Gene Hackman

Unforgiven

Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman

William Munny is a retired, once-ruthless killer turned gentle widower and hog farmer. To help support his two motherless children, he accepts one last bounty-hunter mission to find the men who brutalized a prostitute. Joined by his former partner and a cocky greenhorn, he takes on a corrupt sheriff.

Heroes of Iwo Jima

Lauren Lexton

Gene Hackman, James Bradley

This heartrending documentary tells the story behind the most famous war photograph ever taken.

Young Frankenstein

Mel Brooks

Gene Wilder, Teri Garr

A young neurosurgeon inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. In the castle he finds a funny hunchback, a pretty lab assistant and the elderly housekeeper. Young Frankenstein believes that the work of his grandfather was delusional, but when he discovers the book where the mad doctor described his reanimation experiment, he suddenly changes his mind.

Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy

Gary Leva

Jeff Teravainen, Clint Eastwood

As he enters his eighth decade in the movies, Warner Bros. celebrates this cinematic icon - actor, producer, director, master filmmaker - with 9 new documentaries covering the entire breadth of Eastwood's remarkable career.

Mississippi Burning

Alan Parker

Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe

Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his partner, a former sheriff.

Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman

Kevin Burns

Kevin Spacey, Richard Donner

The history of the comic book superhero, Superman, in his various media incarnations.

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

Bruce Ricker

Morgan Freeman, Clint Eastwood

Hollywood careers are full of make-or-break moments. For Clint Eastwood, one such moment came when studio powers agreed to let him make his directing debut. That story and others comprise this portrait of the famed Hollywood icon. His career is explored via an array of film clips, interviews and more.

The Conversation

Francis Ford Coppola

Gene Hackman, John Cazale

Surveillance expert Harry Caul is hired by a mysterious client's brusque aide to tail a young couple. Tracking the pair through San Francisco's Union Square, Caul and his associate Stan manage to record a cryptic conversation between them. Tormented by memories of a previous case that ended badly, Caul becomes obsessed with the resulting tape, trying to determine if the couple is in danger.

The French Connection

William Friedkin

Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey

Tough narcotics detective 'Popeye' Doyle is in hot pursuit of a suave French drug dealer who may be the key to a huge heroin-smuggling operation.

Bonnie and Clyde

Arthur Penn

Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway

In the 1930s, bored waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with an ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks.

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

Richard Shepard

John Cazale, Al Pacino

John Cazale was in only five films – The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather: Part II, Dog Day Afternoon and The Deer Hunter – each was nominated for Best Picture. Yet today most people don't even know his name. I KNEW IT WAS YOU is a fresh tour through movies that defined a generation.

Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood

Michael Epstein

David O. Selznick, Alfred Hitchcock

Paying homage to two of Hollywood's central icons, the film creates an unparalleled portrait of two very different personalities amidst the demise of the studio system.

The Royal Tenenbaums

Wes Anderson

Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston

Royal Tenenbaum and his wife Etheline had three children and then they separated. All three children are extraordinary --- all geniuses. Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums was subsequently erased by two decades of betrayal, failure, and disaster. Most of this was generally considered to be their father's fault. "The Royal Tenenbaums" is the story of the family's sudden, unexpected reunion one recent winter.

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

Richard Donner

Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve

Superman agrees to sacrifice his powers to start a relationship with Lois Lane, unaware that three Kryptonian criminals he inadvertently released are conquering Earth.

AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Billy Wilder

Billy Wilder, Jack Lemmon

Legendary filmmaker Billy Wilder becomes the 14th recipient of The American Film Institute Life Achievement Award as clips from a number of his classic films are unreeled: "The Major and the Minor," "Double Indemnity," "The Lost Weekend," "Sunset Blvd.," "Ace in the Hole," "Stalag 17," "Sabrina," "Love in the Afternoon," "Some Like it Hot," "The Apartment," "Irma La Douce," "The Fortune Cookie," and "The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes."

Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust

Daniel Anker

Gene Hackman, Norma Barzman

Daniel Anker’s 90-minute documentary takes on over 60 years of a very complex subject: Hollywood’s complicated, often contradictory relationship with Nazi Germany and the Holocaust. The questions it raises go right the very nature of how film functions in our culture, and while hardly exhaustive, Anker’s film makes for a good, thought provoking starting point.