6.4

American Swing

2008, USA

• Actors: Bryce Britton, Irwin Corey, William Davidson, Dan Dorfman, Donna Ferrato, Joe Franklin, Jamie Gillis, Al Goldstein, Dian Hanson, Buck Henry, Ron Jeremy, Edward I. Koch, Steve Kraus, Larry Levenson, Fred J. Lincoln, Robert L. McGinley, Howard Smith, Annie Sprinkle, Melvin Van Peebles, Danny the Wonder Pony, Sharon Mitchell, Ronald Reagan, Marc Stevens
• Genre: Documentary
• Director(s): Jon Hart
• Available languages:
  • English English.

The parallel stories of Plato's Retreat, a Manhattan sex club for straight couples that operated from 1977 until the mid 1980s, and of Larry Levenson, the club's impresario. In present-day interviews, Larry's family talks about him, while writers, reporters, and clients talk about the club. Mixed with these interviews are still photographs and archival footage of the club, Larry's appearances on talk shows, and newspaper articles. By the late 70s, the club was in full swing, with talk of Plato's Retreats in other cities. By the end of the decade, tax problems had Larry in trouble with the IRS and changing mores gave the club a different vibe. Then AIDS became an epidemic.

  6.7

Serendipity

2001, USA

• Actors: Lilli Lavine, Michael Guarino Jr., Abdul Alshawish, John Cusack, Kate Beckinsale, Ann Talman, Crystal Bock, Stephen Bruce, David Sparrow, Gary Gerbrandt, Jeremy Piven, Bridget Moynahan, Kate Blumberg, Ron Payne, Marcia Bennett, Victor A. Young, Eve Crawford, Reggi Wyns, Evan Neumann, John Corbett, James Goodwin, John Ellison Conlee, Charles A. Gargano, Jessica Kelly, Arthur Pascuzzi, Brenda Logan, Thomas Roughan, Mike Benitez, Christopher Baker, Neil Claxton
• Genre: Comedy, Romance, Fantasy
• Director(s): Peter Chelsom
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Jonathan Trager and Sara Thomas met while shopping for gloves in New York. Though buying for their respective lovers, the magic was right and a night of Christmas shopping turned into romance. Jon wanted to explore things further but Sara wasn't sure their love was meant to be. They decided to test fate by splitting up and seeing if destiny brought them back together... Many years later, having lost each other that night, both are engaged to be married. Still, neither can shake the need to give fate one last chance to reunite them. Jon enlists the help of his best man to track down the girl he can't forget starting at the store where they met. Sara asks her new age musician fiance for a break before the wedding and, with her best friend in tow, flies from California to New York hoping destiny will bring her soulmate back. Near-misses and classic Shakespearean confusion bring the two close to meeting a number of times but fate will have the final word on whether it was meant to be.

  6.8

Grumpy Old Men

1993, USA

• Actors: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith, Daryl Hannah, Kevin Pollak, Ossie Davis, Buck Henry, Christopher McDonald, Steve Cochran, Joe Howard, Isabell O'Connor, Buffy Sedlachek, John Carroll Lynch, Charles Brin, Oliver Osterberg, Steven Mark Hahn, Katie Wahlquist
• Genre: Comedy, Drama
• Director(s): Donald Petrie
• Available languages:
  • English English.

John and Max are elderly men living next door to each other. They're continuously arguing and insulting each other, and have been this way for over 50 years. One day, Ariel, moves into the street. Both men are attracted to her, and their rivalry steps up a gear.

  7.1

Defending Your Life

1990, USA

• Actors: Albert Brooks, Michael Durrell, James Eckhouse, Gary Beach, Julie Cobb, Peter Schuck, Time Winters, Rip Torn, Sharlie Stuart, Beth Black, Clayton Norcross, Jim McKrell, Wil Albert, Sage Allen, Mary Pat Gleason, Maxine Elliott Hicks, Marilyn Rockafellow, Roger Behr, Meryl Streep, Art Frankel, Ernie Brown, Lee Grant, George Wallace, Lillian Lehman, Raffi Di Blasio, Kristopher Kent Hill, Eric Ehasz, Matthew Scharch, S. Scott Bullock, Carol Bivins
• Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
• Director(s): Albert Brooks
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Yuppie Daniel Miller is killed in a car accident and goes to Judgment City, a waiting room for the afterlife. During the day, he must prove in a courtroom-style process that he successfully overcame his fears (a hard task, given the pitiful life we are shown); at night, he falls in love with Julia, the only other young person in town. Nights are a time of hedonistic pleasure, since you can (for instance) eat all you want without getting fat.

  6.6

Eating Raoul

1981, USA

• Actors: Paul Bartel, Mary Woronov, Robert Beltran, Susan Saiger, Lynn Hobart, Richard Paul, Mark Woods, John Shearin, Darcy Pulliam, Ben Haller, Roberta Spero, Vernon Demetrius, Arlene Harris, Buster Wilson, Marta Fergusson, Garry Goodrow, Richard Blackburn, Hamilton Camp, Pamela Carter, Buck Henry, Anna Mathias, Hanns Manship, Dan Barrows, Allan Rich, Ed Begley Jr., Billy Curtis, Ralph Brannen, John Paragon, Don Steele, Rick Waln
• Genre: Comedy, Horror
• Director(s): Paul Bartel
• Available languages:
  • English English.

When a Paul enters his apartment to find Mary fighting off a swinger who has gotten into the wrong apartement (and thinks that Mary is just playing hard to get) he hits the man with a frying pan, killing him. Their dreams of running a small resturant seem to be in jeopardy until they decide to dispose of the body, keep the wallet, and to advertise for other sexually oriented visitors who are summarily killed, bagged, robbed and disposed of. This goes along quite well until one night a burglar named Raoul breaks in and cuts himself in for a piece of the action.

  6.8

Heaven Can Wait

1977, USA

• Actors: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, James Mason, Jack Warden, Charles Grodin, Dyan Cannon, Buck Henry, Vincent Gardenia, Joseph Maher, Hamilton Camp, Arthur Malet, Stephanie Faracy, Jeannie Linero, Harry D.K. Wong, George J. Manos, Larry Block, Frank Campanella, Bill Sorrells, Dick Enberg, Dolph Sweet, R.G. Armstrong, Ed Peck, John Randolph, Richard O'Brien, Joseph F. Makel, Will Hare, Lee Weaver, Roger Bowen, Keene Curtis, William Larsen
• Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Sport
• Director(s): Warren Beatty
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Joe Pendleton is a quarterback preparing to lead his team to the superbowl when he is almost killed in an accident. An overanxious angel plucks him to heaven only to discover that he wasn't ready to die, and that his body has been cremated. A new body must be found, and that of a recently murdered millionaire is chosen. His wife and accountant, the murderers, are confused by this development, as he buys the L.A. Rams in order to once again quarterback them into the Superbowl.

  6.7

The Man Who Fell to Earth

1976, UK

• Actors: David Bowie, Rip Torn, Candy Clark, Buck Henry, Bernie Casey, Jackson D. Kane, Rick Riccardo, Tony Mascia, Linda Hutton, Hilary Holland, Adrienne Larussa, Lilybelle Crawford, Richard Breeding, Albert Nelson, Peter Prouse, Jim Lovell, Claudia Jennings, Debbie Letteau, Terry Southern
• Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama
• Director(s): Nicolas Roeg
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Thomas Jerome Newton is a humanoid alien who comes to Earth to get water for his dying planet. He starts a high technology company to get the billions of dollars he needs to build a return spacecraft, and meets Mary-Lou, a girl who falls in love with him. He does not count on the greed and ruthlessness of business here on Earth, however.

  7.1

Catch-22

1969, USA

• Actors: Alan Arkin, Martin Balsam, Richard Benjamin, Art Garfunkel, Jack Gilford, Buck Henry, Bob Newhart, Anthony Perkins, Paula Prentiss, Martin Sheen, Jon Voight, Orson Welles, Seth Allen, Bob Balaban, Susanne Benton, Norman Fell, Charles Grodin, Austin Pendleton, Peter Bonerz, Jon Korkes, John Brent, Collin Wilcox Paxton, Philip Roth, Bruce Kirby, Jack Riley, Felice Orlandi, Marcel Dalio, Evi Maltagliati, Elizabeth Wilson, Richard Libertini
• Genre: Comedy, War
• Director(s): Mike Nichols
• Available languages:
  • English English.

A bombardier in World War II tries desperately to escape the insanity of the war. However, sometimes insanity is the only sane way cope with a crazy situation. Catch-22 is a parody of a "military mentality" and of a bureaucratic society in general.

  8.2

The Graduate

1966, USA

• Actors: Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross, William Daniels, Murray Hamilton, Elizabeth Wilson, Buck Henry, Brian Avery, Walter Brooke, Norman Fell, Alice Ghostley, Marion Lorne, Eddra Gale, Buddy Douglas, Richard Dreyfuss, Mike Farrell, Elisabeth Fraser, Donald F. Glut, Harry Holcombe, Jonathan Hole, Elaine May, Lainie Miller, Ben Murphy, Noam Pitlik, Kevin Tighe, David Westberg
• Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
• Director(s): Mike Nichols
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Ben has recently graduated college, with his parents now expecting great things from him. At his "Homecoming" party, Mrs. Robinson, the wife of his father's business partner, has Ben drive her home, which leads to an affair between the two. The affair eventually ends, but comes back to haunt him when he finds himself falling for Elaine, Mrs. Robinson's daughter.