, 2h9 Directed bySpike Lee OriginUSA GenresDrama, Thriller, Crime ThemesHeist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie ActorsDenzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster, Christopher Plummer, Willem Dafoe, Chiwetel Ejiofor Roles Cop with Pizzas Rating75% Dalton Russell (Clive Owen), seated in what appears to be a jail cell, opens the film with a prologue about having carried out the "perfect robbery". A van is driving from Brooklyn to the Wall Street area. Inside is a team of masked robbers, dressed as painters, who call each other by variants of the name "Steve" (i.e. Steve, Stevie, Stevo). They seize control of a Manhattan bank and take the employees and patrons hostage. They divide the hostages into groups and hold them in different rooms, forcing them to strip and don painters' clothes identical to their own. The robbers rotate the hostages between various rooms and occasionally insert themselves covertly into the groups, while also taking turns working on an unspecified project involving demolishing the floor in one of the bank's storage rooms.
, 1h34 Directed byEdward Bianchi OriginUSA GenresDrama, Thriller, Horror ActorsLauren Bacall, James Garner, Maureen Stapleton, Héctor Elizondo, Michael Biehn, Dwight Schultz Roles Record Shop Customer Rating58% Douglas Breen (Michael Biehn), a deranged young New York City record salesman, writes a rambling letter to stage and film star Sally Ross (Lauren Bacall). Having sent multiple obsessive and borderline-sexual letters to Ross, her assistant, Belle (Maureen Stapleton) has been intercepting them, responding herself and asking him to stop. Douglas feels ignored, and becomes determined to meet with Sally and consummate "his love" for her.
, 2h47 Directed bySidney Lumet OriginUSA GenresDrama, Thriller, Crime ThemesLa corruption policière ActorsTreat Williams, Jerry Orbach, Richard Foronjy, Lindsay Crouse, Lee Richardson, Anthony Page Roles Frank Sancho Rating73% Danny Ciello est un policier de l'unité des enquêtes spéciales (SIU - Special Investigations Unit), un service de la police de New York (NYPD - New York City Police Department) s'occupant de la lutte antidrogue. C'est l'élite de la police, à qui aucune faute n'est pardonnée par les autorités judiciaires et fédérales. Ces dernières confient à Danny la mission de piéger un avocat véreux. Mais Danny comprend bientôt qu'il est manipulé pour faire tomber des collègues accusés de corruption, alors que les têtes dirigeantes associées à la mafia ne sont guère inquiétées.
, 1h38 Directed byMartin Davidson OriginUSA GenresDrama, Comedy, Action ThemesFilms about television, Superhero films ActorsJohn Ritter, Anne Archer, Bert Convy, Kevin McCarthy, Allan Rich, Harry Bellaver Roles 3rd Teenager Rating59% Steve Nichols is a struggling actor in New York City who takes the job posing as comic-book hero Captain Avenger at comics stores and conventions. He finds his life unexpectedly complicated when he stops a robbery while wearing the costume of Captain Avenger. The costume is for a film he is hired to promote, but Nichols decides to continue being a superhero and discovers that the superhero life is more complex than he initially thought.
, 1h41 Directed byRobert Butler OriginUSA GenresDrama, Thriller, Action, Crime ActorsJames Brolin, Julie Carmen, Richard S. Castellano, Linda Miller, Cliff Gorman, Barton Heyman Roles Loco Rating65% A former cop, played by James Brolin, aligns with a street smart young clerk from the New York City dog pound (Julie Carmen) on a harrowing search for his daughter who is kidnapped by a psychopath (Cliff Gorman) after being mistaken for a wealthy man's daughter. His search is met with obstacles as he runs afoul of the police in his pursuit, including a former corrupt colleague bent on revenge against him. Meanwhile, the kidnapper is just as prepared to kill anybody, including his young hostage, unless his colossal ransom demands are met.
, 1h55 Directed byPaul Mazursky OriginUSA GenresDrama, Comedy, Romance ThemesChildren's films ActorsMargot Kidder, Michael Ontkean, Ray Sharkey, Laurence Fishburne, Jerry Hall, Natalie Wood Roles Puerto Rican Girl's Husband Rating58% The film is set in the 1970s and amidst the counterculture chic of that era. Willie, a high school English teacher who plays jazz piano (Michael Ontkean), and Phil, a fashion photographer (Ray Sharkey), meet coming out of the Bleecker Street Cinema where Jules et Jim has just been shown and become friends. They both fall in love with Jeannette, a girl from Kentucky (Margot Kidder).
, 2h5 Directed byJohn Schlesinger OriginUSA GenresDrama, Thriller, Action, Spy, Crime ThemesSpy films, Medical-themed films, Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism ActorsDustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider, William Devane, Marthe Keller, Richard Bright Roles Street Gang Rating73% Thomas "Babe" Levy (Dustin Hoffman) is a history Ph.D. candidate and avid runner. Levy is researching the same field as his father, who committed suicide after the Communist witch hunts of the Joseph McCarthy era ruined his reputation. Babe's brother Henry (Roy Scheider), known as "Doc", presents himself as an oil company executive but is really a government agent, involved in an elaborate network of couriers who transport diamonds stolen during World War II from wealthy Jews seeking to flee Germany, which are then sold on world markets for the secret benefit of fugitive Nazi war criminal Dr. Christian Szell (Laurence Olivier). Szell, a dentist who tortured Jews in a concentration camp, escaped capture and is now living off the diamond sales as a fugitive in South America (echoing real life Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele).