Young Oliver Twist runs away from an orphanage and meets a group of boys trained to be pickpockets by an elderly mentor.
Atticus Finch, a lawyer in the Depression-era South, defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge, and his children against prejudice.
"The Washington Post" reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Richard Nixon's resignation.
At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany.
In 1951, a group of high schoolers come of age in a bleak, isolated, atrophied West Texas town that is slowly dying, both culturally and economically.
In turn of the century London, a magical nanny employs music and adventure to help two neglected children become closer to their father.
An up-and-coming pool player plays a long-time champion in a single high-stakes match.
The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during the First World War and then the October Revolution.
Following the murder of a prominent leftist, an investigator tries to uncover the truth while government officials attempt to cover up their roles.
A bitter, aging couple, with the help of alcohol, use a young couple to fuel anguish and emotional pain towards each other.
During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership.
The romantic and chivalrous adventures of adopted bastard Tom Jones in 18th century England.
Two friends try sharing an apartment, but their ideas of housekeeping and lifestyles are as different as night and day.
The lives of a disparate group of contestants intertwine in an inhumanely grueling dance marathon.
A fast-talking traveling salesman with a charming, loquacious manner convinces a sincere evangelist that he can be an effective preacher for her cause.
A woman seeking revenge for her murdered father hires a famous gunman, but he's very different from what she expects.
A first-year law student at Harvard Law School struggles with balancing his coursework and his relationship with the daughter of his sternest professor.
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.
When God appears to an assistant grocery manager as a good natured old man, the Almighty selects him as his messenger for the modern world.
A British team is sent to cross occupied Greek territory and destroy the massive German gun emplacement that commands a key sea channel.