36 Hours (1965)
Thriller | War
Germans kidnap an American major and try to convince him that World War II is over, so that they can get details about the Allied invasion of Europe out of him.
Starring: James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Rod Taylor, Werner Peters, John Banner, Russell Thorson
Director: George Seaton
On the Waterfront (1954)
Crime | Drama
Elia Kazan's compelling social drama was the winner of eight Academy Awards and marks one of Marlon Brando's finest screen performances. Brando is Terry Malloy, a handsome but inarticulate longshoreman, who gets involved in a labor scandal when a fellow dock worker is murdered. He knows that the victim was killed by the oppressive labor union for squealing to a commission investigating misdoings. Terry intends to keep his mouth shut and his job safe. But when Edie (Eva Marie-Saint), the dead man's beautiful sister, comes to town, he must choose between his allegiance to a corrupt union and his loyalty to Edie.
Starring: Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint, Lee J. Cobb, Karl Malden, Rod Steiger, Pat Henning
Director: Elia Kazan
North by Northwest (1959)
Action | Adventure | Mystery | Romance | Thriller
A suave, succesful New York advertising executive finds himself, through a case of mistaken identity, embroiled in a web of intrigue and murder that takes him across the country to prove his innocence to the police and get an evil crime syndicate, looking for a lost microfilm, off his tail. Filmed in VistaVision.
Starring: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jesse Royce Landis, Leo G. Carroll, Martin Landau
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Exodus (1960)
Action | Drama | History | War
The theme is the founding of the state of Israel. The action begins on a ship filled with Jewish immigrants bound for Israel who are being off loaded on Cyprus. An Intelligence officer succeeds in getting them back on board their ship only to have the harbor blocked by the British with whom they must negotiate. The second part of the film is about the situation in Israel as independence is declared and most of their neighbors attack them.
Starring: Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Richardson, Peter Lawford, Lee J. Cobb
Director: Otto Preminger
Nothing in Common (1986)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
David Basner fled an unhappy home for a successful life in advertising, but he has remained a perpetual child. Then one day his father calls to announce that his mother has left him. Suddenly David finds himself pulled back into his parents' lives, only now it's David who has to be the grown-up. And these responsibilities couldn't come at a worse time, as David struggles to land the most important deal of his career.
Starring: Tom Hanks, Jackie Gleason, Eva Marie Saint, Sela Ward, Bess Armstrong
Director: Garry Marshall
Superman Returns (2006)
Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
He's back. A hero for our millennium. And not a moment too soon, because during the five years Superman sought his home planet, things changed on his adopted planet. Nations moved on without him. Lois Lane now has a son, a fiance and a Pulitzer for "Why the World Doesn't Need Superman." And Lex Luthor has a plan that will destroy billions of lives. Filmmaker Bryan Singer (X-Men, X2) gives the world the Superman it needs, honoring the legend everyone loves while taking it in a powerful new direction. Brandon Routh proves a perfect choice to wear the hero's cape, leading a top cast that includes Kate Bosworth as Lois and Kevin Spacey as Lex. And the thrills – from a sky-grapple with a tumbling jumbo jet to a continent- convulsing showdown – redefine Wow. "I'm always around," Superman tells Lois. You'll be glad he is.
Starring: Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey, James Marsden, Frank Langella, Frank Langella, Sam Huntington, Eva Marie Saint
Director: Bryan Singer
