Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)
Biography | Drama | History | War
This film reenacts the Manhattan Project, the secret wartime project in New Mexico where the first atomic bombs were designed and built.
Starring: Paul Newman, Dwight Schultz, Bonnie Bedelia, John Cusack, Laura Dern, John C. McGinley
Director: Roland Joffé
The Forgiven (2017)
Drama | Thriller
After the end of Apartheid, Archbishop Desmond Tutu meets with a brutal murderer seeking redemption.
Starring: Forest Whitaker, Eric Bana, Vince Vaughn, Terry Norton
Director: Roland Joffé
The Lovers (2015)
Action | Adventure | Romance | Sci-Fi
An epic, sweeping and riveting tale of an impossible love set across two time periods and continents.
Starring: Josh Hartnett, Bipasha Basu, Tamsin Egerton, Alice Englert, Simone Kessell, James Mackay
Director: Roland Joffé
The Scarlet Letter (1995)
Drama | Romance
In a time when adultery is punishable by death, Hester Prynne becomes involved in a risky and scandalous affair with her town's handsome minister. But when their secret passion results in a child, Hester is confronted with the town's overwhelming scorn… and is condemned to forever wear the scarlet letter "A" as a public brand of shame.
Starring: Demi Moore, Gary Oldman, Robert Duvall, Robert Prosky, Joan Plowright, Edward Hardwicke
Director: Roland Joffé
The Mission (1986)
Adventure | Drama | History
A man of the sword and a man of the cloth unite to shield a South American tribe from brutal subjugation by 18th century colonial empires.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn
Director: Roland Joffe
You and I (2011)
Drama | Romance | Thriller
Two teenage girls, Janie who is American and Lana who is Russian, fall in love after meeting at a t.A.T.u concert and are swept into a dangerous world of obsession, drug abuse and murder.
Starring: Mischa Barton, Shantel VanSanten, Anton Yelchin
Director: Roland Joffe
City of Joy / La cité de la joie (1992)
Drama
Hazari Pal lives in a small village in Bihar, India, with his dad, mom, wife, Kamla, daughter, Amrita, and two sons, Shambhu and Manooj. As the Pal are unable to repay the loan they had taken years ago from a moneylender, their land and property are auctioned, and they are rendered homeless. Hazari and his family re-locate to Calcutta with hopes of starting life anew, save some money and go back to Bihar, as well as get Amrita married. Things do not go as planned, as they lose their entire savings to a con-man, Gangooly, who took their money as rent by pretending to be a landlord. Then Hazari gets an opportunity to take up driving a rickshaw manually through a local godfather, Ghatak. He gets to meet a American, Dr. Max Lowe, and together they strike up a friendship along with a local social worker, Joan Bethel. Misunderstandings crop up between Joan and the Godfather, resulting in the shutting down of their shanty medical clinic…
Starring: Patrick Swayze, Pauline Collins, Om Puri
Director: Roland Joffé
The Killing Fields (1984)
Drama | History | War
Sydney Schanberg is a New York Times journalist covering the civil war in Cambodia. Together with local representative Dith Pran, they cover some of the tragedy and madness of the war. When the American forces leave, Dith Pran sends his family with them, but stays behind himself to help Schanberg cover the event. As an American, Schanberg won't have any trouble leaving the country, but the situation is different for Pran; he's a local, and the Khmer Rouge are moving in.
Starring: Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich
Director: Roland Joffe
There Be Dragons (2011)
Biography | Drama
A young journalist long ago rejected by his now aged and dying father finds himself investigating one of his father's former friends, a candidate for canonization. Uncovering the two men's complicated relationship from childhood through the horrors of the Spanish Civil War unveils a compelling drama filled with passion, betrayal, love and religion. An action packed story set during a murderous time in history that ultimately serves the present by revealing the importance and timeless power of forgiveness.
Starring: Charlie Cox, Wes Bentley, Dougray Scott
Director: Roland Joffé
