“A Streetcar Named Desire”
Release date: December 1, 1951
Director: Elia Kazan
Starring: Marlon Brando, Vivien Leigh
Genre: Classic

Marlon Brando spellbinds as the brutish Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams’s classic rumination on carnal attraction and faded gentility. After losing the family plantation to creditors, Blanche DuBois (Vivien Leigh) travels to New Orleans hoping to find comfort with her sister (Kim Hunter), Stanley’s wife. But Blanche gets more than she bargained for. Oscars went to Leigh, Hunter and Karl Malden for their monumental performances.

The Mosquito Coast
Release date: November 26, 1986
Director: Peter Weir
Starring: Harrison Ford, Martha Plimpton
Genre: Drama

Troubled inventor Allie Fox (Harrison Ford) is uprooting his wife (Helen Mirren) and son (River Phoenix) and moving them to Central America, obsessed with building an ice factory in the middle of the jungle. But Allie’s unyielding determination eventually threatens to tear his family apart. Acclaimed auteur Peter Weir directs this provocative drama, based on the popular novel by Paul Theroux. Andre Gregory and Martha Plimpton co-star.

On the Waterfront
Release date: June 24, 1954
Director: Elia Kazan
Starring: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden
Genre: Classics

Terry Malloy (Oscar-winner Marlon Brando) is a washed-up boxer turned longshoreman who finds he has one fight left in him when he dares to take on corrupt union boss Johnny Friendly (Lee J. Cobb). A landmark “issue” picture, On the Waterfront is distinguished by great performances and excellent use of New York locations. It’s also the winner of eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director (Elia Kazan).

Roger Dodger
Release date: March 6, 2003
Director: Dylan Kidd
Starring: Campbell Scott, Jesse Eisenberg
Genre: Comedy

A comic, urbane look at the modern male ego at war in the Manhattan singles-scene trenches. Roger (Campbell Scott) is a hopelessly cynical advertising copywriter with a razor-sharp wit who believes he’s mastered the art of manipulating women. But Roger’s seemingly foolproof world of smooth talk and casual sex begins to unravel when he tries to school his teenage nephew in his techniques — and discovers he still has much to learn about women!

The Usual Suspects
Release date: August 16, 1995
Director: Bryan Singer
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Stephen Baldwin
Genre: Thriller

The sole survivor of a caper gone wrong, sniveling con man Verbal Kint (Kevin Spacey) gets locked in an interrogation room with a pushy fed (Chazz Palminteri) who wants to know why Spacey is still alive. In a flashback, Spacey recalls being in stir with career crooks forced to carry out a heist. Screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie’s ingenious story spins on a dime.