1The Thing
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
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1A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
2At the dawn of the Space Race, seven test pilots set out to become the first American astronauts to enter space. However, the road to making history brings momentous challenges.
3Successful surgeon Tomas leaves Prague for an operation, meets a young photographer named Tereza, and brings her back with him. Tereza is surprised to learn that Tomas is already having an affair with the bohemian Sabina, but when the Soviet invasion occurs, all three flee to Switzerland. Sabina begins an affair, Tom continues womanizing, and Tereza, disgusted, returns to Czechoslovakia. Realizing his mistake, Tomas decides to chase after her.
4Agent Jack Ryan becomes acting Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA when Admiral Greer is diagnosed with cancer. When an American businessman, and friend of the president, is murdered on his yacht, Ryan starts discovering links between the man and drug dealers. As former CIA agent John Clark is sent to Colombia to kill drug cartel kingpins in retaliation, Ryan must fight through multiple cover-ups to figure out what happened and who's responsible.
5Conflict arises in the small town of Holly Springs when an old woman's death causes a variety of reactions among family and friends.
6After being shot, a lawyer loses his memory and must relearn speech and mobility, but he has a loving family to support him.
7A liberal activist lawyer alienated his daughter Maggie years ago when she discovered his many affairs. Now a conservative corporate lawyer, Maggie agrees to go up against her father in court. To gain promotion, she must defend an auto manufacturer against charges that their explosion-prone station wagons are unsafe. As her mother begs for peace, Maggie takes on her dad in a trial that turns increasingly personal and nasty.
8Con artist Gwen moves into Newton's empty home without his knowledge and begins setting up house, posing as his new wife.
9A small-town loser determines to have one more shot at the big time by winning a football game.
10Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles, California.
11Residents of a friendly Pennsylvania town foil three brothers' plan to rob a bank on Christmas Eve.
12After his mistress runs over a black teen, a Wall Street hotshot sees his life unravel in the spotlight; A down-and-out reporter breaks the story and opportunists clamber to use it to their advantage.
13Popeye is a super-strong, spinach-scarfing sailor man who's searching for his father. During a storm that wrecks his ship, Popeye washes ashore and winds up rooming at the Oyl household, where he meets Olive. Before he can win her heart, he must first contend with Olive's fiancé, Bluto.
14A lawyer defends her father accused of war crimes, but there is more to the case than she suspects.
15In 1961, Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle played for the New York Yankees. One, Mantle, was universally loved, while the other, Maris, was universally hated. Both men started off with a bang, and both were nearing Babe Ruth's 60 home run record. Which man would reach it?