Hamlet

At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.

Runtime

2h 9m

Director

Peter Weir

Cast

Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke

The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her black chauffeur, Hoke. From an initial mere work relationship grew in 25 years a strong friendship between the two very different characters, in a time when those types of relationships were shunned.

Runtime

1h 39m

Director

Bruce Beresford

Cast

Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy, Dan Aykroyd

In director Baz Luhrmann's contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of Verona Beach, where Romeo and Juliet fall in love and secretly wed. Though the film is visually modern, the bard's dialogue remains.

Runtime

2h

Director

Baz Luhrmann

Cast

Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, Jesse Bradford

London, 1929. Frank Webber, a very busy Scotland Yard detective, seems to be more interested in his work than in Alice White, his girlfriend. Feeling herself ignored, Alice agrees to go out with an elegant and well-mannered artist who invites her to visit his fancy apartment.

Runtime

1h 26m

Director

Alfred Hitchcock

Cast

Anny Ondra, Sara Allgood, Charles Paton

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