Ryan's Daughter (1970)
Drama | Romance
Set in the wake of the 1916 Easter Rising, a married woman in a small Irish village has an affair with a troubled British officer.
Starring: Robert Mitchum, Trevor Howard, Christopher Jones, John Mills, Leo McKern, Sarah Miles
Director: David Lean
Ladyhawke (1985)
Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy
Philipe Gastone, a thief, escapes from the dungeon at Aquila, sparking a manhunt. He is nearly captured when Captain Navarre befriends him. Navarre has been hunted by the Bishop's men for two years, ever since he escaped with the Lady Isabeau who the Bishop has lusted after. Navarre and Isabeau have a curse that the Bishop has placed on them that causes Navarre to be a wolf during the night and Isabeau to be a hawk during the day. Navarre insists that Philipe help him re-enter the city to help him kill the heavily guarded Bishop.
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Leo McKern, John Wood, Ken Hutchison
Director: Richard Donner
The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
Drama | Romance | Sci-Fi
After nuclear tests knock the world off its axis, global temperatures start to rise rapidly. In London – where the heat is such that the Thames is in danger of drying up – Daily Express reporter Peter Stenning, his colleague Bill Maguire, and his girlfriend Jeanne Craig, resolve to get to the bottom of the matter. What they eventually find, after fighting through much government red tape, is a truth more shocking than any of them could have imagined.
Starring: Edward Judd, Leo McKern, Janet Munro, Michael Goodliffe, Reginald Beckwith, Bernard Braden
Director: Val Guest
Candleshoe (1977)
Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Family
Small time crook Harry Bundage discovers that the old manor house where Lady St. Edmund resides, with three orphans and her butler Priory is the resting place for a hoard of treasure. Unfortunately, he doesn't know where it is. Bundage recruits urchin Casey Brown to dupe Lady St. Edmund into thinking that she is her long-lost granddaughter, so she can search for clues to the location of the treasure. Unbeknownst to Bundage AND her ladyship, Lady St. Edmund is flat broke, and Priory and the children help her ladyship try to keep her home and pride. Joined by Casey, they do all the chores and Priory acts as the butler, gardener, chauffeur and an old major all at the same time!
Starring: Jodie Foster, David Niven, Helen Hayes, Leo McKern, Veronica Quilligan
Director: Norman Tokar
The Blue Lagoon (1980)
Adventure | Drama | Romance
A boy and girl are shipwrecked on an uninhabited tropical island. With no adults to guide them the two make a simple life together unaware that sexual maturity will eventually intervene.
Starring: Brooke Shields, Christopher Atkins, Leo McKern, William Daniels
Director: Randal Kleiser
A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Biography | Drama
The story takes place in 16th century England. But men like Sir Thomas More, who love life yet have the moral fiber to lay down their lives for their principles, are found in every century. Concentrating on the last seven years of English chancellor's life, the struggle between More and his King, Henry VIII, hinges on Henry's determination to break with Rome so he can divorce his current wife and wed again, and good Catholic More's inability to go along with such heresy. More resigns as chancellor, hoping to be able to live out his life as a private citizen. But Henry will settle for nothing less than that the much respected More give public approval to his headstrong course.
Starring: Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Robert Shaw, Leo McKern, Orson Welles, Susannah York, Nigel Davenport
Director: Fred Zinnemann
