Money

Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.

Runtime

1h 59m

Director

Orson Welles

Cast

William Alland, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore

A fatalistic car crash in Mexico city sets off a chain of events in the lives of three people: a supermodel, a young man wanting to run off with his sister-in-law, and a homeless man.

Runtime

2h 34m

Director

Alejandro G. Iñárritu

Cast

Emilio Echevarría, Gael García Bernal, Goya Toledo

Jackie Brown is a flight attendant who gets caught in the middle of smuggling cash into the country for her gunrunner boss. When the cops try to use Jackie to get to her boss, she hatches a plan — with help from a bail bondsman — to keep the money for herself.

Runtime

2h 34m

Director

Quentin Tarantino

Cast

Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert De Niro

A small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within the mob.

Runtime

1h 52m

Director

Martin Scorsese

Cast

Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, David Proval

In the Salinas Valley in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother for the love of their father. Cal is frustrated at every turn, from his reaction to the war, how to get ahead in business and in life, and how to relate to his estranged mother.

Runtime

1h 55m

Director

Elia Kazan

Cast

James Dean, Julie Harris, Raymond Massey