Reverend Brooks leads his small Iowa town in a contest to stop smoking for a month. But some tobacco executives don't want them to win, and try everything they can to make them smoke. If townspeople don't go nuts from wanting a cigarette, or kill each other from irritation and frustration, they will win a huge prize.

Love Field

1992

English

6.5

♡ 14

40%

interracial relationship

road trip

washington dc, usa

Jonathan Kaplan Director

Kay E. Kuter as Announcer

Nick Searcy as FBI Man

Michelle Pfeiffer as Lurene Hallett

Peggy Rea as Mrs. Heisenbuttel

Dallas housewife Lurene Hallett's life revolves around the doings of Jacqueline Kennedy. She is devastated when President Kennedy is shot a few hours after she sees him arrive in Dallas. Despite her husband Ray's prohibition, she decides to attend the funeral in Washington, D.C. Forced to travel by bus, she befriends Jonell, the young black daughter of Paul Couter. Sensing something wrong, her good intentioned interference leads the mixed race threesome on an increasingly difficult journey to Washington with both the police and Ray looking for them.

Made in America

1993

English

5.1

♡ 29

32%

Richard Benjamin Director

Peggy Rea as Alberta

Paul Rodriguez as Jose

Whoopi Goldberg as Sarah Mathews

Will Smith as Tea Cake Walters

A young black woman discovers that her father was a sperm donor, and if that wasn't bad enough, he's white.

Valley of the Dolls

1967

English

6.0

♡ 16

32%

58%

Action

based on novel or book

Mark Robson Director

Joey Bishop as MC at Telethon

Lee Grant as Miriam Polar

Peggy Rea as Neely O'Hara's Vocal Coach

Ethelreda Leopold as Restaurant Patron

Lured by their dreams of fame and fortune, three ambitious young women enter the world of show business and discover how easy it is to sink into a celebrity nightmare of ego, alcohol and pills — the beloved "dolls."

The Night Stalker

1972

English

7.4

♡ 20

88%

John Llewellyn Moxey Director

Ralph Meeker as Bernie Jenks

Darren McGavin as Carl Kolchak

Kent Smith as D.A. Paine

Peggy Rea as Switchboard Operator

Wisecracking reporter Carl Kolchak investigates a string of murders in Las Vegas and suspects the culprit is a vampire. His editor thinks he's crazy and the police think he's a nuisance, so Kolchak takes matters into his own hands.

What's the Matter with Helen?

1971

English

6.3

♡ 4

55%

Curtis Harrington Director

Peggy Rea as Mrs. Schultz

Peter Brocco as Old Man

Agnes Moorehead as Sister Alma

Timothy Carey as The Tramp

Two middle-aged women move to Hollywood, California after their sons are convicted of a notorious murder and open a dance school for children eager to tap their way to stardom.

Grumpy Old Men

1993

English

7.0

♡ 25

67%

Donald Petrie Director

Ossie Davis as Chuck

Daryl Hannah as Melanie

John Carroll Lynch as Moving Man

Peggy Rea as Wedding Guest

For decades, next-door neighbors and former friends John and Max have feuded, trading insults and wicked pranks. When an attractive widow moves in nearby, their bad blood erupts into a high-stakes rivalry full of naughty jokes and adolescent hijinks.

The Learning Tree

1969

English

7.2

♡ 3

76%

84%

Action

based on novel or book

Drama

family relationships

kansas, usa

semi autobiographical

Gordon Parks Director

Dana Elcar as Kirky

Jon Lormer as McCormack

Peggy Rea as Miss McClintock

Hope Summers as Mrs. Kiner

The story, set in Kansas during the 1920's, covers less than a year in the life of a black teenager, and documents the veritable deluge of events which force him into sudden manhood. The family relationships and enmities, the fears, frustrations and ambitions of the black teenager in small-town America are explored with a strong statement about human values.

Curfew

1989

English

4.3

♡ 4

7%

Gary Winick Director

Bert Remsen as Gentleman with Cane

Peggy Rea as Mrs. Mary Cox

Christopher Knight as Sam

Frank Miller as Walter Davenport

Two brothers whose grisly killing spree has landed them on death row plot a daring escape, breaking free from prison with vengeance in mind, and setting targets in the form of the key witnesses against them.

Lipstick

1976

English

5.7

♡ 12

18%

34%

Action

big sister kid sister

Lamont Johnson Director

Bill Zuckert as Apartment Manager

Robin Gammell as Nathan Cartright

Peggy Rea as Reporter

Perry King as Steve Edison

An aspiring avant-garde composer rapes a fashion model. When she takes him to court, she's slut-shamed by the defense and the man is exonerated. But justice will be served.

Strange Bedfellows

1965

English

6.2

♡ 8

43%

Action

Comedy

Romance

Melvin Frank Director

Noel Drayton as Cab Driver

Alan Caillou as Magistrate

Peggy Rea as Mavis Masters

Les Tremayne as Opening Off-Screen Narrator

After a hasty wedding, Carter and Toni find that they disagree on everything. They separate and seven years later, on the eve before their divorce, meet again and spend the night together. Reality sets in when morning comes and they begin arguing again. Once again, divorce proceedings are on — until Carter finds out that an important promotion hinges on whether he's married.

In Country

1989

English

5.9

♡ 7

68%

35%

based on novel or book

Drama

kentucky

post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)

Romance

vietnam veteran

War

Norman Jewison Director

Bruce Willis as Emmett Smith

Joan Allen as Irene

Peggy Rea as Mamaw

Stephen Tobolowsky as Pete

Samantha Hughes, a teenaged Kentucky girl, never knew her father, who died in Vietnam before her birth. Samantha lives with her uncle Emmett, who also served in Vietnam. Emmett hangs around with Tom, Earl, and Pete, three other Vietnam vets who, like Emmett, all have problems of one kind or another that relate to their war experiences. Samantha becomes obsessed with finding out about her father.

Walk Don't Run

1966

English

6.6

♡ 3

Charles Walters Director

Samantha Eggar as Christine Easton

John Standing as Julius D. Haversack

Dale Ishimoto as Plainclothesman

Peggy Rea as Ukrainian Shot Putter

During the housing shortage of the Summer Olympic Games in 1964, two men and a woman share a small apartment in Tokyo, and the older man soon starts playing Cupid to the younger pair.

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Strange Bedfellows

In Country

Walk Don't Run