, 1h55 Directed byPeter Markle GenresComedy, Action, Western ActorsAnthony Edwards, Louis Gossett Jr., Joe Pantoliano, John Glover, Robert Beltran, M. C. Gainey Roles El Matador Rating60% Billy Ray Smith (Anthony Edwards) is a timid young schoolteacher from Boston living in a rugged Arizona town. When one of his students is abducted by a notorious outlaw known as El Diablo (Robert Beltran), he takes it upon himself to rescue her. With the help of an aging gunslinger named Thomas Van Leek (Louis Gossett, Jr.), a novelist and reputed hero of the Old West, Kid Durango (Joe Pantoliano), and a charismatic preacher (John Glover), Billy Ray manages to infiltrate El Diablo's hideout and eventually comes face to face with the dangerous criminal.
, 1h55 Directed byHal Ashby OriginUSA GenresThriller, Action, Crime ActorsJeff Bridges, Rosanna Arquette, Alexandra Paul, Andy García, Randy Brooks, James Avery Roles Hector Lopez Rating56% An alcoholic Los Angeles Sheriff's Deputy, Matt Scudder (Bridges), takes part in a drug bust that results in his fatal shooting of a small-time dealer in front of the man's wife and kids. Scudder ends up in a drunk ward, suffering from booze and blackouts, ending his career, his marriage, and jeopardizing his relationship with his daughter.
, 1h39 Directed byWilliam Friedkin OriginUSA GenresComedy, Crime ThemesMonde imaginaire ActorsChevy Chase, Gregory Hines, Sigourney Weaver, Vince Edwards, Wallace Shawn, Richard Libertini Roles Rojas Rating46% Eddie Muntz (Chase) is a small-time American arms dealer who talks his way into a job with a large defense corporation selling high-tech military unmanned aerial vehicles to a South American dictator (William Marquez). Muntz arrives in war-torn and impoverished "San Miguel" to sell weapons to both its leader and the rebels seeking his ouster.
, 1h31 Directed byJohn Korty OriginUSA GenresDrama, Romance ActorsRyan O'Neal, Candice Bergen, Nicola Pagett, Benson Fong, Ed Binns, Kenneth McMillan Rating47% Oliver Barrett IV is emotionally devastated by the death of his young wife Jenny. As he tries to lose himself in his work as a lawyer, the long hours don't ease his pain, especially when he finds that his leftist views conflict with those of the senior partners at the firm.
, 1h40 Directed byRobert Malcolm Young OriginUSA GenresDrama, Crime ThemesPrison films, Films based on plays ActorsBruce Davison, Nathan George, Mark Margolis, Luis Guzmán, Shawn Elliott, Henry Judd Baker Roles Cha Cha (as Willie Hernandez) Rating69% Short Eyes is set in an unnamed prison in New York City, whose inmates are predominantly black or Puerto Rican. One day, Clark Davis, a young, middle-class white man accused of raping a young girl, arrive. His fellow prisoners immediately turn on him — pedophiles are considered the lowest form of prison life — except for Juan, one of the institution's older prisoners, who treats him with dignity. While Davis insists he doesn't remember raping the girl, he admits that he has molested several other children.
, 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).