Fledgling writer Briony Tallis, as a 13-year-old, irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's (Keira Knightley) lover (James McAvoy) of a crime he did not commit. Based on the British romance novel by Ian McEwan. ... more about Atonement

Henry VIII wants to divorce his wife, and seeks the approval of the aristocracy. ... more about Man for All Seasons

Encounter of three social classes of the England at the beginning of the century : the victorian capitalists (the Wilcoxes) considering themselves as aristocrats, whose only god is money ; the enlightened bourgeois (the Schlegels), humanistic and ... more about Howards End

Veteran actors Maurice and Ian try to bestow their life-time of experience on to a young hopeful teenager, Jessie. As Maurice guides the girl through theatrical ups and downs he learns that perhaps his advice isn't the best. ... more about Venus

Concerned about his friend's cocaine use, Dr. Watson tricks Sherlock Holmes into travelling to Vienna, where Holmes enters the care of Sigmund Freud. ... more about Seven-Per-Cent Solution

Cruise stars as Ethan Hunt, a secret agent framed for the deaths of his espionage team. ... more about Mission: Impossible

The night he retires as a Nevada sheriff, Jerry Black pledges to the mother of a murdered girl that he will find the killer. ... more about Pledge

Director Al Pacino juxtaposes scene's from Richard III, scenes of rehearsals for Richard III, and sessions where parties involved discuss the play, the times that shaped the play and the events that happened at the time the play is set. ... more about Looking for Richard

From "Pentimento," the memoirs of late playwright Lillian Hellman, JULIA covers those years in the 1930s when Lillian attained fame with the production of her first play "The Childrens' Hour" on Broadway. ... more about Julia

In 1930s New York Orson Welles tries to stage a musical on a steel strike under the Federal Theater Program despite pressure from an establishment fearful of industrial unrest and red activity. ... more about Cradle Will Rock

Based on Peter Hoeg's bestseller, this film is set in snowy Copenhagen where a small boy is found dead after he fell off a roof. ... more about Smilla's Sense of Snow

This film tells a bitter tale of a dysfunctional family. Joshua, a cold-blooded professional killer, returns to his Brighton Beach boyhood home for a "job. ... more about Little Odessa

The story of Oscar Wilde, genius, poet, playwright and the First Modern Man. ... more about Wilde

As a comet is on a collision course with earth, humans have to prepare for their survival. They randomly select eight hundred thousand people to be saved in order to keep the human race alive. ... more about Deep Impact

Susanna is rushed to the hospital. Afterwards she discusses this with a psychiatrist. She had been having some delusions. She had also been having an affair with the husband of her parents' friend. ... more about Girl

Cardinal Richelieu and his power-hungry entourage seek to take control of pre-rennaisance France, but need to destroy Father Grandier - the priest who runs the fortified town that prevents them from exerting total control. ... more about Devils

Shanghai. 1936. Crossroads of the world and into this city of political intrigue comes Sofia, a Russian Countess who, with the remains of her family, has been left stateless by the Revolution. ... more about White Countess

The story of the marriage of England's King Arthur to Guinevere is played out amid the pagentry of Camelot. ... more about Camelot

This film is the story of the spectacular life and violent death of British playwright Joe Orton. ... more about Prick Up Your Ears

L.A. shop owner Dana and Englishman Sean meet and fall in love at first sight, but Sean is married and Dana is to marry her business partner Alex. ... more about Déjà Vu

Morgan is obsessed with Karl Marx and gorillas. He is also obsessed with stopping his ex-wife from marrying a more normal art dealer who is not obsessed with Karl Marx and gorillas. ... more about Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment

For 16 years Miss Bentley has been spending April at an elegant hillside villa on Lake Como. This year, 1937, her London society artist father has recently died and the only other English-speaking guests are brash Americans. Then Major Wilshaw arrives. ... more about Month by the Lake

South America before the second world war. The poor Esteban marries Clara and they get a daughter, Blanca. Esteban works hard and eventually gets money to buy a hacienda and become a local patriarch. ... more about House of the Spirits

Clarissa Dalloway sets out on a beautiful morning; she's shopping for flowers for her party that evening. At the same time in London, a young man is suffering from a nightmarish delayed-onset (the year is 1923) form of shell-shock. ... more about Mrs. Dalloway

Famous detective Hercule Poirot is on the Orient Express, but the train is caught in the snow. When one of the passengers is discovered murdered, Poirot immediately starts investigating. ... more about Murder on the Orient Express

Izzy Maurer è un sassofonista jazz in crisi. Un giorno trova una borsa, accanto al cadavere di uno sconosciuto, che contiene un fazzoletto con su scritto un numero telefonico ed una scatola contenente una pietra misteriosa. ... more about Lulu on the Bridge

Michael Cunningham (author of THE HOURS) lends his screenwriting skills to Lajos Koltai's EVENING. This time, Cunningham adapts a book by Susan Minot for the big screen. ... more about Evening

In this historical drama, Mary must battle Queen Elizabeth I, her brother James, the Scottish Lords, the Scottish protestants, her husband and herself to secure the crown for her son and heir, the future James I of England. ... more about Mary

A biography of the dancer Isadora Duncan, the 1920s dancer who forever changed people's ideas of ballet. Her nude, semi-nude, and pro-Soviet dance projects as well as her attitudes on free love, debt, dress, and lifestyle shocked the public of her time. ... more about Isadora

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Kamran is a 12 year old boy in the present day who discovers that his ancestor is the 11th Century Mathematician, Astronomer, Poet of Persia, Omar Khayyam. ... more about Keeper: The Legend Of Omar Khayyam

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Rosanna Arquette informally interviews several contrasting actresses about how they cope with being a woman in the entertainment industry. ... more about Searching for Debra Winger

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A movie about the First World War based on a stage musical of the same name, portraying the "Game of War" and focusing mainly on the members of one family (last name Smith) who go off to war. ... more about Oh! What a Lovely War

19th-century Boston woman dedicated to the suffrage movement, meets a faith healer's daughter, a Mississippi lawyer also has eyes for the young woman. ... more about Bostonians

A tangled triangle. In the rural South of the early 20th century, Miss Amelia is the town eccentric, selling corn liquor and dispensing medicine. She takes in her half-sister's son, a diminutive crook-back named Lymon. ... more about Ballad of the Sad Cafe

A chronicle of events that led to the British involvement in the Crimean War against Russia and which led to the siege of Sevastopol and the fierce Battle of Balaclava on October 25, 1854 which climaxed with the heroic, but near-disastrous calvary charge ... more about Charge of the Light Brigade

Based on the novel by Cornelia Funke, this charming tale follows six-year-old Bo (Jasper Harris) and fifteen-year-old Prosper (Aaron Johnson), two recently orphaned brothers who escape their impending separation by running off to Venice. ... more about Thief Lord