Dogfight (1991)

Oscar-nominee River Phoenix ("Running On Empty," "My Own Private Idaho") and Lili Taylor ("I Shot Andy Warhol," "Mystic Pizza") star in this heartfelt romance set in San Francisco about a group of Marines on their last night stateside before shipping out to Vietnam. Directed by Nancy Savoca ("True Love"), The New York Times calls this film "intelligent... affecting... astonishing," and the Wall Street Journal calls it "a delight... a romance with heart."