An African American police detective is asked to investigate a murder in a racially hostile southern town.
A man robs a bank to pay for his lover's operation; it turns into a hostage situation and a media circus.
Young Oliver Twist runs away from an orphanage and meets a group of boys trained to be pickpockets by an elderly mentor.
An up-and-coming pool player plays a long-time champion in a single high-stakes match.
A drunken, hard-nosed U.S. Marshal and a Texas Ranger help a stubborn teenager track down her father's murderer in Indian territory.
A bitter, aging couple, with the help of alcohol, use a young couple to fuel anguish and emotional pain towards each other.
A dropout from upper-class America picks up work along the way on oil rigs when his life isn't spent in a squalid succession of bars, motels, and other points of interest.
In December 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.
In prerevolutionary Russia, a Jewish peasant contends with marrying off three of his daughters while growing anti-Semitic sentiment threatens his village.
In 1948, an American court in occupied Germany tries four Nazi judges for war crimes.
Based on a real-life case in 1925, two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution.
The romantic and chivalrous adventures of adopted bastard Tom Jones in 18th century England.
A woman seeking revenge for her murdered father hires a famous gunman, but he's very different from what she expects.
A surly convicted murderer held in permanent isolation redeems himself when he becomes a renowned bird expert.
The story of acerbic 1960s comic Lenny Bruce, whose groundbreaking, no-holds-barred style and social commentary was often deemed by the Establishment as too obscene for the public.
A fast-talking traveling salesman with a charming, loquacious manner convinces a sincere evangelist that he can be an effective preacher for her cause.
British agent Alec Leamas refuses to come in from the Cold War during the 1960s, choosing to face another mission, which may prove to be his final one.
Engineer Jake Holman arrives aboard the gunboat U.S.S. San Pablo, assigned to patrol a tributary of the Yangtze in the middle of exploited and revolution-torn 1926 China. His iconoclasm and...
A man who loves games and theater invites his wife's lover to meet him, setting up a battle of wits with potentially deadly results.
A vaudeville duo agree to reunite for a TV special, but it turns out that they can't stand each other.