Joan Didion

A stark portrayal of life among a group of heroin addicts who hang out in Needle Park in New York City. Played against this setting is a low-key love story between Bobby, a young addict and small-time hustler, and Helen, a homeless girl who finds in her relationship with Bobby the stability she craves.

Dir. Jerry Schatzberg · With Al Pacino, Kitty Winn, Alan Vint

Tally Atwater has a dream: to be a prime-time network newscaster. She pursues this dream with nothing but ambition, raw talent and a homemade demo tape. Warren Justice is a brilliant, hard edged, veteran newsman. He sees Tally has talent and becomes her mentor. Tally’s career takes a meteoric rise and she and Warren fall in love. The romance that results is as intense and revealing as television news itself. Yet, each breaking story, every videotaped crisis that brings them together, also threatens to drive them apart...

Dir. Jon Avnet · With Robert Redford, Michelle Pfeiffer, Stockard Channing

A cop clashes with his priest brother while investigating the brutal murder of a young prostitute.

Dir. Ulu Grosbard · With Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Charles Durning

Drunken, has-been rock star John Norman Howard falls in love with unknown singer Esther Hoffman after seeing her perform at a club. He lets her sing a few songs at one of his shows and she becomes the talk of the music industry. Esther's star begins to rise, while John's continues to fall. She tries desperately to get John to sober up and focus on his music, but it may be too late to save him.

Dir. Frank Pierson · With Barbra Streisand, Kris Kristofferson, Gary Busey