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- DirectorMarlon BrandoStarsMarlon BrandoKarl MaldenPina PellicerAfter robbing a bank in Mexico, Dad Longworth absconds with the loot leaving his partner Rio to be captured by the Rurales. Rio escapes prison but struggles with his conflicting desires to love Dad's stepdaughter Louise and to get revenge.Cinemax
- DirectorJohn GuillerminStarsPeter UstinovMia FarrowSimon MacCorkindaleAs Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board. Can Poirot identify the killer before the ship reaches the end of its journey?Showtime
- DirectorSidney LanfieldStarsBob HopeMadeleine CarrollGale SondergaardKaren Bentley, an English secret agent, links up with Larry Haines and his star penguin Percy in an attempt to outwit German spies.American Movie Classics (AMC)
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsJack LemmonWalter MatthauPaula PrentissDuring a high-profile Mafia testimony case in California's Riverside County, a hired killer checks into a hotel room near the courthouse, while his depressed next-door neighbor wants to commit suicide over marital problems.Turner Classic Movies (TCM)
- DirectorSilvio NarizzanoStarsTallulah BankheadStefanie PowersPeter VaughanA young woman is terrorized by her deceased fiancé's demented mother who blames her for her son's death.Encore
- DirectorRichard DonnerStarsBill MurrayKaren AllenJohn ForsytheA selfish, cynical television executive is haunted by three spirits bearing lessons on Christmas Eve.HBO
- DirectorPaul WeilandStarsBill CosbyTom CourtenayJoe Don BakerSecret Agent Leonard Parker (Bill Cosby) is called out of retirement to save the world from evil genius Medusa Johnson (Gloria Foster).Comedy Central
- DirectorSidney LanfieldStarsBob HopeLucille BallWilliam DemarestA young girl is left with the notoriously cheap Sorrowful Jones as a marker for a bet. Her father disappears and he learns that taking care of her cramps his free-wheeling life. Sorrowful must evade gangsters and do some horse-thieving.American Movie Classics (AMC)
- DirectorCarl ReinerStarsJohn CandyRichard CrennaRip TornAn overworked air-traffic controller takes his family on a beach vacation but is soon beset by series of mishaps.Cinemax
- DirectorJames DeardenStarsBen KingsleyCharles DanceKevork MalikyanA secret agent in Turkey is persuaded by his superiors to assist a couple of English cons in the theft of a priceless Greek statue.Encore
- DirectorLuc BessonStarsBruce WillisMilla JovovichGary OldmanIn the colorful future, a cab driver unwittingly becomes the central figure in the search for a legendary cosmic weapon to keep Evil and Mr. Zorg at bay.HBO
- DirectorMax VarnelStarsDermot WalshWendy WilliamsIan FlemingAn international race car driver is informed he'll never walk again, then regains his will to live through the efforts of his wife and a sympathetic race care manufacturer.Showtime
- DirectorDaniel MannStarsElizabeth TaylorLaurence HarveyEddie FisherA beautiful New York model and socialite enjoys a very active night-life, but all things change when she falls for a married man and the consequences are tragic.Turner Classic Movies (TCM)
- DirectorRay EnrightStarsSterling HaydenForrest TuckerArleen WhelanIn Arizona,during the 1870s, rancher Tex McCloud and cavalry Lt. Tom Blaine race to capture the famous renegade outlaw Ute leader known as the Sidewinder.American Movie Classics (AMC)
- DirectorNick CastleStarsLucy DeakinsJay UnderwoodBonnie BedeliaAn autistic boy who dreams of flying touches everyone he meets, including a new family who has moved in after their father dies.TNT
- DirectorJohn SaylesStarsJohn CusackClifton JamesJace AlexanderA dramatization of the Black Sox scandal when the underpaid Chicago White Sox accepted bribes to deliberately lose the 1919 World Series.Cinemax
- DirectorMichael RubboStarsLucas EvansAnthony RogersJill StanleyWhen the joker Tommy Tricker plays some practical jokes on some of his friends, his best friend Ralph, a stamp collector, discovers the secret of "stamp travel" to make him travel around the world on a stamp to bring back the mysterious Charles Merriweather, who never returned on a stamp for 75 years.Showtime
- DirectorDavid LeanStarsJudy DavisVictor BanerjeePeggy AshcroftCultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English educator.Encore
- DirectorMartin RittStarsPaul NewmanLaurence HarveyClaire BloomTravelers in the 1870s Southwest discuss a recent murder trial in which all the principals told differing stories about the events.Turner Classic Movies (TCM)
- DirectorStuart CooperStarsHarry HamlinMädchen AmickHannes JaenickeInsurance investigator Samantha Clark goes deep into a Pacific Northwest forest to retrieve $12 million from a crashed airplane. While there she meets a mysterious mountain man who claims he can help her hunt down the money but instead he ends up hunting her.USA Network
- DirectorAdam ResnickStarsChris ElliottRitch BrinkleyJames GammonA snobby finishing school graduate mistakenly winds up on an ill-fated fishing boat and faces the wrath of a crew that considers him bad luck.HBO
- DirectorArthur LubinStarsNelson EddySusanna FosterClaude RainsAn acid-scarred composer rises from the Paris sewers to boost his favorite opera understudy's career.American Movie Classics (AMC)
- DirectorStephen WilliamsStarsRon SilverChauncey LeopardiNatanya RossA teen obsessed with horror films befriends a vampire who leads him to a whole coven of vampires that hide beneath the New York subways.Showtime
- DirectorNoel NosseckStarsAnne ArcherAlan FudgeEllen GeerA single radio psychiatrist takes in a runaway boy she sponsors in a foster parents program.Lifetime
- DirectorKenneth JohnsonStarsShaquille O'NealAnnabeth GishJudd NelsonA scientist for the military turns himself into a cartoon-like superhero when a version of one of his own weapons is being used against enemies.Cinemax
- DirectorJoseph H. LewisStarsRandolph ScottBarbara HaleJay C. FlippenAn officer accused of cowardice volunteers to bring back General Custers's body after Little Big Horn.TNT
- DirectorDavid ZuckerStarsLeslie NielsenPriscilla PresleyGeorge KennedyLieutenant Frank Drebin discovers that his ex-girlfriend's new beau is involved in a plot to kidnap a scientist who advocates solar energy.HBO
- DirectorJohn GuillerminStarsJim BrownLee Van CleefPatrick O'NealThe El Condor, the fabled Mexican stronghold rumoured to contain Emperor Maximilian's mythical reserves in gold, will attract two adventurous fortune seekers, who with eyes gleaming with desire, will shortly know that only fools rush in.TBS Superstation
- DirectorKen HughesHenry HathawayBryan ForbesStarsKim NovakLaurence HarveyRobert MorleyA medical student becomes obsessed with his faithless lover.Turner Classic Movies (TCM)
- DirectorMick GarrisStarsAnthony PerkinsCCH PounderHenry ThomasNorman Bates recalls his childhood with his abusive mother while fearing his unborn child will inherit his split personality disorder.USA Network
- DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsLoretta YoungRobert CummingsWendell CoreyA beautiful psychology professor tries to hide a self-defense killing.American Movie Classics (AMC)
- DirectorAlan J. PakulaStarsDustin HoffmanRobert RedfordJack Warden"The Washington Post" reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Richard Nixon's resignation.Encore
- DirectorClaude ChabrolStarsBruce DernStéphane AudranSydne RomeBored aristocratic Parisian couples begin affairs with each other which only brings trouble.Showtime
- DirectorRobert BorisStarsRob LoweAlly SheedyAmanda PaysA young American hustler pursues the girl of his dreams to Oxford, where he must enroll to obtain her.Cinemax
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsJack NicholsonPierce BrosnanSarah Jessica ParkerEarth is invaded by Martians with unbeatable weapons and a cruel sense of humor.HBO
- DirectorDavid ButlerStarsBing CrosbyBob HopeDorothy LamourTwo carefree castaways on a desert shore find an Arabian Nights city, where they compete for the luscious Princess Shalmar.American Movie Classics (AMC)
- DirectorDanny DeVitoStarsDanny DeVitoBilly CrystalKim GreistA bitter ex-husband wants his former spouse dead. A put-upon momma's boy wants his mother dead. Who will pull it off?Comedy Central
- DirectorWilliam CoselJames GoldstoneStarsJaclyn SmithDavid DukesMaureen StapletonA precocious child has a profound effect on the lives of a successful Broadway producer and her husband.Odyssey Network
- DirectorRoy Ward BakerStarsRalph BatesMartine BeswickGerald SimA Victorian scientist tests a serum that transforms him into a sensuous murderess.Sci-Fi Channel
- DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsLaurence HarveyCapucineJane FondaA man arrives in New Orleans searching for his former girlfriend, an artist who now works in a bordello.Turner Classic Movies (TCM)
- DirectorGeorge StevensStarsAlan LaddJean ArthurVan HeflinA weary gunfighter in 1880s Wyoming begins to envision a quieter life after befriending a homestead family with a young son who idolizes him, but a smoldering range war forces him to act.Showtime
- DirectorBarry SonnenfeldStarsAnjelica HustonRaul JuliaChristopher LloydCon artists plan to fleece an eccentric family using an accomplice who claims to be their long-lost uncle.Cinemax
- DirectorDavid Hugh JonesStarsAnne BancroftAnthony HopkinsJudi DenchTrue story of a transatlantic business correspondence about used books that developed into a close friendship.Encore
- DirectorSheldon LettichStarsMark DacascosStacey TravisGeoffrey LewisEx-Special Forces soldier Louis Stevens returns to Miami to find his former high school overrun by drugs and violence. A master of the Brazilian martial art, capoeira, Stevens pledges to straighten out a dozen of the school's worst students by teaching them this demanding and highly-disciplined fighting style. Slowly, his program begins to work, giving the students new hope and purpose. But the local drug lord, himself a martial arts expert, vows to stop Stevens' positive influence. Now Stevens must fight to save his own life, as well as the lives of his rebellious young students.HBO
- DirectorJohn FordStarsJeffrey HunterWoody StrodeConstance TowersRespected Black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior officer.American Movie Classics (AMC)
- DirectorStephen KesslerStarsChevy ChaseBeverly D'AngeloRandy QuaidIn the fourth outing for the vacation franchise, the Griswolds have to survive Vegas fever when they go to Las Vegas for a fun family vacation.Cinemax
- DirectorRobert ShayeStarsChris YoungKeith CooganAeryk EganA reminiscence of youth in the 1950's.Showtime
- DirectorMichael SchaackClive A. SmithStarsCatherine O'HaraDave ThomasMelissa AltroPippi is a little girl who lives alone in her house, while her father is sailing the seas. With Pippi we meet her horse, her monkey and her two friends Tommy and Anika. Together they go on many journeys through the neighborhood.Disney Channel
- DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsJane FondaVanessa RedgraveJason RobardsAt the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany.American Movie Classics (AMC)
- DirectorElia KazanStarsNatalie WoodWarren BeattyPat HingleThe love of high school sweethearts Deanie and Bud is weighed down by the oppressive expectations of their parents and society in smalltown Kansas in 1928, threatening the future of their relationship.Turner Classic Movies (TCM)
- DirectorCharles ShyerStarsDiane KeatonSam ShepardHarold RamisThe life of super-yuppie J.C. is thrown into turmoil when she inherits a baby from a distant relative.TNT
- DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsKurt RussellJack WardenGerrit GrahamWhen the owner of a struggling used car lot is killed, it's up to the lot's hot-shot salesman to save the property from falling into the hands of the owner's ruthless brother and used-car rival.Encore
- DirectorFrank A. CappelloStarsRussell CroweHelen SlaterEtsushi ToyokawaWhen an op goes wrong and FBI agent Zack's partner dies, his search for the one responsible takes him to a yakuza in Japan. A mob boss wants revenge for his son's death and Zack's his target.Cinemax
- DirectorPeter FaimanStarsPaul HoganLinda KozlowskiJohn MeillonAn American reporter goes to the Australian outback to meet an eccentric crocodile poacher and invites him to New York City.Showtime
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsAileen QuinnAlbert FinneyCarol BurnettA spunky young orphan is taken in by a rich eccentric, much to the chagrin of the cantankerous woman who runs the orphanage.Disney Channel
- DirectorBill CorcoranStarsDonna MillsDavid BeecroftWinston RekertAt a party Maggie Holloway, a photographer, is delighted to see again her stepmother after such a long time. Shortly after, the old lady is found murdered. Maggie decides to investigate strange incidents surrounding a retirement home.Fox Family Channel
- DirectorGabrielle BeaumontStarsDee WallaceDanica McKellarKurt DeutschA young woman under immense social pressure from her parents finds comfort in Kenny, a guy who secretly plans to impregnate her and sell the resulting baby for money.Lifetime
- DirectorPat VerducciStarsAlicia SilverstoneKevin DillonBill NunnMary, a precocious high school senior, longs to be a cop. When a classmate dies and the case remains unsolved, Mary becomes obsessed and gets involved in the investigation.USA Network
- DirectorTimothy BondStarsEric RobertsSherilyn FennDean StockwellAfter a family has an alien encounter, they call the Air Force to report the incident which leads to a visit by Men In Black, who turn out to be alien-human mutants.HBO
- DirectorElaine MayStarsWalter MatthauElaine MayJack WestonHenry Graham lives the life of a playboy. When his lawyer tells him one day that his lifestyle has consumed all his funds, he needs an idea to avoid climbing down the social ladder. So he intends to marry a rich woman and - murder her.American Movie Classics (AMC)
- DirectorHal AshbyStarsWarren BeattyJulie ChristieGoldie HawnOn Election Day, 1968, a hairdresser and ladies' man is too busy cutting hair and dealing with his various girlfriends and his mistress, whose husband he meets and finds out is having an affair with his ex-girlfriend.Encore
- DirectorMilos FormanStarsWoody HarrelsonCourtney LoveEdward NortonThe story of controversial pornography publisher Larry Flynt, and how he became a defender of free speech.HBO
- DirectorLloyd A. SimandlStarsBrigitte NielsenPaul KosloKimberley KatesAn innocent woman is sent to a Czech prison, where the sadistic warden and guards rape and perform bizarre sex acts on the prisoners.TBS Superstation
- DirectorAlan J. PakulaStarsLiza MinnelliWendell BurtonTim McIntireIn this romantic comedy, an eccentric girl forces a reluctant college student into an affair.Turner Classic Movies (TCM)
- DirectorGoldie HawnStarsChristine LahtiJena MaloneCatherine O'HaraDuring the early 1960s, Kate is faced with a dreary small-town existence, surrounded by her mother, who is a stroke victim, and her bigoted Uncle Ray, who owns a theatre. When a black minister dies in Uncle Ray's theater, Ray is charged with wrongful death.TNT
- DirectorEd BianchiStarsLauren BacallJames GarnerMichael BiehnDouglas, a record salesman, is an obsessive fan of actress Sally Ross. When his letters are rejected, he strikes out at her and her loved ones.Encore
- DirectorDavid ButlerStarsDoris DayRay BolgerClaude DauphinA series of misunderstandings leads to a chorus girl traveling to Paris to represent the American theater, where she falls in love with a befuddled bureaucrat.American Movie Classics (AMC)
- DirectorMike SedanStarsKathy ShowerTimothy Dale AgeeChris JohnstonA married woman is pushed to her boundaries about her desires, but she is just an unwitting pawn in an elaborate conspiracy.Cinemax
- DirectorFranco ZeffirelliStarsLeonard WhitingOlivia HusseyJohn McEneryWhen two young members of feuding families meet, forbidden love ensues.Turner Classic Movies (TCM)
- DirectorThomas SchlammeStarsChristine LahtiRubén BladesWilliam RussA small-town, high-school principal still living at home with her mother shakes up her life in a way that even she never expected when she agrees to go out on a date with her school's Hispanic janitor.TNT
- DirectorFletcher MarkleStarsÉmile GenestJohn DrainieTommy TweedTwo dogs and a cat set off on a treacherous 200-mile journey towards home.Disney Channel
- DirectorMike LeighStarsKatrin CartlidgeLynda SteadmanKate ByersTwo young women reunite and rekindle their friendship after having said goodbye at their college graduation, six years earlier.HBO
- DirectorKarl SlovinStarsStanley TucciKari WuhrerRon EldardA married couple hold their boss hostage in their apartment and force him to watch their sex escapades to rejuvenate their failing marriage.Showtime
- DirectorBernardo BertolucciStarsJill ClayburghMatthew BarryVeronica LazarWhile touring in Italy, a recently-widowed American opera singer has an incestuous relationship with her 15-year-old son to help him overcome his heroin addiction.Encore
- DirectorRingo LamStarsJean-Claude Van DammeNatasha HenstridgeJean-Hugues AngladeWhile seeking answers to the death of the twin brother he never knew he had, a French cop and his sibling's fiancee find themselves pursued by corrupt FBI agents and the Russian mafia.Cinemax
- DirectorMark RobsonStarsKirk DouglasArthur KennedyMarilyn MaxwellBoxer Midge Kelly rises to fame...mainly by stepping on other people.American Movie Classics (AMC)
- DirectorRobert Michael LewisStarsJudd NelsonIsabel GlasserWilliam R. MosesA celebration becomes a desperate struggle for survival when a murderous crazy decides to terrorize his childhood friend's wife.USA Network
- DirectorBlake EdwardsStarsJulie AndrewsJames GarnerRobert PrestonA struggling female soprano in 1934 Paris finally finds work after posing as a female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life when a visiting Chicago gangster finds himself inexplicably attracted to the seemingly male performer.TNT
- DirectorRuss MayberryStarsDennis DuganJim DaleRon MoodyAn astronaut and his android double travel back to the time of King Arthur.Disney Channel
- DirectorCarlo GustaffStarsShannon WhirryTimothy BottomsMaud AdamsA man appears out of nowhere and reminds a single mother of her past as a high-end call girl and of a custody case. She returns to her past to settle things, hopefully without her present boyfriend and maybe future husband finding out.HBO
- DirectorCole S. McKayFred Olen RayStarsRoddy McDowallStella StevensRebecca BudigStar hunters are the space monsters who hunt helpless creatures for pleasure. One night couple of high school football players and their cheerleaders are returning home after the lost game. But, when their bus makes the wrong turn, they are going to meet those creatures, and the real game will begin.Showtime
- DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsPier AngeliJohn EricsonPatricia CollingeA reluctant soldier, Peter, serves in Italy during WWII. He marries a local girl named Teresa and brings her to the US.Turner Classic Movies (TCM)
- DirectorJamie UysStarsN!xauLena FarugiaHans StrydomSix people meet in the Kalahari desert: a female NYC lawyer flying with a local zoologist/pilot in a mini-plane, a Cuban and an African soldier taking each other POW, a Boer elephant poacher, and a Bushman looking for his two children.WGN (Nationwide feed)
- DirectorRodney McDonaldStarsGary BuseyBilly Dee WilliamsBilly WarlockIn this undersea thriller, a United States chemist is captured by terrorists. But a rescue attempt by an elite group of Navy Seals goes wrong when they are captured. Now they must wage a silent war beneath the waves.Cinemax
- DirectorEdgar G. UlmerStarsTom NealAnn SavageClaudia DrakeThe life of Al Roberts, a pianist in a New York nightclub, turns into a nightmare when he decides to hitchhike to Los Angeles to visit his girlfriend.A&E
- DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsJames StewartJane WymanKent SmithAn opinion pollster finds a town which is a perfect mirror of U.S. opinions.American Movie Classics (AMC)
- DirectorJocelyn MoorhouseStarsHugo WeavingGeneviève PicotRussell CroweThe life of a blind photographer who is looked after by a housekeeper is disrupted by the arrival of an agreeable restaurant worker.Bravo
- DirectorGreg SpenceStarsNaomi WattsJamie Renée SmithKaren BlackA nurse returns to her hometown in Nebraska, only to find that the town's children have fallen under a mysterious mass illness connected to its sinister past.Showtime
- DirectorAlan MehrezStarsDaniel BernhardtJohn Rhys-DaviesAmber Kelleher-AndrewsAfter his trainer is murdered, Alex Cardo uses his martial arts skills and takes on the one responsible.Cinemax
- DirectorMark L. LesterStarsAndrew McCarthyAlex ZonnMatthew LauranceA Las Vegas cab driver discovers a stolen million dollars, and is tracked by a relentless and cold-blooded assassin sent to retrieve the money.HBO
- DirectorBud CortStarsBud CortJames BrolinKim AdamsTed Whitley is a poet who is stalking the woman of his dreams, Linda Turner. She was volunteering at a community resource project when he came in to find out about low cost housing.Showtime
- DirectorAlfred E. GreenStarsGroucho MarxCarmen MirandaSteve CochranAn agent has his only client pose as both a French chanteuse and Brazilian bombshell to fool a nightclub owner.American Movie Classics (AMC)
- DirectorCharles ReisnerStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloMarilyn MaxwellTwo bumbling magicians help a Middle Eastern prince regain his rightful throne from his despotic uncle.Turner Classic Movies (TCM)
- DirectorWalter LangStarsSusan HaywardJames MasonJulie NewmarA Swedish woman wants her American host to father her baby.Encord