5 Days of War (2011)
Action | Drama | War
A drama set centered around the war between Russia and Georgia, and focused on a journalist from the US, his cameraman, and a Georgian native who become caught in the crossfire.
Starring: Rupert Friend, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Richard Coyle, Andy Garcia, Val Kilmer, Dean Cain
Director: Renny Harlin
Friday The 13th / Friday the 13th Part XII / Friday the 13th: Part 12 (2009)
Horror
Searching for his missing sister, Clay Miller heads up to the eerie woods of legendary Crystal Lake, where he stumbles on the creaky remains of rotting old cabins behind moss-covered trees. And that's not the only thing lying in wait under the brush. Against the advice of police and cautions from the locals, Clay pursues what few leads he has in the search for his missing sister, Whitney, with the help of Jenna, a young woman he meets among a group of college kids up for an all-thrills weekend. But they are all about to find much more than they bargained for. Little do they know, they've entered the domain of one of the most terrifying specters in American film history — the infamous killer who haunts Crystal Lake, armed with a razor-sharp machete… Jason Voorhees.
Starring: Jared Padalecki, Amanda Righetti, Derek Mears, Travis Van Winkle, Aaron Yoo
Director: Marcus Nispel
Blindness (2008)
Drama | Mystery | Romance | Thriller
When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome the horrific conditions of their imposed quarantine
Starring: Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Gael García Bernal, Yoshino Kimura, Yûsuke Iseya
Director: Fernando Meirelles
Shadowless Sword / Muyeong geom (2005)
Action
AD 926 years, North Korea, one from the Bohai martial arts female paladin Yan Su-he (Yin Suyi ornaments), stepped in to rescue the last Prince is Yin (Lee Swiss town of decoration), making the country the Bohai Sea from the threat of the country by the fall of Khitan.
Starring: Hyeon-jun Shin, So-yi Yoon, Seo-jin Lee, Ki-yong Lee
Director: Young-jun Kim
Missing / Sam hoi tsam yan (2008)
Drama | Fantasy | Romance | Thriller
A man who plans ask his girlfriend to marry him hides an engagement ring in Japan's ancient undersea ruins off Yonaguni Island.
Starring: Angelica Lee, Isabella Leong, Chen Chang, Isabella Leong, Alice Lee, Xiaodong Guo, Tony Leung, Chen-Yue Chang
Director: Hark Tsui
Venom (2005)
Horror | Teen | Thriller
Set deep in the eerie swamps of southern Louisiana a group of teenagers trying to uncover the truth behind a friend's mysterious death. What they find is an evil force more deadly than anyone could have imagined. Now they are the ones running for their lives.
Starring: Agnes Bruckner, Jonathan Jackson, Meagan Good, Laura Ramsey, D.J. Cotrona, Rick Cramer
Director: Jim Gillespie
Pathfinders: In the Company of Strangers (2011)
Action | History | War
Untold and lost history. A true story of the American Pathfinders, the volunteer paratroopers whose deadly mission was to land 30 minutes before the Normandy invasion, locate and mark strategic "drop zones" and set up the top-secret navigation equipment needed to guide the main airborne assault on D-Day.
Starring: Christopher Serrone, Michael Conner Humphreys, Jon Ashley Hall
Director: Curt A. Sindelar
The Invasion (2007)
Sci-Fi | Thriller
The mysterious crash of the space shuttle leads to the terrifying discovery that there is something alien within the wreckage. Those who come in contact with it are changing in ominous and inexplicable ways. Soon Washington, DC psychiatrist Carol Bennell and her friend, Dr. Ben Driscoll, learn the shocking truth about the growing extraterrestrial epidemic: it attacks its victims while they sleep, leaving them physically unchanged but strangely unfeeling and inhuman. As the infection spreads, more and more people are altered and it becomes impossible to know who can be trusted. Now Carol's only hope is to stay awake long enough to find her young son, who may hold the key to stopping the devastating invasion.
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Jeremy Northam, Jackson Bond, Jeffrey Wright
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Defiance (2008)
Action | Drama | History | Thriller | War
Four Jewish brothers living in Nazi occupied Poland escape into the forest where they join up with Russian resistance fighters in battling the Nazis. Throughout the war they built a village inside the forest and saved the lives of more than 1200 other Jews. Based on a true story.
Starring: Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell, Alexa Davalos, Alan Corduner
Director: Edward Zwick
Rachel Getting Married (2008)
Drama | Romance
When Kym returns to the Buchman family home for the wedding of her sister Rachel, she brings a long history of personal crisis and family conflict along with her. The wedding party's abundant cast of friends and relations have gathered for an idyllic weekend of feasting, music and love, but Kym — with her black-comic one- liners and knack for bombshell drama — is a catalyst for long-simmering tensions in the family dynamic.
Starring: Anne Hathaway, Rosemarie DeWitt, Debra Winger, Sebastian Stan, Roslyn Ruff, Bill Irwin, Anna Deavere Smith, Annaleigh Ashford
Director:Jonathan Demme
The Beaver (2011)
Comedy | Drama
A troubled husband and executive adopts a beaver hand-puppet as his sole means of communicating.
Starring: Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, Anton Yelchin, Cherry Jones, Jennifer Lawrence, Zachary Booth
Director: Jodie Foster
Hush (1998)
Mystery | Thriller
Helen is the young girlfriend of good-looking Jackson Baring. When Helen gets pregnant and marries Jackson, they decide to move to his hometown, Kilronan, and have a baby there. But his mother Martha, who lives there, starts to do weird things, and obviously she's not too friendly to Helen.
Starring: Jessica Lange, Gwyneth Paltrow, Johnathon Schaech, Nina Foch
Director: Jonathan Darby
Jack Said (2009)
Crime
Some journeys are measured by what you sacrifice to get there.
Starring: Danny Dyer, David O'Hara, Simon Phillips
Director: Lee Basannavar, Michael Tchoubouroff
Jennifer's Body (2009)
Comedy | Horror | Teen | Thriller
When small town high school student Jennifer (Megan Fox) is possessed by a hungry demon, she transitions from being "high school evil"—gorgeous (and doesn't she know it), stuck up and ultra-attitudinal—to the real deal: evil/evil. The glittering beauty becomes a pale and sickly creature jonesing for a meaty snack, and guys who never stood a chance with the heartless babe, take on new luster in the light of Jennifer's insatiable appetite. Meanwhile, Jennifer's lifelong best friend Needy (Amanda Seyfried), long relegated to living in Jennifer's shadow, must step-up to protect the town's young men, including her nerdy boyfriend Chip (Johnny Simmons).
Starring: Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Adam Brody, Johnny Simmons
Director: Karyn Kusama
Bride Wars (2009)
Comedy | Romance
Two best friends become rivals when they schedule their respective weddings on the same day.
Starring: Anne Hathaway, Kate Hudson, Candice Bergen, Kristen Johnston, Chris Pratt
Director: Gary Winick
The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
Action | Adventure | Crime | Thriller
James Bond (Agent 007) must find the missing "Solex Agitator," a device that will harness the sun's radiation and give awesome power to whomever possesses it. Also vying for the prize is Francisco Scaramanga, a world-class assassin who brandishes a distinctive golden gun. When 007 discovers he is to be Scaramanga's next target, he is hurled into a deadly game of cat- and-mouse, continuing the search as he evades the killer on his trail. Bond must also contend with Scaramanga's exotic lover Andrea Anders, and Nick Nack, whose small size belies his lethal abilities. Even as 007 enlists the aid of sensuous Mary Goodnight, he must overcome ferocious odds to survive an explosive showdown on Scaramanga's remote island. His adventures draw him into a gripping boat pursuit, a wild automobile chase through Bangkok, and an unthinkable confrontation against an entire martial arts school.
Starring: Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland, Maud Adams, Herve Villechaize, Clifton James
Director: Guy Hamilton
The Egyptian (1954)
Drama | History
In eighteenth-dynasty Egypt, Sinuhe, a poor orphan, becomes a brilliant physician and with his friend Horemheb is appointed to the service of the new Pharoah. Sinuhe's personal triumphs and tragedies are played against the larger canvas of the turbulent events of the 18th dynasty. As Sinuhe is drawn into court intrigues, and bizarre secrets are revealed to him, he learns the answers to the questions he has sought since his birth. Short on historical accuracy but strong on plot and characterization.
Starring: Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Gene Tierney, Michael Wilding, Peter Ustinov, Edmund Purdom
Director: Michael Curtiz
Men of Honor (2000)
Biography | Drama
One of those rare films that grabs you by the gut and never lets go, Men of Honor was inspired by the life of Carl Brasher (Cuba Gooding Jr.), an African American who dared to dream of becoming a U.S. Navy Master Diver. Despite a bigoted training officer (Robert DeNiro) and a tragic shipboard accident, Carl never gives up and achieves the impossible in an incredible finish that will leave you cheering.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Cuba Gooding Jr., Charlize Theron, Aunjanue Ellis, Hal Holbrook
Director: George Tillman Jr.
Monk (TV Series 2002-2009)
Comedy | Drama | Mystery
An ex-cop suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder solves crimes with various (and usually exasperated) sidekicks in tow in this first-rate mystery with a breakout Emmy-winning star in Tony Shalhoub. The 'defective detective' may have an abundance of phobias (heights, crowds, and even milk, among them), but he also has razor-sharp deductive skills, which he uses to help the San Francisco police with especially baffling cases.
Starring: Tony Shalhoub, Jason Gray-Stanford, Ted Levine
Creator: Andy Breckman
Monk (TV Series 2002-2009)
Comedy | Drama | Mystery
An ex-cop suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder solves crimes with various (and usually exasperated) sidekicks in tow in this first-rate mystery with a breakout Emmy-winning star in Tony Shalhoub. The 'defective detective' may have an abundance of phobias (heights, crowds, and even milk, among them), but he also has razor-sharp deductive skills, which he uses to help the San Francisco police with especially baffling cases.
Starring: Tony Shalhoub, Jason Gray-Stanford, Ted Levine
Creator: Andy Breckman
