The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (
2008) | IMDb:
7.8
Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages in reverse. Twelve years after his birth, he meets Daisy, a child who flits in and out of his life as she grows up to be a dancer. Though he has all sorts of unusual adventures over the course of his life, it is his relationship with Daisy, and the hope that they will come together at the right time, that drives Benjamin forward.
Starring:
Brad Pitt
,
Cate Blanchett
,
Taraji P. Henson
,
Julia Ormond
,
Jason Flemyng
,
Mahershala Ali
Che: Part One (
2008) | IMDb:
7.2
The Argentine, begins as Che and a band of Cuban exiles (led by Fidel Castro) reach the Cuban shore from Mexico in 1956. Within two years, they mobilized popular support and an army and toppled the U.S.-friendly regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista.
Starring:
Benicio del Toro
,
Demián Bichir
,
Santiago Cabrera
,
Vladimir Cruz
,
Alfredo de Quesada
,
Jsu Garcia
Animal Farm (
1999) | IMDb:
6
Animals on a farm lead a revolution against the farmers to put their destiny in their own hands. However this revolution eats their own children and they cannot avoid corruption.
Starring:
Kelsey Grammer
,
Ian Holm
,
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
,
Julia Ormond
,
Pete Postlethwaite
,
Paul Scofield
Directed by:
John Stephenson
The Barber of Siberia (
1998) | IMDb:
7.7
Douglas is a foreign entrepreneur, who ventures to Russia in 1885 with dreams of selling a new, experimental steam-driven timber harvester in the wilds of Siberia. Jane is his assistant. On her travels, she meets two men who would change her life forever: a handsome young cadet Andrej Tolstoy with whom she shares a fondness for opera, and the powerful General Radlov who is entranced by her beauty and wants to marry her.
Starring:
Julia Ormond
,
Oleg Menshikov
,
Aleksey Petrenko
,
Richard Harris
,
Vladimir Ilin
,
Marat Basharov
Smilla's Sense of Snow (
1997) | IMDb:
6.3
Smilla Jaspersen, half Danish, half Greenlander, attempts to understand the death of a small boy who falls from the roof of her apartment building. Suspecting wrongdoing, Smilla uncovers a trail of clues leading towards a secretive corporation that has made several mysterious expeditions to Greenland. Scenes from the film were shot in Copenhagen and western Greenland. The film was entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival, where director Bille August was nominated for the Golden Bear.
Starring:
Julia Ormond
,
Gabriel Byrne
,
Richard Harris
,
Jim Broadbent
,
Tom Wilkinson
,
Robert Loggia
Sabrina (
1995) | IMDb:
6.3
Sabrina Fairchild, a chauffeur's daughter, grew up at the Long Island estate of the wealthy Larrabee family enchanted with their sparkling world of privilege and wealth, but she's especially enamored of younger son David, a charming playboy. After the once plain Sabrina returns from a sojourn in Paris transformed into a glamorous young woman, she at long last catches David's eye. In a calculated effort to manipulate David away from her and into a more financially advantageous marriage, formidable older brother Linus devises a plan to keep them apart.
First Knight (
1995) | IMDb:
6
The timeless tale of King Arthur and the legend of Camelot are retold in this passionate period drama. Arthur is reluctant to hand the crown to Lancelot, and Guinevere is torn between her loyalty to her husband and her growing love for his rival. But Lancelot must balance his loyalty to the throne with the rewards of true love.
Starring:
Sean Connery
,
Richard Gere
,
Julia Ormond
,
Ben Cross
,
Liam Cunningham
,
Christopher Villiers
Legends of the Fall (
1994) | IMDb:
7.5
In early 20th-century Montana, Col. William Ludlow lives on a ranch in the wilderness with his sons, Alfred, Tristan, and Samuel. Eventually, the unconventional but close-knit family are bound by loyalty, tested by war, and torn apart by love, as told over the course of several decades in this epic saga.