The Butcher's Wife
The Butcher's Wife (1991)
Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
A clairvoyant thinks she's met her husband to be because she's seen him in her dreams. They marry quickly, and return to the husband's ("the butcher"), home in the city. She has a big impact on everyone she meets by anticipating their questions and actions and advising them on their love life. Her... [show more]
Demi Moore
Jeff Daniels
George Dzundza
Terry Hughes
King Solomon's Mines
King Solomon's Mines (1985)
Action, Adventure, Comedy
Allan Quatermain is a fortune hunter who is convinced by Jesse Huston to help her find her father, who's been lost somewhere in the African jungle during his last exploration.
Richard Chamberlain
Sharon Stone
Herbert Lom
J. Lee Thompson
First Sunday
First Sunday (2008)
Comedy, Crime, Drama
Durell Washington and LeeJohn Jackson are best friends and bumbling petty criminals. When Durell learns that his ex-girlfriend plans to move to another state with their son Durell Jr.--unless they can get her $17,000 to pay off a debt--Durell and LeeJohn ultimately come up with a desperate scheme to... [show more]
Ice Cube
Katt Williams
Tracy Morgan
David E. Talbert
V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta (2005)
Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
In the distant future, Evey Hammond is an average citizen of the United Kingdom, which is under the rule of the fascist and tyrannical Norsefire Party. She is an employee of the state-run British Television Network, but soon, she becomes the number one enemy of the state together with an enigmatic... [show more]
Hugo Weaving
Natalie Portman
Rupert Graves
James McTeigue
Patton
Patton (1970)
Biography, Drama, War
"Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with Patton's career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion of Europe and the fall of the Third Reich. Side plots also speak of Patton's numerous faults such his temper and... [show more]
George C. Scott
Karl Malden
Stephen Young
Franklin J. Schaffner
Drive
Drive (2011)
Action, Drama
This action drama follows a mysterious man who has multiple jobs as a garage mechanic, a Hollywood stuntman and a getaway driver seems to be trying to escape his shady past as he falls for his neighbor - whose husband is in prison and who's looking after her child alone. Meanwhile, his garage... [show more]
Ryan Gosling
Carey Mulligan
Bryan Cranston
Nicolas Winding Refn
Misery
Misery (1990)
Drama, Thriller
Best-selling novelist Paul Sheldon is on his way home from his Colorado hideaway after completing his latest book, when he crashes his car in a freak blizzard. Paul is critically injured, but is rescued by former nurse Annie Wilkes, Paul's "number one fan", who takes Paul back to her remote house in... [show more]
James Caan
Kathy Bates
Richard Farnsworth
Rob Reiner
The Man Who Would Be King
The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
Adventure, Drama, War
This adaptation of the famous short story by Rudyard Kipling tells the story of Daniel Dravot and Peachy Carnahan, two ex-soldiers in India when it was under British rule. They decide that the country is too small for them, so they head off to Kafiristan in order to become Kings in their own right.... [show more]
Sean Connery
Michael Caine
Christopher Plummer
John Huston
RoboCop
RoboCop (1987)
Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force. To test their crime-eradicating cyborgs, the company leads street cop Alex Murphy into an armed confrontation with crime lord Boddicker so they can... [show more]
Peter Weller
Nancy Allen
Dan O'Herlihy
Paul Verhoeven
Sophie's Choice
Sophie's Choice (1982)
Drama, Romance
Sophie is the survivor of Nazi concentration camps, who has found a reason to live with Nathan, a sparkling if unsteady American Jew obsessed with the Holocaust. They befriend Stingo, the movie's narrator, a young American writer new to New York City. But the happiness of Sophie and Nathan is... [show more]
Meryl Streep
Kevin Kline
Peter MacNicol
Alan J. Pakula
Life as a House
Life as a House (2001)
Drama
George Monroe (Kevin Kline) is a lonely and sad man. Divorced for ten years, he lives alone on the southern California coast with his pet dog in the same run down shack in which he has lived for twenty-five years, the shack which his father passed down to him. In the intervening years, ostentatious... [show more]
Hayden Christensen
Kevin Kline
Kristin Scott Thomas
Irwin Winkler
Mudbound
Mudbound (2017)
Drama, War
In the aftermath of WWII, somewhere in the muddy Mississippi Delta, two families--one black, the Jacksons, and the other white, the McAllans--are forced to share the same patch of land, keeping a frail race-based peace with each other. However, as they both struggle with hardship and dire poverty,... [show more]
Jason Mitchell
Carey Mulligan
Jason Clarke
Dee Rees
The Lighthouse
The Lighthouse (2019)
Drama, Fantasy, Horror
As the wavering cry of the foghorn fills the air, the taciturn former lumberjack, Ephraim Winslow, and the grizzled lighthouse keeper, Thomas Wake, set foot in a secluded and perpetually grey islet off the coast of late-19th-century New England. For the following four weeks of back-breaking work and... [show more]
Robert Pattinson
Willem Dafoe
Valeriia Karaman
Robert Eggers
Monster
Monster (2003)
Biography, Crime, Drama
The true story of serial killer Aileen Wuornos who was convicted of luring men to their death and eventually executed in 2002. In 1989, she was working as a prostitute and finally makes a friend when she meets and begins a relationship with a young woman, Selby. Determined to straighten out her... [show more]
Charlize Theron
Christina Ricci
Bruce Dern
Patty Jenkins
Equilibrium
Equilibrium (2002)
Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
In a futuristic world, a strict regime has eliminated war by suppressing emotions: books, art and music are strictly forbidden and feeling is a crime punishable by death. Cleric John Preston (Bale) is a top ranking government agent responsible for destroying those who resist the rules. When he... [show more]
Christian Bale
Sean Bean
Emily Watson
Kurt Wimmer
The Squid and the Whale
The Squid and the Whale (2005)
Comedy, Drama
In 1986, In Brooklyn, New York, the dysfunctional family of pseudo intellectuals composed by the university professor Bernard and the prominent writer Joan split. Bernard is a selfish, cheap and jealous decadent writer that rationalizes every attitude in his family and life and does not accept... [show more]
Owen Kline
Jeff Daniels
Laura Linney
Noah Baumbach
Little Boy
Little Boy (2015)
Drama, History, War
Little Pepper Busbee (Jakob Salvati) enjoys an idyllic life in an American small town, but his world is shattered when his beloved father (Michael Rapaport) is sent off to fight in World War II. But a chance encounter with a stage magician (Ben Chaplin) awakens his dormant abilities and clues him... [show more]
Jakob Salvati
Emily Watson
David Henrie
Alejandro Monteverde
The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden (1993)
Drama, Family, Fantasy
Living in India, Mary Lennox (Kate Maberly), a young, privileged girl, is left orphaned when her parents are killed in an earthquake. She is sent back to England where she goes to live on her Uncle Lord Archibald Craven's (John Lynch's) estate. It is a fairly isolated existence and she has to find... [show more]
Kate Maberly
Maggie Smith
Heydon Prowse
Agnieszka Holland
The NeverEnding Story
The NeverEnding Story (1984)
Adventure, Drama, Family
Bastian is a young boy who lives a dreary life being tormented by school bullies. On one such occasion he escapes into a book shop where the old proprieter reveals an ancient story-book to him, which he is warned can be dangerous. Shortly after, he "borrows" the book and begins to read it in the... [show more]
Noah Hathaway
Barret Oliver
Tami Stronach
Wolfgang Petersen
August: Osage County
August: Osage County (2013)
Comedy, Drama
Violet Weston (Meryl Streep) has cancer and a propensity for pills and alcohol. She's a difficult woman to deal with and her husband has finally had enough. Violet's family gathers including middle daughter Ivy, youngest daughter Karen (with her new fiancé), eldest daughter Barbara (with her... [show more]
Meryl Streep
Dermot Mulroney
Julia Roberts
John Wells
Major League
Major League (1989)
Comedy, Sport
Rachel Phelps is the new owner of the Cleveland Indians baseball team. However, her plans for the team are rather nefarious. She wants to move the team to Miami for the warmer climate and a new stadium. To justify the move, the team has to lose, and lose badly. So she assembles the worst possible... [show more]
Tom Berenger
Charlie Sheen
Corbin Bernsen
David S. Ward
About Schmidt
About Schmidt (2002)
Drama
Warren Schmidt (Jack Nicholson) has led a safe, predictable life working in the insurance industry in Omaha, Nebraska for many years, yet now faces retirement. At the same time, he is forced to take a hard look at his wife, his life, and his relationship with his estranged daughter. An often... [show more]
Jack Nicholson
Hope Davis
Dermot Mulroney
Alexander Payne
Firelight
Firelight (1997)
Drama, Romance
In 1838, Elisabeth agrees to bear a child for an anonymous landowner who'll pay her father's debt. Employed as a governess on a Sussex estate, Mr. Godwin turns out to be the landowner.
Sophie Marceau
Stephen Dillane
Dominique Belcourt
William Nicholson
Willow
Willow (1988)
Action, Adventure, Drama
A baby girl is discovered in a river by Ranon and Mims, the children of Willow Ufgood, a dwarf farmer and magician and the baby girl is taken into the care of Willow's family. But when a terrifying dog-like creature attacks Willow's village, whilst tracking down the baby. Willow consults the village... [show more]
Val Kilmer
Joanne Whalley
Warwick Davis
Ron Howard
Notting Hill
Notting Hill (1999)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Every man's dream comes true for William Thacker, an unsuccessful Notting Hill bookstore owner, when Anna Scott, the world's most beautiful woman and best-liked actress, enters his shop. A little later, he still can't believe it himself, William runs into her again - this time spilling orange juice... [show more]
Hugh Grant
Julia Roberts
Richard McCabe
Roger Michell
An American in Paris
An American in Paris (1951)
Drama, Musical, Romance
Jerry Mulligan, a struggling American painter in Paris, is "discovered" by an influential heiress with an interest in more than Jerry's art. Jerry in turn falls for Lise, a young French girl already engaged to a cabaret singer. Jerry jokes, sings and dances with his best friend, an acerbic would-be... [show more]
Gene Kelly
Leslie Caron
Oscar Levant
Vincente Minnelli
The Changeling
The Changeling (1980)
Horror, Mystery
It was the perfect family vacation for composer John Russell and his family when a freak automobile accident claims the lives of his wife and daughter. Consumed by grief, John, at the request of friends, rents an old turn of the century house. Mammoth in size, the house seems all the room that John... [show more]
George C. Scott
Trish Van Devere
Melvyn Douglas
Peter Medak
Catch-22
Catch-22 (1970)
Comedy, Drama, War
A bombardier in World War II tries desperately to escape the insanity of the war. However, sometimes insanity is the only sane way to cope with a crazy situation. Catch-22 is a parody of a "military mentality", and of a bureaucratic society in general.
Alan Arkin
Martin Balsam
Richard Benjamin
Mike Nichols
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Adventure, Comedy
Harold Lee and Kumar Patel are two stoners who end up getting the munchies. What they crave the most after seeing a TV advertisement, is a trip to White Castle. So from here, follows a journey for the burgers they require. On their way they will encounter many obstacles including a raccoon, a racist... [show more]
John Cho
Kal Penn
Ethan Embry
Danny Leiner
Amreeka
Amreeka (2009)
Drama
Muna, a single mother in Ramallah, has applied for a visa to the US. When it comes, her son Fadi, an excellent student, convinces her they should go. After an incident at customs begins their exile badly, they join Muna's sister and family in Illinois. Muna needs a job: although she has two degrees... [show more]
Nisreen Faour
Melkar Muallem
Hiam Abbass
Cherien Dabis
What Dreams May Come
What Dreams May Come (1998)
Drama, Fantasy, Romance
During a holiday in Switzerland, a young Chris Nielsen meets Annie Collins in a lake when their boats collide. Sharing a snack a few hours later, Chris and Annie fall in love. Marrying quickly, Chris works as pediatrician and Annie as artist painter and art dealer, and have two children, Ian and... [show more]
Robin Williams
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Annabella Sciorra
Vincent Ward
Fletch
Fletch (1985)
Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher, Los Angeles journalist, really lives for his profession. As Jane Doe, he publishes articles that have caused several heads to roll in the past. Now, Fletch is at it again: In disguise as a bum, he lives at the beach, researching drugs and their dealing. One day, Fletch is... [show more]
Chevy Chase
Joe Don Baker
Dana Wheeler-Nicholson
Michael Ritchie
Adventures in Babysitting
Adventures in Babysitting (1987)
Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Chris Parker agrees to babysit after her boyfriend, Mike Todwell, stands her up. Expecting a dull evening, she settles down with three kids for a night of TV...and boredom. But when her frantic friend, Brenda, calls and pleads to be rescued from the bus station in downtown Chicago, the evening soon... [show more]
Elisabeth Shue
Maia Brewton
Keith Coogan
Chris Columbus
Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel
Comedy, Sci-Fi
The script, written by Jamie Mathieson, follows three social outcasts -- two geeks and a cynic -- as they attempt to navigate a time-travel conundrum in the middle of a British pub. Faris plays a girl from the future who sets the adventure in motion.
Chris O'Dowd
Marc Wootton
Dean Lennox Kelly
Gareth Carrivick
Bridget Jones's Diary
Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Bridget Jones (Renée Zellweger) is an average woman struggling against her age, her weight, her job, her lack of a man, and her many imperfections. As a New Year's Resolution, Bridget decides to take control of her life, starting by keeping a diary in which she will always tell the complete truth.... [show more]
Renée Zellweger
Colin Firth
Hugh Grant
Sharon Maguire
Harsh Times
Harsh Times (2005)
Action, Crime, Drama
Jim Davis is an ex-Army Ranger who finds himself slipping back into his old life of petty crime after a job offer from the LAPD evaporates. His best friend is pressured by his girlfriend Sylvia to find a job, but Jim is more interested in hanging out and making cash from small heists, while trying... [show more]
Christian Bale
Freddy RodrÃguez
Eva Longoria
David Ayer
Tales from the Crypt
Tales from the Crypt (1972)
Drama, Horror, Mystery
Five people come upon a catacomb and take the tour. After they get lost, they find they're trapped, and they see The Crypt Keeper (Sir Ralph Richardson). He asks them each to see why they're there: (1) And All Through the House: Christmas Eve, Joanne Clayton (Dame Joan Collins) kills her husband... [show more]
Joan Collins
Peter Cushing
Ralph Richardson
Freddie Francis
The Crucible
The Crucible (1996)
Drama, History
A small group of teen girls in 1692 Salem, Massachusetts caught in an innocent conjuring of love potions to catch young men are forced to tell lies that Satan had invaded them and forced them to participate in the rites and are then forced to name those involved. Thrown into the mix are greedy... [show more]
Daniel Day-Lewis
Winona Ryder
Paul Scofield
Nicholas Hytner
Regarding Henry
Regarding Henry (1991)
Drama, Romance
Henry is a lawyer who survives a shooting only to find he can't remember anything. As if that weren't enough, he also has to recover his speech and mobility, in a life he no longer fits into. Fortunately, he has a loving wife and daughter to help him.
Harrison Ford
Annette Bening
Michael Haley
Mike Nichols
Strange Brew
Strange Brew (1983)
Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi
Something is rotten at the Elsinore Brewery. Bob and Doug Mackenzie (as seen on SCTV) help the brewery founder's daughter Pam regain the brewery founded by her recently-deceased father. But to do so, they must confront the suspicious brew master and two teams of vicious hockey players.
Rick Moranis
Dave Thomas
Max von Sydow
Rick Moranis
Dave Thomas
The Expendables 2
The Expendables 2 (2012)
Action, Adventure, Thriller
Barney Ross is approached by CIA man Church, who wants him and his guns for hire to go to the former Soviet Union to retrieve something that was on a plane that crashed. Church doesn't tell him what he is getting. And Church sends a woman, Maggie with him to make sure he gets it. They find the plane... [show more]
Sylvester Stallone
Liam Hemsworth
Randy Couture
Simon West
Cassandra's Dream
Cassandra's Dream (2007)
Crime, Drama, Romance
Two London brothers are hard-up for cash, and both have girls to look out for, too. When rich Uncle Howard comes to town and agrees to help them out, he admits his finances are under investigation, and he asks them to do him a favor and "take care of" an old business relation to keep his trouble... [show more]
Colin Farrell
Ewan McGregor
Hayley Atwell
Woody Allen
Thunder Road
Thunder Road (1958)
Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A veteran comes home from the Korean War to the mountains and takes over the family moonshining business. He has to battle big-city gangsters who are trying to take over the business and the police who are trying to put him in prison.
Robert Mitchum
Gene Barry
Jacques Aubuchon
Arthur Ripley
Cadence
Cadence (1990)
Drama
A young, fiercely independent Army Private is thrust into a work-camp stockade where he discovers the value of friendship and loyalty in the face of a dangerous enemy from a dynamic group of black prisoners.
Charlie Sheen
Martin Sheen
Jay Brazeau
Martin Sheen
Bowfinger
Bowfinger (1999)
Comedy
Forty-nine year old Bobby Bowfinger is the owner/president of a Hollywood-based production company, Bowfinger International Pictures. The company has yet to produce a film, Bobby's personal net worth is virtually zero, and the company only has $2,184 to its name, $1 invested into it personally by... [show more]
Steve Martin
Eddie Murphy
Heather Graham
Frank Oz
The Quick and the Dead
The Quick and the Dead (1995)
Action, Drama, Romance
Ellen, an unknown female gunslinger rides into a small, dingy and depressing prairie town with a secret as to her reason for showing up. Shortly after her arrival, a local preacher, Cort, is thrown through the saloon doors while townfolk are signing up for a gun competition. The pot is a huge sum of... [show more]
Sharon Stone
Gene Hackman
Russell Crowe
Sam Raimi
The Frozen Ground
The Frozen Ground (2013)
Biography, Crime, Drama
Alaska Trooper Jack Halcombe believes Robert Hansen is a serial killer who abducts young girls, tortures and sexually assaults them, then kills them. However, he doesn't have enough evidence to get a search warrant for Hansen's premises. he knows that one victim, Cindy Paulsen, somehow survived, so... [show more]
Nicolas Cage
Vanessa Hudgens
John Cusack
Scott Walker
The Ugly Truth
The Ugly Truth (2009)
Comedy, Romance
A romantically challenged morning show producer is reluctantly embroiled in a series of outrageous tests by her chauvinistic correspondent to prove his theories on relationships and help her find love. His clever ploys, however, lead to an unexpected result.
Katherine Heigl
Gerard Butler
Bree Turner
Robert Luketic
Evening
Evening (2007)
Drama, Romance
The love which binds mother and daughter - seen through the prism of one mother's life as it crests with optimism, navigates a turning point, and ebbs to its close. Overcome by the power of memory, Ann Lord (Vanessa Redgrave) reveals a long-held secret to her concerned daughters; Constance Haverford... [show more]
Vanessa Redgrave
Toni Collette
Claire Danes
Lajos Koltai
Charlotte Gray
Charlotte Gray (2001)
Drama, Romance, Thriller
Charlotte (Cate Blanchett), a young Scottish woman, who has studied in France, is living in London during World War II. Within a few weeks she falls in love with a young pilot and is recruited by the Secret Service to act as a courier for the French Resistance. However, her mission behind enemy... [show more]
Cate Blanchett
James Fleet
Abigail Cruttenden
Gillian Armstrong