At Close Range 1986  R, 115 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: James Foley
Cast: Sean Penn, Christopher Walken, Kiefer Sutherland, Chris Penn, Mary Stuart Masterson, Millie Perkins, David Strathairn, Eileen Ryan, Candy Clark, J.C. Quinn
Sean Penn and Christopher Walken star as son and father, respectively, in this unsettling movie (based on a true story) about a father's influencing his son to turn to a life of crime in order to obtain his love. Good performances by Walken and Penn. Intense and brutal.
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Bad Manners 1997  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: Jonathan Kaufer
Cast: David Strathairn, Bonnie Bedelia, Saul Rubinek, Caroleen Feeney, Julie Harris, Robin Poley, Daniel Koch, Steve Forbert
Based on David Gilman's play "Ghost in the Machine," this is the story of a married couple, Wes (David Strathairn) and Nancy (Bonnie Bedelia), who receive a visit from Nancy's ex-lover Matt (Saul Rubinek) and his sexy new lover, Kim (Caroleen Feeney). During the evening, Wes discovers that a $50 bill is missing, and he suspects that Kim stole it, which leads to suspicion and intrigue while Kim's new computer program just might reveal a secret.
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Beyond the Call 1996 R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tony Bill
Cast: Sissy Spacek, David Strathairn, Arliss Howard, Janet Wright, Lindsay Murrell, Leslie Carlson, Ken James, Christina Collins, Andrew Sardella, Wayne Downer, Rufus Crawford, Diane D'Aquila
Pam (Sissy Spacek) reads her Connecticut newspaper and discovers that her high-school boyfriend, Russell (David Strathairn), is on death row for killing a policeman. Despite husband Keith's (Arliss Howard) objections, Pam makes many visits to Russell's South Carolina jail. While searching for a legal avenue that will lead to his freedom, Pam learns that Russell suffers from post-traumatic shock syndrome after fighting in the Vietnam War. An appeal is made, and it fails. As the execution date nears, tensions mount in the relationship of Pam and Keith.
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Big Girls Don't Cry...They Get Even 1992  PG, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
aka: Stepkids
Director: Joan Micklin Silver
Cast: Hillary Wolf, David Strathairn, Margaret Whitton, Griffin Dunne, Patricia Kalember, Adrienne Shelly, Dan Futterman, Jenny Lewis, Ben Savage, Sean Blackman, Joe D'Angerio, Googy Gress
Thirteen-year-old Laura (Hillary Wolf) gives up on trying to figure out her parents' multiple marriages, divorces, and arguments. Laura runs away from her brother's (Griffin Dunne) home in the woods where new experiences of living on her own teach her how to deal with her feelings about her family. Meanwhile, Laura's worried family members reconcile their differences in the process of searching for her.
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Blue Car 2002 R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Karen Moncrieff
Cast: David Strathairn, Agnes Bruckner, Margaret Colin, Frances Fisher, A.J. Buckley, Regan Arnold, Sarah Buehler, Dustin Sterling, Amy Benedict, Mike Ward
Troubled 18-year-old Meg (Agnes Bruckner) listens to the encouragement of her teacher, Mr. Auster (David Strathairn), and enters a poetry contest. But what started out as a teacher/student relationship crosses the line into one of betrayal.
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The Bourne Ultimatum 2007   PG-13, 111 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Paul Greengrass
Cast: Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, David Strathairn, Scott Glenn, Paddy Considine, Edgar Ramirez, Joan Allen, Albert Finney, Tom Gallop, Corey Johnson, Daniel Bruhl, Joey Ansah, Colin Stinton
Matt Damon is back as ex-assassin Jason Bourne in this third episode of Robert Ludlum's tale. Suffering from amnesia, trained assassin Bourne leaves Moscow on a quest to put together the puzzle pieces that will lead to his identity and past. A London newspaper article written by Simon Ross (Paddy Considine) offers a ray of light into Bourne's true identity, and Bourne contacts Ross. This begins the trek back during which Bourne connects again with CIA agent Nicky Parsons (Julia Stiles) who comes to his aid. But, CIA agent Noah Vosen (David Strathairn), who heads the covert Blackbriar wing, wants to cover all tracks and orders Bourne's assassination. And the deadly cat and mouse game continues–culminating in the Big Apple with Vosen directing the bloody action using a surveillance-camera system. The film received three Academy Awards: Best Film Editing, Sound Editing and Sound Mixing 1 User Review
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Broken Vows 1987  TV, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jud Taylor
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Annette O'Toole, M. Emmet Walsh, Milo O'Shea, David Groh, Madeleine Sherwood, Jean De Baer, David Strathairn, Frances Fisher, Peter Crombie
Impacted by the murder of an artist to whom he gave last rites, Catholic Priest Joseph McMahon (Tommy Lee Jones), along with the murdered man's latest of several girlfriends (Annette O'Toole), investigates the murder. In the process, he realizes that he knows little about what is going on in the neighborhood outside the church and begins to question his faith and celibacy. Made for TV.
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The Brother from Another Planet 1984 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: John Sayles
Cast: Joe Morton, Daryl Edwards, Steve(2) James, Leonard Jackson, Bill Cobbs, Maggie Renzi, Tom Wright, Ren Woods, Reggie Rock Bythewood, David Strathairn
Joe Morton plays a mute, alien slave who escapes his planet and crashes on Earth–in Harlem. Most who meet him are impressed: he fixes things AND he lets others do all the talking!
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The Climb 1998 PG-13, 94 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Bob Swaim
Cast: John Hurt, Gregory Smith, David Strathairn, Stephen McHattie, Seth Smith, Sarah Buxton, Marla Sokoloff, Matthew Ness, Michael Saccente, Tina Regtien, Oliver Hodges, Peter Rowley
This story takes place in 1950s' Baltimore where 12-year-old Danny Hines (Gregory Smith) dreams of climbing a 203-foot radio tower. Danny's father Earl (David Strathairn) has a reputation of being a coward because he did not serve in the military, and Danny believes that climbing the tower will prove that someone in the family does have courage. Unexpected help comes from ill-tempered, dying neighbor Chuck Langer (John Hurt) who has suggestions for how Danny can succeed in climbing the tower.
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A Dangerous Woman 1993 R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal
Cast: Debra Winger, Barbara Hershey, Gabriel Byrne, David Strathairn, Chloe Webb, John Terry, Paul Dooley, Laurie Metcalf, Jan Hooks, Heather Locklear
Two women vie for the attention of an itinerant worker who spends some time fixing up their house. The results of their attentions lead to unexpected results.
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Day One 1989 TV, 141 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Sargent
Cast: Brian Dennehy, David Strathairn, Michael Tucker, Hume Cronyn, Richard Dysart, Hal Holbrook, Barnard Hughes, John McMartin, David Ogden Stiers, Anne Twomey, Lawrence Dane, Ron Frazier, Olek Krupa, Gary Reineke
In this strong made-for-TV film, the story about the men who made the Atomic Bomb is told, as well as the political and morality struggles concerning its use. General Groves (Brian Dennehy) heads up the Manhattan Project and works diligently toward the single goal of building the ultimate weapon. He appoints Robert Oppenheimer (David Strathairn) to head up the Los Alamos Laboratory in New Mexico. Oppenheimer questions the consequences of their efforts but continues on to the final goal. Now it is time to drop the bomb, and the scientists witness the gruesome consequences of their efforts.
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Dominick and Eugene 1988 PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert M. Young
Cast: Ray Liotta, Tom Hulce, Jamie Lee Curtis, Robert Levine, Todd Graff, Bill Cobbs, David Strathairn, Tom Signorelli
This film explores family relationships in which one son, Eugene (Ray Liotta), is a bright medical student, while twin Dominick (Tom Hulce) is mentally retarded and works as a trash collector.
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 Eight Men Out 1988 PG, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Sayles
Cast: D.B. Sweeney, David Strathairn, Charlie Sheen, John Cusack, John Sayles, Perry Lang, Michael Rooker, John Mahoney, Michael Lerner, Christopher Lloyd, Clifton James, Don Harvey, Jace Alexander, James Read, Gordon Clapp
In 1919, members of the Chicago White Sox conspired to lose the World Series for personal gain. Known as the "Black Sox" scandal, this is the story of how eight team members deliberately lost the World Series because of a labor dispute with the White Sox owner, Charles Comiskey (Clifton James). Third baseman Buck Weaver (John Cusack) spent years trying to prove his innocence after the eight players were suspended for life.
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Enormous Changes at the Last Minute 1983 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Trumps
Director: Mirra Bank, Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer
Cast: Maria Tucci, Sudie Bond, David Strathairn, Ellen Barkin, Ron McLarty, Jeffrey DeMunn, Zvee Scooler, Kevin Bacon
Based on Grace Paley's collection of stories, this trilogy reveals hidden secrets involved in three New York women's lives, depicting meanings behind their successes and failures.
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The Firm 1993 R, 154 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gene Hackman, Hal Holbrook, Holly Hunter, Terry Kinney, Wilford Brimley, Ed Harris, David Strathairn, Gary Busey, Steven Hill, Tobin Bell, Barbara Garrick, Jerry Hardin, Paul Calderon
Mitch McDeere (Tom Cruise) moves his schoolteacher wife Abby (Jeanne Tripplehorn) to Memphis after his graduation from Harvard Law School. His choice of the prestigious, but small, law firm in Memphis turns out to be an unwise choice as Mitch begins to suspect that the firm is involved in murder and the mob. Based on John Grisham's novel.
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 Fracture 2007 R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Gregory Hoblit
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Gosling, David Strathairn, Rosamund Pike, Embeth Davidtz, Billy Burke, Cliff Curtis, Fiona Shaw, Bob Gunton, Josh Stamberg, Xander Berkeley, Zoe Kazan, Judith Scott, Gary Cervantes
Aeronautical engineer Ted Crawford (Anthony Hopkins) and young attorney Willy Beachum (Ryan Gosling) match wits when Crawford acts as his own attorney after he is accused of shooting his wife Jennifer (Embeth Davidtz). Jennifer has survived the shooting but remains comatose, and what at first looked like an open-and-shut case turns out to be not so easy when Ted begins finding holes in Willy's case. Willy's future employer, Nikki Gardner (Rosamund Pike), tries to get him to walk away, but Willy will not give up until the court puts Ted away for life.
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Freedom Song 2000 TV, 150 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Phil Alden Robinson
Cast: Danny Glover, Vicellous Reon Shannon, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Loretta Devine, Glynn Turman, Stan Shaw, Michael Jai White, John Beasley, Jason Weaver, David Strathairn
In the 1960s, Mississippi's segregation days were about to end; this film's focus is on the efforts of the SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee). The lead role is that of Owen Walker (Vicellous Reon Shannon) who learns what his father, Will (Danny Glover), already knows: the trials and tribulations of organizing local Blacks to combat segregation.
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A Good Baby 1998 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Katherine Dieckmann
Cast: Henry Thomas, David Strathairn, Cara Seymour, Danny Nelson, Jayne Morgan, Allison Glenn, Jerry Foster, Jerry Rushing, Emilie Jacobs, Hannah Grady
Set in North Carolina's backwoods, this story revolves around loner Raymond Toker's (Henry Thomas) search for the mother of an abandoned baby. At the same time, the very sinister Truman Lester (David Strathairn) arrives in town looking for the baby.
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Good Night, and Good Luck 2005 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Clooney
Cast: David Strathairn, George Clooney, Robert Downey Jr., Patricia Clarkson, Ray Wise, Frank Langella, Jeff Daniels, Tate Donovan, Thomas McCarthy, Matt Ross, Reed Diamond, Robert John Burke
This film recreates events surrounding the March, 1954, TV broadcast when journalist Edward R. Murrow (David Strathairn) took on Senator Joseph McCarthy on his show, "See it Now." George Clooney's film inter-cuts between Murrow and the real Senator McCarthy bring a sense of reality to the film. The film received six Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Actor (David Strathairn), and Director.
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Harrison's Flowers 2000 R, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Elie Chouraqui
Cast: Andie MacDowell, David Strathairn, Elias Koteas, Adrien Brody, Brendan Gleeson, Alun Armstrong, Scott Anton, Diane Baker, Dragan Antonik, Quinn Shephard
Newsweek photojournalist Harrison Lloyd (David Strathairn) agrees to one last assignment before devoting himself to his wife, children, and hothouse orchids. Thus, he heads off to war-torn Croatia and is soon reported missing and presumed dead. His wife, Sarah (Andie MacDowell), has a gut feeling that Harrison is alive and flies to the Balkans in search of him.
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Heat Wave 1990 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Kevin Hooks
Cast: Cicely Tyson, Blair Underwood, James Earl Jones, Sally Kirkland, David Strathairn, Robert Hooks, Adam Arkin, Margaret Avery, Charlie Korsmo
Good acting and story make this made-for-TV film, based on the 1965 Watts riots, worth watching
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Home for the Holidays 1995 PG-13, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jodie Foster
Cast: Holly Hunter, Robert Downey Jr., Anne Bancroft, Dylan McDermott, Charles Durning, Geraldine Chaplin, Steve Guttenberg, Cynthia Stevenson, Claire Danes, Austin Pendleton, Emily Ann Lloyd, Amy Yasbeck, Zack Duhame, David Strathairn, James Lecesne
Single-mom Claudia Larson (Holly Hunter) comes home to Baltimore for the Thanksgiving weekend at her parents' (Charles Durning and Anne Bancroft) home. Her dysfunctional family banters their way through a neurotic nightmare of a family reunion that is not to be believed. Nevertheless, it is an enjoyable film about a larger-than-life family who survives the holiday in its own unique manner.
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Iceman 1984 PG, 99 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Fred Schepisi
Cast: Timothy Hutton, Lindsay Crouse, John Lone, Josef Sommer, David Strathairn, Philip Akin, Danny Glover, Amelia Hall, Stephen E. Miller, James Tolkan
After being frozen for 40,000 years, a Neanderthal man (John Lone), is brought back to life and befriended by Doctor Stanley Shephard (Timothy Hutton) who teaches him the art of communication in the modern-day world.
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 L.A. Confidential 1997 R, 138 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Curtis Hanson
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, James Cromwell, David Strathairn, Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito, Paul(2) Guilfoyle, Ron Rifkin, Matt McCoy, Paolo Seganti, Steve Rankin, Graham Beckel, Elisabeth Granli, Sandra Taylor
This crime story is set in Hollywood in the 1950s and features police detectives Jack Vincennes and Bud White (Kevin Spacey and Russell Crowe) whose ethical behavior is definitely suspect. Then there is Ed Exley (Guy Pearce) who is a "strictly by the book" cop despite the fact that his captain, Dudley Smith (James Cromwell), tries to get him to relax his morals. In this atmosphere, crimes are investigated, but it is not always the guilty who pay. This film, based on James Ellroy's novel, is one of the year's best. Two Oscars were received, including Best Supporting Actress (Kim Basinger for her role as call-girl Lynn Bracken); seven other nominations were received, including Best Picture and Director.
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Lathe of Heaven 2002 TV, 90 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Philip Haas
Cast: James Caan, Lukas Haas, Lisa Bonet, David Strathairn, Sheila McCarthy, Serge Houde, Suzanne Desautels, Belinda Hum, Tetsuro Shigematsu, Jonathan Higgins
This made-for-cable TV remake of Ursula K. LeGuin's novel stars Lukas Haas as the young man whose visions and dreams begin to come true. Trouble lies ahead when he goes to a psychiatrist (James Caan), who has plans for putting the dreams together to form his own Utopia. Stick with the 1980 version.
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A League of Their Own 1992 PG, 124 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Penny Marshall
Cast: Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Lori Petty, Madonna, Rosie O'Donnell, Megan Cavanagh, Tracy Reiner, David Strathairn, Garry Marshall, Bill Pullman, Tea Leoni, Jon Lovitz, Bitty Schram, Don S. Davis, Ann Cusack
During World War II, the All-American Girls' Professional Baseball League was formed to make up for the dearth of men playing the sport. This is the story of one team in the league, the Rockford Peaches, and centers on Oregon sisters Dottie and Kit (Geena Davis and Lori Petty) who come to Chicago to play ball. Other players who also make the team include Mae Mordabito (Madonna), Doris Murphy (Rosie O'Donnell), and Marla Hooch (Megan Cavanagh). The team's owner (Garry Marshall) picks ex-baseball star Jimmy Dugan (Tom Hanks), who ruined his career with alcoholism, as the manager. Training begins, Dugan stops drinking, and the underdog team works hard and gains success.
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Limbo 1999 R, 126 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Sayles
Cast: Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, David Strathairn, Vanessa Martinez, Kris Kristofferson, Casey Siemaszko, Kathryn Grody, Rita Taggart, Leo Burmester, Michael Laskin, Herminio Ramos, Dawn McInturff, Tom Biss, Jimmy MacDonell, Monica Brandner, Merit Carlson-van Dort
Set in the harsh reality of Alaska, this tale is told through a frontier diary and involves three floundering characters: Joe Gastineau (David Strathairn) who long ago was traumatized by an accident while fishing, lounge singer Donna De Angelo (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, and Donna's angry teenage daughter Noelle (Vanessa Martinez). They are drawn together by circumstances and then are suddenly stranded at the center of a wilderness while Joe tries to hide from a group that wants to kill him.
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Losing Isaiah 1995 R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal
Cast: Jessica Lange, Halle Berry, David Strathairn, Daisy Eagan, Marc John Jefferies, Samuel L. Jackson, Cuba Gooding Jr., Joie Lee, Regina Taylor, LaTanya Richardson
Social worker Margaret Lewin (Jessica Lange) adopts an abandoned baby. Two years later, recovered crack addict Khalia Richards (Halle Berry) returns to claim her son.
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Lost in Yonkers 1993 PG, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Martha Coolidge
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Mercedes Ruehl, Irene Worth, Brad Stoll, Mike Damus, David Strathairn, Robert Miranda, Jack Laufer, Susan Merson, Illya Hause, Calvin Stillwell, Dick Hagerman, Jesse Vincent, Peter Gannon, Howard Newstate
Uncle Louie (Richard Dreyfuss) becomes the center of attention for two young nephews Jay and Arty (Brad Stoll and Mike Damus) when they visit their grandmother. Never mind that Uncle Louie has a few criminal tendencies, he is one of the most interesting characters these two lads have run into during their short lives. Then there's Aunt Bella (Mercedes Ruehl), or is it Crazy Aunt Bella? A good job on this Neil Simon story.
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Lovesick 1983 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Marshall Brickman
Cast: Dudley Moore, Alec Guinness, Elizabeth McGovern, John Huston, Wallace Shawn, Alan King, Renee Taylor, Ron Silver, Gene Saks, David Strathairn, Christine Baranski, Kent Broadhurst, Anne DeSalvo
Saul Benjamin (Dudley Moore) is a married psychiatrist who is about to commit the #1 professional taboo: he is falling in love with his patient Chloe Allen (Elizabeth McGovern). He ignores the advice of Sigmund Freud's ghost (Alec Guinness) and enters into a passionate affair with Chloe. Will he eventually heed Freud's advice or continue with the affair?
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A Map of the World 1999 R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Scott Elliott
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Julianne Moore, David Strathairn, Arliss Howard, Chloe Sevigny, Louise Fletcher, Ron Lea, Sara Rue, Aunjanue Ellis, Nicole Ari Parker
Alice Goodwin (Sigourney Weaver) is a stressed-out mother and school nurse. She has good reason for her problems: one day after agreeing to take care of her best friend's (Julianne Moore) daughter, the child drowned. Add to this the accusation of abuse brought by one of the students. And, as if that isn't enough, Alice ends up in a jail cell–hated by prison mates and ex-friends as well.
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Matewan 1987 PG-13, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Sayles
Cast: Chris Cooper, Mary McDonnell, James Earl Jones, Will Oldham, Jace Alexander, Ken Jenkins, Joe Grifasi, David Strathairn, Bob Gunton, Kevin Tighe, Gordon Clapp, John Sayles, Josh Mostel, Nancy Mette
This is the story of the massacre of striking West Virginia coal miners in 1920 and the animosities between White American miners and Italian and Black migrant workers who were hired as scabs. Union activist Joe Kenehan (Chris Cooper) is sent in by the United Mine Workers to organize the union, and, over time, the fighting groups begin to work together. "Matewan" is a good depiction of how immigrants and minorities were treated in the early 20th century.
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 Memphis Belle 1990 PG-13, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Caton-Jones
Cast: Matthew Modine, Eric Stoltz, Tate Donovan, D.B. Sweeney, Billy Zane, Sean Astin, Harry Connick Jr., John Lithgow, David Strathairn, Jane Horrocks
This story is based on the true experiences of the 10 men who made up the crew of the "Memphis Belle," a giant World War II B-17 bomber. These airmen had been promised that they would be sent home following the dangerous mission of bombing Bremen, Germany.
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 A Midsummer Night's Dream 1999 PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
aka: William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream
Director: Michael Hoffman
Cast: Kevin Kline, Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Everett, Stanley Tucci, Calista Flockhart, Anna Friel, Christian Bale, Dominic West, David Strathairn, Sophie Marceau, Roger Rees, Sam Rockwell, Gregory Jbara, Bill Irwin, Max Wright
One of the marvels of Shakespeare's comedies is that they are timeless. This version of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is set in 19th-century Tuscany, and the star-crossed lovers Nick Bottom and Titania (Kevin Kline and Michelle Pfeiffer) ride bicycles to their moonlight rendezvous.
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The Miracle Worker 2000 TV, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nadia Tass
Cast: Alison Elliott, Hallie Kate Eisenberg, David Strathairn, Lucas Black, Kate Greenhouse, Damir Andrei, Patricia Gage, Stewart Arnott, Kevin Duhaney, Eugene Lipinski, Twila Provencher, Liam Robinson, Jackie Richardson, Stephanie Sams, Andrew Prine
In this Disney TV remake of William Gibson's biographical play about blind, deaf, and mute Helen Keller, Hallie Kate Eisenberg takes on the role of Helen. Alison Elliott co-stars as Helen's tutor Annie Sullivan whose perseverance draws Helen into communicating with the real world. The story gets the message across to the young ones about the difficulties associated with handicaps and Helen Keller's amazing triumph in dealing with her situation.
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Mother Night 1996 R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Keith Gordon
Cast: Nick Nolte, Sheryl Lee, Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Kirsten Dunst, Arye Gross, Frankie Faison, David Strathairn, Henry Gibson, Bernard Behrens
Based on Kurt Vonnegut's novel, this is the story of Howard W. Campbell Jr. (Nick Nolte) who is recruited as a spy for the US during World War II. Following the war, he comes to NYC where 15 years later a neo-Nazi newspaper airs his address, and Campbell must come to terms with his true feelings about Nazism.
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My Blueberry Nights 2007 PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Wong Kar Wai
Cast: Norah Jones, Jude Law, David Strathairn, Rachel Weisz, Natalie Portman, Frankie Faison, Cat Power, Adriane Lenox, Benjamin Kanes, John Malloy, Chad R. Davis, Katya Blumenberg, Michael Delano, Bill Hollis
Elizabeth (Norah Jones) suffers a rough breakup with her boyfriend and, hoping to find peace following the storm, leaves her new friend, cafe owner Jeremy (Jude Law), behind and sets off on a cross-country trip. To pay for her expenses, Elizabeth finds temporary waitress jobs along the way. Among those she meets on her trek are alcoholic cop Arnie (David Strathairn) and his partying wife Sue Lynne (Rachel Weisz) who are patrons at a bar Elizabeth works at in Memphis. After Arnie kills himself, Elizabeth comforts Sue Lynne. Later, while working as a cocktail waitress in Nevada, Elizabeth becomes involved with compulsive gambler Leslie (Natalie Portman). Through these lost souls, Elizabeth learns how to conquor her own loneliness.
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The Notorious Bettie Page 2006 R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mary Harron
Cast: Gretchen Mol, Chris Bauer, Jared Harris, Sarah Paulson, Cara Seymour, David Strathairn, Lili Taylor, John Cullum, Matt McGrath, Austin Pendleton, Norman Reedus, Tara Subkoff, Dallas Roberts, Victor Slezak
The personal and professional lives of one of America's first sex icons, Bettie Page (Gretchen Mol), who was a pin-up model in the 1950s, is the subject of this biography that begins and ends with Estes Kefauver's Senate Sub-committee hearings on the subject of pornography.
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Passion Fish 1992 R, 138 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Sayles
Cast: Mary McDonnell, Alfre Woodard, David Strathairn, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Angela Bassett, Lenore Banks, Maggie Renzi, Sheila Kelley, Tom Wright
May-Alice (Mary McDonnell) had been a television star before she was hit and paralyzed by a New York cab. Depressed and drowning her sorrows in alcohol, she returns home to Louisiana where the friendship with her nurse Chantelle (Alfre Woodard) changes both women's lives. McDonnell was nominated for an Oscar.
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Return of the Secaucus 7 1980 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Sayles
Cast: Bruce MacDonald, Maggie Renzi, Adam LeFevre, Maggie Cousineau, Gordon Clapp, Jean Passanante, Karen Trott, Mark Arnott, David Strathairn, John Sayles
The budget was low for this film, but the impact and performances are top notch. College grads return for a reunion, having gone in different directions from their radical beginnings in the 1960s. It is more than the story of this group–it is the story of a generation. "The Big Chill," made three years later, has the same theme.
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The River Wild 1994 PG-13, 108 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Curtis Hanson
Cast: Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon, David Strathairn, Joseph Mazzello, John C. Reilly, William Lucking, Elizabeth Hoffman, Victor Galloway, Benjamin Bratt, Glenn Morshower
Gail (Meryl Streep) and Tom (David Strathairn) try to solve their marital problems by taking son Roarke (Joseph Mazzello) on a rafting trip in Montana. Along the way, they become entangled with robbers on the run who aren't afraid to kill. The climax is a daring attempt to run "the gauntlet", a VERY dangerous white water run. Predictable clone of "Deliverance" with good photography.
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Silkwood 1983  R, 132 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Mike Nichols
Cast: Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher, Craig T. Nelson, Diana Scarwid, Fred Ward, Ron Silver, Josef Sommer, David Strathairn, M. Emmet Walsh, Charles Hallahan, Sudie Bond, Bruce McGill, J.C. Quinn, Henderson Forsythe
Based on true events, this film is the story of Karen Silkwood (Meryl Streep), a 28-year-old worker in a plutonium plant, who is accidentally exposed to radiation. Karen has lived a ribald life as a hard-drinking woman living with her lover Drew (Kurt Russell) and lesbian friend Polly (Cher). As Karen investigates the illness caused by her exposure to the radiation, she gathers information about plant violations and sets out to divulge supposed nuclear violations. But, on her way to the meeting with a reporter, she dies in a mysterious car crash, which prevents her from revealing plant violations. Academy Award nominations were received for Best Actress (Streep), Supporting Actress (Cher), and Director.
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 Simon Birch 1998 PG, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mark Steven Johnson
Cast: Ian Michael Smith, Joseph Mazzello, Ashley Judd, Oliver Platt, David Strathairn, Dana Ivey, Beatrice Winde, Jan Hooks, Cecilley Carroll, Jim Carrey
Simon is a young dwarf who deals with his small stature through a firm belief that he is a part of God's plan. Simon forms a friendship with Joe Wenteworth (Joseph Mazzello) and is understood by Joe's loving mother, Rebecca (Ashley Judd).
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Sneakers 1992 PG-13, 121 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Phil Alden Robinson
Cast: Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier, Ben Kingsley, Dan Aykroyd, David Strathairn, River Phoenix, Mary McDonnell, Timothy Busfield, James Earl Jones, Stephen Tobolowsky
Computer expert Bishop (Robert Redford) works with "Sneakers"–a group of men who know how to gather security information. Government agents use Bishop's shady past to coerce him and his group into stealing a "black box" that is capable of breaking any government code.
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The Spiderwick Chronicles 2008 PG, 97 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Mark Waters
Cast: Freddie Highmore, Mary-Louise Parker, Nick Nolte, Sarah Bolger, Andrew McCarthy, Joan Plowright, David Strathairn, Seth Rogen, Martin Short, Jordy Benattar, Tod Fennell, Mariah Inger, Tyler Patrick Jones
After ending her marriage, Helen (Mary-Louise Parker) moves with her children–nine-year-old twins Jared and Simon (both played by Freddie Highmore) and their 13-year-old sister Mallory (Sarah Bolger)–into a creepy country home inherited from her Aunt Lucinda (Joan Plowright) who is now in a mental institution. Jared misses his father and has a hot temper. So, when strange things begin to happen, Jared is suspected. But, Jared joins with his siblings in trying to figure out what is going on, and Jared discovers a dusty book with a note containing instructions to not open it. Of course, Jared opens the book and reads about magical creatures living in the woods near the house. Soon after, the children meet a hobgoblin Hogsqueal (voice of Seth Rogen) and a brownie Thimbletack (voice of Martin Short). Now they learn about an ogre Mulgarath (voice of Nick Nolte) who covets the book because it will give him the secrets necessary to rule the world. Will the children be able to protect themselves, and the world, from the army of goblins gathering on their lawn?
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 Twisted 2004 R, 96 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Philip Kaufman
Cast: Ashley Judd, Samuel L. Jackson, Andy Garcia, David Strathairn, Russell Wong, Camryn Manheim, Mark Pellegrino, Titus Welliver, D.W. Moffett, Richard T. Jones, Leland Orser, James Oliver Bullock
The emotional stability of homicide detective Jessica Shepard (Ashley Judd) leaves much to be desired, but she takes a downhill spiral on her first case when she finds that she had at least one-night stands with all of the victims.
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The Uninvited 2009 PG-13, 87 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Charles Guard, Thomas Guard
Cast: Emily Browning, Arielle Kebbel, David Strathairn, Elizabeth Banks, Maya Massar, Kevin McNulty, Jesse Moss, Dean Paul Gibson, Don S. Davis, Lex Burnham, Matthew Bristol, Danny Bristol, Heather Doerksen, Alf Humphreys, Ryan Cowie
Anna's (Emily Browning) mother has died, and Anna returns to the family home after almost a year in a mental facility trying to cope with her mother's untimely death. Shocking news awaits when Anna learns that her mother's former nurse, Rachel (Elizabeth Banks), is now engaged to be married to Anna's father, Stephen (David Strathairn). The ghost of Anna's mother (Maya Massar) appears and tells Anna that there is more to Rachel than meets the eye and that she is evil. Now, Anna and her sister Alex (Arielle Kebbel) investigate Rachel's past, and they begin to suspect that Rachel may be a murderess who marries wealthy men and then kills off their kids. Will Anna and Alex be the next victims?
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 We Are Marshall 2006 PG, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: McG
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Matthew Fox, Ian McShane, Anthony Mackie, David Strathairn, Kate Mara, January Jones, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Arlen Escarpeta, Brian Geraghty, Tommy Cresswell, Christian Kanupke
Based on the true story of the 1970 plane crash that took the lives of 75 Marshall University football players, parents, coaches, and alumni, this story involves the efforts of new head coach Jack Lengyel (Matthew McConaughey) and his assistant, Red Dawson (Matthew Fox), to create a new team and lift the spirits of Marshall fans.
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When Nature Calls 1985 R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: The Outdoorsters
Director: Charles Kaufman
Cast: David Orange, Barbara Marineau, Nicky Beim, Tina Marie Staiano, David Strathairn, Silas Davis, Mike Brancato, Patricia Clement, Scott Perrin, Ted Brooks
Movies and TV series are spoofed in this Troma offering. Set in a theater, movie trailers are shown followed by the feature attraction, "The Outdoorsters." Greg (David Orange) is tired of the rat race so he moves his family to the wilderness, and the fun begins. Several cameo appearances.
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With Friends Like These 1998 R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Philip Messina
Cast: Robert Costanzo, David Strathairn, Adam Arkin, Beverly D'Angelo, Jon Tenney, Jon Polito, Elle Macpherson, Bill Murray, Amy Madigan, Laura San Giacomo
In this Hollywood farce, four stereotypical actors compete for a role as Al Capone in Martin Scorsese's upcoming feature film. When Johnny DiMartino (Robert Costanzo) got the call to read for a part, he made the mistake of telling his actor friends. Backstabbing becomes the rule of the day.
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| 1. At Close Range (1986)
2. Bad Manners (1997)
3. Beyond the Call (1996)
4. Big Girls Don't Cry...They Get Even (1992)
aka: Stepkids
5. Blue Car (2002)
6. The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
7. Broken Vows (1987)
8. The Brother from Another Planet (1984)
9. Call Me (1988)
10. The Climb (1998)
11. A Dangerous Woman (1993)
12. Day One (1989)
13. Dolores Claiborne (1995)
14. Dominick and Eugene (1988)
15. Eight Men Out (1988)
16. Enormous Changes at the Last Minute (1983)
aka: Trumps
17. The Firm (1993)
18. Fracture (2007)
19. Freedom Song (2000)
20. A Good Baby (1998)
21. Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)
22. Harrison's Flowers (2000)
23. Heat Wave (1990)
24. Home for the Holidays (1995)
25. Iceman (1984)
26. In the Gloaming (1997)
27. L.A. Confidential (1997)
28. Lathe of Heaven (2002)
29. A League of Their Own (1992)
30. Limbo (1999)
31. Losing Isaiah (1995)
32. Lost in Yonkers (1993)
33. Lovesick (1983)
34. A Map of the World (1999)
35. Matewan (1987)
36. Memphis Belle (1990)
37. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)
aka: William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream
38. The Miracle Worker (2000)
39. Mother Night (1996)
40. My Blueberry Nights (2007)
41. The Notorious Bettie Page (2006)
42. O Pioneers! (1992)
43. Passion Fish (1992)
44. Return of the Secaucus 7 (1980)
45. The River Wild (1994)
46. Silkwood (1983)
47. Simon Birch (1998)
48. Sneakers (1992)
49. The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
50. Twisted (2004)
51. The Uninvited (2009)
52. We Are Marshall (2006)
53. When Nature Calls (1985)
aka: The Outdoorsters
54. With Friends Like These (1998)
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