E.G. Marshall

The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.

Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Martin Balsam, John Fiedler, Lee J. Cobb

Five grisly tales from a 1950s-style comic, including a murdered father rising from beyond, a bizarre meteor, a vengeful husband, a mysterious crate's occupant, and a plague of cockroaches.

Dir. George A. Romero · With Hal Holbrook, Adrienne Barbeau, Fritz Weaver

It's Christmastime, and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration. But things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen, and their two kids. Clark's continual bad luck is worsened by his obnoxious family guests, but he manages to keep going, knowing that his Christmas bonus is due soon.

Dir. Jeremiah S. Chechik · With Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Juliette Lewis

In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! Tora!", named after the code words used by the lead Japanese pilot to indicate they had surprised the Americans, covers the days leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, which plunged America into the Second World War.

Dir. Toshio Masuda, Kinji Fukasaku, Richard Fleischer · With Martin Balsam, So Yamamura, Jason Robards

When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardize his ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces court martial for mutiny.

Dir. Edward Dmytryk · With Humphrey Bogart, Robert Francis, Van Johnson

The escape of Bubber Reeves from prison affects the inhabitants of a small Southern town.

Dir. Arthur Penn · With Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda, Robert Redford

Two close friends' plan to execute a flawless crime is crushed when one of them inadvertently leaves his glasses at the crime scene.

Dir. Richard Fleischer · With Dean Stockwell, Bradford Dillman, Orson Welles

A duo of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations about a greedy wife's attempt to embezzle her dying husband's fortune, and a sleazy reporter's adoption of a strange black cat.

Dir. Dario Argento, George A. Romero · With Adrienne Barbeau, Harvey Keitel, Ramy Zada

A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from within—spanning his troubled boyhood in California to the shocking Watergate scandal that would end his Presidency.

Dir. Oliver Stone · With Anthony Hopkins, Joan Allen, Powers Boothe

When Eve, an interior designer, is deserted by her husband of many years, Arthur, the emotionally glacial relationships of the three grown-up daughters are laid bare. Twisted by jealousy, insecurity and resentment, Renata, a successful writer; Joey, a woman crippled by indecision; and Flyn, a budding actress; struggle to communicate for the sake of their shattered mother. But when their father unexpectedly falls for another woman, his decision to remarry sets in motion a terrible twist of fate…

Dir. Woody Allen · With Geraldine Page, Kristin Griffith, Mary Beth Hurt

In March of 1945, as the War in Europe is coming to a close, fighting erupts between German and American troops at the last remaining bridgehead across the Rhine.

Dir. John Guillermin · With George Segal, Robert Vaughn, Ben Gazzara

A master thief coincidentally is robbing a house where a murder—in which the President of the United States is involved—occurs in front of his eyes. He is forced to run, while holding evidence that could convict the President.

Dir. Clint Eastwood · With Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris

Richard and Priscilla Parker are an ordinary suburban couple whose lives are invaded and rocked by their hedonistic, secretive new neighbors, Eddy and Kay Otis.

Dir. Alan J. Pakula · With Kevin Kline, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Kevin Spacey

A buried UFO slowly turns local inhabitants into gizmo-building alien mutants.

Dir. Stephen King · With Jimmy Smits, Marg Helgenberger, E.G. Marshall