6.8

"American Playhouse" Three Sovereigns for Sarah

1985, UK, USA

• Actors: Vanessa Redgrave, Kim Hunter, Will Lyman, Buffy Baldauf, Les Barden, Hamilton Benz, Barbara Blossom, Judy Braha, Stacey Caplin, Christopher Childs, Jim Chiros, Mara Clark, Bijou Clinger, Bob Colonna, Shay Duffin, John Dukakis, Jennifer Dundas, Martha Farrar, Rebecca Fasanello, Richard Grusin, David Hannegan, Ronald Hunter, John Kelly, Karol Kostka, Richard Joseph Lafond Jr., Victor Magnotta, Patrick McGoohan, Judy McIntyre, Jessica Pisano, Maryann Plunkett
• Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
• Director(s): Philip Leacock
• Available languages:
  • English English.

This is a true story based on transcripts of the Salem Witch Trials. Sarah (Vanessa Redgrave) and her two sisters are put on trial for suspicion of witchcraft...

  7.0

The World According to Garp

1982, USA

• Actors: Robin Williams, Mary Beth Hurt, Glenn Close, John Lithgow, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Swoosie Kurtz, James McCall, Peter Michael Goetz, George Ede, Mark Soper, Nathan Babcock, Ian MacGregor, Warren Berlinger, Susan Browning, Brandon Maggart, Jenny Wright, Brenda Currin, Jillian Ross, Laurie Robyn, Victor Magnotta, Dominic A. Cecere, John Irving, Dan Goldman, Al DePippo, Christopher Farr, Brett Littman, Brandon Roth, Steven Krey, Laura Kaye
• Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
• Director(s): George Roy Hill
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Based on the John Irving novel, this film chronicles the life of T S Garp, and his mother, Jenny. Whilst Garp sees himself as a "serious" writer, Jenny writes a feminist manifesto at an opportune time, and finds herself as a magnet for all manner of distressed women.

  8.4

Raging Bull

1980, USA

• Actors: Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci, Frank Vincent, Nicholas Colasanto, Theresa Saldana, Mario Gallo, Frank Adonis, Joseph Bono, Frank Topham, Lori Anne Flax, Charles Scorsese, Don Dunphy, Bill Hanrahan, Rita Bennett, James V. Christy, Bernie Allen, Floyd Anderson, Gene LeBell, Harold Valan, Victor Magnotta, Johnny Barnes, John Thomas, Kenny Davis, Paul Carmello, Jimmy Lennon Sr., Bobby Rings, Kevin Mahon, Marty Denkin, Shay Duffin
• Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
• Director(s): Martin Scorsese
• Available languages:
  • English English.

When Jake LaMotta steps into a boxing ring and obliterates his opponent, he's a prizefighter. But when he treats his family and friends the same way, he's a ticking time bomb, ready to go off at any moment. Though LaMotta wants his family's love, something always seems to come between them. Perhaps it's his violent bouts of paranoia and jealousy. This kind of rage helped make him a champ, but in real life, he winds up in the ring alone.

  7.6

The Warriors

1979, USA

• Actors: Michael Beck, James Remar, Dorsey Wright, Brian Tyler, David Harris, Tom McKitterick, Marcelino Sánchez, Terry Michos, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Roger Hill, David Patrick Kelly, Lynne Thigpen, Ginny Ortiz, Mercedes Ruehl, John Snyder, Edward Sewer, Gwynn Press, Jodi Price, Jeffrey Scott, Carl Brown, Ron Ferrell, Fernando Castillo, Hubert Edwards, Larry Sears, Mike James, Gregory Cleghorne, George Lee Miles, Gerald G. Francis, Benny Harding, Eddie Prather
• Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
• Director(s): Walter Hill
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Cyrus, the leader of the most powerful gang in New York City, the Gramercy Riffs, calls a midnight summit for all the area gangs, with all asked to send nine unarmed representatives for the conclave. A gang called The Warriors are blamed for causing gang violence at theaters, but now it looks as highly stylized and pulpy as Hill intended. The plot finds a New York gang having to cross the territory of rivals in order to get to their own 'hood. And so The Warriors begin their long journey from the Bronx back to Coney Island. The second-in-command, Swan, takes charge, though the hot-headed Ajax openly voices his desire to be acting gang warlord. The Warriors slowly cross the dangerous Bronx and Manhattan territories, narrowly escaping police and other gangs every step of the way.

  8.5

Taxi Driver

1975, USA

• Actors: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Leonard Harris, Peter Boyle, Albert Brooks, Diahnne Abbott, Frank Adu, Gino Ardito, Victor Argo, Garth Avery, Harry Cohn, Copper Cunningham, Brenda Dickson, Harry Fischler, Nat Grant, Richard Higgs, Beau Kayser, Victor Magnotta, Bob Maroff, Norman Matlock, Bill Minkin, Murray Moston, Harry Northup, Gene Palma, Harlan Cary Poe, Steven Prince, Peter Savage, Martin Scorsese
• Genre: Drama, Thriller
• Director(s): Martin Scorsese
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Travis Bickle is an ex-Marine and Vietnam War veteran living in New York City. As he suffers from insomnia, he spends his time working as a taxi driver at night, watching porn movies at seedy cinemas during the day, or thinking about how the world, New York in particular, has deteriorated into a cesspool. He's a loner who has strong opinions about what is right and wrong with mankind. For him, the one bright spot in New York humanity is Betsy, a worker on the presidential nomination campaign of Senator Charles Palatine. He becomes obsessed with her. After an incident with her, he believes he has to do whatever he needs to to make the world a better place in his opinion. One of his priorities is to be the savior for Iris, a twelve-year-old runaway and prostitute who he believes wants out of the profession and under the thumb of her pimp and lover Matthew.