The Ride

Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.

Runtime

2h 58m

Director

Mel Gibson

Cast

Catherine McCormack, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan

A young transgender man explores his gender identity and searches for love in rural Nebraska.

Runtime

1h 58m

Director

Kimberly Peirce

Cast

Hilary Swank, Chloë Sevigny, Peter Sarsgaard

Schoolteacher Bertram Cates is arrested for teaching his students Darwin's theory of evolution. The case receives national attention and one of the newspaper reporters, E.K. Hornbeck, arranges to bring in renowned defense attorney and atheist Henry Drummond to defend Cates. The prosecutor, Matthew Brady is a former presidential candida...

Runtime

2h 8m

Director

Stanley Kramer

Cast

Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly

Ari Ben Canaan, a passionate member of the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah, attempts to transport 600 Jewish refugees on a dangerous voyage from Cyprus to Palestine on a ship named the Exodus. He faces obstruction from British forces, who will not grant the ship passage to its destination.

Runtime

3h 28m

Director

Otto Preminger

Cast

Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Lee J. Cobb

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.

Runtime

2h 4m

Director

David Lynch

Cast

Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft