Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)
Drama | Music
A frustrated composer finds fulfillment as a high school music teacher.
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Glenne Headly, Jay Thomas, Olympia Dukakis, William H. Macy, Alicia Witt, Terrence Howard
Director: Stephen Herek
The Great Raid (2005)
Action | Drama | War
THE GREAT RAID is an inspirational true story of one of the most the triumphant rescue missions in U.S. military history. As World War II rages, the elite 6th Ranger Battalion is given a mission of heroic proportions: push 30 miles behind enemy lines and liberate over 500 American prisoners of war. Under the command of Lt. Col. Henry Mucci (Benjamin Bratt), the men of the 6th will face the unthinkable by attempting the impossible. Also featuring James Franco (Spider Man 1 & 2), Connie Nielsen (Gladiator), and Joseph Fiennes (Shakespeare In Love), this gripping big-screen hit captures a moment in time when men of honor became soldiers of destiny.
Starring: Benjamin Bratt, James Franco, Connie Nielsen, Joseph Fiennes, Marton Csokas
Director: John Dahl
Now Is Good (2012)
Drama
A girl dying of leukemia compiles a list of things she'd like to do before passing away. Topping the list is her desire to lose her virginity.
Starring: Dakota Fanning, Kaya Scodelario, Olivia Williams, Jeremy Irvine, Paddy Considine
Director: Ol Parker
Holy Motors (2012)
Drama | Fantasy
From dawn to dusk, a few hours in the life of Monsieur Oscar, a shadowy character who journeys from one life to the next. He is, in turn, captain of industry, assassin, beggar, monster, family man…
Starring: Edith Scob, Eva Mendes, Denis Lavant, Kylie Minogue, Jeanne Disson, Michel Piccoli, Elise Lhomeau
Director: Leos Carax
The Mistress of Spices (2005)
Drama | Romance
In India, Tilo has the ability of foreseeing the future. When their parents are killed by bandits, she is kidnapped but escapes and is raised by the First Mother in a sort of traditional cult of spices. She becomes the Mistress of Spices and is sent to the Spice Bazaar in San Francisco, with the mission of following three basic rules: help her clients to accomplish their desires with the spices, but never hers; never leave the store; and never be touched in the skin. When she meets the handsome American architect Doug, she feels a great attraction and desire for him, breaking the first rule and being punished by the spices.
Starring: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Dylan McDermott, Nitin Ganatra, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Caroline Chikezie
Director: Paul Mayeda Berges
Grassroots (2012)
Comedy | Drama
After losing his job, a journalist reluctantly agrees to help his oddball friend with his bid to earn a seat on the Seattle City Council.
Starring: Jason Biggs, Joel David Moore, Lauren Ambrose, Cobie Smulders, Tom Arnold, Christopher McDonald, Cedric the Entertainer
Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal
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Prozac Nation (2001)
Drama
Award winners Christina Ricci and Jessica Lange star in this emotionally charged true story about a journey into excess! When talented young writer Elizabeth Wurtzel (Ricci) earns a scholarship to Harvard, she sees it as her chance to escape the pressures of her working-class background and concentrate on her true talent. But what starts out so promising leads to self-destructive behavior and paralyzing depression that reflects an entire generation's struggle to navigate the effects of divorce, drugs, sex, and high expectations.
Starring: Christina Ricci, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Jessica Lange, Jason Biggs, Anne Heche, Michelle Williams
Director: Erik Skjoldbjærg
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Boys and Girls (2000)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Jennifer and Ryan are students at UC Berkeley, acquaintances off and on since early adolescence. She's quick, witty, ironic, literary, and independent; he's deliberate, literal, serious, studying structural engineering, always working on a plan. They take walks, they console each other over break-ups, he shares his plans. She's headed for Italy after graduation. Then, to their equal surprise, they spend a night together. Her response is to skitter away from continued intimacy and want to stay friends; he's hurt by her response, so he withdraws. Can it all get sorted out before she leaves town?
Starring: Freddie Prinze Jr., Claire Forlani, Jason Biggs, Brendon Ryan Barrett, Raquel Beaudene
Director: Robert Iscove
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The End of Love (2012)
Drama
A drama centered on the relationship between a young father and his infant son after the death of the boy's mother.
Starring: Shannyn Sossamon, Michael Cera, Issac Love, Aubrey Plaza, Amanda Seyfried, Diana Peña, Mimi Moss, Tim Dowlin
Director: Mark Webber
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Trapped (2012)
Adventure | Drama | Thriller
On an expedition into unexplored wolf territory, two zoology students intrude into a secret world. In the midst of unrelenting wilderness and hours from civilization, they encounter a strange young woman. The two men are drawn into her enchanted reality…and their friendship is put to the ultimate test.
Starring: Oliver Walker, David Osmond, Sai Bennett, Adrian Furrer
Director: Philippe Weibel
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Night of the Templar (2012)
Action | Comedy | Drama | History | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
A Medieval Knight resurrects to fulfill his vow and bestow a blood-thirst vengeance upon the kindred spirits of those who betrayed him long ago. In the course of one night, identities will be revealed, destinies met, and a poetic justice of the macabre maniacally served.
Starring: Paul Sampson, David Carradine, Udo Kier, Norman Reedus, Billy Drago
Director: Paul Sampson
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Deadfall (2012)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
A thriller that follows two siblings who decide to fend for themselves in the wake of a botched casino heist, and their unlikely reunion during another family's Thanksgiving celebration.
Starring: Eric Bana, Olivia Wilde, Charlie Hunnam, Sissy Spacek, Kris Kristofferson, Treat Williams
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky
The Informant! (2009)
Comedy | Drama | Thriller
What was Mark Whitacre thinking? A rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Whitacre suddenly turns whistleblower. Even as he exposes his company's multi-national price-fixing conspiracy to the FBI, Whitacre envisions himself being hailed as a hero of the common man and handed a promotion. But before all that can happen, the FBI needs evidence, so Whitacre eagerly agrees to wear a wire and carry a hidden tape recorder in his briefcase, imagining himself as a kind of de facto secret agent. Unfortunately for the FBI, their lead witness hasn't been quite so forthcoming about helping himself to the corporate coffers. Whitacre's ever- changing account frustrates the agents and threatens the case against ADM as it becomes almost impossible to decipher what is real and what is the product of Whitacre's rambling imagination. Based on the true story of the highest-ranking corporate whistleblower in U.S. history.
Starring: Matt Damon, Melanie Lynskey, Scott Bakula, Joel McHale, Thomas F. Wilson, Tom Papa
Director: Steven Soderbergh
The Good Shepherd (2006)
Drama | History | Thriller
The tumultuous early history of the Central Intelligence Agency is viewed through the prism of one man's life.
Starring: Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Alec Baldwin, Robert De Niro
Director: Robert De Niro
Invictus (2009)
Biography | Drama | History | Sport
The film tells the inspiring true story of how Nelson Mandela joined forces with the captain of South Africa's rugby team to help unite their country. Newly elected President Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa's rugby team as they make their historic run to the 1995 Rugby World Cup Championship match
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon
Director: Clint Eastwood
Green Zone (2010)
Action | Drama | Thriller | War
Following the American invasion of Iraq in 2003 Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller and his men are charged with finding the so-called weapons of mass destruction,whose existence justified American involvement,according to the Pentagon and their man in Baghdad,Poundsgate. Veteran CIA operative Marty tells Miller that there are no weapons,it is a deception to allow the Americans to take over the country and install a puppet leader. Marty correctly anticipates that,despite Bush's gung-ho assurances, the policy is doomed to failure. Also suspicious of Poundsgate is Wall Street Journal reporter Lawrie Dayne,who lets slip to Miller that Poundsgate told her he had secret talks in Jordan with an important Iraqi,code-named Magellan,who told him about the weapons, though it now seems likely Magellan's true information was to the contrary. Miller deduces that Magellan is General Al Rawi, a close supporter of the deposed Saddam Hussain and, accompanied by his interpreter, Freddy, a decent Iraqi who only wants stability for his country, sets out to track down Al Rawi. However, Poundsgate's men are also on Al Rawi's trail,to stop him from talking. After an explosive showdown Miller emails Lawrie to tell her that there never were any weapons,relying on her and other journalists to inform the world of Bush's deception.
Starring: Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear, Amy Ryan, Brendan Gleeson, Antoni Corone
Director: Paul Greengrass
El Gringo / Bad Yankee (2012)
Action | Drama
A fleeing criminal faces the fight of his life after arriving in Mexico with $2 million, then getting stranded in a desert town where word of his windfall spreads quickly through the local criminal underworld. Now, with everyone from corrupt Federales to ruthless gangsters and fast-draw desperadoes gunning for his cash, the mysterious drifter realizes he will have to start shooting back if he wants to enjoy his early retirement above ground.
Starring: Scott Adkins, Christian Slater
Director: Eduardo Rodriguez
Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
Drama | Thriller
Frank Pierce is a paramedic working Gotham's Hell's Kitchen. He's become burned out and haunted by visions of the people he's tried to save.
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Patricia Arquette, John Goodman, Ving Rhames, Tom Sizemore, Marc Anthony
Director: Martin Scorsese
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Red Rock West (1993)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
A down-on-his-luck laborer drives to a small town for work and gets mistaken for a hitman. Taking the money and trying to leave town is only his first mistake…
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Dennis Hopper, Lara Flynn Boyle, Robert Apel, J.T. Walsh, Timothy Carhart, Dwight Yoakam
Director: John Dahl
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Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Music | Romance
A 43 year old mother and housewife that's facing divorce is thrust back in time when she tries to plan a high-school reunion. Given the chance to change the course of her life she finds herself making many of the same choices.
Starring: Kathleen Turner, Nicolas Cage, Barry Miller, Catherine Hicks, Joan Allen, Kevin J. O'Connor
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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