Vice (2018)
Biography | Comedy | Drama
The story of Dick Cheney, an unassuming bureaucratic Washington insider, who quietly wielded immense power as Vice President to George W. Bush, reshaping the country and the globe in ways that we still feel today.
Starring: Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell, Bill Pullman, Fay Masterson, Alison Pill, Tyler Perry
Director: Adam McKay
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle / Mowgli / Jungle Book: Origins (2018)
Adventure | Drama
A human child raised by wolves must face off against a menacing tiger named Shere Khan, as well as his own origins.
Starring: Christian Bale, Benedict Cumberbatch, Cate Blanchett, Jack Reynor, Andy Serkis, Naomie Harris, Matthew Rhys, Freida Pinto, Rohan Chand
Director: Andy Serkis
The Machinist (2004)
Drama | Thriller
An industrial worker who hasn't slept in a year begins to doubt his own sanity.
Starring: Christian Bale, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, John Sharian, Michael Ironside, Lawrence Gilliard Jr.
Director: Brad Anderson
Hostiles (2017)
Adventure | Drama | Western
In 1892, a legendary Army captain reluctantly agrees to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory.
Starring: Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike, Wes Studi, Jesse Plemons, Rory Cochrane, Adam Beach
Director: Scott Cooper
The Promise (2016)
Drama | History
Set during the last days of the Ottoman Empire, The Promise follows a love triangle between Michael, a brilliant medical student, the beautiful and sophisticated Ana, and Chris – a renowned American journalist based in Paris.
Starring: Oscar Isaac, Charlotte Le Bon, Christian Bale, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Angela Sarafyan
Director: Terry George
Spielberg (2017)
Biography | Documentary
An in-depth documentary that examines Spielberg’s filmography and draws upon nearly 30 hours of exclusive interviews with the director, who opens up about his childhood and “lifelong obsession with moviemaking.”
Starring: Steven Spielberg, J.J. Abrams, Christian Bale, Drew Barrymore, Cate Blanchett, Steven Bochco, Bill Butler, Francis Ford Coppola, Daniel Craig, Daniel Day-Lewis, Brian De Palma, Laura Dern, Leonardo DiCaprio, Richard Dreyfuss
Director: Susan Lacy
The Promise (2016)
Drama | History
Set during the last days of the Ottoman Empire, The Promise follows a love triangle between Michael, a brilliant medical student, the beautiful and sophisticated Ana, and Chris – a renowned American journalist based in Paris.
Starring: Oscar Isaac, Charlotte Le Bon, Christian Bale, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Angela Sarafyan
Director: Terry George
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The Flowers of War / Jin ling shi san chai (2011)
Drama | History | Romance | War
A story of love and war – and a band of outcasts who emerge as unlikely heroes from the shadows of a city's occupation. At once lyrical and visceral, in the apocalyptic world of Nanjing in 1937, a vibrant human story about the invisible people of the city and a series of unexpected relationships that lead to a resonant act of sacrifice.
Starring: Christian Bale, Ni Ni, Tianyuan Huang, Atsuro Watabe, Dawei Tong, Paul Schneider
Director: Yimou Zhang
The Big Short (2015)
Biography | Comedy | Drama
Four outsiders in the world of high-finance who predicted the credit and housing bubble collapse of the mid-2000s decide to take on the big banks for their lack of foresight and greed.
Starring: Brad Pitt, Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling, Marisa Tomei, Steve Carell, Melissa Leo
Director: Adam McKay
The New World (2005)
Biography | Drama | History | Romance
In 1607, three ships sailed across the Atlantic to the shores of what became known as Jamestown, Virginia. The arrival of these Europeans changed forever the history of the native people already living peacefully in this fertile land. Captain John Smith, a British mutineer facing execution who finds a new purpose–and a dangerous love–in this new land. Smith falls for the young and beautiful Pocahontas.
Starring: Colin Farrell, Christopher Plummer, Christian Bale, Q'orianka Kilcher, August Schellenberg, Wes Studi
Director: Terrence Malick
Knight of Cups (2015)
Drama | Romance
Rick is a slave to the Hollywood system. He is addicted to success but simultaneously despairs at the emptiness of his life. He is at home in a world of illusions but seeks real life. Like the tarot card of the title, Rick is easily bored and needs outside stimulation. But the Knight of Cups is also an artist, a romantic and an adventurer.
Starring: Christian Bale, Natalie Portman, Cate Blanchett, Teresa Palmer, Joel Kinnaman, Imogen Poots
Director: Terrence Malick
Treasure Island (1990)
Action | Adventure | Crime
An excellent version that is probably the closest to Robert Louis Stevenson's book. A young boy entrusted with a treasure map by a drunken captain must battle on land and sea against the one-legged buccaneer Long John Silver if he wants to keep both the ship and the treasure.
Starring: Charlton Heston, Christian Bale, Oliver Reed, Christopher Lee, Richard Johnson, Julian Glover
Director: Fraser Clarke Heston
Swing Kids (1993)
Drama | Music
The story of a close-knit group of young kids in Nazi Germany who listen to banned swing music from the US. Soon dancing and fun leads to more difficult choices as the Nazis begin tightening the grip on Germany.
Starring: Robert Sean Leonard, Christian Bale, Frank Whaley, Barbara Hershey, Jeremy Bulloch, Eliza Clark
Director: Thomas Carter
Laurel Canyon (2002)
Drama
Jane (Frances McDormand) is a record producer trying to come up with a song for her band, whose lead singer Ian (Alessandro Nivola) is her younger lover. When Jane's son Sam (Christian Bale) and his fiance Alex (Kate Beckinsale) turn up, people begin to explore their relationships and realise the tight control they have of their lives.
Starring: Frances McDormand, Christian Bale, Kate Beckinsale, Natascha McElhone, Alessandro Nivola, Melissa De Sousa
Director: Lisa Cholodenko
Exodus: Gods and Kings / Exodus (2014)
Action | Adventure | Drama
An account of Moses' hand in leading the Israelite slaves out of Egypt, defying Ramesses II.
Starring: Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, John Turturro, Aaron Paul, Indira Varma, Sigourney Weaver
Director: Ridley Scott
American Hustle (2013)
Crime | Drama
A fictional film set in the seductive world of one of the most stunning scandals to rock our nation, American Hustle tells the story of brilliant con man Irving Rosenfeld, who along with his equally cunning British partner and lover Sydney Prosser is forced to work for a wild unhinged FBI agent Richie DiMaso. DiMaso pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia that's as dangerous as it is enchanting. Renner is Carmen Polito, the passionate, volatile, New Jersey political operator caught between the con-artists and Feds. Irving's unpredictable wife Rosalyn could be the one to pull the thread that brings the entire world crashing down.
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Renner, Jack Huston
Director: David O. Russell
Out of the Furnace (2013)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
An ex-con attempts to blend into his new surroundings in an Indiana town, but is haunted by a figure from his past.
Starring: Christian Bale, Zoe Saldana, Woody Harrelson, Willem Dafoe, Casey Affleck, Forest Whitaker, Sam Shepard
Director: Scott Cooper
Captain Corelli‘s Mandolin (2001)
Drama | Music | Romance | War
Dr. Iannis and his beautiful daughter, Pelagia, live an idyllic life on the Greek island of Cephallonia — that is, until Italian forces occupy it during World War II and Capt. Corelli is placed in the Iannis home as a boarder. Corelli and Pelagia are quickly smitten with each other. But when the Nazis arrive, he must fight to liberate the island from the real enemy.
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Penélope Cruz, John Hurt, Christian Bale, Irene Papas, David Morrissey
Director: John Madden
Shaft (2000)
Action | Crime | Thriller
New York City police detective John Shaft (nephew of the original 1970s detective) goes on a personal mission to make sure the son of a real estate tycoon is brought to justice after a racially-motivated murder.
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Vanessa Williams, Jeffrey Wright, Christian Bale, Busta Rhymes, Dan Hedaya
Director: John Singleton
Rescue Dawn (2006)
Adventure | Biography | Drama | War
American pilot Dieter Dengler is shot down during a top secret mission to destroy Viet Cong strongholds in Laos at the beginning of the Vietnam War. Taken hostage, he endures unimaginable conditions at the hands of cruel captors in a makeshift POW camp. Dengler's iron will to survive guides him and his fellow prisoners in a meticulously-planned, death-defying escape, only to discover the harsh realities of an unforgiving jungle beyond the camp's walls.
Starring: Christian Bale, Steve Zahn, Jeremy Davies, Zach Grenier, Marshall Bell, Pat Healy
Director: Werner Herzog
