Bourne Ultimatum

PG-13 | 2007 | Matt Damon, David Strathairn | Critics: 7-9-6

Bourne races to discover the final mysteries of his past while a government agent tries to track him down after a shootout in Moscow.

Nancy Drew

PG | 2007 | Emma Roberts, Max Thieriot | Critics: 9-5

A teen detective happens upon clues to a murder mystery involving a movie star.

Alamo, The

PG-13 | 2003 | Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton

During a 13-day stand-off in 1836, Davy Crocket, Jim Bowie, and 187 other Texans do all they can to defend the ruined mission from Santa Ana's Mexican army.

An American Rhapsody

PG-13 | 2001 | Nastassja Kinski, Scarlett Johansson | Critics: 8-8-7-8

Fact based cultural clash drama about the tensions that build between a young Hungarian girl and her family after she's left behind in Budapest as an infant and reunited with her family in California seven years later.

Basket, The

PG | 1999 | Peter Coyote, Karen Allen | Critics: 3-5-2-1

In a Pacific Northwest farming community just after WWI, two German orphans are welcomed into a caring family, yet shunned by others because of their ethnicity.

Amistad

R | 1997 | Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins

Based on the true story of a slave revolt aboard a ship at sea in 1839. When the mutineers are put on trial, former President of the U.S. John Quincy Adams comes to their defense.

Apostle, The

PG-13 | 1997 | Robert Duvall, Farrah Fawcett

A fugitive Pentecostal preacher fleeing from a violent episode makes a personal vow to minister to a small town in the Louisiana bayou.

Alive

R | 1993 | Ethan Hawke, Vincent Spano

Film relates the true story of a rugby team whose plane crashed in a remote part of the snowy Andes mountains; team members are forced into cannibalism to survive.

Avalon

PG | 1990 | Aidan Quinn, Elizabeth Perkins

Drama about the life of a Russian immigrant family in Baltimore in the years following WWII. A young boy observes the dissolution of his family as his grandfather's children become more entrenched in the American dream.

Awakenings

PG-13 | 1990 | Robert De Niro, Robin Williams

A doctor in the chronic-care ward of a Bronx hospital tends to patients suffering from encephalitis lethargica, a disease, caused by a virus, which has left them comatose. Through the experimental use of a drug called L Dopa, the doctor is able to revive several of his patients, many of whom have been asleep; for decades. Based on a book by Oliver Sacks.

Bat 21

R | 1988 | Gene Hackman, Danny Glover

Gripping, true-life Vietnam drama about attempted rescue of colonel trapped in enemy territory. This much-loved sleeper is most satisfying for fans of strong acting, highly personal drama, and suspense.

Anne of Avonlea

G | 1987 | Megan Porter Follows, Colleen Dewhurst

Well-received sequel to Anne of Green Gables about a feisty, turn-of-the-century young woman teaching school and falling in love. Departs from book, but entertaining family fare both for adults and older kids.

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A tick on the bottom right corner indicates a superior work -- although this is obviously a matter of taste. To give another quality benchmark for films, we have surveyed some leading critics and recorded their views, on a scale of 1 (poor) to 10 (outstanding).

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