Summer of 42 (1971)
During his summer vacation on Nantucket Island in 1942, young Hermie, eagerly awaiting his first sexual encounter, develops an innocent love for young war bride Dorothy who is awaiting news about her soldier husbands fate in WWII
The Man in the Moon (1991)
A coming of age story set in the south of the U S when Elvis was King
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Atticus Finch, a widowed lawyer in Depression era Alabama, defends a Black man against an undeserved rape charge, and tries to educate his young children against prejudice
Come September (1961)
Younger generation vs older folks on vacation at an Italian villa
Same Time, Next Year (1978)
Beginning in 1951, neurotic married accountant George and naive married homemaker Doris have a one night stand and then meet at the same place once each year As years go by, they observe changes in each other and their relationship
Love with the Proper Stranger (1963)
A salesclerk at Macys department store finds herself pregnant after a one night stand with a musician who does not even remember her
The Stalking Moon (1968)
U S Army soldiers round up a group of Apache, mostly women and children Surprisingly, they find among them a white woman and her half Apache son
Claras Heart (1988)
A Jamaican woman becomes the housekeeper for a rich Baltimore family and bonds with a disillusioned teenage boy
The Pursuit of Happiness (1971)
A college student goes to prison for vehicular manslaughter and unpaid tickets He escapes with his girlfriend, becoming fugitives The narrative explores the sustainability and consequences of their life on the run
The Other (1972)
A series of gruesome accidents plague a small American farming community in the summer of 1935, encircling two identical twin brothers and their family
Up the Down Staircase (1967)
The experiences of a young female English teacher in an inner city New York high school
Inside Daisy Clover (1965)
A tomboy turned movie star deals with the cruelty of Hollywood
The Rat Race (1960)
An aspiring musician arrives in New York in search of fame and fortune He soon meets a taxi dancer, moves in with her, and before too long a romance develops
Kiss Me Goodbye (1982)
The ghost of a dead husband haunts his wife as she moves back to their house in NYC Shes about to marry an egyptologist there
Fear Strikes Out (1957)
True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball
Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965)
In Texas, a woman and her young daughter head down to another town where the girls irresponsible, hotheaded and immature father has just been released from prison on parole
The Great Impostor (1960)
Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr is a versatile man who gets his kicks out of impersonating a marine, a monk, a navy surgeon and a prison warden, eventually getting in trouble with the law for it
The Spiral Road (1962)
In 1936, a Dutch physician who treats leprosy patients in the jungles of Indonesia has a dangerous run in with a local witch doctor who uses black magic to kill his enemies