Asteroid City (
2023) | IMDb:
6.6
In an American desert town circa 1955, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.
Starring:
Jason Schwartzman
,
Scarlett Johansson
,
Tom Hanks
,
Jeffrey Wright
,
Tilda Swinton
,
Bryan Cranston
Atonement (
2007) | IMDb:
7.8
As a 13-year-old, fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.
Starring:
Keira Knightley
,
James McAvoy
,
Romola Garai
,
Saoirse Ronan
,
Brenda Blethyn
,
Vanessa Redgrave
Notes on a Scandal (
2006) | IMDb:
7.4
A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her 15-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go well beyond platonic friendship.
Babel (
2006) | IMDb:
7.5
Tragedy strikes a married couple vacationing in the Moroccan desert, which jumpstarts an interlocking story involving four different families.
Starring:
Brad Pitt
,
Cate Blanchett
,
Gael García Bernal
,
Adriana Barraza
,
Rinko Kikuchi
,
Koji Yakusho
Directed by:
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Vera Drake (
2004) | IMDb:
7.6
Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain – a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.
Topsy-Turvy (
1999) | IMDb:
7.4
After their latest production, "Princess Ida", meets with less-than-stunning reception, Gilbert and Sullivan's relationship is strained to the breaking point. Their friends and associates attempt to get the two to work together again, which bares the path to "The Mikado", one of the duo's greatest successes.
Starring:
Jim Broadbent
,
Allan Corduner
,
Timothy Spall
,
Lesley Manville
,
Ron Cook
,
Wendy Nottingham
Secrets & Lies (
1996) | IMDb:
8
After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to Cynthia, a working class white woman.
Starring:
Brenda Blethyn
,
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
,
Timothy Spall
,
Phyllis Logan
,
Claire Rushbrook
,
Lee Ross
Mary Reilly (
1996) | IMDb:
5.8
A housemaid falls in love with Dr. Jekyll and his darkly mysterious counterpart, Mr. Hyde.