Film Finders: Exploring Special Topics

Danny Ocean and his 10-man handpicked team of grifters and conmen are ready to carry out the most elaborate casino heist in history, and they just might get away with it.

Russian submarine gets stuck on a New England sandbar and the landing crew goes ashore for help-only to be mistaken for an invasion force by the over-imaginative townspeople.

A dying millionaire has her soul transferred into a younger, willing woman. However, something goes wrong, and she finds herself in her lawyer's body - together with the lawyer.

A wacky brain surgeon mourns for his wife and then falls for a beauty who hides a heart of stone. The situation is hopeless until his oddball research offers a ray of hope.

95-year-old Carl Reiner engages other nonagenarians and some folks over 100 in discussions of personal experiences and insights into aging and living a happy and rewarding life.

Television writer Rob Petrie goes about his daily life working with two co-writers on "The Alan Brady Show" and experiencing the ups and downs of family life with his wife and son in their New Rochelle neighborhood.

Private eye Rigby Reardon is hired by a beautiful woman to investigate the mysterious death of her father--a wealthy scientist, philanthropist, and cheesemaker.

Spartacus is the bold gladiator slave who leads a massive slave revolt against Imperial Rome in this epic true account of man's eternal struggle for freedom.

A trouble-shooting 19th century seaman is trying to discover why so many whaling ships have been disappearing of late. Teaming with a scientist and a diver, they set sail to investigate.

Wyatt Earp and John "Doc" Holliday team up to rid Tombstone, Arizona of the murderous Clanton gang.

Three innocent French soldiers are tried and convicted of cowardice, after their battalion fails to take a heavily fortified German position.

A successful ad man attempts to re-evaluate his life situation.

The Ace in the Hole, in this case, is Leo Minosa, trapped in a cliff dwelling near Albuquerque, N.M. The publicity from his situation could build a winning hand for several people:

An executive in charge of a Middle Eastern nuclear plant discovers that his son is the Antichrist and sets out to stop him from using the nuclear power at his fingertips to wipe out mankind.

After a decade of battling in the Crusades, a knight challenges Death to a fateful game of chess

A nine-year-old amateur inventor, Francophile, and pacifist searches New York City for the lock that matches a mysterious key left behind by his father, who died in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

When a 12 year-old girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two priests to save her.

A CIA agent who is on the run from a mass slaughter in his research office suddenly finds himself the target of both his employers and the unknown killers of his associates.

Shame probes the atrocities of war as a young couple struggles to survive while the world around them crumbles into chaos

Summers span decades. Winters can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne continues.

When energy waves pull the moon out of orbit, New York Jets quarterback Flash Gordon unwittingly finds himself heading for the planet Mongo, where, with the assistance from Dale Arden, he will take on Ming the Merciless and rescue humankind.

Dramatic presentation of the WWII war crimes trials in Nuremberg, Germany.

When visitors from a distant galaxy return to earth on a secret mission, their other-worldly powers afford a group of senior citizens the chance to recapture their youth

Four unwitting heroes cross paths on their journey to the sleepy town of Silverado.

American architect Stourley Kracklite can't see the beauty in Rome through his pain. He believes his pregnant young wife is having an affair.he believes his pregnant young wife ishaving an affair. As his suspicions turn to paranoia and obsession, his marriage, health and reputation begin to unravel.

The undeniable power of the true stories of six exonerated survivors of death row.

Depicts the early years of director and aviator Howard Hughes' career, from the late 1920's to the mid-1940's.

Hamlet, a prince of medieval-era Denmark, senses treachery behind his royal father's death. His mother is all too dangerously entangled in that treachery.

Frodo makes his way through the darkness to Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring. Aragorn learns of his destiny as the true King and the others prepare for a massive battle that will determine the fate of Middle-Earth.

A film depicting the life of Christ from birth through resurrection.

Tells the story of a disfigured musical genius who haunts the catacombs beneath the Paris Opera, waging a reign of terror over its occupants.

An Irish journalist writes a series of stories about drug dealers.

Tom Welles is a family man with a modest home based private investigation business living a simple life in Pennsylvania, until a reel of crudely shot eight millimeter film sends him down a path into society's darkest corners.

A murder trial brings a small Mississippi town's racial tensions to the flashpoint.

Stu Shepard, a self-centered New York City publicist, suddenly finds himself on the deadly end of a high-powered rifle scope when he picks up a ringing payphone and the man on the other end tells him that he's going to kill him if he hangs up.

Dorothy is a 24-year-old Manhattan kindergarten teacher who is whisked away from her inner-city neighborhood via a snowstorm to the mysterious land of Oz. Oz is a sprawling, decaying, nightmarish, and dangerous megalopolis that resembles the physical characteristics of New York City.

Seven friends, recent college graduates, search for a place in the real world and face the issues of career and commitment. Against the backdrop of St. Elmo's, their local hang-out, they save, betray and love each one other as only the closest of friends can.

Batman and Robin have teamed up with Batgirl, and now they must fight Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy before they freeze Gotham City.

Life in impoverished Depression-era Ireland holds little promise for young Frank McCourt. Frank embarks on a journey to overcome the poverty of his childhood and reach the land of his dreams: America.

Based on a true story of William Hayes, a naive young American vacationing in Istanbul, Turkey, tries to smuggle a couple of kilos of hash out of the country. He is caught, thrown into a Turkish prison, and forced into the brutality that defines the inmates' constant struggle for survival.

Two F.B.I. Agents with wildly different styles arrive in Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of some civil rights activists.

True-life story of Eva Peron, who rose above childhood poverty and a scandalous past to achieve fortune and fame.

A reporter is sent to chronicle the last days of an anti-death penalty activist now living on death row, after having been convicted of the murder of a fellow activist. The reporter grows to suspect he may have been framed, and sets out to verify her doubts.

A mother of four is abandoned by her husband for a younger woman. Husband, wife and children struggle to survive the seemingly inevitable divorce.

A young Pi Patel, overcoming a cataclysmic shipwreck, finds himself stranded on a lifeboat with the last survivor, a ferocious Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.

Twenty-two years following the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now includes a completely functioning dinosaur theme park, as once envisioned by John Hammond. After ten years of operation and decline in visitors, a unique attraction is designed to ignite visitor's interest, which fails horribly.

The American-born son of Indian immigrants feels pulled between his ethnic heritage and his desire to assimilate, especially after becoming involved with two very different women.

A Mumbai teenager reflects on his life after being accused of cheating on the Indian version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?".

No-name actors are making a low-budget period drama called "Home for Purim," when an anonymous post on the Internet suggests that one performance is Oscar-worthy. Jump ahead a few months to the days before Oscar nominees are announced: just the possibility of a nomination has changed the actors' lives.

Ron Burgundy is San Diego's top-rated newsman in the male-dominated broadcasting of the 1970s, but that's all about to change for Ron and his cronies when an ambitious woman is hired as a new anchor.

A Korean-American office worker and his Indian-American stoner friend embark on a quest to satisfy their desire for White Castle burgers.

While his trailer trash parents teeter on the edge of divorce, Nick Twisp sets his sights on dream girl Sheeni Saunders.

Tracy Turnblad, a teenager with huge hair, a big grin, and all the right moves, becomes the queen of Baltimore's number one dance revue.

Tommy Wilhelm is a good honest man who's fallen on hard times after losing his job. He tries to seize the day - in vain.

Three-time male model of the year, Derek Zoolander, is devastated when he loses the title to newbie Hansel. After the news, Mugatu’s fashion empire brainwashes Derek into being an assassin.

A gang of armed men hijack a New York City subway train and threaten to kill one hostage per minute unless their demands are met.

Presents the story of Scarlett O'Hara, a Southern belle who enjoys her socialite lifestyle and the attention of many eligible single rich men. This idyllic lifestyle is shattered by the onset of the U.S. Civil War that eventually reduces her home to near ruins.

Recounts the life and adventures of Robin Hood, who, with his band of followers, lived as an outlaw in Sherwood Forest dedicated to fight against tyranny.

Following an emotional collapse a woman is placed in a mental institution by her husband. The severity of her depression causes her sympathetic doctor to try electric shock, hydrotherapy, and drugs, along with psychoanalysis.

Half-mad Charlotte lives in a Louisiana mansion with her greedy cousin and family doctor.

A father who can't keep his promises, dies in a car accident. One year later, he returns as a snowman, who has the final chance to put things right with his son, before he is gone forever.

A sports agent suddenly discovers his scruples and promptly loses his job. But with the help of one loyal colleague and one outrageous client, he learns that loving well is the best revenge.

Seventeen, angry, and alienated from her estranged father, Veronica 'Ronnie' Miller's life gets turned inside out when her mother forces her to spend the summer with him in the small Georgia beach town where he lives. Here, Ronnie finds salvation, friendship, second chances, and first love.

Ruth Stoops is pregnant, confused and in trouble with the law for the umpteenth time. But it doesn't stop there. She soon becomes the unwitting object of a wacky tug-of-war that erupts when pro-lifers square off with pro-choicers and everyone goes to ridiculous extremes trying to claim her as a national symbol for their cause.

The quest for the Holy Grail by King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table is retold in the inimitable Python fashion.

The Pythons satirize religion, capital punishment, revolutionary politics, terrorism, graffiti, science fiction, and a host of other topics through the story of Brian, a first-century Judean.

Monty Python presents a glimpse into the true meaning of life.

Erik the Viking, tired of killing and plundering, sets out on an epic quest to Valhalla. There he and his men plan on asking the gods to end the Age of Ragnorok and bring sunshine back to the skies.

The monstrous spirit of a slain child murderer seeks revenge by invading the dreams of teenagers whose parents were responsible for his untimely death.

During their Christmas break, a group of sorority girls are stalked by a stranger.

The story of a corporate-sponsored racing team and the explosive obsessions that speed them through lives of fast cars, fast cash and fast company.

An ex-bounty hunter reluctantly helps a wealthy landowner and his henchmen track down a Mexican revolutionary leader.