A Sudden Case of Christmas

Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle, he meets the woman from his daydream, and i...

Runtime

2h 23m

Director

Terry Gilliam

Cast

Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond

Will Freeman is a good-looking, smooth-talking bachelor whose primary goal in life is avoiding any kind of responsibility. But when he invents an imaginary son in order to meet attractive single moms, Will gets a hilarious lesson about life from a bright, but hopelessly geeky 12-year-old named Marcus. Now, as Will struggles to teach Ma...

Runtime

1h 41m

Director

Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz

Cast

Hugh Grant, Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette

When eccentric candy man Willy Wonka promises a lifetime supply of sweets and a tour of his chocolate factory to five lucky kids, penniless Charlie Bucket seeks the golden ticket that will make him a winner.

Runtime

1h 39m

Director

Mel Stuart

Cast

Gene Wilder, Peter Ostrum, Jack Albertson

Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow brick road to talk with the Wizard and ask for the things they miss most in their lives. The Wicked Witch of the West is the only thing that could stop them.

Runtime

1h 42m

Director

Victor Fleming, Mervyn LeRoy

Cast

Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Frank Morgan

It's a dreary Christmas 1944 for the American POWs in Stalag 17 and the men in Barracks 4, all sergeants, have to deal with a grave problem—there seems to be a security leak.

Runtime

2h

Director

Billy Wilder

Cast

William Holden, Don Taylor, Robert Strauss