Zorba the Greek / Alexis Zorbas (1964)
Comedy | Drama
An uptight English writer traveling to Crete on a matter of business finds his life changed forever when he meets the gregarious Alexis Zorba.
Starring: Anthony Quinn, Alan Bates, Irene Papas, Lila Kedrova, Yorgo Voyagis, Eleni Anousaki
Director: Mihalis Kakogiannis
The Wicked Lady (1983)
Adventure | Drama
Caroline is to be wed to Sir Ralph and invites her sister Barbara to be her bridesmaid. Barbara seduces Ralph, however, and she becomes the new Lady, but despite her new wealthy situation, she gets bored and turns to highway robbery for thrills. While on the road she meets a famous highwayman, and they continue as a team, but some people begin suspecting her identity, and she risks death if she continues her nefarious activities.
Starring: Faye Dunaway, Alan Bates, John Gielgud, Glynis Barber, Denholm Elliott, Prunella Scales
Director: Michael Winner
A Prayer for the Dying (1987)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Martin Fallon is an IRA bomber who tries to blow up a troop truck but instead kills a bus load of school children. He loses heart and quits the movement and goes to London trying to leave the U.K. and start a new life. The IRA wants him back (he knows too much) and the local crime boss, Meehan, will only help him if he performs one last hit, on a rival crime boss. When Fallon does perform the hit, he is seen by a catholic priest. He refuses to kill an innocent again and must find a way to escape the police without killing the priest who can identify him.
Starring: Mickey Rourke, Bob Hoskins, Alan Bates, Liam Neeson
Director: Mike Hodges
The Sum of All Fears (2002)
Action | Drama | Thriller
When the president of Russia suddenly dies and is succeeded by a man about whom little is known, tension increases as old fears ignite new paranoia. Director of Central Intelligence Bill Cabot recruits a young analyst from the Russia desk, Jack Ryan, to supply insight and advice. Then the unthinkable happens: the capital of Chechnya is leveled by a nuclear bomb. America is quick to blame the Russians, and mistrust escalates despite Ryan's certainty that other players are at work. He is right. Terrorists bent on provoking open war between the two nations are moving behind the scenes to manufacture and escalate a conflict. When they successfully detonate a second bomb outside Baltimore during the Super Bowl, the world is pushed inexorably towards war… unless Ryan can supply the needed proof to stem the tide of disaster in time.
Starring: Ben Affleck, Morgan Freeman, James Cromwell, Liev Schreiber, Alan Bates, Bruce McGill
Director: Phil Alden Robinson
