Seventh Heaven

The strange comedy film of two close brothers; one, Wilbur, who wants to kill himself, and the other, Harbour, who tries to prevent this. When their father dies leaving them his bookstore they meet a woman who makes their lives a bit better yet with a bit more trouble as well.

Runtime

1h 51m

Director

Lone Scherfig

Cast

Jamie Sives, Adrian Rawlins, Shirley Henderson

Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits, one night he's left with a major problem to solve.

Runtime

2h 5m

Director

Billy Wilder

Cast

Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray

On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy genius, an ex-boy genius, a game show host and an estranged daughter will each become part of a dazzling multiplicity of plots, but one story.

Runtime

3h 9m

Director

Paul Thomas Anderson

Cast

Tom Cruise, Philip Baker Hall, William H. Macy

The young Harold lives in his own world of suicide-attempts and funeral visits to avoid the misery of his current family and home environment. Harold meets an 80-year-old woman named Maude who also lives in her own world yet one in which she is having the time of her life. When the two opposites meet they realize that their differences...

Runtime

1h 32m

Director

Hal Ashby

Cast

Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles

A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.

Runtime

2h 8m

Director

Alfred Hitchcock

Cast

James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes

Beverly is the perfect happy homemaker, along with her doting husband and two children, but this nuclear family just might explode when her fascination with serial killers collides with her ever-so-proper code of ethics.

Runtime

1h 34m

Director

John Waters

Cast

Kathleen Turner, Sam Waterston, Ricki Lake

'Pleasantly plump' teenager Tracy Turnblad achieves her dream of becoming a regular on the Corny Collins Dance Show. Now a teen hero, she starts using her fame to speak out for the causes she believes in, most of all integration. In doing so, she earns the wrath of the show's former star, Amber Von Tussle, as well as Amber's manipulati...

Runtime

1h 32m

Director

John Waters

Cast

Sonny Bono, Divine, Ruth Brown

Notorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine goes up against Connie & Raymond Marble, a sleazy married couple who make a passionate attempt to humiliate her and seize her tabloid-given title as "The Filthiest Person Alive".

Runtime

1h 33m

Director

John Waters

Cast

Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce

A Baltimore teenager who picks up a second-hand camera starts snapping his way to stardom, soon turning into a nationwide sensation, with a fateful choice between his life and his art.

Runtime

1h 26m

Director

John Waters

Cast

Edward Furlong, Christina Ricci, Bess Armstrong

Dawn Davenport progresses from a teenage nightmare hell-bent on getting cha-cha heels for Christmas to a fame monster whose egomaniacal impulses land her in the electric chair.

Runtime

1h 38m

Director

John Waters

Cast

Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce