Yellow (
2012) | IMDb:
4.9
A young substitute teacher escapes from her drudging everyday life by fantasizing about bizarre parallel realities.
Starring:
Heather Wahlquist
,
Sienna Miller
,
Lucy Punch
,
Max Thieriot
,
Melanie Griffith
,
Gena Rowlands
Directed by:
Nick Cassavetes
Produced by:
Chad A. Verdi
Broken English (
2007) | IMDb:
6.3
Nora Wilder is freaking out. Everyone around her is either in a relationship, married, or has children. Nora is in her thirties, alone with job she's outgrown and a mother who constantly reminds her of it all. Not to mention her best friend Audrey's "perfect marriage". But after a series of disastrous dates, Nora unexpectedly meets Julien, a quirky Frenchman who opens her eyes to a lot more than love.
Starring:
Parker Posey
,
Drea de Matteo
,
Tim Guinee
,
Gena Rowlands
,
Melvil Poupaud
,
Justin Theroux
Directed by:
Zoe Cassavetes
Paris Je T'aime (
2006) | IMDb:
7.2
Olivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven and Alfonso Cuaron are among the 20 distinguished directors who contribute to this collection of 18 stories, each exploring a different aspect of Parisian life. The colourful characters in this drama include a pair of mimes, a husband trying to chose between his wife and his lover, and a married man who turns to a prostitute for advice.
Starring:
Steve Buscemi
,
Natalie Portman
,
Willem Dafoe
,
Maggie Gyllenhaal
,
Axel Kiener
,
Julie Bataille
The Skeleton Key (
2005) | IMDb:
6.5
A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.
The Notebook (
2004) | IMDb:
7.8
An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who is separated by World War II, and is then passionately reunited, seven years later, after they have taken different paths.
Taking Lives (
2004) | IMDb:
6.2
Recruited to assist Montreal police in their desperate search for a serial killer who assumes the identities of his victims, FBI profiler Illeana Scott knows it's only a matter of time before the killer strikes again. Her most promising lead is a museum employee who might be the killer's only eyewitness.
Starring:
Angelina Jolie
,
Ethan Hawke
,
Kiefer Sutherland
,
Gena Rowlands
,
Olivier Martinez
,
Tchéky Karyo
Playing by Heart (
1998) | IMDb:
7
In a vibrant tapestry of love and longing, nine interconnected souls navigate romance and heartbreak in L.A., where passions collide and truths unfold, revealing that the heart's desires often lead us where we least expect.
Starring:
Gillian Anderson
,
Ellen Burstyn
,
Sean Connery
,
Anthony Edwards
,
Angelina Jolie
,
Jay Mohr
Hope Floats (
1998) | IMDb:
6
Birdee Pruitt has been humiliated on live television by her best friend, Connie, who's been sleeping with Birdee's husband, Bill. Birdee tries starting over with her daughter, Bernice, by returning to her small Texas hometown, but she's faced with petty old acquaintances who are thrilled to see Birdee unhappy -- except for her friend Justin. As he helps Birdee get back on her feet, love begins to blossom.
Starring:
Sandra Bullock
,
Harry Connick Jr.
,
Gena Rowlands
,
Mae Whitman
,
Michael Paré
,
Kathy Najimy
She's So Lovely (
1997) | IMDb:
5.9
After being released from a psychiatric institution, a man tries to redeem himself in the eyes of his now-ex wife from the events that led up to his incarceration.
Starring:
Sean Penn
,
Robin Wright
,
John Travolta
,
James Gandolfini
,
Harry Dean Stanton
,
Debi Mazar
Something to Talk About (
1995) | IMDb:
5.7
Grace King Bichon, who is managing her father's riding-stable, discovers that her husband Eddie is deceiving her with another woman. After confronting him in the middle of the night on the streets of their small home town, she decides to stay at her sister Emma Rae's house for a while to make up her mind. Breaking out of her everyday life, she starts to question the authority of everyone.
Starring:
Julia Roberts
,
Dennis Quaid
,
Robert Duvall
,
Gena Rowlands
,
Kyra Sedgwick
,
Brett Cullen
Directed by:
Lasse Hallström
Night on Earth (
1991) | IMDb:
7.7
An anthology of 5 different cab drivers in 5 American and European cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.
Starring:
Winona Ryder
,
Gena Rowlands
,
Giancarlo Esposito
,
Armin Mueller-Stahl
,
Rosie Perez
,
Isaach De Bankolé
Another Woman (
1988) | IMDb:
7.2
Marion is a woman who has learned to shield herself from her emotions. She rents an apartment to work undisturbed on her new book, but by some acoustic anomaly she can hear all that is said in the next apartment in which a psychiatrist holds his office. When she hears a young woman tell that she finds it harder and harder to bear her life, Marion starts to reflect on her own life. After a series of events she comes to understand how her unemotional attitude towards the people around her affected them and herself.
Tempest (
1982) | IMDb:
6.4
A sobering mid-life crisis fuels dissatisfaction in Philip Dimitrius, to the extent where the successful architect trades his marriage and career in for a spiritual exile on a remote Greek island where he hopes to conjure meaning into his life - trying the patience of his new girlfriend and angst-ridden teenage daughter.
Starring:
John Cassavetes
,
Gena Rowlands
,
Susan Sarandon
,
Vittorio Gassman
,
Raúl Juliá
,
Molly Ringwald
Two-Minute Warning (
1976) | IMDb:
6.2
A psychotic sniper plans a massive killing spree in a Los Angeles football stadium during a major championship game. The police, led by Captain Peter Holly and the SWAT commander, learn of the plot and rush to the scene.
Starring:
Charlton Heston
,
John Cassavetes
,
Martin Balsam
,
Beau Bridges
,
Marilyn Hassett
,
David Janssen
Tony Rome (
1967) | IMDb:
6.5
Tony Rome, a tough Miami PI living on a houseboat, is hired by a local millionaire to find jewelry stolen from his daughter, and in the process has several encounters with local hoods as well as the Miami Beach PD.
Starring:
Frank Sinatra
,
Jill St. John
,
Richard Conte
,
Gena Rowlands
,
Simon Oakland
,
Robert J. Wilke