Featuring a central performance by AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Robert De Niro, director Roland Joffé’s THE MISSION (1986) features a stirring soundtrack from the great Ennio Morricone – whose work was named by the American Film Institute among the greatest cinematic scores of all time. Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more about THE...

Adapted from the 1969 post-modern novel by English author John Fowles, THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT’S WOMAN (1981) stars AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Meryl Streep – and earned the beloved icon an Academy Award® nomination for her dual portrait of the titular character in a period drama and the actress playing her in a filmed adaptation...