Screenplay: Barry Strugatz

Direction Jonathan Demme

Cast Michelle Pfeiffer · Matthew Modine · Dean Stockwell · Alec Baldwin

Plot The wife of Mafia hitman Frank "Cucumber" De Marco (Alec Baldwin), the irrepressibly brassy Angela (Michelle Pfeiffer) finds herself unhappy with their shady lifestyle, and wants out. When Frank is...

Direction Susan Seidelman

Cast Meryl Streep · Roseanne · Ed Begley Jr. · Sylvia Miles

Plot A cunning and resourceful housewife vows revenge on her husband when he begins an affair with a wealthy romance novelist.

Direction Laurie Collyer

Cast Tessa Thompson · Melissa Leo · Whoopi Goldberg · Anna Paquin

Plot It centers on a woman (Thompson) who lives with and cares for her aging mother (Goldberg), while working part-time at a jail. At work, she is given a chance to...

Direction Barry Strugatz

Cast Cara Buono · Jay Oakerson · Isaach de Bankole · David Lansbury

Plot FROM OTHER WORLDS is a sci-fi comedy about a depressed Brooklyn housewife who sleepwalks through her life until she encounters an alien force in her backyard. With the help of...