Bridge to Terabithia
Jesse Aarons trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school, so he's very upset when newcomer Leslie Burke outruns him and everyone else. Despite this and other differences, including that she's rich, he's poor, and she's a city girl, he's a country boy, the two become fast friends. Together, they create Terabithia, a land of monsters, trolls, ogres, and giants and rule as king and queen.
Director: Gábor Csupó
Stars: AnnaSophia Robb Bailee Madison Emma Fenton Grace Brannigan Josh Hutcherson Judy McIntosh Kate Butler Latham Gaines Robert Patrick Zooey Deschanel
The Bridge on the River Kwai
The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson , the commander who supervised the bridge's construction, has acquired a sense of pride in his creation and tries to foil their plans.
Director: David Lean
Stars: Alec Guinness André Morell Geoffrey Horne Jack Hawkins James Donald John Boxer Percy Herbert Peter Williams Sessue Hayakawa William Holden
True Grit
Following the murder of her father by hired hand Tom Chaney, 14-year-old farm girl Mattie Ross sets out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. Marshal she can find, a man with "true grit," Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn. Mattie insists on accompanying Cogburn, whose drinking, sloth, and generally reprobate character do not augment her faith in him. Against his wishes, she joins him in his trek into the Indian Nations in search of Chaney. They are joined by Texas Ranger LaBoeuf, who wants Chaney for his own purposes. The unlikely trio find danger and adventure on the journey, and each has his or her "grit" tested.
Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Stars: Barry Pepper Bruce Green Domhnall Gleeson Ed Lee Corbin Hailee Steinfeld Jeff Bridges Josh Brolin Matt Damon Paul Rae Roy Lee Jones
The Shape of Water
An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Stars: David Hewlett Doug Jones Michael Shannon Michael Stuhlbarg Nick Searcy Nigel Bennett Octavia Spencer Richard Jenkins Sally Hawkins Stewart Arnott
Crimson Peak
In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds… and remembers.
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Stars: Burn Gorman Charlie Hunnam Emily Coutts Javier Botet Jessica Chastain Jim Beaver Laura Waddell Mia Wasikowska Sofia Wells Tom Hiddleston
Blue Bloods
A drama about a multi-generational family of cops dedicated to New York City law enforcement. Frank Reagan is the New York Police Commissioner and heads both the police force and the Reagan brood. He runs his department as diplomatically as he runs his family, even when dealing with the politics that plagued his unapologetically bold father, Henry, during his stint as Chief.
Stars: Bridget Moynahan Donnie Wahlberg Len Cariou Robert Clohessy Tom Selleck Vanessa Ray Will Estes