Art For Autumn

You've Got Mail. Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan. Dir. Nora Ephron. Rival bookstore owners--his a giant chain, hers a tiny kids' shop--have an e-mail romance. A.k.a. "Sleepless in Cyberspace."

Stepmom. Julia Roberts, Susan Sarandon. Dir. Chris Columbus. Teary comedy about a dying woman who teaches her ex-husband's new love to be a mom.

A Civil Action. John Travolta, Robert Duvall. Dir. Steven Zaillian. A selfish, flamboyant lawyer (Travolta) takes on a noble class-action suit.

Affliction. Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek. Dir. Paul Schrader. A small-town cop, an estranged daughter, a hunting accident. From Russell Banks's novel.

The Thin Red Line. Nick Nolte, Sean Penn, John Travolta. Dir. Terrence Malick. The reclusive Malick ("Days of Heaven") came out of hiding to film James Jones's World War II novel about Guadalcanal.

The Prince of Egypt. The animated story of Moses, with celebrity voices: Val Kilmer as Moses, Ralph Fiennes as Pharaoh.