30 years ago Hollywood asked the age old question... What if a kid got to play a part in Major League Baseball? Their answer? 'Rookie of the Year.'
A lot of movies get called groundbreaking, but few from the '80s really earn that designation quite like Robert Zemeckis' and Steven Spielberg's 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit', which was remarkable for a number of reasons.
'Bull Durham' arrived amid a wave of important baseball movies and 2 years before another Costner-led baseball film, but it was a very different take on the game than the others.
Martin Scorsese is widely regarded as one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. Let's look at the massive impact he's left in film and culture.
'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas' was largely believed to be unfilmable, and while it turned out to be mostly true, the Johnny Depp-led adaptation has developed a significant cult fanbase.
Released 35 years ago, Wim Wenders' 'Wings of Desire' is a gorgeous work about the human condition, as well as a snapshot of West Berlin, shortly before the Berlin Wall came down. A masterpiece they keep trying to remake.
Arriving 40 years ago this week, 'Flashdance' was a major hit and a significant film for several reasons, though it didn't lead Jennifer Beals to the type of career she probably should have.
Released 10 years ago, 'Room 237' had a simple conceit: nine people provide their own theories about a single film, Stanley Kubrick's 1980 'The Shining.'
Serge Gainsbourg will always be remembered as a giant in French music, and his legacy is truly one-of-a-kind, full of musical experimentation, urban legends, and of course, scandal.
Made in 1993, 'CB4' was a consistently funny satire of the hip-hop music and culture of that specific era and likely Chris Rock's best movie he played a lead role in.
Casino culture is a fascinating topic that has been explored in various forms of art and inspired some of the best films in history. Here's 4 of the best.
Songwriter, musician, actor, writer, humorist, and everything in between, Tom Waits has lived a colorful, avant-garde life and is truly one of the most talented artists America has ever produced.
John Grisham's novel "The Firm" was a massive hit in 1991, and its movie adaptation was not only the best Grisham adaptation, but the best lawyer movie of the entire decade; featuring a stellar cast led by a young Tom Cruise.
Despite being a major flop upon release, Steven Soderbergh's 'Out of Sight' still stands as one of the best crime films of the 1990s and features the best on-screen performances from George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez.
'The Truman Show' arrived 25 years ago now, with something real to say about the life and culture of America in the late '90s and still stands as one of Jim Carrey's greatest performances.
'Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid' was a troubled revisionist Western that featured a stellar cast and infamous supporting performance from one Bob Dylan.
The 1990s were a time when a lot of filmmakers made movies that were meant to function as manifestos on the political climate of the day, and probably the weirdest one was 'Bulworth.'
The 1990s were a big decade for Hollywood studio-produced political comedies and satires, and the high-concept story of 'Dave' was certainly one of the most heartwarming.
'42' is a very good film, that lends Jackie Robinson's story the gravity it likely deserves, with a standout Chadwick Boseman as the lead, but it still felt a little too small.
'Primary Colors' occupies a strange place in the canon of American movies about politics. An unfortunate flop that was released right in the middle of the Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinsky scandal.
Brendan Fraser has been a well-known face in Hollywood for over three decades starring in countless blockbusters and iconic roles, but despite that, his career was essentially dead until one role put him back in the spotlight.
Released 50 years ago, Robert Altman's 'The Long Goodbye' represents one of the most fascinating and miraculous films of the 1970s, starring an Elliott Gould in his prime.
If you were to describe the plot of 'Old School' out of context to someone who hasn't seen it, it probably wouldn't sound like one of the great comedies. But, with a great cast and strong gags it still remains one of the best of the aughts.
When it comes to high-concept comedies set against the backdrop of real history, 2003's 'Good Bye Lenin!' is among the best