Don Hood

A wealthy New Orleans businessman becomes obsessed with a young woman who resembles his late wife.

Dir. Brian De Palma · With Cliff Robertson, Geneviève Bujold, John Lithgow

In 1917 New Orleans, a 12-year-old girl is raised in a brothel by her prostitute mother.

Dir. Louis Malle · With Brooke Shields, Keith Carradine, Susan Sarandon

Megan Carter is a reporter duped into running an untrue story on Michael Gallagher, a suspected racketeer. He has an alibi for the time his crime was allegedly committed—but it involves an innocent party. When he tells Carter the truth and the newspaper runs it, tragedy follows, forcing Carter to face up to the responsibilities of her job when she is confronted by Gallagher.

Dir. Sydney Pollack · With Sally Field, Paul Newman, Bob Balaban

Failed actress Alex Sternbergen wakes up hungover one morning in an apartment she does not recognize, unable to remember the previous evening -- and with a dead body in bed next to her. As she tries to piece together the events of the night, Alex cannot totally rely on friends or her estranged husband, Joaquin, for assistance. Only a single ally, loner ex-policeman Turner Kendall, can help her escape her predicament and find the true killer.

Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Jane Fonda, Jeff Bridges, Raúl Juliá

On one of his bratty son Eric's annual visits, the plutocrat U.S. Bates takes him to his department store and offers him anything in it as a gift. Eric chooses a black janitor who has made him laugh with his antics. At first the man suffers many indignities as Eric's "toy", but gradually teaches the lonely boy what it is like to have and to be a friend.

Dir. Richard Donner · With Richard Pryor, Jackie Gleason, Ned Beatty

Tom and Mae Garvey are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition to natural disasters, the Garveys fight to stop a selfish land developer and a local corporation from foreclosing on their farm. While Mae stays at home to care for their children and tend to the crops, Tom finds work as a scab at a steel mill to preserve his family's property.

Dir. Mark Rydell · With Mel Gibson, Sissy Spacek, Scott Glenn