Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.

Runtime

2h 9m

Director

Fernando Meirelles

Cast

Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Phellipe Haagensen

In 1973, 15-year-old William Miller's unabashed love of music and aspiration to become a rock journalist lands him an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine to interview and tour with the up-and-coming band, Stillwater.

Runtime

2h 4m

Director

Cameron Crowe

Cast

Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Kate Hudson

At a village railway station in occupied Czechoslovakia, a bumbling dispatcher’s apprentice longs to liberate himself from his virginity. Oblivious to the war and the resistance that surrounds him, this young man embarks on a journey of sexual awakening and self-discovery, encountering a universe of frustration, eroticism, and adventur...

Runtime

1h 33m

Director

Jiří Menzel

Cast

Václav Neckář, Jitka Scoffin, Vladimír Valenta

As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.

Runtime

2h

Director

Oliver Stone

Cast

Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe

A disk jockey goes to Vietnam to work for the Armed Forces Radio Service. While he becomes popular among the troops, his superiors disapprove of his humor.

Runtime

2h 1m

Director

Barry Levinson

Cast

Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker, Tom T. Tran