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By now, Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan have amassed such a fund of goodwill with moviegoers that any new onscreen pairing brings nearly reflexive smiles. In You've Got Mail, the quintessential boy and girl next door repeat the tentative romantic crescendo that made Sleepless in Seattle, writer-director Nora Ephron's previous excursion with the duo, a massive hit. The prospective couple do ...

Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Katie Sagona, Greg Kinnear, Parker Posey
Directed By: Nora Ephron

Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Starring: Marilyn Hassett, Beau Bridges, Belinda Montgomery, Nan Martin, Bill Vint
Directed By: Larry Peerce

Robert Redford stars in this excellent 1969 film about a selfish and ambitious athlete who wants to break records at the Olympics but not participate in the teamwork emphasized by his coach (Gene Hackman). Redford comes across as a rare heel, and the film's understated tone keeps the focus on characters and sundry themes important to director Michael Ritchie (The Candidate): the sacrifices ...

Manufacturer: Paramount
Starring: Robert Redford, Gene Hackman, Camilla Sparv, Joe Jay Jalbert, Tom J. Kirk
Directed By: Michael Ritchie

Writer Ernest Thompson, who came up with the original stage play of On Golden Pond and adapted it for film, is lucky to have two giants of the screen give dignity and breadth to his sometimes trite dialogue. Henry Fonda, in his last role, plays a prickly English professor at the disagreeable age of 80. Visiting his summer house by a Maine lake with his wife (Katharine Hepburn), the old man ...

Manufacturer: Live / Artisan
Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda, Doug McKeon, Dabney Coleman
Directed By: Mark Rydell

a comic misadventure about a decidely odd couple -- an insecurestockbroker and his talking horse. each trying to learn a thingor two about life, success and love.

Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Bob Goldthwait, Dabney Coleman, John Candy, Virginia Madsen, Cindy Pickett
Directed By: Michael Dinner

Manufacturer: Live / Artisan
Starring: Dabney Coleman, Matt Frewer, Teri Garr, Barry Corbin, Joe Pantoliano
Directed By: Gregg Champion

Manufacturer: Paramount Home Video
Starring: Jeff Daniels, Catherine O'Hara, Hector Elizondo, Rhea Perlman, Judith Ivey
Directed By: Bill Phillips

Manufacturer: Paramount Pictures
Starring: Sidney Poitier, Anne Bancroft, Telly Savalas, Steven Hill, Edward Asner
Directed By: Sydney Pollack

Cute but silly, this 1983 cautionary fantasy stars Matthew Broderick as a teenage computer genius who hacks into the Pentagon's defense system and sets World War III into motion. All the fun is in the film's set-up, as Broderick befriends Ally Sheedy and starts the international crisis by pretending while online to be the Soviet Union. After that, it's not hard to predict what's going to happen: ...

Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy, John Wood, Dabney Coleman, Barry Corbin
Directed By: John Badham

Based on Wilson Rawls's 1961 novel of the same name, Where the Red Fern Grows is the touching story of a 12-year-old, Ozark mountain boy (Joseph Ashton) who wants a dog so badly he performs odd jobs for months and saves enough to get two hunting hounds. Just as he hoped, the dogs usher in a period of golden adventure and happiness. Moreover, the pets prove profitable at awards shows and ...

Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
Starring: Joseph Ashton, Dabney Coleman, Ned Beatty, Dave Matthews, Renee Faia
Directed By: Lyman Dayton, Sam Pillsbury