Screenplay: Robert Towne

Direction Roman Polanski

Cast Jack Nicholson · Faye Dunaway · John Huston · Perry Lopez

Synopsis In Chinatown (1974), a Los Angeles private detective, Jake Gittes, is hired to investigate an adultery case but uncovers a far-reaching conspiracy involving water rights, corruption, and murder. As he digs deeper, he becomes entangled with a mysterious woman connected...

Direction Sydney Pollack

Cast Robert Mitchum · Ken Takakura · Brian Keith · Herb Edelman

Synopsis Harry Kilmer returns to Japan after several years in order to rescue his friend George's kidnapped daughter - and ends up on the wrong side of the Yakuza, the notorious Japanese mafia...

Direction Hal Ashby

Cast Jack Nicholson · Otis Young · Randy Quaid · Clifton James

Synopsis After being convicted of petty thievery, a young sailor finds himself in the care of two escorts assigned to take him to military prison. But the journey turns out to be more leisurely than expected, with several side trips and...

Direction Roman Polanski

Cast Harrison Ford · Emmanuelle Seigner · Betty Buckley · Gérard Klein

Synopsis In Frantic (1988), an American doctor, Richard Walker, travels to Paris with his wife for a medical conference. When she mysteriously disappears from their hotel room, Walker embarks on a desperate search through the city's underworld to find her. As...

Direction Sydney Pollack

Cast Tom Cruise · Gene Hackman · Jeanne Tripplehorn · Holly Hunter

Synopsis The Firm (1993) follows Mitch McDeere, a young and ambitious Harvard Law graduate who joins a prestigious law firm in Memphis. Initially, the job seems like a dream come true, offering wealth and status. However, Mitch soon discovers that the...

Direction Robert Towne

Cast Billy Crudup · Donald Sutherland · Monica Potter · Jeremy Sisto

Synopsis The film follows the life of famous 1970s runner Steve Prefontaine from his youth days in Oregon to Oregon University where he worked with the legendary coach Bill Bowerman, later to Olympics in Munich and his early death at 24...

Direction Brian De Palma

Cast Tom Cruise · Emmanuelle Béart · Jon Voight · Jean Reno

Synopsis In Mission: Impossible (1996), Ethan Hunt, a skilled operative of the Impossible Missions Force (IMF), is framed for the betrayal and murder of his team during a mission in Prague. Disavowed by his agency, Ethan goes rogue to uncover the...

Direction Roger Corman

Cast Vincent Price · Elizabeth Shepherd · John Westbrook · Derek Francis

Synopsis Verden Fell buries his late wife Ligeia who committed suicide, but is certain that she is not really dead. Some time after Rowena Trevanian, the daughter of a neighbouring lord, is thrown on top of Ligeia’s grave by her horse...

Direction Warren Beatty · Buck Henry

Cast Warren Beatty · Julie Christie · Jack Warden · Dyan Cannon

Synopsis When L.A. Rams quarterback Joe Pendleton (Warren Beatty) is plucked from Earth too soon by an overzealous angel, he is sent back to Earth in another, older body. He struggles to regain his old spot in the line-up while straightening...

Direction Bill L. Norton

Cast Kris Kristofferson · Gene Hackman · Karen Black · Viva

Synopsis Cisco is an ex-rock star who has become a drug dealer. A corrupt cop blackmails Cisco to sell marijuana for him. Cisco has one weekend to sell it to his friends.

Direction Hugh Hudson

Cast Christopher Lambert · Andie MacDowell · Ralph Richardson · James Fox

Synopsis A shipping disaster in 1886 has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lady is pregnant, and gives birth to a son in their tree house. Soon after, a family of apes stumble across the house...

Direction Buzz Kulik

Cast Yul Brynner · Robert Mitchum · Maria Grazia Buccella · Charles Bronson

Direction Robert Towne

Cast Mariel Hemingway · Scott Glenn · Patrice Donnelly · Kenny Moore

Synopsis Two highly competitive female athletes discover erotic feelings for each other as they train for the 1980 Olympics.

Direction Jack Nicholson

Cast Jack Nicholson · Harvey Keitel · Meg Tilly · Eli Wallach

Synopsis The sequel to Chinatown finds Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson) investigating adultery and murder... and the money that comes from oil.

Direction Hal Ashby

Cast Warren Beatty · Goldie Hawn · Lee Grant · Julie Christie

Synopsis In this farcical satire of 60s sexual practices, Warren Beatty is a hairdresser who simply can't resist the women he glamorizes. They can't resist him either, and unfortunately they are all linked somehow. Beatty's freewheeling and funny escapades with three...

Direction Robert Towne

Cast Mel Gibson · Michelle Pfeiffer · Kurt Russell · Raul Julia

Synopsis Mac Mckussic is an unlikely drug dealer who wants to go straight. His old and best friend Nick Frescia is now a cop who is assigned to investigate and bring him to justice. Mac is very attracted to Jo Ann,...

Direction Glenn Gordon Caron

Cast Warren Beatty · Annette Bening · Katharine Hepburn · Pierce Brosnan

Synopsis Ex-football star Mike Gambril meets Terry McKay on a flight to Sydney, which is forced to land on a small atoll. Both engaged to others, they become romantic on board the ship sent to take the 'plane passengers to a...

Direction Roger Corman

Cast Betsy Jones-Moreland · Robert Towne · Antony Carbone

Synopsis Ev, along with her husband, Harold, and their lawyer friend Martin, are swimming while on vacation in Puerto Rico. When they resurface, they gradually conclude that an unexplained, temporary interruption of oxygen has killed everyone on the island... maybe even...

Direction Tony Scott

Cast Tom Cruise · Nicole Kidman · Robert Duvall · Randy Quaid

Synopsis Days of Thunder (1990) follows Cole Trickle, a talented but reckless rookie NASCAR driver, as he navigates the high-speed, high-stakes world of professional racing. Hired by a seasoned team owner, Cole must prove himself against fierce competitors while battling his...

Direction John Woo

Cast Tom Cruise · Dougray Scott · Thandie Newton · Richard Roxburgh

Synopsis In Mission: Impossible 2 (2000), Ethan Hunt is tasked with preventing a catastrophic global threat. A rogue agent has stolen a deadly virus, and Hunt must recruit a skilled thief to help recover it. As the mission unfolds, Hunt faces...