A misogynistic and snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society.
Atticus Finch, a lawyer in the Depression-era South, defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge, and his children against prejudice.
A woman leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to the children of a Naval officer widower.
An African American police detective is asked to investigate a murder in a racially hostile southern town.
Two Western bank/train robbers flee to Bolivia when the law gets too close.
In turn of the century London, a magical nanny employs music and adventure to help two neglected children become closer to their father.
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.
During World War II, a rebellious U.S. Army Major is assigned a dozen convicted murderers to train and lead them into a mass assassination mission of German officers.
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.
The story of the marriage of England's King Arthur to Guinevere. The plot of illegitimate Mordred to gain the throne and Guinevere's growing attachment to Sir Lancelot, threaten to topple Arthur and destroy his "round table" of knights.
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 former child star torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.
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.
A bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved.
A man's vision for a utopian society is disillusioned when travelling forward into time reveals a dark and dangerous society.
Following the murder of a prominent leftist, an investigator tries to uncover the truth while government officials attempt to cover up their roles.
In 1948, an American court in occupied Germany tries four Nazi judges for war crimes.
When two young members of feuding families meet, forbidden love ensues.