Miscellaneous Films

 • Director: Victor Fleming

• Synopsis: A spoiled rich boy ("I can have 3 or 4 milkshakes if i so choose!") learns life lessons after being saved by fishermen and forced to work on their ship. The film earned Spencer Tracy an Academy Award for Best Actor.

• Cast: Spencer Tracy, Freddie Bartholomew, Lionel Barrymore, Melvyn Douglas

 • Director: George Cukor

• Synopsis: A woman begins to doubt her sanity as her husband manipulates her into believing she is going mad. The film won two Academy Awards, including Best Actress for Ingrid Bergman.

• Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Joseph Cotten, Angela Lansbury

 • Director: Alfred Hitchcock

• Synopsis: A psychologist discovers that the man she loves is an impostor and an amnesiac who may have committed murder. The film won an Academy Award for Best Original Score. It also features set design by Salvador Dali.

• Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Michael Chekhov

• Director: Anthony Harvey

• Synopsis: A provocative and racially charged encounter between a white woman and a Black man on a New York City subway leads to tragic consequences. The film is an adaptation of Amiri Baraka’s one-act play.

• Cast: Shirley Knight, Al Freeman Jr.

 • Director: Lee Strasberg, Paul Bogart

• Synopsis: An adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s classic play, this production follows the lives of the three Prozorov sisters, living in provincial Russia and longing for a return to Moscow. The play explores themes of unfulfilled dreams, existential despair, and the passage of time. 

• Cast: Geraldine Page, Kim Stanley, Sandy Dennis, Kevin McCarthy, Shelley Winters

 • Director: Roman Polanski

• Synopsis: A young couple moves into an eerie apartment building where the wife becomes mysteriously pregnant, leading to horrifying discoveries about her unborn child. The film was nominated for multiple awards, with Ruth Gordon winning an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

• Cast: Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer

 • Director: Ulu Grosbard

• Synopsis: A young man returns home from World War II to a tense and troubled family dynamic, leading to revelations and confrontations. Patricia Neal received an Academy Award nomination for her performance.

• Cast: Patricia Neal, Jack Albertson, Martin Sheen

 • Director: Martin Scorsese

• Synopsis: A widow embarks on a journey to pursue her dream of becoming a singer, encountering various challenges along the way. The film won Ellen Burstyn an Academy Award for Best Actress.

• Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Kris Kristofferson, Diane Ladd, Alfred Lutter III

 • Director: Alan J. Pakula

• Synopsis: A detective investigating the disappearance of a man becomes involved with a call girl, leading to a tense psychological thriller. Jane Fonda won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role.

• Cast: Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Charles Cioffi, Roy Scheider

 • Director: Sidney Lumet

• Synopsis: A botched bank robbery turns into a media frenzy as the robbers become anti-heroes in a tense standoff with the police. The film received several Academy Award nominations and won for Best Original Screenplay.

• Cast: Al Pacino, John Cazale, Charles Durning, Chris Sarandon

 • Director: Spike Lee

• Synopsis: A groundbreaking independent film about a young woman named Nola Darling who juggles relationships with three men, challenging traditional notions of romance and sexuality. The film won the Prix de la Jeunesse at the Cannes Film Festival and is credited with launching Spike Lee’s career.

• Cast: Tracy Camilla Johns, Tommy Redmond Hicks, John Canada Terrell, Spike Lee