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
At Middleton (
2013) | IMDb:
6.5
George is an uptight surgeon with a rebellious teenage son. Edith is a free spirit with an overachieving teenage daughter. When they meet during an admissions tour with their kids at the small, idyllic Middleton University, they decide to ditch the group. Though adversaries at first, they soon discover that the only thing better than the college tour, is the detour.
Starring:
Vera Farmiga
,
Andy García
,
Taissa Farmiga
,
Spencer Lofranco
,
Nicholas Braun
,
Tom Skerritt
We Bought a Zoo (
2011) | IMDb:
7.1
Benjamin has lost his wife and, in a bid to start his life over, purchases a large house that has a zoo – welcome news for his daughter, but his son is not happy about it. The zoo is in need of renovation and Benjamin sets about the work with the head keeper and the rest of the staff, but, the zoo soon runs into financial trouble.
Starring:
Matt Damon
,
Scarlett Johansson
,
Thomas Haden Church
,
Patrick Fugit
,
Colin Ford
,
Elle Fanning
How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog (
2002) | IMDb:
6.8
The story of Peter McGowan, a chain-smoking, impotent, insomniac playwright who lives in Los Angeles. Once very successful, he is now in the tenth year of a decade-long string of production failures. He finds himself bonding with a new neighbor's lonely young daughter who has mild cerebral palsy; and during one of his middle-of-the-night strolls, he encounters his oddball doppelgänger.
Starring:
Kenneth Branagh
,
Robin Wright
,
Suzi Hofrichter
,
Lynn Redgrave
,
Jared Harris
,
Peter Riegert
Traffic (
2000) | IMDb:
7.6
An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated daughter is abusing cocaine within their comfortable suburban home. In Mexico, a flawed, but noble policeman agrees to testify against a powerful general in league with a cartel, and in San Diego, a drug kingpin's sheltered trophy wife must learn her husband's ruthless business after he is arrested, endangering her luxurious lifestyle.
Starring:
Michael Douglas
,
Benicio del Toro
,
Catherine Zeta-Jones
,
Don Cheadle
,
Erika Christensen
,
Jacob Vargas
Passion of Mind (
2000) | IMDb:
5.5
A psychological romantic thriller where fantasy and reality become indistinguishable for a woman leading a double life in her dreams.
Starring:
William Fichtner
,
Demi Moore
,
Eloise Eonnet
,
Julianne Nicholson
,
Sinéad Cusack
,
Joss Ackland
The Mask (
1994) | IMDb:
6.9
When timid bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss discovers a magical mask containing the spirit of the Norse god Loki, his entire life changes. While wearing the mask, Ipkiss becomes a supernatural playboy exuding charm and confidence which allows him to catch the eye of local nightclub singer Tina Carlyle. Unfortunately, under the mask's influence, Ipkiss also robs a bank, which angers junior crime lord Dorian Tyrell, whose goons get blamed for the heist.
Oscar (
1991) | IMDb:
6.5
Angelo "Snaps" Provolone made his dying father a promise on his deathbed: he would leave the world of crime and become an honest businessman. Despite having no experience in making money in a legal fashion, Snaps sets about to keep his promise.
Starring:
Sylvester Stallone
,
Marisa Tomei
,
Vincent Spano
,
Ornella Muti
,
Tim Curry
,
Peter Riegert
Local Hero (
1983) | IMDb:
7.3
An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don't go as expected.
Starring:
Burt Lancaster
,
Peter Riegert
,
Denis Lawson
,
Fulton Mackay
,
Peter Capaldi
,
Jennifer Black
National Lampoon's Movie Madness (
1982) | IMDb:
3.2
A parody of film genres composed of three shorts, spoofing personal growth films, glossy soap operas, and police stories.
Animal House (
1978) | IMDb:
7.4
At a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.