Four boys follow the train tracks in search of a body and end up confronting things far beyond their age. Based on a Stephen King story with no supernatural element, the film looks at friendship, cruelty, and humiliation with a kind of honesty that can sting.
A courtroom drama written by Aaron Sorkin. The dialogue lands with precision. Reiner stages every scene with clarity: places the camera where it matters, holds the shot on each face for as long as needed, and builds the famous final showdown as a direct result of everything that came before. Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, and Demi Moore step into this structure and keep the tension alive until the last confrontation.
One of the few romantic comedies that actually trusts the audience. Nora Ephron’s script observes meetings, separations, and neuroses with sharp irony.
Kathy Bates turns Annie Wilkes into a presence that genuinely unsettles. Another story from King. James Caan anchors the physical side of the plot, trapped and trying to bargain with someone who never plays fair. Reiner works with few locations, straightforward framing, and clean cuts, which makes every burst of violence more disturbing because it arrives without warning.
A mock documentary about a rock band that could easily have existed. Reiner appears on screen as the director of the “footage” and watches the group tangle itself in bad decisions, poses, and disastrous interviews.