William Goldman

In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicilians and rodents of unusual size. But even death can't stop these true lovebirds from triumphing.

Dir. Rob Reiner · With Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin

After an accident, acclaimed novelist Paul Sheldon is rescued by a nurse who claims to be his biggest fan. Her obsession takes a dark turn when she holds him captive in her remote Colorado home and forces him to write back to life the popular literary character he killed off.

Dir. Rob Reiner · With Kathy Bates, James Caan, Richard Farnsworth

As the west rapidly becomes civilized, a pair of outlaws in 1890s Wyoming find themselves pursued by a posse and decide to flee to South America in hopes of evading the law.

Dir. George Roy Hill · With Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross

During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Nixon to resign from his post.

Dir. Alan J. Pakula · With Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman, Jack Warden

A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division.

Dir. John Schlesinger · With Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider

Bret Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them, and needs an additional $3k in order to enter a winner-takes-all poker game beginning in a few days. He joins forces with a woman with a marvelous Southern accent, and the two try and enter the game.

Dir. Richard Donner · With Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, James Garner

An aged Charlie Chaplin narrates his life to his autobiography's editor, including his rise to wealth and comedic fame from poverty, his turbulent personal life and his run-ins with the FBI.

Dir. Richard Attenborough · With Robert Downey Jr., Geraldine Chaplin, Paul Rhys

The story of Operation Market Garden—a failed attempt by the allies in the latter stages of WWII to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in Holland allowing access over the Rhine into Germany. A combination of poor allied intelligence and the presence of two crack German panzer divisions meant that the final part of this operation (the bridge in Arnhem over the Rhine) was doomed to failure.

Dir. Richard Attenborough · With Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Michael Caine

Joanna Eberhart comes to the town of Stepford, Connecticut with her family, but soon discovers there lies a sinister truth in the all too perfect behavior of the female residents.

Dir. Bryan Forbes · With Katharine Ross, Paula Prentiss, Nanette Newman

Sir Robert Beaumont is behind schedule on a railroad in Africa. Enlisting noted engineer John Henry Patterson to right the ship, Beaumont expects results. Everything seems great until the crew discovers the mutilated corpse of the project's foreman, seemingly killed by a lion. After several more attacks, Patterson calls in famed hunter Charles Remington, who has finally met his match in the bloodthirsty lions.

Dir. Stephen Hopkins · With Michael Douglas, Val Kilmer, Tom Wilkinson

When the body of Army Capt. Elisabeth Campbell is found on a Georgia military base, two investigators, Warrant Officers Paul Brenner and Sara Sunhill, are ordered to solve her murder. What they uncover is anything but clear-cut. Unseemly details emerge about Campbell's life, leading to allegations of a possible military coverup of her death and the involvement of her father, Lt. Gen. Joseph Campbell.

Dir. Simon West · With John Travolta, Madeleine Stowe, James Cromwell

Harper is a cynical private eye in the best tradition of Bogart. He even has Bogie's Baby hiring him to find her missing husband, getting involved along the way with an assortment of unsavory characters and an illegal-alien smuggling ring.

Dir. Jack Smight · With Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, Julie Harris

A ventriloquist is at the mercy of his vicious dummy while he tries to renew a romance with his high school sweetheart.

Dir. Richard Attenborough · With Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith

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

A widowed mother and her son change when a mysterious stranger enters their lives.

Dir. Scott Hicks · With Anthony Hopkins, Anton Yelchin, Hope Davis

Dortmunder and his pals plan to steal a huge diamond from a museum. But this turns out to be only the first time they have to steal it...

Dir. Peter Yates · With Robert Redford, George Segal, Ron Leibman

After a freak accident, an invisible yuppie runs for his life from a treacherous CIA official while trying to cope with his new life.

Dir. John Carpenter · With Chevy Chase, Daryl Hannah, Sam Neill

Idealistic young attorney Adam Hall takes on the death row clemency case of his racist grandfather, Sam Cayhall, a former Ku Klux Klan member he has never met.

Dir. James Foley · With Chris O'Donnell, Gene Hackman, Faye Dunaway

When a Las Vegas bodyguard with lethal skills and a gambling problem gets in trouble with the mob, he has one last play… and it's all or nothing.

Dir. Simon West · With Jason Statham, Michael Angarano, Dominik Garcia

Four childhood friends reunite for a hunting trip in the Maine woods, bound by a psychic force born from a childhood friend's dreamcatcher. They find themselves caught in a grotesque alien invasion that twists memory, sanity and reality into something far more sinister.

Dir. Lawrence Kasdan · With Thomas Jane, Damian Lewis, Morgan Freeman