Tender Mercies

Quiet, moving film from 1983 directed by Bruce Beresford and starring Robert Duvall, Tess Harper, Ellen Barkin, Wilford Brimley.

Country singer with issues gets his life together with the help of a widow and her child.

Tender story has no great fireworks but is warm and touching. Duvall won an Oscar for this role and also wrote the songs.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086423/

Oscar

Who would have thought a comedy with Sylvester Stallone would be funny?

Broad farce 1991 Jon Landis comedy stars Stallone, Marisa Tomei, Peter Riegert, Tim Curry, Chazz Palminteri.

30s gangster Snaps Provolone (Stallone) promises his dying father he will give up his life of crime and go straight. It doesn't work out so well. Mistaken identities, crooked bankers, a crafty future son-in-law, and more complications all conspire to keep Da Boss in Da Biz. Much to our delight.

Very funny, surprisingly so. Hey, is Peter Riegert doing a Bugs Bunny impersonation?

Great cast (Tomei, Curry et al) make this fun. Enjoy.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102603/

Cat Ballou

Elliot Silverstein directed this western comedy starring Jane Fonda and Lee Marvin.

Schoolteacher Fonda becomes a notorious outlaw in order to save her father's ranch. Hilarity ensures in this good hearted spoof.

Marvin plays two roles: a drunken gunfighter and his mean outlaw brother.

Funny, smart, and worth seeing. Look for Marvin and horse, both drunk and incapacitated. Lee Marvin won an Oscar for this film.,

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059017/

The Enemy Below

1957 film directed by Dick Powell stars Robert Mitchum and Curt Jurgens in World War Two battle between a U.S. Navy ship and a German submarine.

Tense action film stresses the two captains, warriors who are both talented and respect their opponent's abilities.

Won special effects Oscar.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050356/