An elderly Jewish widow living in Atlanta can no longer drive. Her son insists she allow him to hire a driver, which in the 1950s meant a black man. She resists any change in her life but, Hoke, the driver is hired by her son. ... more about Driving Miss Daisy
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Leading Role
BAFTA Awards - Best Actress
David di Donatello Awards - Best Foreign Actress (Migliore Attrice Straniera)
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actress
In THE BIRDS, Alfred Hitchcock's heart-pounding follow-up to PSYCHO, the director couples a tone of rigorous morality with dark humor to create a thriller that begins as a light comedy and ends as... ... more about Birds
Sully is a rascally ne'er-do-well approaching retirement age. While he is pressing a worker's compensation suit for a bad knee, he secretly works for his nemesis, Carl, and flirts with Carl's young wife Toby. ... more about Nobody's Fool
This biopic follows Rommel's career after the Afrika Korps, including his work on the defenses of Fortress Europe as well as his part in the assassination attempt on Hitler, and his subsequent suicide. ... more about Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
A group of aliens return to earth to take back some cocoons of their people they left behind from an earlier trip. The cocoons are resting at the bottom of the ocean. ... more about Cocoon
Actor Awards
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA - Best Actress
Country squire Henry Maurier is patient with his wife Emily, a neurotic invalid, but her brother surprises Henry with his young mistress Doris. ... more about Woman's Vengeance
In Nazi Germany in 1936 seven men escape from a concentration camp. The camp commander puts up seven crosses and, as the Gestapo returns each escapee he is put to death on a cross. ... more about Seventh Cross
Mary Rafferty comes from a poor family of steel mill workers in 19th Century Pittsburgh. Her family objects when she goes to as a maid for the wealthy Scott family which controls the mill. ... more about Valley of Decision
A young white boy, raised by Native Americans, is forced to return to white society following the signing of a peace treaty. ... more about Light in the Forest
A group of tenants in an apartment block are being forced to move out so that it can be demolished. The tenants are reluctant to move, so the developers hire a local gang to 'persuade' them to leave. ... more about *batteries not included
Actor Awards
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA - Best Actress
19th-century Boston woman dedicated to the suffrage movement, meets a faith healer's daughter, a Mississippi lawyer also has eyes for the young woman. ... more about Bostonians
Emily Crane is fired after refusing to give names to a 1951 House Un-American Activities Committee, and takes a part-time job as companion to an old lady. ... more about House on Carroll Street
When a professional couple who have lived & worked together for many years finally decide to marry, their sudden betrothal causes many unexpectedly funny and awkward difficulties. ... more about Best Friends
At her husband's funeral, Pearl (Shirley Maclean), Jewish mother of two divorced and antagonistic daughters, meets an old Italian friend (Marcello Mastroianni) of her husband, whose advice years previously had stopped the husband leaving home. ... more about Used People
In 1844, farmer's daughter Miranda Wells is invited by Nicholas Van Ryn, distant relation, to live in his mansion as companion to his daughter. Arriving in high hopes, Miranda finds the Van Ryns a bit strange. ... more about Dragonwyck
Ticlaw, a small town in Florida, has only one attraction: a safari park. The government constructs a freeway that passes near Ticlaw, but decides not to put an exit into the town. ... more about Honky Tonk Freeway
An industrialist (Joseph Cotton) and a pianist (Joan Fontaine) meet on a trip and fall in love. Through a quirk of fate, they are reported dead in a crash though they weren't on the plane. ... more about September Affair