Category: Drama
Posted on September 18, 2012 |
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The Wings of the Dove (1997)
Drama | Romance
Kate Croy's mother was born to wealth and privilege, but she threw it all away to marry Kate's father, a penniless opium addict who admits to having stolen from his wife. After her mother's death, Kate is offered an opportunity to return to the life her mother gave up. There is a condition, however: Kate must sever all of her old ties, not only to her father, but also to her lover, the muck-raking journalist Merton Densher, whom she has promised marriage. Kate reluctantly agrees to this, and in the meantime becomes friendly with "the world's richest orphan," Millie Theale, an American making the Grand Tour. Desperate to see Kate, Merton crashes a party that she and Millie are attending, and Millie is attracted to him.
Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Linus Roache, Alison Elliott
Director: Iain Softley
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
Crime | Drama | Fantasy | Thriller
Based on the bestselling novel by Patrick Süskind, 'Perfume' is a story of murder and obsession set in 18th-century France. Jean-Baptiste Grenouille has a unique talent for discerning the scents and smells that swirl around him, which he uses to create the world's finest perfumes. Strangely lacking any scent of his own, he becomes obsessed with capturing the irresistible but elusive aroma of young womanhood. As Grenouille's obsession turns deadly, twelve young girls are found murdered. Panic breaks out as people rush to protect their daughters, while an unrepentant and unrelenting Grenouille still lacks the final ingredient to complete his quest.
Starring: Ben Whishaw, Alan Rickman, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Dustin Hoffman
Director: Tom Tykwer
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Posted on September 18, 2012 |
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The Next Three Days (2010)
Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller
A married couple's life is turned upside down when the wife is accused of a murder.
Starring: Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks, Liam Neeson, Michael Buie, Moran Atias, Remy Nozik
Director: Paul Haggis
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Tags: Elizabeth Banks, Liam Neeson, Michael Buie, Moran Atias, Paul Haggis, Remy Nozik, Russell Crowe
Posted on September 17, 2012 |
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A Perfect Murder (1998)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
A hotshot Wall Street trader discovers that his rich and beautiful "trophy" wife is having an affair with a bohemian artist and plots to have her murdered.
Starring: Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, Viggo Mortensen, David Suchet, Sarita Choudhury, Novella Nelson
Director: Andrew Davis
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Posted on September 17, 2012 |
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Salaam Namaste (2005)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
The new millennium has begun and one must accept the reality that East Indians have immigrated everywhere on Earth. One such place where a number of Indians have made their new homes is Australia's Melbourne. A doctor, who does have problems translating some words into Hindi; Jignesh Pandya, who has come from Surat, India, where his parents operate and run "Archana Sarees" and has become a doctor; Ranjan Mathur who has recently immigrated, is now on the look-out for a wife, and does find one, after many hilarious misadventures, including one with a gorgeous hooker, Lisa; Then there is Ambar Malhotra or Ambi, who lived in Bangalore with her parents, quarreled with them because she did not want to marry someone of their choice, ended up coming to Australia on a student exchange program, studies medicine, but lands a job as a radio announcer with 101.5 FM "Salaam Namaste"; and finally there is Nikhil Arora alias Nicki…
Starring: Saif Ali Khan, Preity Zinta, Arshad Warsi, Tania Zaetta, Jugal Hansraj
Director: Siddharth Anand
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Posted on September 17, 2012 |
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Steel Magnolias (1989)
Drama | Romance
Revolving around Truvy's Beauty Parlor in a small parish in modern-day Louisiana, Steel Magnolias is the story of a close-knit circle of friends whose lives come together there.
Starring: Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis, Julia Roberts
Director: Herbert Ross
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Tags: Daryl Hannah, Dolly Parton, Herbert Ross, Julia Roberts, Olympia Dukakis, Sally Field, Shirley MacLaine
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Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
Comedy | Drama | War
A new Disc Jockey is shipped from Crete to Vietnam to bring humor to Armed Forces Radio. He turns the studio on it's ear and becomes wildly popular with the troops but runs afoul of the middle management who think he isn't G.I. enough. While he is off the air, he tries to meet Vietnamese especially girls, and begins to have brushes with the real war that never appears on the radio.
Starring: Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker, Tung Thanh Tran, J.T. Walsh
Director: Barry Levinson
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Burlesque (2010)
Drama | Musical | Romance
Ali is a small-town girl with a big voice who escapes hardship and an uncertain future to follow her dreams to LA. After stumbling upon The Burlesque Lounge, a majestic but ailing theater that is home to an inspired musical revue, Ali lands a job as a cocktail waitress from Tess, the club's proprietor and headliner. Burlesque's outrageous costumes and bold choreography enrapture the young ingenue, who vows to perform there one day.
Starring: Cher, Christina Aguilera, Eric Dane, Cam Gigandet, Julianne Hough, Alan Cumming
Director: Steve Antin
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The Devil's Own (1997)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
Francis McGuire is an IRA terrorist who is responsible for many deaths and acts of terrorism. He travels to America to help his cause, assumes the name Roy Devancy and is placed with Tom O'Meara, an Irish N.Y. cop. Tom and his partner, Eddie are street cops who are good at their jobs, but they don't realize that Roy is there to purchase missiles from Billy Burke an arms smuggler. Along with his friend, Sean, Roy sets out to buy and transport missiles back to his homeland, but that's before Tom finds out his true identity.
Starring: Harrison Ford, Brad Pitt, Margaret Colin, Rubén Blades, Treat Williams
Director: Alan J. Pakula
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The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
Adventure | Drama | Thriller | War
When the Nazi high command learns in late 1943 that Winston Churchill will be spending time at a country estate in Norfolk, it hatches an audacious scheme to kidnap the prime minister and spirit him to Germany for enforced negotiations with Der Führer. Heinrich Himmler assigns Col. Max Radl to mastermind the operaton. He enlists the aid of Nazi Col. Kurt Steiner, who has been imprisoned for subordination and is awaiting sentence, by offering him a chance to save his life. Liam Devlin, an IRA lifer who hates the British, also signs on for the mission. Steiner and his commando team parachute into the small village of Sudley disguised as Polish soldiers and appear to the populace to be paratroopers running through exercises. As they await the arrival of Churchill, one of the commandos rescues a boy from drowning in a nearby river, inadvertently revealing his Nazi colors in the process. Steiner realizes that some changes will have to made in his timetable. Adaptation of Jack Higgins's best-selling suspense novel.
Starring: Michael Caine, Donald Pleasence, Robert Duvall, Donald Sutherland, Jenny Agutter
Director: John Sturges
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Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
Adventure | Drama | Western
In order to keep from being sent to fight in the Mexican War, an American soldier travels west and begins to live as a hermit. An elderly trapper takes him in and teaches him what he needs to know to survive in the wilderness. He takes a Native American wife and they adopt a child, but their idyllic existence is spoiled when he becomes entangled in a vendetta with the local Crow Indians.
Starring: Robert Redford, Will Geer, Delle Bolton, Josh Albee, Joaquín Martínez
Director: Sydney Pollack
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Posted on September 16, 2012 |
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Fetih 1453 / Battle of Empires: Fetih 1453 / Conquest 1453 (2012)
Action | Adventure | Drama | War
In 1453, the Byzantine capital of Constantinople is surrounded by Ottoman Turks. The city is but a shadow of its former glory due to the empire's ever receding coffers, while the Ottoman Empire continues to grow rich. After years of tolerating the existance of Byzantium, the ambitious sultan, Mehmet II launches his campaign to end the Byzantine Empire and take Constantinople for the Ottomans, resulting in arguably the greatest siege of that age.
Starring: Devrim Evin, Ibrahim Celikkol, Dilek Serbest, Cengiz Coskun, Erden Alkan
Director: Faruk Aksoy
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Tags: Cengiz Coskun, Devrim Evin, Dilek Serbest, Erden Alkan, Faruk Aksoy, Ibrahim Celikkol
Posted on September 16, 2012 |
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Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Bridget Jones 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. The fireworks begin when her charming though disreputable boss takes an interest in the quirky Miss Jones. Thrown into the mix are Bridget's band of slightly eccentric friends and a rather disagreeable acquaintance who Bridget cannot seem to stop running into or help finding quietly attractive.
Starring: Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant
Director: Sharon Maguire
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Three Kings (1999)
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | War
Absurdly comic, highly kinetic, at times shockingly emotional, Three Kings begins when the Gulf War is over. Amid the partying and confusion, four American soldiers, determined to take home more than sand fleas, go off into the Iraqi desert to find millions in stolen Kuwaiti bullion. They are plunged into the heart of a democratic uprising that spins the day and their lives out of control.
Starring: George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, Spike Jonze, Doug Jones, Cliff Curtis
Director: David O. Russell
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Sunshine Cleaning (2008)
Comedy | Drama
Once the high school cheerleading captain who dated the quarterback, Rose Lorkowski now finds herself a thirty something single mother working as a maid. Her sister Norah is still living at home with their dad Joe, a salesman with a lifelong history of ill-fated get rich quick schemes. Desperate to get her son into a better school, Rose persuades Norah to go into the crime scene clean-up business with her to make some quick cash. In no time, the girls are up to their elbows in murders, suicides and other…specialized situations. As they climb the ranks in a very dirty job, the sisters find a true respect for one another and the closeness they have always craved finally blossoms. By building their own improbable business, Rose and Norah open the door to the joys and challenges of being there for one another — no matter what — while creating a brighter future for the entire Lorkowski family.
Starring: Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Alan Arkin, Jason Spevack, Steve Zahn, Mary Lynn Rajskub
Director: Christine Jeffs
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Posted on September 16, 2012 |
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Celda 211 / Cell 211 (2009)
Action | Drama | Thriller
The story of two men on different sides of a prison riot — the inmate leading the rebellion and the young guard trapped in the revolt, who poses as a prisoner in a desperate attempt to survive the ordeal.
Starring: Luis Tosar, Alberto Ammann, Antonio Resines, Carlos Bardem, Marta Etura, Vicente Romero
Director: Daniel Monzón
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The Hunted (2003)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
An FBI deep-woods tracker captures a trained assassin who has made a sport of hunting humans.
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Benicio Del Toro, Connie Nielsen
Director: William Friedkin
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Posted on September 16, 2012 |
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The Lake House (2006)
Drama | Fantasy | Romance
A lonely doctor (Sandra Bullock) who once occupied an unusual lakeside home begins exchanging love letters with its newest resident, a frustrated architect (Keanu Reeves). When they discover that they're actually living two years apart, they must try to unravel the mystery behind their extraordinary romance before it's too late.
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Dylan Walsh, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Christopher Plummer
Director: Alejandro Agresti
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Posted on September 14, 2012 |
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The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
Drama | Horror | Mystery
A reporter is drawn to a small West Virginia town to investigate a series of strange events, including psychic visions and the appearance of bizarre entities.
Starring: Richard Gere, Laura Linney, David Eigenberg, Will Patton
Director: Mark Pellington
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Posted on September 14, 2012 |
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The Nanny Diaries (2007)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
A college graduate goes to work as a nanny for a rich New York family. Ensconced in their home, she has to juggle their dysfunction, a new romance, and the spoiled brat in her charge.
Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Paul Giamatti, Laura Linney, Donna Murphy, John Henry Cox, Alicia Keys
Director: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
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Tags: Alicia Keys, Donna Murphy, John Henry Cox, Laura Linney, Paul Giamatti, Robert Pulcini, Scarlett Johansson, Shari Springer Berman
