The White Countess (
2005) | IMDb:
6.5
In 1930s Shanghai, 'The White Countess' is both Sofia, a fallen member of the exiled Russian aristocracy, and a nightclub created by a blind American diplomat who asks Sofia to be the centerpiece of the world he wants to create.
Starring:
Ralph Fiennes
,
Natasha Richardson
,
Hiroyuki Sanada
,
Lynn Redgrave
,
Vanessa Redgrave
,
Madeleine Potter
Chocolat (
2000) | IMDb:
7.3
A mother and daughter move to a small French town where they open a chocolate shop. The town, religious and morally strict, is against them, as they represent free-thinking and indulgence. When a group of gypsies arrive by riverboat, the Mayor's prejudices lead to a crisis.
Starring:
Juliette Binoche
,
Alfred Molina
,
Johnny Depp
,
Judi Dench
,
Leslie Caron
,
Carrie-Anne Moss
The Little Vampire (
2000) | IMDb:
5.7
Based on the popular books, the story tells of Tony who wants a friend to add some adventure to his life. What he gets is Rudolph, a vampire kid with a good appetite. The two end up inseparable, but their fun is cut short when all the hopes of the vampire race could be gone forever in single night. With Tony's access to the daytime world, he helps them to find what they've always wanted.
Starring:
Jonathan Lipnicki
,
Richard E. Grant
,
Jim Carter
,
Alice Krige
,
Pamela Gidley
,
Tommy Hinkley
Directed by:
Uli Edel
An Ideal Husband (
1999) | IMDb:
6.8
Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs Cheveley appears in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed. Sir Robert turns for help to his friend Lord Goring, an apparently idle philanderer and the despair of his father. Goring knows the lady of old, and, for him, takes the whole thing pretty seriously.
Starring:
Cate Blanchett
,
Minnie Driver
,
Rupert Everett
,
Julianne Moore
,
Jeremy Northam
,
Peter Vaughan
Directed by:
Oliver Parker
The Avengers (
1998) | IMDb:
3.8
British Ministry agent John Steed, under direction from "Mother", investigates a diabolical plot by arch-villain Sir August de Wynter to rule the world with his weather control machine. Steed investigates the beautiful Doctor Mrs. Emma Peel, the only suspect, but simultaneously falls for her and joins forces with her to combat Sir August.
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.
Shadowlands (
1993) | IMDb:
7.3
C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets spirited poet Joy Gresham.
Starring:
Anthony Hopkins
,
Debra Winger
,
Edward Hardwicke
,
John Wood
,
Michael Denison
,
Peter Firth
Orlando (
1992) | IMDb:
7.1
England, 1600. Queen Elizabeth I promises Orlando, a young nobleman obsessed with poetry, that she will grant him land and fortune if he agrees to satisfy a very particular request.
Starring:
Tilda Swinton
,
Billy Zane
,
Lothaire Bluteau
,
John Wood
,
Charlotte Valandrey
,
Heathcote Williams
Bullseye (
1987) | IMDb:
5
In the 1860s, two friends, Harry and Bluey, steal a thousand head of cattle and trek it across country from Queensland to Adelaide.
Directed by:
Carl Schultz
Produced by:
Brian Rosen
Jumpin' Jack Flash (
1986) | IMDb:
5.9
Terry works for a bank, and uses computers to communicate with clients all over the world. One day, she gets a strange coded message from an unknown source. After decoding the message, Terry becomes embroiled in an espionage ring. People are killed, and Terry is chased. Throughout, she remains in contact with this mysterious person, who needs Terry's help save his life.
Starring:
Whoopi Goldberg
,
Stephen Collins
,
John Wood
,
Carol Kane
,
Annie Potts
,
Peter Michael Goetz
Directed by:
Penny Marshall
Heartburn (
1986) | IMDb:
6.1
Rachel is a food writer at a New York magazine who meets Washington columnist Mark at a wedding and ends up falling in love with him despite her reservations about marriage. They buy a house, have a daughter, and Rachel thinks they are living happily ever after until she discovers that Mark is having an affair while she is waddling around with a second pregnancy.
Starring:
Meryl Streep
,
Jack Nicholson
,
Jeff Daniels
,
Maureen Stapleton
,
Stockard Channing
,
Richard Masur
Lady Jane (
1986) | IMDb:
7.1
The death of King Henry VIII throws his kingdom into chaos because of succession disputes. His weak son, Edward, is on his deathbed. Anxious to keep England true to the Reformation, a scheming minister John Dudley marries off his son, Guildford to Lady Jane Grey, whom he places on the throne after Edward dies. At first hostile to each other, Guildford and Jane fall in love, but they cannot withstand the course of power which will lead to their ultimate downfall.
Starring:
Helena Bonham Carter
,
Cary Elwes
,
John Wood
,
Patrick Stewart
,
Joss Ackland
,
Michael Hordern
Ladyhawke (
1985) | IMDb:
6.9
Captain Etienne Navarre is a man on whose shoulders lies a cruel curse. Punished for loving each other, Navarre must become a wolf by night whilst his lover, Lady Isabeau, takes the form of a hawk by day. Together, with the thief Philippe Gaston, they must try to overthrow the corrupt Bishop and in doing so break the spell.
Starring:
Matthew Broderick
,
Rutger Hauer
,
Michelle Pfeiffer
,
Alfred Molina
,
John Wood
,
Leo McKern
The Purple Rose of Cairo (
1985) | IMDb:
7.7
Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only escape from her mundane reality is the movie theatre. After losing her job, Cecilia goes to see 'The Purple Rose of Cairo' in hopes of raising her spirits, where she watches dashing archaeologist Tom Baxter time and again.
Starring:
Mia Farrow
,
Jeff Daniels
,
Danny Aiello
,
Irving Metzman
,
Stephanie Farrow
,
Edward Herrmann
WarGames (
1983) | IMDb:
7.1
High school student David Lightman has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Department of Defense's war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions. Together with his friend and a wizardly computer genius, David must race against time to outwit his opponent and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.
Slaughterhouse-Five (
1972) | IMDb:
6.8
Billy Pilgrim, a veteran of the Second World War, finds himself mysteriously detached from time, so that he is able to travel, without being able to help it, from the days of his childhood to those of his peculiar life on a distant planet called Tralfamadore, passing through his bitter experience as a prisoner of war in the German city of Dresden, over which looms the inevitable shadow of an unspeakable tragedy.