"The Shape of Water" (2017)

"The Shape of Water" (2017)

"The Shape of Water" (2017)

TSG Entertainment / Double Dare You Productions

At a top secret research facility in the 1960s, a lonely janitor forms a unique relationship with an amphibious creature that is being held in captivity.

"The Shape of Water" is a 2017 American romantic dark fantasy drama film directed by Guillermo del Toro and written by del Toro and Vanessa Taylor. It stars Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Doug Jones, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Octavia Spencer. Set in Baltimore in 1962, the story follows a mute custodian at a high-security government laboratory who falls in love with a captured humanoid amphibian creature.

Contemporary (Released since yr 2000)

"Rebecca" (1940)

"Rebecca" (1940)

"Rebecca" (1940)

Selznick International Pictures

A self-conscious bride is tormented by the memory of her husband's dead first wife. - An unnamed naïve young woman (Joan Fontaine) is in Monte Carlo working as a paid companion to Edythe Van Hopper (Florence Bates) when she meets the aristocratic widower Maximilian "Maxim" de Winter (Laurence Olivier). They fall in love, and within two weeks they are married. The young woman is now the second "Mrs. de Winter."

Classic (Released Prior to yr 2000)

"The Wizard of Oz" (1939)

Judy Garland | "The Wizard Oz" (1939)

"The Wizard of Oz" (1939)

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Dorothy Gale is swept away from a farm in Kansas to a magical land of Oz in a tornado and embarks on a quest with her new friends to see the Wizard who can help her return home to Kansas and help her friends as well.

Classic (Released Prior to yr 2000)

Molly's Game (2017)

Jessica Chastain w/Idris Elba | "Mollys Game" (2017)

"Molly's Game" (Dec. 2017)

MOLLY’S GAME is based on the true story of Molly Bloom, an Olympic-class skier who ran the world's most exclusive high-stakes poker game for a decade before being arrested in the middle of the night by 17 FBI agents wielding automatic weapons. Her players included Hollywood royalty, sports stars, business titans and finally, unbeknownst to her, the Russian mob.

Contemporary (Released since yr 2000)

"Mutiny on the Bounty" (1935)

"Mutiny on the Bounty" (1935)

"Mutiny on the Bounty" (1935)

A tyrannical ship captain decides to exact revenge on his abused crew after they form a mutiny against him, but the sailor he targets had no hand in it. - Mutiny on the Bounty is a 1935 American drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable, based on the Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall novel Mutiny on the Bounty.

The film was one of the biggest hits of its time. Although its historical accuracy has been questioned, film critics consider this adaptation to be the best cinematic work inspired by the mutiny."

Classic (Released Prior to yr 2000)

"Cavalcade" (1933)

"Cavalcade" (1933)

"Cavalcade" (1933)

The triumps and tragedies of two English families, the upper-crust Marryots and the working-class Bridges, from 1899 to 1933 are portrayed. - The story presents a view of English life during the first third of the 20th century from New Year's Eve 1899 through New Year's Day 1933, from the point of view of well-to-do London residents Jane and Robert Marryot, their children, their close friends, and their servants. Several historical events affect the lives of the characters or serve as background for the film. Throughout the film, the passage of years is indicated by dates on title cards, with a Medieval cavalcade marching in the background."

Classic (Released Prior to yr 2000)

"Grand Hotel" (1932)

"Grand Hotel" (1932)

"Grand Hotel" (1932)

A group of very different individuals staying at a luxurious hotel in Berlin deal with each of their respective dramas. - Grand Hotel is a 1932 American pre-Code Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer drama film directed by Edmund Goulding. The screenplay by William A. Drake is based on the 1930 play of the same title by Drake, who had adapted it from the 1929 novel Menschen im Hotel by Vicki Baum. To date, it is the only film to have won the Academy Award for Best Picture without being nominated in any other category.

Classic (Released Prior to yr 2000)

"Cimarron" (1931)

"Cimarron" (1931)

"Cimarron" (1931)

A newspaper editor settles in an Oklahoma boom town with his reluctant wife at the end of the nineteenth century. - The Oklahoma land rush of 1889 prompts thousands to travel to the Oklahoma Territory to grab free government land; Yancey Cravat (Richard Dix), his young bride, Sabra (Irene Dunne) and their son, Cim, cross the border from Kansas to join the throngs. In the ensuing race, Yancey is outwitted by a young prostitute, Dixie Lee (Estelle Taylor), who takes the prime piece of real estate, the Bear Creek claim, that Yancey had targeted for himself."

Classic (Released Prior to yr 2000)