In the uptight world of 1870s New York high society, aristocratic lawyer Newland Archer (Daniel Day-Lewis) is engaged to May Welland (Winona Ryder). With the arrival of May's beautiful cousin, Countess Olenska (Michelle Pfeiffer), his well-ordered life begins to take a turn. Newland defends the Countess, who has left her abusive husband, amongst their contemporaries before giving in to his growing passion. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 1993.
The Age of Innocence
In 1914, Paul Baumer (Lew Ayres) is persuaded to join the German army for the glory of the Fatherland. Trained under Himmelstoss (John Wray), a brutal corporal, Baumer and the other young soldiers by his side harden, realizing the tragic futility of war as death surronds them. Directed by Lewis Milestone. With Louis Wolheim, Russell Gleason, Arnold Lucy and Ben Alexander. Categories: War, Drama, Action, Based on a Novel. Year: 1930.
All Quiet on the Western Front
"Boss" Willie Stark (Sean Penn), an idealistic southern politician loosely based on Governor Huey Long of Louisiana, appeals to the common man to earn his place of power. But, Stark's victories have their price, eventually leading him to his downfall after being corrupted by the system. Directed by Steven Zaillian. With Jude Law, Anthony Hopkins, Kate Winslet, Mark Ruffalo and James Gandolfini. Categories: Drama. Year: 2006.
All the King's Men
Antwone Fisher (Derek Luke) is a navy man with a violent past whose aggressive outbursts bring him to the attention of a naval psychiatrist (Denzel Washington). Together, they break down Fisher's barriers and force a confrontation with his painful memories. As Antwone begins a search for the family he never knew, he is supported only by his doctor and a wish for peace. Directed by Denzel Washington. With Malcolm David Kelley and Joy Bryant. Categories: Drama, Based on a True Story. Year: 2002.
Antwone Fisher
During the Vietnam War, Captain Benjamin Willard (Martin Sheen) is sent on a mission into Cambodia to assassinate Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando), a renegade Green Beret who has installed himself as the god of a local tribe. As Willard travels up the river approaching his target, he is faced with the surreal, brutal realities of war and its effects on the minds of men. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. With Robert Duvall, Laurence Fishburne, Dennis Hopper, Harrison Ford. Categories: Cult Classics, Action, War. Year: 1979.
Apocalypse Now
Renegade rancher Randall Bragg (Jeremy Irons) has taken control of the small western town of Appaloosa, hoarding its resources and killing off the marshall and one of his deputies. Two gunmen, Virgil Cole (Ed Harris) and Everett Hitch (Viggo Mortensen), are hired to regain control of the lawless town, and put Bragg in his place. But, when widow Allison French (Renée Zellweger) comes to to town, her arrival complicates Cole and Hitch's mission and puts their lives in danger. Directed by Ed Harris. With Lance Henriksen. Categories: Western, Drama, Based on a Novel. Year: 2008.
Appaloosa
Passepartout (Jackie Chan ), a Chinese thief seeks refuge in the companionship of Phileas Fogg (Steve Coogan), a British inventor who has accepted a challenge to travel around the world in only 80 days. Along the way, Passepartout's martial arts skill gets the two out of many sticky situations as they race to complete their voyage. Directed by Frank Coraci. Categories: Adventure, Comedy, Action, Romance, Based on a Novel. Year: 2004.
Around the World in 80 Days
After witnessing her older sister Cecilia (Keira Knightley) in a compromising situation with Robbie Turner (James McAvoy), the son of the family housekeeper, Briony Tallis (Saoirse Ronan) acts out in jealousy and bears false witness to have the young man arrested for a crime he did not commit. Kept apart by prison and war, the young lovers stay connected through hearts and letters, while Briony (Vanessa Redgrave), now an againg writer, sets out to share their bittersweet story with the world. Directed by Joe Wright. With Romola Garai. Categories: Drama, Romance, War, Based on a Novel. Year: 2007.
Atonement
When a new drug promises a miraculous recovery from a crippling mental disease, Dr. Malcolm Sayer (Robin Williams) tests it on Leonard Lowe (Robert De Niro), a grown man who became catatonic as a child. When the treatment proves successful, Leonard is freed from his internal prison. But, when the cure turns out to have limitations, both Leonard and Dr. Sayer have difficulty dealing with the outcome. Directed by Penny Marshall. With Julie Kavner, Penelope Ann Miller and John Heard. Categories: Drama, Based on a Novel. Year: 1990.
Awakenings
Redmond Barry (Ryan O'Neal) is a roguish Irishman whose quest for fame and glory leads him across the battlefields of Europe, at various times operating as soldier, spy and con artist. After seducing the powerful Lady Lyndon (Marisa Berenson), he changes his name to Barry Lyndon and begins a spectacular fall from grace after a lifetime right out of legend. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. With Patrick Magee and Steven Berkoff. Categories: Drama, Romance, War. Year: 1975.
Barry Lyndon
John Forbes Nash (Russell Crowe) is a mathematical genius studying at Princeton University when he hallucinates for the first time. As his brilliance grows, so does his mental illness, caused by schizophrenia that even his love for Alicia (Jennifer Connelly) can't fix. After accepting a job as a cryptologist for the military, Nash's delusions explode and he must defeat the insanity threatening to destroy his life. Directed by Ron Howard. With Ed Harris, Christopher Plummer, Paul Bettany and Judd Hirsch. Categories: Biography, Drama, Mystery. Year: 2001.
A Beautiful Mind
In the Brazilian badlands of 1910, two families are locked in a deadly feud. Tonho Breves (Rodrigo Santoro) is ordered by his father to avenge the death of his older brother. He knows that if he abides by the code of vengeance that goes with defending one's land, he will surely be hunted and killed by a member of the rival family. Urged by his younger brother Pacu (Ravi Ramos Lacerda), Tonho begins to question the logic of this tradition before meeting with two performers from a small traveling circus. Directed by Walter Salles. Categories: Drama, Based on a Novel, Foreign Film. Year: 2001.
Behind the Sun
Julia Lambert (Annette Bening) is growing tired of the good life. A huge star of the London theater scene of the 1930s, Lambert looks for excitement and finds it in Tom Fennel (Shaun Evans), a young American looking for fame, not love. When Lambert discovers the unfaithful Tom's obsession with the beautiful Avice Crichton (Lucy Punch), Julia is determined to prove that the bright lights still shine for her. Directed by Istvan Szabo. With Michael Gambon, Jeremy Irons and Catherine Charlton. Categories: Drama, Comedy. Year: 2004.
Being Julia
Chance (Peter Sellers) is a mentally handicapped gardener confined to the house of the old man who supported him all his life. When his benefactor dies, Chance is thrown out into the streets, knowing nothing except what he has heard on television. When an encounter on the street brings him together with Benjamin (Melvyn Douglas) and Eve Rand (Shirley MacLaine), Chance's simple-minded utterances become the basis for a move into serious politics. Directed by Hal Ashby. With Jack Warden and Richard A. Dysart. Categories: Politics, Drama, Comedy, Based on a Novel. Year: 1979.
Being There
Three American soldiers come home to Boone City after World War II and struggle to rebuild their shattered lives. Al Stephenson (Fredric March) lost three years of life with his wife (Myrna Loy) and children and must fight to regain their love even as Fred Derry (, his friend and fellow soldier (Dana Andrews) struggles with a failing marriage and a growing infatuation with Al's young daughter Peggy (Teresa Wright). Homer Parrish (Harold Russell) lost his hands in the war and can't return to his fiancee and loved ones. Directed by William Wyler. With Hoagy Carmichael. Categories: Drama, Romance, Classic. Year: 1946.
The Best Years of Our Lives
Antonio (Lamberto Maggiorani), a struggling, unemployed father, gets work posting flyers in Rome, Italy during the depression that followed World War II. Trying to make ends meet for his wife and young son, Antonio buys his bike back from the pawn shop, only to have it stolen on the same day. The remainder of the film revolves around Antonio and his son searching for the bicycle in vain. Directed by Vittorio De Sica. Categories: Drama, Based on a Novel, Foreign Film. Year: 1948.
The Bicycle Thief
Based on the real life destruction of two Black Hawk helicopters in Somalia that left over 100 U.S. Rangers stranded in Mogadishu in the middle of an army of opposing gunmen. Facing incredible firepower and scattered throughout the city, the troops must to repel enemy attacks while simultaneously devising a plan for extraction. Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Jason Isaacs, Tom Sizemore, Eric Bana and Sam Shepard. Categories: Action, Drama, History, War. Year: 2001.
Black Hawk Down
Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) is a blade runner, a cop specializing in the termination of replicated humans. When four replicants escape from an offworld colony and make it back to Earth, Deckard is forced out of retirement to take down the rogue creatures. Directed by Ridley Scott. With Rutger Hauer, Sean Young and Daryl Hannah. Categories: Cult Classics, Sci-Fi, Drama, Action, Thriller. Year: 1982.
Blade Runner
During WWII, Bruno (Asa Butterfield), a privileged, 8-year-old German boy, travels with his family from Berlin to Poland when his father (David Thewlis), a high ranking Nazi officer, is given a post at a concentration camp. Isolated and bored, Bruno begins exploring the area surrounding the "farm" behind his new home and eventually meets Schmuel (Jack Scanlon), a Jewish boy living in the camp. Separated by barbed wire, the two boys become friends and eventually come to realize the horrible realities of the war. Directed by Mark Herman. With Vera Farmiga, Amber Beattie, Jim Norton and Rupert Friend. Categories: Drama, Based on a Novel, History. Year: 2008.
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Carrie White (Sissy Spacek) is a disturbed girl from a broken home. When Tommy Ross (William Katt), the hottest guy in school, asks her to the senior prom, Carrie can't believe her luck. But, when another student decides to publicly humiliate her, Carrie's growing telekinetic powers are unleashed in a fit of rage rising from all the years of torment she has suffered. Directed by Brian De Palma. With Piper Laurie, Amy Irving and John Travolta. Categories: Cult Classics, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller, Based on a Novel. Year: 1976.
Carrie
Frank Abagnale Jr. (Leonardo DiCaprio), a brilliant conman, uses his wit and multiple identities to stay a step ahead of the FBI for years. Impersonating a doctor, an airline pilot, a lawyer and more, Abagnale cashes more than two million dollars in forged checks over his career before being brought down by FBI Agent Carl Hanratty (Tom Hanks). Directed by Steven Spielberg. With Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, Jennifer Garner and Nathalie Baye. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller, New York. Year: 2002.
Catch Me If You Can
Capt. John Yossarian (Alan Arkin), a WWII bombardier, can't take the stress absurdity of war anymore and does everything he can to certified as insane so he can stop flying missions. Based on the Joseph Heller novel, Yossarian's story is a parody of the military mentaility and of bureaucracy in all of its incarnations. Directed by Mike Nichols. With Martin Balsam, Art Garfunkel, Bob Newhart, Anthony Perkins, Martin Sheen, Orson Welles, Jon Voight, Charles Grodin, Norman Fell, Paula Prentiss and Susanne Benton. Categories: Comedy, War, Based on a Novel. Year: 1970.
Catch-22
Charlie Bucket (Freddie Highmore) dreams about chocolate. Unfortunately, his family is poor and unable to afford the delicious treats put out by the Wonka chocolate factories. When Willy Wonka (Johnny Depp) opens a contest involving five golden tickets hidden in five ordinary chocolate bars, adventure awaits for Charlie and the four other children lucky enough to find a ticket that allows them to enter Wonka's wacky world. Directed by Tim Burton. With David Kelly, Helena Bonham Carter and Christopher Lee. Categories: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy. Year: 2005.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Wilbur the pig is afraid of ending up on the dinner table. To make sure that it doesn't happen, he teams up with a farm girl named Fern (Dakota Fanning) and a spider named Charlotte (Julia Roberts) to hatch a plan to save his life. Directed by Gary Winick. With Oprah Winfrey, Steve Buscemi, Kathy Bates, John Cleese, Robert Redford and Cedric the Entertainer. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Based on a Novel. Year: 2006.
Charlotte's Web
After dropping out of medical school, Victor Mancini (Sam Rockwell) works as a tour guide at an historical theme park in order to support his mother (Anjelica Huston), who is hospitalized with Alzheimer's. For extra cash, he pretends to choke on pieces of food in upscale restaurants, so that he can leech off of the people who come to his aid. When he's not busy taking advantage of people for money, Victor frequents sexual addiction workshops to find companionship. But, things start to change for Victor when he meets Paige (Kelly Macdonald), a woman who makes him want to go against all his unhealthy tendencies. Directed by Clark Gregg. With Brad William Henke. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Based on a Novel. Year: 2008.
Choke
Luther Krank (Tim Allen) is fed up with Christmas in America. So, he decides to forego celebrating the holiday and spend a pleasant vacation with his wife (Jamie Lee Curtis). However, when their daughter Nora (Julie Gonzalo) unexpectedly decides to come home, her outrage at their lack of sentimentality sends the whole family scrambling to have the Christmas of their dreams. Directed by Joe Roth. With Dan Aykroyd, M. Emmet Walsh, Elizabeth Franz and Cheech Marin. Categories: Comedy, Family. Year: 2004.
Christmas with the Kranks
In a tale based on the classic CS Lewis novel, four children from London are sent to a country home for protection during WWII. There they find a magic wardrobe which leads to the mystical land of Narnia, where woodland animals talk and mythological creatures roam the hills. But, Narnia has fallen under the icy rule of the White Witch (Tilda Swinton), and it is up to the children and a lion named Aslan to defeat her in a great battle between good and evil. Directed by Andrew Adamson. With Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell and Liam Neeson. Categories: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy. Year: 2005.
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Homer Wells (Tobey Maguire) grows up in an orphanage and becomes a skilled physician under the tutelage of his mentor, Dr. Larch (Michael Caine). Desiring a life outside the only home he has ever known, Homer falls in love for the first time and faces difficult decisions force him to realize that he will never fully escape his past. Directed by Lasse Hallström. With Charlize Theron, Delroy Lindo, Paul Rudd, Kieran Culkin and Erykah Badu. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 1999.
The Cider House Rules
In a futuristic and violent Britain, Alex (Malcolm McDowell), a maniacal young killer, and his gang of thugs rape and murder at will, terrorizing anyone unfortuante enough to cross their path. But, when his gang turns on him, Alex is captured by the police and forced to undergo a powerful brainwashing treatment in exchange for shortened jail time. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. With Patrick Magee. Categories: Politics, Cult Classics, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Year: 1971.
A Clockwork Orange
Cobra (Sylvester Stallone) is a hard-nosed cop on the trail of an insane serial murderer. Armed and angry, this renegade is willing to do whatever it takes to stop the killer from claiming another victim. Directed by George P. Cosmatos. With Brigitte Nielsen, Reni Santoni and Andrew Robinson. Categories: Action, Crime. Year: 1986.
Cobra
Rebecca Bloomwood (Isla Fisher) lives to shop. Dreaming of working at a top fashion magazine, she lands a job as an advice columnist for a new financial magazine published by the same company. But, when her rampant spending threatens her career and her love life, Rebecca is forced to reevaluate her way of life and decide what's really important to her. Directed by P.J. Hogan. With Hugh Dancy, Krysten Ritter, Joan Cusack, John Goodman, Leslie Bibb, John Lithgow and Lynn Redgrave. Categories: Comedy, Romance, Based on a Novel. Year: 2009.
Confessions of a Shopaholic
A mysterious disaster deep in the Congo sends primatologist Peter Elliot (Dylan Walsh), Travicom Project Supervisor Karen Ross (Laura Linney) and a team of scientists out into the African jungle looking for answers. What they find is a mythical city containing priceless diamonds and a group of hyper-intelligent killer gorillas who try their best to prevent anyone from leaving the Congo alive. Directed by Frank Marshall. With Ernie Hudson, Tim Curry and Grant Heslov. Categories: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi. Year: 1995.
Congo
Luke (Paul Newman) is a troublemaker who ends up in a terrible Southern prison camp working on a chain gang. When he gains the reputation of being a tough man, the warden vows to break him. Despite frequent escape attempts and subsequent abuse by the officers, Luke remains a symbol of freedom and strength for his fellow inmates. Directed by Stuart Rosenberg. With George Kennedy, J.D. Cannon and Lou Antonio. Categories: Cult Classics, Drama. Year: 1967.
Cool Hand Luke
After moving from Michigan to Oregon, Coraline Jones (Dakota Fanning), a feisty, adventurous young girl, finds a mysterious door that transports her to a parallel world. There, Coraline finds alternate versions of her mother (Teri Hatcher) and father (John Hodgman) and her eccentric neighbors, Miss Forcible (Dawn French), Miss Spink (Jennifer Saunders) and Mr. Bobinsky (Ian McShane) and the Cat (Keith David). Where Coraline felt ignored and neglected in the real world, she feels like the center of attention in this strange new land. But, when things start to get a little scary and her alternate mother sets out to keep her trapped in this other world, Coraline will have to use all her strength and courage to get back home. Directed by Henry Selick. Categories: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Based on a Novel. Year: 2009.
Coraline
Professor Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) is summoned to the Louvre after a body covered in mysterious writing is found. After escaping from a suspicious police inspector (Jean Reno), Langon and his new partner (Audrey Tautou) set off on an adventure as he attempts to unravel the code of the holy grail and solve the greatest mystery of all time. Directed by Ron Howard. With Ian McKellen, Paul Bettany and Alfred Molina. Categories: Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Based on a Novel. Year: 2006.
The Da Vinci Code
Lt. John Dunbar (Kevin Costner) becomes a hero when he accidentally leads Union troops to victory in a key battle. Requesting assignment on the Western front, he finds himself sole guardian of an abandoned military outpost. There, he befriends a lonely wolf and a local Indian tribe, whose ways he grows to respect and adopt as their culture and lives are threatened by U.S. encroachment on their territories. An epic tale of the American West as it once was. Directed by Kevin Costner. With Mary McDonnell and Graham Greene. Categories: Adventure, Drama, Western. Year: 1990.
Dances with Wolves
Charles H. Calthrop (Edward Fox), aka The Jackal, is an elite international assassin hired by members of the defunct French Foreign Legion to kill President Charles DeGaulle. As he scouts around 1960s Paris, his incredibly thorough planning makes this a hit he seemingly can't miss, but fate has more in store for him. Directed by Fred Zinnemann. With Terence Alexander, Michel Auclair and Alan Badel. Categories: Politics, Thriller. Year: 1973.
The Day of the Jackal
After playwright Siddalee (Sandra Bullock) is quoted in a magazine discussing her unhappy childhood, her mother, “Vivi” Abbot Walker (Ellen Burstyn), is livid and cuts off contact with her daughter. When their heated long-distance argument threatens Sidda's long-postponed plans to marry Connor (Angus Macfadyen), Vivi’s three best friends, “Teensy” (Fionnula Flanagan), Necie (Shirley Knight) and Caro (Maggie Smith) kidnap Sidda from New York and bring her home to Louisiana where they explain the workings of their secret society. Directed by Callie Khouri. With Ashley Judd, Kiersten Warren, James Garner and Caitlin Wachs. Categories: Drama, Based on a Novel. Year: 2002.
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
A fatalistic American general (Sterling Hayden), convinced that Russia is trying to corrupt the American people, begins a countdown to nuclear holocaust that a council of politicians and generals, including Peter Sellers and George C. Scott, frantically tries to stop. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. With Keenan Wynn, Slim Pickens and James Earl Jones. Categories: Politics, Cult Classics, Comedy, War. Year: 1964.
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Jonathan Harker (Keanu Reeves) is a young lawyer who ends up in the evil hands of Dracula (Gary Oldman). Infatuated with Harker's lover, Mina Murray (Winona Ryder), the Count travels to London and begins to seduce Mina's close friend Lucy Westenra (Sadie Frost). With blood already flowing, it's up to Harker and the mysterious Professor Van Helsing (Anthony Hopkins) to stop the undead monster before he captures the souls of any more innocent victims. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. With Richard E. Grant, Cary Elwes and Monica Bellucci. Categories: Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller. Year: 1992.
Dracula
David Kepesh (Ben Kingsley), a charismatic professor and cultural critic, beieves that he is an independent, self-actualized man and as a result keeps his relationships with women brief and casual. All of that changes when Consuela Castillo (Penélope Cruz), a beautiful, confident student, awakens David's sexual possessiveness. Caught in the first serious relationship since his divorce, David's preconceptions about women are shattered by Concuela, but his jealous fantasies drive him to the point of obsession. Directed by Isabel Coixet. With Patricia Clarkson, Dennis Hopper and Peter Sarsgaard. Categories: Drama, Romance, Based on a Novel. Year: 2008.
Elegy
William Hundert (Kevin Kline), St. Benedict's assistant headmaster, strives to inspire his students and mold their character with impassioned lessons about the Greeks and Romans. But when freshmen Sedgewick Bell (Emile Hirsch) arrives, Hundert finds his world upended when the two enter a bitter battle of wills that will affect the course of St. Benedict's and its students for decades. Directed by Michael Hoffman. With Embeth Davidtz, Rob Morrow Edward Herrmann, Jesse Eisenberg and Paul Dano. Categories: Drama, Based on a Novel. Year: 2002.
The Emperor's Club
Jonathan Safran Foer (Elijah Wood) travels to the Ukraine to find the woman who saved his grandfather from the Nazis during World War II. In Odessa, Jonathan meets up with his translator, Alex (Eugene Hutz), who learned English from old movies and a thesaurus, and Alex's grandfather (Boris Leskin), who acts as their driver and guide even though he claims to be blind. Together, they set out on an unexpectedly meaningful journey, learning the power of remembrance and the perilous nature of secrets. Directed by Liev Schreiber. With Oleksandr Choroshko. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Based on a Novel. Year: 2005.
Everything Is Illuminated
After World War II, Father Merrin (Stellan Skarsgård) wanders aimlessly through the world, having lost his faith in God after witnessing the atrocities of battle. Asked to help recover a lost artifact from an excavated church in Africa, he comes in contact with an evil far beyond his imagination. Directed by Renny Harlin. With Izabella Scorupco, James D'Arcy, Ben Cross and James Bellamy. Categories: Horror, Action, Adventure, Thriller. Year: 2004.
Exorcist: The Beginning
Guy Montag (Oskar Werner) is a firefighter in a future society where books have been banned because of their subversive effect on the public. Unable to handle his restricted world, Montag begins a relationship with an illegal book collector and begins questioning the totalitarian world he lives in. But, his growing awareness could cost him his marriage to Linda (Julie Christie) or even his life. Directed by Francois Truffaut. With Cyril Cusack and Jeremy Spenser. Categories: Politics, Sci-Fi, Drama, Based on a Novel. Year: 1966.
Fahrenheit 451
Bobby Rayburn (Wesley Snipes) is a professional baseball player at the top of his game. After a move to the San Francisco Giants is followed by the worst performance of his career, an obsessed fan named Gil Renard (Robert De Niro) decides to help Bobby recover his game by whatever means necessary. Directed by Tony Scott. With Ellen Barkin, John Leguizamo, Benicio Del Toro and Kurt Fuller. Categories: Thriller, Sports. Year: 1996.
The Fan
Renegade journalist Raoul Duke (Johnny Depp) and his Samoan lawyer, Dr. Gonzo (Benicio Del Toro), drive from LA to Las Vegas fuelled by a trunk full of illegal drugs. As Duke covers a convention on drug abuse and a motorcycle race in the desert, the pair sinks deeper and deeper into a frightening psychedelic haze while searching for the American dream. Directed by Terry Gilliam. With Tobey Maguire, Ellen Barkin, Gary Busey, Christina Ricci, Mark Harmon and Cameron Diaz. Categories: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Cult Classics, Based on a Novel. Year: 1998.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
The narrator (Edward Norton), a product liability evaluator and insomniac who is addicted to self-help groups, is liberated from his cookie-cutter, mail-order life after meeting Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt), a sado-masochistic anarchist who runs a nationwide network of fight clubs. As their friendship grows, the narrator discovers that Durden is secretly plotting a series of calculated pranks and terrorist attcks in order to overthrow the capitalist system. As the narrator struggles with a decision between right and wrong, his relationship with a fellow self-helper (Helena Bonham Carter) begins to unravel, along with his grip on reality. Directed by David Fincher. With Meat Loaf, Jared Leto and Zach Grenier. Categories: Cult Classics, Drama, Thriller, Crime, Action. Year: 1999.
Fight Club
Mitch McDeere (Tom Cruise) is an up-and-coming lawyer whose powerful job in a prestigious law firm becomes a desperate bid for survival. While the luxurious benefits of his employment initially hide the company's dark side, the truth becomes too great to ignore when two Associates are murdered and the FBI request Mitch's help solving the case. With his life in danger, Mitch must decide who is a greater threat: the FBI or the Firm. Directed by Sydney Pollack. With Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris and Holly Hunter. Categories: Politics, Thriller, Drama. Year: 1993.
The Firm
Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) is a simple man. Soft-spoken, curious and more than a little oblivious, Gump manages to witness some of the most historic events of the 20th century. Interacting with presidents and rock stars, becoming a war hero and making a fortune in the stock market, Gump approaches life with child-like enthusiasm and a moral compass he gained from his loving mother (Sally Field). And, through it all, Gump never loses hope that one day he will be reunited with his childhood love, Jenny (Robin Wright Penn). Directed by Robert Zemeckis. With Gary Sinise. Categories: Comedy, Drama, War. Year: 1994.
Forrest Gump
Jakob is a Jewish boy (played as a child by Robbie Kay and a young man by Stephen Dillane) living in Poland during World War II. When his family is murdered by the Nazis, Athos (Rade Serbedzija), a Greek archeologist who is working in the area, takes him in. Athos brings Jakob back to Greece and raises him as his son. But in spite of his good luck, Jakob grows up with a feeling of deep sadness, and longs especially for his sister who disappeared during the war. Athos and Jakob move to Canada, Jakob's obsession with the Holocaust complicates his relationship with his wife (Rosamund Pike). Directed by Jeremy Podeswa. With Ayelet Zurer. Categories: Drama, Based on a Novel. Year: 2007.
Fugitive Pieces
Independent-minded marine Pvt. Joker (Matthew Modine) learns about the horrors of war before he even gets to Vietnam when Pvt. Pyle (Vincent D'Onofrio) cracks under the pressure of basic training and the constant insults of an aggressive drill sergeant (R. Lee Ermey). Once overseas, Joker works as a correspondent for Stars and Stripes, focusing on the Tet offensive. After spending much of the war a safe distance from the frontlines writing puff pieces, Joker gets a taste of real action when he is sent to cover the combat taking place near Phu Bai. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. With Kevyn Major Howard and Dorian Harewood. Categories: Drama, War. Year: 1987.
Full Metal Jacket
In 1863, the Confederate and Union Armies clash at Gettysburg, an event which later proves to be the decisive battle in the North's victory over the South. This epic retelling of three historic day of combat involves thousands of soldiers recreating every terrifying and anguished moment of the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War. Directed by Ronald F. Maxwell. With Tom Berenger, Martin Sheen, Stephen Lang and Jeff Daniels. Categories: Drama, War, History. Year: 1993.
Gettysburg
As his son Michael (Al Pacino) returns home from WWII, Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando), the head of a powerful New York Mafia family, anticipates the time when he will transfer power to his youngest son. Michael loves his father, but wants a normal life outside of the family business. With times changing and the old world principles of honor and family coming under fire, Michael is forced to make a difficult sacrifice, and is drawn into a violent mob war after an attempt on his father's life. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. With James Caan, Robert Duvall and Diane Keaton. Categories: Crime, Drama, New York. Year: 1972.
The Godfather
As Michael Coreleone (Al Pacino) sets out to enlarge his family's power through violent takeovers in Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba, his father Vito's (Robert De Niro) early days in Sicily and rise to power in New York are chronicled through flashbacks to important moments in his life. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. With Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton and John Cazale. Categories: Crime, Drama, New York. Year: 1974.
The Godfather: Part II
Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) always wanted to be a gangster. Starting out with small jobs for the local mafia boss (Paul Sorvino), he eventually quits school to focus full time on working his way up the mob hierarchy. Surrounded by money, power and dangerous men without boundaries, Henry becomes immersed in the lifestyle and begins to hatch his own schemes, partnering with Tommy DeVito (Joe Pesci) and Jimmy Conway (Robert De Niro). But when lines are crossed and millions of dollars are on the line, Henry will have to decide who he can really trust if he wants to make it out alive. Directed by Martin Scorsese. With Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino and Debi Mazar. Categories: Crime, Drama, New York. Year: 1990.
Goodfellas
After receiving word that a mysterious benfactor has arranged a gallery show for him, Finnegan Bell (Ethan Hawke) travels to New York City to display his art for the first time. There, he runs into Estella (Gwyneth Paltrow), a lost childhood love who toyed with his emotions and confused him with her changeable ways. Now involved with a wealthy businessman (Hank Azaria), Estella nonetheless renews her relationship with Finnegan, and once again confounds his emotions with a combination of lust and cruelty. Directed by Alfonso Cuarón. With Chris Cooper, Anne Bancroft and Robert De Niro. Categories: Drama, Romance, Based on a Novel. Year: 1998.
Great Expectations
Selected to be Hogwarts' representative in a dangerous Triwizard Tournament, Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) must compete in a series of increasingly terrifying contests, even as the evil wizard Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) begins his return to the land of the living. Directed by Mike Newell. With Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman and Maggie Smith. Categories: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Thriller. Year: 2005.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
As his fifth year at Hogwarts begins, Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) struggles with the trials of adolescence and his upcoming OWL exams, while Voldemort's (Ralph Fiennes) return looms in the distance. Things get even worse when authorities ignore Harry and Dumbledore's (Michael Gambon) warnings and Harry's classmates begin to view him with disdain. Meanwhile, a new witch assumes control at Hogwarts, throwing the entire school into chaos. Directed by David Yates. With Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Helena Bonham Carter, Gary Oldman and Alan Rickman. Categories: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy. Year: 2007.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
When Dr. Philip Channard (Kenneth Cranham) meets Kirsty Cotton (Ashley Laurence), a patient who claims to have witnessed demonic attacks, he is determined to pull the truth from her and open a portal to hell. Caught in a web of pain and sorrow, Kirsty must follow the doctor into the underworld and try to rescue her father. Directed by Tony Randel. With Clare Higgins, Imogen Boorman and Sean Chapman. Categories: Cult Classics, Horror, Thriller. Year: 1988.
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
When Larry (Andrew Robinson) and Julia (Clare Higgins) Cotton move into a new house, they have no idea what terror awaits them. Larry's half-brother Frank (Sean Chapman) is trapped upstairs, bodiless and insane. When Julia agrees to help rejuvenate his missing form, she opens the door to a host of evil creatures desperate to possess every human they encounter. Only Larry's daughter Kirsty (Ashley Laurence) can save the day. Directed by Clive Barker. With Oliver Smith. Categories: Cult Classics, Horror, Fantasy. Year: 1987.
Hellraiser
After a lengthy prison term, gangster Roy "Mad Dog" Earle (Humphrey Bogart) is paroled with the help of an old associate who wants him to mastermid a heist a resort hotel in California. When things fall apart and a man is shot and killed, Earle is forced to flee and becomes a fugitive. Hhiding out from the police and the press, who are both out for his blood, Earle may be undone by two women he befriended before his life took its final turn for the worse. Directed by Raoul Walsh. With Alan Curtis, Joan Leslie, Barton MacLane, Henry Travers and Elisabeth Risdon. Categories: Drama, Thriller, Crime, Classic. Year: 1941.
High Sierra
Kathy (Jennifer Connelly) is dangerously unstable even before she is evicted from her home. Massoud Amir Behrani (Ben Kingsley), a proud Iranian man devoted to finding a husband for his daughter, Soraya (Navi Rawat), is the new owner. Without a home, Kathy has nothing to lose, and she befriends Lester (Ron Eldard), an abusive police officer, to try to force Massoud's family out. Together with Soraya, his son Esmail (Jonathan Ahdout) and his wife Nadi (Shohreh Aghdashloo), Massoud begins a mental war of attrition with the distraught Kathy. Directed by Vadim Perelman. Categories: Drama, Based on a Novel. Year: 2003.
House of Sand and Fog
Pablo Neruda (Philippe Noiret), a renowned Chilean poet and diplomat forced into exile, is granted sanctuary by the Italian government. Arriving on the isle of Capri, he hires an uneducated man named Mario (Massimo Troisi) to be his personal postman. Mario slowly gains Pablo's confidence and develops an appreciation for poetry, which he uses to win the heart of a beautiful waitress named Beatrice (Maria Grazia Cucinotta). Directed by Michael Radford. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Based on a Novel, Foreign Film. Year: 1994.
Il Postino
After Hogarth Hughes (Eli Marienthal) finds a huge iron robot (voiced by Vin Diesel) tangled in the high-tension wires near his house, the boy rescues the talking, alien machine and the two become fast friends. But, when the Iron Giant starts munching on cars and tractors around town, Hogarth's neighbors start looking for the culprit, and the resulting commotion attracts the attention of a paranoid government agent (Christopher McDonald) who wants to destroy Hogarth's pal. Directed by Brad Bird. With Jennifer Aniston and Harry Connick Jr.. Categories: Animation, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi. Year: 1999.
The Iron Giant
Jeremiah Johnson (Robert Redford) is a disenchanted ex-soldier who leaves civilization behind and settles in the Rocky Mountain wilderness. Determined to survive on his own, Johnson wishes to be left in peace. But, after crossing paths with a band of Indians, he must learn the ways to the untamed land and defend himself in order to gain the respect of its original settlers. Directed by Sydney Pollack. With Will Geer, Delle Bolton and Josh Albee. Categories: Drama, Action, Western. Year: 1972.
Jeremiah Johnson
Judy (Kirsten Dunst) and Peter (Bradley Pierce) Shepherd have just discovered a strange board game in the attic of their new home. As they begin playing, they release the magic of Jumanji, a world filled with wild animals and adventure that comes to life before their eyes. As Jumanji begins to take over their house and then their entire neighborhood, Judy and Peter meet Alan Parrish (Robin Williams), a man who was trapped inside the game as a child. If Judy and Peter hope to escape Alan's fate and free him from the game after 26 years, they will have to locate Alan's old playmate, Sarah Whittle (Bonnie Hunt), and finish Jumanji once and for all. Directed by Joe Johnston. With Jonathan Hyde, David Alan Grier, Bebe Neuwirth and Patricia Clarkson. Categories: Family, Adventure, Action, Fantasy, Comedy. Year: 1995.
Jumanji
A group of geneticists employed by John Hammond (Richard Attenborough), a wealthy entrepreneur, use prehistoric DNA to clone an island full of dinosaurs. Intending to open the island as a theme park, Hammond invites a group of prominent scientists (Sam Neill, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum) to take a tour of the facilities before its grand opening. But, when an employee sabotages the security system in an attempt sell a few dino-embryos, the huge creatures are let loose and the scientists must find a way to escape before they become the prey. Directed by Steven Spielberg. With Samuel L. Jackson, Joseph Mazzello, Ariana Richards and Wayne Knight. Categories: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Year: 1993.
Jurassic Park
After getting out of prison, Johnny Clay (Sterling Hayden) and his cohorts mastermind a complex race-track heist. Clay plans on settling down to a respectable life with Fay (Coleen Gray) when the job is finished, but inner tensions and bad luck lead to a disastrous failure. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. With Vince Edwards and Jay C. Flippen. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 1956.
The Killing
After living in California for 20 years, Amir (Khalid Abdalla) returns to Afghanistan to help his childhood friend's son. The country is a different place under the Taliban's rule, and Amir must face his haunting memories in order to finally set things right. Directed by Marc Forster. With Atossa Leoni, Homayon Ershadi and Shaun Toub. Categories: Drama, Based on a Novel. Year: 2007.
The Kite Runner
Sonny Crawford (Timothy Bottoms) and Duane Jackson (Jeff Bridges) are best friends growing through the changes of high school. Raised in the small town of Anarene, TX, the two friends share good times, girlfriends and a love for a rundown movie house owned by a man called Sam the Lion (Ben Johnson). As their town is choked by movement into bigger cities, the boys watch their favorite movie theater close as they themselves close the book on their early lives. Directed by Peter Bogdanovich. With Cybill Shepherd, Ellen Burstyn and Eileen Brennan. Categories: Drama. Year: 1971.
The Last Picture Show
A slick, professional drug dealer (Daniel Craig) planning his early retirement is faced with completing two difficult tasks before his boss (Kenneth Cranham) will let him out of the business. First, he must track down the drug addict daughter of a powerful criminal (Michael Gambon). Second, he has to clean up the mess surrounding a fortune in stolen ecstasy by negotiating a deal with a petty crook playing out of his league. The path to retirement becomes increasingly bumpy as hidden alliances and double-croses come into play, and the drug dealer realizes that getting out of the game won't be as easy as he thought. Directed by Matthew Vaughn. With George Harris, Jamie Foreman, Colm Meaney and Sienna Miller. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller, Based on a Novel. Year: 2004.
Layer Cake
Allan Quatermain (Sean Connery), the world's greatest adventurer, leads a group of outcast heroes in an attempt to save the world. Teaming up with Captain Nemo (Naseeruddin Shah), the Invisible Man (Tony Curran), Tom Sawyer (Shane West), a vampiress (Peta Wilson), Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde (Jason Flemyng) and Dorian Gray (Stuart Townsend), Quatermain sets out to stop the evil Fantom (Richard Roxburgh) from killing a group of international leaders and constructing an army of super-powered soldiers. Directed by Stephen Norrington. With Max Ryan. Categories: Action, Sci-Fi, Fantasy. Year: 2003.
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Elle Woodes (Reese Witherspoon), a beautiful, blonde sorority queen, seems to have the perfect life until her boyfriend (Matthew Davis) dumps her for being too ditzy. Determined to get back at him, she follows him to law school, cleverly finding her way into Harvard. Faced with doubters at every turn, Elle uses her enthusiasm and attention detail to become a top student and successfully defend a former member of her sorority accused of murder. Directed by Robert Luketic. With Luke Wilson, Selma Blair, Ali Larter and Jennifer Coolidge. Categories: Politics, Comedy. Year: 2001.
Legally Blonde
After being discharged from the Army, Colonel William Ludlow (Anthony Hopkins) takes his three sons (Brad Pitt, Aidan Quinn and Henry Thomas) and moves to the mountains of Montana in order to escape the corruption of early 20th century American society. As the three brothers grow up in the wide, open country, they become inseparably close. But, when Samuel returns from Harvard with the beautiful Susannah Fincannon (Julia Ormond), the resulting romantic feud sets of a series of tragedies, stetching from World War I through Prohibition, that rip the family apart. Directed by Edward Zwick. With Karina Lombard. Categories: Politics, Drama, Romance, Western. Year: 1994.
Legends of the Fall
Jean Valjean (Liam Neeson), a good man jailed for 20 years for stealing a loaf of bread, begins to make a new life for himself upon his release from prison. When he promises a dying pauper, Fantine (Uma Thurman), that he will care for her young daughter, Cosette (Claire Danes), the pair are thrown into a life of seclusion as Javert (Geoffrey Rush), an unrelenting police officer, is consumed by the quest to return Valjean to jail. With France heading toward the July 1832 revolution, their lives become consumed with the conflict, and Cosette falls in love with the student ring-leader, Marius (Hans Matheson). Directed by Bille August. With Mimi Newman and Peter Vaughan. Categories: Drama, Romance, War, Based on a Novel. Year: 1998.
Les Miserables
On the 15th anniversary of a violent school shooting, Diana (Uma Thurman), a suburban wife and mother, begins to question her seemingly happy life. As she remembers the events days leading up to the tragedy, Diana is reminded of of her best friend Maureen (Eva Amurri) and the strain that their relationship had been under before she was killed. The more memories that come to the surface, the more Diana begins to unravel, realizing that there are mysterious circumstances that she has yet to face. Directed by Vadim Perelman. With Evan Rachel Wood, Brett Cullen and Gabrielle Brennan. Categories: Drama, Thriller, Based on a Novel. Year: 2007.
The Life Before Her Eyes
Humbert Humbert (James Mason), a troubled professor of French literature in his mid-forties, rents a room from sex-starved widow Charlotte Haze (Shelley Winters) and falls in love with her teenage daughter, Lolita (Sue Lyon). After Charlotte is hit by a car and killed, Humbert and Lolita take their disturbing affair on the road, posing as father and daughter to escape suspicion. But, their forbidden love is threatened when they realize they are being followed by a stranger (Peter Sellers) intent on taking Lolita for his own. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. With Gary Cockrell and Shirley Douglas. Categories: Cult Classics, Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 1962.
Lolita
Pure-hearted hobbit Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood) begins his quest to destroy the One Ring before the evil Lord Sauron can regain his source of ultimate power. Aiding Frodo in his journey are his hobbit companions, Sam (Sean Astin), Pippin (Billy Boyd) and Merry (Dominic Monaghan), as well as the wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen), sharp-shooting elf archer Legolas (Orlando Bloom), gruff dwarf Gimli (John Rhys-Davies) and the noble ranger Strider (Viggo Mortensen). As the path becomes more difficult, Frodo must make a difficult decision and make the burden of the ring his own. Directed by Peter Jackson. With Cate Blanchett, Sean Bean, Liv Tyler, Ian Holm, Christopher Lee, Andy Serkis and Hugo Weaving. Categories: Action, Adventure, Fantasy. Year: 2001.
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
As Frodo (Elijah Wood) and Sam (Sean Astin) come closer to Mount Doom -- the only place where the One Ring can be destroyed -- the burden of their journey and Gollum's (Andy Serkis) interference begin to put a strain on their friendship. With Sauron's forces converging on Minas Tirith, Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) must answer the call of his destiny and lead his people into combat with Legolas (Orlando Bloom) and Gimli (John Rhys-Davies) by his side. In order to defeat the hordes of orc warriors bearing down on them, the people of Middle Earth will need the help of an army of ghosts and the full might of the wizard Gandalf's (Ian McKellen) power. Directed by Peter Jackson. With Sean Bean, Cate Blanchett, Ian Holm, Dominic Monaghan, Billy Boyd and Liv Tyler. Categories: Action, Adventure, Fantasy. Year: 2003.
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
While Frodo (Elijah Wood) and Sam (Sean Astin) continue their grueling journey to the dark lands of Mordor, the other members of the Fellowship are scattered about Middle Earth. Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen), Legolas (Orlando Bloom) and Gimli (John Rhys-Davies) must save the people of Rohan from an oncoming army of orcs led by the dark wizard Saruman (Christopher Lee). Meanwhile, Merry (Dominic Monaghan) and Pippin (Billy Boyd) struggle to escape from their orc captors and team up with the Ents, a group of mobile, talking trees. Directed by Peter Jackson. With Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Cate Blanchett and Andy Serkis. Categories: Action, Adventure, Fantasy. Year: 2002.
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
After a major security breakdown, an island full of cloned dinosaurs has to be destroyed and everyone involved is bound to silence. But now, years later, news comes that a second island exists and a research team is dispatched to the island. Once there, they will contend not only with the free-roaming dinosaurs, but also with a group of hunters looking to capture the animals and put them on display in San Diego. Directed by Steven Spielberg. With Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, Richard Attenborough, Vince Vaughn, Pete Postlethwaite and Richard Schiff. Categories: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi. Year: 1997.
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
After his partner is killed while working a case, private eye Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) discovers that the mysterious girl (Mary Astor) who hired them isn't who she says she is. As Sam uncovers more of the story, he learns of a plot to steal the Maltese Falcon, a priceless jewel-encrusted statue. Sam isn't a man to be messed with, and his rage over being manipulated by a bunch of criminals takes full force as he sets out to solve the case. Directed by John Huston. With Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet. Categories: Mystery, Classic, Based on a Novel. Year: 1941.
The Maltese Falcon
John (Owen Wilson) and Jenny Grogan (Jennifer Aniston), two ambitious, recently married reporters, adopt a Yellow Lab named Marley to get a taste of parenthood. Before they know what hit them, the hyperactive puppy wreaks havoc on their lives, embarrassing them in public and even getting kicked out of obedience school. But, over the years, as Marley's behavior continues to rage out of control, he manages to become a rollicking, indespensable part of their growing family. Directed by David Frankel. With Haley Bennett, Eric Dane, Alan Arkin and Nathan Gamble. Categories: Comedy, Based on a Novel. Year: 2008.
Marley & Me
Angelo Ledda (Jan Decleir), an international hitman with Alzheimer's, is hired to eliminate two people in Belgium. After the first murder, the Antwerp police force puts Vincke (Koen De Bouw) and Verstuyft (Werner De Smedt), its top investigators on the case. When Ledda realizes that his second target is a twelve-year-old girl, he breaks his contract and turns his vengeance toward his boss, Gilles (Patrick Descamps), and the other men behind the plot. Directed by Erik Van Looy. Categories: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Based on a Novel, Foreign Film. Year: 2003.
The Memory of a Killer
Leo (Albert Finney) is a crime boss at war with Johnny Caspar (Jon Polito), the only mobster able to stand up to Leo's criminal empire. When tension between the gangs reaches a boiling point, Tom Reagan (Gabriel Byrne) steps in to keep the peace, but finds himself in over his head when he's ordered to kill the lowlife Bernie (John Turturro), brother to Leo's girlfriend Verna (Marcia Gay Harden). Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen. With Al Mancini and Mike Starr. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 1990.
Miller's Crossing
Sarah Nolan (Diane Lane), a thirty-something preschool teacher, has been divorced for eight months, but is hesitant to re-enter the dating world despite the pressure of her pushy family. Jake (John Cusack) is a recently divorced boat builder who still misses his ex-wife. After Sarah's sister, Carol (Elizabeth Perkins), puts her profile on an online dating site, the two reluctant daters agree to meet at a dog park, even though neither actually owns a dog. As their awkward first meeting develops into something special, both Sarah and Jake realize that love can be found in the most unlikely of places. Directed by Gary David Goldberg. With Dermot Mulroney, Stockard Channing and Christopher Plummer. Categories: Comedy, Romance. Year: 2005.
Must Love Dogs
After being dumped by his girlfriend Tris (Alexis Dziena), Nick (Michael Cera), an amateur bassist, feels that his world is crumbling around him. When he spots Tris with a new guy at one of his gigs, he can barely keep it together. But, after a chance encounter with Norah (Kat Dennings), an indie rock-loving girl with love troubles of her own, Nick sets off with her into the New York night in search of a legendary band's secret show. Directed by Peter Sollett. With Aaron Yoo, Ari Graynor, Rafi Gavron and Jonathan B. Wright. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Music, Based on a Novel. Year: 2008.
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
Alexandra Rover (Jodie Foster) is a famous adventure novelist who is afraid to leave her own house. Nim (Abigail Breslin), her biggest fan, lives an xciting, carefree life on secret island with her father, Jack (Gerard Butler). When Jack goes missing at sea, Nim contacts her fictional hero, Alex Rover ( also played by Gerard Butler), in the hope that he will help save her island and her father's life. After receiving the message, the reclusive Alexandra must use her imagination to overcome her fears and save the day. Directed by Jennifer Flackett and Mark Levin. With Alphonso McAuley. Categories: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy. Year: 2008.
Nim's Island
Winston Smith (John Hurt) is a citizen of Oceania, one of the three superpowers left after nuclear war destroys much of the planet. In a tightly controlled society, Big Brother, the watchful eyes of a totalitarian regime, is willing to kill individuals or even rewrite history in order to maintain its power. After a chance meeting with Julia (Suzanna Hamilton), a proletariat worker, Winston begins to question the horrors of his government's actions with the help of O'Brien (Richard Burton), a top level member of the ruling party. Directed by Michael Radford. With Cyril Cusack, Gregor Fisher and Andrew Wilde. Categories: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Based on a Novel. Year: 1984.
Nineteen Eighty-Four
After over a decade of marriage, Dave (Morris Chestnut) and Clarice Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), find that their relationship has lost some of its luster. With Dave's big league aspirations dashed by an injury in college, he now finds himself in an unfulfilling job as the head of a small construction firm. Clarice on the otherhand is wrapped up in her desire to succeed as a real estate star. When Clarice is injured in a car accident, the couple are forced to deal with long hidden resentments and must decide if their marriage is truly meant to be. Directed by Bill Duke. With Maeve Quinlan and Cannon Jay. Categories: Drama, Based on a Novel. Year: 2009.
Not Easily Broken
Irene (Jennifer Connelly) is a magazine editor living in Chile during the tyrannical rule of Pinochet. After meeting Francisco (Antonio Banderas), a photographer and resistance organizer, Irene is immersed in the underground freedom movement as her relationship with Francisco sets her against the government's deadly regime. Directed by Betty Kaplan. With Stefania Sandrelli, Diego Wallraff and Camilo Gallardo. Categories: Drama, Based on a Novel. Year: 1994.
Of Love and Shadows
After thirty years of absence, David "Noodles" Aaronson (Robert De Niro) returns to the streets of Brooklyn he once prowled as a Prohibition era gangster. In a series of flashbacks, we learn the stories of Aaronson and his partners, Max (James Woods), Patsy (James Hayden) and Cockeye (William Forsythe), as Aaronson tries to reconcile his new life with the his actions during those extraordinary times of love and loss. Directed by Sergio Leone. With Joe Pesci, Jennifer Connelly, Treat Williams and Burt Young. Categories: Crime, Drama, Based on a Novel, New York. Year: 1984.
Once Upon a Time in America
Randle Patrick McMurphy (Jack Nicholson), a criminal pretending to be crazy, is sent to a mental asylum, where he hopes to serve out the rest of his term away from the harsh realities of prison life. Instead, he must contend with Nurse Mildred Ratched (Louise Fletcher), a stern, oppressive tyrant who has forced her patients into dejected submission. Rebellious by nature, McMurphy becomes a figurehead for his fellow patients and challenges Ratched's authority every chance he gets. Directed by Milos Forman. With William Redfield, Dean R. Brooks, Michael Berryman, Danny DeVito and Christopher Lloyd. Categories: Cult Classics, Drama, Based on a Novel. Year: 1975.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Luis Vargas (Antonio Banderas) is a wealthy Cuban merchant seeking an American mail-order bride. When Julia Russell (Angelina Jolie) responds to his advertisement, he invites her to Cuba and marries her as soon as she steps off the boat. Their relationship quickly explodes into a mystery of hidden identities and menacing strangers. As Luis loses his faith in love, Julia finds hers for the first time, but the arrival of her ex partner-in-crime, the sadistic Walter Downs (Thomas Jane), threatens more than their marriage. Directed by Michael Cristofer. Categories: Thriller, Drama, Romance. Year: 2001.
Original Sin
Anne (Natalie Portman) and Mary Boleyn (Scarlett Johansson), two beautiful sisters, are driven by their family's ambition for power and status to compete for the love of King Henry VIII (Eric Bana). Leaving their simple country life, the girls find themselves in the dangerous, thrilling world of life in the royal court. While Mary develops genuine feelings for the King, Anne is motivated by an overwhelming desire to become the Queen. Directed by Justin Chadwick. With Jim Sturgess, Mark Rylance, Kristin Scott Thomas, Ana Torrent and David Morrissey. Categories: Drama, History, Romance, Based on a Novel. Year: 2008.
The Other Boleyn Girl
Young widow Holly Kennedy (Hilary Swank) discovers that before her husband (Gerard Butler) died he left her a list of tasks revealed in ten anonymous messages, intended to ease her pain and help her build a new life. Directed by Richard LaGravenese. With James Marsters, Gina Gershon, Lisa Kudrow, Kathy Bates and Harry Connick Jr.. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Based on a Novel. Year: 2007.
P.S., I Love You
Mutrac (Humphrey Bogart), a French journalist and activist who opposed the Munich pact and was framed for murder, is sent to spend his miserable days on Devil's Island. After managing to escape with four other men and make it onto a ship bound for Marseille, his luck finally runs out. When France surrenders to Nazi Germany, fascist sympathizer Major Duval (Sydney Greenstreet) attempts to take over the ship for the Vichy French. Faced with death or capture, Mutrac must lead his friends in an attempt to regain control of the boat and his life. Directed by Michael Curtiz. With Michèle Morgan and Peter Lorre. Categories: Drama, Adventure, War, Classic, Based on a Novel. Year: 1944.
Passage to Marseille
In the French trenches during WWI, three privates are court-martialed for cowardice and made an example of after their unit refuses to continue an impossible attack. But, their regiment's commander (Kirk Douglas) stands behind them, acting as their defense attorney. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. With Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou and George Macready. Categories: Drama, War, Based on a Novel, Classic. Year: 1957.
Paths of Glory
Isabel Archer (Nicole Kidman) is a free-thinking young American who travels to England to find herself. There, Isabel makes a connection with her sickly cousin, Ralph Touchett (Martin Donovan), who convinces his dying father to leave her a generous inheritance. But, Isabel's new wealth doesn't bring her the freedom she desires and, after making an unfortunate alliance with Madame Merle (Barbara Hershey), instead leads her into an unhappy marriage with Gilbert Osmond (John Malkovich). Directed by Jane Campion. With Viggo Mortensen, Mary-Louise Parker, Shelley Winters, Shelley Duvall and Christian Bale. Categories: Drama, Based on a Novel. Year: 1996.
The Portrait of a Lady
Alfred Borden (Christian Bale) and Robert Angier (Hugh Jackman), two talented magicians in 1870s London, wage a bitter rivalry as they duel with one another to prove who is the greatest performer. When Borden unveils a new trick in which he seems to be transported from one side of the stage to the other, Angier is pushed to the brink of madness tryng to discover his secret. As the former friends battle to outdo one other and uncover what the other is hiding, their intense feud becomes lethal. Directed by Christopher Nolan. With David Bowie, Michael Caine and Scarlett Johansson. Categories: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi. Year: 2006.
The Prestige
Mrs. Bennet (Brenda Blethyn) has always raised her five daughters to be aware of the importance of marrying a wealthy husband to secure their futures. But, the situation becomes desperate when the family learns that if Mr. Bennet (Donald Sutherland) dies before one of his daughters marries, their estate will be handed over to a distant cousin. Luckily, wealthy bachelor Mr. Bingley (Simon Woods) and his friend Mr. Darcy (Matthew Macfadyen) arrive in town to spend the summer, bringing with them a sense of hope. But, while the shy, beautiful Jane (Rosamund Pike) quickly falls in love with Mr. Bingley, independent, strong-willed Lizzie (Keira Knightley) finds Mr. Darcy snobbish and swears to loathe him forever. Directed by Joe Wright. With Jena Malone, Tom Hollander and Judi Dench. Categories: Drama, Romance, Based on a Novel. Year: 2005.
Pride & Prejudice
A kind grandfather (Peter Falk) reads a story to his sick grandson (Fred Savage) in the hope that it will help pass the time and raise the boy's spirits. When the Dread Pirate Roberts (Cary Elwes), a once simple farm boy, attempts to rescue his love, the beautiful Buttercup (Robin Wright Penn), from the foul Prince Humperdinck (Chris Sarandon), he is joined by two companions, (Mandy Patinkin and Andre the Giant), his former enemies. As the tale of sword fights, vile swamps, kidnappings and true love plays out, the grandfather does his best to finish the story despite being interuppted by his grandson at all the mushy parts. Directed by Rob Reiner. With Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest, Carol Kane, Billy Crystal and Wallace Shawn. Categories: Cult Classics, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance. Year: 1987.
The Princess Bride
Settling in a quaint Connecticut suburb, Frank (Leonardo DiCaprio) and April Wheeler (Kate Winslet), a young, self-assured married couple, struggle to keep their dreams alive and create a distinction between themselves and their ordinary neighbors. While April raises their children, all the while maintaining aspirations of becoming an actress and moving to Paris, Frank is forced to work a corporate job in New York City that he hates. As Frank turns to alcohol to distract himself from the tedium, the couple's marriage begins to dissolve into a cycle of bitter, jealous arguments. Directed by Sam Mendes. With Kathy Bates, Kathryn Hahn, Michael Shannon and David Harbour. Categories: Drama, Romance, Based on a Novel. Year: 2008.
Revolutionary Road
When a call girl is found dead after a celebration held at a Japanese company's corporate offices, American Detective Web Smith (Wesley Snipes) is put in charge of the case. Due to his inexperience with working in Japan, Smith is forced to recruit Captain John Connor (Sean Connery), an expert on Japanese politics and culture. As the two cops go after Eddie Sakamura (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa), a powerful man who Connor has run into in the past, the conspiracy deepens and new questions surface. In the effort to learn the truth, Smith and Connor must overcome obstruction from the Japanese, a high-tech cover-up and anti-Japanese sentiments from members of their own team. Directed by Philip Kaufman. With Harvey Keitel, Tia Carrere and Steve Buscemi. Categories: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Action. Year: 1993.
Rising Sun
Stunt pilot Cliff Secord (Bill Campbell) discovers an incredible jet pack abandoned in a field and masters the power of personal flight with the help of his mechanic friend, Peevee (Alan Arkin). When evil, well connected actor Neville Sinclair (Timothy Dalton) informs mobster Eddie Valentine (Paul Sorvino) of Cliff's secret, the sinister criminals set out to get their hands on the technology. Cliff's girlfriend, Jenny (Jennifer Connelly), who is seeking a role in Neville's new film, winds up in the middle of the struggle, and Cliff will stop at nothing to save her. Directed by Joe Johnston. With Terry O'Quinn and Ed Lauter. Categories: Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi. Year: 1991.
The Rocketeer
In the future, capital punishment is carried out on a prime-time game show in which convicted criminals attempt to outrun deadly enforcers with an array of wicked weaponry. When an innocent man (Arnold Schwarzenegger) winds up on the show, he must outsmart his pursuers and sets out to take revenge on the people who put him there. Directed by Paul Michael Glaser and Andrew Davis. With Maria Conchita Alonso, Yaphet Kotto, Richard Dawson, Dweezil Zappa and Jesse Ventura. Categories: Action, Sci-Fi. Year: 1987.
The Running Man
In 1666, Hester Prynne (Demi Moore) leaves England for the Massachusetts Bay colony, seeking a sense of independence as she awaits the arrival of her husband (Robert Duvall). As time passes and her husband is thought to be killed by Indians, Hester falls for a young pastor named Arthur Dimmesdale (Gary Oldman). When their affairs produces a child, Hester is publicly humiliated and forced to wear a scarlet "A" to punish her for adultery. That same day, her husband returns, calling himself by a new name, and seeks revenge against Hester and her lover. Directed by Roland Joffé. With Robert Prosky. Categories: Drama, Romance, Based on a Novel. Year: 1995.
The Scarlet Letter
Charlie Simms (Chris O'Donnell) is a naive young student who agrees to look after blind army vet Frank Slade (Al Pacino) in order to earn some extra cash. But, what started as a way to earn some easy money becomes a struggle when the embittered Slade turns out to be quite a handful. Slade ends up taking Simms into the heart of New York City for what he plans to be his last celebration before killing himself. Along the way, Simms learns about life from a fascinating but flawed man determined to end it all. Directed by Martin Brest. With James Rebhorn, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Gabrielle Anwar. Categories: Drama. Year: 1992.
Scent of a Woman
Lily Owens (Dakota Fanning), a lonely 14-year-old girl haunted by the memory of her late mother, runs away from home with her caregiver Rosaleen (Jennifer Hudson) to escape her abusive father (Paul Bettany). Finding her way to a South Carolina town that she believes holds the secret to her mother's past, Lily is taken in by the Boatwright sisters, August (Queen Latifah), June (Alicia Keys) and May (Sophie Okonedo), three strong, independent women who raise bees. Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood. With Tristan Wilds and Nate Parker. Categories: Adventure, Drama, Based on a Novel. Year: 2008.
The Secret Life of Bees
Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) is a quiet banker who is convicted of murdering his wife and her lover. Once in Shawshank Prison, Andy slowly builds a friendship with Red (Morgan Freeman), a man who knows how to get things, and his gang of lifers. After becoming the frequent target of a vicious group of inmates, Andy uses his accounting skills to cook the warden's books and do the guards' tax returns in order to gain protection from further violence. But, when a glimmer of hope for his release is snuffed out by the warden (Bob Gunton), Andy begins a secret quest to become a free man. Directed by Frank Darabont. With William Sadler, Clancy Brown and James Whitmore. Categories: Drama, Crime, Based on a Novel. Year: 1994.
The Shawshank Redemption
Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson), a frustrated writer and recovering alcoholic, takes a job as the caretaker of an isolated hotel in order to do some writing. Accompanied by his wife, Wendy (Shelley Duvall), and clairvoyant son, Danny (Danny Lloyd), Jack comes to learn the hotel's sinister history as he slips slowly into madness. When a storm cuts off communication with the outside world, Wendy tries to protect herself and Danny from a maniacal Jack, while Danny contends with horrific visions of a bloody slaughter. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. With Scatman Crothers. Categories: Horror, Thriller, Based on a Novel. Year: 1980.
The Shining
After learning about a plot to kill the president, Bob Lee Swagger (Mark Wahlberg), a former Marine sniper living in exile, is coerced back into duty. But, when he is double-crossed and framed for the assassination, Swagger goes on the run to find the real killer and figure out just who set him up. Directed by Antoine Fuqua. With Michael Peña, Danny Glover, Kate Mara and Rhona Mitra. Categories: Action, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2007.
Shooter
Mirabelle (Claire Danes), a plain, quiet young woman who works at a department store, finds the order of her mundane existence disrupted after meeting two very different men. Ray (Steve Martin) is a wealthy, well-spoken older man, and Jeremy (Jason Schwartzman) is an immature, socially awkward twentysomething without a penny to his name. Used to being alone, Mirabelle must make a choice between the two men as she struggles with her new life in Los Angeles. Directed by Anand Tucker. With Bridgette Wilson, Sam Bottoms and Frances Conroy. Categories: Drama, Romance, Based on a Novel. Year: 2005.
Shopgirl
After May Munro (Sharon Stone) loses her parents in a deadly explosion, she seeks out Ray Quick (Sylvester Stallone), a retired CIA bomb expert, to help her avenge her murdered family. Reluctant at first, Quick is forced to change his mind when he realizes that his own life is caught up in Munro's quest for revenge. Directed by Luis Llosa. With James Woods, Rod Steiger, Emilio Estefan Jr. and Eric Roberts. Categories: Thriller, Action, Drama. Year: 1994.
The Specialist
With the help of the magician Merlin (Karl Swenson), Wart (voiced by Rickie Sorensen, Richard Reitherman and Robert Reitherman), a lowly squire to Sir Kay (Norman Alden) in the house of Sir Ector (Sebastian Cabot) removes the mighty sword Excalibur from its stone resting place and must learn to wield its legendary power in order to become King Arthur. Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman. With Junius Matthews, Ginny Tyler and Alan Napier. Categories: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Music. Year: 1963.
The Sword in the Stone
Harry Lesser (Dylan McDermott), a Jewish-American writer, is desperately trying to complete a novel and thinks that he is the last tenant in an abandoned New York apartment building. In fact, he is sharing the building with African American writer Willie Spearmint (Snoop Dogg), who is using the space to come to terms with his violent and socially oppressed past. The two men eventually work with and against one other to create their own stories. Directed by Danny Green. With Rose Byrne, Seymour Cassel and Niki J. Crawford. Categories: Mystery, Drama. Year: 2006.
The Tenants
During the conflict at Guadalcanal, a battle that will strongly influence the Japanese advance into the Pacific, a group of young soldiers is brought in as a relief for battle-weary Marine units. The soldiers begin to form a tight-knit group as they face the horrors of war while trying to maintain possession of a key airfield. Directed by Terrence Malick. With Sean Penn, Adrien Brody, James Caviezel, Nick Nolte, John C. Reilly, John Travolta, John Cusack, Woody Harrelson, George Clooney and Jared Leto. Categories: Action, Drama, War. Year: 1998.
The Thin Red Line
Carl Lee Hailey (Samuel L. Jackson) leads a quiet life in a small southern town until the brutal rape of his young daughter leads him to kill the rapists. His friend, lawyer Jake Brigance (Matthew McConaughey), begins a quest to free Carl Lee from jail. Together with his law clerk Ellen Roark (Sandra Bullock) and mentor Lucien Wilbanks (Donald Sutherland), Jake takes on the case that threatens to split his town apart. Directed by Joel Schumacher. With Kevin Spacey, Oliver Platt, Ashley Judd, Chris Cooper, Nicky Katt and Kiefer Sutherland. Categories: Drama, Thriller. Year: 1996.
A Time to Kill
John Robie (Cary Grant) is a once famous burglar retired to a life of easy luxury on the French Riviera. When a series of jewel thefts too closely resemble his old style of burglary, he teams up with the stunning Frances Stevens (Grace Kelly), the daughter of one of the victims, to find the real thief before he himself is put behind bars. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. With Jessie Royce Landis, John Williams and Charles Vanel. Categories: Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Classic. Year: 1955.
To Catch a Thief
Tony Takitani (Issei Ogata) is a successful artist and designer who has, nevertheless, been lonely all his life. When he falls in love with Eiko (Rie Miyazawa), his melancholy only increases, as her materialistic desires draw the couple further and further apart. Directed by Jun Ichikawa. Categories: Drama, Foreign Film, Based on a Novel. Year: 2004.
Tony Takitani
Ramon Miguel Vargas (Charlton Heston) is in the middle of a honeymoon with his wife Susie (Janet Leigh) when a car bomb shatters the peace of their quiet Mexican border town. Ramon forces his way into the mystery and uncovers the corruption of Hank Quinlan (Orson Welles), a famous U.S. policeman working the case. As Ramon digs deeper, his enemies resolve to do whatever it takes to stop Ramon's interference. Directed by Orson Welles. With Joseph Calleia, Akim Tamiroff and Joanna Cook Moore. Categories: Crime, Thriller, Based on a Novel, Classic. Year: 1958.
Touch of Evil
After her mother Gail (Maria Bello) sends her to live in Houston with her strict father Rifat (Peter Macdissi), Jasira (Summer Bishil), a 13-year-old Arab-American girl, experiences the struggles of becoming a woman under her father's watchful eye and fitting into a community that views her with uncomfortable curiosity. To overcome her loneliness, Jasira seeks the friendship of her two next door neighbors Travis Vuoso (Aaron Eckhart), an army reservist, and Melina Hines, an expectant mother. Stuck in an uncomfortable situation, Jasira must face racism, hypocrisy and an adult world she not quite ready for. Directed by Alan Ball. With Chris Messina, Carrie Preston and Eugene Jones III. Categories: Drama, Based on a Novel. Year: 2007.
Towelhead
Barney (Jeff Bridges) is a twisted chemistry teacher who has always dreamed of abducting a woman. When he finally gets his chance with Diane (Sandra Bullock), he watches with amusement as her boyfriend Jeff (Kiefer Sutherland) tries hopelessly to find his girlfriend. Directed by George Sluizer. With Nancy Travis, Maggie Linderman, George Hearn and Lynn Hamilton. Categories: Mystery, Thriller. Year: 1993.
The Vanishing
Ray Ferrier (Tom Cruise) has seen better days. Estranged from his family, he is left to care for his son (Justin Chatwin) and daughter (Dakota Fanning) when his ex-wife leaves town. The kids aren't happy and neither is he. When disaster strikes in the form of an alien invasion, Ray must rise to extraordinary heights as he attempts to save his family from extraterrestrial invaders of enormous power. Directed by Steven Spielberg. With Tim Robbins and Miranda Otto. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Categories: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Year: 2005.
War of the Worlds
Alexandra Medford (Cher), Jane Spofford (Susan Sarandon) and Sukie Ridgemont (Michelle Pfeiffer) are three beautiful unmarried women living in a quiet New England town who are desperate for excitement. Things begin to change when the mysterious Daryl Van Horne (Jack Nicholson) rolls into town and promises the women riches and power if they're willing to pay the price. Soon, the ladies realize that they must use their growing magical abilities to break Van Horne's control of their lives. Directed by George Miller. With Veronica Cartwright and Richard Jenkins. Categories: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Based on a Novel. Year: 1987.
The Witches of Eastwick
Dorothy (Judy Garland) is a sweet young girl living on a quiet farm in Kansas. When a cyclone hits her house, she is transported to the magical Land of Oz. There, Dorothy encounters three fantastic companions, the Scarecrow (Ray Bolger), the Tin Man (Jack Haley) and the Cowardly Lion (Bert Lahr), and sets out on a journey to visit a great Wizard of Oz (Frank Morgan) in his emerald castle. But, in order for Dorothy to find the Wizard and make it home, she will have to defeat the Wicked Witch of the West (Margaret Hamilton). Directed by Victor Fleming. With Billie Burke, Charley Grapewin and Clara Blandick. Categories: Family, Fantasy, Adventure, Classic. Year: 1939.
The Wizard of Oz
When Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder), the reluctant grandson of the infamous mad scientist, discovers that he has inherited his ancestor's castle, he travels to the creepy Transylvanian estate. There, he discovers his grandfather's journals and is inspired to resume his experients with re-animating the dead. With the help of his new lab assistant Inga (Teri Garr) and his house servants, Frau Blucher (Cloris Leachman) and Igor (Marty Feldman), Frankentein succeeds in creating a monster, with hilarious consquences. Directed by Mel Brooks. With Peter Boyle, Kenneth Mars and Madeline Kahn. Categories: Comedy, Sci-Fi, Horror, Cult Classics. Year: 1974.
Young Frankenstein
Dominic Matei (Tim Roth), a brilliant but fumbling professor living in Romania in the years before WWII, grieves over his lost love Laura (Alexandra Maria Lara) and struggles with finishing his life's work, a book which traces the origins of the world's languages. But, after being struck by lightning, Dominic awakes to find that he is a much younger man. Reconnecting with Laura, who now has the ability to travel through the languages of time, Dominic is able to continue his work but must evade the Nazis as he is pursued across Europe. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. With Bruno Ganz. Categories: Romance, Thriller. Year: 2007.
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