Soundtrack: John Kander

Direction Bob Fosse

Cast Liza Minnelli · Michael York · Helmut Griem · Joel Grey

Synopsis Cabaret (1972) is a musical drama set in 1931 Berlin during the rise of the Nazi Party. The story follows Sally Bowles, a vivacious American cabaret performer, and Brian Roberts, a reserved British academic, as they navigate their complex relationship...

Direction Robert Benton

Cast Dustin Hoffman · Meryl Streep · Jane Alexander · JoBeth Williams

Synopsis Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) follows Ted Kramer, a work-obsessed advertising executive, whose life is upended when his wife, Joanna, unexpectedly leaves him to find herself, leaving their young son, Billy, in his care. Initially struggling to balance his career and...

Direction Sam Mendes

Cast Jane Horrocks · Alan Cumming · Sara Kestelman · George Raistrick

Synopsis A straight film of the stage show which as far as I know was only shown once. Young American writer goes to Berlin at a time Nazis were emerging. Meets Sally Bowles at the Kit Kat club... songs get sung,...

Direction Robert Benton

Cast Sally Field · Lindsay Crouse · Ed Harris · Danny Glover

Synopsis Set during the Great Depression in Waxachie, Texas, director Robert Benton's hometown, PLACES IN THE HEART stars Sally Field as Edna Spalding. After her husband is accidentally shot and killed by a drunk, Edna, the mother of two, has no...

Direction Rob Marshall

Cast Renée Zellweger · Catherine Zeta-Jones · Richard Gere · Queen Latifah

Synopsis In Chicago (2002), Roxie Hart, an aspiring performer, dreams of fame in the roaring 1920s. When her affair ends in murder, she lands in jail alongside Velma Kelly, a glamorous vaudeville star. With the help of slick lawyer Billy Flynn,...

Direction John Erman

Cast Gena Rowlands · Ben Gazzara · Sylvia Sidney · Aidan Quinn

Synopsis A young lawyer hasn't told his parents about his homosexuality. Now he must tell them--at a time when the diagnosis was still a death sentence--that he has AIDS.

Direction Harold Prince

Cast Angela Lansbury · Michael York · Anthony Higgins · Heidelinde Weis

Synopsis Konrad, a handsome country boy in post-war Austria, charms his way into a butler position at the castle of a widowed countess that lost her fortune. Before long the opportunistic boy is running the entire household. As he starts affairs...

Direction Herbert Ross

Cast Barbra Streisand · James Caan · Omar Sharif · Roddy McDowall

Synopsis When Barbra Streisand played Fanny Brice in Funny Girl, she brought to life a sympathetic yet strong-headed performer of stage and radio. In the sequel, Funny Lady, Brice comes off as a harsher woman, slightly bitchy, without the tremendous charm...

Direction Robert Benton

Cast Roy Scheider · Meryl Streep · Jessica Tandy · Joe Grifasi

Synopsis George Bynum, a patient of Manhattan psychiatrist Dr. Sam Rice (Roy Scheider), is brutally murdered. Soon afterward, Dr. Rice is visited by Bynum's co-worker and mistress Brooke Reynolds (Meryl Streep) and by the investigating officer Detective Vitucci. As Dr. Rice...

Direction Alain Resnais

Cast Adolph Green · Gérard Depardieu · Linda Lavin · Micheline Presle

Direction Bill Condon

Cast Diego Luna · Jennifer Lopez · Tonatiuh Elizarraraz · Bruno Bichir

Synopsis Valentín, a political prisoner, shares a cell with Molina, a window dresser convicted of public indecency. The two form an unlikely bond as Molina recounts the plot of a Hollywood musical starring his favorite silver screen diva, Ingrid Luna.

Direction John Erman

Cast James Garner · Joanne Woodward · Kathryn Erbe · Joyce Van Patten

Synopsis A married couple review their lives and renew their love for one another while driving to a friend's funeral.

Direction John Erman

Cast Nathan Lane · Robert Sean Leonard · Tony Goldwyn · Michael Jeter

Synopsis Jack Palmer is a social worker whose job has taken precedence over his personal life. Mainly, his job is to help four mentally challenged men live regular lives in a home.