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Mary White

1977

Mary White

1977
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The true story of the relationship between famed author William Allen White and his teenaged daughter Mary, who died in a horseback-riding accident at age 16, and the powerful effect the tragedy had on the life of her father.
The Role

1977

The Role

1977
6.1
The film follows the life of a successful film star, revealing her increasing alienation in a role both glamorized and patronized by society. After being forced into show business by her family, she spends her time between studios and disastrous love affairs, and feels more and more dissatisfied.
The Night They Took Miss Beautiful

1977

The Night They Took Miss Beautiful

1977
4.8
Criminals hijack an airplane carrying five beauty contest finalists, but unknowingly they've also kidnapped a government agent carrying a dangerous virus that is to be used in bacterial warfare.
The Chess Players

1977

The Chess Players

1977
7
In the year 1856, Nawab Wajid Ali Shah is the King of Awadh, one of the last independent kingdoms of India. The British intend to control this rich land and send General Outram to clear way for an annexation. Pressure is mounting amidst intrigue and political maneuvers, but the Nawab whiles away his time in pursuit of pleasure and religious practice. The court is of no help either — noblemen Mir and Mirza ignore all duties and spend their days playing endless games of chess. Based on Munshi Premchand's short story of the same name. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2010.
Julia

1977

Julia

1977
6.4
At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany.
Black Fist

1977

Black Fist

1977
4
To make money, a Los Angeles street-fighter goes to work for gangsters.
Sheffey

1977

Sheffey

1977
7
The life and works of 19th-century circuit rider Robert S. Sheffey.
Greased Lightning

1977

Greased Lightning

1977
6.3
The true life story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing driver to win an upper-tier NASCAR race.
A Bridge Too Far

1977

A Bridge Too Far

1977
7.2
The story of Operation Market Garden—a failed attempt by the allies in the latter stages of WWII to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in Holland allowing access over the Rhine into Germany. A combination of poor allied intelligence and the presence of two crack German panzer divisions meant that the final part of this operation (the bridge in Arnhem over the Rhine) was doomed to failure.
Run for the Roses

1977

Run for the Roses

1977
Juanito, a boy from Puerto Rico, finds himself in Kentucky and drawn to a thoroughbred horse. He believes the horse can win the Derby and eventually others around him start to think it's possible.
Amar Akbar Anthony

1977

Amar Akbar Anthony

1977
6.9
Bollywood action comedy film with a lost and found theme, about three brothers separated during their childhood who grew up in three homes, adopting three religions. They meet in their youth to fight a common villain.
The Debut

1977

The Debut

1977
5.5
The delicate story of the impossible love between an older married man and a fourteen-year old schoolgirl.
Madame Claude

1977

Madame Claude

1977
4.8
Based on a true story. Madame Claude, a well connected Parisienne with dark past, runs a network of high-class call girls. She sends her girls to any place in the world to satisfy sexual desires of wealthy and powerful men. Claude's manipulations also involve big business and politics. Meanwhile, photographer David Evans is trying to clear his own criminal record by providing the authorities with pictures of Claude's girls with important clients in compromising positions. But powerful men can do anything to keep their secrets...
Hitch Hike

1977

Hitch Hike

1977
6.8
A bickering couple driving cross-country pick up a murderous hitchhiker who threatens to kill them unless they take him to a sanctuary. In return he agrees to split some bank loot he has on him.
Soldier's Home

1977

Soldier's Home

1977
4
Harold Krebs went off to fight in World War I, "the war to end all wars." But when he comes home, Harold finds that he doesn't fit in any more. He needs peace and quiet to figure out what has happened to him and who he has become, but his mother pressures him to rejoin society.
The Blue Hotel

1977

The Blue Hotel

1977
4.7
Nebraska in the 1880's: bleak, lonely, and far from what you'd expect The Wild West to be. But for a naive Swedish immigrant, the frontier parlor of THE BLUE HOTEL represents the quintessential western fantasy. No one can convince The Swede that his dime-store notions about The West are foolish. He sees murderous intentions all around him and in his terror he turns everybody against him. Inevitably, the Swede attracts tragedy. However, who is responsible? The negative Swede? Or the cliquish hotel guests? Jan Kadar directs this timely story of how society punishes outsiders for being different.
Annie Hall

1977

Annie Hall

1977
7.7
New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall.
The Amazing Howard Hughes

1977

The Amazing Howard Hughes

1977
6
The Amazing Howard Hughes is a 1977 television movie about American aviation pioneer and filmmaker Howard Hughes, based on the book by Hughes' business partner Noah Dietrich. The film starred Tommy Lee Jones, Ed Flanders, and Tovah Feldshuh.
The Displaced Person

1977

The Displaced Person

1977
6
A conscientious but driven Polish refugee disrupts the hierarchy of power on a Georgia farm in the 1940s.
Islands in the Stream

1977

Islands in the Stream

1977
6.4
An isolated sculptor is visited by his three sons just before the start of WWII.

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