Sympathy for the Devil

An American journalist arrives in Berlin just after the end of World War Two. He becomes involved in a murder mystery surrounding a dead GI who washes up at a lakeside mansion during the Potsdam negotiations between the Allied powers. Soon his investigation connects with his search for his married pre-war German lover.

Runtime

1h 48m

Director

Steven Soderbergh

Cast

George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, Tobey Maguire

A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits.

Runtime

2h 30m

Director

Wolfgang Petersen

Cast

Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer

A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.

Runtime

1h 57m

Director

Stanley Kubrick

Cast

Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio

Three friends growing up in South Central Los Angeles navigate a neighborhood plagued by violence, unemployment, and crime, each responding differently to the harsh realities of street life. As tragedy strikes close to home, their friendship, choices, and hopes for a better future are put to the ultimate test.

Runtime

1h 52m

Director

John Singleton

Cast

Laurence Fishburne, Cuba Gooding Jr., Ice Cube

Sal is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria's Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors. Buggin' Out believes a pizzeria in a black neighborhood should showcase black actors, but Sal disagrees. The wall becomes a symbol of racism and hate to Buggin'...

Runtime

2h

Director

Spike Lee

Cast

Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee