Serpico (1973)
An honest New York cop named Frank Serpico blows the whistle on rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
A naive hustler travels from Texas to New York City to seek personal fortune, finding a new friend in the process
Flight from Ashiya (1964)
A flight crew tries to save the survivors of a shipwreck off the coast of Japan during a raging typhoon
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
When a rich womans ex husband and a tabloid type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself
Coming Home (1978)
A woman whose husband is fighting in Vietnam falls in love with another man who suffered a paralyzing combat injury there
Taras Bulba (1962)
In the 16th century Ukraine, the Polish overlords and Ukrainian cossacks fight for control of the land but frequent Turkish invasions force them to unite against the common Turkish foe
The Flame and the Arrow (1950)
Dardo, a Robin Hood like figure, and his loyal followers use a Roman ruin in Medieval Lombardy as their headquarters as they conduct an insurgency against their Hessian conquerors
Rachel and the Stranger (1948)
A widowed farmer takes an indentured servant as his new wife, but the arrival of his old friend threatens their burgeoning relationship
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939)
To avoid his abusive father, a rambunctious boy rafts the Mississippi River with a slave, encountering many wild characters
The Day of the Locust (1975)
An art director in the 1930s falls in love and attempts to make a young woman an actress despite Hollywood who wants nothing to do with her because of her problems with an estranged man and her alcoholic father
M (1951)
In this Americanization of the 1931 German thriller, both the police and the criminal underworld stalk a mysterious killer who preys on small children
Blast of Silence (1961)
A hired killer from Cleveland has a job to do on a second string mob boss in New York, but a special girl from his past and a fat gun dealer with pet rats get in his way
The Gang That Couldnt Shoot Straight (1971)
This is the funny story about two warring Mafia gangs in New York City The weaker gang uses a lion to blackmail the opposite gangs clients The police succeed in stopping one of the gangs, while the other remains without the boss
Mr. Winkle Goes to War (1944)
Wilbert Winkle, a henpecked, mild mannered, middle aged bank clerk and handyman, finds himself in the midst of battle in the South Pacific