Movie Recommendations

Trucking legend Burt Reynolds and bride-on-the-run Sally Fields are running bootleg liquor on a bet while eluding Sheriff Jackie Gleason.

Seminal account of a lawyer’s attempts to combat racial prejudice in his town and raise two children to be fair and honorable.

Spencer Tracy is the only man to get off the train in Black Rock in years. His questions about a local Japanese farmer light a hidden keg of resentment, guilt, and fear.

After UFO flybys, Richard Dreyfus and other witnesses become obsessed with a mountainous shape and a five-note musical theme.

Charming English film about a race from Brighton to London in antique 1904 automobiles.

Try and watch it with fresh eyes; this film speaks to our need both for dreams and the ability to live without them.

Though the Pythons have trouble ending their works, this epic sendup has numerous great moments throughout.

American John Wayne returns to the Irish village of his youth and falls for Maureen O’Hara—but he refuses to fight her domineering brother for her dowry.

When musicians Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis accidentally witness the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, the only way to get out of town alive is to join an all-women’s jazz band. Guess which one gets Marilyn Monroe.

Chilling account of one man’s search for his lover, who disappears at a highway rest stop. As usual, don’t bother with the remake—even though it’s by the same director. (subtitled)