The Case of the Murder of Tariel Mklavadze

Semi-retired Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler takes the case of Army Lt. Manion, who murdered a local innkeeper after his wife claimed that he raped her. Over the course of an extensive trial, Biegler parries with District Attorney Lodwick and out-of-town prosecutor Claude Dancer to set his client free, but his case rests on the victim's m...

Runtime

2h 41m

Director

Otto Preminger

Cast

James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara

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

After learning that a boy their age has been accidentally killed near their rural homes, four boys decide to go see the body. Gordie, Vern, Chris, and Teddy encounter a mean junk man and a marsh full of leeches, but they also learn more about one another and their very different home lives. Just a lark at first, the boys' adventure evo...

Runtime

1h 29m

Director

Rob Reiner

Cast

Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman

A young drifter working on a river barge disrupts his employers' lives while hiding the fact that he knows more about a dead woman found in the river than he admits.

Runtime

1h 33m

Director

David Mackenzie

Cast

Ewan McGregor, Tilda Swinton, Peter Mullan

The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.

Runtime

1h 37m

Director

Sidney Lumet

Cast

Martin Balsam, John Fiedler, Lee J. Cobb