Where the Crawdads Sing (
2022) | IMDb:
7.2
Abandoned by her family, Kya raises herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. When her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is instantly branded by the local townspeople and law enforcement as the prime suspect for his murder.
Starring:
Daisy Edgar-Jones
,
Taylor John Smith
,
Harris Dickinson
,
Michael Hyatt
,
Sterling Macer Jr.
,
Jojo Regina
Nightmare Alley (
2021) | IMDb:
7
An ambitious carnival man with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychologist who is even more dangerous than he is.
Starring:
Bradley Cooper
,
Rooney Mara
,
Cate Blanchett
,
Toni Collette
,
Richard Jenkins
,
Willem Dafoe
Directed by:
Guillermo del Toro
Nomadland (
2021) | IMDb:
7.3
A woman in her sixties embarks on a journey through the western United States after losing everything in the Great Recession, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.
Starring:
Frances McDormand
,
David Strathairn
,
Linda May
,
Swankie
,
Gay DeForest
,
Patricia Grier
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (
2019) | IMDb:
6
Follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah. When these ancient super-species, thought to be mere myths, rise again, they all vie for supremacy, leaving humanity's very existence hanging in the balance.
Starring:
Kyle Chandler
,
Vera Farmiga
,
Millie Bobby Brown
,
Ken Watanabe
,
Zhang Ziyi
,
Bradley Whitford
Darkest Hour (
2017) | IMDb:
7.4
In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire.
Starring:
Gary Oldman
,
Kristin Scott Thomas
,
Ben Mendelsohn
,
Lily James
,
Ronald Pickup
,
Stephen Dillane
American Pastoral (
2016) | IMDb:
6.1
Set in postwar America, a man watches his seemingly perfect life fall apart as his daughter's new political affiliation threatens to destroy their family.
Starring:
Ewan McGregor
,
Jennifer Connelly
,
Dakota Fanning
,
David Strathairn
,
Peter Riegert
,
Rupert Evans
Louder Than Bombs (
2015) | IMDb:
6.6
Three years after his wife, acclaimed photographer Isabelle Reed, dies in a car crash, Gene keeps everyday life going with his shy teenage son, Conrad. A planned exhibition of Isabelle’s photographs prompts Gene's older son, Jonah, to return to the house he grew up in - and for the first time in a very long time, the father and the two brothers are living under the same roof.
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (
2015) | IMDb:
6.5
As the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has only a single remaining vacancy - posing a rooming predicament for two fresh arrivals - Sonny pursues his expansionist dream of opening a second hotel.
Godzilla (
2014) | IMDb:
6.4
Ford Brody, a Navy bomb expert, has just reunited with his family in San Francisco when he is forced to go to Japan to help his estranged father, Joe. Soon, both men are swept up in an escalating crisis when an ancient alpha predator arises from the sea to combat malevolent adversaries that threaten the survival of humanity. The creatures leave colossal destruction in their wake, as they make their way toward their final battleground: San Francisco.
Starring:
Aaron Taylor-Johnson
,
Elizabeth Olsen
,
Juliette Binoche
,
Bryan Cranston
,
Ken Watanabe
,
Sally Hawkins
Lincoln (
2012) | IMDb:
7.3
The revealing story of the 16th US President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.
Starring:
Daniel Day-Lewis
,
Sally Field
,
David Strathairn
,
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
,
James Spader
,
Hal Holbrook
Hemingway & Gellhorn (
2012) | IMDb:
6.3
Writer Ernest Hemingway begins a romance with fellow scribe Martha Gellhorn.
Starring:
Nicole Kidman
,
Clive Owen
,
David Strathairn
,
Rodrigo Santoro
,
Molly Parker
,
Parker Posey
Directed by:
Philip Kaufman
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
The Tempest (
2010) | IMDb:
5.3
An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare. Prospera (a female version of Shakespeare's Prospero) is the usurped ruler of Milan who has been banished to a mysterious island with her daughter. Using her magical powers, she draws her enemies to the island to exact her revenge.
Starring:
Helen Mirren
,
Felicity Jones
,
Reeve Carney
,
David Strathairn
,
Tom Conti
,
Alan Cumming
Directed by:
Julie Taymor
Howl (
2010) | IMDb:
6.6
It's San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial. Howl, the film, recounts this dark moment using three interwoven threads: the tumultuous life events that led a young Allen Ginsberg to find his true voice as an artist, society's reaction (the obscenity trial), and mind-expanding animation that echoes the startling originality of the poem itself. All three coalesce in a genre-bending hybrid that brilliantly captures a pivotal moment-the birth of a counterculture.
The Spiderwick Chronicles (
2008) | IMDb:
6.5
Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures.
Starring:
Sarah Bolger
,
Jordy Benattar
,
Mary-Louise Parker
,
Nick Nolte
,
Andrew McCarthy
,
Lise Durocher-Viens
My Blueberry Nights (
2007) | IMDb:
6.6
Elizabeth has just been through a particularly nasty breakup, and now she's ready to leave her friends and memories behind as she chases her dreams across the country. In order to support herself on her journey, Elizabeth picks up a series of waitress jobs along the way. As Elizabeth crosses paths with a series of lost souls whose yearnings are even greater than her own, their emotional turmoil ultimately helps her gain a greater understanding of her own problems...