John Sayles

After a bizarre and near fatal encounter with a serial killer, a newswoman is sent to a rehabilitation center whose inhabitants may not be what they seem.

Dir. Joe Dante · With Dee Wallace, Patrick Macnee, Dennis Dugan

Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe Kenehan, a scab named "Few Clothes" Johnson and a sympathetic mayor and police chief heroically fight the power represented by a coal company and Matewan's vested interests so that justice and workers' rights need not take a back seat to squalid working conditions, exploitation and the bottom line.

Dir. John Sayles · With Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell

When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.

Dir. John Sayles · With Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Peña, Kris Kristofferson

After a friend overdoses, Spoon and Stretch decide to kick their drug habits and attempt to enroll in a government detox program. Their efforts are hampered by seemingly endless red tape, as they are shuffled from one office to another while being chased by drug dealers and the police.

Dir. Vondie Curtis-Hall · With Tim Roth, Tupac Shakur, Thandiwe Newton

Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures.

Dir. Mark Waters · With Freddie Highmore, Sarah Bolger, David Strathairn

A baby alligator is flushed down a toilet and survives by eating discarded lab animals that have been injected with growth hormones. The now gigantic animal escapes the city sewers and goes on a rampage, pursued by a cop and a big-game hunter.

Dir. Lewis Teague · With Robert Forster, Robin Riker, Michael V. Gazzo

Buck Weaver and Hap Felsch are young idealistic players on the Chicago White Sox, a pennant-winning team owned by Charles Comiskey - a penny-pinching, hands-on manager who underpays his players and treats them with disdain. And when gamblers and hustlers discover that Comiskey's demoralized players are ripe for a money-making scheme, one by one the team members agree to throw the World Series. But when the White Sox are defeated, a couple of sports writers smell a fix and a national scandal explodes, ripping the cover off America's favorite pastime.

Dir. John Sayles · With John Cusack, Clifton James, Michael Lerner

When flesh-eating piranhas are accidentally released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.

Dir. Joe Dante · With Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies, Kevin McCarthy

A young farmer assembles a band of diverse mercenaries to defend his peaceful planet from an evil tyrant.

Dir. Jimmy T. Murakami · With Richard Thomas, Robert Vaughn, John Saxon

Nick Gunar is a burnt-out, jaded and hard-up former mercenary who is having a difficult time adjusting to civilian life. At the end of his rope, he is hired by the Nitro Mine Corporation to strong-arm the natives of a South China Sea island into giving up their rights to its valuable mineral resources. Nick loathes the thought of another mission, but this seemingly easy job will earn him enough money to get back with his estranged family. He recruits some of his former mercenary buddies to help him with the job. The island people refuse to give up their land and Nick decides to help them fight the greedy corporation that hired him. As greed and treachery begin to unravel, Nick's band of mercenaries choose sides.

Dir. Perry Lang · With Dolph Lundgren, Charlotte Lewis, BD Wong

Natural changes have the clans moving. Iza, medicine woman of the "Clan of the Cave Bear" finds little Ayla from the "others"' clan - tradition would have the clan kill Ayla immediately, but Iza insists on keeping her. When the little one finds a most needed new cave, she's allowed to stay - and thrive.

Dir. Michael Chapman · With Daryl Hannah, Pamela Reed, James Remar

Doctor Baines has been conducting genetic experiments on piranhas and has made them virtually unstoppable. Unfortunately, his assistants, Maggie and Paul, accidentally release the hybrids into the Lost River Lake threatening to destroy everyone in their path. Can they prevent the flesh-eating piranhas from escaping into the ocean and spawning?

Dir. Scott P. Levy · With William Katt, Alexandra Paul, Monte Markham