When a killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down. Starring Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss and Lorraine Gary. Based on the novel by Peter Benchley. Screenplay: Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb. Directed by Steven Spielberg.

Great remake. When strange seeds drift to earth from space, mysterious pods begin to grow and invade San Francisco, California, where they replicate the residents into emotionless automatons one body at a time. Starring Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Jeff Goldblum, Veronica Cartwright and Leonard Nimoy. From the novel by Jack Finney. Screenplay: W.D. Richter. Directed by Philip Kaufman.

Excellent film, which is considered to be the most definitive and accurate account of the final night of RMS Titanic - which sank after hitting an iceberg in the North Atlantic. The disaster is portrayed largely from the perspective of the ocean liner's second officer, Charles Lightoller. Despite numerous warnings about ice, the ship sails on, with Capt. Edward John Smith keeping it going at a steady clip. When the doomed vessel finally hits an iceberg, the crew and passengers discover that they lack enough lifeboats, and tragedy follows. Based on the bestselling 1955 book of the same name by Walter Lord. Starring Kenneth More, Ronald Allen, Robert Ayres, Honor Blackman and Anthony Bushell. Screenplay: Eric Ambler. Directed by Roy Ward Baker.

After a famous author is rescued from a car crash by a fan of his novels, he comes to realize that the care he is receiving is only the beginning of a nightmare of captivity and abuse. Starring James Caan, Kathy Bates, Richard Farnsworth, Frances Sternhagen and Lauren Bacall. Based on the novel by Stephen King. Screenplay by William Goldman. Directed by Rob Reiner.