Starring: Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight, Lisa Bonet, Regina King

B-Sides, Will Smith: Will Smith was several years into his film career when he starred in Tony Scott’s thriller, which has him front and center, proving he made for a compelling lead.

Corrupt National Security Agency official Thomas Reynolds (Jon Voight) has a congressman assassinated to assure the passage of expansive new surveillance legislation. When a videotape of the murder ends up in the hands of Robert Clayton Dean (Will Smith), a labor lawyer and dedicated family man, he is framed for murder. With the help of ex-intelligence agent Edward “Brill” Lyle (Gene Hackman), Dean attempts to throw Reynolds off his trail and prove his innocence.

Starring: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Lloyd Bridges, Robert Stack, Abe Vigoda, Dan Hedaya

B-Sides, Tom Hanks: Tom Hanks has done his fair share of comedies, but Joe Versus the Volcano effectively brings out the best of his quirks.

Joe Banks (Tom Hanks) is dying, apparently. This is good news, since his life was not much worth living anyway. On the upside, a strange millionaire (Lloyd Bridges) offers Joe a way to die with meaning and dignity: by hurling himself into a volcano. With plenty of spending cash and an ensemble of new luggage, Joe embarks on an absurdist journey to his demise, guided by two very disparate sisters, and trying to puzzle out the meaning of existence.

Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Stephen Collins, John Wood, Carol Kane, Annie Potts, Jonathan Pryce

B-Sides, Whoopi Goldberg: One year after she blew everyone away in The Color Purple, Whoopi Goldberg went in a totally different direction, embracing her comedic roots in a film that shows off her natural charm.

Terry Doolittle (Whoopi Goldberg) works with computers in a bank office. She routinely talks with others via her computer, but one day she connects with a mysterious user by the name of Jumpin’ Jack Flash (Jonathan Pryce). It takes her a while to decode his message, but Terry figures out that Jack is a British secret agent trapped behind enemy lines. Terry agrees to help him, but her activities attract the attention of the KGB, who want to know Jack’s real identity — and will kill to get it.

Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Billy Dee Williams, Rutger Hauer

B-Sides, Sylvester Stallone: Sandwiched between Rocky sequels and before he was fully immersed in muscled-up action roles of the 80s, Sylvester Stallone starred in Nighthawks, a 1981 crime thriller that feels more like a dark 70s approach to noir, sporting a beard and wardrobe that suggest an alternate universe for the star, had the movie been more of a hit.

Fresh from mounting a devastating bomb attack in London, an international terrorist arrives in New York and remains intent upon wreaking further havoc. His preparation is clinical and thorough but he overlooks one thing – the grit and steely determination of one New York cop.

Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kathryn Harrold, Sam Wanamaker, Darren McGavin

B-Sides, Arnold Schwarzenegger: Having already starred in some of his most iconic roles (The Terminator, Conan the Barbarian, Commando), Arnold Schwarzenegger agreed to be a part of Raw Deal so he could get out of contractual obligations with producer Dino De Laurentiis. Still, it is a fun, gritty action movie brimming with violence and the usual legendary line delivery of this icon.

When efforts to prosecute mob boss Luigi Patrovita (Sam Wanamaker) are repeatedly derailed thanks to a mole in the FBI, the only choice is to bring in an outsider — specifically, Mark Kaminsky (Arnold Schwarzenegger), a disgraced agent who leaps at a chance for reinstatement. After FBI chief Shannon (Darren McGavin) gives him his orders, Kaminsky fakes his death and reemerges as an ex-con named Brenner. Undercover and accountable to no one, the former Fed tears up the mob from the inside.

Starring: Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Miranda Otto, Justin Chatwin, Tim Robbins

B-Sides, Tom Cruise: Although it is true that War of the Worlds boasts award nominations and a huge box office take, almost two decades later it has been overshadowed by other blockbusters of both Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg. It stands as one of the more exciting sci-fi thrillers of the first decade of the 2000s.

Dockworker Ray Ferrier (Tom Cruise) struggles to build a positive relationship with his two children, Rachel (Dakota Fanning) and Robbie (Justin Chatwin). When his ex-wife, Mary Ann (Miranda Otto), drops them off at Ferrier’s house, it seems as though it will be just another tension-filled weekend. However, when electromagnetic pulses of lightning strike the area, the strange event turns out to be the beginning of an alien invasion, and Ferrier must now protect his children as they seek refuge.

Starring: Micah Abbey, Shamon Brown Jr., Nicolas Cantu, Brady Noon, Jackie Chan, Rose Byrne, John Cena, Ice Cube, Post Malone, Seth Rogen, Paul Rudd, Maya Rudolph, Hannibal Buress, Ayo Edebiri, Giancarlo Esposito

After years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as normal teenagers. Their new friend, April O’Neil, helps them take on a mysterious crime syndicate, but they soon get in over their heads when an army of mutants is unleashed upon them.

Starring: Kelvin Harrison Jr., Samara Weaving, Lucy Boynton, Ronke Adekoluejo, Marton Csokas, Alex Fitzalan, Minnie Driver

Inspired by the incredible true story of composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. The illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner, Bologne (Kelvin Harrison Jr. in a tour de force performance) rises to improbable heights in French society as a celebrated violinist-composer and fencer, complete with an ill-fated love affair and a falling out with Marie Antoinette (Lucy Boynton) and her court.

Starring: Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Will Ferrell, Kate McKinnon, Michael Cera, America Ferrera

After being expelled from Barbieland for being a less than perfect-looking doll, Barbie sets off for the human world to find true happiness.

Starring: Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jeffrey Wright, Tilda Swinton, Bryan Cranston

The itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention, organized to bring together students and parents from across the country for fellowship and scholarly competition, is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.

Nitehawk Recommends: “Do Not Detonate,” the new book edited by Wes Anderson and Jake Perlin. Writings on the people and places, theater and film of mid-century America (and beyond), in a portfolio of essays and photographs informing Wes Anderson’s film Asteroid City.

Available in Brooklyn at Greenlight, Books Are Magic and Spoonbill & Sugartown or online.