An earthquake releases a strain of mutant cockroaches with the ability to start fires, which proceed to cause destructive chaos in a small town. The studies carried out by scientist James Parmiter, however, reveal an intent with much more far-reaching consequences.

Santa Claus

1985

English

6.3

♡ 18

22%

Jeannot Szwarc Director

John Lithgow as B.Z.

John Hallam as Grizzard

Dudley Moore as Patch

Aimée Delamain as Storyteller

In ancient times, a man named Claus, who delivers toys in his small village, fulfils his destiny to become Santa Claus after meeting an expert toy-making elf, Patch, in the North Pole. In the present day, Santa Claus has become overwhelmed by his workload, and the disgruntled Patch flees the workshop to New York City. There, Patch unknowingly threatens the fate of Christmas by taking a job at a failing toy company run by a scheming businessman.

Enigma

1982

English

5.9

♡ 9

27%

central intelligence agency (cia)

Jeannot Szwarc Director

George Bruce as

Martin Sheen as Alex Holbeck

Sam Neill as Dimitri Vasilikov

Vernon Dobtcheff as Minister

Five highly-trained KGB agents are sent to the west to assassinate several Soviet dissidents. In order to stop the diabolical plot, an American agent must infiltrate Soviet intelligence and obtain information from a Russian computer.

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

1986

English

5.7

♡ 7

37%

Jeannot Szwarc Director

Mak Wilson as Ape, performed by

Rebecca De Mornay as Claire Dupin

Val Kilmer as Phillipe Huron

Ian McShane as Prefect of Police

A detective comes out of retirement to help his daughter's fiance prove that he did not commit a series of murders.

Somewhere in Time

1980

English

7.2

♡ 50

52%

Jeannot Szwarc Director

John Alvin as Arthur's Father

Bruce Jarchow as Bones, in 1912

William H. Macy as Critic

Larry Coven as Critic

Young writer Richard Collier is met on the opening night of his first play by an old lady who begs him to "Come back to me". Mystified, he tries to find out about her, and learns that she is a famous stage actress from the early twentieth century. Becoming more and more obsessed with her, by self-hypnosis he manages to travel back in time—where he meets her.