Oppenheimer (
2023) | IMDb:
8.5
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
Starring:
Cillian Murphy
,
Emily Blunt
,
Matt Damon
,
Robert Downey Jr.
,
Florence Pugh
,
Josh Hartnett
The Fabelmans (
2022) | IMDb:
7.5
Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence, but soon discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him see the truth.
Where'd You Go, Bernadette (
2019) | IMDb:
6.5
When architect-turned-recluse Bernadette Fox goes missing prior to a family trip to Antarctica, her 15-year-old daughter Bee goes on a quest with Bernadette's husband to find her.
Directed by:
Richard Linklater
The Boxtrolls (
2014) | IMDb:
6.8
An orphaned boy raised by underground creatures called Boxtrolls comes up from the sewers and out of his box to save his family and the town from the evil exterminator, Archibald Snatcher.
Starring:
Ben Kingsley
,
Isaac Hempstead-Wright
,
Elle Fanning
,
Dee Bradley Baker
,
Toni Collette
,
Jared Harris
Across the Universe (
2007) | IMDb:
7.3
When young dockworker Jude leaves Liverpool to find his estranged father in the United States, he is swept up by the waves of change that are re-shaping the nation. Jude falls in love with Lucy, who joins the growing anti-war movement. As the body count in Vietnam rises, political tensions at home spiral out of control and the star-crossed lovers find themselves in a psychedelic world gone mad.
Starring:
Evan Rachel Wood
,
Jim Sturgess
,
Joe Anderson
,
Dana Fuchs
,
Martin Luther McCoy
,
T.V. Carpio
The Nanny Diaries (
2007) | IMDb:
6.2
A college graduate goes to work as a nanny for a rich New York family. Ensconced in their home, she has to juggle their dysfunction, a new romance, and the spoiled brat in her charge.
Starring:
Scarlett Johansson
,
Laura Linney
,
Alicia Keys
,
Chris Evans
,
Donna Murphy
,
Nicholas Art
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (
2003) | IMDb:
4.8
Now a rising young lawyer, Elle Woods is about to make partner at her firm, but when she finds out her dog's relatives are being used as cosmetic test subjects, she heads to Washington D.C. to fight for animal rights.
Starring:
Reese Witherspoon
,
Sally Field
,
Regina King
,
Jennifer Coolidge
,
Luke Wilson
,
Bruce McGill
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (
2002) | IMDb:
7
Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. Television producer by day, CIA assassin by night, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA at the height of his TV career and trained to become a covert operative. Or so Barris said.
Starring:
Sam Rockwell
,
Drew Barrymore
,
George Clooney
,
Julia Roberts
,
Rutger Hauer
,
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Sweet and Lowdown (
1999) | IMDb:
7.2
In the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love with a mute woman.
Starring:
Sean Penn
,
Samantha Morton
,
Anthony LaPaglia
,
Uma Thurman
,
James Urbaniak
,
John Waters
Ride with the Devil (
1999) | IMDb:
6.7
Ride with the Devil follows four people who are fighting for truth and justice amidst the turmoil of the American Civil War. Director Ang Lee takes us to a no man's land on the Missouri/Kansas border where a staunch loyalist, an immigrant's son, a freed slave, and a young widow form an unlikely friendship as they learn how to survive in an uncertain time. In a place without rules and redefine the meaning of bravery and honor.
Starring:
Skeet Ulrich
,
Tobey Maguire
,
Jewel
,
Jeffrey Wright
,
Simon Baker
,
Jonathan Rhys Meyers