Room (
2015) | IMDb:
8.1
Held captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time.
The Bourne Legacy (
2012) | IMDb:
6.6
New CIA operative Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.
Starring:
Jeremy Renner
,
Rachel Weisz
,
Edward Norton
,
Stacy Keach
,
Dennis Boutsikaris
,
Oscar Isaac
Hachi: A Dog's Tale (
2009) | IMDb:
8.1
A drama based on the true story of a college professor's bond with the abandoned dog he takes into his home.
Starring:
Richard Gere
,
Joan Allen
,
Sarah Roemer
,
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
,
Erick Avari
,
Robbie Sublett
Death Race (
2008) | IMDb:
6.4
Terminal Island, New York: 2020. Overcrowding in the US penal system has reached a breaking point. Prisons have been turned over to a monolithic Weyland Corporation, which sees jails full of thugs as an opportunity for televised sport. Adrenalized inmates, a global audience hungry for violence and a spectacular, enclosed arena come together to form the 'Death Race', the biggest, most brutal event.
The Bourne Ultimatum (
2007) | IMDb:
8
Bourne is brought out of hiding once again by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar, an upgrade to Project Treadstone, in a series of newspaper columns. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne must finally uncover his dark past while dodging The Company's best efforts to eradicate him.
Starring:
Matt Damon
,
Julia Stiles
,
David Strathairn
,
Scott Glenn
,
Paddy Considine
,
Edgar Ramírez
The Upside of Anger (
2005) | IMDb:
6.8
After her husband runs off with his secretary, Terry Wolfmeyer is left to fend for herself -- and her four daughters. As she hits rock bottom, Terry finds a friend and drinking buddy in next-door neighbor Denny, a former baseball player. As the two grow closer, and her daughters increasingly rely on Denny, Terry starts to have reservations about where their relationship is headed.
Starring:
Joan Allen
,
Kevin Costner
,
Erika Christensen
,
Keri Russell
,
Alicia Witt
,
Evan Rachel Wood
Directed by:
Mike Binder
The Bourne Supremacy (
2004) | IMDb:
7.7
A CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and Marie have been living. The pair run for their lives and Bourne, who promised retaliation should anyone from his former life attempt contact, is forced to once again take up his life as a trained assassin to survive.
The Notebook (
2004) | IMDb:
7.8
An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who is separated by World War II, and is then passionately reunited, seven years later, after they have taken different paths.
The Contender (
2000) | IMDb:
6.9
The vice president is dead, and as the president makes his choice for a replacement, a secret contest of wills is being waged by a formidable rival. When Senator Laine Hanson is nominated as the first woman in history to hold the office, hidden agendas explode into a battle for power.
Starring:
Gary Oldman
,
Joan Allen
,
Jeff Bridges
,
Christian Slater
,
Sam Elliott
,
William Petersen
Directed by:
Rod Lurie
Pleasantville (
1998) | IMDb:
7.5
Geeky teenager David and his popular twin sister, Jennifer, get sucked into the black-and-white world of a 1950s TV sitcom called "Pleasantville," and find a world where everything is peachy keen all the time. But when Jennifer's modern attitude disrupts Pleasantville's peaceful but boring routine, she literally brings color into its life.
Starring:
Tobey Maguire
,
Reese Witherspoon
,
William H. Macy
,
Joan Allen
,
Jeff Daniels
,
J.T. Walsh
The Ice Storm (
1997) | IMDb:
7.3
In the weekend after thanksgiving 1973 the Hood family is skidding out of control. Then an ice storm hits, the worst in a century.
Starring:
Kevin Kline
,
Joan Allen
,
Sigourney Weaver
,
Jamey Sheridan
,
Christina Ricci
,
Tobey Maguire
Face/Off (
1997) | IMDb:
7.3
In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity of a criminal mastermind. The plan turns sour when the criminal wakes up prematurely and seeks revenge.
Starring:
John Travolta
,
Nicolas Cage
,
Joan Allen
,
Alessandro Nivola
,
Gina Gershon
,
Dominique Swain
The Crucible (
1996) | IMDb:
6.8
A Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 witchcraft trials.
Starring:
Daniel Day-Lewis
,
Winona Ryder
,
Paul Scofield
,
Joan Allen
,
Bruce Davison
,
Rob Campbell
Nixon (
1995) | IMDb:
7.1
A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from within—spanning his troubled boyhood in California to the shocking Watergate scandal that would end his Presidency.
Josh and S.A.M. (
1993) | IMDb:
5.7
Josh and Sam are two brothers facing change, their mother is about to marry a French accountant and the kids are sent to go live with their father in Florida. Meanwhile, Josh tells Sam that he is a "S.A.M." that is going to be sent to Africa to fight in a war and that Canada is a safe haven for any S.A.M. unwilling to fight. Will Josh & S.A.M. make it to Canada or will they wish they should have never left home?
Starring:
Jacob Tierney
,
Noah Fleiss
,
Martha Plimpton
,
Stephen Tobolowsky
,
Joan Allen
,
Chris Penn
Directed by:
Billy Weber
Searching for Bobby Fischer (
1993) | IMDb:
7.4
A seven-year-old chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.
Starring:
Max Pomeranc
,
Joe Mantegna
,
Joan Allen
,
Ben Kingsley
,
Laurence Fishburne
,
Michael Nirenberg