Regency Enterprises, 2013; Directed by Steve McQueen; Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, and Lupita Nyong’o; R. Summary: Many have called 12 Years a Slave the greatest film about slavery ever made. Director Steve McQueen astonishingly shot the movie in...
Universal Pictures, 1962; Directed by Robert Mulligan; Starring Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, & Phillip Alford; Not Rated. Summary: The 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird is based on the novel written by Harper Lee, published in 1960. Scout Finch lives in a small town...
20th Century Fox, 1977; Directed by George Lucas; Written by George Lucas; Starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, and Carrie Fisher; PG. Summary: Star Wars premiered in 1977, from which point cinema has never recovered. George Lucas wrote and directed the film—later to...
Miramax Films, 1996; Directed by Billy Bob Thorton; Starring Billy Bob Thorton, Dwight Yoakam, J.T. Walsh, and Lucas Black; R. Summary: Sling Blade is a 1996 sleeper hit that was written, directed by and stars Billy Bob Thorton. The film is based on a 1993 short...
Columbia Pictures, 1994; Directed by Frank Darabont; Starring Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, & Bob Gunton; R. Summary: Andy Dufresne, convicted of killing his wife and her lover, is sentenced to two life sentences, “one for each of your victims,” the judge says. In...
Amblin Entertainment, 1993; Directed by Steven Spielberg; Starring Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes, & Caroline Goodall; R. Summary: That more than six million Jews died during the Holocaust is a known and tragic fact, but how one thousand individuals were...
Paramount Pictures, 1981; Directed by Steven Spielberg; Written by Lawrence Kasdan; Starring Harrison Ford and Karen Allen; PG. Summary: When Star Wars first opened in 1977, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg went to Hawaii for a vacation. It was there that they...
Fox 2000 Pictures, 2012; Directed by Ang Lee; Starring: Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Rafe Spall; PG. Summary: Pi Patel is an Indian boy forced to move to Canada. His father brings with them most of the animals from their family zoo. On the way, the ship sinks and...
Universal Studios, 2012; Directed by Tom Hooper; Starring: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne; PG-13: Suggestive and sexual material, violence and thematic elements. Summary: Les Misérables is a nineteenth-century French novel...
Universal Pictures, 1975; Directed by Steven Spielberg; Starring Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, and Robert Shaw; PG. Summary: Jaws premiered in 1975 and was simultaneously responsible for two milestones: individuals across the country being afraid to enter the ocean,...
