Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

Fast Eddie Felson is a small-time pool hustler with a lot of talent but a self-destructive attitude. His bravado causes him to challenge the legendary Minnesota Fats to a high-stakes match.

Runtime

2h 14m

Director

Robert Rossen

Cast

Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie

Thomas Jerome Newton is an alien who has come to Earth in search of water to save his home planet. Aided by lawyer Oliver Farnsworth, Thomas uses his knowledge of advanced technology to create profitable inventions. While developing a method to transport water, Thomas meets Mary-Lou, a quiet hotel clerk, and begins to fall in love with...

Runtime

2h 19m

Director

Nicolas Roeg

Cast

David Bowie, Rip Torn, Candy Clark

David Sumner, a mild-mannered academic from the United States, marries Amy, an Englishwoman. In order to escape a hectic stateside lifestyle, David and his wife relocate to the small town in rural Cornwall where Amy was raised. There, David is ostracized by the brutish men of the village, including Amy's old flame, Charlie. Eventually ...

Runtime

1h 56m

Director

Sam Peckinpah

Cast

Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan

Precocious teenager Juliet moves to New Zealand with her family and soon befriends the quiet, brooding Pauline through their shared love of fantasy and literature. This friendship gradually develops into an intense and obsessive bond.

Runtime

1h 49m

Director

Peter Jackson

Cast

Melanie Lynskey, Kate Winslet, Sarah Peirse

A self-assured businessman murders his employer, husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.

Runtime

1h 32m

Director

Louis Malle

Cast

Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly