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Stream it here<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n Eddie Murphy was the biggest movie star on the planet in 1988, and he could\u2019ve easily continued to crank out fast-talking turns in \u201cBeverly Hills Cop\u201d and \u201c48 HRS.\u201d-style action-comedies for eternity. Instead, he developed and starred in this (comparatively) gentle and funny romantic comedy, playing against type as the soft-spoken Prince Akeem of the fictional African nation of Zamunda, who flees his homeland on the eve of his arranged marriage in order to find a wife he actually loves. He looks in what sounds like the perfect spot: Queens. Murphy is charming, the supporting cast is stacked, and the director John Landis\u2019s ingenious inclination to have Murphy and his co-star Arsenio Hall play multiple roles results in some of the funniest and most quotable scenes of Murphy\u2019s career.<\/p>\n Stream it here<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n When Matthew Broderick popped up as an overprotective parent in the summer comedy \u201cNo Hard Feelings,\u201d older viewers couldn\u2019t help but chuckle; this was exactly the kind of affable pushover that his most famous creation, the high school con artist Ferris Bueller, would have eaten for lunch. It remains his defining role, thanks to his affable personality, the straight-to-camera asides that make the viewer a co-conspirator and the wickedly smart dialogue of the writer and director John Hughes. But it\u2019s not just Broderick\u2019s show; Mia Sara charms as his girlfriend, Sloane; Jennifer Grey is a scream as his resentful sister; and best of all, the future \u201cSuccession\u201d standout Alan Ruck is a basset hound of teenage ennui as Ferris\u2019s best buddy, Cameron.<\/p>\n Stream it here<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n Angelina Jolie won the Academy Award for best supporting actress for her scorching turn in this adaptation of the best-selling memoir by Susanna Kaysen, and it was something less than a surprise; it\u2019s the kind of role that\u2019s written to steal the show, a ferocious yet charismatic troublemaker who gets an equal proportion of laugh lines and breakdowns. But there\u2019s much more to recommend here: the sensitive and atmospheric direction by James Mangold (whose varied filmography went on to include \u201cLogan,\u201d \u201c3:10 to Yuma\u201d and \u201cIndiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny\u201d); the heartbreaking supporting work by Brittany Murphy and Whoopi Goldberg; and the especially striking lead performance of Winona Ryder as Kaysen\u2019s avatar, a suicidal neurotic whose time in a Massachusetts mental hospital is both harrowing and healing.<\/p>\n Stream it here<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n Viewers who know Matthew Macfadyen<\/a> only as the ruthless social climber of \u201cSuccession\u201d may be shocked by the humanity (and natural British accent) he brings to the role of Mr. Darcy in this delightfully energetic adaptation of the Jane Austen classic. The director Joe Wright (\u201cAtonement\u201d), in his feature film debut, stages it all with verve and wit, and Keira Knightley is marvelous as the plucky and gregarious Elizabeth Bennet. The jaw-dropping supporting cast includes Brenda Blethyn, Judi Dench, Tom Hollander, Jena Malone, Carey Mulligan, Rosamund Pike and Donald Sutherland.<\/p>\n\u2018Ferris Bueller\u2019s Day Off\u2019 (Oct. 31)<\/h2>\n
\u2018Girl, Interrupted\u2019 (Oct. 31)<\/h2>\n
\u2018Pride & Prejudice\u2019 (Oct. 31)<\/h2>\n
\u2018Reservoir Dogs\u2019 (Oct. 31)<\/h2>\n