The Advent Calendar

A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.

Runtime

1h 45m

Director

Tim Burton

Cast

Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest

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

Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits, one night he's left with a major problem to solve.

Runtime

2h 5m

Director

Billy Wilder

Cast

Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray

Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger, who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their l...

Runtime

1h 31m

Director

Wes Craven

Cast

Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, John Saxon

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