The Best Period Films

Newsies

If turn-of-the-century New York City was really inhabited by a group of song-and-dance newsboys, can we please hop into the DeLorean and take a look-see? Before he catapulted to High School Musical and This Is It levels of fame, choreographer Kenny Ortega made his directorial debut with this Disney film about the real-life newsboys strike of 1899. Starring a young Christian Bale, Bill Pullman, Robert Duvall and Ann-Margret, the 1992 flick was a box-office flop but grew a cult following upon its VHS release. Maybe it's wishful thinking, but we see a rereleased sing-along in its future.