In October 1991, three raging weather fronts, one of them a powerful hurricane, combined in the North Atlantic to form the greatest storm in recorded history. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail. Billy Tyne is the sword-fishing boat captain of the Gail who is from Gloucester. Tyne is highly competitive, but has been stung by a string of poor outings. His crew is hardly back in port when he tells them he's going out again, even...

The whole nine yards: Jimmy "The Tulip" Tudeski is a mob hitman-turned-informant who ratted on the mob and put his life in jeopardy. He has relocated to suburban Montreal to make a new start. Nick 'Oz' Oseranskiy is Jimmy's next-door neighbor. Nick is a mild-mannered and unhappily married dentist. Nick recognizes Jimmy from the newspaper stories about his mob testimony, and that's when Nick's simple, but boring world turns upside down. The whole...

The road warrior: In the post-nuclear outback of Australia, a battle is raged by a tiny band of civilized survivors and a group of barbarians over a precious cache of gasoline. Mad Max beyond Thunderdome: Once again, Mad Max stands alone against the barbarians of a post-nuclear age. This time, Max defends the future--a group of abandoned children--and enters the gladiatorial maces-and-chainsaws combat inside Thunderdome arena.

City of angels: A heart surgeon and an angel fall in love, which both complicates and enriches their lives. Michael: Two tabloid reporters journey to Iowa to investigate rumors about an angel.

"10.5: Fictional account of a national crisis in the form of three disasterous weather systems." -- "Category 6 : day of destruction: Disaster strikes the United States when a 10.5 magnitude earthquake hits the Pacific Northwest causing the West Coast to separate from the rest of the continent. The situation is made worse by aftershocks and a tsunami. Now it's up to one geologist to save the Coast and the 50 million people who live there from annihilation."...

Blue Manhattan: "A Vietnam vet films, 'Peeping Tom' style, the people in the apartment across the street. His obsession leads him to carry out a bizarre act of urban terrorism"--Container Brother from another planet: "An alien crash-lands in NY with two bounty hunters from his home planet in pursuit"--Container

The strange woman: A strong-willed young lady in 19th century Maine affects the lives of three very different men. Dishonored lady: A glamorous but neurotic art director for a leading women's magazine finds herself under suspicion of murder.

A greedy landowner and his backward nephew conspire to block the only water source for an adjoining property in order to bankrupt the owner and force him to sell.

They were expendable: Two PT-boat skippers defend the Philippines and give the U.S. war effort time to regroup after the crippling losses at Pearl Harbor. Flying Leathernecks: An embattled Marine fighter squadron VMF 247 at Guadalcanal is led by John Wayne and campaigning to coordinate ground combat with low-flying aerial sorties.