1920's - 1960's
When a tornado rips through Kansas, Dorothy and her dog, Toto, are whisked away in their house to the magical land of Oz. They follow the Yellow Brick Road toward the Emerald City to meet the Wizard, and en route they meet a Scarecrow, a Tin Man, and a Cowardly Lion who wants courage. The wizard asks the group to bring him the broom of the Wicked Witch of the West to earn his help.
What is: The Wizard of Oz
When a young woman is killed by a shark while skinny-dipping near the New England tourist town of Amity Island, police chief Martin Brody wants to close the beaches, but mayor Larry Vaughn overrules him, fearing that the loss of tourist revenue will cripple the town. Ichthyologist Matt Hooper and grizzled ship captain Quint offer to help Brody capture the killer beast, and the trio engages in an epic battle of man vs. nature.
What is: Jaws
In this 1980s sci-fi classic, small-town California teen Marty McFly s thrown back into the '50s when an experiment by his eccentric scientist friend Doc Brown goes awry. Traveling through time in a modified DeLorean car, Marty encounters young versions of his parents and must make sure that they fall in love or he'll cease to exist. Even more dauntingly, Marty has to return to his own time and save the life of Doc Brown.
What is: Back to the Future
When bratty 8-year-old Kevin McCallister acts out the night before a family trip to Paris, his mother makes him sleep in the attic. After the McCallisters mistakenly leave for the airport without Kevin, he awakens to an empty house and assumes his wish to have no family has come true. But his excitement sours when he realizes that two con men plan to rob the McCallister residence and that he alone must protect the family home.
What is: Home Alone
This movie was produced by Disney in 2003. This small fish was abducted by a boat and netted up and sent to a dentist's office in Sydney. Meanwhile, his father ventures off to try to retrieve his son. On his journeys a blue tang suffering from short-term memory loss.
What is: Finding Nemo
In this Disney adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel, young Jim Hawkins finds a map to the coveted treasure of the notorious pirate Captain Flint. Jim enlists Dr. Livesy and Squire Trelawney to prepare for the voyage. Along the way, the likes of infamous pirate Long John Silver and other nefarious swashbucklers join the crew, and they set sail on the Caribbean Sea aboard the Hispaniola.
What is: Treasure Island
Experience the friendships, romances, and adventures of a group of high school kids in the 1950s. Welcome to the singing and dancing world and the most successful movie musical of all time. A wholesome exchange student and a leather-clad Danny have a summer romance, but will it cross-clique lines?
What is: Grease
A high schooler has an uncanny skill at cutting classes and getting away with it. Intending to make one last duck-out before graduation, this guy calls in sick, "borrows" a Ferrari, and embarks on a one-day journey through the streets of Chicago. On his trail is high school principal, determined to catch him in the act.
What is: Ferris Bueller's Day Off
A formerly successful banker winds up in a gloomy jailhouse of after being found guilty of a crime he did not commit. The film portrays the man's unique way of dealing with his new, torturous life; along the way, he befriends a number of fellow prisoners, most notably a wise long-term inmate named Red.
What is: The Shawshank Redemption
A green orge discovers his swamp has been schemed by a Lord and sets out on a journey with a loud donkey to persuade the Lord to give him his swamp back.
What is: Shrek
Epic Civil War drama focuses on the life of petulant southern belle Scarlett O'Hara. Starting with her idyllic on a sprawling plantation, the film traces her survival through the tragic history of the South during the Civil War and Reconstruction, and her tangled love affairs with Ashley Wilkes and Rhett Butler.
What is: Gone with the Wind
A small-time boxer from working-class Philadelphia is arbitrarily chosen to take on the reigning world heavyweight champion, Apollo Creed when the undefeated fighter's scheduled opponent is injured. While training with feisty former bantamweight contender Mickey Goldmill, this boxer tentatively begins a relationship with Adrian.
What is: Rocky
A young man moves to Southern California with his mother, but quickly finds himself the target of a group of bullies who study karate at the Cobra Kai dojo. Fortunately, he befriends Mr. Miyagi an unassuming repairman who just happens to be a martial arts master himself. He takes the young man under his wing, training him in a more compassionate form of karate and preparing him to compete against the brutal Cobra Kai.
What is: Karate Kid
A scientist builds an animated human being but the scientist dies before he can finish assembling him. He left the young man with a freakish appearance accentuated by the scissor blades he has instead of hands. Loving suburban saleswoman Peg discovers him and takes him home, where he falls for Peg's teen daughter. However, despite his kindness and artistic talent, his hands make him an outcast.
What is: Edward Scissorhands
A teenage girl moves to America and gets caught up with a clique of girls at her new school, falls in love with one the girl's ex-boyfriend, and starts to learn that high school life can be really tough.
Mean Girls
George Bailey has so many problems he is thinking about ending it all - and it's Christmas! As the angels discuss George, we see his life in flashback. As George is about to jump from a bridge, he ends up rescuing his guardian angel, Clarence - who then shows George what his town would have looked like if it hadn't been for all his good deeds over the years.
What is: It's a Wonderful Life
A mob drama, based on Mario Puzo's novel of the same name, focuses on the powerful Italian-American crime family of Don Vito Corleone. When the don's youngest son, Michael reluctantly joins the Mafia, he becomes involved in the inevitable cycle of violence and betrayal. Although Michael tries to maintain a normal relationship with his wife, Kay, he is drawn deeper into the family business.
What is: The Godfather
The Top Gun Naval Fighter Weapons School is where the best of the best train to refine their elite flying skills. When a hotshot fighter pilot is sent to the school, his reckless attitude and cocky demeanor put him at odds with the other pilots, especially the cool and collected pilots. But the new pilot isn't only competing to be the top fighter pilot, he's also fighting for the attention of his beautiful flight instructor.
What is: Top Gun
Sam Wheat is a banker, Molly Jensen is an artist, and the two are madly in love. However, when Sam is murdered by friend and corrupt business partner Carl Bruner over a shady business deal, he is left to roam the earth as a powerless spirit. When he learns of Carl's betrayal, Sam must seek the help of psychic Oda Mae Brown to set things right and protect Molly from Carl and his goons.
What is: Ghost
On the lush alien world of Pandora, an ex-Marine finds himself as a hostile on an alien planet filled with exotic life forms, the Na'vi. As an Avatar and a human mind in an alien body, he finds himself torn between two worlds. He is in a desperate fight for his own survival and that of the Na'vi people.
What is: Avatar
Phoenix secretary Marion Crane, on the lam after stealing $40,000 from her employer in order to run away with her boyfriend, Sam Loomis , is overcome by exhaustion during a heavy rainstorm. Traveling on the back roads to avoid the police, she stops for the night at the ramshackle Bates Motel and meets the polite but highly strung proprietor Norman Bates, a young man with an interest in taxidermy and a difficult relationship with his mother.
What is: Psycho
When Sally hears that her grandfather's grave may have been vandalized, she and her paraplegic brother, Franklin, set out with their friends to investigate. After a detour to their family's old farmhouse, they discover a group of crazed, murderous outcasts living next door. As the group is attacked one by one by the chainsaw-wielding Leatherface, who wears a mask of human skin, the survivors must do everything they can to escape.
What is: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
What is: The Goonies
A Civil War soldier develops a relationship with a band of Lakota Indians. Attracted by the simplicity of their lifestyle, he chooses to leave his former life behind to be with them. Having observed him, they give the name Dances With Wolves. Soon he is a welcomed member of the tribe and falls in love with a white woman who has been raised in the tribe. Tragedy results when Union soldiers arrive with designs on the land.
What is: Dance with the Wolves
The future of civilization rests in the fate of the One Ring, which has been lost for centuries. Powerful forces are unrelenting in their search for it. But fate has placed it in the hands of a young Hobbit who inherits the Ring and steps into legend. A daunting task lies ahead when he becomes the Ringbearer - to destroy the One Ring in the fires of Mount Doom where it was forged.
What is: The Lord of the Rings