A fishing competition ends badly.
Extreme Labor Relations in Republican Rome
Spartacus (and various remakes}
A young man gets some help in order to get ahead in the world
Clash of the Titans
Ants spoil a picnic in a big way
Them, of course. But also Empire of the Ants
A stowaway hiding in the airducts causes problems aboard ship.
Alien. But also It! The Terror from Beyond Space. Not to mention Dark Star
Disturbed individual travels from Colorado to California with regrettable results.
Vanishing Point
A free-lance journalist falls in with a tough lot while seeking vengeance for something that happened almost 20 years earlier.
The ODESSA File
Two Army buddies are reunited after 20 years, much to the chagrin of one’s wife.
Blockheads
LIVES OF OTHERS
Old Stasi agent endlessly watching young couple who don’t know they are being spied on and manages to mess their lives up while trying to hellp.
A newspaper publisher dies while mumbling incomprehensibly about a childhood toy.
Spoiler alert!!!
It’s a sled!
Man from the city visits the country, helps build a barn, milks a cow, fixes a birdhouse, and relocates some corn in a silo.
Witness! The last bit clinched it for me. ![]()
The new kid in town fights for colored people’s rights.
Pleasantville?
Avatar.
Minions: The Rise of Gru
A black man bonds with five white women.
Ding ding ding!
You got it.
A young couple is invited to spend the night at the home of people who are not what they seem to be.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
OK, that was too easy…how about this: “Three family members set off on a cross-country trip to reunite with their loved ones.”
The Incredible Journey.