Actor Morgan Freeman, playing himself, is debilitated by his own fear of failure and has not accepted a role in several years. When he begins to contemplate doing an independent film, Freeman heads to an isolated convenience store to do a little research and perhaps find some inspiration. What he finds is Scarlet (Paz Vega), a spitfire cashier, who he ends up asking for a ride home. The two cultivate a brief, unlikely friendship and help one another to grow through their banter and mutual encouragement. Directed by Brad Silberling. With Jonah Hill, Alexandra Berardi and Bobby Cannavale. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Independent Film. Year: 2006.
10 Items or Less
Pretty and popular, Bianca Stratford (Larisa Oleynik) desperately wants to date Joey Donner (Andrew Keegan), the high school heartthrob. The only problem is that Bianca's father (Larry Miller) has forbidden her to date anyone until her cynical, sharp-tongued older sister, Kat (Julia Stiles), finds a date of her own. When Cameron James (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), a new student who likes Bianca, learns of the situation, he teams up with Joey to bribe Patrick (Heath Ledger), a mysterious loner, to ask Kat out, and thus free Bianca to date whomever she wants. Directed by Gil Junger. With David Krumholtz, Susan May Pratt, Gabrielle Union, Daryl Mitchell and Allison Janney. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 1999.
10 Things I Hate About You
Warren Stacy (Gene Davis), a deranged serial killer who enjoys slaying young women in the nude, goes one step too far when he targets the daughter of hard-nosed cop Leo Kessler (Charles Bronson). In an act of desperation, Kessler plants false evidence on the killer and is kicked off the force as a result. Unable to give up on the case, Kessler becomes a vigilante and goes after the killer himself, unwilling to let the law get in the way of justice. Directed by J. Lee Thompson. With Wilford Brimley. Categories: Action, Drama, Thriller. Year: 1983.
10 to Midnight
After a band of mysterious warlords raid his village and kidnap the woman he loves (Camilla Belle), D'Leh (Steven Strait), a young mammoth hunter, assembles a small group of his tribesmen to track them down. Journeying through unknown territory and battling against prehistoric predators, D'Leh's quest leads him into an epic confrontation with the leader of a lost civilization that will decide the fate of his people. Directed by Roland Emmerich. With Cliff Curtis, Tim Barlow and Marco Khan. Categories: Adventure, Drama. Year: 2008.
10,000 B.C.
Tommy (James Marsden) returns to his tough Philadelphia neighborhood after serving in Desert Storm. Facing hard time for some trouble he caused in the service, Tommy is offered a deal by the FBI. Back on his home turf, he once again finds himself mixed up with the mob boss who was instrumental in his going off to be a soldier. Directed by Robert Moresco. With Giovanni Ribisi, Brian Dennehy, Dennis Hopper and Piper Perabo. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2006.
10th & Wolf
Twelve jurors must decide the fate of a Chechen teenager (Apti Magamaev) who allegedly killed his Russian stepfather. While all signs point to the boy being the killer, one juror (Sergei Makovetsky) votes for aquittal. With the knowledge that they hold a life in their hands, the jurors review every detail of the case to see if they can come to a unanimous decision. Directed by Nikita Mikhalkov. With Mikhail Yefremov, Nikita Mikhalkov, Sergey Garmash, Aleksei Petrenko, Yuriy Stoyanov, Sergei Gazarov, Valentin Gaft, Mikhail Yefremov, Aleksey Gorbunov, Sergei Artsybashev, Viktor Verzhbitsky and Roman Madyanov. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller, War, Foreign Film. Year: 2007.
12
After the defense and prosecution have rested, the jury files into the jury room to deliberate on what seems to be an open and shut murder case. But, one dissenting juror (Henry Fonda) slowly tries to convince the others that the case is not as clear as it seemed in court. As they discuss the murder case, the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other come to light. Directed by Sidney Lumet. With Martin Balsam, Lee J. Cobb, E.G. Marshall, Jack Klugman and Jack Warden. Categories: Drama, Crime. Year: 1957.
12 Angry Men
Jenna (Jennifer Garner) is a 13-year-old girl who can’t wait to grow up and enjoy all the privileges that go along with being an adult. Less than popular, she spends most of her time with her best friend and neighbor, Matt Flamhaff (Mark Ruffalo). After an embarrassing 13th birthday, Jenna wishes to be all grown up, and wakes up the next day to discover that it's 2004 and she's a beautiful, successful 30-year-old woman. With Judy Greer, Andy Serkis and Kathy Baker. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Fantasy. Year: 2004.
13 Going on 30
Mike Enslin (John Cusack), a cynical writer who investigates supernatural phenomena, travels to spend a night in room 1408 at the Dolphin Hotel. The hotel's manager, Gerald Olin (Samuel L. Jackson), initally objects to allowing Mike to stay in the room, which is said to harbor evil spirits and is off limits to guests. But, after he threatens to sue the establishment, Gerald checks Mike into the room and sends him off to a sleepless night. Directed by Mikael Håfström. With Jasmine Jessica Anthony and Mary McCormack. Categories: Horror, Thriller, Drama. Year:2007.
1408
On his way home at the end of his shift, Jack Mosely (Bruce Willis), a burnt-out, aging cop, is assigned to escort an annoying, fast-talking convict (Mos Def) from the police station to the courthouse. What Jack doesn't know is that the convict is a witness to some shady police business, and a group of fellow police officers will stop at nothing to prevent the pair from reaching their destination. Directed by Richard Donner. With David Morse. Categories: Action, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2006.
16 Blocks
Directed by Roland Emmerich. With Amanda Peet, John Cusack, Thomas McCarthy and Morgan Lily. Categories: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Year: 2009.
2012
A writer (Tony Leung Chiu Wai) thinks he writes about the future but it turns out that it really is the past. In his novel, a mysterious train leaves for 2046 from time to time. Everyone who goes intends to recapture their lost memories because it is said that in 2046 nothing ever changes. But, no one knows if this is true because no one has ever returned -- until now. Directed by Kar Wai Wong. With Ziyi Zhang and Takuya Kimura. Categories: Drama, Romance, Foreign Film. Year: 2004.
2046
When Ben Campbell (Jim Sturgess), a shy, brilliant MIT student looking for a way to pay for med school, is recruited to join a group of the school's most gifted students to learn how to count cards, he gets more than he bargained for. Trained by unorthodox math professor and stats genius Micky Rosa (Kevin Spacey), the team heads to Las Vegas armed with fake identities and an unstoppable system for cracking blackjack. Caught up in the money and the Vegas lifestyle, Ben eventually turns his back on his team and pushes his talent to its very limit, while trying to stay one step ahead of the casino's enforcer, Cole Williams (Laurence Fishburne). Directed by Robert Luketic. With Kate Bosworth, Liza Lapira, Aaron Yoo and Jacob Pitts. Categories: Drama, Based on a True Story. Year: 2008.
21
Cristina Peck (Naomi Watts) is forced to suffer the loss of her husband Michael (Danny Huston) and their two daughters, killed in a hit-and-run by born-again ex-con Jack Jordan (Benicio Del Toro). Paul Rivers (Sean Penn), a college professor dying of heart failure, becomes the recipient of Michael's transplanted heart and is drawn to Cristina out of the debt of life he owes to her husband. Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. Categories: Drama, Crime, Thriller. Year: 2003.
21 Grams
During the Battle of Thermopylae, Spartan King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) leads his small army of fierce warriors against the advancing Persians, inspiring all of Greece to band together against a common enemy and helping to usher in the world's first democracy. Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel. Directed by Zack Snyder. Categories: Action, Adventure, Drama, War. Year: 2007.
300
In this tense drama based on the Elmore Leonard bestseller, Russell Crowe stars as a dangerous outlaw who must be transported from one jail to another. Christian Bale is a poor but honest farmer, desperate for money to pay for medical care for his younger son. So the farmer accepts the assignment to escort the outlaw from jail to a train that will take him to another state. The farmer is also motivated by a desire to impress his older son (Ben Foster), who is attracted to the outlaw life. Peter Fonda plays a former gunslinger who helps the farmer. Directed by James Mangold. With Logan Lerman and Dallas Roberts. Categories: Action, Crime, Drama, Western. Year: 2007.
3:10 to Yuma
Despite a string of steamy hookups, Matt Sullivan (Josh Hartnett) can't seem to get over his last girlfriend (Vinessa Shaw). In a last ditch effort, he decides to give up all sexual activity for the duration of Lent. When Matt's roommate Ryan (Paulo Costanzo) and their coworkers get wind of Matt's plan, they're decidedly skeptical and begin placing bets on when he will break his vow. Things become even more difficult when Matt meets Erica Sutton (Shannyn Sossamon), a beautiful, intriguing woman who puts Matt's willpower to the test. Directed by Michael Lehmann. With Griffin Dunne and Maggie Gyllenhaal. Categories: Comedy, Romance, Drama. Year: 2002.
40 Days and 40 Nights
On the eve of serial killer Jon Forster's execution, Dr. Jack Gramm (Al Pacino), the forensic psychiatrist who influenced the jury to send Forster to death row, receives a phone call stating that he has eighty-eight minutes to live. While Gramm tries to track down possible suspects, a copycat killer strikes in Seattle using Forster's same twisted methods. To save his life and prevent himself from being framed for murder, Gramm will need to use all of his skills and years of training, along with the help of his ex-wife (Amy Brenneman), his assistant (Alicia Witt) and an FBI agent (William Forsythe). Directed by Jon Avnet. With Leelee Sobieski and Benjamin McKenzie. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2007.
88 Minutes
This Belgian film tells the story of a Mattie (Barbara Sarafian), a woman in her Forties whose husband is going through a midlife crisis, whose daughter is going through puberty and whose other two children are struggling with different problems. She tries to be there for everyone. She gets into a minor car accident one day, and is stunned to find that the 29-year-old driver of the other car, Johnny (Jurgen Delnaet), finds her attractive. Directed by Christophe Van Rompaey. With Anemone Valcke, Griet van Damme, Sofia Ferri, Johan Heldenbergh and Julian Borsani. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2008.
Aanrijding in Moscou
When a civilian diving team is hired to assist the US Navy in recovering a destroyed nuclear submarine, what they discover is more awesome than anything they could have expected. Thousand of feet beneath the cold, murky waters, the team comes upon a mysterious force that could decide the fate of humanity. Directed by James Cameron. With Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn and Todd Graff. Categories: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Drama. Year: 1989.
The Abyss
Jude (Jim Sturgess), a dock worker from Liverpool, and Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood), a sheltered American girl, struggle to hold onto their love during the turbulent times of the Vietnam War era. While Lucy's brother, Max (Joe Anderson), is shipped off to the frontlines, Lucy and Jude try to make sense of their lives and relationship through the songs of the Beatles. Directed by Julie Taymor. With Dana Fuchs, Martin Luther, T.V. Carpio and Bono. Categories: Musical, Drama, Romance. Year: 2007.
Across the Universe
Adam (Hugh Dancy) is a young man living in New York. His life is complicated because he suffers from Asperger Syndrome, a disorder that makes him socially awkward and makes it difficult for him to read people's emotions. But he longs for contact and when a beautiful young woman (Rose Byrne) moves into his building, he falls in love with her. Taking a co-worker's advice, he tries to win her. His sweetness and honesty attract her, but she is not sure she can make a commitment to a guy who is so different. Directed by Max Mayer. With Frankie Faison, Amy Irving and Peter Gallagher. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2009.
Adam
Charlie Kaufman (Nicolas Cage), a neurotic screenwriter, is having trouble adapting a book about an orchid thief into a movie. While Charlie agonizes over his writer's block, his less cerebral twin brother Donald (also Cage) decides to become a screenwriter himself, much to Charlie's disdain. When Charlie finally gets his inspiration, he becomes so caught up in his screenplay that the line between reality and fantasy begins to blur, and he sets out to locate the book's author, Susan Orlean (Meryl Streep), and the real-life orchid thief, John Laroche (Chris Cooper). Directed by Spike Jonze. With Cara Seymour, Tilda Swinton, Ron Livingston, Brian Cox and Maggie Gyllenhaal. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2002.
Adaptation
For an assignment for his French class, Simon (Devon Bostick) combines his family history with a recent news story involving terrorism. When his fabrication attracts more attention than even he intended, Simon ends up attracting an internet audience wrapped up in the resulting controversy. Directed by Atom Egoyan. With Scott Speedman, Rachel Blanchard, Kenneth Welsh, Katie Boland, Noam Jenkins and Arsinée Khanjian. Categories: Drama. Year: 2008.
Adoration
After being around boxing her entire life, Jackie Kallen (Meg Ryan) is only able to climb up to being an assistant to a small time boxing promoter simply because she's a woman. But, when disgruntled boxing manager Sam LaRocca (Tony Shalhoub) offers her the contract of Luther Shaw (Omar Epps), a former contender and current drug addict, as a joke, Kallen jumps at the chance. With the help of trainer Felix Reynolds (Charles S. Dutton), Kallen is able to get Shaw back into top form and lands him the title shot he thought was gone for good. Directed by Charles S. Dutton. With Kerry Washington. Categories: Biography, Drama, Sports. Year: 2004.
Against the Ropes
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
After a visit to Moscow, President James Marshall (Harrison Ford) becomes a hostage when Air Force One is taken over by neo-nationalists from Kazakhstan. Led by Ivan Korshunov (Gary Oldman), the terrorists take control of the aircraft and demand the release of their leader, General Radek. But, after previously declaring that the US doesn't negotiate with terrorists, President Marshal fights back to save his family and prevent an international incident. Directed by Wolfgang Petersen. With Glenn Close and William H. Macy. Categories: Action, Thriller, Drama. Year: 1997.
Air Force One
Alexander the Great (Colin Farrell) is barely into his twenties when he begins his conquest of the known world. By 25, he will rule 90% of it. Following the young leader as he pits his armies against the Persian Empire and beyond, this biographic epic reveals Alexander's conquests up until his death at age 33. Directed by Oliver Stone. With Anthony Hopkins, David Bedella, Jessie Kamm, Angelina Jolie, Jared Leto and Val Kilmer. Categories: Adventure, Biography, Drama, War. Year: 2004.
Alexander
Starting as an up-and-coming professional boxer, Muhammad Ali (Will Smith) punches his way through his personal and professional struggles with religion, politics and fame, eventually becoming an American icon. More than just the greatest fighter of all-time, Muhammad Ali uses his notoriety and gift for verbal fireworks to champion the Civil Rights and anti-war movements. With Jamie Foxx, Jon Voight, Mario Van Peebles and Jada Pinkett Smith. Directed by Michael Mann. Categories: Biography, Drama and Sports. Year: 2001.
Ali
In deep space, the crew of the mining ship Nostromo investigates a suspected SOS signal being sent from a moon orbiting a nearby planet. Discovering a derelict ship on the moon's surface, Captain Dallas (Tom Skerritt), Kane (John Hurt) and Lambert (Veronica Cartwright) enter and come upon a chamber filled with large, forboding eggs. When Kane is suddenly attacked by a mysterious parasite that attaches itself to his face, Warrant Officer Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) initially refuses them re-entrance to the ship, siting quarantine protocol. But, Science Officer Ash (Ian Holm) disregards her order and lets them in. Directed by Ridley Scott. With Harry Dean Stanton and Yaphet Kotto. Categories: Action, Sci-Fi, Horror, Thriller, Drama. Year: 1979.
Alien
After escaping from the Alien planet in the Colonial Marine spaceship Sulaco, Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) awakes to discover that her escape pod has crash landed on a deep space penal colony, killing the rest of her crew. Welcomed with great hesitation, she awaits rescue from the company and befriends the facility's doctor, Clemens (Charles Dance) to protect herself from the murderers and rapists who maintain the colony's ore foundry. But, when it is discovered that an Alien stowed away on Ripley's ship, she must form an alliance with Dillon (Charles S. Dutton), a criminal who has found religion, in order to organize the prisoners and fight back against the beast. Directed by David Fincher. With Brian Glover, Danny Webb, Lance Henriksen and Ralph Brown. Categories: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Drama. Year: 1992.
Alien 3
200 years after her death, Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) is reborn as a clone. Scientists have used her DNA to bring her back to life and get their hands on the Queen Alien that grows within her chest. As scientist begin to breed more Aliens, Ripley adjusts to being alive again - remembering bits and pieces of her former life. Soon, though, the Aliens escape and begin ravaging the ship's crew. Together with a band of space pirates, including a second generation android (Winona Ryder), Ripley must find a way to defeat the Aliens yet again before the ship crash lands on Earth. Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. With Dominique Pinon, Ron Perlman, Gary Dourdan, Michael Wincott, Dan Hedaya, J.E. Freeman, Brad Dourif and Leland Orser. Categories: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Drama. Year: 1997.
Alien: Resurrection
Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) is the sole survivor of a mining company ship that was attacked by a vicious, parasitic Alien. When she gives her story to the company executives, they dismiss her claims and tell her that the Alien planet has been colonized while she was adrift in space. But, when all communication with the colonists is cut off, Ripley is asked to return to the planet in order to terminate the Aliens once and for all. She is joined by a squadron of marines, an android (Lance Henriksen) and a shifty corporate lawyer (Paul Reiser) with a mission of his own. Directed by James Cameron. With Michael Biehn, Bill Paxton and Carrie Henn. Categories: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Drama. Year: 1986.
Aliens
When aspiring actress Eve Harrington (Anne Baxter) talks her way into the lives of leading Broadway actress Margo Channing (Bette Davis) and her powerful friends, sparks fly. This classic story of success and all its follies, is told by some of the greatest stars of Hollywood's Golden Age. Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Categories: Drama, New York, Classic. Year: 1950.
All About Eve
In the process of coming to terms with the tragic loss of her only son, Esteban (Eloy Azorín), Manuela (Cecilia Roth) leaves Madrid and goes to Barcelona to find the boy's father, a transvestite named Lola (Toni Cantó). But first, she finds her transvestite friend, Agrado (Antonia San Juan), meets Rosa (Penélope Cruz), a young nun bound for El Salvador, and by happenstance, becomes the personal assistant of Huma Rojo (Marisa Paredes), the actress her son admired. Directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Categories: Drama, Foreign Film. Year: 1999.
All About My Mother
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
William (Patrick Fugit) is a nerdy teen who gets the chance to cover rock 'n' roll for Rolling Stone Magazine in the late Sixties. Encouraged by the critic Lester Bangs (Philip Seymour Hoffman), he goes on tour with the band Stillwater, which is fronted by the charismatic Russell Hammond (Billy Crudup). William's intellectual mother (Frances McDormand) is horrified, but William is in heaven as he gets to know musicians, groupies (Anna Paquin and Fairuza Balk), and even falls in love with the most notorious groupie of all, Penny Lane (Kate Hudson). Directed by Cameron Crowe. With Zooey Deschanel and Michael Angarano. Categories: Drama, Music. Year: 2000.
Almost Famous
In the L.A. suburbs, Johnny Truelove (Emile Hirsch) and his friends live a privileged life with too much time and too much money. But, when their initiation of the thug life they idolize from rap music, video games and movies gets out of control, Johnny and his friend Frankie (Justin Timberlake) realize that sooner or later they'll have to face the consequences of their actions. Based on the life of Jesse James Hollywood, one of the youngest men to ever be put on the FBI's most wanted list. Directed by Nick Cassavetes. With Anton Yelchin, Ben Foster, Sharon Stone, Lukas Haas and Bruce Willis. Categories: Crime, Drama. Year: 2006.
Alpha Dog
Locked in an asylum, Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham), formerly a competent but unspectacular composer, relates his tragic life story to a young priest. A success when he first meets Mozart (Tom Hulce), Saleri eventually sees that his work pales in comparison to Mozart's genius. Salieri's anguish at his own mediocrity manifests itself in anger toward God, whom he has devoted his life. The only release he sees is to renounce the God who mocks him and devise a plan that will lead to Mozart's complete ruin. Directed by Milos Forman. With Elizabeth Berridge, Roy Dotrice and Jeffrey Jones. Categories: Drama, Music. Year: 1984.
Amadeus
Hilary Swank plays legendary female aviator Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly long distances, who disappeared during an attempt to fly around the world in 1937. Richard Gere plays George Putnam, a longtime friend who supported her in her ambitions, while Ewan McGregor is a young man who has a hard time accepting her for who she is. Directed by Mira Nair. With Christopher Eccleston. Categories: Biography, Drama. Year: 2009.
Amelia
Amelie (Audrey Tautou) is a waitress with a special imagination who creates a dream world full of mischief. She spends her time enjoying life's simple pleasures until she discovers that she has the ability to use her creativity to help others without them ever knowing. But Amelie's most difficult case turns out to be Nino Quicampoix (Mathieu Kassovitz), a lonely young man who collects photos abandoned at coin-operated photo booths. Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. With Serge Merlin, Jamel Debbouze, Yolande Moreau, Isabelle Nanty and Dominique Pinon. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Foreign Film. Year: 2001.
Amelie
Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey) has a perfect wife (Annette Bening) and a perfect house in the perfect neighborhood. Lester, however, is miserable. In the throws of a midlife crisis, Lester watches his marriage dissolve and his own interest grow in one of his daughter's high school friends (Mena Suvari). As his daughter (Thora Birch) develops a friendship with the boy (Wes Bentley) next door and his wife begins an affair, Lester looks deeper inside himself for a cure to his unhappiness. Directed by Sam Mendes. Categories: Drama. Year: 1999.
American Beauty
After the death of the top gangster in Harlem, Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington), the man's former driver, moves into a position of great power in the drug market. Striking a deal with a Thai general, Lucas is able to smuggle heroin in the coffins of soldiers who died in Vietnam and makes a fortune. But, Richie Roberts (Russell Crowe), a NJ detective with close ties to the streets, aims to bring Lucas down after he is put in charge of a drug trafficking task force. With Roberts bearing down on him, Lucas must do everything he can to stay on top, including dealing with the Italian mafia and corrupt NYPD officers. Directed by Ridley Scott. With Chiwetel Ejiofor, Josh Brolin, Armand Assante and T.I.. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller, Based on a True Story. Year: 2007.
American Gangster
On a summer night in 1962, four small town California teenagers face decisions about the directions of their lives. Steve (Ron Howard) wants to break up with Laurie (Cindy Williams). Curt (Richard Dreyfuss) worries about leaving home. John (Paul Le Mat) tries to maintain his cool image, but feels like he is missing out on something. And, Terry (Charles Martin Smith), the nerdy wannabe, just wants to fit in. Directed by George Lucas. With Harrison Ford. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 1973.
American Graffiti
Derek Vinyard (Edward Norton) is transformed into the hateful, charismatic leader of a local white power movement following his father's death. Seeking retribution and burning with rage, Derek commits a brutal murder and is sent to prison. Upon his release three years later, a changed Derek, who is ashamed of his former ultra-racist self, returns home to find that his younger brother (Edward Furlong) has followed in his footsteps. Directed by Tony Kaye. With Beverly D'Angelo, Avery Brooks, Fairuza Balk, Elliott Gould, William Russ and Ethan Suplee. Categories: Drama, Crime. Year: 1998.
American History X
Uprooted from their lives and forced into internment camps in Utah in the early 1940s, the Nomuras, a Japanese American family, face a country that doubts their loyalty and confines them to prisoners' conditions. The father (Masatoshi Nakamura), a former pro ballplayer, starts a baseball league as a way to find strength and pride during the difficult time. With his older brother Lane (Leonardo Nam) enlisted in the Army, Lyle Nomura (Aaron Yoo) plays against teams mad eup of guards and bigoted minor league players. Directed by Desmond Nakano. With Gary Cole and Sarah Drew. Categories: Drama, Sports. Year: 2007.
American Pastime
President Andrew Shepherd (Michael Douglas) is a successful politician, but he's also a widower with a young daughter. When he overhears environmental lobbyist Sydney Ellen Wade's (Annette Bening) unguarded criticism of his policy, he is intrigued. But can the country accept a president with an active love life? Directed by Rob Reiner. With Martin Sheen, Michael J. Fox, Richard Dreyfuss and Samantha Mathis. Categories: Politics, Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 1995.
The American President
Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) has it all: a designer wardrobe, a luxury apartment and more money than he can spend. But, beneath the surface, Bateman struggles to fit in with his Wall Street cohorts. And, the harder he tries, the more unhinged he becomes and the less control he has over the bloody urges that make him feel like an individual. Directed by Mary Harron. With Willem Dafoe, Reese Witherspoon and Chloë Sevigny. Categories: Drama, Horror, Comedy, Thriller. Year: 2000.
American Psycho
Harvey Pekar (Paul Giamatti) is a file clerk with a dead-end job and an unsatisfying life. A chance meeting with Robert Crumb (James Urbaniak), a greeting card artist turned comic book illustrator, convinces Harvey to create his own comic centered on his working-class existence. The underground success of his work connects him with Joyce Brabner (Hope Davis), his soul mate through years spent as an independent icon. Directed by Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman. With Chris Ambrose, Joey Krajcar, Cameron Carter and the real Harvey Pekar. Categories: Biography, Comedy, Drama. Year: 2003.
American Splendor
Based on a true story, American Violet looks at the case of Dee Roberts (Nicole Beharie), a young single mother in Texas who was arrested for dealing drugs. Her arrest was part of a sweep by a corrupt district attorney (Michael O'Keefe) who incarcerated people indiscriminately, then pressured them to take plea bargains. Determined to prove her innocence, Dee sued the district attorney, with the help of a lawyer (Tim Blake Nelson) from the American Civil Liberties Union. All the while, she was pressured by her mother (Alfre Woodard) to plead guilty, while her children's abusive father (Xzibit) tried to take custody of the kids. Directed by Tim Disney. With Will Patton. Categories: Drama. Year: 2008.
American Violet
After a group of Africans takes control of their slave ship, they are captured in American waters and charged with murder after reaching dry land. In a case that challenges the American legal system, Cinque (Djimon Hounsou), the man that lead the revolt, lawyer Roger Baldwin (Matthew McConaughey), abolitionist Theodore Joadson (Morgan Freeman) and ex-president John Quincy Adams (Anthony Hopkins) argue for the freedom and civil rights of the captive Africans. Directed by Steven Spielberg. With Nigel Hawthorne and Stellan Skarsgård. Categories: Drama, History, Mystery. Year: 1997.
Amistad
George (James Brolin) and Kathy (Margot Kidder) Lutz are newly married and couldn't be happier. Together with their three kids, they move into a huge Long Island house. They seem to have made a good life for themselves until strange things begin to happen inside their new home. After a series of disturbing accidents, they call upon the help of a family priest, who is helpless to combat the terrible spirit preying upon this once happy household. Directed by Stuart Rosenberg. With Rod Steiger, Don Stroud and Murray Hamilton. Categories: Cult Classics, Horror, Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 1979.
The Amityville Horror
Octavio (Gael García Bernal) wants to run away with his sister-in-law (Vanessa Bauche), but after a dogfight goes bad he runs a red light and causes a violent accident. Octavio hits Daniel (Álvaro Guerrero), a businessman who has abandoned his family, and Valeria (Goya Toledo), a beautiful model who loses her leg in the accident. The collision is witnessed by El Chiro (Emilio Echevarría), a homeless former revolutionary who is trying to reconnect with his daughter. Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. Categories: Drama, Thriller, Foreign Film. Year: 2000.
Amores Perros
Andre (Jamel Debbouze) gets a second chance to set his life right after saving a woman from a supposed suicide attempt in the Seine. Andre falls for his damsel-in-distress, Angela (Rie Rasmussen), yet, in an ironic twist, it is Angela who saves Andre. Angela, as her name suggests, is actually an angel sent to save Andre from his own fate. Directed by Luc Besson. With Gilbert Melki and Serge Riaboukine. Categories: Foreign Film, Drama, Romance, Fantasy, Comedy. Language: French. Year: 2005.
Angel-A
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) investigates the murder of a prominent physicist with the help of his daughter Vittoria (Ayelet Zurer). As the trail leads them to the Vatican, Robert and Vittoria find clues linking the murder, as well as the kidnapping of four cardinals, to the Illuminati, a powerful ancient group long thought to be extinct. With the group intending to carry out a terrorist attack during a papal conclave, Robert and Vittoria must discover the truth before more innocent lives are lost. Directed by Ron Howard. With Ewan McGregor, Stellan Skarsgård, David Pasquesi, Cosimo Fusco and Armin Mueller-Stahl. Categories: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2009.
Angels & Demons
Rocky Sullivan (James Cagney) and Jerry Connolly (Pat O'Brien) grow up together in a tough New York City neighborhood. After being caught by the law, Rocky is sent to reform school and continues on his criminal path. But, Jerry, who escapes from the police, goes straight, eventually, becoming a priest who works with troubled kids. After being released from jail, Rocky returns to his old neighborhood and looks for a safe place to stay with his old pal. Humphrey Bogart is featured as Cagney's deadly enemy, "The Mouthpiece." Directed by Michael Curtiz. With Ann Sheridan and George Bancroft. Categories: Crime, Drama, Classic. Year: 1938.
Angels with Dirty Faces
Made up of nine anime-style films, each Animatrix short is a stand-alone work detailing elements of The Matrix universe. From the first moments of the computer domination of man to disturbances within the artificial world of The Matrix, these films are beautifully written and animated and work as a companion to the movies or alone. Directed by Peter Chung, Andy Jones and Yoshiaki Kawajiri. With Clayton Watson, Melinda Clarke, Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss. Categories: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Animation. Year: 2003.
The Animatrix
After finally winning over his congressman, shipyard welder and amateur boxer Jake Huard (James Franco) is admitted to the U.S. Naval Academy. Dealing with difficult classes and a tough superior named Cole (Tyrese Gibson), Jake gets support from his roommate and his superiors Ali (Jordana Brewster) and Lt. Commander Burton (Donnie Wahlberg), finding the strength to study hard and train for a Navy boxing competition. Directed by Justin Lin. With Chi McBride. Categories: Drama, Sports. Year: 2006.
Annapolis
Bobbie (Vincent Kartheiser) is happy making money by breaking into vending machines. But following a botched raid on a college, this drug-addicted teenage runaway is approached by a drug buddy's charismatic uncle, Mel (James Woods), with an offers to bring Bobby into the big-time. Bobbie and his pregnant girlfriend Rosie (Natasha Gregson Wagner) follow Mel and his partner Sid (Melanie Griffith) into the fast paced world of grand larceny, hard drugs and shopping sprees. Directed by Larry Clark. With Peter Sarsgaard. Categories: Drama, Crime, Independent Film. Year: 1997.
Another Day in Paradise
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
Cap Rooney (Dennis Quaid) is a football legend and a star quarterback at the top of his game. When a damaging hit forces Rooney to the sidelines, coach Tony D'Amato (Al Pacino) has to find a replacement. Backup Willie Beaman (Jamie Foxx), a benchwarmer with one last chance to prove himself, gets the nod, but his performance and attitude threaten to destroy the team. Off the field, D'Amato must contend with new owner Christina Pagniacci (Cameron Diaz), who blames the old school coach for the teams lack of success. Directed by Oliver Stone. With James Woods, Matthew Modine and LL Cool J. Categories: Drama, Sports. Year: 1999.
Any Given Sunday
As the Maya kingdom faces its decline, its rulers attempt to regain prosperity by building more temples to offer human sacrifices. Jaguar Paw (Rudy Youngblood), a young man chosen for sacrifice, is not ready to die. Driven by his love for his woman and his family, Jaguar Paw escapes his captors and returns home to save his way of life. Directed by Mel Gibson. Categories: Action, Adventure, Drama. Year: 2006.
Apocalypto
After being largely ignored by the public at launch, Apollo 13 captures the nation's attention when they announce that they have a problem. Stranded in space in a crippled ship, astronauts Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks), Fred Haise (Bill Paxton), and Jack Swigert (Kevin Bacon) do their best to make it back to earth in one piece. With help from flight director Gene Kranz (Ed Harris), astronaut Ken Mattingly (Gary Sinise) and the rest of the ground crew in Mission Control, the astronauts must race to improvise a solution before time runs out. Directed by Ron Howard. With Kathleen Quinlan and Clint Howard. Categories: Adventure, Drama, History. Year: 1995.
Apollo 13
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
Matt Dillon, Laurence Fishburne, Amaury Nolasco, Skeet Ulrich and Jean Reno star as a group of drivers of armored trucks that carry cash. When one of them falls into dire financial straits and might lose his house, the others give in to the temptation to steal some of the money they carry every day. No one will get hurt, and they stage a robbery to fool their bosses. The plan is brilliant, but a few unexpected events that take place pit the men against each other. Directed by Nimród Antal. With, Fred Ward and Columbus Short. Categories: Drama, Thriller. Year: 2009.
Armored
In the future, life-like robots with sophisticated artificial intelligence called mechas serve mankind as friends, lovers and companions. One of the mecha-producing companies builds David (Haley Joel Osment), an artificial child programmed to have real feelings, including an unwavering love for his mother, Monica (Frances O'Connor). David lives his early years happily with Monica and her husband (Sam Robards, but when their real child awakes from a coma, David is forced to journey out into the world. With the help of a robot named Gigolo Joe (Jude Law), David seeks out a way to become a real boy and discovers the how difficult life can be. Directed by Steven Spielberg. With Ken Leung, Ken Leung, Brendan Gleeson, Robin Williams, Ben Kingsley and Adrian Grenier. Categories: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi. Year: 2001.
Artificial Intelligence: AI
Melvin Udall (Jack Nicholson), a cranky, obsessive-compulsive writer, is entrusted with a dog after his gay artist neighbor (Greg Kinnear) is mugged and beaten. With his daily routine already dangerously off course, Melvin finds that Carol (Helen Hunt), the only waitress who will tolerate him, must leave work to care for her sick son. Eventually, the three become unlikely friends and Melvin learns to love and respect other people. Directed by James L. Brooks. With Cuba Gooding Jr.. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 1997.
As Good as It Gets
As the notorious and charismatic outlaw Jesse James (Brad Pitt) plans his next great robbery, he must battle against the men who want to capture him for fame and a fortune in reward money. Meanwhile, Robert Ford (Casey Affleck), an admire of James, joins his gang, only to become resentful of his former hero and hatch a plan to kill the fastest gun in the West. Directed by Andrew Dominik. With Mary-Louise Parker, Sam Rockwell and Sam Shepard. Categories: Crime, Drama, Western. Year: 2007.
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Texan Charles Farmer (Billy Bob Thornton) left the Air Force as a young man to save his family's ranch following the death of his father. Refusing to abandon his dream of traveling to space, Farmer decides to build a rocket in his barn. Despite the FBI placing him under surveillance, Charlie refuses to admit failure and decides to proceed with the launch with the support of his wife (Virginia Madsen) and children. Directed by Michael Polish. With Bruce Dern, Tim Blake Nelson and J.K. Simmons. Categories: Adventure, Drama. Year: 2006.
The Astronaut Farmer
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
Josh Hartnett plays the founder of a dot-com who struggles to keep his company afloat the month before the attack on the World Trade Center in 2001, just after the high-tech development bubble burst. Rip Torn is his hypercritical father, while Naomie Harris is a girl he lets slip away. David Bowie plays a ruthless venture capitalist who may take over the firm. Directed by Austin Chick. With Andre Royo, Naomie Harris, Robin Tunney and Adam Scott. Categories: Drama. Year: 2008.
August
A talented Irish guitarist (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) and a sheltered cellist (Keri Russell), who share a strong but momementary connection, are torn apart by their circumstances before their love is given a chance to grow. The result of their brief encounter is August Rush (Freddie Highmore), now an orphan living on the streets of New York. Using his unique musical gifts and aided by his odd caretaker (Robin Williams), August sets out to find his birth parents and discover who he is. Directed by Kirsten Sheridan. With Terrence Howard. Categories: Drama, Music. Year: 2007.
August Rush
During WWII, English aristocrat Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman) inherits a large cattle ranch in northern Australia. When local cattle barons plot to steal her land, Sarah reluctantly joins forces with the Drover (Hugh Jackman), a tough Outback cowboy, to drive her 2,000 head of cattle across the country. As they traverse the unforgiving lands of the continent, the Japenese bomb Darwin, engulfing their world in chaos and war. Directed by Baz Luhrmann. With David Wenham. Categories: Adventure, Drama, War, Western. Year: 2008.
Australia
Howard Hughes (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a millionaire tycoon, but his real passion is flying. A talented businessman with eccentric habits, Hughes becomes involved in oil, casinoes and the film industry before starting a quest to create the fastest and biggest planes ever flown. While courting some of Hollywood's most beautiful women, including Ava Gardner (Kate Beckinsale) and Katharine Hepburn (Cate Blanchett), Hughes is also faced with severe obsessive-compulsive behavior, that ultimately leads to his downfall. Directed by Martin Scorsese. With John C. Reilly, Alec Baldwin, Ian Holm, Jude Law and Alan Alda. Categories: Politics, Biography, Drama. Year: 2004.
The Aviator
Clay Beresford (Hayden Christensen) suffers from a heart condition that requires a heart transplant. When he receives a call informing him that a donor has been found, he believes that his life has been saved. But, during surgery, Clay experiences a phenomenon called "anesthetic awareness," leaving him awake but paralyzed throughout the operation. To escape the pain, Clay has an out of body experience, and discovers that his new wife, Sam (Jessica Alba), and his trusted friend, Dr. Jack Harper (Terrence Howard) are involved in a plot to take his life. Directed by Joby Harold. With Lena Olin and Christopher McDonald. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2007.
Awake
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
Grant (Gordon Pinsent) and Fiona (Julie Christie), an Ontario couple who have been married for over 40 years, must face the reality of Alzheimer's that hangs like a cloud over their twilight years. With Fiona confined to a nursing home, Grant abides by the institution's policy of not allowing visitors during patients' first 30 days. But, when Grant is finally allowed to see his wife, he discovers that she has made a connection with Aubrey (Michael Murphy), a wheel chair-bound mute, and no longer remembers her loving husband. Directed by Sarah Polley. With Olympia Dukakis and Wendy Crewson. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2006.
Away from Her
In the remote sands of the Moroccan desert, a rifle shot rings out, detonating a chain of events that will link an American tourist couple’s frantic struggle to survive, two Moroccan boys involved in an accidental crime, a nanny illegally crossing into Mexico with two American children, and a rebelious Japanese teen whose father is sought by the police in Tokyo. Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. With Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett and Gael García Bernal. Categories: Drama, Thriller. Year: 2006.
Babel
Directed by Werner Herzog. With Nicolas Cage, Xzibit, Eva Mendes, Lance E. Nichols, J.D. Evermore, Shea Whigham and Val Kilmer. Categories: Crime, Drama. Year: 2009.
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Bambi is a young deer when a band of hunters kills his mother. As Bambi grows up in the forest alone, he befriends the other animals and enjoys playing in the beautiful wilderness. But, when the hunters comeback, all of Bambi's painful memories return and he must lead his friends to safety in order to fulfill his destiny of becoming the Prince of the Forest. Directed by David Hand. Categories: Cult Classics, Animation, Family, Drama, Classic. Year: 1942.
Bambi
Will (Gaelan Connell) is a nerdy guy in a new high school. He becomes friends with a brainy girl, Sam (Vanessa Hudgens), who tells him about the upcoming Bandslam competition. The winner will actually get a recording contract. Will decides to go for it, but should he join forces with Sam, or a popular blond (Alyson Michalka)? His mother (Lisa Kudrow) isn't much help. Directed by Todd Graff. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Music. Year: 2009.
Bandslam
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
Barton Fink (John Turturro) is an intellectual playwright, delving into deep social and philosophical issues in his home city of New York. In 1941, he moves to Hollywood to write a wrestling film when disaster strikes: a severe case of writer's block. Compounded by a series of bizarre of events that keep him miserable and lonely in the mysterious Hotel Earle, not even the attention of his neighbor Charlie Meadows (John Goodman) can lift him from his doldrums. Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen. With Steve Buscemi, Judy Davis. Categories: Drama, Thriller. Year: 1991.
Barton Fink
When a former rock star and nightclub owner (Bill Cable) is found murdered, Detective Nick Curran (Michael Douglas) is put on the case. A recovering alcoholic and drug addict, Curran starts suspecting Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone), an intelligent and manipulative novelist. As Curran becomes more involved with Tramell, everyone becomes a suspect and he realizes that he is in over his head. Directed by Paul Verhoeven. With George Dzundza, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Wayne Knight. Categories: Cult Classics, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 1992.
Basic Instinct
In 1999, thousands of activists descend upon Seattle to join in a mass demonstration against the WTO Ministerial Conference. What begins as a peaceful protest in Seattle's streets turns into an all-out riot, with protesters facing off with police and the National guard. Caught in the middle are Dale (Woody Harrelson), a riot cop, Ella (Charlize Theron), his wife, Jay (Martin Henderson), a protest organizer, and Mayor Jim Tobin (Ray Liotta). Directed by Stuart Townsend. With Michelle Rodriguez, André Benjamin, Rade Serbedzija, Ivana Milicevic, Joshua Jackson, Connie Nielsen, Channing Tatum and Jennifer Carpenter. Categories: Action, Drama, Based on a True Story. Year: 2007.
Battle in Seattle
In the future, the nation of Japan is on the brink of collapse. As teenage violence climbs out of control, the government enacts a radical new plan to isolate select groups of students on a small island and force them to fight each other to the death. Shuya (Tatsuya Fujiwara), Noriko (Aki Maeda) and Taro Yamamoto) are three students forced to fight on the island. Together, they must defeat the evil overlord Kitano (Takeshi Kitano) and win their freedom. Directed by Kinji Fukasaku. Categories: Drama, Thriller, Action, Horror, Foreign Film. Year: 2000.
Battle Royale
The great Russian battleship Potemkin is gripped by a mutiny after a rebellious sailor named Grigory Vakulinchuk (Aleksandr Antonov) convinces his mates that the conditions on board are deplorable. Forced to eat rancid meat, the men kill the officers but lose Vakulinchuk in the process. As the survivors rouse the nearby port of Odessa into revolutionary fervor, the confrontation turns into a bloodbath with the arrival of Cossack troops. Directed by Sergei M. Eisenstein. With Vladimir Barsky and Grigori Aleksandrov. Categories: Drama, History, War, Classic, Foreign Film. Year: 1925.
The Battleship Potemkin
After meeting at a resort in Atlantic City, child performer CC Bloom (Bette Midler) and privileged rich girl Hillary Whitney (Barbara Hershey) instantly become best friends, despite their very different lives. As CC begins a successful stage career and Hillary goes on to study law, the pair stays in touch by writing letters describing the course of their lives. Years later, in an attempt to escape her family's expectations, Hillary shows up at CC's door in New York City and finds that she is struggling to find work as a singer. As relationships loved ones come and go, CC and Hillary's friendship faces many obstables, but through it all there's no doubt that these women share a lifelong connection. Directed by: Garry Marshall. With: John Heard, Spalding Gray, Lainie Kazan, James Read, Mayim Bialik and Marcie Leeds. Category: Drama, Comedy, Musical. Year: 1988.
Beaches
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
Opal (AnnaSophia Robb), a 10-year-old girl abandoned by her mother, moves to Florida to live with her father (Jeff Daniels), a preacher. One day at the local supermarket, Opal finds a stray dog and adopts him, naming the pooch Winn-Dixie after the store where he was found. Together with her new pal, Opal makes friends in her new home and reconnects with her father. Directed by Wayne Wang. With Cicely Tyson, Dave Matthews and Elle Fanning. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Family. Year: 2005.
Because of Winn-Dixie
Directed by Julian Jarrold. With James McAvoy, Anne Hathaway, Julie Walters, James Cromwell and Maggie Smith. Categories: Biography, Drama, Romance. Year: 2007.
Becoming Jane
Saul (Richard Gere), a scholar, diverts himself from the crisis in his marriage to the beautiful but tormented Miriam (Juliette Binoche) by coaching Eliza (Flora Cross), his 11-year-old daughter, who competes in spelling bees. Encouraged by her father, Eliza begins to feel a mystical pull toward words and letters. Meanwhile, her older brother (Max Minghella), feeling neglected, is seduced into a cult by a mysterious young woman (Kate Bosworth). Directed by David Siegel. Categories: Drama. Year: 2005.
Bee Season
The life of Cuban poet Reinaldo Arenas inspired this film. Javier Bardem, who won an Oscar for his performance in No Country for Old Men, stars as the writer, who was a strong supporter of the Castro regime until he realized he was gay. Persecuted for his sexual orientation, he became an outcast in the country he once loved and eventually moved to New York. Sean Penn and Johnny Depp play friends who had a significant impact on his life. Directed by Julian Schnabel. Categories: Biography, Drama. Year: 2000.
Before Night Falls
Celine (Julie Delpy) is a French student and Jesse (Ethan Hawke) is an American kid, both traveling on a train near Vienna when they happen to meet each other. Hitting it off immediately, they decide to stop in Vienna and spend one day together in the opening moves of their powerful, sincere, but restricted friendship that could be more, if they only had the time. Directed by Richard Linklater. With Andrea Eckert, Dominik Castell and Karl Bruckschwaiger. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 1995.
Before Sunrise
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
Craig Schwartz (John Cusack) is an out of work puppeteer with a dowdy girlfriend (Cameron Diaz) and few prospects. After starting a strange new job, he discovers a doorway in his office building that allows him to enter the head of actor John Malkovich for fifteen minutes. This discovery opens up new avenues in his life as he experiments with this bizarre ability. Directed by Spike Jonze. With Catherine Keener, Charlie Sheen, Sean Penn, Winona Ryder and Ned Bellamy. Categories: Comedy, Fantasy, Drama. Year: 1999.
Being John Malkovich
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
Danny Balint (Ryan Gosling) transforms himself from a religious Jew into a powerful leader in the Neo-Fascist political movement. But, after a stay in a training enclave, another change begins, and as the contradictions multiply something in Danny's soul prompts a complex journey back to Judaism. Directed by Henry Bean. With Summer Phoenix and Billy Zane. Categories: Drama, Independent Film. Year: 2001.
The Believer
Jess Bhamra (Parminder Nagra) and Jules Paxton (Keira Knightley) are two young women in England who, although separated by cultural differences, are united by a love for soccer. Though competition over their cute coach (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) and family drama threaten to turn their friendship sour, a love of the game and talent to match keeps them focused on the sport they love and the bond they share. Directed by Gurinder Chadha. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sports. Year: 2002.
Bend It Like Beckham
Benny (Aidan Quinn), a car mechanic, is devoted to caring for his mentally ill sister, Joon (Mary Stuart Masterson). She is a gifted artist but can't function in the outside world without his help. When Benny brings home Sam (Johnny Depp), a drifter he meets by chance, Sam and Joon are instantly drawn to each other. Sam is an eccentric guy who likes to imitate the famous silent movie comedian, Buster Keaton. While Benny has always wanted Joon to make friends of her own, he is concerned that she has fallen for Sam so quickly. Directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik. With Joe Grifasi and Dan Hedaya. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 1993.
Benny & Joon
In this CGI adaptation of the legenday tale, the mythic warrior Beowulf (Ray Winstone) must battle the demon Grendel (Crispin Glover), who is terrorizing the countryside. Later, Grendel's ruthless and seductive mother (Angelina Jolie) becomes hellbent on revenge and it is up to Beowulf to put an end to the killings. Directed by Robert Zemeckis. With Anthony Hopkins and Robin Wright Penn. Categories: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy. Year: 2007.
Beowulf
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
Chloe (the voice of Drew Barrymore) is a pampered Beverly Hills pet Chihuahua. Her owner is a cosmetics mogul (Jamie Lee Curtis) and Chloe thinks she is too good for the gardener's dog, Papi (the voice of George Lopez). But when her owner's niece (Piper Perabo) takes Chloe on a trip to Mexico and loses her there, only Papi can save her from dognappers. Directed by Raja Gosnell. Categories: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance. Year: 2008.
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
When Detroit cop Axel Foley's (Eddie Murphy) friend is killed right in front of him, he follows the killer to Beverly Hills. After detectives Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold) and John Taggart (John Ashton) are assigned to keep an eye on him, Axel investigates the case and learns that the murder is connected to a drug ring run by Victor Maitland (Steven Berkoff), a vicious kingpin. Directed by Martin Brest. With Lisa Eilbacher. Categories: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 1984.
Beverly Hills Cop
District attorney Mark Hunter (Michael Douglas) has been putting the toughest criminals behind bars for years and is much admired. But when a young journalist (Jesse Metcalfe) decides to investigate him, he discovers Hunter is corrupt. To expose this trusted figure, the journalist comes up with a risky scheme in which he poses as a murder suspect. Directed by Peter Hyams. Categories: Drama, Mystery. Year: 2009.
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
When Hutu militias begin to slaughter the Tutsi in Rwanda, Joe Connor (Hugh Dancy) and Father Christopher (John Hurt) welcome the refugees into their school. Under the protection of UN forces, the priest and the teacher do their best to protect the people from the genocide that is sweeping across the country. But, when the protective forces flee, Joe and Father Christopher must decide whether to save themselves or stay to help the people who have nowhere else to go. Directed by Michael Caton-Jones. With Claire-Hope Ashitey. Categories: Drama. Year: 2005.
Beyond the Gates
Bobby Darin (Kevin Spacey) is the consummate entertainer. After growing up fatherless in the Bronx and learning music and dance from his mother, Darin sets out to become a star. With an already successful music career, he makes his way into movies and meets his future wife Sandra Dee (Kate Bosworth). From then on it's a balancing act between his love of performing and his family life. Directed by Kevin Spacey. With John Goodman and Bob Hoskins. Categories: Biography, Drama, Music. Year: 2004.
Beyond the Sea
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
Paul (Patton Oswalt) is an obsessive New York Giants fan. His days as a parking-lot attendant are dull, but at night he watches games or calls sports talk-radio shows. When he and his buddy (Kevin Corrigan) see one of their favorite players at a gas station, they follow him. In a bar, they admit they've been on their trail and things get violent. How can the Giants' most devoted fan redeem himself after this incident? Directed by Robert D. Siegel. With Marcia Jean Kurtz, Gino Cafarelli, and Matt Servitto. Categories: Drama. Year: 2009.
Big Fan
Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren) follows Mitch Brenner (Rod Taylor) to the quiet coastal town of Bodega Bay, where Mitch spends his weekends with his sister and mother. Shortly after she arrives, Melanie is attacked by a sea gull. What starts out as an isolated incident turns into a plague, as an immense flock of birds descends upon the town and begins to kill its innocent citizens. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. With Suzanne Pleshette. Categories: Drama, Horror, Thriller. Year: 1963.
The Birds
Morris (Matthew Perry) is a teacher living a dull, orderly life with his wife (Lauren Graham). But the calm is shattered when his younger brother, Jay (Ben Foster), and sister, Ida (Ginnifer Goodwin) appear. Morris raised his siblings more or less on his own, and both have turned out to be free-spirited risk-takers. They turn his world upside down, but Morris soon learns to embrace the changes they bring. Directed by Craig Lucas. With Hilary Swank. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2008.
Birds of America
Anna (Nicole Kidman) thought the pain was over. On the eve of her marriage to Joseph (Danny Huston) a young boy (Cameron Bright) arrives at her engagement party and claims to be the reincarnation of Sean (Michael Desautels), Anna's late beloved husband. Despite the disbelief of her friends and family, Anna is drawn into the uncanny memories of the young boy and begins to doubt the new life she is trying to make. Directed by Jonathan Glazer. With Lauren Bacall, Anne Heche and Ted Levine. Categories: Drama, Mystery, Romance. Year: 2004.
Birth
One of the most popular movies from the silent era, this historical saga shows the origins and effects of the Civil War through the destinies of two families -- the Northern Stonemans and the Southern Camerons. Although it has been credited with securing the future of feature length films as well as solidifying the language of cinema, the film attracted controversy and justified criticism and protests for including a sympathetic depiction of the lynching of a black man by a white mob and attempting to provide historical justification for segregation. Directed by D.W. Griffith. Categories: Drama, History, War, Classic, Silent Film. Year: 1915.
The Birth of a Nation
After moving with his family and starting at a new school, Thomas (Rhys Wakefield) is put in charge of looking after his autistic brother Charlie (Luke Ford) when their pregnant mother (Toni Collette) is forced to take it easy. All Thomas wants is to be accepted and lead a normal life, but Charlie's antics cause him trouble at every turn. But, despite the constant frustration, Thomas gradually learns to appreciate his brother with help from his new girlfriend, Jackie (Gemma Ward). Directed by Elissa Down. With Erik Thomson, Firass Dirani and Ngoc Phan. Categories: Drama, Independent Film. Year: 2008.
The Black Balloon
Based on the true story of one of the most notorious crimes in California history, this film stars Josh Hartnett and Aaron Eckhart as two police detectives in 1940s Los Angeles. An aspiring actress (Mia Kirshner) is found murdered and mutilated and the detectives are put on the case. Bucky (Hartnett) begins a romance with a mysterious woman (Hilary Swank), who resembles the dead woman, and also gets involved in a love triangle with Lee (Eckhart) and his girlfriend (Scarlett Johansson). Directed by Brian De Palma. Categories: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2006.
The Black Dahlia
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
Two tough New York City cops (Michael Douglas and Andy Garcia) go to Osaka to hand over two captured Yakuza gangsters who committed a murder in America. But the cops don't really understand how the Yakuza work and they turn the prisoners over to gangsters disguised as police. Determined to get them back, they must learn the ins and outs of the Japanese underworld. Kate Capshaw plays an American in Japan who helps guide them in their quest. Directed by Ridley Scott. Categories: Action, Crime, Drama. Year: 1989.
Black Rain
After Lazurus (Samuel L. Jackson), a God-fearing bluesman, has his wife run out on him, he finds Rae (Christina Ricci), a sex-obsessed young woman, beaten and left for dead in the middle of road. Seeking salvation of his own, Lazurus nurses Rae back to health and the two form a bond while trying to put their lives back together. Directed by Craig Brewer. With Justin Timberlake, S. Epatha Merkerson, John Cothran Jr. and Michael Raymond-James. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2006.
Black Snake Moan
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
Directed by John Lee Hancock. With Quinton Aaron, Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw and Kathy Bates. Categories: Drama, Sport. Year: 2009.
The Blind Side
When a mysterious epidemic of blindness sweeps over a city and panics its citizens, the US Minister of Health (Sandra Oh) responds by placing the afflicted into strict quarantine. Meant to keep the newly blind safe until a cure is developed and order is restored, the plan proves to have unexpected consequences when a renegade patient (Gael García Bernal) proclaims himself ruler of the hospital and his followers take control of the facilities. Amongst the chaos, a woman (Julianne Moore) who followed her afflicted husband (Mark Ruffalo) into quarantine and has kept her health a secret, bands together with a group of strangers to find their way to freedom. Directed by Fernando Meirelles. With Alice Braga and Danny Glover. Categories: Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2008.
Blindness
The very different lives of Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio), an ex-mercenary, and Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou), a poor African fisherman, converge in the search for a rare and precious pink diamond. While in jail for smuggling, Danny learns that Solomon has hidden the precious stone. Knowing this, he convinces Solomon to trade the diamond in exchange for his assistance in locating his lost family. Aided by an idealistic American journalist, Maddy Bowen (Jennifer Connelly), the two journey through rebel territory in war-torn Sierra Leone in search for the diamond that can dramatically alter both of their lives. Directed by Edward Zwick. With Kagiso Kuypers, Arnold Vosloo, Antony Coleman and Benu Mabhena. Categories: Drama, Thriller. Year: 2006.
Blood Diamond
The true story of how George Jung (Johnny Depp) almost single-handedly created America's cocaine industry, rising from Boston's blue-collar suburbs to become multi-billion dollar trafficker for the Colombian cartels. Rather than working in construction like his father (Ray Liotta), George pursues his own version of the American dream and ends up losing everything that ever mattered to him. Directed byTed Demme. With Penélope Cruz, Franka Potente, Rachel Griffiths, Paul Reubens, Ethan Suplee, Jordi Mollà and Cliff Curtis. Categories: Biography, Crime, Drama, Based on a True Story. Year: 2001.
Blow
After finding a severed human ear in a field, Jeffrey Beaumont begins an investigation into a small-town murder mystery. With the help of a police detective’s daughter (Laura Dern), Jeffrey tracks down a beautiful nightclub singer (Isabella Rossellini) and a psychopathic kidnapper (Dennis Hopper), and learns that his quiet suburb has a seedy underworld that he never knew existed. Directed by David Lynch. Categories: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 1986.
Blue Velvet
An ensemble comedy loosely based on a true story, this film is about a pirate radio station run from a boat in the North Sea in the 1960s. Radio Rock, which broadcast from the boat, shook up Britain with its hardrocking tunes. Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost, Bill Nighy and Philip Seymour Hoffman all play rogue DJs who keep the boat rocking. Kenneth Branagh is a humorless government official who makes it his life's mission to shut the boat down. The soundtrack features classic rock tunes. Directed by Richard Curtis. With Tom Wisdom and Talulah Riley, Kenneth Branagh. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance. Year: 2009.
The Boat That Rocked
An all-star cast appears in Bobby, which tells the stories of 22 people at the hotel where then-presidential candidate Robert Kennedy was assassinated in1968, on the day leading up to his murder. Lindsay Lohan plays a young woman about to marry a man (Elijah Wood) so that he won't be drafted to fight in Vietnam. Sharon Stone is a beautician at the hotel salon, while Demi Moore is an alcoholic singer. Shia LaBeouf plays a Kennedy staffer who goes on an LSD trip with a hippie pusher (Ashton Kutcher). Directed by Emilio Estevez. With Helen Hunt, Heather Graham, Martin Sheen, Freddy Rodríguez, Anthony Hopkins, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joshua Jackson, Christian Slater and Brian Geraghty. Categories: Drama. Year: 2006.
Bobby
After uncovering a lead on a major terrorist operating out of Jordan, CIA operative Roger Ferris (Leonardo DiCaprio) must convince his higher up Ed Hoffman (Russell Crowe) to back his plan to infiltrate the terrorist's network. While Ferris forms a tenative alliance with Hani (Mark Strong), the head of Jordanian intelligence, he must also deal with the manipulative Hoffman's questionable support. In enemy territory with his life on the line, Ferris must decide if he can trust these men to see that his operation succeeds. Directed by Ridley Scott. With Carice van Houten, Michael Gaston and Golshifteh Farahani. Categories: Drama, Thriller, Action. Year: 2008.
Body of Lies
At the start of World War II, the fate of the free world hangs in the balance at a posh hotel. Cabinet members, journalists, physicists, and spies gather in order to escape the Nazi occupation of Paris. Amidst all of this, a young man (Grégori Derangère) must choose between a beautiful diva (Isabelle Adjani) and an impassioned student (Virginie Ledoyen), between politicians and hoodlums, between carefree youth and adulthood. Directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau. With Gérard Depardieu, Yvan Attal and Peter Coyote. Categories: Comedy, Drama, War, Foreign Film. Year: 2003.
Bon Voyage
Lincoln Rhyme (Denzel Washington) is a quadriplegic ex-detective ready to end it all when a string of gruesome murders convinces him to hold it together long enough to find the killer. Bedridden and totally dependent on his live-in nurse Thelma (Queen Latifah), Lincoln must rely on young detective Amelia Donaghy (Angelina Jolie) to gather the clues, as she contends with her own unsettling past. Directed by Phillip Noyce. With Michael Rooker, Luis Guzmán and Mike McGlone. Categories: Mystery, Drama, Thriller. Year: 1999.
The Bone Collector
Bonnie (Faye Dunaway), a small-town girl, meets and falls in love with Clyde (Warren Beatty), an up-and-coming bank robber. Together, they begin a string of violent robberies that put them in the newspaper headlines, capturing the imagination of the Depression era Mid-West. Directed by Arthur Penn. With Gene Hackman, Michael J. Pollard and Gene Wilder. Categories: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance, Classic. Year: 1967.
Bonnie and Clyde
Eddie Adams (Mark Wahlberg) is a handsome, uneducated teenager with a huge, natural gift. While working in the kitchen of a nightclub, he is discovered by John Horner (Burt Reynolds), a successful porn producer, who lures him into a promising career in the adult entertainment industry. But, after a rapid rise and fall and numerous attempts to leave the business behind, Eddie and the other actors form an unlikely family, with Horner acting as patriarch and starlet Amber Waves (Julianne Moore) the surrogate mother. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. With John C. Reilly, Heather Graham, Don Cheadle, Luis Guzmán, Philip Seymour Hoffman, William H. Macy, Alfred Molina and Philip Baker Hall. Categories: Drama. Year: 1997.
Boogie Nights
Directed by Allen Hughes. With Denzel Washington, Mila Kunis, Gary Oldman, Malcolm McDowell, Jennifer Beals and Evan Jones. Categories: Action, Adventure, Drama. Year: 2010.
The Book of Eli
After accidentally killing some mafia thugs, two Irish Catholic brothers, Conner (Sean Patrick Flanery) and Murphy MacManus (Norman Reedus), turn themselves in to police but are released as heroes. Encouraged by the public's praise, the brothers see it as a calling from God and start taking out mafia gang members one by one. Willem Dafoe plays the FBI detective investigating the case. Directed by Troy Duffy. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 1999.
The Boondock Saints
Dignan (Owen Wilson) dreams of being an accomplished career criminal. Anthony (Luke Wilson) is trying to put his life back together after a severe bout of exhaustion. Bob (Robert Musgrave) has a car. After a successful bookstore robbery, everything seems to be going according to Dignan's master plan until the three friends hideout at a roadside motel. After a day on the lam, Bob has to go home and Anthony falls in love with the housekeeper. Dignan will have to work fast if he is to impress Mr. Henry (James Caan) and pull off the job of a lifetime. Directed by Wes Anderson. With Lumi Cavazos. Categories: Comedy, Crime, Romance. Year: 1996
Bottle Rocket
This film is a dramatization of the 1976 wine-tasting competition that, for the first time, ranked Napa Valley wines from California above the French. Bill Pullman and Chris Pine are the father-and-son duo whose wines triumph, while Alan Rickman is a British wine snob who doesn't think anything good can come from the US. Directed by Randall Miller. With Rachael Taylor, Freddy Rodríguez, Eliza Dushku, and Dennis Farina. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2008.
Bottle Shock
Discovered by a fisherman and riddled with bullets, Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) is near death and can remember nothing of his life before his rescue. As he begins to try to rebuild his memory, Bourne soon realizes that he is being hunted and takes off with a woman named Marie (Franka Potente) on a search to find out who he is and why people are out to kill him. Directed by Doug Liman. With Chris Cooper, Clive Owen, Brian Cox, Julia Stiles and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje. Categories: Action, Thriller, Mystery, Drama, Adventure. Year: 2002.
The Bourne Identity
When Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) is framed for a botched CIA operation, he and Marie (Franka Potente) must leave the quiet village where they have been living and set out on the road once again. After promising retaliation should anyone from his former life attempt contact, Bourne is forced to resume his life as a trained assassin and eliminate anyone who stands in his way. Directed by Paul Greengrass. With Brian Cox, Julia Stiles and Joan Allen. Categories: Adventure, Mystery, Thriller, Action, Drama. Year: 2004.
The Bourne Supremacy
Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) is back and determined to discover the truth about his past once and for all. Still suffering from amnesia, Bourne teams up with a reporter (Paddy Considine) who has information about the organization that trained him. With the woman he loved murdered, Bourne will stop at nothing to fight his way through a group of highly-trained assassins to finally learn who he really is. Directed by Paul Greengrass. With Edgar Ramirez, Julia Stiles, Brian Cox, David Strathairn, Chris Cooper and Joan Allen. Categories: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2007.
The Bourne Ultimatum
At the age of 24, Jack (Andrew Garfield) is released from prison, having been locked up for most of his life after he and another boy murdered a child. As he attempts to readjust to the world and begin a new life with the help of Terry (Peter Mullan), his parole officer and mentor, Jack struggles to keep his past a secret from the people he meets. Directed by John Crowley. With Shaun Evans, Jeremy Swift and Anthony Lewis. Categories: Drama. Year 2007.
Boy A
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
Directed by Kimberly Peirce. With Hilary Swank and Chlo_ Sevigny. Categories: Crime, Drama, Romance. Year: 1999.
Boys Don't Cry
Erica Bain (Jodie Foster) is living the charmed life with her fiance, David (Naveen Andrews), when her life is abruptly turned upside down by a startling attack that causes David's death and leaves Erica wounded. The tragedy shakes her to her core and sends her on a personal vigilante quest to avenge her fiance's death. Erica is forced to grapple with whether her chosen path has transformed her into the very thing she is trying to eradicate. Directed by Neil Jordan. With Terrence Howard, Mary Steenburgen and Nicky Katt. Categories: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2007.
The Brave One
In the late 13th century, William Wallace (Mel Gibson) returns to Scotland to find that the king has died without an heir. After the king of England, Edward the Longshanks (Patrick McGoohan), seizes the throne and his wife (Catherine McCormack) is killed, Wallace leads a grassroots army of rebels intent on regaining Scotland's freedom from English tyranny, becoming a hero and a legend. Directed by Mel Gibson. With Brian Cox, Sophie Marceau, Peter Hanly, Angus Macfadyen and Brendan Gleeson. Categories: Action, Biography, Drama, History, History. Year: 1995.
Braveheart
In his quest to be made an FBI agent, computer specialist Eric O'Neill (Ryan Phillippe) is assigned to clerk for senior agent Robert Hanssen (Chris Cooper) and write down everything he does. Initially told he's a part of an investigation into Hanssen's sexual habits, O'Neill eventually finds that the FBI suspects Hanssen of selling sensitive US intelligence to the Soviet Union. As the pair grows closer, O'Neill digs deeper into the life a devout Catholic he has come to respect and finds it more and more difficult to keep his personal and professional lives separate. Directed by Billy Ray. With Laura Linney, Caroline Dhavernas, Gary Cole, Dennis Haysbert and Kathleen Quinlan. Categories: Drama, Thriller. Year: 2007.
Breach
Gary (Vince Vaughn) and Brooke (Jennifer Aniston) have a troubled relationship. Brooke, feeling neglected and underappreciated, decides to break-up with Gary to prove a point. But, when Gary misunderstands her true intentions, the mismatched pair follow the misguided advice of their family and friends, and beginning an all-out battle over their apartment and relationship supremacy. Directed by Peyton Reed. With Joey Lauren Adams, Jon Favreau, Jason Bateman and Justin Long. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2006.
The Break-Up
Paul Varjak (George Peppard) is a struggling writer who has just moved to New York, hoping to jumpstart his career. He soon becomes entranced by his neighbor, the very confusing Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn) who seems to be a coy and graceful socialite in public, yet is much more clumsy and vulnerable in private. Directed by Blake Edwards. With Patricia Neal, Patricia Neal, Martin Balsam , and Mickey Rooney. Categories: Comedy,Drama, Romance, Cult Classics, New York. Year: 1961.
Breakfast at Tiffany's
A jock (Emilio Estevez), a nerd (Anthony Michael Hall), a princess (Molly Ringwald), an outcast (Ally Sheedy) and a criminal (Judd Nelson) all find themselves spending a Saturday stuck in their school's library serving detention. They start out having very little in common, but as the day progresses the five teenagers discover that they are more alike than they ever thought possible. Directed by John Hughes. With Paul Gleason. Categories: Drama, Comedy, Cult Classics. Year: 1985.
The Breakfast Club
After being abandoned as a baby in his small Irish hometown, Patrick Braden (Cillian Murphy) survives with the aid of his wit and charm. After being caught trying on a dress and wearing lipstick, Braden flees his foster family in Ireland to seek out his real mother in London. There, he becomes a celebrated transvestite singer. Directed by Neil Jordan. With Liam Neeson, Ruth Negga, Laurence Kinlan, Stephen Rea and Brendan Gleeson. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2005.
Breakfast on Pluto
Eric (Tom Cavanaugh) and Sam (Ben Shenkman) are a happy gay couple whose lives are suddenly turned upside down when a distant relative dies and names them the guardians of a young boy, Scot. The twist is that the tween boy has already decided he is gay and they don't know how to handle this, especially Eric, a former hockey player turned sportscaster, who is still in the closet at work. Directed by Laurie Lynd. With Categories: Drama, Music, Romance, Sport. Year: 2007.
Breakfast with Scot
Jude Law plays a London high-tech entrepreneur. He is involved with a talented filmmaker (Robin Wright Penn) who has given up her work to care for her autistic daughter. When a young Bosnian immigrant (Rafi Gavron) breaks into his office, the entrepreneur follows the burglar home and meets his mother (Juliette Binoche). He and the mother are drawn into an intense relationship that takes both of them by surprise. Directed by Anthony Minghella. Categories: Drama, Romance, Thriller. Year: 2006.
Breaking and Entering
Brendan Frye (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), a teenage loner, investigates the death of his ex-girlfriend (Emilie de Ravin) after she reaches out to him unexpectedly just before her disappearance. To find the girl, Brendan must get help from his only peer, The Brain (Matt O'Leary), while staying one step ahead of an inquisitive assistant vice principal (Richard Roundtree). As the evidence begins to pile up and Brendan uncovers more and more secrets, this former outsider finds himself being drawn right into the middle of a deadly high school crime ring. Directed by Rian Johnson. With Nora Zehetner and Lukas Haas. Categories: Drama, Mystery. Year: 2005.
Brick
Based on the highly acclaimed novel by Monica Ali, this film tells the story of a young Bangladeshi woman (Tannishtha Chatterjee), pressured into an arranged marriage, who finds herself living a lonely life in London with a husband (Satish Kaushik) she doesn't love. To drown her sorrows, she drifts into an affair with a young Muslim worker (Christopher Simpson), which becomes more complicated after the events of 9/11 in 2001. Directed by Sarah Gavron. With, Naeema Begum, and Lana Rahman. Categories: Drama. Year: 2007.
Brick Lane
While stationed at Brideshead Castle during WWII, Captain Charles Ryder (Matthew Goode) remembers back on his involvement with the Marchmain family, the Catholic, aristocratic owners of the grand estate. Charles is first drawn to Sebastian Flyte (Ben Whishaw), a charming and provocative young man, before falling for his sophisticated sister, Julia (Hayley Atwell). As Charles' ambition draws him deeper and deeper into the Marchmains' world, he discovers that the allure of their secret lives is matched by Lady Marchmain's desire to preserve their way of life. Directed by Julian Jarrold. With Emma Thompson and Michael Gambon. Categories: Drama. Year: 2008.
Brideshead Revisited
World War II, Japan. British prisoners of war, led by the courageous Col. Nicholson (Alec Guinness), are forced to build an enormous railway bridge in the jungles of Asia. As the POWs undertake their backbreaking work, a covert Allied unit prepares to destroy the bridge and halt the Japanese expansion. Directed by David Lean. With William Holden, Jack Hawkins and James Donald. Categories: Adventure, Drama, War, Classic. Year: 1957.
The Bridge on the River Kwai
After losing a foot race, Jesse Aarons (Josh Hutcherson) becomes quick friends with Leslie Burke (AnnaSophia Robb), the new girl who beat him. As the pair spends more time together, they begin to build an imaginary world of monsters, trolls, ogres, and giants of which they are the king and queen. But, when a tragedy occurs, Jesse must use the power of his imagination and their friendship to pull him through. Directed by Gabor Csupo. With Zooey Deschanel and Robert Patrick. Categories: Adventure, Drama, Family. Year: 2007.
Bridge to Terabithia
Francesca Johnson (Meryl Streep) is a stifled housewife who has watched her life take a turn into uneventful monotony. But, when free-spirited photographer Robert Kincaid (Clint Eastwood) stumbles into her driveway, her life is suddenly infused with the excitement and passion she’d been missing. Although deeply conflicted, the two spend four precious days together which they both feel has the richness of a whole lifetime. Directed by Clint Eastwood. With Annie Corley, Victor Slezak, Jim Haynie, Debra Monk and Phyllis Lyons. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 1995.
The Bridges of Madison County
Directed by Jane Campion. With Ben Whishaw, Paul Schneider and Abbie Cornish. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2009.
Bright Star
In order to ensure another win at the cheerleading national championships, the former captain of the Toros cheerleading squad left the newly-elected captain, Torrence (Kirsten Dunst), with a routine stolen from the Clovers, a hip-hop style dance squad from the inner city. When the Clovers find out what has been going on, their captain, Iris (Gabrielle Union), makes a point of telling Torrence to stop using their routine. The Toros are then forced to create a new routine, employing unconventional elements and the gymnastic abilities of a feisty new team member, Missy (Eliza Dushku). Directed by Peyton Reed. With Jesse Bradford, Clare Kramer, Nicole Bilderback and Tsianina Joelson. Categories: Comedy. Year: 2000.
Bring It On
A love story unfolds between ranch hand Ennis del Mar (Heath Ledger) and rodeo cowboy Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) who meet while driving cattle on a mountain range. Their lifelong connection, and the complications, joys and tragedies they experience provide a testament to the endurance and power of love. Directed by Ang Lee. With Randy Quaid, Michelle Williams and Anne Hathaway. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2005.
Brokeback Mountain
Nora Wilder (Parker Posey) is cynical, thirty-something New Yorker with absolutely no marriage prospects, a fact her mother (Gena Rowlands) reminds her of on a daily basis. Bored with her job at an upscale hotel and envious of her best friend Audrey's (Drea de Matteo) perfect marriage, Nora doesn't believe her fortunes will ever change. But, after a series of horrible dates, Nora meets a Frenchman named Julien (Melvil Poupaud) who makes her see the world in a different light. But, before she can find true love, Nora must overcome the feelings that have been holding her back for so long. Directe by Zoe R. Cassavetes. With Tim Guinee and Justin Theroux. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2007.
Broken English
After being dumped by his last girlfriend (Julie Delpy), Don Johnston (Bill Murray) resigns himself to living the rest of his life on his own. But, when he receives a mysterious letter informing him that he has a 19-year-old son, he begins to reflect on his history of failed relationships. Johnston's close friend Winston (Jeffrey Wright) urges him to investigate the letter, and he soon embarks on a cross-country trek in search of clues from four former flames. Directed by Jim Jarmusch. With Sharon Stone, Christopher McDonald, Chloë Sevigny, Jessica Lange, Frances Conroy and Tilda Swinton. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2005.
Broken Flowers
Set in the Bronx during the tumultuous 1960s, teenager Calogero Anello (Lillo Brancato) is torn between his honest, working-class father (Robert De Niro) and a violent yet charismatic crime boss (Chazz Palminteri). Complicating matters is the Calogero's growing attraction to Jane Williams (Taral Hicks), a beautiful black girl. Directed by Robert De Niro. With Joe Pesci. Categories: Crime, Drama. Year: 1993.
A Bronx Tale
Directed by Jim Sheridan. With Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, Sam Shepard and Bailee Madison. Categories: Drama, War. Year: 2009.
Brothers
After years of ripping off millionaires using elaborate, literary-inspired schemes, Stephen (Mark Ruffalo) and Bloom (Adrien Brody), the world's greatest conmen, decide to take on one final job. Teaming up with a silent weapons expert (Rinko Kikuchi), the Brothers Bloom set their sights on Penelope Stamp (Rachel Weisz), an eccentric heiress who collects hobbies like other people collect stamps. Their plan to swindle Penelope out of $2.5 million during a romantic, around the world adventure is complicated when she and Bloom fall in love. Directed by Rian Johnson. With Robbie Coltrane and Nora Zehetner. Categories: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance. Year: 2008.
The Brothers Bloom
Agnes (Ashley Judd), a lonely waitress with a dark past, spends her days in run-down motel living in fear of her abusive, recently paroled ex-husband (Harry Connick Jr.). After meeting Peter (Michael Shannon), an eccentric, nervous war veteran, she begins to regain hope through their tenative romance. But, when Peter moves in and they spend more time together, their relationship deteriorates into paranoid, drug-fueled existence complicated by a mysterious bug infestation. Directed by William Friedkin. With Lynn Collins. Categories: Drama, Horror, Thriller. Year: 2006.
Bug
Tough San Francisco cop Frank Bullitt (Steve McQueen) is assigned to guard a mafia informant by Senator Walter Chalmers (Robert Vaughn), an ambitious politian. The simple assignment is complicated when both of Bullitt's partners and the informant are shot by a hitman. Bullitt sets out to track down the killer and locate the leak that tipped him off, while Chalmers tries to shut down the investigation. Directed by Peter Yates. With Jacqueline Bisset and Robert Duvall. Categories: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller and Cult Classics. Year: 1968.
Bullitt
Warren Beatty directed and stars in this sophisticated comedy about a politician who does the unthinkable - he becomes honest. Bulworth (Beatty) is so disillusioned with his life's work that he puts out a contract on himself so that his family can collect his life insurance. Feeling that he is living on borrowed time, he tells the truth wherever he goes and wins the affections of Nina (Halle Berry), a young African-American woman who admires his straightforwardness. Oliver Platt and Joshua Malina play his bewildered aides. Directed by Warren Beatty. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 1998.
Bulworth
Directed by Guillermo Arriaga. With Jos_ Mar_a Yazpik, Charlize Theron, Jennifer Lawrence, Joaquim de Almeida and Kim Basinger. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2008.
The Burning Plain
Even Treborn (Ashton Kutcher) has suffered from mysterious blackouts all his life. They always seem to happen in times of great distress and violence, but it isn't until one day in college that he realizes the terrifying truth: by remembering these confusing and tragic moments, he is able to change them, and by doing so change his past and future. A gift with devastating consequences. Directed by Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber. With Melora Walters, Amy Smart and Elden Henson. Categories: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Year: 2004.
The Butterfly Effect
Francis (Friedrich Feher) narrates the story of his friend Alan (Hans Heinrich von Twardowski), the victim of a brutal murder. Earlier, his death is foretold by the mysterious Dr. Caligari (Werner Krauss), a traveling scientists with a clairvoyant somnambulist named Cesare (Conrad Veidt). Soon after Alan is murdered, the beautiful Jane (Lil Dagover) is kidnapped by Cesare. Suspicious of Caligari, Francis tracks him to a mental asylum he apparently directs. But what is really happening? Directed by Robert Wiene. With Rudolf Lettinger and Ludwig Rex. Categories: Drama, Horror, Thriller, Classic, Foreign Film. Year: 1920.
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Parisian talk-show host Georges Laurent's (Daniel Auteuil) comfortable life with his wife Anne (Juliette Binoche) is threatened when they begin to receive videos of their most private moments filmed with a hidden camera. With the police of little help, George and Anne must follow the clues in the tapes to find out who is behind the surveillance and what their motives might be. Directed by Michael Haneke. With Daniel Duval. Categories: Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Foreign Film. Year: 2005.
Caché
Leonard Chess (Adrien Brody), founder of Chess Records, scours the South looking for hot new blues talent. After discovering some of the biggest names in music history, including Muddy Waters (Jeffrey Wright), Etta James (Beyoncé Knowles), Chuck Berry (Mos Def) and Willie Dixon (Cedric the Entertainer), Chess sets out to make them famous by selling records out of the trunk of his Cadillac. Directed by Darnell Martin. With Emmanuelle Chriqui, Gabrielle Union, Norman Reedus, Columbus Short, Jay O. Sanders and Eric Bogosian. Categories: Drama, Music, Musical. Year: 2008.
Cadillac Records
When struggling singer Marc Stevens' (Laurent Lucas) car breaks down in an isolated woods, he's helped by an innkeeper (Jackie Berroyer) who starts out kind but quickly reveals that he is a true psychopath. Directed by Fabrice Du Welz. Categories: Drama, Horror, Foreign Film. Year: 2004.
Calvaire
Following his release from prison after serving time for a rape conviction, Max Cady (Robert De Niro) seeks revenge on Sam Bowden (Nick Nolte), the public defender who represented him during his trial. Cady believes that Bowden deliberately held back important information about his case that could have kept him out of jail. As payback, the psychopath sets off to terrorize Bowden, his wife (Jessica Lange) and their 15 year-old daughter (Juliette Lewis). Directed by Martin Scorsese. With Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Joe Don Baker, Martin Balsam and Fred Dalton Thompson. Categories: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller. Year: 1991.
Cape Fear
Author Truman Capote (Philip Seymour Hoffman) is sent to write an article about the brutal murder of a family in a small Kansas town, and ends up writing a celebrated book. Capote attempts to charm the locals and work his way into the story behind the murders, but he's soon shocked to find himself forming a friendship with one of the killers (Clifton Collins Jr.). Directed by Bennett Miller. With Catherine Keener and Chris Cooper. Categories: Crime, Drama, Biography. Year: 2005.
Capote
Jennifer Tree (Elisha Cuthbert) is a beautiful, famous fashion model with the eyes of America eager to see her every move. But, one fan wants America's sweetheart all for himself. Drugged and kidnapped at a charity event, Jennifer awakes to find that she is confined to a cell. Kept in dark, close quarters, Jennifer is subjected to a series of twisted, sadistic tortures conceived by the her demented captor. Directed by Roland Joffé. With Daniel Gillies, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Michael Harney and Laz Alonso. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2007.
Captivity
Carlito Brigante (Al Pacino), released early from prison after a five year stint, pledges to change his ways and to never return to the life of crime and drug dealing that he had before. Hoping to raise enough money to get away from New York, Carlito runs a nightclub while renewing an affair with a dancer (Penelope Ann Miller). But because of his past connections and a feeling of obligation to his lawyer and best friend (Sean Penn), Carlito is gradually dragged back into the world he promised to give up forever. Directed by Brian De Palma. With John Leguizamo, Luis Guzmán and Viggo Mortensen. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 1993.
Carlito's Way
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
A deadly virus threatens to wipe out humanity. Four young people flee south to try to escape it: Danny (Lou Taylor Pucci); his brother, Brian (Chris Pine), his girlfriend, Bobby (Piper Perabo); and Danny's friend, Kate (Emily VanCamp). Over the course of four days, the group is faced with difficult decisions and they discover that their greatest enemy is the darkness within themselves. Directed by David Pastor. Categories: Thriller, Drama, Horror. Year: 2009.
Carriers
Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) is an ex-soldier who owns a nightclub in Casablanca. When his old love Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) comes into town, Rick learns that she is connected to underground leader Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid), a man the Germans are desperate to apprehend. A cynical, bitter man, Blaine must choose to help his former love escape or turn his back on her entirely. Directed by Michael Curtiz. With Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt and Sydney Greenstreet. Categories: Drama, Romance, Thriller, Classic. Year: 1942.
Casablanca
In 1753 Venice, notorious ladies' man Giacomo Casanova (Heath Ledger) enjoys a life of leisure and promiscuity. But, feminist author Francesca Bruni (Sienna Miller), who writes under the name of a man, sets out to reveal his secrets and alert the women of Venice about his deceptive ways. When the two finally come face to face, Casanova falls deeply in love and vows to give up his former life in an effort to win her heart. After learing that Francesca's fiancé Paprizzio (Oliver Platt), who was chosen by her mother, is coming to town, Casanova intercepts him upon arrival and invites him stay at his house, while assuming his identity in an effort to get closer to the woman he loves. Directed by Lasse Hallström. With Jeremy Irons, Helen McCrory, Charlie Cox and Lena Olin. Categories: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2005.
Casanova
Sam "Ace" Rothstein (Robert De Niro) is a gifted bookie who rises through the ranks of the Midwestern mob to front their actions in Las Vegas. While Ace doubles the mob's take and changes how the casinos are run, he has a more difficult time handling his new wife, Ginger McKenna (Sharon Stone). As Ginger's drug addiction spins out of control, Ace must also contend with the ambitious greed of Nicky Santoro (Joe Pesci), his best friend and the muscle behind his crooked dealings. Directed by Martin Scorsese. With James Woods, Frank Vincent, Don Rickles and Kevin Pollak. Categories: Crime, Drama. Year: 1995.
Casino
Ian (Ewan McGregor) and Terry (Colin Farrell), two dead broke brothers living in London, are approached by their rich Uncle Howard (Tom Wilkinson) with a money making propostion. All they have to do is "take care of" one of Howard's old business associates to keep his troubles from ruining the life he's built. The brothers struggle with the immorality of the request, and end up becoming enemies when each chooses a different side. Directed by Woody Allen. With Hayley Atwell and Sally Hawkins. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2007.
Cassandra's Dream
After a plane crash leaves FedEx executive Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks) alone on a deserted island, he must start a new life and learn to provide himself with food and shelter. As the isolation wears upon him, Noland strikes up a friendship with a volleyball name Wilson, who washed up on the beach with some other FedEx packages. Noland eventually masters the island, but the thought of living alone without his fiancée (Helen Hunt) for the rest of his life forces him to take a chance on the open water and leads to his return to civilization. Directed by Robert Zemeckis. Categories: Adventure, Drama. Year: 2000.
Cast Away
Directed by Susannah Grant. With Jennifer Garner, Timothy Olyphant, Kevin Smith and Sam Jaeger. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2006.
Catch and Release
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
Catherine Deane (Jennifer Lopez) is a psychotherapist who has mastered neurological synaptic transfer, a technique that allows her to access the minds of others while they are in an unconscious state. She is called upon by FBI agent Peter Novak (Vince Vaughn) to utilize her skill in order to access the inner workings of a comatose serial killer (Vincent D'Onofrio). Catherine must wade through the perverse thoughts of the disturbed man and race against time to save his latest victim. Directed by Tarsem Singh. With Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Colton James, Dylan Baker and Tara Subkoff. Categories: Sci-Fi, Horror, Fantasy, Drama. Year: 2000.
The Cell
Ryan (Chris Evans) answers his cell phone and hears the voice of Jessica (Kim Basinger), a woman held hostage by a madman (Jason Statham) with a deadly agenda. Imprisoned and helpless, Jessica must rely on Ryan's long distance help as he struggles to keep her on the line and keep her alive. Directed by David R. Ellis. With Caroline Aaron and Jessica Biel. Categories: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2004.
Cellular
In 1920s Los Angeles, Christine Collins (Angelina Jolie), a single mother and telephone operator, returns home from work to discover that her son Walter (Gattlin Griffith) is missing. After an unsuccessful five month search, police eventually return a boy to her who claims to be he son. When Christine refuses to accept the lie, the police brand her as a delusional, unfit mother. With nowhere left to turn, Christine gets a helping hand from Reverend Gustav Briegleb (John Malkovich), who is determined to confront city authorities and expose the corruption in the LAPD. Directed by Clint Eastwood. With Colm Feore, Denis O'Hare and Jeffrey Donovan. Categories: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Based on a True Story. Year: 2008.
Changeling
Frank Allen (Ryan Reynolds), a best-selling efficiency expert, believes he has perfected the art of living using timetables and index cards. His obsession with order drives his wife Susan (Emily Mortimer) to set his clock backward ten minutes, setting off a chain off events that turns Frank's life upside down. After things can't get any worse, Frank decides to live entirely in the moment and embraces the freedom provided by chaos. Directed by Marcos Siega. With Stuart Townsend, Sarah Chalke and Constance Zimmer. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2007.
Chaos Theory
In the week leading up to the assassination of John Lennon (Mark Lindsay Chapman), Jude (Lindsay Lohan), a young Beatles fan, befriends Mark David Chapman (Jared Leto) outside of The Dakota, Lennon's New York apartment building. As the day of the murder approaches, Chapman, a lonely, unstable man obsessed with J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye, is shows increasing signs of paranoia, socio-pathis lying and delusion. Intent on adding his own final chapter to the novel, Chapman loses his grip on reality and does the unthinkable. Directed by J.P. Schaefer. With Judah Friedlander. Categories: Crime, Drama. Year: 2007.
Chapter 27
Struggling to fit in at his new public high school, wealthy teenager Charlie Bartlett (Anton Yelchin) uses his natural charm and deft senses of perception to position himself as an amateur psychiatrist for his fellow students. Setting up shop in a bathroom stall, Charlie dishes out advice and prescription drugs with the help of his partner, Murphy Bivens (Tyler Hilton). Charlie's sessions lead to some personal discovery of his own, allowing him to find romance and accept who he is. Directed by Jon Poll. With Robert Downey Jr., Hope Davis and Kat Dennings. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2007.
Charlie Bartlett
In the early 1980s, Charlie Wilson (Tom Hanks), a womanizing US congressional representative from Texas is persuaded by his major conservative supporter, Joanne Herring (Julia Roberts), to assist rebels in Afghanistan in their plight against the Soviet Union. With the help of maverick CIA agent Gust Avrakotos (Philip Seymour Hoffman), Wilson dedicates himself to supplying the Afghan mujahideen with the weapons and support. But, along the way toward victory, Wilson discovers that every war has unforeseen consequences. Directed by Mike Nichols. With Amy Adams. Categories: Drama, Politics. Year: 2007.
Charlie Wilson's War
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
Best friends Holden (Ben Affleck) and Banky (Jason Lee) are the creators of "Bluntman and Chronic," a successful cult comic book. After years of struggling to make it, the pair are finally starting to enjoy the fruits of their labor. But, while attending a comic book convention in New York, things take a turn when Holden meets and falls for Alyssa (Joey Lauren Adams), a fellow comic book artist that happens to be a lesbian. Banky has his doubts about Alyssa, but Holden feels he can be friends with her despite his feelings. As Alyssa and Holden's relationship grows, Banky begins to feels like he is losing his best friend. Directed by Kevin Smith. With Dwight Ewell, Jason Mewes and Casey Affleck. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 1997.
Chasing Amy
After helping to overthrow the dictatorship in Cuba, Ernesto "Che" Guevara (Benicio Del Toro), an Argentine doctor, continues his quest to spread a worldwide peasant revolution through guerrilla warfare. Following a speech at the UN General Assembly, Guevara disappears for a time before re-emerging in Bolivia. Unable to gain the same support he enjoyed in Cuba, Guevara finds that the Bolivian campaign is his undoing, and is eventually killed by CIA backed counterinsurgency forces. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. With Julia Ormond, Rodrigo Santoro, Catalina Sandino Moreno and Joaquim de Almeida. Categories: Biography, Drama, History, War, Based on a True Story. Year: 2008.
Che
Tom (Steve Martin) and Kate Baker (Bonnie Hunt) have been blessed with 12 children. When Kate leaves to promote her new book, Tom is left to look after their large brood. With his new job coaching football at his alma mater, Tom is forced to apply new and interesting parenting techniques. Directed by Shawn Levy. With Piper Perabo, Tom Welling, Hilary Duff and Ashton Kutcher. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Family. Year: 2003.
Cheaper by the Dozen
After murdering her cheating husband, nightclub singer Velma Kelly (Catherine Zeta-Jones) ends up on Chicago's famed murderess row. Represented by Billy Flynn (Richard Gere), the slickest lawyer in town, Velma's case grabs the headlines and makes her an even bigger star. But, when struggling performer Roxie Hart (Renée Zellweger) joins Velma behind bars, Billy diverts his attention from Velma's case sensing the opportunity to create another tabloid sensation. Instant rivals, Velma and Roxie will stop at nothing to outdo one another in their obsessive pursuit of fame and celebrity. Directed by Rob Marshall. With Taye Diggs, John C. Reilly and Queen Latifah. Categories: Crime, Drama, Music. Year: 2002.
Chicago
Traveling to China during the Japanese occupation, British journalist George Hogg (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) intends to report on the war from just outside the frontlines. But, after being captured by the Japanese and subsequently rescued by a Chinese resistance fighter (Yun-Fat Chow), George is led to an orphanage where he meets Lee Pearson, (Radha Mitchell), the American nurse who looks after the boys who live there. After gaining the boy's trust, George goes on to lead them through a war zone and across a mountian range in order to seek safety on the edge of the Mongolian Desert. Directed by Roger Spottiswoode. With Michelle Yeoh. Categories: Drama, War. Year: 2008.
The Children of Huang Shi
In a world where humans have lost the ability to reproduce, chaos reigns as the world comes to grips with the likelihood of its own extinction. When the first woman to successfully become pregnant in 27 years is found, a disillusioned former activist (Clive Owen) is asked to help transport her to a hidden sanctuary, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind. With Julianne Moore, Michael Caine and Claire-Hope Ashitey. Categories: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Year: 2006.
Children of Men
Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson) is a private detective working the case of a murdered engineer. Hired by Evelyn Mulwray (Faye Dunaway), the dead man's wife, Gittes uncovers a real-estate conspiracy involving millions of dollars in undeveloped land. During his investigation, Gittes gets mixed up with Noah Cross (John Huston), the murdered man's one-time business partner and a powerful suspect in this murky case. Directed by Roman Polanski. With Diane Ladd and Perry Lopez. Categories: Politics, Cult Classics, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 1974.
Chinatown
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
Mark "Chopper" Reed (Eric Bana) is an insanely violent small-time criminal who becomes a celebrity in Australia after writing an exaggerated account of his exploits. Chopper's gift for storytelling is shown as he relates trumped-up confessions of the crimes he has committed, which are interspersed with vivid flashbacks to his dirty deeds. Directed by Andrew Dominik. Categories: Drama, Thriller, Crime, Foreign Film. Year: 2000.
Chopper
Directed by Robert Zemeckis. With Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman and Bob Hoskins. Categories: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy. Year: 2009.
A Christmas Carol
Ralphie (Peter Billingsley), a young boy growing up in the 1940s, dreams of getting a Red Rider BB gun for Christmas. But, he runs into opposition from his parents, his teacher, and even the mall Santa Claus. After being told time and again that he'll shoot his eye out, Ralphie sets out to convince the world that he deserves to have his Christmas wish come true. Directed by Bob Clark. With Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin and Peter Billingsley. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Family, Christmas Classics. Year: 1983.
A Christmas Story
Junon (Catherine Deneuve) and Abel (Jean-Paul Roussillon) welcome their three grown children home for a crowded family Christmas. Joining them are Elizabeth (Anne Consigny), a melancholic playwright, Ivan (Melvil Poupaud), the young peacemaker, and Henri (Mathieu Amalric), the self-destructive black sheep who was banished from family five years earlier. With a history of leukemia in the family, the disease has returned, further complicating the already uncomfortable reunion. Directed by Arnaud Desplechin. With Chiara Mastroianni and Emmanuelle Devos. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Foreign Film. Year: 2008.
A Christmas Tale
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
When Dean Stiffle (Jamie Bell) finds that his best friend and local drug dealer, Troy, has hung himself, the death throws their community into disarray. Dean's classmates Billy (Justin Chatwin), Crystal (Camilla Belle), and Lee (Lou Taylor Pucci) plot a kidnapping to get their hands on Troy's remaining stash, but grab the wrong kid. As the botched kidnapping plays out, Troy's unstable mother (Glenn Close) plans a memorial service and the kidnapped boy's mother (Allison Janney) prepares to marry the mayor (Ralph Fiennes). Directed by Arie Posin. With Rory Culkin, Carrie-Anne Moss and Lauren Holly. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2005.
The Chumscrubber
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
During the Great Depression, a desperate and disillusioned country is in need of a hero. Filling that role is James J. Braddock (Russell Crowe), a prizefighter too broke to even pay his rent. Despite having lost nearly everything, Braddock is determined to win again. When he does, Braddock's inspired rise to prominence captivates and inspires a nation living on its knees. Directed by Ron Howard. With Paul Giamatti and Renée Zellweger. Categories: Biography, Drama, New York, Sports. Year: 2005.
Cinderella Man
In a small Sicilian village, Salvatore (Jacques Perrin), returns to his home after many years as a prominent Roman movie director. There to attend the funeral of the town's former film projectionist, he remembers his boyhood just after WWII spent in the dark, cramped theater learning about life, loss and love from his mentor. And, not incidentally, is reminded of his lost teenage love. Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. With Marco Leonardi, Salvatore Cascio, Philippe Noiret and Agnese Nano. Categories: Drama, Foreign Film. Year: 1988.
Cinema Paradiso
When Charles Foster Kane (Orson Welles) dies, he leaves a lifetime of public spectacle and private turmoil in his wake. His final word, "Rosebud,", inspires a newspaper to send out an agent to interview Kane's former wife Susan (Dorothy Comingore), business partner Jedediah Leland (Joseph Cotten) and others in an attempt to piece together his storied but distant life. Directed by Orson Welles. With Ruth Warrick, Ray Collins and Everett Sloane. Categories: Drama, Classic. Year: 1941.
Citizen Kane
In his last true silent film, Charlie Chaplin once again plays his well-known character, the Little Tramp. This time, the Tramp meets a blind flower girl (Virginia Cherrill), who ends up mistakenly believing that the shabby man is a millionaire. After falling in love with the girl, the Tramp attempts to raise money for an operation that could correct her eyesight, even though it will mean that she will discover his true identity. Directed by Charlie Chaplin. With Florence Lee, Harry Myers, Al Ernest Garcia and Hank Mann. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Classic, Silent Film. Year: 1931.
City Lights
In one of Rio de Janeiro's poorest neighborhoods, Buscapé (Alexandre Rodrigues) grows up in a violent environment filled with guns and drugs. With the keen eye of a self-taught photographer, Buscapé narrates a true-life tale of a street war fought between Li'l Zé (Leandro Firmino) and Knockout Ned (Seu Jorge). Directed by Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller, Foreign Film. Year: 2002.
City of God
Cleoptra (Elizabeth Taylor) is the Queen of Egypt and the most beautiful woman in the world. Trying to use the political conflict in the Roman Empire to solidify her control of Egypt, she seduces both Julius Caesar (Rex Harrison) and his opponent, Marc Antony (Richard Burton), but ends up dooming herself and her people to Roman domination. Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Rouben Mamoulian and Darryl F. Zanuck. With Pamela Brown and George Cole. Categories: Drama, Romance, History. Year: 1963.
Cleopatra
Michael Newman (Adam Sandler) is a workaholic architect who has been neglecting his family to further his career. When a scientist named Morty (Christopher Walken) gives Michael a universal remote control that allows him to pause, rewind and fast forward his life, he takes full advantage of his new found power to avoid fights with his wife (Kate Beckinsale) and give his boss a little payback (David Hasselhoff). But, when the remote takes on a mind of its own, Michael sees how much of his personal life has passed him by. Directed byFrank Coraci. With Henry Winkler and Sean Astin. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy. Year: 2006.
Click
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
After witnessing a UFO, Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) becomes obsessed with the strange visions and musical tones that continually run through his mind. Shaken by the experience and dealing with a the strain on his marriage, Roy sets out to find others with similar experiences. During his search he meets a woman who has lost her son and researcher preparing for the alien's arrival. Directed by Steven Spielberg. With Teri Garr and Lance Henriksen. Categories: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi. Year: 1977.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Dan Wolf (Jude Law) meets Alice Ayres (Natalie Portman) after she is hit by a car on a busy London street. A relationship develops between them, until Dan meets Anna Cameron (Julia Roberts). After she snubs his sexual advances, Dan sets up Cameron with Larry Bagley (Clive Owen) and the two fall in love. As time passes, the romances weaken and the four unhappy lovers begin to destroy each other. Directed by Mike Nichols. With Nick Hobbs and Colin Stinton. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2004.
Closer
After a B-17 bomber crashes near Belfast during WWII, the plane's dying rear gunner asks a local to return a ring to his girlfriend back home. Years later, a young man (Martin McCann) learns of the ring's story and sets out to track down its rightful owner. Directed by Richard Attenborough. With Shirley MacLaine, Christopher Plummer, Neve Campbell, Pete Postlethwaite, Gregory Smith and Mischa Barton. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2007.
Closing the Ring
Ken Carter (Samuel L. Jackson) is a successful store owner when he agrees to coach basketball at his old high school in Richmond, CA. Disgusted by the poor performance of his players, Carter enforces a regimen of study time and practice designed to improve their abilities on and off the court. When the team's scoring begins to improve but grades begin to fall, he benches the entire team, outraging the school and community. But, Carter stays the course, knowing that he is teaching them lessons that will last a lifetime. Directed by Thomas Carter. With Rob Brown and Ashanti. Categories: Drama, Sports. Year: 2005.
Coach Carter
Audrey Tautou plays the title role, the legendary fashion designer Coco Chanel, known both for elegance and popularizing slacks for women. In this look at early life, Beno_t Poelvoorde plays her first mentor, who introduces her to high society. Alessandro Nivola is the young British man who steals her heart in this gorgeous-looking drama. Directed by Anne Fontaine. Categories: Biography, Drama. Year: 2009.
Coco avant Chanel
After being wounded in battle, Confederate soldier Inman (Jude Law) deserts his unit and embarks on a perilious journey through the crumbling South to get home to North Carolina an dhis love Ada (Nicole Kidman). Along the way, Inman is helped by fellow desserters and kind civilians (Philip Seymour Hoffman, Giovanni Ribisi and Natalie Portman), while back at Cold Mountain, Ada, and a drifter named Ruby (Renée Zellweger), struggle to run her family's farm after her father's death. Directed by Anthony Minghella. With Donald Sutherland, Ray Winstone and Cillian Murphy. Categories: Drama, Romance, War. Year:2003.
Cold Mountain
A cab driver named Max (Jamie Foxx) has his mundane life interrupted when he is taken hostage by Vince (Tom Cruise), an engaging contract killer making his rounds from hit to hit during one night in LA. Max is too afraid to act at first, but as the seriousness of what is happening becomes apparent, he decides he must find a way to save both himself and one last victim. Directed by Michael Mann. With Jada Pinkett Smith, Mark Ruffalo, Peter Berg, Bruce McGill and Debi Mazar. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2004.
Collateral
John Constantine (Keanu Reeves) is a supernatural detective who travels to Hell to solve mysterious happenings in Los Angeles. Teaming up with policewoman Angela Dodson (Rachel Weisz), Constantine must contend with Angels and Devils alike in order to unravel the mysterious suicide of Angela's sister. Directed by Francis Lawrence. With Shia LaBeouf and Djimon Hounsou. Categories: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller. Year: 2005.
Constantine
Dr. Ellie Arroway (Jodie Foster) is an independent radio astronomer who rockets into celebrity after she finds a coherent radio signal emanating from deep space. Deciphering the message with the help of Palmer Joss (Matthew McConaughey), Ellie discovers plans for building an advanced machine of unknown power. As Ellie prepares to test the device, she stands at the precipice of what may be the greatest moment in human history, or possibly its last. Directed by Robert Zemeckis. With William Fichtner, James Woods and Angela Bassett. Categories: Drama, Sci-Fi, Mystery. Year: 1997.
Contact
Ray Keene (John Cusack) takes his son on a hiking trip hoping to reconnect with the boy after his mother's death. But, when the pair witness a car wreck, Keene is tasked with bringing world-class assassin Frank Cardin (Morgan Freeman) to justice when the US Marshall escorting him dies from his injuries. In an attempt to redeem himself in the eyes of his son, Keene must evade the assassin's team who are methodically hunting them down in the wilderness. Directed by Bruce Beresford. With Jamie Anderson. Categories: Drama, Thriller, Crime. Year: 2006.
The Contract
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
When geologists discover that the Earth's core will soon stop spinning, hysteria and panic sweeps over the globe. In order to prevent disaster, a team of scientists, including Aaron Eckhart, Bruce Greenwood and Hilary Swank), is assembled to detonate a nuclear device deep within the center of the Earth to restart its rotation. Directed by Jon Amiel. With Stanley Tucci, Delroy Lindo, DJ Qualls and Alfre Woodard. Categories: Drama, Sci-Fi, Action, Thriller. Year: 2003.
The Core
Decorated policeman Nick Chen (Yun-Fat Chow) is assigned to defuse a turf war in Chinatown between the Triads and the Fukienese Dragons. As the action heats up, Chen is teamed up with young cop Danny Wallace (Mark Wahlberg), who is unaware of how power and influence have compromised his superiors. When Wallace is offered a bribe, Chen is forced to realign the loyalties that have helped him rise through the ranks. Directed by James Foley. With Brian Cox. Categories: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 1999.
The Corruptor
After being arrested by Berlin Police in Nazi Germany, Salomon Sorowitsch (Karl Markovics), a man with a talent for forging documents and counterfeiting money, is sent to a hard labor camp. Years later, after being recognized by Sturmbannführer Friedrich Herzog (Devid Striesow), the man who arrested him, Salomon is moved into better living conditions so that he and a group of imprisioned professionals can produce fake foreign currency for Operation Berhard. While Salomon follows orders to help weaken the economies of Germany's enemies, fellow forger Adolf Burger (August Diehl) realizes the true nature of their work and refuses to use his skills for Nazi profit, forcing Salomon to reconsider his actions. Directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky. With Martin Brambach, August Zirner and Veit Stübner. Categories: Crime, Drama, War, Foreign Film. Year: 2007.
The Counterfeiters
Lt. Colonel Nathaniel Serling (Denzel Washington) is trying to do the right thing. An army officer haunted by a command mistake, he is selected to assess a helicopter commander's eligibility for the Medal of Honor. Captain Karen Walden (Meg Ryan) died in a heroic rescue attempt of a downed chopper and appears to be a hero. As Serling investigates, conflicting accounts from her crew cause him to question her actions. Directed by Edward Zwick. With Lou Diamond Phillips, Michael Moriarty and Matt Damon. Categories: Action, Drama, War. Year: 1996.
Courage Under Fire
After the death of her wealthy sister, Bette (Jessica Lange), a poor, lonely seamstress, does her best to involve herself in the lives of her brother-in-law, the Baron Hulot (Hugh Laurie), and her niece, Hulot (Kelly Macdonald). When that fails, she finds solace in a handsome young sculptor (Aden Young), who she saved from starvation. But, when the artist falls in love with Hortense, Bette becomes bitter and plots revenge on the family who shunned her and stole her only love. Directed by Des McAnuff. With Elisabeth Shue, Bob Hoskins and Simon McBurney. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 1998.
Cousin Bette
Pepper (Woody Harrelson) and Sonny (Kiefer Sutherland) are two cowboys living a life of country contentment. When their friend Nacho (Joaquín Martínez) disappears in New York City, Pepper and Sonny head to the Big Apple on a quest to locate their fellow cowboy and his daughter, Teresa (Cara Buono). Directed by Gregg Champion. With Dylan McDermott, Luis Guzmán and Matthew Cowles. Categories: Action, Comedy, Drama. Year: 1994.
The Cowboy Way
Directed by David McNally. With Piper Perabo, Tyra Banks, Adam Garcia, Bridget Moynahan and Maria Bello. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Music. Year: 2000.
Coyote Ugly
A group of people in Los Angeles leading very different lives are brought together through happenstance. Occurring through the course of two turbulent days are two deadly car accidents, a carjacking, racially motivated vandalism, a gross abuse of police authority and the suspicious shooting death of one police officer by another. By the time it's all over, lives are changed and people realize that there is more to who they really are than they ever imagined. Directed by Paul Haggis. With Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Michael Peña, Terrence Howard, Ludacris, Ryan Phillippe and Thandie Newton. Categories: Crime, Drama. Year: 2004.
Crash
Paul Betthany and Jennifer Connelly (a real-life married couple) star in this film, a biography of the biologist Charles Darwin, whose theory of human evolution continues to cause controversy today. Darwin is fiercely committed, while Emma (Connelly), his wife, cannot accept his ideas because of her religious beliefs. Directed by Jon Amiel. With Jeremy Northam, Toby Jones, Benedict Cumberbatch. Categories: Drama, Biography. Year: 2009.
Creation
After Russian rebels take over a nuclear missile site, the US Navy calls upon Captain Frank Ramsey (Gene Hackman) to lead the USS Alabama, a nuclear strategic missile submarine, on a patrol mission, and be at the ready should a pre-emptive strike be necessary. Captain Ramsey, one of the few commanding officers in the Navy with combat experience, chooses Lieutenant Commander Ron Hunter (Denzel Washington), who has an extensive education in military history and tactics, as his executive officer. Whenthe order comes through, the crew prepares to launch. But, when follow-up message is interrupted by an attack on the sub, the already tense situation boils over as Ramsey and Hunter battle over their course of action. Directed by Tony Scott. With James Gandolfini and Viggo Mortensen. Categories: Action, Drama, Thriller. Year 1995.
Crimson Tide
Following the discovery of several communal gravesites filled with children's bodies in Ecuador, Manolo Bonilla (John Leguizamo), a reporter for a Miami-based tabloid television show, flies down with his crew to cover the story. Manolo is convinced that it is the work of a single, monstrous serial killer. Tension in the town reaches a boiling point when Vinicio Cepeda (Damián Alcázar) accidentally runs over a child, and an angry mob led by the child's father, Don Lucho (Henry Layana), tries to burn him alive. Directed by Sebastián Cordero. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller, Foreign Film. Year: 2004.
Cronicas
Immigrants of different nationalities struggle to earn their legal status in Los Angeles. Their plight includes dealing with crossing the border, obtaining fraudulent documents, gaining asylum and the green card process. In addition to the difficulties of entering the US and living in a new countries, the immigrants must also deal with work-site enforcement and the office of counter terrorism. Directed by Wayne Kramer. With Harrison Ford, Sean Penn, Ray Liotta, Ashley Judd, Summer Bishil, Cliff Curtis and Alice Braga. Categories: Drama. Year: 2009.
Crossing Over
Jody (Forest Whitaker) is a British soldier captured by an IRA terrorist named Jude (Miranda Richardson). Fergus (Stephen Rea), an IRA terrorist, befriends Jody until the kidnapping goes wrong and heflees to London. There, Fergus finds Dil (Jaye Davidson), Jody's lover, and begins seeing her under a false identity. However, Dil has an incredible secret of her own. Directed by Neil Jordan. With Stephen Rea, Adrian Dunbar and Joe Savino. Categories: Politics, Cult Classics, Drama, Romance, Thriller. Year: 1992.
The Crying Game
Benjamin Button (Brad Pitt) is born as an old man and physically ages backwards. Abandoned by his biological parents just after his birth, Benjamin struggles to live in a world where his appearance doesn't quite match up with what's inside of him. At 50, Benjamin falls in love with 30-year-old Daisy (Cate Blanchett). And, as Benjamin grows younger and Daisy grows older, the two must come to terms with the limits of their relationship and the unusual circumstances of Benjamin's life. Directed by David Fincher. With Tilda Swinton, Julia Ormond and Elle Fanning. Categories: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance. Year: 2008.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The delicate power balance between the king (Yun-Fat Chow) and queen (Li Gong) of the Tang Dynasty becomes unstable as the king stuggles to control his empire and his family. The ailing queen has been carrying on an illicit affair with her stepson while the king works on an insidious plot. As the Chong Yang Festival commences, a revolt ensues, spilling blood all over the golden blossoms of the Imperial Palace. Directed by Yimou Zhang. With Ye Liu, Jin Chen, Jay Chou, Junjie Qin and Man Li. Categories: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Foreign Film. Year: 2006.
Curse of the Golden Flower
When reporter Ethan Kendrick (Jason Behr) is sent to investigate the appearance of a monstrous creature, he meets a girl (Amanda Brooks) striken with a mysterious illness, who he believes could hold the key to stopping the beast. The pair track the creature to Los Angeles and must fight an army of reptilian monsters to fulfill an ancient prophecy. Directed by Hyung-rae Shim. With Robert Forster and Craig Robinson. Categories: Action, Drama, Fantasy. Year: 2007.
D-War
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
After the courts award custody of his three daughter to his drug-dealing ex-wife, Monty (Idris Elba), a mechanic, asks Julia (Gabrielle Union), an attorney he met while working as a chauffeur, to help him get his girls back. Although they come from two different worlds, Monty and Julia develop an attraction as they fight to keep Monty's family from being ripped apart. Directed by Tyler Perry. With Louis Gossett Jr., Tasha Smith, Tracee Ellis Ross and Malinda Williams. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2007.
Daddy's Little Girls
Directed by Tom Hooper. With Michael Sheen, Jim Broadbent and Colm Meaney. Categories: Drama, Sport. Year: 2009.
The Damned United
Dan Burns (Steve Carell) is an advice columnist who knows how to help everyone but himself. A dedicated single father, Dan does his best to raise his kids, but he neglects to take time for himself. Things start to change when Dan meets and falls for Marie (Juliette Binoche) at a bookstore, only to learn later that she is dating his brother (Dane Cook). Directed by Peter Hedges. With Dianne Wiest, John Mahoney, Alison Pill, Brittany Robertson and Marlene Lawston. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2007.
Dan in Real Life
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
Francis (Owen Wilson), Peter (Adrien Brody) and Jack (Jason Schwartzman), three brothers who have not spoken to each other in a year, hop aboard a train for a spiritual quest across India that they hope will help them reconnect with one another. After a series of quarrels fueled by mistrust and over-the-counter pain killers, Peter and Jack discover that Francis is secretly taking them to locate their estranged mother (Anjelica Huston), who has joined a convent. Later, abandoned by their train, the brothers find themselves lost in the middle of the desert and face a life and death situation that will decide the direction of the rest of their jouney. Directed by Wes Anderson. With Amara Karan and Bill Murray. Categories: Adventure, Comedy, Drama. Year: 2007.
The Darjeeling Limited
Batman (Christian Bale) continues his quest to bring down the criminal organizations that plague the streets of Gotham with the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart). But, when mob bosses make an alliance with a psychotic mastermind known as the Joker (Heath Ledger), Batman must use every weapon in his arsenal to put an end to the villain's deadly rampage. Directed by Christopher Nolan. With Maggie Gyllenhaal, Morgan Freeman, Anthony Michael Hall, William Fichtner and Michael Caine. Categories: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Based on a Comic. Year: 2008.
The Dark Knight
Chaz Davenport (Gabriel Mann) is the proprietor of what promises to be the most popular nightclub in town. Although Chaz is surrounded by the music he loves and has his pick of gorgeous women, he also has to deal with the city's constant blackouts and a menacing loan shark, both of which threaten his dream. Making matters worse, Chaz finds himself in a love triangle with Crystal (Bijou Phillips), the club's star performer, and Madelaine (Izabella Miko), a mysterious and seductive new singer. And, when people close to him begin turning up dead, Chaz must decide who he can trust as he's drawn into the city's darkest recesses. Directed by Rachel Samuels. With Elias Koteas, Jarreth J. Merz and Michael Fairman. Categories: Drama, Thriller, Music, Musical. Year: 2008.
Dark Streets
Dahlia Williams (Jennifer Connelly) is a desperate mother battling for custody of her young daughter, Ceci (Ariel Gade). After running out of money from the legal battle, Dahlia must move into a depressing new apartment. Strange things begin happening in her new home; unexplainable noises and frequent leaks of eerie dark water convince her that something supernatural is happening. Directed by Walter Salles. Starring John C. Reilly, Tim Roth and Dougray Scott. Categories: Drama, Horror, Thriller. Year: 2005.
Dark Water
As the walking dead to terrorize the people of earth, one small group of survivors finds themselves trapped in a shopping mall outside of Pittsburgh. Steven (David Emge) and Francine (Gaylen Ross), two TV station employees, team up with Roger (Scott H. Reiniger) and Peter (Ken Foree) as they try to survive the relentless hunger of the dead and the maddening strain of life under siege. Directed by George A. Romero. With David Crawford and David Early. Categories: Cult Classics, Action, Drama, Horror. Year: 1978.
Dawn of the Dead
Climatologist Jack Hall (Dennis Quaid) works to save the world from the effects of global warming while also trying to get to his son, Sam (Jake Gyllenhaal), who is trapped in New York City. As super storms begin to appear across the globe, it becomes evident that the earth is entering its next ice age and humanities only hope is to head south. Directed by Roland Emmerich. With Sela Ward, Emmy Rossum and Ian Holm. Categories: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Year: 2004.
The Day After Tomorrow
Zombies have taken over the earth, forcing a group of military leaders and scientists into a small underground bunker in a last ditch effort to survive. Tension develops as the scientists begin using the undead in their experiments. Eventually, the soldiers force the scientists into the caves holding their undead subjects. Directed by George A. Romero. With Lori Cardille, Terry Alexander, Joseph Pilato and Anthony Dileo Jr.. Categories: Cult Classics, Horror, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Year: 1985.
Day of the Dead
When the alien Klaatu (Keanu Reeves) lands on earth, he brings a message to the human race. All the world's people must learn to live in peace or they will be destroyed. Dr. Granier (Jon Hamm), a NASA official, recruits microbiologist Helen Benson (Jennifer Connelly) to join a scientific team investigating Klaatu. But, soon, Benson and her young stepson (Jaden Smith) get caught up in Klaatu's mission, and begin to understand the importance of his arrival. Directed by Scott Derrickson. With John Cleese, Kathy Bates, Brandon T. Jackson and James Hong. Categories: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Remake. Year: 2008.
The Day the Earth Stood Still
In the near future, vampires have taken over the earth and subdued the non-vampire population. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, they farm humans for their blood. A vampire scientist (Ethan Hawke) works on a way to reverse the process and turn vampires back into ordinary humans. Meanwhile, he meets a group of humans who are hiding out and want his help to rebuild humanity. Willem Dafoe plays one of the human leaders. Directed by Peter Spierig. With Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Claudia Karvan and Isabel Lucas. Categories: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Year: 2010.
Daybreakers
Cole Trickle (Tom Cruise) is a young, cocky stock car driver who gets his chance to compete at the top level of NASCAR. Joining the hot-shot Trickle is mechanic mentor Harry Hogge (Robert Duvall), who acts as his crew chief. After a massive wreck that sends him to the hospital, Trickle meets Dr. Claire Lewicki (Nicole Kidman), a young, beautiful brain surgeon, and they fall in love. Directed by Tony Scott. With Randy Quaid, Cary Elwes, John C. Reilly, Michael Rooker and Fred Dalton Thompson. Categories: Action, Drama, Romance, Sports. Year: 1990.
Days of Thunder
On the last day of school in a small Texas town, the new class of seniors set out to uphold the time honored tradition of hazing the incoming freshmen, before meeting up for an end of the year bash. Randall Floyd (Jason London), the school's star quarterback, and his buds have been looking forward to this night for awhile, but decide to change things up and take Mitch Kramer (Wiley Wiggins), a laid back freshman, under their wing. But, when Kevin Pickford's (Shawn Andrews) parents find out he's planning a keg party, the kids will have improvise to keep the party alive. Directed by Richard Linklater. With Matthew McConaughey, Ben Affleck, Anthony Rapp and Adam Goldberg. Categories:Comedy, Drama. Year:1993.
Dazed and Confused
The life of American composer Cole Porter (Kevin Kline) is told through a series of flasbacks as the elderly Porter is asked to watch a play based on his life. Transported into his world, we gain insight into this artist's complicated career and love life, including the intricate story of Cole and Linda Porter (Ashley Judd), his wife who had to come to terms with and help conceal his homosexuality. Directed by Irwin Winkler. With Elvis Costello, Sheryl Crow, Alanis Morissette and Natalie Cole. Categories: Musical, Romance, Biography. Year: 2004.
De-Lovely
After Krista's (Brittany Murphy) dead body is found by a lonely caretaker (Toni Collette), a forensics graduate student (Rose Byrne), whose sister went missing as a child, believes the girl is her lost sibling. Meanwhile, a woman (Mary Beth Hurt) in an abusive relationship discovers a disturbing connection between her husband (Nick Searcy) and Krista's murder. And, Melora (Marcia Gay Harden), a mother searching for answers about her runaway daughter, finds help in her quest from another troubled young woman (Kerry Washington). Directed by Karen Moncrieff. With Piper Laurie, Giovanni Ribisi, Mary Steenburgen and Bruce Davison. Categories: Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2006.
The Dead Girl
Sister Helen Prejean (Susan Sarandon) acts as the spiritual advisor to Matthew Poncelet (Sean Penn), the condemned killer of two teenage lovers. After spending time with Poncelet in prison, Sister Helen begins to see the terrified human beneath his brash, unrepentant facade. Increasingly disturbed by Poncelet's anguish leading up to his execution and the rage of the victims' families, Sister Helen struggles for the life, dignity, and soul of a confused and angry man. Directed by Tim Robbins. With R. Lee Ermey and Raymond J. Barry. Categories: Crime, Drama. Year: 1995.
Dead Man Walking
After Richard (Paddy Considine) joins the army, Anthony (Toby Kebbell), the simple-minded brother he has always protected, is taken in by a local drug dealer (Gary Stretch) and his gang. Seven years later, Richard returns to his hometown to take revenge on the men who abused and humiliated Anthony while he was away. Directed by Shane Meadows. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2004.
Dead Man's Shoes
Directed by Lasse Hallstr_m. With Channing Tatum, Amanda Seyfried, Richard Jenkins and Keith Robinson. Categories: Drama, Romance, War. Year: 2010.
Dear John
As way out of his prison sentence, former Marine Tim Kearney (Paul Walker) accepts a deal from DEA agent Tad Gruzsa (Laurence Fishburne) to impersonate Bobby Z, a recently deceased drug dealer. Kearney takes Bobby Z's place during a hostage switch with a crime lord, but when the negotiations go bad, Kearney escapes with Z's son in tow. Directed by John Herzfeld. With Olivia Wilde. Categories: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2007.
The Death and Life of Bobby Z
When Jonathan (Ewan McGregor), a mild-mannered accountant, meets Wyatt (Hugh Jackman), he sees the charismatic, womanizing lawyer as the personification of everything he wishes he could be. Introduced to a mysterious sex club, Jonathan begins to discover an exciting, erotic world he never dreamed of. But, when a woman disappears, Jonathan finds that he is the prime suspect in a plot that involves a million dollar heist. Directed by Marcel Langenegger. With Michelle Williams and Maggie Q. Categories: Action, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2008.
Deception
Henry Roth (Billy Crudup) is a cynical, obsessive compulsive, neurotic author of a hit children's book series. When his long time collaborator and best friend passes away, Roth is forced to work with Lucy (Mandy Moore), a beautiful new illustrator. Distrught and without direction, Henry struggles with letting go of his past and learning how to open up to new people. Directed by Justin Theroux. With Martin Freeman, Amy Sedaris, Dianne Wiest and Tom Wilkinson. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2007.
Dedication
Michael (Robert De Niro), Steven (John Savage) and Nick (Christopher Walken) are young factory workers from Pennsylvania who get drafted to fight in Vietnam. There, they are captured by Vietnamese soldiers who force the men to play Russian roulette over and over, shattering their minds. Michael devises an escape plan that saves all three men, but the after-effects of the war prevent any of them from having normal lives. Directed by Michael Cimino. With Meryl Streep, George Dzundza and John Cazale. Categories: Drama, War. Year: 1978.
The Deer Hunter
Tuvia (Daniel Craig), Zus (Liev Schreiber), Asael (Jamie Bell) and Aron Bielski (George MacKay), four Jewish brothers, escape Nazi-occupied Poland and join a group of Russian resistance fighters. While building a village deep inside the forest to be a home for other Jewish refugees, the brothers help to save hundreds of lives and prepare to protect themselves from the Nazi's wrath. Directed by Edward Zwick. With Tomas Arana and Alexa Davalos. Categories: Drama, War, Independent Film, Based on a True Story. Year: 2008.
Defiance
In addition to his pending divorce, thirty-something Manhattan dad Will Hayes (Ryan Reynolds) must also deal with questions from his 10 year old daughter, Maya (Abigail Breslin), about his life before marriage. Will begins his story as a young, aspiring politician who moves to New York from Wisconsin in order to work on the Clinton campaign. While attempting to deliver a child-friendly version of his romantic escapades and adventures in politics, Will is careful to conceal the names of his three loves, leaving Maya to guess who he ultimately ended up with. As Maya begins to put the pieces together, she learns that love is a complicated thing. Directed by Adam Brooks. With Elizabeth Banks, Derek Luke, Isla Fisher, Kevin Kline and Rachel Weisz. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2008.
Definitely, Maybe
The feeling of deja vu leads ATF agent Doug Carlin (Denzel Washington) on a quest to discover how a young woman's murder is connected to a tragic ferry bombing. Carlin races against time in an attempt to save the lives of hundreds and the murdered young woman, Claire (Paula Patton), who he begins to fall in love with while investigating the events leading up to her death. Directed by Tony Scott. With Val Kilmer, Bruce Greenwood, Adam Goldberg, James Caviezel, Erika Alexander and Enrique Castillo. Categories: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Year: 2006.
Deja Vu
Outdoorsman Lewis Medlock (Burt Reynolds) takes his city friends (Jon Voight, Ned Beatty and Ronny Cox) on a canoe trip down the Cahulawassee River. Intent on seeing the land before it's flooded by a new dam, the group travels deep into the rugged back country. What starts out as a good time ends up being a life altering experience as the unfriendly locals become more and more of a threat. Directed by John Boorman. Categories: Adventure, Drama, Thriller. 1972.
Deliverance
Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) is assigned to go undercover to infiltrate the mob syndicate run by gangland chief Costello (Jack Nicholson). While Billy is quickly gaining Costello's confidence, Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon), a hardened young criminal who has infiltrated the police department as an informer for the syndicate, is rising to a position of power in the Special Investigation Unit. Directed by Martin Scorsese. With Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Anthony Anderson, Alec Baldwin and Kevin Corrigan. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2006.
The Departed
Clive Owen and Jennifer Aniston are Charles and Lucinda, strangers who meet on a train and strike up a flirtation. They head to a hotel for what they think will be a fling with no consequences, since both of them are married. But a psychotic man (Vincent Cassel) breaks into their room, robs Owen and rapes Aniston. They decide not to file a police report, but then the psycho starts blackmailing Owen and stalking both their families. Charles, an advertising executive, is forced to take desperate measures to protect himself, his family and Lucinda. Directed by Mikael Håfström. With Melissa George and Addison Timlin. Categories: Drama, Thriller. Year: 2005.
Derailed
After being brutally raped, a promising college student (Rosario Dawson) sets out for revenge and struggles to rebuild her life. Directed by Talia Lugacy. With Chad Faust, Marcus Patrick and Christopher DeBlasio. Categories: Drama, Thriller. Year: 2007.
Descent
Andrea Sachs (Anne Hathaway), a recent journalism graduate, lands a job at America’s premiere fashion magazine. However, she has neither style nor elegance, which is frequently pointed out by her coworker Emily (Emily Blunt) and her evil boss Miranda Priestley (Meryl Streep). Andrea puts up with Miranda as a means to an end: a recommendation from her translates to a job at any publication. To ensure success, Andrea transforms herself into the graceful, Chanel-clad assistant of Miranda’s dreams. But, not everyone is pleased with Andrea’s transformation, particularly her boyfriend, Nate (Adrian Grenier). Directed by David Frankel. With Stanley Tucci, Tracie Thoms, Simon Baker, Rich Sommer and Daniel Sunjata. Categories: Drama, Comedy. Year: 2006.
The Devil Wears Prada
Kevin Lomax (Keanu Reeves) is a hotshot southern lawyer who heads to New York with his beautiful wife, Mary Ann (Charlize Theron), to join a prestigeous lawfirm. What he doesn't know is that his new boss (Al Pacino) hides a dark secret that gives him a powerful edge in the courtroom. As Kevin becomes consumed with life at the firm, Mary Ann begins to lose a grip on reality. And, when Kevin finally discovers the truth, it may be to late for redemption. With Charlize Theron. Directed by Taylor Hackford. Categories: Drama, Thriller, New York. Year: 1997.
The Devil's Advocate
The Santa Lucia School shelters orphans and other abandoned childre, during the final days of the Spanish Civil War. Upon his arrival, 10-year-old Carlos (Fernando Tielve) is confronted with the hostility of the other children and the adults who run the school. Gradually, Carlos uncovers the dark ties that bind the Saint Lucia's inhabitants, including the secret that haunts them all. Directed by Guillermo del Toro. Categories: Drama, Crime, Mystery, Horror, Foreign Film. Year: 2001.
The Devil's Backbone
Directed by Marc Lawrence. With Hugh Grant, Sam Elliott, Sarah Jessica Parker and Mary Steenburgen. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2009.
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
A tough US Army Major (Lee Marvin) is assigned to train a dozen condemned military prisoners and lead them on a mission to assault a villa filled with Nazi officers on the eve of D-Day. Directed by Robert Aldrich. With Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, Telly Savalas and Donald Sutherland. Categories: Action, Comedy, Drama, War. Year: 1967.
The Dirty Dozen
Inspector Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) uses his own brand of justice to track down Scorpio (Andrew Robinson), a sniper who is terrorizing the citizens of San Francisco. Assigned to the case by the mayor (John Vernon) and Lt. Bressler (Harry Guardino), Harry is reluctantly paired with a new partner, Chico (Reni Santoni). With his trusty .44 magnum at his side, Harry is relentless in his pursuit of this vicious killer, and never hesitates to ignore procedure to make his city safe. Directed by Don Siegel. Categories: Action, Crime, Thriller, Drama. Year: 1971.
Dirty Harry
When Tom Sanders (Michael Douglas), a happily married father, is passed over for a promotion at the high-tech firm where he works, he learns that CEO Bob Garvin (Donald Sutherland) has given the job to Meredith Johnson (Demi Moore), a woman with whom Tom had an affair with ten years earlier. As Tom's new boss, Meredith immediately makes an aggressive attempt to continue their affair, but Tom refuses. Fueled by ambition and rejection, Meredith puts Tom's career and marriage on the line by filing sexual harassment charges against him. To defend his good name and prove his innocence to his wife (Caroline Goodall), Tom countersues and hires fiery lawyer (Roma Maffia) to represent him in a trial that promises to be a long, uphill battle. Directed by Barry Levinson. With Dylan Baker and Dennis Miller. Categories: Drama, Thriller. Year: 1994.
Disclosure
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
At the age of 43, Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby (Mathieu Amalric) suffers a stroke that paralyzes his entire body, except his left eye. Determined to describe his interior world and express his imagination, Bauby uses the only form of communication that he has left to blink out his memoir. Directed by Julian Schnabel. With Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josée Croze, Anne Consigny and Olatz López Garmendia. Categories: Drama, Based on a True Story. Year: 2007.
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
On the hottest day of the year, hate and bigotry rise to the surface on the streets of Bed-Stuyn Brooklyn. As the drama unfolds, Mookie (Spike Lee), the delivery boy for Sal's Pizzeria manages to be at the center of all the action. Directed by Spike Lee. With Ossie Davis, Danny Aiello, John Turturro, Rosie Perez and Samuel L. Jackson. Categories: Comedy, Crime, Drama. Year: 1989.
Do the Right Thing
In this sweeping epic, a Russian doctor (Omar Sharif) pursues the woman he loves during Russia's turbulent political changes of World War I, the Bolshevik Revolution and Communism's rise to power. Married to an upper-class girl who is devoted to him (Geraldine Chaplin), yet in love with an unfortunate woman who becomes his muse (Julie Christie), Zhivago is torn between fidelity and passion. Directed by David Lean. Categories: Drama, Romance, Classic. Year: 1965.
Doctor Zhivago
Sonny Wortzik (Al Pacino) thinks he has a simple plan. All he has to do is rob a bank and he'll be able to pay for his lover's sex-change operation. What he gets is a complicated, day-long standoff in a New York City bank, where nothing goes as planned. Directed by Sidney Lumet. With John Cazale, James Broderick and Charles Durning. Categories: Politics, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 1975.
Dog Day Afternoon
Domino Harvey (Keira Knightley) is a former Ford model who leaves the fashion world behind for the gritty, hardcore life of a bounty hunter. She gets her first taste of adrenaline by smooth taking her way out of a stand-off with a roomful of gang members. From then on, Domino is hooked to the guns, the blood and the violence. Through the years of hard work and even harder living, Ed Mosely (Mickey Rourke) and Choco (Edgar Ramirez), her mentor and his longtime partner become her family. Directed by Tony Scott. With Delroy Lindo, Mo'Nique, Macy Gray and Christopher Walken. Categories: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2005
Domino
Marlon Brando is a psychiatrist weeks from retirement who is suddenly confronted with the most challenging case of his career: a young man (Johnny Depp), who claims to be Don Juan DeMarco, a direct descendant of the legendary Don Juan. It's the psychiatrist's task to bring the supposed Don Juan back down to earth, but the doctor is drawn in by the magic spell the younger man weaves. Eventually, the doctor finds himself rejuvenated by his contact with patient, and forges a more romantic relationship with his wife (Faye Dunaway). Talisa Soto and Rachel Ticotin appear as beauties from the young man's past. Directed by Jeremy Leven. With Bob Dishy, Jo Champa, and Richard C. Sarafian. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 1994.
Don Juan DeMarco
Joe Pistone (Johnny Depp) is an FBI agent working in the New York mafia as part of a huge sting operation. Through his alliance with Lefty Ruggiero (Al Pacino), a mafia tough, Pistone excels under mafia leader Sonny Black (Michael Madsen). As his actual life deteriorates, Pistone is faced with the realization that if he stays undercover, he might be found out; but if he leaves, Ruggiero will pay for it. Directed by Mike Newell. With James Russo and Anne Heche. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller, Based on a True Story. Year: 1997.
Donnie Brasco
Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal) is your average 1980s suburban teenager, except that he is beset by visions of a giant, sinister rabbit and recently had an airplane engine fall through the roof of his bedroom. After the demonic bunny tells him that the world will end in 28 days, Donnie falls for the new girl in town (Jena Malone) and tries to make sense of his life before time runs out. Directed by Richard Kelly. With Holmes Osborne, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Mary McDonnell, Patrick Swayze, Noah Wyle, Seth Rogen and Drew Barrymore. Categories: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Independent Film. Year: 2001.
Donnie Darko
Nearly three decades after millions of British citizens infected with a lethal virus were quarantined in Scotland and left to die, the aptly named Reaper virus resurfaces on the streets of London in 2035. After discovering that survivors remain in Scotland, the Department of Domestic Security assembles a team to enter the infected zone and seek out a cure. The elite group of specialists, lead by Major Eden Sinclair (Rhona Mitra), who escaped Scotland as a child, enter the lawless wasteland and must battle against a legion of cannibals, while searching for a way to save the world. Directed by Neil Marshall. With Bob Hoskins, Malcolm McDowell, Craig Conway, MyAnna Buring and David O'Hara. Categories: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Year: 2008.
Doomsday
Directed by Oliver Stone. With Val Kilmer, Meg Ryan, Frank Whaley and Kyle MacLachlan. Categories: Biography, Drama, Music. Year: 1991.
The Doors
Libby Parsons (Ashley Judd) is framed for her husband Nick’s (Bruce Greenwood) murder. After spending seven years in jail, she is released, armed with several important pieces of information: her husband is still alive, her son (Benjamin Weir) was put up for adoption, and if she kills her husband she cannot be tried for the crime. With the help of her parole officer, Travis (Tommy Lee Jones), the enraged Libby embarks on a journey to find her son and avenge the wrongs done to her. Directed by Bruce Beresford. With Jay Brazeau, John Maclaren, Roma Maffia and Annabeth Gish. Categories: Thriller, Drama, Mystery, Crime. Year: 1999.
Double Jeopardy
In 1964, Father Brendan Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman) brings the winds of change to a Catholic school in the Bronx. Already upset with Father Flynn challenging her strict way of running the school, Sister Aloysius Beauvier (Meryl Streep) finds an even greater reason to face off against him when Sister James (Amy Adams) confesses that she suspects that he is abusing Donald Miller (Joseph Foster), the school's first black student. Beginning a crusade to discover the truth and remove Father Flynn from the school, Sister Aloysius moves forward with no proof but her moral certainity and enters a battle of wills that threatens to tear the community apart. Directed by John Patrick Shanley. With Viola Davis and Alice Drummond. Categories: Drama, Mystery. 2008.
Doubt
Harlan (Edward Norton), a drifter who's convinced himself that he's a cowboy, makes a connection with Tobe (Evan Rachel Wood), a rebellious teenage girl who is growing up fast in the San Fernando Valley. When her father (David Morse) objects to the relationship, Tobe acts out and Harlan makes plans to take her away from her unhappy home life. Directed by David Jacobson. With Rory Culkin and Bruce Dern. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2005.
Down in the Valley
A disturbing, provocative movie about Nancy (Maria Bello), a woman in a long-term relationship that bores her. Depressed, she contacts a man (Jason Patric) via the Internet and asks him to kill her. He agrees, but when they meet, they fall in love and become involved in a sado-masochistic relationship. Amy Brenneman is the therapist who tries to counsel Nancy into sanity. Directed by Johan Renck. With Rufus Sewell. Categories: Drama, Thriller. Year: 2008.
Downloading Nancy
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
Effie White (Jennifer Hudson), Deena Jones (Beyoncé Knowles) and Lorrell Robinson (Anika Noni Rose) are three talented girls with voices of gold looking to make it big. They get their big break when they catch the ear of Curtis Taylor Jr. (Jamie Foxx), an unscrupulous manager, who gets them a gig as backup singers for the famous James "Thunder" Early (Eddie Murphy). However, it is only a matter of time before fame takes its toll and Effie, the plump, yet very talented lead songstress is replaced by the beautiful, yet less riveting Deena. Directed by Bill Condon. With Danny Glover, Keith Robinson, Sharon Leal , Hinton Battle and Mariah I. Wilson. Categories: Musical, Drama. Year: 2006.
Dreamgirls
In Lille, Isa (Élodie Bouchez) and Marie (Natacha Régnier), two penniless young women with few prospects, become friends. Isa moves in with Marie, who's flat-sitting for a mother and child in hospital in comas following a car crash. Living on the fringes of society, the girls develop an intense emotional bond which profoundly affects both their lives. Directed by Erick Zonca. Categories: Drama, Foreign Film. Year: 1998.
The Dreamlife of Angels
Ben (Rupert Grint) is a shy teenage boy trying to escape from the influence of his high-strung, overbearing mother (Laura Linney). His world is turned upside down when he begins to work for an eccentric retired actress (Julie Walters). As their unlikely friendship develops, Ben is forced to challenge his beliefs and decide who he really wants to be. Directed by Jeremy Brock. With Nicholas Farrell. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2006.
Driving Lessons
Daisy Werthan (Jessica Tandy), an old Jewish widow living in the south, is forced to accept the services of Hoke Colburn (Morgan Freeman), an African-American chauffeur, by her son (Dan Aykroyd). Reluctant and hostile to her new companion, Daisy eventually warmns to Hoke, and the two form and a special and unlikely bond. Directed by Bruce Beresford. Categories: Drama, Comedy. Year: 1989.
Driving Miss Daisy
Bob Hughes (Matt Dillon), along with his wife (Kelly Lynch) and their apprentices, Rick (James LeGros) and Nadine (Heather Graham), function as a family of addicts who rob pharmacies to fuel their ever-growing habits. When they're forced to take their show on the road after things get too hot at home, Nadine eventually overdoses. After that, Bob swears off drugs and tries to rebuild his life, but has to do so without his wife, who's determined to stay hooked. Directed by Gus Van Sant. With James Remar, Max Perlich and William S. Burroughs. Categories: Crime, Drama, Cult Classics. Year: 1989.
Drugstore Cowboy
Georgiana (Keira Knightley), the Duchess of Devonshire, is as famous as much for her extravagant tastes and appetite for gambling as she is for her beauty and charisma. Already caught in a love triangle with her husband (Ralph Fiennes) and his mistress (Hayley Atwell), Georgiana's unquenchable search for love leads her into the arms of Earl Gray (Dominic Cooper), an ambitious young politician. When the Duke discovers Georgiana's affair, the conflict turns bitter and threatens to erupt into scandal. Directed by Saul Dibb. With Charlotte Rampling. Categories: Drama, History. Year: 2008.
The Duchess
Mrs. Jumbo, the star of a traveling circus, is horrified when the baby elephant Mr. Stork (Sterling Holloway) delivers comes out with enormous ears. Dubbed Dumbo by the other circus workers, he is humiliated into silence and forced to perform in ridiculous clown acts. Lonely and disheartened, it's up to his tiny friend Timothy Q. Mouse (Edward Brophy) to show Dumbo his true value. Directed by Ben Sharpsteen. With Jim Carmichael, Hall Johnson Choir and Verna Felton. Categories: Drama, Family, Animation, Music, Classic. Year: 1941.
Dumbo
Ray Koval (Clive Owen) and Claire Stenwick (Julia Roberts) are two former government agents who have retired from international intelligence and become corporate spies. When both of their bosses set their sights on gaining control of a secret formula, the former lovers find themselves facing off for the prize. But, as the stakes rise, there's no denying their chemistry, and the pair ultimately decide to work together on an elaborate con. Directed by Tony Gilroy. With Tom Wilkinson, Paul Giamatti, Carrie Preston, Thomas McCarthy and Ulrich Thomsen. Categories: Thriller, Drama, Romance. Year: 2009.
Duplicity
Robert Sandrich (Peter Sarsgaard), a fledgling screenwriter, is offered a million dollars by a slick, ruthless studio exec (Campbell Scott) for an autobiographical script about his lover who died of AIDS. The only catch is that he has to change the film's male character into a female. The grieving writer is seduced both creatively and emotionally into making a difficult decision, while also beginning a secret online relationship with the studio exec's wife (Patricia Clarkson). Directed by Craig Lucas. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2005.
The Dying Gaul
Elliot (Henry Thomas) is a young boy who discovers a friendly little alien left behind by his companions on a late night visit to Earth. Along with his siblings, Michael (Robert MacNaughton) and Gertie (Drew Barrymore), Elliot bonds with E.T. before learning that he needs to contact his home planet so that he can be picked up. But, when government agents move in, Elliot's connection with E.T. puts his life in danger and the loveable alien's return is put in jeopardy. Directed by Steven Spielberg. With Dee Wallace-Stone, Peter Coyote and Sean Frye. Categories: Cult Classics, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi. Year: 1982.
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Jerry (Shia LaBeouf) and Rachel (Michelle Monaghan), two strangers, find themselves caught in the middle of a political assassination plot after being deceived by a mysterious woman whom they've never even met. Framed as terrorists and led only by a voice on their cell phones, Jerry and Rachel must work together to stop the plot and outwit the woman on the phone before she has them killed. Directed by D.J. Caruso. With Rosario Dawson, William Sadler, Ethan Embry, Eric Christian Olsen, Michael Chiklis and Billy Bob Thornton. Categories: Thriller, Drama, Action. Year: 2008.
Eagle Eye
Anna (Naomi Watts), an innocent midwife trying to return a lost diary, runs into trouble when she learns that the book may hold secrets of a notorious crime family. Nikolai (Viggo Mortensen), is tasked with recovering the evidence, setting off a harrowing chain of murder, deceit, and retribution. Directed by David Cronenberg. With Armin Mueller-Stahl, Vincent Cassel and Jerzy Skolimowski. Categories: Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2007.
Eastern Promises
Directed by Dennis Hopper. With Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson and Peter Fonda. Categories: Adventure, Crime, Drama. Year: 1969.
Easy Rider
Ed Wood (Johnny Depp) is a legendary B-movie director considered by many critics to be the worst professional filmmaker of all time. Joined by Bela Lugosi (Martin Landau), Dolores Fuller (Sarah Jessica Parker), Orson Welles (Vincent D'Onofrio) and others, this film follows the director through his turbulent career. Directed by Tim Burton. With Bill Murray, Patricia Arquette and Jeffrey Jones. Categories: Biography, Comedy, Drama. Year: 1994.
Ed Wood
Directed by Martin Campbell. With Mel Gibson, Peter Hermann, Jay O. Sanders, Frank Grillo, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston, Bojana Novakovic and Caterina Scorsone. Categories: Drama, Thriller. Year: 2010.
Edge of Darkness
A romantic drama based on the life of poet Dylan Thomas, it stars Matthew Rhys as the hard-drinking poet and Keira Knightley and Sienna Miller as the women who compete for his love. Knightley plays Vera, his first love, whom he left behind years ago. They reconnect when she is a singer in London during World War II. But he is married then to the tempestuous Caitlin (Miller), a free spirit who loves him fiercely. Although they are rivals, the two women form a close friendship. Cillian Murphy plays a soldier who falls in love with Vera. Directed by John Maybury. Categories: Biography, Drama, Romance, War. Year: 2008.
The Edge of Love
Directed by Lone Scherfig. With Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Dominic Cooper, Alfred Molina, Rosamund Pike, Cara Seymour and Olivia Williams. Categories: Drama. Year: 2009.
An Education
Charlie Banks (Jesse Eisenberg) is an insecure college student who reconnects with Mick (Jason Ritter), a bully who tormented him when they were kids. Now he is drawn into a strange friendship with Mick, but then he learns that Mick may have committed a horrible crime and isn't sure what to do. The film was directed by Fred Durst, the frontman for the band Limp Bizkit. Directed by Fred Durst. With Eva Amurri, Sebastian Stan, Gloria Votsis and Chris Marquette. Categories: Drama. Year: 2007.
The Education of Charlie Banks
Peg (Dianne Wiest), a perky Avon lady, discovers Edward (Johnny Depp), a mad scientist's half-finished experiment, while making her daily rounds. When she attempts to bring Edward into her suburban world to live among her family and gossipy neighbors, the gentle, kind-hearted misfit struggles to understand a world he knows nothing about. Directed by Tim Burton. With Winona Ryder, Anthony Michael Hall, Alan Arkin, Vincent Price and Kathy Baker. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance. Year: 1990.
Edward Scissorhands
After an Antarctic expedition with Dr. Davis McClaren (Bruce Greenwood), sled dog trainer Jerry Shepherd (Paul Walker) has to leave the icy continent without his animal friends in order to escape from a massive snow storm. When a rescue mission is called off, the dogs are left alone for six months. While Jerry tries to find a sponsor for another rescue mission, his dogs fight for survival. Directed by Frank Marshall. With Jason Biggs, Moon Bloodgood and Wendy Crewson. Categories: Adventure, Drama, Family. Year: 2006.
Eight Below
Davey Stone (Adam Sandler), a modern day Scrooge who hates the holidays, goes on a rowdy rampage on the first night of Hanukkah and is arrested. After the judge agrees to sentence him to community service, Davey is put under the supervision of Whitey (also voiced by Sandler), a local basketball ref with limitless cheer and a good sense of humor. With Whitey's help, Davey begins to overcome his holiday demons and makes things right with Jennifer (Jackie Sandler), his childhood sweetheart. Directed by Seth Kearsley. With Kevin Nealon, Rob Schneider and Jon Lovitz. Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Musical. Year: 2002.
Eight Crazy Nights
Puerto Rican salsa pioneer Hector Lavoe (Marc Anthony), one of the biggest Spanish-language singers in the 1970s, starts the salsa movement and brings it to the US. Despite his passionate relationship with his love Puchi (Jennifer Lopez) and his international recognition, Lavoe is unable to escape the temptation of drugs and his personal pain. Directed by Leon Ichaso. Categories: Drama, Music. Year: 2006.
El Cantante
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
With the changing religious and political tides of late 16th century Europe, Queen Elizabeth (Cate Blanchett) finds her rule challenged by King Philip II of Spain (Jordi Mollà). With Spain's powerful army and armada intent on returning England to Catholicism, Queen Elizabeth must prepare to defend her empire, while struggling with her forbidden love with Sir Walter Raleigh (Clive Owen). Directed by Shekhar Kapur. With Geoffrey Rush, Samantha Morton and Abbie Cornish. Categories: Drama, History, Biography. Year: 2007.
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
After losing his company millions of dollars and having his girlfriend (Jessica Biel) walk out on him, Drew Baylor (Orlando Bloom) is on the verge of suicide. But, after learning of his father's death, Drew finds a sense of purpose in returning his father's body to his mother (Susan Sarandon) in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. On the flight home, Drew meets a beautiful flight attendant named Claire (Kirsten Dunst). As their romance develops, Claire's positive outlook helps Drew get his life back on track and helps him understand his family for the first time. Directed by Cameron Crowe. With Alec Baldwin, Bruce McGill, Judy Greer and Paul Schneider. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2005.
Elizabethtown
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
While Joe (Daniel Craig) and Claire (Samantha Morton) enjoy their anniversary in the park, an out of control hot air balloon drifts into view. Joe and three other men are unable to save the people in the basket. Weeks later, one of the rescuers, Jed Parry (Rhys Ifans), contacts Joe to reflect on the day. The initial contact soon turns to stalking as Jed torments Joe's life, forcing him to relive and come to terms with the tragic day. Directed by Roger Michell. With Bill Nighy, Susan Lynch and Ben Whishaw. Categories: Drama, Thriller. Year: 2004.
Enduring Love
Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud. With Jude Law, Ed Harris, Rachel Weisz, Bob Hoskins and Joseph Fiennes. Categories: Drama, History, Thriller, War. Year: 2001.
Enemy at the Gates
Robert Clayton Dean (Will Smith) is a successful lawyer who stumbles upon evidence of a high-stakes political murder conspiracy. Hunted by a rogue NSA agent (Jon Voight) and his henchmen, Dean must turn to a surveillance expert and former spy (Gene Hackman) to help him escape the network of assassins coming after him. Directed by Tony Scott. With Jason Lee, Lisa Bonet, Barry Pepper and Stuart Wilson. Categories: Politics, Action, Drama, Thriller. Year: 1998.
Enemy of the State
This drama with a documentary feel was the surprise winner of the top award at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival in 2008. Based on the memoirs of François Bégaudeau, a high school teacher in a Paris suburb where most students are minorities, it stars François Bégaudeau himself. He tries to keep order and teach in a school where most students don't feel any connection to the country where they live and rebel against him constantly. Directed by Laurent Cantet. Categories: Drama. Year: 2008.
Entre les murs
John Kruger (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is a US Marshal protecting Dr. Lee Cullen (Vanessa L. Williams), a scientist for an enormous weapons manufacturer. Soon to testify about a conspiracy within her company, Cullen must follow Kruger into hiding to protect both of their lives as they realize that the plot extends beyond her corporation's walls. Directed by Chuck Russell. With James Caan, James Coburn, Robert Pastorelli, Andy Romano. Categories: Action, Drama, Thriller. Year: 1996.
Eraser
Erin Brockovich (Julia Roberts) is an unemployed single mom who convinces her lawyer (Albert Finney) to give her a job after he loses her case. When she begins to investigate the shady dealings of a local corporation, Erin uncovers a conspiracy involving contaminated water that is poisoning a nearby town. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. With Julia Roberts, David Brisbin, Dawn Didawick and Albert Finney. Categories: Politics, Biography, Drama. Year: 2000.
Erin Brockovich
Frank Morris (Clint Eastwood) leads a group of inmates in a daring jailbreak from the supposedly inescapable Alcatraz Prison. Using their own cunning and supplies found inside the prison walls, execute an intricate plan to gain their freedom. But, once they break free, they must still cross the cold, dangerous waters that surround the island. Directed by Don Siegel. With Fred Ward, Patrick McGoohan, Jack Thibeau, Roberts Blossom and Frank Ronzio. Categories: Drama, Thriller, Crime. Year: 1979.
Escape from Alcatraz
When Joel (Jim Carrey) discovers that his girlfriend, Clementine (Kate Winslet), has had the memories of their turbulent relationship erased from her brain by a professional service, he decides to have Clementine removed from his mind as well. But, as Joel's memories are removed one by one, he begins to recall the happy moments he spent with Clemintine and attempts to escape the procedure. Directed by Michel Gondry. With Elijah Wood, Mark Ruffalo, Kirsten Dunst and David Cross. Categories: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi. Year: 2004.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Three strangers find their lives intertwined as their destructive gambling addictions rip their lives apart. Carol (Kim Basinger), a novelist squandering her family's life savings on slot machines, tries to hide her problem from her husband (Ray Liotta). Clyde Snow (Forest Whitaker), deeply in debt to a bookie, convinces his basketball star brother (Nick Cannon) to help him by shaving points in an important game. Meanwhile, a small-time, bottom-feeding bookie (Grant Sullivan) tries to prove himself to the love of his life (Carla Gugino). Directed by Mark Rydell. With Danny DeVito, Kelsey Grammer and Jay Mohr. Categories: Crime, Drama. Year: 2006.
Even Money
After the sudden death of her loving father, Danielle (Drew Barrymore) is forced into servitude by her wicked stepmother, Baroness De Ghent (Anjelica Huston). Though her life is difficult - filled with chores and two new step sisters - Danielle grows into a happy, strong-willed young woman. Then, one day, her life changes forever when the handsome Prince Henry (Dougray Scott) crosses her path. Falling deeply in love, the pair begin to believe that it is possible to live happily ever after. But, in order for their romance to survive, they will have to overcome an evil scheme concocted by the Baroness. Directed by Andy Tennant. With Patrick Godfrey. Categories: Romance, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy. Year: 1998.
Ever After
Directed by Kirk Jones. With Robert De Niro, Sam Rockwell, Drew Barrymore, Kate Beckinsale and Damian Young. Categories: Adventure, Comedy, Drama. Year: 2009.
Everybody's Fine
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
In an extremely rare decision, the Catholic Church officially recognizes the demonic possession of 19-year-old college freshman Emily Rose (Jennifer Carpenter). Told in flashbacks, this is the haunting trial of the priest (Tom Wilkinson) accused of negligence resulting in the death of the young girl and the lawyer (Laura Linney) who takes on the task of defending him. Directed by Scott Derrickson. With Campbell Scott. Categories: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2005.
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
When Regan (Linda Blair), a 12-year-old girl, is possessed by the devil, her mother (Ellen Burstyn) exhausts every option that science and medicine have to offer before realizing the true nature of her daughter's affliction. Pursuing a religious solution, she turns to Father Karras (Jason Miller) for an exorcism. With the help of mysterious Jesuit exorcist Father Merrin (Max von Sydow), Karras faces off with the demon who uses his mother's death and faltering faith to undermine his attempts to rescue the innocent girl. Directed by William Friedkin. Categories: Drama, Horror, Thriller. Year: 1973.
The Exorcist
Ernie Davis (Clancy Brown), a two-time All-American running back at Syracuse who led his team to the national championship in 1960, becomes the first black player to win the prestigous Heisman Trophy. Raised in poverty, Davis overcomes seemingly insurmountable odds to become one of the greatest players in college football history. Under the guidance of his bull-headed coach Ben Schwartzwalder (Dennis Quaid), Davis refuses to be limited by the racist rules of the day, and eventually goes on to become the first pick in the NFL draft. Directed by Gary Fleder. With Clancy Brown, Charles S. Dutton and Omar Benson Miller. Categories: Biography, Drama, Sports, Based on a True Story. Year: 2008.
The Express
After Sydney Wells (Jessica Alba), a beautiful, blind violinist, undergoes a cornea transplant, she struggles to understand a new world that she has not seen since she was a young girl. When Sydney begins to see blurry figures and horrific visions around her, her therapist, Paul Faulkner (Alessandro Nivola) explains that the phenomena are just her mind's way of interpreting the new stimuli. But, as the visions become more real, Sydney sets out to discover whose eyes she has inherited, in order to put an end to the terror that surrounds her. Directed by David Moreau and Xavier Palud. With Parker Posey and Rade Serbedzija. Categories: Horror, Thriller, Drama. Year: 2008.
The Eye
Karen McCaan (Sally Field) falls apart after the horrible rape and murder of her young daughter, Julie (Olivia Burnette). After the police deny her request to hold Robert Doob (Kiefer Sutherland), the suspect in the case, Karen decides to take matters into her own hands. While her quest for revenge is temporarily delayed by her husband Mack (Ed Harris), Doob's return convinces Karen that she must defend her family using any means necessary. Directed by John Schlesinger. With Joe Mantegna, Beverly D'Angelo and Darrell Larson. Categories: Drama, Thriller. Year: 1996.
Eye for an Eye
After living with her grandmother (Katharine Ross) for a year, 14ear-old Alyssa (Carly Schroeder) goes to the Bahamas to live with her estranged father, Hawk (Adrian Dunbar), who is a dolphin researcher. With Hawk distracted by politians trying to turn his research center into a tourist attraction, it's up to his girlfriend Tamika (Christine Adams) and her father (George Harris) to help smooth the young girl's transition. But, things change when Alyssa discovers that she shares a gift with her father for communicating with dolphins. Directed by Michael D. Sellers. Categories: Drama, Independent Film. Year: 2006.
Eye of the Dolphin
After his wife Alice (Nicole Kidman) admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she saw briefly while the two were vactioning in Cape Cod, Dr. Bill Harford (Tom Cruise) is haunted by the idea of his wife being with another man. Pushed to an emotional brink, Bill finds himself in increasingly sexually charged situations as he succombs to an obsession with living out his fantasies. Eventually, Bill finds himself at a mysterious party at a huge mansion where masked participants engage in group sex. After being discovered as an outsider, Bill realizes that he is in over his head and that his life and marriage are in grave danger. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. With Sydney Pollack and Todd Field. Categories: Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 1999.
Eyes Wide Shut
FBI agent Sean Archer (John Travolta) assumes the identity of sadistic criminal Castor Troy (Nicolas Cage) through the use of a revolutionary plastic surgery technique in order to infiltrate his organization. But, when Troy wakes from a coma and discovers what has happened, he forces the doctors to give him Archer's face and proceeds to take over his life. Directed by John Woo. With Joan Allen and Gina Gershon. Categories: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 1997.
Face/Off
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
At an annual Christmas gathering, Everett (Dermot Mulroney), the eldest son in the Stone Family, brings his uptight girlfriend (Sarah Jessica Parker) home to meet his parents, brothers and sisters. The family greets their visitor with a mix of awkwardness, confusion and hostility. Before the holiday is over, relationships unravel and secrets are revealed, but in the end the family's love for one another brings them together. Diane Keaton and Craig T. Nelson play the Stone parents. Directed by Thomas Bezucha. With Claire Danes, Rachel McAdams and Luke Wilson. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2005.
The Family Stone
After years of friendship, wealthy socialite Charlotte Cartwright (Kathy Bates) and Alice Pratt (Alfre Woodard), a hardworking woman with strong ideals, find their relationship strained by their children's extramarital affairs and suspect business practices. While Alice's self-centered, newly married daughter Andrea (Sanaa Lathan) cheats on her husband (Rockmond Dunbar) with Charlotte's married son William (Cole Hauser), the ambitious William's true aim is to extend his control over his mother's construction company. With greed and infidelity threatening to tear their families apart, Charlotte and Alice take a cross-country roadtrip to clear their minds and find a way to save their families. Directed by Tyler Perry. With KaDee Strickland, Taraji P. Henson, Robin Givens and Tyler Perry. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2008.
The Family That Preys
Unable to deal with the suspense any longer, Eric (Sam Huntington), Linus (Chris Marquette), Hutch (Dan Fogler), Zoe (Kristen Bell) and Windows (Jay Baruchel), five huge Star Wars fans and best friends, set out on a cross-country road trip in order to infiltrate Skywalker Ranch and steal an early print of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. Along the way, they run into William Shatner, Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher), some obsessed Trekkies and a gang of unruly bikers. Directed by Kyle Newman. With Jaime King, Craig Robinson, Seth Rogen, Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, Ethan Suplee and Billy Dee Williams. Categories: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama. Year: 2008.
Fanboys
Don Henderson (Greg Kinnear) is a marketing executive for a successful national fast-food chain who follows his company's burgers from the barn to the bun. Meanwhile, a group of illegal Mexican immigrants (including Wilmer Valderrama and Catalina Sandino Moreno) try to make their way in America working for the meat processing plant that supplies the fast-food giant's meat. And, a group of young adults fed up with the companies environmental policies and mistreatment of cows decide to take action. Directed by Richard Linklater. With Luis Guzmán, Patricia Arquette, Kris Kristofferson, Bruce Willis and Ethan Hawke. Categories: Drama. Year: 2006.
Fast Food Nation
A group of high schoolers growing up in southern California struggle with life and love in the 1970s. Stacy Hamilton (Jennifer Jason Leigh) attempts to find love through sex. Mark Ratner (Brian Backer) turns to his friend Mike Damone (Robert Romanus) for tips on how to win Stacy over. Brad Hamilton (Judge Reinhold) works a series of crappy jobs to pay for his dream car. And, Jeff Spicoli (Sean Penn), a stoned surfer, coasts through life, always on the lookout for the next party. Directed by Amy Heckerling. With Phoebe Cates, Vincent Schiavelli, Forest Whitaker and Brian Backer. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Cult Classics. Year: 1982.
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Dan (Michael Douglas), a married man, gives into temptation and has a fling with Alex (Glenn Close), while his wife (Anne Archer) and kids are away. When his family gets back, it's over, as far as he's concerned. But Alex is in love with him, and starts stalking him and threatening his family. As she terrorizes them, Dan has to figure out how he can get her to leave his family alone. Directed by Adrian Lyne. Categories: Drama, Thriller. Year: 1987.
Fatal Attraction
The story of a bunch of unemployed workers in 1930s Paris banding together to put on a show and save a historic theater, this period musical stars (Gérard Jugnot) as a father who loses custody of his accordion-prodigy son to his cheating wife when the theater closes down. It also features a love triangle involving a Communist stagehand, an ingenue (Nora Arnezeder), and a loan shark. And there's a lonely orchestra conductor and a failed comic who begins performing for the newly popular fascist party. Directed by Christophe Barratier. With Maxence Perrin, Clovis Cornillac, Kad Merad and Pierre Richard. Categories: Drama. Year: 2008.
Faubourg 36
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
Local professor Harry Stevenson (Morgan Freeman) witnesses love in all its glorious, mischievous and brutal forms while sitting in a coffeeshop in a small Oregon town. There's the die-hard romantic coffee shop owner (Greg Kinnear), the adulterous real estate agent (Radha Mitchell), the beautiful young newcomer (Alexa Davalos) and the troubled young man (Toby Hemingway). But, it is Harry himself who may have the greatest trouble of all after the loss of a loved one. Directed by Robert Benton. With Selma Blair, Jane Alexander and Billy Burke. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2007.
Feast of Love
Rob (Omarion Grandberry), an aspiring NY rapper, flees trouble in the big city for a new home in Puerto Rico. There, he finds a father (Giancarlo Esposito) he never knew and develops a passion for Raggaeton. Together with his half-brother, Javi (Victor Rasuk), Rob sets out to capture his dream no matter what stands in his way. Directed by Alejandro Chomski. With Melonie Diaz and Zulay Henao. Categories: Drama, Music. Year: 2007.
Feel the Noise
Jimmy Fallon plays a fanatic Red Sox fan who loves the team so much it interferes with his relationship with his girlfriend, Lindsey (Drew Barrymore). She is a workaholic executive and when they meet, it is winter. But come spring, his obsession reveals itself. It's a comedy as much about the war between the sexes than about baseball. Directed by Peter Farrelly. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport. Year: 2005.
Fever Pitch
Lt. Daniel Kaffee (Tom Cruise) and Lt. Cdr. JoAnne Galloway (Demi Moore) are military defense lawyers assigned to defend two U.S. infantrymen accused of the murder of another soldier. Kaffee and Galloway must crack the impenetrable Col. Nathan R. Jessep (Jack Nicholson), the commanding officer who supposedly gave the order that lead to the soldier's death, amidst a storm of military intrigue and tight-lipped hostility between the men on trial and the lawyers trying to defend them. Directed by Rob Reiner. With Kevin Bacon, Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Pollak and J.T. Walsh. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 1992.
A Few Good Men
When Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) hears a voice in his cornfield accompanied by a vision of a baseball field, he takes it as a sign to plow under his crops and build a diamond. After its construction, the ghosts of Shoeless Joe Jackson (Ray Liotta) and the rest of the Black Sox appear on the field and play ball. But, when the voice returns with another cryptic task, Ray must decide what's important to him, even if it means losing his farm. Directed by Phil Alden Robinson. With James Earl Jones, Burt Lancaster, Amy Madigan, Gaby Hoffmann and Timothy Busfield. Categories: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sports. Year: 1989.
Field of Dreams
Sixteen-year-old Finn (Anton Yelchin) is looking forward to leaving his New York apartment for the summer to reunite with his estranged anthropologist father, who is busy studying a remote tribe in South America. But, when Finn is arrested while trying to help Liz (Diane Lane), his drug addict mother, the dream is crushed. Looking for a better life, Finn and Liz, a masseuse, move into the guesthouse of one of her wealthy ex-clients (Donald Sutherland). Out of his element, Finn decides to perform an anthropologic study of his own on the aristorcratic inhabitants of this priviledge New Jersey community. Directed by Griffin Dunne. With Kristen Stewart and Chris Evans. Categories: Drama. Year: 2005.
Fierce People
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
After moving from a small town to New York City, Shawn MacArthur (Channing Tatum) struggles to make a living selling counterfeit merchandise on the streets. Things start to change when Shawn meets Harvey Boarden (Terrence Howard), a scam artist who sees that Shawn has the makings of a great streetfighter. Forming an uneasy partnership, Harvey introduces Shawn to the dangerous world of bare-knuckle fighting. In a sport where rich men bet on the lives of disposable warriors, Shawn becomes a star brawler, taking down all comers. But, when Shawn decides he wants to make a new start for himself, he'll have to face the toughest fight of his life. Directed by Dito Montiel. With Luis Guzmán, Brian J. White and Flaco Navaja. Categories: Action, Drama, Sports. Year: 2009.
Fighting
A.K. (Eugene Hutz), a Ukrainian immigrant living in England, moonlights as a cross-dressing dominatrix to fund his dreams of rock superstardom. A self-described poet and philosopher, A.K. believes that his rollicking gypsy punk bank, Gogol Bordello, is destined for greatness and will do whatever it takes to turn his dream into a reality. Joining A.K. in his crazy life are his flatmates, Holly (Holly Weston), an aspiring ballet dancer reduced to working as a stripper, and Juliette (Vicky McClure), a pharmacy assistant who dreams of going to Africa to help starving children. Directed by Madonna. With Ade, Olegar Fedoro, Stephen Graham, Richard E. Grant and Inder Manocha. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance. Year: 2008.
Filth and Wisdom
Kent Stock (Sean Astin) quits his job and cancels his wedding in order to take the head coach position for the Norway High School baseball team. With a long tradition of winning, the team now faces uncertainty with the loss of their long time coach and the knowledge that this will be their last season before their school merges with another in the area. Kent must find a way to motivate his new team and convince them to go out winners. Directed by David M. Evans. With Powers Boothe, Rachael Leigh Cook, Michael Angarano and Tom Arnold. Categories: Drama, Sports. Year: 2007.
The Final Season
Taylor Peters is a television producer who is just getting used to having his life back on track after years of struggling with alcohol and compulsive gambling. Limiting himself to betting on horses, Taylor's plan works fine until his wife Lorraine (Maura Tierney) discovers evidence that he's been gambling behind her back. To win back his wife and regain her trust, Taylor sets off to Las Vegas to convince his niece Amanda (Brittany Snow), who they've recently learned has been working as a prostitute, to enter rehab. But, when he gets to Vegas, Taylor finds that Amanda is a bigger handful than he expected, and has to deal with his own destructive urges. Directed by Peter Tolan. With Peter Facinelli, Steve Coogan, Bill Fagerbakke and Jack McGee. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2008.
Finding Amanda
After his most recent play opens to a lukewarm reaction, writer J. M. Barrie (Johnny Depp) befriends four fatherless boys and their widowed mother (Kate Winslet) after a chance meeting in the park. Despite the disapproval of the children's grandmother (Julie Christie) and his own wife (Radha Mitchell), Barrie spends more and more time with the family, creating an imaginary world of pirates, costumes and mischief that inspires him to write the greatest work of his career. Directed by Marc Forster. With Dustin Hoffman and Freddie Highmore. Categories: Drama. Year: 2004.
Finding Neverland
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
Directed by Ted Kotcheff. With Sylvester Stallone, Brian Dennehy and Bill McKinney. Categories: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller. Year: 1982.
First Blood
Jimmy Starks (Guy Pearce) is a confident, intense, smooth-talking salesman certain he's on the brink of a big score. When his car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, Jimmy decides to pass the time by visiting a roadside fortune teller, Vacaro (J.K. Simmons). Although Vacaro assures Jimmy that a windfall is on its way, he ends the reading abruptly without explanation. Brushing it off as nothing more than a con, Jimmy goes back to work. But, when his boss suddenly agrees to financially back Jimmy's business venture, the details of the deal make Jimmy think that Vacaro knew more than he said, ultimately leading to an his obsession with his ultimate fate. Directed by Mark Fergus. With Piper Perabo, Rick Gonzalez and William Fichtner. Categories: Drama, Thriller. Year: 2006.
First Snow
Directed by Clint Eastwood. With Ryan Phillippe, Adam Beach, Jesse Bradford, Myra Turley, John Benjamin Hickey and John Slattery. Categories: Action, Drama, History, War. Year: 2006.
Flags of Our Fathers
In 1967, college professor Robert Kearns (Greg Kinnear), a middle class father raising six kids with his wife Phyllis (Lauren Graham), invents a working prototype of the world's first intermittent windshield wiper. Succeeding where every automaker in the world has failed, Kearns believes his family will be financially secure for the rest of their lives. But, when the major auto manufacturers steal his invention and refuse to give him credit, Kearns begins a one man crusade to ensure that his life's work is acknowledged. Directed by Marc Abraham. With Dermot Mulroney, Alan Alda and Jake Abel. Categories: Drama, Biography. Year: 2008.
Flash of Genius
Mr. Hobbs (Michael Caine) has been the nighttime janitor at London Diamond Corporation for as long as anyone can remember. Unnoticed by the powerful executives who walk by him each day, he has had plenty of time to survey the entire building and learn the ins and outs of how the company is run. Observing the frustration of Laura Quinn (Demi Moore), a bright, beautiful American executive held back by the company's glass ceiling, Hobbs convinces her to help him execute an intricate diamond heist to teach their bosses a lesson they won't soon forget. Directed by Michael Radford. With Joss Ackland, Constantine Gregory and Lambert Wilson. Categories: Crime, Drama. Year: 2007.
Flawless
After a plane crashes during a sand storm, a group of oil workers and military personnel are stranded in the Sahara desert. While the captain (James Stewart) and his men struggle to survive the boiling sun with dwindling food and water reserves, a German model aircraft designer (Hardy Krüger) convinces the crew to try to build an aircraft out of the wreckage. With Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch and Ernest Borgnine. Categories: Action, Adventure, Drama. Year: 1965.
The Flight of the Phoenix
Kyle Pratt (Jodie Foster), an aeronautical engineer who has recently lost her husband, and her daughter, Julia (Marlene Lawston), fly home from Berlin on a new aircraft that she helped design. But, when Julia goes missing at 30,000 feet, Kyle begins to question her sanity when no one on board will admit that the little girl was ever on the plane. With few clues, Kyle must overcome a corrupt crew and her own doubt to complete the desperate search. Directed by Robert Schwentke. With Peter Sarsgaard, Erika Christensen and Sean Bean. Categories: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2005.
Flightplan
Seth Brundle (Jeff Goldblum), a brilliant scientist, develops a machine that molecularly transports objects from one point to another in seconds. But, during a trial run, he inadvertently combines his DNA with that of a fly. Investigative journalist Veronica Quaife (Geena Davis) documents Brundle's transformation as he searches for a cure. Directed by: David Cronenberg. With John Getz. Categories: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Year: 1986.
The Fly
After his reckless behavior lands him in jail, talented rugby player Rick Penning (Sean Faris) gets a second chance when prison ward Marcus Tate (Sean Astin) works out an arrangement for him to play for a rival team. Initially reluctant to submit to Coach Gelwix's (Gary Cole) grueling training schedule and strict code of conduct, Rick eventually forms a close bond with his new teammates. But, after Rick is released and allowed to rejoin his old team for the National Championship game, he must decide whether to play for his demanding father (Neal McDonough), or stick with his Coach Gelwix. Directed by Ryan Little. With Penn Badgley, Arielle Kebbel and Julie Warner. Categories: Drama, Sports. Year: 2008.
Forever Strong
Telly Paretta (Julianne Moore), a grieving mother, is trying to get over the loss of her young son - until her psychiatrist (Gary Sinise) tells her that she made up the boy, that she has never been a mother and that even the man she thinks is her husband (Anthony Edwards) is a stranger. As Telly struggles to explain her apparent insanity, recurring encounters with a man whose tale seems eerily like her own convinces her that the truth is out there. Directed by Joseph Ruben. Categories: Thriller, Drama, New York. Year: 2004.
The Forgotten
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
Aided by the "Tree of Life," Tom (Hugh Jackman) struggles with love, death, spirituality, and the fragility of existence as he takes a thousand-year odyssey to save Izzi (Rachel Weisz), the woman he loves. Told in three parallel stories, Tom lives as a Spanish conquistador, a modern scientist and a 26th-century astronaut traveling through deep space. Directed by Darren Aronofsky. Categories: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi. Year: 2006.
The Fountain
After their adoptive mother is murdered during a seemingly random grocery store hold-up, the four Mercer brothers (Mark Wahlberg, Tyrese Gibson, André Benjamin and Garrett Hedlund) band together to bring their personal form of justice to the people responsible for her death. But, as they track down the killer, they quickly realize that there is more to the murder than they thought and they are up against a bigger battle than they ever imagined. Directed by John Singleton. With Terrence Howard and Fionnula Flanagan. Categories: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2005.
Four Brothers
Charles (Hugh Grant) is a noncommittal Englishman who meets Carrie (Andie MacDowell) at a friend's wedding. After falling head over heals for the beautiful American, Charles proceeds to awkwardly woo her through one funeral and three more weddings. But when Charles finds himself standing at the altar with her, he realizes that he has dedicated himself to a woman he has no desire to spend the rest of his life with. Directed by Mike Newell. With John Hannah, Kristin Scott Thomas and Rowan Atkinson. Categories: Comedy, Romance, Drama. Year: 1994.
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Three high-school girls (Hedy Burress, Sarah Rosenberg, and Jenny Shimizu) are sexually abused by their biology teacher. But they don't do anything about it until a mysterious new girl named Legs (Angelina Jolie) shows up. She is much tougher than the rest of them and leads them all to take revenge against the teacher. But now that the girls have started to rebel, where will it stop? Directed by Annette Haywood-Carter. With Jenny Lewis. Categories: Drama. Year: 1996.
Foxfire
Young, hotshot lawyer Willy Beachum (Ryan Gosling), who's set to join a prestigious civil-law firm, is tasked with prosecuting Ted Crawford (Anthony Hopkins), a wealthy, brilliant structural engineer who confessed to killing his wife and entrapping her lover. After asserting his right to represent himself at his trial, Crawford sets out to expose Beachum's one weakness in order to orchestrate a crime with exact precision. Directed by Gregory Hoblit. With David Strathairn, Rosamund Pike, Embeth Davidtz and Billy Burke. Categories: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2007.
Fracture
Directed by Bill Paxton. With Bill Paxton, Powers Boothe and Matthew McConaughey. Categories: Drama, Horror, Thriller. Year: 2001.
Frailty
Directed by Garry Marshall. With Michelle Pfeiffer, Al Pacino, Nathan Lane and Kate Nelligan. Categories: Drama, Comedy, Romance. Year: 1991.
Frankie and Johnny
Tess (Jamie Lee Curtis) and her feisty teenage daughter, Anna (Lindsay Lohan), don't exactly get along. When a mischievous but well-meaning Chinese restaurant owner witnesses the mother and daughter arguing, she offers them both a fortune cookie that causes the two to switch places. When Anna wakes up in her mother's body and Tess in her daughter's, the two struggle to survive in the other's world while desperately trying to find a way to reverse their predicament. Directed by Mark Waters. With Mark Harmon, Harold Gould, Chad Michael Murray, Lucille Soong, Willie Garson and Ryan Malgarini. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Remake. Year: 2003.
Freaky Friday
Directed by Richard LaGravenese. With April L. Hernandez, Hilary Swank and Jaclyn Ngan. Categories: Biography, Crime, Drama. Year: 2007.
Freedom Writers
Popeye Doyle (Gene Hackman), a tough New York City detective, and his partner, Buddy (Roy Scheider), uncover an international drug smuggling ring run by Alain Charnier (Fernando Rey). While working to intercept a record heroin shipment coming in from France, Popeye is involved in one of the greatest car chase sequences of all time. Directed by William Friedkin. Categories: Action, Thriller, Crime, Drama. Year: 1971.
The French Connection
In this biographical portrait of the Mexian artist Frida Kahlo (Salma Hayek), her famous works of art are woven into the story, demonstrating how her life of physical and emotional pain gave rise to her paintings. Against the backdrop of the political upheaval of the communist era, her passionate yet tumultuous relationship with her husband and fellow painter, Diego Rivera (Alfred Molina), becomes a source of angst and inspiration. Directed by Julie Taymor. With Mía Maestro, Antonio Banderas, Edward Norton, Ashley Judd, Roger Rees, Geoffrey Rush, Valeria Golino and Patricia Reyes Spíndola. Categories: Drama, Biography. Year: 2002.
Frida
While visiting her husband's aunt in a nursing home, unhappy Southern housewife Evelyn Couch (Kathy Bates) befriends Ninny Threadgoode (Jessica Tandy), a pleasant, outgoing old woman. After making a instant connection, Ninny tells Evelyn the story of Idgie Threadgoode (Mary Stuart Masterson) and Ruth Jamison (Mary-Louise Parker), two young friends who ran a diner together in 1920s Alabama. Enthralled with Ninny's stories and inspired by the Idgie and Ruth strength, Evelyn learns to be more assertive and gains the strength she needs to change her life for the better. Directed by Jon Avnet. With Cicely Tyson, Chris O'Donnell, Stan Shaw and Gailard Sartain. Category: Drama. Year: 1991.
Fried Green Tomatoes
Olivia (Jennifer Aniston), a single woman who works as a maid in LA, spends her free time with her three well-off best friends (Catherine Keener, Joan Cusack and Frances McDormand). While Olivia struggles to make ends meet and find a good man, the rest of the group have their comfortable lives thrown off balance as the realities of early middle age begin to set in. Together, these woman support one another through life's trying and unexpected moments. Directed by Nicole Holofcener. With Jason Isaacs and Scott Caan. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2006.
Friends with Money
In 1977, after three years of silence, former president Richard Nixon (Frank Langella) agrees to sit down with British talk show host David Frost (Michael Sheen) to discuss his time in office and answer questions about the Watergate scandal that ended his presidency. While Nixon intends to take advantage of the situation and use Frost to exonerate himself, Frost is more concerned with getting financial backing and selling the project to major networks. But, once the interviews begin, Frost realizes the importance of the meeting and sets out to deliver the truth. Directed by Ron Howard. With Kevin Bacon, Oliver Platt, Sam Rockwell, Toby Jones and Matthew Macfadyen. Categories: Drama, Based on a True Story, Politics. Year: 2008.
Frost/Nixon
Melissa Leo got a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her performance in this drama. It tells the story of a single mom, desperate for Christmas cash, who starts smuggling immigrant workers across the US-Canada border. Michael O'Keefe plays a state trooper who is hot on her trail and Misty Upham is a native American woman who helps her. Directed by Courtney Hunt. With Charlie McDermott. Categories: Crime, Drama. Year: 2008.
Frozen River
After his wife is killed by a one-armed man, Dr. Richard Kimble (Harrison Ford) is accused of the murder. After being convicted of the crime, Kimble escapes during transport and goes on the run to clear his name and find the real killer. But, fast on his trail is the tenacious Marshal Samuel Gerard (Tommy Lee Jones), who will not rest until he gets his man. Directed by Andrew Davis. With Sela Ward and Julianne Moore. Categories: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 1993.
The Fugitive
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
This bittersweet comedy stars Adam Sandler as George, a comedian who hires Ira (Seth Rogen), a standup comic, to write jokes for him. The two become buddies, but then George reveals a shocking secret. Ira helps him reexamine his life and the choices he has made. George looks up an old girlfriend (Leslie Mann) he never stopped loving. But she seems to be happily married to a man (Eric Bana) who is almost too perfect. Can George win her back, with Ira's help? Directed by Judd Apatow. With Jonah Hill and Jason Schwartzman. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2009.
Funny People
Lt. Jordan O'Neill (Demi Moore) is the first woman ever allowed to go through Navy SEALs training. With a dropout rate of 60% for men, no one believes that she will be able to hack it. O'Neill is determined to prove them wrong, but the physical and mental abuse she experiences threatens to end more than her career. Directed by Ridley Scott. With Viggo Mortensen, Anne Bancroft and Jason Beghe. Categories: Politics, Action, Drama. Year: 1997.
G.I. Jane
Mohandas K. Gandhi (Ben Kingsley) is an Indian lawyer who rises to become the spiritual leader of his country during its revolts against Britain by preaching a philosophy of nonviolence and protest through direct action. Directed by Richard Attenborough. With Candice Bergen, Edward Fox and Martin Sheen. Categories: Politics, Biography, Drama. Year: 1982.
Gandhi
In 1860s New York, Amsterdam Vallon (Leonardo DiCaprio) returns to the Five Points, the most dangerous section in all of Manhattan, to hunt down his father's killer. After sixteen years in an orphanage, Amsterdam locates his target: Bill the Butcher (Daniel Day-Lewis), who has taken over as leader of the neighborhood and detests the newly arrived immigrants. Amsterdam's fight for honor, freedom and the woman he loves ultimately collides with the 1863 Civil War Draft Riots. Directed by Martin Scorsese. With Cameron Diaz, Liam Neeson, Jim Broadbent, John C. Reilly, Henry Thomas, Brendan Gleeson and Stephen Graham. Categories: Crime, Drama, History. Year: 2002.
Gangs of New York
After being estranged from his family for nearly a decade, struggling actor Andrew Largeman (Zach Braff) returns home to New Jersey for his mother's funeral. Stunned to find himself in his hometown after such a long absence, Largeman meets old acquaintances around every corner and does his best to avoid an inevitable confrontation with his father (Ian Holm). But, when Largeman meets Sam (Natalie Portman), a girl who is everything he isn't, her warmth and fearlessness give him the courage to open his heart to the joy and pain of life. Directed by Zach Braff. With Peter Sarsgaard. Categories: Drama, Comedy, Romance. Year: 2004.
Garden State
A science-fiction film set in the near future, it's about a world controlled by the Gattaca Corporation, where everyone is categorized according to their DNA. Ethan Hawke stars as Vincent, a man whose genes have been deemed inferior by the powers-that-be. He dreams of traveling to space, but is considered fit only for menial jobs. He manages to take some genetic material from an angry disabled man (Jude Law) who is genetically superior. Uma Thurman is the woman who falls in love with Vincent, without knowing who he really is. Directed by Andrew Niccol. With Alan Arkin. Categories: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Year: 1997.
Gattaca
Scandals, cover-ups and sex are at the center of this thriller. John Travolta and Madeleine Stowe play army officers and former lovers who investigate the torture killing of the daughter (Leslie Stefanson) of a prominent general (James Cromwell). Their investigation leads them back to West Point, and to abuses by powerful men. Should they risk their own careers to bring the truth to light? James Woods plays a high-ranking officer with something to hide. Directed by Simon West. Clarence Williams III. Categories: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 1999.
The General's Daughter
Lindsay Lohan plays Rachel, a rebellious teen from San Francisco. When her mother (Felicity Huffman of the television show, Desperate Housewives) sends her to stay with her strict grandmother (Jane Fonda) in a small town in Idaho, Rachel acts up even more. But it turns out that Rachel's behavior is her way of coping with a traumatic secret. Teen star Lohan and veteran actress and Oscar winner Fonda mix laughs and tears as they learn to trust each other. Directed by Garry Marshall. With Dermot Mulroney, Cary Elwes, Hector Elizondo and Laurie Metcalf. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2007.
Georgia Rule
An inner city drug dealer (50 Cent), who turned to crime after his mother's death, writes lyrics to keep his sanity while living a violent life. But, after a tragedy that nearly kills him, he turns away from his gangsta lifestyle to pursue his dream of becoming a rap superstar. Directed by Jim Sheridan. With Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Joy Bryant and Terrence Howard. Categories: Biography, Crime, Drama, Music. Year: 2005.
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
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
Sam (Patrick Swayze) and Molly's (Demi Moore) relationship is great except for the fact that Sam has difficulty saying I love you. When the couple is mugged after a night out at the theater, Sam is tragically shot and killed, but remains on earth as a ghost trapped between two worlds. Unable to move on to the otherside, Sam realizes that he will have to settle some unfinished business first. Seeking help from another ghost (Vincent Schiavelli), who trains him to move objects by concentrating his emotions, and bogus psychic Oda Mae Brown (Whoopi Goldberg), Sam sets out to expose the hidden agenda behind his murder and to prove his love to Molly once and for all. Directed by Jerry Zucker. With Tony Goldwyn. Categories: Drama, Mystery, Romance. Year: 1990.
Ghost
Ghost Dog (Forest Whitaker) is an urban warrior who follows the code of the Samurai. He lives alone, only descending from his rooftop home to commit murder for his master, Louie (John Tormey), a mob tough guy who once saved his life. When Ghost Dog becomes a Mafia target himself, he must fight off a stream of killers while trying to protect his master and uphold the Way of the Warrior. Directed by Jim Jarmusch. With Cliff Gorman and Dennis Liu. Categories: Action, Crime, Drama. Year: 1999.
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Directed by Terry Zwigoff. With Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson and Steve Buscemi. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2001.
Ghost World
After a fumbled suicide attempt, recent high school graduate Susanna Kaysen (Winona Ryder) checks into the Claymoore mental institution. Inside, Susanna finds allies in Daisy (Brittany Murphy), a sexually abused teenager, the pathological Georgina (Clea DuVall) and a burn victim named Polly (Elisabeth Moss). However, the biggest influence on Susanna's life is Lisa Rowe (Angelina Jolie), the ringleader of this small band of tortured spirits. Directed by James Mangold. With Whoopi Goldberg, Vanessa Redgrave and Jared Leto. Categories: Drama. Year: 1999.
Girl, Interrupted
Maximus (Russell Crowe), a once highly respected Roman general, is betrayed and put into slavery by Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix), the son of the recently deceased emperor. Once in captivity, Maximus trains to be a gladiator and fights in battles staged at the Coliseum. The former general's fame grows as he wins battle after battle, but his true motivation is to avenge the murder of his wife and son by killing Commodus and returning the government of Rome its people. Directed by Ridley Scott. With Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, Richard Harris and Djimon Hounsou. Categories: Action, Adventure, Drama, History. Year: 2000.
Gladiator
Col. Robert Gould Shaw (Matthew Broderick), a determined, demanding military man, volunteers to head up the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment, one of the first units of the US Army to be made up entirely of black men. Joining Shaw in battle are Pvt. Trip (Denzel Washington), a hardened, escaped slave, and Sgt. Maj. Rawlins (Morgan Freeman), a leader amongst the black soldiers. Together, they must not only contend with the hatred and prejudices of the Confederates, but also with the distrust of their fellow Union soldiers. Directed by Edward Zwick. With Cary Elwes and Andre Braugher. Categories: Action, Drama, History, War. Year: 1989.
Glory
In 1966, Texas Western coach Don Haskins (Josh Lucas) leads the first college basketball team with all-black starters to the NCAA national championship. After a recruiting trip to find the best talent, Haskins leads a team of seven blacks and five whites through a season of ridicule and insurmountable odds to eventually take on a powerhouse team from Kentucky. Directed by James Gartner. With Jon Voight. Categories: Drama, Sports, Based on a True Story. Year: 2006.
Glory Road
After a successful season in the Premiership, Santiago Munez is transferred to Real Madrid, one of the most powerful club teams in the world. Joining a lineup of superstars, including David Beckham and Zinédine Zidane, Santiago must prove once again that he has what it takes to play alongside the best soccer players in the world. Reuniting with his old friend Gavin Harris (Alessandro Nivola) and set to marry his girlfriend Roz (Anna Friel), everything looks to be going Santiago's way. But, when he learns that the mother who abandoned his family years before is now living in Spain, Santiago loses his focus and must decide if he has what it takes to be the best. Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. With Stephen Dillane, Leonor Varela, Elizabeth Peña and Rutger Hauer. Categories: Drama, Sports. Year: 2007.
Goal II: Living the Dream
Santiago (Kuno Becker) dreams of being a professional soccer player. But, living in a poor section of Los Angeles, he doesn't believe he can escape the only life he has ever known. When an extraordinary turn of events has him trying out for the Premiership club Newcastle United, Santiago must defy the odds and prove he has what it takes to play alongside the best players in the world. Directed by Danny Cannon. With Alessandro Nivola and Anna Friel. Categories: Drama, Sports. Year: 2005.
Goal!
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
As aging mafia don Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) tries to remove the criminal ties from his empire and forge legitimate deals in real esate, he must contend with Vincent Mancini (Andy Garcia), a rising gangster with a familiar, violent ambition that threatens to consume all that Michael has built. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. With Diane Keaton, Talia Shire and Bridget Fonda. Categories: Crime, Drama, New York. Year: 1990.
The Godfather: Part III
After learning of an extraordinary particle capable of uniting the universe, young Lyra Belacqua (Dakota Blue Richards) journeys to the Artic North to save her best friend and other kidnapped children from a mysterious organization. To succeed in her quest, Lyra must seek aid from mysterious clans and powerful armored polar bears and embrace her destiny of saving the world. Directed by Chris Weitz. With Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig. Categories: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy. Year: 2007.
The Golden Compass
An insider's look at organized crime in contemporary Italy, Gomorra won the Grand Jury at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival. Based on a popular book about Italian crime, this movie does not glamorize the gangster life, but shows the violence and chaos that nevertheless attract young people to this underworld. The title refers not only to the Biblical city, but also to "Camorra," a crime organization that rules Naples like an alternate government. Directed by Matteo Garrone. With Salvatore Abruzzese. Categories: Crime, Drama. Year: 2008.
Gomorra
Patrick Kenzie (Casey Affleck) and Angela Gennaro (Michelle Monaghan), two private detectives in Boston, are hired to investigate a little girl's kidnapping when people in the neighborhood are reluctant to talk with police. When an arranged exchange with a drug dealer is botched, resulting in the girl's death, Patrick and Angela blame themselves and have difficulty moving past the tragedy. But, when another child goes missing, the pair picks up the investigation and discovers that things aren't always what they seem. Directed by Ben Affleck. With Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris, John Ashton, Amy Ryan and Amy Madigan. Categories: Crime, Drama, Mystery. Year: 2007.
Gone Baby Gone
On the eve of the Civil War, beautiful Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh) is devastated when she learns that the man she loves plans to marry her cousin. At a barbeque the next day, Scarlett meets Rhett Butler (Clark Gable), a roguish man who matches Scarlett both in strength and character. Their meeting begins an epic love story that changes the course of Scarlett's life, taking her from the luxury and innocence of her youth to the poverty and destruction of a bloody war. Directed by Victor Fleming. With George Reeves and Hattie McDaniel. Categories: Drama, History, Romance, War. Year: 1939.
Gone with the Wind
John Halder (Viggo Mortensen), a German literature professor in the 1930s, is a good, decent man who finds his novel advocating compassionate euthanasia unexpectedly cited by powerful political figures in support of government propaganda. In a climate of prosperity and nationalism, Halder embraces his newfound notoriety in order to advance his career. But, as the Nazis extend their power and agenda, Halder's decisions put people close to him in danger and implicitly involve him in the Nazis' horrible acts against the Jews. Directed by Vicente Amorim. With Jason Isaacs, Mark Strong, Gemma Jones and Steven Elder. Categories: Drama. Year: 2008.
Good
When Hubble, an intergalactic dog pilot, comes to earth, he's horrified to learn that dogs failed to take over the planet as planned. Determined to succeed, Hubble endears himself to 12-year-old Owen Baker (Liam Aiken) and sets out to whip earth's dogs into shape. Directed by John Robert Hoffman. With Molly Shannon and Kevin Nealon. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Family. Year: 2003.
Good Boy!
Jake Geismer (George Clooney), an American journalist, finds himself in post-World War II Berlin covering the upcoming Potsdam Peace Conference. Having once run a news bureau in Berlin, Jake has also returned to find a lost love, Lena (Cate Blanchett). When Jake's seemingly wholesome and well-meaning driver, Corporal Tully (Tobey Maguire), is found murdered, Jake is drawn into the mystery of his death, puzzled by the idleness the American and Russian authorities. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. With Robin Weigert, Dave Power, Leland Orser and Tony Curran. Categories: Drama, Mystery, War. Year: 2006.
The Good German
Justine Last (Jennifer Aniston) is a young, unhappily married salesclerk whose boring life is turned upside down when she begins an affair with Holden Worther (Jake Gyllenhaal), the strange new cashier who thinks he's Holden Caulfield. After discovering that Justine is pregnant, Holden concocts a plan to rob their store and start a new life together on the run from the law. Justine must decide whether to join Holden an become a fugitive, or return to her safe, mundane life with her dim-witted husband (John C. Reilly). Directed by Miguel Arteta. With Mike White, John Carroll Lynch, Zooey Deschanel and Tim Blake Nelson. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2002.
The Good Girl
Adrian Cronauer (Robin Williams) is a crazy DJ who is brought into Vietnam to broadcast on Armed Forces Radio and cheer up the troops with his antics, voices and unconventinal way of delivering the news. Cronauer becomes wildly popular with the troops, but has a harder time dealing with his superiors. Off the air, the DJ mingles with the Vietnamese people. Eventually, his experiences with the real war and his better understanding of the lives of those involved makes it difficult to separate what he knows from what he has to say on the radio. Directed by Barry Levinson. With Forest Whitaker, Bruno Kirby, Robert Wuhl, Noble Willingham and J.T. Walsh. Categories: Comedy, Drama, War. Year: 1987.
Good Morning, Vietnam
Directed by George Clooney. With David Strathairn, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Ross, Patricia Clarkson, Frank Langella, Grant Heslov, George Clooney, Reed Diamond and Jeff Daniels. Categories: Drama, History. Year: 2005.
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Matt Damon stars Edward Wilson, as an idealistic young man who is recruited to start the Central Intelligence Organization. Angelina Jolie is his neglected young wife and William Hurt is a more experienced spy who takes Wilson under his wing. Robert De Niro (who also directed) has a small role as Wilson's aging boss. The film is based on fact and incorporates details of many real historical events. Directed by Robert De Niro. With Alec Baldwin and Billy Crudup. Categories: Drama, Thriller. Year: 2006.
The Good Shepherd
Will Hunting (Matt Damon) has an incredible gift for math, but instead of pursuing his talents he works as a janitor at MIT and spends time with his childhood buddies. After his gift is discovered by a professor (Stellan Skarsgård), Will is sent to a psychologist (Robin Williams) and meets a beautiful med student (Minnie Driver). With the rapid changes in his life, Will must choose between the life he has always known and the life he was meant to have. Directed by Gus Van Sant. With Ben Affleck, Casey Affleck and Cole Hauser. Categories: Drama. Year: 1997.
Good Will Hunting
Mrs. Erlynne (Helen Hunt), a seductive woman scorned by many as being of ill repute, leaves behind scandal and debt in 1930s New York and heads to the Amalfi Coast. Once there, she bypasses the advances of a kind-hearted lord and sets her sights on Robert Windermere (Mark Umbers), a wealthy young American. Windermere is accused of providing Erlynne a secret allowance, while Windermere's wife, Meg (Scarlett Johansson), courts the attention of Lord Darlington (Stephen Campbell Moore), a notorious playboy. Directed by Mike Barker. With Tom Wilkinson. Categories: Drama, Comedy, Romance. Year: 2004.
A Good Woman
Directed by Ridley Scott. With Russell Crowe, Freddie Highmore, Marine Casto, Marion Cotillard and Albert Finney. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2006.
A Good Year
Against the backdrop of the Civil War, three men search for a fortune in gold buried in an unmarked grave. Blondie (Clint Eastwood) is a wandering gunman who fights with honor and a quick trigger, Angel Eyes (Lee Van Cleef) is a hitman who never misses his mark, and Tuco (Eli Wallach) is a Mexican bandit who only looks out for himself. Each man holds a clue to the gold's exact location, but none can find it on his own. Directed by Sergio Leone. Categories: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western. Year: 1966.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
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
David Taylor (Boris Kodjoe) abandoned his pastor father and church-going lifestyle and became a successful R
The Gospel
Stanley Philipps (John Cusack) is devastated by the news that his wife was killed in Iraq. Unable to come to terms with her death and tell his two daughters, Stanley decides to take them on a cross-country road trip to an amusement park. Directed by James C. Strouse. With Gracie Bednarczyk and Shélan O'Keefe. Categories: Drama. Year: 2007.
Grace Is Gone
After her star athlete older brother (Jesse Lee Soffer) dies in a car accident, Gracie Bowen (Carly Schroeder) decides she wants to take his place on her school's soccer team. Facing discouragement at every turn, even from her own father (Dermot Mulroney), Gracie overcomes all odds and takes her rightful place on the pitch. Directed by Davis Guggenheim. With Emma Bell, Elisabeth Shue, Andrew Shue and John Doman. Categories: Drama, Sports. Year: 2007.
Gracie
Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman), adrift after his recent college graduation, is seduced by Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft), the wife of his father's business partner. Later, he finds himself falling in love with her teenage daughter, Elaine (Katharine Ross). But, Mrs. Robinson won't let him go so easily. Directed by Mike Nichols. Categories: Drama, Romance, Comedy. Year: 1967.
The Graduate
Unable to get along with his grown children or his foreign neighbors, Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood), a surly, gruff widower set in his ways, passes his time taking care of a 1973 Gran Torino muscle car that he keeps in perfect condition. When Tao (Bee Vang), a young Hmong teenager, tries to steal his prize possession as part of a gang initiation, Kowalski sets out to reform the youth by teaching him the value of hard work. Eventually, Kowalski is begrudgingly drawn into the life of Tao's family and devotes himself to protecting the boy and his sister Sue (Ahney Her) from the dangerous gang. Directed by Clint Eastwood. With Geraldine Hughes, Brian Haley, Chee Thao, Brooke Chia Thao and Sonny Vue. Categories: Action, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2008.
Gran Torino
John Malkovich stars as Buck Howard, an aging hypnotist/magician whose career takes a turn for the better when he hires an eager young assistant (Colin Hanks, son of Tom Hanks). Toby, the assistant, is a law-school dropout, happy to get some life experience, and genuinely impressed by the antics of his temperamental boss. Emily Blunt plays a tough publicist who helps Buck get his name back in the headlines, and also becomes involved in a romance with Toby. Tom Hanks has a brief role as Toby's disapproving father, and several other celebrities have cameos, including Jon Stewart, Martha Stewart, Regis Philbin, Kelly Ripa and George Takei (Star Trek). Directed by Sean McGinly. With Steve Zahn. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2008.
The Great Buck Howard
In 1935, Professor Melvin Tolson (Denzel Washington), a brilliant, fiery professor at Wiley College in Texas, inspires his students to form the schools first debate team. Using the power of words, Tolson shapes a group of underdog students from a small African American college into elite debaters, who eventually challenge Harvard in the national championship. Directed by Denzel Washington. With Forest Whitaker, Jermaine Williams and John Heard. Categories: Drama, Based on a True Story. Year: 2007.
The Great Debaters
In his first film with dialogue, Charlie Chaplin also plays dual roles. One is a friendly Jewish barber with amnesia and the other is the anti-Semitic dictator of Tomania. After the barber and his old military buddy, Schultz (Reginald Gardiner), escape from a Concentration Camp, there is a mix-up that allows the barber to take Hynkel's place during a radio broadcast and give an impassioned speech for democracy to his country's people. Directed by Charlie Chaplin. With Paulette Goddard and Jack Oakie. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Classic. Year: 1940.
The Great Dictator
A group of POWs work out a complicated plan to escape from their heavily guarded and reportedly escape-proof prison camp. Squadron Leader Roger Bartlett (Richard Attenborough) organizes the men, Hendley (James Garner) scrounges for hard to find contraband and Danny Velinski (Charles Bronson) is in charge of the digging. Capt. Hilts (Steve McQueen) keeps everything cool and pulls off one of the most famous motorcycle chases of all time. Directed by John Sturges. With James Donald, Donald Pleasence and James Coburn. Categories: Adventure, War, Action, Drama. Year: 1963.
The Great Escape
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
Based on the true story of a daring rescue 500 American POWs held by the Japanese during World War II, the movie stars Benjamin Bratt as the commander of the US Army Rangers who carry out the mission. James Franco plays one of the most daring of the rescuers, while Joseph Fiennes is the leader of the POWs, and Connie Nielsen is a nurse who helps with the rescue. Directed by John Dahl. With Robert Mammone and Max Martini. Categories: Action, Drama, War. Year: 2005.
The Great Raid
Paul Edgecomb (Tom Hanks) is a decent and hard-working prison guard at Cold Mountain Penitentiary. When John Coffey (Michael Clarke Duncan), who has been convicted of rape and murder, is sent to Cold Mountain's death row, Edgemcomb and the other guards (David Morse and Barry Pepper) sense that Coffey is no ordinary prisoner. When Coffey is discovered to have a special gift, the guards face a moral dilemma in deciding whether or not to carry out their duties. Directed by Frank Darabont. With Bonnie Hunt, James Cromwell, Sam Rockwell, William Sadler, Patricia Clarkson and Gary Sinise. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 1999.
The Green Mile
After being taking the fall for a classmate and being expelled from Harvard, Matt Buckner (Elijah Wood) moves to London to live with his sister, Shannon (Claire Forlani), and her husband, Steve (Marc Warren). Hoping to make Matt feel welcome, Steve asks his brother, Pete (Charlie Hunnam), to take the Yank to a soccer match. Reluctant at first, Pete eventually indoctrinates Matt into the Charlie Hunnam West Ham United family and shows him what it means to be a true Green Street Elite hooligan. Eventually, becomes caught in the middle of a long-standing fued with a rival club, resulting after the death of a young boy years ago. Directed by Lexi Alexander. With Ross McCall, Leo Gregory and Geoff Bell. Categories: Crime, Drama, Sports. Year: 2005.Unjustly expelled from Harvard when a stash of cocaine is found in his possession, Matt (Elijah Wood) moves to London to live with his sister and her husband Steve (Marc Warren.) He is quickly introduced to Steve's chirpy, cock-sure younger brother Pete (Charlie Hunnam.) Initially, Pete is reluctant to get acquainted with Matt and allow him to tread around the capital city with him because he may be seen by others as an 'outsider', but after a heavy drinking session with him and his mates he quickly changes his opinion of him. On the way back from a football match, Matt is viciously accosted by a gang of Birmingham City thugs, until Pete and his friends step in and save him. It is from here that Matt learns the truth about Pete and his friends- they are football hooligans, operating the GSE (Green Street Elite) 'firm.' Initially afraid of the violence, Matt soon ends up becoming as desensitized to it as his new found friends- but as events roll on, suspicion, shocking revelations and unsettled scores combine to a devastating climax where London's most fierce football rivals- Millwall and West Ham United- are set to go head to head.
Green Street Hooligans
Directed by Paul Greengrass. With Matt Damon, Brendan Gleeson, Greg Kinnear, Amy Ryan and Yigal Naor. Categories: Drama, War. Year: 2010.
Green Zone
Detention camp probation officer Sean Porter (Dwayne Johnson) creates a football team from a group of dangerous teenage inmates as a means to teach them self-respect and social responsibility. Directed by Phil Joanou. With Xzibit. Categories: Drama, Sports. Year: 2006.
Gridiron Gang
Ben Randall (Kevin Costner), a legendary rescue swimmer, is sent to teach an elite Coast Guard training program after an accident takes the lives of his crew. Struggling with the lose of his team, Randall is reluctant at first, but soon throws himself into creating a brutal, unorthodox training program. Along the way, he encounters Jake Fischer (Ashton Kutcher), a cocky former swim champ, and after some initial difficulty becomes the young man's mentor, preparing him for his first solo mission. Directed by Andrew Davis. With Sela Ward and Melissa Sagemiller. Categories: Action, Adventure, Drama. Year: 2006.
The Guardian
Dito (Robert Downey Jr.), a writer in LA, returns to his childhood home of Astoria, Queens to convince his ill father (Chazz Palminteri) to go to the hospital. Through flashbacks, we see how young Dito (Shia LaBeouf) grew up, meet the friends he left behind and come to understand that his old neighborhood will always be a part of him. Directed by Dito Montiel. With Channing Tatum, Dianne Wiest, Rosario Dawson, Anthony DeSando and Eric Roberts. Categories: Crime, Drama, Independent Film. Year: 2006.
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Dan Dunne (Ryan Gosling), an engaging yet troubled history teacher in an inner-city junior high school, lives a complex double life. By day, he gives inspired, heartfelt lectures about history and the power of change. But, after class is out and basketball practice is over, he smokes crack cocaine to numb his pain and feelings of helplessness. When one of Dan's students, the strong, stoic Drey (Shareeka Epps), discovers his secret, they form a bond that neither of them quite understands. All they know is they each are responsible for helping the other. Directed by Ryan Fleck. With Anthony Mackie, Karen Chilton, Tina Holmes, Denis O'Hare and Monique Curnen. Categories: Drama. Year: 2006.
Half Nelson
Directed by Franco Zeffirelli. With Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Helena Bonham Carter and Ian Holm. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 1990.
Hamlet
John Hancock (Will Smith) is a reluctant, sarcastic superhero who falls out of favor with the public when the property damage caused by his heroic deeds begins to outshine the crime he prevents and the lives he saves. Intent on giving him an image makeover, publicist Ray Embrey (Jason Bateman) convinces Hancock to turn himself over to the authorities, so the public can realize just how much they really need him. When the city finally calls upon Hancock, he repays their gratitude by becoming the hero he was always meant to be. Directed by Peter Berg. With Charlize Theron. Categories: Action, Comedy, Drama. Year: 2008.
Hancock
Directed by Diane Keaton. With Meg Ryan, Lisa Kudrow, Diane Keaton and Walter Matthau. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2000.
Hanging Up
Miley Cyrus, the popular teen singer/actress who plays rock star Hannah Montana, has made a full-length movie. When Hannah gets into a fight with model Tyra Banks in a boutique over a pair of shows, her father, Billy Ray (Billy Ray Cyrus) decides Miley needs to give Hannah a rest for a while and takes her back to her Tennessee hometown. There, where she is known only as Miley, she learns to take care of the animals, ride horses and do chores. She also falls for a handsome neighbor. Directed by Peter Chelsom. With Emily Osment, Lucas Till, and Jason Earles. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music. Year: 2009.
Hannah Montana: The Movie
When a epidemic that causes its victims to commit suicide begins sweeping across the Northeast, high school science teacher Elliot Moore (Mark Wahlberg) flees Philadelphia with his estranged wife (Zooey Deschanel) and the 8-year-old daughter (Ashlyn Sanchez) of his best friend, Julian (John Leguizamo). With the cause of the epidemic unknown, Elliot and his fellow survivors steer clear of highly populated areas and head for the state line. But, when more and more people begin to kill themselves, Elliot begins to suspect that the whole world may be in danger. Directed by M. Night Shyamalan. With Betty Buckley, Alan Ruck and Spencer Breslin. Categories: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Year: 2008.
The Happening
The three Jordan sister are all dysfunctional in their own way. Joy (Jane Adams) is an unconfident and unaccomplished teacher who sleeps with an adult student, who then steals her guitar. Trish (Cynthia Stevenson) is an oblivious wife married to psychiatrist husband Bill (Dylan Baker), a pederast with violent visions of murder. And, Helen (Lara Flynn Boyle) is a author who doubts her authenticity, eventually challenging a crank caller (Philip Seymour Hoffman) to come over and find her. Directed by Todd Solondz. With Jon Lovitz and Camryn Manheim. Categories: Drama, Comedy. Year: 1998.
Happiness
Poppy (Sally Hawkins) is a freespirited school teacher who brightens up the lives of everyone she meets and brings unlimited optimism to every situation she encounters. But, when her bike is stolen, Poppy's positive attitude is put to the test. Forced to take driving lessons, Poppy meets her opposite in Scott (Eddie Marsan), an uptight cynic. In addition to her weekly tension-filled meetings with Scott, Poppy must also deal with a fiery flamenco instructor, her bitter pregnant sister (Caroline Martin), a troubled homeless man and a young bully in her class. But, despite in all, Poppy never loses sight of what's really important in life. Directed by Mike Leigh. With Alexis Zegerman, Andrea Riseborough, Samuel Roukin and Sylvestra Le Touzel. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Independent Film. Year: 2008.
Happy-Go-Lucky
After world-weary card shark Sydney (Philip Baker Hall) meets John (John C. Reilly), a reckless, down-and-out gambler, he takes the downtrodden young man under his wing and shows him how to exploit the casino perk system. Years later, the surrogate father and son enjoy being successful gamblers, until John falls for a troubled cocktail waitress (Gwyneth Paltrow) and gets mixed up with an untrustworthy stranger (Samuel L. Jackson). Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. With Philip Seymour Hoffman. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 1996.
Hard Eight
With Voldemort's power growing, Dumbledore (Michael Gambon) continues to prepare Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) for the final confrontation that he knows is quickly approaching. To aid in Harry's training and help unlock Voldemort's secret defenses, Dumbledore recruits his old friend Horace Slughorn (Jim Broadbent), whom he belives holds crucial information. Meanwhile, Harry gains possession of a powerful potions book that he discovers once belonged the mysterious Half-Blood Prince. As Harry improves his potions work and learns a few new powerful spells, his friends Ron (Rupert Grint Rupert Grint) and Hermoine (Emma Watson) struggle to maintain their friendship with their hormones pulling them in opposite directions. Directed by David Yates. With Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Hero Fiennes-Tiffin and Hero Fiennes-Tiffin. Categories: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance. Year: 2008.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
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
Jim Davis (Christian Bale), an ex-Army Ranger, returns to his life of drugs, violence and petty crime after losing a chance for a job with the LAPD that would allow him to bring his Mexican girlfriend (Tammy Trull) to the US. While his best friend Mike (Freddy Rodríguez) is pressured by his girlfriend Sylvia (Eva Longoria) to find a job, Jim is busy hustling and trying unsuccessfully to deal with his inner demons. Directed by David Ayer. Categories: Crime, Drama, Independent Film. Year: 2005.
Harsh Times
Attempting to escape her troubled past, Molly Hartley (Haley Bennett) transfers to a new school to make a fresh start. Things begin to look up when she attracts the attention of Joseph Young (Chace Crawford), one of the most popular boys in school. But, with her 18th birthday approaching, Molly discovers that her parents made a pact with the devil to save her life, and terrible things begin to happen when he comes to collect. Directed by Mickey Liddell. With Shannon Marie Woodward, Nina Siemaszko and AnnaLynne McCord. Categories: Drama, Thriller, Horror. Year: 2008.
The Haunting of Molly Hartley
Directed by Frank E. Flowers. With Zoe Saldana, Orlando Bloom, Bill Paxton, Agnes Bruckner, Victor Rasuk, Anthony Mackie and Bobby Cannavale. Categories: Crime, Drama. Year: 2004.
Haven
Jesus Shuttlesworth (Ray Allen) is a highly sought after high school basketball prospect who is being heavily recruited by the nation's top programs. His father Jake (Denzel Washington) is serving time in Attica State Prison after being convicted of accidentally killing Jesus's mother by shoving her during an arguement with his son. When the governor of New York offers to lessen Jake's sentence if he can convince Jesus to play for his alma matter, Jake is given temporary release and reunited with his estranged son. As Jake tries to influence Jesus and make up for lost time as a father, the two face off as equals on the basketball court for the first time. Directed by Spike Lee. With Milla Jovovich, Rosario Dawson, Ned Beatty, Bill Nunn and John Turturro. Categories: Drama, Sports. Year: 1998.
He Got Game
Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro) is a professional thief based in Los Angeles. With his team of expert criminals, he pulls off a series of high-stakes robberies that attract the attention of Detective Vince Hanna (Al Pacino). As Neil and his team prepare for the biggest job of their careers, Vince begins to track them down, leading to a violent showdown. Directed by Michael Mann. With Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore and Ashley Judd. Categories: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 1995.
Heat
Veronica Sawyer (Winona Ryder) wants nothing more than to be part of the high school in-crowd, comprised of a group of girls who are all coincidentally named Heather. The Heathers (Shannen Doherty, Lisanne Falk and Kim Walker) are a particularly vicious band of girls who make life hell for their female classmates. When Veronica finds herself at the center of their ridicule, she is persuaded by her deviant new boyfriend, Jason Dean (Christian Slater), to pull the ultimate prank, and finds herself entangled in their deaths and the subsequent cover-up. Directed by Michael Lehmann.With Penelope Milford and Patrick Labyorteaux.Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance.Year: 1989.
Heathers
When authorities ignore the investigation of her husband's drug-related death, Philippa (Cate Blanchett), an English teacher working in Italy, decides to take matters into her own hands. After an attempted bombing at the drug-dealer's office building, Philippa escapes police custody with the help of a young officer named Filippo (Giovanni Ribisi), and the two become fugitives on the run. Directed by Tom Tykwer. With Remo Girone, Mattia Sbragia and Alberto Di Stasio. Categories: Drama, Thriller. Year: 2002.
Heaven
After learning that he only has six weeks to live, Henry Poole (Luke Wilson) quits his job and leaves his fiancée, determined to spend the rest of his days alone. But, when his neighbor (Adriana Barraza) discovers a stain on the side of his house that looks like the Virgin Mary, Henry's rundown suburban home becomes an attraction for believers. His solitude broken, Henry is initially annoyed by the attention this "miracle" attracts, but eventually he's moved by evidence of faith he witnesses, and his sense of hope begins to return. Directed by Mark Pellington. With Radha Mitchell, George Lopez, Cheryl Hines, Rachel Seiferth and Morgan Lily. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2008.
Henry Poole Is Here
After small time crook Bernie Laplante (Dustin Hoffman) rescues the survivors of a plane crash, he doesn't stick around the scene to take credit for his good deed because he is on the run from the law. Up and coming reporter Gale Gayle (Geena Davis), who was saved by Bernie, sets out to find her hero and convinces her station to offer a million dollar reward. But, when Vietnam vet John Bubber (Andy Garcia) claims to be the mystery man and becomes a media sweetheart, Bernie decides that he has to figure out a way to set the story straight. Directed by Stephen Frears. With (Tom Arnold), (Joan Cusack) and Chevy Chase. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 1992.
Hero (1992)
The King of Qin (Daoming Chen) is the target of several assassins who find defeat at the hands of Nameless (Jet Li), an unassuming official whose extraordinary fighting skill inspires the King to bring him to his court to hear the tale of his battles. Directed by Yimou Zhang. With Maggie Cheung as Flying Snow, Tony Leung Chiu Wai as Broken Sword, Ziyi Zhang as Moon and Donnie Yen as Sky, the elite assassins. Categories: Action, Adventure, Drama. Year: 2002.
Hero (2002)
Directed by Brian Smrz. With Cuba Gooding Jr., Christa Campbell and Ray Liotta. Categories: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2008.
Hero Wanted
Frank T. Hopkins (Viggo Mortensen), a cowboy and cavalry man, pitts his horse, Hidalgo, against the finest Arabian horses and Bedouin riders in the Ocean of Fire, a 3,000 mile endurance race across the Arabian desert. The first American to compete, Hopkins rides for pride and honor, fighting for his own survival in an attempt to do the impossible. Directed by Joe Johnston. With Zuleikha Robinson, Omar Sharif and J.K. Simmons. Categories: Action, Drama, Adventure, Western. Year: 2004.
Hidalgo
Claire (Ashley Judd) is a successful California defense lawyer. When she learns that her husband (James Caviezel) may have been involved in a massacre of civilians in Central America when he was in the U.S. Military, she can't believe it. Her husband's lawyer is young and inexperienced, so she finds a grizzled veteran (Morgan Freeman), who has a grudge against the military. They only have a week to prepare the defense - can they pull it off? Directed by Carl Franklin. With Adam Scott and Bruce Davison. Categories: Crime, Thriller, Drama. Year: 2002.
High Crimes
Even though he's living out his dream by running a record shop with his music obsessed employees Dick (Todd Louiso) and Barry (Jack Black), Rob Gordon (John Cusack) isn't quite satisfied with hs life because he has yet to find true love. After his latest girlfriend (Iben Hjejle) walks out on him, Rob decides to track down the five women who meant the most to him in order to figure out what he's doing wrong. What he finds is that whether he like sit or not, it might just be time for him to grow up. Directed by Stephen Frears. With Lisa Bonet, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Joan Cusack and Tim Robbins. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance. Year: 2000.
High Fidelity
With college coming up fast, high school seniors Troy (Zac Efron) and Gabriella (Vanessa Anne Hudgens) begin to realize that they might soon be separated when they head off to different schools. To express their experiences, dreams and concerns for the future, the Wildcats senior class stages an elaborate spring musical. Joining Troy and Gabriella on stage are their friends Sharpay (Ashley Tisdale), Ryan (Lucas Grabeel) and Chad (Corbin Bleu). Directed by Kenny Ortega. With Monique Coleman and Olesya Rulin. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance. Year: 2008.
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
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
After earning their English grammar school's highest ever A-level scores, a group of eight students work together to enter one of their country's top universities. Helping them prepare for their entrance exams are their history teacher Mrs. Lintott (Frances de la Tour) and their general studies teacher Hector (Richard Griffiths). The group's dynamic begins to change when the headmaster (Clive Merrison) recruits an energetic young contract teacher named Irwin (Stephen Campbell Moore), who encourage the boys to value originality over factual knowledge. Directed by Nicholas Hytner. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2006.
The History Boys
Liz (Thora Birch) and four of her friends (Desmond Harrington, Daniel Brocklebank, Keira Knightley and Laurence Fox) at a British high school go on what they think will be a fun adventure, climbing into an abandoned bunker from World War II. But this outing turns into a nightmare. They get stuck and start playing psychological games with each, which soon turn deadly. Directed by Nick Hamm. Categories: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2001.
The Hole
A drama inspired by true events about George Reeves (Ben Affleck), the actor who played Superman on the television series. After his suicide, a detective (Adrien Brody) is called in to investigate his death. The detective learns that Reeves was having an affair with the wife (Diane Lane) of a studio executive (Bob Hoskins). Was foul play involved, or did Reeves really take his own life? Directed by Allen Coulter. Categories: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery. Year: 2006.
Hollywoodland
Shortly after receiving word that they will be heading home from Iraq, a National Guard unit is ambushed while making one last humanitarian mission. Upon returning to Spokane, WA, the soldiers have difficulty adjusting to civilian life after living through an intense firefight that cost their outfit many lives. Will Marsh (Samuel L. Jackson), Vanessa Price (Jessica Biel), Tommy Yates (Brian Presley) and Jamal Aiken (50 Cent) each deal with the loss and pain of that fateful day in their own way, trying to make peace with all those who didn't make it home. Directed by Irwin Winkler. With Christina Ricci, Chad Michael Murray and Victoria Rowell. Categories: Action, Drama, War. Year: 2006.
Home of the Brave
Honey Daniels (Jessica Alba) is a tough, sexy hip-hop dancer who dreams of making it big as a music video choreographer. Teaching hip-hop at a local youth center, Honey is discovered by Michael Ellis (David Moscow), a producer who decides to cast her in his latest music video. But, when Michael ends up being more interested in Honey's body than her dance moves, this determined young woman will have to push herself to the limit in order to show her talents to the world and make her dream come true. Directed by Bille Woodruff. With Lil' Romeo, Mekhi Phifer and Joy Bryant. Categories: Drama, Music, Romance. Year: 2003.
Honey
When a giant, hideous creature emerges from Seoul's Han River, Gang-du (Kang-ho Song), an immature and unmotivated father watches helplessly as his daughter, Hyun-seo (Ah-sung Ko) is captured by the monster and taken back to its lair. With the help of his strict father (Hie-bong Byeon), grumbling younger brother (Hae-il Park) and talented archer sister (Du-na Bae), Gang-du searches for his lost daughter while the creature devastates the city and its people. Directed by Joon-ho Bong. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Foreign Film. Year: 2006.
The Host
A hotel manager (Don Cheadle) fights impossible odds to provide shelter for over a thousand Tutsis refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda. While the events went almost unnoticed by the rest of the world, in only three months one million people were brutally murdered. In the face of these unspeakable actions, an ordinary man summons extraordinary courage to save as many lives as he can. Directed by Terry George. With Nick Nolte, Joaquin Phoenix and Sophie Okonedo. Categories: Drama, History, Thriller, War. Year: 2004.
Hotel Rwanda
Two seemingly independent stories, one in the 1950's the other in present times, are linked by the writings of Virginia Woolf (Nicole Kidman). In 1951, plain and simple housewife Laura Brown (Julianne Moore) plans a party for her husband Dan (John C. Reilly), but she can't stop reading the novel Mrs. Dalloway. In the present, Clarissa Vaughn (Meryl Streep) throws a party for her friend Richard (Ed Harris), but she feels the draw of Woolf on her life as well. Directed by Stephen Daldry. With Miranda Richardson, Claire Danes, Toni Collette and Jeff Daniels. Category: Drama. Year: 2002.
The Hours
A coming-of-age drama about Tommy (Anton Yelchin), a boy growing up in New York City in the Seventies whose best friend is Pappass (Robin Williams), a retarded man. Tommy rebels against his mother (Téa Leoni), who worries that this friendship will jeopardize Tommy's scholarship to an exclusive private school. Erykah Badu plays an inmate at a local prison who gives Tommy advice, and David Duchovny (who also directed) portraysTommy as an adult. Directed by David Duchovny. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2004.
House of D
During the rule of the Tang dynasty in China, the "House of the Flying Daggers" is a secret society dedicated to overthrowing the government. When two local captains, Leo (Andy Lau) and Jin (Takeshi Kaneshiro), are ordered to capture a blind dancer named Mei (Ziyi Zhang), they think her ties to the organization will help them bring it down. Instead, they uncover a plot more complicated than they ever imagined. Directed by Yimou Zhang. Categories: Action, Drama, Romance. Year: 2004.
House of Flying Daggers
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
The Grinch (Jim Carrey), a curmudgeonly recluse who hates Christmas, becomes annoyed with the out-of-control holiday festivities in Whoville, the town that lies below his cave dwelling on Mt. Crumpit. But, after conspiring put an end to the town's holiday cheer by stealing all of their presents and decorations, he learns that the spirit of Christmas goes much deeper than tinsel and toys. Directed by Ron Howard. With Jeffrey Tambor, Taylor Momsen, Christine Baranski, Molly Shannon and Clint Howard. Categories: Family, Fantasy, Comedy, Drama, Christmas Classics. Year: 2000.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
After rich tycoon Waring Hudsucker (Charles Durning) commits suicide, the leader of his board of directors, Sidney Mussberger (Paul Newman), concocts a plan to make a load of cash. By hiring a moron to drive the stock into the ground, he can take over the company and earn the fortune he deserves. Norville Barnes (Tim Robbins), an unsuspecting go-getter, is plucked from the mail room and appointed to lead the company. Reporter Amy Archer (Jennifer Jason Leigh) is suspicious of the move to hire an unknown, but Norville ends up surpring everyone and becomes an incredible success using his unconventional ideas. Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen. With John Mahoney, Noble Willingham, Steve Buscemi and Peter Gallagher. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance. Year: 1994.
The Hudsucker Proxy
Aaron Hallam (Benicio Del Toro), a trained assassin AWOL from the Special Forces, hides out in the forest and kills some hunters. FBI Special Agent Abby Durrell (Connie Nielsen) turns to L.T. Bonham (Tommy Lee Jones), the one man tough enough to capture him. Bonham realizes he trained Hallam and can't say no to the assignment. Deep in the woods, it's hard to tell who is the hunter and who is the hunted. Directed by William Friedkin. With Leslie Stefanson and Categories: Action, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2003.
The Hunted
Years after an on-air meltdown, discredited newsreporter Simon Hunt (Richard Gere) reunites with his old cameraman, Duck (Terrence Howard), and a young journalist (Jesse Eisenberg), promising to help them find Bosnia's most wanted war criminal. When the team embarks on the dangerous, unauthorized mission, they are mistaken for a CIA hit squad while deep in enemy territory. Directed by Richard Shepard. With James Brolin. Categories: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2007.
The Hunting Party
In 1966, Rubin "Hurricane" Carter (Denzel Washington), a middleweight contender, is falsely accused and convicted of a triple murder. Sentenced to life in prison, he copes with his life behind bars by writing the story of his life. Twenty years into his incarceration, high school student Lesra Martin (Vicellous Reon Shannon), inspired by Carter's autobiography, convinces a group of friends and mentors to take up Carter's cause to try and prove his innocence. To set his idol free, Martin and his team not only have to deal with a racist establishment intent on keeping Carter behind bars, but also with Carter's broken spirit and sense of hopelessness. Directed by Norman Jewison. With Dan Hedaya, Clancy Brown, Deborah Kara Unger, Liev Schreiber, John Hannah and David Paymer. Categories: Biography, Drama, Sports, Based on a True Story. Year: 1999.
The Hurricane
A film about elite soldiers who disarm bombs in Iraq. A new sergeant, James (Jeremy Renner), takes over a highly trained bomb-disposal team during the war in Iraq, he decides to change many of the team's routines. Two of the men under his command, Sanborn (Anthony Mackie) and Eldridge (Brian Geraghty), are upset by his decision to become involved in what they think is a reckless and deadly game of urban combat. James doesn't seem to care about the dangers he is exposing them to. All the men are changed as the struggles among them heat up. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow. With David Morse. Categories: Action, Drama, Thriller, War. Year: 2008.
The Hurt Locker
DJay (Terrence Howard), a drug-dealing pimp from the rundown streets of Memphis, seeks purpose in his life by pursuing his long-buried dream of being a rapper. With the help of his women and an old firend (Anthony Anderson), who happens to be a sound engineer, DJay is able to put together a demo in time to arrange a meeting with a successful local rapper named Skinny Black (Ludacris). But, when things don't go as planned, DJay will have to dig deep and decide if he's going to end up the same old story, or fight his way to the top. Directed by Craig Brewer. With Taryn Manning, Taraji P. Henson, DJ Qualls, Paula Jai Parker, Elise Neal and Isaac Hayes. Categories: Crime, Drama, Music. Year: 2005.
Hustle & Flow
Sam Dawson (Sean Penn) is a mentally-challenged single father who loves his daughter Lucy (Dakota Fanning) and the Beatles. Although an extraordinary group of friends help Sam with Lucy, child services step in and set up Lucy with a foster family when it becomes apparent that the 7-year-old's intelligence has begun to surpass her father's. Never giving up hope of getting his daughter back, Sam hires Rita Harrison (Michelle Pfeiffer), a high priced lawyer, to help him plead his case and convince the court that he is a fit father. Directed by Jessie Nelson. With Dianne Wiest, Richard Schiff, Laura Dern, Doug Hutchison and Mary Steenburgen. Categories: Drama. Year: 2001.
I Am Sam
After she escapes from a sadistic serial killer who abducted and tortured her, Aubrey Fleming (Lindsay Lohan) insists that she is not who people think she is. Regaining consciousness in a hospital, the traumatized girl contends that she is Dakota Moss, a character Aubrey invented for an English assignment, and that the real Aubrey Fleming is still in mortal danger. Directed by Chris Sivertson. With Julia Ormond, Neal McDonough, Garcelle Beauvais and Gregory Itzin. Categories: Drama, Thriller. Year: 2007.
I Know Who Killed Me
The pressures of stardom and a growing paranoia over his own fame lead successful actor Gray Evans (Giovanni Ribisi) towards a complete mental breakdown. As his marriage falls apart, Gray begins to obsess over a woman he meets in a local video store, and agrees to make a film with the woman's husband. Directed by Adam Goldberg. With Franka Potente, Christina Ricci, Jason Lee, Joshua Jackson and Jared Harris. Categories: Drama, Independent Film. Year: 2003.
I Love Your Work
Richard Cooper (Chris Rock) is a married man who is bored to death with his beautiful, intelligent wife (Gina Torres), his loving children and his suburban life. As an escape, Richard fantasizes about pretty much every woman he sees, but his daydreams have always remained a fantasy. But, when an old friend's ex-mistress, Nikki (Kerry Washington), pays him a visit and tempts him to leave his old life behind, Richard's will is finally put to the test. Directed by Chris Rock. With Steve Buscemi. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2007.
I Think I Love My Wife
Six actors portray the different eras and aspects of musician Bob Dylan's life and work. Directed by Todd Haynes. With Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Richard Gere, Julianne Moore and Heath Ledger. Categories: Drama, Music. Year: 2007.
I'm Not There
Reed Fish (Jay Baruchel) is a small town radio host who solves his listeners problems with a personal touch. Set to marry the town beauty (Alexis Bledel) and content with his career choice, Fish has his plans disrupted when his high school sweetheart (Schuyler Fisk) comes back to town. With his life in chaos and his future in doubt, Fish sets out to make a movie and turn his fortunes around. Directed by Zackary Adler. With Victor Rasuk, DJ Qualls, Chris Parnell and Katey Sagal. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2006.
I'm Reed Fish
After serving a 15 year prison sentence during which her family barely visited her, Juliette (Kristin Scott Thomas) finds herself welcomed into the crowded home of her younger sister Léa (Elsa Zylberstein). Initally uncomfortable with her new living arrangements, Juliette slowly opens up to her sister as she begins to feel a part of the family. Directed by Philippe Claudel. With Serge Hazanavicius, Laurent Grévill, Frédéric Pierrot and Claire Johnston. Categories: Drama, Mystery, Foreign Film. Year: 2008.
I've Loved You So Long
On Christmas Eve, Charlie Arglist (John Cusack), a crooked mob attorney, and his associate, Vic Cavanaugh (Billy Bob Thornton), have just stolen $2 million from Kansas City crime boss Bill Guerrard (Randy Quaid). When a severe ice storm shuts down the city of Witchita Falls, the pair must make other plans since a quick escape is no longer an option. While Charlie waits out the storm, he must contend with the boss's girl, Renata (Connie Nielsen), take care of his drinking buddy, Pete Van Heuten (Oliver Platt), and even survive a double-cross from his old pal Vic. Directed by Harold Ramis. With Mike Starr. Categories: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2005.
The Ice Harvest
At Idlewild, a Prohibition-era southern speakeasy, Percival (André Benjamin), a creative but shy piano player, and Rooster (Big Boi), the club's headlining performer and manager, struggle to keep their dreams alive. Features a soundtrack written and performed by Outkast. Directed by Bryan Barber. With Terrence Howard, Paula Patton, Ving Rhames, Macy Gray, Malinda Williams and Ben Vereen. Categories: Drama, Musical. Year: 2006.
Idlewild
Igby (Kieran Culkin) is tired of being shipped from one private school to the next by his wealthy, detached mother (Susan Sarandon). After a few failed escape attempts, Igby ends up living in a NYC loft with a woman (Amanda Peet) who is sleeping with his godfather (Jeff Goldblum). While Igby tries to deal with the reality of his dysfunctional life, including an institutionalized father (Bill Pullman), he grows close to another outsider (Claire Danes), only to have her stolen away by his "fascist" older brother (Ryan Phillippe). Directed by Burr Steers. With Rory Culkin and Jared Harris. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Independent Film. Year: 2002.
Igby Goes Down
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
In turn-of-the-century Vienna, Eisenheim (Edward Norton) is a gifted magician who falls in love with a woman (Jessica Biel) well above his social standing. When she becomes engaged to the Crown Prince (Rufus Sewell), Eisenheim uses his abilities to win her heart and, in turn, undermines the stability of the royal house of Vienna. Directed by Neil Burger. With Paul Giamatti. Categories: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller. Year: 2006.
The Illusionist
The famous Oscar Wilde play is brought to the screen again, this time with Colin Firth as Jack, the gentleman who pals around with the witty dandy, Algernon (Rupert Everett). Both men are fond of using the name Ernest when they are trying to conceal something. Then it turns out that Gwendolyn (Frances O'Connor), a young woman Jack loves, declares that she could marry a man named Ernest. Jack's ward, Cecily (Reese Witherspoon), then catches Algernon's eye and it all gets a bit complicated. But the scary Lady Bracknell (Judi Dench) is on hand to straighten everyone out. Directed by Oliver Parker. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2002.
The Importance of Being Earnest
Aspiring Irish actor Johnny (Paddy Considine), his wife Sarah (Samantha Morton ) and their two daughters (Sarah Bolger, Emma Bolger) illegally immigrate to the United States with dreams of a better life. Once they arrive in New York City, the family moves into a run-down apartment and tries to make it their own with little money and a strong will to succeed. While they struggle to fit in their new country, the family finds an unexpected friend in their reclusive, standoffish neighbor, Mateo (Djimon Hounsou). Directed by Jim Sheridan. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2002.
In America
Stuck in Bruges, Belgium after a botched assignment, two Irish contract hitmen, Ray (Colin Farrell) and Ken (Brendan Gleeson), try to pass the time amongst the many tourists in town while awaiting instructions from their boss, Harry (Ralph Fiennes). Surrounded by eccentric locals, annoying tourists and some fellow criminals, the pair make the best of their situation, until Ken gets word that he is to kill Ray for fouling up their last job. When Ken refuses, Harry makes his way to Bruge intent on taking care of business himself. Directed by Martin McDonagh. With Clémence Poésy, Jordan Prentice, Thekla Reuten. Categories: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Independent Film. Year: 2008.
In Bruges
Maggie (Cameron Diaz) and Rose (Toni Collette) are sisters, but they couldn't be more different. Maggie is drop-dead gorgeous and a free spirit who dropped out of school and moves from job to job. Rose is a plain workaholic lawyer whose only vice is buying pricey shoes. It's always been hard for them to get along, but when Maggie moves in with Rose, a crisis tears them apart. Eventually they come back together by building a relationship with their estranged grandmother (Shirley MacLaine). Directed by Curtis Hanson. With Mark Feuerstein and Richard Burgi. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2005.
In Her Shoes
When African American detective Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) travels from Philadelphia to the rural South to visit his mother, he is falsely accused of murdering a rich white man shortly after arriving in town. After Tibbs' identity is established and he is cleared of the charges, the dead man's widow (Lee Grant) requests that he head up the murder investigation. After a rough start, Tibbs and racist police chief Bill Gillespie (Rod Steiger) put aside their differences and learn to work together to solve the crime. Directed by Norman Jewison. With Warren Oates and James Patterson. Categories: Drama, Mystery, Crime. Year: 1967.
In the Heat of the Night
Carter (Adam Brody), a young writer, leaves Los Angeles after he breaks up with his girlfriend, a famous actress. He heads for suburban Detroit, where he moves in with his grandmother (Olympia Dukakis). He gets to know the family across the street, and becomes friends with the mother (Meg Ryan), who is struggling to keep her troubled marriage together. He also begins a romance with the teenage daughter (Kristen Stewart, who plays Bella in Twilight). Soon, he finds that his life is changed profoundly by his relationships with these women. Directed by Jon Kasdan. With Makenzie Vega, Clark Gregg, and Elena Anaya. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2007.
In the Land of Women
Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan (Clint Eastwood) is haunted by the fateful day in Dallas when he became one of the few men in his line of duty to lose a President. Now, with former CIA assassin Mitch Leary (John Malkovich), who feels betrayed by the government he served, stalking the current President, Horrigan faces a new adversary. Leary has been studying Horrigan and taunts him at every turn, but Horrigan is determined not to let history repeat itself. Directed by Wolfgang Petersen. With Rene Russo, Dylan McDermott, Gary Cole and John Mahoney. Categories: Drama, Thriller. Year: 1993.
In the Line of Fire
After saving the life of a mafia don's daughter, Darrell (Usher Raymond), a successful DJ, is hired to act as the girl's bodyguard. What the don (Chazz Palminteri) doesn't realize is that his daughter, Dolly (Emmanuelle Chriqui), and Darrell have had their eyes on each other for some time, and now things are really going to heat up. Directed by Ron Underwood. With Robert Davi. Categories: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance. Year: 2005.
In the Mix
After a young soldier goes AWOL following his return from Iraq, his father, Hank (Tommy Lee Jones), a career military officer, and his mother, Joan (Susan Sarandon), work together with police detective Emily Sanders (Charlize Theron) to uncover the truth behind his mysterious disappearance. Directed byPaul Haggis. With Jason Patric, James Franco, Frances Fisher and Josh Brolin. Categories: Drama, Mystery. Year: 2007.
In the Valley of Elah
David (Woody Harrelson) and Diana Murphy (Demi Moore), a young married couple, find themselves in financial trouble after taking out huge loans to pay for their dream home. Trying to win big in Vegas in order to get out of the hole, they lose big on the tables and find themselves without options. Desperate, the Murphys are approached by billionaire John Gage (Robert Redford), who offers them a million dollars for one night with Diana. Faced with financial ruin, the couple must decide just how much their love is worth. Directed by Adrian Lyne. With Seymour Cassel, Oliver Platt and Billy Bob Thornton. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 1993.
Indecent Proposal
This film is based on the true story of Mark Whitacre (Matt Damon), the highest-ranked corporate whistler-blower in American history. Whitacre, who suffered from bi-polar disorder, nevertheless put himself on the line to expose corrupt business practices at Archer Daniels Midland, his employer. The film contrasts his own indiscretions and his struggles with his mental problems against his heroism. Scott Bakula is an FBI agent and Melanie Lynskey plays Whitacre's wife. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. With Joel McHale and Tony Hale. Categories: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2009.
The Informant!
A group of people living on the edge in Los Angeles in 1983 spend their days trying to advance their careers and their nights in a drug-fueled haze. Winona Ryder plays a newswoman, while Billy Bob Thornton is a studio head who likes to party with more than one woman at a time. Kim Basinger is his pill-popping wife, while Mickey Rourke plays an uncle who is a dangerous influence on his nephew (Brad Renfro), a would-be actor. Directed by Gregor Jordan. With Jon Foster, Amber Heard, Chris Isaak, Austin Nichols. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2009.
The Informers
Detective Keith Frazier (Denzel Washington) faces off against a master bank robber (Clive Owen) who has planned the perfect heist. But, when the robbery turns into a drawn out hostage situation, Frazier begins to suspect that there is an even bigger story lurking beneath the surface. His suspicions prove to be correct when a powerful negotiator (Jodie Foster) with a hidden agenda enters the picture. Directed by Spike Lee. With Christopher Plummer and Willem Dafoe. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2006.
Inside Man
Dr. Jeffrey Wigand (Russell Crowe) knows that the information he holds concerning the truth about cigarette addiction and tobacco industry malpractice could open a floodgate of litigation against Big Tobacco. After Wigand contacts Lowell Bergman (Al Pacino), a producer for CBS's "60 Minutes," the industry sets out to discredit the doctor and shut him down any way they can. With Bergman's backing, Wigand's story finally makes it to the air and the two men form a relationship built upon a shared struggle to reveal the truth despite personal and professional hardships. Directed by Michael Mann. With Christopher Plummer, Michael Gambon and Diane Venora. Categories: Biography, Drama, Thriller. Year: 1999.
The Insider
After uncovering a conspiracy involving one of the world's largest banks, Interpol Agent Louis Salinger (Clive Owen) and Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Eleanor Whitman (Naomi Watts) follow an international money trail in order to bring the powerful institution to justice. Racing across the globe, Salinger and Whitman find themselves in a dangerous, high-stakes face-off with an enemy that will stop at nothing to keep their dark secrets hidden. Directed by Tom Tykwer. With Ulrich Thomsen, Armin Mueller-Stahl and Jack McGee. Categoires: Drama, Thriller, Crime. Year: 2009.
The International
When UN Translator Silvia Broome (Nicole Kidman) overhears a death threat against an African head of state, she becomes a target for the same group of killers. Placed under the protection of federal agent Tobin Keller (Sean Penn), everything seems under control, until Tobin begins to question Silvia's motives. As the conspiracy grows, Silvia and Tobin grapple with the realization that in this dangerous game, anyone could be the enemy. Directed by Sydney Pollack. With George Harris, Michael Wright and Catherine Keener. Categories: Drama, Thriller. Year: 2005.
The Interpreter
An intense, two-character drama in which Steve Buscemi (who also directed the film) plays Pierre, a serious journalist sent to interview Katya (Sienna Miller), a movie star. Pierre thinks the assignment is beneath him and that Katya will be an airhead. But he finds her to be much more complex and intelligent than he imagined and starts to fall for her. But is she just playing with him? Directed by Steve Buscemi. Categories: Drama, Music. Year: 2007.
Interview
After witnessing the death of his young wife, plantation owner Louis de Pointe du Lac (Brad Pitt) is offered eternal life by a mysterious foreigner named Lestat de Lioncourt (Tom Cruise). After being transformed into a creature of the night, Louis finds his new existence difficult to reconcile with his conscience as Lestat shows him how to prey on humans and drink their blood. Two hundred years later, Louis relates the details of his tragic existence to a young writer (Christian Slater), who becomes entranced with the idea of becoming a vampire himself. Directed by Neil Jordan. With Kirsten Dunst and Antonio Banderas. Categories: Drama, Horror, Fantasy. Year: 1994.
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles
Based on the nonfiction bestseller, this film tells the story of Chris (Emile Hirsch), a bright young college graduate from a troubled family who decides to go off on his own and live off the land. On the road, he makes friends with a sweet teenage girl (Kristen Stewart) and a lonely widower (Hal Holbrook). His parents (William Hurt and Marcia Gay Harden) and sister (Jena Malone) become frantic, since they have no idea where he is. Eventually he abandons his new friends as he heads deep into the Alaskan wilderness, determined to live by his wits alone. With Catherine Keener and Vince Vaughn. Directed by Sean Penn. Categories: Adventure, Biography, Drama. Year: 2007.
Into the Wild
After a mysterious epidemic suddenly grips the nation, Carol (Nicole Kidman), a Washington-based psychiatrist, discovers that the disease stems from an extraterrestrial invasion. She and her colleague, Ben (Daniel Craig), attempt to find a cure and protect her son (Jackson Bond), who might actually hold the key to the cure. Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel and James McTeigue. With Jeremy Northam, Jeffrey Wright and Veronica Cartwright. Categories: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Year: 2007.
The Invasion
Jacey (Billy Crudup) and Doug Holt (Joaquin Phoenix) are two poor brothers who fall in love with the three aristocratic daughters of the formidable Lloyd Abbott (Will Patton). Shy and quiet, Doug longs for the heart of Pamela (Liv Tyler), a vivacious and popular girl who seems out of his league, while Jacey is much more calculating in his efforts. Seeing the pursuit as revenge for a patent Lloyd allegedly stole from the Holts' father, Jacey first targets the wild Eleanor (Jennifer Connelly) before turning his attention to the unhappily married Alice(Joanna Going). When Jacey's true motives are finally revealed, the honest romance that has developed between Doug and Pamela is put into jeopardy. Directed by Pat O'Connor. With Michael Sutton, Barbara Williams and Kathy Baker. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 1997.
Inventing the Abbotts
Directed by Clint Eastwood. With Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon. Categories: Biography, Drama. Year: 2009.
Invictus
Vince Papale (Mark Wahlberg), a part-time bartender, recently lost his job as a substitute teacher and had his wife leave him, taking all of his furniture. When Dick Vermeil (Greg Kinnear), the coach of the Philadelphia Eagles, announces that the team will be holding open try-outs, Vince decides to give it a shot despite the staggering odds against him. Encouraged by his friends at the bar, Vince is chosen as the only new addition to the team and gets the chance to live out his dream of being a professional athlete. Directed by Ericson Core. With Elizabeth Banks and Kevin Conway. Categories: Drama, Sports, Based on a True Story. Year: 2006.
Invincible
Nick Powell (Justin Chatwin), a high school senior, wants to be a writer and plans on leaving for London to pursure his dream. But, before he can leave his hometown for good, Nick is brutally attacked by a troubled teen named Annie (Margarita Levieva) and her group of thugs in a case of mistaken identity. Left for dead, Nick awakes to find that he is invisible. He can see and hear everything around him, but no one sees him -- except for Annie. With no one else to help him, Nick must convince Annie to lead authorities to his body before it's too late. Directed by David S. Goyer. With Marcia Gay Harden, Chris Marquette, Alex O'Loughlin, Callum Keith Rennie and Michelle Harrison. Categories: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2007.
The Invisible
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
When billionaire inventor Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) is kidnapped in Afghanistan and forced to assemble a secret weapon, he instead creates a high-tech metal suit that helps him escape. Forced to wear the armor to stay alive after an accident, Stark redesigns his weaponry upon his return to the US and sets out to stop an evil plot. Directed by Jon Favreau. With Terrence Howard, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff Bridges and Samuel L. Jackson. Categories: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Based on a Comic. Year: 2008.
Iron Man
Lincoln Six-Echo (Ewan McGregor) and Jordan Two-Delta (Scarlett Johansson) live among hundreds of fellow inhabitants in a contained, carefully controlled facility in the mid-21st century. The only way out is to be chosen by lottery to go to the Island, the last piece of paradise left on Earth. Recently, Lincoln has begun to question his reality, but he is unprepared for the truth when his curiosity leads him to discover that everything about his existence is a lie. Directed by Michael Bay. With Djimon Hounsou, Sean Bean, Steve Buscemi and Michael Clarke Duncan. Categories: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Year: 2005.
The Island
The Grombergs are a prominent, dysfunctional New York family. The patriarch, Mitchell Gromberg (Kirk Douglas), tries to reconcile with his son, Alex (Michael Douglas, Kirk's real-life son) and grandson, Asher (Cameron Douglas, Michael's real-life son). But Alex is desperate to not turn out like his father, and Asher's a typical fifth-year college senior. Diana Douglas, Kirk's ex and Michael's mother, appears as the mother who tries to keep the peace. Directed by Fred Schepisi. With Bernadette Peters, Rory Culkin and Michelle Monaghan. Categories: Drama. Year: 2003.
It Runs in the Family
After learning that her rich father (Steve Guttenberg) plans to marry a self absorbed gold-digger (Jane Sibbett), Alyssa Callaway (Ashley Olsen) runs away from home and bumps into Amanda Lemmon (Mary-Kate Olsen), a street-smart orphan who's about to be adopted by a family she doesn't like. Discovering that they look exactly alike, the girls concoct a plan to switch places and unite Amanda's caseworker (Kirstie Alley) with Alyssa's father before he goes through with his upcoming marriage and Amanda's adoption is finalized. Directed by Andy Tennant. With Philip Bosco. Categories: Comedy, Romance, Drama, Family. Year: 1995.
It Takes Two
Legendary DJ Frankie Wilde (Paul Kaye) goes from being one of the most talented and envied DJs alive to battling with a severe hearing disorder. The clubs, the parties, the women and the drugs all take their toll, until his troubles culminate in a mysterious disappearance from the scene. Directed by Michael Dowse. With Mike Wilmot. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2004.
It's All Gone Pete Tong
Vanya Solntsev (Kolya Spiridonov), an abandoned young boy living in a rundown orphanage in a small Russian village, rebels when he learns that he is about to be adopted by a rich Italian couple. After getting help to read his personal file, Vanya sets off to find his birth mother. Directed by Andrei Kravchuk. Categories: Drama, Family. Year: 2005.
The Italian
Jackie Brown (Pam Grier) is a flight attendant who makes her real living smuggling gun money through airport security. When Federal agent Ray Nicolet (Michael Keaton) and police officer Mark Dargus (Michael Bowen) come down on her for her crimes, Jackie has to choose whether to risk her life by selling out her boss, Ordell Robbie (Samuel L. Jackson), or try and play both sides in order to walk away with the money. Directed by Quentin Tarantino. With Robert Forster, Bridget Fonda, Robert De Niro and Chris Tucker. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 1997.
Jackie Brown
After James' (Paul Terry) parents are killed by a rhinoceros, he is sent to live with his two terrible aunts. James feels trapped in his new life until he accidentally grows a giant peach with the help of some magic crocodile tongues. Making friends with the bugs who live inside the gigantic fruit, James is whisked away on a wild adventure to New York City. Directed by Henry Selick. With Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Sarandon and Pete Postlethwaite. Categories: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy. Year: 1996.
James and the Giant Peach
Five Californian women and one man start a book club to discuss the works of Jane Austen. As they make their way through each novel, the group begins to see connections between their own relationships and Austen's beloved romances. Directed by Robin Swicord. With Maria Bello, Emily Blunt, Kathy Baker, Amy Brenneman, Maggie Grace, Hugh Dancy and Jimmy Smits. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2007.
The Jane Austen Book Club
Directed by Franco Zeffirelli. With Charlotte Gainsbourg, Anna Paquin, William Hurt and Geraldine Chaplin. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 1996.
Jane Eyre
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
After suffering a nervous breakdown as a result of stress and a guilty conscience, fast-talking sports agent Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise) is fired from his high-paying job at a top management firm. Intent to start an agency of his own, Jerry is left with only one client, cocky wide receiver Rod Tidwell (Cuba Gooding Jr.), and a single employee, single mother Dorothy Boyd (Renée Zellweger). As Jerry does his best to get Tidwell the contract he deserves, he grows closer to Dorothy and her son, Ray (Jonathan Lipnicki), and realizes that there are more important things than money. Directed by Cameron Crowe. With Jay Mohr, Kelly Preston, Jerry O'Connell, Regina King and Bonnie Hunt. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sports. Year: 1996.
Jerry Maguire
When John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas, Jim Garrison (Kevin Costner), an attorney from New Orleans, believes that the FBI isn't telling the whole story. As he begins a one man search for the truth, the details of that terrible day are revealed as the only criminal investigation connected to the assassination is brought to trial. Directed by Oliver Stone. With Tommy Lee Jones, Kevin Bacon, Gary Oldman, Vincent D'Onofrio, Joe Pesci, Walter Matthau, Sissy Spacek, Donald Sutherland and Jack Lemmon. Categories: Politics, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, History. Year: 1991.
JFK
On an annual fishing trip with his friends in the Australian outback, Stewart Kane (Gabriel Byrne) happens upon the body of a murdered young woman in the river. Rather than return to town and report the death immediately, Stewart and his friends continue fishing and report their gruesome find days later. When Stewart's wife, Claire (Laura Linney), discovers what happened, she is deeply trouble by her husband's inaction and questions her faith in their relationship. As Claire tries to make things right with the dead girl's family, her marriage is pushed to its limit and she risks losing her once peaceful life. Directed by Ray Lawrence. With Tatea Reilly, Sean Rees-Wemyss and Eva Lazzaro. Categories: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2006.
Jindabyne
In Sao Paulo's dangerous criminal underworld, a father (Scott Glenn) and son (Brendan Fraser) set a plan in motion to help them escape the desolation of the city's sex trade. But, when things don't go as they should, the men must choose between family and the freedom only money can bring. Directed by Eric Eason. With Mos Def and Catalina Sandino Moreno. Categories: Drama, Thriller, Independent Film. Year: 2006.
Journey to the End of the Night
In this true story, enemy soldiers during WWI lay aside their differences and visit each other's trenches in a celebration of the spirit of Christmas. This momentous event turns the destinies of an Anglican priest (Gary Lewis), a French lieutenant (Guillaume Canet), a German tenor (Benno Fürmann) and his soprano singing partner (Diane Kruger). Directed by Christian Carion. Categories: War, Drama, Christmas Classics. Year: 2005.
Joyeux Noël
Based on two true stories, one part of the film follows master cookbook writer Julia Child (Meryl Streep) as she overcomes anti-American snobbery and male chauvinism to become an expert in French cooking in Paris in the Fifties. The other half follows Julie Powell (Amy Adams), a mixed-up young woman living in contemporary New York, who decides to make cook every recipe in Julia Child's most famous book and write about it. Directed by Nora Ephron. With Stanley Tucci, Dave Annable, Jane Lynch, Vanessa Ferlito and Casey Wilson. Categories: Biography, Drama. Year: 2009.
Julie & Julia
When Madeline (Embeth Davidtz), a recently married art gallery owner from Chicago, travels to rural North Carolina to close a deal with a reclusive artist, her husband, George (Alessandro Nivola), uses the opportunity to introduce her to his family who lives nearby. Although George's family members are for the most part hospitable to Madeline, her presence disrupts their country life and brings hidden resentments out into the light. Directed by Phil Morrison. With Scott Wilson, Benjamin McKenzie, Celia Weston and Amy Adams. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Independent Film. Year: 2005.
Junebug
Flipper Purify (Wesley Snipes), a successful, married black architect, begins an affair with Angie Tucci (Annabella Sciorra), a white woman who is hired as a temporary secretary at the the firm where Flipper works. As Flipper and Anglie's friends and relatives learn about the realtionship, they are quick to share their opinions on the forbidden romance. Directed by Spike Lee. With Spike Lee, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Samuel L. Jackson, Lonette McKee, John Turturro and Anthony Quinn. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 1991.
Jungle Fever
Juno MacGuff (Ellen Page), an intelligent, strong-willed teenager, has to deal with the repercussions of an unplanned preganany. Unable to imagine raising the child with the father, an innocent boy named Paulie Bleeker (Michael Cera), Juno and her best friend Leah (Olivia Thirlby) set out to find the unborn child the perfect set of parents. After locating Mark (Jason Bateman) and Vanessa Loring (Jennifer Garner), Juno believes she has found her child a good home. But, as the birth approaches, Juno must make a difficult choice that will affect the rest of her life and that of her baby. Directed by Jason Reitman. With J.K. Simmons, Allison Janney and Rainn Wilson. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2007.
Juno
Journalist Brian Kessler (David Duchovny) and his photographer girlfriend Carrie (Michelle Forbes) set out to visit a collection of murder sites while doing research on serial killers. Sharing the ride and their expenses is Early Grayce (Brad Pitt), a white trash criminal, and his girlfriend Adele (Juliette Lewis). As Early becomes more and more unstable, Brian and Carrie begin to fear that they may learn about serial killers first hand. Directed by Dominic Sena. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 1993.
Kalifornia
After moving from New Jersey to California with his mother (Randee Heller), Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) has trouble fitting in at a new school. Things start to look up when he meets a girl named Ali (Elisabeth Shue), but only until her ex-boyfriend, Johnny (William Zabka), and his group of karate goons begin to harass Daniel every time they see him. Seeking a way to defend himself, Daniel eventually meets Mr. Miyagi (Pat Morita), a wise master who trains Daniel by making him do chores. Seeking to put an end to his feud with Johnny, Daniel convinces Mr. Miyagi to prepare him for a karate tournament, where Daniel's training will be put to the test. Directed by John G. Avildsen. With Martin Kove. Categories: Action, Drama, Family, Sports, Cult Classics. Year: 1984.
The Karate Kid
Jake Schram (Ben Stiller) and Brian Finn (Edward Norton) have been best friends since they were kids. When Anna Reilly (Jenna Elfman), a childhood friend who is now a beautiful corporate exective, comes into town, she reawakens old feelings and a long-standing rivalry between her two old pals. Complicating matters in this love triangle is that fact that Jake is now a Rabbi and Brian is a Roman Catholic priest. Directed by Edward Norton. With Anne Bancroft, Eli Wallach and Milos Forman. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2000.
Keeping the Faith
When Frank (Humphrey Bogart) travels to Florida to visit Nora (Lauren Bacall), the wife of a friend who died in the war, he finds that the hotel she runs with her disabled father-in-law (Lionel Barrymore) has been taken over by a gangster named Rocco (Edward G. Robinson) and his gang of thugs. At first, Frank decides not to cause trouble, but, after witnessing the gangster's ruthlessness firsthand, Frank is convinced that Rocco must be stopped. Directed by John Huston. With Claire Trevor. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller, Classic. Year: 1948.
Key Largo
After deciding not to follow his girlfriend (Olivia d'Abo) to Prague, Grover (Josh Hamilton) chooses instead to move into a house with some friends who aren't quite ready to leave college life behind. Reluctant to step into adulthood and afraid of ending up like professional student Chet (Eric Stoltz), the friends wrestle with leaving the past behind. Directed by Noah Baumbach. With Chris Eigeman, Carlos Jacott, Jason Wiles, Parker Posey and Eric Stoltz. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Independent Film. Year: 1995.
Kicking and Screaming
Telly (Leo Fitzpatrick) and his best friend Casper (Justin Pierce), two directionless 17-year-olds, skateboard through New York City's East Side stealing, smoking and drinking while discussing the joys of taking an innocent girl's virginity. As their wasted day leads them to a late-night party, Telly seeks out his next victim, while a former lover (Chloë Sevigny) with some serious news searches for him. Directed by Larry Clark. With Rosario Dawson. Categories: Drama, Independent Film. Year: 1995.
Kids
After being betrayed by her boss, the Bride (Uma Thurman), a deadly assassin, emerges from a coma and swears revenge on her former master, Bill (David Carradine). But, before she can get to Bill, the Bride must take out his deadly squad of international killers (Lucy Liu, Daryl Hannah, Vivica A. Fox and Michael Madsen) one by one with the aid of a special sword. Directed by Quentin Tarantino. With Sonny Chiba, Julie Dreyfus and Chiaki Kuriyama. Categories: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2003.
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
After crossing off two names from her list of bloody revenge, the Bride (Uma Thurman) continues her quest for vengeance against her former boss, Bill (David Carradine), and the two remaining members of his assassin squad: Bill's younger brother, Budd (Michael Madsen), and his latest flame, the one-eyed Elle (Daryl Hannah). As an added bonus before the big showdown, we get to see the Bride's training at the hands of the wise but ruthless Pai Mei (Chia Hui Liu). Directed by Quentin Tarantino. With Chia Hui Liu. Categories: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2004.
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
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
In Cambodia, the militant Khmer Rouge is taking over and genocide has begun. New York Times journalist Sydney Shanberg (Sam Waterston) stays on after the American evacuation, showing the harrowing personal price of war and ambition with the help of his courageous assistant, Dith Pran (Haing S. Ngor). Directed by Roland Joffé. With John Malkovich, Julian Sands, Craig T. Nelson and Spalding Gray. Categories: Drama, History, War. Year: 1984.
The Killing Fields
After Carmen (Diane Lane) and Wayne Colson (Thomas Jane) witness a violent crime, they are placed into the Federal Witness Protection program. Although they think they are safe for a time, Carmen and Wayne find out that Armand "The Blackbird" Degas (Mickey Rourke), the vicious hitman they outed, and Richie Nix (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), his sociopathic partner, have tracked them down. In the tense struggle that follows, Carmen will have to take matters into her own hands and fight for her life. Directed by John Madden. With Hal Holbrook and Rosario Dawson. Categories: Action, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2009.
Killshot
Elvis (Gael García Bernal) is a troubled man recently discharged from the Navy who travels to Texas to find the father he's never known. When he meets him, Elvis finds that Dave (William Hurt) is a pastor at a Christian community church, and wants nothing to do with his illegitimate son. But Elvis makes a connection with the pastor's 16-year old daughter, Malerie (Pell James), and tries to seduce her while Dave examines his faith. Directed by James Marsh. Categories: Drama, Independent Film. Year: 2005.
The King
Arthur (Clive Owen) is a reluctant leader, who wishes only to leave Britain and return to the peace and stability of Rome. Before he can leave, he is ordered to perform one final mission with his Knights of the Round Table. With the courageous Guinevere (Keira Knightley) by his side, Arthur will have to find the strength within himself to change the course of history. Directed by Antoine Fuqua. With Ioan Gruffudd. Categories: Action, Adventure, Drama, War. Year: 2004.
King Arthur
Filmmaker Carl Denham (Jack Black) sets off with his crew to Skull Island to film his latest epic with leading lady Ann Darrow (Naomi Watts). Filming is interrupted, however, when natives kidnap Ann and a giant gorilla name Kong appears. Later, after being captured and put on display in New York, the giant beast escapes and searches for Ann while the city erupts in panic. Directed by Peter Jackson. With Adrien Brody, Colin Hanks and Jamie Bell. Categories: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2005.
King Kong
When Frank White (Christopher Walken), a drug lord with a twisted sense of morality, is released from a long stint in prison, he comes out with a unique plan. He's decided to take down all his competition and use a portion of his profits to help the poor and homeless citizens of his city. But, when negotiations with his fellow gang leaders turn bloody, Frank is forced to return to his ruthless ways. Directed by Abel Ferrara. With David Caruso, Laurence Fishburne, Wesley Snipes and Steve Buscemi. Categories: Politics, Action, Drama, Crime, New York. Year: 1990.
King of New York
When a terrorist bomb is detonated inside a Western housing compound in Saudi Arabia, FBI Special Agent Ronald Fleury (Jamie Foxx) assembles an elite team for a secret mission to locate the terrorists behind the bombing. After landing in the desert, Fleury and his team find Saudi authorities unhelpful, wishing to handle the investigation of the attack themselves. Despite the difficulties faced by their mission, the team is relentless in their pursuit and will do what ever it takes to bring the people responisible to justice. Directed by Peter Berg. With Chris Cooper, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman and Jeremy Piven. Categories: Action, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2007.
The Kingdom
During the Crusades, destiny comes to a blacksmith named Balian (Orlando Bloom) in the form of his long lost father, Godfrey of Ibelin (Liam Neeson), a Crusader briefly home to France from fighting in the East. Godfrey shows Balian the true meaning of knighthood and takes him on a journey across continents to the Holy Land. Directed by Ridley Scott. With Jeremy Irons, Edward Norton, Alexander Siddig and Eva Green. Categories: Action, Drama, History, War. Year: 2005.
Kingdom of Heaven
Forensic detective Alex Cross (Morgan Freeman) is shaken by the sudden disappearance of his niece, Naomi (Gina Ravera), and heads to her North Carolina college campus to investigate. There, Alex meets Kate McTiernan (Ashley Judd), a young woman who managed to escape from the same man who kidnapped Naomi. With seven women missing and two already found dead, Alex and Kate must work quickly if they are to save Naomi and the other girls before this sick, self-described "Cassanova" takes their lives. Directed by Gary Fleder. With Cary Elwes, Alex McArthur, Tony Goldwyn, Tatyana Ali, Jeremy Piven and Mena Suvari. Categories: Thriller, Drama, Crime, Mystery. Year: 1997.
Kiss the Girls
Kit Kittredge (Abigail Breslin), an aspiring reporter, lives with her mother Margaret (Julia Ormond) in her family's boarding house during the Great Depression. When her father (Chris O'Donnell) leaves Cincinnati in search of work, Kit and her mother are left to fend for themselves, growing their own food while taking in an assortment of boarders, including young hobos Will (Max Thieriot) and Countee (Willow Smith). When a crime wave spreads over the city, Kit sets out to solve the crime with the help of her friends Stirling (Zach Mills) and Ruthie (Madison Davenport). Directed by Patricia Rozema. With Jane Krakowski, Joan Cusack, Glenne Headly and Stanley Tucci. Categories: Drama, Family, Mystery. Year: 2008.
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
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
Ben Stone (Seth Rogen), an out of shape slacker is living his dream: sharing a house with his friends, partying all day and having absolutely no responibilities. Alison Scott (Katherine Heigl) is a motivated career woman with a promising future in television. They seem like the unlikeliest of couples, but after a few drinks at a bar where Alison is celebrating her recent promotion, the pair have a one night stand. Their relationship would have ended there, but eight weeks later Alison discovers that she is pregnant. Now, Ben and Alison will have to decide if they can make things work for the sake of the baby, or if their differences are just too much to overcome. Directed by Judd Apatow. With Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Jason Segel, Jay Baruchel, Jonah Hill and Harold Ramis. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2007.
Knocked Up
When a time capsule buried behind his son's elementary school is unearthed one year early, professor Ted Myles (Nicolas Cage) discovers that amongst a set of children's drawings is a sheet of paper covered in a series of random numbers. When Ted deciphers the code, he realizes that the numbers are actually the dates of every major disaster that has occurred in the last 50 years. With only three date remaining, Ted sets out with Diana Whelan (Rose Byrne), the daughter of the woman who wrote the numbers, to prevent the cataclysmic events that he fears are destined to become a reality. Directed by Alex Proyas. With Chandler Canterbury, Lara Robinson, Ben Mendelsohn and Adrienne Pickering. Categories: Drama, Thriller. Year: 2009.
Knowing
Coming home late from work yet again, Ted Kramer(Dustin Hoffman) is confronted by his wife Joanna (Meryl Streep). Unable to handle Ted's obsession with his career, Joanna has decided to find herself, and leaves him to care for their six-year-old son, Billy (Justin Henry). Faced with the task cooking and cleaning for the first time, Ted discovers the joy of being a full-time parent, until Joanna resurfaces and demands custody of Billy. Directed by Robert Benton. With Jane Alexander. Categories: Drama. Year: 1979.
Kramer vs. Kramer
With the promise of a perfect job on the horizon, Xavier (Romain Duris) travels to Barcelona to hone his Spanish skills, leaving his girlfriend (Audrey Tautou) behind. Thrust into a truly international setting with an Italian (Federico D'Anna), a Brit (Kelly Reilly), a Dane (Christian Pagh), a German (Barnaby Metschurat), a Belgian (Cécile De France) and a Spaniard (Cristina Brondo), Xavier gets a crash course in cultural understanding as the crew romps through Spain, culture clashes, and life lessons. Directed by Cédric Klapisch. With Judith Godrèche, Xavier De Guillebon and Kevin Bishop. Categories: Comedy, Romance, Drama, Foreign Film. Year: 2002.
L'Auberge Espagnole
Before her death, Hélène, the niece (Edith Scob) of a famous painter, brings her children together to try to decide what will happen to her art collection when she passes away. Her oldest son, Frederic (Charles Berling) wants the paintings to stay together, while her daughter, Adrienne (Juliette Binoche) and younger son (Jérémie Renier), have other ideas. The struggle over the art collection becomes an occasion for the family to examine the differences that have kept them apart and to grow closer together. Directed by Olivier Assayas. With Isabelle Sadoyan and Emile Berling. Categories: Drama, Family. Year: 2008.
L'heure d'été
A brutal mass killing at an all-night coffee shop brings three cops with different attitudes and agendas onto the case. Ed Exley (Guy Pearce) is an straight-laced, by-the-book detective trying to live up to his family name. Bud White (Russell Crowe) is a tough, seasoned cop with a temper, whose ex-partner was one of the killer's victims. Jack Vincennes (Kevin Spacey) a slick Hollywood cop, who takes down celebrities for the kickbacks and notoriety. Together, they uncover a deadly conspiracy involving crooked cops and a beautiful blonde (Kim Basinger). Directed by Curtis Hanson. With James Cromwell and Danny DeVito. Categories: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 1997.
L.A. Confidential
Directed by Gillo Pontecorvo. With Jean Martin and Brahim Hadjadj. Categories: Drama, History, War. Year: 1966.
La battaglia di Algeri
A comedy-drama about a lawyer (Fabrice Luchini) hired to defend a widow accused of murdering a mobster. He gets involved with a young weather girl, who is working for the mob, trying to get information about him. Directed by Anne Fontaine. With Roschdy Zem, and Louise Bourgoin. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2008.
La fille de Monaco
Edith Piaf (Marion Cotillard), the Little Sparrow, overcomes overwhelming odds to become one of the most beloved singers of the 20th century. Born into proverty in France to an alcoholic street singer and a circus performer, Piaf spends much of her early life in her grandmother's brothel and singing on street corners. After being discovered by a wealthy club owner (Gérard Depardieu), Piaf struggles with alcohol and drug addiction and intense heartache as her magical voice captivates audiences around the world. Directed by Olivier Dahan. With Jean-Pierre Martins. Categories: Biography, Drama, Music, Based on a True Story. Year: 2007.
La Vie En Rose
Firefighter Jack Morrison (Joaquin Phoenix) struggles to cope with a dangerous, demanding job that often keeps him away from his wife and kids. He relies on the support of his captain (John Travolta) and the brotherly bond between the men of the firehouse. But, after being trapped in the worst blaze of his career, Jack starts to reevaluate his life and the things he holds important. Directed by Jay Russell. With Jacinda Barrett, Robert Patrick and Morris Chestnut. Categories: Action, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2004.
Ladder 49
Lady (Barbara Luddy) is a beautiful, pedigreed cocker spaniel who decides to leave home and follow Tramp (Larry Roberts), a homeless but free spirited mutt. Accompanied by Tramp's friends Trusty (Bill Baucom) and Beaver (Stan Freberg), Lady falls in love and realizes the world is a very complicated place. Directed by Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson and Hamilton Luske. With Verna Felton, Peggy Lee and Bill Thompson. Categories: Drama, Family, Animation, Comedy, Music, Classic. Year: 1955.
Lady and the Tramp
Cleveland Heep (Paul Giamatti), an unassuming building manager, rescues a mysterious young woman (Bryce Dallas Howard) from the pool he maintains and discovers she is actually a character from a bedtime story who is trying to make her way back home. As Cleveland begins to fall in love with the woman, he convinces his tenants to help protect his new friend from the deadly creatures that are determined to keep her in our world. Directed by M. Night Shyamalan. With Jeffrey Wright and Freddy Rodríguez. Categories: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2006.
Lady in the Water
After moving away from her lakeside home, an independent but lonely doctor (Sandra Bullock) begins sharing letters with a frustrated architect (Keanu Reeves), who now lives in the unusual, glass-walled house. As their relationship grows, they eventually discover that they're living two years apart and must find a way to unlock the mystery of their love before it is lost forever. Directed by Alejandro Agresti. With Shohreh Aghdashloo, Christopher Plummer and Dylan Walsh. Categories: Drama, Fantasy, Romance. Year: 2006.
The Lake House
After moving into their dream home, Chris (Patrick Wilson) and Lisa Mattson (Kerry Washington), an interracial couple, receive a less than warm welcome from Abel Turner (Samuel L. Jackson), their new next door neighbor. As Abel's unfriendly behavior becomes outright harrassment, the Mattson's find that they have nowhere to turn since Abel is a powerful police officer. With no other option, the couple decides to fight back, despite their fears that the feud could turn deadly. Directed by Neil LaBute. With Regine Nehy, Jaishon Fisher and Jay Hernandez. Categories: Drama, Thriller, Crime. Year: 2008.
Lakeview Terrace
Everyone always knew that Lars Lindstrom (Ryan Gosling) was a little strange. But, the loveable introvert, who spends most of his time alone, surprises everyone when he starts introducing a life-like doll he bought off the internet as his new girlfriend, Bianca. His brother Gus (Paul Schneider) and his wife Karen (Emily Mortimer) don't know how to react, so they just play along and treat Bianca like a real person. The family doctor (Patricia Clarkson) agrees, saying that the delusion is something that Lars needs and they should all support him until his issues are resolved. Directed by Craig Gillespie. With Kelli Garner. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2007.
Lars and the Real Girl
Joe Hallenback (Bruce Willis) is a grizzled detective hired to protect Cory (Halle Berry), a stripper with important information. When Cory is murdered in a mysterious drive-by shooting, Hallenback teams up with her boyfriend, ex-football star Jim Dix (Damon Wayans), to uncover the plot and bring those responsible to justice. Directed by Tony Scott. With Chelsea Field, Danielle Harris and Bruce McGill. Categories: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Sports. Year: 1991.
The Last Boy Scout
Already on the verge of losing his job as a jingle writer, Harvey Shine (Dustin Hoffman) travels to London for his daughter's (Liane Balaban) wedding only to learn that she has asked her stepfather (James Brolin) to walk her down the aisle. Leaving the reception to hide his devastation and make his flight home, Harvey heads to the airport and learns that he has missed his plane anyway. While trying to drown his sorrows at an airport bar, Harvey ends up striking up a conversation with Kate Walker (Emma Thompson), a 40-something workaholic who ends up reinvigorating his lust for life and helps him see what really matters. Directed by Joel Hopkins. With Kathy Baker and Eileen Atkins. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2008.
Last Chance Harvey
Nicholas Garrigan (James McAvoy), a young, aspiring doctor, moves to Uganda to stand up to his father and make a difference in the world. While working at a mission in a remote village, Nicholas crosses paths with newly elected President Idi Amin (Forest Whitaker), who instantly takes a liking to the Scotsman and hires him as his personal physician. At first, Nicholas is taken in by the lavish parties and comfortable lifestyle provided by his new boss, but when he witnesses Amin's ruthless treatment of his people firsthand, Nicholas realizes that he is aiding a cruel, unstable monster. Directed by Kevin Macdonald. With Kerry Washington, Gillian Anderson, Simon McBurney and David Oyelowo. Categories: Drama, Thriller, Based on a True Story. Year: 2006.
The Last King of Scotland
Even though Michael (Zach Braff) and Jenna (Jacinda Barrett) have been happily dating for three years, their realtionship becomes strained when Jenna becomes pregnant. At thirty-years-old, Michael is worried that his youth is over and he'll have to make changes in his life that he's not ready for. When he meets Kim (Rachel Bilson), a beautiful, free-spirited college student, Michael gives into temptation and betray's Jenna's trust in order to find out just what he might be missing. While Michael tries to figure out a way to make things righ with Jenna, her parents, Stephen (Tom Wilkinson) and Anna (Blythe Danner) finally address the problems that have cast a shadow over their marriage for years. Directed by Tony Goldwyn. With Casey Affleck, Michael Weston , Eric Christian Olsen and Harold Ramis. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2006.
The Last Kiss
After finding a mysertious box of toys, Noah (Chris O'Neil) and Emma Wilder (Rhiannon Leigh Wryn) begin to develop special powers and gain an incredible increase in their intelligence. Using the items in the box, including a stuffed bunny named Mimzy, Noah and Emma discover a secret from the future with the ability to create a magical energy. But, when the FBI becomes suspicious of their activity, the siblings must find a way to send Mimzy back to the future. Directed by Robert Shaye. With Joely Richardson, Timothy Hutton, Rainn Wilson and Kathryn Hahn. Categories: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi. Year: 2007.
The Last Mimzy
Billy Byrne (Max Beesley) is the only person who knows that time is running out. Once thought to be the next big thing by London's glitterazzi, Byrne's fame is short lived and his world comes crashing down. Before he knows what's happening, Byrne is thrown straight into the dangerous London underground, a land of murderers, thieves and talent agents. Directed by Stephen Norrington. With Kate Ashfield and Stephen Dorff. Categories: Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2001.
The Last Minute
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
Captain Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise), a hero of the American Civil War, has become a self-destructive alcoholic, disillusioned by his role in the bloody Indian Campaigns. Far away in Japan, Katsumoto (Ken Watanabe), the last leader of the Samurai, sees that his centuries-old way of life is about to come to an end. The paths of these two warriors converge when Algren is hired to train Japan's first modern army. Seeing that the Japanese government intends to eradicate Katsumoto's men, Algren leaves his post and chooses to fight beside the Samurai in an attempt to regain his honor and save his soul. Directed by Edward Zwick. With William Atherton, Billy Connolly, Tony Goldwyn, Timothy Spall, Shin Koyamada and Koyuki. Categories: Action, Adventure, Drama, War. Year: 2003.
The Last Samurai
Directed by F. Gary Gray. With Gerard Butler, Christian Stolte, Jamie Foxx, Michael Kelly, Bruce McGill and Leslie Bibb. Categories: Drama, Thriller. Year: 2009.
Law Abiding Citizen
A young British soldier named T. E. Lawrence (Peter O'Toole) journeys into the heat of the Arabian desert to find Prince Feisal (Alec Guinness), leader of an Arabian army. As Lawrence spends time with the Prince, he becomes sympathetic to his cause and begins fighting along side him, becoming a legendary foreign supporter of the Arabian nation's war against the Ottoman Empire. Directed by David Lean. With Anthony Quinn, Omar Sharif and Jack Hawkins. Categories: Politics, Adventure, Biography, Drama, War, History. Year: 1962.
Lawrence of Arabia
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
Young Californian Isabel Walker (Kate Hudson) goes to France to visit her pregnant sister, Roxeanne (Naomi Watts). Finding Roxanne, a darkly romantic poet, sad and broken after being jilted by her husband, Charles-Henri de Persand (Melvil Poupaud), Isabel complicates matters by entering an affair with Charles-Henri's uncle (Thierry Lhermitte), an older, married French diplomat. In the scandal the follows, the Walker girls' American idealism goes head-to-head with the Persand's French rationalism when it is discovered that Roxanne posseses a paiting worth millions of dollars. Directed by James Ivory. With Bebe Neuwirth, Glenn Close, Stockard Channing and Sam Waterston, Thomas Lennon and Leslie Caron. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2003.
Le Divorce
Lorna (Arta Dobroshi) is an Albanian worker in Belgium who gets Belgian citizenship by paying a drug addict (Jérémie Renier) to marry her. She dreams of opening a snack bar with her boyfriend. But his friend, aspiring gangster Fabio, has other plans: He wants to kill the drug addict and have her marry a Russian, who will pay a lot of cash to get Belgian citizenship. What should she do? Directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. With and. Categories: Drama. Year: 2008.
Le silence de Lorna
With the boys of summer fighting in WWII, it's up to the women they left behind to step up to the plate and carry on America's pastime. Two competitive sisters, Dottie Henson (Geena Davis) and Kit Keller (Lori Petty), are recruited by the All-American Pro Girls League and join a team of mothers, daughters and sisters who just love to play ball. Faced with a hard-drinking, skeptical manager (Tom Hanks) and a less than enthusiastic crowd, the woman eventually win over everyone with their tough play and love of the game. Directed by Penny Marshall. With Madonna, Jon Lovitz, Bill Pullman and Rosie O'Donnell. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Sports. Year: 1992.
A League of Their Own
Joe Clark (Morgan Freeman), an unorthodox ex-teacher, returns to the inner city school where he was fired some years earlier as its new principal. Finding the school run-down, full of apathetic students and facing a major drug problem, Clark dedicates himself to making drastic changes to improve the students' lives. But, his arrogant and tyrannical methods cause problems with city officials that may undo all of the progress he has made. Directed by John G. Avildsen. With Beverly Todd, Robert Guillaume, Michael Beach and Ethan Phillips. Categories: Drama. Year: 1989.
Lean on Me
In the early days of professional football, when the rules were more suggestion than law, Dodge Connolly (George Clooney), a brash, fast-talking all-star, sees the sports potential for greatness. But, when the league faces financial collapse, Dodge must convince Cater Rutherford (John Krasinski), an Ivy League war hero, to join his ragtag squad, or watch his dream die. After Carter becomes a national sensation, young reporter Lexi Littleton (Renée Zellweger) enters the picture intent on uncovering the truth about his past. Both Dodge and Carter fall for the beautiful journalist, and the two become off the field rivals as the sport they love becomes an American obsession. Directed by George Clooney. With Stephen Root, Wayne Duvall, Jonathan Pryce and Peter Gerety. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sports. Year: 2008.
Leatherheads
Before WWI, Rannulph Junuh (Matt Damon) had a perfect golf swing, but the ravages of battle have striped him of his innocence and his love for the the game. Returning to Savannah, Junuh learns that his former fiancée Adele Invergordon (Charlize Theron) is hosting a golf tournament featuring the greats of the day. Although he initially turns down Adele's invitation to participate, Junah has a change of heart when a mysterious caddy named Bagger Vance (Will Smith) appears seemingly from nowhere, teaching Junuh the secret of mastering the difficulties of both golf and life. Directed by Robert Redford. With Bruce McGill and Jack Lemmon. Categories: Drama, Romance, Sports. Year: 2000.
The Legend of Bagger Vance
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
Sick of being bullied, Oskar (Kåre Hedebrant), a lonely, fragile 12-year-old, dreams of revenge, but can never work up the courage to confront his young tormentors. When Eli (Lina Leandersson), a pale, serious girl of his own age, moves into his apartment complex, Oskar believes that he has at last found a friend. But, when a series of murders, disappearances and attacks begin shortly after Eli's arrival, Oskar begins to suspect that Eli, who only comes out at night and seems unaffected by the freezing temperatures, is behind the killings. Directed by Tomas Alfredson. With Per Ragnar, Mikael Rahm and Pale Olofsson. Categories: Drama, Horror, Foreign Film. Year: 2008.
Let the Right One In
Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson), a young detective with a suicidal death wish, is paired with Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover), a good cop and family man. While investigating an apparent suicide, the pair uncovers an international drug smuggling operation run by a group of Vietnam War special forces veterans. As they set out to bring down the ruthless retired general (Mitch Ryan) in charge, Riggs and Murtaugh find mutal respect and become reluctant friends. Directed by Richard Donner. With Gary Busey. Categories: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 1987.
Lethal Weapon
With the Imperial Japanese Army desperate to prevent the US from capturing the small island of Iwo Jima, General Tadamichi Kuribayashi (Ken Watanabe) is given command of the forces on the island and sets out to prepare for the imminent attack. But, when the General foregoes traditonal tactics, resentment and resistance grow among his staff. Meanwhile, the soldiers, including former baker Saigo (Kazunari Ninomiya), try to survive the army's harsh treatment, all the while knowing that a fierce battle looms. When the invasion begins and the prospect of defeat becomes more of a reality, the General and Saigo do their best to fend off their enemies and fight with honor. Directed by Clint Eastwood. With Tsuyoshi Ihara and Takashi Yamaguchi. Categories: Drama, War. Year: 2006.
Letters from Iwo Jima
Johnny Depp plays John Wilmot, aka the Earl of Rochester, in this historical drama. Wilmot, who lived in England in the 17th century, was a poet and alcoholic, known for his debauchery. After a period of repression, King Charles II (John Malkovich) is restored to the throne. He asks Wilmot to return from exile to direct a play to please the French ambassador. Wilmot does so, but ends up getting into trouble as he romances the lead actress (Samantha Morton), along with several other women, played by Francesca Annis and Rosamund Pike. Directed by Laurence Dunmore. Categories: Drama. Year: 2004.
The Libertine
When Joe (Wesley Snipes), a former CIA agent, loses his daughter in a school shooting, he devises a way to make Liberty Wallace (Linda Fiorentino), an executive at a leading gun manufacturer and the daughter of the company founder, think about the scope of her own actions. By taking Liberty hostage, Joe hopes to be able to force her to use her political connections to spark public debate on the Second Amendment and bring the shady dealings of her company into the light. Directed by Kari Skogland. With Ed Anders, Garvin Cross and Oliver Platt. Categories: Thriller, Drama. Year: 2002.
Liberty Stands Still
Denied revenge by the British Secret Service, James Bond (Timothy Dalton) leaves his post to carry out a one man vendetta against Franz Sanchez (Robert Davi), the drug lord who disfigured his friend, CIA agent Felix Leiter (David Hedison), and murdered the American's new wife. To take the kingpin down, Bond will have to infiltrate Sanchez's network and team up with ex-CIA agent Pam Bouvier (Carey Lowell). Directed by John Glen. With Talisa Soto and Benicio Del Toro. Categories: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, James Bond. Year: 1989.
Licence to Kill
After the bloody death of his best friend, once-famed oceanographer and documentarian Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) and his crew set out on an expedition to hunt down the elusive Jaguar shark that killed him. The team is joined by an airline pilot from Kentucky (Owen Wilson), who may be Zissou's son, and a beautiful journalist (Cate Blanchett), who is writing a feature that Zissou hopes will help to resurrect his career. To complete his mission and his next documentary, Zissou will have to "borrow" some equipment from his nemisis (Jeff Goldblum), convince his estranged wife (Anjelica Huston) to help fund the bankrupt project and battle a gang of modern-day pirates on the open sea. Directed by Wes Anderson. With Willem Dafoe, Michael Gambon and Seu Jorge. Categories: Comedy, Adventure, Drama. Year: 2004.
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
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
After Guido (Roberto Benigni), a carefree Jewish bookkeeper, marries his love Dora (Nicoletta Braschi) and has a child (Giorgio Cantarini), life is good until German forces occupy Italy. After Guido and Giosué are taken to a concentration camp, Dora voluntarily follows to keep the family together. Never giving up hope, Guido finds ways to communicate with Dora, is able to hide Giosué to prevent their separation and convinces his son that the entire ordeal is an elaborate contest to win a tank. Directed by Roberto Benigni. With Giustino Durano, Lidia Alfonsi and Sergio Bini Bustric. Categories: Comedy, Drama, War, Foreign Film. Year: 1997.
Life is Beautiful
Several characters live in an urban jungle where the streets are full of drugs and crime. Brandon Routh is an addict who will do anything for a fix, Victor Rasuk is a cop who tries to keep the peace, and Kerry Washington is a prostitute who dreams of a better life. One little boy walks the streets and meets everyone, all the while trying to earn or steal cash for his family. Directed by Buddy Giovinazzo. With Shannyn Sossamon, Evan Ross, Lara Flynn Boyle and Illeana Douglas. Categories: Drama. Year: 2009.
Life Is Hot in Cracktown
Robert Lewis (Ewan McGregor) is a shy, dysfunctional man who takes his boss's daughter (Cameron Diaz) hostage after being fired from his cleaning job and replaced by a robot. As the two set out on the road with her father (Ian Holm) in hot pursuit, their relationship develops in a way that neither is prepared to handle. Directed by Danny Boyle. With Holly Hunter, Delroy Lindo, Ian McNeice and Stanley Tucci. Categories: Drama, Romance, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy. Year: 1997.
A Life Less Ordinary
After his daughter, Jenny (Melissa George), is murdered in Los Angeles, English ex-con Wilson (Terence Stamp) comes to America to find out why. A stranger in a strange land, Wilson teams up with a criminal named Eduardo Roel (Luis Guzmán) to track Terry Valentine (Peter Fonda), a sleazy record producer who was having an affair with Jenny when she was killed. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. With Lesley Ann Warren, Amelia Heinle and Barry Newman. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 1999.
The Limey
A dream-like movie set in contemporary Spain, this film stars Isaach De Bankolé as a mysterious high-level criminal who is very much a loner. But several women, played by Tilda Swinton, Paz de la Huerta and Hiam Abbass try to win his favor, while Bill Murray is a threatening crime boss. Gael García Bernal is a drifter who tries to befriend him. The film was directed by Jim Jarmusch, who made the films "Broken Flowers," "Down By Law" and "Stranger than Paradise." Directed by Jim Jarmusch. With John Hurt and Youki Kudoh. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2009.
The Limits of Control
When Prince Simba Jonathan Taylor Thomas) is born, his uncle Scar(Jeremy Irons), the second in line to the throne, plots to kill King Mufasa (James Earl Jones), and make himself King of the Jungle. Led to believe that his father's death was his fault, Simba flees the kingdom in shame. After years in exile spent palling around with his friends Timon (Nathan Lane) and Pumbaa (Ernie Sabella), Simba learns the truth and returns home to fulfill his destiny. Directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff. With Matthew Broderick, Robert Guillaume, Rowan Atkinson, Whoopi Goldberg and Cheech Marin. Categories: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Musical. Year: 1994.
The Lion King
With two of his former students under fire in Afghanistan, idealistic professor Dr. Malley (Robert Redford) attempts to make an impression on a privileged but disaffected student (Andrew Garfield). Meanwhile, in Washington D.C., TV journalist Janine Roth (Meryl Streep) is close to breaking a huge story provided to her by Senator Jasper Irving (Tom Cruise), a charismatic presidential hopeful. Directed by Robert Redford. With Derek Luke, Michael Peña and Peter Berg. Categories: Drama. Year: 2007.
Lions for Lambs
In Madrid in 1922, artist Salvador Dali (Robert Pattinson), filmmaker Luis Buñuel (Matthew McNulty) and writer Federico García Lorca (Javier Beltran) develop a close friendship against the backdrop of Jazz, Freud and the avant-garde. Forming an ultra-modern trio, the three friends embrace the decadence of the time and set out on a jurney of art, inspiration and forbidden love. Directed by Paul Morrison. With Marina Gatell. Categories: Drama, Independent Film, Biography. Year: 2008.
Little Ashes
A strange, assorted group of young adults living in Little Athens are caught in a dead-end, post-high school void. Heather (Erica Leerhsen) is a neurotic EMS worker convinced that her boyfriend is cheating on her, Jimmy (John Patrick Amedori) is a drug dealing pizza delivery boy, Corey (DJ Qualls) and Pedro (Jorge Garcia) are slacker roommates who clean pools, and Jessica (Jill Ritchie) is avoiding her boyfriend after giving him an STD. Over the course of 24 hours, their paths cross, ultimately leading to a huge house party where they're forced to face the issues they've been running from. Directed by Tom Zuber. With Rachel Miner, Shawn Hatosy, Michael Peña and Eric Szmanda. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Independent Film. Year: 2005.
Little Athens
Stacy Holt (Brittany Murphy) is the associate producer on a highly rated daytime talk show. When her boyfriend is unwilling to talk about his former relationships, she peeks into his personal digital assistant and copies the numbers of all his exes. As she interviews them in an effort to understand her guy better, a developing friendship with one of the girls threatens to crash her romance. Directed by Nick Hurran. With Holly Hunter, Kathy Bates, Ron Livingston, Gavin Rossdale and Julianne Nicholson. Categories: Comedy, Romance, Drama, New York. Year: 2004.
Little Black Book
Sarah (Kate Winslet), an unfulfilled academic, and Brad (Patrick Wilson), a stay-at-home dad, are each caught in unhappy marriages. When the two meet in the park, they immediately sense a lonely, kindred spirit in one another that leads to an affair of escapism. Meanwhile, Larry Hedges (Noah Emmerich), a retired cop, leads a witch-hunt meant to rid the town of Ronnie McGorvey (Jackie Earle Haley), a man who once exposed himself to a young child. Directed by Todd Field. With Jennifer Connelly, Gregg Edelman, Phyllis Somerville, Trini Alvarado and Mary B. McCann. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2006.
Little Children
When Rosemary (Charlie Ray) walks into Gabe's (Josh Hutcherson) karate class, the 10-year-old's life is changed forever. After an awkward start, the pair begins spending time together exploring their Upper Westside neighborhood via scooter. But, just as Gabe begins to understand the feelings he has for Rosemary, he has to deal with the reality of his parents' (Cynthia Nixon and Bradley Whitford) divorce. With Rosemary set to leave for summer camp, Gabe realizes that he must tell Rosemary how he feels before it's too late. Directed by Mark Levin. With Willie Garson and Tonye Patano. Categories: Romance, Drama, Comedy, Family, New York. Year: 2005.
Little Manhattan
When exuberant seven-year-old Olive (Abigail Breslin) is called upon to participate in the Little Miss Sunshine beauty pageant, the entire Hoover family piles into their trusty yellow Volkswagen bus for the trip from Albuquerque to Redondo Beach, CA. Accompanying the aspiring beauty queen are her overworked, caring mother (Toni Collette), struggling self-help author father (Greg Kinnear), voluntarily mute brother (Paul Dano), suicidal uncle (Steve Carell) and uncontrollable grandfather (Alan Arkin). While their days spent on the road confined to a tempermental vehicle get bumpy at times, ultimately the family learns to appreciate and support one another no matter what. Directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. With Bryan Cranston. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2006.
Little Miss Sunshine
Life insurance investigator Abe Holt (Forest Whitaker) is sent to verify the death of a escaped convict with a million-dollar policy. After finding the fatal car accident suspicious, Abe is drawn into a conflict the dead man's sister, Isold (Julia Stiles), and her husband (Jeremy Renner). Abe knows the truth, but wants to help Isold escape her difficult life. Directed by Baltasar Kormákur. With Peter Coyote. Categories: Drama, Thriller, Independent Film. Year: 2005.
A Little Trip to Heaven
The latest version of the timeless classic by Louisa May Alcott, this version features Winona Ryder as Jo, the most adventurous sister. Claire Danes is Beth, the fragile sister, while Trini Alvarado is Meg, the first to marry. Kirsten Dunst is Amy, the youngest and most carefree, while Susan Sarandon plays the strong-willed matriarch who raises them. Directed by Gillian Armstrong. Categories: Drama, Family, Romance. Year: 1994.
Little Women
In 1980s East Germany, Hauptmann Gerd Wiesler (Ulrich Mühe), the Minister of Culture, eavesdrops on the lives of dramatist, Georg Dreyman (Sebastian Koch), and his girlfriend, the famous theater actress Christa-Maria Sieland (Martina Gedeck). Wiesler hopes that his mission to weed out disloyal citizens will help boost his career, but he soon finds himself absorbed by the intrigue and ideals of the lives of those he watches. Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. With Ulrich Tukur, Thomas Thieme, Hans-Uwe Bauer and Volkmar Kleinert. Categories: Drama, Foreign Film. Language: German. Year: 2006.
The Lives of Others
Hoping to become a serious artist, John Talia Jr. (Trevor Morgan), a talented but troubled young man, befriends Nicoli Seroff (Armin Mueller-Stahl), an elderly, disillusioned, alcoholic painter, during the summer of 1974. Against his father's (Ray Liotta) wishes, John and Nicoli form a tenuous relationship that ultimately helps John understand what it means to be an artist and reawakens Nicoli's sense of purpose. Directed by George Gallo. With Charles Durning, Samantha Mathis and Ron Perlman. Categories: Drama, Independent Film. Year: 2006.
Local Color
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
Syd (Chris Evans) learns that his ex-girlfriend London (Jessica Biel) is leaving New York without telling him, so he crashes her going away party. Once there, he holes up in the bathroom with a pile of cocaine and an Englishman (Jason Statham) that he barely knows. The two engage in a random drug-fueled conversation while Syd struggles to work up the nerve to talk to London before she leaves forever. Directed by Hunter Richards. With Joy Bryant, Kelli Garner, Dane Cook and Isla Fisher. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2005.
London
Martha Beck (Salma Hayek) and Raymond Fernandez (Jared Leto) are a pair of murdering lovers in the 1940s, luring grieving war widows to their doom through personal ads. With Martha posing as Raymond's sister, the "Lonely Hearts Killers" milk their marks of their life savings before killing them in a bloody, sex-fueled frenzy. Hot on their trail is a pair of detectives (John Travolta and James Gandolfini), who will risk their personal and professional lives in order to put an end to their murderous rampage. Directed by Todd Robinson. With Scott Caan and Laura Dern. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2006.
Lonely Hearts
When former high school football star Curtis Plummer (Ice Cube) discovers that his 11-year-old niece Jasmine (Keke Palmer) has the arm of an NFL quarterback, he sets out to turn the world of Pop Warner football upside down. As Curtis trains the team and prepares them for the championship, Jasmine excels as the league's first female player and makes some much needed friends. Directed by Fred Durst. With Tasha Smith, Matt Craven. Categories: Drama, Sports, Family. Year: 2008.
The Longshots
Lolita Cassard (Marilou Berry) is a gifted singer desperate for her famous writer father's (Jean-Pierre Bacri) attention. While Lolita prepares for a recital, she grows closer with her teacher (Agnès Jaoui), but suspects that the boy she likes (Keine Bouhiza) may be using her to help his career. Directed by Agnès Jaoui. With Laurent Grévill. Categories: Drama, Comedy, Romance. Year: 2004.
Look at Me
Before a tragic car accident left his short-term memory severely damaged, Chris Pratt(Joseph Gordon-Levitt) was a promising, popular high school hockey player. Now working as a janitor at a small town bank, he struggles through his day to day life relying a notepad and help from his blind friend, Lewis (Jeff Daniels). When a group of petty criminals learns of Chris's disability, they decide to use him to gain access to the bank for a planned robbery. At first, Chris enjoys making some new friends, but slowly he begins to piece together their true motives and decides to put an end to their plans. DIrected by Scott Frank. With Matthew Goode, Isla Fisher, Carla Gugino, Bruce McGill and Alberta Watson. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2007.
The Lookout
Yuri Orlov (Nicolas Cage) is a Ukrainian immigrant to Brooklyn, NY who decides to make a name for himself as an international arms dealer. While doing business in the world's deadliest war zones, Yuri and his brother, Vitaly (Jared Leto), struggle to stay one step ahead of a relentless Interpol agent (Ethan Hawke), their business rivals, and even some of their customers who intend on using the merchandise against them. Directed by Andrew Niccol. With Bridget Moynahan and Ian Holm. Categories: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2005.
Lord of War
In 1970s Venice, California, a group of young skateboarders invent the tricks and techniques that form the backbone of modern skate boarding. Known as the Z-Boys, these total unknowns take the world by storm, using the moves they learned surfing waves and skating abandoned swimming pools to revolutionize skate competitions. But, as their fame grows, the pressures of celebrity and the money it brings threatens the friendships in this once close-knit group. Directed by Catherine Hardwicke. With John Robinson, Emile Hirsch, Rebecca De Mornay, Johnny Knoxville, Heath Ledger and Victor Rasuk. Categories: Action, Drama, Sports. Year: 2005.
Lords of Dogtown
Fred Madison (Bill Pullman), a jazz musician, fears that his wife, Renee (Patricia Arquette), is having an affair. Suddenly, he finds himself accused of her murder and sent to jail. At the same time, a mechanic, Pete Dayton (Balthazar Getty), is seduced by Alice Wakefield (Patricia Arquette), a sultry temptress, who is cheating on her gangster boyfriend. Upon Fred's release from death row, the two men's lives begin to intertwine in surreal and inexplicable ways. They are further linked by the fact that Renee and Alice might actually be the same woman. Directed by David Lynch. With Robert Loggia and Robert Blake. Categories: Mystery, Thriller, Horror, Crime, Drama. Year: 1997.
Lost Highway
Bob Harris (Bill Murray) is a washed up movie star who finds himself in Tokyo shooting a whiskey commercial. In the hotel bar, he meets a young woman named Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson) who is tagging along with her workaholic photographer husband (Giovanni Ribisi). The chance meeting blossoms into a surprising friendship, as Bob and Charlotte venture out into Tokyo to explore the city and encounter its citizens while discovering that life is full of hidden possibilities. Directed by Sofia Coppola. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2003.
Lost in Translation
Oliver Geary (Ashton Kutcher), an uptight, career-oriented young man, and the free-spirited Emily Friehl (Amanda Peet) meet on a flight from LA to New York. After a very brief romance, which only spans the duration of the flight, the two part ways, proclaiming that they are woefully unsuited for one another. Oliver gives Emily his phone number, telling her to call his mother in seven years to see if his career and life plans have come to fruition. Over the course of the next seven years, the two bump into each other in various cities and begin to get the feeling that their relationship might be destiny. Directed by Nigel Cole. With Kathryn Hahn, Kal Penn, Jeremy Sisto, Ali Larter, Moon Bloodgood and Molly Cheek. Categories: Romance, Comedy. Year: 2005.
A Lot Like Love
Aaron Eckhart plays a self-help author who has written a bestselling book about his wife's death. When he meets Jennifer Aniston, a Seattle-based photographer and florist, they become close. She falls for him just as he realizes that he hasn't really gotten over his wife. Should she just forget about him? Directed by Brandon Camp. With Jennifer Judy Greer and Dan Fogler. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2009.
Love Happens
Following his wife's sudden and unexplained suicide, Wilson Joel (Philip Seymour Hoffman) initially tries to keep his life on track. But, when the searing pain in his stomach and the dazed quietness of his struggle becomes too much, he seeks oblivion by inhaling fumes from gasoline and model airplane fuel. His mother-in-law (Kathy Bates), employer and a coworker seem to want to help him, but eventually his destructive behavior leaves him alone. Directed by Todd Louiso. With Kelli Garner. Categories: Drama, Comedy, Independent Film. Year: 2002.
Love Liza
Directed by Peter Jackson. With Reece Ritchie, Michael Imperioli, Rachel Weisz, Mark Wahlberg and Saoirse Ronan. Categories: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller. Year: 2009.
The Lovely Bones
Two childhood friends, Deco and Naldinho (Lázaro Ramos and Wagner Moura) find themselves locked in a love triangle with a beautiful exotic dancer (Alice Braga). Soon, lust and jealousy rip their friendship apart and turn them against one another. Directed by Sérgio Machado. Categories: Drama, Foreign Film. Year: 2005.
Lower City
Lucia (Paz Vega) flees to a secluded island after she thinks she has lost her boyfriend, Lorenzo (Tristán Ulloa, a tortured writer. On the island that Lorenzo often spoke of, Lucia meets Carlos (Daniel Freire) and Elena (Najwa Nimri), who unbeknownst to them all also share a connection to Lorenzo. As Lucia learns more about the past, she begins to remember the book Lorenzo was writing and fact and fiction begin to drift together. Directed by Julio Medem. Categories: Drama, Romance, Foreign Film. Year: 2001.
Lucia
When Colee (Rachel McAdams), TK (Michael Peña) and Cheever (Tim Robbins), three soldiers returning home from Iraq, find that all flights from New York have been canceled, they set out on an unexpected roadtrip. While Colee intends on giving a guitar to the parents of a fallen friend, TK tries to work up the courage to face his wife and Cheever plans to hit the casinos in a desperate attempt to pay for his son's college tuition. Struggling to adjust to life back in the States, these three strangers find an unlikely companionship in their shared experiences and broken dreams. Directed by Neil Burger. With Molly Hagan. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Independent Film. Year: 2008.
The Lucky Ones
Huck Cheever (Eric Bana) is an ultra-competitive poker player, who has problems with commiting to realtionships and living up to expectations. His mission to win the 2003 World Series of Poker is complicated when he meets Billie Offer (Drew Barrymore), a beautiful singer, and tries to overcome his history of running away from his feelings. Meanwhile, as the tournament progress, it seems inevitable that Huck will have to face his estranged father (Robert Duvall) at the final table. Directed by Curtis Hanson. With Horatio Sanz, Debra Messing and Robert Downey Jr.. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2007.
Lucky You
Trevor Reznik (Christian Bale) is a lathe-operator dying from a lack of food and sleep deprivation. When his insomnia contributes to an accident that seriously injures a coworker, Trevor descends even deeper into a world of paranoia. As he tries to understand the meaning of cryptic notes left in his apartment and bizarre visions that are only visible to him, Trevor must face a terrible truth he has buried deep within his psyche. Directed by Brad Anderson. With Jennifer Jason Leigh, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, John Sharian and Michael Ironside. Categories: Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2004.
The Machinist
After saving the life of crime boss Frank Milo (Bill Murray), Wayne "Mad Dog" Dobie (Robert De Niro), a timid crime scene investigator and amateur photographer, finds his life tuned upside down when Frank insists on being his friend. Offering Mad Dog the companionship of Glory (Uma Thurman), a beautful bartender in debt to her boss, Frank's kind gesture puts Wayne in a difficult position. As a cop, Mad Dog knows he can't accept Franks gift, but when he starts falling for Glory, Mad Dog finds out that Frank's friendship has its limits. Directed by John McNaughton. With David Caruso, Mike Starr and Kathy Baker. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 1993.
Mad Dog and Glory
In 1496, Juana de Castilla (Pilar López de Ayala) travels to Flandes to marry the Archduke Felipe de Austria (Daniele Liotti). Originally a political marriage, their relationship is eventually filled with passion and desire. When Juana later becomes Queen of Spain, the pressure of her duty and the discovery that her husband has many lovers injures her mental health, and Felipe decides to send her to a monastery, proclaiming himself the king. Directed by Vicente Aranda. Categories: Drama, Foreign Film. Year: 2001.
Mad Love
Nine people who share a connection to a children's game show find their lives intertwined during one random day in the San Fernando Valley. Through a series of chance encounters, coincidences and unforeseen drama, each experiences drastic changes in their lives before a strange and totally unexpected climax. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. With Tom Cruise, Julianne Moore, William H. Macy, John C. Reilly, Philip Baker Hall, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jason Robards, Melora Walters, Jeremy Blackman and Alfred Molina. Categories: Drama. Year: 1999.
Magnolia
After a series of kidnappings sweep through Mexico City, John Creasy (Denzel Washington), an alcoholic ex-CIA operative, is hired to be the bodyguard for nine-year-old Pita Ramos (Dakota Fanning). Creasy is disinterested in his assignment and can barely tolerate the girl, but eventually the Pita's kind, cheerful demeanor leads him to open up to her. Creasy's newfound purpose in life is shattered when Pita is kidnapped, and he vows to track down and kill anyone involved in the crime. Directed by Tony Scott. With Christopher Walken, Mickey Rourke, Marc Anthony, Radha Mitchell and Rachel Ticotin. Categories: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2004.
Man on Fire
Following his divorce, Isaac (Woody Allen) learns that his ex-wife, Jill (Meryl Streep), is living with another woman and writing a book about their failed marriage. While Isaac is dating Tracy (Mariel Hemingway), who is stil in high school, he meets and becomes attracted to Mary (Diane Keaton), his friend Yale's (Michael Murphy) mistress. Torn between his three lovers, Isaac tries to make sense of life and love in New York City. Directed by Woody Allen. With Anne Byrne Hoffman. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 1979.
Manhattan
Margot (Nicole Kidman), a successful writer, has never gotten along with her sister, Pauline (Jennifer Jason Leigh). Pauline has always envied and looked up to the imperious Margot. Now that Pauline is engaged to an underemployed musician (Jack Black), Margot heads to the wedding with her adolescent son, saying she wants to support her sister. But she criticizes Pauline so harshly, she makes Pauline doubt whether she should go through with the marriage. Directed by Noah Baumbach, who made the highly praised dysfunctional family drama, The Squid
Margot at the Wedding
Maria (Catalina Sandino Moreno) is only seventeen years old when an unplanned pregnancy leaves her family in dire straits. Desperate to find a job, Maria agrees to transport cocaine to New York City as a drug mule. When she arrives, with seventy bags of cocaine in her stomach, trouble finds her almost immediately. Directed by Joshua Marston. With Virgina Ariza, Yenny Paola Vega and Wilson Guerrero. Categories: Drama, Thriller, Crime. Year: 2004.
Maria Full of Grace
France's naïve, beautiful Austrian-born Queen, Marie Antoinette (Kirsten Dunst), joins a monarchy rife with conspiracy and scandal after marrying King Louis XVI (Jason Schwartzman). Isolated and lonely, Antoinette finds comfort in extavagant gowns, pastries and parties. But, while the Queen basks in luxury, she turns a blind eye to the poverty and unrest amongst France's working class that eventually leads to the French Revolution. Directed by Sofia Coppola. With Judy Davis, Rip Torn, Rose Byrne and Molly Shannon. Categories: Drama, History, Biography. Year: 2006.
Marie Antoinette
Directed by Ira Sachs. With Chris Cooper, Patricia Clarkson, Rachel McAdams, David Richmond-Peck and Pierce Brosnan. Categories: Crime, Drama, Romance. Year: 2007.
Married Life
Directed by Adam Elliot. With Philip Seymour Hoffman, Toni Collette, Barry Humphries, Eric Bana and Ren_e Geyer. Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama. Year: 2009.
Mary and Max
Captains Hawkeye Pierce (Donald Sutherland), Duke Forrest (Tom Skerritt) and Trapper John McIntyre (Elliott Gould) are three young Army surgeons trying to cope with the horrors of the Korean War. Part of the Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, the trio of rebellious, womanizing rule-breakers create a series of ridiculous episodes at their base camp in an effort to blow off some steam, realizing the importance of laughter, even in terrible situations. Directed by Robert Altman. With Sally Kellerman and Robert Duvall. Categories: Comedy, War, Drama. Year: 1970.
MASH
Chris Wilton (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) is a former tennis prowho climbs into the world of the British upper crust when he gets engaged to one of his wealthy tennis students (Emily Mortimer). But, Wilton soon falls for Nola Rice (Scarlett Johansson), a sexy American actress who is dating his rival and soon-to-be brother-in-law (Matthew Goode). Directed by Woody Allen. With Brian Cox. Categories: Drama, Romance, Thriller. Year: 2005.
Match Point
After his wife and child are slain by the mob and he is framed for killing his partner, undercover DEA agent Max Payne (Mark Wahlberg) begins a dangerous investigation in order to seek revenge upon the men responsible. Entering a dark and mysterious underworld, Payne finds an ally in an assassin (Mila Kunis), who seeks to avange her own sister's murder. Hunted by the police, the mob and an evil corporation, a sinister conspiracy unfolds, and Payne must face enemies from beyond this world. Directed by John Moore. With Beau Bridges, Ludacris, Marianthi Evans, Jamie Hector and Amaury Nolasco. Categories: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2008.
Max Payne
Directed by Richard Linklater. With Zac Efron, Claire Danes, Christian McKay, Alessandro Giuggioli, Shane James Bordas and Leo Bill. Categories: Drama. Year: 2008.
Me and Orson Welles
When an eccentric, lonely performance artist (Miranda July) catches the eye of Richard (John Hawkes), a newly-single shoe salesman, the two begin a fledgling romantic relationship despite Richard's timidity and hesitation. Meanwhile, Richard’s seven-year-old son (Brandon Ratcliff) begins a provocative exchange with an older woman he meets in a chat room. And, his teenage son (Miles Thompson) becomes a human guinea pig for two devious neighborhood girls (Natasha Slayton and Najarra Townsend) practicing for future romantic encounters. Directed by Miranda July. With Carlie Westerman, Brad William Henke, JoNell Kennedy, Tracy Wright, Hector Elias and Colette Kilroy. Categories: Drama, Independent Film. Year: 2005.
Me and You and Everyone We Know
After learning that his younger brother Sam (Rory Culkin) is being beaten up on a daily basis by local bully George Tooney (Josh Peck), Rocky (Trevor Morgan) and his friends Clyde (Ryan Kelley) and Marty (Scott Mechlowicz) work out a plan to give George a little payback. But, as they set off together on a river trip, Sam begins to see that George is merely lonely and deserate for friendship and attention. With the plan already set in motion, it will be hard for Sam to convince Rocky to call the whole thing off. Directed by Jacob Aaron Estes. With Carly Schroeder and Branden Williams. Categories: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2004.
Mean Creek
After going undercover to expose the Plastics, the fakest girls in school, Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan) falls under their spell and ends up betraying her real friends. When Cady makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels (Jonathan Bennett), the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George (Rachel McAdams), she learns what survival of the fittest really means. Directed by Mark Waters. With Tina Fey, Tim Meadows, Amy Poehler, Lacey Chabert, Lizzy Caplan, Daniel Franzese and Amanda Seyfried. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2004.
Mean Girls
Bill (Aaron Eckhart) has a miserable life. He's out of shape, his career is going nowhere and his wife (Elizabeth Banks) is cheating on him with a local TV news anchor(Timothy Olyphant). When Bill is tasked with mentoring an unruly teenager (Logan Lerman), he's reluctant at first, but, eventually, the boy helps him see that his life is still full of options. Directed by Bernie Goldmann and Melisa Wallack. With Jessica Alba, Kristen Wiig, Jason Sudeikis and Holmes Osborne. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2007.
Meet Bill
When Brenda (Angela Bassett), a recently unemployed single mother living in inner city Chicago, receives a letter announcing that her father, whom she never met, has passed away, she gathers her three children and sets off for the funeral in Georgia. After struggling for years to make ends meet and keep her kids off the streets, Brenda has begun to lose hope and is desperate for help of any kind. What she gets is a whirlwind introduction to the fun-loving, crass Brown clan, a small-town Southern family who make her feel like she's known them her entire life. Directed by Tyler Perry. With Tyler Perry, Tamela J. Mann, Jenifer Lewis and Chloe Bailey. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2008.
Meet the Browns
In 1929 a poor girl named Chiyo (Suzuka Ohgo) from a fishing village is sold to a geisha house in Kyoto. Her stunning beauty attracts the vindictive jealousy of Hatsumomo (Gong Li), until she is rescued by and taken under the wing of Hatsumomo's bitter rival, Mameha (Michelle Yeoh). Under Mameha's mentorship, Chiyo becomes a famous geisha. As World War II looms, Japan and the geishas' world are changed forever. Directed by Rob Marshall. With, Zoe Weizenbaum and Togo Igawa. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2005.
Memoirs of a Geisha
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
Cuba Gooding Jr. stars as Carl Brashear, the first African-American man to serve as a Navy SEAL. Coming from a poor family, Carl faced an uphill battle to achieve his goal, and it became even more challenging after he lost part of his leg in an accident. His mentor in the Navy, Billy Sunday (Robert De Niro), was a tough taskmaster opposed to the idea of African Americans being trained as divers who gradually came to respect Carl. Charlize Theron plays Billy's wife. Directed by George Tillman Jr Categories: Biography, Drama. Year: 2000.
Men of Honor
During the summer following his high school graduation, Caine Lawson (Tyrin Turner) attempts to escape his violent existence in the projects of Watts, CA while maintaining his credibility on the street. Torn between the violent world he shares with his friend O-Dog (Larenz Tate) and the chance for a new life with his girl Ronnie (Jada Pinkett Smith), Caine must decide where his allegiance lies and what kind of life he wants to have. Directed by Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes. With Samuel L. Jackson, Glenn Plummer and Charles S. Dutton. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 1993.
Menace II Society
In 16th-century Venice, the love-struck Bassanio (Joseph Fiennes) asks his friend, Antonio (Jeremy Irons), for 3000 ducats so that he can marry the fair Portia of Belmont(Lynn Collins). Antonio agrees, though he must borrow the money from Shylock (Al Pacino), a Jewish merchant. In a time of brutal anti-Semitism, the calculating Shylock demands a pound of flesh from Antonio if he cannot repay his debt. Antonio agrees, only to see his business ventures fail and leave him at the mercy of the hateful loan shark. Directed by Kris Marshall and Charlie Cox. With Charlie Cox and Zuleikha Robinson. Categories: Drama, Comedy. Year: 2004.
The Merchant of Venice
Mrs. Flax (Cher), a single mother of two, has slightly eccentric parenting skills. When she suffers yet another failed relationship, she decides to move her family to the East Coast for a fresh start. Mrs. Flax's eldest daughter, Charlotte (Winona Ryder), exasperated by her mother's flightiness, wants nothing more than to be a nun, despite the fact that she happens to be Jewish. The younger daughter, Kate (Christina Ricci), is preoccupied with her attempt to become the world's best swimmer. The trio, although quite different, learn to appreciate the richness of their family as they deal with life's tribulations and unexpected joys. Directed by Richard Benjamin. With Bob Hoskins and Michael Schoeffling. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 1990.
Mermaids
Directed by Luis Mandoki. With Robin Wright Penn, Kevin Costner, Paul Newman and Robbie Coltrane. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 1999.
Message in a Bottle
Directed by Oren Moverman. With Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Samantha Morton and Jena Malone. Categories: Drama, Romance, War. Year: 2009.
The Messenger
After their daughter, Jess (Kristen Stewart), injures their son, Ben (Evan Turner), in a drunk driving accident, Roy (Dylan McDermott) and Denise Solomon (Penelope Ann Miller) move their family from Chicago to an abandoned farm in North Dakota in order to rebuild their lives. Soon after their arrival, an ominous darkness invades the farm that is only visible to Jess and Ben, who is now mute. As the strange and supernatural occurances grow more frequent, Jess begins to suspect that their farmhand, Burwell (John Corbett), is not who he seems and may know what happened to the farm's previous owners. Directed by Oxide Pang Chun and Danny Pang. With William B. Davis and Brent Briscoe. Categories: Drama, Horror, Thriller. Year: 2007.
The Messengers
Maria (Brigitte Helm) is the leader of the working class in a future society divided between workers and thinkers. After meeting Freder Fredersen (Gustav Frohlich), the son of Johhan Fredersen (Alfred Abel), who is the Lord of their city, Maria falls in love, playing into the hands of the heartless Lord Fredersen who wants to rid Metropolis of its poor working masses. Directed by Fritz Lang. With Fritz Rasp and Grete Berger. Categories: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Classic, Silent Film. Year: 1927.
Metropolis
Vice detectives Sonny Crockett (Colin Farrell) and Ricardo Tubbs (Jamie Foxx) work deep undercover in the world of drug and arms trafficking in South Florida. To identify a group responsible for three murders, both Crockett and Tubbs come dangerously close to assuming their fabricated identities, blurring the line between cop and criminal. Based on the hit 1980s TV show. Directed by Michael Mann. With Li Gong and Naomie Harris. Categories: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Based on a TV Series. Year: 2006.
Miami Vice
Former criminal prosecuter Michael Clayton (George Clooney) takes care of the unseen dirty work for one of New York's largest corporate law firms. Though burned out and disillusioned by his job, Clayton is tied to the firm and must clean up any mess that co-founder Marty Bach (Sydney Pollack) lays at his feet. Meanwhile, litigator Karen Crowder (Tilda Swinton) career rests on the settlement of a class action suit that Clayton's firm is set to win. But, when Arthur Edens (Tom Wilkinson), the firm's lead attorney, sabotages the case, Clayton faces the biggest challenge of his life. Directed by Tony Gilroy. With Sean Cullen and Michael O'Keefe. Categories: Drama, Thriller. Year: 2007.
Michael Clayton
Joe Buck (Jon Voight) is a wild boy from Texas who thinks he can make a living hustling rich women in New York city. He ends up being hustled himself by con man Ratzo Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman), a small, sickly man whose life is proof that the streets are no place for this country boy. The two begin a friendship and struggle to survive as the city chews them up and tries to spit them out. Directed by John Schlesinger. Categories: Cult Classics, Drama, New York. Year: 1969.
Midnight Cowboy
When Daniel Pearl (Dan Futterman), a Wall Street Journal reporter, is kidnapped during an interview with an Islamic fundamentalist cleric in Karachi, Pakistan, his pregnant wife and fellow reporter, Mariane Pearl (Angelina Jolie), initiates the search to find her husband. As Pakistani police, American embassy personnel and the FBI investigate witnesses, phone records, e-mails, and hard drives for leads on Daniel's whereabouts and who has taken him, Mariane writes about his disappearance, the intense effort to find him and his eventual murder. Directed by Michael Winterbottom. With Archie Panjabi. Categories: Drama, History, Thriller. Year: 2007.
A Mighty Heart
In 1977, Harvey Milk (Sean Penn) becomes the nation's first openly gay man to be voted into public office, joining the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Using his victory to champion not only gay rights but human rights as well, Milk unites a diverse group of people from across the political spectrum with his outspoken manner and sense of humor. But, as he gains recognition and increases his public profile, Milk also faces hostility from fellow supervisor Dan White (Josh Brolin), the man who would ulitmately take the lives of both Milk and Mayor George Moscone (Victor Garber). Directed by Gus Van Sant. With Emile Hirsch, James Franco, Diego Luna, Alison Pill and Lucas Grabeel. Categories: Biography, Drama, Based on a True Story. Year: 2008.
Milk
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
Frankie Dunn (Clint Eastwood) is a former boxer who runs a gym in Los Angeles with his friend Eddie (Morgan Freeman). After his star pupil signs on with another trainer, Frankie says that he has given up training boxers until Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank) walks into his gym. Reluctant at first, Frankie finally agrees to train Maggie and tempers her raw talent with his years of experience. Directed by Clint Eastwood. With Jay Baruchel, Mike Colter and Michael Peña. Categories: Drama, Sports. Year: 2004.
Million Dollar Baby
A group of alienated Los Angeles residents come together after a young man's death in this atmospheric film by Wim Wenders. Mel Gibson plays a detective investigating the incident. Harris Yulin is the young man's wealthy father. Milla Jovovich plays a burned-out prostitute and Jeremy Davies is a suicidal young man who loves her. Directed by Wim Wenders. With Jimmy Smits. Categories: Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2000.
The Million Dollar Hotel
After the death of their mother, nine-year-old Anthony (Lewis McGibbon) and seven-year-old Damian (Alex Etel) move to a new home with their father (James Nesbitt) to start a new life. While Anthony acts like a practical older brother, Damien uses his imagination and faith in the Catholic saints to make sense of a confusing world. And, when a suitcase full of money falls onto Damien's club house, the boys set out on the adventure of a lifetime that leads them to realize that true wealth has nothing to do with money. Directed by Danny Boyle. With Daisy Donovan and Christopher Fulford. Categories: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family. Year: 2004.
Millions
In a future where criminals are caught before they commit a crime using premonitions of three precognitive triplets, John Anderton (Tom Cruise) works as an officer in the special unit responsible for capturing would-be criminals. But, when John himself is accused, he sets out on a one man crusade to prove his innocence using any means necessary. Directed by Steven Spielberg. With Steve Harris, Neal McDonough and Colin Farrell. Categories: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi. Year: 2002.
Minority Report
When four black soldiers (Derek Luke, Michael Ealy, Laz Alonso and Omar Benson Miller) get separated from their unit behind enemy lines in Italy during WWII, they find that they are treated with less respect than the enemy they are fighting. Risking their lives to save an Italian boy, the soldiers have a life-changing experience in a small Tuscan village, come to possess a piece of a rare sculpture. Directed by Spike Lee. With John Turturro, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, John Leguizamo, Kerry Washington and James Gandolfini. Categories: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War. Year: 2008.
Miracle at St. Anna
After crashing his car on a snowy deserted road, famous writer Paul Sheldon (James Caan) is rescued by Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates), his number one fan. Initially thankful to be alive, Paul soon learns that he has been thrown into a nightmare. Crippled, drugged and restrained by his unstable captor, Paul is forced to write the last novel in his famous series, while he secretly tries to find a way to escape. Directed by Rob Reiner. With Richard Farnsworth and Lauren Bacall. Categories: Drama, Thriller, Horror. Year: 1990.
Misery
The first manned mission to Mars fails catastrophically, killing every participating astronaut except for Commander Luke Graham (Don Cheadle). Commander Jim McConnell (Gary Sinise) leads a rescue mission, accompanied by Woody Blake (Tim Robbins), Phil Ohlmeyer (Jerry O'Connell) and Terri Fisher (Connie Nielsen), to discover what happened on the red planet. Instead of answers to the crew's disappearance, they find a mysterious intelligence that may be the key to existence in the universe. Directed by Brian De Palma. With Kavan Smith, Kim Delaney and Jill Teed. Categories: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Adventure. Year: 2000.
Mission to Mars
A troubled teen who can't get over his mother's death, Hallem Foe (Jamie Bell, who starred in Billy Elliot) starts spying on the neighbors near the family's Scottish country estate. He believes that his father (Ciarán Hinds) and his stepmother (Claire Forlani), plotted to kill his mother and one day he runs away to Edinburgh. There he sees a woman (Sophia Myles) who looks just like his mother and gets a job in the kitchen of the hotel where she works. But that's only the beginning of their relationship. Directed by David Mackenzie. With Ewen Bremner and Jamie Sives. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2007.
Mister Foe
In Paris, a young man who works as a Michael Jackson impersonator (Diego Luna) meets a young woman who pretends to Marilyn Monroe (Samantha Morton). She invites him to come to the commune in Scotland where she lives, and meet her husband, who impersonates Charlie Chaplin and her daughter, who pretends to be Shirley Temple. He comes and falls in love with Marilyn. He also finds his life changed as he becomes a part of this gentle community. Directed by Harmony Korine. With Werner Herzog, Anita Pallenberg, Denis Lavant and Esme Creed-Miles. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2007.
Mister Lonely
After accepting an art history teaching position at Wellesley in the 1950s, Katherine Ann Watson (Julia Roberts), an independent, modern thinker, sets out to help her female students realize their potential. Despite the school's academic reputation, most of the students still judge their success by how well they are able to marry. Katherine challenges this notion and helps her students look beyond the perception that they should be content with merely being wives and mothers. Directed by Mike Newell. With Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Marcia Gay Harden and Topher Grace. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2003.
Mona Lisa Smile
Genghis Khan (Tadanobu Asano) rises from his early life as a slave boy to conquer nearly half the world. Known for his ruthlessness and cunning, Khan stops at nothing to crush his enemies and take rightful place in history. Directed by Sergei Bodrov. With Honglei Sun and Khulan Chuluun. Categories: Drama, History, Foreign Film. Year: 2007.
Mongol
Lalit Verma (Naseeruddin Shah), the stressed-out father of the bride, brings his extended family together in New Delhi for the last-minute arranged marriage of his daughter, Aiditi (Vasundhara Das). During the hectic prepartions for the wedding, five stories reveal the boundaries of love, class and continent, and expose long-hidden family secrets. Directed by Mira Nair. With Lillete Dubey and Shefali Shetty. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2001.
Monsoon Wedding
Aileen Wuornos (Charlize Theron), a troubled Daytona Beach prostitute, becomes the nation's first female serial killer. Amongst the horrors of murders and life on the fringes of society, a love story unfolds between Wuornos and Selby Wall (Christina Ricci), a teenager sent to live with an aunt in Florida in order to "cure her homosexuality." Directed by Patty Jenkins. With Bruce Dern, Annie Corley and Pruitt Taylor Vince. Categories: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller. Year: 2003.
Monster
Ernesto Guevara (Gael García Bernal), a medical student, and Alberto Granado (Rodrigo De la Serna), a biochemist, set out on a motorcycle road trip through the rural areas of Latin America to discover its land and its people. On the way to do their medical residency at a leper colony, Guevara and Granado encounter the poverty and suffering of the lower classes and indigenous peoples. Both Guevara and Granado are changed by their experiences, but it is clear that Ernesto has found a new direction for his life. Directed by Walter Salles. Categories: Adventure, Drama, Biography, Foreign Film. Year: 2004.
The Motorcycle Diaries
Christian (Ewan McGregor), a struggling, idealistic writer in turn of the century Paris, becomes emersed in the glamorous, risque world of the Moulin Rouge, an infamous nightclub filled with sex, drugs and questionable clientele. After being asked to write a play to be performed at the club, Christian is lovestruck by Satine (Nicole Kidman), the Moulin Rouge's beautiful star performer. But, her love does not come easily, and Christian must compete for her heart with The Duke (Richard Roxburgh), a jealous investor who can offer Satine the life she has always dreamed of. Directed by Baz Luhrmann. With John Leguizamo, Jim Broadbent, Kylie Minogue and Ozzy Osbourne. Categories: Drama, Romance, Music. Year: 2001.
Moulin Rouge!
After getting his 3000th hit, Stan Ross (Bernie Mac) retires right in the middle of the Milwaukee Brewers' pennant race thinking he will be a shoe-in for the Hall of Fame. But now, just as the cocky star is about to be voted into Cooperstown, the media happily uncovers that Ross only managed to get 2,997 hits. So close to the landmark number, Ross has only one choice - rejoin the Brewers for the most unlikely comeback a sport has ever seen. Directed by Charles Stone III. With Angela Bassett and Paul Sorvino. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Sports. Year: 2004.
Mr. 3000
Mr. Brooks (Kevin Costner) is a successful businessman and loving father with a dark secret. Underneath his perfect exterior, lies Mr. Brooks' alter ego, Marshal (William Hurt), a vicious, insatiable serial killer. No one suspects a thing until an amateur photographer witnesses him in the act. Now, with detective Tracy Atwood (Demi Moore) closing in on him, Mr. Brooks must tie up all his loose ends to keep the truth from being revealed. Directed by Bruce A. Evans. With Dane Cook, Marg Helgenberger and Danielle Panabaker. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2007.
Mr. Brooks
After well-meaning dad Daniel Hillard (Robin Williams) throws an over the top birthday party for his son without his wife Miranda's (Sally Field) knowledge, she files for divorce, citing it as the last straw in a long history of poor parenting choices. Crushed by the fact that he will only be permitted to see his children, Lydia (Lisa Jakub), Chris (Matthew Lawrence) and Natalie (Mara Wilson), once a week, Daniel comes up with an ingenious plan to see his children. With the help of his brother's (Harvey Fierstein) skills as a makeup artist and his abilities as a voice actor, Daniel disguises himself as Mrs. Doubtfire, a Scottish nanny, and gets hired as caretaker for his own kids. Directed by Chris Columbus. With Pierce Brosnan. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 1993.
Mrs. Doubtfire
After traveling to Los Angeles in search of stardom, wide-eyed Hollywood hopeful Betty Elms (Naomi Watts) crosses paths with Rita (Laura Harring), an amnesic woman who has just been in a violent car accident. While tracking down clues that might explain the events leading up to Rita's memory loss, the pair becomes engulfed in a murderous conspiracy, which leaves them wondering where illusion ends and reality begins. Directed by David Lynch. With Ann Miller, Dan Hedaya, Justin Theroux, Brent Briscoe, Robert Forster, Patrick Fischler and Michael Cooke. Categories: Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2001.
Mulholland Dr.
After a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September kidnaps and murders eleven Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics, a secret squad of Israeli assassins is assigned to track down and kill those responsible one by one. Putting their own lives in danger to complete a mission of ulitmate revenge takes an emotional toll on the team and its leader, Avner (Eric Bana), who leaves his pregnant wife (Ayelet Zurer) to hunt down the killers. Directed by Steven Spielberg. With Daniel Craig, Geoffrey Rush, Ciarán Hinds, Mathieu Kassovitz and Hanns Zischler. Categories: Drama, History, Thriller. Year: 2005.
Munich
Ron Livingston stars as Richard Pimental, a real-life advocate for the rights of the disabled who was the driving force behind the Americans with Disabilities Act. Pimental was a soldier in Vietnam who lost most of his hearing when a shell exploded near him. Back home, he received poor medical treatment and little help living with his disability. He befriended Art Honeyman (Michael Sheen), a brilliant young man confined to a wheelchair due to cerebral palsy and together they began to fight for better treatment for the disabled. Directed by Steven Sawalich. With Rebecca De Mornay, Melissa George and Hector Elizondo. Categories: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Based on a True Story. Year: 2007.
Music Within
Omar (Gordon Warnecke) is a young Pakistani living in London amidst the machinations and drama of his large family represented by his wealthy uncle Nasser (Saeed Jaffrey) and ailing father (Roshan Seth). After Omar encounters Johnny (Daniel Day-Lewis), his friend and one time lover, the two decide to reunite as the managers of a rundown laundromat. Directed by Stephen Frears. With Gordon Warnecke, Derrick Branche and Rita Wolf. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 1985.
My Beautiful Laundrette
After breaking up with her boyfriend (Chad R. Davis), Elizabeth (Norah Jones) leaves New YOrk City and travels across the country working as a waitress. Leaving her life and all her memories behind, Elizabeth sets out in search of something to mend her broken heart. As she meets a series of customers with problems even worse than her own, Elizabeth begins to realize that there may someone in New York who was there for her all along. Directed by Kar Wai Wong. With Jude Law, Frankie Faison, David Strathairn, Rachel Weisz and Natalie Portman. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2007.
My Blueberry Nights
Mike (River Phoenix) and Scott (Keanu Reeves) are two hustlers passing time in Portland by doing drugs and selling themselves to the men and women they meet on the streets. Mike falls in love with Scott, a rich kid turning tricks to tick his father (Tom Troupe) off, but Scott insists his dysfunctional lifestyle is only temporary. At both their wits' end, these two boys leave Oregon, traveling through Idaho and all the way to Italy to find Mike's mother and a reason to keep moving. Directed by Gus Van Sant. With James Russo, Chiara Caselli and Jessie Thomas. Categories: Drama. Year: 1991.
My Own Private Idaho
Based on the bestselling novel by Jodi Picoult, this is the story of Anna (Abigail Breslin), a girl who was conceived so that she could help keep alive her older sister, Kate (Sofia Vassilieva). When Kate goes into renal failure and their parents (Cameron Diaz and Jason Patric) want Anna to donate a kidney to her sister, Anna rebels and hires a high-profile lawyer (Alec Baldwin) to sue for her right to keep her own organs. This conflict tears apart the close-knit family, but also brings them together in unexpected ways. Directed by Nick Cassavetes. With, Heather Wahlquist and Evan Ellingson. Categories: Drama. Year: 2009.
My Sister's Keeper
A coming-of-age comedy-drama, the film is about Art Bechstein (Jon Foster), a recent college graduate with mixed feelings about his gangster father (Nick Nolte). Art has always kept his family life separate from his friends, but during the summer after he graduates, he meets Cleveland (Peter Sarsgaard), who makes collections for a loan shark buddy of his father's. He also has a romance with a strange girl named Phlox (Mena Suvari) and lusts after Cleveland's girlfriend (Sienna Miller). Based on a novel by Michael Chabon (Wonder Boys). Directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber. With Jack Baun and Omid Abtahi. Categories: Adventure, Comedy, Drama. Year: 2008.
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
Jimmy (Sean Penn), Sean (Kevin Bacon) and Dave (Tim Robbins) were best friends until the day when Dave was abducted a man claiming to be a police officer. Years later, they find their lives thrust together again when Jimmy's daughter Katie (Emmy Rossum) is murdered. Sean, who is now a police detective, leads the investigation and questions Dave as a prime suspect. Jimmy, consumed with grief, sets out on a course of revenge to learn the truth, no matter the consequences. Directed by Clint Eastwood. With Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden, Laura Linney, Kevin Chapman and Tom Guiry. Categories: Crime, Drama, Mystery. Year: 2003/.
Mystic River
Gogol (Kal Penn), the American-born son of Indian immigrants (Irfan Khan and Tabu), struggles to fit in among his peers, partly due to his family's unwillingness to let go of their traditional values. Caught between two worlds, Gogol is unable to find a personal connection to his Indian roots until his father dies of a heart attack. Seeking to find his own identity without losing his heritage, Gogol seeks love and friendship on both sides of the ocean. Directed by Mira Nair. With Zuleikha Robinson and Jacinda Barrett. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2006.
The Namesake
Scarlett Johannsson plays a graduate student from a modest background who becomes a nanny for a fabulously rich New York family in this movie version of the bestselling novel. She is both impressed and intimidated by the selfish, glamorous Mrs. X (Laura Linney), her employer, and cares deeply about the little boy (Nicholas Art) she works with. But she is frustrated: How can she get his mother and workaholic father to pay attention to this child? While she struggles with this question, she juggles her studies and an attraction to a hot Harvard student. Directed by Robert Pulcini. With Chris Evans and Alicia Keys. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2007.
The Nanny Diaries
Napoleon Dynamite (Jon Heder) lives in Idaho with his 32-year-old brother Kip (Aaron Ruell) and his Grandma. While Kip's busy meeting ladies in online chat rooms and his grandma is riding her quad on the sand dunes, Napoleon spends his days drawing magical beasts, working on his computer hacking skills and begrudgingly feeding the family's pet llama. While Grandma is away at the dunes, Uncle Rico (Jon Gries) comes to stay and Napoleon helps his friend Pedro (Efren Ramirez) run for class president. Directed by Jared Hess. With Haylie Duff, Shondrella Avery, Tina Majorino and Diedrich Bader. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Cult Classics. Year: 2004.
Napoleon Dynamite
Mickey (Woody Harrelson) and Mallory (Juliette Lewis) are two young lovers who lose control and turn into brutal, psychopathic serial killers. On a drug-fueled road trip, they shoot, slash and bludgeon their way to media stardom. Careful to leave at least one victim alive at each scene, their story is picked up by sensationalistic reporter Wayne Gale (Robert Downey Jr.). Directed by Oliver Stone. With Tom Sizemore, Rodney Dangerfield and Tommy Lee Jones. Categories: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller. Year: 1994.
Natural Born Killers
Howard Beale (Peter Finch), the UBS head anchorman, gets the word that he's too old and needs to be replaced. Even though the news is delivered by his best friend, network executive Max Schumacher (William Holden), Howard can't stomach the idea and announces that he's going to commit suicide on his final program. But, following Howard's on-air outburst, Schumacher and Diana Christensen (Faye Dunaway) see that ratings have improved. Directed by Sidney Lumet. With Robert Duvall and Ned Beatty. Categories: Drama. Year: 1976.
Network
After his family moves to Orlando to support his brother's tennis career, rebellious teenager Jake Tyler (Sean Faris) makes an attempt to fit in at his new high school by attending a party at the request of the flirtatious Baja Miller (Amber Heard). But, due to his reputation and his quick temper, Jake finds himself pulled into a fight with local bully Ryan McCarthy (Cam Gigandet). Although Jake is defeated and humiliated in the fight, a classmate named Max (Evan Peters) sees Jake's potential and asks if he can introduce him to his mentor, Jean Roqua (Djimon Hounsou), a master of Mixed Martial Arts. Taking Jake under his wing, Roqua hones the young man's raw ability and prepares him for battle, but it is up to Jake to find the patience, discipline and drive to become a champion. Directed by Jeff Wadlow. With Leslie Hope. Categories: Action, Drama, Sports. Year: 2008.
Never Back Down
A group of friends from college live together in a kind of urban commune in New York. They are both gay and straight and are from all different backgrounds and races. Seven years after they move to New York, things start to change. Julie (Nicole Bilderback) and Andrew (Ryan Locke) announce they are engaged. Everyone is happy for them, but their adult commitment seems to spell the end of the group's idyll. The arrival of Louie (Terry Serpico), a charismatic older figure, also changes the group dynamic forever. Directed by Chris Mason Johnson. With Thomas Sadoski, Colin Fickes, Andrew Wei Lin, Bill Sage, Larisa Polonsky, Cordelia Reynolds and Heather Litteer. Categories: Drama. Year: 2009.
The New Twenty
In 1607, three ships sail from England seeking to establish a foothold on the coast of the New World. Shackled below the deck of one of the ships is a soldier of fortune named John Smith (Colin Farrell). After landing, Smith seeks the assistance of the local tribesmen and meets a beautiful young woman named Pocahontas (Q'Orianka Kilcher). While the world around them changes forever, a bond develops between this Englishman and Native American woman that transcends friendship or romance. Directed by Terrence Malick. With Christopher Plummer and Christian Bale. Categories: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance. Year: 2005.
The New World
Directed by Allen Hughes. With Natalie Portman, Shia LaBeouf, Justin Bartha, Robin Wright Penn, Orlando Bloom, Christina Ricci and Hayden Christensen. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2009.
New York, I Love You
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
After witnessing their father, Ben (Peter Graves), hide the $10,000 he received for committing murder, young Pearl (Sally Jane Bruce) and John Harper (Billy Chapin) promise not to tell anyone as he is taken to jail to await execution. There, Ben shares a cell with Harry Powell (Robert Mitchum), an evil, psychopathic con man who overhears Ben's story before he is hanged. After being paroled, Powell finds Harper's home and seduces his wife, Willa (Shelley Winters), as he begins his brutal quest for the fortune only the children can reveal. Directed by Charles Laughton. With Lillian Gish and Evelyn Varden. Categories: Drama, Thriller, Horror. Year: 1955.
The Night of the Hunter
Traveling to North Carolina to reconcile with his estranged son, Dr. Paul Flanner (Richard Gere) finds himself at an inn in a small coastal town. Adrienne Willis (Diane Lane), in an effort to escape the chaos of her precarious married life, has retreated to Rodanthe for the weekend to tend to the inn for a friend. When a major storm strike, these two troubled souls make a connection and begin a life-changing romance. Directed by George C. Wolfe. With James Franco, Scott Glenn, Christopher Meloni, Mae Whitman and Viola Davis. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2008.
Nights in Rodanthe
Nikita (Anne Parillaud) is just a young woman when she commits robbery and murder while under the influence of drugs. Instead of being sent to jail, she is trained as a deadly spy and assassin, held by the hand until one day when she is suddenly given a gun and told to kill someone nearby in a restaurant. That single act throws her into a web of murder and conspiracy. Directed by Luc Besson. With Marc Duret, Patrick Fontana and Laura Chron. Categories: Thriller, Action, Crime, Drama, Romance. Year: 1990.
Nikita
Caught while pulling a bill-switching scheme at a deli, Juan (Gastón Pauls) is saved when fellow con-artist Marcos (Ricardo Darín) pretends to be a policeman and drags him out of the store. Once the two are acquainted, Marcos enlists Juan in a plot to sell a forged set of extremely valuable rare stamps, the Nine Queens. Directed by Fabián Bielinsky. With Leticia Brédice, Tomás Fonzi and Graciela Tenenbaum. Categories: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Foreign Film. Year: 2000.
Nine Queens
In a series of three interconnected short films, a troubled actor, a television show runner and an acclaimed videogame designer (all played by Ryan Reynolds) find their lives intertwining in mysterious and unsettling ways. As the actor finds himself under house arrest, the show runner deals with post-production on his new network drama and the game designer faces car trouble deep in an unpopulated stretch of woods. Directed by John August. With Hope Davis, Melissa McCarthy and Elle Fanning. Categories: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2007.
The Nines
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
While hunting in the Texas countryside, Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) discovers a group of dead bodies, a cache of heroin and more than $2 million in cash. After taking the money and setting out on the road to sort out the details, Moss is pursued by a ruthless assassin (Javier Bardem) intent on covering up the crime and recovering the lost money. Realizing that Llewelyn and his wife (Kelly Macdonald) are in great danger, Ed Tom Bell (Tommy Lee Jones), the local sheriff, investigates the case and attempts to keep the town from being destroyed by violence, despite the suspicion that the times may have past him by. Directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen. With Woody Harrelson, Garret Dillahunt and Barry Corbin. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2007.
No Country for Old Men
A thriller full of twists in which Eli (Alan Rickman), a brilliant chemist, wins the Nobel Prize, only to learn that his son has just been kidnapped. The kidnapper (Shawn Hatosy), demands the $2 million Nobel Prize money as the ransom. While Eli and his wife (Mary Steenburgen), try to decide what to do, a police detective (Bill Pullman), begins investigating and a mysterious woman (Eliza Dushku) gets involved in the case. Directed by Randall Miller. With Bryan Greenberg and Danny DeVito. Categories: Comedy, Crime, Drama. Year: 2007.
Nobel Son
Tired of putting up with the incessant car alarms going off in his neighborhood each night, successful David Owen (Tim Robbins), dubbing himself "The Rectifier", becomes a vigilante bringing "justice" to New York City. Initally only drawing grief from his wife (Bridget Moynahan), David soon finds that his antics have drawn the ire of the city's arrogant mayor (William Hurt). Directed by Henry Bean. With Margarita Levieva and William Baldwin. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2007.
Noise
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
An old man (James Garner) reads a story about two young lovers to an old woman (Gena Rowlands) in a nursing home. Allie Hamilton (Rachel McAdams) and Noah Calhoun (Ryan Gosling) meet at a carnival and fall in love, but Allie's parents disapprove of him. After Allie's family moves away, she gets engaged to a handsome young soldier (James Marsden), after receiving no word from Noah. But, before her wedding, Allie stops by to see Noah, and it is evident that they still have feelings for each other. Directed by Nick Cassavetes. With Kevin Connolly and Joan Allen. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2004.
The Notebook
When Sheba Hart (Cate Blanchett), an art teacher and mother of two, begins an affair with a high school student (Andrew Simpson), a chain of events is set into motion that will change the lives of all those involved. When Barbara Covett (Judi Dench), a lonely, generally disliked older teacher who has taken a peculiar interest in Sheba, discovers the relationship Sheba is having with her student, she uses the information to manipulate the younger woman and draw them closer together. Directed by Richard Eyre. With Bill Nighy, Michael Maloney, Juno Temple and Max Lewis. Categories: Drama. Year: 2006.
Notes on a Scandal
After writing a story about a government scandal in which she reveals the name of a covert CIA agent, political journalist Rachel Armstrong (Kate Beckinsale) finds herself facing a possible jail sentence for refusing to reveal her source. Struggling to defend the principles she has built her career upon, Rachel finds an ally in Alan Burnside (Alan Alda), an attorney who works to win her freedom. Directed by Rod Lurie. With Preston Bailey, Noah Wyle, Angela Bassett, Matt Dillon and Kristen Bough. Categories: Drama, Thriller, Independent Film. Year: 2008.
Nothing But the Truth
For Christmas, the Rodriguez siblings have returned to their parents' Chicago home for what might be their last holiday together. While the homecoming rekindles feelings for an old flame in Jesse (Freddy Rodríguez) and reminds Roxanna (Vanessa Ferlito) that her acting career hasn't gotten anywhere, it provides Mauricio (John Leguizamo), the eldest Rodriguez sibling, an opportunity to introduce his high-powered executive wife (Debra Messing) to his family. In an eventuful week filled with cherished tradions and brutal honesty, the family faces major upheaval when their mother Anna (Elizabeth Peña) reveals that she is divorcing their father Eduardo (Alfred Molina). Directed by Alfredo De Villa. With Jay Hernandez, Luis Guzmán and Melonie Diaz. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2008.
Nothing Like the Holidays
Rap legend the Notorious B.I.G. (Jamal Woolard) rises from the tough streets of Brooklyn to become one of the most famous MCs in history. Using the hard realities of his life for inspiration, Christopher Wallace, a.k.a. Biggie Smalls, leaves drug dealing behind and teams up with Sean "Puffy" Combs (Derek Luke) to provide the East Coast's answer to LA's gangster rap movement. While dealing with difficult relationships with his wife Faith Evans (Antonique Smith) and fellow rapper Lil Kim (Naturi Naughton), the pressures of celebrity and a bitter feud with Tupac Shakur (Anthony Mackie), Biggie never loses his lyrical genius and becomes an inspiration to millions of fans. Directed by George Tillman Jr.. With Angela Bassett, Marc John Jefferies and Sean Ringgold. Categories: Biography, Drama, Music, Based on a True Story. Year: 2009.
Notorious
Walter Sparrow (Jim Carrey), a good-natured dog-catcher, becomes obsessed with a cryptic novel given to him by his wife (Virginia Madsen) for his birthday. As Walter dives deeper into the book, he is mesmerized by the murder mystery's use of numerology that constantly returns to the number 23. Finding more and more connections between the book and his own life, Walter sets out to find the truth behind the story, putting himself and his family in danger. Directed by Joel Schumacher. With Logan Lerman, Danny Huston and Rhona Mitra. Categories: Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2007.
The Number 23
Two American friends, one Jewish (JJ Feild) and one Arab (Saïd Taghmaoui), are pulled into conflict as the United Nations votes for the creation of the state of Israel. Traveling from New York City to Jerusalem, the pair will risk their lives for what they believe in, as the city sits on the brink of destruction. Directed by Elie Chouraqui. With Ian Holm. Categories: Drama. Year: 2006.
O Jerusalem
This deadpan comedy tells the story of a railroad engineer named Odd (Baard Owe). He is accustomed to and happy with his orderly life. But when he retires, he doesn't know what to do with himself and he has to find a new way to spend his time, which leads to some strange situations. Directed by Bent Hamer. With Espen Skjønberg and Henny Moan. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2007.
O'Horten
Pop star Beyonce Knowles hits the big screen again in this psychological thriller. She plays the wife of a successful business executive (Idris Elba), who flirts with a temp (Ali Larter) at work, only to have the temp begin to stalk him. Jerry O'Connell is the co-worker who tries to warn the executive, and Christine Lahti plays a police detective who gets involved in the case. Directed by Steve Shill. With Bruce McGill. Categories: Drama, Thriller. Year: 2009.
Obsessed
Danny Ocean (George Clooney) and his band of professional thieves return to take down Willy Bank (Al Pacino), after the ruthless casino owner double-crossed their pal, Reuben Tishkoff (Elliott Gould). This time, Danny and company will have to team up with their old nemesis, Terry Benedict (Andy Garcia), in order to infitrate the most sophisitcated security system ever developed. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. With Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Ellen Barkin, Bernie Mac, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Don Cheadle, Carl Reiner and Shaobo Qin. Categories: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2007.
Ocean's Thirteen
In the style of the Disney documentaries that first introduced a generation to the mysteries of nature, Oceans looks at the ocean life, both above and below the surface. Directed by Jacques Cluzaud. Categories: Documentary, Drama. Year: 2009.
Oceans
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
Zack Mayo (Richard Gere), a young man with an attitude problem, unexpectedly follows in his father's footsteps and joins the Navy. Deciding to pursue his dream to be a pilot, Mayo immediately butts heads with Sgt. Foley (Louis Gossett Jr.), a tough drill instructor who sees that Mayo might have potential if he wasn't so self-centered. While Foley attempts to whip him into shape, Mayo meets Paula (Debra Winger), a girl who works at a local factory, and must decide what he wants to do with his life. Directed by Taylor Hackford. With David Keith, Robert Loggia and Grace Zabriskie. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 1982.
An Officer and a Gentleman
This film was the surprise winner of the Oscar this year for Best Foreign Language Film. It stars Masahiro Motoki as Daigo, a cellist who plays in an orchestra that closes down. Looking for a job, he decides to leave the city and answers a classified ad for a business called Departures in his old hometown. He thinks it is a travel agency but it turns out to be a funeral home. Although at first, he doesn't think he will last in this new job, he soon finds a new peace and sense of self in preparing bodies for burial. Directed by Yôjirô Takita. With Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ryoko Hirosue, Takashi Sasano, Tetta Sugimoto and Tôru Minegishi. Categories: Drama, Music. Year: 2008.
Okuribito
Terry Malloy (Marlon Brando) is a dockworker who spends his days dreaming of a better life as a champion fighter. When Malloy witnesses a murder by a couple of thugs working for Johnny Friendly (Lee J. Cobb), the corrupt head of the dockers union, he is compelled to befriend the dead man's sister and is forced into the middle of a legal case that could cost him his life. Directed by Elia Kazan. With Karl Malden, Rod Steiger and Pat Henning. Categories: Cult Classics, Crime, Romance, Drama, Classic. Year: 1954.
On the Waterfront
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
Peter Sarsgaard and Vera Farmiga play two loving parents who decide to adopt a third child. They hope to bring joy into her life and theirs, but Esther (Isabelle Fuhrman), the girl they adopt, has a dark secret. She is no ordinary child, and anyone who crosses her soon finds that out, as they suffer accidents and even death. Her adopted parents don't know what to do with a girl who looks so angelic but is really anything but. Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. With CCH Pounder, Jimmy Bennett, Karel Roden and Aryana Engineer. Categories: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2009.
Orphan
When a young Afghan girl named Osama (Marina Golbahari) and her mother (Zubaida Sahar) lose their jobs at a hospital closed by the Taliban, they are left alone in the world. Her father and brother, both killed in battle, were the only ways for the women to leave their house since the Taliban requires a male escort for any woman. Forced to disguise herself as a young boy, Osama must work to save her mother's life and her own. Directed by Siddiq Barmak. With Arif Herati. Categories: Drama. Year: 2003.
Osama
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
Karen Blixen (Meryl Streep) is a Danish woman living in Africa with a man she married simply for the status he offered. As she grows restless with her hectic existence and distant husband, Karen begins a relationship with Denys Finch Hatton (Robert Redford), a hunter and traveler who shows her a life outside the confines of her coffee plantation. Directed by Sydney Pollack. With Klaus Maria Brandauer, Michael Kitchen and Malick Bowens. Categories: Biography, Drama, Romance. Year: 1985.
Out of Africa
Jack Foley (George Clooney) is a career bank robber with too much ego for his own good. After a successful prison break ends with him kidnapping a female US Marshal named Karen Sisco (Jennifer Lopez), there is an instant attraction between the two, even though they despise what the other does for a living. When Sisco is assigned to bring Foley back to justice, they each must decide where their loyalty lies. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. With Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, Isaiah Washington, Steve Zahn, Luis Guzmán, Dennis Farina and Albert Brooks. Categories: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller. Year: 1998.
Out of Sight
After renegades murder his family and destroy his land, Josey Wales (Clint Eastwood) sets out to track down these men and bring them to justice. Finding that his enemies side with the Union, Wales joins up with a group of rebel guerillas who continue fighting even after the official surrender. Now an outlaw on the run, Wales continues his pursuit and is eventually joined by a group of settlers who need his protection. Directed by Clint Eastwood. With Chief Dan George and Sondra Locke. Categories: Action, Drama, Western. Year: 1976.
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola adapted a novel about teen street gangs into this 1983 film. Ralph Macchio and C. Thomas Howell are two tough guys who get into a fight with some rich kids. When one of the rich kids is killed, they run to their leader, Matt Dillon, for help. Diane Lane plays the girl they're all in love with. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. With Patrick Swayze and Emilio Estevez. Categories: Crime, Drama, Romance. Year: 1983.
The Outsiders
Lincoln Hawk (Sylvester Stallone) is a long-haul trucker with a wrecked life. When his ex-wife (Susan Blakely) dies, he tries to begin a new relationship with the son he abandoned years before. In order to impress the skeptical and distrustful boy, Hawk enters the national arm wrestling competition in Las Vegas, where he puts his money and his family on the line. Directed by Menahem Golan. With Robert Loggia, Rick Zumwalt, David Mendenhall and Chris McCarty. Categories: Action, Drama. Year: 1987.
Over the Top
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
After marriying hastily, Walter Fane (Edward Norton), an earnest, socially awkward bacteriologist, and his beautiful, but shallow wife, Kitty (Naomi Watts), leave London for China, where Walter works in a government lab. Discovering that Kitty has cheated on him, Walter gives her the choice of joining him on a relief effort to treat a cholera outbreak in a small inland village, or face divorce. The struggles of travel and rural life, help Walter and Kitty to see one another in a new light and reawaken their lost romance. Directed by John Curran. With Liev Schreiber and Toby Jones. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2006.
The Painted Veil
Ofelia (Ivana Baquero), an imaginitve girl in love with fairy tales, is forced to move with her pregnant mother (Ariadna Gil) to live with her stepfather (Sergi López), a cold and ruthless captain in the fascist Spanish Army. During her nighttime explorations, Ofelia meets a fairy who brings her to Pan (Doug Jones), a mysterious faun, in the center of a labyrinth, who explains that Ofelia may be a missing princess and must complete three difficult tasks to prove her royalty. Meanwhile, with her mother gravely ill, Ofelia's stepfather, Captain Vidal, carries out a brutal campaign to destroy the rebel forces living in the wooded mountains near their post. Directed by Guillermo del Toro. With Maribel Verdú. Categories: Drama, Fantasy, Thriller. Year: 2006.
Pan's Labyrinth
Two young Palestinian men, Said (Kais Nashif) and Khaled (Ali Suliman), are recruited to carry out a suicide bombing. After spending their last night with their families, the men are brought to the border with bombs strapped to their bodies. When the operation doesn't go according to plan, each man must face his own destiny and stand up for his own convictions. Directed by Hany Abu-Assad. With Lubna Azabal. Categories: Crime, Drama. Year: 2005.
Paradise Now
The Buckmans are America's typical suburban family. Together, Gil (Steve Martin) and Helen (Mary Steenburgen) suffer through all the joys of parenthood: the wacky relatives, money troubles, baseball practice, late night illnesses and rebellious teenagers. But, through it all, they remain a close family and never forget how important it is to be thankful for what you have. Directed by Ron Howard. With Dianne Wiest, Dennis Dugan, Rick Moranis and Keanu Reeves. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 1989.
Parenthood
Directed by C_dric Klapisch. With Juliette Binoche, Romain Duris and Fabrice Luchini. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2008.
Paris
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
David Locke (Jack Nicholson), a depressed, jaded television reporter, assumes the identity of a recently deceased gun smuggler while researching a documentary in a North African country. The switch is Locke's last desperate attempt to escape his old life, and he leaves Africa intent of keeping the dead man's appointments, no matter the consequences. Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. With Maria Schneider. Categories: Drama. Year: 1975.
The Passenger
After a deadly plane crash, Claire (Anne Hathaway), a young therapist, is assigned to counsel the five survivors as they deal with the trauma. Drawn to Eric (Patrick Wilson), one of the passengers who seems to be hiding his true feelings, Claire enters into a romance that goes against her professional resposibilities. When the other passengers begin mysteriously disappearing one by one, Claire sets out with Eric to uncover the truth behind the accident, no matter what the consequences. Directed by Rodrigo García. With Andre Braugher, Dianne Wiest, David Morse and Clea DuVall. Categories: Drama, Horror, Thriller. Year: 2008.
Passengers
Ghost (Karl Urban), a Viking boy, is raised by a Native American tribe when his clan is defeated in a battle. After learning the ways of his new family, Ghost, who is now a man, must protect his people from the Vikings, who have returned to conquer and settle in North America. Directed by Marcus Nispel. With Moon Bloodgood and Russell Means. Categories: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War. Year: 2007.
Pathfinder
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
Dan Millman (Scott Mechlowicz), a talented college gymnast, seems to have the perfect life. But, what his admirers don't know is that he suffers from terrifying nightmares and odd visions he can't explain. Jogging one night after one of his intense dreams, Dan meets a man at a service station who he calls Socrates (Nick Nolte). Drawn to Socrates' mysterious power and philosophy, Dan follows a strict regimen that changes his diet, training and lifestyle. After losing almost everything that was once important to him, Dan begins a journey of discovery that will shatter his preconceived notions and bring him to a new ideology. Directed by Victor Salva. With Amy Smart and Tim DeKay. Categories: Drama, Sports. Year: 2006.
Peaceful Warrior
During WWII, two childhood friends, Rafe McCawley (Ben Affleck) and Danny Walker (Josh Hartnett), join the US Army as fighter pilots. When Rafe's plane is shot down in Europe, it is assumed that he died in the crash. However, he survives the attack and makes his way to Hawaii, only to find Danny smitten with his former love, Evelyn (Kate Beckinsale). As the two grapple with burden of betrayal on their friendship, their personal confrontation takes a back seat to the tragedies of the fateful attack on Pearl Harbor. Directed by Michael Bay. With Cuba Gooding Jr., Jon Voight, Alec Baldwin, Tom Sizemore and Jaime King. Categories: Drama, Action, War, Romance. Year: 2001.
Pearl Harbor
Following the murder of two Supreme Court Justices, law school student Darby Shaw (Julia Roberts) researches the judges' records and cases pending before the court. When her professor (Sam Shepard) and his friend (John Heard) are killed soon after reading the resulting brief, which outlines who would benefit from the judges' deaths, Darby goes on the run in fear for her life. Turning to the only man she trusts, investigative reporter Gray Grantham (Denzel Washington), Darby sets out to uncover the truth, despite threats from a wealthy oil tycoon and the White House. Directed by Alan J. Pakula. With Tony Goldwyn, William Atherton, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow and Anthony Heald. Categories: Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 1993.
The Pelican Brief
Eli Wurman (Al Pacino) is a publicity agent handling the personal lives of the rich and famous. When one of his clients (Ryan O'Neal) is involved in an unimaginable crime and expects Wurman to get him out of it, this smooth publicist must save himself without turning some of the most powerful people in America against him. Directed by Daniel Algrant. With Kim Basinger, Téa Leoni, Robert Klein and Mark Webber. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2002.
People I Know
When Wall Street millionaire Steven Taylor (Michael Douglas) discovers that his wife Emily (Gwyneth Paltrow) is having an affair with penniless artist David Shaw (Viggo Mortensen), he reacts by setting up the perfect murder. After blackmailing Shaw into killing Emily, he goes out for the evening to secure his alibi. But, when he returns home expecting to find Emily dead, he instead finds that Emily has killed an intruder who is not Shaw. When Shaw phones him demanding money, Steven realizes that his plan is beginning to unravel and sets out to cover all of his tracks. Directed by Andrew Davis. Categories: Romance, Thriller. Year: 1998.
A Perfect Murder
Six high school students with their own reasons for wanting a leg up on the competition conspire to steal the answers to the SATs. Straight-A student Anna Ross (Erika Christensen), aspiring architect Kyle (Chris Evans), lovesick Matty Matthews (Bryan Greenberg), tough girl Francesca Curtis (Scarlett Johansson), basketball star Desmond Rhodes (Darius Miles) and full-time stoner Roy (Leonardo Nam) all put aside their differences and learn to work as a team to decide their own fates and cheat the system. Directed by Brian Robbins. With Tyra Ferrell and Matthew Lillard. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Crime. Year: 2004.
The Perfect Score
After quitting her job as a reporter for a New York paper, Rowena Price (Halle Berry) goes undercover to expose ad exec Harrison Hill (Bruce Willis), who she suspects is her best friend's killer. After taking a temp job at Hill's agency, Price enters into a dangerous online relationship with her boss. Aiding Price in her investigation is Miles Haley (Giovanni Ribisi), a friend from her paper who has a secret and possibly dangerous crush on her. Directed by James Foley. With Richard Portnow and Gary Dourdan. Categories: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2007.
Perfect Stranger
Born in the putrid streets of 18th century Paris, Jean-Baptiste Grenouille (Ben Whishaw) develops a superhuman sense of smell that makes him an invaluable tool for perfume manufacturers. But, overcome by his superior olfactory sense, Grenouille succumbs to desire and begins to kill young women in search of the perfect scent. Directed by Tom Tykwer. With Alan Rickman and Dustin Hoffman. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2006.
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Jerry Stahl (Ben Stiller) chronicles his rise and fall as a television writer in Los Angeles for Kitty (Maria Bello), a woman he meets while he is in rehab. From a bed in a cheap motel, Jerry tells a darkly comedic tale of self-inflicted mental, emotional and physical pain. Directed by David Veloz. With Owen Wilson, Elizabeth Hurley, Janeane Garofalo and Fred Willard. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 1998.
Permanent Midnight
Marjane Statrapi (Chiara Mastroianni), an outspoken young Iranian girl, comes of age during the Islamic Revolution. After the fundamentalists take power, forcing the veil on women and imprisoning thousands, Marjane uses her wit to outsmart the "social guardians" and discovers punk, ABBA and Iron Maiden, while living with the terror of government persecution and the Iran/Iraq war. As Marjane grows, she must make peace with past and deal with the lack of acceptance of Muslims in Europe. Directed by Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi. With Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux, Simon Abkarian, Gabrielle Lopes Benites and Gabrielle Lopes. Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama. Year: 2007.
Persepolis
Directed by Jay DiPietro. With Jess Weixler, Jason Ritter, Kristina Klebe, Tracie Thoms, Dana Eskelson and Zak Orth. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2009.
Peter and Vandy
When the mysterious Phantom (Gerard Butler), a disfigured musical genius who haunts the catacombs beneath the Paris Opera, falls hopelessly in love with Christine (Emmy Rossum), he devotes himself to nurturing her extraordinary talents. But, things change with the arrival of Raoul (Patrick Wilson), Christine's onetime sweetheart and the new patron of the opera house. Driven into a jealous rage, the Phantom kidnaps Christine and forces Raoul into a showdown for the young girl's love and the lives of everyone involved.Directed by Joel Schumacher. With Miranda Richardson, Minnie Driver and Simon Callow. Categories: Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Romance, Thriller. Year: 2004.
The Phantom of the Opera
Phoebe (Elle Fanning) is a little girl who loses herself completely in fantasies about the book "Alice in Wonderland." She imagines that one of her teachers (Patricia Clarkson) is her guide to a secret world of magic. Her parents (Felicity Huffman and Bill Pullman) can't quite understand her. She begins to exist so much in the fantasy world that they start to worry. Is her obsession with Alice healthy and imaginative, or dangerous? Has she withdrawn so much from the real world that she won't be able to find her way back? Directed by Daniel Barnz. With Campbell Scott and Peter Gerety. Categories: Drama. Year: 2008.
Phoebe in Wonderland
Wladyslaw Szpilman (Adrien Brody), a renowned composer and pianist, struggles for survival amidst the violence and inhumanity of World War II. After his family is taken to a concentration camp, Szpilman spends time doing forced labor before escaping to hide in the ruins of Warsaw, scavenging for food and shelter. Just as he is losing hope and succumbing to starvation, he finds help in an unlikely place. Directed by Roman Polanski. With Emilia Fox, Thomas Kretschmann and Michal Zebrowski. Categories: Drama, Biography, War, Music. Year: 2002.
The Pianist
Kate Mosley (Jennifer Aniston) is having difficulty getting ahead in her career because her boss believes that only married employees deserve promotions. To get the position she's earned, Kate pretends to be engaged to Nick (Jay Mohr), a man she recently met at a friend's wedding. In the beginning, her plan works perfectly, securing a promotion and helping her catch the eye of a coworker (Kevin Bacon), who only dates women who are already in relationships. But, when Nick reveals that he is falling in love with Kate for real, she'll have to reevaluate her priorities and decide if she is meant for true love. Directed by Glenn Gordon Caron. With Olympia Dukakis. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 1997.
Picture Perfect
Pink (Bob Geldof) is a musician whose troubled life and many mental and physical problems manifest themselves in the wall he builds around himself as protection from the world. Problems with his mother (Christine Hargreaves), father (James Laurenson) and wife (Eleanor David) are compounded with social problems like WWII in this legendary film based on the music of Pink Floyd. Directed by Alan Parker. Categories: Drama, Music. Year: 1982.
Pink Floyd The Wall
A young recruit (Charlie Sheen) in Vietnam faces mental and moral anguish as he struggles to save his own life while dealing with the horrors of battle. Following his platoon as it fights and dies in the jungle, the crisis comes to a head when a village is massacred, causing a breakdown among the ranks that threatens all of their lives. Directed by Oliver Stone. With Willem Dafoe, Forest Whitaker, Tom Berenger, John C. McGinley and Kevin Dillon and Johnny Depp. Categories: Action, Drama, War. Year: 1986.
Platoon
Eleven people (including Angelina Jolie, Jon Stewart, Ryan Phillippe and Gillian Anderson) living in Los Angeles struggle to find room for romance in their turbulent lives. As their sometimes tragic, sometimes bizarre love stories unfold, the connections among the members of this seemingly random sample of broken hearts and failed relationships converge over the course of one fateful week. Directed by Willard Carroll. With Sean Connery, Dennis Quaid, Gena Rowlands, Anthony Edwards, Ellen Burstyn, Jay Mohr, Patricia Clarkson and Madeleine Stowe. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 1998.
Playing by Heart
David (Tobey Maguire) is an unhappy teenager who finds escape through Pleasantville, a classic television show where nothing bad ever happens. After receiving a suspicious remote control from an unexpected repair man, David and his sister Jennifer (Reese Witherspoon) are transported into the black and white world of Pleasantville. As David attempts to fit in, Jennifer's wild-child behavior causes colorful changes in the town that threaten its entire existence. Directed by Gary Ross. With William H. Macy, Joan Allen and Jeff Daniels. Categories: Fantasy, Comedy, Drama. Year: 1998.
Pleasantville
Jack Nicholson stars as a police officer in a small town who is about to retire. Just before he works his final day, a 7-year-old girl is found murdered. He promises her mother that he will find out who killed her. But as he continues to work on the case, even after he leaves the force, one of his former colleagues (Aaron Eckhart) questions whether his interest in this case is as innocent as it appears. Directed by Sean Penn. With Dale Dickey. Categories: Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2001.
The Pledge
Jackson Pollock (Ed Harris) is a brilliant painter living in New York City in 1941. Struggling with alcoholism, his talent goes to waste until he meets Lee Krasner (Marcia Gay Harden), a fellow artist whose love for Pollock brings her to give up her own career to save his. What emerges is some of the most famous and popular artistic work of the twentieth century. Unfortunately, even the support of the people around him cannot save Pollock from his inner demons. Directed by Ed Harris. With Tom Bower, Jennifer Connelly, Bud Cort and Val Kilmer. Categories: Biography, Drama. Year: 2000.
Pollock
A poor boy with no family, working in an opulent neighborhood in the hills above Goa, India, sees a beautiful pool at a deserted house and develops a fantasy that swimming in this pool will change his life. He also meets a well-to-do family who offer him work and the chance at an education. Can he leave behind the life he knows (and his fantasy of the perfect swim in that pool) to take advantage of this opportunity? Directed by Chris Smith. With Jhangir Badshah, Ayesha Mohan, Nana Patekar and Venkatesh Chavan. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2007.
The Pool
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
A gritty but inspirational story set in the inner city, the film stars (Gabourey 'Gabby' Sidibe ) as an overweight, unloved teen. Physically bused by her mother (Mo'Nique ) and sexually abused by her father, she endures unwanted pregnancies but fantasizes about a better life. When she gets to an alternative high school, her teacher (Paula Patton) is determined to help her realize her dreams. Pop diva Mariah Carey has a small role. Directed by Lee Daniels. Categories: Drama. Year: 2009.Lee Daniels. With Mariah Carey, Paula Patton, Mo'Nique and Gabourey 'Gabby' Sidibe. Categories: Drama. Year: 2009.
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Depressed housewife Linda Hanson's (Sandra Bullock) world is ripped apart when she receives word that her loving husband Jim (Julian McMahon) has been killed in a car accident. When she wakes up the next morning and finds that he is still alive, she believes the events of the previous day were all a bad dream. But, on the following day, Jim is dead again and Linda's sense of reality is shaken to its core. Desperate to save her family, Linda battles against time and fate to save the life she and Jim have built together. Directed by Mennan Yapo. With Nia Long, Amber Valletta and Peter Stormare. Categories: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2007.
Premonition
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
Kimberly Joyce (Evan Rachel Wood) is a sexy and manipulative Beverly Hills teenager who will stop at nothing to become famous. To achieve her goal, Kimberly accuses her drama teacher, Mr. Anderson (Ron Livingston), of sexual harassment. Directed by Marcos Siega. With Jane Krakowski, James Woods, Selma Blair and Jaime King. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2005.
Pretty Persuasion
The story of an all-girl band in 1980s Los Angeles, Gina Gershon stars as Jacki. She's the founder and leader of the band, Clam Dandy. She has always said she would quit if she didn't make it by 40 and her birthday is fast approaching. But as she prepares for a performance, and deals with personal problems along with her bandmates (Drea de Matteo, Lori Petty and Shelly Cole) she can't decide what to do. Directed by Alex Steyermark. With Marc Blucas. Categories: Drama, Music. Year: 2003.
Prey for Rock & Roll
After being held back from reaching his dream, Jim Ellis (Terrence Howard) becomes an inspiring swim coach determined to see his team fulfill their potential. After gaining the trust of a group of troubled teens, Ellis gets them into shape and helps them believe in themselves, even in the face of discrimination and inequality. Directed by Sunu Gonera. With Bernie Mac, Tom Arnold, Kimberly Elise, Brandon Fobbs, Alphonso McAuley, Nate Parker, Kevin Phillips, Evan Ross and Regine Nehy. Categories: Drama, Sports, Based on a True Story. Year: 2007.
Pride
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
With four NYPD cops murdered in an ambush and a cop killer on the loose, Chief Francis Tierney, Sr. (Jon Voight) asks his son, Detective Ray Tierney (Edward Norton), to head up the investigation. Even though it looks like a routine drug bust gone wrong, Ray is reluctant to take the case because the fallen officers served under his brother, Francis Tierney, Jr. (Noah Emmerich), and brother-in-law, Jimmy Egan (Colin Farrell). As Ray delves deeper into the case, the evidence begins to lead him to unthinkable truths that force the family to choose between loyalty to the force or loyalty to one another. Directed by Gavin O'Connor. With Jennifer Ehle, John Ortiz, Lake Bell, Rick Gonzalez, Frank Grillo and Shea Whigham. Categories: Crime, Drama, New York. Year: 2008.
Pride and Glory
Uma Thurman plays an accomplished New York professional who is still single at age 37. When she starts dating a much younger guy (Bryan Greenberg) she is eager to share the news with her therapist (Meryl Streep). But the therapist figures out quickly that the new boyfriend is her own son, although she doesn't share the news with her patient. Prime is a contemporary comedy about what happens when three people who all care about each other are suddenly put in an impossible situation. Directed by Ben Younger. With Uma Thurman, Bryan Greenberg and Meryl Streep. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2005.
Prime
Two men working out of their garage build a device through trial and error without knowing exactly what they are creating. Eventually, they discover that the device can send objects through time. As they use the machine more and more, their once close friendship becomes strained as each begins to realize the power they now possess. Directed by Shane Carruth. With Shane Carruth and David Sullivan. Categories: Drama, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Independent Film. Year: 2004.
Primer
Directed by Rebecca Miller. With Robin Wright Penn, Blake Lively, Keanu Reeves, Alan Arkin, Julianne Moore, Maria Bello, Winona Ryder and Monica Bellucci. Categories: Drama. Year: 2009.
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Orphaned after her family is killed by a crooked cop (Gary Oldman), Mathilda (Natalie Portman) takes shelter in the apartment of a neighbor, whom she barely knows. Leon (Jean Reno) is a quiet man and first generation immigrant, who also happens to be a professional assassin. After being brought together by chance, the pair forms a special bond, as Leon teaches Mathilda in the art of his trade so she can avenge her little brother's death. Directed by Luc Besson. With Danny Aiello. Categories: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 1994.
The Professional
When Captain Stanley (Ray Winstone) captures Charlie Burns (Guy Pearce), a notorious outlaw, he makes him an offer. Either he tracks down and kills his older brother (Danny Huston), or his younger brother (Richard Wilson) will be executed in nine days. Directed by John Hillcoat. With David Wenham, Emily Watson and John Hurt. Categories: Action, Crime, Drama, Western, Independent Film. Year: 2005.
The Proposition
Directed by Erik Skjoldbj_rg. With Christina Ricci, Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Jessica Lange. Categories: Drama. Year: 2001.
Prozac Nation
Johnny Depp stars as John Dillinger, the legendary bank robber who was the target in the FBI's first war on crime. Marion Cotillard plays the girl who loves him, while Christian Bale is the U.S. Marshal out to capture him. Billy Crudup plays J. Edgar Hoover, the director the FBI. Catching Dillinger and keeping him in prison turns out to be harder than the authorities expect. Directed by Michael Mann. With Giovanni Ribisi. Categories: Crime, Drama. Year: 2009.
Public Enemies
As Vincent (John Travolta) and Jules (Samuel L. Jackson) take care of some dirty work for their mobster boss, Marsellus Wallace (Ving Rhames), a dangerous romance develops between Vincent and Marsellus's wife, Mia (Uma Thurman), that puts her life in danger. Meanwhile, a down-and-out boxer (Bruce Willis) runs into trouble while trying to leave town after killing an opponent in the ring. And, Jules has an epiphany after being taken hostage by a couple of amateur criminals trying to hold up a diner. Directed by Quentin Tarantino. With Tim Roth, Amanda Plummer, Christopher Walken, Eric Stoltz, Rosanna Arquette and Harvey Keitel. Categories: Cult Classics, Drama, Crime. Year: 1994.
Pulp Fiction
Barry Egan (Adam Sandler) owns and operates a small business distributing novelty toilet plungers. Socially impaired and lacking self-esteem, Barry contacts a phone sex operator, who then threatens him with blackmail. When Barry doesn't cooperate, the operator sends some thugs on a mission to extort him. Barry is desperate until one of his seven sisters fixes him up with a lovely English woman named Lena (Emily Watson). With his emotions going haywire, Barry decides to do whatever it takes to get his shot at true romance. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. With Philip Seymour Hoffman and Luis Guzmán. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2002.
Punch-Drunk Love
Continuing his relentless vendetta against organized crime, Frank Castle (Ray Stevenson), a dark, ruthless vigilante, tracks down notorious mob boss Billy Russoti (Dominic West). When their confrontation leaves Russoti maimed and disfigured, the evil madman returns as Jigsaw. With a police task force trying to stop his renegade brand of law enforcement, Castle remains committed to putting an end to Jigsaw's reign of terror and taking out his formidable army. Directed by Lexi Alexander. With Julie Benz, Doug Hutchison and Colin Salmon. Categories: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Based on a Comic. Year: 2008.
Punisher: War Zone
Paul (Harry Eden) is a child growing up in poverty with a mother (Molly Parker) addicted to heroin. His father is dead and he ends up taking care of his mother, instead of the other way around. He becomes close to a waitress (Keira Knightley), whose friendship offers him a glimpse of another, better world. Directed by Gillies MacKinnon. Categories: Drama. Year: 2002.
Pure
Chris (Will Smith) struggles as a hapless salesman while his wife (Thandie Newton) works double shifts. Despite appearances to the contrary, Chris always believes that he is on the verge of securing a small fortune. When he runs out of money, his wife leaves him and his son in an act of desperation. While the newly-evicted Chris and his son, Christopher (Jaden Smith), are forced to stay in homeless shelters, this determined father works as an unpaid intern for a prestigious stock brokerage company, hoping to secure a coveted spot as a stock broker. Directed by Gabriele Muccino. With Dan Castellaneta, Brian Howe and James Karen. Categories: Drama, Based on a True Story. Year: 2006.
The Pursuit of Happyness
Nick Falzone (John Cusack) is a hotshot air traffic controller who treats his incredibly serious job like a game, pushing planes around the sky like pieces on a chessboard. No one can match his professional prowess until Russell Bell (Billy Bob Thornton), an accomplished controller in his own right, threatens Nick's job and his relationship with his wife (Cate Blanchett). Directed by Mike Newell. With Angelina Jolie. Categories: Drama, Comedy. Year: 1999.
Pushing Tin
Shortly after the election of Tony Blair, the death of Princess Diana shocks Great Britain and the world. In the time that follows, a power struggle develops between the Queen (Helen Mirren) and the new Prime Minister (Michael Sheen). While the Queen's mannered upbringing prevents her from making any overt emotional gestures about Princess Di's death, Tony Blair knows that such a display is just want the country and the monarchy needs. Directed by Stephen Frears. With Helen McCrory, James Cromwell, Alex Jennings and Mark Bazeley. Categories: Drama, Biography. Year: 2006.
The Queen
Molly Craig (Everlyn Sampi), a young aborigine girl, her younger sister, Daisy (Tianna Sansbury), and their cousin, Gracie (Laura Monaghan), are taken from their homes by a heartless bureaucrat (Kenneth Branagh) and sent to a government-run camp to be trained as domestic workers. Trapped in in a compound meant to integrate aborigines into white society and wipe out their culture, the girls make the decision to escape and make the dificult trek back home across 1500 miles of desolate outback terrain. Directed by Phillip Noyce. With David Gulpilil, Deborah Mailman, Jason Clarke, Ningali Lawford and Natasha Wanganeen. Categories: Drama, Adventure, Foreign Film, Based on a True Story. Year: 2002.
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Kym (Anne Hathaway), a troubled ex-model who has been in and out of rehab for the last decade, returns home for her sister Rachel's (Rosemarie DeWitt) wedding. With a long history of crisis and conflict with her family, Kym's dark humor and tendency for drama brings long standing tensions to the surface on what should be a happy occasion. Directed by Jonathan Demme. With Mather Zickel, Bill Irwin, Debra Winger and Tunde Adebimpe. Categories: Drama, Romance, Independent Film. Year: 2008.
Rachel Getting Married
Harold Jones (Ed Harris) is the football coach at T. L. Hanna High School. When he meets Radio (Cuba Gooding Jr.), a mentally challenged student with a reputation as a trouble maker, he refuses to dismiss the young man and instead becomes a mentor for him, watching him transform into a confident adult and an icon in their town. Directed by Michael Tollin. With Alfre Woodard, Riley Smith, Debra Winger, S. Epatha Merkerson. Categories: Drama, Sports. Year: 2003.
Radio
Jake LaMotta (Robert De Niro), a determined and talented fighter, gains fame and a fortune after becoming the middlewight champion. But, his professional accomplishments are offset by a troubled domestic life full of rage, jealousy, and paranoia. His obsession with the relationship between his wife (Cathy Moriarty) and manager/brother (Joe Pesci) ends up leaving him destitute and alone. After serving time in prison on a statutory rape conviction, LaMotta seeks to mend his realtionship with his brother and works on a stand-up comedy routine. Directed by Martin Scorsese. With Frank Vincent. Categories: Drama, Sports, Biography. Year: 1980.
Raging Bull
Tom (Kevin Bacon) is a railway engineer who loves trains more than anything else in his life. Davey (Miles Heizer) is a boy whose suicidal mother takes pills, then parks her car with the two of them in it on the tracks just when a train is scheduled to come. Tom is driving the train that almost kills the boy, and after the accident, the two of them get to know each other. Befriending the boy helps Tom come to terms with some difficult issues in his life, including his wife's illness. Directed by Alison Eastwood. With Marcia Gay Harden, and Bonnie Root. Categories: Drama. Year: 2007.
Rails & Ties
Raymond Babbitt (Dustin Hoffman) is an idiot savant, a man with an incredible knack for numbers who lacks the ability to function on his own in the real world. When his father dies and leaves him a fortune, Raymond's brother Charlie (Tom Cruise) learns of his handicapped sibling for the first time. Charlie sets out to connect with Raymond in order to get his hands on the money, but Raymond ends up winning over his heart. Directed by Barry Levinson. With Valeria Golino, Gerald R. Molen and Jack Murdock. Categories: Drama. Year: 1988.
Rain Man
Directed by Garry Marshall. With Kate Hudson, John Corbett, Abigail Breslin, Hayden Panettiere, Spencer Breslin and Joan Cusack. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2004.
Raising Helen
John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) is called back into action when a group of Christian aid workers ask for his help in getting medical assistance and supplies to oppressed minorities in Burma. Reluctant to leave his secluded life in rural Thailand, Rambo nevertheless agrees to get them safely to their destination. But, when the aid workers are ambushed and held hostage, Rambo is charged with leading the rescue effort and assembles a team of mercenaries to carry out his most dangerous mission yet. Directed by Sylvester Stallone. With Julie Benz, Paul Schulze, Graham McTavish, Jake La Botz andMaung Maung Khin. Categories: Action, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2008.
Rambo
Ray Charles (Jamie Foxx) was stricken with blindness at a young age, left defenseless against a world that had little compassion for a disabled black child. Inspired by his mother to overcome the perceived limitations of his handicap, Ray works tirelessly to cultivate his extraordinary musical talents. But, as the pressures of celebrity and life on the road take their toll, Ray must overcome racism, broken relationships and drug addiction to achieve superstardom and international fame. Directed by Taylor Hackford. With Kerry Washington, Regina King and Clifton Powell. Categories: Biography, Drama, Music. Year: 2004.
Ray
Years after his affair with Hanna Schmitz (Kate Winslet), an attractive older woman, came to a mysterious end, Michael Berg (David Kross), now a law student, encounters his former love at the Nazi war trials. Hanna is on trial for a horrible crime, but refuses to defend herself. As the proceedings move along, Michael gradually realizes that Hanna is guarding a secret she considers to be more shameful than murder. Directed by Stephen Daldry. With Ralph Fiennes, Jeanette Hain, Hannah Herzsprung and Karoline Herfurth. Categories: Drama, History, Romance, Thriller, War. Year: 2008.
The Reader
When his addiction finally catches up to him, Andy Hayes (Jay Baruchel), a nervous, hyperactive gambler, gets a one hour reprieve from Reuben, the hitman sent to kill him. Over the course of sixty minutes, Reuben gives Andy a chance to make up for past regrets and missed opportunities. With time running out, Andy begins to realize just how important life really is, and set out to make the most of what little he has left. Directed by Randall Cole. With Jayne Eastwood. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Independent Film. Year: 2008.
Real Time
Lelaina (Winona Ryder), the valedictorian of her college class, videotapes her Gen-X friends following graduation. Her best friend Troy (Ethan Hawke) is an unemployed slacker, Vickie (Janeane Garofalo) is a neurotic manager at the Gap and Sammy (Steve Zahn) is still coming to terms with his own sexuality. When Lelaina meets Michael (Ben Stiller), a straight-laced video executive, she must decide between his yuppie materialism and Troy's cynical philosophy. Directed by Ben Stiller. With Swoosie Kurtz and Renée Zellweger. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 1994.
Reality Bites
Korean War veteran Avery Ludlow (Brian Cox) lives alone in a small town, running a local hardware store with Red, his faithful dog, as his only companion. After local thugs, led by Danny McCormack (Noel Fisher), rob the old man and shoot and kill Red, Avery sets out for make Danny pay for his actions. When Avery confronts Danny's father (Tom Sizemore), Danny denies the whole thing. When the authorities prove just as unhelpful, Avery is forced to seek justice himself to honor the memory of his best friend. Directed by Trygve Allister Diesen. With Amanda Plummer. Categories: Drama, Thriller. Year: 2008.
Red
Lisa Reisert (Rachel McAdams) never liked flying, but on an overnight flight to Miami she learns that planes are the least of her worries. Upon boarding, Lisa is pleased to find that she is seated next to Jackson (Cillian Murphy), a charming man she had a drink with at the airport terminal. But, just after takeoff, Jackson reveals that he is on a mission to kill the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, and Lisa is the key to the plot. Directed by Wes Craven. With Brian Cox and Jayma Mays. Categories: Action, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2005.
Red Eye
Mike Terry (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a Jiu-jitsu master and self-defense instructor, has shunned the professional ring in order to impart his students with the skills need to survive LA's dangerous streets. But, after being conned by a group of Hollywood insiders, including action star Chet Frank (Tim Allen), Terry is forced to fight for profit for the first time in his life in order to pay off his debts. In an unfamiliar, cut-throat world, Terry will have to rely on his pride and years of training to come out on top. Directed by David Mamet. With Alice Braga, Emily Mortimer and Rodrigo Santoro. Categories: Action, Drama. Year: 2008.
Redbelt
After hearing radical American journalist John Reed (Warren Beatty) give a lecture, writer Louise Bryant (Diane Keaton) flees her unhappy marriage to follow the Communist activist. After becoming involved in labor and political disputes in the US, the couple travels to Russia when John is assigned to cover the Russian Revolution. Inspired by the Communist victory, John and Louise return to the US, hoping to lead a revolution of their own. Directed by Warren Beatty. With Edward Herrmann, Jack Nicholson, Paul Sorvino, Maureen Stapleton, M. Emmet Walsh and Gene Hackman. Categories: Biography, Drama, Romance. Year: 1981.
Reds
Charlie Fineman (Adam Sandler), a man who lost his family in the September 11 attacks, has suffered a mental breakdown. Living in his own world and shutting out all of his painful memories, Charlie drifts along on the streets of New York City on his scooter and lives off of an insurance settlement. When Alan Johnson (Don Cheadle), Charlie's roommate from dental school, sees him on the street, Charlie at first doesn't recognize his old friend. As the two begin to reconnect, Charlie begins to recover from his grief and Alan learns that he has been neglecting his family and all of the things he has to be thankful for. Directed by Mike Binder. With Jada Pinkett Smith, Liv Tyler, Saffron Burrows, Donald Sutherland, Robert Klein and Melinda Dillon. Categories: Drama. Year: 2007.
Reign Over Me
Based on the bestselling novel, this film tells the story of a devoted butler (Anthony Hopkins) in the first part of the 20th century who puts duty before everything. The housekeeper (Emma Thompson) on the estate where he works falls in love with him, and although he likes her, he is afraid their relationship will interfere with his work. Christopher Reeve is a visiting American and Hugh Grant is a journalist who uncovers painful secrets about the butler's employer. Directed by James Ivory. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 1993.
The Remains of the Day
In 1970s Virginia, a black school and a white school are closed, forcing the students to integrate. Herman Boone (Denzel Washington), the football coach at the black school, is chosen over white coach Bill Yoast (Will Patton) to lead the football team. Facing racism and tension from students and adults alike, Boone must prove himself and show that integration is a vital step in the journey to racial understanding. Directed by Boaz Yakin. With Wood Harris, Hayden Panettiere, Ryan Hurst and Donald Faison. Categories: Drama, Sports. Year: 2000.
Remember the Titans
In 2054, the people of Paris are monitored and recorded at every moment. When Ilona Tasuiev, a brilliant scientist, is kidnapped, Karas, a jaded police captain, is assigned to find her, with Avalon, the scientist's employer, applying pressure to speed her rescue. With the help of Ilona's sister, Bislane, Karas soon uncovers a plot involving identify theft, missing files, and hints that something back in 2006 may explain what's going on. Directed by Christian Volckman. With Ian Holm. Categories: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Year: 2006.
Renaissance
After the Egyptian born Anwar El-Ibrahimi (Omar Metwally) disappears on a flight from South Africa to Washington DC, his American wife, Isabella (Reese Witherspoon), travels to the nation's capital to try to learn the truth. Meanwhile, CIA analyst Douglas Freeman (Jake Gyllenhaal) begins to question his assignment after witnessing El-Ibrahimi's interrogation at a secret military detention center. Directed by Gavin Hood. With Meryl Streep, Peter Sarsgaard and Alan Arkin. Cateogries: Thriller, Drama. Year: 2007.
Rendition
In this screen adaptation of the hit Broadway rock opera, Mark Cohen (Anthony Rapp), an aspiring film-maker, has lost his performance artist girlfriend, Maureen (Idina Menzel), to an uptight lawyer named Joanne (Tracie Thoms). Mark's roommate Roger (Adam Pascal) is an HIV-positive would-be musician who has misgivings about getting involved with Mimi (Rosario Dawson), an exotic dancer. Tom Collins (Jesse L. Martin), a disgruntled professor, falls for a transgendered street-drummer, Angel (Wilson Jermaine Heredia). Together this group of down and out friends must grapple with poverty, AIDS, suicide, commercialism and artistic stagnation. Directed by Chris Columbus. With Taye Diggs and Sarah Silverman. Categories: Drama, Musical, New York. Year: 2005.
Rent
As Sara Goldfarb (Ellen Burstyn), a lonely widow, uses prescription diet pills to prepare for a game show appearance that will never come, her son, Harry (Jared Leto), his girlfriend, Marion (Jennifer Connelly), and his best friend, Tyrone (Marlon Wayans), sink deeper and deeper into the vicious grip of heroin addiction. Facing a supply shortage in New York, Harry and Tyrone head out on the road to pull off a drug deal that they hope will be the answer to their prayers. Marion, left alone in her apartment, is forced to sacrifice her morals to score the heroin she so desperately needs. Directed by Darren Aronofsky. With Christopher McDonald and Suzanne Shepherd. Categories: Cult Classics, Crime, Drama, New York. Year: 2000.
Requiem for a Dream
On their way home from his son's recital, college professor Ethan Learner (Joaquin Phoenix), his wife Grace (Jennifer Connelly), and their daughter Emma (Elle Fanning) watch as the boy is killed in a hit-and-run accident. The driver Dwight Arno (Mark Ruffalo) is returning his son Lucas (Eddie Alderson) to his ex-wife (Mira Sorvino) after attending a baseball game. In one terrible instant, the two father's lives are devasted. As Ethan sets out to track down his son's killer, Dwight makes the difficult choice to cover up his horrible act and deals with the unbearable guilt that follows. Directed by Terry George. Categories: Drama, Thriller. Year: 2007.
Reservation Road
Six criminals come together for a diamond store robbery without even knowing each others' names. After screwing up the job and getting two of their allies killed, the four remaining crooks meet back at a warehouse hideaway. Realizing that one of them must be a police informer, they are determined to find out who it is using whatever means are necessary. Directed by Quentin Tarantino. With Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Steve Buscemi, Chris Penn and Edward Bunker. Categories: Cult Classics, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 1992.
Reservoir Dogs
Looking for a story to put him on the map, struggling sports reporter Erik Kernan ( Josh Hartnett) happens to help a homeless man who claims to be boxing legend Bob Satterfield (Samuel L. Jackson). Since most people think that the former champ had passed away, Erik sees their chance meeting as a great opportunity to resurrect Satterfield'a story and escape the shadow of his successful father. But, when the truth of the Champ's life comes to the surface, Erik is forced to reexamine his own life and his relationship with his estranged wife (Kathryn Morris) and their young son (Dakota Goyo). Directed by Rod Lurie. With Alan Alda, Rachel Nichols, Teri Hatcher and David Paymer. Categories: Drama, Sports. Year: 2007.
Resurrecting the Champ
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
Jake Green (Jason Statham), a hotshot gambler banned from most casinos, is invited to sit in on a private game with Dorothy Macha (Ray Liotta), a crime boss with little skill who wins by exploiting his reputation and violent intimidation. Jake isn't afraid of Macha, and, instead of letting the boss win, he takes his money and insults him at every turn. After the game, Macha puts out a hit on Jake, who teams up with a pair of brothers (Vincent Pastore and André Benjamin), who are out to take Macha down. Directed by Guy Ritchie. With Terence Maynard. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2005.
Revolver
Chuck Yeager (Sam Shepard), the first man to break the sound barrier, and the astronauts in the Mercury 7 program, including U.S. Marine John Glenn (Ed Harris) and U.S. Navy pilot Alan Shepard (Scott Glenn), rely on their exceptional skills and incomparable courage to become heroes during the early days of the US space program. Competitive and uncompromising, these pioneers blaze a trail toward the future, forming a lasting bond under the gruelling conditions of the Cold War. Directed by Philip Kaufman. With Dennis Quaid, Barbara Hershey, Veronica Cartwright and Jeff Goldblum. Categories: Politics, Adventure, Drama, History. Year: 1983.
The Right Stuff
With a vigilante serial killer on the loose, Turk (Robert De Niro) and Rooster (Al Pacino), two veteran New York City detectives, work to identify a possible connection between a rash of recent murders and a case they thought was solved years ago. Targetting criminals who have fallen through the cracks of the justice system, the killer leaves notes on the victims justifying his crimes. As the bodies pile up, Turk and Rooster work to track down the man responsible, and must face the fact that an innocent man may have been sent to prison the first time around. Directed by Jon Avnet. With Carla Gugino, John Leguizamo, Donnie Wahlberg, 50 Cent, Brian Dennehy and Dan Futterman. Categories: Crime, Drama, Action. Year: 2008.
Righteous Kill
After escaping from the curse of a mysterious video tape that killed everyone else unfortunate enough to watch it, journalist Rachel Keller (Naomi Watts) and her son, Aidan (David Dorfman), move from Seattle to a small coastal town in Oregon, hoping to leave the horrifying tragedy behind them. But, after being in their new home for only a short time, another death occurs which seems eerily familiar to Rachel. When her investigation once again leads her to possess the dreaded tape, Rachels destroys it, believing that they curse may be put to rest once and for all. Her hopes prove to be short lived, however, when she returns home to discover that Samara, the young girl depicted in the tape, has made an intimate connection with Aiden that may cos thim his soul. Directed by Hideo Nakata. With Simon Baker, Elizabeth Perkins, Gary Cole, Sissy Spacek, Ryan Merriman and Emily VanCamp. Categories: Horror, Thriller, Drama, Mystery. Year: 2005.
The Ring Two
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
Based on the bestseller by Cormac McCarthy, this is the story of one family's fate after a sudden catastrophe destroys most of life on earth. Viggo Mortensen plays the father who protects his family from the roving bands who survive by cannibalism. Kodi Smit-McPhee plays his young son, who barely remembers life before the disaster, and Charlize Theron (Monster) is the tormented wife and mother. Directed by John Hillcoat. With Garret Dillahunt, and Michael K. Williams. Categories: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Year: 2009.
The Road
During the Depression, Michael Sullivan (Tom Hanks) works as a hitman for John Rooney (Paul Newman), an Irish mob boss who raised the orphaned Sullivan like a son. When a meeting turns into a gunfight, Rooney blames and humiliates his psychopathic son Connor (Daniel Craig) for the bloodshed, setting him off on a violent rampage that leaves Sullivan's wife (Jennifer Jason Leigh) and youngest son (Liam Aiken) dead. Intent on revenge, Sullivan sets out on the run with his eldest son (Tyler Hoechlin), who finally learns his father's true occupation. Directed by Sam Mendes. With Stanley Tucci, Ciarán Hinds and Jude Law. Categories: Crime, Drama. Year: 2002.
Road to Perdition
Robin of Locksley (Kevin Costner) returns from the crusades to find that the Sheriff of Nottingham (Alan Rickman) has taken over his land and put the peasentry in a stranglehold in the King's absence. Teaming up with his friends, Azeem (Morgan Freeman) and Little John (Nick Brimble), Robin Hood vows to avenge his father's murder and put an end to the Sheriff's tyranny. The band of outlaws robs from the rich to feed the poor and sets out to secure King Richard the Lionheart's return, while Robin does his best to renew his old love with Maid Marian (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio). Directed by Kevin Reynolds. With Christian Slater and Michael Wincott. Categories: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance. Year: 1991.
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone), a slightly dimwitted, kind-hearted amateur boxer, rises out of Philadelphia's toughest neighborhood to earn a shot at fighting for the heavyweight championship of the world. During his training, Rocky finds love in the arms of the shy, reclusive Adrian (Talia Shire), who works in the local pet store. Rocky must push himself to the limit and overcome self-doubt to prove he deserves to stand in the ring with undefeated heavyweight champion Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers). Directed by John G. Avildsen. With Burt Young and Burgess Meredith. Categories: Action, Drama, Sports. Year: 1976.
Rocky
After a simulated videogame boxing match shows former champ Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) beating current champion Mason "The Line" Dixon (Antonio Tarver), the legendary fighter begins to think about a return to the ring. But, while Rocky desires to fight in small, regional competitions to earn some much needed cash, promoters begin to call for a real-life rematch of the videogame simulation. Rocky will have to shake off years of rust and use the loss of his faithful wife as inspiration as he prepares to step in the ring and prove he still has what it takes to stand toe to toe with the best in the world. Directed by Sylvester Stallone. With Burt Young, Geraldine Hughes and Tony Burton. Categories: Action, Drama, Sports. Year: 2006.
Rocky Balboa
Following his first bout with Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers), Rocky (Sylvester Stallone) struggles with family life after Adrian (Talia Shire) goes into a coma following the birth of their child. Meanwhile, the embarrassed champ hits the media circuit with the hope of forcing Rocky to accept a rematch. After a brief retirement, Rocky decides to accept Apollo's challenge and sets out to train for the fight of his life. Directed by Sylvester Stallone. With Burt Young, Burgess Meredith and Tony Burton. Categories: Action, Drama, Sports. Year: 1979.
Rocky II
Now heavyweight champion, Rocky (Sylvester Stallone) enjoys his new found fame and wealth before deciding to accept a match with the loud-mouthed Clubber Lang, Mr. T. Rocky's longtime trainer, Mickey (Burgess Meredith), tries to talk him out of the bout, but eventually agrees to train Rocky in his flashy Las Vegas-style training camp. When an unfocused Rocky is defeated by the vicious challenger, Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) offers to train his former adversary and help him regain his fighting spirit for the climactic rematch. Directed by Sylvester Stallone. With Talia Shire, Burt Young, Tony Burton and Hulk Hogan. Categories: Action, Drama, Sports. Year: 1982.
Rocky III
After Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) is killed in a match against a powerful Russian boxer named Ivan Drago (Dolph Lundgren), Rocky (Sylvester Stallone) decides to come out of retirement and challenge the almost superhuman, seemingly undefeatable Soviet killing machine. In a Cold War Era showdown, the two meet in Moscow for the deciding bout, but not before Rocky trains in the snow-covered Russian countryside. Directed by Sylvester Stallone. With Talia Shire, Burt Young, Brigitte Nielsen and Tony Burton. Categories: Action, Drama, Sports. Year: 1985.
Rocky IV
Roger Swanson (Campbell Scott) is a cynical New Yorker who believes he has mastered the art of manipulating women. But, when his teenage nephew, Nick (Jesse Eisenberg), makes an unexpected visit, Roger's seemingly foolproof method of smooth talk and casual sex is put to the test. After Nick begs Roger to show him the tricks of the trade, Roger guides him through the city's wild nightlife for an all-night crash course, only to realize that he still has a lot to learn. Directed by Dylan Kidd. With Isabella Rossellini, Jennifer Beals and Elizabeth Berkley. Categories: Drama and Comedy. Year: 2002.
Roger Dodger
In the violent, modern world of Verona Beach, Romeo (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Juliet (Claire Danes) find forbidden love in the midst of their rival families' battle for power. While the families wage war in the streets, these star-crossed lovers enter a tragic romance filled with lavish nightclub parties and secret rendezvous. Directed by Baz Luhrmann. With John Leguizamo, Harold Perrineau, Pete Postlethwaite, Dash Mihok, Paul Sorvino and Brian Dennehy. Categories: Romance, Crime, Drama. Year: 1996.
Romeo & Juliet
Law student Mike McDermott (Matt Damon) is a reformed poker player who falls back into his old habits when his friend Worm (Edward Norton) is released from prison. When a few bad bets leave Mike and Worm $15K in the hole, the pair has five days to come up with the cash or suffer the consequences. Aware that he has been burned by his overconfidence in the past, Mike decides face off against his old nemisis, Russian club owner Teddy KGB (John Malkovich), in a last ditch effort to prove his skill and save his skin. Directed by John Dahl. With John Turturro, Gretchen Mol, Famke Janssen and Martin Landau. Categories: Drama. Year: 1998.
Rounders
Three former child prodigies, Chas (Ben Stiller), Richie (Luke Wilson) and Margot (Gwyneth Paltrow), beaten down by the unfulflled promise of their youth, return to their childhood home to live with their mother (Anjelica Huston). Their father, Royal (Gene Hackman), left them long ago, but comes back to make things right with his family after announcing that he has a terminal illness. As old grudges play out and long hidden feelings are revealed, the family's problems are further complicated by the increasing bizarre behavior of their neighbor and childhood friend, renowned author Eli Cash (Owen Wilson). Directed by Wes Anderson. With Danny Glover, Bill Murray, Alec Baldwin and Seymour Cassel. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2001.
The Royal Tenenbaums
Two brothers from a poor town in rural Mexico, Rudo (Diego Luna,) and Cursi (Gael García Bernal) are recruited by a scout and go to play professional soccer in Mexico City. While they enjoy their success, they struggle with rivalries both on and off the field. They have to deal with distractions they never faced at home, including Cursi's chance to make it as a pop star and their attraction to gambling. Directed by Carlos Cuarón. With Guillermo Francella and Jessica Mas. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Sport. Year: 2008.
Rudo y Cursi
Thirty years after Colonel Terry Childers (Samuel L. Jackson) saved his life in Vietnam, Colonel Hayes Hodges (Tommy Lee Jones) is asked to defend his old friend in a military court. On trial for a rescue mission that went terribly wrong, Childers chooses Hodges as his lawyer, trusting him as a brother Marine who knows the pressures and risks of battle. But, as the case develops, Hodges begins to have doubts about the man who saved him all those years ago. Directed by William Friedkin. With Guy Pearce, Ben Kingsley and Bruce Greenwood. Categories: Action, Drama, War. Year: 2000.
Rules of Engagement
Lola (Franka Potente) receives a frantic call from her boyfriend, Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu), who is trying to prove his loyalty to his gang boss, Ronnie (Heino Ferch), by delivering a shipment of smuggled goods and returning with the payment. But, after Manni accidentally leaves the bag of cash on the subway, he explains to Lola that he has twenty minutes to get 100,000 Deutsche Marks, or Ronnie will kill him. The film plays out over three alternative-reality sequences: Lola dies trying to save Manni from the cops, Lola robs a bank and Lola wins the money gambling. Directed by Tom Tykwer. Categories: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller, Foreign Film. Year: 1998.
Run Lola Run
To say Augusten Burroughs (Joseph Cross) has had an unusual upbring is quite the understatement. With an alcoholic father (Alec Baldwin) and a mentally unstable mother (Annette Bening), Augusten spends most of his time polishing his allowance and trying to stay home from school. But, after his mother goes through a significant breakdown, the boy finds himself living with her eccentric psychologist (Brian Cox) and his family. Despite their odd behavior, Augusten eventually begins to fit in with his hosts and is able to find optimism and humor amongst the distrurbing details of his life. Directed by Ryan Murphy. With Joseph Fiennes, Evan Rachel Wood, Gwyneth Paltrow and Gabrielle Union. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2006.
Running with Scissors
Max Fischer's (Jason Schwartzman) entire world revolves around Rushmore, a private school where he sacrifices his studies to engage in an incredible range of extracurricular activities. After learning that his failing grades will most certainly lead to him losing his scholarship, Max's life is further complicated when he falls for Miss Cross (Olivia Williams), a beautiful elementary school teacher. Seeking the help of local industrialist Herman Blume (Bill Murray), Max sets out to keep his place at Rushmore and woo his new love, only to have everything come crashing down around him. Directed by Wes Anderson. With Seymour Cassel, Brian Cox, Luke Wilson, Connie Nielsen and Sara Tanaka. Categories: Cult Classics, Comedy, Drama. Year: 1998.
Rushmore
In 1954, 14-year-old Ralph Walker (Adam Butcher), begins a quest to win the Boston Marathon. After an unfortunate incident in the community pool, Ralph is assigned to the cross-country team. Believing a miracle can bring his mother out of a coma, the ninth grader becomes a convert to the church of running. With the aid of Father Hibbert (Campbell Scott), Ralph trains to win the famed race and save his mother's life. Directed by Michael McGowan. With Jennifer Tilly, Shauna MacDonald and Tamara Hope. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Sports. Year: 2004.
Saint Ralph
After moving to a new town with his mom (Karen Allen) and stepdad (Denis Leary), Scotty Smalls (Tom Guiry) tries to learn how to play baseball in order to fit in with the local kids. A horrible athlete with no self-esteem, Smalls struggles until Rodriquez (Mike Vitar), the best player in the neighborhood, takes him under his wing. After being accepted by the team, Smalls spend the summer hanging out with his new buddies, getting into trouble and playing ball. Directed by David M. Evans. With James Earl Jones and Patrick Renna. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sports. Year: 1993.
The Sandlot
Though beautiful and charismatic, Barbara Daly (Julianne Moore) is no match for her well-bred husband Brooks Baekeland (Stephen Dillane), the heir to the Bakelite plastics fortune. When their first child Tony (Eddie Redmayne) is born, an already strained marriage is pushed to its limits. A failure to his father, Tony becomes increasingly close to his mother, ultiamtely leading the family to tragedy. Directed by Tom Kalin. With Unax Ugalde and Belén Rueda. Categories: Drama. Year: 2007.
Savage Grace
When an American mother loses three sons to battle during WWII, the US Army decides to rescue her last remaining son, Pvt. James Ryan (Matt Damon), from the frontlines. After leading a group of soldiers during the bloody invasion of Normandy, Captain John H. Miller (Tom Hanks) is tasked with leading a squad of soldiers (including Tom Sizemore, Barry Pepper, Giovanni Ribisi and Edward Burns) to bring Private Ryan home. Struggling with the horrors of war and the logic of risking the lives of numerous soldiers for the life of one man, Captain Miller and his men move deep into enemy territory, to achieve their goal. Directed by Steven Spielberg. With Adam Goldberg, Vin Diesel and Jeremy Davies. Categories: Action, Drama, War. Year: 1998.
Saving Private Ryan
Fred Arctor (Keanu Reeves) works as an undercover cop investigating the trafficking of Substance D, a drug that produces split personalities in its users. Hooked on Substance D himself, Fred is also Bob, a notorious drug dealer. As Fred sets up a sting to tear down Bob's operation once and for all, Bob begins a complicated relationship with Donna (Winona Ryder), an addict who just might lead him to his downfall. Directed by Richard Linklater. With Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson and Rory Cochrane. Categories: Animation, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Year: 2006.
A Scanner Darkly
Directed by Emmanuel Itier. With Todd Rex and Tim Young. Categories: Action, Comedy, Drama, Horror. Year: 2002.
Scarecrow
After escaping from Cuba, small time hood Tony Montana (Al Pacino) rises through Miami's violent criminal underworld to gain the power and wealth he so desperately craves. Montanta secures his position as a top druglord by killing gangster Frank Lopez (Robert Loggia) and marrying his mistress (Michelle Pfeiffer). But, his relentless pursuit of power and an astronomical cocaine habit lead Montana to ruin, as a rival gangster competes to take over his empire. Directed by Brian De Palma. With Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Steven Bauer. Categories: Politics, Cult Classics, Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 1983.
Scarface
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
Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson), a self-absorbed, greedy German businessman, opens a factory in Poland during World War II using Jewish labor. After witnessing his workers' suffering and learning of their people's barbaric treatment at the hands of the Nazis, Schindler becomes an unlikely humanitarian, turning his factory into a refuge to save Jewish lives. Directed by Steven Spielberg. With Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes and Caroline Goodall. Categories: Biography, Drama, History, War. Year: 1993.
Schindler's List
Schultze (Horst Krause), a retired miner living in a small German village, is a passionate Polka musician who plays the accordion. After hearing a Zydeco tune on the radio, Schultze is enamored with the new music and begins to make radical changes in his life. His passion leads him on a journey to Louisana, where Zydeco music was born. Directed by Michael Schorr. With Harald Warmbrunn and Karl-Fred Müller. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Music. Year: 2003.
Schultze Gets the Blues
Stephane (Gael García Bernal) is a shy and withdrawn young man with a creative imagination and a fanciful, sometimes disturbing dream life. When he moves back home for a job, Stephane is quickly drawn to his neighbor, Stephanie (Charlotte Gainsbourg), whose imagination easily matches his own. But, as their relationship grows, Stephane's dream world begins to bleed over into his waking life, and he has a difficult time distinguishing between the two. Directed by Michel Gondry. With Alain Chabat and Emma de Caunes. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance. Year: 2006.
The Science of Sleep
On the brink of retirement, Lt. William Somerset (Morgan Freeman) is forced to train his eager, ambitious replacement, Detective David Mills (Brad Pitt). Their first case draws them into the gruesome world of a psychotic serial killer who chooses his victims based on their violations of the seven deadly sins. As these two cops with very different methods work to stop the killer before he finishes his deadly work, they discover that they have become part of his diabolical plan. Directed by David Fincher. With Gwyneth Paltrow, Kevin Spacey and R. Lee Ermey. Categories: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 1995.
Se7en
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
Maggie Gyllenhaal stars as the title character in this black comedy/drama about a mentally fragile young woman who goes to work as a secretary. Her demanding boss (James Spader) crosses the line into downright sadism, and the two begin a strange relationship that fills a need for both of them. They agree to keep their relationship secret, but it begins to influence the rest of their lives. Directed by Steven Shainberg. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2002.
Secretary
Young Will Stanton (Alexander Ludwig) has his life turned upside down when he learns that he is the last of a group of ancient warriors predestined to fight against the forces of the Dark. To complete his quest, Will must travel back and forth through time to discover a series of six signs that will lead him into a final confrontation with forces of unimaginable evil. Aided by the Old Ones, Will races against his nemisis, the Rider (Christopher Eccleston), to secure the fate of the universe. Directed by David L. Cunningham. With Ian McShane and Frances Conroy. Categories: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller. Year: 2007.
The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
Pete Garrison (Michael Douglas) is a highly respected White House Secret Service agent and personally protects the president and first lady (Kim Basinger). But he is having an affair with the president's wife. When it looks as if the affair is about to be revealed, he turns to his old friend, David (Kiefer Sutherland) and explains that he has been implicated by blackmailers in a plot to kill the president. Eva Longoria plays a woman who helps him flee. Directed by Clark Johnson. Categories: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2006.
The Sentinel
Serpico (Al Pacino) is an honest cop working along side a corrupt police force in New York City. Unlike his fellow officers, Serpico refuses to take a share of the money they extort from local criminals. Despite being ignored by the higher ups and put into constant danger by his partners, Serpico refuses to compromise in the hope that one day the truth will be known. Directed by Sidney Lumet. With John Randolph, Jack Kehoe, Biff McGuire, Barbara Edam-Young and Cornelia Sharpe. Categories: Crime, Drama, New York. Year: 1973.
Serpico
Ben Thomas (Will Smith), an IRS agent with a painful secret, sets out on a personal mission for redemption. Tracking down seven seemingly disconnected strangers, Thomas uses every means at his disposal to change the circumstances of their lives in order to redeem his past transgressions. Directed by Gabriele Muccino. With Rosario Dawson, Woody Harrelson, Michael Ealy, Bill Smitrovich, Robinne Lee and Barry Pepper. Categories: Drama. Year: 2008.
Seven Pounds
Director Akira Kurosawa presents a heroic tale of duty and honor. After, master samurai Kambei (Takashi Shimura) poses as a monk in order to save a kidnapped child, a group of farmers begs him to protect their lands from a band of roving bandits. Kambei accepts their charge and assembles six other samurai to build a militia, preparing them for a bloody battle when the bandits begin their raids. Categories: Action, Adventure, Drama, Classic. Year: 1954.
Seven Samurai
In this epic drama, two Norsemen reach the shores of North America in 1007 A.D. Stranded there, they fight for survival, although one takes a spiritual path while the other is driven by animal instincts. It turns out that they are not alone in their new land and meet both Native Americans and Irish monks who are already living there. This drama is filmed in quasi-documentary style. Directed by Tony Stone. Categories: Adventure, Drama. Year: 2007.
Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America
The young William Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes), destined to become the greatest playwright in history, finds himself out of money and searching for ideas for his next story. Will begins to lose hope until he meets the beautiful Lady Viola (Gwyneth Paltrow). As their feelings for one another grow deeper, Will and Viola struggle to keep their romance alive, as her pending marriage to the insufferable Lord Wessex (Colin Firth) approaches. The story of their forbidden love becomes Will's inspiration for "Romeo and Juliet," the timeless tale of love and loss. Directed by John Madden. With Judi Dench, Tom Wilkinson, Geoffrey Rush and Ben Affleck. Categories: Drama, Romance, Comedy. Year: 1998.
Shakespeare in Love
Adam (Paul Rudd) is a quiet, nerdy college student before he meets Evelyn (Rachel Weisz), a strong minded artist. As a romance begins to develop, Evelyn slowly starts to suggest ways that Adam might improve himself. But, as the transformation becomes more and more drastic, Adam's old friends, Jenny (Gretchen Mol) and Phillip (Fred Weller), begin to take notice. Directed by Neil LaBute. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2003.
The Shape of Things
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
Robert Downey Jr. is the latest actor to play the famed British detective Sherlock Holmes. In this new version, he gets involved in a murder case where there is some suspicion that the victim rose from the dead. He has to contend with an arch-villain (Mark Strong) and an enticing femme fatale (Rachel McAdams). But with his trusty friend, Dr. Watson (Jude Law) by his side, he's ready for anything. Directed by Guy Ritchie. Categories: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery. Year: 2009.
Sherlock Holmes
After serving a three year prison sentence, Sherry Swanson (Maggie Gyllenhaal) returns home to New Jersey eager to reestablish herself as a mother to her young daughter. But, Sherry discovers that coming back to the world she left behind is far more difficult than she planned. Directed by Laurie Collyer. With Brad William Henke, Sam Bottoms and Kate Burton. Categories: Drama, Independent Film. Year: 2006.
SherryBaby
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
Sook-Yin Lee, Lindsay Beamish, Paul Dawson and PJ DeBoy play some of the patrons of Shortbus, a New York sex club where people can work out their sexual hang-ups. The participants range from a married sex therapist who has never had an orgasm to wildly liberated bisexuals. Directed by John Cameron Mitchell. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2006.
Shortbus
Unable to cope with a tragedy in his personal life, a Los Angeles celebrity shrink (Kevin Spacey) turns to drugs. But slowly things begin to look up, as he gets help from his mentor (Gore Vidal), a beautiful woman (Saffron Burrows) he meets by chance, and a young patient (Keke Palmer). Directed by Jonas Pate. With Jesse Plemons, Jack Huston, Robert Loggia, Pell James and Mark Webber. Categories: Drama. Year: 2009.
Shrink
Directed by Martin Scorsese. With Leonardo DiCaprio, Michelle Williams, Mark Ruffalo, Ted Levine, John Carroll Lynch, Elias Koteas, Nellie Sciutto, Ben Kingsley, Max von Sydow and Emily Mortimer. Categories: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2010.
Shutter Island
Jack (Thomas Haden Church) and Miles (Paul Giamatti) take a wine tasting road trip to celebrate the final days before Jack's wedding. But, the mismatched pair, who share little more than their history and a sense of mid-life crisis, soon find themselves involved with two women and must face up to the realities of their past, present and future lives. Directed by Alexander Payne. With Virginia Madsen and Sandra Oh. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2004.
Sideways
In a small farm community, Graham Hess (Mel Gibson), the town's reverend, finds a series of gigantic crop circles in his corn field. The circles cause a media frenzy and test Hess's faith, which has been shaken since his wife's death. Together with his son Merrill (Joaquin Phoenix), Hess seeks out the truth and learns not to dismiss coincidences. Directed by M. Night Shyamalan. With Rory Culkin and Abigail Breslin. Categories: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Year: 2002.
Signs
When her daughter Sharon (Jodelle Ferland) begins having nightmares and repeating the words "Silent Hill" in her sleep, Rose Da Silva (Radha Mitchell) takes her child to the abandoned town in search of answers. On they way there, they are in a car crash that leaves Rose unconscious. Awakening to discover that Sharon is missing, Rose sets out to find her daughter and learns that Silent Hill is inhabited by a horde of eerie creatures and a living darkness that threatens everything that comes into contact with it. Directed by: Christophe Gans. With Sean Bean, Laurie Holden, Deborah Kara Unger and Kim Coates. Categories: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller. Year: 2006.
Silent Hill
Dicky Pilager (Chris Cooper) is a down-home politician running a gubernatorial campaign in Colorado. With his bad grammar and likeable simplicity, he's a popular choice with the people until he pulls in a corpse while pretending to fish in an environmental political ad. Knowing it can't be a coincidence, his campaign manager, Chuck Raven (Richard Dreyfuss), hires a private investigator (Danny Huston) to find out who planted the corpse. As the mystery unravels, it becomes clear that dozens of people are implicated in the damaging event. Directed by John Sayles. With James Gammon, Billy Zane, Maria Bello, Tim Roth and Daryl Hannah. Categories: Politics, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Year: 2004.
Silver City
A group of six twenty-somethings, most of whom live in the same Seattle apartment building, search for love and meaning during the early days of grunge music. As these young adults move through the world of music and dating, their stories intertwine and reverberate with the sincerity and unknown possibilities of the era. Directed by Cameron Crowe. With Bridget Fonda, Matt Dillon, Sheila Kelley, Kyra Sedgwick, Bill Pullman and Campbell Scott. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 1992.
Singles
Tibby (Amber Tamblyn), Lena (Alexis Bledel), Carmen (America Ferrera) and Bridget (Blake Lively), four lifelong friends, set out on separate paths for the first time as they begin college andthat comes after. The girls remain in touch by sharing their experiences with one other with honesty, a sense of humor and a special pair of pants. On their own, the friends discover their individual strengths, fears, and capacity for love, and gain a deeper appreciation for the powerful bond they share. Directed by Sanaa Hamri. With Rachel Nichols, Tom Wisdom and Rachel Ticotin. Categories: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2008.
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
Samantha (Molly Ringwald) wakes up hopeful on her sixteenth birthday, but, when everyone is distracted with making preparations for her older sister's wedding, she ends up getting completely ignored. Dealing with her crush on the most popular boy in school and the unwanted attention of a dorky freshman (Anthony Michael Hall) leads Samantha and the rest of her classmates to an eventful night at a house party. Directed by John Hughes. With John Cusack and Joan Cusack. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Cult Classics. Year: 1984.
Sixteen Candles
Malcom Crowe (Bruce Willis) is a psychologist whose terrifying experience with a troubled patient convinces him to devote his life to helping disturbed children. He focuses on Cole (Haley Joel Osment), a young boy who is able to see anguished dead people inhabiting the world. As Crowe tries to cure Cole's tormenting visions, he moves closer and closer to a terrifying truth about his own life. Directed by M. Night Shyamalan. With Toni Collette, Mischa Barton and Olivia Williams. Categories: Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 1999.
The Sixth Sense
Bernie Rubens (Gregg Sulkin), a lonely 12-year-old, begins to plan the perfect Bar Mitzvah. Often ignored by his parents (Eddie Marsan and Helena Bonham Carter), who are more concerned with their failing business and their troublesome elder son Terry (Thomas Drewson), Bernie envisions the event as a time for him to finally receive a little recogntion. The only trouble is that it's a World Cup year and England is set to play in the final on the same day as Bernie's party, threatening to turn the whole thing into a complete disaster. Directed by Paul Weiland. With Stephen Rea, . Categories: Comedy, Drama, Biography. Year: 2006.
Sixty Six
James Reedy (Nick Stahl) is a simple man lacking direction in his life when his sister Joleen (Charlize Theron) abandons her daughter Tara (AnnaSophia Robb) with him without an explanation. Initially, James doesn't believe that he'll be able to take care of his 12-year-old niece, but, when Tara faces being sent to a foster home, he overcomes his fear and complacency. Setting out on the road, James and Tara slowly bond as Tara comes to terms with her mother's disappearance and James reexamines parts of his own life that he has tried to forget. Directed by Bill Maher. With Dennis Hopper and Woody Harrelson. Categories: Drama. Year: 2008.
Sleepwalking
Andrew Wyke (Michael Caine), a wealthy, aging writer of detective stories, matches wits with Milo Tindle (Jude Law), the struggling actor who is having an affair with older man's wife. When Wyke reveals that he is aware of the relationship, he challenges Tindle to a deadly game of cat and mouse set in the writer's sprawling, high-tech estate. Directed by Kenneth Branagh. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2007.
Sleuth
Jamal Malik (Dev Patel), an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, finds himself on India's version of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" But when the show breaks for the night, police arrest him for alleged cheating. To prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life, from his adventures with his brother to encounters with gangs, and explains that he wanted to be on the show to find Latika (Freida Pinto), the girl he loved and lost. Directed by Danny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan. With Anil Kapoor, Irfan Khan and Madhur Mittal. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2008.
Slumdog Millionaire
Directed by Tamara Jenkins. With Natasha Lyonne, Alan Arkin, Bryna Weiss and Kevin Corrigan. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 1998.
Slums of Beverly Hills
Lawrence Wetherhold (Dennis Quaid), a brilliant, self-absorbed professor of Victorian literature, has lost the passion in his life after becoming a widower. His teenaged daughter, Venessa (Ellen Page), a motivated, overachiever, intends to follow in her father's all work and no play footsteps. But, when Lawrence ends up in the hospital, his adopted, freeloading brother Chuck (Thomas Haden Church) moves in and shakes up their boring lives. And, after being released from the hospital, Lawrence makes a connection with a former student, Janet (Sarah Jessica Parker), who helps reawaken his emotional coma. Directed by Noam Murro. With Ashton Holmes and Camille Mana. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2008.
Smart People
After a mob boss puts a contract on Buddy "Aces" Israel (Jeremy Piven), a sleazy magician turned FBI informant, the Feds place Aces into protective custody in a swanky Las Vegas penthouse. When word of the price on Aces' head hits the streets and horde of bounty hunters, hired guns and double-crossing mobsters race against one another to be the first to collect the prize. Directed by Joe Carnahan. With Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman, Andy Garcia, Ray Liotta and Ryan Reynolds. Categories: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama. Year: 2007.
Smokin Aces
On the night of a heavyweight championship fight, Rick Santoro (Nicolas Cage), a cocky, corrupt Atlantic City cop, watches the bout with his old friend Kevin Dunne (Gary Sinise), who is working the security detail for the Secretary of Defense. When the Secretary is assassinated while Dunne is distracted by a mysterious redhead, Santoro begins to uncover a complex conspiracy involving a boxer, a drunken fan and a woman in a white wig. Directed by Brian De Palma. With John Heard, Carla Gugino and Luis Guzmán. Categories: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 1998.
Snake Eyes
Kate Beckinsale plays Annie, a waitress and single mother in a small town. During a very cold winter, problems with her alcoholic ex-husband (Sam Rockwell) develop into a crisis. Michael Angarano is a sensitive teen who has had a crush on Annie since she was his babysitter years before. He tries to help her as best he can, and also struggles to figure out his own relationship with his girlfriend (Olive Thirlby). Directed by David Gordon Green. With Nicky Katt and Gracie Hudson. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2007.
Snow Angels
Ex-convict Alex Hughes (Alan Rickman) is on his way to Winnipeg when he picks up a beautiful but eccentric young woman who is headed in the same direction. When Hughes' car is involved in a violent car crash that results in the woman's death, he seeks out her mother to help him find peace. After meeting Linda Freeman (Sigourney Weaver), a high-functioning autistic, Hughes begins to form an unlikely friendship with the unique woman that helps him overcome his grief. Directed by Marc Evans. With Carrie-Anne Moss. Categories: Drama. Year: 2006.
Snow Cake
While searching for his next story, LA Times journalist Steve Lopez (Robert Downey Jr.) happens upon Nathaniel Ayers (Jamie Foxx), a homeless Julliard trained musician who suffers from schizophrenia. Once a promising musical prodigy, Ayers now supports himself by playing violin and cello on the streets. While Lopez attempts to help Ayers get back on his feet and realize his dreams, the two form an unlikely bond that transforms both of their lives. Directed by Joe Wright. With Catherine Keener, Nelsan Ellis, Stephen Root, Tom Hollander, Justin Martin and Lisa Gay Hamilton. Categories: Drama, Biography, Music. Year: 2008.
The Soloist
Harry Langer (Jack Nicholson) is an aging music executive with a taste for younger women. With his latest trophy girlfriend (Amanda Peet), things get a little awkward when Harry suffers a heart attack at her mother's (Diane Keaton) home. Left in her care, Harry begins to fall in love with the accomplished older woman and a strange love triangle takes shape. Directed by Nancy Meyers. With Keanu Reeves, Frances McDormand and Jon Favreau. Categories: Comedy, Romance, Drama. Year: 2003.
Something's Gotta Give
Will Proudfoot (Bill Milner) has spent his young life sheltered from the outside world, including TV, music and movies, by his strict, religious family. But, when Lee Carter (Will Poulter), a school troublemaker and would-be film maker, introduces him to a bootleg copy of Rambo: First Blood, Will's eyes are opened and he becomes entranced with his new friend's exciting, forbidden world. Together, the pair set out to film a low-budget sequel to Rambo, with Will acting as stuntman, and end up becoming the most popular kids in school. Directed by Garth Jennings. With Neil Dudgeon, Jessica Hynes and Jules Sitruk. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Independent Film, Foreign Film. Year: 2007.
Son of Rambow
Rafael Belvedere (Ricardo Darín) has many problems. He lives in the shadow of his father (Héctor Alterio), he feels guilty about rarely visiting his aging mother (Norma Aleandro), his ex-wife says he doesn't spend enough time with their daughter and he has yet to make a commitment to his girlfriend. At his lowest point, a minor heart attack reunites him with Juan Carlos (Eduardo Blanco), a childhood friend, who helps Rafael to reconstruct his past and look at the present in new ways. Directed by Juan José Campanella. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Foreign Film. Year: 2001.
Son of the Bride
Directed by Marc Rothemund. With Julia Jentsch, Gerald Alexander Held and Fabian Hinrichs. Categories: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, War. Year: 2005.
Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage
For four decades, Big Momma (Irma P. Hall) has served a delicious home-cooked banquet every Sunday, bringing together her daughters Teri (Vanessa L. Williams), Maxine (Vivica A. Fox) and Nia (Nia Long), along with their various friends and lovers. When Big Mama ends up in the hospital, it's up to the daughters and grandson Joseph (Brandon Hammond) to settle their differences and prove that, where family is concerned, you can never have too many cooks in the kitchen. Directed by George Tillman Jr..With Michael Beach, Mekhi Phifer and Brandon Hammond. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Family. Year: 1997.
Soul Food
Maria (Julie Andrews), a former nun, leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess for the seven children of Captain Von Trapp (Christopher Plummer), a wealthy naval officer widower who has become a cold and strict disciplinarian. Following her arrival, Maria teaches the children the joy of singing, eventually softening the heart of their father and gaining his love. Directed by Robert Wise. Categories: Drama, Family, Musical. Year: 1965.
The Sound of Music
On July 4, 2008, as the city of Los Angles sits on the brink of the apocalypse, Boxer Santaros (Dwayne Johnson), a famous action film star, wakes up in the desert with amnesia. As Santaros begins a journey to recover his memory, he discovers that he is involved in a high-level conspiracy that could decide that fate of the world. Along the way, he meets Krysta Now (Sarah Michelle Gellar), an adult film star developing a reality tv show, and Ronald Taverner(Seann William Scott), a police officer who, along with his twin, holds the key to unlocking the mystery and preventing armageddon. Directed by Richard Kelly. With Mandy Moore, Amy Poehler, Justin Timberlake, Cheri Oteri, Holmes Osborne and Miranda Richardson. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi. Year: 2006.
Southland Tales
When Flor (Paz Vega) emigrates to Los Angeles from Mexico in hopes of finding a better life for her daughter, Cristina (Shelbie Bruce), she's hired by John (Adam Sandler) and Deborah Clasky (Téa Leoni) as their housekeeper. In addition to the formidable language barrier, Flor must contend with Cristina's growing maturity and the Clasky's unique way of life. Directed by James L. Brooks. With Cloris Leachman. Categories: Comedy, Romance, Drama. Year: 2004.
Spanglish
Les Franken (Michael Rapaport), a lonely, unremarkable metermaid, leads a boring life until he decides to enroll in a study for an experimental anti-depressant. Once on the drug, Les believes that he has developed special powers and quits his job in order to devote his life to becoming a superhero. Directed by Hal Haberman and Jeremy Passmore. With Paul Blackthorne, Josh Peck Robert Baker, Jack Kehler, Alexandra Holden and Michael Shamus Wiles. Categories: Drama, Comedy, Independent Film. Year: 2006.
Special
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
When twins Jared and Simon Grace (Freddie Highmore) and their sister, Mallory (Sarah Bolger), move into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother (Mary-Louise Parker), they immediately notice that something is just a bit out of the ordinary. As the children investigate the grounds of the secluded, old mansion owned by their great, great uncle (David Strathairn), they entera magical world full of fairies and other mythical creatures. Directed by Mark Waters. With Nick Nolte, Joan Plowright, Seth Rogen and Martin Short. Categories: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Thriller. Year: 2008.
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Returning from the grave, former cop Denny Colt (Gabriel Macht) patrols the shadowy streets of Central City in order to fight crime as The Spirit. Tracking criminals from back alleys to abandoned warehouses, The Spirit's main target is the Octopus (Samuel L. Jackson), a man who kills anyone unfortuante enough to see his face. Along the way, he must navigate his way through a city filled with beautiful women determined to either seduce or kill him. Directed by Frank Miller. With Scarlett Johansson, Eva Mendes and Jaime King. Categories: Action, Drama, Based on a Comic. Year: 2008.
The Spirit
CIA operative Nathan Muir (Robert Redford) thought he was done. After years of top-secret service protecting his country, Muir is only days away from retirement when he learns that his protégé, Tom Bishop (Brad Pitt), has been arrested for espionage in China. Memories of his early encounters with Bishop as a young rookie in Vietnam spur Muir forward as he tries to save his friend's life. But, as Bishop's situation turns from bad to worse, his infatuation with a mysterious woman (Catherine McCormack) threatens his own survival. Directed by Tony Scott. Categories: Politics, Action, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2001.
Spy Game
In 1986 Park Slope, Brooklyn, Bernard Berkman (Jeff Daniels), a once promising author, now spends more time teaching than writing. When his wife, Joan (Laura Linney), begins to pursue her own literary talent, years of tension come to a head and break up the family. With their sons Walt (Jesse Eisenberg) and Frank (Owen Kline) left confused, hurt and searching for answers, Joan continues an affair with Frank's tennis coach (William Baldwin), while Bernard makes advances on one of his college students (Anna Paquin), whom Walt has fallen for. Directed by Noah Baumbach. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Independent Film. Year: 2005.
The Squid and the Whale
Following the death of an old childhood friend, a writer (Richard Dreyfuss) remembers back to when he (Wil Wheaton), the boy (River Phoenix) and two other friends (Corey Feldman and Jerry O'Connell) set off on an adventure to find the missing body of a boy killed by a train. While the boys travel down the tracks, telling stories and bonding through their shared experience, a group of older boys (including Kiefer Sutherland) set off to find the body for themselves. Directed by Rob Reiner. With John Cusack. Categories: Adventure, Drama. Year: 1986.
Stand by Me
A rebellious youth, James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) rises through the ranks of Starfleet command to become the captain of the USS Enterprise. Teaming up with Spock (Zachary Quinto), Scotty (Simon Pegg), Dr. McCoy (Karl Urban), Sulu (John Cho) and the rest of the Enterprise crew, Kirk sets out on his first mission and must face off with Nero (Eric Bana), a Romulan villain who has escaped from a Klingon prison. Directed by J.J. Abrams. With Winona Ryder, Zoe Saldana, Bruce Greenwood, Ben Cross, Anton Yelchin and Leonard Nimoy. Categories: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Based on a TV Series. Year: 2009.
Star Trek
When a bright light streaks across the night sky above a village located near the edge of a magical land, a young man named Tristan (Charlie Cox) sets out to recover the fallen star in order to win the heart of Victoria (Sienna Miller), the beutiful, but cold object of his desire. Once in the mysterious realm, Tristan finds that the star has transformed into a girl named Yvaine (Claire Danes) and that he is not the only one searching for her. To make it home, Tristan will have to overcome the evil sons of an aging king (Peter O'Toole), a wicked witch (Michelle Pfeiffer), a pirate named Captain Shakespeare (Robert De Niro) and a shady trader (Ricky Gervais). Directed by Matthew Vaughn. With Ian McKellen and Rupert Everett. Categories: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy. Year: 2007.
Stardust
Terry (Sean Penn) moves back to his old neighborhood in New York and meets up with his friend, Jackie (Gary Oldman). Jackie works for his older brother, gangster boss Frankie (Ed Harris). Terry has to decide if he wants to get back into a life of crime. Meanwhile, he finds himself falling in love with Frankie and Jackie's sister (Robin Wright Penn), who wants to get out of the neighborhood. Directed by Phil Joanou. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 1990.
State of Grace
US Congressman Stephen Collins (Ben Affleck) is chairman of a committee overseeing defense spending and a top contender to receive his party's nomination in the upcoming presidential election. When the research assistant (Maria Thayer) with whom Collins was having an affair is brutally murdered, reporter Cal McCaffrey (Russell Crowe), Collins' old friend, is assigned to investigate the case by his editor Cameron Lynne (Helen Mirren). With his partner Della Frye (Rachel McAdams), McCaffrey sets out to identify the killer and finds himself involved in a high-level cover-up. Directed by Kevin Macdonald. With Jason Bateman, Robin Wright Penn, Viola Davis and Jeff Daniels. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2009.
State of Play
Even-tempered psychiatrist Sam Foster (Ewan McGregor) attempts to thwart his patient Henry's (Ryan Gosling) plan to commit suicide on his 21st birthday. As Sam is drawn into the complex entanglements of Henry's problems, he loses his grip on his own life as the world around him gets increasingly surreal. Sam's relationship with his girlfriend and former patient Lila (Naomi Watts) suffers as a result, and eventually he is unable to determine where his consciousness ends and Henry's subconscious begins. Directed by Marc Forster. With Bob Hoskins, Elizabeth Reaser, Kate Burton and Janeane Garofalo. Categories: Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2005.
Stay
In a small town Louisiana beauty parlor, a close-knit circle of friends come together during the best and worst of times. Visiting Truvy (Dolly Parton), the shop's owner, are Shelby (Julia Roberts), a diabetic who's set to marry a Southern lawyer (Dylan McDermott), her bossy mother M'Lynn (Sally Field), Ouiser Boudreaux (Shirley MacLaine), an ill-tempered woman with a quick wit, and Clairee Belcher (Olympia Dukakis), a recent widow. Directed by Herbert Ross. With Sam Shepard, Tom Skerritt and Kevin J. O'Connor. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 1989.
Steel Magnolias
When Andie (Briana Evigan), a rebellious street dancer, lands at the elite Maryland School of the Arts, she struggles to fit in with a different crowd and hold onto her old life. Joining forces with the school's best dancer, Chase (Robert Hoffman), she forms a crew outcasts and prepares to compete in an underground dance battle. As the long hours of practice lead to a budding romance, Andie finds a way to live her dream without forgetting where she came from. Directed by Jon Chu. With Adam G. Sevani, Cassie, Will Kemp and Danielle Polanco. Categories: Drama, Music, Romance. Year: 2008.
Step Up 2 the Streets
After her latest run-in with the law, former gymnast-turned-juvenile delinquent Haley Graham (Missy Peregrym) is forced to enroll at an elite gymnastics academy run by legendary Olympic gymnast Burt Vickerman (Jeff Bridges). Unwelcome by her new teammates, Haley makes every effort to provoke conflicts with the other girls, until Vickerman takes it upon himself to help her regain her self-respect in time for the Gymnastic Nationals. Directed byJessica Bendinger. With Vanessa Lengies, Nikki SooHoo and Maddy Curley. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Sports. Year: 2006.
Stick It
After his brother's death, troubled teen and talented dancer DJ (Columbus Short) attends Truth University. Having difficulty fitting in, DJ joins a struggling fraternity, and before long becomes the competing fraternity's main rival. DJ will have to learn how to balance his education and his new love interest while proving himself in an important step team competition. Directed by Sylvain White. With Meagan Good. Categories: Drama, Musical, Romance. Year: 2007.
Stomp the Yard
A fact-based drama adapted from a bestseller about the stoning death of an innocent women in Khomeini-era Iran. James Caviezel plays a journalist who works abroad but comes back to his native Iran for a visit. Shohreh Aghdashloo is a woman who was a friend of the woman who was unjustly killed. She risks everything to tell the journalist the true story of how Soraya (Mozhan Marn) died and to reveal the corruption in the village. Directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh. With David Diaan and Navid Negahban,. Categories: Drama. Year: 2008.
The Stoning of Soraya M.
When Sgt. Brandon King (Ryan Phillippe), a decorated Iraq war veteran, returns home to Texas after his tour of duty, be believes he has fulfilled his contract with the US Army. But, just as he begins to adjust to civilian life and explain his time away to those he left behind, Brandon is ordered back to Iraq. What follows is his struggle to balance his fight against an unjust Army policy with the expectations of his friends, loved ones and fellow soldiers. Directed by Kimberly Peirce. With Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Channing Tatum, Abbie Cornish and Ciarán Hinds. Categories: Drama, War. Year: 2008.
Stop Loss
Karen Effiel (Emma Thompson) is an author struggling with writers block until she begins a story about an isolated IRS agent named Harold Crick (Will Ferrell). What she doesn't know is that her fictionalized character is real, and that Harold can hear her narrating his life. Harold sets out to find the voice's source, a quest that becomes even more important when he discovers that Karen plans to kill him off. Directed by Marc Forster. With Maggie Gyllenhaal, Queen Latifah and Dustin Hoffman. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance. Year: 2006.
Stranger Than Fiction
Derrick (Paul Rodriguez Jr.) lives in a bleak Midwestern suburb and his passion in life is skateboarding. He dreams of getting sponsored by a skateboard company someday. His parents don't understand why he doesn't apply himself at school. When he gets arrested for skateboarding on private property, they tell him he must stop. So runs away and heads off to a major competition in Florida. Directed by Chris Zamoscianyk. With Rob Dyrdek, Compton Ass Terry, Ryan Dunn and Yancey Arias. Categories: Drama. Year: 2009.
Street Dreams
Tom Ludlow (Keanu Reeves), a veteran LAPD cop, has seen his life fall apart following his wife's death. Choosing to bury himself in his work, Ludlow pushes the law to its limit while facing off with some of LA's toughest gangsters. But, when evidence implicates him in the murder of a fellow officer, Ludlow is forced to question the loyalties of those closest to him and face off against the dark police culture he once embraced. Directed by David Ayer. With Forest Whitaker, Hugh Laurie, Chris Evans, Cedric the Entertainer, Common and The Game. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2008.
Street Kings
Directed by Elia Kazan. With Marlon Brando, Vivien Leigh and Kim Hunter. Categories: Drama. Year: 1951.
A Streetcar Named Desire
Scott Hastings (Paul Mercurio) is a prize-winning ballroom dancer in Australia who loves to put his own spin on the formal steps. His unusual approach drives away his partner, but then he finds Fran (Tara Morice). She's a bit of an ugly duckling, but she wants to dance with him. Can he transform her into a graceful swan in time to win the biggest dance competition in Australia? Directed by Baz Luhrmann. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 1992.
Strictly Ballroom
Walt (Greg Kinnear) and Bob (Matt Damon) are conjoined twins who share a liver. They make this weird situation work for them, but then Walt decides he wants to pursue a career in Hollywood. Bob is so shy, he's terrified of going, but finally he agrees. When they arrive in Hollywood, Bob meets a girl he's chatted with on the Internet and falls in love, while Walt gets his own TV show with Cher. Directed by Peter Farrelly. With Seymour Cassel. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2003.
Stuck on You
Stuey "The Kid" Ungar (Michael Imperioli), the greatest tournament poker player of all time and three-time winner of the World Series of Poker main event, has a photographic memory and a self-destructive drug problem. After rising to the top of the gambling world, Ungar slowly succumbs to his addictions, but not before proving his talents at casinos across the country. Directed by A.W. Vidmer. With Pat Morita. Categories: Drama. Year: 2003.
Stuey
Antonio (John Leguizamo) is an aspiring singer/songwriter who moves from Mexico to Los Angeles to try to make it. But he finds many obstacles in his way to a successful career and also gets involved with two women. One, played by Ana Claudia Talancón, is a medical student devoted to her ailing father. The other, a divorcee (Elizabeth Peça), is a talented singer. He wants the singer to join his band for a radio contest, then wonders whether he should leave his roots behind and start singing in English. Directed by Renée Chabria. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2005.
Sueno
Miguel "Sugar" Santos (Algenis Perez Soto) has grown up dirt poor in the Dominican Republic but his skill as a baseball player is his ticket to a better life. He gets the chance to pitch for an American minor-league team. But his new life offers new distractions. He begins a romance with a young American woman and begins to lose control of his mastery on the playing fielf. Directed by Ryan Fleck. With Rayniel Rufino, Ellary Porterfield, Ann Whitney, Alina Vargas and Richard Bull. Categories: Drama, Sport. Year: 2008.
Sugar
Four young, wealthy friends take a semi-retired mobster (Christopher Walken) hostage in order to use him as a bargaining chip to win the release one of the friends' sister, who has been kidnapped by real professionals. As time ticks by, the kidnapping becomes more and more complicated and the friends begin to fear that their plan will leave them all dead in the end. With Henry Thomas, Sean Patrick Flanery, Jay Mohr, Jeremy Sisto, Denis Leary, Brad Garrett and Johnny Galecki. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime. Year: 1997.
Suicide Kings
CIA Agent Jack Ryan (Ben Affleck) is brought in when Russia elects a new president and the director of Counter Intelligence (Morgan Freeman) suspects that this new leader cannot be trusted. It turns out that a third party plans to push Russia and America into war by detonating a mobile nuclear bomb at a football game in Baltimore. It's up to Jack Ryan to foil this plot. Directed by Phil Alden Robinson. With Liev Schreiber and Alan Bates. Categories: Action, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2002.
The Sum of All Fears
Joe Gillis (William Holden) is a bankrupt screenwriter taking refuge in the mansion home of an out of work silent screen actress (Gloria Swanson). As time passes, Gillis realizes that he is effectively imprisoned in the home, and his best efforts cannot save him from an inevitable and violent end. Directed by Billy Wilder. With Erich von Stroheim and Nancy Olson. Categories: Cult Classics, Drama, Romance, Film Noir, Classic. Year: 1950.
Sunset Blvd.
In high school, Rose Lorkowski (Amy Adams) was a popular cheerleader, but now, at 30, she finds herself a single mother working as a maid. In order to get her son into a better school, Rose talks her sister Norah (Emily Blunt), who still lives at home with their father Joe (Alan Arkin), to go into business with her cleaning up crime scenes. Up to their necks in murders, suicides and other messy situations, Rose and Norah build a successful business and find a closeness they've always wanted. Directed by Christine Jeffs. With Jason Spevack, Steve Zahn, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Clifton Collins Jr. and Eric Christian Olsen. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Independent Film. Year: 2008.
Sunshine Cleaning
Two FBI agents, Elizabeth Anderson (Julia Ormond) and Sam Hallaway (Bill Pullman) arrive at a police station in the Santa Fe desert to investigate a series of murders. They interrogate three witnesses: a police officer, a methadone addict, and an eight-year-old girl whose family was murdered by masked men. Directed by Jennifer Chambers Lynch. With Ryan Simpkins, Pell James and French Stewart. Categories: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2008.
Surveillance
After violating the rights of a serial killer during an arrest, FBI Agent Thomas Mackelway (Aaron Eckhart) is sent to a remote branch of the agency in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Together with his new partner, Fran Kulok (Carrie-Anne Moss), Mackelway sets out to track down Suspect Zero, a super serial killer responsible for hundreds of deaths who leaves no evidence behind to link his crimes. The clues leads them to the enigmatic Benjamin O'Ryan (Ben Kingsley), a man who, after participating in government experiments, now has the telepathic ability to see serial killers in action. Tormented by his visions, O'Ryan has a dark side of his own, and Mackelway must decide if he is Suspect Zero or just piece in the larger puzzle. Directed by E. Elias Merhige. With Harry J. Lennix and William Mapother. Categories: Crime, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Year: 2004.
Suspect Zero
After being falsely arrested and sent to prison, Benjamin Barker (Johnny Depp) escapes from the penal colony where he was held for fifteen years and returns to London seeking revenge. Upon discovering that Judge Turpin (Alan Rickman), the man who sent him away, is also responsible for his wife's death and has taken his daughter in as his ward, Barker adopts the alias of Sweeney Todd and sets out to make Turpin and his fellow aristocrats pay for their crimes. After reopening his barber shop, Barker enters a sinister partnership with Mrs. Lovett (Helena Bonham Carter), a woman who makes the worst meat pies in all of London. Based on the hit Broadway musical. Directed by Tim Burton. With Timothy Spall, Sacha Baron Cohen, Laura Michelle Kelly Laura Michelle Kelly and Jayne Wisener. Categories: Crime, Drama, Musical, Thriller. Year: 2007.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Melanie Carmichael (Reese Witherspoon) runs away from her white trash Alabama upbringing to become a fashion designer in New York. Recently engaged to a successful businessman (Patrick Dempsey), Melanie has almost everything she's ever dreamed of, but there's just one problem: She's still married to her high school sweetheart (Josh Lucas). Melanie travels south to set things straight, but once she's there leaving is a lot harder than she thought. Directed by Andy Tennant. With Candice Bergen, Fred Ward and Jean Smart. Categories: Comedy, Romance, Drama. Year: 2002.
Sweet Home Alabama
Inge Alltenburg (Elizabeth Reaser) travels from Norway to Minnesota in the 1920s to marry Olaf Torvik (Tim Guinee), a country farmer whom she has never met. After the pair learn that they will be unable to marry due to Inge's German citizenship, they must also deal with the community's cold treatment due to the the war in Germany. Ostracized from the community, Inge and Olaf are forced to harvest their crop completely by hand and alone. But, eventually, after Inge begins to learn English, the town warms to the woman, and she and Olaf find love through their shared hardships. Directed by Ali Selim. With Patrick Heusinger, Alan Cumming, Ned Beatty and Alex Kingston. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2005.
Sweet Land
Sarah Morton (Charlotte Rampling), a famous British mystery author, seeks inspiration for her new novel by accepting an offer from her publisher to stay at his home in the South of France. Sarah finds the beautiful countryside and unhurried pace perfect for writing until John's lazy, carefree daughter Julie (Ludivine Sagnier) arrives unexpectedly. After Sarah's demure and reserved nature is jarred by Julie's reckless, sexually charged lifestyle, the line between her creative process and a possible real-life murder begins to blur. Directed by François Ozon. Categories: Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2003.
Swimming Pool
Tony Fingleton (Jesse Spencer) is a young man who could never live up to his abusive father's expectations. That is, until he starts swimming, a sport he naturally excels at. Soon he is winning championships and pushing himself beyond endurance in a quest to win his father's love. Directed by Russell Mulcahy. With Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis, Tim Draxl and David Hoflin. Categories: Drama, Sports. Year: 2003.
Swimming Upstream
After breaking up with his girlfriend and moving to Los Angeles, struggling comedian Mike Peters (Jon Favreau) begins to regret his decision when his career fails to take off, leaving him to pine over his loss in his empty apartment. To get him out of his funk, Mike's smooth-talking best friend Trent (Vince Vaughn) drags him away for a wild night in Las Vegas. Back in the LA club scene, Trent and his buddies mentor Mike in how to approach women, leading him to meet Lorraine (Heather Graham), a beautiful young woman who's also new to LA. Directed by Doug Liman. With Ron Livingston, Alex Désert and Rio Hackford. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 1996.
Swingers
Theater director Caden Cotard (Philip Seymour Hoffman) moves from the relative anonymity of upstate New York to the high pressure world of Broadway. Backed with a huge grant, Cotard sets out to create his masterpiece, a brutally honest work staged in a life-size replica of New York City built in a theater district warehouse. While the production grows and its development stretches over years, Cotard struggles with the realities of his life and his difficulties with the women in it, including his ex-wife, Adele (Catherine Keener), his daughter, Olive (Sadie Goldstein), his new wife, Claire (Michelle Williams), and his therapist, Madeleine Gravis (Hope Davis). Directed by Charlie Kaufman. With Tom Noonan, Samantha Morton, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Emily Watson and Dianne Wiest. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2008.
Synecdoche, New York
An oil executive (Matt Damon) makes a major deal with a sheik after his son is killed in an accident on a business trip. At the same time, a veteran CIA operative (George Clooney) watches as politics overtake judgment and warning signs are ignored in the fight against terrorism. Meanwhile, a lawyer's (Jeffrey Wright) morals are tested during the merger of two powerful oil companies, and a Pakistani teenager is recruited by a charismatic cleric. Directed by Stephen Gaghan. With Christopher Plummer, Chris Cooper, Amanda Peet, Alexander Siddig and William Hurt. Categories: Drama, Thriller. Year: 2005.
Syriana
Felix De La Pena (John Leguizamo) drives an armored-truck driver, and is a devoted husband to his wife Marina (Rosie Perez) and a loving father of two in a tough neighborhood in East Los Angeles. He is kidnapped and shot in the head during a hijacking by Adell Baldwin (Tyrese Gibson) and loses his memory. Struggling with post-traumatic stress syndrome that causes him to behave erratically, he is framed as a prime suspect for the crime. Since he cannot provide any leads to FBI agent Steve Perelli (Bobby Cannavale), Felix is forced to try to find his assailant by himself. Directed by Brad Furman. With Matthew Hatchette, Jake Muxworthy, and Laurence Mason. Categories: Crime, Drama. Year: 2007.
The Take
When a criminal organization kidnaps his daughter Kim (Maggie Grace), former government operative Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) must use the special skills he developed while working as a spy to save her life. Following clues through the darkest reaches of Paris's underworld, as well as the rooms of it's richest mansions, Mills will stop at nothing to end this nightmare and make those responsible pay with their lives. Directed by Pierre Morel. With Xander Berkeley, Radivoje Bukvic, Katie Cassidy, Famke Janssen and Leland Orser. Categories: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2008.
Taken
Illeana Scott (Angelina Jolie) is an FBI agent on the trail of a serial killer who takes the identities of his victims. Traveling to Montreal to assist the Canadian police in tracking down the murderer, Scott must tackle her cultural differences with the Canadians and stop the killer before he slips out of her hands for good. Directed by D.J. Caruso. With Ethan Hawke, Kiefer Sutherland, Gena Rowlands, Olivier Martinez and Justin Chatwin. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2004.
Taking Lives
Tom Ripley (Matt Damon), a seemingly average and unassuming man, is hired by Herbert Greenleaf (James Rebhorn) to go to Italy and convince his playboy son Dickie (Jude Law) to return home. In Italy, Ripley is immediately embraced by Dickie and his beautiful ex-patriate girlfriend Marge (Gwyneth Paltrow), and experiences what it's like to live in luxury and have dear friends for the first time in his life. But, when Dickie tires of his interference, Tom cannot handle the rejection and goes to dangerous extremes to make Greenleaf's lifestyle his own. Directed by Anthony Minghella. With Cate Blanchett, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jack Davenport and Philip Baker Hall. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 1999.
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Months after attending the same dance performance, strangers Benigno (Javier Cámara) and Marco (Darío Grandinetti), a young nurse and a forty-something writer, meet again at the private clinic where Benigno works. Benigno is the personal nurse for Alicia (Leonor Watling), a beautiful dance student who he has become obsessed with while she lay in a coma. Marco is at the clinic to visit his girlfriend, Lidia (Rosario Flores), who is also in a coma after being gored while fighting a bull. Directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Categories: Drama, Foreign Film. Year: 2002.
Talk to Her
The true story of Ralph "Petey" Greene (Don Cheadle), a man who went from an ex-con to a popular radio talk show host and community activist in 1960s Washington, D.C. Combining soul music and outrageous social commentray, Greene made a commotion on and off the airwaves. With his fiery girlfriend (Taraji P. Henson) by his side, Greene became the voice of a community, speaking out on power and race with biting humor and poignant observations. Directed by Kasi Lemmons. With Chiwetel Ejiofor, Mike Epps, Cedric the Entertainer and Martin Sheen. Categories: Drama, History. Year: 2007.
Talk to Me
Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) is a disturbed Vietnam vet working as a taxi driver in New York. Unhappy with his life and unable to function normally, Bickle develops an obsession with cleansing the streets of the scum he sees as the reason for the city's decay. As his obsession becomes a reality, Bickle slips more and more into the role of violent avenger in a city that doesn't want him. Directed by Martin Scorsese. With Cybill Shepherd, Peter Boyle, Jodie Foster, Harvey Keitel and Albert Brooks. Categories: Cult Classics, Drama, Thriller, Crime. Year: 1976.
Taxi Driver
Directed by Antoine Fuqua. With Monica Bellucci and Bruce Willis. Categories: Action, Drama, Thriller, War. Year: 2003.
Tears of the Sun
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
Aurora (Shirley MacLaine) and Emma (Debra Winger) Greenway are mother and daughter, each trying to live their lives with the support and love of the other. Through times of trouble and joy, the two women provide a touching picture of family at its best and worst. Directed by James L. Brooks. With Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Jeff Daniels, John Lithgow and Lisa Hart Carroll. Categories: Romance, Comedy, Drama. Year: 1983.
Terms of Endearment
Nick Naylor (Aaron Eckhart), the chief spokesman for Big Tobacco, can spin any story. With an answer for everything, Naylor makes his living defending the rights of smokers and cigarette companies who face increased scrutiny and a tidal wave of negative public opinion. With health nuts on the warpath and Senator Ortolan Finistirre (William H. Macy) pushing to require poison labels on packs of cigarettes, Nick goes on an all-out PR offensive. But, with Naylor's newfound notariety comes the need to explain his less than honorable actions to his son Joey (Cameron Bright). Directed by Jason Reitman. With Todd Louiso, J.K. Simmons, Rob Lowe, Adam Brody, Katie Holmes, David Koechner, Robert Duvall, Sam Elliott and Maria Bello. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2005.
Thank You for Smoking
Louise (Susan Sarandon), a waitress, and Thelma (Geena Davis), a housewife, set out on the road after Louise is forced to shoot a man who attempts to rape Thelma outside of a bar. Headed for Mexico in their '66 Thunderbird, the two best friends embrace their new lives as outlaws and enjoy freedom that they have never known before. But, their trip gets difficult when a lawman (Harvey Keitel) intent on their capture picks up their trail. Directed by Ridley Scott. With Michael Madsen, Christopher McDonald and Brad Pitt. Categories: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama. Year: 1991.
Thelma & Louise
After dealing with the death of her adoptive mother and separating from her husband (Matthew Broderick), New York schoolteacher April Epner (Helen Hunt) begins to undergo a midlife crisis when she is contacted by her apparent birth mother, Bernice Graves (Bette Midler). As Bernice, an eccentric local talk show host, attempts to make up for lost time and past mistakes, April seeks comfort in the arms of Frank (Colin Firth), the father of one of her students. With her world turned upside down, April must come to grips with the fact that life doesn't always go as planned. Directed by Helen Hunt. With Lynn Cohen and Ben Shenkman. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2007.
Then She Found Me
In turn of the century California, struggling silver miner, Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis), turns his sights to oil. Traveling to a small, impoverished town with his adopted son, H.W. (Dillon Freasier), Daniel targets the Sunday family ranch, which he has been told sits on a small sea of oil. Intent on acquiring the property, Daniel faces off with Eli Sunday (Paul Dano), a young, charismatic reverend, who has his own plans for the oil. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. With Kevin J. O'Connor and Ciarán Hinds. Categories: Drama, Thriller. Year: 2007.
There Will Be Blood
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
Recent widow Audrey Burke (Halle Berry) finds her life adrift after her husband (David Duchovny) is killed during a random act of violence. With nowhere else to turn, Audrey invites her husband's troubled drug-addicted best friend Jerry Sunborne (Benicio Del Toro) to live in a room next to her garage, in the hope that he might be able to her and her children deal with the sudden loss of her husband. As Jerrt struggles to overcome his addiction and Audrey deals with her grief, they are able to find strength in one another that helps them both move forward. Directed by Susanne Bier. With Alexis Llewellyn, Micah Berry, John Carroll Lynch and Alison Lohman. Categories: Drama. Year: 2007.
Things We Lost in the Fire
In five separate stories, we witness the struggles and triumphs of a selection of women with wildly different backgrounds. Dr. Keener (Glenn Close) is trapped looking after her bedridden mother. Rebecca (Holly Hunter) realizes that most of her life is a masquerade. Rose (Kathy Baker) has her eyes set on an unusual lover-to-be. Christine (Calista Flockhart) suffers with as her lover wastes away from cancer. Finally, Kathy (Amy Brenneman) is a detective whose loneliness truly manifests after her sister Carol (Cameron Diaz) finds a partner. Directed by Rodrigo Garcia. With Matt Craven, Gregory Hines and Valeria Golino. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2000.
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
Directed by Catherine Hardwicke. With Evan Rachel Wood, Holly Hunter, Nikki Reed, D.W. Moffett and Brady Corbet. Categories: Crime, Drama, Romance. Year: 2003.
Thirteen
Directed by Roger Donaldson. With Kevin Costner and Bruce Greenwood. Categories: Drama, History, Thriller. Year: 2000.
Thirteen Days
After four men pull off a daring daytime bank robbery and dump the haul in a trash can, Thomas Crown (Steve McQueen), a wealthy businessman, picks up the cash in his Rolls Royce. Vickie Anderson (Faye Dunaway), a stunningly beautiful insurance investigator, is called in to recover the dough. As she begins to research possible suspects, Anderson discovers Crown and begins a tight watch on his every move. Directed by Norman Jewison. With Paul Burke. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller, Romance. Year: 1968.
The Thomas Crown Affair
When Melquiades Estrada (Julio Cedillo) is accidentally murdered by a Texas Border Patrolman Mike Norton (Barry Pepper), his friend Pete Perkins (Tommy Lee Jones) sets out to keep a promise he made to see that Melquiades is buried in his Mexican hometown. After kidnapping Norton and digging up his friend's body, Perkins begins a dangerous journey over harsh terrain while trying to elude a police search party. With only a story to lead his way, Perkins never wavers in his dedication to see that his promise is fulfilled. Directed by Tommy Lee Jones. With January Jones and Melissa Leo. Categories: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Western. Year: 2005.
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
During the aftermath of the Gulf War, a group of American soldiers (George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube and Spike Jonze) find a map that they believe will take them to a huge, hidden stockpile of gold. Determined to get their hands on the treasure, the men set out into the desert fully equipped to survive the harsh conditions and defend themselves as needed. But, when they discover people who desperately need their help, the soldiers rise to a heroic challenge that drastically changes their lives. Directed by David O. Russell. With Nora Dunn and Jamie Kennedy. Categories: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, War. Year: 1999.
Three Kings
Justin Cobb (Lou Taylor Pucci) is desperate to find a way to stop sucking his thumb and alleviate the undue stress his habit puts on his family, his love life and his identity. His father (Vincent D'Onofrio) gives him a cayenne-pepper cream and takes him fly-fishing. His mother (Tilda Swinton) is wrapped up in a fake relationship with a TV star. The only thing that stops his thumbsucking is hypnosis therapy administered by his orthodontist (Keanu Reeves), but the problem resurfaces in other forms. Directed by Mike Mills. With Benjamin Bratt and Vince Vaughn. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2005.
Thumbsucker
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
Based on the bestselling novel, this film tells the story of Clare (Brooklynn Proulx), a little girl who becomes infatuated with Henry (Eric Bana), an adult. When she grows to be a young woman (Rachel McAdams), she meets Henry again. He has not aged and she still loves him, so they marry. But he has a habit of slipping back and forth in time and she finds herself alone too much. Directed by Robert Schwentke. With Hailey McCann. Categories: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi. Year: 2009.
The Time Traveler's Wife
Surveying a nearby hillside with a pair of binoculars, Hector (Karra Elejalde) spots a nude woman amidst the trees. While investigating, he is attacked by a man whose head is wrapped in a grotesque, pink bandages. Taking refuge in a laboratory atop the hill, Hector is ushered into a contraption that turns out to be a time machine by the laboratory's lone attendant (Nacho Vigalondo). Emerging moments later, Hector finds that he has traveled back hours in time, and ends up in a deadly confrontation with multiple versions of himself. Directed by Nacho Vigalondo. With Candela Fernández, Bárbara Goenaga and Juan Inciarte. Categories: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Foreign Film. Year: 2007.
Timecrimes
Directed by Ron Shelton. With Kevin Costner, Rene Russo and Don Johnson. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport. Year: 1996.
Tin Cup
As an old woman, Rose Dewitt Bukater (Gloria Stuart) recounts her experience aboard the Titanic as a young woman (Kate Winslet). Well off but miserable, she enters a passionate romance with Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio), a poor boy who saves her from suicide and kindles a flame in her heart that is unquenched by the passing of time. Directed by James Cameron. With Billy Zane, Kathy Bates and Bill Paxton. Categories: Action, Drama, Romance. Year: 1997.
Titanic
Wyatt Earp (Kurt Russell), the famous lawman known for cleaning up Dodge City, moves to Tombstone, Arizona to retire anonymously beside his brothers and childhood friend Doc Holiday (Val Kilmer). But, his peaceful years are cut short when a band of outlaws called the Cowboys move in and disrupt the town. Earp is forced back into action and, with his brothers and Doc by his side, faces off with the Cowboys in a shoot-out at the OK Corral. Directed by George P. Cosmatos. With Sam Elliott, Bill Paxton and Charlton Heston. Categories: Action, Drama, Romance, Western. Year: 1993.
Tombstone
When Big Tom Callahan (Brian Dennehy), kicks the bucket, the family auto parts business is in danger of going under unless his clumsy, dim-witted but well-intentioned son, Tommy Callahan Jr. (Chris Farley), can convince the company's long time customers to make the switch to their new brake pads. Together with Big Tom's right-hand man, Richard (David Spade), Tommy hits the road to save the company and the jobs of all its workers. But, in addition to having to overcome his self-doubt and lack of sales skills, Tommy must also figure out a way to outsmart his step-mother (Bo Derek) and her "son" (Rob Lowe), who want to sell the factory and steal the Callahan fortune. Directed by Peter Segal. With Dan Aykroyd and Julie Warner. Categories: Comedy, Adventure, Drama. Year: 1995.
Tommy Boy
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
In 1941 as World War II sweeps across Europe, the United States attempts diplomatic correspondence with Japan. Simultaneously, Japan is preparing for an attack on an American naval base in case diplomacy fails. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor from both the American and Japanese perspectives, this film surpasses typical war films to address the political and cultural importance of that fateful day in November. Directed by Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku and Toshio Masuda. With Martin Balsam, Joseph Cotten and Tatsuya Mihashi. Categories: Action, Adventure, Drama, War, History. Year: 1970.
Tora! Tora! Tora!
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
When his 13-year-old sister Adriana (Paulina Gaitan) is kidnapped by sex traffickers in Mexico City, Jorge (Cesar Ramos) sets out on a deserate mission to free the young girl. As Jorge dodges immigration officers, he is joined in his quest to track the movements of the underground organization by Ray (Kevin Kline), a Texas cop who has experienced the devastating effects the sex trade can have on a family first-hand. While Adriana clings to her friend and protector Veronica (Alicja Bachleda-Curus), Jorge and Ray forge a close bond as they try to stop Adriana's kidnappers before she is sold and disappears forever. Directed by Marco Kreuzpaintner. Categories: Crime, Drama. Year: 2007.
Trade
Working to intercept drug shipments along the border, Mexican policeman Javier Rodriguez (Benicio Del Toro) and his partner are caught between their jobs and the temptation of power and money. Back in the US, Judge Robert Wakefield (Michael Douglas) is named as the new drug czar. As he prepares to supervise the country's task forces and partner with Mexico, he must deal with his increasingly drug-addicted teenage daughter Caroline (Erika Christensen). Directed by Steven Soderbergh. With Catherine Zeta-Jones, Don Cheadle, Luis Guzmán and Topher Grace. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2000.
Traffic
LAPD detective Alonzo Harris (Denzel Washington) is a crooked narcotics officer who has close ties to the streets. When he takes on rookie Jake Hoyt (Ethan Hawke) he introduces him to the dark side of police work and pushes him to his breaking point. Directed by Antoine Fuqua. With Scott Glenn, Tom Berenger, Harris Yulin,Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and Macy Gray. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2001.
Training Day
Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor) is trapped in the perpetual routine of heroin addiction in the underbelly of Edinburgh, Scotland. Amongst his friends, a group of losers, liars, psychos and thieves, Mark alone has the insight and opportunity to escape his fate. The only question remains is whether or not he wants to. Continually weighing the pros and cons of going and then staying straight, Mark comes to the conclusion that an ordinary life is not for him and heads straight into a scheme with his pals that will lead them to the biggest score of their lives. Directed by Danny Boyle. With Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd and Robert Carlyle. Categories: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Independent Film. Year: 1996.
Trainspotting
When dedicated FBI agent Roy Clayton (Guy Pearce) investigates a dangerous international conspiracy, all clues seem to point to Samir Horn (Don Cheadle), an enigmatic former US Special Operations officer. With multiple connections to terrorist organizations and a propensity for showing up on the scene just as major operations are executed, Horn looks to be the man Clayton has been searching for. But, when contradictoy evidence emerges, Clayton must dig deeper to find out whether Horn is a former military operative with a grudge, or something far more complicated. Directed by Jeffrey Nachmanoff. With Jeff Daniels, Neal McDonough, Saïd Taghmaoui and Archie Panjabi. Categories: Drama, Action. Year: 2008.
Traitor
Bree (Felicity Huffman), a pre-operative male-to-female transsexual, is eager to embrace her new life as a woman. However, her old life as a man suddenly catches up with her when she receives a phone call from a teenager named Toby (Kevin Zegers), who is apparently her son from a long-forgotten sexual encounter. The phone call is not for a friendly chat, but a request for bail for the hustling runaway. Bree flies from LA to New York to bail Toby out of jail and offers him a cross-country ride. But, her real plan is to abandon Toby with his step-father. Bree struggles to reconcile her old life with her new as her already complicated life gets just a bit more complicated. Directed by Duncan Tucker. With Fionnula Flanagan, Elizabeth Peña, Burt Young and Graham Greene. Categories: Drama. Year: 2005.
Transamerica
After finishing working as volunteers in China, Americans Roy (Woody Harrelson) and Jessie (Emily Mortimer) take the Trans-siberian Express train from Beijing to Moscow. Along the way, they meet Carlos (Eduardo Noriega) and Abby (Kate Mara), two fellow travelers, and make an instant bond. But, when Roy gets separated from the group, Jessie realizes that Carlos and Abby aren't who they seem to be. Trapped in a foreign land, Jessie must fight to escape from a drug conspiracy and reunite with her husband. Directed by Brad Anderson. With Ben Kingsley and Thomas Kretschmann. Categories: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2008.
Transsiberian
Dobbs (Humphrey Bogart) and Curtin (Tim Holt) are two contract men hired by Pat McCormick (Bruce Bennett) to find gold in the brooding hills of the Sierra Madre. After the job is finished, they are approached by an old prospector (Walter Huston) claming that the area is still rich with ore, if they're willing to do what it takes to get it. Directed by John Huston. Categories: Adventure, Drama, Action, Classic. Year: 1948.
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
When her grandson, Champion, is kidnapped during the Tour de France, Madame Souza and her beloved dog Bruno travel across the Atlantic to Belleville and team up with an aged song-and-dance team to rescue him from the French mafia. Directed by Sylvain Chomet. Categories: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Music, Foreign Film. Year: 2003.
The Triplets of Belleville
When the beautiful Helen (Diane Kruger) follows Paris (Orlando Bloom) back to his home country, her furious husband Menelaus (Brendan Gleeson) convinces the other kings of Greece to wage war against the mighty land of Troy. With them is the heroic Achilles (Brad Pitt), a one man army with a passion to match his strength. Directed by Wolfgang Petersen. With Julian Glover, Sean Bean, Peter O'Toole and Nathan Jones. Categories: Action, Drama, War, Adventure, Romance. Year: 2004.
Troy
After a brief courtship consisting of a movie and some pie, Clarence (Christian Slater), a young man who speaks to visions of Elvis (Val Kilmer), marries Alabama (Patricia Arquette), a call girl hired for Clarence by his boss. After one of his visions, Clarence decides to kill Alabama's pimp (Gary Oldman) and ends up accidentally taking a suitcase filled with cocaine. The newlyweds hit the road for Hollywood to try to make a deal, while a mob boss (Christopher Walken) sends his men to recover his goods. Directed by Tony Scott. With Michael Rapaport, Bronson Pinchot, Dennis Hopper, Brad Pitt, Tom Sizemore, Samuel L. Jackson, James Gandolfini and Chris Penn. Categories: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller. Year: 1993.
True Romance
Truman Burbank (Jim Carrey) lives inside a fake world. His life is a hidden-camera TV show, and everyone in it is an actor except for him. When a series of production goofs makes him realize the whole charade, the world watches to see how Truman will cope with the knowledge that his life is a lie. Directed by Peter Weir. With Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich, Ed Harris and Paul Giamatti. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 1998.
The Truman Show
Mike Klein (David Duchovny) convinces a TV network to make a pilot of the sitcom he wrote based on the aftermath of his brother's suicide. As the show moves through the phases of casting, production and rewrites, Mike faces off with the network executives (Sigourney Weaver and Ioan Gruffudd) to keep the show faithful to his vision. But, as the struggle takes its toll on Mike and his family, he finds that compromise is the name of the game. Directed by Jake Kasdan. With Judy Greer, Fran Kranz, Lindsay Sloane and Justine Bateman. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2006.
The TV Set
In 1996, a lethal virus wipes out five billion people and forces the survivors into underground hiding. In 2035, James Cole (Bruce Willis), a convict, is forced to travel back in time to 1996 to find the source of the plague and try to stop it. When he is accidentally sent back six years earlier, he is arrested and declared insane. In his institutional prison, he meets a mental case (Brad Pitt) who might have the keys to preventing the disaster. Directed by Terry Gilliam. With Madeleine Stowe. Categories: Cult Classics, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Year: 1995.
Twelve Monkeys
Having just solved a big case involving a serial killer, Jessica Shepard (Ashley Judd) is promoted and assigned a new partner, Mike Delmarco (Andy Garcia). When the two officers are called to investigate a crime scene, Jessica recognizes the victim as a former boyfriend. When the next case also happens to be one of Jessica's former flames, the police department starts to consider her a possible suspect. With Mike and John Mills (Samuel L. Jackson), her father’s former partner, as her only supporters, Jessica must find the person responsible before she ends up a victim herself. Directed by Philip Kaufman. With David Strathairn, Camryn Manheim and Mark Pellegrino. Categories: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2004.
Twisted
William Harding (Bill Paxton) is a TV weatherman who chases tornadoes for fun. While Harding is in the process of getting a divorce from his wife Jo (Helen Hunt) so that he can marry his girlfriend (Jami Gertz), a cluster of incredibly strong tornadoes in Oklahoma brings the three together as they try out brand new measuring equipment in the eyes of the storms. Directed by Jan de Bont. With Cary Elwes, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Lois Smith. Categories: Action, Thriller, Drama. Year: 1996.
Twister
After a recent breakup, Leonard (Joaquin Phoenix), an aspiring photographer, moves back to his childhood home in Brooklyn. Concerned fo rhis future, Leonard's parents set him up with Sandra (Vinessa Shaw), the kind, sweet daughter of a close family friend. But, around the same time, Leonard becomes infatuated with Michele (Gwyneth Paltrow), a beautiful woman who is having a self-destructive affair with a married man. Forced to make a choice between the two women, Leonard must decide between love and desire, and risks the possibility that he could end up all alone. Directed by James Gray. With Isabella Rossellini, Elias Koteas and Moni Moshonov. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2008.
Two Lovers
When Bobby Cooper's (Sean Penn) car breaks down in the two-horse town of Superior, Arizona, he becomes entangled in a web of murder, sex and deceit. Bobby unwittingly gets involved with the married Grace McKenna (Jennifer Lopez). Her husband, Jake (Nick Nolte), in turn, asks Bobby to kill her. However, Grace has also asked Bobby to kill Jake. Bobby is forced to cope with all of this and a zany car mechanic, Darrell (Billy Bob Thornton) who can't seem to fix his car, preventing him from escaping the rabbit-hole he has seemingly fallen into. Directed by Oliver Stone. With Claire Danes, Joaquin Phoenix, Jon Voight and Powers Boothe. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 1997.
U Turn
A US submarine is set to capture a German U-boat and that has a machine with the key to the Enigma Code on board. The young crew is terrified, knowing they may have been given a suicide mission. Matthew McConaughey is a young officer sure he is ready to command, but his superiors (Harvey Keitel and Bill Paxton) aren't so sure. Rocker Jon Bon Jovi plays a sailor who just wants to get home in one piece. Directed by Jonathan Mostow. Categories: Action, Drama, War. Year: 2000.
U-571
Based on the bestselling novel by Milan Kundera, this film stars Daniel Day-Lewis as a womanizing intellectual in 1960s Prague. Juliette Binoche plays Tereza, a working-class young woman from an oppressive family who catches his eye. While they love each other, he can't give up on Sabina (Lena Olin), his mistress, or any of his other women. When the Soviets invade Czechoslovakia in 1968, their lives become more complicated. Directed by Philip Kaufman. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 1988.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
David Dunn (Bruce Willis), a depressed security guard, survives a violent train crash in which all other passengers were killed. And, more than that, he doesn't have a scratch on him. After returning to his family, Dunn finds an unsigned note asking if he's ever been sick. Dunn decides to investigate his health history and eventually tracks down the man who left the message, comic-art dealer Elijah Price (Samuel L. Jackson). As Dunn discovers his hidden strength, he learns that using his powers for good is the only thing that makes him feel normal. Directed by M. Night Shyamalan. With Robin Wright Penn and Spencer Treat Clark. Categories: Drama, Fantasy, Thriller. Year: 2000.
Unbreakable
Directed by David Siegel. With Lynn Collins, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Nelson Landrieu, Assumpta Serna, Ted Oyama and Olivia Thirlby. Categories: Drama. Year: 2008.
Uncertainty
After his grandmother passes away, nine-year-old Carlitos (Adrian Alonso) embarks on a journey from Mexico to the US to find his mother, Rosario (Kate del Castillo). What Carlitos doesn't know is that Rosario, an illegal immigrant, has already begun a desperate search of her own in the hope of being reunited with her son. Directed by Patricia Riggen. With America Ferrera, Eugenio Derbez and Jesse Garcia. Categories: Drama. Year: 2007.
Under the Same Moon
Connie Sumner (Diane Lane) lives a happy, quiet life with her loving husband Ed (Richard Gere), a wonderful son and a beautiful home, but something is missing. When she is approached by a handsome stranger (Olivier Martinez) while trying to hail a cab, Connie feels the passionate connection she has been lacking. After agreeing to meet with the stranger, she eventually becomes obsessed with him begins a torrid, secret love affair. But, when Ed begins to notice a change in his wife, Connie's selfish actions soon jeopardize her marraige and family's safety. Directed by Adrian Lyne. With Michelle Monaghan. Categories: Drama, Thriller. Year: 2002.
Unfaithful
A bounty put on some cowboys who assaulted a prostitute, attracts the Schofield Kid (Jaimz Woolvett), an inexperienced outlaw, and retired killer William Munny (Clint Eastwood). Teaming up with his old partner Ned (Morgan Freeman), Munny needs this one last job to help save his farm and provide for his children now that their mother is dead. While trying to secure the bounty, Munny eventually finds himself in a feud with Little Bill Daggett (Gene Hackman), Big Whiskey's sheriff. Directed by Clint Eastwood. Categories: Drama, Western. Year: 1992.
Unforgiven
When Anna (Emily Browning) returns home after spending time in the hospital following her mother's death, she is surprised to learn that her father (David Strathairn) has become engaged to Rachel (Elizabeth Banks), her mother's former nurse. After Anna is visited by her mother's ghost and warned of Rachel's true intentions, she and her sister Alex (Arielle Kebbel) try to convince their father that his Rachel hides a dark secret and is not who she pretends to be. Directed by Charles Guard and Thomas Guard. With Maya Massar. Categories: Drama, Horror, Thriller, Remake. Year: 2009.
The Uninvited
Presented in real time, this fact-based account re-enacts the brave actions taken by the passengers aboard flight United 93 on September 11, 2001. As a result of a delay, the passengers become aware of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and realize that they must act before another target is hit. Directed by Paul Greengrass. With Christian Clemenson, Trish Gates, David Alan Basche and Cheyenne Jackson. Categories: Drama, History. Year: 2006.
United 93
Bart (Bob Hoskins) is a fierce gangster who maintains his chokehold on the mean streets of Glascow through his enforcer Danny (Jet Li), who he has raised as a savage killer since he was a child. Kept prisoner by Bart, Danny has a chance encounter with a blind piano tuner named Sam (Morgan Freeman) and experiences true kindness and the power of music for the first time. When Danny is able to escape, he takes refuge with Sam and his stepdaughter Victoria (Kerry Condon), whom he must protect when Bart and his gangsters come looking for him. Directed by Louis Leterrier. Categories: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2005.
Unleashed
Federal agent Elliot Ness (Kevin Costner) is a brave, stubborn man dedicated to stopping organized crime. The biggest criminal of them all, Al Capone (Robert De Niro), rules the streets of Chicago in the days of prohibition. When Ness assembles a team of cops to help him take down the mob boss, the odds are weighted heavily against them in this corrupt and blood-bathed town. Directed by Brian De Palma. With Sean Connery, Charles Martin Smith, Andy Garcia. Categories: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, History. Year: 1987.
The Untouchables
Directed by Jason Reitman. With George Clooney, Anna Kendrick, Vera Farmiga, Zach Galifianakis, Melanie Lynskey, J.K. Simmons and Jason Bateman. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2009.
Up in the Air
When Molly Gunn (Brittany Murphy), the free-spirited daughter of a deceased rock legend, is forced to get a job as a nanny, her life couldn't get any worse. She's put in charge of Ray (Dakota Fanning), the incorrigible daughter of a neglectful music executive (Heather Locklear). At first, the two can't do anything to get along, but as the ice melts they realize that, no matter what your age, it's wonderful to be loved. Directed by Boaz Yakin. With Donald Faison. Categories: Comedy, Drama, New York. Year: 2003.
Uptown Girls
V (Hugo Weaving), a masked freedom fighter, takes up arms against a totalitarian government in futuristic Great Britain. At once literary, flamboyant, tender and intellectual, V is also bitter, lonely and driven by a personal need for revenge. After rescuing her from an attack by a group of corrupt policemen, V finds an unlikely ally in the form of Evey Hammond (Natalie Portman). With her help, V persuades the citizens of his country to oppose the state's oppression with magnificent violence. Directed by James McTeigue. With Stephen Rea, Stephen Fry and John Hurt. Categories: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Year: 2005.
V for Vendetta
At the height of WWII, Col. Claus von Stauffenberg (Tom Cruise) assembles a group of high-ranking Nazi officers to carry out a plot intent on assassinating Hitler (David Bamber) and seizing control of the military in order to end the war. Codenamed "Valkyrie," after Hitler's own emergency plan to address a revolt against the German government, the operation is seen as the last chance to stop a mad man and bring justice and honor back to Germany. With everything seemingly in place and millions of lives hanging in the balance, von Stauffenberg must take matters into his own hands and accepts the charge of killing Hitler himself. Directed by Bryan Singer. With Carice van Houten, Eddie Izzard, Bill Nighy, Terence Stamp, Tom Wilkinson and Kenneth Branagh. Categories: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller, Based on a True Story. Year: 2008.
Valkyrie
David Aames (Tom Cruise) is a wealthy, charismatic publishing executive who lives his life with little regard for others. Everything changes in an instant when a terrible car accident caused by his his sometimes-lover Julie (Cameron Diaz) leaves him disfigured and horribly depressed. Just when he has lost hope, David reconnects with Sofia Serrano (Penélope Cruz), a beautiful women whom he fell in love with after a brief meeting at a party. But, things are not quite what they seem, and eventually David's grasp on reality begins to weaken. Charged with Sophia's murder, David is interviewed by Dr. McCabe (Kurt Russell), and slowly begins to piece together what really happened to him. Directed by Cameron Crowe. With Jason Lee, Noah Taylor, Timothy Spall and Tilda Swinton. Categories: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Mystery. Year: 2001.
Vanilla Sky
Moments after his arrival in Spain for a global anti-terrorism summit, US President Henry Ashton (William Hurt) is shot twice as he steps to the podium to deliver a speech. The events leading up to the assassination attempt and the chaos that follows are shown from eight different perspectives, including that of two secret service agents (Matthew Fox and Dennis Quaid), an American tourist (Forest Whitaker) and a TV news producer (Sigourney Weaver). As each point of view unfolds, it becomes apparent that the assassination attempt is more than what it seems and the President may still be alive. Directed by Pete Travis. With Zoe Saldana. Categories: Drama, Thriller. Year: 2008.
Vantage Point
In small town in Texas where high school football is king, the hopes and dreams of the entire community are on the line every Friday night. Head coach Bud Kilmer (Jon Voight) is trying to lead his West Canaan Coyotes to their 23rd division title when star quarterback Lance Harbor (Paul Walker) suffers a knee injury. Forced to turn to backup John Moxon (James Van Der Beek), the Coyotes come together and learn that there's more to being part of a team than just winning the games. Directed by Brian Robbins. With Amy Smart, Ron Lester, Scott Caan, Richard Lineback, Ali Larter and Thomas F. Duffy. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Sports. Year: 1999.
Varsity Blues
Maurice (Peter O'Toole) and Ian (Leslie Phillips), two eldery actors who never quite made the big time, continue to work through their golden years, looking forward to their regular shared breakfasts at their favorite cafe. When Ian's grand-niece, Jessie (Beatrice Savoretti), moves in with him, their routine is broken and the girl tries Ian's patients with her defiant attitude. But, Maurice is fascinated by the girl and tries to win her over by showing her the cultural sights of London. Through their unlikely friendship, Maurice finds that he still has much to learn at his age and Jessie finds a new respect for herself and others. Directed by Roger Michell. With Richard Griffiths and Vanessa Redgrave. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2006.
Venus
Imelda Staunton was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for her performance in the title role of this film. Vera Drake is a working-class woman in 1950s Britain, completely devoted to her husband and children. But she also helps women get rid of their unwanted pregnancies. Abortion was illegal then, so when the authorities catch her, her world and her family fall apart. Directed by Mike Leigh. With Philip Davis and Daniel Mays. Categories: Crime, Drama. Year: 2004.
Vera Drake
San Francisco police detective Scottie Fergusson (James Stewart) is forced to retire when he develops vertigo after a colleague falls to his death. Fergusson thinks he can make easy money babysitting an old friend's wife (Kim Novak), who is apparently possessed by an ancestral spirit. As he follows the strange woman around San Francisco, details of her insanity emerge from an increasingly murky conspiracy that he is determined to unravel. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. With Barbara Bel Geddes and Tom Helmore. Categories: Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Romance, Classic. Year: 1958.
Vertigo
In France near the end of World War I, five soldiers are convicted of injuring themselves in order to escape their military service and sent into the no man's land between the French and German trench lines. Although the men appear to have been killed in the battle that followed, Mathilde (Audrey Tautou) refuses to give up hope that her fiancé, Manech (Gaspard Ulliel), is still alive. During her search for Manech, Mathilde begins to uncover clues as to what actually took place on the battlefield. Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. With Jodie Foster and Dominique Pinon. Categories: Drama, Mystery, Romance, War, Foreign Film. Year: 2004.
A Very Long Engagement
Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Christina (Scarlett Johansson) are two best friends vacationing in Barcelona. While Vicky is straight-laced and preparing to get married, Christina is free-spirited and sexually adventurous. During their travels they meet flamboyant artist José Antonio (Javier Bardem). After being invited back to his home, Christina immediately throws herself at José. Despite her best efforts, Vicky eventually falls in love with him as well, and when José's beautiful but insane ex-wife Maria (Penélope Cruz) returns, chaos results. Directed by Woody Allen. With Patricia Clarkson, Kevin Dunn and Chris Messina. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2008.
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
In a quaint late nineteenth century village, life seems to be picture perfect. But as night falls, we learn that the isolated community lives in fear of the creatures that are said to reside in the woods around them. The villagers are so frightened that no one dares to venture into the woods for any reason. But, despite the advice of his elders, a curious young man named Lucius Hunt (Joaquin Phoenix) desires to step beyond the boundaries of the town into the unknown. Directed by M. Night Shyamalan. With Bryce Dallas Howard, William Hurt, Adrien Brody and Sigourney Weaver. Categories: Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2004.
The Village
After their youngest daughter commits suicide, Mr. and Mrs. Lisbon (James Woods and Kathleen Turner) react by isolating her four remaining sisters from social interaction, especially with the opposite sex. When Lux (Kirsten Dunst), the most promiscuous sister, begins to rebel, Mr. and Mrs. Lisbon answer back by placing the girls under virtual house arrest. Although it's meant to protect them, the isolation only intensifies the obsessions of the girls' male classmates, and ultimately leads them to tragedy. Directed by Sofia Coppola. With Josh Hartnett, Scott Glenn, Danny DeVito, Hayden Christensen and Giovanni Ribisi. Categories: Drama, Mystery. Year: 1999.
The Virgin Suicides
When Walter Vale (Richard Jenkins), a widowed economics professor, travels to New York for a conference, he is surprised to discover that a young couple has been living in his apartment. Victims of a real estate scam, Tarek (Haaz Sleiman), a Syrian man, and Zainab (Danai Jekesai Gurira), his Senegalese girlfriend, are illegal immigrants with nowhere else to go. Reluctantly, Walter allows them to stay, and eventually forms a close bond with Tarek, as the young man teaches him how to play the hand drum. After Tarek is arrested in the subway and held for deportation, Walter is compelled by his renewed passion for life and sense of purpose to help his new friend through his desperate situation. Directed by Thomas McCarthy. With Hiam Abbass. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Independent Film. Year: 2007.
The Visitor
Directed by Luis Mandoki. With Leonor Varela and Carlos Padilla. Categories: Drama, War. Year: 2004.
Voces inocentes
Raimunda (Penélope Cruz) and Sole (Lola Dueñas) lose both of their parents in a fire in La Mancha, the village of their birth. The two, along with Raimunda's daughter, Paula (Yohana Cobo), return home to visit their aging aunt (Chus Lampreave). The aunt speaks of their mother, Irene (Carmen Maura), as if she were still alive, yet the daughters brush it off as senility. However, it is only a matter of time before their mother visits them too. Director: Pedro Almodóvar. With Blanca Portillo and Antonio de la Torre. Categories: Foreign Film, Drama. Year: 2006.
Volver
George W. Bush (Josh Brolin) follows in his father's (James Cromwell) footsteps to become the 43rd president of the United States. Overcoming alcoholism and discovering his Christian faith, Bush's eventful and controversial life swings from the triumph of his successful campaign to the tragedy of 9/11 and unpopular war in Iraq. Directed by Oliver Stone. With Elizabeth Banks, Thandie Newton, Ioan Gruffudd, Toby Jones, Jeffrey Wright, Scott Glenn, Ellen Burstyn and Noah Wyle. Categories: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Biography. Year: 2008.
W.
In the summer of 1994, troubled teenage drug dealer Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) travels the streets of New York selling pot from an flavored ice cart. When he's not out sweating on the sidewalks, Luke meets up with Dr. Jeffrey Squires (Ben Kingsley), an unorthodox psychiatrist and the step-father of Luke's long-time crush Stephanie (Olivia Thirlby). Working out an agreement to trade therapy sessions for drugs, Luke and Squires explore New York City together and use their unlikely friendship to help them overcome depression and stumble towards maturity. Directed by Jonathan Levine. With Famke Janssen, Mary-Kate Olsen and Method Man. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2008.
The Wackness
Jenna (Keri Russell ), an unhappily married waitress in the deep South, hopes to win a pie-baking contest so that she can leave her awful husband, Earl (Jeremy Sisto). But, when she finds out that she's pregnant and falls in love with her new doctor (Nathan Fillion), her plans to start a new life are thrown out the window. With the help of her fellow waitresses (Cheryl Hines and Adrienne Shelly) and some sage advice from Old Joe (Andy Griffith), the crotchety owner of the diner where she works, Jenna decides to take a chance and pursue the life she deserves. Directed by Adrienne Shelly. With Eddie Jemison and Lew Temple. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2007.
Waitress
A young man (Wiley Wiggins) who is asleep travels through his dreams trying to wake up. Along the way, he speaks with people about the difference between dreams and reality. Through his quest, he tries to understand the meaning and purpose of the universe, and discover a way back to the real world. Directed by Richard Linklater. With Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy. Categories: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery. Year: 2001.
Waking Life
While growing up during the Great Depression, Johnny Cash (Joaquin Phoenix) quickly learns to love music. This film explores the life of this country legend, starting with his early years on a cotton farm to his rise to success. But, the focal point quickly becomes the love he shares with musician June Carter (Reese Witherspoon). Directed by James Mangold. With Robert Patrick. Categories: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance. Year: 2005.
Walk the Line
Chris Vaughn (Dwayne Johnson) is an elite U.S. army soldier returning to his hometown in Washington. When he gets there, he finds the city over-run with drug abuse and violence, unquestionably due to the presence of a sleazy casino and its corrupt owners. Taking over the position of Sheriff, Vaughn sets out to clean up the streets. Directed by Kevin Bray. With Johnny Knoxville, Neal McDonough, Kristen Wilson and Ashley Scott. Categories: Action, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2004.
Walking Tall
Bud Fox (Charlie Sheen), an ambitious young stockbroker, worships Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas), an incredibly successful superbroker who specializes in corporate takeovers. After dismissing him for a time, Gekko finally agrees to take Bud on as his protege and schools him in the cutthroat tacticas that have taken him to the top. Directed by Oliver Stone. With John C. McGinley, Hal Holbrook, Martin Sheen, James Spader and Daryl Hannah. Categories: Drama, New York. Year: 1987.
Wall Street
Discovering that he has no memory of an Israeli Army mission he participated in during the first Lebanon War of the early 1980s, filmmaker Ari Folman sets out on a journey to recover a piece of his life that has been missing for over 20 years. Interviewing old friends and comrades around the world, Folman begins to remember the events as a series of surreal images that lead him deeper and deeper into the mystery of this lost period. Directed by Ari Folman. With Ori Sivan. Categories: Documentary, Animation, Biography, Drama, War. Year: 2008.
Waltz with Bashir
David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) is a brilliant teenage computer hacker. When he breaks into a military super-computer and starts poking around, he finds a program simulating nuclear war between the US and Russia. He thinks it's a game, but the computer thinks he wants to blow up the world. It's up to David to convince the computer that war is not the answer. Directed by John Badham. With Dabney Coleman, John Wood and Ally Sheedy. Categories: Sci-Fi, Thriller, Drama. Year: 1983.
WarGames
In an alternate 1985, where superheroes roam among the general population and the US and the Soviet Union stand on the brink of nuclear Armageddon, the age of costumed vigilantes keeping the city streets safe has come to an end. Facing widespread backlash, most of the former heroes have retired to a normal life. But, when one of their own is brutally murdered, Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley), a persistent crime-fighter who wears a mask with ink blots for eyes, reunites with a group of former allies to uncover the truth. Meanwhile, Jon Osterman (Billy Crudup), a government scientist, is transformed into Dr. Manhattan, a being of unimaginable power. Directed by Zack Snyder. With Malin Akerman, Carla Gugino, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Patrick Wilson, Matthew Goode and Stephen McHattie. Categories: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Year: 2009.
Watchmen
In the future, the polar ice caps have melted, covering most of the earth in water. The human survivors live on islands of wreckage and travel by boat. The Mariner (Kevin Costner), a loner seafarer who only looks out for himself, stumbles into helping a woman (Jeanne Tripplehorn) and her young daughter (Tina Majorino) escape from a vicious band of marauders led by the evil Deacon (Dennis Hopper). What the Mariner doesn't know is that the girl might hold the secret ro finding dry land. Directed by Kevin Reynolds and Kevin Costner. With Gerard Murphy and Michael Jeter. Categories: Drama, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Year: 1995.
Waterworld
Bobby Green (Joaquin Phoenix) has chosen a life of nightclubs and gangsters and changed his name to hide the fact the he comes from a long line of distinguised policemen. But, when his brother, Joseph (Mark Wahlberg), and father, Burt (Robert Duvall), begin targeting the Russian gangster who operates a drug ring out of the club he manages, Bobby must decide where his allegiances lie before it's too late. Directed by James Gray. With Eva Mendes. Categories: Crime, Drama. Year: 2007.
We Own the Night
Dawn Weiner (Heather Matarazzo) is an unattractive, awkward 7th grader who has to deal with un-attentive parents, cruel classmates, a nerdy older brother, a pretty younger sister and her own insecurities. Dawn's life becomes even more unbearable when a popular high school boy (Eric Mabius) rejects her love. Directed by Todd Solondz. With Brendan Sexton III. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 1995.
Welcome to the Dollhouse
Upon his release from prison, kind-hearted conman Wendell Baker (Luke Wilson) gets a job at a retirement hotel near the Texas-Mexico border. With his longtime girlfriend Doreen (Eva Mendes) and good friend Reyes (Jacob Vargas) still giving him the cold shoulder after his last scam, Wendell bonds with three residents of the hotel (Seymour Cassel, Kris Kristofferson and Harry Dean Stanton). When it becomes apparent that the head nurse (Owen Wilson) is running a scam of his own, Wendell helps his new friends organize a rebellion, while they help him win back his love. Directed by Andrew Wilson and Luke Wilson. With Eddie Griffin. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2005.
The Wendell Baker Story
The Jets and the Sharks are rival gangs, battling it out in New York City for control of their neighborhoods. When Tony (Richard Beymer), the one-time leader of the Jets, falls in love with Maria (Natalie Wood), the sister of the Sharks' leader Bernardo (George Chakiris), the violent relationship between the two dueling gangs threatens to end their relationship before it can get started. Directed by Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise. Categories: Romance, Drama, New York, Musical. Year: 1961.
West Side Story
Pai (Keisha Castle-Hughes) is a young girl from a patriarchal Maori tribe in New Zealand who believes she is destined to be the new ruler of her people. The Whangaras believe that they descend from an ancestor named Paikea who escaped death by riding to shore on the back of a whale. Since then, all of the tribe's chiefs have been the first-born male. Unfortunately, Pai's twin brother, who would have been the next in line to be chief, died at birth, leaving only Pai. She must prove herself to be a worthy leader, fighting against her traditional grandfather, Koro (Rawiri Paratene), and centuries of tradition. Directed by Niki Caro. With Cliff Curtis, Vicky Haughton, Grant Roa and Rachel House. Categories: Drama, Foreign Film. Year: 2002.
Whale Rider
Ben (Robert De Niro), a fading middle-aged Hollywood producer, struggles to balance his troubled homelife with the stresses of his job. Attending marriage counseling with his wife Kelly (Robin Wright Penn) and having trouble getting his new film made, Ben is surrounded by people who need him to be and do more than he already is. Directed by Barry Levinson. With Bruce Willis, Stanley Tucci, John Turturro, Kristen Stewart, Sean Penn, Catherine Keener and Michael Wincott. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2008.
What Just Happened?
Johnny Depp stars as Gilbert, a teen who works long hours in a small-town convenience store and also has to take care of his autistic brother, Arnie (Leonardo DiCaprio, who was nominated for an Oscar for this role). His devoted mother (Darlene Cates) is morbidly obese and also terrified of leaving the house. Gilbert is getting by, until Becky (Juliette Lewis) and her grandmother arrive in town, and he falls in love with the girl. Does he have room in his life for romance? Directed by Lasse Hallström. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 1993.
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Harry (Billy Crystal) meets Sally (Meg Ryan) when she gives him a ride to New York after their college graduation. The pair share an immediate connection, but end up going their separate ways. After bumping into one another many times in the years that follow, Harry and Sally eventually develop a close friendship despite failing in all their other attempts at love. Though the two enjoy having a friend of the opposite gender, they fear that sex will eventually ruin the special bond they share. Directed by Rob Reiner. With Carrie Fisher and Bruno Kirby. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 1989.
When Harry Met Sally...
Directed by Mark Steven Johnson. With Kristen Bell, Will Arnett, Danny DeVito, Alexis Dziena and Josh Duhamel. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2010.
When in Rome
In the 1950's, Lanny Morris (Kevin Bacon), a manic comedian, and Vince Collins (Colin Firth), his cool and collected straight man, are the most beloved entertainers in America. When a dead beauty is found in their hotel room, their reputations are sullied and their partnership comes to an end. But, due to their airtight alibis, neither showman is ever charged with the crime. Fifteen years later, Karen O'Connor (Alison Lohman), a young female journalist, tries to uncover the truth behind the breakup and the events that led up to the unsolved murder. Directed by Atom Egoyan. With Maury Chaykin and Rachel Blanchard. Categories: Drama, Mystery. Year: 2005.
Where the Truth Lies
Maurice Sendak's beloved children's classic becomes a live-action movie. It tells the story of Max (Max Records), a rebellious child who gets angry at his mother (Catherine Keener) and is suddenly transported to a land of magical but frightening creatures. The creatures are portrayed by a combination of actors wearing costumes and computer-generated imagery. Directed by Spike Jonze. With Forest Whitaker and 2009. Categories: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy. Year: 2009.
Where the Wild Things Are
In Shanghai in the late 1930s, Todd Jackson (Ralph Fiennes), a former US diplomat, has gone blind and spends his days thinking of his long-dead wife and children. After an unexpected windfall, he pursues the dream of creating the perfect bar. Eventually, he forms a relationship with a refugee White Russian countess (Natasha Richardson) who has been reduced to working as a taxi driver and prostitute to support members of her late husband's family. Directed by James Ivory. With Lynn Redgrave and Vanessa Redgrave. Categories: Drama, History, Romance. Year: 2005.
The White Countess
Billy Hoyle (Woody Harrelson), a white streetball hustler who pretends to have questionable skills, and his girlfriend Gloria (Rosie Perez), who dreams of earning a fortune on Jeopardy!, have learned to cope with living on the run from the gangsters who are constantly hounding Billy to pay his debts. After Billy meets local legend Sidney Deane (Wesley Snipes) during a pick-up game, the odd couple decides to join forces. But, when the gangsters catch up to Billy and his new partner isn't the pal he seems to be, Billy's winnings disappear in the blink of an eye, along with love of his life. Directed by Ron Shelton. With Kadeem Hardison. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Sports. Year: 1992.
White Men Can't Jump
Directed by Dominic Sena. With Gabriel Macht and Kate Beckinsale. Categories: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2009.
Whiteout
Eight married friends gather in the mountains of Colorado for their annual reunion. But, when one couple's infidelity is exposed, the rest of the friends begin to question their own marriages. Over the course of the rest of the trip, the husbands and wives wrestle with issues of commitment, betrayal and forgiveness. Directed by Tyler Perry. With Sharon Leal, Tasha Smith, Michael Jai White, Malik Yoba, Janet Jackson, Richard T. Jones, Keesha Sharp, Denise Boutte and Jill Scott. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2007.
Why Did I Get Married?
Frankie Lyman (Larenz Tate), the singer who made the hit record Why Do Fools Fall in Love at the age of 13, died at age 25 and left behind three women, all claiming to be his widow. They come to his manager after his death staking their claims. One is a singer (Halle Berry), formerly of the Platters; one is a petty thief (Vivica A. Fox) from Philadelphia; and one is a teacher (Lela Rochon) in Georgia. Little Richard has a small role. Directed by Gregory Nava. Categories: Biography, Drama, Music. Year: 1998.
Why Do Fools Fall in Love
Directed by Paul McGuigan. With Josh Hartnett, Rose Byrne, Diane Kruger and Matthew Lillard. Categories: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller. Year: 2004.
Wicker Park
Stephen Fry plays the playwright famed for his wit, and infamous for his trial and conviction for homosexuality in 19th century England. Jude Law is the young aristocratic lover who treated Wilde cruelly, while Tom Wilkinson plays the young man's father. Vanessa Redgrave is another noblewoman in Wilde's circle. Directed by Brian Gilbert. With Gemma Jones, Jennifer Ehle, and Judy Parfitt. Categories: Biography, Drama. Year: 1997.
Wilde
Peter Colt (Paul Bettany), once a champion professional tennis player, finds himself low ranked and low spirited about his chances to win one last championship before retiring for good. That all changes when he meets Lizzie Bradbury (Kirsten Dunst), an up and coming star. Encourages by his new romance, Peter finds the strength to fulfill his lifelong dream. Directed by Richard Loncraine. With Kyle Hyde, Robert Lindsay, Sam Neill and Amanda Walker. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sports. Year: 2004.
Wimbledon
In 1920s Ireland, poor workers unite to form volunteer guerrilla armies to fight against Britain's Black and Tan squads sent to block Ireland's bid for independence. Damien (Cillian Murphy) abandons his career as a doctor and joins his brother, Teddy (Padraic Delaney), in a dangerous and violent fight for freedom. But, when a promising treaty fails to hold and a civil war breaks out, Damien and Teddy find themselves on opposite sides, forced to choose between blood and country. Directed by Ken Loach. With Orla Fitzgerald. Categories: Drama, War. Year: 2006.
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Emma Riley (Holly Hunter) responds to an advertisement for a housekeeper and winds up in the middle of a jealous feud between her new employers, Wendell Goddard (Kiefer Sutherland) and his father Richard (Michael Moriarty). When Richard asks Emma to marry him, the tension comes to a head when it's revealed that Wendall is also in love with her. Directed by Alan Smithee. With Carrie Preston, Shirley Douglas and Sean McCann. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2000.
Woman Wanted
Clothing designer Mary Haines (Meg Ryan) spends most of her days at beauty salons, fancy lunches and fashion shows with her gossipy, high-society friends. Her luxurious, happy life is disrupted when she learns that her husband is cheating on her with Crystal Allen (Eva Mendes), a sexy shop girl. No one is more scandalized than Sylvie Fowler (Annette Bening), Mary's supposed best friend. As Mary goes head to head with Crystal, her friendship with Sylvie is put to the test, and their friends Edie (Debra Messing) and Alex (Jada Pinkett Smith) begin to question their romantic relationships as well. Directed by Diane English. With Candice Bergen, Carrie Fisher, Debi Mazar and Bette Midler. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Remake. Year: 2008.
The Women
Michael Douglas stars as Tripp Grady, a celebrated novelist who teaches at a college. One weekend, he has to deal with several crises all at once, involving his wife, who leaves him suddenly; his girlfriend (Frances McDormand), who is married to his boss; his editor (Robert Downey Jr.), who wants to read his new manuscript; a troubled student (Tobey Maguire); and another student (Katie Holmes) with a crush on him. Based on the novel by Michael Chabon. Directed by Curtis Hanson. Categories: Drama, Comedy. Year: 2000.
Wonder Boys
David Wiseman (Sam Smith), a Jewish boy living in England, loves cricket but is no good at the sport. When a Jamaican family moves in next door, David makes a connection with his new neighbors after the father, Dennis Samuels (Delroy Lindo ), builds a cricket net in the back yard and gives David some pointers. But, when others in the neighborhood start to make life difficult for the Samuels, David and his family have to choose between the status quo and standing up for their new friends. Directed by Paul Morrison. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Family. Year: 2003.
Wondrous Oblivion
This is the true story of John McLoughlin (Nicolas Cage) and William J. Jimeno (Michael Peña), two Port Authority police officers who rushed in to rescue people from the World Trade Center on 9/11. After the towers collapsed, McLoughlin and Jimeno were trapped themselves and later became two of the last survivors extracted from Ground Zero. This is their story, and the story of the rescuers who never gave up hope that they would be saved. Directed by Oliver Stone. With Jay Hernandez, Maria Bello and Maggie Gyllenhaal. Categories: Drama, History. Year: 2006.
World Trade Center
Directed by Bobcat Goldthwait. With Robin Williams, Alexie Gilmore, Daryl Sabara, Henry Simmons and Geoffrey Pierson. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2009.
World's Greatest Dad
Randy "The Ram" Robinson (Mickey Rourke) is a former champion professional wrester whose glory days have passed him by. When the opportunity for a rematch with his former arch rival comes along, Randy begins to hope that the bout will be his ticket back into the big time. But, after suffering a heart attack, Randy is forced to reexamine his life and makes an effort to reconnect with his estranged daughter (Evan Rachel Wood) and admit his true feelings to an emotionally unavailable stripper (Marisa Tomei). Directed by Darren Aronofsky. With Mark Margolis and Judah Friedlander. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Sports. Year: 2008.
The Wrestler
Tenoch (Diego Luna) and Julio (Gael García Bernal) are two teenage friends whose girlfriends leave Mexico City one summer to travel in Europe. Fresh with a new sense of freedom, the pair meet Luisa (Maribel Verdú) at a wedding. While trying to impress the beautiful older woman, they invent a mythical, secluded beach and invite her on a road trip. Reluctant at first, Luisa eventually agrees and the three embark on a journey of bonding and sexual discovery through Mexico's rural villages and countryside. Directed by Alfonso Cuarón. Categories: Drama, Foreign Film. Year: 2001.
Y Tu Mama Tambien
When Peggy (Molly Shannon), a lonely, unmarried secretary, unexpectedly loses her dog Pencil, the love of her life, her world begins to spin out of control. With the help of her family and coworkers, Peggy tries to find new ways to pass the time, but eventually she gets so wrapped up in animal rights causes that she puts her job and new relationships in danger. Directed by Mike White. With Laura Dern, Regina King, Peter Sarsgaard and John C. Reilly. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2007.
Year of the Dog
Joe (Chazz Palminteri) is a card sharp from Yonkers. But his comfortable life is disrupted when his 20-year-old son, Joe Jr. (Tom Guiry), who was institutionalized because of Down Syndrome over ten years ago, has to leave his residence because he has become violent. Although Joe's girlfriend, Janice (Christine Lahti), tries to befriend Joe Jr., he's a handful and Joe can't face having to take care of his son in the long run. So he comes up with a scheme to try to introduce rigged dice into a casino so he can make a big score that will give him enough cash to place Joe Jr. in a pricey private hospital. But things don't go quite as he planned. Directed by Robert Celestino. With Michael Lerner and Linus Roache. Categories: Drama. Year: 2008.
Yonkers Joe
Directed by Miguel Arteta. With Michael Cera, Portia Doubleday, Fred Willard, Ray Liotta, Zach Galifianakis, Jean Smart and Adhir Kalyan. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2009.
Youth in Revolt
In order to keep from being evicted from their apartment, longtime friends and roomates Zack (Seth Rogen) and Miri (Elizabeth Banks) come up with an unorthodox plan. Using their friends as actors, the pair decide to film an amateur porn film to make some quick cash. But, once shooting begins, Zack and Miri discover that they might want to be more than friends. Directed by Kevin Smith. With Justin Long, Traci Lords, Jason Mewes, Craig Robinson and Katie Morgan. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2008.
Zack and Miri Make a Porno
Newspaper cartoonist Robert Graysmith (Jake Gyllenhaal) becomes obsessed with tracking down the Zodiac, a serial killer who terrorized San Francisco with a string of murders and cryptic messages to the media during the 1960s and 1970s. Though he has no personal stake in the case, Graysmith slowly pieces together missed clues and identifies possible suspects with the help of newspaper reporter Paul Avery (Robert Downey Jr.) and Inspector David Toschi (Mark Ruffalo), even as the crimes are forgotten by the rest of the city. Directed by David Fincher. With Anthony Edwards, Brian Cox and Chloë Sevigny. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller, Based on a True Story. Year: 2007.
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