald Sutherland Lesley-Anne Down Alan Webb Wayne Sleep |
| 682 | 43rd (tie) | The Last of Sheila | 8 | Who killed gossip columnist Sheila? Help solve the mystery at a Riviera yacht party thrown by her movie producer husband. | (PG) | 1:59 | AS, AL | Herbert Ross James Coburn Raquel Welch Ian McShane James Mason Dyan Cannon |
| 683 | 43rd (tie) | The Man with the Golden Gun | 8 | Roger Moore as James Bond James Bond takes on the energy crisis as he tracks a missing solar scientist to Southeast Asia. This time Agent 007 (Roger Moore) battles Christopher Lee who uses golden bullets for murder. Britt Ekland co-stars and Herve Villechaize (Fantasy Island) plays a midget menace. |
(PG) | 2:05 | Violence. | Guy Hamilton Roger Moore Christopher Lee Britt Ekland Maud Adams Hervé Villechaize |
| 684 | 43rd (tie) | The Ruling Class | 8 | Peter O'Toole Alastair Sim A wildly witty black comedy about the British class structure. |
(PG) | 2:24 | Adult language and humor, mild violence, brief nudity. | Peter Medak Peter O'Toole Alastair Sim Arthur Lowe |
| 685 | 43rd (tie) | The Thief Who Came to Dinner | 8 | Ryan O'Neal stars in this comedy as a young computer engineer who becomes a gentleman thief. With Jacqueline Bisset. | (PG) | 1:45 | AS | Bud Yorkin Ryan O'Neal Jacqueline Bisset Warren Oates Jill Clayburgh Charles Cioffi |
| 686 | 43rd (tie) | The War Boy | 8 | In central Europe in World War II, weapons are young Jon's only toys. His only game is survival. Only 12 years old, he must grow up quickly when the ravages of war reach his home town. | (PG) | 1:26 | AS, AL, V, BN | Allan Eastman Helen Shaver Kenneth Welsh Nicholas Campbell Art Hindle Michael Ironside |
| 687 | 43rd (tie) | Thunderball | 8 | Sean Connery as James Bond 007 dives into underwater action in the latest thriller in HBO’s James Bond series. Sean Connery is out to snare a crime syndicate that’s hi-jacking a NATO aircraft over Europe. French beauty Claudine Auger, Luciana Paluzzi and some lovely Bahama locales are all part of the inviting scenery. |
(PG) | 2:10 | Terence Young Sean Connery Claudine Auger Adolfo Celi Luciana Paluzzi Rik Van Nutter | |
| 688 | 43rd (tie) | Two Mules for Sister Sara | 8 | A Western comedy-adventure with Clint Eastwood and Shirley MacLaine. | (PG) | 1:45 | AS, AL, V | Don Siegel Clint Eastwood Shirley MacLaine Manolo Fábregas Alberto Morin Armando Silvestre |
| 689 | 43rd (tie) | You Only Live Twice | 8 | Sean Connery as James Bond When a manned space flight is hijacked, the world edges toward nuclear war. But 007 is hot on the villian's trail. Sean Connery stars in the latest of HBO's James Bond series. Lots of new gadgetry, treachery, karate fights — and the almond-eyed beauties of the Orient. |
(PG) | 1:57 | Violence, adult situations. | Lewis Gilbert Sean Connery Akiko Wakabayashi Mie Hama Tetsurō Tamba Karin Dor |
| 690 | 44th (tie) | A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich | 7 | A black family struggles with their 13-year-old son's addiction to drugs. Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield. | (PG) | 1:47 | Adult situations, strong language. | Ralph Nelson Cicely Tyson Paul Winfield Larry B. Scott Helen Martin Glynn Turman |
| 691 | 44th (tie) | Battle Beyond the Stars | 7 | Richard Thomas Far-out creatures communicate via thermal energy in an exciting fantasy-comedy. Richard Thomas assembles a rag tag band of space mis-fits to protect his peace-loving planet from demonic conquerer John Saxon. Robert Vaughan, a space gangster, and George Peppard, an Earth cowboy, co-star. |
(PG) | 1:43 | Adult situations and humor. | Jimmy T Murakami Richard Thomas Robert Vaughn John Saxon George Peppard Sybil Danning |
| 692 | 44th (tie) | Biggles—Adventures in Time | 7 | Zany fantasy about time travel back to WWI. | (PG) | 1:28 | AL, V | John Hough Neil Dickson Alex Hyde-White Fiona Hutchison Peter Cushing Marcus Gilbert |
| 693 | 44th (tie) | Bullshot (1983) | 7 | Detective movies of the '30s take a good-natured ribbing in this high-spirited comedy. Captain Bullshot Crummond is hot on the trail of the evil villain who stole a secret formula from a scientist. | (PG) | 1:22 | AS, AL | Dick Clement Alan Shearer Diz White Ron Pember Billy Connolly Michael Aldridge |
| 694 | 44th (tie) | Cabaret (1972) | 7 | Liza Minnelli Joel Grey Winner of eight Academy Awards, this brilliant tale of forlorn love has the rise of Nazism in ’30s Germany as background. Liza Minnelli delivers a classic performance as the singer-dancer in love with both Michael York and Helmut Griem. Director Bob Fosse (All That Jazz) cleverly combines musical numbers with drama. Two of the Oscars: Liza (Best Actress) and Joel Grey as Emcee. |
(PG) | 1:58 | Violence, adult situations, language. | Bob Fosse Liza Minnelli Michael York Joel Grey Helmut Griem Marisa Berenson |
| 695 | 44th (tie) | Defense Play | 7 | A Soviet spy steals an Air Force superweapon to wreck a launching in this high-tech thriller. | (PG) | 1:31 | AL, MV | Monte Markham David Oliver Ricky Paull Goldin William Zabka George Dzundza Dana Kimmell |
| 696 | 44th (tie) | End of the Line | 7 | WILFORD BRIMLEY A super cast sparks warm comedy when simple folk challenge big business. with Holly Hunter (Broadcast News) and Kevin Bacon. |
(PG) | 1:43 | AL | Jay Russell Wilford Brimley Levon Helm Mary Steenburgen Kevin Bacon Holly Hunter |
| 697 | 44th (tie) | Far From the Madding Crowd | 7 | Julie Christie Peter Finch Alan Bates Three men—a gentleman farmer, a dashing cavalry man and a shepherd—court a beautiful heiress in 1870s England. Julie Christie stars as the heroine of Thomas Hardy’s classic novel of surging passions. [According to IMDb, this has a rating of GP, which is technically different than PG, but I'm including it in the PG category. -JS] |
(GP) | 2:46 | Adult situations, violence. | John Schlesinger Julie Christie Terence Stamp Peter Finch Alan Bates Fiona Walker |
| 698 | 44th (tie) | Fistful of Dynamite | 7 | James Coburn Rod Steiger A bandit (Rod Steiger) looking for a good bank to rob gets stuck in a Mexican revolution. He soon meets up with Irish terrorist. James Coburn who transfers his bomb-throwing expertise south of the border in a rip-roaring drama. А luscious movie-movie(Judith Crist) |
(PG) | 2:16 | Adult situations and language, violence. | Sergio Leone Rod Steiger James Coburn Romolo Valli Maria Monti Rik Battaglia |
| 699 | 44th (tie) | Five Days From Home | 7 | George Peppard A gentle but desperate convict escapes from a Louisiana prison to be at the California bedside of his injured son. George Peppard risks instant death from the law while becoming a folk hero in the public eye. |
(PG) | 1:48 | George Peppard George Peppard Neville Brand Savannah Boucher Victor Campos Sherry Boucher | |
| 700 | 44th (tie) | I Sent a Letter to My Love (Dubbed) | 7 | Simone Signoret Living by the sea in a beautiful, remote part of France, a brother and sister share a comforting yet suffocating relationship. Simone Signoret is moving and funny in this bittersweet drama. |
(PG) | 1:42 | Adult situations. | Moshé Mizrahi Simone Signoret Jean Rochefort Delphine Seyrig |
| 701 | 44th (tie) | Meteor™ | 7 | Sean Connery Natalie Wood Karl Malden A massive meteor hurtles through space on a collision course with Earth. It’s preceded by destructive fragments causing earthquakes, Alpine avalanches and tidal waves. A galaxy of stars, headed by Sean Connery, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Brien Keith and Henry Fonda (as the U.S. President), are all on the alert as ultimate disaster threatens. Space-age special effects keep things at an explosive edge. |
(PG) | 1:47 | Adult situations, profantiy. | Ronald Neame Sean Connery Natalie Wood Karl Malden Brian Keith Henry Fonda |
| 702 | 44th (tie) | More American Graffiti | 7 | What did happen to the teens of American Graffiti? This affectionate look at those popular youngsters growing up in mid-‘60s America brings back those crazy, bittersweet, unforgettable times. Cindy Williams, Ron Howard and Candy Clark head the cast of this pleasing sequel. Although not a box office match for the first blockbuster, The N.Y. Post said: New Graffiti tops the original. |
(PG) | 1:51 | Adult situations, language; violence. | B W L Norton Candy Clark Bo Hopkins Mackenzie Phillips Paul Le Mat Richard Anderson |
| 703 | 44th (tie) | Patton (1970) | 7 | George C. Scott General George Patton ran roughshod through Europe of the ‘40s—and through Hollywood, as well, in the ‘70s. An entertaining, intelligent war film, Patton won eight Oscars including Best Picture. George C. Scott is the brash, flamboyant general; Karl Malden, his calm foil, Omar Bradley. |
(PG) | 2:56 | Adult language. | Franklin J Schaffner George C Scott Karl Malden Stephen Young Michael Bates Michael Strong |
| 704 | 44th (tie) | Plague (1979) | 7 | A suspense-horror film of modern research gone wild! Straddling a thin line between science-fiction and science-fact, this shocker reveals what happens when an ambitious lab assistant carries out a forbidden experiment. The virulent disease unleashed leads to national panic! Daniel Pilon, Kate Reid and Michael J. Reynolds star. | (PG) | 1:28 | Profanity, violence. | Ed Hunt Daniel Pilon Kate Reid Barry Morse Brenda Donohue Chuck Shamata |
| 705 | 44th (tie) | Smile (1975) | 7 | Bruce Dern A California Young American Misspageant pokes fun at one of American’s favorite institutions, the annual beauty contest. Bruce Dern stars in this sharp, satiric masterpiece. Barbara Feldon is “den mother” to the 33 finalists. Is this what a beauty pageant is really all about? |
(PG) | 1:53 | Adult situations, language. | Michael Ritchie Bruce Dern Barbara Feldon Michael Kidd Geoffrey Lewis Nicholas Pryor |
| 706 | 44th (tie) | The 5th Musketeer | 7 | The swords and the stars glitter brightly in this swashbuckling saga. | (PG) | 1:43 | Ken Annakin Beau Bridges Sylvia Kristel Ursula Andress Cornel Wilde Ian McShane | |
| 707 | 44th (tie) | The Baltimore Bullet | 7 | Omar Sharif James Coburn Hide your women, lock up your cash. Billie Joe and the Baltimore Bulletare on their way. James Coburn and Bruce Boxleitner are pool hustlers heading for fun and fortune. Coburn, the Bullet,is anxious for another go against Omar Sharif, sleek master hustler of them all and just out of prison for tax evasion. Ronee Blakley co-stars. A lovely bunch of coconuts(Sports Ilustrated) |
(PG) | 1:43 | Profanity, nudity, adult situations. | Robert Ellis Miller James Coburn Omar Sharif Bruce Boxleitner Ronee Blakley Calvin Lockhart |
| 708 | 44th (tie) | The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu | 7 | Peter Sellers Diabolical Fu Manchu matches wits with Scotland Yard, the Kremlin and the Queen of England in this comedy romp. In his last film, Peter Sellers is the evil mastermind now 168 years old. He plays six roles, including an Elvis-like song belter. Sid Caesar co-stars. |
(PG) | 1:41 | Adult situations, profanity. | Piers Haggard Peter Sellers Helen Mirren Sid Caesar David Tomlinson Simon Williams |
| 709 | 44th (tie) | The Last Metro (Subtitled) | 7 | Catherine Deneuve Gerard Depardieu A lovely actress in WWII Paris decides the show must go on. François Truffaut's moving tale of love and survival earned an Oscar nomination. |
(PG) | 2:13 | Adult situations. | François Truffaut Catherine Deneuve Gérard Depardieu Jean Poiret Heinz Bennent Andrea Ferréol |
| 710 | 44th (tie) | The Return of a Man Called Horse | 7 | Richard Harris plays an English Lord, once a slave of the Sioux, who became their brother. He comes back to the tribe to help re-establish their independence in this sequel to A Man Called Horse. Harris as John Morgan delivers a strong performance. | (PG) | 2:01 | Irvin Kershner Richard Harris Gale Sondergaard Geoffrey Lewis Bill Lucking Jorge Luke | |
| 711 | 44th (tie) | The Villain | 7 | Kirk Douglas Ann-Margret A stunt-studded, screwball salute to the badmen of the Old West. It’s fast fun as inept outlaw Kirk Douglas tries to outsmart sagebrush sex kitten Ann-Marget. Hal Needham (Smokey and the Bandit) directed. Paul Lynde adds to the madness as live actors parody cartoon characters. |
(PG) | 1:29 | Profanity, suggestive humor. | Hal Needham Kirk Arnold Ann-Margret Arnold Schwarzenegger Paul Lynde Strother Martin |
| 712 | 44th (tie) | To The Devil...A Daughter | 7 | Spine-chilling thriller pitting a writer of the occult against a satanic, defrocked priest who battle for the soul of a teenage girl. Richard Widmark, the author on the trail of satanists; Christopher Lee, the ex-priest who resorts to black magic. Honor blackman, Denholm Elliott and Anthony Valentine co-star. | (PG) | 1:37 | Peter Sykes Christopher Lee Richard Widmark Nastassja Kinski Honor Blackman Denholm Elliott | |
| 713 | 44th (tie) | Warlords of Atlantis | 7 | Fun and fantasy as divers discover the lost Atlantis. Cyd Charisse and Daniel Massey rule the land. Earthlings have close encounters. | (PG) | 1:36 | Horror effects. | Kevin Connor Doug McClure Peter Gilmore Shane Rimmer Lea Brodie Daniel Massey |
| 714 | 44th (tie) | Wizards of the Lost Kingdom | 7 | Get set for swords, sorcerers and magical adventure when a wandering warrior helps a little prince recapture his kingdom from an evil magician. | (PG) | 1:28 | MV | Héctor Olivera Bo Svenson Vidal Peterson Thom Christopher Barbara Stock María Socas |
| 715 | 44th (tie) | Young Detectives on Wheels | 7 | A sister and brother take to their bikes to help solve a mystery in this adventure. | (PG) | 1:48 | Wayne Tourell Writer Ken Catran Stars Josie VendraminiFraser Stephen-SmithNeha Belton | |
| 716 | 45th (tie) | Doc(1971) |
6 | Faye Dunaway Stacy Keach Doc Holliday, gunfighter and gambler, joins old friend Wyatt Earp in this tough western drama. Deglamorizing one of the West’s legends, the film stars Stacy Keach as Holliday and Faye Dunaway as raucous Kate Elder. Plenty of action at the O.K. Corral when Doc takes on the Clanton boys. |
(PG) | 1:36 | Adult language, violence. | Frank Perry Stacy Keach Faye Dunaway Harris Yulin Michael Witney Denver Pyle "Doc" |
| 717 | 45th (tie) | Americathon | 6 | A loony preview of life in 1998! A dollar-drained U.S. is threatened by an Arab-lsraeli takeover and an American Indian collecting a $400 billion IOU. To save the nation, President John Ritter and media expert Peter Riegert decide to stage a telethon, with Harvey Korman as emcee. | (PG) | 1:24 | Suggestive gestures, profanity. | Neal Israel John Ritter Harvey Korman Nancy Morgan Peter Riegert Fred Willard |
| 718 | 45th (tie) | Big Jake | 6 | John Wayne Richard Boone lf they had known the man they would have to face, they wouldn't have kidnapped his grandson. Big Jake? John Wayne, of course, as a tough frontiers-man with a heart as big as the West. Fiery Maureen O'Hara is Duke's lady and Richard Boone, the bad guy in a murderous showdown. |
(PG) | 1:50 | Violence, adult situations and language. | George Sherman John Wayne Richard Boone Maureen O'Hara Patrick Wayne Christopher Mitchum |
| 719 | 45th (tie) | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | 6 | Paul Newman Robert Redford This spirited, comic western of train robberies, fast draws and posse battles is one of the most popular movies ever. Paul Newman and Robert Redford portray two likable outlaws of the Old West’s sunset years. Katharine Ross completes the threesome. |
(PG) | 1:50 | Adult situations and language, violence. | George Roy Hill Paul Newman Robert Redford Katharine Ross Strother Martin Henry Jones |
| 720 | 45th (tie) | Days of Heaven | 6 | Richard Gere This hauntingly beautiful, romantic drama took the movie industry by storm—it appeared on more than a dozen critics’ ten bestlists! Richard Gere travels to Texas with lover Brooke Adams to harvest wheat and revolt against the poverty of the early 1900s. |
(PG) | 1:41 | Profanity, nudity, mild violence. | Terrence Malick Richard Gere Brooke Adams Sam Shepard Linda Manz Robert Wilke |
| 721 | 45th (tie) | Die Laughing | 6 | Robby Benson A lead-footed cabby, who loves to sing, is caught in a web of murder and mayhem in a madcap caper. Robby Benson and his spider monkey pal chase lunatic killers all over San Francisco before a rock concert climax. Charles Durning co-stars. |
(PG) | 1:50 | Adult situations and language, violence. | Jeff Werner Robby Benson Linda Grovenor Charles Durning Elsa Lanchester Bud Cort |
| 722 | 45th (tie) | Dr. No | 6 | Here’s the very first of the James Bond action thrillers—and another in HBO’s series of his most exciting adventures. In this one, Sean Connery, as 007, encounters a master criminal menacing America’s space program. Plenty of daring escapes and clever gadgets plus lovely Ursula Andress in the lush West Indies. | (PG) | 1:51 | Adult situations, violence. | Terence Young Sean Connery Ursula Andress Joseph Wiseman Jack Lord Bernard Lee |
| 723 | 45th (tie) | From Russia With Love | 6 | Sean Connery Secret agent 007 is back! James Bond takes a wild ride on the Orient Express to combat sinister Spectre in Istanbul. Star Sean Connery is out to filch a secret decoder from the Russian embassy. Robert Shaw plays a hulking hatchet man; Daniela Bianchi, a defecting Soviet sex bomb; and Lotte Lenya, a Spectre agent with a stiletto in the tip of her shoe. One more gem in HBO’s James Bond series. |
(PG) | 1:56 | Violence, adult situations. | Terence Young Sean Connery Daniela Bianchi Robert Shaw Lotte Lenya Pedro Armendáriz |
| 724 | 45th (tie) | Gator (1976) | 6 | Burt Reynolds In this action-crime drama, Burt Reynolds is a rugged ex-con, a good ol’ boy who just wants to go back to his illegal still in the swamp. But he finds himself in the middle of shootouts, boat chases and high-voltage romance. Jerry Reed co-stars. Burn, himself, directed. |
(PG) | 1:56 | Adult situations, violence. | Burt Reynolds Burt Reynolds Jack Weston Lauren Hutton Jerry Reed Alice Ghostley |
| 725 | 45th (tie) | Going Bananas | 6 | A talking chimp lands Dom DeLuise and his party in hot water on an African safari in this lighthearted farce. | (PG) | 1:30 | AL | Boaz Davidson Dom DeLuise Jimmie Walker Danny Aiello Ruth Buzzi Marion Ramsey |
| 726 | 45th (tie) | Goldfinger | 6 | Sean Connery as James Bond James Bond challenges one of the world’s deadliest men as HBO’s series of 007 adventures continues. Sean Connery encounters Auric Goldfinger, suspected of smuggling out England’s gold reserves. Honor Blackman is Pussy Galore, private pilot for the evil genius. Splendidly witty(Variety) |
(PG) | 1:48 | Adult situations. | Guy Hamilton Sean Connery Honor Blackman Gert Fröbe Shirley Eaton Harold Sakata |
| 727 | 45th (tie) | Head Over Heels | 6 | John Heard Charles is happy, sad, elated, deflated, dreaming, scheming, laughing, crying. As the saying goes, he’s “head over heels.” John Heard plays Charles, a bachelor with a boring job and a dotty mother. In this offbeat love story, Mary Beth Hurt plays a wife temporarily separated from her husband. Bittersweet but funny romantic comedy(People) |
(PG) | 1:38 | Adult situations, language. | Joan Micklin Silver John Heard Mary Beth Hurt Gloria Grahame Peter Riegert Kenneth McMillan |
| 728 | 45th (tie) | Hero At Large | 6 | John Ritter Laugh with one of today’s hottest stars in a romantic comedy spotlighting the life, love and adventures of an earnest young hero of the ‘80s. John Ritter (Three’s Company) is delightful as a struggling actor playing Captain Avenger who later finds himself actually saving innocent victims. Ann Archer co-stars as the amazed neighbor who lives across the hall. |
(PG) | 1:37 | Adult language. | Martin Davidson John Ritter Anne Archer Bert Convy Kevin McCarthy Harry Bellaver |
| 729 | 45th (tie) | LIttle Big Man | 6 | Dustin Hoffman Faye Dunaway An uproarious adventure about a man who may or may not be the sole survivor of Custer’s Last Stand. Dustin Hoffman brings to life the saga of Jack Crabb, buffeted by Cheyenne Indians and white settlers alike. Faye Dunaway co-stars. |
(PG) | 2:27 | Adult situations, violence. | Arthur Penn Dustin Hoffman Faye Dunaway Chief Dan George Martin Balsam Richard Mulligan |
| 730 | 45th (tie) | Lucky Lady (1975) | 6 | Liza Minnelli, Burt Reynolds, Gene Hackman seek their fortunes as rum runners off the Mexican-American coast during the lawless 1930s. Robby Benson. | (PG) | 1:28 | MV, BN | Stanley Donen Gene Hackman Liza Minnelli Burt Reynolds Geoffrey Lewis John Hillerman |
| 731 | 45th (tie) | Mayflower Madam | 6 | She ran the best little escort service in Manhattan—until the vice squad closed her down. Candice Bergen (Murphy Brown stars in this true drama. | (PG) | 1:29 | AS, AL | Lou Antonio Candice Bergen Chris Sarandon Chita Rivera Jean De Baer John Hillerman |
| 732 | 45th (tie) | Mr. North | 6 | ANTHONY EDWARDSWitty, warm, sweet and intelligent...One of the most magical moviegoing experiences in ages(New York Times). |
(PG) | 1:30 | AS | Danny Huston Anthony Edwards Robert Mitchum Lauren Bacall Harry Dean Stanton Anjelica Huston |
| 733 | 45th (tie) | Native Son (1986) | 6 | Richard Wright's classic tale. Matt Dillon. Elizabeth McGovern and Oprah Winfrey star. | (PG) | 1:51 | AS, AL, V | Jerrold Freedman Victor Love Matt Dillon Elizabeth McGovern Geraldine Page Akosua Busia |
| 734 | 45th (tie) | Revenge of the Pink Panther | 6 | Great sight gags, exciting chases and some of Inspector Clouseau’s kookiest disguises! Peter Sellers is on the loose again in the fifth and funniest of the Panther films. Uproarious! A knockabout knockout of a funny film!(Gene Shalit) |
(PG) | 1:39 | Mild language. | Blake Edwards Peter Sellers Herbert Lom Dyan Cannon Robert Webber Burt Kwouk |
| 735 | 45th (tie) | Run for the Roses | 6 | Juanito, a Puerto Rican youngster living in the States, knows a champion when he sees one. He never loses faith in his lame but beautiful colt as he prepares for the famous Kentucky Derby. Stuart Whitman, manager of a large horse farm, is the boy’s stepfather, Vera Miles, a rich lady who would like to own a Derby winner, too. A film to win your heart! | (PG) | 1:33 | Mild profanity | Henry Levin Vera Miles Stuart Whitman Panchito Gomez Mark Damon Katherine Helmond |
| 736 | 45th (tie) | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | 6 | Dreams come true in this movie fantasy with nearly 30 songs written by the Beatles. Peter Frampton and the Bee Gees head the cast as they try to save Heartland, U.S.A., from mean Mr. Mustard. Steve Martin is evil Dr. Maxwell Edison. | (PG) | 1:51 | Adult situations. | Michael Schultz Peter Frampton The Bee Gees George Burns Sandy Farina Dianne Steinberg |
| 737 | 45th (tie) | The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox | 6 | A bumbling con man and a chorus girl make off with bank robbers’ loot in this bright western spoof, Goldie Hawn and George Segal play the 1880s saloon singer and inept cardsharp trying to stay a step ahead of the bad guys. | (PG) | 1:44 | Adult situations and humor, violence. | Melvin Frank George Segal Goldie Hawn Conrad Janis Thayer David Roy Dotts |
| 738 | 45th (tie) | The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh | 6 | As jocks they were jokes—twelve goofy characters calling themselves a basketball team. The world of pro ball is background for this fast-paced movie that mixes sports stars with comedy greats. Flip Wilson and Julius Dr. J.Erving co-star. |
(PG) | 1:43 | Profanity, obscenities. | Gilbert Moses Julius Erving Jonathan Winters Meadowlark Lemon Jack Kehoe Flip Wilson |
| 739 | 45th (tie) | The Lady Vanishes | 6 | Elliott Gould Cybill Shepherd Skulduggery and comedy climb aboard an express train speeding through prewar Nazi Germany. American heiress Cybill Shepherd and photographer Elliott Gould face espionage and kidnapping in this remake of the Hitchcock classic. |
(PG) | 1:39 | Adult situations, profanity. | Anthony Page Elliott Gould Cybill Shepherd Angela Lansbury Herbert Lom Arthur Lowe |
| 740 | 45th (tie) | The Last Metro (Dubbed) | 6 | Catherine Deneuve Gerard Depardieu A lovely actress in WWII Paris decides the show must go on. François Truffaut's moving tale of love and survival earned an Oscar nomination. |
(PG) | 2:13 | Adult situations. | François Truffaut Catherine Deneuve Gérard Depardieu Jean Poiret Heinz Bennent Andrea Ferréol |
| 741 | 45th (tie) | The Perfect Match | 6 | Flase advertising in the personals column leads to romantic mayhem in a comedy that's "...genuinely funny..." (Variety). Mrc McClure. | (PG) | 1:29 | AL | Mark Deimel Marc McClure Robyn Douglass Susan Tyrrell |
| 742 | 45th (tie) | The Prince and the Pauper (1977) | 6 | A star-studded version of Mark Twain's classic adventure tale. | (PG) | 1:53 | MV | Richard Fleischer Mark Lester Oliver Reed Raquel Welch Ernest Borgnine George C. Scott |
| 743 | 45th (tie) | The Prisoner of Zenda | 6 | Peter Sellers Something really new has been added to the classic romance of royal intrigue and adventure. It’s zany Peter Sellers as both playboy Prince Rupert of Ruritania and his deadpan dead ringer, Syd, a London cabby. Elke Sommer co-stars. |
(PG) | 1:49 | Adult Situations. | Richard Quine Peter Sellers Lynne Frederick Lionel Jeffries Elke Sommer Gregory Sierra |
| 744 | 45th (tie) | The Professionals (1966) | 6 | Gallop into fast-paced Western action with four bold men on the trail of a kidnapped beauty, Burt Lancaster stars. | (PG) | 1:57 | AS, MV | Richard Brooks Burt Lancaster Lee Marvin Robert Ryan Woody Strode Jack Palance |
| 745 | 45th (tie) | They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way | 6 | Unbridled nuttiness as two bungling small-town cops are unleashed in a prison on an undercover mission. Tim Conway and Chuck McCann may remind you of Laurel and Hardy as they bumble their way trying to locate some stolen loot. | (PG) | 1:36 | Adult relationships. | Edward Montagne Tim Conway Chuck McCann Dub Taylor Richard Jaeckel |
| 746 | 45th (tie) | Tommy (1975) | 6 | A ‘60s classic! The Who's rock opera with an all-star cast. | (PG) | 1:51 | Ken Russell Roger Daltrey Ann-Margret Oliver Reed Elton John Eric Clapton | |
| 747 | 46th (tie) | Alien from L.A. | 5 | A Valley girl gets in over her head—literally!—in South Africa after her explorer dad disappears. Descending into a bottomless pit, she finds a race of people from beyond the stars. | (PG) | 1:27 | V | Albert Pyun Kathy Ireland William R. Moses Richard Haines Don Michael Paul Jan-Michael Vincent |
| 748 | 46th (tie) | An Almost Perfect Affair | 5 | Plenty of romance and plenty of comedy with all the hoopla of the Cannes Film Festival as backdrop. Young film school grad Keith Carradine only has movies on his mind until he spots rich and sexy Monica Vitti. | (PG) | 1:28 | Adult relationship, partial nudity. | Michael Ritchie Keith Carradine Monica Vitti Raf Vallone Dick Anthony Williams Anna Maria Gherardi |
| 749 | 46th (tie) | Avalanche (1978) | 5 | Chilling thriller of a mountain resort disaster. | (PG) | 1:30 | AL, MV | Corey Allen Rock Hudson Mia Farrow Robert Forster Jeanette Nolan Barry Primus |
| 750 | 46th (tie) | Bang the Drum Slowly (1973) | 5 | Robert De Niro plays a dying baseball player in this 1973 drama. Michael Moriarty is his concerned roommate. Vincent Gardenia. | (PG) | 1:38 | AS, AL, BN | John D. Hancock Michael Moriarty Robert De Niro Vincent Gardenia Phil Foster Ann Wedgeworth |
| 751 | 46th (tie) | Billy Galvin | 5 | A construction foreman hopes that his son will become an arthitect, but Billy wants to follow in his dad's footsteps. | (PG) | 1:31 | AS | John Gray Karl Malden Lenny Von Dohlen Joyce Van Patten Toni Kalem Alan North |
| 752 | 46th (tie) | Cat and Mouse | 5 | A stylish mystery-comedy to remind you of Hitchcock! The cat is a graying police inspector; the mouse, a lovely mink-wrapped aristocrat. Michele Morgan and Serge Regianni star. | (PG) | 1:47 | Adult situations, mild violence. | Daniel Petrie Bernie Casey Stella Stevens Michael J Pollard Belinda Balaski John Davis Chandler |
| 753 | 46th (tie) | Clockwise (1986) | 5 | JOHN CLEESE There's always time for daffy British farce, especially when it stars Monty Python's John Cleese as a high school headmaster who's obsessed with time. |
(PG) | 1:32 | AS, AL | Christopher Morahan John Cleese Penelope Wilton Stephen Moore Stephen Fry Malcolm Storry |
| 754 | 46th (tie) | Crimebusters | 5 | They’re supposed to be on the side of law and order but there’s enough deviltry in them to cause a ton of disorder. Terence Hill and Bud Spencer are two car-crashing, womanizing, rough-housing rookie cops in a wild action-comedy. Although their hearts really aren’t in the work, they still can’t stand any sort of injustice. Roar at this slapstick tale as they bully their way to nabbing some Florida mobsters. | (PG) | 1:55 | Violence, profanity. | E B Clucher Terence Hill Bud Spencer Luciana Paluzzi David Huddleston Laura Gemser |
| 755 | 46th (tie) | Fedora | 5 | Reclusive beauty. Marthe Keller, William Holden star. | (PG) | 1:53 | Billy Wilder William Holden Marthe Keller Hildegard Knef José Ferrer Frances Sternhagen | |
| 756 | 46th (tie) | Free Spirit | 5 | An orphaned fox cub is rescued and raised with a litter of hunting dogs on an English estate. | (PG) | 1:24 | MV | Alan Metter Corinne Bohrer Leslie Nielsen Edan Gross Shaun Cassidy Fran Drescher |
| 757 | 46th (tie) | King Kong (1976) | 5 | Jeff Bridges, Jessica Lange star in this epic remake. | (PG) | 2:14 | AS, AL, MV | John Guillermin Jeff Bridges Charles Grodin Jessica Lange John Randolph Rene Auberjonois |
| 758 | 46th (tie) | Leo and Loree | 5 | He is a struggling, happy-go-lucky comedy actor from the boondocks, hellbent for stardom. She is the daughter of a Hollywood star and determined to be a serious actress. This story of two people trying to succeed in show business as well as in life stars Donny Most (Happy Days) and lovely Linda Purl. | (PG) | 1:36 | Adult situations and language. | Jerry Paris Donny Most Linda Purl David Huffman Jerry Houser George Memmoli |
| 759 | 46th (tie) | Logan's Run | 5 | Michael York Welcome to the 23rd century! But don’t plan to live past 30, when life terminates to make room for new citizens. Michael York stars as policeman Logan who tries to escape his doomed fate. Jenny Agutter and Farrah Fawcett co-star. |
(PG) | 1:55 | Adult situations. | Michael Anderson Michael York Jenny Agutter Richard Jordan Roscoe Lee Browne Farrah Fawcett |
| 760 | 46th (tie) | Midway | 5 | It’s the high drama of the most awesome naval battle in America's history. Six months after Pearl Harbor, the Japanese move a virtual armada to crush the Pacific fleet: Desperately unravelling Japan's code, the US. forces gamble on a counter attack at Midway. Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, Glenn Ford and Robert Mitchum co-star. | (PG) | 2:11 | Violence. | Jack Smight Charlton Heston Henry Fonda James Coburn Glenn Ford Hal Holbrook |
| 761 | 46th (tie) | Oklahoma Crude | 5 | Stanley Kramer's drama about oil field wildcatlers in 1913 Oklahoma. Faye Dunaway. George C. Scott. | (PG) | 1:52 | Stanley Kramer George C Scott Faye Dunaway John Mills Jack Palance William Lucking | |
| 762 | 46th (tie) | Sacred Ground | 5 | Adventure. [That's literally the only description in the HBO Guides. From IMDb: In 1861 Oregon, a mountain man and his Native American wife live in a cabin built on a Paiute burial site, leading to a violent dispute with the local tribe.-JS] |
(PG) | 1:40 | Charles B. Pierce Tim McIntire Jack Elam Serene Hedin L.Q. Jones Eloy Casados | |
| 763 | 46th (tie) | Shame, Shame on the Bixby Boys | 5 | A small-town deputy of the Old West yearns for the life of a prospector. But he still keeps an eye on the cattle-rustling Bixbys and the gunslingers who pass through his domain. Monte Markham is the amiable lawman who finds himself at the center of a shootout at the old corral in this comedy-western. | (PG) | 1:27 | Anthony Bowers Monte Markham Dennis Redfield | |
| 764 | 46th (tie) | Silver Bears (1977) | 5 | In this slick comedy caper, a mobster wants to launder some syndicate money until it’s squeaky clean. His unlikely front men: con artist Michael Caine and Italian count Louis Jourdan. With Cybill Shepherd. | (PG) | 1:53 | AS, AL | Ivan Passer Michael Caine Cybill Shepherd Louis Jourdan Martin Balsam Stephane Audran |
| 765 | 46th (tie) | Stunts | 5 | Robert Forster Hollywood stunt men are daredevils in catapulting cars, crashing helicopters and fiery buildings. But on this movie set, someone is out to murder them for real. Robert Forster tracks the killer. Rough and tumble fun!(LA. Times) |
(PG) | 1:29 | Violence, profanity, adult situations. | Mark L Lester Robert Forster Fiona Lewis Joanna Cassidy Darrell Fetty Bruce Glover |
| 766 | 46th (tie) | That Lucky Touch | 5 | Roger Moore Susannah York It’s love against the odds as a European arms dealer runs into a women’s lib reporter at NATO war games. Roger Moore is on the prowl for Continental beauties. Susannah York is out to make macho men look silly. |
(PG) | 1:29 | Profanity, nudity, adult situations. | Christopher Miles Roger Moore Susannah York Shelley Winters Lee J Cobb Jean-Pierre Cassel |
| 767 | 46th (tie) | The Great Gatsby (1974) | 5 | A lavish version of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic of Jazz Age America. Robert Redford plays Jay Gatsby. With Mia Farrow, Bruce Dern and Sam Waterston. | (PG) | 1:49 | AS, AL | Jack Clayton Robert Redford Mia Farrow Bruce Dern Karen Black Scott Wilson |
| 768 | 46th (tie) | The Killer Elite | 5 | James Caan Robert Duvall Hired gunmen, performing dirty tricks for international organizations, find that the tricks can be played on them too. James Caan and Robert Duvall co-star in this story of covert, often murderous, intelligence operations carried out for supposedly good causes. Directed by action master Sam Peckinpah. |
(PG) | 1:58 | Violence, profanity. | Sam Peckinpah James Caan Robert Duvall Arthur Hill Bo Hopkins Burt Young |
| 769 | 46th (tie) | The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean | 5 | Here comes the judge! Paul Newman is an outlaw turned lawman in this offbeat comedy-western. With Jacquelin Bisset. | (PG) | 2:00 | Adult relationships. | John Huston Paul Newman Ava Gardner Victoria Principal Jacqueline Bisset Anthony Perkins |
| 770 | 46th (tie) | The Lords of Flatbush | 5 | Sylvester Stallone, Perry King and Henry Winkler star in this nostalgic look back at the '50s. | (PG) | 1:24 | AS, AL, MV | Martin Davidson Sylvester Stallone Henry Winkler Perry King Paul Mace Susan Blakely |
| 771 | 46th (tie) | The Spy Who Loved Me | 5 | Roger Moore as James Bond Another in HBO's series of James Bond adventures and one of the greatest! Plenty of action, gorgeous woman, gee-whiz gadgets—plus Jaws,that indestructible shark-eating man with teeth of steel. Roger Moore is Agent 007 and Barbara Bach the Russian spy who joins him to encounter a dastardy scheme for world destruction. Perfect entertainment(Hollywood Reporter) |
(PG) | 1:59 | Suggestive language, violence. | Lewis Gilbert Roger Moore Barbara Bach Curd Jürgens Richard Kiel Caroline Munro |
| 772 | 46th (tie) | The Towering Inferno | 5 | Architect Paul Newman's building becomes a blazing terror in this disaster epic. William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Robert Wagner. | (PG) | 2:45 | AS, AL | John Guillermin Steve McQueen Paul Newman William Holden Faye Dunaway Fred Astaire |
| 773 | 46th (tie) | The Trouble with Spies | 5 | Slaphappy spyjinks reach an all-time high when bumbling British agent Donald Sutherland tangles with the KGB. Ruth Gordon a good laugh! | (PG) | 1:29 | AL, MV, BN | Burt Kennedy Donald Sutherland Ned Beatty Ruth Nelson Lucy Gutteridge Michael Hordern |
| 774 | 46th (tie) | The Whistle Blower (1986) | 5 | Michael Caine in a taut thriller about intrigue in the British intelligence service. | (PG) | 1:44 | AL, V | Simon Langton Michael Caine James Fox Nigel Havers John Gielgud Gordon Jackson |
| 775 | 46th (tie) | The World's Greatest Lover | 5 | A Milwaukee baker (Gene Wilder) is mistaken for a movie star. Carol Kane. | (PG) | 1:29 | AL | Gene Wilder Gene Wilder Carol Kane Dom DeLuise Carl Ballantine Michael Huddleston |
| 776 | 46th (tie) | W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings | 5 | Burt Reynolds He drives a ’55 Olds hardtop, loves friend chicken, believes oil companies make too much money, and robs filling stations with a unique Robin Hood approach. Burt Reynolds plays the lovable con artist who uses a country-music band as an alibi and ends up trying to help them make it to big-time Nashville. With Art Carney. |
(PG) | 1:27 | Adult language. | John G Avildsen Burt Reynolds Conny Van Dyke Jerry Reed Ned Beatty Don Williams |
| 777 | 46th (tie) | What Comes Around | 5 | JERRY REED Good ol' boy Jerry Reed takes you on a high-speed chase after love and revenge in this country comedy/drama about a Nashville singing star. |
(PG) | 1:28 | AL, MV | Jerry Reed Jerry Reed Bo Hopkins Arte Johnson Morgan Brittany |
| 778 | 46th (tie) | Who Is Killing The Great Chefs of Europe? | 5 | Fast food, gourmet cuisine and sumptuous comedy. Jacqueline Bisset stars as a pastry queen; George Segal, a burger king. Robert Morley plays a food magazine publisher eating himself into oblivion. All are in the soup because one of them is marked for death. | (PG) | 1:52 | Ted Kotcheff George Segal Jacqueline Bisset Robert Morley Jean-Pierre Cassel Philippe Noiret | |
| 779 | 46th (tie) | Why Would I Lie? | 5 | Enjoy two refreshing and unconventional characters in this contemporary romantic comedy. Treat Williams, a compulsive figure with a fanciful imagination, believes the lives of those around him are enriched by his fabrications. Lisa Eichhorn (Yanks) is a woman with a mysterious past. | (PG) | 1:45 | Adult situations, profanity. | Larry Peerce Treat Williams Lisa Eichhorn Gabriel Swann Anne Byrne Jocelyn Brando |
| 780 | 46th (tie) | Young Frankenstein | 5 | Gene Wilder stars in this mad reworking of the screen classic. | (PG) | 1:38 | Adult humor. | Mel Brooks Gene Wilder Peter Boyle Marty Feldman Cloris Leachman Teri Garr |
| 781 | 47th (tie) | Airport 1975 | 4 | Airborne suspense with an all-star cast. Charlton Heston, Myrna Loy, Gloria Swanson. | (PG) | 1:46 | AS, AL, MV | Jack Smight Charlton Heston Karen Black George Kennedy Gloria Swanson Linda Blair |
| 782 | 47th (tie) | Bobby Deerfield | 4 | Al Pachino and Marthe Keller co-star in this powerful drama about a Grand Prix racer whose life is changed when he meets a terminally ill woman. | (PG) | 1:39 | AS, AL, BN | Sydney Pollack Al Pacino Marthe Keller Anny Duperey Walter McGinn Romolo Valli |
| 783 | 47th (tie) | Bombs Away (1985) | 4 | What happens when an atomic bomb arrives by mistake at Lillian's Army Surplus Store in Seattle? | (PG) | 1:25 | AL, AH | Bruce Wilson Writers Bruce WilsonEd Mast Stars Michael HuddlestonPat McCormickMichael Santo |
| 784 | 47th (tie) | Cactus Flower (1969) | 4 | Romantically stuck on Walter Matthau, Goldie Hawn thinks he’s married. But it's just a ruse to preserve his bachelorhood! | (PG) | 1:44 | AS | Gene Saks Walter Matthau Ingrid Bergman Goldie Hawn Jack Weston Rick Lenz |
| 785 | 47th (tie) | Car Wash | 4 | Richard Pryor Anything can happen here with cabbie George Carlin, preacher Richard Pryor, moony Melanie Mayron and Prof. Irwin Corey. |
(PG) | 1:37 | Adult humor. | Michael Schultz Franklyn Ajaye Sully Boyar Ivan Dixon Richard Pryor George Carlin |
| 786 | 47th (tie) | Diamonds Are Forever | 4 | Sean Connery as James Bond A diamond smuggling caper evolves into a plot for world domination in an adventure filled with great escapes and gimmicks. Sean Connery is the intrepid Agent 007, battling master criminal Blofeld. Co-star Jill St. John helps Bond relax between bouts with laser machines and exotic homicides. |
(PG) | 1:59 | Violence, adult situations. | Guy Hamilton Sean Connery Jill St. John Charles Gray Lana Wood Jimmy Dean |
| 787 | 47th (tie) | F.I.S.T. | 4 | Sylvestoer Stallone Powerful saga of a union leader who rises from small-time trucker to all-powerful labor king. Sylvester Stallone is both co-author and star. Director Norman Jewison re-creates the lifestyles and locales of the ‘30s, ‘40s and ‘50s. |
(PG) | 2:25 | Vulgarities, some violence. | Norman Jewison Sylvester Stallone Rod Steiger Peter Boyle Melinda Dillon David Huffman |
| 788 | 47th (tie) | Fatso (PG) | 4 | Comedy with Dom DeLuise as an overweight bachelor who's fat, 40 and fed up. With Anne Bancroft. [This is a PG rated version of this film. In 1981, an R rated version was broadcast by HBO.-JS] |
(PG) | 1:30 | AL, BN | Anne Bancroft Dom DeLuise Ron Carey Candice Azzara Michael Lombard Sal Viscuso |
| 789 | 47th (tie) | Fire and Ice | 4 | See some of the most spectacular skiing sequences ever filmed in this movie about a ski bum's trip from New York to Aspen. Narrated by John Denver. | (PG) | 1:24 | AS | Ralph Bakshi Susan Silverman Frank Stallone John David Friedrich James Earl Jones Timothy Stack |
| 790 | 47th (tie) | Good Morning, Babylon | 4 | Two immigrants build a new life in early Hollywood in this lyrical tale. Vincent Spano. | (PG) | 1:58 | AS, N | Paolo Taviani Vittorio Taviani Vincent Spano Joaquim de Almeida Greta Scacchi Charles Dance |
| 791 | 47th (tie) | Hard Traveling | 4 | A widowed school-teacher falls in love with an uneducated, charming drifter. But work is scarce, and it's all he can do to keep his new family together. | (PG) | 1:38 | AS, AL, MV | Michael Ford Joe Seneca Denzel Washington Stephen Lang Gail Strickland Salome Jens |
| 792 | 47th (tie) | High Anxiety | 4 | A sky-high spoof of Hitchcock thrillers with hilarious Harvey Korman. | (PG) | 1:31 | Adult language. | Mel Brooks Mel Brooks Madeline Kahn Cloris Leachman Harvey Korman Ron Carey |
| 793 | 47th (tie) | Home Movies (1979) | 4 | Offbeat comedy about movie-making with Kirk Douglas. | (PG) | 1:28 | AS, AL, AH | Brian De Palma Kirk Douglas Nancy Allen Keith Gordon Vincent Gardenia Gerrit Graham |
| 794 | 47th (tie) | I Sent a Letter to My Love (Subtitled) | 4 | Simone Signoret Living by the sea in a beautiful, remote part of France, a brother and sister share a comforting yet suffocating relationship. Simone Signoret is moving and funny in this bittersweet drama. |
(PG) | 1:42 | Adult situations. | Moshé Mizrahi Simone Signoret Jean Rochefort Delphine Seyrig |
| 795 | 47th (tie) | Knights & Emeralds | 4 | Rival marching bands battle for musical glory in this offbeat drama. The Knights are after the national championship, but they're challenged by a hip new group. | (PG) | 1:31 | AS, AL, V | Ian Emes Mark Farmer Beverly Hills Aaron Brown Chris Wild Lucy Speed Warren Mitchell |
| 796 | 47th (tie) | Limbo (1972) | 4 | In this homefront drama, Kate Jackson plays the wife of a man missing in action in Vietnam. | (PG) | 1:52 | AS | Mark Robson Kate Jackson Kathleen Nolan Katherine Justice Stella Stevens Hazel Court |
| 797 | 47th (tie) | Murder by Decree | 4 | Sherlock Holmes (Christopher Plummer) meets Jack the Ripper and plunges into a mystery unlike any he’s faced. James Mason is Watson. | (PG) | 2:04 | Some graphic violence. | Bob Clark Christopher Plummer James Mason Donald Sutherland Geneviève Bujold David Hemmings |
| 798 | 47th (tie) | My Name is Nobody | 4 | Henry Fonda is a gunslinger in this ultimate spaghetti Westernfrom producer Sergio Leone. |
(PG) | 1:55 | AS, AL, MV | Tonino Valerii Terence Hill Henry Fonda Jean Martin R.G. Armstrong Geoffrey Lewis |
| 799 | 47th (tie) | Paper Moon | 4 | Ryan O'Neal Tatum O'Neal An American classic and a box office smash. The O’Neals are small-time swindlers selling bibles in the Bible Belt during the Depression, always just one step ahead of the law. Nine-year-old Tatum smokes, swears, steals—a brilliant send-up of Shirley Temple coyness. Fading carny dancer Madeline Kahn is a wonderfully funny co-star. (B/W) |
(PG) | 1:42 | Profanity, adult situations. | Peter Bogdanovich Ryan O'Neal Tatum O'Neal Madeline Kahn John Hillerman P J Johnson |
| 800 | 47th (tie) | Pete 'n' Tillie | 4 | A mismatched couple discovers love's ups and downs. Walter Matthau, Carol Burnett. | (PG) | 1:40 | AS | Martin Ritt Walter Matthau Carol Burnett Geraldine Page René Auberjonois Henry Jones |
| 801 | 47th (tie) | Restless Natives (1985) | 4 | Two down-on-their-luck teenagers stick up local tourist buses to improve their lot... and tourism improves! With Ned Beatty. | (PG) | 1:29 | AL, MV | Michael Hoffman Vincent Friell Joe Mullaney Teri Lally Ned Beatty Robert Urquhart |
| 802 | 47th (tie) | Romeo and Juliet (1968) | 4 | OLIVIA HUSSEY Franco Zeffirelli directed this version of Shakespeare's immortal drama, one of the world's great love stories. With Michael York. |
(PG) | 2:17 | AS, BN | Franco Zeffirelli Leonard Whiting Olivia Hussey John McEnery Milo O'Shea Pat Heywood |
| 803 | 47th (tie) | Russian Roulette | 4 | It's the Canadian Mounties to the rescue in this action-packed spy thriller. Geroge Segal stars as a special agent. | (PG) | 1:26 | AL, MV | Lou Lombardo George Segal Cristina Raines Bo Brundin Vladek Sheybal Gordon Jackson |
| 804 | 47th (tie) | Shamus | 4 | Burt Reynolds stars as roguish detective McCoy in this tribute to classic private-eye flicks. | (PG) | 1:38 | Buzz Kulik Burt Reynolds Dyan Cannon John Ryan Joe Santos Giorgio Tozzi | |
| 805 | 47th (tie) | Silent Movie | 4 | Mel and Dom DeLuise concoct a zany plan to save a sinking Hollywood studio. | (PG) | 1:27 | Adult humor. | Mel Brooks Mel Brooks Marty Feldman Dom DeLuise Bernadette Peters Sid Caesar |
| 806 | 47th (tie) | Skatetown U.S.A. | 4 | A California roller-disco palace near the beach is the atmospheric setting for this fast comedy of skating rivals. Scott Baio and Greg Bradford lead the good guys against the Western Wheelers. Their leader, Patrick Swayze, will stop at nothing to stay king of the rink. Flip Wilson (with Geraldine) plays the rink manager. | (PG) | 1:30 | Adult situations, language, humor. | William A. Levey Scott Baio Flip Wilson Maureen McCormick Ron Palillo Billy Barty |
| 807 | 47th (tie) | Skin Game | 4 | James Garner and Lou Gossett play con artists wandering through pre-Civil war Kansas and Missouri. Susan Clark co-stars in this offbeat comedy-Western. | (PG) | 1:42 | AL, MV | Paul Bogart James Garner Louis Gossett Jr. Susan Clark Brenda Sykes Edward Asner |
| 808 | 47th (tie) | Sometimes a Great Notion | 4 | Paul Newman and Henry Fonda star as two members of a lusty, browling Oregon logging family. | (PG) | 1:54 | AL, MV | Paul Newman Paul Newman Henry Fonda Lee Remick Michael Sarrazin Richard Jaeckel |
| 809 | 47th (tie) | The Big Fix | 4 | Richard Dreyfuss Mystery and comedy combine in an amusing story of a former ‘60s radical turned offbeat shamus. Richard Dreyfuss, Oscar winner for The Goodbye Girl, stars as Moses Wine, a gumshoe with more problems than he can solve! Susan Anspach co-stars. |
(PG) | 1:48 | Mild profanity, violence, adult situations. | Jeremy Kagan Richard Dreyfuss Susan Anspach Bonnie Bedelia John Lithgow F Murray Abraham |
| 810 | 47th (tie) | The Conversation | 4 | Gene Hackman and Harrison Ford in a suspense drama directed by Francis Ford Coppola. | (PG) | 1:54 | AL | Francis Ford Coppola Gene Hackman John Cazale Allen Garfield Frederic Forrest Cindy Williams |
| 811 | 47th (tie) | The Cowboys (1972) | 4 | John Wayne, in one of his most unusual roles, plays an aging rancher. | (PG) | 2:03 | AS, AL, MV | Mark Rydell John Wayne Roscoe Lee Browne Bruce Dern Colleen Dewhurst Slim Pickens |
| 812 | 47th (tie) | The Girl From Petrovka | 4 | All-American Goldie Hawn as a Russian? Yes, indeed! | (PG) | 1:43 | AS, BN | Robert Ellis Miller Goldie Hawn Hal Holbrook Anthony Hopkins Grégoire Aslan Anton Dolin |
| 813 | 47th (tie) | The Great Waldo Pepper | 4 | A cocky WWI aviator thrills midwest America in the1820s. | (PG) | 1:48 | MV | George Roy Hill Robert Redford Bo Svenson Susan Sarandon Geoffrey Lewis Edward Herrmann |
| 814 | 47th (tie) | The Hindenburg (1975) | 4 | George C. Scott A gripping tale of the final 1937 voyage and fiery death of the luxury German airship. Of the 97 aboard, eight had a motive for sabotage; one had a plot. George C. Scott stars. |
(PG) | 2:05 | Violence | Robert Wise George C Scott Anne Bancroft William Atherton Roy Thinnes Burgess Meredith |
| 815 | 47th (tie) | The Prisoner of Second Avenue | 4 | Neil Simon’s stage hit turned into this very funny film with Jack Lemmon and Anne Bancroft as harried New Yorkers. | (PG) | 1:38 | Adult language, humor. | Melvin Frank Jack Lemmon Anne Bancroft Gene Saks Elizabeth Wilson Florence Stanley |
| 816 | 47th (tie) | The Return of the Soldier | 4 | Alan Bates and Julie Christie star in this moving romantic drama set in World War I England. With Glenda Jackson and Ann-Margaret. | (PG) | 1:42 | AS, AL | Alan Bridges Alan Bates Julie Christie Ann-Margret Ian Holm Donald Sinden |
| 817 | 47th (tie) | The Sunshine Boys | 4 | George Burns and Water Matthau play two battling ex-vaudeille stars. | (PG) | 1:51 | AS, AL | Herbert Ross Walter Matthau George Burns Richard Benjamin Lee Meredith Rosetta LeNoire |
| 818 | 47th (tie) | The Train Robbers (1973) | 4 | In this offbeat Western, widow Ann-Margret tries to clear her family name when her criminal husband dies. John Wayne. | (PG) | 1:28 | AL, V | Burt Kennedy John Wayne Ann-Margret Rod Taylor Ben Johnson Christopher George |
| 819 | 47th (tie) | The Voyage of Tanai | 4 | Follow the spectacular adventures of a young Polynesian boy as he sets out from his coral isle to voyage across the Pacific; combat the elements, man-eating sharks, a flotilla of manta and an erupting volcano. | (PG) | 1:30 | Vulgar Language | Folco Quilici Silliam M. Reno Hubert Putigny Kathy Imrie |
| 820 | 47th (tie) | To Catch a Thief | 4 | Cary Grant and Grace Kelly star in Alfred Hitchcock's romantic 1955 classic about an ex-jewel thief’s race to snare a copycat burglar. A gem of suspenseful glamor. | (PG) | 1:46 | Alfred Hitchcock Writers John Michael HayesDavid DodgeAlec Coppel Stars Cary GrantGrace KellyJessie Royce Landis | |
| 821 | 47th (tie) | Winning (1969) | 4 | Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward star in an involving drama of a racer trying for a shot at the Indy 500 title. Robert Wagner plays Newman's rival on and off the track. | (PG) | 2:02 | AS, AL, MV | James Goldstone Paul Newman Joanne Woodward Robert Wagner Richard Thomas Clu Gulager |
| 822 | 48th (tie) | Agatha Christie's Murder On The Orient Express | 3 | Albert Finney Lauren Bacall Ingrid Bergman Jacqueline Bisset Agatha Christe's clever detective, Hercule Poirot, unravels a mystery on a snowbound train carrying a corpse, a killer and chilling intrigue. Albert Finney as the sleuth heads in a stellar cast: Richard Widmark, Sean Connery and Ingrid Bergman, who won an Oscar for her role. |
(PG) | 2:07 | Adult situations and language, violence. | Sidney Lumet Albert Finney Lauren Bacall Ingrid Bergman Sean Connery John Gielgud |
| 823 | 48th (tie) | Barry Lyndon | 3 | Ryan O'Neal A naive Irish youth rises in society in Stanley Kubrick’s epic drama of 18th-century Europe. The winner of four Academy Awards for its breathtaking visual designs. |
(PG) | 3:07 | AS, V | Stanley Kubrick Ryan O'Neal Marisa Berenson Patrick Magee Hardy Krüger Steven Berkoff |
| 824 | 48th (tie) | Battlestar Galactica | 3 | Sci-fi adventure about a space ship carrying the survivors of a destroyed planet to safety on earth. Lorne Greene stars. | (PG) | 2:05 | Adult situations. | Richard A Colla Lorne Greene Dirk Benedict Richard Hatch Terry Carter Herbert Jefferson Jr |
| 825 | 48th (tie) | Lifeguard | 3 | A handsome guard, now 32 but still enjoying the pleasures of the beach, faces a crucial turning point. Sam Elliott gives a thoughtful performance as a California dreamer who must choose either his carefree life or the business world and marriage. A sensual, funny, touching film with Kathleen Quinlan. | (PG) | 1:37 | Adult situations. | Daniel Petrie Sam Elliott Anne Archer Kathleen Quinlan Parker Stevenson Steve Burns |
| 826 | 48th (tie) | Posse (1975) | 3 | This western adventure of 1890s Texas has a lot to say about greed and evil. Kirk Douglas is the ruthless U.S. marshal who'll stop at nothing to achieve political ambition. Bruce Dern is a train robber with his own brand of ethics. | (PG) | 1:30 | Violence, adult situations. | Kirk Douglas Kirk Douglas Bruce Dern Bo Hopkins James Stacy Luke Askew |
| 827 | 49th (tie) | Acapulco Gold | 2 | Double agents and double-dealing in the dangerous underworld of drug smuggling. With Marjoe Gortner. | (PG) | 1:32 | Boyd Irwin Marjoe Gortner Robert Lansing Randi Oakes John Quade | |
| 828 | 49th (tie) | Harold and Maude | 2 | The classic comedy about a boy and an eccentric old woman. | (PG) | 1:42 | Hal Ashby Ruth Gordon Bud Cort Vivian Pickles Cyril Cusack Charles Tyner | |
| 829 | 49th (tie) | Sorcerer (1977) | 2 | Desperate men stake their lives on a dangerous mission in a vivid suspense melodrama from William Friedkin, director of French Connection. Roy Scheider is a mobster hauling dangerous nitro over treacherous hungle roads in South America. He's one of a quartet of outlaws hired for an impossiblejob. Extremely good performances by Roy Scheider and Bruno Cremer.(N.Y. Times). |
(PG) | 2:01 | Bloody violence. | William Friedkin Roy Scheider Bruno Cremer Francisco Rabal Amidou Ramon Bieri |
| 830 | 49th (tie) | Steelyard Blues | 2 | Jane Fonda hatches a crazy comedy scheme. | (PG) | Alan Myerson Jane Fonda Donald Sutherland Peter Boyle Howard Hesseman Gary Goodrow | ||
| 831 | 49th (tie) | The Accidental Tourist | 2 | WILLIAM HURT • KATHLEEN TURNER • GEENA DAVIS A moving and memorable drama of love and self-discovery from director Lawrence Kasdan (The Blg Chill), William Hurt, a homebody travel guidewriter, loses his bearings after the death of his son and the departure of his wife, Kathleen Turner. Left with just his unruly dog, Hurt edges into an affair with kooky trainer Geena Davis (1988 Best Supporting Actress Oscar® winner). |
(PG) | 2:01 | AS | Lawrence Kasdan William Hurt Kathleen Turner Geena Davis Amy Wright Bill Pullman |