Films
Strictly Ballroom
A maverick dancer risks his career by performing an unusual routine and sets out to succeed with a new partner.
Richard Feynman: No Ordinary Genius
This documentary explores the adventures of physicist Richard Feynman, as told by his colleagues, family, and friends—and himself.
N Is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erdős
N Is a Number is a biographical documentary about the life of acclaimed mathematician Paul Erdős.
A Brief History of Time
Errol Morris's adaptation of cosmologist Stephen Hawking's popular book about his theories of the universe illustrates Hawking's complex ideas and also shows Hawking's daily life as he deals with the ALS that renders him virtually immobile and unable to speak without the use of computer.
A River Runs Through It
Two sons of a Montana minister follow divergent paths, but their love of fly-fishing helps them understand each other, their father, and how to live with grace.
Sneakers
A security pro finds his past coming back to haunt him, when he and his unique team are tasked with retrieving a particularly important item.
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Laura Palmer's harrowing final days are chronicled one year after the murder of Teresa Banks, a resident of Twin Peaks' neighboring town.
A Brief History of Time
A film about the life and work of cosmologist Stephen Hawking, who, despite his near total paralysis, is one of the great minds of all time.
Death Becomes Her
When a fading actress learns of an immortality treatment, she sees it as a way to outdo her long-time rival.
The Cutting Edge
A rich, spoiled figure skater and a has-been ice hockey player must learn how to work together in order to achieve Olympic Gold.
Medicine Man
A research scientist discovers a cure for cancer in the Brazilian rainforest but loses the formula. When a logging company begins to harvest the forest, he must race against time to rediscover the secret before it is gone forever.
Until the End of the World
In Wim Wenders' sci-fi opus, a free spirit chases a man with a machine for recording dreams across the globe while a slowly falling nuclear satellite threatens mankind's existence.
My Girl
A young girl on the threshold of her teen years finds her life turning upside down when she is accompanied by an unlikely friend.
Backdraft
Two Chicago firefighter brothers who don't get along have to work together while a dangerous arsonist is on the loose.
The Silence of the Lambs
A young FBI cadet must confide in an incarcerated and manipulative killer to receive his help on catching another serial killer who skins his victims.
Awakenings
The victims of an encephalitis epidemic many years ago have been catatonic ever since, but now a new drug offers the prospect of reviving them.
Edward Scissorhands
A gentle man, with scissors for hands, is brought into a new community after living in isolation.
Home Alone
When the McCallister family mistakenly leaves for the airport without bratty 8-year-old Kevin, he awakens to an empty house and assumes his wish to have no family has come true. But his excitement sours when he realizes that two con men plan to rob the McCallister residence, and that he alone must protect the family home.
Jacob's Ladder
Mourning his dead child, a haunted Vietnam War veteran attempts to uncover his past while suffering from a severe case of dissociation.
Total Recall
When a man goes for virtual vacation memories of the planet Mars, an unexpected and harrowing series of events forces him to go to the planet for real—or does he?
Jesus of Montreal
A group of actors put on an unorthodox, but acclaimed Passion Play which incites the opposition of the Catholic Church while the actors' lives themselves begin to mirror the Passion itself.
Longtime Companion
The emergence and devastation of the AIDS epidemic is chronicled in the lives of several gay men living during the 1980s.