I'm Not There (2007)
Biography | Drama | Music
A re-enactment of the life of musician, Bob Dylan, with multiple actors embodying different stages in the singer's life.
Starring: Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Heath Ledger, Richard Gere, Marcus Carl Franklin, Heath Ledger, Kris Kristofferson
Director: Todd Haynes
Ben-Hur (1959)
Action | Adventure | Biography | Drama
The numbers speak volumes: 100,000 costumes, 8,000 extras, 300 sets and a staggering budget in its day the largest in movie history. Ben-Hur's creators made it the best, the greatest Biblical-era epic ever. Charlton Heston brings a muscular physical and moral presence to the role of Judah Ben-Hur, a Jewish nobleman in Palestine whose heroic odyssey includes enslavement by the Romans, a bold escape from an embattled slave galley, vengeance against his tormentors during a furious arena chariot race and fateful encounters with Jesus Christ. Heston's charismatic performance brought him the Best Actor Oscar; the winner as 1959's Best Picture with the legendary William Wyler earning his third Best Director trophy, the film won a total 11 Academy Awards – a tally unequaled until 1997's Titanic set sail.
Starring: Charlton Heston, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith, Haya Harareet
Director: William Wyler
Bad Teacher (2011)
Comedy
A comedy centered around a foul-mouthed, junior high teacher who, after being dumped by her sugar daddy, begins to woo a colleague — a move that pits her against a well-loved teacher.
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Jason Segel, Justin Timberlake, Lucy Punch, Phyllis Smith, John Michael Higgins
Director: Jake Kasdan
Stripes (1981)
Comedy | War
Thanks to a run of bad luck and go-nowhere jobs, John convinces Russell to join the army so they can get in shape, likening it to a health spa. Once in boot camp, wiseguy John tangles with his by-the-book Sgt. and becomes the unofficial leader for his platoon, made up mostly of other misfits and assorted losers. After somehow making it through graduation, they are given a special assignment but, thanks to John's romantic interest in a pretty MPO, the other men wind up behind the Iron Curtain until John, Russell, their dates and Sgt. Hulka make a daring rescue attempt in explosive style.
Starring: Bill Murray, John Candy, Harold Ramis, Harold Ramis, P.J. Soles, Sean Young, John Larroquette
Director: Ivan Reitman
Lily Sometimes / Pieds nus sur les limaces (2010)
Drama
Lily is like no one else. She lives in a whimsical universe in harmony with nature at her mother's country home. Her older sister, Clara, married to an up-and-coming attorney, lives and works in Paris. When their mother dies, Clara has to upset her life and job to look after Lily. Under her influence, Clara re-examines her life and gets a taste of a certain freedom.
Starring: Diane Kruger, Ludivine Sagnier, Denis Menochet, Brigitte Catillon, Jacques Spiesser, Anne Benoît, Jean-Pierre Martins
Director: Fabienne Berthaud
Superman Returns (2006)
Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
He's back. A hero for our millennium. And not a moment too soon, because during the five years Superman sought his home planet, things changed on his adopted planet. Nations moved on without him. Lois Lane now has a son, a fiance and a Pulitzer for "Why the World Doesn't Need Superman." And Lex Luthor has a plan that will destroy billions of lives. Filmmaker Bryan Singer (X-Men, X2) gives the world the Superman it needs, honoring the legend everyone loves while taking it in a powerful new direction. Brandon Routh proves a perfect choice to wear the hero's cape, leading a top cast that includes Kate Bosworth as Lois and Kevin Spacey as Lex. And the thrills – from a sky-grapple with a tumbling jumbo jet to a continent- convulsing showdown – redefine Wow. "I'm always around," Superman tells Lois. You'll be glad he is.
Starring: Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey, James Marsden, Frank Langella, Frank Langella, Sam Huntington, Eva Marie Saint
Director: Bryan Singer
Superman IV: The Quest For Peace (1987)
Action | Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
Superman has recognized the greatest threat to humanity, and he is out to rid the world of nuclear weapons. But Lex Luthor, now a nuclear arms entrepreneur, creates Nuclear Man–a solar-powered Kryptonia Android and genetic clone whose powers equal (and potentially surpass) those of Superman–to rid the world of the Man of Steel.
Starring: Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Jackie Cooper, Marc McClure, Jon Cryer, Mariel Hemingway
Director: Sidney J. Furie
Superman III (1983)
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
Gus Gorman, a computer whiz starts working for a conglomerate intent on world domination. Gorman is sent to Superman's hometown of Smallville to destroy Columbia's coffee crop by tampering with the weather satellite. In addition, Gorman unwittingly develops a hybrid of red Kryptonite, which turns Superman into a variation Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
Starring: Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Margot Kidder, Jackie Cooper, Marc McClure, Annette O'Toole, Annie Ross
Director: Richard Lester
Superman II (1980)
Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
You haven't seen all the Superman films until you've seen this Superman II with a never-before-seen beginning and resolution. Director Richard Donner began shooting his vision of Superman II while concurrently filming Superman The Movie. For the first time, his unique vision is here. Jor-El (Marlon Brando in recently found footage) appears in key new scenes that amplify Superman lore and deepen the relationship between father and son. Lois Lane plots more schemes to unmask Clark Kent as Superman. With so many changes, large and small, this version is an eye-opening alternate experience.
Starring: Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Ned Beatty, Jackie Cooper, Sarah Douglas
Director: Richard Donner
Superman: The Movie (1978)
Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
Christopher Reeve, Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Ned Beatty and Margot Kidder star in this enduring adventure spanning the Man of Steel's life, from his Krypton infancy and Midwest boyhood to his career as Daily Planet reporter Clark Kent, and through his titanic struggle with archnemesis Lex Luthor.
Starring: Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Marlon Brando, Ned Beatty, Jackie Cooper, Glenn Ford, Margot Kidder
Director: Richard Donner
Rome (TV Series 2005-2007)
Action | Drama | History | Romance | War
"Rome" is the saga of two ordinary Roman soldiers and their families. An intimate drama of love and betrayal, masters and slaves, and husbands and wives, it chronicles epic times that saw the fall of a republic and the creation of an empire. The series begins in 52 BC, as Gaius Julius Caesar has completed his masterful conquest of Gaul after eight years of war, and is preparing to return to Rome. He heads home with thousands of loyal battle-hardened men, huge amounts of loot in gold and slaves, and a populist agenda for radical social change. Terrified, the aristocracy threatens to prosecute Caesar for war crimes as soon as he sets foot in Rome. Caesar's old friend and mentor, Pompey Magnus, attempts to foment mutiny in order to maintain the balance of power. Two of Caesar's soldiers, Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo, thwart Pompey's plan and in the process, win the eternal gratitude of Caesar and the Julian clan, affording the two plebian officers an intimate view of the ruling class. The fates of Pullo and Vorenus become entwined with those of Caesar, Mark Antony, Cleopatra and the boy Octavian, a strange and awkward child who, by political guile and bloody force, will become the first emperor of Rome.
Starring: Kevin McKidd, Ray Stevenson, Polly Walker, Kerry Condon, James Purefoy, Ian McNeice, Coral Amiga, Lindsay Duncan, Lidia Biondi, Tobias Menzies, Nicholas Woodeson
Creator: Bruno Heller, William J. MacDonald, John Milius
Deadwood (TV Series 2004-2006)
Crime | Drama | History | Western
In an age of plunder and greed, the richest gold strike in American History draws a throng of restless misfits to an outlaw settlement where everything – and everyone – has a price. The story begins two weeks after Custer's defeat at Little Big Horn, combining fictional and real-life characters and events in an epic morality tale. Located in the Black Hills Indian Cession, the "town" of Deadwood is an illegal settlement, a violent and uncivilized outpost that attracts a colorful array of characters looking to get rich – from outlaws and entrepreneurs to ex-soldiers and racketeers, Chinese laborers, prostitutes, city dudes and gunfighters. Welcome to Deadwood… a hell of a place to make your fortune.
Starring: Timothy Olyphant, Ian McShane, Molly Parker, Brad Dourif, W. Earl Brown, John Hawkes, Paula Malcomson, Dayton Callie, Leon Rippy, William Sanderson, Robin Weigert, Sean Bridgers, Bree Seanna Wall, Jim Beaver, Jeffrey Jones, Kim Dickens, Powers Boothe
Creator: David Milch
Phantomschmerz / Phantom Pain (2009)
Drama
This earnest, German-language psychological drama follows the turmoil of a cyclist and womanizer (Til Schweiger), who loses one of his legs in a hit-and-run accident and must adjust, mentally and emotionally, to the presence of the disability.
Starring: Til Schweiger, Jana Pallaske, Stipe Erceg
Director: Matthias Emcke
Nights in Rodanthe (2008)
Drama | Romance
From 'Message in a Bottle' to 'The Notebook' cinematic adaptations of Nicholas Sparks's novels are sure to inspire tears, and this drama should be no exception. Diane Lane and Richard Gere, who previously played a couple in 'Unfaithul', star here as an unhappily married woman and a conflicted man drawn together by a storm in the town of Rodanthe, North Carolina.
Starring: Diane Lane, Richard Gere, Christopher Meloni, Viola Davis, Scott Glenn, Pablo Schreiber
Director: George C. Wolfe
Monsterwolf (2010)
Fantasy | Horror
A creature of ancient legend manifests, bound to protect the ecological balance of the land and killing anyone that threatens it. This elusive guardian is initially both feared and celebrated by the locals, but when a deadly curse affects them all, they must unite and recapture the monster wolf's spirit or face their ultimate doom.
Starring: Leonor Varela, Robert Picardo, Marc Macaulay, Steve Reevis, Jason London, Jon Eyez, Griff Furst
Director: Todor Chapkanov
Infinite Justice (2006)
Drama | Thriller
An American reporter is held hostage by Muslim fundamentalists in Karachi against the release of prisoners in Guantanamo Bay.
Starring: Kevin Collins, Raza Jaffrey, Jennifer Calvert, Constantine Gregory, Irvine Iqbal, Jeff Mirza, William Roberts
Director: Jamil Dehlavi
Crack in the World (1965)
Drama | Sci-Fi
Dr. Steven Sorenson plans to tap the geothermal energy of the Earth's interior by means of a thermonuclear device detonated deep within the Earth. Despite dire warnings by fellow scientist Ted Rampian, Dr Sorenson proceeds with the experiment after secretly learning that he is terminally ill. This experiment causes a crack to form and grow within the earth's crust, which threatens to split the earth in two if it is not stopped in time
Starring: Dana Andrews, Janette Scott, Kieron Moore, Alexander Knox, Peter Damon, Jim Gillen, Gary Lasdun
Director: Andrew Marton
The Lion King 3 / The Lion King 1½ (2004)
Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family
Timon the meerkat and Pumbaa the warthog retell the story of The Lion King, from their own unique perspective.
Starring: Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella, Julie Kavner, Jerry Stiller, Matthew Broderick, Robert Guillaume, Moira Kelly
Director: Bradley Raymond
Om Shanti Om (2007)
Action | Comedy | Drama | Musical | Romance | Thriller
This is the story of "Om" and "Shanti." His film started in 1977 and ended in 2007. He (Om) was a junior artist in the 70's. She (Shanti) was the superstar of the 70's. He was her biggest fan. She was his biggest inspiration. He was madly in love. She was ready to give up everything she had for love. He felt betrayed in life. She felt betrayed in love. And then… started the saga of 'Om Shanti Om'. For some love stories, one lifetime is not enough.
Starring: Shah Rukh Khan, Arjun Rampal, Kirron Kher, Shreyas Talpade, Deepika Padukone
Director: Farah Khan
A Very Long Engagement / Un long dimanche de fiançailles (2004)
Drama | Mystery | Romance | War
Set in France near the end of World War I in the deadly trenches of the Somme, in the gilded Parisien halls of power, and in the modest home of an indomitable provincial girl and her relentless search to find her fiancée, who has disappeared. He is one of five French soldiers believed to have been court-martialed under mysterious circumstances and pushed out of an allied trench into an almost-certain death in no-man's land. All an investigation into the arbitrary nature of secrecy, the absurdity of war, and the enduring passion, intuition and tenacity of the human heart.
Starring: Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel, Dominique Pinon, Marion Cotillard, Jodie Foster
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
